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a Button as a Detective.

The Southern Pacific furnishes a good
story. 1t began with burglary. While
the agent was at supper, the depot at
Devers station, near Houston, Texas,
was robbed of several pieces of bag
gage, a few express packages and a small
amount Of money. ]. P. Long, a spe-
clal officer, was sent to the scene, but
could fnd no trace of the thieves. The
only clew was a button on the window
sill. Mr. Long gave up the search and
carried away the button as n souvenir of
his unfruitlul trip. A week later Mr..
Long was at Lake Charles. Near the
town he saw same tramps by the road.
side. He casually looked them over and
noticed that one of the tramps had on a
coat from which button was missing.
The other buttons looked familiar. Mr..
Long tued to account for the fact that
the buttons caught his eye. Suddenly
he pulled the souvenir button from his
pocket. The mystery was cleared. 1t
matched the other buttons on tae coat,
and the wearer was without doubt one
Of the Davers burglars. The tramp was
arrested, lodged in Jail at Lake Charles,
confessed the theft, implicated several
others WHO were also arrested, and the
one little button is about to play an i'm
portant part in breaking up dangerous
gang of miscreants.-NewO Orleans Plea
yune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
10 Young Men.

Young men are often at loss to know
the best manner of spending their leisure
hours. A few suggestions on this point
may be of service. EVIL communica.
tious corrupt good manners, and in like
manner good associations exert a. most
beneficial influence.
The society of a refined and intelligent
lady should always be desired. II you
have true woman for friend, you
have in her a rich treasure indeed. Seek
her society whenever practical, not ncc-
essarily as lover, but an earnest friend
and companion. No matter il her con-
versation does not sparkle with wit, or
exhibit profound culture aud eruditiou.
No matter il you are acquainted with all
her home amusements, and know "all
her songs by heart" In her presence
YOU will lose all relish for vicious pleas.
ures. and receive mental and moral i'm
provemept. Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
Washington.

SECRETARY TRACY has written long let
TOR t. Senate. Hale. Chairman % the Slo-
Crnmittes on Naval Affairs, whlca has the
Revenue Marine transfer bill under con-
siieration. in which ne heartily indorses the
measure and urges prompt consideration Dy
Congress.
The District Of Columbia Appropriation
hill was reported to the House. The aggre-
cate amount. exclusive of the Water Depart
Snent is a. 76 526. which is S561, 6OJ less than
the bill for the current year, 81, 9sloJ5 less
than the estimates of the District Comlnis-
sioners and $572. 600 less than the amount
recommended by ths Secretary Oh tde
Treasury. The appropriation for the water
Department Is S26l, ,O!s.
The United States Treasury Deparsrlents
monthly statement Of changes IN the c'rcu'a'
tion during February shows a net lhcreas'
during the month OF s., 1851
The friends Of Riyyin aud Turnbul, VINO
we're killed at Valparaiso, Chiie, are arrans-
inc to brinz their bodies home, ana SER
ta.v Riains has directed Minister Egan 10
aid them.
THE Controller Of the Currency has caliei
for a report OF the condition OF the National
hanks at tue close OF business Marcn l.
A STATEMENT pfepafei py eno .,4..-..
sionerof internal Revenue IN regard 20 .s.. snsa'
bounty SHOWS that 29.5 claims loi oe,..:s oorrs3'
amonntinr 70 % gi4,G5l, have been rece.yea'
ana fhat 9.5 CLAIMS amounting to 81 9o2,Vsd
have been pail.
Vuy conference at Washington OF experts
y, tbe Bering Sea seal question resulted 10
disagreement
SENIOR MONT, the Chilean Minister 70 w
limited States informed tue oecre.ary u y.
State that in consequences oa Ms e.ecs.on -
a Dc,,tv FOR Petorca, in the froVince o'
scorc.6us. he VIII soon relinquish his pres
emit dio.om itic place, but that ne wlh proDa'
hIv remain m Washington until hls success
81 shall have been appointed.
HOUSE COMMITTEE fixes pension appropri-
ations for 1893 at Sl34, S25, 06s. The estimate
was sl47. .O64.559 Figures for current year
were $780, PA, 7s5.
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Som1 Lofty Mountains.

In all books on geography published
during the latter part OF the last century
and the first two decades Of the present
it was plainly stated that Mount Chin
borazo, peak OF the Andes in Old
Peru NOW Ecuador, with an altitude OF
21, APO feet, was the most lofty pelk in
the world. The reputation of Chimbo-
razo received a severe shock when Mr..
Pentiand, British scientist, began his
explorations in the Bolivian Andes,
where he soon found two peaks, Scrato
and Illimani, whose respective attitudes
were "a, 900 and %, 900 feet.
But while Mr.. Pentland was making
his historic observations in the Andes,
others with observing minds were ex-
ploring the cloud-clapped PEAKS OF the
Himalayas and measuring the heights OF
the principal SUBMITS. Forty peaks OF
that chain were measured, none OF which
were less than 10000 feet in height.
One Of these, Dhawa'ageri (White Noun
tain) has an altitude OF 26, ,762 feet, and,
till the height of Mount Everest was
computed, was believed to be the highest
mountain peak in the world. Three.
Others in the same range besides Everest
and Dhawalageri are higher than the
highest mountain in America. They
are: Jawahir, 25, ,749 feet; Chamalari,
2G, 900 feet even, and Gossinethar, 2l, =
740. Add Everest to the four above
enumerated and we have five mountain
peaks in one chain, almost in sight OF
each other, which are all over "a, 600
feet high, Everest being the most lofty,
its height being reckoned all the way
between 20, 002 and 29, 700. For nearly
half century Mount Everest, or Gluri-
sacker (as it is known in Europe and
Asia, was thought to be the apex of the
world. In 1881, however, a Captain
Lawson, sent out by the British Geogra-
phical Society, discovered peak on the
Isle of Papna which is 32,763 feet in
height. He named it Mount Hercules.
st. Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
SOiith and West.

EX-GOVERNOR WILLIAM WORTH HOLDEN,
of North Carolina. diei at Raleigh at the
age Of seventy four years. His health had
long been failing.
The Marii Gras carnival in New Orleans,
La, was more brilliantly celebrated and
drew a larger attentancs than at any time
since 1854 symbolism Of C0lors' was the
subject OF the magnificent train OF tableaus.
Rex was impersoDatei this year by Robert
s. Day, prominent young lawyer,of haal-
some face and physique.
THE President on the thrl day o. his out
ing returned to the Princess Ann Hotel,
Norfolk, Va, from tds Ragged Islani
Ducking Club in fine form and with ID. Of
rame. He proved his qualities as COOL
sportsman by bringing dogn number Of
canvasbacks.
MAYOR WAsHBU sNE. of Cdicago, Ill, in
structed the Commissioner Of Public WORKS
10 notify the Economic Gas Company that,
acting under the orders OF the City Council
in forfeiting its franchise, tae city has
taken possession OF the tlirty or forty miles
of gas mains of tie company nov laid in the
streets.
DIR. HENRY n. SCUDDER, a prominent
physician, OK Chiclgo, ILL.,, son Of Rev. Dr..
Martin Henry Sculder, a former pastor OF
Plymouth Church, is un Ter arrest clarSet
with numbering mis- motler.in law, Mrs. r.
H. Dunton, to get possession o. an estate OF
the value OF 500, OO,.
REPUBLICAN conventions for the election
of delegates to the National convention
were held in every Congressional district in
Indiana. I'm every district the delegates
were instructed for Harrison.
G.. HARRISON SMITH, young lawyer,
died suddenly at Kansas City, 40, on tne
eve OF his marriage 70 Mss jamie Harwooi.
The girl fell in faint at tls side OF ths
coffin in the church an / died next day.
J. W. COLLINS. the President Of the de-
funct California National Bank, committed
suicide az San Diego, Cal.
The H. c. Ferrells mill fifteen miles
southwest OF Longview, Texas, was blown
to atoms. Three men, who leave families,
were killed ami their bodies were badly
mangled.
GEORGE ADAMS who beat two women
near Riverton Ala, because they refused
to give him money, has been lynchei.
A PASSENGER train was wrecked by a
huge boulder on the track, twelve miles
west of Lynchburg, Va. The engineer, r.
H. Plapp. and the fireman, W. Z. Mosely,
were klllei.
Mrs. ADDIE BEAcHMAN, Of Columbia, 5.
C.. lett her ssyen-noaths-oid baby sesping
in tie house ami stepped OUT After sue had
gons bui Harris, little five-year-old
colored boy slipped iu, carrying bent and
heavy pisce OF iron, with sharpenel point.
He stole quietly up to the cradle and repeat
eily brought the fearful weapon down upon
the sleeping infant, per.orating its siuii as II
with an awl. The boy murderer frankly
confessed the deed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
Beet Root Sugar In Europe.

In 1901 the entire European crop OF
beet root sugar did not exceed SS7 900
tons, whereas for the campaign OF 1901
It amounted to $500, 900 tons, of which
Germany alcne contributed 1926, 900
tons; the total sugar crop of the world
being 6,OOO,O 900 tons, of which 2,S4O,-
600 tons were made from cane. This
great increase in the percentage Of sugar
Ia the beet is due to scientific and en-.
lightened agriculture, by careful
"breeding up OF the seed or "mothei
beets, " selecting only such beets for that
purpose as by analysis show high pei
cent. of sugar. Seed-growing in Europe
is a special business by itself, and is con-
Quoted by men of known ability.-once
A Week.
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Foreign.

THE Greek Cabinet, Of which NJ. Delyannis
was the PRIME Minister. was dismissei Dy
the King, VINO first summoned NJ. Irlcou0ls
and afte~warl NJ. Constantipouso to form a
Cabinet
CHANCELLOR voS CAP2Ni, OF GermsnJ'
was defeesei in tns RsecAseig. in Seri'n, Oh
naval estimates.
THERE was q serious COLLISION OF trans OF
n railroad near t'uyam ,ucl station III
Brazil. more than fifty persons beng k'liei
and a larse number wo1aief.
THERE was much fightiny among stars'n'
poor in Vienna Austria, az 4 d'ssr'ous''' -
br sad.
rarax have been many crimes IN sieAnh
Austria. attributed to toe Starving po's'
rue Hon. Charles Foster, Secretary o. .' "
United States Treasury. arr.ys1 IN sss Soas,' +,
ampSon, Enslaas :sa,.;s Frsaee ,s5r =. ,'nneiiasey
srcaxrARv i, srzs, OF ti, Unite ! Stase'
Treasury. yisise tue Bsitssa ioass of 70 /"
mons in London
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A STORM caused extensive damage 10 the
New Jersey coast High winds. rain and
snow de.ayed shipping. caused broken bones
and played havoc generally.
THE Rev. DR.. William J. Tucker, OF An.
dover Theological Seminary, was elected
President Of Dartmouth College. Hanover,
N. X.
The Rhode Island Democrats met in State
Convention at Proyi lence, and nominated
ticket headei by w. {. I. Wardwel, of
Bristol, for Governor The delegates to the
Rational Convention were instructed 10 vote
for Cleveland for the Presidential nomina-
tion.
A STORM ragged along the New England
coast with great severity.
EDWARD FosTHrLL, II flgman on a pushing
engine at Pittsourg, Penn, shot aud killed
Michael Miami, fireman on the same loco
motive. they qlarrele1 while clearing the
tracks of snow
EX-CoNGREssMAN STEPHEN T. HOPKINS.
Of the New York Custom House, was found
dead on the meadows mile distant from
Pleasantvile, n. j. Tne bo ly was lying in
the tide water. How Hopkins came to his
death was unknown.
The hearing by Attorney-General Hensel
OF Pennsylvania on ths Reading deal was
begun at Harrisburg.
THE fight between T. F. Searles and Tim
othy Hopkins over Mrs. Hopk ins. .Searle'
millions has at last been settled at Salem,
Mass, by the payment Of S3,0)O,0OO to the
adopted son.
THEODORE JONES, sixteen years old, COM
mitted suicide by hanging himself near
Mount Holly y. j. Jones had run away
from home in Trenton where his parents
live. The only cause assigned for the sui
eide is that young Jones hal became de-
scondent.
EX-PREsTDEYT NOAH PORTER, Of Yale
University. died at his home in New Haven,
Conn.,, at the age Of eighty-one years.
o. L. E. TYLER, Tax Collector Of Hub
bardstown, Mass. is missing; shortage,
$500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11

This story, which the Philadelphia
inquirer tells about Henry Watterson, Of
the Louisville COurier-J ournal, may not
be strictly correct, but it has such good
points that one can not avoid wishing
that it were. Owing to some misunder-
standing few years ago, Mr. Watterson
and one of his sons are not on speaking
terms. The young man, however, while
a reporter on the Louisville Commercial,
was assigned to interview his father. He
sent up his card and was admitted.
s'You are, believe" said Mr.. Waiter.
son, holding the card in his hand, ga
reporter for the Commerciall" eyes,
sir, ans yered the son. And then Wat
terson pere answered the questions al
Dire sed to him. Both men were very
formal, and, at the close, Mr.. WattersOn
said, as he usually does after he is inter-
viewed: "Now, young man, be sure
to quote ne correctly" The son bowed
and left.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
SONG AND SINGER.

I saw him once, the while he sat and
played
A Astripling with a shock Of yellow hair
his own rare songs, in mirth orsorrow made,
But tender all, and fair.
And as the years rolled by l saw him not,
But still his songs full many time | sung,
And thought of him as one who has the lot
To be forever young.
Until at last he stood before mine eyes
An age-bent man, who trembled o er his
staff;
My sight rebelled to see him in such gulse,
Ripe for his epitaph.
l grieved with grief that to death belongs;
How Time is stern had forgot, in truth
And how that men wax old, whereas their
songs
Keep an immortal youth.
Richard E. Burton, in the Century.
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Says the New York News: "That the
harsh hand, though sometimes cruel,
proves most effective in dealing with
grave crimes, is shown by the police
records for 1891 of New Orleans, Just
published. The Italians of that city
have always been regarded with preju-
dice, on the ground that they were dis
turbers Of the peace and violators Of the
law. Since the lynching in the parish
prison last year, however, the decrease
of crime in tae Italian colony has been
remarkable, only twenty eight persons Of
that nationality, out Of population Of
10000, having been arrested. During
1890 and prior to the lynching the
number of Italians arrested was 4S4.
This striking difference indicates the
wholesome fear Of punishment that exists
in a community once famous for its tur-
bulence. In the early days of San Fran
cisco one witnessed similar results"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
CURIOUS FACTS.
Greenland has no cats.

GTee0lduu IdS nO Cdtos
Turkeys have been known TO live thirty
years in Indiana.
Chess matches by telephone are very
popular in England.
Artificial ice ponds are now being in.
troiuced into England.
At Tornea, Finland, Christmas Day is
less than three hours in length.
A lady in Stonington, Conn, has
slept 2l, 900 consecutive nights in one
house.
For forty days after an Egyptian
Khedives death food is served with cof-
fee and cigarettes to all who visit tn,
tomb.
A camel of the largest size has beea
known to drink from thirty to fifty gal
Ions Of water, and then travel without
any more for twenty days.
A ffty-year-old PhiIadelpbiau haa
carefully preserved all the hair cut from
his head during his whole life. The ac.
emulation weighs 100 pounds.
There is a Chinese theatre in British
Columbia where a company OF thirteen
players have a repertory Of 500 plays
and the bill is changed nightly.
The cormorant is still occasionally usel
for fishing ia preserved waters in Eng
land. The bird generally wears a light
collar to prevent 1t from swallowing the
fish.
The wiOter term in Dartmouth College
opened with only three.fourths of the
students present. The others were
away teaching school to pay Their col
lege expenses.
Charles A. Dean, of Boston, Mass, has
Just caught in Florida the largest tarpOn
ever taken with roi and reel. It
weighed 1857 pounds, aad was over
seven feet in length.
A farmer in North Carolina has hog
which is six feet six inches long and
seven feet six inches around the body.
He is so painfully fat that his eyes have
been closed for two months.
Authorities appear to agree that the
only proper garment for the pet dog at
breakfast is a single blanket Of blue or
white fannel, aud that to wear a collar
before noon is the qulntes:euce OF vul-
garity.
It is interesting to learn that in the
ninth century European kings wore
wooden shoes. In those days, in fact, a
monarch did not possess one-half the
creature comforts and luXgries that the
humbIest peasant can nov obtain.
The largest amount Of ground in the
world devoted to the culture Of gladi-
olus, i: at Floral Park, Y. Y, where J.
L. Childs has fifty acres planted in that
flower. At this place $50 acres are de.
voted to floral culture in the spring and
summer.
'lf a child has swallowed anything
that will rot digest, saida noted physi-
clan, "particularly il it is sharp, let him
eat Immediately two or three pieces OF
dry bread. This is very apt to surround
the object swallowed with a sort of
coating. III addition let the food for
several days be more sold than usual,
and under no circumstances give purga.
tive medicine. The chances are that the
child will feel no trouble from the care
lessness"
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twill perhaps be news to the travel.
ing public, states the New York lnde-
pendent, that the penalty for bringing
or importing pirated edition of a
copyright book into the United King
dom OF Great Britain is a fine of $50,
which, it seems, must be inflicted for
every such olfeuse, plus double the value
OF every copy imported.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11

One of the last professions to receive
social recognition in England has been
the physicians. The doctors have
emerged very slowly and gradually from
the condition of being looked upon as
below tradesmen, until there is now
heard protest against the delay il
sending some great medical man to the
House of Lords.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11

The latest Anglo craze Is the game
called "Oof, invented by Miss Gertrude
WillOughby, whose mother is Of noble
birth. The new invention is for two
players, and, ike chess, consists Of a
board anl pieces. The game starts in
the center Of the board, and the player
who gets his men in the square marked
"Oo;' IS the winner. The name Of the
game is now the slang term in English
fashionable circles for money.
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that her condition during the first week
of April favored such thing Indeed
on the morning the robbery was dis
covered he had been calle1 in, to find
her very much exhausted, and she de-
clared that she was as stiff and lame as if
standing at the washtub all day.
Twas now satisfied that was on the
right trail. found that Mr.. Carter al
ways carried his key home, and that the
watchmau never left his in the lock at
night l went for Davis again, and he
finally admitted that he was asleep from
10 o'clock until aroused by the burglars.
The end of the case was as mysterious as
the beginning. One night when | had
reasoned it all out and felt satisfied in
my own mind, but could see no way to
secure proofs, got SO nervous that l
arose at midnight and went out on the
street for walk and a smoke. took
no heed of my direction, but at the end
of ten minutes found myself in front of
the bankers cosy home. 1t was in total
darkness, as well as others in the village,
but 1 leaned up against tree box and
stood gazing at the windows as if ex-
pectil.g something to happen to pull my
case through. Something did happen.
was within six feet OF the gate and
1 suddenly saw figure in female dress
come around from a side door with
large market basket on her arm. She
was fully dressed; and from the first in
slant | believed it was the bankers
sister. l thought she looked full at me
as she passed out of the gate, but never
theless she walked off up the street with
the basket on her arm. I followed
few yards behind her, and she held
steadily on and went Straight to the
bank. was sure of her then. Sac
paused at the door for few seconds to
unlock it and then disappeared inside.
Five seconds later Davis was shouting
and a womans voice could be heard ut
tering shrill screams. l opened the
door and entered, and the mystery was
solved at last. There stood Miss Anna,
Just aroused from sleep, aad in the
basket on her arm was that missing
money. Davis was lying down, but not
asleep, when she entered, and he had at
once seized her.
How did she get the money from the
safel She had been reading about bur
glars and gone to the bank in her sleep.
She had entered and secured the money
and left again without aroIsing DaYis.
The burglars came later on. Sac hal
taken the money home aud concerted it,
but in what spot she could never deter
mine. She probably did not walk again
until the night she returned it. Tnere
was a new safe and new combination,
but as she knew the word she might
have restored the money and escaped
unseen but for the vigilance of the watch
man. To this day no one in that vii
lage except brother, sister and Davis
knows how that money was restored.
They even declare that not dollar was
ever recovered, and that had to throw
I'D the case Tor want of brains to strike
a clew.-St. Louis Republic.
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Penn Used to Shake This Chestnut Tree.

There is a giant chestnut tree growing
at Center Ridge, Buck County, Penn,
near the Delaware River. The trunk
measures nineteen feet in circumference,
and the tree still yields an annual crop
of chcstnuts. 1t is said that in primcval
days the Indians would gather under its
branches on hot summers day to enjoy
cool breeze from the Delaware hard by.
It is also related that William Penn once
gathered chestnuts from it.-New Or.
leans Picayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11

Sixty-eight per cent. of the member
of the junior class in Yale College vino
are distinguished in athletics received
appointments for high scholarships in
the recent distribution of those honors
there.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11
Hol pethI 5 for Soaked Shoes.

A recent method suggested OF drying
shoes that have become wSs by rain is to
beat SO ne nall pebbles in E pan aud in
sert them into the shoe. 1t is said they
do thc work quickly, without in any way
injuring the leather. New York Jour-
nal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-03-11

The United States has fOrty-fve pc
cent. of the railroad mileage of the
world, and is building faster than any
other country.
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A BANK ROBBERY MYSTERY
BY VI. QUAD.

A X TIE R WILLIE
was q town of about
1900 inhabitants
a staid, quiet place,
which never doomed
nor hustled. "The
Bank of Raxter-
ville," as the sign
read, was a two-story
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THE HERALD JOB OFFICE

is complete in every respect. Work done at
short notice and on the most reasonable terms.