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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26
so DEVIATION FROM PUBLISHED
TERMS.

THE BALTIMORE SrN ALMANAC, a val
liable publication Of nincty-siX pages, Is
published a. Supplement to THB SUN
about the first of each year. 1t is not for
sale. nor is 1t distributed except to sub
scribers Of "THE sun" Daily and Week
Is, tor whose benefit 1t is published
Every subscriber to "TnE SUN DAILY OF
Weekly, whose name j, on our books the
first Of the year. will receive copy OF THE
Sun ALMANAC (rec Of charge.
Postal Orders, Checks, Drafts, &c, are to
be made payable, and all news and bust
ness communications addressed, TO
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cATARRu or THB BLADDER.

Singing, irritation, inflammation, all
Kidney, aud Urinary complaints, cured by
'Buchu- Bahia. 81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26

WATER BUGS, REACHES.
Rough on Rats clears them out also
Beetles. An...
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26

An eptomo Of everything that Is at
tractive and desirable in juvenile litera-
ture.-BOstOn Courier
A weekly feast Of good things to the
BOYS and girls in every family which 1t
yisits.-Brookly Union.
IL is wonderful in its wealth of pictures,
information, and decentralization
Advocate, n. \.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26
- R-R
Man and Beast.

Mustang Liniment is older than
most men, and used more and
more every year
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26
1886.
Harper's Young People
AN ILLUSTRATED WEEKLY.

The position of Flarper's Young People
a. the leading weekly periodical for young
readers is well established. The publish
ers spare no pains to provide the best and
most attractive reading and illustrations.
The serial and short stories have strong
dramatic interest, while they are wholly
free from whatever IS pernlcious or Vul.
carly sensational ; the papers on natural
history and science, travel, aud the facts
of life. are by writers whose names give
the facts Of life, are by writers whose
names give the best assurance OF accn-
raey and value. Illustrated papers On
athletic sports, games, and pastlmes give
nll information on these subjects. There
is nothing cheap about it but its price.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26

To Europe and other Postal Union conn
tries 5 - for twelve mouths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26
Terms: Postage Prepaid.
$500 Per Year.

Vol. VII. commences November 3, 1883
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1886-02-26

Fine line cigars and tObaccoes.
II Clem
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
ORIGIN OE BREEDS.
The First Homes of the Different Familie
OF Cattle.

The First Homes OF the Dl1erent FaDlilles
of Cattle.
Investigations into the origin of diff
ferent families or breeds of plants OF
animals, have a natural attraction for
all who have an interest either in n
or the other. Whenever, indeed, our
interest is excited in any thing, the
natural curiosity, common to us all,
stimulates inquiry as to its origin and
antecedentS. Consequently, while re-
search into the origin of the various
breeds of cattle. as into the various
races of the human family, do not
seem likely to result in any practical
utility, they will continue and be inter
esting inst as long as men continue to be
interested in the animal or the human
races. Under the heading OF Scraps,
a correspondent of the London Ltre
Stock journal. contributes most reada-
BILE matter in the varied form indicated
by the title he has given to his contri-
buttons. In a recent issue he makes
mention of a work by a German scien-
tlst, Victor Helm. entitled The
Wandering of Plants and Animals
from their First Home Culling from
what he denominates Scraps from a
Feast of Real Learning" this CORE
spondent brings the views expressed
by the German author to the support of
some of his own previously expressed
views. According to these authorities
W. must 90 across Europe to find IN
Germany and the steppeS OF South Rus
STA the origin of the polled breeds, they
having been brought to the eastern
shores of Britain with the Baltic invad-
ers. ''to become the determining ele-
ment in forming the polled races now
existing in Great Britain whether north
or south of the Tweed The birth of
the type now known as HerefordS is to
be found in 1.-THE Ukraine, Podolian, OF
Hungarian OK; large, grayish-white,
long-legged, long-horned, fat and
fcshy;" while in the Alpine or Ligu-
rian race, the oldest OF the European
races, of which PLINY says; "The
small, Notwithstanding Alpine cat
tie give the most milk we are to seek
the origin of the Kerry, while it served
also as the foundation of the Channel
Island cattle, the cattle of Brittany,
and even for the Devon, the latter
further modified by contact with an
other cattle wave. The true theory OF
all Investigations into the origin Of our
various breeds Of cattle, must. accord
inc to these writers, be studied as a
whole, in connection with the appear.
ancc in Europe of the various hOrdes'
that from time TO time swept over it
National Ljcc-St0 JDHrRai.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,

-Uich.post bedsteads with white
muslin curtain, all of the olden time,
are being revived in all their imposing
stateliness - Chicago Times.
Collect eggs frequently in winter
or they will be injured for hatchlng
purposes. Its vitality Is destroyed
when an egg is subjected to a tempera'
lure below freezing Troy Times.
The New England Farmer recon-
mends the use of apples as an addition
to the feed of stock, but suggests the
caution that in cold winter weather
they should be brought from the cellar
and fed Immediately before they lake
on the temperature OF zero s'lloS-
phere. -,
Coffee cake: Take n cupfnl
coffee as prepared for the table,, one
cunful brown sugar, n cup molasses,
one-half cupful butter, n egg, ana
one ~teaspoonful saleratus; put soda IN
coffee, add spice and raiSlns to SUIT,
and flour enough to make A reasonably
thick batter; bake slowly.-Ne Ca
terer.
In order to procure a substitute
fer lard, which is often much adulter-
ated, and to which some persons OBJ
iect when it is pure, put all kinds OF
int drippings, Skimmings and trim
mings together and melt. Slice into
this a large, raw potatoe' when TINS
is brown the fat will be as clear as
water. but skim it if any impurities
arise.-N Y Examiner,
Sponge cake; Three cupfuls sugar,
three cupiuls flour, six eggs, one cup
full cold water, a little salt, and two
hcaping tcaspoonfuls baking powder,
,ifted in the flower. Beat the eggs
mot separating the whites from the
yclks); add the sugar, mixing it well
with the eggs; add half the water,
then the sifted flour, the rest of the
water, aud tavoring to suit the taste
The Cook.
For chicken salad; Boil one
chicken until very tender when cold
chop it fine. Chop one head OF cab
bage and one large handful of cucum-
Der pickles very fine. Boil one dozen
eggS hard. Mash the yelks only with
the chicken, one tablespoonful Of celery
seed, one of black pepper, one tea
spoonful of ground mustard, n table
spoonful of salt and two of butter, one
half teacup of strong vinegar. -CteUe-
ldnd Heraid,
M, jumbles: They may owe their
name to walnuts or Brazil nuts; the
chopped kernels of either are very nice.
Cocoanut, too, is excellent. Almond
iumbles are as good as any. Beat to-
gether half q pound each of sugar and
butter and three eggs, and a quarter
pound of chopped almonds, and a little
lemon Juice. Stir the flour lightly in,
from half to three-quarters of "A pound.
Rose water or orange flower water is
often used as a havoring to these little
cakes, and a very superior kind are
favored with a t~eaSpoontul Of vanilla
pSSencp - PbiiG1pLDhin can.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13

still a great festival, the peasantry
having still the custom of drawing lots,
as in the olden days.
In the English classics, Chaucer,
Goldsmith and others, the allusion to
valentines is very frequent. Shakes.
peare says:
Good morrow! Ills ST. Valentine $ day,
All in the morning betime;
And |. a maid at your window,
10 be your Valentine
The sums spent in our day for the
wonderful connections of white paper,
satin. flowers, etc, etc, in every con-
ceivable device and ornamentation, is
truly fabulous, If the revival of sub
stantial gifts could be brought about
once more, the useful superSeding the
ornamental, costing the sender no more
than these useless t%riiles, how much
more desirable it would be making Val
entine's Day a season Of good deeds,
while expressing the feelings far more
eloquently than high-tlown sentiment
or silly rhymes could do in charitable
gifts. and where those in moderate cir
cumstances could be helped in many a
delicate way, without o%iiense, or with.
out giving up the fun and trolic which
belongs to st. Valentines Day
Golden RRle.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
Ocean Valleys.

Among the interesting results of SUBJ
marine or deep-sea explorations con-
Quoted under the auspices of the Lon
don Geographical Society are those in
reference to the Atlantic sea bed. 1t
would seem that the bottom of the
North Atlantic is occupied by two val
leys, the eastern extending from ten to
thirty degrees west longitude, and
traceable as far as the equator, with an
extreme depth of less than thirteen
thousand feet, while the western val
ley reaches from the thirtieth to the
tiftieth degree of west longitude, The
two are separated by a ridge in thirty
degrees west longitude, along which
tho average depth is only six hundred
fathoms, and which can be traced
uorthward to Iceland and southwark
to the Azores; it is volcanic in charac.
ter at both extremities. Its extreme
breadth is somewhat less than five
hundred miles, and the depth of the
water increases on both sides of il ac.
cording to the distance Of the axis
N. Y. Sun.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
" POPPY.
The Best Plant Yet Discovered for Con.o,,.
dating loose Soil.

The Best Plant Yet Discovered for Consoli.
dating Loose Soil.
The chief roadmaster of the French
Government railways has made the in.
teresting discovery THAT the best plant
yet discovered for consolidating the
loose soil of a newly made embankment
BY the in~terlacing of its roots is the
double poppy. The ordinary grasses
or clovers employed for the purpose
require, he says, several months for
the development of their comparatively
feeble roots, when the double popuy
terminates in a few days, and at he
end OF three or four months its roots
are a loot long and tightly enterlaced.
n plant is an annual, but it sows
Itself the first year. In France it il
among the hardest of the common
plants, and if it is so with us also We
nope that the authorities will not neg
lect this discovery, as the brilliant hue
OF the poppy in great masses would be-
deightful as me flew by it for miles
and miles. Perhaps, too, it would inn.
p.regnate the air with odors bringing
slee.l to the restless traveller. And
next, . me one will discover an equally
soientilc use for the daisy and the
cameiia, and even for the orchid, ".
Y. Herald.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
AN EXPLODED THEORY.
Facts Showing That Mule in a Vacant Lot
l. Not Dangerous.

l. Not Dangerous.
A friend tells the following story;
Once I hired ont to a farmer by the
.on s. - T.,I.;n. Co.. m,.
'"C 'o,'"i''' ~ 10y
ooaid ana CLONES | was 10 luiiiIsh
him with awkwardness, while he M
sured me a living and shelter, This
was in OREGON John" said .Jpre.
r,iab .bn,, ,;,,. of,,r h,l toned
~ !M ~. I.,.. A.,
pap, wiz" "'''' '- 's'''' ''"' w,
team '~cr-ilotttf Al commence p'o"lh
in The Dean field.
"All right, Mr., Jenkins. What team
shall | take
Take the sorrrl ho>s an the bay
mar.
MI right SIN
II was along IN the Knee joInt OF
autumn wien hliched up tn" Sorrr'
horse and The bay mare. IHr pho"
looked as innocent a. 4 hoy with j'r
mnmps and a seed wart o'er-.oe left
optic
The ploWln@ party comprised the
following members ~%'f,hi'aA, '"ti&
bor'c' bay mare with bone 'paHin'
PIC" ana myself.
In the Dean HrId WAS a weather,
Ieaten mule vita BIS noljn eye closed
Tor repairs. liz" mule ha' seen ser
vice turing tine war IN inc conNi>Narl
department.. AFTER ihe W2t ne jojnrd
It c1cl>' and Miih the clown became
popular layorIte' II was while per
forming IN toe ring that ne IoSI Ais eye.
me clown had perprtrated ajoHe9 about
Adam-one' briieye' iu'i our r.
spec'cu ancestor hol written anu puo-
llshed IN the ,orighlrNt humorous louT-
MAJ OF haen' me yoke was 80 hIghIy
appreciated ny the mule mat ne BE-
came bllhd IN his north eye through
falling to see It's point.
Our forces were apporlIoncd As fol-
lows; jeremiah catch. ,orreI horse
tlrst base, bay mare with bone SPAWN
second base, the mule N the field,
while / was supposed to umpire the
game
We plowed two or three burrows
around the feId when the bay mere
struck Tor higher pay. Inc outlleldcr
baWlCd "Gee haW, and the I'M got
nicely under Roadway. As long as we
Kept a straight course every thing
went pretty smooth except the bay
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
FOR n ORPHANS.
The Noble Cause for Which Three Tramps
Assessed "A Detroit Man,

The Noble Cause for Which Three Tramps
Assessed a Detroit Man.
A Detroit poultry buyer was in Ma.
comb County a few days ago on bust
ness, when, just about dark, his horse
became frightened at some object along
the road and a away. The man was
thrown ont of his vehicle, butnot badly
hurt, and after he had pulled himself
together he started on after the horse.
Pretty soon he encountered three stall
wart tramps, each one of whom had a
club. As they obstructed the road he
was forced to halt, when one of them
said:
Being as you are a well-known phi
lanthropist, mebbe you'd like TO donate
a couple of dollars towards an orphan
"Where is itP"
"Out near Chicago. don't Just re.
member the exact dimensions of the
building, nor the number of little kids
as is cryin' their blessed eyes out fur
their dead parents, but know they is
sadly in need of money. Amt it so,
boysP'
"You bet!" replied his two COM.
panions.
"lf | give you two dollars will the
orphans ever see itp" asked the De-
troiter.
Evil they! Won't we purceed right
there and give it to 'em afore Saturday
nightp You don't take us fur a passel
Of gents without feelin's, do YEP"
"If he Does" said one of the others,
as he spit on his hands and gripped his
club afresh, 81 must clear my reputa.
shun. I've allus been known as the
friend Of the orfans, and | can't low
nobody to throw out hints that I'm a
liar and a hypocritep"
"And it's the same with mer' added
the third.
The Detroiter handed over two silver
dollars, and the tall tramp received
them with:
Now, that's right. When a man
won't give to the orphans you can sot
him down as too mean to live. On be.
half of the leetle angels, many of
which can't remember their paw nor
NAV, l thank you. II you ever come
our way stop and see the children and
hear them bless your name. Tom, you
and Jim git out O. the road and let the
public philanthropist pass on. I'm sur.
prised that you'd stand in a gentle
mans way! Good night, old fel.
Heaven will surely reward youw-De.
uot Free Press.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
SIGNS OF THE ZODIAC.


Humor and Useful Information.
The most interesting and original in
PRODUCTION to 3 book that we have ever
seen, comes to US in a little work lust
received, in the shape of a humorous
article entitled ''The Twelve Signs Of
the Zodiac Illustrated by Thomas
Worth, the well-known New York
artist, The old and familiar signs with
which We are well acquainted through
almanacs and otherwise, are given q
new and everyday meaning, and we
defy any one to look at them or to read
the text without INDUCING in a hearty
laugh. bill Nye's'' thrilling expert.
ence with a cyclone is also wittily
treated by that humorist, and Wade
Whipple,' IN Quad and others Of
those writers Of to-day, who shoot
folly as it flies, are amongst the con.
tributors, while artists such as Opper,
Cox and Coffin have furnished apt il
Illustrations. The book, which is the
50. Jacobs OIL Fdmtly Calendar and
Book Of Health and Hy1nor for the MI
Ton for 1886, is published by The
Charles A. Vogeler Company. OF Balti-
more, Md. and it is only another proof
of the well-earned reputation of the
remedies manufactured by that house
that such literary lights should be ready
to assist in spreading the story of the
wonderful cures wrought by St. Jacobs
Oil. Another speciality now being
wrought by this house-Red Star Cough
Cure, which costs only twenty five
cents-is shown by analysis to be free
from opiates and is of remarkable eff
cacy. A whole regiment of carriers is
now distributing the book in large cit
les, while in towns and villages it can
be had through druggists, and if it can
not be obtained in any of these ways a
copy will, on receipt of a stamp, be
forwarded to any address by the pub.
fishers. --EGchanqe,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
NEW USE FOR TAPE.
a Tue-Setting Machine Which Can BE
Worked by ElectrlcIty.

a TTpe-Setting Maohine Nhlch Can be
Worked by Electricity.
Anovel machine, which is intended
not only to set type automatically, but
10 correct all errors before the type is
set, hiss been invented by a stenograph-
er OF this city, and patents have been
issued to cover all its vital principles.
The machines hitherto made to set
type have all had a key board, before
which the operator sat, and by touch
ing the keys caused the type to drop
as wanted from reservoirs through
guiding tubes into the stick OIL galley
made to hold them, thus setting the
matter in one continuous line, which
an assistant broke up into short lines
to fit the newspaper column or book
page. as desired, In the stenographer's
machine the operator prepares a tape
which is run through a machine which
sets the type automatically.
In preparing the tape the operator
sits nj a key boa.i, which can be ar
ranged like the key board of either Of
the common typew tters. When a key
representing a letter is touched the act
punches three holes in a line across the
tape. The three holes are always in a
line with each other, but they are in
different places on the line, according
to the letter represented. Thus the
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
ANTS FOB PICKLES.
The Craving of Maine aud Canadian Woods
men for Something sour.

The Craving Of Maine and Canadian Woods
men for Something Sour.
It is curious what an appetite for
something sour men have who eat a
great deal of fat food. Generally in
the numbering region a large quantity
of raspbcrries or blueberrics are picked
and put down in tubs 10 SOU for win
ter use. But that year had been apoor
berry year-scarcely any had been
gathered. pickles. picklesl' was the
cry, morning noon and night. There
were twenty-siN choppers Of the camp,
all calling for ''pickles.' AN ef yer
cant git us roz-briz git ants!' So the
cook sent Al Churchill and the
youngest two members in the camp
off into the woods after great antS-for
pickles. 1t may seem rather odd, to
say the least, that anybody could have
the stomach to eat so ugly an insect as
a big, black ant. But it is not infre.
quently done in the numbering camps
of Northern Maine and Canada. | did
muster courage to chew one up once.
1t had a fine, acid flavor, by no means
unpleasant, if one could keep mis- eyes
shut, Rough fellows, like the lumber.
men, are not very fastidious. The
cook gave us a siX-quart tin pail and
cover to get the ants in. Al took an
old gun which was kept at the camp to
shoot partridges and other game, and |
took an AK TO cut open the old logs and
stumpS with, W. set off for a tract
where the fire had III years before,
and where old pine trunks lay scattered
in decay on the ground as they fell.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13

In a recent lecture Prof. Fisher, of
Yale College, said: IF you were to GO
into Il public assembly in Italy to-day
and sneeze, every hat would be lifted
and every person present would offer
you some expression of GOOD will, such
as God bless You The same custom
is common in savage tribes, though but
few know it. The origin of the custom
was in the supposition that every time a
man sneezed u spirit escaped from him.
This is an excellent illustration of the
theory which, though not commonly
considered, is nevertheless true, namely,
that men may have degencratcd instead
OF having risen higher in the scale"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13
THE ALPHABET.
sr,viva, Of tho Fittcst in an Evolutionary
Eanaa.

~ CNA
sense.
In the struggle for existence tho ba.ln
,lpbabet alone survived among It's
%Ita,iap comp,crs, aud was carried ny
,bs extension of the Roman Empire
through the length and breadth oil
Western Europe. Most OF u modern
European alphabets are its direct OH
snrinc. 1t is only in Eastern Europe
more especially in Russia, that Its
Greek mother and subsequent rival mas
stood its ground, and even the present
century has witnessed the triumph OF the
Roman characters in Slavonic countries
over alphabets of Greek origin IL Is
nossible that A time will come when the
Roman characters will triumph likewise
ever over alphabets which claim Their
descent from the Phoenician parent OF
thc Greek alphabet itself. 1t is no
Logger doubtful that the immease ma
iority, if not the whole, OF the alphape's
yused in the East are descended, Ike the
alnhahcts of the West, from the Alpha
brt Of Phoenicia. We can trace the sue
crssiyc ~oradations by which the letters
Of the inscriptions of Mesha or the 81
loan tunnel became the flowing charac-
trrs of Palmorene geography and the
running hand of Aramaic papyrl,. ana
from the Palmyrene characters II Is pnt
a slight step to the Square Hebrew OF
the modern Jews. Even the Neskhi or
Arabic alphabet, which, in spite OF Its
manifold imperfections, has been made
the vehicle of Persian and Turkish liter
AZURE as well as of the thoughts OF the
vast Arabic-speaking world, can
be shown TO have the same
ORIGIN, like the Syriac, which
was the parent of the vertically written
Monaghan and Mantchu. In fact, 1t is
difficult to find any alphabet which can
not be affiliated TO the Phoenlcian'
widely different as the two may have
become both in the forms OF the letters
and in the values that they bear. In
termcdiate forms are continually beng
discovered, which bridge owe the enor-
nous distances and explain the transl-
lions that time and space have effected.
Even the Devnagari alphabet OF Sans
krit, whatever disputes there may be as
TO its exact pedigree, is generally al
lowed to be of Phoenician origin. with
the exception of the cuneiform alphabet
of the ancient Pcrsians and possibly
one or two o which may yet Turk in
obscure corners of the world, all the al
phabets of which we know are derived,
ultimately, from a single source. W.
terlv diverse as they are in their latest
forms, the Jealous enthusiasm of paleo-
%graphists and inscription hunters has
succeeded in restoring them to their ear
lest shapes, in filling up the intervals
which separate them from each other.
and in showing hat they are all but the
manifold developments of a single germ.
The history Of the alphabet, in short,
like the history of its origin, is but an IL
lustration of the doctrine of evolution
on a large and easily tested scale.
Scientific photography" to use again
the words Of DR.. Taylor, RESTS on the
assumption that no alphabetic changes
are ever accidental or arbitrary, as was
formerly assumed, but are the result of
evolution taking place in accordance
with fixed laws Prof. a. Il. Sayce,
in (OnteuuOyarH RerIeW.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-02-13

A State street merchant put a hand
some plaster figure in his store window
and prepared himself to enjoy it with
his customers. Along in the afternoon,
the w of an artist came in and she
mentioned it at once.
"Ah, Mr.. b" she said that's
a handsome figure in your window"
Yes replied the merchant, II call
it so, myself, l do"
Your taste is excellent" pursued
the lady, land I'm glad to see a love
of art developing in commercial cir
Giles. What is the figure--Hebsp"
"Oh no, nam, its plaster Of Paris"
--F'rchdm Traveller.