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The herald., 1894-08-19
COMMERCIAL TRAVELLERS.
Tho English Drummer Compared With His
Fellow Salesman In America.

Tho English Drummer Compared With His
Fellow Salesman In America.
The commercial traveller in England
is little different from his American
brother, pursuing the same line of pol
icy in getting there" SO far as securing
trade is concerned. His invariable rule.
however, is that his first price given to
a local merchant is his last and only
one. There is no going in the morning
with an offer and then in the afternoon
with an extra inducement to make the
trade This being the invariable rule, it
saves much labor and apprehension in
the mind of the buyer that he has not
done so we'll as he could have done with
moro diplomacy.
Everything is done for the comfort of
the traveller, and at the hotels "a special
apartment called the commercial room
is set apart for his exclusive use In this
room smoking is prohibited until D.
m., a place being devoted to that pur-
pose at other times. The traveller takes
his meals in the commercial room, the
dinner being set affair in which all
travellers in the house generally partici-
pate. The oldest man is at the head of
the table and is called the president
while at the foot is the youngest man,
and he is termed vice president. Selec-
tions of food are often made by vote
and two or three will club together for
special dishes or wines, the president
generally putting the question.
A dinner costs in this way from so to
75 cents and other meals in proportion
very good food and service being had
throughout Great Britain and Ireland
at these prices. At these dinners and in
the general conversation no introduction
of one to the other, if strangers. is
necessary, and all join in the general
conversation and story telling, trait
common to the whole brotherhood of
commercial travellers, be they found in
London, New York or Kamchatka.
Hardware
The herald., 1894-08-19

BIRDS sometimes make an organized at
tempt to drive the bees away from their
home in the hollow trunk of tree
They first discover the place of the hid
den treasure by following the bees on a
warm, sunny day, and if there be an
opening in the tree large enough to adj
NIT them they plunge down the hole in
a body.
Ihen there follows sharp conflict
inside the tree, the birds swapping at the
bees and cutting them in two at each
snap The only chance for the bees is to
light on the backs and sides of the
birds If they fail to do this, they are
soon routed, and the rich treasures Of
sweets are captured by the enemies.
These battles terminate i'll various ways,
sometimes the bees and sometimes the
birds coming out victorious. Our Ami
NAL Friends
The herald., 1894-08-19
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION.
Remarkable Cases of Its Occurrence In and
Effect on Human Bodies.

Remarkable Cases of Its Occurrence In and
Effect on Human Bodies.
Medical literature of this country as
we'll as that of England and continental
Europe relates many remarkable in
stances of the spontaneous combustion
Of the human body. In all such cases,
which are the more interesting on ac-
count of their comparative rarity, the
victim has been person addicted to the
immoderate use of spirituous liquors.
either as beverage or in the form of
bath Little by little all the water and
other liquids of the body are replaced by
alcohol, and then all that is necessary
to cause catastrophe is to find some
means of applying fame to the spiritous
gases which are escaping from every
pore. Occasionally the breath of the
poor victim is fired while lighting a
pipe or a cigar, OF it may be that a
flame comes in contact with and lights
the alcoholic vapors which are escaping
from some other portion of the body.
When once the fire is applied, a blush
flame extends very rapidly to all parts
OF the body, leaving it q shapeless mass
of charred flesh and calcined bones In
many instances attempts have been
made to extinguish the flames with wa
ter, but always without success. When
the affected parts of the victim are
touched fatty matter attaches itself to
the finger, still continuing to burn and
giving off very disagreeable odor,
something similar to that which arises
from burning mixture of horn, hair
and wool.
During all this time a thick black
smoke arises from the body and attaches
itself to the surface of all objects with
which it comes in contact, the "set-
things from it being in the form of a
sweat, unctuous to the touch and of an
unbearable fetor. In the majority of
such cases combustion is only arrested
when the flesh has been reduced to
cracklings and the bone to pow ,.er
Vincent, i'll his "Curiosities Respecting
Man, says, Commonly the feet and
i.1rtion of the head are not burned, but
usually when the combustion is finished
it is difficult to believe that the inciner-
ated mass is all that is left of human
body. st Louis Republic
The herald., 1894-08-19

miles, carrying 1873 pounds and winning
in q csnter. He got Sanfoin, winner OF
the derby OF 1890. The line OF Spring
field is favorite one OF mine, and while
it has never produced an Ormonde, it is
immessurably ahead of all the other
Stockwell branches. The decadence of
StockwelPs male line is becoming pain
fully apparent, the offspring of st. AL
bans and Doncaster alone retaining any
of the prominence which characterized
that family 80 years ago. Still Stock
well got six st. Leger winners, and no
other sire ever was able to get four.
HIDALGo.
The herald., 1894-08-19

tanned the dignity of her husband S
house and took care Of her own and An
tonius' children, but also those he had
had by Fulvia, one of his previous
wives. OF this Fulvia Plutarch slyly re-
marks:
1t was her ambition to govern those
that governed and to command the lead
ers of armies. 1t was to Fulvia that
CT >opatra was obliged for teaching An
tcnius due submission to female author
ity. He had gone through such course
Of discipline as made him perfectly
tractable when he came into her hands.
Westminster Review.
The herald., 1894-08-19
A Perfect Leaf.

The teacher of a large class in one Of
the New York schools once said to the
pupils who were leaving for the sum-
iner: II want each Of you to search for
perfect leaf and bring it to me when
school reopens Remember it must be
perfect-every tooth right, not to speak
Of mold or blight or discoloraticn. not
vein broken. +" They searched faithful
", but none found q perfect leaf, though
fhey learned n great deal about leaves
while they examined them thus careful.
ly.-New York Times.
The herald., 1894-08-19
A Lover of Tobacco.

1t is said that the camel is lover of
tobacco. Let any one smoke pipe or
cigar i'll the camel compound, and the
camel will follow the smoker about
place his nose close to the burning to-
baoco, inhale the fumes, with long
sniff, swallow the smoke, then throwing
his head up, with mouth agape and eyes
upturned, showing the bloodshot whites
Will grunt sigh of ecstasy that would
make the fortune of low comedian in
a. love scene. Bow Bells.
The herald., 1894-08-19

machine boss and unwilling legislators
whipped into support OF the bosa's nom
inee. They could not foresee that the
senate would develop from barrier
against ill-advised legislation into OBJ
st,uction to necessary and healthful laws.
Popular election would put the matter
into the hands of the people, who would
then alone be responsible, give them a
representative senate, and end the some.
what frantic charges of anarchism and
plutocracy now leveled at men who are
neither of nor for the people. 1.-THE
Literary Digest,
The herald., 1894-08-19
HONEY LOVING BIRDS.
They Sometimes Have Battles With Bee
For the Sweet Booty.

They Sometimes Have Battles With Bees
For the Sweet Booty.
The love for sweet things is craving
of nature in all living creatures, and
birds will sometimes run great risks to
satisfy it. Bears i'll their eagerness to
get at the honey in hollow tree will
sometimes wedge themselves into so
small hole as to endanger their lives,
and many forest birds, such as wood
peckers, blue jays and thrushes, will
sun the danger Of being stung to death
in their endeavors to obtain the sweet
honey that the bees store in the hollow
trunks of trees Sometimes they will
The herald., 1894-08-19
CIcopatra's Rival.

The beautiful Ootavia, the wife Of
the great general, but weak and infa-
NOUS Antonius was woman Of rare
personal integrity and moral worth.
When Antonius for the second time,
and this irremediably, fell under the
sway Of the incemparable fascinations
Of Cleopatra, Octavia not only main
The herald., 1894-08-19
A beginning.

Bromley, / hear you are going 20
start housekeeping?''
"Yes, Darlington. -
"What have You got toward it?''
A wife. London Tit-Bita
The herald., 1894-08-19

Springfield, the sire OF Watercress, was
the greatest ratehorse from the male
line of Stockwell except Doncaster and
his grandson Ormonde. He was not
good at years. but at 5 be was by not
lees 20 pounds the best horse in Eng
land over distance of ground. He gave
more than that much weight to both
Great Tom, sire of Maid Marion, and Mid
lothian (sire of Sir Walter) whom he
beat for the champion stakes, three,
The herald., 1894-08-19

''The fathers of the constitution were
wise and able in their day and genera
tion, but it ia impossible for constitution
and fundamental laws to survive un-
changed the conditions which have al.
tered men and manners during the past
100 years. They did not foresee that
seats in congress could be purchased of
Legislatures, or elections directed by the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
THE CYNIC.

When you get into difficulty,
beware of your friends.
There never was a nude statue
so lifeIike that it had corns.
us too bad that ice cream is not
good for biliOusness, but it is not.
What has become of the old
fashioned man who cracked his
fingers9
II a woman is sickly, 1t is not
usually discovered until after she
is married.
Many a roaring lion who has
hunted as hard as be could has
starved to death.
Every man thinks he might Do.
come famous ifhe had more time
to wlite poetry.
Few husbands and wives are so
affectionate and trusting that they
say, "Our money!
The colleges are full of young
men who will receive a $1,000 ed
ucatioD to take $40 job.
On judgment day, when We hear
every ybody's record read, We viii
pretend to be shocked, but We
won't be..-AtcbisOn Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
A WORD TO MOTHERS.

Is it a mistake for mothers t(
assume all responsibility and labor
in their natural desire to shield the
daughter from the trials anC
yexations that they have passed
through, gaining lessons in the
hard school of experience, the
teachings ct which they wish to
pass over for he chIld's benefit al
second hand after the rough edges
have all been smoOthed away I
1t is a mothers nature, We know,
to shield the child from trouble,
and rather than see the pretty
brow puckeJed up in little lines ol
care over some vexatious problem
the mother tnkeS hold of the task
and puts it through 10 completion,
while ihe experience which should
be the righttuI heritage Of the
daughter is denied her through a
feeling of mistaken kindness on the
part Of her mother.
Girls must learn 50 ne time, anu
it is better they should be taught
under guidance OF a tender mother
than to have their knowledge forced
upon them IN the hardest way
possible through the medium Ot
strangers.
Many mother argues that she
would rather do everything herself
than run the risk of the daughters
spollIug a bit Of work through in
sufficient knowledge. Therefore
we see the gray.haired woman
baking, doing Up preserves, cutting
out gown and fitting them, too,
while the daughter sits by in utter
ignorance, simply because she is
not permitted to potter IN the
kitchen or experiment with cheap
cloth in order to thus obtain the
first elements OF a practical educa.
ton that will stand her in good
stead some day.
AS the mother has learned, so
should the daughter Likewise. 1t
is far better to gain tue first princi.
piles in early lite rather than to dis
cover after marriage that you are
ia your cooks power and your
chlldIeL's clothes must be bought
ready-made or fashioned at undue
cost by some mOdlste whose charges
prove the value of the knowledge
whlch You have never acquired
Girls, insist upon learning all there
is to learn OF the practical side of q
wOmah's education. Mothers, put
Jour tenderness and unsellish de
vOtlon aside and let our daughters
do for themselves those things thai
they will some time be obliged tC
do when you are not by to hell
them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
Advertising Rates.
ABOUT YOUR BOYS.

Treat your boys as though they
were of some importanc", if you
would have them manly and self.
reliant.
Ifyon would your boy make
you his conf lante, take an active
interest in all he does; dOn'C be too
critical, aud ask for his views and
opinions at all times.
Don't keep yoar boys in ignor-
ance of things they shol'd know.
It is not the wholesome truth, but
the unwholesome way IN which it
isacqulred that ruins manyA young
man.
Don't act as lfyou thought your
boy amounted to nothing, or lie
continually making comparisons
between him aud so ne neighjor's
son to his disadvantage; nothing
will dishearten him quicker.
Don't think thatanythingis good
enough for the bows, and that they
don't care for nice things; have
their room fixed up as nicely as pos.
slble; let them understand it is to
be kept In order, and the result will
justify your pains.
Furnish yoar boy with good,
wholesome reading matter. Have
him read to and with you. DIS.
cuss with him what yon read, and
draw out bis opinions ami thoughts
upon the subject. Hep him to
think early for himself.
Make home a pleasant place; see
to it that the bays don't have to go
somewhere else to secure proper
freedom and cOngenlal companion
ship. Take time and pains 20
make them feel comfortable AMI
contented, aud they will not want
to spend their evenings away from
home.
Pick your sous associates. See 20
it that he has no friends you know
not about. TAKE anInterest IN al
his troubles and pleasures, and
have him feel perfectly free to in.
vIte his friends to the house. Take
4 little pains to make him and his
friends comfortable aad happy. lie
will not be slow to appreciate it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
The Sociable Drinlr-A Story For
Boys.

The Sociable Drinlr-A Story Fol
Boys.
Mr.. Perry gas a southern gen
tleman, exceedingly polite and
very temperate man. One day ht
met an acquaintance, who called
ont: "IIelIr, Perry! 1 was just
going to get a drink. Come in and
take something"
THANK you," said Perry. II
don't care for anything
But persisted the other,
"come in and take something just
for soclability's sake"
81 want to be socIable," ans wer
ed Perry. 81 an anxious to be
sociable, but can't drInk with
you"
"All right groEled the friend,
"If you dou't want to be sociahle.
l'll go without drinking"
Tue two men walked silently
along for a minute or two, the
sociable man III state OF great
irritation, until Perry suddenly
halted in front of drug store.
"I'm not feeling very we'll today
siid he, with a pleasant smile,
"aud l think I'll go In here and
get a dose of castor oil. viii you
join mes'
EWhatp exclaimed the other,
Sin a dose of castor Ollf'
"Yes, I'll pay for it.'
"Ugb~ cried the sociable man,
with a wry face. 81 hate the stuff"
HBut l want you to take a glass
Of oil with me just to be sociable,
sou Know"
81 won't do it,"
"Indeed, my friend SAID Perry
gravely, "yOur soeiable whisky is
Just as disiastefnl to me as my
castor oil Is 10 you. Don't you
think | have as much reason to be
offended with you as you have
with mtg'
The sociable man saw the point
and it would be money, health
and morals saved IL the lesson
could be firmly implanted 10 th,
mind of every young man in the
land. - National Presby teiIan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

Gus de Smlth-"What did you
do with that letter that was on my
tablew
CoIored Valet-"1 luck IL to de
pos offs sab, and put it in de hole.'
"Dld you not see that there was
no address on the enveIopey'
II saw dar was no writln' on de
'velope, but l lowed yer did dat ar
on bu'pose, so 1 couldn'C tell who
yer was writln' to. Is an eddlcat-
ed niggah, ls."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
GOVERNOR O'FERRALL AND
THE PIRATES.
New York Sun.

New York Sum-
There's a smell OF powder, apall of smoke
Aloug the waters of P0comoke;
The vultures wheel and the ravens croak,
For dark was the word O'Ferrall spoke.
O'Ferrall rose from his chair with q
bound,
He tossed his stormy looks around,
He cried, while crouched his whimpsriug
hound;
Il will sink all the ton gers in Pocomoks
Sound.
"I'll save Virginia's oyster bed,
Which pirates fell have ray ished,
And Pocomoke's waters shall ripple red
AboYe those bandits dsnk and dead.
'Bid sound the tocsin, ring the bell,
Be our armadas furnished well,
Collect the shot, make hot the she'll,
And give the pirate dredgers Gehenna.
"Iheie rakish craft, all painted black,
Are working woe IN Accomac;
Destruction follows in their track,
And oyster shells in pile and stack.
"Virginians, rise Your bold marine
Shall swiftly sail the waters green,
And sweep the pirates from the scene
With oyster knife and eutlass keen.
"With shrapnel we will smite their craft,
Wen oyster-rake them fore and aft;
Wen ram the tongers, knock them daft,
And give the gallows-tree a graft
"BY windy cape, by oozY creek,
Well track them IN the Chesapeake;
The winds will howl. tie snow fall bleak,
Yet from the quarter deck I'll speak.
"By proud Virglnia's silver shore,
By all the treasured names OF yore,
By all the holy oaths We swore,
Wipe with this scum the ocean floor.
"Shall oystermen from Maryland,
A dissolute and dangerous band,
Upon our oyster beds lay haudsi
No, fish let wars hot fires be famed.
"My voice, my sword, my heart are trne
To this great Cause, and when with you,
I've quelled this Jolly Roger crew,
Well take drink aud anoyster stew"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

Wife (late to breakfast)-Mercy
That cook has ruined this steak
one end is burnt black and the
other end is raw.
Husband (who came down early
-'Tisn't burnt at ADJUST nice and
brown, that's all. The other end is
a little rare, but l Ike it that way,
"NOnsense III ring for the cook
at once.v
"Cook's sick"
'Then who brOiled the stsakf
81 did,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

Justice-"HoW do you explain
your being found inside Col.
Ginger's chicken coOr last nlghtF
Jacksonville trufe Is Jedge,
made all my arrangements ter gil
up arly In de mornin', an 1 wanted
to sleep where / cud heah dt
rooster crow.p
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
Thirsty Babies.

1t seems strange, bat true it is,
thattbere are yetin existence ycurg
mothers whoneyer glye their young
babies a drink of water. Water
is as necessary to a child's we'll
being as good food and its bath.
Two or three times a day the baby
should be given a drink of water,
say a tablespoonful at regular
intervals. Try the little mite and
see how he relishes it. Further.
moro, 1t will, if given at regular
intervals, keep the bowels in coed
order. The other day, by the way,
a prominent physician was called
in for a severe case Of vomiting
and sore stomach. He prescribed
a tablespoonful of water and one
of milk to be taken separately every
hour. His patien. laughed, but
had the good sense to obey, and
sure enough, in few hours she
was well enough to get up aud at.
tend to her work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
THE FAMILY GHOST.

| was driver of a bobtail car
right here in New York. There
were two passengers IN the car at
the time-a sanity looking sister
of charity and man who looked
a tramp in the last stage.
There was only one nickel in the
box, and after knocking repeatedly
on the door l stopped the car and
went inside. The tramp protested
that he had paid his fare, and l
turned to the nun. BY a gesture
she signided that l should hand
to the man paper that was lying
on the seat. l did so, aud when |
turned again the nun was gone.
The tramp declared that ne bad
not seen her-that he had been
alone.
Utterly mystfed, | went back
and started the Car. A little
later the tramp got my name and
address and left the car. That
night went to my doctor anu told
him my story.
"Now, DOCTOR" | said, "if l am
loony, out with it!'
mo, no, Jim," said be; "yery
sane men have optical Illusions
now and then
81 don't want any more Of EN-"
said l. "COllecting fares of optical
illusions doesn't pay"
81 should say not" said the doc.
tor. But my opinion Is that you
turned your back a minute and
that the woman got off without
paying her fare. Probably SIZE
was not real sister of charity.
The city is full fof frauds. She
made you take the paper to the
man to give herself chance. See
nowF"
L didn't see, but what eau you
do when folks are so sensible that
they can't believe anytbingl
"'TWasn't like that-there she
was, aud there she wasn'J.' said 1.
"That's how 1t was"
"If it happens again, come to
me, and I'll write you a prescrlp-
tion and make you present of it,"
said the doctor.
SO l thanked him kindly and
went away, and it didn't happen
again. Weeks went along, and it
was winter, and as cold as Green
land, and passengers more bother
some than l ever knew EN-, when
one day, standing in the stables,
talking to Mike Gallagher, tue old
fellow that watered the horses and
aways had a joke for everybody,
| heard my name called.
"You're wanted, Jim," said some
one, and / went out into the street,
and the man that had called me
pointed to a gentIeman-a6out as
fine a looking one as l ever knew
aud he (the geDtleman) walked up
to me.
"lrs your dinner time, isn't iti'
said he.
"Yes, sir" said /. "I've got a
few minutes left"
"Oome along, them" said he
He walked me into a restaurant
close 10y the stables and said, "Cal
for what sou want,p and | named
lit. Then said he, ''You don't re
member me, Jim Brownp
WNo. sir,n said I,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

Expelling a Refractory Scholar.
"You boys are very quiet out
there in that barn." called out
Willie's mother suspiciously.
"Yes'm, Responded Willie, open.
ing The back door and gently
urging out into the alley a large
yellow dog with tin can tied tc
Its tail. "We're playing Sunday
schoolF'-Chicago Tribune.