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Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-10-15
THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT.
1881 October 19-1881.

THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT.
1881 - October 19-1881.
THE HYMN.
Our fathers God, who on these plains
OF old gave victory to our land,
This day in gracious favor deigns
To bless the labor of our hand,
To him let lis our voices raise,
In lofty hymns and notes of praise,
Our grateful homage pay.
His was the strength that nerved their heart,
In faith to battle for the right
AS did the wisdom high impart,
That baffied all the foeman's might;
And gave our land in days of yore,
Deliv'rence strong from trouble sore, aN
OF war and bitter strife. ss
Built on foundation strong and deep,
The starward pointing shaft we rear,
The forms of mighty deeds to keep,
And tell to every coming year.
So let us in our hearts upraise,
A monument of those bright days
OF faith and victory.
The music is of q solemn, devotional
character, of much beauty, and is well
adapted to the religious nature of the
words.
Address by the President of the
United States. Centennial Ode. By
Paul Fl. Hayne, the well-known Southern
Poet; Music by Prof. Mosenthal, OF
New York, rendered by the chorus OF
three hundred voices under Prof. O. L..
Seigle accompanied by the Marine
Band.
THE ODE.
Hark, Hark down the century's long reaching
! slope
To those transports of triumph, those rapture
of hope,
The voices of main and mountain combined
In glad resonance borne on the wing of the wind,
The bass of the drum and the trumpet that
thrills
Through the multiplied echoes of iubilant hills,
And mark how the years, melting upward like
mist
Which the breath of some splendid enchan-
tress has kissed,
Reveal on the ocean, reveal on the shore
The proud pageant of conquest that graced
them of yore,
When blended forever in love as in fame
See, the standard which stole from the star
light its fame,
And type Of all chivalry, glory, romance,
The fair Illies, the luminous Miles of France
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1881-10-15

In Washington eight men are kept
busy in a Photographic gallery max
ing portraits OF Guiteau for sale.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Whit An ALBANY Man Saiil.

One of the lumber dealers in this state
mas Tor the past three years been supplying
dealer at Albany. For the first veal
everything went well. but at length The
Albany man began to complain. He found
shortage and culls in every carload Sent
him, and demanded discounts therefor, and
this spring it was impossible to please him,
No matter how carefully lumber and shin.
giles were culled and billed him here, he
was sure to write back TINT they were not
mp to the standard. Two weeks ago car
load OF "star" shingles was sent him. This
shingle beats anything made in the country,
and they know it at Albany as we'll as in
Michigan, but as soon as the car arrived
the dealer replied that he really must pro-
test. The shingles were hardly clear
butts, and he could not unload the
car until assured of discount of
twenty five cents per thousand.
The Michigander had suffered long, but
the end was nigh. He had inspected every
bunch of shingles on that car, and he made
up his mind to 90 to Albany and inspect
them over again. The dealer there had
never seen him, and the Wolverine walked
into his office as q would be purchaser of
some extra fine shingles.
I've got exactly what You want, prompt
ly replied the Albanian. 1--WE eot car
load of Michigan stars out here which Law
over anything you ever saw
'Are they all perfect?"
Every one Of then."
mo culls in the center of the bunches?"
"1l eat every Gull you find. got them
from Michigander who is as straight as
the Ten Commandments, and he has never
yet sent me- stick Of secena> class ntnff.
Come and see en-"
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

on the belt the girls, with quick motion
of the hand, pick out all the poor looking
nuts. allowing only the best to pass the
cfucible. Those that do pass fall INTO bags
ON the 6oor below. When the bag is filed
It is sewed up and branded ns scocks,' -
with the fignre Of rooster prominent on
it's sides. The peas caught up by the girls
ore thrown to one side. again picked over,
and best singled out. bagged and branded
MS "ships." These are as fine nut as the
first for eating. but in shape and color do
not compare with the cook" The third
grade is branded rs eagles" These are
picked out of the cuttings Of the cocks"
aud "ships' The cuttings that are left
from tho eagles" are bagged. sent to the
top story. and what little meat is in them is
shaken out by patent shelter. The nuts
being shelled by this new process. the meat
drops in bags below, free from dust or dirt
Of any kind, and is then shipped In 800
pound sacks to the north, where it is bought
by the confect,oners for the purpose of
making tatfy or peanut candy. 1t may be
here stated that peculiar kind OF oil is ex-
tracted from the meat of the nut, and in
this speciality a large trade is done among
the wholesale druggists. There is nothing
wasted, for even the shells are made useful.
They are packed in sackes and sold to sta
BILE keepers for horse bedding, and very
healthy bed they make.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
The Place Where They Shoot the Appar.
tus Ont ola Cannon 10 the Fire.

When inquired (writes Chicagoan in
London) why the steamers are so small he
replied: ''Beccs we cawnt get u bigger one
10 fire." ''Wly not?' "Osses cant pill
Il bigger one than this ere An wots more, :"
this with ferocious glare Mt me, "wot nd
be the good Of 'aving bigger one than
this 'ere?' Thinking that had better ex-
plain why was SO Curious, ventn;ed to
suggest that larger steamers would be more
powerful, throw more water, and do bet
ter execution generally. and that snch a
change would improve the electives of the
brigade. "Cawnt prove it. It's the first in
the world now. 1t don't need no improvin,'
it don't" "Were you ever in Chicago?"
''Schecago? Where's that" I'm the
United States. Now if "Oh, I see.
You're from the place w're Trey throw the
tiremon down stairs, and shoot the appar-
awtus hout of c"nnon to fire. We've
card of that place before. bat we cawnt do
anything like that ERE. you know. We
don't know enuf ere, we don't. We amt
'ighly 'enuf hedtlicated, we amt. We don t
shoot no happarawtuses hout of cannon,
We don't" And with loud gutfaw at the
imperceptible joke in his remark, he turned
away and began polishing mp tho ma
chinery.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

lhinly so that the ears shall be freely de-
veloped, and when the ears are fit for boil
ing as green corn for family use, then to
begin to cut the fodder and feed to dairy
cows and working oxen, and, In fact. to ali
kinds OF farm stock. Dairy cows and
working oxen will eat thaiy rations from the
corn, but horses and calves need to have
their supply run through cutting machine,
in order that they may not waste any Of the
stalks. and eat all clean. havo kept my
working oxen in the stable on corn thus
grown for number Of years past, and havo
found no feed that think is of equal value
grown on so little land. I can begin to
feed the last of July, and continue the
green. feed until frost comes. After that I
have continued the same feed, dried, into
the month of December. In order to have
succession OF corn for fodder I plant
carly corn for the first feeding, and the
larger and later sorts for the lato feeding.
and before forst comes cut all and put in
stocks in the field, taking caro- to have the
stocks we'll put up and we'll tied with two
bands at the top, the tops being turned
down SO that the upper bard is bound
round the tops thus turned down, in order
to shed all rains etfectually. All my fod-
der corn Is cut soon after the ears reach
the boiling STAGE"
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Husbands aud Wives In Summer.

From the New York Sun.
One of the most noticeable things about
our summer watering- place life is the pres
ence of 81 large u number Of wives unat-
tended by their husbands. The great ma
jority of the married women at somo Of the
fashionable resorts either see their lord al
only long intervals or for day or two Of
the week merely. The man may put in n''
appearance on Saturday, but he is likely to
depart by an early train on Monday, or he
may make much rarer visits; yet the wifs is
absent from town for perhaps two months
and in many cases from July to October.
The entire unconcern which Amer
ican married couples snow in regard to
this matter of long separations, the AMIGA
BILE terms on which they part, no ripple ap-
parently disturbing the surface Of their
conjugal life, are the wonder of many for
eign observers. There are in Paris and
other places of continental Europe large
colonies Of American wives in sound health
Who have put the ocean between them.
selves and their lords, and yet the separated
pairs seem to be on the best of terms. The
Europeans cannot understand such Ameri-
can ways They marvel that American has-
bands are so accommodating.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
PATIENCE WITH THE LOVE.

They are such tiny feet;
They have gone such little way to meet
The years which are required to break
Their step to evenness aud make
100 t%re and .lo~:
They are sucli little hands;
BE Kind. Things are 20 new and life but
stands
A step beyond the doorway. All around
New day has found
Such tempting things to shine upon, and 90
The hands are tempted hard You know.
They are such new, yonng lives;
Surely their Dewness shrives
Them we'll Of many sins. They see so much
That, being immortal, they would touch,
That II they reach
Wemust not chide, but teach.
They are such fond, clear eyes,
That widen to surprise
At every turn; they are 60 often held
To euns of sllowers-showers soon dispellel
1sy looking in our face.
Love asks for such much grace.
They are such fair, frail gifts;
Uncertain a. the riffs
'O light that lie along tho sky-
They may not be here BY and-by.
Give them not love, but more-xbovo
And harder-patienco with tho love.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
The Trumpet Vine.

From tho Rural New Yorker.
The Trumpet Vine is loaded with its
blossoms now, aud what splendid thing it
is. Running up naked tree trunk, set
upon pillar by itself, trained up by the
water spout at the corner of the house, the
posts Of the piazza or the door-porch, it
matters not; it's roots stretch deep into the
earth and more beyond the influence of
summer drought than many vines; it's hard
and woody stems reach as high as twenty
feet or more, and from them droop on every
side graceful. leafy wands, each ono tipped
with bunch of trumpet blooms. Some
times these wands are winter killed to the
hard wood, but it matters little, fresh ones
come forth in quantity and all will bloom.
Beetles, bugs and caterpillars pass it by. it
is not to their liking. But the prettiest way
OF growing it have seen is in its wild state
where by the edge of creek and river bot
tom timber belts it drapes and mantles trees
and bushes.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Better Care for Stock than Family.

There is truth in the following from the
New York Sun: We might name. says the
writer, some Of the richest farmers in the
richest agricultural regions of this country
who provide magnificent barns, stables,
sheds, and pastures for their animals, but
at the same time keep their wives and chill.
dren in mean, uncomfortable houses, with
few conveniences for doing their work
easily and properly. Shade trees are left
or planted in the pastures for their stock
to recline under, but there is not one near
the house, while AS for flowers and orna-
mental plants, Whit from some fragrant
old lilac or syriuga is about all the garden
perfume which reaches the inside OF
thousands of country homes.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

The Wolverine quietly pulled out his
business card and laid it on the table. i~y
The dealer took it up, read the name, and
sat down ON stool with q queer feeling In
his knees.
There was an awful silence as they glared
at each other, ond it Was full minute be-
fore the victim slowly extended his hand
and horsely whispered:
ibid you ever see man make such an
Internal ass of himself? Shaker
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Letter Writing.
From tho Rural New Yorker.

Let us remember our absent friends by
correspondence. particularly when as grown
children We leave the parental roof to make
homes OF our own. knew an affectionate
mother who had for many years been busy
prov; ding for the wants of largo family so
that letter writing and penmanship almost
became one of the lost arts. Bat when her
children began to leave her, some of them
to settle in distant states, she took time
daily to practice with her pen. 1t was hard
work at first, for her muscles had become
stiffened with hard labor, but she perse-
vered. She used to copy pieces of poetry
from the newspapers as an exercise. She
said to mo one day: Il must hear from the
children and this is the hest way for mo to
do it and don't mind if it does come awk-
wardly." She gradually succeeded in writ
Ing easily and we'll. One of her daughters
showed mo some Of the scraps that had
been written as all exer ,ise, which she had
treasured mp as touching evidence of a
mothers love. So let us remember the old
folks, who in the silence of the old home
look often and sometimes long for letters
from absent children who are not unloving
but unthinking.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
From Itarper's Weekly.

The amateur gardener raust not be over
nice at times about his fingers, and think
he can do the best work in gloves, but
rather learn to be willing to have, as Sid
ney Smith says, a good deal of his elebe
on his own hnnds"; OF put himself
in the position of the card-player, to whom
Charles Lamb remarked: III dirt were
trumss what hand you'd holdr
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Storing and Feeding IOrn- F FOilder.

Mr.. j. Talcott. Rome, N. Y, commune
catea to the American Cultiuator this esti-
mate Of the value Of corn fodder, and his
method Of feeding it., based on an expe-
rience covering many years:
To have corn grown for feeding to farm
stock Of all kinds in its green state, and es-
peeially TO mtloh cows. I prefer to srow It
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
How Peanuts are Cleaned and Prepared
for Market.
Sonthern Farmer,s Monthlv

From the Southern farmers Monthly
are placed in large cylinder, from which
they enter the brushes, where every nut
receives fifteen feet of a brushing before it
becomes free. Then they are dropped on
an endless belt, passing nlong at the rate
OF four miles an hour. On each side Of
the belt stands girls, and, AZ the nuts tall
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
A Wholesome Beverage

From Food and Health.
Watermelon contains about G5 per cent.
Of the purest of water, and trace Of the
purest sugar, and nothing has yet been
discovered that furnishes SO perfect o
''cure" for summer complaint as watermel-
on, and nothing else. Even when diarrhGa
hos been kept up by continued eating Of
ordinary food, until the disease has become
chronic. this delicious bevcrage-for it is
little more-:watermelon, taken two or three
times day. has again and again been known
10 work wonders, AMI to ''cure'' when oil
the usual remedies had failed.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Col. F. ". higgipson on the Health Of Women
From the Woman's joucnal.


From the Woman's joucnal.
With the influx into cities has come an
increasing habit Of spending a third or a
quarter Of year in tho country, this being
the time when country life is most available
and pelhape the only time when is so e.
sential. There is great deal to enjoy In
the country in Winter; but, on the whole,
for physical trimming, the city offers better
opportunity in Winter. 1t has miles Of
sidewalks for walking, at the same time
when our rural villages are half buried in
snow; and in all gymnastio advantages
there is no comparison. Tho finest ply ST.
cal types in New England are ordinarily to
be found, notamong the farmers daughters
but among the we'll TO- do families in our
cities and suberbs who spend, rs
q matter OF couse, their summer vacations
on the eeashore or among the noun
taias. All improved habits rs to diet,
bathing, ventilation are carried with the
summer borders into tho country. "Don't
you think KNOW" said resoluto landlady
in Vermont, what kind of folks are willing
to sleep on feather beds2" and she added,
1--WE have fewer and fewer Of them every
year." Middle-aged people can recall the
immense increase Of physical freedom given
to young girls, first in the cities, hen IN the
country, by the introduction of rubber boots
and waterproof cloaks. OF course the coun-
try is the place for long FREQ walks and fol
climbing; but who take the walk2 AS u
rulo, the city boarders.
So IN regard to healthy outdoor games
that are doing 50 much for the health OF
tho young girls. Croquet was first known
in cities aud then in suburbs; 1t now sets
up its wlckets in every farm house yard
It is the same with archery and lawn tennis,
These exercises proceed from the city out
ward, not from the country inward.
1t is not the experience Of our public
schools that the children of our elnieran'
parents are healthier, on tho whole, than
the moro comfortable of our native born.
Consumption has been regarded as the
special scourge Of New England, but q
physician told ne lately that no class among
us seem:d to have SO little stamina to resis,
it as the young girls Of foreign parentagc.
A worthy poor Irish woman living near me
has lost ono Of four grown-up daughters
by this disease. and two more are rapidly
sinkiug under 1t. leaving her but one. II
presence Of such facts doubt whether ev-
en- the tonic influence of poverty can coun-
ter-balance the good effects OF care and
good nursing and the ordinary comforts OF
life.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

Skinny Men.
Wolls' Health Renewer, absolute cure for
nervous debility and weakness Of the genera
tive functions, 81. at druggis:s.-Noyes Bros. &
Cutter st. Paul hiinn.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
Certain T. n0NleI.Se.

Certain T. nHWIe"ge.
We know whereof we affirm when we FAY
that Warmers Safe Kidney xnl Liver Cure has
performed more wonderful cures than any
medicine ever brought before the American
public.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

George w. Baily of Des Moines,a veteran
of the late war, suicided in Des MoineE re-
Gently, by taking poison. Hard luck and
poverty cacsed the rash act.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
HOUSE AND FARM,
Late Recipes.

LIVER AND BAC0N.-Two pounds Of
calls liver. three quarters Of . pound Of
streaked bacon, one onion, juice Of . lemon,
pepper, salt and q teaspo0nful Of dour.
Wash the liver, wipe dry and cut into pieces
IN inch wide and three inches long. Out
the bacon into thin strips and fry; take out
and keep hot while the liver is frying.
Mince the onion, pepper, salt and dredge
the ivsr in -four and fry with the onion In
the bacon fat. When done take out and
arrange tho bacon aud liver upon platter.
Strain the fat and return to the pan with a
cupful Of hut water. Thicken with the
spoonful of -four, and when it boils up strain
IN the lemon juice. Pour at once over the
liver and serve.
TO DRIVE AWAY FL1Es.-Buy an ounce
OF oil Of lavender aud pour half Of it in q
pint bottle Of cold water, and shake it up;
the mixture is mechanical one only; If
dissolved In alcohol 1t Is q perfect solution
but this becomes more expensive; scatter
your weter and oil Of lavender on tho table
cloth and the flies will 90 away.
GREEN Corn PUDD1Nd.-Gratea dozen
ears OF corn; season with u teasp0onful of
salt and half q saltspoonful of white pep.
per; add the yolks Of four eggs, beating
we'll in; two tablespoonslul Of butter,
warmed; quantity OF milk, and last, tho
whites of the four eggs, we'll beaten. Bake
In moderate oven for an hour, covering 1t
with piece Of letter paper II It browns too
quickly.
STUFFED ToMAToEs.-Takes six large,
we'll, shaped tomatoes; cut slice of the
stem end. and take out all the pulp and
juice, icing careful not to break the tonaa
toes; then sprinkle them inside with little
ed veal. beef or chicken, a slice Of boiled
ham or fried bacon; chop very fine, and
add the pulp and juice Of the tomatoes;
chop fine dhd fly to light brown half an
onion, and mi1 with tho meat a teaspoonful
Of fine bread crumbs, two eggs, teaspoon
ful OF salt; saltspoonful Of white pepper,
md q pinch OF cayenne; fill the tomatoes
with force. meat; piling 1t quite high, and
bake fot an hour.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

PURE CoD-L1vER Or. made from selected
livers Oh the sea shore, by CasweiL Hazard e.
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 oils in market
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
T'OrderOn These Truths


Ki,ney-Wort ia natures remedy for kidney
and liver diseases, piles and constipation.
Sediment or mucous in the urine is snl Q in
dication Of disease Take Kidney Wort
Torpid liver and kidneys poison the blood.
Kidney Wort reviycs them and cleanses the
system.
Headache, bilious attacks. dizziness, and loss
of appetite are cured by Kidney Wort. See
adv.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

"kOuEh on Rats.
The thing desired found at last. Ask drug
gis.s for Rough OH Rats. l. cIcers ont rats.
mice, reaches, tlis, bed bugs, 15c boxes,
Noyes Bros, i Cutler.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
"lsOuHh on Rats

The ladi who sometime since were unable
to 80 ont, having take: Lydia e. Pink'lam's
Vegetable Compound, are quito recovered, and
have gone on their way re- . icing.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

Are you bald? Carboline, deodorizcd ex-
tract of petroleum, the only cure for badness,
has been improved 70 that it is row the most
delightful dressing in the world. The only
real natural hair restorer ever produced.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

Our Ex pcriancc With Aliens lung
Baisam for Colds and Coughs has Eeen Of the
mt st satisfactory character,' writes the editor
of a leading paper. He is only one in thous-
an7s who has triea this ''Basanl.'' and been
convinced Of its virtue and merits. Go and do
likewise. i cough or cold afilicta You.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
ICleveland Penny Prcss.}

See the Conquering Hero, etc.
Among the most wonderful ticles of
the period is St. Jacobs Oil. The Hon.
Leonard SWEET Of Chicago, pronounces it
the most thorough conqreror Of pain that
he has ever known.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

Two Iowa farmers lave been at law for q
long while over the ownership of some
calves that long since became beef. The
costs already incurred amount to s., SEQ,
and the end is not vet.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

There are 2l 900 teachers in Iowa largely
female. The average monthly coInpens.-
of the girls is S2G, while the men score an
average of $31.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

There is ne excuse for any one having a
headache, dizziness, fever and ague, or mala
ria, il they take "Sellers' Liver Pills"
ga lady had the flesh cato Ii off her arm by
scrofula. Could see the siucws workin: s.
Lindscy's Blood Searcher' cured her." J
Ralston, Eldc;ton, Pa.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08
TChicaoO Jollrna1 [

A Chicago brokers' Happy Investment.
Lewis H. O'Conor. Esq, whose oifi ice
is located at 80 Washington street, this city,
lately related the following in the hearing
of Ole of Our reporters as an evidence Of
special good fortune. 1 have been suffer
ing said Mr.. O'Conor, for a number of
weeks with severe pain in my back, be-
lieved to be from the effects of cold con-
tracted while on the lakes. had been pre-
scribed for by several of our physicians and
used various remedies. Three days ago,
atandGped then en- ALL and bought hota
retiring and to. day feel like new man.
I experienced almost instant relief and now
feel no pain whatever.
The Worthington advance., 1881-09-08

An Iowa husband on going home found
his wife carousing with four men. lie
adroltly got the five offenders into Ave
separate rooms, locked the doors, and then
thIlshel them sounlly one BIZ one.