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The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02
Insulted the Flag, Fled From l.ynohinG

II
Fort Scott, Kan, April 2.-George Il,
Bowman, an associate editor Of The
Appeal to Reason, a Socialist paper
published at Girard, and who was the
Socialist candidate for lieutenant gov
ernor of Rhode Island two years ago
has been compelled to flee from Girard
to save his life from a mob of citizens
incensed at an article he wrote for the
paper. The mob, which had a rope
intended to hang him. He escaped
through the rear door and ran TO this
city, a distance of 25 miles, without
money or baggage, The article which
so incensed the people referred to the
national flag as piece of painted rag
tied to stick.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

Mrs. Michael Curtain. Plain6eld, ILL.,,
makes the statement, that she caught cold,
which settled on her lungs she was treated
for a month by her family physician, but grew
worse He told her she was a hopeless VIC
tim of consumption and that no medicine
could cure her. Her druggist suggested DIR.
Kings New Discovery for consumption she
bought a bottle and to her delight found her
self benefited from first dose. She continued
its use and after taking six bottles, found her
self sound and well now does her owl
housework and is as well as she ever was.-
Free trial bottles of this Great Discovery at A
Wasley's Drug Store. Large bottles SO cent
and SI.oo.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

It is great leap from the old-fashioned
doses of blue.mass and nauseous PHYSICS to
the pleasant little pills known as DEWITT S
Little Early Risers. They cure constipation,
sick headache and biliousness. c. H. Hagen
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

81 had running itching sore on my leg.
Suffered tortures Doan's Ointment took
away the burning and itching instantly, and
quickly effected permanent cure" q. W
Lenhart, Bowling Green, o.
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pennsylvania
RAILROAD.

soHUYKILL DIVISION.

MARCH n, 1893.
Trains will leave Shenandoah after the aDo0s
date for Wggans, Gilberton, Fraokville, Darl
Water, st. Clair, Pottsvlle Hamburg, ReadiRe.
Potistown. Phoenixviil. Norristown ard Pi9i&
eselphla Broad street stIGon' NJ O6 and sic
a. M. ", 6 10 p. m. on week days. Sundays,
Leave Shenandoah for pottsvIle via Deiano)
1bf 10 Oh o. M, ~ so, 2 50 aud 25 p, m. week
days. sundays, % a. M, 63l p. m.
Trains leave Fuckyiue FOR Shenandoah ~
736, II 46 a. M. aud 80, ? 81 p. a.. Sunday,
II OF a. m. aud 26 %. M
Leave Pottsville for shenandoah via Frnok-
vile 10, II 70 O.. m., 20, z % p m. Sunday
10 35 a. M, 90 %. m.
Leave Pottsvilc Tor shenandoah via Delnno
z %, go q. m., 1888, 2 O. and o 90 y. I'M. week
days. Sundays o 70 a. M Oj D. m.
Leave PHILADELPHIA Broad street statlon), 70,
shenandoah at 81, 35 and 10 l9 a. m, 10
d. rn week DAYS. Sundays leave at so a. m.
Leave Broad street station, Philadelphia tor
Sea Girt, Asbury Park, Ocean Grove, Lone
Branch, and intermediate stations, $40
l1.i %. m, 880 and 400 p. m. weekdays.
Leave Broad Street station. Philadelphia,
FOR NEW YORK.
Express, weekdays, 20. 400, A so Is, 50.
Z 33, %, so, 10 2i Dining Carl II 90 q. m,
~ 90 noon, ~ 80 LIMITED 1 90 and p p. IA.
Dining Cars, 49, 30 Dining Carr 20, 3 so.
90, D 90, 56 Dining Carl, g 90, o., i3 lDiu.
ing Carr, 1000 %. m, ~ o., night Sundays
$40. go5, SO SIS 20, 3 so. ioeI. Dining
Car, II 35 a. M l235, o5 Dining Cnrl 30
Dining Car, I 90 Limited % Dining Carr,
20, o SO, Dining Carr 63j, O2, z 43, Dining
Carl loo0P. M, p Oh night
weekdays, aud i3 p m daily.
WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH.
For Baltimore and Washington 3 so, 2 90 80,
Dining Car, Is, AL, l525 Congress
sionm Limited, Dining Carl, 6i7. 655 Ibin.
Ing CAR, 81 Dining Car p. M and Is o. o5
o. m, 1909, -, Dining Car AL, lj2O Con
gresslonal Limited Dining Car 6 % Dining
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

Ask your grocer for the Royal Patent
hour, and take no other brand. 1t is the best
-four made.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02
Arrival OF the.Cruiser Topeka.

New York, May 2.-The United States
cruiser Topeka, formerly the Diogenes
commanded by Lieutenant j. ]. Knapp
which sailed from Falmouth, Eng.
April 10, arrived safely in port yester-
day, after a rough passage of IL days
The Topeka entered the narrows at
a. m, where she slowed down for the
health officers inspection, then pro-
ceeding to the man-of-war anchorage
off Tompkinsville. The cruiser carries
a crew of 46 men. Lieutenant KNAPP
said he had not sighted any war YES
sells during the voyage.
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MOONS PHASES.

Thirty-fve years make generation. That
is how long Adolph Fisher, of GAINESVILLE,
o., suffered from piles lie was cured by
using three boxes of DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salye. G. II. Hagenbuch.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

Cure the cough and save the life" DR.
Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures coughs and
colds, down to the very verge Of cOnsumption.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

Children like it, it saves their lives We
mean One Minute Cough Cure, the infallible
remedy for coughs, colds Group, bronchitis
grippe and all throat and lung troubles c..
II. Hagenbuch.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1898-05-02

The farmer, the:mechanic and the bicycle
drier are liable to unexpected cuts and
bruises. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is the
best thing to keep ON hand. 1t heals quickly
ard is a we'll known cure for piles. q. IL
Hagenbueh
Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-05-28

AN tNpEE.,tBlIHD OPINION.


Not having been able to give
tie ColCiliSt letters from all the
oints visited in Alaska, as re-
GupStel. | will try and make
amends 10y giving general sum
mary from this point Afl,ert
looking over the situation for
several months ANA comparing
all the points 4 advantage, |
nave finally. settled GA Wrangel
Is he coming permanent port
Of Alaslla. "tomparisons are
olious' YET it would be difficult
20 point ont all the advantages
Of Wrngel without abiding to
other points on the coast.
That the residents Of Dvea
and SkagWaN have more Vim and
energy than the people of any
other point on the coast is Il self
evident fact: and to this fact
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Stikeen River journal. (Fort Wrangel, Alaska) 1898-1899, 1898-05-28

goa Dcll. 1 cSill luht IL lllt
head of the Yukon. Now if there
is any reason or sense IN going
half around the earth or climbing
mountain passes and running
dangerous rapids to reach the
very point where Il proSpeetor
would naturally want To beg'n
work when he eau reach that
point with his whole outfit, IN
GLIDING animals. by steamboat
via Wrangel and .StilScen. for
one cannot see either,
No one in Alaska pays the
slightest attention to the pos
simistie predict ions OF the boom
PLAYING out. When the gold area,
tho shcrtrCsS Of the prospecting
season and the difficulties to be-
encountered ara alloc(1Esidered,
there is no danger of the gold
excitement playing out or even
/ lessenin9 in this generation.
That there will be one great
port of entry and egrrSs for this
the most extensive gold field
oyer discovered goes without
saving. That old Fort Wrangc!
has the call for this vantage
point consider settled beyond
reasonable dispute. | predict
that in six months it will hardly
have a rival. 1t has Il climate
about the Same as Seattle or
! Victoria: it has the best protect
cd harbor for deep SEA gong
vessel, on the coast; |! Is n
superb location for 4 large city.
There, is ample room Tor rNtp. =
sion. The facilities for dialna""
are, naturally perfect. 1t IS as
near the mouth of the Stlkeen
river as a sea port can be bui!t.
and ii already has Il good start.
1t is true the old town is badly
laid out. 1t has many CT the
characteristic of an Indian vii
lace. The streets ara narrow
and crooked, and it will he diff
ticl,lt to have them Widen"d and
IStraightrnpd on account OF tn"
trnacitV of the natives to hold on
TO the homrSteadS of their fore
fathers But all Shch~ Obstacles
are Obyiated in the adjoining
town of North Wrangel, where
! broad streets are lald out at
right angles TO each other, where
there is a splendid deep water
front and several substantial
wharvos are being built where
the strnets will be graded and Il
broad board walk along the
g.. beach down to the court hollS"
E., and custom house. scarcely Il
quarter Of a mile, is being con.
structcd, and above all whore
there is stream Of pure fresh
water. rushing right through the
centre OF the town into the ocean
The stol'io, circulated about
the Stikeen river not being naVi-
gable in, summer and impo>sibiN
on ice in winter. you can set
fdOWn as bOSh. The river is casi-
! " navi~able for six months in the
ycar-from the first of May till
I the last of October. Steamboats,
drawing not over FIVE feet of
water have no trouble. The old
Alaskan drew five feet and the
new Louise draws four feet and
a half when loaded.
The Mackcn2ic 4 Mann rail
road outfit. horses. mules and all
went up on the ice TO Telegraph
Creek, ll5 miles, the head OF
navigation. You can ride Il
horse and drive animals over the
trail now from Glenora to Teslin
Lake. There will soon be Il
good wagon road as the country
is rolling and open all the way.
There is no range to cross In
fact you can hardly tell whore
the divide is. With sea port
like Wrangel and a river like the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
TURNS BLACK AT DEATH.
Fate of Adolph Kessner, Bitten by .
blind RattIesnake.

Fate of Adolph Kessner, Bitten by .
Blind RattIesnake.
After living more than two years in
agony and gradually turning as black
as a negro, Adolph Kessner died re-
Gently in San Antonio aged % years.
He was poisoned by a rattlesnake's
bite. The boy was of the blonde Ger
man type and unusually fair, but at
the time of his death his skin was close
to ebony in color. His father owns
San Pedro's Springs, a suburban re-
sort. 1t is of hilly and rocky ground
and the chaparral ~thereabout Is thick
ly populated with rattlesnakes. From
a child young Kessler had shown a pc
culiar animosity to these reptiles and
hunted them industriously. He SEEM
ed to have no fear of them whatever.
When he got older he took to skinning
them when dead and curing their hides
and at one time he had some
hundreds Of the skins in the
house. Eight years age he sold
them to a man who wished to make
cravats of them. Since then he had
disposed of many other skins. He had
never before been bitten. His method
of killing them was peculiar. He used
no weapon. When he found a snake
coiled ready for it's spring he would
throw a stick at it and irritate it into
leaping. Then he would coolly mash
the reptiles head with his heel. He
said that he got no satisfaction from
shooting them or Staying them with 4
club. The rattlesnake goes blind in
July for a little while and is at that
time especially venomous. In July, 1895,
Kessner found a large n near his
fathers house and stamped it as usual.
He seized it by the tail and started in
to the house to show it to his father.
The snake was not quite dead. 1t
twisted in his hand, it's mangled head
came in contact with his right thigh,
near the hip, and it buried it's fangs in
his flesh. The wound was treated with
ammonia, the young man drank a lot
Of whisky, and apparently was little
the worse for the bite. Ten days aft
erward the skin around the wound be-
gan 10 uaTken anu III Il llIlle Wnlle was
a blush black. This shade extended
over his body and up and down his
limbs. 1t assembled to the neck and
thence to his face. For a while the
lower part of his face vas black and
the remainder white. When Kessner
died the black shade had assembled to
the roots of his hair, and but for his
equiline features he would have been
taken at first glance for a negro. Dur
ing all this time he was tormented
with racking pains in his limbs, sim
liar to rheumatic twinges, and was al
so troubled with insomnia. The pains
grew worse as time went IN, and just
before his death they were almost I'M
endurable.
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LITERARY NOTES,

George w. Gable, who has just ended
a somewhat lengthy visit to England,
where he was very cordially received,
promises to write a book of his impress
sions of England. Turn about is fair
play.
The demolition of Furnivall's inn,
Holborn, is now almost complete. The
last portion of the birthplace of Pick
wick to fall under the destroyer's hand
will be the gateway, which still stands
forlorn amid the ruin-leading no.
where.
Surprise has been expressed that the
Ashburnham first folio Shakespeare
brought only $2,925 at a recent sale.
1t was supposed that not less than $4,-
900 would be realized from it. The
reason given is that after it was cata-
logued two or three small blemishes
were discovered, which were thought
to detract from its, value.
MIR. S%winburne left Oxford without
taking a degree and takes pride in
avowing his illiteracy. N~otwithstand-
ing this fact, he is a master of Greek
and French. He grows more eccentric
in his waxing years, now approaching
three score and ten, lives near London,
but is almost never seen in society,
and is particularly fond of children.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
DEVIOUS

Barytone-The singer who Is classed
as a bass imitation.
Bluff-A pretty good substitute for
anything but brains.
Sympathy-The connecting link be-
tween joy and sorrow.
Sentimental good thing so long as
it can be kept on a paying basis.
Roomy-The fiat with many room
but with no room in any of them.
Heaven-The place where we imag-
inc every one is as good as we are.
Silence-Something that is especially
golden when we have nothing to say.
Conscience-The part Of a man that
hurts him when his neighbor does
wrong.
Notwithstanding that always
makes a man act different when be
knows some one is watching him.
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took from his pocket a package of a
newly invented cough candy" ani,
after passing it first to the ladies, he
helped himself to the balance and toss
ed the paper out of the window.
He was in the midst of a high encom-
lum on the new nostrum, more than
half the efficacy of which, he insisted,
depended on it's being taken by sue
ton, when a shrill whistle was heard,
and almost Immediately the coach
stopped, while two faces, hideously
BACKED, presented themselves, one at
each window.
"Sorry to trouble you" said the man
on the right, acknowledging with a
bow two lady-like screams from the
back seat, "but business is business,
and ours will 500 be yer, if things go
smoothly"
"Of course, gentlemen, you will spare
as far as may be consistent with your
disagreeable duty, the feelings of these
ladies'" appealed the polite passenger,
in his blandest manner
ooh, certainly; they shall be first at
tended to, and shall not be required to
leave their places, or to submit to a
search. unless their conduct renders it
necessary"
"And now, ladies, continued the rob-
Der, the barrel of his pistol glittering in
the light of the coach lamp, "be so
good as to pass out your purses,
watches and such other trinkets as
may be accessible, without too much
trouble"
The ladies came down handsomely,
and we're not further molested.
One by one the rest of us were
gentleman's turn coming first. He
submitted with a winning grace, and
was robbed like a very Chesterfield.
My own affair, like the sum I lost, is
scarcely worth mentioning. The Quak-
er's turn came next. He quietly hand
ed over his pocketbook and watch, and
when asked if he had any other valua-
bles said may"
A Quaker's word is good even among
thieves, so after a hasty good night"
the robber thrust his pistol into his
pocket, and, with his W companions
n of whom had held the reins Of the
leaders, was about taking his depar-
ture.
STOP" exclaimed the Quaker, in a
tone more of command than Of request
"Stop! What for?" returned the
other, in evident surprise.
"For at least two good reasons" was
the reply, emphasized with a couple
Of Derringers, cooked and presented.
"Help!" shouted the robber.
"Stop!" the Quaker again exclaimed
"And If one of thy sinful companions
advances a step to thy relief, the spiri'
will surely move me to blow tiny
brains out"
The robber at the opposite window
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

struction work now in progress on the
Panama canal is on a scale of magni-
tude which will bring the enterprise to
a successful issue," said B. l.. Hewson,
of the Isthmus of Panama, to a Post
reporter at the Ebbitt. There are
now over 1000 men employed OF the
canal, and the work is being done in a
thorough and scientific fashion. Had
the first company proceeded as CAREFUL
ly as the present one is, the canal
would have been in operation long ere
this, but the first company ~squandered
millions of dollars without hardly leav-
ing a thing to show for the money that
was spent like water. The canal COM
pany owns the Panama railroad that
runs across the isthmus, but the active
management Is in other hands. ALI
the officers of the road and higher en-
ployes are Americans. 1t is a broad
gagged road, forty-seven miles in
length, and in recent years has done a
heavy business. Its passenger tariff
Is the highest in the world, as the
charge for taking one over the route is
$40 in gold, or almost 80 cents per
mile."-Washlngton Post.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
Lords Prayer in Former Times.

A. D. 1258.-Fader ure in heune, hal
eeweide beeth thi neune. Cumen thi
kuneriche. Thi willie booth idon in
heune and in erthe. The euerych
dave Dried gif Gus thilk dave. And
worzif ure dettes as vi vorzifen ure
dettoures. And lene us nought into
temptation, bot delyvor of uvel.
Amen.
A. D.. 130O.-Fadir our in hevene,
Halewyd by thi name, thi kingdom
come. Thi willie be done as in hevene
and in erthe. Cure urche dayes bred
give us today. And forgive us our
dettes, as we forgive our dettoures.
And lede us not into temptation. Bote
delyvere us of yvel. Amen.
A. D. 15S2.-Ovr father which art in
heaven, sanctified by thy name. Let
thy kingdom come. Thy will be done,
as in heaven in earth also. Glue vs.
today our super substantial bread.
And lead VS. not into temptation. But
deliuer VS. from evil. Amen.
A. D. 1611.-Our father which is in
heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy
kingdom come. Thy will be done, in
earth as it is in heauen. Glue us this
day our dayly bread. And forgive VS.
our debts as We forgive our debtors.
And lede VS. not into temptation, bvt
deliuer VS. from evil. For thine is the
kingdome, and the power Of glory for
euer. Amen.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24

Crystal palace, London, recently, he
reached a higher elevation than ever
mortal had yet attained. Mr.. Spencer
Is a Snowman well practiced in the
showman's art and he is fully alive
to the modern fad for record-beating
achievements, but, unfortunately for
his widely advertised accomplishment,
there still lives in the little town of
Iottenham, near London. a remark
able man, who will be so years old
March 2 next, who had undoubtedly
penetrated farther into space by near
ly 10000 feet than Stanley Spencer
even claims to have done.
Henry Coxwell, whose name and
reputation as an aeronaut has been
world renowned for half a century, on
Sept. 5, 1862, reached an altitude of
$4,000 feet, or within forty feet of
seven miles, whereas Spencer only
lays claim to an elevation of 27,500
feet, or five and one-fifth miles. While
Spencer's recent ascent from the Crys-
tai palace was confessedly made for
exhibition purposes, Coxwell's ascent
was a private one, undertaken solely
in the interests of science. His COM
panion In the memorable voyage was
the late James Glaisher, F. R. S., pro-
lessor of meteorological science at the
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1898-12-24
THE DETECTIVE.

We were five passengers in all--two
gentleman and a Quaker on the mid
die, and myself on the one in front.
The two ladies might have been
mother and daughter, aunt and niece,
governess and charge, or might have
sustained any other relationship which
made it proper for two ladies to travel
together unattended.
The middle-aged gentleman was
sprightly and laxative. He soon
struck up an acquaintance with the
ladies', toward whom, in his zeal to do,
he rather overdid, the agreeable
bowling and smiling and chatting over
bis shoulder in a way painfully sug-
g%estive, at his time of life, of a "crick"
In the neck. He was evidently a gay
Lothario.
The Quaker wore the uniform Of his
sect, and confined his speech, as many
a parliamentarian would save his cred
1t by doing, to simple yeas" and
nays" AS for myself, l make it an
invariable rule of the road to be mere
ly a looker-on and listener.
Toward evening l was aroused from
one of those reveries into which a
young man, without being either a poet
or a lover, will sometimes fall, by the
abrupt query from the talkative gen.
tleman:
Are you armed, sir?"
II am not" l answered, astonished,
no doubt, visibly, at the question.
II am sorry to hear it," he replied;
for before reaching our next stopping
place it will be several hours in the
night, and we must pass over a por-
ton of the road in which more thai
n robbery is reported to have been
committed"
The ladies turned pale, but the
stranger did his best to reasuure them.
Not that l think there is the slight
est danger at present" he resumed;
"only when one is responsible for the
safety of ladies, you know such a thing
as a pistol in reach would materially
aid to ones confidence"
Your principles, my friend" ad-
dressed the Quaker, 81 presume are as
much opposed to carrying as to using
carnal weapons"
YEA" was the response.
"Have the villains murdered any OF
their victims?" the elderly lady nerv-
ously inquired.
COR have they contented themselves
with-with-plundering them?' added
the younger, in a timorous voice.
decidedly the latter" the amiable
gentleman fastened to give assurance;
land as we are none of us prepared to
offer resistance in case of attack,
nothing worse than robbery can posi-
bly, befall u.s."
Then, after blaming his thoughtless-
ness in having unnecessarily introduce
ed a disagreeable subject, the gentle
man quite excelled himself in efforts to
raise the spirits of the company, and
had succeeded SO we'll by the time
night set in that all had quite forgot
ten, or only remembered their fears to
laugh at them.
Our genial companion fairly talked
himself hoarse. Perceiving which, he