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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22

Mr.. David Il Branson, who received
the premium offered by the Brandywine
Farmers Club, for the best four acres of
corn, gave supper to tie clab last week,
at which he detailed his mode of culture
as fellows
l applied last fall and spring about 100
wagon loads ualvached livery and barn
yard manure, broadcast, on % acres clo-
yer and timothy sward, SO of which were
hauled d distance of three miles-all fur
rowed down during the month of Aprlal
and first week in May last The pre-
mium corn In aaition to the stable
manure, applied on the sod, OK cart
loads to the acre, Of manure from the
hog pen. After having ploughed aud
thoroughly puIvzerized the soil, marked
out rows one way, 3 feet distant drop
ped the corn by hand. two grains from
10 to Il inches apart applied to each
hill one handful Of hen manure, ashes and
plaster, ezaql parts; covered vi hoi-
May 10Th. zoe bushels lime was apple
ed aud cultivated in On II acres, the
remaining IS having previously been
lined on the sod. "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22
The Value OF = Sierra p-Raak,

Every enc who takss newspaper.
which he III tue last degree appreciates.
Will often regret to see any one number
thrown aside for waste paper which con-
tains some interesting and important
articles. 4 coed way to preserve these
is BY the U.S. Of scrap book. One who
has never been accustomed thus to pre-
serve short articles, can hardly estimate
the pleasure it affords to sit down and
turn over the familiar pages. Here
choice piece of poetry meets the. eye.
which you remember you we're so GLAD to
see In the paper, but which you would
long since have lost had it not been for
your scrap-book. There is a witty snec-
dote-it does you good to laugh over it
yet, though for the twentieth time. Next
is valuable receipt you had almost for
COTTON, and which you have found Just in
time to save much perplexity. There is
sweet little story, The mamory of which
has oheered and encouraged YOU MANY
time when almost ready to despair under
he pressure Of lies cares and trials. In
deed. you hardly take up suge paper
without peruslng 1t. just glance over the
sheet before you. and sea how many
valuable Items ii contaius that wculd bs
q service to you husdred times in life.
4 choice thought is fer more preeieus
than bit Of gitterns god Hoard
with ca the precious gems. and see at
tie END Ct year what risa treasure
! you have accumulated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22

In CLOSE QUARTERS In an English
menagerie, keeper was in the leopards
den, which contained FIVE fine animals
and was in the act efputting them through
the customary performance of leaping &C.,
when one of them, which was perehod up
on a bracket in the cornsr of the den for
the purpose of jumping, became rather
awkward, and was pulled from his elega-
ton by the keeper, who had no sooner
seized the animal than he was immedi-
ateiy bounced upon by one of the other
leopards from behind and was thrown to
the floor of the den. At once the whole
five animals surrounded the prostratsd
man, whose face was frightfully lacerated
in the struggle. some amount of injury
being also done to one of his sides. The
keeper managed to regain his feet. and
applied short cudgel he carried in biz
hand to the leopards, who thea croucEed
in corner of the cage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22

Dad, have you been to the Museum 7?
No, my son. Well, go. and mention
my name TO tlc doorkeepcr, and he II
take you round aud show you every thing
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22
spread the Manure.

We notice in travelling about the coup-
try that many farmers have dumped the
manure in heaps where it is evidently
intended for topdressing, and that it still
lies there. Our readers know very, we'll
that we have not unfrsqucntly alluded to
this practice to condemn it as bad economy
in many respects. It fails to a, great
degree to accomplish the purpose fer
which it was Cal ted out II allowed to
remain there all winter large part of its
goodness will be gone before it reaches
tie grass fer which it was intended Il
ought to be spread i'll the fall, and then
the land will get all the goodness it con-
tains. fyou have neglected to spread
the heaps, therefore We advise you to
hurry up and spread it before it is too late.
We saw these heaps dotting over many
acres in the course of little trip last
week and wondered what the farmers
who left them there were thinking Of
Spread them now if you can. If not
take advantage Of the first. thsW.-Mass.
PloqgAnsan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22

NoBoD7's MoNEr-Edwin Booth has
never been in Washington since the death
of his brother, after the assassination Of
President Lincoln. Before he left Mon
treal, on on his last trip to Washing ton,
Wilkes Booth deposited three thousand
dollars in gold in the Bank of Montreal
It is there now. His mother has L legal
right to draw the money, but she refuses
to do So, and her living son refuse to
allow her to touch it. There it remains,
and there it will remain until the time
provided by law for its retention has ex-
PRED, Then it will so to the British
Government, and become part of the
fortunes Of t e crown. The officers of the
bank are anxious to get rid of the deposit,
and have several times written to the
relatives Of the depositor. The latter
have been uniformly firm in refusing it,
but they have never given any reasons for
SO doing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-12-22

Cease, rude Bolus, clustering railsr. y
said Mrs. Darlington, as she reached out
of the window to secure refractory
shutter. 'How it blows said she, ss
she shut doan the window.
This must be the noxious storm
whea the sun crosses the Penobscot.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

THE STEVENS BATTERY.-The final dis
posal OF this tremendous engine ofwar is
a. present n question 0fs some doubt. Mr..
Edwin A. Stevens, twill be remembered,
beOucathed to the State Of New Jersey the
unfinished battery, together with sufficient
means to complete it. Congress, at It's last
session, passed IN act allowing Now Jer.
sew to accept the gift, and wOrknen are
now employed in finishing this powerful
vessel, which, 1t ts believed, CAn he com.
pletcd in about four months In the mean.
lime hostilitics have broken out in Ell.
rope, and It is reported that PrlsSian
agents have been endeavoTing to purchase
tic battery. These negotiations, however,
proved failure in consequence Of the
refusal Of the General Government topper.
init the vessel To pass into the hands Of q
foreign power. Since then 1t Is stated
that commission Of officers Of the Z. S.
Navy have been examining the Stevens
battery with q view Of securing It for our
navy. The battery Is estimated US being
worth over $2O0O,OOO, ind New jersey
would, no doubt, be very glad to receive
that amount towards the payment Of her
State debt, and also to be relieved from
the expense Of keeping up this iron.clad
in an effective condition.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
Republicans Attention !

The following llaS Just neen issued
RooMs OF THE UNION CONGRESSIONAL J
REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE,
WAsHINGT, n, DC, July 81, 1870. }
The Republican State and Congression'
al Committees in the several States ArC
respectfully requested TO place themselves
in communication with this Committee nj
their earliest convenience, with view &c
cooperate in the coming elections.
All communications should DeaddrcsScd
to Hon. j. II. Plat, NJ. c., Secretary
Union Congressional Republican Commit
tee, Washington, D. c.
Republican Journals throughout the
country Nrp requested TO publish this no
liCC Conspicuously.
Those willing 10 do so will aid the cause
by sending their papers to US regularly
until the close OF the campaign.
JAMES II, PLATT, JRr Sec'y.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

OUn readers have observed that we
rarely praise patent medicines, and that
We advertise only the very best Of them.
But now the remarkable recovery Of Mrs.
Rice, of Canastota, from her distressing
and almost helpless scrOtulous disease,
which Is known throughout the commu.
nifty, and unquestionably the effect Of
Ayers sarsOpNrilIa, leads US to publish
without reserve the remarkable efficacy oil
this medicine. We do this in the interest
of the afflicted, Any remedy which can
SO eGectually raise one from the dead
should be universally known; and we wish
1t may be universally as successful US Il
has been in the case Of Mrs, Rtce-Syra,
ctse Daily Journal.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
Napoleon and his Travelling Hos.
initial.

European lmpGrS state TINT the baggage
OF the French Emperor, which preceded
him TO the seat Of war, looked more like
n travelling hospital than like the traps
Of IL General. 1t contained among others
large medicine chest, three kinds of
bathing tubs, md some other bathing ap.
paratus, an invalids easy chair, stretch
or Of peculiar construction, and great
deal Of other medical and sick.roOm ap-
paratus. The horses Of the Emperor
which were sent TO the front were selected
from tile Imperial stables by the Empe.
rOr's own valet. lie picked out the tamcSt
and gCntlGst hrntGs he could find, and
even went so far as to buy some horaes,
not so much for their beauty and spirit,
for they show very little OF either, rs for
their meek md gentle tlelncAnor Before
they were sent 10 the front they were ex'
posed 10 II great deal Of artillery firing 10
NCCustOm them to the rom Of cannon, the
only thing their rider will probably hear
of the battle, and this took the Inst vCStige
of spirit they still possessed away from
them The valet was also most particu.
lar in examining the saddles destined for
His Majesty, had them all double waddcd,
and had extra paddings put on the back.
The tottcring invalid who occupies the
likewise tOttering throne Of France would
never take the field, against the most rr-
gent advice Of his physicians, II he were
not LevOUrGd by the fear that the success
Of any Of his Generals, il lie, the Empc.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
Population and Growth Of Berlin.

Cor. CIV 7. PWt.
-" The last census, OF 1867 show.
ed that the city had 702, 487 inhabltsnts
The development Of the city commenced
In the thirteenth century; before thai time
1t was little more than a fishing village. In
the middle Of that century the population
was ut most $1,000 At the commencement
OF the thirty years war the population
was 10000; at the end ofthat period, q, 700.
At the close Of the great Electors reign
the number had again increased 10 II 900,
Of which 5000 were French. At the CON.
mencemcnt Of the eighteenth century
Berlin, with its suburbs had 50,OOO in.
habltants When Frederick the Great as
ccnded the Prtlssian throne Berlin had
5,790 houses and 10000 inhabitants Tin.
Guiding 81 800 soldiers. The seven years
war reduced the population from
over 100000 in 1155 to $1,000 in
1853. The war times from 1906 TO 1912
reduced the Berlin population from 1872.
600 in 1904 10 1891 in 1903. After that
period new lite was awakened in Der.
lin, and the city has since enjoyed an I'M
interrupted growth. From 1903 TO 1923,
sixty years, the population has doubled.
The first hundred thousand Of the popula.
ton had cost OF least two and halt cen.
turtles; the second, eighty years; tho third,
only sixteen-the last figure being reach,
cd In 1889, the erA Of railroads. In 1878
tho fourth hundred thousand Of the popu-
lation had been added, therefore, in nine
years. The second period Of doubling
the population had been reached in
twenty-five years. The third doubling
period, from four hundred thousand to
eight hundred thousand, hNs not yet been
reached, but this number will probably be
recorded before the close OF 1870, unless,
indeed, the impending war should prove a
check TO its prosperity.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

TILE other day some ladies were Out
visiting. There being little two.yc0r.
old present, one of tho ladies asked him \
he would kiss her lie answered mo"
"Whut Is the reason that you will not kiss
me ?" "Tm too little to kiss you; papa
will kiss you; papa kisses all the big girls
He was permitted to play with his toys.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
nu,yru OFFICE, CLARKSBURG WEST VA.
an John ]. DAVIS, r. y. SPATES,
President. Vice President
Il. n. POOL, General Agent,
CLAlsKSBURG, W. VA
j. NJ. McWHORTER, Agent,
WHEELING, ". VA.
Agsuls wanted cvrrywhrret IN tue State.


REFERENCE ny PERMISSION.
Hon WIN, L. Stevenson. Governor West Va.
Il, l., Berkshire, lJudgeS Supreme Court oil
James II. Brown, Appeal. .! WeSt Vi
j.. j. Jackson, Jr., judy" 0f u. y, DIatrICI
Court, ". Hn.
D. d. +. + .rmsworth, President uT SenAlc,
West Va
A. WprnIugeF, member Senate.
jirDh lIoribroOk, PRIEST. West Va. lns. 70,
Jacob N. BiChGl, Vice Prctt. "a, ~,
Caleb lIOggrss, Attorney. ClarkshrE, w. Va
SNuurl Woods Phllllppi,
Il. White, Sheriff Mercer county,
Il. q. Davis, Senate. Mineral county,
j y. Camden. President Of First National BANK
lArkrrshurg ,rn,.
And the following members Ol the House OF DELE
gates UG West Virginia:
tlnu. u. II. Smith, KunAwha county
a. q. Burgess, Wayne
JAMES Guthrie, wGtzcl
Nathan GNt, Harrison
joseph TAtcr, Barbour
Il. II. Hill, Marion
Janus uervey, Brooke
Martin Judy, Grant ..l.
Il. Davidson, Taylor
Henry BrannOn, Lewis
Floyd Nicely, Doddrldge
J. 4. bOwyer, Putnam
J. 8. Wilkinson, Lincoln o0
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

TnR European war has seriously inter.
iered with the petroleum trade, which
had become one Of the most important
branches Of our foreign commerce, Ger.
many being the best market and the oil
being transported In German ships chiefly.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

IuCtuQl remedy than any other. Those who hAV0
tried Il, know that 1t cured them; those Wno nave
not, know that II cures their neighbofS ana nIouq1
and all know that what ~ d0SS 0nSe All, ns1
glect OF It's composition. We have tnonS0n14 upon
thousands OfCGrtiECatGS Of thelr rcmArEaole cures
OF tho following complaints. but Such cures are
known In every nOIghbOrhOod, and we need NOT
publish them. Adapted 10 all 1gGS and conditions
IN all climates; containing Mother calomel noFany
ilclCtcrious drug, they may DO taken win SAFETY
by anybody Their svFar.co9tln8 ISe1a
being purely vegetable, no harm can arse nom
They operate b. their powerful influence on the
Internal ViscNra 10 purify the blood and stimulate
1t into healthy action remove the olnh1iea0n4
Of tho stomach bowels, liver, and other organ9 Or
the body, restoring their irregular action 70 healtnS
and by correcting, wher0ycr they exist sueh 10
rNngCments as are the lrSt origin Or diseae9.
Minute directions are given In tho wrapper oa
the box, for the following complaints, when tneSe
For IIysrr psla or Indigestion, LISSleSs-
ness, LanEuOr and Loss Of +ApPet!lSte HSy
should DO taken moderately % stimulate ne Stonl-
ach, anl restore Its healthy tone and action.
For Liver Complaint aud itg various eymp"
toms, bilious Headache, bIck - 9 2S1S
ache, Jnundico or Green htcH3,ess, a,,iS
IOu4 Collie and Bilious PeVeFa, they Sholl1
10 judicONsly taken for each cGSc 70 eorteet the
diseased action or remove tho obstrueupn3 WINCH
cause II. ,.- -. go,
For DySentcTy Ut ,1iIaI DsS' Wv 49,
For TChe1m0tISm, GOut, Gravel, R9le
nitWtIOn or the Heart, Pals! In tho
side, Hack and L0inH, they should be contin;
uoWSly taken, rs required, to change tho diseased
action Of the system. With such change nose
complaints disappear. III kSjlL
For DFOpsy and DrOpSlcRI HWOIunHN
they should 10 taken In large and frequent doses
70 produce tho effect Of drastic purge.
For Suppression large dose should Da
taken as It produces the dPBffGd effect by sym"
pathy. A.,
promote lIgestion md relieve the stomach.
An occasional dose BtimulAbaS the stomach anu
bowels Into healthy action, restores the ApPoup5'
anl lnvigoFates tho syStOm. Hence MS opSn, g
Vantage0us where no serious defengeme ~. =
One who feels tOleFably well, oden hp9B 10y
dose OF these Pills makes him feel declaeGIy ~
ter, from their cleansing and renoYaung eHoSs o"
tho digestive apparatus
Dr. C, AYER& co., Practical Clio'''t'sSO
LOWELL. BfASS" o. s. 4.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

A FRENCHMAN in ST. Louis who lets q
store to German for $1,000 per Nnnunl,
offers, in case the Germans are victorious
10 the present war, TO renew the lease at
81 800; otherwise the lessee is 10 pay
81 500.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

A SOUTHERN editor finds It Necessary to
remind its readers that the phrases done
come" and "donc gone" are more simply
and correctly expressed by the words
"Come" and "gonc."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

THOMAS HUanEs, NJ. p, will sail by the
Peruvian for Quebec on Thursday, cx-
pecting to reach Boston, on visit to
James Russell Lowell, about the Goth Of
August.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

IT costs three cents less to raise a pound
Of cotton now than 1t did before enamel
patton was proclaimed. aa
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

= On n gate post in front Of farm house
out West Is a sign reading: mo life in.
surance or sewing machines wanted here"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

1 III 20 IluOAU hl9WS
clne 10 go universally
required by 0v0EY.
body as a cRthArtie,
nor was over any be-
fore SO universally
adopted into use
every country and
among all classes, -
this mild but emCl0nt
purgative PiH. Tho
obvious reason lSp
that ills Am0re rcllR.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
nor SALE ToTHE TRADE ONLY,

iOO Dozen Patent GrOoved Union Wash boards,
With SurfSce board RrOOved 20 ~ Zinc 10 dt solid
n IL RetSilS for o per cent more money, anu
0utWearS fonr common boards:
"U'"0|'' ''N PRYOR BOYD d CO.,
. No. 1874 Market Street,
snp1A Upper Market.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
Ayers Cathartic Pills,
POrhapSnoone mOdi.

For oil tho purposes Of Laxative
Medicine.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04
DIR. ,JOHNSTON.

OFFICE, NO. SOUTH FREDERICK STREET,
Left hand side going from Baltimore street, 4 few
doors from the corner. Fail not TO observe the
name and number. .iF
~ No letters received unless postpaid and
containing stamp to bG used on the reply. Per
sons writing should state age, and send portion
OF advertisement describing sympt0ms.
Tho nnnIOFIH OTpT ON hanvG IN hIa mira
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-08-04

ENDORSEMENT OF THE PRESS;
The many thousands cured at this establish.
ment within the last twenty ycarS, and tho nu.
by DR.. Johnston, witnessed by tho reporters Of
The Sun and many other papers, notices OF which
have appeared again aud again before tho public,
besides his standing as gentleman 0f.ehAEaetOI
and responsibility, is sufficient guarantee tothe
afflicted. % EhE sft
SKIN DISEASES SPEEDILY eURRDA u
YnAFiG
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-30
G. L + F.
Mutual Life Insurance Go.
OF NEW YORK,
plJNY FREEMAN Prst JOHN A. HARDENBERGH, v. Pres. HI. FREEMAN. Sec
Cash Assets Over $4,000 100000
No. Of Policies Issued Over $4,000.

Rasons for Insunng In this Company;
IA addition to the security offered by all Life Insurance Companies the policies of the Globe
n endorsed b. the state Of New York. Supt Barnes says in his report for 1865, $50 far as
te cuaicn of security Is concerned, a policy registered in this department is probably the
~Na Lie Inwarc e policy that can be issued by acmporaion"
~ ucucfee sv all nonInrEitng, the President of this Company being the author
noa-rAiing system. -
AsIe or sw does not vidate the policy As is the HNin other companies Inmch cases the
MI s1ount Mhe premiums paid are returned to the beneficiary Policy holders can travel
slnA4 n ~ part the United States and Europe at slseaonso of the year;
~ M erppuAr styles Of policies including the Return Premium Life Plan. when .
rMy kNhw ". insmed upon this aew and popular plan, the full amount Of pemams paid
Nsas desiring TO anec,insunncc will find 1t to their interest to eAanine the merits ofhh
Company
RArd oR.ansnce, WIN H. Cher, President. Memphis National s. Ban. John penov:.,
lpsuhdent CMses Bank; Samuel p. Walker and Hon. Thomas !. Smrhs Memphis. Gen.. w.
GEN. 8 B. BUCKNER, Manager
II. 7. TOMLINSpHA Co. Managers y W Department.
". LOGAN WALKER. State Agent trM SiSi ri Ohcc II Madison " Memphis:
FOLK b RANDOLPH, Agents ranob, Miss "nfoSm
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-30
NlLLAsow, WAtkKn cousTr, GA.,l
luna Og tRch

NliLAsOW, WALkkn COUNTY, uA.,
June 70, 1865.
Da. JoHs nuLL--Dcar Sir. Ihave recently
given your " Worm Destroyer several trials,
and find II wonderfully eficacious. II hes not
failed in a single instance 10 have the wished.
for effect am doing . pretty largo country
practice and have daily use for some article Of
the Kind. Am free 10 confess that ! know Of
no remedy recommended by the sblest authors
that Is so certain and speedy In its effects. On
the contrary they are uncertain In the extreme.
Ny object In writing TO You 10 TO find ont upon
what terms ! can get the medicine directly
from You. III can re, II upon easy terms
will use a great deal Of IL. am aware that
the use Of such articles l. contrary to the teach.
%ingsand proctice Of n great majority Of the
regular line Of N. D.s, but ! see no just cause
or good sense in discarding a remedy which
we know TO be efficient, simply because we
may be ignorant Of It's combination. For
my part, | shall make Il a rule TO use all and
every means 40 alleviate suffering humanity
which may he able to commandment hcsita-
ting because some one more ingenious than
myself may nave known i,s effects FIRST, and
seeurad the sole right to secure tina, knowledge
However, ! am by no means IN advocate OF
supporter Of the thousands Of worthless nos.
ttums that food the country, that purport "a
cure all manner Of disease 10 which human
flesh is heir, Please reply aoon, and inform ms
Of your best terms,
| am, SIR, most respectfully,
JULIUS ?. CLEMENT. N. D.
The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-30

W or M
To my United States, and World
Wide Readers.

have received many testimonials IRON pro-
i%rssipnal aud medical men, as my a~lmsnacks
and various publications have shown, all Of
which are genuine. The following from q
highly educated and popular physician In Geor.
gia, IS certainly one Of the most sensible CON-
muuications have ever received. Do. Glenn
ent knows exactly what he speaks Of, and his
testimony deserves to be written In letters Of
gold, Hear what the Doctor says Of BULLS
WORM DETROYRR