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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

I1c ludbhCu lhCiii1 anu S"iNi '"'
trespass on your kindness no longer. !
think l can reach the next village be-
fore dark, and be so much farther on my
journey
Mr.. Merton did not sleep much that
night; he lay awake thinking. He had
received a new revelation. The poor
had always been associatedin his mind
with stupidity and ignorance, and the
first poor family he had visited he had
found far in advance, in intelligent
sympathy and real politeness, Of the
exquisites and fashionable butterflies Of
the day.
The next day a boy called at the cot"
tage, and left a package in large blue
envelope, addressed to Mr.. Bishop.
Mrs. Bishop was very much alarmed
when she took it, for large blue enyel-
opes were associated in her mind with
law and lawyers, and she thought that
it boded no good. She put it away un-
til her husband came home from bis
work when she handed it to him.
He opened it in silence, read its con-
tents, and said frequently, thank hear-
ensl'
What is it, John 2 inquired his aux
ious wife.
Good news, WIFE replied John; such
news l never hoped or even dreamed
Of
what is it-what is it? Tell me
quick!-I want to hear. if it's anything
good
Mr.. Merton has cancelled the mort
gage-released ME from the debt, both
principal and interest--and says any time
need further assistance, if L will let
him know. | shall have it.
L am so glad! Itputs new life into
me, said the now happy wife. But
what can have come over Mr.. Mer-
ton:'
L do not know. II seems strange
after the way he talked TO me yester-
day morning. Twill go right over to
Mr.. Mcrton's and tell him how happy
! Lo Los ~, n do nc
He found Mr.. Merton in and express
ed his gratitude in glowing terms.
What could have induced you,' he
asked, to show us so much Kindness?
1 followed your suggestion replied
Mr.. Merton, and put myself in your
place. l expect it will surprise you We
ry much to learn that the strange tray
eler to whom you showed so much
kindness yesterday was myself
Indeed y exclaimed Mr.. Bishop, 'Car
that be true How did you disguise
Yourself so well:'
1 was not so much disguised, after
all but you could not very readily asso'
ciate Mr.. Merton the lawyer with 3
poor wayfar;ng mania. ha " laugh
ed Mr.. Merton.
Well, it is good joke SAID AIr
Bishop; good in more senses thar
one. 1t has terminated very pleasant
ly for me-
i was surprised SAID Mr.. Merton
at the broad and liberal views you ex'
pressed of men and their actions gener
ally. supposed had greatly the adj
vantage over you in means and educa-
ton yet how cramped and narrow
minded have been my views besideyours
That wife of yours is an estimable wo
man, and that boy of yours will be al
honor to any man. l tell you, Bishop,
said the lawyer, becoming animated
YOU are rich-rich beyond what money
could make you; you have treasures
that gold will not buy. l tell you, yoI
owe me no thanks. Somehow seen
to have lived years since yesterday
morning. What have learned 8
YOUR house is worth more than you ow'
me. and am your debtor yet. Here
after shall take as my motto, 'Pu
yourself in this place, and try to regu
late my actions by it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

This hotel has been recently improved by
the erection of a brick alli.ion to the main
bail ling which will give considerably more
room, and afford ample accommodation for
ne travelling pabllc.
TIE TABLE will be we'll supplied at all
times wi.h the best the market affords. and
no pains shall be spared to satisfy the wants
Of guests in this department.
TIE BAR win be stocked with the best
Liquors. a fuu supply Of Wilson's pure
Rye whisky (the only homemade whisky
III in the county, can be found by those
wishing pure article for medical PurPosr.
Jurors atteniing court will be boarded
or their fees per diem, and their certificates
aken in payment if desired
charges Moderste- A call respectfully
olicited.
ROBLRT WILSON.
M.ss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

st. Louis was behindhand with lis
baby-show swindle, but it was large
one when it came. The manager ad-
vertised layishly and promised to give
away $4,000 in prizes; but on the last
day Of the exhibition be left the city,
and the mothers got nothing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

The man who said he had just got ont
of tight place had been seen a few
minutes before wlping his mouth IN
drinking saloon.
An Indian said, when lie first heard
il he was muck surprised that the whirs
men killed their Savior, but since ne
knew them he wondered that they didn't
| steal his clothes. s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

NV DEAR said vile to her husband,
4 really think it is time we had green
house, We'll, my love, paint 1t any
color you please, red, white, or green
will suit me.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

A definition Of bankruptcy lately
given byan English Judge is reported
to have been: When a man owes lot
Of money, and a lawyer and accountant
divide the estate between them
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

A little Florida boy tanned an ALI
gator to come 10 the shore and take foed
out of his hand, and one morning the
alligator took the food and the little
Florida boy too.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23
OVERsEERs PooE
NOTARIEs PUBLIC.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE.

pAvls DIST DR.. C. a. Brown, obed funk and
Srosrw.LL.-J. Ii. GrabinIEn Cofeli, snowden
JoTSsToN j II. Rodefer, Martin strickler,
Levi n. Cutler
MATsov.-samuel G. Campbell James j..
CofTman, Samuei RINGER. ,
AsHBY -Sami. HamHlan, Samuel kinSree, jacob
LTE.-M. White williamson p. P. ziTkle,John NJ
Pence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

They who respect themselves will be
honored, but they who do not care
about their character will be utterly
despised.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23
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p o { TIC AL.
ALONE.

The lilies clustered fair and tall
stood outside the garden wall;
1 saw her light robe glimmering through
The fragrant evenings dusk and dew.
She stopped above the lilies pale;
Up the clear east the moon did sail;
saw her bend her lovely head;
Ger her rich roses blushing red.
Her slender hand the hower csressed,
He touch The uuconsciors blossoms blest;
Th, rose against her poriumed palm
Leaned it's soft cheek in blissful calm.
would have given my soul to be
That flower she touched 80 tenderly!
stood alone outside the gate
And knew that life was desolate,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

,. .r, ..sn.r,l o. Insr-, property in the NlF,
..r.s I.-.auJ Marine Insurance COMPANY, ~,H
t.c IyuclUug Hau-a1 and insurance 0-'i-I5 y. 10
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1878-01-23

Mr.. Merle stood before his little look
ingglass, carefully arranging bis hair
aud giving sundry finishing touches to
his immaculate white lawn tie-a hand
some, gaylooking fellow, wearing his
35 years very lightly-with few worse
faults than considerable vanity, and an
Unsuitable thirst for flirting with every
new, pretty face. Not that he didn't
love Florence, dearly and truly he did,
only it was so good to do little flirting
occasionally.
This time Mrs. Ryvc was the chief
attraction, before whose mysterious
grace even Laura Cunningham paled.
Several attempts at an introduction had
failed. each failure but adding renewed
zest to the chase, until, in positive des-
pair, Harry had sent her the most ele-
CANT basket Of flowers, containing a tiny
note that told his keen admiration, and
begging a reply.
And there had come dainty little
backhanded note accepting the delicate
offering, and assuring Mr.. Merle ofMrs
Ryve's gratelulness and appreciation
Then Harry had written again, and in
weeks time half a dozen bouquets
had found their way to the Sevrcs vase
IN Mrs. Ryve's room, and as many ar
dent letters to their place in her port
folio.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29
Al American Prodigy

Another "infant phenomenon
"a announced. lt'sa boy this time.
Prccocity is not exclusively girls,
although they do enjoy . large
share Of natures special bounties
Of marvellous gifts. J. Harry
Shannon. eight years old only, Is q
boy orator who has already anna
sod nlultitudcs with his gifts Of
memory and eloqucnco. lie cannot
read. but lie remembers everything
be hears, and can repeat the long
est speech, once heard, word for
word. II is no parrot repetition,
either, for his uttcrance magnetizes
tho language, lie Is a natural born
orator, and altogether phenomenal
He has been listened to with won
der BY the most cultivated people
| In the country, whose profession y
to speak III public. Newspapers
praise him in the highest terms
For instance, the Boston Post says
/" Nothing Ike bis orstory has beer
heard hcre since the days Of Ever
-. ..,d wohater The New YOrh
| Herald Gays: ~. Harry Shannon
but eight years old, Is In our opin
ion the most finished orator AM
olocutionist the world has eve
known" This Is sufficient to pro
claim him wonder Of words.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29

Signor Bertolotti has extracted
from tho archives Of Ronlo some
new facts relating to Beatrice Cen.
q and her inccstuous father. The
latter hc portrays as a vicious and
violent noble Of type common
enough in the sixteenth century,
but by no means . monster; the
| latter a. q criminal to be pitied
rather than : victim ono would
wish to cxalt. He says sho was 81
years Of ago At tho timo Of heI
death, instead Of Is, and suggests
that her having remained until
that age unmarried, Is prcsump
two proof that sho was not goo{
looking, Guido's portrait 70 tn
contrary Notwithstanding. Guor
ra, her lover, and her accomplic'
In tho murder Of fher father, lnstoal
Of being young and handsome. We
fat, rnddy, and middle-agcd. An'
70 strip tho poetry moro complete
| ly from this famous story, u int
mated that BEATRICE shared th
protligatc tnstcs Of hcr father AM
brothers, and was no bctter tha'
she ought TO bc.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29
HEAR WATTERsos,

New York, June 49, Honorable
Henry Wattcrson, editor of the
Louisville Couricr-Journal, pub
llshea in the Sun of6unday--this
morning--an open letter to Hon.
Abram 8. Hewitt, in which he
says: lyon know and | know
that Mr.. Tildcn disapprovcd Of
tho electoral bill. You know and
| know that you spcnt Sunday, the
fourteenth OF january, in New
Y ork, and that ho made his objec-
tions sufficiently known to you.
On Monday evening, the fifteenth
Of January, meeting Of the com.
mittoc Of adviscment considered
tho terms Of the bill alphabetically
submitted to It, that at that meet
ing l opposed them; thatyou were
dumb as an oyster as to Mr.. Til
den's opinions that finally we oil
agreed to support tho measure,
most Of rs believing It to bo the
emanation OF our chief. ! have
| charged and do charge that your
failurc'to deal frankly with Us on
| that occasion, your failurc to seIl
US what Mr.. Tilden had said to
| YOU tho day before, was . suppress
sion Of his more sagacious counsel'
and 10 all intcnts . betrayal o.
your friends. Now, I repeat and
| declare my charge Of fpersonal tlis
honor upon you; and ~ you dom
| wish to fight II out, and ! am surf
! / don't, l will make You this pro
| position you select two members
Of tho committee Of advisement, Q
which both Of " werc members,
! will select two, and the four shal
| select the flfth, and III DO not max
my charge good, | will make you
public apology"
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29

fFulton's Paris Letter. !

l found tho JardlM Mabille on
Saturday night moro brilliant than
ever before, several thousand moro
gas Jets having been added to tho
ton thousand which illuminated II
IL past yoats, and mirrors Inserted
Ia tho blank walls, with creeping
vines, so trained - to mako tho II.
lusion complete. At ovory turn !
jostlcd American and Engllsh To-
dies and gentlemen who congre-
gate here on Saturday nights,
which Is . feio night, and conse-
quently more select, as the price
Is increased from one franc 10 i've.
BY ten o'clock the jArdin was Ito
rally crowded 70 such an extent
that locomotion was diflcult, and
tho furious dance was progressing
with . VIM that can be Witnessed
nowhere else. Among tho visitcrs
were two clergymsn In the unmis-
| taxable attire Of the Eplscopal
church, who strolled around and
doubtless took notes to illustrate
| their sermons on human folly and
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29
nsv Winnie Rean Met Her HIS
banl.


Apropos Of the nuptials Of VIM
nie Ream and Lieut.. Hoxie, Of the
engineers. We give the following
bit Of gossip touching the steps
which led upto the event. Hoxie
was appointed with General Shcr-
man and Mrs. Farragut as a Com
mission to pass upon the merits OF
designs tor the Farragut statue.
Neither Of thom knew any thing
about art, but Winnie did, and she
piled her arts most dextcrously.
Tho Chicago Times's letter writer
says that ''it was IN easy Com
mission for Miss Ream to capture.
She enlisted Mr.. Farragut's wo-
manly aympathies, Of eoune. In Z
contest agalnat other artists, oil
men. Then she got . likeness ol
Farragnt-an easy enough trick
and after that It was plain sailing
One look from Winnie Ream's Ian
gushing eyes subdued William
Tecumseh aud captured . hus
band in Lieutenant Hoxic. ls I
any wonder that the models Of th'
other artists werc barely glancet
att Some Of tho best artists Q
finished European schools com
peted, but IN vain. The social elc
ment prevailed. a. It always doc
whom It runs tilt against merit
| Rochcstor Democrat
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29

Aaasssss tAs lirst witasss csllsa-H,
ks's'ss = Testify Until yatsAsss
ANsafs Bsfsrs Tie Psttss Committee.

Washington, June 9l.-The Stan.
ley Matthews Committee met and
was in secret session until l:s0
O'Clock, when James E. Anderson
was called. He asked to be rep
resented BY council. The room
was cleared to consider the requcst.
Tho committee decided not to
grant the request, and Anderson
pcremptorially refused to testify,
when they were again closed 10
consider what TO do. When they
were again opened the Chairman
informed Anderson be should an
swcr tho questions they might see
proper to put, and then asked An
derson his age and occupation. An
derson replied he had no desire 10
throw obstacles In the way, but
Senator Matthew'S was . lawyer,
and was hero looking after his in.
forests, and Anderson did not see
why he shonld not have q lawyer
to look afler bis oYn interests
Tho Chairman again asked his age
and occupation. Anderson declined
TO answer. Tho Chairman then
asked whether he had placed any
papers IN Matthew'S possession,
and ifso what ? Anderson dcclin'
| ed 10 an .wer.
Senator whytc- You mean sim
ply to say that you set at de6anct
tho will OF this Committed
Andcrson--Y You put Il too stronf
simply wish to say l decline an
swcring. lhavc to propose that I
Senator Matthews will 90 bcfor'
the Potter Committee, I win tcsti
| IS.
| The room was cleared for con
sultation concerning Anderson
refusal 70 answer. Whom the door
were opened Anderson was inform
cd that the Committee had dccid
Cd that they would require his tcs
timony, and was then asked, "ar
you now willing to answer s'lcl
questions as may be propouhde
to yon 7" Anderson answered, =
am not"
| Tho Chairman-Then In ref,l'
Ing 10 answer any question pertain
Ing to matters ofinvestigation, 80
set this Committee At defiance.
Senator Whytc said, in tho al
scncc Of the Senate, wc lave n
power 10 punish for contempt. an
therefore | mcve tho Columlttt
adjourn, subject to call OF IN
| Chairman. Motion agreed on an
Committee adjourned.
The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1878-06-29
4 Diver II the Clutches Of : Devil
Fish.

The diver engaged at the Moyne
river, Belfast. in removing the reef
had . rather narrow escape from
losing bis life ON Thursday evening.
7th instant It appears that Mr.
Smaie had fired of a charge Of dy.
namite and displaced large GUAM
tity Of stones at the bottom Of the
rivcr. He went down to prepare
for lifting these stones by the aid
OF chains into the punt. While en-
gagged in rolling . large stone he
saw something which he supposed
at the time was = piece Of clean
looking help moving about in front
Of where he was working. In .
few seconds This object came In
contact with the divers arm. about
which II quickly coiled. partly
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National Republican., 1878-01-14

Railway Saiety-Gates.

Such gates, 10 bar the streets against passage by
carriages strcet.cars and other vehicles as we'll os
by pedestrians, when railway tralns are crossing.
have become public necessity. Their erection al
all sreetCrOssings IN pnpuluus cities Is or should
be- impcrativcly demanded by public opinion, as
protection to the life Of the citizen and the prop
erty Of the railway company: Aud when We make
such perfection Us to be both cheaper and more ei
fcacious than iagmen itmay well be abprehended
that they will soon be provided at all principal
crossings In both town aud country.
There have recently been erected nt the crossing
OF II street, on the baltimore and Ohio Railway, by
the Railway Salcty.t'ste Company OF Providence,
X. l., pair of their safety gates, which seem 10 Us
TO be as nearly perfection as the Ingenuity OF man
can devise They should challenge the attention
Of all citizens who feel IN interest In the public
safety. They are inexpensive In cost, durable In
material Qrnn) and construction, easy of mRnipu'
latipn, 50 simple Us to warrant freedom from de.
ranscmCnt of machinery and perfect In their oh
structon Of the passage. The gates are placed on
each side Of the railway at the cr9ssng and are 80
connected under ground and which connections
are protected from snow and ice by iron pipesh
that the guard or watchman can open or close one
or both Of them from any point az either side OF the
lection on each side OF the road. They are operated
by one man. These gates are perfectly balanced
with iron weights, ns to he easily manipulated,
Automatic alarm bells are placed ON either side OF
the street, which sounded by the closing Of tho
gates in order 10 call the attention Of pedestrians
To the Approaching danger, and at night colOIed
lanterns are 80 attached as 10 form signals.
For country use these gates may be constructed
so as to close the railway when the highway is
open thus forming cattle-guard. They have been
IN use some four years In New England, where they
have become quite popular with the public, and
have the endorsement OF the railway .mansgers
We can easily recall many fearfully fatal accidents
In the past which could have been prevented by
the use Of tese simple and inexpensive appliances
Two notable instances that may be mentioned are
the one at Burlington. y j.. some twenty five year,
ago, by which several Washngtonans were killed
and that more recently at Concord, Mass, which
proved fatal to one OF our most eminent Journalists
the late Frederic Hudson
These gates occupy no space, and cansbe opened
and closed without any sweep OF tho streets, fol
when open they stand erect in the air like masts
and are closed by the lowering Of the top to hOrl
zOntal plane with the base. They were In use a
the Centennial grounds ut the Belmont avenu,
crossing Of the narrow .guuge railway and received
tho irst award for convenience utility" &c, &c,