Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-08-14
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Calling the Desd.


| FREAK OF GENIUS.
| Everybody will remember that Ma
tilda Heron, the actress, while in Cali
fornia, some years since, married 9
popular lawyer known as Harry Byrne,
from whom she subsequently parted
The following scene describes his power
as al orator. Tho case was capital
felony:
Mr. Byrne rose in the courtroom
amid deep silence, proceeded to close
for the prosecution. Pale as the white
wall around him, with long and flowing
black locks, his eye burning and glow
ing like a blazing coal, he tore the veil
of sophistry, woven around the subject
by his adyersaries, and laid the bald
and awful facts before the jury. Now
rising to awful denunciation, he seemed
q Nemesis to the covering criminal be
fore him, now he turned his voice to
low pursuasion as he sought to mould
the, to his wishes, But as he paused,
after q tremendous effort, his eye per
suaded him that, unless he call TO his
aid some new and startling line of
action, the verdict would be against
| him. At the time an old eccentric man
was baiiiR of the court. One of his
pecuiiarities was to sleep through the
arguments Of counsel, and naught could
arouse him save the command of the
court, and the voice of the District
Attorney directing him to do some
official act, but at these well-known
sounds he would start from his seat
with all alacrity remarkable for one of
his years. Turning to the man (who
was enjoying his usual nap) Byrne, to
whom this idiosyncrasy was we'll
known, pointed his finger at the
peaceful countenance, and then euloeiz-
ed his faithful attention to his duties.
but, " said he, she has in this case left
one duty unperformed." Then, with o
voice that thrilled through mems hearts
and made the raj ters ring: ''Mr. Bailitf,
call VIM Adams" The old man
sprang from his seat, aud hurrying
across the courtroom to the entrance
beyond, called in wierd, thick manner
the dead mans name. william
Adams, William Adams, William
Adams, come into court" The criminal
shiyored in his seat mems blood flowed
eollly, and the silence was as Death
Justice seemed crying to Heaven for
retribution : the faces of jurors grew
white and blue, and each man glued his
eye upon the door as if he expected the
apparition to answer the summons
Gentlemen, continued Byrue, that wit
ness can never come. The one who can
relate to You the circumstances of this
tragedy lies in his cold and silent grave.
No bailiif s voice can rouse him from
his eternal sleep; naught save the
clarion blast Of the Archangel's trump
can pierce the adamantine walls of his
resting place. He has been deafened
forever by him who now stands ar
raigned at this bar. Base, brutEal,
bloody man, upon you hangs this awful
responsibility Your hands have
dabbled in his blood, and SIS the in
strument Of outraged society demand
your conviction"
Genius trinmphed Justice was
yindieated and the prisoner expstiated
his offence on the scaffold.
To MAKE ToMNro FIGs.--P Pour boil
ing water over tomatoes ia order TO
remove the skins; then weigh them
and place them in stone jar, with as
much sugar as you have Tomatoes, and
let them stand two days; then pour off
the syrup and boil and skim until no
skum rises Then pour 1t over the to-
matoes, and let them stand two days,
as before, then boil and skim again.
After third time they are fit to dry, if
the weather is good; if not, let them
stand in the syrup until drying weather.
Then place on large earthen plates or
dishes, and put them in the sun to dry,
which will take about week, after
which pack them down in small wooden
boxes, with fine white sugar between
each layer. Tomatoes prepared in this
manner will keep,fo years.
A Nashville man was awakened the
o.her night by pain in his stomach
and thinking that the cholera was at
hand be clatched for bottle Of cam
phor which he kept on the table; ready
for instant use, and commenced to ap
ply it with vigorous rubbing to his alb
domen lie experienced immediate re-
lief but was considerably surprised at
not preceiying the strong scent of cam
phor. Suspecting that he might have
made mistake he lighted the gas and
made IN inspection which resulted in
the highly satisfactory discovery that
instead camphor he had used a bot
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