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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-08
TIE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

The New York State Legislature hell
services at Albany In memory Of General
Sherman, General Socum presided and
Chauncey NJ. Depew delivered the grafton
Born branches of the Rhode Island Leg
islature have passed the bill providing for
biennial elections Of State officers.
MARSHALL g. KINNEY, a member OF the
Lower House Of the Pennsylvania Legisla-
ture, died at Harrisburg, aged thirty-nine
years.
CLARR's HOTEL in Boston, Mass, was
burned; several persons were injured and
there were many narrow esclpes. l.. w.
Perry, of J.e)minstsr, Mass, diei shortly
after being taken TO a hospital. I. w
Southbridge, Of Cambridge was fatally
hurt.
POET WAIT WHITMAN was buried at
Camden, n. j., with just such services as he
had wished There was no religious cere-
mony, but instead his close friends con-
Quoted unique exercises az the tomb, which
he had designed, in Harlegh Cemetery.
THOUSAND Is atten led the ceremonies in the
open air.
THE crew Of a train coming down the
steep grade on the Frackyille PENN
branch OF the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad lost control Of it and the engine
anu cars suOJ uO"h tue decline at feartut
speed. Brakeman Josiah Troy and John
Bauer were crushed TO death.
SECRETARY FosrER has awarded a life
saving medal % Joseph Fernald, Of Ports
mouth, n. H., for saving the lives of four
persons last July.
A THOUSAND pounds Of dynamite at Fern
dale Penn, exploded. John Long was
killed.
The horses in training. the property of the
late ID. ID. Withers, the Sage OF Brook
dale" were sold at auction in New York
City. Twenty-four horses sold for IS 200,
an average Of s36l2.jO. Experiment. at
Sll,lOO, brought the highest price.
The Connecticut Supreme Court decided
that the claim of Austin Brainar1 Execu-
tive Secretary Of the Governor. against
Controller Staub for salary must be allowed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-08
Regular Army of Europe.

The regular army in Cuba does not, at
present, exceed 10000 men, and that
number will be decreased this year,
owing to the falling off in the revenue
and the general spirit of economy now
animating the Government. The regulars
are employed in the various fortresses
throughout the island, aud have little to
do except the most ordinary "policing"
of their quarters. They do not CON-
pare with the Volunteers in physique or
intelligence, aud seem dull, if not
stupid, to eyes accustomed to Ameri-
can, German, or French soldiers. This
is largely due, l infer, to the fact that
he home Government must use every
able bodied man it can find to keep the
army up to its numerical strength. The
ordinary pay Of a Spanish soldier is
three dollars a month, and of Captain
fifty dollars, and they must pay their
own expenses out of this pittance. This
sum being trebled on foreign service,
Cuba is q favorite place Of exile with
those who do not fear the yellow fever,
and prefer money and novelty abroad to
hunger and idleness at home. The
Volunteers receive no pay, but as there
are fifteen regiments of them in Havana.
and each goes Oa duty only one day in
turn, their duties are more interesting
than arduous. The men are we'll dressed,
active in appearance, aud fairly well set
up, but they are slouchy in movement,
weak in cvolutions and the manual of
arms, and use a short mincing step in
marching which gives them brisk ap-
pearance at a distance and takes them
over the ground rapidly, but it does not
look "serviceable" to military eyes. The
men in the same line of fours do not
even try to keep step while marching, in
many cases. nor do the off ;ers try to
keep time with their men. Each regi-
ment is headed by a squad of grenadierS
while marching, these being distin-
guished by the profusion of red trap
pings on the front of their tunics.
| should consider the Volunteers ex-
celent material for good soldiers if they
were as thoroughly drilled aud schooled
as our metropolitan regiments. New
York Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-08
Easy Cure for Warts.

Did you ever have a wart on your
fingers and spend time aud energy and
money too, for that matter, in the vain
effort to get rid of itl Did you burn
yourself with cauStic, stab yourself with
needles and anoint yourself copiously
with that sticky, gummy milkweed
iuice, only to find the wart harder and
blacker and more aggressive than ever1
Now suppose you try amounting them
copiousIy with oil Of cinnamoni It's
easier and cleaner and less Objectionable
generally than any of the other remedies
and will simply make them disappear;
and what is more il will prevent their
coming back, which is greatly to the
point.-American Dsiryman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-08
Hon Skin For Walls.

"Hog skin leather" says Hide and
Leather, "ls becoming fashionable for
wall paper in the homes of the rich. This
may sound odd, but it Is true nevertbe.
less. Few people know what beautiful
leather may be manufactured under skill
full management from the skin OF hog,
which closely resembles human skin. P.
II. Martin, of Cincinnati, an authority of
hog skins, said: Hog skins are shaved
down and turned into soft, velvety
leather, which is embossed or stamped
artistically, and owing to its peculiar
grain, very pleasing and rich effect is
produced. The skins are tanned in bark
LIQUORS IN about six weeks. They are
considerably used for saddle seats, horse
collars aud other harness feathers. Some
of the skins we obtain are immense. l
remember one that weighed 1873 pounds,
and measured 81 feet from head to
tail. Another was 140 pounds and con-
tained seventy-one square feet of leather
when finished. Here is piece 1t
inches thick. II is decided curiosity.
As regards prices, We get Si2 a dozen
skins for hog skin collar leather, aud $50
to $50 dozen for seatiug.'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-04-08
Lifting an Elephant.

London has been entertained lately by
feats of strength that are certainly re.
markHble and probably unsurpassed in
modern times. First there was q man
name1 San1Ow, who was an enorm0uSly
powerful man; he was succeeded by
Sampson, and he in turn by an Irish
American named Sullivan. Curiously,
the three names begin with the letter S,
which is also the initial OF strength"
and of the Greek word for strength
(sthenos). Sullivan, the latest conner,
is thirty years of age, stands feet, 81
inches in height,and weighs l6S pounds.
His appearance presents little that is un-
usual in the way of muscular develop
ment, aud his biceps are neither very
large nor wonderfully rigid. 1t is in his
neck and jaw that his strength chiefly
lies, and the majority of his feats are
such as to bring this pecuiarity into
special prominence. At an exhibition
given in London, he fastcne chain to
a 56-pound weight, and the other eni
being gripped between his teeth, swung
himself round and round until the twirl-
ing chain assumed nearly horizontal
line. The feat was repeated with the
weight doubled, and as the performer,
with both hands to his hips, and using
every sinew in his frame, swirled round
and round, the audience wondered with
anxiety what would happen if one of
the links should fly aSunder. The most
remarkable feat, however, which Sull.
van performed, was the lifting Of an
elephant by his teeth. 1t was "biby,"
It's true, but it weighed about 1909
pounds, aud was lifted clear three in
cheS from the ground, its whole weight
pendent from the jaw of the man above.
Sullivan was not successful ia an attempt
to break chain with his arm, having in
jured this limb on the previous night
He succeeded, however, in proving that
his proves was not entirely confined to
feats with his teeth, by lifting a barrel
Of water, weighing $50 pounds, with the
middle finger OF his right haul. -Har-
per's Young People.
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"Sid Burns.

Here is a queer perversion Of language,
long current among boys and now get
ting into print. We clip it from a Buff
falo paper: according TO the de,crip-
tion left with the detectives, Mr.. Blank
is about i've feet FIVE inches in height
aud Of slight build, and weighs about
1870 pounds. He has red hair, red
moustache and side burns, aud feir com
plexion." "Side-burns" are what the
English call whiskers aud the Americans
side-whiskers. They were worn in flow
ing aud picturesque style during the war
by General Burnside, and came to be
called after him, first Burnside whiskers,
then simply Burssides. The transition
TO "side-burus' was easy.--BuiIaIo IN.
r. Courier,
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What Selection viii DO.

As a specimen Of what selection viii
do, it may be observed that roosters and
hens among the Rucuyenne tribe of In
diaus in the western part of French
Guinea are perfectly white. Not col
ored feather can be found among them.
The natives have no tradition Of time
when their ancestors had fowls OF other
colors, but the white chickens are prob
ably explained by the fact that white
feathers are the choicest ornaments
among this people, and they will mo-
wear feathers of any other color. IL
fact. their fowls are rated more for their
feathers than for the cooking pot. II il
supposed that long time ago, when
their ancestors chose white as their ia
vorite color, they gave the preference to
those fowls which were nearest white,
rcserving the others for the cooking pot,
and by constantly breeding from fowls
that were white or nearly 50 the present
breed of chickens w@ evolved. -Bos
ton Transcript.
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FUN.

The flour mission To make gooC
bread.
1t often requires crooked work TO ge
out of straitened circumstances.
"There goes man to be trusted
said Jagson, as Dudeson entered the
tailor shop.
A man may be considered lacking in
hospitality when he will not even enter.
tain an idea.
The leap-year girl might try him deli
cately with little popcorn. Louisville
Courier-J Journal.
The dexterous wrestler gets down tc
business when he drops on his friends.
-GalVeston News.
The man who has no business of hi,
own to attend to always goes to bed
tired. Rams Horn.
One Of the most persistent forces in
nature is the needle, which always car
ries its point aud always has an eye out
for business. s.-Lowell Courier.
Wool-"Who was it advocated
throwing physic to the dogs@" Vac
Pelt-"Don't remember the name; some
fellow whose wife had one, likely. -
Brooklyn Life.
"Dryl Was l dry?" said the African
traveller. "Why, I'm so dry yet that |
have to wet my tongue with a sponge
before l can hex a postage stamp. -
New York Mercury.
"Oh, come off" said the engagement
to the marriage, in fit OF anger. "From
the condition Of your temper suppos,
you are broke again" replied the latter
with ready wit, but poor grammar.-
Puck.
A man who has been insulted by Boi-
resu angrily hands him his card with the
words, "There, sirl shall be at home
all day to morroww To which Bolreau
gravely replies; $50 shall |, sir. lie
Figaro.
Barber during shampoo)-"Arc you
troubled at all by your hair coming out9"
Cholly Feeling where his moustache
ought to appear)-"No, me dear man,
I'm troubled because it won't come out"
Harvard Lampoon.
Miss Shoddy Introducing calIeD-
"You know Mr.. Sweet, don't you, pa2
He wrote those verses, you KNOWN the
book with the cover that harmonizes 50
beautifully with the crimson rocker. -
Philadelphia Upholsterer.
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South and West.

ABRAHAM COOLER a farmer living near
Detroit, Mich, killei his wife and then HIM
self He was insane.
A SALE under the Vagrant act took place
in Fayette, Mo, when three colored tramps
were sod on the block to the highest bidder.
One brought s25, another s. AMI the third
ST.
A BOY of two and girl of four children
of a mau named Swering, living in Brown
County, Ind, were burned to death while
locked up a.One in the house.
GOVERNOR MCKINLEY, of Ohio, has ap-
pointed Hon. c. L. Poorman Secretary Of
State, vice d. j. Ryan, resigned.
IT rainei heavily in North Dakota and
Northern Minnesota anl great damage was
done to wheat.
JOSEPH LEIGHTEB, an ex-soldier and
ex.convict. went from the Soldiers
Home at Dayton, Ohio, to his home
at Finiay, Ohlo and killed his wife
and daughter with Ratchet.
The Kentucky State Convention to choose
delegates-at-large 10 the Republican Conyen-
tion at Minneapolis met at Louisville. The
Convention adopted resolutions indorsins
the Mckinley bill AMI Harrison's aiminis-
tration. protesting against the free coinage
of silver ami recommending that the dele
gates to Minneapolis vote for Harrisons re-
nomination.
GREAT damage has been done by extensive
prairie fires in Nebraska.
THE winter PORK packing in tie West TO
March is reported at Z 76l, 0O0 hogs, de-
crease of Az, OO) compared with last year
PETER MARTIN, one Of the mur lerers OF
Thomas A. Edwards, near Huntsville, Ala,
has been woun lei by officers ami captured,
aud John Mullins. another OF the accused,
has been lynchet.
A DESTRUCTIVE prairie fire swept over
Noble and Highland townships, OF Norton
County, Kansas, destroying an immense
amount of property. Hundreds OF families
lost their all William Dunn. in an at
tempt to save his property, lost his life.
THE Minnesota Democratic State Conyen.
ton was held in st. Paul Resolutions ere
adopte instructing the delegates TO the Ma
tional Convention b vote for Grover Cleve-
land from first TO last.
An explosion occurred at the Sterling
Dynamite Works, at Bsssemer Ala killing
six men. The explosion was IN the gas re-
servoir and its force was tremendous near'y
every glass in the town OF 800 inhabitants
being broken.
In Moorehouse Parish, La, James Baker
and Z. 2. Noteworthy quarrelei over some
stolen gees. They fought aud both mea
were killed.
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Map.Makinq In an Original Way.

In exploring Africa DR.. Junker made
use Of curiously original system of OBJ
tanning maps Of the new regions
traversed. When on the march he wore
a coat provided with numerous pockets
for his note books, watch and compass.
From button hung pencils of different
colors-red for his route line, blue for
the streams and black for noting the
time aud direction Of his course. AT the
end of every five minutes Of his progress
Of upward OF four thousand miles
through equatorial Africa he would enter
in his book not the direction by
compass in VIII going, with fuller
notes on the dcpth aud breadth oJ
streams, the character of the surrounding
country and the readings Of the anerold
and thermometer. In fact he did every
thing with true German carefuIness aud
patience. New Orleans Picsyune.
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a RUE hEAR1:

Red are the lips of my darling, my dear.
Sweet are the lips of my own;
Love like bee at her budding mouth sips,
Drunken with passion before he has flown.
But oh, and oh.
Red lips will pale some day,
While true heart lasts for aye
Gray are the eyes Of my darling, my dear
Bright are the eyes of my queen,
Fond as the dreaming of tropical skies,
Glad as the rivulets midsummer sheen.
But oh, and oh,
Bright eyes will dim some day,
While true heart lasts for aye.
Brown is this tress of my darling, my dear,
Silken this treSs of my fair,
Brown with hint of the suns tenderness
Twined in the strands of her beautiful
hair.
But oh, and on,
Sleek locks will thin some day.
While true heart wears for aye
Praises belong to my darling, my dear,
Love is but due to my sweet;
So here pluck from the garden of song
This tiny blossom TO throw at thy feet.
But OBJ, and oh,
Beauty will fade some day,
While true heart lasts for aye
George Horton, in Chicago Herald.
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Washington.

ASSISTANT SECRETARY NETrLEroN wrote
a letter to Secretary Foster charging Mr..
Owen. Superintendent Of Immigration with
incompetency.
The Speaker laid before thu House
communication from Roger .. Mills, stating
that he had sent TO the Governor Of Texas
his resignation as Representative from the
Ninth District of Texas, 10 take effect im-
mediately.
THE nomination OF John H. Baker, OF In
diana 10 oe Unitoi States District Judge
for Indiana in place of Judge Woods,
AGAINST whose confirmation such fight was
made, has been conhrne by the Senate.
SrArIsTIcGAN DODGE. of the Agricultural
Department. has been removed.
THE President appointed Frank l.. Coombs,
Of California, Minister TO Japan.
SECRETARY FOSTER transmitted TO the
House letter from the Secretary OF war,
asking for an additional Appropriation OF
slOs. 43J for the armament OF fortlncations
aud SiJ5 01J for the Boar1 OF Ordinances AMI
Fortifcations. He also sent letter 70 tns
House asking All immediate appropriation OF
SO. 900 to continue the recolnage ot suo-
sdiary silver coin.
SECRETARY BLAINE has resumed the as
charge OF his Official duties, ani "h' Sol
duct all further negotiations on oehall OIL
this Government in the Bsrlny Sea mater
General J. w. Foster will continue, how
ever 10 assist in the c)aduct OF these nezo-
tiatIons.
SENATOR CULLoa, Of Illinois, has written
from Washington letter TO ex-Mayor
Roche. Of Chicago, declining 10 allo" ms
name 10 be brou yht before tde hinneapoh'
Canvar.on as candidate for the Re
mn 1lican Psesi lential nomination. lie de-
clares in favor OF Harrison.
SENATOR'S PROCTOR AND WHITE were ap,
pointei by the Vice-Presitent members OF
the Boari OF Visitors to the Naval Academy
at Annapolis, Nd.
MRS. LEILA MORSE RUsnELL, daughter
, Of Professor S. F. b. Morse has written
letter protesting aza'nss a ~ snoaIs ~ Alfred
Vail as the inventor OF the telegraph re-
celyef.
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Won.

Long had waited, ftthought was{ fated
Never the heart of my darling to move,
And Others came wOOing, with richest pur.
suing.
The while had nothingjbut richestof love.
sought her, told her. and love made mo
bolder.
vowed that for her even lifet I'd resign;
She smiling relentedand then she consented.
This jewel of heaven at last,to be mine.
The angels they found us, ( in heaven they
bound US,
By true lovers knots which death cannot
part
For love is supernal, undying, eternal;
A fountain Of life is true loveIin the hear.
And when youth forsakes us,l and age over
takes US
And paints his grimpictures of change and
decay
We'lligather the roses where true love re-
poses,
And'drink Of loves fountain which flows on
for aye.
Oh, how enraptured, at last have captured
Ny souls brightest dream in my beautiful
bride.
A dear little wife, partner for life.
In whom e'er to trust, in whose heart to
- conhde.
Golden News.
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"Huskies" and Their Habits.

The dogs and sleds form Il very inter-
esting part of the Hudson Bay outfit.
One does not need to 90 very deep into
western Canada to meet with them. AS
close to our centre of population as Nipi-
gon, on Lake Superior, the only roads
into the north are the rivers and lakes,
traversed by canoes in summer and sleds
in winter. The dogs are of a peculiar
breed, and are called "huskies s'-un-
doubtedly corruption of the word Es-
quimaux. They preserve a closer resem-
blance to the wolf than any of our do
mesticated dogs, and exhibit their kinship
with that scavenger of the wilderness in
their nature as well as their looks. To-
day their females, if tie1 aud left in the
forest, will often attest companionship
with its denizens by bringing forth litters
of wolfish progeny. Moreover, 1t will
not be necessary to feed all with whom
the experiment is tried, for the wolfs
will be apt to bring food to them as long
as they are thus neglected by mau. They
are often as large as the ordinary New
foundland dog, but their legs are shorter
and even more hairy, and the hair along
theii necks, from their shoulders to their
skulls, stand erect in a thick bristling
mass. They have the long snouts, sharp
pointed ears aud the tails of wolfs, aud
their cry is a yelp rather than a bark.
Like wolfs they are apt to yelp in chorus
at sunrise aud at sunset. They delight
in worrying peaceful animals, setting
their own number against one, and they
will kill COWS and even children If they
get the chance. They are disciplined
only when at work, and are then so sur
prisingly obedient, tractable and indus.
trious as to plainly show that though their
nature is savage and wolish, they could
be reclaimed by donestication. In iso-
lated cases plenty of them are. As it is,
in their packs their battles among them.
selves are terrible, and they are danger
GUS when loose. III SOM districts it is
the custom to turn them loose in summer
on little islands on the lakes, leaving
them to hunger or feast according as the
supply of dead fish thrown upon the
shore is small or plentiful. When they
are kept in dog quarters they are simply
penned up aud fed during the summer,
so that the savage side of their nature
gets full play during long periods. Fish
is their principal diet, and stores of dried
fish are kept for their winter food. Corn
meal is often fed to them also. Like
wolf or an Indian "husky" gets along
without food when there is not any, aud
will eat his own weight Of 1t when it is
plenty. - Harper's Magazine.
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Whose Faca Was M

One of the most remarkable as we'll as
the most interesting relics of prehistoric
man ever found in America was discov.
cred by James Cormack and Daniel
Rees, two hundred feet beneath the sur
face of the ground, at Angus, Dallas
County, Iowa, when the famous Coal
Town shaft was being sunk. The relic
in question was a perfect human face,
composed of indurated clay. 1t was
something more than half the usual size
of the human face, with a nose and fore
head Of the general contour known to
the anthropologist as "the Aztec type. "
Everything, even to deep indentation
across the check and q mole at the side
of the nose, goes to prove that the fud
was not simply baked clay image, but
that 1t had been fashioned from a plastor
cast or death mask Of some human being
that had once lived and breathed. Mr..
Rees, one of the discoverers of the curios-
ity, was experimenting the opening of
the mines at the time. He is an honor
able gentleman, and his word is consid-
cred good wherever he is known. He
says that the mysterious specimen was
found imbedded in a stratum of clay or
shale Just above the coal, which in that
part Of Iowa lies from 200 to 220 feet
beneath the surface. Taken altogether,
it is believed to be the earliest trace of
prehistoric man yet found in America.
The discovery is enough to make ones
flesh tingle with mystery when he asks
himself the question; Whose face was
itl-St. Louis Republic.
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Infinite Variety o. the Feather Tribe.

The infinite variety of the feather
tribe of Brazil, with their gorgeous COL
cred feathers, offers no end Of material
from which the factories established At
Rio de Jansiro, Bahia and Pcrnambuco
are producing the most wonderful re-
suits. The greater number OF these
flowers, as we'll as the feather fans, are
exported to Europe and the United
States, and as these products are free Of
export duty, and are frequently carried
in quantities In the luggage OF travellers,
we are unable to give the exact amount
Of the value Of this important industry,
but II cannot amount to less than $780,
600 snnually.-PubIic Opinion.