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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
the matter of forming chance &C

the matter OF forming chance ac-
QuaintanGes.
OF course, the man is to blame
for being a rascal. but being one,
he cannot be expected to hold aloof
when pretty girl is quite ready to
be had for the asking. 1t is in the
power Of any girl to avoid making
such acquaintances. 1t is also in
her power to make them in any
number, and it is rather an import
ant matter that she should be 80
educated that she will not want to
make them.
How to effect this is clearly a per.
picking problem. Girls naturally
love dress and love masculine adj
mirati0n. These traits cannot be
eradicated even if it were desirable,
but they can be modified in most
cases by judicious home restraints,
begun at an early age and patient.
" persisted in until mature years
are attained.
1t is not every mother who has
the sense or tact or judgment to in
spire a daughter with that maiden
ly reserve which is a young wo.
mans surest safeguard, but if a
general sentiment be cultivated
among young women, to the effect
that young men without credentials
are to be Stunned, there would be
fewer sensational stories for the
reporters.
The case Of the respectable and
Industrious poor in the great cities
is not here referred to. Their mode
of life is blot upon our civiliza-
ton, but somehow their daughters
seem quite as likely to make rea'
sonable marriages as those whose
parents have climbed up a round
or two of the social ladder, and
have aspirations toward still higher
positions.
These people soon begin to real.
ize the purchasing power of money,
but do not at all know the tradi-
tions which protect it in a social
way. Their grown-up daughters
are taught to snub the playmates
Of their childhood, they have few
mental resources, they want the
society of young men, and If their
parents do not give it them they
take it themselves.
In some such way as this most
of these foolish episodes of contem-
porary life originate. They will
sometimes occur even in the mos
careful and exclusive circles, but
these instances are sporadic. The
easiest victims are the ambitious,
audacious half.traIned girls Of the
period, who, though they may be
really innocent and honest, are far
too easily accessible to chance mas
culine acquaintance.
For good or i'll these girls are des-
tined in the natural order Of things
to be the mothers of the coming
generation. Isn't it worth while to
look after their welfare? ?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
,Rarnlnncnl.i

There are medicines which give
only temporary relief and then
leave the sufferer worse off than
before, especially in cases OF dys-
pepsia. Remember. See what Mr..
j. NJ. Gaines, of Gaines, $. g., says
about this prince of tonics, My
wife has been greatly benefited by
il; she had been troubled with dys.
pepsia for years, aud now | believe
she is permanently cured 1t also
cures liver aud kidney complaints.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
waking at VIII.

A business man says that for years
he has been in the habit of waking
himself at any hour he wished
simply by impressing upon his
mind before going to sleep the
fact that he must awake at that
time, and saying further that he
seldom varies five minutes from
the moment which he had assigned
himself. We have very distinct
recollection Of many instances In
which we have ourselves tried the
experiment with success, and at
one time, when it was necessary for
a considerable period for us to
wake on certain days of the week
at a very early hour, to take the
first tram to the place where our
services were then needed, we had
an opportunity of studying the cir
cumstances under which this pecu-
liar species of self.cOntrol is most
easily exercised. During this perl
od we found no difficulty in wax
ing regularly within about five
minutes of the time necessary to
enable us to reach the train COM
fortably, although for q portion OF
the time this involved getting up
long before daylight but we dis
covered also that in order to wake
with precision at the right moment
and to rest quietly until it arrived
it was necessary to look at our watch
Just before going to sleep. If we
neglected this precaution we were
apt to sleep uneasiIy, waking first
An hour or more before the proper
time, and allowing ourselves in con-
sequence only short maps aftcrwar
until the minute arrived for get
ting up. Whatever part OF our
mind it might have been that took
charge of waking us seemed to be-
gin its count oftbe hours from the
time at which We composed our
selves Of this our conscious reckon
ing was correspondingly uncertain
and the effort to wake vague, but
if we took a clear note of the time
in the evening we could sleep peace
fully through the whole OF the al
lotted interval, sure to be aroused
at or near its expiration.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

SHARP SCHEME OF A SwINDLER.
The ST. Joseph (Mo) Gazette
says a man has just been captur.
cd in DeKalb county practicing Q
new and peculiar method of passing
counterfeit money, which may be
described as follows: Before leav-
ing one town he addressed letter
to himself at the post Office OF the
town at which he next wished TO
operate in. The letter would pur'
port to be from his son and usually
inclosed a bogus $40 bill; in it no
told lot of bogus family matters,
expressed the hope that he would
soon find employment and refer to
the money inclosed. The letter was
shown to the postmaster or some
one else in the office who was asked
to read it, he being a very poor
scholar. The party reading the
letter was then requested to change
the bogus bill or to introduce him
to some one that could, and the
swindler generally succeeded.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

WHAT MAKES CoMPLExIoN.-A
pigment under the epldermis
makes the complexion. The color
ed person has a blacS pigment, tho
brunettes a light brown plgmens'
aud the blonde a still lighter pig
ment. When there is no pigment
in the skin, an AlbinOis the result,
with pink eyes, white hair, ano
white skin. When there is an ex,
cess of pigment,f e;kless moles ana
birth.marks.appear. Freckles are
not alone due to the action OF the
sun. Some people have them 10
abundance on the parts Of the body
oot exposed to the sun. The hsirs
hollow tubes, and have supply o
pigment sent into them which az
terminc the color ofthe hair. Ans
pigment comes from the oleoo.
White hair may be from absence o.
pigment or from the presence o. az
in the tubes. uD
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
A Boston Romance.

About eighteen months ago a
young gentleman living IN Com.
mOnwealth avenue, was smitten
with a violent passion for a pretty
servant girl employed in his moth.
er's house. They were married 80.
cretly, but the family early discov-
cred the state of affairs, and then
there was terrible time. Ii was
proposed to the erring son that his
low-born wife should be given a
certain sum Of money and sent so
far away that she could never
trouble him. 1t is presumed he re-.
gretted his hasty act, for he accept
cd the terms, and the girl was sent
away. The matter was confined to
members of the family, with the
exception of an aunt of the young
man, who helped furnish the money
TO buy the silence of the girl, not
even the most intimate friends hav.
ing an idea of the way things stood.
The young gentleman, of course,
passed for an unmarried man.
About six months after the dis.
appearance of bis wife he met a
beautiful girl At Cambridge, with
whom he fell desperately in love.
She was lovely, accomplished, and
his equal in birth and fortune. He
paid her marked attention for sew.
eral months, and finally offered him
self in marriage. The young lady
accepted bin, and the engagement
was announced. Now, during this
time, the aunt who knew his secret
had been taken violently insane,
and was put in the Mclean asylum
for treatment. The Cambridge
young lady, whom we will call Miss
White, had a sister in the same
asylum, who was insane from mel.
anchOly. Miss White frequently
visited her sister, and continued to
do so after her engagement, even
speaking Of her coming happiness
during one Of her visits. One day
one OF the keepers at the asylum
said to the melancholy pate mt:
Miss White, your sister is coming
to see you today In the opposite
gallery the aunt Of the young man
was confined, and she overheard the
message. She Immediately called
out: Il must see your sister when
she comes; l have a secret to tell
her. Accordingly, when Miss
White called, the aunt found means
to see her, and after asking il it was
true she was engaged, told her the
story Of the young mans marriage,
and that he had never been divorc.
oil. The young lady was almost
stunned, although, obtaining the
news in such place, she could not
believe it. Returning home she
told her father what she had heard,
and upon investigation lie found it
true. At this time the invitations
were out for the wedding and all
preparations made. Miss White
sent to her betrOthed husband a
note asking him to call at certain
time. When he arrived she walked
into the room and in the presence
OF her parents accused him of his
reachery and the terrible position
IN which he had nearly placed her.
He did not attempt a denial, and
could not find anything to say in
extennation except that he loved
her and thought that his wife would
never appear. The young lady,
suffered a serious illness, which
sufIiced as a pretext for recalling the
invitations. The kind of honor in
family which could permit such a
thing to 60 on, and allow an innocent
girl to be sacrificed, ought to be
bound in a separate edition of the
blue book.-B Boston Courier.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
DR. B. F. MAPHIS q BRO
.IDcntists.-

OsS1eEs: wOods.ocA and saums''ile' ''s'Hl''
In weodssock. ist and 50 weeks OF each month";
4, s.umsvifie 7d and 4th weeks. ,..
r,o.. In need Of arsi class Dentistry a. mooeI-
.ts psioss eli 80 vel - call .-o,..,t-oo oo
IN -, of Artiacial teeth from 500 TO tliOO'
NSw So. Aso 80 siiiuSs from tl2l 70 5000. Silver
allinss from 7ec. 10 500. ,,,,, oo,a aud
Artincial teeih put up on soAa so4a, UoiG ,','
s.n.loid CON mbnston Celleloid and Knober plates;
eoId aad Porcelain rivoting. clasps -, 20
.s.r,,on eiven 20 hinpg and preserving the h@-
49, s.~th, and correcting the ifreguiAnues-
" work warranted nrst class .,.ty
~ seth eItr-cted absolutely "i'ho"' pain y
-. ~ \ ltrous Oxideoas
MsrohiS.-G
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

An old negro at Weldon, North
Corolina, at recent lecture said |;
.When | sees a man going home
with a gallon of whiskey and half
a pound of meat, dats temperance
lecture enough for me, and | sees it
ebery day. know dat cbery thing
in his home il on de same scale
gallon ofmisery to ebery half pound
cOmfOrt.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
nomefhIng for the BABY

What terrible aiiliction about the house
is across, crying baby Ayoung man on the
edge OF matrimony might easily be fright
ened from his purpose by having too much
of that sort Of music at the home Of bis
married friends. Yet babies cry common
ly only when they are sick. One teaspoon
ful Of Parker's Tonic, given the little one,
will bring rest and sleep TO the baby aud
all in the house. Only 80 cents, at drug
Rlsts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
Fatal Sleep Walking.

Frank Eliason, OF 5lS North Sew.
enth street, was awakened about 8
O'Clock Monday morning by cries
that he supposed came from the
street. Throwing up the window
he looked out, but saw no one.
AS he was about closing the win.
dow again ne heard q voice above
his head cry!
For Gods sake save me, Frank.
Looking up he saw a white-robed
figure hanging from the caves and
recognized the voice as that of his
sister Kate. lie called to her 10
hold fast, but he had not taken
three steps from the window before
she fell to the pavement, thirty
feet below. She was picked up in.
sensible aud carried into the house.
Medical aid was summoned imme-
diately, but before the arrival of .
physician the young woman was
dead.
An examination showed that she
received q compound fracture OF
the skull. She was about twenty
five years old, and WAS the dsugh'
ter OF Thomas w. Eliason. She
had been dersDged for q long time
and has been subject to eplleptic
fits since infancy. She has often
threatened to commit suicide, but
had never made any effort to carry
ont her threats. She has been sub
ject to somnambul lism and tits sup
posed that she reached the roo
while under one of these spells.-
Philadelphia Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

Thos. Bean, Esq, Tabins Co.,
West Va, says in the year 1884 he
used Powell's Prepared Chemicals
Oh land planted in corn. Is con-
fident he got one.third more corn
where he used this fertilizer than
where he did not. When the drought
set in his neigbbors said the
Chemicals would burn the corn up;
bat it kept green and cared we'll
Address Brown Chemical Co.,
Baltimore, Md.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
UNDER A CLOUD.

Morris Tucker and his uncle sat
at their cozy breakfast table one
wintry morning, each with a copy
Of the mornings paper in his hand,
each with a clouded brow and
troubled eye. The elder gentleman
was the first to speak.
1T is bad business, Morris y
"A bad business, indeed, sir p
Then there was another long
silence, while each again read the
ominous news of the failure of a
firm whose business was so involved
with their own that the failure of
one house was nearly utter ruin to
the other. The hot chops cooled
on the dish, the coffee was untouch-
ell, and the breakfast literally
forgotten, when the gentlemen left
the house to ascertain the extent
of their misfortunes. Bad as they
feared these would prove, the re-
alities were even wore than the
anticipation, and before night the
old firm Ct Npcker & Co. was in the
list OF fai u'os.
There wae q dreary amount OF
hard, distasteful work to be done
after the failure was an established
/ fact but Morris Tucker never
/ flinched from any task or interview
till night shadows fell, and he faced
his uncle at the table once more
Then, with set features and a pale
face, he said:
IF you can spare me for an hour,
sir, | thinkI had better call on Miss
Cresswell.
Il can spare you, but are you
wise to hurry an interview that, |
fear, will be very painful 2
Better to understand my pO
sition at once, sir. If he
moistened the dry lips here, as If
the words chOked him if Meta
is true to me | will remain here anC
try to work my way up again to
the position held only yesterday
, If she frees me from my engage
ment, l accept your proposal to g
to California;
Il think it is a good time to look
lp those old claims said Mr..
Tucker, sliding easily over the frs
part of his nephew's speech 'ther'
may be money in them
I'VE will see II / do not 90 We
may be able to find some trust.
messenger
Il am afraid you will co. hi
uncle said.
1T may be. Mrs. Cresswell is a
worldly wOmau.'
Meta is a worldly woman Nay
let me speak, Morris. l have salt
nothing before, though my hear
was sore over your choice Of a wife
Meta is wonderfully fascinating
beautiful and accomplished as bu
few women are, but she is thorough
IL h -rtless. l hoped your choic
would fall on Olarice.'
'Claricel She is mere child ?
'Only two years younger thar
Meta. love her very dearly, Nor
ris.'
'But you are fond of Metap
sNol For her fathers sake, tn
brother of my dead wife, | have
tried to love Meta, but she repel
me ?
, yet you never spoke when
told you | should seek to win he
love-
Because love is too sacred i
Q my eyes for any one to interteI
with its expression. # Meta love
you will give her warm welcom
,, and cordial affection when 81
y becomes your wife, Morris. BI
It nerve yourself for the worst, m
St boy
os Nerved for the worst Morn
=. e. Tucker sought his betrothed brid
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
sHENhNDoHH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES
Why Protection Tor Americas
Sanufacfures IL Needed.


Extracts from the address OF
Hon. Thomas II. Dudley, delivered
at Astoria, New York, Oct. %,
1884.
Now you may ask me the ques-
ton, If we can compete with Eng
land in manufacturing these COM
modities why do we require Pre-
tectiou 7
| had committee in Ohio once
to wait upon me and ask that ques-
ton.
| will tell you why we require
Protection where we can compete
with England. We want 1t to keep
the manufacturing industry OF these
commodities here in our own coun'
try;so that we can pay the laboripg
people of this country the wages
for producing them.
We believe it more important
and more to our interest TO pay
these wages to our own people than
to pay them to the working people
Of Europe.
That is some reason. There is an
other reason. We require Pro-
tective tariff to prevent our country
from being flooded by oyerproduc-
ton. In Europe this is of frequent
occurrence, and arises sometimes
in this way: Three men, or more,
if you please, are manufacturing
fancy wooden or any other goods
one may be at Hudders6eld, one at
Manchester, and another at Brad
ford, in England. Neither knows
what the other is doing. They
have to manufacture in advance
and upon their own Judgment as 70
style and the demands Of the MARI
ket. For instance, for winter
goods they begin to manufacture
the spring before.
And these men, and possibly
others, not knowing what each
other is doing, or intends to do, in
the exercise of their wits as to the
class and style of goods which are
likely to be saIable in the market
the coming autumn or winter, all
hit upon the same class or style,
and when the season opens for put.
ting them on the market find they
have made more than the market
requires.
There is overproduction, aud they
have got to submit to loss, aud
the question with them is the ex'
tent Of the loss and what is best to
be done. They very naturally
come to the conclusion not to break
down their own market, and resolve
to keep up the price at home and
realize the profits there as far as
they can, and send the surplus 10
the United States and throw IL
upon our markets at whatever price
it may bring, and in this way break
down the market here, and bring
ruin and disaster upon our manu-
featuring and business men.
Whilst was consul at Liverpool
| invoiced hundreds Of invoices, to
the amount Of millions Of dollars,
at about half the price at cost to
make the goods in England. This
was done in consequence Of over
production, and the goods, in most
instances, were sent to break down
our market; to produce, as they
often did, CONSERVATION and ruin
among onr merchants and business
men.
All of our business men su1ef
from this, aud mono more than the
industrial and lsboring classes Of
oar country.
We therefore want a Protective
tariff, even where we are competing
with Europe in producing, to pro-
tect our own industries and our
own people from overproduction in
Europe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

A sure cure Tor potato bugs is
claimed to have been founded by a
Wisconsin farmer. His plan is to
plant one or two llax-seeds in each
hill Of potatoes. lie says that the
bugs will shun it every time, and
for ten yesrs he has thus been
successful in growing potatoes
while others have failed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

A young dude lawyer, who had
left some dress clothes with an un'
Gle, is preparing for society, and
was seen in . pawn shop the other
day. rs he here to prosecute = ask
oil friend of tho shepkeeper. 'On
the contrary said the pawn gen.
tleman, 'he comes here to withdraw
bis suit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
The Lovers SOIllOquy.

Much has been said, much has been writ
en-, on the subject of kissing, but we pre-
sr the following;
Cream and peaches once week,
Kiss your girlon the right hand cheek
Apples green and apples dried,
Kiss her on the other side.
That evinces wretched taste;
Take your girl about the waist,
Lift her on her pink toe tips
And print it squarely on her lips.
Seize the maiden in your arms,
Blushing with her tempting charms
And it would, we think, be snugger
Oft to kiss and tightly hug her.
Take your girl in warm embrace,
Heart 20 heart and face TO face,
Eve TO eve and nose to nose,
Flippy flop and away 1t goes.
What's the use Of all this rhyme
Take your girl at any time,
Squeeze her till the bushes come,
Shut your eyes-yuml yum J! yum J
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
lFor the SHENANDOAH HERALD. ]
Never Despair.
BY ALICE II. HOTEL.

Though fortune frowns upon you
And life seems full Of care,
All trials are but fleeting,
So, friends, DO not despair.
Remember that It's always
The darkest ere the day,
And when thy looks blackest,
The clouds will roll away.
Then brood not DER thy troubles
But cast all gloom aside,
'Tis wiser to be cheerful
UhatrT may betide.
God sends those little sorrows
To make us firm and true,
And lie will make them easy,
If we keep His cross in view.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20
The Saloon.

What place does Satan like the best :
Where does he sit, and smile, and rest,
And plant the greatest social rest
At the saloon.
Where does Old Nick erect his throne
OF kegs aud bottles, blood and bone,
And rule in power all his own !
At the saloon.
What makes the drunkard howl and hoot
And curse and swear, and fight, and shoot
And play the demon and the brutef
at the saloon.
Where do we find the meanest hole
Where men in foul pollution roll,
Aud kill the body and the sOul'
At the saloon.
Where do we find the liquid firel
Where hope and JOY and life expire,
Where bloody, hellsh deeds transpire
At the saloon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

l thought yeu told me you didn't
use tobacco : u don't But you are
putting a cigar now Yes, but
that's only thre-ecenter. No TO.
baco in il. ! %
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

Paris generally leads in the fash
ions, but Niagara cannot be equal
ed for fall style.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

Beginners with the roller skates
usually complain that the wAesh
are too round. .s.5a :. g. g
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

This q cold snap said the burg
lar Is he broke open q refrigerator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

Respectfully informs the public lha'
ha has resumed the practice ol MS pro
,ssion orders left at the store oi /. .
Fravel. In woodstoek. willfeceive pro-
apt attention
Jan. 18th Il.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

Ayers Sarsaparilla is just what
you want for u spring medicine
superior to all others.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-03-20

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