The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-10-18


towns he visits He is spectacle peddler
and he imposes on the credulous by selling
them cheap spectacles at high prices. In
some places he represents himself as the as
sistant of well known doctors and tells the
purchaser that if the spectacles are not all
right the doctor will make them so, and in
consequence the offices of doctors are over.
run with people who have bought inferior
articles.
James o. sampsell, who left this, place for
employment at Providence, R. l., has returned
thoroughly disgusted. He says the outlook
in the New England cities is exceedingly
blue. The mill hands are working three
days a week, eight hours each day, and have
suffered in addition to the reduction Of the
working time, a cut of twenty per cent. in
wages. The present schedule will be Of short
duration as, at the expiration of two weeks,
the mills will shut down until alter the
Christmas holidays. Mr.. Sampsell says
starvation seems to be staring the New
England mill operatives in the face.
+*#
The long distance telephone is in the eyes
of some people, the greatest wonder Of the
nineteenth century. An amusing story is
related about certain young man who is
employed in an establishment that has the
telephone service. The proprietor informed
this bright youth that he had just witnessed
the game Of base ball between the shenan
doah and Pottsville clubs by telephone; that
he could see the fine points Of the game just
as well as if he had occupied a seat upon the
grand stand. After questioning his EN-
ployer upon the game he remarked "Yes,
I herd dat man Edison had made a machin'
what you could see many miles midi The
! following morning his employer approached
him with beaming countenance and told him
he had just received a glass of beer from
Yuenglng's brewery. "And do they only
charge five cents a glass by telephone" was
the comment of this bright young youth.
#x#
"The hope for salvation maketh not ashamed
because the love of God illuminates the
heart" exclaimed Rev. Morgan A Peters last
Sunday evening in the midst of his sermon
| 10 a large GOuBIdBdllOh III bllb lASlblihth
church, East Mach Chunk, and as he finished
| the sentence the lights went out. The con.
gregation was left in darkness thick enough
to cut with knife In few moments they
flashed up brighter than ever. "The man
over in the power house, at Mauch Chunk is
not engaged to help me in my sermon" con-
TIMED the clergyman, "but his darkness was
an exact picture of a human heart without
hope. The light that now surrounds us is an
illustration of that glorious and eternal light
that leadeth to the perfect day
#e#
There is deadly war between two saloons
in town and the hungry man looks on and
smiles, while he hopes that the rival saloon
keepers will continue to hate each other with
more bitterness as the rivalry grows older
Both places did good business until very
recently neither being engaged in the free
lunch business. One day, about three week.
ago, one of the saloonkeepers decided 10 at
tract some of the rivals trade and the fol-
lowing day his patrons were surprised TO sec
a nice free lunch spread out for them. The
other saloonkeeper paid no attention for
few days, but finally he saw that the fre,
lunch up the street was attracting some pat
ronage away from his doors. To win it back
he Immediately caused a better free lunch t,
be spread, and was again serene and happy
! ! Not to be outdoue, however the saloonkeepe
who had initiated this campaign of th,
stomach made his lunch more elaborate
Then came the next step. The other on,
dressed a waiter up in snow white apron an(
cap, stationed him behind the lunch counter
. which was pleutifully stocked with hams
q cold meats, cheese, crackers, sandwiches an'
other eatables, and gave orders that each ap
plcant at the counter should get all he wante
to eat And again his saloonkeeper becam
the popular man of the neighborhOod. Blu
it was only for day, for the man who com
menced the fight is now triumphant. On hi
. free lunch, after indulging in one glass c
. beer, an ordinary man can make a goo
f meal, and hundreds are doing so daily a
o small cost. And the hungry and thirsty ar
- praying each night that the feud may groy
70 in bitterness, while the free lunch grows
e quantity.
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