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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
a CnaA Rn-nrH

At political convention held IN III
nOis the importance Of nominating a
popular man for n certain close district
was thoroughly recognized. \ speaker
had Just renominated personal friend
for the position and IN an elaborate
eulogy had presented IN glowing terms
his manifold merits, especially empba-
sizing his greAt services on the field OF
battle as Well az In tho pursuits of
peace.
After he had finished voice was
heard In the rear of the room. What
we want Is the man that will run the
BEST"
In an instant the orator was again
on his feet
III you think" he yelled. that this
convention can find anybody that can
run better than the gentleman | have
nominated, point once more to his
well known war record."-Lippincotts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Mxsterious Green.

To those who believe IN the influence
of color the shades Of green afford an
interesting study. not only because OF
the large number OF green things
found In nature but the scale OF greens
Is so varied.
Green Is, or was, the chosen color OF
Venus or the scandinavian goddess
Freya and should be worn upon Fri
day. her name day.
The color has always been consider
Cd mysterious In its influence. All
green creatures, such as snakes or
birds. are weird. and people with what
are known as green hazel eyes need
to he carefully considered. and among
clairvoyants green stands for intellec-
tual power. Just as they speak Of the
blue Of peace rose of love and scarlet
Of anger"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Rest!eae Animals.

When you see the animals in the
park menageries pacing back and forth
rcStlessly IN their cages. do not take II
for granted that the creatures are un-
happy or even disconnected. 1t may be
that ;iie lion or the tiger or the polar
bear that mo O. about with apparently
ceaseleSs activity Is. only taking his
daily exercise, without which be wOnld
pine and die soon. When the Wild
creatures are in their native Jungles
they are kept pretty busy hunting food.
Thus each day they walk many miles
perhaps. In their narrow cages In the
parks they are plentlfnily supplied
with food, but their brawny bodies still
demand n great amount Of exercise
Mile after mile is paced of daily by
the uneasy creatures. Usually they
move With a long. swinging stride, but
when mealtime comes around then the
step Quiciens until when the keeper
appears with his baskets OF meat the
tircrs and Hons and other animals leap
against their bars and growl and whine
al Hsh their tails. In fact, they act
Ike Ceat hun<Ty boys 90 after a long
dye tramp II they find that suppe- -
l9-o
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Lana Sentances.

Ruskln. Il is said. has written more
sentences Of tIordinate length than
any other classic writer OF modern
English prose. Frederic Harrison some
years ago counted the words in num-
bsr OF typical sentences, finding that In
the earlier books II was no uncommon
thing for Ruskin 10 run beyond the
page before permitting himself and his
readers the relief Of a full stop. But In
every case the sense Is clear as day.
Wordsworth's poem OH the "Charac-
ter Of the Happy Warrior" Is notable
example OF sustained connections.
Apart from the opening and closing
couplcts the poem consists OF two very
long compound sentences almost en-
tirely comprised OF adjectival clauses.
The longer Os the two sentences con
tains fifty-scvcn dccasyllablc lines.
This is probably record In English
verse.-Argouaut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
n;I e.a K,oo A.r T.noer2

Mr.. Blles Is n very hasty tempered
man, but he Is also one who keeps his
promises to the very letter Therefore
Mrs. Il. has trained him to believe
that second thoughts are best and even
In q moment Of his weakness extract
ed from him a promise always to
count twenty before he speaks If be
feels roge coming upon hin. Last
Sunday he rushed into the back draw
Ing room splutiering with fury and
red In the face. Mrs. Bihs rose and
laid gentle hand on his stammering
lips.
"M-mary, I-I-f'-
Hush. DEAR" said the sweet woman.
Count twenty and conquer yourself,
and shall be more proud OF you than
II you had conquered the world"
Eighteen. nineteen. twenty
Now tell me, dear"
ITS that new hat Of yours that you
paid 9 guineas for, and the new serv-
ants gone out IN, and It's raining hard
that's all."-I1ondon Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07

Sir John Charles Day. the kngl!s'
iudce who earned TIE title OF th.
"hcoNean's terror" died at tie acc @
eigAty-twO. III The ni.etcen years =
John was Il Judge Of ihe h.eh court.
from 1889 TO 1901 he was noted T..
his lift Of solemn. humor anI for b.
drn Sc begging sentences. In foui,2e.
ycars he sentenced l37 criminals g.
3.7Cf strokes Of the cat. Once he sai'
20 gang Of Liverpool rufilaDs: IL az
not Going to give you men long term
II imprisonment. but whom you 60 l.
yOu get twenty laShes Of the cat; whel
you have been In nine months you ee
twc.ty llshes II The cat; before yor
come ont you get twenty lashcs II The
cat And then yQS con show what yor
have got TO your friends" He was per
haps the only English judge who evel
lid hard labor" While ON visit to q
prison he tried the treadmill. bot wher
he asked 10 be SGT free the guard pre-
tended not TO bear his request. Th'
Judge was ncrepirlnc freely by m
time be wos permitted 70 abandon lis
exp. .mcnt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
French Economy.

"a man doesn't have 10 go to Pari:
TO learn something about the econo
my Of French cooks" said n jdnitor
"lAll he has 10 do Is to get job Ike
mine ia house occupied mostly by
French families and he'll learn some
astonishing lessons In the art Of say
ing. Up to two months ago | was
working In q building Of that Kind
So far as attending to the gArhac'
was concerned, l had the easiest .iSl'
Of my life There was practically n'
garbage The people lived We
enough. ! guess. Anyhow they r.
celyed packages from the brft'her ans
grocer, hut they never seemed I,
throw anything away. About the onl!
thing they didn't eat was coffee
grounds and potato skins and tomato
cans, and there was precious little
waste of even that.
Whore | am working now the fami
lies are all American. That is where
the food goes 20 waste The people II
that house throw away enough pro
visions every day to feed all thosf
French families a week. San Fran
cisco Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Tia Ratort Courteous.

Street Railway Superintendent - !
don't think we can use you any longer.
.our cash register doesn't ring often
"nolai. COnductor--l have got rheu-
matlSn and can't reach up 10 The reg
Ister cord. superintendent All right.
think you need l0n- vacation. Con-
,luc:Or-I am much obliged 10 you for
blowing me to run the car as long as
.'cu have. SGperintendent-D0n't men
Ion ii. rrI much Obliged 10 you for
ringing tue car back. k.-Judsn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Tho Holy Carpet Of Turkey.

The holy carpet OF Turkey Is gor-
geous piece of red velvet embroidered
with gold. II takes year to make the
carpet. and the sultan Of Turkey then
intrusts 1t 10 the Egyptian pilgrims to
place on the tomb OF the prophet at
Mecca. At the end Of that time II is
replaced by another carpet and Is re-
turned 10 Cairo with great ceremony.
The right to carry the carpet has been
handed down from camel to camel In
the male line for hundreds of years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
a Book Accident.

When NJ. Henri. q quaint and shabby
miser of threescore and ten, died In
Paris some time ago. the closest search
for treasure revealed nothing more val
liable than two shelves OF dingy look
Ing books. which were sold. with his
few sticks OF furniture. to pay his fu-
neral expenses When the buyer OF the
books examined his purchase he discov-
cred 10 his amazement two volumes OF
rare absolutely unique In the
whole history Of books-every page In
each OF them consisting Of FIVE pound
sterling note OF the Bank OF England.
In all there were $40 pages. n neat ac-
cident Of $20,5O0.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
His Honor INDICATED.

A couple OF good naturcd Freachmen
got into n quarrel and challenged each
other to agLt. On the morning of the
duel they and their seconds tramped
through the woods 10 the fatal spot.
when one OF the duclists. the challeng-
ing party. tripped and fell. His second
helped him 10 his feet.
II hope you are not much hurt. said
the other duelist
I'm not much hurt ] only bumped
my noise on the ground"
Does 1t hlcedf'
"Yes. q little"
Heaven be praised! Blood flows,
and my b, nor Is yindicated Give me
your haud, old boy"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
MARKETS
Woodstock, Va, Aug. 6 1908
LIVE STOCK MARKETS.

Sales davs for Live stock are as follows;
Mondays-s;heeP, dogs and CatI!e'
Tuesdays Cattle. ,
TAIl Live Stock sold gross weight
Baltimore. Aug. ;.
Cattle-Receipts for the week endGu s.5 a,
noon Today were 3o97 head, against aeo5 5,a, nese
last W.ek; 100 car loads on the marx quote
Steers vr0d to choice butchers, - g TO %. %
others, : g tos4 g; Cows 81 soto $42s bu!is
= O. to = .s:Heiiers,s3 IS 20 IS %; iTesh lows
$40 20 SIS per head.
Hogs Receipts for the week ended at noon
today were 10. 766 head, against 9 553 aead las1
week. Fair supply today and moderate deulano
Ouotc: Westerns. $40 TO go Others 800 10
100 roughs, g % 70 IS. ,.
sheep and ambs-keceipts for tne weeS goj
ended - n on 70 today were 10, 20 NJ
against 20, ,55 headtlast week. light supply
and mir oemand. Quote Lambs, Sac
70 20: Sheep, $50 - 42S.
Calves Receipts for the week enLeo ~
noon today were head, 444 against 40 hGao
as week. Far supply today and market
frm. Quote: Common 70 best, s4Co 10 7.So'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Betttno In the Nursery.

Mamma" said her boy, IL just
made bet"
What was III" she asked.
81 bet Billy my cap against two shoe
buttons that you'd give me penny to
get some apples with You don't want
me to lose my cap. do you?'
He got the penny.-Philadolphia In
olircr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
A XucCtarian,

First Doaeon--Our new pastor must
be q vegetarian.
Second Dcacon-Why do you think
.oi
First Deacon -Thp"e doesn't seem to
be auy meat In biz sermons.-Phiia-
dclphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
A POSITIVE FACT.

IN. Davis &Co can supply you with
most anything you want TO bay In
Peal Estate, II you will write to them
stating just what you want. Ii you
have any Real Estate you want to sell,
ssnd a fuU description, and list with
.hem. and they will find you quick
anrchaser, II the price is reasonG6k
II will cost you nothing unless they
J N. DAVIS & CO.,
Real Estate A rents,
WooS took We
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Southern Railway Co:

LOW WEEKEND ROUND TRIP FARES.
Effective May 90. loo8. and continuing each
Saturday thereafter 10 and including Oct. .,
loos, Southern Rwy., announces the sale o;
low ~ate weekend tickets for the round trip
Washington and Alexandria 20 somerset.
Va entOn, Harr.sOnbnrg, Dlremont ana IN
tcrmediate points. and from these stations 10
Alexandria and Washington, limited return
ing until Monday following date OF sale.
: sCAINER TOURIST EXCURSION FARES.
Southern Rwy. announces, effective June
lst, 1913, me resumption Il sale OF summer
tourist excursion tickets 10 points IN Vlr-
ginia. North and South Carolina, Tennessee,
etc and returc. These tickets VIII be on
sal daily un-il Sent 9Th, -9o5 hral retur'
lin, tDctOber a.. 1905, u1iess otherwise spec
ifel. Tor uI.ber information, apply 20
nearest coupon ticket agent, Sorthern Rwy
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
One Cure.

81 believe I'll rock the boat" de-
elarcd the man I'm the stern.
Don't do H." advised his compan-
lon. "It might discharge this unloaded
pistol I have In my jeans."-Louisville
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07

A man never borrows the scales OF
justice for the purpose OF weighing the
shortcomings Of his nelghbor. Chicago
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07

"Whcn man wants m excuse" said
Charles Kingsley. 'the devil VIII soon
nj him with good one"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Farms For Sale.

An excellent Farm Of 135 acres OF
land. good buildings, well watered
and fenced, 3 miles from Rail Roa d
Price only $4,000.
An excellent small farm of p acres
of good land well watered, good fruit
and good new dwelling with bay win
dow and all necessary out buildings,
3miles from Rail Road Price s2, 100.
A good small home of II acres OF
foe land, about 100 trees OF fine fruit,
good dwelling in good neighborhood,
4 miles from Rail Road. Price
slO5O-all on easy payments. Apply
TO J. N. DAMS Il CO.,
Real Estate Agents,
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-08-07
Shenard~ - Herald
Afvert.slre pa teS

S@f 10 TIsSsHz ~a sff
Advertisements viii 10 Insert
ed 10 ole dollar per equare oi
ten liaes or less, tor tie first IL.
sertloa, and 90 cents for each
subs luent Insertion.
&g' quarterly or yearly SdtoN
t.goG.oAts ~ @ 4LIACt.
SeS' Unless the number OF ins.,-
lions ls marked upon the nsI
script, advertisements vii be pu,
Iished until forbidden and charge
accordin ,lv
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

The old question of ''whose wife will
she be in the day of the resurrection"
may be asked with the greatest force of
Mrs. Jennis p. Bigford, Council Bluffs,
Iowa, who, altho she is but SO years
old, has had IA husbands, most of them
being veterans of the civil war, and nine
of the IA are still living. She was mar
ried, a mother and a widow before she
was IA. She has lived 80 years in
Council Bluffs, during which time she
was married II times and obtained as
many divorces. Her latest matrimony
occurred recently, when she married A.
w. Townsend, a wealthy retired farmer
of Dodge, Neb. What his prospects are
for having the average two years and
a half Of married life of his predecessors
it is not possible at present to foresee.
1t may be at last that his wife will be-
come weary of variety and conclude to
settle down.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
THE ALDRICH BILL.

If anything, The National Tribune
favors the Aldrich bill for reform of
the currency, because it does the least
and is the least radical of any of the
proposed measures. sound currency
is a matter of slow growth and per-
sonaI confidence. Every man who takes
a piece of money, no matter whether
gold, silver or paper, takes it upon
faith. That is. for something of value
that he has he takes something which
is of no value, but he has faith that
another man. who has something of
value which he wants, will give it to
him for that piece of money or its rep
resentative. Therefore, any currency
reform must proceed with the greatest
circumspection and slowness, in order
not to disturb the faith of the people
in it. Anything that brings or threat
ems a radical change is exceedingly dan
gerous.
1t is all nonsense TO talk about any
species of currency, elastic or inelastic,
being a panic panacea. We shall have
panics as long as we have active busi-
ness people, and We have among us
ambitious, progressive men, if you like,
who will strain all the possibilities of
credit to the utmost in speculation and
in business ventures. This is all there
is of it, and thousand volumes would
not make the matter any clearer. A
great proportion of the men in bust
ness are venturesome to the last de-
gree, and they push their enterprises
and combinations to the last possible
limit. When number of them have
gone too far halt is called and this is
what we usually term a panic. 1t is
merely a periodical settlement of busi-
ness, with severe scanning of enter
prises and institutions as to how far
they are profitable or likely to become
So
For example, an ambitious, energetic
| man starts TO build railroad which
will cost millions of dollars. He gets
these millions OF dollars from where
they are not in active circulation, and
puts them into an enterprise that for
the moment will not pay and possibly
may never. There are all sorts of ven
lures of this kind thruout the country
each of which absorbs "active" capital
and converts it-as the phrase is-into
| fixed capital" There comes a frost
in the business world. and all these en-
terprises are severely scanned. 1t mas
be that the railroad in course of con-
struction is decided to be unnece ssary
and no more money can be had tC
complete it. The money put i'll is there
fore virtually lost. 1t VIII be seen thai
no amount of elastic currency will meet
a case like this. There would have to
be money enough Immediately thrown
into circulation to enable all of the men
who have uncompleted enterprises
ispecnlations which have not yet come
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
THE REPUBLICAN CONVENTION.

| The next National Convention prom
| ises to be the liveliest one that the
Republicans have held for 20 years, OF
since the famous one held in Chicago
June 10, 1883. Then the balloting
and manuvering of the different fac
tions protracted the interest for over a
| week. On the first ballot there were
IA candidates. Russell A. Alger, OF
Michigan; VIM. B. Allison, of Iowa
Chauncey NJ. Depew, of New York; Ed
win H. Filter, of Pennsylvania; Walter
Q. Gresham and Benjamin Harrison, of
Indiana; Joseph r. Hawley, of Con-
necticut; John Sherman, of Ohio. and
jeremiah NJ. Rusk. of Wisconsin, all of
whom had been formally presented to
the Convention.
Besides these there were scattering
votes for John J. ingalls,, of Kansas;
William Walter Phelps. of New Jersey;
James G. Blaine. of Maine; Robert T.
Lincoln, of Illinois, and William Nc
Kinley, of Ohio. On that occasion
w
brated act of fidelity and relf-renuncia-
ton. 1t was fresh in the minds of all
how eight years before, Garfield, who
had gone to the Convention as a sup
porter of John Sherman, wavered and
finally accepted the nomination for
to repeat this act for which Garfield
had been severely blamed by the sup
porters of Sherman. He mounted a
chair and emphatically forbade all
votes for himself, saying that he was
there as a chosen representative from
his State with distinct orders from the
Convention to vote for JohE Sherman
and use every worthy endeavor to ac-
complish his nomination. When he ac-
cepted this trust it became a duty
which he must honorably fulfill, and,
therefore, he could not allow votes to
be cast for him nor receive the nomi-
nation even if it were given him. The
result was that Benjamin Harrison was
elected on the eighth ballot.
The Republican Conventions since
have had little red blood in them, as
the candidate had been previously Sc
lected by the voice of the party and
the Conventions merely met to for
maily put in nomination the man whom
the voters had selected. At present it
looks as If there would be six and pos
sibly eight, candidates at the Conven-
ton at Chicago, with an earnest effort
made to secure their nomination. These
candidates will be Joseph G. Cannon, OF
Illinois; Charles w. Fairbanks, of In
diana; William H. Taft, and Joseph
Benson Foraker, of Ohio; Philander c.
Knox. of Pennsylvania; Charles e.
Hughes, of New York, with George B.
Cortelyou, and Robert N. LaFollette,
of Wisconsin, as possibilities In the
six months which will elapse before
the Convention there may be other pos
sibilities.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

to fruition, deals that are still in the
air, great stocks of goods which have
been held for a rise in prices and other
ventures. to come out safely from their
predicament. Such thing is iD,possi-
BILE, and we shall have panics rs long
as we are business people, and these
panics will have to be settled in the
old-fashioned way by the Sheriff and
the receiver. An issue of elastic cur
rency may mitigate some OF the fea-
lures. but this elastic currency feature
has to be treated with the utmost care
and circumspection, SO as to not be-
come an aggravation of the panic by
unsettling all real values.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

Gov. Hughes has declined to walk
into a lawsuit. Some years ago the Su-
preme Court decided that while the
United States could not compel a State
to pay its debts, that it could entertain
suits begun by one State against the
Government of another State. This de
cision produced quite sensation, and
a number of holders of the repudiated
bonds of the Southern States began pre-
senting portions of them to Western
States, that they might begin suit fol
the collection of the same and have the
repudiating States brought to Judgment
At first it looked as if this was entirely
practicable, and there were anticipa.
tions of q United States Marshal Offering
the property of State for sale to meet
the payment of bonds. Somehow, these
have not eventuated as anticipated, and
the matter is brought up freshly by an
offer to present the State of New York
s1,000,000 of repudiated North Carolina
bonds. A law was passed by the New
York Legislature to accept such bonds
but Gov. Hughes has declined to receive
the $1,000, 900 of North Carolina bonds
which were offered him. saying that he
does not deem it proper to accept a gifl
which involves a suit against a sister
State.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16
A gratifying growth of public sen

A gratifying growth of public senti-
ment manifests itself in the general
public Indignation in San Francisco over
the decision of the Appellate Court dis
missing the charges against the corrupt
Mayor Schmitz and Chief of Police
Ruef. 1t is felt that while there may
have been technical errors made in the
trial in the court below, these We're not
sufficient to overbalance the flood of
direct testimony against them and to
warrant the use of technicalities to null
lify the indictments. Ruef and Schmitz
may get out on bail within 60 days if
they can get a Judge to fix reasonable
bonds, but they will be under the ban
of a public opinion which is more Sc
we're ti.an actual confinement in prison
at hard labor would be. The men are
ruined forever, and the balance of their
lives must be spent in shrinking from
the public gaze and explaining and de-
Tending themselves.
The National tribune., 1908-01-16

The American Society of Equity.
which is the name of the association of
tobacco growers in Kentucky, tries to
put on as innocent face in regard to
night riders as did the Western Feder-
alton of Miners in regard to the brutal
murder of Gov. Steunenberg. Some-
body in Kentucky strongly counte-
nanced the outrages committed by the
night riders; somebody, and in great
numbers, formed the public opinion
which sustained those outrages and
shielded the depredators from justice.
The law always insists upon looking
first at those who may be benefited by
a crime as the executants or at least
promoters of the crime. This is a safe
rule, and the presumption is SO strong
that the American Society of Equity
was the power behind the night riders
that it will require strong proof to ex-
culpate it. Nevertheless, the society
puts up strong bluff. declares itself
opposed to Iawlessness and calls upon
Gov. Wilson to prove or retract his
charge against it of completely. This
is cheeky, to say the least. 1t is to the
makes a pretense of being law-abiding.
Probably this is late repentance. how-
ever, and only comes because the So
ciety finds that public opinion is turn
ing strongly against it.