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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12
A vounp lady was recently mari

A young lady was recently married
in Worcester county town who de-
clared that ''one-half the pleasure Of
the event was destroyed by seeing her
name printed in the local paper: Me-
hitable Smith" She had been used
to the prettier diminutive Of Hetty,
and could not see why it was not good
enough for marriage notice
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A p'easant-looking gentleman step
ped out on the: platform, and inha ing
the fresh air, enthusiastica lily observed
to the brakeman, ':lsn't this invigora-
ting?" "No, sir; it is Bethel" said
the conscientious employee. The pleas
ant-looking gent eman retired.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A Boston woman who had been read
ing in the papers that Sunday marriages
are illegal, writes to- the papers to know
how it is with baby born on Sunday.
If so which should be punished, the
father, the mother or the baby
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

Mark Twain says Franklin was al
ways proud Of telling how he entered
Philadelphia for the first time, with
nothing in the world but two shiI ings
il his pocket, and four rolls Of bread
under his arm. But it really was moth
ing. Anybody could have done it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12
A newly converted i

A newly converted Kansas reporter
thus notices minstrel troupe: "For
those who do not consider it sin to
witness minstrel shows, this entertain
ment will furnish q p easant relaxation
from the revival meetings"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A young man who went West from
Danbury, Connecticut few months ago,
has sent only one letter home. 1t came
Friday. 1t said "Send me a wig"
And his fond parents don't know
whether he is scalped Or married
Neither-the wind blew his hair off.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

There are now planted in New Jersey
5000 acres with cranber1ies Two
years from now they will be in full
bearing, when that State will take the
lead in cranberry culture, as she did a
few years ago with Strawberries, and
biackbe1Iies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A colored gentleman went to consu I
one of the most consci 4ntious lawyers
and after stating the case said: "Now,
Mr., | know you are a lawyer, but
l wish you would please. sir, jist tell
me de truf bout dat matter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A wedding was to take place one
evening lately. and bride, parson, and
guests were ready, when it was amoun-
ced that the unhappy groom was on a
jury which was unable to agree and
had been ocked up for the night.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

Nothing is more indicative of the
eanestness Of life than the sight of. a
well deve oped male creature spending
eight hours a day in trying to wear out
a dry goods box with the seat Of his
pants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

General John Echols, Of Stanton,
who has been chosen president Of the
Louisville, Cincinnati and Lexington
railroad, issued a circular to the officers
and employees. 1t ii a.model for brevity
and pointy-wgiellf might we'll pass into a
maxim for men in public positions. It
says: 'sNo man has right to hold 8
position which brings him in immediate
contact with the public who, does net
know how to be civil and polite, or is
not disposed to make himself agreeable
to those with whom he may be thrown
in business relations"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

ADVERTISING RATES:

Advertisements will be inserted at One Dollar per
square of ten nes less for the first insertion. and
90 cents for zach subsequent insertion
Unless the number of Insertions be marked uran the
manuscript, IT will be published until forbid and
charged accordingly.
Notices in tho local column via be sarsed at aoshls
the advertising rates
Advertisements for three months or logger vii be in
serted at lower rates
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A tree with limbs coming out near
the ground is worth two trees trined
up FIVE feet, and is worth four trees trim
med up and so on until they arc not
worth ANYTHING.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A San Francis co paper says of the
milk sold in that city, that it would
make COW blush to "yhink that her
narse was used to cover SO abominafle
fra d.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12
NO. 8

Telegraphic tolls on dispatches
forw arded and received at the expense
Of the British Governments on the sub
!ject of indirect claims, amount to $500,
600. s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

A CRANBERRY FoRTUNE.-A merchant
Of Chicago was induced by two friends
to invest with them in land specula-
ton at some distance off-the purchase
was made, and the parties divided the
land in three parts, keeping the two
best locations, as . they supposed, for
themselves, and appropriating the other
thlrdto the absent partner for some
years he continued to pay taxes for it,
without ever having seen it; but finally
becoming ruined in trade, he bethought
himself to visit his. distant property,
when, to add to his troubles, he found
that his friends had paluied upon him
an apparently worthless swamp. The
n Y. Independent thus tell the balance
OF the story: :. II
Singing just a little at the duplicity
Of his friends, he wandered over the
swamp he almost disdained to call his
own, and splashed through its mud and
water in desperate hopelessness. Power
ty and want stared him in the face,
when 10! something else stared him the
face too. He found something upon his
land. What vast? 1t was not California
gold nor South Africa diamonds
neither was it oil, iron, or coal 1t was
wild eranberries. ''Presto, changed"
Now mark the result That land is
worth $500 per acre and he is worth
half a million dollars. He was shrewd
man, with.an eye to business; and he
lsaw at once fortune in those cram
berries,a and went to work to roa ize it by
cultivation and systematic labor. and he
has a regularly trained brigade Of chill
dren and hands to pick and prepare the
cranbelTies for market, for which he
realizes as high as 1924 per barrel, while
the men who intended % play joke on
him now mourn over their own unvalu-
able land and sigh for the fortune their
joking lost them
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

An Cd lady who heard that young
friend h d ost a piece by misdenaeanor
uncharitably observed that there was a
alters woman at the bottom of it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

COMPOST HEAP-It is often re-
commended that when manure is
thrown into heads i'll the field, it should
be covered with a layer of earth, to
prevent he'escape of the ammonia
The experiments Of DR.. Voelcker, at
the Royal Agricultural College, at
Cirencester, in England, have establish
ed the fact that the evaporation of
ammonia from large heaps of manure
goes on but slightly; for the reason that
during the decomposition Of the
smanureacertain organic acids are formed
at the same time the ammonia evolv-
ed, and then Immediately unite with the
ammonia, forming non-volatiIe COM
pounds. ~.
There is an active escape of ammonia
from the interior Of large heaps, where
the heat is too great for the chemical
change above referred to; but, as it
apprenticeship exterior part of the heap,
where the heat is very much less, the
ammonia is completed y taken up by the
organic acids and retained.
There will be but trifing escape of
ammonia while there is sufficient mois-
ture to retain it, for water absorbs and
retail many hundred times:its bulk OF
ann Ma gas at ordinary temperature.
These non-volatile compounds, from
being highly soluble in water, are liabI
to be washed away at every rain storm,
giving the well-known color to the
draining of manure heaps-.Hd Farmer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12
HOWE

How to do it? is the question
everybody has to ask,
How with weary hearts and fingers
Tc perform the heavy task.
How in time to raise the money
For the notes becoming due,
How TO carry the election
How to put the pet scheme through.
How to finish all my scwing7
Asks the housewife in despair.
When you ssk it you have said It,
hoTe's the one to help you there
Howe's Machine vii do your sewing,
Fernming, braiding, quitting too,
Cording, tucking, telling, rufiing;
Il is just the thing Cor you.
lska one on trial and see how you ike il. The
ent, MIR. A. J. Wheeler, at Miss Jane Myers's Mill
ry Store, Woodstock, will spare no means to have il
fectc a4t, - A.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

nLaIN AND FRENCH CANDY. Scotch
snuff, w alter Crackers, Indigo Tomato
hetohup and Tooth Brushes, for sale by
J. +. SHERRY.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

HUST RECEIVED THE DRUG
u And VARIETY STORE an assortment OF
Fresh CANDIES, COMMON
and FANCY, FIGS, KAlSINS,
80 CURRANTS, CiTRON, LEMONS,
ORANGES, NUTS &C., &C., all as cheap as
he cheapest. ,u,,,ru
une 29-tf. ID. oCHMii 4.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

WYNN. BEN. PRICE,
w SUCCESSOR TO PRICE h CO.,
GENERAL co Omission MERCHANTS,
FOR OF
FLOUR, GRAIN, AND ALL KINDS OF PRODUCE,
No. 933 LOUISIANA, AVE.
WASHINGTON.
sg- Consignments solicited, and prompt returns
msda apr lift.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12
MiSrelianroMs Cards.

Nearly all diseases originate from indigestion and
Toridity of the Liver and relief is always anxous,y
sought after Y the Liver regulated in its action,
health is almost invaluabiy secured Want of econ in
the liver Headache, Constipation, Jaundice,
Pain in the Shoulder, Cough Chiie Dizziness, Sour
Stomach, Bad Taste in the Mouth, Bilious Attacks,
Palpation CT the Heart, Depression Of Spirit, the
Blues, and hundred of ether symptoms for which
SIMMONS LIVER REGULATORS the best remedy
that has been discovered It acts mildly, eeotu-
ally, and being simple vegetable compound, can do
injury in any quantities that it may be taken II is
harmless in every way il has been used for 10 years,
and hundreds of the good and great from all parts of
the country will vouch for its being the purest and
best.
The symptoms Of Liver Complaint are rneasiness
and pain in side. Sometimes the pain is in the shou-
der, and is mistaken for rheumatism. The stomach
is effected with loss of appetite and Sickness bowels in
general costive, sometimes alternating with lax The
head is troubled with pain, and du heavy sensation
considerable loss of memory, accompanied with painful
sensation OF having left undono something that ought
to have been done Often complaining of weakness,
DEBILITY and low spirits Sometimes many of the above
symptoms attend the disease and other times very
few of then but the liver is generally the organ most
involved.
Price 81 90 per PACKAGE; sent by mail, postage paid,
SILL prepaid ready for USE in bottles, $1,50.
Manufactured by
J. z. ZEILEN & co.
MACON, Ga, AND PHILADELPHIA.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
Jcne Sly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

f0tREEN's MANSION HOUSE,
U --' kLGXANBRIA, VA
JAMES GREEN, .................P EcTEIETCR.
Is frst-ciass hotel in every reslec The citizens
the valley. having busces in alexandria or Washing
ten and travellers going North South viii find this
Sc agreeable resting place the route does not
fequre tie early start by several hours as from wash
iu.top baltimore. Cars AID Steamboats, leave Al
exandria for Washington and return every hour from
4 \. II. to II P. II. Jan. TT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1872-12-12

HOOE & JOHNSON,
IL Successor to Fowl Coy
GENERAL CO1GMISSION MERCHANTS,
For thesale oieverY description of
FLOUR, GRAIN, COUNTRY PRODUCE &C.
No. . PRINCE STREET,
ALEXANDRIA,.
Consignn solicited Bags furnished when order
ed. Agents New York Steamship Company. Goods
forwarded free Of commission. june Is
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
THE SPANISH QUESTION.

The Washington correspondent OF the
New York Times, l.. l.. Crounse, eau
tious, able and thoroughly reliable CORE
spondent, worthily enjoying the confidence
of the Administration, telegraphs to the
Times as follows concerning our troubles
with Spain: THE Government accepts the
change of the Ministry at Madrid as hos
tile to the conciliatory policy heretofore
pursued. 1t also accepts the reputed recall
of Senior Roberts as a further proof of UNI
friendly feeling, but there is yet no posi-
tive information as to the course of the
Spanish Government. The recent over
hauling of the Florida will require repara-
ton. In the meantime the Navy Depart
ment is preparing and any orders which
may be given are interpreted as measures
of preparation on the part of our Govern
ment.n .t.... .
The Times editorially says, "the Spanish
cabinet changes and the recall of Senior
Roberts are esteemed hostile in their in
tent by President Grant and his cabinet,
while the boarding of the Florida by a
Spanish man-of-war, if officially confirm
ed, will be considered as adding to the eX-
listing Cuban complications. AS will be
seen by our reports, the United States gov
eminent, while unwilling to decide these
questions until official data are at hand,
considers it only prudent to make such
preparations as may be necessary in case
the difficulty should assume its worst
phase. OF course there will be many
ready to magnify the gravity of the situa-
ton, and assume that immediate war is
| intended. The administration, however,
evidently purposes to maintain the dignity
of the nation, though we presume that
many of the unfavorable actions of Spain
will in time be properly explained or rec
tilted. There is no danger of war yet, de-
spite the excitement naturally manifested
at Washington, but it will he gratifying to
the people to know that their government
is ready to assert its rights, should any
foreign power assail them"
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
winter-ProOr Systems.

Thick boots and Aannels at this season.
but the human frame requires something more than
these 70 renderit winter proof The inner well
as the outer surface Of the body, must be protected
The raw, moist chilly winds which prevail at this
son transpiorce the Wsrmest clothing and apt to
effect the health unfavorably both through the pores
and the respiratory organs. The surest way to avert
the evil is to strengthen the nternalmachine and thus
enable ii to repel the deyitalizing influences Of un-
wholesome weather. Enrich the blood, gently stmu
late the circulation regulate the bowels nyigorate the
stomach, tone the liver, and brace the with
Hostettors Stomach Bitters, and no condition Of the
atmosphere, however Indictment, variation of the
barometer thermometer, however sudden, will have
power disorder the system thus fortified in advance"
and putin perfect working order pamp and cold act
ing upon feeble or sensitive organization, may pro-
duce cousumpto T. dipthera, neuralg a, rheumatism,
mttent fever; the importance OF rendering the sy TEN
imperyious 10 these two destructive elements there
fore obvious, Persons in delicate health, or who are
at all liable TO be inlurou " affected by atmospheric
influences should take The Btters daily throughout the
winter and spring In his way dang seases
may be waTded on, and condition of perfect health
preserve bY individuals OF comparatively feeble phys
iaue while those more robust, who scott at pTecau
tons suffering the penalty Of their TeckeS5pess IN
hospitals and sick rooms,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

TIE discussion over the Southern rail-
road continues in Cincinnati. The ca
zette published communication in which
the writer says he has the opinion Of
competent engineer that the road will cost
tor i'm reply saws CHIEF Engineer Gum,
who has thoroughly examined the route,
gives II as his opinion that it will cost less
than half that sum. The gazette favors
carrying out the Ferguson plan. The Com,
mcrciaifavors waiting for the constitutional
convention which is to meet this
coming summer granting TO cities
the power necessary TO ehaole Clh-
ciunati to give a bonus or make
the best contract possible for the building
of the road. The discussion, though earn.
est evolves little not heretofore presented
to East Tennessee readers on this long
projected enterprise.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
WEEKLY SUMMARY OF NEWS.
HOME.

An outrage was committed by negro upon
a little white girl about ten years Of age, in
Rochester, New York, on the % inst; mob
attempted to lynch the prisoner but were pre-
vented by the military; a number of citizens
were killed and wounded in the melee the pris-
oner has since been sentenced to twenty years
hard labor in the Auburn penitentiary Sixty
houses were burned at Fortress Monroe on the
Cd ..... TheUnion Pacific Railroad is still blocked
with snow...... There is small pox in Chicago.
The Clifton Springs Hotel is burned loss,
$4,000. .. Political excitement ran high in
New Orleans last week......The philanthropist
Bergh is sick with pneumonia General Hal
leck is dangerously ill.....Two thousand coal
and iron hands have struck in Pennsylvania
on account of q reduction of wages...The
Union Republican General Committee have
reelected Greeley as chairman......T oppo-
nents of the present administration Of the Erie
road hold 100000 worth of stock......The
kuklux trials in South Carolina are finished
for the presept.."..A convention of the Gin
cinnati Chamber of Commerce will take steps
TO make the Ohio navgable throughout the
year.....John Janney, president of the Vir-
cinia secession convention, is dead aged "A
years....Jim Fisk, Jr., the Erie King, was
shot on Saturday, by Edward Stokes, in the
Grand Central Hotel at New York Fisk sur
vived until Monday and expired at l045 A.
NJ, in the presence Of large number of friends.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

THE Committee Of Seventy in New York
have forworded petition to the Legisla-
ture of the State asking for legislation to
secure the removal Of Oakley. Hall as
Mayor. Tweed is now practically fugi-
tive, so with Hall the last one of the IA
nous rule of four" will have lost their
power. IT is consummation devoutly to
be wished, and we hope the Legislature
will not only remove Hall. but every one
of the notorious judges of the Tammany
Ring. who for years have made their jul
dicial powers a matter of merchandise.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

SOME time ago we referred TO the enter
prise Of the citizens of Canton, Ohio, in
securing at that point Halls Safe Manu-
factory, by loaning the proprietors money
at reasonable rates and giving them the
land upon which to build. In the recent
severe gale that swept over the West, the
front wall of the building, being erected,
was blown over. The citizens held a meet
ing on Christmas, and one thousand days
work was rendered the company free of
charge to repair their losses. a commit
tee was appointed TO make il two thousan
days. This is the way Western cities are
built.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10
A LESSON IN ARCHITECTURE FROM ITALY

The great fire in Chicago has caused a
very thorough discussion of the possibility
of constructing fre-proof buildings. Mr..
Hiram Powers, the great American sculp-
tor, writing from Florence, Italy, oh this
subject, is sanguine the experiment OF
builders in that city has solved the prob
lem His theory is that If houses are so
constructed as to prevent drafts, they can
not be consumed. As he was writing his
letter he said the Florence tiremen were
passing his house to extingish a fire in a
friends house that had been burning for
t,geafy-fo,tr hours. The floors in buildings
in Florence are covered above and below
with thin brick tiles. Sometimes these
floors rest on ioist, but generally on arches
made of brick, one and a-halt inches
thick, laid edgewse with plaster OF Paris.
These arches are cheaply and quickly
constructed, and are strong enough to be
danced on. These floors, covered with a
few thicknesses Of paper and carpets, are
as warm as wooden ones. For warehouses
stronger supports are needed. But II wood
en- floors and stairs are thought more de-
sirable his advice is TO lay floorng OF the
thinnest sheet iron over the joists, and
your wood upon that; and sheath the
stairs with the same material. \ floor will
not burn without a supply OF air under it..
Throw dry board upon perfectly flat
pavement and kindlc it as it lies if you can.
You may make fire upon it and i'll time
consume it, but it will require long time:
Prevent drafts, aud though there will still
be fires, no house will be consumed. The
combustion will go on so slowly that dis
covery is certain in time to prevent any
great calamity But the roofs, how about
them? Slate or tiles? Zinc melts too
easily. | believe that hard-burned tiles,
if flat, would stand the frost at home; and
if so, they constitute the best roofing.
He has lived in Florence thirty-four
years and never paid one cent for insu,,
rance, for his house is fire-proof The sad
experiences of the year just closed will
serve to secure for these suggestions seri-
Gus consideration, for in all cities, with
the greatest precaution, great uneasiness
prevails
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

THE Cincinnati Gazette says Of the
Southern, Railroad project: "Our Southern
Railroad prospects have improved. We
shall soon have four great Eastern lines
eentering at this point, all having deep
interest either for or against our Southern
Railroad. This increases the elements
that give strength 10 the project, and it
creates resources. Every Ii ne that aims al
a connection with the Southern Railroad
adds to its financial basis.n
Again il says: OF course we expect "a
have more than one railroad 10 the South
We expect neither that it will be the
IT will run through the country isolated
from all connections. We look for net
work of Southern railroads.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

WE are glad to announce this morning
the triumph of the reform Republicans in
the selection of the Speakership of the
House at Albany, New York. The nomi-
nation of Hon. Henry Smith, OF Albany,
may be considered a triumph OF the Grant
Trntes-C onkling men, who have made a
bitter war upon Thomas G. Alvord, the
Fenton- Vanderbilt candidate. As
the speaker appoints the important com
mittees of the House, the election of Mr..
Smith insures a vigorous prosecution OF
the war on the Tammany thieves and
their Judges in New York city.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1872-01-10

THE French papers are discussing with
earn estness what to them seems the GER
tainty of a war between Germanya and Rus
STA. One of these papers, the Gdulois, went
so far as TO prescribe the termsupon which
Germany could purchase the neutrality Of
France i'm the contest, which We're,
abandonment of the unpaid three and a
half milliards and retrocession Of Alsace
and Lorraine In this same connection
we note that the RuSsioDl HpvCtlid claims
that on the LIST of the present month Rus
STA had over one million breech-ioadine
rifles and 2l3 800, 900 metallic cartridges fol
| use.