Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-20
ORIGINAL AND BORROWED.

Riding two horses running in op
pOslte directions is a mild pastim'
compared to the editors of the New
York Sun and the Atlanta COnsti
tuition to cling to the Democratic
party and a protective tariff at thC
same time.
Charles T. Caldwell, a prominent
West Virginia attorney, known
heretofore from his infdelity as the
"Ingersoll of the West Virginia
barr has been appointed and Ii
censed as a minister of the Metho
dist Episcopal Church.
An old colored woman called
"Granny Rose" died at Davidson
college, North Carolina, last week,
aged 131. Her extreme age is firm.
" established by the records of re
liable white families with whom she
lived. 4 short time before her
death she cut an entire set OF teeth.
An Atlanta man, who is apreach.
er and an editor, was sent to jail
the other day for contempt of court.
He had been called as a juror, but
refused either to take the oath or
affirm, maintaining that any sort of
swearing was wrong and contrary
to the teachings of the Bible.
John Wansmaker, Philadelphia's
most noted merchant, says three
things have halted the spring trade
the railroad and mining strikes,
tariff agitation and the blizzard,
but the "most serious unsettling OF
values is from the tariff tinkers."
The people will settle the tariff
tinkers next November.
Speaking of Frank Hurd's reiter-
ated bosh that "the farmer has to
sell his wheat in free trade mark.
ct" the Chicago Journal truthfully
and energetically remarks:
"The protection for the farmers
wheat under the tariff, is 20 cents
a bushel. But for this tariff Mani
toba would swamp the Western
wheat market, and Ontario and
Quebec the Eastern market, with
the product of cheap farm lands
and cheap farm labor"
Senator Riddleberger is at last
victorious. The Senate passed his
resolution yesterday ordering that
the discussion Of the fishery treaty
saJnld be in open session. The
Senator can truly say, like Benton,
SOLITARY and alone l put this ball
in motion" This innovation upon
the rules of the Senate upon ratif-
cation Of treaties has only been OBJ
taIned by a persistent, unyielding
struggle under great embarrass-
ments.-NdtiOndt Republican, 18TH.
The poor people Of the country
who haven't any blankets to their
beds or wooden clothes to their
backs in the winter time are much
20 he pitied. Why cannot the adj
vocates of low tariff present each
Of these unfortunates with "a pair of
blankets and a suit of clothes? For
the man who cannot purchase them
at the present low price must either
he unable to work, or a victim to
such circumstances as should open
the hearts of the free traders whose
only ambition is to see his poor
clothed IN the wool of a
foreign sheep.
The shipment of coal by the Pc.
cahOntas Company during the
month Of March was I31 ,042 tons,
against $3.50 tons for the same
month last year. This is the largest /
ever made before IN one
month by the company, that from
alone being over $4,000 /
tons. The business of the company
is increasing daily by rail and wa
ter. Coal is now shipped from
iambert's point to Maine, Massa.
chusetts, Rhode Island. Connect |
cat, New York, New jersey, Della
ware, Maryland, North Carolina,
South Carolina, West India Islands,
United States of Columbia aud /
Japan.
Senator Riddieberger may now
inscribe upon bis crest the motto,
81 got there Just the same" or
words to that effect. He has
achieved a signal victory in the
by the Senate, of the res.
olutiOn offered by him, ordering
that the discussion Of tue fishery
treaty should be had in open ses.
sion. Almost unaided he has made
The fight against the feudal custom
Of the secret session, and it is due
to bis unceaslng aud vigorous bat
terlng against it that it is at least
beginning to approach its final dis.
appearance. A breach having been
made, 1t is not unreasonable to ex.
pect that renewed and continued
assaults upon the Objectionable relic
OF the star chamber era will before
long eject its entire abandonment.
Mder.AppeaI.