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tive construction is worked by two
women. The woof is put on a small
shuttle, pointed at one end only, and
the thread is woven around it. The
operator winds this in and out by
hand, bringing out the pattern. Cot
ton only is used aud all OF the textiles
are Of brilliant hue, red and gold be-
ing largely used. When a thread has
to he passed entirely through the woot
one of the women hards it as far as
she can reach and the other takes It.
The women sit on the floor when weav-
ing.
The cloth that the two women were
weaving Yesterday was picture OF the
landing of Columbus, taken from II
print. This print lay on the ground
between the women and was their only
guide. In and out their dexterous
fingers wove the thread and brought
ont a reproduction of the figures on
the print. 1t takes years to learn the
art, and girls often sit by and watch
the process TO learn it in that way.
The spinning ofthe cotton into thread
is done in peculiar way. A woman
sitting on the floor takes a bunch OF pre-
pared cotton III her left hand and pulls
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30
A Battle Of Giants.
roCJst.

A novel battle took place at Coving-
ton, Ky, the other day. 1t was be-
tween the Chesapeake & Ohio and the
Kentucky Central Railroads for the
possession Of piece of track which
both claimed. The Central set a force
of men at work to take mp the track
Then Chesapeake & Ohio locomotive
was run on the track to prevent this
Then came a Kentucky Central loco
motive and pushed the other OIL, ana
presently all the locomotives that
either side could command were putting
and straining to push one another OH
the disputed property. The heaviest
battalions gained the day, and the
Kentucky Central remained in possess
sion. Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

is handed to girls who are seated fac
ing the biggest chief, and having
large wooden bowl in front of them.
They put the stuff into their mouths
and chew it. When sufficiently masti-
Gated they throw the pulp into the
howl. add water, strain it and hand it
around with great pomp to all the men
present, beginning with the chief.
LARGE quantities Of kava are also con-
snmed by the white residents, as it Is
refreshing and Notwithstanding. When
being especially prepared for whites it
is not chewed, but grated up.
Although there is no alcohol in kaya,
If is possible by drinking it to excess
TO lose control of ones legs, and have
frequently seen men staggering about
after a night Of hard drinking with
their heads perfectly clear and their
eyes bright
There is still An idea that cannibal-
ism has not died ont entirely in the
mountainous districts No doubt the
desire for human flesh is still extant,
but the police are too vigilant to give
much chance for eating it, and only
one or two cases have been heard ofin
wears. IN addition to this the natives
are all Christianized more or less, and
the Wesleyans and Roman Catholics
have a good influence over the great
majority Of them. Twenty years ago,
at the time of the war in the mount
aims things were in bad way, and no
person or property was safe.
Almost oil the men wear their hair
long, but as it is very strong 1t stands
straight on end. The girls, on the
other hand cut theirs short, unless very
young indeed. To II FIian the great
est part of the disgrace in going to jail
for misdemeanor is having his hair
cut. Nothing ofends them so much as
curious strangers touching their locks
The armed native constabulary, when
walking along, look like men with we'll
trimmed bushes on their heads. The
force numbers fifty or sixty, and IS
drilled by a white sergeant Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30
The Army OF Railroad Workers.

There is an army of men employed
upon the railroads of the United States,
an army of 7S4, 900. They are not en-
gagged in idle emaneuvers, dress parades,
barrack drills or preparations for war
fare, but by their diligence, energy
and toll contribute immensely to the
wealth, well-being and development Of
the country, the interchange OF its
products, the diffusion Of information
and the prompt transportation OF vast
numbers of passengers with a remark
ably low percentage of casualties. The
number of passengers carried last year
was $50, 900, 600. The number Of pas
sengers killed was 295. Chicago Her
aid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30
THE NEWS EPIT0MIZED,
Eastern and Middle Staten.

TIE Cassell Publishing Company. OF New
York City, is embarrassed through the note
kiting operations Of its President. o. VI. Dun
ham, and Judge Lawrence has appointed
Henry j. Braker receiver.
JOIN ]. HAaoERrY. of New York Citv
jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge into the
East River while intoxi ,ated and escaped un-
injured. He swan asESfe. He was arrested.
CORNELL defeated Columbia in the fresh
man boat race at New London, Conn, by
eight lengths.
FRANK COLLINS. six-year-old boy. Of
keansburg, \. j., while playing with a shot
gun dropped il. The gun discharged and
blew on the head Of his four-year-old niece
and playmate, Madeline Carhan.
The Suburban Handicap. a sweepstakes OF
600 each, half forfeit, ct mile and a
quarter. worth 10 the winner SIS .000 10 the
second horse $4,000 aud 10 the third $1,000.
was decided at Sheepshead Bay, New York.
Lowlander won. Terriher was second and
Lamplighter third. Time. 2 O6 SIS. the fast
est ever run.
Is New York City and vicinity the temper
ature reached 991s degrees in the shade the
highest recorded in June for twenty years.
SECRETARY CARLISLE had a conference IN
Philadelphia. Penn, with trade orgsniza-
tions and with individuals over the selection
of site for new mint. Twenty-nine sites
were presented.
MRs. CLEVELAND. her daughter Ruth and
nurse arrived at Gray Gables. Buzzard's Bay.
Mass. from Washington, on Commodore
Benedict's steam yacht Oneida. Mrs. Cleve-
land appeared in excellent health. and ex-
pressed great pleasure at being back once
more.
HENRY SHELDON 4 COMPANY. tea and coffee
brokers, OF New York City. suspended with
liabilities OF nearly S4000 900.
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He darted past me. For few mo-
ments all was silent. Then l heard o
crash, as though Of n door burst IN.
This was followed by the soft, joyful
cry of a woman, and presently two tig-
ures ran down the stairs. I opened the
door. and the three of rs darted out.
I closed the door softly behind. Crane
led MS across the road and we set ofat
a quick pace through the fog in I'M
broken silence
When we were clear Of the square
Crane stopped, took the girl in his
arms, and crying, "Thank God! my
Aggje !" burst into tears.
The instinct which had guided Crane
infallibly earlier in the day now failed
him, and we lost our way hOpelessly;
but we did not care. 1t was . o'clock
when the three of us got TO Weldon's.
The lovers spent that evening III the
drawing room, and / saw little Of them.
The peril of Mrs. Folgate's position
made absolute secrecy still imperative.
Next morning [ met Crane at break
fast He said there was no use of try
inc to thank me for himself or Miss
Folgate. whom Mrs. Weldon had for
hidden to leave her room, rs she WIS
suffering from nervous prostratlon, but
that he owed me debt he could never
pay. I was leaving by an early train
for the West, and he promised to write
to me as soon as news had been heard
of Mrs. FolgOte.
-Four days later [ got a letter saying
that Mrs. Folgate had been released
unharmed, and that there would be
some reference to the affair in the
London papers that day or the day
after. Next morning the newspapers
had an account of the clever frustra-
tion by the Vienna police Of daring
and gigantic attempt to swlndle tho
banks of that city by man calling
himself Count Wolinski who, with a
half dozen accomplices, was arrested
inst as they had brought their nefarious
scheme to perfection and were about
to put it in operation.
"The plot" said the Vienna dis
patch, "was one of the most daring
ever designed, and among other of the
means used by the swindlers to mislead
was the fact that letters for their basis
of operation, London, were addressed
to the mansion of q well-known rich
baronet, whose town house IS in one OF
the most select West End squares.
A few months after 1 received cards
and wedding cake, which assured me
that all had gone well with the young
people, but from that day to this /
have not seen Crane, or Mrs. Crane,
who WAS Miss Folgate the first Sunday
I spent in London New York Adj
vertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30
AN INCREASED WORK.
What the Young Mems Christian AS
sociatIons Have Accomplished.

What the Young mems 'hrlstiah ~
sociatIons Have Accomplished.
The Year Book otthe Young Mons Chris
tian Associations OF North Aner.cl for 1898
has just been issuei.
The number OF American Young Mens
Christian Associations is now 1889. with an
aggregate membership Of 24j, 500. These as
soriations own buildings valued at Sl2, 9sl.'
900. Their total net property IS valued AZ
sl4. .2O3. 3.0f3-nore than II, 500, ,OO0 more than
the year before.
The average daily attendance at the rooms
OF the associations last year was 6o,933 pas
sons. an increase o. mora than ~ per cent
over the average daily attendance the pre-
ylous wear. In their educational classes, 29s
associations have 70. .526 students. One thou
sand ons hundred AMI eignty-ave General
Secretaries AMI other paid officers are em-
ployed in the various organizations, and 10
PHYSICAL Directors.
In the number OF associations and branches
in the different States, New YORK leads all
others. with a record ot lis. Pennsylvania
Is seconi upon the list with IL associations
and branches. AMI Massachusetts, third with
s..
The contributions received by the Interna-
tional Committee during 1892 for work In
America was. rom lnuNiuuai-s FOi UNIV.
from associations, S576. 50 from extension
funds. Sl5O2. ls from collections, s66i0.sl.
Forthe WORK abroad. the committee received
from individuals. S5960.37; from associs.
tions. s2s40.37, and from extension funds,
f2705.9. individuals in New York City
gave the largest amount. slS, ,7l0, and Brook
lyn citizens the second largest amount,
s30s1.
In the College Department the report
elbows that 423 college associations are in ex
istenca. They are distributed In thirty
eight States and six Canadian Provinces.
Three hundred and slxty-slx OF these assocl.
ations have a total membership OF 25,2ol, OF
which iS.54S are active members. Thirty OF
these associations have libraries containing
s440 volumes. Ofthese associations III have
rooms devoted to their exclusive use.
The report shows that there are ninefy-six
railroad branches in operation, well distriD-
uted throughout the country. Eighfy-eight
OF these railroad associations have NOM
bership of %, ,562. OF which, however, only
about one-hfth IS active. Eighty-hve asso-
Citations paid out last year for current ex'
penses sl76.2aS Seyenty-four associations
have libraries containing 45, 9l5 volumes, and
twenty associations have gymnasiums- Ihe
average daily attendance at the rooms oil
these associations has been 1916: Sixty as
sociatons held 353 lectures ana entertain
ments during the year.
There are twenty-four lntian ASSOCIATIONS
with total membership OF 70j,
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South and West.

Or California Day at the Worlds Fair the
building Of the Golden State was dedicated
with formal ceremonies.
DANIEL LORD, JR.. OF New York City.
while asleep, walked out Of 4 window In a
friends house in Chicago and was killed.
TIE West Virginia Building. at the Worlds
Fair, was dedicated.
PoUE lives were lost in a fire a, Duluth,
Mimi.
Is one day six banks shut their doors in
California-four at Los Angeles and two at
San Diego.
The two little sons OF Frank Freeman. a
farmer who lives near Springfield, ILL.,. were
drowned In the we'll on their fathers prem
ises.
A BnoSzE memorial group. the gift Of
George NJ. Pullman to the city Of Chicago.
was unveiled on the ground where most OF
the victims Of the Fort Dearborn massacre
OF 1912 fell. Ex-President Harrison deliy-
cred the address at the unyeiling
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being made wet with the coffee In
Algicrs the women stain their finger
nails and sometimes the palms Of their
hands, deeming it an addition to their
beauty. The stain must be keep per-
fectly dry, else it will come off OH tho
garments, hence tho necessity for the
coffee-cup holder.
Many pieces of iewelry are exhibited.
It consists mainly of the enamel work
for which that country is famous. All
of the bracelets have coins depending
from them and the solid anklets worn
by the dancing girls are shown. The
Algerian turquois is shown great deal
in the iewelry. 1t is n cheap stone and
lacks lustre. Chicago News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30
THE HERALD JOB OFFICE
If MOTHER WOULD LISTEN.

II mother would listen to me, dears,
She would freshen the faded gown,
She would sometimes take an hours rest,
And sometimes a trip to town.
And it shouldn't be all for the children,
The fun and the cheer and the play,
With the patient droop on the tired mouth.
And the "Mother has had her day p"
True, mother has had her day, dears,
When you were babies three,
And she stepped about the farm and the
house
As busy as ever a bee.
When she rocked you all to sleep, dears,
And sent you all to school,
And wore herself out and did without,
And lived by the Golden Rule.
And 50 your turn has come, dears.
Her hair is growing white,
And her eyes are gaining the far-away LOOK
That peers beyond the night.
one Of these days in the morning
Mother will not be here;
She will fade away into silence,
The mother so true and dear.
Then what will you co in the daylight,
And what in the cleaning dim;
And father. tired. lonesome, then.
Pray, what will you do for him:
Ifyou want to keep your mother,
You must make her rest to-day
Must give her share in the frolic,
And draw her into the play
And. if mother would listen to me, dears,
She'd buy her gown Of silk,
With buttons Of royal velvet,
And ruffles as white as milk.
And She let YOU do the trotting,
While she sat still in her chair;
That mother should have it hard all through,
1t strikes me isn't fair.
Margaret E. Sangster, in the Interior.
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An Interesting Experiment.

There are creatures in this world
who never know when TO be serious.
An astronomer having remarked that
''if we were TO put the sun on one end
of the scales, and pilea hundred thou
sand earths tho size of our globe on
the other, the sun would not stir
One et These facetious people retorted
that that would be very interesting
experiment TO try. He added. how
ever, that in his opinion there was
ono very great drawback to the sue
cess of the experiment, winch was the
extreme scarcity of earths He also
said that he thought the man who
tried it would get dreadfully tired pill
ing up n hundred thousand earths Oh
the scales, especially with q red hot
sun close by. -Harper's Young Peo'
ule.
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women : very secluded, and Tor this
reason, too, no women are seen III the
curio-laden shops There are women
there, but they do not come from the
land of the Chssseur d'Afrique. The
shors themselves are characteristic.
They are square little cubby. holes with
counter running all around. The
shop-keeper sits i'll the center. It y
done the same way i'll Algiers.
Prominent among the goods OF
native manufacture IS cloth. This is
made by the women, and how 1t is
done is shown in tent erected by the
side of the theatre A loom Of primi-
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Foreign.

HERR LIEBKNEcHT, the Social Democratic
leader. admits that the German Government
will have a majority for the Army Dill
by effecting a compromise.
INTENSE heat prevailed throughout the
United Kingdom and on the Continent. ac-
companied in England by violent storms,
causing serious damage in various districts.
The President Of the Bering Sea Tribunal
sharply rebuked Sir Richard Webster oi
counsel for Great Britain.
HEAVY storms were reported from Paris,
Berlin and Lisbon.
Is the Brodski Chemical Works. at Odessa.
Russia. "A large quantity Of beazine exploded,
killing sixteen men, including the director.
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ALGIERS' EXHIBIT.
CURIOUS WARES AT THE CO.
LUMBIAN EXPOSITION.
Shops That Are Cubby- Holes-Nativc
Cloth Made by Women With
Primitive Looms - 4
Pretty Tea Set.

URIOUS wares fill
The Algerian shops
in Midway Plais-
ance. Unlike the
other Nations rep
resented III t he
plsisance the Al
gerians have made
no attempt to re-
produce anything
like their home
life. Many may
think that they
live much the same
as the Europeans.
Their life is
strangely char-
acteristic, and III
the old houses in
the narrow streets
of Algeria an d
Morocco they live
n strange and pc
culiar life. The
reason that no
such exhibit is
made is that the
home life Of the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

A similar machine has been III usc
in this vicinity for some years, and IS
much to be preferred to the old-faSh-
ioned method of threshing by fail, be-
sides the pease are left nice and clean.
1t can be made by any carpenter or
woodwOrkman.
The machine complete IS shown in
figure ] and sectional view in figure
,. It consists of square frame sim
liar to that Of a coru shelter, only it Is
a little larger, with spiked roller, a
fan and sieve 1t is operated by hand,
the hand or crank wheel being cone,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

me closely occupied till Saturday
night. 1 was unacquainted with the
city beyond the Strand. Chsncery Lane
and Arundel street, in the last of which
I lived-at Weldon's, small private
hotel
On Sunday morning came one Of the
thickest fogs Of the year. Misled by
the darkness Of the midwinter morning
/ was late for breakfast. When 1 got
down to the dlning-room [ found only
one person, a young man Of about my
own age, at the table He had arrived
very late the night before, and was
quite unknown tome. His appearance
and manner attracted my attention at
once He was tall, dark, good-look-
ing, courteous. Several times during
the meal, at which he only drank cup
of coffee, he seemed on the point of
speaking to me about something He
was restless and overwrought. [ felt
strangely drawn toward him, and ex-
perienced a feeling Of relief when at
last he said:
'NIy name is Victor Crane. The
landlord here knows me. Are YOU
going to church this morning? The
rest of the people have set off already"
We were alone.
"My name, I said, sis Marcus Fall.
had intended going to Newington,
but could no more find my way there
than through the centre of the earth to
New Zealand.
"There IS" said he, ga part Of Lon
don to which if do not find my way in
couple of hours l shall be a dead man
before night. " Hegroaned and dropped
his head into his hands.
No one could mistake hs words, tone.
manner.
SIN that case, said ], "of course,
the fog will not hinder you
"No, no, >" said he, raising his face
from his hands. The fog will not
hinder me. ! could find my way if l
were blind. 1t is the place where the
girl am engaged to lives" He turned
his pale face TO the window and stared
at it with eyes that did not see.
"She is not very i'll, hope?' said I.
''No; not i'll; and yet she may be at
the point of death. If you have fin
ished your breakfast, and can spare q
few minutes will you walk outside
This place sufocates me.
When we reached the street the fog
was so thick we could not see the house
opposite.
81 am in terrible position - said
young Crane. 81 do not know a man
in London but Weldon, our landlord
and he is too old for help. My girls
life is in danger-in danger from vio-
lence"
"Good Heavens cried T. 'But
aren't there the police?"
'The policeY he whispered, with a
swift glance round and then look OF
horror in his face. ''The mere rumor
of the police would be fatal fatal
Her life hangs on. thread" He leant
against an area railing and wrung his
hands
In while he reused himself, drew
his hat low over his brows, caught my
arm, and turning toward the Strand,
said :.
"Mr. Fall, under ordinary circum-
stances it would be inexcusable Ia
trouble you, stranger, with my az
fairs. But the circumstances are not
ordinary; they are extraordinary be
yond belief, beyond endurance. Ysa
pre young yourself. You can symps,
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50 that the roller rnns at q higher rate

SO that the roller runs at q higher rate
of speed than the fan.
This will be made plain by referring
to the transverse section at right of sec
tional view Figure ~ When the pease
are burst by the roller they fall on the
sieve; the inclino of the sieve and
draught Of air forces the hulls ont at
on. end Of the machine, the clean
pease fall through the sieve and arc
carried by an inclined floor to the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

An unhappy father IN Dahlonega,
Ga, advertises for wife for his son.
He says: my son is idle and lazy
and the only hope for his welfare is
matrimony. A good wife would DO
apt to make him hustle, or kill him,
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Homemade Pea Thresher.

As pease are raised very extensively
in this vicinity, maybe ! can give some
light upon threshing and cleaning
them, 50 I send Q sketch Of . home
made pea thresher.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

An association has been formed TO
purchase and preserve the land or
Roanoke Island, where Sir Walter
Raleigh planted the first English colony
in America in 1854.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-06-30

.TIL my dying
hour I will re-
member my first
Sunday in Lon
don.
In the middle of
the week I had
gone up on busi-
ness which kept
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other. The width of the machine on
inside is one foot, length four feet and
height three and one-half feet. Home
and Farm
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TO THE RESCUE.

BY RICHARD DOwLING.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-08
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. FRIDAY. DEssEMBER 8 1893

makes every railroad IN independent
line regardless OF its c4nuections with
other reads, the report bf the commits
sion says has had n startling effect. The
interests Of nearly every place where
connecting reads join and OF every local
station are vitality concerned and tho
need for prompt. remedial legislation Is
urgent. The commission asks congress
TO amend the law so as to give 'legisla-
tive construction TO the word Zine"
The report says that the law is not re-
sponsi5le for any railway insolvency and
states that since 1883 the amount of stock
paying no dividend has considerably de-
creased I'M there has been a great re-
duction in the amount of bonds paying
no interest. In this connection the COM
mission makes the very sound suggestion
that II the issue of railway capital wero
restricted to the amount necessary to
construct and equip the properties there
would. under normal conditions Of bust
ness, be much more satisfactory returns.
There is little probability that this
sound business principle will ever be
observed in the construction of railroads
in the United States.