Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-04-12
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

class of men do more ior the inter
est of the country and the party
than do tie editOrs9
Another death is reported from
Washington as the result Of the
Inauguration weather. If the dead
could speak there would be irresist-
ible evidence in favor OF changing
the date OF this public cere-
mony to April 3Oth, the time when
Washington was first inaugurated.
Mr.. Barnum ought to go down
TO Arlington, Mass, and look at
Frank Nichols horse. 1t was
raised on Cape Cod, is red IN color
and weighs COO pounds. \ de
scription of the beast reads thus;
ait resembles COW when looked
at from one direction, mule from
another, has the tail Of a mule, but
not the ears, and no name, except
a ridge OF curly white hair. Us
body is covered with short woody
substance.
At Macon, Ga, the other morn
ing a man named Sparks saw a
flock Of English sparrOws feeding
in their energetic, nervous way. In
among them was a pretty canary.
The sparrows seemed to be paying
a good deal of attention to the
little stranger, and seemed to be
taking especial care Of him. lie
concluded to capture him, ana
walking toward the flock, the
sparrows all flew away and the
canary remained quietly eating
He walked closer, aud, holding
out his hand, called to him and he
hoped on ii, seemingly glad to
hear a human voice. The bid is
now Gagged and as happy as can
be.
Ex.Secretery Endicott is anus
ing himself, now that he has re-
tired from the maddeniug whirl OF
craftsmanship, by giving his sue
cessor and the President a vast
amount Of gratis advice on civil
service reform. There can be no
doubt that Mr.. EudicOtt's advice is
sincere and we'll meant, nor is there
any question that the necessity for
reform is real and presslng-it
there were any doubt on the latter
point it could be efiectually DIS
PEELED simply by recalling the fact
that Mr.. Endicott as secretary OF
war sanctioned an order directing
the removal of Republican en-
ployees from certain public insti-
tutlous and adding that ''no ex-
ceptions are to be made IN the case
of women or children Judge
EndicOtt Is right-reform is neces-
sary-and bis own official record
proves it.-PhH. Press.
The combination storm whic h
passed Saturday and Sunday from
Plttsburg, Pa, 20 the coast of
North Carolina resembled, in some
respects the blizzard Of MarcS,
1888. While the effects Of The
former we're more severely felt
north of Baltimore, the latter
storm vented its fury south Of the
Potomac, and the damage to ship
ping, particularly IN the neighbor-
hood of Norfolk and the mouth Of
the Chesapeake bay, besides the
interruption to business by the
breaking of telegraph wires and
blocking Of railroad travel in Viz
ginia are very serious. The mani
festations of lightning and thunder
in the midst of rapidly falling
snow 10 April were remarkable
characteristics Of the storm, and 1t
will be placed on record as one OF
the noted and destructive weather
disturbances which in recent years
have affected this part Of the coun-
try.
The New Jersey man Who hit
upon the idea Of attachinga rubber
erasiDg tip to the end Of lead
pencils is worth 100000, asserts
the Plttsburg, Press. The miner
Who invented a metal Iiyet or
eyelet at each end of the mouth Of
coat and trousers pockets, 70 re-
sist the strain caused by the car
rage Of pieces Of ore aud heavy
tools, has made more money from
his letters patent than be would
have made had he "struck" a good
vein of gold. bearing quartz. Every
Que has seen the metal plates that
are used to protect the heels and
soles of rough shoes, but every
one doesn't know that within ten
years the man who hit upon the
idea has made S2JO,OOO. As large
sum as was ever obtained for any
invention was enjoyed by the
Yankee who invented the inverted
glass bell to hang over gass jets to
protect ceilings from being black
ened by smoke. A simple thing
Yes, very. Frequently time and
circumstances are wanted before
an ihsention Is appreciated, but
patience Is frequently rewarded,
too, for the inventor Of the roller
skate has made s1,OOO,OOO, not
outstanding the fact that bis
patent had nearly expired before
the value OF it was ascertained in
the craze for roller.skatng that