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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16
DUCHESS A SNAKE CHARMER
On Her Way 10 BlGlhhsin With a kena-
geTle Of snakes, cages and USlIl;ntS
WILL ANUSB HER, ELF THIS SUAAER.
Countess Of Craven VIII Summer IN
House Boat-JoIly Time on the
Thames, on the Banks OF which
Lady Randolph Churchill Takes
outings on Donkey.
lcnnrr.eht. -. ~ The Tlmesl

LONDON April lit takes al tne IN
-, ana fuosse that woman can
,',5stcr 10 engineer successfully the social
So OF political husbands career
through a season IN great metropo-
lls and IL has 10 be done along the same
lines In nearly all cases.
There Is no chance for woman 10
display any great originality OF thought
d.. method. The regular number OF en-
fertainments TO attend and 10 be return
"a and the careful classifying OF the long
lists OF friends into congeniai bahus LOT
the smaller social functions
,rben there is the great store OF cheer
ful adaptiveness that has 10 be constant
liz repienished for IL Is drawn on sadly.
But when this busy season IS over and
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16

the women are allowed TO recreate just
exactly On the way they choose, what
great diversity Of taste they show and
how quickly the conventional manner is
thrown 90 the wind
This comes particularly hard upon
American women Of title whose husbands
hold the highest places In British social
and political life and whose lot Is the
hardest Of any In the kingdom. Surely
fl is not strange that they look forward
10 summer and its recreauons
MRS. CHAMBERLAIN RESTS.
Mrs Joseph Chamberlain, speaking Of
this said. I'VE are both Of as so tired
when vacation comes that we a-e gia.
70 md a little country place and slip awaS
10 Il 10 rest Ny husband literally rests
out his vacation His Inspirations come
from within. III he could have with him
his easy chair. 10 would make no difer-
.n.e 10 him whether he were relegaied
T. the TOD OF Mount Blanc or 10 the depths
OF the Catacombs and / am content 10
rock with him.
eve select a quite spot somewhere and
g. acquainted AN over again. and do our
talking FOR the year At home II Is an
I1berallst aud UniOnist, and the door
hell ~inc. every minute. our vacations
are the only uneVcntful ones IN England
I think for everybody else goes some
where or has house party. 4 uea'
friend Of mine." continued MIS- Chai"-
beriain, says; 800, -,
"a vacation like that would mean
r,,sting out. Why / would 20 back 10
nv duties with my store Of small tax
at such a low ebb that my society ana
my entertainments would be Stunned oy
al sensible people But as for me-
enjoy 40 immensely"
An unconFcuial recreation anects peo-
pie much in the same way as DO repeat
81 doses Of the wrong sorts OF tonic.
The Duchess OF Marlborough fas map
pei out her plans Tor the most dehshtiu.
summer az Blenhcim. and the most mover
one ever spent by woman. just as the
Duchess Is the most novel woman OF the
year Eighteen. and everything IN the
world.
The extended wedding tour VIII not be
brought 70 an end until their Graces ar
rive az their home az Woodstock. when
vii be ere nay letter reaches YOU Ihey
have yet 90 look forward 20 short stay
in Rome. the Riviera and visit 70 Paris
While travelling IN the Southern coun-
tries the Duchess verified her charming
is original tastes. Besides the usual col
lecuons Of old rugs and draperies and
arms she Is bringing home with her
real I've menagerie-two ostriches, some
eagles and yuitures. many snakes and
an Ills.
THE DUCHESS SNAKES.
The star OF this menagerie Is a garter
SNAKE that was purchased by the Duchess
on the banks OF the Nile As she was
a travelled woman she was not afraid
OF the snake, and 10 soon became tame
enough 70 crawl towards her. Then 1t
:. ~; ~. sss Sjst|jsss$ tsss%sl:3 sss ~
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16

every evening on deck. little excursions
IN the small rowboats on moonlight nights
and music on the many banJoes ana
guitars all day.
The Countess De Casteilane Is rather
much OF a home body. and takes her
pleasures very quietly. She wakes en-
thusiastlc over her tame pigeons that
come In nocks every evening at her win
dow TO be FED by her. and a great part OF
her summer vacation she will devote 10
her beautifully appointed aviary.
MRS. Y-CANFIELD.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16
Every Bone in lis Body Broken,

LAKE CITY. FLA. April IA terri
ole accident occurred at the mills OF
Captain A. y. Hart In this city, this
afternoon, by which Clarence Hammock,
seventeen years OF age. lost his LIE in a
most shocking manner. He was en-
gagged In lacing a belt on a drum. apd
another belt on a shafting adjoining be-
ing In his way. II is supposed - under
took with his hand 10 push II aside. and
was caught In Il. The shafting and the
belt were revolving at the raj Of 20
revolutions a minute and whirled around
and wrapped him UP In the betting. Both
arms were broken. and torn from his body
at the sockets. and II is said that every
bone in his body was broken. II was
entirely stripped OF clothing. even his
shoes being thrown 10 distance. He did
no, speak before dying.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16

Name Manhattan Life COMPANY York
Of
nsuring med In
Henry
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7. r. MARSHALL,
GENERAL AGENT,
Chamber of Commerce Building. Richmond. Va


INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA PHILADELPHIA,
ANNUAL. STATEMENT
PHIIADEI-
UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF PENNsY
NoNWEALTII PURSUANCE
ldent- Charles
Vice-Ir dent II. McFadden
Secretary and
N anustre
Incorporated April 1874
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Mr. II. c. Cooper. representing the
Pottsviiis Iron end Steel Company. Of
sss,s. ~ III 6Ss 4 s = So xsel Sc
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MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY.

ifGElBfR THE
UNDER THE Ia
THE COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. PURSUANT ~ if
LAWS VIRGINIA.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-04-16
THE DUCHESS SNAKES.

The star OF this menagerie Is garter
snake that was purchased by the Duchess
on the BANKS d, the Nile As she was
a travelled woman she was not afraid
OF the snake, and u soon became tame
enough 20 crawl towards her. Then 1t
was her HIaelilhsa fsyssit9 z tie liss
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

on board. The city was in darkness,
as the electric lights and trolley wires
were blown down.
With one or two exceptions all the
street car lines in the city were at a
standstill, and thousands Of the peo-
pie are compelled to remain down
town or walk home.
The storm broke after a most op-
pressively hot day, and soon develop
ed into q fierce thunderstorm, with
the wind from the east. A little later
the wind had gained a velocity of
eighty miles an hour, driving the
rain before it and tearing loose signs,
cornlces, chimneys and everything in
its way.
Many buildings of every descrip-
ton we're demolished, and others set
on fire by lightning and crossed wires.
The fire department responded to
fourteen alarms. The streets were
full of people going home from work,
and panic ensued as soon as the
storm broke. Men were picked up
and hurled against the buildings;
horses and carriages were sent flying
here and there, and falling wires full
of the deadly fluid added to the hor.
ror of the scene. Suddenly the wind
veered around to the west and com.
pleted the destruction.
1t is asserted by some of those who
have traversed the downtown part
of the city that there are but few
buildings in St. Louis that have moi
suffered IN some way from the storm
| CHICAGO, May 2S-From reports
received by the United Press up te
this morning from Missouri, Illinois
and Indiana cities the direction and
extent of the appalling cyclone are
shown.
The storm began its work of de-
vastation and death near Moberly, il
Randolph county, in the northeastern
part of Missouri. 1t then passeC
southeast into Audrian county, where
the school house at Rush Hill and it,
occupants were victims. The cyclone
moved slightly north into Pike coun
ty, Mo-, and then jumped the Missis-
sippi river into southern illinois.
The Ladies seminary at Drake II
Green county, ILL.,, was stricken by
the tornado which then passed south
and east, following the Illinois river
until it joined the Mississippi, the
greatest point of destruction being
reached at St. Louis, East St. Louis
and East Carondalet.
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The cyclone is known to have done
enormous damage to country towns
in the southwest before it reached ST.
Louis. 1t is thought that in those
places at least so lives have been lost.
The injury to property is extensive.
At the time the storm struck the
town and created such havoc the &C
companying noise was terrifying.
People we're picked up in the streets
and dashed to the ground or against
the buildings as though they had been
the merest straws.
One thing which aided it in its
course of destruction was the valley
which separates North and South St.
Louis, along which the railroads enter.
ing the city from the east and west
have their tracks and yards, and
through which they have access to the
Union station at Twenty-frst street.
This depression is some forty or tif-
ty feet in depth, regular valley, in
fact, and had the tornado confined
itself to this channel the loss of life
and property would not have been so
great, but on the north side Of the
depression many of the streets slope
down to it, thus affording a means of
egress for the great destroyer.
ST. LOUIS, May 2S.-Death and de-
struction reign supreme in st. Louis
and vicinity, an result of the most
terrible storm that ever visited this
section of the country.
So widespread is the destruction In
both St. Louis and East St. Louis
that it Is impossible to even estimate
the amount of damage and loss of
life. Buildings of every description
are IN ruins, and as result hundreds
OF people are reported dead and in
jured.
Half dozen steamers lying at wharf,
both on this and East St. Louis sides
of the river have been sunk with al
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
2-Our mint facilities do not allow

2-Our mint facilities do not allow
q larger amount to be Coined.
But, for arguments sake, let is be
hundred millions of free silver coin
age year! In two years it will be
wo hundred millions. More it will
not be under any circumstances. or
that two hundred millions the intrin-
sic value even at the present price of
silver, will be over one hundred mil
lions in bullion. The loss, if any,
will, therefore, be one hundred =ll-
lions.
If after two years of free coinage
our people find that it does not pay,
Congress can, and will. stop such free
coinage at once. During the last two
years We sacrificed on the altar of
Gold-that is, for the purpose of keep.
ing one hundred millions of gold in
the Treasury to redeem FIVE hundred
millions of gold notes--no less than
S264, 900, 900 which in 25 years will
be doubled, at 4 per cent. interest to
be paid annually-and those bonds
run 80 years! In six months another
hundred millions may be added-and
that to keep up an imaginary value.
For all those hundreds of millions
of gold expenses we have no equiva.
lent, whilst for the two hundred mil
lions of silver dollars we would GER
tainly have more than one.half of sill
yer bullion.
Now when the people, our souver
eigns, want to try that silver expert
ment for the next two years why moi
let item do it' They themselves will
stop it if they find it will not work
If we can spend within two year.
nearly three hundred millions to sus
tain gold cannot we stand also tn,
loss, If it should be a loss, of on,
hundred millions for silver-and saw
the Democratic party and liberty?
Should the New York jobbers tr,
a run on the sub-treasury, DO as Sec
retary Manning did; pay them, &C
cording to law, in coin, that Is, boil
in gold and silver, and there will be
no run.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

The direction of the wind storm
from that cluster of stricken cities ap-
pears to have been in southeasterly
line through Illinois, but no news of
destruction has been received from
Illinois towns, east of the big river.
The cyclone reached the Ohio river
and struck Evansville in the south
western corner of Indiana.
The latest reports complied from
the scenes of destruction in the three
states point to the loss of over 700
lives and the probabilities are that
later reports will swell the total death
list to enormous proportions.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
Some Conditions Elsewhere.

Waterloo ~. " Observer: "The
New York World announces the
greatest circulation on earth 1t is
Just so with the Observer. It's greatest
circulation seems to be on earth. All
the subscribers who have gone to
another world have neglected to leave
word to have their Observer for
warded, and indeed, to tell the truth,
a few neglected to make provision
for arrearages when they took their
fight. Printers Companion ~ says
it is pretty rough on the mourners,
but the paper would have to be wet
down pretty we'll to reach them."
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

WHAT has been our experiences
Since our government was formed
gold and silver have been the constr
tutional money. Both have been le-
gal tenders until 1878; both we're
coined on equal terms, and nearly all
the time we're interchangeable in val
ue. Under this bimetallic standard
the country prospered as no people
have ever prospered before. We
grew to be a great nation. But John
Sherman and the money power be-
hind him drove silver out, and prac-
tically we have been having hard
times since.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
The Silver Question.

Here is what Hon. John H.
Thomas, of Springfield, thinks on this
most important subject. Read 1t:
1t cannot be denied that a majority
of the Democratic masses West and
South want free coinage of silver.
Suppose we let them have free
coinage? Will that ruin US?
l say emphatically mol and here
are my reasons:
AT the utmost fifty millions,
worth of silver could be coined the
first year.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

WE may accept the Ohio Platform
as a declaration of McKinleys motto
on the financial question; political ex
pediency before principle; colorless
until elected, then supporter of the
gold standard. The art OF facing east
by west is as much cultivated now, as
was that of facing north by south be-
fore the war, and Mckinley is past
master of the art.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
Democratic Northwest.
AND HENRY COUNTY NEWS.

JOHN WANAMAKER, Of Philadelphia,
Pa, recently contracted with a large
manufacturing firm for 100000 bl-
~ycles to be delivered to him at stat
ed times within Two years, at S25
apiece.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, 8

The Shakers of Mount Lebanon, a
community Of simple, honest, God
fearing men and women, have pre-
pared the Shaker Digestive Cordial
for many years, and it is always the
same, simple, honest, curative medi-
cine that has helped to make the
Shakers the healthy, long-liyed peo-
pie that they are. The Shakers
never have indigestion. This is part
ly owing to their simple mode of life,
partly to the wonderful properties of
Shaker Digestive Cordial. Indiges-
ton is caused by the stomach glands
not supplying enough digestive juice.
Shaker Digestive Cordial supplies
what's wanting. Shaker Digestive
Cordial invigorates the stomach and
all its glands so that after awhile
they don't need help. AS evidence
of the honesty of Shaker Digestive
Cordial, the formula is printed on
every bottle. Sold by druggists price
10 cents to $1.00 per bottle.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

cred his body.
"Iwas in a hor-
rib1e fix he
says, land the
m re tre a t.
111ent I receiv-
ed, the worse I
seemed to get.
A New York
specialist said
he could cure
me, but his
treatment did
me no good
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
Beware
OF Mercury!

Mr.. Henry Roth, of 1848 South 9th
Street, st. Louis, was given the usual
mercuria1 treatment for contagious
blood poison. He was twice pronounc-
ed cured, but the disease returned each
time, he was seized with rheumatic
pains, and red Jumps and sores COW
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

The man who invented the cam
paign button has made millions of
dollars by his happy thought. Now
if somebody would only invent a
trouser button warranted to never
come off he might also reap a harvest
of millions.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
DEATH AND DESTRUC-
TION.
St. Louis Swept by a Cyclone
Most Destructive Storm In The History
Of the Country.

ST. Louis, Mo-, May 2S.-This city
was visited shortly afterr 5 o'clock
last evening by one of the most disas'
sstrous cyclones in the history OF the
United States. The storm came up
from the southwest after a day OF in
tense heat, and was at its height when
it reached this city. 1t is estimated
that the wind was then blowing at
the rate of 80 miles an hour. The
sky took on an inky blackness, lit up
occasionally by vivid flashes of light
ming, and the scene was one of terror
that quailed the stoutest hearts when
the roar of the fast speeding storm
was heard approaching.
So widespread has been the destruc-
ton that it is impossible to obtain an
accurate estimate of the loss OF life
and the damage to property. IL IS
known, however that tae fatalities are
slightly less than at first stated, when
it was said that at least a thousand
people had been killed on both sides
of the river.
This morning the following figures
were given:
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

If the battleship Kentucky in addition
to being baptized in whisky could some
how be made to take part in horse race
and play few hands at poker, 1t would
be secure in the affections Of Its native
state. .-Chicaep News.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
A woman of this city who lost her pock.
etbook on New Year s day has just received
the following unique letter:

the following unique letter:
LONDON, January, 1895.
LADY-On New Years day was In New
York, and at an overhead railway station on
the Third avenue and Eighteenth street
found pocketbook, which l think is your
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steamer for London where belong, thank
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here at home my Missus has lodger that
comes from your country, he is Yankee, and
they do say he is an honest man Il do not be-
lieve myself that there is any honest Yankee),
but the Missas says that he is q real gentleman
well she is boss she ought to know. well this
Yankee comes over here about or 10 times a
year with fine stock and he puts up with my
Missus and as he pays his scoreI think we can
trust him with the purse their YVES nothing in
it of value ecept piece of green paper, wich
said the United States would pay on demand
the sum of One Dollar wich l sold for four
Shillings. but that was little enough for all
my trouble and as / am an honest man do
hope the Yankee will go and give you your
pocket book.
New York Trihune
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04
SCpOfula Cured,

E. G. Caswell of Brockport, N. Y,
says: II was terribly afflicted with
scrofula, and had lost all hope of be-
ing cured. A friend advised me to
taka
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

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Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-06-04

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