Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-05
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

Secretary Tracy has ordered the
Alert, the Adams and the Rich.
mOnd to sail for Samoa as soon as
possible.
Dawson Boatright, who lives
near Munson Lake, Fla, gathered
125 bushels of potatoes from half
acre last season. Fifteen will ill a
bushel measure.
Another American belle has mar
ried a rich Englishman. Will
Congress please take notice and
put tariff on this "Infant indus
try ~
a fire at Manchester, Va, Mon
day destroyed a cooper shop and
all ITS contents and two horses.
The total loss is estimated at about
$4,000 ; partially insured.
The Beers have whipped Eng
lang FIVE different times, and one
of their prophets is now predicting
a coming war in which a BOer will
be raised to the British throne.
For the benefit of people who
will eat, the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau states that from July to De
esmber IS, 497, COZ pounds of Oleo-
margarine were produced in the
United States.
There is nothing like business
methods. A Boston clergyman
died recently, and within forty
eight hours there we're fourteen ap-
plications on file for the empty
pulpit. Same in religion as poll
tics.
In a case at law in Illinois the
other day it was shown that a wO-
man whipped her boy so that he
was IN bed for three weeks be-
cause he could not commit fifty
Bible verses to memory in one
week.
An exchange says Recently a
man in one of the prettiest towns
in southern Ohio, found himself
the only human being in the place.
The rest of the population had
gone to " ashington with petitions
for Office.
The Lehigh Valley road has
twelve trains equipped with tele.
graphic instruments for transmit
ting messages along the road while
the train is in motion. The system
has been used with particular sue
cess by the wrecking trains on the
road.
About 600 members of the Car
penters and JOiners' Union and
200 members of the Painters
Union struck work last Monday at
Buffalo, n. Y, while at st Louis
about 1000 went on a strike for an
eight-hour day and forty cents per
hour as standard wages.
The photograph has succeeded
in recording and reproducing the
sounds Of the heart. What would
be particularly interesting would
be the heart flutterings of a man
who had juss received a big ap.
pOintment from the new admins
tration, or of an old maid listen.
ing to a first proposal of marriage.
One of the sleeping car compa-
MES proposes to build and run sec
ond.clsss sleepers, plainly fur
nished, but provided with good
seevice. They will be run in adj
dition to the first-class sleepers,
but with a decided difference in
fare. First-clas fare from Chicago
to Srn Francisco is 1880: second
class fare will be 81.
A firm OF great genius has offered
the British government an i'm.
mense sum for the use Of the
national postage stamp for adver-
Using purposes. The advertise
ment is to be printed on the back
Of the stamp before the gum is put
on, that the purchaser Of every
stamp must see the announcement
before he moistens the gum. This
is an Australian idea.
A man IN Connecticut was ar.
rested, sentenced to thirty days
Imprisonment and fined $50 In
costs. For stealing, you think or
for having committed a brutal as
sault1 Oh, no. Because he was
so unfortunate as to be out Of work,
and starving and without decent
clothes 10 cover him he had asked
a woman for a cup of coffee. And
yet Connecticut is said to be a
civilized State.
On the first page OF this issue Of
the HERALD will be found an in.
teresting description Of the pro
gram TO be observed in New York
city on the 3Oth of april in com
memOratiOn of the centennial OF
the Inauguration OF George Wash.
Ington as President of the United
States. The celebration really be-
gins on the 29th of April with the
reception of President Harrison
aud a grand naval display. Tues
day morning there will be interest
log commemorative services, after
which a very fine military
display is provided. This is to be
followed tie next day by an indus