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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09

49, AGAINST
jacob A. Hottie, committee administrator Of Chas
Ryan decd, Mary Ryan widow Of Chas. Ryan decd +,
Soha Ryan, Joseph Ryan, Samuel Lindamood and
To Complt. and Defts: and all others con-
eerned a S creditors OF Chas. Ryan, decd.
Take notice that l have fixed upon Tuesday
tho l2th day OF October 1875, at my office to
execute decree of the Circuit Court of
Shenandoah county rendered at its August
Term 1875 in this cause requiring one OF the
commrs. Of said court:
list. To take an account Of all the debts
against the estate of Char les Ryan decd.
I'd. Ts take an account OF the real estate
whereof said Cha rles Ryan died seized and
possessed, its gross and annual value.
Sd. To ascertain and report the age of sal
Mary Ryan III vIBw to ascertain the sum in
gross that may be due her in lieu Of Dover
should she elect to receive il.
Ath. To S te, settle and adjust the account
OF J. A. Hottie, committee admir-. of Chas.
9yah decd and any other matter he may deem
perIinent, or thu either party may require
when and where you are required to attend.
Given under my hand as comnli ssoner in
chancery of said court the day ard year first
above written.
Williams Bro. Attys. Sept. 9-4w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
New Advertisements.
DROPOSALS.

VJRUPUSALS. -. -. :, = -.
l. having purchased the Rdnburs Mill
Property, 1t IL my Intention to- thoroughly remodel
it. Sea lied proposals win be received for the lumber
masonry, and millwr1Rht work nnsfl the hfst Of Oc
tober. Any Information desired by parties making
proposals viii be furnished by Mr.. @. G. Holdings
worth who Is duly authorized BY me as my agent.
Mr. Hollinqsworth will be found At the mills.
sent 9-4w ELLwOOD P. DANIELS.
Democrat aud Winchester News copy and ssnd bill
TO HgRALp QfRse,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
THE LATEST.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 3.-The result
of the election in this city is still IN
decided. The manner in which the
ballots have been counted render any
estimate difficult until the vote is
further canvassed. Page (rep.) is
probably elected to Congress IN the
second district. No returns have been
received to-day to modify previous
reports.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
GERMAN SMITH,
Winchester, Va.
A THE GREAT CAUSE OF
HUMAN MISERY.

Just published IN q scaled envelope. Price SIX cts.
"A LECTURE on the Nature. Treatment, and Rsdi-
Hcal cure of Seminal Weakness, or Spermatorrhoes
induced by self-Abuse Inveluntary Emissions, I'm
potency Nervous Debility and IInpcdinents to Mar
rage generally Consumption, Epilepsy and Fits,
Mental and Physical Incspacity, &c.-by RODENT
J.. CULYERWELL, NJ. BY au:hor of the cor n
Book" &c.
The world-renowne6E acshor IN ta,s admirable Leo
ture clearly from hfs experience that the
awful consequences OF Self-Ab1se may be efectually
removed without medicine, and without dangerous
surgical operatiors bogies, Instruments, rings,
cordals pointing e1s as cert ain and eff
feetual, by which every SUFFERER no matter what His
condition may b., may hiuefs cheaply, privste
ly and radically
fs- Thisleetafre will prove boon to thousands
and thousand.
Sent under seal, in psin envelope to any sddresa
postpaid on receipt of six cents.
Address the Publishers,
CHAS. J. 6. KLINE d CO.,
1877 Bowery, New Yorh. Post off,ce Box, 1850.
April Is lS75-y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
EAL ESTATE FOR SALE.

TEAL ESTATE FOR SALE.
/ hereby offer at private sale my land con.
sisting of
TWENTY NINE ACRES,
within the corporation OF Woodstock. will
sell the catife track or will divide into lots
of eigirtcer and eleven acres each. The above
will be sol upon FAVORABLE TERMS and
at reasonable R.ures.
), L. HFMSTIEET.
Aug. l9th-4t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
TEE ysE CHARLEY EOss ABDUCTION TRIAL
wEs"gaYELT's STATEMENT.

PHILADELPHIA, September 2.-At
ten O'Clock this morning the trial OF
Westervel, was resumed. Robert w.
Leslie testified as follows am on the
editorial staff Of the Public Ledger; |
was present at a statement made by
the prisoner al the central station some
time last spring; Capts. Wood aud
Hines, Mr.. Ross and Mr.. Lewis were
present, and late in the evening Mr..
Alexander Scott; / went there as a
short hand reporter, at the order Ut MIR
Mexican, to report to Mr.. Ross there !;
| first saw Mr. Ross, and was taken mp
stairs, where I saw the prisoner;
don't know whether he was i'll custody
! [ don't know whether any promise or
inducemtht was made to prisoner;
Mr.. Lewis, Capt. Hines and Captain
Wood questioned him; the statements
were never published !; | handed them
to Mr.. Mexican.
| Capt Hines swori.-1 was present
at both statements made by prisoner IN
| April last at the central station; no
threats, or promise or iDducement was
| held ont to him before he IT AIDE that
statement I told him that the grand
inry had found true bill against him ;
that a bench warrant had been sent>out
against him by an officer Of the court,
and told him l made no statement,
promise or inducement, and he was
| free TO say anything or nothing, as he
saw fit; 1 don't think | could have
said anything more distinctly TO any
one.
| Westervelt listened intently to every
word, leaning forward on the railing OF
his desk with an interest greater than
any he has shown before. Mrs. West
erwelt shared her husbands concern
about the document, never taking hel
eye from the reader until he had flu
ished.
The declaration is voluminous, GOV
ering about one hundred pages o.
foolscap paper. The statement was
taken from Westervelt in April, and
occupied an afternoon and evening, 6
portion of the interview being carried
on in Lieut.. CIRCUITS private office IL
the police station, and the remainder il
the chiefs private Office. From the
character and length of the declaration
it is evident that he was by no means
reticent, but on the contrary told many
things that convinced his hearers of al
intimate relation between the kidnapp
ers and himself His trip up the Nortl
river to Rondout in the boat, the in
tention of committing burglary at tina
place on the part of bis associates, ant
the subsequent abandoning Of the plan
at his urgent solicitation, show evi
IDENTIFY that be was cognizant of thei
operations and a companion with then
in their crooked work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1875-09-09
Williams s. Bro. Atfys.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICE,
~ Woodstock Sept 9Th 1878.
Jacob Pence assignee Of o. c. Billings. Conplt
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
The Bursting of the Car.

AN Italian correspondent OF the New
ark AdcerttSer writes: Of all the cere-
monies of Holy Week the ScOppio del
Caro- bursting of the carr is Of most
interest to the Tuscan peasant. On Sat.
with gilt and colored paper, and drawn
flowers, stands between the Duomo and
the Baptistery. The great central doors
of the cathedral are thrown wide open; in
front of the altar under the dome is
placed pillar, from the TOP of which a
rope passes down the nave and out to
the great triumphal car in the piazza be-
fore the church. On this rope and close
to the pillar Isl a white dove. At twelve
o'clock the bell of the Campanile breaks
the spell which for forty-eight hours has
rested on every church bell in the city,
and following in its wake come peals
from all the tongues which have been
keeping silent because Christ is dead.
There is q law which imposes fine OF
ten scudi-ten dollars in gold-upon any
church whose bell strikes before that
of the cathedral tower. At the
first stroke the dove-an ingenious
piece of 'fireworks-comes whizZing
down the rope and out to the Caro-,
where it ignites the hidden trains of
powder, and again whiZzes back into
the church. Explosions from the car
follow each other in rapid succession,
the air is full of flying bits of paper
and the smell of powder, and thousands
of people are looking on with breath
less interest, because, as the dove HES
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Remarkable Preservation o: Life.

A STRANGE story of the preservation of
life under circumstances which seemed
to render death inevitable comes from
Nevada. In a secluded mountain vale
two friends were hunting game. They
had killed a large cinnamon bear and
dragged it to the hut they had made
their headquarters. One of the party
had the misfortune to accidentally send
an ounce ball through his heel, shatter-
ing it to fragments. They hurried back
to the hut. The nearest settlement was
forty miles off, and so weak was the
wounded man from loss of blood that to
ride it was out o. the question. His
friend resolved to leave him and bring,
as speedily as possible. the medical as
sistance which seemed imperatively nee
essary. Leaving the unfortunate man
two days provisions and tucking him
into q bunk in ; the most comfort
able way possible the friend rode of.
A tremendous snOw-storm set in, and
though, with a doctor, he made superhu-
man efforts to return, he was unable to
do so. The idea that he must leave his
scempanion to die of cold and starvation
nearly crazed him, but to reach him was
a. hysical impossibility, and reluctantly
he abandoned the attempt, resolving,
however; TO deccntly inter his bones in
the spring when the trail would be passa-
BILE, Seven weeks afterward party OF
the unhappy captiye's friends set out to
bury him. They arrived at the cabin
and were met by the man himself. BE
had nearly recovered from the wound,
which he had kept dressed with sHow
until modification had Misrepresentation
provisions he had the raw bear meat,
and though the cold was intense his OWN
clothing and a double supply Of blank
cts had skept.him from freezing. ssty
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

She looked up into his face with a pit
II never lied to you," said she. "You
know that"
He grew whittier still.
?" told you a man would lose his soul
for such love as mine" said he. Did
you think those were idle words?"
Then he plunged his hand into his boz
som, and the next instant q letter, with o
red seal, lay in Jessie's lap.
I've made you happy, and now I'll
CO." he said " Fairjohu, l stole that
letter month ago off the counter yon-
der. knew who wrote it at a glance"
and then the door closed behind him
and he was gone.
But Jessie had torn open the letter and
never looked after him.
And these were the words she read,
old Fairjohn reading over her shoulder:
ABOARD THE SILVER STAR.-Jessie, dar-
ling: / don't know what makes me believe
that I shall find you mine still after all these
years, but something does.
Five of US were cast on a desert island'
when the Sphynx went down. The two yet
alive were taken off 1t yesterday in skins,
with our boards to our knees. We must go
to England frst-then home. Jessie, Jessie,
If do not ind you as left you shall go
mad. Your husband. CHARLES LESTER.
! And so Jessie's letter had come ut last
And as John Fairjohn looked into her
face he saw how angels looked in Para
disc -
And job. Job was found drowned in
the Kill the next morning. Jessie never
knewit perhaps, for she and her boy
were on their way to New York to meet
the Silver Star when 1t made port,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
The Trade In Hair.

49,
A WRITER says: The immense expan,
sion of the trade in hair during recent
years is scarcely conceivable. At the
beg. inning of the present century it was
considered disgrace 70 wear false hair.
To-day the sdetestable fashion has ex-
tended even to the most pa try village.
As late as the year 1850 one pound of hair
cost four francs. Scarcely had the EN-
press Eugenie attained the imperial dig
nifty than the price rose to eight francs
and ten francs per pound. In the year
1866 the fashion grew into an epidemic,
and spread beyond the boundaries of
France. The German young ladies for
sock the national custom of long and
beautiful plaits in order, like their French
sisters, to burden their heals with
steeples of hair In 1865 the price rose
to twenty francs, ID 1887 to thfty.dve
francs, in 1888 to forty-five francs and
in 1870 to fifty-fixes francs per pound.
This last is the. price of "unprepared"
hair; prepared" costs double and treble
as much. The finest hair comes from the
heads of the dead women of Brittany
and Auvergne. When, In either of these
places, a girl or woman of middle age
dies the hair is cut eff and, turned into
money. The hair of the living, however,
fetches better price, and sometimes
blonde m aidensz receive as much as
1900 or 1900 francs for their ,tresses.
Since the war the ladies have moderated
their demands and regarded " it'll less
favor this hateful fashion, to which the
physicians attribute SO many nervous
disorders and brain feyers. 49,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Orerdressed Schoolgirls.

= An American family, in which were
several girls, came to i've id this city
some time last year. The parents han 4
moved in o good circle, and had
been held inscensiderable esteem in the
town where they previously resided.
They were respectable but not rich.
When living comfortably. they refused
to spend more than they could afford to
dressss In short tine the eldest girl,
who was about thirteen or fourteen years
of age, and very anxious to go on with
her education, became, a pupil at one of
the public schools. She remained there
only few weeks, being fairly driven
away by the taunts and sneers which
were leyeled at her on account of her
homely apparel. After short interval
she tried another school, but with the
same result. She was avoided by the
other girls, treated%with neglect and
superciiousness, and at last was obliged
to leave. The consequence was that
neither she nor her sisters attended any
school, and thus for thersake of an I'M
seemly abuse, which it is the interest of
every body to put down, the education of
those children ceased.-Neao FORK Times.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
Oranges In Florida.

ONE side of story is good until you
have heard the other side. We denied
the statement of a correspondent OF our
morning contemporary who-that is, the
correspond that oranges in
Florida remained on the trees for o year,
fresh and delicious at the end of the year
as when. they first ripen. And now,
comes an entirely reliable gentleman
who says: > =
"You doubt the statement of Florida
correspondent about ripe oranges hang
ing on the tree without decay for year.
As have spent three winters in Florida
allow me to say that correspondent is
right. /, myself, have eaten sweet
oranges that have hung on the tree the
year round, and have eaten sour
oranges that have hung On a tree fortwo
summers. These oranges that SO hung
are good, sound, juicy fruit. This was
on Dunn's Lake. Florida oranges that
hang after the new crop starts lose their
juice, which returns to the tree, and in
the fall fill up with the juice like the
new crop."-Cleveland Ohio Herald.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15

study geology you will understand it and
learn great many other interesting
things.
But these fossils, as they are called,
which are found in the rocks, are not
really more interesting than the rocks
themselves. For every rock, stone or
pebble on the earth has been made to
undergo some wonderful changes. Every
lump of coal was once part of a tree in
an ancient forest. All limestone has
been formed from shells by the ocean
which broke and ground them up until
they became dust, which was afterwards
hardened to stone. Many beautiful
churches and dwellings are partly built
of a sort of stone which was once moth
ing but sand. Other kinds Of rock were
formerly clay. Some owe their origin to
living things, such, for instance. as coral,
which Is made by little insect. And
very large number were made to take
their present form by great fires inside
the earth, which melted older rocks,
sometimes changing them to marble,
granite, ETC., and Sometimes pouring
them out through the craters of volcanoes
in the form of lava.
These changes which have beea TAX
ing place ever since the foundation of
the world haze often given the rocks
very. strange shapes and peculiar aspects.
Very often they look just as if they had
been put together by men, and ignorant
people have often believed that such was
the case. The "Giant's Causeway," on
the coast of ireland, looks like
the beginning Of great bridge
made of stone columns, extending
out into the sea, and many of the people
in the neighbofhood still believe IL was
made by a race of giants who intended
making a bridge or causeway all the way
across to Scotland. On the shore of the
island of Stsffa, near the coast of Scot
land, there is a great cavern which some
people supposed to have been the palace
of an ancient Scottish chieftain named
Fingal, and 80 it has been named s Fin-
gals Cave"
Many other strange formations of
rocks, which look like very large build
ings, have been found in our own conn
try and in other parts of the world. And
they really are buildings, too but not
such as are made by the hands of men.
The Great Creator made them in carry
ing ont the wonderful plan which causes
the universe to be governed. And even
II the study OF geology-by means Of
which wes may understand all these
g stories of the rocks"-were not useful
In any other way, it would be of great
benefit to US by helping us to see and
feel the wisdom and power of Him who
has made and NOW preserves the world
in which we liye.-W. W.-Crane, tn
Hearth and Aon,ess szz-s~-i
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
AsHumane Medical Operation.

An incident rejecting credit upon the
humanity of me 1ical students lately
came to light during an inquest held on
the. body OF policeman, at Birmingham,
England. The man had been stabbed in
the neck during a street riot, and was
taken to the Queens Hospital. The
wound had punctured the internal ca
rotid artery, causing perilnus etfusion
of blood. After consultation the sur
geons decided to try to reduce and regu
late the flow of blood by digital com
preston of the common carotid artery,
instead of resorting to danger
GUS operation. The hospital students
volunteered to perform the delicate and
arduous duty. A ward was cleared for
the patient, and for thirty-three hours
the students took turns in holding the
artery close with their fingers. The
work of compression was then dfscon-
tinued for a time, as the, patient de-
manded rest. 1t was afterward resumed
for period of seventeen hours. The
effort proved anavailing; it bee anne nee
essary-to tie the artery, and after the
operation the patient died.
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
MasgIe's Troubles.

THE first real spring day had come and
Maggie felt as happy as bird. Every
body was unusually pleasant. at break
fast, as everybody is apt to be on the
first clear morning after several days of
rain.s The older folks swent.to drive,
leaving Maggie and her cousin in the
back parlor, each BUSY in her own way.
The sound of a carriage made them run
to the window in time to see two ladies
on the STEP
=" oh, dearl dearl Mrss Delaney and her
daughter are at the door," exclaimed
Maggie, putting the chairs straight and
pushing her scraps into the closet
There, all is in beautiful order, " she
cried.
9 Except thst closet" said her cousin,
as out tumbled q work basket, story
book, pair of stockings and even an old
calico apron. ezs As-,. ~ =
gle, pushing them in, pe1l-mell, and turn
Ing the key By this time. the ladies were
in the room. After q short chat Mrs.
Delaney spoke of wishing to see an old
family portrait that hung in Mageie's
ROOM. Msggie,s heart beat quick ut this;
for she remembered that in Der haste to
get tosa pleasant piece of work she had
left her room in disorder She excused
Emily and herself moment, SO that the
TWO ran dp-St8ffS 20 tuIue5o ukts3-
gle threw her clothes into her wardrobe,
big trunk, and under her bed, till really
there was no Yelling where anything
could be found when wanted. 80.
"There" she cried, looking pleased,
+" we have done wonders; Mrs: Delaney
wiilssee all neatp Emily said nothing,
only pitied Maggie because she would
have such hard time to ind her things
e /" Your room Il in perfect order" said
Mrs Delaney .sapproyingly. Maggie
looked pleased; but Emily thought,
.sWlat would she think If shescnuld look
into those closetsi" When. the visit.
was over, Maggie couldn't find her
patches. n Us fss.7S'sz
50 You put them in that closet" said.
Emily. After some trouble Maggie
found them, but they were covered with
ink She remembered that she had left
the ink in the closet, instead of returning
IL TO it's place on the study table. That
-was the end of the patch! Next. she
couldn,t tell where she had put her
worsted work well, she would finish "a
certain story book; but no, it couldn't be
found, Finally she asked Emily to take
4 walk. Now the trouble was to get her
hat and shawl out of the con fused mass.
The hat was ruined, and the shawl too
much tumbled to wear that day.-Chitd's
World -z-sssessisS 49,
American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1875-05-15
INDUSTRIAL.

49,
FIFTY-sEyEN manufacturing establish
ments were erected in Louisville, KY,
last year. - sfs Sass gss-
/ HOES new web press prints,a contin-
Gus roll -oK web of paperson both sides at
the rate of 10000 or $4,000 copies an
hour.
The Coates thread manufacturers of
Scotland have about $1,000, 600 invested
in mills between Pawtucket and Central
Falls, r. L. S-5sSsss 20 = rss-e
THE mills at lewiston, Nc, supply
employment to s, 54 operatives, and pro-
duce annually manufactured products to
the value of SO, 100000.
TIE Philadelphia. Commercial List
states that there is no city in the Union
that felt the late financial disturbances
less than Philadelphia, and none show
to-day more marked evidences of. re-
turning. prosperity and progress.
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND brushes are
manufactured at Reading, Pa, annually,
of all kinds and grades, from the small
artists brush up to cotton factory
brushes, and ranging in price from a
penny to forty dollars. tt-
A SHORT time since two or three score
of young girls at work in the cotton
mills in Allegheny struck, and retired
to a Loard pile in the neighborhood.
They were let alone, and the next morn
ing all were at work again.
No FOREIGN rails either of iron or steel
were imported at New York during the
first quarter of the present year ending
March 81. The imports of pig iron at
the same port during the same time
amounted to only 4,310 tons.
TIE recent advance in oils has given
n inn, lCn To y>,,es
at New Bedford, and several vessels are
fitting for the Atlantic and Pacific whal
ing grounds. There are sixty-one vessels
now in the business there, with a ton
mage OF, about 1900; twenty-seven
of these operate on foreign waters,
twenty-one in the Atlantic Ocean, and
the balance are in port.
CONCERNING the coal strike and the
supply of fuel in Philadelphia a CORE
spondent says: (" Here we have the largest
manufacturing city in the world with
positively no. more than three weeks
supply of coal on hand, even for house
hold uses. From the interior the most
reliable Information exisss that few if
any of the furnaces and other iron works
have any fuel, evtn for present uses,
while their previous production has been
seriously interfercd with"
A WOODEN ship can now be built as
cheaply in the United States as in any
other country 1t is stated that the cost
of spruce vessel built in any of the
yards of the British provinces would
reach $52 gold per ton, and in the yards
of Maine $50 to $65 per ton, the mate
rial used being white oak and pitch pine,
conceded by all shipping men to be vast
ly superior TO spruce. At Bremen or
Hamburg, owing to the trouble with the
workmeD and the scarcity of timber, il
would cost 800 gold per ton to build a
vessel