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The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

1t told how a man, who suffered a, .
had suffered, had been cured by DR.. :, J.
lams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
II gave me faith and hope. toot t,.o
boxes Of the pills; then four more toTes
Ny gain was steady; my retcrn TO
health was source Of daily gratificaticn.
In all ! took eighteen boxes Of the :; :.
before Twas entirely well. At first "a
50 cents box, but afterwards ] sa,.'
money by getting six boxes at a G.',
paying $3.50.
owe my cure entirely to Dr.. W:lGanis'
Pink Pills for Pale People"
To ciinch his remarkable story and AZ!
to its helpfulness to others, Mr.. Trip ).
affidavit to Its truthfulness before Eor! :
Hanna, local Notary Public.
From .heiplessness, suffering ard tssy.;-
MIR. Trip was restored to the hf7jti.'.
useful activity suggested a, the tcsiti
Of this sketch. His experience is EEs ot:s-.-
While locomotor ataxia is ore Of .
most battling nervous diseases with W, i
physicians are called to contend, its ee3s !;
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale r.
has become matter Of almost Ga.ly -
currcnec. Smaller nervous trouhics
much mora readily to the powerful If.
ence these vegetable pills exert in fss;o'r :
wasted nerve force and in purifying 81
enriching the blood.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. WlliaCas'
Pink Pills for Pale People.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Saving wood, working in his garden,
walking three times day to and from his
place Of business-these form part Of the
daily routine Of Edwin R. Tripp, Post
master Of Middlefield Centre, MY. He
is past his SEVENTEEN birthday.
Nearly fifty years blacksmith /, thirty
two years Justice Of the Peace; three years
town clerk, then postmaster; forty-six years
a resident Of the town he now lives in
these are the bare Outlines Of Useful life.
FAR. Trips career Is type. His story
will be read with heartfelt sympathy by
thousands. His hearty endorsement Of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People will
be echoed by tens Of thousands.
He said,
an March, 1892, was attacked by
what | afterwards learned was locomotor
ataxia.
1.-TWO ski11ful doctors did everything
they cou1d for me. l steadily became
worse. Was unable to dress nysslf.
"Later | could not move even about the
room, but was carried in my chair.
~ gave up hope. The doctors gave me
no encouragement did not expect TO live
very long. l was moro helpless than a
baby. l sank lower and lower.
"In June the tide turned! From the
lowest ebb, 1t began to set toward health
and yisor.
"The turning point was newspaper
article.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
WEIGHT OF DEEPSEA WATER
At tho Depth of Mile Weighs the Same
As At the Surface.

At tho Depth of Mile Weighs the Same
As At the Surface.
When marine life began to command
notice, the question of the depth to
which life could extend divided scien-
title thought into warning camps.
About 1910 it was generally believed
that the bathymetrical limit was about
300 fathoms, and some strange ideas
were current as to the physical condi-
ton of water when under pressure
such as depth of two miles would
produce. 1t was thought that skeletons
of drowned men, or even heavy cannon
and the wedges of gold" that popular
imagination places in the sea, foated
at certain levels, beneath which is
water SO compressed as to be impen-
etrable. In fact, water is almost in
compressible, and the weight of a
cubic inch of it at the depth of mile
is very little more than at the surface;
but it was assumed that no living be-
ing could survive pressure which at
1000 fathoms is about ton to the
square inch.
We ourselves live under a pressure
of about fifteen pounds per inch, and
are unaware CT it. Irsleed, we some
times waken on a morning when the
barometer has risen, say, half an inch
during the night, and consequently find
ourselves sustaining an increased pres
sure of several tons not only without
suffering, but with positive feeling
of buoyancy and good spirits. On the
other hand, if tn tremendous pres
sure under which we live be relieved
as by a surgical cup" severe injury
may follow. Aeronauts suffer from
this cause and marine animals dredg-
ed from great depth often reach the
surface in a most lamentable condition,
with eyes protruding and viscera dis
tended
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
n Tew rTamsnt,

DR.. Auer Won Welsbach, the dis
tinguished inventor of the incani.-s-
cent gas light which bears his ran
announces new incandescent filam.~
for electric lights, which has been t-i-t
in Germany with startling re~r,,.
This filament Is made of osmium. o:
of the rarest Of metals, which is ~
only the heaviest of known 81,
stances, but is practically infu ~:
From this circumstance it derives +.
value as a lighting f1lament It :. :
be subjected to any amount Of 80
and it remains urmelted. Ra'sei !
the temperature at which platirra:
almost instantly volatilized, it az :
a luminosity hitherto unknown, .
ung white light Of almost sun, ! :.
power.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. Z, 1898.
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
KNOWS HIS COUNTRY AND LIKES TO
s TALK WITH FOREIGNERS.

Has Converted With Every Prominent
Engiishman and American Who Has
Passed Through Eerlin in the Past Ten
Nears-Is Not a Tyrant.
IL is one great source of the EN-
peror's power that he knows person
ally not merely all his brother sover-
eigns, but every man of official i'm
portance in his own country. There
is not a province in Germany with
which he Is not familiar, and his
memory for names and faces is so
great that for him to see a man once
Is to know him for the rest of his life.
In his knowledge of his country he
surpasses any of his predecessors
on the Prussian throne, and all of his
contemporary sovereigns. 1t is safe
to say that Queen Victoria knows less
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07


Of Great Britain than her grandson
knows of his country, and in the case
of Austria and Russia it is equally
true. This is not such trifling mat
ter as it might appear
In spite of much evidence to the con-
trary, the Emperor is not tyrant, nor
has he manifested desire to WELD
power for the mere purpose Of making
other people uncomfortable. He takes
positive delight in hearing of good
things said or done by Others He does
not fail to read what is said against
him.
1t would be within the mark to say
that in the last ten years the Emperor
has conversed at length with every
eminent American or Englishman who
has passed through Berlin. 1t has
never been heard of such meeting but
that the visitor has been strongly I'm
pressed by his imperial hosts speci-
allied knowledge. In the midst of the
rush of festivities at Kiel in 1895, the
Emperor found time to dine on board
the flagship New York Of the American
squadron. Her captain told me after
ward that their imperial host stayed
until two o'clock in the morning, and
during his stay extracted from them
every manner of information. He clos
ed his visit by testing the capacity of
the crew for manning ship and putting
out fires at the shortest possible notice
When Mahan published his great book
on the Influence of Sea Power" the
Emperor at once read it, and sent him
cordial telegram acknowledging the
Indebtedness of himself and his officers
for the lessons taught therein. There
is no doubt that the strenuous efforts
now being made to strengthen the Ger
man navy have received great encour-
agement from the study of this Ameri-
can work
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

An extraordinary discovery and one
which is just now exciting considerable
cashire and Cheshire, has been made
at Stockport During the excavations
IN the construction OF sewage works for
the town some workmen came across
what has since proved to be massive
oak tree, with two immense branches.
Professor Boyd Dawkins, the we'll
known antiquary, is of opinion that
the tree is one of the giants of prehis-
toric times, and he says that the tree
is certainly 10000 years old. The cor
poration of Stockport is at loss what
to do with the gigantic fossil, which
is supposed to weigh about forty tons.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
Boiled HI, Watch

A we'll known professor had taken
his watch from his pocket to mark the
time he had intended to boil an egg
for his breakfast, when friend, enter
ing the room, found him absorbed in
some abstruse calculation, with tho
egg in his hand, upon which he was
intently looking, and the watch sup
plying It's place in the saucepan OF
boiling water.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
Insve used Ripan, raoule, with so much salts.

fnave used Ripans Tabuleo with so much salts.
fection that can cheerfui,y recommend them.
Have been troubled for about three years with
what called bilious attacks coming on regularly
once week. Was told by different physicians
that It was caused by bad teeth. Of which had
several. had the teeth extracted, but the at
tacks continued. bad seen advertisements Of
Ripans Tabules in all the papers but had no faith
In them, but about six weeks since n friend in
duced me to try them. Have taken but two of the
small Scent boxes Of the Tabules and have had
Eo recurrence Of the attacks. Have never given
testimonial for anything before, but the great
emoun. Of good which believe has been done me
BY Ripans Tabules induces to add mine to the
many testimonials you doubtless have in your
possession now. A. 7. DEWITT.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

every way. He is full Of business all
the time, and when he is not trying to
sell some horseman set of boots for
his trotter, he is talking horse" and
here he is at home. He knows every
horseman in that section of the state,
the names of their trotters, and he
traces the pedigree of many of them,
where others of years of experience
have failed.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
Cham Ch,ncse Pcners,

Owing to the cheap quality Of paper
used for Chinese newspapers, and to
the low price of labor. both literary
and mechanical, the rative papers are
issued at an extremely small figure.
The price Of the ordinary Shanghai
Journal is four cash. or about one-fifth
of cent, while the paper called Shin
WI Fac, which is published In book
form three times month, is only about
three cents.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
About tho Pbonps.

According to NJ Adhemar Leclerc.
French resident in Kratfa, Cambodia.
the Phongs, a wild people of that coun-
try, have the type Of the North Am
erican Indians. They believe in God,
whom they call Brah, and in another
life and in ghosts. They eat almost
every kind Of flesh, and make an in
toxicating drink from rice. They
smoke wild tobacco in wooden pipes.
Their sense of smell is so keen that
they profess to know individual ami
mails by it, They have neither music
nor dance
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
The Yo,.n-a. snie.man.

Bangor, Ne. claims the youngest
travelling men in the co,iniry in the
person Of Harry Dugan. the S-year-old
son OF y. I. Dugsn Ok the firm OF p. I.
Dn gan c Co.. dealers IN saddlery hard.
ware.
Young Dugan is n fiil'-fiedgsd drum
mer in every sense of The word. He
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

In a new envelope a piece of string
is inserted in one end with the bottom
end made fast to the paper, the top
end being left free and folded down
when the flap is sealed, to be pulled
by the receiver and tear the letter
open.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Truth wears well, People La g
that DeWitt's Little Early Rises
liable little pills for regulating Il
els, curing constipation and s.,
ache. They don't grippe.
C. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. I :
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondvilln, j
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. Is. !
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
An Old Mans
Last Hope.

Made helpless as a baby BY dreadful nervous dis
ease he read Of like his O7om, and had enough
faith TO /olloao the example set him. Noao hS is
himself an example to others aho are suffering from
disorders Of The ne,vous system.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

AN OYSTER MOUSETKAP.
that is, in wholesale fashion. Not
one mouse, but as many as three can
be taken in and done for. 1t is pre-
sumed that the homicidal bivalve
shown in the picture gaped for water
and that the mice, cycling the succulent
morsel, went for it with a result that
proved them to have been three blind
ioo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
Perpetual Motion

The question of perpetual motion has
been solved by an up-to-date philoso-
pher:
Rags make paper.
Paper makes money.
Money makes banks.
Banks make loans.
Loans makes poverty.
Poverty makes rags.
Rags make well, you stop here and
commence over again, and keep on
going until the cows come home.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

You can send away your cat for a
holiday at the seaside with perfect con-
fidepce if you leave couple of oysters
lying about your parity floor. The
above picture, reproduced from pho
to, illustrates how the oyster works
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
want to inform you,

! want 70 INFORM you,
in words of highest
praise, of the benefit
I have derived from
R.pans Tabules. l am o
professional nurse and
ia this profession a clear
head is always needed.
2'Fens Tahu'es does 1t.
after one OF my cases l
foundinyseif completely
run Down. Aching on the
-.iytce Of M Geo. Bow
er, Pr. O., $50 Newark
49,. Jersey city, l t1ok
.tipi.-s To5ules with
graasi r'7slts.
5lis- islssiE WiSDSAN.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Jerusalem is now nothing but
shadow of the magnificent. city of an
cient times. 1t is about three miles
in circumference, and is situated on a
rocky mountain.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
A Wonderful Choir,

In the choir of st. Peters at Rome,
there Is not a female voice, and yet
the most difficult oratorios and sacred
music written are rendered in such c
manner as to make one think Adelina
Patti is leading.
The choir is composed of sixty boys
They are trained for the work from tho
time they get control of their voaa.
chords, and some of the best singers
are not over nine years old. At t;:e
age of seventeen they are dropped fto!a
the choir. 10 say that in that I. ).
Gus edifice one hears the grant -"
church music the world has no'.
known sounds commonplace, SO "a:
short does it fall of apt description
One Minute Cough Cure surprises -
pie by its quick cures and children, IT,
take it in large quantities without III.
least danger. 1t has won for its Il Ii
best reputation of any preparation n;''
to-day for colds, Group, tickling il H..
throat or obstinate coughs.
C. E. Bacon, Londonderry, F. E. s ,;.
Jamaica, Jonas Hill, Bondville. g. {,
Smith, So. Londonderry and F. b i''"
Jacksonville.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
Mother was troubled

Mother was troubled
vita hsartburn and
s,-ep leseness. caused by
Indigestion, for q good
E1aas years. One day
shc Sc ! a testimonial
In the paper indorsing
Eipans Tahules. She
determined to give them
q trial. was greatly
relieve! by their use
!. a..
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

have been great sufferer from constr $ =
for over i've years. Nothing gave me ni.y
My feet and legs and abdomen were 81 ,ar. =.
Icould not wear shoes on my feet and cr'y
dress. l saw Ripans Tabules advertis, 8.
daily paper. bought some and took them g.,
cd. Have taken them about three weeks ASA -. !.
Is such changed am not constipatcd r';y = i.
and owe 1t all to Ripans Tabuies. Ian u
seven years old. have no occupation, o.
household duties and nursing my sick hs,s..
He has had the dropsy and am trying ?;
Tabules for him. He feels some better hg,
take some time, he has been sick so log. Ia
may use my letter and name as you like.
Mrs. MARY GoRNAx cLAus.
I have been suffering from headaches s..s
L Nj q I'll pnx IL,
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07
- - -
Braht,jnx of India.

Suicide at one time was very COM
mon among the Brahmins of India,
who held the body in contempt, regard
Ing =. merely as covering for the soul.
'sauolpu O0o'O0o
90 luo sulu2 pue aesI = ;oHdsoud
10 suol OIL sssn e!ilsay u! mly quo
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

fabaIes regularly. shehoeps few cartons Rlpans
Tebales Ii, the house mud says she viii not be with
out them. The heartburn and sieeplessness have
disappeared with the Indigestion which was
formerly so great a burden for her. Our whole
family take che Tabulcs regularly especially after
a hearty meal. Ny mother Is fifty years of age
and IS enjoying the best OF hsaith and spirits also
cats hearty meals. an impo.soiity before she
took Ripans Tabues ANTON q. BLAuKzs.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Ny scven-year 90 -
suffered wita 49,. =
his head. con.u...
and compliance >. .
stomach. Ec e.i..i .
eat Ike children ~; =.
age do aud wf.' =
did eat did nat -.
with him. He W. :
and of a satfcoa {
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Distance Covered BY Bicycle Riders
On fine day 1t is reckoned that the
cycle riders OF the world cover the
grand total of 1OO,0O0,O00 miles. or
1000 times around the world.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

Reading some Of the Testimonials In a.
Ripans Tabules. tried them. R.pans Tahl =
only relieved but actually cured my ysia'
the headaches have disappeared, bowels 4
good condition and he never complains CT
stomach. He is now red. chubby faced boy.
wonderful change attribute to Ripans r.
I am satisfied that they will benefit any or
the cradle to old ase) IL taken according h.
lions. I. W.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1898-10-07

SAA VI ~ iiiio y =
place without gs':.. i.
headache and sies
stomach. Ihearc ais.- /.
Ripans Tabulss tro.e -.
aunt Of mine wac =
taking them for e... :.
Of the stomach.
found such rei!.' -
their use she sdr" :
to take them tJp. >.
have been dong 40
last October. and
say they have cot. =
ly cured my h.a.,.-
I am twenty Z Ie :
old. You arc - =.
TO use this t'.' :.
Mrs J. Bgo -.
The herald., 1898-10-22

OF Alaska by conservative Secretary Sew
ard. While the Seventh were holding the
sand down on Camp Merritt the Stars and
stripes were raised on Hawaii. Then fol-
lowed Porto Rico, which this week finally
passed into our possession. The serious as
poets of the retention Of Cuba and the
Philippines were briefly considered, but
looking at the success of England with
Egypt and other colonies, the speaker
thought the United States might safely
venture into colony government.
MRS. Hartwell, past department president
OF the Woman's Relief corps, spoke briefly
along the same lines as the presiding speak
ers.
Chaplain West Of the Bartlett-Lcgan
post then brought down the house with an
original song, "Uncle Sam Will Get You
IT You Don't Watch Out" Comrade Sala-
da announced that there was q sailor in
the house who had been ON the flagship
New York In the battle of San Juan, ana
who had participated in the blowing up OF
Cervera's fleet. After much persuasion
the hero, Mr.. Prescott, was escorted to the
platform, but insisted that he was not an
orator and could not talk He exhibited a
cap-ribbon taken from Spanish sailor on
the Cristcbal Colon, but his power of speech
left him on the platform. Cheer after cheer
rent the air for the San Juan hero. and.
indeed, applause was loud, long and fra
quent during the evening. The men Of the
Seventh greeted their chaplain with en-
thusiastic applause, in which the veterans
Joined heartily.
At the close Of the literary program taps
were sounded, and the formal welcome gave
way to personal and social greetings.
The herald., 1898-10-22
CHANGE OF CONDITIONS
PUTS MORE RESPONsIBILITY ON
THE CHURCH
Episcopal Council Considering the
Work Needed in New Possessions
Of the United States

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2l.-The increased
responsibilities of the Episcopal church,
through the changed conditions of Cuba,
Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines, waa
presented to the general convention today
in the report Of special committee appoint
ed to consider the condition of affairs in
these outlying islands. As to Hawaii, the
joint committee reported that the status
was not a simple one, owing to joint action
with the Church Of England which has been
entered upon by agreement with the late
bishop Of California, without expressing IN
opinion as to the ultimate church work in
Hawaii az part of the United States, the
committee recommended that good faith
required conference with the Church oi
England before entering upon independent
work.
The committee proposed a resolution
that missionary work begin in Porto Rice
after conference with the bishop Of Antigua
The conditions in Cuba, the committee re-
Porto Rico. Some help had already been
given the Cuban people by the Church Mis-
sionary society. In view Of the desirability
Of full information the committee recon-
mended a joint commission to consider the
subject. The committee also pointed out
that attention must be given to Cuba, not
only as a possession of the United States
but as possibly an independent, self-gov.
erning country.
Concerning Hayti, Mexico, Brazil and
other countries, it was recommended that
the increased responsibilities be submitted
to joint commission Of three bishops
three clergymen and three laymen. The
report caused much controversy. The Cali
fornia and Oregon deputies desired imme
diate action as to Hawaii, pointing out that
postponement might lead to serious results
The committee recommendations finally
were upheld and its several resolutions
adopted.
Among the propositions adopted were
those establishing a new missionary district
in Kioto, Japan; discontinuing further revi.
sion Of the hymnal, agreeing to further con.
ference with bishops on final date of ad-
journment, and naming special committee
to report on the question of standard
Bible.
The house of bishops agreed on commit
tee of fve bishops-South Dakota, New
Mexico and Arizona, the Platte, Spokane
and Duluth-to prepare code of canons for
missionary districts.
The herald., 1898-10-22
Eastern Star Election

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2l.-The Orde,
Of the Eastern Star ended its annual ses
sion this afternoon, after electing and install
ing its new officers. The following are the
officers for the ensuing term: Grand ma
tron, Mrs. w. Frank Pierce; grand patron
George L. Dunn; associate grand matron
Mrs. M. L. Calfrin of Nevada City; grand
secretary, Mrs. Kate j. Willets; granc
treasurer, Mrs. Kate s. Craig; grand con
ductress, Mrs Alden Henderson; assistant
grand conductress, Mrs. Belle Williams
grand chaplain, Mrs. Mary Smith; grand
marshal, Mrs. Lillian Warner; Odah, Mrs
Mabel B. Swissler; Ruth, Mrs: Harriet
freeman; Esther. Mrs i,;Ii. +: Plummer hummer
Mrs. Rose Kahn; warder. Mrs. Mary J
Robinson.
The herald., 1898-10-22
PAID THE PENALTY
George W. Clark Hanged for Killing
His Brother

SAN QUENTIN PRISON, CAL, Oct. 2l.-
George w. Clark, the St. Helena fratricide,
died coolly on the gallows today.
The crime for which George W. Clark was
executed was the murder OF his brother at
St. Helena, Napa county. He lay in wait
for his victim and shot him dead after TAX
tragedy he endeavored to kill his brother
by poisoning his coffee.
The crime was the outgrowth of an in
timacy that had existed for thirteen years
between the murderer and his brother
wife. A few days after the killing Clark
made full confession. He then changed his
mind and fought hard in the courts to set
aside the confession. He was convicted and
appealed to the Supreme Court. The decis-
ion of the lower court was sustained and
Clark was sentenced by Judge Ham to be
hanged today. Recently he made state
ment exonerating his brothers wife from
oil completely in the crime. Yesterday he
accepted religious consolation from mem.
bers Of the Salvation Army.