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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

with Southern road to dispose of all
its Southern interests, including the
Washington branch, has been emphati-
cally denied 10y President Garrett.
The Richmond and Danville Rail-
road have commenced daily passenger
steamer service between Baltimore and
West Point, Va.
The growth of Atlanta, Ga, is more
rapid now than at any time since the
close of the war. During the past five
smCnths over six hundred houses have
been erected in that city, and it is ex-
pected the number erected during 1881
will reach fifteen hundred, which Will
involve the investment of at least
$1,500,000 in the buildings alone.
A few years ago Tryon Factory, Chat
tooga county, about thirty miles from
Rome, Ga, was commenced with a
capital Of 1926, 900, which embraced
$500 acres of land, owned by the COM
pany, the houses in which 600 people
live, large stock of goods, and large
wagon train running constantly between
the factory and Rome. During the
present year it has twice declareda divi-
dend Of per cent. and before the close
of the year will declare another of the
same amount, making dividend of 81
per cent for the year.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
CONDITION OF THE COTTON.
As Shown by Reports from the Cotton Pro
ducing states.

As Shown by Reports from the Cotton Pro-
ducing States.
Special dispatches to the New Orleans
Democrat from all portions of the cotton
country make the following showing of
the present condition of the crop.
ALABAMA. Cotton opening rapidly
and prematurely; some little damage
from rust and worms great injury from
drouth acreage about same as last
year yield poor; one county shows q
small increase; weather splendid for
picking, which is proceeding vigor-
ously.
ARKANSAS. Picking better than last
year only half crop, owing to the
severe drouth.
FLORIDA. Weather excellent. Crop
short, but of excellent quality.
GEoRGIA.-Some improvement over
last year plant opening well, but dam
aged by drouth and rains an increase
of acreage of five per cent; picking
progressing rapidly weather favorable !;
crop from one half to two-thirds the
average; quality not so good as last
year.
LOUISIANA plant opened early
and prematurely in some parishes. The
entire crop is now open. There is great
damage from drouth, and slight damage
from worms and shedding. Picking is
progressing rapidly. In some of the
parishes one third of the crop is already
picked, and picking will be over by o.
tober LIST. Labor is scarce in some Sec
tions. The yield is short-two thirds of
a crop in three parishes, three-fourths
in four, one-third in two, and one-fourth
in one. The quality is generally excel
lent. The shipments are one-fourth
greater than last year.
MISSISSIPPI. plant is opening
prematurely and is fruiting poorly.
Some counties have one-half and others
three-q quarters of crop already opened.
The damage is heavy from drouth and
slight from shedding and caterpillars.
The general condition is unsatisfactory,
Picking is general and two weeks in ad-
vance of last year. The weather is ex-
cellent for picking, and half the crop is
already picked. The picking will be
over by November 1st The quality of
the cotton is excellent, but the yield
will be poor-three-f ourths of crop in
one county, two-thirds in another, and
only half crop in eight counties.
TExAs.-The crop has been damaged
by drouth and shedding. The acreage
shows an increase of ten per cent, but
the yield will be very poor. The quail
ity is good. Picking is proceeding
rapidly, with plenty OF labor.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
Making sourcrout.

To make first class sourcrout you
must have the best kind OF cabbage
sufficient quantity of the old "drum-
head" sort-and after divesting the
heads of their stalks and all the outside
leaves, being careful to leave none that
are "lousy," put the heads to one side
until you can fill tub with water in
which to wash them; and after washing
them clean, as well as your crout barrel,
cutting knife and maui, you are now
ready to proceed with the cutting. Now
cover the bottom of the barrel with
some of the cleanest and best outside
leaves, and laying your cutting-knife
over the mouth of the barrel, proceed
with the cutting. After cutting enough
of the cabbage to form layer of about
three inches thick on the leaves IN the
bottom of the barrel, and sprinkling
thereon a handful or so of salt, pound
the same gently, but firmly, with the
maui until sufficiently compact. Sc
proceed with layers of cut.cabbage and
salt (not emitting the pounding) unit
the barrel is full. And then, after GOV
ering the whole with another thin layer
of leaves and laying boards and weights
on the same, the job is done. In few
weeks your crout will be pronounced
"goot" by any jury of Dutchmen.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
VIRGINIA ITEMS.

The case of George Hoover, the lad
of thirteen who shot and killed his sis
ter Lottie in May last, was tried at
Sunbury. The trial occupied but few
hours, as all the important witnesses,
the boys mother and sisters, refused to
testify and left the city. The Com mon
wealth did not push the case, and the
jury acquitted the boy of murder but
convicted him of manslaughter.
At Sawyer City, in the Bradford coal
region, workman who was about to
introduce torpedo in well accident
ally struck the cap and produced an ex-
plosion, which killed Charles Rust, VIM.
Barton, Charles Tharshir and Charles
Grouse, and MORALLY wounding William
Satterly and Edward Wilson. The der
rick, engine-house and boiler were
blown to atoms.
The building of the Monticello Wine
Company at Charlottesville, Va, was
destroyed. Twenty-Five thousand gal
Ions of wine were lost, with the build
ing. Loss $26, 1000.
Diphtheria of most malignant form
is raging iu Craig's Greek neighborhood
of Boutetourt county.
The mysterious disappearance of Mrs.
B. M. Harvey, widow from James
City county, is the topic of discussion in
all sections of the State where the affair
is known. No light has yet been thrown
on the matter, and the lady's wherea-
bouts is still wrapped in mystery.
If COWS do ruminate, pigs are equally
pen-siye.
Peach r. Grattan, an eminent lawyer
and author of Grattan's Reports, died
at Ashland, aged 80, during forty years
of which he held the position of law re-
porter of the Virginia Court of Appeals.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

Such is the term Mr.. @. w. Purcell, of
the National Stock Yards, Chicago, ILL.,,
applies to his sufferings. He says : I,
for one, wish to speak word Of praise
for st. Jacobs oil. / suffered with a
pain in my shoulder and arm for some
six months and at times it was terrible.
One bottle of st. Jacobs Oil, however,
cured me thoroughly.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
,t,orrisburp tpa., lndependent.,

For five years, says Mr.. j. Echter,
this city, l have been afflicted with rheu-
matism, and for two years have bad a
sore on my leg the size of silver dol
lar. which nothing would heal. st. ia
cob's Oil cured the rheumatism and
healed the sore.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
Domestic Aids,

TOMATO SoUP.-Last summer, while
employed as steward at one of the most
noted hotels at Saratoga Springs, one
well-known for its cuisine and patron
lied by the wealthiest families in the
land, some ladies called at the store
room one day and praised the tomato
soup very highly. One said she made
it at home frequently, but never could
make the crispy toast We served in it.
I told them it was not toast, but merely
stale bread Gut into thin slices and fried
brown in drippings or lard, then sailed
and cut into dice-shaped pieces and
served in the soup when dished up.
swell, I DECLARE" they said, chow sim
pie it seems after you know all about it, 3"
1t is called in French "creton."
RICE PUDDING pudding is be-
yond comparison the best ever made, in
spite of the fact that it is the cheapest.
The secret of its perfection is in the
long cooking it gets. For six o'clock
dinner, the rice and milk should be put
on the stove early in the forenoon.
The best thing to cook it in is double
kettle. Add to quart of milk two
heaping tablespoonful of rice. Let it
simmer on the back of the stove-it
must never boil-untila couple of hours
before dinner. 1t will then be thick,
creamy substance. Then salt and
sweeten to taste, put it into pudding
dish, and bake it in a moderate oven
until it is of jelly-like thickness and
the top is slightly Drowned. 1t can be
eaten either hot or cold. If the latter
is preferred, the pudding may be made
the day before, if that is most convent
emit. If desired, flavor may be added.
This is emphatically the perfect pud-
ding of its kind.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
HUMOROUS.

Queen Victoria does not like the Bart
lett pair.
In some hats the cabbage leaf must
feel perfectly at home.
"Fall styles" said the farmer, looking
at his fence which had fallen down.
The bands of matrimony, it is to be
supposed, play wedding marches.
If you want to get rich, mount a
mule, because when you are on a mule
you are better off.
Little fishes get into trouble when
they play hooky. They should never
run away from their school.
"Smith," said Brown, ''there's for
tune in that mine |" 81 know" said
Smith "I've put my fortune in it,"
venturesome skipper named Brougham,
Attempted to sail round simougham
He sailed and he sailed,
But he utterly failed :-(Iong pause.
He's now up the heavenly fougham.
Biologists are agreed that the earth
is millions of years old. The mountain
tops have been bald as far back as we
can remember.
Mistress mortified -"Good gracious,
Bridget, have you been using one OF my
stockings to strain the coffee through P"
Bridget (apologetically)-"Yis, mum !;
but shure didn't take clane one"
Rufus Choate was won't to attend the
church of the late DIR. Nehemiah Adams.
One Sunday he took with him brother
lawyer, now living in this city. The
doctor gave the congregation one of his
most vigorous and pointed discourses
on future punishment. The atmosphere
around the pulpit seemed fairly blue,
and there were many blue faces in the
audience. Arriving on the sidewalk,
Mr.. Choate asked his friend, "Well,
what do you think of that Pretty
strong doctrine, wasn't it ?" eyes," re-
piled the great lawyer, "and, d-n it,
| I'm afraid it's true.-DetroH Free Press.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
E0REIGN NEWS.

At the second ballot taken in France
twenty Republicans and one Conserva-
tive were elected. Fifteen persons
were wounded in a riot at Limerick.
Bishop Nulty, of Ireland, is ina favor
of giving the Land bill fair trial.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

Bull work, the process of inlaying by
use of the saw, derives its name from
French workman, Boule, who invented
and carried it on during the reign of
T,ouis XIV,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
Canning Vegetables.

Peas and beans may be prepared for
canning by simply cooking them as you
would for the table, leaving out the
seasoning, and filling the cans quite up
TO top while boiling hot. Have the
peas and beans rather young and tender.
Add the seasoning when you open the
cans to use them. Keep them in cool,
dark place, free from dampness. Corn,
to can, should be young and tender,
but full grown. Strip off the outside
leaves and silk, but leave on the inner
leaves-this will keep the sweetness in.
Let it boil fifteen minutes. Take it up,
cut the kernels through the middle, and
then off the cob. Pack your cans as
full as you can with the corn, and then
take cob that will fit in the jar with
out its being broken, and press it into
the middle of the corn, and screw the
tops on. Have the cans and the corn as
hot as possible.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

If any invalid and sick person has the least
doubt of the power and efficacy of Hop Bitters
to cure them, they can find cases exactly like
their own, in their own neighborhood, with
proof positive that they can be easily and per-
manently cured, at trifing cost-or ask your
druggist or physician.
GREENWICH, Feb. II, 1880.
Hon Bitters Co-SIRs: l was given up by the
doctors to die of scrofula consumption. Two
bottles of your Bitters cured me.
LEROY BREWER
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

vEeErINE is composed of the best vegetable
ingredients the dispensary of nature furnishes
Their juices are extracted in a way which pre-
serves their undiminished medical properties,
making it one of the greatest cleansers of the
blood that can be put together
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

A good Baptist Clergyman of Bergen, N. Y,
strong temperance man, suffered with kidney
trouble, neuralgia, and dizziness almost to
blindness, over two years after he was told that
Hop Bittert would cure him. because he was
afraid of and pleiudiced against ''Btters."
Since his cure he says none need fear bu trust
Hon Rikta,S.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

To CURE Oroup,lSpasms,E Darrhea, Dysentery ana
Sea Sickness taken Internally, and GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless also externally, Cuts, Bruises
Chronic Rheumatism, Old Sores, Pains In the limbs
back and chest. Such remedy is Dr.. TOBIAS
VENETIAN IMMINENT.
No one once trying 1t viii ever be without 1t
over GOO physicians use 1t.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

is the BEST SALvE for Cuts, Bruises, Sores Ulcers
Salt Rheum, Totter. Chappea Hands, Chiblains
Corns. and all kinds of Salt Erpions. Freckes and
Pimples, Get HENRY'S CARBOLIC SAL We, as all
others counterfeits. Price % cents
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

The ancient British used buckets
without hoops, cut out of solid timber.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

PURE COP LIVER OIL made from selected
livers, on the seashore, by Caswell, Hazard Il
Co., New York. 1t is absolutely pure and
sweet. Patients who have once taken it prefer
it to all others. Physicians have decided it
superior to any of the other oils in the market
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

Imagine for moment the thousands upon
thousands of bottles of CARBoLINE annually
sold, and the fact that not single complaint
has been received from all those thousands,
and you may have some tdea of its good quail
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

Some of the Egyptian mummies are
encased in bandages more than 1000
Yards long.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

The Eject of Indulgence
in strong drink can be removed from the avs
tenn by Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
Vegetine
is SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
INVEST YOUR EARNINGS

n the stock of the Denver Land and Improvement
Company. Profits more than two Fer Gent per
only in Denver Real Estate. Dividends paid regu-
larry. Organized by prominent business men Of Dem n
Denver. ANY number of shares at Ten Dollars each,
sent by mail on receipt Of money e CIRCULARS sent
A. H. EsTEs Treasurer; NJ II. SMITH, Secretary.
No AsA Iarin1er 81 nanvar Col.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

DURNOS CATARRH SNUFF cures all affections
of the mucous membrane. or the head and throat
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

The elephant was put upon the coins
of Caesar because that animal was called
Cesar in Maurita uria.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

The ancients always harnessed their
horses abreast, never lengthwise.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

There are 1856 tribes of Indians in the
United States.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

Gas was first used as an Illuminating
agent in 1902. Its first use in New York
was in 1927.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

In 1922 the coast of Chill, one hun
bred miles in extent, was raised from
wo to six feet by an earthquake.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

The lawyers should spend their sum-
mer vacations at Bar harbor.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

CROUCH on Rnts.''
Ask Druggists for it, 1t clears out rats, mice,
reaches, bed-bugs, flies. vermin, insects. 15c.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

DIR; GREENS OXYGENATED BITTERS
is the best remedy for Dyspepsia. Bousuess. Ma
lara, Indigestion and Diseases of the Blood. Kid
neys, Liver, Skin. etc.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
Vegetine
REPORTS FROM OTTAWA.

OTTAWA, Canada, December 81, 1878.
Mr.. H r. STEVENS Boston, Mass:
Sir have used your VEGETTNE in my family for
several years. and consider it invaluable medicine.
Imost cheerfuly recommend its to those desiring
a safe and effectual remedy for diseases of the
stomach and impurities of the blood. may add
that have advocated its to several of my friends
and aequaintances with the most gratifying and sat
sfactory results. Very respectfully, yours.
MRS. W. G. PERLEY.
No one can doubt the truthfulness of the above
certificate coming from responsible and influential
parties. Mr.. Perley is the senior member of the firm
of Perey Pattee of the largest and most extern
siye lumber firms in America.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17

One man has gathered 100000 pounds
of dried clover blossoms out West for
some famous ssremedy."
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-09-17
WARRANTED FOR 81 YEARS

DIR. MOTIFS LIVER PILLS are the best Catbar
Regulators
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03
BREAD MAKING IN WINTER.

House keepers sometimes object to
the use of the dry yeast cakes purchas-
ed at the groceries, because bread made
with them is SO slow to rise especially
in winter. likct use these cakes in
hot weather on that very account. The
bread sponge never sours on the hot
test nights. But in winter it is advis-
able to set small sponge in the after
noon-abouf four oclock-in this way ;
A scant pint of -four is mixed with a
pint aud half of warm water. To
this add cake of yeast previously soak
cd in a little warm water Qaking care
not to scald the yeast. ) and beat all well
together. by seven O'Clock this, if kept
covered in warm place near the stove
will be very light. Now set your bread
sponge as usual using this smaller
spone for your yeast. Cover warm,
and in the morning you will be almost
sure to find it very light aud entirely
sweet. Now, if you have good deal
to attend to, you can defer kneading
the dough until after until after break-
fast provided you stir in considerable
and mix it thoroughly with the spoon.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03
sAND-BAe FOB rm s1ck-Roox.

One of the most convenient articles
to be used in the sick room is sand.
bag. Get some clean, fine sand, dry il
thoroughly in kettle ON the stove
make bag about eight inches square,
of flannel fill it with dry sand, sew the
opening carefully together, and cover
the bag with cotton or linen cloth. This
will prevent the sand from sitting out,
and will also enable you to heat the bag
quickly, by placing it in the oven, or
even on top of the stove. After once
using this. you will never again attempt
to warm the feet or hands Of sick per-
son with bottle of hot water or brick.
The sand holds the heat long time
and the bag can be turned up to the
back without hurting the invalid. 1t is
a good plan to make two or three Of the
bags, and keep them ready for use.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03

According to the following extract
from an editorial article in the Boston
Medical and Surgical Journal, the easy
and sure way to prevent badness is to
60 barc-headed, or wear . well-vcntiIat-
ed hat:
"a refined civilization has brought
with it train of physical evils, which
it is in the province of science to con-
troll or subdue. Our tight hats, our
warm rooms, closely fitting caps, silk
night-caps, from which the perspirable
matter cannot escape, by their combined
agency, in connection with other influ-
cnces not always easy to define, bring
of the hair prematurely, and turn it
gray, sooner than personal vanity is
willing to exhibit such evidences of de-
cay. And this is not all /; the skin is ac-
tually in low state Of disease, the eff
fects of which are recognized in the &C
emulation of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of the cpidermis. The bulbs of the
hairs arc infiamed also from the same
cause and from year to year the hair de-
generates and becomes thinner, and not
unfrcqucntly ending in badness. On
all that part Of the head not covered,
viz from the back side, between the
ears and ON the temples, the hair gen.
orally remains to extreme old age, how
ever much the vertex may be denuded.
If females wore equally tight coverings
their hair would probably suffer very
much in the same manner; but their
light airy bobincts admit of ventilation,
and hence bald-headed woman would
be q phenomenon. Who ever saw a
bald-hcadcd Indian? We have had the
opportunity of seeing various tribes, in
all the freedom of their unrestraincd
savage lifc-but spare head of hair we
have never noticed. Atmospheric ex-
posure conduccs to the luxuriancc of the
hair and healthful condition of the
scalp"
"Thcrc is another cause of the falling
of, or rather the breaking oil of the
hair in combing and brushing, not the
effect of disease at the throat, but the
destructive burrowing Of microscrOp-
ic insect-a living, visible intoxicating
its way from stalk to another, like the
IIessian fly i'm field of wheat"
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1881-03-03
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

A nice wash for the delicate skin of
infants is made by obtaining maple
twi5s. Put small lump Of alum in and
boil with the twigs. Wash the tender
places with this in lieu of water.
Colds in the head are always in or
der. Some one recommends as an cary
cure, if attended to promptly, tea
spoonful Of pulverized borax dissolved
in pint of hot water, when tepid, snuff
some up the nostris two or three times
day or use the dry powdered borax
like snuff taking pinch as often as re-
CURED.
For cuts wounds and sores: Surg
cons solution of carbOlic acid add pure
glycerinc, mixed in equal parts and ap-
piled on soft lint or linen clio h. Other
remedies, ready pseparcd can also be
bought at the drug stores. 1t is wise
to always have some kind of remedy on
hand as bad cut or wound, taken in
time may heal quickly, but neglected
and exposed short time a cold NAV
settle in it, and painful if not serious.
results.
Mrs. Thompsons, in the Ecangeiisfs.
says the best remedy for slccplcssness
is 10 wet towel, apply il TO the back Of
the neck, pressing it toward the base of
the brain and fastcn the dry half of the
towel over SO as TO prevent too rapid
cxhalation. The effect is prompt and
pleasant cooling the brain and bringing
on sweet slunbcr. Warm water is
better than cold. To all suffering from
overwork excitmcnt of anxiety this
remedy must prove a blessing.
For burns Lime water, olive oil and
glyccrinc, equal parts, applied on lint.
Good remedies, and ready-prepared,
can also be obtained at any drug store,
aud should be kept constantly in the
house and ia factories where persons
are exposed to burns. If none of these
a,e handy, apply, quickly, -four and
lard, mixed. Keep the wound from
exposure to the air. A good lin:ment
for burus, after the above application,
is made of three ounces each of opium,
camphora'ed oil and soap linimcnt. A
&C cd salve for cuts and burns is ne-nalf
pound of sweet lard, onc-fourth pound
bceswax, onc-fourth ditto resin beat
all together till well mixed, and put up
in tin box or wide mouthed bottle
Apply to the wound on soft cotton or
lint.