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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
freed by Razor. Backs.

SIN my early youth I hired ont to a
farmer in the mountains Of western
North Carolina, said Virginia tray-
eler "The farm raised little but
scrub corn and razor-back hogs. The
LITTER were turned out in the woods
and ran at large all seasons, eating
mast becoming as wild as could be
found in Africa. In the spring 1t was
the custom to hunt those hogs up and
brand the pigs similar to the rounding
up of cattle on the western plains
This was sometimes dangerous occu-
patton, especially 50 when the winter
had been q hard one One day
started out after the hogs, and after
several hours work failed to find any
Of them. Finally saw a drove that
had taken refuge in 4 rock house. the
term used in that country to designate
the space beneath oyerhanging rocks,
and descending the mountain lreached
a space near enough to them to recoS-
nize them as the ones was seeking
81 had no sooner satisfied myself
upon this point than the entire drove
started for ne, headed by large boar
with mammoth tusks Realizing my
danger. Hastily climbed tree hoping
that when they could 10 longer see
me they would so back and give me q
chance to return 20 tine house and get
assistance. but in n minute they had
COMPLETELY surrounded the tree and
were grnntina and squealing and fight
inc ali around me. 1 had dropped my
cum in climbing to a place Of safety,
and there was nothing to be done ex-
cent wait whore I was until they lett
But tnev did not leave all night long
they kept up their infuriated squeals'
and bv morning l was completely ex'
bousted from the cramped position /
had occupied 50 long. | finally at
tempted to change my position and
in doing so fell from the tree, alight'
ing upon two OF the hogs. Jumping
to my feet, the animals made rush
for the place 1 had fallen and finding
the bodies of the two hogs had struck
they began to tear them to shreds,
losing sight OF me altogether III their
wrangle over the remains oftheir COM
rades. started on a run for the
house, and, bringing assistance, we
killed every hog, it being impossible
to drive them. st. Louis Globe
Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

IN France tho truffle dogs seem to bo
called "Loulous," term which is sug-
gestive OF an English cry in the cours-
ing field, when the greyhouuds arc
slipped mt n hare. The method Of
"oreakine" them is TO give them for a
fime pieces Of truiiles every morning
before they are allowed to partaSe OF
any other food. After certain period,
when their appetite for truffies in
creases, pieces are hidden in the
ground, and they are made to find
them. Thus they are gradually taught
their business, though it often takes
as long as eighteen months before a
dog becomes skilled in the practical
art.
In some parts of France, Poitou and
Perigord, pigs are trained for truflio
hunting, and they haze bettar noses
than dogs for this work, probably be-
cause the truAle is n4Sirally more es-
teemod as an article of food by the pig
than the dor, and they can do quite as
long days work as the most lasting
hound. Still, they as rarely attempt
to eat their quarry as pointer or set
ter attempts to eat killed game, the
trained pigs being a superior race OF
porkers. Should, however, one 50 iar
forget himself as to venture on such
an enormity, he is speedily made to
remember himself by the application
Of the iron rod Of the hunter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
BUTTER rLAKING*

Overhead the maple trees.
All around the southern breeze,
Birds a-singing everywhere;
Circcling through the golden air;
Rub-a-dub Pit-a-pat
A fig for fame and all o. tha.
polly's arms are white as milf.
Poliy's hair is fine as silk
Polly's eyes are bright as stars,
Glimpsing through the ietty bars
OF her lashes. Pit-a-pat
What recks Polly OF all that?
Morning-glories on the wal,
Red and purple, fresh and ts.l
Nodding on 50 frail stem.
Make a deep embroidered hem
On the blue sky. Rub-a-lub!
Polly gets the buiter-;ub.
Twenty pats like rolls OF gold.
Prinked with cloyer-blossom mould,
Fresh as mountain dew and sweetI
And where pat and pattern meet
Diamonds gather. Pit-a-pat
Polly's hands are white and fat.
There are dimples at each joint,
The pink tips are fine ofpoint
And the elbow -glancing higher
Is an elbow to admire,
Dimpled, too, and-pit-a-pat
Made for kisses and-all that.
Polly doesn't know she's fair
As a Naiad, standing there,
Meath the mornng-glory vine,
Flecked by shadow and sunshine
She's my sweetheart-pit-a-pat
There, my ruby-lips, take that
Belle Hunt, in Frank Lesie's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
fhe Story Of a Bell.

In the church tower OF the
town Of Grosslaswitz, in the Nord
Germany, hangs a bell, and on It is
grayed its history, surmounted by
bas-relief representing a six-eared
stalk OF corn, and the date October -,
1929. This is the story of the bell :
At the beginning of the last century
the only church bell at Grosslaswitz
was So small that its tones were not
sufficient to penetrate to the ends OF
the village. A second bell was badly
wanted, but the village was poor, and
where was the money to come from?
Every one offered TO give what he
could, but the united offerings did not
amount to nearly enough for the pur-
pose. On Sunday when the schOo,
master. Gottfried Hayn, was going
to church, he noticed growing out OF
the churchyard wall hourishing green
stalk of corn, the seed of which must
have been dropped there by a passing
bird. The idea suddenly struck him
that perhaps this one stalk OF corn
could be made the means OF producing
the second bell they wanted so much.
He waited till the corn was ripe, and
then he plucked the six ears on 1t and
sowed them in his own garden. The
next year he gathered the little crop
thus produced, and sowed it again, till
at last he had not enough room in his
garden for the crop, and SO he divided
it among a certain number of farmers,
who went on sowing the ears until, in
the eighth year, the crop was so large
that when it was put together and sold
they found that they had enough
money to buy beautiful bell, with its
story and its birthday engraved upon
it, and a cast of the corn stalk to which
it owed its existence. London Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

drawing off my long wading- boats,
tired but satisfied with the trip
as l always am when people en-
ter into my appreciation of the
marvellous and mysterious display
OF marine lights and life that the Stage
Island sea gardens oAer-when l heard
the sound of laughter in the "back
buildin's," and asked of Elmer Dan
forth, the errand boy, who was on his
way to Carpenter Nugent's for water,
"What's up in the kitchen, Elmer"
And the boy replied, swinging the
pals in double dumb-bell act about
his head, ooh, nuthin': only Lin and
Lyddy Ann fPolin'."
"Oho!" 1 Mid to myself, $50 the
usual summer romance is going on in
the kitchen, IS Gt? Tll have to so in
and borrow the hammer; that dock
seat is getting trife rickety and
needs strengthenib bg."
The big kitchenPf the Outlook, its
latest and most i lportant addition,
stretched beyond \he other "back
buildin's" of the hSuse, and was at
once the workrooni and rallying
ground of the Outlook family and it's
retainers The clumsy haircloth sofa
near the door-relic of the old regime
at the Outlook, and with paircloth and
polish alike fast disap bearing Was
tine seat Of honor in the hospitable
kitchen, and side by side pon it as l
entered the room searching for the
hammer, were Lyddy Ann, he eldest
daughter of the house, and Lin Burn
ham.
Lyddy Ann had once been young (;
so too had Lin. Not that they we're
old yet, though few gray strebks be-
gan to show in Lyddy AIMS crinkly
locks and just trace of crow s-feet
appeared on Lin's impassive face. l
had been summer resident at the
Outlook for numerous years, and each
summer / had been witness to the
same grouping I saw this afternoon.
Lyddy Ann sitting straight and prim
in the center of the haircloth sofa.
and Lin lounging upon its further
arm, with vague expression upon his
stolid face as he listened to Lyddy
AIMS caution, ooh, quit your fooliu'
Lin"
Just what this "foolin' could be ]
never in all these years discovered.
But it was the stereotyped remark ]
could always dc pend upon when 1
chanced upon my Chloe aud Strephon
romancing in the Outlook kitchen.
Lin Burnham was the son and heir
of Otis Burnham, "the king OF the
harbor" and its one moneyed man
that is, as money is reckoned at the
Harbor.
As a matter of fact the most of the
Harbor fishermen are "real forehsnd
ed" Cap'n jim, as happen to know
from words dropped by him during
the last financial worry, has ga leetle
sumthin'" on deposit in most Of tht
savings banks of the county; so, too
have Ell Hawkins and his brother Les
lie, and the Nugents and Clemens an6
Peveys; and SO / imagine, though t.
less extent, has Silas Evans. But stil
oil these savings are as nothing com
pared to the "forty thousand dollars
left at his death by Otis Burnhan
good and honest man, to his son anC
heir Lincoln BurR
wifted, ungainly, tao
"iair ,fav bred" N +
honest @nd well-meI l.
bean wBo .for years
sS,zespin' comp
/ Az mp to slis ON |
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
LIN BURNHAM'S W00ING
BY ELBRIDGE s. BROOKS.

returned
from one of my
personally con-
Quoted tours
across the sand
fats to the sea
gardens on Stage
Island. and was
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Carcaeo's treasury is now bankrupt.

CsrCAGO's treasury is now bankrupt.
THE population Of Russia is 12iooo,O)).
THERE is much industrial distress in Ger
many.
OVER six thousand people sleep in the open
air in London nightly.
SILVER has Just soil at the lowest pTice
ever known in London.
APPLICANTS for civil service examinations
are unusually numerous.
The earnings OF the Canadian Pacific de-
creased over hall n million in 1898.
MEXICO is organizing an expedition Tor tho
determination OF the laqui lntians.
LAND values have suffered largo dep-e-
citation in North Carolina in tho past year.
UTAH produced 7, ,1O7.5O) ounces Of silver
last year, having a net value OF 1928, 955.
THE official reports OF tho winter wheat
and rye crops in France are very favorable
BUFFALO q. " marine men take giooml
view of the prospects for the lake carrying
trade for the coming season
ALL the silver in the Treasury vaults al
Washington must be rec0unte1 because o
the petty thens Of a messenger.
PrrTsBURG. Kan. is excited over another
murder. a woman. tho seventh during IN.
months OF Janu iry and Februlry.
KID. the renegade Apache, is at his oil,
tricks in Arizona AMI an outbreak OF hi
tribesmen is feared by the settlers.
THRoUsH electric trolley lines are proiecte.
bct,geen New York and Philadelphia witt
the philadelphia syndicate behind tn
scheme.
REPORTS Of 479 operating railroad CON
panies for the last fiscal year show gain y
net earnings and divi lends over tho precel
ing year.
The Canadian <cfoysrnment has decide
% with iraw thu Amountei polics from Mant
tobaani trauefer them to the more nortaerl
.rro.p Ak, Fifth Cavalry, have beer
...,r,s'. lHhe merit trophy for the highes
.,ansrs "a a gore in the United rsates Army 10
1saa 9volyer and rifle firing.
:Lzs ELLIS, known as "Indian Char
~ said 10 be the last survivor OF th'
ne tribe. tire last to become extinct II
Iapl 1ty OF Nyack, n w. was foun1 deaf
me beside the. dying embers 0; flrs
- - 1III|rt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Bananas and PineaSpIes.

The banana aud plantain are large
coarse-growing herbaceous plants with
long vertical leaves and leaf stalk.
these overlapping one another forming
soft stems from six TO fifteen or more
feet high, and the fruit is produced in
a bunch from the top of the sheathing
stem, each bunch weighing from thirty
up to nearly hundred pounds. In a
scientific classification this plant would
not be placed among trees, and yet if
man seeking to gather the fruit had
no implement strong and sharp enough
to cut down the stem he might climb
mp among the leaves and break it of
with his hand. There is also reaso;g. =.
able excuse for modern ,Ty2S W. hoo.n.o :,
ring to this plshs older botanical work
nearly-aescribed under the name o
"banana tree" The native countr,
of bhe banana is not now known. for h
is either indigenous or has run ri
and cultivated in all the
gions Of the Old Ws>ropical re-
introduced intScrld. 1t was early
IL appears the West Indies, where
lahore i,so flourish as well as any
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Odd Freaks OF Lightning. L

There were cases reported where
persons struck by lightning had small
holes bored in the skull but other
wise they we're not marked In other
instances victims have been horribly
burned. or even dismembered or dis
embowled. The1e have been cases
where A stroke of lightning has cut
off a mans ear or shaved his hair and
beard clean and not hurt him i any
other way.
Tho MARKINGS are often curious.
The herald., 1894-03-26
ITS REAL SIGNIFICANCE.

We have at last reached the stage at
which rain is imperatively required to
make crops of the cereals on mesa
lands. Over extensive areas the grain
plainly shows signs of suffering. In
places the barley ia heading out, the
leaves are curling up, and the yellowing
tinge which overehsdows the plains
shows that much longer delay will be
fatal to our mesa farmers in many
localities. And yet, should they lose
crop this year, that would by no means
be an irrepsrsble misfortune. 1t is just
II years since we have had dry year in
Los Angeles county, and during that
period Croton lake, which supplies the
city of New York with water, has nearly
dried up three times. When consider
ing Los Angeles county the fact must be
borne in mind that we have an abnnd-
ance of irrigated lands, and another
large area known as ''moist" lands.
These extensive regions will make
q crop of any of the cereals or vegeta-
bles even though not q drop of rain
should fall during the entire season.
The mesa farmers have had everything
their own way during the past decade
and half, and they can well afford to
take a rest. Should we have dry year
in all that the term implies there will
still be great abundance of all kinds
of grain and produce; and, what is more
important, these staples will bring a
remunerative price. We should have
as much money ss in year OF unstinted
luxuriance, and perhaps more, although
it will go to a different class of our
farmers. The county now is full of hay
and grain, and in our neighboring
county of Kern there is enough on the
ranchos of Hsggin and Tevis alone to
feed sll the animals of Southern Cali
fornia for year. 1t ia therefore, under
the circumstances. better to let growl-
ing alone, and make the best OF a bad
meteorological bargain. Should the
worst come 10 the worst, dry year in
this section has lately been as scarce as
hens teeth.
The herald., 1894-03-26
VERY VALUABLE WATCHES.
One Handsome Watch Worth
$500.
Others Ranging in All the Hundred q
From That Down-Beautiful and
Costly Diamonds in Daz-
zlipg Array-The Place
to See Them.

Did you ever, kind reader, see a modern
your country cousin would say, "but never
did believe H." We have heard of the gold
watch of some way-back ancestor, who had It
msde in switzerland in days when watches
looked much like Easter eggs and that cost
$500, and it took about three months to make
it, but $500 watch made after the modern
idea Is not seen every day. Wou you like to
see one2 We'll. if you will come to that auc-
ton sale now iu progres, you will see a watch
valued at $500, one worth $500, one worth
$500, one worth 500 aud one worth $l00
YuS nay see them side by side, and your curl
os.ty may be gratihed by comparing one with
another and seeing what the difference Is be-
tween each that makes one watch cost 500
more.
You will see some diamonds, too, If you come
TO that sale, See diamond worth $500
whole heap OF mouey. Yes, that's true, butit
is here you will fin diamonds and precious
stones that it will take you an hour to count
thsir mum bers.
They must all be sold, 1900 watch and all.
They must 60 The auctioneer is distributing
them among the crowd almost for the asking.
The whole stock must be disposed of-$50, 900
worth of precious stones.
Mind you, going at auction figure, who
ever heard tell of such thing?
Don't forget the number, $50 South Spring
street. Sale begins at pm. and 2 pm.
Everything yzust be sold.
The herald., 1894-03-26
PERSONAL.

D. W. Weldt OF San Pedro is at the
Hollen beck.
Editor scipio Craig of wonderful Red
lands is in the city.
Nr. and Mrs. 0. J. Brown of Pomona
are registered at the Nadeau.
D. A. Givsns. prominent Riversid Q
attorney, is guest of the Hollenbeck L.
E. Y. Giroux, agent of the Spider
and Fly Theatrical company, is at the
Nadesu.
John NJ. Fay. the librarian of the
Soldiers home, Is at the United States
MOTEL.
DR.. G. P. Booth, physician OF Mus.
kegon, Mich, ia registered at the Hol-
lenbeck.
Mr.. Richard O'Neil, the owner of the
Santa Marguerite ranch, is at the United
States hotel.
Police Officer Valencia has been con-
fined to his bed for the last four days
with severe attack of la grippe.
J. W. Perry of San Fernando. we are
glad to say, is now convslescent. He is
stopping at the United States hotel.
T. s. PAWN, grand secretary of the
grand lodge F. & A, N. of Iowa, a resi-
dent Of Cedar Rapids, is a guest at the
Hollenbeck.
Horace Appel, the attorney, was in
unusually jubilGnt spirits yesterday
His wife gave birth to bouncing baby
boy.
j. Diver, son of J udge Patrick Div
YER of New York, came in Saturday and
spent Yesterday at the Hollenbeck. Mr.
Diver is staying at Arcadia.
James Velsir formerly master me.
chsnic OF the Southern Pacific and
councilman, returned yesterday to Los
Angeles after an absence of nearly four
years in Oregon and Washing ton.
Sheriff Moore, who came here from
Fountain county, Indiana, to sppre-
hend Augustus Cronkhite, the defsolt-
ing treasurer of Warren county, will
start east with his prisoner tonight.
Hon. William H. Mills OF the land de-.
partment OF the Southern Pacific rail-
way arrived in Los Angeles yesterday
in his special car, the San Buenaventu-
ra, and Immediately ran down to Santa
Monica, where he and his party spent
the day. He returned to the Angelic
city by the $3.50 train. and will spend
come time amongst our people.
The herald., 1894-03-26
THE CHIvALRY OF THE BAR.

A great deal Of surprise is expressed
all over the United States at the fact
that two eminent lawyers OF Chicago are
pleading the cause of Prendergast, the
assassin of the late Mayor Harrison,
with extraordinary energy and earnest
ness. Now, there is really nothing at
all surprising about this, as was ex-
planned by the leading member OF the
firm in a newspaper interview. They
really believe, ON full and careful ex-
animation OF all the facts attainable,
that Prendergast is insane. They also
believe, and they are quite right in be-
lieving. that if Prendergast is indeed in
zane, it would be murder of very
brutal order to execute him. They re.
ceive nothing for their incorporation in
behalf of this wretched creature. They
have thus far paid all the expeasea
of the proceedings they have
instituted. They are working without
money and without price, and solely
from a disinterested impulse. They
are not seeking an advertisement,
because they do not figure in criminal
cases, and this is the first instance OF
departure from their hitherto invaria-
BILE rule. They enjoy one of the largest
practices in Chicago. Here is emphatic
ally case where the nobler instincts of
the members of the bar have come to
to the front. They wish to save their
city and humanity from the commission
nt Orfr1 -.
as if Prendergast were insane. II he
really is so it would be an unspeaksbly
cowardly and brutal crime to murder
him. The old English common law
prescribed that if a man were insane he
could commit no crime. II he went
insane between arrest and arraignment
he could not be tried. If he went in
The herald., 1894-03-26

sane during the trial he could not be
convicted. II be went insane between
conviction and the date set for execu-
tion, he could not be executed until his
sanity WAS restored.
That Was all perfectly correct, and in
consonance with humanity, and this
Chicago firm OF lawyers are really illus
trAting the chivairy of their profession.
There never was a more gruesome crime
committed in the history of q nation
than the execution OF GuiteRu for the
murder OF President Garfield. When
that poor wretch appeared on the scat
fold he was as mad as a March hare.
No one who heard his rawlings before
death ended their incoherence could
longer doubt that Guiteau was insane.
And the great American people allowed
this crazy man to be executed. 1t is to
be hoped that these noble and disinter-
ested Chicago lawyers will see that a
similar crime shall not disgrace our
judicial annals.
The herald., 1894-03-26
ADJUSTMENTS.

The third concert of the Philharmonic
orchestra, Mr.. A. ]. Stamm director,
will take place on Monday night of next
week, April I'd, at the Los Angeles
theater. Mrs. Massc, the talented
pianist, is going to play the piano con-
certo in G minor by Saint Ssens, with
full orchestral accompaniment. Mise
Katherine w. Kimbali will be the
vocalist, and will sing a scene and aria
op. 60 by Beethoven, and 3 song, Israel,
by King. Mr.. E. H. Clark will play the
seventh violin concerto by De Beriot.
The programme throughout is q very
fine one. although it is leaning towards
popular music, like the overture Merry
Wives of Windsor, By Nicolai. Varspie
from the opera Lohengrin, by Wagner
and lately published nav waltz by
Strauss and so on. About 40 OF the best
professional musicians of Los Angeles
belong to this orchestra and Mr.. A. j.
Stamm is the director.
The herald., 1894-03-26

the governments OF the Uoited States
ought not to enter into anything that
looks like a speculative venture, this
thing OF developing the national do
main. and showing it's capabilities for
maintaining . large and prosperous
population, is an exception to the rule.
We must rave q reserve domain to give
to the thronging millions who are call
ing out for homesteads. 1t is fortu-
nate thing for the government that the
money expended in such ventures will
be recouped to it many times over.
Irrigation Of arid lands will be the
keynote of the future development of
the United States. Meanwhile, the
people of Los Angeles and Orange coun-
ties should utilize their waste water.
The herald., 1894-03-26

So LARGE was the crowd that went
down to Santa Monica yesterday that the
return train, which left the "City BY the
Sea" at $3.50 p. M, was a double
header" requiring two engines to pull
it back to the city. The perfect weather
drew thousands to the beach, and the
season was fairly insugurated by large
excursions to Long Beach aud Rsdondo,
as we'll as to Santa Monica. All the in
dications point to An unusually prosper
GUS season at our various wstering places,
including Santa Catalina Island.
The herald., 1894-03-26

A severe rheumatic pain in the left
shoulder had troubled Mr.. j. II. Lopar,
a we'll known druggist OF Des Moines, Ia,
for over six months. At times the pain
was 30 severe that he could not lift eny-
thing. With all he could do he could
not get rid of it until he applied Cham
berlan's Pain Balm. II only made
three applications of it," he says, land
have since been free from all pain" He
now recommends it to all persons sim-
larly afflicted. 1t is for sale by G. F.
Heinzeman, 222 North Main, and Off &
Vaughn, Fourth and Spring streets.