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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-02-01
XLIYTH CONGRESS- SESSION

REGULAR REPORT OF PROCEEDINGS.
ADVANCEMENT ~ IHE EAvY-FrRTHER ARGUMENT
on THE A,iFNpHENT 10 TIiE PaCIfIC RAIL
EosD's ACrs-iNyTsUGATiOS or RAILWAY ACCT
BrNTS-THE COLORADO STATE QUESTION SIT
TuD- EvRNiNG SESSION IL THE HOCsf, BUi 80
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
Language OF Ears.

Large ears. hear things in general,
and denote broad, compensate views
and modes Of thought; while small ears
hear things IN particular, showing a
disposition to indiyidualize, often &C.
companied by the love Of the minute.
Large ears are usually satisfied with
learning the leading facts Of a case,
with the general principle involved
too strict an attention to the enumeration
of details, especially all repetition Of the
more unimportant, is wearisome to
them. People with such ears like
generally, and are usually fitted to con-
duct large enterprises, to receive and
pay out money in large sums they
prefer to give with free hand, without
reference to the amount. Small ears,
on the contrary, desire to know the
particulars of story as well as the
main facts take delight often in exam
ing, handling or constructing tiny
specimens ofworkmanship are disposed
to be exact with respect to inches and
ounces, in buying or selling, to the
extent at least Of knowing the exact
number over or under the stated
measure given or received. People
with such ears would, in most cases
prefer retail to Wholesale business.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
Magnanlmity.

In Germany, during the war, a captain
Of cavalry was ordered out upon a
foraging expedition. He put himself
at the head of his troop and marched to
the quarter assigned him. It was a
solitary valley, in which hardly any
thing but wood was to be seen. Find
ing in the midst of it small cottage,
he approached and knocked at the door,
which was opened by an old and veneer
able man, with a beard silYered by age.
Father" said he, "show me a field
where I may set my troop to foraging.
The old man complied, and conducting
them out of the valley, after quarter
of an hours march came to a fine field
of barley" ''Here is what we are in
search Of" exclaimed the captain ;
Gather, you are true and faithful
guide" "Wait you a few minutes"
replied the old man "follow me patient
ly a little further" The march was
accordingly resumed, and at the distance
of a mile they arrived at another field
of barley. The troop Immediately
alighted, cut down the grain, trussed it,
and remounted. The officer thereupon
said to his conductor, 'sFather, you
have given yourself and us unnecessary
trouble the first field was far better
than this" Every true, sir" replied
the good old man, ''but it was not
mine"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

Have you enemies: Go straight on,
and mind them not. If they block up
your path, walk around them, and do
your duty regardless Of their spite. A
man who has no enemies is seldom
good for anything he is made Of that
kind of material which is so easily
worked that every one has a hand in it.
A sterling character-one who. thinks
for himself. and speaks what he thinks
is always sure to have enemies. They
are as necessary to him as fresh air
they keep him alive and active. A
celebrated character, who was surround
ed with enemies. used to remark, ''They
are sparks which, if you do not blow
will go out of themselves" Let this
be your feeling while endeavorins to
live down the scandal Of those who are
bitter against you. If you stop To
dispute, you do but as they desire, and
open the way for more abuse. Lot the
poor fellows talk; there will be re-
action II you perform but your duty,
and hundreds who were once allenated
from you will flock TO you and acknowl-
edge their error.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

SLANDER.-Never use lady's name
in an improper place, at an improper
time, or in mixed company. Never
make assertions about her that you
think untrue, or illusions that she her
self would blush to hear. When you
meet with men who do not scruple to
use a woman's name in a reckless man.
|ner, shun them; they are the very
worst members of the community; men
lost to every feeling of humanity. Many
a good and worthy woman's character
has been forever ruined and her heart
broken by a lie, manufactured by some
villain, and repeated where it should
not have been, and in presence Of those
whose little judgment could not deter
them from circulating the foul and
Dragging report. A Islander is soon
propagated, and the smallest thing dero-
gatory to woman's character will fly
on the wings of the wind and magnify,
as it circulates, until its monstrous
weight brushes the poor unconscious
victim. Respect the name of woman.
Your mothers and sisters are women,
and as you would have their fair name
untarnished, and their lives unimbitter-
ed by the slanderer's bitter tongue,
heed the i'll your own words may bring
upon the mother. the sister or the wife
of some fellow creature.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

There was great master among the
Jews who babe his scholars consider
and tell him what was the best way
wherein man should always keep.
One came and said that there was moth
ing better than good eye, which means
in their language liberal and content
ed mind: another said good conscience
was the best thing in the world a third
said a good neishbor was the best thing
be could desire and a fourth preferred
q man that could foresee things to
come, that is a wise person. But at
last came in one Eleazor, and be said q
good heart was better than them all.
True, said the master; thou hast COM
pretended in two words all that the
rest have said; for he that hath good
heart will be both contsnted, and a
good companion, and good neighbor,
and will easily see what is tit to be
done by him. Let every man then Sc
riously labor to find in himself a sincere
ty and uprlghtness Of heart at all times,
and that will save him abundance Of
other labor.-lBishop Patrick.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
A Fair DeelsloA.

Brother Gardner was yesterday called
into house on Grove street to render
decision in the case of colored mar
who had jumped his board-bill, the
landlady desiring to know If she coule
| sue the deserter without his being pres
ent.
"What is de obieck OBJ suit: asked
the philosopher.
$50 as to secure de debt" she re-
piled.
"After securing de debt, den what? p
'tDen collect it."
''How kin you collect if de mar
hasn't got muffin !"
''Dat's what I called you in fur" she
continued. II want 'cision on dat
pint"
''De case am-de case am" he unused
as he rubbed his head, ''de case am,
kin you collect anything Of 9
cullu'd man who hasn't got muffin
Tell you what I'd do, Misses Brown,
I'd write for dat niger to cum back,
make bargain to board him fur sir
weeks, an den slap an execution on to
him an seize de contract"
''But how would dat git what he
owes me now ?" she asked. -
1T wouldn't git de lost money. Of
course, butyou see it would keep hin,
from boardin' on you six weeks NO.
OATS de 'cision, Mrs. Brown, am now
pll take one o. dem pies an be gom'
home to dinner" -'.-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

The course Of the so-called Electora
Tribunal calls to mind horse race out on
Long Island years ago. Farmer Brown
Boosting of having the feetest mare in
Suffolk county, and Brooklyn sports
man, who also owned a fast trotter, was
induced to make a match. The city
man took his animal to the country and
saw at a glance that it was superior to
Farmer Browns. They measured off
a mile in the road. Two men were
selected to start the horses and three
to see the finish. The Brooklyn man
accepted the services of bright boy to
ride his horse, and then perched himself
on fence to see the race. He saw his
horse cross the line two lengths ahead,
but to his establishment Farmer Browns
horse was declared the winner. ''Who
judged the finish ?" roared the Brooklyn
man. ''Danl Brown, Nat Brown, and
Tom Brown" was the reply. ''Who
started the horses ?" ''Morton Brown
and James Brown" "Who rode my
horse? % ssWhy that was little Jimmy
Brown And then the judges voted
that there was no going back on the
returns.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

The LABoRER.-Man does not deal
with his brother as God deals with him.
He causes the sun to shine, and his
showers to descend with equal profilsion
upon all-both upon the high and the
low, the rich and the poor. But in adj
just:ng the rewards Of labor, we adopt
no such equitable rule. We pay large
ly for labor of the head, and little fol
the labor of the hands. We graduate
the scale Of the prices, not according to
the utility or the actual severity Of the
labor-not in proportion Ito the outlay
Of physical strength, or the time occu.
pied-but to the demand and supply.
Hence that class Of mankind-laborers
being the most numerous class-are the
worst-paid people in society. We can
not control the laws Of nature, yet this
we may do; pay as literally as we can
afford for labor, common labor, the
labor Of the poor. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
Honey and How to get it.

There is no word in the English Ian
guage more often used ana universally
admired than money" In fact it is
considered the thing altogether desired,
and men to obtain it will 60 through all
kinds of toll and hardship imaginable.
They will even commit the most hem
Gus crimes. Everybody is after money,
and the great desire to gain it hastily
often ends in total failure to accom-
plish the desired end. About the first
questions youth asks when he gets old
enough to think about providing for the
future is. How can get money, and
how can 1 get rich? There are two
ways of getting rich, One is by indus
try and economy, and the other is by
dishonesty.-Riches accumulated by
industry, economy, and judicious invest
ments never detract from mans dig
nifty and self respect, but carry with
them happiness, contentment, a clear
conscience, and leave no regrets. The
true secret is to ''make haste slowly"
In getting money it does not make so
much difference as to the kind of bust
ness man engages in, for any business
will pay if attended to properly, but no
man should embark in any business to
which he is not adapted; but when he
does make his selection he should go in
with steady and determined purpose
% win, and succeed by constant and
persistent labor remembering that
'lttle by little" is the sure way to sue
coed, and out of that little little should
be saved. Remembering also that it is
by what we save that we get rich, and
not by what we make. A man may
make million year, and if he spends
it all he will be no better off at the end
Of the year than in the beginning.
Whilst the man who makes three hun
dred year and saves but ten is getting
rich. The man of thirty who can save
five dollars a month, and invest the
same in real estate, is in fair way to
be in easy circumstances when he
reaches his-fftieth year. No man has
yet lived who saved his money and in
vested it in real estate that did not
make money. Therefore, the true and
only certain way of getting money is by
industry, economy, saving, and invest.
ing in real estate, and the man who fol-
lows this rule is sure to win.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

AN ALABAMA URY's ASTONISHING
VsRpIcT.-A jury in Alabama had
been iinpanelled in the case of a MIR.
johnson, charged with killing his wife.
The evidence was positive and con-
elusive, leaving no doubt Of his speedy
conviction. To the amazemeat of all,
the jury, after short absence, returned
. verdict: s'Guilty Of horse stealing"
The Judge, astonished, asked an explains
tion, stating that the indictment was
not for horse stealing, but manslaughter.
The foreman, with his hand upon huge
law book, and with an amusingly
digniHed air, informed the court that lit
was not a case Of manslaughter, but
w'omanslaughter. for which the law
made no provision but being satisfied
the man deserved to be hanged, they
had brought in verdict Of horse steal
ing, which, in that county, would be
sure 10 swing him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
ms Dear Old Neither.
is this William Baine?' asked the
court of the next.

is this William Baine p asked tn,
court of the next.
4 ann
We'll, William, why do you persis
in getting drunk when all the rest Of III
are for REFORM
Judge, I feel bad, replied William
breaking down of a sudden.
It's natural that you should feel bad
You got drunk, the boys rolled yol
around in the alley, and you were
almost frozen when brought down here.
Judge, have a mother
We'll, most of Us have had one.'
She's dear old SOUL gasped Will
lam Baine, and she's all alone in thi
tough world. This thing will break he
heart, Judge
You ought to have thought Of tina
yesterday
4 wish to Goshen had, but I didn't
/ can see the old soul now, as she stoopes
in the door yesterday morning and sais
to me William, it looks to me as
Hayes would be counted in.' That
what she said, Judge, and if you sent
me up she'll have to 60 to the poor
house. Pm the breakwater between
her and starvation 1855.
4 don't believe any such nonsense !!
exclaimed his Honor. ......t
Would I lie to you, Judge?'
T think you would. think you ar,
a loafer, and I don't believe you have
mother in town. ..... -.-.-..
Isn't there some one here whs
knows my mother? asked the prisonel
as he turned to the audience.
No response.
Dreadful silence.
'Tisn't that colored woman wha
peddles popcorn, is it?' asked one o
the boys from behind the stove.
More silence.
Give me the street and number anl
I'll send carriuge for her, remarked
the court.
Ju-Judge, I've been lying to you!
stammered the prisoner. I was under
the impression that I had a dear ole
mother, but you have convinced me
that she died in Oswego in 1862. DOM
be rough on me, Judge
1T was bad enough to get drunk
William Baine, and put bold lie witt
it, and the affair looks serious for you.
Judge, I'll rise above party pre-
JUDGES if you will, and will call this
thing all right. I'll sign the pledge o.
leave town, and you can go right on as
before
'March-April-May,' unused bis
Honor, counting his fingers. you
will come out about the time the roads
get settled
Judge, can speak to you in private p
No, SIR
Can I write you letter y
Cant soften your obdurate heart p
You get your obdurate heels into the
corridor, Mr.. Baine, or I'll change the
sentence to six months 'H
The prisoner had no sooner been
secured than he offered to bet ten to
one that he had mother, and he softly
sang: 80
"when go. out Of the Jug"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

A novel feature Of the ball of the
telegraphers of Chicago on the 18th
was the music for the dance, which was
furnished in Milwaukee, and transmit
ted by wire by means of the telephone.
The wires were also run into several
newspaper offices, and the music fur
nished amusement for numerous citizens
unable to hear it in the ballroom.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

SHE DIDN'T STAND UP.--At one OF
the Detroit churches where revival is
in progress the clergyman asked those
who wanted to be prayed for to stand
up. Quite a number rose to their feet,
and after services were closed one lady
was heard asking another at the door
''Why didn't you stand up?"
s.Oh, didn't want to-" was the
reply.
"Why, you are very foolish woman
/ wouldn't have missed the opportunity
for anything"
opportunity for what?"
"Why, for standing up there and
showing of your seal skin sacque
There wasn't another in the whole
church,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

THE SWEET Buy AND BuY.--The
Chicago Erening Journal says: "Before
we were married. said he to friend,
'sshe used to say ''bye-bye" so sweetly
when I went down the steps,"
ssAnd now what does she say?' asked
the friend. "Oh, just the same" ex'
claimed the rnan--''buy, buy y Z se
ss"Ah, I see." said the other ''shs
only exercises little different "spell'
over you"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

A Rome miss of seven summers has
concluded to marry big man for her
FRS. husband and a little one for the
second, SO that she can cut the clothes
Of the first down and make them oyer
for his successors. Thus the hard times
force home lessons Of rigid economy
and practical sense upon tender child
hood.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

Two young men in Cooke county,
Tenn, stole a girl apiece and were leav-
ing the vicinity, when the girls fathers
came upon them. with revolvers, and
took their daughters from them. The
kidnappers Immediately opened fire
upon the parents, who replied in like
manner. Some twenty shots were ex-
changed, when the Sheriff appeared and
arrested the boys.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

In Worcester, England, Jan. 26, a
farm laborer was fined s12 and costs by
a petty sessions court for having refused
to obey the lawful commands of his en-
ployer. He had been working fourteen
hours, and the lawful request" was that
he should continue and load three wagons
more,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

Perhaps a man with chillblains
doesn't like to get up these cold NOR
nings and kindle the fire T; but when he
married her he took her for better or
worse and there she is, sitting up in
bed, just ready to hurl those words at
him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
Jackson and his friends Immediately

Jackson and his friends Immediately
left the field. 1t was found upon examna-
ton, on reaching the tavern, that he
was wounded. "Dickinson's aim," says
Parton, had been perfect. He had sent
the ball precisely where he supposed
Jackson's heart was beating, but the
thinness of his body and the looseness
of his coat combined to deceive him,
the ball had only broken a rib or two
and raked the breast-bone. It was a
somewhat painful, bad-looking wound,
but neither severe nor dangerous.
Dickinson died that night.
In this duel it IS plain to be seen from
a careful consideration Of the circum-
stances above narrated, though the
truth does not appear to have reached
the apprehension Of General Jackson's
biographer, that Dickinson was out.
witted by his older and more experienced
antagonist. Advantage was taken Of
the very fact Of his being "a dead
shot," and Of his perfect confidence in
his skill with the pistol. His avowed
purpose was to shoot Jackson through
the heart and he felt absolutely sure Of
doing this. In what manner his object
was defeated Mr.. Parton uuconsciously
discloses. He aimed precisely where
he supposed Jackson's heart was beat
ing, but the thinness Of his body and
the looseness of his coat" combined
''to deceive" him. Admitting the moral
ity of private combat as Of public war,
such strategy under the circumstances
cannot be regarded as unjusti6able.
The late General Sam Dale, who was
intimate with Jackson, has been
frequently heard to say that Dickinson's
fatal mistake was in not aiming at Jack
sons head instead of his heart.
Parton is in error when he states that
Jackson's wound was neither severe
nor dangerous 1t confined him to his
room for several weeks, and it healed
falsely. Twenty years after it broke
out afresh, and troubled him for the
remainder of his life. The pulmonary
affection which finally carried him to
his grave is attributed to that wound.
Jackson never exhibited the slightest
conjunction for the part he took in
this bloody affair. He very rarely
alluded to it, but when he did it was
always with perfect complacency. 1t
Is told of him that a gentleman was
once examining his dueling pistols.
Taking up one of them the General
quietly remarked: THAT is the pistol
with which killed Mr.. Dickinson"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

The ice crop is enormous this season,
and suggests the probability that the
consumption of water in liquid state
next summer will be proportionately
less. IF we can have frozen ice,' said
a man with blossom on his nose, we
don't really need any WATER
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

A Virginia hunter says that he saw
about seven hundred thousand ducks
settle on pond. They were wedged
closely together. He fired both barrels
of his gun into them. They few away,
leaving no dead ones in the water; but,
as soon as the flock spread out little,
dead ducks loosened and fell until he
picked up enough to fill twenty-nine
barrels.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

A nervous man, whose life was made
miserably by the Gathering of two black
smiths, prevailed upon each ofcompen-
sation. When the money was paid down
he kindly inquired what neighborhood
they intended to remove to. "Why,
sir, y replied Jack, with grin, tom
Smith moves to my shop,and ! move to
his. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01
PoErlcAL.
MARCH.

All, surly March you've come again,
With sleet and snow, and hail and rain;
Cold earth beneath, dark sky above you,
What have you, pray, to make US love you?
No month is half SO rough as you,
December winds less harshly blew;
What churlish ways what storm-tossed tresses
Your presence every one distressss
Haste, haste away! We longing wait
To greet fair April at our gate.
Cold earth beneath, dark sky above you,
Surely you've uaught to make us love you!
''Ah, see these blossoms !" he replied,
Tossing his hail-torn cloak sside-
Though other months have flowers s-mauy,
Say. are not mine as fair as any?
See, peeping from each dusky fold,
The crocus with its cup of gold;
violets, snowdrops white and Silly,
sweeter than any summer lily;
And underneath the old oak-leaves
Her fragrant wreath the srbutus weaveA- s
Whatever sky may be above me,
Surely for these all hearts will love me I"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

State Senator Frank Stewart has in
troduced a bill into the Nevada Legisla-
ture for the prevention of cruelty to
women. 1t provides that women bea-
tiers shall be tied to stone post erected
for the purpose, wearing a placard on
their breasts marked "Woman beater"
or "Wfe beaten" as the case may be,
and further punished by Imprisonment
and fine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

The correspondent of the London
Daily Telegraph took tea lately with
an old Turk, Hbee ted i siiTiic s that he
needn't despair of seeing the fez give
place to the round hat, and Turkish
women going about unveiled, inasmuch
as it is expressly stated in the Koran
that Islamism will change according to
circumstances.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

jeanette NJ. Robinson, of Chicago,
asserted that for seven years paralysis
prevented her from uttering word,
and that in an instant, in answer to
PRAYER, she was cured. A reporter
recognized her as a woman who, under
the name of Mary Davis, had only a
wear ago been a remarkably glib witness
in lawsuit. The exposure of the fraud
seems to be complete.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

The electric light is becoming COM
mon in Paris in connection with work
that have to be carried on during the
night. A large lamp has been established
in the Avenue de 7 Opera, are employed
in the Trocadero, in connection with the
building Of the Exhibition Palace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

Come around at 2, and take a hot
chop with me,' said friend to Spilkins
the other morning. You vary your
diet, don't youp replied Spilkins.-
'How's that?' asked the friend, i'm
patiently. why, you gave me cold
shoulder the last time called
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-03-01

A blacksmith is greatly exciting the re-
gion around Fresco, Cal, by curing dis
eases in way that, according to the be-
lief ofthe superstitlous, proves him to be
possessed Of supernatural powers