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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11
MAMMOTH LAND SWINDLERs


Over 2,OOO.0OO Acres Recorded in a
County Of 600, 900 Acres.
Wheeling w. Va, oct 11-What is
believed to be land swindle similar to
that which has been worked in some
western states is being operated by
some parties outside of the state. In
West Virginia there are enormous
tracts of undeveloped timber and coal
lands lying in the interior. A dispatch
from Mcdowell county, lying in the
extreme southern portion of the state,
says that inside the last two months
deeds which are believed to be fraudu-
lent have been admitted to record there
purpOrting to convey several thousand
acres Of valuable coal land for consid-
erations aggregating several hundred
thousand dollars. There are now over
100000 acres on the land books, while
the county only contains about 600 900
acres, all told.
The scheme has been worked by the
same parties for some time. A deed is
prepared for large tract Of coal land
in the county and it is acknowledged
before some fictitious notary public in
a faraWay state. 1t is then sent to
Mcdowell county to be recorded, and
have the clerk of the county court for
ward the operators certified copies of
the deed from the record. This places
them in a position to dispose of the
pretended titles for a good price to un-
suspecting parties.
It is not unusual for a stranger to
turn up at WEIGH. which is the county
seat of Mcdowell county, with a deed
for several thousand acres Of land,
which is all straight on the record, but
when he comes to look for the land he
cannot find it, Efforts are being made
to ascertain the identity Of the oper-
ators.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

oct 22.- .-Eutertainmeutand sociable under
the auspices Of the N. E. church choir.
Nov 5.-Thanksgiying dinner to be given
by Am Saints Protestant Episcopal church,
corner West and Oak streets.
Nov. annual supper under auspices Of
Ladies' Aid Society Of the Calvary Baptist
church, ina Robbins opera house.
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A GREAT SURPRISE IS IN STORE

for those who will go to-day and get pack
age of GRAIN-O 1t takes the place Of
coffee at about the cost. 1t is food drink
full Of health, and can be given to the
children as well as the adult with great
benefit tis made of pure grains and looks
and tastes like the finest grades of Mocha or
Java coffee, Itmtisfes everyone. cup of
Grain-O is better for the system than a
tonic, because its benefit is permanent, What
coffee breaks down Gmin-O builds up. Ask
your grocer for Gmin-O 15c and Poe.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

HENRY GEORGE win never be
mayor of Greater New York. Mary
Ellen Lease has Joined his forces.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

"Burdock Blood 6ttcrs entirely cured me
of a terrible breaking ont an over my body.
It is wonderful medicine" Miss Julia
Elbridgc, Box 8s West Comwell Conn
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

When you want good roofing, plumbing,
gas fitting, or general tinsmithing done call
on E. F. Gallagher IS West Centre street.
Dealer in stoves l-tf
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UeIoFe enterlng the cars and thus prevent
swimming Of the head and nausea to which
have been subject for several years"
DR., Miles Remedies are sold by an drur-
gists under positive guarantee. first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants
DIR. MILES MEDICAL Co. Elkhart. Ind.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

6l Prospect st., indianapolis, Ind.
Tt is safe TO say that stuarts Dyspepsia
Tablets win cure any stomach weakness or
disease except cancer Of stomach. They cure
sour stomach. gas, loss of flesh aud appetite,
sleeplessness, palpiatiou. heartburn cousd-
patton and headache.
Send for valuable little hook ON stomach
diseases by addressing Stuart Coz Marshall,
Mich
AN druggists sol fun sized packages at so
cents
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

Moments are useless if trihed away and
they are dangerously wasted if consumed by
delay in cases where One Minute Cough Cure
would bring immediate relief @. H. Hagen
buch.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

Ask your grocer for the Royal Patent
hour and take no other brand, It is the best
flour made
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

Just try a 1Oc box of Cascarets, the finest
liver and bowel regulator ever made.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

~ StA1 "A DoA-b IN oNA DAh'
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund the money if it fails to
cure 25c
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

No man or woman can enjoy life or accom-
plish much in this world while suffering from
a torpid liver. DeWitts Little Early Risers,
the pills that leanse that organ
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

without them. Thoy
have fully restored
me from a complica-
tion OF fdisorders chief
ly affecting the heart,
nervous system and
kidneys. When I trav-
el l always take one of
your Anti-Pain Pills
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1897-10-11

The following tours have been arranged for
the season of 1897 -
Two ten-day tours to Gettysburg, Luray
Caverns, Natural Bridge, Virginia Hot
Springs, Richmond, and Washington, Sep
tember 2s and October 12. Rate, $65 from
New York, S63 from Philadelphia
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HERALD
nsrABLrsuED 1870.

Published every Evening, Except sunday at
sourH JARDrN srREEr, NEAR CEyrRE
The Herald is deliveied iu Shenandoah and The
surrounding towns for six cents a week, pay-
abs SO the carriers. BY mail $500 year, 0r 2i
cents month, payable in advance advertise
meats charged Rccordinp 60 space and position.
The publishers reserve the right Go change the
position OF advertisements whenever the pub
lttnbon OF news demands &c. The right is
reserved e. reject any advertisement, whether
paid FOR or not, that the publishers may deem
improper. Advertising rates made known
upon application
Entered at the postonice at Shenandoah, Pa. Rs
second class mail matter
TELEPHONE CONNECTION.
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"All the News That's Fit TO Print
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interesting Experience of an Indianapolis
Gentleman
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08

the door of Mrs. Hodgson's little room
on the ground floor. There was no an
swer. Harriet came up from the kitchen
to say that missus was making the
other gentleman's omelet. She opened
the door and offered him a chair. He
waited In vexation, longing for re-
venge, longing to show up the mutton
pie interloper, who secretly adored
omelets, in his true colors. Finally Mrs.
Hodgson entered. flushed with the sue
cessful outcome of work of art
Really, Mrs. Hodgson," said the pro-
fessor affably, II have been 50, busy.
and to get room requires-a deal of
looking about, doesn't it?" :,
She did not say whether 1t did or
not.
"If il would not be too much trouble
would you accommodate me again?
II haven't a room left"
"I'm-I'm sorry"
"There are the hotels, professor"
Mrs Hodgson-Mrs. Hodgson" he
burst out tragically, will you not &c
on making omelets for me forever?
After a little blushing and parrying
she said that she would and put the
seal on her acceptance by Immediately
giving the base interloper a weeks no.
tice.-Ferdinand Palmer in the Sketch
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garrison to another begging him to
acknowledge his paternity. She pur-
sued him to Fojano, where his family
had large estates and where the cap
tain died without having satisfied her
demands. She then appealed to his
relatives for justice. and one night last
July went with her son to the house
Of Slgnor Nerino Neri-Serneri, the
captains brother and asked to see his
wife. They told her to go away. A
violent quarrel ensued. in which the
whole household took part, and soon
after Rosa Ardizzone's dead body was
found on the highway with the boy
crying over it. The body was covered
with bruises and cuts, and near by
was a heavy sword cane which Ser
neris wife usually carried.
Mrs. Serneri died in prison before the
trial came off. Her husband has just
been sentenced to ten years imprison-
ment, to ray $4,000 francs to the mur-
dered woman's son, and $4,000 francs to
the government for the costs of his
trial One of his servants was also
condemned for a long term of impris-
onment.
The motive of the English crime is
wealthy and well-known steel maker
of Newburn, near Newcastle, has a
beautiful estate at -Greenhaugh, one
of the prettiest spots in the North
Tyne district. He is 81 years of age
and was devotedly attached to his
young wife. One pleasant evening, a
fortnight ago, the two We're rambling
about the estate, and Mr.. Spencer
stopped to chop trees with his game
keeper for half an hour, starting then
for the house with his wife. He was
seen an hour later near a certain part
| of his wood very much excited, and
tried to avoid some friends who drove
up in a carriage. Mrs. Spencer not
appearing, a party was sent out to
search for her. and the police were
| called in. When asked by the Ser
geant where his wife was, Spencer re-
piled, "Oh, she is in the wood gather
| ing daffodils. She will come shortly
Another search was made, when Mrs
| Spencer's body was found in the wood
| lying face downward, covered with
| pine boughs and tufts of grass that
had been plucked by hand and care
fully laid over her. There were wounds
on her head, neck and back. Her hus-
| band was. arrested and charged with
| numbering, his Wife, to which he an
| sweEed THAT it, was not a joke. The
ohiy;eXplanation' offered so far is that
he must have beeen seized with sud-
den attack: of insanity, -,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08

forbidden to do so. A good newspaper
he said, was the most instructive agent
of morals that ever existed a bad
and corrupting.
THE PROVINCE OF HISTORY.
Mr. Conkling spoke of his own suf-
ferlngs from the injustice of newspaper
critics who had attacked his manners,
his morals and his motives. He also
acknowledged his Indebtedness to the
press, particularly when he first enter
ed public life, and the assistance his
newspaper friends had been to him.
you are making history" he said,
."every time you write a line for
newspaper and you should always re-
member what effect the article will have
upon l. the reader-whether 1t will do
him good or harm. History should be
accurate, but not too minute. Events
should be studied in the perspective.
The eagerness to get news and the
haste to publish It prevents writer's
from discussing events with accuracy
and proper reflection"
Then. calling me to the window
which commanded a view of the New
Jersey highlands, he added; You see
those forests wrapped in a purple
haze. The brilliant autumn tints
| against the blue horizon make a beau
tful picture. They illustrate what his
tory should be. The outlines are grace
| full and imposing, we admire the colors
| and the glow, and we forget that they
conceal decayed trunks. dead limbs,
Lnsightly underbrush and leaves that
are rotting in the ground. So history
| should cover the faults and the vices
Of men, and present for the emulation
of the people only their noble aspira-
| tiuns and achievements"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
INCOGNITOs OF ROYALTY.
Names Under Which Various Person
ages Cloak Their Identity,

1t is interesting to note the different
incognitos which European rulers now
use. The Queen of England now trav-
els under the name of Countess of Bal
moral, while the Prince of Wales as
sumes the title of Count of Chester.
The Empress of Austria is known out
side of her own country only as the
Countess of Hohenems. Ex-Empress
Eugenie, of France. travels as the
Countess de Pierrefonds: the King of
Belgium as the Count of Murany; the
eX-Queen of Naples as the Duchess de
Castro; the King of Portugal as Count
Barellos Queen Anne liza, of Portugal, as
the Marquise de Villacosa; the Crown
Prince of Sweden as Count Carlsborg;
Queen Regent Christina, of Spain. as
the Countess of Toledo, and Dowagei
Empress Frederick, of Germany, a:
Countess Won Lingen.
In connection with these so-callei
| incognito titles, IL is remembered thai
in Germany, as well as in all Other
| continental countries, there are stricI
| laws against assuming and travelling
under aliases, fines and even imprison
ment being provided by the police regu
lations for an infringement of thi
| law.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
HOTELS AND SUMMER RE
SORTS.
HALL,
CRYSTAL LAKE, PA.

The opening of this famous resort un-
der new management will take place
early in June.
Situated in the southern corner Of
Susquehanna county on the shores OF
beautiful Crystal Lake, Fern Hall is
one of the most attractive places in the
State of Pennsylvania to spend a few
weeks during the heated term.
Every facility is affordtd for the en-
tertainment of its guests.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
NO SLEEP FOR THREE MONTHS.
One Cause Of sieepiesness That Can
BE Readily overcome

Mr.. William Handschu of 46th street,
Cotton alley, Pittsburg, Pa, expresses
himself as follows regarding the new
remedy for that common and obstinate
disease, piles: II take pleasure IN
stating thatI was so afflicted with piles
that FOR three inonths,I got no regular
sleep; L.Ref{snS ,comptetely Frustrated.
the DOCTORS did :Hfe mo good; my broth
Aer told mAipf,t1,einaw, remedy for piles,
the ia,yr9kmd lille Cihe;' 1" purchased
from nyy: drussist, three'50' cent boxes
and they cen1pletelyi cured me. ] am
celhofe at. fiy>wotk and but for this
ex", ilent 'medicine II should be Fon my
back. | take great pleasure in writing
this letter because so many people arc
Guacrers from the trouble who like
myself did not know where to look for
a permanent reliable, safe cure.
Experience with the Pyramid Pile
Cure In the past three years has DEM
Cnstrated to the medical profession. as
we'll as to thousands of sufferers fr I'm
piles, that 1t is the safest and most
effecrual pile cure ever offered to the
pubic, containing no opiates or poisons
of any kind, painless and convenient TO
handle, and being sold by druggists at
so cents and $l.O0 per box, is within the
reach of every sufferer.
Very frequently two or three boxes
have made complete cure of chronil
cases that had not yielded to other
| remedies for years.
There is scarcely a disease more ag-
| cravating and obstinate to cure than
| the various forms of piles and it Is a
| common practice to use ointments
| salves and similar preparations con-
| tanning dangerous poisons to remove
| the trouble. The Pyramid has super
seeded all of these Intellectual remedies
| and no one suffering from any rectaI
trouble will make any mistake in CIV
| ing the Pyramid a trial.
| II in doubt ms to the nature OF your
| trouble send to the Pyramid Drug Co
| Albion, Mich, for a valuable little
| took On piles, describing all forn,s II
the disease and describing the method
| of cure.
| Any druggist can furnish the Pyra'
mid Pile Cure as it is the best known
and most popular remedy for piles an,
| IL you ask him he can doubtless rete'
| you to many people in your vicinity
who have been cured completely by 1t
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
MAN is A MARVEL.
The WonderfuIness of the Human
Body's Mechanism.

From the Ladies' Home Journal.
The human body is an epitome in
nature of all mechanics, all hydraulics.
all architecture, all machinery of every
kind. There are more than three hun
dred and ten mechanical movements
known to mechanics today, and all OF
these are but notifications Of those
found in the human body. Here are
found all the bars, levers, joints, pull
leys, pumps, pipes, wheels and axles,
ball and socket movements, beams,
girders, trusses, buffers, arches, col
umns, cables and supports known to
science.
At every point mans best mechanical
work can be shown to be but adapta-
tions OF processes of the human body
a revelation of first principles in ma
ture.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
THE LAST CRIME.
From the New York Sun.

Fifteen years ago Captain Igeno
Neri- -Serneri of the Italian army while
quartered at Voghera with his regi-
ment. made the acquaintance of a
country girl named Rosa Ardizzone. one
result of which was the birth of a boy,
of whom the captain was declared to
be the father He expected to shake
off all responsibility, but Rosa was
tenacious and followed him from one
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-07-08
TRY GRAIN.O! TRY GRAIN.0

Askyour Grocer today to show you pack
age of GRAIN-Q, the new food drink that
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink itlwithout injury as well as the adult.
All who try 1t, like II. GRAIN-O has that
rich seal brown OF Mocha or Java, but it Is
made from pure grains,and the most delicate
stomach receives 1t without distress. \. the
price of coffee. 16c. and 20 cts. per package.
Sold by all grocers.
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,..CONKLING'S IDEAS.
What He ThOught,Of the Newspapers
and Their Possibilities.

Writing in the Chicago Record of the
last time he saw Roscoe Conkling, Will
liam +. Curtis said: He recalled the
first time | met him, which was at his
home in Utica while | was a college
student. He commended my choice of
a profession. He spoke of the influence
of newspapers for good and for evil,
and deplored their tendency to publish
sensations, and particularly to place
a sensational construction upon ordi-
nary events for the purpose of selling
more copies upon the street. AS
business proposition he did not think
there was any profit in it. The rev.
enues of a newspaper came from the
regular subscribers and advertisers and
not from the street sales, and while
big headlines and a lurid treatment
of topics might catch passengers on
street cars and the habitues of saloons
and barber-shops they certainly did not
draw a regular patronage.
He held that men of lofty ideas only
should be permitted to edit newspapers,
and that none but gentlemen of edu-
cation and refinement should be em-
ployed as reporters, because in these
days reporters had more influence in
shaping public opinion and educating
the people than those who contributed
to the editorial page.
GUESSING AT MOTIVES.
Another great evil in the press was
attributing motives to the acts of pub
| lie men and private citizens as freely
as If editors and reporters had the ON
niscience of the Almighty. God alone,
he said, could judge of the motives of
men, for He only could read hearts. In
his own experience Mr.. Conkling said
that no newspaper had ever been right
when ii attempted to analyze his mo-
| tives. 1t had always been wrong, and
he believed that was true in the expert
| ence of every man. He also deplored
the tendency of frivolity, a popular
habit among newspaper writer to
amuse themselves at the expense of
serious people. He was particularly
severe in his denunciation of the habit
of invading the homes and private
| lives OF people. What happens behind
the front door of a mans house, he
| said, was sacred. All civilized nations
recognized that a mans house is his
castle. and the highest officers OF the
law had no right TO invade II. For the
same reason newspapers should be
The record-union., 1897-02-10
GENERAL GOMEZ TALKS PLAINLY.
CUBANS FIGHTING FOR LIBERTY
NOT REFORMS.
Would Not Accept Home Rule, With
Spanish Captain
General.

| NEW YORK. Feb. 9.-The World"
this morning publishes an interview
| with General Maxine Gomez, dated
Camp of Gomez. near Salida, Province
of Santa Clara, Cuba, January %, 1897.
/ General Gomez says in part:
Spain will not grant any real reform.
| We no longer ask concessions from her.
Even were Spain's proposals bOnafide;
nothing could tempt us to- treat with
her. We are for liberty, not for Spanish
reforms. We are for Cuba, not for Spain.
/ am disgusted with this talk of reform.
Does Spain think we have forgotten the
| lessons of the past? Liberty is what
we are fighting for. because it is one of
the most glorious gifts God has be
slowed upon man.
I'VE want nothing from Spain-Cuba
hates Spain. Home rule in it's broadcast
sense is independence. That is the
kind of home rule we want. If you ask
would we accept home rule with a Span
ish Captain General. l would answer
most emphatically no. We want moth
ing from Spain. We do not want her
Captain-General or her glory, if she has
any remaining-nor her care
DO you believe the United States is
rendering aid to Spain?'
THAT is delicate question: he an
swered. Il hope not. Still 1 will speak
plainly and with candor. 1t is certain
the United States has not been our ally
If the Government at Washington owes
anything to the cause of liberty. if it
favors the struggle for freedom now
going on here, it has not shown it, even
by SO much as an expression of SYM
pathy.'
When asked about the stock of ammu-
milton on hand, he did not speak
Gould you materially increase the
size Of your army if you had plenty of
arms and ammunition?
Il could march into the province of
Havana with 10000 men in a month. ;"
replied General Gomez, "and that
would mean the almost immediately
freedom OF Cuba, for one Cuban is as
good as two Spaniards. More than
that I am convinced that with $4,000
men properly armed and equipped. and
escorted by artillery, the Spanish army
could be driven from Cuba within
three months"
CAMPOS IS WILLING TO RESUME
COMMAND
NEW YORK. Feb. "a dispatch to
the World" from Madrid says:
Marshal Campos expressed to-day his
willingness to resume command in
Cuba, the World" correspondent
learns on good authority, If he can
contribute toward insurfng speedier
submission of the insurgents. adding:
Il approve the spirit of the new re-
forms. but their efficacy depends upon
the mode of carrying them out. | be-
lieve the suffrage ought to have been
more extensive, and that the conditions
of the election of the Assembly should
better defend it.
The protection maintained for Span-
ish imports into Cuba l consider ex-
cessive, as it may prove prohibitive in
the case of many articles The Gov
ernment could afford to be more liberal
if it really was sure the end of the war
was in sight
The record-union., 1897-02-10
Los ANGELES HARBOR.
The Commission Appointed to Select
the Site to Report To-Day.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The COM
mission appointed by the President to
locate a deep water harbor at Santa
Monica or San Pedro, Cal, win meet
here tomorrow and make a report to
the Secretary of War. The commission
spent several weeks in making surveys
and estimates Of the proposed work, and
1t is likely the present report will only
cover what has so far been done
Whatever the committee Will decide
upon, which of the two harbors shall be
improved under the last river and har-
Dor bill, it is not known. As soon, .how-
ey er, as this matter is settled. it is ex-
pected work on the Improvements, for
which an appropriation of nearly So
00O0 600 was made will be begun.