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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle states.

EX-CITY TREASURER JOHN BARDsLEY,
Of Philadelphia was brought up from Moy-
amensing Prison in the common van and
placed in the cock where he pied guilty to tho
seventeen indictments found against him fos
appropriating State and city funds
THE Treasury Department has designated
Charlotte, y. Y. as a quarantine station
for the entry Of cattle, sheep AMI CTine from
Canada.
The Reformed Presbyterian Synod at
Pittsburg, Penn, expelled five ministers for
non-conformity with principles OF the
Church.
THE Cambridge Mass Aldermen have
refused to grant licenses 10 druggists and
the sale of liquor is now absolutely prohib
ited in that city.
CHRIsToPHER LITTLE. Of PottsyIle, law
yer and insurance agent, committed suicide
at Mauch Chunk, Penn.
BANK FxAMINKR DREW, of Philadelphia.
nn., has Teen suspended by Secretary FOs-
iu for his connection with the Keystone
Pank failure
The Massachusetts, Legislature adjourned
sine die.
AT Randolph, n Y. fast train struck
carrisge containing Mrs. Dow, wife OF ex-
,1taie FNtHatvt A. ". DOW, ana Mrs. George
Fox. Mrs. Dow was instantly killed and
Mrs. Fox fatally injured. Mrs. Dow was
about sixfy-five years old Mrs Foxs hus-
land was Killed by train about four years
ago.
SECRETARY PR0cToE delivered their d.
plomas to the sixJy-fcur members OF the
graduating class at West Point O.. " Mill
tary Academy.
{. Mason MOODY, who has been Treas
urer OF Franklin County, Mas, for fifteen
years, has confessed TO having used sl6, lGs
belonging TO the county in his private busi-
ness.
h. n YARD, Of Philadelphia, was arrested,
charged with conspiracy with ex City Treas-
urer Bardsley to defraud the city of Phila.
deiphla; another deficit Of over i4O0. OOO was
discovered in Bardsleys accounts. The Su.
preme Court has handed down a decision
that W Redwood White, appointed City
treasurer 10y Governor Pattison, is the
proper appointee 10 succeed Bardsley. Rich.
ara T.. Oeilers, appointed by the City Couu-
cli, i ousted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
An EIectric-Light Cane.

A novel application of the chloride
of silver battery has been made in the
manufacture of the electrio-light cane.
The silver wire ut one end is connected
to one end of the carbon filament of
small incandescent lamp, snugly placed
in the head of the cane, and small
brass strip or spring is extended upward
from the zinc bottom so as to make con-
tact possible with the other end of the
carbon filameut. When light is re.
quired, pressure on a small push-button
on the side of the cane closes the circuit
and ignites the lamp. The head of the
cane is solid silver, which makes a gooi
reflector for the light, and a very thick
lens is fitted into the top. These canes
have been used with great success for
theatrical purposes and have a very
pleasing effect. Chictgo Ners.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
Manufacture of Old Lace.

A technical journal, in a chapter de-
voted to the tricks of various trades,
tells how the ordinary quality Of ma
chine made lace can be toned up to bear
a close resemblance to the genuine arti-
Gle, and gives the method by which hun
drcds of yards are treated every year.
The lace is rinscd in strong dccoction
of Oclong tea, which has been strained
and allowed to become cold. The lace
should not be crushed ia wringer, but
pressed with the hands until partially
dry, then spread on a clean ironing
board. The delicate points are then
carefully separated, so that the pattern
may be preserved. When dry the lace
exhibits tea tint, which lends the ma
ierial tinge of yellOwish antiquity
AtW York Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19

CHuIAN Government torpedo cruisers fire !
ON Iquique. but were driven of by the Con
gress party's ships. The fighting is brutal on
both Sides many OF the combatants being
bayoneted after being wounded.
FouR Apaches, after killing Calcium in
Sonora, Mexico. attacked camp near by
and kille an Italian pedler. Next day eight
Indians attacked a dozen vaqueros killing
one of them. Mexican cavalry went in pur-
suit of them.
BY the verdict of the jury in London,
England, the Wilson's are declared not guilty
Of the charge OF slanier. ant Sir William
Gordon Cumming is inferentislly declared
TO have cheated at the games OF baccarat at
Tfanby Croft.
A wATgRsPoUT burst near San Luis Paz.
in the State Of Guanaiuato, Mexico sweep
ing away many houses and cattle aud up
roofing trees In fact. for a space OF three
miles, the width of the current. the country
was completely devastated
THE funeral of Sir John A. Macdonald
was held IN Ottawa; the funeral procession
was the largest ever seen In Canada.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
Useful Ornaments.

The latest craze is to order ones Gre
nation urn and use it as an ornament till
it should happen to be wanted. All the
large china shops confess to having hal
several orders lately, while silversmlthS
have been equally favored. An enthusl-
ostic "cremationist" of my acquaintance
has couple Of delightful little old silver
urns which ornament bis sideboarJ, AL
should any guest happen to admire he Is
told that those arc for the hosts ashes,
which are TO be divided and sent to tTo
old valued friends, in these fa'cinatin5
LITTLE cases. Some are even made in gold,
while the more ordinary urns, which. in
stead of adorning the dining room, are
for the present used as pot-pourrI jars,
are of Derby stoueware, the sane mate
rial as old fashioned "to5y" jugs. -Jeo-
eIer's Repiep.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19

,rhe culinary count staggered back and
,,Irpteered never a word in his own de-
feuse. The little dog barked ceaselessly;
tbe Irishman looked from one to the
other with puzzled mien.
"P'raps you'd rather see the other flat,
since the puppy's so unceevil," said he.
And he added, as they went down stairs,
..ycz'u plaze to excuse the furrincr,
ma'am. He drinks a good deal, and he
isn't always preseutable."
Miriam looked with agonized eyes at
her mother.
H-I don't think we'll look any
farther to-day, mamma" she faltercd.
And the two ladies loft the Fontenoy
Flats without arriving at any definite con.
clusion.
Fortunately Rosamoad Dedfold's heart
was less involved in the Sclgliosa alli-
once than her pride. But pride, as we
all know, is a sensitive spot, an the
wound was deep.
Honest Mr.. Dcdfold never knew why
the counts stock went down 50 sud
denly in the domestic market.
"Not but what am glad of it, said
he. 81 never did believe in foreign hus-
bands for American girls. And so you've
all come around to my view of the mat
fer have you1 Well, l don't think you'll
ever regret it. And as for the new
home-ehl"
~ think, upon the WHOLE" said Mr..
Dedfold, THAT country air will be
GOOD for the girls, and rents seem to be
deal cheaper in New Jersey. So it
Doctor T ,rtnum hasn't let that Gothic
cottage yet
Didn't l tell YOU he was keeping 1t
for meY" said Mr.. Dedfold. But in the
arrangement of the ROOMS, you needn't
make any allowance for Phebe here -
putting his arms caressingly around her
shoulder. "She's to be married to Doc
tor Fortnum in June
"Im so gladI" said Rosamond, with
a little quicer to her lip. "Phe9e de-
serves the best husband in the world. y
Eyes" cried honest Miriam, she never
was dazzlcd by diamonds and titles"
And the big "To Let" still hangs in
the windows of the Fontenoy Flats.
But D'Artagnan's famous foreign COOK,
lured by better pecuniary offer from a
Chicago restaurant, masquerades in So
ciety no more.-Satprdoy Nigh.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
Opals, those mystical stones upon

Opals, those mystical stones upon
which hinge SO many romances, are al
fected by the atmosphere much as pearls
are. This is especially true OF the vari-
ETY. known as fiorite, which is sort of
sihcious deposit formed in hot springs.
The opal has beautiful translucence
when placed in water, and it would seem
that the complete absence of moisture
acts eyilly upon it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
MY BACK YARD.

I left off school at ten year old,
But have my share or knowledge
And am educateder
Than any chap from college;
Ideas have been tanned into me,
Jest billed and stewed in hard,
Jest baked in by the sun thet shines
In my backyard,
An believe it's Bible truth
If man wants to be wise,
He's got to live out in the air
Beneath the open skies;
The tulip in the sunlight breaks
The earth's skull, old and harl.
An tie sun sprouts thoughts in my o? skull
In my backyard.
Take your brains out in the sunshine,
If you want your thoughts to sProut
Strong ng-stocked, purple-colorel fancieS
Flowers er faith, not weeds er doubt;
Give yer bare brain to the sunlight,
Let its lauces stab We hard,
An yer'll fin some thoughts worth thinking
In my backyard.
There's thoughts thet's sa'te1 down in books,
Like salt por&in berrul,
An boysin school will eat tle stuf
If rammed in by q ferrule;
But new untainted meat er thought
Thet don't digest so hard,
Is foun' out in the open air
In my backyard.
The power thet makes the par;nips grow
An sprouts the early grain,
Will start the tendrils er the soul
An fertilze the brain;
SO wash in a sun-bath, an
] let her soak in hard,
An strong. rel flowers er thought are grown
In my backyard.
The brightest thoughts fellow thinks
Are those he thinks himself
They amt in any book ths.'s foul'
On any hbr'y shelf;
No college president could think
II he thought long an hard,
Thoughts like the SUI soaks into me
In my backyard.
s W. FoSs in Yankee Blade.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
CURIOUS FACTS.

The fly spider lays an egg as large as
itself.
China has a five and a quarter mile
bridge.
A grist mill at Cropseyville, N. Y, is
ninety nine years old.
The male OF the silkworm moth tray
els at the rate of 100 miles a day.
The amount of the gold in the world
would fit in a room twenty-four feet each
way.
A girl in Pittsburg ran away from home
because she loved children and wanted
to live in a childrens hospital.
Cavendish Bentinck, who died recent
" in London, left a collection Of artistic
curiosities valued at over $500, 900.
1t is no unusual thing for vessel ply
ing between Japan and San Francisco to
bring 900, 900 fans as a single item of
its cargo.
Among the recent inventions is cal
endar that will register for the next 200
years, beside telling any date figure
within that period.
The finest garnets and nearly all the
peridots found in the United States are
collected from ant hills aud scorpion
nests in New Mexico and Arizona.
The word "preface," used in the be-
ginning of books, was originally word
of welcome to a meal, and was equiva-
lent to "Much good may it do you"
MAY IL, 1884, snow and frost in New
York State killed leaves and fruit; June
5, 1859, ground frozen hard. 1890 late
frosts killed the fruit and made "scarce
year"
1t would take all the Lancashire eng
land) cotton factories four hundred years
to spin a thread long enough to reach the
nearest star at the present rate of pro-
duction of about one hundred and fifty
five million miles per day.
A brown rat with a blue tail was killed
at the Cincinnati court house the other
dav. 1t was not a new species, but a
plain, everyday Norway rodent that had
been quietly fishing with its caudal ap'
pendage in bucket of blue paint.
The kali mujah, or death plant, OF
Java. has flowers which continually give
off a perfume so powerful to overcome
if inhaled for any length of time, a full
grown man, and which kills all forms OF
insect life that comes under its infu-
ence.
The highest elevated road in the world
is about to be built at Naples, Italy. 1t
is intended to connect the central part oil
Naples with the Corso Vittorio Emanuelc.
It will be suspended from towers lO0
metres high, in which will be elevators
to hoist passengers to the stations. The
road will be operated by electricity, and
the cost is estimated at 81, 900, 900.
A breeder of Shetland and Welsh
ponies near Jamaica, Long Island, n "
has a pony mare called Fairy, that has
beaten all records. Although but one
year eleven months and four days old at
the time, she foaled filIy, and both are
doing we'll. The mother is but thirty
seven inches in height, and her foal,
which weighs eighteen pounds, is four
teen inches in height.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
Queer Combination Of "Iwos.N

A queer combination Of "twos" is pre-
sentcd in the case of a prisoner sent to
Ohio Peniteutiary recently. He was
arrested February %, lay in jail two
months, was convicted and sentenced to
two years for stealing two horses, being
received at the Penitentiary April ~,
and his serial number is 22,222, aud he
had two fits on the second night after
bis arrival. l.--BastoR HlraH.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-06-19
THE FONTENOY FLATS.
GY HELEN FORREST GRAVES.

"Weu," said Mrs. Dedfold, "we've
got to mo7e. That's very plain"
Eyes" said Miriam, "we've got to
move. Nobody could stand that silk
factory that's being built opposite, with
Its whizzing machinery and the livery
stable in the rear"
"The next question, said Rosamond,
sis where we are tC go"
A dead silence followed this proclaml-
ton. The Dedfold family eyed each
other, and nobody spoke until NIr. Ded-
fold, bald-headed man, with weak eyes
End a fringe of sandy whiskers on each
side Of his face, broke the portentous
silence.
"For my part" said he, 81 should
like a little place in the country, where
we could grow strawberries and toma-
toes and see the green grass.
PA demonstrated Rosamond, who
was fne, tall young woman, with a
good deal of color and sparkling black
eyes.
"Quite out of the question" said Mrs.
Dedfold, tossing her aquiline nose
81 don't see that" reasoned Mr.. Ded-
fold. doctor Fortnum has Offered me
the refusal of that pretty Gothic cottage
of his-not more than half an hour out
on the New Jersey road-with four
acres of ground
.Doctor Fortnum, indeed!" said Mrs.
Dedfold. 81 wish he'd mind his own
business. Because he chooses to burrow
in the country himself, is that any rea
son he should compel other people to do
sOl'
"There's quite a pleasant little socie-
ty there" suggested Phebe, the young
est of all the Dedfolds, who had an ap-
ple-blossom face, with inquiring blue
eyes and the palest shade of yellow hair.
Society" echoed Mrs. bedford
"out on the New Jersey road! Frogs
and mud-turtles and owls-that's the
sort of society, Imagine"
81 haven't seen anything that liked
better than that fat on Fontenoy
street," said Miriam.
"Too high" said Mr.. bedford.
"Only eighteen hundred dollars a
YEAR" pleaded his wife. And such To-
calityl"
"It's over a confectioner's shop"
THAT'S no objection" insisted Mrs.
bedford. "The finest flats in the city
and all the frst-class hotels, you know
are over stores. And D'Artagnans is
an exceedingly select place. The Stat
fords and Ballingers live in the Fonte-
nov Flats, too
Mr.. bedford groaned.
81 never did fancy living in flat, "
said he. "Packed in with everybody
else. like sardines in box"
81 think it would be perfectly de-
lightful, said Miriam, ecstatically.
.It would certainly minimize the
trouble of housekeeping" observed her
mother.
"And it would be so stylish" added
Rosanond, clapping her plump, white
hands.
..And you know, Paul, )" added Mrs.
DedfoId, "you always leave these do
nestle affairs to me-"
The head of the house rose, with a
sbrug of his shoulders.
"WelI, have it your own way" said
he. "Where are my glovesa Phebe,
did leave my cane down stairsl Why,
child, what are you crying forl"
"I don't know" faltered the yellow
haired lassie. her head dropping for an
instant on her fathers shoulder, as they
stood together in the dimly-lighted hall.
al think it's because we've got to move.
Aud I do SO hate the idea of fat. "
$50 do j." chucklcd Mr. Dedfold.
..But cheer up, Phebe.birdl We can't
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.---------a $1,000
Rocky Ridge Items.

Owing to old Hicks, the ground hog or
some other cause, the farmers are on STAND
still and have been since January. No prep
aratons could be made to facilitate tie
Spring work. Oats seeding will be late.
Should the weather now change for warmer
and driver. there will he busy time and
plenty of work to be accomplished in short
time in order to have spring crops put IN
ground.
Public speaking was held III the school
house Mt Appods, on Friday night last,
under the auspices of the Farmers Alliance.
The meeting was we'll attended ; the speak
ing quite interesting. l would not lie sur
prlsed if every farmer IN our midst was not
gobbled up by the Alliance before they can
say Jack Robinson"
Mr.. Calvin Ogle had narrow escape from
drowning on Wednesday evening of last
week when tording Owens Creek, on the
road from Rocky Ridge to Creagerstown.-
The stream was very much swollen and the
swift current carried horse buggy and occu-
DanL UOWn SJTcau dIllt IdluSo IiiN'iA "S"'''S~
ledge of rocks from which they were finally
rescued.
The family of Mr.. Geo. Kcsselring have
all been on the sick list. They are improv-
ing at this writing.
Mr. Abraham Long has an attack of Ia
grippe,
Mr.. Chas Engler and wife left on Monday
morning for Philadelphia, Pa, where MIR, f.
has secured work at his trade in cigar box
factory Mr.. E. Is capital workman, and
we congratulate him in his securing such
lucrative position.
Mr.. Edward Hartman has leased the store
property recently vacaled by Mr.. W Il. 10y.
Mr. II. Will engage in general merchandise.
Mr.. Joshua Whitmofe has erected black
smith shop and purchased full line OF tools
and has quite trade established in very
short time.
Mr.. Reuben Whitmore has built dwelling
in Appoids He is occupying 1t alone. We
presume ne will coon be looking up some
fair lady to manage bis domestic affairs. X
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EXAMINERS ROAD NOTICE,

We, the undersigned, having been appoint
ed Examiners by the Board Of County Com
mlssioncrs of Frederick County, State Of
Maryland to examine and determine whether
the public convenience requires the opening
of a road as pcliloned tor by Chas. A. Eyler,
John Ii. Roddy. Christian Lantz. G. NJ. Gall,
J. A. Colliflower, Hiram Harbaugh and
others to open and relocate public road
commencing for the same and leading from
Eylers Valley to Abram S. Zentz's mill and
thence TO the F. Il E. Turnpike. Said road
to be located on the south side Of the stream
as now located by the County Surveyor Of
Frederick County, through the lands OF Peter
Rodly e. Bro, James Grouse, Nicholas Lohr,
Abrap S. Zentz, Calvin IIammett, Silas Fer
guson, Mrs. James Dwynn, John Peddicord
and others, and to extend said road to the
public road, running from William Roddy's
to Mt. St. Mary's College. Said road not to
he less than 80 feet wide and situated in
Frederick County, State Of Maryland, and if
said examiners determine that said road
shall be opened, will proceed to locate the
same in such manner as will in their judg.
ment best promote the public convenience
and having beer duly comm issioned by said
Board of County Commissioners as such
Examiners and haying duly taken all oath as
prescribed by law to execute the trust re-
posed in them by said County Commissioners
hereby give notice that we, the said Exami-
ners will meet on the premises on Friday the
9Th day of May, 1891, at the hour of o'clock,
a. H., to execute said commission.
JOSEPH B BROWN,
RICHARD WAGAMAN,
Il. II. n. FRESUOUR.
apr got
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