Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

T. his long life OF eighty years L. i.
Barnum has had most versatile career.
Before becoming a travelling Snowman
he hai been successfully the proprietor
of an oyster saloon, an editor, barten-
der. negro minstrel, boarding house
keeper. dramatic critic, preacher bank
president, author and partner in clock
factory. lie finally found his true voca
ton.
EXPENSIVE things TO fire away are the
armor piercing shot for which the United
States government lately advertised.
The Calpenter Steel Company, OF. Read
ing, Penn, offered to supply eight inch
shot at $50 each, aud ten-inch shot at
$685.. The Sterling Steel Company, OF
Pittsburg proposed to furnish the eight
inch shot for $500 each, and the ten-inch
shot for 1910.
THERE are some good Indians who arc
not dead, aud Red Cloud is one OF the
best of them. He is Chief Of the Pine
ri lgc tribes, and twenty-five years ago
was ferociOus enough. But now he
wears the dress of civilization and Is
friendly towards the whites. He Is
typical Sioux in face, form and expires
sion, with the deep, harsh voice OF his
nation He lives in Il respectable log hut
at short distance from the agency.
ACCORDING to the report OF the Mag
ara Park Commissioners the Horseshoe
Falls have moved back over one hun.
dred and four feet since the surveys OF
1912, while the American Falls have re-
coded about thirty feet in the same pc
Rod. State Engineer Bogart estimates
the recession the past year at about two
feet. Notwithstanding these facts 1t Is
not at all probable that the beauty anc
grandeur Of the great cataract will be
diminished for many years to come.
FRANK HARRIS Pool, son of jacob 5.
Pool, clothing merchant, is six years old,
beautiful and bright, and the pet of
Paris. Mo. Strange to say, he is fine
harper. He plays all the popular tunes
on harp. bringing out the notes full
and strong and keeping perfect time.
lie can play any tune he hears whstled,
played Gu the piano or otherwise. His
rendition of "Home. Sweet Home,
Cricket on the Hearth" Patrol Com
iqus" and score Of other pieces has
rendered him noted there.
The rabbit is not an unmiXcd evil, a
correspondent in Australia writes. as 1t
j. good to eat, and provides a good meal
to many hundreds Of poor people, who at
times stand very much in need OF one.
1t affords employment TO about hun
drcd inspectors at an average OF about
eaOa wear each. II provides for about
.. 0OJ laborcrs at from g.. to :. Cd. dry,
and it i impossible TO calculate TIC
strength Of the out idc army who make
an excellent living by supplying the city
with good, wholesome food al the rte
Of about Id. per pound.
MRs. IIRNRY VI. STANLEY is so very
tall and MIR. Stanley i 50 very short that
when ihey are out together aud are seen
from a distance he looks like a boy out
with his mother. The New York ladies
who have seen Mr.. Stanley ail agree
that she doe, not make any efforts to
appear les tall than she IS Her straight.
ciinging skirts. long waists, HAIR pulled
high on top, tall hat on opOf that, and
feathers surrounding ali add At least
nine inches of unnecessary leu.th to her
figure. Mrs. Stanley ma, been spoken OF
as beauty, but, according to the New
York sun. it is the keen intelligence
that shines in her great eyes which wins
the greatest admiration.
\ CcokIN0 club composed Of young
ladies Of Lew ston aud Auburn, Me, has
been in operation some years and Is con
Quoted upon n most excellent plan The
club meets at the house Of each one in
turn every fortnight The hostess FUR
nshc, the bread and I'll others contribute
something cooked 10y their own hands
towards tn, tea. SOMETIMES the dish TO
be furnished is agreed upon and some
time; it is surprise to all but the or
isiuator. No copying from cook-books
/, allowed. but the girls may consult
their owu family cooks when any dill
cult problem arises iu the inveltion of
new dishes. 1t Is socmnly asserted that
no girl in the class fears 10 eat her own
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