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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
New Zealand Trout.

The classic ground of New Zealand
fishing is in the South island, chiefly in
the rivers which come tearing down
to the east coast from the great central
range Of the southern Alps-those ter.
rible snow waters which have given tc
drowning the name Of New Zealand
DEATH, today mere thread in a wide
desert Of shingle, tomorrow a fast and
furious torrent tapping over iaile Of
trestle bridge. 1t is in these river;
above all that the trout grow to be
monsters.
1t was in one Of them that one rod IL
a single night took 10 fish, weighing
81 pounds. 1t was in lake at the head
Of one Of them that there was netted o
trout Of S5 pounds. But these huge fisli
have contracted the despicable habit Of
refusing to take fly and must be en-.
trapped with minnow or live bait, ard
that, too, at night. In the lakes the
monsters refuse to look at any lure Of
fered them by man.
We have seen them cruising about Of
an evening picking up white moths bui
we never yet heard that any man had
succeeded in capturing one with a rod,
and having ourselves failed disastrously
in the attempt we are, Of course, the
foremost to maintain the feat to be IN.
possible. But in the smaller tributaric.
the trout will take the artificial fly and
these are the streams preferred by the
enthusiast. Macmillan Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
GOOD TIMES COMING.

DR.. TAlmage SAID in one of his
recent lectures:
"The nation is only a man on a
larger scale. IfyOu want to pros
trate business, and keep 1t pros
trated, talk in dOloroIs tones and
keep on talking. L9t all the mer
chants sigh aud all the merchants
prognOstlcate hlrl winter and all
the ministers groln iu the pulpits.
Ia the great orchestra Of complaint
those who play the lOudest from
bones are those who have the fullest
salaries and the cOmpletest ward.
robe.
The land is fall of prophets, and
l have as much right to prophesy
as any Que. | prophesy that We
are coming toward the grandest
temporal prosperity we have ever
witnessed 10 this country. Me-
chanlcS are going to have Larger
wages. Capitalists are going to
have larger dividends. The fac
tories that are now closed are e q.
ing to run day and night to meet
the demands. Stor ale going to
be oveIrun viii customers, i'm
patient to get waited on.
Y,u prop1esy midnight. | pr 'ph
esy midnOOu. You pitch your tent
toxard universal bankruptcy. l
pitch my tent toward national
opulence. 'What are your reaSOns?
VOC ask. l give YOU one dominant
reason-God's evident determina-
tiOn to shower prosperity on this
nation.
In these days let all the COM
Portable classes exchange lie
lamentations of jeremiah for the
exultant psalms of David, and We
will have a different state of
things in this country. | wish
there might belong to it-l con
spiraoy made up that all the mer-
Giants aud editors and ministers Of
religion IN this country agree that
they would have faith in God ard
talk cheeriulIy, and there would lie
a revival of business immedla o
and tremendous and glorious.
Stop singing MAO nj aud 'O,d
Wyn1ham,' and give Us M 'unt
Pisgah' and Coronation;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

brusque Good morning, ladies'
and left the compartment, and they
saw no more of him.
There was a considerable flutter
IN the breast of Melissa, who was
of romantic turn of mind, and
who could only imagine one reason
why this stranger should want her
address. She still believed that he
was a German who spoke English
remarkably well, and she had seen
that he was not gentleman; she
therefore made up her mInI to Ie-
fuse the offer OF marriage which no
doubt he would shortly make.
Arrived in Angelina gardens,
the Misses Wylie were occupied IN
arranging the household, and a
couple of busy days were spent by
them. On the third homecoming
they received 10y the same post a
parcel and letter. Annora opened
the carefully tied and sealed par
eel, while Melissa real The letter.
Having read it once to herself she
next real it aloud to her sister;
Mesdames: I felt myself under
a very great obligation to you the
other day at Blandain. | an n
very thin man, but | was swathed
round with hundreds of yards of
fine Brussels lace, and [ thought
that The best way OF drawing the
attention of the custom house Off.
GERS from myself was to draw it to
you. 1t was purely In self-delence
that | directed t0e raid OH your
bonne;s. Having been the cause
of the loss of your lace, | wish to
make you due compensation, and l
beg leave to send yOu some 6uer
lace than that which you lost. |
am, Obediently yours.
YOUR STOUT FELLOW TRAVELLER.
Melissa took possession of a
black lacu flounce and Annora Of a
dczen yards OF white lace and a
lace edged handkerchief, and they
quite fOrgave tie stout German for
his cruelty an for his stou'ness :
Strand Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
PlastoIDenlte.

1t is stated that the German inven-
tion-plastomenite, or improved smoke
less powder-has been satisfactorily
tested by the government authOritea
AS produced by Herr Gutter. the orig
inator, the solution Is poured into
forms, where it becomes a fairly hard
material, capable Of being pressed, roll
ed, etc, can be colored at will and is,
like celluloid, serviceable for numerous
purposes. As powder, it is adapted for
blasting for cannons and rifles, signal
rockets, etc. The special advantage,
however, claimed for 1t is complete du-
rability, while all other such powders
manufactured by the means Of ether
and nitroglycerin invariably deteriorate.
The combustion Of plastomenite, Il is
also asserted, is so we'll balanced that 1t
leaves no residue in barrel or cartridge,
although the striking velocity Of the
projectile is unusually great; the initial
velocity from 6Jamm. caliber is given
715m. with a gas pressure Of consider
ably below 8, 900 atmospheric Neither
cold nor hot weather has any effect up
IN cartridges Of this kind, whereas all
powders containing nitroglycerin suffer
from changes in the atmosphere. New
York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
Not the Modern style.

TIE yOl' g mau hal aSSed TIE
o d man for bis daughter in mar
riage.
I'm er.' responded The old enc.
/ know you are Of POod stoct, aud
are of good disposition, with
plenty Of common sense AMI =
fair education; GOS'S yOar hea'th''
Excellent
CT a. y bad habit>F
Il take Il drnt, now and thn,
aud suOk"; bit | WIS never under
the influence of liqn0r and | have
never touched il cigarette
'DD you piy your d, btsP
Il doh't owe a cent
Are you industrious?
yes SIR
'ReIiaUh y
Il have that leputation.'
'All hight, you msy nave her.
This srddcY termination OF the
interview was too much for the
young MIR.
But, sir be sad, you haven't
asked me what am worth; what
prospects have
That's immaterlal, my boy.
Money doesn't make a good bus
band, and want my daughter to
have a good husband, aud you'll
make one as far as ! can judge. for
she is a sensible girl, who isn't
marrying as an investment. Go
on; she's waiting for yon iu the
next roon: I'm willing to take the
risk if sheis,' and the re ult proved
that the old man hid made no
mistake.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
ODDS AND ENDS.

The charcoal business has been de-
clining for 80 years.
The fisheries Of Canada are annually
worth nearly $50, 900, 900.
For every widower who marries a
widow there are / 1 who espouse maid
ems.
There are no known means by which
the scars made by smallpox may be re-
moved.
By the use Of electric headlights loco
motive engineers can count II telegraph
poles ahead, as a rule.
On all British passenger steamers col
lections are made at the Sunday service
for the Seamen's Aid fund.
Corner lots on Fleet street, Piccadilly
and other desirable business locations
in London are worth 500, 900 a front
foot.
The difficulty in making aluminium
castings has been so far overcome that
pure aluminium bathtubs are now made
in single piece.
The twin daughters Of the late Gen.
eral Phil Sheridan are pupils at Eton
Hall, the Catholic convent school at
Torresdale, near Philadeipi ia.
Out Of 40 men and >-onel sent tc
Africa by the InternationGl Missionary
Alliance during the last f;e years 4
have died. The first year Of residence
is most fatal.
John Gussler, the only man ever con.
victed of stealing hedge fence, was
fined $40 by Larue county Ky court
a few days ago. He pleaded that he did
it simply to prove to himself that hc
was not suffering from delirium tie.
mems
Tagging" has become entirely obso-
lete at Eton. Thirty years ago it was
carried on with great brutality. The
story Of tom Brown at Rugby" has
it is said. done more to kill the old sys.
tenn in English colleges than any Other
agency
There are differences in the family Of
John Pell of Chicago, not Of domestic
nature, but in the stature Of Pell and
his wife. He is feet inch tall, while
she stands only 4 feet 5 inches. Theil
child is years old and weighs twice as
much as his mother and is just as tall
Athletics being the feature Of the age,
it is proposed to add a special athletic
department to the Paris exhibition OF
1900. There would be a Retrospective
exhibition Of athletics in all ages, be.
ginning with the Olympian games and
the combats of the gladiators in the Ro-
man circuses.
Some one, evidently wag, recently
started the story in Kansas that Senator
PETER has become superstitious and al.
ways gets out of bed on one side Of it.
Some Of his Populist admirers began
TO deny the story until it dawned upon
them that everybody gets out Of bed Oh
one side Of it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
Eating Alligator.

There is reason to believe that the
Hesh Of a young boiled alligator is bare
" distinguishable from veal. 1t is prob
ably cleaner and more tender than much
Of the meat Of the animals that are
usually consumed as food on the conti-
nent or In the east end Of London. |
have never desired to taste the flesh OF
alligators, cooked or uncooked. But in
India l have seen the Sontals and other
casteless natives greedily devour the
flesh Of an alligator without waiting to
cook II. The flesh was very pale in color,
and probably was much superior to the
flesh Of snakes and rats and such like
creatures which form the ordinary food
Of the predatory Sontal when hunting in
his native woods It does not fall to his
lot very often to be able to circumyent
and slay and eat large alligator. He
more frequently comes upon small alli-
gators, and they go to swell the con-
tents Of his cooking pots. II, however,
he is 50 lucky as to meet sahib who
has shot q large alligator, say about 8
feet long, be eagerly falls upon the un-
wonted delicacy without waiting TO
cook if-very much as we read in books
Of African adventure that the natives
deyour the carcasses Of the large game
animals that the English sportsmen 10
not want for their own followers
Lengman's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
A Town He Would Like to visit.

was in the front car Of a fast OK.
press travelling to New York last week.
Just in front of me sat two men. One
wore a wide brimmed, stiff straw hat
and his know it all manner seemed e
indicate that he had just finished hi
junior year at college. The other, VIII
was much older, recognized as a well
known professor of archaeology at Har.
ward. They were talking about the
wonders of this wonderful land.
II wish you could see our town o.
Pokerville, professor, said the younger
of the two men. "It is a most interest.
ing town-only 20 years old, and with
90, 900 inhabitants. "
"Ah-yes-very interesting nt
doubt" replied the professor dryly
But strange as it may seem, | should
prefer myself a town so, 600 years old,
and with 20 inhabitants w--Bostou
Budget.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
To Cross the Ocean In cockleshelI.

A novel experiment in ocean naviga-
ton is to be attempted by Nottingham
enthusiast who has been occupying him
self for a year past with the construc-
ton of a boat in which he proposes to
cross the Atlantic during the summer.
The vessel, which is built of iron and is
entirely Of his own design and make, is
only 10 feet G inches long, with 3 feet
beam and 3 feet 6 inches depth, and is
thus the smallest craft that has ever at
tempted such an adventurous voyage
1t is what is known as "whaleback'
deck, and the cabin, lighted by glass
windows at the side, will be completely
water tight when closed, fresh air being
obtained by pipes.
Should the tiny craft be overturned
the inventor claims that it will automat-
ically right itself. She will be fitted with
a 10 foot mast from the fore deck with
lib and mainsail, and additional motive
power will be supplied by geared hand
screw. The navigator intends to start
from Nottingham, sailing down the
Trent to Hull, and making for the At
lantic by way of the English channel.
He expects that the trip will occupy him
something over a month.-London Tele-
graph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
Unexpected.

1t was his first season at the
seaside, and to the critical observer
there were notice able in bis manner
traces OF nervousness.
Yet he boldly wandered along
the beach with the glrl in the red
blazer.
The conversation had reached a
juncture which left him no alter
native.
BE mine he urged, with trem-
bling voice.
Yes she rtjOined.
He pressed his hand to his brow.
This Is 80 sudden he falfered.
Detroit Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

On the following day Lake did
not come to school, aud on the day
after that understood tha: he had
gone to learn the shOemakel's trade.
| made come little inquiry and
found that he had declared that he
would 60 to school to me n mo Q
if he had to goawsy, and as his
parents were poor they bad allow
ed him to go at work IN a neigh.
boris shop.
In time finished my school, aud
James S Iute bore Oft the palm OF
scholarship.
Daring the vacation | visited a
neigbboring state and 70 md tm
ployment there. Thea | went
south and finally became engaged
as teacher OF mathem tics 10 a
school la New Orleans. The years
slipped by, and sill | remained in
my new home. One day | r,c, ,iV-
Ell a paper fTOm IN, native stat,
and saw mention mlle Of one
Luke WIS on as bling IN LEI Il I
OF a strong faction in the leglsla-
ture-it could not bc tie one upon
whom | h5d put the FOOLS cap.
Time passed on, and by aud by
] read in The papers that Luke
Weston had been elected president
of the senate Of mY native state,
and that lie was nos d powerful
leader Of a pow eful panty. OI
course this was the same Like of
whom | had before read, but it
could not be tie same Lax who
had worn my fools cap.
| finally read thIt Luxe Weston
had been elected 10 the senate of
the United States, AM tn Lc was
greatly hohorcd by all who knew
him.
In anot her year | visited the
home of ny youth, and one of my.
FIRST inquiries vas Of Luke Wes-
ton. He was a United States set
ator 81 it was my LrAe afIerI
all.
i ID where va, JlmeS Shute?
H. WAS bO9kkeeper in bank ard
was accounted IA very correct and
faithful clerk. IL has been there
II years and would probably re-
main thefe, as he liked the place
and had no particular ambition or
qualification above it.
And now, with the silver touch
of many years upon ms brow, | sii
down alOn3 in my study and reflect
upon the past. see tie many,
many childrel who have been un
der my charge now grown to be
men aud women, and | see many
of those whom had ihOrgAt to be
excessively stupid rpyiugplaces
o. honor and trust, willie many
whom had thought woDd. riul in
learning art plOdding along in The
ordinary pursuits of lite, the les
sons of tie old schOOlbooks all fol-
gotten, anl The one iiea of fOod aud
occupying their VII lie at.
tentiOn. - New York News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
VOL. "a.
THINK 1T OVER.

Before yen undertake a scheme,
Just thiuk 1T over,
Ii doesn't pay to sit and dream
But think it over.
1t isn't wise to be too rash,
1t meyer pays to be too brash,
Sometimes it costs IN actual cash.
So think over.
If you are going to propose,
just think it over.
Us hard to hold back, goodness knows-
But think it over.
You may have funds enough for two,
Eut seven or eight may come to yOI--
And if they should, what WOULD they do
So think it over.
Il fact, whatever comes along,
Just think it over.
That is the burden of this song
Just think it over.
Don't be afraid You'll MISS the train,
BY sitting down TO work your brain.
Ii. chances are that you will gain
So thin k il over.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
A c,r,ou. Letter OF Introduction.

When Professor Garner planned his
expedition to Africa in search OF the
language Of the great apes, he hoped 70
take with him a curious letter OF intro
duction to savage negro chieftain The
letter was in the form Of phonograph
message in the chiefs own language
from E. ]. Glave, Stanley's young lieu.
tenant Glaye commends Garner to the
good offices Of the savage warrior. and
as Glaye's voice is we'll known to the
chieftain the message would doubtless
have been effective, but Garner BY III
luck failed to receive the photograph
before leaving England. Chicago Her
aid
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
sun Light and Heat.

Science teaches physical impossible
ity when it says that heat and light as
such come direct to us from the sun,
for these two forces-i. e., heat and
light (Which are simply different mo-
dalities in the motion of electric force,
or ether in motion) require a pOnderable
medium for their transmission, radia-
ton and reflection to render them per.
ceptible to our senses. Could we, then,
be placed midway between the sun and
the earth we would be wrapped in
worse than Egyptian darkness" and
subjected to a degree of cold beyond all
calculation. Then not only the sun,
but all the planets as well, would ap-
pear as balls of fire, from which no ray
Of light or heat could reach US through
the imponderable, motionless, forceless,
rayless ether by which we would be
surrounded. From this l argue that
the heat and light possessed by the
planets must be generated within the
ponderable sphere of each and is the nat
ural result Of the friction Of the suns
electricity passing through our atmos
phere and rendering both more intense
near the earth's surface than it is a few
miles above, which, believe, is an es-
tablished fact. St Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
Empress Nurses Doll as Her Baby.

The empress of Austria is the subject
Of a queer and pathetic delusion. She
believes that her unhappy son, the Crown
Prince Rodolph, is still baby, and that
she is being prevented from seeing him.
For a long time the doctors sought in
vain to quiet her, but finally it was only
by the happy thought Of one OF her
maids of honor that any remedy could
be found. A large doll was procured
and put into her arms in darkened
room, where she occupied herself in
nursing it, with many kisses and tears
of Joy. Every day she fondles the toy
and quite frequently refuses to be sep
arated from it at night.-Chicago Trib-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

Sbe-'You have met the beauti.
ful Miss x, have you noti What
do ,ou think OF beri' 'She IS one Of
that sort Of women that auy man
could die for, but none could live
with.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

Beaver (iOcosely)-I wonder
why you bard.headed Western
men wear soft hatsP S'ouch-'And
| wonder Vhy-er-Eastern fel-
lows wear hard hatsp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

Miss Timid-'Did you ever fad
a man under the bedp
Mrs. Bluff-'The night we
thought there were burglars IN the
house found my husband there
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

Men proposes, and woman wish
es be wouldn't be so long about it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20

rYUnless the number OF insertions be
marked upon the manuscript, advertise
nents will be published until forbidden,
and charged accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-07-20
SHENANDOAH HERALD
Advertising Rates.

Advertisements will be inserted at one
dollar per square of ten lines or les, Tor
the first insertion, and 30 cents tor each
subsequent insertion.
gQaarterly or yearly advertisements
by contract.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1894-07-05

every hand. They are indeed an easy
going people quite English like ''you
know"
BY noon we have covered the distance
of 1S2 miles over the Grand Trunk Rv.
and find ourselves at dinner on the
Canadian side of the greatest natural
wonder in the world.Niagara Falls.
On our way here we passed through the
famous st. Clair tunnel, that marvel
of engineering skill under a navigable
stream. 1t is appropriately termed
the link that binds two great nations
and over it flow all the waters of the
Great Lakes. 1t is the largest sub
marine tunnel in the world-more than
two miles in length. A continues iron
tube, 19 #. 10 in. IN diameter, put
together in sections, requiring little
more than three years for completion
at an expense of $2.700,000.
After dinner the scenic beauty,
grandeur and attractiveness in the
vicinity of Niagara was revealed to us
by ride of about % miles on the
electric street railway above and below
the Falls. The line extends along the
Canadian bank in full view of the
Horseshoe, the American Falls, passes
through the many parks and along the
margin of the river past the rapids,
spanning the gorge near the whirlpool
on a viaduct 500 feet long and 135 feet
high, continuing onward to Queenstown,
opposite Lewiston, n. Y, where the
placid waters are reached and the river
commences to expand into Lake
Ontario. It misses no point of historic
interest.
To describe Niagara is impossible
The finest writers in the English
language are compelled to acknowledge
the feebleness of words in attempting
to picture to their readers an impression
Of the grand spectacle. 1t must be seen
to be apprehended in its full might and
majesty. We can only say with Dickens
Niagara, once stamped upon the
heart, an image of beauty, will
remain there changelesS and indelible,
until its pulses cease to beat forever" !"
We wish we had the time to give a
more extended account of this delight
full resort but we cannot do it at present
The day here has been so full of
interest, weather so perfect that we
cannot find one word Of criticism. The
Canadian people all appear to be in
favor of annexing their dominion with
that of the U. S. While business is
dull in the T. S. it is far worse Just
across into Canada. The Canadians
have a great deal to say on the question
of annexation and outside of the office
holders they appear to be a unit in its
favor. From this point we leave the
Grand Trunk railroad and are taken
charge of by the LeIIigh Valley railway.
We reach AsburY Park, New Jersey, on
Monday morning July 2nd
A. L. FONTAINE.