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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-04-24

tI--COMPAREt the SIZES and PRICES II our
Engines We nave NoAgclfs or middle men 10 pro-
tect by adding which customers must pay
A potr,y Hyhtads, Irtes On Uh,eLs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
PoIiteness and Its Place.

Sir Arthur Helps had the happy
faculty of puttitg expressions OF
wisdom into few words. IT was he
who said, Familiarity should not
swallow up courtesy Probably one
half the rudeness of the youths OF
this day, that later in life will
develop into brutality, is due to the
failure of parents to enforce in the
family circle the rule of courtesy.
OF all places in the world, let the
boy understand home is the place
where he should speak the gentlest
and be the most kindly, there Is
the place above all where courteous
demeanor should prevail. The lad
who is rude to his sister, imper.
tinent to his mother, and vulgar in
the house, will prove sad husband
for a suffering wife, and a cruel
father to unfortunate children. The
place for politeness, as Helps puts
it is where we mostly think II
superiuous.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

The strong attachment OF subscrl-
bers to a welI.cOnducted newspaper
is fully confirmed by publishers.
stop my paper words of dread to
beginners in the buiness, lose their
terror after paper has been rstab-
lished a number ofyears. SO long as
a paper pursues IL just, honorable
and judicious course, meeting the
wants of its customers in all re-
spect, the ties of friendship between
the subcrlbers aud the paperare as
hard to break by any outside third
party a, tho link which binds old
friends in business and social life.
Occasional defects aud errors in a
uewspaper are overlooked by those
who have become attached to it
through its perusal for years.
They sometimes become dIssatlsned
with it on account of somethl n &
that had slipped into its columns,
and may stop taking it; bat the
absence of the familiar sheet at
their homes and office for a few
weeks becomes an unsuppoItable
privation and they hasten to take
it again, and apologize for having
it stopped. No friendship on earth
is more constant than that con-
tracted by the reader for the jour.
nal which makes an honest effort
to merit its support. Hence a
conscientiously conducted papel
becomes a favorite in the family
FIX.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
An Episode Of the Battle of
Gettysburg.

Midway between the cOntending
lines says New York Star, was a
solitary tree that iu peaceful times
had given shade to harvest hands
at their morning meal. Early in
the morning some Confederate
sharp shooters had crawled out to
this tree, and were able to reckon
their game at every shot. SO de-
structive, in fact did their fire be-
come, that the widest imprecations
we're shouted at them by the
Federals and threats were made
that if taken, they would get no
quarter. All at once there came a
lull in the firing from that part of
the line. A Confederate was seen
to rise up from the base of the
tree and to advance toward the
Federals with his hand raised.
Shots we're aimed at him, but there
was curiosity at his approach, and
and the word was, 'Wait till we
see what he wants to do Some
thought he had mind to desert,
and encouraged him with shouts of
'Come over, Johnny we won't
fire. But il the Confederate spoke,
what he said could not be heard
in the din Of the cannonading and
musketry. Forward still he came,
and all eyes we're strained to SEQ
what it could be that he meant to
do. 1t might be merely trick to
deceive. Suddenly the Confederate
dropped upon the grass. The next
instant thrill of enthusiasm pass
ed through the Federals, murmurs
OF admiration were heard and then
a cheer as hearty as if given in a
charge burst forth from their
throat, and the cheer repeated in.
creasing in volume, proved that un.
selfish actions are possible, and
that there are noble hearts to ap-
preciate and respond.
The Confederate sharp sh Ooter,
who had been doing his best to de.
stroy his antagonists had observed
in front of him a wounded Federal
lying helplessly on tue ground be-
tween the two lines and begging in
his agouizing thirst for drink and
at the almost certain risk of losing
his own life had gone forward to
give comfort to the distressed
enemy. This is what caused the
Federal cheer, aud for a few min.
utes stopped the work of death in
that neigbborhOod. When the
sharp shooter had performed his
act of mercy he hastened back to
the tree and with the warning cry,
'Down Yanks, we're going to FIRE;
the unpremeditated truce, was
ended and was forgotten in the
grand event that followed almost
Immediately after.
The next day-the Fourth OF
Jply-a heap of Confederates was
found under that tree. Whether
the hero OF the day before was one
of the ghastly dead, will never be
known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
The Lord Provided.

DIR Lyman beecher was noted
for his absence Of mind and for
getfnlness. Mrs. Beecher once re.
ceived a sum ofmoney and it was
the occasion of rejoicing that would
enable them to pay a bill for car
net. so she committed the money
to her husband, charging him to
attend to the matter Immediately.
la the evening the doctor returned
from the city inh high spirits. He de-
scrlbed to us a missionary meeting
he had attended. Doctor said
Mrs. Beeeher, 'did you pay for that
carpet to.dayY 'Carpet! What
carpetP responded the doctor.
'Why, the one I gave you the
money to pay for this morning.
There, said the doctor, that ac-
counts for it, At the missionary
meeting they took op contribu.
ton. When they came to me l
said | had no money to give thsu-
wished | had-at the same time
feeling in my pockets, where, to
my surprise, | found a roll Of billsi
so [ pulled it out and put it in the
box, wondering where it had come
from, but thinking the Lord had
somehow provided
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

HAvEA HoME.-llave a home
somewhere. Buy u tract OF land
and own it. Buy with Il full de-
termination of keeping it and sur
round yourself with those beauties
found only upon the farm. To be
the owner Of a nice little home,
poor though it be, is one OF the
greatest earthly blessings man can
enjoy. He can gather about this
little spot bis cows, pigs and chick
ems, and by honest labor and toll
what was once a wild tract OF land
has now become a lovely spot
where men are wont to go. After
you have spent yOsr life on this
little farm, aud your spirit is called
to its eternal home you have leil
the widow and little orphans a little
place on earth called home. Gentle
reader, 'there is no place like
home,' and you should think OF thi'
and neglect the matter no longer
--Es.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
Buchanan's Hopeless Love.

Right over there said an old
Washington society beau.recently,
pointing to a brown.stOne front
near the Executive Mansion, lives
woman who might have been
mistress of the White House un.
der Democratic rule if she had seen
fit to accept the hand of James
Buchanan. She comes from
very wealthy Pennsylvania family
and was cOurted by Mr.. Buchanan.
Her people wanted her to marry
him, but she didn't want to. She
loved poor clergyman, rector of
a church in her town; but the
family didn't want her to marry
him, and so they arranged that he
should be quietly transferred to
another post, some hundreds or
thousands of miles away. This
broke up the match and the maid.
EN- too, for she went into retire
ment at once, and has married
nobody. Neither the Punishment
Of her clergyman nor the elevation
Of Mr.. Buchanan to the Presidency
could make her change her mind,
and she remained and remains
single. She is an old, withered
aud sad woman, living there alone
with her widowed sister in that
great mansion, with actually more
money than they know how to use.
They are the richest people in
Washington, possibly excepting
Mr.. COrcoran, and they do nothing
with their wealth except to keep
up their magnificent establishment
and pet a lot Of cats and dogs
The lady referred to is the one of
whom tho story is told that Mr.
Corcoran one day sent her a polite
note somewhat as follows my
DEAR MADAM | have been for
some time thinking of enlarging
the Arlington Hotel. If you will
state the value of your stone man.
sion adjoining, | will send you my
check for the amount To which
she replied: 'MY DEAR Mr..
/ CORCORAN: | have for some time
been thinking Of enlarging my
flower garden. If you will state
the value Of the Arlington Hotel
adjoining, | will send You my check
! for the amount.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
Roller Skating

Roller skating has become a
cheap and popular recreation kInK
and assembly rooms, where 1t can
bo practiced, have multiplied both
in New York aud Brooklyn. The
rates of admission and charges for
the use of skating have been re.
duced, and the sport has been
brought within the reach ofclasses
that cannot ordinarily find enjoy.
ment in active exercise. Habits of
relaxation and taste for recrea-
ton are to be encouraged in this
workaday world; and Oh this ac-
count it is to be regretted that the
necessity exists for warning the
public against The evils Of roller
skating. The first objection to this
popular amusement IS based upon
the testimony of physicians. Roller
skating has been pronounced dan
gerous sport, injurious to health,
by some of the most competent
members Of the profession. The ex-
ercise has been condemned as too
violent even for boys; and theeilccts
of muscular strain and rigidity
of movement are represented as es-
pecially injurious to young women.
These physical results are apparent
to tho medical profession IN New
York and Brooklyn, and the warn
ing is too emphatic to be disregard
ed. The man who allows a daugh-
ter with a fragile frame and weak
constitution to persist in roller
skating is making serious mis-
take. He is suffering her to play
with her health, and may live to
see her pay the penalty in chronic
backache and "invalidism.'
Another drawback to unlimited
roller skating will be apparent to
any one visiting the assembly room
where it is pr1cticed. The coin
mlngling of boys and girls, young
men and young women, more or
less strangers to each other, in this
violent and exciting sport offer
alluring opportunities for the VI
cious. \ busy man who hears his
daughters talking cfiusiyely about
the great frolics they have had in
the rink, wonld better 90 himself
and get glimpse ofthe interior and
all that goes on.-N. Y. Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
The Lapp and His KeIn deer.

The mountain Lapps Of Norway
have learned to drink coffee and
wear stout Norwegian cloth, but
they set as much store by the rain
deer as ever. A poor family will
have fifty and upward in a flock,
the middle classes 800 to 700, and
the richest 1000 or more. The
reindeer is as much beloved by the
Lapp as his pig by the Irishman,
aud the reindeer often sleep in his
hut in much the same fashion. The
Lapp will whisper to his reindeer
when harnessing him to his sleigh,
and will tell him where he is to go,
and declares he understands him.
The reindeer is much like a stag,
only smaller; all the people, animals
aud trees in Lapland are very di'
minutive, the men are mostly under
five feet high, and the women un'
der four feet nine inches, so great
are the rigors Of the climate in this
as in all countries under the artic
circle, and the cows, sheep aud
goats are small in prop .tion. In
summer the reindeer feed upon
grasS, and give excellent milk in
the winter they feed upon moss,
which they scratch up under great
depths of snow with marvellous IN
stinct. When winter draws near
great numbers are killed, and the
flesh is dried and smoked to pro.
vide food when the grounds cover
ed with snow, aud but few birds,
like ptarmigan, partridges aud cap
ercailsie, are met with. The flesh
is very nutritious, and after course
of grass feeding it is surprising how
soon the reindeer become fat and
plump. The skin makes their dress
es and boots, the sinews their thread
and fishing lines, and the horns
their spoons and domestic utensils.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
SHENANDOAH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES,
President tyler and kis WHY
Coachman.

A Washington letter recalls .
story told of John Tyler, who, it
will be remembered, got to the
White House through the death OF
President, Harrison: Tyler was
very fond of fine turn out, but
his pocket was not deep enough to
correspond with his tastes. One
day one of the leading members OF
the diplomatic circle was recalled
from Washington, aud his magnlfi'
cent establishment had to he sold.
An important part of this was his
carriage, which was at the time the
finest by all odds in Washington.
lyle. had looked at it many times
with longing eyes as its owner had
driven it up and down Pennsyl'
vania avenue, and as it had stood
now and then in front OF the
White House. He feared, how
ever, the criticism which was sure
to attend the buying of anything
by the President at auction, and
called his coachman, with whom no
was familiar, to advise with him 10
regard to it. The coachman liked
the carriage and was anxious that
Mr. Tyler should buy it. But
Pat said Tyler, 'what Will
the world say at the Presidents
riding in second hand carriage 7
'Och your honor was the reply,
they will say nothing about 1t At
all, at all. You know you are but
a second hand President, any way,
and it seems to me nothing could
be more 6t! Whether the Presi'
dent bought the carriage or NOT
the reports fail to state.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
Sign Language Of the Indian.

One singular fact is the infinite
diversity of Indian languages
Not only every tribe but every
band Of which there are sometimes
fifty in a single tribe, has its own
dialect. In all times the Indians
have disdained to learn even a few
words of an enemys language.
Stranger yet, the Cheyennes and
Arapahocs for three quarters of a
century have been firm friends /;
camping and hunting together and
making war upon the same enemies
at the same time. The children
constantly romp and play together
in the common camp. Yet not one
in ten of either tribe can hold the
most ordinary conversation in the
language Of the other. Unable to
speak each others language the
Indians Of the West have construct.
ed a wonderful sign language by
which they hold intercourse. Ges-
lures, signs, are more or less nat
ural to every oLe. Among the
Plains Indians alone they reach
their most wonderful Development
SO complicated and elaborated is
the sign language, consisting oI
countless gestures and movements
the slightvariations in which marx
wide differences in meaning, that
only a few Indians in a tribe are
complete masters of it, and the
masses can only use it slightly. The
signs do not indicate letters, mol
words as with the deaf and dumb
but ideas. There is a sign TO indi
cate hunger, another for Stop talk
ing another for Summer, and so oil
indefinitely. Yet an expert sigT
talker will either make or interpre
a long speech, which consists of al
infinite number Of signs, following
each other with lightning-like ra
pidity. Two strange Indians will
meet on horseback, neither under
standing spoken word Of the 9th
er and while holding the rens with
tho left hand, will converse fol
hours with their right, telling sto
ries or relating their experienced
without a single misuuderstandin g
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

This is a grinding, sharpening,
polishing world. 1t is not a good
world for lazy people. 1t is not a
good world for day-dreamers and
castle builders. 1t is poor world
for something to turn up 1t lsa
harsh world for beggars, towards
and do.nothings. 1t is a world
out OF sympathy with excessively
dignifed and conservative people.
1t strikes, it chastens, 1t Furnishes,
it tears down, it builds up, it moves
ever onward to its mighty destiny.
To the brave and earnest toller, to
the worker that knows no encour-
agcment, to the sufferer that
bates not a jot Of heart or hope
it is gracious, albeit a solemn,
world. 1t works out in them some
thing akin to God and immortal
life. And so they work right on.
They fill tue hours of their lives so
full Of labor that they have no time
for discomfort and rcplning. They
are weary often, they have been
racked with pain, there are prob
lens that defy them, there are sins
that humble them, but conquered
they never have been. with an
awe that is not fear, and with con
sciousness of demerit that does not
exclude hope they dare to believe
that the secret Of the world IS
Love, and not Hate, Victory and
not Defeat. Theirs is the solemn
hope of the Hebrew prophet, 'At
evening time it shall be light.
r. ThonDSOu.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
The Training Of Children.

Infancy is the only time when
It is natural or right to be wholly
recipient. Between this time aud
full maturity giving aud taking
should be wisely alternated until
one becomes as essential to the
happiness as the other. 1t is. not
Kindness but cruelty to neglect this
training in responsibility to allow
youth quietly to appropriate every
thing and contribute nothing. 1t
is simply a training in sellishness,
which quickly bears ingratltude as
one Of its chief fruits. Children
who are honored by their parents
confidence, and accustomed to add
their share Of self-sacfifce whether
the good of the family requires 1t,
will rarely bs guilty Of ingratitude.
They are not opposed to, but in
quick sympathy with, their pa
rents, not because they are gifted
with specially sympathetic natur es
or are in any way superior to
ordinary young people, but simply
because they have been made
sharers with their parents in the
cares and hopes, the responsible .
tiles and labors of the family.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

For regilding frames that have
become spotted it is quite common
to use gold bronze mixed in dex.
trine, but it is often found that the
spot reappears. To prevent this,
rub the regilded spot, after it is
thoroughly dry, with melted bees.
wax applied with a scst brush.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

TAKEN AT HIS WORD.-It was
one of the genus tramps. lie
knocked at the door Of a house, and
when kindly looking woman open
cd it he said
'Madam, | am very hungry. |
have had nothing for a week back.
Why, you poor soul, said the
good woman, wait a moment and
I'll find something for you
And she gave him an old porous
plaster, aud closed the door before
he had finished thanking her.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
TAR 3. T. MAPHlS IL BRO.
~ Deuff-

OFrrcTs Woodstoch and s@'Hi'' 'i7'
In Noodstoct, ist aud 81 Neef' 'i 'A-| '-
1, s.unsville "a ana $50 weeks.
Thoss in ucei of nrs' class Dentistry 81 l-' -'
,teprc-r. viii do well o. CALI ..-..
III 80. on Artificial teeth from it0pi9 t'i.l''
50 50. =. 80 sianrs rom sl2, 50 5000. silver
erinss from 1Bc.to so. ~.,t...t
Irtihcls teeih pui up on li fo.o' oo.' .'o
a.l.ioid Comslnan 1n, Csilcioi- -us Eupn H''
sod aad Porcosin rivaiiiN c.Asi-' - ~ go.
.,s..t,on si,rn o. dllrE aui irrsert.ng tAe La
,.-.I s.sth, ana correcting tAe irreyalantes.
M rors va-rauted hrst cia-s.
w-Issiher extracted absolutely without pain "
~ sse Of Nitrous O1idouas
March lt.-u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
VOL. IS.
The Drunkards Wife.


Do. stranger, stop one moment
And hear my sad tale
It's not long; let me tell you
Why these checks are pale,
Why my head is uncovered,
And my dress is so worn,
Why the countenance wear
lis sO sad and fOrlOrn.
l was once q bright maiden
With a heart full Of mirth,
And my parents were blessed
With the good things Of earth;
was tenderly uurtured,
Not wish was denied,
Was the pet Of a mother
And a fathers fond pride.
They called me sunbeam,
For nay face was so bright;
But ala,i that sunbeam
Has changed into night
And the parents that loved me
Now rest with the dead,
And la poor wauderer,
Am begging for bread.
! was wood hy a lover,
And become his fond wife;
We ioururyed in happiness
Down the pathway of life,
Till thr wine cup allured eimi
Aud ail love has ileG
Aly husbands a drunkard
And I'm begging for bread.
Yes. hc who carcssed me
And called me his wife,
Now heaps curses upon me
And threatens my life.
Tonight from his presence
ln horror I've fed;
NV husbands a drunkard
And I'm begging bread.
Bnsht hopes are all blasted
Hv the influence of rum,
10 has robbed me Of happiness,
OF comfort and home
My little ones are left
Without clothing or bread,
And shiveriug with cold
As ,hoclcss they tread.
Sir. on the wife Of a drunkard
Fate has dealt its worse blow,
For no sorIow can fathom
The depth OF her woe;
lis -hc Who ha, tasted
All Gle bitterness of life
do, stranger, have pity
On.a DOOR drmkards wife.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

When a Chicago woman whips
her children with her slipper, they
look as though they had passed
through a threshing machine, a
Kansas cyclone and dynamite ex.
plosion combined. Hhat strong
constitutions they must have!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

A clergyman, visiting a woman
in a severe illness, asked:
DO you derive any comfort from
the instruction Of the Bible ?
'Oh, yes indeed was the reply.
what particular passage do you
rely upon at presentT asked the
minister.
Grin and bear it, replied the
sufferer.
The clergyman departed to look
up a oOncOrdance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

A lady whose husband had con-
tracted club fever hit upon a
brilliant scheme recently. She
procured a partly worn gentleman's
glove and left it on the parlor sofa
when she retired, after sitting up
until 12 O'Clock for her absent lord.
He does not 60 out in the evenings
now.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

The smallest gnat could instruct
our best aeronauts,' says arehgious
writer. If this is true why do our
ablest aeronauts, on going 70 bed in
the mosquito season, battle them
selves in pennyroyal and coal oil TO
keen OIL those useful insectsi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

You can no more filter your mind
into purity than you can compress
it into calmness; you must keep it
pure; and throw no stones into ii II
YOU would have it quiet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

A girl having a 'musically modu.
lated nose is the latest 'sympho-
mic twaddle. This important fea-
ture is shaped Ikea trumpet flower
and has an English blow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

Philadelphia has a dude million
aire who goes about smashing.
things just for the fun of paying for
them. lie gives diamond pins to
walters who are especially atten
tive to him, aud otherwise verlties
the old proverb that tells us in
effect how money despises the COM
many of fool.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06

w. A. Quick, Esq, Farmwell,
Va. says in theyear 1884 be used
200 lbs. per acre of fertilizer made
from Powell's Prepared Chemical
on land planted with corn, aud
Notwithstanding the drought, he
made a better crop than ever got
from the same land with s35 and
$40 fertilizer. The Chemicals only
cost 5000 per barrel in sufficient
quantity to make one half ton OF
complete fertilizer. Brown Chem.
ical Co., manufacturers, Baltimore
Nd. II -------
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-06
Are YOU Tired OF Being sick!

We want to say word to the men,
women aud girls who work in stores,
Offices and factories. There are hundreds
Of Thousands Of you in the country. Very
few Of you are we'll. You are shut us too
much and exercise too little. In this way
YOU yet sick. Your blood is bad, your
digestion poor, your head often aehes,
you don't feel like work. four liver,
stomach aud kidneys are out OF order
ParkeTs Tonic has cured hundreds OF such
ssssa Il is purs, sure aud pleasant