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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
IIo Got lis Rine Dacl,.

A good story is told Of a young re-
cruitwho enlisted in aregiment Of foot
The young fellow joined the army while
the country was threatening war with
Egypt, and he intended to make a good
soldier. One day he was on guard duty
and was slowly stepping along when
an officer approached
After the usual salute the officer said,
"Let me see your rifle "
The raw recruit handed over his rifle,
and a pleased expression stole over his
face. As the officer received the weapon
he said in q tone of the deepest disgust:
you're a fine soldier. You've given
ND your rife and now what are you 60
ing to do:" Tho young fellow turned
pale, and putting his hand in his pocket
drew a big knife and preparing for bust
ness said in a voice that could not be
misunderstood
"Gi' me that rife, or I'll bore hole
through you in a minute. "
The officer instantly decided not to
play any further with the raw recruit
and the rife was promptly surrendered
London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
ThaclSeray's Return.

Onco the letters began to arrive from
America we were all much happier, for
we seemed in touch with him once more
and to know what was happening. He
was fairly well and in good spirits and
making friends and making money, !
remember his writing home on one &C.
casion and asking US to send him out a
couple Of new stomachs, so hOspitable
were his friends over the water, so
numerous tho dinners and suppers to
which he was invited. When the long
summer and winter were over and the
still longer spring, one day we heard
that he was coming back much sooner
than he expected | believe he saw a
steamer starting for home and could
stand it no longer, and then and there
came off.
can still remember sitting with my
grandparents, expecting his return. My
sister and l sat on the red sofa III the
little study, and shortly before the tine
we had calculated that he might arrive
came a little ring at the front door bell
My grandmother broke down; my sister
and l rushed to the front door, only we
were so afraid that it might not be he
that we did not dare to open it, and
there we stood until a second and much
louder ringing brought us to our senses
"Why didn't you open the door:" said
my father stepping in, looking well,
broad and upright, laughing. In mo-
ment he had never been away at all
Annie Ritchic in Longman's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
rho sketchlng Of the Masters

One Of the wonders Of a collection Of
drawings Of the old masters is how they
worked with anything that came to
hand-with crayon, chalk charcoal,
sepia, india ink or silver point. They
model you a hand or arm or whole fig
ure from the life with as much appar-
ent ease and certainty as a baker molds
n loaf, nor have they any care as to how
they arrive at the result-a wash, a
rub, a scratch, does tho business-the
light Of heaven shines in smear Of chalk,
and the darkness Of the inferno is re-
vealed in a smudge of ink
Probably because they served n long
and hard apprenticeship, had grown up
in studios and workshops, had been
licked with the mahlstock and had
paint pots thrown at their heads, did
they acquire this easy, infalliblo meth
cd Of theirs. Not that this explains the
whole of the mystery but it may go
part Of the way. ALI the Year Round.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
ODDS AND ENDS.

There are said to be large tracts Of
country in Cuba still unexplored
A GO pound boy hauled in a 80 pound
catfish at Winfield, Kan, a few days
ago.
There are -, t17OOO acres Of unin-
closed mountain and heather land in
Great Britain.
Under anew New York law you must
be a citizen to get employment on pub
lie work done by contract.
A spaniel owned by Dr. Frederick A.
Lyons Of New York city has adopted a
chicken which it cares for incessantly.
Corneillo died in the most bitter pow
orty, unrclieyed by many whom during
his day Of prosperity he had benefited.
There is an ldFrench couple in New
York neither Of whom, after residence
Of 80 years in America, can speak Eng
lish.
The United States has 500 lights upon
its coasts. Thirty Of them are displayed
from lightships tic others shine from
lighthouses.
There are $50 mountains in the Unit
ed States, which have height exceeding
O,O00 feet The greatest number are
in Colorado and Utah.
The New York board Of health boasts
that it has vaccinated 2j0, 600 persons
this year 80 far. The Brooklyn board
boasts Of 100, 900 since February
The Chicago police raided a prize
fight one day recently and arrested the
combatants, two 1O-year-old lads, and
their fathers, who were the seconds
A tablet has just been completed Oh
the front Of 30 Castle street, Edinburgh,
bearing the following words, I'm this
house Sir Walter Scott lived from l100
to 1926"
Paris has q society Of novolists called
Les Romanciers Francais, which has
now 100 members. No one can be adj
mitted until he has published at least
four novels
One thousand and sixty persons were
killed in coal mines in Great Britain
during last year and G5 persons in met
alliferous miles, both numbers being
above the yearly average
a boggar, who for many years had
subsisted on charity died a few days
ago in Auxerre, France. In trunk he
left bonds to the value Of 1000, coo
francs, and in his cellar were found
bottles Of wine Of the vintage Of 1890.
Vienna has 1901, 600 population and
3.74l police; arrests last year, 7490S.
The linguistic knowledge Of the Vienna
police force comprises English, French,
Italian, Spanish, Bohemian, Polish,
Russian, Croatian, Seryian, Hungarian,
Roumanian and Hebrew.
The Spanish government reserved to
the mother country the exclusive right
Of trade with all Spanish colonists.
The intcrc is Of the natives and Of the
colonists were all sacrificed to those Of
Spain and the Spanish people, and Span
i,h colonies never hourished rs did those
Of some other countries.
When Nj Gladstone FIRST became
premier, q gentleman called on his old
tutor Rev lIr Rawson Of Seaforth,
Liverpool, 10 congratulate him on the
high position gained by his pupil The
old gentleman replied: Il had two let
ters this morning from old pupils-one
prime minister, the other gatekccper Of
a workhouse. Such is lifc!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

"In America, " says a London paper
with that beautiful accuracy and conf
dence which characterize London pa
pers on things American, "it is not un-
common for well to do mothers them
selves to take perambulators out; conse-
ouently the designs are far moro elabo-
rate than ours. Tho baby carriage built
10 the order Of Mr.. Astor and sent to
tho Waldorf hotel in Broadway cost
$500 and fairly scintillated with gold
and silver plating and silver gilt fit
tings." And then, warming with Its
subject, the paper airily goes on; La
dies Of New York and San Francisco IA
vor the little hanson cab, with its sill
yer lamps and fittings, but the wife OF
n Wall street broker struck out a new
line by having baby carriage made in
the shape of a swan, the infant to recline
on swans down cushions inside the bird,
so to speak. " -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
The 3Ian In the Moon.

According to Pratorius, the man IN
the moon is the patriarch Isaac, carry
ing the bundle Of sticks which were to
be lighted to sacrifice his own body on
the mountain top Dante believes him
TO be Cain, carrying a bundle Of thorrs,
the meanest offering his lands afforded,
as a present to God. In Iceland the peo
pie claim that they can see the face Of
Adam in the moon and that Of Eve in
the sun. Among the Frieburgers there
is a superstition which says that the
marks and spots on the moons face are
the outlines Of a traitor, Judas Iscariot
holding his hands over bis face while
sneezing just prior to hanging himself
This last belief accords with the old
Frankish legend which says that there
was no spot on Lunq's bright face un-
til after the time Of the crucifxion Of
Christ. Still another story tells Us that
in the time Of the creation God threw
an offending angel against the face Of
the moon, while another is to the effect
that the moon witnessed the creation Of
Adam and Eve and took an impress Of
their features on her surface, intending
to people her own land with similar be-
ings. When she essayed to initiate
Gods work. she made nothing but a
serpent which since that day has con-
tinued to fold and unfold its mighty
coils in full view Of the descendants Of
the God created beings. New York
Worll
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
a Paving 10.

Every safe manufacturer has at.
tached to his free expert lock
smiths whose dnIes consist IN Op.
ening sa',s which which have GOT
ten oot OF order.
Many OF The accidents TO safes
occur from the gross cdrelessneSS
Of taeir Owners, ami at times the
honest safe crackers eaj y Il quiet
llugh at the expense of IA group of
bank officers or the proprietor OF
some important establishment.
Not long since n large manu-
factur2r te'egraphel to a New
York safe maker, requesting that
man be sent at once to Ills place
of business, a town about fifty
miles from tho ciy
Upon reaching bis destination
the expert, with his KIT OF tools,
repaired to the establishment, and
was informed that the vault, an
old fashioned affair, which locked
with a key, and contained the safe
and books Of the concern, could
not be opened.
The man examined The lock and
then the key, opened his kit, took
out a bit of wire AMI began to dig
a mass of dirt dust, and lint ont OF
the key. Then he inserted it IN
the lock, and while the proprietor
with a sjckly rile looked on turn
ed the Implement nd opened the
door.
"Whart your charg p asked
the manufacturer.
"FiW dollars" replied TIE ex-
I pert.
"D0es anyone kEow yOl are in
tOwnw
"NuD
Dwell, then, here's sixty dolIars,"
remarked the manufacturer. "Ill
give you ten dollars extra il You'll
take the first train back to New
York without telling anyone the
price I've paid to have man dig
dirt out OF a key for me.v
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

Experiments at the Yale psychologist
al laboratory on 1900 boys and girls
from the public schools between tho
ages of and u show that, averaging
the various tests. the boys surpass the
girls. In color discrimination the girls
are ahead, in weight discrimination the
boys, though each sex is equal In the
two at the age Of II years. In nquiclness
Of motor ability the boys surpass the
girls. though the latter are stronger in
endurance, Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
AIilrntors.

Few animals are more frlendless than
the alligator. With claims to neither
beauty nor Intelligence, he is not hand
some enough to win our admiration nor
dangerous enough to make us respect
him. For hours he basl1s in the sun,
floating on tho surface Of tie water or
lying Oh some muddy bank, apparently
as useless as the log Of wood he SO mucn
resembles. Every mans hand is raised
against him. Ho is killed by the tourist
in puro wantonncss, simply because he
affords a mark for the ever ready riiie-
Hunters slay alligators by thousands
for their hides and teeth Indeed 1t is
for these alone that the alligator IS
rrized. think, however, the alligator
PLAYS q part in the drama Of animal life
for which he is especially adapted. IL
is said that on the lower Mississippi
river alligators feed on muskrats, ana
the recent decrease in the number OF al
ligators has been followed by a corre-
spending increase in the number Oh
muskrats. which seriously weaken the
levees by bu1rowing in them. II TINS
be true, the alligator is here OF direct
value to the planter and should there
fore be protected by law.-Frank d.
Chapman in Our Animal Friends !
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

The poets Of the Celestial empire at
tribute tho invention of the fan to one
Of their einperors-Wu Wang-who
reigncd II centuries before the Chris
tian era. The first fans were made OF
bamboo only, but in time feathers and
silk were used with good effect and old
writers pompously describe the imperial
chariots decorated with these emblems
Of power on all state occasions. 1t was
only at the beginning Of our era, how
ever that q Chinese fanmaker beat
plates Of gold until they were as thin
as locust wings" and applied them ON
both surfaces Of screen fans, which he
further decorated with paintings OF
birds. beasts and fabulous monsters
wherein he set giittering bits Of mica.
The folded fan. long unknown in China,
is said to have been imported from
japan in the tenth century, when it be-
gan to replace screen fans. New York
Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
An Ingenious Boy.

Johann Meyer, II years old, one Of
the wickedest boys in Vienna, had been
spanked many times for running away
Finally, to enable him to crafty his
desire to escape, late at night he stole
tho big doorkey, sawed tho handle
through, filed the ends as sharp as a
needle point, drew them through the
skin Of his waist and then hammered
them together, and tho key hung from
his body like q ring from the nose Of a
savage. He was thus enabled, by stand
ing on n chair, to open the door and
leave the house whenever he liked This
went on for weeks until he got in a
fight with other bad boys and was hit Il
heavy blow where the key was. He was
taken senseloss to q hospital, and the
doctors were unable to remove the key
till they sawed it in two The boy S
life was in danger for several days, but
now it is expected that he will live to
be spanked many times more. Vienna
offCr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
"Thought Exchanges" at the Hub.

Boston is breaking out now with con-
yersation clubs, or thought exchanges >
as the Bostonians call them. The num-
Der is not yet large, but Boston paper
prophesies that it will be greater with
the better conception of the idea Of cul-
ture." Another sort Of a club is the
Castilian club, which had Il meeting not
long ago with a paper on Royal Chapels
of Cathedrals and Converts and Burial
Places Of Spanish Sovereigns." This
wasn't a very enliyening subject, but the
spirits Of tine club were sustained by re-
ceiving from a member the autograph Of
King Ferdinand attached to an official
document. The club already possessed
one of Isabella's autographs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
4 Circular Knitting sIaehlae.

a circular knitting macnlne OF lhScn-
ious construction has been brought to
notice by Philadelphia inventor. At
the completion of a stocking the ma
chine is stopped by the pattern chain,
to allow q ribbed top to be run upon the
needles, the driving pulley being moved
into gear with the driving shaft, and the
leg is knit. Following this, lug on
the pattern chain starts the cam carry
ing wheel, whose cams control or actu-
ate tho mechanism for changing from
circular to back and forth knitting, for
throwing in the thickening thread and
for bringing into operation the fashion
ing devices, and conuariwise for knit
ting the heel and then tho foot, the toe
being then formed III the same manner
as the heel, whereupon the machine
stops. The mechanisms actuated by the
pattern chain lug to stop the machine
are ingeniously locked by a swinging
lever which is first engaged and swung
aside, whcreupon devices adapted to
stopping the apparatus are engaged and
moved by the lug. The inclines Of the
sinkers partly draw the thread in form
ing the stitch enabling the inclination
of the stitch cams to be lessened. New
York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
Snapped Offices.

All kinds Of trades arc on record, but
it probably remained for Oklahoma to
produce a case Of two men trading OIL
cial positions. When the Cherokee
strip was opened last fall, Frank Dimon
was appointed sheriff Of County Q and
James Lee county clerk. After serving
six months each man has become con-
WINGED that he would Ike the others
Office and so concluded 70 make the
change. They went to Guthrie, saw the
governor and gained his consent to the
exchange, then each resigned, and the
governor appointed Dimon clerk and
Lee sheriff. Chicago Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15
VOL. a..
a BOYS MOTHER.

a BOYS MOTHER.
My mother she's so good to me,
Ell | was good as good could be,
couldn't be as goOd-no sir
Can't any boy be good as herl
She loves me v hen Im glad or sad,
She lOyes me v hen I'm good or bad
Au' what's a funniest thing, she says,
She loves me when she Furnishes.
dOu't ike her 10 punish me
That don't hurt-but it hurts to see
Her crym'-then l cry and then
We both cry and 6e good again.
She loves me when she cats aud sews
My little cloak an Sunday clothes;
Au' wLen my pa comes homo to tea
Sho loves him most as much as me.
She laughs and tells him al said,
Au' grabs me up an pats my head,
An hug her an hug my pa
An' love him pur,'nigh much as ma.
james Whiic0mb Riley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

TIE celebrated IhTetdneedle
street, London, was SO called be-
cause in former times it was occu-
pied chiefly by tallors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-06-15

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child by working in The factory IN
a distant town. TO have her c1lld
and grand child at home with her
had long been the wish OF the
mothers heart; but her husband
always pat her eff.
'Waittill We get into the neH
house. be hl@ alVlFS salt. "ih o.
therCl bo moie room" Bat Sbr
had feared ihat ne meyer re ilt
meant to consent. Now, to Der as
toni,hment ana delight, be answer
ed goodnaturedly:
Eyes, yes; let 'em Gomez
His good luck seemed to have
warmed bis heart, and made hun
tor once fdtherly and benevolent.
The day the man who hi6
bought the Pinacy farm pald ia
AbYer the price in full-logr thol
sand dollars; more money than
either A5nrror his wife hal ever
seen before.
In the midst Of Their ioyful eX-
cltemcnt, they were both sud lenly
rack with an anxious fear. Since
Abuer could not take the money
to the blpk hll tie nextda where
should they put it for sa,e-keeping
through The nighH
After mach dcl.bcration they
decided 10 lnje it IN a little cup.
over the mantel m the plrlor. and
accordingly, while Be'inja tiptoed
to tie window and made sure no
one was nigh 10 see, .ibner wrap.
ped the money carefully i'm q large
bandanna handkerchief. and pat
it in a dark corner Of the emp.
board.
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work ard stole in'o the par.or 10
make SIRE jh15 The money was
SAFE aud as often questioned ne'-
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chosen the hest hidIngplac; buI
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