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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

DR., Louis Weber after long residence in
Mahanoy City, has decided to change his
place of residence. The doctor has built up a
large practice in that town. He leaves to-
day for Philadelphia, where he will make his
future home. John d. Riley, of town, a
graduate of the University of Pennsylvania
will succeed DIR. Weber.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
Leads Them All.

Columbia beer Still climbing to the top of
the ladder of fame, by its steadily increasing
trade and the quality of its beverage put be-
fore the public Everybody calls for it,
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

To Glen Onoko, and the last, will be Max
Reese's, ON Thursday, September 5th Fare
Sl.OO. Train leaves Lehigh Valley station AT
$40 a. m. Returning, leave Glen OnoBo al
1880 p. IN, s-31-4t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
STAMPED LINENS.

Bureau Scarfs, Stand Covers, at
prices they cannot be manufac-
tured for. All over drawn work.
Scarf Il inches long at soc.
Brocaded pattern with fringe all
around, 3Sc.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

Sour krout and Wiener Wurst for lunch to-
night.
Vegetable soup tomorrow morning,
Largest oysters.
Meals served at all hours
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
The only baby medicine-Luks' Syrup.


There has been some controversy over the
date of Labor Day, Congress at its last
session fixed the first Monday as Il national
Labor Day. The last Legislature fixed the
first Saturday OF September as state Labor
Day.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

The regular semi-monthly meeting of the
County Medical Society will be
held in the Palace theatre Girardville, to-
The society has a membership of
about seventy-five. DR. A. f.. Bronson of
Giardyille, at present holds the position of
censor in the society
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
Largest in Its history.

The Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Com
pany yesterday ran the largest excursion to
Atlantic City in the history of the company.
1t consisted of l3 cars and was run in eleven
sections, carrying over seven thousand people
from Pottsyille, Reading, Harrisburg and
way points
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

Peaches! Peaches!! Peaches!!l
The last of the season. A car load of fine
yellow peaches tomorrow morning. At
Cosletts, 16 South Main street. 1t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

His New Position.

Leave your work at Fay's and receive a
guess for six months free laundry.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

The following collieries drawn to return
prices Of coal sold in August, 1895, to deter
mine tie rate Of wages to be paid, make the
following returns:
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
An Elegant Dish

OF Boston baked beans at Welter's for free
lunch tomorrow morning.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

In fishing around the market we
found a couple barrels of extra fine
Norway mackerel cheap. Very fat
and white. Not large. Weigh
about "a of a pound. "A cents
pound. We have the big ones, too;
weigh n to ~ pounds, for little
more money. These are the finest
fish caught, and we can not always
buy the small ones.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

Grand Army bean soup for free lunch.
Little neck clans
Select prime oysters.
Beef steak, lamb and veal chops.
Pigs feet, tripe and lambs tongue.
Imported sardines.
Finest of wines and liquors.
Meals served at all hours.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

The power house Of the Schuyllill Traction
Company, at Rappahannocl, it is said by the
officials Of the company, will shortly undergo
much needed improvements, The capacity
is not sufficient, and has caused considerable
trouble Of late. Newand improved machinery
will be introduced thus increasing the capa-
city, Only fourteen cars are now fit for SER
vice, and when all are pressed into service
the machinery is oyer-taXed and is liable to
break down. An inspection was made of the
Mt Carmel-Shamokin plant, and the officers
were favombly impressed. The new plant
will also be increased in power to allow for
any new branch that may be built in the
future.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

The five camps of the p. O. S, of A., of
Shamokin, contemplate building business
block to cost in the neighborhood of $50, 600
1t will include large store rooms, offices and
halls for meetings in the upper stories.
Architects are now at work ON the plans
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

Buy Keystone flour. Be sure that the
name LEssIG & BAER, Ashland, Pa, is
printed ON every sack. If
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

The following program will be offered at
the open air concert by the Grant Band on
the lawn Of Mrs. Grants residence ON West
Oak street tomorrow evening; under the
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
Chaneed His Residence.

Your last chance for fine yellow peaches al
Coslett's tomorrow morning. 1t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

THE "DEMOREST SEWING
MACHINE" worth $4,000 for
SI9.5O. We guarantee it to be
perfect in every respect.
Another lot Of goods are now dis
played at half price. Come and
have a look at them. Very likely
you will be able to use some of
them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

A car load of fine yellow peaches at Coslett's
tomorrow morning. 1t
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
CHILDREN'S S SILK CAPS.

The best in town, embroidered
with full ruching at 25c.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02
LaMn Party To-night.

A lawn party will be held tonight at the
residence of DR.. c. NJ. Bordner, ON East
Oak street, for the benefit of All Saints
Episcopal church The object is a good one
and the party should be well patronized
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1895-09-02

Grant Rnnd Cnncert.

Calls liver and potato salad tonight
Sour krout tomorrow morning.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
THE POWER OF WATER.
Constantly Working In One Form or An
ofhaI In naatrox tia Iand

Constantly Working In Ono Form or An
other to Destroy tho Land.
A southern engineer contributes ~
article on Geology and the Mississipp
Problem" to the Engineering Magazine
In it he says:
1--WE find in water the only tireless
agent that works in the modification OF
continents; and instead Of being the
great renovator of the land it is pop
l]arly conceived, it is the great destroy
er. The destruction Of ancient Rome
GAS been attributed to time. BUTT wa
1ue simply to the moisture of the At
mosphere working through chemica:
agencies. It was water, invisible
but penetrating the very stones Of the
wonderful city, that caused her to
rumble into ruins, and gave to modsrY
Rome a grade greatly elevated above
her ancient grade. But it works not
alone in the cities and towns. There il
not a hill on earth that has not beer
Snorn of something of its altitude by
this subtitle force, and there is not .
mountain on earth, il not fitfully 70
newed by volcanic action, that has not
been compelled to lower its peak BE-
fore this universal leveler of the en-.
allied. 1t may be q dreadful thought,
indeed, but we do not know absolutely
that we are not dependent on the earth.
quake and tie volcano for keeping our
continental habitat above the level Of
the ocean; for water not only destroys,
but it has the persistency and force to
carry of to its burial place in the sec
Ill that it has caused to perish. It may
take long time at its task, but, work.
ing either in its gaseous, its liquid, OF
It's solid form, it seems to be the most
persistent thing on earth. never perish.
ing, and, however divided and invisible
1t times, always ready to unite its forco
for supreme effort at the degradation
4 . continent"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07

ri walr Tor lis prev. The legs Of the
cunning spider, yellow notified with
brown. were extended in such n way as
tn resemble the divisions between the
petals Of the flower
The web itself, very delicatcly woven
into rosctte pattern, was white, and
the threads that suspended it from the
bushes We're so fine as to be almost in
visible. The whole thing had the ap-
pcarance of being suspended in the
air upon stem concealed beneath.
When Mr.. Bell knocked the spider
from its perch into a white gauze net,
his surprise was increased upon seeing
his captive instantly turn from blue to
white Its former mimicry had been
practi>cd Is snare: now it was play
ing a similar game for the purpose Of
c"ncralncnt.
But the end of the performance was
not yet reached. When Mr. Bell shook
his captive its body again changed
color, becoming this time dull green
ish-brown. Later he captured another
Specimen OF the same species of spider,
whose flower web rcsembled an orchid.
This spider exhibited the same remark
able power of changing its color
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
BROODING SNAKES.

How the Python Mother Hatchss Out
Her Young.
The python lays eggs and matches
them by developing q high degree OF
heat, as has been proved in the case Of
the Indian and African species.
The first careful Investigations OF
this subject were made in 1871 by the
renowned naturalist, Achille Valen.
ciennes, in the Jardin des Plantes,
Paris. A python there laid fifty eggs
within three hours, which at first were
oval, but pointed toward the poles; the
shells were soft and of a gray color;
they soon changed to perfect egg
shape and became white, and the shells
hardened somewhat, although they re-
manned pliable, like leather, and were
lusterless and rather rough. Their
length varied from two and half to
four and half inches.
After laying the eggs the snake
gathered them together in a heap I'M
der the cover she had in her box,
wound the rear part of her body
around the base of this heap, and then
formed cOne-shaped spiral of the rest
Of her body around the whole, her
head closing the top. Not single egg
was visible.
After fifty-six days the first young
ones crawled out. They were about
two inches long The temperature in
the center of the heap of eggs was 1O5
degrees Fahrenheit, while that of the
bOx was ONLY 725 degrees Fahrenheit
Two other pythons tried to hatch
their eggs in the London Geological
garden-one in 1862 and the other in
1881. In these cases the difference be
tween the temperature inside of the
heap of eggs and the outside air was
much less; but the eggs were spoiled
and no young were Matched.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
WEALTH OF A PRINCE.

Grown Prince OF Roumania to Receive
$4,000 . Year ~ His Allowance.
The crown prince of Roumania is to
have an allowance from his country of
&12,000 q year, and his uncle, King
Charles, is to give him .e12, 900 a year,
according to London Truth. In tho
event Of the crown princes death, Prin-
cess Marie would have a jointure Of
&12, 900 year, half coming from Rou-
mania and the remainder from King
Charles. The prince of Hohenzollern is
to make q settlement on his son, and
the duke and duchess Of Edinburgh are
to give their daughter an allowance,
but she will not receive any dot until
after the death of her parents.
1t is no secret that there has been .
prolonged, and not altogether amicable,
negotiation respecting the settlements
which are to be signed at Sigmaringen
on the day before the wedding It is
understood that the prince of Hohen-
zollern proposes to allow "a 900 year
to Prince Ferdinand with an ultimate
sum of 100000 Princess Marie is to
get $4,000 year from her parents dur.
ing their lives with a sum Of ESQ, 900
after they have deceased. This ar
rangement will permit of a settlement
Of S150,0O0 upon the younger Children
OF the marriage.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
fSONGSTERS TO EAT

Anxious to Sell, vsndef O6srs CanAriee
".'-. for Pie. ..-ss.,S
SIN selling goods" said . successful
canvasser, you must not be content
with selling to the people who want
them. You must persuade the rest to
want them also" Many q salesman
feels that the secret Of success lies in
describing his goods so that they shall
seem all things to all men," and woe
be to the innocent and jocose buyer
who brings down upon himself the food
OF such q mans pertinacity. Says .
traveller in Malta:
Going to the quay, we made our pas
sage, by energetic pushing, through the
lines of vendors of cigars, tobacco, lace.
oranges and sponges. One man, with
canaries in cages, stopped US at the
waters edge with:
want a canary, sir?'
"Are they for eating?" I asked him, 70
get rid of his importantly and in . spirit
of jocosity. .a
mo, no! They are for singing"
O"Ah. if that's what they're for We
don't want them"
A brilliant thought struck the man,
and he bolted after US, shouting: Eyes,
yesl They are for eating. Very good
pie! Buy the lot!' :.
Leaving his cages in charge Of an as.
sistant, he made OF to tell the canary
vendors that here was a man who ate
canaries and might buy all there were
In Malta, and a fine time we had with
cages until we steamed away.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
TREAcHEROUS SNOW.
loaeoes to which ahe OhamOis HUI
Subjects HimselL

D0Agess to which ahe Ohamofs HuntsS
Subjects Himself.
One Of the perils which the chamois
hunter must face is that which lurks
in the snow. Mr.. Buxton, in his Short
Stalks, tells the story of Herr SIS
adventure, which graphically illus
trates this danger. He was following
with one companion, IN the depth of
winter, the trail of a wounded cha
mois. The track led them across q
steep couloir filed with deep, loose
snow, into which they plunged up TO
their middles.
When half way across this the mass
parted just above them, and moved
downwards with ever-accelerating
speed, sometimes covering them deep
with surging mass, and then again
tossing them into the air.
At last s. felt himself suddenly
and violently arrested by some pro-
truding substance, which afterwards
proved to be q broken stump of n tree.
After a time he recovered conscious
ness, and succeeded in shaking him
self free.
The hrSt thought was 1or MS Irlenu'
of whom nothing was to be seen. But
as he gazed over the waste of snow he
saw at distance q twig, which had
been pressed downwards. recover itself
and spring up.
Thinking it might be the sign OF
some life he made his way to the spot.
and close by it found q boot protrud-
ing from the surface. Scraping the
snow away as best he could with his
naked hands he at length uncovered
the body SO far as the face.
The man was apparently dead, and
his face was almost black; but present
ly he came to, and was little the worse,
while S. himself, in turn, tainted
from the injuries he had received, and
was laid up for six weeks before he re-
covered.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
THE CHINESE CAPITAL
Interesting Information About the
City OF PekinG.
Comprises -Four Cities with . Populs-
tion OF . Million and . Half-I0
Poorly Built structures-Tho
Great Walls.

Picking. the capital Of the Chinese
empire and of the province Of Chilli on
the Tunghui river, has population
estimated at one million five hundred
thousand, says the New York Recorder.
1t stands on an extensive sandy plain,
and consists Of Kin-Ching, the prohib-
tied city, containing only the palaces OF
the emperor and the dwellings of his
immediate retainers; Hwang Ching, the
imperial city, with a large number Of
court officials; Nui-Ching, the Tartar
city, comprising twelve square miles,
and Watching, the Chinese city, with
fifteen square miles of area. The Tar
tar city is surrounded by a wall sixty
feet high and fifty feet thick, the Chi.
nese city by one thirty feet high and
twenty-five feet thick. They are built
Of stone and brick and filled with earth.
The suburbs include an area of twenty
tive miles.
The prohibited city, two miles in cir.
conference. is entered by four gates,
each surmounted by tower. The
buildings are superior to any others in
the empire. The meridian gate leads
TO the imperial buildings. and is re-
served for the emperor solely. Five
marble bridges spanning little stream
lead to q marble paved court and the
gate OF extensive peace, at which the
emperor receives the homage Of the
courtiers on great state days. Ascend
ing the stairway, the tranquil palace OF
heaven is reached, into which none
can enter without special royal per-
mission. The number Of people within
the prohibited city is small, most being
Nantchoos.
The imperial city, surrounding the
prohibited city, has a wall twenty feet
high, pierced by four gates, through
which no one can enter save by special
permission. It contains the tablets of
the deceased emperors and empresses
and the affairs Of the gods. There are
also the Russian college, military stores,
and King-shan, the artificial mountain.
with each of its five submits crowned
by pavilion.
The Tartar city surrounds the impe.
aal city and contains the principal gov
srnment Offices and the hall Of science
erected in 1880. Near by are the Rus
sian Church of the Assumption and the
temple where his majesty and princess
worship their ancestors on the first day
Of every month. The city is in
control of the general of the nine
gates, near whose headquarters il
the high tower in which are the i'm.
mense drum and bell that proclaim the
hour Of midnight. Not far away is tho
white pagoda with its obclisk erected
by Kublai Khan in the thirteenth GEN.
tury, about which upon one hundred
and eight pillars lamps burn continu-
ously in Buddha's honor.
The Chinese city is the most popu.
lous, but its structures are poorly
built. The houses are Of brick, ono
story high, with roofs of tiles. 1t con.
tains the affairs to Heaven, to winter, to
agriculture, and the pool dedicated to
the spirits of the waters, where his
majesty performs special supplications
whenever the country suffers from
drought.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
NO CROWDING IN TEXAS. a
Tome Staggering Figures Regarding the
Area of the Lone Star state.

Area of the Lone Star state. Z
A recently printed statement thai
The western states of America arr
becoming crowded is disproved by
Ggnres that, through various man.
ipulations, tell most wonderful;
story of the length and breadth OF
The magnificent empire lying west Of
the Mississippi river. OF the vast ares
Of the larger western states, people who
nave not visited them and travelled over
Them have no comprehensive idea.
Texas. the largest of the United States,
las an area of 262, 900 square miles. To
che casual reader, says Kate Fields
Washington, these figures mean but
gerry little; they show, however, that
The Lone Star state is more than
6fty-four times as large as the state Of
Connecticut. If it were possible to run
railway train from Connecticut Ia
Texas and back in a day, and if the
train could take the entire population
Of the Nutmeg state, as given by the
.ast census, at every trip, and, upon4tI
seturn, there should be as many persons
IN the state as there were before the
train left with its cargo. and if each
one of these people were placed upon an
scre of ground upon his arrival in Texas,
the train would be obliged to make 22l
trips, or to depopulate Connecticut 22l
times, before accomplishing its mission,
and then there would remain in Texas
fO3, 1903 empty acres 1t may be of pass
ing interest to know that such train,
made up of coaches twenty feet long.
capable of accommodating fifty pas
.engers each, would extend over q dis
lance of more than fifty-six miles.
If the entire state of Texas wers
planted with corn and the hills were
Two feet apart and the rows were three
teet apart, and if every man, woman
and child in the state Of Connecticut
we're set to work in the field to hoe the
.orn, and each person was able to and
lid hoe two hills in five minutes, it would
take this army Of laborers seven years
ESQ days and seven hours to hoe every
hill of corn in the state, laboring con.
sinuously day and night 1855 days each
1ear.
To those persons who have nevei
NOppeo W conSluer HOW great q country
hey are living in these figures may bt
If interest. The man who fears that he
sould not elbow his way around in the
crowded west without chatting the napo:
mis- coat sleeves may gather some solacs
from the statement that the entire liv.
ing population of the globe, 1,40O. 000,'
900 souls, divided into families Of five
oQrcOuS each c0,,. n he, lOcatad in ToYaa
each family with a house on a half
acre lot, and there would still remain
$4,000, 900 vacant family lots.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-06-07
g. REIGN OF KING COTTON. ~
Why It Became Supreme In the South
Immediately After the War.

Why It Became Supreme In the South
Immediately After the War.
Promising as was the industrial ad.
vance Of the south prior to the war it
was in its agriculture that the chief in
terests ct the people were conferred,
says the Engineering Magazine. Here
was displayed an energy rs great as
that which opened up to civilization
the vast prairies of the west; here was
. well-rounded growth which neither
the south nor any other part Of the
country has been able to duplicate since
the war. Cotton was indeed king, but
1t was not such an absolute monarch as
it has been since 1865 nor as grain has
been in the west. Instead Of being the
main crop of the south it was largely .
surplus crop. The south did not then
have its ''smokehouse and corn crib in
the west"-this was one-of the disasters
of the war-but it produced its own
corn, wheat and bacon. The war
changed these conditions. 1t left such
universal poverty that men were COM
PEELED to grow cotton alone, because the
crop would be mortgaged before it was
planted for enough at least to secure .
bare living for the planter while he
waited for it to mature. On no other
crop could advances be secured in this
way. When the crop had been gathered
and turned over to the merchant who had
been carrying" him, and out of its
proceeds the debt for goods bought on
notwithstanding interest and commits
sions-had been paid, the farmer had
nothing left As the next season came
around he was again compelled to mort
gage his crop in advance to the man to
whom he was already in debt. 1t was
- condition and not a theory" that con-
fronted the farmers Of the south and
necessarily it has taken years for them
TO gradually work out of it. Moreover,
the negroes, Intoxicated with free
DOM" had many hard lessons to learn.
While they had nothing in the world on
which to start, they were financially
about as well of as their late master,
for, At least, they had no debts to in.
cumber them for years to come. Cotton
was the easiest crop for them to cult.
vste, and 20 they all began to grow cot
ton. buying western corn and bacon on
credit from the merchant who had
mortgage on the cotton before the
ground was plowed for its planting.
Working ON shares-that is, paying
part Of the crop for the rent of the LAND
they cultivated-and moving about fire.
quently, they had no inducement to try
to improve the soil. So. while the ag
gregate acreage annually increased, the
total production Of the south's crops
fell far short Of the yield per capita b.
tween 1850 and 1860. ..s.aa