The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-02-08
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
Pertinent Paragraphs From the Reporters
Pens and Pencils.

Some very expensive valentines are
| offered to the young men who are anxious
to secure warm place in the hearts OF
their best girls. It requires about
weeks salary to possess one of them,
fact which will no doubt prevent great
many of the high-rollers from indulging'l
in their usual taste for display.
While there are some things that do
not infuse brightness into the future,
there are others that have comforting
aspect. For instance, while he cold
weather has been exceedingly discom-
forting to many, there should be con-
81 Tered in connection with it the fact that
it will give US an abundance of ice for
next summers use. When the summer
sun gets into full play and the mercury
ranges among the nineties instead of
hiding itself near the zero point; when
ice water and other cooling drinks be-
come essential to comfort he cold we
are now having will be forgotten, and as
we l6xuriate in the refreshing beverages
made possible by the plentifulness of ice
produced by the winters cold, we wonder
how it was possible for us to have found
fault with old Boreas and Jack Frost
Another consoling thought will be that
ice will be cheaper. There's a silver
lining to every cloud.
The Board OF Health could perform
service in the cause of humanity If they
would visit and inspect the lookup. 1t
was visited the other day and found in
filthy condition. The stencil that comes
from the compartm ents is almost obear-
able. Something ought to be done to
keep the place warm during the day,
especially during such cold weather rs
we are now having. The condition of a
prisoner few days ago was pitjful.
. new bunco scheme is on foot. 1t was
worked in Sham okin the other day and
no doubt attempts will be made to work
it here. A stranger enters bar room
and inquiries for a poker joint and of
course, failing to get the desired informa
tion seeks it elsewhere. Later in the day
or in the night, the stranger makes 8
second call and excitedly tells the bar
tender that he found what he was looking
for and lost all his money. The stranger
wants to catch a train, but must raise
some cash before he can go. He offers
what looks like gold watch which he
, says cost fifty dellars. A loan of fifteen
, will suffice. The bartender who advances
the money finds when it is too late, that
the watch is cheap filled one and is not
worth more than three, or four dollars.
Judge Savidge, of Northumberland
county, has been tearing ont the whole
sale liquor license traffic in a vigorous
manner and his remarks have Ia bearing
upon dealers in this county as well n.
those in which the judge is located. He
says it seems apparent that the
men who passed the Act of Assem- oily il
regard to wholesaling, either did moi
know what they were about, did moi
:, know what would be the result of the
a measure they passed. or else it was don,
. in the interest of the wholesale people, il
the interest of such men as this one wht
furnished the two barrels of beer for
: little Polish wedding because the result
= is simply that these wholesale people
= send their beer out indiscriminately, il
bulk, through our coal region, to every
little patch and hamlet, as has beer
shown here time and again in the tria
# of criminal cases. They peddle it out a
Z though it were groceries or ditferen
, articles of merchandise, seeking buyer
J. and even calling men from their house,
!, to purchase beer and whiskey off of theil
u wagons, and then, when irresponsi )l'
a people like these, incapable of taking
II care of themselves, have weddings o.
J some special gathering, they sell then
. two barrels at time, and the result il
e that the whole community gets drunl
II and stays drunk two or three days at
e time, and we have fights, black eyes
q bloody noses, murders and homicides al
u through our anthracite coal region. Thi
y is the kind of a law the mem bers of ou
Legislature have passed for theiprotectiol
of the people of the anthracite region
OF course, the law is TO blame for permit
D ing things of this kind, and the people
|. are to blame if they do not provide any
e means of supervision of the liquor
o traffic, anybody whose business it is tC
s look after it, whose business it is to see
whether the wholesaler of Schuylkill
county is peddling his wares in Northum,
berland, or the wholesaler of NorGhum
berland county peddles his beer through
the patches of Schuylkill.
Mrs. Emily Thorne, who resides al
Toledo Washington, says she has never
been able to procure any medicine fol
rheumatism that relieves the pain &
quickly and effectually as Oh Amberlain''
Pain Balm and that she has also u ed i
for lame back with great success. Fol
sale by Gruhler Bros.
+ ADJUSTMENTS.