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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

A Roman cavalier commissioned 4
great artist to paint his portrait. 40
definite price icing agreed upon. When
The portrait was finished. tie painter
asked 100 croWaS in payment The
hlghbOrn sitter. amazed at the demand.
returned no more nor dared TO send for
his counterfeit p-esentment whereup-
on ihe artist bit upon The happy cXpe'
dent OF first painting bars across the
portrait. thel a.ixiug the Go.e!ul leg
end. Imprisoned foT debt. ana finally
placing il In II prominent part OF bis
studio. o..sto which Roman nO5.es fre-
auently reso.tcJ Ere lon- Tich reia-
tive came t. tle rescue and released
bis kinSman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
The Count To Touchind.

In TIE long corridor of an uptown ho-
tel they tell Of a certain foreigner who
until recently held court there Of even
ings. At last he disappeared, and then
each of the men who had nightly been
entertained by his flow Of anecdote
and his abundance Of witty stories con-
fessed that be had lent the count
various sums, ranging from 500 up.
The total seemed so formidable that q
movement was set on foot to bring the
defaulter back, his whereabouts hay
ing been ascertained. But funds were
needed for the purpose. One Of the
big men of Wall street who was q
creditor on the counts books to the ex-
tent Of $500 was approached for sub
scription.
"Not on your lifer said he II don't
want him back. He'll borrow more
money from me If he gets In town. But
I'll subscribe S25 toward a fund to
send him back to France If he'll agree
to sail from Boston. New York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
No Come Back.

Some OF the West Indian Islanders
have learned that when a foreigner
misbehaves on their shores 1t Is better
to suffer In silence than TO mete out
punishment at the risk OF descending
gunboat from the miScreants native
land A judge in Haiti, however, re-
Gently took occasion to pay off Old
scores and to redeem his self respect
In the case of an offender brought be-
fore him.
To his first question as to the nation
allty Of the accused the interpreted hAi
answered that the prisoner was from
Switzerland.
"Switzerlandw said the judge. And
Switzerland has no seacoast. has it?'
"No seacoast, your honor replied
the Interpreter.
"And no navy" continued the Judge.
"And no navy, your honor" was the
reply.
"very well, then" said the Judge,
"glve him one year at hard labor
Brooklyn Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
The Partitions OF Poland.

There have been three partitions @
Poland. The first was In lI12. whcl
Prussia took the palatinate5 Of Ma
berg. Pomeria and Warlnla. rart o
Cuim and part Of Great Poland. Aus
tria took Red Russia. or Gai!cia; I
part of PodOlia. Sandomir and CracoW
and Russia took White Russia. with al
the part beyond the Dnleper. The sec
Oad partition was In 1903, by whicl
Prussia acquired the remainder o
Great and a portion Of Little Poland
and the Russian boundary was ad
vanced to the center Of Lithuania am
Volhynia. In the third and final par
titlon, In 1795, Austria had Cracow
with the country between the Pilicf
and the Vlstula. Prussia had the cap
ital. with the territory as far as th'
Niemen. while the rest went to Russia
New York American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
VALUABLE REAL ESTATE
FOR - ale.

We have Just added to our list the
| following valuable Real Estate:
600 acres HIGH grade farm, with hnt
Brick dwelling and 125 acres of No.
| timber.
13j acre farm excellent land and good
improyements-the above too farms IN
LOudOdn county, Va.
l37 acre farm Of good land and. I'M
provemnts. large dwelling &c.
80 acre farm Of good new dwelling
and excellent land and all necessary out
buiIdings-(above two farms In Fau'
quier county, Va.
65 acre farm, near Woodstock with
fairly good improvements and good
fruit.
A new 7 room dwelling and l acre lot
on Maln street, Woodstock, Va, well
located. with electric lights and pure
mountain water IN the house.
A -o..d dwelling of z rooms on large
corner in Edinburg, Va, veil locat
ed: f pu 1aser should desire 10 have
30 acres OF fine land on the SUBURBS OF
The town, can sell him this also.
Al the above properties Will be sold
on e,sy terms at reasonable prices.
J. n. DAVIS & &C.
Real Estate Agts.s
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
The Other Reason.

A teamster retires at the age OF
ninety with an accumulation of 500
600. He says be wants and is entitled
TO a rest. Some inquirers want T.
know how he could have saved SO
much on SO week, the highest wages
he ever received. The answer Is easy
He got 81 a day. He lived on - cents
a day. lie saved the difference. h'ed
In New York on cents a day FOL
nearly six months and was In magniii
cent health. Some people eat to live
others live to eat. AS the Old chap on
the ferryboat said to the small boy:
sonny. why does n pig eatT
"Cause he's hungry"
"No. There's another reason"
"Whut's dat?"
"IIe wants to make n hog CT hini'
self."-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Absence of Mind.

Many amusing anecdotes are told of
Bishop Burnets absence of mind, but
few perhaps are more striking and
have been less repeated than the fol
lowing, which Lord Oxford used to re
late:
Burnet was once dining with the
Duchess Of Marlborough after the
great dukes disgrace. In the course of
conversation, speaking of Mar 'or-
ough's great qualities, great services
and great fall, Burnet compared the
duke with Bellsarius, the great Ro-
man.
"But how in reason" exclaimed the
duchess, 'could so great general be
abandonedT
"Ah, my lady, do you know what
cursed birthstone OF wife he hadT'
The hearers, to the good Burnets
surprise, were confused and duml
struck with the force Of the parallel he
discovered In the cases Of the Roman
and the Englishman.-St James Ca
Zette
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Stereotypinq.

It Is claimed that stereotyping was
known in III. 1t was practiced by
William Ged of Edinburgh about 1870.
Some of Ged's plates are to be seen at
the Royal institution, London. A Mr.
James attempted to Introduce Ged's
process In London in 1735, but failed.
Stereotype printing was used in Hol-
land during the last century. and a
quarto Bible and a Dutch folio Bible
were printed there. 1t was revived In
London by Wilson in 1904. Since 1850
the durability of stereotypes has been
greatly increased by electrotyping them
with copper or silver.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
NO s

a gentleman cIcc sail to II barrlSter.
That was Il very I,.Jl sermon OF your
fathers today" To which he replied:
Yes. He must have cribbed 1t from
some one" But the father overheard
this remark ard reminded him that the
Bible says. THE OK knoweth his owner
and the ass his masters crib" This
caustic reply siencei the barrister.-
London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
A Dramatic Author.

Like most actor managers. MacreGdS
was pestered by would be dramatic Gu-
thors. An ambitious young fellJW
brought Him five act tragedy Gle
morning. 10 Drury Lane.
my piece" modestly explained tie
author, is Il chef d'Oeuyre. | vii al
swer for It's success. for | have con-
suited the sangullary taste Of the pIO-
lie. Ny tragedy Is 80 tragic that all
the characters are killed OF at the end
Of the third act"
"With whom. then" asked the mal-
ager, do you carry Oh the action Of
the last two acts?'
"With the ghosts OF th2se who died
In the thirdr-Co.nhi.l Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

Newtons telescope i clumsy look
ing Instrument. niEc inches in length.
two inches IN aperture and capable OF
magrlfylnG thirty-eiGht times. Ii was
entirely made by Newton himself. who
first exhibited it before the Royal so
ciety In 1911. and more than 100 years
later his successor in the presidency OF
the society laid before George Ill. Sir
William Herschel's scheme for max
Ing telescope on Newtons plan. to be
forty fect in length and four feet In
aperture.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Gray Versus 5rcwn Camels.

The length OF stage va. les through
out Persia, depending on the cld.Lctc:
OF the country, and Is rec..oneI H. far
saks, the old Greek paraSang. Tie far
SAX Is q most elastic aad Gncc:tala
measure, and rs animals are paid fol
per farsak as many as the credu.ity OF
the traveller will allow are crowded
into each stage How far" ! once
asked an old Kurdish mu.etccr. is a
farsakY "As far as one can distin-
gulsh a gray from a brown camel
was the discreet answer. They aver
age about four miles and the stage
about six farsaks, or twenty-five miles
Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
a ANorran's Eaca.

No words can express the almost di
vine love AMI tenderness and the per
feet trust anu LaV?.locs Of that sir
wlfc's face as she looked into the eye.
Of Ter hushanl-ani smi.el. Other
hol ,uy Impressions may gov dim an
fade away. but that sweet woman
face remains stamped on my memory
forcyer.-Wynne In London Reader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Sam Weller.

II was Sam Weller who made DICK
ems famous. "Pickwlck Papers wer
a complete failure financially until thi
UNIQUE character was introduced. II
press was all but unanimous In prals
ing Samiyal rs IN entirely ofigina
character whom none but Il great gen
Ius could have created. Dickens re
ceived over $4,000 for "Pickwiek Pa
pers." and at the age Of twenty-six Ii
was incomparably the most poplia
author OF his day.-LondOn Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
UnorammaticaI Justice.

"Prisoner at the bar" said the mag
istrate. for the crime of Overspeeding
ysu will pay a fine of $40 or be took to
jail for ten days"
That's not correct sentence" muir
INJURED the prisoner. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Eats EN- Alive.
"Does this dog like strangersY

"Does this dog like strangersY
"Iloyes 'em, ma'am."
"Well, | must have a dog that does
not like strangers"
"As | was about to say. ma'am,
when you interrupted me, this dog
loves strangers an has eaten several
Of 'em, ma'am. Yes. ma'am, thank
your'-Houston Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
THOUGHT He Could Buy Than Cheap.

Elderly German (as he calls at q
lodging house dOOr)-Glnd lady, saw
yes. der advertisement in der erenin9
paper dat you have a pair Of pajamas
to sell. yes? Boarding House Mistress
gnantly)-Pajamas You Old fool,
do you think this Is a department
store? Where is the advertisement!
The German (produclng the advertise
ment and reading it aloudl-"FOr sale,
Won almost new bedroom suit, cheab,
Call and see t."-BOhemian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Short and Out.

"Where Is Mr. Middleman?" asked
the caller at the brokers' office.
81 think he's out on little matter
Of wheat" replied the bright clerk.
"Out long|
Certainly rot. II he bad been long,
he would have been In. It's because
he was short that he's out.'-Philadel-
phia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

A tame rattlesnakc belonging to al
Arizona farmer sleeps every night OF
the front gate of It's owners girden
collIng himself aroand the gate an
gatepost, so that Il lock aud chain &
keep out intruders are not .nS2ts3.-
PitfsLnrg Ii u. .eh. ---
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Kept Busy.

One of the contemporary poets asks
"Where are the bright girls OF the
past?" Our own observation is thai
some of them are administering eau
tious doses of paregoric to the brigh
girls Of the future.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Financial Expec.ent.

Shoeback Shine. sir? Four sous
Passerby-No. thank you. Shoeblack-
Two SOUS? Passerby-No. Shoeblack-
For nothing. then? Passerby - AL
right. IL you like Shoeblack (after
having finished one shoe)-It's 6 sous
to clean the other, sir.-Nos Loisirs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
The Cure.

Professor W. E. Grange. author OF
the History of Primitive Love-" al
luded In the course OF lecture In Bos-
ton to the modern cynical view OF love
that prevails: Il remember once hear
ing n brickayer and a plumber discuss
love. Il hold said the bricklsyer. that
IL you are terribly in love the way to
cure yourself is to run away The
plumber shook his head and sneered.
That will cure you he said. provided
you run away with the GIRL"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
The Ranid Rise of Give.

The evidences of Gives genius. said
Lord Curzon. were incontertable. In
nine years he had risen from being a
poor and unknown clerk to Le one OF
the most famous captains of bis own
or any other age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
His Early STRUGGLES.

Tell me about your early struggles.
grandpa"
"Oh. never had no early struggles
Johnny. l a!lus took things jest az
they come" - Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Ai.-. Nanned tY Their Wives

Were NasseJ by Their wives.
Rim Van Winkle, Socrates. Petruch.O
Aeamemnon, Joseph Gargery' SOLO
mon Mr. Caudle, Mr.. II. Peck anO
Beadle Bundle. Any additions sent u
70 this list will be regarded In th'
atr,ctest confilence.-Chicago Iripuhe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Ro--o onsbly Sure.

She-Lois writes for the magazine.
He-She'll set 'em II she sends th
price.-Judge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
Iirnerinn Animositv.

"Those two families In the adjoining
fats who used to be at daggers drawn
have been recOlciel. haven't they"
81 don't know. They profess friend
ship. but one family gave the little boy
IN the other 4 big tOy drum, and the
second family gave the first ones old
est boy a fiddle. Baltimore American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

Life is but 4 fleeting show. but II Is
nevertheless the greatest show on
earth.-AtchsOn Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21
shenandoah Herald
advertising Rates

Advertisements will be insert.
ed at one dollar per square OF
ten lines or less, for the first in
sertion, and 30 cents tor each
subsequent insertion:
0- Quarterly or yearly sdSer.
clements By contract.
Hr Unless the number OF insef
tions Is marked upon the MAI d
script, advertisements will be pub
lished until forbidden and chsrgt d
accordingly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

He scolds bert that can hurt tn
least. Danish Proverb.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1908-02-21

Anxisty never yet successfully bridg-
ed over any chesm. .-Ruiini.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24

ures that the General Assembly will
be called upon to deal with at this
session is the enactment Of a labor
contract law. Gov. Ansel in his mes
sage to the Legislature recommends
the passage by that body Of "a string
ent act which will punish both land
lord and laborer for a violation of q
labor contract and make it q INSIDE
meanor for one person to employ a
laborer who is undur contract with
another" No fair minded man, be
helandlord or laborer, could object to
such a provision in q contract law, as
it would ensure justice to all.
Gov. Ansel further recommends
that these contracts be lin writing
and recorded in the office of the reg
ster OF mesne conveyance for the
county where the parties reside. and
make this record a constructive no.
tice to all persons Of the cont act"
This would prevent the hiring Of la
borers under contract by other par
ties, and. We believe, would stop q
great deal Of that kind of thing that
has gone on in the past, if a good
and sufficient penalty is provided for
those who violate the law.
Gov. Ansel thinks that with an
act of This kind, and with the act now
IN force preventing the enticing of
laborers from the employer, and with
a strict enforcement of both, to
gether with the vagrancy law. much
progress will be made in solving the
labor question" We fully argcc
with Gov. Ansel in this opinion, and
If the landlords will band together
and e that such laws when enacted
are enforced they would have less
trouble with leir laborers than thew
had in years. Much Of the trouble
between landlord and laborcr is
caused by the laborcr knowing that
he can get another place whenever
he wants it if he wants to leave the
andlord he is under contract with
Correct this evil and labor conditions
will greatly improve.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24
Excluded From the Mails.

Tho Postofiice Department is get
ting very strick about newspaper pos
.tagc. A dispatch from Anderson
says the South Carolina Pythian, the
journal established by the Grand
Lodge OF knights of Pythias at the
meeting in Anderson last May, and
which has been published monthly
ever since, is in trouble with the
postoNice department and may be
temporarily suspended.
The grand lodge levied an assess
ment Of 25 cents on each member OF
the order in the State for the sup
port Of the Pythian, and ordered the
paper sent to each member without
further cost. The p~ostof1co depart
ment has ruled that this is not a
bona fdc subscription list and that
tho paper is not therefore entitled
to tho newspaper postage rates.
The publishers of the paper say
they cannot afford to pay the higher
postage rates demanded by the post
Office department, which would be
one cent per copy for each issue. On
and after April ! all papers will
have to have n practically paid ur
subscription list or they will be ex.
cludcd from the mails.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24
BAMBDRa COUNTY EXPENSES
VIII Either Have to DO Reduced or
Tax Levy Raised.

The Bamberg Herald, In speaking
OF the finances Of Its county for next
year says "the county board esti-
mates next years pen at $751;
.U69.90 and the present tax levy will
bring in only ~$11,415.90, SO the del
egation will probably raise the tax
levy one-half mill. There Is now on
hand something over $4,000 sur
plus, but the officials do not want to
run the risk of having to borrow
money.
1T is likely hat the delegation vii!
reduce expenses somewhat. Only
two terms Of court a year Will prob
ably be provided for, whilo the sher-
IFS salary will be cut to the amount
provided in the general law. This
berg county shall receive n salary
of 5000 and 80 cents q day for feed
ing prisoners.
THE general appropriation act for
this county gives the sheriff a salary
Of $500 and $3.50 as %iailcr, but it
also provides that he shall feed the
prisoners at cost. The past year the
salary of $3.50 was paid under the
special act, and he was paid for feed
ing prisoners under the general law.
This matter will no doubt be made
TO conform to the general law.
"Other salaries may also be re-
duced. and all parties will be re-
Quircd to pay n road tax instead Of
working the roads. These matters
are under consideration, and while
they may be adopted, there is no
certainty that they will be. How
ever, the delegation is fully inform
cd as to the financial condition OF
the county, and they will either have
TO reduce expenses or raise the levy
for county purposes
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24

ness III a icsi.iinaLo way. 40 40 on
titled to the trade Of his town and
the country adjacent. He pays his
taxes and contributes to the support
Of the community. That community
owes him a reciprocal duty-the duty
to give him the preference OF trade,
everything else equal. This Is the
theory OF al organized civilized com.
munities, beginning with. the family
and going on up through every or
g~aniHation to that OF the state. Home
protection from foreign robbers ie
tho first duty Of every good citizen.
If tho village and town life that has
grown up under natural laws OF
trade 10 to be maintained the retail
business must be preserved against
the unfair inroads OF the mail order
business. And this can be done only
by organization and education. Let
the people know the facts about the
mail order business, and the offer
Sngs on the altar OF credulity will
grow beautifully less.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24
A Model RefOrmer,

VIII Burns is not a preacher, yet
he has caused fifty men to quit
swearing or using profane language
along Il public roads, and hero Is
the secret, says the Hardy Herald.
Mr.. Burns so successfully worked
sever miles of our public road he
converted the tie haulcrs. Thore is
not a rock, stump, chuck hole or
crook in the seven miles OF road. and
profanc language Is a thing CT the
past. If any of III readers want to
try this plan Of stopping profanity
they arc at liberty to do SO.
The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1908-01-24
MAIL ORDER MENACE
How tie Cash Retail Trade Is Be-
Ing Drawn Cityward..
Amazing Growth of Big City Con-

Amazing Growth OF Big City Con.
Germs That Drain tho Country OF
Money.
In Naxwell's Talisman are tho fol.
lowing remarks on the mail order
business by Richard Hamilton Byrd:
10 Is q recognized fact that the re-
tail business of t. country villages
and the large to wns for that matter,
is being destroyed. Year by year the
once prosperous merchants ar being
forced to the wall-driven out by the
mail order business. And this is talk
ing place in face of the fact that the
population n purchasing w of
the country districts are ever on the
increase.
What is the matter?
The mail order houses are draw
Ing the cash retail trade from its
natural channels to the cities.
The growth of this octopus has
peen phenomenal. From n jellylike
idea-without form-an experiment
fifteen years G it has grown to
proportions that threaten the cxter-
mination of the retail country MGR
chant.
An idea Of the way the money of
IL people is being drawn into this
mail order trade can be had from
the reports Of some of these houses.
A certain mail order house OF Chi
cage which began with Il few thou
sand dollars fifteen years ago now
carries q capital stock of $5,OOO,OOO
and has arranged to increase that
stock to $4,000, 900. It's does a bust
ness Of 100000 a mnoth and
earns q net profit or 100000 a
year.
Like the patent medicine business,
the mail order business depends on
the g%ullibility Of tho general public.
Thousands Of people every week send
in their hard earned cash to some
mail order house in payment for
goods that could have been bought
cheaper at their home store.
Why do they do it? 1t is owing
partially to the desire Of the average
person to he humbugged and partial
1y to The effect Of persistent advertis-
ing. The mail order house sends out
its attractive literature to every fam
lily In the country. In this literature,
composed of we'll illustrated cata-
iogues and cheap magazines known
as mail order papers, tho goods are
set out in the most attractive man
ncr. 1t is tempting bait, and the
fish bite