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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-14

"What do they mean by test case ?'
"a test case is one which is brought to see
how much the lawyers can make out of it. "
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-14

We speak of some men as sll-wool, prob
ably because thay shrink at nothing.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-14

The sudden shower played hob with
summer dresses.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-06-14
STOCK AND PRODUCE MARKETS.
Closing Quotations of the New York and
PHILADELPHIA Exchanges.

New York, June l3.-Speculation on the
Stock Exchange continues to display a fair
degree of activity, and the upward movement
of prices is still unch ecked, Closing bids:
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YESTERDAYS BASEBALL GAMES


At delphia-Louisville 3; Philadel-
phia, 2. At Boston-Boston 20; Chicago,
3. At New York-New York, ); St. Louis,
4. At Brooklyn-Cleveland /; Brooklyn,
2. The Baltimore Pittsburg and Wash.
ington-Cincinnati games were postponed
an ocpount Of min
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Pennsylvania State League.

At Hazleton (12 innings)-Pottsville S.
Hazleton, z. At Notwithstanding 4
Lancaster, 1. There was no game between
Harrisburg and Allentown, the Harris
burg club having disbanded
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At Buffalo-Butfalo 9; Rochester, 3.
At Springfield Springfield, Z; Scranton,
/. AT Toronto-Syracuse, 2; Toronto, /.
At Observation-Disclosures, 9; Wilkes
barre g.
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THE SILVER CONVENTION
The Advocates Of an Independent
Party Defeated,
CONSERVATISM WINS THE DAY

II Is Decided by the Majority That a De
termiued Effort VIII be Made to Force
the Free Silver idea Into the Demo-
cratic Platform.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
When They Wore Lads.

Edison was famous for his inventions
when 23.
Bacon was a member of parliament at
%; at 26 one of its leaders.
Hayne, when %. had the best-paying
law practice in South Carolina.
Poe was a poet at 16; at "a he wrote
''The Raven" He died at 3S.
Bryant wrote poetry at 9. At is his
masterpiece, "Thanatopsis, was pub
lished.
Choate entered college at 16. Began
practicing law at 25. At 30 was the peer
of any practitioner
Longfellow's first poetry was pub
lished at 13. At 80 he was ranked with
our best poets
Shakespeare left school at Ia, Clay at
IA. John Bright at 15
Scott entered the fair realm Of litera-
ture at 25. At "a was the most popular
poet of the day.
Washington was prominent at 21 At
AZ commander-in-chief of the American
army. At 81 was president
Calico discovered the isochronism of
the pendulum at 10. When SO was the
most famous astronomer in Europe
Byron's first poems appeared at 10.
At "a he reached the highest pinnacle of
his literary fame.
Wilberforce entered parliament at 81
William of Orange commanded the
army of the French frontier at 90
Burns first volume was published at
27 At 80 critics conceded him to be the
most richly endowed by nature of any
living poet.
Napoleon at q commanded the army
In Italy. AT S5Swas emperor. Saw Wa
terloo at 46.
Tennyson at .S3 took that high stand
among the poets he held till his death
Hamilton began his public career at
IL. AT 27 was one of the st-known
lawyers and statesmen of his day. AT
80 was secretary of the treasury.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02

buildings. This yard Is usually not very
large and the only games the scholars
play are marbles. tops and leap-frog or
tag There is no football or baseball or
tennis. and even the childish games they
do indulge in are under the supervision
Of tutor. On Thursdays the boys are
taken out for promenade In charge Of
tutor, and they are marched around
the streets, two by two, for an hour or
more. Those boys whose parents live Id
Paris and those who have friends In the
city are allowed once in two weeks to
visit their friends and relatives on Sum
day. OF course, says Harper's Young
People, almost every boy can rake up
some sort of a relative" for the sake
of getting out of the box occasion
ally, and those with imaginary relatives
spend their time on the bouievards, eat
ing cakes and seeing the sights. ibis
they probably would not do II they en-
Joyed the liberty accorded to American
boys. instead of being confined for
weeks In walled yard. The method OF
punishment is to make a scholar write
several thousand lines as task, or to
deprive him of his Thursday walk, or to
deprive him of one or more of his Sun
days out. The working hours are some--
what longer than In America, because
certain fixed houses are set aside for
preparation and study. For instance,
there is recitation at o'clock in the
morning, then study hour, and then
fifteen minutes recess, followed by an
other study hour. All studying is done
in the classrooms under the supervision
of tutor. and no talking is allowed. AS
a result of this enforced silence the boys
hoCnyna ~ crrt ~ do p a.
dumb sfgn-language, and carry on
lengthy conversations, which they
would never think of wasting time on
Ii they might say what they had to say
out loud. At 4 o'clock every afternoon
the boys line up in the playground and
servants pass along in front of them
with baskets of bread and butter, each
boy helping himself to slice as his
turn comes
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
The Lost Purse.

Sadie and May lived in a very pleNs-
ant home in the country. All day
they would keep house with their =
and when night came they would tuck
them under the long red curtains which
hung over one of the large windows.
One warm day, when 1t was too hot to
play out In the sun, they went and sat on
the cool, shady porch, and begged
grandpa, who had just wakened from
an afternoon nap. to tell them story.
So grandpa said that If they would be
quiet he would tell them a short, true
story about himself
Sadie and May promised to be very
still. So grandpa began:
"Once when I was very little boy I
had to take long, lonely walk through
the snow for some tea for my mother.
The store was four miles away. AS
had told my mother / would go, ran
and got my things and called my dog
Bruno, for never went anywhere with
out him. I got to the store safely and
bought my tea, and as had two dollars
and some change / put IL in small
purse which had in my pocket. l can
remember how hard 1t was walking and
how bitterly cold it was. I hurried as
fast as 1 could. because was afraid I
would be late for supper 1t was quite
lark when ran upon the porch and
into the warm kitchen. How good the
mullins smelt that had just come out of
the oven! can remember them yet"
And did Bruno get home, too?"
asked May.
"Oh," said grandpa, that is just what
am going to tell you. I knew he was
not far behind. so ! did not wait for
him, but went in and gave the tea to
then put my hand In my pocket
to give her the change. To my surprise
found it was gone"
'Oh, grandpa. exclaimed Sadie and
May.
Yes" said grandpa, 1T was gone
ost. / thought-and it was so dark and
stormy my mother said it was no use
70 look for It, I was too much troubled
to care for my supper, so sat down by
the fire feeling very sad. Soon heard
scratching at the door, and when /
opened it you cannot think how aston
shed was to have Bruno bound in and
drop something at my feet. Now, what
do you think it was?"
''The money" said the children.
Yes" said grandpa. 1.-THE lost purse
was safe and sound. How happy / was
and how did hug Bruno! Just think!
He had been behind me and had picked
the purse UP and brought it home.'
What dear, good dogn' said May.
Il like the story very much because it
vas true. New York World.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
Huntlng Pythons in Natal.

The colony of Natal South Africa,
abounds in boa-constrictors and py-
thons. While they do not attack men,
they are especially destructive Of cattle,
sheep and oxen, and for this reason
parties are formed by hunters and ma
Ives to burn the bush and forest in or
Ter to exterminate the pests. Some of
the soldiers at Pietermaritzburg were
recently Informed by a party of neigh
boring Zulus OF the whereabouts of a
huge python that had been destroying
their oxen. The soldiers, with 200 ma
uves, started off TO capture the snake,
and. having located 1t, the forest was
fired for a mile roundabout, an enorm-
Gus pit having been previously dug in
toward the center of the inclosed space.
What with the burning brush and the
shouts OF the Kaffirs, they soon drove
the reptile toward the pit, where, clos
Ing In upon him, they forced him into
It, The python proved to be of enorm-
Gus size, being thirty-two feet long end
foTty-ont inches in circumference. II
appeared to be quite stupid or dazed,
having just eaten young OK that had
been led into the Enclosure. An enorm-
Gus cage. with iron bars half way down
the front, having been constructed, the
snake was got out of the pit and taken
to Maritzburg in the cage. Here 1t is
kept on exhibition at the barracks and
IL is fed twice a week two Kaffir goats
at each meal. 1t will not eat anything
that has been already killed for it, pre-
ferring to kill it's food itself The goats
are thrust through a small door at the
end of the cage alive, when, fixing It's
great eyes upon them. the snake sud-
denly lunges forward and crushes them
in its powerful folds After covering
them with thick slime almost an inch
deep before swallowing them, it fat
tens them out by squeezing them and
swallows them almost at gulp. After
this the python goes to sleep and does
not awaken until it is time to feed
again. 9N
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
wATcH THE LIoHr.
Truth VIII save the world when Az
other Things Fail

-"
What queer world this is, anyhow
Now, truth is something we cannot
put out of existence or Ignore Tor very
long; It is also our only salvation; ana
yet do but speak the truth and factions
rise to buzz and sting back, like nor
nets besieged. Pshawl why rage at the
truth, good people? Why fear 1t Treat
It rightly; it will be your friend. Take
hold on 1t; 1t will lead you safely to
peace and happiness. They who ignore
1t are OF the perverse generation VINO
are warned Of the wrath to come. van
ity and covetousness are most scornfui
and fearful of truth. The vain hate IL
because It would expose the hollowness
OF the foundations on which they build.
The covetous strive to disbelieve in II
because they must often go counter
to 1t in their efforts after fame and
wealth. Every one nearly wants to
build a new way for himself, in which
there shall be only as much truth al
lowed as shall not interfere with its in
tentions. AS If truth is inseparable!
All, no! One wrong motive will ruin
the whole work, sooner or later. False
ness-even little grain Of twill cor
rode and disintegrate the biggest
schemes man can erect, as time has
proved. BE wise to-day; tits mad
ness to defer" Let each one look the
truth fairly in the face and then act
on its suggestions, and what change
for the better the world would under
go before another week could
pass. Look the truth in the face,
everybody to meet its earnest look
strengthens as nothing else can. 1t
would cure the weakness of vanity;
it would soften the heart Of the de-
spoiler; it would encourage the down
trodden to seek more independent
way. Oh. there is nothing so beau
tiful as truth! Why do we seek to
hide it, then? We go into ecstacies
over artificial things but ignore that
which even the best artifice can only
initiate. Truth alone can save the
world thatnow is screaming from every
corner against injustice. You at the
top. look on truth first; those after you
will initiate you in that as they do
your vices.-Amber.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
Mollie and the Lobster--Thc Lost Purse
Life In Paris schooi--The Seven
stars When Noted Men Were Boys
Peculiar Kite.

greatest pleasure
To shake you by the hand
Good morning. Mr. Lobster
The little maid replied,
But both her little hands she held
Quite closely to her side.
rhe lobster then held out his claw,
But Mollie, in fright,
Said, please, I'd rather not shake hands,
I'VE heard that Holsters bite"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
DININo-ouT GIRLS.
Two of Them to Each Man at Chinese
Dinner.

Dinner.
Perhaps no city in the world has the
counterpart of these fiower-boats; for
this Chinese city OF amusement lacks In
the main the element that pervades
European haunts of revelry. 1t was
vast place of restaurants and hotels,
where the rich and poor men of Canton
repaired to enjoy themselves. have
been given to understand that no China
man entertains in his own house, nor
do his women folk join him in his feasts
or revels. Hence there is class of sirls,
the very large majority of whom are
strictly virtuous, whose business it is to
be pretty according to Chinese fashion,
brisk, conversational, musical in q
word, to understand the art of enter
tanning. Their faces will be painted in
white and pink-very artistically paint
ed, smooth and soft-looking; delicately
traced, sharp, black crescents will mark
their eyebrows, writes Florence O'Dris-
coll, NJ p, in the Century Magazine
Two of these. young ladies will attend
to each gentleman, sitting slightly back
from the table at each side of the en-
tertained. They will fill his liquor-cups,
sip from them and pass them on; pick
chopsticks, and hand them to him !;
crack jokes, fill and light his pipe, and
all the while chat gaily and eat dried
watermelon seeds. That is all l ever
saw them eat. Behind each group Of
three a solemn looking coolie or waiter.
will stand to fan them all the while
Other walters bring in food. wine and
tea, change the dishes and attend to
their wants The meal will last for
long time. Eventually all will rise and
retire to an outer room furnished with
broad couches covered with mating.
Opium pipes will be there for those who
care for them, and tobacco and cigars
in plenty. The girls will sit on the
couches, laugh, fili the pipes. and still
eat watermelon reeds, while the gentle
men will reciine at their ease, enjoying
their society.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
LOCOMOTIVE FlREMEN.
The New Certificates of Membership
Printed In London

The New Certificates of Memberships
Printed Ia London.
Elegant certificates OF membership In
the brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, printed in London. England. have
just been received at the general Of
fices of the order in this city, says the
Peoria Journal. The sheet is a large
one, and is printed in colors. There are
pictures representing the fireman leav-
Ing home, and on board his train (the
Empire State express. the fastest in
the world, being chosen); then the train
is shown falling through high bridge.
Then the cemetery Is pictured where
the killed fireman reposes. Lastly is
shown picture of the widow receiv-
ing her death benefit. All this illus
trates the good the order does. There
is a portrait at the top of Joshua
Leach, who organized the first lodge
of the order with seventy-one mem
bers at Port Jervis. N. Y, on Dec. /,
1873 He Is now living at Sedalia, No.
in a-home presented him by the brother
hood. The motto OF the order, sSo-
briefly. Charity. Protection and Indus
try" are represented by appropriate
pictures. The United States, Canada
and Mexico, where the brotherhood ex-
lists are represented by their coats OF
arms. The grand lodge shield and the
tools used by the craft complete the
w
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
Life in a Paris school.

The large Paris schools are called ly-
Gees, or lyceums, but the pupils refer to
them as boxes" and this is not at all
surprising when you consider that the
boys are kept shut up in the schools
just about as IL they were in a box or
prison, They are also required to wear
a distinctive unifocm, which is usually
OF dark blue cloth with gold buttons
and gold embroidery. and peak cap
bearing the monogram of'the school in
front They sleep in dormitories, fifteen
or twenty I'm one room, and get their
exercise. and recreation In a. graveled
courtyard IN the rear cf the sche9l
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
Durability Of chark MARKS.

About five years ago an article an
peared in ons OF the city papers srs4s.l.
that when the old city bell was -.
down to be replaced by the new .ol
chalk marking was found, plainly ylri
ten thirteen years before by a yii,t
engineer. In the year 1922 the hr.e.,
over the Big Gunpowder falls. at lii1S|
ley's iron works, about fourteen fia
from Baltimore, was constructed
Robert Burr, considered at that tine
famous architect and engineer, of Neh
Jersey When the bridge was, ereclo,
several persons wrote their names there
on with chalk, and they can easily b,
read at this day. and the date. July 4
1872. North American.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02

A balloon maker who uses kites /.
experimenting has made a kit whicl
upon being tossed into the air, will scut
away exactly like bird 1t will fall if
string is attached to 1t. Anybody cal
make this kite If he will bear in minC
the appearance of a bird in the air. L,
consists Of wing-like main part and &,
paddle-like tail. 1t may be of any size
The wings should be like two right-an
gled triangles, connected at the base
only the paper must be curved outwar
beyond the hypotenuse, much the sam.
as a birds wing is curved. About hal
the length of one wing from this mai
portion, light. flexible piece Of woot
should hold the tail--a paper paddle Q
the area of one of the wings Max
each wing with a little convexity froI
the under side, and don't attempt to fl
1t with string. Tie string to the les
of frightened bird; it will fly to tht
end OF 1t. futter a moment and fall t.
the ground. This kite will do the same
A bird cannot fly backward; neithe
can this type of kite. 1t will go with til
wind, and for the same reason that l.
bird goes forward. The tendency of II
breeze. which will first strike the tai
will be to throw the kite down. but o
the tail goes down 1t elevates tie win.
portion. The instant the wings egin
rise to perpendicular position ~ 4.
wind current. 1t presents broader e9i
face to the breeze and is, of coul5st
pushed onward. BY this undulatpi,
snake-like wavering, 1t scuds onwa.1
and upward. This movement may l.
seen in any fiuttering flag on brec..
day. Indeed, this discovery was msl
by observing the undulatory motion o
a flag on a mast.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1895-04-02
- ; eye ami Skl,s
i1fnan..

5 certain orre for Chronic Sore Eyes
otter. Salt Rheum, Scald Head, Old
,hronic Sores. sever Sores, Eczema,
sh. Prairie Scratches. Sore Nipples
I'D Piles. IL is cooling and soothing.
hundreds of cages have been cured bu
Z after al other treatment hau faileo,
I Is put up IN e5 end ~ cent bo-es-
s. g. Hardwick.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05

the various railway lines engaged in this
monstrous crime, and has forced the max
ing of rates that are long step toward
Colorado's ambition to be on fair fighting
terms with the world. This will tend to
the growth of large population compare
lively near to San Francisco and in need
of its products, and at the same time will
enable US to enjoy to some extent the
benefits of Colorado's products.
That most valuable of all economic
things, the prevailing common-sense OF
the people, can never be convinced that
the Science of transportation, as ex-
pounded by transportation companies, can
justify such charges as have nearly ruined
Colorado, and so crippled the market for
California products. Out of this common
sense was born the interstate commerce
law, which already has produced many
beneficial results. Either the ways of rail-
road companies are inscrutable, or the
peoples common-sense and conceptions OF
right conduct are wholly at fault. If the
Southern Pacific Company, instead OF ex-
pending, without result, hundreds OF thou
sands, if not millions, of dollars in adver-
Using the resources and attractions OF
California with view of securing an in
crease of population, had charged rates
sufficiently lower than those adopted to
represent the amounts expended in adver-
Using the State, it would have insured the
prosperity of those already here and
thereby have given the State the best ad-
vertisement that could be imagined.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05
THE PIONEERS MOVING.

One of the most gratifying pieces of news
to which the public has been treated lately
is the announcement that the Society of
California Pioneers has determined to
enter upon an earnest campaign for the
industrial development of the State. The
president has been directed by resolution
to appoint committee which shall pre-
pare plan.
BY reason Of their past achievements the
Pioneers will be a very conspicuous figure
IN this movement that is stirring all the
people. A great deal will be expected of
the men who, after appalling hardships,
invaded strange and alien territory and
did their part in adding it to the Union
who as miners developed the monitor and
quartzmill from the primitive pan and
arastra; who organized and enforced, with
out line of written law, the highest form
OF civil and criminal justice that this coun-
try has ever seen; who made the amazing
discovery that the pillow as well as the pick
could turn up gold in quantity; who built
cities and railroads, established domestic
trade and unlocked the commerce of the
Orient, and who did all the hard and cour-
ageouS work that was done in laying the
foundations of California's greatness.
This last and very important addition to
the agencies which have been created for
the advancement of the State gives US oc-
casion for calling attention again to the
advisability of organizing a central body
out of representatives of all the bodies
working to a common end. Upon such a
plan as this have the best results in other
directions been secured. The Associated
Charities is an instance, and it admirably
illustrates the harmonizing of purposes.
1t is the adoption of this idea that has
made the American Railway Union and
the Federated Trades SO powerful as labor
organizations, and although the lines upon
which the various bodies are working for
California are each unlike the others in
method, still as the end is the same the
efficiency of each can be largely augmented
by central harmonizing agency.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1895-06-05

and Will undoubtedly be attended by most
OF Its leading men. 1t has the promise,
therefore, of being an important gathering
and of fully repaying the interest it occa-
sions.
The chief object of the congress is to
devise plans for forming a closer bond OF
union among the members of the race, and
thus enable them to reap the benefits
which invariably result from wisely di-
rected cooperation and mutual helpful
ness. An important part of the work will
be the collection of information and statls-
TICS relating to the condition and industry
OF the race. In the call for the congress,
the delegates are urged to bring with them,
SO Tar as possible, statistics showing the
mum oers OF the men, women and children
OF the race in the county which they rep
resent, the different occupations pursued
by members of the race, the number OF
property-owners, the estimated value OF
the property, and such other data as may
be OF historic value in showing the existing
condition of the race in this State.
Whatever advances the welfare of any
portion OF our people tends to advance the
welfare OF all. The congress. therefore, is
likely to result in benefits. not only to the
race represented in it, but to all California.
certainly every step taken to extend and
increase the practice of cooperation among
any portion of the people is OF advantage
to the community, and for that reason, if
for none other. there will be cordial SYM
pathy with the objects of the meeting and
a general desire that they may be promptly
attained