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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
New paper Makinu Materials.

Some Of the paper mills of Mexico
have been experimenting with the bark
of the jocolin majagua,a large tree which
grows in abundance in the State of Ia
basco, and find that it yields a most ex-
cellent fibre, producing a paper very
much resembling parchment, and decid-
edly superior to rag papers. Hitherto
this fibre has simply been used for the
making OF cordage; but as the tree grows
very rapidly, being ready for cutting in
two years after planting, it would seem
entirely practicable to procure a large
supply for the manufacture of fine papers.
The process Of securing the fibre from
the bark is very simple and iuexpen-
sive.
Robert Laing, Of Boise City, Idaho.
has demonstrate by experiment that the
''sage brush" which is so abundant in
his State, Nevada, Utah and other sec.
tions of the Western country, is capable
of furnishing paper stock equal to the
very best wood pulp. Mr.. Lling's ex-
periments were made by lime process
aud protracted boiling. aud although
necessarily crude, showed the presence
of long, strong fibre, and that it may
be utilized and made into paper at
moderate cost. As the brush covers
many thousands of square miles, and has
never before been found of any value,
Mr.. Laing regards his discovery as of
and is anxious to interest
capitalists in the establishment of paper
mills in the sage-brush districts.
Paper World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Mrs. JALEs LEROY at ImDeral, Penn.
poure ker1sene on the kitchen lira. Result.
one chilli killed and mother and another
child fatally injured.
AN Italian life convict 10 the Eastern
Penn.l Penitentia-Y. after a vain attempt
10 kill his keeper. plungel q knife into the
stomach OF fellow convict AMI then kille
himself by cutting bis throat
The fire burnel one hundred buildings sit.
uated between Slippery Rock and Main
streets in Chicora, Penn. The water suuply
gave out almost Immediately. and on acaorut
OF the intense dry weather the bulldogs
burned like tinder.
SENATOR ALDRIcH was officially declared
sectet by the Governor ot Rho le Islan :.
Republicans OF Provide1cs flrsi q salute Of
twenty-One guns in his honor.
GENERAL HORACE Porter was elected
President Of the So~iety Of the Army OF the
Potomac at the reunion in Scranton. Penn.
General Horatio c. King AMI General
Iruesdale were re-electe1 Secretary AMI
Treasurer
A TERRIFIC torna1o was general throuZ III
out Maine. doing much damage at Calais.
Saco, Bddefori. Faruington. Oroao, East
port, Lubec aud other towns Farmin Zton
reported hailsto1es an incl in diameter
WILLIAM HENRY PAIyToS, the stranger
)t Mrs. Michael Stroni1gsr has bssn
banged at York, Penn. Painton ani Others
went TO rob the Str3 ni1gers, and gagged
aud bound the Old woman while hs ran
iackeI s..:s h0uss. Whan they were through
rainton found tho w0 .lsn unconscious, AMI
after trying in vain t) rssus; ;itlts her, went
and got doctor before trying to escaoe.
The parade OF the Army Of thu Poto nac
took place in Scranton, Penn. Ten thou.
sand men passed through the orchei avenue
and principal streets. The proc sssio1 was
reviewed at Courthouss Square by Cover
nor Pattison, the notable Army officers AMI
the survivors OF the Army Of tho Potomac.
THE Washington Arch Fun in New York
City has been completed.
THE town hall aud postoffics in East
Haven. Conn, have been desJroye by fire
SCRANTON. Penn. was deluged by tor.
rents Of rain. Hundreds OF houses were
Hooded with water four and five feet deep.
Lightning struck in many places causing
slight fires Ono man, David Jones was
killed while sitting in his home, near the
Continental mine by thunderbolt. From
every town throughout Llckawana County
came reports OF great damage done.
THE great New York City grocery firm Of
Acker, Merrall s. Condit has dissolved ami
William J. Merrall has purchased the inter-
ests Of john w. Condit aui the Acxer
heirs
THE anniversary os the Battle Of Bunker
Hill was celebrated in grand style at Bos-
ton Mas. The dag was general holiday
In the city, banks aud exchanges being
closed aud Wholesale business suspended
The interest OF course centers in Charles
town, the scone OF the battle. On Bunker
Hill at midnight big bonfire was kindlsd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
Washington.

ALL the European Governments except
Russia have nccepted the Presidents invita-
tlOn 10 a monetary conference.
L. W. BABERcoM, fifth auditor of ths
Treasury, called at the White House and
rendered his resignation 10 the President. :
He resigns 10 enter the practice Of law in
Washington and TO resume his newspaper
work
GENEhAb ELI T. STAcKHousE, Member
nf Congress from the Sixth District OF South
-aroliua, and n prominent member OF the
Farmers Alliance. died in Washington
lew mornings ago OF heart failure. He was
,ne Of the party that accomnaniet the re-
mains OF the late Colonel /. l.. Polk. Pres
dent OF the Farmers Aliancs 10 Raleigh, N
C.. Mr.. Stackhouso was bora in Marion. s.
c., March q, 1924.
THE conferrees on the River ant Harbor
hill after being in conference thrss days,
failed 10 agree.
THE House OF Representatives passet ths
Fortification Appropriation bill without
division The measure appropriates SA4l2'
SIC. or &t. .362 427 less than was appropriatet
bv the last Coazress. Authority Is given tn
make contracts for certain works involving
a further expsn iIturs Of si,S'1sO.
The fiftieth anniversary Of the msrriazs
OF Representative and MrS Holman, OK In
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
RTreasure in Clippings.

A remarkable collection of newspaper
clippings, one, too, around which a pa
thetic reminiscence fingers, is for sale at
the famous old Peuns Manor in Fair
mount Park, says the Philadelphia Re-
cord. Up in the little garret of the
ancient brick dwelling, crowded into in
Vulnerable boxes, old envelope boxes,
cigar boxes, boxes Of all sizes and shapes,
and carefully tucked into host OF Ia
beled envelopes, are thousands and thou
sands of newspaper clippings upon every
conceivable subject aud gathered from
periodicals OF every sort and date.
This extremely curious collection is
the result of six years of labor performed
by Horace Wemyss Smith, who moved
into the Manor in 1886 and died last
December. The old man used to sit day
after day in his wide-armed chair in the
Uttered attic and untiringly read and
clip and assort from early morn until late
at night. Indeed, his wife declares that
his overwork broke him down before his
time.
A remarkable man was Mr. Smith. He
was Q greatgrandson of DR.. William
Moore Smith, first Provost of the College
aud Academy Of Philadelphia, now the
University, who was called from Lon
don by Benjamin Franklin himself. DR..
Smith was also the first President ol
Washington College, Maryland. His
father was Richard Penn Smith, ceie.
brated in his day as a dramatist and
author. Horace Wemyss Smith started
out as a dentist, but became a literary
worker at last. He wrote and edited the
"Life aud Correspondence of DR.. Will.
lam Smith," "The York Town Orderly
Book" "Andreana' aud "Nuts for His
toriaDs to Crack"
The large library Of clippings has
almost all been classified and cataIogued,
and is easily accessible for ready use. 1t
would seem to be adapted for library.
There are certainly many curious out-of-
the.way facts brought into convenient
order, embracing all manner of themes
from old forgotten actors, old songs,
Penn family, snakes, seals, bull-fghting,
Koch's cure to bachelors, blue blood
Edwin Forrest and insect bites.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
A French Patriarch.

Adolph zemeri, who died April 2, in
the district of Guizot, France, was in
possession of documentary evidence
which proved that he was born in 1742l
When old zsmeri FIRST saw the light of
day Washin yton was lad of but ten
tender years. Wellington was not born
until twenty seven years later, and
Waterloo was seventy-threo years in the
future. Zsmeri's allotment of years ex-
ceeded those Of all men of recent times ex.
cept Henry jenkins aud "Old Parr, two
English worthless, the former OF whom
lived to be 169 years old aud the latter
152.-st. Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24

the Duke of Fife. It was then drawn
by two favorite bays of the popular
Prince of Wales.
The dress coaches are used generally,
and Of these there are eleven very like
the semi-state, save that they are less
decorated. They were used by the Shah
on his London visit, also the German
Emperor.
OF all the coaches the "public landau"
is the most interesting to those Ameri-
cans who were in London during the
Jubilee summer and who saw the Queen
drive to Westminster in that landau.
This celebrated vehicle is a posting
landau, and drawn by six Of the cream
colored horses so dear to her majesty. II
is driven by postillions. Along with the
landau there are seventy other carriages
for private use. These are driven by
postillions as well.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
The Oldest NeH spapsr.

The eldest newspaper in the world, oil
course, is in China. 1t is the KIM Pan.
is the official journal Of the empire, and
was founded in GIL. Originally it wa.
published intermittently, but after 1861
it appeared regularly every week. IL
1904 it was converted into a daily,
and now issues three editions a day and
sells AZ about cent copy. The morn.
ing sheet, printed on yellow paper, j,
devoted to commercial news. 1t has 0
circulation Of about 5000 copies. The
midday issue contains official document;
and general news. the evening edition,
printed on red paper, gives the latest
intelligence and extracts from the two
previous editions. The paper is con-
Quoted by six literati appointed by the
State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
Foreign.

FIFTY THOUSAND workmen are on striks
in ami arounl Barcslons, Splin. The EN-
ployers have ofrerei tO raise wages 70
seventy-hve cents day but the terms have
been rejected by the strikers.
The Government has advised Mr.. Porter,
the Amer lean Minister, that Italy accepti
the invitation TO take part in the interna-
tional monetary conference.
UNITED STATES CONSUL WILLARD a..
Guaymas, Sonora. Mexico. diet there few
days ago Of paralysis agei sixtY-seyen years
He was a native Of Connecticut anf hal
been in the Consular service for about thirty
years.
QUEEN VICTORIA has appointed Lori Han.
nen. ex-President OF the divorce court an |
Sir John Thompson to represent Grea.
Britain in the Bering Sea arbitration.
A HURRICANE did great destruction at
Berdalona, a Spanish factory village. Two
factories and number Of houses were blown
down. Eight persons were klllei and
number injured.
GLADSTONE told a deputation from the
London Trades Council, who urged th1
ejgbt-hours question upon his consideration,
that the rest OF his life was defeated 10 tnc
cause OF Home Rule.
ZUAco, Vice-President elect Of Bolivia, Il
dead. The blockade OF Matto Groese.
BrnziI. has been raised. The Venezuelan
Reyolutionists, having sigually defeated
Dictator Palacio's solfiers near Guacipat,
are about to try to recapture Ciu1ad
Bolivar
AT M4deburg, Germany, soldiers were
unloading a wagon Of ammunition when
she'll exploiej, killing four OF the men.
Their heads, arms an legs were blown OF.
A - na.
recovered from the smallpox and is in good
health with Stuhlmann. at Bukoba. The
advance OF the expedition has been delayed
by want of provisions.
The Ulster Convention, in opposition ta
Home Rule for Ireland. met in Belfast,
North Ireland, 10000 delegates were pres
ant
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

JAY GOULD has liking for flowers.
POPE LEO still writes Latin poetry, though
cIghty-two years old.
BESJAMIS HARRISON AMI Whitelaw Reid
were both born in Ohio.
DR.. NEWMAN HAIL, the famous London
divine, is seventy-six years old.
TIE King Of Siam, who is thirty-nine, Is
the eldest OF eighty-four children.
A son Of the late President Arthur is
prominent among gentlemen coach drivers
In Paris
justice STEPHEN J. FIELD, Of the United
States Supreme Court, has taken cottage
at Newport, r. !.
JonS d. RocKEFELLERs latest benefac-
tion is gift of s!50 000 70 complete the
building fund Of Vassar College.
QUEEN VICTORIA is having some carpets
made from patterns designed by her deeply
lamentei husband. the. Prince Consort.
THOMAS A. EDISON says that his deafness
Is caused by the fact that porter lifted him
by the ears when he was a newsboy on a
train.
H. EpwIS GOULD. son OF the great financier.
IS a crack shot, sal practices on 5Jo yd~is
range OH the family plae3 " Irvlngton,
n. T.
THERE are two William J. Stones in the
present Congress and bota are natives OF
Kentucky, though one represents Missouri
district.
The sale OF the German Kaiser's photo
graphs taken When he wore q bsari has
been forbidden. an all the negatives or
dered destroye =.
EDWARD ATKINSON, the Boston publcst
AMI political economist, is going 70 write the
hbretto for all opera that his son, bright
fellow now in Munich, is composing.
DIR. VAUGHAN, the successor to Clriinal
Manningas Archbishopof Westminster has
had five brothers in the Roman C~saolic
priesthood, while several Of his sisters are
nuns
JACOB Gould ScHURMAS, CornelPs new
President. is yet few years under forty.
but q Motel scholar Twenty Odd years ago
he was clerk in a grocery store on Primes
Edward Island.
The young King OF Spain is already be:
ginning to exhibit som, very royal-and
human-traits. When hs can't get wat he
wants be flies into rage, just like the deal
and gone royalties that history tells us OF.
And though he is only six years OF age, hes
irving hard to raise mustache.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
Bad Eggs.

1t is interesting to know what becomes
of the aged eggs. They are divided up
among tanners, morocco dressers, con-
fectioners and fine papermakers. The
tanner takes the yolk-with never ques-
tiou as to the freshness Of the product,
the confectioners and paper men are eager
for the foaming white. Vast quantities
Of the yolks are used, and only recently
has it been possible for the leather work
ers to obtain them in sufficiently large
quantities. Twelve years ago the work
ers in morocco aud kid were compelled
TO break the eggs themselves and throw
the whites away. Now regular merchants
of bad eggs supply them with yolks aud
the paper men aud confectioners with the
whites. 1t is the comforting supposition
that the last named get the freshest of
the stale article. The paper men are not
so particular as to age, but the whites
must be clean, for single drop OF the
yolk will spoil lot Of paper. The buy
ing and selling of bad eggs is said lin
large cities) TO be a wonderfully lucra-
tive business. Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24

Mrs. Simpsons s purse, or rather an old
glove used for that purpose, was in-
stantly produced.
"weel," said Geordy, ~ slipped in
ae day, and seein' the sieer unguarded,
| thought some iIl-guided body might
covet it, and jst laid it by. may say,
amang the leaves O. that Bible. thinkin'
YOU would be sure ,, see the spoons when
you went to read"
Before Geordy had finished his revela
ton, Nancy Campbell had brought down
the proudly.displayed but never opened
Bible, and interspersed between its
leaves lay the dozen of long sought
spoons.
The minister of Bathgate could scarce
" command his gravity while admonish-
ing Geordy on the trouble and vexation
his trick had caused. The assembled
neichbors laughed outright when the
daft man, pocketing the widows shilling
which he had clutched in the early part
of his discourse, assured them all that he
kenned Mrs. Simpson read her Bible sa
often the spoons would be certain to
turn up. Geordy got many basin of
broth and many luncheon Of bread and
cheese on account of that transaction,
with which he amused all the firesides Of
the parish. Mrs. Simpson was struck
dumb. even from scolding. The dis
covery put an end to her ostentatious
professions, aud, it may be hoped,
turned her attention more to
practice. By way of making amends
for her unjust imputations on Nancy
Campbell, she consented to receive hei
as a daughter-in-law within the same
year, and it is said that thor was peace
ever after in the farm house; but the
good people of Bathgate, when discuss
ing character of more pretense thar
performance, still refer to Widow Simp
sons oons.-Romance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
More DANGEROUS Than the Cobra.

II Is said that the Egyptian charmers,
when they convert the cobra into rod,
give the neck a squeeze, which endows
the snake for the moment with a con-
vulsive rigidity. 1t is to the cobra is
mainly due the fearful Indian mortality
from snake bite of %, 900 people year.
And yet the cobra is not aggressive.
There is at least one Indian snake which
is far more dangerous than the cobra,
although fortunately less common. This
is the hamadryad, so named we presume,
from its being found in trees. This is
said to be the largest and most danger
Gus poisonous snake known, with the
possible exception Of the bushmaster Of
Brazil. It is sometimes fourteen feet
long. This story, II true, may give some
notion OF its disposition. An intelligent
Burman told the Rev. DR.. Mason that
friend Of his had stumbled upon a nest
Of these snakes, and that an old female
gave chase. The man fled far aud wide
over hill and dale and at last plunged
into river, hoping that on the other
side he should escape his furious enemy.
When he reached the other side, the
hamadryad emerged from the river and
rushed upon him. The man bethought
himself OF his turbau and flung it at the
serpent, which darted upon it and for
some moments wrecked vengeance upon
it with furious bites aud then departed.
New York Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
THE NATIONAL GAME.

@ugApow LASDERs7 is the latest for
outfelders.
THE Chicagos miss Pfeffer, Louisville's
second baseInau, very muca.
BRoUrHERs. of BROOKLYN. was the first
League batsman to make fifty hits.
SINCE Royie has been laii NJ New York's
chief weakness has been behint the bat. y
RICHARDSON. OF Washington. leads all tho
League second baseman in fielding, with an
average OF .e61.
MuRPaY's wonderful catching has much
10 do with the remarkable success OF the
Cincinnati pitchers.
PERHAPS the cause OF Rusie. Of New YORK.
losing so many games may be attrioutei 70
the loss OF Buckley. He misses his OLD
catcher
DUFFY, of the Bostons. says that Sexton,
the Browi University pitcher, Is ths max
ing of a great strategetic twir'er. he is
second TO no college pitcher to-day
WARD may make errors, but the fact Is
the Brooklyn Captain Is playing star
game. He goes after everything In sight,
and wins many games by his great head
work.
THE impossibility OF getting new men =
bringing gray hairs % the helds OF sone o.
the League team managers. Ths scarcenes'
of PLAYERS is shown in the way released men
catch on again.
The creates: disap2ointments In this sea-
sons Cleveland team ere Burkett and Davies.
Tbs Cleveland management did not hest
tate TO invest a great deal OF money 10
secure good pitching talent To-day tne
pitchers are losing the games.
ASsoN is quoted as saying that In MS
opinion Craver, who was blacxlistet In ~
for crookednass, was ths bsst catcher tnat
ever stood behind the plate. Besides being
a fine catcher and great batsman he was
original, tricky and wonderfully fertile IN
resources
CLARENCE BAYsE, the crack pitcher OF
the University OF Pennsylvania nine. Is sail
TO have made better record on the diamond
fed than any other college freshman before
him Besides pitching marvelously, he IL
strong at the bat, is a spleaiid runner OF
bases, and makes an excellent coach.
PITCHER wsLcH. Of the New yorks, will
finish the season with the Troy IN. Y. team
He has an irenclal contract which DOES not
expire until tbs end OF the season, but Presi-
dent Day has consented 10 Micxey's transfer.
So Mickey goes ba * TO the city from which
New YORK got him neirly ten years ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
leus Not Of Equal Lenuth.

The fact that people lost on desert
or in a forest invariably walk in a circle
is due to slight inequality in the length
OF the legs. Careful measurement of
series of skeletons have shown that only
ten Der cent. had the lower limbs equal
in length; thirty-6ve per cent. had the
right limb longer than the left while in
filty-fve per cent. the left leg was the
longer. The result Of one limb being
longer tnan the other will naturally be
that a person will, unconsciously, take a
longer step with the longer limb, and
consequently will tread to the right or to
the left, according as the left or right
leg is the longer, unless the tendency to
deviation is corrected by the eye. The
left leg being more frequently the longer,
as evidenced by measurement OF tn
skeleton, the inclination should take
place more frequently to the right than
to the left, and this conclusion Is quite
borne out by observations made on
number Of persons when walking blind
folded. Further, adds Persons Weekly,
on measurement of the arms, 1t is found
that in seventy two per cent. the right
arm is longer than the left; while in
twenty.four per cent. the left arm is the
longer, showing that considerable ma
jority of persons are right.handed and
left.legged. The inequality in the length
of the limbs is not confined to any par
ticular sex or race, but seems TO be uni
versal in all respects.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
The kodak a Fish Story-TelIer.

The kodak is said to be the biggest Of
al iish-story liars. A person who seems
to have tried it writes "When the fish
liar wants corroboration he hangs up his
fish little to one side and 10 front OF him.
The kodak does the rest I've seen
fiye-pound fish look four feet long and
like it ought to weigh at least fifty
pounds, all by the artistic accuracy Of
the kodak. To make a fish look large,
all you have to do is to get it well in tho
foreground Of the object with which the
eye makes involuntary comparison. -
Boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24
ADVERTISING RATES.

dians, was celebrated by then IN their
apartments In the Hamilton House. Thu
rooms were decorated with flowers. an |
Judge and Mrs. Holman and daughter grace.
fully received the gu ests. A handsom,
token from the colleagues OF Mr. Holman
punch bowl, with Iaile Of the same metal.
REAR ADMIRAL f. A. K. BESHAM hs,
been ordered TO hoist his flag on thu Newari
and TO proceed to anf assume command OF
the South Atlantic Station.
The State Department has been notifie
of tie resignation OF the President OF Vene
zuela.
The President has settled the long pendin.
case OF Commander F. r. Smith, Unite
States Navy, by directing his retirement Oh
half pay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24

Daniel Webster was accustomed to say;
II congratulate myself that my first
speech on entering public life was IN be-
half of the common schools
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-06-24

AN unknown plague Is Rul,ng o. car,is
along the California border, especially on
the Elias Range. 1hs diseass consists OF .
swelling OF the head OF the animals IN an ex.
traordinary manner, succeedsi BY gensrH
trembling or chill, and. short tine af5es
ward, death. The same complaint b fnad>
by Arizona cattlemeD.