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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

A peculiar nature Is that which com
blnes lmpulslve frankness with the re-
serve acquired by n thoughtful mind
accustomed to depend upon Itself.
Such a person hates to reveal trait
Of character. In early times men
made their houses OF tree branches
covered with mud. There Is still much
Of the savage In us, and we enjoy hid
Ing In such an aboriginal habitatIon.
We cover our true self with cynicism
or conceal 1t under reserve. Occasion
ally a passerby knocks of bit OF the
outer crust and catches a glimpse Of
the interior. and then we feel annoyed
at the mental Paul Pry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

Trains Nos l3, II, II and ~ run
daily except Sunday. Nos. and 80
daily.
Arrive at and depart from Pennsyl.
vania K. r. Passenger Station, Wash
ngton, ID. c., where both trains make
immediate connection for and from
Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York.
For detail information appn TO Agent OF
the Southern Railway, or write TO
l.. s. BROWN, Gen' Agent.
r. Fifteenth St.,-S. w., Washington, d.
h..: u. CANNON. J.M.CULP. w.A.TURR
ID :. =. 4 Gen. NJ. Traffic Man. G.I,A
Washington, ID q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
NINE MEN DROWNED.
Raft Capsized in Manila Containing
InIfnd sfafcs Soldiers.

Raft Capsized In Manila Containing
United states soldiers.
Manila, Aug. 22.-While a recOnnoit-
ering party if the Twenty-fourth in
fantry, under Captain Crane. was cross
ing the Mariquina river on raft yes
terday, the hawser broke. The current.
very swift at that point. caused the
raft to capsize, drowning nine enlisted
men. The United States transport Tar
tar. from San Francisco July "a with
leneial Joseph Wheeler and his daugh-
ter, troops of the Nineteenth infantry
and more than $4,000 900 in coin. has
arrived
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
the merits of S. s. S. every claim

made for It is backed up strongly by CONVINCING
testimony of those who have been cured by it
and know of its virtues by experience
Mr.. L. ]. Clark, of Orange Courthouse, Va, writes:
For six years had an obstinase running ulcer on my
ankle which at times caused me intense suffering was
30 disabled for long while that was wholly unht for
business One of the doctors treated constantly
but did me no good then tried various blood remedies
without the least benefit. S so highly recon-
mended that l concluded to try it, and the effect was
wonderful 1t seemed to get right at the seat of the
disease and force the poison out, and COM
pletely cured" Swift's Specific
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
s. 8. 8, FOR THE BLOOD

drives out every mpury the blood and in this way
permanently the most obstinate sore or ulcer 1t
tans not particle of potash mercury other mineral 8
cures Contagious Blood Poison Srofua Cancer" Catarrh Eczema
Rheumatism Sores Ulcers Bois OF blood trouble Insist
upon S S.; nothing take its place go
Valuable books mailed by Swift Specific Company Atlanta Ga
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

on the river SliI: TIE chairs |
the cabin are for the ladies. Gent'e
mrn are requested not TO make
use Of them TILL the ladies ale
,ed'eh.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
Waiting.

Waiting.
Hckr-S z TIA, fool mp on I,
train before it stops. Ii makes MT
so mad!
Wicks-H'm, what dye think of
met I've watched that fellow do
that for nearly II year. and be
haen't got killed yet. Boston
Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25

And sou say the IDIOT OF a
teacher told ,Ou LAT yOu had az
extravaq4nt fool of q father ~
THAT'S VIVA lie meant"
"But what did he saSp
"II- SAID it was criminal folly T.
w,str money on the education OF
8 ch a chump HI am levrland
Pratt Dealer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
RUNNING SORE
ON HIS ANKLE.
Obstinate sores and ulcers which
refuse to heal under ordinary treat
ment soon become chronic and deep
seated, and are a sure sign that the
After Six Years Of Intense
Suffering, Promptly Cured

DIV entire circulation is in depaved condition. They
Dy D. u u are drain upon the system, and
snty sappng away vitality In every the poison must
be eliminated from the td and amount OF external treatment
car have any effect . 90 =, q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1899-08-25
l.. X Irwin.
JAMES WICKHAM.
Practica ELECTRICIAN
WOODSTOCK, VA.

is prepared to furnish electrical door
bells, burglar alarms, annunciators sets,
fans, &c. and to repair electrical ap-
paratus of all kinds.
Office and laboratory, Corner of
Court and Muhlenburg streets, Wood
stock, Va.
Prompt attention given to all calls.
Orders by telephone will receive
prompt attention.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Her Parting Thrust.

In the course of a call at a very Jolly
place the other afternoon a girl was
inspired to relate a good story. 1t met
with such success that she was in.
spired to tell another, and yet another,
all the other callers keeping up their
apprectation-all the other cs Hers but
one, that is to say. The exception was
a woman who looked as though she
hoped her rightly would be mistaken
for hauteur, and who was evidently, OF
very conservative notions. With Wis
age grim and never q smile did she
listen to the young woman's anec-
5dotes, until 1t flashed through the lat
ter's mind that she had somewhere
heard that among the antediluvian
races 1t wasn't considered good form
for a woman to tell good stories. At
last this woman rose to go. To every
body but the girl she bowed and said:
Very glad to have met you." To the
girl she; observed, and in precisely the
tone she would have complimented a
poodle for its parlor tricks: i've en-
joyed your. stories 30 much."-Nev
York Evening Sun.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

J. Whitcomb Riley did his first lit
erary work, in the early seventies, for
the Indianapolis Journal, under an as
sumed name. The frstApay he ever re-
ceived for a poem was a suit of clothes
from the late George Harding, Of the
Indianapolis Herald. About 1876 Riley
went east and was welcomed by
Holmes, Whittier and Longfellow. The
New England newspapers made much
CT his visit, and when he returned he
was a hero. Il can remember" said
an old Journal man the other day,
when Riley, with his smooth, boyish
face, slender figure, clad in sacerdotal
garb, used to come around the office
and sit on my desk and dash off non
sense verses in that same copper-plate,
microscopic handwriting that he uses;
today. 'Lige Halford, now a major in
the United States army and President
Harrison's private secretary, was the
editor, and it used to be Riley's chief
delight to submit some of his most
meaningless jingles to Halford for the
editorial page. The major, who never
had the slightest sense of humor, spent
many a weary hour trying to compre-
bend them. You'd better draw a dia-
gram to go with this he would say.
Then a shout Of laughter from the boys
would show him that there was a joke
loose somewhere, and he would retire
into his ONCE to avoid IT."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
s.ANlsH KNIFE puELs.
Their frequency Is Something Appalling
Il Foreigners.

to Foreigners.
The frequency of bloody knife duels
in the cities of southern Spain is
something appalling to foreigners.
Among the lower classes every man
carries a murderous knife, the blade
Of which is usually twelve or thirteen
inches long and of razor-like sharp
ness. 1t is called a faca. The entire
man and boy population carry whis-
ties, pito de carretilla. These whistles
are used for the purpose Of announcing
that a street fight with knives is about
to begin. Everybody within hearing
when a whistle blows rushes to the
scene and is sure to witness the Sc
rious manning if not the killing Of
one or both combatants. Statistics in
dictate that for every 100, 900 inhabit-
ants there is an average of one death
per day resulting from these knife
duels. I was about 9 years old when
1 first witnessed a pelea or faca fight.
I had been to my fathers place of
business and was returning home when
I heard the shrill notes of a pito de
carretilla-then another and another.
l saw men and boys running toward
the intersection of two streets. and I
was quickly among the eager and rap
idly gathering throng. Although 1
had never witnessed a street duel, I
was we'll aware of the meaning of the
blasts upon the whistles, and knew
that two men were sure to engage in
deadly combat. l was among the first
to arrive upon the scene. This is what
saw: Two men of about equal age
and physical proportions were en-
gagged in tying their left legs together
at the ankles with their handker-
chiefs; and they tied them most eff
fectively. Each was bareheaded. 1
can remember even now the deadly
hatred with which each scowled at the
other. Each took off his coat and
placed it carefully upon his left arm.
There was a moments pause-it was
the supreme moment-and then both
men drew their murderous knives
from their sheaths and each began
striking, plunging and slashing at his
opponent, each parrying and guarding
as much a. possible with the arm pro-
tected somewhat by the coat which
hung upon it. AS the men were tied
together, it was impossible for the
fight to be long continued, and in a
very few moments both combatants
had fallen. 1t was found that one had
received seventeen wounds and the
other fourteen; but both were living.
So stretchers were brought from the
Hospital Noble, which was near at
hand, and the wounded men were car
ried there. The sequel Of this pelea
was unique in the particular that the
combatants were p Iced upon cots
which brought them near each other,
and the result was that as soon as they
revived sufficiently they renewed their
fight and both were killed.-Anglo
American Magazine.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
AN OLD FRAUD,
How His Pretty Stcnographer Went Out
tn Iuncb-

How His Pretty Stcnographer Went Out.
to Lunch.
The framing of half the criticism in
the world is dependant upon the way
one looks at things, says the New York
Commercial Advertiser. "There!" ex-
claimed the cynic, in triumph, pointing
across the restaurant with a lean fin
ger, II told you the old mans piety was.
fraudulent. Just look at him-bring-
ing his stenographer here to lunch!',
The stenographer part of the charge
was true and, to make it more dreadful,
she was provokingly pretty. The old
mana merchant of years and repute.
looked (oh, sorrow, to tell IT'D quite,
unashamed. He threw aside the bill of
fare, gave a hurried order to the wait
err and a nod to the fair stenographer-
The latter promptly produced a book
and began taking notes at his dictation-
The cynic fairly Rugged himself.
"Oh," he whispered, what a bluff!
Pretending he's bringing her here to-
work. Boys, isn't it side-splitting?"
The boys" agreed that it was. The
elderly merchant dictated swiftly and
the pretty stenographer's pencil few
over the paper. In twelve minutes the
waiter appeared bearing dainty dishes
and-the elderly merchant Dismissed
the pretty s~tenographer and proceeded
to enjoy his luncheon, leisurely and
alone. THE beast!" sighed the cynic
softly, ITO send as sweet a maid as that
away hungry" And the boys agreed
to that, too.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Women Smoke Tea Cigarettes.

The fierce crusade against tobacco
in London has developed the tea
cigarette, which is particularly pat
ronized by women. Undoubtedly some
of them will find their way to feminine
Anglomaniacs in New York. Tea cigar
cites are made of a coarse grade of
green tea, which has but little dust
and is composed Of unbroken leaf.
This is dampened so that the leaves
may be stuffed in the paper cylinders,
but not sufficiently to affect the pa
per. The taste is said to be disagree
able at first, the effect on beginners
being a n Of oppression in the
head and a desire to take hold OF some
thing. After a few cigarettes have
been smoked the depressed feeling is
-ucceeded by one of intense exhilara-
ton. Physicians say the effect on the
nerves Of continuously smoking tea
cigarettes is as deleterious as drinking
absinthe. The first step toward a cure
is a cup of strong tea.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
Music of q Brass Band.

Music caused the death of a beau
tiful 3-year-old FLY at Florence, Ala,
the other day. A farmer drove the
valuable young mare into town, and
as he was driving up the principal
street a brass bard suddenly struck
up its blatant music. The mare had
never heard any sound like that be-
fore, and SO startled was she that She
dropped dead in the shafts Of the trap.
A veterinary surgeon who examined
the carcass declared that the mare had
died of heart failure due to excitement
caused by the sound of the unaccus-
toned music Of the brass band.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
FOR HIS OWN PEOPLE.
PRINCE VISITS US IN THE IN
TEREST OF PARlAHS.
Declares They Are Slaves-Persecuted
and Oppressed Because They Have
Embraced the Christian ~Religion-Ob-
jects of Evangelism.

Among the passengers on the steam
ship Rotterdam Sunday was one who
described himself as Prince T. B. Pan
dian, from Madras, a member Of the
noble Zermindar family Of India, says
the New York Herald. In his own
country, he explains, he is not permit
ted to use his princely title, because
he has abandoned the religion of his
torefathers and become a Christian,
but everywhere except India the title
goes"
As he received at the Broadway Gen.
;ral hotel in the evening, arrayed in
a brilliant red turban and a broad yell
low sash as incidents to usual evening
dress, Prince Pandian, or Doctor" as
he was registered on the ships pas
senger list, looked every inch a royal
person.
This is my first visit to the United
States," he said, although l have trav-
eled a great deal in Europe lecturing
about my prosecuted people. l have
come here to lecture and to enlist sym
pathy for them. 1t is a mistake to say
that slavery has ceased to exist. My
cause Is to plead for nine millions Of
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

would have swan after the boat; fc-,
desperate though the fortune of those
who were there, l would rather have
shared it than live on the Island Of
Alphonso with such a companion.
His fierce, hooking laugh grated
harshly in my ear, but l needed him
not, and continued to gaze after the
boat and the lessening forms of those
who had abandoned me, not without a
fond and desperate hope that they
would return for me. Every moment l
expected to see her put about; but no!
she held steadily on till hull and sail
and crew were blended into one little
dark spot, which ere long could scarce
ly be discerned on the moonlit morn
ing sea.
Her course was trimmed northeast,
for where they supposed the isle Of
Tristan da Cunha lay. She had caught
a breeze and, before four o'clock in
the morning, the last yestige of her
had disappeared.
Still l did not entirely despair!
The idea of swimming to one Of the
adjacent isles occurred to me; but the
straits between were full OF foaming
breakers and sharks; the rocks, more
over, were inaccessible, and wherever
l might go Antonio could easily follow.
The sun was o setting beyond the
sea, and the shadow of a great noun
tain was falling eastward over the is
land as we began to. descend from the
bluf where l had fingered So long by
one Of the narrow and winding tracks
made through the gorse by the wild
goats.
AS 1t was alike dangerous and un-
comfortable to sleep under the dews
that descended after sunset, for two
nights after the departure OF the boat
l was compelled to share the wigwam
with Antonio. but did SO with dread
and loathing, and kept as far away
from him as possible.
His dreams, which were full Of oaths,
calculations and frequently cries Of
sci aparicion! Ell espectro!' came on
him as OF old; and as sleep to me be-
came an impossibility l resolved to
leave him to his own devices. Certain
ly the island was large enough for us
both. "s l...
Moreover he had become so sparing
Of his ten charges of powder that he
would not fire a single. shot at either
bird or goat or wild boar. l have since
believed that he saved them with the
resolution Of defending himself to the
last, IL Hislop ever returned to arrest
him; and now. being lord and master
of the whole island, and Of me, too,
he exhibited q new phase Of character.
He became too lazy to procure food,
and forced me to find it for him, un-
der threats of shooting me. Thus for
two days after the departure OF the
boat, being totally incapable Of catch
ing one Of the fleet goats alone, and
being in no way disposed to encounter
singly one Of the wild boars, I had to
climb the steep rocks above the break.
ers and steal the sea birds eggs.
Ito be ~continued.)
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
OLD YOUNG NJ
Root of the Evil Is In Parental Indul-
". renee. # |.

Bence. '
One of the saddest features of pres
ent-day life Is the condition Of ennui
in which even the very young women
settle soon after their school days are
finished, says the Philadelphia Times.
At 10 or 10 they have been everywhere,
zen everything, possessed whatever
their desires have prompted, and just
when life should be most filled with
stranded on the barren shores Of indif-
ference. The root Of this evil is to
be found in paternal indulgence. The
American father and mother work
hard, saving all they can, denying
themselves Injuries and ofttimes neces-
saries as well, that their daughter may
revel in that which they have never
taken the time or the NEAR to enjoy.
From her earliest infancy the girl finds
that her lightest wish is to be graft
fed If it is possible, regardless of the
fact that what she desires may not be
becoming to her 6 or to her condi-
ton Of life. That she wants it is all
that the parents consider, SO that when
the time comes that such qualification
would have m significance she is
past enjoying it. She has nothing to
look forward to, she is surfeited, and
should she marry, her husband will
find this ennui the greatest bar to their
domestic happiness. A little more de-
NAL in early youth, plain food. plain
frocks, simple pleasures up to the time
of her debut, should be the rule, when
the delight of new sensations will more
than compensate for the doing without
that which has marked her pathway uy
to that time.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
NEW. ANIMAL.
Its Hid Turns Rife Balls, and 1t LivaA
in South America.

It's Hide Turns Rifle Balls, and 1t LAyeA
in South America.
Natives of the interior of Brazil have
been exciting n~aturalists for years
with accounts of a certain wonderful
animal, which, from their description,
had never yet been seen by civilized
man. DR.. Florentino Ameghino, an
Italian naturalist, who has been on
the continent pursuing researches for
a length of time, at last determined
to penetrate to the regions in which
the beast was said to have been found
and see if there was anything in it..
Ramon Lista, a Chilean, since deceas-
ed, had told the scientist Of an en-
counter with an animal something of
the order described. He had come
across it in the dark, and, although he.
fired point-blank at it from a point
less than five yards. his bullet made
no apparent impression. Armed with
these particulars DR.. Ameghino set out
some time last winter, and, after trav-.
cling hundreds of miles into the heart
of Brazil, at last came upon the OBJ
ject of his search. He saw the animal
three different nights before bringing
it down. The repeated manner in
which his shots did not tell convinced
him that the reports of the natives
as to the impenetrability of the ami
malls skin must have been correct, a
belief in which, after securing the
beast by a shot in the eye, and then
finding that the hide could not be pene-
trated by a Ratchet, he was more than
confirmed. The Naomylodon Listal,
named by the doctor, partly in honor
of the Ramon Listal who first saw it,
ard partly from it's characteristics, re-
sembles more nearly than any other
animal the short-tailed pangolin or
scaly ant cater. 1t is larger than the
pangolin, being some six feet in
length. The skin is more than an inch
thick, and SO tough that no weapon
at the disposal of the scientist sufficed
to cut it. It's surface shows an epider-
mis-. not scaly, but covered with
coarse, reddish-gray hair an inch and
a half long, the ~ossicles being buried
in the skin like paving stones in the
street. The o~ssicles resemble those of
the fossil Mylodon, though smaller.
The pangolir, if its traits may be as
signed to this new beast. is more a
lizard than a mammal. They have no
weapon of defense against man or the
larger animals. and are so far as is
known perfectly harmless. The skin of
the pangolin has often been known to
turn a musket ball. Its habits are noe
turnal, and it shows great timidity in
the presence of man. DR.. Ameghino
states his intention of securing speci-
mems alive for the old world zoologi-
cal gardens.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16
PRINCE T. B.

slaves. They are the descendants OF
the people who inhabited India at the
time of the Aryan invasion. From
the time Of their conquest they have
been held in serfdom. True, with the
advent of British rule in India legal
slavery ceased, but virtual slavery still
exists.
MY people are called the Pariahs.
The name is synonymous with dis
grace. They are detested and op-
pressed more bitterly by caste classes
! n India than are the aboriginal hill
tribes or the gypsies of the plains.
Everywhere on the fringe Of what is
called Hindoo civilization are vast
numbers of poor and ~despised human
beings, whom the Hindoos regard as
u~nspeakably polluted because they
have abandoned Mohammedanism and
embraced Christianity. In the great
towns many Of these PaDiahs have
risen to wealth and position, many of
them are men Of culture, but they are
outcasts. You ask for some instance
OF the persecution. Well, take the
question of drinking water. Land for
the poor is very scarce in India, and
residents cannot maintain a private
we'll or tank. Public wells and tanks,
paid for from public funos, to which
the wealthy Pariahs contribute, are
plenty. But the village or city Off
Gals vigorously exclude the poor
Pariahs from them.
Cattle or dogs may drink from the
wells with impunity, but the Pariah,
because he has become a Christian.
may not touch the water. Children of
Pariahs are barred from the schools.
These schools are supported by the
state, but the caste classes are so pow
erful that If a Pariah tries to send
his child to school he is b%oycotted or
driven from his village. He has no re-
dress. The objects of my evangelism
are to emancipate the Pariahs from
this form of slavery; to give them a
chance for education and for instruc-
ton in the Christian religion, and to
supply them with the necessities of
life without persecution"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1899-06-16

never do anything wicked. They n
too busy. They have no religious pref.
erences. They have no sinful tenden.
cies. They are contented, healthy and
industrious and work seven days in
the week. Overton Is likewise unique
in the fact that its entire sanitary and
business system is under the control
Of an individual employed by a corpo-
ration. Captain ]. B. Overton is SUI
p~erintendent Of the big sawmill and
factory plant which daily huns a mer-
~ tune Of mechanical industry. paus-
ing occasionally on a Sunday-not Tor
prayers. but for repairs.