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Duel Between Truck Drivers.

Two trucks, ,one driven by long man
and the other by short one, met in
Maiden Lane, New York City, the other
afternoon. There was a third truck by
the curb. The street is narrow and there
was no room to pass. "I've got the
right of way here" shouted the short
driver.
"You're a liar" shouted the long
man. "l'm going up hill, and I've the
right of way myself"
ave got load on my truck" the
short man retorted.
The long man said he didn't care.
Each refused to back his team and let
the other pass. They argued for five
minutes and then the short man got of
his truck. took off his coat and rolled
up his sleeves. The long man jumped
off his truck, too, and mLde the same
preparations. NCleuSl opOhO "OiN'
The short man walked up to the long
man aud bified him on the ear. The
long man responded with hot blow on
the mouth. Then they went at each
other-biff, bang, smash. The short
mans lip was cut open; the long mans
nose was bleeding and his ear was
swelled. At the end of two minutes the
short mans right eye began to swell up
and one cheek pulled. out. In another
minute the short man held his hands up
above his head and said
ave had enough"
These were the first words spoken
after the men had got off the trucks.
The long man dropped his hands. The
little man pulled down his shirt shelves,
put on his coat and got on his truck.
Then he backed his team with his loaded
truck out of the way. The long man
drove ahead without word, and the
crowd that had watched the fight cheered
the short mau for knowing he had
enough. Chicago Ns'os.
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The Russian Sheep Dog.

The old province Of Ukraine, which
is now incorporated in the Russian Gov
ernment district of Kiev, is an extremely
fertile country, but only sparsely popu-
lated. The greater portion OF this ter
ritory consists of vast, slightly undulated
steppes, which are water'd by the
Dneiper aud its numerous tributaries.
The wealth of the inhabitants consists OF
live stock aud particularly sheep, OF
which numerous hocks are kept. One OF
the largest land owners is Mr.. Falz Fein,
and the number Of sheep on his runs is
so large that he eau only form an esti.
mate by the number Of dogs which are
reauired to guard them, aud there are
generally 5000 kept for that purpose.
On an average forty sheep are appor-
toned to each dog; the total must,
therefore, reach the prodigious figure of
1000, 900.
These sheep dogs haze a long coat,
which very often gets matted. The color
generally is kind Of gray, formed by a
mixture of black and dingy white hair
The medium height is twenty-eight in
cbes, and their tail is always short, fire.
luently carried very gaily, and only
sparsely coated. Sometimes there exists
only quite a rulimentsry trace OF tail.
The breed is highly esteemed in Russia,
where it is Known by the name Of the
Owtchar. .-Bostoa CahiDator.
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"Oh!' with a comprehensive lifting
of thick, dark brows. "Wait mo.
ment, please" +"
He shouldercd his way off through
the cracking shrubbery. In few min
utes he returned, balancing on his
shoulder huge globe of gold-one as
,uredly large enough to have formed
Cinderella's coach.
"That,", cried Phylida, in dismay,
"must weigh thirty pounds, if it weighs
an ounce. We couldn't use that in a
year.
But he was walking with leisurely
deliberalion toward Holly Hill, and sha
was obliged to turn and keep up with
him.
"You've no idea," he said, coolly,
"what an appetite 1 have for pumpkin
pie, and this doesn't weigh quite thirty
pounds"
What did he mean She actually
gasped. With quizzical expression his
eyes met hers.
"Surely you mean to ask me to din
ner Thursday" he said.
To dinner. The effrontery of the
suggestion almost took away her breath.
He was presuming on the fact that she
had requested favor. And she had
been mistaking him for a gentleman!
"Indeed you ought" pursued that
most audacious Of young man; ''if not
for the sacred sake of neighborliness,
then because OF our parents. Your IA
ther and my father were fast friends long
ago. Ny name is Bcrtram Brady"
Bertram Brady, and how good old
George Brady aud been to her own
easy-going and improvident father
81 did not know" looking up with
kindIing eyes, "that you were his son.
Of course you will come
And on Thanksgiving Day conc he
did.
"If only Aunt Martha will be civil to
him" the girls had murmurod, forebod-
ingly, to each other.
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To their pleased surprise, Mrs. Ben
ingly, to each other

To their pleased surprise, Mrs. Ben
iamin was more than civil; she was
downright affectionatc to the young iel-
low. Many and many year before, as
they later learned, she had refused to
marry George Brady, and she spent her
life in regretting her rash declination.
When nearly forty, she had welded rich
old Robert Benjamin for the home and
position he could give her.
How anxious Phylida was about that
dinner. Aud how pretty she did look,
to .be.sure, in her plain black serge
gown, with the bit Of violet velvet ribbon
at her throat! And what an altogether
delicious and successful dinner it was,
after all
The turkey was cooked to tempting
degree of pufiness and bronze; the cram
berry jelly looked like rubies melted and
moulded; the potatoes were whipped to
snowy foaminess; the bread was perlec-
tion.
But the piel The pie quite captured
Mrs. Benjamin. Such daintily-brown
and cracklingly-crisp aud altogether un-
surpassable pastry-such firm and golden
aud fragrant favored filing
ats like the pumpkin pie my grand
mother used to make" said Mrs. Benja
min, thawing into geniality.
But in her heart she knew it was a
great deal better.
When three months later she heard
that Phylida was to marry the new pro-
prietor of the Miller farm, her wrinkled
yisage relaxed into knowing smile.
"It's all that Thanksgiving Day pump
kin pie she said. "And, indeed, CIR
who can make such one deserves COOL
luck. And I'll wager George Bradly's
boy will make fine husband"
And perhaps on the principle that it
never rains but it pours, Phylida, on the
Thanksgiving after her marriage, WOKE
up to find herself wealthy in her OWL
right.
For Mrs. Benjamin had died, leaving
her valuable property Ito Phylida Brad
ly, who knew how to make good pump
kin pie
"Oh," cried Mrs. Brady, lifting
sweet face where smiles aud tesfs were
struggling for supremacy, sit seem
shameful to plan the spending SO soon
but now Adele can go to Milan to per
! feet her music, aud Rosalic shall stud
art in Paris, as she has always longed T.
do.
"And you9" queried her husband
laughingly.
"oh," with gay and positive nod
"I'm happy"
Aad-uuless appearances are extraol
| dinarily deceptive-she is,-Kate N
0ltary.
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Foreign.

STARVING Russian peasants are now re-
sorting to plumber. A woman at Chela-
binsk Killed her three children and hanged
herself on the refusal Of a rich neighbor to
lend them money to prevent their starry
ing.
FoXsEcA mas compelled those newspapers
of RIO Janeiro, Brazil. which do not fully
support his dictatorship to suspend puollca-
tio-. The revolt in Rio Gran1e do Sui has
become so serious that the Dictator has sent
troops and war ships to that State.
one HUNDRED AND TWENTY persons have
died Of hunger IN the one parish OF Kagors,
Russia.
THE Gillian Congress assembled. The
Junta has been requested to hold over until
jorge Montt is installed as President OF
Chilli In an address to Congress the Junts
announces that its mission has been ac-
complished.
THE discovery of a-Iarge deposit Of yana.
dium, metal worth $3.50 per ounce, and
used in setting dyes, is reported from the
province Of Mendoya, in the Argentine Re-
public.
The epidemic of typhu, fever in the fam
inc stricken districts OF Russia is spreading
rapidly. The daily mortality already ruas
up into the hundreds.
A FIRE has destroyed 1900 houses in Han
kow. China, aui has rendered 13,0O people
homeless. Ii was believed that number OF
women and children lost their lives. Two
days sfterward 200 more houses were burned
MARINE disasters we're reported all along
the Atlantic coast Of Europe. Heavy gales
and excessive rains again did great damage
in Spain
A CONSPIRACY has been discovered IN
Athens, Greece, TO overthrow King George,
and NJ. Tricoupis. form erly Prime Minister,
is one of the conspirators.
TRICHINlE have been found in American
pork at Solingen, Rhenisa Prussia
Az explosion occurred in the koenig Lud-
wig pit. near Essen, Germany, and eleven
men met their death through the accl-
dent.
The British bark Gyife, Captain Wilson,
from Quebec to Liverpool, loadsd with tim
ber. has been wrecked at Macshsrry Bay.
near Kinsale, Cork, Ireland. Eight lives
were lost. The captain and four me1 we're
saved.
THE Governor OF the Brazilian provinces
of Rio Grande do Sui has been ceposed, and
a Provincial Government has been formed.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED'
Eastern and Middle States.

Mrs. w J. WILLIAMS. whose husband
and son were killed in the mine accident at
NanticoSe, Penn, diei several days after
ward OF broken heart.
MoScURE ROBINSON, one OF the pioneers
Of railroad construction in this country, ,diei
few days ago in Philadelphia, in his nine
tieth year His great work was the build
ing of the Philadelphia and Reading road.
A NEW suit against John Hcey, ex-Presi.
dent, was begun by the Adams Express
Company for stocks worth s6OO,0O
THE Pennsylvania Senate adjourned sine
die at Harrisburg, after declaring that it had
no jurisdiction in the cases of the Auditor
General and the State Treasurer, accused Of
complicity with Defaulter Bardsley, ex-Treas.
urer OF PhiladelDhia. 1t confirmed the
Governors appointments and then ceased to
do business
THE Connecticut Legislature met at Hart
ford and adjourn TO January 6. Nothing
else was done.
UNITED STATES TREASURY detectives
have unearthed a system Of smuggling
opium into the Port Of New York. Large
firms in New York are said TO be working in
with the keepers o. opium dens. Over 2OO
pounds Of contrabaui opium have besn
seized.
The steamship Alliance. OF the United
States and Brazil Mail Steamship Line. ar
rived at the Port of New York after
voyage from Santos on which the ships
doctor and three men died from what was
supposed to have been yellow fever.
A MAss-MEETIXG at Chickering Hall, New
York City, passed resolutions denouncing
the Louisiana State Lottery; speeches were
made by Seth Low, Father Elliott, Abram
s. Hewitt, Bishop Potter aud others.
FIJI SMITH G. Co. ship brokers of New
York City, have failed for nearly half
million dollars. and their New York, Maine
and New Brunswick Steamship Company
passed into the hands Of a receiver.
Work has been suspended on the Govern
ment breakwaker at Buffalo, n. Y, for lack
OF money.
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The Consumption OF Salt.

According to some statistics recently
published in France, the annual con.
sumption OF salt per head in England
exceeds that Of any other country il
Europe. For while in France the amount
is estimated at about 80 pounds, Italy
20. Russia ls, Austria Is, Prussia IA
Spain II, Switzerland s, the EngIishmar
REQUIRES no less than 40 pounds,
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CURIOUS FACTS.

No Sunday street cars run in Canada.
German silver was invented in China.
San Francisco has a SO, 100000 resi-.
dence.
There are 527 members OF the British
House OF Lords.
One Pennsylvania mans memory has
Just come back after lapse Of sixteen
years.
A doll that writes letters on slate is
a recent invention of machinist in
Nuremburg, Germany.
A clock at Port Huron, Mich, recently
made its first stop in thirty-four years,
breaking the handspring.
Indians who live along the Pacific
Railroad in Western Canada make liy-
ing by selling polished buffalo horns.
The doors iu a house Of wealthy
widow in Philadelphia all open and close
in obedience to a touch-button appa-
ratus.
A wild goose in California when killed
had a grain of wheat in its crop which,
when planted, produced variety hith-
crto unknown.
From eleven squash seeds which
weighed not half an ounce John F.
Staples, OF North Berwick, Me-, raisel
1900 pounds of squash.
The marble Capitol Building at Hart
ford, Conu., is 300 feet long aud the
engineers declare that it is three inches
longer in summer than in winter.
Last year there was potato famine.
This year, in one California district near
Sacramento, so, 900 bushels OF potatoes
were not dug up because it would not
pay to marked them.
Bear" the old dog that was taken
to the Arctic regions by the Greedy expe'
dition and survived all its horrors, is
still alive, and is owned by Commodore
Gridley, of Eric, Penn.
1t is known that wasps' nests often
take fire, supposed to be cau'e1 by the
chemical action Of the wax upon the
paper material Of the nest itself. May
this not account for many mysterious
fires in barns and outbuildingsl
A sunhower fifty-two inches in cir
cumference and weighing eleven and
half pounds blOomed in the garden of a
farmer in Garfield, Washington, this sea-
son aud was hewn down and sent to the
editor of the local newspaper for bou-
tonniere.
A Bridgeport Conn boy was recently
treated for a cut in his foot at the
Emergency Hospital. After probing tc
the depth of an inch the surgeon felt an
object that was removed with difficulty.
1t proved to be live snail about the size
Of hazelnut.
After being speechless for nearly seven
teen years, Otto Wirthner welI-knowD
German, of Youngstown, Oaio, recently
began conversing duently in both English
aud German. He travelled throu 5hout
the country selling pencils AMI notion'.
His speech was restored by the use oi
electricity.
A remarkable example Of the enduring
qualities of the daguerreotype is to be
found in the old graveyard at Waterford
Conn. In the headstone that marks the
grave Of a woman vino died more than
forty years ago her portrait is inlaid,
covered with a movable metal shield
The picture is almost as perfect as when
it was taken.
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Phylida's Pumpkin Pie.
A THANKSGIVING STORY.

A THANKSGIVING STORY.
"Well, what is it,
That was one of the thingS the girls
detested about their aunt. Sho always
took it for granted their visits were made
for a special reason and with particular
motive, and these she demanded in much
the same fashion as a highwayman de-
mands money.
"Thursday," replies Miss NIillburn,
"will be Thanksgiving Day, and"
al know that" snapped Mrs. Ben-
jamin.
"And we thought-wc hoped" hur-
ried on Adele, "that you would come
and dine with us on that day
"You did9"
"Yes, aunt
She was the least nervous OF women,
this tall, dark, stately younG hA!, but
she grew a tri1- uncomfortable under
the ginleting scrutiny of Mrs. Ben
jamin's little black eyes.
"What, queried that terrible old
lady, after a deliberate pause, "are you
going to have for dinner''
The question rather dazed Miss Mill
burn.
"I-I don't know exactly. Phylida
always sees to the meals. l suppose
probagsr is right "
"Righti" disgustc,!!t,Jy. -"Was it right
when l diDed with you last Christmas,
and YOU had turkey and lemon pie for
dinner, when you should have had roast
goose, and spiced beef, and plumb pui-
dingl dare say, you'll have goose on
Thanksgiviugl"
THIS with the most scathing sarcasm.
COB, no. conyincingly. "Turkey.
One Phylida raised herself
"Aud cranberry saucer
Adele nodded emphatically.
'And-a-real-good, old-fashioncd
pumpkin pie''
Yes rashly and positively.
Phylida hadn't said anything about
the pie, but her sister had no doubt one
would be forthcoming.
"If thought that pie would be extra
good, audibly cogitated TIE old lady.
Adele bristled Loyalty.
"Phylida's pies are always good, she
asserted, with some stiffness.
"NTsll, yes" grudgingly aSsented Mrs
BENJAMIN. "You may tell the girls Ill
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Goal" groaned Adele, when she had
taken her departure, ard was walking
swiftly along the road which led to the
delapidated old house called Holly Hill
Lodge, where she dwelt with her sisters
-"oh, if we only weren't poor, and
Aunt Martha so rich. Such condcscen-
sion as she makes of a visit And we have
TO scrape and save for month to have a
decent dinner the day she comes. Then,
IL we don't ask her to dinner every festi-
val, she goes around moaning about the
ipgratitude and neglect with which she
is treated by her brothers children. And
the minister comes to give us some pa
ternal advice about being kind to poor,
lonely, loveless old woman. Phew III
were a man, I'd swearw
Reaching the mansion, which Ooasted
an air of distinction as pronounced as
Adeles own, despite its very evident
need of paint and repair, Adele promptly
retaiIed to her sisters the result OF he'
distasteful mission.
"But you we're heroicl" commented
Rosalie, with sigh.
Rosalie was a miniature edition o.
Adele, olive skinned, dusk haired, deli'
cate featured
"Refresh yourself on thcSeF ADVISED
Phylida, extending her bag OF frul'
tablets.
A rather shabby room this in when
the girls sat, but one betraying the TACT
that it's babitues were people OF refine
snens.
Spb, Pbu," said Miss Millburn, pop
>strswberfy square into her pretty
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
CHINA has 1900 Americans.

CHINA has 1900 Americans.
ENGLAND has 70, 900 barmaids.
SAN FRANCISCO has eight cable lines.
CoNNEcrIcUrs State debt is s., $50, l2i
THE corn crop report puts the average az
925.
FEN1AYIsM is experiencing a revival In
Ireland.
NATURAL gas has been struck near Month
cello, Ill.
ENGLISH emigrants to Brazil tell terrible
tales of hardships.
INDIANA is suffering from the worst
drought in fifty years
REFUSE of beet root is used in making
bread in parts of Russia.
THE taxable property OF South Carohna
is returned at sl6S, 269,6j9
HOLLAND has decided in favor oil com
pulsory service in the army.
The Unitei States navy is about six times
stronger than the Cnilian navy.
KAoLIN. or porcelain clay, has been found
in large quantities near Anna lu'
TIE liberated convicts Of Tennessee are
diving from cold in the mountains.
HIRAM CHASE. an Omaha Indian, has been
admitted 10 practice in the Federal courts OF
Nebraska.
MARINE underwriters estimate the loss 70
shipping by the September anu Oc'ooer sN0'
at over S2C, O00,0O)
THE telegraph cable from Nassau, New
Providence, to Florida will be conpieeeo
about January 10.
THE drouth which has prevailed tnrouyn
Central Illinois since June last mas ossn
broken by heavy rains
THE membership of the Farmers Allisnc'
in Kansas is said to have declinei from w.
coo last year to &C, 600 this year.
TENANT farmers are being made In tas
limited States at the rate OF 1000 per wesS'
which would be $4,000 per year.
THE sea postofice system recently estao.
,ished ON ocean steamers to Europe saves
fullv five hours in the time OF delivery Vi
mail.
THE army in the Argentine Repaolic rs 20
be increased next year 2O)O mes, maSsns
II. 500 in all. The militia comnfses aoou'
$4,000
Coo1ER HEWITT & Co, Of New fofzss'
have sold their great New Jersey iron WORKS
10 an English and American syndicate ioT
s., 900.
Axaoricultural school, with experimental
farm OF 100 acres, will be established Ia con
nection with the Pratt Institute, IN BROOK
lyp, New York.
THE population of Ohio. under the rsc.n'
cansus is pIacod at 3672, 3l6 as against s.
los. O6S in issO, showing a gain for the de-
cade Of l4.sS per cent.
DIR. GRIFFITH JONES missionary AZ
Han-Kow. asserts that the chinese riots
were not fomented by the secret socleues;
but by the Human literary and omca'
casseS
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THE HOME FESTIVAL.


The circle of the months once more
= Rounds out the swiftly flying year;
The summer revels all are DER
rha day of retrospect is here.
No: now springs jocund spirit rings
Its jubilant notes to earth and sky;
Her nameless, sweet, enchanting things
Burst forth to please and pass us by.
Midsummer, with its pomp and flame,
The pageantry of leaves and flowers,
Are now as some remembered name
Close interlinked with happy hours.
The gaudy wreathS October brought.
That beckoned us when summer fei,
To-day are withered, pale and nAught,
And where they famed deail reigns in
stesd.
But not in vain the SEASONS run
With various charms their annual round
The harvests that we sought are won,
And gifts to match our needs ere found.
II, on the sere November plain,
The sun casts down a dimmsr ray.
Deep joy-not sorrow-fills the strain
With which we greet Thanksgiving Day
joel Benton.
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Some Gigantic Horns.

Among curiosities recently unearthcd
by the emissaries OF the Royal Society,
London, none are better calculated to cx-
cite astonishment that the enormous pair
of stag's horns which were dug up in a
peat bog near Cuddoc Moor in August
of the present year. DR.. Wellington G.
Grimes gives the following table of
measurements Of these horns in feet and
inches:
~. ~.
Between the extreme tips OF each
From the tip OF the right horn to its
root. ......-. 1865
From the tip of one of the inner
branches to the tip OF the opposite
branch. ..... ................ -
Length Of the longest palm. within
the branches. es......,....... ..'','' .
These are the largest fossil horns yet
found in the British Isles. 81. Legis
Republic,
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Washington.

TIE Citizsns' Executive COMMITTEES on the
National Encampment Of the Grand Army
of the Republic TO be held in Washington
next wear decided 10 recommend the sec
ond week OF October as the date for hol, ing
the encampment
IN the argument before the Supreme Court
in Washington on the Saywari case, it was
brought out that an agreement had been
reached between the United States an
British Governments, 10 submit the Behrin2
Sea disoute to arbitration: 1t is in the form
of q treaty to be verified By the Senat'.
THE Ma. ional Council o; Administration OF
the q. A. r. met at Washington There
were nresent General John Palmer, Com
mander. in Chief; Adiutant-General Fret
Phvsterer. Colonel Raymond, Colonel X. r.
Knann. Colonel II. l.. Luther. Colonel James
r. Miiner. Colonel William NJ. Olin AMI
Colonel George w. Bloigett
THE cotton returns OF TIE Department OF
Agriculture for November are not favorable
for high rate OF yield.
The duties heretofore performed by the
wrecked United States steamer Despatch as
a dispatch vessel will hereafter be allotted
to the United States steamer Dolphin, lately
returned from the China station and now
being repaired at the Norfolk Navy Yard.
TIE report of General Casey, in charge
of coast defences and river aud harbor i'm
provements,, was presented TO the Secretary
Of War.
SIR NEvILL LUBBOCK representing British
Guiana and other colonies arrived In Wash
ington TO secure tariff concessions.
Ara meeting Of the Executive COMMITTEES
of the Council Of Administration of the
-
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mouth, ''she asked me if we'd have
pumpkin pic Tor Thanksgiving Day. l
told he. yes. But you didn't say any
thing about it, Shall we9'
81 think So" responded Phyhda,
rather doubtfully.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-20

There havc been IL, 900 applicants for
admission as students to the new Leland
Stanford, Jr., University in California.
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the corps bye'len
five Corporals and B.

the corps by'cVlgnl
five Corporals and -
INsPEcToR.GENERAL Dc3y(
Steamboat Inspection Service, nasil y
annual report to the Secretary OF the
Treasury. There were thirty-three acct
dents to vessels during the year, resulting in
the loss OF 335 lives, an increase OF ninety
three as compare with ths previous year.
ORDERS were sent from the Navy Depart
ment to New York for the United States
steamer Concord to sail at the earliest prac-
ticable day for the West Indies 10 join the
Philade phia and Kearsarge
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A liberal share of favor is accorded
twisted wire bracelets with knotted cen
tres beauti6ed by diamonds.