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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-02-13

THE SUPERIOR ANINAL.-Thc dog pos
scsscs incontestable all the qualities, of
sensible man, and man has not, in general,
the noble qualities Of the dog. We make
virtue Of gratitude; which is nothing but
duty; this virtue, this duty, are inherent
in the dog. We brand ingratitude, and
yet all men are ungratcfal. 1t isa vice
which commences in the cradle, and grows
with our growth; and, together with self
ishncss, become, almost always, the grand
mover of human actions. The dog knows
not the word virtue; that which VIC digni-.
fy by this title, and admire as rare thing
--and very rare lis, in truth-constitues
his normal state. Where will VIC find Q
man always grateful and affectionatc, never
selfish, pushing the abnegation Of self t,
the utmost limits of possibility; without
gain, devoted even to death; without ant
bition, rendering ever scrvicc---in short,
forgctful Of injuries and mindful Only of
benefits received! Seek him not; it would
be a useless task; but take the first dog
you meet and tl;e. moment he adopts you for
his master, you will find all these qualities.
He will love you without calculation enter
ing into his affections. His greatest hap7
pincss will be to be near you; and should
you be reduced to beg your bread, not only
will he aid you in this difficult trade, but
he would not abandon you to follow even Il
king into his palace. Your friends will
quit you in misfortune; your wife will for,
get your pliehted troth; but your dog will
remain always near you; or, if you depart
before him on tho great voyage, lie will ac-
company you to your last abode.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
----------------a>s ------->-------~sa-
TO Make Blackberry Wine.

Mrs. Greenough, in the Maine F'rn,er,
contributes the following recipe for ma
king ckberry wine, which is just now
in about season for. using:
There is no wine equal to blackberry
wine when properly made, in flavor OF
for incidental purposes, and all persons
who can conveniently do SO. should man.
ufacture enough for their own use every
year, as it is invaluable in sickness as a
tonic. and nothing is better remedy
for bowel complains. | therefor, give
the receipt for making it: Measure your
berries and bruise them to every gallon
add one quart of boiling water I.et tho
mixture stand twenty-four hours, stirring
occasionally Then strain off the liquor
into cask to every gallon add two
pounds of sugar cork tight and let it
stand till the following October, and you
will have wine ready for use without fur
Their labor. that every family will highly
appreciate and never do without after
wards if they can help it,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Romance of a Foreign Watering Place
Two Ladies Fight a Duel.

The last number of the Paris MoniteuT
contains the following romantic story:
1.-TWO ladies of the world, who pass
the winter season at the watering places
on the shores of the Mediterranean, were
scaling at s a'clock on the morning Of
May the 10Th, the gorges of the Alps
undulating toward the sea a few miles
distant from Vintimiglia, Upon reaching
the summit of the hill, on which are to be
seen the ruins of a Roman castle, they
stopped two peasant women and induced
them by means of money to serve them as
witnesses in a very important operation
which they said they were about to
execute. The two ladies' next measured
the ground. One of them placed herself
with her back against the ruins of the
Castle Of Appius, aud the other placed
herself before her at distance Of twenty
steps. Each of the women then drew q
pistol from under their cloaks. At the
sight of these weapons. the peasant women
uttered piercing cries, and advanced WITH
upllfted arms to prevent the Amazous
from firing at one another But two shots
were discharged at the same moment.
The poor peasant woman fell down,
while the ladies burst into loud laughter
at seeing their witnesses on the ground
Diteousiy begging them not to kill them
The laiies :hen reloaded the pistols anil
took position in front of each other, at II
distance of fifteen steps. They were about
10 fire again, when third witness made
his appearance. 1t was a priest. He
emerged from behind the wall of the an.
cient castle. Startled by the reports Of
the pistols, he hal FASTENED To the spot
from the neighboring parsonage He ur-
ged the two rivals to make up their quarrel
and succeeded in recouciling them. A
love affair was at the bottom of the
strange duel"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
How to Get an Invitation to Dinner.

Two farmers lived two miles apart. One
day one called on the other. happening
around at dinner time. The person call
upon. by way, was rather a peaurious
old fellow. He was seated at the table
enjoying his dinner. The visitor drew up
to the stove, looking wistfully toward
the table, expecting the old farmer to in
vite him to dine The old farmer kept
on eating.
Whats the news up your way, neigh
bor?" Still eating. mo news, eh?"
"No, I believe not" Presently
thought struck the visitor. "Well, yes,
friend, I did hear one item of news that
is worth mentioning"
s.Ha. what is that 2
"Neighbor John has COW that has
FIVE calves"
rs that so? Good gracious what
does the fifth calf do when the others are
sucking 2
"Why he stands and looks on just as l !,
like dumb fool /"
"Mary put on another plate"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
NO. so.

their usual one for such purposes.
When he entered, Broome looked up
and said:
''Anything new, Bill'-any game
aaoat p
''Yes, one O the paupers up to the
house peggcd out to-day. They planted
him down near the fartherest end o the
field F; SO hustle around now and get your
traps we'll start,
1t was not long before they had got
their traps" aud were on their way to
the graveyard. Upon reaching it, they
clambered over the low wall that sur
rounded it, and throwing down their tools.
began to remove their coats. preparatory
TO commencing their horrid work.
1t was singularly beautiful night
Although not tenpestuous, the wind was
nigh, driving before it the ragged masses
Of clouds. that alternately concealed and
revealed the stately moon. The solemn
city OF the dead lay cain and sill mt, now
.mtned in unearlhIy light, and anon
sarouied in spectral gloom. All was
nushed except the two ntruders, who
we're busy at their task, aided BY the
sierd light of IA lantern. which was placed
N a neIghboring tombstone.
Their work was nearly done The
freshly filled grave had been excavated.
aud their spades struck with hollow and
startling sound the coffin lid. This was
~oon forced open the ghostly raiment of
the dead was dimly OBSERVABLE; and
gathering up the inanimate form in his
arms, John Broome, clambered from the
grave.
And now cloud, that had for time
obscured the moon. passed away, and it's
light fell full upon the face of the dead
adding to its ghastly terrors
For a few seconds John Broome gazed
upon the face and then uttering shrek
that rang out upon the midnight air like
a wall OF anguish issuing through some
grave from the bowels of hell, he stagger-
ed backwards and, with the hatefuH thing
still clasped in his arms, fell headohg in
the grave.
When his startled co-worker had recov-
cred from his fright, he went resolutely
tn work, and succeeded in extricating
from the grave-what? John Broome,
himself dead, locked in the icy embrace
of Silas Wilson, his victim.
The prophecy was fullflled-they had
met face to face.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Sfleft goetry.
TREAD LIGHTLY.

TREAD LIGHTLY.
Tread lightly Ger the springing grass.
As you pass,
That little mound where blossoms wave
If baby's grave!
tbs but hillock green to you.
Just wet with mornings early dew;
sui to the mortal weeping here,
IT'S very dear
B meath the daisies white and red,
Sleeps her dead
The tiny form hat sank to rest
Upon her breast!
From her they vailed its little face,
And bore ii to its resting place;
But ali she knows the casket fair
Enshrined, rests there!
She knows its spirit, born of Love,
Dweils above.
And stings the heavenly choral hymn
With SeraphimA
Sut yet she cnaasi tear away 44- 49,
Ter hearI Strings from the darling clay
That dropped III hes sweei morning hour.
So like flower!
he seems % see the shapely feet.
ale and sweet.
The waxen hands upJn The breast,
Now laid TO rest
She feels the fingers soft caress
that answered TO her ten de-ness;
The futtering breath-ah ! fragrant yet
Can she fo' get?
Then softly tread upon the grass
As you pass.
That little monnd where blossoms wave
Is baby's grave
Fer her dear sake who evermore
SHALL hear a voice from yon bright shore,
And feel an angel hand 10 guide
To the other side
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Ge0iua.

Alexander Hamilton once said to an
intimate friend;
"Mel give me some credit for genius.
All the genius I have lies just in this:
When I have a subject, study it pro-
foundly. Day aud nightit is before me-
| explore it in all its bearings My mind
becomes pervaded with it. Then the
effort which | make the people are pleased
to call the fruit Of genius. It is the fruit
Of labor and thought"
Mr. Webster once replied to gentle.
man who pressed him tospeak on a subject
of great Importance:
The subject interests me deeply. but
| have not time. There, sir. pointing to
huge pile Of letters on the table, lis
pile Of unanswered letters to which must
reply before the close of this session (Which
was then three days off, have no time
to answer the subject so as to do it justice
But, Mr. Webster. few words from
you would do much to awaken public
attention to it."
.If there is so much weight in my
words as you represent, it is because do
not allow myself to speak on any subject
until my MUD is imbuedwi,h it )"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Return OF a Confederate Prisoner to
Arkansas.

AfkHnSds.
The Jacksonport Herald and Batesville
Times have lengthy accounts of the
capture and Imprisonment for six
years of Mr. FL. H. Lee, cousin of
General R. E. Lee, and formerly cit-
zen of Madison, in this State. In No
vember, 1862. he was arrested in Mem
phis on a charge Of specializing in Con-
federate money, put in the Irving Block
for one night, and then shipped for Camp
Douglas, in Illinois Arriving there. the
officer refused to receive him because
there was no law forbidding speculation
in mouey of any kind. TIE Lieuenan
having him in charge then started with
him to Rock Island, accompanied by sew,
Gu guards. They went to Milwaukee
Wis, and were going 10 put Lee III
Jail for safe keeping uutll they could have
spree. About this time Lee and one
OF his guards, who accompanied hun, es-
capped, but were soon recaptured MIR
lee was then imprison in Milwaukee
jail, AMI kept in close confinement tor two
aud half years without trial. AT the
end of that time he was taken out and sen
fenced (without trlaD to four years i'm
prisonnent i'll the State prison, at Madls-
On, Wis. Daring tiese four years be Was
not allowed to write to his friends, OF
read a book or newspaper of any kind, but
was effectively eXciuied from the world
j ring TIL, time his health WIS good =
7 The unc for re else came. He went t.
CINCINNATI, where he heard that his wife
Was !eaI, and he could hear nothing of
his child. From there he went to Mem
phlS, where il" vas received by his friends
as one risen from the dead aud lie; rned
the joy III news that his wife and child.
the latter IL gro WI W ing lady, were both
living, and at Batesvllc The telegraph
was used in announcing to his wife his
safety. aud stating that he wonld meet
her at Jacksonport ON the 18th. Says
the Hnulf:
They met, and such a meeting as it
was never occurred within our knowledge
The joy of the wife at the sight of her
restored husband was too great, and swoon
after swoon followed in rapid succession. :"
From here they went to Batesvile,
their future home, where we leave them,
trusting that long and happy life may
be vouchsafed to the happy ia mily, and
trusting that this is the last Confederate
pri soner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
8usiness Cards.
TIME SHENANDOAH LAND AGENCY.
TROUT. GRABILL & CO.,
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA.

Having frequent application made to us for
information concerning landed property, for sale,
by parties from the North, and believing that
have established Real Estate Agency, for the
purpose of accommodating both those who de-
sire purchasing and those who have lands for sale.
We have now ON our books number of the
most valuable farms in the middle Shenandoah
Valley, and are daily receiv ing applications for
entry upon our books.
Those who have Real Estate for sale will do
we'll to place it in our hands, as we have great
facilities for advertising abroad, and prospect
for a speedy sale depends upon extensive adver-
Using.
We are in correspondence with number O.
Real Estate Agents throughout the North, and
prepared to bring the attention of Nor thern Capt.
tali5ts to the mineral properties that may be
placed in our hands for sale. Those who desire
purchasing will send for our descriptive catalogue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Chewing Gum.

Here are the ingredients of the che wing
gum which young America masticateswith
such velocity and apparent satisfaction
The gum is made of certain parts of gum
arabic. gum gacanth, q small quantity
Of rosin and tat. The fat used is not lard
Chat being too expensive) but it is a
substance expressed from the bodies of
hogs cats. dogs. and other animals found
dead 10 the streets OF cities.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12

CyAw GUMMERS AND MILL SAWS, n
manufacturers prices, for cash
s.ly ~ J. ". DANsEh~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-08-12
Rates Of Advertising
gastry~
(From the Lynchburg News.)
THE CARPET BAGGERS FARE
WELL.

July the sixth has passed and gone
The fight for spoils is over;
Both Wells and Harris are undone.
While Walker feeds in clover.
Where now is all your boased pride
Ofequal rights and color
You've run the race but stepped aside
And lost the almighty dollar.
Farewell to Office, money, all
That have ever cherished
I'll pack my carpet bag this fall,
And leave, survive or perish
Farewell TO Richmond, home of chance,
Your Treasury vaults and money;
My fingers wander. through your haunts,
My lips have sippd your honey
Farewell to CuFee-dear old boy,
We've -worshipp'd long Together,
Money and ot1eo were our joy
Likewise that stolen letter.
Farewell alike to friend and foe,
My carpet-beg is heaving;
Back to old Michigan III @,
And there continue thieving.
Farewell to Mi my cherished hopes,
Farewell to Smith and Chandler,
In future through the dark III groupe-
Perhaps turn out gambler.
Farewell. and let the echo ring,
Dear carpet Dagger listen
Of blasted hopes now will sing.
While eyes with tears d. glistei.
| Thought that I'd be governor sure.
At least for four years longer;
But when the atmosphere is pure,
The darkey smells the stronger.
Let all the carpet baggers hear.
And take heed to the story;
Your race is run-pack up with fear,
For Wells has gone before you
And you, poor scalawag take heed,
Your fate is one of trouble
You've caused your mother State to bleed,
Her mountain waves to bubble.
You, too. can now prepare to leave,
Your doom is sure and certain;
For all your efforts to deceive,
Are left behind the curtain.
The Walker ticket won the race
Against the negro Jailor
Attorney Bowden gives his place
To our own James C Taylor.
FLOYD County, Va, July 29th, 1859. B..
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01

molecple has ever dropped out OF the globe or
been annihiated." Now, In our present inner.
feet knowledge, 70 say the least, OF the ultimate
nature OF molecules, and OF the possible state Of
tennity in which the constituents OF matter NAV
exist in the volatile OF gaseous form. - n
within aowh The ,ScfP scope of science to
or other exhalatons given off nv The
earth under the radiant heat of the sun Or Inc
action OF volcanic tires, may be so far radiated
from our surface into the upper stra,a OF the air
as TO be absorbed into the abnoiu,e coid Of
space, consequent loss of MOLECULAR bolk heinz
entalled upon our globe? But for some such
compensa,ory loss indeed, the increase of the
earth's bulk known TO result rom the constant
accretion OF meteortes would lead by rapid and
calculabe steps o disa strous copseouences A
French sdudnt has worked out in figures the
number OF years that our planet would take, on
the basis of this handicapping by so MANY k,lo-
grammes of metal annually ere it's race was
arrested in the vortex OF the sun. We are glad
to find the writer in entire accord win o|r.
selves as regarda one phase of the molscular or
atomic theory, the assumed shapes OF atoms
or molecules. whether molecules possess
hooks,s or are are cuoes, spheres, ellipsoids,
to be dovetailed or packed together, or whether
they are surrounded with one or several atmos.
pheres of ether or electric fluid, or any other
unknown or fauciful condition whereWith 10
6ll up the spaces between their irregnlar
attachments and peripheries,r these seem to
him scientific conceits which have had or will
have their e,t., httie hour: They may serve as
rhetorical flights to dazzle q half Instructed
audience, or convenient aids to erasp what
might be otherwise shapeless and intaueible
truths. But they have no place in the severe
and sober nomenclature of philosophy. Allow
ing for certain dltfuseness and profxtiy
of sLvle, besides that undercurrent of dog
matism and premature speculation we have
already spoken of, DR.. Winsow's treatise is one
which deserves thoughtful and conscientious
study. He has the merit of breaking ground, in
tentative and suggestive sense, upon problems
of the highest moment which it may be re-
i, served for some Newton of future day to re-
duce to mathematical fxity and measure.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01

y.vAUsHR KERkIoK, WILLIAM II. xxRRrnw
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castings OF AL kinds. either iron or braas.
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Retorts and Gas Machinery. Of the latest ana noaa
Every, description Of Plantation Machinery, alsa
sugar, Saw, and 9rIst Mils, Vacuum Pans, on
steam Trains Defeoators, Eiltern, Pumping, NRs
Sole Agents for N. Bnleuxs Patent sugar BOILING
Apparatus, Nesmyth's Patent Steam Hammer and
Draining Machines. saoz
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01
INSURANCE.

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The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-04-01

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The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-08-01

The NAPoLEoNIo THEoRY.-It was the
great Napoleon's rule to concentrate his
forces upon the enemy's lines, at certain
assai)able points, and then conquer. In
every disease "that flesh is heir to" the
BLOOD is the weak point, and element
involved. The blood purified, invigorated
and strengthened, we carry the lines
and outworks of disease, and plant upon
its very citadel the waving banner of
health. This is the theory Of HE1N1rsH,
and with his Queens Delight, he accom-
plishes the work. This the way he at
tacks disease; this the line of march in
which he wins the golden crown-a
trophy OF victory and success.
Disease assumes as many forms as
Proteus has shapes, and all may be traced
to foul vitiated condition of the blood.
Boils, Carbuncles, Pimples, BIotches, are
only the indications Of that bad state of
the blood, which, if not removed, win
determine in more serious ailments. Con.
sumption, Liver Complaint, Headache.
nervous disorder, general breakinn
down and loss of health. Heinitsh' 3
Queens Delight is a sovereign specific for
the blood, general in its application and
radical in it effects. For sale by Fisher
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