Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-19
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

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John L. Sullvan's father says
his son ought to be elected to
Congress. Here is where he IS
mistaken. The term that John l..
ought to serve should not he IN
Congress, but in jail.
The duck is 10 China what the
Goldfish is to the rest OF the world.
They eat duck raw, cooked, boiled,
fried, baked and every other way,
aud they worry over the duck crop
the same as we do over wheat.
Virgins has again broken loose
and declares that the Middle
States will suffer from a great
earthquake on Aug. II, 1904. He
cannot brighten any one with an
event so far away as that.
A Texan is reported to have IN
vented a machine that will husk
twelve acres of corn a day. IL 10
still imperfect, however, as 1t Will
not kiss the girls of the neighoor'
hood whenever it husks a red ear
A bOy IN Meriden, Conn.,, broke
the handle of a teacup belonging
10 a neighbor, and the trife has
not only made enemies Of a dozen
people, but led TO several assault
and battery cases and three law
salts.
The Anarchists are holding an
occasional picnic this year, but
they DO not cry for blood as much
as they did. The majesty OF the
law has made them careful. But
what they lack IN other respects
they make up in the consumption
of beer.
fit is true that DR.. Brown-Se-
Guard has discovered the Elixir OF
Life and the power to rejuvena'e
the old, won't some good, kind
opera manager try itqulckly on his
perennial chorus girls so we can
have a young and fresh bevy OF
beauties next season
For foIty-eight years there was
not a law case in the town Of Med
dlebemps, Me-; neither was there a
lawyer. But two weeks ago a law
yer hung out his sign in this prim-
tive paradise, aud now two citizens
are going to law over a fence line.
Judge Foster Of the united
States court at Topeka for the Dis
triet Of Kansas has rendered a de-
cision to the effect that no officer
of Oklahoma has legal Authority
to arrest or imprisOn offenders OF
the law, inasmuch as that country
is under the jurisdiction Of no court.
The skeleton OF a man. evidently
pioneer Indian fighter, was found
the other day in the middle Of a
big log taken to a Georgia saw
mill. In the wood that had grown
over it was the imprint of the
clothes as we'll as the old fintlock
rifle that lay beside it.
An armed body of men, about
80 whites and thirty colored,
broke open the the parish Jail at
Lafa yette, La, Thursday night,
took therefrom Felix Keys, colored,
who in a ft of ealously last Tues
day, murdered bis wife. He was
taken to the scene Of his crime and
executed by the mob.
The year 1892 will complete the
fourth century since the discovery
of a new world by Columbus, aud
our brilliant contemporary is labor
ing in its own energetic and ire
sistible way TO bring about an
appropriate commemoration OF the
event IN The form Of a Worlds
EXPOSITION to he held that year 10
Woodstock.
Take a small quantity OF two
per cent. carbOlic acid ISOLATION and
sprinkle sheets, cOverlets, pillows
and holsters on both sides, the
edges OF bed curtains and the wall
next to the bed. Tue face aud
neck may also be slightly ~etted
With the solution. Not a single
gnat or mosquito, 10 is SAID, will
come near.
The Western Union Telegraph
Company has agreed to build a
2l,5OO house for the widow of a
nnenau drowned at JOhnstown
aud paw her his former salary OF
$50 month. The company lost
AK employees al JObnstOwn. but
q, hat u is doing 10 the other Eve
cases IS not reported. However,
This good iced should be recorded
az an offset 20 some Of the meau
things told Of the company.
The 0D'y thing rendered certain
by the loag lnq liry into the sub
iect OF execution by electricity 10
Sew York is that death by electri-
ely is not yet Sufficiently under
stood TO be prescribed By law.
Until this form of execution can be
made as sure 10 action as that bS
hanging. shooting, or the guillOtine,
In should not be adopted by any
Govprameat that claims to be