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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
Half a Million Eqqs.

The Faralline Islands are about thirty
miles from the mouth of San Francisco
Bay, of the coast Of California, and are
the homes of innumerable sea fowls. When
san Francisco first began to blossom out
as a city her constant cry was for eggs
There being no poultry raisers on the
coast made tie egg want one hard to
crafty. To supply this want the project
Of stealing the eggs OF the gulls and
muhrs that nest by the thousand on
ihe Farallonc Islands was tried, and,
proving successful, has ever since been
one of the west coast industries. The
birds of the island are too plentiful to
count or even estimate, as may be in
ferred from the fact that the egg gath
erers often bringing in 500 dozen per
dav. This, however, gives but partial
idea of their immense numbers, as great
many of the nests being inaccessible and
many others devastated by the rivalry OF
the birds themselves. Tae egg business
Of the island is conducted 10y company,
who pay the collectors five cents a dozen
for gathering them. The season is from
Nav to August, which, even at 400 dozen
a day, makes the annual harvest about
500, 900 eggs.-St. Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
THE NEWS EPIT0MIzED,
Easlern and NIiddle states.

MARTIN CURLEY. his wife, Annie, ami
Michael Hudak, Hungarians, were shot dead
in the mining hamlet oi Sr0dericks Patch.
near Wilkesbarre, Penn. John Trallo was
supposed to have done the shooting.
. The Postofiice Inspectors ordered 10 Hart.
ford, Conn, to investigate the recent steal
ing of stamped envelopes by E. E. Fay.
found that Fay stole 5000 envelopes. hs
had confessed 10 the stealing Of $1,000.
Two men were killed and ten injured by
the falling of the roof Of an old factory in
New York City.
Of New York City, Of which Commodore
Bateman is a member, has fled assignment
papers.
THREE Polish laborers were struck by a
train at Buffalo, n. Y, and instantly
killed.
In New York City last year the deaths
numbered 70, 800 the births 80, 25O and mar
riages 1892. Estimated population in July
was ], ,63l, 232.
NEARLY all the Clinton Prison buildings at
Daunemora, n Y, were destroyed by fire.
The fanes were discovered first in the hos
pital and all efforts 10 check them proved
unavailing. Loss, $4,000.
JosEPH KoHLER. a New York City
butcher. after Drinking hard imagined hs
was a wild steer and ran amuck on Seventh
avenue with horns on his head and knife IN
his hand. he stabbed iour persons.
TIE old Wilkinson & Green mill at Provi-
dence, R. l., was guttet by fire. Loss Sl25,-
000 Insured. The mill was built in 1913.
MORE than 5000 pounds Of live poultry
were DESTROYED in fire in West Washington
Market, New York City.
GEORGE F. KIBLISG, Of Norwich, Vt,
has been fined 5000 by the SuDreme Court
for selling liquor TO students az Dartmouth
College.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
eoutb and West.

FIRE destroyed $3.50, 900 worth Of property
in the business part OF Burlington, Iowa.
THREE men. pistol in hand, robbed bank
in Chicago OF 5000 After a hard chase
through the streets they were captured.
TIE entire business portion OF San Angus
tine Texas. has been burned. Loss $780,
TAX COLLECTOR N. S. SNYDER Of Tucson,
Arizona. was attacked In his office by two
masked men and was shot and robbed OF
$4,000.
A BAND OF Indians abducted the wife and
daughter os a rsnchman OF the nsme OF
Miller and subsequently burned the ranch
at White River South Dakota.
Mrs. G. w. Cox. while temporarily In
sane. Jumped into a well eighty-hye feet
deep at her home in Salem, No., and was
killed.
ApOrPH VERDUGo, under sentence OF
death. struck Jaier Pedro Pellon at Tucson.
Arizona. three times on the neck through the
grating with a dirk then forced the keys
open. beat the jaiier to death, took bis door
and escaped.
LATER particulars show that twenty-five
soldiers were killed and thlrty-hve wounded
in the battle on Wounded Knee Creek, in
the Bad Ian Is. Nearly one hundred In
dians were killed.
R.F. TAYLOR, OF Gainesville, has been ap-
pointed Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court By the Governor OF Florida.
LEO KLEIs, a German, Of Chicago, Ill,
through jealousy, fatally shot his wife aud
then killed himself.
MONROE CLARK. colored man, was hanged
at Palatka, Fla. for a murder committed at
InterRchen flye years ago. Death was in
stantaneous.
TIE Wallace County Bank, at Abilene,
Kan, closed its doors. Liabilities about
5000.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
A Nurses SeIf-Sacrifice.

Among the number Of men and women
who were awarded prizes in Paris, re-
Gently for saving lives in fires and floods
was Apoline Louis Jean, Of Saint Pierre,
Martinique, West Indies.
She entered the service of rich fam
lily as nurse to their seven children. Evil
times came, the wealth disappeared aud
the father died from chagrin, leaving
seven children 10 the mercy of the world.
Apolne began by disposing Of everything
she had, by selling all her little jewelry
and presents she had received from her
masters when they were prosperous. To
earn living for the children she became
a huckster. Every morning she left St.
Pierre with push-cart full of vegetables,
travelling fifteen or twenty miles day to
dispose of her wares, coming home at
night fainting from fatigue.
This went ON for years; her health
broke down; she could no longer accom-
plish the long journeys. Then she
changed her cart into little shop. They
gave her boards to close it in, and straw
tn cover it, and permitted her to place il
IN piece of unoccupied ground.
The devotion she showed her former
masters children won her many friends.
They loved her, aided her, people pat
ronized her aud the merchants let her
have merchandise on sale. She cared
for and educated the seven children, all
honor to her The children were boarded
by her at some distance. she came to see
them at night so IS not to lose any tune
from her work. After she had seen them
and embraced them she went back COM
forted to her life of sacrifice and abnega-
tiCn.
Dozens Of cases were cited before the
Academy Of the remarkable devotion
shown ny the servants to their old mas
tcrs and mistresses who had fallen Oh
evil timcs.-Ns,o York Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
Washington.

TIE United States Government has
bought for $4,000 ninety acres OF land az
Growers CliR for long ranse gun fortinea-
tion.
TsE Senate confirmed the nomination OF
Judge Brown to bs Associate Justice OF the
United States Supreme Court.
THE American Historical Association held
Its annual session at Washington. President
John jay at the opening meeting delivered
his inaugural address.
TIE President signed the commission Of
Henry B. Brown, OF Michigan. as Associate
Justice OF the United States Supreme Court.
NEARLY fifteen hundred school teachers.
bailing from New York, Brooklyn aud Phlla-
5eIphia. visited Washington ON a sightseeing
sour. Until afternoon they spent their time
sisitinR the Senate and House chambers, the
White House. the museums and other points
,f interest. They also went 70 Mount Vers
non.
T1F President and Mrs Harrison held the
usual New Years reception at the White
House.
SECRETARY JAMRs G.. BLAISE's Dupont
Circle mansion was partially gutted by nre:
The loss on furniture and the house WIZ
probably exceed S20,OOO.
SECRETARY Tracy has written letter OF
censure TO MISUNDERSTANDING hel.ef'
vho wasin command Of tho American man.
,f.war a. the time OF the arrest aud killing OF
General Barrundia
GENERAL MILES has written % President
Harrison. urging the transfer OK certah
Indian AGENCIES Ia the Sioux country % tns
charge Of the War Departments
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A City of the Sea.

On the peninsula of Istria, in the
Adriatic Sea, the city authorities Of
Rovigno have discovered a little south Of
the peninsula the ruins of a large town
at the bottom Of the sea. 1t mas been
observed for some years that flshermen's
nets were sometimes entangled in what
appeared to be masses Of masonry, Of
which fragments were brought up from
the ea.bed. A year or two ago a diver
declared that he had seen walls aud
streets below the water.
The city authorities recently decided
to investigate. They sent down a diver
who, at the depth Of eighty-ive feet,
found himself surrounded on the bottom
Of the sea by ruined walls He says he
knows they were the work Of man. lie
is a builder by trade and he recognized
the layers OF mortar.
Continuing his explorations, be traced
the line of walls and was able to dis
tinguish how the streets were laid out.
He did not see any doors or window
openings, for they were hidden by masses
of seaweed and incrustations. He traced
the masonry for A distance Of 100 feet,
but had to stop, as his diving corl did
not permit him to 90 further. He had
proved beyond a doubt that he had
found the ruins OF once Inhabited
town, which, through some catastrophe,
had sunk to the bottom Of the sea-
PhilqdelphiI Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
what Makes Money "stsrIinV.

10 England money Is characterized
by tho word Sterling" because in the
time Of Richard Cpur de Lion, money
coined in the east part Of Germany be-
came, on account of its purity, in cspe-
cial request III England, and was called
Eastcrling money, as all the inhabitants
Of that part of Germany were called
EasterliDgs. Soon after that time some
of those people who we're skilled iu coin
ING. were sent FOR and went to London
10 bring the coin to perfection. That
was the foundation Of the practice Of des-
ignatiug English accounts sterling. =
Neg Ygrk RiYgtsR, -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09

BOILER iu the Trvens lard factory ct
LIVERPOOL, En- zlsnd, exploded. Inree mea
were killed aud the building badly wrecked
By the explosion.
ITALIAN railway travel was much I'M
nedei by foods. which followed the heavy
snow. Ia the district Of Naples traf1c was
almost completely at a staadstlli.
Octave FEuuLgr. the great French
novslisS drsmatist aud Academician, y dead.
He was born az st. 10, the capital OF the De-
partment OF Ianche, IN August lelS.
Az epidemic Of black smallpox prevails In
the Transcasp!an lrurkishl territories.
FoS. W. z. GLADSTONE celebrated at
Hawarien. England, his seighty-iirst birtl aay.
PsoyyssoR Koch. who eft Berlin several
davs ago 70 take a much needed rest Is stay
Ing at K1austaal in the Harz region. Tne
inhabitants Of the town gave a torchignb
procession in his honor.
TIE Scotch railway companies refuse 70
recoonizs Mr.. TAFT. the Secretary OF the
strikers organization, aad viii treat Win
the men only as individuals. They also tals
of refusing to reinstate the men,
NEssss. PARSzLL AND O'BRTEN, the lrish
agitatorS had a secret conference az Dou'
logne France.
A great IRE in the heart Of the business
centre os London, England, near Blacktrian
Bridge. destroyed property estimated q
S2,WO.000.
THr innndatioas have caused great dam
ace throughout s5utnern Italy.
NAVY cotton mills owned by twelve con
panies were destroyed by fire at Cologn'
Germany.
-. - IL 49,
tansousiV in London. England, the person
entity of self murder choosing the last hou
o. the expiring year for their act.
ADMIRAL AUBE, Of the French Navy, fo'
merly Minister Of Marine is dead.
PRINCE CH'US. the father Of the Empero
Of China, is dead.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
Time Ne Was Marrie1.

Early last week all was going merri'y
at a very interesting wedding in thc
town of Petaluma, Cal, until the BRIDE
groom was called upon to produce the
wedding ring. In vain he felt IN his
trousers pocket for the missing trile.
Nothing could be found except hole,
through which the ring had evidently
fallen into the high boot which is effected
by Young men Of that country. What
was he to do9 "Take your boot off, y
said the parson The suspense and silence
we're painful. The orgauist at the priest
bidding struck up voluntary The
Young man, sitting on the altar rail- re-
moved bis boot, the ring was found,
also hole in his stocking. which led
the worthy divine to remark, young
man, it's time you we're married. "-Ne'
York Hsrald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
Dead leads of the Ocean.

On the table OF downtOwh fish
market saw curious sight. 1t was a
monster crab with splendid specimen
of the sea astcr attached to its back.
Thus welded they were caught in net
near the Highlands and brought to thl:
city. 1t is not often that catch OF this
kind is male, for the sea as.er, when he
finds himself in difficulties, is apt 10 sud
denly release his hold and slip away.
Why he neglected to do 50 in this case is
unexplained.
For the benefit OF Younger readers it
may be we'll to state that the sea aster is
frequently found off the coast of New
Jersey. In shape ii resembles small
tufted sheaf OF wheat, the tutt itself sug-
gesting the idea of the familiar doNer
from which it takes its name.
Generally its color is dingy white,
but occasionally specimen is found that
is bright yellow iu complexion. Il ia al
ways striped and spotted in brown. Its
taft is composed OF fcathery tontacles OF
pink like hue.
BY means OF numerous powerful
''suckers" it firmly -affixes itself to the
back of some able bodied crab or lobster
aud is conveyed to the haunts Of those
crustaceaus, upon whose food it revels.
or course it Is a most unwelcome guest
and passenger, but the crab or lobster
cannot shake it of until 1t chooses to re-
lax its hold. -Ne,c York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09

! The Rajah, eager aud on blooded
steed, had distanced his attendants and
was now abreast of me, but we had both
been so hindered by fugitives that Jack
had got a little to the front. AS the mad
horse caught sight of him he left his last
victim and rushed to the encounter.
Drawing his heavy revolver from bis
belt. and refining in his horse, Jack took
a cool aim, and fired. His horse swerved
at the fash, and the ball, though it
struck, failed of its full effect. Jack
fred again instantly, at the same time
squirting sharply to one side. This side
movement doubtless saved his life, foi
Bahrani, who was now upon him, only
succeeded in grasping him by the boot
The stirrup protected the foot from being
msngled. The brute made a fine effort to
pull Jack out of the saddle, but failed at
the first attempt. Ere he could accom-
plish his design the Rajah and | had
come up.
."Keep your grip.' I yelled to Jack,
and the beast dropped his hold and made
lunge at me. At that very instant my
revolver was fairly in bis ear--yet that
dignifed old Rajah, whom we had never
credited with such nerve, got in his
work ahead of me. He had dropped hi:
boar spear in the crowd, but his long,
thin, curved sword, ere my cartridge
cracked, slid softly across the brutes
throat. My bullet found its mark, but
the Rajah's promptness had rendered it
superhuous, and the mad Bahram stag
gered against me, almost knocking me
over, and then fell dead.
When the excitement was past, the
Raiah, after expressing his admiration Of
Jacks daring, and satisfying himself
that the foot vas not seriously injured,
relapsed into profound despoudenc. 'ot
a amoment we thought this was on account
of the number of his faithful subjects
who had fallen victims, aud we attempted
10 condole with him. At first he stared
at us in puzzled surprise. Then he laughed
somberly, and explained that as far as
those poor creatures were concerned, he
had felt bound to protect their lives if
possible; but that really the loss OF a
thousand of them would not cause him
the sorrow he experienced at the fate OF
Bahram. This was something Of sticker
for US, hut we felt the more called upon
to admire His HigSness's sense OF duty
and his cool effectiveness in al emergency
so trying.-The AyQosy.
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FUN.

An acceptable sight-The sight draft.
A clock frequently runs but seldom
goes anywhere.
A policeman often msncs taking re-
mark-"I want you"
Household recipe-To preserve eggs
pack them in layers. -BiBghamtoa ReDu5-
licdn.
Single eyeglasses are worn in London,
because in times of fog there is only half
as much to see.-Pack.
Curious that money should get tight
when it is locked up. With mankind it
is the other way.-Ph,ladeiphh Times.
Had the Indians their way, the BARRIERS
of this country wouldn't make much cut
ting peoples hair.--Pdiladelph@ Tins.
"Ah, " said the church reformer, sadly,
81 never see church fair like this without
thinking of the money changers in the
temple" ~ don't see the resemblance, v
replied the young man, with equal sad
ness. "There's no money changing
here; whatever you give en- they keep. y
-T'eras SytiHgS.
The oyster is a noble fish.
But cannot swim a mite;
Has no fins, he has no tail,
He has no teeth to bite:
But still he swims with perfect ease,
And yet, It's strange 10 say,
He never glides about the sea
But in the consomme.
-BrooMU, Life.
An amusing incident occurred last
week at Essegg, in Austria. In a play
called "Die Hochzeit Won Yalein" the
heroine has to die, her death being
brought about by william who shoots
her with a pistol. At the critical mo-
ment the weapon misses fire, but the
actor was equal to the emergency aud
declaimed at once: "Die, then, the first
victim Of smokeless powderl"-Galig-
mani.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
WhIstIIna for Birds.

There is a colored man in the extreme
southern section Of the city who has a
novel means Of earning his living, which,
though not entirely original is very near
ly so, consisting as it does in whistling
day after day for the bread he eats. lie
has lungs that might do as bellows in a
blacksmith shop, so powerful are they,
and he is an artistic whistler. The two
are an interesting combination. Each
day about noon he goes around certain
section where are located several factor.
les, and ststioning himself under the
windows he begiss to whoop 'er up. The
result is usually shower of pennies.
Each LAY he works different circuit:
having six 10 ALL His duIIest notes cah
be heard two squares away. Pailadd.
Phia Lnqui'xr.
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Her Own Private Pack OF Hounds.

Baroness Alphonse do Rolhschild, who
has lovely chateau not far from Paris
keeps a pack OF hounds for her own
use aud that Of her friends and acquaint-
ances. This celebrated sportswoman has
a well-known English pack, aud succeeds
in having capital sport with them Oh-
fortunately she met with bad accident
which for time shook her nerves and
made her unfit for the exercise. she
was thrown in the water, with her horse
in some way above her, so that, besides
being nearly drowned, she was also hur1'
Fortunately she is once more well again,
and Hospitality welcomes all co'ners Tor
run with her hounds. s.--Mer fgrt %'af
naL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Fishes have no eyelids and necessarily
sleep with their eyes open.
BY electrolysis Of a 4 uoride in molten
state, NJ. Minet extracts 2l.5 grammes
of aluminium for an expenditure Of one
horsepower hour.
A luminous crayon has recently been
invented to enable lecturers to draw on
the blackboard when the room is dark
ened for the use OF the lantern.
A French electrician has constructed
a Wimshurst machine, having twelve
glass discs, each 29t inches in diameter.
The machine will give spark 16b
inches long.
1t has been suggested that a way OF
Lying, so as to change the color of tn
hair may be discovered by a study of the
influence of food and habit among people
of different nationalities.
A number of doctors have been sent
by the Russian Government to ASIA
Minor to test the treatment of cholera by
Feruba Sambul, an herb Of Turkestan
which possesses anti-spasmodic proper
ties.
DIR. C. NJ. Cresson claims to have found
typhoid bacilli in celery grown near
Philadelphia; and Mr.. C. A. Abbott has
recorded observations on bacteria found
in the interior of large hail stones that
fell on April 26, 1890.
Since the year 1856 there has been in
existence at Budapest, Hungary, "Pas'
teur- Cumberland laboratory" in which
lymph, brought from the Pasteur lnsti-
tute, has been cultivated as an antidote
to anthrax and erysipelas in swine.
Professor Charles Richet states in the
Proqyes Mcdicql that fifteen grains Of
sulphate of quininc, administered two
hours, or four hours at the most, before
embarkiug, will completely free even
sensitive subjects from the horrors OF
sea sickness
Observations of the Muir Glacier in
Alaska show that the fall of blocks Of
ice from the end is extremely irregular.
Sometimes they come tumbling down at
tive.minute intervals, but there is often
an hours space between two successive
blocks. Heavy rains cause more frequent
falls.
One of the queerest causes OF fire Is
defective window glass. 1t often hap
pens that the bubbles or other imperfec
lions in a pane of cheap glass will form
lens. If the sunlight passing through
this happens to rest on woodwork in an
unoccupied room a condagration may re-
suit.
Asa general rule, it is said 70 be
very difficult matter to gage the speed OF
fishes. The fast fishes are trim and
pointed in shape, with their fins close to
their bodies. The dolphin and bonito
are thought to be the fastest and al
though their speel is not known, they
are fully capable Of twenty miles an
hour.
The chrouologe of the Rev. Canon
CinQuemani is an ingenious clock aud
consists OF single-toothed escape Wheel
which propcls pair OF pallets and the
pendulum. In addition to this there IS
chain of lead balls, one of which IS
discharged over a revolving drum every
quarter Of an hour. These keep the es-
cape wheel going and by another con-
triyancc strike the hours aud quarters.
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the skuptchina, merely make use of my
good right. II you fulfil your threat you
will lose the respect Of your people and
of the whole civilized world. Kings are
expected to have hearts as we'll as other
people. The nation will say, He has no
heart for his mother-he will have no
heart for us. Noe York Tribune.
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Newspaper Laws.
Pay Up.

An exchange says: "No sensible man hA
should or ever does get angry because
newspaper man duns him for money.
dun is not an impeachment of sub 5o
scriber's integrity, but is simply an out In
cropping of the publishers necessities.-l
For instance, Thousand men owe a man htt
from one to four dollars each. He has to
dun them all In order to pay his ex- sr
penses. Instead Of getting angry and
stopping the paper, because the publisher in
atks him for what is honestly due, the N
subscriber should thank the editor for
waiting on him so patiently, and pay up 90
like man."
We respectfully request those who are 8
indebted to us for subscription to call at
the HERALD Office and pay mp or drop M
into their post Office and procure postal
~Oo foss "uefe otner teet h'
trodden:
few more steps may bring You SAT
thro lgh-
The battle Ger victor crowned "
honors:
By patient toll, each difficulty past.
You then may see these days of bitter f
ure
But spurred you on to greater deeds
last
Nellie Barlo,0, in Onee-o- Week