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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
The P.eans Of Rowdylsm.

have Just been wading through sew
eral printed collections of music hall
songs and find it impossible to convey,
without pages Of quotation, any ade-
ouate idea of the rank imbecility that
characterizes them, almost without ex-
ception. 1t would perhaps be unfair to
dwell on their metrical Deficiencies
There seems to be no reason why verses
for music should not be written III
meter. But the rhymers may retort that
there is no reason why they should
What is most striking is the utter pow
erty and monotony of their topics, the
sordidness Of their view of life, the
baseness of their ideals, the insincerity
of their enthusiasm, the total absence
of healthy passion or indignation and
even of genuine, enforced gayety or
sentiment The humor is that Of the
mock valentine, their pathos that of the
pavement artist
They pass from praises Of debauchery
and paans Of rowdyism to grimy carl
catures of the sordidness Of lower mid
die class life, inapt jocosities on love
and marriage, birth and death and pat
emily insincere criticisms on public
events. Their philosophy is mean and
shallow knowingness, their patriotism
is cheap and empty bluster. The worship
of the ugly, which leads the most popu-
lar comedians" to assume a red nose
when they have it not and trick them
selves out, with neither rhyme nor rea-
son, in garments many sizes too large for
them, inspires the literature Of the music
hall no less than its physical presenta-
tions. -Contemporary Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

Train 4Os connects at HaIpers Ferry,
With Fast Limited Express trans leav'
ng al is aud Pittslurg at {. "a p. NJ.
md Chicago at IL 05 a m. next morning
With train leaving at . % p. NJ, arriving
It Chincinnati at I As a. m st. Louis at
90 D. m, and cODnects at Weverton
with train arriving at Hage slows at
los D. m, AID at Washington Junction
With train arriving in Frederick at
20 p. N.
Tain ia connects With fast vesti-
buled trains at Harper's Ferry at &c
D m. for Chicago, 1917 p. m, for Pitts.
1urg. and | 46 a. III. for Cincinnati and
St. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at g 20 a.
u.:ChcaAe at 900 p m; Cincinnati at
10 D. m, and ST. Il mis- at lie m.
Pullman Palace Sleeping carr run
though to Cincinnati, st. Louis, Chicago
and Pittsburg, on all express trsins.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks.
plly to an, Office Of the b. D. X. Rr
n toe E. Ondrow, travelling passenge-
gent, Winchester, Va, or to c. I. Ham
man. city ticket agen'. Stanton. Va
CHAS o. SCULL. r B.CAMPBELL,
Gen. Pass. Agr. Gen. Man.
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uhi.n Deserter. Adventures.

At the time Of the Franco-German
war a Uhlan belonging to the Fourth
.Uhlsn regiment deserted. He was APP
pretended recently in Alsace and taken
to his regiment. The Uhlan has been
tried by court martial at Thorn for de-
serting the colors and sentenced TO five
years incarceration in a fortress. he
has been sent to Spandau to undergo the
sentence. This Uhlan deserter made of
at the time Of the siege Of Paris, fled to
China and entered the Chinese army,
in which he served for IA years Ten
years after that he returned to Germany
and obtained a situation as overseer in a
mandatory in Alsace, whish he re-
tanned up to the time he was arrested as
D deserter. London News .---
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
John Bright and Milton,
Mr.. John Bright once quoted the lines
from Milton:

MT. JONI bTIBHJ OuCU QuUIVu IIIB IIuta
from Milton:
] argue not
Against heaven 5 hand or will, nor bate a !ot
or heart or hope, but still bear up and steer
Right onward.
The reporter was not familiar with
the passage, and having no idea that
Mr.. Bright was quoting poetry he turn
ed it into prose, in the third person, as
follows lie would not argue against
the hand or will Of heaven, nor would
he bate a jot Of heart or hope He would
still bear up and steer right onward "
Macmillan Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
Personal IDENTIFICATION.
Some Curious Information on the Subject
From a Famous Doctor.

Some Curious Information on the Subject
From a Famous Doctor.
A correspondent has been interview
ing DR.. Robert Fischer of Vienna, who
is well known as an expert in all that
pertains to cosmetics, and has obtained
from him some curious information.
"When is your regular season, doc
tori" the correspondent asked.
"Well, you see, have twofold sea-
son-the social and the individual The
former is the ball and party season. The
latter depends upon the betrOthal or mar
rage of individuals, and may coincide
with any period of the year. y
"Ma1riage?" the correspondent asked
in surprise.
Quite So marriage. Numbers Of
mothers put their daughters through a
whole course of Identification previous
to launching them out in that sea Of
trouble. That's the time when the most
elaborate preparations of the human
frame are ordered and undertaken l
h.ve a great deal more to do then than
for the most fashionable balls Of the
year. "
DR.. Fischer went on to say: Il am
asked perhaps to remove the rubicund
tint from the tip of a Grecian nose
where no amount Of exuberant fancy
will explain its presence as the result Of
a modest habit Of blushing. l perform
the operation without pain or difficulty,
insisting upon term of eight days, but
then l do it thoroughly and once for all,
and never again will the nose blush un-
less the rest of the face first gives the
example
Another time an islet Of hairs on
the face, an inconvenient tuft on the
chin, cheek or neck, or else an imperti-
nent mustache (Which outweighs good
half of the fair ones dowry, and some
times the whole round sum- has TO be
banished- We often have long engage
ments in Austria, with no breach of
promise law to guarantee them, and
during all that time girl ought to DO
growing better looking.
1.-THE one taste which may be said to
be universal in Vienna is liking for
blond hair. 1t would seem to be innate,
like mischief and coquetry. Viennese
hair dyes are therefore mostly des-
tined to impart rich golden color to
the flowing tresses that are usually
brown or black. Have l thus metamor-
phosed many dark beauties into blends?
Countless bevies Of them. And they
have not a spark Of practical gratitude
either; not single one Of them would
ever recommend me to another as a
friend who has been tried and not found
wanting. But that perhaps is human ma
ture.
"Look at that innocent looking white
object, Just like a waxhght, said DR..
Fischer Gould you guess what that is
for9 Nor Well, I'll tell you 1t is tear
pump"
"a what2" our correspondent asked,
with gasp.
"a tear pump. You seem overcome
Perhaps l have given it too drastic a
name. Yes, people grow rapidly nerv-
GUS in Vienna Well, this innocent i'm
plement is used for the purpose Of irri-
tating the lachrymal glands and produc-
ing tears-probably on days Of mourn
ing and such like occasions F"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
Feb. % 3mO
Pretty EAIR PAY.
Mr.. Foster Said to Get More Than $780,
600 For Two Months' Work.

Mr.. Foster Said to Get More Than $780,
600 For Two Months Work.
1t is claimed that John w. Foster
will receive more than $780, 900 for two
months service as a diplomatic adviser,
helping to let Ii Hung Chang down as
easy as possible with the japanese Mr..
Foster is one Of the most experienced,
if not one of the ablest, commercial dip
lomats in this country, perhaps in the
world, but the importance Of his service
to the Chinese government can hardly
be overestimated, as is clearly shown by
a statement made by wide awake mem
Der of the diplomatic corps.
Before John W Foster left this
country, said this gentleman, che had
made a contract with the Chinese min
lister by which he was to receive a very
large sum for his services as adviser to
tie Chinese government in the efforts
then being made 10 secure peace with
Japan The cable today indicates that
he has earned every penny Of it. When
Mr.. Foster was first engaged, it had not
been decided to send Ii Hung Chang to
treat with Japan The first thing Mr..
Foster did was to insist that he be called
TO Picking, restored to his former honors
and sent ont with full powers to negoti-
ate treaty He knew that the Japanese
would receive the veteran statesman
with greater courtesy than they would
extend to any other living Chinaman,
and he shrewdly guessed that Ii Hung
Chang would command some sympathy
for the harsh treatment received by him
at the hands of his emperor. The result
has fully justified this expectation. Ii
was received with distinction, and since
the unfortunate incident Of his attempt
ed assassination, which, however, in
view Of the happy outcome, can hardly
be called unfortunate, the mikado has
done everything in his power to make
his task an easy one. The shrewd Foster
was constantly at his elbow, and when
Japan demanded an indemnity of 300,-
900, 900 taels it was at Fosters sugges-
ton that Ii besought the japanese min
lister not to cripple the revenues of China
for all time by demanding so high a
price for peace The plea was successful,
for the japanese finally consented to
put the amount at 200. 900, 900 taels. AS
a tael is worth about 70 cents in gold the
minister's shrewd work has probably
saved China more than $40, 900, 900, so
that the emperor can well afford to pay
the Americans little bill Detroit
Free Press
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
or yonr own anxietiesi

Warneu OH your own dnXletleSl
Come up and take it, you mothers,
who rocked and lullabied the family
brood until they took wing for other
nests and never appreciated what you
had done and suffered for them. Your
hand was we'll favored when you were
young, and it was beautiful hand, SO
we'll rounded, so graceful that many adj
mired and eulogized it, but hard work
calloused it and twisted it, and self
sacrificing toll for others paled it, and
many household griefs thinned it, and
the ring which went on only with q
push at the marriage altar now is toe
large and falls off, and again and again
you have lost it, Poor hand Weary
handl Wornout hand But God will
reconstruct it, reanimate it, readorn it,
and all heaven will know the story of
that hand. What fallen ones it lifted
upl What tears it wiped away What
wounds it bandaged What lighthouses
it kindled What storm tossed ships it
brought into the pearl beached harbor
Oh, am so glad that in the vision Of
my text Ezekiel saw the wing above the
hand. Roll ON that everlasting rest for
all the toiling and misunderstood and
suffering and weary children of God,
and know right well that to join your
hand, at last emancipated from the
struggle, will be the soft hand, the gen
tie hand, the triumphant hand, of him
who wipeth away all tears from all
faces. That will be the palace Of the
king Of which the poet sang in some
what Scotch dialect;
It's bonnie. bonnie warl that we're livin in
the moo,
| An sunny is the Ian we aften traivel thro',
| But in vain we look for something to which
cor hearts can cling,
| For It's beauty is as naething to the palace
the King
We see oor frien's await us over yonder at hi:
gate.
Then let us a. be ready. for, ye ken, it's gettir
| late.
Let COR lamps be BRIGHTLY burnin; let's raise
oor voice and sing.
| Soon Wen meet, to part nae mair, i the palace
Of the King.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

An unusual opportunity offered for investment in the avoe
belt of the State of Ge,rga-n lands adapted vineyard and ru
culture or for general urposesupon basis OF low cost and
careful selection. -, ,
The investigations visitors have resulted in pronouncg this the
finest fruit growing section of the country the condition OF SOIL elm
ate and water advantages which have already induced the ea
bment Of large fruit growing enterprises by colony and Individual
set lement upon recent land investments
a Correspondence is solicited from those desiring information as
the cost lands value of stocks and bonds oil the yarou
CORPORATIONS in this vicinity. Address
c. w. KELLER,
1alapOOsa
Feb 22-3mo Horason County Georgia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

The keys to the iron gates which are
placed at either end Of the corridor in
the Philadelphia city hall, where coun-
Gil chambers are to be, are marvels OF
strength and workmanship The New
York manufacturer claimed that each
key cost $40 and occupied the time of
a skilled workman for a wesk. They
arc made of steel, entirely hand wrought,
and the designs are artistic ard compli-
Gated. The locks on the gates are I'M
usually powerful, and it is explained
that the councilmen feared lest lobby
lists might secure an entrance to the
chambers. The hollis run up and down
from the door to the ceiling, and moth
ing short of dynamite charge or bat
turing ram could induce them to give
way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24
The Stairs an Afterthought.

The old story about building house
and forgetting the staircase, which has
probably been worked off at the expense
of every young architect who has been
born since staircases were invented, was
actually realized in the case Of Montagu
House, which the late dowager Duchess
Of Buccleuch made famous by her en-
tertainments. When the house was near
ly finished, it was discovered that no
means of reaching the upper floors had
been provided, and the grand staircase
which had to be added considerably
.narred the arrangements Of the man
zion. London Figaro.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

Father-I'm getting tired Of having
that young Roller coming here and
want it stopped
Daughter-I'm sure, father, do all
| can to discourage his visits.
Father-NOnsense haven't heard
you sing to him once. Philadelphia
Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-05-24

any thing just now, out It Will DO uOLsrm
to get our prices and investigate The
advantages ee claim TOR it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
OLD AND SPRY.

A LIVELY old farmer is Nathan White,
Of Rutherford county, N. c. Last June
he was one hundred years of age, and
he still does the heaviest farm work,
blowing, etc.
Mr. AND Mrs. E. A. HUMPHREY, OF
Shopiere, Wis, have celebrated their
SEVENTEEN wedding anniversary. Mr..
Humphrey is ninety-four years old and
his wife is a year younger. They are
supposed to be the oldest married
couple in Wisconsin.
FARMER JONATHAN Scorr ELLIS, OF
Pennington, whose one hundred and
third birthday viii be August 10 next,
is the oldest man in Maine. He was
soldier during the war of 1872 and has
voted at every presidential election
since he cast his first vote for James
Monroe, the fifth president OF the
United States.
BLoNDIN is, in his old age, sturdy,
thick-set man. His habits have always
been abstemious, and he is well pre-
served at seventy-two. Blondin has
walked thousands of miles on the rope,
but has never made another trip so dar-
ing as that across Niagara Falls, and he
has never exceeded the fame he made
by that per1ous journey.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
MISSOURI LEGISLATURE.

JEFFERSON CITY, March 23.-SENATE-Mr.
Freeman's house bill redlstricting the state
into congressional districts, which had been
reported unfavorably. was. on motion OF Sena-
tor Dunn, postponed Indefinitely yesterday,
sixteen democratic senators voting against
and fourteen republican senators for the bill
House bill to prevent blindness in children
was reported favorably by the committee on
public health taken up for third reading and
passed THE bill provides that midwives and
nurses, or any others in charge OF infants, shall
report to physicians or the board Of health in
cases where the eyes OF newly-born infants
seem to De a1ected.l
HOUSE-The senate election bill was defeat
ed, the republicans voting sol1dly against it
and the democrats for the measure.
The house accepted the oil painting Of David
Barton. presented by Mr.. A p. Barton, OF
Kansas City, land $50 was appropriated to frame
and hang the picture in the hall Of the state
house OF representatives.
david Barton was president OF the conven-
ton which ratified the admission Of Missouri
into the Union by accepting the terms pre-
Scribed by the act of congress-: and was also
speaker of the first house Of representatives
after its admission: was the reputed author OF
the first constitution, and was the first sem
ator elected to represent Missouri in the SEN
ate of the United States
JEFFERSON CITY. March 25.-The Thirty
eighth general assembly of Missouri adjourned
sine die at o'clock Saturday night. AS
soon as 1t became definitely known that the
senate and house could not agree upon an cleo
ton bill, nothing remained but to read ant
compare the enrolled bills and adjourn.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
THEIR DOOM SEALED.

Gen. De Campos to Go to Cuba and Put
Down the Patriots Rebellion.
MADRID, March 29.-Gen. Martinez
de Campos has accepted the commits
sion to go to Cuba at the head of the
reinforcements which are to be sent
there, and has declared that the mo-
ment he lands in Cuba he will proceed
with operations designed to put down
the revolt instanter.
There is great deal of irritation in
official circles over allegations that
Americans are supporting the insur-
gents by supplying them with money.
arms, etc.
The government yesterday for
warded So, DOC, 900 to Cuba. The troops
are rapidly being concentrated at their
respective ports of embarkation. Six
merchant steamers have been char
tered for use as transports and will
sail from Cadiz, Valencia, Corunna
and Santander with troops and war
material some time between April 2
and Is.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

ANTON CASPER HEsING, father OF
Washington Hesing. the postmaster at
Chicago. died suddenly at his residence,
On the 31st, of apoplexy. He retired the
previous night after finishing his work
for the following mornings Stats
Zeitung, in apparently good health.
Early next morning his attendant no.
ticed something wrong and sent for
the postmaster, but the old gentleman
died before he arrived.
The eastern and central portions OF
the state of Kansas were visited. on
the 3lst. by copious rains. The rains
were very warm. but were closely fol-
lowed by a blizzard. which caused
much apprehension for the safety OF
the fruit crop, especially peaches and
apricots. The rains left the soil in
good condition for spring work, which
was already we'll under way.
UNITED STATES CONSUL Jingle at
brunswick, Germany, in a letter re-
ceived at the state department'on the
3lst, suggests that American packers
turn their attention to furnishing the
German market with horse meat,
which he says is used in the larger
cities in equal quantities with beef and
mutton. on account of the high price
of the latter commodities
EDWARD BRADFORD BARNES, of St.
Louis. prominent young journalist,
died at his mothers home in Corning,
n. Y, on the 3Ist. of fever contracted
in Cuba, where he went as representa-
tive of the Northwestern Miller news
paper. He was a young man of great
promise and the most exemplary char
acter.
THE statement of the associated
banks of New York city for the week
ended the 3Oth showed the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, 1888, $50;
loans, decrease, 2.12S, 800; specie, in
crease, S4s5, $500: legal tenders, de-
crease. 1888, 300; deposits. decrease,
81, 0S7 600; circulation, increase, S529,-
500.
PASSENGERS from Santiago de Cuba
reported, on the 31th, that two Ameri-
can citizens were dying in prison in
that city. According to the passen-
gers story the imprisoned Americans
had all the passports and papers re-
quired by law, and their Incarceration
was declared to be an outrage.
MRS II. B. LEDYARD, wife of the
president of the Michigan Central
railway, dropped dead on the street in
Detroit, Mich, on the 3Oth. The
cause of death is given as heart dis
ease.
THE associated banks of New York
city held SIS, 413, $50 in excess of the 25-
aer-cent. rule on the S0th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
LOOKS SUSPICIOUS.

John NJ. AnnIs, Whose Sick Wife was
Burned to Death, Thought to Have Start.
ed the Fire Before Setting Out on His Al
legged Trip for u DOctor-Remarkable
Story Told by His 0-Year-Old Daug liter,
Who Escaped.
FENToN. Mich, March 30.-Frank NJ.
Annis, who is accused of causing the
fire which resulted in the death of his
wife on his farm near here few days.
ago, has been arrested. The arrest
has caused talk, and gossip says that
there are grounds for the belief that
his little daughters should also have.
persisted in their burned home. Laura
is years of age and Mabel 4.
Laura says she was awakened by q
noise, and listened. A moment later
she heard gurgling that sounded
like liquor escaping from the neck of a,
bottle. This was followed almost inn
mediately by the sound of parlor
match being scratched and igniting.
She then heard hurried footsteps, fol-
lowed by the closing of a door.
A moment later she saw a little blaze
at the foot of her bed, another in the
sitting room and a third in the center
of her mothers bed. She says she
screamed and called to her mother but
getting no answer, went to the bed Of
the sick woman and tried to awaken
her. Getting no response and being
warned by the approach of the flames
to hasten, Laura says she returned to
her own bed and picking up her little
sister, carried her out of doors. A mo-
ment later the neighbors began to ar
rive, but the house was in flames and.
all efforts to save Mrs. Annis, were
fruitless.
In few minutes Annis drove up on
a run, his horse nearly exhausted and
was told the story of the loss of his
wife and his children's escape. He
said his wife was suffering greatly
when she aroused him and asked him
to go to Fenton for a doctor. He de-
clared that he left at exactly o'clock,
but as he did not reach here until two.
hours later and the distance does not
exceed four miles, the neighbors
thought an explanation was in order.
Annis had fast horse and could
cover the distance to Fenton in half
an hour. At $50 farmers along the
road heard man who was evidently
driving furiously shouting fire. . 1t is
now charged that this man was Anuis.
At the point in the road where the
alarm was given, the Annis house
could not be seen. and it is alleged
that the flames did not break out of
Annis' house until some time later.
The couple had not lived happily to-
gether. Mrs. Annis had 81, 600 in
surance policy in the Macabees in her
husbands favor