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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
CARACAS RAILROAD.
'0ussue'a Has Oae OF the Best Bits of
IowIpeerlnn ia The World.

'OusEce'a Has oae OF the Best Bits of
Engineering 10 the World.
This Is II scene on one OF the most re-,
;&srablc railroads in the world. 1t is
the railroad between Caracas, the capt.
tai Of Venezuela, and its port La;
Guayra, As the bird flies, the two
towns are only about six miles apart,
but the railroad that joins them is
nearly "a miles long. Caracas is in n
deep valley, but it is two-thirds of a,
mile higher than La Gunira, and the
mountains between them are nearly
5000 feet high.
So the railroad train, that never ex-
cceds five or SIX small and very light
cars syinds along the precipitous tanks
of the mountains, puffs up one side of
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
SIOo REWARD 500.

The readers of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been "a
BILE to cure in all its stages, and that is
Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitution
al disease, requires a constitutional treat
ment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the
disease, ard giving the patient strength
by buildiag up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it fails
to cure. Send for list of testimonials.
Address, F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
H-Sold by Druggist, 75c.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

navy under Admiral Dupont, and after
ward as captain of a colored company
under Gen, Westzel. lie returned to
Holland after the war, and thereafter
to South Africa. After his victory over
the British troops the Dutch farmers
made him vice president of the republic
and commander in chief in all military
matters. Whco Gen. Joubert returned
to America in December, 1890. partly
for business and partly to arrange for
an exhibit of South African produc-
tons at the Chicago worlds fair, he was
naturally treated with great attention
by his fellow descendants from the
same stock-the Knickerbockers of
New York and its vicinity.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
HOWARD W. BYERS.
Biography of the Speaker OF the Iowa
House of Representatiyes

biography or the Speaker of the Iowa
House of Representatives.
Howard Webster Byers, the speaker
Of the Iowa house of representatives,
is young man who has made his way
well in the world. He was born in 1856
in log cabin near Woodstock, little
town in Wisconsin. Soon after his birth
his parents removed to Highland, Wis,
where they lived during the war. In
1874 they moved to Iowa, and young
Byers went to work on farm. Two
years later he and two young friends
started with mule team for the Black
hills. They were overtaken by the win
ter at Dodge City and returned to Ne
braska City, where they traded in
mules. He remained two years in Ne
braska City and then went to Shelby,
Ia, taught school, studied law and was
admitted to the bar by the Iowa SUI
preme court in 1888. AS lawyer he
las been eminently successful. He
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Sitter John. Editor.
Copies Of This paper cdo be obtained
at the BrajHeJoro NeUS rooms, Eliot
treet, Br0ttleboro.
The New England Homestead has

The New England Homestead has
been looking into the matter of Yer
mont state expenses and making compar-
isons between the present and current
expenses before the war; Here is
what it says:
Nermont's state expenditures were
$lS2,000 annually before the war, but
last year were 100000! Her taxed
property then was "a millions, while
population is now only $4,000, COM
pared to $4,000 in 1860. In other
words, Vermont's expenses have in
creased nearly two and half times
while taxed property has not doubled
and population has remained stationa-
ry. State expenditures were only 81
cents for each man, woman and child
in Vermont in 1860, but now are 81.
so; these expenses were 50. Is for each
$1,000 of taxed property then, against
S3,T now. This shows that even
frugal Vermont has shared in the gen.
eral extravaganza.
There is nothing strange about this
The Homestead might have gone faith.
er and made comparisons between in.
divldual expenses in the two periods
and found like results. The cost of
maintaining ones self and family and
keeping up a respectable appearance
has more than trebbled in the last
thirty or forty years, and it all comes
about through natural desire to keep
up with the band wagon. If Jones
gets new top buggy his neighbor
Smith is going to have one or burst.
1T AS wife buys a new chamber set
BIS wife will have one or there will be
row. And 50 it goes through the
whole catalogue of individual and fam.
lily expenses. Luxuries are enioyed
by almost every one now that in ante,
bellum days were possessed by very
few only. OF course in all this We
support much that is useless-for style
only-and doubtless do the same il
matters of state, notably in spending
many thousands of dollars on a militia
that Is entirely worthless from a pracli
cal standpoint. But there is lots o
style about it and other states do it an,
SO must we. We are marchin. il tn,
great procession and we don't want It
and aren't going to bring up The rear.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
SIR HERCULES ROBINSON.
British High Commissioner to the Cape
of Good Hope.

British High Commissioner to the Cape
of Good Hope.
Now that South Africa is in serious
trouble, it is by no means improbable
that one man in that country will be
called upon to rearrange matters. This
nan is Sir Hercules Robinson, ex-gov-
ernor of Cape Colony, and now chief
commissioner of the Cape Of Good Hope.
Sir Hercules is tried hand at settling
disputes in the colonies of Great Brit
ain, and his success as a diplomat and
agent in such matters during the past
36 years has won every possible honor
from the crown. In 1890, recognizing
his great services as a preserver of Brit
ish power abroad, the queen made him
a baronet. He was appointed to his
present position in 1895. He is the sec
ond son of Admiral Hercules Robinson,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
CAPE'S NEW PREMIER.
Sir j. Gordon sprigg Succeeds to Cecil
Rhodes Once.

Sir j. Gordon sprigg Succeeds to oeol
Rhodes once.
Sir j. Gordon Sprigg, who succeeds
Cecil Rhodes as premier of Cape Colony,
is another one of the men who have gone
to South Africa possessing neither
health nor wealth, and he now enjoys
both. Thirty years ago he was news
paper reporter in London. His physi-
clan advised him to emigrate for his
health, which had been broken as the
result of overwork. When he was car
ried on board of the vessel which bore
him from his native land he little
thought that he would be premier Of the
new country to which he was being con-
veyed. In fact he has been three times
premier, being first chosen in 1878 and
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
A Card.

We the undersigned agree torefund the
money on FEY cent bottle OF Greene's
Syrup Of Tar If it fails to cure your
cough or cold. We also guarantee Il
Twenty-Five cent bottle to prove salts
factory or no pay.
L I. and W. II. Landman, So. Lon
,tond-rry. G. G. Smith, So. London
derry, c. +. Bacon, Londonderry, L. C
Bolster, Bondviie, +. b Pier, Rawson-
vile, f. Z. smith, Jamaica, H. L. Gould,
Windham.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

There is a clerk at an Idaho Indian
agency who INDUCES in dreams of
Milling niche in the temple o. fame
by reason of his wearing mustacl e
which measures nine feet from tip 10
tip, and, strange 10 say, he bears the
commonsence name Brown
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

1t is reported that DR.. Nansen, the
Norwegian explorer, has discovered
the north pole and is returning home.
1t Is not stated whether or no lie j..
bringing the pole with him but it is to
be hoped that he is as that would save
a great many fruiIIess attempts TO again
ind it. The old thing Is not probably
much of a pole anyway-not the one
that knocked off the per,immon.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

never lost a case of his own bringing,
and but one in which he was on the
side of the defendant. In May, 1881, he
was married to Miss Mary Winnegar in
Harlan, Shelby county. He served as
representative in the Legislature in 1898
and 1895, and was the first republican
sent to the Legislature from Shelby
county since 1852. He is mason, 4
Knight of Pythias, an odd fellow and a
wOOdman
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

J. w. Pierce, Republic, Ia, says: 81
have used One Minute Cough Cure in my
family aud for myself, with results so en-
tirely satisfactory that can hardly find
words to express myself as to its merit.
/ will never fail to recommend il to
others, on every occasion that presents
itself"
C. E. Bacon, Londonderry, +. E.
Smith, Jamaica and Jonas Hill Bond
vile,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

The Fitzimmons-Maher fight came
OFT Friday on Mexican soil. Fj.z was
an easy winner knocking out Maher in
the first round. Fillmmon. is an
Australian and Maher nalu.aized
freshman. Corbet i now trying for
a fight with Filz. L he succeeds
1t Is to be hoped that they will not be
permitted to bruise each other on Unit.
ed States soil.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

GIVE me a liver regulator and can
regulate the world said genius. TIN
dru@gi>i handed hima bottle Of DcWiil'>
Lttle Eariy Rj-cr> the famous little pills
c. L. Bacon, Londonderry. T. E. Smith
Jamaica and Jonas Hill, Bondyillc
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

Some one has suggested that Yer
mont trot out a tavorite son for the
presidency and names Senator Proctor.
That is well enough but if we are 90
ing into that business why not take the
greatest The SITTER would like to
throw up its hat for Levi Kickapoo
Fuller, the inventor of the aurora bor-
+ calls and in modern times the great
promoter of trolley roads-that the
poor may ride.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

The entering wedge of fatal complaint
is often a slight cold, which dose or
two of Ayers Cherry pectoral might have
cured at the commencement. Therefore,
it is advisable to have this prompt and
sure remedy always at hand to meet an
emergency.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

Whenever the members of the Jan
anese Diet get into discussion that
dlspleases the Emperor he suspend.
the sittings for ten days or longer.
There have been several times during
the present session of Congress
when President Cleveland would have
been glad to have had authority to sus-
pend the sittings tor time.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
JOUBERT AN AMERICAN.
The Man Who Defeated DR.. Jameson a
? Native of PENNSYLVANIA,

The Man Who Defeated DR.. Jameson
Native of Pennsylvania.
Gen. P. j. Joubcrt, under whose lead
ership the Beers so summarily defeated
the attempted invasion of the Trans
vaal by DR.. jameson, with British
troops, is looked upon as the George
Washington of the South African re-
public. He was a plain Boer farmer
when in 1881 he led handful of Dutch
warriors in the revolt of the Beers and
whipped the British army at Majuba
Hill, which secured them their liber-
ties. By birth Gen. Joubert is an Amer
lean, being native of Uniontown, Pa,
where he was born in 1S41. His parents
came from Holland previous to the war.
When about IA years of age he left
America, going to Holland, and thence
to South Africa.
At the outbreak of the rebellion he
returned to this country, served in the
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

W. ID. Howells never wrote any.
Thing more grotesquely humorous
than 1--WE need titles, and We need
them at once, if we are to hedge orr
upper classes with the divinity proper
to upper classes"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

lobster weighing siM pounds wasl
caught in Massachusetts, bay, but moth
ing approaching the Barnes catch for,
size has ever before been reported by
the scientific journals.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Grandfather of ALI Lohstera.

The largest lobster ever caught on the
sea coast of North America crert into
basket trap set for his reception by
John D. Barnes off the coast OF Cape
Cod. The monster was fractioa over
two feet in length from eyes to the tip
OF his tail, and about IS inches in cir
cumference in the thickest part of the
body. Each of the giants claws was
is inches in length; joining to the body
at a place where they were Is inches
prart. Ordinary Holsters weigh from
enc to eight pounds; this old settler
tipped the beam at exactly 80 pounds
end two ounces. IL the fall of 1887 81
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Result of Horseless Corrtaees.

When horseless carriages come in,
good sanitation, the Lancet points out,
will be a simpler matter. There will
be an end to the contagion from the
stable pit, and CHAMBERS and other dis
eases derived from the horse will dis.
anpear
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Hedgehog Turna WhIte.

A snow-white hedgehog was shot on
the Sunapee mountin in New Hamp-
shire few DAYS ago,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

Wake up Nickel Alarm Clock 81 90.
Best make. Chas. A. Trip & Co., jew
elers, Brattleboro.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
SIR j. GORDON SPRIGG.

serving until 1881. and then again from
1886 to 1890. From 1884 to 1886 and again
from 1890 until his recent reappoint-
ment as successor to Sir Cecil Rhodes,
Sir Gordon was treasurer of the colony.
The circumstances upon which he first
gained the post were similar to those
upon which he now returns to power.
In 1878 Sir Bartle Frere dismissed the
ministry because of his dissatisfaction
with the conduct of the Transkeian re-
bellion. Three years later he resigned
after fiasco in regard to another re-
bellion, that of the Basutos. Sir Cor
don's appointment may be regarded as
Il sop thrown to the Dutch. He has al
ways been a moderate, opposing most
of the visionary schemes of Cecil Rhodes
and his associates, although he has
never been a violent partisan on any
side of the many questions of local adj
ministration which have arisen at the
Cape. Although this opportunist
course has led his abilities to be under
rated by many, it has given him repu-
tation for conservatism which will go
far to appease the anger of the Dutch
and reassure the people at home in Eng
land. Indeed, the Dutch cannot but re-
member that he was identified with the
Afrikander movement, which led to the
establishment of the Orange Free State
and the South African republic. He is
valuable administrator.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28

"Just my luck!"
"Eh! what is?"
"Neighbor has fallen heir to a for
tune."-Puck.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
IunnarfiaI.

Impartial.
Brown = Big failure of Smiths,
wasn't it? Any preferences?
Jones = None whatever. Borrowed
wherever he Brooklyn Life.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
MONEY IN
YOUR POCKET.

LOOK At THESE PRICES! Cent?
watches--lik gold filled, stem wind, screw back
add beZel case, warranted for 20 years, Wih
lcwclcd E!gin or Waltham movement, $3.50
The same watch only l0k, warranted Is years
SllOc
l0l gold filled warranted 10 yea 5, ! jewecd.
Trcn on movement, IS -.
Gold PLACED, engraved hunting case, stem
wind fine ieweed movement $3.50.
Solid German silver, stem wind and set, jewel
ed movement, 1925.
LADIES WATCHES.-l4k, gold filed
hunting Gaze, warranted 20 years, with icwel,d'
EGgin or Watham movement, $l3 30.
The same watch, only l0k, SO %
Gold plated, Swiss Watch, hunting case. s,,m
wind iCwelrd movement. $50
Boys Watches, German silver, open face, fine
icHc ed movement, 81 60.
Do'd plated, stem wind, jewe,ed move
meet. 80
Nickel plated, stem wind, cylinder csfa. e
mcnt, - -.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
NO RENT
TO PAY.

Having permanent job in the rarr DAD Office
can devote spare time ami evenings 10 filling
mail orders and save my customers fully % per
cent This will he
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Sunday Advertiser.

New YORK 5 most popullr ard original
Sanday newspaper. The on'y l.. sun
day newspaper in he United States. All
the news and special features of sur
passing Interest and that appeal 10
every phae of human nature. IL
i the equal of the high priced sun
day papers in every resp ct. SUD-
scription Fri q, soc per year; 2oc
for six months.
The subscription price of THE MORN
ING and SUNDAY ADVERTISER toseth-
or is s; 80 4 year, $3.50 for SIX
months, andF90c. for thee months.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
Morning Advertiser.

Published every morning. The leading
Republican newspaper Of the day. Clean
and fearless. Subscription price $500
per year.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1896-02-28
The ADVERTISER.
I For 1896.
Morning, Ereaing, Sunday and
Weekly Edih0As.
Aggressive Republican Journals
nrthe HIGHEST Class
advertiser,

Established I1Y7. Published every eve
ming. New Works Oldest evening news
paper. Subscription price, 5000 per
Nrtr.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
PEEKSKILL.

The Rev William l., Pattison. a retired Me'ho"'s'
o,.roxman. of Depew-st.. Peekskl. While eat'hs ah
oyster fry in a Pearl-st. restaurant IN Albany 'a
week. struck hard. gritty substance. Upon exam"
',,or no found that the oyster which he had taken
,r,o his mouth contained pearls. and cafeiu
search revealed more than twenty,hv pearls ,a'g
one oyster The stones range in size up ~ .nnas
w :nd Jewellers who have examined the stohes
nronounce them excellent ones and the ma "o''" I"
so Tpe Sons Of Veterans Of this town had gaia
night on Monday evening On the IRAN Mi diesa
r,ved here al 745 O. clock there came large Heiesa
t;on from John c. Schotts Camp NO. :. sons VI
Veterans of Yonkers and General George T. Meau
C,amn Sons of Veterans. OF Dobbs ferry ineS
we're ali in uniform They were met al me sla..on
nv De Lancey Cole Camp No. 7S Sons OF Ne.elais 10
Liberty Hall. A pleasant evening was spe.'
dinner was served. and speeches followed; ia va,
The occasion of the annual election ana tnese OH
GERS were chosen for the ensuing year oy De Ian Ian
GOV cole Camp: Commander, Clarence ). Len. :
Trss, lieu.enant Henry Moore Smith second ileu-
tenant James Calhoun. jr.: delegate TO Depart.
ment encampment. }. A. Halgh'' ALTERNATE ''''
NJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
CANAL TO DEVELOP HORSEPOWER.

A scheme to develop from 100 900 to 10000 horse
power by building canal from the ST. Lawrence
River TO the Grass River in ST Lawrence County
has recently 10 light 1t has taken long
months OF work the part OF the men VINO were
pushing the enterprise TO the necessary
capital. II is understoo that they have man
aged to place bonds with certain English capital
lists. and the work the proposed canal will begin
AT once The ST. Lawrence is TO be tapped two
miles below the southern end OF Long Saut Island
and the canal will run over "A comparatively level
pla teau till II reaches drop OF about forty feet at
Massena, the Grass River Here the turbines
will be put In and electric plant will be erected
generate the horse-pow The canal Will be
about four miles long, 800 feet wide and q feet deep
II IL is decided to obtain only 10000 horsepow
John Bogert the consulting engineer, estimates the
cost of such a waterway at 100000
Stewart IL Co. of No 40 Wall-st.. nave bought up
about SEQ OF land through which the canal
will run. and will manage the enterprise They
have received prior applications for almost all the
power they will generate II is said. Lieutenant
James Patton IL designing the electrical plant.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
( CASE or FALSE IDENTIFICATION

on November 81 "A woman was knocked down and
seriously injured by cable-car at Third-ave. and
Fortv-seVenth-st. She was taken to the Presby
terrain Hospital. and died there on December l.
Mrs Pauline Iiumburg. OF No. 23l East SEVENTEEN
ST. read OF the death In the newspapers. and It
immedia tey occurred 10 her that the woman might
be her mother. Mrs. Kate Beckman Of whom she
had heard nothing for months. Mrs
Hamburg too III al the time 10 go TO the hos
pital. she her husband. and he identified the
body that OF his mother Flaw. and upon this
presumption things took their natural course
A funeral took place. at which several relatives
and friends looked at the BODY OF the supposed Mrs
Beckman. Mrs. Hamburg went to the Offices OF the
Metropolitan Insurance Company. In East Fifty
fourth-st and collected $50 insurance. The body
was buried in the Lutheran Cemetery.
On Monday Mrs Benschaft. the janltress OF the
house In which the fiumburgs live told Mrs Hum
burg that a man had called at the house and said
that Mrs. Beckman working In laundry I'm
East Fifty-second-st. Yesterday Mrs. Hamburg
made a search along that street and finally found
that a woman of her mothers name was employed
as laundress In Woman's Home Mt No Ia East
Fifty-second-st. She went to the place and came
face to face with her mother, whom she had sup
The daughter showed as little excitement pos
sble under the circumstances. and the mother ex-
planned her long period Of silence BY saying that che
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-16
MOINT VERNON.

Mrs Rosa Dramas and Antonio Monassa'''o W.
arrested in this city last night by Detective FIJI
her They will have 10 answer TO the ch'nse VI
grand larceny, which will be brought as"'''s' ~
by Francisco Dramas. the womans huspahu' h's"
1,ramas and Nonassattio loved each other III ltalN
before coming to this country. So when Rosa VIZ Va
brought TO America by her husband Mo ,is up
followed her He learned that she was liNins -,
her husband in Avondae. \. j. ana weht me- w.
nersuade her TO elope with him. one l'sn n ,be
household effects belonging to Dramas ann '"H IN
ali the jewclry and money they cou'H eonn n Them
%a,ds on fed The deserted husband iounu ,'e'"
g., ,bis civ and caused their arrest last night
The Fire Department was called 800, 20 an H"tei
en- Eourth-ave The flames were pursuing i.oii ,' r
MINER windows and threatening the su' "a ,ha;
VXben mo frc was extinguished it was fouhu tna
Tho seat OF the confagration was IN room ii.
,r;s ron,, n nj been OCCUPIED by man VINO iekis,
ms 'o oo t'utIass of New-York City. The bed
,n which he slept was a mass OF flames, ~ Is
a. b,s mouth He disappeared after the hre anu
has not since been seen