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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
Deckinq a Horses Tail.

Ny attention, says letter to the To-
ronto Globe, has been called to several
communications which have lately
appeared in some OF the Toronto
papers regarding the docking of
horses tails, but not one speaks
of the operation, and very few
have any idea what it means. I once
witnessed, nay, assisted, but only to
hurry the sickening sight, aud will give
to the public what l saw going on in the
stable. There were five men. The horse
stood in the stall, tied by the neck to a
ring in the wall, one of the men having
a twitch screwed on the end Of the nose
as tight as possible, holding the head up
very high. One was attending to the
burning-iron in a small furnace, two
were holding the horse against the wall,
the other was cutting "with a pair Of
scissors" the hair where the tail was to
be severed.
saw the horse knew instincsively
there was something wrong and was
trembling very much, so as to spare it
any punishment I could l helped to hold
it against the wall. When all was ready
the large shears were applied and the
tail was off, the blood squirting from the
various veins against the wall several
feet away. Then the white-hot iron
(saucer. shaped to fit over the taiD was
applied for a sufficient time to roast tina
tail and stop the bleeding, or the horse
would have bled to death. shall never
forget the cry of that horse, which was
proof of its sufferings, aud yet some
people will justify this act of tremen'
dous cruelty.
Iwould like to ask DR.. A Smith, vet
erinary surgeon, why, if it does not hurt
horses to dock their tails, the EAglish
aud European Governments will not buy
a horse for cavalry purposes which has
been docked, and why officers are not
allowed to ride them when on military
parade, even if they be private property;
and please tell whether race horses are
docked before their days on the turf are
ended2
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
A Remarkable Japan Nut.

Effort is now being made to introduce
in the United States a very remarkable
nut from Japan called the "ginko."
The tree that bears it is supposed to
be the oldest in the world, inasmuch
as it grew as far back as the conforming
epoch. Beautiful specimens OF 1t extend
in two rows on eitlier side of the main
avenue leading to the Department OF
Agriculture. Some of them are bearing
fruit this year. In Florida experiments
are being tried for the improvement OF
the small species Of chestnut called the
"chinquapiu." 1t is also being attempted
to graft upon the chinquapin big chest
nuts, in order that the latter may be pro-
duced on dwarf growth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
nahnmeY,s State Carriage.

The King of Dahomey has had mag
ni6cent carriage built in Germany, the
peculiarity of which is that it is not in-
tended to be drawn by horses, but by
slaves. Sixteen slaves will be harnessed
to silver cross bars fastened to three
shafts. The coachman's box Is orna-
mented with figures Of sharks, ostrich
eggs and palm trees. The interior is
richly padded with blue silk. The
frame is painted dark blue and red, and
is profusely enriched with silver. The
royal arms are blazoned on the doors.
They consist OF sharks on blue field,
and ostrich eggs surrounded by snakes
aud elephants teeth; crest, palm tree
proper. r.-Mp Orleans Picayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
Boots for Short People.

To the question whether boots can be
made that will give extra height to short
people an English shoemaker answers
emphatically, yes. He claims by an in
genious device to have produced the
amazing result that any person may be
raised from half on inch to six inches
above his natural height, may walk, stand
and even dance like other people, and
the true facts OF the case may be Ignored,
if he so please, by his most intimate
friends. The change is effected by an
addition within the boot or shoe, instea1
of outside of it. A piece of cork, hol-
lowed to receive the foot, is placed in
side the heel, and is finally graduated of
at the middle of the foot, TINS preventing
the body from being thrown abruptly
forward, as some people would imagine
might be the case. The foot, indeed,
does not extend in reality to the toes,
and it is therefore possible for those who
wish to be in the latest fashion to have
a narrow pointed toe without feeling any
inconvenience therefrom. - Brooklyn
O;f;,11
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
A New Siberian Torture.

The Russian wardens Of prisons in
Siberia are said to have invented new
style of torturing the unhappy victims
from whom they desire to extort confes-
sions, and more horrible punishment can
hardly be imagined. The victims are
shut up in a small, warm cell, and given
salted herrings to eat and nothing else;
no bread, no water, nothing but salt
herrings. This punishment causes such
violent inflammation of the entire mucous
membrane Of the throat aud stomach
that the tongue protudes like piece OF
tanned leather, the blcodsbot eyes stare
from their sockets, and the skin bursts
into agoniziug boils. Confession,
whether true or false, is thus extorted in
order to gain relief.-Ne~ Orleans re-
,,,,,uo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
An Astonishing Mistake.

One of the strangest incidents on
record occurred in a Connecticut Court
room on Thursday. A man was on trial
for his life. The jury came in with
verdict, and when the clerk asked the
foreman to render it he responded
"GuiIty." The prisoner, who was ex-
pecting a different result, dropped from
bis standing position as if shot. Another
juror pulled the foreman's coat, ejaculat-
ing: "Good God, no~ Upon which
the foreman, suddenly realizing his mis-
take, shouted: "Hold on! mean not
guilty. Then the case was set right,
but we doubt il human records furnish q
parallel to a mistake so strange made
under circumstances so solemn. .-Bastoa
Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
The SunnoWer

The common tall sunfower is said to
have derived its name from It's resen'
blauce to the radiant beams Of the sun.
This flower is turned to many economic
uses. It furnishes the finest honey and
wax. When the seed is crushed as lin-
seed is it will produce the finest oil IN
larger quantities in proportion to any
other seed for the table as we'll at the
painter, particularly in mixing green and
blue paints. The cake is superior to
linseed for fattening cattle; the oil makes
most excellent soap, very sotening &c
the hands aud face, and better than any
other for shaving. Sheep, pigs, pigeons,
rabbits, aud poultry Of all sorts will TAT
ten rapidly upon the seed pheasants in
particular, becoming much glossier in
plumage and plumper in body. And
when shelled aud ground, it makes the
finest kind Of -four for bread, especially
tea cakes.-Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
Will Make Ships UnsinkabIe.

And now a material has been discoy-
cred that will make ships unsinkable
The article is called cellulose and is to be
manufactured in Philadelphia. The eel
lulose is made from the husks of cocanuts
and has the property Of absorbing eight
times its own weight of water. The
husks are ground into meal, the meal is
placed in sacks, and vessels are lined
with it. Owing to the quality of the
fiber it is impossible to make hole in it.
The discovery of the material was acci-
dental. A French gunboat was practic-
ing at target set up against quantity
OF these wet husks; the shots that struck
the target pierced it and disappeared
among the husks, leaving no signs of
their penetration, because the material
Immediately closed up again. The hint
thus given led to experiments, and these
to the manufacture of the new article.
If the hull of vessel be lined with cel-
lulose it will make it practically unsinka-
ble.-Atlanta Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
GRAPEVINE in a Hsrse's Throat.

A horse belonging to Mr. James Mil
Ter, Of Plumviile, quit eating his usual al
lowance aud began losing flesh. Mr. Mil
Ter supposed that his appetite was gone
The truth Of the matter was the appetite
was at the old stand, so to speak, but
the horse had gotten piece of grape
vine fastened across his throat in such a
manner that he could not masticate. DR..
Miller, the vetinary surgeon, took out
the obstruction. II was almost worn
through in one place where the horse had
Tapped it with his tongue in vain en-
deavor to remove it. TIE horse is eat
ing everything in sight ow.-Ind'd"a
(Psnn.) Gdzette.
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lishments for the summer. Then as
soon as the river freezes over they return
to their villages and live through the
winter on the proceeds of the summers
work. These Kalmuk women are the
best laborers in the world; they are very
active, very faithful, and absolutely in-
sensible to cold or fatigue. They work
eleven hours for twenty cents. When
work presses aud great dispatch'is nee
essary, they are paid fifty-tour cents;
when paid by the piece, they receive
thirty cents thousand, and good
worker can easily dispose of 25OO'fish in
q day.-NeU Yo1k Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
SOuth and West,

POSTMASTER WINTERS, Of Logan, Iowa,
has disappeared. His accounts are en-
tangled.
THE Famous dry goods, clothing. boot and
shoe house Sonnenheld's millinery house
and Penny & Gentle's dry goods house, were
burned at st. Louis, Mo. The loss will foot
up over 81, CO., 0O0
A TERRIFIC blizzlri ragel in Northern
Wisconsin.
GEORGE GALBRAITa and two companions
partook Of a jug of whisky near Milan, Tenn,
and died in a few hours
THE Supreme Council, National Farmers
Alliance and Industrial Union, held its
annual session at indianapolis, Ind.
AT the Farmers Convention in Indianap-
oils, Ind. there was developed large fall
ing off in membership resulting in lack Of
funds. Only 300 delegates were in atten-
dance
GENERAL FERDINAND G. LATRoBE was in
augurated Mayor of Baltimore, Md, for his
sixth term. The General has declined a
nomination for Congress, wouldn't run for
Governor, and declares that he would rather
be Mayor Of Baltimore than President OF the
United States.
ALVIN DUvAL, ex-Chief Justice OF Ken
lucky, ule1 aJ fFdu NlOTt, ny nc "ao DOhh
in Georgetown in 1881.
CHARLES WAGATHA, Paying and Receiv-
ing Teller of the Traders Bank, of New Or
leans, Fla, is announced as defaulter in
the sum OF 5000.
A FIRE in the wholesale district OF st.
Paul, Mimi, which ragged from midnight
until o'clock in the morning. destroyed
the wholesale grocery house of Griggs,
Cooper & Co., Farwell Ozmun, Kirk & Co.'S
wholesale hardware building and Karl
Simmons's drugstore, causing loss OF about
81, 100000.
JAMES ELLIS AMI wife were found dead in
their home at Troy, Ohio from inhaling
natural gas and their three children were
rendered unconscious.
AT Mentoga, Tenn, sawmill boiler ex.
ploded. instantly killing two young sons Of
the proprietor 7. b. Battens. A sawdust
wheeler had his leg broken, and Mr. Battens
had an arm broken in two places.
THE Farmers Convention, at Indianapo-
Lis. Ind. ended its work without taking any
radical steps; the Alliance divided on the
Sub Treasury plan.
WILLIAM II. FRIzzLg, wife murderer, was
hanged in the jail yard at Abilene, Texas.
For some time Frizzle has been utterly In
different to his fate. He requested that the
Abilene Cornet Band be permitted to play
at the hanging.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27

"Wal," said he, sold GafTer Holcomb
would be pleased if he knowed what
was baia' done to-day. He used to
come and set here lots o spells, aud
smoke his pipe and dig round the roots
of the sweetbrier bushes and hundred
leafed roses with his old spade. Dretful
pecooliar man he was. Set lots o store
by the place Emily Jane was buried in.
Eh, what's thatl Struck the pick again a
rockl Nonsense, Hiram Pinkerton
Their amt no rock hereabouts. Irona
Ye don't callste you've struck an iron
mine, do yel A square box, stood close
up again the foundations O. Emily James
old heads .stonel Git out These amt
the days O. Cappen Kidd an bis treas
uresl"
"Wal, l dunno what ye'd call this,
then," said Hiram Pinkerton, as he
pried up the obstacle with such energy
that it rose nearly foot from the ground
before it fell again
oval, 1 do vow!" shouted Noah.
"Jest one O. CATER Holcomb's pecooliari-
ties. Eh2 Money in it9 Gold and
government secooritiesl Folks was
s'prised when he died an didn't leave moth
in but the farm. But they sort o'reckened
he'd made some poor investments, an
didn't like to own up bout EN-. And
written, tool Bless and save u.s. what
did he write?"
1t was Hirmon Faile who read
aloud the words which were family
traced on the back of an old envelope:
Being Dead Yet Speak. To Emily
James Daughter: II you Fulfill my Last
Desire and Erect Suitable Stone over your
Mother, you will Inherit what l Leave.
Otherwise it will Never Be Known until thu
Graves Give up Their Dead. In either casa
you will Receive your Deserts from
HEzEKIAH HoLcoMR"
"He-allays-was-as queer as Dicks
hatbandp croaked Noah Turnbull.
"But this ere beats ALL
The new tombstones were set up that
day--the ivy leaves above emily Jane,"
and the dropping palms over the remains
of the strange old man who had plotted
this strange conspiracy within himself.
The children went to bed early that
night and whispered ghost stories to each
other, under the bedclothes.
The neighbors spread the news of the
strange occurrence far and wide.
Mrs. Talford's happy tears dropped on
the stocking she was darning by lamp
light for little Roger.
"Wan't 1 right about the stones,
Janiel" ste asked.
"You're always right, mother, dear"
said Jane. at isn't great fortune, to-
be-sure, but, oh, it maks such a differ
ence to Harmon and me"
And she sent in her resignation to
Grammar School 1901, and went dill
gently to work on her wedding gown
Saturday Night.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-11-27
NEWSY GLEANINGS.

Things are dull in England.
The Mississippi is unusually low.
The famine in Russia is extending.
Coal costs s23 per ton in Venezuela.
The revolution in Brazil is spreading.
Missouri has 6, 720, 900 acres in corn.
TEERE are 1900 Germans in London.
FRANCE lost 81, ,572 inhabitants ia 1890.
FLORIDA strawberries are in the market.
CoSyEcTcUT's onion crop is valuable
one.
TIE new Portuguese tariff is strongly pro-
tectionist.
TwENTY-oSE railroads center in Minnca-
polls, MINI.
SAMOA is preparing for another war.
Matoafia has been declared rebel.
The loss to Poland alone by the failure Of
the potato crop will be $4,000, ,0O0
AN exodus of Germans from Russia has
begun under Government pressure.
THE grip is making great headway in New
England, especially in Connecticut.
Iowa and Illinois have gone to law over
aquestion of boundary in the Mississippi.
MOODY and Sankey, the American evan.
gelisJs udfe dSi ecu W iiahS a oOui VI pS01-
land.
The price of Nevada range cattle has in
creased thirtY-tbree per cent in the past two
years.
THE Choctaw Legislature has voted 10 ex.
pei co.ored immigrants from lands Of the
nation
THERE are n, 702 depositors in the Yer
mont savings banks and they have over S2l.-
O0,0O0 on deposit
INFLUENZA is now operating with more or
less vigor in Australia, tropical America,
and parts Of Europe.
Miss BESSIE BLossoY. one Of the prettiest
girls OF Genco, New, has eloped with an ln-
dian of the Washoe tribe.
OFFICIAL returns make the total yield Of
all cereals in the German Empire at about
five per cent. less thar usual.
THE increased value Of all cereals over
that of last year. on the basis OF OCTOBER
values, is not less than $500, OO0O 600.
ORE found in borings under the Missouri
River, at Hannibal, has been asayed aud
found to yield sl2S gold TO the ton.
A PIrrsBURG PENN company has re-
ceiyed an order from the German Govern
ment for cups, cartouch boxes and lining for
knapsacks, which will require $50 tons or
aluminium.
AzEEz MUsALLEy, all Ottoman subject
from Mount Lebanon, Syria, has presented
the President with portrait OF President
Harrison in silk, framed with native wood
inlaid with mother-of-pearl. IL Is a fine
specimen of Oriental work.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A REAR end collision between freight
trains occurred at Bergettsto9n, Penn.
Brakeman Hardy, of Pittsburg, was Gre
mattel. Thomas Whitesides, engineer. and
Fireman John Mcfarland received fatal in
juries.
SIxTY-NINE families were made homeless
and 800 900 worth of property destroyed by
a disastrous fire which occurred on Nos
traud avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
REAR ADMIRAL GEORGE H. COOPER,
United STATES Navy, died at his residence in
Brooklyn, N. Y. OF neuralgia of the heart.
He entered the navy in January, 1896.
THE one hundred and twenty-third an
nual banquet of the Chamber Of Commerce
was held in New York City. Speeches were
made by Secretary Foster. on the currency
question:; Bishop Potter. on the concentra-
ton OF wealth; Professor Briggs, on educa-
ton and theology; Congressman Wilson, OF
West Virginia, on business men and law
makers, and Chauncey NJ. Depew, on poll
tics ana the state Of the country.
A TORNADO swept up the New Jersey
coast wrecking buildings, injuring people,
and doing much other damage
The white cruiser Newark. of the United
States Navy, left Boston, Mass, bound for
South America.
some of the town clerks, WHO refuse TO
recognize Governor Bulkeley as the legal
Governor of Connecticut, pigeonholed
their copies OF his Thanksgiving proc
lamatioD. The copies Of Fast Day proclama-
ton received the same treatment.
Two express trains collide1 at Jersey
Shore, Penn, and Lum Ray and Harry
Barg were instantly killed. Engineer Will
Jams was fatally injured. Twelve passengers
were injured.
FRANK c. ALMY has been found guilty Of
murder in the first degree in killing Christie
Warden at Hanover, n. H., and has been
sentenced to be hanged on the first Tuesday
OF December. 1s9!
SENATORS HoAR and Aldrich, Major Nc
Kinley and ex-Speaker Reed spoke under
the auspices OF the Home Market Club in
fremont Temple, Boston, Mass.
CHARLES CUTcABBAGE was instantly
killed and Victor Misxill was mortally
wounded by fail of top coal in the Sugar
Notch colliery at Wilkesbarre, Penn.
Miss MILDRED BURDEN. of Burnside, was
instantly killed, and Miss Katie Williams
fatally injured by freight train backing
down over the Main street crossing, East
Hartford, Conn, without a rear light.
SENATOR GILBERT A. DEANE, of the Fit
teeenth District, died at his home in Copake,
Columbia County, N. Y.
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THE LABOR WORLD.

New York has 10000 unemployed.
THE London dock strike has collapsed.
THERE are over 1900 walters in London.
COLORADO miners will hold drilling con.
test.
VIRGINIA CITY, New, has a teachers
union.
NEW York has colored hotel walters
union.
New YORK has a Swiss embroiderers'
union.
NEW YORK has 500 union female hotel
l lnds.
GIRL sweaters in Chicago, ILL.,, get 81 to Sc
a week.
NEW YORK musicians have fixed the ini-
tiation at $40.
THERE are 800 union cigar makers in
Philadelphia.
TIE Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
has 5000 members.
EIGHT-YEAR-oLD girls work in New York
twelve hours day for 81 a week.
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND women and girls
in America earn their bread by the sweat Oh
their brow.
TUE Office clerks, typewriters and book
keepers of Denver, Col, have comoined In
strong labor organization.
THE Miners Union of Bedwas, England,
requires every unskilled workman 10 pay
500 before he is allowed to work In the
mines
HULL England seamen an1 fishermen
are paying sixty-fve cents each for purse
of 5000, to be donated to Mr.. Plimsoll Tor
his labor work.
THE San Francisco Brewers Union has
assessed its members $50 each to fight the
British syndicate, whose managers have
threatened to destroy the union. The latter
have now over $50, 900 In its treasury.
THERE are 100 children who can neither
read nor write in the twenty-seven mills Oh
Fall River, Mass; 1897 have stated that
their earnings are absolutely necessary Tor
their own support and that OF their families.
EIGHTEEN labor organizations were formed
in Austria this month; among them, unions
of opticians, makers Of meteorological instru-
ments. watchmakerS compass-makers' cane
makers pipemakers, clerks, messengers
soapmakers and shop girls
Os the Ohio Valley Railroad night teie-
graph operators are o5lighe1 TO nre up .ne
boilers OF their pumping stations run the
nuups and at the same time attend TO the
trains and receive and send messages, all
for SIS per month. IL an operator Is found
sleeping while on duty he Is suspended from
FIVE to thirty days.
J,AsoR COMMISSIONER BErroS, OF Kansas,
saws: "The trades unions have increased
1si per cent. and the railroad organizations
1i3 per cent, the unionist receiving nfty
cents day above the non-uniouist, and the
difference in the hours worked per week
that ia three hours and forty-sight minutes
less for the union man."
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Washington.

Us. MoULroy, Of New York, con6deu-
tial clerk TO the Commissioner Of Pensions,
has resigned.
TIE Episcopalians of the United States
held their annual congress in Washington.
TIE United States Patent Office has issued
n patent TO Emile Berliner, assignor to the
Bell Telephone Company, for combined
telegraph and telephone, which has been
pending in that Office since June 8, 1877.
The Lighthouse Board has ordered the
manufacture In Franee OF fourth-order
flashing lens No. 90 for trial at Robbins
Reef New York Harbor. The lens will cost
about 5000. and the experiments will DEM
onstrate whether numerical flashing signal
lights can be substituted for the present sys-
TEN Of lights.
THE Treasury officials have discovered q
dangerous counterfeit OF the twenty-dollar
gold certificate.
AFrER an investigation Of charges of in
human treatment OF the forty United States
prisoners in the Arkar sas Penitentiary, At
torney- General Miller las ordered their re-
moval to the Columbus (Ohio) Penitentiary.
TEE Treasury Depsrtmep5 has awarded
the contract for the conessT uction OF a tank
end coal house at the immigrant depot,
Ellis Island, New York, to Sheridan q
Byrne, of New York, at .neir bid of s23, 900;
The contract for the con struction OF hospital
buildings at the same plecs was awarded to
z. L. Ryan, of New York, at his bid OF
$l4, ,476.
A cABLEGRAM to the Navy Department at
Washington, from Shanghai, China, an
nounces the death from cholera morbus
Of Lieutenant Commander Joseph Marthon,
United States Navy, commanding the United
States steamer Palos In that port
THE annual report of Supervising Special
Agent Tingle. Of the Treasury Department,
yas made public. Some Of the stats
.ics of the report are as follows: Number OF
seizures, 1026: number Of arrests for SNUG
Cling, sixty-four; value of seizures, sl45,..
E617: amount recovered on account OF
seizures. fines, penalties and duties s225,
800 IS.
THE final session of the Protestant Episco-
pal Conference was held at Washington. fhe
topic OF debate being Personal Religion
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AT LAST.

Daily an l hourly we approach the verge,
The silent verge, which mortals call tie
end.
hear the tapping of the far-off wave
That bathes the shore whittier we all do
tend.
sit and listen long for one clear voice,
gentle call, which says, "Cone, cross
with me;
The tide is deep and strong; thou shalt not
fall;
Nay, do not fear, for l will walk with
thee
Frances Fl. Dering, in Harps''s Weekly.