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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
GREAT BRITAIN is MAD.
She Means Business and Orders Three
Warships TO Jeddali.

She Means Business and Orders Three
Warships TO Jeddah.
CoNsTANTINoPLE May 3l.-Threo Brit
ish warships havo been ordered to Jeddah
with instructions to protect tho lives of
foreigners and to investigate the killing of
the British vice consul and the wounding
OF tho Othor consular officers Advices re-
oeived here from Mush state that the
residence occupied by the French, British
Lnd Russian envQys there has been foroibly
entered by Turkish gendaTmes, who at
tempted to arrest servant of the envoys.
They used abusive language and were ex-
PEELED with difficulty. This coupled with
the news from Jeddah that the British
consul and vice consul, the Russian acting
consul and the French consular secretary
were attacked and shot at outside the
town, has caused considerable excitement
in diplomatic circles
The British vice consul as already ca.
bled, was killed, and the British consul
was slightly wounded. The other consular
officers were seriously wounded. The
shooting is attributed to Bedouins
This is regarded as a confirmation of the
rumors which have been current for some
time past of a contemplated uprising of
the Moslems in Arabia against the Chris
oNh BppNicRhiO4i' anu NIdb Nu6 EItbu DduubE
of the Mohammedans would again be raised
In fierce religious war.
These outbreaks of the fanatical follow
ers of the prophet have been frequent in
the past and the present acts of violence
reported would ssOm to indicate that
general massacre of the Christians in
Arabia was imminent
Jeddah is the port of Mecca on the Red
SEQ and is on the route by which hosts of
pilgrims from all the Moslem counties in
the east reach the shrine of Mohammed.
Its inhabitants are fanatical people of
the most extreme type, and the religious
forvor of the ignorant people is always
kept at the boiling point
The whole of the surrounding country
Is populated by tribes of Bedouins, mostly
of the rowing sort, though some settle in
small villages and the few European resi-
dents Of the country would have little
chance Of escape should the outbreak
against the Christians become general
The city was under the government of
the shereef of Mecca, who ruled there from
the time of Mohammed till it became
Turkish possession. In the summer of
1858 there was an uprising against the
Christians in Jeddah. and hundreds were
massaored.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
.aATeelAL FOR A MINSTREL SHOW.
an Egyptologlst Studying Humor as Known
TO the Empire of the Nile.


TO tho Empire of the Nile.
The avowed intention of NJ. Olivier
Deauregard the eminent Egyptologist, to
publish few If the mummilied jokes Of
that ancient empire of tho Nile has necos-
sarily overwhelmed the great host of mod
ern humorists with CONSERVATION. Egypt
has been claimed as the great mother Of
almost everything else save for babys
share which has been allotted to Baby
lonia, and it is to be dreaded that the truo
antiquity of the joke will be revealed
among the other awful secrets of the tombs
of the pharaohs. Solomon's maxim that
there Is nothing new under the sun has
long been an accepted dictum, even among
the jokomakGrs, and no less parsonage
than Mark Twain has reduced the Joke
germs-or, rather joke elemonts-to seven
Aryan ancestors. What these seven Jokes
of the seven foolish mon Of ancient days
were it may only be conjoctured, but un-
doubtcdly the woman's ago, woman's
tongue and tho mother-in-law jokes were
among thom and were cracked by our rude
ancestors in the old cave dwellings of early
Neanthropio times with infinite gusto.
The young man who stays late and tho
old mans boot may have been lator accro-
tions. Certainly the young housokeeper
and the man who never pays back With
cisms do not date much earlier than the
days of Noah.
Tho spring poet first appeared on tho
sceno In the days of old King Sargon, who
founded the royal library of Assyria and
called for competitive odos. The Office
goat is a purely modern version. The sum
mer girl and the ohappie have latter day
look, but their antetypes can be discovered
in the pages of the Greek Theophrastus
and the Roman Petronius. The nouveaux
riohesse figure in that latter ruuauuur' o
character of Trimalohio. AS for the pun
that is undoubtedly a relic of antediluvian
jocosity, and it is not impossible to imag-
inc the wicked old Nephelim asking one
another, as they stood around and laughed
at Noah building the ark, 'When is q door
not q door2" and "Where was Moses when
the light went out?"
IL Is distressing to realize these facts in
the case but what narrowing situation
will ensue if NJ. Beauregard shall discover
the one original primitive, protoplasmic
joke globule the father of air these nine
teenth century jokelets Imagine the
literary scientists placing this Akkadian
joke under the microscope and inviting
the world to gaze upon tho great and only
"Jokiensis eozoonl" The modern joker
could not survive such a pitiloss expose.
His occupation, like Othello's would be
gone forever. .--Philadelphia Record.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
oMNlPREsENT HYDROGEN.
One of the Commonest Elements OF the
Earth and the Universe.

No result Of specGroscopic research
among tho heavenly bodies has been more
remarkable than that which demonstrates
the extraordinary abundance with which
the element hydrogen is diffused through
out the universe. 1t is, of course, one Of
the commoncst elements of the earth, enter
ing, as it does, into the composition Of ev-
cry drop of water. Hydrogen Is also a con-
stituent part Of vast number of solid
bodies, but the remarkable circumstance
for our present purpose is that this same
element is found IN profusion elsewhere
Surrounding that visual glowing globe Of
the sun there is an invisible atmosphere
of which hydrogen Is one OF the most
prominent components.
A like conclusion is drawn from the
speotra Of many Of the stars. In the case
of certain specially white and brilliant
gems, Of which Sirius and Vega may be
taken as the types, the chief spectroscopic
feature is the extraordinary abundance in
which hydrogen is present. Even in the
dim and distant nebule gaseous hydrogen
is the constituent moro easily recognized
than any other which they may possess.
Indeed it may be- affirmed that we do not
know any other substance which Is so
widely difIused as hydrogen.
1t need hardly be said that this gas Is
an important constituent in those COM
pound bodies with which life is associated.
In that somewhat grewsome exhibition
which shows the actual quantities of the
several clements of which an average hui
man body is composed the bulk of the hy-
drogen forms one of the most striking
items, and indeed in connection with all
forms of animal and vegetable life hydro
gen is of primary Importance. In the ar
gument from analogy for the existence Of
life in other worlds 1t is significant to
note that an element associated in such an
emphatic manner with the manifestation
Of life here should now be shown to be
widespread through the universe.-Sir
Robert Ball in Fortnightly Review.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01

The Bank of England was established IL
1894, the Bank of Scotland few years
later, and these institutions were not long
in finding imitators. AS trade in the prov
inces increased substantial men began to
feel the Inconvenience of being their own
bankers and retaining all their wealth in
their oaken chests. Gradually they began
to open accounts with some of the London
bankers, which they utilized for their bust
ness transactions. Doubtless such men
were beset by many friends and customers
TO accommodate them through their bank
ing account, and thus tho well to do trader
developed into the country banker with
his London agent, who much preferred tc
DO business and incur carriage and post
age with some one leading firm in a town
70 having several small customers in the
Aamo place. Family Magazine
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01

General AIarketa.

New York, May 3l.-FLOUR-Stat and
western quiet; city mills patents, S4s565.l5;
winter patents, S4G440; city mills clears S4lC
@4.4Oi winter straights, S3.75a4l5.
WHEAT-No. red opened weak under rains
west, lower cables and foreign selling; later
partially rallied; July slSsGs s296c; September,
s216aS2 15-l8c.
CORN-No. 2 opened weak on rains, rallied
but again sold off with wheat; July, 579s9575sc.;
September, 5s3sQ5S5sc.
OATS-No 2 quiet and weaker; July, $3.50
3316c. track, white, state 370431ec.
PORB-DulE new mess, Sl3.509l4.25; family,
S1250dl35O.
LARD-Dull; prime western steam, $685.,
nominal.
BUTTER Steady state dairy, 10160l7I6c.;
state creamery, lSc.
CHEEsE-ouiet; large, 587c; small, $40
TIC.
EGGS-Steady; state and Pennsylvania, 1881
0l4c.; western, lSGl31Sc.
SUGAR-Raw quiet; fair refining. l5-l6c.;
centrifugal, 90 test $40; refined dull; crushed,
o l-l60514e.; powdered, 424QD4 l5-lGc.
TURPENTINE-Stead at 2g1S9294c. and
3O14c.
MOLAssEs-S Steady; New Orleans, 2sa32c.
RlCE-Quiet; domestic, Hs0e16c.; Japan, so
0416e.
TALLOw-s Steady; city, 4ssc; country, 40.
HAY-Quiet shipping, 5Oa55c,; good 70
choice, 6Glb75c.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
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MUNYON'S Rheumatism Cure never
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In three days.
MUNYON'S Dyspepsia Cure is guar.
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MUNYON'S Catarrh Cure soothes and
heals the afflicted parts and restores them
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NUN HONS Kidney Cure speedily cures
pains in the back, loins or groins and ali
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MUNYON'S Nerve Cure cures nervous.
ness and builds up the system.
MUNYON'S Vitalizer imparts new life,
restores lost powers to weak and debilita.
ted men. Price $1.00
No matter what the disease is or hoy,
many doctors have failed to cure you, ask
your druggist for a 25-cent vial Of one OF
Munyon's Cures, and if you are not bene,
hted your money will be refunded.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Employer and Companion.

One Of the most important secrets Of a
hunting expedition is this; "Never allow
yourselves any luxuries in a tight place
which your men have no share in" The
English sportsman whose advice we have
quoted tells how he was rewarded in the
Caucasus for treating his men as comrades
and sharing camp comforts with them
He SAYS:
One chilly night among the mountains
awoke at O'Clock to find myself warm
and snug under two extra native blankets.
The owners Of the blankets were squat
ting on their hams, almost in the fire, and
talking to pass the long, cold hours until
dawn.
Having rated them for their folly and
made them take back their blankets and
turn in, rolled over and slept again.
When next woke, it was z O'Clock, and
the men were still crouching over the en-
bers, helping to cook breakfast, their blan-
kets having been replaced upon my shoul-
ders
l had paid these men off the day before
this happened, and they left me the next
morning with a hearty God be with
you" unconscious that they had done
anything more than the proper thing to-
ward their employer and companion
Youths Companion.
When so many people are taking and
deriving benefit from Hood Sarsaparilla,
why don't you try it yourself9 It is
highly recommended.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Nerroes VINO Owned Slaves.

1t may not bo generally known, but free
negroes in Maryland, and probably in 9th
or states 100 years ago owned negro slaves.
Tho following deedof emancipation, bear
ing date Dec. 9, 1898, is duly recorded in
record book 20, page 319, in the clerks
office of the circuit court at Easton, Tai
bot county, Md:
Know all men by these presents that I, Ne
gro Tom, late slave OF Christopher Birkhead
of Talbot county and state of Maryland, being
possessed of n negro girl named Grace, who is
now about the age Of l6 years old, who is held
by me in a state of slavery, and think it in my
conscience that all mankind are entitled to
equal freedom in this life and being degirous
of securing TO her liberty and freedom: Now,
know ye, that do hereby declare that the said
negro girl Grace shall be free Immediately
from the date hereof, and do hereby for my
self, my heirs executors, administrators, re.
nounce all right, title and claim from and aft
er the date hereof.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and seal this 9th day of December, ammo
Domini 1893 His
NEGRO = TON
Mark
Signed, sealed and delivered in tho pres
ence Of Us. PETER WEBB
SARAH TRIPPE.
A similar deed of emancipation was re-
corded by FREQ negro, Abraham Gastus,
May II, 1894. There wero afterward other
deeds of emancipation by free negroes Of
slaves purchased or otherwise acquired
Baltimore Sun.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
PARSON CHOWNE.
A Peculiar Character In tho RToa OF
''The Maid of Skier"


Mr.. Blackmore worked into his sto7y
the character of a notorious paiR of par
sons in the same portion of tho county.
Parson Chowne actually was rector Of
Knowstone, ard the tradition of his evil
deeds is by no means faded out Of recollec-
tion. The people tell still of the manner
in which he revenged himself upon any
farmer who offended him. He had two
methods. One was to invite the man
against whom he meditated evil to dine
With him, when he would ply him with
liquor, and when his guest drove away,
down steor and rugged hill, the Inch
pin Of one ut his wheels would come out
and the man be thrown from his trap and
break neck or leg or arm. The other way
was less severe, He would say before some
man whom he could trust, II wonder how
bad Farmer Y. would feel were his rick
to be fired?" Next night the rick would
be In flames. Chowne never entered into
alliance with the savages of Coleridge.
Nor did he end his days torn to pieces by
dogs, as represented in the novel. Several
Of the tales told Of him in 1.-THE Maid of
Skier" are, however, true, as is that of his
having introduced an apple pip into the
eye of a horse that belonged to baronet
to tho neighborhood, against whom he
bore a grudge.
The story is told of Parson Chowne that
the bishop uf Exeter sent word that he
would visit him. Chowne had q portion of
the road dug up and filled with peat wa
ter and then covered over with sticks and
furze and sprinkling Of soil The bishops
carriage went in, and the bishop was up
set, but Henry of Exeter was not the man
to be stopped by such a matter as break
down-not on the road, but of the road
and he walked forward on foot
Mr. Chowne," said he, "I've heard
strange stories Of you
"Waal, my lord, answered the rector,
$50 hev 1 of you. But, my lord, us be
gentlemen, you and I, and us pays no no
tice to the chitter chatter of a parsl O.
fules."
Nothing could be brought home to
Chowno. He was far too Clever q man to
allow himself to bo caught in his malprac-
tice. Toward the end Of his days he re-
signed his living and resided in house
Of his own.-Atalanta.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
A curiosity Of Hungarian Divorce,

A farmer was arrested in a village in
Hungary for firing two shots through the
window of an inn at his wife and her ia
ther. Fortunately his aim was bad On
being asked his reason for the attempt he
stated that he had already had nine wives,
who had all consented, at his request, tc
ha divorced. His tenth and present wife,
however, acting ON the "injudicious ad-
vice" Of her father refused, and conse-
quently he felt annoyed.--London Stand
ord
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Fred FIsher,s nodr Found.

SoDUs POINT N. Y, May S1.-The
body OF Fred Fisher who so suddenly dis
appeared on the evening of May II with
Jay S. Davis, son of Rev. OTson D. Davis,
both of whom were supposed to have been
Victims Of foul play, was found on Sodus
bay by Charles Burgess Of Elmira who
was fishing OFF Newark island. An au-
.opsy showed that death was caused by
drowning.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01

NASHVILLE May 3l-The American
DEM says edltoriaily today, Under the
new management this paper will advocate
sound money and oppose any change from
he present standard Of value Tho
American announced on Wednesday that
James NJ. Head bad sold his stock to John
o. Burch and James e. Allison, and that
ais connection with the paper ceased.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Monroe Doctrine Criticised.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 31.-The press of
Mexico and all Central America is making
reflections against the Monroe doctrine
sitting cases, principally the recent one in
Nicaragua. kilograms announcing riots,
lighting and killing of 27O persons in Chi
huahua turn out to be the most barefaoed
fakes English capitalists are negotiating
for large tract Of tobacco land in Tabasoo
Etata
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Cnnstruetlon main pernllsd.

LA PORTE, Tex, May S1.--A oonstruc-
lion train returning from work three
miles west OF La Porte was derailed, and
G. B. Hin of Austin, oolored, was killed !
Joe Winston, oolored, had a leg crushed.
and Charles Brown, eolored, was serious
y injured Several Others. including two
whites, were slightly injured.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Whitelaw Reid Cor,ne 9on,a.

LONDON May sl.-The steamship New
York, from southampton, will take among
her passengers Mr.. J S. Ewing, Mir. and
Mrs. Eugene O'Neill of PittsburR, Mr..
md Mrs, Whitelaw Reid AMI Mrs. Rum
Bey, with her daughters and son, of Chi
papo
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
In the Dry Goods store.

Telephone Grill want to look at some
black kid gloves
Saleslady-What number, pleaseP
Telephone Girl (surprised why, how
did you know that l worked therei--Som
srville Journal
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
YaIe Hosnital TO De EnIoIned.

NEW HAVEN. May 31-It is learned au-
thoritatiyely that orders have been given
to prominent lawyer in this city to apply
for an injunction as soon as work begins
on the new Yale hospital for contagious
diseases, which the Yale corporation su
thorized az the last meetinR.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Closlnp the Rond Contraot.

LONDON, May 8l.-Mr W. E. Curtis,
assistant secretary Of the United States
treasury department, who reached London
yesterday in order to arrange for the com
pletion Of the bond contract, called today
at the banks of tho Rothsohilds and of ].
S. Morgan & Co. in order to fix the date
for closing tho CONTRACT
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Killed whIe sIeeping on the rrncl,

( LYNN, Mass, May 8l.-James A.
Shields, 2s years of age, of this city. was
truck by freight train on the Boston
and Maine system today. He had fallen
lsleep on the track. The whole train pass-
ID over him, and he died immediately.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01

LONDON, May Sl--A Berlin dispatch to
The Times says that the Hamburger cor
ospondent which is often officially in
pired, says that the government Is CON
inoed Of the hopelessness Of any action in
bhklf OF International bimetallism.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.


New YORK. May 3l.-Money on call easy
at per cent. Prime mercantile paper 314Is
per cent. Sterling exchange firmer, with ac.
tual business in bankers bills at S4SS1404. .ss1k
for demand and at S4.S714048716 for 90 days.
Posted rates, S4.S716D4.SS and sAssI664. SO.
Commercial bills, S4s61694S634. Silver certif.
Gates, 6114OG71H no sales. Bar silver, 6656.
Mexican dollars, 53. Government bonds steady.
State bonds dull. Railroad bonds quiet and
firm.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
Killed on a steamer.

BALTIMORE, May 81.- John Leisner
was killed and Phillip Wachter fatally
injured by falling into the hold of tho
steamer Sedgemore while at work.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-01
The Weather.

Generally fair with possibly local sh ow
ers; variable winds, becoming southerly.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
WOULDN'T HEAR PINGREE.
Five Thousand Citizens of Detroit Try
to Drown Their Mayors Voice.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 26.--Five thousand
excited, bowling citizens called together to-
night by Mayor Pingree refused to listen
to the Mayor when he essayed to address
them. For over an hour and a half the
chief executive of Detroit tried to make
himself heard above the clamor of his OPP
ponents, and finally, hoarse and exhausted,
was induced by his friends to cease from
vain efforts. The meeting was called to
opinion upon a bill pending before
the Legislature, which aims to trans
fer control of health, police and
school boards from the Mayor to the Gov
ernor.
The principal basis of complaint By the
press and public against the Mayor is the
the Mayor and Health Board for reinstating
health officer Mcleod, who is alleged to be
an incompetent official. The Mayors elo-
Quent plea for "home rule was unheard by
his audience, owing to the tremendous din,
but his opponents installed a chairman and
resolutions were declared adopted appoint
ing a committee of fifty to lobby Tor the
proposed measure Mayor Pingree asserts
that the newspapers all, refused to publish
his call for the mass meeting either as
news or advertising matter. The papers
deny that the matter was offered as adver-
Using and state that they declined to print
sures on the press. DIR. w. H. Hutton, of
the Marine Hospital was appointed city
health officer at special meeting of the
Board of Health held early this evening.
The appointment was made on motion of
Mayor Pingree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-01-27
BRECKENRIDGE BoYCoTTED.
Both He and His Wife Finally Cast
Ont by Washington Society.

WASHINGTON. jan 26.-Back in a dark
corner behind the messengers desk, near
the door of a Cabinet minister's official
quarters, sat yelled woman the other day.
The spectacle was not unusual: indeed, it is
very common for women to thus wait for
q chance to gain audience with these great
people. But there something so path
etically shrinking in this ones attitude
and such an evident desire to escape at
tention, that more than one of the passing
stream of men stopped TO look searchngly
at the aoberly draped figure. In little
while a snowy haired man, with white
beard and patriarchal appearance, emerged
from the minister's rooms. The woman
silently arose, took his proffered arm, and
the pair moved away without word The
scene was repeated at another office, the
woman remaining outside while her COM
panion went in to transact whatever bust
ness he might have had. Inquiry elected
the information that this couple made daily
visits to more OF the departments
and that the woman invariably shrank into
an obscure seat in the corridors, while her
escort made his call She persistently re-
fused all invitations to go with rim into
any of the offices.
The man was Colonel Breckenridge the
disgraced Kentucky Congressman and the
woman his wife. The two are almost iso-
lated. and 1t Ia clear that Mrs. Breckin-