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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

you'd get frightened at having to stay
in this world instead Of getting fright
ened at having to go toward heaven. l
congratulate anybody who has right
to die. By that mean through sickness
you cannot avert or through accident
you cannot avoid-your work consum-
mated. "Where did they bury Lily!'
said one little child to another. "Oh, I"
she replied, "they buried her in the
ground. " what In the cold grOund?'
"Oh, 10, no, rot in the cold ground,
but in the warm ground, where ugly
seeds become beautiful flowers.
"But," says some one, sit pains me
so much to think that l must lose the
body with which my soul has so long
companioned. . You do not lose it. You
no more lose your body by death than
You lose your watch when you send 1t
to have it repaired or your jewel when
Won send it to have it reset or the faded
picture when you send it to have 1t
touched up or the photograph OF friend
when you have it put in new locket.
You do not lose your body. Paul Will
90 to Rome to get his, Payson will 60
to Portland to get his, President Ed
wards will go to Princeton to get his,
George Goodman will go to the bottom
of the Atlantic to get his, and we. will
90 to the village churchyards and the
city cemeteries to get ours, and when
we have our perfect spirit rejoined to
our perfect body, then we will be the
kind of men and women that the resur-
rection morning will make possible.
So you see you have not made ont any
doleful story yet What have you proved
about DEATH What is the case you have
made out? You have made out just this
that death allows us to have perfect
body, free of all aches, united forever
with a perfect soul free from all sin.
Correct your theology. What does it all
mean? Why, it means that moving day
is coming. and that you are going to
quit cramped apartments and be man
stoned forever. The horse that stands
at the gate will not be the one lathered
and bespattered, carrying bad news, but
it will be the horse that st John saw
in Apocalyptic vision-the white horse
ON which the King comes to the ban
quet. The ground around the palace
i will quake with the tires and hoofs of
celestial equipage, and those Christians
who in this world lost their friends and
lost their property and lost their health
and lost their life will find out that
God was always kind and that all
things worked together for their good
and that those were the wisest people
on earth who made the best Of every
thing. See you not now the bright light
| in the clouds?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

The expression Hes lobster, "
which has now become so general in
colloquial use about town as to convey
a clear cut message Of cUntempt or de-
rision, has a somewhat peculiar origin.
There is nothing about lobster, which
the elder Dumas, il may be recalled,
described as "the cardinal Of the sea, "
to invite derision, but few years ago
when all winter racing was a customary
thing in the vicinity of New York, es-
pecially IN neighboring New Jersey, a
mud horse that failed to realize the ex-
pectations of those who bet money upon
it was called slobster, " ga allusion
to its mode Of progression. Horses
which had been generally defeated were
lobster horses, and as this colloquial ex-
preston got to be more general in use
on the race tracks it began to be applied
not only TO horses, but to men and
things as we'll. A lobster car was car
that made slow time. A lobster boat was
boat In which rapid time could not
be expected. A lobster calculator was q
man who took too long, in the judg-
ment of his critics, to add up an &C.
count, and so gradually the name lob
ster has come TO be accepted as q desig-
nation Of sloth or inferinrity, and He's
lobster has come to DO regarded as a
phrase of disapproyal. York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
A Flower Garden, Com
plete, for a Quarter.
FRESH sEEO~THE KIND THAT GROW.


This collection will furnish flowers in
abundance from early spring to late fall.
No other offer to match this
l. GIANT COMET AsTERs-FloweTs like
large graceful chYsanthemumsi white,
pink. yellow. red and blue.
,. NEW WHITE BRANCHING AsTERs-
A suberb novelty, try il.
g. JAPANESE HO7, (yarigated)-A hardy
vine Of striking beauty. VIII cover a
porch in one season.
f. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., rose magenta,
black, pink, lavender, pale lemon, and
white mixed.
5. SWEET PEAs-In all colors Of the
rainbow.
8. NAsTURTIAMs-Dwa all the 9S
novelties, mixed
:. ALYssUss, LIqTLE 6EM-o00 flower
spikes have been counted on one plant,
very fragrant.
s. observation-disclosures flowers all
the year round.
9. CHRYsANTHEMUMs, DOUBLE HY-
BIRDS, white, yellow, crimson, bgonsa
yellow, lilac, rose, etc.
10. KEKRENAs-Quantities Of superb
fragrant cut flower
II. IPOMOEA SRTosA--The rose-colored
moon flower.
u. MORNING. GLoRIEs-Giant Imperial,
just from Japan; 8 to inches across.
Transcend description.
Is. GERANIUMs, in variety from seed
the first season.
II. DIANTHVs-spotted china pinkS.
Is. MARIGoLD, TALL AFRIcAS-A
great fay0rite.
WE PAY THE POSTAGE,
Our illustrated Catalogue Free 10 All.
OSBORN STODDARD,
Madison, New Jersey
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
SPEAKER REEDS HAIR.
1t OccasioDed a Lively Controversy With
"A ColOred Tonsorial Artist.

1t OccasioDed a Lively Controversy With
Colored Tonsorial Artist.
Hon. T. Reed, speaker, reclined in
hotel barber chair the other afternoon
looking like an aproned Buddha far
plunged in contemplation Of the limita-
tions Of the infinite. The Discrimination
of Hon. 7. Reed to be discursiye was
not according to the BARRIERS idea Of
things He attempted to draw the great
man out. The great man only grunted
monosyllabic replies and resumed his
reyerie. Then the barber decided to
switch the conversation to the subject
of Mr. Reeds hirsute peculiarities.
"Yo' haiuh's sut'nly thinnin out a
heap, sub, said he,
"Um-m," said Mr. Reed.
"Teencby bit o. tonic do it whole lot
O. good, subj. "
"Um-mi no,
"Bin bald on de top o. y ' head long
subj
Mr. Reed did not Withdraw his gaze
from the doorknob as he drawled
81 came into the world that way.
Then l had an interval Of comparative
hirsute .luxnriance, but it was not en-
during. Ihaye long since emerged from
the grief Of the deprivation. 1t no lon
ger afflicts me. Do not permit it to
weigh upon you.
The black barber studied over this for
awhile, apparently without fully appre-
hending its meaning, however.
"Yo' haiuh'd look some bettuh, sub,
eff 20 KEEP it long in de back lake,
he said, after a few moments Of silence.
Hon. Z. Reed removed his gaze from
the doorknob, fastened it upon the cell
ing, cleared his throat and spoke again.
"I.et me assure you, my tonsorial
friend" said he, THAT the appearance
of my hair, as l have been accustomed
to wearing it, is eminently satisfactory
to myself, and perhaps might also say
to my constituents. What little hair
still adorns my head l have possessed
for a long time. l know it well. l have
been on familiar terms with it for many
years. l have inadvertently mingled
spruce gum and chewing tar with it in
my years of extreme youth. l have Of
ten sun dried it in order to present a
proper not guilty appearance at homo
after surreptitious swimming expedi-
tions. / have had it pulled the wrong
way by boys whom 1 ouly learned to
thrash afterward. At the same period
of my life | even endured the ignominy
of having it cut-in ascending tiers-by
experimental maiden aunts. The conse
duence of all this is that that bit Of re-
naming hair and are old and, | trust,
inseparable friends. l indulge the hair
and the hair INDUCES me. The hair in
dulges me by permitting me 20 wear It
after my own conception Of the way It
ought to be worn, and l indulge the
hair by firmly declining to have it tri-
fled with by gentlemen Of the scissors
who possess artistic ideas more bizarre
than my own. I fear III have to ask
You to indulge US both-tho hair and
me. Cut it the way ordered you to
cut il. D."
The black barber looked dazed. When
the great man had Numbered ont Of the
shop. rolling like man-O'-war bos'n )
mate on three day liberty ashore, the
barber mumbled:
"Speakuh! All should say he is a
speakuh Washington Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
FIVE GRAND NEW PLANTS

by mail, postpaid. for p cts.
New Hardy Yellow Rambler Rose. Aglaia.
New Giant Yellow orchid lowered Gamma,
Austria.
New Hardy Eyerhlooming sprsea. A waterer'
graniest variety.
New Hardy Pink. May. deiciously fragrant,
beautiful pink color.
New Double show Dahlla. Of many colOrs and
varegations. "Jewell" flowers large and
prodnced in greatest profusiOn and all
shades. from maroon 10 white
All fveof the above named plants or any OF
the following collections. each plant is strong
and well grown. labeled. and no two alike, for
only . cts. satisfaction guaranteed.
s Everblooming Roses, BEAUTIES.
10 Chrysanthemums. new storts.
10 Carnations. the best.
10 Giant Pansies, many colOrs.
10 Single and Double Fuchsias,
10 Gera NUNS single and double,
New Double nahlias.
Grand French Cannas.
10 Beautiful Coleus.
Our 40 page Florial Catalogue Of everything
for Garden and Conservatory, free upon APP
DicatiOu.
A. B. DAVIS son. Estab. 1895
Purcellville, Va.
Mention Shenandoah Herald when you write.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

The ministry of education and the
fine arts has no fewer than 49, 100 paid
officials. As to the ministry Of war, it
is difficult to determine the exact num-
Der Of civilian employees connected with
1t. They are lost IN the crowd Of mil
itary officials. Besides, ministers have
a trick in preparing the estimates Of
hiding as much as possible the fall mum,
bel uf their subordinate functionarles.
Their salaries are SO small and their du-
ties Of such slight Importance, when
they are not altogether useless, that to
furnish full details might lead to their
being got rid Of Parliament and the
press are clamoring for retrenchment
and reform.
The budget, which at the time of
writing is not yet voted, amounts to the
enormous figure Of 3, 500, 00O 600 francs
(el40, coo, 000l, and every day few
millions are added for the purpose Of
satisfying electoral interests, while
there is an annual deficit which can
only he made good by the aid Of dis
guised loans. Is it on the lower officials
that this golden shower false They are
10 or u in room, occupied in CLASH
flying papers or copying documents
which have already been written ones
in an adjoining Office They receive
from >, 600 francs to q, 900 francs a year.
according to position and seniority, al
together 30, 600 francs or 35, 600 francs.
1t would be easy to do away with half
of them without detriment to the sery-
ice. Indeed, it would be an advantage
to suppress useless clreumlocutlon and
exact greater assiduity from the clerks.
But the government, as organized az
present, has such great need Of an elec-
toral army to sustain it that it is oblig-
ed to go on increasing the number Of its
interested supporters "a order not to
succumb to party attaC Ks. Nineteenth
Century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
WANTED&-O
BOYS and GIRLS

to represent Us. We don'trequire a cent
OF their money in advance for a $500
BON OF our
KINGS Vegetable and Flower Seeds,
which is to be sold for us, and for the
little time necessary To sell the seeds
we give a Nice NIcKLF WATCH, Stem
Winder and Stem Set, or PHOTO.
OUTFIT COMPLETE. Any bright boy
or Girl can sell the CD papers OF Seeds in
a few hours time. Ii for any reason the
Seeds are not sold at end Of 81 days, we
take them back.
Write postal to ", telling what
paper you saw this in, and say you ac-
cept the offer, and we will send the
Seed, Immediately. and give you a start
in nee little business.
7. J. KING CO.. Richmond Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War
contains 5000 pages u 10 inches and over
100 large Battle scenes. Portraits. Maps, etc
The greatest and largest War Book ever pub
lished. and the only one that does Justice W
fought FOR. Agents wanted everywhere %
sell this book on our now and easy plan.
Many of the lady and gentlemen agents who
are at work are making from $50 70 szoO PEI
month. Veterans. Sons and Daughugters OF
Veterans and others interested are requested
TO send for IA beautiful illustrated descriptive
circular tfreel and terms 10 SCENTS. Address
courier.Journal Job Printing CO., Loglsyalie
KY ho'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
STORE ROOM
AND
DWELLING FOR SALE.

A splendid piece Of property at ST.
Luke. consisting Of Store Room 22X5O
feet. one Of the best stands in the county;
dwelling house with ten rooms, basement
and cellar, and all necessary ont build
ings. COOS garden, fine water with two
acres Of land. Churches and school
house within few yards OF dwelling.
The store-room Is about - yards from
the dwelling. This is chance Of life
time. For particulars call on or address
HERALD office. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
Not So Bad.

One of the famous English musicians
of the first half of our century, John
Cramer, had great repute also as a vet
eran courtier and an adept in elegant
flattery. To judge from the following
anecdote, his reputation in this respect
must have been we'll deserved:
A contemporaneous pianoforte player,
Thalberg, once said before a company,
with a degree of pique; Il understand,
Mr.. Cramer, you deny that | have the
good left hand on the pianoforte which
is attributed to me. Let me play you
something that l hope will convince
you"
Thereupon Thalberg played piece
that showed wonderful manipulation OF
the bass part of the keyboard Cramer
listened attentively and then said;
al am still of the same opinion, NJ.
Thslberg; l think you have no left
hand. l think you have two right
hands Youth Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
EARLY PLANTS

The earliest and best varieties o
Tomatoes, Cabbage, Cauliiiower, swee'
Pepper, aud Egg Plants supplied at low
prices. Send your orders whenever col
venient.
A. b. HOLMES,
Jan. 2s-3mo. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
primo
N BSiES5ilg

It is true wisdom for every
body to take thorough course OF
Swift's Specific just at this season
of the year. The blood is sluggish
and impoverished, and the system
is full of impurities which should
be eliminated. In addition to
thoroughly cleansing the blood,
and toning up the system so as to
avoid loss of appetite and a gen.
eral rundown feeling in tn G
spring, s. s. S. so strengthens and
builds up as to fortify against the
many forms of dangerous illness
that abound during the hot sum-
mer season. 1t is a very small
matter to take this precaution but
it insures health and strength all
summer. Swift's Specific
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
"Reminiscences of the Commune.

Very interesting is the collection Of
relics of the commune which gentle
man connected with an important fnan-
cial establishment has been forming for
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

Trains 10, IA, 9 and 80 daily except
Sunday.
For rates, tickets and baggage cheeks
apply to any Office Of the Southern
Railway, or to l.. ;. Brown, Gen. Agt.
1900 Penna. Ave. Washington ID. G
". II. GREEN. IN. CULP, W.A.TuRK
Gen. Supt. Traffic Man. u. z. A
Washington, ID. {.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
A Perfect Newspaper.

To publish ALL THE NEWS promptly ana
and succinctly and In the most readable
form. without eli-lon or partisan bias; 10
discuss lis significance with funkness. 20
Keen An OPEN EYE FOR PUBLIC
ABUSES. 10 give besides complete record
of current Thought. iancies and discoveries
i'm I'm Departments of human activity in its
DAILY EDITIONS OF from 10 to IA PAGES,
and to provide the whole for its patrons at
at the nominal price OF ONE CENI-that
was from the Durset, and will continue 20 be
the aim OF THE RECORD"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
S.S.S.T 4ss Blood

is far ahead of all other remedies
for this purpose. 1t is a real
blood remedy which promptly
purifes the blood and thoroughly
renovates the entire system, tones
and strengthens the stomach, and
renews the appetite. 1t is the
only safe tonic, being purely vege-
table, and the only blood remedy
guaranteed to contain no arsenic,
sulphur, mercury, potash or other
mineral substance, which is of so
much importance to all who know
the injurious effects Of these drugs.
Nature should be assisted by ma
lures remedy, S. S. S. Take
S. S. S. and be we'll all summer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
Question of the Day.

81 admit | am troubled, said the
fashion editor.
Whats the matter?" asked the So
ciety editor.
"Why, l can't quite make up my
mind whether it is all right in view OF
prevailing conditions, to speak of five
pairs Of bloomers, a dozen shirt waists
ind two dozen pairs Of golf stockings as
trousseau. Chicago Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
Tie
Philadelphia
Record

after career Of nearly twenty years Of un-
interrupted growth is justified in claiming
THAT the standard first established 10y Its
founders j. the ole true test OF
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
A SINGLE STANDARD
The

only is possible whether as test or excel
encc i'm journalism. or for the measurement
of quantities. time or values; and
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

toaled in 1893, by Clay, 4779, dam Rid
die, by Aberdeen q, grand-dam Slima
by Cassius VI. Clay, jr. p, etc. Riddle
bred by Chas. W Moore, Lexington,
XIV. Electionecl 70, Maid ofClay &c.
This horse will make the season al
Shenandoah House Stables, Woodstock,
Wilson House, Stables, MI. Jackson, and
Carrollton House stables New Market.
only want this horse to go TO limi-
ted number of mares, and prefer better
class of bet bread animals. 1t will pay
any man owning a good, well bred mare
10 bring her 10 this horse.
TERMS. Ten dollars for Insurance.
Henry Shepherd can be seen in Wood
stock Monday next, court day, and al
New Market Stock Sale day.
JOSEPH HOLTZMAN,
Shenandoah House.
Mar Aft
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29

Witnossits uHuyaled average daily circua-
ton exceeding 10000 copies, ami an average
exceeding l9l 100 copies for its sunday
editions. while limitations of It's plan OF
publication I'm every important city of the
OF the country testify 10 the truth of the
assertion that in the quantity and quality
of its contents. and in the price az which IL
is sold The Record" has established the
standard by which excellence in journalism
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
The Pioneer

one cent morning newspaper in the United
states. The Record" still LEADS WHERE
q HERS FOLLOW.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-04-29
Wanted Agents.

Jan. 2s-3mo.
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
COST OF F'lRECR,ACIlEiI1S Il
CHINA.

AT Canton THE ordinary size cracker
az inches long by one fourth OF an
inch in dlamater) costs L tael (62
cents) for 10000 for export. AT Ham
kow the best quality of this size costs
l tael for 5000, while of the second
quality 10000 can be bought FOR tael,
At Chung-king $1,000 OF the ordinary
crackers can be bought for l tael. At
Shanghai tael will purchase 5000 OF
the ordinary size, while THE largest
sell for 81 per Thousand. Thhse prices
are probably only a shade above the
actual cost of manufacture. The small
manufacturers sell to Chinese c0mpra-
dOres, who buy as agents of foreign
firms. and ship the crackers in bundles
to the seacoast. where they are packed
in boxes which cost about taels
Cs25O) per hundred and hold 25O,OOO
firecrackers.
Aside from the fact that all THE ma
terial used is native, and produced
where the crackers are manufactured
and that transportation does not enter
into the cost. THE wonderful cheapness
OF Manufacture is accounted for by the
kind OF labor used and the wages paid
The items OF cost of plant and interesf
on 1t are eliminated by the fact tha'
the crackers are made in the homes o.
the workmen and In the shops wher,
they are sold. The hours Of labor arr
from a. m. to IL p. m, and there am
seven working days in each week
Four-finths OF the crackers consumes
in China are made by the families o
thoee who sell them, these people, o
lcourse, receiving no wages. OF tn
paid work, a very large proportion I
done by women and children who ar
paid by the piece. 1t is estimated tha
thirty women and ten men can maxi
100000 crackers per day. for which
work the women will receive cent
each and the men about Z cents each
An apprentice is bound for four years
and during that time receives only hi
board AT THE end of that period h
will receive, If he Is a fairly gool
workman. $50 cash per day, or cent
in the United States money. An ex
pert at the trade receives 200 cash pc
day, or 10 cents gold.
WOrhmen ait this trade receive abou
the average rate OF wages paid here 10
common labor. The trade Is consiuer
ed unhealthy and dangerous, and there
fore not desirable.
Evening journal., 1898-08-01
A PLAN THAT FAILED.
The Past and the FutuPe OF Irrigation
m kansas Told I'm a Few
Words.

For time much was said and writ
ten about tho promise OF irrigation 1t
was believed that it would revolutionize
the plains and make of them gardens.
But that day is past. Irrigation with
out water is O failure, and the plains
have not enough water for the bitches
that have been already dug. Vast
reaches of upland cannot be reached by
water except by pumping it out of the
ground, and frequently it is nearly as
far to water in that direction as it is
overland. Windmill and pump can sup
ply the vegetables, and make sure that
there will be enough flour in the bin,
but IL cannot moisten the whole claim.
This has been demonstrated. Along
the river bottoms there is hope, and
many fourlshing irrigation plants ex-
ist Numerous other ditch properties,
however, are in the hands of receivers,
and are losing money. The future use
fulness of irrigation seems likely to be
confined to small territories favorably
situated, rather than TO be applied TO
the plains generally.-Charles Moreau
Harger, in Harper's Magazine.