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The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-11
CAPITALS 81, 2a5 ,OOG
Esta blished since 1865.
EstabIIshed since 1865.
0LSEN'S
PHOTOGRA GALLERY,
STREET. 81
S Fl r E V EPO RT, l. A.

OUR old stand has been enlarged and reftted and
~ friends and the public respectfully invited
to give call. Thankful for the patronage given
during the last five years, hope to merit contnu
Of it in the future, by endeavorng please and
to produce work equal to that from leading galleries in
other cities. Our desire is to EXCEL, and shall
spare neither time money in trying to do so.
Besides the ordinary style of Pictures, we
prepared to make any kind of
LARGE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Special care and attention given to COPYING OLD
LIKENESSES, in any style or size desired.
We keep on hand as usual, well assorted stock of
articles belonging to our business, such as Frames,
Albums, Cases, etc, of the best material and finish.
Please remember that OLsEN's Photograph Gallery
is at the old place, 81 Texas street. fe23 w6m
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-11

LAND FOR SALE.
WILL SELL CHEAP the Hartsfeld place of l6(
Il acres, and the Allen place Of 40 acres adjoining
situated in the parish of Caddo near Blossom Hill
mhso-wtf1 HI. G.. BATTLE Agent
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-11

Rox LIQUORS
800 boxes Wines, Whisky, Brandy and Cocktails.
40 baskets Champagne, Krug and Heidseck.
40 boxes Scheidam Schnaps.
20 casks Porter and Ale, pints and quarts.
40 boxes
90 Champagne Cider.
30 - Bitters, Boxer, Goula, Hostetter, brakes
Plantation, Stoughton, Gray Jacket Helps and East
India. Sole agents for Red Jacket Btters. Curacao,
Ansette, Absinth and Peppermint. For sale by
$50 If f. & B. JACOBS.
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1870-05-11

Every desirable form OF Policy issued for any amount
from $1,000 to s25 200 single life
NEW AND ORIGINAL FEATURES INTRODUCED BY THIS CON
PANY IN 1853:
l. Annual dividends In 1870, all policies issued pre-
yiouslv thereto will be entitled to dividend
al This admirable feature will relieve the insured from
the payment of the annually increasing interest on the
loan notes.
@ Dividends can be used to keep policies in force or
to reduce future premiums.
g. Endowment policies are payable in FIVE, ten, hf-
een twenty twenty five, thirty and thiry-fve years
from date of insurance, and are non-forfetable for
amounts proportionate to the number of years they
have
T. All mutual policies, including ordinary life endow
ment are non FORGETTING by the terms thereof.
This sound and stable company has permanently
established agency in city, under the management
of Ro. 7. Buckner, who has issued policies upon the
lives of large number of our citizens.
ORLEANS DIRECTORS.
l. N. Marks, of Fatio, Marks l. Co.; W. H. c. King,
editor New Orleans Times; Albert Baldwin, of Slo-
comb Baldwin & Co.. 7. c. Walsh, of 1rby, Mcdaniel
Co.; Alfred Fl. Isaacson, of 1saacson, Seixas Co..
Joseph Simon Merchant, 65 Custom House street; T.
NJ Converse, of Converse, burberry & Co., George
Clark Aduster 127 Grayier street; George W. Hyn-
son, Merchant, Camp street.
Persons wishing to insure in the above company can
apply to RO. T. BUCKNER, Agent,
Ofice-At Sale Murphy's, on the Leyee, sShreveport
nd d&wtf1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
Make the Pigs Fat.

Pigs are scarce, and pork is likely to
command good price. a WE'LL fatted
pig brings at least two cents per pound
more than one with bare kidneys and
thin sides. Eight bushels Of corn, with
ordinary pigs, that have nearly attained
their growth, should give Us at least 100
pounds of growth. At 10 cents per
pound. live weight, the present price for
fat pigs in Chicago, this would give us
oae dollar bushel for the corn. But
this is not all. five sell pig not half
fat, weighing say $50 pounds, she should
get only cents per pound, or $40.
Keep this pig two months, and feed it
eight bushels of corn, and should then
weigh $50 pounds. and bring, without
any advance in prices, 10 cents per pound,
or $35, In this way we get So for s
bushels Of corn, Or 81. 81 Per bushel.
During October, fattcnipg pigs should
be pushed forward as rapidly as possible.
1t is poor economy to feed them on nub-
bins, or soft miniature corn, Better
give such corn to the cattle OR milclr COWS.
But if it must be fed to fattening pigs. let
them at any rate have one or two meals
day of sound corn. And take pains to
induce them to eat as much as they can
digest.
The chief points in fattening pigs are
Comfortable quarters, constant. sup
ply of water ina separate trough, regu lar
feeding, and undisturbed sleep. AS 10
how long it will be profitable to continue
the fattening, we know of 10 better test
than the amount Of food consumed. a
two hundred pound pig, that is doing
we'll, will eat at least hushel OF corn a
wock--and if he eats more and digests it,
you may be pretty sure he is growing rap
idly and paying we'll for feed; but as he
gets ''lilIed up he W i'll eat less, and so
long as this is due to his being more 1ui
ct and contented, and to sleeping more, it
is little or no disadvanta ge-but when
it arises from loss OF appetite, Or impair~
ed digestion. there is little profit in keep
ing him longer. A three hundred and
fifty or four hundred pound pig, that eau
not be induced to eat more than three
quarts of corn meal day, must be gain
ing very little, and bad much better be
killed and put into the pork barrel
| american AgrtcultmiSt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
The Young Widow.

"A census-taker, going his rounds, stop
ped at an elegant brick dwelling, the ex-
act locality Of which is go business of
ours.
He was received by stiff. we'll dressed
lady, who could be well recognized as
widow of some years standing.
On learning the mission of her visitor,
the lady invited him to take a seat in the
hall. Having arranged himself into a
working position, he inquired for the num-
Der OF persons in the family of the lady.
Eight replied the lady, 'includ ing
myself
Very well-youf age madam
MY age sir, replied the lady, with
piercing, dignifed look L colceive its
none OF your business what my age might
D.. You are inquisitive. sir.
'The law compels me madam, to take
the age of every person in the ward it is
my duty to make the inquiry
We'll if tho law compels YOU to ask, I
presume 1t compels me to answer. | am
between 30 and 4O.'
L presume that means So
No, sir; it means no such thing-I
am only 80 years of age
Very well, madam putting down the
figures just as you say. Now for the
ages OF the children -commencipg with
youngest, if you please
Josephine, my youngest, is 10 years Of
age
'Josephine-pretty name-10.'
Minerva was Il last week
'Minerva-ca captivating -12.'
Cleopatra Elvra has just turned 15.'
Cleopatra charming -15.'
Angelina is IS, sir just 49,
'Angclina-favorite name 49,
My Oldest and only married daughter
sir, Anna Sophia, is a little over 25.'
Twenty FIVE, did you say?
Yes, sir. Is there anything remarkable
in her being of that age 2
We'll no, can't say there is but ISM
it remarkable that you should have been
her mother when you were only eight
years Of age?,
About that time the census ,taker was
observed running out Of the house why
we do not know. 1t was the last time he
ever pressed lady to give her exact age
Doctors Wife Why do you lot sebG
for my husband, dear, if you feel unwell?
Disgustingly Forward Child: 'Oh, 2;
says it's easier to get rid of the disease
than Of the doctor. you once get him IL
the house.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
The Cow Tree.

Amongst the many curious pheno-
mona which presented themselves to me
in the course of my travels says HUM
bolt, I confess there were few by which
my Imagination was so powerfully affected
as by the oow-tree. On the paFched side
of rock Gu the mountains Of Venezuela
grows a tree with dry and leatherg foli-
age, its large woody roots scarcely pen
Grating into the ground. For several
months in the year its leaves are not
mostened by shower; its branches look
as if they were dead and wilherod but
when then the trunk is bored. bland aud
nourshing milk flows from it. Il is at
sunrise that the veritable foun ain
flows most freely. at that time the blacks
and natives are seen coming from all
parts, provided with large bowls to receive
the milk, which grows yellow and thickens
at the surface. Some empty their vessels
on the spot, while others carry them to
their children. One inagines he sees the
family of shepherd who is distributing
the milk to his flock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
Making Wills.

There are various ways of making a
will. Lord Clyde, the celebrated English
general, wrote his at club on sheet of
note paper in half a dozen lines, and ii
was duly proved A certain hostler IN
a1ticulo morris, crawled to the corn chest,
raised the lid, scrawled his parting III
junction on the wood with piece OF
chalk, got a post boy aud a stable man
to witness his signature, and the box lid.
being taken of its hinges, was accepted
as valid instrument. An eminent Eng
lish counsel made his will in these words
Everything to my brother Tom and
being duly attested, the document was
found sufficient. On the other hand, it
was remarked of the great artist, Turner,
that he could draw everything but will
since, wishing to leave five hundred thou
sand to found an ASYLUM for decayed oil
painters, his intention was defeated ow-
ing to impertrctions in the the witnessing
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10


Tue OLD FASHIONED MOTHER. That
old-fashioued pother One in all the
world, the law Of whose life is love one
VIII, was the divinity of our infancy and
the sacred presence in the shrine Of our
first earthly idol try one whose heart Is
far below the fros: that gathers so quickly
on her brow one to whom we never grow
old, but in the plumea troop, or in the
grave council. are children still enc who
welcomes our coming, aud never forgets
us-never. And when, in some closet,
some drawer, some corner, she finds a
garment or toy that once was ours, bow
does she weep, as she thinks We may be
suffering or sad. Does the battle of life
drive the wanderer to the old homestead
at last her hand is upon his shoulder !;
her dim and fading eyes are klndled with
something of the light of other days as
she gazes upon the worn and troubled
face. BE OF stout heart, my son no
harm can reach you here.
But sometimes that arm chair is set
back against the wall, the corner is
vacant, or oceuaied by strangers aud they
seek The dear old occupant in the grave
yard Grant you never Lave Tray God
! nsyeg may
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
Sslsft 2ostru.
THE RETURN.

The bright sea washed across her feet,
As it had done of yore;
The well-remembered doors sweet
Come through her open door,
Again the grass his ripened head
Bowed where her raiment swept;
Again the fog-bell told ofdread,
And all the landscape wept.
Again beside the woodland bars
She found the wilding rose,
With petals five and heart of stars
The flower our childhood knows.
And there, before that blossom SEA Ill,
BY its young face beguiled,
The woman saw her burden fall,
And stood little child.
She knew no more the weight of love,
No more the weight of grief,
Sic could the simple wild rose move,
And bring her heart relief.
She asked not where her love was gone,
Nor where her grief was fed,
But stood, us at the great White Throne,
Unmindful of things dead.
-AAuntic M9nthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
Boy Love.

One of the queerest and funniest things
to think of in after life, is boy-lcve. No
sooner does a boy acquire tolerab bic
stature that he begins to Imagine himself
man, and to ape mali,h ways. He
casts sly glances at all the tall girls he
may meet. becomes regular attendant at
church, carries cane, holds his head
erect. struts little in his walk. Pres
emily and very soon. he falls in love yes
falls is the proper word, because it best
indicates his happy DELICIOUS self-abase-
ment He lives now in fairy region,
however, with it. He perfumes his hair
with fragrant oils. scatters essences over
haudkerchiefs and desperately shaves and
annoints for beard. He quotes poetry
in which 'loye" and dove ''heart, :"
and dart" peculiarly predominant; and
he plungcs deeper into the delicious
labyrinth, fancies filled with tue divine
afaltus, aud suddenly breaks into scarlet
rash~-or rhyme. He feeds upon the
looks of his beloved; is raised to the
seventh heaven if she speaks a pleasant
word is betrayed into the most astonlsh-
ing ecstacics by smile and is plunged
into gloomiest regions of misanthropy by
a frown. He believes himself the most
devoted lover in the world. There never
was such another. There never will be-.
lie is the one great ijolator . wealth ! he
despises the grow, Ing thought Poverty,
with the adorable beloved. he rapturously
apostropb:zad as the first of all earthly
blessings and love in cottage, with
water and crust" is his beauldeal OF a
Paradise of dainty delights.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

Contagious AMI epidemic diseases arc,
now believed by scientists to be caused
by living organisms which float III the air
in the form offac dust. These or ga1isms
enter the human system through the,
breathing passages and lungs, germinates.
and spread over the body with astonishing
rapidity. Professor Tydall. of London,
recommends the use of filters Of cotton
WOOL to be so applied to the nostrils as to.
use the air to pass through the cotton,
thus elfeotually arresting the infections,
of dust
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10


CANT STAND STIEL.-If you do y2n
will be run over, Moto1-action prog
ress these are the words which now
fill the vaults Of heaven with their stirria
demands, and make human hearts pulsaf ..
with stronger bound. Advance or staa |
aside. do not block up the way an | hind =
the career of others. There is something,
for all to do: the world is becoming
more and m re known wider in magni
sude-closer in interest more loving ans
more cventful than of old Not in deeds
of daring mot ia the ensangained fields.
and tears and gloom ; bat in tue leaping,
vivifyiug. exhilarating impulses ola betfrr'
birth oflhe soul. Reader-are you doing
your part in this work
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

a Lee Monument .1ssoeiai n has been
formed By ex Coniederatcs at Lexington,
Virginia, of which any ex Confederate
soldier may become a member by the pay
meut of any saul from dollar upwards
General Early is President, and Col.
Mosby one of the vice Presidents. The
object is to-raise money for the election Of
IA monument to General Lee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

A little boy, running, struck his toe
and fell IN the pavement. Never mind,
my little fellow, said a bystander, you
won't feel the pain Tomorrow. Then j,
and answered the litile Boy, / won't cry
tomorrow
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

A money-hunter being about 10 marry
a fortune, a friend asked him how lol5
the honeymoon would last. Don't tell nc
Of the honeymoon he replied; 1t is the
harvest-moon with me-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

1t is said that wens on cattle may be
cured by washing them twice a day for
a few weeks with strong soft soap
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
DAVID II. WALTON,
$1,000 R E " a II D

DeBms's Via Euga cures all Liver Kidney
and Bladder Diseases, Organic Weakness.
Female Affections. General Debility and all
complaints Of the Urinary Organs, in male and
female.
81 900 will also be paid for any case OF
Blind, Bleeding or I,ohing p lies that De
Bings Pile Remedy fails to cure
DeDine 's Magic fnilnent cures Rheumatic
Pains. Sprains Bruises and swelled Joints, in
man and beast.
Sold CIV where S.; nd for Pamphlet
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

Elder leaves are said to ho abhorrel
by raoches. Hausekccpors, Try the cue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
NOTHING BUT RIOS L.

NOl RTN q % 70 i "A kUS {.
IL was nothing but a rose gave her,
Nothing but rose
Any wind might rob o half its SAVIOR,
Any wind that blows.
When she took it from my trembling fingers
With hand as chill
All, the flying touch upon them fingers,
Stays, and thrills them still.
Withersd, and faded, pressed between the
pages,
Crumpled fold on fold
Once it lay upon her breast, aud ages
Cannot make it old.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10

TFsH0MAS PERRY,
GEN EkAL CUMMlSSI0N MERCHANT,
AND AGENT FOR
MAGNUM, BONUM AND BAUGTS RAW
BONE PHOSPHATE,
No. Is KING Street. Alexandria, Va.
Particular attention gwen to the sac OF all
kinds of Country Produce, and filling orders for
Gaano, Farming lmplmeits, Seeds, Groceries,
Plaster, Fish, Salt, Lime, &C., at lowest market
rates.
Aug. IL, lS7O,-lv.
r. l.. ToLsoN. ]. WRITER'S.
of Tolson, Bro. co. of Newman, Withcrs co.
TENOLSON Il CO.,
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AND DEALERS IN
FERTILIZERS, SALT, FISH, GROCERIES
&C., &C.,
No. So corner King and Water Sts.,
ALEXANDRIA, w
ng IL, l870-tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1870-11-10
Ghs Shenandoah Aerala.
A0rifnltnraI department.

Special Notices inserted alto cents per line,
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-09
Five Young Men Struck Deaf in
One Night.

We gave publicity to rumor yesterday
morning which We regarded at the time as
nothing more nevertheless we gave it for
what it was worth and waited for further
particulars. Yesterday we learned that
the report was true, aud we gathered the
following additional facts: Five young men
were gathered together in a room at Hcle-
ma, Arkansas, one evening last week, and
when they separated for the night were well
as usual. Next morning the alarming fact
was discovered that they were oil complete
ly deaf, and most of them suffering from n
heavy pain in the head. No relief could be
found In Helena, so four of them went to
New Orleans for treatment, and one came
to Memphis. This latter was Joe Robb,
young man who has lived here till recent
ly He formerly clerked at Mansfield &
Higbee's drug store, and previous to that
time clerked for Gilbert & Higbee He is
well known here, and meeting an acquaint-
ance yesterday he was accosted, when he
drew forth pencil and wrote Il cannot hear
a word you say, have been struck deaf
Various conjectures have been made as TO
the cause of this singular occurrence; some
ascribc it to a direct visitation of Provi-
dence others, of superstitious minds, to
some subtitle influence, not of God nor yet
| of man while some seek to find a scien-
tifc cause in the condition Of the weather,
or what they ate and drank on the occa
sion. Memphis Sun.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-09

WEIGHT OF Edas.--The Poultry Bull
letin argues that eggs should be sold by
weight rather than by count And most
people will agree that the argument is n
good one: 'The custom Of selling eggs by
count, except for breeding purposes, seems
to be entirely unjust Those of ordinary
or barn yarn fowls will average about eight
to the pound. In the winter, when eggs
are scarce, the retail price for fresh laid
ones is usually about sixty cents, and some
times as high as seventy five cents per do
zen. If we take as the average the weight
above named, dozen would be equal to
one and half pounds, which, at forty cents
per pound, gives, as near as may be, tho
figures at which they would sell if they were
counted. Fractions of pound can be as
readily calculated as when meat, cheese, or
other commodities, the exact weight needed
of which it is almost impossible to deter
mine, are sold. Vegetables are sold by
weight in Cal, why not eggs as we'll? A
reform is needed. Who will inaugurateit?"
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-09

LAUGHABLE ADVENTURE Ar exchange
says: A judge in Baltimore went into the
river to battle the other morning, and while
he was swimming about some abandon
ed scoundrel stole all his clothes excepting
his high hat and umbrella We wont un.
dertake to explain how mad the Judge was,
because, although the English language is
copious, its most efficient and vigorous ad.
jectives are entirely unequal to the express.
siOns ofcertain degrees Of emotion. But
be stayed in the water about four hours ex-
perimenting with the different kinds of i'm.
precautions and endcavoring TO select two or
three of the sturdiest obdurations for the an.
plication to the thief At last he came on
and after mounting the high hat, he open
ed the umbrella and tried to cover his re.
treat up the street forward bis house. Ii
appeared to the judge that all the female
pupils Of the boarding schools and the
members of the Dorcas societies and the
woman's rights convention were out prom
enading that day, and the Judge had an aw-
ful time going through the Zouave drill
with that umbrella. When he reached
home be heard that the thief had been cap.
tured. The judge is now engaged in wri-
ting out his charge TO the jury, 10 advance
Of tue trial. Those who have seen the
rough drafts say it is the most picturesque
law paper ever drawn up ia that section Of
the country.
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-09

SANITARY.-Pig pens and nuisances Of
that class may be deprived Of their nause-
Gus efiiuvia by sprinkling the pens occa-
sionally with copperas. A quarter Of q
pound Of coppcras reduced to fine pow
der, applied every other day, will remove
all bad smell from pen in hottest weather.
IL will be found equally eficacious for cess
pools, butchers shambles and such places
as contaminate the air with their objection
able presence. Dry earth, in which clay is
largely predominant, is equally eficaeious,
applied in quantities sufficient to absorb all
the moisture Of the mass. The dust from
the public roads is the best form to apply
it. The mass should be kept under cover,
as on getting vet it loses its disinfectant
properties unless a large quantity Of dry
earth has been used. a quarter Of pound
Of chloride Of lime, costing about ten cents,
placed in a jug with gallon Of water, and
kept near places that require 10 be occa-
sioually purified, will amply repay the cost
and trouble. A tea cup full daily, poured
90 fetid masses, will deprive them Of vola-
tile efiluvia IL Cecil Democrat
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1870-09-09
From Hearth and Home.
A Cure for Ants.
August 10th, 1870

'EpIToR HEARTH AND HoME--SIR I:
Please tell your distressed housekeeper, as
cnre and prevention for red ants and all
other kinds, a bit of birthstone lying on tho
floor or shelves where any thing is kept
which will draw them, have found from
experience to be effectual in driving them
off and keeping them of. SO for years
when the spring cleaning is done, | put
my pieces of birthstone in closets and pam
tries, aud have not seen an ant of any
kind. Yours hastily, A SUBSCRIBER"