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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
October Song.

When the fields are ripe and yellow,
When the leaves are shrunk and sere,
If thy thoughts are mild and mellow,
Sing and praise the fading year.
II thy heart is full Of groaning,
If thine eyes are near to weep,
Vex not Nature with thy moaning,
When she folds herself to sleep.
All things have their times and seasons,
Nought that lives from change is free
God is wise, and for good reasons
Birth and growth and death must be.
All things ind their fitting places,
High and low, and great and small,
Kings and peoples, creeds and races,
In the wonder Of the All.
Breezy hills and blastful mountains,
Chirp Of birds, and thunder's roll,
Thinking rills and gushing fountains,
Powers that spurn weak mans control
Cradle song and chariot's rattle,
Mighty thoughts that stir the soul,
Throng Of business, roar Of battle,
All make music in the whole.
Art thou young,-be bold and daring,
Flap thy wing and spur thy pace,
Fruitful labor never sparing,
Where a spade may find place.
Art thou old, in quiet corner
Live from fretful labor free,
Wise with faithful hand to garner
Life's rich fruitage stored for thee.
And when Death comes, ugly spectre,
Spare thy hand the frutless blow
Bow thy head the great Director
Wisely willing willed it so.
Death must be: and in the keeping
OF harsh frost all life must lie,
Til God shall please torouse from sleeping
All from God that may not die.
--BiackwoOds Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
SHENANDOAH HERALD
ADVERTISING RATES.
PRESERVATION OF EMDALRED BODIES,
Brooklyn Eagle.

Brooklyn Eagle.
In conversation with many en-
balners, found that all substanti-
ally agreed that an embalmed
body, kept above ground, should
remain practically unchanged for at
least month. One New York un.
dertaker had kept body for that
period, before it was sent to Europe,
without its showing any change
whatever. Another kept the body
ofa young man month, and then
sent it to Portland, Ore, where 1t
had a church funeral, remaining in
perfect condition.
Another embalmer related his
experiments with body which had
died Of a disease very unfavorable
to its preservation, and which he
did not operate on until twenty.
four hours after death, and that in
warm weather. 1t received an or.
dinary application Of embalming
fluid and remained in dark room
for three weeks without any change
whatever. 1t was not until the
fourth week that any alienation
could be noticed in it. Of course
a more thorough enbalming would
have preserved it entirely.
Another embalmer recently en-
balmed a body, which lay in an or
binary casket in the vaultin Wood
lawn cemetery for a year. The
widow of the deceased wished TO
remove it to Philadelphia, but, hay-
| ing heard much about grave rob-
berries, concluded that she would
not bury an empty coffin, and in
sisted on its being opened. The
body was found as perfect as the
day it was put in the casket, but
was as hard as wood and had
shrunk greatly. This embalmer,
who had also operated on more
than 1000 bodies, does not believe
that a body properly embalmed
will ever decay. This view of the
matter would seem to be borne out
by the experience of DR.. Holmes
with the body Of a man who was
buried in Paterson, n. j., in 1867.
The body was embalmed. -Four.
teen years later it was found neces-
sary to remove it to the cemetery
beyond the city limits. The coffin
was opened, and there, to the as
tonIshment of every one, the body
was found to be unchanged; ex.
cept a little mold on the beard, not
a feature was changed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06

Messrs. Alvan Clark Il Sons, the
famous opticians OF Boston, are IN
receipt of letter from DR.. Otto
Strive of the Pulkowa Obseryato-
RS, highly cOmplmenting the per.
foimance of their ;hirty.inch re-
fracting telescope recently erected
there, and informing them that the
Russian emperor has decided to be.
stow OH them the golden honorary
medal of the empire in recognition
of their services. A curious Incl.
dent is related of the PulkOwa
authorities in regard to the giving
OF the contract to the Messrs.
Clark, some years ago. One of the
astronomers at that observatory
had discovered, as he thought, a
new star, just visable through the
nfteen.inch refractor' by a Euro.
pean maker, then in use there, but
on reporting this find to the Wash
ington Observatory, the 2G-inch re-
tractor of that institution, then the
largest in the world, showed no
trace of it. This led the astron.
omers of PulkOwa to believe that
the Washington instrument, which
was of Clark's manufacture, was
defective, and they were on the
point of giving the contract to a
British firm, when it was discover
ed that the supposed star was
myth, originating IN the object
glass f their own telescope. This
induced them to reconsider their
determination, and they gave the
contract to the Boston firm, and, as
now appears with the happiest re.
suits. 1t will be remembered that
this firm is now working on the
thirty.six.inch telescope for the Lick
Observatory, which, when complet.
cd will be much the largest in the
world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
ETIQUETTE IN OLD VIRGINIA.
A Somewhat Remarkable Code-A
Test Which Satisfied Both Parties.

A Somewhat Remarkable Code-A
Test Which Satisfied Both Parties.
(Cor. New York Mail and Express.)
rhe Virginians lose good deal
of that worthless commodity, time,
in the observance of the most re-
markable code of etiquette ever
invented. II used to be, and in a
measure is still, considered the
height ofrudeness for one person
in driving to pass another person
on the road IL will be seen at a
glance the result of this system.
The slowest coach on the road
coul1 keep all the others behind it.
1t will also be seen that time and
distance were relatively of no i'm.
portance. Even now, when Vir-
ginia has been hustled and jostled
along in this great movement call
ed progress, the people yet apollo.
gize when they pass each other on
the road. It has also been alleg-
ed thata really high bred Virginian
never so far iorgets etiquette as
to inquire of a stranger where he
was from, because the stranger
might be forced to acknowledge
that he was from some other state
than Virginia, and it was only
charity to spare him this mortify-
ing admission.
1t IS a hotly disputed point, and
has been for the last 200 years,
whether a guest spending the
night with his host should make
the move to 60 to bed, or whether
the host should. The opposing
sides on this mOmentOus question
were taken by two ancient cayali.
ers in these parts. At Eagle Point
the host always proposed to 80 to
bed, and at Warmers Hall the host
invariably waited for the guest to
advance the proposition. One night
it came to test. The master of
Eagle Point went over to Warner
Hall to spend the night. Midnight
came. Both host and guest re-
NAMED politely oblivious of the
flight OF time. One by one the
family and other guest dropped
off. Still the two old gentlemen
sat up and cOnversed amicably,
and were evidently prepared to
die in the last ditch for the princi-
pies of etiquette.
The whole night passed. They
replenished the fire and the candles
but never alluded to the gOing-tO-
bed question. At daylight the
next morning, when the darky came
in to make the fire, there sat the
two old Trojans; conversation had
never tagged, and they were still
hard at it. 1t was one of those
rare tests which satisfies both par.
ties, as each was never tired of
telling how he got the better of his
adversary, and forced him to sit
up all night rather than yield an
iota to principle.
1t would be a mistake to think
that these harmless peculiarities
keep the Virginians from being
agreeable. On the contrary, they
are singularly courteous, consider
ate and without angles. The
strict attention they pay to the
small, sweet cOurtesies of life is
wonderfully quaint and delightful
after the hurry, the rush, and the
economizing of fpoliteness one meets
in the busy haunts OF the world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
A MlEAOOLET,

OF the folks for whom we have no use at
any time of day
We've made little list, we've made lit
tie list,
OF those who make MS tired no matter
what they say,
And who never could be missed, they never
could be missed;
There's the fellow with poem that is
really quite the thing
To make our circulation take most gigan-
tic spring,
And another with a picture that looks as
if fly
To save his buzzing being couldn't prove
an alibi,
When indicted in the first degree for help
ing the artist,
| And he who asks us if we've seen the joke
ourselves had spun
Aud who always will insist he's leading
humorist
The man who strikes the once Wheh Vho
clock is striking one,
Who ne'er a lunch has missed, alas he's
on the list,
The dude who has a lady friend who's
written rs verse,
He'd like to have us put it in for better or
for worse,
Just as a favor to himselt-we've known
him scarce a week
And hate man who seems to have corner
upon cheek
Because we rather pride ourselves we've
got some on our list
This fellow'd ne'er be miss'd, this fellow'd
ne'er be missed.
The man who thinks that Just because we
have his verdant V
He's our subscription list and really will
desst,
If our politics don't suit him to the very
last degree,
He never would be missed from the sub
scription list
The man who thinks the Editor has naught
to 90 but sit
And hear him gable what he thinks is Is
carat wit,
And also he who wonders why we don't do
this or that
And asks us if we DO not think this num-
bers rather fat.
Oh yes, dear friends, we've got them all
right upon the list,
They'd not a one be missed, they'd not
one be missed
MORAL
To all who'ye read this poium and are
bruised by its fist,
We pray you all be missed, we pray you
all be missed. Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
NATURE.
by W. W. LONG.

The student of Nature is a hap
py mortal. He may not possess a
great deal of what's termed wealth;
he may not own houses and lands,
yet he is happy. The world holds
no better enjoyment than ramble
amid the beauties of Nature. A
long walk IN the rosy flush Of early
morn, in the glory Of noon, or the
shadow beauty of evening, gives
physical aud intellectual strength
to both body and mind. He Who
rambles abroad in the green old
woods, over the viOlet.dotted mead.
ow, by the murmur,ng stream ,
in the shady dell, upon the tower.
ing mountain with his eyes open,
will get from Nature in a few brief
hours more perfection in color, in
tint, in beauty, in sound, than he
would from years Of close study of
books. Seasons change, and Ma.
ture has her moods, yet she is al
ways beautiful, always fair. The
young Spring trips softly across
the earth, and wherever treads
green grass, blue.eyed violet, gol.
den hearted buttercups, swelling
buds and opening leaves come
forth to meet her. Summer brings
in the full bloom of Nature; the
trees are clothed in dense foliage
of living green, roses bloom along
the wayside, az we'll as in the cul-
tiyated garden, river lilies lit their
white leaves to the tender kisses Of
th cir water love, joyous birds I'll
the earth with music, and the air
is heavy with a thousand sweet
odors. Sad-eyed Autumn comes
softly upon the scene, and Nature
puts on her deathrObes-decks her.
self in colors more gorgeously
beautiful than the most gifted lin
ner ever can put upon canvass,
and in all her beauty lies down to
sleep beneath the cold, white snow
until the coy young Spring again
awakes her to new life and bloom.
Winter with his freezing breath,
sweeps across the land, and binds
it in an srmor of ice. But Winter
has his beauties as well as his three
sweet sisters. A broad stretch of
snow.field with the evening sun
giving it a richer sparkle than the
most costly diamond, the western
sky cleaning like FURNISHED gold,
and the deathless green of the
solemn pines lifting their branches
midway between the red, gold and
purple of the heavens above and
the white snow below, as the twi.
light shadows come quietly down,
surpasses the greatest picture ever
given to the world by the hand OF
mortal. Natures pictures are re.
alities mans pictures though oft
times beautiful, are after all only
limitations. There is no durth in
Nature, and the weary mortal stain
ed with the earth.earthy will always
find a true friend in her.
Sweet Mother Nature, holy, gentle mid,
Take to thy loving breast thy weary child.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
II Is Well 10 Remember.

That every path bath puddle.
That the fruit Of SUCCESS ripens
slowly.
That he is the richest who wants
tue least.
That a million dollars will not
buy a ray of sunshine.
That the greatest of faults is to
be conscious of none.
That the brightest thoughts some.
times come from the dullest looking
men.
That Methuselah, even, never
complained of time hanging heavy
on his hands.
That all of the good things of this
world areof no farther good than as
they are of no use.
That d newspaper may be q
sewer, or stream Of pure water,
according to its source.
That what a man gets for nothing
he is very apt to valueat just about
what it costs him.
That we often unlock the door Of
fate with our own hand, and then
throw the key away.
That compliments and congratu.
latiOns cost nothing but pens, ink
and paper, Or-words.
That our homes are like instru.
ments of music, cf which a single
discordant string destroys the
sweetness.
That the path of life is beset with
throngs, and that they who are not
afraid to encounter them may gath
or the rare flowers that grow be-
tween.-Good House keeping.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
Who Buy the Patent Medicines.

In these days of medical colleges
from which, graduates are turn
ed out by thousands, armed with
the diplomas which give them au.
thority to cure disease according
to rule and precedent, one wonders
where the patent medicine manu-
facturers fnd customers for their
wares. In past years, when the
population was thinly spread over
wide areas and regular medical
attendance difficult TO procure ex.
cept in populous centers, patent
medicines formed a principal fea-
ture of the stock in trade of most
country merchants. 1t was to be
expected that under such conditions
there would be large demand for
remedies that were alleged to be
useful for the cure of the common
complaints which afflicted that
portion of humanity who found it
cheaper aud more convenient 20 be
their own physicians.
The trade in these proprietary
medicines does not seem to fall of
with the increase of facilities for
procuring regular medical attend.
ance. The last United States cen
sus showed that there were in
1880 jG3 establishments in this
country devoted to the manufac-
ture of these medicines. The mum.
ber of people employed in the bnsi.
ness was l,0lj and the aggregate
investment OF capital $40, 100000.
The annual product reached H..
$50, 900 New York led in this
industry, with nearly one third of
the total investment, Pennsylvania
stood second on the list, Missouri
third, with OHIO and Massachu-
setts following close IN tue rear
Philadelphia Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
DR A. MARTIN.
TAR. b. f. MAPHlS d BRO.
- -Dcntists.-

orY1ors. woodstooh and saulnsville, virginia
In Woodstock, "a, and 81 weeks Of each month
f.sauusvils I'd and an weeks.
Those In need " hrst class Dentistry At tmoder-
,te prices yin DO vel q can. ..-.,
F1u sets of Artacial teeth from 600 70 tieO'
$500 aud 5000. 49,. .n-.-
auings from 75c. % $500. ,.-s
Artiaaial teerh put up on soAd gold, ooia anu
2eiisiold Combination Ceiieloid and Rubber plates;
cold and Porcelain rivotlug' clasps &C., apeei4i
. ,'-,,',, ,,,y.n fo afsng and preserving the na-
l1r,l iss.h. and correcting tho irreguiaritleS'
AUno-k warranted fret class.
~ Tech ertracte1 absolutely Vithout pain Dy
le 40 Of Nitrous oxide Gas
Na-cll3. IL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
Why do Doctors Prescribe
Liquors

Because they know not what
else to do; or because sometimes a
little liquor serves to kindle the
exhausted fires of digestion. But
this liquor prescription is bad bust
ness for the patients, for it makes
drunkards out of a large majority
of them. Browns Iron Bitters
does not kindle temporary fire
1t nourishes, enrlches, strengthens
puri6eS. 1t drives out debility and
dyspepsia, and sets the fivigorated
system at work on a basiN o.
health,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06

solemnly. I've come to request OF
my honorable enemy suspension OF
hostilities for twenty-four hours
Agreed said Alfred, rising and
speaking with such cordial good
humor that Laura felt her heart
immensely lightened. But may |
ask the reason for this move Oh my
fair enemy's partV ?
'Oh, it's a shame TO joke when
poor aunty's hurt herself SOL said
Laura, with a sudden change OF
tone. She's sprained her ankle
badly, just when she's expecting
company, too. Uncle won't be
back till tomorrow, and she feels
she must depend upon you and me,
and so | thought We might
CLASP hands temporarily over
the bloody chasm,' b. oke in Alfred.
'Well, l agree to it heartily, and
you may command my services at
any time. am sorry Aunt Lefty
has hurt herself, and if you'll ex-
cuse me for five minutes, Pll run
up and see her.
well, you are a real good ma
tured boy, after ALL thought Laura
as she bounded away.
and now | understand we are
going to market p said Alfred, gay
". as he returned to her side.
gYes, | believe that's the first
thing on the programme returned
his cousin.
They started off together, Laura
very happy, though a little embar'
rassed. 1t seemed strange to be
on such pleasant terms with her
enemy. But this feeling soon wore
away. The ride in the mountain
air was delightful, and ere long she
found herself talking with Alfred
as she had never talked before
He was an uncommOnly intelligent
young fellow and good student,
but not in the least absent'minded'
Nothing seemed to escape his oD-
servation. and with it all he was 80
full of fun and boyish spirits
Laura found him most agreeable
companion, and he on his part saw
her in a new light, and began to
feel decidedly cousinly and alice
tionate. Always bright and art
less, she was this morning really
amiable. Crly once did a little
sarcastic remark escape her, whre'
upon Alfred. without word, point
ed smilingly to the handkerchief
still waving from the parasol that
lay across her lap.
4 bright color rose in Lauras
cheeks, but she looked up sweetly
and frankly into his face. 'Please
forgive me- she said Il had no
business to fire that shot, but | dld
it from force Of habit
She turned away her head im'
mediately, but Alfred'S keen eyes
noticed the slight Quiver of her lip,
and that she had to wink hard to
keep the tears back. lie changed
/ the conversation at once, and they
we're soon chatting gayly again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
At The Gate.
She lniaidlnl.

She Origidly).
Allow you to kiss me good night ere you
got
I could not permit such a freedom, o, no.
he (respeeyM'O.
Excuse me. OF course you know best
what is right,
Bnt / meant no oifense, ! assure you, Good
night.
She (dispa1iOnatsly).
The fool He certainly must have a thick
head,
To think for moment l meant what
said.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06

Bolts came down to breakfast
the other morning at his boarding
house, and looking about at the
scantily spread table put his hand
to his head aud said: Everything
makes me sick to-day! 'Ah', re-
piled the landlady sympathetically,
you require a spring tonic yes,
said Bolts, as he took cold bak.
ed bean on his fork, the doctor
prescribed one for me the other
day. Indeed, what is t" We'll
he said for toning up an empty
stomach there was nothing like a
preached egg. There is no sauce
like that Of a hungry man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
Looking 10 The Future.

She hadn't made up her mind
about it, and they we're so widely,
oh so widely separated-in the par
lor-from each other, maybe as
much as three feet. There was a
passive smile fringed with doubt
between them. She was engaged
in deep meditation with herself
and was looking on the floor, when
he said:
Matilda, why not give an answer
to my proposall
why, l was just thinking how
you will look when you get DID,
she thoughtfully replied.-Ken-
tucky State Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06
An Old Citizen Speaks.

Mr.. j. Norris, an old resident of
Rome, Ga, says, that he had been
badly troubled with Kidney Com.
plant for great many years and
with Eczema for three years; at
times could scarcely walk and had
tried many remedies without bene.
At, until he began taking Electric
Bitters and Amounting his hands
aud feet with Bucklen's Arnics
Salve. This treatment afforded
him great relief and he strongly
recommends Electric Bitters to all
who suffer with Kidney Complaints
or need Blood Purifier Sold b,
b. Sohmitt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06

Alfred feels any masculine triumph,
he does not betray it by word or
look.
'We'll both start again. he says,
heartily taking the little hand in
his large grasp for a moment. 'For
myself, | feel Pve been dictator
ial, 0verbearng sort of fellow,
and | want to ask your pardon in
my turn. And now may | ask as
a great favor that you'll give me
that blessed little flag of truce2 |
want it for a memento of this au-
spicous day
I'll give you half of it with
pleasure says Laura, with a mnsi-
cal little laugh. But I'd like to
have half myself to remind me al
ways to keep the peace
Miss Higley, who, while pretend
ing to talk with her cousin, had
been watching the cople furtively,
now said, in a sharp tone: 'Well,
they really seem almost 'spooney; (;
and to think how they've been
sparringever since became! George,
do you think you see any signs of
well, you know what | mean
over there =?
"Yell,' said George, his shrewd
face breaking into kindly smile,
Tm not a great judge of such mat
ters, and | don't like to jump at
conclusions but judging from ap'
pearances, | should say there were
signs not only of solid peace, but
of lifelong union between the
two belligerants.' Bazaar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1885-11-06

A Western editor has recently
discharged all his eomposltors be-
cause he thinks the wages demand
ed an imposition, and hereafter in
tends doing his own type-setting
In the next issue of his paper he
saws: 'oWing TO the eXoRbiTant
Wvges dEmANded by Printers WI
hvye concluded TO do Our owl
type.sEtiing IN the InTuRe..; ant
aLrh ougsawe n Ever lie Armed tqe
Bus,nessl WE do Nor see vn'
GREAT mastery in tue aR9Ip