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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04
when tho summer Breeze

Blows through the trees, most OF us WHO VINO tnn Nv
Atlantlc' Whether Ii is business or pleasure
calls one from home. Hostetters StonaSn
are or nm outing Yachtsmen, sea captains,
Commercial travellers and emigrants concur rl
In this opinion. The Bitters Is nnrivn,leu LOT
bilious, nalnrial. dyspeptlc or liver disoruer'
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04
An Unfortunate Chan.

Checkerly-Poor Algy. He's so how
wildly defawmed."
Stripes-Defawmed?
Checkerly-Yaas, poor boy; his eyes
are SO pwominent that he cawn't wear a
monocle.-Truth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04
Quite Natural.

Maud like George Richards to call
on me.
May-1 don't.
Maud-Of course not. dear. You'd
rather have him call on you.-Truth.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

..Dobber's poster didn't win prizef"
"No; he forgot TO paint In the customary
girl and the Judges had nothing 10 ui'er'
them from cIiticislns his work.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04
Halls Catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price, Iac.

After alI, what's the Use of dying! There
is n novelty In hanging around to see what
IL coming next.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04
CHAPTER /.

s the tale which ]
am about to tell is
my own; as l my
self am the hero
a pitiful enough
hero-of h Q 8 Q
pages. l shall. bye
and bye. be forced
to say so much
about my own
affairs that I may
we'll begin by SPAR
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
Florida, Sept. H. 1885,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

Some of these days some candidate for Of
flee VIII create sensation by residing in a
palatlal residence.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

A man is as young as his rheumatism Will
allow him to be. \ woman Is as young us
her photograph forces her TO be.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

What's the matter with n performance of
"The Rivals by an all,favorile son cast? -,
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

rirs-Allrt. 5toppc,l free By DR.. X line n Great
NrrSe iestorcr, 10 Fits after the nrst tay use.
Hary,lo,, cures Treatise and s: trial fre.ep
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

II the baby Is CuttinG Teeth,
sure and use that old and vell-tried remedy: MRS
'Ssiow's SOOTHING sIRur for Children Tcething.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

81 cured GIddlngton Of talking to me about
his smart little boy" "IIow did you do it!'
81 told lin all about the eleven summers
cxpcTIence have had with hay fever.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1896-06-04

DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all
the clements necessary to give new life
and richness to the blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are for sale by
all druggists. or be had by mail from
DR.. williams Medicine Company.
Schenectady, N. Y. for so cents per box.
or six boxes for $3.50.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10

nun Of champagne Is big bottle OF the
very finest wine produced, and magnums
are always named in the accounts that
come from luxurious banquets. As mat
ter Of fact a magnum is likely to contain
q comparatively inferior wine Of its
brand and for an excellent reason.
Sparkling champagne is distinguished
from still wine by the fact Of being ma
tured in the bottle But, unhappily, it
is difficult to make bottle larger than
a quart that will be strong enough at
all points to resist the force Of the gases
generated in the process Of maturing.
Even tho champagne bottled in quarts is
lost in considerable quantities by the
breaking of the bottles during the proc
ess of fermentation. So the magnum Of
champagne is filled from small bottles
after the process Of fermentation is COM
plete, and from that fact the wine thus
bottled is less likely to be the best Of its
brand than that bottled in quarts.
When a large London wine dealer
was giving great dinner, feature OF
the table decoration was an enormous
bottle Of champagne wreatbed with
flowers. 1t had been especially prepared
in France and was said to be the largest
bottle Of champagne ever imported into
Great Britain. The bottle was greatly
admired by the guests. a number Of
champagne buyers, but disaster follow
ed, for the bottle was too weak for the
wine, and in the midst Of the meal,
doubtless owing to a rise in tempera'
ture, broke, and the table was suddenly
flooded with frothing champagne.
1t is noteworthy, however, on the
other hand, that champagne in quarts
is likely to- be better in quality than
champagne in pints, because tho wine
natures better in the larger bottle. OF
course the difference is not noticeable
by the ordinary consumer, not blessed.
or cursed, with a delicately sensitive
palate. New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
4 Georgia Answer.

Quite funny arc some Of the expert
ences narrated by persons returning
from the Atlanta exposition. A local
newspaper man, who got back from tho
south on Monday, tells this one on him
self. Upon arriving at Atlanta he char
tered q hack. and with that fine scorn
of uecuniary considerations Characters
tic Of his profession ordered the driver
to convey him to the "best hotel in
town. Entering the really gorgeous
carayansary, he dropped his grip before
the desk, held a pen poised above the
register and inquired, what kind OF a
room can you give me and how much:
The clerk, a typical southerncr, with
sallow complexion, dropping mustache
and long goatee, replied in an indiffer-
ent sort Of tone, well, sub, All ken
give y fo'th Go room foh TO dollahs
a day, sub. " ''Fo'th flo, TO dollahs, "
repeated tho visitor, facetiously mimick-
ing the soft southern accent, "then l
presume Jon can give me a first floor
room for 81, EN-" moo, sub, "
drawlod the naughty Georgian, "Ah
KANT give yo' a fust flo room fob one
dollah, sub, but All ken give 20 room
without any 60 at all TO- nothin, sub.
Jest 20 down than to the balm and in
oui' TO- the mewl apahtments. " The
Philadelphian made 10 further attempts
to have fun with the natives during his
stay in Atlanta. philadelphia Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
How lie Gave Up Cigarettes.

"Did ever tell you how l managed
to cure myself Of the cigarette habitf'
asked a cholly the other day. l told him
he had never explained the mystery tC
me, and that l had spent many sleepless
nights in consequence,
"Now you arc joking" he said, with
his neat little lisp, "but really, on the
extremely deceased, have stopped il
entirely, and il was the easiest thing in
the world. l used to smoke from four TO
five packages day and sometimes more.
One day 1 made up my mind that |
would quit l do not mean that l would
quit smoking, but meant that l would
stop buying them. 1 smoked those Of
my friends. Finally it became bore to
my friends to have me always asking
for cigarettes, and they sometimes said
they didn't have them. Thus my charity
smokes gradually became quite seldom.
Finally there was not young fellow
who knew me who would give me Gig
arctic. BY that time 1 had about got
rid of the habit. One day felt like l
would enjoy one, and bought pack
age before l thought, lit one, and it &c
tually tasted so badly that threw it
and the package away. Since then ]
have never smoked. | do not use tobacco
in any form. You may give this recipe
to your friends if you desire. It cured
me and did the job quickly and effective
". "-Louisville Commercial.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10

saw horse show at little place
called Moate-wbich, however, once
gave q nights shelter TO Cromwell-at
which / was greatly impressed, not only
by the lepping-Anglice, jumping-but
by the quality of the animals, the horse
manship Of the riders and the extraordi-
nary interest and enthusiasm displayed
by the company, which consisted for the
most part of gossoons, sitting in their
hundreds ON a stone wall that grit the
Enclosure, and giving forth Celtic yell
as the horses shirked, cleared or missed
their jump. There was one handsome
and likely looking mare that, no doubt
from want Of due preparation for this
particular kind OF trial, was among
those who elected the first course. Her
name was Dairymaid, and overheard
the observation behind me: DAIRY
maid, is it? All, we'll She'd better go
homo and make bootter. She's no good
here"
In England young colts at grass are
nearly always ont in smooth pastures.
In Ireland they are among rocks and
stones and broken and slOping ground,
and thus acquire better use Of their
legs betimes. Possibly the lime in the
subsoil is good for their bones, and as
suredly the soft, moist climate is all in
their favor. Irish horses have better
tempers, and, therefore, have better
manners than English horses, in conse-
quence, no doubt, Of the gentler and
more patient treatment they receive.
Bat, as one who knows them we'll re-
minds me, "When they are bad temper
ed, they arc the -Blackwood's
Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
How n Nettle stlngs.

Every one has probably made &C.
quaintance with the irritating, IL not
highly poisonous. character Of the net
tie stings. though they may never have
troubled TO examine the beautiful little
apparatus by which the poison is intro
duced TO their blood.
1t is probable that II they were to
make microscopical examination OF o
nettle hair just after they have been
stunE, they would be scarcely in the
right frame Of mind TO discover any
beauty in its mechanism but 1t exists
for all that.
The leaf and stem Of a nettle. it will
be found, are literally clothed with
erect hollow hairs If one Of these hairs
be viewed under a microscope, 1t will
be seen that its free end, after tapering
to a very fine degree Of slimness, finish
es at a little knob, while in the other
direction, after gradually becoming
more robust, it suddenly expands into a
large bulb corresponding to the poison
gland Of the adder.
The point Of the hair is very brittle.
and contact with the skin causes the end
to snap of, leaving a hollow needle
point, which readily pierces the cuticle,
and, pressing upon the bulb at the 9th
er end, the poison is forced through the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
Had Fun with Mamma.

There is decided GOODNESS in the bOs-
ON Of the family Of one Of my best
friends here in town. Ny friend is q
widow, and her age is-never mind
what-a widow is always just the right
age. She has three daughters who are
just the age when girls are most mis-
chieyous-of course you know just what
age that is. They tease their mother un-
mercifully, and the one especial thing
they torment her most about is her al
legged admiration for a handsome, mid
die aged physician. Ny friend had q
lame shoulder not long ago, and one Of
the girls suggested painting it with To-
dine. All three Of them helped to do it,
and with giggling and tittering and
snickering they did their mother up
brown. Next day the shoulder was no
better, and the doctor was sent for. The
shoulder was barred for his inspection,
and, much to his patients Mortified as
constituent, he burst into laugh. She
dismissed him rather unceremoniously
and when the girls came in, she told
them Of his rudeness. Then an idea
struck her, She took her handglass to
the mirror and looked at that shoulder.
There, in bold brown iodine, was por-
trait-labeled and surrounded by bleed
ing hearts and other st. Valentines day
emblems-of the doctor. The girls are
wearing their last winters hats again
this season. Washington Post,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
Flogglng Girls.

The authorized fogging of little girls
or big girls is piece OF barbarism
which, now that the subject has been
definitely raised, will receive, we trust,
no countenance from the home secretary.
Mr.. Riley says that girls in the ele-
mentary schools are caned, bit OF In
formation which we commend to the
immediate notice Of Sir John Gorst.
The public of London has outgrown the
DAYS Of Mother Brownrigg, and Mother
Brownrigg, as the Newgate calendar
informs rs, was not sustained by judge
jury, public opinion or Jack Ketch IN
her theories and her practice as to the
castigation of girls There were philos-
ophers, to be sure, who approved OF the
whipping of girls. Locke did, for one.
and SO did DR.. Johnson. Locke approved
Of O mother who whipped her little
daughter nine times in order to compel
The child to confess some error, and
johnson commended mother who
whipped beg child in the interest Of fu-
ture truthfulness because the girl had
said she came in through one door,
when, in fact, she bad come in through
another. But those were days when
children were supposed to be born only
that they might be birched as far as
possible ont Of their share Of original
sin. Women were publicly logged at
the carts tail in the days Of Locke and
Johnson-and, Of course, in the interest
Of discipline and order and morals. We
cannot go back to those days, and any
serious and public attempt TO get back
to them would be an absurdity as we'll
as an outrage. London News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
MRS. PEARY WAS FRIGHTENED.
1t Was When She Went Hunting Walrus
with Her Husband.

It Was When She Went Hunting Walrus
with Her Husband.
Mrs. Peary, wife Of the famous arctic
explorer, declares she has had more
than enough Of the polar regions, and is
determined that her husband shall never
repeat his travels in those frigid lands.
When asked what experience stands out
most prominently in connection with
the unusual life while exploring, Mrs.
Peary, without a moments hesitation,
said: "Our hunting the walrus. 1t is
the only occasion in my life when Twas
so frightened that l would have well
coined death as a relief. Wewere out in
q boat with DR.. Cook, Mat, and some
natives. Mr.. Peary had broken his leg,
but was steering the boat, his leg, in
splints. stretched ont before him. We
saw the walrus coming toward Us, and
when the natives said, Shoot at them,
We took our rifles and did so.
"Thon followed a scene too terrible
for words The bullets had only entered
the hides Of these animals, enough to
infuriate them, and they came forward
enraged and with but one determination
TO turn over the boat. They placed
their long tusks on the gunwale and at
tempted to tip us out. crouched at the
bottom Of the skiff, loading the rifles,
so that the men would not have to wait
q second. The sea was crimson with
their blood, and for a few moments l
did net know whether l should be shot
BY the excited men CT drowned by the
walruses. We killed about II, and have
some Of the tusks. But don't letme talk
about it any more. All that is past. -
Philadelphia Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
PathOs and Poverty.

1 called upon an old lady the Other
day. Everything abont the house was
scrupulously clean, but betokened pow
erty of the bitter, grinding kind. My
hostess was beginning to be a little
childish through excess Of years and
trouble, and excusing herself retired
for few minutes, returning clad in an
old black silk dress made in the style
Of 90 years ago. 1t had been a wonder
full dress when first made, and must
have cost what in those days was a large
sum of money, and there was something
about my hostess as she sat in the finery
Of her girlhood, in the bare, uDfurnish-
ed room, with no carpet on the floor
and nothing around but a few straight
back wooden chairs, that was more pitt
full than anything she could have said
There is something touching to me at
best about the shadows which rest over
the end of life's pathway, but when the
faltering steps lead through desolate
ways, while youthful vanity occupies the
mind, it is almost a tragedy to live
Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
r.nLee Maas Ala.kan curIOs.

Ex-State Senator L. c. VOORHEES, OF
Suffer Creek returned, with his family,
from q visit to Alaska yesterday ON the
City Of Pueblo.
''There is one thing from which the
ordinary tourist cannot be weaned, y
said he. "He will buy curios wherever
he goes. That is the way in Alaska. We
hear a good deal about the fine carving
done BY the native Alaskan. Now, the
fact is, the Alaskan knows mighty little
about carving. The crack carver OF Sit
ka came down to San Francisco, l was
told, 10 learn the art Of carving, and
now he turns out barrels of ingenious
coutrivances supposed By his customers
to be indigenous to the soil of Alaska
only. On boat which went to Juneau
a short time before we arrived, there
were actually 5000 pounds Of Alaskan
eurios, manufactured by Americans at
Brocktou, Mass. San Francisco Chron-
icle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10

IRAN iUs connects at :i.IFt5S feiry
with Fast Limited Express trans leav
ing al l.13 aud Pittsburg at :. 10 p. n
and Chicago at II 90 a. m. next morning
with train leaving at 10 p. H., srriying
az Cincinnati at : a. a. m, ST. Louis &C
g 90 p. In, and connects at Weyerton
"lth train arriving at Hage stown at
RIB p n, ard at Washington Junction
"iih hain arIiYirg IN Frederick at
220 p N.
Tain la connects with fact vesti-
buled trains at Harper's Ferry stgs9
P m for Chicago, 1921 p. m, for Pitts
burg, and LAG a. M, for Cincinnati and
st. Louis. Arrive at Pittsburg at s. a.
no.; Chicago at 900 p. M; Cincinnati at
$50 P. m, and st. Louis at 7.l2a.m.
Pullman Palace sleeliog carr rsn
through to Cincinnati, ST. Ions, Chicago
and PittsbuIg, on al express trains.
For rates, tickets, baggage checks.
apply to any q flee Of the b. 4 o. r. RI
Or to c. E. Dndrow, travelling rassenge-
agent, Winchester, Va,
CHAS. o. SCULL, L B. CAMPBELL,
zen. Pass. Ag'. Cen. Man,
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CARVED IN The BARK.
A clump OF Trees Upon Which Appeared
the Names OF Many Soldiers.


81 don't quite understand, and l new
er could" said an observer, "what
prompts people to write their names in
public places. Trees have always been
fayorite objects upon which to carve
names, and the smooth bark Ct the
beech offers a field most inviting to tho
knife of the carver saw once a bunch
Of beech trees upon which thousands Of
names had been cut This was in Vir-
ginia, close by the left bank Of the
James river. A ravine made back from
the river, and at the head Of this rayine
there was a spring. Around the spring
was this clump Of beech ,rees.
1.-THE names carved on these trees
were those Of soldiers who had been en-
camped thereabout in the time Of the
civil war and who had come to this
spring tor water. 1t was in 1879 that l
saw them, so that they must have been
there then at least Is years. They had
probably been there longer. About
third Of the names were still legible.
Many Of them were the names Of men
Of Pennsylvania regiments. Those that
had become illegible were mainly those
that had been carved on smaller trees.
"There was one big tree that had up
on it, should think, 500 names They
encircled it for 30 feet up from the
ground. 1t seemed as if some Of those
among the highest must have been cut
by men who swung down from the first
branch and one could imagine that
men stood on one another's shoulders to
reach above the names already carved
by men standing on the ground, or that
perhaps there was led up beside the
tree horse upon whose back the carver
stood.
"These names may have been carved,
every ono Of them, simply as a pastime,
and yet it seemed somehow as though
this was o case in which the carving
might have been done in something
more than a merely idle spirit. New
York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10
THE Rise IN cAMPHoR.
The Price Of the Drug Has Nearly Double
In Twelve Months.

L0c HrfCe OF the Drug mas tcthAJ Dco1AcN
In Twelve Months.
The peculiar and uncertain position Of
camphor in the market has caused more
comment and speculative gossip con-
corning this article, its sources of sup
ply, methods of production, etc, than
it has received for years past. The ma
nipulations of O syndicate, said to have
headquarters in London, and the air OF
mystery which has surrounded its oper-
ations have made camphor commodity
toward which much interest has been
directed for months past. Refined cam
phor, prime quality, sold at "a cents
per pound year ago, since which time
it has brought 81 cents. II is now quot
cd at 50 cents, this decline from the
higher figure being attributed to the
bearing Of the market by the syndicate,
or because Of outside competition with
the syndicate. The future course OF the
market is problematical. The syndicate
commenced buying last June and has
not yet cornered the market. Dealers be-
lieve that if the syndicate can continue
TO purchase all that is offered during
another six months it will be in abso-
lute control. Whether it can do this or
not is uncertain, because the personnel
of the operators and their financial
strength are not known and can only be
guessed at
In view Of the interest and the posi-
bilities of the situation, timely reference
can be made to Japan and Formosa.
where most Of the crude camphor OF
commerce is grown. In olden times
camphor was produced in Sumatra, Bor'
neo and other parts Of the East indies
and China, but of late years they have
been no factor in production. Camphor
trees are Of the evergreen variety, SYM
metrical in proportion. blossoming with
white flowers and bearing red berries.
They attain great age, some living 3OO
wears, and are of ponderous size, the
largest measuring 10 feet in diameter.
The camphor of Formosa is inferior to
that of Japan, which, coupled with the
fact that the former island is inhabited
largely by savages, and the production
Of crude camphor being attended with
50 much danger, leaves Japan practical
" to supply the world. The annual ex-
port of crude camphor from Japan aver
ages about 8, 900, 900 pounds, Of which
one-fourth comes to this country and
the remainder is distributed over Europe |
This understandable product must be re-
fined before it can pass into consuming
channels, and until two years ago 1t was
exclusively treated at American and
European refneries. The attempts re-
Gently made to finish the product IN ia
pan have met with moderate success re.
sulting in Japan brands" being placed
on the market by about q dozen small
refne-ies established on native SOIL
Paint, Oil and Drug Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-10

Nine. NOvikoff was at a Sunday pGr'
~ at Holland House in the days Of its
lato mistress, and was seated between
Lord Houghton and Mr.. Kinglake. The
latter observed, in answer to remark
Of the Russian lady, that historians
were sometimes very badly treated.
"What do you mean;" asked Nine. No
vikof, rather puzzled. well" con-
tinued Kinglake quietly, as if discuss
ing some grave topic, lust take my
case, for example. As you know, am
supposed to be a historian. The other
day l got a letter which really touched
me; it was signed by two people, hus-
band and wife, and came from one Of
our colonies. They described their grief,
Their only child, it seemed, had been
killed in the Crimea. For some incom-
prehensible reason they were most anx-
ious to have their beloved darling men,
toned in my history Of the Crimean
war. Surprised, but fattered, Ireplied
by return Of post-a thing | have not
done for many, many years-that l
would be happy to do my best for their
comfort provided they sent me the
necessary particulars. Again letter
written and signed by both mother and
father arrived, but with the following
cruel addition: we have no particulars
whatever. He was killed on the spot,
like many others, and anything you
may kindly invent will be welcome
we leave it entirely TO your Judgment. "
New Review.