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VOL. 58.
WOODSTOCK, VA., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 28,1878.
NO. 47
SHENAKDAOH HERALD
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?HENANDOAH HERALD PUBLISHING CO
tar- Subscription, Two Dollars year per payable
In advance, if not paid in advance, Two Dollars
shd Fifty Cents, ?ill be charged.
AU communications of a private nature will be
charged for aa a advertising.
Job Printing.
All kinda of Job Work done at short notice and
at the moat reasonable rates.
^Professional Cards.
A B. WYNKOOP,
AT T O UNE Y AT LA W,
Office on Main Street Opposite the Court House.
WCX>r>ST(X'K, VA.
Will practice in the courts o? Khenandoah and
adjacent counties.
tF~ Special attention given to the OoHacitoa Of
claims aud all legal business entrusted to his care.
Sept. 5ih?tf.
Will be in Mr. SjaOSami on Thurslay, Friday
and Saturday, before the '-'nd Tuesday of each
mouth, at Dr. L. H. Jordan's Drug Store.
M >-Ks WALTON. M. L. Walton
WALTON i WALTON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW
WOODSTOCK, VA.
IVMOSES WALTON also practices in the Conn?
ues of Page, Warren ana ltockimthara.
Having qualided in the District and Circuit
-ourts Jf the Hatted States, iu Virginia. He is
prepared to prosecute claims in said Coarta.?
Jiving special atteu; ion tu caaes in Bankruptcy.
h. c. allen. p. ,v. sann
ALLEN k MAQR?DKR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WOODSTOCK,
SHENANDOAH COUNTY, Y A.
April, 29?tf
JA9. 11. WILLIAM?, 5. ... WAMS
WM. T. WILLIAMS.
fYTILLIAMS & BROTHER,
ATTORNEY8~?T LAW
WOODSTOCK, VA.
Practise .tn the Courts of Shenandoah, Rocking
ham, Page, Frederick aud arren Counties ; abra
n the Courts of Appeals of Virginia and in the
U. 3. District Court.
Special attentiou given to the collectou of
claims.
H.
H. RIDDLEBERGER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
WOODSTOCK, VA.
WWlil pract.c? lu all the couru:_4j
January, 167(1? |
WILLIAMS ?GRABILl.,
FIRE laSUBAXCB. AGENTS.
WOODSTOCK, VA.
X e are prepared to Insure property in tti" Vir
gla'a Fir? and Marine Insurance Company, and
(tie Lynchburg Banking an4 Insurance Company.
Both ara first class companies and insure at the
nsual premiums.
pEOROER. CALYERT,
ATTORN Y AT LAW,
Nsw Mauset, Va.
Ill practice in the Circuit Court of BkoaaBdotkh
Jounty, and in all the ?Courts of RockingUam and
'. age Counties.
I have made an arrangement with M
A altou. Attorueys-at-law, by which any matte:
1 business at Woodstock wl.l receive attention
without any additional charges to my clients.
I have made the same arrangement with proml
asut lawyers in Rocki>vham auJ Paa
}(Bce?Next do*? t? U*?k*l Keiner & eft. St re.
Juna 1?.
Y" ALLE Y CENTRAL HOTEL,
Nearly opposite the l'epot.
Edisbvko, V I K ?S I K I A .
JOS. F. IIOLTZMAN. - Proprietor.
This house is conveniently located and pleasant.
ly situatad. Boarders by the mouth at reduced
rates. Transient customers by the meal,day or
?eck ?ill ba accommodated at reas'uai>.e rates.
l'irellcot Sulphur and Limestone springs near |
t he hotel.
D"
A- MARTIN",
vCRGKON (ffB?j?i I'hNTISi'.
Kespectfully informs the public that
h? has resumed the practice of hi- pro
r?BSSl?NI orders leit.at the store o I P. .1.
Fravel. in Woodstock, will receive pro?
mpt attention
Jan.13th tf.
Alisccllatitons Cards.
(1 KEEN'S MANSION BOOSE.
T ALEXANDRIA, VV
JAMES OREEN.raoamoa.
la a rst-class hotel, iu every respect. The citi
tens cf ihe valley, having busiues iu Alexandria or
Washington, and travelers going North .rSoutn,
will Snd this an agreeable rosU&g I ?ate on the
ronte, aait doe? notrequire the early start by
several hours as from Washington or Baltimore.
Cars and Steamboats leave Alexandria for Wash?
ington and return every hom .from 6 A; M. t o T.l??
P.M. JaiiT-tf
r m. h?*i ,.
CABINET MAKES AND
Undertaker
Keepa canstantly on hand and for sale at lowest
3?sh prloes, FURNITURE OF EVEI'.Y DESCBIF
rio??.
He has an hand an assortment of Lounges,
Chairs, Bureaus, Bedsteads, Safes, Ward?
robes, Washstaudi, Tables, Writing
Desks and will always have
his rooms
Wei-Filled.
rir will ba prompt to furnish coffins at short notice.
sWaii work warranted fora reasonable time._aj
July as?tf._Edinburg, Va.
if J.UN8MITHING1
M. RIDDLEEAROER
HAVE resumed my olJ trade, and ofler
my services to ray old" friends
NEW GUNS ALWAYS ON HAND
AND
FOR SALE.
Repairing neatly ?nd expediently dont
Ad kind* ot material furnished, such as Bar
ala Mountings, Lock?, Trigger?, ?See.
fjSJ*Caih and Produce fur work.
M RIDDI.?BAUGF. It
mar. 31, 18T0.? lr.
WILSON'S HOTEL,
WOODSTOCK Va.
Enlarged and (?ready improved
? -
AMfflfe ACCOMMODATIONS
FOR 1 hr.
Increated Demnnda of Pnblie
PATRONAGE.
Tnia hotel has been recently improved by
(ha ereetioi of a brick addition to the main
Building which will give considerably more
room, aad afford ample accommodation for
'ho traveling pnblie.
TH? TABLE ?ill be well inpplied at all
timee with the best the market affords, and
no paies shall be spared to satisfy the wants
of croesta in this department.
TUB BAR will be stocked with the best?
L?iq?ora. A full supply of Wilson's pure
Rya whiaky, (the only home-made whisky
s Id ia the county,) can h? found by those
wishing a pure article for uedira) purposes.
Jsrora attending court will be boarded
for taoir fees per diem, and their certificates
u?k?n ?a payment if desired.
Chargea 'Mod?r?t?. A call respectfully
solicited.
ROBLRT WILSON.
Mar l.tl
rpiIE ORIGINAL PURE
JL NORWEGIAN
COD LIVER OIL
This Oil unlike othersls nut the fishy
rancid,disagreeablc, smelling and ?rone,
tasting article, but as a pure, bland,
tresh Oil, without Any admixture, easily
accepted and retained by the m<?t
delicate stomach, and possess sil the
medical properties and ethV.iey in to a
much greater degree thanauy other
COD LIVER OIL,
makes it mostraluable for patients or
invalids requiring the use ol COD
LIV KR OIL. For-sale by
B?sy 10?ly? B. SCHMITT, Druggist.
OOTTHMTY DIRECTORY.
COUNTY JCDOl.
Q. lt. talvert, - - - New Martit
COMMUN WEALTH'S ATTORNETi
II. II. Kiddlebcrger, .... Wood, toc!;
ci.ai.-K or nia i tu ins.
WMiley,.odatOCk
SI1BBU 1.
\Vm. IL Bto?, .... Sen "
Di:r; Mi.-.
Joatah Btiekley, .... Strasburg.
P Hoshour,. Wo. dstock.
i? ?. W.Win le, .... l.dmburg.
K. W. Windle. "
T. J. Burke,.New Market.
John E. Bice,.
D.F. Soiker,. 8?HI
TBEAS?B1 R.
\v. Koonts, .... Woodalock.
COMMISSIONERS <M' REVENTE
rVHamwa?, - - - Woodalock.
lit. .... Edlnburg.
in Miller, .... ML?
BCBYEYOB.
Wi'bam Tisinger, .... Ht. Ji
SUPERINTENDENT OB POOR.
J. Ii. SlKffler, .... Mann
SUPERVISORS.
Jas. II. s:l? rt,.M
I Meph Kb ?des, .... Sa:
John Ilauseunuck, ....
il. M Unta,.Edlnburg.
I.tvi Rinker,.ML Jackson.
11. C. Bowsaau,.New Market
PBRI8I1 PHYSICIAN.
Dr. K. Oraren,
OVERSEERS l'O
Edvard Zea, - ... Btraatarg
8. V. !:. Ckrwcr, - - Wo dstock
Himrod Bowman, . . - S
s. at. Last?, - - - 1:i'??
Irael Allen, - ? Hawkinatown.
CE. Ble?, - - New Market.
NOTARIES PUBLIC.
D.S.Henkel, - - - New Market,
?eo. K. Calvert,
1>. F. Kagev, -
JaeobLanti,.Lai;tzV Mill,
?I e.T Kr.mk, - - - '1'm's Bt "k
0 . \ Hupp, - - - Strasburg
P.W. Magrader ..'-?*
Oeo. M, Bornm ... "
Perry, - - ? MtJ
Wm. Tlainger, ...
L. Triplett, - - - ML 1 i
Jan. H. Sibert, - - - ML Olive.
iUnry J<nnwge, ... - Edlnbnrg.
Job. i:. Miley, ...-?
JUSTICES "1 NIE PEACE.
Pavis Dm.?Dr. O. A. Brown, Obed V
Jno. 11. Snarr.
Btomswau..?J. B. OrabilljEll C . -
Whitaker.
Johnston.?J H. K differ, Martin Strlckler,
Ltvi II. Culler-.
Mamaon.?Samnel C. Campbell James J.
in, Bamnel Rinker,
Atan.?SamL Bamman, Samuel Kiugree, Jacob
R. Mi 1er.
LiK.-M. White Williamson D. P. Zirkli ,John M.
Ponce.
CONSTABI : B.
taue Painter, - - - Stri
D. H. Oochenour, - - oodstock.
P. B. Orandataff, - - Edlnbnrg.
["boa.i. Borke. - - New Market.
Hiram Banjennan, - - - Woi
8UPEBINTENDENT 01 SCHOOLS.
J. H. Gruluil, ?
M I100L TRI BTE1 S.
Darn,?G. A. Brown, Harreen White,Jno. B
Suarr.
.'.all.?J"s. Doll, D. F. Spiker,
i|,igle.
Jonaaox.?K. B. Sharer, Daniel 1
Munch.
Manso?,?J i
Schmucker.
Aaarar.?Joseph Perry, A. .t. Myers, B, B.Ofl,
man.
Lee.-G. M. Tidier, J- ?I. Eagcy, Mark Tl
ROAD COMMISSIONERS,
Cornelicus Hoekann - - ? ML?
daphls, - - - Baumsvilli. I
Abraham Koaa .... l dith
Sauil. <'. gaaucl ir - - -
B iwman, - -11
Mark Thomas, .... For
SUBNANDOAH COUNT? BANK.
Koaa? Walton, - - Pn '?? lenL
at. Bornm, - - <
I, W. Magruder, - \ -t.
HEW MARKET i:\NK.
John '?. Beam,.Pn
David r. Kagey,.Cashier.
COMMISSIONERS IN CHANCERY.
Op-.ciit Ooikt.?I>. W.Magruder, E, ! ,
h v, I. Hit? Bird, E. Ii. Hewt
C'di'Mv Coi m? P. W. Magruder E. I
ley, L. Triplett. Jr.
COMMISSIONER OP ACCOUNT8.
r. w. MafTuder - - - Woodstock Va
Adtetiisement?.
CCENTRAL BOTEL
j NKW MARKET, VA.
Mus. S. IIoi.t7.man, Proprieties.
Bavin? fully refitted and repaired this wel
known HoUl tt is now open for tba recaption u
.?id boarder?. New afarketla surrounded
by a number of excellent -; | which
are Sulphur, Chalybeate, Free, Btone, fee,??Ml
-j. and situated amid th? m ist beautiful
and picturesque ?eatiry. Pacaona In the <
siring a few weer? of country air, with quid com?
fort, at reasonable raten, will be accommodated.
Tata table will be an eepeetal care ; the Har anp
?eliquora, and the Stable? provided
with beat of provender.
SARAH HOLTZMAN
Feb. C-tf.
1825. 1878.
OLD DRUG STORE,
WOODSTOCK VA
established al.uut UBS l.y l'r. Jol
B. SCHMITT. - - Proprietor.
DEALER IKT
Drugs, Medidnos. Glass,
PAIXTS, OILS,
Varnishes,
DYE STIFF,
PEBFUMEBY, BOATS, BRUSHES,
Fane y-(; noils,
Stationery, etc., etc.
ALSO
CANDY, MTH, lUriT?c
I?* As clu'ari M UM l'hcai'cfit. "*%?B
l'uritt/ and lit lia huit;/
of goods always gmrrmiteed. Prescriptions care
fully compounded at all hours.
T)AIU10R ft HAMILTON,
Louisiana Arenue Washington, D.O.
We have connected with our Wholesale Grocery
and Liquor UuhIuchs
A COMMISSION DEPARTMENT
rNUEKTiir. man.\i?i:m?;n i 01
A. E PHILLIPS,
for the sale of Flour, drain, Hay, Lu iule i
Butter. ('l?eme, Potatoes, Poultry, in fact, all kind?
of Country Produee.
All consignment* willreeelre our best attention
and ?>r'!ii|)t returns made for the same.
Mr. K. ?. KafOZ, formerly of Alexandria, Va.,
will give his personal attention to the Virginia
and Maryland trade. lienpcctfully,
Apr.U-lyr. ?ABBOT!? * HAMILTON
P OE T I CAL.
mi IS >0 SHADOW N HER FJ
There la BO Shad p*J on her face:
Though as she sits beeide the door,
Humming an old tone, soff and low,
Mi know thai she o in sa? the ?.lace,
Jael orar on the hilleMt i
Mowaaada bj summer-Sowersaofair,
M h, re bo?whoee life-work Ik Ing dona ?
i nabal} sleeping iu the Fun !
There is no shadow on her faea !
Thoagb otbei hiaii- beside him reel,
'Jhat ones win- pill ?wed mi her I
imi.. l aha saaana to love the place ;
Fi r looklni thers l'v? aeon her smile,
Ami ?i ard her say, " A little while I"1
Her ? >?: beyond the t unb
To whei in ! |
There is no shadow on her face '.
slio knows them safaaoroaa tin river.
Where paia and ?rief can t neb I
l:.v faith she sees that heavenly place,
limi city on the eternal i
w in re loved on? s nu el to
tad thus e'en li. r? ban? atb the skies
Dwells iu the light of Paradlas !
~ III?! IMII1?.!!??? I II 11
TlLElwFTfE HICK.
THE MAN WITH THE RED EYE
About eight years ago. when I
not railroaded aa long as I have i
1 was employed aa a messenger oi
Western railroad. I don't know
it ia necessary for mo to say what
it was. but I will call ?t the IL T. ?5
R. l?.. jost in cause it will save me
trouble of pron mucing the wl
name.
Iliad not been on the run moro t
a month previous to the dato of the
currciiec of which 1 am going to
you. [ had been running on abra
route for more than a year.?I ni
have staid there lunger if I had not t
. to lake Tax.la's place when
went oil". You sec, two or three
made to rob the
pr? sa car, and at last, at the end
long run, Paxon was found dead in
ear with a bullet in his head. But
safe was left tight and secure, altho
an attempt woa made to blow it oi
but to no avail. The strangest par!
it wan that the key waa missiug fi
Paxon'a pocket, and not found until
ard. Th? a it was disc
ercd at the side of the track,with ae
?,:t i lo it, on which it was written i
robl era were in the car. and h
they would murder him if he
give up the key. lie was true to
last. Well, you may supli?se th;
felt just the least bit squeamish al
Dg such au uninviting berth;
the superintendant gave me o
I meant to do my duty, however tl
ble it might be. Then the \
was larger than I had ever recei\
before; and a* 1 was acquainted with
. . !. who waa ready to help i
inlial il a ho
that waa quite :
object to me. I . an assure you.
Well, everything . Bmool
ly enough for .several weeks. a;?d i hi
become accustomed to the route, a
. dozen or mere pleasant ?
quaintances, and was growing to
pretty well contented with my life,
had almost begun to think Hi
r they might be, bad given i
all thougfit oi'ever making anything 0
of my car, and had found another fle
.
One day 1 WHS iu!
at 1?-that sometime within
we k I would have charge of aboi
in transit over oi
road, on its. way from Washington
San Francisco. The officers of tl
company had Leen advised of this in
portant shipment, in order that the
might exercise redoubled vigilance i
view of the great risk to incured be in tl
transportation of such a valuable coi
. nt.
The evening after my conversatio
with the agent he called me into tl,
nd told me thai the specie w?
to go over the road the next da;
but i in . He produced au envelop!'.an
handed it to in . ? ?,:. : as he did so.
'There, J!i!i. are your ord? :
from the superintendant, with
signature attached. Read them care
fully, and obeyed them to the lettei
fora little missmove might cause
great lo?s to the company, aud cost yo
your position.'
?1 .shall do my duty, to the Very let
ter.' I replied.
'I am >ure you mean to do so,' re
the agent, but you can't bo to
careful. Some of the members of tin
long-;i;, sion aro aa quick o
lightning. The plans they can't devis?
ain't worth thinking of, and they are a:
fertile in expedient as the devil himself
I thought I'd just put you on vou;
guard in a friendly manner, and?'
There waa a slight sound at the ?heir
If the depot hadn't been deserted 1>\
every one except us two, and the Switch
engine hadn't been up at the yard,where
we couldn't hear its Incessant pulling. I
don't believe we would have heard il
at all. But we both noticed it ?it
aud as I looked out of the office into the
very large room beyond. I saw a man
Standing just inside the outer door, with
lii? head inclined toward us. as if lie
was trying to overhear our conversation.
He saw me about the time I drat noticed
him. I knew it from the little start ol
Surprise he gave me as his eyes met
mine.
He was over his awkwardness in a
minute, foi he drew bis face down loan
expression of the utmost uncon? ?> rn and
cam? boldly forward to the window ol
the Office, through which the agent
transacted any business he might have
with persons without.
lie was a very fair appearing man.
apparently about 40, though he Blight
have been a little older. He was dress
id la black, and wearing a high bat, be
might have passed very wall for one of
the cloth, if bis nose hadn't been jost a
trille luminous. The other peculiarity I
noticed about the man was that be had
a queer sort of a red looking eye. It
appi ared li.xed and staring, and, as he
came nearer, I concludad it was
It was SO Strange and unnatural in its
expression that I thought I would kn >w
it if I should see it peering at me over
the great wall of China,
'Is there a small package here
I Isaac G. Van Scoter,'ha asked in a I
ncss-like way, in answer to the inc
lag glance of the agent.
The agent referred to one of the
registers en the desk, and answered
the negative.
'Queer,' said the man with the
eye. 'It was to have como yesteni
Have you read the Evening Chronic]
And after this abrupt iuterregat
the stranger stood quite motionless, e
tag the agent intently for as much s
minute.
AVc both answered 'No.'
The man took a paper out of his po
e . and spreading it open before us
his slender forefingers on
following paragraph :
'Fatal Accidbnt.?This afterno
as two men, named respectively IIci
Van Scoter and C. II. Gnggs, were
work chopping timber in the piner
near Scranton, a tree fell upon the
killing Van Seotcr instantly, and iufli
tag injuries upon the person of Gri?
?Vom which he died in less than an hoi
They are residents of G-, and it
understood that their remains will
sent to that place for burial.'
'Henry Van Scoter was my 01
brother?my twin brother?who rese
bled me very much, and Charley Grig
was my sister's husband. It's a s
blow! asad blow! I don't know h
my poor sister will bear it. It's abc
this sad affair that I came here chief
I want tosend the two bodies throu
to G-by express, Thursday, by t
11:40 train. What will be the charges
'The charges will be *!'<,' answer.
the agen!.
The stranger only bowed solemnly
?.i'li of tlir reply. Tlien he w
silent for a minute or two, during wbi
. appeared to bo straggling wi
his grief.
"The bodies will be here Thursd
morning,' he said. T hops you w
make all arrangements to prevent d
i iy, 1 ?jue - ii.y | i on't con
tins week.'
ag? ut assured him that the
I? lay, and lie might di
p nd on having tin: bodies go throu:
to <;-with the greatest possible e
i.
ily ; the
?id :
, i ?legr tpli M.a ??' n lar : I inn
break tl il news to my po
i if- anythii
but a pleasant duty.'
i (iu- place h
s ?ught, and with a polite 'thauk you,
the .-ad man wit!) the red eye walke
out of the office, and in a couple of mil
:nl of his font ?teps die
away ?n the distance.
'A que? r aort of a chap,' said I.
'A little odd,' answered the agent.
?I wonder if ho heard us talking aboo
I queried,
??i -, mis honest ? nough.'
'Yi ?.' aaid I, 'but I am mut he w?
ig to our talk when I first sai
him.'
'Are you certain of it?' the agen
asked, eagcrl/.
-no, not altogether certain, be
yondall mi-take, but it looked mightil
! can tell you.'
'Supp is ? you jo to the telegraph otlic
?.nd Bee what kmd ol a message hi
the agent,
?er said than done. I hasten
e i around to the telegraph office, an?
as I went in the man came out. He d?
aizc me?at least, la
?lid not look at me?anq I thought i
prudent to appear not to notice him.
Old that preacher-looking fellow
a? nd . in (;-*' I asked o
iperator, when I had gone in an?
clos? d t'i" door aft? t me.
lY< s. Why do you ask i1
'Oh, only oui of curiosity,' I n plied
'Was it anything of importance! Th?
man said that Ins brother and brother
in-law were both killed this afternoi.n.
The operator took the copy of the
ige from a lile on the table and
laid it before me. It was addressed it
ills. (_'. II. Ciiiggs, t;-, and signe?
I-aae Van Scoter. It read:
'Henry aud (_liarles arc both dead.?
il be ii' hume Thursday.'
Everything seemed consistent, and
any doubts which I had entertained ol
the good intentions of th i stranger were
speedily dispelled. I didn't go back to
the office, but turned my steps towards
my boarding place, thinking, as I walk
? d along, that Thursday would be an
uncommon one for me with I? o corpses
and -v 1,090 m my ear.
The money was safely deposited in
..r an hour before the time for the
train to leave, Thursday morning. It
was securely locked in two strong iros
bound chests, and when they were
stowed away in the large safe and the
heavy doors mad* last, 1 thought every?
thing Was pretty well lixed. A few
minutes beforo we pulled out two wag?
ons passed by the ca?, one of them con?
taining two collins, and the other six
mm. who were evidently acting as pall?
bearers. 1 looked around for the be?
reaved brother with the pceulicr eye,
but he Wat nowhere to be seen. I
thought it a little strange that he should
be absent at such a time, but I forgot
all ubout it in a moment.
Tbecofflna were placed iu one end of
the car, and after it had been arrange,)
that one of the men should come into
the car and taken look at the be
when wc arrived at Uedwood he shook
bands with the others and entered OSM
of the maches. As the door closed on
him, the bell rang and wc went steam?
ing away.
1 was pretty busy for an hour or more,
and we had passed three or four stations
before I had time to cast more than a
casual glance toward the quiet passen?
gers at the end of the car. Hut aller it
little, when I had more leisure, an un?
controllable wish took possession of me
to look at the faces of the two <
men. It wasu't mere morbid curios
and I can't describe it in any way
te.- than to say it was a sort sf va
desire which I could not ?luiet witl
satisfying it.
I noticed that the lids wer? net
tened down. My next discovery \
that the screws were gone. This str
me as strange, for I was sure I had
ticcd them when the coffins were lif
into the car. 1 remembered that 11
given the attendants permission to]
range the caskets to their own satis!
tion, and that they had been a long ti
doing it. If they had removed
gerews unobserved at that time, w
possible object could they have had
doing so ?
With this question in my mind I n
ed the upper portion ?f the lid of
coffin nearest me and took a look at I
face of the ?ccupant. He was a yoi
man with a full face and square featur
His checks were not sunken, and
had a decidedly fresh appearance fo:
young man who had been dead nea
two days I thought.
Replacing the lid, I passod away
the other coffin. I?erc a new and sta
ling surprise met me. The man in I
coffin was th? man whom I had seen
the express office ! That red eye *\
staring straight at me, and I was t
mistaken ! Fsr a moment my const?
nation was too great for words. I cot
not have uttered a sound had my 1
?lependod on it.
This man who was alive after the i
cident, which the paper said caused t
death of Van Scoter and Grlggs, a
who had made arrangements for t
transportation of their remain?, was uc
hero in this coffin, to all appearau
dead ! Then 1 remembered that the I
reared stranger had said that his brot
ei resembled him very closely. B
two brothers are not apt to have p
glass eyes ! buch a coincidence its tl
was beyond the pale of reasonable pre
ability.
While yet I gazed at the ?upposi
corpse, the other eye opened a litt
and I was sure that it was a looking
mo ! I was couyiuced there was frai
here, but to show that I had discovert
it might cost me my life. So I vc.
quietly replaced the lid of the coffin at
took a moment's time to think the ma
ter ?ver.
I remembered my conversation nil
t!ic express agent, which we feared hr
been overheard by the clerical appea
ing .?trani:er, and could only come to tl
conclusion that the whole thing was
deliberate plan to murder me aud gai
possession of the $SO,000 in my chargi
here was no denying that the ma
with the red eye was alive, aud I ha
no doubt that the other man was alsc
Kneeling down I placed my car close t
to the side of tho coffin and could hc;i
him breathe quite distinctly.
I remembered that it was toe intei
tion of the attendant who had boards
the traiu to enter the car at Redwooi
ostensibly fjr the purpose of seeing t
ihe bodies ; and I could not doubt Ilia
the three men intended to attack m
after the train pulled out from the It*
tion, and rob the cur before our arriva
at the next stopping place. There wa
bat one station between us and Red
wood, and I knew we would be there ii
ten minutes more.
I had no lime for h?sitation. Instan
action was my only chance for safety
If I could secure myself agaiast an at?
tack until we reached the next station
I Felt that all would be well. In otn
instant I had dctcrmncd upon a plan o
aetion. As quietly tu possible I pilet
several heavy boxes of merchandise oi
top of the two coffins, and then I kne?
l iras safe. Scarcely was this acconv
pushed wheu we ran into the station.
I immediately 1'utiud two or three of
Beers, First the man in tho coach wa?
secured. He was highly indignant thai
he should be disturbed on such a solemr
misi?n. But it was ho go. He was
haudeulled in less than two minutes anc
marched out on the platform.
It was an easy matter to secure the
two quondam dead men. They were
Bucen greatly at a disadvantage, aud
wore deprived of all power to resist al
most before they I -came aware how
their nice little sclu me had terminated.
All three had been well armed.
Bound and guarded tho three miscre?
ants were taken to Redwood and lodged
in the county jail.
Before I Left I took a look at them
tnrotigh the grated doors of their cells.
When I paid my respects to the man
with the red eye, he smiled a little and
remarked patronizingly :
'iou're a pretty smart youu<* man.
It takes a middling keen boy to outwit
us.'
Teriuit me to sympathize with yon
in your sorrow at the loss of your dear
lirolher, just a little,' I baid, 'and mare
at your failure to get the $?0,000.'
They all broke jail in less than a
week, but not before one of them, the
youngest corpse, was recoguized as the
notorious Jesse James.
There is no duubt that it was the
James boj? or some of their crew who
killed poor, honest, brave Paxtoti.
If y ou want to ask a lavor of a man
the surest way is to begin by appealing
to his vanity. It is the fool'? rule, but
it is the shortest road to success. We
all think ourselves a great deal bigger
Mian we are, and it pleases us to be told
that we are of vast importance, even
though wc know it is mere flattery.
The road to ruin is always kept in
good older, and those who travel it pay
the expense*,
-m ?e>? an
Church fairs arc good things. They
teach a man how to preserve a look ?t
deep humility while paying out two dol
hra of his hard earned money for a ten
cent ptn-cusltion,
The Olle?! Festher.
'Come, bring the oil-flask, the
a pet,' said Samuel Parsons to his v
as he finished screwing on a new 1
to his front door. Sam., ef cou
needn't have said 'there's a pet,'
less he liked, but he used to think t
it was a great shame that women w
called all sorts of pretty names bef
they were married, but none afl
wards. 'I say,' says Sam, 'many
the poor creatures are cheated vi
them three pretty names; poor folks
they think they'll always get them;
they become mighty scarce, after
finger is iu the ring.'
Wc don't mean to tell alt the nan
Sam called his wife before they w
married; but now he called her 'p<
and as soon as she heard the lov
word, she threw down her duster on
chair, and sped off to tho kitchen for
flask. The flask had a feather in it,
such flasks generally have; and Sa
taking the said feather between
fore-finger and thumb oiled the key
the street-door right well, and tl
locked it and unlocked it a dozen tim?
At first it went still, and required soi
strength of wrist to turn it; but. a
was worked to and fro, and the oil i
gan to make its way into the wards,
worked more and more easily, at la
Tommy, Sam's little son, who \?
standing b_v, was able to turn it aim?
with a touch ; and then Sam pronou
ced that it would do,
The operation finished, Sam thouy
he'd just give his knife a touch of t
end of the feather; less than a drop c
of the flask would do ; just a me
touch?that was all it wanted; at
presently, to young Tommy's gre
delight, his father made the blade go
and down, click, click. Tomr
evidently upp' ved of the result, for I
I began to ?Ci. click with his tong
j and the roof oi bis mouth, in imitatior
and how long he might have delay?
his father, we can't tell, if it were n
that Mrs. Parson?caught him up in h
arms and made oil' with him, she cal
?ug Tommy a "saucy rogue,' an
; kiisiug him on the way, and he on 1:
part cli^k, clicking, as though his inou
were a cutler's shop, and you we
opening and shutting every knife in i
Sonic folks might think that Sa
Parsons hail donc enough in the oilir.
way for one day; but there was on
thing more to do, and then ho would b
quite ready to take his potatoes I
market. One or two of the wheels i
his wagon had been a trifle creaky, an
and so a touch of its contents. Ye
could have rolled all he put upon thei
into the size of a couple of marblei
but it was quite enough; the whee
gave over .their creaking. If the ol
proverb be true. "Silence gives consent
no doubt they approved of what Sat
had done.
'Now, then, I'm off to market,' tai
Sam, 'Good bye, Jenny, pet.' Oh tkl
little word 'pel,' didn't the cunuiu
fellow oil his wife's temper, and eye
almost lier ?very joints, for her day'
work, when he called her that littl
name ??'Gosd bye, Tommy, my dai
ling.' Oh, you cunning mau, there yo
are with your oiled feather again ; fo
when Tommy was naughty, and hi
mother reminded _him that she mus
lull his father when he came home, an?
^father would be sore grieved if hi
darling was naughty,' wasn't Tomm;
good? for, child though he was, he we
able to reason thus much m his mind
Tommy is father's/larling,and ho won'
vex him; darlings ought uot to vex thos,
who love them. Never mind, goo?
reader, if there's a flaw in the logic
nursery logic is sometimes very funnj
reasoning, but it answered the purpose;
naughty Tommy became good, ant
click-clicked about the house as m err?
as a cricket, instead of sprawliug ant
bawling on the ground ; and all be?
cause his father happened to call bin
darling' before he went eut.
'I say, Polly,'said Sam Parsons tc
his one scrrant-mind, as he left the
house, 'don't forget to clean up those
irons, if you cau manage it, there's a
good lass ; you'll find the oil-flask
hanging behing the kitchen door.' And
so, with a cheerfnl smile on his counte?
nance, Sam Parsons took his departure
for market. Ah! cunning Sam; before
he went he oiled his wife and child, and
now he oiled his servant-maid; and
when he turned his back upon his own
doer, he left smiling faces and glad
hearts behind him. and, I warrcnt, he
lound them all smiling to receive him
when he came heme. ? ? ?
'I have great faith iu oil,' said Sam
Parsons; T oil almost everything; this
very moruins I eiled the lock of my
street-door, and my pen-knife, and
greased my wagoii-whecis; aud I oiled
my wife and child ; and I gave the
serraut-maid a touch too; and, I tell
you what it is neighbor Joe, I slip alon?
famously, whero I find many another
sticks fast.'
'Rusty Joo's' torn nail seemed to
give him a fresh twinge when the pen?
knife was spoken about ; aud so as to
the wife, his conscience remindod him
how bearishly he behuTed to her at
breakfast.
'What do yos mean by oiling your
wife,{man ?' said 'Rusty Joe,' rather
tartly; 'you haven't been sucaking have
you, aud knocking under to a womau?'
and 'Rusty .Joe' edged away from
'Polished Sam's' side, as though he
were near some slimy serpent.
'No, Indeed,' answered Sam, 'I've
uot been knocking any way, neither
over nor under; but 1 just gave her and
th?! bantling a loving word before I
started from home ; aud I said a kind
word te the lass, to cheer her up through
her work for ?he day; and, for the mat?
ter of that, I gave the old apple-woman
a touch of my oiled foather too; few
people say kind words to her, and so 1
did, and 1 dare say it helped her
through tho day too! I wouldn't cri
to any one liying,' contiuued 'Polis
Sam,' 'not to the Queen herself; bul
cringe, is one thing ; to be civil,
spectful and loving, according as
case requires, is another; I never ki
ill to come of it, and I've often kn<
good. Yes, neighbor, I've kuowu
good of it in my own house, and c
and over again. There's my Jinn)
You don't know the ?fork there's
that little creature ; bless you ! sh
worked herself to the finger-bone, if;
give her a kind word I have ktiown I
to sit up seven nights with me, with
taking off a stitch of her clothes, t
times I broke my leg and when I s
to her, one morning, as tho day v
breaking, and I looked at her red eycl
'Jenny, my darling, I can never ]
you for all this.' she laughed ami s.i
'Why Sam, how can you tell socl
story? you've paid me now.'
'Paid you, my wife! why, what
you mean?'
'Didn't you say 'my dalin-:-'
'To be sure I did, sa'.d I.
'Well, wasn't that payment to a t
man's heart V
'And she looked so earnest-like
mc, that I felt the tears come in i
ejes. Oh, neighbor I couldn't say,
as she said it; for these women bav?
way of speaking that don'l belong
the men. Boaelime? 1 think tin re'?
kind of a pipe thai makes music in Hi
throats; but ever since Ihal p;i_\. 1
been ten times a> ?ovin,' us 1 was i
fore; and I try loeay n kind word, i
only to Jenny, but to everyone I mc
'I believe, neighbor,' continued Sai
'thai women aro of that nature, II
they'll do anytlihif for love ; uo use t
driving tin m, our scolding and orderi
and bunging aW.it ; that only mak
slaves ofthem; bot give them a lit
love, and they'll do wonders.'
As Sam Parsons fonnd that l
neighber was hsteuing, he was encoi
a^ed tu ;;0 Oil, CVUl though lie receiV
no anawer. 'And [du the Mime.' s;
Sam. "by every girl that comes
service to me. Servants are made
the same stuff as their mistreat
all have hearts, and the ?ame kind
oil will reach them all.'
Thus discoursing, Sam Parsons arril
cd at his own farm-yard. There w
Jenny his wife, ready to meet him wl
a kiss; and there was Tommy, who i
ceived his father with a click, clicl
leaving it a matter oi s? cculatiun
whether he had not been clicking ev
since the morning until now, And th<
there was Polly, tho scrvant-mai
standing close to the irons, which shot
a? though they were fresh from tl
shop; she Imped they'd catch her DUU
ter's eye. and she knew she'd get
kind word. And when Saui went int
the sitting-room, there be ?awa erei
heap of his stockings, that Jenny ha
been darning; and when Sato sat dow
at tea. tlu?e was a pie that Jenny ha
made and if Sam had been a little bo?
instead of a grown man, he certain]
would have patted his chest and imacl
ed his lips, and so expressed his aptnk
that you would think tbat Sam Parson
had oiled the pie. so smoothly did cacl
piece slip down hi? throat, for be wa
at peace with Jenny his wife, Totum
bis son, and Polly the servant maid.
Good humor promotes digestion, an
our readers will be glad to hear ths
Sam slept well upon that good supper
and had pleasant dreams und woke u
refreshed, to be happy aud make oilier
happy all day long.
The Sack or Eartb.
A rich tnau had cheated a poo
widow out of a field which had belong
cd to her husband, aud which was tl.
only property she had, in order U
make his own garden larger. A day o
two after the poor woman met him ii
that very field with an empty sack it
her hand. With tears in her ayes, ?h?
said to him:
'Sir, I wish you would give nie Jusl
as will fill this sack.'
The man laughed aud said: 'I can'l
refuse such a foolish wish as that.'
The widow filled the sack with earth,
aud then said: 'Aud now, sir, I am go?
ing to ask you b? help me lift this on
my shoulder1'
The man had no wish to do this, bot
the widow begged him so hard that he
was obliged to lift the sack he found it
was too heavy for him to move. lie
told the widow so, and she said:
'Oh, sir, if you lind only one sack of
earth too heavy, how will you be able
to bear the weight of this field, which
hold? thousands of times as mucli earth.
upon your conscience at the day of
judgment?'
The mau trembled at these words
and gave her back her land again.
The other day a gentleman, residing
?a a neat modest eottagf, i aught a
tramp prowling about his back yard.
evidently trying to steal something.
'Why don't you come to the front
door if you want anything*1 indiguantly
roared the proprietor.
'That's what I'm looking for.' wa*
the impudent reply.
'Didn't you ?ee it on the other side el
the houac?' retorted the geutlem.in.
'How was I to know ihat awa the
frout door? No silver door plate, no
bell, uo telephone, uo statuary, no
servant to take your hat and caue.?
Tell your boss there is a gentleman out
here who is waitisgfor his breakfast.'
Wheu lave gentleman got back with
his shotgun the vamp was uot there
any more.
If you're going to keep a diary, keep
it, don't leave it in your ether pants'
hind pocket where your wife can hook
it and then, after a day or so, appear
before your as a mind reader.
A man is obliged to die before his will
amount? to anything, but that ol a wo?
man is always in force.
?ILVANDOAH HERALD
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Fseti of InUrejt About Seals Water,
The soda water ?season is fully opcu
ed, and the " sizz " of the fountain is
heard through the land?which circum
slauce suggests a writer to indict the
following :
In HOT, Henry Thompson, of Tot
tiugham, England, look out tho lirst
patent, and in 1810, Simmonds & Run
dell, of Charleston, South Carolina, ob?
tained letters patent " for impregnating
water with lixed air." Kurope may
have led in the discovery of the prince
pie of terization, but it was for America
to lead iu the invention of improved
machinery aud in making soda water a
pleasant, exhilarating and innocuous
baverage for general use. L'util within
a score ol year* ago the processes of the
original makers were still used iu tho
Uld World. Such a thing as drinking
soda water, except from a bottle, was
unknown. It remained for the United
Mates to astonish and delight Europe
with the soda water fountain, and. to
teach even such makers as the Ellises
of Rutliiu some new wrinkles in soda
water manufacture. The soda water
Internet ?u the United States has of late
years grown into eiiormou? proportions.
Some $12,000,000 are now invested in
the manufacture of mated drinks, foun
taina aud other apparatu-.
As long ago u the f.oudou Interna?
tional Exhibition ol 1862, the American
soda water fountain was the wonder of
Europe, and tho effervescing, ice cold
liquid, with delicious syrup and cream,
waa a veritable revelation to the British
. The British taste runs largely
to hot drinks, and the reader can imag
a London civic
magnate who was led to the louutaiu in
the Am ri an section at the London
Exhibition, aud there introduced to tVs
first experience of Yankee soda water.
The day was terribly hot, for London,
i.i was dellcionsly cold, creamy
untag. The Alderman eyed the
draught ?conservatively, took one swal?
low and I? t hist glaM down.
?? m said, addressing the
lady wiio disp. used the beverage,
Llnug asa drop of'Ot
water'/''
What U soda water? It is simply
water strongly impregnated with ear
.,.,! gas. The gas is obtained by
I pouring sulphuric acid upon carbonate
I of lime aw it exists in marble dust and
rful metal cylinder
generator." Copper goner*
irracrly in vogue, but frc
' qtieiit explosions, leakages and inevita?
ble corrosion, even where the intericr
has been lined with tin, has led to tho
tattoo o( steel. The contact of the
sulphuric acid with the carbonate ol limo
! produces a tremendous effervescence.?
| The vitriol having a stronger affinity for
?lime than the carbonic acid gas had lib
? crates the latter, aud sulphate of lime is
formed. The gas thus obtained is then
' passed through a wasker-you can wash
; gas as perfectly as you eau a handker?
chief?to remove any trace of eulphuiie
acid, aud then it is pumped iuto the
fouutaius, already charged with water.
This constitutes, in brief, the whole pro?
cess of carbooating.
Soda water is a great social power.
It is the one drink to which a gentle
man may publicly invite a lady ; the
fountain is the only bar at which the
sexes may meet with perfect propriety,
the lady sipping vanilla aud crerm, aud
the gentleman moistening his clay with
club lemon, that is to say, lemon ' with
a stick in it.' Courtships arc thus ma?
terially helped and matches facilitated.
? Siahk, Siakin' Mad.'?An Eng?
lish physician relates an anecdote of one
of his patients, which is not only very
amotino, hut expressive ot that partic?
ular type of man who, as a rule, docs
not practice what he preaches:
A patient of Mine, a middle-aged cler?
gyman, v a? ?offering from some slight
symptoms of gout. I recommended a
glass of hot whisky and water every
day, in preference to physics ol any
kind, but my revereud friend, with up?
turned eyes, absolutely refused to ac
cept my prescription, saying: "No, no,
doctor; I have all my lira preached
against abohol iu any form. ? that is
the only remedy I must continue to
suffer. Dotldoo,' said he, ' if I rang for
hot water my servants would guoss its
ptllp,
Said I, ' You shave ; ring the bell M
shaving water, mix your glass of medi?
cinal whisky, and who'll be the wiser
but yourself :'
The parson at last submitted aud wo
shook bauds aud parted. In a few
? time my carriage passing tho
Clergyman's(iksor, reminded me of my
clerical ft ?end. I torc'.icd the bell and
the thin, care-worn face of a once robust
IkiIm keeper answered me. I inquireJ,
'How's your master?' 'Stark, starin'
mad. sir-mad as he can be.' 'Mad!
bowl what! how mad?' ' Lor', sir,
Mad as he can be ; why, he shave? bis
self about twenty times every day!'
WM the innocent repiy.
A Mississippi editor, meaning well,
put in his paper, ' liaise and eat more
chicken:, and buy less bacon.' When
he went home to his ?linner he meta
shrill voice saying : 'Who is running
this boarding house I You or me?'
'My dear,' salda husband iu startling
tones, after awakening .lis wife In the
night. 'I have swallowed a dose of
strychnine!' 'Well, then, do for good?
ness sake be still, or it might come up!'
-_?..?.??-?
Good breeding is a guard upon the
tougue; the misfortuno ia that we put
it off and on with our lino clothes ixad
visiting manners, and we do not wear
it where it is wanted the most?at
home.
_-?? .a>> ?
If you have improved your under?
standnig and studied virtue, you have
only done your duty, and thus there
seems little reason for vanity.
