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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-19

TOR SALE-CHEAP- One Of Chambers &
II Cos copying presses the present owner
having no use for It; being good as new, Call at
HERALD office.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-19
THE GREAT
Mexican Medicine Go.
Has opened branch office in
EEAE'S BUILDING, 8 East CENTRE st.,
SHENANDOAH,

In order to introduce their wonderful remedies
for all plood diseases. q hey will remain here
for a short time only, and duriI their short
stay VIII sell
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-11-19

Tor SALE-Two horses, good wagon, one
A. double carriage, two single carriages, one
double Sleigh set of bobs, two sets double har.
ness two sets single harness. Price $3.50 Ap
ply TO M p Conry, 81 South Main st. ll-161w
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
m TIE aRcHKnn

Lazy. ianguid shadows stretch across the
orchard grass.
And warm and blushing snow.dakes drift
downward as I pass.
The robins whistle blithely; white butterflies
float by;
One feecy cloud has lost its way in the soft
blue of the sky
And the spring is in my thought.
Light streams down through pale green
leaves that whispers in the breeze;
Deep in the heart of blossoms Turk drowsy,
droning bees;
The willows bend down slender leaves and
dip them in the stream.
The day floats by IN fragrant wings like q
sunny, golden dream
And the spring is in my heart
Fappy birds through dangerous air now
tell their secrets sweet;
Glover leaves and tender grass are thick be-
meath my feet;
Sunshine lights my baby's hair as at my side
he stands,
His tTeasure-trove of dandelions in tiny,
Ctight-shut hands
And the spring is in my life!
Virginia Franklyn, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
Sunlowers i'm Russia.

United States Consul. General J. NJ.
Crawford, of st. Petersburg, has been
investigating the culture of the %sunflower
in Russia, and reports that there are
over 700, 900 acres of land devoted to
the sunfower culture in the Empire, al
though the first effort to grow this
plant for mercantile purposes dates back
no further than 1912.
The chief product is the seed, the
average yield of which has been about
1850 pounds to the acre, this selling in
Russia ct an average price of n and
ons-half cents a pound, The yield to the
farmer growing s%unfowers is about $50
an acre, against the usual return of about
$40 per acre of ordinary products, and
the soil in which the sun6ower is grown
becomes very porous and better pre-.
pared for the rotation crops. The seeds
Of some species of sunf1ower is used in
making oil which, in consequence of SUI
perior colcr, flavor, and taste and its low
price, has largely taken the place in
Russia of the French table oil. In an
other species of suniiower the seeds are
sold to be eaten somewhat as peanuts are
in this country. After the oil has been
pressed out of the seed it is sold in a
cake form as food for cattle, the exports
of this from Russia to Germany, Dem
mark and Great Britain aggregating of
late years nearly 1Q0, 000, 900 pounds q
year.
The sunflowes stalks are gathered
from the fields aud dried in piles, aud
have very largely taken the place of
frewood in the country districts. In
fact, these stalks are preferred even to
pine wood, producing a quick and hot
flame fire. As about a ton of such fire.
wood is gathered from an acre of lands
this is looked upon as a decided advan-
tage in those districts where wood is
scarce. The ashes of the sunaower con-
tain a high percentage of potassium, and
are largely used ss a fertilizer. Under
the system of cultivation adopted, tho
stalks of the sunfower are often three
inches in diameter and about eight feet
long, sometimes forming many heads,
some of which are more than q foot in
diameter and containing about 1000
seeds. In order to grow the plant prof
itably, it is necessary to have a fertile
soil, which at the same time must be suf-
~iciently deep and compact to sustain
the stalk with its roots.-Amarican
Farmer.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
Horse fiesl for food has incre

Horse flesh for food has increased
wonderfully in popularity ia France,
states the Boston Transcript. At Paris,
the first horse butchery was opened on
July ., 1865, and in that year sO2 horses
were slaughtered. Through seventeen
years the business steadily increased, aud
the count shows that 2O3 ,B37 soliped,
were consumed in the city. On January
|, 1889, the horse butcheries numbered
1872. In other cities of France the out
put of the horse butcheries il enormous.
Hippophagy is also in great favor at Rot.
terdam. Horse meat is used there a!
human food to an extent that is unknown
Ia Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland,
as well as in parts Of Italy. II is extcn-
sively used in Milan, while it is scorned
in Turin. In the latter city only fifty
Gve horses were slaughtered in 1888,
and the fes6 was used exclusively for
feeding The animals of a menagery. A
Spanish writer regrets that hipsophagy
Is not adopted in Spain, where it wouli
benefit numerous poor laborers, to whom
ordinary meat is an article of luxury on
account of its high price. In Paris, the
price Of horse meat is about half that of
beef for corresponding cuts.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
IN WalI street. according to the A,

In Wall street, according to the AZ.
lanta Constitution, no cash passes.
Checks take the place of money. The
rich men of New York do not carry
money. The ~highwayman who 'theld
up Jay Gould or any Of the millionaires
would profit little. Only a few dollars
would be secured. If 500 lasts Mr..
Gould three months, as it does, the rob.
Der must have q pretty accurate knowl.
edge of his affairs to know when to cor.
front him with the hope Of getting over
ten or twenty dollars. The leading mill.
ionaires are men, without exception, Of
plain ways and few requirements. They
do not use intoxicants or tobacco, and
there are fewthings they need money for.
The average man who works for his
daily bread has more money IN his pocket
than the average millionaire. The
milIionaires, too, are as m~ethodicai in
their personal as in their business affairs.
They kesp strict account Of what they
draw for their expenses and what they
pay OUT Mr.. Gould carries his cash in
an old fashioned wallet in an inside
pocket. Days at q tima pass without hi.
opening the wallet.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03

"t is only my hana-torn on a sprIn-
ter of the fence"
"Let me bind it up she said, pity.
ingly.
And down she went on her knees, and
tearing her handkerchief into strips, care
fully bandaged the wound.
"Any other old maid" thought Daw-
son, sswould have tainted at the sight OF
blood"
Fortunately, Farmer Moss, alarmed by
the believing of the bull, now appeared
upon the scene, and Miss Bissel, leaving
| her companion to his care, made her way
home unassisted.
For a whole week Mr.. Dawson was
confined to his bed by reason of various
spra1ns ana bruises, ana IN rnat tim the
most delicious of Sally Luuns and fan
nel-cakes were continuously finding their
way to his room.
When he. again appeared down stairs,
the last person to congratulate him was
Miss Bissel.
sI'm glad to see you well again, Mr..
Dawson" she said, and her voice trem-
bled a little.
"And I'm glad to see you, Miss Bissel,
if only to thank you for your kindness
to me-"
81 don't know what you mean, Mr..
Dawson. 1t is I who am indebted to
you for coming to my rescue and saving
my life on that dreadful day" and tear
started to her ewes.
"Don't cry, Miss Bissel," he said,
soothingly.
He looked around, and observing that
they were alone, resumed:
II am glad to think that we have
been a mutual help to each other, and
have been rejecting that it would be a
good thing-don't you think so, Miss
BIssel?-if We could agree toto help
and take care of each other always"
Mrs. Moss, entering the parlor about
that time, found Miss Bissel apparently
very much agitated, and heard her say,
falteringly:
"I will think about it, Mr.: Dawson"
1.-THE good lady made IN excuse for
retiring, and fastened to communicate
her convictions to Joanna.
tits surely going to be a match, Jo-
anna, when she says that she'll think
about it. And it's the oldest thingl"
And Joanna answered:
''It's just too funny! Who'd ever
have thought that it would have turned
out 500 He, he!"-saturday Night.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03

Matters are beginning to look little
squally about the frontiers OF Russia,
Persia and Afghanistan 1t has been
reported already that Amir has been ex-
hibitingg signs of a disposition to attack
some Of his weaker neighbors, including
the Afridis ana some of the petty Khans
of Bazhauer, who are more or less under
British jurisdiction. Russia is evidently
on the lookout for disturbances in that
quarter and means to be ready to snap
up any unconsidered trias that may fall
in her way. It is announced that a
special commission from the Ministries
Of War, Finance, and Internal Affairs
has been appointed in st. Petersburg to
consider precautions to be taken against
the introduction of cholera into Trans
caspia from Afghanistan. The COM
mittee has resolved that the Gordon
round the frontiers of Afghanistan and
Persia must be strengthened, and that
medical and sanitary supervision must be
established on the borders. It has even
discussed the propriety Of sending q bac-
teriologist to Herat, and it is tolerably
safe to predict that if such an officer is
ever appointed, he will have many other
things to attend TO besides microbes.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
The Gar as u nisciplinarian.

a story illustrating the rigid discip.
line OF the Russian army, In which the
emperor played a leading part, is told
By G. Johnston; zone OF the grand
dukes told the car that a sentinel on
the level crossing at Petefhof had re.
fused to raise the toll bar for his car
rage, although the train was not due
for three or four minutes. TIC is against
orders, your imperial highnessi | can't do
&c, your imperial ~highnessl' the soldier
replied, the rule being that, once the
toll bar is shut, 1t must not be opened
until after the train has passed, The
car said he was very glad TO hear that
the soldiers knew how to obey orders,
as discipline was the very life of the
army. The grand duke laughed, but
said he was certain that if the car him.
self had been present discipline would
have given way before the imperial pres.
enee,
ssThe emperor did not reply, but )
few days afterward put the matter to
the test by driving up with the empress
to the level crossing just after the toll
bar was crossed.
.sThe emperor called the sentinel OF
the day to let him pass. The seutinel,
In dire trepidation, salHted, but did not
stir to the bar. open AZ o.lr, ] tell
youf cried the emperor; sdon t you know
who / a1nQ' Yes, your imperial maj.
estyi I know your imperial majesty, but
I cant, your imperial majesty it's
against orders. your imperial majestyi'
answered the sentinel, still saluting, and
turning almost blue with anxiety but
not moving an inch from his place. q
am the emperor, and | command You to
opent' cried the czar again. Cant do
ii, your imperial majesty despairingly
cried the sentinel, still standing firm
but too disconnected to note the smile in
the emperor'a eye. just then the train
passed, the emperor burst into 4 At Of
Homeric laughter, and warmly ON
mending the astonished sentry presented
him with 4 twenty-five ruble note and
drove back 70 the palace Chicago
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
PENSIONS!

ew ACT OF JUNE 81, 1896. Pensions soldiers aud sailors Of the var OF Ii
rebellion who served 80 days AMI wHs honWaby discharged ron the services a
who are incapachated for performance OF manual labor, and for the widows chN
|dren, dependent parents, fathers and mothers. All pensions under this Act will
commence from the date Of filing the formal application (after the passage OF the
Act in the pension Bureau. No application for pension under this act will bs
good unless Gld in the Pension Buroan o. or after June 81 1890. (date of the
Act OF if not in the form, substantially, prescribed by the Secretary The rates:
child of soldier under sixteen years; and it tbs widow dies. the child or children
can draw such pension. The soldier il entitled to any rate from So to $2 per
may apply under this one, or a pena,ner under this me may apply under other
laws, but can draw only one pension at thu same time. This Inv requires n asof
diers or sailors case: <--
"a An honorable discharge.
c9 That he served at least ninety tags.
cO A permanent physical or mental inability TO eana support, but not ne
vicious habits. ct need not have originated in the servne9
~ That the sailor or soldier served at least ninety days.
ca That he vas honorably discharged.
CD Proof of death. but it need not hive been the results of his Army n
Naval ervce.
"a shat the widow is without other means of support than her dsg
labor"
q That the soldier or sailor died # wound, injury or disease, which, IN
der prior law, would have given him a pension.
G9 That he left no wife or minor child.
Gg That the mother Oh father IS at present dependent on her or hs own
HuI labor, or the contributions of others no. legally bound for Their support
The benefits of the first section of the Act of June ~, 1890, are not confaed te
all parents where reasonable dependence has aren IN account of the death Of
son who served, since said war, in behalf of the United States as well as for DIS
abilities contracted before or since discharged. ~
a. That i'm case a minor child is insane, idiUhc or otherwise pamanenty
helpless the pension shall continue duiog the period of such disability and nl
under this OF any former statute, and such pensions shall commence from Inc ga
of application therefor after passage of this Act
The rules and regulations Of the Department will govefa all apphcans ~
az Under Act IF June q, 1890, pensions ae granted TO Soldiers ard s11a'
H-NOTICE-Dr. ". +. Lasnpe having recently been aprentel u
irxamining Surgeon fer Pensions at 0peIousas, La it is now OF special inNtssa.o
hey con now be examined without having 10 sustain the expenses Of gdpg 1
Civ Orleans for medical examination, at which place they have heretofore 0eA
sthected to go.
HART n. SANDoZ,
Us. Pensi 4 Gin Agent
~ once with Hon. John nj OF gel. o,aoaas, Loaslnl.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03

The official summary of the accidents
and casualties which occurred in 1891
upon the railroads Of the United King
dom has just been issued. From this il
appears that Of 500, 900, 900 passengers
carried during the year only 1--WE wers
killed in accidents. the smallest actual
number and proportion recorded since
1878, when six were killed. The num-
Der 2 passengers injured in accidents
durinS the year wa s75.
!, of msR employed BY the railway com
panies twelve were killed and 15s in
iured ii accidents, ! much higher Pro-
portion. The Inst Of passengers killed
and injured BY trains otherwise than ID
accidents) is much Meavier, including
ninety.eight dead, 737 injured. of
these sixteen were killed by falling be-.
tween carriages and platforms, fourteen
BIZ falling on the platforms Or Stlie line,
and fifteen 81 falling ont Of carriages
during the travelling Of trains. Crossing
the line 1T stations was fatal 70 twentw
three, and ninaty-eight we're injured By
the closing 81 carriage doors. Causes
other than train accidents killed no fewer
than 537 Of tie servants of companies
or contractors, while more than 300
were injured. The greatest loss Of life
occurred among the men who were
king, crossing Or ssanding on the
III duty. The deaths from these
we're l46, while IIs were killed
alking % the permanent way 81
shunsing operations killed
Forty-two Ioss gir lives
d on the line.
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
HART n. sANDoZ,

Us. FtnsT q VH 80
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
: LOUISIANA

aWhen the farmers become bicy
/. clists," predicts the New York Mail and
Express, sit won't be long before the
country has coed roads,"
The Opelousas courier., 1892-09-03
HOW IT TURNED OUT.
BY 8. A. WEISS.

'oW, that's the
oldest thing II
said Mrs. Moss,
as W t o
troubled look she
tied on her clean
apron at the head
of the breakfast
where she
awaited the APP
pearance of her
, boarders. s'Isn't
it, Joannaa"
But Joanna,
her cousin, after
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-11
Was 1t DeSote's Body.
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
81 believe that | helped to bury
Don Fernando DeSoto," said Or
ver Itigsby, a native Lonisianlan,
now at The Southern. "ln 1853
was living a, Baton Rouge, and, in
company with Il couple of other
young men, named Davis and
%lIurin. went IN the river on a
hunting expedition. We went up
abnve the present site of PORT
Hudson, where the river makes a
sharp bend to the west.
"There had been a biz rise in
the river a month before-one +
the greatest ever known. We h, d
landed on a lot OF rubbish that had
been swept down by The river, and
used some of it to cook our SUP
per. llurin sal OH an old log that
appeared TO have been washed up
rom The bottom OF the slream,ahd
tapped on il with a Ratchet.
1T gave out "A hollow sound and
he began to chip into it. The wood
was soft and spongy, and he soon
Gu, through the outer-crust, and.
putting his hand inside, drew forth
a rusty sword. We quickly de-
the log, and found it 10
contain a helmet, badly corroded,
and a human skeleton-tha, of a
man apparently six feet tall. On
one of the bony fingers was a large
seal ring, and about the neck was
u small chain, 10 which was sus
pended a bronze crurifix.
I'VE carried the skeleton inland
A quarter Of a mile aud buried |,
IN a little knoll bel ween two large
live oak trees. Hurin kept the
sword and appropriated the cruel.
fix. 1t is said that DeSOto's body
was incasad in a hollow tree and
sunk in the Mississippi river in
1912. Whether the skeleton We
was his or not l do not know.
but 1t had the appearance of hav.
ing lain IN the river for centuries"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-11
So promise me,
Oh proinjsp uQ
The Worth Of q Maiden.

"Mlss Keclick - Dora," began
young MIR. Nipple, "Dora, dearest,
| love YOU"
$50 does Mr.. Spatt," replied Do
IA.
81 know il, but he cant love you
as | do. IL isn't in him."
"But he SAYS am worth my
weight in gold"
"D0ra, how much do YOU
weigh 2" asked The yOuvg man.
"Let me See" replied Dora,
medilatively. What is my weight
nowy'
IL suppose it is about one hun.
dred and twenty pounds"
mo, il is not quite that. | never
weighed over 1l3, but that was
last winter. But what are you do.
ing?"
The young man had taken a
pencil and an old letter from his
pocket, and was figuring on the
back of The envelope.
well call it 49," he said. SIN
113 pounds there are sixteen times
that many ounces, or I,S0S ounces.
Now gold is quoted at $20.67 per
ounce; 1,S0S ounces AT S2O67 per
Ouce amounts to $37,37l.37."
"What on earth are you doing,
Mr.. Nipple Miss Kcedick de.
manded.
IL am ascertaining the difference
between Mr.. Spat,'s valuation Of
yon and my own estimate. His
value of you, as reported by your.
sell, is precisely $37, 3Gl.37. The
creature actually has the audacity
TO place a cash value upon you,
and one at such pallry proportions
too! Less than $4,000 for a su.
perb and angelic being like your.
self! Ii is figured down 10 cents,
even. Think of The odd 30 cents,
my dear! The very idea Of lug.
ging in the paItry copper cent as a
measure Of your value Yet that
IS precisely what my rival has
done. Now, Dora, love, | value
you at billions on billions of dol"
lie did not finish. She interrupt
ed him with the exclamation,
81 am your, George!'
The wedding will occur in about
six weeks.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-11
CHE lemnrrat-S t,,
the LiWYER AND Tue cav

Jacob Fruehess COW, Of r..
lum, near CINCINNATI. has ho .a,Sp
record. 1t is proper 10 spa lAs
the COW AS 'ot Tnsculumbb ''A d
The affidavit Of John GocIz i W. y.
as afiidavils ought to be. AHA 'll',
rs so very much The central Gov GOV
that all The human parties y, nSaIe
SUIT are mere MINOR adjunc,s "s
John Goetz prides himss,,
having The finest garden in MI on
section. The Fruehe cow Ia. mat
parently the finest appetite aus sp-
broke into said galden ana Ole
there for half an hour, and !" wa, was
time did-but here is Dart If wax "a
affidavit which Mr.. Goeiz svo,a 'a !
before Squire Wilson: WHY %
"And the plaintiff, John Co,,.
hereby aifirms that the said ' WV,
did unlawfully and mal,c;ov" Nv
enter his garden and eat s evau,.
five heads OF cabbage, len bus1syE
OF lima beans, ten bushels Is
onions, two bushels of cucumh.m'l
and fifteen stands of imported Ce.
man string beans, vines and o ol,
The squire gasped, but recovs,
ed himself su efficiently 10 order N.
COW into his custody and isSrs , I1s
usual attachment. MIR. Gne,,.s
lawyer, the author of The remars'
able affidavit, went with Cons,a,
BILE Fries, and while the latter wss
standing off Mrs. Fiuehe AND
lodging her broom, the Iawvs,
got a rope ON The cows horns and
started her. She was still in oood
health. She gave one lrisk Of bs.
tail, and then filled with reminis.
cences of Mr.. Goetz's garden, took
IA course due east. An e%nliyennr
scene might have been witnessed
# any ore had been present excent
the actors.
Twenty minutes later the con.
stable discovered The lawyer and
the COW half a mile from the resi-.
dence of Mr.. Fruehe. The LAWYER
had taken a wrap around a Tree
with the rope. He and the COW
were both brealhless and uncou,.
m%nnlcative.
"Why didn't you let go ~ asked
the constable.
when l take hold never let
go," said the lawyer impasslvely,
land beside | couldn't. The rome
got tangled around my arm"
AT latest accounts The COW was
in the hands of the law awaiting
The event OF the suit, while all tho
farmers are crowding to
see such a bovine phenomenon,
and all the lawyers having their
about that affidavit.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-11
Star
The Mother-in-Lav.

Howard Saxhy writes thus to the
Cincinnati Commercial:
When first heard Reginald de
knven's song, "Oh, promise me
that some day You and H. render.
ed. understood The singer to say,
"Oh, promise me that one day you
will die" The next morning a
friend came in and informed me
Tint III a few weeks his mother.in.
law would celebrate her ninelieth
birthday, and asked me to write a
little ode for the sad occasion.
Without thinking, l gave him the
following, which he recited 10 those
assembled tn do honor to his wife's
mother. My friend informs me
that since this occasion there has
been a quietude in his domestic
circle. However, here is The poem,
so you can judge for yourselves.
For my part. cant See what The
old lady could have objected to /:
Oh, promise me that some day you will
die,
Will take yo,r life and luggage to some
Then We can weep alone and love renew,
Aud fill the hollows where your teeth
once grew.
oh, try to die before the early spring,
Aud round your casket we will gladly
And think how cross aud mean you used
to be!
Oh, promise me.
Oh, promise ne!
Oh, promise me that you will leave this
land,
And journey to u tar and distant strand.
oh, let us close those weak aud watery
eyes
And send you by express to paradise.
While ''Boom-ter-ian the solemn organ
rolls,
Yonl death is music to our weary souls.
just let the angels get IA taste of thee
Oh, promise me,
oh, promise me!
My wife and me would ne'er have had u
If you had never c,me aud lived with us
She used to think that | was good and
true,
Until her eyes were opened wide by yOn.
To make her think me tough and naugh-
ty you did try,
So now | guess you're ripe enough TO die.
And DER your grave we'll plant Il talking
tree,
So promise me,
Oh, promise me!
1t looks TO Inc as if his mother
in law ought to have fallen on his
neck and kissed him then and
there. but she didn't do anything
hut put a codicll at The bottom of
her will, which read:
80 my brilliant son-nlaw,
George Augustus, | leave nothing,
AS he is fully able to earn his liv-
ing as a poet"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1892-11-11

The stalistician, Rev. Henry X.
Carroll, says that there are one
hundred and forty distinct Chris.
iian denominations in The United
States. or these there are fifteen
varieties OF Melholists, fourteen
OF Baptists and twelve Of Presby
terlans.