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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
EUN.

The military prisoner makes his escape
In an unguarded moment.
Biux calls his doctor mis- bio3rapheT
for the reason that he is At work upon
his life.
You never can judge a man from bis
appearance in a wedding suit. Hartford
Journal.
Samson was the first man on record to
bring down the house. Union County
Standard.
Out IN Chicago they refer to the new
Columbian coins as their "better halves"
--Statesmeu.
The mao who aspires to make a sue.
eessful plckpocket should study free.
hand drawing.
Whenever there is any doubt about
dogs sanity an ounce OF lead is worth
pound Of cure Mercury.
Men most liberal in their views give
away their opinions freely before they are
asked.-Dstroit Free Prei..
George-"Why do yoI frosn upon
my suitl" Maisie-"Because its ready
made. New York Telegram.
An upright JUICE needn't be a,aamsl
OF his sentences even in the presence Of
the strictc't grammariaus. Troy Press.
1t is fortunate for woman that SIZE has
better aim in life than the one she
takes when throwing stone at a :ramp
hen.-New York Telegram.
Ethel-"They say the Rev Dr.. Bishop
rehesrses all his sermons beforehand" "
Clsra-"That is quite right, he practice:
what he breaches. The Club.
"That will do for toe present" as the
yonug msn remarked as be paid for a
box of cheap candy for his sweetheart:
birthday giit.-Philadelphia Record.
He (proudIO-"My love has no end
She (quicklD-"Hasn't itl We'll, you
want to make a limit mighty quick. lie
it end with me aud 90 no further. -
Vogue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

Mr.. CLEVELAND announced at Lakewood
n. j., that J. Sterling Morton, of Nebrasks,
bad been rendered the Secretaryship OF
Agriculture, and had accepted IT, Mr.. Nor
ton Is one OF the most prominent Democrat,
In Nebraska. He has been In the State Lag.
islature and was talked OF as a candidate
for Governor last fall.
SIX inches Of snow fell in New York City
within five hours. Street traffic was delayed
and river navigation hiudered by the storm.
HUGH 0DoSSELL, the leader OF the
strikers during the HOMESTEAD Penn riots.
was found not guilty OF murder by jury
at Pittsburg. O'Donnell was taken bacJ
to jail TO await trial on the charges Of riot
and treason, still pending against him.
Mas. GROVER CLEvEL AND, the wife OF
the President elecs, does not approve OF the
introduction OF crinoline. She told several
ladies who callei upoi her at Lakewood, y.
j., that she was satisfied with the present
style OF dress and saw no reason why there
should be change. Noas OF her inaugural
dresses were 10 be made 70 be worn With a
crinoline.
DURING lerce northwest gale fifteen uD-
finished three-storY frame buildings on Troy
avenue. Brooklyn, we're blown down.
For the third time in thirteen years tbs
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Com
pany has passed from the co1trol Of its own.
ers into the hands o: receivers. On the appli
cation OF ex-senator T. c. Patt, a bond
holder, the United States Circuit Court 10
Philadelphia appointed as Receivers A. A.
Mcleod, Chief Justice lward N. PaIon
aud E ?. Wilbur.
HAVOC was caused in the harbor and the
sea by the northwes. gale aud snow storm
that swept New York.
JOIN c. ESQ, who hsd 10 Canada in 1854
after having Incorporated more than
50, coo, 600 OF the funds OF the Second Na-
tonal Bank, of which he was President re-
turned to New York City AMI was admittei
to $4,000 bail by Judge Wallace.
THERE was q riot between strikers ali
non-unionists at the Catsburg coal mine,
Nonongahela City. Penn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
Use for the Sharks Ears.

Sharks have lately been afordiny cou-
tributions to science. The biologists
have been vivisecting them for the pur-
pose Of finding out about the functions Of
the ear, which in fishes is made to some
extent on the same pattern as Ia man.
The tact has been known for some time
that the ear is not merely an orgin Of
hearing. It has TO do with the sense OF
equilibrium. Light has been thrown on
this matter by removing portions Of ths
auditory apparatus Of sharks, which are
thus rendered unable to maintaiu their
balance in the water.
The part on which this faculty seem,
to depend is the "labyrinth," aad the
same effect is produced by cutting the
nerves communicating with it, New
York Commercial Advertiser. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

off the muslin-frillea cap, letting her
golden hair stream like cascade Of
brightness down over her shoulders, aud
flung the spectacles on the table.
"Yes, Archer Vail" she said, halt
laughing and half crying, while the roses
blossomed on her cheeks and the dim
pies came out around her lips; Eyes, l
think-perhaps-"
elizabeth he started up, and had
her ia his arms in a second Elizabeth,
what does this masqucrading meau'
Ny darling, my own sweetheart, look at
the clock. II is ST. Valentines mora.
Ing, aud you, precious one, are my life.
long valentinel'
"Grandma, grandma, do wake up"
Old Mrs. Elton reused herself from
dreams OF long ago, to see Naomi and
Leah in her room, their white gowns
glimmering, their eyes shining like
stars.
"Is it you77 she said, rnbbing her
eyes. "Home a'roady' Whj, it can't
be much after ten!'
"But it is, gran1man." declared
Leah.
ats past one" said Naomi.
"St. Valentines Day." said Leah.
"Aud we've had such lovely time
chirped Naomi.
"And, oh, gracious" painted Leah,
"it's come true"
"What has come trdel" said Mrs.
Elton, smiling drovsily a. her grand
daughters.
"Why, your prophesy."
"L4, child" coocd the old woman,
a amt prophet"
"Ycs, you are" said Naomi.
"Of course you are, asserted Leah.
"Wc fouad Au1t Elizabeth aud Mr..
Archer Vail down in the sittiug-room
when we came home," said Naomi.
Nonsense" interrupted sraudml.
"Archer Vail is in Japan.
"Nc, be isn't" gloefully laugael
Naomi. "Hc is just no ' by the cid
church wall, l should thinS; Of perhap,
he has got as far as Mrs. HOP2cr's cot
tage, if he walk, very fast. At all
events he has been spending the evening
here-and he and Aunt Eiiz!beth have
made up their old quarrel, whatever i!
was"
"Aud," interrupted Leah, "hcre's
where the prophecy comes 10, aud you
are a sphinx, you darling sraudmai
Aunt Elizabeth will be married before
Naomi aud me, after all. She has got
Valentine, and we haven't
"We know added Niomi, "because
she blushed so chsrmiugly when she in
troducei Mr.. Vail to US. Aud l never
knew before how pretty Aunt Elizabeth
really was
"WelI, l declare sail grandma,
"theres luck in s.. Valentine's Day,
after all!'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
III. Peculiar Death ola Warkm,n.

James BoriIey, of Chester, lost his
life in a strange manner at the welIman
Iron and Steel Works. The company
hssan appliaucs tor loading coal into
cars through chutes. Bor lIey was on
top Of a 4OO-ton pile OF coal, aud when
the chute was opened he was sucked into
the chute and seventy tons OF coal COW
cred him over. Twenty men worked for
an hour to move the coal pile, but when
Bordleys body was recovered lite vas
extiuct.--PhiladelDhis Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

ards. The women are often badly
marked aud Scared from blows inflicted
by their spouses. As they do all the
work, they are considered valuable
property, and the savage is rich in pro.
portion to the number Of wives he pos
sesses.
The natives employed by Professor
Lumholtz never made any secret OF their
caunibalism and in the evenings about
the campfire it was the leading topic Of
their conversation. Their greatest de-
light is eating human flesh aud the very
thought oi it makes their eyes sparkle.
These ab,rigines not only regard the fat
OF n dead foe as a delicacy, but often
carry a small piece Of it as an amulet,
hung around the neck in little basket.
They say that the white mans flesh is
salt and occasions nausea, which may be
due to diet. They consider Chinaman
as good for eating as blac1 man, his
food being chiefly vegetable.
1t has been ascertainel within recent
years that cannibalism is q much more
common practice In the world than had
hitherto been realized. Millions Of ma
tives of Africa are anthropophayi. Prob
bly, the most peculiar exhibition OF this
habit exists in certain mountainous dis.
tricts OF northeast Burmab, where there
are tribes which follow life as savage
as That Of the Australian blacks, eating
the CONCEALED blood of their enemies.
The blood is poured into bamboo reeds,
corked W, and in course Of time hardens.
The filled reeds are hung under the roofs
of the huts and when person desires to
treat his friends very Hospitality the reeds
arc broken and the contents are de-
voured with the greatest rolish.-Wa'h-
inston Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
A TaI,.Bearinq Shark.

A British ship bound for the West In
dies once fell in With a suspicious-look.
ing craft having the appearance OF
slaye.trader, aud gave chase. Dlriug
the pursuit something was thrown over
board from the pursued vessel, which
was captured and taken into Port Royal
to be examined. The ships papers were
not forthcoming, and the vessel was in
fair way to escape condemnation when n
ship came into port waich had caught a
shark, in whose stomach was a tin box
containing the missing papers. These
clearly showed that the captured craft
was engaged in the slave trade, aud prop
er punishment was meted out to her
officers. The tin box which the SHARK
swallowed IS now in the museum at
Whitehall Yard, London. .-Philadelphia
Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
For Badness.

An English physician named Mopo'
ther has been making researches into the
influence OF certain kinds OF food on
badness. Two of the forms of food, he
asserts, that nearly everyone takes every
day, beef and milk, have,b their chem
ical composition, the effect OF annihi'
lating the primordial elements OF the
hair and whitening the roots. Doctor
Mopother thinks tina. different albumin
old food and starchy substances, partic-
larly DARK colorei oats, which contain
twenty-five per cent. OF silica, have
powerful effect in making the hair grow.
The races OF men that have the snest
hair are usually those living on starchy
substances and vegetables. Detroit
Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
Nevsr Sh'nqls ChllarsH's Hair.

"The hair OF children should never be
shingIed," says an authority, referring
TO the to-and-fro motion Of the shears
used by BARRIERS in cutting the hair, "as
that tears and rOughens the hair" The
hair OF children, whether they be boys
or girls, should be kept short until the
seventh or eighth year, as the growing
hair is a drain upon the nutrition OF the
body, aud at this time Of life all the nu'
lritive forces should be expended in the
growth of muscle aud bone. The hair
Of girl after she has reached her eighth
year should be allowed to grow, as the
less the hair is cut the softer aud more
beautiful it is. New York Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

west, turning the snow mantled fields
to fairy plains Of rose and gold. The
tire cracked cheerfuIly il the stove; a
smell OF fresh baked Graham gems per
7aded the air, and Grandma Elton had
Just taken a saucepan OF stewed apples
of the fire.
Leah and Naomi, two fresh human
rosebuds Of sixteen and eighteen, were
uutying their hoods aud removing their
wraps by the door,
~ no." reluctantly answered
Naomi; 81 don't remember that there
was"
"You see, Aunt Eimbeth," avk-
vardly explained Leah, sits young
folks party"
Elizabeth laughed snort, disdainful
laugh.
"Oa, I unlsrstaa t." said she. "Peo-
pie over thirty have 40 business thinking
about St. Valentine parties"
But" cried Leah, eager to heal the
wound she had so uuconscioasly infected,
"if were to explain to Ellen Vincent
that you would like az invitation, 1 am
quite sure -"
"You will do nothing Of the sort,
said EFzlbeth, with what Naomi was
wont to call her tragedy queen air.
"Of all persons, am the last to go
begging for invitations. VIII yOu light
The lamp, grandma, plsa'sl Tea is
ready"
Naomi looked at Leah. Leah shook
her head at Naomi.
Grandma motioned them to keep
silence, and the Graham gems and apple
sauce we're eaten in mute gravity.
Elizabeth went to her room early that
night.
Naomi came aud leanel agains. the
biz, carved wooden mantle.
II am SO sorry," sighed she.
80 am J." said Leah.
II think Aunt Elizabeth would have
liked to go to the party; for all she IL so
old" murmured Naomi.
"Thirty-three isn't such venerable
old age" observed Graaema, scratching
her cheek with her knitting-ueedlc,
"though, to be sure, Naomi, it's twice
as old as you are All the same, 1t would
have been more thoughtful Of Carrie
Smith to invite her, too"
Carrie said she didn't want all the
old MAIDS in creation!" giggled Leah.
Nonsense, childl" said grandma,
knitting away very fast. "I shouldn't
wonder ii Elizabeth were married before
YOU, after all. -
Leah and Naomi exchanged laughing
clances as they ral away to dress for
the st. Valentines Eve party.
In their eyes Aunt Elizabeth belong ed
to a past age-a race which had no
business with love or marriage.
"Aud besides" said Leah, as she
buttoned the pearl knobs of her sisters
white serge gown, "we all know that
Aunt Elizabeth has been disappointed in
love"
"Yes, to be sure" as'ented Naomi.
"Do you think, Leah, that white
chrysanthemums would be prettiest to
wear, or Roman pearl beads, in ones
hairi"
So the merry young things went to the
St. Valentines Eve party.
Elizabeth heard the jingle OF the
sleigh-beIls as they drove away.
Grandma turned the heel OF her
stocking and went quietly to bed, and
Elizabeth was all alone in the great
silent, echoing house.
al suppose must get usei to this
sort OF thingl" she said, bitterly, to her.
self. ats the drst time that | have ever
been left cut Of these neigh eorhood fss-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

WHILE this country has been suffering
from the severity OF the weather IL Is re
,,,,rtsd that there has been pheromensi az
ssncs Of snow 10 the Swiss Alps. Iranspor-
ssrion has been seriously hampered as ths
sledees. it l. said, are useless AMI the Julien
mass Is trayerssi on wheels, midwinter ct-
rumstance said 10 be previously UNKNOWN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

With plenty Of water and without
solid food, horse will live twenty-five
days; with soIii food, aal without
water be viii live only Eve days
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03

Nd was nothing said
about me2n
Elizabeth Elton
stood in the middle
Of the room, with
the tea canister in
her hand.
The lamp was
not ye: lighted, for
the soft yellow
glow Of the Febru-
airy twilight still
fingered in the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-03
Grandma's PropheSv.

By HELEN FORREST GRAVES.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25

sour class, and would turn blue litmus
paper red very rapidly. BY draining
and weathering such soils by exposing
to the action of frost, and especially to
the action of lime, wood ashes, even
leached ashes, the acid condition can be
removed and these barren soils be made
to produce abundant crops of a certain
class
Celery is not the only plant that can
be proftably raised on muck land.
Cranberry farms have been made on the
mucky soil near st. Joseph and cranber-
ries Of superior quality produced. But
success with this crop requires a soil free
from acid; patches of sterile muck are
often found in parts of cranberry fields,
but in every instance the muck was
sour.-New England Farmer.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
A Paying Industry.
Chul ota, FL.

There is no reason to doubt the fact,
says the Gainesville Sun, that sheep
raising will pay in Alachua County.
All who have given this branch of stock
raising fair trial are very emphatic in
their testimonials of this fact. Here is
one of the many evidences of this indus
try being an exceedingly profitable one.
Burren Virgins, of La Crosse, in Decem-
Der, 1883, purchased four ewes. He has
had but little trouble with them, in fact,
he has paid little if any attention to them
for periods of months. He has at pre-
sent IA head. In the intervening time
he has sold fifty head Of lambs on an
average of 1925 head, and killed for
family use twenty-five head. He has
only lost during this time four lambs and
two ewes and has now about 500 pounds
of wool at twenty cents per pound.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
Muck for Celery.

The Michigan Agricultural Expert
ment Station in recent bulletin says:
OF all our kinds Of soil swamp, muck
has been most conspicuously held up to
public opprobrium. Nothing good was
said about it; nothing too bad could be
said against it. Yet for certain kinds Of
crops it was found the best land in the
world, and the fame of Michigan celery
has gone into every State.
No one who has tasted Kalamazoo Gel
cry will forget it's fine flavor, which has
established it's reputation far and wide.
Many would look to the composition of
the soil on which it is grown as the typi
cal one for raising celery.
In the moist condition all these kinds
of muck have a deep, brown-b black color,
the blacker the better; they are friable,.
Seasily breaking between the finger, and
fare free from coarse, fibrous material;
they have pleasant, earthly SMELL but
no acid odor, and are entirely free from
acid reaction. When moist muck Of
good quality is pressed against blue lit
mus paper so as to wet the paper the
blue color remains and no reddening
takes place.
ANY muck that will redden blue litmus
is unfit for cultivation while this acid
condition remains. Sour muck is sorry
material for cultivation. All the speci-
mems of infertile muck that have been
sent here for analysis-muck that would
not grow weeds even-have been of this
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25

rug to draw upon the credulity Of Flori-
dians when he states that the pods of the
cow pea care sometimes two feet long,"
Everybody in the southern portion Of the
United States can truthfully testify that
it is edible when green or dry, and a
staple commodity, but pods two feet
long are considerable in length.
The greatest strain is not con Mr..
Mills mind" but on his purse, in making
purchases of the cow pea, and other
necessary adiuncts, to satisfy the appe-
tites of his family of wife and eighteen
children, in these dismal days Of finan-
cial disaster
Mr.. Jones defence of the merits of the
younger Century dictionary reminds
me of the Sunday School catechism
class, few years ago when the teacher
asked the older pupils the puzzling ques-
ton: "Who made your" receiving for
answer that they did not know! The teach
er said she had no doubt but that little
James Short, only five years old, could
give the proper answer. When James
was asked: "Who made you?' he
promptly responded: "Dod.' This non
plussed the class until one Of them sug-
gested that the reason was apparent why
James should knOw-''it has only been
brief time since he was mader'
ROBERT A. MILLS.
Chul ota, FL.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
Tobacco the Coming Crop
The Savannah News says:


Mr.. f. B. Noodle, of Lake City, Fla,
president of the National Cigar Leaf
Growers Association, who was in this
city day or two ago, on his way home
from Washington, expressed the opinion
that tobacco culture is the coming indus
try of South Georgia and Florida. In
his opinion there will be 5000 farms in
the localities indicated planted in tobacco
next year that are now planted in cot
ton.
Mr.. Noodle is very enthusiastic in re-
spect to tobacco growing in South Georgia
and Florida, but perhaps not more SO
than the facts warrant. The soil and
climate of certain South Georgia and
Florida counties are admirably adapted
to tobacco culture. The quality Of the
tobacco is excellent and the yield is large.
In those localities in which attention has
been given to tobacco growing for sew
eral years TIE profits of the growers are
very satisfactory, but in other counties
in which there are many experiments
the results have not been wholly encour
aging.
The reason why some Of the growers
have failed is that they knew nothing
about the growing and curing Of tobacco
and they have not had the assistance Of
anybody who does know. The conse-
quence has been in many instances that
unremunerative prices have been re-
ceived for what appeared to be excellent
tobacco.
Growers who have failed to find the
cultivation of tobacco profitable and have
threatened to abandon tobacco culture
do not know the reason why they have
not succeeded. They believe they have
cultivated and cured their tobacco prop
erly, when, as matter Of fact they have
done nothing of the kind.
Before there will be a general success
in tobacco culture in this section grow
ers will have to make themselves &C
quainted with the growing and curing of
tobacco. When they have done that
and use their knowledge as they should
they will find tobacco more profitable
than any other crop.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
Can Marmalade be Made From Sweet
Oranges?

Editor Florida A RTicuIturist:
notice on page 664 what Mr. Mitchell
says about converting our Gull oranges
into marmalade and his quotation of the
English house employing 1000 hands in
the manufacture of it. Am afraid he
did not remember what kind of oranges
that house is reported to have used. l
understand they used sour and bitter
sweet entirely for their marmalade and
our fruit is nearly all sweet. Can good
marmalade be made from sweet fruit?
Please ask the question.
- A. J. ALDRICH.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-10-25
For The FLORIDA AGRICULTURIsT.
That Dictionary Pea.

In last weeks AGRICULTURIsT Mr.. G.
J. X. Jones, of Louisville, KY, comes to
the rescue of the cow pea as legume
with satisfactory quotation from the
Century dictionary. 1t was very kind of
him to do So for both "Webster" and
Worcester" fail to give it any promi-
nence above common forage plant, in
their unabridged editions.
1t gives me pleasure to assure Mr..
Jones that 81 still live," but ism he try