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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
They all got n Copy.

Yes, they were seut out by hundreds.
Federal officials all got one Of Brady
little circulars, directing them to shell
OUT the funds TO help elect The coalition
ticket in Virginia.
The Chairman Of the Republican
State Executive Committee Of the
Mahone party, j. D. Brady, SAYS:
"Our Committee asks of you yolun-
teer contribution to our campaign fund.
The National Republican Committee,
every Republican United Senator,
General U. S. Grant, Hon. Wm. E,
Chandler, and all Republican leaders of
national reputation, earnestly desire the
success of the Coalition Increment in Vir'
ginia ahere5y the Bourbon Democracy
rW be defeated.'
A roluntecr contribution ! That word
volunteer is cool and cheeky. Such
language means, and it is well under
stood, shell OUT Oh resign!
And this cheeky-circular is from Re-
publican Brady 10 Republican officials.
For what To RAISE fund to help elect
Mahone's coalition ticket
Democratic Conservative people Of
Virginia-no matter what you think
about The debt queston-rise up in
your strength and put down this foul
combina,iou-a coaliti on that is Il bloi
upon the civilization Of the day.
Bring every voter 10 the polls
Old Commonwealth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
TrIDu.e 10 n Mother.

Children, look IN those eyes, listen 10
that dear voice. notice the feeling OF
even q single touch that is bestowed
upon you by her gentle hand! Make
much of it while you have that most
precious of all gifts, loving mother
Read the unfathomable love in these
eyes, the kind anxiety of that tone and
look, however slight your pain. ln
after years you may have frlends-iond,
dear friends-but never will you have
again the inexpressible love and gentle
ness lavlshed upon yon which none but
a mother bestows. Often do l sigh in
my struggles with the dark. uncaring
world. for the sweet, deep security l
felt. when of an evening, nesting in her
bosom, listened TO some quiet tale,
suitable to mg age. read III her tender
aud unuring voice. Never can | forget
her sweet glance cast upon me when |
appeared asleep; never her kiss OF peace
at night. Years have passed away
since we laid her beside my father III the
old cburch-yard; and still her voice
whispers from the grave, and her eyes
watch over me, as visit spots long
since hallowed to the memory cf my
mother. Lord Macaulay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
sad Tale from the sea.

Mrs. George l.. Hunter, the vile OF
Capt. Hunter, of the schooner Thomas
J. Lancaster, which was wrecked north
of Cape Hatteras. has returned homo to
Philadelphia widowed and childless.
having left the bodies Of her husband
and three children buried in the North
Carolina sands. near the burial place OF
four searnen and the second mate
Tied high up in the rigging of Lancas-
ter, while the strong vessel was ponns-
ing herself 10 pieces, Mrs. Hunter saw
her infant child torn from her arms by
the sea wllch rad only moment be-
fore swallowed up her husband and his
eldest daughter, and still clinglng, wet
and nearly frozen 10 the mast, the heart
broken women heard above the roar of
the sea a plainuve, strong cry, Nam ma,
come save me- which told her that
one child still lived. Through twelve
hours OF wind and rain aud darkness
Mrs. Hunter battled against the ropes
which obstinately saved her lie by
fastening herself there out Of reach OF
the storm aud OF her child, who died
even after succor came, and the five
survivors OF the ill-fated ship were
brought to land. When the captains
lody Was found, his pocket had been
robbed of SIS, which he had secured be-
fore leaving the cabin when the vessel
struck the reef. The poor woman was
thus left destitute, but not friendless,
for she met kind assistance from Lieu
tenant Newcomb, Of the United States
army, and keeper Midget, Of the lie
saving station, who made her as COM
Portable as it was possible TO 10 IN that
uncivillzed place.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
SnOrers on a sleeper.

Don't you often have trouble with
snoring passengers p asked reporter
of sleeping-clr conductor.
'Bon't I?' repeated the conductor,
with leryor. oh, no! never, by any
meansl Why, there's one man, drum
met for Chicago house, who crosses
with me regular every week, who'd
drive deaf corpse crazy. He's little
bit ola man, aud don't weigh much
more than hundred, but he can snore
for twenty, He lays himself out, and
falls asleep the minute he geIs the
covers over him. Then the iun begins.
I've known him to have the whole car
awake and yelling Tor me aud the por-
ter, and he snoring away as calm and
peaceful us baby. The last trip be
made we had a minister with US, big
Jolly gentleman, who had the berth
next to him. He snored for half an
hou; at a stretch, and the poor preacher
couldn't get a wink of sleep. But he
didn't say anything till the others had
given up yelling in despair. Then the
drummer rolled over Oh his side, and,
giving q klnd of choking snort, like a
nan having bis throat cut, he stopped
snering, For abou. half second there
was dead silence in the car. Then we
heard the minister say:
"'Thaud God! The scoundrels
deadv
women are as bad for snoring as
men, aud much worse tempered with
one another about it. We carried a
thea rical company mo2th ago. Actors
and actresses don't often take slecpsrs.
They have a mack of making themselves
comfortable in a common seat. But
this party had beer travelling all tho day
before and acting till midnight, and wer
tired out. Well, they turned In, and
pretty soon an old maid, who had the
corner berth, began to raise Cam about
one of them snoring. She woke the
whole party up, and never heard such
chorus in my born days. First one be-
gan TO pretend 10 snore. and then an-
other and another took 1t up. Fer q
whole hour they kept at it, and only
stopped when they hadn't strength
enough left to 60 on. You can be-
lieve the old maid didn't have any re-
marks en- snoring 10 make after that
serenade'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
WhatiI,e Birds do.

The birds can earn the right to live
by the service they render the farmer
Instead of being destroyed or frightened
away, they should be encouraged to
build their nests about the farm. A
writer in the New York Journal Of
Commerce says:
The early worm Is pretty sure TO he
caught by the early bird. After
shower when tie worms aud insects
conc out, you will see robins and
orioles and the various fly-catchers
devourlng thousands of animals.
1t Is not exaggeration TO say thou
sands for careful observers haye made
computations of the number Of insects
eaten by birds, and to sentimental
lover ofnature the record is appalling.
The cabin library furnishes no book
Of reference on this subject except OF
hat very companion of the natures
lover, Mr., Wilson Flagg's Birds and
seasons Of New England Turning
over its pages this eyeniug note facts
like these:
Mr.. Roberts. of Coleville, Ohio, killed
a yellow-5ird, aud found IN its crop two
hundred weevils and four grains ef
wheat, each eaten because a weevil was
in it.
a farmers boy IN Ohio killed a quail
and in the craw found one cutworm,
twenly-one striped vine-bugs and one
hundred chlnch-bugs.
Mr.. Bradley, an English wliter,
records a count kept of a pair Of birds
bringing caterpillars 10 their nests to
feed their yonng. The calculations
made on the count showed that one
brood consumed no less than five hum
dred caterpillars IN day.
This would dispose of iftccn thousand
a month, and # there were hundred
such nests IN a township, the death Of
million and half of caterpillars would
contribute 10 the life Of some five hun
dred birds.
Mr.. Flagg, in giving these ard other
facts, relates an observation OF his
own. He watched golden robin
Baltimore oriolcs) in u cherry tree
DESTROYING the common hairy cater
pliers. In one minute, by the watch,
the bird killed seventeen. He dill not
eat them, but tore eoch one open,
picked out some dainty portion he liked
aud dropped the rest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
Goodbye, Till Morning"

A few evenings ago I heard two
little girls, who had been playing to-
gether durng the early part of the eve-
nlng, bidding goodbye to each other
for the night. Aud different. from the
way in which some little boys and girls
take their leave of each other, after
playing together during the evening! Al
they separated, heard one OF the girls
say, "Good.bay, till morning.' How
uice it would be fall the little boys aud
girls who play together could enjoy
themselves as these two little girls did
and when the proper time comes, part
in the same Cheerful! aud friendly man.
ner!
But my thoughts did rot stop here.
kent on thinking OF the words, Good
bye, till morning. and the more l
thought Of them the more beautiful they
seemed. When the evening OF LIE
comes to our friends aud loved ones,
thought l. and We are called upon 10
bid them goodbye for the last time,
might 40 not, like the little girl, say
Goodbye, till mornins?' For ls not the
death of the body simply short sleep,
from which at the resurrection morn 1t
viii be awaked and raised q sloriied
body! And as TO the little child the
ten or twelve hours of long sleep seem
in the morning to haye been onlya lew
short minutes. SO free from all care and
pain has the body been while the mind
has in fancy been enjoying all the mIrth
and pleasure cf childhood; SO in like
manner will it be to those who sleep
In jesus Tie body for sholt tine
at rest in the grave, the spirit IN
Paradise with God, how soon will dawn
the glorious resurrs :lion morn, when
soul and body will be reunited in enc
glorified aud immortal being 10 dwell
forever with the Lord! May we all SO
live that When the hour OF parting
comes, We may cheerfully and hspe-
fully say, Goodbye, ill morning.
Caldren's Friend.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
PauI Would not Answer.

There was discussion between Col.
O'Ferral end John Paul at Buckingham
Courthouse on Monday the 10th. In
that county, the candidates for the
legislature are, Hon. J. B. Flcklin, a
white man Of ability and character, with
State reputation, and the colored man
Dunsee, who proposed in the Legisla'
ture the repeal Of tie law which forbids
the intermarriage Of negros and whites.
A correspondent Of the Dispatch says
that O'Ferrall piled Paul with questions
and. among others, asked him Il ne
would advise the people Of that county
to vote f)r Fick'ln, the man who was
doing more for Buckinghlm county
than any two huudrcd men bad ever
done. or the negro Shed. Dungee' his
op3onents" and that Paul evadcd the
question and would notcome to the
hOoLO
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02

SPEAKINs WELL OF OTHEKs.-Ii
the disposition to speak we'll OF elhers
were universally prevalent, the world
become comparative paradise. The
opposite disposition is the Pandora box
which. when opened, fills every house
and every nelshberhood With pain aud
sorrow. How many enemies and heat
burnings few from this source. How
much happiness is interrupted and de-
stroyedl Envy, JEALOUSY, aud the
malignant spirit Of evil, when they hnd
vent by the lips, go lorth on tbe.r
mission Ike foul fends 10 blast the re-
pu,alion aud peace of others. Every
one has his impertections; aud IN tho
conduct OF the best there Will be &C.
casional faults which might seem 10
justify spuiuadverslon. It is a good
rule. however, when there is occasion
Cor fault.fnding to do 1t privately TO ths
erling one. This may prove salatary.
It is proof Of interest ~ the individual
which will generally be taken kindly, II
the manner of dong 1t is not offensive.
The common and unchristIan rule, on
the contrary, is TO proclaim the fsillsgs
of Others 10 al bot themselves. This
is uachristian, and shows dsspi;atie
heart.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02

WORDS OF WIsboM.-There is no
charity in helping man who will not
help himself.
Would you retain the love ofa friend,
do not be too selfshly exactlng.
Like beautiful dover, full Of color
but without scent, are the fine but
fruitless words Of him who does not act
accordingly.
Not the perYersities of others, not
their sins of commission Or omis ssion,
bus his own misdeeds and negligence
should a sage take notice OF.
a few kind words a little iorebear.
ance. or kiss will open The way 10 a
food of sunshine in a house darkened
By the clouds Of dlscord and unamiabllI-
ty.
The changes that make or unmake a
man are not the changes of stature or
position or circumstances or anything
else that can be seen vutwardly, but
the subtle changes that begin, silent
and unnotlced, in the hidden chambers
Of the mans consciousness, where
formless and wage lies the material out
of which motives are shaped.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
Mad-Stones.
An Illinois deotor sends from Fieldon

An Illinois deotor sends from Fleldon
IN that state the following letter 10 the
| New Y ork Sun We have two reputed
mad.siones IN Jersey County. One be-
longs 10 Jacob Lurton Esq, OF New
bern. 1t appears to be fossil coral
| 1t is somewhat cOncaye on one side
and convex on the other, slight,
porous, of grayish color, aud about
an inch across. IL Is said 10 be one
half of the original, which drew so hard
upon the bite OF dog that it broke In
two. 1t is applied to the wound. and
it adheres so tightly that it will take Oil
pieces of the skin if one tries 10 remove
it by force. 1t will drop off IN few
hours, and it is then boiled in sweet
| milk, after which it will adhere TO the
wound again. After few days OF treat
ment it will not stick, even ii you make
A fresh wound.
The other stone is owned by Judge
Phiueas Eidridge of Brighton. Maeou-
pin County. 1t is about half an inch
square, an inch aud a half long. 1t
looks like piece Of black slate with
high polish. 1t is applied like the
other stone, bat to extract the poison
after it has fallen off 1t is put into hot,
weak lie made of wood ashes, and for
several minutes it will send out bubbles
of air or gas, that comes out of the stone
and rise 10 the top Of the fluid. When
it ceases to bubble it IS taken out and
rubbed dry with warm ashes and again
applied.
In the year 1864, 1 believe, one Of
John Gorin's sons, lad of II years,
was bitten by mad dog in several pla-
ces upon both hands. My brother and
|, both being physicians, and naturally
skeptical concerning mad stones, went
several miles 20 see this boy. We found
him with both mad stones adhering to
the wounds. We found The tongue
white and velYety, the skin sallow, and
a peculiar contracted pulse OF 40. In
short time the boy regained his u3xal
health. He Was evidently under excite
ment when we visited him. The stones
adheredl IN this case about eight days,
the black stones sticking for about two
days after the other would no longer act.
Horses, hogs and geese bitten by the
same dog and went mad, but the boy
recovered. The next cases | saw in
which these stones we're tried were
those Of Nat Irwin and Miss Nancy
Watson Of Delhi. These yOnng people
were bitten in 1867, believe in several
places on the legs and arms. The stones
were sent Tor and used IN the usual way.
had chance 10 see the daily use OF
them, as 1 resided in Delhi at the time.
They both got we'll, and are now living
Iii that vicinity. The dog that bit these
young people was undoubtedly rabid,
and stock bitten by it died OF hydropho-
pia.
These arc the only reputed mad stones
ever saw. and t.cir efficacy in the
three cases under my own notice, and
the similar statemaut5 OF persons OF
undoubted veracity, have removed my
disbelief in the virtue of mad stones.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
KOmcIy Connecticut Girl.

Twas a dull, heavy evening the
light of the dozen gas jets along tie
streets only served 10 make the haze
and fog yl,ible. Tae clock Just tinkled
fourth the hour OF nine, and with tbe
usual remark thai twas time honest
folks were ab, d., old McGunnigisgie
lrudged off up stars, followed by the
agod partner of his sorrows aud searcher
for bis JOYS.
Don't you young folks set Up Till
the morning paper comes, this time,
shouted she over the banister
'No--o--o, replied d 81 Get voice from
the parlor 'ge WON'T sill p said she
in an undertone.
Not if IknoS it, was the reply. III
the old folks are going TO be as sour as
this | guess III skip now and lie
reached for his hat.
See here = and the gitls eyes sleam
ed with earnestness, youer the nrst
fellow I've Lad, and you've got to put
down that hat aud sit up and court me
in good shape. Pm homely, | know,
but can build better bread. iron a bOs-
ON shirt handsomer, knit pair Of stock
Jugs quicker, and make 81 81 go further
than any girl in the village. Them's
my recommendations.
That suits lie exvctly.' anu the hat
flew into the corner, and that evening
the details cf the wedding we're all ar
ranged. lie depended On girl as
smart as that TO get the best of the old
folks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
Better Than sunday Visiting.

Il was sad thing 10 Mrs. Duane TO
moye into new settlement where there
vas no church, or rSIbbIth school, for
she had beeu a warm hearted worker n
both, in The old home ladd.
Come over aud see US next sunday
aid neIghbor condially.
Il thank YOU said Mary, but | new
er visit or receive company on Sunday
You'll be the odd one in tins place,
then, said the other, laughing. 1 think
We work hard enough in the week 10
haye little pleasure that day, SO we
meet around in each others houses,
aud have good time together gener-
ally
Were you brought up that way, Mrs.
Allen?' asked the other gently.
'Ol, 10, indeed!' and a flush stole
over her face. 1T was different in my
childhood at the East. There we ale
ways went to church and Sabbath
schools as regularly as the weeks rolled
by.'
Do you feel we'll satisfied 10 bring
up your children 10 this way, knowing
that they, and you, too, must soon pass
away from these scenes forever" asked
Mary with tenderness, for she knew
there had been sorrow not long back in
her neighbours household.
The tears started as she answered
decidedly: No, Mrs Duane, 1 10 not.
When trouble comes there is 10 comfort
in this way Of living. But what can a
person DO alene in such goddess
place?'
'Will you help me form Sunday
school, sending your own children aud
trying to influence Others 10 cone y
'Iguess l will, with all my hearth
Mrs. Allen was woman Of strong,
decided character, aud an excellent
alloy for the gentle Mrs. Duane. They
set about the matter at once. The
folks sneered little. bat sent in their
children, %ho were vide awake to come
Mr. aud Mrs. Duane were the teachers,
aud took care to make the exercises in
tercsting. In the course OF time came
Oh box Of books and papers, donated
to the little frontier school, and the
seed dropped in young hearts was not
destined TO be lost Gradually from
The little school sprang up the church
and the settled pastor, aud the coMmu-
nifty rose in moral tone and reanemeut
aud in material prosperity, as church
going community always does. That
li.tle Sabboth school gathering was the
pioneer Of this movement, as it almost
always is iu our new settlement. A hint
here for earnest Chrlstion women who
fud themselves settled IN such locali-
fiac
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
The Paper Bag.

The triumph Of machinery in It's appli
cation to the manufacture Of simple ar
ticles IS we'll illustrated in the history OF
the paper bag. Twenty-Five years ago
the limited amount OF paper bags IN
use were made By hand. And II proba-
bly never occurred to the Dinety-and'
nine conservative ones that there was
any necessity ofimproying the method.
It would certainly never pay to apply
machinery to 80 insignificant au article
as paper bag, mere joining OF paste
and paper! Yet inventive skill tried its
hand. and the result was machine
capable of turning off 100000 bags a
day. What followed was the same as
in hundreds Of industries similarly
affected. Bag factories sprang up. and
no sooner did the supply exist than a
demand was created. New uses we're
discovered for the article, aud today the
annual consumption in the United State ;
in round numbers is 1000, 100000. A t
the same time the price has been redu-
ced 10 nero fraction above the cost OF
the paper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
"Not ifl: vas my BOy.'

Some years ago The late Horace Mann,
The eminent educator, delivered an ad
dress at the opening Of some reicrnia-
tory institution for boys, turing which
he remarked that if only one boz was
saved from ruin, it pays for ali the cost
and care aud labor OF establishing such
an institution rs That. Alter tbs exer.
cises bad closed. in private conversation
4 gentleman rallied Mr.. Mann upon his
statement, and laid ID him. Did you
not color that little, when you said
Lha! all expense aud labor would be re-
PAID if it only saved one boy?' Not if
It vas my boy was the solemn aud
convincing reply. All! there is a
wonderful value about my boy Other
boys may be rude aud rough; o,her boys
may be reckless and wild; other boys
may seem to require more paiDs and
labor tlau they ever will repay; other
boys may be LEFT TO drift uncared Tor TO
the run winch is SO near at hand; but
my boy'-it were worth the toll Of a
lifetime and the lavish wealth Of a
world to save him from ruin. We
would 90 the world round TO save him
from peril, and would bless every hand
that was stretched out 10 give him help
or welcome. And yet every poor
wandering, outcast, homeless man is
one whom some fond mother called
my boy.' Every lost woman, suaken
in the depths Of sin, vas somebody's
daughter 10 her days OF childish inno-
cepce. To-day somebody's son Is a
hungry outcast, SOMEBODY'S daughter Is
a weary, helpless wanderer, driven bv
cruel want into paths Cferror. Shall we
shrink from labor, shall We hesitate at
any cost to do what We can to bring
back the sunshine of happiness to such
as these?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02

BEAUTIFUL ILLUsTRATIoK.-u a
child had been born, aad spent all bis
life in the Mammoth Cave, how i'm.
possible would it be for him to compre.
bend the upper world Parents might
tell HIM OF its life, its light, its beauty,
and its sounds Of JOY; they might heap
I'D the sands into mounds, aud try to
show him by stalactites, how grass,
flowers, and trees grow out Of the
ground; till at length, with laborious
thinking, the child would fancy be had
gained q true idea OF the unknown land,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02

Meandering Massey is prowling round
the Southwest. A few items from his
record will be Interesting:
He voted TO make the paymeni
of the capitatioa tax a prerequisite 10
voting.
He voted agaias. extending The ses-
sion OF 1879, so as to force the Governor
to call the Legislature 10 extra session,
a little readjusler trick that cost the
State $4,000.
When an extension Of ouly four days
was moved, so that the bill TO support
the public charities, &C., mlght be con-
sidered, Massey voted No. -C0assrra
tirc Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02
New Mother Sh;pfOn

When lawyers fail to make fee,
Aud juries never disagree
When politicians are content,
And landlords don't collect their rent
When parties smash all the machines,
And Boston folks give up their beans
When naughty children all die young,
And girls are born without tongue;
When ladies don't take time TO hop,
And ofice-holdcrs never Hop,
When preachers cut their sermons short
And ali folks to the church resort;
When back subscribers all have pala
And editors have fortunes made
Such happenings will sure porLend,
This world must soon come to an end
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1881-11-02

\ man who deserts his:race and colo
IS a Id scoundrel. .-Frnald to Hal
Ajax negroes.
Twill not carry war into Africa, but
carry Africa into the war.-JYm. Il.
Cameron.
would vote for negro re,adjuster
before l would vote Tor a white funder.
John S. Wise.