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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

seem, for alongside of the simple
browns and grays of mems sutings
for April, '96, unmarked as they are by
such loud checks and oXtravagances as
past years have seen, woman's CARP
shines more rainbow-like than ever.
The republic is opportunity" its
chief justice says; and the fashion op
portunity widens its horizon every
month, for every month fairly pretty
fabrics are cheaper and more plenti,
full, and every month, too, fabrics of
more beautiful designs, more brilliant
colors, more cunning weaves and es-
Pecially more fabulous prices are
spread before the bewildered gaze OF
the woman who hesitates, and, hest
tating, is lost. The evolution of the
f1ower-tint and cobweb-filament garb-
ing of to-day out of the dun cold webs
of even ten years ago is like the burst
ing of the butterfly from it's chrysalis.
The rainbow glory Of the April streets
when the sun glints warm against the
brown stone walls impresses the be.
holder somewhat as a waving field OF
flowers. There are in it, seen in the
mass. the brilliancy of the tulips. the
delicacy of violets, the grace of lilies,
even the lines of cool ferns and frond
age. all swaying, changing, passing, re-
passing, until the street becomes like
Kaleidoscope which is never at rest
and in whose magic mirrors each tone
picture breaks, even as it is forming,
into another as beautiful and as evan
escent
Shall We try to pluck from this gar
den tiny handful of blossoms?
There is the emphasis of cardinal
flower in August in a short red cloth
jacket, its seams outlined in gilt braid
and buttoned with five git buttons
There is the tint of violets in pur-
pie Tuscan straw hat whose stra gllt
brim, narrower behind than in front,
is covered all with purple and laven-
der tulle. and, culled from the garden
of the modiste, Jacqueninot roses peep
from their green leaves and from big
puffs of tulle.
There is a greenish yellow or yellow
ish green of the grass of a sunshine
study by Chase in the material of a
grass linen costume. whose plain full
skiIt falls like a gossamer over an old
rose silk foundation. The waist is en-
bro;dered in old rose. the sleeves are
he shoulder with old rose taffeta silk
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
KHALIFA ABDULLAH.

Pasha, who will accompany the Eng.
lish expedition up the Nile, says that
the extent of the territory now gov
erned by Abdullah is little altered in
extent from what it was under Egyp-
sian rule, but the condition of the coun-
Try is very different. Prosperous dis
tricts teeming with population have
been reduced to barren, hateful deserts,
and the fertile plains over which the
western Arabs roamed are flow occii-
pied by wild animals. Homesteads of
the Nile jewellers are now tenanted by
nomad tribes, who have enslaved the
rightful owners to till tile sod for the
new masters; or SO says Slatin. MANY
OF the tribes, wecry Of Abdullah's cruel
rule, have revolted and become indie
pendent, but the khalifa has sufficient
friends left to naLa him a nowsrful
enemy and to give the invading eXpe-
dition all it can do to reconquer the ter
ritory in question.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

/ In such form that one voUld think q
butterfly had lighted u.on the roses in
the greenish yellow grass; and the silk
combined with passamcnterie of white
and gold forms the yoke. Need one add
that grass linen gowns over silk foun-
dations of each hue of the rainbow are
foremost in favor?
There are flowers again of delicate
pink, scattered over white gown of
Persian silk where from one dainty TEA
gown is fashioned with it's vatican
back ending in n demi train, and with
It's sleeve finished with wide cream lace,
which is brought over the shoulders
and falls full to the knees.
There is the tint seen only in some
eyes that are fair to look upon and In
the tiny bluets which dot the dry side
hills of summer in the blue brilliantine
with full slSirtand short jacket, whose
wide revers open over white vest en-
broidered in gold, and whose wide roll
ing cuffs are brave with the same gilt
prettiness
There are again the purple violets and
again the pink roses and green leaves,
the former on the brim and the latter
OH the crown of medium-sized hat
which, like many of the hats of the
spring, shades we'll over the face and
right behind let's the sun kiss the wear.
er's hair. Over the violets of the brim
is veil of green tulle and at the back
there are soft loops of it with white
tulle shining through from beneath.
There is a nasturtium colored hat
with a Tam O Shanter crown, around
which coils soft twist of black
spangled net. On the right side are
grouped large chrysanthemums with
yellow centers and shaded grasses.
And which of all the hats is the fa-
voritc? Which of all the colors will be
most worn? If one is to judge by the
examples one sees It will be that tint
least of all becoming TO the average
face, purple. Never have | seen sc
many purple hats, or so many hats
partly purple, or with purple Predomi'
mating in their decoration, There will
be many women whose life is to them
anything but pleasure because OF
this purple shade upon the landscape
of their livcs-until presto. change!
One of the prettlest effects of the
spring, especially adapted to thin faces
with the sharply -accentuated features
which artists and photographers love to
pose, is the lace tie of such hue that,
when brought from the rear of the tiny
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

The most amusing instance of the
effect Of a suddenly acquired fortune
upon pet meanness is that told by
an English author about an old wom-
an in an almshouse who came into ST.
100000 by a chancery decision that had
been pending 100 years. She bought
everything that money could buy
silks, velvets, laces, fr/s, estates, car
riages, horses, soi-distant friends even.
She threw away her bank notes upon
everything imaginable in kind of
frenzy of possession. Butwhen it came
to tea she suffered; she debated; she
never ordered at any one time more
than quarter of a pound of good
black tea. She would have felt beg
CARED by pound of any tea at any
price; it had always been so precious
20 her that she had lost all sense of its
intrinsic value. Perhaps it represented
to some extent the bright unattainable
without which life has no zest.-Chicas
go Inter Ocean.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

...a hnorreu IN a bow, shall frame the
face as it were picture.
Picture hats we have long known
We shall begin to speak of picture
gowns next.
I, indeed, have SO named one of those
creations whose skirt is family lined
with perpendicular stripes and dotted
with clusters of tiny flowers, and which
is far more emphatically marked across
the upper sleeves and across the vest
front with bars of dark ribbon, from
each of which falls a narrow frill of
dotted lace. The jacket of such gown
has the inevitable outward curve at the
hips, curve more decided than that
upon golf stick
There is pretty fashion this year in
cheaper ready-made dresses as well as
in more expensive ones. The serge out
ing suits, whose skirts ana jackets have
been for long of the same color and ma
terial, may now be- should now be, per-
haps-of related but different color;
and the skirt of the two is the lighter
For instance, a plain skirt of blue and
white checks, just the size of a baby's
finger nail, over which wide lapeled
jacket all of dark blue matching the
checks in the skirt, and trimmed with
several rows of silver buttons, three in
row, down the skirt behind and with
silver braid.
New sleeves, it may be noted, have
not yet achieved suzerainty, or even ex-
tended their sphere of influence over
the coat or wrap. Here the big squash
or mandolin sleeve is as much in evil
dence as ever, even upon the smartest
of the smart gowns, those, you know,
with the cunning-fitted backs and the
loose straight folds down the front and
heavily embroidered.
EIIEN OSRORN
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
GEN, WILLIAM BOOTH.


Tho salvation Army's Founder Is Some
thing of an Autocrat.
Gen. William Booth, the founder an
head Of the Salvation Army, has jus
returned from India, and said on hi
arrival, concerning the detection Of hi
son, Ballington Booth in America, tina
although his heart was torn and he wa
sorely wounded, he was nevertheless
determined to conduct the government
of the army irrespective of person.
If he had been willing to make an ea
ception in favor of one person, in orde
to retain the loyalty of that person. b
would deservedly have lost forever Il
confidence and respect of all homes
hearted men and the approval of h
own conscience.
The Salvation Army is an hbsolui
despotism as regards government. A
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
GEN, KITCHENER,

The Commander of the Anglo Egyptian
Expedition Against the Dervishes.
ably at Dongola, where the maiidi has
Leen collecting strong force, 10 which
he will add in anticipation of the ap-
preaching trouble. After Dongola Is
captured it will be made the base of
operations against Berber. Twelve
thousand Egyptian troops are on the
advance already, and there is heed for
some alarm, for the dervishes are reck.
less fighters and scorn danger, be[iev-
ing, as they do, that if they die fighting
they will be at once translated to the
PARADISE of the koran. 1t is said that
the purpose Of the expedition is to assist
italy by this diversion near Abyssinia,
but this is not believed. On the con-
trary, there can be no doubt that the
sole purpose Of this great undertaking
is to reestAblish British supremacy in
the domain Of the fanatical successor
of the late prophet. The territory
sought to be reclaimed for Egypt CONF
prises Darfur, Kordofan, Senaar, Taxa,
the Equatorial province and Bahr-el-
Ghazal. It was, until 1882, under Egyp-
tian rule. In that year the revolt of the
mahdi made it free. After the mahdi's
death one of his lieutenants succeeded,
and, with Omdurman as his capital, has
since ruled over most of the territory.
The khalifa still holds several Of the
prisoners taken at Khartoum. Last
YEAR France was said to have sent an
expedition to the Soudan, but nothing
L l.. l. IL -.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
AGAINST The oeRv.shLc,.
Gen. Kitchener to Lead tho Propose
Anglo-Egyptian Expedition.

Gen. Kitchener to Lead tho Proposed
Anglo-Egyptian Expedition.
Gen. Kitchener, who is in command OF
the AnglosEgyptiat expedition which
is soon TO start up the Nile, is an able
soldier and well fitted to be head of tis
enterprise by which it is hoped to re.
conquer East Soudan, now under the
rule of the mahdi. He is the sirdar Of
the Egyptian army, and the expedition
will consist chiefly of Egyptian troops,
The native forces will be strengthened
10y l,2"0 British troops, which will be
under the command of Gen. Hender-
son. staff major of the army of occupa.
ton. The native army will be COM
manded almost exclusively by British
officers. The force will march up the
Nile, passing through the two Dongolas
told and newt on their way to Berber,
and there will be fighting unquestion-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

though America is its most promising
field, il will not modify its methods to
conform to American life and American
spirit. That is why the new movement
of darlington Booth, adapted to this
country, has bright outlook. Gen.
William Booth was born April 10, 1920,
at Nottingham, England, was brought
up in the Church of England, was con-
verified at Wesleyan chapel, and broke
away early in life from the Methodist
church to inaugurate the Salvation
Army work. His wife, Catherine Num-
ford, who died some years ago, was a
remarkable woman, whose religious eX-
periences were much like the generals
own.
The new couple in command Of the
urmy in the United States are Commits
sioner and Mrs. Booth-Tuclser Pend
ing their appointment, Miss Eva Booth.
who was sent from England as a com
missioner; was at the -hAad &c ti'e %
ganizatiou;
Ble>sedness is a whole eternity, older
than damnation. Richter.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
A PICTURE GOWN.

woman will, man will not A famous
caricature of the old days of "a repre-,
sented two contrasting styles; in the
one, woman with scanty skirts, huge
ly-distended sleeves and Gainsborough
hat of monumental area, stood beside
a thin-shouldered gallant with volumi
nous unmentionables. In the other pic.
ture my lady of the tent-shaped hoop
skirts was flirting desperately with ali
other gallant, or perhaps the same,
whose legs were tightly clothed, but
whose rough coat was padded at the
shoulders to an immense size. This
principle is to rule in 1896, it would
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
COMMISSIONERS NOTICE,

WE, the Subscribers, being duly appointed
by he Hon. Pfoba.e Court for ihe ID strlet OF
Yves min,ter Comm ,oper- 10 receive, exam
iHe aud adjust all claims and demands of al
PEE ons AGAINST toe es,a,e OF Baraet 5 wait,
lac of Loadonder Y, ia sad bs'fict de
ceased, and 20 an ciam- and demaods eNhioi-
ted ia eh.et tnele.o; aud six months from the
lon day Of Mar la5, being allowed by said
Couti.iof iliag purpose, We Ito therefore hereby
s've NOTICE, sna5w we viii at,end tome hn-,ne--
Of oar said appc ninea;, at me lac residence OF
Inc deceased in Londonderry, 10 -ad D -ailei,
ne q IA o'iss OF Aps. aad SEPTEMBER neS,, q ON
O'Clock. =. NJ, un,I O'Clock, P. NJ, Ga each
Of SAID days.
w w. + I. s s,..ss. COMMISSIONERS.
Londonderry, Vi, Mar. 2s.n, 1896.
) q. Wait, Admir-.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
sa s..re KIs.'nr I'm au,tria.

It has hitherto beeN tire custom OF
the children attending the public
schools of .sus,tri 10. aud lTunbury 10 KISS
the hands of the teacher on arrival and
departure. This has now been forbid
den by an order from the imperial
board of education. which bases its &C.
ton O. the fact that sanitary investi-
cation Las shown that kissing is ufi-
beautiful, and should not be practiced
when absolutely unnecessary.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
A MARKET MANS LUCK.
SAVED AT THE VERY BRINK
OF THE GRAVE.
Made Over New from the Soles Of His
Feet to the Top Of His Head, BY Prot.
Dixi CroshY's Prize Formula.

81 was sick for nearly two year," said
George H. Dunning, Of Faneuil Hall
Market, the historic landmark Of Boston.
~ was run down, had nervous prostra.
ton, lost MY appetite, could not sleep
without opiates, had little control over
my limbs, was so light-headed that ! was
afraid to walk about alone, could not see
except through a blur, had constant
pain in the pit of my stomach, and had
abandoned business, pleasure, and, prac.
tically, life itself. When the crisis came
/ was out of my head and my temperature
was up to los degrees. When the neigh.
bors came to inquire the doctor told them
that was past hope. Ny nurse made
another appointment, as if it was certain
that my death would come in five days at
the outside.
81 had one chance in hundred, and l
took that chance. All the doctors and
medicines had failed in my case, and I
threw them all over. 1t seems as If there
are new kinds Of diseases in these days
of steam and electricity, and new treat.
ments are needed.
"Puritana was just what I needed.
When got bottle and began using it !
found that I was being made over new.
just as 1t says, from the soles Of my feet
to the top of my head.
at stopped that miserable pain at the
pit Of my stomach; it made me eat like a
hungry man and sleep like healthy.
tired man. 1t cleared my head so that I
can now see without glasses and walk
home through the crowded :stEasssw wa p.
out the least danger Of faHhg down YHder
the horses feet.
at seems Isood to esseack to the
market agaM, and js.sskes me want to
slgN,hs/man who discov4ed Puritana
wheI$ yrealize thatJkLAsaxe1, even better
than Ewas before I was q ken sick. My
wife sSys that 1t is preSesterous to say
thar al thing bu<' fdfNana saved my life,
for it a o saved me frd IN the danger of
paralyst. At that>s6e my friends would
not hav giye~two cents for my chances.
That is why do not lose a chance to
tell aboh t Puritana; for believe great
many es could be saved if people only
what it would do.
81 will never be without Puritana as
long as live, and believe that will be
some time, as am growing younger and
happier every day."
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
ELLEN 0SB0RN'S LETTER.
,syozs Colors and Prettiest De-
e;grs in tho Spring Pageant.
rao Sway of the Fancy Waist The Lib
orty of tho Republic Reaches Almost
License In the Matter Of Ia'r
Nonan'a Wardrobe.

lcoPYRIGnT, l&Cl
Woman, variable, though never in
constant takes up with delight the
Persian patterns in dress goods, just
as st0rner and not less variable man,
having for long used such airy and
beautiful designs in his neckwear, dis
cards them for the paler and more in
etfectual drabs and sickly hues of that
sort.
1t is a popularity which the philos
ophers have long noticed that, when
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
A New.
.St6hnach

To make the cure of any disease COM
plete and permanent, the purifying,
nourishing, Rrreq pg, and building-up
process must begin and end in the
stomach. 1t is the power producer OF
the human system, and by the aid o.
Puritana will give healthy Blood, health
Liver, healthy Kidneys, healthy Lungs,
healthy Nerves, healthy Brain, and healthy
Skin. Puritana is the prize formula OF
Prof. Dixi Crosby, of Dartmouth College.
II you are sufferer, get OF your drngght tn ~
great disease-conqueringd discovery 1.-THE price y ~
for the ~ one g os
bottle Of Puritana Tablets al ineosed n ~ S SoS
will HESS the day when you heard OF PgTitanA
The Puritana Compound Co., Concord, MI
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

tons, weakness of the stomach, indiges-
ton, bloating, leucorrhma, womb trou-
bic, foo ling, nervous proStration, head
ache, general debility, etc. Symptoms of
Womb Troubles
ere dizziness, faintness, extreme lassi-
tude, "Iont care" and "want to be
left alone" feelings, excitability, irrita-
bility, nervousness, sleeplessness, fiatu-
leucy, melancholy, or the "blues," and
backache. Lydia Z. Finklams Vege-
table Compound will correct all this
trouble as sure as the sun shines. That
Bcaring-DOwn Feeling,
causing pain, weight, and backache, is
instantly relieved and permanently cured
by its use. Under all circumstances it
acts in perfect harmony with the laws
that govern the female system, is as
harmless as water. 1t is wonderful for
Kidney Complaints in either sex.
Lydia &c. Pinkham's Liver Pills
work in unison with the Compound, and
are sure cure fer constipation and sick
hea lacic. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative
Wash is frequently foand of great value
for local application. Correspondence
is freely solicited by the Lydia E. Pink
ham Me ,icine Co, Lynn, Mass, and the
stric,est confidence assured. All drug
gists sell the Pinkham remedies. The
Vegetable Fomncund in three forms,
L:1ui.l, Pills, and Lozenges.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
THE kHAlIFA ABDULLAH.
He IL Not as Great q Leader of Mon
WINS the MahdL

Is Not as Great Leader of Mon a.
Was the Mahdi.
Abdullah, the Soudanese
against whom the Egyptian
ow marching, and against
land will send more troops,
lessor of the mahdi, whose
. upon everybody's lips few
/. That the sway which the
gious soldier held at his death
lally shrunk under the rule Of
It khnlifa there is no doubt.
truler assumed all the power
rity attaching to the position
edecessor, but he never pro
imself mahdi or prophet. The
which blinded the Soudan,
lie deception practiced upon
lost much of it's influence.
S rule has been as tyrannical
eious as that of the mahdi,
Soudahese have been by no
5 patient with him as they
tn his predecessor. Slatin
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17

David, the great historical painter
was noted for his genius at 10.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-04-17
Natures
Cure

Puritana differs from all other medicines
as day differs from night. 1t cures dis
ease by naturalizing and vitalizing the
Power Producer of the human system.
To any man, woman, or child, who will
take it as directed, it will practically give
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-11-04
TRAIN HELD UP.
Masked Men Stop M. X. ST. Train
In Texas

Masked Men stop M. K. s. IT. Train
In Texas
Special TO Daily Leader.
Hillsboro, Tex, Nov. 3-Three
masked men held mp the south bound
Katy passenger No. /, one mile south
of OF Alvarado tonight about o'clock
They climbed over the tender and Gov
eFiug the engineer and fremen, made
them stop the train.
They then made the porter cut the
express car loose from the passenger
cars and made the engineer pull out on
the hill this side, where they made
him uncouple the engine and move of
some distance.
Going to the express car they order
cd the messenger out After he got
out they made him get back 10 the car
and told him TO hand out the money
quick Instead of doing so he turned
of the ligh. and shut and fastened the
door
While this was tranepiring the great
est excitement prevailed, and the rob
bers who were doubtless noyices were
disconnected by the action OF the mes
senger.
The engineer realizing the situation.
pulled the throttle open and ran into
Grandview and wired Hillsb0Fo.
The robbers became alarmed and
iled when the messenger put out the
lights.
Sheriff Bell organized posse aud
sent il with bloodhounds TO the scene
Of the holdup but up to 1880 they
have not taken the track.
The passenger due here at SOS did
not reelsh here till 10 O'CLOCK,
The above facts we're CLEANED FROM
the engineer. messeDger and passen-
gers
The robbers are described as boys
about ~ TO 20 years old. They did not
get anything.
The officers are securing the country
and are content they will arrest the
robbers
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-11-04
SHE'S A GOOD GIRL NOW.
Jennie Metcalf, once a Member
Bill Doolin's Gang, Returns.

Jennie Metcalf, Once a Member of
Bill Doolln's Gang, Returns.
A few days ago young lady passen-
ger arrived in Perry and was driven to
the Pacific hotel In her healthful
appearance, graceful bearing and
pleasing countenance no one recog-
nized the once female outlaw, Jennie
Metcalf known among the various
bands Of outlaws, with whom she for
merly associated, as Little Breeches. 4"
Il is claimed she was led astray by
Bill DooliD, and about six months
afterwards married Robert Stephens,
with whom she lived about six months.
For several months she shared the
vicissitudes and dangers of the rem
nant of the Dalton gang, and was af-
forwards with the Doolin and Cook
bands.
She donned a complete male attire
and carried Winchester. Two years
ago she was arrested charged with
selling whisky to the Usage and Creek
Indians, to which charge she plead
guilty, and on account of her age, be-
ing only l6 years old at the time, was
sentenced by Judge Bierer IN the dis
trict court at Pawnee to two years in
the Boston rcformAtory, Boston, Mass D.,
where she remained one year, her
father and relatives having secured a
Communication of her sentence to that
time, A gentleman who lives in Perry,
to whom she spoke freely of her former
life and expressed deep regret for her
waywardness, says she further stated
she was completely reformed and, un
der the good treatment and discipline
of the reformAtOry, had been led to
denounce her former reckless life She
has returned TO her fathers home near
Sinnett. in Pawnee county, where she
intends 10 begin a new life