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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
A South American Farm.

Amongst the many hospitaOle farms
and haciendas that visited we may take
as favorable specimen Sonora lsidOra
Cousinos large and beautiful estate at
Macul, near Santiago, which is rather,
perhaps, model farm than commercial
enterprise. The whole hacienda COM
prises 500 cuadras irrigated and 700 cua-
dras of mountain land without irrigation.
Forty cuadras are devoted to vines, which
nroduce over $4,000 litres a year;
certain portion is allotted to raising
wheat, barley and oats for home conSump-
ton; a considerable space is laid out as
a park, with very fine and picturesque
ornamental gardens, and the rest is given
up to alfalfa and grazing The stud
farm at Macul is important, and the stock
consists of imported Clydesdale, Perche-
ron, Cleveland, Anglo-Norman and thor
ough- bred racing stock, including Yam
kee trotter-in all, about a hundred
horses and nearly two hundred COWS,
bred from thoroughbred imported French
and English Durhams. This establish
ment being rather an exceptional one
from many points Of view, you might ex-
meet to find the farm laborers treated
with the same care as the cattle. But
no. They receive the usual sixty-fve
paper cents day, with food and lodging
gratis. The lodging consists of rooms in
an adobe building, with a beaten earth
floor, or a cane hut plastered over with
mud; while the food is composed OF
daily ration of two pounds of bread in
the morning and at midday an unlimited
quantity of beans cooked in grease. That
ia all; the laborer receives neither tea nor
coffee. much less beer or wine. The Ia
borers who work permanently on the
farm all the year round, instead
Of being lodged in barracks, have
a cottage and bit of land, which they
are allowed to cultivate for their own
profit; but in return for this privilege
they have to work at the rate OF tifty-hve
cents day, or furnish substitute. The
laborers of this class are called 'inquil-
mos" and are considered to be the stand
by of every farm, because their services
can always be counted on from years
end to years end. Their cottages and
plots are invariably situated on the out
skirts Of an estate, at intervals one from
the other, so that, together with their
families, they form the natural guardians
and watchmen of the hacienda.-Har-
pr's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07

men left to be punished or officers to be
cashiered, as all would be found dead
around the colors. He said that the regi-
ment had a fine record for bravery. and
that its discipline aud fighting qualities
were Of the highest order, and that they
had never failed to respond when duty
called.
"After some thought he seemed to
realize the situation and said will you
undertake to obtain as great a part Of
the money as possibleP
"I answered that 1 would continue
as | had done in the past. He then
issued an order to me, which Istill have,
to collect the money dug up at the Com
pany Shops, secure a list of those who
had any portion Of it and to report as
early IS possible, adding that 1 could
have my leave of absence and that the
order could be executed by the one in
command of my regiment, during my
absence. Lieutenant Colonel Platt, to
whom the order was turned over, sue
ceeded in securing S12, 900, including
that which had been delivered to Gen
eral Kilpatick. The remainder went
heaven only knows where. To many it
proved an evil, leading them to gam
bling and dissipation"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
To DlsIodqe a Fish Bone.

A garglc of vinegar will dissolve small
bones quickly. Where large bone hap
pens to lie across the windpipe or throat
a dexterous use of the finger will dis
lodge it when other means are lacking,
provided both the operator and patient
keep calm. The Herald Of Health further
adds:
at sometimes happens that fish bone
accidentally swallowed will remain in the
esophagus and be troublesome. In fact,
death has been occasioned by the great
irritation of fish bone. In such cases,
as soon as possible take four grains OF
tartar emetic dissolved in one-half pint
Of warm water and Immediately after the
whites of six eggs. This will not remain
in the stomach more than two or three
minutes, aud probably the bone will be
elected with the coagulated mass. II
tartar emetIc is not convenient spoonful
OF mustard dissolved in milk and warm
water and swallowed viii answer every
purpose Of the emetic."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
WASHINGTON.

Miss MARY BUTTERwoRTH, daughter Of
Representative Butterw0rth OF Ohio, was
married in Washington % Haughwout
Howe Of the State Department. The cere-
mony was performed in the groom's sick
room. Mr. Howe died Of rheumatism the
next day
SECRETARY WMDOM appointed j. X.
Moore. OF St Paul, Mum, TO be Chief OF the
APPOINTMENT Division Of the Treasury De-
partmeAt, TO succeed 7. +. Byrnes, resigned.
BRIGADIER GENERAL THOMAS II. RUGER,
commanding the Department OF Dakota. has
submitted to the War Department his an
nuaI report upon the condition Of military
affairs in that depart nent.
THE Secretary Of the Navy has awarded
TO harrison LOring, Of Boston, Mass the
contract for supplying three sesgolng steel
tugboats for the Navy at cost OF ss',Sl4 In
all
JAMES B. PEAKE, clerk in the Treasury
Department. committed suicide at his nom'
in Washington City by swallowing caroohc
acid and laudanum. He was about forty
five years old. and leaves wife aud iour
children. He had been in financial dlnlcuty
for some time past.
EDWARD o. LEEcH the Director Of the
Mint. has submitted to the Secretary OF the
Treasury report Of the operations OF the
mints and assay Offices for the fiscal year
ending June So 1890.
SECRETARY TRACY ordered the payment
of the reserve funds withheld up TO date on
tbe cruiser San Francisco. The Secretary
also authorized the payment OF the reserve
of s22. 900 upon tie dynamite cruiser esg-
yius. built by Cramp & Co, OF Phiiadel-
phia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
Feather Factories.

The feather cleaning industry engages
several large factories at Mannheim, IN
Germany. The factories are worked by
steam. use enormous machinery, and en-
plov hundreds OF hands in the prepara-
ton of feathers for market. The feathers
come in great quantities from Russia
Austria and other parts of Europe, as
we'll as parts of Asia, China especially
sending vast quantities, which are invari-
ably in a very dirty condition. The
feathers come into the factory in large
bales, which are opened near kind OF
gin or breaker, which shakes out the
feathers, and filings them around in
chamber through which a constant cur
rent of air is blowing. From this ma
chine they go to another, in which, by
means of ventilators, separation of the
short and light feathers from the long
anu heavy is made. Stage after stage, the
feathers fly through different machines,
each machine separating the lighter from
the heavier, until the most delicate, haky,
snow down is flung out into large cham
bet. The feathers are clelnsed by being
placed in a large steam-heatsd boiler, In
to which steam is injected and made to
cleanse every particle of dirt from tho
feathers. Long before they have time
to be wet through by the steam dry air Is
injected frou. one side while suction cur
rents draw off every particle OF dirt or
dust loosened by the steam. Courier
Journal
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snId His whlsksrs to cOyetous Friend.

There is leather-dealcr, IN a small
city in New York, who is noted for the
length and luxuriance of his side-whis-
kers, says the Brockton Shoe. At one
time, an acquaintance said: "Lesher-
good, 1 would give $50 for your whis-
kers." Within an hour, the acquaintance
was approached by man whom he
failed to recognize, but who called him
by name and thrust into his hand pack
age neatly tied in white paper. Some
thing familiar in the strangers voice
reused his curiosity, but he was told to
open the package. He did so, and found
a mass Of brown, crinkly hair, and with
it a bill which read as follows "-
to Austin Lethergood, DIR. To
one pair whiskers, as per agreement,
500" One look at the smooth-faced
stranger was enough. 1t was the leather
man. The acquaintance pulled out his
wallet and handed him a Xxx"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07

Men who have horse sense know when
to say eigh.-B0St0n gazette.
Necessity knows no law; but the men
who practice law frequently know neces-
sity.
1t is we'll to aim high; but success
comes oftenest to the man who aims
straight.-Puek.
"Buoy wanted Immediately" said the
man who fell overboard.-B0ston Com
merciaI Bulletin.
Miss De Muir-"Papa always gives
me book as birthday gift" Miss De
Meanor-"What a fine library you must
havew-Li6.
She-"What's a poacher, Jack" He
IA fellow who steals the game" She
-"Why, you told me that was an um.
pire. ."-The Jester.
"One is beautiful but poor. The
other is cross-eyed but rich. I'll marry
the cross.eyed one, to show that | am
self-sacrifcing. ."-Teras Cartoon.
"How absurd to call that magnificent
range the Rocky Mountains" "Isn't
itl Might as we'll call the Atlantic the
Watery Ocean. ."-Harper's Bdsar.
De Kique remarks, apropos of cab
fares, that he can't see the justice Of hav-
ing to buy mans horse and vehicle,
and then give it back to him as soon as
YOU have used it little while Wash
ingtOn Post.
"Where is Penelopel" asked the Bos-
ton mother. up in her room. Been
there all the morning crying" "Cry.
ing2 For what2" "She read in the
papers that Keats took snuff. ."-Nev
York Sun.
Lawyer Hubble-"The Fifth National
has failed and have been victimizedW
Old Fobbs-"Reallyl The news must
have quite upset you" Lawyer Hubble
-"No, was not upset, but l lost my
balance. '-Racket.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
ATTHEruRN OF THE ROAD.

The glory has passed from the gOldenrOds
plume,
The rnrnle-hued astors still lnger in bloom;
TIE birch is bright yellow the sumachs are
red,
The map es like torches afame overhead.
But what if the JOY o; the summer is past,
And winters wild herald is blowing his
blast?
For me Gull November is sweeter than May,
For my Love is its sunshine-she meets me
to-day!
Win she come: VIII the ring-doye return to
her nest?
VIII the needle swing back from the east or
the west,
AT the stroke Of the hour she viii be at her
gate;
A friend may prove laggard-love never
comes late.
Do I see her afar in the distance' Not yet.
Too early! Too early! She could not for
get
When 1 cross the old bridge where the brook
overhowed,
She will fash full in sight at the turn OF the
road.
Ipass the low wall where the ivy entwines'
l tread the brown pathway that leads
trough the pines;
/ haste by the boulder that lies in the field,
Where her promise at parting was lovingly
sealed.
Will she come by the hillside or round
through the wood:
Will she wear her brown dress or mantle
and hoods
The minute draws near-but her watch may
go wrong;
Nv heart will be asking What keeps her so
long'
Why doubt for a mOment' More shame if I
do,
Why questions Why tremble' Are angels
more true?
She would come to the lover who calls her
his own.
Though she trod in the track of whirling
cyclone.
Il crossed the old bridge ere the minute had
passed
I looked; lo my Love stood before me at
last
Her eyes, how they sparkled, her cheeks how
trey glowed,
IS we met, face to face at the turn of the
road
-Olirer ", Holmes, IN Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
CURIOUS FACTS

William the Conqueror couldn't write
his name.
The Kinzua viaduct on the Eric Road
is sos feet high.
There are over thirty-one thousand
promises ir the Bible.
A Pittsburg client has sued his lawyer
because he lost his case.
A man in Michigan il coming money
out Of mushroom orchard.
A Missouri girl is seven feet and ten
inches in height and is growing yet.
The coins of Siam are made of porcc-
lain; those of Japan are made principally
of iron.
Fans were used by the ancients, and
are distinctly mentioned as being used in
166 B. c.
Tobacco was found in Cuba by Colum'
bus when he first went to the island. The
Indians were using it.
A snake cucumber seven feet long and
resembling hideous green snake coiled,
is one of the curiosities of Los Angeles,
Cal.
A San Francisco painter complained to
the police that spooks had robbed him OF
all his internal organs. He was arrested
for insanity.
A hen in Paw Paw, Mich, laid twin
soft-shelIed eggs the other day which
were connected, Ia Siamese twins, by 9
Vpament of the same material as tht
shell.
Ast. Louis young man is said to be
able to stop the music ola band by suck
ing lemon in view of the musicians
The sight Of the lemon makes their
mouths water.
The principle of the screw propeller
was not successfully applied to the move
ment of vessels until this century. 1t IL
claimed that the principle was first enun-
ciated by Hook in 1851.
Long-haired children are not as
ubiquitous as formerly. Tangled curls
and crimped tresses have come to be re-
garded among the luxuries and vanitie'
that hamper comfort and convenience.
Five factories make the little capsules
in which nauseating medicines are con-
cealed. The largest of them is at De-
troit. Mich, where quantities Of the
little gelatine boxes are manufactured.
In a fit of illness and generosity Mrs.
Kennedy, of St. Louis, presented her
brother with $50, 900 in consideration Of
81, love aud affection, AID now she says
she thought she was sicker than she really
was and wants it back.
A choke-bore gun is one the bore OF
which is slightly CONSTRUCTED near the
muzzle. The arrangement is used in
sporting shotguns, and is intended to
keep the shot from scattering, and thus
to make the fire more close.
The latest "boy crater" to come for
ward is Irving Jay steeuinger, the child
phenomenon of Rochester, Ind. lie IS
not quite six years old, but he can de-
liver a fifty minutes address with aston
ishing eloquence and self-posses'ion'
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Foreign.

V,rr on tie east coast OF Africa, was
captured by the British and burned.
4 GIRL named Flanagan and her mother
have been murdered by moonhghters IN
County Clare, ireland.
KING WILLIAM III Of Holland has again
been declared incapable Of governing, and
tbe Council of State has been Temporarily
invested with regal powers.
Two bandits were executed at Jovella-
nos, Cuba.
TIE house Of tax collector Of the name
Of Juhass at Eriau, in the Theissan district
Of Northern Hungary, was entered oy bur
glars Juhass and his housekeeper were
aroused. and, in attempting to capture 'ne
thieves were both murdered.
THE vigorous crusade against brigandage
IN Cuna Is still being carried on, three more
bandits being executed in the town Of Colon.
ELEVEN German hfeboat men were
drowned while trying 10 rescue the crew OF
the British vessel Enk Bsrendsen, which was
wrecked of slesvig. On.y one OF the Vesssis
crew was saved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
How 10 Preserve a Piano.

Pianofortes must be kept dry aud free
from the least particle of damp, as damp
ness rusts the strings and pins, initiates
the felt and leather, utterly running the
action-work. For this reason on wet and
foggy days the window of the room in
which the piano stands mist not be left
open without the instrument being COW
cred up.
1t is not wise to place cottage piano
forte with its back against a wall that is
exposed to the influences Of the weather,
or one having a chimney hue running
through it; neither should it be placed
too near the fireside, where it would be
liable to encounter direct and undue
heat. To prevent the keys of the instru-
ment from becoming yellow it is requisite
to wipe them with a soft wash-leather
each time after use, and to keep them
covered with a piece of white flannel
reaching from one end of the keyboard
to the other. Extreme degrees of heat
and cold are fatal 20 the cabinet work and
polish of pianoforte. When not in ser
vice it is prudent to keep ;he piano closed,
especially during the summer months, as
the moths, having once found access to
the inner parts of the instrument, do vast
damage; besides, ordinary dust clogs and
is destructive to the mechanism. In cases
where cloth lining is tackled at the back
of cottage pianofortes it is advisable to
replace it by wire gauzc, and any open
ing at the bottom Of the instrument must
likewise be covered up, in order to pre-
vent mice from finding a comfortable re-
treat in one of the secluded cOrners-un-
der the keyboard is their favorite spot in
the piano. In country and farm houses
mice being more frequently found in
such resorts-this Is particularly requisite,
as these pernicious little creatures build
their nests with the felt and cloth torn
from the action. - Chambers's Journal
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Snnfh and Nest.

The historic old United States Court House
in Baltimore, Nd, was sold at public auction.
The building. constructed solidly OF granite
and costing the Government more than 800, .
900 10 erect, was sold for 5000.
THOMAS VOOLFOLK was hanged at Perry,
Ca, for the murder Of his father and moth
er. his two brothers and four sisters, and
Mrs. West, aged eignty-fOur, at his home.
early in tine morning Of August 6. 1881 He
had cut down all his victims with an axe,
and was the sole survivor Of the household
Of ten persons
RICH placer deposits Of gold have been
discovered in jackson County, South DaSo-
Ia. recently, part Of the Sioux Reservation
contiguous 70 the Black Hills.
MRS. JOHN WILLIAMS, a bride Of three
weeks, shot and instantly killed her husband
at Bradford Ala. Jealousy was the cause.
WILLIAM NOTHING and wife were found
dead in bed at their boarding house in Chi
cago. They had been asphyxiated by ges.
MRS. LOGAN and her daughter, Mrs. Mead,
were struck By train and instantly killed
while driving across the track at Black LICK,
near Columbus, Ohio.
JUDGE CALDWELL. Of the'Supreme Court.
decided that the Iowa Prohibitory law Is
valid
ENOUGH OF tue Virginia peanut crop has
been gathered to furnish the estimate that
1900, 900 bushels will be dug this season.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
THE LABOR WORLD.

GERMANY's bakers average t2.5O per
week
THE lace makers strike at Calais, France.
has ended.
ST. PAUL Mimi city laborers get l.40
for eight hours.
DUNDEE Scotland boat builders get four
teen cents per hour.
In Berlin SEQ salesgirls get medical care
for ten cents week.
TIE San Francisco (Cal.) union will estab-
lish cooperative shoe factory.
IT is estimated that there are now about
$1,000 women typewriters in the United
States.
A New York heer-drivers' union suspend
ed a member for neglecting his duties to his
employer.
Or the 1900, 900 wage-workers in the
United States 100000 belong TO labor or
CARNATIONS.
INDIANAPOLIS Gndl girls won strike
against entering and leaving the store by the
back entrance
In Italy 100000 people live in cellars.
Many laborers there average only twenty
five cents day.
CANADIAN seal-hunters have formed
union and demanded 50 for each seal killed.
They received $3.50.
FURNITURE-woRKERs met at indianapolis
Ind, recently This union won thirty-one
demands without a strike.
The Vandalia Railroad has advanced the
pay Of its train dispatchers to SllOper month,
eight hours Ier day service.
JOIN BURNS, the labor leader OF London,
is a lover and student of books. He IS Ia
that respect a worthy example for all work
men.
The architects Of Quebec, Canada, have
organized an association TO protect them
selves against the competition OF American
architects.
AN association of housekeepers in Phila-
delphia formed some months ago 70 deal With
the servsnt-girl question now has 6Oo mem
bers and expects to have 1900 in two months.
JOHN ADAMS, Chicago car driver, is
worth S25. co., He has been working for the
same company-the North Side-about ~
teen years and is said by the company TO Le
as honest as the day is long. He is unmar-
ried.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

DANIEL McDERNoTT and Fred. Bennett,
passengers, were killed in a railway accident
at Providence, h. /. n. G. Peabody was
fatally injured.
REPORTS from the Gloucester Mass
whaling feet in the Arctic Ocean state that
the catch Of the feet is ninety whales.
JOHN ANDERSON. a Swedish laborer at
Chester. Penn, has been pronounced leper
and will spend the remainder Of his life in
isolation.
GOVERNOR HILL, of New York, appointed
Lawrence d. Huntington. OF New Rochelle,
Commissioner Of Fisheries, vice R. w. Shsr-
man, resigned.
WILLIAM 7. TASNAHILL, prominent and
wealthy citizen and a member Of the Cotton
Exchange in New York City, committed sui
eide at his beautiful home in Englewood,
Nj.
EXCITEMENT exists among the farmers at
Middlebury, y. j., because Of the finding OF
a vein Of copper ore on Daniel Polhemuss
place.
CHARLES /. STRATTON, auditor and trans
fer agent OF the Northern division OF the
Boston and Maine Railroad in Concord. n.
H., was arrested, charged with embezziing
1900 Of the railroads funds.
MARSHALL L. RICHARDS, a wealthy young
man, Of Maiden. Mass. committed suicide at
his mothers residence, by cutting his throat
with razor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-11-07
THE CAPTAINS SECRET.
BY MRS. VI. A. KIDDER.

1t wa, a pretty cottage where Captain
Jonas Smith lived, standing back from
the road, and almost overshadowed by
lar-e oak tree, that had spread its pro-
tec.ing branches over the lovely Eden
land below for nearly century.
A long row Of poplars on each side of
the peb5ly path leading to the front
door reared their prim and stately forms,
and shot their pointed peaks toward the
sky.
Yet a scene Of sadness and Loneliness,
not easily to be accounted for, took pos
session for one as soon as the gates
closed behind him with its sharp click,
and by the time the front door was
reached, it seemed as if one was entering
a tomb. Curtains down; blinds closed
from the garret to cellar, and no sign of
life except the thin, vapory stream Of
smoke issuing from small chimney
built in theL.
Mary Foster and myself had been Nina
Smiths schoolmates two years before, at
the - Academy, so on returning to
our native town we agreed between our
selves to call upon her on our way home.
The reverberations of the heavy knock
er filed us with dismay, as they sounded
through the length and breadth of the
house, long after we had brought the
massive lions head down three times
lightly, as we thought, upon the polished
brass plate.
After waiting fully fifteen minutes,
tall, bent figure, crowned with shock
of white hair, made its appearance, not
at the door, but around the corner Of the
house.
Fine ladies, in full rig" muttered
the old man, seemingly undecided what
to do on the occasion.
"Good morning, Captain Smith, cried
sweet voiced Mary. "DOn't you know
US, Jane Robertson and littly Mary Fos-
ter. who used to visit Nina, and who
took such comfort listening to your sea
yarns, as you called theml"
"Oh, yes, yes. Them was happy
days, young misses. Then Nina's
mother was alive, and things went right,
and"
Here the old man stopped short, as if
suddenly remembering that he had left
ms Young ladies on the doorstep too long
already.
sIf YOU wouldn't mind coming in the
back way, young misses. The wife has
zone out and took the front door key
with her, for fear I'd let some tramp in,
and 'sile' the new hemp mat, and 'kid-
minister carpet. She'll be back soon.
Won't you sit down here in the kitchen' 2
and the garrulous old man placed chair
for rs ON each side of the mammoth
cooking stove.
"Cozy room this" said Mary, trying
to put the Captain at his case. "Old-
fashioned brick oven and ali. Oh,
wouldn't 1 like being here about Thanks
giving timel"
'sYes, miss; this rooms good enough
in its proper sphere to cook in; but when
my first wife was alive the whole house
wasn't too good to use; and when I got
home from long wage, the village was
alive to the fact by receiving invites to a
studding tea-party, or something Of that
SORT"
"You don't 60 to sea now, do you,
Captainl" I ventured to remark.
''No; and everything is as dead as a