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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
That Was Why.

A man was found, who is, per
haps, the most prominent example
of Observation-Disclosures on record,
read Mrs. Mildew to her hubby the
other evening.
rs that so, Mollie?' What did
he do?
'He lives in one of three houses
in New York city, al! of which are
alike, and he walked into one OF
them and was in the act of going
to bed when the owner came home
and nearly beat him to death. He
had gone into the wrong house,
Must have been drunk
No; the paper says he was per-
fectly sober. and that it was mere
Observation-Disclosures
That so9 Do you believe that
Mrs. Mildewp
yes; why should l not believe
it?
well, then, why don't you be-
Iieve 1 was perfectly sober last
night when l was feeling in my
pockets for the keyhole and thought
| had lost ita'
Because, Mildew. Because this
newspaper don't smell of whisky,
and you did. That's whyP And
as Mildew reviewed the evidence
he began to wonder if he had not
pursued the question too far.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
What Makes q Home 4?

1t is an excellent thing to have a
well kept house, finely appointed
table; but after all, the best cheer
of every home must come from the
heart and manner of the home
mother. If that be cold, and this
ungracious, all the wealth of India
cannot make the home pleasant
and inviting. Intelligence, too,
must lend its charm if we would
have home an Eden. The severe
style of hOuse-Order neatneSs sell
dom leaves much margin for in.
tellectual culture; a simpler style
of living and house-furniShing
would set many a bonded slave at
liberty, and add vastly to the com
forts of all the household. There
are cabin homes that have been
and are remembered with pleasure,
because of the beautiful, loving
presence there; and stately homes
without it are but dull and cheer
less habitations.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

concluded that it was the thunder
of my boots being thrown out to
await the mornings cleaning. She
was now, however, much excited
about it, and disposed to revel in a
tragedy. 1 told her that l found
the statue fallen on my bed, and
that, as it took three men to move
it in a general way, l had been
obliged to content myself with the
sofa. The brief and matter -of-fact
tone of my explanations quite fail
ed to quell her exclamations of
wonder and amazement, and she
was not to be debarred from the
pleasure of gloating over all the
details of the tragedy which had
been averted.
Since that night all has gone
we'll with us. My blessed chief at
the foreign Office found means to let
me goin a day or two, and our
time at Grasmere was all we had
expected it to be. After Cristmas,
to our great joy, Mr.. Fielding gave
up his house at Copenhagen and
came to London. Olga and 1 were
married the following summer, and
we have never again been disturb
ed by presentments, apparitions OF
any other subjects worthy to ex
else the industry of society fol
physial rch.-LOngman'S Mag
dzine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
A Fan That Was Free TO All

1t was nothing but plain palm
leaf fan. 1t occupied a whole
bench by itself in grove not far
from the entrance of Druid Hill
park. 1t had a lonesome look, asif
longing to be swung through the
hot summer air. Presently a port
ly gentleman, with a vest unbut-
toned, his necktie disarranged, his
hat set back and his mouth well
open, tripped up the path. lie
stretched his arms, wiped OIL the
perspiration, and seeing the bench,
made for it and sat down. lie
grabbed the fan and swooped itin
the air. Right away he gave a
tremendous sneeze; repeated 1t; re-
peated it again; repeated it twice
more, and thrice more again. Then
he gazed at the fan, dropped it,
scowled at his hands, and with
steady stride made for the pump,
muttering curses with each breath.
Next came sleekly. dressed SWELL
He was tanning with his hat. lie
saw the fan.
lucy, by Jove' he said, as he
sat down on the bench.
He grabbed the palm leaf. He
dropped it. He sneezed. lie
looked at his hand and straight.
way made for the pump.
The park was now becoming full
of people. A portly young lady in
white,. attached to a slim young
man in brown, meandered up the
path.
ooh, amt we fortunateT said
she. 'Here's a shady bench
aud, just look, there's a big fan,
too
They sat down. She picked up
the fan and shook it in her face.
A look of sorrow came into her eyes
and sneeze into her nose. The
young man in brown snatched it.
He also dropped it. Then the two
showed each other their hands.
They took out their handkerchiefs
and began wiping. Presently they
left the seat. Then two small
boys crept from behind a near
clump of trees, they grinning por-
tentously. They saw the fan. One
of them took it by the top and
moved off. Billy said he to his
companion, 'well git some more
lasses Zen red pepper zen try her
again. [Balt. American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
A Novel Record.

A recently deceased Frenchman
kept a novel record. Twenty years
ago he married, ,and on his wedding
day took the original resolution tC
keep a yearly account of the mum
ber of kisses exchanged with his
wife until their union became
severed by the death Of one or the
other. Just before he died he con-
fded this account to a friend for
publication. During the first year
of welded life the kisses exchanged
reached to the colossal figure of
$4,000, or a hundred a day on an
average; but in the following
twelve months there was a notable
decrease, not more than 10000
being inscribed on the register,
while the third year shows still
greater falling of, the average
number of kisses being but ten a
day. And after the lapse Of five
years a further reduction is re-
corded, and the account'keeper's
task was simpliied, for only two
kisses were exchanged during each
twenty-four hours-'One on rising,
one on retiring to rest Later on,
during the last ten years of his
married life, they 'only kissed each
other on leaving for returning
from a journey and he had very
little trouble in making up his
annual domestic statistics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

A small boy was asked to give
an example of earnestness. lie
looked bothered for moment, but
his face frightened like the dew
drops on the leaves of the rose in
early morning as he delivered him
self of the following happy thought;
when you see a boy engaged on
a mince pie till his nose touches
the middle plum and his ears drop
on the outer crusts, you may know
he has got it,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
Some Mexican SuperstitiOns


tier towns of Mexico, a man shot q
defenseless old woman downin the
street in broad daylight. He was
captured with his carpine in his
hand and when examined before
the magistrate gave as reason
for his crime that the murdered
woman had been called upon tC
nurse his brother, who was sick,
and had, by working charms upon
him, caused his death. The firm
beliefin phantoms is taken advan'
tage of by evil disposed persons,
who, disguised as women, glide
about the suburbs secured from
molestation by any passers-by'
These phantoms haunt graveyards,
and grown men will gravely tell
you of 'phantasmus,' as they cal
them, seen at or near the spot
where men have been murdered
These generally bear the form Of
men lying dead, weltering in then
blood. Those that recountyou these
tales affect not to believe in the
existence of spirits, but one car
see that although, like Nine. dc
Stael, not believing in ghosts, they
are afraid of them all the same
At Pueblo a man went before
one of the judges and asked protec
tion from a discarded sweetheart
who, he declared, had made an i'm
age the exact representation ofhim
and which was carefully dressed in
clothes like those lie wore, and
that she stuck pins in the arms
and legs Of this puppet, which act
caused him the most awful tortures
fearful pains shooting through the
portions of his body corresponding
to those in which the pins were
stuck on the puppet. He had drag
ged to court the woman, and
actually bore the puppet in his
hand as proof of what he said. HC
proposed to destroy this uncom.
Portable pirated edition of himself
and only asked that the judge
would prevent the woman from
making another one.
The superstitions, of course
give rise to a considerable trafC
in charms, in which may be found
a curious in ter-mixturein religious
belief. A thief, for instance, will
carry as a charm against detection
some curious verses addressed to
the patron saint of his guild. Love
powders and potiOns are often
used, and sundry old men and
women yelped 'curanderos' make
a living as doctors, practicing a
curious medicine and necromancy.
1t is not so long ago, in an interior
city, that one of the old women
smothered herself and patient,
a tax collector of some intelligence,
to death in an improvised Russian
bath, in which she raised a mephi-
tic vapor of certain herbs for the
purpose of driving out witch that
inhabited the body Of her patient.
The fact that she herself perished
show that she believed in ghosts
and thought that she could con-
quer them. Before entering the
bath, she told her attendant to pay
no attention to any cries from
within, as the witch would probably
make a great disturbance before
allowing herself to be dislodged.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

A young member of a village
debating society who talked more
than haitian hour Oh the affirmative
side of the question, is the world
growing better 2 was as mad as the
mischief when he got ready to &c
home and found that some person
had carried away his new silk um
brella and left seyenty-fve cent
cotton affair, with two broken ribs,
in its place. He says if that ques'
ton ever comes up again he wants
an opportunity to make a few re-
marks OH the negative side.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

FRIENDSHIP.-Do not believe,
because a man smiles upon and
seeks your sociey, that he is your
friend. Smiles and professions,
alasl are so abundant as to be no
value. He only is your friend
whose heart is in his words and
whose actions illustrate them; who
stands by you in allthe yicissitudes
of fortune, in sunshine and shade.
When you find such a being, make
him your second self; cling to him
as your very life, for the jewels of
earth arc scarce, and therefore
precious; for the sand of life but
glitters ia the radiance of a high
enjoyment, and even the golden
bowl is broken at the fountain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
Old and New Ways of fCOurt-
ship.

A writer in the House Journal be-
lieves that the old.fashioned court
ship is passing away, and after
asking what are to be the regula'
tions of courtship during the
transitional epoch, answers that
nominally the courting, but really
and practically women are taking
the matter into their own hands,
Enough of the restraint of chiyalry
has remained to prevent them from
openly proposing marriage to the
object of their choice; but there are
thousand ways in which a lady
of tact may WOO and yet not trans
cend the bounds of etiquette. The
present method is a hybrid be-
twenn the one-sided courting of
knightly days and the custom
which will prevail when women
have their proper position in the
perfected society of the future.
In a word, courtship is now
evidently drifting womanward, by
which we mean that the ladies will
constantly take a more and more
active part in it, until in the day
when women shall have her rights,
the most important of which is
marriage, it will be as common for
some women to offer their hands
to men as it is for men to propose
to women. Oh, lucky day for
bashful bachelors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

On the first birthday Of a Chinese
male infant, he is seated in a largo
sieve, with money scales, a foot
measure, a pair of shears, a brass
mirror, a pencil, ink and book, and
other articles arranged in a circle
around him. The object which he
handles first is a sure prophecy Of
his future occupation. If such a
custom obtains in Germany We
would say that the first thing
Bismarck bid was to kick over q
piece of American pork grab a beer
mug. And If a similar custom
prevails in Italy, the majority OF
the male infants of noble birth
seize a hand organ and a monkey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

'What do you think ofmy mus
tache p asked a young man of his
girl. 'Oh, it reminds me of a
Western frontier city, was the
answer. In what respect, pray ?
Because the survey is large enough,
but the settlers are Struggling
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
puetieaI
When Thou Art Near.

When thou art near
One smile of thine, one sunny ray
Can chase the griefs that linger here;
Like morning mists they melt away
When thou art near.
When thou art near
The birds their sOftest notes resume,
The strcamlet flows more purely clear;
The flowers put forth their richest
bloom
When thou art near.
When thou art near
My lute-whose chords, if touched
alone,
Breathe saddest music to mine ear
How grateful is its altered tone
When thou art near.
When thou art near
The sweetest joys still sweeter seem
The brightest hopes more bright appear
And life is all one happy dream
When thou art near
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

One of the LATEST men in the
country, resides in Iowa. AS a
sample of his inertia, we would
mention that the only reason he
don't get married is because he is
too lazy to stand up Whenever
he feels like gaping, he employs a
little boy to pull his mouth open.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
The Best I'm the World,

AsHDvILL, N. @. Aug. 8, 81,
II. III. WARNER & Co.: Sir-l
consider your Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure the best medicine in the
world for kidney and liver diseases.
Col. B. Q. O'BRYON.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
nR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
-Denttsts.-

OFFICES: Woodstock and Ssumsville Virginia
In Woodstock, lst and Sd weeks of each month
In saumsville I'd and 4th weeks.
Those in need Of first class Dentistry at moder
ate prices, viii do well to call.
Full sets of Artificial teeth from 500 to $17OO
5000 and 5000.
Pure gold filings from sl2s to 5000, sfver
filings from 75c. TO $500.
Artificial teeth put up on solid gold, Gold and
Celleloid Combination, Celeloid and Rubber plates
Gold and Porcelain rivoting. clasps, 60, Special
attention gwen to filing and preserving the ma
tural teeth, and correcting the irregularities.
All work warranted first class.
~ Teethextracted absolutely without pain By
the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas
March 1e,-tf.
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Advertising Rates.

Advertisements willb inserted At ONE Dollar
per square ten lnes or less for the hrst inser-
ton, and 50 cents for each subsequent insertion.
Unless the number OF Insertions be marked up.
on the manuscripts, twill be published until for
bidden. and charged accordingly.
Notices in the local column will be inserted at
ten cents per line, each insertion.
Advertisements for three months or longer vii
be inserte cd at lower rates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

Bathing suits more beautifully
shocking than ever are announced
for the coming season. Something
must be done to attract people to
the seashOre.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

sAnd he kicked you into the
street-weren't you madp Il did
feel considerably put out
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
NOTARIEs s PUBLIC.
JUSTICES OF TIE PEACE.

DAVIS D1sr.-Dr. C. A. Brown, obed Funk and
Abb aham Baker.
sToNEwA1L. u. q. Grabill, W. {. Snarr, Snow.
Whitaker
JoHSsToN.-R. L.Roberts Levi H. Cullers. Isaiah
Gem.
MADlsoN.-samuel c, Campbell Jacob Lantz.
Jos. Conner.
AsHBY.-Jos Wndle n. B. Painter Lemusl
Ryman.
LEE.-Christisn Shirley, n. W. Baker, Am Or
Peters
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08
VETILLIAMS h GRABILL,
w FIRE INSURANCE AGENTS,
~ WOODSTOCK. IA.

We are prepared to Insure property in the V
MIA Fire and Marine Insurance. Company,
Lynchburg Banking and Insurance Comp
th are first class companies and insure at
alpremiums,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

The capital invested in the wood
working industries 10 Chicago IL
81 ,O0O. 900. -.l.-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1884-08-08

A jewelers. advice--Watch your
offspring.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-20
Er;c-a-Brac in Washington.

Scattered through residences in the
city are many wonderful relics and his
toric bits of bric-a- brac that could fur
nish forth n most wonderful art loan
collection, if the owners could ever be
induced to part with them for that long.
Colonel Jerome Bonaparte's house is q
perfect museum of Bonaparte relics,
many of them art works of great value
intrinsically. Mrs. 1turbide, the widow
Of the son of the Emperor Iturbide OF
Mexico, lives here in a pretty residence
near the British Legation, and has some
wonderful pieces OF Mexican silver,
carving, needle work and pottery. Her
son, who is q prominent society man
here, was adopted in his childhood by
Maximiliar and the Empress Carlotta
as their heir. and lived with them dur
ing their brief reign in the halls
of Chapultepec. Through this con-
n~ection with that unfortunate
monarch, the Iturbides have
many relics and souvenirs of that last
emperor of Mexico. Mrs. Caroline Dali
of Boston, who has had q winter home
on Georgetown Heights ior many years,
has her house crowded with %eulios,
bric-a-brac, antique furniture, relics and
art baubles from all parts OF the world.
On her tea-table she uses q quaint old
silver teapot, with futed sides and ebo'
ny handles, that was made by Paul Re
we're, who was u goldsmith by trade,
In her drawing-room there is an exquis-
ite old mahogany chair, with a carved
back representing a Tyre with a great
festoon of flowers depending from it.
and the seat is upholstered with a heavy
silvery brocade strewn with velvet roses
This chair was one of the set in the EN-
press Josephine's music room, and il
the most beautiful and wonderfully
preserved piece. The wife Of Commits.
sioner Loring possesses a relic of Napo
leonic days in a piece of lace founc'
that was ordered made by Napoleon To-
the Empress Marie Louise.
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-06-20
The Senatorial Orators.

Reporter Murphy, the veteran stem
ographer ofthe senate, says: "Webster
was a very slow talker, and he would
not average over 100 words q minute.
Henry Clay spoke much faster, roll
ing out about 100 words to the minute.
| Calhoun was also slow until he became
reused up with the enthusiasm of his
subject, when his words would flow
more rapidly. The present average of
speaking in the United States senate is
about $50 words per minute, though
there are several speakers who utter
over 200. Among the fastest speakers
at present are Senators Beck, Hawley,
Plumb and Morgan. Beck loads the
list. Senator George of Mississippi is
perhaps the slowest. Some Of them are
very careful about their revision, and
others pay no attention to them
after they are once spoken. Senator
but some of the other
senators look the manuscript carefully
oven before it goes to the press. One
night l heard John Bell Of Tennessee
make q speech when the president ofthe
senate, himself and I We're the only
ones in the chamber. 1t was q long
night session andall the rest OF the SEN
ators were loating either in the cloak
rooms or in the restaurant. Bell never
theless roared out his speech with all
the eloquence and earnestness ola reviv-
alist preacher. The perspiration rolled
down his face, he tore off his collar and
preached away as though $4,000 people
we're listening to him. Yes, there have
been many funny speeches here, but that
was one of the funniest. One of the fast
est speakers of the senate was Mr.. Sar-
gent, our late minister to Berlin. He
could speak for two hours averaging
200 words a minute. There wasa de-
bate here some year ago on the District
of Columbia bonds which lasted about
four hours, and which by actual calcu-
lation averaged between 1872 and 2O(
words a minute.
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Sleeping Car Robberies.

The colorea porter on a Pullman car
running between New York and Chicago
has been arrested Tor a systematic
course of stealing from the passengers.
There were found in his possession two
gold watches, six diamond rings,t two dla-
mond studs, an opal ring, and a pearl
opera glass. How much more the ras-
cal may have taken and disposed Of, OF
course, is not known. While cases OF
theft by employees ofPullman cars are
extremely rare, this instance should put
passengers on their guard.
With reasonable precautions IN
taking care of their val
rables on retiring, there need be no
loss from theft; but some people are so
careless as to put temptation in the way
of porters by leaving their property ex-
posed. Ii valuables are kept upon the
person at night, either in the clothing
or in a belt around the waist. or are
placed carefully under the bedding at
the back side of the berth, and not, as
is the common practice, merely laid
nnder the head and near the front where
they can easily be reached by slipping
the hand under the pillow, there IS very
little danger of loss.
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New a-.puplioan national Committee.

Following are the members Of the national
committee 30 far as announced:
Arkansas, Powell Clayton; Alabama, Paul
strobach; Connecticut, Samuel Fissenden; Del
aware, Daniel J. Leighton; Georgia, w. H..
Johnson; Indiana, John Q. New; illinois,
David T. Litter; Iowa, ]. s. GARRISON; Kansas,
John A. Martin; Kentucky, E. Moore; Maine,
J. Manchester Hayden; Massachusetts,, w. Y.
Crap; Maryland, James A. Gary; Minnesota,
M. G. Norton; Mississippi, j.
r. Lynch; Wisconsin, I. Van
Horn; Nebraska, Church Howe; Nevada
Thomas Wren; New Jersey, Carrot A. Hobart;
New York, John S. Lawson; North Carolina,
Rhode Island, Horace A. jerks; South Carroll
ma, JOHN b. johnson; Texas, G. g. Binckleyi
Vermont, George W. Hooker; Virginia, 4 5
Blair; West Virginia, John W.. Mason; Wis
consin, Il. J. Sanderson; Dakota, Judge Ben
nett: Idaho, Sherman +. Coffin: Montana
James I. Nell: Utah, Charles W.. Bennett,
Washington territory, W. d. Miner; Wyoming,
Joseph +. Cory.
The Minnesota delegation met in caucus and
balloted for choice. The result was as follows
Norton, 8; Davis, 4; Pillsbury, |. Those who
voted for Norton were Sabin, Gould, Grover
Conkey, Crosby, Rogers, Langdon. Newell ant
Garfield. Davis supporters were Armstrong
Hall, Barto and Page. Mr. Davis voted fol
G. A. Pillsbury. Rogers, Garfield and Newell
voted for Norton for harmory's sake. ant
all the members express themselves as satisfied
with the result. Mi. Norton is a partner in tn
lumber firm Of Laire, Norton Il Co, who haV'
large mills at Winona and Hayward, Wis. MI
Norton came to Minnesota from Pennsylvania
his native state, in 1857, and very soon there
after engaged in numbering, with such success
that he has amassed a large fortune.