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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12
THE MOOCUs NOISES AGAIN.
They Are PuzEiing Connecticut Once More
After Being Silent Since 1885.

Those famous and mysterious disturb
ances Of the lower Connecticut valley,
the "Moodus noises, are being heard
again. After silence Of IL years they
have broken forth once more in man
ner similar to that in which they first
fell upon the white man 5 ear 200 years
ago. The phenomenon has manifested
itself at East Haddam, Il pretty village
which stands near Mount Tom and not
far from the village Of Moodus. The
mountain. wh,c has been the scene Of
these singular noises as far back as the
Indian traditions run, is lofty sugar
loaf shaped eminence near the east bank
of the Connecticut river.
This latest manifestation astonished
the East Haddam people on Sunday aft
ernoon, about clock, when what was
at first thought to be a clap Of thunder
was heard. Then came a roar like the
echoes of a distant cataract, increasing
and dying away from time TO time. The
sounds came directly from Mount Tom,
and the good people Of East Haddam
were not long in guessing what they
were After period of about two hours
the noises died away. only to return
again on Monday morning between 2
and 4 o'clock. At this time there was
the crashing Of heavy muffied thunder,
mingled with roaring sound not un-
like the wind in a tempest. The ground
was shaken, causing houses to tremble
and crockery and glassware to rattle as
though in an earthquake. Prolonged
underground rumblings seemed to &C
company the disturbance, and occasion
ally there would be a short. sharp shock.
The groanings OF Mount Tom are
matters of history, but the cause Of the
phenomenon, as the New London Day
in the course of an article upon it says,
is a matter no one seems able TO explain.
All the noises emanate from the noun
tain, which the red men called Mach-l-
Moodus-"the place of noise" The In
dams held that the Moodus noises were
the mutterings Of anger of the Great
Spirit in consequence of the white man
having entered the red mans domain.
For 20 years, up to 1929, the Moodus
villagers heard these noises almost con-
tinually, and during that time the
sounds seem to have been more remark
able than those that have followed
since. A clergyman Of that day wrote
of them: Whether there DO anything
diabolical in these things know not,
but this | know, that God Almighty is
TO be seen and trembled at Oftentimes
l have heard them coming down from
the north like slow thunder, until the
sound came near. and then there seemed
to be a breaking like the noise Of can
non shot which shakes the houses and
all there is in them "
After the great earthquake at Lisbon
these manifestations went away until
one Sunday in 1852 They came again
in 1885. when they attracted consider
able attention. Scientific men have at
tempted to call the noises little earth
quakes. but no reason is given as to why
gbey occur nowhere else in the Connect
icut valley save at Moodus
An explanation which pleases the su-
perstitious is that a carbuncle is FORM ,
ing under Mount Tom for the third time
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12
Poison.

Contagious Blood Poison has been APP
propriately called the curse of mankind.
1t is the one disease that physicians can
not cure; their mercurial aud potash
remedies only bottle up the poison in
the system, to surely break forth in
more virulent form, resulting in total
wreck of the system.
Mr.. Frank B. Martin, a prominent
ieweler at o26 Pennsylvania Ave, Wash
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12

ington, ID. says:
l was for a long
time under treat
ment of two of
the best physi-
clans of this city,
for a severe case
of blood poison,
but my condition
grew worse all
the while, not
withstanding the
fact that they
charged me three
hundred dollars.
My mouth was
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. Daily except Sunday.


Mixed Trains southbOund- Leaves Win
chester at = a. m. and 8 IS a. m. Arrive a
otrasDurg Junction az 6lz a. M and 10 30 D. a
MlNed Trains NOrthOOund-Iaayes VIM
Gghester az % D. m. and II % p. m. arrive a.
harper ferry at4 ~ p. m. and l ga. m.
CONNECTIONS.
- Train 4Os connects at Harper's Ferry wiz
fast Limited Express trains leaving at II b
a. m. anu J ~ ?. m. arriving at Chicago at -
a. m: ana T. % noon. and with train leaving
~ . u y. m. arriving at Cincinnati At
80 a. m and az st. Louis az 800 D m. and con
meets az beaverton at II 10 arrive at Hagsu-
town y ~ Washington junction with train
arriving az Frederick atl;55 pm.
Train ilB cOnnecte with fast yestibulsl
trains at Harper's Ferry at ga D. NJ. fer
chicago; WI p. m. for Pittsburg, and lz:S
~, ior Cincinnati and st. Louis Arrive at
Plttsburg az 800 a. m. Chicago at 9:i5 d. m,
m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars run through
70 cincinnati. st. Louis. Chicago and Pita-
ourE' on all express trains.
FOR rates tickets, baggage checks apply
70 any ONCE Of the Z. 4 0. X. r., or TO c.
DudTow travelling passenger agent winches-
d. B Martin W.M Gauu
Gen. Pass. Agt. Ger
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TENNESSEE centennial EXPOSITION; NAS 4ES5 LIE
The Exhibition'of the
NASHVILLE CHATTANOOGA
and ST. LOUIS RAIL WAY

At the Terminal Station in the Ccntennia
Grounds is one of the most interesting, instruc
tive. and costly displays at the Exposition, and
yhould De seen by every visitor. 1t consists OF an
artistically arranged display OF Agricultural
Products Minerals, Timbcrs Valuable Relics
Curios ties, etc collected from points along the
line travelled by this Road, which ?enetrates the
most fertile and picturesque portions Of the
South.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12

filled with eating sores; my tonBue was
almost eaten away, so that for three
months was unable to taste any solid
food. My hair was coming out rapidly:
and was in a horrible fix. / had tried
various treatments, and was nearly dis
couraged, when friend recommended
SIS. After had taken four bottles,
began to get better, and when had
finished eighteen bottles, / was cured
sound and we'll, my skin was without a
blemish, and l have had no return Of
the disease. S.S.S.saved me from life
Of misery" S.S.S. Guaranteed PE'ety
vegetabLe) will cure any case of blood
ID L q Il , q c q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12

in the history of that hemlock clad emf
hence and that in its efforts to unearth
itself it produces the groanings and
rumblings Of the Moodus noises This
characteristic is claimed for the car
buncle. and tradition says that during
the great manifestation of 1929 an Eng
lish physician who was skilled in I'M
earthing such enchanted gems dug up on
Mount Tom the precious stone that was
the cause Of the noises at that time.
The story goes that the bed from which
this carbuncle was taken in time pro-
duced another gem. which eventually be-
came responsible for the groanings OF
1852, and that some one found and car
ried this stone Off. when the noise ceased.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12

Trains Leave the
Union Depot, o
/ Nashville; Every
/ Fife Ell Minutes
for the Centennial
Terminal
! Station.
lThe Quickest and
Best Route.
Fare, Five Gents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12
THE DREADED CONSUME
TON CAN BE CURED
7. 4. SLOGAN. N. g.. the Grert Chev,ist and
Scientist VIII Send, Free 10 the Aiiii1ted.
Three Bottles OF His Newly Disco cred
Remedies 10 Cure Consumption

Three Bottles Of His Newly Disco cred
Remedies 10 Cure Consumption
and All Lung Troubles.
Confident that he has discovered a
reliable cure for consumption and all
bronchi ii. throat and lung disease.
general decline and weakness. loss
flesh and all conditions of wasting an'
to make its merits known, he will senf
free three bottles TO any reader OF thu
HERALD who may be suffering.
Already this new scientific course Of
apparently hopeless cases.
The Doctor considers il his religion,
duty---a duty which he owes to human
ity--to donate his infailible cure.
lie has proved the dreaded consump-
ton to be a durable disease beyond any
doubt. and has on file in his American
and European laboratories teSfimnnia'
an experience from those benefited and
furen, ia ali parts of the worlu.
Don't delay until il is too late Con
sumption uninterrupted, means speedy
and certain death. Address 7. A Siocum
VI. c., o Pine street New York, anC
when writing the Doctor please give en-
press and po>toflice address, and ais
mention reading this article in the HER
AID
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Trains 10, IA, 9 and 36 daily except
Sunday.
For rates, tickets and baggage checks
apply TO any Office OF the Southern
Railway, OF to l.. S. Brown, Gen. Agt.
1900 Penna. Ave Washington ID. c
W. II. GREEN. J. N. CULP, w.A.TURK.
Gen. Supt. Trafdc Man. GPA
Washington, ID. G.
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oDON'r FAIL TO SEE 1T 30
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1897-11-12

Train a., connects with Southern 4
X. al strssDurg junction ri Il 80 for Hsr-
fscnburg ana points on Valley Railroad
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and its treat
ment. mailed
free by Swift
Specifc Co.,
Atlanta, Ga.
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Trhn 40s connects with. suthern n
4. az Harrlsonburg at 700 a. m. "a strasbnrS
The herald., 1897-09-19
What Is "Social PositionvP

People who belong to what is called the
best society in large towns or cities.
says Henry Childs Merwin in the Septem-
Der Atlantic, are usually quite unconscious
of the fact that society is graded just as
minutely beneath them as 1t is in the plane
with which they are familiar. But, in fact.
every individual in a complex society. down
to the beggar in the street or the tramp on
the highway, has his "social position" The
city missionaries of Boston report, with
some astonishment, that great social gap
exists between the peanut vender on the
sidewalk and the peripatetic organ-grinder,
and that the children of the former are
forbidden by their parents to play with the
children of the latter. 1t is indeed assert
ed. and with considerable truth that mere
wealth is a passport to the best society:
but this is less true in America than it is
IN England, and less true in Australia than
1t Is In America. The reason Is that in
England the best society is a state insti-
tuition, and therefore is more sure of it's
position and can afford to be less exclusive
to be more hospitable not only to wealth.
but also to intellect and originality-than is
possible for the corresponding class In a
democratic country Moreover, even from
the most aristocratic point of view, a good
reason can be given for accepting wealth as
a substitute for birth. The fact that a
man can make much money implies, as a
rule, that both his mind and his physical
strength are far above the average. From
what better stock. then. could the best
society be recruited? This. of course, is
not the motive of the rich mans reception
In good society; it might better be described
as natures reason for permitting the
anomaly.-Henry Childs Merwin in the
September Atlantic.
The herald., 1897-09-19

Der two volumes containing 1.-THE Letters
or Elizabeth Barrett Browning" with por-
traits and other appropriate illustrations.
me earliest correspondence quoted took
place when the writer was a young girl
and every period of her life is represented
In these frank and simple letters. Their
author knew many interesting people, was
In Paris during the coup d etat in 1851. and
made her home in Florence during years
OF great excitement in Italy. Among other
pen pictures she gives one of the few Eng
lish sketches we have of George Sand.
whom she met several times.
Messrs. T. Y. Crowell 4 Co. are to publish
an English translation of 1.-The Pharoah."
remarkable historical novel by Mr.. Bole-
slaw Prus, Polish writer.
The ever-lengthenng list of periodicals
sent forth from the University of Chicago
is now made to include a geological Bulle-
tin" edited by Profs. Whitman and
Wheeler.
1.-The Graduate Courses for 1897 49," just
issued by the Macmillan company, is the
fifth annual publication of that useful
work. 1t is both concise and accurate, and
wisely conservative in its definition of
graduate" work.
The first six volumes to contain Bos-
wells Life of Johnson" edited by Mr..
Arnold Glover, is published by the Mac
milan company in their Temple Classics"
hS Sohic PupuSHeiS nave duucu OHelludI
THE School for Scandal" edited by Mr..
G. A. Aitken, to their series of "Temple
Dramatists."
The reading of Nelson has by no means
abated in England. The demand for Ma
han in continuous. Clark Russelrs "Our
Great Naval Hero is the latest edition.
Lee & Shepard will soon have ready a
volume prepared by the late queen of the
Hawaiian Islands. 1t will be mainly de-
voted to Hawaiian folklore and Polyne-
sian genealogy.
Mr.. Richard Harding Davis has just re-
turned from England and is engaged upon
dramatization of his popular novelette,,
Soldiers of Fortune"
Mark Twain has been invited by an Eng
lsh publishing house to write his autobi-
ography. He is said to be considering the
Offer
The herald., 1897-09-19
Notes

References to the Bible. as found in Rus
kin's writings. are to be collected, arranged
and published.
Alphonse Daudet has just written six
short stories, which he has brought out in
a little volume entitled LA Fedor," pub
lished by Flammarion, Paris.
The first number of 1.-The New Amster-
dam Year Book" has made its appear
ance. The editor is Mr.. Morris Coster.
This publication, to be issued monthly will
give sketches Of prominent persons of the
past and present
Readers of Sir Walter Scott will be glad
to know that Mrs. Maxwell Scott has writ
ten volume entitled 1.-The Making of Abb
botsford." in which the whole history of
Abbotsford is traced. Black will publish
the work this fall.
There are may New York artists who
are still afield and who are now preparing
in their woodland and mountain retreats
to transfer the f1eeting glories of the COM
ing autumn to canvas. The first art event
of this season will probably be the autumn
exhibition at the Academy of Design which
will open In the old building early in No
vember.
The following letter from President
Charles w. Eliot Of Harvard university to
the publishers of the Riverside literature
series, in Its reference to the relative prog
ress OF eastern and western schools in the
use of literary masterpieces, illustrates
well that trend of mind which makes him
q leader. Not he, but the thing he oh
serves, Is responsible for his opinion: II
think that you have done a great service
to the common schools of the United States
by issuing in cheap form unabridged mas
terpieces of the best English and American
authors, to be used in place of the ordinary
readers For some reason of other west
ern schools seem to have been more ready
than eastern schools to adopt this great
improvement"
BY far the best of the hasty compilations
that have already been made on the sub
ject of the Klondike gold region is one that
comes from the press of Henry Altemus
at Philadelphia. 1t is written by L. A.
Coolidge, with supplementary chapter
by John F. Pratt, chief of the Alaska
boundary expeditions of 1894 and is entitled
"Klondike and the Yukon Country" Mr.
Coolidge has thoroughly digested the mass
of newspaper information that has flooded
the country since the arrival of the little
steamer Excelsior at San Francisco. Ju,v
14th, with the first cargo Of Klondike gold
and he tells the story accurately and terse-
ly, yet in a style that is the reverse of
an antidote for the gold fever. He has
stated the various facts that an Intending
gold-seeker would be likely to want to
know about the routes to Alaska. the cost
Of living there, and the like. But to these
things he has added quite a complete trea-
tise on Alaska at large and on gold mining
| in general, drawn from informaiion
cleaned at official sources in washington
The book is temperate in style, remarka.
bly, thorough for the short time in which
it was written, and well supplemented with
good maps and Illustrations
The Macmillan company announces
emoaO ~ books to be published In Octo.
The herald., 1897-09-19
The INCEST Way to Serve Peaches

A new way Of serving the large, soft
peaches Is to cut them in two, that they
may be eaten out Of the skin with a
spoon. Always serve dolly with peach
es, as there Is no fruit stain 80 difficult
to remove. An old housewives super
stition used to be that If the peach stains
Of one year were laid aside until the next
when the peach trees were in blossom
the combined action of sun and grass
bleaching would remove the stain. The
modern housewife, however, feels that
a year is too long to wait on venture.
and with characteristic promptness at
tacks the offending spot with renewed
applications of javelle water or chic
rate of lime until it dlsappears-Wash
ington Evening Post.
The herald., 1897-09-19
coNaER ON HANNA
The Foraker Republicans in Open Re-
volt Against the Dictator

The Foraker Republicans in Ohio are
breaking out into pure revolt. Col. A. l..
Conger of Akron, one Of the party war
horses, has written a letter to Judge C.
r. Grant Of Akron, another lifelong Re-
publican, who has declared his inability
to submit longer to the dictation and
methods Of Hanna and Dick. The let
ter reads as follows:
"KIRkSVIILE, Mo-, Aug. 81, 1897
Judge c. r. Grant, Akron, o. Mr.. Dear
Judge Grant: 1 was glad to get your
letter of the 10Th inst Under no con-
|sideration whatever shall I vote to sup
port Mark Hanna's candidacy the COM
ing fall, and you are at liberty to so
quote me to any Of your or my friends
or to anyone else. You cannot make the
language too strong for me. When was
chairman of the Republican state exec
utive committee in 1889 neither Mark
Hanna nor any of his friends contribu-
ted a single dollar to the Republican
cause or to the state committee
"Just compare for a moment Foraker
with Hanna, Dick and Hahn the men
who are now ruling the Republican
party. If 1 was we'll enough I would
come to Akron and preside over Dem
cape from the bondage in which the Re-
publicans are now held unless they vote
the Democratic ticket this fall, and 1
shall so state to all my friends in Sum-
NIT county.
Il shall ask them to work openly for
Hanna's defeat, and do all they can
against him. 1 am perfectly willing to
be quoted on that to any one.
II hope to reach Ohio before the first
of November and preside at some pub
lie meeting either in Akron, Cincinnati,
Columbus or Cleveland. My main rea-
son for opposing Hanna now is because
1 am opposed to the principle of levying
of contributions upon the manufactur-
ers and the using of these contributions
to foist such men as Hanna, Dick and
Hahn upon the Republican party.
"As Mr.. Blaine once said to me: Nc
Kinleyism means measuring the degree
of protection granted to any industry
by the amount of money such industry
will pay to the campaign fund, regard
less of it's effect as to right or wrong
upon the people,. I have been manu-
facturer in the highly protected indus
tries, and 1 know I am right, and I have
seen these wrongs inflicted daily upon
the people.
Mark Hannae nomination Is an in
suit to American labor, and every labor
ing man should vote against him. Hop
ing to hear from you again, am yours
very truly, AL. CONGER.'
The herald., 1897-09-19
The New Crazy Quilt

The whilom "crazy quilt" has been
dead for decade or more. A very love-
ly revival Of that crude sort of decora-
tion is made on Java printed linen COW
ers, of which the design is worked solid
ly, scraps of silk being tastefully blended
over the pattern, and the whole edged
with fine gold thread. The result should
be exactly like piece of old Oriental
handicraft, nor is it beyond the clever
fingers and the correct eye for color Of
women who de- other kinds of fancy
work-New York Evening Post.
The herald., 1897-09-19
Avoiding Risks

Gladys-Papais going to give US a
check at the wedding, instead of pres
ent, Tom.
Tom-All right. Well have the cere-
mony at high noon, then, instead of at
o'clock
Gladys-What for, dear?
Tom-Banks close at 3.-Detroit Free
Press.
The herald., 1897-09-19
Objects of the COMPANY


81
nemilion
SIS IS
Make Fortune Gold Expedition Stay Comfortably
Books Are Now Open For Receipt of Subscription
o me
CHANCE Of buving s1psa
sanFr -p1'''-s " ~
The herald., 1897-09-19
Gloomy Forebodinrs

The West Virginia delegation will be
here Monday, and II there is anything
left Of them after the Los Angeles Free
Harbor league uses it's auger they will
be given a pleasant half hour here
Santa Monica Outlook.
The herald., 1897-09-19

March on. my soul, nor like laggard stay!
March swiftly on. Yet err not from the way
Where all the nobly wise of old have trod-
The path of faith made by the sons OF God.
eomething to learn, and sonnet thing to for
get;
Hold fast the good. and seek the better yet;
Press on. and prove the pilgrim-hope of
youth
That Creeds are milestones on the road to
Truth.
The herald., 1897-09-19
The Judicial Ermine

Judge Morrison has decided that the
tape game is not gambling and the Los
Angeles papers are all jumping onto the
judicial ermine in great shape-San
Pedro Times.
The herald., 1897-09-19
A Well Written Para

The Herald Of last Sunday had we'll
written page devoted to the mining coun-
try near Randsburg by a member of the
staff.-Los Angeles Mining News.
The herald., 1897-09-19
The Klondyke, Yukon,
British Columbia Gold
Mining and Developing Co.
CAPITAL, $3.50, 10000
Divided Into $1,000 Shares Value IS FULL PAID NoNAssEssABLn
CAPITAL, $3.50, 600. 90


IS SHARE
ENGINEERS
o
New-York tribune., 1897-01-31
NEw-YoRK DAILY TRIBUNE SUNDAY, JANUARY 81, 1897

hair Of the Indian, their features as rule coarse
and ugly with the exception OF the eyes whicn are
dark, soft and at times expressive. Tneir hanus
they can use their toes almost ike fingers. In
my early days the island the trst tine ! san. saw
and transfer 1t to his hand before returning it to
me. was much surprised. but custom 9uas lis We .e
edge OF observation. and lattery ceaseo eve" "
notice the popularity.
They are faithful and devoted when they become
attached. like faithful dogs put are mo,use ,ahia %
and doc ean mtae anyhng but entirely
devoid of originality. Their Indian coolness Is , Ui
II IT had told Antonio the Queen of Eng.snd was
coming to dinner he would have said, 81 Sonora, nr
and proceed to make arrangements Win cam" 'o'''
They rejoiced in "Fiesta"of any kind. and l. din
cs their MaI master and ss belongings
friends To have a beautiful dinner table the finest
ec Of or prSe fSe to those simple childish beings
They arc very well taught by the Padres IN the
fairly Well When one considers that their native
language Tagao" Is very simple one nis Sonsls1hs
mostly Of vowels. their proficiency In spanish Is
found one touch of poetry in the singular IVA way
KnSsk %ch IN fs e eary Rude and
id Waking. " was as quite unknown 4 gentle rap fol;
lowed by low murmured Ssm0r Sd nnk anS wSu'a
louder "Sefior. s;efor!' and so on, until by slgnt
gradations. the noise became loud e2ougn TO rouse use
a sleeper Their reason for such decacy was the
pretty idea that In sleep the soul left the body and
must be recalled gently from its flight to heaven
ton S Of the beautiful, showed possibilities for
further development in the future
Before entering service each boy is registered at
the "Commandancia," his name, age and appear
ance written down in small BOOK Win VIZ an ,ne
precision Of passport The date OF his so enterns ing
tered and the book handed into the masters care;
At each change OF situation the book Is returned
By the master to the "Commandancla. win the
date and reason Tor dismissal. and 1t Is retained
there until claimed by new master Thus these