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The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
DYING MADE EASY.
Chinese Regard the Introduction of the
GuiIIotIne With PleaHure.


1t is said that the guillotine has
lately been introduced by the French
into their colony OF Tonluin. says the
London Globe. Our neighbora us all
the world is aware have had and
still have, plenty OF work to do in the
way of DISCRIMINATING piracy in that
vast and us yet unremunerative pos
session. And tho method by which
they endeavor to cxterminato the pi-
rate (when they catch him. which. as
n rule. they do mott is that Of decapi-
tation. That ceremony has hitherto
been performed in the primitive and
rather barbarous native way. The
culprit being placed in convenient
position. used to light cigarette and
wait for the executioner to take n
shot at his neck with big sword.
Sometimes the headsman aimed
straight and sometimes he did not.
and feeling had long existed among
the gentlemen OF the piratical pro-
fession that an execution thus eNecut-
ed was distinctly an unpleasant pro-
cess for the patient Consequently
the introduction OF the wood of JUS
tice' has by no means produced the ef-
feet which the French authorities de.
sired and expected. Instead OF being
impressed with horror OF this mode OF
execution, the natives of Tonquin are
said to BIO highly delighted with it.
In fact they regard the guillotinc Us
most ingenious article de Paris. and
they have already witnessed one OK
ecution with every demonstration OF
enthusiasm. Dying. they say. is
made so delightfully."- easy by this ad-
mirabe invention Of the superior
European intelligence. The result is
that considerable satisfaction Is ex-
pressed in pirniical circles ana it is
confidently anticipated that piracy
will shortly increase very considern.
bly,, as nobody in Tonquin would
mind being abbreviated instantaneous
ly by the guillotinc. Death in short
has lost most OF its terror because the
process of dying has been rendered SO
simple.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
SHII0H'S
CON s u M PTI0 N
CURE.

The success Of this Great Cough Cure 10
without parallel in the history of medicine.
All druggists are authorized to sell it on pos
tive guarantee, a test that no other cure can
successfully stand. That it may become
known, the Prcprictors, at an enormous ex-
pense, are placing a sample Bottle Free into
every home in the United States and Canada.
II vol iir~n Cough, Sore Throat. or Bron-
chitit, tsis It, for it will cure you. II your
child hos the Group, or Whooping Cough, use
it prou;-,lr. and relief is sure. If you dread
that nsuioUs disease Consumption, use it.
Ask your Druggist for SHILOH'S CURE,
Price 10 cts, so cts. and 81 90. If your Lungs
are sore or Back lame, use Shiioh's Porous
Plaster. Price Is cts. For sale by all Drug
visits and Dealers.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

At tho new home for fresh air
children at Ridgewood, n. j.. the
rector OF Christ church OF that vii
lage was addressing the children. He
told them how sin tended to mar all
that was good, and held before them
the illustration o! the blossom in its
blight and the young fruit in its dis
tgurement caused by tho worm that
seized upon them before they ma
tured. so sin enters tho heart and
deiiles it," he said. Then. after n
moment added; Now. boys what
is sinp" .'Worms"' came back the
answer from his juvenile audience.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
United state. Coii and silver.

Tho gold production for ten years
past in this country has varied but
little from $32. 600 900 annually. while
the production of silver during the
Same period has increased from SAG. :
600. 000 to SO. 900. 900. More silver
is now produced in the United States
in one year than in the whole world
in 1870. In 1890 tho worlds output
of silver was $l71. 600, 900 as nearly
rs can be ascertained.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
PHYSICAL ENERGY.
Wonderful Fcats Performed Through the
Excrtion of the Human BODY.

Wonderful Fcats Performed Through the
E.crtion of the Human Body.
Tho physical energy OF force some
times exertcd by the human body has
long been known to be of tho most
astonishing nature. but no one, prior
to tho fluctuations made by DR.. Bu-
chester in 1890. over took the trouble
to put that exerted force be!oro tho
people in figures that could be under
stood. Tho doctor .supposes' things
in this way; Surprising a mountain
Ger weighing los pounds Is making
the ascent OF peak Z. 900 feet high.
To begin with. he must oxpend an
amount OF physical force equal to that
found by multiplying his weight by
the height to DO assembled. In the
case assumed. weight of 16S pounds.
multiplied by height OF Z. 00J feet
equals l. 176. 900 foot pounds; or in 9TH
err words. /. 176. 900 pounds havo to be
lifted one foot But this is not all.
Tho contractions Of the muscles of tho
heart have to be taken into account
which is represented by four foot
pounds OF work with each contrac-
ton. the pulsations of an adult heart
being about ~ per minute; in ascend
ing heights it is much greater. But
assuming 100 beats of the pulse per
minute. for simplicity OF calculation.
This would give 100 oot-pounds per
hour or l20. 900 foot pounds for the
five hours supposed to be required for
ascending the I. 900 feet For cxpan-
sion and contraction OF chest and
other muscles further item OF 30. 900
foot pounds must be added. Thus We
find the total work performed during
five hours OF mountain climbing to be
equal to !. 1926 900 foot-pounds not
counting other forces exerted which
DR. Bucheister says will run tho grand
total up to !, $50 900 foot-pounds.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

Mr.. De Avnoo-I saw our baby
way around on side street to-day.
The baby should be kept in the park.
Mrs De Avnoo-Thats where sho
is You must be mistaken.
Mr. De Avnoo-No I'm not. Don't
you suppose know the perambulator
that ] paid 500 forP
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

Foreman OF Boiler Shop-Tho work
men is all kickin' on the new man.
lie makes too much noise at his work.
superintendent ] suppose
We have to fire him. was afraid
of that too. 1t shows that habit is
everything.
Foreman-Why what did he do
before you hired him?
Superintendent was hotel
waiter
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
bRus STREET. LONDON. 1899.

Q dingy street. where genius lit,
Half clad, her torch, where Johnson
wit
ploughed through the pretence of his time,
Where Goldsmith built the lofty rhyme
And Savage died, and Smollett writ.
Where GarriclS, born to charm the pit,
First made the royal buskins fit,
And trod the tragic stage sublime;
o dingy street.
A dreary street no longer fit
Starved authors in and out of it:
They drudge no more in gloom and CRIME,
In dens of death, in caves of crime,
To kinder fates they now submit
o dingy street.
j. n. Matthews.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
Astronomical Ob.erva,orie-.

England has thir,y-four nstronomi-
cal obscrvatories. America eighty,
France seventeen. Austria twenty-four.
Italy twcntv-one, Russia fifteen and
Belgium five. Besides these there are
many private observatories all over
the world. Among the !. 16O ast:ono-
mers OF note now living about one
hoIf have private observatorlcs.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

Hilow-Thesc railway excursion
rates for tho holidays mako me sad.
Glim.
Glim-Whyp Can't you spare the
timc to take advantage OF them.
Yes ! could spare the time; but
they don't benefit me at ALL"
.Why?"
because have passes on all the
roads Puck.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

A very elastic and duraolc horse-
shoe is made in France by COMPRISING
cowhide In a steel mold and then sub.
iectinc it to chemical process 1t
is said to last longer than iron and
needs no calks as 1t adheres readily
to any surface however smooth
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

in ono consignment recently a
feather dealer received G. 900 birds OF
paradise 800 900 birds OF various
kinds from the East Indies and 400 =
900 humming birds. In three months
another dealer imported 500. 39S birds
from tho East Indies
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12

Widower-It IVES she who drove me
to drink.
Miss A. a little weary = What
could she have driven you to that
you would have liked betterp-Lifa.
The Meeker herald., 1892-11-12
THE LATEST TRIUMPH OF MEDICAL
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL.

In tho largest hospitals In the world, presided
over by the most skillful of living physicians.
the ingredients are prescribed more than twice ~
often AS all others put together
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1892-05-25

NEW HOME SEWING MACHINE CO.
s25 Market st., san Francisco, Cal.
Pacific Department.
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htnder,yon may not make as much, bat
"e can teach you quickly how to warn
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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
Eloper Holoom be in San Francisco.

JERSEY CITY, April 16. "A special from
San Francisco says that DR.. A. j. Hol.
combe of this city, who eloped six weeks
ago with Mrs. f. A. Wylie, the wife OF
the superintendent of the Greenwood
Lake Ice Company of New Jersey, has
arrived there from Panama on the
steamer City of New York. He was ac.
companisd by Mrs. Wylie and her 10.
year old son. On the steamer they were
known as Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Williams
and son. The doctor denied his identi ty
but he answered the description in every
particular. The doctor, with Mrs. Wy
lie and the child is stopping at some
minor hotel. Lawyer Cook, who is be-
lieved to be acting for Mrs Holcombe,
knows the whereabouts of the fugitives,
but he will not say anything regarding
the case.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
WRECK AND RUIN
The Terrible Destruction in
the Mississippi Bottoms.
FLOODS SLOWLY sUBsIDINe.
Not Likely that Government Aid Will
be Asked for the Sufferers.
floods SLOWLY sUBsIDrNe

The Total Loss of life Not Yet Asuer
tained - Bodies of Horses and Cattle
Found In All Directions - The city oi
Columbia Taking Care Of Five Hun.
dred Refugees.
JACKSON, Miss, April 16-The latest
reports from the hood-stricken regions
confirm all heretofore said, and as the
waters in the Tombigbee and its tribu-
taries bottoms recede the d destruction is
more fully realized,
Deputy Sheriff Crocker, of Lee county,
states that he was a passenger on the
first Mobile g. Ohio train that crossed the
Tombigbee River in eight days At that
point half mile of track had been
washed up and carried mile, where it
lodged against trees.
Captain Crocker says the published re-
ports do not give half an idea of the
wreck and ruin to be seen in Lowndes,
Clay and Munroe counties
Houses, fences and bridges are all
gone. Thousands of dead horses, mules,
cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry and the
body of an occasional negro can be seen
in every direction.
The Warrior River in Alabama, Just
across the line, rose forty-seven feet in
four hours.
He relates many incidents OF personal
suffering among the negroes, with
whom these bottoms were thickly set
tied, and upon whom the mad torrents
descended with terrible fury, wiping
homes and families out of existence.
The city of Columbia is feeding 500
refugees, but telegraphs Gov. Stone that
they doubt the wisdom of asking Gov
srnment aid, though they would like a
few hundred tents for shelter.
The water is falling in the Yazoo and
Big Black rivers in the western portion
of the State, and the danger of immedi-
ate serious overflow is about aver and
trains are running through on time.
The stories of damage done by the
floods in Greene and Sumter Counties
are still coming in. Near Gainesville,
John Langstone, an old farmer, and his
wife and twelve children, while attempt
ing to cross the Tombigbee in a skiff,
were drowned by the capsizing of the
boat Around Demopolis great damage
has been done, and the cotton crop in the
valley of the Tombigbee has been cut off,
fully one-half The river is slowly fall
ing. Near Epes four hundred head oi
cattle were drowned.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

NEW YORK, April 16-Thomas Vigus,
cashier of the National Board of Under.
writers for about three years, has
proved an embezzler of about So, 800 of
the concerns money. His Irregularities
were never suspected until he absented
himself from the Office on the plea that
his invalid mother needed his attention,
He was given few days leave of ABB
sence, but not reporting at the end Of q
week, suspicion was aroused and an in-
Vestigation of his books ordered. 1t re-
suited in the discovery of his populations
and falsified accounts Virgus has not
been arrested. but is still at his home in
10th street, Brooklyn. From this faot
it is concluded that restitution will be
made
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

VIENNA, April 16-The gravest ap-
prehensions have been aroused here by
the announcement that Bulgaria has
sent a note to the powers complaining
that the Sultan has ceased to protect
Bulgaria's interests and that the Turk
ish government protects Russia's prote-
ges, who have entered upon cam paign
of assassination, from Prince Ferdinand
down. The note demands that Turkey
be compelled TO sxpel the sssassins whom
Russia supports on her soil. The note
is supposed to be the precursor of pro-
clamation of Bulgaria's independence
from Turkey, and such a proclamation
would inevitably result in an European
war.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
BAD BILL MURPHY.
He Has Killed his Firth Man-HIdiug In
the Mountains.


the Mountains.
MURPHY, N. c., April 16.-Bin MUIR
ply, the half-breed desperate who mur-
dered his brother and three other per-
sons, has killed deputy sheriff and is
now hiding in the Nantahala Mountains,
where he deHes arrest.
After killing his brother he sent the
sheriff of Monroe county word that he
didn't want to hurt him, but that the
sheriff must not try TO arrest him. The
sheriff did not try uutil warrant was
sworn out. He then summoned posse
Of Is men, and tn Charley Ray, his
deputy, went to Jellico. 1t was aft
dark as they approached Jim Miller's
house, where Murphy and his brothers,
Arch and Jim, were. They heard the
crowd approaching and got out of the
house.
Sheriff Mexican ordered them to sur
render and they opened fire on the posse
with Winchesters A hot fire from both
sides was kept up for few minutes, and
Ray, the deputy, fell with bullet in his
brain. Then the sherih's posse, except
Dan Murphy, the uncle of Bill, ran. The
sheriff was shot in the shoulder, but for
tunately the ball had struck the breech
OF his gun first, which saved his life.
The Murphys made dash for the house
again, which is built of logs, with only
one door, and began firing through the
cracks The whole posse then fed, leav-
ing the body of Ray.
messenger was sent to Sweetwater
for medical aid for the sheriff and to
telegraph the Governor of Tennessee for
troaps
Murphy had staked off his grave by the
side of his dead brothers. Last night,
fearing that the authorities would prove
too much for him, he crossed into North
Carolina into Nantahala, where it will be
impossible to follow him.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
TRAILING WITH BLOoDAoUNDs.
officials Using Every Effort to Capture
the IIlinnIa EnnLr.I nnI.Enr-

officials Using Every Effort to Capture
the Illinois Central Robbers.
New ORLEANS, April 16.-Illinois Cen
tral officials here are in constant COM
munication with agents and sheriffs at
various points along their line and are
using every effort to capture the armed
men who robbed Thursday nights train
just after it left the city.
The topography of the country gives
only good reason for hoping that the
bloodhounds and the posse who are fol-
lowing Q. B. Jackson, who has run down
several train robbers in these parts, and
who is a cool and daring man.
There were five men in the party who
robbed the train. One of them boarded
the train at Hammond and covered the
engineer, and at Arcola ordered him to
stop. The other highwaymen boarded
the train there.
Then the masked men forced the en-
gineer and fireman to go to the express
car to order the messenger to open the
doors. This the messenger would not do
so an entrance was effected from the
west side of the car.
The messenger, after hiding several
valuable packages in the stove, made his
escape.
The robbers kept every one inside of
the coaches and sleepers until their work
was completed.
The passengers and United States mail
were not disturbed.
After they finished the Job they made
the engineer cover his headlight and
back up about 200 yards, when they
ordered him to go ahead.
The robbers secured about 50, 900.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
A MURDER MYSTERY
Another Strange Tragedy at
Railway, N. J.
TWO DEAD MEN DISCOVERED.
One Had Bullet Wound in the Side Of
the Head

He Has Been Identified a Rough Named
Purry--Yarious Theories as to the E1-
planation of the NIystery-The Men Sup
posed to Have Belonged to a Gang OF
Tramps who Had Fraoas with Officers.
RAILWAY, N. j., April 16-This city
has another murder mystery which,
from the present outlook, will remain
unravelled. The bodies of two men were
found in a patch of bushes half a mile
east Of the city, yesterday by an officer
One of the bodies had bullet wound in
the side of the head, but the other showed
no external signs Of violence.
The bodies, when found lay some dis
tance apart One was that Of a man
about six feet tall, weighing about $50
pounds. He had worn a brown NOUS
tache and his hair was thin and partially
bald on the top. He was roughly and
poorly clad. This was the body of the
man who had bullet wound in the side
of the head.
The other man weighed about 140
pounds, was five feet five inches in height
and wore thick curly hair and a brown
moustache. The man who was shot has
been recognized as a rough named
Purry, who has been around the city for
some time past. A theory advanced as
to the cause of the deaths of the men is
that Purry was shot by his companion
while both were intoxicated. The muir
derer then, it is supposed, wandered Off
little distance, lay down to sleep off
the effects of his potations and persisted
from cold and exposure.
The most plausible theory is that the
dead men were members of the gang Of
tramps which gave the police of Newark
hot battle on Wednesday night last.
Word was received at the Newark Police
Headquarters that tramps were breaking
open freight cars at Waverly, and a
number of officers surprised them at a
camp fire drinking beer they had stolen
from the cars.
Que of the tramps blazed away at the
officers with pistol, and they returned
the fire. One of the tramps was sh OF in
the wrist and nine others were captured.
Some made c. .ir escape, and it is thought
Purry wgs one of the tramps and re-
ceived bullet iu the head during the
firing. He and uis companion may have
walked on to Railway, where Purry,
finding he could so no farther, lay down
to die. His companion remained by
him, and cold and exposure caused his
death.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
1naIgna.Ian nt wisslr,. onnduor.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 16..-The dis
gusting speech of Assemblyman Philip
Wissig of New York in the House on the
Woman's Suffrage bill is general cause
OF comment. There were fully twenty
women present at the time and they
were compelled to hear what was said.
The stenographer refuses to give any
transcript of remarks because by order
of the Assembly, they had been expunged
from the minutes and are not now public
property. Wissig is a member of Tam
many, but the Representatives in tho
Assembly who come from thai Organiza-
tion are highly indignant at his conduct.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

New YoRK, April 16-Good Friday,
the anniversary Of Christ's death, was
celebrated with great solemuity in all
the Roman Catholic and Episcopal
churches. Many other churches Of all
denominations observed the day with
religious services. Although the banks
were not closed and the Government
Buildings We're opened as usual the day
was somewhat Of holiday in business
circles. All the down town exchanges
were closed.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
Extra Session. N. Y. Leri.Iaturn.

ALBANY, N. Y, April 10. - Lieut..
Gov Sheehan, when asked regarding the
time of holding the extra session to con-
slider the reapportionment of Senate and
Assembly districts, said he had not as
yet consulted with Gov. Flower on the
subject, but he favored the calling of an
extra session Immediately on the final
adjournment next Thursday. Senator
Cantor said he favored the calling of an
extra session right away after final ad-
journment, and that the census tabula-
tions, on which reapportionments will
be based, will be ready by that time.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
NEWS or THE DAY.

Secretary Foster will spend the next
week in Ohio.
New jerseys Arbor Day will be April
%, and Mass achusetts' April sod.
The New Yorl, State Assembly . assed
the Yetman bill, which gives the suff-
rage to women except in Federal cleo
tions.
The condition Of NJ. de Giers, the Rus
sian Minister of Foreign Affairs has
become worse, and 1t is supposed that he
is dying.
The Republican State Conventions in
Georgia and Washington instructed dele.
gates to the National Convention for
Harrison.
The death Of Amelia Edwards, the
novelist, is announced from Weston
superMare.
May Day will be celebrated by public
meetings Of workingmen in the various
industrial centres of Holland. There iH
no reason to apprehend disorder.
The engravers in the Merrimack Print
Works at Lowell, Mass, have struck,
joining the general strike Of engravers in
New England for shorter hours.
Secretary Foster has removed j. f.
Milholland, Chief Of the Immigrant Iu-
spectors at New York, from Office. Mr..
Ailholland had refused to resign when
requested
1t has been decided by the Associated
Brick Company Of New York and New
Jersey that the season for the manufao-
ture Of brick at the Hudson River aud
New Jersey yards shall start on Monday,
May 2.
u .s .aldom mat ono secs a cal.e walk. II
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, April 16--Repor is
come from Monroe county that the
mountain feud there is not at an end,
although four men have been killed and
half dozen wounded. The warning
factions are still in arms. The Murphy
brothers, originators Of all the trouble,
are enlisting mountain outlaws to de-
fend them, and are building a fort in the
Smoky Mountains. The sheriff of the
county left last night with fifty men,
neaviiy armed for the habitation Of the
d5speradoes.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16

OTTAWA, Ont, April 10. The Minister
of Customs has discovered plot by
which an organization in China is SNUG
Cling Chinese into Canada on bogus Ger
tiicates. A large number of fraudulent
certificates have been captured and are
in the Customs Department here. 1t is
believed that large number of China
men have been run into the United
States in the same way.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-04-16
PonnsylvAnia's Republican Convention

PHILADELPHIA, April 6-Preprrations
for the Republican State Convention at
Harrisburg next week are about com
pleied The city leaders are silent as to
their preferences for candidates with the
exception of Congressman at Large from
the eastern end of the State. They favor
the nomination of George A. Castor, and
the chances for securing his nomination
are encouraging. It is believed that
Philadelphia will secure two delegates at
large and that they will be William L.
Elkins and William B. Ahern.