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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-07
AMONG cREcrAN RUINS.
A Richmond Lady Describes ini'
Historic Land.

The following are extracts from pri-
yate letter written by Richmond iauy'
who is now travelling in Eastern Europe.
The letter which bears date OF April 20,
was mailed in Athens:
we landed at 7:O this morning at
p,raeua and drove to Athens--a drive of
about three quarters of an hour. The
morning was ideal and the country ex-
ouisite We travelled "a long white road
bordered on either side by gigantic
aspens. and encircled by a chain OF azure
mountains, in an azure atmosphere. The
people are ugly and detestable. but the
country Is divine.
After breakfast we drove 10 the Aero
polls first the Temple Of Jupiter-fifteen
huge Corinthian columns left Of one hun
Understanding like sentinels on plateau.
and rising in faint golden hues of old
Greek marbles against the clouoIess blue
OF the sky.
GREEK RUINS AND THEIR BEAUTY.
Greek ruins are dreams of beauty. They
| are less overwhelming, less simple, less
| sincere than the Egyptian, and less sub
| lime, but for pure beauty OF proportion
| they are unsurpassed. 1t was the per-
| feet art instinct of the race. The Parthe-
| non. standing like crown upon It's nil
and overlooking the meeting of the blue
mountains. and the bluer sea far down
| below. is far more beautiful than / hao
| dreamed Of its being ] believe the col
| umns are the most perfect Doric ex
amples In the world. AS l sat there II
the full sunlight surrounded by the ambe
| marble columns tapering towards the SKY
and looked down on the supreme lovel-
ness OF the view. wished so much tina
YOU could have been transplanted Their
to absorb il all-and be filled with sucl
a sense of harmony. 1 had not though
10 feel Greece 80 thoroughly. Egypt i
far beyond it in my eyes, and yet 1
seems TO wrap one in a spell of beaut
through and through. This Is an unin
tellgible letter. but 1 am in a muddl'
anyway--the seasickness went to m
head) ] am sending you poppy and
daisy which / found growing between tn
marbles of the Parthenon.
SUNSET IN THE ACROPOLIS.
Later.-We have just come back froi
sunset in the Acropolis. There is a sma
| nIatform. surrounded by DOric column
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-07

and down alone. struck solemn t, -
very beauty Of the scene. on AM IL,
fragments OF broken columns and e.-.
were scattered, and among them LIZ
tween the marbles Of the floor NAM y.
sizes. and an occasional poppy bloom n,
portico OF the Caryatdes OF The E-..t
theron is very lovely; the roof of IN. nv.
tico is upheld by womens figures lnr.,t
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-07


A sOIiIoquy-NOt Hamiefs.
(For the Dispatch)
The pen
Is mightier than the sword,
Said Sampson in his den
Communing with himself.
For |. aye j,
The mighty |,
VIII vanquish Schley
And send him to oblivion with
This dainty stem.
He may meet the foeman brave,
And hurl them to a watery grave,
For |, aye /,
The only l in thirty alphabets
VIII take this pen
And when
/ have soon told
The world how bold
Arm !.
His name will be unknown
And i will have been shown
To be a hero bold.
The greatest strategist
This world did ever hold.
The pen
is mightier than the sword.
Said Sampson in his den
Communing with himself.
HENRY c. NICHOLAS
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-07

This chic jacket, sketcbel in On.
the leading retail stores Of New ~ a
is OF white silk embroidered 10 ye5 Io VA,
green. The thistle design nj e ,-a
golf stick mingled is 10 tie tc', ~ -,
taste. 1t is worn over white s.ls ANA.
waist.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-05-07

with two compartments-one for change,
the other for the troublesome mouchoir
This purse is six inches deep, and a little
less across the top, and Is finished with
a metal fringe. II is fastened TO fine
chain, with ring to be worn on the
finger Some have longer and heavier
chains, and a ring large enough TO be
worn on the arm. These are. Of course,
for fine handkerchiefs
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
YOUTHFUL wRECKERS.
Boys Taken Into Custody For Trying t,
wreck Trains.


Anthony Valover. = nine-year-old boy OF
VIM. Penn, was arrested last night by
Frederick Meiswinl5el, Of Pottsville, special
officer for the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany, for attempting TO wreck Pennsylva.
MIA railroad coal train near VIM. Penn on
Thursday night.
The boy placed piece of oak lumber and
a spike near a cure on the high side Of the
railroad, but the distractions were discovered
before the train struck them. The offender
was put under $500 bail for trial at court
When arraigned before Justice Shoemaker
the boy said he placed the Instructions just
to see the cars jump
This dangerous practice has become 50
prevalent all the railroad companies are
exercising extra vigilance to detect and ar.
rest all offenders, regardless of ages. and try
to etiectualy break it up. The recent cases
near Tamaqua and Shamokin were so dis.
astrous that no cases, no matter how trivial,
will be overlooked.
On Thursday last an engine was thrown
from the rails at the Draper colliery by a
piece of wood placed on rail- and yesterday
a second engine was thrown from the rails at
the same place by an iron nut. Yesterday
special officers from Pottsville were detailed
on the cases and they made two arrests, tax.
ing the offenders to the Pottsville Jail. The
prisoners were two boys residing at Gilberton
One was Edward Hoffman, aged nine years
The other was a seven-year-Old boy.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
Elias and His Parade.

The Hon. Elias Davis, whose home is in
the wilds of Broad Mountain and who draws
monthly stipend at the county seat as the
guardian Of the peoples cash, called to-
gether his little patriotic baud the other day,
and it was then and there decided to cola
brate the Fourth IN yair,sstla township The
pgnroe~ was i1eld With the Hon. Elias at its
head, preceded by grotesquely dressed"
mounted force. For one hour the County
Treasurer lead his small but patriotic band
through ''the principal streets" of the town,
their chief bowing and saluting the assembled
populace. An exchange says he deserves
credit for the effort put forth in making the
affair success" All honor to the Hon
Elias, and shame on his personal organ, the
Miners Journal, for failing to seize the
opportunity to add another sprag in the etfor
to capture the Sheriff's office.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

At the regular meeting of the ''Y'' this
evening the following special program will be
rendered An admission fee of 10 cents will
be charged. Refreshments will be served at
the conclusion of the program. Singing by
the audience; prayer, Benjamin Evans
solo, Name Morgan duett, Mrs. EbenezeI
Evans aud Miss Edith Morgan recitation,
Amy Feist; duett, Eva and Cora Powell
solo, Maggie Roberts recitation, Marsh
Hassler solo, Maggie DaddOw; duett, DR.
d. John and Helen Price SOLO May Dusto
dialogue Milliehap and party; solo, Minnie
Powell; singing, "Blest be the tie thai
bindsh
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
FARM HAND KILLED.
Died After Being Frightfuny Mangled by
Train,

John Teter. farm hand residing in the
Catswissa valley, died yesterday from in.
juries received by being crushed beneath a
train. He was 90 years old and left wife
and one child.
Teter was temporarily employed as a har-
vester on the Snyder farm and stopped work
at noon to go to his home and get dinner.
He went to the Ringtown station of the
Catawissa branch of the p. & R. Railway
and attempted to board fast freight train to
ride to his home He Tissed his footing and
fell beneath the wheels Both his legs were
cut off and his ribs were so badly crushed
that they protruded through flesh. The vic
tim died two hours later
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

10 pounds of Arbuckles or Lion coffee. 81
lb. of Imp. and Oolong Xd good tea, SOC
Canned peas, cents per can.
Ginger Snaps and coffee cakes, sc pound.
Fair Family Flour, 81 75 per 100 lbs
Gnnulated Sugar, 5lc ID.
California hams, 71c pound.
! lb. best thin Clipped dried beef, 13c.
1t will pay you to buy flour here. Every
thing else low in price. Goods delivered
free. Mail orders carefully attended to.
@. w. NEwHoUsER.
7.B3t 122 North Main street.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

At regular meetingof Shenandoah Valley
Council No. $50, Jr o. U. A. NJ, held last
evening in their hall on North Main street.
the following officers were elected O., Robert
Patterson V. c., William Dabb; K. s.,
f. L. Klock A. r. S.. Thomas Rogers F.
S., William Feist Treas, A. l.. Graf; Cond.
B. f. Beacher Warden, J. F. Eisenhower
is, H. F. Bloss o. g., Grant Troutman
Trustee. Cyrus Geise Chaplain, Cyrus Geise
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
East Union school Hoard.

The East Union Township School Board
met in special session Wednesday evening in
the Sheppton school house. The Board is to
be commended for unanimously deciding to
have an eight month term. The tax levy
was fixed at mills, against 10 of last year
Josiah Houser was elected treasurer. The
meeting then adjourned to meet this after
noon in secret session to appoint teachers.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
T,lev Going to the KIondlke.

A. Ham" Tiley city editor of the Ashland
Telegram, has accepted most hatterlng
offer to 90 to Dawson City, Alaska, and en-
gage in a daily newspaper enterprise re-
Gently organized there by syndicate with
Will Steele at its head. Mr.. Tiley expects tC
depart for the Klondike region within few
weeks. His friends, who are legion through
out the county, will deplore his departure.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

The election of officers for the ensuing six
months, held by the Ushers' Association, re-
suited as follows President, Joseph Feist
Vice President Robert Davis; Secretary
John Reese Assistant Secretary, William
Reed Treasurer, w. G, Dusto Chaplain, g
L. Hafner; Trustee, George Powell.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
"seasonable Hints. !"

Palm leaf fans. each PC.
Jar gums, DC. dozen.
Pint preserving crooks, 4c.
Fruit jars, 45c dozen.
Pretty flower hanging baskets, 2 for 25e.
Adjustable window screens, l4c.
Good hammock with pillow, 9so.
Picnic plates, Sc. dozen.
"GIRvIN's,"
7-7-2t South Main St.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

Neo Panko, resident of town, "a years old
and married. had his right leg fractured at
the knee this morning, at the st. Nicholas
colliery. He was engaged in pushing q
loaded car off cage and an empty car wai
run ON and caught his leg between the
bumpers.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
P111s cure Sick Headache.
Pay Days.

The employees of the VIM. Penn colliery
received their pay to-day.
The P. & r. G. & 1. Co. employees at Maha'
noy City received their pay to-day.
The employees in the st. Nicholas and Gil
berton districts will be paid next Tuesday.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

The following letters remain uncalltd for
at the local post office Mrs. Samuel W.
Miller, VIM. A. Kelley, G. Chase Georny,
Wooley & Co.. R. LEVY and George BELLS.
ID. w. BEDEA, p. NJ.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

The Olga Nethersole bracelet the newest
out. See our window display. Orkin';
iewelry store, South Main street. II
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08

What's the secret of happy, vigorous
health9 Simply keeping the bowels the
stomach, the liver and kidneys strong and
active. Burdock Blood Bitters does it.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
BICKERT's.

Chicken soup, free, tonight
CHAs. RADZIEwICZ'S
Mock turtle soup will be served, free, to all
patrons tonight. Our electrical piano has
been equipped with many new selections and
will give its first concert tonight.
PooLERs.
Miss L. Neehouse, of Philadelphia, lady
pianist and vocalist, will entertain our pa
irons tonight
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
FREE LUNCHES TONIGHT.

while you watt umbrellas recovered al
Brumms jewelry store, 10 South Main St.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
THE WORKING TIME.
The Galleries VIII Continue the Schedule
of rive DAYS a Week.

Orders were issued to-day from the p. & Il.
G. q |. Co. offices at Pottsville to work all
collieries controlled by that company five
three-quarter days next week, resuming
Monday morning and suspending Friday
night. This is the same schedule as this
week
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
"P. J. FERGUSON,
M. MELLET. -
A Saving Way to Buy.

Cream pufs on ice all summer at George
Scheider's bakery, 23 East Coal street. If
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
Alwnrs Fresh and Rellable
Elect,on of omcers.

Our choice meats. butter, eggs. Bauser'sr
Cherry and Chestnut streets. II
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1899-07-08
A Glimpse
OF Our Stock

Will convince the most skep-
teal that we have by far the most
complete and varied assortment in
the city. The low prices ar. a still
greater attraction. We take our
stand on the side of reliable goods
at small prices. Anybody who
ever trades here knows we do busi-
ness on that principle, We operate
our store on a determined policy of
fair, square dealing. This means
that we give the customer the bene
mt OF the lowest prices possible.
Extraordinary values in lawn
and percale Shirt Waists-all are
marked down to nearly one-half
their usual price.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09

in year s14O 900, 600. approximately, and
the working expenses are $50 600 600 figures
which seem of small Importance when COM
pared with those OF the United States, the
earnings of whose railroads in 1898 were
81, ESQ 600, 600, with running expenses OF
$3.50, 100000. American railroads carried in
1898 5l5,0 600 passengers and moved 9lj,-
OOO, 900 tons of freight
In most countries the passenger receipts
are considerably larger than those coming
from freight traffic and the rates of pas
senger transportation are so high as to yield
the railroads profit quite unknown in this
country, where railroad charges have been
so steadily declining that in recent years
they have fallen below the rates of steam
boats, and even Of canal boats. In Great
Britain the total amount of railroad receipts
is $3.50 600 600 or about one-third OF the
total of those Of the United States. Toward
this total passenger earnings contribute
5000, ,000,0 900 a year and the freight and eX
press earnings contribute $3.50 0OOG 0oo. The
number of passengers carried on the rail-
roads of Great Britain in a year amounts to
nearly 1000 900 900, and. though increasing,
the increase is relatively small compared
with passenger receipts In the United States
Seven years ago. in 1892, the number of pas
sengers carried on the railroads of Great
Britain was S65,OOO,OOO. The passenger traffic
in the United States is less subject to
fluctuation than is freight traffic, the latter
being dependent chiefly upon the condition
of business, the price for cereals and staples
and the size of the chief crops. The figures
for 1898, compared with those of the year
preceding, showed an increase in passenger
earnings on American railroads of Sl9, ,00O,
900, whereas the increase from freight earn
ings was $SS,O00,0O0, and, generally speak
ing. % per cent of the earnings of American
railroads are from passengers and rs per
cent from freight
French railroads carry $50 900 900 passen-
gers year and about lie, 900 900 tons of
freight or approximately three passengers
for each ton of freight carried, whereas in
the United States the number of tons of
freight carried is nearly double the number
of passengers transported. In Germany,
where most of the railroads are owned by
the government, the number of passengers
carried in a year is about $50 900 600. and
the earnings from this source are about
800 900 a year In respect to railroad
figures, however, England is the only coun-
try which can seriously be compared with
the United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
BAsUTO UPRISING IS IMMINENT
Force of Mounted Warriors May In
crease Britain's Taak.

Force of Mounted Warriors May In
crease Britnin's Task.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-A dispatch to the
Tribune from London says: The danger of
a Basuto uprising is now admitted to be
imminent, and this will affect General Bull
ler's plan of campaign and may render
necessary the mobilization Of a second army
corps Great confidence IS felt in the per-
sonal influence of Sir Godfrey Lagden, the
British resident in Basutoland, who pre-
vented Lerothodi from assailing the Free
State at the time of the Jameson raid. 1t
Is now hoped that he can keep under re-
straint the paramount and lesser chiefs. The
Basutos have a large force of mounted war
riors armed with rifles and highly skilled
mounted infantry, and they have an innate
passion for fighting,
An experienced British officer says: "Re-
member that no white troops can operate
in that country. We have the credit for
beating them in the last Basuto war, but In
reality they gave in of their own will. Un-
less Lagden can now hold them back by ap-
peals to their loyalty to England they will
fight, and this will mean that when our
war with the Dutch is over we must engage
in an endless and perilous campaign in
Basutoland
Certainly with the Free State at war with
England it is impossible for the British
troops to police the Basuto border or take
any but ineffective precautionary measures
for averting dire catastrophe. This black
menace Is the darkest cloud now settling
over South Africa"
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
MONUMENT TO TWO ARMIES,
MaryInnd's Plan to Honor Both Fed
ernI md Confederate SnIhicrs.

erni and confederate Soldiers.
| The Maryland monument, dedicated on the
! field Of Antietam on October %, is new de-
parture in the way of battle monuments re-
| ports the Baltimore Sun 1t is erected by the
state to the memory of Maryland soldiers
who fell upon that bloody field on September
| II thirty y-eeven years ago. Some of those
| gallant Marylanders were fighting for the
| union and some of them were fighting for
| the confederacy. They were equally brave,
they were equally patriotic, for they fell
fighting for what they believed was right,
and they were all sons of Maryland. 1t is
meet and right, therefore. that they should
receive equal honor from those who have
come after them and from the state which
is the common mother of them all. The
money to build this monument was appropri-
ated by the legislature at the last session,
and the commission selected by the gov
ernor included confederates and union men.
The commission asked the governor to make
the dedication Of this monument an import
ant occasion in the history of the state. as
II waa q novel one to all the people of the
union"
The location Of the battlefield is one of the
most fertile and beautiful portions of the
state. The appearance of the field has been
much changed by cutting down some of the
woods, but marks of the great battle still
remain. On one Of the most prominent hills
overlooking the field, and near where Cen
eral Lee stood directing his army, there is
national cemetery where the union troops
who fell lie buried. In thie cemetery there
is colossal statue in granite of private
soldier-a magnificent piece of art-which
was on exhibition at the Centennial exposi-
tion in 1876. Surmounting the keepers lodge
is a tower from which fine view of the
whole field may be had
While the Antietam field is far behind that
OF Gettysburg in the attention which it has
received, yet much has been done there.
Many states whose soldiers took part in the
battle have erected monuments to record
their valor and to mark their place on the
field. Some excellent roads have been made
and iron plates properly lettered mark the
positions of the various regiments and divs-
ions, as well as those places which have any
special interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-09
BRITAIN TO FoRTIFY EsaurMALr.
Naval Base i'm Pacific VIII lie Pre-
f1,r All Gni,i.

pared for All Corners.
NEW YORK, Nov. S.-A special to the
Times from Montreal says; England does
not intend to be taken unawares in any
move that may be made in the Pacific as a
result of a possible combination OF two or
more hostile powers against its interests in
that quarter of the globe. 1t is learned that
a strong detachment of marines, whose SAIL
ing from England was not announced, will
arrive at Halifax tomorrow, or the day
after, enroute to Esquimalt, b. c., the
strongest British stronghold and naval base
in the Pacific ocean. The fortifcations at
Esquimat are also undergoing considerable
strengthening and enlargement and a large
number of heavy guns have recently been
at that fortress.
The reason for the hurried strengthening
Of Esquimalt lies in the apprehension of the
imperial government that Russia may seize
the opportunity of the Boer war to attack
England in the east. Recent concerted
action of the Russian and French fleets in
the Mediterranean, which drew out pro-
test from Great Britain, taken in conjunction
with significant utterances by the Russian
and French press, may have led the British
foreign Office to demand the precautionary
steps, of which the strengthening Of Esqui-
malt and Halifax form part.
The actual strength of the force of marines
now on it's way to Esquimalt is not known.
They are being conveyed by steamer, the
Carthagenian, of the Allan line, specially
chartered for the purpose. number of ma.
rines will be left at Halifax, but the bulk
will go to Esquimalt.