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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
"You gave me a paper about six

Ou gave me paper dUOuI SlA
months ago." said he-"a newspa
per. l asked your name."
ooh, Ohl' said l. No, sir,
didn't know you, begin to SET
the likeness, but you-yOu"--
81 know" said he. 81 was pretty
we'll down on my luck then. SEE
here" unbuttoned his coat, {
sealskln, bless you, and took ont o.
the breast pocket a newspaper
"read that" he said, pointing tC
where it was folded.
read il. This is what II said
"It Ferdinand Melrose will re
turn home, all will be forgiven by
his dying father" and after that
where he was to inquire for "further
particulars"
"Well, am Ferdinand MelrOse,' >
says the gentleman, "Ihe black
sheep of my family. Long ago my
stepmother made mischief between
my father and myself. He forbade
me his house, and l rather went to
the bad. No matter tor my story.
Besides the fare you inquired about
| had only bottle of laudanum in
my pocket. l was going to Gen.
tral park TO take it. | should have
slept myself ont of life into eternity
and the city woald have seen to
my funeral if you had not given me
that paper. | went to the place
mentioned and found, as | expect
ed, that money had been left in a
lawyers hands TO take me home.
When | got there, l found that my
stepmOther bad been dead three
years and that my father had been
attacked by disease that must be
fatal. We were reconclled, and
when he died | found myself a rich
man. l had kept jim Browns ad-
dress, and l feel that owe him
something
"Nothlng at ALL" says l. "The
lady-the sister-told me to give it
TO YOU
"What lady p said he.
W'd like to know myself" said
I, and then | told him my story.
at is strange" says he. 81
could swear that | was the only
passenger at the time. l felt so
miserIb le and so shah by that
purpOsely waited for an empty car,
And another thing Is strange, Jim
Brown" said he. ave had a ghost
in our family. A nun is SAID to
appear now and then, always to do
good. And my father declared
that while he was i'll she appeared
to him three times, always point.
ing to my portrait, which hung in
his bedroom, and always convey
Ing to him in some way that it was
his duty to search for me. In fact,
she was the cause of our reconcilla-
ton
| couldn't say anything. Neither
of us spoke about the thing again,
but when he insisted OIL starting
me In heeating house line WASN'T
fool enough to refuse, and, as you
see, Pm not a bObtail car driver
any longer.
No; ] haven't seen anything
queer since that time, and l can't
say I'm anxious, but whether the
lady was a what the doctor called
an optical delusiOn it's certain that
she only did good to all concerned.
Bless her for coming !-Ne,c York
Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

"The man who meyer praises bis
wife deserves to haze a poor one.'
Aud the man who praises a good
wife more than she deserves hasn't
been born yet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

Mother-Oh, Johnnie! Did you
know all your lessons todayl
Johnnle-Yes'm, all but two.
Mother-How many did you
havef
,FOhnuie-Two.-Trutb.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

He (shily)-"May 1 say how
beautiful you look to.nightf7 She
(haughtily)-"Do think that you
can fud words TO express your
thought io-Towp Talk.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04
Overworking the Principle,

Nickwire-I have given up that
homeopathic doctor l had and have
gone back to the old school.
Yabsley-What was the matter!
Wickwire-He's a crank. My
aunt has a cataract developing in
her left eye, aud lie recommended
her to go to a water cure estaD-
Observation-Disclosures Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

"Say, mister" said a little Fresh
Air child, as she watched the
cattle enjoying their cud. "do you
have to buy gun for all them cows
to chewp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

This inscription appC Cars in a
Wisconsin cemetery, over the grave
of a woman, written by her hus'
band. "Tears cannot restore thee,
therefore / weep"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

"Did you tell those ladies that
/ was not athomei'
"Yes, ma'am."
"And what did they replyp
"They said," On, how fortu'
natew'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-05-04

American, abroad--Well, here
pve been travelling through Italy
for nearly a week, and / haven't
seen maccaroni field yet.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Deep Sea Fish.

. Deep sea Dish are liable 10 curl.
Gus form OF accident. II, In chas.
Ing their prey or for any other rea.
son, they rise to considerable dis.
lance above the floor OF the ocean,
the gases OF their swimming blad.
der become considerably expanded
and their specific gravity very
greatly reduced. Up to q certain
limit the muscles OF their bodies can
counterfeit the tendency to float up.
ward and enable the fish to regain
its proper sphere Of life at the bot,
tom; but beyond that limit the mus
cles are not strong enough to drive
the body downward, and the fish. be-
coming more and more distended al
II goes, Is gradually killed on its
long and involuntary journey to the
surface OF the sea. They are thu.
exposed to q danger that no 0thel
animals In this world are subject K
namely, that Of tumbling upward
That such accidents do occasionally
occur Is evidenced by the fact thai
some fsh, which are now known Il
be true deepsea FORMS we're d.scOv
Grad dead and t!Oating on the surface
OF the ocean long before our modern
Investigations were commenced.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
No Peach Yeliows for California.

Prof. Meehan notes In Meehan's
monthly the fact that peach trees
shipped from certain Eastern nur.
series to the South for the past hun.
bred years, have never shown symp.
toms Of yellows, while trees from the
same nurseries, and OF the same
stock. shipped to Michigan and other
States soon show the disease. This
Is certainly q remarkable fact, and
naturally leads Prot. Mcchan to In.
fer that there must be something 10
the environment that produces the
disease In the North while afYording
excE pti0n In more southern climes.
In this connection the Monthly says:
"For this reason, Mr.. Meehan he.
lieves that 1t Is extremely unlikely
that the yellOws will ever be seen IN
California or Florida. Aside from
this, he has found by absolute ex.
pertinent that the mycelium Of
Agaricus melleus applied to the
roots OF peach trees, as with other
trees. will infallibly produce the dis
ease, and the inferance IL that, this
fungus 10 the cause Of the disease,
and IL unable to develop 10
some countries, on account Ut eli.
matte conditions 1t Is to be re-.
marked. that he does not state the
disease will not thrive, but simply
that after what might be called the
experience OF hundred years, 1t hal
not appeared, although all other cir
cumstances we're favorable to its do
velOpment."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Prod ucins Artificial Marble.

Marble Is now so closely initiated
by chemical means that there Is
often great difficulty In telling the
imitation from the natural stone.
By q new process limestone or chalk
may To converted into the nature of
marble Of any tint or combination OF
shades while the specific gravity Is
increased. On the surface OF the wa.
ter bath used for the veining there Is
sprlnkled q varnish composed OF ses.
qui0xide Of iron, gum, and turpen.
tine. and water being unstable, a
freedom OF design 10 obtained, es.
pecially when the turpentine Ia
broken up by the addition of soap
Alter the stone Is dipped In tuypen-
tine, 1t Is immersed In solutions OF
sulphate OF iron. copper. or zinc, sep.
arate or In combination. The dit.
ference Ia shades Is obtained bv va.
rying the period of immersion, and
the order Of tanks used. Copper and
iron sulphate give dark c0lors; ziuC
and iron alternately give light vel.
low, while the use OF the three con.
secutiyely gives dark yellow and
brown In variegated tints After
being treated In the sulphate baths,
the stone is immersed In q warm wa
ter bath to Tx the cOl0rs, Gil air be.
ing meanwhile expelled. The color
Is said to permeate the full thickness
of the stone, which IL afterwards
dried In an oven. The next atep Il
an immersion In an indurattng bath
OF solution Of sulphste Of sine which
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Colossal Confederate Statue.

The figure OF the Confederate sol.
dier that IL TO he one Of tho Orna.
ments to the Richmond (Va) mem.
Orial, designed by william !. Shepard
and Sculptor Caspar Buberl, In honor
of the soldiers and sailors OF the
"lost cause" Is nearly complete.
The lower limbs were successfully
cast here In bronze tho other day,
$500 pounds Of metal being used.
The figure will weigh, when com.
pleted, about 5000 pounds. II all
the castings shall provo perfect the
statue will he shipped to Richmond
about April 20. Some OF the upper
portions OF the statue have already
been successfully cast The model ia
sixteen feet high, and when com.
pleted there will be reproduced In
bronze Y facsimile of the soldier 10
Rray.--Londoa Spectator
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
THE REAR eLAoMAN.
Ne II Not Of Much Use In Prsventing NAN.
road Collisions.

He II Not Of Much Use In Preventing Rail.
road Collisions.
Many railroad accidents, IL 10 vel.
known, are what are called rear end
collisions" that Is, one train runs
into the rear of another with more OF
less fatal results The rear flagman
Is an Official sent from the frat train
to give q 8 gnal to the second and 10
prcvent the collision, but such q sys.
tenn IL almost useless. Very few ras.
sengers in the rear car. says an old
and experienced railroad man, would
rest easy during an unexpected STOP
II they knew how little this precau.
ton amounts To- At all hours, In all
kinds Of weather, on all tracks and
ut various distances FROM shelter or
station, the rear fiagman, Q man earn.
Ing not over 81. 80 q day, Is expected
on stop to leave the train, walk
back half O mile, run the risk OF be.
ing left on the track, with long and
dreary walk to the nearest station,
for the purpose OF tagging q train
which never appears In one case Ia
hundreds II there is a icurve close
at hand, no conductor can tell
whe ther the man has gone back the
regulation 1000 yards, or risked q
shorter walk. Every observant man,
familiar with railroad practice, must
have observed the suspicious and
amazing tapidity with which q rear
Hagman on a we'll curved road will
reappear after the whistle has
sounded for his return. II he mis-
calculated the distance and the track
is slippery and on q down grade there
will not be space enough to stop the
on going train. II the train which
Is delayed IL to move In an instant,
the temptation is strong not to 70
back ut all. II the fagman forgets
his tOrpedoes or they are unnoticed,
the delayed train may be struck By
the one approaching after he has
been called In, and before his tran
starts The chances are endless,
and nearly every collision gives new
COIN ination Ut the conditions which
bring death and disaster II a real
fiagman fails to do his work correctly
and promptly
Even when he does his work cor,
rectly, the rear tlagman Is unexpected,
and often 10 not seen BY those on the
on.coming train. For block signal
passed on every run, the engineer and
fireman are watching. But for the
unexpected and accidental hagman,
with o lantern or fay In his hand
and an anxious desire not to be left
by his own train in his heart, the en-
gincer Is not watching. The Ameri
can managers Of railroads have be
come 50 welded to this Anticipated
system that It was only ut their re-
cent meeting In New York that steps
were taken looking to the general
adoption Of block signal rules II
other words, the general rules In ust
on Q majorlty VI the roads have made
no provision hitherto for anything
but the rear flagmun as q protection
against rear.end collisions-the mos
frequent and fatal OF all This Is II
part because the block system Il
costly; but where trains are moved
by telegraphic orders-and mos
American lines are-the addittona
cost Of moving trains from block Z,
block is not great. and tho gain Il
safety Is out OF oil proportion to th'
increased cost
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Queer Custom In q Boston Church.

queer custom IN q boston Cnu1Cns
In accordance with q custom In
England that the Kings Cabinet
must retire from ONCE when the SOW.
ereign himself either abdicates or
dies, 80 that tho new sovereign may
not be hampered In any way by Cd.
visers who might DO adverse to his
policy and which has been adopted
by the Central Congregational Society
In election OF deacons took place re.
Gently, owing to q change Of pastor.
The old board was reelected. The
deacons are: ]. A. Denison, T. H.
Russell, and j. A. Bennett. The
hoard will probably DO increased to
six members In the coming fall. The
custom IL believed to DO unique 10
the church government OF ConRrega-
tional churches, and was brought
about BY q church quarrel back In
the sos, when two or three deacons
belonged to minority which wanted
to be rid Of the pastor. In order to
prevent future disturbances OF this
nature on account OF c0mbative
deacons, II was agreed that all the
deac0ns should annually vacate wits
o change OF pastOrs-BostOn Tran.
SCRIPT.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
An Angel Unawares.

An insurance agent, albeit q use.
full and, at times, attractive person,
IL not always q welcome visitor. To
some people, indeed, he IL decided
bore. One Of this class owns a hand
some residence, and even the thought
OF an agent provOkes his ire One
evening recently no was enjoying his
otium cum dig when a man walked
In on him very uDceremOniOusly. The
visitor was a total stranger to him,
and before he had time to throw an
inkstand at him or to ask him to sit
down he began quite calmly and 10 Q
most business.like tone to talk.
"Have you any insurance on this
house?" said he.
Well, Mr.. Otium.cum.dig was afre
in q minute
"What do you mean, SIR" he
stormed, "by breaking into my house,
air, Ia this Misunderstanding into
my house, with your internal insur.
ance business? It Is no concern Of
yours, sir, whether this house is In.
sured or not Get out, or Ill throw
you out"
Inc VlSlLOr was Is calm aS may
morning.
1T Is no concern OF mine what.
ever" he replied, "but I thought
you have no right to think about
what doesn't concern you, SIR" in.
terrupted the house owner. II want
no insurance agents forcing them.
selves upon me, SIR"
II understand that perfectly and
am no insurance agent I was merely
passing your house, and I observed
that It was on fire In the rear, and II
occurred to me that II you had no In.
surance On it. perhaps you did moi
wish IL to burn down."
That's what the visitor said, but
Mr. Otium .cum.dig dinn't hear II all;
he had gone to the fire, and the Wis
Tor smiled and followed him. DE
troit Free Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
sevGNreeN.veAR LOCUST YeAR
The Locust h Pest, Likewise . FavoriNs
Prey-E Excellent Flsh l3ait.

The Locust IL . Pest, Likewise . FavoFitS
Prey Excellent Fish Bait.
Our expected guests, the seventeen.
year.old locusts, who will be With US
this summer unless the ent0mOlo.
glsts speedily find some potent means
Of discouraging their. proposed ar.
rival, will receive warmer welcome
from beast anc b I'd than from the
human kind. In their train will
come swarms Of feathered hunters
who will find In them q dainty edi.
bic, and make their lives one weary
succession Of aerial twistlngs and
turnings Kingbirds, bluejays, wood.
peckers, fly catchers and even the
larger thrushes and the smaller
hawks, forsak ing all else will cleve
unto the unfortunate harvest fly and
grow fat upon his remains II he
grows weary In attempting to out
strip his feathered enemies In flight,
and seeks refuge beneath q shelter.
ing branch, he falls prey to the
vigilant squirrel or chipmunk, who
finds him toOthsOme m0rsel. I'm.
der any tree in the still, sunny days
little heaps Of .yellow.ribbed gauze
wings, tcstifying to the tragedy Of
the cicadas who escaped the attacks
of feathercd foes only to fall victims
to their furred enemy Of the rodent
species.
All men, too will hunt the un.
fortunate locust, not as food, for he
IL not the edible locust of scripture,
which. garnishe0 with wild honey,
formed the staple diet Of tho ancient
wanderer, but out Of desire to de.
stroy him lest he destroy their fruit
trees and vines He Is himself
predatory individual and does great
damage to vegetation, wherefore the
farmers hold him in ab0mination,
But one man will there be who will
rejoice at the advent Of the seven.
teen year harvest fly, and that Is the
fisherman. When all other baits
fail the larva Of the seventeen. year
locust will tempt the waricst fish to
the hook. 1t Is not tho full pledged
insect, however, that avails here, but
the larva ut tho roots Of trees, get.
ting ready to emerge from his six.
| teeu years Ot uuOeIRrOunu eAlStcnCo
and burst into the glory OF gauzy
wings and more or less musical
Whir.
These larva are white and un.
pleasantly moist, also, they look as
II they might bite or sting or other.
wise perform In u harmful manner,
but they can't You may. by dig
cling down ut the root OF young
tree, turn up u number of them at
every spade thrust. Put them into q
box, cover them over with dirt, then
60 to the nearest stream, halt your
hook with one Of them, and throw In
your line. II you don't catch some.
thing IL 10 because the fish are all
dead, or else you weren't born to he
an angler Trout black bass, rock
bass perch, pickerel, or even buh.
beads will turn aside In disdain from
fly, minnow, worm, or crawtish, and
eagerly grab at the larva OF the 10.
Gust There Is use for everything,
and II our periodical cIcada guests
give u better fishing, then surely
their visits cannot DO regarded as an
unmittigated evil.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
A "TslRRCr.V

An American travelling In Saxony
was One;day told BY the landlord OF the
small Inn where he stayed that; a
young man In the village could speak
English, and was anxious to call upon
him.
I agreed to receive my would be
vtsi ;or, and was seated at one OF the
tables when the Young man came In,
lo0l cd at me inquisitively and said.
"E shmall English speak," meaning,
II speak o little English"
l felicitated him on bis acquire
ments, when he pro ecded to tellDme
that he was ono OF the clerks en-.
plOyed In the c0unting-house, and
having heard of my arrival, could not
resist the desire OF speaking with On
American. Moreover, he would like
to show me certain things which ]
had not seen. and no said, III you
pleasure 4 nd, 10 Ia glad to me-"
We were friends In o moment liz
led me tirst to the counting house,
and as he showed me the bust OF Herr
Ebert, who az chief proprietor had
headed the procession In the formel
years, but had since diei, he said:
I'VE very, very sorry; every mar
love him. All! he was so good"
Then running upstairs TO y large
whitewashcd apartment where fcv
portraits hung on the wall, he cried
"Here IL something to see. Bu1
wait-you will have q tsigger?"
with pleasure, ] answered, II
It's good to drink"
"NO, not drink" no replied; ''wha
you call hiM-t0 shMOke?"
The room echoed with my laugh
and he prolonged 1t as ! rejOined
'Q)h, you mean Q cigar! No thanl
YOU"
"What you call him." no ex
claimed In amazemcnt. "CiRar'
Then what for teacher Is mine
But he ia q German"
Our friendly relations were In NJ
way deranRed by my dislike of
"tsigger:" and he would not let m
depart till had seen the whole prem
ises and the enormous cellars
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Destruction OF Field Mice.

Meehan's Monthly suggests, In re
gard to field mice, what might posi-.
bly, be applicable to g0phers also:
ut Is said that In some parts Of
the eastern counties OF Scotland, field
mice have Increased In such great
proportions that scarcely blade OF
grass is left Undiscovered over hun.
dreds OF acres, and that the farmers
are holding public meetings 10 i'm.
plore the Cove nment to do some.
thing to aid In the determination OF
the mice All hands were said to DC
set to work hunting and killing the
mice one by one. We think on
American cultivators would make
short work OF the trouble by burying
turpips potatoes, or other vegetables
we'll appropriated with Paris green,
In their runs They.attribute theil
misfortune to the great destruction
OF owls, which heretofore are said t(
have fed chiefly on field mice"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
They VIII Not Mix.

"DOn't mix facts and women. De.
eide between them" says Mary Hal.
lock FoOte, who Is q clever enough
woman to understand the sex.
What she means Is that II q man DO.
lieyes In q woman he can't possibly
believe anything against her, no mat.
ter what the facts seem to prove. On
the other hand. II this experience
with her doesn't justify absolute
trust he had best accept the facts
and permit no argument Miss
FO0te ought to know her sex and
whether they agree with neL New
York Press
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26
Siberia Not All sterile.

Siberia IL popularity supposed to be
q barren waste, extending from the
frozen ocean on the north to the
sands Of the Cobb desert on the south.
But this popular impression Is alto.
eether wrong, according to the Phila.
delphia Record. Exclusive Of the
north and the deserts of Turkestan,
Russia In Asia contains an urea Of
8, 600, 900 square miles Of land suita.
bic for agriculture or pastoral pur.
suits Its population numbers nearly
is, 900, 900 There are several cities
with o population exceeding 80, 600.
The agricultural products exported,
which constitute only q very small
part Of the whole. are valued at an
average Of $50, 100000 q year The
output Ut the mines exported Is val.
ued at upward Of go. 200, 900 annu.
ally, and the furS fish, skins, and
other products that come into Eu.
ropean Russia from Siberia are worth
$5, 900, 600 to 81, 900, 900. It was fol-
tho purpose OF developing this vast
territory and encouraging immigra.
ton thither that the Government Of
the Car has undertaken to expend
s33, 600, 900 upon tho Great Siberian
Railway, over 1000 miles long, which
will connect the Black Sea and the
Baltic with Vladivostock, on the SEQ
OF Japan. It 10 not expected that
the railway will nay the expenses Of
operation for many years to come.
But 1t will doubtless be an important
factor In the future economic history
OF the world. One result OF the com
pleti0n OF the road may be an entire
shifting Of trade routes; and II will
certainly Oren new and productive
continent to settlement.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26

- CLOSES up the pores and hardsns
the stone that It acquires nearly the
density Of natural marble, and 10
then ready for polishing In the ordi-
nary WAY.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1894-05-26

HOPE Is recommended for as many
Ills as q patent medicine
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1894-02-05
In Jail for Burglary.

Last night about 80 o'clock
the city detectives made the arrest
Of Julius Juhard and Frank Will
kins, two well-known young men
of this city, and lodged them in the
city Jail on the charge of burglary.
They were arrested at the store of
a. j. Burger & Bros, on the corner
of Monterey and South Concho
streets. The detectives had received
word that plan was being per-
fected to burglarize this store, and
hid themselves, and nabbed the
men after they had cut the Stats out
of the window shutter. They were
transferred to the county Jail this
morning and will remain in prison,
pending an investigation by the
grand Jury.