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The state herald., 1894-09-14

The minimum penalty for serving
drinks on sunday In western Aus.
trnlin Is R50. A hotel keeper In Perth.
tho metropolis, was recently mnictcd
In the SUN Of Giso for Illegally no
frcshing party Of three on tho Sab
bath. the court refusing 10 regard the
three drinks m constituting a single
ofYcnsc Another curious feature OF
tho licensing law In western Australia
IL that the liccnscc must not absent
himself from his house for more ,har
twcnty.oight days In the year except
by special permission OF stlpcndIary
magistrate. n restriction on personal
liberty that has long been tho source
OF much irritation and Indignation te
tho trade.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

A story IL told by student or tue
Illmiru academy of about six years
ago, Glowing the adapiability OF boys
of the presciit day to the profession OF
law. The students were engaged In n
mock trial. with n judge aud Jury
of their number, and two leading stu
dents on each side AS counsel. Inc
counsel for the plaintiff, In his iinnl
summary, held up bright silver dol
lar in his hand aud turning bls back
toward the Judge. stealtliiiy showed 1t
to the Jury during his most eloquent
appeals. The jury was Impressed with
the value of that dollar, ms ven as ~
his eioTucncc, aud gave the plaint'tt
verdict In short order for The full
rmount, after which tliey immediately
repaired to Ambcrg's with the plain
tiGs lawyer. who invested the bright
dollar In peanuts and pop for their
benefit. Several of the participants
In this trial have since been graduated
from college and are well known. As
novices In Jury practice they seem to
be well up To some older heads In max
ing the jury think as they do"
The state herald., 1894-09-14
CURIOUS CONVERSATIONS.

A young colorcd woman has becn
admitted to tho bar in Chicago.
Thibet, though nearly half rs large
ns the United States. has only 1000. 900
inhabitants
Every civilized nation Of the world,
even China and Japan. now has n
weather bureau.
Every pint Of port, sherry or MA
deira has four ounces Of alcohol; every
pint Of champagne has three ounces.
II is interesting TO know that ten
per cent--2i out OF 2i4-of the build.
ings struck by lightning last year
werc churches or ehapels.
The deed for what Is now Eastern
Pennsylvania, given by the duke Of
York TO William Penn, Is for tho term
OF 10000 years, Mt Ave shillings rent.
Bald.headed men In the house Of
commons arc many. OF 600 members
voting In recent division. 100 were
wholly or partially bald at thu crown
Of the head.
notice has been posted on the
doors OF one OF the most fashionable
churches In the west end OF London
- the effect that no more coppcrs will
be accepted In taking up the coilee-
tions
The German soldier il going 10 have
his buttons and tho other metallic
parts OF bis uniform made OF alumni
INN. Ito will thus. by this reduction
In weight be able 10 carry 100 nd
ditionai rounds OF ammunition.
The italian consul at bordeaux has
telephone connection with tho opera
house ut Bordeaux ns well rs with
that In Paris. and hc says that no
hears tho music from Paris 1915 milcs)
mn distinctly as that which comes 10
him distance Of only few blocks
The yards Of n manufacturing com
pany ut Philadelphia aro to DO paysd
with n now material Hay Ia put
under heavy pressure, then cut Into
paving blocks Of convenient sIse,
which are soaked In oil. IL Ia claimed
that this process renders tho blocks
indcstructiblc.
Dclawarc'B ancient law requiring n
bridegroom 10 glvo the state nm In.
demnity bond never causes any .srIous
trouble, and II the penalty was over
enforced II must have been n ionv
while ngo, The man going on tho
bridegroom's bond engages that the
children TINT may come Of the pros.
pectivo union shall not become a
charge upon the state.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
NOT PRONOUNCED coRREcTLY


Some Common Errors in Placing
Accent In tho Vowels.
Why should so many persons say
spontahightity instead OF spontanee-
ily?
There Is no excuse for saying aT-pri'
cot for apricot, or eck-quable for &C.
quable or ERIN for Erin, or nssiiidity
for asafetida, or Ven-z,i-ee-la for Ven-e-
zu-el.a, or Adon-is (shOrt o) for Ado
mis- dong o.. or Dian-na for Dia-nn
dong ~. or inat-tron or PATRON, and
so on. It Is Just rs easy TO accent the
last syllable us the first In "prctense."
SOME persons call bomb "boom" in
stead of "bum." because the spelling
seems TO warrant. It,, but wien they
call tedious "tejus'' they have no such
apparent warranti in the West and
South the 81" In isolate Is made long
and nearly everywhere educated per-
sons say truck-u-lent for true-cu-lcnt,
a-men-ablc for n-meen-nble, lev-vcr for
lee-ver, and give tic sound Of III" in
up instead OFF," In 1t In siicii words
as squirrel, stirrup and sirup. There
are many words In which the accent Is
persistcntly misplaced by persons who
know better, II IL common TO put the
accent on tho second syllable of per-
emptory instead of ON the first, m the
first instead of the second syllable of
coquetry, on the second instead of the
first syllable Of exemplary. etc. Many
persons place the accent on the first
instead of the second syllable of In
qulry and do not give the "r' Its prop
er length. The accent In gladiOlus
should be on the second syllable. with
IL long a." but many place 1t on the
third. They say hymecf'e-al, with tile
accent on the ''meen," when II should
be hy-mec-ne'nlj with the accent on
the ''nce."
The exasperating thing about II is
that some of these persons who are so
careless about common words take the
utmost pains to learn how to pro-
nOuncc Bousucreau, and are convinced
when they hear anybody mispronouncc
Chopin and beethoven. Recently they
broke out with vawz for vase, though
the weight of authority Is against 1t.
Knowles alone allows 1t. Webster au-
thorizcs only one pronunciation, the
long "a" and kissing 49," Worcester
prefers the ~" sound, but not the
Jaw" The improper use Of the sounds
of "a Is most serious Those who have
the courage to use the Italian or the
modified Italian "a often use 1t UNI
lawfully, rs In cawn't and rawther.
The proper sounds of 80" particularly
In God, dog and some other words, arc
widely ignored. The common usage Is
wrong In The ease OF the terminal inc
In the names OF chemicals, as NOR.
phinc. chlorine. iodine. anilnc, benzine,
etc, all Of which should he pronounced
ms though there were no final "e.' 1t
Is morphin. not morphecn.-New York
Advertiser.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
COUNT IN THE TOLLS.
Won Bniow Accused of EiopiuE With q
Chicago Woman


Chicago Woman
Count Charles Won Bulow. NJ D.
who has been posing NJ u German
noblcman for six months, was arrest.
cd mt Dcs Moincs, Iowa, recently on n
warrant sworn out by J. NJ. Reed, who
alleges that Won Bulow ran away
from Chicago with his wife year ago,
and that shc In the woman tho count
Is now passing OF ON tho people OF
Dcs Moincs as his wife. Won Bulow,
month before. was arrested for
swindling two poor German women.
Mrs Michael Schwab aud Mrs. Anna
Muller, out OF So, 900. llc induced
them TO lend II 10 him upon promise,
that M soon Ms he got his fortune OF
se,0G0,0i0 from Germany he would
divide with them. This case wa,
settled. Mr.. Reed snys that m soor
M he can find Mrs. Won Bulow In Chi
cngo ho will prosecute tho count and
his wife. II develops that Won nulow
has boon arrested several times In
Indiana md Illinois towns for forgery,
but each time escaped.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
TOWN SWALLOWED UP
AN OLD coLLlERY ooLLApsEs
Nekrly all tho Houses In tho Village of
Lofty, Pennsylvaaia Sink out Of Sight.
Fifty Imprisoned Miners Succeed in
Escaping,

Lofty, Pa, Sept. 6.-The little min.
Ing town Of Scotch Valley, near this
place, was swallowed up last night in
one Of the most complete mine cave.
ins ever known In this region. The
scene Of. the disaster Is on the slope of
Mount Lookout, the score of houses
comprising the hamlet being Mt the
mouth Of the shaft of the Mount Look
out colllery. The widest excitement
prevails throughout tho region, and de-
tails are fragmentary. 1t is known
however, that the dozen houses OH
each side Of the principal street of the
hamlet are completely swallowed UP
In the gaping hole and nothing can
be seen of the other buildings Of the
town but the roofs, gables and chin.
neys. 1t Is impossible to state accu-
rately the number of fatalities or, If
there are any. Rescuing parties are
exerting every means to release the
occupants Of the engulfed dwellings.
One OF the buried houses hns taken
fire. The cave-in was caused by the
giving way Of timbefs and supports
In the workings OF the Mount. lookout
colliery, which has not been In opera
ton Tor about two years and had been
neglected In consequence.
At about 2 o'clock In tho afternoon
the Inhabitants Of the hamlet were
startI rnmbling and reports like
falling rock In the caverns of the aban.
doned mine many hundreds of feet be.
low them. The ground trembled and
swayed like IN earthquake beneath
them. Report. was followed by report
and accompanied by other trcmors, the
village sank out Of sight In the gaping
cavity. Meanwhile some fifty miners
were Imprisoned In the colliery. They
had been at work In another portion of
the mine, and all means OF exit from
the mine was completely wiped out by
the cave-in.
James Perrin, one of the Oldest OF
the miners, got the men together and
started to lead them up through n
tunnel which had been used rs an ait
shaft The rescuing party on the sur
face had made an attempt to cut a
passage through the mass of debris
which blocked tho main entrance. Fail.
Ing in this, some of the more daring of
the party came into the passage and
came to where the imprisoned miners
We're struggling upward. The men
were carried to the surface, where a
great crowd Of excited people was
awaiting them. Up to 0 o'clock all the
persons who could be found had been
taken from the ruins, although full
roll Of those to be accounted for can.
not be prepared until morning.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

A few nights ago, on train coming
In on the Michigan Central road. tho
porter Of sleeping car aroused half
4 dozen Of the male sleepers to ask II
they had anything to cure case OF
collie. A drummer for Il city hardware
house fumblcd around In his coat and
finally said:
Here's II box Of soda minis which
may help him. He can use the whole
box and be hanged to him, for he's
no business to have colic!
Nothing further was heard of the
case until morning, when a strapping
young man, with Il far West look In
his hair, came into the sleeper with tho
mint box In his hand and inquired for
the drummer and said:
"Took 'em ull but one, and they
smashed my collie right In the eye.
How much to pay?"
Nothing, sir. I'm only too glad to
have been Of service TO you."
When the other had gone the drum.
iner opened the box and we saw his
hnir trying 10 climb up.
"Great Scott, boys, what do you
thinkT he gasped.
"What Is ltY
N gave him the wrong box, and he's
swallowed eleven bone collar buttons!'
The state herald., 1894-09-14

The policeman was standing ON the
corner about midnight. when a bclnic1
passenger approached him unstendilY.
II say, Mr., ossifcr." he said. "how
Is this, anyhow
BLOWS whntf' inquired the officer
good naturally.
"This politics"
"What politics."
"That at Washington"
II don't quite catch on"
"Why. don't you know about the leg
lslation that's going on thcrcf'
Eyes"
well. that's what ! mean"
"What about IT.
The passenger took the officer by Tho
arm
81 mean thish," he said. twas II tbs
scnnic that passed the sugar bull, or
was II the sugar that passed the sen
ntr blllf I'm kind % mixed this even
lng." hut the officer declined to Inter.
fcre.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
LOOKING FOR OIL AND GAS.


Haphazard Search Only Involves vain
Labor and Expense.
1t 10 still interesting and often a..
tonishing to notice the outlay and
often the utter lack Of proper guild
ance that men display In executing
the search for oil and natural gas,
says q writer in the Pittsburg Dis
patch. 1t seems Incredible that the
plain suggestions that reliable oil
maps now furnish arc not more gen.
orally studied and an application
made Of the knowledge In locating
the scat OF operations when search
is to be made for one or the other Of
these fluids.
at Is understood, Of course, that
there is always some uncertainty Ia
drilling for either oil or gas, for
there is capricious variation In the
rock-the areas OF the necessary
porosity. pebble deposits, fractures.
etc. being necessarily restricted.
There may be sort Of arching over
OF looser material. but inevitably,
those arches, II for convenience they
may be so considered. must have
solid and compact bearings, the
open porous conditions being excep-
tionsl. But the wlldcatter ID ex-
pected to take extra hazards and II
he goes forth in q merely haphazard
way, guided by merely wlll-o'-the-
wisp Imagination. he has at least
ninety-nine per cent OF tho chances
against him. Ho may know some
thing about such and such ''degree
lines" and still DO as blind as q bat
In locating tho line. 1t is the anti
clinal or synclinal that he should
study, and even in these thore may
be joys or cross-cuts. and once
In u while an unacc0untab bly,
erratio manifestation. But here,
us elsewhere. real knowledge
means hard labor One may learn to
grasp the theory with much difficult
ty, but the disccrnment Is to sec and
interpret signs. II the trail disap.
pears, as it Is only too apt to do, to
locate Its next emergence. for after
all there is general method in these
lines OF slight hollows or arches In
the rock strata. No intelligent oper-
ator can afford to ignore the In
creased chances that systematic
locating on such lines gives him.
And yet to-day much wildcatting is
dono In a most obscurely wildcat
way. Mcdonald was tramped over
ton years by oil men la quest OF oil.
and thousands OF dollars were thrown
away for years almost within gun
shot OF one OF the finest pools In the
entire country. There arc first class
gas indications In plain view OF
Pittsburg to day, over which gas and
oil men seem to have unconsciously
ridoen for twenty years and have
never paused to interpret. In an
article entitled "Secret OF tho Rock
and published year ago last winter
occurs this remark:
There arc to-day immense resor-
voirs OF natural gas in Allegheny
county undisturbed. some OF them
almost, II not altogether, in sight OF
Pittsburg. over which men are now
tramping in their search" Some OF
these minor pools have since been
tapped, but the main ones arc still
resting In undisturbed repose.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Cumberland. Md, Sept. 5.-Grcat ex'
citcmcnt was caused here to-day by
the discovery Of case OF sporadic
or Asiatlc cholera among immigrants
from Bremen, en- route TO Pittsburg
The man, John Pctcrwal,her, was IN
III that he could not walk. lie was
removed from the train TO the lmmi'
grant house and later 10 pest house
outside the city limits. lie landed IN
Kew York yesterday. Other immi'
grants were sent TO Pltisburg In u
close car and the authorities notified.
Tho health physician. DIR. Duke. Is In
charge Of the sick man, and the state
board OF health will make bacterial
examinations tomorrow,
The state herald., 1894-09-14

have such difficulties to contend with,
and 30 without adequate protection
must necessarily DO driven out Of the
business Our seventh largest agri-
cultural industry, producing annually
500, 600. 600 worth Of wool and repro.
senting an Investment Of 5000, 900 DOC
in sheep, will DO destroyed by free
trade Sheep will be fattened and
will thon be sent to market as food,
and focks will disappear forever Our
The state herald., 1894-09-14

In Paris elephant skins arc tanned.
Tho process Is the ordinary ono ex.
ccpt that very powerful extract Of
tanuIn la used. When tho giant skin
Ia taken from tho vat II is nearly mn
inch and three. quarters thlch The
tanned skin OF tho elephant Ia like
that Of tho alligator, Is used In the
making Of various fancy articles, and
brings n high price. n ANAL elephant
leather vnliso costing $500 TO 500. and
cigar cases aud card cascs not less
thnn 500 10 $50
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Here's good news for any OF our
readers who are pinched by hard
times. The Woolson Spice company
of Toledo, Ohio are giving away many
fine pictures to drinkers OF Lion con
In exchange for large lion heads cut
from Lion coffee wrappers. BESIDES
pictures they also mail valuable book.
n knife, game, etc. 1t surely pays to
drink Lion coffee. which is By far the
finest sold for the price, and has
beautiful picture and card in every
6ne- pound package II you haven't
an Illustrated Pr, mlum List, nsk your
grocer for n copy, or send your name
and address to the firm above named
The state herald., 1894-09-14

food supply will in time thus be de-
creased and our manufacturers event.
ually will be driven to buy their wool
In London or in Australia Gold will
thus be sent out Of the country again.
increasing the harmful influences that
must follow with the balance Of trade
permanently against us The wool
growers would be forced into some
other industry. They would probably
pillow up their present sheep pastures
when the land is suitable and raise
wheat, of which we already have an
overproduction and a surplua 1t is to
the interest of American farmers to
diversity their industries and to pro.
duce such articles as will find n mar
ket at home instead of abroad. Tho
present administration favors glut
OF few products with their conse-
quent cheapncss to the producers.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Winnipeg. Man. sept Ga Rat
Portage dispatch 10 the FREQ Press
says: Rainy river. on both sides OF Its
whole length. excepting ten miles nj
the mouth. IL one huge mass OF flames.
The Minnesota woods, where there are
but few settlers. ARE all burning and al
Barwlck the fires are 40 fierce that they
jumped across the river, setting thu
Canadian woods alrr, The Ontario
side Is well settled, and the people nro
losing heavily. Mrs. Games md -four
children living ON Grassy river were
burned to death. and other casualties
arc rnportcd, All settlers back from
Rainy river have BEEN burned out. los
Ing everything.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
CLEVELAND ON WOOL.
TRYING TO HEDGE FROM HIS
ATTACK ON FARMERS.
oh. How Dinsrsat It Would Be II
There Was = Wool Trust-Ais Third
= Message Paralieled with tho Wilson
Latter.

President Cleveland's record on the
question OF free wool shows that
he advocated it in his third annual
message to congress, Dec. 0, 1887, be-
cause ~ large proportion of the sheep
owned by the farmers throughout tho
country were found in small focks
numbering from twenty five to fifty."
The inference to be drawn there
from is that free wool would never
have been thought of by President
Cleveland or his party II the flocks of
the United States had been large ones
concentrated among few owners, or,
In fact, " there had been sheep
trust wool trust, or both. Such q
trust could have dictated It's own
terms but the unfortunate $40, 900
separate farmers who owned sheep
were selected as victims to free trade.
President Cleveland has evidently
seen the necessity for correcting these
views, and he tried to do so in his ad-
dress to congress, sent from behind
the back Of Congressman Wilson. We
quote, side by side, these remarks that
he made last month together with
those made In his message of 1887.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
income. Of professional Men.

The incomes OF professional men can be
discussed only In an approximate way. ~
the amount of money earned In con-ihcred
by the public nv measure Of appreciation
Oh service rendered, there IL strong ten
dency TO stretch the Imagination in the
what naturally H. PhySirinha form no cs.
ception to this rule. The nyorhE. an-nhi
Income OF physician In full practice 70 q
large city may be stated nr s.,ue, hnd VA
smaller towns and ia strictly rural districts
81 800 Two or three physicians In New
York make over siUD.Uo each year. i've or
six range from $1,000 To tylvoi hfty
ffty from si0uvp 10 si2,uO1; about three
hundred FROM $500 to s60yoi ntt.en hun
drod from 5000 20 sa,OiD, and the r.
mnlnicr from $500 to sl.pp-beorge y.
Shrndy, Ia September Forum.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
THE ANGELIC HUSBAND.

There arc husbands who are pretty,
There are husbands who are witty
There are husbands who In public are as
smiling as the morn.
There arc husbands stout and healthy,
There nre famous ones and wealthy,
But the real angelic husband, he has never
yet been born.
Some for strength Of love are noted,
Who are really 20 devoted
That whene'er from home they wander
they IRE lonesome and forldrii,.
And while now and then you'll find one
Who's really d good and kind one
Yet the real angelic, husband, he has never
yet been born.
SO the woman who Is mated
To man who may be rated
As pretty fair" should cherish him for
:. ever md u day,
For the real angelic creature
Perfect quito In every feature,
He has never been discovered, and he
won't be, 80 they say.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

II Ia tho Italians who hayo learned
tho value OF Indian corn. Long ago
thoy substituted corn meal for chest.
nut Hour In making polenta, aud tho
result WINS y cheaper and more
whulerono food, The Italians NJ
homo mako polenia ohio1y with ycl.
low corn meal, hero they often. pcr.
hups usually, use tho white meal.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Shanghai. Sept THE alarm among
the Japanese continues TO spread and
they may now be- said 10 be fleeing tho
country. rs there seems To b. little OF
no protection for them here. They
Insist TINT the prisoners surrendered
by tho American Representatives were
executed Immediately after they were
given into the hands OF the Chinese
authorities. This. however, has no,
been confirmed.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Where did you go this SUMMER"
asked one business man OF another.
1--WE boarded in the country"
WAS It expensive?"
mot very. We got n good deal
for our money. My wife got the
rheumatism. My boy. Tommy, got
his leg broken. and little Mamie got
poisoned with Ivy. and all we was
paid $40 u week apiece"
The state herald., 1894-09-14

TnneIcr. Sept. 1.-The Knbyis around
Donmai n town northeast OF Morocco
city, arc killing the Jews by tho
Wholesale, looiing the shops and
houses. selling their women aud chill
dred by auction aud dciilIng syna.
gogucL Similar opirngcs nfo reported
NJ knlnhn, anilcrnhcl. lanai aud TAM.
lat Tho Knbyis nrc also bcscigipg
Morocco cities. md II IL feared that tho
garrison may he unable To resist much
longer. IN which cnsn terrible scenes
may bo witnessed when the kabyls
loot the city.
The state herald., 1894-09-14
Sugar Economically studled.

Hukhr economically stuuted.
Continuing the economic study of
the sugar question, on the basis of u
40 per cent ad valorem rate Of duty, n
As per cent rate and a 40 per cent rate
on raw, plus y cent diffcrential rate
on refined sugar, we attain the follow
ing results:
Average value Of sugar, 2H cents per
pound.
Duty
In cents.
At 40 per cent ad valorem. ........ LILO
At 45 per cent I'D valorem. ........ 1875
AZ 40 per cent nd valorem and 4
Xcent differential. ................. 1895
Benefit to refiners at 40 per cent and
Is cent above Is per cent rate. 00l25
Total benefit to refiners on AGO.
co., 600 pounds sugar at 0.Ol25
Put.. ............... SJJ2 500
1t is but a trifle of half n million
dollars. but every little helps
The state herald., 1894-09-14

f Conomie-Did you write to that
man who advertises to show people
how to make desserts without milk
and have them richer? Mrs. 4.
Conomic-Ycs. and sent him tho
dollar. What did he reply'" "Use
cream. New York Weekly.
The state herald., 1894-09-14

Tommy-Muw. the teacher wants
us to get the difference between
"hope" and ..cxpcct.' Mrs. Figg-
Well. hope to meet your father Ia
tho next world. but hardly expect
to-Indianapolis Journal
The state herald., 1894-09-14

New Bedford. hinr.. appt IA
break occurred In tho ranks NJ the
manufacturers tllia afternoon which
VIII result IN thu resumption Of work
IN nll the mills here. Tho directors OF
the ilrlatol corporation this afternoon
practically decided TO star, Mp Monday
uU4t,
The state herald., 1894-09-14

As the basis of our decision for mar
rylng woman we should consider her
moral qualifications, such ms gentle
hess. economy and capacity for the
management OF n family. These quail
tiles are the fundamental principles OF
matrimouy