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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
Washington.

THE President has approved the act limit.
ing the cost for the public building at Hobo
ken, N. J , and the act in regard to the fire
limit Of site of the Brooklyn On. ~ Post
office.
The President sent to the Senate the nom
nations Of George S. Batcheler, Of New
York, to be Minister Resident and Consul
General to Portugal; Horace W. Metcalf, OF
Maine. Consul at Bermuda; Oscar MolmroS
OF Minnesota, Consul at Denia, Spain.
FIGURES issued By the Census Bureau
show that the population Of Oklahoma Ter
ritOry is 81, 1Ol.
ACCORDING to figures issued by the Census
Bureau, the population Of Montana IS l3l,-
769 In 1880 the population was 80, l59. In
crease, " $40, or 236.50 per cent
ACTING SUPERINTENDENT SHIELDS, Of the
Census Office, recognized the efforts New
York city is making 10 obtain a correct
count of her population by sending on 20 that
city Special Agent W. H. Alcott, who was
Instructed to confer with Mayor Grant on
certain points connected with the recount.
BIDS were opened at the Navy Depart
ment for four naval vessels, the Cramps, Of
Philadelphia offering the lowest bids.
THE President vetoed the House bill de-
Stivers, United States Army, legal and valid,
and that be is entitled as such officer to his
pay.
TEE Public Debt statement issued from the
Treasury Department shows n decrease in
the debt during the last month amounting 10
81. So 9O1. Total cash in the Treasury SG59,-
COG, 1906.
THE President signed the Tariff bill and it
has become a law
FIGURES issued by the Census Bureau show
that the total population of New Hampshire
is 315,S27. In 1880 the population was 3i6,-
99l. Increase, 2S, S3G, or S.3l per cent.
IN the ten months Of the session just closed
President Harrison sent to the Senate 3S37
nominations, of which all but twelve were
confirmed
THE Department Of State has received a
despatch from the United States Legation
at Buenos Ayres, announcing that the Pres.
ident of the Argentine Republic has issued a
decree accepting the plan for an interconti-
mental railway commission.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
P0LYGAMY In UTAH.
The Governor of the Mormon Terri
tory Makes His Annual Report.

The Governor Of The Mormon Terri
tory Makes His Annual Report.
Arthur L. Thomas, the Governor Of Utah
Territory. in his annual report to the Secre-
tary Of the Interior. estimates the popula-
ton OF the Territory upon information
furnished by the Supervisor Of the Census, at
29O. 982. an increase during the decade Of about
fftv-five per cent The foreign-borr popu-
Iation brought TO the Territory under Nor
mon auspices from 1881 10 1889 was 1854, an
average Of about 1890 annually. This i
largely assisted immigration. The value OF
gold produced during the year 1889 was $lyl
500: silver, 1866 PSI: unredned leal, ST.
S7s asi; refined lead. $50. 662; copper, S2O6,-
O79 The business prosperity which began
about two years ago has continued.
There is no reason, according TO the Gov
ornor to believe that any earthly power can
exact from the Norman Church any declara-
tion opposed % polygamy While the Lead
ers are generally well to do, have pleasant
homes aud see the pleasant side OF life. the
Iavman is doomed TO a lifetime Of toll Nor
monism involves slavery Of the mind and the
subiecting Of the energies OF the people IN a
physical, moral and religious sense to the
control of leaders whose motives are TOO
often prompted by ambition and love OF
power.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
Native Australian HandiwOrk.

In an article on the aborigines Of Aus
tralia w. T. Wyndham speaks OF the
skill with which the natives use stone
implements. "They turn out work." he
says, "that you would hardly believe
possible with such rough implements.
They show great ingenuity, particularly
in making their harpoon heads for spear
ing dugong and fish; instead Of shaving
the wood up and down with the grain,
as European workman would do, they
turn the wood for spear head round
and chip IL of across the graiu, working
it as wooden boxes are turned on lathe,
I have sat and watched them doing this.'
.-Mssdgo Tim0.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
A Fortune In Frogs.

"About twenty-five years" said an
old attendant in the big Washington
Market, "several men made fortunes at
catching frogs and sending them to
market. The hind legs were cut of,
skinned, washed, and, after being mildly
salted, were sent away in barrels. Prices
used to range from fifty cents to seventy
five cents for dozen pairs Of legs, and,
as sales were quick, there was a pile OF
money in the occupation.
zone old fellow, a blacksmith, by the
name Of Weld, down in Greenbush, Me-,
supplied all of New England for years.
He lived by the side Of very extensive
swamps that were filed with wigglerS and
cattails. The former furnished food for
the frogs, while the latter gave them
shade. have seen bullfrog legs that
were nearly as big as the legs Of an or
uludiJ CnlOhOh.
"Old man Weld used to hire boys to
kill the frogs for him, giving them five
cents or six cents dozen. The frogs
were so plenty that many of the children
earned good wages, even at that small
price. Weld dressed the frogs, corned
them and shipped them to Boston in bar
rels, like herrings. He kept up the busi-
ness for years and, though he slew hun
dreds of thousands every year, the sup
ply did not diminish at all.
"Bya and by the prices went away down,
and as the old man had cleared about
800, 900 out Of the scheme he retired,
built himself fine mansion and lived at
his case. He is the only man know of
who got rich by catching frogs, but !
have heard of several others.
"Of late the frogs are shipped to the
market 'alive and kicking in cool, moist
grass, and killed as they are wanted. This
involves moro expense. They bring
higher prices than those that are shipped
ready dressed. But the demand is not
enough to make the business pay much.
I wish people would cat more frogs, for
there are ten times as many frogs in the
United States to-day as there are people,
and as fast as they die new pollywogs
grow up to fill the vacancies. ."-BostOn
Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
Animals In India.

India is never silent; whether in the
city or jungle one is always surrounded
by vigorous and sometimes obtrusiye ami
NAL life, and in writing of the every day
life of the country one should never lose
sight Of the relation which exists between
it and that Of the people. 1t is really
one of the great attractions of India,
provided always that one does not object
to living for while on terms of daily
intimacy with the animal kingdom.
With us in the West animal life is ban
ished from our cities, or exists only in
state of bondage, and it is daily becom-
ing more difficult to get within rife shot
of any wild creature. But on entering
one of the crowded and primitive old
cities Of India one cannot help wonder
ing to whom all these animals belong, and
why this bullock is blocking the narrow
street, or ruminating in the front door
way of fine house. But we are not
long finding out that these animals have
quite as much right to the street as we
have. For the most part, all these beasts,
save the monkeys, are gentle and we'll
behaved, rarely presuming on their priv
ilcgcs; and their placid confidence in
human nature shows chat their trust has
never been betrayed. Many incidents in
the Arabian Nights, which even after
long familiarity with the Moslem East
may have seemed to belong to the do
main of pure fantasy, become to the OBJ
server in India simple illustrations of
every day life.
A. t. ohoo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
Stealing Roaues' Pictures.

The camera that does the work for the
rogues' gallery is concealed. The pris-
oner hangs his head and refuses to look
up when asked to do so, or shuts his eyes
and distorts his face. The photographer
makes q feint with the camera in sight,
takes out the plate and exclaims, "Oh,
pshawl that is spoiIedl" or words othat
effect, and walks hurriedly out OF the
room. The prisoner raises his head at
once and looks pleasant. He has out
witted the photographer. Then the con-
cealed camera gets in its fine work, and
the rogue is still more surprised and
pleased at being told that he can CO.
Chicago Herald. go.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10

liver is, when fried, still, we believe, rel
ished by sailors. Arctic explorers have
found the walrus very palatable, and it
is largely consumed by the Esquimaux.
The japanese, New Zealanders and
Western Australians consider the whale
good eating, and the Esquimaux highly
approve of blubber and get through
enormous quantities. The crocodile is
greedily devoured by the natives of GER
tain districts of Africa. 1t eggs in
taste somewhat resemble hen'seggs with
perhaps a smack of custard.
To come to our own country, where
we do not cat sauerkraut and blubbei,
birds nests and puppies, we shall never
theless find some odd foods. The hedge
hog, favorite dish in Barbary, and not
disapproved in Spain, is eaten by gypsies;
squirrels, too, are occasionally cooked in
this country, and are most delicious and
fully as palatable as jugged hare; at any
rate we have ourselves stewed them and
we can testify that they are excellent. 1t
is even said that frogs are often eaten in
the north of England. In some parts of
England snails are still eaten, not as or
binary articles of diet but at stated
feasts. We have in bygone days, when
living on the borders of the nail-making
districts of Staffordsbire, seen men filling
paper bags with snails to make soup,
and we remember being told that they
were excellent eating. The English
prejudice against snails is singular, since,
from time immemorial, considerable
quantities have been collected round
London and on the Kent pastures for ex-
port to France. In the latter country
there is no squeamishness; most people
there only regret that snails are too ex-
pensive to be INDUCED in frequently. In
Covent Garden the common snail often
appears for sales the purchasers, however,
are almost exclusively members Of the
French, Austrian and Italian colonies Of
London. n.-Scottish Reri7O.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
ADVERTISING RATES.
Foreign.

Mr.. HEADLEY, the owner Of the cutter
Isabel, belonging in Hartlepool, England,
and the crew Of the vessel, which was en-
gagged in fishing for pearls of New Guinea,
have been massacred by the natives. The
cutter was looted and then scuttled
SCARLET FEVER is epidemic in many places
in Silesia. IL has been found advisable to
close the schools. Numbers of deaths have
occurred.
A POOR woman and three children, who
had taken refuge at night in hay stack near
Schwetz Prussia, were cremated by the burn
ing Of the stack.
BIRcHALL was convicted at Woodstock,
Canada, of the murder of Benwell and SEN
fenced to be hanged on November IA.
A DELIBERATE attempt was made upon
the lives Of King Alexander Of Seryia and
his father, ex-King Milan at Belgrade. The
story that bomb was accidentally exploded
under the royal carriage .was given 70 the
public by the authorities in order to mini
mize the importance Of the affair
PRINCE GEORGE Of Wales left Halifax.
Nova Scotia, for Kentville, on a weeks
moose-hunting expedition.
EMPEROR WILLIAM of Germany was cor
daily welcomed to Vienna. Austria; later in
the day he started, with Emperor Francis
JOscpu, AOI INC otg iiau Aips'
THE strikeof the wool shearers at Sydney,
New South Wales, has been declared of.
FEDERAL re-enforcements have been sent
TO TicinO, Switzerland. The dsaffection in
the canton seems TO be increasing.
TIE Sultan of Turkey has accepted the
resignation Of the Greek Patriarch Diony-
siOs.
An African woman, Juliana Alderete
Corrales, has just died at San Antonio de los
Banos Cuba, at the age Of 125 years.
A FIRE extended over a large area on Pitt,
Castlereagh, Moore and Hunter streets, in
Sydney, New South Wales. The damage is
estimated at 81, 10000
The wife of Dr. Dostaer, Of Maskinonge,
Canada; Mrs. Peche, Mrs. Heroux and two
young children attempted to cross the Ca
madam Pacific Railway tracks near Louise
vile, Canada, when the carriage was struck
by train and the three women were in
stantly killed. The children escaped un-
nm
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
MISS FAULKNER.
By EMMA 4. OPPER.


Dick was prepared for a dull morning
Driving your sister is not the most excit
ing occupation imaginable, and when
that sister and her betrothed occupy the
back scat and are totally absorbed in
each other, the situation is almost dreary.
Dick was feeling gloomy.
If jim Gardner and Carrie were a pret-
ty picture Of devoted happiness, Dicl;
was no less pleasing as a sample Of
sturdy young manhood-sturdy and yet
shy.
Dick was a bashful fellow; but he was
50 handsome and blue-eyed, and fair
haired and sunburned, that his modesty
was only an added charm.
"Drive into Mrs. Ransom's, Dick,
said Carrie "Mother wants me to get
her spiced-p pickle receipt"
Something blue and white was visible
in a hammock in Mrs. Ransom's rear
yard.
"Oh," Carrie murmured, ''it's Mrs.
Ransom's niece, a Miss Faulkner from
the city-some city. Sally Decker was
telling about her. She says she's awful
ly rich and stylish says she's been here
before, but she never dared call on her.
She says she's been to Europe twice, and
well, that she's too stylish for any
tbingl" Carrie ended, hurriedly.
Jim gave derisive laugh, but Dick
sat painfully blushing. To be forced to
encounter such q creaturel He preferred
being swallowed by an earthquake.
Cordial Mrs. Ransom came out at sight
Of the buggy.
"Come here, Maggy," she called. "My
niece, Miss Faulkner-Miss Corwin, Mr..
Corwin and jim Gardner. I've heard
you were engaged to jim Gardner from
Mecklinville, Carrie, and l suppose that's
theyoung man."
1t ended in a good general laugh. But
Dick was too bewildered to laugh. For
there was added to his awe the element
best calculated to reduce a shy young
man to the depths Of misery-adnira-
toni
Miss Faulkner wore some airy summer
gsrb in which blue predominated-blue
stripes, blue felt hat, blue lacings in
her blouse She was black haired, dark
eyed, pink-cheeked, and the posscssor of
a deep dimple.
"You must come with us for a drive,
Miss Faulkner" said Carrie, promptly.
go on, Maggy," said Mrs. Ransom.
Dick stepped down, and Miss Faulk-
ner, with a laughing word of depreca-
ton, stepped up; then Dick drove on.
"Fcrgot the pickle receipt" Carrie
cried.
If Dick could have laughed with them
But he could not. His mood was almost
solemn. He was not only stiff with en-
barrassment, but he was startled.
Had he ever seen her beforel Wheref
1t might have been in some angelic
vision.
Miss Faulkner was charming as she
turned to him, with faint blush, for the
oddity of the situation.
''I'm rather unconventional to come
like this" she declared, to Dick. jim
and Carrie had settled back to duet.
'But do love to drive"
"You dot" said Dick.
He meant it to sound genial, but ne
knew II sounded stiff.
81 think the roads about here are beau
tiful, said Miss Faulkner. "But the
names you call theml I've heard Of the
Crabb Road and the Old Cider-mill
Road"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
SLAVE TRADING.
Over 10. 900 South Sea Islanders Sold
Into Seryitude.

Late advices from the South Sea Islands
tell a startling story Of the treatment OF
Island sayages. Whole islands in the Solo
mon group in the New Hebrides and in other
sections of Polynesia have been depopulated
by the ravages Of men employed to seize and
transport natives to the plantations OF New
Caledonia aud the Fiji Islands.
Scarcely vessel arrives from Australia
that does not bring news Of the massacre OF
some white trader or skipper by natives who
have been gradually driven into desperation
by the treatment they have received from
the whites. Thirty or more vessels are en-
zaoed In the nefarious trade and no les
than 10 900 native sayages have bsen carried
of into slavery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10
THE HERALD JOB OFFICE
IT is WELL WE CANNOT SEE.

When another life is added
To the heaving, turbid mass;
When another breath of being
Stains creations tarnished glass;
When the first cry, weak and piteou3
Heralds long-enduring pain,
And q soul from non-existence
Springs, that ne'er can die again;
When the mothers passionate welcome,
Sorrow-like, bursts forth in tears,
And a sires self graduation
Prophesies of future years
1t is well we cannot see
What the end will be.
When the boy upon the threshold
OF his all comprising horne
Puts aside the arm maternal
That unlocks him ere he roam;
When the canvas Of his vessel
Flutters to the favoring gale
Years of solitary exile
Hid behind the sunny sail
When his pulses beat with ardor
And his sinews stretch for toll,
And hundred bold emprises
Lure him to that Eastern soil,
1t is we'll we cannot SEQ
What the end shall be.
When the altar of religion
Grects the expectant bridal pair,
And the VOW that lasts till dying
Vibratcs on the sacred air;
When mans lavish protestations
Doabts of after change defy,
Comforting the Trailer spirit
Round his servitor for aye;
When beneath loves silver moonbeams
Many rocks in shadows sleep
Undiscovered till possession
Shows the danger Of the deep,
1t is we'll we cannot see
What the end shall be.
Whatsoever is beginning
That is wrought by human skill;
Every daring emanation
OF the minds ambitious will;
Every first impulse Of passion,
Gush Of love or twinge Of hate;
Every launch upon the water
Wide horizoned by our fate;
Every venture in the chances
Ofhfe's sad, oft desperate game,
Whatsoever be our motive,
Whatsoever be our aim,
It is well we cannot SEQ
What the end shall be.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-10-10

An Omaha man, seven feet sovcn inches
high, has just married six footer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20

with a creek running through II. which, BY the
way, is a favorite place for partridges later in
the season. as it is warm and protects them
from the wind. The dogs were working down
below me. one on each side of tho stream. I
saw Fan just at the waters edge come TO .
stand and pointing nearly behind her. Lady
Bel, seeing her from she other side, drew slowly
up. reached the stream and stepped carefully
into the water. When about half way across
she was evidently overtaken by the fear Of
coming too near and encroaching on Fans
rights. So she stopped, half emerged, in mid
stream. Dreading the descent down tho steep
bank, stood where I was, hoping the bird
would get up Of its own accord. This did not
occur. so slid. scrambled and fell to the bot
tom and approached the dogs reached the
stream, but had not yet disturbed feather.
A few more steps brought me on the same side
as Fan. I wondered how she could retain the
uncomfortabls and cramped position abe was
in. But she did, and showed no signs of weak
eninR either.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20
WAR ON PARTRIDGES.
A September Day in the Woods With
Dogs and Gun.
HOW TO BAG THE PARTRIDGES
Sketches From a Days Hnnt-A Disap.
pointing Poipt-d;un and shells That
VIII Give Best Results-Sonse Val.
uable Tips From . Veteran's Fen.
Written for The EVENING SrAR.

Written for The EVENING STAR. GCopyrshted1
- EPTEMBER partridge shooting even
H. to the ardent gunner is as q matter Of
Avfact unsatisfactory. The birds are
" ascattered and are found In the worst
49, possible cover. such as wind falls
bristing with brush and briars and extending
along steep side-hills. A day in the woods
means work and the hardest kind Of work, too.
One secures his partridge in the same manner
as the honest farmer whose ground he hunts
upon earns his bread-by the sweat Of his
brow.
The country is apt to be filed and canopied
with thorns and briars and under foot with
jagged rocks and stumps. For a protection
against the first wear an entire suit of canvas,
with short breeches and leggings. For the
feet, lace shoes with thick uppers anc medium
heavy soles filed with bob nails are tine best.
So equipped and accompanied by my two
Irish settlers. Fan and Lady Bel. started cut
a cover which was noted partridge retreat
for this SEASON of the year. there being plenty
of berries for the birds to feed on. 1t n
tough-looking place to tackle and after got
IN | found it to be even worse than it looked.
After having succeeded in extrcating myself
from an unusually bad tangle and, on recover
ing enough wind for the purpose. whistled
for the dogs which were nowhere to be seen.
They were apparently out OF hearing as well as
sight. So started in search of them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-09-20
DION BOuCICAULr.
The Veteran Playwright and Actors
Eventful Career.


Dion Tor Dionysius) Boucicault, Who died
Thursday night, was born In Lower Gardener
street, Dublin, Ireland, ON the 26th Of
December, lS22 He was . the youngest
Of four sons OF s. Boucicsult, q tea mercha mt
OF Essex Quay, by marriage with Miss Anne
barley. Both father and mother came of we'll
known good middle-class folk. brewers, tee
dealers and tradcsmen. During his lifetime
1t was frequently said that he was the SON of
DR.. Dionysius Lardner, the eminent encvelo.
pedist and man Of science, after whom he was
named. But he emphatically denied this and
said he received his name In honor of DR..
Lardner, with whom his family was Intimately
acquainted The Boucicaults, or, as the name
was originally spelt, Bourcicaults, were French
huguenots, an ancestor Of Dion's having fed
to Ireland and joined the army of William
Prince OF Orange. After the battle Of Boyne
this ancestor was rewarded with a small estate
near Ncwry. and thus from Gallo stock sprang
the man who hrst impersonated. rather than
caricatured, the Irishman upon the stage.
He 10 said to have been q keen-eyed, black
haired boy, full Of animal spirits. insubordi-
nate, always in trouble, but extricating himself
from every difficulty by sheer good humor He
employed many Of his leisure moments at
school in covering up the walls with lampoons
on the professors. Eventually he became the
pupil OF DIR. Lardner. studying for the profess
sion OF civil engineer. Early the ambition to
succeed in the stage world arose in his breast
and he became = strolling actor in England in
1889 and year later began the writing Of
draman
The young authors early success in comedy
ENCOURAGED him to try his talents in the field
of melodrama
He came to America a. manager of Agnes
Robertson, who had preceded him to this coun-
Try and who afterward became his second wife.
HIS career In America as an actor and author
has been Q busy one.
Boucicauit in 1886 married Louisa Thorndyke
IN Australia She is nov an actress we'll
known III this country. Agnes Robertson, who
had borne two sons and two daughters to the
dramatist, was divorced from him in London
ON her own application in 1888, after which he
REMARKED Miss Thorndyke. Miss Robertson is
now in London.
Boucicaults last appearance in Washington
was IN 1883 when he played in the "Jilt'' from
Monday, March g. to Saturday. the 3lst. He
was supported by Miss Thorndyke on that occa-
e4On.