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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15
senator Hru Has Made M statcmcnt

NEW YORK, July Ex-senator David B.
Hill arrived in the city last evening in
company with Major Hinkley, chairman
OF the state Democratic committee Sen
ator Hin went to the home Of w. c. Whit
ney, where he passed the night. Senator
Hlll Is inclined 20 be little vexed with
the way some Of the newspapers have as
suned to know his views upon the mat
tcr. lie said 81 have not in any manner
expressed my views to any individual or
newspaper since my return from Chicago,
and any publication purporting toexpress
my views is made out Of whole cloth. and
not authorized. | have not given Tam
many advice to support the ticket neither
have | advised them not to"
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15

Reports from two revolver shots startled the
residents in the vicinity of Kcmmerer's con-
iectionery on North Main street shortly after
midnight last night. Mr. Kommerer fired
the shots because he thought BURGERS were
trying to get into his house, but invostiga-
ton showed that the noise was occasiopod
by swinging screen door.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15
George Fred wnlIams, weleome nnmc

BosToN, July l5,-George Fred Will
Jams fresh froSl the Chicago convention,
received an ovation at the Democratic
ratification meeting last night in Fareiul
Hall. Mr.. Williams explained his CON
version TO the cause of the silver standard
and endorsed the national ticket.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15

Must have got in its little work ON Columbia
beer judging by the way orders are rushing
in for the new brews, Pale Extra and Cabinet.
They arc the leading and most popular brews
throughout the Anthracite region, as every
body calls for them
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15
B0GART EX0AERATED
A Majority of the School Board so
Decided Last Night
STATE SUPERINTENDENT'S LETTER
He Clearly Defines His Position and Quashes
the Board 8 Resolutions superintend-
ent Bogart Emphatic Denial and
His Counter Afidavits.

The School Board held a special meeting
last night and by majority vote exonerated
Prof G.. NJ Bogurt the new superintendent
of schools, from the charges against him for
alleged misconduct while he was Superinteu-
dent of schools at Knoxville, Pa The mem
bers opposing the action justified themselves
on the proposition that one accused must
prove himself innocent. Those who exon
Grated the Superintendent proceeded on the
theory that there must first be a preponder-
ance of guilt and, secondly, that from the
evidence before the Board they were bound to
exoneratc.
The Directors at the meeting were Messrs.
Trezize Baugh, Morgan, Edwards, Church,
Williams, Thomas Sullivan, O'Bricn Hig-
gins, Dewitt, Connors Lee, Hanna and Presi-
dent Price.
Superintendent Bogart was also in attend
ance. He is man of refined and dignifed
presence and impresses one as being highly
intellectual He entered the Directors room
alone Immediately after the meeting opened
and took a seat within the library railing.
After proceeding with little routine bust
ness reports ofspecial committees were taken
up.
Secretary Frank Hanna read the following
letter from State Superintendent SchaefFer:
"HARRIsBURG, July 18th, 1896
Mr. Frank Hanna, Secretary.
DEAR SIR In reply to your communication
of July 9th desire to say that the opinion of
the Attorney General, rendered In the Dauphin
county contest makes it impossible for me to
investigate the moral character OF % superin-
tcndent in so far as this question bears upon his
career previous to his election and entrance
upon the duties of his office. If the superin-
tendcnt commits any immoral act during his
term OF service ns superintendent | shall feel
prepared under the law to investigate the
charges and to annul his commission, in case
sufficient ground is found for such action.
| see no reason why your Board cannot
investigate Superintendent Bogart's conduct ut
Knoxville for the purpose of proving him
either innocent or guilty of the charges made
against him in the atfidavits. You will of
course, understand that an affidavit is con
sidered OK parte evidence and that an accused
man always has the right to a hearing in which
he can face his accusers and those who testify
against him.
IL is not reasonable to expect the Supcriutend-
ent OF Public instruction to disohey the legal
opinion Of the law officer provided by the
Constitution for the guidance of the Governor
and the heads of the department OF our state
government. If the courts were TO sanction
such disObedience is would establish precedent
OF the most dangerous kind, as every law Hhid-
ing citizen viii admit so as this proposition
Is stated | herewith return your ailidavits in
compliance with your request.
Yours very truly
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15

BIGGEST BARGAINS EVER KNOWN
In Straw Hats. so, -, 81 90 straw hats we
are now selling at 33 cents Come while they
last. At MAX LEVIT'S. Is East Centre street.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1896-07-15

At Kepchinsld's Arcade Cafe.
Vegetable soup for free lunch tonight.
Meals served at all hours.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
AUSTRALASIA TO COLUMBIA.

he Antipodeans Ask Es to Clasp Hand,
With Them For Freedom.
Mr.. Frederick Graham, who is under.
TODD to be connected with the British
olonial Office, has sent the following
able message to the United States:
TO HER SISTER CoLUM.
BIA.
Columbia. thou f1rstborn child,
Sprung from the same dear motherland
When, under rule not just or mild,
Compell'd for liberty to stand.
Twas that stern lesson serv'd to save
The future of our common race,
Thenceforth she gave to each new babe
The widest freedom on earth's space.
And you may roam the world around,
From pole to pole and CLINE to CLINE,
True liberty is only found
With that dear tongue of thine and mine
The blood Of heroes that we share
Was shed in floods to keep us free.
Let us unite, and who shall dare
To threat the freedom of the seal
For US, If we must stand alone,
Our utmost strength in men We'll send
And perish with the island home
OF freedom, il we can't defend.
On earth's best vantage spots we stand;
No other ports to you are free.
Come, clasp with us our mothers hand
And join our guardship Of the sea.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
PEAK BELL RINGERS.
They Entertained the Public Man
Years Ago.

They Entertained the Public Many
Years Ago.
Not many people are aware that in
the house at 354 South First street is
living a bright, entertaining old man,
who for forty years won popularity and
fame among music-loving people In
the United States and Canada as the
head of the Peak family of Swiss bell
ringers, says the Brooklyn Eagle. His
eighty-eight years weigh lightly upon
his shoulders, for in general health and
activity he is the peer Of many a man
nearly two-score years his junior, and
his touch on the keys of the piano and
organ is delightfully."- graceful and true
Indeed, 1t may be said that William
NJ. Peak Is thoroughly enjoying his
ripe old age in that happy musical at
mosphere which always buoyed him
up through life, and which still seems
to fill all his recollections of the past
and thoughts of the present with the
spirit of melody.
81 must tell you," resumed Mr.. Peak,
show I came to organize my family
into a troupe of Swiss bell-ringers. 1t
was in the early fifties, and all my
children were able to perform we'll on
the harp and other musical instru-
ments, while my wife had gained fame
everywhere with her soprano voice.
You see we were thoroughly musical
family, some Of my children having
appeared in public when they were
only 3 or 4 years old. Well, Barnum
had just brought out some beli-ringers
from Switzerland, and I saw and
heard them at his American museum
in New York. From that moment ]
was enthusiastic over Swiss bell-ring.
ing, and, importing my own bells from
Switzerland, / organized the family
troupe, which gained almost instanta.
neous popularity and distinction.
''We had other musical features, OF
course, but the bells were our chief
features. Sometimes we had fifteen
or seventeen persons in the troupe. My
family consisted of seven-namely, my
wife, myself, and my five children, VIII.
lam, Edward, Julia, Fanny, and Lizette
My wife and Lizette are dead. Will
lam is in the West in company with
his brother Edward. Julia Is In Boston
and Fanny is in Milwaukee. All my
living children are still professional
and successful musicians. MY OWL
work Is done, except that still play
little for my own entertainment
and once in a while for old friends
We often played in Brooklyn twenty
years ago and more, both at this enc
Of the town and down by the city hall
and at the Atheneum on Atlantic ave
nue.. One of the places we played In
here is now the Novelty Theater, bu
in the old days it was public hall
known first as the Odeon and after
ward as the Apollo rooms. When
came here over ten years ago I be
came greatly attached to the Rev. DR.
Almon Gunnison, then the pastor Of
All Souls Universalist Church, and
am member of that church to-day
am glad to let my friends know thai
am not broken down or feeble"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02

Obliging Clerk-Ten yards Of brocad-
ed satin-there you are, ma'am! Eng
else
Customer-Er-yes, kit Of mack
erel-
"Yes'm. Send 'em homer
II see you have some very fine laces,
I see''-
1.-THE rarest, ma am. A few yards of
this piece?''
"Well yes. Send eight yards and q
load of coal''- 3D..
Exactly. And the ribbons7'
"Send 30 yards Of the pink and q
bale Of hay''-
"Um-huhl Now, as to the wrap.
Here's beauty for
"That will do. Send it with bushel
Of turnips and barrel of lime"-
"Sol And the silk muff1er-want It.
think?"
"Oh-I-yes; you might send it with
thousand lap shingles, peck OF
onions, pair of tongs, bolt Of tidy cot
ton and load of tanbark l'-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02

GUS disease.
Tobacco, in the majority of cases dead
ems the feelings. You may not think to-
bacco hurts you, but how are you ever go
ing to tell how much better you would fee!
with. ut it, unless you follow the advice OF
Postmaster Holbrook:
CURED 40 CASES OUT OF so.
HOLBRooK, New, June, ID.
Gentlemen-The effects of NO-ro-Bac are truly
wonderful. had used tobacco for forty three
years, pound plug a week. used two boxes
of No To-Bac and have had no desire for tobac-
CO since. gave two boxes of NO-To-Bac to a
forty seven years, and two boxes to Mr. White
man, and neither of them have used tobacco
since, and say they have no desire for 1t. Over
fifty that 1 know of have u.ed No-To Bac
through my influence, and only know of one
fault of the patient.
was 81 years Old last week. I have gained
seventeen pounds In flesh since I quit the use
of tobacco. You can use this letter, or any part
of 1t, as you wish.
Yours respectfully,
C. K. HOLBROOK, r. M.
You say it is wonderful. In1eed, it is.
No To-Bac cured over 800 600 cases just as
bad. You can be made well and strong by
No To-Bac. Your own druggist guarantees
cure Get our booklet, "Dont Tobacco
Spit and Smoke You Life Away" written
guarantee of cure and free sample, mailed
for the asking. Address The Sterling
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02

Some gentlemen of family who are
clever at story, jest and repartee are fol-
lowing strange business in London.
There is man there who furnishes
amusement and entertainment for all
kinds of social gatherings, having men
of family ON his staff, who in the guise
of guests manage to insure an enjoyable
evening for the invited guests, and thus
set the anxiety Of the hostess, fearing a
dull time for her guests, at rest. A cou-
pie of guineas will engage the services
of person of "good social attainments,
who will SO exercise bis art Of enter
tanning others as to put everybody at
once into the brightest of spirits. Five
guineas will command the services of
an individual Of "higher standing in the
social SCALE" while the proportionately
large outlay Of $50 will secure those Of
a gentleman with handle to his name.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
Boiler Scale.

A very novel method Of getting rid Of
scale in boiler is credited by Boston
paper to an engineer in that city. The
scale came from the use Of we'll water.
The feed pipe enters the front Of the
boiler just about the water line, and has
slots cut in it about an eighth Of an
inch wide, instead of the ordinary spray
4ng method Of distributing the water,
and surrounding the feed pipes is q
larger pipe, about inches in diameter
and cut away at the top; the feed water
enters the boiler and discharges through
the slots in the feed pipe, depositing all
the foreign matter in the water into
this catch pipe instead Of into the boiler
the success of the plan depending
upon having high temperature Of feed
at about the boiling point, when the
solids held in suspension or solution in
water will be deposited.
A paragraph which will appeal
with much force to all men who
60 to the theaters Is one in
recent number Of Life, In
which that journal remarks that 1t OBJ
serves with CONSERVATION that the
large hats are coming in again In the
theaters. Life closes with these bitter
remarks: "It is not too much to say
that the height of the hat which wo-
man wears on her head in the theater
is in inverse proportion to her breeding,
and, as a rule, to her respectability.
The women who wear the biggest and
most offensive hats, and refuse to take
them off, are commonly danes who,
from disastrous personal experiences,
have become hardened in Indifference
to public opinion"
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
VISION OF DISARMAMENT.
The Century From Afar or BehoIds the
Millennium.

The Century From Afar or Beholds the
Millennium.
The Century Magazine, in forth
coming editorial article entitled "The
Anachronism Of War;" will say Of the
present situation that reliance must be
had upon the two great lawmaking and
law loving peoples of the world to pluck
the flower safely out of this nettle dan.
ger. 1t says:
'The immediate duty before the con-
servative forces of England and America
is to organize for the establishment of
high class continuous board of inter
national arbitration. In this matter the
lead may we'll be taken by the repre-
sentatives of that religion which is first
pure. then peaceable. With the aid Of
the great educational institutions and of
the vast commercial interests of the two
lands, and in the present revived atten-
tion to the subject, it ought to be an
easy matter to get parliament g consent
to the opinion already formally express
ed by the congress of the United States
in favor of the principle of arbitration.
What is needed is permanent system,
in place Of the piecemeal and haphazard
examples to which we are accustomed,
admirable as their results have already
proved. Once established between Eng
land and America, such system would
gradually spread among the nations of
Europe, and more rapidly because OF
the general conviction that another con-
tinental war should show a climax of
horrors. Sooner or later arbitration
would be followed by disarmament,
which is the logical sequence of nc
other premise, and yet will be the turn
| ing point of the continent toward true
democracy and progress.
"However near or far the ultimate
acceptance of the idea, it would, as be.
tween us and our English cousins, take
the sting out Of the viper of war. to which,
like the husbandman in the fable, nations
too carelessly give warmth and nourish'
ment on the hearthstone. In the knowl
edge that disputes would be automat
ically settled by an impartial tribuna
it would no longer be possible to play 6
boisterous tune upon people by pulling
| out the stop Of patriotism. And it i.
not too much to hope that in the spread
Of this idea the whole earth would al
least realize the great laureate's noble
vision of, THE parliament of man. tht
federation of the world. Herein Lies
a great opportunity for the Englisf
speaking race. 1t is mission to kindlt
the imagination and the heart
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
Two Kinds of Herofsm.

No one is irretrievably lost in whom
the sense of honor survives. A Paris
paper recounts the case Of woman
who had been arrested, convicted Of
some offense, and sentenced to impris-
onment. A detective was taking her to
the prefecture from Boulogne-sur-Seine,
by steamer, when at the Concorde
bridge a welkdressed man threw him
self into the river and was drowning
before their eyes.
The officer was a brave man and an
excellent swimmer; it cost him strug-
gle to see a life lost which he might
save, If he were free to act.
"If were alone" he exclaimed, II
would save that man."
"Save him." said the woman. 81 will
wait for you at the pier"
The officer hesitated for an instant,
and then plunged into the water. He
had barely seized the drowning man
when a boat struck him violently, and
he lost his grip. He dived again, but
vainly, and at last, quite exhausted,
was pulled into a small boat, which
itself narrowly escaped collision with a
steamer.
The heroic officer was cheered by the
crowd who had witnessed his bravery,
and the body of the man he had striven
to save was recovered. later. But his
was not the only honorable conduct
shown, for ON the pier the woman, true
to her word, was waiting for the detec-
tive, and handed him his coat, In the
pocket of which was the warrant upon
which she had been arrested.
One is glad to learn that her honor
able conduct will not go unappreciated.
When it was reported to the chief Of
the department he Immediately ordered
the prisoner to be released in recogni-
ton Of her humanity and honor.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
YOU MUST SAY "FIERCE."
Latest Slang, and 1t Applies to Ever.
thing and Everybody.


thing and Everybody.
1t is now about time for the outly-
ing region of the English language,
known as slang, to recognize a new
conner within its vagrant boundaries
The recruit in the glories and ex-
pressive ranks Of slang Is the word
fierce" The word In its extended
field Of usefulness Is young, but 1t has
gained a firm hold In New York and
Brooklyn.
In order to be up to the times, we
must no longer talk of q heavy rain,
but of fierce rain. A blizzard Is a
fierce snowstorm. A keen wind is a
fierce one, and SO is boisterous. When
q man has pronounced attack of
drunkenness, 1t Is fierce jag. A win
ner Of poker has played a fierce game
A desperate misfortune is fierce. A
great stroke Of good luck is fierce The
enforcement Of the excise law is fierce.
It Is fierce to be married, twins in the
family are fierce, and its is fierce to
die, whether naturally or by accident.
A Presidents proclamation or mes
sage is fierce. Anything that Is ex-
travagant is fierce. Anything that is
exceedingly mild Is fierce. An extra
liberal crop of cotton or Of corn Is fierce,
and so (such is the elasticity of the
world) is an extra poor one. To have
q toothache is fierce, and to receive an
unexpected legacy is fierce Hard
times are fierce. So are prosperous
times. We must no longer say of a
misfortune or of an unexpected an
nouncement: "It broke me all up,"
but "It was fierce"
That the ferocity of all human
events, grave or gay, lively or severe,
should at least be recognized, is a
tribute to the growing, or should we
say fierce, intelligence of the English
speaking portion of the fierce popula-
ton of this fierce world.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
is INGERSOLL CONVERTED?
Kalamazoo Christians Believe That He Ii
Turning.

kalamazoo Christians Believe That He Ii
Turning.
Colonel Robert g. Ingersoll, in his
lecture on Lincoln at Kalamazoo,
Mich, the other night. stopped right in
the middle of his discourse and told his
audience that he desired to relate some
incidents of the afternoon. Then he
spoke of his visit to the Peoples church
and said:
''It is the grandest thing in your
state, if not in the whole United States.
If there were similar church near my
home, I would join it if its members
would permit me-"
Nothing in the lecture caused such a
stir as this, and when some of Colonel
Ingersoll's friends escorted him to the
hotel they asked him if he was in ear
nest about the statement, and he is said
to have replied that he was very much
in earnest, and if opportunity ever was
given him of joining such church he
would seize it quickly.
1t now seems that when the colonel
arrived in Kalamazoo he was taken to
visit the Peoples church, of which
Miss Caroline j. Bartlett is the pastor.
This church was built through the lib
erality of Silas Hubbard, who be.
queathed it large sum Of money.
1t is institutional in it's plan and is
built more like home than an ordinary
church. 1t has reception rooms for So
cial gatherings, libraries, rooms for
study, dining room and a kitchen. It
is undenominational and has no creed
whatever. Colonel Ingersoll was con-
Quoted through the various departments
and was more than pleased while at the
church, but nobody supposed that he
would mention it in his lecture.
The members Of the church are en-
thusiastic and say they believe that
through the Peoples church Of Kalama-
zoo the great agnostic will be led to
joining the church. They see in his words
an answer to the thousands of prayers
sent up by the Christian Endeavorers
all over the country. They say that
while no organized effort has been made
to get Colonel Ingersoll to join the
church such effort will be made in the
near future. They profess to believe that
the great disciple Of agnosticism will
deliver no more agnostic lectures.-
New York Sun.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-04-02
Possibilities of the Raw.

1t has long been known that sunlight
is potent destroyer of noxious germs
and the general belief is that it is the
actinic rays that chiefly have such ac-
ton. Now, If the K rays are merely
the invisible ultraviolet rays of the
spectrum, they are probably the most
actinic Of all. Indeed, that is indi-
Gated by their effect upon Photographic
plates. That they may prove to be
powerful germicide agents, and it may
be needful only to pass them through
the human body to destroy all the nox-
ious bacteria in the most remote and in
accessible tissues. Of course, that is
mere speculation. But in these days it
is rash to say anything is impossible
New York Tribune.