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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
Guarding Against Yellow Fever.

There has not been n case of yellow
fever in Charleston for q years, and
there will be none here this year or in
any future year if the health authorities
exercise the vigilance and care which
have marked their efforts during the past
two decades and more. The records
show, we believe. that there is not now
a single case Of the dread disease i'll the
United States, the authorities in the
southwest having succeeded in stamping
out the disease, which appeared several
weeks ago at McHenry, Miss. But too
great stress cannot be laid upon tho i'm.
portance and necessity Of thorough sani-
tation in all the cities Of the country,
and particularly in the southern cities
which are nearest to the nest Of infec-
ton in Cuba The effect of the active
sanitation Of this city last summer dur
ing the prevalence of the yellow scourgo
in the southwest has been reflected in
the general healthfulncSs Of the com
munity ever since charleston News
and COurier
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
THE ALL ROUND ATHLETE.
BE Was a Buffer and Was Really Expert
at Only One Thing.

1t was a New York drummer who
told this story:
81 stopped in Wilmington, Del, four
or five nights ago" he said "and be-
ing rather lonesome-for Wilmington
is not the Chicago of the Atlantic sea-
board, all report to the contrary not
withstanding-I went with three other
fellows up street a piece and half to
a billiard parlor for excitement. We
had played a few games-in fact, it
was about time to quit-when a rather
we'll dressed party, feet tall and
weighing 200 in his stockings, came III
and after talking around promiscnous
like awhile he offered to bet any amount
that ne could beat any man in the
room. at any game of billiards he might
select.
81 am only fair sort Of player, as
my companions were, and we backed
away, for I'm never the one to catch
any singed cat snaps if know myself
Everybody else was as cautious, and
seeing no takers of his bet he offered 10
double his wager that he could knock
any man in the room out in four rounds
He slung out his chest and shut up
big pair of fists in a way that was not
inviting to the amateur, and nobody
offered to go into the ring with the
slugger. AS for myself, | couldn't have
stood up against a giant like that for
half a round, and 1 felt like chucking
down behind the table till the air
cleared
1.-THE big fellow by this time was
becoming sassy and in rapid succession
offered to swim or row or shoot or fence
or ride or even play a game Of golf
against any man in the room at any
time any one might designate, but there
was no one to take him up, for it was
apparently a Delaware crowd, and
therefore prominently conservative.
At last the stranger picked up one of
the billiard balls on the table where we
had just finished our game and, jug
Cling it minute, he offered to bet he
could hold it out at arms length for 80
minutes
"Well, it seemed that every man in
the room knew how darn heavy post
age stamp got at the end Of a mans ex-
tended arm in about five minutes, and
there was a rush to take him up. He
was betting to ), and it wasn't long
until he he had up s. or IS covered by
all the loose change the crowd had, a
cooperative bet having been made up
against the Spaniard, let US call him.
The preliminaries being finished the
feat began, and we sat around waiting
hungrily to divide the spoils, but the
longer we waited the longer he held on,
and when the half hour was up he let
the ball down as easy as if it didn't
weigh over an ounce.
1--WE looked at each other and looked
at him. Sorry, gents, he said, as he
raked in the pot. Sorry, but you ought
to have seen my bluff. This little trick
is my entire stock in trade, and can't
row or swim or ride or do Il thing ex-
cept lot of suckers. Good evening,
and before we had time to take the Of
fensive he had disappeared into the fog
gy Wilmington night. - Washington
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

can recollect on common honesty"
Now, that may be an exaggerated
statement of things in England, but |
am very certain that in MI parts Of tho
earth we need TO preach the moralities
of the gospel right along beside the faith
Of the gospel.
~ Eearer, what arc you doing with
tbay fraudulent document in your peck
etg Ny otner hearcr, how are you get.
ting along with that wicked scheme
YOU have low OF foot: Is that pool
ticket" you have IN your pocket? Why,
D young man. were you last night prac-
ticing in copying your employers sig
nature? Where We're you last night?
Are your habits as good as when you
left ycur fathers house! You had q
Christian ancestry perhaps, and you
have had too many prayers spent on you
10 90 overheard DIR. Livingstone, the
famous explorer. was descended from
the highlanders, and he said that one
of his ancestors, one Of the highland
ers, one day called his family around
him. The highlander was dying; he
had his children arornd his deathbed.
He said Now, my lads 1 have looked
all through our history as far back as
can find il, and | want you to under
stand you inherit good blood. You have
no excuse for doing wrong. My lads,
be honest. "
BE Honest Eefore God.
All, my friends, be honest before
God, be honest before your fellow men,
be honest before your soul! II there be
those who have wandered away, come
back, come home, come now, one and
all, come into the kingdom of God.
am glad some one has set to music
that scene in August. 1851, when a
young girl saved from death a whole
rail train of passengers. Some Of you
remember that out west in that year on
stormy night hurricane blew down
part of railroad Lridge. A freight
train came along and it crashed into the
ruin, and the engineer and conductor
persisted There was a girl living III
her fathers cabin, near the disaster,
and she heard the crash Of the freight
train. and she knew that in few mo-
ments an express was due. She lighted
a lantern and clambered up on the one
beam of the wrecked bridge on TO the
main bridge, which was trestlework,
and started to cross amid the thunder
and the lightning of the tempest and
the raging of the torrent beneath. One
misstep and it would have been death.
Amid all that horror the lantern went
out. Crawling sometimes and sometimes
walking over the slippery rails and over
the trestlework she came to the other
side of the river. She wanted to get to
the telegraph station, where the express
train did not stop, so that the danger
might be telegraphed to the station
where the train did stop. The train was
due in a few minutes. She was one
mile off from the telegraph station, but
fortunately the train was late. With
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
A Naval Cipher.

The naval cipher, says the Detroit
Journal, would make a good textbook
for the puzzle editors and the queer
people who solve their freakish maneu-
yerings. Words and sentences are as in
volved in these mysterious writings as
it is well nigh possible for human
thoughts to be concealed. All the great
departments of the government have
their own way of transmitting secret
messages, but the naval code is the most
intricate and yexatious Of all.
This naval code has been doing bust
ness for a good many years, but no one
ever thought much about 1t until the
Washington newspaper men suddenly
discovered that it was very great nui-
sance in their business. Not that these
enterprising chaps are unpatriotic and
want TO pry into government secrets,
but the transmission Of a code message
takes such long time that the waiting
becomes tiresome. In some mysterious
manner the receipt Of an important mes
sage is always breathed forth in this
little newspaper community, and there
is usually scurrying to the department
to get such portions as are to be given
out.
At first sight these code cablegrams
are not different from any other code
messages They are tumble Of words
from all languages. LIMOGES and dialects,
with sprinkling of common street
slang. They suggest history, prizefights,
art criticisms, mathematical problems,
politics, circus advertising, and, in
fact, almost everything except some
thing about ships. Italian words are
Joined to Bowery brevities to fc~" one
word, and strange surprises come 81 the
shape of collection of letters with rs
on both ends and two or three Ks in the
middle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

Here is an extract from a letter writ
ten by a sailor boy on the Boston at
Manila: when we just got word TO
stop firing on our gun, Mr. Robinson
came along and said, Let me give her
Just one kiss for my wife The gun was
already loaded, he sighted it quick;
the shot hit a gunboat and carried away
the whole of her bow. pity Mr.. Rob-
inson's wife if that's the way he kisses
her. Yonkers Statesman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
VALUE OF LONDON.
Striking Estimate of the Market Prices OF
Famous Public Buildings.


A striking article which appeared in
London recently, describing the mar
ket" value Of London, has a timely sug-
gestiveness in connection with the bat
tie between public and private interests
over Copley square, says the Boston
Transcript. London's Greatest treasures
are known by nalke to all, and London
is so far away that the valuation put
upon them will not stir other emotions
than precisely those which 1t Is the pur-
pose Of the statistician to arouse. Man
sion House, which cost $40, 900 to build,
saws the writer, is now valued at fully
ten times that figure. The Royal Elk
change, as a building Of bricks and NOR
tar. is worth e2OO, 900, but land in that
neighborhood has recently sold at the
rate Of $40, 900, 900 an acre, so that g.,
600, 900 is probably not an excessive
valuation for the exchange.
Eight bridges over the Thames cost
e5. 600, 600 to build, but are now worth
much more than that, while the tunnels
underneath are worth other millions
and the embankment is worth probably
double the $4,000, 600 which it cost to
make. If St. Pauls were private prop
erty, you might induce the owner to
sell It for Gl0, 900, 600, but the likeli-
hood is very remote. Those tattered
banners which you have seen 50 often
would arouse pretty keen bidding at
the sales. Westminster abbey is difficult
to value But the sales give us some
idea of what historic treasures are worth
In the market, and should not be sur
prised if the abbey-put up in lots
realized ESQ, 000,0 600.
The British museum, which anybody
can see for nothing, could not be bought
up by all the millionaires in America.
If it were absolutely empty 1t would
be worth 81, 800, 900, and it is full Of
priceless treasures The National gal
lery is worth millions It cost, with
the new Tate gallery section, $3.50, 900
to build and has one picture which cost
Ga an inch. The Nelson column,
close by, is worth ESQ, 600, and tho
statue Of King George III, little way
down Pail Mall. cost Ga, 600. The AL
bert Hall and Royal aquarium are both
worth about e25O, 900, but the Crystal
palace cost more than three times the
value of both of these. Earl's Court, tho
great show rivaling the palace, has mil
lions worth of treasures, and even
when it is empty the 20 acres Of gardens
and buildings are worth $500, 600. I'm
agine buying the Tower, the Holborn
viaduct, the miles of sewers, walks and
pavements, the various markets. OF
which four-which are for cattle-ac-
tually cost 10000, 900 between them.
Think Of the hospitals and schools and
churches and fancy the market value Of
the parks cut into city lots. The en-
frances alone Of Hyde park are said to
have cost nearly 81, 400, 600. Does the
statement made by the English writer
seem extravagant, that all the coined
money in the world today would not
adequately represent the value of what
the poor can see and use in London5
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
lola on Reading.

Emile lola has been drawn ont by q
young German woman, who has been
writing to several authors Of books not
intended for the young, such as Ibsen
and Hauptmann, to ask which Of their
works they think suitable for young
girls to read. Zols's answer was;
"Young girls should read only what
their parents allow them to. An author
has no authority to point out which OF
his books should be forbidden and which
permitted "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
lightning Rods.

A lightning specialist maintains that
rods are no protection, and that most
precautions taken by people to keep out
Of the path Of possible electrical dis
charge are useless. The recent wonder.
full discoveries in relation to the nature
Of electrical force prove the worthless.
ness Of the lightning rod, but offer
nothing toward disarming the thunder
holt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

A St. Lonis physician says; 81 at
tribute many colds contracted in sum-
mer TO the new hot weather luxury
electric fans. Artificial ventilation is
seldom healthy. The swift draft Of an
electric fan not infrequently closes the
pores of the skin, resulting in severe
colds. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

Trains 10, II. 8 and SO daily except
Sunday.
For rates, tickets and baggage checks
apply to any Office of the Southern
Railway, or 10 l.. ;. Brown, Gen. Agt.
1900 Pcnna. Ave. Washington ID. c
VII. GREEN. J. VI. CULP. W.A.TURK
Gen. Supt. Traffic Man. G.. Z. j
Washington, ID. c,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

the result. The large red splotches on my
chest began 10 grow paler and smaller. and
before long disappeared entirely. reSained
my lost weight. became stronger, and my aP
petite greatly improved. was soon enuie'
,reII and INV akin as clear as a piece OF glass.
II. L. MYERS, 100 Mulberry ST., Newark n. j.
Don't destroy all possible chance OF a
cure by taking the doctors treatment
of mercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair TO fall out, and VIII
wreck the entire system.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12

at first, but afterwards
spread all over my body.
These soon broke Outinto
sores, and It is easy to
imagine the suffering |
endured. Before | be-
came convinced that the
doctors could do no good,
l had spent a hundred
dollars, which was really
thrown away. / then
tried various patent
medicines. but they did
not reach the disease.
When l had finished my
first bottle OF $. 5. ;. |
was greatly improved
and was delighted with
49, -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
Copper Colored
SplOtChes.

There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison-the disease which has
completely baffled the doctors. They
are totally unable to cure it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
up in the blood and concealing it from
view. S. S. S. cures the disease posi-
lively and permanently by forcing out
every trace Of the faint.
I was afflicted with terrible blood disease,
which was in spots az frat, but afterwards
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-08-12
A SINGLE STANDARD

only Is possible. whether as test Of excel
cnce ia journalism, or tor the measurement
of quantities. time or values; and
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-09-16
SCHOFIELD AND GORDON.
President Asks Them to Investigate the
Conduct of the War.

President Asks Them to Investigate the
Conduct of the War.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-President
Mckinley has rendered places on the
proposed commission to investigate
the war department, in relation to the
conduct of the Hispano-American war,
to Major General Schofield, former
commanding general of the army, and
to ex-senator John Il. Gordon of
Georgia.
The question of investigating the
administration of the var department
and the appointment of commissioners
to conduct the investigation was gone
over. Whether the President will
direct the investigation depends upon
his ability to find men for the commits
sion in whom there will be such uni
versal approval that their verdict will
be accepted in advance as a just deter
mination of the subject. If such men
can be found, then the President will
name them and order the investiga-
ton; if they cannot be found, then the
investigation will not occur.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-09-16
WOMEN.
.ey Are Fond of Cheerful Surround

Fhey Are Fond OF Cheerful Surround
ings-uow to improve Your Homes.
Probably at no time in the worlds
history has so much attention been
paid to the interior decoration OF
homes as at present. No home. no
matter how humble, Is without its
handiwork that helps to beautify tho
apartments and make the rou
tngs more cheerful. The taste OF the
American people has kept pace with
the age, and almost every day brings
forth something new in the way OF q
picture, a draping, a piece OF furniture
or som form Of mural decoration.
Ono of the latest Of these has been
given to the world by the celebrated
artist, Muville, in a series OF four
handsome porcelain game plaques.
Not Tor years has anything as hand
some In this line been seen. The CUB
5ects represented by these plaques are
American WILL Ducks, American
Pheasant. American Quail and English
Snipe. They are handsome paintings
and are especially designed for hang
ing on dining-room walls, though
their richness and beauty entities them
to a place in the parlor OF any home.
These original plaques have been pur-
chased at a cost Of 10000 by j. G.
Hubinger Bros. Co., manufacturers OF
the celebrated Elastic Starch, and in
order to enable their numerous Gus
toners to become posses5ors OF these
handsome works Of art they have had
them reproduced by a special process
in all the rich colors and beauty 0f
the original. They are finished on
heavy cardboard, pressed and m
bossed in the shape OF a plaque and
trimmed with a heavy band Of gold.
They measure forty inches in circ1m-
ference and contain no reading matter
Or adv ertisement whatever.
Until October 1 Messrs. J.. C. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co. propose to distribute
tLese plaques free to their customers.
Every purchaser of three ten-cent
packages of Elastic Starch. 1at-iron
brand, manufactured by ]. c. Hubin-
ger Bros. Co., Is entitled to receive
one of these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and new Gus
toners alike are entitled to the bene-
fits of this offer. These plaques viii
not be sent through the mail, the only
way to obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store IN the
country has Elastic Starch for sale. It
Is the Oldest and best laundry starch
on the market, and is the most perfect
cold process starch ever invented. It
Is the only starch made by men who
thoroughly understand the laundry
business, and the only starch that will
not iniure the finest fabric. 1t has been
the standard for q quarter OF a CEN
fury, and as an evidence Of how good
It is twenty-five million packages were
sold last year. Ask your dealer to
show you the plaques and tell you
about Elastic Starch. Accept no sub
stitute. Bear In mind that this offer
holds good a short time only. and
should be taken advantage Of without
delay.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-09-16
NEW NAME FOR ISLANDS.
VIII Be Known as Territory of Hawaii
Hereafter.

VIII BE known as Territory of Hawaii
Hereafter.
SAN Francisco. Cal, Sept. 12.-The
steamer Coptic, from Yokohama and
Hong Kong. via Honolulu, brings the
following advices from the latter city,
under date of September >:
1t will be the Territory of Hawaii"
That is the name which the annexa-
ton commission has decided to recon-
mend to Congress.
The form of the government will be
modelled on that of existing territories.
There will be no more further depart
ures from this form than local condi-
tions and national political considera-
tions makes necessary. The ultimate
possibility of statehood will not be
barred. There will be no District of
Columbia or Alaska form of govern
ment proposed. Local self-government
will be given'through the extension of
municipal idea. The islands will be
divided into municipal districts, hav-
ing control, under restrictions and
limitations, of purely local affairs.
Honolulu, for instance, will be a mu-
nicipal district, embracing the whole
of the island of Oahu.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-09-16
Mauser or Krag-Jorgensen?

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-General
Flagler, chief of ordnance, has APP
pointed a beard of ordnance officers to
examine into the efficiency of modern
army guns as shown by the war. 1t
is the especial object of this board to
determine the relative merits of the
Springfield 45-caliber rife used by the
volunteers and the 32-caliber Krag-
~Jorgensen in use by the regular army.
They will also carefully inquire into
the efficiency of the Mauser rifle used
by the Spanish, and the field and
siege guns with which Genera! Shat
ter bombarded Santiago.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1898-09-16
MILES TELLS ARMY'S NEEDS.
Says There Should BE One Soldier for
Each Loo Population.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-General
10 o'clock yesterday and spent a short
time in his room at army headquar-
ters. Speaking of the future of the
army, General Miles said that there
was a number of matters which re-
quired careful and deliberate consider
alton with respect to the army organ
ization, and that undoubtedly steps in
that direction would be taken as o
as practicable. The acquisition of
territory obviously made it necessary
that there should be a larger army,
and the experience of the war had
demonstrated the necessity of estab-
fishing Il standard and having the
troops thoroughly trained to the mill
tary service. 1t was desirable, he
said, that the army should be
organized on the basis of one
soldier to every certain number of in
habitants. 1t was recognized by mil
itary authorities, even before the close
of the war of the rebellion, that the
establishment of u standard was de-
sirable, but from time to time the
army had been reduced. until it had
reached a number disproportionate!y
small to the size of the country and
its population. He thought that one
soldier to every 1000 population prob
ably would be found to be the right
ratio for the standard, and that the
army standard being adopted, would
increase according to the recognized
needs of the government in an exact
ratio to the increase of the population.
He said that it was just as necessary
that soldiers should have proper train
ing as it was to train men to build
houses, or to have a man skilled in his
profession to perform any professional
service. 1t was essential that an
army should be composed of soldiers
trained to their profession, command
ed by efficient officers in every grade
and controlled strictly according to
military principles. That military
operations should be directed by mil
itary men, he said, was too obvious to
need to be stated.