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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Lived Under Every President.

An event of great interest was cele-
brated in the village Of Fayetteville
Friday, when Peter Johnson reached
the one hundreGth anniversary Of his
birth. Mr.. johnson has lived under all
the presidents of the United States, be-
ing born when Washington had served
six years in that Office. His first vote
was cast for James Monroe, and he has
voted for every president since then.
Mr.. Johnson's mind is clear, and he is
in good health. Sixty descendants as
sembled on Aug. 16 in his honor. His
wife is 81 years Of age, and they have
been married Ga years. Mr.. Johnson's
first wife died, and in 1881 he married
Eliza A. Perry Of Rome, who was born
in 1909. There are five children living,
and the grandchildren are 90 in num-
Der, and the great-grandchildren are 25,
the eldest being years old. Mr.. John
son is able to walk supported by two
canes. His recollections Of early times
are very interesting and he remembers
historical events Of so years ago easily.
Utica Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Folding Furniture.

Here is q remarkable scheme, being
tho entire furniture Of a bedroom, so
builtthat it can be folded into one small
package weighing $50 pounds. 1t can be
set up by any one In few minutes. 1t
contains no loose screws or intricate
parts which would puzzle one to ar
range. This suit consists Of 8 foot 9
inch wardrobe, 8 foot s inch dressing
chest, foot inch washstand, two cane
seat chairs, 2 foot inch ottoman bed
stead on casters, bedding complete,
chamber service and mosquito curtains
II required. The whole Of this extraor-
binary su1s, forming the entire furni-
ture Of a comfortable bedroom, folds in
to itself, forming one package 9 feet by
Q feet 9 inches, by feet inch, weight
about 45O pounds No packing case Is
required.
The scheme is the work Of an English
manufactures, and for that large class
Of people who are on the constant move,
like gypsies, summer tourists or fat
jewellers, the idea is food for reflection.
--Upholsterer. .--.-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
IRAN 4us connects at ;iarpers FER,

IRAN 4Us connects at ;iarpers ferry
with Fast Limited Express trans leav
ing at .13 and PittsbuIg al go p. n
and Chicago at IL 90 a. N. next morning
with train leaving at . 10 P. m, arriving
at Chineinnati at Z, As a. m, ST. Louis al
90 p. IN, and cODnects at Wevertcn
with train arriving at Hagerstown at
lib p. m. aHd at Washington junction
with train ARRIVING In Frederick at
20 p. m.
Train I44 connects with fast vesti-
buled trains at Harper's Ferry at SO
p m. for Chicago, 1921 P. m, for Pitts.
burg, and L. 6 a. NJ, for Cincinnati ahd
St. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at 6 So q.
no.; Chicago at 900 p. m; Cincinnati at
$50 p. m, sDd St..Louisst 7.l2 a. N.
Pullman Palace Sleeping car. rtA
through to Cincinnati, St. Louis, Chicago
and Pttsburg, on all sxpress frsins.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks.
apply to any effice Of tho b. l. o. z. RI
Or TO c. Z. Dndrow, travelling rassenge-
agent, Winchester, Va,
CHAS. o. SCULL. K B. CAMPBELL,
Gen. Pass. Ag'. Gen. Man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Sumatra Tobacco.

Z. Spencer Bates, United States con-
sui at Singapore, is making an effort to
introduce the cultivation Of Sumatra to-
bacco into the United States, in view Of
the high price it commands and its SUI
periority for wrappers. He says that
this tobacco is suitable for growing in
lower California and on the southern
coast of the United States. Finding 1t
impossible to obtain seed through off,
cial channels, owing to the reluctance
Of the Dutch planters, he has procured
a supply from private sources and will
forward it to the agricultural depart
ment.-Washington Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
A Conditional Gift Declined.

The Episcopal diocese Of Milwaukee
has refused q gift Of 100000 Bishop
Nicholson has formally notified Francis
Keene that it Is impossible for the Epis-
copai diocese to accept the offer of the
Keene homestead for hospital purposes
The action Of the bishop was on the adj
vice of the diocesan hospital committee.
Though the committee has not given up
hope Of ultimately securing hospital
for the Episcopal church in Milwaukee,
the prospects at present are anything bat
bright. 1t would not accspt the sift be-
cause Of the condition that the hospital
should always be known as the Keene
hospital. Chicago Tribune. -~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
What is

asora Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription lot inah'S
and Children. 1t contains neither OPIUM 4'Aorln w
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless SUBSTITUTE
f ro-oooyic DROPS Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil
r. 4; pleasant Its guarantee is thirty years use by
nons of Mothers. Castoria destroys Worms ana aiays
fevcrishness Castora prevents vomiting Sour Our"'
cures Darrhoea and Wind Collie. Castori" relieves
+ecttinr troubles, constipation ana hat"iohcy'
Castora ass initiates tho food regulates tho S'o"l''
apd bowels giving healthy and natural Sleep 0aS"
80, :. +,,o Chi1dren,s Panacea-the Mothers Friend
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Pope Leo's Instructions.

When investigating the Vatican rec
ords, Pope Leo XIII said to Dom Gas
auet, the librarian, Publish everything
Of interest; everything, whether it tends
to the discredit or credit Of the ecclesi-
Astical authorities, for you may be sure
that if the gospels had been written in
our day the treachery Of Judas and the
denial of st. Peter would have been
suppressed for fear Of scandalizing weak
consciences. So Lord halifax told the
English church union the other day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
How She Eats.

Restaurant men like the new wom-
an, said one Of them. "She eats lots
more than the other kind. The way the
typewriters and stenographers down
town have changed their way Of feeding
in the last ten years is one of the signs
of the times. 1t used to be cup Of tea
and a piece of cake or pie for lunch.
Now see the beef and ham and bot
stews they get away with. And they
show the change in their looks too
They're not breaking down, as they used
to do. Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
English american News.

This is the way a writer in the Lon.
don Telegraph refers to recent American
laws against pool selling and betting at
race tracks: THE antibetting ukase
passed last autumn at the instance Of
tho Puritans, who would fain introduce
the blue laws Of Connecticut into the
rity Of New York, the most cosmopoh-
tan capital in the world
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
CastOria.

"Casto,.i, IS sowell adapted to children that
1recou,ii. III it as superior 10 any prescription
Known 10 me-"
III So. oxford St., Brooklyn, N. z.
"our physicians in the children's depart
nent hsvo spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with CastoriA
and although wo only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products. yet We arc free 10 confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US to look Wild
favor upon it,"
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPESsAnY,
Boston, MaSS.
ALLEN c. SMITH, Pres,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08

Distressing Kidney and sladder diseases
r,iisv.d in six hours by tho New Grea:
6sbth American Kidney Core" Inis ne"
Hsssy 10 a great surprise on account o.
ss sxssedInE promptDe" 10 renewing
mi, 70 ths blsdder, Kidneys, back ana
Ssw ysft Of the urinary passes is male
4 H9sle. II relieves. Il relieves 70,
Srtsn Of ustsr and pain in passing II
&nsst Immediately. II Jon want quick
&Iisy and cure this 10 your remedy. Sold
81 p 4. IRWIN, Druggiss Woodstocs
~ nov. 30 -1Vr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
PIANOS AND ORGANS

Arir.t Glass, High Top, Solid Black
Nslnut Organ with German Plate Glass
Tirror for IS. Warranted for SIX
t,,r,. Putnam's Music Store. Staun-
ION, Va. Sole agent for the CHECKER
inr & Sons Pianos. Write for cata
isfuss and prices.
An A1yr I'd
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Best He Could Do.

"Do your guarantee the photographs
to give satisfaction" demanded the
cross eyed man with tho pug nose and
prominent jaw.
well, no." said the conscientious
photographer, "but can guarantee q
good likeness. Chicago Tribune.
THERE'S nothing that wears ont fine
face like the yigils Of the card table
and those cutting passions which attend
them. Steele.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Are Our Streams Drying Up2


The Brooklyn Eagle says: "Ihis
year a thing has happened in cor
taia parts of New England that
seldom happens there,if, indeed, it
ever happened before. Il is the
drying up oftho wells and springs
and brooks. 1t has not been a par.
ticnlar'y dry selsO1-nlch less -
than last year at all events, yet
many families are left without a
drop of water and have to bring 1t
in tubs from rivers, while horses
and cattle have to be driven t. a
distance to get a drink. S)ne OF
the mills are suffering from the
s!ightness of the a)g in tue
races anl higher dams are t.lked
OF, while in a few instances steam
has been brought in t. substitute
the former power. The cause fcr
this is as plain as daylight; ii is
the re ,kleSs stripping # he tore sis
from the hills.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
j: L. TELLER,
COUNTY S U vEY R

am prepared to answer all salls for
surveying. Prompt attention will be
given to the business. Charges moderate.
Address me at Nj. Olive, Shenandoah
Co., Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
Castoria.

-castcria is an excellent medicine for chill
.ren. Mothers have repeatedly told pc OF lis
rood effect upon their children"
De. G. c. OsoeoDs
Lowell, Mass.
~Castoria iS the best remedy for children OF
which 1 am acquainted. hope the day Is not
Try distant when mothers will consider the real
interest Of their children, and use Castoria in
stead OF the various quack uostrums when arc
DESTROYING their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtiu
gents down their threats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
Dr. J. r. ErScHELoE,
Conway, Ark.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08

4i9 MIXED TRAYS SOUTH
Leave Woodstock Sunday az y IS N
ar lie ct Harrisonburg at o. p N.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08

w. c4o,r Comvany II Murray Street New York City,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08
DO

not bay your roofing without frat iavss-
tigating our line. IL possesses merits
which cannot fail to recommend ut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08

and we can, both In price and ssslliy,
successfully compete With anything sew
on the market. 1t ia possible fhat yes
may not
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1895-11-08

400 MIXED TRAINS xoRTH
Leave Woodstock as 30 a n, arrive At
Harps's Ferry at II p m. On Sunday
leave Woodstock att n pm.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
To Whiteu the Hands.

Coarse and red hands may be whit.
ened by using few grains of chloride
of lime added to warm soft water fol
washing. All rings and bracelets
must be removed before this is used,
as the chloride of lime will tarnish
them. A soap containing this ingre.
dent may be prepared as follows
White powdered CASTLE soap, pound
dry chloride of lime, II to 2 ounces.
Mix and beat this up in mortar to o
soft mass with sufficient quantity Of
rectifed spirit. Divide the mass into
tablets and wrap it up in oil silk. II
may be scented by adding to the mix
ture couple of drains of oil of ver'
bena. In using chloride of lime it is
very important to be careful to avoid
getting any of the powder into the
eyes, as it is exceedingly irritating and
may even cause blindness.-Populo'
Magazine.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
SERVED IN THE WAR.
THE GRIP ALMOST WON WHERE THE
BULLET FAILED.

Our SyInpathles Always Enlisted in the
InfirInities OF the Veteran.
CFrons the Herald, Woodstock, Vd.)
There is an old soldier in Woodstock, Va,
who served in tho war with Mexico and in
the war of the rebellion, Mr.. Levi McInturf.
He passed through both these wars without
serious wound. The ha-dshlls, however,
told seriously on him, for when the grip ut
tackled him four years ago 1t nearly killed
him. Who can look upon the inflrmities OF
veteran without feeling Of the deepest
sympathy3 His townspeople SAW him con.
fined to his house so prostrated with great
nervousness that he could not hold knife
and fork at the table, scarcely able to walk
too, and as he attempted it. he often STUN
bled and fell. They sow him treated by the
for four years, and gave up finally in despair.
Ono day, however, he was struck by the ac-
count Of cure which had been affected by
the use OF Dr. Williams Pink Pills. he i'm
ing them. He says he was greatly relieved
within three days time. The blood found its
way to his fingers, and his hands, which had
been palsied, assumed natural color, and
he was soon enabled to use his tnife and fork
at the table. He has recovered his strength
to such On extent that he Is able to chop
wood, shock corn and do his regular work
about his home. He now says he can not
only walk to Woodstock, but can walk across
the mountains. He Is able to lift up fifty
two pound weight with one hand and says he
have done for others, but knows that they
have done great work for him.
He was in town last Monday, court day,
and was loud in his praise OF the medicine
that had given him so great relief. He pur-
chased another box and took it home with
him. Mr.. MoInturff Is willing to make a1fl-
davit to these facts.
The proprietors OF Dr. Williams Pink Pills
state that they are not patent medicine, but
prescription used for many years by IN en-
inent practitioner, who produced the most
wonderful results with them. curing all forms
Of weakness arising from watery condition
Of the blood or shattered nerves, two fruitful
causes Of almost every Ill to which flesh is
heir. The pills are also specific for the
trouble peculiar to females, such as suppress
sions, all forms OF weakness, chronic consti-
patton, bearing down pains, ETC., and in the
case Of men will give speedy relief and effect
permanent cure in oil cases arising from
mental worry, overwork or excesses Of what
over nature. They arc entirely harmless and
can be given to weak and sickly children
with the greatest good md without the
slightest danger. Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt OF
price (60c. box or six boxes for %. 50-they
are never sold in bulk or by the 1909 by ad-
dressing DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
The Hot Wind.

"The hot winds which cooked the
crops of Kansas and Nebraska this
summer" said the man from Iowa to
a New York Mail and Express re-
porter, "whisked over into our State
one afternoon. From l o'clock until
sundown horrible oven heat had bil-
lowed down the streets of my village.
The people closed the blinds and re-
treated to their cellars, but the scorch-
ing desert breath found them out
through stone walls and mortar.
.sWhen went outside felt sing
ing in my ears. My watch burned its
way through my vest pocket like q
brand. I could see the paint blisters
rise on the weather boarding of the
houses and hear the rust rattling on
the sheet iron roofs. The leaves OF
the few shade trees curled up and
grew brown at the edges. But the
corn on the outskirts of town was a
sight! 1t made me think OF the seven
blasted ears of Joseph's dream.
"That afternoon our chickens left
the garden and came down and sat
around the well curb. Only the
turkeys could brave the heat and a
battalion of them which was cleaning
over in the bayfield, reaped fat har-
vest. The wind seemed to make the
grasshoppers dazed and listless, and
they fell an easy prey to the platoon
of hungry fowls.
ga cool breeze sprang up that
night, and the next morning dew
was on the corn, so heavy that when
it had dripped off the blades the
ground underneath was fairly muddy.
That saved our corn crop. In Kansas
md Nebraska the hot wind kept up
for weeks.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
Mexican Clover for Poor Soils.

A Maryland writer in the american
.Culhuator says: We have plenty OF
poor. thin soils in the North which
might we'll be improved with crop or
two of the great Southern grass for
poor land-the Mexican or Spanish
clover. In most of the piney-woods
counties along the Atlantic coast, and
back some distance from the Gulf OF
Mexico, the sandy soil is too thin and
poor to support any of the true clo-
vers, but as they are planted today
with Mexican clover they produce
bountiful crops of grass that stock
relish, and which is excellent for the
soil, either plowed under or simply as
forage.
Very extensive tracts of the South
owe complete regeneration to this
new plant. Planted early in the sea-
son the Mexican clover there produces
good hay crop in the fall, and sup
plies enough seed for another crop the
following spring. Tie plant is an an
nual, but the seed that it drops into
the soil survives the coolest winter,
and takes complete possession OF the
ground before the weeds. If other
crops are planted at the harvesting
time in the fall they will be protected
by the stubble of the clover, and as
soon as they are cut the next summer
the Mexican clover will Immediately
spring up to take their place.
The Mexican clover travels easily,
very probably by means of the birds,
which are fond of it's seeds, and occa-
sionally it will be found growing in
places where one least expects it.
Nevertheless it is not o disagreeable
plant to restrict if properly attended
to in time. It would be a great bless
ing to have it extend over great
many of the barren hillsides of the
North where nothing but o few weeds
and wild grasses seem to grow.
On very light, sandy soil where the
true clovers would make no stand at
all, I have seen the Mexican clover
produce fair crop OF hay, and SOW
enough seed for another season. The
seeds need cultivated soils to germinate
in, and sometimes they will lie dor
mnnt on uncultivated soils for several
seasons without growing. Alittle cul-
t17ation of the soil with The plow and
harrow makes them spring up as if by
magic. The value of such crop on
very poor piece of land is readily ap-
preciated. Besides returning vegeta-
BILE material to the ground, the roots
form o sort Of matted cod which will
collect drifting debris, and in time
make the soil thicker and much better
adapted to the growing of general
crops. Horses and cattle both like
Mexican clover. and in the south many
grow it simply for this purpose, pre-
ferring it, everything considered, to
most other grass plants. AS to it's rel
ative value as stock food there will
probably be considerable difference,
but almost all agree that it is une1-
celled as forage plant, and for culti-
vation on poor soils where the land
will not supportany of the trne clovers.
And this applies to the north as we'll
as to the south, although judging from
the cultivation of it in the past, the re-
verse would seem to be the prevailing
opinion.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
He Saw More Than the Lawyer.

During the trial of an assault case
at recent petty sessions in country
town in Ireland, very corpulent bar
rister cross-examined a witness, who
had the misfortune to be blind of an
eye. "Tell me, my man, on your
oath, did you see the prisoner strike
the plaintiff with the weapon men
tioned?" he asked.
eyes, sorr, as sure as guns iron [
saw him!"
"Come, now! none of that. But
how can you positively swear you saw
him do it, and the sight of your eyes
not altogether as good as it ought to
be?" said the barrister, triumphantly.
Witness IT, magistrate )-'Sure, yer
honor, that don't make bit O. differ
ence; and, ii it comes to that. shure, I
kin see more than him pointing to
the fat barrister) any day."
elbow is that?" said the magistrate.
"Well, yer honor, I kin seq his
boots, and that's more than he can see
as he's got 'em on"
Complete collapse of the barrister,
and loud laughter in court.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
Perpetual Motion.

The idea that perpetual motion may
be realized, or that machine may be
made to run itself until worn out, is
one of the most fascinating and per-
sistent fallacies that has ever gained a
hold upon the human mind. Most OF
the machines of this kind have existed
only in the Imagination of the inyen-
tors, but some of the motors have
been actually brlilt, and few of them
have been shown in operation. An
interesting example, recalled the other
day by President Henry Morton, OF
the Stevens Institute of Technology,
is furnished by the once famous Read
hefer perpetual motion machine.
Large sums Of money were sunk in
this, as in more recent schemes like
the "Keely motor" and for the pur-
pose of exposing the fraud involved, a
small motor was constructed about
eighty years ago by Isaiah Lukens, at
the suggestion of Nathan Sellers.
This is preserved in the collection Of
the Franklin Institute at Philadel.
phia, The model consists of hori-
zontal lcireIfar table on piyoted YER
ttiical shaft, with two inclined planes
mounted on wheels on the table and q
car containing two removable weights
on each inclined plane. Levers at
tached to the inclined planes and the
cars are supposed to transmit to the
central shaft the tendencies of the in
clined planes to run from under the
cars and of the cars to run down the
inclined planes, and these tendencies
ere supposed to rotate the central
shaft. The arrangement is admirably
simple in more senses than one, but,
wonderful to relate, it seems to work.
The machine stops when the weights
are removed from the car, but starts
when they are replaced, and under fa-
vorable circumstances may run indef-
initely. This startling phenomenon
tends to shake the novice's faith in the
conservation of energy. Close inves.
tigation, however, reveals the fact
that the base of the machine hides q
train OF clockwork, whose springs can
be wound through one of the orna-
mental knobs of the models glass
case. This clockwork drives the plate
on which the central vertical shaft is
pivoted, and the frictions are 30 ad-
justed that when the cars are loaded
the turning plate will drive the shaft,
but without the weights in the cars the
friction is insufficient.-Trenton IN.
J.l American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1895-03-20
Where Wolves Abound.

The wolf question has again become
so serious to stockmen having herds
in the northwestern portion Of South
Dakota that NIL sorts of measures are
being discussed for their extermina-
ton. The Hamilton boys, who have
large herds OF cattle in the Cave Hill
region, have tried poisoning, but with
little success. They now propose to
resort to dogs, and the experiment
will be watched with interest by other
stockmen having herdsin that section.
Last foil the Hamiltons took four
greyhounds out to their ranch and
have also sent to West Virginia for
four trail hounds, which are expected
to arrive shortly. These are cross
between the blood and fox hounds,
and make excellent trailers. Upon
their arrival desperate attempt will
be made to exterminate the wolves, ~
New York Advertiser.