Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-02-27

With uniform and arms the Bit
ish have now set out to paint the
Nile Country red.
General Nahone's bill approprl-
ating 100000 to enlarge and i'm
prove the Richmond Custom-house |
has passed the House Of Repre-
sentatives.
The population of some small
Southern villages is shown in the /
number of applications that have |
come from them TOT offices under |
the new administration.
The Importance of preserving ,
forests can be better estimated at
its true standard VIII 1t is known
Mr.. Cleaveland could not have
been elected had there been no
woods for him to take to.
When the President shall have
selected his Cabinet it will be
found to be made up Of names that
have been thrown into the Cabinet
Kaleidoscope, and yet it is safe to
say that no one will have guessed
the combination.
A Writer in the Pail Mall Ga
zette says the adoption of clothes
by barbarous races leads sooner or
later TO their extinction. The
fewer garments they wear the great
er their longevity. Now we know
why ballet girls live so long.
ONE of the marks at which the
batteries of reform are directed Is
the use of money in elections, but
no movement of reform has yet
been commenced withOutan appeal
for money to stir up the reform
feeling.
The Democrats have observed
long compulsory Lenten season,
but they purpose having it termln-
ale this year about four weeks in
advance of the time appointed by
the Church calendar. To them the
Easter festivities will be inaugural
ed about the 4ti of March.
In the wholesale killing line the
French are forging ahead OF the
British. AdIiral COurbet teie-
graphed from Kelung a few days
ago: Fifteen hundred Chinese at
tackled our pew position on Satur-
day night. The were repulsed
and left two hundls ed dead on the
field. Our loss was one killed and
one wounded" Comment is I'M
necessary.
Fatty degeneration of the con-
science, is the last phrase to ex'
press a form Of m0,ai disease.
Mngwump newspapers may be
expected TO have a violent attack
. of it in case the task is imposed
upon them of demonstrating thai
putting Dan Manning in the Cabi-
net is a signal proof of Clevelands
devotion to the star-eyed goddess
ofIefOrm.
The Rev. DR.. Curry in his ad-
dress on The New South before
the Congregational Club at its
January meeting, said Washing
ton, Jefferson and Adams were
given in the country by the South,
and belonged to the South
The Rev. Charles $. Robinson in
a review Of this address on Mon
day night said : This statement
of DIR. Curry astounded me. l
had always thoughtthat Washing
Ton was the Father of his Country,
butt now learn that he was the
Father Of the South
1t is clear that the Hon. 'Bill
Morrison cannot hold the Demo
Gratis of the Illinois Legislature to
his Free Trade standard. Seven
Of them pronounced against him
OIL the first ballot, and five Of these
voted for Speaker Haines. Now If
Mrs. Speaker Halnes gets prompt
~ to work with that energy and
vivacity which characterized her
manipulatiOns in the preliminary
contest, there is likely to be made
very unpleasant application Of
MOrrisOn's horizontal views to his
own vote.
The high character Of Ohio's
Democratic Legislature has just
been advertised TO the country in
a forcible way. The Democratic
members asked for free passes TO
Washington for the Inauguration.
They were refused. One Of them
next day introduced a bill requir-
ing all railroad companies Of the
State to contruct barbed- wire
fences OH both sides of their tracks.
If the bill passes, the men bers
probably expect enough from the
barbed-wire manufacturers to pay
for their trip.
Fundefism started in 1870 with
a treasury containing g. $780, 900 in
cash. In 1879 they turned affairs
over 10 tue readjusters with dihcit
Of nearly "a million and half, hav-
ing carried on the government the
last year by iOans from banks. The
first act of the readjusters was to
borrow $4,000 with which to start