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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13

A letter from James |, bearing his
sign manual and addressed to Sir John
Stanhope, requesting him to pay e2O0
into the royal exchequer and dated "a
July, 1904, is written on squared paper.
A holograph letter from Lord Gram
borne to his father, the Earl Of Sails.
bury, lord high treasurer Of England,
and dated Paris, IS February, 1908, is
written on cut and gilt edged paper,
the first example Of this process in my
collection. As the paper was, however,
doubtless purchased in France, this date
cannot be claimed in a description Of
English letters. All through this period
the edges Of the paper are almost uni
fcrmly rough, but we come to another
letter on squared paper III 1919, Feb
ruary, from Henry, Lord Clifford, to Sir
Thomas Fairfax, asking him for a sub
scription Of . jacobuses to fund for
furnishing a piece Of plate to be run
for every year at Peplingcoates, an early
racing date. The position Of the seal
affords in this instance an incontro-
vertible proof Of the original shape Of
The paper A letter, with sign manual
and Photograph subscription, from
Charles l to the Due d'Orleans, IS
April, 1886, is on gilt edged paper my
earliest English example.
An interesting illustration Of the use
of gilt edged paper in this reign is af.
forded by the original accounts for STA
tionery supplied TO the Princes Charles
and James in the year l64l. These doc
uments are signed by Bishop Duppa,
the tutor Of these princes. and certified
for payment by the Earl Of Essex.
Among the items are the following: Il
Reame Of fine Cult paper, 90. 10. 90
quires Of fine Venise fol. gilt 90. IL.
90. Notes and Queries,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13
SKELETON IN ARMOR.
An Uneanny Relic Of Colonial Days Found
In virginia.

AL 1nthunJ AhfAAC VI CoAtha@A D-s' N--
In Virginia.
There is an uncanDy relic Of colonial
barbarity on exhibition at Colonial
Beach, Va, a summer resort about 90
miles down the Potomac, which may
soon be added to the curiosities OF the
National museum. 1t is in a tent in
front IF Woods hotel, presided over by
William Henry Harrison Oawood, the
discoverer and owner Of the horrible
looking object.
The relic in question is human skel-
eton incased in an iron armor or frame.
The metal is nearly eaten away with
the rust of ages and most Of the bones
have fallen from the rude easement.
The skull and leg bones remain in the
cage, however, and it would require the
services Of blacksmith to remove them.
Mr.. Cawood was a road overseer in
King George county, Va, several
months ago, and while engaged with
gang Of laborers in repairing a roadway
in that historical old bailiwick the
skeleton in armor was unearthed. The
workmen were cutting for dirt with
hoes in an old field to fill up hole in
tho highway when one Of them struck
an iron substance a short distance be-
meath the surface. When unearthed, it
proved to be the rusted armOr, or cage,
containing the skeleton of man who
in life was over six feet in height. As
soon rs the air came in contact with the
skeleton some Of the bones fell away.
The skull, however, remained firm in
the crown piece. Near tho cage were
found four plain brass buttons the size
Of a half dollar. This led some people
to believe that the skeleton was that Of
an English or Spanish officer Of colonial
days, who was welded into the ire
frame, hung on n gibbet or tree and al
lowed to starve to death in public.
Another theory is that it was a pi-
rate, who, with his rakish craft, infest-
ed the waters Of the lower Potomac and
Chesapeake bay and preyed upon in
coming merchantmen. Others believe
that the skeleton was that Of an Indian
chief named Passpatawnsie. who mas
sacred and robbed the early settlers. His
bloodthirsty disposition gained for aim
the appellation of "the fierce chief. "
Old settlers in King George county
believe Cawood's find was the remains
of "thc fierce chief " They say the out
RACED settlers seized the red man, and,
while alive, had blacskmiths build
about him the roughly constructed
franc or cage. lie was then hanged to
the limb of a tree or gibbet and allowed
to perish.
The records Of all the counties in the
northern neck Of Virginia have been
searched as far back as 1850 to see if
ANYTHING could be learned Of this terrible
instrument cf torture, but nothing could
be found that would throw any light
upon it, King George was taken from
Richmond county, which is the oldest
1rranizcd bliliwick in the northern
neck Of Virginia. The counties Of Rich
mond, King George, Westmoreland,
Lancaster and Northumberland COM
prise the northern neck. They lie be-
tween the Potomac and Rappahanock
rivers. They have been under both
Spanish and English rule. The records
of all Of them were searched back to
1850, il is said. without avail.-St
Louis Globe Democrat.
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= A NEW POTATO BUG.
BE Can Eat Ten Potato Plants While the
Old Variety IL Feeding on One.

Ol0 variety ou Ohos
Mr.. J. f. Guilmartin has discovered
q new variety of potato bug ON his
place, on the White Bluff shell road,
about mile and half beyond the toll
gate. If the nature Of this insect is not
investigated and some means Of de-
stroying it discovered, it is liable to be-
come matter of impossibility to raise
potatoes in the county.
The ravages of the old fashioned po-
tato bug, the round fellow with the
black and yellow stripes, is as nothing
compared with the destruction this new
visitor can and is doing The new bug
averages over half an inch in length
and has a body in three parts-a head
and a neck, both of which are small
and large body. 1t is striped brown
and black, and has wings, though the
bug appears to prefer using his long
legs in running, when disturbed, to fly
ing $50
A hundred or more Of these bugs will
gather on one plant, and they make
short work of it. They strip the plant
of its leaves, leave their refuse right on
the stem, and it might also be said they
breed while they are eating. They are
clannish and live together in swarms,
but at the rate they eat it would not
take them long to go through a big po-
tato patch.
Unlike the old bug, it will not touch
poison. Mr.. Guilmartin has tried paris
green and other methods Of getting rid
Of the bug, but as soon as the poison Is
sprinkled on the plant the insect SCOTS
off and makes tracks for another plant
Mr.. Guilmartin soon found that the
poison remedy was Ineffective, and, as
he is at a loss as to no to get rid of
the bug, he has practica y turned over
to them the field of potatoes. He dis
covered them only a day or two ago
but since then their number has dOu-
bled, and they have destroyed nearly
an acre Of potatoes
The old bug is inactive and is easily
got at, but this one can run swiftly,
and he takes to his legs as soon as he Is
disturbed. This is the only place in
which the insect has yet been seen. Mr.
Guilmartin has never seen or heard OF
anything like it before, and ~ Is very
DESTROYS of having an investigation Of
the insect made, in the hope that some
means Of effectually destroying it can
be discovered. Should the bug once get
foothold on tie truck farms in the
county, potato planting would certainly
suffer seriously. 1t has been suggested
that the Truck Growers association
take the matter in hand and see if the
chronological department at Washing
ton will not give his bugship a little
study, with a view to eradicating him
1t is very evident that it viii not be
long before something will have to be
done, for the insects are multiplying
rapidly, and their equals in the quick
work of destroying a plant have never
been seen anywhere in this section, at
least. (Ga) News
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pY1HoNsss AND PRIEST.
The Latter Was Incredulous and Justified
His Unbelief.

His Unbelief.
Mile. Couedon, "the Angel Gabriel ~
as her votaries called her, after going
up like rocket, has come down like a
stick. She has not even obtained gilded
retirement after all her notoriety, for
the 60, 900 damages she claimed III a
recent libel case were reduced to 60, and
the three extra postmen who groaned
under the weight of mail bags addressed
TO her have been withdrawn.
Before allowing Mile. Couedon to
sink into oblivion tho following inter
view with the Able Valadier, the very
respected chaplain Of La Roquette, who
speeds the parting criminals on the
scaifold, may be interesting as the con-
clusion of one Of the most curious chap
tiers on superstition in modern times.
The able, by an ingenious strategem,
compelled the lady to confess that She
was no more "yoyante" than fortune
tellers, who are allowed to fool credu-
lous people at French fairs.
Anxious to see the Angel Gabriel for
himself, the able called in the Rue du
Paradis, and, on handing in his card,
he was Immediately received. On seeing
him the "voyante" began, as usual, to
pour forth bouts rimes" which meant
nothing. The priest, interrupting, asked
whether he could speak to the angel
Mile. Couedon made some mysterious
signs, turned round and round in her
chair and said, "Now you can question
the angel. T"
Cur dixit angelus''- began the
able.
L beg your pardon, remarked Mile.
COuedon, but if you speak Latin the
angel does not understand.
The able held under his arm a box
containing a pyx, in which there is usu-
ally a consecrated host. Can this
angel see inside this?" he asked.
Certainly"
"What is inside, them"
The "voyante" sought TO turn the
conversation by reciting psalms and dis
connected sentences.
Suppose, " said the able, lit was a
consecrated host:"
"Oh, then, the angel would 90 down
on his knees and pray. "
"Then, said the priest, rising and
in a solemn tone, 1.-THE angel must know
whether OF not l have host in this
box.
Mile. Couodon dropped on her knees.
Tears flowed from her eyes. The angel
was speaking through her. He knows
the host is in the box; he sees it, and he
adorcs il. "
The prayers over, the Able Valadier
said severely: "You are not a yoyante.
You are not inspired. You have proved
it. You see there is 10 host inside. "
Again the focdgates Of Mile. Couodon's
eyes were opened, and she asked the
priests forgiveness. Paris Letter in
London News.
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King Nenelek,s Independence.

The lope's influence has failed 10 st
cure the release Of the Italian prisoners
in Abyssinia. 1t is said that his shrewd
councillors disapproved an attempt 50
little likely to succeed at a time when
his holiness cannot afford to risk the
papal prestige, but generous pity over
came their reasoned objections. As If
to emphasize the refusal, Menelek has
set free GA officers and men Of his own
accord. They report that the Abyssinian
monarch is not such barbarian as Is
commonly supposed He reads the lead
ing Italian journals through an inter
prefer. 1t Is well for the prisoners that
he cannot understand them himself
Menelek desires to make himself equal
to the European sovereigns, and this
fact represents progress, for all his pre-
decessors firmly believed themselves to
be already equal or superior. The Ital-
ian officers are frequently questioned
about the manners and customs OF roy
atty in Europe. His queen actually
wears dresses from Paris and stockings,
shoes, ETC.
Many French families are settled at
and near Entotto, where the negus has
palace. and they supply these articles.
One would like to know what the pris-
oners mean exactly by ''many. ltmay
be credited, however, that Abyssinia is
about to undergo a change, with Rus
slams and Frenchmen to direct it. and
in that case the sooner Egypt gets com
mand of the upper waters of the Nile
the better for her safety. To occupy the
Sudan would be the first move of an
energetic negus who felt himself strong
enough to organize a grand attack upon
the hereditary foe. And if he got pos
session of the Sudan self interest would
tempt him TO divert the Nile, putting
Ill will toward Egypt aside.-London
Standard.
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Taking Care of the Eyes.

An eye expert says: Don't read while
you are travelling, but if you will read,
let it be books or newspapers with the
largest type you can get hold of. Read
ing in car in motion is also much cas-
Ter and less injurious if a large card or
an envelope be held just under each line
you are reading and moved down as
each line is read" The use of tinted
writing papers is very beneficial to the
eyes, but the cOlors chosen should be
gray, neutral tint or blush green. Red
dish brown, pink, yellow or strongly
yellowish green should be avoided.
Those who suffer in any way from i'm
paired vision and have much writing to
do should use the typewriter. The
writer can lean back in a chair and
change from one position to another
without ccasing TO work, and there is
none Of the cramping effects upon diff
ferent sets of muscles inseparable from
ordinary writing Looking for any
length Of time through wire gauze
blinds is injurious to the sight.
An oculist tells Of police detective
who came to him with his eyes in a
shocking condition. He had nearly
blinded himself by looking through such
blinds for several weeks together. La
dies wells, when thick, frequently injure
the sight especially when Of the dot
pattern. The desirability Of keeping the
eyes cool is urged. 1t is a good plan to
battle the eyes closed every morning
with moderately cold water. The con-
slant practice of this habit tends to
strengthen and preserve the sight. But
if the eyes are actually inhamed, water
Of the same temperature as the air in
very cold weather may increase the in
hammation, and tepid water will, under
such circumstances, be most beneficial
Slight Inflammation in the eyes may be
relieved by bathing them with cold OF
nearly cold tea or the invaluable bO-
racic acid and camphor eyewater, which
may be obtained from any druggist
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Said to BE the Richest Town.

The total valuation Of Brookline,
Mass, is 500, 9l2, 600, divided as 70.
lows: Personal. SIS, 1923. 300; build
ings, $40, 640. 600; land, s29, l42. 100
There has been a shrinkage in value Of
personal property Of Sl69, 700 and an
increase in the real estate Of 81, 019, 100.
making a net gain Of 81, 900, 400 in the
richest town in the country. In the
polls assessed there il an increase Of
l47, the number being 4,559.-Boston
Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13
ReIler IN Six Hours.

DISTRESSING Kidney and Bladder diseases
relieved in six hours ~ the New CIR a;
South American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is a great surprise on account OF
its exceeding promptness 10 relieving
pain in the bladder, kidneys, back and
es cry part Of the urinary passes in male
OF fen ale. II relieves. II relieves re-
tsntion Of water and pain in passing Il
almost Immediately. II you want quicf
relief and cure this Is your remedy. Sok
by +. K. IRWIN, Druggist Woodstock
Va. nov. 3G-1yr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13

ttlFf iAAofr-
Train i0s connects az Harpcr's Perry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving ar $40
p. m arriving ar Cincinnati no rs a. IN. and at
-. Louis ar 300 pm. and connects at Viewer
ton with tain arriving at Hagerstown az
25 p. m. and az Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick ar 2s3O p. m.
Train 4ij connects with fast yestibulcd
trains az Harper's Ferry az 9:i4 p. N. tor
M. for Cincinnati and ST. Louis. Arrive at
Pittsburg at 65 a. M Chicago az 900 D. m.
Cincinnati az j:Dp. no. and 81. Louis at 1:l2 a.
m. Parlor cars on trains Nos. i0s and iOj be-
tween StauntOn and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cans run through
10 Cincinnati, -. Louis. Chicago and Pitts
burg. on an express trains.
For rates tickets. baggage checks apply
70 any Office Of the 3. Il O. r. r.. or 10 {. +.
Dudrow travelling passenger agent Wiuches-
ter. Va.
CHAs. % ~CTIL, VI. NJ. GRETNF.
Gen. lass. ACT. Gen Man
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when tho surplus Was Divided.

Did you ever hear tell OF the time
they gave away "head money" in
Maine? 1t was in 1888 when they really
passed it around. The thing started in
1886, when congress passed an act to
divide among the several states all the
money in the United States treasury in
excess of 50, 900, 600. Then in 1887 the
legislature enacted that all moneys so
received from the general government
should be deposited with the several
towns and cities and plantations, sub
ject to recall ON 60 days notice when
ever the same should be needed for the
purposes Of the government The cOun-
try had Just been in a business panic,
banks were unsafe and the people me-
cessitOus, and in a number Of towns
the best and safest way to invest the
fund appeared to be to divide it among
the taxpayers. In Biddeford this was
objected to, and the matter was taken
to the supreme court, which held that
towns had no right to make a division
of public funds. But the next legisla-
ture was appealed to to relieve the peo-
pie 1t passed an act authorizing di-
vision of the money among the inhabit-
ants per capita, whence it got the pop
Mar name of "head money" The
amount divided was not great, but it
gave great deal of satisfaction to poor
men with numerous children, for they
were peculiarly the recipients of the
bounty, since the division was so much
for each head, according to families
The man with dozen or fifteen young
sters around him felt like u lord
Lewiston Journal
Is There Irrigation In Mars?
1t would seem that the planet Mars
is now in a condition to which the earth
must come. 1t is struggling against the
gradual disappearance Of water on its
surface and in its atmosphere. There is
no weather there. for there is no rain
and there are no winds. Dew in winter
is deposited on its poles in the form of
snow. The rest Of the planet consists Of
deserts with very slight elevations. The
inhabitants have met this state of things
by a gigantic system of irrigation,
What we cali canals are irrigated dis
tricts about 80 miles wide, with canal
running through them. from which wa
ter is distributed. Here and there are
large Gases of irrigation, and these GASES
are connected with each other by means
Of the canals. When the SHOWS of the
poles melt, the melted water is distrib-
uted over the planet. and thus crops are
produced. The inhabitants store up
food and water for that part Of the year
when there is neither water nor yegeta-
ton. So rarefied is the atmosphere that
one Of these inhabitants can work at
one twentieth the exertion that Il costs
ms. or, in other words, perform with the
same expenditure Of strength 20 times
the task. -London Truth.
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eye became terribly
inhamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
a while l could not
see. The doctors
said | had Cancer of
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13
Cancer
OF the Face.

Mrs. Laura E. Minis, of Smithville, Ca,
says: "a small pimple of a strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; it soon
began to grow rapidly, notwithstand-
ing all efforts TO check it. My
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13

up the case as hopeless. When in
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said must die,
as hereditary Cancer was incurable.
"At this crisis, was advised to try
S.S.S., and in short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued to do
so for three months, then it began to
heal. l continued the medicine a while
longer until the Cancer disappeared en-
tirely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return Of the disease"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-11-13

800 MIXED TRAIN NORTH.
Leave Woodstock 20 go a. m. arrived at
Harper's Ferry at j.ll p 10. On sunday
leave woodstOckat 527 p. m,
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SOUTHWARK.
CONNECTIONS.

$50 MIXED TRATSs SOUTH.
leave Woodstock Sunday at 1885 p. m. arrive
At Harrisonburg az 300p. N.
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A Real Blood Remedy.

Cancer is a blood disease, and only a
blood remedy will cure it. S. S. s.
guaranteed purely 0eeeta6ke) is real
blood remedy, and never fails to per-
manently cure Cancer, Scrofula, Eczema,
Rheumatism or any other disease Of the
blood. Send for our boo k S
on Cancer and Blood Diseases,
:: !: &: e.: e.. IS: Is: s: !: !: S S
La correspondencia de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 1890-1943, 1896-01-29
FELIPE DERBLAY

-lOos uesssf Sf;-repiti6 Clara con dolo-
roso susp,ro.
Esta vez Ia marqueea Sc impaoient6, le-
vantSndose de pronto faG sentarse janto 81
halc6n frente d su hija quien oogi6 por Ia
mano.
- -Vsmos, 5por que piensas sin cesar en- ESQ,
atOrment4ndote Ell alma?
-JNo que quieree que pense-contest6 Cla-
ra con amargura-aiuo en- m; prometidc? mo
he de ato' mentarme el alms como td dicee, in
vestigando los motivos de SD slencio9
-Confeso que es diffcil explioarlc. Des-
pues de vivir ocho dias con nosotros ell pasado
afo, mi sobrino el duque Bligny volvi6 d San
Petersburgo, prometi@ndome veDir Paris du-
rante ell invierno. Escribio primero que le de-
tenian ALI asontos poI1ticos pretexto despues
que, terminado Ell invierno, espersba el verano
para volver Ffano;s; lego ell verauo, pero no
el duque Estamos 90 ell otcno va no aoude
pretextos, nj SO toma la molestia de escribir,
nos. Sopongsmos que solo IS descuido. Aun
asf es una falts Todo degeners, hja mia, = los
hombres de nuestra epoca nj siquiera saben ser
AteT Q.
La msrquesa irgui6 81 blanca oabeza bas-
tanta pareoid4 las de las sefioraa de empolva
aoa c,bellas one sonreian en- los retratos de ia.
mile, onl,osdos 90 las paroles del salon
~ ii eat6 enfermo -indiod Clara intag.
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3fB1.roTnoA Da s*LA CoEnnsPoNnnsorA"

tando defender al que emaba-y no puede d4r
noticiae suysa?
~Ea una suposicidn nsdmisible-replio5
gin r,iedad Ia marques porque nos 10 hub'eran
eiicho en Ia EmhajaAa Ter seguriaad de que
re enouentra perfzotemente sano, slegrey sati:
fsoho de que hs dr5g do todo el invierno ell
coti}I6n en- los salones dss IL a1istocraois ruaa
Dsmuddse el seznbisDte de Cars, como
81 toda Ia eangre de aus vsnea so sgolp ~ 81 CO
raz6n nalideci6, dioiwdo con forsedn konrisa
Me hab1a prometido pasAr el invisr1 G en-
Ps,fs, ~ me ajegraba tanto 1a idea DIS que ms
enoont1 dramos joDtos On sociedsd! Sns ex;tos
me hnbieran enor6 ullecido, acsso 81 sdvirtie
ra loa rnios. Fl que recor ocer, mama, q7e 70
eE czls g., Y sin embargo, znotieos b y ra,a que
10 fuera, porque adonde quiera que vsmes soy
moy b=eqpi&ds, = aun quf mismo, en- este de.
sieI to de Beaulieu, nc me faltan adoradores;
hasta nuestro ve i1o el due NJ de la ferreria Sc
atrevo.
-lEl eefior DerblsyT
= El 81 nor DerhI y, 81, mamdl 81 domin-
90 pssado en- Ia misa-th 90 10 has net do, por-
Que eres muy davota-l ia 20 en- mi libro tu
lado, sin sab 2 por que, ne antfA m~lestsda-
Uoe foe.zs mas poderosa' dHe mi solaLtAd
atrsia nj ater ci6n. peaar nAio volvf |, cabs
za, lavant6 IL vista, en Ia somhrA de ospj.
lie II i ssh1r ne1hl J iao'inado.
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DRAMAS DE La VIDA,-s2meto

DRAMAS DE LA VIDA. -tS7meto.
Sc hundia Ell sol an la cercana sierra
por tibia luz crepusciziar vencido;
aparecia el mar como dormido
y en- un letargo sepulcral la sierra.
Joven doncal, en- actitud que aterra,
muy NAL de- pero muy bien veatido,
sobre Ell preti! del muell6 estaba erguido,
con su pesar = su doIor en guerra.
LIE vi en- Ell dado un Hro de- briI!antea
sus manos al crispaT aunqua Goa miedo,
me aceEqu6, prorrun1piando:-Un ms
(tantes..
Dejadme-dijo--q vivir 40 puedo..
-Bien, bien; tirese usted; poro hoEnbre an
ties
i egaleane el anillo do csc dedo
b. IgG.