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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-17

New carpets and oil cloths st G, D.
Fricke's carpet store. 9-l0-1w
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Best work done at Brennan's steam
laundry. Everything white and spotleas.
Lace curtains speciality. All worB
guaranteed.
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Buy Keystone four Be sure that the
name LEssIa s. Co., Ashland, Pa, is
printed on every sack. 3-3-3taw
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Rev. John Gruhler, of town, is never
happy unless he can offer his snuff box to
friend to take pinch. We have often
accepted OF Rev Gruhler's generosity and
have sneezed frequently. 1t is surprising
fact to many that twenty years ago 1000
600 pounds of snuff per annum were
consumed in this country. Much more
Astonishing is the circumstance that during
the fiscal year ended July l, 1892, 10, 600 OC0
pounds of snuff was used in the United
States. Yet how rarely it is that one sees
a pinch of snuff taken The mystery was
explained to Washington correspondent
by the agent of great snuff msnufactur-
ing firm who said NEARLY all Italian and
German music teachers use snuff. Like
wise the Roman Catholic clergy The
priests say that they got into the habit
during long sessions in the confessional,
where they must sit for hours together and
take snuff in order to occupy themselves
and keep awake, avoiding sneezing." The
snuff that is chiefly used and manufactured
IN this country is of the yellow or brown
kind. Some Of it is sslted and some plain,
but very little of it is scented. 1t is useu
to an immense extent in the south by
negroes and poor whites for dipping"
| The snuff dipper moistens little stick in
water or alcohol, dips il in the anuff, makes
little ball and puts it between the lips and
teeth. The habit is an unpleasant one, but
it is practiced in the South by women as
commonly as by men. In fact the con-
sumption of snuff in this country is chiefly
hy dipping, and the bulk of the tobacco
manufactured in this shape is consumed
below Mason and Dixons line.
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n Ureat StOchs
Five thousand noves, the latest and best
issued, selling at'25 cents other places, for
sale at Max Reese's Tor 10 cents. The
finest playing cards. in the market 8 cents
per pack.
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-Four pair mems seamless hose for 25c
at the Peoples store. 6-2l-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-17
Lanes Family Medicine
A Great stock.

Moves the bowels each day. Most people
aeed to use il
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Even the Democratic free trade pres
does not object to taxing the people of the
United States to keep the foreign cholera
out of our cities and towns. They know if
it gains a footing in our cities that it is sure
to move inland and spread death in its
course If the money we spend to keep
out this dread scourge or keep it down does
its work, then it will have been we'll ex-
pended, and the mere cost will have been
swallowed up in gain and victory. On the
other hand, if it costs something to protect
ourselves against foreign goods and pro-
lection does its work well, then the great
gain is ours. The cholera brings death and
fee trade brings poverty, which is worse
than death. Let free traders expend
themselves in pointing out the cost Ct
protective measures, but le. the people go
on resping the bent fits. While free traders
are figuring up the cost of the manure let
us go on reaping the harvest.
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Shenandoah, Sept. s, 1892. 98-9t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-09-17
THE NOTE BOOK.
Some Of the Topics That People are Talk
ing About To-day.

ing ABOUT To-day.
"There will be no strike, says Presiden
Mcleod, of the Philadelphia & Reading
Railroad Company. Everything has beer
satisfactorily arranged. We are glad OF it
so are the rsilroaders and the business men
N Nothing demoralizes community NOR
than a strike and it takes years alter befor,
everything is working in the right channels
Again, we repeat, we are glad the impend
ing strike is over and no bad feeling exists
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WANTS, &c.

nor SALE-A two-seated carriage in good
Il order, very cheap, Apply atJ J. Bobbn's.
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NGTANTED.-25 stone masons and % laborer
w wanted at once at the VIM. Penn colliery
w
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FURNACE CREEK.

has this valley been named. and yet for more
than half OF the year 1t is one Of the healthiest
spots on the Pacific coast 1t is place where
rain storms are well-nigh unknown. and yet
one where the effects OF cloud bursts are al
most unparalleled. 1t is the hottest spot on
earth. and yet ice often forms there. 1t is a
place where the air becomes so arid that men
have died through lack Of moisture. although
abundant water was at hand. and yet 1t is the
stopping place Of hundreds OF ducks. geese.
and other migrating water fowl 1t is a. region
where the beds OF lakes are found on the
pointed peaks Of mountains. It is a region
whore a mountain system OF gorgeous col
~ored rocks is known as the Funeral Range.
It Is rent in the EARTH the bottom OF which.
In spite of the washings Of centuries. is proba-
bly, deeper below the level OF the sea than that
OF any other valley In the world. though that
distinction is claimed for Salton. San Diego
county. California. and for the Dead Sea.
Surely the story OF Death Valley should have
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MESA WHERE THE EMIGRANTs DIED.
lakes. with dancing waters and lcafy borders,
according as tho suns rays foil upon them. 1t
that picture is, masterful in proportion to its
power to stir tho emotions. then the picture
hp wph on e ha
colors q vegetation to make i attractive.
Mr., Henderson. because OF the vast space
which the eye could cover there. named the
Alter the visit Of Mr. Henderson. Death VAL
Sy Who SsG MOE Mo
tHs" from Gi4h e sSu}sSfD t Gs e.
%st re sna came when the profpeGto%T
ns n sfranae sHf the nsf mns
district, while roaring camn OF th IIn u,
sprang into existence in what was called Sur
prise Canon. west OF the Panamlnts
There never was canon more appropriately
hham.HI, RE rrospeetor WAS surprised When Wien
SURPRISED to hear Of his luck. the growth Of the
camp was more surprising still. viii the way
the bottom dropped ont later on fairly took he
breath out OF everybody oncerned-especially
many thousands there.
bars hal +, pr3saReeted Many trayersed Death Val,
sna sw M @
Then Death Valley got another rest from tie
q Fit. WEB Sns bs L
Philander held a bunch OF cattle about Fur
pace pace Gresk" f2r year or more while Bel
mace Creek and made a small ranch on which
ne raised alfalfa, barley. and quails." Bellerin
theck fot reputation OF being q bad man. He
Jackson for a yoke OF oxen. and then within a
week ran the saint, out OF the valley with a
and. sad to say. faded out o! Death Valley his
, t,r' man who .rrcjoiced in such u nnme.
| was tn" first citizen Of Death Valley. must
ha nay mad an Interesting Biography,
wh men mere was the exploring trip Of LIEUT..
you'd be complete, without reference to the
tieutenant- While In the valley in the heated
ne ordered his guide to go across the valley on
1901 on some errand which the guide declared
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while jack rabbits and cotton tails bobbed
about. There was nothing particularly bad
and therefore widely, varying stories about the
Meantime. and rs long ago as 1855. a gold
vein OF low grade ore had been found near the
Of Death Valley, and in 1861 a party Of eight
Mexicans went to 1t and started in to work it.
They got on fairly we'll for time. hut when thoy
had built SINAI! mill the Piutes came along in
force: killed all tho mon and burned the mill.
danger that hung over Death Valley. Tho
hardy prospectors had to pack rifles and 60 In
parties and keep watch for the signs Of the
treacherous Flutes.
starting In Mt Amargosa. Mr.; Hugh Mccormack
went to Death Valley. He discovered spring
known as McCormnck's Wells on SONG, OF the
maps OF California, near where Mesquite
found tho skeleton of a woman with Part Of an
buried in shallow grave but tho wind had
uncovered it.
derson entered Death Valley. looking. as the
rest had done. for Gunsight lead. He didn't
find it. but he did what no man had done be.
fore.he climb bed to the top OF tho highest OF
the Panamints; and. standing there. looked
where else on earth To the west lay the Slate.
Sierra mountains To the south rose Pilot
Butte. the CalcoS and. far away. the San Ber-
White Mountains. while to the east. beyond
the Funerals. were the Ivanwatch. tho Granite
named. Between them all lay the valleys.
with black lava huttes and frightened with the
beds of soda and salt and boraX that cleaned
snow white to tho eye or turned to mirage
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On getting their claims in shape the bornx
manufacturers went to work to develop the de-
post. Pans in which to boil tho material. watts
in which to crystalline the product, pipes to
bring water from springs. and lumber for
houses, stables. &C.. had all to be hauled out to
the valley from San Bernardino 25O miles
away over the desert. with never house and
scarce spring between. Moreover. men had
to be secured to do the work in the valley But
to the Californian such difficulties as these
problems presented were matters Of common
occurrence. though 1t must be admitted that
Death Valley was a little worse than any prop
ositon the coast miner had had presented to
him. Nevertheless. the works were erected. q
milo and half OF good water pine put down.
houses for men and animals were built, and
the work Of making borax went right along.
Nor was that ALL The company initiated. or
rather followed. the example OF Mr.. Bellerin
Teck. Death Valleys first settler. They estab-
lished ranch and named it Greenland. That
was a descriptive name In a way. certainly.
though the ranch in no way resembles the
frozen country to which the mind turns when
versed in Greenland lore they might have
lGndcr's term for green vale in a barren
ranch in Death Valley. with It's half-acre pond.
its thirty acres Of alfalfa and trees. its dobe
house with a wide yeranda. and its running
water on all sides. For FIVE years the ranch
and the works were run. beginning in 1888.
Then Coleman went broke and the works shut
down, and only ono man now lives in Death
Valley. James Dayton. whom tho Arabs call u
sailor. because he was once cook on u Sacra-
mentO River steamer.
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SCRANTON. Feb. 10.-Abram Mott who lives
on Tunkahanna Creek. carried half hushel
basket full OF pork to his son williams house
on Laurel Run. two miles distant on Monday.
His route led through woods and choppings,
Late In the afternoon he filled tho basket with
tools and started for home. Near the edge OF
Owl swamp he placed the basket near a tree
and went on some distance to gather ever
greens to take home. When he returned to
the path he saw bear smiling Mt tho basket
he yelled at the bear three or four times, but
the bear only glared at him awhile and thon
seized the bale OF the basket In his
teeth and waddled toward the swamp.
Mott grabbed Q club and chased the bear In
tne swamp the brute dropped the la sket,
laced MS Pursuer, and growled savagely. Mott
when the bear struck him on the LETT shoulder
81 ona ssa1 nm spratWyns u the bushes
bsar popped Se hn the
hsnds End hsn kaosses e c
s started az 9i1 on run The bear overlook Mott
stunning blow on the snout 1t made him
vince an, and stsgcer for moment, but he start
o eset III ana snarling. and chased Mott out
e :ssIs ssai ss liz Isas S %s
ihia ns Nott iammei il il tho crotch Of SAP
the meek with tho shears ri" I"ur er sur; ~,
NJ and Mott stabbed him in ti,o neck again.
Nes s. E M0 ssye Nth tm his
on the other side Of the neck. the shears pierre
ing msd the ,Igulsr vein the last time. The bear
stSn sr tSe Hbe an tSe nsa
"A"An'"S ana Ielt the CARCASS In the woods.
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enough to be dreaded by all. Is not SO bad as

enough to be dreaded by all. Is not SO bad as
Death Valley proper is unique. 1t is about
sut miles long, rnnaiRg from north t9
to foothills II is oSposits this depression TO
est altitude. while, east. Of the Funeral Range
p'G,e ;. on q, the siaN next to the valley 4 few
that is lover end Death Valley Is vailed vailed IN IN
Just what the the S denth is do not know CAL
l1ornta mining bureau report written by Prof
a1ks thu Rs sea h0 6n. b. Ha Il S
the valley n Tie simmer q isai saii The de-
depression 400 feet below the sea. No, doubt
depression is. it Is Interesting 70 noto that
fifteen miles west of this, depression is Tel
escore peak; rising more than two miles above
erly is Funeral peak, rising 5000 feet above
the sea. Where can two mountains like these
Untrue as is this little pit Of desert in its
tHa in sHso he Sss It hat It is ssy to
realize how high tic mountains are, nor does
It see that the bottom Of tho pit is below, the
to one in the old trail to be SO, extremely pro-
oipltous as they are: One has to wander
around. try tne mountain facoS, ana compare
what he sees with other mountain wonders to
comprehend Death Valley rs a valley.
east side Of the valley. but especially for SOW
eral miles north Of the mouth Of Furnace
give them attention. They are for the most
part clay buttes and lava peaks. with here and
there butte covered with water-worn peb
wonderfully contrasted colors and the wind
Worn. perhaps water-worn.. forms Of clay
natural curiosity. too is Mushroom Rock,
singular block Of lava that has been worn
common form to be found in cakes Of ice iIoat.
ing off the coast Of Greenland late in the sum-
mer. form best pictured by putting bunch
Of caulihoWe1 on mirror.
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DEATH or TIE CHIEF:
He Hunted for Half Century and Killed
the Last Bear In Ocean County.

LAKEWOOD. Feb. 2O.-In the thirties Charles
Stratton. who died hero recently. aged II.
was a mighty hunter Tho last bear killed. in
Ocean tthcn Monm outh) county foil under his
true aim and steady arm two miles southeast
Of this village. That was fully fifty years ago.
livery track in the almost unbrcken forest
then between Freehold and Barnegat, forty
five miles to the northward. he knew as we'll rs
he knew his front yard.
Many years ago. when he was probably the
most athletic man in the State. his complexion
was rs dark as that OF an Indian. and he wore
his thick black hair down over his shoulders
a he hs spa he h
ers brought him ,,t the name q Chief which he
Tho Chief: besides being great hunter. was
creeks OF this region. his deadfaiis and pitfalls
t4oso mes the buyers Of T. p pei. 0 came twenty.
1--WE and NIFTY miles in their own own lSonyeynnces,
was when he nearly lost hIs life ri r. endenvor:
n e One thst s T ses
away from TIC Chief: Up to TIE aay Of his
the 'I Forge re- Pond Until h Within e!as few
giving that nee anssSsr ne rh se he
and caught It by the leg. The turtle showed
fight. The Chief was an expert swimmer and
very muscular. and he determined to hang on.
h h ns Sy and with
turned the turtle completely over: but the
turtle recovered and took him down ten feet to
the bottom OF the stream. There the turtle
got the advantage and "fOued" the Chief It
was certain death to hold on any longer. and
the Chief got away as best he could. When he
The Chief dived again and again to ind him.
and did not give up the hunt until he became
faint from loss OF blood. The snapper had Bit
ten great cash In his thigh and he carried
Ths chs e snS
its employees The Chief would do his work
ut night and be Off with the rising OF the sun
for fox hunt or IL day at tho DUCKS In Barne-
gat Bay. nine miles distant Men who fol-
lowed him on foot, and he always travelled on
idea Of turning homeward for his night turn
again in tho foundry
Tho Chief knew perfectly the. haunts OF
grouse and quail. and foxes and coons and
rabbits. and as an angler for pickerel. which
abunded in all the lakes and streams here.
ABOUT. there was not his equal.
~ MS ,acanaintance among natives OF Mon
rs 1t was. it is said truly Of him that he never
mado an enemy. He was n peacemaker. but
when the other man could not have peace
without fighting for it the Chief never came of
second best SO well known did this fuct be-
come that he never had personal encounter
presence of a family reaching to tho fourth
generation. and leaving II memory rs green as
the pine forests which he had known all his
days and beneath which his body will be laid.
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MP with trails IN these davs and there are
many springs to be found there around the
Pahranaeat range. The emigrsuts had no
trouble there. The lava beds south Of the
Kawich Valley naturally turned the party to
the south still further. and then. seoing the
bare mountains before them they got down
into the Amargosa River Valley and the vicin-
ity Of Ash Meadows.
They were still safe. They had found
springs OF water at such intervals that. with
the aid Of kegs and barrels. they had been able
to keep their animals in condition flt to work
In spite OF the heat, but their situation was
rapidly becoming desperate. The country was
becoming more rugged-the valleys were mar
rover. the mountains were precipitous, the
cafons more DISTRACTED with the debris Of
tornadoes and cloud bursts. They now began
to write In the sand with abandoned equi-
pages tho story. Of their accommodating mis-.
fortunes. Article after article Of household
furniture. everything not necessary for tho
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was travelled so much that feed and fuel the
land being desertl were scarcer than to tho
south. There was nothing unusual about that
move for good many parties did the same
thing. travelling along the trails leading near
the west bank Of the Colorado River for few
hundred miles and then striking across tho
desert by the way OF several well-known
springs to tho Moiave River that sinks
In the sands of the Mojave desert.
But this party was not content with
what seemed tn them a roundabout route.
They were bound to get to the land OF gold
little ahead OF tho others. SO. somewhere in
Nevada. perhaps near Duck Lake. but maybe
further south. near Clover Valley canon. they
left the trail to follow the compass. The west
Srp part Of Lincoln county. New. ts well out
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net. and he Il was who really ssye the valis,

nett and he II wss who really gave the valley
u n &c rsst seyers! skeleton. Of men were
Tor the 9unseht lead IN 1880. 1T, The men !, had q
sprns do TSe snG So Ssa wcrs they
fell Where the rest he noP oS would long
which their fate gave name would have been
still land unknown had not Bennett, some
S sfTfSS p shs, silver IL 'S sqppsa
n f the way west Of the
he found spring OF water and v sddofG ar Inc 10
had rcgained somewhat OF his old.time
strength. While sitting idly BY the water he
thinking It might be something Of value. he
Carried %s 4 To f the a There
gun that needed a front sight, and for the
cake Of making memento 81 ne mcsaaiG
To II, the astonishment Of everybody who knew
sight lead was created and flqated up and
stRes ns coast ai y1sna oy an f
sps time in t hsn h %E s OF the
wandered Of wherever mountain 0r r hi Ives
aSost '1 them and and their minds on mirage of
delights which q honanza strike; ever to be
c in the nt %S tive MsH nras
MI s;S s;s; %s' o DssS sS 'S
10 IN %s say ;s fsS ton years after the emiaEant
part had persisted In Death Valley. DR.. Oar
Tn Prene made GaGyt In
south f%rS Of tho Kern liver rn% Waikers
eriy across tho head Of the valley next west
Fl neat Valley d "GKy %iss 10
rSute 80 we'll tSst hey se ss i've IL the
pa passed s their last MIG lit together. They found
lying about as they, Gal been ieit, ten years
sand had covered them. and the passing Pute
party. had hurried past In ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS error
Museum in San Francisco. Then 4 creek run;
Mountains was found and called Furnace
h tGSrs ThsS t s 0 Hf a S ssa
was not ,propitious for Dr. French's party. The
hot weather. vas ct hand: and. in spite OF aPun..
aaics TSt to avoid the tate Of Tie emisrssis
October Of the same year 1850 came Dr. =: g;
SGsfh tie Old es mt they
found it still undsturbed They had come
very thoroughly in ali directions. They found
excellent water in several places by digging
wells. The emiErants might have got it had
the Panamints thoy reached what is known rs
Wild Rose spring: and on Christmas Day dis;
the Christmas Gift. But they didn't find the
Gunsight lead nor did their Christmas Gift
make them rich.
from that depicted by the emigrants and the
previous visitors. and they We're rather in
clined to scout the idea of Death Valley being
very deadly Ducks and other birds abounded.
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The human body. when suffering from a
degrees degrees. but death eat quickly followed. ~
on North 1p a 9ndss
such weather. rs this that the sand storms in
and even desert birds caught away from the
saving spring or stream fall down and die. It
on, man had died from the heat. while lying
still in the house. while another. riding with a
cantesn in his hand on TOP o.. Of u load OF boraY
he was thnt narched his head cracked open
over the t1p Said man ThG saw the body
sunny climate, the home et the Indian sum
desert country undergoes in the course OF a
e reports q t6e caiii9rnia Mining bureau
saperintendent straeSssn q the Tesis M ES
noted temr sraturs q $50 degrees IN the
shade Of his house in August and yet before
ns I Mas
where, wider variation of the thormometer
TIC, greatest heat Of the 9ria region about tho
But one feature Of DEATH valley Weather re-
mains to be noted here. 1t will not do to say
hs G eond pSas sy PS
storms Of the utmost fury, are often seen about
the mountain tops MS well as around tho
mountains throughout the whole desert re-
Gion. AS described by the desert men. they
como in the hottest weather. and usually whom
least expected. Right in clear sky appears u
cloud. black and ominous. streaked with lire
growing with wonderful rapidity. and even
tunlly sagging down like n great sack.
The cloud is always formed above the
mountains. and after time its dubious
body strikes peak. Floods Of water are re-
ible size they roll down the cliffs and canons.
euIehes are filled with tho Debris. mesas sand and
foothills covered. The face Of n mountain
may be 80 changed in an hour as to be
scarce recognizable. and even the lighter
storms rip the heart out Of II canon. SO that
only gulches and heaps OF broken rock are
found where once perhaps good trail existed.
Cub Lee. sQuAw man OF the AlnnrGoss Val
ley tells OF sleeping near the mouth OF Fur
NICE Creek canon one night years ago with
bug hunter. as the desert-tram ping scientists
are called. IN camp. 1t was SO hot that the bug
hunter could not sleep. About midnight he
heard roaring noise un tho canon, which. as
to kent thinctreasng in volume caused him TO
he supposed. tho sky that appeared between
the canon walls grow suddenly white At that
moment Lee rolled over and the bug hunt Or
asked him what allied tho sky. Lee gave ono
glance and then yelled:
Cloud burst! Clmbr'
-, They scrambled up tho steep wall lust in
time to save their lives. Ioe thinks the foam
ing wall OF water that had whitcned tina sky
was not less than 100 feet high.
JOHN r, SPEARS.