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Have You a House
40 PAINT

Lxamlno these figures nofo'e purchasing, Tor you
can get durable lalnti0r rs little money as al
unreliable article viii cost
lC gals. Hadswoi COS 800
Flaxseed . osts 400
Is gals. Paint cost, 22.CO
Beirg but sl47 gallon, les than is charged foi
Inferior chemical paints. teo these figures for a
mailer quantity.
3 gals. Wadsworth Pairt costs 9.aC.
~ " Flaxsced Oil costs 200
~ gals. Paint costs but 30
or "a gal. Now this paint thus reduced viii
cover much surtLce as the same quantity OF
any other mixed paint not reduced. Further than
this give positive guarantee to quality, agree
ing to repaint any building not satisfactory VII en-
painted with the W. VI. * L. Pure Body Paint.
The first estimate will paint two cvats over 5000
square feet, the last over 1900 square feet.
- Call for sample card Of colors.
B. sCHMITT,
March 10th, 1sSl.-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

DECREASING SALAgns Tie Renl-
iu.ters are not ouly determined TO se'
all the offices. but mi nd ~ Increase
the salaries attached 10 those clllses 81
soon az thy arc safely il the hands o.
Readiusters, A till has been intrcduc-
ed increasing The pay If all penilenilari
Offices, and Mr.. Rlddleberser las also
introduced a bill increasing the sslar,
of the Superintendent OF Public ln-
struclion. Lexington Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
Food for Young and Old.

Food and medicine for young and
old, prepared ~ithOnt Fermentation
from Canadian Barlet Malt, Hons
Q mime, Bark. etc, MALT BITtEKS
are warranted more NOurshing, Slrens-
thing, Whaling aud Purifying, by rea'
son Of Their richness in Bone aud Muscle
producing Material than all other terms
of malt or medicine, while free from
the objections urged against malt IL
QuOrs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Don't Condemn IA Good Thing be-
cause you have been deceived By werlh-
less nosirums. Parker's Ginger Tonic
has cured many in this section, Of kid.
ney and ner}ous disorders, and we
commend it heartily to such sufereIs.-
Fr'pt NetcS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
MARRIED.

the Lutheran Parsonage, April 9th, by Rev.
A. A. ]. Bushong. Henry Hotel, Lsq. to Mrs. q.
A. Lonas. both Of this county.
May the evening Of their days, glide gently and
pleasantly into the haven Of eternal rest.
At EdinbuTg on the 9Th inst. by Rev II. Tai
belm, Mr.. Beverly NJ. Cornwell and Miss Kate u.
Tisingor all of this county.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

PERSONAL---VERY.. G. Z. O'Ferrall is
in town, attending the Circuit Court.
Messrs. Giles Devier Of he Rock
ingham Register. aud a. L. Henkel
editor Of the Valley was III town last
Monday.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Tie firm under which the Stanton
Spectotor was published has been dis
solved ard itls now under the cXclu
slve management Of MIR. Richard
Mauzy-a fact witch gives evidence
that the Spectator will keep up lis repo-
ia ion as one OF our best county rapers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

RELIGIOUS SERVICE The Rev. L.
A. Cutler will preach at tue Christian
Church in this place on next Lords
day, at IL O'Clock. a. NJ. aud IN the
evening at the usual hour. Public cor
daily invited.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Mr.. Abraham Ross was paralyzcd
Yesterday, while in the office Of Messrs.
Williams & Bro, in this place. TIL
attack is supposed to be not very
serious. We hope that he may be
soon restored TO lis usual health.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
A CARD.

To all who are suffering from the errors and
ipdiscretions Of youth, nervous weakness, carly
lecav. loss of manhood, &C.. will send recipe
that will cure you, FREE OF cHAkeL' Inns
grest remedy was discovered by missionary in
south America. Send a self.addressed envelope
to the REV. JOSEPH T. ISMAS. Station D. New
York City.
-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

DR.. Williams OF Front Royal and
Can't. S. :. Turner were fishing in the
Shenandoah rlyer, Immediately below
Wes,on's mill dam, last Friday. The
boat was drawn under the current form
ed by the water falling over the dam
and both were thrown out. DR.. Williams
was drowned. bat Mr.. Turner beiog an
expert swimmer succeeded in reaching
lie bank uninjured. The body OF DR..
Williams was afterwards found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

A pure strengthening tonic, free from
whisky and alcohol, cures d. spepsia.
aud similar diseases. Il has never
be eqnalled. BGoAu's Iron B!uers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Last Monday was very rainy day.
A good crowd was IN town and many
were entertained by the discussion OF
the whisky question. Some may nave
entertained the whisky. 1t was, how
ever, q very quiet, rainy and disagreea-
bic day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

You, who suffer with obstinate harrasing
cough. weakening and debiitating, depriy-
ing you of rest and sleep, use Wagner's
Rock g. Rye ExpectC rams, the
Balm for weak and diseased Lungs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PTMPIzESu

will NAL Free) tho recipe for simple
Vegetable Palm that will remove Tan, Freckles
Pimples and Botches, leaving the skin soft, clear
and beautiful also instructions for producing Q
Inrnriaot growth Of hair on bald head or smooth
face. Address, inelcsing &c stamp, Ben. Yandelf
& Co, u Barclay St. n. Y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

The rain OF Monday was followed 10y
a cold night, and on Tuesday morning
the ground was frozen. The fruit 1t is
thought. Is not materially injured.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

10 noticing the call OF Dr.. 5. Hepkel,
last week, we stated that he was editor
OF the VALLEY, instead OF Our Church
Paper. AS it all in the family, he will
understand that we meant no indlgnity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Henry Nelson, the colored boy,
charged with stealing horse from
Capt. Rice at New Market. was yesIel-
dav convicted and sentenced 20 ten.
wears in the penItentiary.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
lEest Pocket Dyspepsia Cnre, Csc.
SSOTD By The DRUGGISTS.

Attention is called TO the card OF
Drs. Carter & Bro. who have formed
a partnership in the practice of medic
cine. DR.. D. d. Carter having been III
active practice in this county for a
number of years is well known by our
people. DR.. Robt. Carter has recently
graduated at the College Of Physicians
and Surgeons of Baltimore. Tney VIII
give prompt attention to all calls.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

We are Indebted TO Col. James H.
Skinner for the Annual Report OF The
Auditor Of Public Accounts 10 the
General Assembly of Virginia Tor the
year ending September 3Oth, 1881.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Episcopal services, Sunday April
10th. by Rev. w. w. Walker in the
Court House at II O'Clock A. NJ and
- 2. NJ.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

The Richmond Wing says that the
fruit crop may be considered safe. We
had hoped so, but tie Wing Is such
poor authority, polii cally, that we be-
Gin 10 fear that the peaches are gone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

An Effective medicine for kidney dis
eases, low levery aud nervous pro-'ra-
lion, and we'll worthy Oft trial i
Bro MS Iron Bilieis.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

ANY Patent Medicine Advertised III
this paper can be had OF B. Schmlttat
The regular price. June lZ--u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

TEMPERANCE MEETINe.-Rcv. Il
A. Cutler will deliver temperance
address in the Presbyterian Church. IN
this place, on next Saturday night
April 18Th. Tie public are cordially
invited TO attend.
From the known reputation OF Mr'
Cutler we can assure our readers that
we will have a most excellent address.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
Errors of Youth

A GENTLEMAN who suffered for years from
"A DE6ILITY, PREMATURE, DECAY, ana an
defects Of youthful indiscretion, will for the
sake of suffering humanity, send free TO all who
n scd it. the recipe and direction for making the
simple remedy by which he was cured. Sufferers
wishing to profit by the advertisers experience
can do 50 by addressing in perfect confidence.
JOHN u. OGDEN, AZ Cedar st.
Feb. l5-lyr Ne" lOrA'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

An excellent Cistern Pump with al
,achmen,s will be old cheap by
WM. B. OFT,
Woodstock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12

Storekeepers can buy WAeNER's Rock &
RYE Expectorant Of B. Schmitt Druggist
Woodstock at wholesale prices.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
For Rent

A btel fl Mt. Jackson, 70 Rooms, good sardcn
stablesaud ou,buildiug SIS per NJ, M Also a
ttrge room cottage furnished and ID acres glound
stab.c on 1t and well Of water 800 per year. -
Aiso a new room cottage furnished, two acres
% Ground. very desirable lncation $40 per year.
MA COTTAGES al shenandoah Alum Springs va.
ddress 70. par iculars ..r,os =. .A.o.-..,
aleb. q - A. }. Mib"o q 'uooP,l"
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"BlACK-DRAuGHT" cures dyspep-
STA, Indigestion and heartburn.
by B. SCBM1TT.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
Change OF schedule on Harper's Ferry and
VALLEY Branch, taking effect Nov.20, 1881.
Masonic Notice,

Cassia Lodge, No. l42, F. n. NJ
meets in Masonic Hall, WoodstocH'
The last Monday night of each month.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1882-04-12
The Peoples Library

Is tho only one containing original American
stories by May Agnes Fleming. and other popu lar
authors. Tho hundred numbers now ready. The
following are recent issues, In large type;
No 81. The Secret Sorrow, by May Agnes
Fleming 2oc. So. Fated to Mary, by Mary Agnes
Fleming, lOc. co. East Lynne, by Mrs. Henry
Wood lOc. &C Dora Thorne zoe. Al Blrnders OF
BashfNl Man, by the author Of Bad Boys Disry
IOc. 40 oscar Wilde's Poems Ice. 1877 Welded an
Parted. by tho author Of Dora Thorne Toe. l44
Nuua Romestan, by Alphonse Daudot l0c. l4I.
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Tom Tiddler's Ground, by Charles Dickens, lec.
1872. Viewers and woft, by Miss NJ T., Braddon,
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isl A sisters Sacrifice. by Mary Cecil Hay ice l6s
Ninety nine choice readings and Rotations, No. :
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once.
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woods JOCK VIRGINIA.
Plain and Fancy Brides.

Saddles will be furnished at prices
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This class Of work will be put np'n
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Nov, l6-6mo.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
Tide Table.

Tide Table.
From tables OF United States Coast Survey 70
Ship Harbor complete.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
He Was for the Man.

A transcript of tho evidence in a
"woman case" which was appealed to
the Supreme Court Of Indiana from a
county near by contains the following
paragraphs. 1t seems the woman was
giving her testimony, and the clerk thus
records it:
Question: the defendant pres
ent at the time ?"
Answer" no" Here the witness be-
gan to sob and cry bitterly.
Question-"Dld you see him about
that timer"
Answer-"No." Here the witness
threw herself down on the floor, yelled,
beloved and walloped herself around
until she had to be carried out of the
room. When the Judges read this tran.
script it is said one of them remarked !:
"If that clerk wants to see woman
wallop herself around and raise the cell
ing off the house he ought to catch a
sight of my wife when she is in one of
her tantrums. Gentlemen, I'm not fit
to pass on this case. I'm for the man,
up and down. in spite Of the devil. -
Inter Ocean.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
The Value of Authenticity.

The British Government has bought
of Lord Suffolk, for $45, 900, picture by
Leonardo da Vinci. Some twenty years
ago the picture was stolen from Lord
Sufolk's country seat, being cut from
the frame. Afterward it was offered for
sale in London. When shown to the
President of the Royal Academy, he pro-
nounced it copy of the well-known
"La Verge aux Rochers," and no one
would buy it. Some one, remembering
the robbery, subsequently took pains to
inquire into the matter, and traced the
picture to the possession of messenger
or door-porter Mt the Foreign Office,
Downing street, who produced it, rolled
up, from one of the servants closets
there. The picture was taken to Lord
SuHolk's, and fitted exactly the cut part,
proving incontestably that it was the
stolen chef d'4uvre of Leonardo da
Vinci. That f9, 900 is not too much for
this picture is inferred from the fact
that, OF the time when it was restored
to its owner, it was remarked that,
while not authenticated as an original
work, E5 could not be got for it, but,
when it was authenticated, it was we'll
worth 100000.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
Cats.

-FOUR books say that cats are "noc-
turnal in their habits" and this state
ment will not hurt you, for it is true. It
means that cats wish to take their recre-
alton when people wish to sleep. This
difference OF taste accounts for the guer-
rilla warfare which is waged against
them night after night and year after
year from all the back windows in town.
1t also accounts for the curious things
which you sometimes find In the back
yard in the morning and which the cook
tells you are meteorites. Nothing has
been devised that kills cats, and weap-
ons are limited to such hand projectiles
as inspire respect or terror. The old
stone-t throwing machines of the Greeks
and Romans were originally devised for
this kind of combat, and were hence
called catapults. Every adult cat has
had more costly articles thrown at
it than any opera singer that ever lived
for, when mans state of mind becomes
such that he gets out of bed to serve his
country in this cause, the first article he
touches is the thing that goes, whether
it be a coal scuttle, an ivory-backed
hair brush or diamond bracelet. Man
has the right of this conflict, and he will
surely win if he lives long enough
Exchange.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-05-06
Life in the Deep Sea.

The conditions under which life exists
in the deep sea are very remarkable.
The pressure exerted by the water at
great depths is enormous, and almost
beyond comprehension. It amounts
roughly to ton weight on the square,
inch for every 1,000 fathoms of depth,
SO that at the depth of $500 fathoms
there is q pressure of two tons and
half per square inch OF surface, which
may be contrasted with the fifteen
pounds per square-inch pressure to
which we are accustomed at the level of
the sea surface. An experiment made
by Mr.. Buchanan enabled us to realize
the vastness OF the deep-sea pressure
more fully than any other facts. Mr..
Mr.. Buchanan Theoretically sealed up at
both ends thick glass tube full Of air
several inches in length. He wrapped
this sealed tube in flannel, and placed
it, so wrapped up, in wide copper
tube, which was one of those used to
protect the deep-sea thermometers when
sent down with the sounding apparatus.
The copper case containing the sealed
glass tube was sent down to depth of
1000 fathoms, and drawn up again. 1t
was then found that the copper wall of
the case was bulged and bent inward
opposite the place where the glass tube
lay, just as if it had been crumpled in
ward by being violently squeezed. The
glass tube itself, wi hin its flannel wrap
per, was found, when withdrawn, re-
duced to a fine powder, like snow al
most.-Notes 6y q Naturalist on the
Challenger.