Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-04-13
FRIDAY. AFRIL Ii. Isss.
Bessemer, Ala, Is one year old


eide because her husband sold a
calf for 80 less than what she
thought the animal was worth.
For the first time in torty'six
years a Democratic President has
an opportunity to nominate Chief
Justice of the Supreme Court.
Hon. Thomas G.. Clemson, SON
in-law of John @. Calhoun, who
died at Fort Hill, S. c., tho former
residence of Calhoun, on Friday
night last, left Fort Hill and a
handsome endowment to the state
for the establishment of an insti-
tute for agricultural education.
There is living in Pickens cOun-
ty, Ca, a man who, during the re-
belhou, donned his wife's dress,
kept his face closely shaver, and
wore a big sunbonnet in order to
avoid being cOnscripted and sent
to the front. The officers in seacA
for recruits frequently visited the
house and asked the wife where
her husband was, when he was
working in the garden in female
attire. He wore ont seven OF his
wite's dresses and, becoming tired
of incorporating, enlisted and be-
came a good soldier.
Capt. Hughes OF Barlow, Florl-
da. inserted the bud of a bearing
sweet orange tree into a lemon
root, and a few days since the fruit
was sampled and pronounced deli
cious. The oranges are rough and
npattractive on the outside, but OF
fine flavor, and exceptionally rich
and Juicy.
Anthony L. Bergamin, bookkeep-
er IN the crockery house of +. b.
Taylor & Co., of Richmand, Va,
has gone to Canada, and is re-
ported short in his accounts from
$4,000 to $4,000. His shortage is
SAID to be due to card playing.
The active male adults in the
United States are supposed to be
nineteen millions, of whom eight
millions are engaged in agricultural
pursuits, five in professional and
personal service, two in trade and
transportation, and four in manu-
featuring and mechanical arts.
Suppose free trade should prevail
and the latter four be added to the
first eight, making twelve millions
on the farms, would not the farmer
miss his four milliens of customers
Coffee drinkers will be glad to
know that there is a decline in coffee
oil about FIVE cents per pound.
There has been a gradual decline
for about two months past, but re-
call buyers, as a rule, have not ex-
Derienced much of Its benefits.
The rise il price was the work of
spectators land not a scarcity OF
the crop, as was reported) and it is
to be hoped that this necessary ar
ticle of consumption may tall still
lower.
The paper doors now coming In
20 use are claimed to possess
the advantage over wood of neither
shrinking, swelling, cracking nor
warping. They are formed of two
thick paper boards, stamped and
moulded into panels, and glazed
together with glue and potash, and
then rolled through heavy rollers.
After being covered with a water
proof coating and one that is fire.
proof, they are painted, vanished,
and hung in the usual way.
We have no idea that the Mills
tariff bill, or anything like it, can
pass this congress, or even the
house of representatives; but if the
people do not emphatically signify
their disapproval of it by voting
down and out every representative
or senator who votes for it, or 9th
erwise supports i, there is no tell
ing what may happen in the near
future. The results of the con-
gressiOnal election 10 Virginia year
before last should be full Of warn
ing and command to all our parties
aud politicians, and we devOutly
hope that this year none but avow-
ed aud sure protectionists may be
chosen to represent US IN congress.
We are on the eve OF great deyel-
opments of wealth aud prosperity
in this commonwealth, and we
should have no patience nor tOler-
ance for those who would nip our
budding fortunes 10 the bud in
obedience to party cblcanery and
parti IAN expediency.--Iad er-Ap-
peaf.
The Republicans can afford to be
we'll pleased with the several cleo
lions held Tuesday and Wednes.
day of last week. Rhode Island
maintains her place IN the Repub-
lican ranks by a safe majority on
the gubernatorial ticket, while the
Democratic Legislature was swept
out OF existence. Owing to local
dissensions there was some fear of
the result in Rhode Island, and
the substantial victory gained IS all
the more welcome. The Republi-
cans also made considerable gains
in the election in Chicago. In some
of the LARGEST towns of Missouri,