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The herald., 1894-09-08
A SHOWER OF FROGS.
Thrifty Farmers Welcome the Visitors and
Eat Them For supper.

A curious phenomenon occurred in
the northern portion of the county
Thursday afternoon. Shortly after 8
O'Clock shower of live frogs began fall
ing The shower of living creatures con-
tinued for five minutes and covered 10
aero field OH the farm of Ezra Willburn.
The frogs fell only on Mr.. Willburn' S
farm, and at the time they fell the sky
was cloudless. Mr.. Willburn's small
son was tho only person who witnessed
the shower, and after recovering from
his surprise at such strange occurrence
he informed his father Of the affair.
The Willburns at onco began catching
the largest Of the frogs and enjoyed
regal repast Of delicious hams for sup
per. The neighbors We're also literally
supplied. The cause Of the shower is
somewhat q mystery, although it is said
that the frogs could have been drawn
from distant pond by strong whirl
wind and carried through the air to
point over Mr.. Willburn's field. Mum
Gle (Ind. Cor Chicago Herald
The herald., 1894-09-08

There are thousands of tired women
today on the verge OF breaking down
because they are martyrs to their own
false ideas oil domestic duty.
They are slaves to their homes; and
their exalted notions of absolute order
aud cleanliness keep them from morning
10 night upon the rack of mental and
physical torture until they grow old,
care worn, nervous. irritable and sickly,
in their foolish struggle with dust
Only the exceptionally strong can
stand the debilitating effect of overhead
ed rooms, lack of fresh air and exercise,
over-burdened stomach and the artificial.
nervous. hurried life OF 90 many good
wives and mothers.
just ss nature prompts young children
to cry and grow irritable when hungry.
go poorly fed, over-worked nerves cry
out for their proper food by twingeH Of
rheumatem and neuralgia.
II is natures language in each case.
Just as the fretting, crying child drops
to refreshing sleep after being properly
fed, exactly go the nervous system feels
The herald., 1894-09-08
coLuMsus TOOK A TUMBLE.
it Was the Last Day of the California Fail
and Bo Was All Broke Up.

it Was tEc Last Day of the California Fair,
ana He Was All Broke Up.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, but there is no such hope for the
statue of Columbus at the fair. 1t lay
on the ground in the grand court recent
ly shattered to thousand pieces. Co
lurnbus came off bis perch about 10
o'clock in the forenoon, and as he was
large and portiy no struck the ground
with dull thud. His right leg clung
to tho pedestal, the indications being
that that limb had been pulled, tho
fracture being committed at the knee.
Columbus wore no whiskers at the ex-
position, but the wind was attracted to
him nevertheless. 1t sought to lift the
long locks that hung over his shoulders,
and in this effort it toppled their big
owner from his commanding elevation
i'll the valley Of the court. People who
are affected by condolences did not fail
to comment on his passing way on the
day that was practically the last Of the
fair. He had seen the glories of the
exposition come and CO. and some
persons imagined that the memories
he cherished cvercame him as if he
were an animate being. The knowledge
that the fair was over and that he was
to bo taken away to some obscure and
strange place broke him all up, they
said. He had been ailing for several
days When it wes evident by the in
clination Of his head that ho was unbal-
anccd, measures were taken to keep him
from in1S1r,j,r bi,pcaIf 1,17t lo fSf,a1ly
broke from the ropes that restrained
him, and tho fall Of Caesar was nothing
in comparison to his. The statue was
mado of sort of plaster and was part
ly hollow, being devoid of lungs and
other internal organs. San Francisco
Chronicle
The herald., 1894-09-08

right away the equalizing, restoring
action of Paine's celery compound.
A fair trial OF this greatest OF all
remedies brings strength to tired run
down" men and women, and frees them
permanently from debility. heart palpi-
tation, Respondent feelings and inability
to sleep because of nervous weakneas.
Mra. s. E. Welch of Lynn, Mass,
whose portrait appears above. writes ~
followH
''I was taken i'll last January with the
grip and it left me with the rheumatism
in my hands and feet. My feet wsre
swollen 80 bad and were so sore that I
found it hard work to walk. My hus-
band brought me home two bottles of
Paine's celery compound. Seeing that
it was doing me good. / continued its
use until l had taken five bottleswhen I
was free from rheumatism and have not
had anv since.
To-day l can truly say that I am az
we'll aa / evo- was in my life."
That's it. Paine's celsry compound
makes people well.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Mixed tho Babies.

Among the ouriosities of Typography
q prominent place must be given to the
recent achievement of Chicago paper
in the mixing up Of headlines in most
startling manner. First there is an ar
ticle with this caption:
THE CONDOR OF THE ANDES.
Albert Seaton Bery of Kentucky Bears That
Distinction.
In another column ON the Same page
Of the paper in question is this an
nouncement:
TALLEST MAN IN CONGRESS.
Boars Far Above the Eagle and Reaches q
Height OF Six Miles.
Buffalo Commercial
The herald., 1894-09-08
JURY REFORM.
Massachusetts Has a New Law Containing
Excellent Provisions.

Massachusetts Has New Law Containing
Excellent Provisions.
A new jury law has just gone into
operation in Massachusetts,, and some
Of it's provisions are manifestly SO good
that they might well be embodied in
the code of other states. For instance,
one section reads, ''The board of alder
men of any city shall not strike any
name from the jury list as prepared, ex-
cept of person who has been convicted
of crime and has not been pardoned on
the ground Of his innocence of said
crime, or OF q person who is not quail
fed by law for service as juror" The
intention here was to do away with the
favoritism by which men of influence
were in the habit of ridding themselves
of the duty Of serving on juries
The penalty for violation of the sec
tion quoted is severe, it being provided
that if any person is guilty of fraud in
the drawing of jurors, either by prac-
ticing ON the jury box previously to a
draft, or in drawing a juror, or in re-
turning into tho box the name of juror
which had been lawfully drawn out
and drawing or substituting another in
his stead, OF in striking name from
the jury list, he shall bo punished by a
fine not exceeding $500.
An additional Official safeguard is
thrown around the selection Of jurors
by the requirement that the mayor of
any city shall be present at the drawing
and verify by personal inspection the
result of the ballots announced by the
alderman appointed for the purpose.
Tho law was framed to counteract the
corrupt influence that had previously
prevailed in the making up of juries in
tho cities Of the state. York Post.
The herald., 1894-09-08
JACKSON DISCOURAGED.
he Will Pay No Attention to the Sioux
City Offer to Fight,


City Offer to Fight.
CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-"I shall pay no at
tention to the Sioux City offer for a
fight between Corbett and myself" Pc
ter jackson last night. "There seems
to be no tangible front to the delegation
reputed to be at the head OF the syndi-
cate, il indeed, there is a syndicate.
81 have about given up hope OF get
ting q match with Corbett," Jackson
continued. 81 journeyed across the
continent at great inconvenience and
expense, and my efforts went for
naught. was inclined at fret to catch
st the Sioux City offer, In something OF
the spirit that faint hope catches at any
straw, but know that Corbett has the
atrical engagements far ahead, and
therefore will not make match with
me. Of course he will Keep talking fight
because it serves to advertise his theat-
rical venture. Ii the Sioux City delega-
tion which is said to have left that
place for the purpose of arranging for a
fight, arrived at Chicago. it seems
strange they cannot be found. That
they may have gone through to see Cor
bett first and have therefore passed me
by, does not satisfactorily explain the
matter to MY mind. 1t rather convinces
me, if anything, that there is nothing
to the whole thing but talk. l have
done all can to bring about meeting
with Corbett, and that individual stands
in the light at present OF champion
who will not defend his claim to the
title"
The herald., 1894-09-08
Mrs. Crapo Adjudged Insnne.

SAN FRANcIsco. Sept. Mrs. Annie
Crapo, who was arrested several days
ago for arson, in having act fire to her
house on Tennessee street, near
Bntte. at the Potrero. was ex-
amined before the lunacy commissioners
yesterday and was finally adjudged in
sane. Her husband testified that she
had hallucinations about the house in
which they reside, thinking that it is
unhealthy and causes sickness in the
family. Because OF this she fanciea that
God has directed her to burn it down.
Judge Levy ordered her sent to the
asylum at UkiRh.
The herald., 1894-09-08
CONDENSED rELEGRAMs.

The total assessment of the territory
OF Utah is $99, ,503. .24S. 40.
Admiral Sir Edward Inglefield, ON the
retired list OF the British navy since
1885, ia dead.
D. o. Mile has started from New
York for San, Francisco. whence he will
sail on a voyage around the world.
O. F. Orocker. vice.presidert of the
Southern Pacific, will start on q trip
ground the world ON September 25th,
when he will take the steamer for Japan.
The trip will be solely for pleasure, and
Colonel Crocker will be gone at least q
wear.
The herald., 1894-09-08
No Truth in the story.

ROME, Sept 7.-Inquiries at the vati.
can today in regard 10 the statement
published by news agency, saying the
pope is preparing an encyclical letter
announcing the absolute supremacy OF
the apostolic delegate in the
United States, with the single
right of appeal to the pope, show there
is no truth in the story. The pope'e
only present project is to publish at an
indefinite date a ponti6cal letter ex.
horting the American episcopacy in
favor Of the Catholic university at
Warrington.
The herald., 1894-09-08
INSURANCE REBATES.
slsshing OF Premiums in Los Angeles
to BE StoI ped.

slashing OF Premiums in Los Angeles
to Be StoI ped.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 7.--The Pacific
Insurance union is wrestling with the
problem of how to stop the rebating in
premiums which Is said to be prevalent
in this city. Oakland. San Jose, Stock
ton, Portland and especially at Los An
been so much emitting in rates
that the Pacific Insurance union pro-
poses the formation OF a local organiza-
ton at Los Angeles, under the general
compact, and with specially stringent
code of rules. A committee of Los An.
gsles agents is now in the city confer
ring with San Francisco insurance men
about new plan of action, hoping that
new rules will stop tue slash;ng of pre-.
miume,
The herald., 1894-09-08
AN OPEN SWITCH.
Tho Cause of Bad Wreck on the 5ar


Tho Cause of = Bad Wreck ON the Santa
Fe Eoad.
RATION, N. M, Sept THE Californis
express, west bound on the Santa Fe.
was ditched at Dillon junction, two
miles south OF here, this afternoon. The
engine, baggage. mail and express care
are complete loss. The engine lies on
its side 20 feet from the track, half
buried in the mud. The following are
injured:
Engineer Pat Doyle, cut about the
head and bruised on the hip and ehoul-
der.
Fireman Joe Meaden, slightly in
jursd about the head and body.
Mail Clerk O. r. Balbridge, bruised
about the face and body left leg may
have to be amputated.
Mail Clerk III. G. Russell, several cuts
about the head. g
The cause Of the wreck was an open
switch.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Novel Ground For a Suit For Damages.

Lawyers are ever ready with new
methods of procedure and novel grounds
for action, but there is an Englishman
who has just made himself prominent
in his profession as deviser Of unique
basis fcr a salt for damages.
Ho has entered suit against news
paper asking damages and an injunction
on the ground that his practice has been
injured by the newspaper withholding
his name in cases where he has been
successful and publishing it only in
cases which he has lost. Eminent coun-
sci have been retained on both sides, and
the action will be bitterly contested. -
New York Herald.
The herald., 1894-09-08
THE wooTTEN MYSTERY.
Last Chapter ia the Sensational Case
Begun.

Last Chapter ia tho Sensational Case
Begun.
FRESNO, Sept. The last chapter in
the Wootten mystery was begun today.
when Charles E. Lilley of England ap-
pesred before the public administrator
here, with power of attorney from
Thomas Wootten of Ledbury, Here.
ford county, England. This Wootten
is the only surviving brother of the mics
ing raneher, whom, ,rnY one now be.
lieves to be dead. sroperty has not
suffered greatly by fsssxpenses prsoed.
ing the Sandera trial, which fell largely
on the county, and it is believed the
estate will realize 5000. 1t consists of
3400 acres of land, with 100 head of
cattle. and ia at present in the hands of
the public administrator.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Forepaugh's Circus Attached.

SPRINGFIELD. Ill.,, Sept. To-day, at
Gibson City, United States Marshal AL
brinton seized Adam Forepaugh's circus
on a writ of attachment, issued by
Judge Allen OF the United States circuit
court, by George Coupe, who filed a suit
for SIC, 200 damages in court here for
personal injuries received at the hands
of the proprietors of the show, whom he
alleges brutally assaulted him and set
a hound on him at Alma, Kan, and dis-
sbled him for life. He claimed the circus
would leave the state tonight.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Two Skeletons Found.

FRESNO, Sept. 7.-Some boys, while
sesyching the rocks around Dunlap,
nea, Sampson's fiat, this county, found
yesterday the skeletons of two men in q
cave, and reported the matter to the
coroner today. There is smoothing to lead
to the Identification Of the remains, as
no clothing was found. but one of tho
skulls which was brought to town
showed gold filling in the teeth.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Comte de Paris Is Dead.

LONDON, Sept. 1.-THE comte de Paris
died at Stowe house. his London resi-
dence, at O'Clock this evening. The
disease from which be suffered was
given out BY the physicians as cancer OF
the stomach, but it will probably re-
quire sn autopsy to determine the exact
cause Of his death.
The herald., 1894-09-08
Tranacant,nnntal Linea.

CHICAGO, Sept. 7.--At the meeting of
the Transcontinental lines today no
progress was made in the settlement
of existing differences. The whole time
was apent in the discussion of the
question of diffefentials. the Oregon
Navigation company refusing to con-
slider any other phase of the situation
until its claim for diFerentials ia dis
poaed of
The herald., 1894-09-08
The Dead Alive.

Sr. CLOUD, Mimi, Sept. John
Brennan, his wife and three children.
who were reported dead at Sandstone,
have been found alive. They wsded in
Kettle river, and escaped with their
lives.
The herald., 1894-09-08
A staansr Aahnre.

GLOUCESTER. Mass., Sept. 7. - The
steamer Margery, loaded with stone,
bound for Boston. is ashore ON Londoner
reef, off Rockport, and will probably be
total lose.
The herald., 1894-09-08

Angostura Bitters are the best remedy for re-
moving indigestion. Ask your druggist for the
genuine, prepared by DR.. j. G. B. siesert &
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
Getting Up a Dead Sea Boom.

Among the few seaside places that
are not much advertised in these days
are the shores of the Dead Sea. They
are not marine "resorts," because no.
body ever goes to them. It is now
stated, however, that tho Sultan, who
is the proprietor of the locality in
question, and an American speculator
have laid their heads together and de-
vised plan for its exploitation. It's
waters possess plenty of salt, bitumen
and sulphur, which will be useful for
commercial purposes, and the nssocia-
lions of the neighborhood, it is hoped,
will prove attractive to tourists. Two
vessels, one large and heavy for local
products, and lighter one for passen-
ger traffic, have accordingly been con-
veyed to Jerusalem, end thence to the
Dead Sea. A pickle mandatory lie
also to be erected on it's shores. IT ie
thought that every visitor would like
to carry away at least one bottle as a
souvenir. 1t is curious, however, that
not word is said about preserving the
Dead Sea fruit, which has n world.
wide reputation. London Illustrated
News.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
PRACTICAL ECONOMY.

Here il true story, the moral OF
which is not hard to learn: Two girls
had each nm old-fashioncd muff and
boa of mink. For long time that was
n despised fur, so ono of the girls
tossed hers into the waste basket, and
the servant pitched it into the furnace
and it was burned. But the other girl
kept hers and took care of tho bits of
reddish fur and braved the moths in
summer aud the laughter of her spend
thrift friends in winter.
Then, all of sudden, mink became
perfect frenzy of fashion. Then the
wise girl took her shabby little milf
and shabbier little boa and carried
them to n furrier, and there came home
TO her yard upon yard of lovely mar
row trimming. And now the wise
young woman is very smart indeed in
an exquisite gown, fur trimmed Oh
satin, and the girl who burned her old
furs goes questionable in plainest
cloth. Really, there is no finish half
SO effective rs these narrow bands OF
fur, and mink suits almost every fnoc
and brightens every complexion.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
A NATURAL GRACE.

Gracefulncss, when nnts,ral, is very
pretty accompaniment to youth and
beauty in women, but when it is ag-
sumcd, OF rather initiated in mn cxag-
gerated form by women of mature
years for purposes of coquetry and
Irritation, it becomes most distasteful
to those possessed of any refinement.
Naturally graceful women in this coun-
try are by no means common nova
days. Indeed, the compression OF
corsets and tho rigorous tight-fitting
tailor-mnde gown appear almost in
compatible with gracefulness Grace
fulness belongs essentially to freedom
and nature, anyl, as rule, it is easy to
discover when O lily acquired Nice
manners are fnr preferable to acquired
gracefulncss, Which requires n contin-
nal effort to keep up. Doubtless much
of the grace of the ancient Greek and
Roman women was duo to their loose
style of dress, the corset being IN IN
known affection of later yenrs. How
ever this may be, certain it is that the
women of to-day do not possess the
gracefulness of Helen of Troy or Cleo
pntrn.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

! Malaria is responsible for hnlf tho
deaths of all mankind. according To
DIR. II. M. Clark. From his expert
ence in India he learns that malaria is
not confined to rich, low-lying soils,
but is found even in sandy deserts.
The natives of the grain coast of
Western Africa and tho Taurus OF
Northern India are the only races
proof against it. Both modern mcdi.
cine and sanitation nrc powcrlcss in
dealing with it. Suggested prevent.
ives are the flooding of swamp lnndt
and the planting trees that will re.
tain water and shade the soil-such MS
the plnntain and banana, but not .he
eucalyptus.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
SOME NEW TRIMMINGS.

Beading in every form, width and
pattern is applied to winter dresses,
straight and varied, sewn on to tho
dress or shaped into patterns. Gradua-
ted rows of braid are frequently mp
piled to the skirts, and inch wide
braid is sometimes carried perpendic-
nlarly down tho seams Black in color
is most fashionable; SO are shaded
braids and embroidered brnids, the
devices in silk.
jet is not Mt all likely to be ban
ished. 1t is every year more beauti-
fully treated, and now is applied in
the form and designs used in braid
ing, as we'll as in long and important
fringes. Crochet has been utilized for
tinsel thread trimmings and silk. Jet
mingles with gold beads and gold
threads.
Leather, white and ecru, was lib
orally employed in Paris trimmings
during the spring, and is again i'm
ported into England.
The cloisonne enamel has inspired
some OF the newest medieval REVEALS,
but they nre too elaborate and costly
for ordinary wear. The shot chine
and shaded effects have great elc-
ment of beauty; so have the jet fab
RIGS set with brilliants, which on even
ing gowns fash in the artificial light.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06

An electric fighting man is about the
latest thing in the electrical line. Ac.
cording to recent number of the Lon.
don Electrician, an inventive genius
has offered to furnish to the Spanish
Government for consideration. his
invention, known MS Gan automaton
soldier, made of forged iron, capable
of firing forty shots minute Mt the
enemy" tho machine being operated
by electricity. The chief advantage OF
this scheme, however, is the fact that
fireplace where soldiers brains arc
supposed to be, is filed up with dyna
mite; SO that if captured, the auto
maton would DO moro deadly than
ever, unless treated with the greatest
care. A fight between armies com
posed of these soldiers would be inter.
esting in the extreme.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06
The Fastest Yacht AfIoat.

The Herreschoff misunderstanding Com.
pany of Bristol, r. L., has received an
order from New York man for a steam
yacht. that in point of speed and ele-
gance IS expected to be the finest and
best yacht ahoat. The name of the
man who Is to own this palatial craft
has not been made public MS yet, in
difference TO his wishes, but it is ex-
pected that he will Withdraw the in
Junction of secrecy within few days.
The yacht is to be plated with Tobin
bronze to the water line, just Us was
the cup defender Yigilant. The plates
from the water line up will be of steel.
ohe Is to be twin screw, 1856 feet
long, twenty-five feet beam, and
twelve feet draught, her dimensions
being about twice those of the largest
steam yacht ever built by the com
pnny. The deckhouse is to be of
aluminium, and the orders are to fit
her with every appliance for comfort
and speed that modern luxury knows.
N. >. Herreschoff will design the craft
and snperintend its construction. It
is expected she will be launched about
June /.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1894-04-06


dressing which accompanied the toi-
let's lately revived. The struggle, how
ever, has been practically in vain, the
most fashionable women refusing to be
made conspicuous at tho expense of
their beauty. Most of them wear the
hair frizzed and arranged in small
chignon ut the back; round this, when
Worn with evening dress, strings of
pearls are entwined or diamond ri
vieres are placed. The chief couture
of Paris may be presumed to be the
chief couture Of the world; therefore
what that clever person, NJ. Lentheric.
says about n women's hair will be of
interest to most women who want to
be MS lovely as nature permits In the
first place Lentheric condemns the use
of false hair. "It is hot, he says;
sit is uncomfortable: it is not
pretty" Nor does he approve of dye
ing the hair, though some hairdressers
contend that dye is the only thing that
improves the growth of tho locks.
When undertaking to 'dress head"
Lentheric takes all tho hair in his
hand and draws it up to the top of the
head that he may study tho shape of
the skull; then he looks in the glass
and watches his subjects expression,
and then he begins his work. He de-
clares that it is raro to find woman
whose head and face are we'll formed
enough to bear the Greek style of hair
arrangement. NJ. Lentheric, by tho
way, dressed the heads of NIL the his
torical figures in the French exhibit ut
Chicago. Now York Advertiser.