davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
To Retire iag Trade Dollars.

WASHINGTON, December IL
The bill providing for ihc tire.
ment and recolning OF l.' tridc
dollar, passed to day by the sen.
ate, reads: That until July LIST,
1887, United States trade dollars,
if not defaced, mutildted or stump.
ed, shall be received al rhc Office
of the treasurer, or any assistant
treasurer OF the United States, in
exchange for like amount, dollar
for dollar, of standard silver dollars
Of the United States.
Section >. That the trade dollars
received by the Treasurer, or any
assistant treasurer Of the United
States, shall not be paid out, or IN
any other manner issued bat, at
the expense Of the United States,
shall be transmitted TO the coinage
mints, and shall be regarded and
treated as silver bullion, and. at
their bullion value, snail be deduct.
ed from the amount of bullion re-
quired to be purchased and coined
by the act of February %, 1873,
and shall be rec0ined into standard
silver dollars according to the pro.
visions Of said act; provided, that
the amount to be so deducted, as
provided in this section, shall not
exceed five hundred thousand dol
lars ip any month.
Section s. That all laws and
parts Of laws authorizing the coin
age and issuance Of United States
trade dollars are hereby repealed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
Patriotism.

Mr.. 5. Brown Allen says she has
pdd his taxes in coupons and stu
holds tue coupons" lie thinks it
patriotic to pay the State Debt and
uphold the BOnd-holders. 1t is on
a par with the patriotism display.
ed in allowing bis brother.in.law
four thousand dollars for collecting
the railroad tax, which the courts
have made him disgorge. We I'M.
derstand others claim that it is
patriotic to pay in coupons since
they thereby uphold the cycdit and
honor Of the State. If such we're
their purpose they should show
their patriotism by paying douJie
the amount in coupons, and then
they would pay no more taxes than
their neighbors who pay in money.
1t Is cheap patriotism, bogus
patriotism, a libel on palrlOtim,
which pays but Sd cents in the dol.
lar and leaves the public schools to
the asylUms practically
closed, and the State Government
so shackled that its duties cannot
be performed. We are for the
l;iddleberger settlement, and there
IS no one IN the State, Il taxpayer
and not "A bOnd-hOlder or benefici-
arg, who will favor more. There
are thousands who are for repudi-
alton per Sc. We will never favor
population, but as revolutions
never 90 backward, we claim no
gilt OF prophecy when we say that
I the present conditions continue,
population is a thousand told
more probable than payment Of
more than or even as much as the
;iddleberger bill calls for War
'dHtOR True inter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24

or religion, amiable license in
amusements was cordially acquiesc-
ed in. The Irish guests freely con.
sented that the custom ofthe Dutch
burlesque of "St. Patrick's Day,p
so often enacted at Winchester, the
then capital Of our lower Valley,
should be given, to be followed by
the Irish burlesque Of the festival
of st. Michael, "tho patron Of the
Dutch st. Patrick was given
with necklace of Irish potatoes,
and st. Michael With a reckless OF
sourkraut. But shillelahs were not
called for, while jigs and clog dane
es were in lOud demand. The
brides slipper had been successful
ly guarced by the groomsmen,
when the Irish Presbyterians gave
the spectacle of drumming for the
BOTTLE" which was prize to be
given for fast riding. Without
revelry, the merry.making bad
progressed into the night, when the
loud barking Of faithful dogs sum-
moned to the ample porch of the
farmhouse the gentlemen, who
found The Judge in a state Ofsemi.
exhaustion, and sitting upon him a
human figure, with eyes red and
glarlng and with the unmistakable
symptoms OF lunacy.
"Ihe very fellow am looking
for" said a mild-eyed, kindly.voic.
ed gentleman, whom many of the
company knew as an officer of
neighbOring lunatic asylum.
The Judges companion in the
old church was thus developed as
an escaped lunatic.
clad the lunatic not Overtaken
me- said the Judge. "for the rest
of my life ! should have been as
big a fool as any believer in ghosts
and spooks in the Valley of Virgin
Ia, and that" said he, sis saying a
great deal in these Christmas
tines
To some extent the Judges mar
ration dissipated superstitions in
company in which were many be.
levers IN supernatural Influences
growing out of race traditions and
local associations, to which | have
already alluded. But the kindly
old gentleman, long before the
young people had tired of their
merrlmeut, gave them a promise
of his hearty participation IN the
finale Of the Virginia reel-a prom
Use which he religiouSly kept before
retiring to the comfortable room
which had been Hospitality provid-
ed for one whom the Valley people
always honOred as an incOrrupti-
BILE judge and as a man and citi-
zen. What his dreams were that
night the Judge never told. His
wife always said, not even to her.
self, but in his after.life, his satiri-
cal reference to believers in ghosts
was altogether abandoned.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
CleIelsnd's Patch Did II.

PARKERsBURG, w. Va, Dec. IS.
"A remarkable case, in which a
wOmao's lost speech was suddenly
restored, has occurred at a small
town in Richie county, about TWEEN.
ty miles from here. Ten years ago
Mrs. Ada Martin fractured one of
her limbs so severely as to cause
permanent paralysis Of it and de-
Drive her Of her power of speech.
During the period Of her affection
she has been making crazy quilts
and endeavOring to obtain patches
from prominent men. President
Hayes, Garfield and Arthur sent
her patches. Many senators, army
officers, and other nOtables have
favored her. A day OF two ago she
received a patch from President
Cleveland, with his compliments
autographlcally expressed. Her
pleasure at the event was so great
that she jumped up suddenly, and
in doing so knocked a revolver to
the floor, causing it to be discharg.
ed. The ball entering her paralyz.
ed limb. The shock removed the
paralytic effects and restored her
speech. Ever since the occurrence
she has had the use OF her tongue,
which for ten years had been 81.
fenced. The physicians say that
she will have the use Of her llmbas
soon as the billet wound is healed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
A WORD OR TWO.

In their last circular, Messrs,
John A. HambletOn q Co., of Bal
timore, make several remarks
some of them refer to the Dispatch
by name-which call for a word or
two of comment npOn our part.
First, as to the "crlmer of sub.
hitting to the popular vote of a
bill proposing to repudiate a public
debt, or a portion thereof, we have
to say that that has already in eff.
feet been done IN Virginia again
and again-not under any law for
so submitting any bill to the popu.
lar vote, but upon the question of
standing by a law which had al
ready been passed. In 1871 the
funding bill was passed, which
made coupons receivable for taxes.
The Legislature elected that year
repealed that feature of the law,
and hence the coupons of the "peel-
ers" so called are not now receiva-
bic tor taxes. In 1879 the McCul-
loch bill was passed. The Legisla.
ture elected that year and the one
elected in 1881 each had a large
majority of members opposed to
that bill. The Democrats of Vir-
ginia advocated the McCulloch bill,
and went into the election of 1879
pledged to the support OF that bill.
Disaster after disaster
Followed fast aud followed faster"
until in 1888, at Lynchburg, the
Democratic party aligned itself
with the people and pledged itself
to acquiesce in the Riddleberger
bill. The people at once renewed
their allegiance to the Democratic
party. So if has been proved that
it would be worse than useless to
attempt to make a settlement on
any basis not approved by the
since it is not necessary to
submit such a question formally in
order to have it condemned at the
ballOt-bOx. SO much as to that
point.
Secondly, the same circular says:
"The tax.receivable coupons are
good forever. Not this year and
next, but while one of them exists
the state of Virginia must receive
It for taxes or do without any reve- /
nue. from such taxpayer who
chooses to stand on the tender of
his coupons
That may or may not be the case.
The Legislature OF South Carolina
passed law some years ago pro-
viding that certain tax receivable
coupons which that state had is
sued should only be received dur
ing the year they matured. We
are not sure but such a law would
stand the test OF the courts. At
any rate, it would be good law till
passed upon by the courts.
Thirdly, if the bOndhOlders are
so thoroughly entrenched within
the lines of the Federal courts that
they fear no danger that can come
hereafter, how is it that Messrs.
John A. Hambleton & Go. have to
quote cOnsOls at So and 81, and con-
sol coupons at only 80 to 40f Why
should coupons, which are good for
ever for taxes, be selling at Two
fiths of their face value 9-Rich.
mOHd Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
A Curious Republican View.
From the Albany Express. ]


Mr.. Manning is a practical, sensi
BILE, level-headed politician, who
knows enough to know that the
Democratic party is greater and
stronger than any man in it. Mr..
Cleveland, on the other hand, is
an opinionated, narrow-minded,
inexperienced provincial, whose
extraordinary good luck has turn
ed his head, inflated his sef.cOn-
seriousness and complacency, and
carried him beyond the restraining
aud controlling influences of the
organization he represents. In
brains, in experience and in poitl.
cal sagacity he is not to be cOmpar.
ed with Daniel Manning, and of
this fact the Democratic party is
proudly conscious. For whatever
he is, Mr.. Manning is himself re.
sponsible. For whatever he is,
Mr.. Cleveland is indebted to a
strange freak of politics without
any parallel in our history.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
Unjust.

We are palmed to see that the
Washington Correspondent OF the
Gd,ettc never has anything cheer
ing or even pleasant to his many
readers. On the contrary ne hunts
close to the ground in his search
for something unfavorable to the
President and his Administration.
He cOnsults or rather interviews
the most bitter enemies of the par
ty who are OF course the most pro-
nOunced Republicans or the most
sOre.headed of office seekers. Many
of his complaints are calculated to
belittle journalism and bring cor
respondents into disrepute. We
see in all this correspondence not
one word of wise counsel, manly
objection or able discussion. All
is queruIous, frivolous, peevish and
in most cases unjust. We hope he
will look on the bright side OF
things and sometimes let us see
the light of his cOuntenance, recon-
ciled to Democrats and Democracy,
if not to Mr.. Cleveland.-Wd
ton True IRder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
THE LEES Of VIRGINIA.

The Alexandria correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Times writes:
For nearly twenty years after the
war the sons and nephevs of Rob.
ert T.. Lee lived in retirement, de.
voting their attention TO the tilling
of the soil and seeking no public
notice. All at once, within the
last few years, they have come Tor.
ward, and Just now 10 seems that
they will soon have a large share
of the good things in the way of
offices. General Fitzhugb is Gov.
ernor, and has still higher aspira.
tons. lie is already looking with
a longing eye upon the seat Of Sen
ator Riddleberger, and from the
present indications his longing is
likely to be gratiied. The next
Legislature is sure to be Democrat.
ic, and there Is hardly a man in the
State who would enter into con-
test with General Fitzhugh.
General Runy, his cousin, is Con.
gressman-elect, and as it is the Gus
tom to return u member two or
three times from this district he
has a good lease of Office before
him. His small majority this time
will not hurt him, since it was due
to the security felt by his friends.
Two other Lees are now looming
up and will probably shine ia the
political armament IN the near fn.
ture. One is General Curtis Lee,
brother Of Runy. lie hasnev be.
tore dabbled with politics, but since
the recent elevation of members of
his family it is said that be is wax.
ing up to ambition. According to
the programme Of the Lee enthu.
siasts, he is to succeed Fitzhugh in
the Governors chair three years
hence. This arrangement is a very
pretty one if it can be carried out,
as Fitzhugh, by the Constitution
of the State, cannot be reelected,
and his term of office will expire
Just about the time Riddleberger's
seat becomes vacant. SO, if the
Governor steps into the United
States Senate and Gusts into the
Executive Mansion at Richmond,
there will be no interregnum of the
Lees.
Few people in Virginia know
that there is fourth Lee who is
likely to bob up into politics. lie is
brother Of the Governor and lives
a very quiet farming life on the
Potomac, in Stafford county. lie
has never run for any Office, nor
has he ever taken part in any polit.
ical canvass. Now, it Is said, he
is to be brought forward, partly as
a means for further hORoring the
Lee family and partly to punish
State Senator W. Il. Meredith of
Prince William. Meredith, it will
be remembered, was General Lees
most bitter opponent in the con-
gressional convention, and his
course came very near defeating
the General. Now the Lee men
propose to have the Governors
brother nominated in place of
Meredith for State Senator in this
district, and thus accomplish a
double purpose.
If political conditions do not
change soon the whole programme
for the elevation of the Lees can be
carried out. The Governor can 90
to the Senate, Gusts can take his
place, Runy can stay in the
House, and the obscure Stafford
brother can go to the State Senate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
All Medical Authorities

Agree that catarrh is no more nor less
than an Inflammation of the lining mem
brane Of the nasal air passages.
Nasal catarrh and all catarrhal affection
Of the head are not diseases of the blood,
and it il a serious mistake to treat them as
such. No conscientious physician ever
attempts to do so.
10 is held by eminent medical men that
sooner or later a specific will be found for
every disease from which humanity suf-
fers. The facts justify MS in assuming
that for catarrh at least a positive cure
already exists in Ely's Cream Balm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
FREE-TRADE FOLLY.

Nothing was more explicitly DEM
Onstrated by the recent elections
than the overthrow of free-trade
prOpagandism. Mr.. Carlisle, who
defeated Mr.. Randall for the eau
ems nomination of the Democrats
for Speaker OF the House, Is re-
elected this year by beggarly ma
icritY, while Randall returns IN td-
umph. Morrison, of Illinois, Ran
dall's opponent in Democratic poll
tics, and the very symbol, as Is Car
Isle, of free.trade ideas, was de-
feated and a Republican chosen in
his place. In Virginia, Jacob Yost,I
pronounced tariff advocate, takes
the seat of Randolph Tucker who
has talked free-trade until the vo-
tiers Of the Stanton dESttict were
tired of his free-trade platitudes
and anecdotes.
But free.tra learns as little as
the Bourbons Of France, of whom
Napoleon Bonapart said that they
neither learned nor forgot anything.
Just rebuked by the country free
trade leaders go to Washington
tins winter and renew their sense
less agitation. Happily the busi-
ness of the country now appears to
be on a basis firm enough to resist
the influence of the "tariff.tinker-
ing" which has damaged 1t so
much within a few years past
Frec-trade agitation in the cOun-
try 40 large is much like the agita-
tion OF the debt question in Virgin
ia. ThecOuntry is against free-trade.
The interests, the comfort and the
happiness of the American people
compel British propagandism to a
back.seat in our legislation and
governmental policy. The honor,
safety and the instinct of selfpres-
eTvatiOn common to human nature,
make the people of Virginia sus-
tain the Riddleberger settlement of
their public debt. But free trade,
and bOndhOlders equally strive to /
overthrow the decree of the people. |
Both demonstrations are British /
inspirations, and both will be beat |
en-, as British ideas and British au-
thority were repealed from this con-
tinent a century ago.
British agents are at work for
f.ee.trade in all the large cities of
the country, just as agents of the
British bondholders are present in
nearly every town of consequence
in Virginia, and just as red-coats
were the garrisOns of American
towns, until Washington, and
Muhlenburg and their associate Of
ficers and soldiers made them fugi-
tives from American shores. Brit
ish interference in this country and
in Virginia will never end, per
haps, but it will also always fail to
compass its purposes Of harm to
American and Virginian interests.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
IN INTERVIEW WITH CLUVElIUS.
rRichmond Whir. 18Th.

Some time ago Coroner Il ylOrln.
tlmated a wish to see and converse
with Mr.. II. j. Cluverius. This
wish was communicated to Cluv-
erius' friends, and Yesterday after
noon Dr. Taylor, by appointment,
met Mr.. William Cluverius at
Ford's Hotel, and together went
to the jail, arriving there at 4
o'clock. DIR. TaylOr's desire to
see Cluverius was based entirely
on his position as an expert. If
possible, he wanted to investigate
certain mysteries connected with the
sad end of Fannie Lillian Madison.
DR.. Taylor last night told a Vhig
reporter that Cluverius stoutly pro.
tests his innocence, and his manner
was that of an innocent man. He
told the Doctor that he had no OBJ.
lection to cOnversing with visitors,
when those visitors were men who
would not misrepresent him.
Newspaper reporters he did not
altogether like, because they re-
ported his remarks good, bad and
Indifferent, and added to them the
garnish of their own original elo.
quence. Cluverius was rather hard
on John Wren and the women from
Fifteenth street, but was willing
to forgive them all. He boldly
asserted that he never saw the ia.
nous watch-key; that Herman
Joel never did any work for him in
his life. In this statement Willie
Cluverius Joined. He also said
that he had not been associated
with Fannie Lillian Madison for
six or seven years prior to her
death; that he never saw her either
IN January or March, 1885, and
was at each time ignorant of her
presence IN Richmond.
He further stated that he never
wore a moustache in his life, not.
withstanding a college mate swOre
on the trial that he saw him with
one.
DIR. Taylor told the reporter that
Cluverius gave no sign of confess
ing guilt. While not seeming to
have any particular hope, he yet
is buoyed up wonderfully.
This was DR.. Taylor's first visit
to Cluverius. The interview last
ed over two hours, and to use the
Doctors own words, "fOr a con
versatiOn between two such lugu-
brious men-one a coroner and the
other a convicted murderer-it
was unquestionably jolly" The
coroner added that Judging from
the prisoners present disposition
a spiritual adviser is hardly need.
ed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
WHAT A WOMAN CAN DO,

The wife of a public man can of.
ten extricate him from serious trOu-
bles or perplexities, especially of a
social nature. She can also alien
ate his friends and comfort his enc
mics by want OF the tact that be-
longs to her sex when cultivated in
the schools and wrought out by
social contact with able and con-
siderate men and women.
Mrs. Cleveland appears to have
something of tact. Certainly she
helped her friend, Mrs. Whitney,
wife of the Secretary of the Navy,
out of the dilemma about the arts
tocratic wines so lavishly furnished
at recent lunch of Mrs. Whitney.
The WOman's Temperance Asso-
ciation censured Mrs. Whitney for
Offering at her entertainment "al-
cohclic beverages at her ladies
lunch party. The Baltimore amer
icdn tells the story well
"The light and delicate wines
which Mrs. Whitney offered her
guests are as offensive to prohibi'
ton sentiment as more fiery pOta-
tons, tor all come under the gen
eric classification of "rum.' To at
tempt to defend these wines against
prohibition censure would have
been a difficult task. To have
agreed with the temperance ladies
would have been to censure Mrs
Whitney and all her guests. The
problem was thus a difficult one;
and vet Mrs. Cleveland wrote let
ter that seemed graceful and kind
", but, nevertheless, SAID nothing
decided, and still pleased the tenn
perance people, as well as those
who partOOk of the "alcOhOlic bev'
erages," or "rare and delicate
vines or 'rum'-as the case may
be. Such is tact.
"NOw, President Cleveland may
have many sterling and colossal
virtues, but tact IS not one of them.
He contrives to give his best ac-
tiOns an unhappy turn by lack OF
tact. SO far from soothing the rui-
fed sensibilities of one side or the
other, he usually manages to say
something that angers both sides.
Even when he is in the right, he is
pretty sure TO say something that
spoils the effect of his good pur-
poses. He is awfully in earnest
When he wants to come down on
anybody, he likes to step on him
with an avoirdupOls Of three hun
bred pounds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
VORVTNG GLASSES ATTENTION. A. re- III 4.

pared to furnish all classes with employ
ment at home, the whole of the time, or
for their spare moments. Business new,
light and profitable. Persons Of either
sex easily earn from 30 cents 10 $500 per
evening, and q proportional sum by de
voting all their time 10 tAe Ansiness. Boys
and girls earn YEARLY as mnch as men.
that all who see this may send their ad-
dEeas, and test tho business, we make
this offer. To such as are not we'll
satisfied we will send one dollar to pay
for the trouble of writing. Full Partic-
ulars and ontft free. Address GEORGE
SrINsoN & Co. Portland Maine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-12-24
Fifty Houses Sinking.

A telegram from Shenandoah,
Pa, December Il, says: Between
three and four o'clock this morning
the people living along West Coal
street, in the northwestern section
of this borough, were aroused by a
creaking noise and the waving OF
the houses, resembling a series OF
successive shocks Of earthquake.
The sensation was produced by a
caye.in, which took down fully
four acres Of that section Of the
town, upon which stand about fifty
houses. The greatest alarm pre-.
vailed from three o'clock until
after daylight. As the surface
sank the houses swayed and tOtter,
Ell, and the frightened people, many
Of them with children in their arms,
ran in search of places Of safety,
while the men collected Their most
portable property and conveyed it
from the doomed district. The
surface settled from two to
four feet and damaged the
property TO the extent Of from
$4,000 to $4,000. The cave.
in was caused by the rObbing Of the
workings of KOhinoor colliery,
which is located under that portion
of the town. The excitement at
the scene Of the cave.in at this
place was continued all day. Thou.
sands Of people have visited the
place to inspect the wrecked build.
lngs and assist in the removal of the
household effects of the hundred or
more families to the place Of safety,
Many families, unable TO find other
houses, were compelled to leave
their goods for the present in the
wrecked buildings, but all have
deserted them, seeking temporary
shelter with friends aud neighbOrs.
The mine officials have examined
the workings and say that no fur
ther damage is likely to follow for
the present, but the place IS still
settling, and, as a measure Of pro
lection, all the fires in the houses
were extinguished tonight.