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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
The Midnight Sun-Scenery of Norway.

A letter dated at Hammerfest, Norway,
July 18th. is published in the Evangelist
of this week. The writer, who is Rev.
DIR. Daniel March, says:
1t is midnight by my watch, mid
night by the watches Of my travelling COM
panioas, midnight by the ships ehrono-
meter, midnight by our reckoning of time
on our voyage, and yet tho sun is shining
directly 10 the North, full orbed and as
full Of light as when within an hour of
setting in clear sky in America. ! look
OWN q beautiful Fiord, between two,
walls of dark mountains and calm
bright sea, and in the utmost limit of the
view is the great orb of day pouring
flood of golden light upon the water,
kindling the fleeing CLOUDS above him
with all the hues of a rainbow, browning
the dark ridges Of the mountains with rosy
tints, and covering the whole face of land
and sea with a calm sacred, awful beauty,
such as T never beheld in any other re-
gion Of the earth. 1t seems as if I had
climbed SO high that I could sec over into
tho secret chambers where the King of
Day retires to his golden rest. feel
almost afraid to look at the awful mon
arch while he is putting on his robes of
brightness and prcpariu 8 to go forth and
shine upon the subject world. 1t seems
as if had intruded with rude and i'm
pertinent curiosity into the secret place of
the King of Light, and that he might
punish the intrusion by shifting me with
bin dness. Never could this strange sight
of the midnight sun be seen to greater
advantage The ship entered the beau
tiful Ford just in time to give US the best
possible position for beholding two things
which, once seen, are never to be for
gotton-the sun at midnight and the sun
directly in the North.
The town of Hammerfest is the most
northerly town in all the world. / have
been up a mountain this afternoon, and
looked over the North Cape into the
Arctic Sea. I am now within nineteen
| degrees of the North Pole. The scenery
all the way from Rodo, and indeed all The
way frora Thronojem. has been most
| wonderful in variety and beauty. The
steamer does not 60 out to sea at all, but
passes from Fiord to Fiord from island to
Island, always bring US within view OF
bold hcadlands and Jagged peaks. and
quiet and green banks and meadows, and
silver cascades leaping down the noun
/ tain sides, and snowy peaks and blue
glaciers, all mingled, changing and
multiplied in endless variety and sue
cession. 1t is as if Lake Winnipiseogee
and Lake George, and Killarney, and
Como, and Genave, and Lucerne. and
Maggiore, and twenty others, and linked
and traded into every possible form. and
a steamer should take US through them
ALL The Lofodon are especially beau
tiful beyond all description.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13

THE ECONOMY OF STAMPS. -The result
of the wear in coin is direct loss to the
government, small, it is true. but still a
loss. An estimate, made as close as it is
possible to make it. shows that the govern
ment is great gamer by the destruction
of fractional currency, and some have
estimated that the profit to the govern
mcnt Arising from the destruction Of
stamps in process of circulation is safR-
oient to defray the entire cost Of manu-
featuring the fractional currency from yeas
to year, and also pays for the engraving
and printing of legal-tender notes. This
is no inconsiderable item, as one may
well imagine, and on the score ofeconomy
1t would be better for the government to
adhere to the fractional currency for the
future instead of resuming specie pay
meuts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
Seleft gaetg,
THE COTTAGE DOOR.

How sweet the rest that labor yields r. n
The humble and tire poor, 81 ee
Where sits the patriarch of the fields
Before The cottage door. ..;-..
The lark is singing in tire sky.
The swallow on the caves, f..
And love is beaming in each eye
Beneath the summer leaves
The dir amid his fragrant bowers
Supplies unpurchased health,
And hearts are bounding mid the flowers,
More dear to him than wealth.
Peace Like the blessed sunlight plays
Around his humble cot,
And happy nights and cheerful days
Divide his lowly lot.
And when the village Sabbath bell
Rings out upon the gale, slL
That farther bows his head to tell ~.
The music of his tale 70
A fresher verdure seems to fill f- -g
The fair and dewy sod,
And every infant tongue is still
To hear the word of God
O, happy hearts to him who stills
The ravens when they cry,
And makes the lilly meath the hills
So glorious to the eye
The trusting patriarch prays to bless
His labors with increase
Such ways are ways of pleasantness,'
And all such paths of peace
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13

Nonsense said Kate sharply. Such
things don't happen in real life
DO they not? But just let US suppose
it-only for once. What would you
sayY i9
No, of course
fAnd you, Emily?'
MY heart is already given away she
answered, smiling and blushing,
TO hurry Lennox! a t5.t@'
She looked at him in surprise.
MY darling he said, I have deceived
you all this time. / am not John Harry,
but hurry Lennox, your distant cousin I
came here to study your characters, apart
from the disadvantage which would sure
ly follow me where I known as the unwill-
ing ursurper of your fortunes. Nor do
I regret the ruse. Upon my wedding
day, Kate, Ishall settle upon you enough
to make you entirely independent As
for Emily with smile, she must be
contented with her fortune as my wi fe!'
And certainly Miss Emily looked more
than confronted. ;aa.f Eaa
'It's quite an unusual proceeding
said Mr.. Arkwright, when he was called
upon to draw out the papers; but I've
lived long enough to cease being astonish-
ed at, any thing. And love is certainly
a better mediator than law
Who can doubt Mr.. Arkwrite was cor
rect in his conclusions?- Y Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13

VERY STRANGE.-Of the five prominent
instigators of Mumford's death Cat New
Orleans). but one-chief assassin res
mains alive, and be. though as hard as
flint to the worlds reproach (spoon But
ler), is q moral leper. The other four.
according to the New York Deaocrat.
have died terribly and swiftly. Andrew
j. Butler lived miserably after his return
from the South, and then desperately
committed suicide Bell a member of
Buffers staff, and also Of she military
commission, died a raving lunatic.-
Haggerty, the judge advocate, persisted
in the streets of New Orleans of detlrsuna.
termens. Another member OF the staff,
and an interested party, recently, at Hong
Kong, blew out his brains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
ii NAYLOR HOTEL,
/ MAIN ST., WINCHESTER, va
J.P. HEIRONIMUS PROPRIETOR.

Having leased for tern. of years the TAY-
LOR HOTEL PROPERTY, long and favor
ably known to the travelling public, aud hav-
ing cleansed the house and refurnished it with
comfortable Bedding, Furniture, &c., 1 offer
to my friends and the travelling public the
comforts of HOME. With competent assist
ants, and polite and attentive servants, think
can saa,ffcciy guarantee satisfaction TO my
guests. 1t shall be my enueavor TO restore
the Taylor Hotel to its former reputation as
the best conducted and most comfortable
public house in the Valley.
1 confidently appeal to the public for a
generous patronage.
nov26,'6S J. P. 1ElRONlMUS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
The Lost Bow.

A Paris paper tells us the following
story of fete in that city:-"A wealthy
family in the aristocratic boulevard Males
herbs were amusing themselves in seek
ing the Kings portion. or the ring in the
festival cake, when lady of the coDlpa-
ny said to the hostess, II wish my por-
ton to be given to the poorest little boy
We can find in the street." The servant
was dispatched on this freezing night,
and not far from the house he found
ragged urchin, trembling with cold and
hunger. He brought him up, was ordered
into the gay saloon, where thousand
lights glittered, aud the sparkling fire
gladdened and surprised. He drew her
portion which the benevolent lady had
promised, and, as luck would have it, the
little fellow found the ring Oceans they
use instead in Paris) and Of course he was
the king They all shouted out that be-
ing king he must choose queen. He
was asked so to do, and looking round
the company he choose the very lady
who had proposed to cede her portion of
the cake He was asked why he choosed
her. He said II don't know; she looks
the most like mother!' "Mother whose
mother?'' "My mother. 1 never knew
her, but I was stolen away from her, and
here is her potrait!" With this he drew
from out his ragged coat a likeness,
which proved to be that of the lady her
self, who, in Italy, had her child stolen
from her, and now he turns up poor lit
tie ragged Savoyard, dragging, along a
miserable existence in Paris while his
mother, by intuition, perhaps, felt that
in the air near to where she was, one SO
dear to her.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13

A Missouri paper says it knows of a
girl there who, one night last summer at
attended ball, danced all night, went
home in the morning, got breakfast, din
ner and supper for ten harvest hands,
did two weeks washing and the milking.
made calico dress, practised her music
lesson. went blackberrying, gathered GAL
Ion, walked to town in the evening to at
tend concert, and walked home again
be fore bed time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13

vN7ALL PAPER AND WINDOW SHADES
HOWELL g. BROTHERS,
Manufacturers and Dealers in the cc5ove articles,
offer inducements IS country merchants and
others.
Their stock consists of all grades and qualities
wh.un they are offering at the lowest factory
prices.
great variety always on hand.
26O Baltimore St., opposite Hanover,
sep23-ly BALTIMORE, MD
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
miscellaneous Gards.

ININEST WARE-RO0MS IN THE SOUTH
WILLIAM. H. MUIR, ..-.-e.
NAN UFAC TURER OF AND DEALER IN
ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE.
Chairs, Mattresses Looking Glasses &C., SC.
No. 141 & 143 King, Corner of Asaph ST.
sep. l6-9y ALEXANDRIA, VA.
e. L. ToLSON, A. c. ToLsoH
Late of Gwin, Beckham, & Co.
FTNOLSON, BRO. Soc, .~ .f..--
i Successors to Gregory & English
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
and dealers in
SALT, FISH, GUANO, PLASTER, &C.,
No. 43 King street,
ALEXANDRIA, VA.
@-Liberal advances made on consignments.
Nav i3 1859.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
CTR Shenananah Asraid.
Rates OF Advertising

Transient advertising inserted at the rate Of ST
per square, (ten lines of this type. The rates T
three months and upwards, will be found in the
following table:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
THE YOUNG WIDOW,
Sh, is modest, bat not bashfui,

Sh, is modest, but not bashfui,
Free and easy but not bold,
Like an apple ripe and mellow,
MOI too young and not TOO old
Half inviting half re pulsive,
Now advancing and now shy,
There is mischief in her dimple,
There is danger in her eye.
She has studied human nature,
She is schooled in all her arts
Sha has taken her diploma,
AS the Mistress of all Hearts.
She can tell the very moment
When TO sigh and when to smile
O! maid is sometimes charming.
But widow all the willie
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
HHE AMERICAN DRIVEN WE'LL.

TIME AMERICAN DRIVEN WE'LL.
We are now prepared TO have driven the above
named WELLS, at fair rates. Can be sunk n the
house. barn or any desired place,
The water, unlike that from ordinary dug wells
is perfectly pure, and entirely free from super
fetal drainage These wells give general satisfac-
ton, and are preferred to all others.
and information furnished at our office,
MASON 4 CAMPBELL, Agents,
For Maryland, Virginia and District of Column
ba, corner of Seventh and streets, oppoSite
Post Office, Washington, ID. o. le30-t.
WASHINGTON, D c., June II, 1870.
GENTS: 1t affords me great satisfaction to assure
YOU that the well you had driven for me on my
premises, No. SC3 II street, is complete success
furnishing excellent water in abundance.
Yours Respectfully.
J. b. WOODRUFF.
Messrs. Mason & Campbell, Washington ID G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-10-13
DAVID H. WALTON.
$1,000 RE " A R D

DeBlng's Via Fuga cures all Liver Kidney
and Bladder Diseases, Organic Weakness,
Female Affections, General Debility and all
complaints of the Urinary Organs, in male and
female.
$1,000 will also be paid for any case Of
Blind Bleeding or Itching lies nat De
2,ing's Pile Remedy fails % cure
DeBing 's Mari Eminent cures Rheumatic
Pains, oprains, Bruises and swelled Joints, in
man and beast.
Sold ev erwhere Send for Pamphlet
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-05-31
NO. 1919.
Mistellaneous.
A Fearful Leap.

At the great fire in St. Paul last Thurs
day, two brothers, named Carl and Au-
gust Mueller, who had room in the Con-
cert Hall building, were cut off from es-
cape by the rapid progress of the flames
and smoke. They appeared at an upper
story window, seventy-tye or eighty feet
from the ground. The st. Paul Pioneer
says:
The two brothers appeared to hesitate.
when they appeared at the window, and
some Of the spectators cried out to them to
jump. The youngest was let out OF the
window first, the oldest brother holding
him by the hand, both being apparently
unwilling TO part company in that trying
moment. Finally the suspended man was
drawn back into the building. as though
determined to remain instead of taking the
horrible risk of such dreadful leap. An
instant after, however, human form sud-
denly came through the window, and for
Il second was suspended in mid-air. The
Mortified spectators shuddered and turned
away their eyes. a duh thud was heard,
and the mangled form of one of the broth
ers rolled apparently liieless down the
steep declivity twenty-five or thirty feet
beyond where it first struck, where he lay
motionless and groaning. The second
brother followed Immediately after, and
for the second time, within a moment al
most, the speechless spectators witnessed
the terrible leap Both the brothers were
carefully picked up and laid upon beds
which were quickly brought, and after
wards placed beneath the grateful shade
of tree that was near by.
AS soon as it was known that two men
had taken such a perilous leap the crowd
began to surge down the bluff to the point
where the men lay, and it was with great
difficulty that they could be kept suffi-
cient distance from the sufferers to give
the latter sufficient air. An examination
showed how much they were injured.
"Shortly after being picked up they
were taken to the residence of their broth
erin law, where critical examination
showed that they had received injuries as
follows: Carl has two or three. ribs broken
on the right side, one of which penetrated
the right lung, making n cavity through
which the air escapes when he breathes.
One side of his face is badly bruised, and
he is otherwise badly injured. Yet the
physicians think with good care he may
recover.
The younger brother. August, suffered
a compound fracture Of the wrist. and re-
ceived some injury to his spine. besides
severe bruises. lie is not considered fa-
tally injured"
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'oQlcrhln 4ienaebrt esournal,
o p.LI..L.I a...... iuaI.onL.. .,,orn;nnr

u111o!1c1 c'c1J |c7!!c71,J ~! H'41lS5
Is the largest tolio paper the state, containing
news, political articles agricultural and scientific
matter tales, poetry, anecdotcs, household recipes
markets, &c, &c.
Terms 81 per annum IN airance.
Transient Advertisements, $50 per inch for
first week. p cents per week for each subsequent
insertion.
Special Notices, 800 per inch for first week /;
so cents per week for each subsequent week.
Business Notices, in reading columns, 20 cents
per line for first nser;on 10 cents per line for each
subsequent insertion,
All transient advertisements to be paid for in
advance.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-05-31
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.

The citizens of Maine who rejoice in the progress
the Nation under the direction of the NATIONAL
REPt BLICAN PARTY during the past decade; who
heartily second the administration of Presiden!
Grant in its measures TO secure national prosperity
by the restoration of confidence abroad and tran
guilty at home; who endorse its wise policy for the
reduction of the national debt and applaud Its sue
cessful endeavors TO establish economy and honesty
in the administration of the Government; who ap-
prove the record Of the party in Maine on all
questions of public policy including its consistent
and straightforward efforts for the suppression OF
the evils of ntemperance, requested to send del
egates to a state Convention, to be held in
Granite Hall, Augusta, Wednesday, June 18th. 1870
at eleven O'Clock \. NJ. for the purpose of nominal
ing candidate for Governor, and to transact such
other business as may properly come before the
Convention.
The basis of representation win be as follows:
Each city, town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate, and one additional delegate Tor every
- votes cast for the Republican candidate for Gov
ernor In 1868 fraction of 20 votes will be entitled
to an additional delegate.
Delegates are required to be actual residents of
the municipality they claim to represent in the Con-
yention.
The state Committee will be in session in the Re
ception Room OF the hall at o'clock the morning
ofhe Convention for the reception ofthe credentials
OF delegates, and hear and determine all cases of
contested elections, subject to ratification by the
! 70
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1870-05-31
Republican County Convention.
frantic Hall. Augusta. Wednesday. August 10Th,

The Republican voters of Kennebec county are
requested to send delegates To Convention to be
held at
Granite Hall, Augusta. Wednesday. August 10th,
at IL o'clock 4. NJ, for the purpose of nominating
three candidates for senators. one County Commits
sioner. County Attorney, County Treasurer, Sheriff,
and to transact all other business that may proper
ly come before the Convention.
The basis of representation will be as follows
Each city, town and plantation will be entitled to
one delegate and additional delegate for every
seVcuty-ilyc votes cast for Jo7hua l.. Chamberlain
at the jubernatorial election Of l>iS fraction of
forty votes will be entitled to additional dele
gate. .,
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Congressional Conyention-3d District.
GRANITE HALL, AUGUSTA, on TUESDAY, JUNE Il

The Republicans of the Third Congressional Dis
triet invited to send delegates to Convention
to be held in
GRANITE HALL, AUGUSTA. on TUESDAY, JUNE ID,
at IL O'Clock A. NJ. for the purpose of nominating
candidate for Repres sentative to the Forty second
Congress.
The basis of representation in the convention will
be delegate for each city, town and plantation
and an additional delegate for every hundred votes
cast for the Republican candidate for Congress in
lslS. \ majority fraction will be allowed an add
tional delegate. This basis Will give delegates rs
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Nennebet yonrnal.
Published on Water, Foot Of Court Street,
AUGUSTA, MAINE.
BY SPRAGrE, OWEN T. NASH.
1ajlp aicnuctrt yournal,

Is issued every morning, except Sundays.
Contains the latest news by telegraph and mail
gives reports of the Markets, and has carefully pre-
pared political and local articles, and generous
amount of farming, home and miscellaneous read
ng with full compilation of State news.
Terms, 81 per aaHam IN airaHcci IS il payment
not made within the year. Single copies cents
o be had at the bookstores and at this Office.
Advertisements one inch in length three in
sertions less s1Oo; 25 Ct for every subsequent
insertion. Longer advertisements, those inserted
for any considerable length Of time Will be inserted
at favorable terns to the advertiser.
Special Notices % per cent. additional
Amusement Notices, s. per square per week.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-30

SPEAK KINDLY TO llIM.-A farmer
once saved a very poor boy from
drowning. After his restoration he
said TO him:
"Wbat can do for you, my boy ?"
"Speak a kind word to me some
time, !" replied the boy, as the tears
started from bis eyes. 81 amt got
a mother like some of them"
A kind pordl Think of Il. That
farmer had in it his power TO give
that boy money, clothes, and play.
things, but the poor little fellow craved
nothing so much as a kind word now
and then. If the farmer had ever so
little heart, the boy must certainly
have had his wish granted.
A kind rordl You have many such
spoken to you daily, and you don't
think much of their value; but that
POOR boy in your village, at whom
everybody laughs, would think he had
found q treasure if somo one would
speak one kind word TO him. Suppose
you speak it, the next time you meet
him. Instead of laughing at him,
speak kindly TO him. Then watch
him and see how he looks. See if bis
eyes do not brighten and his lips
smile. Try IL.
Kind words They arc blessed
things. Speak them, children, cvery
day. Scatter them like sunbeams
everywhere. They will bless others,
and they return TO bless your own
hearts. Kind words forever
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1870-11-30
Flows That for High 9p

Brick Pomeroy, in his Democrat.
thus explains the paternity of the
above popular interrogation. In an.
swer to a correspondent, Pomcroy
says:
Henry Ward Beecber is the author
of the sentence, which has become so
popular. At the time of the Cleve.
land Convention, in 1864, when John
Cochran was by certain disaflected
Republicans nominated for the Presi.
dency, Henry Ward Beecher, the
author Of The phrase, '1t's most id
hot" was at the Spaulding House.
Binghampton,i New York. While
there waiting for the train TO bear
him west, he became acquainted with
a few gentlemen, among them a con.
ductor of the Erie Railroad, named
G. o. Graves, who was a strong Re.
publican, a great admirer of Beecher,
and n member of the same church.
To while away the time before the
train which was TO bear them west
ward should arrive, it was deemed
best to seek a little quiet amusement
in a private parlor, by indulging in
the popular game of "seven up" or
"old sledge."
To this game Mr.. Beecher made no
objections, stating that he played all
such games us checkers, back. gam
mon, chess, euchre, whist, etc, etc.
at home with his family, and that he
considered it no harm to seek such
amusement when travelling, or even
to carry with him pack of cards or
a box of chessmen, as he generally
did.
Graves and Beecher were partners,
the party playing for the lemonade
On a four-handed game Graves and
Beccher were stuck, and Sawed" TO
see who should pay for the lemonade.
They played a single game TO decide
the matter At last it stood. Beocher
six, and Graves FIVE, with his DEAL
BY accident or design Graves turned
the jack Of hearts, which put him six.
1t was then a question who had the
highest card to 60 out. Beecher looked
at his hand, found nothing in there Of
note, and he lad down the deuce on
tho table with the remark
81 give you your Jack that puts
us six apiece. Hero is the deuce
how's that for high p
The remark was so original, and
the joke so good, that everybody
laughed, and Graves ordered in the
beverages. The story was told first
TO one conductor and then to another
along the road, and, at last ran over
the country, till now nearly every one
uses that as a slang phrase which has
become as popular as you bet" "Rcd
hot" or "Shoo fly"