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The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
THE WORLD OF WOMEN.

Mrs. Cleveland has been putting on
flesh rapidly in the past few years. and
Is now said TO weigh nearly $50 pounds.
As she neither skates nor plays golf
nor tennis, and the president objects to
bicycling for married women, she has
taken to walking as hard as she can
go from 10 10 IL every morning.
Though the Baroness Hirsch Is nom
inally the universal legatee under her
late husbands will, Harold Frederic
Hirsch's fortune, after certain philan-
thropic requests are paid, will go to
Luclenne, natural daughter of the bar
on's dead o and a French govcrness.
Gov. and Mrs. William Mckinley, Jr.,
celebrated the twenty-frst anniversary
OF their wedding on the 25th of last
January, Mrs. Mckinley has been
something OF an invalid evcr since the
death OF her father, which occurred
just before her second daughter was
born. Both her children died when
very young.
Cora Belle Fellows, whose marriage
10 Chaska. a Sioux, created a scnsa-
ton some years ago, has been deserted
and left in destitution by her Indian
husband. She came of al excellent
Washington family, but fell in love
with Chaska while teaching school on
the reservation near Pierre, s. T., and
married him in spite of the opposition
OF her family.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

ERMIT SAM. OF
the wild man. who
lived In u cave in a
hillside just north
Of Canaan, mas
been removed to
the county house
in N~aphank 10y the
to wn authorities
Samuel Mott, who
is about 20 years of
age and just able
En- DINO upniInI
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

LETT his cgampcd quarters on his hands
and knees.
His body was nearly always wrapped
in rags. his hair was always worn long
aud his red beard gave him a wild APP
%pcarancc. In all his fishing and trap
ping expeditions he carried a keen
bladed OK. He had little to cat except
what he caught in the woods or
streams or raised on a little piece az
cleared land near his cave
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
Lightning Kills Father and Sons.

John !. Wallace, a farmer OF Tr!ge
county KY, and his three sons, aged
90, Is and 6, were killed by lightning
~ miles south OF Cadiz, several days
ago. Their bodies were found under a
tree by Mrs. Wallace, who went out to
hunt for them.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
REAL SEA SERPENTS.
SNAKES WHOSE BITE CAUSES
INSTANT DEATH.
Many of Them Are brilliant In Ciaring
Coiors-During the Eruption of I<ra.
katos Thcy swarmed into tho boats
of the Natives.

r. DlTMARS, the
snake expert ut the
American Museum
of Natural History,
New York City,
recently read a
paper on sea
Snakes at HI last
meeting OF the
Linnaen society.
Mr.. pitmars is an
authority on the
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

information. 1t was recalled that he
had been accused of the robbery of
the Countess Of Flanders, and had been
connected, as a police officer, with
clearing up the mystery of the murder
cd Bockel English family. lie he'd
married a former servant Of the
Countess of Flanders, and his peculiar
actions at the time the English family
was murdered apparently frustrated
the efforts to detect the murderers.
With the arrest OF two men, named
Restiau and SHIFTS. the brother Of
Courtois (also a former police oflcer)
and three women, came the sensation
al report that this last murder was
only one of a large number committed
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

HE inquiry into
the murder OF the
aged Baroness Her
ry van Scherpen-
berg, leading to the
arrest OF Alexandra
Courtois, formerly
assistant chief of
police. has brought
to light n Of the
attest criminal
co n s p scies on
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

According 20 the Lady Cyclist. the
Sultan some time ago introduced bicy-
cles into his harem tor the punishment
Of refractory wives.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10

Our liberality does not consist in
VIVA. we give. but In w&at we have left.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-07-10
HIS STRANGE LIFE.
HERMIT STUNNED THE So
GETTY or HUMAN BEINGS.

Tie Wore Rags and Buried Ills silver In
His Cavern Home seldom spoke and
Transacted All Ills Business by Means
of Signs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
The Ants Talked About IT.

1t is becoming the general belief
among naturalists that all living crea-
lures have some communication with
each other, at least to the extent Of
making their wants, fears, etc, known
to others of their species. A writer ON
ants recently investigated the matter as
far as those interesting little insects
were concerned. He saw drove Of ants
Of a small, black variety, which were
apparently moving to new quarters,
those going in a certain direction all
carrying eggs or sick and helpless rela'
tives, while those moving in the Oppo-
site direction appeared to have just de-
posted their burdens and to be return
ing for another load Of household ef-
fects. " They were probably pretty well
along with their work, judging by the
leisurely way in which they logged
along, and upon meeting they would
frequently put their heads together as
though chatting about their new quar-
tiers or some other interesting subject.
1t being a question in the naturalist s
mind whether they were really talking
or not, he hit on the expedient of muir
dering one Of their number to see if the
others would run and tell what had
happened He says; 1.-THE eyewitnesses
of the murder FASTENED away and laid
their heads together with every ant they
met, whereupon all would turn and
scamper away. No more ants passed
along that path during the day. st.
Lnnis Rennblic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
TO WASH THE BLOOD.
A Simple Salt and Water Injection In Place
of Transfusion.

of TRANSMISSION.
Washing the blood is the latest rem
edy for diseases brought on by or caus-
ing a sluggish circulation and low state
of the blood. The washing process Is
performed by plain salt and water.
From O pint to two quarts of water is
injected into the system by means Of an
ordinary hypodermic syringe
A vein is opened in the arm of the
patient with the usual antiseptic pre-
cautions and the salt water injected in
large doses. a profuse perspiration and
general activity of the secretory organs
follow, carrying away the noxious mat
ter present in the blood. The new rem
edy is recommended by several doctors
in papers read recently before the Acad-
envy Of Medicine in Paris and has been
successfully employed in numerous in
stances. In cases of anRmia, typhoid,
hemorrhages, sudden shock and even in
cases of intoxicatiOu this blood wash
ing. it is said, works wonders. For some
years surgeons have used a saline inlec'
ton in cases Of collapse after an opera
ton. 1t is the most powerful tonic
known aud has saved many lives Its
efficacy i'll ordinary diseases has, how
ever, only recently been discovered.
Modern medicine has a tendency to
resort to simple methods which recog-
nize the all curing powers of water.
Washing the stomach. as practiced by
several New York physicians, is Of very
recent origin and is considered invalu
able in cases of indigestion. A simple
bath of warm water is often all that Is
necessary to restore the stomach 10 its
normal condition by removing the
poisonous waste products which are not
profusely thrown off by the secretory
organs. By means of a soft rubber tube
put down the throat water can be poured
into the stomach and siphoncd out
again. To wash the blood is, Of course,
more difficult, as the water has to be
injected into a vein.
1t is well known that the blood Of a
frog can be drawn off and the blood Of
another frog substituted without greatly
mountaineering the creature. 1t was
then found that salt water solution
can be substituted instead Of blood, to
considerable extent, at least, and the
frog will live and be as sprightly as
ever. This fact first gave the scientists
the idea Of injecting an artificial serum
into the veins of human being, either
anamic or intoxicated. The new remedy
is very simple in its action and can al
ways, it is said. be employed with safe
ty.-Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
Too
Much knife!

The use of the surgeons knife is be-
coming so general, resulting fatally
in such a large number of cases, as TO
occasion general alarm. The press al
most daily announces the death of some
unfortunate whose system could not
withstand the shock of an operation,
and whose life was cruelty sacrificed to
the keen blade of the surgeon.
OF course, in some instances an
operation is necessary, and is the
only means of saving life, but such cases
are exceedingly rare. So many deaths
occur under these conditions, however,
that the public is beginning TO realize
that the doctors are too hasty in resort
ing to the knife, and if such a state of
affairs continues, there will before long
be general uprising against such meas
ures. 1t is but reasonable to believe
that the majority of operations are
unnecessary, but when the fatal mistake
is discovered too late, only the doctors
ever know of their error, and though a
precious life is given up, the public is
assured that death would have resulted
in spite of the operation, and who is
ever the wiser?
The folly of resorting to the knife in
cases of cancer, is demonstrated every
time it is undertaken. The disease IS
in the blood and the cancer or sore is
but the outward manifestation of a
terrible condition of the entire circula-
ton. To cut out this sore, therefore,
does not in any way effect the disease.
and it can easily be seen that the only
correct treatment is to get at the seat Of
the disease, and purify the blood; the
sore will then heal up naturally. S.S.S.
is the most powerful blood remedy made,
and is the only cure for cancer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
Prynne's Punishment.

One would naturally expect that q
great social upheaval like the civil wal
would produce a plentiful crop Of this
order of writing (tracts). and the facts
are sufficiently startling to student Of
that period. A collection made by
Thomson, bookseller, is now i'll the
British museum and runs to the enor-
nous length Of 1000 volumes Several
tracts in each), the time covered being
only few years. An idea Of their rate
Of publication may be had also from the
fact that Lilburne himself wrote nearly
100, while Prynne actually published
over 100. Among these, Of course, was
the famous "Histrio Mastix, which
drew such disproportionate punishment
ON the author.
Prynne was dismissed from the bar,
despoiled Of his university degree, pill
loried, deprived Of his ears and SEN
fenced TO Imprisonment for life, but
even in prison he was writing fresh
pamphlets. He was released, however,
when the Puritan party came into pow
er. Defoe, who wrote pamphlets on CO.
casional conformity, on standing armies,
on the partition treaties, on the union
with Scotland, on anything and every
thing Lying Defoe" was pilloried
in 1902 for his Shortest Way With
Dissenters, and Steele was expelled
from the house Of commons for his
Crisis" but Prynne's punishment for
sheer spiteful malice and cruelty stands
alone. Temple Bar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
The Free Copper Movement.

The silver bug should not delude him
self with the idea that the only enemy
he has to combat is the goldbug. There
are others. The copper bug is abroad in
the land. His arguments are finding
fixed Judgment in the minds Of many
who have rejected the goldbug and the
silver bug
Every argument advanced for free sill
yer applies with greater force to free
copper. The widows mite was copper.
The money Of the poor Is copper. 1t has
been coined into money by nearly all
the nations Of the earth for a thousand
years.
If the government with its stamp can
make 53 cents of silver worth full dol
lar, it can make 3 cents worth Of copper
worth 81.
If the SO cent silver dollar will bring
prosperity and give money to all the
people, the 3 cent copper dollar will
bring those blessings i'll greater measure.
If the debtor can save A cents on
every dollar under free silver, he can
save 81 cents on every dollar by paying
with a 3 cent copper dollar.
The copper bug certainly has better
scheme than the silver bug. If the argu'
ments Of the silver bug are sound, those
of the copper bug are sounder.
But let us suspend judgment, breth-
rem, until we hear from the man with
the leather dollar. - Chicago Times
Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
cHoNNY MEETS HIS SPIRIT.
An Episode of Social Intercourse ut
Staten Island Picnic Park.


Staten Island Picnic Park.
She was from the east side, fair OF
figure and cOuntenance, with hazel
brown eyes and light brown hair shad-
ed with just tinge of auburn, which
was carefully combed up behind, max
ing the contour Of her head attractive.
She wore cheap shirt waist with green
and white stripes, white butterfly tie
and black figured satin skirt, while a
trim sailor hat with white satin band
rested jauntily on her head She stood
up ON q grassy mound at the picnic
grounds, where she caught the eye Of
Chonny McCue, who, with his chum,
Mickey Farrell, had wandered into the
picnic in the hope Of catching on"
and having a dance. 1t was at one Of
those Staten Island picnic parks so pop
ular with city folks in the lower wards
who want TO have whole lot Of fun
for very little money. Chonny was
logged out in his Sunday best. He wore
light trousers, with very bright blue
serge coat and waistcoat, straw hat
with a bright red and white striped
band. bright blue necktie and yellow
shoes. clipping away the stump Of a
cigarette, he said:
Unlikely, I've found me spirit Watch
me while git together. d"
He started up the mound at slow
pace She saw him coming toward her
and nodded her head slightly in re-
Spouse to a nod from him. Then she
turned her head away. but Chonny, en-
couraged by the nod, marched bravely
up.
"Scuse me, " said he, with uplifted
hat and short, jerky bow, ''but didn't
/ collide wild yer at Newport last sum-
mer?"
MAY be yer did - but | wasn't
there, " said she, biting her lip in an at.
tempt to conceal a smile.
Oats how come ter meet YER"
said Chonny, grinning broadly.
eyer don't sagoshiate so?" she re-
torted.
This was new one ON ChOnny, and
he was stumped for moment. but his
ready wit helped him the next as he
blurted:
"Say, Mamie. what is yer first name
anyhow
"Wby. it's susie How did yer guess
it?"
Then both laughed
"Well, how are yer ON der swing1"
said Chonny, pointing to a soup swing
ing from a nearby tree
"Oh, I'm good thingl Just push me
along" said she, and Chonny just fell
In alongside her and led her over to the
soup.
He lifted her on the seat and was
soon swinging her industriously. Their
introduction had been accomplished. -
New York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07

The results of the long series of ex-
perimental observations upon snake bite
which Professor Fraser, the great Indian
authority, has been conducting go to
show that we are within measurable
distance of a time when the thanato-
phidian will not merely cease to justify
its name, but when its bite will be-
come one of the Injuries of life.
Probably no man has used up more
watch glasses and brown paper IN these
experiments than Professor Fraser, so
that there is not likely to be any mis-
take about it. Any number Of death
dealers have had the papered watch
glass presented to their fangs. Every one
Of these rcceptacles has had its fill OF
"cloudy, watery fluid, somewhat Wis
cid" which, scientifically evaporated,
has produced its modicum of brittle,
yellowish deposit. " Moistened with a
little water or glycerin, when required
for use, this deposit, "unalterable in
character, has been introduced into
the system of the lower animals, from
the frog to the horse, and now the horse
has been made as immune to snake poi
son as Roux's horse is TO diphtheria.
The immunity Of the human animal
from the effects Of snake poison thus
seems assured But this is not all. A
lady has been discovered at Lahore,
who, having made herself immune
without the horse, simply cannot do
without the luxury of a snake bite once
a month. AS a delight it appears to
beat morphia injections ont of sight,
and to be attended in the immune per-
son with directly beneficial consequences
TO general health besides. The "snake
habit" seems destined to Dust the other
altogether. Pail Mall Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
The Knight and the Panther.

Since the very dawn Of history the
Semitic prince has been a sportsman
above all things. Eleven hundred years
before Christ it was the boast Of Tig-
lath-Pileser that he had slain almost
/, 900 lions with his own hands, and
when the kingdom Of Assyria was rot
tering to its fall, his successor, Assur-
bani-pal, the Greek Sardanapalus,
gloried to depict himself in the attitude
Of lion hunter on the walls Of his
great palace at Kujunjik. In Osama 5
days the lion. the panther and the Loop
ard abounded in Palestine and Syria,
and it was a work Of piety, both for
Saracen and Frank. to extenninate
these pests Our author has many a
strange tale to tell about the ravages Of
these savage beasts One lion bounced
upon n famous Frank knight as he was
j0urneying from the neighborhood Of
C9sarea to Antioch and ate him up
alive. May Allah have no mercy on
HIM" More dreaded still was panther
that made its MONDAY resting place in
the window Of a ruined church at Hou-
max
A Frank knight named Sir Adam,
undertook to extirpate this plague,
and putting on his coat Of mail rode
forth with shield and lance to rouse the
monster from his midday sleep. But the
panther, from his window recess, saw
his enemy approach him. A single leap
from the embrasure Of the window
landed him on the Frank knights steed,
and very short time saw the would
be champion corpse. 1t is with no
little glee that Osama speaks Of this
panther as "A Mohammedan crusader
1.-THE panther that takes part in the holy
war" against the infdel Christian
Blackwood's Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07

To submit to an operation, is to volun-
tarily endanger ones life, without tho
slightest hope CT being benefited.
Mr.. William Walpole, is a wealthy
planter residing at Walshtown, South
Dakota, and is we'll known all over the
state. Under date of January goth, 1896,
he writes; about three years ago, there
came under my left eye a little blotch
about the size OF small pea. 1t grew
rapidly, and for the past year, shooting
pains ran in every direction. I became
alarmed and consulted a good doctor,
who pronounced it cancer, and said that
it must be cut out. This would not
consent to, having little faith in the in
discriminate use Of the knife, though /
was alarmed at my condition. Reading
of the many cures made by S.S.S.,
determined to give that medicine trial,
and after / had taken it few days, the
cancer became irritated and began to dis
charge. This after awhile ceased, leaving
a small scab, which finally dropped off,
and only a healthy looking little
scar remained to mark the place where
the destroyer had held full sway Words
are inadequate to express my gratitude to
the great blood purifier, S. S. S., and I
write this hoping that itmay bethemeans
of leading other sufferers to cure"
Cancer is not incurable, but the only
means Of curing it is to rid the blood of
the disease. S.S.S. never fails to do
this, but it is the only remedy to be re-
lied upon. It is guaranteed purely
vegetable, and cures Cancer, Scrofula,
Eczema, Catarrh, Rheumatism and any
other disease of the blood. Other blood
diseases often develop into such alarrn'
ing conditions that the doctors think an
operation necessary. Scrofula, for in
stance, often diseases the glands Of the
neck to such an extent that an operation
is looked upon as absolutely the only
relief. This is also a grave error, as the
disease is in the blood and real blood
remedy is the only cure.
An operation never did cure a blood
disease. Beware of the knife
Send for our books on cancer and
blood diseases, mailed free. Swift Spe-
cifc Company, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
Tampering with Wires.

A new feature in the risks Of cleo
tricity is found in the tragic fate Of a
retail dealer who disliked the position
of one Of the lights in front of his store
and therefore pushed it with small
stick. 1t so happened that the latter
was part Of gilt frame, and as he stood
on an iron plate in the sidewalk the
gliding formed a connection and sent a
current through his body, causing in
slant death. New York Letter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07

A typewriter operator the other day
was called to task for subscribing her
copies of business letters, Yours very
sincerely" She ought to have known
better. Perhaps if she had understood
the value of words or known little Of
their derivation she would never have
made such a grave error Sincerely
means without wax, and the word is
said to have been applied originally to
honey. 1t is long translation, but to
those who follow out Emerson's idea Of
language being fossil poetry the deriva-
tion is certainly interesting. Once inn
pressed with the meaning, no one would
use the word wrongly or to other than
an intimate friend. A safe rule for sig
natures is, when in doubt, subscribe
yourself Yours truly" To one who is
much older than yourself or one who is
entitled to special Difference Yours re-
spectfully" is preferable. The word very
is not necessary and is avoided on all
occasions by careful writers Where GER
tain relations exist between correspond
ents-as, for instance, between employ
er and employee-or in circumstances
where old fashioned letter writers
would have signed themselves Your
obedient servant" the American and
modern form is yours faithfully
Commit this couplet to memory:
Yours in haste
Is not in good taste
Brooklyn Eagle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
American Dollars In Mexico.

A man may get a meal, and when he
puts down an American dollar in pay
ment will get back as change a Mexican
dollar, which contains six grains more
silver than our own. He gets a demon
stration Of the fact that it is the credit
of our government which keeps the sill
yer dollar afioat at ~ cents more than
its intrinsic value, just as it keeps its
paper notes, which have no intrinsic
value at all, at an equality with a gold
dollar. Free, unlimited and independ-
ent coinage at 10 TO l" would mean
dollars worth even less than Mexican
silver dollars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07
and distant wafer.


Arrived in her river, the mother
salmon begins to scoop out kind Of
trench in the gravel of the stream. This
she effects by blowing into the gravel
with her body. This trench is to be the
nursery of her young. The eggs are laid
in the furrow and are duly fertilized by
the male salmon. Then the trench is
filled in by the efforts Of both parents,
the eggs are covered with gravel, and
the mound thus formed is called, in
fishers language, 'redd. " How many
eggs mother salmon will deposit is, Of
course, difficult question to determine,
but stock calculation maintains that
she produces about 900 eggs for every
pound she weighs. Each egg in its di-
ameter measures about a quarter Of an
inch, and it is estimated that 20, 900
eggs go to a gallon. Chambers Jour
nal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-08-07

Our free silver friends tell MS that sill
yer is just as good as gold. If so, what
harm results to anybody from allowing
the creditor Of bank or government to
make his choice of metals? Why, at any
rate, object to paying debts in the kind
of metals borrowed? II a silver man
prefers silver to gold. either government
or banker will pay il 70 him, and for
all debts, all taxes, all obligations due
the nation, state, county or municipal
ity silver is now full tender aud to
all intents and purposes primary money.
Medina co. Gazette.