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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27

Idany Persons are broken
down from oyerwork or household cares.
Browns Iron BittcrS Rebuilds the
system, aids digestion. removes excess Of Lille,
and cures malaria Get the genuine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27

The tie between II. B. Chapman and
Dr.. j. i. Campbell was decided by a
draw which resulted in favor of the
latter. thus electing the entire Progress
sive ticket.
In Strasburg two tickets were in the
field. The following ticket was elected ::
Mayor, II. P. Ludwig. Councimen, c..
II. Stickley, Cyrus Kelster John Bowman,
W. n. Smith. Obed Chandler and L. D..
Funkhouser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27
LADIES

LADIES
Needing tonic, or children who want build
ing up, should take
BROWNS IRON BfTTERs.
II Is pleasant; cures Malaria, Indigestion,
Biliousness, Liver Complaints and Neuralgia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27
In Gum Goods

have mems, boys and ladies boots, IN
GLIDING the celebrated "Snag Proof" boots
for men, children's, misses, ladies and
gents high and low arctlcs. Also extra
wide and heavy gums for coarse boots.
| also carry line of leather and fiud-
ings. Harness and sole leather cut to suit
nnrchasar
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-05-27
SHOES.

which will offer at the lowest figures.
My long experience as workman in
leather enables me to judge of the quail
ties of these goods, and l feel confident
that can give perfect satisfaction. My
customers can rely upon getting just such
goods as they want and as they are rep
raoantad
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
Tracing a RaIIroad Car.

One of the best jobs in car tracing that
was ever done in this country was COM
pleted about three weeks ago by car
tracer Of the New York Central That
road had lost car, and sent out the
tracer to look 1t up. He followed it west
10 Pittsburg, then to Cincinnati, then to
Chicago and from there to st. Louis.
Here he lost track Of it, but after some
search found it had been in an accident
and had been repainted. BY some over
sight the number had been changed, but
taking the new number, he chased the
car to Kansas City, where he found it
had been loaded and sent on to Calves
ton. To Galveston he went, and there
found That, after taking fresh load, the
car had gone to San Francisco. He went
after it, but on reaching San Francisco
found the car had gone back to Calves
ston. BY this time his blood was up
and he made up his mind to find that
car if 1t took the balance Of his natural
life.
So he went back to Galveston, and, to
make II long story short, followed that
cur to New Orleans, to Mobile, to At
lanta, to half dozen places in Florida,
then back to New Orleans, to Galveston
again, and thence to Kansas City, and
from there TO Chicago. He had now
been ON the hunt for over three months,
but had got 80 close to the runaway that
just as he came into Chicago by one road
the car left it over another on its way to
Buffalo Its load was consigned to that
point, and when he ascertained the fact
he telegraphed on TO have the car held,
and took the next train for the east At
Buffalo he came up with the car and
caught his first sight of it. He had
Travelled almost constantly for over
thirteen weeks, traversing distance of
10, 1000 or 12, 600 miles. Interview in st.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
The Bonnet Was a Heap of Ashes.

A woman tells of n curious case
of apparent spontaneous combustion
which may perhaps explain some al
legged incendiarisIns or inexplicably
started fires. Coming home late from
the theater one evening she left her
bonnet, which was damp from slight
rain, on the parlor table, and forgot to
remove it the next morning. Toward
noon, passing through the hall, her at
tention was attracted by smell of
smoke, very faint, but still distinct,
and in the parlor, after some search,
its origin was found in tiny curl issu-
ing from the center of feather
trimmed bonnet
An attempt to snatch the article
from the table resulted in a sudden
transformation, as it fell to ashes be-
meath her fingers, Then it was dis
covered that the bonnet had been
lying on n table upon which was also
steraoscope, and through its lens the
morning sun had shone so ardently as
to develop n burning glass which in
its turn had created spark that had
run hither and thither over the bonnet
until ii was completely destroyed
Her Point of View in New York Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

A friend in Berlin, who is very much
in with the imperial family, apropos OF
of the young princes, writes: "Of all the
children, the crown prince is by far the
most clever, most gifted He, and es.
pocially Prince Adalbert, are remarka-
bly, musical, and play quite admirably
on tho violin, to the delight of their
parents. All are the most obedient and
merry little souls il is possible to imag-
inc. OF all their teachers, young theo-
logical professor is, perhaps, the favor
ite, One day, when he had been talking
to the boys Of the golden city, the eld-
ost exclaimed, How glad shall be to
got there For won't throw heaps Of
gold down 20 the poor people herer"
An anecdote told from tho same source
Of Prince Adalbert, tho third son, de-
serves TO bo repeated. When playing on
the seashore he found n little crystal,
which he forthwith presented to the
wife of one Of his fathers generals, who
happened TO be standing by. "Thank
you, dear little prince" said tho lady,
II think II is the prettiest little stone
ever saw" "Oh, thenp replied Adal-
bert, "if 1t is the prettiest you ever saw,
let me take 1t back again. for then
must give 1t to my mamma"--Gentle-
Womun
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
The Trade tnts of Arizona.

A miner near the Senator recently had
a rather singular experience with trade
rats, known also as mountain rats. AS
the nights were cold the miner took his
ore sack to replenish his rather hard bed
Having neglected to come to town for
several weeks his supply Of beans had
given out, and he had come down to q
diet of straight bacon. Considerably
out of humor, ne started in to pull his
bed to pieces one morning, and in re-
moving the sacks was agreeably sur
prised to find three pounds Of beans,
with little coffee mixed, which the
trade rats had brought from the Senator
and stored In his bed.
The rats are native Americans, and
very different from their imported Nor
way cousins. They are called trade rats
because they generally leave some ar
ucle in exchange for what they take
away, Prescott "a. T.) Courier.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
RE,Ey5E8LoNS
~ -zz<s.ssssAss - -
THE SLANG EXPRESSION.

why " Is Some Words ard Phrases Ae
quire Lasting FoothoId.
The slang" expression or word 4
gifted, as an instituhsn with little les
than immortality, and seems a necessity
as well as an evil. It appears to b,
! human nature to desire bit Of slang AZ
safety valve. Where profanity is 70
garded as coarse and offensive, the bit OF
expressive slang is used az relief fol
pent up feelings, and that, too, by lip,
pretty as well as those bearded. The
particular word or phrase changes con.
tinually, but slang. per Sc, remains with
US perpetually.
A history of the origin Of slang terms
would prove interesting linguistical lore.
Il was General Ben Butler who bestowed
"shoo fly upon America generation
ago. The great public took up this ex-
preston, and "shoo fly" was used to ex-
press contemptuous disregard of per-
SOD, place or thing. The successor Of
this bit Of slang cannot be recalled, but
every succeeding year has brought it's
popular phrase or word, a lingual coin Of
base metal, yet which passes current
everywhere, because stamped by public
approval.
AS TO the reigning favo1ite, it is "in
IT, It's origin is, as in all cases, involved
in mystery. Certainly demure Louisa
Alcott, in causing one Of her characters
in Little Women to exclaim, "Such
good time, and l am In itr' did not set
popular feeling in q direction which
made the words the slang phrase of 1891,
for it is twenty years since "Little
Women" was the book Of the day.
In fact, the slang term comes from no
apparent source and disappears into the
Oblivion Of a general forgetfulness It
is kept alive by its fitness for all occa-
sions, and because it possesses the power
Of expressing tersely a thought, express
sion or idea. That absurd creature Of
the modern stage, the singer of topical
songs, gives wide currency to the slang
word or expression, and if he weds 1t to
, taking, catchy melody, the life and
popularity of that slang will be pro.
loEged materially.
The elasticity Of slang is its chief
source of almost universal acceptation.
What does not to be 'in It" expressY
The high and the low find these small
words. stamped with public favor, capa-
Die of fitting thousand situations. In
its negative or affirmative phrase 1t de-
acribes the attitude of the lover, of his
sweetheart, the business man--in fact,
every human being is 'in IT. or not Sin
1t" as the case may be.
Allied to this reigning favorite is the
term "in the soup" Now, there is no
good reason for assuming that TO be in |
The soup is to be in trouble, to fail, to be a
loser. The simile is crude and almost |
stlpid one. Yet that mysterious power
which gives slang its currency, bestows
upon 'in the soup" a quality of elasticity
that fits endless subjects.
What the next slang term will be no
man can tell, because no man has been
found to give the origin of such terms
But that bit OF slang will follow sin
t." Is as certain as that tomorrows sun
will follow today's. And then Gin it"
viii pass into oblivion, there to join
'shoo fly" and the rest of the unremem-
,ered host. .--Pittsburg Bulletin.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

People do draw the most ridiculous
distinctions sometimes" " said the man
from the suburbs, who always smoked
a pipe ON the train. "For ipstsnce, Il
a friend asks you for a postage stamp
and you give it TO him, he becomes in,
dignant when You demur to accepting
the two cents in payment He assumes
n highly virtuous air, and insists that
he Is always very careful In small mat
tiers, SO you take the two cents. Yet,
offer him cigar or ask him TO take a
drink with you, and he exhibits no
scrupleS, but accepts al once. Il is en-,
tlrAly possible, too, that II he borrowed
i've dollars from you he would forget
TO return ii, but when il is question
Of two cents he is punctilious 10 de-
gree. New York Tribune.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
Lived 100 Years w4lhou. Medicine

Old Aunt Pattie Bird died recently
after having lived between 100 and III
years. No one knows her age exactly.
She lived and never took dose of medi-
cine in her life, and was able TO cut and
carry wood until about year ago, She
was stout and hearty until only few
days before her death, Aunt Pattie was
born in South Carolina and lived there
until abe was about twenty years old.
and then she moved to Georgia and set
tied in Hall county, where she lived un-
I'll 1899, and then moved 10 Forsyth
county, near Mount Tabor Church. where
she has since lived without ever being
ten miles from home. She was mem
Der OF the Baptist church and lived a
Christian hfe,--Cor. Atlanta Constitu-
uon.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

Prevention in the Care Of the Teeth.
A lady read an article in French pa,
per entitled "The Care Of the Teeth.
and 80 delighted was she with il tina,
she took it to her New York dentist for
him to read. Now this dentist happens
to be a thoughtful man as well as a
I, worker, and he wrote his patient to the
following effect concerning the flaws he
discovered in the article:
"The writer states that IL the saliva be
strongly alkaline, large deposits of tar
tar will be found about the teeth, which
Of course is perfectly true, but he goes
farther, and, reasoning from the fact
that tartar is dissolved by acids, he at
once recommends the use Of acid tooth
powders and washes, an error into which
,aaay theorists before him have fallen.
IL must be borne in mind that tartar is
composed uainly Of the phosphate and
carbonate on Time, and so are the teeth.
Therefore any acid that is strong enough
TO dissolve the tartar will also dissolve
the teeth.
"The thing is to keep tartar from getting
on tho teeth. AN ounce of prevention
II WOiAI pOtulu OI cure. morning ana
night and after each meal the teeth
should be thoroughly brushed, supple
inented by the use Of hoss silk after each
meal to cleanse between the teeth where
the brush cannot reach The writer of
the article in question fails to mention
the floss silk, which Is 80 important al
ways to have at hand.
"He also recommends soft toothbrushes
so that the gums may not be injured.
Now it is well known fact that any
part Of the human system is toughened
by regular exercise, as the palms of the
hand, ETC., and claim that the gums
should be brushed thoroughly, always in
q direction toward the cutting edge of
the teeth, the result being hardening
of the gum surface which will soon per-
init of the use Of the hardest brushes
without causing any irritation whatever.
Having brought the gums up to this
splendid condition Of health, the stiff
brush, 80 far from injuring them, con-
tributes to their density and toughness,
and Is much more serviceable in keeping
tarter from the teeth than the soft brush |
by the French writer
New York Epoch.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

Among the bidders for packages, con-
tents unknown, at the Delaware, Lacka-
wanna and Western Railroad company's
annual sale OF unclaimed freight ut Ho-
boken few days ago was Hiram Kist.
lor, who keeps store at Stroudsburg,
Pa He deals somewhat In books and
stationery. Among the packages offered
at the railroad company's sale was a
large box, the shape and general appear
ance of which convinced Storokeeper
Kistlor that Il contained books and
paper. He thereupon speeulated, and
the box was knocked down to him for
ten dollars.
Tho package weighed 200 pounds. He
shipped II 10 Stroudsburg, and when II
was opened no found that, instead Of
books and paper. no had purchased 300
pounds OF subnitrate OF bisinuth, worth
from $3.50 10 e4O0.--New York Letter.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

Your idea of testing the comparative
force of electric currents by hypnotizing
a boy and subjecting him to successive
shocks is a bold and original one, pro-
fessor," said the capitalist to whom the
eloquent visionary was unfolding his
new and starting scheme for the storage
of physic forces, but suppose the exper-
iment kills the boyy"
I'm that case" replied the scholarly
inventor, glow of enthusiasm lighting
up his pale, dreamy face, II should take
measures at once 20 secure another boy
and continue the experiment. &C Chicago
Tribune
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.


PORTLAND.
wheat Valley, sl.6gISasL8j per GENITAL
Flour-standard, 50 0O.
walla Walla 81 so
Oats-New White 30 to 45c per busheL
Mnlstufs-Brln sl9e e. shorts, s2l TO 2
ground barley. 81 to %; cnop feed. 81
to slp rliddlings. -, per ton.
Hay -tll@l3 per ton.
Bptler-oregon fancy dauy, 35c; fancy
creamery 571Za4U good to tair, 271S
California choice Hto3lc.
Fggs- Oregon 30 c per doz.
t'oultry-Cbickens, s5.50@s6.
potat ESQ at GOyper GENITAL.
p,se-Dregou. 40 l5c; California l2c.
sugars--GolGen &, re; extra Z, 40; dry
rannlated, 57S cnbe, crushed and Pow
,iei.ed. Jhc pei pound.
Beans-smsIl white, nc; pink ~
bavos, s,lr: butter, nc; limas, S54c.
pripd Fruits-- Quoted: Italian prunes
sc: Petite and German, &c per pound;
raisius, 81 81 per box; plummer dried
pears, 8 u Sc, sun dried and factory
tluirs, 81: evaporated peaches, TO lie;
s5nyria figs pc; California figs cents per
pIund.
HiGss-Dry hides, ~ to SC; &c less fol
rulis, green over So pounds, &c; under o.
POUNDS. g.; sheep pelts, 3Oc9SL.25.
SMOKED MEATS AND LARD.
Eastern hams, u to l31ac breakfast ba-
con, r. to l5c; sides, ll94c; lard, IL to lSc
per pound.
sAN FkANo1sCO, Jan. Wheat; buyer;
slR7
CHICAGO, AN 6.-Wheat, cash S98c.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
H4AE!Is:3S9, g
Ss-x7u--y=zzII s ~ NA-S
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SAVING A MANS LIFE.

He Was on the Precipice. but Ten Cen''
| Did Il.
vas poine down Cortlandt street
when | encountered middle aged man
who stopped me and said;
81 am no beggar, sir. I'm not asking
for money, but want you to do me a
| favor"
What is itY"
Come along, please.
About half square below was an
other middle aged man seated with ms
back against a store door and MS chln
in his hands
Heres the place, sir. said my gulue'
as he turned aside.
"Who's this MANI
"a friend of mine. Me and him nave
been partners. SO to say. for over dozen
years
"Well, what ails himT
CLEAR discouraged and wants to die,
sir Here, Jim. rouse up; here's gent
as wants to talk to you.
Jim lifted his head, gave me a brief
look and then lowered it again.
at come on me very sudden like,
whispered the first man as we sat down.
''As said, me and Jim has Travelled to
gether for years We've seen some hard
times together, and never knew him to
break down before He's always been
as hopeful and cheerful as if we had
million dollars back of us.
IF he's sick why don't you call po,
liceman?" | asked
at isn't sickness of the body, sir, but
of the mind, and no policeman could help
that. He just feels in his own mind
that it's no use to continue the struggle
any longer. We came over from Jersey
at noon and Jim was chirky as you
please, but along about an hour ago he
says to me, says he:
"'Tom, it's no use. The world is
agin us and we can't never climb up.
We are penniless, hungry and cold, and
we might as well give in Let's go and
jump in the river
why didn't your"
well, sir, wasn't that discouraged
that Jim was. said to him that we
would give it one more trial. I'm ex-
pecting, though, that Jim will start off
any minute. Poor old mani | should
hate to have him go wish you'd talk
to him in your gentle way and make
him see that he ought to live"
"How much cold cash will it take to
save his life?"
"AhI Then you are willing to save it%
"lf it doesn't cost too much Make it
as cheap as you can"
"Tll do it, sir, for know that times
are hard. Spea1in for both Of us, sir,
for Jim is too cast down to speak for
himself would you be willing to put
up dime apieceT
"If do, will Jim rally and make an
other struggle?"
"I'll guarantee it, sir I'll guarantee
that in ten minutes Jim will be as chirky
as ever and a-looking this cold world
square i'll the eyes again"
gave him the money and went off
but ten minutes later ran across the pair
on West street as they came out of a
saloon. Jim was too happy to see any
body, but the other stopped to say:
"Ah! sir, but you are the same man!
Look at himl Look at the joy and happi-
ness which has come over him! Why,
sir, only a minute ago he promised to
live on for fifty years yeti You have
saved mans life, sir-pulled him right
ont of the grave, as it were, and may
heaven"-
"Shayl" called Jim, who was hanging
to an awning post; Il wanter die agin!"
m. Quad in New York Evening World
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

Indian names are not alone in "mean-
ing something" Animals surnanes
arc really not uncommon among Amer
leans, though they are inherited and
not freshly assumed To say nothing
Of such names rs Fox, Vol, Hogg and
others derived directly from animals
we have names whose original signifi-
cance is quite lost, as, for instance,
Owen, lamb; Griffith, dragon; Ar
thur, a bear and Everett and Evarts,
both derived from Celtic word mean
ing swine.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

The bill season Is at hand, and GER
tain booksellers correspondent viii find
many imitators In spirit, though they
may lack his logic. This especial debtor
acknowledged his bill in this wise, III
never ordered the book; II did, you
didn't send IL; II you sent il, never got
Ii; II got II, paid for Il; IL didn't. [
won't" Yet they do say that even that
decisive note failed 10 bring the irats
writer his reoeipted billl-Boston Com
mOnWaAlth.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

Any single man or woman, also any
man or woman who is the head OF a
family, whom twenty-one years Of age
or over, can take up homestead Of
United States land. These lands are
divided into two classes. Either so
acres OF one class or 100 acres Of the
other can be- holnesteaded at ones op
ton.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED BIT
Or ). c. Aver X Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; sir bottles, %. Worth % a bottle.
old Amerlcan FamIlles.

In Peru there are families claiming
descent from the Incas whom Pizarro
murdered and despoiled, and In Mexico
both the name and the lineage Of the
gentle Montezuma are preserved, with
some estates conceded to the family of
the Mexican emperor by the Spaniards
Here are two families with living de-
scendants who trace their origin to an
antiquity which reduces that of the
nristocratic houses Of Europe to insig-
niilcance. Chicago Times.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
Al Ia.sros,inr pl.oov.ry,

An interesting archaeological discovery
has just been made In the forest OF
Eawy, near Saint-Saens. The excava.
tions undertaken by Mr.. CASTOR Le Bre-
ton have recently brought to light the
walls Of u building seeming 10 DO the re-
mains OF little antique temple belong
ing to the Second or Third century IL
Is quadrangular In form and stands com.
plotely alone. Among the debris they
have found some stataos of the Venus
Anadyomene In baked earth. Paris Ma
ture.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12

ID. s. Jordan declares that what keeps
the American farmer poor more than
anything else Is simply his habit of
dawdling. President Jordan knows a
thrifty farmer who pays less money IA
dny to those OF his hired men who work
near railroad, because every time a
train passes they stop to look vt it.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
As Stnnle ns Cnn.s

"Chamherlaiu's Cough Remedy
is as staple as coffee in this vicinity.
II has done an immense amount Of
good since It's introducIion here.n A.
NJ Nordell, Maple Ridge, MINI.
For sale by g. n. Goode, druggist.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
A Boston Parrot

Does Polly want cracker?" asked
Codlins, who was trying to amuse him.
self while waiting for Miss South Church
to descend to the parlor
Not any, thank you; but I'd be
obliged to you for little brown bread
or few baked beans, replied the well
bred Boston bird. New York Sun.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
naeAlsns ArnIoas.I

The Best SalVe In the Wssrld R,r Cnts.
hroises, Sores. Ulcers, salt Rheuua F'eyer
Srfcs, fettef, thapped Hands, Chtiniains.
toFns and Al rkln krupiiOns, and powt
NNely cures iiles, or M pas reQalrr4. ID
er money rcf0aded. Price. Is cests per
to1. for aale w nanl J. M, 20 Oim 81
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-01-12
German
Syrup

We have selected two or
Group. three lines from letters
freshly received from pa
rents who have given German Syrup
TO their children in the emergencies
of Group. You will credit these,
because they come from good, sub
stantial people, happy in finding
what so many families lack---a med
icine containing no evil drug, which
mother can administer with con-
fdence to the little ones in their
most critical hours, safe and sure
that 1t will carry them through.
Hp. 1. WiLrrrs, of Mrs JAs.W. KIRK,
Alma, Neb ! give II Daughters College,
20 my children when Harrodsburg, Ky.
troubled with Group have depended upon
and never saw any II In attackn OF Group
preparation act like with my little dapgh-
Il. ltis simply mi. ter, and hnd il an IN
faculous valuable remedy
Fully one-half Of our customers
are mothers who use Boschee's Ger
man Syrup among their children.
A medicine to be successful with the
little folks must be a treatment for
the sudden and terrible foes of child
hood, whooping cough, Group diph-
iberia and the dangerous inhenna-
tons Of delicate throats aud lungs. %