Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-04-24
NEWS AND COMMENT.

IL is denied Inat MARY AuuoisOh N"N"A
70 has become mother. 1t is said she is
living an unhappy married life.
The Journal is handsome new paper
Just issued from Buena Vista. 1t is edited
by Messrs. J. r. Grave and CA. Fleming.
Senator German thinks that all the
South needs TO make it wonderfully
thriving section is capital. That's SO,
and the capital is finding its way to the
Soath very fast.
"Mary Has Little Lamb" is the Pbila-
delphia Records headline over the story
OF an interesting event in the Anderson
Navarro family. Col. Singerly does not
devote all his genius to tariff reform.
The Governor has written to various
county clerks to find out the number OF
notaries who have qualified, so as TO de-
termine whether the quota is full OF actu-
ally qualified notaries. If not, he can ap-
point more.
DR.. John r. Pipes, a Wheeling pbysi-
clan, and Taylor Foreman, superinten-
dent of the pfirmary there, have been ar
rested for grave robbing. Several graves
opened were found to be empty, and the
two men named are charged with the
crimes.
The Indians are rather choice. 1t isl
stated that they refuse to enlist in the
army unless allowed to join the cavalry
branch Of the service. They evidently
never heard the song that was more or
less familiar in the Virginia trenches dur
Ing the late war, the chorus of which
was, If yon want to go to h just
line de avalry"-Higkland Recorder.
Reports from all parts of the country IN
regard 20 the growing wheat crops are ex-
ceedingly favorable, and the prospects
have probably never been more tlatterng
at this time of the year for large yield.
From Europe and the other wheat pro-
dueing sections the news is not so favor
able, and the shortage will probably be
sufficient to ns IRE the American growers
much better prices than have ruled for
some years.
An editor rot a thousand miles from
here, feeling the subtle influences OF
Spring creeping over him, tunes his Tyre
and bursts forth into song with the fol-
lowing results. ooh the clothes press is
. Ill = er,;- Co. ,,orD,ar+S pica ond Daat
the hay press is grand machine and
does its work complete; the cider press Is
lovely with its juices red and sweet; but
the printing press controls the world and
gets there with both feetw
The postofice department has adopted
the new designs for the two sizes ofpostai
cards. There are two sizes, one larger
than the present postal card and one
smaller. The large one is manila and
the printing on the address side, includ-
ing a vIgnette Of Gen. Grant in the up
per right hand corner, is brown, while
the small one, which is white and is in
tended especially for the ladies, has
almost the same design On its address IN
blue
Postmaster General Wanamaker, the
success of whose store is prodigy, says:
al wonld as soon think of doing business
without clerks as without advertising"
The famous A. T. Stewart said: "My |
success is all due to advertising" Mr..
Barnum, who has just died, leaving a
fortune of five millions, after spending
three million in advertising, said: "The
value of advertising is hard thing to
learn, but learned it, and 1 owe all 1
have got 20 it," The above sayings of
these successful mOney.makers are object
lessons in the school of business, which |
wise men will mako haste to learn.-Er.
jim Robinson, the famous champion
bareback rider of the world, who used to
illuminate old John Roblnson's circus
with his surprising feats of borsemanshIp
In the past, has retired from the ring and
is living at ease on The competence secur-
ed by his early agility. He is small in !
per7on, active in body and looks the same
as he did thirty years ago. Ali of old /
John RobnsOn's sons are Virginians by
birth. Cd John left his family well off.
lie was a Kentuckian by birth, but his
principal field of action was IN Vr-
ginia. He died few years since in
Cincinnati One OF IFS sons still carries
on his. show.
A dispatch from Luray, Va, to the
Richmond Dispatch says; "a deed Of
trust was admitted to record here Satur-
day from the Valley Land and Improve
ment Company to II. J. Smoot, Andrew
Broadus and S. J. Richey, Luray, Va, and |
Joseph c. France and Levi q. Condor, of
Baltimore, Nd, trustees. The deed con-
veys all of the real aud personal property,
including the Luray Inn and the cave
property Ct the company in trust for the
benefit Of tie creditors without any prsf-
erences. Under the terms of the deed
the company is to pay 10 per cent. in for
ty days and 10 per cent. thereafter every
thirty days The trustees are to sell it il
defanlt is made in any of the payments"
Honesty in politics, as in personal af-
fairs, is at all times and in all places the
best policy. 1t would probably have
been very much better,-in the light of
subsequent events certainly very much
better, if the Democrats of Ohio bad not
nolested Mr.. McKinley's district, but al
lowed his re election to congress last falll
In the ffty-second congress be would be
powerless for good or evil, and he could
only divide the honor of obs.ructing the
majority with Mr.. Reed. As it is, he will
be candidate for the goyernorship of
Ohio, and the Democratic outrage through
which be was gerrymandered out of his
seat in congress will plead trumpet
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