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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
The Scheme that GsnaiIs Bsiursgird and
Eahy Father.

4 correspondent Of the Bradford,
Pa, Era, writing from New Orleans,
says;
/" No Northerner has any idea OF
the vast Operations OF this CON-
pany. In addition to their month
", quarterly and yearly drawings
they have a daily drawing, aud
such is the fascinatiun engendered
BY the habit Of playing it that men
and women in many cases will sell
and pawn everything they are
possessed of and invest it in lottery,
even taking the money which
should have been expended in the
purchase of bread for their families.
All goes into the Unsuitable nav OF
their gorgon. Wherever you go
here you meet men, generally
shabbily dressed, with a card in
their hands figuring out a combi'
nation of numbers which they bet
on, but which seldom turns up the
winner. Still they keep At it.
Only yesterday lady told me OF
a number Of persons whom she
was personally acquainted with
who had been reduced from easy
circumstances to absolute penury
by investments made in lottery.
You can buy tickets from twenty
five cents upward. Then it is sell
dom that all the tickets are sold.
ALI remaining over are thrown into
the wheel for the benefit Of the
company, 80 that the chances are
greatly increased in their favor. 1t
is admitted by the greater portion
of the inhabitants of this city az
the Pand0ra's box of Louisiana"
Pandora's Boz was what New
Orleans street Mardi Gras repre-
sented in the magnificent pageant
in 1884, bat strange to say that
while here was an immense car,
drawn by six horses, representing
in that pageant Gambling Au-
gustusn and illustrating the evils
OF gambling there was not a car or
fioat in the pageant representing
the modern gambling hell Of New
Oreleans, that evory day robs the
people of this country and dehes
even the highest officers in the
employ of the respective States
and the United States Government.
And this is the fraud that Gen.
erals BeauregaId and Early act as
sponsors for Just think OF it.
For the sum of $4,000 each q
year these men, who owe all they
are to the brave men OF the South,
are peddling out their regulations
to lottery gamblers that are beggar'
ing their people. 1t is a sad spec
tacle.-I Philadelphia Hearld.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
THE NATURE OF THE BOOMER.
AN OLD LADY TRLLs BOB BUBDETTE
WHAT THE OKLAHOMA MEN
ARE LIKE.

Law me- said the old lady who
got on the train at Olathe, Kansas,
and was going down to Fort Scott.
'Law me, you can't tell me nothin'
about these Oklahoma boomers. l
know 'em. No. she replied, as |
asked her for some personal infor-
nation about them. Il don't reck.
on [ ever sot eyes on one Of 'em in
my life, but | know 'em. / know
the kind. Why look here, young
man, theirs always been that kind
Of people ont West. Me an my
husband came to Kansas away
back in '5G when you was sayin'
lessons and gettin' hOggin's at
schooP-Grandma was correct, on.
ly she should have put the aoggings
first, as they were always in the
majority and we took our land
and settled down TO maxim a livin'
an raisin' the best family Of boys
and girls ever born on Kansas soil.
An they was people come here
about the time an soon after, an
they was just like these Oklahoma
boomers. They wanted to go onto
Injun land. Now, you've got sense
to know jest what Kansas an Ne
bIaska was along back in '56 Jest
millions an millions ofacres of land
that never see a plow or felt a hu.
man foot; jest as rich land as ever
lay ont doors; jest waitin' fer the
plow an the hoe, room fer nigh all
creation, an yet they want foot
of it good enough fer these fellows
they wanted to get on the reserva-
ton. 'Injun land they called it,
nothin would suit 'em but Injun
land. An nothin' would do but
tho Injuns must be moved, so VI
these men could 90 onto Injun land.
An not a mite o difference was
there between the land on one side
of the reservation and the other.
An when these people got on the
reservation, 'twan't long afore they
got tired of it, and pulled up stakes,
and follered away after the Injuns,
to see if they hadn't got onto bet
ter piece of land somewhere. ]
wouldn't be a bit surprised eff you'd
find some old men down to Oklaho-
ma who have been fOllerin' the In.
luns around from one reservation
to another for the past 20 or 30
years. Land? Why, there's more
good land, prairie land, with black
soil deeper q any plow kin reach,
we'll. watered and rich as gold Dig
gins in Kansas an Nebrasky now
than'll be taken up an settled in
25 years, an yet these fellows down
to Oklahoma can't find any place
to settle 'thout goin' onto Injun
land. Itell you, young man, it's
all nonsense F; there's no manner OF
sense in it an no excuse for it.
When men out here once git crazy
for lnjun land, it'll stick to 'em q
long as they live 'thout it's thrash
ed out of 'em, an if | was the
President these tramps ID settle
dewn OH their own farms mighty
quick, or else go back to the states
where they come from And the
old lady looked at me with such an
expression of inhexible determine
ton that hastened to assure her
that | wasn't going near Oklahoma.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
Thousands Say SO.

MET w. Atkins, Girsrd, Kan.
writes: Il never hesitate to re.
commend your Electric Bitters to
my customers, they give entire sati-
faction and are rapid sellers Elec-
trio Bitters are the purest and best
medicine known and will positively
cure Kidney and Liver complaints,
Purify the blood and regulate the
bowels. No family can afford to
be without them. They will save
hundreds of dollars in docter's bills.
every year. Sold at fifty cents q bot
tIa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
He Never KnOwed

Old Billy b. was piOus man,
And heaven was his goal
For, being very saving man,
OF course he'd saved his soul.
But, even in this, he used to say,
zone can't too careful be
And be sang with feryor unassumed,
"Tm glad salyation's free"
But the means of grace, he had to own,
Required good, hard-earned gold
And he took ten pews, as well became
The richest Of the fold.
" He's noble manw the preacher cried,
"Our Christian Brother b.
And Billy smiled as be sublet nine,
And got his own pew free.
In ass-meeting next, old Billy told
How heaven bad gracious been,
Yes, even back in the dark days when
He was a man Of sin.
81 was buildin' barn on my river farm
"All then had, he said
Pdrunout O bOards,an' was feedin' hands
"On nOthin' but corn bread.
al tell We, brethren, that felt blue,
Short O. timber and Oscasb,
And thought I'd die when the BANKS theh
bust,
And flooded all my mash.
But the Lord was merciful to me,
And sent right through the rift
The tide had made in the river banks
A lumber raft adrift.
"Plenty o boards was there for the barn,
And on top was a cheese,
And bar'l O. pork as sound aud sweet
As any one ever sees
Then had bread and meat for the men,
And they worked with will,
While / thanked God, who'd been good to
me,
And I'm dcin' il still"
A shrill-voiced sister cried Bless the
LOrdv
Tue whole class cried Amen |"
But a keen-eyed man looked at Billy Is.
In thoughtful way, and then
Asked Brother b., did you ever hear
Who lost that raft and load 7"
And Billy wiped his eyes and said,
Bretherin', never knowed!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

A novel use is being made OF
oyster shells by Hartford Conn
man, who is coming money in his
new enterprise. The shells are
placed in a patented mill and
ground. 1t hasa capacity Of five
tons a day. The product is sold
for chick en- food. Twenty tons and
more are sent yearly to San Fran
cisco, orders are filled from Western
States, and Bermuda and the Sand
wlch Islands have been supplied
The business has been doubled
since last year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
WHAT CREATING MEANs.-Th

WHAT CREATING MEANs.-The
Lyon Medical says that Professor
Malgaigne is much dreaded by stu.
dents OH account OF his irony at
examinations. One day he was
discussing some obscure points in a
students thesis, and tho candidate
replying almost OF random. Now,
SIR exclaimed the irate examiner,
'can you tell me what to create
neansf Create p stammered the
youth; 'it means to make some.
thing out Of nothing That's
good, sir said Mslgaigne; I'VE
will now make you o DOCTOR
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
CHRISTIAN PATIENCE.
py REV. JOEL swARTz, d. D.

Sweat Patience is as rare, as fair,
And strong as she is good
Tbongh much epplauded everywhere
She's little understood.
She is not stoically firm,
Nor passively inert
She calmly bides aflction's term,
But not as one unhurt.
And so like Love she suffers long,
Is gentle and is kind,
And when enduring pain ana wrong
She seeks to be resigned.
Sweet Patience bath an iron will
And heart with zeal aglowi
Yet on Gods anvil can lie still
Aud take the hardest blow.
She deems not pain natural good,
She is Of wiser mind;
But knows, in ways not understood,
1t is for good designed.
And so in trouble she is calm,
Can sleep on rolling waves;
For every pain she hath psalm
While trusting Him who saves.
Aud if the Savior tarry long
She waits his coming still;
The soul that trusts she knows is strong
To bear OF conquer Ill.
She asks not for the ripened grain
Till summer seasons come;
Knows that the sunshine and the ram
Precede the harvest home"
She knows the growth Of moments brief
A moments time endures;
SO asks not for the ripened shear
Till time the grain natures.
And so with calm and hopeful eye,
Not always free from tears,
She scans the distant as the nigh,
Far down the coming years.
She knows with God thousand years
Are as a single day;
And so no disappointment fears,
Whatever the delay.
o gentle Power, teach us TO wait,
And waiting to be strong;
How sweet submission can abate
The present stress Of wrong.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

W. T.. Rawlings, Esq, Edmund's
Store, Va, says he purchased four
barrels of Powelps Prepared Chem.
icals, two for tobacco, the others
for cotton. Applied about 400 lbs.
to the acre. TIL result was very
satisfactory, as it eQualed that of
fertilizer used by it which cost
more than three times as much.
Address Brown Chemical Co.,
Baltimore, Nd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
No, Thank You, Tom.

They met when they we're girl and boy,
Going TO school Quo day,
And won't you take my peg top, dear "
Was all that be could say.
She bit her little pinafore,
Close 10 his side she came,
She whispered. " No, no, thank you, Tom,
But took it all the same.
They went one day the self same way,
When ten swift years had flown;
He said, "I've nothing but my heart,
But that is yours alone :"
I And won't you take my heart no said,
And called her by her name
She blushed and said, No, thank you,
Tom"
But took II oil the same.
And twenty, thirty, forty years,
Have brought them care and JOY
She has the little peg top still,
He gave her when a boy.
% I've had no wealth, sweet wife, said ne
awe never brought you fame"
She whispered, "NO, no, thank you, ION
You have loved me all the saneP
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
WHITTIER AND THE CHILDREN.

WHITTIER AND THE CHILDREN.
"A little while ago q number OF
children at a public school in Cir
ard, Pa, wrote a letter to the poet
Whittier, telling him that they had
learned to recitc several OF his
poems, and closing thus: "If it
would not be too much trouble,
write q verse for us-something
that we could learn and always re-
member as having been written by
you specially for u.s. Ia response
he sent the following:
Faint not aud falter not, nor plead
Your weakness. Truth itself isstrong;
The lions strength, the eagles speed,
Are not one vouehsafed 10 wrong.
Your nature, which through hrs and blood,
To place OF gain can lind its way,
Has power to seek tho highest good,
And duty's holest call obey.
JOHN @. WHITTIER.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

The battle between Boss Barbour
and Fitzhugh Lee, on one hand,
against Boss Daniel and ex-senator
Withers, on the other, for the Dem
ocra.ic nominations fer United
States Senator and Governor, is
daily growing moro vigorous and
interesting. 1t is said that these
gentlemen themselves are not par
ties to the contest; but it 10 certain
that their respective friends would
not have engaged so hOtly in it
without the full knowledge and
consent of their respective princi-
pals. Referring to certain Daniel
attacks on Boss Barbour, the Char.
lottesville Jeffersonisn (Barbourite)
says;
If Major Daniels friends, who
have thropn Themselves (or'card 10
press him for the Senatorship at the
next election, sustain and second
this style Of warfare on Mr.. Bar
bour, It will and ought to be sig
nally resented by the people OF Vlr-
glnia, and it v i'll recoil upon Major
Daniel, however much he may re-
gret and coudemn the gross injus'
tice of his indiscreet friends
IL seems that the friends of the
Columbian Orator Of Lynchburg
delight in calling Barbour 'dum-
N.Y. and this is particularly CALLING
ing to the Barbourites, as it is too
true even to be denied. -Whig.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
What Won Want 70 Know.

Every body wants an honest answer "
this simple question: what 10 tho ess'
medicine 10 regulate the bowels. oufc ess
tiyeness aud billiOusness. help the digss-
ton and gives strength 70 shs vhels
systen.p People ask us this every day.
We answer, Psrker's Tonic. IL 10 lleae-
Ant TO the taste. All the children Ike is.
Mothers all praise IL. IL viii save
thousand times its cost In every fAnily.--
Editor Wsisra ArQs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

A small boy who wore striped
stockings, was asked why he made
barber. boles Of bis legs. He re-
piled:
well, aln't I O little shaver
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

.- FRIDAY A LUCKY DAY.-When
anything distressing occurs on
Monday, or Thursday, or Sunday,
no account is made Of its happen.
ings on that particular day. Let
the mishap occur on Friday, and
behold the head.waggers "There
may be nothing in it," they croaki
I" 1t may be all weak superstition,
but Friday is an unlucky day;
there is no denying it." or the
great blessings and happy events
that fall on Friday they take no
note. American old women, sail.
ors, and other superstitious.ridden
folk donot remember that on Fri.
day Columbus sailed on his voyage
Of discovery; that on Friday, ten
weeks alter, he discovered Ameri.
ca; that on Friday the Msyhower
with the Pilgrims, arrived at Ply.
mouth; and on Friday they signed
the august compact, the forerunner
Of the present constitutions that
Oh Friday George Washington was
born that on Friday Bunker Hill
was seized and fortified; that on
Friday the surrender Of Saratoga
was made, and OIL Friday Cornwall
lis surrendered at Yorktown.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
ADVERTISING RArHs.
The Roller Skating cfils.

A correspondent writes: Have
you stopped to consider what roll
ler skating is doing Tor tue people 7
Have you thought how many men,
while perhaps not making fortunes
are making 7 Hundreds Of men are
employed making skatesj agents
and drummers End profitable and
easy business in disposing Of them ;
rink proprietors find their purses
full, while they give employment
to carpenters who would otherwise
be idle. Then there are constantly
employed managers, instructors,
men in cloak department, ticket Of
flee, skate room aud musicians, IN
all employing about twenty men
in one rink. Doctors derive bene-
lit from the rlnks by setting boken
limbs, attending to sprained wrists
and broken noses confectioners
come in fora big share, as she rinks
refreshment room supplies skaters
With candies and soft drinks; the
nearest saloon comes In for big
share papers gets some for adver.
tising, the printers for tickets OF
admission the sboemakers hnd
business brisker by the skaters al.
ways wanting nice shoes no such
attention TO shoes for years, the
skaters must have the very best,
aud as small as possible, conseqent.
ly they last a very short time,
which is all the better for businessj
the hardware, gas and coal men
likewise derive a benefit. The
only one that is out Of pocketis is the
young man whose best girl insists
on going every night. Roller ska
tes in some waysresemble women
they are very deceptive, they are
very intIcing and fascinating they
make the money ly, they make
you happy, they make you nisera-
ble, but once learn to control them
and they arejust too exquisitely
lovely for anything Now If the
rink proprietors would only 80 in.
to the undertaking business six or
twelve months from now they will
catch their trade Oh the rebound.
Girls Of pretty forms and elegant
newmarkets-those that wear fur
capes and sealskin sacques-would
not consent to have them pat out
of sight. After being heated by
three OF four honrs' constant exer-
else, they 20 home through the cold
without additional wraps. The
consequences is they bring on con.
sumption, pneumonia aud fevers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01
TAR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
- DentiSts.-

orv.cus, woodsiock aud ssumsyille, virginia
4. woodstock. ist and % weeks Of each moh'n'
II k.unsvillo "a and fth weeks.
TAoss In need Of hrst class Dentistry a. "'uei
49, - go viii do vel. to call - ...o.
Psu ssss Of Artinclal teeth from tI.OV 70 ei'.VV'
-. pon hlnnss from S! Is TO 5000. Silver
air. f-sm 7Bc. 70 Ss.OJ o-,.s
Ir,i6sisl teeth put up on solid gold, Gold ana
ssk.ioS cor nbination Celeioid and Rubber piAtes;
so1 aad Porcelain rivoting. clasps, &c, speolei
assssos gwen 70 nlhns and Pressrshs .a' ~
So sssA and oorrec<ing the irreeuiAfine''
An work warranted nrst class
Az Teeth extracted Absolutely "ithou' pam ~
q sas Of nitrous OxldeoAs'
MsroA 81
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

Leading medical authorities in.
dorse Ayers Sarsaparills as the
best blood purifying medicine in
existence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-05-01

The constantly tired.oup feeling
so often experienced is the result Of
impoverished blood, and consequent
enfeebled vitality. Ayers Sarss.
parilla feeds aud enriches the blood,
increases the appetite, and promotes
digestion Of the food, and the as.
similstion OF its strengthening
qualities. The system being thus
invigorsted, the feeling rapidly
changes to q grateful sense sf
strength and energy. \
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-03-14

Gen. Sherman is being badly
worsted in his controversy with
Mr.. Davis. The old Chief of the
Confederacy Yields his broad sword
with a skill and dexterlty that
leaves his puny antagonist but lit.
tie chance to use his poisoned dag
ger.
On the body of a negro, who was
drowned in Arkansas, while cross,
ing a stream on a mule, was found
a revolver. The justice fined the
dead man $50 for carrying concealed
weapons, and seized and sold the
mule to pay costs. So says the
States.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-03-14
STATE ITEMS.

A turnbridge over the Teche will
soon be built at st. Mar tinsville.
The gate receipts for the Expo
sition on Sunday last were $3452. Is.
DR.. Felix Guilbeau a leading ply
sician of Grand Coteau, died few
days since.
It is said that Louisiana has
made very creditable display at
the Exposition.
MolIie Green, veteran of the
war of 1912, died near Lisbon, Clai.
borne parish aged 81 years.
The Prohibition candidate tor
President ex.Gov. St. John of Kan
sas, is in New Orleans.
Miss Lola fell from a trapez in
New Orleans, a distance of 25 feet,
and escaped with slight injury.
James Downs a notorious hoods
lum, has been arrested for beating
his aged mother in New Orleans.
A uan named Enich T. Moore,
ha+, been arrested in New Orleans
tor attempting to black mail lady.
Chs. T. Nelson, of the freight de-
partment of the Texas and Pacific
Railroad died at Shreveport on the
10th.
Capt. George l.. Norton supervis-
ing inspector Of steam vessels at
New Orleans, has sent in his resig-
nation.
Professor Proctor of England,
one OF the greatest astronomers of
the age, is at present lecturing in
New Orleans.
New Orleans is now being visited
by a number of noted Temperance
orators. who will hold; forth on the
healthfulness of Adams ale.
The Daily States suggests the
advisability of reducing the price
of admission to the Exposition on
Sundays to twenty-five cents.
Miss Francis E. Millard and Mrs.
Mary T. Lathrop Of the National
Christian Temperance Union are
soon expected in New Orleans.
Alcoran, regarded as one of the
finest stations in America, Is on ex'
hibition at the Exposition. Some
of his strain will be left in Louisiana.
The States of Central America
have formed a confederation under
the lead of Guatemala with Gen.
BarriOs as the head of the Federa'
ton.
In the great bicycle race between
Prince and Morgan, the latter hav-
ing 10 yards the start in oue'fourth
of mile, Morgan won by two
yards.
4 white man was drowned in the
New Basin, New Orleans, on the
7th. He had a sandy moustache
aud chin beard, was we'll dressed
and had gloves on.
The Times Democrat al!udes to
the death of David Dickson the
richest colored man in the South.
There must be some mistake about
old Davey's color, It will be news
to Georgians to learn that he was a
col0led man.
New Iberia enterprise. (New Iberia, La.) 1885-1902, 1885-03-14
AROUND THE WORLD.

husSid 10 IopiuiJ COACOulA otlh
troops in Central Asia.
Delos B. Sacket inspector of the
United States army is dead.
Mr.. Cleveland has retained ext
President Arthur,s French cook.
The Marmaduke and Rainwater
,wrangle grows little more bitter
every day.
In the Pennsylvania coal mines
strike. 1000 men are idle and 1000
are still 1T work.
The court house in Powhatan,
ARKANSAS, vas destroyed by fire on
the 9th, loss $4,000.
Gen. &. g. Walthall has been ap-
pointed by Gov. Lowry of Miss,
to succeed Senator Lamar.
Valdine HOefner in New York, on
the 9th, shot Susanna Gerser, by
whom he had been rejected.
Attorney Gen. Garland has been
introduced to the Supreme Court
by his predecessor, Attorney Gen.
Brewster.
JOS Jackson In the Chocktaw Ia.
ton, shot his wife twice in the heart
with a double barrel gun, killing her
instantly.
An insurrection has broken out
in Albania, aud Turkish troops
have been ordered in force to quell
the disturbance.
The deadlock between the rail,
road and the strikers still continues
in Texas and Gov. Ireland has been
requested to intervene.
Ell Mahdi has left Kartoum from
fear of assassination by some of his
numerous enemies or rivals who
wish to step into his shoes.
Ex.Sheriff Cook aad ex.jail0r
Harris have been sent to Jail at
Paris, Texas, charged with the
murder of James q. Black.
The Pennsylvania coal miners
have struck and it is thought it will
prove the greatest wage war ever
known in the Pittsburg district.
The Sun day law is 10 full force in
the State of Arkansas. All stores
and saloons are closed and drug
glsts can only open after dinner.
If professor Wiggins of Canada,
knew as much as he says he does,
We are to have a fearful storm along
the Atlantic coast on the 18th of
this month.
The French army in China is said
to be having a worse time of it
from sickness than the British in
Egypt. Diseases Of various kinds
are making havoc with both armies.
A. NJ. Smith, a good book keeper
and his wife Mary, in Galveston,
got on a spree some three weeks
ago and never sobered up, both
dying in two hours Of each other
Saturday night.
The last act of the outgoing Con.
gress was to place Gen. Grant Oh
the retired list, aud the first act of
the incoming administration Was to
put the finishing touch upon the
document placing him there.
A certain Philadelphia church
had it's ventl'atOrs choked up and
when the minister sent the sexton
up to discover the cause of the
trouble, he found them choked up
with prayers that never got nearer
heaven than the roof of the build.
ing.