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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
Another Duel Averted.

The man who stole that fiddle is q
liar, aud can whip himv anzrily OK.
claimed man from FOurche mcustains,
approaching . body ofmsa and regard
ing tksm curious;y. 4 came TO town
this mornin' an some fellows stole my
fiddle. The man what done it is q liar. ;
What sort efs fiddle vas i.p asked
4 man whose skin looked as though be
had just rsturned from swamp fever.
Why, it was q frsl-clase instrument
With fne rsttlesnaks rattles on the To-
side.'
Where did you get iT9'
4 bought it from an old man, Bigley.
He made il, an any man whs stole il i,
liar, an can whip hia.'
See here, Elstsr, maybe the man
that stole it is net = liar, snd naYb,
you saR't whip him.
Yer, he is q liar, an caa whip any
>
man what Wosld steal fiddle Of thai
sake
Now, Jou are puttia' 1t tso broad;
ny father stele Z fiddle frsm old man
Biglsy tsn years age. Do you mean
70 cay that ny father is liar, aad that
you can whip hlmf
Are you certain tia. he stole fiddle
fren the old mau!'
'Yes.'
Then, what 1 say goss.'
Jsst thea nan weighing about tive
hundred psunds pulled sf bis coat and
said: hr.
Pa your father, sis'.I, Johnp
Yea Jshn replied.
Il stole that fiddle. never told q
lie in my life, sn' | doh't reccOliect thai
nybody ever whipped me- He looked
at The man whose eddie had beer
stolen. and asked, Am l liar?'
Now, here, you iellers have misun
dsrstood me- 80 Jsu stole fiddle from
the old man, did yous'
Yes
We'll, I'D be much obleegea 10 yoI
il you'd hook ne one.'
Thus, yos see, bloody Arkansa
duel was avertsd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

What dses It matter why yoa have
.csne' dealt want TO hear. / would
rather act hear, and, 81 a matter Of
fact, wsz't hear. think you had
better 30 without trying to tell me any.
thing. 1t is much the wisest. thing to
d., I assure you.' f 1900
Asrrick was taken aback at this re l..
cepti0n, but Was snly amused and
said:
Mr.. Grey is ri2ht, depead upon 1t.
There are things il i. Of no use talking
absut, and we may as We co. es'afii
1t was, indeed, Hobson's chsice; so
We left the nassger to himself and 10
hi' titllating quill, and adjourned 10 a
neighSsring hotel, where, over lsnshcon.
The stsry WAS told again with greater
fallness Of detail. Merriek thanked me
again aaG sgsin fer what had done,
and in the eyeess If his gratitude made
nae an sfer which was particularly
tempting t. me as was ths situated.
but which did rot ,hink it right to ac-
cept until it was repeated in q calmer
need few days sfterwars. The re-
suit Of NY acceptance was to hiring us
int very unreserved relationship with
each Other; but Though We became
more intimate than IL is the lot Of most
business friends 10 bc there was one
subject Of which he could never be In.
ducsd to talk, and away from which he
always turned the conversation when
seemed 10 he leading 1t in that dirrc.
ten. Need ssy that the forbidde q
theme was my forgeryi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
The horse that Died or Grief

One uf the San Francisco papers hay-
ing published an account Of the death II
a horse from gii.f at losing his master,
{ e Chronicle sent = reporter u verify
tie statement. The groom Mas inte'-
viewed, with the following result:
Yes, sir, that thar were the curiOei-
cit case ever hern tell 90. No more
thar amt no such case writ about N
books, nuther,' ssd The slabl, man IT.
msved q bri,fr. D. pipe from bis Ieeil,
and rested its cheering bowl Oh The r..
ciess,s arm 10 6x his attention mole
sound hass sss that hOss were as
,e'd see At prize Wind aud limb as
try. Gentle as kitten, .she OH coUn.
iths Children The stableuan { for
20 rskindls the irs in hs ppe, which
the rain, dipping from tue reporters
ulster, had euenched.
.Waen did il dep asked the reporter.
sadly.
The hoss died Saturday last
What allied itv
Lang fever.
.Whsn did It's master der
'Tss weeks aye to-day
We'll, what is lhsre curious about
thar asked The report ter IN amszs-
msnt.
'Csrlsus! why ils curious enough,
shud say, nhsn tnar sin's another hOss
slck in this sable, and we've got hue
,lred Of them hsrev
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

Here I met Captain Weed, who has
been in whales mouth. Alter edsing
toward the matter. friend
Induced him 70 tell about it--probably
for the ten thoussnd.h tine.
tsYes, Z WAS standing in the bow Of
said he, '.IEith the irsa iu my hand, ,
FOR l thought wgsund fer bis majesty,
dsath blew. Ssddsnly;;irsn him bis
right ahead Of M, and he struSame
beat underneath with his prolonged jav
knocking it ous frsn under me, and
fell straight ever into his mouth
What did you think thea p asked
listener, ss the captain paused
'Thosghi I was . goner,' ans"ers
She captain, especially when be shu
his uaeuth on ne. But he wac, fortr
nately, In the agonlss Of death, to
| wvrrisd 70 think Of nae, and sfter givln
ne ose savage crunch, be blowed n
out Of his mosth, covered with blood.
At once slruck sul for the beat.
And VIXEN they picked him up the
though. be vas killed. sald anoth'
captain; 'thOHgh, sf,sr good while, b
lressvsred, with the ugly wounds thu
!,su sss.' There MAS . scar son
inches long asr0ss Captaid woed's seal
and . great lump on bis side MAS Ii'
bic undsr his coat. osr -s.r
| What did ysa think when ,ou wei
in Ais mouth. and knew whsEe y'
wersr asked another ~ stsader.
'Thosghs As'd yield abous eighty b
rel, said Captain Weod, iursing Ov
his ssid and calmly Hring al the be
oa seueess' raI.a.I .I..r.rr AIT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
Fer the HERALD.l
LIQUOR Traffic and Crime.

Because Of irregular system, or no
-ysten of collecting f,cts aud statistics
ia the pebIic institutions Of the country
il is difficult task to find out the true
cost Of crime ia the UDi ed States.
There are only one or two states where
any reliable statistics are collected In
the report Of the Uuited States Com-
,nissi uer Of Education for the year
1871, the following facts are stated.
sf" From 80 to 30 per cent. If our
criminals connect their courses Of rIi ne
sith intenperance, Of the l4,sls in-
mates Of the Massachusetts prisons,
IL, 396 are reported TO have been Inten.
perate, or 81 per ceut."
At the Deer Island House Of Indus
Try (bostop) not included 10 the above
igures, Of 3,5lI conmittals, 3,097 or
88 per cent. were fJr druDk nnes
iifi y-four more as idle and oi,orderl,
which commonly means under the iu-
haence Of drink; seven y-Sevrn for AS
sault and battery. which means the
same thing: aud fort, -eilht as common
night walkers. every one Of whom 10
also q common drinker. We have
therefore Of this prison full 90 pr
cent. where confinement is connected
With the use Of urink.
In the New Hampshire State Prison
six y.iVe out IF ninely-one admit them
selves 10 have been intrnperste.
BY reports frVm the Slatr, county
and municipal prisons OfConueeticu', it
has been found that 90 per ceut. If 'he
inmates lad been intemperate. In
Rhode Island, 30 per cent. If The pris-
oners had been Incorporate.
These figures do not cover the meie
temporary arrests for drunkenness aid
disorder.
There can be no doubt but that Il Q
liquor traffic is the main source aud pre-
lifc cause Of the criminslity that 10
steadily Increasing from year 10 y ar.
The rep IT If The Board vi State char.
tiers If Pennsylvania f,r 1871 say:
"rhs must prolific source VI disease,
poverty aud crime. ebsei wing men VII
sckno~ ledge, in in.emperance. la our
hospitals, as we'll as In our aim HOUSES
aai prisons, a large portion Uf the in-
mates have reached the refuge IN which
tasy are fund by the way of habliual
Iinoxication. Ialemperance, the great
scourgt, is as every one knows. social
vice. Few Inebra'es begin their dO~L-
ward career by purchasln. the stiml-
liant in qaauti'y. aud taking il home 10
use 1T pleasure or Convenience. The
habit of It's use IL contracted N sVrue
public place where like compspl.s
meet, and where the exhilaralioo Which
sLrong drink produces may expend l.
self In bolsterous mirgh."
There were in the year 1871 1911
commltments to the county prison IL
Philadelphia, Of this number, suSS
nearly ihree-fJurths were sOr Gauss
tcaceable 10 drunkenness.
Of IA persons sent TO the Western
Psniteptiary Of Penn 'ylyauis IN tie
year 1870 one hundred and fise had be n
inlenptrate. Ia Loe EA,lern PenIIsL.
tiary tue ssne year there were Sl5 cob
Vcts. ouly "a VI these were abotaners
from hauors!
These facts show the connection bt :
tween drinking and crime. The in'aI-
liable result Of the liquor tranic is criD' .
Shall the State license grcg-shops 70
make criminals and then tax the peS'
J pie to support these crimiusl''
r. II. T.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

As Industry Of considerable valus an d
ialsres. has just been lost 70 France By
the sctisn OF The authorities in expeIl.
ing tbs religious bodies. The manu-
facturs Of the wsll.knosn Chorirsas
liquesr, which has besn fvr such a long
time carried W In the nOnasssry Ss that
nsns, ia nov 10 be transfsrrse to the
iswn Of Rononi, in the canton o.
Frbovrg, where considerable piece u
land hes been purchased near the rail
way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

A wise man, says Ine London World,
weighs the value Of his friends noI by
what they mishs have doue Tor hiw,
but By what they have Omitted TO 60
against him; and it adds that IN think
ing ef enemies one should be thankful
that they have spared Que cfseu, rather
than % vindicllys because they have
assailed Que oecaslouslly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

Although .et aunUunced IN any oi
shs society journals il will be fashion
able this year for ladies ~ho have TO
shovel the snow out OF the back yard 10
wear their husbands boots.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

There are 35,siS,VU0 .0U0 matches
consumed annually in The United
6islss,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

Ohio girls like Gsnsral GaruelJ. and
Is 10 barely possible lhs feeling Is reclp.
rseAted,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

The population Of the city Vi Cork Is
sbost 1900. Think vi the 5000
Cork souls.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

Draw the line somewhere. Better
part your hair in the middle tAaa sests
part Il st all.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

II rnan wxuts 70 live 10 gesd old
age let him be plse,d ca The retired list
Of she army.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
ovERsEERs re oR
NorARIEs PUBLIC.
JUSTICES OF THE rEACE.

DAVIS DIsr-D,. q. A. Brown, obsd Funk and
Jas B. Jackson.
sTovEwALL.-J. Il. drSNGn, Eli Coaslt, snowdsn
ioE.sroS- H. Rodener. Ms-tin striekler,
Levi n. Culler'. oL.u
Conmsn, samuel Rinfer. , x,rxr.. Ia.
A1HpY-sarl. HsmnSn, ssnrei AlnS'''' ''"a'
~ iLvxMchr!stisn shirley, p.r. xirhls' 'shs u
Pence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
P O E tt C Al
An Old Beau.

How cracked and poor his laughter rings
How dullcd his eye, once flashing warm
But still . courtly paths clings
About his bent aud withsrsu form.
Tonight, ss mirthful music swells,
With wrinkled cheeks and locks OF snow,
He meets the grs1dsons q the bellies
H. smiled on forty years sgol
We watch him here, aud bali believe
Our ssfs may witness, while As prstes,
Death, like . fsotrnan, touch his sleeve
And tell him that . carriage waits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
Hotel Cards.

WALL oAN = sTRAsBURG, VIRGINIA.
u ,,,tNrT7RFF PROP'R.
This hotsl ie conveniently situatee nea s ccn. o.
n - sO.o, ,ls qDuse "a new abu COu
- v,u;.ntiv furnished Persons seeking plsasssra,
hosrlinS house for the summer months ,-, WIN I'M
thts A pleasant and healthy place. An a,s,. e.cosn.
eha,rb,a.es riug - near the D use rensie"'
"a ps.-r.nen. .Boardersaccommodsted ods ted.
~ G1pd s;Ablng oD premises and horses ieO
6c
Ian i1-H.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
5BEllaNpoAHHE HERALD
Advertising Rates,

Advertisements will be inserted st One Della
psr auars Of ten liaes or less, for the nrst 'nses
los, and 50 cents for each Subsequent inssrAss.
onless the zumber OF insertions be msrksduS
&" manuscript, 4 viii be published until forb<s
aadcharsed accordingly.
Notices in the local column will be inserted
tss csnts per line, each insertisn
Advsrtissnsats tor three montas or iensrv
bsinssrtcd at lower rates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02

ALEXANDRIA, VA
EAHE- cREEN,.......''.'..'' x I'.,
LA r~-cias- ho,e;, in Avs-v respect Ihc M CIV, y,
..ns Of the valley hav1us busines in Ale1snoIls "
TssbSn.to,,- aud travellers going north Hf Soutn,
Iii ana this an agreeable resting place on 'hS M
'a,,,s al does not require the early starr os
vera hours as from WASH ngton or %. Wsss.
at IN AM return e'''' Jan7-t
N
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-03-02
,r,.,.r EXCHANGE HOTEL.

,v1nE E EXCHANGE HOTEL.
wooDsTOCKNA
Tb,, house is new. and has been ret1ln'nea st
V,nss " ia the best the market anoIus' snch a.
s os sso n,,ss whisky aud apple brandy bottled
osraft beer. brown stout eud porter NO pains
LII y. med TO insure the comforts u guests:
- Uoou s'N'' NJ. aEAKY, Proprietor
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
Winter Care or Late BrOodS.

Late broods of chickens frequently oc-
cur where fowls are allowed their liberty.
1t Is waste of eggs, hens time, and
chicks. They will come out sometimes
on the very borders of winter.
Oftentimes these broods are as
fine and promising as any brought out
earlier in the season, but there is small
hope of rearing them. If not too late some
may grow up, but they can never be any
profit. They soon become stunted and
mature In dwarfed condition. BY con-
finlng them in a warm, sunny building,
they may be comparatively comfortable if
well fed (and winter chicks consume an
enormous quantity but the nights are too
severe. This tells on the growth. The
better plan is never to allow a hen to sit
late IN the season, and it may be avoided if
strict watch be kept. 1t is only neglect
that permits hens to sit in the fall. Chicks
that are brought oHt in July are little ex-
pense in rearing, and become profitable, as
well as those in August and many times In
September, but later than this the balance
in their favor is small. If given three or
four weeks with majority of fine days,
bhCy OObeAAA ~ SANoS % oORAS SA0e S44~ NOA4AA5
cold weather does not pinch them so much.
In that time they become feathered, and if
confined during winter, with plenty of
feed they will grow finely, and by spring,
the pullets will be ready to lay. The
fowls should be assorted well, and the late
broods and hens that are net laying should
be kept separate from thos. that are in lay
ing condition.
They sh )uld not be crowded together
In small place on scanty ratlons. The
better way is to give all an equal chance and
sufficient TODD. Do not permit the pres
ence of two or thee young roosters, out
behead all such useless fowls as soon as fit
for the pot, and keep only the breeders re-
quired. If there be no convenient place
| where they may run separately or singly,
allow them to run with the layers. Never
] confne two or more fine cocks together,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27

The unlucky prisoner fn the immense
field ice during the imposing, unbroken
loneliness of the long Arctic night, when
the wind is calm, can hear the crackle of
the snow under the stealthy tread of the
polar bear at an astonishing distance, and
hear what man, speaking loud, says at
1000 metres distance. Is can, therefore,
be well understood how the sound of ice
pressures must travel TO his ear from enor-
nous distances. ''Sometimes, the author
writes, 'the noise of the Ice movements
was scarcely TO be heard---a mere murmur
--and came IN fmr aars - azs-s TIC I'Iay VI
the waves on a steep coast from the far
distance Sometimes it hummed and
roared closer to us, rs If q whole column of
heavily laden wagons were being drawn
over the uneven ice surface" In the sound
was combined all manner of noises caused
by cracking, grinding, falling OF blocks,
crushing, and many other phenomena of
ice life II is astonishing how far and
how clearly every noise is conducted in the
ice. The noise at the very margin OF the
field on which we were seemed TO occur
Immediately at our feet. If we placed our
ears 10 the ice the sound was heard so
tIldt VIC ho'S SApSStON VIC
ice to open under our feet the next mo-
ment The whole dry ice-covering was a
vast sounding board. Whenever, rs | lay
down to sleep, placed my ear against the
dry, wooden ships side. | heard hum
ming and buzz,ng which was nothing else
but the sum of all the noise which oc-
CURED in the ice at great distance from
the ship"
The surface of an expanse of young salt
water ice on which no snow has yet fallen
is soft so that the footstep Is impressed
upon its white covering as in melting snow.
This is to be observed even at a teMPera-
ture of 40 degrees g. The unfrozen fluid
is not water, but concentrated solution
of salt thrown out by the freezing CT the
ice beneath.
When summer begins the thawing nat
occurs is very local and unequal. Any
dark body, such as heaps of ashes, or the
dropping of bears, eats its way into the
snow, absorbing the rays of heat which are
reflected off again by the general white
surface. The bear-droppings eat their way
into the snow, and then into the ice, and
the conical hole thus formed fills itself with
water. 1t may at last eat its way right
through the ice where not very thick.
Thus are formed the greater part of those
holes in drift-lce which are usually ascribed
to seals. The author never saw a seals
| hole in winter
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
Marriage rees I'm ne ussiA.

A schoolmate In the district of lucknow,
Russia, was engaged TO wed the daughter
of landowner in the neighborhOod, whose
wealth was not at all proportionate to his
acres. The bridegroom, bride and the
parents of the latter called on the priest of
the lady's village, in order to settle the
amount OF the wedding fee. The clergy
man fixed it at twenty five roubles. Un-
happily, the brides father was determined
to make show more in accordance with
his ancestral dignity than with his impov-
erished condition, and invited all his KIN
sfolk and acquaintance from far and near
to attend the ceremony. The result was
that the procession to the church included
no fewer than eleven carriages, all full of
wedding guests. When the priest saw
this magnificent preparation, he hurried to
the bridegroom, and informed him that
the fee for marriage of such pretensions
would not be twenty five, but one hundred
roubes. When the man pleaded his pow
erty as a schoolmaster, the pastor replied
bypointing to the signs of his father-in-law's g
wealth. The wedding party held a con-
sultation, and, indignant at the priests con-
duct, resolved that the whole procession
should drive off to the next village. The
priest outwitted them, however; his mes
senger arrived at hls brother cleric's door
long before the numbering coaches, 80 that
when they reached the church, and asked
the price of the sacerdotal function, the
parish priest was ready with the reply,
lone hundred roubles" The procession
started again for further village, but the
messenger had been there before them; the
priest of the place could not marry them
for less than one hundred roubles. They
experienced similar discontinue, accord
ing to the reports, at no less than four vii
lage churches, and it was only after q
long drive across the country that they suc-
ceeded in finding ''little father" who read
lily consented to bestoW the sacramental
benedictIon of matrimony for the fee
witch the lady's own pastor had originally
asked,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-01-27
Vanilla. Cinnamon, Cocoanut:

The vanilla plant is trained on poles
placed about twelve or eighteen inches
apart-One planter has line of plants
about three miles In length. Like the car.
damon, it yields fruit after three years, and
then continues producing its pods for an
indefinite period.
The cinnamon is, as its name indicates,
a native Of Ceylon. Ii is cultivated on q
Light, sandy soil about three miles from the
sea, on the southwest coast of the island,
from Negumbo TO Matura. In its cult
waited state, it becomes really productive
after the sixth year, and continues from
forty to sixty years. The superintendent
of the largest estate in that neighborhood,
- a -i------ -. i~aA than Ia varieties
Of cinnamon, sufficiently dIStino- ir1 4lovo-
TO be easily recognized. The production OF
the best so Injuries the plants that il does
not pay 10 cut this at any price under 6s.
3d. TO 5s per pound. The estate alluded
TO above, yields from so, 900 TO 10000 10.
per annum; uniform rate of Al jd. per lb.
of finished bark is paid for the labor. Gin
namon oil is produced from the bark bJ
distilIation; the mode is very primitive and
wasteful. About 40 Id. of bark, previous
ly macerated in water, form one charge for
the still, which is healed over a fire made
of the spent bark of a previous distillation.
Each charge of bark yields about three
ounces of oil, and two charges are worked
daily in each still.
The cultivation of the cocoanut tree and
the production of the valuable cocoanut
oil are two important Cingalese occupa-
tions. These trees, it appears, do not grow
with any luxuriance at distance from hu-
man dwellings, fact whichmay perhaps
be accounted for by the benefit they derive
from the smoke inseparable from the fires
in human habitations. The cultivation OF
cocoanuts would seem to be decidedly pro-
fitable, as some 1900 nuts per year are
yielded by each acre, the selling price be-
ing e3 per thousand while the cost of cul-
tivation is about 60 per acre. in extract
ing the oil, the white pulp is removed and
dried, roughly powdered, and pressed in
similar machinery to the linseed oil crush
ing mills of this country, The dried pulp
yields about 80 per cent. by weight OF
hmpid, colorless oil, which in our climate
forms the white mass SO well known in
pharmacy.