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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-16
SECOND COURTSHIP.
BY MARGARET L. KNAPP.

The Thursday evening meeting
was over. SOme one had opened
the outer chapel door, and stream
of cold air flowed in up to the cor
ner where a group IF women were
gathering about the stove.
"Naucy Bell AMT out tonight
6 shei 7" asked one Of them, stout
good -natured woman in mourning
Her neighor had sallOw, much
wTiukled, complaining face. Sh'
shook her head significantly, hold
ing her warmed WOODEN gIOY
against her cheek.
'Tve heard Sue was falling con
siderabIy Iately,% continued The
lie other.
FS.S.h ! don't speak so lO Il. She
hasn't ever got up from the gril
last winter. | shouldn't be SAL
prl>ed if she didn't last long. He
don't realize it, it amt likely--men
aiu't apt to-"
An old man in a faded brown
OvercOat, on the other side of the
stove, stole silently away TO the
door. 1t seemed TO Daniel B II
that it had grown colder In the
last hour.
What had those women meant
by speaking IF Nancy like that-as
if it had been auy body? If they'd
lived with her mOre'n 40 years, AZ
he had, they wouldn't have talked
that way.
Nancy had been pretty sick; lie
knew that well enOugh-hddn't he
taken care OF her 7 Anybody else
might have got discouraged and
given up; but she had weathered
IL as she had come alO1g-3he was
smart, Nancy was.
The horse turned into the yard OF
his own accord. Daniel unhar
messed him with stiff fingers. The
barn Was warm, and had clean
dry smell. Daniel was careful o.
his horses.
II thought it was about timt
for you, Dan1," said his wife, as ht
opened the sltting.rOom door. She
was looking up at him with hel
usual smile, but through the daz
zling laMplight which made the
room swlE before his eyes, it wa'
not her face that be saw, it was
Nancy, the wife of his youth.
Mrs. Bell was a pretty little oil
woman whose cheeks still wore d
little of their Old.time color. The
sOftened look 10 her black eye
had not been there in earlier days
She was knitting a stocking
Daniel drew his chair to the other
side of the table and opened hi
weekly paper. Bat he was no
reading. He was using the pape
as a cover behind which to watcl
his wife; the feeble back, still hell
upright ID ber chair; the COugI
choked back now and then; th
busy hands. Something in thos
rheumatic hands as they piled th
yarn presently made him say
hesitatlngIy:
81 wOuldn'C do any more tC
night, Nancy.
"What say, Dan'l y
~ wouldn't knit any longer tC
night ifI was yOu."
"Why, l want to get these stock
lDgs done. 'TWon't be long for
you need 'em." Her voice was sti
brisk and decided.
IL guess | could make out to bu
some at tue store, 1t worst come
to worst" suggested Daniel, wit
fsint.hearted attempt at pleasantly
"Well, l don't iDIend you sha
have to wear out any slazy bOugl
ten stockings while 1 liYe !" SD
answered.
The spaper rustled IN Daniel
trembling hand. The letters @
the printed page started at him /
their blackness. "WbiIe l live
, Everything struck the same cbor
tonight. lie breathed hard. Eve
to himself he could not think
words. 1t was all summed up
one article feeling-to mo,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-11-16

Young B1odler--Is 1t safe TO
approach the boss with an offer of
money!
Young BOodler-NOt II you
value money.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

What It is to DO a genuine single
minded egotist is illustrated in a recent
French volume by a story Of Nine. du
Defiant, a celebrity Of the last century.
Mime. du Defiant was a great invalid
and spent most Of her time in bed, but
this fact did not prevent her from re-
ceiving a great deal of company.
One day when she wns thus in bed
several guests arrived and were admit
ted. They all began to shiver and pull
their cloaks around them.
What" exclaimed the invalid, lis
II cold herep"
at is simply freezing" answered a
guest.
THANK you for telling me-" said
Nine. du Defiant.
She rang a bell. The guests supposed
she was sending for a maid to build a
Ere, but when the servant camel in Nine.
au Defiant said:
"Amelie, bring me in my down COW
erlet."
Having given this order, she began q
conversation about other matters
Youths Companion.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

Stories That seem to Support the Theor,
or uci-ucnrnatfon.

Stories That seem to support the Theory
OF noincarnation.
81 havoa lumber of friends who have
a shadowy recollection Of a previous OK
istonce upon the earth. " said a theoso-
phist, supporting the doctrine of rein
carnation.
you doubtless have also had expert
onces with an indcfnablo vaguo remem-
brance of something, or somebody came
toyou, which puzzled you and made You
cay, I'm sure I've seen that before
Yet you may know positively that as far
as this present existence 10 concerned it
was impossible for you to have received
even an idea Of the place OF person. /
have often met people with whom l be-
came intimate at first sight. II seems,
as l have often told them, that l had
known them for years. It was only tho
other evening that l met a lady from
San Francisco whose face had been in
my mind for years. As soon as We met
there seemed to be something that drew
us together. We were as old friends.
"The most remarkable instance ever
heard is that of tho daughter Of Isaac
Fulton. Twelve years ago ho resided in
Efingham county, Ills. While there he
buried a daughter named Maria, who
was taken away just as she was budding
into womanhood. About a year later he
removed 10 Dakota, where he still re-
sides. About three yenis after his daugh-
ter's death no was blessed with another
little girl, who was christoned Nellie,
II being the favorite name Of his wife.
When the little n became old enough
to talk, she persisted in calling herself
Maria. She became quite angry when
told her name was Nellie. She said the
name belonged to her, as her parents
used to call her Maria. A matter Of
business took Mr.. Fulton back TO Ehipg-
ham county. and for company he took
Nellio along. The father was surprised
at the intuitive knowledge the girl had
Of the place. She not only recognized
the old home, but many people she had
never seen whom the first daughter had
been acquainted with. About a milo
from the home Was a s~cheolhouso where
Maria had gone to school. Littlo Nellie
had never seen the place, yet she gave
an accurate description Of it to her ia
theF and expressed a strong desire TO
visit II. Accordingly her father took
her out 10 the schoolhouss. AS Don as
she was Inside che marched straight up
to the desk her sistor had occupied and
said, This is mine In telling the
story Mr.. Fulton said that It seemed as
if the dead had come back from the
grave, but her mother would not have
1t 30. She says, if that is true, sho had
but one child, and God gave her two"
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

Tho FIRST railroad west Of tho Allie
ghanies was built from Lexington to
Frankfort, KY, In 1881. The road was
laid out with as many r as posi-
BILE, the engineers declaring that this
was an advantage. The cars wero in
two stories, the lower for women and
children. the upper for men, four per-
Sons being seated in each compartment.
The ears we're at first drawn by mules,
but after a time a locomotive was made
by a Lexington mechanic. The tender
was q big box for wood, and a hogshead
was provided for water which was
drawn in buckets from convenient wells.
In place of \ cowcatcher there were two
poles in front fitted with hickory brooms
for sweeping the track.-St. Louis
Globe-D Democrat.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

l knew one colored minister in the
Bahamas who had quite a reputation
for learning, because In bis sermons he
used alternately the phrases ''ipse dixit"
and lex Rihilo nihil st."
1 noticed that whenever any Of his
congregation showed signs Of losing in
terest in his discourse or an inclination
to slumber he would throw out at them
q long, hooked forefnger and exclaim:
do / know this, do you ask2 Be-
cause 'ipse dixiti' II that would not
bring them to their senses, he would let
his chest swell. stretch both arms to
their full length and cry, Eek nihilo
nihil fit" Then eyes would bulge as If
about to start from their sockets, mouths
open indefinitely, and the congregation
would stare and wonder how lone small
head could carry all he know" Cicero
with his elegant Latin never made 80
profound an impression Rev. Bernard
j. Reilly in Donahoe's Magazine.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Her Consolation.

A woman was sentenced to imprison
mont by a bench Of magistrates, the
presiding justice OF which was a we'll
known officer Of militia, whose pride In
his regiment was the subject OF public
comment. On receiving her sentence
she thus addressed the bench well,
your worships, my father vas Jagged
for life, and my husband is doing 10
years hard and | have a brother and
a sister that are two out and ont bad
onos, but / thank the Lord that made
me that nobody belonging 10 me was
ever connected wi the 'milishy. -
Sheffield England) Telegraph and Star,
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Nor AFRAID OF DOGS.
They Knew just What TO Do When n Big
One Came After Them.

They Knew just What to DO When a Big
One Came After Them.
1 was standing on the railroad plat
form of a small country town a few
evenings ago. There were four men
grouped apart from where l was stand
ing conversing among themselves. just
beside the edge of tho platform were
the grounds Of some private residence,
fenced in by an iron fence only 3 feet
high. Inside the fence, held by a heavy
chain, was n dog Of the ~deerhound breed.
He was impatiently chatting against the
restraint imposed upon him and pulled
and tugged at his chain at a great rate.
The four men were standing looking at
him and making comments.
II don't know why it is" said one,
''that I never have the least sensation Of
fear of dogs. Why, if that dog was to
break loose and jump the fence, it might
be dangerous, but I'd be just as cool as
/ am now"
i've had several narrow escapes with
ferocious dogs, " said another, land I've
trained myself to instantly crush them
by looking them in the eye steadily.
Notice my eyer" The other three peered
into it. "Well gentlemen, that eye = ls
cowed dogs that would take a leg off
you at a bite"
The third man, who had been for
some time trying to interrupt No. 2 in
order to get off his little tale, seized the
opportunity and struck in. II simply
kick EN-" ho said. i've had dogs
come at ms at lightning speed, gentle
men, jaws wide open and their eyes red
with rage. All I've done Is to calmly
step aside and plant one tremendous
kick in their ribs as they went by. 1t
took courage, but Iswas always there.
/ never had one to come back at me
yet"
Tho fourth nan was just opening his
mouth to tell his little lie when the
deerhound oyer tho fence got loose, and
probably not thinking Of the four men al
all bounded over the fence to make good
his liberty. / watched to see the man
with the wonderful eye get in his work,
and the kicker do his great kicking act,
and the man with the iron nerve stand
coolly with his arms folded, but non OF
them was doing his speciality that day.
Instead tho whole one horse quartet
turned and jostled and bumped and
trod on each others toes in a wild en-
deavor to get out Of the way OF that
deerhound. The head of the iron nerved
man bumped into the man with the
mesmeric eye and damned his hat down
NJ that the luster of the eye was dim
med, and / suppose that's why it didn't
work. Tho nan who always kicked
vicious dogs did get In his kick, but II
was on my right shin accidentally, a.
he rushed by me to save his life. Bui
the deerhound rushed over the fields
without looking at uny OF the heroes.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
South American PoIi.sness.

II rather staggers the North American
traveller in Peru to see the pIettily uni
formed young women collecting fares
on the street railways, but when be Wis
its the second city in Mexico, GuSdala-
lara, and witnesses the refined co~uItesies
practiced by the male conductors on tho
street cars there he is completely par
Rlyzed.
The mannerg Of the Gusdalajaran are
in keeping with the choerfulness and
friondliness of this city. Imagine your
self entering a street car in New York
or any city In the United States and be-
fore taking your seat bowling, hat in
hand, to your fellow passengers, none Of
whom you have ever seen before.
Then suppose yourself arrived at your
destination. You rise, smile a friendly
farewell TO the car in general, shake
hands with the conductor, and with a
polite inclination OF the head take leave
Of the driver. The number Of times
have witnessed such exhibitions of po-
likeness convince me that il is one of the
customs Of the country.-New York
Journal.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
ns.crIption % vmere ChoIr.

DR.. Westminster" Bridge, st the end
Of a musical lecture In London, gave
an account OF his experiences Of q village
choir In SUFFOLK. Tho local talent was
thus described: "A few boys who scared
rocks, a blacksmith whose tenor voice
was as metallic In sound as his anvil, a
boy alto who had in his youth, Il was
reported, swallowed a whistle, which
apparently had lodged in his lsrynx and
helped to produce sounds OF a most un-
earthly character, and a miller who bad
five low notes, and only five, which bad
always to fit into the chant or hymn be-
ing sung and which made a sort Of
rumbling accompaniment, not unlike
the sound Of his own milistonos. The
rock boys cams and went, though the
miller sang on forever. London Tit
Bits.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
-rnAr 20. 80 80 ELgga.n
or No rni In on Antifat Diet Profes-
~siuuaiiy Diseased.

Eat or No Tnt In on Aniifst Diet profes-
%sionaiiy Diseased.
Speaking IN a paper on the subject OF
tho various diet cures for fairness. the
eminent authority, DR.. Andrew Wilson,
says:
Doubtless starches and sugars, repre-
scented I'm such vegetable foods as bread,
rice, tapioca and the like. are fat form
ors. The living body has thus a power
Of making fat out Of that which ia not
Eat. And along with this point is an
othor-that fat itself does not 20, di-
rectly at least. to make fat in the body.
Fat is, on tho other hand, n valuable
addition to the diet Of a corpulent per-
son because 1t has a power properly adj
ministered Of burning of food excess.
In more than one system OF body reduc-
ton fat is, therefore, administered as an
essential part and parcel Of the diet
cure. II Is said that when fat, stsrches
and sugars are all cut of reduction Of
weight takes place much faster than
when fat Is allowed in the dietary scale.
This may be 50, but l strongly question
the wisdom of the proceeding.
All we know about fat points to 1t rs
an absolutely essential element Of u
food. We cant live hoalthily without
It, and II decrease in weight rapidly
follows It's elimination from the diet
the very Tapidity OF tie reduction Is an
argument against it's safety. Eesides,
starch and sugar largely omitted from
the food, with q moderate quantity Of
fat allowed and a slight increase Of the
flesh foods, will accomplish all that Is
needed more gradually, but l also hold
more safely for the patient.
The lesson Of physiology, therefore, to
us all Is: Don't neglect the fats Of the
food. They assist the assimilation Of
other foods and are essential for the
body's nutrition. 1 should not believe
in any system Of ordinary diet or of
weight reduction which neglected fat on
the one hand or insisted that it's absence
was essential for tho cure OF corpglence
| on the Other. New York Times.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Chief ouanaI Parker.

Chief Quanal Parker Of tho Comanche
Indians possesses some odd traits OF
character. He occupies, with his five
wives, a handsome house Of 80 rooms
neal the reservation, and whenever be
leaves for a journey he turns his wives
out OF doors because they have no more
sense than to let the house take fire and
burn down in his absence" Quanal is
AZ years old, very rich and inclined to
adopt the ways Of civilization to the ex'
tent of wearing its cloths, driving o
team Of fast horses and serving on his
table the best that the market affords.
New York World.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Rare Pelt Is the Niue Fog.

In Siberia the skin Of the blue fox, or
i~satis, is highly priced, and the first
prize for the horse races Of the Anadyr
lie a lne pelt. According TO M. Langka-
vel, the blue fox still inhabits the Lap
land part Of Scandinavia, the islands OF
the White sea, parts Of northern Russia,
the coasts OF Siberia, the new Siberian
islands and In America the Aleutian is
lands, Alton, OonRlaska-the Fox is
lands-Alaska, the Commander islands,
the Mackenzie river district, Labrador
and Newfoundland. The blue fox is a
variety Of the white fox, so rare that Of
100 white fox skins only four or FIVE
wiii navv tue uiaish or cloudy tineo.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

At the naval academy at Annapolis
they tell this story Of an English profess
or: While marking his class at the end
OF a recitation a cadet in the rear part
Of tho room craned his neck eagerly to
see what had fallen TO his lot. The pro-
fessor saw tie movement, and removing
his glasses said, "Mr. Blank, your mark
is entirely too small to be seen at such
q great distance. San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Railroad Dan1ers.

When the Liverpool and Manchester
steam railroad was projected, all sorts
of objections were made. The smoke
would kill all the birds" The sparks
would set the houses on Are" Pas
sengers could not breathe in a train
moving 30 rapidly" This railroad
would kill all the game" Thousands
Of cuachmen would be thrown out Of
employment. THE English spirit OF
independence would be totally destroy
ed. st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

In spite of the interest long felt in the
cliff jewellers of the west there are still
some 6ne examples of their work in
eastern Utah as yet unexplored. The
approach from this side is over the
anges and high messs of western Colo
RADIO, a country most difficult to traverse
and peopled chiefly by miners too eager
for gold and silver to give much time or
thought to ethnography. This may ex-
plain the fact that so interesting a re-
gion remains neglected. Chicago Her
aid.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

An English invention aims to provide
security against liability to accident
from the slipping of ladders. Tho REM
edy in this case is the introduction Of a
novel form of shoe suitably attached.
1t consists Of a bracket which can be Sc
curely bolted to each side Of the ladder,
formed at its lower edge with a lug
through which h hole is bored, a shoe
being loosely jointed to this by e
Of a pin passing through it and the lug
connection being 80 free that the shoe
can easily swing. To the under side Of
the shoe a corrugated pad Of rubber is
fixed. The effect Of this arrangement
is that In whatever position tho ladder
is Rxed there is always a grip upon tho
ground which prevents clipping, the
freedom Of the shoe enabling e ladder 10
be placed almost horizontally without
mourning the least liability OF slipping.
When desired, shoes can be applied to
the upper ends of a ladder, thus pre-
venting any damage to the walls or the
ornamental work.-New York Sun.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

Sarcastic Father-Julis, that young
man Smiley has been here three nights
in succession, and 1t has been nearly
midnight when he left. Hadn't you bet
ter invite Him to bring his trunk and
make his home with us1
Innocent Dauehter-Oh, papa, may
1? It's just what he wanted, but be
was too bashful TO ask you. He'll be de-
lighted when / tell him this evening"
Spare MomeBts.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
An o. ardiri.

We sometimes hear odd stories Of
funny verdicts by country iuries, but IL
Is NOT often We really come across one
in the realms Of fact. A Hawkhurst
jury which sat on g poor old laborer pro-
vides uS with a Kentish sample OF sharp
wit. The surgeon who made the post
norton gave II IS his opinion that death
arose from a powerful irTitant poison.
The jury had their own idoas and gave
a verdict that death was duo 20 the in
element weather. w have not heard
whether the case has been placed IN the
a. Of the county analyst, but II Is
that cold weather and ir-
sngnonYmOus.-
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

Poor Woman Ito cheap scriyener, who
nas Just read out to her the begging pc
tition she had ordered, bursting into
sears) Eth, man, I'd never ha' believed
twas as badly OF as all thatl-Deutsche
Warts.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

II don't see your husband with you
80 much as when you were in your hon
eymoon, " said the clergyman as he met
an occasional attendant at his church.
Has he grown cocll''
mot II what you preach be true,
sho said coyly. HE is dead. Toledo
Blade.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
slIrht MISREPRESENTATION.

Teacher-Who was the first mRn2
First Boy-George Washington.
Teacher-Next.
Second Boy-Adam.
First Boy dndignantly)-I didn't
know you meant foreigners .-BOston
Globe.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
Be NM sweErAsARr.


The FIRST love song ever written by Mr. Fiold.i
Sweetheart. DO my sweetheart
When birdl arc on tho wing,
Whom bee and bud and bnbbling food
Bespeak the birth Of SPRING.
Come, sweetheart, be my sweethoart
And wear this posy ringl
Sweetheart, he my sweetheart
In the mellow golden glow
or earth aaush with the gracious blush
Which the ripening fields foreshow.
Dear sweetheart, DO my sweetheart
As into the moon We goi
Sweetheart. be my sweetheart
When falls the bountcous year,
When fruit and winc OF tree and vine
Give us their harvest cheer.
Oh, sweetheart, DO my sweetheart,
For winter It draweth ncari
Sweetheart, DO my sweetheart
When tho year is white and old,
When the IRE Of youth is spent, forsooth
And tho hand Of age Is cold.
Yet, sweetheart, be my sweetheart
Till tho year OF our love be toldi
Eugene Field In Ladies' Home Journal
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10

Romeo Up-to-date-What does It
matter whether we are rich or poor,
darling, so long as we have
Two souls with but a single thought
Two hearts that beat as one?
Juliet Fin-ds-sisole-Only this-that,
fer all that, we've always got two
mouths that eat as two.-Liverpool
blercury.
Southwest-sentinel. [volume] (Silver City, N.M.) 1883-189?, 1894-04-10
/ have reOpened on
EnchiIadas
Place


Or. aRderson's House.
Pinos Altos, New Mexico,
Where / shall be glad to see oil my old
friends and patrons and the general pub
lie. Enchiladas hot every night.
BEATRLZ SALES
Rock Island Argus., 1894-03-29
Other Deaths.


Mrs. Cora Smith, of Moline, was
taken into the county court Wednes-
day afternoon, and jury composed
of DIR. S. c. Plummer, f. f. Thomp-
son. W. B. Bruner, A. A. Skinner. j.
l.. Maslin and F. NJ Chambers was
impanneled, and she was adjudged
insane and ordered committed to
jacksonville. On Feb. 9. 1898, Mrs.
Smith was taken before a jury, but
they failed to return n verdict of in
sanity. Since then she has grown
worse steadily. Hence the examina
ton yesterday.
Eight prisoners from the county
Jail came into the county court and
entered pleas of guilty before Judge
Adams. Joseph Wright was SEN
fenced to 80 days in the county Jail
for malicious mischief; Frank Brown
pleaded guilty to assault and battery
and was fined Sl5 and costs. The
other six men pleaded guilty to lar
cenv and received sentences as fol-
lows: John INLAND. 81 and 80 days:
James Willhite, SO and one hour;
j. L. Sutton, 81 and five DAYS; Eu-
gene Cross, 81 and - DAYS: James
Foster, 81 and Is days; Thomas Har-
rington. 81 and 60 days.