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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
African Elephants.
script.

A singular circumstance connected
with the African elephant is that he has
never been tanned aud utilized for indus
trial purposes as his Indian brethren
have been. Their numbers have much
diminished OF later years, but vast herds
Of them still rove through the interior,
and would, if captured and domesti'
Gated, furnish valuable assistance in
building and in road-making, to say
nothing Of their utility as beasts OF bur
den. But they are left to their original
savage condition, state of things that
arises from the lack of tame elephants
to assist in catching aud subduing
them.
The greater part of the elephant
training of India is performed by tbc
tame elephants, and without such au1ili-
aries the domestication of the huge Afri-
can ones is an absolute impossibilitF.
The importation of trained Indian ele-
plants into Africa presents so many
difficulties that it is hardly probable that
the experiment will ever be tried
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Kentucky Camp Meetings.

A writer claims that camp meetings
originated in Kentucky in the year 1890,
at Casper River Church, in Logan
County, and became established during
the great Kentucky revival early in the
century. 1t is claimed that both Pres
byterians aud Methodists participated
in the earlier meetings, though the
camp meeting is now looked upon as
distinctly Methodist institution. The
great revival is one of the curious things
in Kentucky history, aud its effects are
still visible in other things besides camp
meetings, granting these religious open
air gatherings to have had the origin at
tributed to them. Something OF the
spirit of the old camp meetings yet sur
wives IN the "holiness meetings" but
the camp meeting has in this time de-
veloped some varieties that have no
kinshlp with the godliness aud religious
fervor that swept the Western country
when Kentucky was yet an infant conf
mon wealth. -Louisville Courier. Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
The Bones OF BerInq.

During the cruise last year Of the
Aleut. a schooner attached 10 the Russian
Siberian hotilla, the officers landed on
Behring'S Island in search OF the grave OF
the discoveler OF those straits. The bones
Of Bering and his companions in misfor-
tune were found buried beneath a simple
cairn Of rough stones carelessly piled.
The officers resolved to replace the cairn
by a more worthy memorial. and on theft
It turn to Vladivostock a collection was
set on foot among the officers Of the 81
berian squadron, with the result that
handsome aud durable granite tomb
stone, surmounted by an iron cross, ha'
now been completed. The memorial will
be transported from YladivostocS aud
placed over the lonely grave on Behring'S
Island next month. Captain Titus Ber.
ing was a Dane by birth, but was in the
Russian naval service when his important
discovery was made in 1928. He died
December A, 1741 70. 81, from scurvy,
on Behring'S Island, where he and his CON-
panions had sought refuge after the
fouudeIing Of their ship. -lioston Tran
script.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

PRINCE BIsNARcKs sops have resigned
from the German Army.
THE German Kaisers latest freak is 70 pay
mysterious visits TO the Royal stable at
midnight.
PRINCE BISMARCK has seen statues raised
in his honor, which is a recognition few men
live to see.
WHITTIER used 10 admit that he had no
ear for music and could no. tell Yankee
Doodle" from "Old Hundred"
AMONG the new cadets at West Point are
a son of General John Pope and grandsons
Of General Sherman and General c. r.
Smith
BLoNDIY, the celebrated tight-rope walk
er, who is sixty.eight years old, Is still in the
business. He has lately been making great
success in Europe.
ALEXANDER DIETgRIca, Chief Construc-
tor of the German navy, is in Philadelphia
making study of the methods and products
Of construction at Cramps shipyard.
WILLIAM DrcKEY vas sent to the Maine
Legislature in 1912, and they afy -spding
him there yet. He was re-slect1i aNthe
recent election. He is eighty-c4e Yeats
old.
GEORGE W. JULIAN, of Indiana is seventy
FIVE } ears of age. He was a Free Soil can,
didate for the vice presidency Just forty
years ago. He married a daughter OF
Joshua r. Giddings.
Mr.. NA9RoJT. tho Parsee Member OF the
British Parliament appeared with copy
Of the Isnd Ayesta. on which to take the
required cath Of Office. He was told that
he must either take the oath on the New
Testament or affirm. and he chose the latter
method.
PIErRo MAscAGNI, before his "Cavalleria
Rusticana' maie him famous was poor
offered prize for the best serious opera in
one act, and amid vigorous comne''''p-
Mascaoni caue out,vic-o~'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
White Hair Turns Black.

Up to few months ago Jacob Lauck,
IN old man Of sixty-sevcn years, residing
in Berkeley County, West Virginia, was
the possessor of a snow-white head of
hair. But in recent months gradual
metamorphosis has been taking place in
this respect. 1t began with the appear
ance Of few hairs Of an intensely black
color, which gradually became more
numerous until, at the present. time, very
few white hairs can be seen in his head. =.
Mr.. Lauck and his neighbors alike are at
a complete loss to account for the uuex'
pected renewal Of youthful hue in locks
once silvered. .-Picayunc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
confll and West.

Form chinese havs disregar ie1 tue clrcu-
lars recently issued by the Chinese Six Com
nonies and have been registered at san
Francisco. Cal, under the Geary kegistra'
tiOn Act.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court rendered
a decision declaring the apportio1men1 ma le
by the extra session Of the Legislature III
valid.
THE Connecticut Supreme Court decide1
in favor of the Republicans in the conteste1
election cases.
A NUMBER OF extensive mountain nres
rsged from Tin Gun to Texas Creek, Col, and
fully twenty square miles Oh Vaiuaole 'iui
Der land we're burned over
TIE residence Of Samuel Atkinson, near
Telloup, Kan, was strucf oy n2ntnlp9' i, a9u
Mr.. and Mrs. Atkinson aud their TWO Gull
dren were killed. The house was burned.
THE Spar City stage was held up about
twenty miles from Cr5e1e, C)l., oy lons
highwavman, armed and masked. ne maze ss
a Cozsn passengers pass by ni;a 10 slns'e nie
and disoorge the contents Of their pocketS.
Fron, p%o the iriyer. Mash Pembsrton, he Sc
cured 1850 The mail pouch was rine1.
In the first heat Of the great free-tor-ai
mace at Terre Haute, Ind, MsScott mn De
the mile in 2:0i thus beating the pacing r''e
record.
The South Carolina Republican State
convention met at Columbia. A full set OF
electors was nominated and platform
adopted. No State ticket was non'iuateo.
THE famous signal station building et tne
summit of Pixies Peak, Col. mas osca
burned. " hile the building was used oy
tbe Weather Bureau it was the highest
point of observation in the United states
wv. SMITH fatally shot his wife and Ta cut
his ch,idis throat at Uestella, Col. The
child is dea-. Smith is in custody NO
cause is assigned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Orchid Tea.

II is said that Frenchmcn have been
drinking orchid tea for the past fifty
years, aud that the consumption of this
delicacy las been largely increasing oil
late. The orchid used for the purpose
is one Of the handsomest and most ex-
pensiye varieties, the angroecIm, which
is found in the forests Of Bourbon and
Mauritius. The commercial value OF the
plant lies in the fragrance of its leaves.
II is allied to vanilla, and it is only nee
essary to touch the fresh leaves for tho
fingers TO remain impreguated with the
aroma. This aroma remains after the
leaves have been dried. The tea is made
by laying the leaves and stems in cold
water about one grsmme to the teacup,
closing the vessel tightly, aud boiling
for ten minutes, New Orleans Picayule.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Wonderful Memory for a Chilli.

An infant phenomenon has been dis
covered at Plaisance a suburb OF Paris,
in the person Of little girl, called
Jeanne Eugene Moreau, aged only five,
but endowed with most extraordinary
memory. She is a walking encyclopedias
on all matters appcrtaining to the history
of France, and especially of the great re-
volution; is an adept also in natural his
tory, and at the same time answers with
out hesitation or error practical questions
about cooking, gardening, and house
hold management. The youthful prod
igv was born in Paris, in January, 1887,
Ter father, Philippe Moreau, being a
humble laborer, but descended from a
revolutionary hero whose name figures
in the annals of 1889, and who was dec
grated BY General de La Fayette after
the taking of the Bastile. Owing to the
poverty of her progenitor, EnSenle
Moreau was adopted by a widow
Madame Callay-who, noticing the re-
tentive faculties OF the child, cultivated
and developed them with asslduity until
the phenomenon has become capable of
passing a stiff competitive examination
and of putting to shame many school
boy or schoolgirl of maturer years and
more expensive education. The fate of
Eugene Moreau will no doubt be that
reserved for all intellectual prodigies of
tender years. She will be exhibited to
scientific men and reported uDo1; she
will probably receive an offer from an
enterprising Snowman, and in all likeli'
hood Eugene, should she survive acade-
mical testings and public examinations,
will eventually settle down to the life of
schoolmistress-a calling for which her
marvellous memory will pre- eminently fit
her.-London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07

for cooking the corn, and it is trade
secret that few care to divulge. The
whole success Of the process depends
upon the amount of cooking and the
pressure of the steam at this point.
When they are properly cooked, thecans
are turned over to the labelers aud
packers, who prepare them for market.
Other vegetables receive similar treat
ment. The tomatoes are first scalded,
and then carried to long benches whete
women rapidly take the peels off, aft"
which they pass through the same pre-
cess as the corn. Squashes are peeled
entirely by machine, and the seeds taken
out and the meat cut inso slices by ma
chine before being boiled aud crowded
into cans. PAIRING machines are spinning
around all the time, taking the peel off
apples, pears and ounces. In fact, after
they are prepared for the cans, all fruits
and vegetables are treated about the
same, with the exception of change in
the time OF cooking and the amount o.
sugar added to them.
The output of one of these factories
averages about 10, 900 two-pound cans
of corn, the same amount of tomatoes
and squashes, 10000 cans of apples, aud
the same of ounces, 5000 cans OF pears,
and 80, 900 cans of beans. This means
altogether between four and five hundred
thousand cans Of fruit and vegetables.
Most Of these cans are the two-pound
ones, but few are gallon cans. An idea
of the coming industry in the United
States may be gathered from these figures
when it is stated that there are more
than 2OOO canning concerns in the coun'
try. The output Of many of them Is
much less, but a good majority OF them
average the highest figures. The profits
of the business for the factories appear
to be satisfactory, for there is generally
sale for all their canned goo1s on,
season or another, and the farmers in
this section at least are contented with
their share in the enterprise. New York
Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Washington.

Tur Secretary Of the Interior has ap-
nroved the allotment OF lands TO the Seneca
Indians and the eastern band OF Snawnees
:. tha Indian Territory. There are 10 Oh
.ho forroer and $50 of the latter, who Will
.acsive sixty acres OF land apiece, and. IN
sonoa cases an additional eighty acres,
where the land is used for grazing or Is not
fertile.
The Interior Department announces tnat
the Cherokee Commission has opener nego-,
t;otions with the Kiowa Comanche ana
Ansche indians for the sale OF their reser-
vations in Indian Territory.
Under the authority conferred by the
last naval appropriation ball, proviaing Lor
tbe construction of two new vessels LOT s tne
navy one A going battle ship OF sOU
tong disnlacement and one an armoreo
cruiser OF 5000 tons Displacement proposals
have been issued by the Navy Department
for their construction.
ORpERs have been issued from Washing
ton to have ali the vessels Of the Beriug See
aeet repaired for sea service Immediately
upon their arrival at San Francisco. I'M
done in order 10 have these ships
aziy for any emergency in the absence OF
he vessels of Rear Atmirai Gherardrs
pecial squadron.
The last jacket has bsen place1 on tls
-reat thirteen-inch aul being made at ths
Washington Navy Yard. aui the ride Is
ow nearly compete. 1t will weigh i9s,-
90 pounds aud viii throw "A shot weighing
100 pounds that viii penetrate 26k inches
solid steel.
ALL the great naval Powers and many OF
ne smaller ones to whom invitations wsr,
snt by the State Department to particlpata
n the naval display in New York next Anri'
ave accepted the invitltion aul ha We sig
,itied taeir intention n send some OF their
stest constructed vessels 10 take part IN the
xercises.
SENIOR DE LoPFz, the new Spanish Minis
or. was formally presented TO the Pres'fent
" the Secretary OF State. The usual cour-
estes we're exchanged.
THE President ccspted the resignation OF
udge Lorenzo Crounse as Assistant Sscre-
ary OF tte Treasury, TO take effect imme-
lately.
TIE following appointments to fll existing
,acancies were made; Orlando n. Baker
4 lowe. Consul at Copenhagen: Ransom r.
HcCrilIis, Of Massachusetts, at Denia; Jonn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Foreign.

TIE British Consulate at Mozambique has
eported to the Foreign Office the drowning
# an exploring party OF two Englisnmen
md five Germans at the mouth OF the RIVER
Mona.
BY the explosion OF boiler in the saw
mill of joseph Lalonde at Enbrum Viliags'
Canada. Pierre Stone and j. B. Lazure were
instantly killed and five others badly IN
iured. The mill is total wreck.
TEE italian Parliament has been ciosea
by royal decree.
ALDERMAN KNILI has been elected bor'
Mayor OK London, England.
NEWS has been received at Cape Town.
South Africa, that Captain Buckley, OIL ths
bark William HaileS, Greenport, LO1g ISL
and. n. Y. and his wife, have bssn mnr-
1ered at sea.
THE ports Of Nicaragua we're Assai = the
world on account Of the fearet inyaaoaS.
cholera.
GENERAL CARL MULLER died few days
since in Hanover, Germany. He was ninety
nine years old, and the last OF the Oernan
officers who fought at Waterloo.
TIE Pan. Presbyterian Council at Toron'
to, Canada, closed its session.
TIE cholera situation iu Europe Is much
improved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07

When Tuesday came Tom Powell rode
over to congratulate Lefty upon her
birthday, and to wish her many happy
returns.
She received him very sweetly, and
the young mans heart grew CHEEKY and
hopeful, until he perceived that there was
40 ruby ring upon her hand.
To spare himself the embarrassment, he
had begged Mrs. Bradley to present his
gift to Lefty in his name, aud she had
promised to do so.
Could she have forgottenl
But Lefty relieved him by saying
Immediately, as she produced the little
box containing the ring;
"Oh Tom, I was so much obliged to
you for your beautiful present-the
prettiest ring that 1 ever saw"
"Then why don't you wear It'll" he
inquired.
She looked embarrassed.
"Why, you see." casting down her
eyes "there was some mistake about iC.
1t isn't exactly what I ought to wear"
"I don't see why" he answered, flush
ing and mortified, "if you like the
ring"
eyes, think It's lovely; but you see"
still more embarassed-"you didn't
mean, Tom, to give me an engagement
ring"
Gan engagement ring"
eyes, this design is intended express
ly for an engagement. And you know
it wouldn't be proper for me to wear
such ring when Pm not engaged"
He made no reply.
"You'll have to change it, Tom, |
guess, but it's so pretty that l hate to
give it up"
A sudden light came into Toms eyes,
and his face flushed almost as deep rcd
as the ruby upon which Lefty was fondly
gazing.
"What necessity is there for chang
ing it, Letty2 Can't you keep it and
wear it as it iss"
"But, Tom, everybody would be ask
ing if Pm engaged, and what could l tell
them?"
"Tell them yesl Tell them that you
arc engaged, and to me. Won't you,
Lefty"
His voice trembled little, aud he sat
brcathlcssly awaiting her answer.
1t came softly:
.'Yes, Tom"
And when Aunt Martha saw them to-
gether, half an hour alterward, she
smiled with an expression Of relief.
81 was nightly afraid that Lefty
wouldn't carry it off just as l told her.
/ But I see that it's all right nov. Some
body had to telp 'em, or they'd never
have come to an understanding. Sat
urday Night.
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NIGHT AFTER NIGHT.

light after night we dauntlessly embark
On sumber's stream, in whose deep waves
are drowned
Sorrow and care. and with all senses bound
Drift for a,Chile beneath the sombre arc
OF that full circle made Of light and DARK
Called life, yet have no fear, and know re-
found
Lost consciousness shall be, even at the
sound
OF the first warble of some early lark
Or touch of sunbeam. OBJ, and wny not
then
Lie down TO our last sleep, still trusting Him
Who guided us so oft through shadows dim,
Believing somewhere on our sense again
Some lark's sweet note, some golden beam,
shall break,
And with glat voices cry. awake awake p
Stuart Stelne, in Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Voices Break the Windows.

E. B. Lewis, writing in Music on "Ihe
Music of Russia" says that in that coun-
try the bass voice is one of the most i'm
portant factors Of chorus or choir, and
IS carefully sought for and literally paid.
It is said that one OF the tests o. requisite
strength is to place tie singer in room
with closed doors and windows; il he
succeeds in breaking the glass with his
voice, then he is accepted.-New Orleans
Plcayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
Look at Your Dollars.

Where the operation involves SO little
trouble, it is perhaps advisable for a per
son to glance at the date Of the silver
Collars and half dollars which may come
into lis possession, as many of them are
valuable to nunismatists. The silver
doll, IS of 1894. 1885, 1889, 1851 and
1872 are worth twenty five dollars each,
while that of 1853 is valued at fifteen
dole S. Silver half dollars Of 1895 and
1853 are worth twenty-five dollars each.
New York Advertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-07
CURIOUS FACTS.
Buckles we're first made in 1880.


Dentists use eighteen hundred pounds
of pure gold every year.
Threshing machines were invented by
Menzles, scotchman, in 1882.
The snare drum was brought into Eur
ope by the saracens, about 7OS.
A 11O-ton gun eau fire two shots
minute, each discharge costing Sl375.
The Davy safety lamp for miners was
invented by Sir Humphrey Davy in
1915.
1t is reported to have rained alligators
during a recent severe rain-storm at
Ottumws, Iowa.
The exact physical centre OF th1
United States is a gravestone in a ceme-
terry, Mt Fort Riley, Kan.
The color of the sharks egg is black,
of leathery texture, thin, tough and in
form siilar to hand barrow.
Six hours day is said to be obliga-
tory upon the German Kaiser's children
for study under the direction Of tutors.
Altogether the streets of London are
traversed to-day by something like
23OO omnibuses aud 100 tramwsy
cars.
A New Hampshire cure for sore
throat is to wear about the neck stock
ing, in the toe of which a potato has
been tied.
Probably the largest artificial stone in
the world forms the basis of the
Bartholdi Statute Of Liberty, on Bed
lows Island, New York Harbor.
A postage stamp of the original value
of about sixteen cents was sold by auc-
ton in London recently for s24O. 1t
was Moldavian eightY-one paras post
age stamp.
So we'll trained are pair Of horses
owned by a farmer in Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania, that they pull a
harrow regularly across a field, from
morning until night, without a driver.
Chrysanthemums are a favorite dish in
Japan, being stepped in water and served
as a salad. During November and De.
cember punches of these flowers, washed
and carefully displayed, may be seen in
the stores of the country.
The highest viaducts and bridges III
the world are st. Giustina, Tyrol, 46O
feet high, 1877 feet long, without piers;
Garabit, France, 4O6 feet high, 1862
feet long, stone and iron; Du viaur (prO-
posedD. France, 3S2 feet high, 1908 feet
long, iron arch, Forth, 375 feet steel.
A guest at Sir W. C. Brooke's lodge,
in the Forest of Glentanar, in Aberdeen
shire, Scotland, recently performed the
extraordinary feat of killing two deer
with one shot from his rife. The bullet
struck the backbone Of one stag and was
DETECTED into the chest Of another, both
instantly falling dead.
Porcupines, which abound in the lum'
her woods of Northwestern Pennsylvania,
are great pests around the camps. They
are passionately fond Of salt, aud should
the four sides Of the camp shanty be
salted from ground to roof these little
animals would eat it down over the very
heads of the inmates, and not leave q
splinter OF it to mark where it stood.
Although there are numerous varieties
of the common sugar cane, only few
are widely cultivated, those which are
propagated by cuttings, or shoots re-
tanning all the characters aud peculiari-
tics Of the parent plant. The chief vari-
ETY. cultivated is the Bourbon or Otaheite
in the West Indies and Mauritius, and,
under other names, in the East Indie:
aud Polynesia.
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AN ENGAGEMENT RING.
By s. A. WEISS.

TTY, what's
the matter with
you and Tom
Powell that you
don't seem to
get along very
well togetheri"
A swift flush
passed over Let
ty Harp er'S
G vvoaf aro
which she tried
to conceal by