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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08
Licorice Root.

Nearly 100000 pounds Of licorice
root arrived at the port of New York
during one week recently, from Smyrna.
The largest share of licorice now comes
from Asia Minor, one American having
almost a monopoly Of it, and having
branches for manufacturing the extract
in this country. Large quantities of
licorice are imported into the United
States at a heavy expense of import
duties. About year ago ii was settled
beyond doubt that the soil and climate
of California are perfectly adapted to
its production. Licorice is prepared
like horse-radish, by means Of root
slips, which are removed from the main
root The soil must be well fortified
and thoroughly broken to the depth Of
three feet to obtain the best results.
The great depth is necessary to encour-
age the roots to grow downward to es-
cape tho intense heat not only of one,
but of several hot summers, as it takes
three or four years to perfect the roots
for market, during which time the plant
must receive constant and careful atten-
ton with the prong hoe. Lay off the
rows two feet apart; and after cutting
the root slips into sections OF five or six
inches, plant them in vertical holes
made with dibble, sixteen inches apart,
observing to thrust them several inches
below the surface, and cover over. As
the growing season closes each autumn,
the stems should be cut down and re-
moved, and liberal coating of manure
composted with rich hammock (top)
sold. If the plants have been well cared
for, the roots may be large enough in
three years to harvest for market,
though four years is not uncommon.
Harvesting is quite tedious job, and
on account of the depth 1.-TWO or three
feet-has to be done with spade.
When dug. the side shoots, used for
propagation, are cut off, and the main
roots washed, dried, and tied in con-
venient-sized bundles.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08
FISH NOT PARTICULAR.
They Care for Quantity, Not Quality,
in Eating.

"It's well-established fact in natura
history" said Fish Commissioner Z. G.
Blackford, of New York, to Sun re-
porter, "that fish have two chief occu-
pations. One is TO eat and the other is
to avoid being eaten. Few persons
have had occasion to actually observe
the voraciousness of fish. Fish are not
particular as to what they eat when
hungry. have seen a half-pound trout
swallow quarter Of pound trout. l
have found in the stomach of Goldfish
weighing eight pounds block Of wood
as large as my hand. There was found
in the stomach of Goldfish that was
taken at Gloucester, not so very long
ago, pack of playing cards. How the
Goldfish found the cards no one has ever
been able to surmise.
81 have found in the stomach of
striped bass which weighed twelve
pounds another striped bass weighing
four pounds. And, astonishing as it
may seem, there we're found in the same
fish nine menhaden and few other
small fish. A few weeks ago there was
found in the stomach of fish caught
off the coast Of England long iron
bolt.
"Probably the greediest of all fish,
added Commissioner Blackford, is the
black swallower, as it is popularity
termed. This fish can perform the
seemingly impossible feat Of swallowing
another fish from eight to twelve times
larger than itself It's true habiiation
seems to be at depth of 800 fathoms.
It has an elongated body Of nearly uni
form thickness from the head nearly to
the tail. The skin is destitute of scales,
the mouth is very deeply cleft, extend
ing between the eyes, and reminding
you of the chestnut about the boy who
was said to have so large a mouth that
when he opened it the top of his head
was an island. The popularity of the
swallower's mouth is that some of the
teeth, all Of which are long and sharply
pointed, are movable. Let the swallower
espy fish many times larger than itself
and it darts upon its victim like flash,
seizes it by the tail and gradually climbs
over it with its jaws, first advancing one
jaw and then the other. As the victim
is taken in the swallower's stomach il
appears as a great bag projecting out
far backward and forward. The walls
of the stomach are SO tightly stretched
that they are transparent, and the
species OF the fish taken in may be dis
covered. Such rapacity is often more
than the captor can back up by diges.
ton, and the swallower is forced upward
from the depths TO the surface of the
ocean, where it may be picked up. In
this way specimens of this rare fish have
been obtained and sent to the National
Museum at Washington. :"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08
He Was An Old Man, But Lively
One.

We were sitting in front Of David
sons grocery one summer afternoon,
when some one observed that "Old lay
lor" was coming. He was dried up,
little old man, who might have been
anywhere from 80 to LOG years old, and
he had voice to remind you OF broken
glass rafting in tin pan.
''Now, boys" said the village shoe
maker, who was about 40 years old, and
weighed It's pounds, "1'll show You
some fun. I'm going to scare old Tay
lor half to death.
The old man drove up before any ex-
PLANTATION could be sought, and, after
hitching his old plug he stood for a
minute to wipe the dust off his ancient
plug hat with his elbow. The shoe
maker took advantage of this to adj
vance and say:
Uncle Taylor, it is over twenty years
ago that / sold you a pair of boots on
tick. They have never been paid for
yet"
"They didn't fit, and they never will
be paid fort" holly replied the old man.
81 have waited and waited, con-
tinued the cobbler, ''but my patience is
finally exhausted. You must now pay
me, or I'll take it out of your hide. !"
ssGoin' to lick me, heyl" shouted
Uncle Taylor, as he drew back step.
ssI'll have to, answered the creditor.
"Then pitch right in"
"Will YOU pays"
s'No, sir"
s'Uncle Taylor, hate to break you in
two, but if you don't pay that old debt
I'll"
"Then come onl" squealed the old
man. and with that he swung and
caught the shoemaker on the Jaw and
laid him ont. He followed it up by
piling on, and lie kicked, bit, scratched,
and pounded so vigorously, that inside
of three minutes the cobbler was shout
ing to us to take him off. He was a
licked man. Instead of having fun with
the old man, the old man had made q
circus of him. We hauled him into the
shade of sugar hogshead and famed
him with a hat, and after about ten
minutes he family remarked:
"Boys, was / lickedi"
fright from the mark, we answered.
s'And by old Taylor alonel"
eyes"
ssWell. that shows how man can be
mistaken" he sighed. s'For over
twenty wears have fondly figured that
/ could lick that old cuss with my eyes
shut and both hands tied behind me,
and now he does me up in fight of
NV own picking and with all my tackle
clear, Please leave me alone for a
while. boys. Ny head swims, and my
BODY aches, and I want to reason it out
and find some excuse for making q fool
of myself. New York Sun.
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boy, was born in the attic of house in
Johnstown which was tossing about on
the waters. The little fellow has been
named Moses Williams.
A SOUTHERN gentleman had chance
the other day to find the first cause of an
accident which happened in his store. A
rattlesnake frightened cat, that scared
a hen, that knocked jar of jam from a
shelf, which hit the faucet of barrel of
molasses, which turned the faucet, caus-
ing the loss of a barrel of molasses.
A CLEVER English girl has invented a
new industry. She calls herself an ac-
countant and auditor for large house
holds, and finds plenty Of employment
in looking after the business of few
families of large expenditures whose
heads have not taste for the work.
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Makers of Fans and Baskets.

Fiesole, near Florence, Italy, contains
only between 1000 and 5000 inhabi-
tants, all engaged apparently in making
straw baskets and fans. Women with
these wares to sell beset you on every
side, run after every carriage and offer
their goods SO cheap that you can scarce
" help buying. A pretty fan at 10
cents does not seem dear to an American,
nor a basket of intricate work at 20
cents. All the inhabitants of the place
who do not plat straw beg, and I am
afraid get almost as much as their in
dustrious neighbors.-[San Francisco
Chronicle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08

CAPTAIN NICHOLAS MURPHY, OF Boss
ton, is one of the most noted life savers
in this country. During a period Of
thirty-fve years he has saved upward Of
one hundred persons from drowning,
his first rescue being made when he was
IA years old. For a number of years he
followed the sea, but is at present q
night Waterman at one of the wharves.
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motion for many hours.
ACCORDING to the Persian custom, the
Shah has his mutton killed IN his own
nalace. He wanted to do this while
staving in Buckingham Palace, but the
Queen would not permit it, though long
negotiations were carried on to obtain
her permission. In the end it was
settled that the royal butchering should
be performed at Prince Malcolm Khan's
house in Holland Park.
ED Roe, a young Englishman, while
swimming in the Cumberland Sound
with fifteen other boys from Fernando
ma, Ala, was struck by shark, which
bit of the calf of one leg. Roe was
taken into a boat at once, but bled
to death before medical assistance could
be obtained. This is the first instance
known of q shark attacking a man in
these waters.
A MIRACULOUS escape from death is
reported from Richmond, Ind. A young
man named George Beatz, living In the
extreme southern portion of the city,
was struck by lightning, but although
the bolt tore the shoes from his feet, the
burning and breaking of the skin, and
the shock he sustained, were the worst
result. Only the toe of one shoe with
the torn upper was let on one foot
GRrrFrrH WILLIAMS, wife and fonr
children. survivors of the Johnstown
food. have left this country for Wales.
The youngest member of the family,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1889-08-08

FoUR HUNDRED miles of natural gas
and oil pipe lines are to be built this
year in the Western States, and it IS
probable that if these enterprises pay
other lines will be built on a larger
scale.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-05-02
QUITE A BONANZA,
How the Railroads, street Cars and Ferries
PrOfted by the CIeIHbFatinn.

How the Railroads, street Cars and Ferries
PrONtsd by the OslSbratiun.
NEw YoRK, May 1.-The celebration
has been a bonanza for the railroads,
street car companies and ferries.
In the opinion Of competent Judges,
yesterday was tue greatest day for tray.
cling in the history Of tho city, Over
half million outsiders came on 10 Man.
haitian Island, and the number the rail.
roads carried, together with those han.
died by tho ferries and those who
crossed the Brooklyn bridge In both
directions, were more than l,OOO, nm
with no serious accident,
In town, the Manhattan Elevated
Railroad carried upward OF 1000 600
people, aud carried them safely, The
bridge travel was estimated al ibOOO6
each way. The ferries brought In over
800, 200, and probably handled nearly
100000. The railroads handled aboIiL
two and one.hali times tho ordinary
number Of 10000, which would make
OVOiUVOs 4uu Bluuu VOldl lOf the Three
roads using the Grand Central Station
was about $4,000 each way, or GOOOO ali
told, Of which the New Haven roAd Ind
%, 000-this Is two and q half times ihe
regular travel, and about a. well AZ Tho
road ever did. The rush In the evening
filled the three passenger rooms lIks
cattle yards, and tho pollCemon's rlubS
-and lots Of them.-had 10 DO brought
into play. II would have been iaf wofSe
II there had been no FIRE works In lhe
evening. They kept nearly half Of ibs
visitors back until late trains.
Similar tales might be told about other
depOls. The Long Island Railroad rSr.
rlBd upward ol 10000, exclusive Of TapId
transit travel, but superintendent BaS.
ton 10 used 10 bigger crowds than that
II the Pennsylvania Railroad carti"S
10000 on an ordinary day, Il hSndIsi
nearly 10000 yesterday, ltinay Be foiS,i
liat tue travel Of yesterday was uosIiy
local, Few came from over seyenlV.Gys
miles away. Not 5000 people tinfihs
the ant two days applied for rooms Nnd
accommodations al the bureau, and
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PARNHLL'S TESTIMONY.
He Gives Important Evidence in
His Own Behalf
BEFORE THE COMMISSION
He Denies Collusion With tho
FeuIans-The Steamer weser Has
Yellow Fever on Board-NIino
Explosion In Germany.

LONDON, May 1.-The direct examIna.
ton Of Mr., Parnell was concluded at
to-dRy's session OF the Parnell Commits.
sion. Mr.. Parnell declared that he hal
conducted the Irish agitation constltu.
tlonally, His cross examination was
begun.
Mr., Parnell, on cross examination, de.
MED that the IriIh World ever collected
moneys for the Parliamentary party,
The Irish World had been hostile to him,
self and the Parliamentary party sinea
1882, Attorney General Webster her,
produced extracts from the JriM WorLi
praising Mr.. Parnelps action in Parlia.
ment alter 1882, Sir Charles Russell,
counsel for the Parnellites, put in ex.
tracts adverse 10 Mr.. Parnell. The cross
examination was then continued.
Mr., Parnell admitted knowing Mooney,
otherwise known as "Trans- Atlantic'm
He didn't tknowwhether Mooney contrib-
uted to the parliamentary fund. Mooney
wrote violent articles. Witness would
not object to receiving MONEYS tribute
to assist the party II he did not publish
articles advocating murder. Witness
had held no communication with Pat
rick Ford since 1881. Mr.. Parnell EN-
denied that his Irish scheme
ever included coalition with the Fe-
mans IN order to expel landlords from
Ireland
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CONDENSED TgLEGRAMs.

Postmaster VanCott yesterday took
charge of the New York PostofIise. ''VN
General Newberry yesterday tprnsd
over the Chicago postoiIlce 70 coIS.
mel Sexton. =" S"'V'
The Board Of Directors Of The Pam.
sylyania Railroad Company vestsS,Iav %
d declared q Aemi.annual cash dividend =,
The schooner Shiloh, which so,Iod
from Gloucester, MaHg', ior Geo%pnsIa %
BANKS March 25, haB not ElneS isoS S
heard from. She carried crew NJ io,si SSvn
teen men. VIZ" Vi lour'
The The public u debt statement was lsspOd
yesterday. The decrease Of III ~ iSSgGa SsSi
snn since g January 80, 1883, was s9a I az. az.
zzs z sI,1 ~. Tue total cash In ibe Tits5Sn,!,
iSs0l9o9O,0l6 O5. 'DV AfeaSu'y
Joseph Evans, a large real es.O,o 40, :.
et .. Of Lowell Mass, was iatSiIy hm hns;
Yesterday, while aiding 10 TeSoys nuts :
building on the arnory SIts, % roSSr,Is
purchased by the State, 'V''n'Iy
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AUDITOR COULTER lNArauRArEn.
The New OalClal Takes tho oath-ue is
Grateful to Dan McConVllle.
Special Dtspdteh 10 ue Iatellioaseer.

The New OnlClai Takes tho Oath-IIe Is
Grateful to Dan McConVllle.
Special DiSpateh 10 Ire Iateli0aeer.
WASHINGTON, D. O., May l.-Hon.
Thomas B. Coulter, OF Steubenville, put
up his twenty-five cents this morning
and had the oath Of office administered
to him by the notary in the appoint
ment division Of the Treasury Depart
mont. His former colleague in the Ohio
stOte Senate, L, G, Rathbone, "stood up"
with him, and after receiving his com.
mission the two new officials proceeded
to the Postoflice Department, where Mr..
Coulter took charge OF the desk as.
signed to the Sixth Auditor OF the
Treasury without ceremony and at once
assumed the duties OF his new position.
Mr.. McConville, tho retiring Auditor,
having during the past week initiated
his successor to the fullest extent Of his
ability, Mr.. Coulter was very pro.
nounced imhis expressions Of apprecia.
ton for the courteous treatment OK.
tended TO him on the part OF his prede.
Cessor. The Sixth Auditors chair SEEM
cd none too large for the new official
this afternoon when the INTRLLraRNCER
representative called and found him
transaCting the routine business Of the
bufelu,
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southern Cotton Men Confor.

ATLANTA, GA, May LIN pursuance
Of tho call Of President Hickman, the
Southern manufacturers met here to-
day To take into consideration the con.
dition OF cotton manufacturing in tho
South, TO discuss the adyisability OF n
permanent organization OF the cot.
ton manufacturers in the sontb-
ern States, and also whether COT
ton bagging could be substituted
for jute bagging. Manufacturers were
present from Georgia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Alabama, Tennessee
and Louisiana. President Hickman do
liyered an address, after which resol,l-
tion was adopted pledging tho Southern
manufacturers 10 pay ten cents pOr
hundred pounds more for cotton baies.
In cotton or other light bagging,
than for cotton bagging In iute bagpinS.
The Impression Of the convention
seem TO be that the bailing Of
the cotton crop In cotton bagping
Is not altogether practical, but the
spirit Of the manufacturers is 10 do
all in their power TO aid the planters.
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Judged by this, it did not pay the hotel
men to establish 1t just for three days,
But Il Is 70 be apermanent institution.
INC ONO soldler. TOOL the Oake.

New YoRE, May LIN commenting
on yesterdays great military parade the
Sun says; The ohioans were superbly
mounted, their horses being Of much
higher quality than any seen during the
entire parade, The uniform OF the Hus-
sars was tasteful combination OF black
and old gold, The ten regiments from
tue Buckeye State, 5000 strong, were
soldicrly looking, very much like regu-
lars, with their bronzed faces, plain blue
uniforms and full equipment for march,
Ing service, with canteen, tin cups,
blankets and knapsacks slung at their
backs, they looked ready TO go into the
field at a moments notice, They march
ed in single columns OF eighteen, The
Sixth Regiment, commanded by Colonel
John o. Entrodekin, followed the tlrst
Cleveland troops, Then came the Third
regiment under the leadership OF Col,
W, NJ, Williamson, This regiment
boasted Of three battle flags, which were
torn and shattered by shot, shell and
sabre thrusts, and the crowd Cheered en-,
Enthusiastically when the relics were dis.
played, The Others followed In this
order; Second regiment, Col, James @,
Howe; Fourteenth regiment, Col. George
D. freeman !. Thirteenth regiment, Col,
William S. White; Sixteenth regiment,
Col, Charles NJ. Keyes; Eighth regl.
ment, Col, George Il. Gyger; Fifth regi.
ment, Col, Fred W. Flick, headed by a
drum corps; Seventeenth regiment, Col.
Edgar ]. Poccick; First regiment, Col,
Frederick W. Moore, and the First regi.
ment Light Artillery, Col, Louis Smith.
night commanding, followed by Batter.
les A, B, 0, D, and three columns Of
splendid looking .colored men, In the
Thirteenth regiment presented a splen'
did apDparanre.
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HANGED YHHR FATHER,
The Terrible Crime Of Two
Young Men in Somerset
TO GET THEIR INHERITANCE.
They String Up Their Aged Parent
and Shoot Their step.AIothcr-A
Most Revolving Tragedy-The
Drothtrs Under Arrest,

SOMERSET, Pa, May 1.-The awful and
mysterious tragedy in Jefferson town
ship yesterday grows more revolving as
the facts appear, 1t now seems more
than probable that the two sons Of old
shanlis, who was 65 years Of age and
much debilitated, deliberately conspired
to put both the father and step mother
out ofthe way, that they might speedily
come into possession Of the estate,
which Is valuable. The evidence so far
adduCed justiAes the conclusion that
twesons, Davidsnd George, hanged their
father aud then David an hour orso later
shot his young step.mother through the
body US she was returning from the barn
70 the house, Tho step,mother still
lives and may recover, One thing is
certain, the father was hung previous TO
the shooting OF the mother. Early one
morning about two years ago Mr.. Shan
lis arrived In town with bag OF flour,
which he asked DR.. Brubaker, Of Som.
erset to examine, saying that he be-
lleyed his two sons were eldeayoring TO
poison himself and wife. Altogether,
y is a most revolving and mysterious
affair.
The first account of tho tragedy is,
briefly, as follows:
The community was startled yesterday
by the discovery OF another hor.
rIble tragedy, At an early hour Jacob
D. Shaulis, wealthy farmer 90 years OF
age, who lived in Jefferson township,
eight miles from this place, was found
dead hanging to tree back OF his resi-
1enCc. Lying in thebarnyard, u few feet
away, was his young wife, shot through
.he body and fatally wounded. Detec-
i've I. j. Picking hurried to the scene,
and after an ninyeStigation arrested David
md George Shaulis, sons OF the old man |
Ind stepsons Of Mrs. Shaulis.
They were brought to Somerset and |
odged in jail charged with the crime. 1t |
vas alleged that the old man committed |
Iuicile first and then David, his son, at. |
,empted to kill his step.mother, who Is |
'nly 20 years OF age, TO prevent her in.
lcritlng the estate, the two boys hoping
~ this means 10 secure the property |
themselves.
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YOUNGSTOWN, ONO, May l.-Leadins
Catholic divines and educators huyS
formed the Catholic educational union,
the aim Of the organization being To piyo
those who find 1t tdifIicult to pursue their
studies after leaving school IN oppor.
tuniity to follow a prescribed course OF
reading, which combines secular and re.
igtous literature, and In general to On.
courage individual study In an approved
and systematic course. It is proposed
70 establish local branches in every CITY
and town. An effort will be madb
TO obtain the cooperation and aid OF
leading Catholics throughout the coun-
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Tho Artl.t., car Wrecked.

New YoRH, May 1.-The first accident
reported in connection with the great
industrial parade, occurred shortly after
noon at Fourth avenue and Flity.ninth
street, where ono OF the floats was
wrecked by coming in contact with an
oVerhanging electric light wire, The
float was known as "lhe Artists Car, ,"
and had upon it two large pedestals and
triumphal arch twenty-five feet high.
On the pedesLials were seated about
twenty young girls dressed in allegori-
cal costumes, AS the cur passed through
Fifty.ninth street, the arch was caught
by the wire crossing tho avenue and
wrecked, the fragments neiug strewn all
over the sidewalk. The young girls who
had been seated upon the car jumped
quickly and all escaped with slight in.
iuries. The wrecked car was abandon
ed In tho street,
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IIII EmIly WIhanlI. IIna IKUdIenV,e!...
BAh1uoI to the YiTTibiab.

NEw YoRE, May 1.-The ylrsinianS,
the New York Society Of the Sons Of the
Old Dominion residing In this city, gave
q banquet this evening 10 the Cdnlen.
NAL Commissioners from their native
State. The banquet vas given In the
Equitable building. The banquet hall
was handsomely decorated for tie occas.
lon, George Carey Eggleslon presided.
On his right was Governor fllIhugh
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New YoRE, May, Lone Of the in
cidents OF the day was the reception Of
General Fitzhugh Lee, Of Virginia,
by the New York Commandery
OF the Loyal Legion at their
room in Twenty-third street
He was introduced by W, l., Hermance,
Of the Sixth New York Cavalry, who
was wounded the night before the bat
tie Of Chancelloryille, and taken prisoner
by Gen, Fitzhugh Lee, twenty'six years