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VOL. 58.
WOODSTOCK, VA., WEDNESDAY, MAY, 8 1878.
no. :,i
SHENANDOAH HERALD
II rOBLIiaiD WEEILT BT
?HENANDOAH HERALD PUBLISHING CO
taT" Sab?criptit>u, Two Dollar? per yoarpay?ble
in Bdrauce. If not paid in advance, Two Dollar?
?ad tfty C?uU will be charged.
All c >mrauul.-?ti m? of a private uature, will be
charged for a? a advert isiug.
Job Printline.
All kind? of Job Work doue at ?hurt notice aud
the moat reasonable rate?.
Proft tsional t.'tirtlt.
\ ?... WY3K00P,
A T To It \ E Y AT L A W,
Office on Mam Street C,-?p.kite the Court House
WOODSTOCK, VA.
Wi'l practice la the court? of Sbeiiaiuloah and
?djaceut counties.
I??* Special attention given to the collection ol
claim! and all legal buninens intruded to bin ear?,
Sept. Mb-tf,
Will at im Mr. lacaaOM on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday, before tht- _nd Tn??dlj of each
month, at Dr. L. H Jordau's Drugstore.
Moss? Walton. M. L. Walton
WALTON* A WALTON*.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
woororocK, va.
t?r-MOSE3 WALTON* also practices in tbt- CoUB?
tie? of V?ge, W?rr.L ma Etocktagl .
Having aaa__*d la the Dtetrtct and Circuit
?Court? >f the lu-.'ed state?, iu Virginia. He I,
prepared to uroascatt claim?, m Ml C tarts.?
Oiviug ?pocialatteu-ioii to case, iu bankruptcy.
II. (.'. kl?Va_ r. .v. AiKi'i.r.H
ALLEN ft MAGRUDER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WOODSTOCK,
8HKNANDOAH COUNTY. Y A.
April. 29-tf
AS. II. WILLIAMS, ,*. J. WILLIAM?.
W5I, T. WII.I IAMS.
ryiLLlAMSfc BROTHER,
ATTORNEYs"?T LAW
WOODfTOCK, VA.
ractloe in the Cour?? of Shenaud-ah. RocklB?
?kam. Page, Frederick aud arn-u Coaaties ; also
n the Court? of appeals of Virginia au?l la tb
'?'. s Imtrict Court.
S'iecial attentuu given to the collect
e__BB.
H
H. RIODLEBERQER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
WOODSTOCK, J'..
IfWil! practic? in all tbo
J?uuar.. 1H78?
w
ILI.l .158 A ?ItAltlM.,
ULt. INSCRANCC AGENTS.
WOODSTOCK, VA.
?*,' ? are prepared to losan pr ,p? it? la -
gia'a Flrcand Marlut- laaui y, and
Hie I.yuchbnrg Banking lad lu-.urai.ee Company.
. ai the
B?nal premiums.
(
tEOR?ER CALVERT,
1
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Ntw Market, Va
III practice ir. the Cireait Court of Sheiiandoah
County, aud in all the Court? of Rockmghaui aud
Feme ? iibbIIi*
i have made ?n arrangement with Messrs. Walton
k ?'toa. Atlorn?>ys-at-law, by ?hieb any matter
of bu?nee? ?I WoeaHoet wl 1 receive atteutien
?IthuaS ?ray ?dditional charge? to my client?.
I ttwe made the ?ame arrangement with pr, nu
ki-ni lawyer? iu Kockiugham and 1 ..
?UlBce?Seit door to Henkel Koiuer ft Co'?. St .re.
Jun? 17.
La
BUKDEN.
,1 T T O R y E V -I 7' I .1 IF,
Woodstock. Va.
"Will practice in the c?>iirt? of Frederick. -
do?h and Rock nghani Will regularly attend the
ShenauJoah Ciuuty Coort, and
t irct.il Court aud the courts held at Win
and Harriaonburg, but any business coi -
dence ?ill receive prompt attention at auy time.
Hi? mail will be ?rnl W him whM
Woodat >ck.
Person? having claim? t> collect ?ill d
give him a call, a? he ha? optvial fondni
that branch of bmiue?* and ha? had ?-?? ? ?? ,-iprri
?aoe In the e?dent aud peaceal.!. col
touut?, *c, w.ib'ul '-roc?is ot law.
FsnoBS reiiding in the uoribern, ?attcra and
north???tern part? of Si,er..... B ay
find it convenient to consult him at Li? home.
Leu Tom? Ur.?_ aud . it. Olive.
April 24th.-tf,
D
R A' MARTIN'.
?-' Wi EON ifMR I ' h N TI ST,
Res pectlul?y inloim- the public lhal
it? has reMiin?.?! the practice <?l hi? pro
fesalon ortk-rs irtt at the store ol 1*. J.
Fravel. in Woodstock, ?trill lecalve .?i'<>
tnjit Httention
Jua-iath tt
Alisctliaiieons t urd?.
G
REEN'3 MANSION HOC?E.
ALEXANDRIA, VA
J A_E9 OREEN,.PaOBEROa.
U a Ant-class hotel, in every re?>>e?t. The c-.ti
?en? of the valley, having t.usine? iu Alexandria or
Washington, aodtra- S rt'i or Sonta,
?nil And thl? tn agreeable r-?;i.-._
Tonte, ai it doe? not re?>uire the early dart by
? everal hour? as from Wash ngton or Ba
Car? ?od Steamboat? leave AUxaudna fof Wash?
ington an.l returu ?very hour from A M.toT.v,
P.M. lanT-tf
r u. ?s v.
CAMNKT MAKEB ANII
undertaker
K?ep?con_UntlT on hand and f r sale at lowest
,-anh price?, FURNITC E UF EVF.KY l'txllll'
riON
He lia? ?n hand an ???ortmont ?if Lounge?,
Chair?, Bureau?, liedstead?, ???f,.. Ward
robea, Wash?uud?, rtMss, W rut lug
Desk* and will alway? h??e
is ?s
We-Filleil.
H? ?ill b? prompt to furnish c.'ffiiis at ?h?ir'
t?""._>. wor^ w?rr?ute-J (ort r.aR-inalile tirn^. .#?
a lv K?tt. ir?, Va.
/ULN S MITHIN!. I
M. RIDDLEBARQEM
I HAVK res'imed my o|?J tie le. and .it
to my ol?l friert.Ia
N B W (j V N .SAL W A V vS ON 11A N
AND
FOR SALE
Repairing- naal'v and expediently il on
An ami* oi material furiii?h?-d, ?a?h at Ba
re|s Vfouriting?, i.???-!:*. Tri?r??erH, cVc.
{?^TCash and Pro.lure for w.?rk
M RIIMIMCBARGER
mar 31. 18T0.?1>
WILSO.VS HO TEL,
WOODSTOCK Va
Enlarged and Greatly Improved
AMPLE AOCOMMOI.ATIOSS
FOR Thi
I ii ere?-??! ??? 111:111 ii?* of Public
PATRON A OK.
This hotel has been recently improved bj
the erection of a brick addition t?> the iiiniii
biiildia?** whieh will give considerably more
room, aad alford ample accommodation for
ha travelin?* public.
THK TABLE will be well supplied al all
times with the best the market affords, and
no pains shall l?e ?pare?l to satisfy the wants
of j-juests in this department.
TUB BAR will be stocked with the best
Liqaors. A full supply of Wilson's pure
Rys whisky, (the only home-made whisky
s Id ia th? county,) can be found l.v those
wisliiai* a pure article for uicdicul pnrpoi* ?
Jurors attending court will ba boarded
or their fee? per diem, and their certificates
ak*n in payment if desired.
Charges Moden".?** A call respectfully
?< ?cited.
RORI.RT WILSOK.
alay It
A prompt aad poeitive remeelv in all chronic
Sisea*?? at the Womb Bladd?r and Kidiiet,
D. D.CARTER.
Dec. 26?6iuo. fckjle A tit.
?j/'saesna^eoe p*^s*?o a f ??*>} ?b??*%jl_A
COUNTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY J rue I..
0. 11. iV.Y.-it, - - ? New Market
COMMONWEALTH'S attorney.
H. H. '.?-ldlt-berger, .... Wood.tock
CLERK 01 TUB COURTS.
lit- nrg? W Miley, .... ood*tock
SHERIFF.
Win. II. Bice, --- Sew Market
DEPUTIES.
Stickle?;,
1? II >b"ii.
Wif le,
i;, w. wiiuiie
T. J. Butk",
lli.v,
I?. F. Bplker,
Stra'tbiirg.
Wrjodstoci,
Edmburg.
TREASURER?
>v. Koontx, - ? - - ?oot
COMMISSIONERS (1 REVENUE
George O.Hamn-an,
(leo J. Grand-tatT,
Cbriatiau Miller.
Woodstock.
Fdiuburg.
Mt. Clifton.
SURVEYOR.
Willu.ii. Ti*ii.R.-r, - ? ? ? Mt. Jackson.
SUPERINTENDENT Ol' TOOK.
.1. B. Sbeffler, - - - >la'.irm.?"?rn.
SUPERVISORS.
Jaa. H. s-.bert,
I .a.M.'.l I'll ' !???.
J- tin Hatirenfltiv-k,
h. M Lantz,
I.evi lltuker,
li. C. Buwniail, -
Mt.Otive.
?/iaumaville,
Ediuburg.
Mt. Jackson.
New Market
PBRI8II PHYSICIAN.
taxtm, - - Maursi'tovin.
1VERSI ERA POOR.
tdwtrd Zea,
s. v li. Clower,
Xmiro.l Bovruian,
s. M. La
:i.
C, E. Pal ,
Slrsuburg
Woodstock
Seven Kountsins.
Lantz Mills.
Hinvkii.i,U"vn.
New Msrket.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
D.S. Henket,
(!,'?.. 11. ?
!>. F Kagey,
Jacob I.aut/..
I s. T Krotik,
.,? . \ Rnpp,
1". W kfagrador
?.. ? . II. li.?rutu
Joseph Perry,
Win. Iistnger,
L. . rii'.ett,
hi-, II. -
Henry J. anin-js,
HUst,
New Msrkst,
I.antz's MIO,,
Toni'? Brook'
Stretiluirg*
Woodstock
Mt. Jackson
Mi. Jaekiou.
Mt. Olive.
Edinbuig.
JUSTICES OK THE PEACE.
DavisDist ? Dr.O. A. Brotrn, Obed Funk and
I] . 1!. St,arr.
?lim"a ?u.-J. 11. Orabill,|F.li Coffelt, 9nowden
Wliitaker.
JoB?STOM?J II. R ?defter. Martin ??trickier,
Lev! H.?
Mai.i-.hn.-Sannt.1 ? . Campbell Jawe* J.
Ccffmai ' ?ver.
A?tiB? ? ?Sauii. lUmiiiaii, Samuel Kinglet-, Jacob
li. Mt 1er.
Lee.??at. White Williamson D. P. Zirkle.Johu M
:
? ON?l >\1!I.ES.
i-aa,- painter,
I?. II. ti,? benour,
P 11. dr.
i h v. .i. Bnrke,
H.ratu Bauserman,
Straria! ng,
ood.tock.
F.dinturg.
New Market .
W . vdatoek.
M PERIKTENDENT 01 SCHOOLS.
J. II. Orabill, - - - Wotidstock,
SCHOOL TRUSTEES.
Davis,?0 A. Brown, Bsrrlton White, Jnt?. II
snarr.
s.. M.WAi.i. ? Jus. Doll, 1?. I*. --iiker, J?cob
Splgl?.
?li'HNtON.?E. B. siia\.r, Daniel Boatmau, Sila*
Munch.
Maiiis.*--.?Job. Comer, Philip Bowers, Samuel
Schmucker.
t?s*ui.?Joseph Perry, A. J. Myers, H. H. Cofl.
nan.
Lac.?O. M. Tidier, .'? H. Ka:.-*y, Msrk Th-mss.
ROAD COMMISSIONERS,
Joseph Xaphis,
?abraiiam ttoes
Sam!, C. smucVer
? 'Ainau,
Mark Thomas,
Mt. elite.
.???iiuiAv.lle.
Lditb
Columbia F"
llaiubii'g.
1, ?restrille,
alll.N VM.OAIl COUNTY l'.WK.
M ?M Walton.
Qeorge M. Borum,
J. W. Magriui'T.
rrssident,
Cashier.
A.vt. ?'ashier.
SEW MARKET HINK.
?It-era.
David !?'. Kagey,
. I're.ident.
- ('??hier.
COMMISSIONERS IN" CHANCERY.
Cinci IT C??t ur.-P. W. Msgnidir, E. E. f-titk
W Mil.v.
? Otrn Coilir.?I". ?. Magruder F. F .-tivk
ley. i.. Triplet!, Ir.
COMMISSIONER ol- ACCOUNTS.
P W. Maviruder - - - Wc.dstock, Va
.!'/(?? riitementt.
l'.VH.W. HOTE!.
Niu MARKET, VA.
I Wh. S. Hui.TZMAK, Proprieties.
Har?a? fully retlted and repaired this well
known Hotel it Is u-.w opea fot the r?ception ?I
gBMtaand t> iarj.-rs. New Market la surrounded
? :.t ?p log? -sinon? ?hich
are BnlpUur, Chalybeate, Fr.-e, Stone, fco,?easy
ted amid the most beautiful
and pictur??',,]?- SCtlBIJ Tllinai in the cities de?
siring ? f?-w we?-|-. nf country ?ir, with quiet e< m
fort, at reasonable rat??, ?Hi lie accommodated.
I he table will lie an sspccial ?are ; the R?r ?up
-, an-1 the Stables provided
i i r irsaider.
?ARAB IIOI.TZMAN
Ft 1?. c?tf.
1825. 1878.
OLD DRUG STORE,
WOODSTOCK VA
established about ISM by Dr. Jobo O. Schmitt
B. SCHMITT. - - Proprietor.
DEALER I_?T
Drugs, Medicines. Glass,
I'AIMS OILS,
Voraiahea,
DYB STUFF,
PEBFUMEBY, SOAPS, BBU8HB8,
Fancy-? ?i,?,?!.,
Stationery, etc.. etc.
A UM
CANDY, EftTTaJ? FRa7I_***?o?
Prices
Mai" Aa eheap a? the cheapest. "_*
I'taity (ind lleliahility
:-a!?a>? g,i?rranteed. Preserlptinos car?
l'ully eoiiii.oimtlfd at all lionr?,
B?___BO- A HAMILTON,
Louisiana Areuun Wasblnftnn, O. C.
Wc have connected with our Wholesale Grocery
and Liquor BusiDes?
A OOMiaSSION DEPARTMENT
IMiKIl IHK MANA(IEMK5T OF
A. E PHILLIPS,
for the ?ale of Flour. Oraia, Hay, Lumber Rggs,
Butter, Cheese, Potatoes, Poultry, in fact, all kind?
of Country Produce.
All t-?.?u?iitniii?iits will receire our beat attention
and prompt returns made for tb? ?am?.
Mr. 11. F. '..NOX, formerly of Alei-udrlB, Va.,
wlllgl.eht? personal ?tt?ntit>o to the Virgini?
and MaryL-nd trade. Hespectfully,
Apr. ll-lyr. BAl.B<Jl*_t k ttAMILTON
PO ET IC AL.
HK LUI? l?, l>\.
He lead? u? on
By t'Btli? we did not know;
Upward be lead? u?, tbougb our ?Up? bo ?low,
Though oft w? faint and falter by th? way,
Though storm? and darknen oft obscur? th? tl
Yet, wheu th? cloud? ire gent
We know he lead? us on .
Fie lead? u t on
Throu; h all the unquiet years;
l'K.t all our dream-lana hope?, and doubt?, l
fear?.
He guides our steps. Through all the tangled m
t?f ?in, of ?orrow, and o'er cloud?d day?,
We ?n???, his will is done;
And still be leads us on.
Aud he at last
After the weary strife,
After the rctlcs? ferer we call lift,,
Alter the dreariness, th? acbr_g p?iu,
The wayward struggles, which hare proved in va
After ?ur toil? ?re past
Will give m reit at lait.
1 ?-.' ?__??"_ - . m?_ ,
ft BO STOLE THE * ).1Ef.
I have learned, in the course of n
legal experience, that circumstanial c
dence alone is a dangerous theory upi
which to base conviction in crimiii
cases. I have known several cases
which the innocent have been gross
wronged through thia means, a ve
plausible instance, I remember, ben
in substance as follows :
A pale, scared boy. some fourte?
years old, was brought into the mun
eipal court, in a neighboring city, 01
morning, evidently in great tribu?a.???
who was arraigned upon a charge
theft in his employer's store.
' \V hat is your name ! asked the judg
quietly.
'Johnny Briggs,' said the boy, hun
1,1 y.
?Where do you live?'
Down't North End, sir.
'Now, Mr. Clerk, what is the case
! said the judge, with some interest.
'The old story, your honor,' replie
? the clerk, familiarly. 'Thieving. He
j stolen a po?-ketbo?>k, and won't giv
any account of it.'
'Where are the witnesses ?
'Here, your honor. The loser of th
money, aud the boy's late employer
'Has he no counsel?no friend i
court ':'
*1 haven't seen auy, your honor ; an
he don't look as if he were overburden
eu in that way.' replied the clerk sai
castically.
Proceed with evidence ?'
Tue child's employer took the stau,
first, and stated the case.
lit- was a well*dreaaed man. but ha?
h.ird features?a worldly-minded, sell
ish appearing person?aud thus testili
ed:
'A stranger came into my store
your honor, and made a purchase. 11 <
paid me thirty dollars, ordered hi:
goods scut home, and went out, return?
ed in a snort time for his pocketbook
which be missed directly, and was ccr
tain he had left it on the counter, care
li-s-ly. This boy, Johauy, yonder, hat
been with me but a few vv.eks, and ]
noticed that he hurried away out of th?
shop immediately- aud I did not see hia
for three days afterward. There wa<
nobody iu the store at that time bul
Johnny and 1. The money was goua,
and I did not steal it. He has beet
able to give- me no account of it, oi
j rather, refitted to do so, and there can
I be no doubt that he is the thief. 1
I took him out of the street, and set him
! to work out of charity, and this is the
return he makes me. He was a poor
vagrant, and has deceived me.
'Is that all sir ?*
' Yes. your honor.'
The owner of the nionay then stated
that th?.- mercbaot'a testimony was cor
; red. He- had lost seventy dollars in the
i manner described?that he saw no one
in the store but this boy and his master,
aud the lad had disappeared on hi? im?
mediate return to the store, upon dis?
covering his loss. He was very posi?
tive he had not taken the fraile! with
him but remembered just where he left
it upou th? counter, near when this
Johnny was engaged putting up the
goods. He had no shadow of doubt that
he had purloined it and got away with
j it during his brief absence, for he had
j not been seen about his business for
three days aftei wards by anybody, aud
lie noticed that the boy seemed uneasy
ami reatleai during hi? stay there. He
could not afl'ord to lose this money, and
thought such young rogues should be
made an example ot.
"Now, my hoy,' said the judge, 'have
you anything to say ? You hare heard
the testimony ol your former employer
and this person who has lost this money
aud the cuse is very much against you.
Do you wish to say anything, or explain
It?'
The little fellow was so much alarm?
ed at the appareil', severity ot his honor,
through be was a just man, and a good
jadge, aud did not intend to intim?dale
the culprit at all, as I kuew from a long
acquaintance with his grave but sterling
character?the boy was so confused thai
he said :
'IS'o, sir ; I can't.'
'It is a kind of ease,' said his honor,
that is getting lamentably common
among us, and we must do our duty, in
the endeavor to check the growth ol
this evil. Mr. clerk. 1 shall commit
this bay to the House of Correctiou for
one year.'
And the judge arose to adjourn the
court.
'May it please your honor,' I said res?
pectfully, 'will you allow me. before
this sentence is officially recorded, to
address the court briefly ?'
?Certainly, Mr. S. ?,' replied hi?
honor, pleasantly. 'Do you know any?
thing of this ease ??
'No your honor. ? have never Been
any of these parties until this hour.?
But tho lad docs not look like a thief to
my vision, and he has no friends to say
a word for him here.
I have listened to the Ustimony, and
with utmost deference to your honor's
jid.'ment in the case, I respectfully
?uggest that the eviskucc against tbe
boy, though rcry plausible and
necting, is but circumstantial.'
'Very dangerously so,' suggested
etiurt, civilly.
'I admit that, your honor,' I ?
fiankly. 'And though it is scar
within the ordinary rules of courti
this late stage of the business, I ]
the court to allow me, oa thutremb
frightened boy's behalf, to ask the
witness in this case a tew brief qt
tions.'
'Certaiuly there is noobjectians, i
And I had the loser of the money
on the stand again directly.
?You say you missed your pot?
hook after leaving the store, sir ?:
inquired.
'Yes, sir?with sereuty dol?an
it.'
You are sure yau didn't take it i
you when you went ?'
'No sir, I did not.'
'You might have done so.'
?But I didn't sir.'
'You couldn't have dropped it, th
in your hurry as you went V
'I didn't have it, I left it ou
couater, near where the boy was {
ting up the goods, and I've no quest
that he took it.'
'You came back , how soon !'
?Within five minutes or so.'
'And the boy was gone !'
'Yes, sir, and the pocketbook,'
dcd tbe witness sharply.
That's all, sir,' I remarked.
Aud the gentleman sat dowu. I 1
not made much progress as yet, ba
next asked the lad to stand up, whei
spoke to him kindly, and said :
'Johnny why did you hurry out U
night he says you did V
'Cause mother was dreadful sic
said he tearfully ; 'au me an' my lit
Neddy was all that she had to take et
of her. An' I went straight home a
didn't know nothin' 'bout no money
way.'
'You went home because your mot
er was sick. How long has she be
sick!
A good while, sir.'
'But why didn't you return to yo
work? Why were you absent thn
days jusi then '?*'
'.Mother's dead, sir,' said the bo
sadly.
?When did she die r'
'That night, sir. An' I staid awn
'cause I had to go to her fuueral wil
Neddy, an' ha's all alone now sir ?
'And you know nothing of this loi
pocketbook ?'
'I have never seen it in all my lif<
sir ; an' I don't steal nothin'?neve;
tor poor mother allus said I must b
honest if I starved; aud (?od woul
know it ii nobody else found it out ; an
tiiat wicked boy* go to the bad place
sir. I never stole nothin' sir?never
And here the little fellow burst int
tears, and could say no more. While
?I confess it?was wiping my ow
eyes, briefly, I observed that his hono
was actually busily engaged ia th
same occupation. But the court roor
was close, and it was a warm dar
Perhaps it was perspiration.
'Your honor,' I said, atter a momen
of silence and clearing of the throat
'the prosecutiou here have surely n<
cause for conviction. I dan't belicv.
this boy knows any more of this los
money than you or I do. It has no
been found iu his possession ; he had in
i chance to spend it ; no one testifies tan
i be ever had it, save un suspicion , am
11 cannot think your honor will imprison
this child who has so touchiugly thougr
innocently explained himself, upon
what i;-, at the most, but circumstantial
evidence. He says he is pareutless aud
1 think your honor will not doubt thi??
assertion. The dead mother, whoss
form he ha", just laid under the sod was
plainly a good, true woman, and John
had uot been taught at home to be a
thief, evidently, I crave the leniency
of the court iu this lad's behalf, and I
ask that Johnny may be discharged,
since there is no direct evidence airainst
him.'
'You can go, Johnny,' said the clerk,
with uausua! pleasantness for bin, a
moment afterwards, as the- judge said
something briefly to his subordinate,
and immediately adjourned the court, to
the evident astonishment of th? boy's
accuser.
I shook the peor fellow's hand, took
him out of the court room with me, told
him who 1 was, at his owu request, aud
saw bin running down the street as
fast as his little leg? would carry him
soon after the reversed decision of his
honor. The result of my voluntary et
Cart in this affair was very gratifying t<>
me-, for I felt assured the boy was inn?
cent. But the most agreeable part of
the case, was yet iu store for me
About a month afterwards a poorly
dressed lad eutered my law office, one
cold, raw morning, cap in hand, whom
I quickly recognized as Johnny, who
?aid :
'Good morning, Mr. S.-. You was
kind enough to help me out, in the court
t'other day, sir.'
'Yes, I remember you. Came to the
fire, Johnny.'
'Thank you sir. It's pooty cold, sir.'
'Very, where'? your overcoat.'
'A what sir ?'
'Your caat. Outside jacket.'
'Bless you, I hain't got none. But I
don't mind it. I'm used ta it, sir. 1
?nly camt to thank you sir, an' ta tell
you that it's all right about the pocket
book. Tke man's found it.'
'Where ? How . ' I asked, with deep
interest.
'Well, I did it up in my hurry to get
off that night, m one of his big bundle?
that he bought. He didn't find it for
a week,'cos he didn't open the parcel
at home that it got worked into some?
how, I don't know how. But he went
and told _r? v master about it?who turn?
ed me off, you know, for ?lealia' it
when I didn't know uothin' 'bout
and one of the shop-boys told me ,
yesterday.'
I congratulated*the lad, and tlu
duced him to give me his history.
He was now an orphan?an inl
gent but uneducated boy, and one
had been bred in poverty, but hone
His good mother's counsels aud te
ings had a salutary effect upon his m
and an influence which was lastin
conceived. He was out of work
wanted employment. I recommer
him to a ueighbor, and secured hit
good place subsequntly.
He was always very grateful to
for that service I had so accident
rendered him in court, and he provt
thoroughly honest and good servant
the years that followed that little ii
dent.
This event is one which confirms
in my opinion that it is unsate
convict upon circumstantial evid
only.
r?_b_q?b lane About "Patent Outil???
I have read the articles iu the Tir
concerning the "patent-outside" ne
papers with some little interest. A
successful country merchant, I h:
had some experience in advertising,a
rinil that you fail to touch some pei
that ought to be geuerally underst?
by advertisers. Ko country newspa
that can print both sides at home s
exist has ever been known to ad?
patent outsides or insides. There
not aa old-established journal in I
State of New York that uses them.
a result, the patent-outside papers i
usually neutral iu politics and cons
quently circulate among a small class
people, whose custom is seldom cc
sidcred worth soliciting.
I have found that the bust way to a
vertise, and the only one that has cv
secured adequate returns for money i
vested, is in selecting the leading ne?
papers of each of the two political p?
ties, published at the county-seat, ai
medium. These are the only oni
having any extended circulation or n
fluciice. Tho prominent farmers ai
leading men in politics, will ha'
no local newspaper but their par
organ. These men are generally
good circumstances, and have familie
It is such persons who patranicc ai
sustain the village merchants, and the
seldom sec and never read the chef
catchpenny, pateat-outside newspaper
which have no circulation to speak ?
and less influence.
It will, as a rule, be found that th
patent-outside paper is simply a she?
tatuad by country job printing-offices fc
the purpose of working up the joo print
ing trade by means of a svstcm c
puffery of small dealers, and also t
secure free tickets to travelling show
and passes on railroads. To the pub
lisher the circulation is, of course,
minor consideration.
The shrewd merchant who adver
Uses desire-? especially to reach thos
who live in remote parts of the count;
as well as the village customers, and t,
that end advertises in the leadin?
county organs, which ate read b*
people whose visits to the village an
generally not oftener than once 01
t?.ice a year.?.V.ic York Timet.
Over lb? Mltaei.
It was raining, and streets were gloo?
my aud uninviting. An express wa_,on
headed the procession, in which sat a
gray-haired old lady beneath an old um?
brella, which partially sheltered her and
the driver from the rain. She was bow?
ed with grief and sorrow, and wore that
tired, weary aspect ol despair which be?
hind her was a rough coffin of plain,
undressed pine? a pauper coffin. What
it contained could only be guessed by
inference. In a lumber wagon just be?
tokened hopelessness. Just be?
hind the cotlin came a family of chil?
dren, drenched with rain and shivering
i in their wot niL's. But thev were all
crying and bunt with anguish. It was
sad sight, and told a tale of poverty at
sorrow in language louder thaa word
An aged widow, too proud to give h
deceased consort a pauper's burial,
sad and sorrowful lamily in a borrowi
wagou. No fricuds, no hearse, no colli
but a rough pine box, no carriage
nothing but a drcuchiug rain, a drcat
journey and a gloomv return. It BTl
the most atVcctiuu netal that rv<
passed through the stroBta of Kaust
City?_ m t m_
A 'Pakam.ki. Case.'?Recently
ragged, shivering middle-aged mai
called at a house ou Sibley street an
asked for food, but the lady of th
houss called out :
?Why don't you work for food?'
'I would if I kucw where I could fin
werk,' he promptly replied.
'There'? a place down town wher
you can saw wood and earn your din
ner,' she continued.
That seemed to stick him for half,
minute, but he Anally said with grea
solemnity:
'Madtrae, let me state a parallel
case. There is a place in Heaven fo
you, but you don't want to die til
you are driven right to it.'
She pondered over his philosophy foi
a few seconds and then called to thi
cook to pass out half a loaf of brcac
and some meat.
?e?
'Ma!' screamed young Matilda Spili
kirs the other morning, when ?Ik gol
the paper, ,Ma, Silver B'll has just pass?
ed the House.' 'Has he, my dear!'
replied Mr??. S. from upstairs. 'Whj
didn't you ask him in'-'
-?aaa?.?a ?aa>~
The -atost paiuful part of our bodil.v
pain is that which in bodiless or imma?
terial?namely our impatience, and the
delusion that it will last forever.
Most persons who pass a blind
beggar in the street caunot see any
battar than he can. It is catching.
How Sail? Went to the Fire.
Just nt the meeting-plat :t of n
prairie and a deep forest Stood, D
years ago, a little log-house. Who
was first built, the many inhabitant
the region watched its erection
wonder aud disapprobation. The *
rcls paused in their frisking to re
it with bright, cogilattva eyes,
birds flitted from tree to tree chatte
to each other, and taking wnat tl
strange objects were, and If their e
ing meaut danger to tlieir nestlii
The prairie wolves howled around
night, and the deer, three or four
time, bounded pa-?t, with their an I
high in the air. aj if they disdained
homely and lonely a tiling. The
est trees tossed their heads and bo
towards the little log hut, saying,
is very ugly;'' and immediately a ri'
ran all over the prairie grass, and it
swere-d. "Quite true;we never saw a
thing so utisighly before." But
?tranga beings who had come to disl
them kept on at (hair labors, and a?
the cabin was completed,
Withiu dwelt a little girl by the na
of Susie. She did not live alone,
the house was full, with her pare
and older brothers and sisters. ]
my story is of her, the youugest i
the pet of all. It would take long
tell city girls of to-dav how Susie In
and kuew what it was to be hap
Much as I would like to describe th
to you, I must pass by the woodl.
rambles, anil keep to myself the seer
the forest told aud the birds sang a
the wild bees hummed to he., and h
she kuew and loved the prairie flow
aud the wiud which chased over I
grass,?I must omit all lor the sake
telliu_r one little adventure which bel
her.
When the log-house had stood iu
place three year?, aud had been clasp
aud covered by the clinging arm?
the for??t vines, Suiie noticed, one i
tcruoou. a great commotion in t
household. The neighbors who liv
nearest came and talked with her lath
out in the meadow with hurried excit
voices. H?r brothers hastened to p
on their heavy boots and stout, leatlr
raittcus. While her mother aud siste
went round with troubled faces, all tl
men hurried off'togelher to the pia'ui
?haw far abe could not see iu the gat
ering darkness Soon after, the win
which came in slight pull's from the c
rectiou in which they had gone, brougl
with it the smell of amoke.
'Say, mamma, where has pupa gom
and what makes everybody look s
frightened-1' said Susie, pressing do
to her mother's side, with th'*- sol
coming in her voice.
"Susie, dear, don't be Frightened,
don't cry, but be mamma's little wi
man. It is a prairie tire, ami papa an
the boys have gone to help put it out
'Will it come here, mama.--will
burn our house?"
'No dear, I hope not. It is a Ion
way off, aud the men will burn some u
the grass not far from the tit-Ids, so tha
when the tire gels there it will stop, be
cause there will be uothing for it t
burn;aud then.if it does get thi-- ride am
come near the corn and wheat,they aril
beat it with great stick-?, aud stamp ? i
it. and put it out in that way.'
Then her mother hurried away to se?
the cotfee was ma?le and food prepare?.
for the men who would be up all night
Susie stood at the door in the darkness
and looked toward the south, when
?he saw far away, a dull red gream
Which sometimes flashed up brilliantly,
but more often seemed to her excite?,
fancy like a great red snake crawlin?
toward her home. (Jut there lay hei
father's cornfields, aud there came the
dreadful fire, ready to dovour them.
Then a thought came into her mind.
lOSio was tl courageous little girl, ami
had energy enough for two. I'erliap?
she mi_rlit hell) nut out the tire. Her
mother and sisters were too busy
notice her movements. Without pai
ing to think what maniina might wi
her to do, ?he ran through the doc
yard, and was soon making her w;
across the meadow toward the eoi
fields. They seemed a long way o
aud her feet were too little to carry li
Gut, but she trudged bravely on. .
last she reached the end of Um tii-ltl.iii
looked out on the broad prairie.
Susie was a little girl, but all her li
long never forgot her first view ol
prairie on fire. Stretching out of sig
on either hand was a red line of flam
rising toward the skv, and covering
with a dense cloud of smoke. Tl
sparks flew in every diiectn.11. at
main, yes, very many, were brougl
by occasional pulls of wind near I
where she stood. Between her and tl
'red snake.' as it seemed to her, blai
figures with clubs in their hand?, tttal
ed back aud forth, looking shadowy an
giganic against tin? tiiv. Susie kne?
that these were her father and brother?
with other friends, whose stn.ti?? aim
were battling with the advancing flame??
But she soon mude a discovery wide
caused her to forget the distant tine
Some sparks had lit in the dry gras? b,
the rail tence not far away. The gras
had kindled, and the I ?laze was spread
ing and bc?inuiiig to curl round th<
rail, and just the other aid? was her fa
liter's cornfield!
It was but the work of a moment t<
find a stout slick, and tin n Sum??'?? laboi
began, intent!?, she heat the grass am
?tamped on it with her little ?hots
She soon found that she was reall*
smothering the flames, ami lliou^h hei
hands and face were hot, and her arnu
ached, she kept on until not one ?pail
was left, and only the burnt grass am
slightly blackened rails were left ti
show what Susie hnd iione.
'But oh ! I'm so tired !' she Mai, 'I
wish I could find Papa.
The light from the far-oil" l.lezia?*]
prairie, which awhile ago had been sr
bright, now seemed dying out. The !?
gleam on the distrait horiton .? -
?enough to light lier path -.?- -!,? -i.nt.
to And I.e.- father. ?I
gar?? out. and she sank down tvhh ?vil
which would ' ??ni' n(o ! i lliroal.
*Oh papa, papa !'
Alone and in Ihe ilark und tired ou
no wuiii-iei* the tears fell ii- she lay i
the grass, until her ?oh? ????? Ip?? m
sleep shut her eyelids do ? n.
After awhile, when the lire h id ?? ?
extinguished, her lath, r i? ached lioni
to find the house In commotion,
"Oh, father, have >ou -? i !. Sttsit
said his wifi. comiui; to him with lern
in her face.
"-?iisij ! is the gone ? hi sah
hoarsely, for he was rery tired.
-fin?is lost! We have searched Hi
wholo place, and called and calle?
bui we can't find her anywhere.
'Mother,' said the oldeat daugbtei
running in from the barn, where sh
had lurued over peek measures an
bushel basket* and ihook up empi
grain bags, to see if Susto had crawl?
under thein, 'might she not have fo!
lowed lather to the fields f
'The child! the ?poor dulling! per
haps she did, ami who knows inl
what danger she ha* gone!' Th
wolves at?; around to-night!1
shuddered with tent.
?Mother,' said her Imsbilild
in God's hands Wherever she may be?
come, boys, we will search il..- field;
aud he hastened out with a lantt.ru
while his sons aud the neighbors wh<
had returned with him, followed witl
such meaus of light as they could obtain
It did uot take long to (raoc ?Susie I
her resting place, for they knew tin
would follow iu the direction -
seen them tak?\ VVbt*u her fathe
?paused uot tar from the path over whicl
he had paused n sh ?rl t'un aj?o, a ?houl
went up from those who were near
Her mother and sisters, who had fol?
lowed, crowded around with tears o
joy. Awakened by t'ie noiscaud light
she lifted her head, bewildered; L"i
when she saw her father, ?he said
in a ?leapy voice :?
'Papa, I J,d help you put out the lire
I kept it from burning up the com.
And then her tired head sank back 01
bis shoulder, ami sh?' fall asleep.
A -i.mu i Mistake.?A well knowi
minister of New Orleans, walking alum
the street i?. 'hat city, a few ?lay- ?luce
met a lady lor whom he had recentlj
?performed the marriage service. I'e
siting to renew the acquaintance (foi
the lady had greatly interestod him m
tin-time), he accosted her with the re
mark:
'?Madam, did I uot have thi
of marrying you a lew ?days since "
"I was married a few day? since, ?ir.',
?Yes, I thought I was not mistaken
I married you.
'?Indeed! Well. I thought my bus.
band WBS a much younger man thau
you are. but I have uot seen enough ol
him to make his acquaintance th<?r
oughly. By the way. my dear. m_\
chignon is getting shabby; please giv?t
me some nuncy to buy a waterfall."
Evidently this was more than be
bargained for, and. with a hasty b?iw,
accompanied with the remark, "No,
-/ouar?;not the lady?I'm mistaken,''
he took his leave.
He Paid the Bil?..?He was from
the country. In the course ot a hall?
hour spent in a restaurant he had takeu
?me bottle of beet*, and called for '?the
bill." The innocent waiter brought
iii'ii the bill of fare and laid it before
him with the wine list up. He looked
at it and began to mutter: "Roederer,
pints. $1.50; curacoa.?; Bass' ale,?.
Good gracious!" ?aid he ; " is this the
I.ill'?" The waiter said it was.
"Darned if I pay it! he exclaimed, a?
lie pushed it over to a man on the op
[.(?itc sid? of the table. "Fitocr thai
up. will you please'." he asked. Th
stranger added up tl.e various price
and made it something like $300. It'
a swindle," said he, "adarned swindle
I'll never pay it." The stranger, ?rh
had taken iu the situation, remonstrated
"You wouldn't beat your bill, wool
your" he asked. "You wouldn't di
auch a dishonorable tiling as thai
would TOU?" He paused a moment
went down for his wallet am. hi* pistol
ami said with great firmness, "?es, t'l
pay it. I'M save my honor, but, b"
dea ven, sir, I'll shoot the sconndre
that made it nut." However, uo bloo<
Was shed.
- ? .a? ?
Cai'oiit in the Act.?At an enter
taiotnent given in Hosten bj the Hellen
the other night, at the suggestion oft
lady in the audience, the magiciat
placed hit, hand on the shoulder of bei
male companion ami demanded thai
libs Heller, who -vas exercising l.ei
power of'second sight,' should reads
letter that ?a? in the gentleman'?
pocket. Th?' latter became obvious.)
DerrottS ami would have left the hall.
but the audience, comprehending thf
situation, burst ?>ut in a roar of laughter
ami loudly called for the reading m the
entire correapondent's in his poi
Misa Heller according!j read :
?Dearest U?HWge, meel mo by moos?
light ?i? ? ?ti? ? on the common when the
clock -trikes nine,*
The victim, amid the yells oi the
uudieiue started down the center aisle.
closely followed by htswite, who merely
?topped to thank -,r. Hell,-, and ex
claim, with au ominous shake of her
head:
'Jusi what i , specs? d from the ??1<1
?1? ' ,-,vcf !'
A can,litl Kentucky editor advances
the suggestion thai a -oeeial t.ix of *?!
?>n each ptstui owned In the State would
beat the bell-punch plan lor taxali n
all hollow. He wants to tax 'em bt
the barrel, instead of by the dtink.
Do not troublo otner people.
8HENAND0AH HERALD
Advertising Ratas*
Advert?, .m .nt? will b? lnier t?d it On? Dollar
ym ?i|u?rc of t?u lia??, or les?, tor tb? flr?t iu??r
li'in, ?u'1 V) veut? for t?ch ?_b_e<|tient laMrtlou.
I'ult-ii tlit? number of ln??-rtio_i? b? marketl upon
-. tu.? n_aBU?cri{it, it will l?e |,nb_Uh?<l unlU forbltl
j and .birg.d ?ceordiugly.
M in tbe local _ ,1,11,111 will be in?erted a
? I- ni?!? ? : ,', ..
Atltt-rtiM-m.-ritr.ior tUrr? inoutu? or lougtr will
!?>? IIM II lili at lo-.vi-?*r?t?-.
H (sal a Dull Ro) Cime lt?.
|
?II?.,, ruan) ? hildn ti bai
'B< lt? ' h. .?i .1 tioa o ' said m ?
.-.t nibblnq III bands,
'Y. hy. ii?>.' *al?l m\ :'iilh?:r. -you mi -
? take .?ni;. 10, trhirh I pn tumc you ?rill
think better than a dozen.'
My fiithcr was inclined to l??ok upen
| the dark side of life, bol in;, mother was
' mi exceedingly practical woman, lull of
life ami energy, mid excellent butter and
eli.-t -e maker, ?virile sit?, could euro the
ham. and hacou in ihc county. "?h**
?ran always busy, and consequently liad
do time to be gloomy. My father used
to trouble himself about en?; of the oM?
??i boy? tvhom he fancied w.-i^ stupid,
tic Used to toll his ilNiii't! fort bodlll
i my mother.
'That boy will never make anything,'
said be. 'Ask him t?) fetch a pitch?
fork or a rake, and he will .tare at you
as though he never beard of a pitchfork
m his life. Tell him to go after the cow?,
and lou'ii Und bim two hour-, alter tit?
ling on the fence staring at vacancy.'
Then he wou'.il shake his head and
say. "Oh ye?. Dan, will have to ho
provided for all his days.'
My mother exercised tbe nn,-t -
in this matter. I think, for tbe made
the beat of the young man's lazli
as we all called it. She used to put
. Dan, wh' n he was quite a young man,
to churning, and she used to put me, a
mere child, to watch bim. She used to
say, *N?.'.v. Harriet, y ou stay around the
dairy, ami when Dun. stops you start
il : ni. hi?.'
Tum, '.uni, turn, went the paddle of
the dasher foe about lu minutes, then it
would -lowly stop and the ehuiu.r
1 would remind him, but a few min
after he would stop again and bring o I
from his pocket a small Euclid, while
again I would faithfully give him tie
try admonii
My father kept several hundred she? p
; an 1 al'u r shearing, tlie wool was stored
sometimes for month.-? m the large wool
room, built tor that purpose next to tho
granary in the brick bain.
'Where is that boy '. ' asked my lath?
er. *It is uot much that I care, tor the
work, but it distresses me to think of
but growing up in such Indolent habits.
lint, go and and him, and tell him to
go to work cutting turnips.'
'. was uot long in accomplisbin?? this
errand. Behind the immense pile of
fleeces I could always tiud my gentle
brother D.iu.. not whittling, nor whist?
ling, nor wasting time (as we all knew
now), but diligently poring over a la
volume, which ho bad borrowed Irom
the village schoolmaster. It must have
be? n a book on chemistry, :
wen- mysterious words and characters
in it?eyr-sum, ?dica, alumina, ??:.
i etc.
I used to look at h.tti, thru at the
^ ?igns, and thiuk to myself, I don't know
but there la? ?certainly something queer
about the boy. Why don't he read
some interesting story book, or borrow
i Shakespeare, like my older sisters, and
read that ou the sly as they do. I bad
learned ? sense of Imuor from the boy?.
mid 1 never told my father of tbe i ?
D their various characters', either
of my sisters or my brothers. 1 think
there was a mistake here ; my father
iras an intelligent man. and If he had
taken the trouble to look iuto the differ?
eut iiispe.itii.us. instes aud habits of his
children, my brother Dan. probably
might have b, en eucouraged in his
peculiar propensity to luvesUgata into
the deep mysteries of chemistry and
science.
But. to cut Um -tory short, my broth?
er surprised my Esther oue day by show*
ing him a letter from a well-known pro
tes?or iu an experimental college offer?
ing him a salary? which enlarged my
fathers eyes in more teut?2S than one.
It was Dan. wh,? became tbe comfort of
mv father's declining year?-, and who
WM made Um administrator of his t??
tate. It was D*n. who elosed my fath?
er's eyes, aud received the dying charge
to help my mother control the younger
children, and be always Wilder with hi*
slst?ers, a commission moil tenderly
fulfill .'.1.
Why Hi: W AM Ba VRD.?*The Ya!l?;o
(Cal.) i ? how at Young*
ville a drunken man staggered upon th*
railroad right in front of I *
moving train. It was too late id "
the engine, and the pilot struck hint,
but instead of hurling him down ami
._? ever his body, picked him up us
^iiitly U an elephant will lift a child in
a circus, and carried him along on its
arms until it reached th*- -talion, some
dUtance off, and then turned him out
upon the platform as carefbll* a> if he
were a basket ol ?eggs? The couduetM
ipproached him with mingled relief am.
vratli on hi? brow, BB he WM ?_; ? * 11111 *_*;
up and ?hakim.? himself in an III
eerued sort of a way, and said:
??Old man. aller II.:- lApei'.iiu? . I
?should think you would ihm t loot h
another drop ofUquorin your hfe."
'?l'inph," ??runted th. old man. "if 1
hadn't been drunk. I'd be a ?lead man
now." and he >ji*?ggerad oil.
'Do vou see any grape?. 11->t> :?'' Vos,
hut there is dog?.' 'Big iloga Boni'
?Y?bb, rery big.' Then torn?* alum...
thoae grape-? are not onr?*. y??u ki.oH."
A returned missionary wa? reccnti?,
invited to a ?party, "?'here all the '.
tipp? arcd iu low ? ut dieser-. Said h:
to his liosi, -I ?loii't mud it at all;
I've ?peni ten ytOt? among the ?a va
KCS.'
Mt. Jones?-'I've got something in
my p??eki'i to ffTt jtaj m hen I go away.
i 'laid? ?'Th n Ihe sooner you go th?
b. ll.-i'.'
'That's our tamil- tie?-, said an Ar?
kansas youth as he pointe! to a vigor-?
ous hemlock. 'A good many of our
folks have been huug on that tr?je for
b-trrerin horses.'
