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nnnks. Eldsrdown. and Cushions.

In recent parlOr talk by young
woman who has spent considerable time
IN the scandinavian Peninsula the
speaker gave some interesting bits OF in'
formation about the cider duck, from
which the eiderdown of commerce is
cot These ducks are, it seems, unier
royal protection, and the down may not
bo taken from the birds themselves. But
the merchants outwit the ducks, and,
incidentally, their royal protector, by
robbing II, ests. The mother, IN tit-
ting up the habitatiOn for her coming
family. lines it throughout with the sott-
est down, which she piucks from her
own breast. And when she has care
fully covered every bit of the cozY home
the ruthless trader steals it away from
her. Then she is robbed indeed, for she
ba, pluczed her breast bare.
Tne male bird here comes to the rescue
and spares a picking from his S'ite't
p.umage. This, too, is torn away By In
satate man, but tue male duck, who
knows a thing or two, can never be
coaxed to duplicate the lining which he
has once furnished. He picds up MS
IA nily and migrates Souta.
It is these thrice stolen padding'
which make up the elder down export,
and we cusnion-loyiug women may pause
aud reaeet as we loll against their soft
ness Of the patient and repeated di'ap'
pointment which their procuring has
cost some other females-thousa oaly
ducks.-New York Times.
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Our Whale Fishery.

Our whale fishery, which thirty-fye or
forty years ago was of such great magni-
tude, has dwindled down to small pro.
portions, as compared to the past, and
where in 1854 we landed rs, 696 barrels
sperm oil, 319, ,S37 barrels whale oil and
3,445, 200 pounds whale5one, our catch
in 1892 footed up only 1874 barrels
sperm oil, Is, 1882 barrels whale oil and
1863, ,SS5 pounds whalebonc. The price
of these products, as compared with old
times, when these fisheries were at their
height, shows a large decline in the
value of oils, while whalebone, for which
there has been less chance to procure
substitute, has increased in value many
hundredfold. In 1854 the average
price of the year for sperm oil was
$1.4si per gallon, with whale oil at 5Ss
cents, while whalebone averages 39t
cents per pound. The average price for
these products last year was 67i cents
per gallon for sperm oil, 42t cents for
whale oil, and S535 per pouad for
whalebone. The NVhalemen's Shipping
List, In an exhaustive review of our
whale fisheries for 1892, says:
"Spcrm whaling is still confined to
the North aud South Atlantic Oceaus,
no whaler having ventured around either
of the Capes to prosecute her voyage.
There will be about thirty. four vessels OF
all classes cruising in the Atlantic the
coming year, a number Of which will
continue to look for right whales in con-
sequence of the continued high price OF
whalebone. The season in the Arctic
was successful one, differing from
former seasons, whales being found
about 300 miles eastward of Point Bar.
row, where very few whales had been
taken since the year 1875. But eight
bowheads were taken outside the
Arctic"
The catch of whales by the combined
fleet during 1892 was 2l4, against 2l2
in 1891. The losses of the year were
three vessels, the barque Helen Mar, of
San Francisco, with the larger part Of
her crew; barques J. P. West and
Iamerlane, the latter losing nineteen Of
her officers and men. The number OF
vessels engaged in the business January
1, 1892, was ninety.f with a ton
mage Of II, ,165, against ninety-two,
with a tonnage of 2O,845, January /,
1892, while in 1860 the fleet consisted
of $50 vessels, with tonnage of 176,-
S4S. The estimated importation of
sperm oil into Atlantic ports 10 1898 is
placed at IL, 900 to II, 900 barrels, and
of whale oil 1000 to 1900 barrels. No
estimate can be made of whalebone, so
much depending on the success of the
northern fleet. Tne stock Of sperm oil
on hand January l, 1891, was $500
barrels, with 7lO barrels whale oil and
342, 100 pounds whalebone, against
Zoo barrels sperm oil, 365 barrels
whale oil and 154, 1850 whaleboue last
year.-Boston Advertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-31
A Peppered Sea.

In the Mediterranean, aud all round
the northern coast of Africa, there is at
times fall of fine powder Of the same
appearance as brick dust. Sailors have
noticed this curious phenomenon when
many hundreds OF miles from land.
During the fail the sea looks as ii had
been peppered, and the sails aud dec<
of the ship will often be covered COM
pletely to the extent OF IN. o. two
inches. New York Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-31

Two great Corsicau families, the most
powerful in the island, the Gavinis aud
the Casabincas, have just been recon-
ciled after political hostility OF more,
than thirty years. During this entire
Period the poiHics OF the isIaud centered
about the heads OF these two houses.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-31

No man can write his signature twice
exactly alike, and 1t is declared By some
experts that Of two signatures precisely
alike one Is certain to be q forgery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-31

An interesting subjec: Of discussion ia
traffic circles is waetaer bicycle can
be considered baggage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-03-31
sELATED BLOOM.

Though late Spring like miser keps
Much wealth Of bloom,
And boarded half her treasures ny
L Winters tomb
Yet meath the sway
OF queenly May
Earth seems the richer for delay.
Spring has grown bouutiful at last.
Her penitence was wrought
In raindrops ringed with fragile gold, -
The tears that April brought;
With reformation sweet,
In vernal grace complete,
She lays her gifts at Summers feet.
William H. Hayne, in Cosmopolitan.
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THE ENDING OF A FEUD.
SIT N 7HERE are you going,

HERE are you going,
Letitiai' demands
Miss Banbridge, Sc
verely, gazing at the
trembling Letitia
over a pair OF good
trimmed glasses.
"Just out for a
l.Asl- III ,,.rksa
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specimen Gases.

y. Fl. Clifford, New Cassel. Wis.
was troubled with Neuralgia and
Rheumatism, his stomach was dis
ordered, his Liver was affected to
an alarming degree, appetite fell
away, and he was terribly reduced
flesh and strength. Three bottles
ofElectric Bitters cured him.
Edward Shepherd, Harrisburg,
ILL.,, bad a running sore on his leg Of
eight years standing. Used three
bottles of Electric Bitters and seven
boxes of BuckIen g Arnica Salve. and
his leg is sound and well. John.
Speaker, Catawba, o., had five large
Fever sores on his leg, doctors said
he was incurable. One bottle Elec-
trio Bitters and one box Bucklen's
Arnica Salve cured him entirely.
Sold by e. G. Williams, Jr. & Co.
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Both Saint and Sinner.

Ittroubles the sinner and troubles the
saint,
It's troublesome trying and nasty COM
plant,
Don't think tine urable Itell you 1t amt.
Excuse the grammar; it's the
truth I'm after. whether dramatically
or ungramatically told. The truth
is, that catarrh can be cured. The
projectors of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy offer $500 for an incursble
case of Catarrh in the Head.
The Symptoms of Catarrh.-Head-
ache, obstruction of nose, discharge
falling into the throat, sometimes
profuse, water and acrid, at others,
thick, tenacious, mucous, purulent,
bloody, putrid and offensive eyes
weak, ringing in the ears, general
debility. Only few of these symp.
toms likely to be present at once.
DIR. Sage's Remedy cures the worst
cases. Only so cents. Sold by
druggists, everywhere.
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Among the thousands OF testimon-
ials of cures by DR.. Niles New
Heart Cure, is that of Nathan Ali.
sons, a well-known citizen of Glen
Rock, Pa, who had for years had
shortness Of breath, sleeplessness,
pain in left side, shoulders, smother
ing spells, ETC.; one bottle Of Niles
New Heart Cure and one box of
Nerve and Liver Pills, cured him.
Peter Jsquet, Salem, N. j., is anoth-
er witness who for twenty years suf.-
fered with heart disease, was pro-
nounced incurable by physicians,
death stared him in the face, could
not lie down for fear Of smothering
to death. Immediately after using
the New Cure felt better and could
lie down and sleep all night and il
now q we'll man. The New Cure is
sold, also free book, by A. III. Gill
bert.
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Quaint and Curious.


The little toe is said to be disap-
pearing from the human foot.
In 1872 the whale fishing was be-
gun by vessels from Nantucket.
A spiders eyes are not in his head
but in the upper part Of the thoIax.
A quarter Of each generation is
said to die before reaching the age
of seventeen.
A long, strong thumb always in
dicates great will power and force Of
character.
The longest trestlework in the
world is the bridge over Lake Pontr
chartrain, New Orleans, La.
The earliest known bank was one
as Babylon, B. G TOO, managed by
Egibe. 1t received deposits and is
sued drafts.
Cutting of the hands and feet as
a punishment was practlced in every
country in Europe bat England two
centuries ago.
The cossack soldier in the winter
time is obliged to sacrifice every 9th
er consideration to that Of resisting
the deadly cold OF the steppes.
An English Matchmaker exhibits
an engine OF 1872 distinct pieces (not
including SO bolts and screws, (which
could be hidden in lady's thimble.
Everglades are called by the In
dams "grass water" Low tracts Of
land inundated with water and inter
spersed with patches Of high grass
peculiar to the Southern States, are
known as everglades.
Tavernier saw in India diamond
| Of 104 carats, whose center was sc
foul as to make the stone wor thless
When it was cut open 1t yielded eight
carats of filth, like that from the bot
tom of a dirty pond.
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Feminine Fanoies.

In India but one woman in 1871
can read.
The ages Of an egg and a woman
can rarely be told from outside ap
pearances.
Mile. Repia, of Geneva Switzer.
land an armless artist. has executed
with her feet portrait of the Du-
chees Of York.
The women of Iceland, who have
had municipal suffrage ever since
1882 have now been made eligible to
municipal offices.
The cross-bill of resident of Spo
kane, Wash, to his wife's divorce
complaint alleges that she pulled bis
hair and whiskers out.
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"Woman's SUFFRAGE,

Was what q witty woman called that
period OF life which all middle-age
pass through, and during which 50
many seem to think they added "If
you don't believe in woman's suffer
age there is one ballot which will
sffectually defeat it-Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription" This is true
not only at the period of middle life,
but at all ages when women suffer
from uterine diseases, painful irreg-
ularities, Inflammation, liberation or
prolapsus, the "Favorite Prescription
80 strengthens the weak or diseased
organs and enriches the blood. that
years Of health and enjoyment are
added to life.
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Prepare new strawberry bed.
Live stock raising improves the
soil.
A mule is always salable at some
price.
Bad water will affect the milk the
cows give.
For all kinds Of live stock running
water is best.
Every horse on the farm should
earn its own living.
Onions should be gathered as soon
as the tops die.
Dehorning should only be practis-
ed in cool weather.
Dep culture of tomatoes is far
better than shallow.
Strawberries set out in the fall will
bear next season.
Blackberries may be planted either
in the fall or spring.
Nitrate of soda is beneficial to al
most al fruits and vegetables.
A double gated horse is generally
faster as PAGER than trotter.
Breed a good dam to frst-class
sire il you wish to insure good colt.
Cattle prefer sorghum to corn fod
der on account of the sweet taste.
Those farmers who raise scrubs
must be content with scrub prices.
Thinning fruits necessary ia pro-
duct of the first quality is desired.
Keep little oats within reach OF
the colts. They will soon learn to
eat it.
Much of the weakness and lack of
vigor among chickens ia due 10 in
heritCd disease.
Burning all the trimmings of the
grapevines and fruit trees will de-
stroy many insects.
Be careful the breeding fowls are
free from faint of disease. Roup is
especially liable TO be transmitted
1t is good plan TO provide feed
troughs for chickens. Make them
so the chicks cannot get into the feed
and soil it, and so they can be clean
ed and washed often.
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Neither the werd God nor Lord
is found in the book of Esther.
The capital A occurs s,7s2 times
In the New Testament and 14,020
times IN the Old Testament.
The capital letter @ will be found
but twice in the Old Testament and
three times in the New.
The following words are to be
found but once in the Bible Ash,
immortal, millions and reverend.
There are no italics used in the
Biblical translations until the time Of
the King James version, 1911.
The Ephiamites could not pre-
nounce the word sShibboleth," but
said "Sibbolcth" instead. See proof
of this in Judges xiii, 6.
The quotation used by Matthew in
Che third verse of the third chapter
is not, as is generally supposed, from
the OLD Testament
The quotation, HE shall be called
NazareDc," used by Matthew in the
last verse of his second chapter, is
not to lie found in the Old Tesla
ment.
Stephen Langton, Archbishop Of
Canterbury, first divided the Bible
into chapters and verses, this about
the close of the twelfth century.
The word its is not to be found
in the first edition OF the King James
version, 1911, but has besn substitu
ted for "his" in the edition Of 1858.
The total number OF capital letters
in the whole Bible is 800; small
caps, 6,891, and of lower case, g.
452,593; grand total of letters, in
Guiding one E, $685.
The shortest names mentioned in
the Bible are AL, Ar, Ed, Og, No,
On, So, Or and w. See Jeremiah
xix, 8; Numbers xxi, %; Joshua
xxi, "a; Psalms cxxxvi, 20; Jere-
milan XVII, 25; Genesis xii, As; II
Kings xvii, A; Genesis XII, %, and
Jobil.
Rebekah's brothers name was La.
ban, and the name of Abigail's hus
band was Nabal, which is simply La
ban reversed. The nineteenth chap
ter Of ii Kings and the thirty-sev-
enth chapter Of Isaiah are alike with
the exception that verse Is Of the
former comprises verses Ii and ls Of
the latter.-St. Louis Republic.
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Word, of Wisdom.


Prudence is the muzzle for zeal.
Truth is truth, come when it may.
Conservatism is mild form Of
cowardice.
Society is no comfort to one not
sociable.
A woman who can love once can
love twice.
We shape our own fate quite as
much as fate shapes u.s.
Whatever is worth doing at all is
worth doing well.
As soon as two people begin to
think alike they disagree.
Avarice is SO close that he who
has it denies its possession.
Pretence may not be of long con-
tinuance but it goes while it lasts.
In all human action those faculties
will be strong which are used.
Wisdom is everlasting early or
late, we apprehend her just the same.
Life is short. Tue sooner a man
begins to enjoy his wealth, the bet
ter.
The vain man makes merit Of
misfortune, and triumpbs in his dis
grace.
A woman may be no more vain
than man is, but she will do more
for yanlty's sake than q man will.
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Words Of Wisdom.

Silence is one great art of CONVEX
sation.
To pity distress is but human ;
to relieve it is God like.
What maintains one vice would
bring up two children.
The child must think intelligently
before he can read intelligently.
He that rebukes a private fault
openly. betrays it rather than re-
proves it.
No evil propensity of the human
heart is SO powerful that it may not
be subdued by discipline.
He who has no opinion of his own
but depends upon the opinion and
tastes of others. is slave.
Most of the blest dispositions
think themselves happiest when 9th
ers share their happiness with them.
Let men laugh when you sacrifice
desire to duty, if they will. You
have time and eternity to rejoice in.
That man has got a good start up
the hill of knowledge, who can learn
a good lesson from anotber's exper.
fence.
There has never been wisdom
enough in the world to know how to
help man who does not try to hell
himself.
Our friends should take the plain.
ness OF enemies in accusing, ano
| still mingle it with the tenderness
| and good affections of friends.
Every day is little life, and oul
whole lille is but a day repeated
Those, therefore, who dare lose 8
day are dangerously prodigal; those
that dare misspend it, desperate.
Let this be thy purpose, o friend
To observe the law of right and dc
1t. Then the sunshine and the storm
the night and the day, the heat ant
the cold of life's discipline will fos
ter and mature the grain for gamers
in the sky.
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Tailors have 200 unions.
Japan mills run on Sunday.
Canada has 5000 union men.
There are 81 mouldsrs' unions.
Canadian farmers need workers.
Fall River, Mass, has 5000 weav-
ers.
Kansas runs State employment
bureau.
Only one sixth Of the X. OF L.
has work.
Montana bill-posters have formed
State union.
Striking miners in Belgium are re-
turning to work.
California grape pickers get 81 a
day and board.
Twelve per cent of the industrial
classes are women.
Some Fall River, Mass, weavers
have had their wages cut twenty per
cent.
A free labor bureau and free soup
have been introduced by business
men at Fresno, Cal.
There are eighty-five wom.n in
Great Britain engaged in the occu-
patton of chimney sweeping.
The German Iron and Steel Man
ufacturers' Union embraces 3l4 firms
who employ 241,0OO men.
Cooks of all nations are TO have a
fair and feast in Paris next year,
with prizes for authors Of new dish
es.
The Buffalo IN. W lion Trades
Council protested against the en-
poyment of Canadians on a local
job.
In Philadelphia $4,000 hands for
merry employed in the carpet, WOOL
en- and knitting mills are out of
work.
The number of men now employ
ed at the Mare Island, Goal } Navy
Yard is $50, the largest force there
in years.
Soup-houses have been opened at
Ironwood, Mich, to feed 500 Polish
and Finnish laborers out of en-
ployment.
At Fresno, CAL, Chinese vineyard
and orchard workers are abducted
at night by the wagon load and
dumped into the local Chinatown.
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Black guipure lace was never
more popular than it is to-day.
Entire gowns OF white null or of
figured organdie are worm trimmed
with insertions and founces Of
Valencinnes lace.
The Infants vail is square yard
of gauze uniigured vailing, which is
thrown over the hat and arranged
in loose folds at the back.
The fashion for high shoulders is
rapidly passing awa5, and with it
one of the chief element of smart
ness known to woman's dress.
The large sleeve is doomed.
Those of simple coat shape, with
slight fullness of the shoulder, and
the Garibaldi shape will presently
occupy our attention.
Perfectly plain skirts are still fash
ionable, and are generally worn by
the best-dressed women, as they are
usually of handsome materials that
need no garniture.
Very pretty, and at the same time
simple and inexpensive, daisy bed
spreads are made of Swissmuslln
covered with large polka dots the
size of daisy centers.
1t is quite the fashion just now to
war the hair low in the neck, espec-
tally at the concert, but it lis not a
becoming style, and is apt to detract
from woman's dignity of presence.
There seems to be but little fancy
for anything but fiat trimmings or
close ruffles on skirts. The very
full lounce of thin goods flies about
too much, and seems not to be as
popular as when the flounce is heavy
enough to keep in place.
The prettiest scarf mantelets are
made of accordion-plaited black silk
muslin, with long stole fronts, cen.
fined with jet buckle. The large
ruffies of lace, tulle, or mousseline,
called Henry III, are also made to do
duty with outdoor toilets on sum-
mer evenings.
One of the most stylish, simple
costumes OF the season is made of
blue denim, with trimming OF thick
blue braid. l. is made with skirt
and jacket and silk blouse, or a
high cut vest is worn with it. 1t is
strictly tailor-made, and as stylish
as it is unusual.
Lace capes are never more pop
ular than at present, almost every
importation showing quantities of
them. Some are made entirely of
lace, Others of lace and satin, while
som are combinations of lace, passe-
menterie, and embroidery, with rib
bon in enormous quantities.
Strings promise to be used more
generally than during the summer.
The narrow black velvet will be en-
ployed, and also wider satin ribbon.
The wide ribbon will be tied under
the chin in large bow with long ends
inthe old fashioned way that is so
becoming to slender faces. The rib
bon trimming runs into strings in
many of the autumn sample hats.
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The robbers have got good
start, but the detectives are after
them.n
Are they well mounted 2"
Who 2" The detectivesY"
No. The robbers"
Yes, but the detectives are bet.
ter mounted"
HIN! Well, they'll escape"
Who? The robbers ?"
No. The detectives. "-Chicage
Tribune.
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New a Mother Saved Her Bo,

Little Robert Frey lives at Silver
Lake; his mother and father love him
with parental devotion; he is a brigh,
little fellow. Bobby, as he is called
tooka severe Cold, which would moi
yield to everything they tried. A
neighbor persuaded the use of Pan
Tina, the great remedy for Coughs
Colds and Consumption. The first
few doses relieved and the contents
OF Is cent bottle made cure. You
can imagine the MOTHERS joy. Pan
Tina is sold at f. @. Williams Jr., &
CO.. Drug Store.
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Henry Doyle, of Pittsburg, climb
ed chestnut tree near New Bedford
He fell, and, his clothing catching
on limb, held him fast, head down
ward. He was nearly dead when
found.
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The selling efantlered buck 3 heads
is just now one OF the industries of
the North Woods. The heads are
sold at So each, and it costs $le more
to prepare one for use as q hat rack
or wall ornament.
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"How will We go through this
train?" asked one desperate of an.
other. awe want to avoid noise
and publicity as far as possible.
That's all right was the answer
" I've got it fixed"
"How ~
Well, wait until the Pullman
porter gets through with the pas
sengers and then we'll rob him.
Wash. Star.
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In the Mexican exhibit at the
Worlds Fair the sombrero is seen in
all It's glory. 1t takes 500 to buy
one of comparatively plain make,
while really ornate hat of this kind
costs $500.
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A patent has been grantedin Auck-
land, New Zealand, for net to catch
whales. The mesh is big enough for
calf to pass through and is said to
have been used already with great
success.
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Alt was lawyer Towson that
won my lawsuit for me.
B-Why. ! thought he was on the
opposing side.
Ale was.
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Tommy-When anybody is asham
ed they get red, don't they?
Mrs. Yerger-Yes, Tommy.
Tommy-Then Why does papa al,
ways get ashamed with his nose.