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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1869-02-27

short notice.
Cash paid for old iron and Brass. ian l6-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
AgrienltnraI and domestic.
Compost.

The secret of the successful farmer is
hidden to q great extent in the compost
heap. Many persons wonder at the ek-
ceeding fruitfulness of some fields and at
the immense crops which are produced, in
comparison with the yield of other strips
of land. We think we can explain the
mystery. 1t is found not so much in the
quantity of the manures which are applied
as in the quality of the fertilizer. Some
times the cause of failure is in the over
dose of the stimulent, so we have seen
field of corn destroyed by applying too,
much of the guano ofthe hen roost. The
compost heap is accretion of various kinds
of fertilizing ingredient, and the advantage
is, that one ingredient acts as the COM
plement of the other and fal6ls all the
indications which the wants of the plant
demand. The careful agriculturist will
see that as little fertilizing matter shall be
lost as possible. If he has deciduous
trees about his lawn, or in his patch Of
woodland, the leaves will not be suffered
to go to waste, but will be made to serve
either as bedding for his COWS, or be put
into the barn-yard. Soap-suds and dish
water will all be made to yield their aka
line and animal matter and the ashes will
add their tribute to the general fund
The Europeans accomplish wonders by
the liquid manures, and it is time that
our farmers should not only know, but
act ON the known value Of this prime fer
tilizer 1t is given to plants in such
state that they can readily absorb the
nourishment which it contains, and the
gardener is thus enabled to follow the
growth of vegetables more rapidly than
by other means.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
A Remarkable Calf.

In Norwhich, Conn, there is great ex-
element over calf just born there. The
ears are said to be set farther back than
calves ears usually are; the cheek bones
are like mans; the eyes are unusually
large; the forehead is high; the nose.
what there is of it, is fat; and the lower
Jaw is like that of mans. The profile
has much the appearance of human be-
ing. 1t was reported that an examina-
ton of the head showed it to be half ne
gro that the animal must lave been half
African, and the other half might be set
down safely as COW. A dissection is to
be had to- decide the curious questions
raised. Many man goes about with a
Calls head on his shoulders, but this is
the first instance we have heard Of re
versal of the rule, by which calf is sup
piled with the head of man. Perhaps
the calves have joined the Equal Rights
Association.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Plants for Hanging-Baskets

The German ivy is of the easiest cul-
-ture, if watered daily, for it loves water,
and must have it freely to thrive WE'LL
The soil should not be too rich. English
ivy and Poets ivy are both easy of culture.
Monywort is obtainable by all it grows
in most gardens like weed, and no one
would refuse root of it to the asker. It
requires sandy soil and frequent water
ings, then its leaves are small and closely
set, and the effect is lovely. franciscan
tia, both variegated and green, grows most
readily-a little cutting becomes, before
many weeks, trailing vine of great beau
ty. The Tom Thumb Tropoedum, though
rather large plant for hanging baskets,
will, in very poor soil, grow well and
blossom freely. First, put little bits of
charcoal at the bottom of the basket, then,
in the middle, small, coarse sponge !;
this holds the moisture, and the roots
drink it up as they require it; the char
coal acts as purifier, and keeps the
earth sweet. Fill up your basket with
little rich earth, with, at least, two parts
of sand mixed. Our moneywort, which
grows SO lovely, has only securing sand
with charcoal and bit of sponge
Household AtlUocote
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
ESO REAL ESTATE OWNERS!

ALL Persons in Virginia having Real Estate
zach as FARMS, MILLS, FACTORIES, TOWN
PROPERTIES anG I'll MBER LANDS that they
wish to sell, are advised to advertise the same,
first, in their local journals, and next in the
HAGERSTOWN ALL, newspaper that
CALCULATES $500 COPIES WEEKLY,
published at Hagerstown, Nd, by DEcHERT Wa
SON. The tide of emigration is now rolling GU te
virginia-our Maryland and Pennsylvania farm
ers selling off their farms at high prices and
seeking new homes IN ovr sisters State. Those
who emigrate, are a general thing, men of mus,
-cle and-neans, and will aid materially in develop
ing the great natural wealth of 'the mother o.
States We publishing the MAIL at a Cen
trail point, The very best which to advertise land
tits very popular Real Estate Advertisement:
medium its pages frequently containing from three
20 six columns of this class Of advertising. We
have numerous orders for the paper from tune to
time, from persons in MARYLAND and at distance,
who merely desire it on account Gifts Land adyer-
Using.
Our terms are moderate, and We will take pleas
are in answering all letters of enquiry.
~ Advertisements can be sent to through
the editors of the HERALD, direct, as the parties
may prefer. Address,
DECHERT + WASON,
Publishers "Mail," hAt, srstown, Md.
mde III "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Flowers and Mu sic.

Yes, two gifts God has bestowed upon
us, that have in themselves no guilty trait
and show an essential divineness. Music
is one of these, which seems as if it were
born of death, Blu t fingers with us 'front.' he
gates of heaven; music, which breathes
over the gross or sal or doubling heart,
to inspire it with a consciousness of its
own mysterious afinities, and to touch the
chords of its unsupported, undeveloped life
And the other gift is that of flowers,
which, that though born of earth we may
we'll believe if any thing of earthly sol
is in the higher realm, if any of its methods
are continued, if any of its forms are iden-
teal, they will live on the banks of the
river of life. Flowers that in our glad
ness and in our 50 brow are never incongru-
GUS always appropriate. Appropriate in the
church, as expressly of its purest and most
social themes, and blending their sweet
ness with the incense Of prayer. APP
propriate in the joy of the marriage
hour in the loneliness of the sick-room, and
GROWING with prophecy the foreheads Of
the dead. They give completeness to the
associations of childhood, and are appropri-
ate even by the side of old age, strangely
as their freshness contrasts with wrinkles
and gray hairs; for still they are suggestive,
they are symbolical of the souls perpetual
youth, the inward blossom of Immortality,
the amaranth crown. In their presence
we feel that the body shall go forth as a
winged seed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27

Every one who has land enough should
have separate inclosure for fruit. In
mixed garden, where vegetables and fruit
are grown, neither can be grown to the
best advantage. The land should be
drained, if at all disposed to be wet, and
the soil deep. well worked, and of moder.
ate richness. A succession of fruit is to
be planned for. By proper selection a
supply may be had every day through the
fruiting season. Strawberries, raspber-
ries, currants, blackberries, grapes, etc. i,
are rarities with farmers, rather than an
essential part of their everyday food
With climate that allows all of these to
be produced with the greatest ease, how
many thousands fail to enjoy them ! Let
us have less meat and more fruit. Amer
ican Ag'icutualist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Thirty C Centuries Old.

The Oldest relic of humanity extant, is
the skeleton of the earliest Pharaoh in
cased in its original burial robes, and won
derfully perfect, considering its age which
was deposited eighteen or twenty months
ago in the British Museum, and is justly
considered the most valuable Of its arch
geological treasures The lid of the coffin
which contained the royal mummy was
inscribed with the name of its occupant,
Pharaoh Mykerimus, who succeeded the
heir ofthe builder of the great pyramid
about ten centuries before Christ. Only
think of 1.-THE monarch whose crumb-
ling bones and leathery integuments
are now exciting the wonder of numer
erous gazers in London, reigned in Egypt
before Solomon was born, and only "a
bout eleven centuries or so after Misra-
i'm, the grandson of old father Noah, and
the first of the Pharaohs had been
gathered to his fathers. why, the TIDE
mark of the deluge could scarcely have
been obliterated, or the gopher wood
knee timbers of the ark have rotted on
Mont Ararat, when this man of the
early world lived, moved, and had his
being. His nes b and blood were co.
temporary with the progonitors of the
great patriarch. His bones and shriv
eled skin are contemporary with the
nineteenth century, and the date of the
crucfixion is only about midway be-
tween his era and ours.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Curious Facts About Water.

The extent to which water mingles
with bodies apparently the most solid is
very wonderful. The glittering opal
which beauty wears as an ornament is
only flint and water. Of every twelve
hundred tons of earth which a landlord
has in his estate four hundred is water.
The snow. capped SUBMITS of our highest
mountains have many million tons of wa
ter in solid form. In every plaster P arts
statue which an Italian carries through
our streets for sa there is one pound of
water to four pounds of chalk. The air
we breathe contains five grains of water
to each cubic foot of its bulk. The po-
tatoes and turnips which are boiled for
our dinner have, in their raw state, the
one seventy-fve per cent, and the other
ninety per cent Of water.
If man weighing one hundred and for
ty pounds were squeezed in hydraulic
press, seventy pounds OF water would run
out, the balance being solid matter. A
man is chemically speaking, forty-fve
pounds of carbon and other elements, with
nitrogen diffused through five and half
pailfuls of water In plants we find wa
ter thus mingling no less wonderfully
A sunfower evaporates one and a quarter
pints Of water day, and cabbage about
the same quantity. A wheat plant ex-
hales in one hundred and seventy-fve
days about one hundred thousand grains
of water.
The sap Of plants is the medium through
which this mass of fluid is conveyed 1t
forms delicate pump, up which watery
particles run with the rapidity of a swift
stream. By the action of the sap various
properties may be communicated to the
growing plant, Timber in France is, for
instance, dyed with the various colors
mixed with water, and sprinkled over the
roots of the tree. Dahlias are also color
ed by similar process.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Remedy for the Cuculio.

A correspondent of the Prairie Farmer
says he gets rid of the eurculio. by taking
oats straw, placing on pan Of Goals, and
thoroughly smoking the trees after the
blossoms have fallen and while the dew is
on them. In week or two thereafter,
the smoking is repeated, two or three be-
ing sufficient generally to rid the tree Of
the little turk. This remedy is simple
enough, if it is good for anything.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27

A lady on the shady side of fifty, re-
Gently married to fast young man, wen'
to take leave Of him at the station on oc.
casion of his departure on business tour.
Remember, dear Charley" she cried, as
the train began to move," that you are
married."
To which he replied Dear Caroline,
will make memorandum of it," and he
tied knot in his handkerchief
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
% he Sltfnananalt YfraIa.
guetry.
GRANDMA'S DREAMS.

wonder what grandma is thinking about,
As she sits in the corner there,
With the freight shining into her eyes
And over her silver hair.
She has laid her knitting across her knee
And folded her hands so thin,
And know that her thoughts are far away,
In spite of her children's din.
Pm sure it is something strange and swees
That brightens her eyes so dim
Perhaps she is seeing the golden gates
And hearing the angels hymn
And she smiles to think that she soon will cross
Where the wonderful river rolls,
And gather the roses of youth again,
In the beautiful garden of souls.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Nation | Hotel
WOODSTOCK, VA,

C. NE e B. Proprie t o r. .
"AvING leased and refurnseed the National
Hotel, in Woodstock, respectfully solicit
a share of the patronage of both the local and
travelling public
This is one of the largest and most COM
pletely furnished houses in the Valley of Vir-
ginia, and is situated in one of the most health
full, picturesque and convenient locations in
the valley, and will be pleasant retreat du-
ring the summer months.
My Table will be furnished with the very
best Of the market, and accommodating SER
wants will be employed. The Bar will be
supplied with The choicest wines and liquors.
An experienced ostler will be in attendance at
all times. April Is, est
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27

In pruning very young pear trees, the
object should be to encourage the growth
of wood in proper directions, rather than
the production Of fruit at the expense Of
retarding the development Of the sreerg-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
TINE SHENANDOAH LAND AGENCY.
TROUT CIR A 81 l. l..

OFE1cE SHENANDOAH HERALD, WoonsrocK. Va.
Having frequent application made to us for
information concerning landed property, for sale,
by parties from the North, and believing that
many sales might be effected to such parties we
have established a Real Estate Agency, for the
purpose of accommodating both those who de-
sire purchasing and those who have lands for SALE
We have on our books a number OF the
anost valuable farms in the middle Shenandoah
Valley, and daily receiving applications for
entry upon our books.
Those who have Real Estate for sale will do
we'll to place it in our hands, as we have great
facilities for advertising abroad, and a prospect
for speedy sale depends upon extensive adver-
aisng.
We are in correspondence with number of
Real Estate Agents throughout the North. and
prepared to bring the attention of Northern Capt.
talists to the mineral properties that may be
placed in our hands for sale. Those who desire
purchasing will send for our descriptive catalogue.
TROUT & GRA
Mtyl3 Eds. & Pubs. Shen. Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Se1sft gpftry.
A GENTLE WORD.

A gentle word is never lost
Oh! never then refuse one;
Itcheers the heart when sorrow-tost,
And lulls the cares that bruise one.
1t scat.ers sunshine DER our way,
1t turns our thorns to roses
1t changes dreary night to day,
And hope and peace discloses.
A gentle word is never lost
The fallen brother needs it
How easy said, how small the cost,
What joy andcomfort speeds it
Then drive the shadow from thy brow,
A smile can we'll replace it
Our voice is music when we speak
With gentle words to grace it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
THE FAMILY RECORD.

The family is like book
The children are the leaves;
The parents are the cover, that
Protective beauty gives.
At first the pages of the book
Are blank and purely fair;
But time soon writeth memories,
And painteth pictures there.
Love is the little golden clasp,
That bindeth up the trust;
Oh +! break it not, lest all the sheaves,
Shall scatter and be lost.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
SIBERT HOUSE,
" E W N A r K f. T., Y 4 &.

TNHE proprietor respectfully informs the public
that he has repaired and refitted this we'll
known House, and is now prepared to receive
and accommodate the travelling public and afford
them such accommodations as their wants demand.
His table will always be supplied with the best
the market Affords and his rooms are clean and
neat. The tar is furnished with the best liquors.
The stable will always be supp led with excellent
provender. He respectfully solicits share OF
public patronage may %, 1868.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
MANSION HOUSE,

VT ALEXANDRIA, VA,
is a First-class Hotel in every respect. The
citizens of the Valley. having bushes in Alex
andr;a or Washington, and travellers going
North or South, will find this an agreebie rest
ing place on the route as it does not require
the early start by several hours as from Wash
ington or Baltimore. Cars and steamboats,
leave Alexandria for Washington and return
every hour from A. NJ, to u P. NJ,
JAMES GREEN, Proprietor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
THE SOUTHERN MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE co.

AL IWENILED CaFIIAL, @zoU,UVU,
Chartcre8 Or the Commonwealth of Virginia.
OFFicE-N- E. CORNER NINTH MAIN SIS,
RICHMOND, VA.
EE Issues Policies on Farm and City Proper
~, also on Merchandise, for any term not exceed
ing five years, at rates as low as the prompt pay
ment of the tesses will permit.
.JosDis Fl. M1arIS, Pres't; ]. w. SExos, Sec'y /;
II S PaIcE, Y p 4 Treas; s CALVERT, G. Agent.
John HAAS, Solicitor at Woodstock, Va.
G~ Agents wanted in every To vn and county
in tsae State [April 80
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
NoteI Cards.

TAYLOR HOTEL,
MAIN STREET, WINCHESTER, VA,
p. HEIRONIMUS, Proprietor.
Having leased for term of years the TAT-
LOR HOTEL PROPERTY, long and favor
ably known to the travelling public, aud hav-
ing cleansed the house and refurnishcd it with
comfortable Bedding, Furniture, &c., offer
to my friends and the travelling public the
comforts of HOME. With competent assist
ants, and polite and attentive servants, think
can safely guarantee satisfaction to my
guests. 1t shall be my endeavOr TO restore
the Taylor Hotel to its former reputation as
the best conducted and most omfortable
public house in the Valley.
confidently appeal to The public for
generous patronage.
Up. HEIRONIMUS.
NV. &c, 1868.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
JOHN NJ. LOCKE. MRS. NJ. &. LuPl
AMERICAN HOTEL,
HiRRISONRJTPG VA

s Mrs' NJ Nc & 1 GGFToN, proprietors.
J. W. Booz, Qate of Norvell House, superint.
This well known Hotel has been entirely
renovated, and the new Proprietors promise
that guests shall receive every comfort which
we'll stocked iarders, clean beds and attentive
servants afford.
OMNIBUSSES TO TIE HOUSE FREE.
Dec q, 1S6S-6m.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27

y1yHIS well-known House has recently been re-
furnished with all the requisites necessary
for frst class Hotel Neither pains nor expense
will he snared for the comfort and convenience
of Trsyeiiers. Conveyances furnished to any de-
sired point at short notice and on reasonable
erms. May %, 1868.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27
Business Cards.
TOHN T HARRIS

u Has resumed the prac-
tice of Law, at his old office, Harrisonburg. Va.
He will practice in the courts of Rockingham,
Shenandoah, Page and Warren. Apl l-3t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1869-05-27

II EONIDAS TRIPLETT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
MOUNT JACKSON, SHENANDOAH, VA,
Will practice in all the courts of Shenandoah
and the adjoining counties.
Oct. 20, ,6S
, 1869-04-20

Thin gnuze wells are coming in fashion aRnn-
Wigs Of noss SILK fashionable IN ra1ss for the
ladies'
The Abyesinlan Expedition cost fully ten million
pounds sterling.
Small silver chains are IL vogue among some
gentlemen for evening dresA
A young man Of artstocrsuc family IN New
York has elopcd wlth an orers-slnger.
In Tuolumnc County, Cal, there has bcea lad
m iron wascr-pipe, $500 feet long and II inches
In diameter.
lady Of Richmond, Va, recently gave birth to
two twins, thirteen days clars1ng between tho
births
Nineteen Protestant girls were baptized into the
Catholic faith, In St Philips Church. Phlla-
delph!a, on Sunday week.
In England ccTgyrnen may he transported TOT
fourteen years for marrying people attef II II.
without Special license. .......-
t. There n1e 50, 900 gas burners In the streets OF
1aris. to keep which aght last year cost the city
| 400 900 francs
The long gaunsle. kid glove, with innumeraole
! Small gilt buttons, arc yery fashionable jps, 1t
! present among the 1adIeA
Gnaplalu IN Madras proposes to cut up tho
children. 'A0 o~0'
uIoasuu pa'-- says that thi1tJ.stx bishops
! 9. .us - snro- ~ ,n..nion now use pastoral
use OF the mltsc- ~ ~
Two Young women, on IN avcrnec
eide In pa1ts every day In consequence ~ @ SUI
po,n,ed love, and one man In consequence Of X
cunlary enbAHassIenla
The value Of Canadian cattle Imported into thu
y1r,ed States during tho Est thee nnoths of 1sss
Tns f2ss, ,e52-neaYlJ double the value Of 1.~ae I'm
ported during the same period Of 1905
An English chemist, after careful analysis o
"gofden-hair fluids, asserts that they are CON
posed Of diluted nitric and muriatlc acids, 1t
, 1869-04-20

shipped to Chicago inspected there no. ., and WAS
" i'll dlr1cuitY sold 1T &c, whereas, shipped
70 Toledo il ,nspeetsa Nc; sna so,a readily
steady at that PRICE Here Me haTe
difference Of 13 cents IN favor OF Ioleic, Whele-
as the freight Is but cents mora tnan 70 Cnl-
cago We have lately shipped to both malkets
and, under the circumstances, tnau OF coorse
cease to ship to Chicago, and send ~ our com 70
Toledo. A. much as We regfet IL, ana a.
much as we used to be IN iafof OF
shipping to your MARKET thinRa OF iate nave
chapged, which compel US 10 ship 70 DINER peintA
Why Is this great difference In pr!ce one 1n!n8
Is cerrntn; large amount Of gram Nau be sn1pPeo
to other points which legitimately g; os,
longs to Chicago: country shippers WI ~
not risk shipping their grim to Jo1s
market. where eyen 1t . Low price there =
10 demand for It. IS Is the case o. present WIN
Yheat aud corn. 1t will take strenuous EFFORTS lot
Cncsro to recover the tr8de already lost: and ie!
rs hoee that the present movement q the ho3ri
OF Trade viii strike 1t the root Of the evil; 1T
them not overlook the exorblsant cnarxes q tne
Chicago eleratorR This monopoly Ought 70 %
broken down: they are no better than tnen nans. e
sakes at Butalo. This eleFntof combluauon ls
nothing but an outright neecing OF the ptod1ceis
as well as consumer
I think the time Is fast approaching when on
freIchting will be done altogether By railroads, mn
less the water route TO the seaboanl Is MateHauy
cheapeped. II Chicago wants to retain her e1ten.
sIye grain trade 1t will be well for parties interested
10 remedy the now existing eT1ls- L.
pEHfS Ill. Apru II, 1863.
, 1869-04-20

We have no wish to interfere with the
question whether Miss Argie King OF tho
present incumbent, A1r. Ringer, shall be
Postmaster at Janesville, Wisconsin. The
proper authorities ut Washington, we have
no doubt, will give an equitable decision in
the case, allowing due weight 70 the fact
that o popular vote has been given in 3liss
Kings favor. But We will not refraia from
an expression Of regret that such lattor as
this has been written by Miss King which
We find in The 4igit.ttor, of this city:
"JAsrsy111E, Wis, April 12, 1862
NJ Dear Ars- LirtTmo7s:
"At present do not feel at liberty to e1poAe all
the wire pulling Of the politicians In the case OF
the Jane1yile Post Office But l assure you that
II they do not come down handsomely with thc
'sugar-pluus' Truly yours, ANGIE KING"
And on it We have to remark: that, if
this Is test question as to the right and
propriety Of women mixing inpubnc affairs,
su:h early 1ipeness on the part Of Miss
King in the waJs Of politicians who carry an
open palm behind them ia not otenoouragingto
the advocates Of the's cause !" but il the case
is to be taken out Of that category and de-
cided on its merits as between man and
man then Miss King has made IN unhappy
mistake in permitting such letter to be
published. II there is my tale to tell, it
should not be question Of sugar -plums y
Is to whether it ahou1d be told or not