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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
A Particular Squirrel.

A novel sight was witnessed in
Columbus, Ohio, recently. There
is colony of gray squirrels IN a
tree IN the State House yard, and
in a neighboring tree on Broad
street are a number of fox squirrels.
a motherly gray squirrel, con.
cludlng her frisky neighbors are
not the right sort OF associates for
the young; removed her children to
another tree further away. The
removal was effected with none of
the modern improvements in travel
She simply took the little fellows
by the nspe of the neck with her
mouth and carried them from one
end of the lawn to the other. 1t
was tiretOme business. She would
travel about 80 feet with one OF the
half-grown fellows 10 her mouth,
and then stop to rest. Finally,
arriving at the favorite tree, she
would painfully climb it until she
arrived at the box IN the fork.
Then she would stick the babies
heads in the hole and give them a
push. This was kept up until
three "shy things" had been trans.
ferred to their new home, aud the
mother then considered herself en-
titled to a little vacation on the
lawn. She therefore frisked around
awhile and gathered up some Of
the grass which the lawn mower Of
the day before haG shaved of the
turf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
Added a Pr0YisO.

An old vag, who has been IN the
habit OF calling on certain bnsi.
ness man of Grlswold street for
dimes, was asked the other day
how much he would take 10 keep
away for all future time. He
thought for a moment aud then re.
piled;
"Give me fifty cents and I'll
never bother you again."
"I'll do it. IIere-let me draw up
writing to that effect"
An agreement was drawn up
and the vag read it over and laid
it down with the remark:
81 can't do 1t. There's some
thing cold blOoded about that
"But you agreed to-"
"Yes, | know; but think of a
man selling his manhood for fifty
cents I'd starve first "
swell, how much do you want n
"a dollar"
"I'll split the difference with
yOu."
swell, III sign, but | want a
prOviSo inserted that ! do not here
by lose my self respect, and that l
do not forfeit the right to come up
stairs and strike the man in the
next room if get hard up"
1t was added, and he signed and
went of to strike a free lunch
counter.-DetrOH Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

and We whanged at 'em right aud
LETT, and kept the brakeman busy.
The solitary passenger became in.
terested and made a first class re.
trlever.
The grouse were plentiful, bat
the China pheasants were thicker
than flies. we saw at least 500,
bat didn't get many. The China
pheasant is the finest game bird in
this country. Seven pairs we're
imported about eighteen years ago,
and, being protected by law for ten
years, they have increased wonder.
fully, and there must DC millions
of them IN Oregon.
"YOu see, 1t is no fool Of a trick
to shoot from a moving train that
wabbles along as though the
wheels were geared on eccentrics,
and so we wasted lot of powder.
We used about a hundred shells
and secured thirty.one birds, most
ly grouse. That beats tramplng
over the bills all to thunder.
"I don't know as you had better
60 up there right away to hunt on
the train. When | left, the Narrow
Escape system was tied up by
strike. The engineer hadn't got
and pay for two years, and he
started a kick.
"The receiver received we'll
enough, but he didn't seem to give
up quite so well, but perhaps that
was because there wasn't much TO
give up. The section men didn't
mind, because they could pick up
hand car load OF OLD ties most any
time, run down TO old man FAIR
graves place aud swap them off for
beer, bur the engineer and fireman
dldn't have a chance to pick up
any more ties than they needed to
burn under the boiler.
$50 one day the engineer ran the
locomotive Oft the rails into Sim
Hyde's potato field and swore he'd
stay there with it until the com.
pany paid him something on ac-
count. That tied up the whole
system, and the last knew the
engineer was camping in the cab
in the potato field. You'd better
wait until you hear that traffic has
been resumed over the Narrow Es-
cape" San Francisco Paper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
The ROsebud's Message.

A rosebud laid on the gateway
BY a hand so dainty and white,
Its petals inclOslng a message
In beauty upraised to the light.
A dear little maid in the garden
Had kissed it, all blushing with dew,
And had softly whispered this secret
From her heart so faithful and true.
'1fhe loves be will take it, she murmured
"And my heart will have nothing to fear
Lo, III put it just where he win zee il,
Then hide when his footsteps draw near.
She fingered not long in the sunlight,
For bhthely came singing along
The lad she awaited and looked for,
Heart joining with lips in his song
He smiled when be saw the sweet rOee'
bud,
And gallantly took it away
They were married soon after, and never
Has my lady regretted that day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

30 to be dead and done with the trouble
That fills each day with dreary PAIN
This Ia the moan of many a woman
Who thinks she can never be well again
at we're better for me and better for others
If were dead, aud their tears fall fast i.
Not 80, not 80, o wives and mothers,
There's bow Of hope in the sky at last,
and 1t tells you that the storm OF
disease which has spread Its shad.
ow over you will give way to the
sunshine of renewed health, if you
are wise, and try DR.. Plerce's
Favorite Prescription. 1t can and
will e6ectuslly cure all female
weaknesses aud arrangements, and
no woman who has not tried IL
need despair, for trial will con.
vince her that it ia the very thing
she needs to restore her to the
health she fears forever lost.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for i'm
provements in old ones, Caveats Infringe
msnts, Trade Marks and all patent bust
ness promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
REJECTED may still. in most cases, be
patented by ne. Being opposite the U. S.
Patent Once and, engaged in Patent
business exclusively, we can secure pat
snts in less time than those who are 70
mote from Washington.
When inventors send model or sketch
We make sesreh in the Patent Office, and
advise as to its patentsbility, free Of
charge. Correspondence confidential /;
fees reasonable, and no charge unless
patent is obtained.
We refer by permission to the City
Postmaster, and to the Superintendent o.
the Post Office Money Order Division IN
Washington. For special references,
circular, advice, terms, &c, address
c. A. SNOW a. CO.,
Opposite Paept O6iOe Washington, d. c
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
The New Discovery.

You have heard your friends and
neiehbors talking about 1t. You
may yourself be one OF the many
who know from personal experience
just how good thing it is. If you
have ever tried it, you are one of
its staunch friends, because the
wonderful thing abOut il is, that
when once given a trial, DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds a
place IN the house. If you have
never used 1t and should be afflicted
with cough, cold or any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble, secure
bottle at once and give it a fair
trial. 1t is guaranteed every time,
or money refunded. Trial Bottles
Free at b. Schmitt's, Woodstock,
or L. H. Jordah's, Mt. Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
THE BULL TERRIER.
He IS BRAVE AS A LION AND WILL
FACE ANY ODDS, AND WILL
STICK TILL DEATH.

SIlth I'LL DEATH
The bull terrier is a capital watch
dog, said a prominent dog fancier
of New York. He never barks, be.
cause he feels that he eau deal un.
aided with any burglar, and in nine
cases out of ten he is right. 1t is
all tooth with him, and a robber
rarely knows that he is present un.
ill he feels him. But in this line
of business he is not faycritr with
refined people. You see, there are
no bounds to the frrOcity OF bull
terrier when be Is once aroused, aud
the lifeless body OF a robber il an
unpleasant thing for the servants
to find on a kitchen floor when they
get up iu the morning. | once sold
good bull terrier 10 the widow of
clergyman.
She lived In q lonely house in
Westchester county, and before
she had owned the dog week a
burglar climbed through the base
ment window. He saw the terrier
in the dining room and managed to
Chamber up on the high mantel.
piece. 1t was bitterly cold night
in mid-winter and he chung there
shivering for several hours, while
the dog bungrily licked his jaws
underneath. The lady kept no
servant, and when she entered the
room in the morning she was at
first terribly frightened, but the
fellow told her such a pitlful story
of his sufferings that she was moved
to compassion. She gave him two
dollars and a good breakfast and
allowed him to go away. Then
she sent the dog back to me, ad.
vlsing me to shoot him, as such a
savage, remorseless brute was clear.
ly unfit to live. Bull terriers and the
widows of clergymen have no com.
mon ground upon which they can
amicsbly meet.
/ doubt, too, whether bull ter
riers, faithful, brave, strong and
watchful as they are, have very
much intelligence. Certainly they
have not as much as the Scotch or
the old fashioned Skye; mean the
big silky haired Skye, from which
the delicate little thing, like a min.
iature portrait of his ancestors, has
been bred for y lady's lap dog. A
prominent lawyer of New Haven
bought a fine bull terrier from me
about q year ago. On the second
night after the dog had been in his
possession the gentleman was a
guest at supper party and did
not reach home until the small
hours OF the morning. The terrier
met him at the gate of his orchard
and drove him up an apple tree,
where he held him a prisoner until
the family arose at breakfast time.
The dog had only seen him half
dozen times, and he did not re-
cognize him. This is danger with
all bull terriers when used as watch
dogs. They reason slowly, and
when they once reach conclusion,
whether it is wrong OF right. they
cling to it as tenaclOusly as though
it was an opponents throat or
proving tramp's leg; and, like a
gun with an imperfect breech, they
are apt to iDjure their owners in an
excess of zeal. Nothing will be-
guile them to forget their duty
while life lasts, but their sense of
smell is very weak, and a bit of
poisoned meat thrown over the
fence is toIerably sure to clear the
course for the burglars when they
arrive, ready tor business, at night.
-Neto York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
DR. B. F. MAPHIS & BRO.
.Dentiste..


OFFICES Woodstock and sGumsyills, virgins
In Woodstock 1st and 3rd weeks Of each
month. In Saumsyiile 2nd and 4th weeks
Those in need Of first-class Dentistry al
moderate prices, will do well 10 call.
Fall sets Of artificial teeth from 500 to
Sl7.0O, $500 and $1,000.
Pure gold Filings from si.25 70 $1,000
Silver filings from IS cts. 70 $500.
Artificial teeth put up on solid gold,
gold and eelleloid combination, celleloid
and rubber plates.
Gold and porcelain riveting, clasps, &c
Special attention given 70 filing and pre-
serving the natural teeth, and correcting
the Irregularities All work warranted first
class. Teeth extracted absolutely without
pain by the use Of Nitrous Oxide Gas.
May 10, 'S4-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
VOL. 50.
OLD PROGRAMS.

Looking my treasures over
Today, | chanced upon
A package of party programs,
Danced through a winter gone.
As read the long list over
That told of the midnight whirl
wondered, little sadly,
II were the same glad girl.
Redowa, waltz and polka,
jenkins and Jones and Brown
Something after this order
Dances and names are down.
Oyer the names | ponder
Full half can't recall;
Men who were bowed tO-danced with
And forgotten after the ball.
But all thro' the seasons program
The single letter G
Is written over and over
How much it means 10 me
Men and names are forgOtten-
Gay par tners by the score
Buy the letter G and the winter
Are remembered forevermore.
Meetings under the gaslight,
A bow and a passionate glance
Smiles that are set to music,
A hand-clasp in the dance,
Nights that are full Of glory,
Whispered VOWS in the waltz
Passion and pain and parting
And then the measure haults.
All each life has its program,
With its mystic letter G.
And all its inner secrets
That letter is the key.
Titles and men are forgotten
The famous and the brave
But that one silent letter stands
Like a tombstone by grave.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
tk1- MEALS Al ALL HOURS
This house is not only noted for the beet
3jCGNT NEAL
L RRKA OUsE,
JOS. r. HOLTZMAN, ProprietOy
EDINBURG, VA.

This new and comnodious hotel is now
open for the reception Of guests Every.
thing is new from basement TO attic, and
was built with a view to making it one Of
the most comfortable and attractive hotels
in the Valley. The rooms are fitted up
with all modern Improvements in furni-
ture. The Office and dining room are
handsome, large and comfortable.
No pains or expense will be spared 70
furnish the table with all that can tempt
the appetite aud give perfect satisfaction.
Charges will be very moderate, and
guests can rest assured that ali will be
done to make their stay comfortable and
enjoyable.
A first-class livery is attached 10 the
hotel. lDec. 16, 's7-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
A RECRUITS Fate.

She is still beautiful, and though
far beyond the heyday of youth,
she seems like a girl, and Is as
tender and gentle towards all the
world as she was long years ago,
before her life was thrown into an
eclipse from which for time 1t
seemed that she could never
emerge. But nature is a stern
mistress, and often decides that we
shall live and labor at another
task when our chosen one has been
taken away and We only covet
death.
You ask why she has never mar
ried. She is so charming in person
and manner ; so bountifully sup
piled with Natures and Fortunes
choicest gift's-hOw comes it that
she, a paragon, yet lives without a
mate, and while pervading all
about her With the sweetness of
friendship and peace, throws out a
barrier, invisible but real, which
none can pass
You suppose it is a love story
the old one Of deception or incOn-
stancy. Well, it is a love story,
but not the old one, because there
was no voluntary wrong committed.
She lived right here on "The HILL"
where she lives now, and was just
sixteen. She was the only child,
and her father became rich, so the
great mansion of which she
is now the sole mistress
is not the house in which Dick
Harper won her heart and got the
promise of her hand.
Dick was my schoolmate long
before and in the winter of '63 we
both Joined the same company,
and were sent to the Army Of the
Potomac. We lad seen service in
the guard, and he was made a first
and l a second lieutenant in the
company of volunteers in which we
were to serve. So l know the
story as fit we're my own, and ]
knew Dick Harper as we'll as did
myself.
And he was without exception
the nobleet fellow ever met ! lie
had face like some of those great
masters have dreamed of wheI
they were trying to pant Christ
I and a heart as pure and true al
ever beat in mans breast. III
was 1.-THE and active, but by NJ
means an athlete, and l nevel
thought him suited to the awfu
hardsbips of war. 10 fact, | trieC
TO induce him not to go; but 1
was Just after Murfreesboro, whel
p atriots were sOrely needed, ant
be said he felt be could not tax,
SD elter under the stars and stripeI
unless he did bis part to save hi
country from its enimles. He wa
only bOy-just Dineteen-but a
full of ardOr as an old Greek, ant
brimming With patriotism TO bl
lips.
He was cheerful enough about /
all after his mother gave her re
luctant consent, until it came tC
the day OF parting with the beanti
ful girl who loved him as such
fellow deserved to be loved. The
he completely broke down becaus
she clung to him and declared b
should not 60. l was a stronI
man myself, five years his senlo
and had been married a year. NJ,
little wife said
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
e.. p HZSEY
DRUGGISTS @CHEMIST
EDIEBuRG, VIRGINIA,
DEALER IL
Drugs 5 Medicines,

Pure Chemicals, Toilet Articles and Fancy
Goods, Tobacco, Cigars, Snuff, Candy,
&c. Also Lamps and Lamp Goods.
School Books and Supplies, Glass, Yarnisb,
Wall Paper, full line Of all kinds Of
Oils. Agent for L. q NJ. Pure
Paints.
Prescriptions a speciality, night OF day
March -. 'S6-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

To cleanse the stomach, liver,
and system generally, use DR..
Pierce's Pellets. 20 cents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12
1872.

This quiet hotel has been reftted and
refurnished throughout, and now offers to
all the comforts Of a coy home.
The table will be supplied with every
thing 20 please the inner man.
B~The bar is supplied with the best
qualities Of fine wines, liquors, beer cigars
&C., &c.
HrA irst-class Livery and Feed Stable
attached. May 10 'e7-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-07-12

And 80 IL was. No saw hiu
there the next day, and our hearts
we're broken as hers had been. For
more than four years he had been
wandering about unknown, a poor,
despised, demented outcast, "hiie
loving hearts had mourned him as
dead, and the sweet girl he
worsbiped was trying to forget
him.
A few days more saw us beside
his grave. And now you know
why it ls that Miss II. has lived
alone and kept her mansion there
on the Hill as a hosplce for the
stranger and the unfortunate
Utica Saturday Globe.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-08

AN unknown disease, similar to diphthe-
ria, is epidemic in the northern part of
Desha county, Ark, and quite number Of
persons have recently died from the
maIady. This sickness has been prevailing
there for the past month.
REPoRrs come from Webster county,
XIV. OF a strange and fatal disease. Doctors
have been unable TO do anything for the
ahicted and have never agreed among
themselves as to what the disease is.
Physicians first pronounced 1t cerebro
spinal meningitis, but later on they called
it spotted fever, the victims rapidly turn
ing black after deavh.
ULYSSES MYERS, Of Tulville, Tenn, was
accIdently shot and killed on the I'd. He
was chopping wood and pistol dropped
from his pocket. AS it fell he struck 1t
with the ak and one chamber exploded,
the ball passing up, went through the
heart, causing instant death.
THE following pOstmasters were ap-
pointed on the ID: Tennessee-FFank M.
lincoln, Ethridge; James G. Haggard,
Waynesborough; ). W. Arnett, Hall Hill.
Mississippi--IA. A. Mitchell, Guntown; H
G. Butler, Knoxville. Arkansas-J. B.
Harper, Benford; 6. E. Carlock, Coleman
j. +. Johnston, Powers.
A woMAS by the name Of Sarah Ivey,
living near Marville, Ark, attempted 70
blow open a paddock with powder, having
lost the key. She poured some powder
into the lock aud then placed chunk OF
fire near the powder. 1t exploded, and
burned her seriously around the face aud
! almost destroyed the sight of one Of her
/ eyes.
! The supervising architect of the treasury
| has selected from among the lots offered
/ for the site Of the new public building al
4 Birmingham, Ala, that OF W. s. Brown,
! J. lockwood, Ignatius Pollock aud W. H.
! Graves, who offered lot on the corner ol
/ Second avenue and Eighteenth street, fOI
I So, 900.
IT is authoritatively announced that
President Cleveland viii return TO 6hs
/ State of New York to reside on the expira'
ton Of his term of Office, aud viii, on
March 5. resume the practice Of his profes-
sion in New York City.
'MARrHA FRAZER, a l6-year-oId girl, was
roasted to death In bed at Warrior, Ala.
4 on the I'd. Her clothing caught fire from
a stove and she jumped ia the bed with tbs
hope Of extinguishing the flame, but to nc
avail.
I 'THE legislative appropriation bills a.
completed by the Senate Committee. in
creases the salary of the Presidents pri'
vats secretary from s, ,2s0 to 5000.
A FERE at Graniteville, S. c., on the Isl
/ destroyed the warehouse Of the Granite.
/ willie Manufacturing Company, containing
2346 bales OF cotton. Loss, 100000 insur-
ance, $4,000.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1889-02-08
MAsHINarnN Nnrru-

CONSUL BLACK has been recalled from
Buda-Pesth. His offenss consisted in
writing protective theory articles in a
Hungarian paper published In New Y York.
He was "left-ovsr" official Of the pre-
vious Administration.
THE American shipping and Industrial
League met ia Washington on the 30th
with General Joseph Wheeler, OF Alabama
iu the chair General Pitkin, OF Louisiana,
was the principal speaker.
THE great vault constructed IN the north
court OF the Treasury Department build
ing az Washington for the storage OF silver
coin has been found 20 be so damp as to
rot the canvas bags i'm which the silver
is stored aud consequently 10000 large
wooden boxes have been ordered in which
70 store $50, 100000.
GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER, OF Ala
hama, was elected president; Charles s.
HUI, OF Washington, secretary, and Aaron
Vanderbilt treasurer, OF the American
Shipping and Industrial League at wash
ington on the 31st
THE total receipts of the Patent Ofice
the past year were 81. 1896 and the total
expenditures 1914, los. There were ~, 42O
original patents issued during the year.
Tux Agricultural Appropriation bin COM
pleted by the House Committee on Agri-
culture proposes an appropriation OF II, =
nousuAV as compared with esNiuape9 OF III
6s6, $50 and an appropriation for the pre-
sent year OF ~, rs. S26. Seeds In the future
win not be distributed to Congressman
but to state agricultural experiment
stations.
GEORGE WENTWORTH GRAY has been np-
pointed receiver Of the North River Sugar
Refining Company, OF New York City, the
charter OF which was confscated because
ID belonged 70 the great trust.
TEE German Minister at Washington has
stated that the part OF the proclamation
declaring war against Mataafa having
reference 60 foreigners viii be modified.
The demand OF the German Consul that
Mataafa hand over tbs Government "a
Germany has been Withdrawn.
INDIAN AGENT OWES has issued in
structions for all who have not proper
permits and for all intruders TO leave the
Chickasaw Nation within thirty days. This
order is aimed chiefly at the non-citizens
who are now holding cattle ia the Chicka-
saw Nation and who refuse 20 pay tht
cattle tax Of 81 per head per mouth.
THE public debt statement showed Z
decrease during January Of sI2, 2i0, 2o5.
THE Senate Commlttes on Military
Affairs has reported favorably the bili {,
niace General W. S Bosecrans ON the Sc
tired list with the rank of Brigadier-Gen
srsh