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GAMING HOUSES
TUE POLICE REPORTS,

/ TUE POLICE REPORTS.
There having been a great deal said about tht
existence OF gambling houses and oper
| defiance Of the laws regarding gambling
IN this city, practiced, it was alleged,
With the full knowledge OF the no.
lice authorities the General Superintendent re.
quested reports from the various officers under
his Charge. Capt. Buckley says:
can Inform you upon reliable information from
hn My sesgsans and police officers detailed on gam
nllpe nouses and also from the patroImen trayel-
Ing beats that there no public gambling houses
running in the FIRST Precinct at the present
fnr ne' ao,s nor +,oa nave there been any running
ny charge to arrest all such houses If found runa M
aee pef tat aRy f ms day or ngh and VII personally
PAGES are Kept closed until further orders, ali
newspaper and outside pazty talk the contrary.
Ihere Is no truth in those statements.
Ats Attached to that report is list OF sixteen
public gaming places that have been broken m
since the 1st OF July. -
), Capt. Ellis, OF the Second Precinct, reports a
list OF eight noted resorts which have been IN
operation until 1ately.-that is, TIL july. BY
nhl9Gsd Gznt "a arrests the proprietors have been
tllcre are still some rooms fitted IN for ram
Captain says: '>~s AA'
can, therefore, report to you upon reliable in
sied op 1o% %y ssssgsants and paromen de-
see 1s1s that there public
me: nor have there been any gambling houses
inning M lor some time past with the exception of
sos. n and " South Halsted street, where thry
tempted to steal game on US. bnt were prompt.
( a<.Hxaea. haye ordered my sergeants and all
~ oce1s IN my charge to arrest all such houses II
fana1a ounu sannng day Or night in accordance With
stanalng order from you to that effect I know
aese neg PLACES are closed, notwithstanding newspa
e. e. aha o1ler talk to the contrary. can assure
oo there Is no truth in their statements.
Capt. Gund, Of the "Nord seite,'' saws: aI
erepy most respectfuliy state that there is not
i ambitne-house at in the Fourth Precinct, aud
eyer has been one to mr knowledge,
Capt johnson, OF the Third Precinct. says.
according to your Instructions, have The
ohor Or to report to you all gambling-louscs in |
e e Third Police Precinct. There IS not eam-
ane,noase ,a IN this precinct, and there have
ne Mayor says that be would be greatly
aised u u anybody having information or proof
a. at g gambling Is being carried on nywhere IN
ls city would communicate rith him, SO that 4!
evil may be eradicated. '''1'
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FIFTH WARD,
, meeting Of the Republican Ward Club will be
0eld ut No. 1ao Archer avenue Monday evening".
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+ Heucf1f aeeee:.1 cneetois o. the Railway Mutual
7esly meeting at the Falmer House last evening.
+,a+ea were present George Q. Manchester, chi
SSo. Saso burlington E Quincy Railroad, Prcsi-
Sentnaen e. p.;,t =; ,FarkeE, Lake Shore &, Michigan
:Saso, s Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad, Treas
1Ha7 A. a IhresheT, Lake Shore s. Michigan
seontnern es,tan Railroad; .. Kenyon. Lake Shore s.
re1ha,gan rh;eaga southern Railroad; H. B. Maxwell,
sIasa, sInleago, Burlington d Quincy Railroad; Z. O.
*s!SsseE!aod. sns Chicago q Alton Railroad; L. 4.
3Assh, Empire Line; c. q. FELTON,, Empire Line.
1ne reports of the Secretary and Treasurer
sEoHea the Association to he In a dourishing
Aai. John Hoffman, Collector for the West
I9xn: up to last evening had gathered in
$3ss, ,O0o- Yesterday was the last day upon
~. mxach taxes could be collected BY him,
M to .ss sss issa lssa 1ns santed dus
time he expects TO prepare the delinouent list.
During next week he will receive any personal
nna fea-estaie taxes which may be handed in.
siton p PtSns dnEtng dhss time vii the
oooks are turned ore. to the County Treasurer,
ABOUT u per cent Of the entire West Town ner.
SON ]ona, IT, tsf has thus far been collected To-ror-
ttr M ana otmsn 40 '1i VII turn over $4,000 to the
<ls' AUG nc VIII make his final settlement with
~, coonty. State, and town on the 1911, fnst
when the Office will be closed. 1'|D 9'st~'
Inc Thirteenth Ward is about II, n.tro +ha
49,. oi new merchant Of capital and ar
Satss., anss. ne has taken store, but has not ret
:.ts Iec.oSo Nhat hne Of business ne viii conduct-
10 !RinuSE reporter who saw him yesterr.ar
1o ~ sis1ed tha; he was not quite sure whether be
s.t'a @ua" eononu pharmacy or q flour and fecd
store- @ ~. VAS" said be. t.educated tn hs % y
,aoa msm engineer, but most Of my lie rrc been =
saa naeneue physician and patent-1iehts canyas-
IT, 80 p most anytaaing comes quite handy in nv
her 70 ses'us "a, pretty sicszy locality round
@ sae cost Of assistance viii be pretty expensiSe
noak II ASKED the reporter tsWcII
1o: bo: :. :; -, kinder @ calculate not,', replied
psnse: 1 thines m 9na mess,i 4oT & II pays Fl dis
about tooth rnshes, and sponges,: md soda.
Fatel' and postsses stanps, and Jou can: aiways
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ing over houses, barus, and havstacss like so
many tcnplns till he reached the Nemoza River.
"hicn nc drank up, believing for more, finally
pef1sning OF exhaustion aud gastric peritoritis
IL was Tor tAtS reason that the honest farmers
OF Nemoza give up the 10.
There is collector in this city Win fee1s
almost sorEv that the Presidential coatest has
peea decided, because while it was pending he
never could lail OF finding his debtor at home
aS , Tas u, t9e seo oway be MANAGED: Suppose he had
u u pli OF $a9.65 to collect from q ~Democrar-
E3Ie1ous!y assuring himself Of Ills VICTIMS NJ
1l1cal a1nliatlons- he woulu proceed to his resi-
nGnee ana ring Justify at the bell. The sound Of
~ onno cautiously turned would be followed by
rs Mr. "hazizname Inf" .tNo, sir.n Knnr.
,ng ,1 .nat on general PRINCIPLES, this was ifc.
the wary collector would proceed: .sCan rn,' rl,
say whe1 he will be tn?' NO, sIr,u ~ a1am un
bnsness @ !! ".snea .s TO see him on very particular
WI take charge Of it, aScver miud' d nerc5 1eas
lnand; Fou might say gentleman from Grams
sy Iafk called to know whether be would nrefnr
t;,ev s,;ts OF Office, and to say that
4La!ian mission: but never 1uind-nr stev 1s ~,
lnlcaRo Is limited: STILL I'm sorry MI tn j.ra -
seen Your husband" Here q significant co,,ee
the oe o 1eaa from the top Of the stairs Where
}our pardon, then" replies the wonanS h-aos
t1.ss ts 'aao . sunny smile Of welcome Nfou are
.ne gentleman mv husband exuected. ana I,e
sa,o sa,s ns %ould not be at hone to any one tut
you. Please walk In. He viii be down IN Tus
moment" As the noreltsts say, We viii draw
ven orer the scene that cnsued. Since the " r..
c;sass however, this trick doesn't work az
@ uccessIniiy Is It used to, aud, as the Collecror
ays with tears in his eyes. he has to resnrI to
ae ;nat ppeKei,pook 3 tIick. Wheu the usual oues.
ions eo nave been asked and answered in the ne9-
lsen an ns says, taking out q roll OF ercenbaeEs,
-, am aI sof7S, Tor wanted to see lin about :
" that has been running long time. and tl,t
.;a eaHed to sec about settling with hirn.n ali
a1s Is strictly true. and it generally nrovea a
~ Aliing bait for debtors who themselves
elong to the creditor class. "A's4'es :
SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH,
thursday evening soGabie Was eiycn rnder | :
le MANAGEMENT OF the Uouug Pe9n;eie liz
Oh band IN connection Hiththe abore named !
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

Z LIGHT IN SrABLEs.-Neither cattle
nor horses should be stalled in dark
stable, as all animals require light in
the daytime. a horse kept for months
in dark stable would be liable to be-
come blind. In regard to light in swine
pens. a writer says that two sows
having litters on the 18th and 22nd of
January, respectively, were kept in
two rather dark, but warm, temporary
sites, and had to occupy them till
about the middle Of the month Of
April, when, for each SOW with litter,
one of the permanent sites was open
ed by selling the occupants. At that
time the pigs which had been kept in
the dark. but warm temporary sites
proved to be less lively than, and
much inferior in weight and size, to
those of any of the filters raised in
the less warm but well-lighted per-
manent sites, Notwithstanding that the
difference in age was very small, and
that food and care had been the same
in svery respect. One Of the litsers
born on the 18th Of January, which
had accideutly the best lighted sty,
though situated in the northwest and
consequently coolest corner Of the
frame building, exhibited the most
rapid growth. and the litter born on
the 22d of January, which had the
darkest sly, had made the poorest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
To Wash BlankestNfeeIy.

have seen various directions for this
work, but few things seem essential
IN every case: to avo id hard water and
resinous soaps, to wiring without twist
ing Il. e.. with wringer), or not to
wiring at all, to use water of the sams
temperature all through, or to increase
IN heat during the changes, not to rub
the soap upon the flannel, but mix Ii
with the water. Flannel is of SO porous
texture, that it is easily cleansed in good
suds without much rubbing. Hard rub
bling tends to "ful" the cloth, and to
rinse in cold water flannel that has
been washed in warm water. is a sure
way to shrink and harden it. From
cold to warm, but never from warm
to cold. l have seen the direction to
Iinse hannels in soapy water. but / am
sure there is no value in this. The
clean. warm tinsing water is sure to he
soapy enough, good suds have been
used in the washing One suds or two
may DC used, according to the degree to
which the fannels have been soiled
When they have been rinsed, two should
take them one at each end, and; shake
and snap them WE'LL to make them
more soft and fuzzy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
Cement Stable Floor

A correspondent writes the Ind lana
Farmer:Is have noticed an I article
going the rounds ofthe papers adyocat-
ing cement for pig-pens, which concur
in. But why stop with the pig-pen?
1 have a pig-pen twenty-six feet by
thirty-tour feet, with a paved land
cemented floor; also I have barn
forty by sixty-four feet square, and the
whole of the basement paved and
cemented. The stables have been in
use for five years, and are in as good
condition now as when new. Now,
brother farmer, l will give my plan for
making this kind Of floor. In the first
place, remove the surface dirt until you
get a good, solld bed; then spread coarse
sand or gravel over the surface, from
two to four inches deed, according to
the size Of the stones you have to use
to pave with. Commence and lay the
outer lines, making allowance for the
fall you may want in your floors. After
getting the outer liues, keep straight
edge by you, and pound every stone
into your bed xntll it sets solid and the
surface is even Or in line. | gave my
floor from three to four inches fall to-
twelve feet, from my manger back.
After the stones are all set as above
stated, take Of good water lime one
part, aud Of clear coarse sand four parts;
mix thoroughly while dry, and then wet
until it will run like thin porrldge; then
pour it in and Gil all the crevices until
nearly to the top of the stones. After
that is set. take of cement one part and
sand three parts; make mortar so thin
that it can De easily spread. Lay It on
even and smooth until it is about one
inch thick. After the -plastering IS
down shut out the light and wind, and
let, the work Of drying be gradual; If the
weather is warm and dry sprinkling
every two or three days. or, still better,
a Light coat of straw dampened would
prevent it getting dry too soon. The
fore part of the season is best for sta
bles, as they will be hard as stone by
fall If treated right. Some may think
these floors expensive, but where stone
and gravel are handy they cost but little
more than wood, and the advantage is
ESQ much that it can hardly be estimated.
First, there is no harbor for rats and
mice, no waste of manure; freezing Of
manure if cleaned out in the morning;
in durability, no end.
! For horse stables, lay plank seven
feet long in stalls, and you are all
right.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21


To CLEANSE THE WOODWORK
AROUND DooRs.-Take a pail Of hot
water; put in two tablespoonfuls of
pulverized borax; use good coarse
house cloth-an old coarse towel does
splendidly-and wash the painting; do
not use brush; when washing places
that are extra yellow are stained, soap
the cloth; then sprinkle 1t with the dry
powdered borax, and rub the places
well, using plenty Of rinsipg water; by
washing the woodwork in this way you
will not remove the paint, and the
borax will soften and make the hands
whts-a fact well worth knowing. The
uses of borax In domestic economy are
numerous; and one of the most valua-
BILE is its employment to aid the deter
gent properties of soap.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

GREASE Spots FROM CARPETS
First have the carpet well swept, then
with pail Of hot water. containing a
tablespoonful Of powdered berax, scrub
the soiled or greasy spots well; use a
clean scrubbing brush and a very little
soap; rinse well with clean hot water,
and rub as dry as possible with a clean
dry house.cloth; then open the windows
and let in the air to dry quickly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

ROASTING OR BAKING.-The first is
the most extrayagant way Of cooking
meat, as it wastes nearly one-third Of
its substance in drippings and steam;
the second is also very wasteful, unless
the meat is surrounded with vegetables,
or covered with flour paste. When
you do bake meat without a covering Of
paste, put 1t into hot oven at the start,
to crisp the outside and to keep in the
valuable juices; you can moderate the
heat of the oven as soon as the meat is
brown, and let it finish cooking slowly
by the heat of the steam which is con-
stantly forming inside oft. It geneSal.y
takes twenty minutes to bake each pound
Of meat. e e-- - r-s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

Adrert sensent.

~ DIR. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
for a long timewas demon.
strator of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and ire fret from all
quackery.
He has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of a strengthen
,ng,farsaHrs, anaa Pnr-
NyiRg tonic.
Their first apparent eff
feet is TO increase the ap-
petite by causing the food
to properly q ssimilate.
Thus the system is nour.
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive Or
gar,S, regular and healthy
excavations are produced.
The rapidity with which
peysoaS take on flesh,
while under tie influence
Of these pills, Of itself in
dicates their adaptability
to noarish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur
ing nervous debility, mel
alclioly. dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug
gisilness of the liver,
Chronic constipation, and
9Th TO the syster. Sold
& ray Street, New York.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

MILK AND Observation-Disclosures
ana iime-water are now..srequently Ere.
scrioed by physicians in cases G,
dyspepsia and weakness of the stomach.
oiten when the functions of digestion
ana assimilation have been seriously
impaired, dict of bread, milk. and
slme-water has an excellent effect The
way TO make lime-water is simply to
procure few Jumps of unslaked lime
put the lime 10 a stone jar, add water
until the lime is slaked and of about
the consistence Of thin cream the lime
settles, leaving the pure and clear lime
water at the top. Three or four table
sroonfals Of itmay be added TO goblet
OF milk.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
CEMENT FOR PETRoLEUM LAMPS.

CEMENT FOR PETROLEUM LAMPs.-
A cement particularly adapted for at
.taching the brass works to petroleum
lamps is made by boiling three parts
resin with one part of caustic soda and
five ofwater. The composition is then
mixed with half its weight Of plaster Of
Paris. It sets firmly in half to three
quarters of an hour. 1t is said to be of
great adhesive power, not permeable to
petroleum, a low conductor of heat, and
but specifically attacked by hot water.
Zinc white, white lead, or precipitated
chalk may be substituted for plaster,
but i,ardeus more slowly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

that have been very successful when
] have had to use soda. The loaves
shopld be set in warm place, and
allowed To- ise light, or double in size
before they 60 into the oven-not too
light. as they are pretty sure to rise a
little more after they 60 into the oven
unless the oven is too hot for bread.
Prick the loaves on the, top with a
fork or knife, when hight, before
baking, to prevent loose upper
crust. Bake steadily for an hour or
a little longer, according to size Of the
lOaves. III 8SfrHT On {~g
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
The Webster Flow,

Constitutional Soil Expoundsr,"
Owned by the College Of Agri.. Mass.
Made by Daniel Webster in 1887.
It's proportions were as follows:
Length, IS feet; beam, feet; handles
6 feet 4 inches; distance between hand
les 2 feet 10 inehes;width of mold DO ard !,
l foot inches; width Of share, foot
4 inches; point Of share to end of mold.
board, feet inches.
And this is what Daniel Webster, the
great statesmen and orator, wrote about
it.
when l have hold of the handles of
my big plow. with four yoke of oxen to
phil it through, and hear the roots crack,
and see the stumps all go under the
furrow out Of sight, and observe the
clean mellow surface of the plowed land,
l feel more enthusiasm over my achieve
ment than comes from my encounters
In public life in Washington.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
To SET THE Color IN STOCKING

To SET THE Color IN STOCKINGS.
When washed for the first time, use a
little OK gall, (Which can be procured
at the druggist's); use it in the first
water only; also have teaspoonfnl
ofpowdered borax to every pail of hot
water; use very little soap; after the
first use of OK gall, borax will answer
every purpose: do not let the stockings
remain long in any water; hang in the
shade to dry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

Mail train. between Richmond and Hinton runs
daily Except Sunday between Hinton and Hunt
ington runs daily stopping at all regular stations.
Express train runs daily, stopping at Hanover,
Junction, Noel's, Treylians Louisa, Gordonsyille,
Charlottesville Stauutou, Goshen, Millboro', Cow
ington and all regular stations west of Covington.
Mail and express trains connect at Gordonsyille
for ashington and the North, and at Charlottes-
vile for LynchbIrg and the South.
Express train connects at Cincinnati with trunk
lines for all points in the West Northwest. South
west, and at Richmond with the Richmond and
Danville, ard Richmond and Petersburg trains for
all points South.
Mail train arrives at Richmond at $50 a. n.
Express train arrives II Richmond at $50 g. m
Through tickets sold and baggage checked TO all
principal points.
For rates, information, &C., apply al Z. 4 0.
C0mpauy's offices.
CONWAY r. HOWARD.
General Passenger and Ticket Agent,
Richmond, "a.
&c. DAME, Sc. Agent
". N. S. DUNN,
Engineer and Superintendent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21

SALT AND SMOKED MEATs.-These
meats are best when they are put over
the fire in Geld water, brought gradually
to a boil and then set back from the
fierce heat Of the fire, SO as to keep
scalding hot without boiling; they take
longer to cook this way, but they are
tender and delicious, and very little fat
is wasted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
EsyptsanPlessAlaE

A curious farm team, Is i not? Yet
not so unlike some that one may see 10,
our own Southern States a little steer
and horse say, or q mule and = cow
and it is explained BY the same reason
no doubt, that Of necessity. which IS the
mother of invention. The camel is the
animal which the Egyptian Gnas most
useful and most likely to. own. Why
should he spend his money for more
than one OK when his patient camel
will bend his long,neckto the unequal
yoke?
The time for ploWing in Egypt is Oc-
tober, when the Nile waters are suhsid-
ing from the land, leaving their rich fer
tilizing treasures Of alluyial soil upon it.
Then the..Egypsian plows his fields and
sows his wheat and barley and millet,
and in a month after the land laughs
with the harvest.
No more beautiful sights and strange
contrasts can be imagined than the
Egyptian year presents. Bland, beau
tifu. winters when travellers come
hooking from the North in search Of
health fierce desert blasts, hot and
deadly in the spring. Then the steady
rise Of tn. River, anxiously watched,
bringing food for the year to Egypt's
rainless plains from the mountains OF
the South. Rising, rising. from the
middle of June to the end Of September,
till, from depth of scarcely six feet at
Cairo. the wonderful Nile has overflow
ed its banks and spread over all the
plains. standing the elevated band or
dyke" says traveller, ''you seem to
stand between two season one side rolls
a swollen, turbld food of a blood-red
hue; on the other lies an expanse Of
still water extending to the desert
boundary of the valley; the isolated
villages circled with groves Of palm, be-
ing scattered over it like islands, and
the gise or dyke affording the only Cir
cuitous communication between them.
The subsiding waters leave the coun-
Try one Shiny naud-heap. But out ei
this red earth, new Life is to spring fresh
as the first in Eden. The seed is sown
on the good ground and ''the valley Is
suddenly covered with mantle of the
richest green, and the face Of the land
smiles in the travellers eyes with ali
the splendor of a new created beauty
So rich is the land after this strange
watering that it yields three crops;wheat
and barley are first sown'; then, after
the spring equinox, cotton, millet or in
digo; and thirdly, after the summer sol.
stice, with millet or maize.
Very little cultivation IS needed, ani
the:Egyptian plow IS simple atfail
enough. It did not figure among the
two hundred and sixty-three plows O.
various nations exhibited in Agricultu
ia, Hall during our Centennial eXhibi
ton etiilin Egypt, as in all othel
countries the pillow is the indispensable
companion Of the husbandmaa, and il
its rustiiug burrows follow all the bless
-tags Of piece and plenty.
Among all the plows at the Cen.en-
NAL there was one which excited more
general interest than all the rest how
ever new their patent or foreign thei
design. And this was the inseri ptior
upon it:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
Tailoring.

ii aving located in Woodstock offer my services
IL in all branches of the Tailoring business My
prices will be within the reach of all. An expert
ence of many years warrants me in guaranteeing
fun satisfaction to all who favor me with their
custom. Ny place OF business is in the buildil g
recently occupied by the shenandoah Democrat, en-
the street leading to the depot.
Sept. Eft. HENRY Mcneil.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-11-21
Railroads.

PALACE. SLEEPING CARS ON
NIGHT TRAINS.
Westinghouse Air Brake and Miller
Platform on all Passenger Trains.