Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-03-08
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

Mail is now carried between New
York and San Francisco IN 1l3
hours.
Among the criticism on Ameri-
can girls in English papers we
should be satisfied with the re-
marks of the London Queen
american girls are bright, intelli-
gent, good managers, tasteful
dressers, kind, warm-hearted friends
and affecti onate wives and moth
ers.r
-Four young men were dned 50
apiece in Washington the other
day for making some remarks about
a white horse while red headed
girl was passi ng. The magistrate
did not state whether his severity
was due TO the antiquity Of the joke
or a desire to teach the offenders
better manners.
A Minneapolis editor was shot
at by a White Cap the other night.
The bullet passed through his ear
and flattened against his sknll.-
We would like to offer few con-
gratulatory remarks, but are STALL
ed in the attempt to determine for
which he should give thanks, the
thickness OF his ear or the density
Of his skull.
A New Haven, Conn. justice
has Just had an unusual suit
brought before him. Miles Whit
comb, of Hamden, sues his uncle,
Herman Skiff, to recover S4O0 for
attending the funeral OF the later's
wife. BY the itemized account
Whitcomb's claim covers railroad
fares, services rendered in select
ing a coffin aud arranging for the
funeral, and also for the time lost.
There have been over fifty pas
senger trains robbed in Arizona |
within the past year, and thou
sands Of passe myers have been rob- |
bed, and it is estimated that be. /
tween 100000 aud $500, 900 worth .
in money has been secured by the /
robbers. Few have been brought
to punishment, and but few have
ever encountered any resistance
while plying their netarious work
on the train.
The king OF Wurtemburg has a
fancy to ascertain whether the
moon is inhabited by causing
photographs to be taken of that
luminary, and then magnitying the
negative a hundred thoussnd-fOld.
The pictures produced by this pro-
cess show nebule with little dots,
aud the king declares the dots to
be men and women. He hopes
eventually to get some Of them into
distinct shape.
In another column of this issue
will be found the inaugural address
of Gen. Harrison. 1t Is a clear
statement Of the Pr esIdent's views
upon all the public questions and
interests now engaging the public
mind. II Is patriotic, firm and yet
judiclous aud conservative. 1t will
stand out as one OF the great papers
of the country aud cannot fail to
impress impa rtial readers with the
sincerity and honesty Of its author.
A very curious breach of prom
Use Of marriage case, and one in
what is called "hlgh life" is re-
ported from London. The rich and
titled defendant was engaged to a
young lady, daughter Of a minister,
but he behaved so wildly and
strangely that the young lady's
parents, after obtaining medical
advice that his sanity was effected,
wrote him a letter, Withdrawing
their consent to dis marriage with
their daughter. He acknowledged
aud accepted the release, married
another lady shortly atterward, and
has since exhibited no sign of men,
tai arrangement. The young lady
sues him for breach OF promise, on
the ground that his release was OBJ
tanned by false pretenses.
VI. Mosso, OF Turin, having
carried out a series of experiments
with the blood of cells, finds that it
possesses marked poisonous prop.
critics. Even to the tongue 1t has
an insuppoI table acridiry, and a
very small quantity of the serum
IS sufficient to kill dog. Half a
cubic centimeter injected beneath
the skin OF a dog weighing 80
pounds killed it in tour minutes ,
AT this rate, au eel weighing five
pounds would contain enough
poison TO dispatch ten men. The
blood Of animals thus poisoned
cauuot be made to coagulate, just
as after the bite of serpents.-
Fortunately the blood IL inert when
introduced via the stomach, and it
loses its tOxix properties when
heated
The Cabinet.