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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
An Arctic Night.

Early one morning, after vainly en-
deavoring to sleep, went outside. The
stars were shining in a sky Of dark, rich
purple Tightening to a yellowish tone
ON the northern horizon the vast desert
was a great mass of delicate lilac and
green, and the igloO a brighter note Of
the same color. The dogs, curled up in
balls and almost covered by the snow,
were so many black spots. The wind
blew shrill and chill, and the snow
streamed and eddied in long wells over
the lonely desert The tents tapped like
great birds alightiDg, and the wind
gage kept up monOtonous tap, tap, tap.
The utter loneliness and desolation Of
the scene were so penetrating that | was
glad to creep over the recumbent forms
Of my companions into the shelter of
the sleeping bag, where shivered and
dozed until the bright sun called us
rgain to life and action. Prank Viii
bert Stokes in Century.
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Contagious
Blood Poison.

Mr.. Frank B. Martin, who is engaged
in the jewelry business at 926 Penn
sylvania Avenue, Washington City,
where he is we'll and favorably known,
was a victim of that worst form of dis
ease-contagious blood poison. He
realized that his life was about to be
blasted, for this terrible disease has
baffled the skill of the physicians for
ages, and they have never yet been
able to effect a cure. His mental
despair can better be imagined than
described.
In a recent letter he says: about
four years ago | contracted a severe
case of contagious blood poison, and
it was not long before l was in a terri
Bile condition. Immediately placed
myself under treatment of two Of the
best physicians in Washington city.
Their treatment, which | took faith
fully for six months, cost ne just three
hundred dollars, and left me worse than
when began it. My condition can
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

"Silver is now worth about 60 cents
an ounce. The silver bullion in dol
lar is worth about 81 cents. Free silver
coinage would raise the price Of silver
to 1919 cents an ounce. and the silver in
an American dollar would be worth 81
in gold the world over ey.n withoU. a
government stamp on it, "-Ex-Con-
gresham R. ?. Bland in New York
World Of July I, 1896.
If you have a ncighbor who thinks
Bland is n great statesman, and who is
willing to back his opinion with money,
and who would have anything to lose
after going through the free coinage
cyclone, here are some Of the perfectly
safe bets you can make him:
First. THAT free coinage would not
in one year raise the price Of silver to
81 per ounce. you can bet on any
number of years, but would have to
wait longer before the bet could be set
tled.)
Second. That the price Of silver will
be lower one year after than one year
before the passage Of free coinage act.
Third THAT the price Of silver will
be less than so cents per ounce when a
free coinage act has been in effect six
months or one year.
Fourth. THAT at no time within one
year after free coinage at l6 to l has
become law will an American silver
dollar be worth as much as 70 per cent
Of the value Of an American gold dollar
If You cannot get even bets, give odds.
The price of silver is determined
mainly by the cost of production. All
the silver the world can use can be pro-
duced at less than - and probably less
than 10 cents per ounce No legislation
can raise, except for a short time, the
price Of silver. 1t is to be hoped that we
will never be forced to make this fool
ish free coinage experiment, but if we
do we should, il we can find takers, re-
coup some of our certain losses by bet
ting on the inevitable
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

Do not poultice an eye under any cir
cumstances whatever Binding a wet
application over an eye for several hours
must damage that eye, the assertions OF
those protesting to have personal expert
ence in this to the contrary nOtwith-
standing. The failure to aggravate an
existing trouble by binding moist APP
plication over an infamed eye, which
application is supposed to remain for an
entire night, can only be explained by
the supposition that a guardian angel
has watched over that misguided case
and has displaced the poultice before 1t
had got in its fine work. All oculists
condemn the poultice absolutely in ev-
cry shape and in every form. Tea leaves,
bread and milk. raw oysters, scraped
beef, scraped raw turnip or raw potato
and the medley of disgusting domestic
remedies popularity recommended are,
one and all, capable Of producing ire
mediable damage to the integrity of the
tissues of the visual organ. New York
Ledger
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
Icing Vegetables For shipment.

Zone of the most remarkable new
departures in the freight business, " said
Mr.. Omar H. Bartlett, general freight
agent Of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad, sis the idea of icing vegetables
for shipping long distances. 1t has been
tried Systematically in other years, but
never until this year was the plan car
ried out to any extent Now the New
Orleans shippers are icing their vegeta-
bles right along. We have already this
season hauled 20 cars to New York city
alone that contained iced vegetables,
and the shipments to Boston, Buffalo,
Pittsburg, Baltimore, Philadelphia and
in fact to all the northern cities Lave
followed out this new idea You know.
the shipments of cucumbers, cabbages,
beans and all kinds of garden stuff have
grown very rapidly in the past few
years, and now the producers have
found it necessary TO ice them. The
process Of packing is quite interesting. ="
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
The Only Colonization Is the English.

Colonization and territorial extension
are burdens. not gains. Great civilized
states cannot avoid these burdens. They
are the penalty Of greatness because they
are the duties of it. No state can sue
cessfully undertake TO extend its juris-
diction unless its internal vitality is
high, so that it has surplus energy to
dispose of. Russia is a state which has
taken upon itself tasks of this kind be-
yond its strength and for which it is IN
no way competent. Italy offers at this
moment the strongest instance of a state
which is impcriling its domestic vel
fare for a colonial policy which is be
yond its strength, i undertaken arbitra
rily and has no proper motive. Germany
has taken up a colonial policy with
great eagerness, apparently from a no.
tion that it is one Of the attributes of =
great state. To maintain it she must
add a great navy to her great military
establishment and increase the burdens
of a population which is poor and heag-
liz taxed and which has not in its terri
tory any great natural resources from
which to draw the strength to bear its
burdens.
Spain is exhausting her strength to
keep Cuba, which can never repay the
cost unless it is treated OH the old colo
NAL plan as a subject province to be ex-
plotted for the benefit Of the mother
country. If that is done, however, the
only consequence will be another rebel
lion and greater expenditure. England,
as a penalty Of her greatness, finds her.
self in all parts Of the world face to
face with the necessity Of maintaining
her jurisdiction and Of extending it in
order to maintain it. When she does so,
she finds herself only extending law and
order for the benefit of everybody. 1t
is only in circumstances like hers that
the burdens have any compensation. -
Forum.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

Train l0s connects al Harper's Perry with
Fast Limited Express trains leaving at l:l3
p. m. arriving Columbus at $50 a. m and
Piltsburg at $40 p. m. and Chicago az 100 a.
m. next morning; with train leaving at 5:l9 p.
m. arriving AZ Cincinnati az 1:f5 a. m. and at
st. Louis al 600 pm. and connects at Viewer
ton with tain arriving at HagerStOwn al
BIB p. m. and az Washington Junction with
train arriving at Frederick AT 2.2O p.
Train 446 connects with fast yestibuled
trains at Harper's Ferry az s:i4 p. m. Tor
Chicago; iv2l p. m. for Pittrburg. and l:46 a.
m. for Cincinnati aud 81. Louis. Arrive at
Ptttsburg at 6:j5 a. m. Chicago at 900 p. NJ.
Cincinnati at $50 Up. m. and ST. Louis az 7:l2 a.
m. Parlor cars on trains Nos. f0s and iO5 be
tween StauntOn and Baltimore.
Pullman Palace Sleeping ears run through
to Cincinnati. st. Louis. Chicago and Pitts
burg. on all express trains.
For rates, tickets. baggage checks apply
70 any Office of the Is. 4 q. K. r.. or 10 {. +.
Dudrow travelling passenger agent Winches-
ter, Va. or 10 c. T. Hammond. city ticket
agent stauntOn. Va.
CHAs. o SCULL, ". VI. GREENE.
Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen Man
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
IfalY'a New RIhea.

Italy has a new magazine rifle which
holds only six cartridges, but can be
filed and discharged in 10 seconds.
The bullet has an outside covering OF
German silver with case Of lead, hard
ened by anthony, and will go through
a brick wall three feet thick at range
Of a quarter Of a mile. The bore is 0. 256
inches, aud the trajectory is so fiat that
the rife can be fired up to range OF
$50 yards without using the folding
sight, which is set for as long a range
as 2, 200 yards.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
why It Is.

"why are women so partial to rib
bonsl' .
81 don't know-born that way, |
suppose. "
made that way, you mean.
"Now, what joke underlies that'
Something about a maid and made that
way. chr"
mot at all. l wished to attract your
attention TO the fact that the first won
an was made, not born. "
"Well5"
"sbe was made from on Of Adams
rih-bones. and the sex has ors' IN Atm
ity for ribbons ever SING 5ndon
Answers =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

1t is said that the pope intends to
give a new impulse to Catholic social
ism. He is arranging a new catechism,
in which the religious sentiments are
10 insist not only on charity, but on the
rights and duties Of working people
and those who employ them, and on pri-
vate providence and public help. For
this purpose Leo XIII has long confer
snces with some sociologists. London
News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

uniform, refused TO Iisten 90 MS I'd
tons Of the czar's remarks on the sub
iect, and eventually, after days Of per-
secutiOn, began urging on him the pro-
priety of his resigning his commission.
In bis distress the prosecuted officer
turned to a friend in the ministry Of
war, who brought the whole affair to
| the cars notice. 1t was o'clock
in the afternoon when Nicholas heard
the story He at once put on dark
suit, ordered his adjutant to do the
same, and together they went to the
spot where the prosecuted officer had
taken a car. They boarded a car, rode
on it to the barracks, alighted, boarded
"A returning car, and went back to the
palace The car wrote out brief ac-
count of this little trip, and added to it
the inquiry:
Gam 1 still worthy TO wear the uni
form of Russian officer?"
He signed the document nicholas, "
and sent it to the colonel of the perse-
cuted officers regiment Since then
there has been peace IN the oiIlcers
quarters of that regiment and the man
who rode on a horse car has been treated
with the Difference belonging to one
who pulls wires at court.
Perhaps Nicholas got his idea of an
object lesson in this case from Emperor
Francis Joseph of Austria. The emperor
heard several years ago that his officers
in Vienna were agitated over the ques-
ton Of the propriety of riding in omni-
buses. He remarked impatiently that
this was a weighty subject for large
brains and should be settled before any
body's mind broke down under it. He
then put ON full uniform, took with him
an adjutant in full uniform and had an
omnibus ride. The ride was reported in
the newspapers, and the question Of
propriety was settled.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
Rsllef IN SIX hours.

Distressing kidney aud Bladder diseases
relieved in SIX hours by the New Grea:
South American Kidney Cure" This new
remedy is a great surprise on account Of
It's exceeding promptness 10 relieving
pain in the bladder, kidneys, back an
every part of the urinary passes in male
or female. IL relieves. IL relieves re.
tention Of water and pain in passing II
slmost Immediately. II You want qnicb
relief and cure this is your remedy. Sold
by +. r. IRWIN, DEuggis. Woodstock
Va. nov. 30-1yr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

Hands off, when placed on bright
work or on anything on exhibition, 4"
said Mr.. Goslington, always seemed
to me to have a sort of naughty air
you can look at me, but don't touch
me-but placed on box Of live crabs
standing on the sidewalk in front of a
fish market, the sign seemed only a
friendly reminder. New York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
The Tailor. Hint.

Chollie-How do you account for thi,
suit shwinking so?
Tailor--Too much due on il, | 'spect
indianapolis Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
UEU, ". MILF 1 c. c. c. ), G,
A Copy-reste
GEO. w. NILEY. e. q. q Z q


F. S. TAVENNER, p. q.
To Joseph Delawder, John Delawder,
George Delawder, Benjamin Delawdcr,
Margaret Delawder Francis Rifley and
John Rifley her husband. You will take
notice that I the undersigned will pro-
coed OH August 10, 1896, between the
hours OF 6 a. m. and 9 p. m. Ia the office
of Tavenner & Bauserman in the town
OF Woodstock, Virginia, and before w.
b. Allen, Commissioner In ChOncery, to
take the dispositions Of Lemuel J. Kohne
and others to be read in my behalf in the
above styled cause, and II the said de-
positions be not commenced on that dsy
or il commenced on that day but not
completed the taking Of said will be
continued from day to day or time to
time until the same are completed,
Richard c. Delawder,
by +. s. Tavenner, Of
july 3. 4w. Counsel.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24

intend shoot but he certainly has dangerous
will
little will be
suddenly half their value by being measured in so dollars Re
will Gifts hiding places foreign capital will rush this
country; mills will become active will be
will will
products merchants will have for their old perhaps need
new clerks short good capital
Europe very Haves
promising prosperity
to threata capitalists
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
VIRGINIA TO WIT:

In the Clerks office OF the Circuit
Court Of Shenandoah County, on the Isl
day Of July 1896. I'm vacatiOn.)
Richard c. Delawder, Complt,
against
Joseph Delawder. &c, Defts.
In Chancery.
The object Of this suit is to settle the
administrators account of Benjamin
Delawder's Admr. and to distribute any
balance i'm the hands of said Admir-. to
the heirs at law Of Benjamin Delawder,
and further for the execution Of deed
conveying to complainant the real estate
whereof said Benjamin Delawder, died
seized and possessed in the County of
Shenandoah, State of Virginia, and for
general relief.
1t appearing by affidavit filed that the
defendants Joseph Delawder, John
Delawder, George Delawder; Benjamin
Dclawder, Margaret Delawder, Francis
Riiiey, and John Riiley are not inhabi-
tants of this State-It is ordered, That
they do appear here within fifteen days
after due publication hereof, and do
what is necessary to protect their inter-
ests: that a copy Of this order be pub
lshed in some newspaper printed In
Shenandoah county. once week for
four successive weeks, and a copy posted
at the front door Of the Court House Of
said county, on the first day OF the next
County Court.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
NoRTHwARp. 40s 446 a.
Pass Pass Mix /

40 MIXED TRAIN NORTH.
Leave Woodstock at $40 a. m. arrived az
Harper's Ferry at 5.l4 p. m. On Sunday
leave WoOdstockat p p. m,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-07-24
CONNECTIONS.

449 MIXED TRAINs SOUTH.
Leave Woodstock Sunday at 1885 p. m. arrive
at Harrisonburg at 3OOp.m.
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
Number Thirteen.

Real estate agents know, to their vexa-
tion, that very foolish supsrstitions pre-.
vent certain houses from yielding any
thing but worry and expense. Said an
agent to New York Tribune reporter
The greatest trouble in that line comes
because of Friday and the number
thirteen. When you find man who will
sign lease on Friday you may make
up your mind that he will be good ten.
ant. AS to the number thirteen, why, il
is as hard to rent house with thai
number as one from which contagiou
disease flag is flying.
When Superintendent Byrnes bough
the house in which he now lives it wat
No. 13 East Fifty-eight Street. Nobody
knows Just why it was done, but the fact
remains that soon afterward the numbers
on that street were changed, and in the
shuttle the Byrnes house became No. II.
II it had remained No. 13 some of our
superstitious clients would point to the
ex.chief's dethronement as another evi-
dence of the hard luck which goes with
house bearing those figures.
A real estate agent said, The strongest
thirteen story know of is one which l
have heard told about Arthur McQnade.
who was in she doodle Board of Alder
men. 1t was said that when misfortune
overlook him his friends-some Of them
attributed it to the fact that he had
purchased house for thirteen thousand
dollars at No. 313 East Thirteenth Street.
There are people to day." he added,
"who will tell you that was the cause of
h 10 trouhle ~
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
To Keep EN- Well.

II am trying this winter" eoDfided
one of group of mothers to her
listeners, the other afternoon, ''the
Chinese plan to prevent sickness in my
family. You bnow they pay their medi-
cal advisors only when they are we'll.
With Illness the fees stop. SO far there
has not been a cold, and only a slight
attack of indigestion among my five
children. I've offered prize to each one
of them who will perserve an unbroken
record of health till the first of May, and
with this end in view they listened
patiently, and, what is better, heedfully,
to my brief lecture at the beginning of
the season on how to keep we'll. They
don't follow their friends to the door and
stand in the cold for little more talk.
ing; they don't sit on the stone steps as
they did in July, and as they are apt to
do throughout the year. My nine year
old boy actually came in and changed
wet stockings for dry ones the other day,
something unheard of on his part before.
| feel that for this winter at least while
the novelty lasts mine has been a happy
thought"
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
A Knowing Dog.

A New wfoundland dog owned by New
Orleans lady, gave an illustration of the
fact that in some way dogs comprehend
what is said to them.
One day lady called on his mistress,
and during her visit Lion came in rather
shyly, lay down on the parlor carpet and
went to sleep. The conversation ran on,
and the visitor finally said:
"What handsome New foundland dog
you have"
Lion opened one eye.
"Yes," said the mistress. "He is a
very good dog, and takes excellent care
of the children" Lion opened the other
eye and waved his tall complacently to
and fro on the carpet. "When the baby
goes out he always goes with her, and
feel sure that no harm can come to her, :"
his mistress continued. Lions tail
thumped violently on the carpet. "And
he is so gentle to them all, and such
playmate and companion to them that
we would not take 81 900 for him, :"
Lions tail now went up and down. to
and fro and round with great undis.
guised glee. But" said the mistress,
'Lion has one serious fault" Total
subsistence of Lions tail, together with
the appearance of an expression of great
concern on his face. "He will come in
here with his dirty feet and lie down on
the carpet, when l have told him time
and again that he mustn't do It,"
At this point Lion would doubtless have
demonstrated if he could, but, being
speechless, he arose with an air of the
utmost detection and humiliation and
skunk out of the room, with his lately
exuberant tail totally crestfallen.-Er.
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07

Vice President Stevenson tells good
story about himself and an honest Dem.
ocrat from the southern part of Illinois,
which is known locally as Egypt" In
1868 Mr.. Stevenson was taking an actv G
part in politics, and in looking for a
candidate to put up against General
Grant he bethought him of David Davis,
his fellow townsman at Bloomington
SO when the Illinois delegation met to
consider for whom they should vote, he
made an elaborate speech, giving the
reason why Judge Davis as the strong
est man that could be selected, and urged
that his name be presented to the con
vention. A delegate from Egypt, an
ancient and weatherworn war-horse OF
the Democratic party, who was accused
by his neighbors of sympathizing with
the South aud Of aiding and abetting the
rebellion, pulled his chair alongside Mr.
Stevenson and said "That was mighty
good speech you jest made, ABLY; dom
reckon thar's another young man in
Eelynoy as could have made so good a
speech ez that, an my heart is with ye:
every bit of it, but, honest, ABLY, betwixl
me and you, and no one else, don't you
think it's jest leetle too soon to trot out
old Jeff again?o
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
GEMS.

The sure way to miss success is to miss
opportunity,
Teach your children to respect their
elders and themselves.
Never mind the world, it floats with
the stream; it is tho duty of man to swim
against the stream.
have always fonnd tho less we speak
of our intentions the more chance there
is of our realizing them.
The lessons we learn in the school of
experience cost the most, but they are
remembered the longest.
Do good constantly, patiently ard
wisely, and you will never have cause to
say that life was not worth living.
People glory in all sorts of bravery ex-
cept the bravery they might show on
behalf of their nearest neighbor.
Within every mans thought is higher
to. day is higher character.
Out of suffering comes the serious
mind; out of salvation the grateful heart
/ out of endurance, fortitude; out of deli
| veranee faith.
We are ruined, not by what We really
want, but by what we think we want; il
is wise, ther, fore, never to go abroad il
| search of our wants.
Some men are, in regard to ridicu le, like
tin rooted buildings in regard to hail; al
that hits them bounds rattling off; not a
stone goes through
| Revolutions are not made, they come,
| A revolution is as natural growth al
an oak. 1t comes out of the past. 1tt
foundations are laid far back.
| A man should never be ashamed to owl
that he has been in the wrong, which il
but saying, in other words, that he il
wiser to day than he was yesterday.
The Monitor-register., 1896-08-07
Lady Henry and the Queen.

There is little story concerning Lady
Henry Somerset, which will interest the
many friends and admirers of that distin-
gnished temperance advocate made
during her visit to Washington. 1t also
illustrates the wonderful memory of
England's Queen. When Lady Henry
was four or five years old, ball was given
at Buckingham Palace to be attended by
none except the first born of peers. She
went with her parents, the Earl and
Countess Somers. Being an independent
little thing she strayed off from her
guardians and went on tour of observa-
tion through the great hall, and finally,
when Queen Victoria and Prince Albert
left to go to the banquet table, she seated
herself on the cushioned seat the Queen
had vacated. She had on q white dress
with real daisies fastened to it, and a
wreath of the same flowers rested on her
hair. When Victoria returned she was
much amused, and patting the girl on the
head, said, 'sThis is little Isabel" With
a toss of her head, the child answered,
"This is Lady Isabel" When Lady
Somerset was eighteen years old she was
presented at court, and wore white
dress covered with natural flowers as
before. AS the Queen bent down to kiss
her cheek, custom with the daughters
of peers when they are presented, she
said: "Daisies again. little Isabel-Lady
Isabel, mean" She had remembered
the circumstance of the ballroom all
those years in the midst of her pre-
occupied life - Washington Post.