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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29
CHuRNINe IN w1NrER.-Almos

CHURNING IN WINTER. Almost
every winter we hear complaint that the
butter will not come when COWS are
nearly dry. 1 was in butter factory a
short time since, and they had been
churning long time on half barrel Of
cream, with no prospect Of its coming. =
They asked me what to do with it. I
told them to let it stand IL hours, en-
tirely still in room with the tempera-
ture at 630, without a change; then
draw the whey from the bottom; add a
spoonful of salt, and, if very sour. a lit
tie saleratus, and churn again; but the
butter would be of poor quality, if it
ever came. Now, if cows are fed oat-
meal and salt every day, with early-cut
hay, there will be nootrouble in the
churning. My cows arerhow nearly dry,
but the butter was less than five min
utes coming last night. eI E. F.
Bethlehem. CT. - ia. Sea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

CHoKED CATTLE.-Thls season, the
large crop Of apples necessitates feeding
them to cattle, and as many will be
choked, the following is an invariable
cure: Take of fine cut chewing tobacco
as much as will make wad the size O.
a hens egg when wet up with molasses
Ito make it stick together-pul out the
animals tongue and crowd back in the
threat as far as it can safely be placed
with the hand, and let her alone for Is
minutes. The tobacco will sicken her,
causing the muscles to relax, and the
vomiting VIII remove the apple in every
case, J. b..
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EGes.As FooD.-As a flesh producer
one pound Of eggs is equal to one pound
Of beef. A hen may be calculated to
consume one bushel of corn yearly, and
to lay twelve dozen or eighteen pounds,
Of eggs. This is equivalent to saying
that three and one-tenth pounds of
corn will produce. when fed to hen,
one pound of eggs. A pound Of pork.
on the contrary, requires about five and
one-tenth pounds of corn for its produc-
ton. When eggs are twenty-four cents
dozen, andpork ten cents pound. we
have bushel OF corn fed, producing
s2.88 worth of egg and $1.05 of pork. -
Judging from these facts, eggs must be
economical in their production and in
their eating, and especially fit for the
laboring man in replacing meat. More
over, there is no source of meat-supply
on the farm more economical or cenye-
nient than good yard of fat pullets OF
capons. 1t is neither necessary nor in
deed advisable, that every farmer should
raise poultry for the market; but every
homestead should have flock of fowls
arge enough to supply household re-
quir ements,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

Cocoa NUT CAKE. Two tablespoon-
tuls Of butter white if you, ihave9s2it)
worked to cream; one cup of sugar !;
one-half cup Of sweet milk: whites Of
three eggs beaten to tfroth; two and
one-half teaspoonfuis baking powder in
two cups rounding full of sifted -four ;
bake in three pie tins lined with creased
white paper. Mix some prepared cocoa
nut in soft frosting and spread between
the layers frost the top, then sprinkle
cocoanut over it. eessr haa 3 asas
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And all 49, Points Vest and
Southwest. $500.
PALACE SLEEPING CARS ON
NIGHT TRAINS.
Westinghouse. Air Brake and Miller
Platform on all Passenger Trains.
hts -:o:-
Trains will RIM fo;louc -

Mail train, between Richmond and Hinton runs
daily Except Sunday between Hinton and Hunt
ngton runs daily, stopping at all regular stations
Express train runs daily, stopping at Hanover,
5 g MGe, Treyillians Louisa Gordonsyie
charlottesy1te, Staunton, Goshen, 8flboro, Cow
Mall and express trains connect at Gordolfsyille
for Washington and the North and at Charlottes-
vile for Lynchburg and the South.
Express train connects at Cincinnati with trunk
lines foral points in the West, North South
west, and at Richmond with the Richmond and
Danyille, and Richmond and Petersburg trains for
all points South. ~
Mail train arrives at Richmond at $50 a. NJ
Express train arrives at Richmond at $50 a. m
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to ali
principal points. =
For rates, information, &C., apply at e. s o.
Compaay's ofsces.
CONWAY r. HOWARD,
General Passenger and Ticket gent,
n,,-,. Richmond, va.
stl ". M. S. DUNN,
- Engineer and Superintendent.
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aides. Misses and children S shoes
- speciality. NJ. COLEMAN
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rangth TO the system. So
Mi ray Street, New Yori
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1877-08-29

SPONGE KE.-Three eggs one cup
of sugar; three-fourths ola teaspoonful
of soda in three teaspoonfuls Of cold
water; one and one-haH Of q teaspoon
full of cream oftartar in one cup of sift.
ed -four. Beat the yelks and sugar 70.
gether and the whites to frotF adding
this last.
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-Adues3SSens ents.

DIR. Tut has been en-
gagged in the practice of
medicine thirty years, and
for long timewas demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
Gias hence persons using
Ms Pills have theguaran-
tee that they are prepared
son scientific principles,
and are free from ali
quackery.
He has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of n strengthen
ing, ParSative, anaa Puy-
UYing tonic.
Their first apparent eff
feet is to increase the ap-
petite by causing the food
70 properly as Simulate.
Thus the system is nour-
ished, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
excavations are produced.
The rapidity with which
persons take on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills, Of itself in
1 dicates their adaptabiiity
to noarish the body, and
,heneetheir etficacyin cur
ing nervous debility, mel
ancholy, dyspepsia, vast
ing Of the muscles, slug
sgishness Of the diver,
Chronic Constipation, and
myth TO the system. Sold
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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-17

In his sermon, at Gen. Forrest $ funeral

In his sermon, at Gen. FORESTS funeral,
Rev. DR.. Stainback, of Memphis, said:
4" On the l4th of November. 1875, on a
calm Sabbath evening Bedford Forrest
and his now stricken wife entered this
church and took their seats. | preached
from the parable found in the great ser
mon on the Mount, where the builders
on the rock of faith and the builders of
the sands OF false hopes are contrasted.
At the close of the discourse passed out
and found Gen. Forrest waiting at the
door. He took my arm and we passed
the pavement below. There he stopped
abruptly, and trembling he leaned against
the wall, and, as tears fell from his eyes,
said. Sir, your sermon has moved the
last prop from under me. | am the fool
that built on sand---I am a poor miserable
sinner The form which never trembed
before the stoutest man seemed all
shaken. My dear general | said Il
thank God for this. If you feel that
you are the foolish builder you are in
the best way to get upon the rock |
told him how God 20 loved the world
that he gave his only begottOn son that
whosOever believeth on Him should not
perish but have everlasting life Then
| gave him the 5lst Psalm to read
called at his room the next night and
talked with him and prayed with him
AT the close of the prayer he srose and
said: Pm satisfied. All is right. Iput
my trust in my Redeemer.' Since that
time, my friends, know he said many
things not like Christian and done many
things which he should not have done.
But no man ever felt this more keenly
than he did. When | saw him on Thurs.
day he confessed how far he had done
wrong and brought reproach upon the
cause of Christ But, said he, God
has forgiven me- Raising his emaciated
hand, he pointed to his breast and said,
: All is peace here. l want you to know
that between me and my Cod bowed
my head upon that hand and wept for
joy. Said j: Gen. Forrest / thank my
God for this Then he gave me this
message: Tell my brethren and sisters
that during six weeks have lain in my
bed and communed with my God. Tell
them to take up their cross and follow
their Savior. Tell my old comrades in
sin TO give their hearts to God and seek
a higher, holier life"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-17

If were to sum up the cardinal fault
Of the Russian army in three words
should say it is the total "want ofiniti-
ative." Something in the imperial
system seems to stihe and kill the power
Of individual action. And yet in no
army in the world are greater pains
taken to recognize and stimulate indi-
vidual enterprise Crosses, decorations,
swords and sashes OF honor are distributed
with lavish hand, and, better still, they
are given on the spot, and not, as with
Us, when the recollection of the brilliant
deed has nearly died away,
The emperor himself is the great and
sole fountain OF military honor. He
watches all personally, The theory is
that no act escapes his eye. Certainly
to see how his every word and gesture is
followed by those around him, he would
appear the earthly incarnation of su-
preme power. And his personal bearing
enhances the reward in every case. A
generous word, friendly look, the we'll
chosen expression of praise to suit the
individual, 60 home to the heart of the
recipient as much as the highly cherished
reward itself
Two hundred officers of all ranks
breakfast and dine daily at his table.
From the youngest to the oldest, every
eye is fixed on him. Before the meal in
the assembled circle, as the czar appears,
it is seen one day that an aide de camp
behind him carries cushion with crosses
on it, and perhaps halt a dozen sword
knots OF honor, the riband of st. George,
orange and black, to be worn attached
to the sword hilt. Instantly expectation
is al its hight. The cars voice calls
the chosen name all make room for the
chosen man to pass; he comes blushing
and flushed, receives the prize, bends low
to kiss the imperial hand and retires
bowing at every step-a made man for
lie, the admired and C0urted Of all be-
holders, Then he has to go through the
usual embracing aud kissing on both
checks from his friends.
The effect of the system is magnetic;
it is to concentrate all power and au-
th0rity, absolutely in. one center. The
Cur is the earthly providence of the
soldier and officer, as well as the embodi-
ment Of the military power and glory of
his country. have seen old officers 70
overcome with this mark of distinction
that they went about for ten minutes
after like children, weeping, with the
priced decoration in their hands, showing
it around, half dazed No system can
be imagined more calculated TO stimulate
individual efforts to the utmost, Yet,
with all this spurring there is something
wanting. 1t is the individuality and
the habit Of spontaneous action, which
only the education and the modes of
thought of free people can supply.
Whether it be long standing taint Of
sertdom, whether it be too much imperi-
aIism, the initiative is wholly absent,
You tell the Russian what to do, and he
will spring to it like an obedient child,
In a year it would never have occurred
to him to do it of himseIf.-LondOn
Times.
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in shadow. IL results also from improp.
erly graded desks, from small and poor
type and inferior printing ink, and from
faulty color and quality of printing
paper; also from pale writing.ink-pale
when used--aGd from the substitution of
the lead-pencil for the pen, especially in
the evening.
). A prone or forward position of the
head too long maintained, or frequently
repeated, and becoming a habit. This
results irem reading or studying with
the book in the lap, and from the use of
desks not graded TO the height of the
pupil. DIR. Howe reports pupils varying
eighteen inches in height seated at the
same grade OF desks. The distance Of
the eye from the tjage should not be less
than twelve inches nor more than eight
cen inches Having the desks set TOO
far from the seats also induces this faulty
position. The front of the desk should
overlap the seat one or two inches.
Donders says, " In the hygiene of my
opia the very first point is to guard
against working in stopping position
He favors high, sloping desks, and indi.
Gates "retilinear drawing on fiat sur
face" " as class OF work which is espe-
cially Objectionable.
6. Since a vitiated atmosphere is fre-
quent feature of the school-room, it may
not be amiss too add here that the effect
of bad air il indirectly to iDjure, if not
to destroy, the sight.
Z. Allowing a sun.glare on the page
while reading; also transitions from
cleud.shadow to sunshine.
8. Reading and studying in railroad
cars is known to be fruitful source of
injury.
9. But insufficient light, perhaps more
than any other cause, produces disease
of the eye and arrangement of the vision,
This is not confined to the schools.
Sadly frequent as it is found to be there,
it is believed to be yet oftener illustrated
at home, both by daylight and in the
evening, in preparation for the school
and otherwi.e. Artificial illumination
is faulty at best, but, even in the most
favored homes, the elder group is apt to
monopolize the shaded drop-light or
studentlamp, while the schocboy with
his textbooks is found somewhere in the
outer circe.-P0Dulr Science M0RfblV.
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THEIR AN1ECEDENTS.


Hts of Gossip about various Members of
Congress.
The greater portion Of the new mem
bers from the south were in the confed.
crate army, Representative Charles NJ.
Shelby, Of Alabama, is the onl y architect
in the house, He was enough of an
architect of his own fortune to get elected
to congress.
Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, is an
Oberlin CO.. boy. Dorsey, since his
recent financial troubles, is said to have
been fortunate enough to obtain 4 large
/ tract Of land in New Mexico.
Garland, who succeeds Powell Clayton
from Arkansas made the test oath case as
10 lawyers in the supreme court of the
United States, and gained it.
Senator Sargent, of California, used to
be printer at Newburyport, Mass. He
/ has always had kindly side for printers.
Senator Booth studied law in Terre
| Haute, Ind He is sort Of carpt bag
Ger in California
Representative Page, of California,
once owned a good many stages.
Senator ChafIee, of Colorado, is a
banker.
Senator Teller, of Colorado, never held
an office until elected to the United
States senate,
Senator Barnum, of Connecticut, is
largely engaged in the manufacture of
iron, and has interests in Chicago.
Representative Landers, of Connecti-
cut is also an iron man.
Rep -esantative Warner, of Connecti-
cut, was never in office until elected to
congress.
Senator Bayard, of Delaware, was
trained for mercantile life.
Representative Loring, of Massachu-
setts, was once a Maine hospital surgeon.
Representative Ferry, OF Michigan is a
lumber merchant.
Alpheus s. Williams, of Detroit, used
10 own and edit the Detroit Advertiser
way back in 1888.
Representative Willis, of Michigan,
was an editor before the war.
Representative Hubbell, of Michigan,
has large mining interests in the upper
peninsula.
Senator Mcmillan, of Minnesota,
studied law with Edwin NJ. Stanton,
formerly secretary of war.
Dunnell, of Minnesota, is early life was
school teacher,
The first name of Bruce, the cOlored
senator from Mississippi, is Blanche
Armstrong, the new senator from Mis-
sour, was teacher for eighteen years.
He has probably learned to make those
dreadful -s in his speech since that
time
Ittner, of st. Louis, was bricklayer
and builder.
Senator Jones, of Nevada, "Goldeu
Jones, was born in Herefordshire, Eng.
land, in 1880. He carpet-ha ged to
America when less than a year old, and
received common school education in
Cleveland.
Sharon the other golden senator, was
also an Ohioan. He was brought up on
farm there, and studied law with Edwin
NJ. Stanton.
Frank Jones, Of New Hampshire, is q
brewer by profession and practice a.
much as Terence Quinn, of Albany, is
but Jones puts it that che he's beer
engaged in mercantile pursuits
PeGdie, of New Jersey, is Set lehman
Senator Mat Ransom, of North Caro-.
lima is related to Gen. John A. Logan.
Stanley Matthews is tifty-three years
DID, Washington Letter,
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How the Eyes of the Young arc Dam.
aRn6

Resuming now the consideration OF
near-sight, we proceed to suggest some of
its principal causes, as follows;
l. Too early Use by school children of
books, states and writing paper, or copy
books, when black-boards and models
would be better. Type and script letters
and figures, and their primary combina-
tions, at least, should never be taught
from books, but from large and perfectly
formed models, printed on cards and hung
on the wall. When the eye and the
memory are sufficiently trained to easily
recognize and name each letter and figure
at sight, and when some knowledge has
been gained of the power of letters and
figures in combination, then the same
forms in books will be at once familiar as
old acquaintance, and may be studied
without straining the sight, To train
the hand without straining the sight
presents a greater practical difficulty.
In the large schools, of course, all the
children cannot go to the blackboard
But considerable practice in drawing
large lines and simple objects on good
sized states, in sort OF tree-hand style,
should precede the formation of letters
and figures; and, when these are begun,
they should be made of generous size,
A correct position, meanwhile, shonld be
an imperative requirement and, until
it becomes habitual and easy, good work
should be held to be of secondary i'm
pOrtance. Hard slate-pencils and greasy
slate.surfaces should not be permitted ;
both should be subject to systematic in
spection.
2.Ign)rance or laxity on the part of par
ents and primary teachers in permitting
faulty positions of the head, body, and
booK, during reading, study, and writing;
and in not seeking early to secure the
intelligent cooperation of the pupil by
simple and appropriate physiological in
struction.
8. A prolonged and steady looking at
an object or at objects near the eye,
though at proper distant, without rest
or frequent change of the visual focus
as in long and absorbed novel.reading
intense study, or persistent diligence in
needlework.
4. The practice of reading % other
wise using the sight at too sho y range.
This results in part from insufficient
light or from its faulty direction, so
that the hand or body throws a shadow
on the page or so that the direct rays
fall upon the eye, causing undue con,
| traction Of the pupil, while the page is
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1877-11-17
The WOman Of. Culture.

The cardinal mistake which irrational
opponents of women's rights have made
is in libeling their actual intention by an
apparent pretense that woman in the
professions is to be something less of a
woman and a little more of man. The
women who have successfully entered
the professions of law, medicine and
journalism, and those who, like Mrs.
Llvermore, carry a finer culture than
many men into the pulpit, are the best
answer to the charges so hippant Y made
that woman ceases to be a feminine
when she turns her brain to account in a
practical, honorable and capable way.
The vulgar absurdity that she is wo-
manly" who darns stockings, scrubs
floors and carries garbage; and she is
womauly" who dev0tes herself to
gossip, fashion, dissipation and vice !;
while she is not womanly" who be-
comes physician, a lawyer, a journalist,
minister, Turks only in heads too
stupid to understand their own better
instincts, or too base to value in woman
that which is dearest to her in man and
most esteemed to her own eyes-the
power to win and to keep mans love
through his respect for her and her re-
spect for herself. There is no lasting
love without respect and, looking over
the face of society, who are the happiest
mates ? Whose are the attractive homes ?
What class of women make, by universal
- a.
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Turkey Carpets.

The Turkey carpet, as it is made in
the hand-looms OF Ouchak, IS a fabric
that in durability, wearing qualities,
and softness of texture cannot be sur
passed. 1t is made in square pieces OF
various dimensions, but generally Of a
size to cover an ordinary room. The
colors are SO stable that it is said bar
rel of vinegar upset on it will not
change a color. For wear. time seems
to make no impression on it. Beneath
nv feet is Turkey carpet which Is at
lc1,t thirty years old, and it is, at this
writing as fresh as the day the last
thread was wove into it at Ouchak.
There seems to be no fixed patterns, for
| have never seen any two alike, Inc
weavers fancy determines the hgures
and arrangement OF colors, and that is as
fantastic as an Oriental Imagination, al
waysis. The carpets are SO heavy that they
rest on the floor with their own weight,
and need no tacks to !asten them dewn'
AS they are not secured to the moor,
they are frequently taken up and dus!ed,
and are always thus kept clean. Mneh
the staircaSes, ~ well as the rooms, arc
laid in these solid Aetcy carpets, the
house is as still as if it were unin-
habited, 90 far as the movements OF It's
occupants are concerned. 1t is curious
fact that while everything else has
declined in price, Turkey carpets hold
their own in the east, one aquarter OF q
century old selling near on to its
original cost.-Cor. Philadelphia Pres.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
DO tho Poor Have the Gospel Preached
10 Them.

10 Them.
The conversion of the working classes,
it is safe to say, will never be accom-
Plished by any ecclesiastical orga1ization
which sels cushioned pews at action,
or rents them at high rates, and builds
milliOn-dollar churches for the accomoda-
tion of one thousand worshippers The
passion for equality has taken too strong
hold of the workman to make it possible
to catch him with cheap chapels and
assistant pastors" He will not seek
salvation IN torma paupuriS, and thinks
the best talent in the ministerial market
not whit too good for him. He not
unnaturally doubts the sincerity of Chris
tians who are not willing to kneel beside
badly.dressed persons in prayer on the
one day of the week when prayer is
public. In fact, TO fit the Protestant
church in this country to lay hold of the
laborlng population a grest process Of
reconstruction would be necessary. The
congregational system would have to be
abandoned or greatly modified, the com.
mon fund made larger and administered
in different way. They would have, in
short, to be close approach to the
Roman Catholic organization, and the
churches would have to lose the character
OF social clubs which now makes them 30
comfortable and attractive. Well.to do
Christians would have to sacrifice their
tastes in a dozen ways, and give up the
expectation Of aesthetic pleasure in public
worship. There can not be a vast Gothic
cathedral for the multitude in every city.
The practice of the church would have
to be forced up TO its own theory of its
character and mission, which would in
volve serious collision with some of the
most deeply rooted habits and ideas Of
modern social and political life. That
there is any immediate probability of
this We do not believe. Until it is
brought about, its members must make
up their minds to have religious profes.
sions treated by some as slight guarran-
tees of character, and by others as but
cIoaks for wfOng.doing, hard as this may
be for that large majority to whom they
are an honest expression or sure hopes
and noble aims-M Y. NatOL