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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20
Saving Load of Wood.

In 1877, Mr.. Bassick, a busted
Australian miner, wandered into
Roslta, one Of the prettlest mining
camps 10 Colorado. Some miner, with
an eye to the picturesque, must have
given it the charming name, Little
Rose. Mr.. Basslck, after having pros
pered for long time without success,
was sitting one day on the ground. He
had gone oyer the spot, and was strik-
ing simlessly with his pick at boulder
lying at his feet. Suddenly he Clipped
off piece Of the rock that looked to
him like good ore. Picking it up, be
stalte for the town. Meeting gen.
tleman Ct means, he told him Of his
discovery. showing the ore, and offered
him one kalf interest for twenty-five
dollars. The gentleman d. lined the
investment. The dIsheartened pros.
pector walked away. As he came near
an assay. office be saw load Of WOOD
dumped at the door. Cunning in he
made a hurried bargain. He sawed
the wood, and the assayer made the
assay OF the stone-chip. The result OF
Bassick's job was that be took out Of
his claim some s45O,OOO, then sold il
for 100000 in cash and sl,Oe0,OO0 in
stock.
when he came into this place, sir,
said resident of ROsita, all he had
warn't too much to pack on one burro
(small horse); but when he lit out, i!
took four-mule team to freight his
trunks
Against this lucky '6nd,' however,
should be set the assertion, made by
those acquainted with Colorado mines,
that only one miner in five hundred is
successful. There are four or Eve
bonanza kings, but there are thous-
ands of men who have lost their all by
mining.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

capacious basket, hastily flied. with
choice remnants from the feast and
Bonny Laddie was rolling towards his
home in charge of the stranger lady
and her husband.
Was there ever in the most agitated
of kettles such bubbling and boiling
over AS took place inside the crowded
Donald homestead that night? Had not
they all been breaking their loving,
anxious hearts about Bonny Laddie,
and 10 here he was, safe in the old
red cape, smiling and shining as usual,
and rather mystiHed at having such a
fuss made over him.
The stranger lady, promising Bonn y
to come again, made haste to 60 away,
but before going she had time to wonder
at something she saw.
But why did Bonny's tired but blithe-
looking mother give the lady's husband
such a sad, almost fearful look? Why
did he seem confused, and going over to
the sick man, say, Il will reconsider
that matter, John. You may rest easy
Afterward she understood. When
Johns master had that afternoon curtly
refused Mrs. Donald's petition, and let
her 90 away disappointed and distressed
her patient waiting and her earnest
pleading having been IN vain, he had
considered himself right from the stand
point OF bis own interest. But then. he
had known nothing OF the clean, crowd
ed household, and nothing of this yel-
low-halred laddie, who reminded him
of another little yellow-haired laddie
who had been taken from him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

GOVERNING A BOY.-Get hold OF
the boys heart. Youder locomotive
with its laundering train comes like a
whirlwind down the track, and regi-
ment of armed men might seek to ar
rest it 10 vain. 1t would crush them,
and plunge unheeding on. But there
Is a little lever in its mechanism that,
at the pressure Of a mans hand, vii
slacken Its speed, and 10 moment Of
two bring it painting and -.Dl, like
whipped spaniel, at your feet. BY the
same little lever the vast SIT lmshlp il
guided hither and yon upon the sea il
spite of adverse wind or current.
That sensitive and responsive spO
Oy which boys life is controlled is hii
heart. With your grasp gentle an,
firm OF that helm you can pilot hin
whittier you will. Never doubt that h'
has heart. Bad and willful boys very
often have the tendersst heart hidder
awav somewhere beneath incrustationl
of sin, or behind barricades Of pride
And it is your business 10 get at that
heart, get hold of that heart. keep holC
Oft by sympathy, cOn6ding in him
manifesLly working only for bis good
by little indirect Kindness TO his mothel
or sister, or even his pet dog. See him
at his home Or invite him into yours,
Provide him some little pleasure. Sc
HIM to do some httle service 'ol trust fol
you love him practically. Any way
and every way rule him through BIZ
heart.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

ted to enter the upper window: but there
be met with signal defeat; the telephone
attachment was ready for him, and a
man was never known 10 get down
from a ladder before so quickly as be
did, when that telephone began TO re
late some little conversation, he bad
had with the hired girl.
was inclined to believe, from his
agility, that be bad been up 10 that wirs
dow before.
IRIS lie | neverl'-he frantically
shouted as the machine kept grinding it
out.
Well, lie capitu!ated uncondliionallJ !
aHd uses the mat and qui1 box as meek
ly as Mrs. Bledgers could wish.
He never saw me as left by the front
door, the day of his subjection to ciyili-
eaton, but when l came next time, be
called me Mister Sloper.' l made him
present of new violin, and it played
Grandfather 8 Clock just like the old
one. Said L:
Mr.. Blodfers, you ought to buy
sewing machine for your wife, The old
look came into his eyes Tor a moment.
but 1 pointed to the door-mat, and he
replied:
Yes, 1 think she does need one.'
After pause 1 again said:
You need few lightning-rods around
your place.
1 could see a bit Of fire in his eyes,
but looking at his young crop OF hair, l
continued
You have too much electricity
around this locality, it is dangerous.
We'll. yes,' he replied, in resigned
sort of way. You might as well take
my order for one or two, and will also
take few chremos.'
JORI, SIOPER
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

EQUAL TO THE OCCASIONAL boy
on Jones street was the other evening
eating away alta big cocoanut that haC
been cracked open with brickbat,
when a pedestrian feltit his duty 10 hall
and remark:
BOY. don't you know that too much
OF that stuff may give you the collie p
Il guess so,' was the reply.
Then why do sou eat itv
We'll, If my chum, who lives mex
door, con stand the smallpox ier 81,
weeks, guess 1 can put up with The
collie for three or four hours y wa'
the reply, as no bit of ansttcr biI
hunk.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20
That Prodigal Son.

That Prodigal Son.
A tall woman, wearing a sun-b0nnet,
came into the Office Of the Galveston
Chief of Police recently and. sitting
down hard on the end Of bench,
wiped her nose, batttd her eyes time
or so at the Chief of Police, and asked
in a voice that reminded one of the
sharpening Of a saw:
BE you the galoot what locks folks
upY'
L regret to say that am occasion ally
obliged to resorl 10 such extreme meas
ures with refractory persons
L know all that; but be you the ga
loots'
Yes, madame
why didn't yOn say 80 when l asked
you"
1 did,
You are a liar, and if you DOM treat
me like lady, I'll fold you up and sit
down on you,' ard she batted her eyes
some more like terrier.
What do YOU want?' asked the Of
oial, looking as If he needed reinforce
ments right away, and plenty Of them.
i want that dirty little whelp what
married my darter. ! want to talk to
him on business, but he evades me,
If could only get chance to caress
him once more, and she breathed hard
and grltted her teeth until the Official
felt in his pocket for police whistle.
what did he do y
He told my darter that he would
give 800 acres of land, with gold NINE
on it, to anybody who would ampertate
my Jaw with boot-jack. He said my
mouth was like the gate at the tair
grounds
He meant, 1 suppose, that it was
never shut. doh't see how he came
to make any such ridiculous comparison
as that. Did you demonstrate with
him?'
You bet did. l drawed him across
the kitchen table by the hair with one
hand, while basted him with long
banded skillet and you should have
theerd him calling me mother darling,
aud pet but Providence was agin
me. His har gave way, and he lit out
before l could reason with him any
more. Just as like as not we will never
meet again. and she sighed heavily.
BE calm, madam; do not excite your
self too much.'
Il am calm. l like to talk about
these family secrets. 1t calls up sacred
recolIechons. 1t makes me think OF
nv darter's fust husband. 1t was real
fun to demonstrate with him. His har
didn't give, lie was game. He
sassed back; tut, Lord ! what time
they had holding the inquest. That
was at Arkansas, before l meved 10
Galveston. There was some OF his
remains in one csrner Of The yard, aud q
few more remains hanging Oil The fence ,
and there was right peart of him wrap
ped around the ak handle. The jury
knew me. so they brought in verdict
of justiiable I,omlcide, or suicide, or
something ike tlat. And now, to
think OF his pesky little, worthless,
spindle thanked, soSgled-ryed whefp
getting clear of excepting a few
pounds Of har, 1 wan, you to find him
for me. You can knoy him by the
brands mad on him with the hot
skillet. Wanted 20 ampertate my jaw,
the little brassy whclp! Said my
mouth was like gaze, did heT
The Official said he would hunt Tor
him and let her know. AS she went
out. she batted her eyes significantly al
the official and remarked:
You had better find that prodigal
son. or thar'll be music ot these head
, quarters
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

The idea If the biggest head know
lng the mot is all nonsense. Ihe
nastodon had the biggest head OF his
time, yet lie didn't know enough to 20
into the ark out of tie rain and be saw
ed. The mosquito, with scarcely any
head at all, was wiser. t..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Sam, You are net honest. Why do
you put all the good peaches on the top
of the measure and the little ones be-
low?' Same reason, sab, dat make de
front o. your house marble and de back
late mostly slop bar'l sah.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Hold on dar,' said a colored man,
hailing an acquaintance. Does yer
cross de street sbery time yer sees me
ter keep from payin' dat bill? No L
Doesn't what fur, den?' Ter keep
from bein' axed fur it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

The Philadelphia Chronicle is anxious
ly waiting to zee ifthe Revised Tesia-
ment will press autumn leayes as good
as the other edition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

lis difficult to act q part long, fol
where truth is not at the bottom ma
ture will alwaysbe sndeavor.ng TO re-
turn; and will peep out aud bstsay it.
self one tlme or another. IS = .ser9'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Scotch and English people build their
houses 10 stand forever. Lord Butte is
building one in Scotland with outer
walls fyc feet thick.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

An average of 1000 postal cards are
daily mailed IN this country without
address on the face. We are becoming
an absenl-minded nation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

A Chicago drummer is IN limbo In q
Wisconsin Jail for hitting hotel lapd-
lord with tweniyone out ofa possible
twsnty-tlrce Goldfish balls.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

'Notone hotel in forty, large or small,
places a good cup ofcoffee on the table,
says a New Yorker who has travelled
for twenty years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Illinois women like the name ofSmilb.
DR.. Smith, OF Prairie Bend, had no dii-
Gculty in engaging himself to marry four
of them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Astronomer Proctor says the world
will last $4,000, 600 years yet. That will
do. Any man who dsmands more is a
hog.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Tennessee expects TO have a million
dollar fruit crsp, and everybody hopes
lhe WON'T be disappointed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20
N0rARIEs PUBIIC.
JUsriCEs OF THE PEACE.

n.v,s D,sr-Dr. G. A. Brown, obed Funk and
Jas b. Jackson. $50, ,,,,coro,. cnou,dar
whitaker. ~r.-.,r s+r..blar
JoHxsroN.-J. Il. Rodener, Martin strieKier'
M.n,soN n l samuel C, Campbell James J.
XsgRy,3samI. Hsmman, Samuel Kingree, Jacoh
r. Miller. 1;-llo John n
Pence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-07-20

Trusting TO chan.s-Expecting l., get
TO heaven by sinz.Dg.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

One Of the most lovely places in Spald-
ing county is the carp pond of Mr.. A. A.
Wright, in North Griffin. Those of our
readers who have never visited it can
form little idea of its beauty. Mr.. Wright,
who is genius in everything, has devo-
ted to the improvement of this place his
best skill and energies. We must confess
to some neglect in not giving more promi-
nence to an enterprise that has attracted
so much attention and favorable comment
in Georgia, and which has even filled col
umns in influential Western papers.
The pond covers an area of nearly an
acre, and is supplied with water by a
large cold spring that boils up in the GEN.
ter, and water conveyed by underground
pipes from number of springs several
hundred feet distant. The dam is con-
structed in the best manner, being plank
ed upon the inside of the best heart pine
lumber, with clay backing, on which is
planted Bermuda grass. Inside the pond,
near one corner, is a dry well eight feet
in diameter and ten feet deep, octagon
shaped, at the bottom of which is large
hydraulic engine or ram that forces water
through pipes all over the residence of
Mr.. Wright, where it is used for the vari-
GUS purposes needed, kitchen, bathroom,
ETC., keeping up constant flow of water
without the use of tanks or reservoirs,
having the same pressure of an elevated
tank thirty feet high and also keeping q
beautiful fountain continually playing
seven jets of water fifteen feet high
Around the top of the dry well is q
strainer or sieve of wire cloth made to
order in New York, through which the
waste water escapes from the pond there
by preventing the escape of the smallest
carp,) thence from the bottom through q
waste pipe which conveys all surplus
water and waste from the pond and dam.
Two large weepingwillows stand in the
center on two islands built octagon shaped
and sodded with blue grass.
The willows are the largest and hand
soonest IN the county and are exceedingly
ornamental. Around the pond, on the
dam, are other large weeping-willows,
which make the place look cool and
pleasant. On the upper side are planted
row of magnolias and weeping-willows,
and in the pond, spread on the surface,
blooms the beautiful yellow water-lilies,
yellow lotus. csrcutian secsnv0to, calla-
diums, escalantums, and variety of other
ornamental aquatic plants. In the depths
Of the pond swim the largest and finest
carp In the State, ranging in size from
the tiny ones to those twenty three and
twentY.four inches in length. OF al
sizes, there are . million Of carp in the
pond, and IN them . very handsome profit
for Mr. Wright. - Gyi6aa {Ga) Ness
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

So great has been the demand this year
from all section Of the country for young
carp from the Government ponds at
Washington, that the United States Fish
Commissioner has been obliged to give
notice that he will have no more to dis
tribute until next Fall, when those hatch
ed this spring will be large enough to be
removed. Mr.. Hessel, Superintendent of
the Government carp ponds says the last
carp hatched are of marvellous size, some
measuring, when only twelve or fourteen
days old, three or four inches, and these
without any scales. 1t seems quite evil
dent that the carp have taken new
development since they were brought
from Germany, and that the American
waters are particularly adapted to their
growth.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

In a conversation an eminent minister
of the church made this fine observation
=" We will say nothing of the manner in
which the sex usually conduct an argu-
ment, but the intuitive judgment of the
women is often more to be relied upon
than the conclusions which we reach by
an elaborate process of reasoning. No
man who has an intelligent wife or is &C
custemed to the society of educated
women will dispute this. Time without
number you must have known them to
decide questions on the instant, and with
unerring accuracy, which you have been
pouring over for hours, perhaps, with no
other result than to find yourself getting
deeper and deeper into the tangled maze
of difficulties. 1t were hardly generous to
allege that they achieve these facts less by
reasoning than sort of sagacity which ap-
proximates to the sure instincts of the ami
NAL races and yet there seems to be some
ground for the remark of a French writer,
that when q man has toiled, step by step,
up flight of stairs, he will be sure to
find woman at the top; but she will not
be able to tell how she got there. How
she got there, however, is of very little
moment. If the conclusions a woman
has reached are sound that is all that CON-
Germs us. And that they are very apt to
be sound on practical matters of domes-
tic and secular life, nothing but prejudice
or selfconceit can prevent US from ac-
knowledging. The inference, therefore,
is unavoidable, that the man who thinks
it beneath his dignity to take counsel
with an intelligent wife stands in his own
light, and betrays that lack of judgment
which he taeitly attributes to her.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

ofice, the clerk leading, and on the eve of
opening the door, when shot was fred
and Mathews fell. A man was seen rum
ming of but he could not be recognized.
A notice was left at the residence of Judge
Harris, advising that gentleman to leave
the county. Mathews has since died of
his wounds.
"A London dispatch of the 25th says !:
In the House of Commons to-day, Sir
William ". Harcourt, Home Secretary,
replying to Viscount Sandow, Conserva-
tive, said that the report of the discovery
of internal machines at Liverpool was
substantially correct. He said that the
home officers. on the arrival of the ves-
sells referred to in the report, had sent
two detectives to Liverpool, and six ma
chimes were discovered in one vessel and
four in another. The Home Secretary
further stated that more than three weeks
ago the government was informed of the
consignment from America to England of
Internal machines, the names of the yes
sells being given. Investigation to dis
cover the originators of the conspiracies,
he said, are proceeding here and in Amer
lea. He believed the conspirators were
connected with the avowed projects of
the Fenian press in America. He con-
cluded as follows: 1T is my firm belief
that the American Government is as de-
sirous as the English Government to sup
press such crimes"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02
HEAD-E0TEs OF DECISIONS
sUPREME C0UBT on RhOmEmA,
Jume Terna, A. ID. losH.
BENZ. F. Tidwell. Appellant Va Robk n. With
enpoon. Appellee.-Madison County.

Benz. F. Tidwell, Appellant Va Robs n. With.
enpoon. Appellee-Madison County.
1. That paper purporting TO be copy ot the
summons served by the sheriff, was n0s q true
copy of the original on which return Of ser
vice was made, is not good ground OF motion 10
dismiss the suit but only to set aside the return
2. sheriff return ofdue servics Of summons
In the manner prescribed By law, is conclusive a.
TO jurisdiction Of parties unless the same Il im-
peached by satisfactory evidence.
3. Where an attorney appears specially not
waving the right TO take advantage OF errors
and defects In the summons or to move for
dismissal Of the cause on account thereof this
is not general appearance waving the very
defects indicated.
4. Where clerk has entered defendants ap-
pearance by an attorney, and the attorney testi-
fies that he did not authorize such entry, which
statement Is not c0ntradicted, the clerks InemD-
randum cannot bind the attorney or the party
5. Where default Is entered for want OF, q
plea, and there Is sufficient cause shown for SET
ting It aside and granting leave to plead, and an
order Is made to plead Instanter, If the time
allowed is not sufficient, application should be
made to the court to enlarge the time. The
judgment of the attorney that more time Is nee
essary Is no legal excuse for noncompliance with
the order s..
9. The neglect Of an attorney TO file plea un-
der rule of court fixing the time of pleading,
should not operate to the prejudice Of the party
on bis application to set aside second default,
upon his rendering good plea and an afidavit Of
merit with sworn statement showing that he Il
without fault especially where the negleck Of the
attorney was not such as to give . righto of &C.
ton against him for negligence.
2. The neglect of an attorney 70 prepafe and
file plea, caused by his being summoned 10 q
distant place account Of the serious illness of
his wife. even though he might have made ar
rangements with another attorney TO prepare il,
or might have notified his Client yet did not do
80 because of his anxiety for his family, Is not
such neglect as should operate to the prejudice
of his client
8. While the granting or refusal Of an applica-
ton to open default for not pleading, is In the
sound discretion of the court yet this discretion
is the subject of review on appeal.
8. The taking of original records or papers
from the clerks Office by attorneys, without leave
of the court is reprehensible and should not be
permitted by the clerk.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02

1t is considered, ordered and adjudged that
this case be remanded to the Circuit Court of
Madison county, with directions that the de-
fendant be allowed TO plead on payment of the
taxable costs which have accrued in the Circuit
Court since the service and return Of the sum-
mons, such payment of costs TO be made to the
Clerk of the Circuit Court within twenty days
after notice of the taxation by the Judge Of such
costs, unless the defendant has already paid the
same, aud on such taxable costs being paid the
Judge or Court is authorized and required to
vacate the final judgment and default and allow
the parties to file such pleadings or amended
pleadings as they may be advised, and the cause
will proceed according to the rules and practice
of the Court; but if such taxable costs shall not
be paid or have not already been paid by the de-
fendant the said judgment will stand affirmed.
The costs in this Court will be taxed against the
appellant.
J. N. Stripping, Attorney for Appellant; F.
W. Pope, Attorney for Appellee.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-08-02
PLANTING cow PEAS.

As cow peas are very high at this time,
and many can afford to buy but sparingly,
we give a hint that they may get the
best results from the smallest outlay. In
planting for forage, either in rows or
broadcast, much may be gained by mix
ing equal parts of corn and peas. North
ern yellow corn is the best. The peas
shade the ground and cause the corn to
grow well, besides the corn holds up the
peas and makes them produce abundantly.
In many localities the season has been
very dry and persons have been unable
to plant peas up to the present time, but
peas and corn mixed may be planted for
two weeks yet with good success.