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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

You have really never tested in sordid
way this old friendship because you are
prosperous and he is prosperous, and there
has been no necessity for a test. You are
confident, however, that his friendship is of
the purest gold and you know that yours is
Neither will tarnish if exposed to the ele'
ments of adversely. OF this you are willing
to make very big oath Life goes on
smoothly and pleasantly with you and your
old friend, but one day you very suddenly
find yourself in tight place. You lost a
heap of money in an unfortunate investment
and are likely to lose a great deal more
unless you can get little accommodation.
The bank, which has been using your money
for years and never paying you cent Of
interest, now refuses to let you have any of
some other fellows money unless you get a
first class endorser, who is willing to pay il
you can't when the note becomes due,
merely for old friendships sake.
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of the hole and you once more feel like man.
Ha
In the meantime the old friend of your
boyhood, the one to whom you stood as
Damon to Pythias or the latter to the former
after you have left him goes into a saloon
orders pint with a friend, sets up 25 centes
and remarks casually 81 guess Smith is hard
up He wanted to borrow some money from
me little while ago. We got few thou
sand in the bank but don't care to risk them
just now" This makes the old friend to
whom he is confding swallow his drink so
hastily that it sets him to coughing. Lord
bless your soul, boy he was just about asking
a like favor himself and this throws very
wet blanket over his speculative dream.
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HUSTLING ON Adj SIDf
According to the Reports Thus Far II
cetved the Republicans Are PuttH.g "a
Fight Which May Turn Down
cratic Majority.

HP% cast M to
was pretty strong one at most of
but after the noon hour the people
the polls. All the collieries suspendl
tions at noon and that accounted
rush
The election is one of the hottest he
for several years and all the candids
their friends are working like beavel
There was great activity in town last mig
The candidates and their workers fiitte
and fro, on foot and in carriages, ,psgJs1t
their final licks and all sides claimed b, 4
the night closed that they had everythir
ship-shape and the voters could begin
battle of the ballots when they pleased.
Among the most active hustlers in the
last night was Jack" ToOle He was ol
constant go from early evening until an
? o'clock this morning, when he and Dist
Attorney Ryan took a P. & r. train,
Mahanoy Plane Tool evidently has T.
slept for several nights, and certainly has
closed his eyes during the past thirt%s
hours. He is making the fight of his l
and evidently realizes his position is ~sl
that nothing short of such fight VIII fill
bill. After few hours stay at Mahan
Plane he returned to town and spent most
the day in the First ward.
Ex- District Attorney Koch, A. L. sha
Esq, and Hon. S. A, Losch spent last mig
and most of to-day in town. Losch also pa
a visit to Pottsville Upon his return he
he said to HERALD reporter: "Everythii
looks fine. We have experienced m,
scattered all over the county with instruction
to telegraph to headquarters the instant tn,
find anything liable to go wrong, and as +,
such messages have been received we Il
confident that everything is all right. P
vile will poll a tremendous Republ E
vote"
The local Republicans are indulging
quiet expressions of confidence. II
noon several of them who had
thorough canvass of the town expresS
belief that the Republican ticket will d
majority in town. Severn was runniI
ceptionally strong and he will certairI
ahead of his ticket.
The most lively field of battle was n
First ward. Unfortunately for the Rep
cans the Poles and Lithuanians of tb
were split up to the time the HERALD
its last report, still large number -.
people were voting the Republican tick 80.
to-nights returns will show a big gain
Democrats even in that ward To the +.
Of Bierstein be it said that he worked
Trojan all day trying to wipe out th
among his countrymen and it was said
this afternoon that he was making SOM
roads in spite of the powerful influence V
he was obliged to combat.
Reports from the Fifth ward this.af.a,.
were to the effect that the German DSs
were in line for the Republican ticket,
the exception of Folmer.
1t was noticeable to-day that there Wa5V
little expression of enthusiasm among .
Democrats, neither were the Republics
jubilant, but there was spirit amonl
latter which seemed to throw out the
sinuation that something will drop to-nig
and it won't be the Republican ticket.
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Have you tried McElheuny's fried oysters
4r
How 70 VOC u Not Regl.terea.

NOW 10 vote II NOT heglhlereus
A great many voters never take the trouble
to ascertain whether OF not they are regis
tered. Any voter who has been resident of
district for the required time, and can get
two men to swear to the fact, is entitled to a
vote, whether or not he is registered, There
is one qualification, however required of B
voter that cannot be eva HllulllaM
payment Of a state and
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07
THE CLERGY MEET
Some Very Important Busi-
ness at the Session.
NO CHRISTMAS CANDY.
The Annual Custom to be Abolished-Union
Thanksgiving Services to he Held in the
Trinity Reformed Church-ReIief for the
Kensington Unemployed.

HRISTMAS candy fes-
tivals at the churches
of town received a
severe blow at the min
isterial meeting held in
the Trinity Reformed
church, on West Lloyd
street, yesterday, and it
may be expected that
the announcement will
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

What He Sees and Hears During His Trav-
els About Town.
Eggs do not improve with age but friend
ship does A man. or a woman too, for that
matter should stick to old friends like a
porous plaster does to an old maid. There is
something almost sacred about old friends
and when found, make note of it. True
friendship is much better sentiment than love
because the latter has gross element in it.
You have an old friend in the town who was
a boy when you were boy or a girl when
you were girl and vice versa, and you are
proud Of the friendship. Let us suppose that
you are a man-being made in the image OF
and have dear old friend of this kind
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rs Cents

HILL BUY lbs New French Prunes 8 lbs New Rasins off
stalk lbs New Cleaned Currants lbs New Currans not
he'd 10 New Mixed Tea good quality Whole Toma
extra ouality cans New Tomatoes standard quality
Corn dPrde of Shenandoah brard-nothing better in the
Iket New Corn, Maryland packing; cans New Samon
IA quality
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

USE DANA's sARsAPARILLA, ITS
"THE KIND THAT OUREs.n
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

One day you get in trouble A reduction
Of force includes your place, and you find
yourself partially unwilling gentleman of
leisure. Partially unwilling only because
you really need a little rest, and you haven't
the slightest fear of the future. YaiF have
little money, not much and you have a good
time for a month or so. But finally, as funds
commence to get low, you are forcibly re.
minded that you had better get to work.
You will have no trouble in doing this, of
course. Some of your old friends are at the
head of great establishments, with plenty of
places to be filed and vacancies always oc-
curing. Some of them are men of vast in
auence, whose names are a tower of strength
in the councils of the nation, and they will
be only too glad to place you in a fine
position again, one with large salary and
correspondiDgly little work Why, of course,
they will.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07
A DOCTORS DILEMMA
Taken in Charge by a Pinker-
ton Detective.
CONSPIRACY TO DEFRAUD
An Insurance Association is the Complain
ant-An Investig alton Seems to Show
That the Accused Man Was as Much
Deceived as the Company.

HERE was an arrest in
town yesterday which
was important in many
respects. In the first
place it involved one of
our prominent citizens,
nnl ennnnlln- Il LA
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

Fried oysters a speciality at McElhenny'r
Q1O-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

Downs Elixir will cure any cough or cold,
no matter of how long standing. Im
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1893-11-07

And you, my good woman, you have some
splendid old friends among the women of
your acquaintance, haven't your Amt they
just too sweet for anything You belong to all
the societies they do, to the same church and
attend the same balls and parties and reoep-
tions. You tell all your secrets to each other
and always kiss when you meet or part. But
one day your husband dies suddenly and it is
discovered that he is defaulter and has left
you almost without penny, even the house
being heavily mortgaged, The furniture be-
longs to you, and outside of your great grief
for the loss you had sustained, you have but
little fear as to the future Your old friends
were all at the funeral, and shed tears as
they crowded near you and told you to keep
up brave heart that the Lord will provide.
You soon realize that He is to be your main
dependence.
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resolutions
OBE's OBSERVATIONS.

Have you tried McEhenny's fried oysters
9l2.tf
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SHENANDOAH. PA. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER Z. 1898.

eKtravagantly glad surprise he helps you ont
of the hole and you once more feel like man.
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You go to them confident, buoyant, head
up, with hail fellow-well met air, but be.
fore the month is up you have left town or
are sneaking around among them, begging
for the crumbs that may fall from their
tables The man who is at the head of a
big business is extremely sorry, but there is
no vacancy now, and not the slightest chance
Of one occurring in the near future. The
next day he appoints two strangers to com.
Portable places, and without making the
slightest inquiry into their antecedents. The
man of influence is the sorriest fellow you
ever saw when you tell him what you want,
but he has signed so many papers lately, and
asked so many favors, that he is ashamed to
ask for any more right now. If you will
come around say in six months or so, he may
be able to do something for you.
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he could see again the battery smoke
through which the ghostly figure Of the
dead rider had charged his gun three
years before; in the bending white
plume of funeral plant'in the long
avenue, he thought he saw once more
the light figure of Miss Sally Of only
yesterday. In another moment, in his
already dazed condition, he might have
succumbed to some sensuous memory
of her former destinations, but he
threw it of savagely now, with
a quick and bitter recalling Of her
deceit and his own weakness Turn
ing his back upon the scene, with a
half superstitious tremor, he plunged
once more into the trackless covert.
But he was conscious that his eyesight
was gradually growing dim and his
strength failing. He was obliged from
time to time to stop and rally his slug
gish senses that seemed to grow
heavier under some deadly exhaustion
that flowed around him. He even
seemed to hear familiar voiceo-buH
The Globe-republican. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1889-1910, 1893-07-14
A SIMPLE TRIMMING.

What to Do When You Grow Tired Oh
Lace and Embroidery.
"When you are tired of lace and en-
broidery and insertion and drawn work
and all that sort of thing" said a young
lady of dainty tastes, ''adopt my plan
and use plain ruffles of null with mar
row hem rolled and sewed on your IN
derwear. It's as pretty trimming as can
possibly be found. For a long time I
have used very little embroidery, be-
cause it takes up great deal of room.
besides the heavy ridges in the work
seem to annoy me, especially in very
warm weather.
Lace really doesn't look at its best
unless it has tiny bit of dressing,
and then it is sticky and disagreeable;
so have turned from all these fOllies
and vanities to the fine null ruff1es
hemmed by hand. If want them par
ticularly pretty and stylish, hemstitch
the hens; but that's lot of bother and
doesn't pay.
II have some gowns 'repOsing robes,
as one of my sentimental friends calls
them-with ruffles Of linen lawn, hem
stitched and trimmed with a Smyrna
edge not over half inch wide. My
gowns are of fine linen for hot-weather
wear, and it is a luxury, or rather, I
may say, an extravaganza, in which I
indulge myself. The ruffles make pref
ty and Inexpensive trimming; indeed.
the fabric itself is handsome enough
without elaborate garniture." IN. Y.
7 o1rop
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GROUND.
to revenge themselves upon him for
Cato's escape, he was ready for them!
He cooked his revolver and stood erect.
A torch flashed through the wood.
But even at that moment a film came
over his eyes; he staggered and fell.
An interval of helpless, seml-con-
lifted by strong arms and carried
forward, his arm hanging uselcssly at
his side The dank odor of the wood
was presently exchanged for the free
air of the open field; the flaming pine
knot torches were extinguished in the
bright moonlight. People pressed
around him, but SO indistinctly he could
not recognize them. All his conscious
ness ned centered in the burning.
throb Ding pain of his arm. He felt
himself laid upon the gravel; the sleeve
cut from his shoulder; the cool sensa-
ton of the hot and bursting skin barred
to the night air, and then = soft and
he had not felt before. A voice fol-
lowed-high, lazily petulant. and famil-
lar to him, and yet one he strove in vain
to recall.
''De Lawdy-Gawd save US, Miss Sally!
Wot yo' doin' dab? Chile! Chile! yo'n
kill yourself, shuah"'
The pressure continued-strangea and
potent even through his pain-and was
then withdrawn. And voice that
thrilled him said:
''It's the only thing to save him!
Hush, yo' chattering black crow! Say
anything about this to living soul,
and I'll have you logged. Now trot
out the whisky bottle and pour it down
him!"
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breeze. The whole events of the night
might have been dream, but for the
unsupportable languor which numbed
his senses, and the torpor of his arm
that swollen and discolored lay outside
the coverlid on a pillow before him.
Cloths that had been wrung out in iced
water were replaced upon it from time
to time, by Sophy, Miss Dows' house
keeper who seated by his bedside was
lazily tanning him. Their eyes met.
''Broken?" he said interrogatively
with faint return of his old deliberate
manner. Slzs2.:sas At his helpless arm.
"Deedy no! connie. Snake bite!" re-
sponded the negress.
''Snake biter' repeated CORTLAND
with languid interest, "what snake?"
"Moccasin o. copperhead-if yo'
doun know yo'sef which, she replied.
''But it's all right now, honey. De
pizen's draw'd out, and clean, done
gone. Wot yer feels now is de whisky.
De whisky stays, sab. 1t gets into de
lubrications of de skin, sab, and has to
be absobed."
Some faint chord of memory was
touched by the girls peculiar vocabul-
airy.
"Ah." said CORTLAND, quickly, you're
Miss Dows' Sophy. Then you can tell
me-
Muffin! sab! absomlutely muffin" in
terrupted the girl shaking her head
with impressive official dignity. Its
done gone fo'bid by de doctor! Yo're to
lie dar and shut yo're eye, honey" she
added, for the moment reverting un-
consciously to the native maternal
tenderness of her race, land you're not
to bodder yo'sef eff school keeps O. not.
De medical man say distinctly, sab, -
she concluded, sternly, realizing her
duty again, mo conversation wild de
patient"
But CORTLAND had winning ways
with all dependents But you will
answer me one question, Sophy, and I'll
not ask another. Has" he hesitated
in his Gtill uncertainty as to the actu-
Atty of his experience and its probable
extent-''has-Cato -esceped?"
"If yo' mean dat sassy, bull-nigger
oberseer oh yo'se, connie, he's safe, yo'
bet!" returned Sophy, sharply. ''Safe
in his own quo'tahs night afo' las, after
braggin' about de bloodhaowns he
killed; and safe ober de county line
yes'day moanin'. after kickin' up all dis
rumpus- If dar is a sassy, high-falutin
niger jiss 'spises-it's dat black mig
ger Cato O. yo'se! Now" reienting,
'.yo' jiss wink yo' eye. honey, and don't
excite yo'sef about sech black trash;
drap OF to sleep comfor'ble. Fo' yo'
doan' get annuder word out o. Sophy.
shuah."
Al Il IN obedience, Courtland closed
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his eyes. But even in his weak state b
was conscious Of the blood coming into
his cheek at Sophy's relentless criticism
of the man for whom he had just per
lied his life and position. Much OF
1t he felt was true-but how far had he
been a dupe in his Quixotic defense of a
quarrelsome blusterer and cowardly
bully! Yet there was the unmistakable
shot and cold-blooded attempt at CatO's
assassination! And there were the
bloodhounds sent to track the unfortu-
nate mani That was no dream-but .
brutal, inexcusable fact!
The medical practitioner Of Redlands.
he remembered, was conservative. old
fashioned and diplomatic. But his sym
pathies had been broadened by some
army experiences, and CORTLAND trusted
to some soldierly and frank exposition
of the matter from him. Nevertheless,
DR.. Maynard was first a healer, and.
like Sophy, professionally cautious.
The colonel had better not talk about
it now It was already two days old;
the colonel had been nearly forty-eight
hours in bed. It was a regrettable af-
fair, but the natural climax of long
continued political and racial irritation
and not without great provocation!
Assassination was a strong word; could
Col. CORTLAND swear that Cato was &C.
tually aimed at, or was it not merely a
demonstration to frighten a bullying
negro? 1t might have been necessary
to teach him a lesson-which the colonel
by this time ought to know could only
be taught to those inferior races by fear.
The blood hounds! All, yes-well, the
bloodhounds were, in fact, only part
of that wholesome discipline. Surely
Col CORTLAND was not so foolish as to
believe that, even in the old slavehold-
ing days, planters sent dogs after run
Always to mangle and destroy their o,cn
property They might as well at once
let them escape! No, sir! They were
used only to brighten and drive the
niggers out of swamps, brakes and hiding
places, as no niger had ever dared to
face 'em. Cato might lie as much as he
liked, but everybody knew who it was
that killed Maj. Reeds hounds. No
body blamed the colonel for it-not
even Maj. Reed-but if the colonel had
lived little longer in the south he'd
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CHAPTER VL-CoNrINUED.

CHAPTER VL-CoNTINUED.
"We're not out of the woods, yet
Cato" he said, dryly, NOR are they
Keep your eyes and your ears open, and
attend to me. How long can we keep
the cover of these woods and still push
on in the direction of the quarters?"
''There's way roun' de edge O. de
swamp, sab, but we'd have to go back a
spell to find it"
go on!''
''And dar's moccasins and copper
heads living round here in de trail! Dey
don't go for us ginerally-but," he hest
tated, white men don't stand much
show
Good! Then it is as bad for those
who are chasing us as for me. That
will do. Lead on"
They retraced their steps cautiously,
until the negro turned into lighter
by-way. A strange mephitic odor
seemed to come from sodden leaves and
MOSES that began to ooze from under
their feet. They had picked their way in
silence for some minutes; the stunted
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HIS REVOLVER FLASHED OUT.

willows and cypress standing further
and further apart, and the openings
with clumps of sedge were frequent.
CORTLAND was beginning to fear this
exposure of his follower, and had
moved up beside him, when suddenly
the negro caught his arm and trembled
violently. His lips were parted over his
teeth; the whites of his eyes glistened,
he seemed gasping and speeches. with
fear.
whats the matter, Cato" said
CORTLAND. glancing instinctively at the
ground beneath. Speak man! Have
you been bitten?"
The word seemed to wiring an agon-
lied cry from the miserable man.
..Hitten! No, but don't you hear 'em
coming! Oar! Gouy! don't you hear
dat?''
"What?"
.'De dogs! de houn's!-de bloodhoun's!
Dey've set 'em loose on me!''
1t was true! A faint baying in the
distance was now distinctly audible to
CORTLAND. He knew now as plainly
the full, cruel purport Of the leaders
speech! Those who could go any
where were tracking their gamer
Every trace of manhood had van
ished from the negro's covering frame!
CORTLAND laid his hand assuringly,
appealingly and then savagely on his
shoulder.
Come! Enough of this! am here,
and will stand by you whatever comes.
These dogs are no more to be feared
than the other. Rouse yourself, man,
and at least help me make a fight for
it."
"No! MOI screamed the terrified
man. ''Lemme go! Lemme go back
to de massas! Tell 'em I'll come! Tell
'em to call de houn's off me, and I'll 60
quiet. Lemme go!' He struggled
violently in his companions grasp.
With all Courtland's self control, hab-
its of GOODNESS and discipline, it is to be
feared there was still something of the
old Bersaker temper. His face was
white. his eyes blazed in the darkness;
only his voice kept that level distinct
ness which made it for moment more
terrible than ever the baying Of the
tracking hounds to the negro's ear.
''Cato." he said, attempt to run now,
and by God! I'll save the dogs the
trouble of graphing your living car
cass. Come here! Up that tree with
you."-pointing to swamp magnolia
Don't move as long as J can stand here,
and when I'm down-but not till then
save yourself-the best you can"
He half helped. half dragged the now
passive African to the solitary tree; as
the bay of a single hound came nearer,
the negro convulsively scrambled from
Coartiand's knee and shoulder to the
FORK of branches a dozen feet from tie
ground. CORTLAND drew his revolver
ard stepping back few yards into the
open waited the attack.
1t came unexpectedly from behind. A
Sudden yelp Ct painting cruelty and
Irenzicd anticipation at Courtland'a
oeck caused him to change front quick
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a MOOD.

All the world is wrapped in shadow,
All my thought is STEPPED in gray;
Sweet and wanton sadness holds me,
And enfolds me,
As the arms of night and day.
Sweet as pulsilg of spent music
When the hands have ceased to play
Ger the sense longing stealeth,
For what cause it may not know;
As when evening groweth tender,
And the splendor
OF the sunset burneih low,
Ger the land the white mist silent
Stealeth through the afterglow;
Sad as slanting sunlight falling
On the sails of outbound ships;
Dear as memory that hovers
OF a lovers
Kisses on q woman's lips;
Soft as when q thin cloud-mantle
Folds the moon with white eclipse
So the sense is STEPPED in longing,
As the world is wrapped in gray:
IT'S so much akin to sorrow
AS the morrow
Holdeth thought OF yesterday.
IT'S, perchance, the soul immortal
Sad because the heart is clay.
-0has w. Coleman, in Harper's Bazar.