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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
A Mine on Fire Over Forty Years

The commissioners appointed by the
local government to inquire into the
"history, causes and effect" Of the coal
mine fires Of Pictou county have Just
finished taking evidence. The commits
sion is composed Of Inspector Gilpin,
Deputy Inspector W. Madden, Henry
Mitchell and A. Dick. The work OF
the commission was directed mainly to
an investigation Of the condition Of the
Foord pit This mine has been on fire
in one place or another since the fifties,
and it is burning yet. Explosion after
explosion has occurred, and many lives
have been lost. When fire broke out
in one place. the miners resorted to an
other, sinking a new shaft. To avoid
the fire on an upper level, shaft was
sunk and coal taken out on the level
Immediately below the fire. Soon the
fire came through. and again the miners
were driven out. Nothing that the
owners could do availed to drive out
the fire, and the splendid mine has been
practically abandoned, though a little
coal is now being taken out on level
below a part that is on fire. The OBJ
ject Of the commission is TO learn
whether something cannot be done to
save so valuable property as the Foord
pit.-Halifax Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
Pope and His Ways.

Pope, as he tells us, was the unfortu-
nate possessor Of a "crazy carcass, "
and though when leaving London be
bids farewell to luxurious lobster
nights" it is probable that sober, stu
dious days" were more to the taste OF
one who had to make a constant study
Of his health. When in town, however,
he was "as sure to be in hustle as a
porpoise in a storm. In early life he
was fond Of riding, and in 1715 jour
neyed with his friends Arbuthnot and
Disney from London to Bath on horse
back, their luggage being on a very
small scale, for Arbuthnot, the COM
mander in chief Of the party, allowed
but shirt and cravat to each traveller.
The following year he describes his
pursuits in letter to the sisters Blount ::
81 write an hour or two every morning,
then ride out a-hunting Cat Cirencester),
eat heartily, talk tender sentiments with
Lord b. or draw plans for houses and
gardens, open avenues, cut grades, plant
frs, contrive water works-all very fine
and beautiful in our own imaginations.
At night we play at commerce and play
pretty high. "-Chambers' Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
SILVER AND SAVINGS BANKS.
Free Coinage Would Have the Eject Of
Wiping Out One-half the Deposits.

Free Coinage Would Have the Eject of
wipinE Out One-half the Deposits.
A tailor who should insist on his Gus
toner accepting a suit Of clothes worth
only half as much as the one paid for
would be considered either a fool or a
rogue. The ngitators for debased cur
rency which would permit debtors to
pay their creditors in dollars worth one
half Of those they borrowed need not
complain if plain people use plain Ian
guage in speaking Of their scheme. The
silverites claim they are being unfairly
abused when they are called dishonest or
repudiators. A single illustration will
show whether they are not correctly de-
scribed.
There are in the various savings
banks Of this country deposits amount
ing to 81, $50, 744. 900. This large sum
represents the little savings Of years by
working men and women, small bust
ness men and farmers. On the passage
Of a free coinage law these deposits
would be payable in silver dollars worth
only 90 cents and having n purchasing
power one-hah less than our present
dollar. AS the banks keep very little
money on hand they would not be able
to pay their depositors in gold, even
though they wished. as their loans would
be payable in silver, and Of course their
debtors would pay in the cheap dollars.
The result would infallibly be that one
half Of the entire savings bank deposits
Of the country would be wiped out,
practically stolen from their owners and
given to those who had borrowed them.
Would not this be dishonest? Is it not
simple reputation? And, II so, what
are tho men who advocate III
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
Virginia Mountains
AND
S8aSl0T8 Resorts.

Excursion tickets are ROW on sale At
the principal ST. lions on he Norfolk and
Western Railroad and ifs connecting
Lines, 20 all the Seashore and Mountain
Resorts, good 10 return until Oct, Der
3lst, 1895. with priviie sc Of slOp-over at
in Intermediate Stations.
In point of track, equipment, passenger
trains service, and the accommodations
provided for quick aud comfortable
JOURNEYS to tho very attractive resorts
sod points Of interest no the State, TO-
gother with the excursion rates offered,
the Norfo and Western Railroad, as
usual, takes the front rank.
Lists OF Summer Homes, Timetables
and all information furnished bv r W.
Courtney, Dist. PAS. Agent te3S Maia
St., Redmond. and &c Main S., Norfolk;
Q. D. Younger, Gen'l Agent, LJnchburR;
b. J. Lockwood, Pass Agent. 1888
Penn. Ave. Washington: Keunon Ion0-,
Agent, 129 f. Baltic. St, Baltimore; c. II.
Futterer. Pass. Agent. Hagerstovn, I'D !;
NJ. +. Bragg, Trav. Pass. Agent, Roanoke,
or ". B. Bevili. General Passenger
Agent Roanoke, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
PLATINUM M ALASKA.
Miners Now Turning Their Attention to
the Deposits on the Yukon River.

Miners Now Turning Their Attention to
the Deposits on the Yukon River.
ALASKA has developed an unexpected
store Of precious minerals in the last
few years, and just at present miners
are specializing as to the quantity Of
platinum that might be found in that
territory and worked with profit. For
years it has been known that platinum
exists in Alaska, and traces Of it have
been found on the banks of the Yukon
river, but it is only Of recent date that
the miners have given the matter any
serious thought. This neglect seems
strange when one considers that plati-
mum is worth from $3.50 to IS. 90 an
ounce.
Platinum is nearly always found in
bars associated with free gold i'll placer
deposits. Platinum ore, as it is some-
times enormously called, contains irid-
ium, rhodium, gold, copper and iron. 1t
is usually found in rounded or fattened
grains having a metallic luster, though
it comes occasionally in cubes and &C.
tahedrons Had the miners who have
been working on the different creeks in
TIE Yukon basin for the last two years
known the value Of the little globular
masses Of platinum they would not have
been so quick to resent their persistent
presence in the rifles. At present the
most important sources Of platinum are
the hydraulic mines in the Ural noun
tains Of Russia. About so per cent Of the
worlds production comes from this
source. Next in Importance perhaps are
the gold washings Of the Pinto river in
the United States Of Colombia, which
produce % per cent Of the entire prod
uct.
India, Australia, Peru, Haiti and
Brazil produce small amounts Of plati-
mum. Platinum has been found i'll small
quantities in various parts Of this coun-
try, but it is only in the placers Of the
Pacific slope that it has been discovered
in marketable quantities. 1t is estimat-
ed that the United States imports about
! 3, 900 pounds Of platinum a year from
Russia. The metal is used chiefly in the
manufacture Of jewelry, chemical ap-
paratus and incandescent electric lights:
There has been Of late years an increased
| demand for the metal and correspond
ing increase in the price. II the plati-
mum deposits in the Yukon valley in
Alaska approach anywhere near the ex-
pectations Of the prospectors, it is pos
sible that they may prove as valuable
as the gold mines In Alaska.
Asbestus is also found in the south
eastern portion Of Alaska, but whether
in sufficient quantities to make the de-
posits profitable remains for future de-
velopments to show. A recent issue OF
an Alaskan newspaper says that Clark
Miller and a party discovered extensive
asbestus veins in this section last sum-
mer. The quality is pronounced by ex-
perts to be first class, and specimens
show it to be Of unusually long fiber
and free from foreign matter. New
| York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30

IRAN Aus connects at Tiarpers rerry
With Fast Limited Express trains leav
ng al l. 13 and Piishurg al :. 10 p. NJ
nd Chicago at IL 90 a. m. next morning
with train leaving AZ 10 p. m, arriving
It Cincinnati at : A a, m, ST. Louis at
90 p. m, and connects at WevertOn
with train arriving at HageIstown at
lib p. M, ard at Washington junction
with train ARRIVING in Frederick at
20p. N.
Tain l44 connects with fast vesti-
buled trains at Harpers Ferry at 959
p. m. for Chicago, 1870 p. m, for Pitts
burg, and .46 a. ~, for Cincinnati and
81. Louis. Arrive al Pittsburg at 6 50 a.
~; Chicago at 900 p IN; Cincinnati at
80 p. m and st. Louis at 7.l2 am.
Pullman Palace Sleeping care run
through to Cincinnati. So. Louis, Chicago
and Pittsburg, on all express trsins.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks.
apply 10 anv Office Of the b. + o X. RI
n to G. E. Dndrow. travelling passeDge-
agent. Winchester, Va.
CHAS o. SCULL. X. B. CAMPBELL,
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
HATRED OF ENGLAND.
The "EnEllsh Octopus" the Best Customer
For American Products.

The "EnElieh octopus the Dest NuseOihSh
For American Products.
Coin resorts to the familiar and well
worn appeal to the prejudice which
some people in this country are supposed
to feel against England. The people OF
that country have the same religion, the
same laws and the same language as
ourselves. We did fight in years gone
by, but we are now united by the close
ties Of business and friendship. The
English octopus, as Coin calls it, is real
" a country that is our best customer
for wheat, for cotton, for beef, for Pc
troleum and for Yankee notions. He
SAYS it "feeds on nothing but gold. In
fact, however, it feeds on the wheat, the
coffee, the sugar Of South America, the
tea Of China-in short, the natural or
manufactured products Of every part Of
the world, all Of which it pays for.
American investors draw geat sums in
ROYALTIES from this octopus. y 1t does
not get any gold worth speaking Of from
Asia, from Africa or from South Amer
lea. Whatever gold it does get Is nat
ural product and a source Of profit to
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
Refer IN SIX Hours.

D stressl's Kidney and Bladder diseases
relieved in six hours by the New Great
South American Kidney Cure" This new
Remedy is great surprise on account Of
It's exceeding promptness 10 relieving
pain in the bladder. kidneys, back and
eS cry part of the urinary passes in male
or female. II relieves. IL relieves re-
teuton Of water and pain in passing il
slnost Immediately. If yOu want quick
relief and cnre this IS your remedy. Sold
by +. r. IRWIN, Druggist Woodstock.
Va nov. 80 -1vr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
A MISSOURI STORY.
Uncle Billy Doesn't Agree With His Free
Silver Neighbour.

Uncle Billy Doesn't Agree WIN his Hree
Silver Neighbor.
Anent the silver question comes a
good story from over in the kingdom"
of Galloway. In one Of the most fertile
portions Of the kingdom" lives Uncle
Billy -. He is a character in bis
way, and a prosperous, hardworking
man, with grain in his barns, fat horses,
sleek cattle and blooded sheep and hogs
in his pasture, and money to his credit
in the bank. He attends to his crops
and has no time TO sit on the fence and
discuss silver. A neighbor Of his, who
is a rampant Populist and silver adyo-
cate, passed his place the other day. He
accosted Uncle Billy as follows:
"Well. Uncle Billy, when do you
think we will have better timesT'
"Have you got any fat cattleG" asked
Uncle Billy.
"No"
"Have you got any sheep"
mo"
"Have you got any fat hogs9"
Hardly enough to make my meat. "
"Well, +" said Uncle Billy rehectively,
"I'll be id if see how times are
going to get any better for you. -
Globe Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
Silver States HoardinE Gold.

Silver states do not seem TO have any
prejudice against gold in carrying on
their own financial affairs. Utah banks
hold twenty-one times as much gold as
silver, Arizona banks nine times as
much. The Colorado banks possess over
So, 200, 600 in gold and only one-tenth
Of the amount in silver While this is
eminently judicious it is not conclusive
reason for piling up mountain of sill
yer in the United States treasury
vaults. St Louis Globe-Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
TIL. Atl.nt. Expo.ltIon.

Margherita Arlina Hamm says In
Peterson's Magazine about the Atlanta
Worlds exposition: 1.-THE World s fair
in the south is pregnant and tremen-
dous fact. 1t means more than the pass
ing away Of old ideas and traditions
it means more than the creation Of a
new and keen eyed spirit Of industry
and progress looking out over the fields
once consecrated to dying cult; it
means the regeneration Of an entire
people"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
PIANOS AND ORGANS

A First Glass, High Top, Solid Black
Walnut Organ with German Plate Glass
Mirror for 30. Warranted for six
years. Putnam's Music Store. Staun-
ton, Va. Sole agent for the CHECKER
ing & Sons Pianos. Write for cata
logues and prices.
APP 4 l yr pd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30
Your Attention !

The old man is still alive and can make
I'D farms new and new farms OLD. Thes
will d, by taking out all stumps on
ronrf arms. Will also dig and clean your
a,lls and ctstsrps Call on or address
I'M. EVANS,
As.ttly Edinbrrg Va.
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to- 4l6 IA
NORTIIBOUND MAIL. Pass Nix.

400 MIxED TRAINS NORTH
Leave Woodstock at 9 40 m, arrive at
la pel's Ferry at 5 II ? IN. On Sunday
cave Woodstock att o. pm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-08-30

American Gold Wages VIII BE Reduced
to India Silver Wages-Proflts of EN-
ployers VIII BE Advanced-siIverQ Cues
ton In a Nutshell.
The record-union., 1895-12-07

mento being very near the center of the
State, and really in the heart of the
great agricultural valleys of Sac
ramento and San Joaquin, and
by reason of the fact that
we are free from the fogs that prevail
in many localities on the coast during
certain seasons of the year, we are as
sured that Sacramento is happily sit
uated, and from here more satisfactory
results may be obtained and given out
than from any other point.
We therefore respectfully ask that
you, with Hon. Grove l.. Johnson lay
the subject matter of this communica-
tion before Professor Moore, and use
your combined efforts to have the
headquarters of the State Weather
Bureau permanently fixed in this city.
We are informed that the State Agri-
cultural Society of California, located
here, cause to be printed at the State
Printing Office (free of cost several
thousand weekly and monthly bulle-
tins or reports, which are now, and
have been regularly circulated for near
ly four years, and mailed to the agrl-
culturists and horticulturists of Cali
fcrnia, as well as to numerous persons
throughout the United States, regu-
larly furnished by Observer Barwick
of the station, and are as highly ap-
preciated and as valuable as any sery-
ice of the Government given to the Pa
cific Slope. Respectfully yours
JOSEPH STEFFENS, President.
James l. Felter, Secretary.
The record-union., 1895-12-07
Iouse Inspector wanted.

Eds. Record Z nion: We have Plumb
ing Inspector and q Sanitary Inspector,
but what we want now is Louise In
spector for our public schools. When 1
saw this, | mean just what l say. 1t is
very little use for me to work early and
late in order to keep my little ones clean
and in a presentable shape TO attend
school, and then to find them covered
with nits and lice which they have con-
tracted in the schoolroom, and this all
on account of mothers whose utter care
lessness OF their children has caused
them TO be overrun with vermiu.
/ put no blame Tor this state of affairs
upon the teachers, for goodness knows
they have enough to attend to, but | do
think that if many OF the mammas of
these little ones would devote more time
TO their offspring and their bodily clean
illness, instead of gadding around the
town. this complaint would not be made.
| have been informed to-day that sew
eral children were sent home from one of
our schools this week on account of their
heads being reeking with filth.
Now, a child must be vaccinated before
entering school. and why not inspect
them also as TO their cleanliness? Surely,
the Superintendent or the Board of Edu-
cation should take this matter in hand at
once. | don't want lice brought home TO
my house. yet hate to take my children
out OF school. Mr.. Editor. which shall
Ii be. A MOTHER.
Sacramento, December 6, 1895.
The record-union., 1895-12-07
NEW BOOKS.
A Large Number Recently Added to
the Free Library.

y Large n uIlDSE Gcccnt1N AOQC0 "
the Free Library.
The following new books have been
added to the Free Library, and will
be ready for circulation on Saturday:
Bell-"Little Sister to the Wilderness;
Barr =" Bernicia"; Beers Suburban
Pastoral and Other Tales; Blackmore
-"Slain by the Doones"; Boothby-
Lost Endeavor"; Bourge Land of
Promise; Burnett-'Two Little Pill
grims' Progress -; Cheney - No. 40
Tinkham Street" -; Crockett Bog
Myrtle and Peat; Doyle-''S Stark Munro
Letters; Duff-'Master Knot; Fem
F." Comorant Crag Finley =" Elsie
Yachting With the Raymonds," Elsie
at Ion," Elsie at the Worlds Fair"
"Elsie's Journey on Inland Waters:
Ford-"Hon. Peter Stirling; Gardner
Quaker Idyls"; Goodloe-"College
Girls - Hardy = Jade. the OBJ
cure .; Harrison = . Errant Wooing !;
Hope-"Chronicles of Count Antonio"
Prisoner of Zenda"; Hickens-"Imag-
NATIVE Man; Hubbard-"No Enemy
King" STORY of Fort Frayne"; LIE
Queux - "Zoraida": Martens = My
Lady Nobody; Maclaren-"B Beside the
Bonnie Brier Bush,' Days of Aud
Lang Syne" Gwo copies); Martel-
"Chiffons Marriage; Matthew'S His
Fathers Som; Moore-"Sale of a Soul
Nordau-"C Comedy of Sentiment
Parker-"When Valmond Came to Pom
tiac"; Pemberton-"Littl Huguenot";
Perry-rThe Plated City; Phelps
Singular Life; Philips Question of
Color; Pool-"Against Human Ma
ture'; Ralph-rPeople We Pass; Ray
mond-"Love and Quiet Life; Richards
Jim of Hellas' Nautilus" Roe
Barriers Burned Away; Rowsell-
Friend of the People; Russell =
Phantom Death; Scully-"Kafir
Stories; Stannard-"Private Tinker (;
Stearns-"Chris and the Wonderful
Lamp; Sullivan-'Tenement Tales
Walford-"A Bubble; II. D. Ward
Dash for the Pole; Mrs. Ward-"Story
of Bessie Costrell'' (two copies) Wells
Time Machine; Minister
of France" Kings Stratagem"; Wig
gin-''Village Watch Tower; Wister-
RED Men and White; Woolson-
Front Yard; Zangwell- Children of
the Ghetto, The Master; Abbot
''Battlefields and Victory; Atkinson
Electricity for Everybody; Bangs
''Houseboat on the StyX'; Beers
Ways of Yale; Burwell-"GirPs Life
in Virginia" CarletOn-"City Festi-
vals": Compton-"S "Snowbird and Water
Tiger; CooIbrith-"Songs From the
Golden Gate; Creegan-"Great Mis-
sionaries''; Davis-.'Abo Paris; ;
Gladstone-"Thought From His Writ
ings"; Guerber-"Stories of Wagner
Operas; Hamilton" Modern Scientific
Whist; Harrison-"Cap and Gown;
Kipling- Second Jungle Book" ;Knight-
Pipe and Pouch; Lodge-"Hero Tales
From American History; Nordau-
Right to Love-; Parkhurst-"Our
Fight With Tammany';; Ralph Dixie:
Southern Scenes; Thayer-"Turning
Points in Successful Careers; Reports
of Committee of Ten on School Studies.
The record-union., 1895-12-07
THE WEATHER BUREAU.
Action by the Chamber of Commer
TO Prevent Its Removal.

Action by the Chamber of Commerce
TO Prevent Its Removal.
The Chamber of Commerce has taken
up the matter of the attempt to have
the Weather Bureau Station that has
been in existence here for eighteen
years removed, and has, through Presi-
dent Stefens and Secretary Felter, ad-
dressed the following letter to United
States Senator Perkins:
SACRAMENTO, Dec 6. 1898.
Hon. George c. Perkins, Washington,
D. C.-Dear Sir: Our Chamber of Com
merce has had a matter of great local
and State Importance called to its no
tice by Observer j. A. Barwick, who in
forms US that at a late interview with
W. H. Hammond. Forecast Officer sta
TONED at San Francisco, that he in
tends to recommend 70 Professor Willis
/ Moore, head of the bureau al Wash
ington. the advisability of removal to
San Francisco, as headquarters of the
State Weather Service, also the United
States Weather Bureau Office now To-
Gated in Sacramento at the Govern
ment building in this city.
Since 1871 (for eighteen years. this
office has been located here, and re-
peated unsuccessful efforts have been
made 50 far to have the transfer made
by the various officers stationed in San
Francisco, and one Of the reasons has
been that consolidation would save a
rental of $500 per year, this in fact
does not now exist.
The geographical location of Sacra-
The record-union., 1895-12-07
A TEOpAfOR'S WISHES NEGATIVED.
Felix Tracy Cannot Collect Wilmer
ding's $4,000 Note.
The Court Says 1t Was Not Delivered,
and Therefore Did Not Consti-
tute a Gift.

Judge Hunt of San Francisco yester-
day rendered a decision that, if sus-
tanned, will deprive the daughter and
brother of Felix Tracy of this city of
$4,000 which Mr.. Tracy's cousin, the
late j. c. Wilmerding. intended to have
them receive from his estate Last even
ing's San Francisco Post says:
The suit was against the Bank of
California and the executors of Wilmer
ding'S estate. Among the effects of the
deceased was found an envelope ad-
dressed ITO Felix Tracy, Sacramento
to be delivered on his demand" 1t con-
tanned a note for $4,000 dated March
), 1893, and the following explanatory
letter dated July 30, 1891:
Enclosed you will find my note for
$4,000, which 1 wish you to retain in
case OF your failure to collect the leg
acy for that amount left you by my will;
but if you do collect the legacy, then the
proceeds of this note l wish divided be-
tween your daughter and your brother
Edwards two daughters. l leave this
entirely to your honor, as 1 will not
put these names in my will. l do not
care to have too many names appear
there. Your affectionate cousin,
-. C. WILMERDING."
The letter evidently referred to a note
of prior date for which the inclosed note
had been substituted. Upon Wilmer
ding's death in February, 1891 the en-
velope was found in a box at the Bank
Of California, and Tracy was notified,
but the defendants refused to deliver it
and he sued. The executors defended
the suit on the ground that there had
never been a delivery and that the
testator had never notified Tracy of
the note.
Judge Hunt held that the plaintiff
could not recover because the statute
required a delivery in gifts either causa
mortis or inter vivoS, and there had
been no delivery. Continuing, he said:
THAT a moral obligation exists upon
the legatees to execute the purpose of
the deceased seems clear. Through the
generosity of deceased these legatees
were the recipients of princely
amounts. Under these circumstances
it might well be claimed that they are
under moral obligation to carry out a
gift which has failed, only in conse-
quence of the failure of the deceased to
execute his purpose in the mode pre-
scribed by law. But an obligation of this
character, binding only upon the con-
science of the legatees, is one which the
court is powerless to enforce. Judgment
is accordingly entered for defendants
herein -
The record-union., 1895-12-07
Weather Notes.

The Weather Bureau reports show the
highest and lowest temperatures yester-
day to have been 65 degrees and 90 de-
grees. with gentle southerly winds and
partly cloudy weather prevailing.
The barometrical readings at q. m.
and 5 p. m. were 30l3 and 30.l6 inches,
respectively.
The highest and lowest temperatures
one year ago yesterday were 90 degrees
and 46 degrees, with "a of an inch of
rain. and one year ago to-day, 56 degrees
and 42 degrees, with .16 of an inch of rain.
River, 8 feet.
The rainfall for the storm was AS of an
inch, and for the season $40 inches, as
against 3.76 10 a corresponding date last
YEAR