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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
Down in the vasly Deep.

Below halt mile in depth tue waite:
of the ocean is intensely cold, remain
inc both winter and summerat point
only slightly above freezing. The
contents of trawl hauled mp from the
floor of the sea at the equator will be
found TO include mud aud ooZc that -
nearly freezing. All of the life in the
vast waste of waters called the Pacific
is either near the surface or at the bot
tom. The abysmal fishes cannot ivo
except under the enormous pressure ot
water amounting to over two tons to
the square inch at three miles down
to which they are subjected. In order
that they may be able to endure this,
the tissues of their bodies and even
their boues are very loose in texture.
Though solid enough under the condi-
tions to which they are accustomed,
they are soft and pulpy when dragged
ND to the open air. Their eyes pro-
trude, and sometimes they actually
burst open. New Orleans Picayune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
Linhlninn PLAYS Queer Praals.

The thunder and lightning Of last
Friday cut up queer pranks with an
Indian named Louis Percillo ut Wood
mont. Conn. Precillo WAS walking
with his brother in a field when shaft
of lightning descended and landed
souarely on Louis'5 head His derby
was the first to engage the attention
of the electric fluid. For the fraction
of second it toyed with the heaJ
gear, ripped the brim of, tore out the
lining and left the crown riddled with
holes. Then it started on its journey
TO the ground by the trunk line, as 't
were. 1t went between the neck ban
of his shirt and his skin, carromInS
over the points Of his spine, branching
off to his right leg and into his shoe.
This article will never be worth mucn
again. 1t pulled out and melted eyery
nail, ripped open every stitch and
threw the pieces aroundpermiscuously.
Percillo was rendered unconscious,
but he seems to be lightning proof,
for inside of an hour he was revived,
and Saturday he was out as if defyinS
the lightning to try it again As 1t had
made such poor job of the first at
tempt His face and neck wera
blackened and blue mark shows the
route of the fluid, but that is all he
has to remind him Of his afternoon =
dav with one Of Jove's shafts. His
brother was uniniured. Atlanta Con
etitution
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Statistics concerning the failures of
farmers in the first six months of 1898
throv bright lights on the present de-
preston Of agriculture i'll England.
From last January TO last July the
number Of failures among farmers has
been forty per cent larger than in the
corresponding months Of last year. In
England and Wales more than 5000
persons engaged in agriculture are Nv
ing in sheds, barns, tents, vans and Ill
the open fields. Thousands of unem-
ployed agricultural laborersare hover
ing on the outskirts OF London in
the same volume Of statistics 81, 4Si
persons are reported to be living now
on coasting merchant vessels and in
land barges.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
South and West.

TIE loss by the Minneapolis fire, according
b later details, will reach sl,0s6, 800.
THE great disparity between the number OF
man out of employment and the amount OF
work to be had was strikingly illustrated at
Denver. COL. when 1000 unemployed men
gathered at the place where work on the new
sewers was to begin. There was work Tor
only forty men.
FIRE caused a loss Of more than s200,00
in Steubenyille. Ohio. A block and half 10
the business part of the city was destroyed.
The Peace Congress opened its session at
the Worlds Fair Josiah Quincy made an
address.
FoUR hundred chair pushers at the Worlds
Fair have struck for higher wages.
1T is reported from Rife, COL. that war
has broken out between cattle men and
sheep men and three cattle men have been
killed.
JAMES II. BIoUSr. United States Minister
to Hawaii. returned to San Francisco on his
way to Washington. He reported affairs In
Hawaii very quiet.
YUNG w. the new Chinese minister TO the
United States. arrived in San Francisco.
MArcHwooD. Michigan town OF 200 in.
habitants. has been almost entirely wiped OUT
by IRE. Inc people saved ntle' DSlhs cvH-
PEELED to fly for their lives. Bruce Crossing,
Mich. a small town was totally destroyed
by fire. The wife and child Of lumberman
were supposed to have been burned.
A DESTRUCTIVE tornado passed diagonally
across Pawnee County, Nebraska. Fdrn
buildings were destroyed. stock killei and
crops seriously damaged.
The Iowa Republican State Convention
at Des Moines nominated for Governor +.
d. Jackson. OF Des Moines.
REPORTS from the Texas cotton belt are
favorable for heavy yield. The first pick
ing will be delayed by rains in some parts OF
the State Planters say the fibre Is equal 70
the best ever raised. and factors are prepar-
ing to handle large yield.
The Hon. ]. Logan Chipnan, Congressman
from Detroit, Mich died few days ago. at
Detroit.
IL the Democratic State Convention at
Richmond. Va. Charles 7. o'Ferral was
nominated for Governor on the first ballot.
r. c. Kehr was nominated for Lieutenant
Governor By acclamation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
Snma Peculiar Relics.

Docter r. S. Evans, leading ply
sician living at White Plains, a small
village Just over the Georgia line, has
some very peculiar relics. Among the
most striking of these are the rattler'
of about two hundred rattlesnakes'
collected from various sources. Inc
largest of these has sixteen rattles ana
a button. The snake was seven feet
four inches long, and measured four
inches across the back. A man by the
name of Miller was bitten by this snake
while plowing half mile from home
and, notwithstanding the very deliber-
ats manner in which he killed the
snake, walked home, leading his horse
and sent for Doctor Evans His life
was saved, and he still lives a witness
to the truth Of the above statement
though it was thirty years ago that he
was bitten. atlanta Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Evidence of the most direct variety
places the blame for the destruction OF
the British battle ship Victoria on thl
Admiral who went down with his ship,
states the Washington Star. All tha
witnesses who testified before tn
court-msrtial at yaletta agree on that
and every other material point and
two of the officers hearl Sir Georgl
Tryon confess the responsibility. In
all great catastrophies there IS gener-
ally an effort made TO place the burden
on corpse, and when Admiral Tryor
was first declared guilty many people
imagined that the accusation was due
almost entirely to the fact that he va:
dead and could not, therefore, defend
himself, but it is now certain that he
blundered and did so with persistence
that brooked no interference.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

At the moment when horses have
taken back seat in this country cam
els have come to the fore in Australia.
1t is said. that five lines of traffic have
been already opened up and are in
regular operation there. Two thou
sand camels are in use daily. 1t is not
necessary to carry any food for these
animals, as they are able to subsist OIL
the coarse grass and shrubs where
horses or bullocks would starvc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

AT New York City T. F. 0akes. Henry G.
PAYNE and Henry {. Rouse were appointed
receivers OF the Northern Pacific Railroad.
This action was due to the remarkable fall
ING of in traffic and consequently in earn.
jngs. its troublesome floating debt OF sll,-
600 900 and the general financial strlngency
throughout the country.
AT meeting Of twenty-five persons who
have been attending the Moody conference
in Northleld. Mass, $4,000 was pledged In
thirty-lve minutes toward the erection oil a
s5O, 900 auditorium.
RECEIVERS were appointed for the Gilbert
Car Manufacturing Company and the Troy
IN. Y. Steel and Iron Company
MORE than a thousand hungry unemployed
men engaged in a spontaneously arranged
parade in New York City without bands or
leaders and afterward held mass meeting,
at which they demanded work, not char
ity."
SIX THOUSAND unemployed Hebrews hlled
the East Side streets in New York City with
riot. Walhalla Hall was torn TO pieces. The
police had hard days work. Many arrests
were made.
The oliver Iron and Steel Company. Pitts
burg, Penn, has passed into the hands OF
receiver.
THE yacht vigilant won the first race Tor
the Astor Cups. of Newport Or. l. haroor.
The Jubilee was second, and the Colonia
third. The Pilgrim was disabled.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

LATEST dispatches from Italy show that
the cholera epidemic, while stationary at Ma
ples. is spreading TO the other coast towns.
CONSERVATIVES have won the seat in tue
British Parliament recently vacated by Mr..
Grenfell. a Liberal. who resigned because ne
declined TO support Mr. Gladstone's Home
Rule policy.
THREE deaths from cholera have occurred
in Berlin. Germany.
MARITAL law prevails in Buenos Ayres,
Argentina. Federal troops have been
stationed at all advantageous points for
suppressing uprisings.
A FISHING feet was oyerhaulei by storm
in the Baltic of Hapsal. Russia. Many boats
foundered Seventeen fishermen were
drowned.
MARTIAL law has been extendedto all pas.
of Argentina. The state OF sicSa will be
continued for sixty days and the National
Guard will be modified.
CHOLERA is reported TO be spreaiing In
Austria.
DocroR CHARoor, the eminent Prenci
physician. is dead
THERE we're ten new cases OF cholera IN
Naples, Italy, with six deaths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
THE HE1PTHAr COMES TOO LATE.

Tis wearlsome world, this world OF ours,
With its tangles small and great.
lis weeds that smother the springing flowers
And its hapless strifes with fate,
But the darkest day of its desolate days
Sees the help that comes too late.
All, woe for the word that is never said
Till the ear is deaf to hear,
And woe for the lack of the fainting head
Ofthe ringing shout Of cheer,
All, woe for the laggard feet that tread
In the mournful wake of the bier.
What booteth help when the heart is numb
What booteth a broken spar
Oflove thrown out when the lips are dumb
And liie's barque driiteth far,
Oh far and fast from the alien past,
Over the moaning bar?
A pitiful thing the gift to-day
That is dross and nothing worth
Though if it had come but yesterday
1t has brimmed with sweet the earth,
A fading rose in a death-cold hand,
That perished in want and dearth.
Who fain would help in this world Of ours,
Where sorrowiul steps must fall,
Bring help in time to the waning powers,
Ere the bier is spread with the pail
Nor send reserves when the flags are furled
And the dead beyond your call.
For battling most in this dreary world,
With its tangles small and great;
It's lonesome nights and its weary days,
And its struggles forlorn with fate,
Is that bitterest grief, too deep for tears,
Ofthe help that comes too late.
Margaret E. Sangster, in Harper's Bazar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

IT isn't every one who can make 4
game man quail. Buffalo Courier.
The humble-bee exhibits very littlo
humility in his business engagements.
We don't envy the alligator although
he has a great snap. -Elmira Gazette.
After all, the difference between q
true hearted girl and hirt is only
triAing. Troy Press.
The street-paver isn't far wrong jn
eharacterizing his work as beneath
him. Buffalo Courier.
Almost every one who cant sing wa5
at one time a member OF church
choir. --Atchison Globe.
About the only thing man gets in
the neck with benefit to himself is the
tracheotomy tube. Truth.
Naturally Uncle Sam is beginning
to swear by his navy. This IS the only
form Of ironclad oath that goes. Phil
adelphia Times.
We would respectfully inquire whas
faith cure disciple does when ne sits
down on a loaded yellow jacket? De
troit Free Press.
Il cannot understand ze American
paper" said the educated foreigner.
"Here is one zat says ze bank IS gono
up, and here is one zat says re bank -
gone under. Chicago Tribune.
Miss Butee --"Newspaper worN takes
in everything, doesn't it?' Spacer
moving mp closer to her well,
yes, our profession does embrace
great deal. Then the light got 50
nervous it went out. --Troy Press.
Junior Partner" While was tax
ing down that buyer orIer thls hofL'
ing. ! told him one Of your funny
stories. Senior Partner -"Ha' ha u!
Did he laugh" Junior Partner
''No. He countermanded the order. %
-Clothier and FurnIsher.
Eastern Newcomer 1T looks as il
it ought to be healthy around here.
Jumpclaim Jim-"ris healthy, pard-
ner. There's only one disease that
ever proves fatal in these diggins.
Eastern Newcomer "What disease il;
that?' Jumpclaim jim icarelesslJ
resting his hand on beltful Of six
shootersD-"Lead poisonin'. Ell yer
system is lucky ernuff ter escape that,
yer kin live here n hundred yearl
without dyin' Buffalo Courier.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Observes the Detroit Free Press
"There is a certain amount of scientific
interest in knowing that it is not the
high temperature that makes the Peo'
pie uncomfortable, but the humidity
with which the air is charged. But un-
fortunately the scientific fact does not
lessen the suffering. One Is just as hot
after finding it out as when he was IN
total ignorance on the point. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
The Part Paper Has Played.

Besides the part which paper has
played in the march of civilization,
having made possible worldwide
literature for all peoples and classes,
from the most costly art productions
and the finest volumes down to the
voluminous modern newspaper which
sells for a song merely, other Offices
have been formed for paper. 1t Is CON
sidered necessity in the practice Of
photography; in the business world
thousands and millions of packages ere
packed and wrapped in pasteboard
boxes with paper coverings; a certain
species Of paper is taking the place OF
shingles and slate for the roofs Of
houses in many localities, while it IS
being used in place of plaster, to say
nothing Of the innumerable uses to
which it is put in ornamenting the in
terror of the average home. The car
wheels which have contributed no little
to the safety and speed of railroad
travel arc made Of paper; shoes were
made from paper in Japan many years
ago, and some American manufacturers
have deceived the public by producing
"1eather' shoes made after the same
fashion Water tanks and pipes, house
hold utensils, such as tubs and buck
cts; waterproof hats and some articles
of clothing, many of the "linen' col
lars and cuffs are made of n species Of
paper The uses to which paper IS put
in these latter days are infinite.
No better evidence of American pro-
gress in the world of culture and learn
ing. rs well as in this industry which
now supplies all American demands Is
to be found than in the statistics which
cover little more than the last cen
fury Of American history. In l775, Mt
the breaking ont of the War Of Inde-
pendence, the number of newspapers
in the colonies was thirty-seven, the
total annual circulation Of these same
papers being not more than $4,000
copies. The comparison of these fig
ures with those Of to-day is startling
in 1892, according to the most reliable
data obtainable, the aggregate number
Of newspapers, magazines and period
icals in the United States was 2O,ll5,
and the total circulation Of the same
for the year 1892 amounted to many
billions of copies. 1t is said that more
paper is annually consumed IN the
United States than in any other coun-
try in the world. -Chautauquan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
Use for the PeIican's Pouch.

The best tobacco bags are made not
of leather or rubber, but of the pouch
of a pelican. The monstrous mem
brance which fills out the lower bill of
the pelican is soft and thin, of very
fine texture, easily tanned, and, when
dressed, makes beautiful article of
leather, possessing the quality of be-
ing as impervious to water as India
rubber. Tobacco kept in it will never
become dry, but retains its sweet
ness and aroma even longer than when
preserved in tin foil.-Detroit Free
Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

the dining-room withits new appoint
ments. She also, with her minds eye,
surveyed with equal complacency sew
eral rooms around and above her.
The old house had been changed.
The roof had been raised one story.
To tell the truth, it had been raised
several times in a small domestic way
before timbers made an appearance
and her demands were recognized.
Mr.. Harem objected to change, but
Mrs. Harem was determined to have
it. She said she wanted to see some
thing of the world" This to her meant
enlarging the old house and taking city
boarders.
Now everything was ready and it was
expected the first couple would make
their advent the next day. Mrs. Harem
was ready for them, even to the nice
loaf cake reposing in a tin pail, safely
hidden from Jake, the chore boy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harem, though old in
years, we're still industrious, healthy
people, and both had the reputation Of
being spry. Mrs. Harem, in partic-
ular, had reputation of possessing
Faculty" in great degree, which
meant the adjustment of her affairs
toward securing bread and bank stock.
''Now, Josiah, she began, 81 don t
see no arthly reason why we shouldn't
make money this summer. What with
my spring chickens, an aigs an but
ter, an your vegetables an milk, an
berries for the pickin', should think
we'd orter do we'll An all them hosses
O. yourn can be put to account, an if
you'll Jest let me hev the managin',
I'll resk but it'll all come ont right -
and she laid down her scissors with a
click.
oval, Sallie. you kin hey it all your
own way. I'm Jest goin' to wash my
hands of the hull business. I'll agree
to take orders from you jest as if / was
hired man an let you run the con
sarn, 'ceptin my work on the farm !;
course Won won't meddle with that !;
an I've got likely feller comm to-
night an he will be at your disposal,
too, so | don't see but you air we'll
fixed. If you'll only charge EN- enough
you'll get on -
'Let me alone fer that, Josiah ="
she replied, significantly. I'm goin'
10 hev a good price, an no hosses
thrown in either :"
When the stage arrived next day it
brought the expected guests, Mrs.
Simson, her sister, Miss Abigail
Haynes, and a young lady, Miss Macy
Reeves, a niece.
80 we are the first to arrive?" said
Mrs. Simson.
eyes, but 1 expect another ter
morrer, a young man who used to
know us we'll His folks used ter live
round here, but they air all dead an
gone, an he had fancy to come up
here to spend couple o weeks, so l
said he could come.
The next day the gentleman, Cleval
Ashby, arrived As he did not seem
socially incline'l, Mrs. Simson did not
regard him with anxiety.
The house rapidly filed, and before
the week had passed the full number
of twelve we're comfortably established
and all seemed contented. We wish
to give you particular introduction
to Miss Macy Reeves. She was Of
medium height, slight, graceful, with
a good, sensible face, lighted by honest
brown eyes; well-poised head,
crowned with an abundance of yellow
hair. She looked i'll and nervous, the
result of fright at fire. She seemed
languid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

France is soon to adopt an interest
ing innovation in the postal-card sys-
TEN, announces the Argonaut The
csrds will he issued in the form Of
check books, with stubs. The sender
of the postal card can make memo
randa of its contents on the stub, and
can have this stamped at the postoffice
before the card is detached, so that a
verified record of the correspondence
can be kent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

The pure Arab horse is now being
largely used in England to inyigorate
the race horse, the hunter and the
carriage horse. He is also used for
the production of the best class of polo
ponies by being matched with small
Exmoor and Welsh mares. In those
districts where he is obtainable he Is
in great demand by the breeders.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

II is satisfactory TO the Scientific
American TO learn that the gentlemen
who have urged the New York botani-
cal garden project are nearly now in a
condition financially able to begin ac-
tual preliminary work near the Bronx
River. At least the sum OF S2l5, OJC
has been received. There are several
large subscriptions yet expected l from
wealthy citizens, and when these are
received it is probable the general
public will be askel to contribute.
There will be no pains or expense spared
to make the garden worthy of the State
and of the Nation. Kew Garden is ths
model which tho far-seeing men who
have undertaken the charge OF this EN-
terprise have in view, and there Is
every reason to believe that their ef
forts viii be crowned with success.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Fatness in women is regarded as a
mark of beauty in the Orient. Since
their advent in the Worlds Fair
grounds as sedan-chair carriers, tho
Turks have had n good deal to do with
fat women, and the Argonsnt AYERS
that they have revised their esthetics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

An aerial electric railway, invented
bv Albert Leslie Widdis, of Detroit, Is
expected to perform wonders. The own
or claims that it will send cars whizzing
through space at the rate Of 500 miles
an hour! Think Of it, exclaims the New
York Ledger, letter mailed in Chi
cago will reach New York in two
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
A Smart Little Rat.

One of the show windows OF Homil-
ton Brothers drug store on the north
side of the square is the home of a
mouse which knows q good thing when
he sees it. Every evening about the
time flies are seeking roosting place
on the window panes the little rodent
comes forth from his hiding place,
and waiting until the insects become
quiet makes hearty meal of them.
he is regular in his feeding hour and
is watched every evening by an inter
ested crowd of spectators. Richmond
Mo- Conservator
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Not the least interesting portion OF
the newspapers of New York, to the
San Francisco Argonaut, is that which
describes the efforts of the benevolent
TO better the condition of the women
and children of the poor In New
York, before there were any such ex-
cursions, the mortality among the
children Of the working-class was
enormous. II has been greatly re-
duced since they came into vogue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25
KILLED IN STREET FIGHTS,
Fatal Quarrel Between French ana
Italian Workmen in France.

French and Italian workingmen fought In
Aigues-Mortes. department Of Gard, France.
The fight began in the street at noon and was
carried on for nearly two hours.
The police maderepeated efforts to restrain
the men, but were not strong enough to re,
st ore the peace. Ten men were killed ana
forty more were wounded severely.
Troops and police were taken from Mines
TO Aigues-M -Mortes in the afternoon to restore
order. After the fight the French working
men, who had beaten the Italians; started
man amt TO exterminate the foreign work
incmen In the town. They attacked with
knives and clubs every Italian that they
caught.
The Italians fed from the town, AMI most
,s those who had been In the fight took
possession OF farm buildings and barricsded
the doors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

In the early years of this century
here we're thirty-three tons of silver
10 one Of gold in circulation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

A new squirrel-killer in the shape of
bisulphate of carbon is being used with
success in the Pslouse Washington
County. 1t is said to be cheaper than
strychnine and even more effective.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-08-25

Mulhall estimates that the civilized
Nations pay annually Sl3, 700, OOo, 900
for food.