Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-07-28
NEWS AND COMMENT.

; 1t is expected President Cleveland's APP
pointmonts for Virginia will be snnOunc-
ed about the 9th of August.
1t 10 expected President Clevoland's
appointments for Virginia will be an
nOunced about the 9th of August
Mr. ". c. Elem, a prominent Virginia
republican. is opposed to the unconditional
repeal of the Sherman silver purchase
act.
There are 81 applicants for Collector of
the Revenue of this district. 1t 10
thought that all, but 20, will be sp.
pointed.
The month of August Is almost here,
and yet the much-talked of cholera has
not gotten into America. This is a good
sign, and speaks well for the quarantine
regulations Of the United States.
The WarrentOn VTQinidn says; A sow
belonging to Lewis Ray had five pigs.
One of them Lad arms at it's side with
hands and five fingers, 1t lived about
twenty-four hours.
Exports of wheat and flour last week,
according to "BrsdstTeet's," aggregated
SOL .SS5 bushels, as against 2,7ll ,2e9
bushels during the corresponding week
last year. Last weeks shipments were
never before equaled in any week in July
and have seldom been exceeded at any
time of the year. The exports of wheat
since July 1st have been 2,e90,S55 BUSH
els, as compared with 1855, 939 bushels in
the first three weeks of July last year.
1t is likely that Siam will refuse the
territorial demands of France. and IN
such refusal sbe will be backed up by
Great Britain. The English papers say
that English public sentiment is unani-
mOusly against France on this point. 1t
is pointed out that trade with the country
which France practically proposes to an
mex amounts to $4,000 annually with
France and Sl2O9O,OOO annually with
Great Britain the number of British sub
jects in the country is 1880; French, $50.
The internal revenue receipts of the
Government for the fiscal year Just closed,
although less by $1,000, 900 than was esti-
mated by the Secretary of the Treasury,
were greater by 100000 than for any
previous year except during the period
lS65-'70 under the onerous war legisla-
ton. The New York Journal of Com
merce and Commercial Bulletin IS Of the
opinion that "the steady increase of these
receipts for several years past, despite the
reductions made BY the Mckinley law, is
an important factor IN the problem OF
revenue legislation"
The season is here when persons are
liable to become poisoned. The Healthy
Home, a medical paper, says -" We offer
again q very simple remedy for ivy pois
oning, which numerous correspondents
have said is worth many times the cost
Of the paper. 1t is hot water, applied as
hot as can be borne. affords instant re-
lief.-Ivy poisoning is often serious mat
Ter. Some who get bad dose Of it find
it recurs every summer, and causes great
discomfort end much pain. Apply hot
water every hour or two, as often as the
itching returns. Poison sumac yields to
the same treotment."
Kansas is in bad fix. The western
part of the state has been passing through
a protracted drought which has left the
people almost without food. Those who
have not left the state ale clamoriug for
a special session Of the legislature to
make stay laws and provide seed wheat
for destitute farmers. This wretched
condition of affairs prompts the Baltimore
Sun to inquire, "Why immigrants should
prefer to settle IN Kansas to buying
lands 10 Maryland and Virginia ard
other parts OF the south" To which the
reply is that Kansas and other Western
States have had the benefit of practical
and persuasive methods Of soliciting i'm
migrstiOn-sometbing that Virginia has
not had in the past.
Gen. John George Walker, a distin-
guIshed officer of the Confederate army,
died last week at bis apartments IN Wash
inetou. Gen. WalkOr was stricken with
paralysis on Thursday of last week while
converslng with Gen. Lomax in Lafayette
Souare. 1t was the second attack he had
suffered For the past fifteen years his
home had been in Winchester Before
the war ne was captain of company of
United States cavalry. but in 1861 be re-
signed and went South with the Con-
fedsrates. ae became gadier-2eneral
and major general of Confederate forces,
aud was a distinguished figure in the bat
ties Of Sharpsburg, Manassas, and all the
fights around Richmond. He was an &C
conplsbed linguist, aud during Nr. Cleve-
lands FIST administration served the
government upon several special missions
n South America.
So long as affairs mo Jed along smooth
", it was difficult to attract the attention
Of the masses to the legislation Of Con-
gross. They heard much Of free silver.
but 30 little attention was paid to the
subject that large majority of the people
never concerned themselves enough TO
know what free silver really meant.
Free silver really means silver dollar
worth less than q dollar. Our people |
want dollar that is worth dollar all
over the world. They then have q stand
ard Of value. When the former sells his
wbsst he wants money that is good. He
wants money OF a fixed value which he
can use or keep as he thinks proper. The
lsboring man when he receives his pay for
q days work. wants money that will be
received by the grocer, or the hatcher at
its full valEe. Ali classes want money,