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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-14
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is a form of blood poison which de
scends from parent to child; some
times it oInits one generation to APP
pear in the next. 1t is faint which
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CONSUMPTION SURELY CURED.

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The leader., 1889-12-14

able to say anything about their assailants.
Later two more men were assaulted in one
evening.
Police Inspector Byrnes was seen by a
reporter for the Mail and Erpress. He
said that these recent cases of sandbag-
ging which have excited the attention of
the people of New York are but revival
of form of crime which appears every
fifteen or twenty years, and which is much
more prevalent in other parts of the world
than it ever has been in the United
States.
''The principle of sandbagging," said
the Inspector, sis the application of con-
cussion to the human body in such way
as to produce a terrific shock without
breaking or even abrading the skin. In
America and England the back of the
head and neck or the upper part of the
spine are and have been the favorite
points of attack by the criminals who en-
ploy this style of assailing man. The
original sandbag was, as its name implies,
a small bag filled with sand. The sim
plest one known to the police is small
The leader., 1889-12-14

strike or stab in almost the same move
ment.
Another, cane, is so arranged with
knife blade in the handle that slight
jar converts it into a short spear. The
same principle is applied to umbrellas.
parasols and even fans, and enables Q
woman to convert her paraphernalia into.
travelling arsenal.
The principle of the air-cane gun has
been likewise extended in many direc-
tions. We now have an air pistol, as
well as disguised derringers and revolvers
of various sorts, and have them con-
cealed in as many forms as the cane spear
and umbrella lance mentioned.
t'The most horrible weapon among the
novelties is the creation of some Ameri-
can brain or freak, it is hard to say
which. In external appearance the in
strument is good imitation of police
club. It is made, however, of hollow
metal, and not of wood. A handcuff at
tachment, with steel chains, fastens it to
the owners wrist in the firmest manner.
GA spring in the handle operates a
valve in the lower end of the club, open
ing series of minute holes in the handle
and permitting the free escape of some
red pepper stored there with the pleasant
intention of binding the victim. A Sec
ond spring in the handle throws hun
dred razor-edged lancets from within the
The leader., 1889-12-14

''Sandbagging is not as rare as is com
monty believed. Criminals, especially
those of foreign origin, carry these in
struments of death quite frequently.
There is, however, seeming periodicity
in their use, just as there is in other
forms OF crime. There is something so
brutal, ferocious and cowardly in sand
bagging that it excites feeling of dis
gust in minds familiariZed with crime.
f'rhe odd sandbags described are but
few of the long list which are discov-
cred oy the police. Recently an English
seaman was arrested who was carrying
-aoout as murderous tool as can be i'm
agined. 1t was a set of bross knuclxles
heavier and uglier than usual
AT the top, opposite the thumb there
was attached to it revolver, and At the
bottom sharp, double edged dirk nro-
lected three inches below the lower liz.
OF the hand. Its owner could shoot
The leader., 1889-12-14
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
He Suggests the Establishment of a
Prison Bureau.

He suggests the Establishment of q
Prison Bureau.
The annual report of Attorney General
Miller has been made public 1t says that at
the present time there is not single institu.
ton in the country which win receive United
States prisoners free of cost. The number
of penitentiaries which will receive such
prisoners from outside the State at all is be-
coming limited, and in some cases the transfer
of Government convicts from onepenitentiary
to another becomes necessary in view of the
vascillating enactments of the Legisla
lures in the several States. When all the
States in which suitable penitentiaries are
located enact laws to the above effect. the
Government will be compelled to hire quar-
ters for its criminals or to designate institu-
tions which are in no way proper places for
their confinement 1t therefore recon.
mends that provision be made for United
States penitentiary and United States
reformatory, the latter being intended
for the confinement of the milder class
of criminals. 1t is also urged
that a prison bureau be established
in the Department of Justice where could be
gathered collated, and recorded in a per.
manent form the criminal statistics of the
United States.
The Attorney-General urges the impor.
tance of some change in the judicial system
of the United States which will enable
the courts and especially the Supreme Court,
to dispose of the large number of cases now
accumulated, and decide current cases
as they shall come upon the dockets.
He says that the docket of the
Supreme Court at the end of 1887 showed an
increase of sixty-seven cases during the year,
and for 1888 an increase of 1873 cases. and that
the present state of the business indicates
that the proportionate increase of the
business will be still greater in the
current year. He calls special
attention to the recommendations upon
this subject of his predecessor in each one of
his annual reports, and especially to the re.
port of 1885, where he set out in full what
was known as the Davis bill.
The report contains number of other
recommendations, including the following:
For an Assistant Attorney General for
the Department of Agriculture, for an
additional Assistant Attorney General for
the Department of Justice, for an ap-
preparation to be used in the collec-
tion of old judgments due the United
States that the United States statutes be
amended so as to recognize more than one
degree of murder, that authority be given to
areceiver appointed in one district to bring
suits for assets in the Federal
courts of any other district, that
United States courts be given ju,
risdiction to investigate and punish any
crime perpetrated in and as a part of the
commission of any offence against the laws
of the United States, and that clear and
definite fee bill be enacted for proceedings
hafnrA United States Commissioners
The leader., 1889-12-14

strong stocking filled with sand. The
advantage of this primitive affair is that,
the moment after it has been used, the
sand can be thrown away and the stock
ing kept without exciting any suspicion.
Some are made in the shape of clubs.
The material used is cotton or woolen
cloth, bed ticking, crash, heavy silk,
sausage skins, eel skins, leather, and
even snake skins.
GA number of famous sandbags,
which have been captured by the police,
are worthy of mention. One was a
handsome eel skin, filled With sand, close
up to the end, and thence with bird shot
to the end itself. This arrangement
gave the effect of a slungshot to the af-
fair and added to the strength of the
arm which welded it the awful effect of
a swift rotary motion.
"Another, owned by French murderer,
was Of silk, handsomely embroidered
and finished with silk-wound leather
thongs. A third, of Spanish origin, was
of fine sheepskin, so carefully finished as
to be as soft as the best chamois.
"The most impressive quality of the
sandbag lies in its not abrading the skin
of the person who is struck by it. There
was case only short time ago where a
mans skull had been fractured, and yet
here was no indication of injury, so far
as the cutlcle was concerned, not even to
the medical eye. The skull was very
thick and hard, so that the blow must
have required terrific amount of force,
probably representing the combination
of heavy sandbag and powerful as
sailant
The leader., 1889-12-14
An Editors Experience.

Major Sidney Herbert. well-known Journalist In
agricultural circles writes April 18th, 1889: Some
five years ago l wrote letter stating that Swifts
Specific had cured me of severe rheumatism. Since
that time have had no return of the rheumatic
troubles, although frequently exposed to the inu-
ences that produced former attacks. Several of my
friends had similar experience, and are firm in their
conviction that S. s. s. brought a permanent cure.
The searching power of this medicine is shown in
the fact that it developed scrofuous tant that was
conspicuous in my blood over thirty years ago. and
has removed the last trace of it. have also tested
s. s. S. as tonic after severe attack of malarial
fever, which kept me in bed for three months. and
am convinced that it's curative and strengthening
properties insured my recovery from that illness, as
was in very low condition of health.
SIDNEY HERBERT, Atlanta, Ga.
The leader., 1889-12-14
neafnes. Can,t h. f,nred

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There is only
one way to cure Deafness. and that is by con-
stitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by
an infiamed condition of the mucous lining OF
The Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets in
famed you have q rumbling sound or imper-
feet hearing, and when it is entirely closed
Deafness is the result, and unless the inflam-
nation can be taken out and this tube restored
toits normal condition, hearing will be de-
caused by catarrh, which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness icaused by Catarrh) that we
cannot cure by taking Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, O.
~ Sold by Druggists. 75c.
The leader., 1889-12-14
RIOTOUS WOMEN CONVICTS,
A Kansas Penitentiary Official Fatal
ly Wounded.

A revolt among the female convicts in the
penitentiary has occurred at Leavenworth,
Kan. On Sunday, when the women were es-
corted from the chapel, Matte Brown, vio-
lent prisoner, assaulted one of the guards.
For this she was confined in the dark cell.
Next morning all the other women prisoners
made demand ON the matron, Mrs. Hanks,
that Brown be released from the cell. This
was refused and they drove the matron out
and attacked the cell with hatchets. Captain
Hanks, husband of the matron, was sum-
moned, and when he appeared the infuriated
women turned on him with hatchets and in
flicted mortal wounds. His skull was crushed
and he was left for dead on the floor. All the
guards were then summoned and the riot was
Quelled.
The leader., 1889-12-14
THE SANDBAG.
WORK OF A DEADLY WEAPON
IN NEW YORK.
Inspector Byrnes Talks About Sand
bags-How They Are Made
Other Strange Weapons
Used BY Footpads.

HE recent cases
of sandbagging
in New York city
have caused a
great deal of
lcomment. Some
weeks ago two
men were struck
down in promi-
nent thorough
fares in the city
by this silent
weapon and died
without being
The leader., 1889-12-14

interior to varying positions on the ex-
terror of the club.
GA man catching hold of the club
would have his hand cut to rags the mo-
ment the spring was touched, and, if
struck by it with even the smallest
amount of force, would die from loss of
blood ensuing upon the opening of SO
many veins and arteries"
The leader., 1889-12-14

+" Later unto Amicolo
Came a pale tace preacher, teaching
Peace and progress to the natiUes,
W0oed and ao01 6y Uanita.
She no6ler to make has calling,
Whispered to him natures secret
Told him Of the herbs so potent
For the healing and the sauing."
-ExTRAcr FROM POEM OF ''UANITA.D
The leader., 1889-12-14
Odd Musical Instruments.

No one would imagine that harmony
could be produced from these curious
looking affairs, but to the almond-eyed
heather fancy they "discourse most elo-
uuent music" The Chinese instruments
The leader., 1889-12-14
Interested People.

Advertising patent medicine in the peculiar
way in which the proprietor Of Kemp's Balsam
for Coughs and Colds does, it is indeed won
derful. He authorizes all druggists to give
those who call for 1t a sample bottle Free, that
they may try 1t before purchasing. The Large
Bottles are Soc. and 81. We certainly would
advise a trial. 1t may save you from con-
sn1nntinn
The leader., 1889-12-14

You may sing Of the beauty of springtime
That glow5 on the cheek of the young,
But sing of a beauty that's rarer
Than any of which you have sung.
The beauty that's seen in the faces
OF women whose summer is o'er,
The autumn-li like beauty that charms US
Far more than the beauty of yore.
But this beauty is seen too rarely. The faces
of most women lose the beauty of youth too
soon. Female disorders are like frosts which
come 10 nip the flowers which betoken good
health, without which there can be no real
beauty. If our American women would forti-
fy themselves against the approach of the ter
rible disorders so prevalent among them, by
using DR.. Pierces Favorite Prescription, their
good looks would be retained to sweet old
the distressing weaknesses and arrangements
peculiar to women.
The leader., 1889-12-14
A Pleasing Sense

Oregon, the Paradise of Farmers.
Mild, equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit. grain, grass and stock coun-
try in the world. Full information free. Adj
dress Oregon Im'igrat'n Board, Portland. Ore.
The smokers delight-"Tansilps Punch"
The leader., 1889-12-14

PARAFFIN-oIL will soften boots or shoes that
have been hardened by water, and render them
as Dliable as new
The leader., 1889-12-14

r. KOEHLER FAvORITE MIXTURE
]
nnota druggist s
<&f$6kW OEHLER
EAACM
The leader., 1889-12-14

DR.. Pierce's Pellets, one dose. Cure head
ache, constipation and indigestion.
The leader., 1889-12-14

Millions of women use Dobbins's Electric
Soap daily, and say it is the best and cheapest.
If they are right, yoI ou2ht to use it. If
wrong, trial only will show you. Buy a bar
of your grocer and try it next Monday.
A POTATO one foot in length has turned up
in the Office of Nebraska paper.
The leader., 1889-12-14

MILE. Rosa BoNHEUR has a tiny pet
monkey which is her almost constant COM
DaniOn
The leader., 1889-12-14

TEXAS pays out S4s0,774 yearly for the edu
cation of colored children.
The leader., 1889-12-14

about ARKANSAS. A Good
lands, low prices, easy terms,
Of crops. Maps and circulars
ESSEX, Land COm'r,
Little Rock, Arkansas.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-02-14

\ movement is on foot, by some Of
the surviving prisoners Of war, in York,
to celebrate the 9th anniversary Of
their return home, which occurred Apr.
18th. 1865. The object is TO invite all
persons residing in York equity, who
were incarcera,ei in Libby Prison, An
Jacksonville, Salisbury, Belle Isle. and
all oher points during The Rebellion
to come to York on that dav and hay
IA grand reunion. One of the features
of the occasion is to oea grand banquet.
The feast is to be gotten up as nearly as
possible like the grub they lived Oh
while prise ners.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-02-14

When General Harrison ~ in,u-ura,
ted as President Of the United States
here will be in the crowd gathered to
see him one man or a peculiar errand
He has been engaged already to go to
Washington to note the exact color of
The Presidents hair, the hue and cut of
his beard, and in fact, every point Of his
face and his figure, For NOT only must
President Cleveland yield his place il
the White House, bnt lie must also
give up his seat BESIDE Queen Victoria
in the group If rulers IN certain New
York wax work MUSEUM.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-02-14
Syrup Of Figs.

Is Natures own true laxative. 1t Is
the most easily taken, and the most eli.
.ec.ive remedy known to Cleanse the
system " hen BIZ Gus or Costive to dis.
pei Headache, Colds, and Fcvers to
Cure Hubitual Constipation, lnd'ges-
tion, Piles. etc. Manufactured only by
the California Fig Syrup Company, San
Francisco, Cal. For sale at DR.. NJ, E
Leatherman's Drug Store, Mechanics.
town, Nd.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1889-02-14

have not learned that there is in that
locality, any one whom society has Ia
booed or who has received harsh
treatment at the hands Of the public
generally.
The human brain undergoes some
wonderful and inexplicable TRANSFORMED
lions and many minds are sound upon
every conceivable subject save one and
upon that they are out Of balance, so
much 30 that We're every faculty so dis
turbed, the individual would be a
lunatc.
This monomania exists in every con'
ceivahle form the minds Of different
individuals are unsounl upon as many
different subjects as there are lndlvld
uals in question and in this instance,
the secret, semi scientific burning is a
mania When discovered, the incen-
diary will probably be found to have
been good citizeH rather clear head.
ed man, without bias or violent disllkts,
but who is insane, whose mind is wholly
unbalanced when on this one aubi ect
of secretly preparing some chemical
compound which after exposure in the
open air given time, breaks into flame
at the ordinary temperature of the All;
some such substance as phosphorus
with an avidity for oxygen that causes
it TO burn in the open air, when by the
evaporation of fluid in which it is
held IN soMtlon, it is freed and brought
into contact with the atmosphere With
this scieut.fc fact in bis possession and
the mania for burning hat We know
exists in some blains, he Liniboro fires
are explained.
There is a fire bug" in that locality
and his place, when discovered, will
ieservedly be an asylum, not u penl
Tertiary.