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Trusting in Things ssen.

There is vast amount of idolatry il
the world. China has its s.iosses,
India its Ganges, Africa its Mumbo.
jumbo. But even among many Of
those who have trusted in God, there is
to an unhappy dsgree, an unconscious
trusting in idols Now, an idol, az th
word primarily means, is ''thing.seen.
And as much as we trust in things
seen, by this much is our trust in the
Lord turned aside or weakened.
There is apt to be time in the lif,
of man when he says, 'sNow / shall
be comfortable, for / have becom.
possessor Of such and such things. Ny
farm, or my last venture in business,
turned out we'll" Or he may say, 81
have good salary, desirable appoint.
ment, and settled prospect for time
All this is trusting in things seem
The living God is too much lost sight
OF in such satisfied boastings Although
we may acknowledge the Father with
our lips, yet the heart may easily grow
hardened, so that a subtitle thought NAV
nestle there and say, "All will 90 well,
if the Lord do not interfere to mar YOU,
plans"
Sometimes a man may trust in the
reasonable probability, or the hopeful
prospect, of reaching such an end
When this is attained, he thinks he
shall De happy, 'When my house is
built my farm paid fol- my professional
practice established, my business en-.
larged, or my name widely known,
| shall be comfortable" But what is
this but trusting in prospectivsly visible
things?
"rhe Lord God 'omnipo to n
reigneth." 1t is He who upholdeth
all things by the word of his power.
The things that are seen are TEMPORAL.
Let us look stadfastly at the things
that are not seen, for they are eternal.
And while we thus look, every dis
appointment, and these light Affections
which are for moment, will work for
US far more exceeding and eternal
weight of glory. Little children,
keep yourselves from idols" ~. G.
dduocate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

such manner as to bring the outer
cord into the blaze. it required not
half minute to burn off thu cord that
had secured her to the seat, and then,
bending over, she took the back Of the
chair in her teeth and carefully moved
it out of the way. Then she turned again
and placed in the blaze the cord that
bound her wrists. The lasbings burned
and so did her flesh, but with perfect
self devotion she heroically withstood
the pain, and in few moments she was
free
Marcellins now breathed more freely
The key was still in the lock Of the
door that opened the back room, and
quick AS thought the heroic girl sprang
forward andsclssed 1T upon those. hey
ond. The key was turned, and Mar,
cellina, then ran for the front door, UNI
locked it, threw it open and sprang into
the highway. 1t was but the work Of
a few moments to rouse some of the
hunters, and ere long the two robber
travellers were in safe custody. They
not only lost their booty, but also their
liberty and on the next day were safely
conveyed to Trieste and delivered up to
Justice. Lubin was found in the room
with his mouth bound up and his arms
pinioned to his chair; but the satisfac>
ton of being released from his uupleas'
ant situation made him forget the in
dignitirs he had received.
This little inn is still kept open to
travellers, but old Altzorf keeps it 20
longer Justin, the hunter, is it's host,
and the fair Marcelline is its hostess.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22
10 CHILDREN.

A home without children is like a
heaven without angels. We often
hear landlords prefer some of their
tenants because they have no children.
Advertisme nts, Of houses to let OF
board, are qualified by the words.
without children Children are an
incumbrance, a nuisance, and are not
wanted. Surprising they change the
order, and say, "Select circles and
classes Of society, and single persons,
and childless parents" houses and
homes where no little lips prattle, no
little voices cry How stiff and nrim
the pallors, how orderly and mechanical
the company, how cold and formal the
salutatlo MS; there is no romp nor fun
there, no scratches on the furniture
nothing awry, no glee. The guests are
like fsh-cola- blooded, no throb Of
paternal feeling beats in those veins; no
pets nor playthings, because no chill
dren are there. Any of the company
are free to bring in kitten or poodle,
with weak eyes, and the corners of his
mouth streaked in channels, Ike the
stream that flows from the lips of a to
bacco chewer; to be fondled and kissed,
and lie on the lap of its devoted mis-
tress. But no children
Better sweep the flowers from the
soil, better pluck the stars from the sky;
yes, let paint and varnish and uphold
stery 60, but let the children come
Next to the song of an angel is the
laugh of child. And the heart that
can feel, and the lips that can say, 81
hate children, should exchange places
with Lots wife.
The man or woman who has fallen,
no matter WI at the crime is, who re-
tains i'll his or her soul the love of song,
OF flowers and OF children, has not yet
been left without the ministry ofangels,
to WOO and to win them back to virtue.
And the home that has not echoed the
merry voices of childhood, has not yet
been baptlsed to its name, even though
formal prayers hare dictated it to the
purpose of home. However close
may be the affinities of loving natures,
the bond that perfects that union is on
ly found in parentage. The full heart
is never known until parental love re.
veals it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22


INITIATIVE DIsEAsEs.-More than half
Of the victims of the so-called herede
tary diseases perish, in reality, from tbs
effects of their own Imagination. A
case in point: A lady aged thirty-fve,
was taken to hospital in a state of
melancholy mania. She WAS married,
and the mother of children; but she was
afflicted with the constant feeling ofthe
necessity to commit suicide; this feeling
having been induced by the fact that
her father and uncle had done the same
and that she was therefore doomed by
"heredetary disposition With this
feeling, she wrote a letter to her moth
er, announcing her purpose, and rushed
into the river She was Immediately
rescued, land from that night she became
melancholy and monomaniacal, with the
ncessent impulse of self destruction.
AT last her mother decided on the rev.
citation to her Of life long secret her
daughter was not the child of her last
husband, and from that time the lady
recovered both sanity and health
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A DEDlcATIoN-Th is Max Adel.
er's dedication to his new book, 'sOut of
the Hurry Burly":- "My original inten-
ton was to dedicate this book to the
friend Of my boyhood, Azsn ben Ghes,
the Imaum of Muscat, in memory of the
happy days when together we played
marbles in the Oman desert, and duck
ed each other in the Persian Gulf. and
tortured inoffensive cats on the Island
OF Kishm. But I have changed my
mind; l have resolved to dedicate nv
book to humorist who has had too lit.
tie fame; 10 the most delicious, because
the most unconscious humorist; to that
widely scattered and multitudinous CO.
median who may be expressed in the
concrete as the Intelligent Compositor.
To his faculty Of perpetrating felicitous
aosurdities I am indebted for daughter
that is worth hundred groans." 1t
was he who, putting into type an arti.
Gle of mine which contained the iniunc-
ton, ''Do not cast your pearls before
swine transformed the phrase into
''Do not cart your bills before sunrise. .
1t was he who caused me to quote the
poets inquiry, SO that propounded to
the world the appalling conundrum,
"WLere are the dead, the vanished
dead 2" and it was his glorious tenden-
cy to make the sublime convulsively ii
diculous that rejected a line in a
poem of mine, which declared that q
"comet swept over the heavens with
its trailing skirts" and substituted the
idea that ga count slept in a haymow in
a travelling shirt" The kind of talen,
that is here displayed deserves profound
reverence. 1t is wonderful and awful
AMI thus / offer it token of nay mar
Yelling respect
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

Jennie June got hat that turned up
on one SIDE and her husband criticised
it SO severely that she wore her old
bonnet when she went TO see the
"Sphinx," and 10! it was the only one
there. Everybody had on new hat,
and everybody had it turned up high
on the side. Said her husband, "Good
heavens have all the women gone crazy!
eyes replied she, meekly, "and why
cant go crazy too?" "My dear" said
he, ''you may; it would be ridiculous to
be thu only sensible woman in the
world" So hereafter she is going to
wear her gray felt, turned up on one
side, in peace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

YOUTHFUL. .CoNDUcr. The. line Ct
conduct chosen during the five years
from fifteen to twenty will, in slmost
every instance, determine his character
for life. AS he is then careful or care
less, prudent or improvident, industri-
Gus or INDECENT, truthful or dssimula-
ting, intelligent or ignorant, temperate
or dissolute, so will be be in after years,
and it needs not prophet to cast his
horoscope or calculate his chances f1r
life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

EARAcHE. - Take piece of salt pork,
say an inch or more long and halt an
inch square, cut down one end to fit
the ear and insert it, taking care to have
the piece too large to slip in. 1t gives
almost instant relief. Tie handker-
chief to keep it in place, if the child will
allow it. Pork Is also good for sore
throat, Group. and lung colds. Cut sill
ces half an inch thick, dip in warm wa
ter, sprinkle on little pepper and sew
on flannel.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22
A RUEsELLER's DREAM

Well, wife, this is too horrible! I
cannot continue this business any long
er.
Why, dear, what's the matter now
Oh, such dream! Oh, l can't en-
dure it! Oh, if ever sell rum again
My dear, You are frightened
Yes, indeed l am; another such a
night will I not pass for worlds.
My dear, perhaps
Oh, don't talk to me- am deter
mined to have nothing more to d with
rum, anyhow. Do you think, Tom
wilson came to me with his throat cut
fir IN ear to ear, and such horrid cash
and it was so hard for him to speak,
and SO much blood, and, SAID he, see
here, Joe, the result of your rum ellin
Nv blood chilled at the sight, and .j9'~t
then the house seemed to be turned
bottom up, the earth opened, and a
little imp took me by the hand, saying
follow me. AS l went, grim devils
held out to me cups Of liquid fire, say
inc. drink this. I dared not refuse.
Every draught set me i'll rage. Ser
neuts bissed on each side, and from
above reached down their hsa Is and
whispered ru,nseller! On, aud on, the
imp led me through narrow pass.
All at once he paused and said, are you
dry? Yes, 1 replied. Then be struck
a trap door with his foot, and down,
down we went, and legions Of fiery,
serpents rushed after us whispering
rumseller! At length we stopped
again, and the imp asked as before, are
you dry7 Yes l replied. lie then
touched spring-a door flew open
What sight! there were thousands,
ave. millions of old worn rum>drinkers
crying most piteously, rum, rum, give
me more rum! When they saw me
they stopped moment to see who
was-then the imp cried out, so as to
make all shake again, rumseller! and
hurting me in, shut the door. For .
moment they fixed their ferocious eyes
upon me, and then uttered a united
veil. which filed me with such ter
ror awoke. There wife, dream or nc
dream, | will never sell another drop.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

Setting a young man ahoat with
money left him by his relatives, is like
tying a bladder under the arms OF one
who cannot swim; ten oh ances to one
he will lose his bladder and go to the
bottom. Teach him to swim and he
will not need bladders Give your
child sound education. See to 1t
that his morals are pure, his mind culti-
waited and his whole nature made sub
servient to the laws which govern man,
and you have given him what will be
of more valne than the wealth OF the
Indies. You have given him a star;
which no misfortune can deprive him OF.
The earlier you teach him to depend
upon his own resources and the bless
ing of God the better.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22
anftifal.
\ sUMMERsUNSET.

"A INA M l. ftnc ONs Ell
We sat together and softly talked
OF the love Of the Lord the King;
Toe happy We we're for the noise Of mirth,
Too quiet, perhaps, to sing:
But We turned eur eyes to the glowing West,
And the skies that were FURNISHED gold,
And we thought of the city of pearly gates,
That ere long We should all behold.
81 wonder who will be first to COL"
We looked into each other's face
Could we see in the eyes that were bright and deep
A Sign of that glorious place,
~ fear shall not be FIRST" said one;
'I am busy, and wen, and strong,
And far from me are the peace and rest,
Although have sought them long,"
~ think that the summons will come to me-"
., Another said, whispering low;
We knew how welcome the call would be,
How glad she would be to go;
Fo1 her friends had passed to the holy land,
And she walked by the side Of pain:
And, though our parting wonld be in tears,
We thought Of our friends great gain.
ooh stay said another; lyon are not old,
But have not long passed my prime:
Aysteps are feeble, my heart is cold,
Ian tired Of the hills of time;
But Keep my eyes on the open gate
Each day when the sun is low,
AID think, since already the hour is late,
That shall be first to CO."
emo was among us young and fair
That we thought she had long TO stay;
We saw the smiles on her lovely face
Geam bright in the closing day
1.-THE King will do rs he pleases, she said, u
':But I, with my life to come,
Could not be sorry were as near
Az you to our heavenly home.'
We sit together and softly talk
Of the love of the Lord the King,
But the summer glory has passed way,
And the summer breezes sing.
We turn eyes to the golden West,
And We whisper in voices low
OF her, our youngest ana best beloved,
For she WAS the first to pon
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22
BRAVERY Ind DEVOTION.

Some ten Or fifteen miles beyond the
mountains, in the immediate vicinity of
Trieste, over among the rugged passes
of the Carnic Alps, there is small
hamlet of huntsmen's dwellings, and
among them, though somewhat isolated
is sort of rough inn. II was cold,
blustery evening in March, and, though
there was no storm, yet the blasts as
they came sweeping and whistling,
whirling and bowling down L noun
tain sides failed not to drive the people
to the cheer OF the fireside.
With this humble Jun were collected
half dozen of the Alpine hunters, now
breaking into happy chorus. and anon
lending willing ear to a tale and
joke, while rs ar to the blazing fire sat
TWO men, strangers i'll the place, who
had arrived just at nighttall and en-
gagged entertainment and rest for the
night.
These two travellers looked not much
like common men, but there was a
something about their ceuntenanres
t',at attracted more than one passing
attention from the hunters. They did
not behave Is honest men would be
supposed to behave for in all their
movements there was an evident aim
to escape observation. They had
horses in the stable, and were provided
with large traveling-sacks, which sacks
were either entirely or nearly empty
Ever and anon one or more of the
hunters would cast furtive glance
toward the strangen, and once or
twice they sndeavored to draw the
twain into conversation; but the two
men persisted in remaining by them
selves, and ere long they retired to the
room which had been allotted to them.
"Marcelline," said one of the hunters,
middle-aged man, addressing a
blooming maiden who stood behind the
bar, 'does Altzoff return to night?"
ono, sir" replied the girl !; che
comes not till the morrow"
"And has your master LETT you alone.
asked the hunter.
ssOh, no; Altzorf has left Lubiu with
me-"
"But Lubin is only a boy-a mere
lad"
"Weil, what of that!' replied Mar
celline, looking with somewhat in
quisitive glance at the hunter.
ooh, nothing" said the man, en-
deavoring to hide as much as possible
the fears OF suspicious he entertained
"only do not exactly like the looks Of
those two men whom you have jus
shown to their rooms"
| Several hunters Immediately coinci
ded with this opinion, but Marcellin'
laughed at their suspicious.
"What an idea,' she said. "Why
what do you take them for 2
4 sit is not impossible that they 1T
| robbers" returned the first speaker.
ala, ba y laughed Marce,line.
"Robbers in such place as this Let
see. There are about twenty groschen
| in the drawer and / have exactly seven
teen kreutzers in my little box up stairs
What place for robbers! My maste
took all the money within him t
Trieste save that have mentioned.
s.Marcelline," said the first hunte
who had spoken, ar he stepped forwar'
and bent his head over the bar, sd
you know if your master received il
trust . large wooden box from an oil
monk who lately went to the conven
of st. Cecilia I"
Eyes, be received such one" n
piled the maiden, "and it is even no,
.ocksd up IN his strong room.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A Christian can say what no other
man can say. He can see consumption
wasting his flesh, he can see the hectic
flash upon his cheek by the mirror he
can see his own hollow eye; he can feel
the pains Of death thrusting through his
system; he can stand on the last avenue
of life; he can stand upon the verge of
death; he can look down into the vista
Of the grave, be can defy death the seal.
pei, the execution, all forms of human
suffering; he gan go down the gentle
slope to the grave; he can plunge into
Jordan, and as his voice is suffocated
by the waves you hear the shout COM
ing from his lips, Nevertheless live"
Presently on the other side he merges
from the leather wave he puts his feet
upon the celestial shores, and stands up,
saying: 81 live forever at Gods right
hand. Glory to God r. Bishop Dog
Iyof
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A county treasurer in Alabama can't
read or write, but be has put 800
where no one but himself can fud it.
This shows that collegiate education
isn't essential to the requirement of
wealth 4s.A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A party of young men were out
serenading a few nights since. They
sat on the pavement, which had been
recently paved with tar solution
Next morning the rear of six pair OF
p nts dotted the walk, and music
is heard no more around the cottage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

Why should man pay a thousand
dollars for ticket to go round the
world when by just standing still the
globe itself would take him the same
distance for nothing?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

In giving geography lessons down
East, teacher asked boy what State
he lived in, and was amused at the re-
ply, drawled through the boys nose,
"a state of sin and misery"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

The manager of country theatre,
peeping through the curtain between
the acts was surprised by glimpse of
the empty benches. "Why, good gra-
cious !" saia he, turning to the prompter
where is the audience!" ssHe Just
stepped out to get mug of beer" was
the brief reply. irq
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A Detroit man who had sslittle red
lounge in his house sold it second hand
early Monday morning.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

Somebody observes that when six
young ladies sit down to talk about
dress. small boy with tin horn is
a refuags for the weary.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A constantly recurring and ever
truthful statemement- "The fools are
not all dead yet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A man in Cincinnati advertising for
situation, says; "Work is not so much
an object as good wages
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

A little girl said of h-r ill-tempered
uncle che hasn't got single laugh in
his fee
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-10-22

.DGE. = His should be open 1t is the
reason for the closest observation and
tudy. Not tree or plant but will re-
,ay looking at it, and be, should see
What he looks at. There should be some
act become fixed in his mind with each
obsel vation. Every bird that sings and
insect that futters in his path should
lttract his attention and thought 1t
viii be promptly answered that the far
mer and the fruit grower has no time
;or these observations. But he may
lave time if he takes it. He will find
hat the habit of observation, once es-
Tablished, viii gnot interfere with bis
work. The plants which spring up and
,hrive under his cultivation are ilnpor
ant integers in this sum of observation
md growth. Daily life should add to
Tally growth in knowledge of every
thing about US that ministers to our
comfort or profit. Too much practical,
technical and critical knowledge of the
habits, growth, natural history and
functions of plants cannot be obtained
by the man whose prosperity is depen-
lent upon successful production. These
objects should be as well known as the
alphabet-as easily read at the different
stages Of growth, and their condition as
surely interpreted. .Na
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TROUBLE AT THE MINES.

Serious Disturbance Between the
Strikers ind Workers-Sherif's Posse
Proceeding to the Scene-Iively Work
Anticfpated-A War or Races.
WILKEsBARRE, Pa, Oct. s, 1874
disturbance occurred among the miners at
Moosic. about fifteen miles from this city, to-day,
which threatened to be followed by serious out
break, and, perhaps, loss Of life before 1t is
The mine is leased and worked by the Hillside
Coal Company, and the trouble has been created
from q demand by some OF the men that the boss
OF the collery, who is Welshman, should be dis
charged. The company refused to be coerced In
the matter, and some eighty Of the workmen came
ont Of the mine. leaving their implements behind
them. The company then issued an order that the
tools be taken IRON the works and the dissatisfied
miners would be paid or ana discharged. After
some delay the strikers complied with the order
and received the money due them up date.
They then made demonstrations to prevent other
vereiy beat, perhaps fatally one man who at
tempted to do so.
MORE SERIOUS MANIFESTATIONS
are anticipated in the morning when the men
willing to 90 to work attempt to enter the mine.
Sheriff whitaker has been telegraphed to but he
Is absent from the city, and the duty of maintain
Ing the peace Will devoive upon his deputies.
Is looked for. very bitter feeling has been en-
gendered among the men who are disposed to
work ana the strikers, which is intensified by
question Of nationality, the opposing factions be-
Ing Weshmen and lrishn.en. war OF races
seems to be imminent IN this quarter just now.