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Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-09
81. Louis & Southeastern Railway,

~ hVuh1 uptNth bththWuys
has, during the past year. earned an en-
viable reputation by its smooth track.
prompt time, sure connections, and the
magniicence of it, passenger equipment.
Its trains are made up of new aud com
mOdious day cars. provided with the cele-
brated Miller coupler aud platform, and
the W estinghousc air-brakc.
IT Is positively the only Fine running
Pullman Palace p"awing-R",rl S!rpp.a-
Cars through vi iholt cha tgr f~r.n N.isr-
Vile "a SteIoui>. M olarr liw v~rCtrnhs
to offer such advantages. ritheg IL dis
taurr, time. or equipment. Why. then.
Journey by Circnitou~ roVtSg 30 not be
inducrd IA purchase texts to st. Louis
or the West by amy othr1' line, remember
I ing that
The s'st. Louis Il Ssulhe1stcrn'
is the shortest, cheapest, quickest. best
and only liHt under ole management
from Nashville to ST. Louis, aud is from
6Oto 2Dj miles the shortest TO st. Louis.
Kansas City. Omaha, Denver California,
TeXas, AMI all Western points. It'll also
the 'sChieago Shortest Line via Evans
Vile.
You can secure the cheapest rates for
yourselves aud your movahles on appli.
cation. 10 person or nv letter. to CHAs
MeGABE, Southern Passenger Agent,
pear College street ,iepot, Nashville,
Tenn, or to the undersigned.
W. b. DAVENPORT,
General Ticket Agent, st. Louis.
No trouble 10 Gnsger questions.
BIB, SHERRY. Local Agent
Knoxville, Tsnn.
maylms.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-09

GRAY'S BOTANY. The only stand
ard series IN this subject.
Herald and tribune. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1869-current, 1873-10-09

LOOMS, FIRST STEPS IN MUSIC,
A. well adopted series for common echoolsg
THE EDUCATIONAL REPORTER,
Catalogues, and circulars giving full des-.
criptive notices OF the above, with prices
both retail! and for Introduction will DO
forwarded oy mail on application.
Address
IVISoN, BRAKEMAN, TAYLOR co,
PUBLISHERS.
l3S and lao Grand ST.
New York.
iuly24wS. .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
Writing Machines.

After all, we are inclined to think
that the real solution of this problem
of rapid and easy writing will be me-
chanical rather than alphabetic. 1t is
ethe pen that is inadequate to the work
that needs to be done. AS an instru.
ment the pen may be perfect of its
kind, as the common sewing-needle is
perfect. Neither pen nor needle is
likely to be ever done away with Who'll
4ly, yet both fail alone to meet the in
creasing demands Of our quick-moving
civilization. The sewing-machine has
come in to do the great bulk of our slit
ching. We must have machine tc
do the same fer our writing. The let
tiers must be struck with metal type
instead Of being traced by hand, and
the writer's part must be confined Who'll
ly. or chiefly, to the touching of appro-
pirate keys. With such. a machine
the distinctness OF the writing will nc
longer be at the mercy of unsteady OF
undisciplined nerves and muscles; the
characters may be as complex and sig
nIficant as those of Bells Visible Speech
or even the Chinese, without increas-
ing in the least the labor of writing,
and the. copy" will correspond exactly
with print
The degree of success already attain
ed by several. inventors of writing
machines gives every assurance that
the manual labor of litery workman is
certain to be greatly diminished ). May
we hope that the quality of their word
will be conespondingly improved :
Scribeer's for august.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
pAYlNG.pEgTs

He who murders, burns, or steals,
strikes at the comfort or perhaps the
very existence of society; so murder,
robbery, and arson are among the cap
ital crimes. In commercial society,
too, like our own-like every civilized
society, indeed-it is essential that
money lent or earned should be paid:
for money as the representative of all
value and convenience becomes the
source Of all obligation, the type of all
fiulfillment. That which we can count
and multiply, cipher and register. we
prize and reverence Of that which esca
pes such material record we take such
heed as we choose
So we pay tithes of mint, and cumin,
and smile away the debts which the
tax gatherer overlooks. But in. that
fact alone lies the surest refutation Of
the optimist's premature chant of praise
over the wondrous progress of the
age. Far on ia the Future may come
a time when the type shall be subordin-
ated to the thing typifed, when we
shall be as restless at the thought OF
owing duty as dollar,-when a
secret shall be more sacred than a bill
of exchange, and love and mercy and
justice outweigh all drossier shekels in
our finer balance. Till then the world
will go its old, stupid, inconsistent
laundering way, and only the sweeter
t.souls, the fine and choice spirits who
look beyond its coarser standard, will
know the lofty joy which lies in the
real, not fgurative, paying Of debts
Prof Char'es Carroll. Scribners for
Gcto6er.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
a Genuine Snake Story.

In Fayette County, near the Chess
peake & Ohio Railroad, there is f.
nous rattle snake den, which has IL
ways been source of terror and fearto
those who have looked over its Jre-.
cints, as we'll as those who have even
heard of the fearful revelations regard
ing the size and the number of the ven
omous reptiles which infest this poison
stricken cavern. - In numbers their
name is legion, and in age, size and
downright radicalism, there areno fig
ures or names to represent them. A.
short time since, two daring young
men resolved to make an experiment
by way Of forming some insight as re-:
garding their numbers, and clothing
themselves from head to footin suits of
thick bRckskin, (such as our friend
Donnally uses to make his best gloves
with large sharp knives in hand, they
sailed forth. into the poison-infested
region. They entered cutting and
slashing, the snakes rafting, kissing
and striking at their adve1saries, and
when these enterprising youths landed
on t'other side, their buckskin clothes
were sight to see! Asa snake would
strike his fangs, would be deeply and
firmly implanted in the buckskin, and
off would go his head, by a well iii
rected blow by the hand and knife.
By making fair count, it was found
that Two, hundred and forty snake heads
were, attached to the clothes of one. of
the party, and one hundred and sixty
heads firmly fastened to the ether
More would have been secured but it
was not good day for snakes But
any one who does not believe the fore,
going true story will be convinced Of
its entire correctness by enquiring at
this Office for our informant. = Green
brier Independent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
How She Takes the Train.

She, comes down to the depot in an
express wagon three hours before train
time. She insists on sitting on her
trunk, out on the platform to keep it
from being stolen, lunch basket, small
pot with house plant in it, shawl
paper bag of candy, bouquet (she never
travels without one, small tumbler and
extra veil, and chases Historically after
every switch engine that goes by, under
the impression that it is her train. Her
voice trembles as she presents herself
at the restaurant and tries to buy a
ticket, and she. knocks with the handle
OF her parasol at the door of the old
dlsused tool house in vain hopes that
the baggage man will come out and
check hel trunk. She asks every body
IN the depot and on the platform when
her train will start, and where it will
stand, and looking straight at the great
clock, asks: ''What time is it now?"
She sees, with terror, the baggage man
shy. her trunk into car where two
men are smoking, instead of locking.
it up by itself in large, strong brown
car with ''bad order shops ehalked on
the side, which she has long ago deter
mined to be the baggage car, as the
only safe one in sight. Although the
first at the depot, she is the last to
get her ticket, and once on the cars she
sits, to the end of her journey, in an
agony of apprehension that she has got
on the wrong train and will be landed
at some strange station, put in a close
carriage, drugged and murdered and to
every last male passenger who walks
down the aisle she stands up and pre-
sehts her ticket, which she invariably
carries in her hand. She finally recog
nizes her waiting friend on the platform
leaves the car in a burst of gratitude
and the train is ten miles away before
she remembers that her reticule, parasol
lunch basket, verbena, shawl, candy,
tulnbler, vail and boquet are on the
car seat where she left them or in the
depot at Peoria, for the life of her she
can't tell which, Peoria Reyieae.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
A CRUEL HUSBAND.

| - iesoy, VI OiOtou3 VIII .Ildu SOlHe
trobles with her husband, determined
to purish him. She had read in the
papers Of the revenge of a Pennsylya.
MA woman whose husband had struck
her, and she determined to initiate the
females action When the Pennslyva
MIA woman was struck she threw her
self into tragic attitude, and exclaim-
ed, s'Villain! nothing but death can
wipe away the stain Of your blow.
Then she rushed out of the house,
ran to the !, canal, and throwing her
hat and shawl on the bank, flung in
a big stone, which made loud splash.
She then hid in the bushes and watched
with demonic joy her husband and a
party Of friends grappaling for her bo-
dy. When she thought she had suffi
GENTLY punished her lord she made
her appearance, and was received by him
with demonstrations of joy, and he
begged her forgiveness, took her home,
and promised to be. kind and loving
to her forever. The other day the
Croton woman had battle royal with
her husband. He didn't strike her -
he was too manly for that--but he
said such irritating things that she was
driven to madness. sInhuman mons
teri" she shrieked, II will never again
rest beneath the roof. The river bed
shall be my tomb-its waters my wind
ing sheet" Out she rushed to the river
which ran within quarter of "a mile
of tho house, threw her handkerchief
on the bank-she had neither hat nor
shawl on, and then she flung into the
clear waters a large stone. This done
she hid in some trees and awaited the
coming Of the remorse- stricken hus
band. She continued to wait for
about eight hours; but the remorseful
man didn't come. Horrible thoughts
began to agitate her mind. Perhaps
he had killed the children and then
committed suicide She could not
bear the suspense longer. Tt was dark
now, and she quietly stola to the house.
There were lights in it, and every thing
looked as CHEEKY and pleasant as usual.
She erept to the window and looked in
There sat the remorse-s tricked husband,
with his arm around tie waist of a
young lady neighbor, and he was say
ing: 'Jennie, the old woman got her
back up to day, and she went off and
drowned herself Now, you see, l
don't want to break up housekeeping,
and if you'll consent, why, we'll get
hitched in two weeks. What do you
say?' "She shan't do anything of the
sort, and neither will you, you misera-
bic, unfeeling, heartless wretch! came
from the wife as she dashed into the
room. For few minutes Jennie was
tossed and tumbled about by the un-
drowned woman in the most horrid
manner, and when Jennie retired from
the house she looked as though she
had been though carding machine.
The Croton woman doesn't intend try
ing any more sentimental experiments
ION her husband; but will hereafter do
all her fly. liz in the. old fashion. 1t
neeed badly Lbe. mentioned that her
husband is not living in state of per-
feet and unalloyed beautitude at pres
ent.-M y Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
Ridiculous Muss.

A Keokuk lady, while engaged in
the pursuit Of her domestic duties, en-
countered mouse in her flour barrel.
Now, most ladies under similar Cir
cumstances would have uttered few
feminine shrieks, and then sought safe
t. in the garrett. But this ,one possess
es more than the ordinary degree of fe-,
male courage. She summoned thu
hired man, and told him to get the
shotgun, cali the bull dog, and station
himself at a convenient distance. Then
she climbed half way up the stairs, and
commenced to punch the flour barrel
vigorously with pole Presently the
mouse made his appearance and started
across the floor. The bull dog at once
went in pursuit. The man fired and
the dog dropped. dead. The lady
tainted and fell down the stairs, and,
the hired man, thinking that she was
killed, and fearing that he would be
arrested for murder, lit out, and has not
been seen since. The mouse escaped,
Exchange. ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
Graphic Picture Of a South Carolina oEsice
-. Il holder

GraPn1c FIGURE Of a Soutn CarCl.na uIlce-
,.s.,Es.A; holder.
The fo flowing we clip from an ex-
change:-On reaching the spot | per-
ceiyed that the magnet of attraction
for the assemblage was an old fashioned
family carriage, drown by a pair of
cadaverous mules which stood among
the chinquepin bushes by the roadside.
On the front seat of the vehicle sat a
little weasel-faced man, who had upon
his lap huge account book, in which
he made entries, as from time to time
he received small packages of dirty
shin-plasters from the bystanders. -
Behind him reclining at full length,
was big, burly negro, whose feet
Cliterally foot each) were elevated SO
that they almost brushed the ears of
the little man in front. Amazed at this
extraordinary exhibition, l asked a
gentlemanlv-looking person for an ex-
PLANTATION: 'Oh, it is only a tax-gather-
ing said he, and with a smile, 1--WE
are paying tribute to Cesar-old Caesar
oses-whom you see in the carriage.
k"Why, have you a colored collector
eyes, sir, or rather I should say Gov
ernor Scott has negro collector. We
have none; the white men of South
Carolina, sir, have, very. little share in
the officials who govern them" 'sBut
who is the little man who seems. to be
doing the business" Gle is low fel
low, sir,, fornerly-a groggery keepers
clerk. He now acts as coachman and
clerk for the darky. Old Caesar, who
cannot write his name, is obliged. to
give Scruggs half his salary to attend
to business for him." Zone thousand
dollars and perquisites." During this
convention ''old Cesar" arose to poin,
of order. Annex looking countryman
had asked if State money would !. be
received for taxes. The negro was toe
drunk to sit upright, but heard the ques-
ton, and pulling asids. the curtains, he
presented a bleared,sensual countenance
which ought tolprocure him admission
to the penitentiary without. a warrant
No! No, street. he began in a
maudlin tone, ;"We donttake no State
money; we don't want dat trash. Don't
want muffin but the greenback, we.don't
just fork out de .greenback OATS all we
asks o'you.' s9sF IS; s.. as..4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
: The Black Flar.

A correspondent of the Enquire,
writing from Abingdon under date Of
the 10th inst, says 5: ca .,2igoegi
Among the soldiers Of the Army OF
Northern Virginia Mr.. Hughes has no
friends /; one said to me to day: sThe
soldiers did not like him because he
advocated raising the black flag. 1t
was well enough for him to rry sssBlack
Flag" in his sanctum, with thousands
of troops between him and the Yankees,
but it didn't please the men SO well
who had to be taken prisoners,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02

How TO Do Up SHIRT BosoMs.--We
have often heard ladies expressing de-
sire to know by what process the fine
gloss observed on new linens, shirt
bosoms, etc., lis produced;and in order to
crafty them, we subjein the following
recipe for making gum arabic starch i:
Take 2 ounces Of fine white gum ara
bic powder, put it into pitcher and
pour on it a pint rof boiling water, (ac-
cording to.the degree of strength YOU
desire l:and then, having covered it let
it set all night. In the morning pour
it carefully. from the dregs into clean
bottle,s cork it aud keep it for use. A
tablespoonful of gum water stirred into
a pint of starch that has been made in
this manner, will give to lawns (either
white or printed) when nothing else
can restore them. after washing. It i
also good much diluted) for thin
white muslin and bobinet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
field on a aslideboard at the rate Of his

field on a slideboard at the rate of his
life, and telegraphed to the Summit
House for guides and lanterns to be
sent to conduct us up the mountain.
But who shall describe the narrow .es;
capes from pitfalls and precipices, the
heights scaled, the depths explored,
as chilled and blinded by the driving
storm we clambered, torn and bleeding,
over the jagged rocks, up the steep
side of the bleak mountain? Or, how
strong men broke down and gave out
in utter despair; how weak and sickly
women had to be almost carried alon
by main strength, how others repeated
ly tainted and fell, overcome by the
terrible exposure and exertion, until
life itself seemed gone out forever
"All we could do was to keep as
nearly as possible to the general bear
ing of the railroad, and ptsh forward
over rocks piled literally mountains
high. Having been lost for sometime,
we finally struck the railroad, and fol
lowed it up to small shanty near the
top Of the mountain occupied by the
workmen on the road, where we arrived
entirely exhausted and worn out. The
guides sent down to find us, after hav-
ing hunted several hours in vain, had
taken shelter here from the storm to
wait events We were then conducted
in salty to the Summit House, where
we had a memorable reception.
can hour ago our little company
were gathered together for the last
time and, as We stood around the pi-
ano in the great parlor and sang Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow, the
words had deeper significance than
ever before es
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02

Perhaps no. greater injury has ever
been done. in horticulture than the rec
omlnendation BY inexperienced writers
OF chip manure as a addressing. :
Its danger arises mainly from
its ready disposition, to spread fun
gi, which inevitably arise in soils
naturally little moist and tenacious.
When once formed, such fungi spread
with astonishing rapidity, totally pre-
venting growth, and finally killing the
plants. = Horticut,rist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02


IMPORTANT DECISIONS OF THE CoUnT
OF APPEALs.-ln the Court of Appeals,
III session here, in the case johnson VS..
Scott, the decision of the Circuit Court
of Rockingham has been reversed. and
the bill dismissed. A gentleman named
Glasgow, Of Rock bridge, died. leaving
his slaves to be free at his daughters or
wife's death, whichever lived longest
and also leaving $1,000 with; his ex-
ecutrix to he put al compound interest
'until such time as my slaves may be
entitled to their freedom under this
viii" the total to be given the slaves
hcn reed, and expended in settling
them in Ohio. After the ema ncipation
proclamation Jack Scott and the other
slaves proclaimed their freedom and
sued the daughter-s-Mrs Johns-tbe
survivor, for tie So, 900 and interest.
The Circuit Court of Rockbridge de-
cided IN favor OF the late slaves. The
Court of Appeals held That, as the
legatees were not named, but described
as class Of certain character, and
sustaining certain relations to the. tes-
tator, in order to be entitled to his
bounty, they must clearly answer such
description, i. e., be freedmen of the
testator, acquiring their right to freedom
under his last will, at the death of the
survivor Of his wife and daughter, and
as they did. not answer to. the descrip-
ton, they could not be entitled. The
decision Of the Circuit Court was re-
versed and the bill dismissed: go.
Teale VS.. Yancey ct al In this case
there had been a Judicial sale of real es
tate on the 18th day Of August, 1868
upon the following terms: I of the
purchase money to be paid in 80 days
from date of sale, / in one year, + il
two years and the remaining / in foul
years, with the privilege to the pur-
chaser OF paying J of the purchase
money on confirmation of the sale
The purchaser paid ] cash, and ex
ecuted his two bonds falling due re
spectively Aug. 18th, 1865 and Aug. 7th
1866, payable: in current funds fol
value received The Court held that
the notes were not to be scaled and af
frmed the decision of the lower court
Judges Anderson and Bou ldin : dis
sent;ng.- Viasdicator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02
WHAT Came Of a serenaaa.

oSo " o''i IcauSIs acquainted OIL
Monson street will remember that the
root to Mr.. Forceps saloon adjoins his
house, and is approached by two win
dows. One Of these windows is in Mr.
Forceps bed room. On this roof Mrs
| Forceps has spread hesitating tomatoes,
| with view to hasten their ripeness.
Last Wednesday she put FIVE more with
their fellows, making thirty in all. The
forcceps have niece visiting with them
"a young lady named Hall, oil
Thomaston. She has made the &C
quaintance of many of our young people
and on Wednesday night: several Of
them got together to give her a serenade.
Providing themselves with requisite
Instruments the young men took up a
position near this addition We speak
OF, and struck up on the instruments. -
Mrs. Forceps was first awakened by the
music, and nudged her husband. He
also awoke. The music was grand
not loud, of course, but soft, low and
harm onious. Mr.. Forceps was very
much pleased, and got up to the win
dow to hear it. Then Mrs Forceps
got up also, and, relying her night-cap,
stood beside Forceps. ''They' re serenad-
ing Ellen" said she. 81 know it," said
Forceps. "Who can they be-" she
asked. II don't know, Tn sure" said
be, ''but l suppose could find out if
| could creep out on the roof. and
look over" "Why don't you!" said
she, her, curiosity increasing. ssIln
afraid they might see me-" he said.
~ don't think they would" she said
''They wouldn't be looking up on the
roof would they?" Mr.. Forceps thought
a moment and then concluded no one
could see him, as they moon had gone
into bank of clouds, and objects were
quite dina. And then he softly opened
the blinds and cautiously crawled out
on the shingles completely encased in
red-dannel underclothes and anight-cap
Of, the same rich material. The music
still continued, coming up through the
night air in waves of ecstatic harmony.
MIR. Forceps sat down ON the roof and
laborioasly worked his way to the ewes.
Then he lifted himself I'D to turn over
and look down, and just then he stepped
on something soft and yielding, felt his
feet give, made a desperate clutch at
the shingles, was too late, gave pierre
ng shrek, shot off the roof. and went
revolving and bowling in among the
band, followed by tomatoes, and madly
cleaving the air with his red flannel
limbs, He struck on his back on the
bass viol,and with one leg tore the
entrails from an ACCORDION, and with
the other knocked all the keys from a
silver-mounted flute The man who
played the bass-viol was driven sense
less into pile of pea brush, and the
fute-player, with his mouth full of
blood and splinters, jumped over the
fence and fed. What became of the
others MIR. Forceps does not know, he
being too busily engaged in getting on
his feet and into the house to make a
Fcritical examination of the field. 1t is
presumed the bass viol man died on the
spot and was surreptitiously removed
and buried by his companions, as there
was no sign Of him about the premises
in the morning.-Damdawy News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02

"a customer informs us that there
is barber in Circleville who works SO
slowly that while he is scraping away
# one side Of the face the beard grows
but o., the other.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1873-10-02

TOMATO HONEY. TO each pound of
tomato allow the grated peel Of a lem.
on and six fresh peach leaves. Boil
them slowly till they are all to pieces,
then squeeze them through bag To
each pound Of liquid allow q pound of
sugar and the juice Of one lemon. Boil
them together half an hour, or until
they become thick jelly. Then put
them into glasses, and lay double tissue
paper over the top, 1t will be
scarcely distinguished from real honey.