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The herald., 1896-01-12
MARK TWAIN In ADELAIDE

Mark Twain has had a great recep.
ton in Australia, where he has been
lecturing and having fun with the peo-
pie. Australian newspapers which
have arrived tell about it. He arrived
in Adelaide, South Australia, on Octo-
Der 18th. The Advertiser of that town
tells of great crowd that assembled
to welcome him at the railroad station.
There was "his eXcellency, the lieuten-
ant governor" at the head. The hu-
morist fooled them all by leaving the
train at Aldgate and riding into town,
but the Australians got in their re-
ception after all. 1t was on the even
ing of the same day that he arrived,
and all the officials of the town attend
ed. Before the reception, reporter of
the Advertiser got around and inter-
viewed him about Australia and Amer
lea. The interviewer said:
she WSs delighted with the country,
and the people struck him as rather
American than English. In what
way? We'll, with their absence of
shyness and self-consciousness. That
is American and Australian, and not
English. The Englishman has sort
of reserve, and a part of that reserve
comes from native shyness and self
consciousness.' However, we are to
have book on Australia as soon as
the spirit moves the genial humorist to
write. IN inquiry about American
journalism brought Mark Twain as a
defender of the newspapers Of his
country from general charge of
venality. 1T is like the superstition
that all Americans carry revolvers and
are handy at shooting one another,
especially in the southern states. The
American does not know the truth
about his own country, and how
should the foreigner"
At the reception, the newspaper says,
the visitor was welcomed heartily by
the mayor. There were half dozen
speeches, and the visitor told stories
that delighted the party beyond meas
ure. Of his lecture the newspaper
says: "The Theater Royal was crowded
to its last seat when Mark Twain made
his first appearance before an Adelaide
audience. Every class OF society. from
his excellency the lieutenant governor
downward, was represented amid the
sea of faces that was turned toward the
stage at o'clock. The legal contingent
was strong, SO also was the clerical;
the graVest merchants had come to re-
lax their facial muscles, and the ladies
were present in large numbers to dis
prove the calumny that they are not
gifted with an appreciation Of humor."
The story goes on to tell of tire
mendous" enthusiasm that followed
the humorist's assertion that "such
kindness was calculated to make a
stranger doubt if he is q stranger at
all" "For close on two hours, with
one short interval, the audience WAS
amused and charmed, and until they
looked at their watches very few would
believe that it was 10 o'clock when the
| speaker made his bow"
The oristdelivered three lectures
in Adelaide, and, according TO the
newspapers, each time the theater WAS
crowded and the people never tired of
| listening to bin. The officials Of the
town and the leading citizens begged
him to visit them again before he left
! the country.-New York Sun.
The herald., 1896-01-12

J. e. Marceau of Millbury has come
into possession of a hand-forged jack
knife made in 1772. Its good condition
is surprising. HE brother came to
visit him short time ago and gave
him this knife. MIR. Marceau says that
that when he was small boy there WAS
a stone house in st. Roch that none of
the people could remember having
been inhabited. 1t had been built in
colonial times, and was Of style of
architecture adapted for defense
against the attacks OF hostile savages.
Last summer this old building was
torn down, and in the cellar the old
knife was found.
The herald., 1896-01-12

| Sagrado and the Duke of Tarancee,
thus placing all three beyond the ne
cessity of selling or pawning family
| jewels.
The duke of Tarances has in his
keeping huge chest full of valuable
correspondence and papers belonging
to old Queep Christina, and which she
declared &c of so compromising
character to ner contemporaries that
che insisted that the box should not be
opened till the year 1910. 1t is possible
that when they are made pablo they
will throw light on those many mys-
terious stories current in court circles
in times gone by with regard to her Sc
cret marriage with a young English
painter while still princess of Naples
and prior TO becoming the consort of
King Ferdinand of Spain. According
to several of these stories, Empress
Eugenie and her sister, the late duchess
Of Alba, were the fruit Of this secret
marriage and we're confided by Queen
Christina to the comtesse de Montijo,
her first lady in waiting, to
bring up as her own children.
Queen Christina was unable to
write Or even read when she
came to Spain, and her ignorance
was something appalling. But she
rode in the most superb fashion
and excelled in all athletic exercises.
This was due to the fact she had as
governess an English woman, who.
prior to becoming governess to the
three princesses of Naples, had been
circus rider and was the sister of that
stable boy, Ward, who, entering the
service of the Duke Of Lucca, rose to
be Baron Ward, general and prime
minister, his daughter being the beau
tiful Marquise Hervey de st. Denis,
now one of the leaders of Partisan So
ciety.-New York World.
The herald., 1896-01-12
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The herald., 1896-01-12
TOWNS THAT HAVE VANISHED

4 century hence the traveller from
afar looking for this or that town in
the oil region OF Pennsylvania or in the
west, in which an ancestor on one side
or the other was born, will have
job of it. He may have
read glowing descriptions Of its
progress and prosperity when the
Oil we'll was booming or when the real
estate agent proclaimed it as good as a
fortune to obtain some corner lots. A
few years ago town in Southern Kan
sas. founded by Englishmen, was known
on both sides of the sea. Today moth
ing remains of it save the beautiful
church. When last heard from a
farmer had fenced in the public square
as pasture and pen for his hogs. A
century hence the traveller will hunt
Harper county long before he finds the
town of Runnymede.
In the first volume of his memoirs
Senator Sherman gives an account of
his ancestors and particularly of Ed
mond Sherman, cloth manufacturer
and grim Puritan of considerable
reputation, who once lived in Dedham,
Essex county, England, where he was
born in 1885, and who died in Dedham,
Norfolk county. Mass. He came to
this country ia 1884. The senator
adds: "When in London in the sum-
mer of 1889 1 concluded to make a
visit to the graves of my ancestors. L
examined Blacks Universal atlas to
locate Dedham, but it WAS not to be
found. 1 made inquiries, but could
discover no one who knew anything
about Dedham and concluded that
there was no such place although I
had often read of it. l was compelled
therefore to give up my visit"
But Senator Hoar, through his
mother descendant of Roger Sherman
more fortunate or more persistent"
found the place, 'and verified the ac-
counts of our common ancestor"
Dedham is "two or three miles from
Manningtree, more modern town on
the line of the railroad, which has SUBJ
stantially obscured the ancient and de-
cayed village of Dedham." Manning
tree, as shown by the atlas. is near the
mouth of the River Stour, and the bor-
der of Essex and Suffolk. The fine
after the English village. 1t is the
CdpIuhl VI INOiIOih guilty aaNi, an OAO
may see in the postal guide, there is a
Dedham in Hancock county, Me-, in
Douglas county, Wis, and Dedhem is
the capital of Carroll county, Iowa.
The name of all these places can be
traced back through New Englanders
to that ancient and decayed village
of Essex, and yet one of
the foremost American statesmen,
whose grandfather and grand
mother were Connecticut Yankees,
could moi discover from any book or
person in London that such place as
the English Dedbam existed. 1t was
Senator Hoar, Massachusetts man,
who either through fortune Or his per-
sistency in searching found it-and Sc
cured a lot of photographs Of the prin-
cipal points in it so that il it should be
lost again it might be identified. 1t is
curious comment on the Londoners
that they did not know of the exist
ence of village which cuts so i'm
portant figure in the history of Eng
disappearing men until it was pointed
out to them by an inquisitive old
Yaukee.-Pittsburg Times.
The herald., 1896-01-12

The Society of Utility was made the
international committee of the Red
Cross, with M. Moynier as president, a
wealthy philanthropist of unlimited
means, a great earnestness of purpose,
singleness of object, and strength and
integrity Of character, devoting his en-
tire life to the interests of the society
he represents. The first act OF a
country sfJer giving its adhesion to
the treaty is the establishment OF ma
tional society to act in accordance
with its provisions. The national So
cieties form othe as associate or aux
iiisry societies, the purpose OF their
members being largely 10 perfect them
selves in every branch of humanita-
rian work connected with the preven-
ton or relief of the suffering, conting-
ent upon war. Their second, and also
u very important one, is tho raising OF
funds for the sudden needs OF the so
clety, and yearly fee is exacted OF
each member.
"Get rich in any legitimate way you
can. for we can do nothing without
money" says Miss Barton. But never
beg one dollar. The soriiest sight l
know is beggar giving aims. l never
begged penny in my life for any OBJ
ject, and if you cannot give yourself
let those give who have the means"
The societies are usually composed
of earnest, benevolent people. whose
ready Offering, together with the vol
untary contributions from interested
people, furnish the funds requisite.
Besides the collection OF funds, neces-
sary material is collected for sanitary
service, clothing is made, bandages,
lint, etc, prepared, practical improve
ments and inventions in all sanitary
relief apparatus are made and perfect
The herald., 1896-01-12

is gone that comparatively few people
sents.
This, then, is what the Red Cross
means. 1t is not an order OF knight
hood, not commandery, nor secret
society, but the powerful peaceful
sign, and the reducing to practical
usefulness of one of the broadcast and
most needed philanthropies the world
has ever known-the symbol of a
divine humanity destined to bring
universal peace.
And what has Clara Barton received
for all this? In her little jewel box
there CLEANS royal jewel, an amethyst
cut in the form of a pensy, the gift of
the Grand Duchess of Baden, her per-
sonRi and beloved friend; the jewel of
the American Red Gross, the Sarvian
decoration of the Red Cross, presented
by Queen Natalie; the gold cross of
remem brance, presented by the Grand
Duke and Duchess of Baden; Red
Cross medal, the gift Of the Qaeen Of
Italy, and the iron cross of merit, pre-
sented by the late Emperor of Ger
many. That is all, save the love, graft
tude, and veneration of the soldiers
and sufferers of two continents.
But the Red Cross society does not
begin and end in America alone. 1t is
confederation OF relief societies in
different countries, acting under the
Geneva convention, whose aim is to
ameliorate the condition of wounded
soldiers in the armies, in campaign, on
land and sea. The idea Of such soci-
ETY. was conceived in the mind of M.
Henri Durant, Swiss gentleman, who
saw the battle of Solferino and became
impressed with the need of more eff
cient and extended means for amelio-
The herald., 1896-01-12

The London Spectator defines the
Monroe doctrine as an American
method of keeping clear of European
entanglements. "Ehe Americans" says
that journal, valued intensely, and
still value, their isolation and aloof-
ness from the quarrels and alliances of
Europe"
The herald., 1896-01-12

ed, and training schools for nurses are
established, whose members upon
graduation seek employment always
with the understanding that with first
note of war they go to the front.
The herald., 1896-01-12
MERCHANTS WILL CLEAN THE STREETS

There will be showing soon on West
Madison street clean stretch Of as
phalt pavement one mile long. The
The herald., 1896-01-12
Mime. M. YaIe'S
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YALE HAIR TONIC.

Greatest and most wonderful discovery OF
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stops hsir falling in "a hours; creates a luxur-
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whether it is Blonde or Brunette. Absolutely
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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11
Lcndon's New Thoroughfare,

BY the Sandy's row (WhitechapeD street
improvement clear roadway is now car
ried through the slums which formerly
existed in the neighborhood of Petticoat
lane. The new thoroughfare extends
from Bishopsgate to Middlesex street, and
thus forms an approach to Aldgate High
street, q valuable means of access to the
Tower bridge. Its area is 5000 square
yards. Some portions of the old thorough
fare have been set back, and about 70
dilapidated houses have been cleared away
This work has been accomplished by the
city and the London county council joint
ly and the opening ceremony was made
the occasion Of a friendly interchange Of
compliments. The members of the i'm
provements committee of the council drove
from Spring gardens to the site, and there
met the finance and improvement commit
tee of the commission of sewers, who had
come from the Guildhall. On the part Of
the latter Mr.. Howard G, Morris, the
chairman, addressing considerable crowd,
declared the city portion of the improve
ment open, and Mr.. William Goodman, as
tho spokesman of the London county
council discharged a similar task and
handed over the charge Of the widened
portion of Sandy's row to the Whitochapel
district board of works, the local authority.
The cost of the city portion has been
259, 700, half of which is borne by the
council, but the total outlay has still to be
determined, much of the acquired land
not yet having been sold The street has
wood paved carriageway 23 feet in width,
with two feet inch footways of York
shire gs.-London Telegraph.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11

A prearranged' railway collision is to be
one Of the features at the opening of a
pleasure resort near Columbus, o. The
Columbus Hooking Valley and Toledo
railroad has assigned two So ton locomo,
tives, which have outlived their usefulness
for economical service, and to each of these
will be attached three old gondola cars and
a caboose. A siding 1,G00 feet long has
been laid, connected at each end with the
main track, and the trains will be started
from points aboSt half or three-fourths of
a mile from the middle Of the siding. A
trial trip has showed that speed of 45 to
30 miles per hour may be expected. The
engines are to carry 1870 pounds of boiler
pressure and are to have the throttles wide
opel. The event is being advertised, and
great crowds will in all probability wit
ness the prearranRed Slash up.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11
BLASTED BY WINDS.
REV. Or. TALMAeE POINTS A MORAL
IN THE CYCLONE.

God Sends the Cutting Rlast to Teach an
Important Lesson-If There Were No
Adversely, We Would Not Know the Joy
Of Codta profartfou-
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11

Now is the time to provide your
self and family with q bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy as q safeguard against an
attack of bowel complaint during
the summer months. 1t costs but %
cents and is almost sure to be needed
before the summer is over. This
remedy never fails, even in the most
severe cases, and is in fact the only
preparation that can always be de-
pended upon. When reduced with
water it is pleasant to take. For sale
by D. j. Humphrey, Napoleon,
Ohio. I'm
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorfa.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria-
When she had Children, she gavethem Castoria
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11
Plume Hunter. In Florida.

Forest and Stream some time ago called
attention TO the plume hunters who
were killing of Florida's handsome birds
In spite Of laws. Commenting on this
The Indian River Advocate, published at
Titusville, Fla, says that the statements
mado are only too true, and that with
the birds gone Florida would lose half its
charm" Showing what these plume
hunters have done, The Advocate says:
There was a time when the shores Of
Indian river abounded with all kinds of
water birds, which might be seen lazily
Hopping along the margin or resting on
the trees which line the banks. Where
formerly there were hundred, it is now a
rare occurrence to SEQ one, and this Is oo-
casioned partly by all shooting fun seekers
and mostly by the plume hunters"
The trouble of it Ia with the plumers
that they must necessarily kill at the most
harmful time. 1t is in the spring Of the
year that the birds assume their most love-
ly colors and plumage, the males being the
more gorgeous. This is because the fe-
males choose the most attractive ones for
husbands and it is because of their beauty
that the hunters kill them off. These
beauty feathers last till after tho nesting,
and 1t Is on the nesting grounds that the
gorgeous birds are killed, leaving the
starving nestlings to die miserably. This
work has been going on for years, and it
is safe to say that the handsomest Of
Florida birds have been practically exter-
minated to ornament the heads of women.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-11
Two Lives Saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City
III. was told by her doctors she had Consump-
ton and that there was no hope for her, but
two bottles DR.. Kings New Discovery COM
pletely cured her and she saws il saved heI
life. Mr.. Thos. Eggers, $50 Florida st. San
Francisco, suffered from a dreadful cold
approaching Consumption, tried without
result everything else then bought one bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery and in two
weeks was cured. He is naturally tn nkfull,
1t is such results, of whish these are samples
that prove the wonderful efficacy of this
medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free trial
bottles at D. j. Humphreys Drug Store.
Regular size 500. and 81 &C.
The evening times., 1896-12-22
INDUSTRIALS ON THE RISE. ,
Some of the Issues Advanced. But
Market Generally Was Quiet.

New York, Dec. 22-Speculation at the
stock exchange this morning was quiet.
At the start the tendency of prices was
downward on reaiizations, but subsequent
ly the market showed an improving ten
dency.
The news from Chicago was more en-
coura ging, and this started moderate buy
ing for time. There was very little fea-
:ure to the speculation, however, and the
trading was monopulized by the profess
sional element, commission houses being
practically without orders.
In the rally near IL O'Clock the indus
trials were most prominent. Sugar rose l
to IL a. Burlington 7-S To 12 3-S, North
west "a to 1O2 Ia, st. Paul IL to 73 81 ],
Rock Island IA to 66 81. and Chicago
Gas 5-S to T3 3-S. Manhattan was ner-
vous, first advancing 1-2 to 50 IL and
then receding to SS Lass 3-4. At IL
O'Clock the market was quiet and steady.
The stock market after / l O'Clock ruled
quiet, but prices were lower all around.
Manhattan made the greatest decline. fall
ing to 81 IA. Sugar was also pressed for
sale and touched 110 3-S. Other weak
spots were the grangers, Western Union
and Missouri Pacific. These issues reached
l-4a5-6 per cent. There was no special
pressure against the stocks just named, but
the tendency was toward lower figures
Speculation at midday was quiet and bare.
ly steady in tone.
The evening times., 1896-12-22

Patrick White, a saloonkccpcr at No. O5
II street northwest near the Government
Printing Office, had n narrow escape from
horrible death by burning, about noor
today.
White who resides in the same building
where he conducts his business, had lighted
a coal-oh lamp, and with it in his hant
started for the cellar OF the house, saying
lie was going to chop some wood.
The passage is rather dark, and in some
way-it is not known Iow-he either STUN
bled or was stricken with apopIcxy and
fell down the stairs, breaking the lamp ana
setting his clothing on fire.
FOUND IN TINE.
His wife heard the fall, and summonin ng
several men in the front OF the building
hastened down the stairs, where Whit
was found stretched out, and in an un
conscious Condition.
Help arrived Just in the nick Of time.
as in a mt NJ ent III ore the man would have
been completely enreioped in flames.
The blaze was quickly extinguished. but
not until his right leg had been badly
burned.
He was picked up and brought upstairs
and DR.. Herbert summoned. After an ex-
animation lie advised that the man be re-
moved to the Emergency Hospital and the
Sixth precinct patrol was called.
The surgeons Were unable to discover
any wounds about the mans body, except
the burns, but could not arouse him to CON-
seriousness Late this afternoon he was in
a serious condition.
LOST HIS BALANCE.
White is said to be subject To attacks of
vertigo, and his family believe that he was
suddenly overcome by dizziness, and lost
his balance and fell down, brea kingthe lamp
His thirteen-ycar-old son was upstairs at
the time and heard the sound. but paid little
attention. thinking 1t was caused by his
father removing some lumber. which was
piled up in the cellar
No further noise was heard, but il was
not long before someone detected the odor
of burning cloth, and search was insti-
tuted for its origin
After discovering that it was not in
tile kitchen, the door was traced to the
cellar by Mrs, White, who was Mortified to
find iier husband s clothing ON fire and him
III an unconscious condition.
Mrs. White was Frustrated by the acci-
dent.