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The herald., 1893-09-18
A Cyclist Catches a Train.

"We have all seen men run for train,
said traveller. "The other day saw a
man make a break for one on bicycle.
We had halted at a station from which q
straight, level road ran back at right
angle to the railroad. At a considerable
distance up that road we saw man com
ing on d bicycle. A man afoot couldn't
have got anywhere near us from thai
distance, and it didn't seem as though
the man on the wheel could get within
rods of us, but he came down the street
whizzing. When he had come about
half the distance, the conductor gave the
signal to start, and the engineer sounded
the whistle and started the train. Il
was astonishing how fast the man on the
wheel was coming now. There was 6
broad, level space around the station
The bicyclist swept over this in great
curve that landed him alongside the bag
gage car. Dismounting, he lifted hil
wheel up to the waiting hands of the bag
gage master. A Attraction of q second lat
er the steps of the first passenger ca,
came along, and the bicycist stepped
aboard o winner. New York Sun.
The herald., 1893-09-18
The whitsoa tsaccu Cruiser s chicago Ea o.t 1t Dublin.


The stars and stripes are as familiar
to Irish eyes as the flag Of green, but not
often is the symbol Of the United States
of America seen on an American battle
ship in Dublin bay. A warship is re-
garded as part of the territory Of the
state to which it belongs, and therefore
the Chicago may be looked upon as the
part of the great country in which so
many Of our people have found home,
and not few of them have found fame
and fortune. 1t was only natural, there
fore, that her advent to our shores
should have stirred Irish hearts, and
that the flag flying above her should
have conjured up visions of battle days
when side by side with it was carried
the flag of green. Ireland gave Barry
to the American navy, and the blood Of
Old Ironsides coursed through the veins
of Charles Stewart Parnell, and the
Irish nature would have ceased to be
Irish if our warmest affections were not
successfully appealed to by the sight of
part of the armed force which the genius
of Barry helped to create and of the flag
under which the grandfather Of the
Irish leader served and fought. United
Ireland
The herald., 1893-09-18
CAVES CHOEED WITH cORPSES,
Terrible Ravages of Floods and
Storms in Spain.
Dire Distress in the Flooded Districts
of New CASTLE.
Eighty Dead Bodies Recovered at villa
Canas and the Loss of Life Known
to Be Much Greater-Other
Foreign Flashes.
By the Associated Press.

BY the Abs0clated Press.
MADRID, Sept. 1.-THE distress in
the flooded districts of New CASTLE con-
tinues and the loss of life is greater than
anticipated. Fresh storms and con-
tinued downpours have delayed the de-
parture Of relief trains. Some villages
have been entirely isolated for several
days and starvation ia staring the in
habitants in the face. Some of the
caves in which the terror-stricken in
hab41ants of Villa Canas sought refuge
are fairly choked with corpses OF men,
women and children. About so bodies
have been recovered, but this number is
said to be far below the actual total OF
the loss of life. Business in the flooded
districts is entirely suspended and will
so remain for some time to come. Great
damage has been done in other parts OF
the peninsula. Plantations, whey ards
and buildings in the vicinity of Sala-
manca suffered severely and large
number ssof cattle were drowned. The
queen regent has sent donation of
money for the relief of the starving in
habitants, and subscriptions for the
same purpose are being raised in other
quarters.
The herald., 1893-09-18
TO ACQUIRE STRENGTH.

The Exhibition "etrong Man" Tells
How Vigor Can Be Maintained.
Strong man Sampson held levee in
the parlors of the Metropolitan hotel
Dne afternoon this week and RECALLED his
auditors with stories and illustrations OF
his prowess. Steel chains and wires
were easily broken by him by way of
Introducing himself, and then he per-
formed several other of his well-known
and more difficult feats.
THESE things amaze you," he said,
"and yet you can duplicate anything l
have done in little time. All you have
TO do is to follow these rules which I
now give you: Be regular in meal hours
and eat good, substantial food. l usu-
ally confine myself to eggs, meat and
rye bread. Take great deal of outdoor
exercise and sponge the body daily with
cold water.
"Have a steel ring made three-eighths
Of an inch larger than the size of your
arm, and make sure that it fits tightly.
Place it around the upper part of your
arm. This will prevent the blood circu-
lating as it should. Then raise your
arm slightly; this act will cause the
:ubbing of the upper muscle. Close
POUR hand slightly, but with great
strength, thus forcing the blood toward
lhe muscle.
SIN your first trial bend the arm slow
" until the blood becomes accustomed
10 the exercise. Within two or three
Feeks you will perceive that the arm
Aas grown too large for the ring. Then
have larger one made and continue
The practice. Exercise longer each time,
put before you place the ring in position
tub it and your arm we'll with oil to
prevent the skin from breaking. Fin
hhing this, bathe the arm we'll with
told water to cool the muscles.
''If any person follows these simple
Instructions l will guarantee that inside
ii three months he will be able to hold
1ut75 pounds at arms length with one
hand. To strengthen the lungs, buckle
sstrap around the chest and take deep
Inhalation OF air. Soon you will feel the
resistance of the strap; continue this
or about ten minutes three times a
lay, and you will soon be capable of
bursting the strap with ease by simply
ixpsnding your lungs. Don't use to-
pacco. "-[New York Advertiser.
The herald., 1893-09-18
BICYCLE RIDING FOR WOMEN.
1t Leads to a Good Healthy Develop
ment OF the nIuscles.

1t Leads to a Good Healthy Develop
ment OF the Muscles.
am inclined to the view that for
children of either sex much cycling is
not good. Girls should not begin to ride
regularly until they have reached their
seventeenth year, and not then unless
they are strong and well-formed. In
training. and ever afterward, they
should be taught to sit straight
up on the seat or saddle, and
always to have the dress perfectly free
around the waist and chest. The ankles
ought also to be free, and the dress
sufficiently short to prevent embarrass-
ment to the movement of the feet.
can have no hesitation as to the kind Of
seat that should be used by women |;
the cushion seat is infnite-
ly preferable to the saddle.
All conditions being normal, women
can indulge in the exercise just as safely
as men. 1t is, indeed, of great use to
healthy women for them to cycle. 1t se-
cures quick and sale cultivation of the
senses it leads to a good and healthy
muscular exercise; it causes fine ex-
pansion of breathing it causes the lungs
to inhale pure air; it quickens the cir
culation, and it brings to the mind a
free and wholesome change OF scene,
which is tonic OF tonics to the depress-
ion incident to nedentary monotony.-
I'D. Richardson in the Asclepiad.
The herald., 1893-09-18
wall streyt.s .,arrow lsscape.

Wall street barely escaped something
worse than Black Friday Oh July IS. 1t
came pretty near to being black Tues
day. Scores Of men on and off the ex-
change will remember 1t as long as they
live in the way that one remembers a
great peril, and even the men who made
hundreds of thousands through that days
awful drop in values will always look
back upon it with twinge of terror.
Some time, when these troublous times
have passed and Wall street has chance
to pause fer bit Of gossip again, great
story win be told about that Tuesday-a
story t,lat will astound everybody ex-
cept few of the country's greatest spec
ulators, and story that will make many
people in this and other cities turn pale
and catch their breaths.
They will show then how frightfully
narrow was the escape from financial
catastrophe of crushing magnitude.
They will know that the fate of the
street, and with it the fate of scores of
tributaries to the street, legitimate and
otherwise, of bankers, merchants and
manufacturers, too numerous to stop to
count, hung in the balance, and that a
fingers touch from any one of three
men would have turned the scale ruin
ward. And when they learn this they
will probably come as near to really
thanking God as their religion or lack
of religion will let them, because instead
of the one mans finger touch weighting
the scale down with disaster there was a
sturdy shoulder push from all three of
that days destinies of the street to force
it up into safety. New York Press.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Makipr tho MOST ofHousehold Pets.

Whatever beast is kept it should have
its own quarters in which it is at home
and free from intrusion. and to which it
should be kept clean and sweet by fire.
quent changes of bedding and the use of
soap and water. No one has a right to
keep an animal in confinement who finds
it toomuch trouble to attend to its health
and comfort. 1t should be regularly fed
on food that is most healthful for it, and
what is quite as essential to its happiness
and consequently to its health, it should
be talked to and noticed as much as any
body.
amtertain many animals and birds
suffer and die in our homes from pure
loneliness and from being regarded by
their human neighbors as creatures of
an altogether different nature. Whereas
the truth is, if one will but cultivate
their acquaintance. he will be astonished
to see how the dullest and most stupid
will wake out of its apparent torpor and
show understanding and character.
know family very fond of pets, in
which the creatures show most extraor-
dinary individuality. Their cats do
things no cat was ever before known to
do; their parrots and other birds show
what we call human nature in won
derful degree, and their dogs almost
talk. The reason is plain; the animal or
bird is made one Of the family. 1t is
talked to and petted as well as cared for.
Its intelligence develops, and the beast
becomes very like the human being
Olive Thorne Miller in Harper's Bazaar.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Ancsens Girdles.


Ancient girdles were in some respects
like the chatelaines not long ago so much
the rage among the ladies, but they diff
fered therefrom in being more useful,
more comprehensive in regard both to
sex and to articles worn, and when COM
pletely furnished more costly. 1t is
partly for this last reason that we find
girdles bequeathed as precious heirlooms
and as valuable presents to keep the
giver's memory green after death. They
were not infsequently of great intrinsic
value. One of King Johns gird1es was
wrought with gold and adorned with
gems, and that of the widow of Sir
Thomas Hungerford. bequeathed in 1904
to the mother church of Worcester,
was of green color harnessedswith silver
and richly jeweaed.
Not few wealthy commoners were
able to afford theluxury of gold embel-
lished belts and were not superior to that
pardonable vanity so long as no regula-
ton prohibited them. Those who have
studied our social history will not be
surprised to learn that enactments were
passed restraining them. Edward III
forbade any personunder the-degree of a
knight from wearing girdles, gilt or sill
yer, unless he should happen to be an es-
quire of substance valued at more than
e200, when reasonable embellishment
was tolerated. Henry ~ confirmed this
regulation, butit does not seem to have
been stringently enforced, for Edward ~
was constrained to impose penalty of
40 pence upon thewives of servants and
laborers who should have the pertinence
to aspire to be as good as their masters
spouses. Chambers j Journal.
The herald., 1893-09-18
The Bombardm ment of Rio.

LONDON, Sept. IL. The Portuguese
government has decided to send another
warship to Rio de Janeiro as sdvices re-
ceived here are of the most serious de-
scription. The bombardment of Rio ie
resumed every now an then, and much
damage is said to have been done to
property.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17.-Up to a late
hour tonight the state department had
received no further news from Brazil. 1t
is over two days since Minister Thomp.
son has been heard from.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Eastern Fruit Sales,

CHICAGO, Sept. 16.-The Earl Fruit
company cold eight cars of California
fruit at auction today, as follows: To-
kay grapes, $2.5O@2.S5; half crates
Tokay grapes, $1.O0@1.50; Muscat
grapes, $l.50@1.70; half crates Muscat
grapes, 60c@1.10; Malaga grapes, half
crates, 65c@$100. Bartlett pears,
green, $l.70@2.00; Bartlett pears. ripe,
s1.15@150; half crates Winter
Seckel pears. $1.20@1.30; Beurre
Clairgueau pears, $1.25@1.3O. Gros
prunes, $1.15 @ 1.35; Hungarian
prunes, $1.2O@1.30; German prunes,
$1.l0 "a LIS; Fellenburg prunes,
$1.05@t.15; silver prunes, $1.00. Kelsey
Japan plums, $1.15@1.25 egg plums,
S1.00@1.10; Ickwith plums, 90c@$1. 90.
Salway peaches, 90c@s1.00 Georges
late peaches, 90c@$1.00; McDevitt clings,
90c@$l.00; Days yellow cling peaches,
90c@S1.00; Susquehanna peaches, SOC |;
Wiley cling peaches, 80c@9Oc; Orange
cling peaches. 80c@90c; Picquets late
peaches, 90c@$1.00; Strawberry cling
peaches, 70c@S0c.
The herald., 1893-09-18
About How He Felt.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fits were out driving.
81 WONDER" said she, "just what the
poor horses feelings are? 1t must be
Just horrid to be driven and dragged
around, without any idea as to where
one is going, except as some one directs.
81 fancy 1 can appreciate his feelings ,
replied Mr.. Fits calmly. II imagine he
feels just about as I do when you take
me out on a shopping trip. ."-London
Tit-Rits
The herald., 1893-09-18
A way to Keep Butter without Ice.

A suggestion to campers or other folk
who are really roughing it is how to So
cure cool butter without ice. Fill box
with sand to owithin an inch or two Of the
top. Sink the butter jars in the sand;
then thoroughly wet the sand with cold
water. Cover the box Gs nearly alright
as possible,
The herald., 1893-09-18
Canada's New Exeoutive.

QUEBEC, Sept. 17.-Lord Ahardeen,
the new governor-general of NADIA,
landed here today.
The vice regal party laH 1T 9
O'Clock and were met by the fGnion
and provincial ministers, M Ere
mont and others. They were attended
by the Queens Own hussers to the cita-
del, where they will reside while here,
There was no formal reception. The
swearing in of the earl as governor.
general will take place at IL O'Clock to.
morrow morning in the council chamber.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Austrian Army nraneuvers.

GUENz, Sept. 1.-THE duke OF Con-
naught and the king of Saxony arrived
here this aafternoon for the Austrian
army maneuvers. Emperor William of
Germany arrived half an hour later. He
was met and cordially greeted by EN-
peror Francis Joseph, number of arch
dukes and Count Kslnoky, the imperial
minister. The maneuvers begin tomor-
rDW.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Distress in British Mining Districts.

LONDON, Sept. 17.-Distress in the
mining districts increases, and there is
no appearance at present of the strike
coming to an end. In the Wakefield
district 1000 children are being fed by
charitable organizations. In Derby
shire, where 500,0 people are idle, the
strike fund is exhausted.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Guaranteed Cure.

We authorize our advertised druggist to sell
Pr. Kings New discovery for Consumption,
coughs and Colds upon this condition: If you
tre afflicted with Cough, Cold or any Lung,
fhroat, or Chest trouble, and will use this
emedy as directed, giving it fair trial. and
experience no benefit, you may return the bot
ie and have your money refunded. We could
sot make this offer did we not know that Dr.
Kings New Discovery could be relied on. 1t
fever disappoints. Trial bottles free at @. F.
feinzemans drug store, 222 North Main
ireet. Large size, SOC and 81.
The herald., 1893-09-18
A subsidv Recommende ed.

BRISBANE, Sept. I7.--The prime min
feter has recommended that subsidy
OF $25, 900 be granted by the government
toward the Vancouver mail service.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Death of DR.. Bey.

PARIS, Sept. 17.-Dr. Edward Warren
Bey, well known American physician
of Paris, is dead.
The herald., 1893-09-18
Worlds Fair Columbian Edition Illus.
trated Herald.

This beautiful publication, printed on
the finest book paper, is now on sale by
all the news dealers and at the HERALD
business Office. 1t contains 48 pages of
information about Southern California
and over 80 Illustrations. AS publica-
tion to send to eastern friends it has
never been ,equaled. Price, l5 cents in
wrappers.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07
Answer Filed.

NEW YORK, March The defend
ants in the suit of the Richmond Ter
minal, West Point and Warehouse Rail
road Company against John lnman and
others have filed their answers in the
L. S. Circuit Court 10 the charge Of
fraudulent action and improper conduct
in connection with the purchase by the
Georgia Company of 10000 shares Of
stock of the Central Railroad Co., Of
which 81 ,0O0, 900 was paid in part for the
the purchase in bonds Of the railroad
company, which the plaintiffs claim
were insecure to the knowledge of the
defendants at the time Of the purchase.
Three of the defendants, John ii. IN
man. james Swami and John c. CAL
houn. were at the time of the transac-
ton directors in both companies. The
defendants deny that any fraud
was perpetrated in connection
with the purchase. The Georg-
ia Company, it is claimed, was
properly organized under the laws
of North Carolina, and the defendants
had the right to sanction by their
votes as directors the purchase
of the stock, the insecurity of
which they claim to have no
knowledge of at the time Of the sale.
It is further claimed that the pending
suit has been instituted by stockhold
ers who have either become members
of the company since the transaction,
aad were fully cognizant of the state OF
affairs, or were always such, and by
their votes ratified the action OF the dl-
ec.ors in the purchase of the stock.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07
VIRGINIA NEWS.

The thirtieth session of the Wash
ington Conference of the NJ. i. Church,
colored, will convene at Staunton to-
morrow.
Capt. Joseph B. Baker, for many
wears the head of the Baker Salvage
Company, died at his home, in Berke-
ley, yesterday afternoon, i'll his SOth
year.
The Virginia Female Institute, at
Spotsylvania Courthouse, for some time
in charge of Professor Beers, has been
closed and the building will be con-
verted into hotel.
Rev. John Ridout, who for the past
year or two has been the assistant rec
Tor of Grace Episcopal Church in Pet
ersburg, yesterday accepted 4 call TO
the rectorship Of that church.
There was a slide at the Crawford
mines near Pulaski yesterday, which
resulted in the death of four of the en-
ployes of the Crozicr Company, and Of
two of the Bertha zinc men, who were
simply standing near and looking on
at the work.
w. S. Pearce, a native of Martins
burg, died in Charlottesville Saturday,
aged eighty-three years. Somewhat of
a coincidence lies in the fact that he
died at the very hour his wife was bu-
ried, on the same day of the week, and
just one week after.
Mr.. Marshall Mccormick, of Berry
vile, has written Il letter announcing
that he will not be 4 candidate for the
democratic nomination for Congress in
the seventh district in the event of the
nomination of Colonel O'Ferrall for
Governor. He says the county favors
the nomination of Mr.. A. Moore, jr.
The sheep-killing dogs are playing
havoc with the farmers ilocks in Spot
sylvania county. Last week Mr.. J. II.
Crismond lost four sheep and three
lambs. The farmers are ready to advo
cate for election to the legislature this
year only those candidates who will
favor dog-law Such a law is neces
slry in that section if sheep-raising is to
continue.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07
Foreign News.

PARIS. March THE civil marriage
of Miss May Mcclellan, daughter ofthc
late George b. Mcclellan, and Paul
Dcsprcz, attachc TO the French legation
mt Washington, took place yesterday.
The religious marriage will be cele-
brated to-day.
SOUTHAMPTON, March 1.-The condi-
ton of Senator John 7. Morgan, who is
suffering from a Slight attack of erysip-
elias, has materially improved since yes
terday. lie expects to be able to pro-
coed to London in two or three days.
LONDON. Mar. THE legislative as
sembly OF Jersey las declared by vote
tiat quarantine is rot preventive OF
cholera, and has therefore refused to
establish q quarantine against vessels
from ports alleged to be cholera in
fectcd.
f. S. w. DeCobain, formerly NJ. P
for East Belfast, has been committed
for trial to answer the charge of I'M
natural conduct.
VIENNA, Mar. "A serious conflict
has occurred between troops and peas
an.ry at Gonash;tza, Servia. The peas
ants appear to have risen against the
authorities on account Of political a9i-
tation and troops were summoned to
suppress the disorder The peasants
seized the municipal building and of
fered an obstinate resistance to the sol
diers who only succeeded after despe-
rate struggle in driving the peasantry
fom the building. Ten of the peas
ants were killed and seven wounded
in the fight.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07

CHURCH NOTES.-The Rev. Allen
Castleman has accepted the charge Of
Falls Church Church, and though he
will not be able to hold services every
Sunday, the students from the Seminary
will do during his absence, as they
have done hitherto
The Rev. S. A. Wallis, Of Accotink,
Fairfax county, will henceforth be sec
rotary of the board of examining chap
lains for the diocese in place of DR..
Beverly Tucker, of Norfolk, who is
now in the new diocese.
Church people in the pretty little
town of Front Royal have once more q
pretty church, replacing the one de-
stroyed by fire some time since. The
present structure is churchly edifice
of stone, with slate roof, is finished
in oak, and heated by steam, and more
than 5000 has been spent in its con-
struction. Judge Lowell has worked
hard to secure this beautiful building,
and we heartily congratulate him on
his success and that of his co-workers.
Some four months ago the Ladies'
Aid Society of Pohick church under
took to raise sufficient sum to pay Off
the Indebtedness on the rectory, and
succeeded beyond their expectations,
having not only secured the amount
needed, but some twenty dollars more.
Their next step will be to erect a much
needed parish hall, which they hope to
begin during the coming summer
n. Y. Churchmdn.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-07
ALEX AN DRIA, " a
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 7, 1898.
THE President says

"Lovalty to the principles upon
which our government rests positively
demands that the equality before the
law which it guarantees to every citi-
zen should be justly and in good faith
conceded in all parts of the land. The
enjoyment of this right follows the
badge of citizenship wherever found,
and, unimpaired by race or color, 1t ap-
peals for recognition to American man
illness and fairness"
This sounds very much like some OF
ex.President Harrison's expressions on
the same subject. 1t seems almost I'M
possible for some northern men, demo-
Gratis and republicans alike, TO learn the
true condition of affairs in the South.
Equality before the law is not impaired
bv race or color in the South; indeed,
in many cases the negro has the best OF
it. for many OF his minor crimes and
vices are overlooked by the executors
of the law on account of the natural IN
frmities of his race. And the law Is
only denied him when his crime Is so
cruel and outrageous that human ma
ture revolts at it, aud rs would be the
case were the criminal white man.