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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
The Pain oi Being Hung,
Popular Science.

Popular Science.
DR.. Taylor states that death from
hanging appears to take place very
rapidly, and without causing any
suffering to the person. Professor
Tidy, also speaks OF the painless
nature of death from hanging;
while Professor lIaughton, in his
paper read before the Surgical
Society Of Dublin, says that 'the
old system OF taking a convicpSl life
by suilocaton is in humanity pan.
ful. unnecessarily prolonged, and
revolving TO those whose duty It Is
to be present. Those who speak
of the painless nature OF death by
strangulati0n arrive at this cOnclu-
sion from the fact that many cases
of suicide are not completely sus'
pended, and that if they wished
they could easily relieve the con
striction by assuming the erect
posture. and i'm other cases OF re-
covery from attempted suicide 10y
hanging there is no recollection OF
any suffering. 1t should be re-
membered, however, that there is
a great difference between the men
tal attitude Of the suicide and one
who is about to suffer the extreme
penalty Of the law. In the former
case he Is regardless, and perhaps
also not very sensitive, Of a little
suffering, while in the latter every
nerve Is braced up to resist the
inevitable result. Moreover, II
those cases of recovery the loss ol
recollection of suffering does noI
prove that there was nOne'
might almost as well be said that
because in many cases OF recovery
from meningitis there was no re
membrauce of any suffering, there
fore there was none. No doubt
the pain in hanging can under NJ
circumstances be very acute, ye
when we see a culprit heaviDg hi
chest and almost raising the who'll
body in his struggles for breath VI
, must conclude that there is at leas
a considerable amount of menta
torture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
sHEDaYpoaft HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.
SELLING A COAT FOR AFFECTION.

Helfenstin keeps a clothing store,
and the other day stranger stop.
ned to look at coat hanging by
the door. Helfenstin saw him
and rushed out. t ~ ~ NCN
.Dot ish a sphlendid arteegle,
mine trent, und so sheep as nod
dink.' he said, with "A smile. ilI
u reckon III 90 inside and take
look, said the stranger. r.sa-..
dot ish right. Walk right in
INT look Ofer der entire sthock.
Dar's nOddink in der city like dose
goOts.' lI-7l ...If'
The visitor came in and, after
looking around awhile, remarked:
i was in here some time ago,
but the place seemed larger than 1t
does now ll.
Helfenstin began to sniffie.
'Al, mine lrent, | fought knew
you ven you valkt by the sthore.
Dot time you vas here, mine brud.
der vas alife, unit ter sthore vas
twice so pig, but he is ted now, unit
ter sthore ish cut down Won halluf'
1T was your brother, | reckon,
that | knew. What's the price Of
this coat ? he asked, holding up a
garment. Ms
Vat is your name, my trent p
SMILED Helfenstin, taking him
by the arm. '.' .1' Dr.. a
'Wiggins, sir; Mr.. Wiggins, of
Kentucky 'ia' ,aHa' sh
'Ah, my tear Mr.. Viggins, am
ferry gla: to see you, infect. My
poor brudder sphoke oof you ven
be vas tying and Helfenstin wiped
his eyes. .
Indeed > replied Mr.. Virgins,
in astonishment.
yes, Mr.. Yiggins, ven Moses vas
trawing his lasht breat, he calf me
to his site, unit whispering ferry
low, he salt: My brudder, l am
koing away from der cloding pizzi.
ness forefer, und | have bud one
reliwest to make of you,' den Moses
kasped once or twice, und | pud
my ear kwite close to his het und
caught desc vorts,-'dot rekwest,
my brudder, is dot ven Meester
Vigging, oaf Kentucky, comes to
der sthore you will sell him goots at
der ferry sheepest brices.' Dose
we're his lasht vorts, Mr.. Viggins,
und ven | dells you you can haf
dot goat at ten to.lor und sixty
fife cents you will know / am SELL
ing eet for affection, und nod for
money falue, Mr.. Viggins.' -..
WIggins had to take the coat
Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
JEFFERSON DAYIS'S COSTUME WHEN CAP
TURED.

Judge Lochranc, Cf Georgia,
contradicts in emphatic terms the
story Of a Lieut.. Isegugg,of Indian
apolis, that when captured MIR.
jefferson Davis rode in = farm
wagon up to the international
Hotel, Macon, with hOopskirt,
bonnet and straw hood hanging
over him on Il pole, and says: 'Mr.
Davis and his wife came up to the
steps OF the Lanier House in Macon
the then headquarters Of Major.
Gen. Wilson, and in the presence
of thousands Of people-mysell
among the numbcr-who stood in
silence as they passed. Mr. Davis
alightcd and, helping Mrs. Davis
out, she took his arm going into
the hotel, and all this was done as
gracefully and quietly as il he wero
alighting from Il carriage at the
door of the Secretary Of Wars
Office in Washington.
'The alleged firing Of pistol at
Mr.. Davis, and the riddled coat by
the bullets, narrated by the cxlieu-
tenant, is one of the boldess dashes
of falschOOd recorded in the story
books of modern adventure, aud
so fallaciOusIy absurd that even
Dazzle would have contemplated
its sublimity of impudencc with
hungry envy.
1T is out of such stuff as this -
pure and unadultcrated NONSENSE
that the whole story Of Mr.. Davis
being caught in woman's clothes
was invented. The fabrication had
no more for its basis than that
when Federal soldiers rode up to
his tent, and he was going out to
meet them in the night air, Mr..
Davis threw Il hool over his shoul-
ders to protect him from the night
air as he was suffering from neu-
raieil. From this a0liciion,in fact,
he afterwards lost the sight Of one
Of his eyes.
Il regret to see this VIGOROUSLY
known scandal revived, for it was
reasonable to hope in these days OF
returning SOberness and truth that
such idle malice had been buried
ont of the sight and hearing OF
public decency. While all feel that
the loyalty and allegiance OF the
South are being won to the Union,
and that this is the best hope
for free government on this earth,
her people do not relish unjust as.
persion or abuse upon Mr.. Davis,
who happened by their choice to
represent in his person the true type
of all that is bold and chivalrous IN
their race, say what men may dis
paraging to his fame. Mr.. Davis
was one of the very foremost men
of the South, and during the trials
OF war conducted himself with dig
nifty and ability
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
Address 40 II jug OF Rum.

The following Address TO jug Of
Rum will never become so old as to lose
its flavor;
Here only by cork controlled
And slender walls Of earthen mold
In all the pomp Of death repose
The seeds Of many bloody nose;
The ehattering tongue, the horrid oath
The fist for fighting, nothing lothi
The passions which no word can tame,
That burst like sulphur into flame
TIE nose, carbuncled, growing red
The bloated eye, the broken head;
The tree that bears a deadly fruit
Of murder, manning, aud dispute
Assaults that innocence assailsi
The images Of gloomy jaiisi
The giddy thought of mischief bent
The midnight hour in riot spent
All these within the jug appear,
And Jack the hangman in the rear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
Why She Was Sailed.

The Sunday-school was hushed and still
And the parson led in prayer
Then said a speech would now be made
By stranger who was there.
The lesson told. that day, the fate
OF the cities razod by ire,
And Of the great reward OF those
Who did the Lords desire.
And then the stranger spoke Of those
Who disobeyed Gods law,
Said they the end Of such as sinned
In the death Of Lots wife saw.
To impress the fact he asked a class,
Small eight-year urchns they,
Why God had turned Lots wife to salt
I On that Inflated day.
/ One little rascal made response,
With grimy hand upheld
/ His shrill voice sounded loud and clear
"She was too fresh,' be yelled.
-IHter- Oced
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
Carnations.

CTbe language of Red Carnations Is " fur
and ardent Loye.~
One time in Arcadie's fair bowers
There met a bright immortal band
To choose their cmblems from the flower
That made am Eden OF that land.
Sweet Constancy with eyes OF hope
strayed down the garden path alone
And gathered sprays Of lIeliotrope
To place in clusters at her zone.
True Friendship plucked the ivy green,
Forever fresh, forever fair;
Inconsistency with tickle mien
The fading Primrose chose to wear
One moment Love the Rose paused by,
But Beauty picked it for her hair
Love walked the garden with a sigh,
lie found no fitting emblem there.
Then suddenly he saw a fame,
A con1agration turned TO bloom,
Il even put the rose 10 shame
Both in its beauty and perfume.
lie watched it, and it did not fade,
He plucked il, and it brighter grew
In cold or heat all undismayed
II kept its fragrance and its hue.
Here deathless Love and passion sleep,
lie cried, embedded in this flower
This is the emblem will keep
lie wore Carnations from that hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
TIE PHILOSOPHERS ADVICE.


Should friend for speculation
Ask your name for small or great,
Just decline the invitation;
Don't endorse his note, but-wait.
If Your child should disobey you,
And your passion is irate,
DO not punish then, pray YOU
Till your anger passes-wait.
If You have an anxious lover
Urging you TO change your state,
Aud by chance should you discover
That he drinks or gambles-wait.
II you have a quarrel pending,
Which YOU think to litigate,
Choose some other way of.mendng
DO not 20 to law, but-wait.
Should yourldebtor thro' misfortune
Fail TO pay his note to date,
Not unless YOU wants are urgent
DO not pres I'm sorely-wait
Loathiug life, ~. co'en madness,
Suicide should l,u contemplate,
Though your loss cause no sadness,
Spite the world awhile and-wait
If your wardrobe's something rusty,
Aud you wish to renovate,
II the old suit is not paid for,
Wear it yet awhile and-walt
Have you debts for land or business
Which you cannot liquidate,
And your wife wants silks and satirs
Tell her firmly she must-wait.
II you reach a railway station,
For the trainIa minute late,
Don't indulge in PROCLAMATION,
Just conclude to walk or-waii
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
A Hint for Husbands.

The Boston Transcript says: Mr..
w. is quite an elderly, wealthy
gentleman, having for his second
wife a lady many years his junior
and much petted. Any expressed
wish of hers he has at once graft
fed, ifmoney could be the medium.
One evening she remarked in her
charming way, i saw today at
- store a lovely camel's hair
shawl that want ever so much
Would you bring home to morrow
a check? It's only 81 800" " Yes
dear" he replied, 81 will bring the
money! and the next evening, will
the assistance of his porter, he did
bring home and place on the parIol
table fifteen hundred silver dollars
At the sight of this pile of metal
nearly a hundred pounds, the Wilt
exclaimed, " What are you goinI
to do with all that money p Why
love, its the money you wanted 10
the new shawl "GOOd gracious
Does it take all that to make 81,
5OOl Why | had no idea it mean
so much. | will do without tn
shawl and will put it all in the say
ings bank, if you will let me-" AM
she did so, and has since adde'
several sums to the deposit. MI
w. aillrms, on his honor, that sine
that event she has not asked for
quarter part so much money as b'
fore the incident. The above is nc
, a fancy sketch. 1t all really hal
| pened.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
4 Remarkable Escape.

Mrs. Mary \. Daley, of Tank
hammock, Pa, was afflicted for six
years with Asthma and Bronchitis,
during which time the best physi.
clans could give no relief Her life
was deSpaired of, until in last Oc
tober she procured a bottle oi DR.
Kings New Discovery, when imme
date relief was felt, and by con
timing its use for short time se'
was completely cured, gaining il
flesh 80 lbs. in a few months. Free
trial bottles of this certain cnrc o
all throat and lung diseases at b
Schmitt's drug store. Large bot
ties Sl.O0.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
The WislI-BOnc.
BY ToMMIE JONES.

They say that boys are horrid things,
And don't know how to act
They're nothing, though to grown-up
girls
tell You it's a fact.
| saw myself the whole affair,
And watched the fun begin;
Twas Sue that laid the spiteful plot
To take Amelia in.
Al dinner Melia twittcd Sue
About a beau she'd lost,
Aud though Sue kept a smiling face,
saw how much it cost.
knew that something had to come;
Boys like an honest fight,
But girls viii smile and kiss, aud then
Do something mean for spite.
Just put the wish-bone, iear,' said Sue
"Above the parlor door;
Your husband he the first will be
Who steps the threshold Ger
She helped Amelia mount the chair
q watched it with grin),
Then beckoued with her fnger-tips
And called the waiter in.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
DR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
- -Dentists.-

oyroKs; Woodstock and ssumsyilie' virginia
In woodstock, ist and sd weeks OF each month";
In s.umsville ID and 4th weeks. .,-.,a...
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..e prioes will DO well = call .o..- 49, oo
nm seis Of Artificial teeth from y oOto s'''O''
f2s. 90 and 5000. ..,. s,ooo silver
Puro gon nlfngs from ti21 10 siV'VO' 9'''''
antngs frora T5c. 70 $500. ,, o.,a.,5
,,seisi tech put up on solid gold, cold ana
,.9,sioid T,onbinAtion Ceileoid and Rubber p.Aiss
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All work warranted hrst class. ..t, l.,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
SOME SUCCESSFUL LECTURERS.

MiuutdpOlio ilbuucs
"The largest house lecturer
ever drew" said Major Pond, "was
when Beecher lectured in the Chi
cago Tabernacle a few winters ago.
The receipts were $4,000 and the
price were ffty and seyenty-fv G
cents. ! remember the ciTcum.
stances well. They were quite un.
usual. \ South Park minister,
with big debt on his church,
wrote me for Beecher's terms. /
replied that they were 81 900 for a
city like Chicago. The minister
had scraped together that much
money and decided TO risk il. lie
hired the tabernacle for 5 100, paid
George Carpenter $500 more for
managing the lecture and adver-
tised extravagantly. When we
arrived in Chicago and were told
what he had been doing | thought
he was Il fool and told him so.
SAID /, You can't help but
lose money with such reckless
management" Well, night came
and along with it came throng after
throng, until the tabernacle con-
tanned nearly eight thousand peo-
pIe. The venturesOme minister
cleared 81, 500, enough to pay his
church debt. And he had sense
enough not to enter into the amnse-
ment business again. IIcprobably
wonld have lost next time
"Next to Beecher, Mark Twain
is the most profitable speaker |
know Of lie cleared $4,000 in
sixteen weeks, in his venture with
Cabel last season, after paying the
latter $500 per week and giving
me ten per cent. of the gross receipts
for doing the managing. All this
talk, by the way, about any falling
out between Twain and Cibel is
the veriest of nonsense. Gable
will make another tonr next sea-
son. He is the most prominent
delincator in America and will yet
make a fortune on the platform
Another successful lecturer is
Talmage. English speakers, as a
rule, have not done very well in
this country. Matthew Arnold,
with all his reputation, cleared on
" $4,000 during his season in the
States, and half Of that went to
! D'Oyley Carte, his manager. Proc.
tor has done moderately well, but
he is twenty years behind the tine
Spurgeon is the only Engllshman
who would create a furOre in
America, but he says he wouldn't
come over here if all the world
were bullion and he could get it foI
a single lecture"
"When the lecture platform does
come into favor again the demand
will be for historical and scientific
lecturers. John Fisk, who has
written a great deal for llarpers Is
a promising historical lecturer. lie
narrated stories Of the revolution
SO we'll last season that he netted
$4,000, and he is just commencing
| II. G. Burner, editor Of Puck, lS
another clever fellow. He does not
make the impression produced by
Cable, but he has fortune at hlS
disposal in the recital of some OF
the droll things he has penned."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
Not n Single Gray Hair.

sYou may laugh and think me vain
tbipg.D writes Mrs. }. r. c., of San fran
cisco, 70 friend in this city, " but have
not a gray hair in my head, and yet (sad
to saw am fifty and a day. Recently
nv hair was not only quite gray but quite
thin. too. Parker's Hair Balsam--Inaae
in New York, think-did wonders iIr
me. Try it if you have occasion. II real, al,
ly does what / say, and restores the eolo'
ALSO Not a dye, not greasy, highly per
/ fumed. Only reliable SOC. dressing
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

A distinguished judge once COM
plimented a red.iaced constable for
having performed some official du.
ty very acceptably. "YOur honor,'
exclsin5ed the officer, 81 would
bl6sh If | cOuldP
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
From n Sense Of Duty.

Some people shrink from making
pnblic The benefit they have re.
ceived, while others are free to tell
it abroad for the good of fellow
mortalS. OF the latter kind is Mr..
J. II. Coppuck, of Mount Holly,
n. j., who writes, IL am one OF
many who give their cheerful ap-
preclalion of the merits of the etli'
cac, ofyour valuable Browns Iron
Bitters, from a sense of duty. This
bitters is doing much good in our
county, for which can vouch."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

"Is your chum a close studentw
wrote a father to his son in college.
You bet he is, Father" was the
reply. "You couldn't borrow q V
OF him if you were in the last stages
of Starvation
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

Robinson (after a long whist
bout at the club)-" It's awtully
late, Brown. What will you say
to yonr wife ~ Brown lin a whis.
per)--"O, shan't say much, you
know Good morning, dear ~ or
something o that sort. She'll say
tn restlp I.Hi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

Is that your boy, Smith -
" Yes; do you think he takes after
me y Gle might have the dispo-
sitlon to TO it, bat after you'd had
chance there wouldn't be any.
thing left for him to take.r ''
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

BY taking Ayers SarsaparlIla
many u poor sufferer who submits
to the surgeons knife because OF
malignant sores aud scrolnlous
swellings, might be saved, sound
and whole. This will purge out the
corruptions which pollute the blood,
and by which such complaints are
originated and fed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

DR. T. +. LOCKE,
IL SURGEON DENTIST.
OFFICE: Main St., opp. the Court House.
WOODSTOCK, VIRGINIA
Artificial teeth inserted In any inaunv' ll,,
desired. Careful attention gwen 10 ili- .i-
ing and extracting. Parents should oilus
their children and have their teeth eA, "a,
amined, and procure information tha' VIII
be of great value in after life
All work guaranteed. Prices moGel",e' .)l
Jnly 10. Ely.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

The best blood purifier and sys-
tenn regulator ever placed within
the reach of suffering humanity,
truly is Electric Bitters. lnactivl
tv of the liver. hiliOusness, laun
dice. constipation, weak kidneys
or any disease of the urinary or
gans, or whoever requires an appe
tier, tonic or mild Stimulant, viii
always find Electric Bitters the best
and only certain cure known, They
act surely and quickly, every bottle
guaranteed to give entire satlSiac
ton or money refunded. Sold a
fifty cents bottle by b. Schmitt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

For all scrofulous disorders, for
syphilitic and mercurial diseases,
the best remedy is Ayers Sarsa-
parilla.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11

"A church bell in Saratoga re-
Gently rang 10l tlmcs-one stroke
for each year of its existence. This
is the only instance on record where
the age ola Saratoga belle has been
tOlled.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-09-11
DR A. MARTIN,
SURGEON @ DENTIST.

Respectfully informs the public that
he has resumed the practice OF his pro-
ession orders left at the store oil /. .
Frayel. In Woodstock. willreeeiYe pro-
mpt attention
Jau.1 18th q.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-31

~ Proof Of Labor blanks u Ne mad
nASh frSA Axe a-AAAl.S. - AA 49,
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-31

Joseph Hopkinson, in the summer
at 1898, and it was first called the
''Presidrnt's March" 1t was al
ways sung when Washington came
into the theatre, and one If the ~
jects of its writing was the cultlva-
ton OF a patriotic spirit among the
people OF the new Republic. 1t
WAS first put into music by II Ger
man music teacher at Philadelphia,
named Roth.
The Star Spangled Banner
was written by Franc 8 Scott Key
while watching the b"nbardment
OF Fort Mcllcnry, in 1914. lie
was in a tmull vessel among the
British ships, and lie Jaw his Oun
uNm1n win the victory. All
thiv' Tie git lie walcltd anxious
~ to zee it I'll, fsg was still stand
ing, looking fer it ut night by the
fash of the bombslells, and anX-
iously awaiting the dawning. The
song was printed in the Baltimore
American eight days after the bat
tie, under the title of The Defense
of TT. McIlenry."
Many will be surprised to learn
that Yankee Doodle" is not OF
American origin. Even tho words
date back beyond the days of
Queen Anne, and the tune is still
olde DR.. Schuchburg first intro.
duced the song into tins country in
contempt Of the ragged co!oniaI
soldiers. At Concord and Licking
ton the British, when ad advancing to
fight, bravely played God Save
the King" and after they were de.
teatrd the Yankets, AZ they watch
ed their retreat, struck up ~ ankte
Doodle. u drp, IN Clsretand
Leader.
The Lincoln County leader. [volume] (White Oaks, Lincoln County, N.M.) 1882-189?, 1885-01-31
JOSE MONTANA Y SAIS,
Comersiantes Pormenor
LINCOLN, = n. n.

HUI Nor working p~0pls send ~ crnts
HHI Up stage IN I We will mlil Won freS =
lllilIl r val. ' Ia Tile = -p'e Dor of goods
that viii pu' you in ths wsy rfmak
ing more money in ! fe~ days han you ever
thought pc &sihle A. enV business. Ctpital no
required. YoT can live at home and work e.
spare time "nlv o. all the time an Of hOtl
seIss, Of AFe'. E-an@ly sucsassful. E0cent'
tn 81 eSG'ly earned sV ~ s""niTK That al
who Wsnt work nv 'st tn business. W.
make this INV ralleled nner n oil Who arc
not u.l Gs'iSh~d Ne ~ll send 81 N Me-
Ior IN tronbls OF "rtinsu'. BphnsrucTl"r
MAZE nv those Tho rive thSir whole tins Il
tho work. Crest sucoSa' shSolutsly SIRE. r.
not dslAv star now. A'drsSS SrINsoH 4
Co. POrA'n' Hsine