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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27
MODERN ROBBERS.

He has no dark lantern, swash buck
Ter boots, horse pistols, black mustache
and husky voice He is altogether a
much meaner person. He dresses well
walks along the street, betrays a
sympathetic interest in same fallen
horse, and gently. appropriates the
watch of a py.standcr. He goes to
flower shows and slips ladies purses
out of their pockets-exoept in the
case of those ladies' who keep their
money loose and humorously put in
their pocket, to deceive the thief, a
cake of Brown Windsor soap, neatly
tied up in silk: Even when the rob-
bers these degenerate days combine
in gangs they seldom do anything
picturesque. To commit series of
forgeries on large scale has nothing
melodramatic about it. Perhaps one OF
the most theatrical forms of ordinary
thieving, however, has just been dis
covered at Antwerp, where the rob
bers appear to have called. themselves
the Cheyaliers of the, Mint On the
quays of the Antwerp, as every one
knows, there are generally to be found
large quantities of merchandise await
ing shipment. Itswas the, habit.o the
chevaliers to appoint one of their. mum
Der to treat the night Waterman to
drink, and then, when he became i'll
sensible, the Iothers made their APP
pearance and helped themselves to
bales of cotton or sacks of grain. The
plan was successful for a much longer
periodthan could have been expected
One might have fancied that the con
slant potations Of the night wachmar
would produce a color on his nose that
would suggest inquiry; to say nothing
of the suspicious that ought to have
occurred to that thirsty official. himself
1t was not, we are told, anti the
chevaliers had carried off above f1,0OC
worth of merchandise that the good
folks of Antwerp bestirred themselves
and found out the trick. 1t was, after
all, shabby trick, 1t was not much
better than the manipulation of the
three: cards with which speculative
ploughboys are robbed of their six
pences. 1t was about as mean a form
ofplunder as that practiced by gentle
men who have no ostensible means Of
! livelihood, and who, by a series. Of
dexterous changes of address, and with
the aid Of a plausible manner, succeed
in getting half the tradesmen of s
particular town to contribute to their
support. London Nesos,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27
Moral Suasien IN Schools.

The attempt to substitute moral
suasion for corporal punishment in the
government of pupils in the public
schools of Chicago has been. entirely
successful. The report of the School
Board dwells upon this fact with
pardonable compIacency. Last year
there were fewer suspensions in pro-
portion to the attendance than ever
before. Nine schools, having an
average attendance of $500, report no
suspension and no corporal punishment.
Six schools, with an attendance of
$500, report one suspension each.
There is. no department in the city
administration which. has more clearl,
established its claims to the confidence
of the public than the School Board
Even its mistakes have been honest A
comparison Of !, the Chicago schoo'
system to that Of any other city in the
country would not put us to shame
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

Here is the wall and, the warning of
an unhappy Nebraskan: "b,n't come
to Nebraskas Don't allow any one to
come here. because it is Ii IL here in
the shape of l,.34,57s,soo,oo 3,ooo,ooo,-
900, ool, grasshoppers! There has
been light wheat harvest, aid now
every piece Of corn and potatoes is
ruired. Dave Hill lost his entire crop
of corn-atout fifty acres in all, Smith
has lost all but two acres of corn. The
fact is, desolation reigns supreme in the
fields. There is a fair prospect of want
for the holnesteadcrs, and, likely, star
walton for. some. shonld ike to oor-
row 800 Of some one that we might
&c %. the intending dooin'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

mia YIi1yo now wall a1uanpaA IN vtaArA
h;,,so,f hao~ .n,,h. of .h..,-v;x;,a
family TIA, unon the 1sea.r,,e,;on Of
th,;r s.ala ona tha aaath of. ,b.;r
obief haa vonaerea awav from tho old
n,an,a ton A, The timo mentioned.
,.h.n 10 -, Nv, ;, ,,,.r,.,oth aonas,r;.n on
,ar.,;.o ,ras - on,o,.a; NV in
K.rsoa . ,,ooT,, arsasaa bol,ow cbesk.
ad mon an,,,;ed far some =, unskil,ed EN-
n,o ., y, .t,ort the tents
..y.,,,r mono. ss.;1 ~. rich Snowman
sis Birmingham y /.
,rhe,e coa,d Il. Int ono .nswer reluc-
t.,,tlv given ;,,p, -
Eyes.
with strange look the rich proprie-
tor ,erasped both hands of the other in
his Own ,.,.
.Tbon sad he vo,, are the SOC. of
tho hest man that ever. lived. and /
thank God that YOU have come to share
in all that vour father has a mortgage
mo, for eternity Take nv tent. nv
reon,e NV horses nv bank book, and
tben voul inst have the interest of the
ono nnpa;d debt of nv life"
Here was good feeling and no mis-
take-the kind of feeling that needs
same sort of une xpectedness of origin
to make It nerfectlv sublime, and lust
enouob Of the. conmopness Of common
not,res abont i 70 eyouse natures com.
r,o,, NOV IF betr.v;no is s;nn,a effect
Nv 80 wan cr;sa ovor eaob otbe,
u;thon+ 81 tiba s,;abtest reoard to sex and
thon +he sont1hberner hooo.d Of; 90 vol,
o. no cor,d IL it;nal,v consent;no to o.
49, ~ ~. - O. ooo e.
tha nnr.h,so of Tho f,r,,
Tha yanLao wo,,d NOT ID ,.la+ ~ m on
H. - usa h;s on,n nrords cont
hh,a,.r ona .adod ! soason t;o1-o+ -
,hs = ~, for Tho mbo,a fa,n;lv Two
's.a 1o,or ,ho of,.oao;a ant ana ~,
,"h,aa nd .u,;s+oa d.oa ~ tho wood
. ~. WIZ, H. 49,. e
wv -, :, >,
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= -:
;ht oaa ~ norf,,,nanlo ho
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

I WoNT.-A man, looking up from
saving his wood, saw his little son
turning two boys out of the yard
"See here; what are you about, Georges
asked the man. "I'm turning two
swearers, out Of the yard, father said
George. 81 said | would not play with
swearers, and WON'T" That is the
right time and place to say, q won't. u
We, wish every boy would takd the
stand, No play with swearers. ssThou
shalt not take the name of the Lord
thy God in vain.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

"What is this forf' asked the colored
porter at the--Hotel, long Branch.
the other day, holding out twenty
five cent note given him by tho gentle-
man addressed for carrying up his
trunk. 'That," said the gentleman,
takingthe note and putting it back in
his pocket, ''was for your trouble, and
this is for your. impudence," and he
kicked him eleven feet nine inches and
a half into the hall wav!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

A gentleman living on Staunton
river near Carriers Island; Va. reports
that, that section is literally covered
with frogs, varying in'slze fro, grain
of corn to usual size These frosss
jump from the river. on both sides,
striking out through the country for
miles, DESTROYING in ti"ir march the
millions 1T chinch bus that line tho
Il, Ids Gal fro.>
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

Philadelphia gentleman advertises
a soap that is destined to wipe ont the
national debt. There is probably some
''lJ'e" about It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

That ''little birds do in their nests
agree is no credit to the little; hi ds,
because it would never do for them t.
fill out.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27
SHENANDOAH HERALD,
ADVERTISING Rates:

Advertisements will inserted One Dollar q
square Of ten lines,or less, for the first insertion nd
80 celts for each subsequent insertion.
Unless the number OF insertions be marked NJ on
the manuscript, it will be published until forbid
and charged accordingly.
Notices liz the local column will be inserted at
double the advertiser rates.
Advertisements for three tnoaths or longer will
be inserted at lower rates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

Sunday school teacher Gamma,
what must one do in order to be for
given Z Anna-"He. must sim"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

81 come to steal, as the rat observed
to the tEar. "And ! spring to embrace
you, as the trap replied 10 III. rat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

JAS. Fl. WILLIAMS, J.J. "li-LiAH o'
WIN. 7. WILLIAMS.
WILLIAMS BROTHER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
WOODSTOCK. rENANDQAh CO. VA
Practice in the Courts of Shenandoah County
AND -
ATTEND TO THE CoILEcTIoN OF CLAIMS
TN THAT AND ADJOINING COUNTIES.
Neu House-BeSt IN the pdttsy
IL AM nv ! -1' WINCHESTER, VA"
ONE SQUARE FROM DEPOT.
Out fit New from Basement to
Garrett.
OMNIBUS TO HOTEL.
~ NO CHARGE. ,.........1
Good Brick Stable attached
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27

n REEN'S MANSION HOUSE,
VI ALEXANDRIA, VA.
JAMES GREEN. .................P RoPRIEroR.
Is irst-cass hotel in every respect The citizens
Of the valley having bushes in Ae1andria or Washing
agreeable resting place the route it does not
require the early start by several hours from Wash
ington Baltimore Cars and Steamboats, leave Al
exandra for Washington and return every hour from
{ A. M. to TX P. III. Jan. 7-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-08-27
HENRY C ALLEN.
Attorney at Law,
WOODSTOCK,
SHENANDOAH COUNTY VIRGINIA.
aug l4-tf

MOSES WALTON. DAD "a
w ALUM ATTORNEYS AT Law
WOODSTOCK, snEN. CO,,VA.
rx- MOSES WALTON also practices in the Coun-
ties Of Page. warren and Rockingham. :. c....
Having qualified in the District ana oreu .red ta
nrosecute claims in said Courts. Giving specai ss.eu
ton to cases IN Bankruptcy. oeo Il
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
pdp'e. You had better pocket your

pd6pe. You had better pocket your
loss and keep your mouth shut
Joseph, is very happy in these retorts.
We remember how in 1870 he charged
the then editor of the Pioneer, with
having received $4,000 of the corrup-
ton fund Of the Republican party, as a
reward for selling out the Democratic
party. Carver came back at him, very
much as Joseph has retorted on the De-
troit Record, "Prove your charge
we defy you And Joseph couldn't
without exposing his own friends; and
SO he sucked his thumb while demure-
~; and then said gently to Carver, 'syou
select referee, and I will select one,
and those two will select third; let them
sit with closed doors and promise not
to divulge the evidence presented, and
l engage to prove that you, Carver, did
receive $4,000 Of Republican corrup-
ton money, to pay you for selling out
the Democracy through the influence Of
the Pioneer.''
And Career declined to accept this
uery reasonable proposition, but clam
ored for public proof! Proof, proof,
was what lie wanted. He was savage
for proof!
Let the Record now renew this prop
osition to Joseph.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
MASTERLY.

We admire genius wherever we find
it. The following rehabilitation of
the St. Paul Press is admirable:
''Picayune Hirelings" is good-sounds
we'll But as we read it we reflected. And
rejecting we wondered whether the term
was comprehensive enough to include .
$1,000 P. Q. appointment, or a $50, 600 bride,
and we were compelled to give it up. VIII
the Press tell us.-Detroit Record.
The Press will very cheerfully tell all it
knows about q 81 900 P. 0. or "a $50, 900
bribe," provided the Record will be little
more explicit and tell exactly what it means
bv $4,000 bride Who was bribed with
SO, OO0, and who did the bribing7 Let Us
unearth the wickedness thus mysteriously
limited ats Who is the corrupt rascal that
bribed somebody with 81, 000s Come now,
Mr.. Record, no lodging. Let Us have the
facts and the names.
Now, when it is remembered tina. the
corrupt rascal that bribed somebody
with $4,000" is Bill King, the candi-
date Of the Detroit Record for Con.
gress; and that the Record can't prove
its charge against Jo., without proving
it against Bill King at the same time.
the full beauty of the foregoing admir-
able retort will be seen. It is superb.
Our admiration is, however, sea-
soned By the reflection that, as a de-
fence, it is not original. 1t HIS been
for years resorted to in our great cities,
in what is known as the s'panel-house
game The woman says, in effect, Il
am aware that have neither virtue nor
reputation; but you can't prove your
charge against me without degrading
yourself; your very association With me
damns you in the eyes Of al decen,
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
CONTROLLING THE RAILR0Aes.

1t is too late, Mr.. Donnelly, to undue the
great wrong that you helped perpetrate on
this suffering community, and it only re-
mains now for you, in your official capacity
in the Senate next winter to stop your war
upon railroads. Earth City Post.
1.-The Republicans are in favor of con-
trolling the Railroads. Of course they
are! Who darcs to say that they are
not the real Autobiography party!
They will take the railroads and shake
them over-well, we need not name the
place
This is the cry we will hear this fall
when they want the peoples votes; and
yet, see how Republican paper abuses
US in the above extract, for helping Gre
ate the public sentiment which eventu-
ated in even the poor, defective law of
last winter. We wish our readers could
sec how almost every Republican paper
in the State has copied. approvingly, the
foregoing extract.
Yes: the Republicans are in favor of
controlling railroads;-but in favor of
hanging the men who vote to control
them.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
THE CURRENCY,

We publish elsewhere in this paper
an interesting letter from a leading cit
izen of Rice county, upon subject
hitherto but little discussed in Mime
sofa, although it is deeply agitating
the money centres and the corn pro-
ducing States of the West; we refer to
the currency question. i
We will have something to say upon
it after time. In the meanwhile we
would be glad to have some one. who is
posted on the statistics of the question,
and believes in specie payments, answer
our Morristown correspondent.
Let the debate proceed until the
people get at all the facts. Our friend
is undoubtedly right in one respect
this question Of the currency touches
our prosperity nearly.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
ALITTLE STORY.

Stebbins reminds us, as good old Mr.:
Lincoln would say, of a little story:
In one of the streets of Dublin there
was shop where they dealt in hides
and furs and as sign Of their trade
the proprietors bored an augur hole in
board, and inserted in it calfs tail,
and set the board in the second story
window of the establishment. One day
a half-witted fellow, we'll known TO all
the town, was observed, upon the side
walk, gazing steadily for an hour or
more, at the board and the tail. Final
ly gentleman who knew him, said
s:Well, johnny, what is it that you are
looking at %
81 was wondering said Johnny,
chow that calf ever managed to crawl
through that little hole, and yet hadn t
strength enough left to pull his tail
through after him.
Stebbins says:
Donnelly makes great flourish OF offering
us hundreds of thousands for proving a sim
gle fact. We have the evidence but unfor-
tunately it is priuate correspondence aohich
IRE are not at liberty TO publish.
Oh Steb! Steb! have you crawled
through that hole and left your tai
sticking out that way. Pull it through
Steb !-pull it through if it cracks your
back bone!
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
JENNISON AGAIN.

We are told that s'the ass knoweth
his masters stall" Jennison is de-
Tending Joseph.
And in his defense he says Of us:
awe congratulate him on his progress.
Last February he would have insisted on re-
ferring il to his own committee on pine
lands"
Now, Jennison, We will give you
credit for one hundred dollars, on that
four hundred you owe us, if you will
establish the tact that we ever had any.
thing referred to the pine land investi'
eating committee, except the question
Of the sale of the pine lands. You have
the Journals Of the Senate and the news.
paper reports.
Come now, put your fnger.-we beg
pardon, your hoof,-on the facts. and
the date, and We will worship you a.
another big-eared Budha.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
The Jersey City Scandal.

The excitement in Jersey City in ref
crence to the death of Miss Mary POM
eroy is increasing. Her ante-mortem
statement that Rev. Mr.. Glendenning is
the father of her child, gains almost
universal credence, and he is bitterly
denounced on all sides. Mrs. Miller,
the girls aunt, with whom she lived,
says shortly before her death she con-
fided to her and her husband, the follow
ing statement: ''One night after I found
that I was in trouble, and after the
matter had been all talked over between
Mr.. Glendenning and myself, and he
had assured me everything would be
made right, meaning as supposed he
would marry me; Mr.. Glendenning
came in the parlor | was seated by
the door; he approached the table and
after few pleasant words had passed
between us he said to me: "Mary have
you pen and ink I want you to write
something for me. You know what a
scrape am in and want you to shield
me, for if this thing comes out | am a
ruined man. Then he began to die.
tate something for me to write, and /
refused to do it, because it was false.
He then drew . revolver from his peck
ct and told me must write it. l was
very much frightened. and all seemed
dark and blank to me. | wrote what
ever he told me, but what it was I can
not tell, except that it was something
to shield him and set him right before
the public and church. I signed my
name to the paper" and tits now in his
possession, it is supposed, The paper
alluded to is supposed to he the evi.
dence upon which Glendenning mainly
relied for defense.
New YORK, Aug. 24.-Mr. Glenden.
ming, the Jersey City pastor, who left
there about the time Of Mary Pomeroy's
funeral, returned Saturday night, and il
is understood announces his intention
to meet all the charges against him.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
NOW YOU SEE 1T, AND NOW YOU
DON'T.

Jennison denies in answer to our
charge that his printing bill really did,
no doubt,-reduce the
cost Of the public printing. He says ::
By these changes considerably less paper
will be used, some less presswork will be re-
quired, and little fat is cut out of one item
OF the first class Of printing, but the rate Of
compensation is not changed for any kind Of
work performed.
'sLcss paper is used" but that saves
the State nothing, for less paper costs
as much as more paper.
s'Less presswork will be required. =
But that saves the State nothing; for,
according to Jennison, the less work
you have the more work you pay for.
"a little fat is cut out but that
saves the State nothing, for the less you
pay the printers for fat matter the
more you pay them for fat matter;
which is as clear as mud.
And all this is done to save himself
from paying US the $500 he owes us |!
Poor Jennison.
We would suggest to Governor Davis
that he board up the windows Of the
Secretary Of States Office, and keep
Jennison from thrusting his great head
out and attracting the attention Of
mankind by his sonorous bray ings.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
AN ORIENTAL WAR.

China and Japan have gotten into a
middle about the island of Formosa,
lying in the China sea, with an area of
$4,000 square miles, about PAS miles
long and 100 wide at it's broadest part.
It belongs to China, forming part Of
the province of Fokien, distant about
30 miles. It takes its name from Port
ugese word, signify ing ''beautiful"
from the appearance of the
declivities of the mountains covered
with luxuriant trees and pasture
grounds. It has population estimated
at 100000 consisting of different
tribes but with the same characteristics.
They are the descendants in part Of
the followers of the great pirate
Coxinga who expelled the Dutch and are
pirates, cannibals and savages.
For years they have been the
terror Of the China sea.
The origin of the present
difficulties consists in an expedition fitted
out by Japan to punish the inhabitants
Of the island for their repeated acts Of
piracy and to obtain some guaranty for
the future. The island may be said to
be independent Of China although as =
matter CT fact it belongs to the Chinese
Empire, for the reason that the Chinese
government has ceased to exercise any
control over the island or to hold itself
responsible for the lawless acts Of the
inhabitants.
No sooner, however, had Japan en-
tered upon the expedition in the in
terests Of it's own and the commerce Of
the world, than China asserted her an
cient rights and ordered the japanese
government of. A collision will de-
pend on Japan's action in the matter.
| Really the Island Of Formosa is land
| of pirates and outside of the law of ma
lions. IF China, at this late day,
assumes the responsibility, Japan,
aided by Christian nations, should COM
pei the Chinese Empire to restrain her
piratical subjects from depredations on
! the commerce of the world.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
New BeoIks

We have received from the popula,
bookseller. F. A. Taylor, Third street
st. Paul, a copy Of "The Great Con.
versers,' by Professor Mathews Of the
University of Chicago. It is an admi-
rable work, full of thought and informa-
ton; perfect compendium Of literary
gems. In this age of trash it is delight
full to find oneself carried back to ssthe
wells of English undefiled," and to
commune once more with the grand old
masters
Whose distant footsteps echo,
Through the corridors of time"
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1874-08-27
TRY ANOTHER DOCTOR.
The Pioneer says

The Pioneer says:
"Ottawa farmers don't like the railroad
tariff adopted by the State Commissioners.
1t costs them So. 80 more to ship car load
of wheat from that place to st. Paul THAI it
did before. The people are ready. to let the
railroads run their own business hereafter"
Not at all. If Mr.. Blakely was sick,
nigh unto death, and they called in a
quack to prescribe for him; and he got
no better fast, would he say, ''better let
Death run his own business hereafter -
No; he would. change his doctor
That 5 what the people propose to do
Having failed to find relief at the hands
Of the Republican quack they will cal
in an Anti Monopoly physician.