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The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
\ HUMANE APPEAL.

a humane citizen Of Richmond
Ind. Mr.. L. D. Williams. I04 NNes,
Main st. says. 4 appeal TO all per
sers with weak lungs 70 take DR.
kings New Discovery, the only
remedy that has helped me and fully
comes up TO the pr~oprietor's recon
mcndation-" II saves more lives
than all other throaJ and lung rem
dies put together. Used as q cough
and old cure the world over. Cures
asthma, bronchitis. Group, whoopfng
cough. quinsy. h-oarseness, and phthis-
&c, stops hem~orrhages Of the lungs
and builds them up. ran ar
All Druggists. soc. and 500. Trial
bottle free.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
Noonshining VIII Play Out.

Moonshining is soon 10 become q
relic OF the past. in the opinion Of
Chief Clerk Gates Of the internal.
revenue agents Of the Treasury De
partment. He attributes the passing
Of the b1ockader TO the spread Of the
temperance movement. Mr.. Gates de-
clares that throughout the whole
moonshine district in the Southern
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
\ STRONG CANDIDATE.
oohn Fort, the Republican
Nominee for Governor of
siryinia

trenton. n J., Sept. I9.-Sunreme
Court Justice John Franklin Fort va.
nominated for governor on the a.
ballot b. the Republican State con
vention tonight. Justice Fo-
ceived 80 votes out of a total =.
i.159. ~ -
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24

was dead the body was turned over
to an undertaken and embalmed for
burial. Later the cause OF death
came 10 the surface.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
DIGGING INTO THE
RAILROAD SB0OKS
LAWYERS Put in a Hard
Days Work
NOTHING GIVEN OUT

Governor Glenn Leaves Tor heih-
The ~Southern's Attornc Nahis .
DAY Set for Exs mining the >ia%N
Mitne~~c-Iauycr Justice
Arrives ON tbs Scene.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24

1t was a sad scene enacted when
Detective Wright broke the news as
gently as possible to Mrs. Maggie Gal
Top, of 1872 Duke street, a daughter of
Mr. Harrison. The officer told Mrs.
Gallop and Mr.: Harrison's wife that
he had met with an accident. The
women in a trembling voice inquired
the trouble was.
When told that Mr.. Harrison had
shot himself she almost tainted. but
gasped that she expected that some
thing would happen when a new trial
was denied by the courts. Mrs. Gallon
was then Joined by her mother, the
wife OF the dead man, Who declared
etWee her daughters and her own
tears and sobs that Mr.. Harrison was
innocent.
Mrs. Harrison declared that her nus
pand was asleep the night in Febru-
airy, 1905, that Kenneth Reasley was
Kidnapped and carried away. She tried
TO comfort her daughter with the as
trance that her father was a martyr,
having been innocent of the crime for
which he was convicted.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-09-24
DECLARED HIS INNOCENCE.
Joshua EarTiSOn'S Written Statement
in Contemplation Of Suicide.
(By the Associated Press.

Norfolk, Sept. 19.-Joshua Earri-
sons boCy was today sen to Jarvis
burg, n. c.. for burial.
In q note found. Harrison said:
Il am an innocent man. o
knows it; my family know it. l am
about to end my life. No one is in
any way responsible save The cruel
mes VINO imposed that awful SEN
teDCe"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Enhn Wind.

The Journal of the Meteorological
Society of Japan contains an account
by IT Ckada of the occurrence in KO-
rca of those remarkable winds which
have been called fohn winds. The
winds 60 which this name was Origi-
naly given are warm winds blowing
down from the snowc.ad mountains Of
Switzerland and producing extensive
MEETINGS of the snow They have
hence been called SNOW eaters The
iOhn is essentially n phenomenon OF
mountainous regions. and WOnsan. in
Korea. where they have been observed,
is surrounded except on the east by
high mountains. In this region they
are always westerly anl cause abnor-
mally high temperatures and dryness
IT the air y similar wind in North
America blowing down from the
Rocky mountains has been called the
chinook. Fohn winds occur also I'm the
arctic regions Blowing sometimes IN
midwintcr they produce a remarkable
climatic paradox AS a result of the
elevation of temperature caused by
them 1t may happen that northern
Greenland, though in winter darkness.
IS warmer than southern France.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
The Folklore of Puss.

FUss has earned the reputation ol
being weatherWise Good weather may
be expected when ''tabby" washes her
sell. but bad' when she licks herself
against the grain or sits with her tai
10 the fire.
Formerly In Scotland when family
removed from one house to another the
family cat was always taken as a pro
lection against disease II Is curious
to find the opposite practice obtaining
IN Ireland. where 1t Is considered high
" unucky for a family 10 take with
them a cat when they are fitting, y
especially so II they have to cross q
river. There is popular belief that u
cat born I'm the month Of May IS Of nc
use whatever for catching rats and
mice. hut eXerts an injurious Influence
on the house through bringing into II
disagreeable reptiles OF various kinds
says Wcman's Life
In Scotland black cats are supposed
20 bring not only good luck, but also
lovers. IN illustration Of which may be
quoted the well known rhyme:
Whenever the cat O. the house is black,
The lasses o. lovers will have no lack.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Who Could Pass2

t. test the spelling capabilities Of
fifty applicants for Junior clerkships
IN tho Offices Of tho sydney water and
sewerage board thcy were called upon
- write from dlctatiou this paragraph:
This ceubate was iicentiate In medi-
zine and hold other scholastic diplo-
mas. Ills characteristics were idiOsyn-
raslcS parsonifcd one day taciturn,
he next garrUlous Today his facile
zen evolves q sapient distich In piluant
,atira Of some literary genius; tomor-
-ow an encomiastic eifuSiOn on an IL
lteratc voluptuary. His studies on
concrete science Werc exotic his re
searches In natural philosophy eSoteric
if not chimorical" M less than forty
'hrcc out Of the fifty candidates came
20 grief I'm this artfully designed spell
ing obstacle race. Al the next meet
ing of the board member doubted
whether ten ont of fifty oxford VI. As.
il suddenly called upon 70 write out
the same passage. would succeed In ne
gotiating every one OF the big words
successfully.-LOndo Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04

There IS or record NJ the war de-
partmcnt. Washington. document
bearing witness e. how plentiful buf-
faloes We're within the memory of
many mon now living. II IS the ''re-
turn" for several rounds Of cannon
ammunition expended in Kansas In
1861 10 divert the course " a great
herd If buffalo that was bearing down
toward a camp Of soldiers with a
force that threatened 20 overwhelm II.
vt least one officer IS alive who saw
these shots fired. and he describes the
herd as literally reaching ~ far as the
eve could soc. II WAS long time In
p ssirg the camp whose occupants
watched IL IN silence, awed by the
spectacle. General Philip St George
Cooke NJ once halted a regiment OF
cavalry on the plains 10 permit great
herd of antelope 70 pass, and he was
not a man easily halted when on duty.
His humanity impelled him to with
hold the regiment from mangling and
manning the antelope, which were al
owed the right Of way.-BoSton Tran
scriDt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
The Grimmest Epitaph.

What is the most terrible epitaph In
existence? one OF the grimmest Is
surely that on stone which was SET
up n few years ago In the cemetery OF
Debrescin. eastern Hungary.
II reads as follows: Here rests in the
Lord Joseph Moritz. Sr, who died ID
his sixty-second year. He was shot Dy
his son. Frau Joseph Moritz, who died
in her forty-seventh year She wa''
shot hy her daughter. Elizabeth No
ritz who died by her own hand IN hei
seventeenth year after shooting hei
mother. Joseph MOritz. who died III
prison. age twenty seven. He had sho'
his father. May eternal mercy have
pity on their poor. sinful souls!
This memorial was erected by 10
cal literary association. to which. 1t l.
sold. the last of the Ill starred famil!
left a sum of $500 for the purpose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
The Rise Of a Painter,

Only painters looked long az the pic
ture which Eugene Carriere exhibited
at The salon Of 1871. and for dozen
years afterWard, while his portraits
and his stuu..-s Of children and women
steadily gained In distinctive charac-
ter. they puzzled and repcled the un-
wary, says Henry COpley Greene IN
the Century Their merging varied
colOrs In single tone, their dlssOlving
Of sharp contours I'm smoke hued mist.
suggested either insincerity or myopic
vision. Yet little by little Carriere Inn
pressed first Il few artists and critics,
then part of the public, then even
the ministry of fine arts. In 1899 he
was decorated. and In the next year,
when his paintings were seen at the
then now Salon du Champ de Mars
Isolated in single group. Carriere be-
gan to be more widely understood. His
fervid sincerity reverberating. as 1t
we're, from picture TO picture destroy
cd all suspicion Of pose, and MS his
technic grew familiar the sculptur-
eSque solidlty Of his heads and figures
appeared through that mist In proof OF
his genius of eye and hand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
1s Rocky Mount, y. c.

2; Ssc.l1 SGT r'Ic Ence' Io-s.
I.,..- n..l e.. >'.-I t,-.ra rre-
MI. ,... ....- ... I!..t.' himself
rc ...... ....... .t g. ao. ot
the con..u,t9s Ta. .rt.r ..aC Of
fetal seemed To lie ia % .at.-. lie
was making it a practice TO give the
lets 20" signal before alighting pas
sengers were fairly on the ground.
Once or twice he had frightened won.
en- In this manner. and many an angry
glance followed him as his car bump
ed onward.
Near Sixteenth street the annoyed
Young man arose to leave the car. II
stopped and be started to swing on
the running board.
ding, dingr'
The conductor had jerled the bell
cord The young man, strong ana ath-
letic I'm build, could have dropped of
without effort. hut he didn't. lnSt'a
he reached UP and jerkcI the bell cord
n single Jerk. The car, In the act OK
gathering momentum again, stopped
suddenly.
"What do you mean by that| de-
manded the conductor.
"T'm taking the time you should nave
given 10 those ladies'" answered the
athletic young man. with a satisfied
grin. Then coolly, carefully. still grim
ming at the angry conductor, he step
ped cff-lnto puddle Of dirty water.
II should not have been 50 but the
conductor had the last lauGh.-lndlan-
apOliS News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
rhn Rcwcrd Of Hauahtiness.


The other day a chemist was awak-
tled about ! o'clock IL the m0gninv by
D lad ciam0rlAc ~ hl- SHOP door OieD-
rr BIS lclcoom window, he SOW a
small boy, who WAS gcsticulatn5
wildly
what's The natter" inquired the
chemist.
Il want a penny'orth o camphorat"d
chloroform for { toothache." hOwled
the lad.
The chemist was not oyerjoyed
when he found how small the order
was for which he had been so rudely
awakened from his slumber; but, tax
ing pitv on the sufferer. he dressed
himself and went downstairs TO sup
DIV the much desired relief. While
measuring the drug he could not help
doing growl at the lad.
ITS like your check he observed,
80 wake me up at this time of the
night for paltry penn'Orth of chloro-
form"
"Oh, is IT." 81. ! the hoy resentful-
". Then I'll tx mi custom some
wheer else. Yer can keep yer chloro-
form. wcant hev 1t neaw for yer
blooming sauce"
And he didn't lie went off quite In
dignantly, nursing his jaw, to wake up
another hemist.-PearsOn's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
lrlsh lsnal WIS.

The mots of the celebrated wits
Harry Deanc Grady. IySaght and Rel.
er-0f tie Irien bar early iu the last
century are now in large measure for
gotten. Some few ara. however. ou
record. Harry Deauc Grady. a leader
Of the Munster bar. voted in the Irish
house Of commons 90 support the union
against the wishes OF his constituents,
one Of whom demonstrated Indignantly
with him on bis intended course Of ac-
tion What, do YOU mean t. sell your
country" Yes" was the cool reply,
"and very happy ] am 10 have Il conn
try to sell"
Ned Lysaght. 4 celebrated Wit and
poetastcr of the period In very embar-
rasSed circumstances, applied % Mr..
In Touche, the we'll known banker,
for a place In his establishment. What
situation, my dear Lysaght. could pos
sibly suit your" said his friend. who
felt himself In a difficulty "Not only
one. but two" was the reply Pray,
what are theyT III You will only,
ny dear La Touche, make ne cashier
for one day III become runner the
uext. London Law Notes
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
nClnueralitN."

There is Il story that Charlotte
Bronte when 4 girl Of sixteen broke
out angrily at some one who said sh'
was always talking about clever peo
pie. such as Johnson and Sheridan
Now. YOU don't know the meaning o
clever" she said. Sheridan might b'
clever-scamps often are-but johnson
hadn't a spark of cleverality' In him
That remark really gives the essence
OF Johnson and the key 10 the grea
qualities OF his work, for In his cas-,
even more than IN most the prose wa:
the man. Whoever wants "cleyeral
ity" had best leave Johnson alone. The
signal merit OF JOhIsOn's writings l.
that he always means what he say:
and always says what he means. lie
may often have talked for victory, but
except perhaps In the political pam
phlets he always wrote for truth
London Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Men Who Help Thieves.

The "rcchriStenCr' Is the profession
nj name OF the man who alters the
names and numbers on stolen watches.
The rechriStener Is usually clever
rngraver who through drink or other
wise has lost the chance Of obtaining
honest employment and aids the re-
cciver Of stolen property. When a
watch has been stolen the number or
name or other indication OF make or
ownership may be forwarded to the
police and by them communicated 10
pawnbrokers. There Is consequently
m element OF risk in attempting 70
dispose of 1t. There are various ways
Of getting over the difficulty. and re-
christening is one that IS frequently
resorted to- The engraver adds or pre-
fixes another figure 10 the number or
he turns the name u. Robins into
"T. J. Robinson" the extra initial
serving 10 make the name look lever
and central on the watch case. This Il
done very clevcrly, and the rest OF the
letters or figures are touched up 10
make all appear to have been cut az
the same time.-LOndon Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Earthouake In the Desert.

Hans Doring writes Of 4 singular eX-
perience in an earthquake while tray
cling I'm the desert of Gobi: Il had Just
dropped off to sleep when | woke up
with a feeling OF great anxiety. which
I could not explain other than that |
had presentiment that some great
danger was impending. Ii was eX-
nlained soon enough. All Of sudden
while was still wondering whence
my sudden fear came | heard a lolld
noise beneath the ground which sound
ed AS II subterranean express was
approaching. Nearer and nearer IL
came. aud before could get OF the
he'd on which | had been sleeping the
compound and the whole hamlet were
shaken by an earthquake. L thouSht
that my last hour had come ana eX-
pected 10 sec the walls collapse. The
rafto-s Of the roof ratified on the
bear,s. and the whole house shook. liz
the house had becn higher ii would
have collapsed. hut the walls, not
ouite ten feet high. are built Of mnd.
with an elastic framework of wood TO
carry the roof. I. appears that these
houses are built to resist earthquakes.
their simplicity ana elasticity saving
them from obstruction
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
The Herrincs' Heads.

Miracles are not only Of religion.
Perhaps readers may have forgotten
he strange adventure Of the great
Johann Sebastian Bach. The story
was told by Dach himself and Is there
rore. we may he assured, substantial
y true. Bach was very young man
at he time His chief Object then was
10 hear n great Organist Of Hamburg
named Reinken. He was very poor,
and on one OF these Journeys, return
ing home, he found himself destitute
and yet far from Lunehurg So he sat
down on n bench outside m inn and
tried 10 dine on the smell OF the cook
ing. Suddenly window was thrown
open above and couple Of herrings'
heads fell at his feet. He picked them
I'd and discovered IN each piece Of
money, He could not find out who
Lis henefactor had been. But he made
Il good use Of the gift. for he immedi-
ately tramped back TO Luneburg to
hear Reinken once more. However II
happened, it was Il miracle. But Bach
was dwelling In the regions OF the
miracle-London Academy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Why Was He an idlot2

There Is a story told of a very talka
tive lady who met With we'll de
served rebuke at a social gathering not
long ago. Her husband Is a man of
hieh standing in the world of science
but the lady regards him as dreamer
OF impossible dreams. do you know,
she remarked, that genius and imbe
cillty are twin brothers? The world
regards John as a genius. Now, there
are times when / believe him to be an
IDIOT"
A painful silence followed, broken
By a blunt old doctor who had over
beard the remark.
"Are we 10 understand, madam" he
said, that Professor Y, though youl
husband, Is 50 lightly esteemed by
your"
II say what | think" she retOrted.
at times John IS Enthusiastically an
idiot"
Merely because he is your hus-
bandf"
"Sirw
"Oh, very WELL" was the grim re-
joinder. I'VE Will put II another way
He is your husband because he is an
idiot. VII that dor - Pearson's
Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
Sunday Laws Of Australia.

Melbourne, Australia, has some laws
which are wonders One of them pro
hibitS the opening Of any cafe on sun
day before II o'clock I'm the morning
and the unwary american who may
not know this finds himself suddenly
high ana dry without thing to eat
till II. So he soon learns, if he's in
lodgings, to sleep till IL and then for
age forth.
Another nice thing that contributes
to the hilarity Of the Sundays here
and the gayety Of nations generally
IS that there are no street cars running
till after , o'clock on sundays. All
the steam roads bring thousands of
people into the city, but they have 10
walk once they are inside the city
limits.
And II you buy bakers cakes and
pies to be taken away from the prem
Ises you may only buy them between
and 3 Sunday afternoons. And you
may not invite friends To- dinner with
you in sydney. which is in New South
Wales ana under different jurisdiction.
if YOU are living in a hotel, because
in some mysterious way. which is not
at all clear, you are breaking the Sun
day law.-New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04

"Did you intend Ia give me thls?'
asked a steward on one Of the steam
crs of q woman passenger who just
tipped him. "1his" Was q bright new
penny.
The woman. looking amazed and
embarrassed, said: so. | didn't give
you that | gave you a $3.50 gold
piece. didn't ~
That's what thought you meant To
give NE. was sure YOU had made n
mistake" said the man. The woman,
with an apolcgy. took the penny and
gave him q gold piece. Then she went
back To her staterOOm to count her
money and 10 try 10 understand.
II came 10 her all right She remem-
bered two years before on her home
ward trip d fellow passenger had told
bow the steward had come TO her with
a new penny given him by mistake,
the steward said, and she had made 1t
good.
Ii was n little late then-she had
been an "easy mark" and she knew II
and It wouldn't do bit Of good 10
object She did tell the purser. who
promised to investigate. She knew.
too, what that mcant.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
HE BURGLAR.

A burglar was one night engaged II
the pleasing occupation " slowing
good haul " swag In his bag when he
was startled !v a touch upon his shoul
der. and t"raine his head he lehela
v.arro}'. Ii1 eyed clergy eA7
Ing sadly At In
"Oh. my brother" groaned the rev
ereud gentleman, "wouldst thou rot
M? Turn. heseech you-turn fron
thy eyn WAYS Return those stolen
goods ana depart in peace. Tor am
merciful and forgive. Beconc"
And the burglar, only too thankful
at not being given into custody OF the
police. oIeyed and skunk swiftly off.
Then the good old man carefully and
quietly packed the swag into another
bag and walked softly $50 as not to dis
turb the slumbcr of the inmates on
OF the house and away into the silent
night For he too, was burglar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
4 Per- LYING 3llletln.

In 1876 the late John Hay, who dice
rs secretary Of state. and Alvey \
Adee were serving together in the le
CATION nj Madrid. They were Intense
iv interested in The outcome q tle Re
publican national convention md spent
days wondering who would DE nomt
mated one mr~n'a- they found this
item 'n n Madrid newspaper: "Rute-
bart Is. Npycs Of America has ben
elected president of the republic VI the
north"
That was Us lear as the Spanish Ell
ltor could ect % the bulletin. "Ruthcr-
forl y. Hayes has been nominated for
president hy the Republican national
convention" ana 1t took Adee and
Hay week to figure it out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
AnLu Is kha Ocean Salt2

The Creator made the ocean salt 10
save the land from putrefaction. The
winds blow everything offensive and
pestiential (as far as we allow them
10 do the work OF boards or healthD
out 10 sea. where all humOrs are alb
sorbed by the hungry waters. Salt Is
n purifying agent The ocean Is a
great manufacturer II converts every
thing foul into health making ozone
and hands 1t back 10 Us without
charge. No government label Is nee
essary. Stand on the prov or snip
for three hours n day, deep breathing
Ike an athlete, and your lungs Will be
cleaned of everything poisonous. Your
blood will leap through veins and arte'
rles. Your heart will be obliged 70
thump with renewed force. The tide
Is the oceans tongue. II comes III
twice a day to lick up the foul things
of the earth and convey them TO the
oceans stomach, where they are di'
gested, salted down, cured and render
ed pure again.-Marine Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-10-04
DIsraeIi's NuptiaI Joke.

There was little Joke betweedSm
Disraeli and his wlfe) which | heard
from the late dean Of Salisbury. You
know | married you for your money"
Disraeh would say to her. "Oh, yes,
but II you were to marry me again you
would marry me for love" was the
regular reply, "Oh, yes" her husband
would exclaiiD, and the little nuptial
comedy ended.
But what Disraeli said 20 Bernal Os.
borne once about Ills marriage is much
better worth the telling. 1t was ut n
dinner partT after dinner when the
men were alone What did you mar
ry her forF' Osborne asked In his
characteristic way. Disraeli twiddled
his wineglass in the pause that fol-
lowed this point blank inquiry. Then
ae lifted his head s,oU.y Gll looked
the other yery expresslycly In the
'ace. For relson" Re said, (which
ron could nevcr urAcrstln1 80 graft
.lle."- From Tod FcIconslieid Gnd
)ther Tory Memories" by +. Z. keb-
i.pi