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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
A BIRD GAGE.

The prisoner was before the bar
of justice for having been before
some other bar too long.
What we're you doing drunk on
the street = asked the judge.
was l drunk, judger vas the
reply in tone Of surprised in
nocence.
The arlesliOg officer saws You
werer
Under oath, judge 7
Certainly
perhaps he's right, judge, but l
was just gong along with q bird
cage in my hand
The judge had a jug set before
the prisoner.
DO you call that bird eager be
inquired. That's what you were
carrying along In your hand
The prisoner picked it up care
fully, removed the stopper, took a
smell and turned 1t upside down.
II was as dry as he was.
well, judge he ansO cred SLOW
ly, lit ain't a bird cage uOw, since
them officers has had a whsck at
il!
Probably you are sober now an d
see things differently.
That amt it, judge. 1t was a
bird cage when had it last
Possibly you can explain What
you mean by bird cage suggest
ed the puzzled court.
'E,sy enough, judge smiled the
prisoner; ut had forty or fifty
swallows in it when they GOT it.
and the lscidity of the explanation
and the possibilities Of what had
happened to it affected the judge
so powerfully that he dismissed the
case.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
ODDS AND ENDS.
There are less than 300 pure blooded
Greenlanders.

. ----T
There are less than 300 pure blooded
Greenlanders.
DR.. warton says that most Of the
English poets were notably handsome
men.
Christian Indians of the Dakota tribe
raised nearly 50, 900 last year to Chris
tianize their pagan Sioux brethren.
The town Of New Hope. Pa, with
population Of about 1, 200, appears to be
having an epidemic Of twins, no less
than IS pairs being born there lately
Massachusetts has q new law which
forbids the exhibition Of wild animals
IN the streets and which authorizes Off
GERS to kill all such animals and fine the
exhibitor $40.
Miss Arbetta Echols, pupil at the
seminary at Holly Springs, Tenn,
dreamed that she would die on May T.
Unfortunately her dream came true and
on that day she died
Since his recent attack Of the grip the
car has betrayed symptoms Of per-
nanent affection of the lungs. He will
probably make his imperial residence
at Kiev. where the climate Is more IA
yorable than at St Petersburg.
The Duchess Of Marlborough has en-
tered into possession Of the Deepdene'
Lord Francis Hopes estate near Dork-
ing Its noble owner calls it "beastly
hole" but is willing to accept fS, 600 a
year for it from the American duchess.
A Chicago jury brought in verdict
the other day that did not please the
presiding magistrate, Judge Abner
Smith. He dismissed the panel by say
ing. II don't say you are all scoundrels,
but it is evident that there are scoun'
drels among you"
1t is suggested In France that "the
beautiful and patriotic features Of Joan
OF Arc, the new patron saint Of the ma
ton, whose memory is being honored in
various prominent ways all over the
country Just now, be put on the next
edition of French postage stamps
What is supposed to be a relic Of VOC
dooism has just been unearthed at Eli
ston, Cecil county, Nd. 1t is a bottle
containing coal oil, needles, hair and a
quantity Of roots 1t was dug up in a
garden, where it had been buried doubt
less by the advice Of a negro conjurer.
Mrs Jennie P. Lane of Smethport,
Pa, has a big Newfoundland dog which
is a first class substitute for nurse. 1t
takes the baby riding in the carriage
every day The dog holds the handle
with its teeth and wheels the coach as
carefully as the infants mother could.
An auctioneer at Middletown, Del
talked without rest for eight hours the
other day and sold in that time GAO arti'
clea A man Of leisure in attendance
upon the sale estimates that the auction
eer talked so, 900 words, or enough to
make in print the bulk Of fair sized
novel
Slow progress is being made on the
statue Of General John A. Logan,
which is to be erected in Jackson park,
Chicago The design has been adopted,
but the figure will not be in place in
less than Il years. Mrs Logan, John
A. Logan, Jr., and Judge Tuthill OF
Chicago have inspected the design and
are very much pleased with it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
A QUEER LOT.

Not everybody is aware that
there has existed for centuries
among the whl'e people of this
country a class more curious than
any of the foreigners exhibited in
the Midway plai0ance or the eide
shows of the Worlds Fair. These
are the clay eaters OF Georgia, a
race peculiar to themselves. From
the chrld 2 years old to the partri.
arch of many winters this horrible
appetite for clay mahifests itself
among them. Many of these
strange mOrtals live among the
hills or the Oconee, south of
Milledgevilie, in the vicinity of a
tumbled down old town called
Scotsborougb. 1t is only a few
miles from MilIedgevilIe, but it is
as far away from civilization as
Ekimoland for all practical pur-
poses.
The clay eater lives in tho loS.
est state of poverty and cares for
nothing better apparently. The
soil of their region is a whitlsh clay,
mingled with sand beds. The
clay they eat Is not that ordinarily
found, but is a fine white, lumpy
kaOlin, something like soapstOne.
1t is said to contain arsenic, and
that is why the people eat it. At
any rate. the habit Is as fixed a.
that of opium eating or whiskeJ
drinking, aud no work of pblIan.
thropy or religion has ever been
able TO rouse these miserable beings
from lethargy into which clay
eating has kept them for centuries.
They look like deaths head and
crossbones, so cat averous and
skeleton like are they. Ordinary
methods of making a living are IN.
known among them practically.
Besides the clay they partake
literally Of moonshine hiskeY.
bat they consume little grain,
vegetables or meat. The clay
seems to stupefy and satisfy them,
paralSlzing all desire for effort,
While anthropologists and biOlo.
gists are penetrating the four
corners of the globe they ought to
spend some time inyestigating this
strange American product, the
clay eater.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
THE DUEL.

The giDgham dog and the calico cat
Side by side on the table sat;
Twas hsli-past twelve, and what do you
Think
Neither of them had slept wink!
And the old Dutch clock and Chinese
plate
Seemed to know, as sure as fate,
There was going to be an awful spat
Il wasn't there-I simply state
What was told to me by the Chinese plate
The gingham dog went "Bow-wow wow
And the calico cat rerlled. "Me-oww
And the air was streaked for an hour or Sc
With fragments of gingham and calico,
While the old Dutch clock in the
chimney place
Up with the hands before its face,
For it always dreaded family row!
(Now mind, I'm simply telling yon,.
What the old Dutch clock declares is true)
rde Chinese plate looked very blue,
And walled 20, deai! what shall we doi'
But the gingham dog and the calico cat
WsllOwed this way and tumbled that
And utilized every tooth and claw
In the awfulest way you ever saw
AEd o. how the gingham and calico fswl
(DOu't thing that l exsggerate-
| got my news from the Chinese pls.e.)
Next morning where the two had sat
They found no trace of the dog or cat!
Add some folks think unto this day
That burglars stole tina. pair away;
But the truth about that cat and pup
Is that they eat each other up
Now, what do yO1 really think of thati
(rhe Dutch clock, it told me so,
And that IS how | came to knOW)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
It's Properties.

She (uestIing up to hlm)-I know
We are poor, papa, but Charlie says
that love will make a way.
Her Father (grimly)-Yes, yes.
1t has made away with about eight
tons of coal and $50 worth of gas
In the last IL mOnths.-Truth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
AIuIceland sneezing.

According TO the latest advices receiv-
ed from Iceland, violent epidemic Of
influenza is raging at Reykjavik. No
papers have been published for week,
and about 90 per cent of the inhabitants
are said TO be suffering from the COM
plant. The high school has been forced
to close, ell the masters, with one .ex-
ception, and almost all the pupils being
attacked. st. James Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
They Got Diplomas.

The commencement exercises OF the
College Of Physicians and Surgeons
co-educational-took place in Associ-
alton hall, Boston, June 20. Among
students receiving diplomas were these
ladies: Adele R. Solomons, Sara L.
Wise and Amy G. Bowen of California;;
Xntonia B. Lirola of Cuba, Arathena
3. Drake. Maria E. Drew, Anna c.
Hands, Marietta E. Munroe and Mary
p. Putnam. DR.. Elizabeth c. Keller,
professor Of surgery, made a fine ad-.
dress, devoting part Of her remarks to
woman's place in the medical profes-
sion. A special prize for excellence in
chemistry was conferred on Cora E
Hosmer Of the undergraduates
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
DOUBLE DISCUSSES.
BY DEETHA LOOMS.

FT7HE sun was slowly rising IN
: |the east. Brighter and brighter
"A grew the great, round ball,
until with a sudden movement it
seemed to burs', and a golden,
d .zzling food covered the sky.
The birds were slowly wakening,
first a ia Mt peep was heard and
as family answered, then a sud
den twitter, and the air was full OF
bird voices. The flowers were
lazily, drowisly opening their
dainty petals, and all nature, re-
freshed by still nights slumber,
awoke to probable day of joyous
ness.
1t was Just after the battle OF
Long Island, where the Americans,
pressed in on every side, had snf'
fered a serious defeat, and the
Tories were everywhere; in the
bushes up the trees, taking pos
session OF comfortable farm houses;
any where, where rest was to be
found, there also was found a Tory.
Good Farmer Witcombe, among
all the mass of British, was a true
patriot in the cause of freedom,
but residing as he did in a Tory
neighborhood, outside of very near
neighbors, he was thought to be a
leyalist.
Great CONSERVATION reigned III
the kitchen of the farm house on
that beautiful morning, for news
of the American defeat had just
reached there. Joel Ashley, the
boy who had brought the news, just
now added to his tale, 'And do
you know but they are going TO
the different farm houses, demand.
ng shelter aud food? l shouldn't
wonder a bit but what they would
soon be here,' he added comfort
ingly.
the nasty varmints, not a rest or
a morsel of food Will they get here,
aud if they demand it, why they
will find out with whom they have
to deA,' and certainly Mistress
DoIthy looked fierce enough to make
tue brsvest heart quail as she
stood with one hand upraised, as If
to strike the foe with large iron
spoon whic sue held, and the other
hand placed dedantly on her hip.
Ssh, sh,' murmured the old man,
'if thine enemy hunger-
Now, father, you just keep
quiet; there's no use in quotin'
Scripture to me, when / know
them Britlshers are comm; you
know if twau'C for your blindness
and my bein' woman, there would
be two OF the best soldiers in the
continental army as they would
want
Just then was heard the patter Oi
tiny feet, and the door was burst
open, admitting a little girl, fol
lowed by a young woman.
'The Torres have beatenP eGclaim
ed Mistress DOrthy.
nj the young woman answered
in surprise.
But say that they have, and
what's more, they'll probably come
here and ask fer lodgln' and food
I'll give it to 'em-fOod for thought.
And Mistress Dorthy hustled
around setting breakfast on the
table.
We'll, well, was all Patty Whit
combe could find to say, but she
finally exclaimed; 'MOther, If yor
refuse them admission they may
seize the property aud fire th'
house,
They had no sooner sat dowr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
He At 9 to Save His Friend.


A man was being tried for hog
stealing in a southwest Georgia
justice court. He had an accom-.
plice in the theft, to whom the
Judge said:
You knew this fellow sto'e that
hog?
Il did, your honor
And yet you helped him eat ltl'
81 did, your honor, but he was a
sickly man, an If he'd eat that
whole hog he'd ha' died certain p
Atlanta Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
A student Of the Sun.

Mrs. Mabel Loomis Todd, whose hus-
band, David P. Todd, is the well known
professor Of astronomy in Amherst col
IeQe, has written valuable little book
entitled Total Eclipses Of the Sun. :"
Mrs. Todd has done all the work her
self, going to original sources for infor-
nation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13

Never build after you are HYe
and forty; have ayears income IN
hand before you lay brick, aud
always calculate the expense
double the estimate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
She Had but Poor Bait,

Miss Leftover-I once nshed a
whole day without getting q bite.
Miss Msy Budd You musthave
been fishing for complimsnts.--
New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
Naturally Follows.

Higgamore can put all his house
hold goods into one truck wagon.
"Hlggamore is sensitive soul,
isn't helD
"Ehf'
$50 easily moved. Seef"--
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-13
SHENANDOAH HERALD
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ments will be published until forbidden,
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Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-22
For State Senator,
JOHN S. MAYHUGH,
OF Elko.
=. EiEFor Assemblymen,
II. II. C0RYELL,
- OF Wells.
j. B. TOLLEX,
Of Tuscarora.
j. H. WEILAKD, .'
OF Weiland's.
Platform & Resolutions.

The Silver Party Of Nevada, in Con
vention assembled at Carson City ON
the 4th day Of September, 1894, declare
that platforms should assert cardinal
principles Of political faith concern
ing questions of political interest and
present moment without equivocation
or evasion. We hold that history has
demonstrated that these principles are
right and equitable, and their observ.
ance necessary to secure the vel.
fare and individual happiness for
which this Government was establish.
ed.
SILVER.
We deny the right OF authority of
the Government OF the United States
to pass any law restricting or abridp
ing the privilege of any citizen to the
free coinage OF silver into standard
money at the legal ratio of 16 to l in.
dependent Of any other nation, and we
demand the repeal of all laws deny
ing or abridging that right.
We assert that any law denying or
abridging the right OF free coinage of
gold and silver into standard money at
the legal ratio of Of 16 to / independent
OF any ather nation, is denial Of the
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-22
SILVER PARTY
STATE TICKET.
For Congress,
FRANCI> q NEWLANDS,
Or WaShoe.

For Congress-,
FRANCI~ q NEWLANDS,.
or WaShoe.
For Governors
JOIN f JONES,
OF Ormsby.
For .Len:enan, Governor.
II. SAULER,
or Eurtkh.
E'Associate Justice Supr. me- Court,
M. s. BONNIE IELD,
Of lluuhoidt.
For Secretary If State,
EUGENE HOWELL,
Of White Pine.
For Attorney General,
ROBERT BEA Try,
or Eureka.
For Stale c. ntroller,
@. \. LAGRAVE,
4 or Humboldt:
For State Treasurer.
w. j. WESTEkFIELD,
Or Nashue.
For Surveyor-General,
A. (. PRATT,
or GDoLglas.
For State Printer,
JOSEPH MCCARTHY,
or Storey,
For Sup't. Pubic instruction,
H. G. CUTTING,
OF Esmrralda.
For Regent State University,
(L"ng II. rm)
". E f. DEAL,
or Storey.
For Regent State University,
(ShorL Term.)
Fl. S. s fAKRATT,
Of Lauder.
For District Judges,
(FIrsI District.)
c. F. MALK,
Of Storey
(SeC0nd DIstrlct,)
A. E. CHENEY,
Of Washoe.
(Thirh District.)
A. L FITZGERALD,
Of Eureka.
Fourth Dislrict,)
GEO. f. TALBOT,
or Elko.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-22

DIR. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Worlds Pair Highest MedaIand Diploma
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1894-10-22

~ Business hours from "a. ". tear. NJ.
Valuable papers received fer safe keeping
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02
NS*%536Y & Yd.58l@93
Devoted to the interests Of
THE MA SSES.
A Fearless, Aggressive, Progressive
Advocate of All Reforms.
HE WA IS f =.

WHEN the editor Of the Eagle
SAYS the AGITAToR "sympathIzes
with mobs that destroy railroad
property and resist the civil and mil
itary authorities of the United
Stat9s.' he writes himself a liar,
with no more conception of the truth
than a hog has of the sanctiiy OF
the Sabbath And, while we are
speaking of these matters, we VIII
remind the Eagle that the Chicago
Inter Ocean, cowardly gold bug
sheet, says, now that it finds that
public opinion is with the A. Il w.
that the strikers are not to blame
for the destruction of property and
the many depredations, but that the
blame should rest upon the buns,
thugs and plug-uglies-just what
we have claimed all along. If the
Eagle man would wake up and get
an original idea or two into his thick
head, he might cease to be the butt
and laughng.stock of all thinking
people, who know that the old man
swallows only that which his party
bosses have chewed.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02
THE SUCKLING Is DEAD.

According to Democratic author
itv. the present tariff admits of a
steal from the people of Sl3,OoO,Ooo
per week. Cleveland calls an extra
session of congress to help the Re
publican party on with the gold
steal. which help was granted with
alacrity and fair unanimlty. In
course of time, the regular session
convened, and the Wilson tariff bill
was with much labor in the commit
tee-room) brought forth, but, like all
weakly infants, it was "born a cryin',
I:ved a.dyin'," and, although fed
liberallv in the senate, on sugar ana
whisky, and although treated by
such eminent doctors as voorhees,,
German, Brce and Hill, it lived a
nrecarious existence, but went on
TO the last nursing station, viz a
conference committee room, land
there it quietly yielded up the ghost
on the 18th day OF July, A.D. 1891
and in the second year of the rule
of the great railroad warrior.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02

ALTHOUGH it man be termed a
"stock argument that we must get
relief through the ballot" and cause
"broad grin" to play across the
features of some who argued that
some other movement was superior
to the ballot, yet the events ct the
past ten days are evidence that the
Express is right, and we must get
together at the ballot-boX. Chicago
Express.
That the ballot in the abstract is
the right way there is no room for
difference, and that the Express is
right in urging freemen to use the
ballot to regain their lost heritage
is as patent as sunlight, and were
there no Judas lscariots or Bene-
dict Arnolds to betray trusts and
sell their nation, there would be no
occasion for any one to urge a wide
use of the ballot. We have lost
our heritage as it was transmitted
to us by patriots, and when the
Judases and Arnods continue to
betray us, permit ug to ask, Is there
not a more salutory method of deal
ing with them? We petitioned and
ballotted, ballotted and petitionedr
until the acts have assumed good
deal the character of a farce. VIII
ballotting alone remove the curse
affecting us !
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02

JUDAS ELLEN FOSTER, Helen Kim
Der and few other women OF their
kind will soon be stumping the state
for the Republican party-the only
party that has openly and hagrantly
insulted the women of Kansas. At
Topeka, they. will probably centre
their forces, and will all speak, and
between speeches, some member OF
the Modoc club will come upon the
platform, dressed in woman's gar
ments, and sing filthy bawdy'house
songs, as was done in the Republic
an state convention. How nice
Think Of it, friends !
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02
AN Ottawa lady writes as follows

An Ottawa lady writes as follows
to her sister, in this county:
X "You wanted to know
about the strike here. The men
think they are all right, and that
they are bound to win. If you read
the papers and believe them, sup
pose you think the strikers have lost
their jobs, for all papers that | have
read are filled with untruths. They
say that the company is doing more
work now thar before the strike.
How can they? The shops are not
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02

opened, in lots of places. Here,
they have four or five men working
in the places of sixty or seventy
men. You spoke about the bosses
saying they would not take back
one of the old men. That is the
way they talked last summer-and
did they? Every one went back.
OF course, the strike last summer
was nothing compared to this. The
strike now is the greatest one this
road has ever had, but the strikers
have friends as well as enemies
true friends, too-friends that are
helping them all they can. Some
old farmers around here tell them to
stay ont till they win, and if they
need ything to eat, they will iced
them aud you may know the men
appreciate that kind of friendship.
There is lots brought IN, and three
or four wagons so out nearly every
day Tor have been for several days.
and bring in wheat, apples, green
corn. eggs, butter and every kind OF
vegetable that grows in the garden.
The strikers are getting their eyes
open TO know who are their friends.
A good machnist came from Topeka
one day last week. He sent tele
pram before he came, wanting to
know if it was "scab" job. They
sent word back that everything was
all right-to come on-and when he
came, he went to the shops. The
old boss was anxious for him to go
to work at once, but he thought
things looked rather suspicious, and
he told the boss he would not com
mence until Monday, and when he
found the machinists here, he joined
with them. lie is preacher has
had a great deal of sickness in his
family, aud was needing money.
They offered him three dollars per
day, but he is man, and refused to
take mans place. 1t is just so all
along the road They cannot get II
man that can do work to go in. OF
course, they get some men to 60
there aud try to do the work Al
Chanute. three men (scabs) got their
hands smashed and were sent TO the
hospital here, the same day. At
Emporia, five men got hurt in five
days. Do you think they can do
more work with these men than
with their old men? | can't see
how they can. We don't know
whether you folks are for or against
the strike, but | hope you are for
your own rights, as this is every
hody's fight-a fight for capital or
labor"
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1894-08-02
Stirs HOOsicr Politics.

INpIAYAPoMs, July l9.-The de-
fection of prominent Democrats
from the Democratic party contln-
ues and the movement of Democrats
into the Populist party threatens to
become landslide.
The Democratic state committee
received confirmation of the report
that Freeman Kelley, one of the
leading Democrats of the northeast
ern part of the state, has joined the
Populists. On account OF his
powerful voice Kelley has been
known all over the state as Fog
Horn" Kelley. He was "a candi-
date for congress in his district sew
eral years ago, and was defeated by
Johu II. Baker, now United States
district Judge, by forty votes. Kel-
ley served two terms in the legisla
ture In an interview Mr. Kelley
says:
81 have left the Dempcratic party
and shall never return to 1t. The
Democrats have lied to me long
enough. The party has made prom
ises year after year and has failed to
keep them. 1t has been captured by
the gold-bugs in the east, and the
great west, which is suffering for the
want of money with which to do
business, need never expect any as
sistance from it. | have left the par
tv because it has not been true to
its principles on the money question.
| have Joined the Populists because
that party represents my views on
the money question. We need more
money With which to do business.
The circulation per capita has stead
ly decreased until there is not
enough money with which to carry
on the business of this country. The
people cannot expect relief from
either of the old parties. Neither car
they get away from the power o
Wall street.