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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
Explained.

Inthe studio of one of our leading
painters a lady of fashion stands in
ecstasy before a canvas.
"Ob! what a lovely picture
How l wish | could pant like that
You ought to let me into the secret
how to do it."
"Nothing can be more simple
madame you have only to choose
the proper colors and stick them OF
in the right places, and the thing
is done"
GA thousand thanks [ Will gC
home and start at once."-DEl
beureiR.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
PATENTS

obtained for new inventions, or for i'm
nroverents in old ones, Caveats Infringe
msnts, Trade Marks and all patent busl
ness promptly attended to.
INVENTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN
Rejected may still, in most cases, be
patented by us. Being opposite the u. >.
Patent Office and, engaged IN Paten1
business exclusively, we can secure pau
sass in less time than those who are re
mote from Washington.
when inventors send model or sketct
we make search in the Patent Office, and
advise as to its patentability,. free OF
charge. Correspondence confidential
fees reasonable, and no charge unless
patent is obtained. H. c;.,
We refer by permission to the City
Postmaster, and to the Superintendent o.
the Post Office Money Order DIVISION ID
Washington. For special references
sircnlar. advice, terms, &C, address
c. A. SNOW s. CO.,
Opnosite Paent Office Washington d.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

I overheard a remark by lady
a few evenings since at a reception.
The lady in question is in the neigh
borhood of 40, still charming IN
face, figure and repartee. A gen.
tleman who had not seen her for
twenty years approached and hesl-
tatingly asked
Is this Mrs. Ar
"It is"
81 knew You at once," the gen
tleman answered. 81 have not
seen you for twenty years, and you
look Just the same now as you did
when a GIRL"
"Gracious," replied the lady
"yOu don't say so. What an ole
looking girl must have been."-
Truth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
REKA HOU S z,
JOS. r. HOLTZMAN, Proprietor
EDINBURG, VA.

This new and commodious hotel is new
open for the reception of guests. Every.
thing is new from basement 10 attic, and
was built with 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 to
furnish the table with all that can tempt
the appetite and give perfect satisfaction
Charges will be very moderate, and
guests can rest assured that all wiR bs
done to make their stay comfortable snt
enjoyable.
A first-class Livery is attached 20 the
hotel. lDec. To- o. a.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
a WOman's Disco very.

"Another wonderful discovery
has been made and that too by a
lady in this county. Disease fas-
tened it's clutches upon her and for
seven years she withstOod its Sc
verest tests, but her vital organs
we're undermined and death seem
ed imminent. For three months
she coughed necessarily and could
not sleep. She bought of us a bot
tie of Dr. Kings New Discovery fol
Consumption and was so much re
lieved ontaking first dose that sh'
slept all night and with one bottle
has been miraculously cured. lie
name is Mrs. Luther Lutz.' Thus
write w. @. Hamrick & Co., o
Shelby, N. O.-Get free trial bot
tel at B. Schmitt's drug store
Woodstock, or L. Ii. Jordan, Mt
Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
Alexandria Gazette
ESTABLISHED 1900.

Its contiguity to Washington gives IL
an early precedence over all the journals
of the State in intelligence of the opera
tions of the General Government. The
proceedings of Congress are reported and
Al matters of interest to Virginia given
in dstail. From the State Capital receives
early and accurate accounts of all the
operations of the State government.
Especial attention Is devoted to the
news of Virginia, and concisely and COM
nletely 1t gives the news of the world.
In its Commercial columns the people
know they may depend uDon the Gazette.
ATES OF SUBSCRIPTION
DAnY-One year s6 six months s.
three months $50; one month so cents
TRI.wEEKLY-- One year 81 SIX months
81 three months s..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
LIFE AND DEATH
Or
JEFF ERS0N DAVIS.

The first and only one in the field. 1t
is a complete history of the life and death
of Mr.. Davis, containing 256 pages, and is
handsomely illustrated and contains the
funeral services, comments of the press,
etc. 1t will have a big sale. so per cent
discount to live agents. Price, paper
cover, % cents Goth bound, slOO -
Mailed to any address on receipt of price.
If you want to be agent send % cents
for Prospectus Book and circulars and go
10 work at once You can sell 25O copies
in your own town. Address, j. s. OGlL-
WEE. Publisher, 81 Rose Street n. Y.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

$50, good bye, dear old fellow,
and If ever You want $50 come to
me and we'll 90 together and find
some ore who will lend it to u.s.
FIieqende Bldtter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

A German officer cannot marry
an American woman without Bis
marks consent. American pork
and merican woman should bide
their time, may be sometime they
will get chance to snub Blsmarki
az did Mrs. Wetmore did tht
Prince of Wales.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

The mayor of st. Denis, France,
closed every baker shop in town
till the bakers pulled down the
price of bread to the old standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

DIR. Pierce's Pellets-cleanse and
regulate the stomach, bowels and
system generally. One a dose
purely vegetable.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

Health is wealth. Take SIM
nous Live Reg ulator for all sick
ness caused 10y diseased liver.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24

This quiet hotel has been reftted ana
refurnished throughout, and now offers to
all the comforts OF cozy home.
The table will be supplied with every
thing TO please the inner man.
H-The bar is supplied withIhe best
qualities of fine wines, liquors, beer cigars
&C., &c.
RA first-class Livery and Feed Stable
attached. May - 'o7-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
TuE VALLEY INK

(Biain Street, opposite the Court h"uss
WOJ JDSTOCK. VIRGINIA.
~. L. FULLER, PropfishF
Eff. JOHNSON, f: CLERK,
JACOB B. KELLER, MANAd@ >
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
A G.. WYNKOOP,

A G.. WYNKOOP,
ATTOR NEY AT L A v,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
WOODSTOCK VA,
Will practice in the Courts Of Shenan-
doah and adjacent counties.
Special attention given to the COLLECTION
Of claims and all legal business entrusted
10 his care. d
Will be in Mt. jackson on Friday anG
Saturday. before the 2nd Tuesday OF each
month, at DR.. L. H. Jordan's Office
May Il '94-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-01-24
SHENANDOAH HERALD
rs PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
THE HERALD COMPANY

Subscription, ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF
or year payable in advance.
Subscriptions not paid at time of sub
scribing may run three months for re-
spousible parties. But after that time
$500 will be charged without variance in
any case.
All communications of a strictly private
naure will be inserted only as advertise
metnts.
THE HERALD JOB OFFICE,
iscomplete in every respect. Editorial
room, business Office and steam presses be-
tween Railroad and Main streets.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17
Monster Ships and Guns a Failure.

A despatch from Gibraltar, Jan II,
says, To-day, while firing the 1l0-ton
guns aboard the ironclad Benbow,
defects were developed that make it
dangerous TO use them further. OF
the seven great llO-ton guns now in
existence, four are broken down,
although they have never been subjec.-
ed to the strain of half an hours
firing" The cr.fhe for emo, :-ous
guns and enormous ships has, we are
happy to say, never received any en-
couragement in these columns. There
is limit to effectiveness in both Ii
has been reached and passed. If the
deficiencies of the monster ironclads
are not yet made SO apparent as the
weakness of the heavy guns, it is only
because there Is not the same oppOr-
tunity for subiecting them TO the con-
ditions of battle.
They may serve TO impress the i'm
agination of the legislator who knows
ga big thing when he sees it," and TO
contribute TO the glory of their archi-
tects, but in the end their failure will
be a. dismal a. that of the llO-ton gun.
or the Armstrong; of an earlier day. If
there is any precedent that we should
studiously avoid in this country it is of
all others the British. The conditions
that prevail in England are not at all
favorable TO freedom of action in naval
and ordnance matters. and the history
of British experience in this line needs
only to be written TO serve as a perpet
ual warning as to methods it is best to
avoid.-Army and Navy journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17
Authors rs Diplomats.

We owe it to a happy usage OF the
American government that our great
commercial centres are favored with
the presence of such graceful and cul-
tured literateurs as DIR. Underwood.
Landor once said that while republics
produced genius il was left for mon
arches 10 reward it; but this like
many another hasty verdict upon
democracy, has been contradicted by
the development of the United States.
Not since the great days of Augustan
patronage in England, when Prior was
an ambassador and Addison Il secre-
tary of state, has there been such an
encouragement of letters as is vOuch-
safed by the cabinets of Washington.
To dispatch literary men on consult
ships and ambassadorships has become
almost a tradition of the American for
eign office. Nathaniel Hawthorne was
Il consul at Liverpool; Mr.. ID. Uowells
held like post at Venice, Mr.. Motley
and Lowell were ambassadors TO The
Hague, and to st. James, while the
predecessor of DIR. Underwood at
Glasgow was Mr.. Bret Harte. There
is a popular prejudice against the en-
ployment of authors in politics, but
we are not aware that the American
government is any worse served than
we are BY the scions of nobility and
gentility who waltz away their time at
foreign courts.
Probably the least satisfactory point
in the American practice is the brevity
of the official te IN, the '.quadricnnial
guillotine," a. DIR. Underwood puts it,
which shears clean Trough the course
Of business experience, and the pleas
ant growth of personal friendships as
well. Yet brief a. is the term, it has
been in many cases what lawyers
might call quadriennium utile-more
than one American author has turned
il to good account. Il gave us the de-
ightful "Italia, Journeys" of Mr..
Howells. and the matchless pathos of
the "Foregone Conclusion" 1t helped
to the exhaustive research that issued
in the dutch Republic" and the
United Netherlands. And to the
Marble Faun" and the "Scarlet
Letter." it added the pleasant sketches
Of the ''Old Home. Scottish Leader.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17
New York's Wretched Piers.


IL would surprise most New Workers
% be told that Notwithstanding the
growth of commerce at this port the
whsrves and piers of this city are MT
IN much better condition than they
we're before the war of 1872. We still
maintain the unwieldy and unsavory
wooden structures that were in vogue
n colonial DAYS, and because of our
natural advantages are too indolent to
improve them. If the city had TO build
oreakwaters and contend with the
ides, the case would have been differ
INT, but along our thirty-two miles OF
water front the tide rises and falls only
few feet. There has been little
Improvement of late years, but II was
On the old lines, and no new system
has found favor with the authorities.
Why this was So is easily seen from
he developments made by the inye III
cation into the doings of the dock de-
partment, an investigation which has
disclosed corruption as great as in the
laws of Tweed, though caused by a
iotal neglect of duty rather than by in
tentional fraud
At one time New York owned the
whole shore of the city up to 400 feet
beyond low-water mark, but little b
little it has parted with its possessions
10 private parties, allowed others To
build private piers on its prop rty, and
has permitted the Legislature 20 close
up many bulkheads and wharves be
longing to the people. for the benefit
Of cor"oratIons, firms and foreign
shipping lines, until ii has very little
eft TO call its own except in remote
and rather rural sections of the town.
Now there has come a crisis which will
compel the city to buy back all the
water front that il now controlled by
private owners and con truct su b
piers and bulkheads as are demanded
by the needs of modern commerce.
This will mean not only equal freedom
of the whaI yes 10 all water craft, but
substantial stone piers, q street from
$50 TO 200 feet wide around the city
such as has been ordered by the Legis-
lature for two-mile sections of East
and North Riycrs-ani a freight rail
, way on this street connecting with all
piers and all the railways that enter
the metropolis, or will enter by the
Hudson River tunnel. that Is to Toe COM
pleted in lS9l.-Philadelphi Record.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

The two Co-one are very familiar
figures in Washington. Col. Hay is
rich because he married a rich mans
daughter, and Col. Nicolay is poor
because he did not. But Hay is not
hurt by his weath, nor Nicolay by his
poverty; both are charming and
agreeable men. You see them every
fair day walking around the West End,
for both are great walkers; Col. Hay
accompanied by scme of his pretty
little children, and Col. Nicolay by his
oldest daughter. Col. Hay IL hand
me man with an air of youlhfulness
still, in spite of his gray hairs. Col.
Nicolay is older, and looks il. Col.
Hay devotes himself entirely to his
literary work and the cultivation of
his clever children. He lives in u
fine house on Lafayette Square, across
from the Executive Mansion, which
Richardson of Boston, designed, and
which is the mode, for several smaller
houses built here since. Col. Nico ay
il also devoting his time TO literary
work, which he found so eXacting that
he had TO give up his place a. Marshal
of the Supreme Court of the United
States He lives quietly and comforta-
by not far from Col. Hay.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17
An Important South American Road.

An important engineering work now
in progress, which has attracted thus
far very little attention, is the Trans
andine Railroad in South America,
which Is AN extension of the Argcn-
tine Pacific Line, and which will,
when completed, connect the port OF
Buenos Avres on the Atlantic wih the
Chilian port of Valparaiso on the
Pacific coas- The total length of the
road when completed will be $40
miles, and of this go miles on the
eastern end and so miles on the west
ern are now in opertion, leaving about
$50 miles in construction. This see
ton, however, includes the most difii-
cult work of all, the crossing of the
Andes. This crossing is made at the
Cumbre Pass, the summit level OF
which i about $1,000 ft- above the
sea, but the railroad will find its highest
level at 10 ,45O fl. above the sea, where
it will penetra the mountain by e
tunnel IA miles in length. On this
tunnel work is now in progress, while
a considerable poF. ion of the grazing
of the rest { t the mountain section i;
finished.
The contractors for the mountain
section are an English fir n, and they
have a large force at present employed
No date has vet been set for the con-
pIetion of the line, but il is expected
that trains will run through from tht
Atlantic to the Pacific some time il
1899
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

one (, antic rip and yanked out about
eleven yards in one bunch. and as tie
cotton got twisted around his watch
chain, over his eyeglasses. in his yer.
hair, and filled his lap, turned around
and producing the spool from INV
pocket said: Il am very much Obliged
for your interest, and very sorry that
misled YOU. Nou see that | have
about I24 yards left, but l presume
that you don't care for any more at
present. | am honestly sorry, but |
can't help smiling
1.-The man was modest sort of d
gentleman in appearance. His face
was as red as fire even 10 his ears. He
looked Hme and then at the spool. He
changed color once CT twice, and l,.c..
as the crowd caught on, big laugh
went up right in one of the painful
passages of 'Clsudian,' and the gentle
man who had intended to pull that
thread off joined in the laugh and said,
Il will square that up on my wife when
| get home, but, nv friend, l swear 10
heaven that | did think at one time
that l was going TO undress you where
you sat
alt catches every time, and my own
wife has been fooled twice on it,
Lewiston Journal.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

Viii Ma in bauk tssfh t.l.rsHr Z .HH
!. and ALREADY sInu.u- ttaflT $50 aa.
la THE World, tilauz lf ~ lrl . rI-H
1lI. mother came iu o. tfIl usr Ed.
supper was ready, auI every uur Haua-
into the dining rsum O. -,Hs tlaf ua-
well taken care of Ma1zie poured
out the hastily made cuflrs. ant if d
could only Lave -Iakeu on q curious
feeling of languor that would creep
over me, ] should have felt a. II 1
were in Paradise, after my long
months of solitude
"By the way. Walter" said Jack.
suddenly. "How did YOU happen To
come the Marsh road, a. Of course YOU
did, or you would not be here-you
know you always took t4e old
coaching road because IL WAS "A littl,.
shorter. Was it by chance. or did
tLey tell you at the hotel that the
aboid- au was DOWN."
81 believe they did tell me-" | an
swered. ''At least the hostler called
after me, but did not hear him. 80
L took the coach road, and if il had not
been for poor old Angus Mcdonald |
should be tioundering among the ice
cakes now instead of sitting here |
met him before had more than started
down the hill, and he told me about the
.Sito,' as he called it,"
For full minute after | spoke there
was dead silence. Then Jack opened
his mouth to speak, but was checked
instantly by look from father Mag
gle grew very pale, and then flushed
uneasily, and mother said something
hnrriallx aI a.
train, and how disappointed the girls
had been.
Something had evidently happened,
for every one seemed constrained, but
made nervous efforts to talk, so was
glad when the meal, which had begun
SO merrily, came TO close.
| went back TO the parlor with the
girls and tried 10 feel as | did when |
first came in, but il was of no use, and,
hearing Jacks footstep eros ing the
hall, slipped out and stopped him.
"Look, here, Jack" | began, '.did
| say anything out of the way at sup
per-" mol Oh, no." said Jack. un-
easily; he had evidently receiy ed pri-
vate instructions to hold his tongue,
and he found the task a hard one.
Every we'll" | answered shortly;
"if you don't choose to tell me, I'll 90
out in the kitchen aud ask the servants.
They will tell me fast enough. Now
what WAS there i'll my SAYING | had
seen old Angus to startle any one soI"
well, if you will have il, there was
a good deal. Angus died six weeks
ago. can't imagine how we forgot
TO write You about it-Walter!!!
can't tel much about what hap
pened after that, for the reason that L
don't kLow- Jack says just staggered
and fell, as if | had received a blow.
And when next was able to take an
interest in what was passing around
Inc it was nearly the last of January,
and had lost count of time for many
weeks.-Geoffrey Cuthbert Strange in
st. John On b Prog ess.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17
1O9 Years Old.

Captain Jack Haynes, the engineer
in charge of the elevator engine at the
Pagan building, is I02 years old. As
lac stood in front of the structure the
other morning no enc would have
placed his age at over sixty-fivc years,
and there would even have been some
misgivings az to his being quite that
venerable. Nevertheless, it was in
1877 that the old engineer came into
this world, his birthplace being in the
then unsettled region of Tennessee.
Like nearly all Tennesseans, the cen
tenarian is a six-footer, chews tobacco,
and loves a go, d story. He is active,
healthy, spare in figure and only
slightly bent with his wonderful
weight of years, an possesses the eye
sight of a frontiersman.-St. Louis
Repub ic.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

then does the maie cwho is a third
larger than the female) acquire his fall
name. 4 lion. life lasts from 80 To
40 years. He annually consumes o.
kills cattle to the value of 1920.
An Arab will make nothing of going
out To fight men, but he never thinks
of attacking lion unless supported by
at least 20 of his tribe armed with
muskets; and even then, if the lion is
killed, il is not until he has committed
serious damage in their ranks. For q
long while they suffer him TO deyastate
their douars and carry OFF their cattle
Ii il not until their losses have driven
them To desperation, that they resolve
on attacking him in his lair, and then
they always choose the daytime.
oftener, however, they make use of
Itratagem TO destroy him. They decoy
him into a hole or pitfsll, and, gather
ing round the edge of the pit-the
mighty animal lying resignedly at ti...
oottom-they kill him by repeated gus
,i.o;s; the women and children all the
while hurting now a volley of stones.
and NV n yolley of abusive words at
he head of their noble enemy.
Ordinarily. il will take ten or a doz-
IN balls 10 kill him. and these he re
,eives without stirring an inch or
altering n sound; but at length, feel
ing his death wound, majestically lifts
hls head. throws contemptuous
glance at his enemies, and couches
down TO die.
The roar of the lion. as Gerard iii ST
heard it, is worth description. After
waiting for an hour, the first grum-
blings reached his ear, Us if tle lion
were talking TO himself; and these
grew louder and louder, till the very
roof OF the hunters hiding place
,rembled at the sound. The roarings
were not very frequent, sometimes a
quarter of AN hour or more elapsing
between each.
They began with n sor' of sigh. deep
and cultural, Vet so prolonged that il
mast have cost no effort; this sigh
was succeeded by silence for few
seconds, and then came n growl from
the chest which seemed to issue
through closed lips and swollen cheeks.
This growl, beginning in n very base
note, gradually rose higher and louder
till the roar burst forth in all is
grandeur, and finished a. it com
mensed. Thus the lion always roars.
The Arabs call il rad (thunder), and
certainly nothing earthly can compare
with ii. The believing of a furious
bull is no more like it than a pistol
shot i like the sound of II 32-pounder.
Imagine what terror such roar must
inspire, heard in the lonely mountain
passes aad under the silent stars.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1890-09-17

Work upon the tunnel under the
Hudson River, connecting Jersey City
anu New York City, has been slowly
progressing, but in the course of few
weeks is to take new phase. An
English syndicate have taken up the
enterprise and have contracted for the
completion of the enterprise. The
porth tunnel already extends toward
Inc center Of The river from the Jersey
shore, and it is proposed to start lat
eral connection therefrom to the line
Of the south tunnel, in order TO work
both east and west from its center.
This would give, in connection with
he shore ends, four separate working
faces.