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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
Shooting a Zebra

l had sighted herd feeding and
coming toward me. These were the
first had seen SO very close, and more
beautiful, sleek, well-groomed looking
animals / never saw. It seemed
almost pity to lay them low with the
bullet. The big stallion Of the troop
was coming toward me- / fired, he
threw up his head : = missed; and
away they all weno ntlter. skelter
gathering over the stony ground. I
jumped on the mare and galloped after
them as hard as ] could go. then off
again, and as they re disappearing l
managed to hit the stallion behind.
On again, loading as / galloped; after
about six or seven minutes sighted
them again. The stallion by this time
was in the rear and bleeding. He
looked as if he were going to give in.
However. after pressing him little
time. l closed up to him, and then at
that moment a mare darted out from
the herd and tried to make him return;
but the pace was too good and he left,
and gradually edged away from the
troop. We were now going as hard
as ever we could. l got close up TO
him, and placing the gun between the
ears of my mare fired. He staggered;
! fired again, and he rolled over and
turned complete somersault. landing
on his back, all his four legs quivering
in the air. The mare had to stop sud-
denly shcrt and throw herself back on
her launches, or she would have been
on the top of him. 1t was most ex-
citing gallop. The animal was quito
dead.--LeRdo's Field.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
Learning to Swim.

The greatest difficulty to the
beginner is to learn to keep the proper
position Of the body after attaining 1t.
This difficulty can only be overcome by
using the proper stroke after having
placed the body in the correct position.
In the use Of the arms. the only
direction that can be given is to re-
member that, when the arms are
thrust forward at the beginning Of the
stroke, such positions of the elbows
and hands should be taken as will
make the least resistance to the water.
TO accomplish this. the hands should
be placed palm to palm, and the elbows
made to come quite close together.
starting them from under the chest.
In making the effective part Of the
stroke, our object is to get forward
motion only. The arms and hands
should be so placed as to produce the
greatest resistance npon the water.
70 accomplish this, the palms of the
hands should be thrown outward, and
the plane of the direction of the stroke
of the arms made parallel to the sur
face of the water.
The most important and the most
often defective point in swimming is
the mode of using the legs. 1t would
be well for beginner to observe the
swimming of frog, for undoubtedly
the same method of using the legs
should be adopted by man as is display
ed in the model swimming Of that am
phibian.
In analyzing the stroke Of the frog,
we notice that there is no vertical
rasfsAon, the whole direction OF tbs
force is in plai..9 exactly horizontal
and is accomplished by virtually open
ing and closing the space between the
knees-offering the sole of the foot as
a resistance while kicking, and placing
the feet in position of least resistance
while recovering.
In accomplishing the first of these
conditions-the opening and the clos
ing of the space between the knees
the knees should be thrown out, and
the contraction of the legs made SLOW
ly, in order to cause as little resistance
as possible to the headway already
attained.
1t will be found that, if we alternate
the stroke Of the arms and legs by
giving propulsion with one while re
covering with the other. more con
slant buoyancy will be attained, and
for long swims, it will be found far les
fatiguing.-Popular Science Monthly.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
q Take Courage.


Be brave. Oheart, and ie,r not earthly shame,
Cringe not tn men, but make thyseli namt /.
Take up thy cross, and walk erect through life,
r ght for the truth, however fierce the ttrIe.
Yield to no folly, crush thy tempting in,
And he no murmur Of complaint within.
Bend meekl down to sorrows chasf ening rod
And claie not ut the wise DEGREES oi God.
Bay thy most selfish and presumptuous will;
Whate'er thy burden. bear it, and be still.
Lin thy sad, doubting eyes to God above,
Know that his name and nature both are
love-.
Love Is the guardian Of the gate of heaven,
Through love alone thy name shall be for
given.
Bot it thou hatcss, even in q thought,
Apparent virtues will avail thee nausht
Love G ID, thy maker; love thy fellow.men;
Love without STINT; thou shalt not love ii,
vain. te
Roase thee, o heart! and do thy work in
fai,hj
Love is the conqueror over sin and death.
Aud when thou art FREQ to seek the native
skies
Thou shalt find love the light Of paradise.
-Countess Corells.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
An AstrOlOger Dead,

Andrew Jaquith, who died at the
st. James Hotel, Washington, D. G.,
recently, was better known as Prof
George Greggs the astrologist. He had
an Office where he received visits daily
from numbers Of persons who sought
to know from him something Of the
future. Mr.. Jaquith for short time
was dry-goods clerk in Boston, but
from q child he had taken an interest
in what he called the science of as
trology," and after having read much
on the subject, he set h mself up about
eight or ten years ago as professor"
His reputation quickly grew, and he
made money. In 1873 he came to New
York and opened an Office with even
greater success. Not only was he Wis.
tied by women and men who might be
expected to be credulous, but among
his patrons were bankers and brokers
and professional men, who sought his
assistance in their speculations. Some
of them are said to have paid him a
regular weekly salary and to have Wis
tied him every day. His friends tell
wonderful stories of his predictions, one
Of them having been, it is said, the as
sassination of Garfield. The estimates
placed upon the value of his practice
vary. but $50 day is considered not
extravagant. as his clients extended
throughout this country and parts us
England. He is said to have cast
10000 horoscopes. For the rast two
years Mr.. Jaquith was in poor health,
and he told his friends that lie could
not possibly live until 1884. He went
to Washington some three weeks ego
and died Of consumptiUn
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
Origin Of Ensilage.

Mr.. L. P Muirhead, Of Kilcreggan
writing to the North British A9ricIl
tasraltst upon the origin and practice
of ensilage says: '"Sauerkrautl Yes,
that's it. What is good for man is
good for beast. I'll try it anyhow.
So thought an old German farmer one
wet season eighty years ago; only,
instead of cabbage he used grass.
clover and vetches, omitted the pepper
corns, and used pit in the ground in
stead of the family barrel or crook (ir-
dene hagen). Some years after such
words as 'salzfutter' (salted fodder).
'sauer-futter' (pickled fodder), and
vieh-sost' (cattle saladl, might be
heard among the farmers of Germany
and East Prussia, where the practice
first obtained hold, thereafter being
carried by emigrants to America. and
gradually finding its way among the
Dutch and French nearer home.
About 1850 it came into notice in Scot
land. The Rev. John NJ Wilson. a,
that time an authority on things agri-
cultural, gave SO full an account of j.
as to be well worthy reproduction
Mr.. Muirhead quotes the lengthy de-
scription which answers to the method
of curing grasses now known as ensil-
age. Referring to Mr.. Sala's recen
note on the word ensilage in the HluS
trated NetcS, Mr.. Muirhead says: al
seems to be an Amer.canism. probabl
a corruption of the German 'enisalzen
to pickle. or the Spanish 'ensalada
salted, from which the English wor
salad is derived. Possibly salad pit foI
the receptacle, picking for theprocess
and COW salad for fodder would BIZ
more satisfactory"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
PUNEENT PARAGRAPHS.


A sound education can only be OBJ
tained from music master.
"Come around next stewsday," said
the hotel cook to the oysterman.
Vt is not exactly polite to refer tos
deceased person as your warm friend
A Western man claims to have bur
led twenty wives. He is grave-dig
ger, a1d they were not his own.
A rather cynical lady, somewhat ct
fit, says most men, like colds, are
very easily caught, difficult to get rid
of.
A professor is lecturing on "Aftet
Man--What?" We are not good on
conundrums and give 1t up, unless II
is his eoat-tails.
When a woman chases tramp out
of the back yard with kettle Of boil
ing water in her hand, can you speak
of her as being in hot pursuit
The waiter inferred that the guess
\ had taken Nttle something before
supper from the mere fact Of his or
dering .'tied fraters and chork pops
A man has invented a chair that can
be adjusted in 300 different positions,
and yet man who suspected his wife
was going to ask him about where he
was the night before, couldn't get into
a position in that chair which seemed
comfortable.
Conjugal affection depends largely
upon mutual confidence. II make ii
rule to tell my wife everything that
happens. In this way. we avoid any
misunderstanding" said wiseacre TO
a friend. Not to be outdone in gener-
osity, the good friend replied: "Well.
sir, you are not SO open and frank as ]
am. for tell my wife great many
things that never happen"
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
STEPHENS CITY FREDERICK CO.. vA SATURDAY 2s. 1888

server, and do not leave 1t possible for
one to make the criticism which ap-
plies to many homes, even Of wealth
and elegance, "Fine carpets. handsome
drapery. a few pictures, and elegant
furniture, but how drearyP' The
chilling atmosphere is felt at once, and
we cannot divest ourselves of the idea
that we must maintain stiff and So
we're demeanor, to accord with the
spirit Of the place. Make your homes,
then, SO easy and cheerful that, If we
visit you, we may be joyous and unre-
strained, and not feel ourselves out OF
harmony with our surroundings.-A Ayt
Reyieac,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
How to Obtain Government Land.


There are four principal methods OF
acquiring land from the United States
government, namely, homesteading,
presumption, tree e-culture and purchase.
1.-THE timber-culture act is liberal IN
its provisions. Z nder it any person
may get o farm of 100 acres or less.
He may do this, and also acquire title
to another 160 acres, under the home
stead or presumption law. but he cannot
make use of both the homestead and
pre- emption methods, except in the
territories, nor can he use either of
those methods twice. If the tree-claim
contains the maximum entry of 160
acres, at least i've acres must be plowed
within one year from date of entry; the
second year five acres must be culti-
|syated and anotler hve acres -yao-~ea,
the third year the first five acres must
be planted in timber, seeds or cuttings,
and the second five acres cultivated;
the fourth year the second five acres
must be planted in timber. seeds or cut
tings, making at the end of the fourth
year ten acres thus planted. These
must be carefully cultivated and pro-
tected for four years more, at the end
Of which time, on making due proof
that at least, 2700 trees were planted
upon each acre. and at the time of max
ing proof at least 675 thrifty trees are
growing upon each acre. a patent fol
the land may be obtained. Perfect
good faith must be observed. If the
trees, or any Of them, are destroyed
one year they must be replanted thu
next. If grasshoppers or drouth de
stroy the trees, seeds or cuttings, TO
one year or term Of years. the tim
for planting is extended one year TO
every year that they are SO destroyed
The land Office fee for entry of 16
acres is $14. Only western prairie 0
treeless lands may be taken by thi
method. The trees planted must b
those properly called timber trees, an
among these the cottonwood is recol
| niZed,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26

Professor Thurston. of the Stevens
institute OF technology at Hoboken,
laughs at the idea, recently promulgat-
I'd, that the obellsk in Central par. is
q concrete structure which can be-
easily reproduced in native materials;
He had a piece of its companion. the
Thames embankment obelisk, which
consists of silex. mica and beautiful
crystals of nthoclase feldspar-in fact.
q superior quantity Of granite.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
knowledge in q Nutshell.

A cublt is two feet.
A pace is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A palm is three inches.
A league is three miles.
There are 1850 languages.
A great cubit is eleven feet.
Two persons die every second.
Bran, twenty pounds per bushel.
Sound moves 743 miles per hour.
A square mile contains GAO acres.
A barrel of ice contains 600 pounds.
Slow rivers flow five miles per hour.
A barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
A barrel of flour weighs 1876 pounds.
An acre contains 1910 square yards.
Oats, thirty-three pounds per bushel.
Barley, forty-eight pounds per bushel'
A firkin of butter weighs Sc pounds.
A hand (horse measure) is four
inches.
A span is ten and seven-eighth
inches.
A rifle ball moves 1000 miles per
hour.
A storm blows thirty-six miles per
hour. t..,
A rapid river flows seven miles per
hour.
Buckwheat, hfty-two pounds per
bushel.
ELECTRICITY moves 228,O0O miles per
hour.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
Coarse salt, eighty-fve pounds per
bushel.
A tub of butter weighs eighty-fom
pounds.
The average human life is thirty-one
years.
Timothy seed, forty-fve pounds per
bushel.
The first steamboat piled the Hudson
In 1907.
The first horse railroad was built In
1e26-'27.
A days journey is thirty-three and
one-eighth miles.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26
VOL II-.-NO. As.
Hope and Despair.

All upon summer see
Suiling IN an argo.y--
Iaebecs, lutes and viois sounding,
While the ship DER wa.elels bounding.
Skimv the surface OF the sea-
All the masts are wreathed with woodbsre
Jessamine and egantine; -.
White lilies--r, dtlest roses
Etrew the deck in scented posics,
And the cordago is vine.
Bu' light CLEANS in golden nieshes.
Breaks the ioam IN pe,rly tresses,
Through the interlnce of flowers
Breaks the foam in silver showers
AL adown the golden meshes.
Stealing down gloomy river,
Where dull water grasses culver.
From balh como sound 0i s0aTcH,
Never cea,ing with the rnorow--
Mournful bark upon The river.
Cypress, rosemary and rdeg
Branches from the somter yew,
On the deck are wihered lying
While the night breeze sadly sighing,
Watts the odor Of the rue.
Gu1len clouds obscure the moon,
DIrknels cometh ali too sooni
Black the clouds and black the river,
Blnck the bark and oh, the shivsr
As It slnks beneath the moon!
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26

and the yellow4batter pudding. with ite
rich sauce---to say nothing OF light.
fiaky rolls and fresh butter.
And when, after dinner, Lysander
stepped into the dining-room for a
pitcher of water, he could not help
observing the contrast between Hull
dah's satin-smooth braids and snowy
neck-rullie, and Olympia's tawny rib
bons and browzy hair.
i, Olympia" said Miss Catherine. a
couple Of weeks later, as she took q
folded paper from the bureau draw,
"here's present I've got for you--s
new dressl It's basket cloth. And
there's some blue trimmings and silk
buttons for you. And-and, Olympia
/ shan't need you any longer, for my
brother is going to be married to-mor
row to Miss Huldah Rush, and she's
powerful good housekeeper you
know.
"Just what 1 thought" said Mrs
Jones, when her daughter appeared
with her bundle of clothes. "You
allus was lazy and slovenly, an allus
will be, reckon"
I'm sorry I went there now,'
grumbled Olympia. "It's all that
plagued old maids fault, 1 knowl"
And it was Miss GATHERINGS man
agement that saved her brother from
that snare; but he never suspected II
Of course.-Heleo W. Cl1yk.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-05-26

Dinner was on the table at precisely
twelve o'clock, and the Rev. Mr.. Shep-
herd and his family testified to the ex-
cellence Of the Ri hly-browned turkey,
juicy and unctious. the mashed pota-
toes and gravy, the golden-hued piess
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-03

Il HOLDERS OF FIRST MORTGAGE BONDS
OF THE RICHMOND AND ALLtGHANG
RAILROAD COMPANY resident In Virginia sre
requested % be scot u the undersigned. AZ the
oilice of Warren & Quaries. No. lll7 Main street
Any information that may be Of interest viii from
time 10 time be forwarded. W. x. QUAkLEs,
Secretary of the ComWitiee OF mortgage
BOndholdeFs. ~ l-im
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-03
The Plaques or History.
THE ErrpEhcs WHICH HAVE SWEPT MILLIONS
OF PEOPLE rNTo IN Avra


From Che Chicago Tnter-Ocean.l
The threatened cholera endemic has
called attention to the great plaques re-
corded In history, and glance at some OF
the events may reconcile us TO grateful
feeling OF the comparative freedom from
pestiicnce In late years. The earliest
plaques OF which there are any account
are those described In Exodus, which
occurred In Egypt 1891 b. c. In 534
ID. u tnere was plague at Car
image so terrible that parents sacrificed
their children TO propitiate the gods. In
1871 b. G., in the Greek Islands, Egypt and
syra, people died at the rate OF 1000 day.
In Rome, A. ID. so, 10000 persons died
daily. Another plague In Rome. A. ID. 2o6,
took of 5000 day. In 400 Britain was
scourged so that the living were hardly
able to bury the dead. During the years
746-149 Constantinople lost 100000 OF It's
population. At Chichester, England, in
772, "a, 900 people died. and in 954 Scotland
lost 10000 people. Ireland was sorelv visit
cd in ll72 and 1904, and again In 1889.
At that time 200 people were buried
daily in London. In 1407 London lost
80, 900 citizens. There was fearful pesti-
lence at oxford In 1471. The dreadful
sweating sickness" occurred in Lon
don in 1906, and again in 1917. in most Of
the towns half the people died, and Oxford
was depopulated.' In 1922 thousands were
SWEPT away in Limerick. The sweating
sickness - revisited England in 1922, and
again i'm 1861. In 1904 30,51S people
persisted Of plague in London. CONSTANT
nople again lost 100000 people in 1911.
In 1925 London lost 35,417 inhabitants.
In 1852 Lyons lost 10000. In 1866
100000 people died at Naples in six
months. In 1864 London's great
plague took oil 6s,506 inhabitants.
In 1920 10000 people died at Mar
settles. In 1873 $4,000 inhabitants OF Bos-
sora, Persia, died of plague. In 1892
100000 persons died Of plague in Egypt.
In Barbary 5000 people died daily, and
III 1899 247,000 people persisted at Fee.
Asiatic cholera first appeared in England
ut Sunderland, October 20, 1881, and in
North America at Quebec, June s, 1892,
and in New York June -, 1882. IL re-
visited the United States in 1894, slightly
in lS49, severely in 1855, and again lightly
in 1S6C-'67. In 1S29-'30 100000 people
died OF cholera IN Russia and Germany.
In 1s4S-'40 SO, 203 people died Of it in Eng
land and Wales, and in 1854 these countries
lost 20,O97 and Naples 10000 persons. In
1866 10000 people died Of cholera at Con-
stantinople.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-08-03
A Skull I'm q We'll.
ANOTHER INSTANCE OF TIE TRUTH OF TIL
ADAGE THAT MURDER WILL OUT.
fBellaire Tribunel

ADAGE THAT MURDER WILL OUT.
fBellaire Tribune.l
Seventeen years ago man, whose name
cannot now be recalled, came to Washing
ton county and made his headquarters at
MatamoriS, going from there into the sur
rounding country. being interested in the
purchase Of oil-lands. He seemed to have
plenty OF money, drove good horses, and
became generally well known. Sudden
" he disappeared as completely as
though the earth had opened and
swallowed him up. His horses, wag-
on, and gold watch were found in
the possession OF man named Ward, who
claimed to have purchased them from their
owner; but many persons suspected that
he had murdered the Spectator, and this
suspicion was strengthened when after
wards Ward, who had hitherto been poor
farmer, sold out and came to Matamoras,
where he purchased hotel and made a
display Of money altogether out Of place
when his previous poverty was consid-
cred. However, the matter was not
pressed, and about four years ago the sus-
pected man died.
Now comes the strange part OF the story.
Living about four miles from Matamoras,
in what is known throughout the country
as the Yellow House." was one George
West, a leading merchant and bighly-re-
spected businessman. About the 1st Of
April he was taken sick, and on bis death
bed he confessed to the murder Of the oil
Spectator. He said he could not die until
he had divulged his guilty secret. His
story was that he and Ward, with man
named Kirkbride, who now runs a
butcher-sbop at Matamoras, were the MUIR
derers- Ward and he holding the victim
while Kirkbride cut his throat. The body
was then thrown into well, the location
of which the dying man disclosed. lie
spoke OF a ring upon his victims finger,
which they had not removed. The well
was searched and human skull brought TO
light. The search is still in progress.
The excitement in the neighborhood is
intense, and Kirkbride will undoubtedly
be arrested as soon as discovered. He has
no: been in his shop for several weeks, and
his whereabouts are not definitely known.
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DANVILLE.

TOBACCO SkLES-THE DROUGHT AND THE
ToBACcO-FIRE - GRANT AEREsTED-THE
METHODIST CnAPEL-RELIGlOUs REVEALS.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.l
AUGUST >, 1888.
Captain Il. &. Hcrndon, yice-preSident
OF the Tobacco Association, reports that III
last month the amount Of the sales Of leaf
tobacco was 2,949,1ll pounds, and the
average Sl7Gl per hundred. In July,
1882, there were sold 1,799,170 pounds. at
an average Of S10.1S. Since the 1St Of Oc-
tober the amount OF the sales has been 3d.
O76,690. and the average S12.62; the amount
for the same period Of the preceding year
was 22,213.9ll, and the average 1913. The
average for last month was the highest
given since October, 1876.
In travelling over the eastern portions OF
this county, and meeting with persons
from the western parts OF Halifax, | have
observed and learned that the corn and to-
bacco are suffering much from drought.
"But," said |, TO an old and hgh-priced
planter. Grain will after awhile bring out
the tobacco" "Much Of our tobacco is
now in the top" said he, "and it takes
tobacco nine weeks after it il topped TO get
ripe"
llt HnuNt vi MI. Jdlllts y. MOOIt, "a
neat planters residence, in CaSwell county.
Y. c., was recently burned down. No in
surance.
Mr.. w. /. Overbey, sheriff Of this coun-
". went oil on Monday 10 Tennessee for
George Il. Grant, the man who killed j..
W. Manning near Calands, this county,
about the 18th Of June and made his es-
cape. The account OF the affair published
about that time was that Grants mother
abused Manning for killing some of her
ducks; Manning insulted Mrs. Grant; and
Grant crept upon Manning where he was
at work in the field, shot him five times
with a pistol, and beat him and stamped
him after he had fallen.
The subscriptions for the Methodist
chapel 10 be located in the Mechanlcsyille
part of the city, and called the Floyd-Street
chapel, already amount 10 about $1,000.
II is expected that the house will be
finished by the middle Of October, and
Rev. Or. \. G.. Brown. Major Sutherlih.
and Mr.. II. II. Bateman have been appoint
ed the building committee.
Rev. l.. L. Spencer and i. II. Fontaine
are now holding revival services at Sandy
Creek church, this county, and there had
been fourteen professions up to last night.
At Shockoe, this county, Rev. c. W.
Wood, the pastor, and Mr.. Suddith, lay
member OF the Danvillc Baptist church,
have been holding special services, and at
last report thirty-five persons bad been
baptized and five others had proiessed
faith. ALPHA.