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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

recognition in her first constitution
Of her liability for an equitable pro-
portion of Virginia's public debt;
and
Whereas the Congress of the
United States, when it partitioned
the State Of Virginia, without its
consent, failed to provide for the
just appOrtionment of the debt of
the State: Therefore.
BE it endcted By the Senate and
House Of Representatives ofth Unit
ed Suites Of Americd IN Congress
AssemJied, That the President Of
the United States be, and he is
hereby, authorized to appoint a
board of commissioners, to consist
of three members, citizens OF the
United States, learned in the law,
taken from civil life, whose duty it
shall be, as soon as practicable, TO
make a complete investigation and
report, under such rules and regu.
lations as may be prescribed by the
Acknowledgement of the United
States, approved by the President
First. Whether or not the pres.
ent State OF West Virginia was
formed within the jurisdiction of
the State Of Virginia without the
consent Of the legislature of the
State Of Virginia.
Second. The nature and amount
OF thu public debt due by the State
Of Virginia at the time of the admis.
sion OF the State OF West Virginia
into the Union by Congress, and
what action was taken by Congress
at that time or since in reference TO
the apportionment of the debt due
by the State of Virginia.
Third. TO what extent the Unit
ed States may be legally or equita.
bly, liable for the debt by the State
of Virginia on account of the parti.
ton Of the State by Congress dur.
ing the late war.
Fourth. To what extent the Unit.
ed States may be equitably liable
to the bOndholders of other States
Of the Union, and to the holders OF
Virginia bonds in foreign countries,
by reason Of the acts OF the legisla-
tive, executive, and judicial officers
Of Virginia, whereby the decisions
Of the Supreme Court of the United
States as to her said bonds or debt
Of Virginia are nullified.
Fifth. What further legislation
is considered necessary in order to
render more effective that provi-
sion of the Constitution of the Unit.
ed States "that no State shall pass
any law imparing the obligation Of
contracts
SEC. >. That the term of Office Of
said board of commissioners shall
not be for a longer period than six
months from the date of their ap-
pointment, during which time they
shall complete the duty assigned to
them under this act.
SEC. 3. That the compensation
of each of said board OF commits.
siOners shall be ten dollars per day
for each day actually employed,
and also such allowance for travel
ing expenses as may be rendered
necessary to enable them to proper.
ly discharge their duty, the same to
be paid out Of any money In the
Treasury of the United States not
otherwise appropriated.
SEC. 1. That the Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States, with the
approval OF the President, shall
make and prescribe such rules and
regulations as may be deemed nee
essary and proper in order to carry
out the provisions of this act ; and
the report of said board of commits
sioners shall be transmitted 10 Con-
gress when completed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

at is not necessary to agree will
the President in order to give hin
a cordial endorsement says Will
liam II. English, of Indiana, who
will be recalled as the rich candi
date who refused to tap his barre
when he was running for the vice
presidency on the Democratic tick
ct. This is a new doctrine, and ac
cording to it the so-callcd endorse
ments of Democratic conventions
are not worth the paper they are
written on. The soul Of any en-
dorsement is its sincerity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27
REINFORCEMENT OF MATTHEWS.

Il. McCants Stewart wrote to the
President that he appreciated the
rebuke which he gave the narrow
minded men Of both parties in re-
appointing Mr.. Matthews to sue
coed Frederick Douglass; that bis
administration was liberalizing and
dividing the cOlored vote. He re-
ceived the following answer:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, Aug. II, SO.
"MY DEAR SIR cannot resist
the temptation to absolutely steal
time enough to acknowledge the
receipt of your gratifying letter in
relation to the appointment of Mr..
Matthews. very much hope that
this act will not be regarded as in
any way defiant to the Senate or as
an attempt to appear heroic. | have
deemed the question involved in
this matter as one rising above pol
tiles, and as offering test of good
faith and adherence to pledges
nothing more or less. When this
thing is put face to face there should
be no shunling. 1t is absurd to
promise all and perform nothing.
If the colored man is worthy Of a
promise he is absolutely entitled TO
its fulfillment by every honorable
man. | am glad you are pleased,
but fail to see how / am entitled TO
especial credit for being honest.
Yours truly,
GROVER CLEVELAND.
"TO I. McCants Stewart
The above is very unbecOming
the President. He conceals the
real facts to make it appear that he
is honestly in favor Of the colored
mans right to hold Office. On this
the Senate did not take issue with
him. Serious and well authenti.
Gated charges were made against
Matthews from his home in Albany
over the signatures of score or
more of citizens who rendered the
evidence to sustain them. The col
ored people Of Albany and ada
cent towns thereto dissented to a
man against the appointment be-
cause of Infamous treatment they
received at the hands of Matthews
while engaged in working on pub.
lie building. The citizens of the
District of Columbia repealed the
appointment as an insult to them
because Matthews was brought
there, not to fill a federal office in
the proper sense of that term, but
to record the deeds to property
made from time to time. In other
words, to perform the same func-
tons there that the county clerk
performs in Virginia and other
states. 1t i'll becomes the Prcsi-
dent to use the word "shuilling" in
this connection. 1t is he who is
persisting in shuillng a New York
fraud on to the District people, and
it is he who is trying to shuttle him
on to the colored people, every one
of whom acquainted with hisantece
dents rejects him with scorn and
cOntempt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

A significant political item comes
from st. Louis. 1t is SAID that three
quarters of the delegates to the
Missouri state democratic cOnven-
ton there have declared themselves
for Hill as against Cleveland, with
the motto coffee for Democrats"
1t is lucky the President didn't hear
OF this before eating that FIRST Adj
rondack trout of his. He might
have found it unpaIatable with that
sort of sauce.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

Referring to the appointment OF
Mr.. Matthews, of Albany, to the
office of recorder of deeds for the
District of Columbia, the Selma
Times says
"This incident will add to the
party's strength all over the coun'
try for the whole Union will have
a satisfaction in seeing a President
so distinctly above race and class
prejudice of the meaner sort
Since the Times is a recognized
organ of the democratic party in
Alabama, we suppose its utterances
are to be taken as those of one hav-
ing authority; but how would it
have been if Mr.. Matthews had
been sent down from Albany to
Selma as postmaster at that place,
or to fill some other local office 4!
Would that incident also have add
ed to the party's strength, and par
ticularly in Selma? If not, why
not ? Sauce fit for the goose ought
certainly to be good enough for the
gander, and vice versa. There are
Just as good grounds for one ap-
pointment as the other, and no bet
teri Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

The south is far from unanimlty
as to the Blair plan of educating the
masses. The Texas democrats have
condemned the proposed education
al bill in their state platform, and
the measure is very unpopular in
Tennessee and Alabama. But Sen
atOr Blair is too benevolent to be
dismayed by such trifles as these.
He believes in forcing people to be
good.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

Mr.. Jefferson Davis has been
heard from again, and this time he
says that President Cleveland is a
new man, and therefore it is natur-
al that he should make Mistakes
Mr.. Davis is entitled to speak with
some authority on the subject OF
mistakes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

THE Washington Post has arOus-
ed its half dozen readers in Virgin
ia by suggesting two ways by
which our State may increase her
school facilities. "One to increase
her school tax and work hard to
pay it, and the other to school
whites and blacks under the same
roof" Democratic papers called
loudly on their national organ for
an explanation, and one was given
but 0, horror of horrors the above
was too plain and the explanation
only made matters worse. Try
again, gentlemen. Give StealsOn
another chance to wriggle out. The
best way would he to let the matter
rest a little while and then he will
swear it never was in the Post. lie
don't want to break his st. Louis
record for swearing and, won't do
it if let alone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

An old cOlored woman waited at
the depot in Luray several hours
last week for the train to ride to
Marksville. During the time it
rained, and on its arrival the old
lady declined to get aboard, declar-
ing "fore God, chile, amt goin' !;
don't you see how slick de road is (;
it'll slip Oft de track, suah'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

"There could not, in my iudg-
ment," says ex-Secretary Blaine,
"be a more deplOrable event than
a war between the United States
and any other republic of America
This shows that many of Mr..
Blaine's adm. 'ers must have mis-
taken this meaning Of his course in
the Peruvian imbrogliO of 1881.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27
THE LEE BOOK
MEMOIRS OF ROBERT E. Lee.

a full history of his military service and
campaigns, written by Gen. Long, from
data collected while a member OF the per-
sonal stan of Gen. Lee, aud from letters
and material contributed by the Lee fami.
ly. Commended by the Governors of Vir-
ginia and North Carolina, and approved
by the Southern Delegation in Congress.
His private, domestic and personal his
tory, from Information heretofore unpub.
lished, furnished by personal friends, com
panions in arms, and leading men of tho
South, collected and edited with the az
slstance of Gent Marcus J. Wright.
The Whole Forming
A COMPREHENSIVE, ACCURATE AND STAND
ARD MEMOIR or TBE illus
TRI0Us SOLDIER.
Complete IN one roiaB,e, about 700 PAGES.
taliy illustrated Nth portraits, maps. etc
Soh bg subscription only. For descriptire
circulars address,
J. NJ. SrODDART Il Co, Publishers.
w r. Street. Washington, ID. C.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-08-27

Galveston's loss by Fridays storm
will reach halt a million dollars.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
HOUSEHOLD
To Can Corn.

Use glass cans, and DO sure that they
are perfect. Cut the corn from the cob,
press it into the cans with q potato
masher) till the milk flows over. Put on
the rubber and the top, and screw down
tight. Place them in a boiler with sticks
on the bottom, pour in cold water enough
to about two-thirds cover them. Boil
five hours. When about half cooked,
remove a can at q time, tighten the top
and replace. Use fresh corn, and begin
and finish the canning in one day. Any
amateur can succesS fully can corn if she
will follow the above directions. The
reason so many failures in canning occur
is he: use OF carelcssness in little things.
The rubbers must be perfect of their
kind. New rubbers can be had at any
house-furnishing store. Tho cans must
be perfectly c!ean and sweet. and every
stage of tho process conducted with ex-
actness. And even then, as with bread,
the most careful housekeepcr will some
times fail and get ''down on her luck"
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
"FlyinS" Glassware.

Glass is frequently said by servants to
''6y of ITSELF 1t never flies from the
thin to the thick part, but the reverse
invariably. We once knew a servant
girl who said a richly cut sugar basin of
q Hanged shape had flown, and she
found the pieces inside of it, so that by
her experience g'ass not only flies but
jumps.
Change of temperature suddenly
causes ''fyagc." For example, glass
kept in a cold, frosty pantry will fly
when brought into Il hot room, SO a glass
from a warm place will fly when ice is
put into it. Thick ice plates in gla; IS
should never be used, nor should ice
plates be touched by a warm hand when
in use. 1t is best to put them upon a
china plate.
China dishes, o we'll dishes, in even
common general ~earthenware, should
never be put into the oven or upon the
hot plate. Warm water, not hot, will
make them sufficiently heated for use.
Glass dishes should never have hot
things placed in them; ''lyage" is great
ly pre- ented if the dishes be warmed
gradually. In frosty weather dealers
are worried about goods ''iying." In
ninety nine cases out of q hundred this
is from a want of knowledge of why
glass flies.
Your glass mustard pot, often a thick
one, should never be soaked in hot or
even warm water.
Your decantcrs and water bottles
should never be cleaned inside without
hot water.
A little consideration Will tell the
thoughtful mind that expansion and
contraction of metals (and glass is q
metal) should not be sudden, but grad
aal and regular, in all parts alike. Very
thin glass does not fly from hot water
often, it being so thin that heat expands
it all at once; consequently it does not
burst from Il part only expanding. or the
thick and thin parts expanding un-
e.ually.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
Worship OF Ancestors.

During the first three weeks in April
the Chinese held a prolonged ':All
Souls festival in honor of their dead an
:~estors. Family parties are arranged for
3 days outing at the graves of their de-
parted sires. They walk many miles,
bearing stores Of good things, such as
roast duck and fowls, and cooked fish.
They provide sometimes a roasted pig.
for which the more economical substi-
tutc a pigs head with the tail in his
mouth, which is symbolic Of the whole
animal. AS the dead ancestors care only
to smell the offerings, the family enjoy
an excellent feast on their return home.
Worship Of "nce tors permcates Chi
nese life, affecting the most trivial details
of every day. 1t is the most conserva-
tive of influences. for it compels tho
Chinese to look backward, instead of for
ward, and dbliges him to stop and think
If a proT osed act may not offend the
sp rits of his fathers. He may be q
Buddhist. or a Taoui t, or a C%onfucian,
but his first duty is to worship his an
cestors.
Even the service of the Empire must
give way to this act Of f.ial re verence. 1t
Is the one thing in China which takes
precedence of everything else. The mo, It
important Government officer NAV ne
glect his official duties with impunity
while engaged in some ceremonial asso-
ciated with this worship. Should his
father or mother die while he is In Office,
he is obliged to retire from public life
for many months.
A Viceroy Of Canton was notified that
his grandmother had die at Pekin. An
Imperial order summoned him to attend
her %obsequies and to remain in mourning
for one hundred, days.
Being aparson of dignity. he required
2 large retlnue to attend him. He char
tered q special steamer at q cost of ten
thousand pounds to 'oavey him and his
suite to Taku. Sea-sickness so disguised
him with the ocean that he embarked at
Shanghai, sent hi. baggage on the
steamer. and jourueyed the rest OF the
way o. land to honor. his grandmother
remains.
Yet the man who thus honoos an au-
c~estorneei not even wear mourning at a
daughters death, much less interrupt
his daily businc 8 n: account of such an
event. Youths Co npunion.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
Hints and Recipcs.

Pie plant makes nice jelly by the same
process as any other Jelly; only you must
first add a little water and boil ten or
twelve minutes. 1t is nice favored with
lemon.
The Scientific american states that
plush goods and all articles dyed with
anlline colors, faded from exposure to
light, will look bright as ever after be-
ing sponged with chloroform.
To make grape pie, pop the pulps out
of the skins intn one vessel and pat the
skins into another. Then simmer the
pulp a little and run it through q colander
to separate the seeds. Next put the skins
and pulp together and they are eady for
pies.
To eradicate grease; Take of soft soap
and fuller's earth half a pound each;
beat well together in a mortar and form
into cakes. The spot, after being moist
ened with water. is rubbed with the
cake and allowed to dry, when it is we'll
rubbed with a little warm water, and
rinsed or rubbed off clean.
If you have solled white Spanish or
cachemire lace, do not throw it aside as
worthless, for it may be colored with
some of the dyes now to be found in
smal packages. The lace may then be
used in a great many ways. One way is
to trim the edge of tides made of strips
Of ribbon and lace, or of ribbon and vel
vet, or of those novelties for the backs of
chairs made IT a strip of plain silk placed
on each side of a very elegant strip of
cray patchwork.
Turnips cooked in this way are not to
be despiscd: Put three tablespoonfuls
of butter IN a saucepan on the stove and
as soon as it is melted put j IN one small
onion, minced fine, and one quart of
turnips. cut in dice; stir until they are
brown, then add ore heaping teaspoon.
full Of tour and half a saltspoonful of
pepper, stirring for two minut.s. At the
end OF this time add a cupful of milk or
stock and simmer for twenty minutes,
keeping the saucepan covered. Serve
Immediately.
Chow-chow: Mince half a reck o.
green tomatoes, half a peck Of small
onions, n peck of tiny cucumbers and
six green peppers; mince the seeds: to
to these add three medium sized heads
Of cauliiower, broken in small pieces;
sprinkle salt over all and lot them stand
for twenty-four hours. At the end of
this time drain the mass well and cover
W tn vinegar. Put three heads of celery.
cut in small pieces, one cupful of grated
horseradi.h half a pound of ground
mustard, half a pound Of mustard seed.
two ounces of ground black pepper, two
ounces of brown sugar. half an ounce of
ground cloves and a half an ounce of
turmeric into, enough cider vinegar to
cove and boil for fifteen minutes; then
pour Oversthe, PICKLES. Put in glass jars
and keep for; a month before using. It
improves with age.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

There is Q woman in Camden, Ohio,
from wh,s g body, at different points,
there have been taken gold bars. or,
rather, needles. These pieces have varied
In length, from q half inch to four or
five inches, and are in thickness a little
larger than a darning needle. Tho only
solution offered is that in early years she
swallowed q gold coin, or piece of gold,
wlich, by some action Of the gastric
juices Of the stomach, was dissolved and
circulated through the system, then, by
some action Of the blood, preoipi.ated
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
why VIII You Die.

ScovILL's SARsAPARILLA, OR BLOOD N
LIVER SYRUP, for the cure of Scrofulous Taint,
rheumatism, White Swelling. Gout, Goitre,
Consumption, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility,
Malaria, and all diseases arising from IN i'm.
pure condition of the blood. Certificates can
be presented from many leading physicians,
the land. endors NJ ScovILL's BLOOD AND
LIVER SYRUP. We are constantly In receiptof
certificates OF cures from the most re,iable
sources, and we recommend it as the best
known remedy for the cure Of the above dis
eases.
A uniform and natural esult Is produced by
using Buckingham's Dy for the " hiskers.
For a slight cold, q hacking cough, or lung
troubles, take Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
a Nav w>uSsr

u not often recorded, but those VIC write to
aalett q Co., Portland Maine, willlearnio OF a
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upwards q day. You can do the work and 1.-Two
~ nome wherever you are located. Full par.
over $50 in aday. Capital not needed.
f1u are starte1 in business FREQ. Both sexes.
All ages. Immense profits sure for those who
for particulars
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

LYONS Patent Metallic Heel stiffeners kee,
new boots and shoes from running over. Sol
by shoe and hardware dealers.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

In 1906 superintendent Conkrn Of
Central Park imported fifty pairs Of
English.sparrows, whose descendants In
all parts of the country it ia estimated
number 100, 100, QUO.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

Hop PldstcTs are ahead Of all others. Is cts.
AL plasters are not alike. Hop Ptdsters afford
eeltof and cure wheno other kinds are worthless.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

II afflicted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac
T~hompson's Eye-water. Druggists sell at
go. Der bottle.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
somethinx About Catnrrh.

Somethinx About Catnrrh.
A great many people are afflicted with Ca
tarrh who do not know what ais them; and .
great many moro continue sufferers who
might be cured.
Thickening of tho membrane which lines tho
nasal passages, thus making breathing diff
cult; q discharge from the ~nostrils, moro or
less copious, watery or thick, according to tho
stage of the disease; q sense of fullnoss in the
head; . constant inclination to spit: and, in
advanced cases, = dropping of intensely dis
gusting matter into the throat, are q few Of tho
prominent symptoms Of Catarrh.
Deafness, infamed eyes, neuralgia pains, sore
throat and q loss of sense Of smell, arc very
often caused by Catarrh.
All those troubles arc cured by Piso's Rome
dy for Catarrh, Relief is had Immediately
after beginning its use, but 1t Is important that
1t be continued without intermission until tho
catarrhal virus IS expelled from the system
and healthy. secretions replace tho diseased
action OF the mucous membrane. Manifestly
1t is unreasonable to expecta cure In . short
time OF q disease hat has been progressing for
months or years.
This question of time is provided for in the
putting up of Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. It is
so concentrated that a very small dose is
directed. The quantity In one package Is SUI
hoient for a long treatment, consequently tho
expense Is . mere trife,. and there Is no excuse
for neglect nor reason for 1t but forgetfulness.
A. cold in tho head is relieved by an applica-
cation of Piso's Remedy. for Catarrh. The
comfort to be got from 1t in this way Is worth
many times the cost.
The following. letters arc specimens Of those
received every day, testifying to the worth of
Pso's Remedy for Catarrh:
ALLEGHENY, Pa, Sept, %, 1895.
Plso's Remedy for Catarrh is doing wonders
for mo-: l believe It will euro any case of Ca
tarrh, II used according to directions
Mrs F. JOHNSON, % E, Diamond st.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30

"More than all other Lung Remedies Il
what E.; y; Fairman, druggist, Dayton, Ind,
for eight years, and It gives satisfaction in all
cases. &C.. 5Oc. & 81 per bottle, Drusgists.
The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-11-30
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