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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1891-06-27
ATWOOD LOCKED UP
lie Is Not the Husband of the
Dead Woman at TarrytOwn.
HIS STRANGE STORY WAS FALSE.
He Deepens the &ystcry by Describing
Marks on the Body

His Real name Is George Victor Herd
Ing-He Must Have Known the Dead
Woman Intimately when Questioned
by the Coroner He Refused tn Answer
Questions The Inquest Now Going On.
NEW York, June E7.-The mystery
surrounding the beautiful dead woman
at Tnrrytown deepens. Dolly Davis
| double the woman who was found iu the
river at Croton Landing one week ago
this morning, has been identified twice,
/ and in both instances the Identification
was proved erroneous.
Crank Atwood who claimed the
body at Tarrytown as chat of his wife
| proves TO be IA suspicious character with a
bogus name. He is under arrest His
relatives say that for thepast ten days he
has been 'out OF his head, o."
His true name is Victor George Herd
! ling, and he is the son OF George Herd.
ling, proprietor of the United Suites
Hotel at Fulton and Water streets lie
is - years old.
His wife spent yesterday looking fran
tically everywhere in this city for their
/ little daughter Louise, whom Herdling
took from their home in Both street on
Thursday afternoon to Tarrytown. He
told his wife he was going to Coney
Island
The Child Spoke the Truth.
THAT isn't my mamma, " Iisped the
pretty, chubby faced and curly haired
little one when her father held her up so
that she could look into the casket
The child spoke the truth. Yet Herd
ling may have known the dead woman.
He accurately described blemishes on her
dead body that the doctors had not dis
covered at the autopsy, particularly a
scar from either burn or IA scald on her
left knee. Herdling had only looked at
the face Of the corpse when he located
the blemishes, and u further examination
of the body by the physicians proved his
statement to be correct.
The rest of his story about his married
life with the woman was a string of lies.
His story Was False.
atwood" appeared before the coro.
ner's jury yesterday and when asked IL
there were any marks on the dead woman
by which he could surely identify her. he
said; "She has mole on her left leg
near the kneecap, a scar made by "A scald
on the same leg, but below the knee,
mole on tho back of her neck, and she
has one tooth that is slightly twisted"
An examination of the body proved his
statement correct
He then claimed that his parents were
dead, but said there was a little mystery
about his family he didn't care to ex-
plain.
When the inquest was resumed last
night George P. Herdhng testified that
Atwood was his son, but that he had not
been on good terms with him for the
past five years. Atwood" was called
again to testify. He admitted that Herd
ling was his father, but refused to an
swer any more questions He was then
arrested and locked up
"The supposition is that we have in
custody the man who eau tell the mis-
sing links in the chain that surrounds tho
mystery of the dead woman" said the
coroner before the jury adjourned this
afternoon
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
Eugenie,. Limited Education.

The Empress Eugenie, though nat
urally intelligent. was in some respects
extremely ignorant says q Paris let
ter. Educated as were the high born
young Spanish girls of her generation
that is TO say, not educated at all
she WIS forced all through her palmy
days to struggle against this great dis
advantage. She never could learn the
art of spelling. and all her private
notes and letters are thickly peppered
with faults OF orthography. She as
cended the throne at the age of ga
period in life rather late for. the COM
mencement of ones education. But to
her credit be it said. she did her best,
by incessant reading. to supplement
the defects in her early mental train
ing. She spoke English to perfec-
ton, and the emperor and she were
wont to converse in that language
when they did not want their attend
ants to know what they were talking
about. She was an elegant and fear
less horsewoman. but her principal
talent was for art. and she drew in
crayon exceedingly well.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
Where She Died,

While attending patient in my ear
lier professional life-a woman who
was in the FIRST stages of intermittent
fever-I found one day on making my
usual call, a small congregation OF
women assembled in the sick room
As | entered l heard the remark: My
cousin Samantha's husband was TUX
jist this ar way and only lasted nine
days"
Yes said slow-spoken, florid-
face, feshy woman, my daughters
husbands sister had the same sickness
she's got and we had the funeral in a
week-just week TO day from the
time she was tooken. | went to, the
funeral and counted forty teams in tho
percession.
What be yer givin' her. doctor?"
asked third. Il tasted on it and it
pears like rhubarb and gingshang to
me, and ef It's. why La! 'twont do her q
bit of good"
Doctor. did ye ever try pennyroyal
tea?n asked another. My Aunt Ham
ner's fsther-in-law, who doctored round
here nigh onto thirty-seven year. used
ter say as how it did beat natur. how
much good a poultice did made of car
rots and 'lasses. and he always had one
put on. Shan't We try one. doctor?''
"Elderberry juice an sassafras an
Scotch suuf was what cured me when I
was as she is, +" volunteered another
u writ to her mother last night that
there wasn't no hopes and she'd better
come at onct and take care of the young
ones, said small. vinegar-faced, lean
woman, who was sitting In remote
| corner,
My patient did not recover. How
could she? Poor thing, Neighborly
kindness killed her. She had not the
strength of Samson. neither had she
the toughness of a thanksgiving turkey.
-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
CUNNING DEER HUNTERS.
Tow tho south American Indians Provids
Themselves with venison.

The manner in which the South
Cordilleras is very interesting and
,omewhat ingenious. They first ascer-
;ain the locality in which the animals
,ongregate 10 Craze, and then the men,
women and children OF the tribe make
extensive preparations to hem in the
herd. In order to cause u stampede
hey blow horns, yell and make other
oewildering and outlandish noises. As
natural consequence the frightened
1eer quit their grazing places. They
'orm in line in regular marching or
Ter. the elder males leading the way
followed by the females and young,
while the rear of the column is brought
Up by the young bucks, who act as
protectors to the centers.
The Indians now close in upon them,
;eeing which the animals prepare to
10 battle for their lives. The hunters
hen proceed to prepare the instiu-
nents of destruction. consisting OF
arge lances, resinous torches and
aooses fixed to long poles.
The worst enemy OF the deer is the
aguar and wildcat. and their animosity
70 them is such that they have been
Known to leap over a hunter in order
% attack either of these feline foes.
The Indians. knowing this. employ it
10 great Advantage during these hunts.
The women stuff a number of jaguar
and cat skins, which are placed in
prominent positions on the edge OF
orecipices in full view OF the deer, says
he Detroit Free Press. Immediately
The bucks make violent effort to get
at them in order to hurl them into the
abyss beneath, but are thus treated
themselves by the willy hunters, who
pitch them over the cliff, where they
ire quickly hamstrung or otherwise
disabled by the women, who are sta
Toned below. After the first onslaught
IN the stuffed figure the remaining
ieer seem to recognize tho fact that
hey have been tricked and huddle to-
gether awaiting another attack.
Then the Indians throw lighted
torches among them and Il panic en-
sues. They make desperate efforts to
escape, but the relentless hunters drive
hem over the crag5 until they see that
sufficient number have been captured
generally four or five hundred.
they do not usually harm the females
and fawns, and also allow u few bucks
70 escape. Very seldom is doe
killed, and If fawn is captured it i;
/, Immediately liberated. The flesh i:
eaten by the Indians and also carried
% the village to be sold, while the
skins are either purchased by dealers
or made up into various articles bS
hose who assisted in their capture.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
c.hhY W.. 10, smart.


London cabmen have many tempta-
iious 70 impose upon their fares, -
md II j. hardly to b,, wondered at that
they sometimes catch Tartar in the
attempt The author Of Tho Philos-
oph-r 10 Slippers says that a large
ptrt OF their undue gains is derived
from timid women. who lind II difficult
to Withstand iheir bluster. Still even
. women may robel. upon occasion.
A lady who ouce gave a cabman au
extra -iEpcncc. after paying mis-
proper fare, found that he was not
disposed 20 be grateful. We'll.
mum. -aid be, ungraciously. "TH
iako the moucy, but | don't thank
yOl for IL You haven't it
yet. sn'd she, alertiy with
drawing tho ,ixpsnce, and he never
have II. \ clergyman in London
was. one night driven home. and
paid the cabman what he supposed to
b. two shiliugs. lie had taken
the coins from his waist-coIt pocket,
but us soon ~ they had passed from
hl- hands he noticed their peculiar
Glitter and sAid. stop. cabmani
I've gwen you two soyereigus by mis-
take .'fhen your honor's seen the
last Of them. said the cabmau. whip
ping his horse and driving briskly
away. Then tho gentleman felt
again In hi, pocket. AID found that he
hsl given the man two bright new
iur,hiugs which he had that day re-
cri,cd aud WIS keeping for his chill
drcu. Chicago Juvenile.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
POWERFUL MICROSCOPE.
An Object Glaze That MsgniHss sevea
thousand Five Hundred Times.


Charles X. Dalton, instrument
maker. says, according to q Boston
correspondent OF the St Louis Globe
Democrat r. b. Tolles, OF Boston,
now dead. was the greatest maker of
microscope lenses the world has ever
seen. He once made an object-glass
that magnified z. 500 times. 1t was
the first and only one ever constructed.
aud was made as the result of long
controversy with other microscopists
in regard. to the possibility of resolv-
ing what was known as Nobertfs nine
teenth band. Nobert was n French
man who by chemical appliances ruled
on glass parallel lines at the rate Of
about 100, 600 to the inch. No micro
scope lense then madeswas sufficiently
powerful to count these lines. Mr..
Tolles, as a result of statements made
during the controversy, started to
make an objective that should magnify
1900 times. This he succeeded in
doing somewhere about 1874. This
objective was one-seventy-hf of an
inch in diameter. and was about as
large as the hole made in sheet Of
paper by the point of IA very fine
needle. This lense was afterward
sold for $500 to Maj. Woodward. in
the government employ at Washington.
but his bill was not allowed by the
auditor; and the lense was taken of
his hands by one DIR. Hartman. In
turn he sold it to DIR. Ephraim Cutter,
in whose possession it now is. OBJ
jectives that magnify 5000 times are
rare, and it is a powerful micro
scope" that magnifes even $500
times. These are necessary in bacteri-
illogical research, and in testing blood
corpuscles to determine. for instance.
whether they are human blood or not.
A local paper recently told of Bos-
ton physician who examined the tu-
bercle bacillus with powerful
glass that magnified 900 times.
Ridiculous! You can't see the con-
sumption bacillus with an objective
that magnifies less than l, 200 times.
England is the great rival of this
country in microscope making, France
and Germany are behind. l suppose
that some time an objective will be
made that will magnify 10, 900 times.
but il will be n much more difficult
tlsk than the making of a telescope
glass five feet in diameter.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
ue,ptne oti,~rs.

Helping others Is sometimes the
most eGectual way TO help ourselves.
God has linked the happiness OF men,
to great extent. together. and in la
boring in proper sp rit TO promote
the happiness OF others, we cannot
fil TO promote our own. Selfisnness
an ignoble spirit, and 50 far as
happiness Is concerned. defeats it
self The man who cares only
for himself is churl and it matters
not what he has the true fountain OF
happiness in his soul is dried up. He
who lives for himself alone might ss
well not live at all In failing to do
good to others, be fails 10 receive
good himself, the very end of his be-
ing Is defeated and his life i rendered
a perfect failure. But every effort
that man puts forth 10 benefit others
has n reflex influence on himself. and
enlargas the fountain OF happiness in
his own soul,
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
National Nicknsme,.

Most OF the nations of Europe have
nicknames, which willingly. or nm
willingly, they have accepted. The
appropriateness OF some of them Is
evident, but to explain the origin of
some others would be difficult A
writer in Lippincott's Magazine has
collected some interesting facts on
this point.
Engiishmen have submitted to the
name OF John Bull, US su ted to the
national character A Scotchmau is
Sandy; the Irishman derives his
name. Paddy, from his national
patron saint; while an ancient
nursery rhyme records the fact
Tafy was WeIshman. English
sailors cali the Frenchman. in con-
tempt johnny Crapand; but in France
ho is jacques Bonhomme. or as u
bourgeois, Monsieur Prudhomme.
Cousin Michel is the name by which
the German is known to the Conti-
mental nations. Mynheer Gosh, an
abbreviation OF Nicho US, sums up the
Hollanders, who are often known
simply Us the Mynhecrs. while the
Switzer rejoices in the name of Colin
Tampon.
Don Whiskeraudos is almost n
national nickname for the SpIniards,
dating from Elizabethan times I.al-
ians arc known as Lazzaroui, and
Danes us Dauskers.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
A Hear story.

A gentleman, making inquiry in
Russia "a bout the method of catch
ing bears in that country. was told
that. TO sntrnp them. pit was dug
several feet deep. aud after covering
Il over with turf, leaves, etc, some
food wls placed on the top. The bear.
tempted by the bait, easily fel into
the snare
But. he added 1T four or five
happen to get together. they win all
gcs out again.
''Iiow Is thNt?'' asked the gentle
raan.
They form a sort OF Iadder by
stepping on each others shoulders,
and thus make their escape"
But how does the bottom one get
outy-'
'.Ah, these bears. though not pos
-essed Of "a mind and soul, such as
God has given us, yet feel gratitude;
and they won't forget the one who has
been the chief means OF procuring
their liberty. Scamperiug OF, they
fetch the branch OF a tree, which they
lot down 10 their brother, enabling
hsm to join them in the freedom in
which they rejoice
sensible bears, we would say. are
better than some people that we hear
about. who never help anybody but
themselves Our DUMB Animals.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
THE FATA MoRoANA.
Most Frequently Seen on Sicily and There
But Seldom.

The Fata Morgana is a singular seri-
Il phenomenon, akin to the mirage. 1t
e seen in many parts of the world, but
most frequently and in greatest per-
ection at the Straits of Messina, be-
iween Sicily and Italy. So many con-
iitions must coincide, however that
.ven there it is of comparatively rare
occurrence. To allow OF its production,
lays the St. Louis Republic, the sun
must be at an angle of forty-fve degrees
With the water, both sky and sea must
oe calm, and the tidal current sutfi-
GENTLY strong to cause the water in the
.enter to rise higher than on the edges
Of the strait When these conditions are
ully met, the observer or the heights
Of Calabria. looking toward Messina.
will behold aseries of rapidly changing
pictures, sometimes of most exquisite
beauty. Castles. colonnades, sue
.essions OF beautiful arches, palaces,
cities with houses and streets and
church domes, mountains, forests, grot-
ioes will appear and vanish. to be sue
seeded. perhaps, by fleets of ships,
sometimes placidly sailing over the
deep, sometimes inverted, while halo
ike a rainbow surrounds every image.
1t is supposed that the images are
due to irregular refractive powers of
.he different layers of air above the sea.
which magnify, repeat and distort the
objects ou the Sicilian shore beyond;
but 70 the Italians these singular ap-
pearances are the castles of the Princess
Morgana, and the view of them is sup
posed to bring good fortune to the be-
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
a No,-to-bs-ror-o,.en Time.

Thomas Moran, Co. A, 4th U. S.
Vet Vols, Bailey, Colo. was on
picket at Winchester the night Presi-
dent Lincoln was assassinated and got
the news from the grand rounds at ~
O. clock They had a nice trip march
Jag back to Washington: were camper
east of the Capitol. and did guard duty
at the Arsenal until Mrs. Surrat,
Payne, Atzerot, and Herrold were
hung. He would like to know if the
boys remember the beer garden close
by their camp, where the soldiers were
charged double price for beer. To
get even the boys kept the glasses.
but finally compromised by leaving
the glasses and paying the usual price.
He would also say TO the comrade
that it took two years previous SER
vice to entitie q inau to seiong to
Hsncock's Corps. He would like
TO hear from California. the
bal beg Q. Co. \, 4th I, s. Vet Vols.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
Why Does Solid Iron Float on Molten
Iron.

This question, which has puzzled good
many observers, was satisfactorily eX-
planned by DIR. Anderson in recent paper
on steel read before the Iron Institute,
London. When o piece of solid iron is
thrown into pot of molten iron or steel
the solid metal at first sinks, which shows
that its volume is less than the
melted metal. But soon the solid piece
become heated which causes it to expand,
its volume is Increased, and it rises and
floats Oa the surface of the molten mass.
The action is the same both with iron and
steel. Mr. Wrightson said:
1.-The experiment was frequently made
by throwing a piece of iron into melted
steel. They could see it go down, and
might think that it was on account OF the
impetiss which the iron had attained in
falling that height, but as matter of fact
if the iron were put upon a fork and low
cred. il would go down; but in the course
of few seconds it came up again, aud
kept on expanding until the piece of iron
was u considerable distance above the
surface OF the metal. Then it decreased
in volume and of course became of the
same volume as the molten metal which it
Joined. Any one could see by the distance
that the piece of iron went above the sur
face that it was of considerably less
density than the molten metal.n
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20

"Mr. Lincoln, II had supposed at
:he Chicago convention that we were
70 nave this terrible war, I should
never have thought Of going down to
one-horse town and getting one
horae lawyer for President.
didn't know just how he would
take IT. but rather expected some ans
wer that ! could laugh at; but he
brushed the barber aside, and with n
solemn face he turned to me and said
Neither would l, Palmer. l don's !
believe any great man with policy
could have saved the country. II |
have contributed to that end. Il has
been because have attended to the
duties of each day with the hoT that
when Tomorrow came | should be
equal 10 its duties also.
Then he settled back into his chair.
and the barber resumed his work.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
pi.appoInted.

A dear old lady who was taken to
see the sights not long ago. in the city
where her children live, was one night
pas Sing with her daughter n huge
building full OF electric light plant -
They paused by basement window.
and looked down among the swiftly
whirling bands and moving wheels.
is this factorye" asked the
mother.
NO; it's where they make cleo
tricity for the electric light. 1 don't
know just how they do it. but John
will explain it to US when We get
home.
What turns the machinery, NAL
yinyP''
..stea1n, suppose. There's an en-
gine on the other side OF the room.
I've often seen it from the back win
dows."
'.And does all this have TO go on,
night arter night, for the city to be
lighted?n
yes. mother"
"Wen. don't want to hear another
word about electric lights" said the
old lady emphatically. II thought
electricity was Il gift of natur', free to
all. but accordin' to this. you've got
TO work as hard for it US il twas com
mon gas or kerosene -"-Youth's Com
panion.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
August.
Flower

az inherit some tendency to Dys-
I,epsia FROM my mother. | suffered
Fwo wears in this way; consulted a
rumber of doctors. They did me
no good. then used
ERelieved in your August Flower
and it was just two
t,avs when I felt great relief. soon
GOT so that | could sleep and eat, and
selt that was well That was
fhree wears ago, and l am still first
class. am never
rwo Days. without bottle, and
if / feel coustipated
The least particle a dose or two of
August Flower does the work. The
beauty of the medicine is, that YOU
can stop the use ofitwithout any bad
effects on the system.
Constipation While l was sick
felt everything it
seemed to me a man could feel. !
was OF all men most miserable. can
saw, in conclusion, that l believe
August Flower will cure anyone of
indigestion, if taken
Life ofMiseryw with Judgment a.
NJ Weed, e,g Belle
fontaiue St, indianapolis. Ind .
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
FOR the Young aud o,a.

Hot love Is soon cold.
Faults are thick where love Is thin.
Where pride begins love ceases-
Love and Il cough won't II de.
Sweet is the love that meets return
The hearts letter Is read in the
eyes,
Love and lordship like no fellow
ship.
Love lies in cottages as well as in
courts.
The remedy for love island be-
tween.
Kind confidence begets confidence.
and love begets love.
Absence sharpens love; presence
strengthens it
Love can hope where reason would
despair.
In the husband wisdom, in the wife
gentleness.
All sruest love is consecrated by the
Divine love.
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
IIncoIn's Policy.

President Lincoln's bumor was OF
the genuine sort, the sort which is as
sociaued with habit OF true serious
ness. The New York Tribune credits
General Palmer with telling a story
in point, He was in Washington IN
1865, and called TO see Mr.. Lincoln OF
a matter of business
was shown into an aute-room, and
waited for some time. Senators and
others went in and out. and finally
I was called, M Lincoln was being
shaved. l was home folks" ht
said, ana he could shave before me.
saidr
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
DO Pearls Get Ill.

..Do you know that pearls get sick?'
said an Atlanta jeweler. They do.
and, like babies, they require change
of climate when their health is bad.
or else they crumble or die. know
of "a case once where a lady went into
q jewelers. with a magnificent set OF
pearls that were losing their lustre ana
beginning to look dead These pearls
are sick, said the jeweler, upon ex-
amining them, and unless you take or
send them to decidedly different
climate at once they will become
worthless They were sent of and
withir a month were as bright and
pretty again as they had ever been"
The Lamar register., 1891-06-20
He E.arned IL.

The other hot day when tramp
asked woman on Clifford street for
something to eat she replied:
Earn il and will.
But what have you to do?''
Nothing. really, but you get that
snow shovel from the shed and go out
and pretend that there's a foot OF
snow on the walk. Go through the
motions. anyhow
The fellow saw the humor of the
situation. and he piled the shovel so
vigorously that NJ the end OF twenty
minutes he had crowd of thirty
people looking at him.
SNOW all cleaned OF. ma am" he
reported at the door.
Very we'll, clean your feet and
come into the kitchen. Detroit Free
Press.