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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15
Shot in the Left Arm.

When bilious or costive, eat CasCarets
candy cathartic. cure guaranteed, 1Oc, 25c.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15
PITHY POINTS.
happenings Throughout the Count

happenings Throughout the Country
Chronlcled for Hasty PerusaI.
Fayette county crops are being ruined by
drouth.
Senator Penrose visited Uniontown on a
secret mission yesterday
The Borough Council will hold regular
meeting tomorrow night
Betzhoovtr Knoxville and MontoOth
boroughs are to be annexed to Pittsburg.
Tax Collector Scanlan made payment on
his '96 duplicate at Pottsville yesterday.
The first of November is the date fixed for
the opening of the Tunnel Ridge breaker.
Thirteen n-year-old Louisa Wenzell was ar
rested as a cycling 'scorcheT" in Allegheny
City.
D. s. Kennedy has rendered his resignation
as superintendent of the Shamokin street
railway.
Sam Block has added more brilliancy to his
show windows by putting in two more in
candescent lights.
Aged Mrs Jacob shenk, of Lycippus, West
moreland county, took rat poison and died, a
victim of melancholia.
l. NJ. Mingus, aged so, and W. V. Long,
aged 6S, were granted licenses to wed at
Wilkesbare yesterday.
The coal tonnage in the Shamokin district
for week ending September was 33, ,527, and
for the year to same date 7O6, 623
While picking coal on the tracks Mrs
Mary Fisher, aged II. was run over by an
engine and killed at Wilkesbarre
| John Connolly, of Mahanoy Plane, il
dangerously i'll at his home at that place ant
fears are entertained for his recovery.
| A tunnel in the Mahanoy City colliery
running from the Skidmore to the Bucl
Mountain vein, has just been completed.
Drs. F. G. Reese Barton Brown and E. H
Ashcroft have been appointed pension exam
| ing surgeons 1T COuderspOrt, and DR.. w. w
| Baker at Warren.
Two young men named Hendricks and
| Klinger have been arrested at Atlantic City
charged with robbing the Minersvile post
office some time ago.
A large lion escaped from Sells Bros
circus on the road near Grove City Mercer
| county, on Monday, and people Of thai
! neighborhood are terrified.
Miss Annie Leonard has been soundly
asleep since last Saturday night at shamokln
Last summer she slumbered 72 hours, ant
doctors could not awake her.
Three hundred Italians employed by NJ. P
Quinn, contractor, on the new dam at Wes
West, near MineTsville, struck on Monday
They allege they have been overcharged il
the commissary department.
Judge Sayidge remarked in court yester
day when one of the witnesses failed to re
| spond, "All the saloons in this town ought tc
he closed during court week. 1t appears to
me that when a witness comes here he must
visit every saloon"
The Reading Company is about finishing
the building of 400 King Hopper coal cars al
It's shops in Reading. As soon as this order il
completed an additional order for 200 more
will be commenced, making a total of 6OC
cars to be built in the Reading shop.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

Five hundred pairs good white or grey
blankets will be sold at the August sale price
of 80 cents per pair
One thousand yards Klondike double
mapped hannels, worth 10 cents, now 81 cents.
Two thousand yards grey wool mixed
aannels worth Is cents, now 10 cents.
L. j. WILKINSON,
93-tf Cor. Main and Lloyd Sts
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.Tudge WiIs.l,s : Successor.

Harrisburg, Sept 15.-The governor
has appointed William W. Porter, Of
Philadelphia, to the superior court
bench to succeed Judge Willard, Mr.
Porter called on the governor yester-
day and accepted.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15
AT sKAeeUAY, WATINe FOR TRANSPORTATION.

Of hunters stalled skggqay awaiting means to trans
haul mile for So load Then ferry to cross
freight charged Then pack mules for four five miles with the tariff
miles to the
foothills work Of crossing the mountains begins
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

A place For EX-Congressnian 1Iainor.
Washington Sept 15.-The president
yesterday appointed Daniel b. Hainer,
OF Pennsylvania, United States dis
trlct attorney for the western district
Of Pennsylvania Mr.. Hainer was for
merly member Of congress.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

Ask your grocer for the Royal Patent
dour and take no other brand 1t is the best
flour made.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

From the Little Schuylkil Nav. and Rail.
road and Coal Co., to Welsh Congregational
church of Tamaqua.
From John Messerschmidt, ct ux., to
George Rodman, premises in Grier City.
From Hannah Gregory ct uX., to Mary A.
Parry, premises in Girardyille.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

Just try Ice box Of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
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MISCELLANEOUS.


~-~~~~~~-~~~~~y~~~--y~y~
/ OST.-On July Both, a spotted heifer, colors
IL red and white, about one year old. Horns
were just beginning to protrude. A liberal
reward will be offered for its return to Andrew
Pcrmersk, 2l4 West Poplar street. 9-Ii-1w
/ OST.-A small COW, mouse color, white spots
IL on sides and back, small horns, turned in
toward eyes, four years old, estrayed from the
pre- ises of the undersigned, the 10th inst.
A reward of s. will be paid for the return of
same to Anthony Ruskie, 42l East Lloyd street.
~ IRIS SWANTEn.-Machine hands. Apply
u at Shenandoah Manufacturing Company,
East COAl street. q-2-ow-eod
DOR SALE "A large stock OF secondhand
II furniture and carpets, as good as new.
win be sold at sacrifice. For further infor-
nation call at the HERALD Office. S-l6-tf
nor SALE.-Cheap, a desirable business
II property on East Centre street. Apply to
NJ. M. Burke, Attorney, Egan building. S0-tf
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-09-15

See Mons Robertos thrilling leap from the
clouds at Columbia park on Saturday morn
ing. O-15-3t
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ROBBINS OPERA HOUSE.
Wanted AN Idea $as 8. .$s;; %;

Protect your ideas; they may bring you wealth.
Write JOHN WEDDERBURR 4 CO., Patent AttOr-
aeys washington. ID e. for their 81 800 prise ones
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changes.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18

yons: so they soon abandoned their We
hicles. packing what they could upon the
backs of the oxen Ihey struggled on 70
glittering lakes only to find them deadly
poison or but a mirage on barren sands.
Now and then a tiny spring in the moun-
tains gave them new life. one by one the
oxen dropped, day by day the scanty flour
ran lower. Young men who separated from
the rest being stalwart and unincumbered
with families, reached Death Valley ahead
of the others. and were lest. Their num-
mified bodies and protruding bones were
found years later by Governor Blaisdell
The main part of the emigrating party
crossed the valley at place where 1t was
twenty miles between the mountains, but
not one of them ever having been in that
region before. not having the least idea
where there were springs OF water, and
where there were passes through the noun
tains by which they could get 10 the Pa
cifc coast. they wandered about this hor-
rible desert waste for weeks. One week
they would move toward what seemed to
be a favorable mountain pass and the
next they retraeed their steps. For days
at q time they went without drink Chil-
dren died quickly, and the oxen were killed
for their meat. Even the Viscera of the
beasts was eaten by the f1~pished people.
Had it been summer with It's terrible heat,
net one of the party would have lived more
than few days to tell of their experiences.
Day by day some of their number sank
upon the burning sands never to rise. The
survivors We're too weak to help the fallen.
The strongest of the whole party was nerv-
Gus little Mrs. Brier who had come TO
0OlOfduO an llNetiiN, anu VIM SAe1t SO
her boys of four. seven and nine years that
indeScribable tramp OF nine hundred miles.
For the last week she had TO lift her ath-
letic husband from the ground every morn
ing and steady him a few moments be-
fore he could stand. She gave help TO
wasted giants, any one of whom few
months before could have lifted her with
one hand Twenty-Seven persons died In
agony in one week.
AT last the few survivors crossed the
range which shuts off that most dreadful
of deserts from the garden of the world,
and were tenderly nursed to health at the
hacienda of q Spanish family Mr. Brier
had lost one hundred pounds in weight, and
the others were thin in proportion.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18

About the Life of the Flow
cry Kingdoms Emperor.

Washington Letter in Chicago Record.
/ am asked something about the private
habits, the morals and che ability Of the
Emperor of China. Theoretically, the son
of heaven, the king of kings is sacred
being, and should be always spoken of with
impossible for him to have faults or to
commit errors like ordinary men. de
comes from divine ancestry, and when he
dies he takes his place among the gods,
no matter what he says or what ne
does while on earth. Therefore, the people
who have an opportunity OF knowing what
is going on within the Forbidden city, as
the grounds around the palace are called
are not likely to discuss their ruler as freely
as the subjects of other soyereigns do
None but the members OF the court and
their attaches are allowed to enter the
palace. The military guard Is composed
of chosen soldiers all the servants and at
tendants are persons whose lives are spent
in the palace and who are not allowed TO
leave It, The hands that have mlnistered
to the Emperor of China are never allowed
to perform similar service for ordinary be-
ings, and no servant leaves the Forbidden
City. When servant becomes too IN
firm to perform his duties ne receives a
pension. If the officials desire TO get rid Of
him for any other reason they cut off his
The Emperor of China is one of the hard
est-worked men in the world, and, accord
ing TO a curious custom that l have never
heard explained, he turns day into night.
Some of the most important events in his
daily programme take place after midnight,
and he frequently receives visitors by ap-
DOfnlultHN dl . cfid = " ttnNN AZ tiiC A-p" II
ing When Ii Hung Chang returned 10
Picking from his tour around the world tho
Emperor received him and heard his re-
ports between and O'Clock a. m. he has
often received ambassadors az similar
hours The Emperors work day begins at
! O'Clock D. lie first sees the members
of the Privy Council, then he devotes an
hour or two 10 the consideration Of their
reports and recommendations. and then he
receives the members of the official boards.
viceroys. governors and other officials who
nave come TO Picking TO be presented or TO
pay tribute or receive instructions. He sits
upon a throne upon raised platform. They
kneel before him with their foreheadH
touching the floor until he commands them
TO lift their eyes They are kept in this
posture so long that the old men always
PAD their knees with bushions. The Em-
peror dimes about sunset and has the third
meal of the day at midnight. Sometimes
he retires as early as / or o'clock a. M,
but he is often at work until daylight.
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Elsewhere.

CHICAGO. July l7.---Cattle to-day were dull.
caves Which cioaed ower Wfh COMMON tor f6
ehooiee selling at S2Q5 and choice TO fancy at
Hogs we're active at an advance of SC on con-
tnted light receipts Sales ranged at SO IoQ .65
bringing s345a3.55. Light hogs are in best de-
mand, the heavy weights Being Disseminated
Sheep were fairly active at steady prices.
at s3Q4, and rams brought si56G250. Lambs
sold at s275q4 for euls up to q S5@54 for good
ing sheep sold at $2.75Q3 and feeding lambs at
Receipts-Cattle, 200; hogs 10000; sheep, 1000
ST LOUIS, July 17.-Cattle-Receipts, 800;
Ms s rb b2r9 Thar ead 6nv but the
trade to butchers Prices for the sales made
Hogs,-Receipts 5000; shipments 5000. Market
&c &c higher light SS85Qa55 mixed sSSoGS5o;
sg5SSgP fs4sn 3 s hRmen aG syes
M NE 6S YORK July T7-Beeves-- p PSI
4,SS7 quarters Of beef. Calves-Receipts II. West
.Hogs-ReceIpts, 1853. Market steady at $3.50
Sheep and Lambs Receipts, 6,4s8. Sheep steady;
lambs shade easier; sheep $3g4.5o; lambs $4.65
EAST LIBERTY July 17.-Cattle steady:
extra $S9G49o 1rime. $45oG4 so; common, $500
Hogs slow; pigs, $5.70G$.75; prime light York
ers, So 5o43IO; good orliers and mediums, $3.50
Sheep r Choice, So 5SpE common, g.
SIS; spring lambs, $4Q5.25.
Nl hAaMSAS , CdIa, July ICatte1keceipts' 100
Hogs-Receipts 4 600 Market &c higher and ac-
tive; bulk of sales, $$.3Oq3.35; heavles, $500
3.S7l2; packers, S3.2563.32l2 mixed, So. 25G3 35;
lights SS25@S S21z; Workers, 50. 2OQ3.S212; pigs
sheep-No market
LOUISyILLE. July 17.-Cattle-No receipts.
80 Hogs-Receipts 700 Market steady; heaves
50. 40q345 mediums, $3.50; lights, So. 35QS55
,sfeep@1Reeeipts 1000 Market slow; choice
sheep $275g3 fair $225@275; extra lambs $4.75
BUFFALO, July Notwithstanding doing.
rougEs, common to choice S225Q8 ~
Sheep-Yearlings. choice to prime $465a4 s.;
culs TO common yearirgs s.. 50fI4: fair to choice
mixed sheep. sS.5OQ3. rs; culls and common, SIPS
CINCINNATI, July 17.-Cattle steady at s2.25
@4.S5. ~ T-'-
Hogs active at S363.55.
Sheep steady at S2uS.6O; lambs dull at So so
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-07-18
LOCAL GRAIN AND PRODUCE.
week of Satisfa Glory Trade, with
Steady Values Ruling.

Trade in the week closing to-day with a number
of lines of business was quite satisfactory. The
weather was favorable and the conditions gen
orally improved. Wholesale grocers, druggists,
hardware merchants. dealers in paints and oil,
glass, etc, had quite busy week and on Com
mission row there a good deal of activity.
The advancing tendency of the grain market en-
couraged wholesale men and re;sil dealers in the
belief that there is to be good fall business.
The steady tone to prices is feature of the sit
uation that argues well, tho range is now SO
low that whenever changes do set in there will
certainly be an advance in many articles. The
poultry and egg markets have been rather quiet
and prices easy. There is a good deal OF activity
TO the provision market and with this prices
have ruled firm and more steady. The clip of
wool of this year seems to have been light, If
receipts on this market be criterion, as not
more than two-thirds as much wool has been
offered this season as there was in the CORE
spending period last year, Notwithstanding the
In the local grain market it was an active
light. but the coming week will doubtless in
crease them. Both corn, and oats are in good
strong yesterday with track bids ruling fol-
Wheat-No. red, 6914c bid; No 8 red, sc;
wagon wheat sc; No red milling IN transit,
MORN corn-No white CSC; No. white. 2so; No
white 26c; No. white. 26c; No. white mixed
24s.c; No. white mixed 24l2c; No. white
H6 y 2sf NO. e s2NE w. 23F mixed IKE SLOW o no.
mixed. 24hc; No. mixed. 22%c: ear corn, 2Sigc
Oats-No. white, 21l5c No. white, 1870; No
. mixed l9hc No. mixed 17l2c; rejected, l412c
Hay-No i timothy. $3.50 bid; No. timothy, 81
bid. prairie s6@6.50.
Poultry and other Produce.
prices paid by shppers)
Poultry-Heps. 5l4c; springs, SC; cocks. 2l2c;
ycrng turkeys &c. toms SC; old hen turkeys, &c;
old toms &c; ducks 6l2c; geese, 40c for fun
featherCd soc for plucked.
Butter-Country. choice, &c; mixed, sc.
E'eathers-Prime geese. SOC per ID; prime duck
10dl7c per ID.
Beeswax-2Oc for yellow, 25c for dark.
Hone N-I2Q14c per lb.
Wool-Medium unwashed. 1Ec: fine nerino, I'M
washed. l0Ql1c: tub-washed, 2O@25c; bury and
understandable, sc less.
HIDES. TAI.LOW, ETC
Green-salted Hides--No. 1, SIC; No. 2, TIC; No.
I calf 9lsc; No. ? calf, Sc.
Cirease-White 22c, yellow, 214c; brown, 2l4c.
Tallow-No. l. 2y.c; No. 2. FAC.
Bones-Dry, sl241S per ton.
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of violent contrasts Of glazing whites and
dead blacks.
hot sand, drawn in places into high mounds
by the whirling blasts that sweep down the
gorge. There. too, is the curious self-rising
earth. AS far as the eye can see it appears
in curving outline, up and down, as if
pufed up by natural yeast. The unfor-
tunate creature that steps up on the little
hills will crash through, for they are not
much more than fragile crusts Beneath is
a swamp Of thin, shiny, salt mud of un-
"Stiii stranger is that section Of the val
ley which for want Of a better name, is
called salt earth Innumerable pinnacles
tapering to points as fine as needles, and
over a foot long. rise in close array from
the ground. These are as hard as stone and
dangerous as sharpened steel. There,
too, are the rich fields of boraX which have
tempted many man TO his death"
One Of the most dreadful stories in the
long history of tragedies in Death Valley
was that which a wel-known and aged
Methodist clergyman, Rev T.. w. Brier. in
California, tells of the experiences of
party of which he was one during their
travels across this region of desolation. In
September, 1888. a party Of ninety-three
emigrants started from the southern end
of Utah to cross the desert to the mines Of
California. There were twenty-three wag-
ons. drawn by sturdy oxen, beside which
trudged the shaggy men, rifle In hand,
while under the canvas awnings rode the
women and children In q short time there
was a division Of opinions as to the proper
route across the painless waste in front;
and next day five wagons and their people
went east to reach Santa Fe (whence there
were dim Mexican trails to Los Angeles)
and the rest plunged boldly into the desert
The party which went by way Of Santa Re
reached California in December. after ter
rible sufferings. The larger company trav-
eled in comfort for a few days until they
reached about where Phoebe, New. now is
Then they entered the land of horror and
for more than three months wandered lost
in that realm OF thirst mrages and starva-
ton. Had Ii been two months earlier the
heat would have killed them in a week or
two. 1t was almost impossible to get wag-
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LIVE STOCK.
Cattle Scarce and Steady--Hogs "a
Shade HiEber-Sheep Dali.

INDIANAPOLIS. July T-Cattle-Receipts
light; shipments light. There were BUT few fresh
arrivals The market quiet, with no ma
terial change in prices.
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The secret Sessions.

Detroit Free Press
Owing 10 lack of space the newspapers
are compelled to cut down the interesting
reports of the secret sessions OF the tariff
conference.
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Profound Truth.


Your personal affairs are of mighty little
concern TO the world, unless you have been
doing something that you oughtn't to.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
Newspapers as fSier usscners.

Some hint as to how ex-Ghief Byrnes of New York was successful as a thief taker comes ont in the claim of an ex- detective, Tom Adams, who asks $10,- 900 for the press clippings he had fur nished Byrnes. It seems these clippings are all essential to the rogues' gallery, and contain pictures and descriptions of every well known rascal the world over. So it seems the newspapers are the best thief catchers after all.
 It Is believed that the temperature oi the earth at depth of 200 miles is not less than IS. GOO degrees r.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
Rep.ies to narry,r ohallsnrs.

TORONTO, Nov. 20--Jacob Gaudaur has replied to Barry's challenge to row for the championship. The champion says he will not go to England unless he IS allowed fair expenses. but if Barry will come to Canada he will row him foi any amount. Should the Englishman decline to do this Gau6aur will row him on the Thames next spling for G250 , aide
 J. C. Krue. Jr, ot kussen. nan. i. committed suicide at Denison. Tex, by taking morphine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20

The federal council at Bern has unanimously decided to bring forward a bill for the amendment of the Swiss constitution. The revision proposed is in the direction of unifying the civil and criminal aw-New York Tribune
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
A SIMPLE TIRE REPAIR.

lPunctures in the well known Mor- gan 6 Wright tire are mended about as easily as q man would close hole i'll his finger with bit of court plas- ter. Inside of the inner tube of the tire lies long strip of patching rub Der, like this;.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
Mrs. A. lneen. residing af72o Henr,

Mrs. A. lneen, residing at720 Henry St., Alton H., suffered with sciatic rheumatism for over eight months She doctored forit nearly the whole of this time, using various remedies recommended by friends, and was treated by the physicians, but re- ceived no relief. She then used one and a half bottles of Chamberlain s Pain Balm, which effected complete cure. This is published at her request as she wants others similarly afflict- cd to know what cured her. The 9 and 50 cent sizes for sale by W. l.. Dewoody.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20

An international congress is to take place at Brussels next summer for the purpose of discussing the subject of ac. cidents to workingmen.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20

Get your groceries fresh and cheap from WIS. BEARD,
 7dtf No. 326 Main street
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
Every Breath You Take

 Q h
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DACOITS OF BURMA.
THOUGH SOMEWHAT CHANGED THEY
 STILL EXIST TO THUNDER.

Authorities Are Unable to Stop the Thiev- ing and Do Not Often Capture Ore of the Dacoits--A Sample Case of the Inef fciency of the Police ofacers.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20
Nbou. sae Sane.

By tle way. where is the major nowadays?' asked the mutual friend.
 ssTIe IS ih an institution for the treat ment of tho feeble minded, said the colonel, with tfaco of acrimony in his voice.
 ssYou don't sayr'
 Well, sah, tLey don't call the place by that name, sah. But you can sec for yo'self that it amounts to the same thing Ii k q u,ater cure establishment. sail .CInyinnati Enquirer.
 The most fashionable hat now is tit one that does not resemble any other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-04-20

Americans are the most inventive people on earth. To them have been issued nearly 600, GOO patents. or more than one-third of all the patents is- sued in the world. No discovery of modern years has been of greater benefit to mankind than Chamber lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhna Remedy. or has done more to relieve pain and suffering. J. ". Vaughn, of Oakton, Ky, says: 'g have used Ghamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy in my family for several years, and find it to be the best medicine I ever used for cramps in the stomach and bowels. For sale by W. l.. Dewoody Co.