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How to Preserve the Hair.

GLOW common it is to see wo-
man under thirty with only tiny
twist of hair behind her head" re.
marked fashionable hairdresser
TO a reporter, 81 venture 10 say,
however," the speaker went on,
chat if you ask her she will say
that when she was a girl she had
a splendid head of hair. Now,
what is the reason for this The
woman has lost no other Of her
physical charms, butber hair has
well nigh disappeared.
II think that can solve the
problem. On retiring at night she
goes to sleep without relea sing her
hair or giving it the vigorous
combing and brushing which is
absolutely necessary to its healthy
vitality. Hundreds Of careless
women do that. Then, too, she is
not careful as to the kind of hair.
pins she uses. Metal hairplns
should be used as little as possible,
for rubber OF gutta.percha pins are
tar preferable, although they may
seem more clumsy but if metal
pins are chosen they should be
straight and smooth.
"What is the best tonic for the
hair? In my experience have
found that good, brisk, and regu-
lar brushing is the best tonic. If
the hair Is coming out rapidly let
this treatment begin at once. Every
morning unbraid the hair and
brush il in its natural hanging
position with a stiff, white bristle
Orush-never a wire one. First
brush oDe.half Of the hair. Chen
change the brush to the other hand
and treat the remaining halt in the
same fashion. The same operation
should be repeated in the evening.
"Begin with about 6fUy strokes
on each side and gradually increase
the treatment until not less than
two hundred strokes are given
each morning and evening. 1t Will
soon become a habit, and before
long the hair will cease to come
oat.-Ckic0QO Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
FAITH CURE AND DIVORCE.
RESTORED SIGHT OPENS A HUS
BANDS EYES TO HIS WIPES
DUPLICITY.

OTTAWA. ONT, Aug. 31.-Jean
Bnptiste &. Oreau, millionaire
French Canadian, formerly resld'
ins near Quebec, had been totally
blind for FIVE years. D0ring the
last pilgrimage to the shrine of st.
Anne DE Beaupre he accompanied
the party, believing that his eye
sight through faith, would be re.
stored. His pretty young wife
scofled at the idea, bot Moreau was
determined, started and was nun.
bered with those whose prayers
had been answered. He returned
home on Thursday last with his
eyesight almost entirely restored
but determined to sag nothing to
his wife for a while that he might
carry ont his infrmity to increase
her establishment when he should
disclose his secret. lie was vel.
coined home with regret that his
mission had failed.
That evening dashing young
friend, who, for two years, had
been daily visitor at the MOreau
residence, came, as usual, aud, Of
course, regretted to find Moreau
still blind. The husband left the
room for a moment to bring in the
cigars, and, taking advantage of
his absence, his friend clasped the
dasblng young wife in a fond EN-.
brace which even the presence of
Moreau as he returned TO the room
did not disturb. The fond young
couple had seated themselves on a
sofa, near by which sat the cOnfd-
ing husband. Conversation drag
ged along with al intermissiOn for
billing and cooling here aud there.
Unable TO witness his wife being
caressed by another any longer,
MOreau disclosed TO the guilty pair
the restoration Of his sight, not for
getting to do so at an opportune
moment when he had caught the
pair Of lovers in a position rather
too demOnstratiye for him to look
upon unmOved. The scene which
followed may more readily be i'm
agiued than described.
Noreau, whose faith IN his wife
was as strong As that to which he
attributes the restoration of his
sight, has commenced proceedings
for divorce, and the case will prob.
ably come up before the Senate
next session.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
APPLYING MANURE.

have made the question OF
fertilizers and how to apply them a
serious study for years. Tie
favorite dressing with me is we'll
rOtted stable manure and unleach-
ed ashes. OF course, we all know
the value OF stable manure. One
OF the first discoveries l made was
that horse stable manure was a
good conductor of heat. With
this fact as a basis, was able to
make many useful experiments. l
have a variety of soils on my farm
sand, red clay, blue clay, sandy
loan and black muck. By giving
tue sand, which had a tendency to
dry out, a good mulchlng of coarse
manure, | could keep it cool and
moist. II you will thrust a Their
mOmeter into the ground where It
is bare on a hot summer day, and
then thrust it in the soil under a
heavy mulching, you will fnd the
mulched ground from ten to twenty
degrees cooler. BY blowing under
a heavy dressing Of coarse manure
on heavy clay soil, and thus putting
a layer of non conducting material
between the cold earth beneath
and the layer of soil above, could
make il as warm and dry as l
pleased. Then, if you mulch heavy,
wet soil, you will make IL heavier
and wetter still. Plow it under
and you will render the soil warmer
and drier.
Now, by studying the wants Of
your plants, and applying these
principles, you can obtain the best
results. If you wish to raise melons
OF squashes on heavy ground, put
the manure under the hill. Ii you
wish to raise potatoes or straw
berries on light, dry soil, mulch it.
The reason who so many different
results have been obtained from
top.dressing and blowing under is
on account of soil and climate. 1t
would be nonsense to pillow under
coarse manure for Irish potatoes
in Tennessee, or mulch the gro1nd
in Northern Michigan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
Solution Of the Gapes Difficulty,

A New Hampshire correspon-
dent in the Poultry World says ;
For the past five years we have
been entirely exempt from IL. ]
saw It stated 10 an English journal
that the gapewOrm spraOg from
the louise that infesis tue heads Of
chickens the first ten days at ter
Matching; aud if the ben was Ell.
tirely free from lice while sitting,
The chicks would not have the
gapeworm. Since that time ge
have made sure that lice were ex-
terminated fro all sitting hens
and their nests, and the gapeworm
has gwen US no more trouble.
So far az can be judged from
what has fallen under my Observa-
ton. the above is the real solution
of the g,pe difficulty. l Aey er
saw gapes among chicks Matched
in an incubator. The chicks get
the lice from the hen. aud the hen
can, by the proper treatment, be
made as free from lice as an in
cnbator. " hen the hen is first
given the clutch OF eggs, dust DAl-
mauan insect powder among her
feather, and repeat the operation a
few days before the eggs hatch,
aud the lice will be disposed Of
Tobacco dust is also a sure and
cheap destruction for lice, but not
quite as suitable for the incubatlng
len as DaImatian powder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
COMMON-SE VIEWS.


know COW, of no particular
breed, now fourteen years old,
which in her prime made fourteen
pounds of butter a week III June,
and a prOportlOnate quantity the
remaining months of the year. Sne
gave milk at two years old, went
farrow the next year, being in new
milk every year since until this
year is now farrow, and will go to
the butchers next year, because 1t
is not thought advisable to keep a
COW beyond this age. She never
knew what 1t was to be too hungry;
has access to salt at all times, with
plenty of water, is never forced,
having nothing but her pasture in
summer, and in winter never more
than six quarts of meal a day
generally corn and OATS with
roots usually pOtatOes) and corn
STALKS or hay, and a run at the
strawstack through the middle OF
the day, unless it be too stormy,
then she is foddered in her stable.
OF her calves, her heifers are as
good mixers as herself; her steers
make good beef cattle ; and all are
as tractable and dOcile as herself,
all being treated with the same
consideration. Perhaps one farm
or in a hundred Is able to keep
pure blood of whatever breed his
fancy may dictate; and such a
farmer is a boon to his neighbor'
hood; but the nuety-nine must be
content with what they have
Their success lies in making the
best of every thing in their hands.
Let these farmers creed TO the best
they can afford, OF course, but let
them take as good care OF their in-
ferlor stock as they would Of
thorOughbreds and mark the re-
salt. To the good food and warm
shelter let them add the curry
comb and brush exact kindness of
their hired help in their care; and
in a few years they Will be as
proud OF their stock as tn e
neighbor OF his thoroughbreds,
and in most ways they will bring
Just as good return, Tithout that
heavy expenditure which the
niuety-nlne can not afford.-Amelia
Louise Smith, IN v. Y. Tribune.
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SETTLING A RAILROAD LOSS
From The Detrolt Free Press.

From the Detroit Free Press.
IL was attorney for the - rail.
road twenty years ago. SAID De-
trOit lawyer yesterday, "and one
day went out to settle loss with a
woman. She and her husband had
been struck at a crossing and while
she was badly hurt he was killed
outright and horses and buggy
smashed TO pieces. They had the
deaIwood on US for $4,000, as the
engineer did not signal the cross.
ing. | went out TO make an offer Of
about 1000. The widow was uot
able to sit up and stopped at a
store in the village and bought
some oranges and lemons and took
them up. When we finally got
around TO the matter OF damages
she said
"les, lisa sad thing, and the rail
road was to blame, but | don't want
to be mean about it. ! suppose the
president and all OF 'em are worried
most to death, and suppose | could
stop all the cars from running, but
| want to be Just. Your bringing
up that fruit proves how kind
hearted you all are, and if you
think you could afford to give a
thousand dollars I'll sign off,
~ made her accept 81, 600, and
took her the money myself. When
she received it she asked
"Won't the road be crippled p
"Oh, no.
Scars run just the same ~
"Yes.'
"And none Of your folks are mad
at NE -
"No.D
"Well. then, I'll take it, but if
the road should get hard up and
want to borrow i'm find me ready
to lend"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
Three Breakfasts.

Governor George &. GOrham me
Colonel Henry WattersOn one
morning recently in New York.
Glad yoIr brcakfastl' asked
Colonel W.
"a Californian breakfast, yes, y
replied Governor 6.
"What's that
- cocktail and a shoe shine"
"Well, I've had a Kentucky
breakfast responded Colonel W..
"Aud whats that - inquired
Governor q.
a. cocktail and a chew Of
tobacco"
Then they organized trust and
went in and had u New York
breakfast - Washington critic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-09-14
Wonderful Cures.

w. d. Hoyt & Co., wholesale and
retail druggists of Rome, Ga, say :
We have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery, Electric Bitters and
Bucklen's Arnica Salve for -four
years. Have never handled RENE
dies that sell as well, or give such
universal satisfaction. There have
been some wonderful cures effected
by these medicines in this city
Several cases of pronounced Con-
sumption have been entirely cured
by use Of a few bottles of DIR. Kings
New Discovery, taken in connection
with Electric Bitters. We guaran-
tee them always. Sold by b
Schmitt.
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ELY'S
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For Young Folks.

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Beets for Cattle Feed.

A careful consideration of the
subject in all Its bearings by Jas
n. III. Gregory, Marblehead, Mass,
has decided this practical cultiva
tor that "beets tor cattle food are
we'll worth fully as many cents per
bushel as good hay is worth dol
Lars per ton, without taking into
consideration the increase OF the
manure, and that the average cost,
when stored in the cellar or put
into pits, with every item OF ex.
pense included, need not exceed
eight cents per bushel.
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1888.
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HEALTH SUGGESTI.

a crooked position than a straight
one, such person may be sure bis
muscular system is badly deranged,
and the more haste that man or
woman makes to hold the spine
straight the better.
Cold in the head is not only
annoying, but likely to develop
into catarrh. Que teaspoOnful Of
mustard dissolved in a tumblerful
of cold water aud used as gargle
three times day will often effect
a speedy cure. In more obstinate
cases equal parts of loaf sugar and
pulverized alum used as a snuff
will give instant relief.
A remedy for tender feet is cold
water, about two quarts, two table
spoonfuls of am mona, one table
spoonful of bay rum. Sit with the
feet immersed for ten minutes,
gently throwing the water over the
limbs upward to the knee. Then
rub dry with a crash towel, and all
the tired feeling is gone. This
recipe Is good for a sponge bath
also.
The very best nourishment for
invalids and children is the juice
pressed from a steak or mutton
chop thoroughly trimmed and
boiled about five minutes. Tho
meat for this purpose should be
cut at least three quarters of an
inch thick. The Juice may be
extracted from the meat by a lemon
squee ger or a meat press which
comes for this purpose.
Physicians sometimes prescribe
disagreeable medicine directing
il to be- administered in milk. Now
milk may be a convenient "vehl'
Gle" but there is danger that if the
patient be child with a delicate
stomach. the natural liking for that
nutritious liquid may be destroyed
and he or she never afterward be
able to taste it without nausea.
Water should always be swallow
ed slowly. 1t is not the stomach
is dry, but the mouth and throat.
If you toss off a drink of water
sou throw it through your mouth
into your stomach, without doing
the former any good, while you ln-
lure the latter by loading it with
what il does not require. Drink
slowly, and keep the water in your
mouth for 4 moment when you be-
gin.
Milk and milk products, or
preparations of bread stuff, cooked
with milk, should form a very
large proportion Of the food OF the
ordinary aged individual; but in
dividual peculiarities differ so much
that personal medical counsel
should in all cases be taken, so
that the diet may be regulated to
the needs Of the Individual CASE
Very many old people are hurt by
the use of food in excessive guam
tity; since but little exercise can
be taken, all growth has ceased,
and the bodily furnaces, which
make heat, are able to destroy very
little of food fuel.
Worried people can not make
good bargains; their Judgments
become 50 warped or twisted,
through dwelling too long on the
same subject, that they are no
clearer at the end of their thinking
than they we're at the beginning
There are multitudes of deaths
every year attributed to regular
specific diseases, as typhoid fever,
dyspepsia, consumption and heart
disease, which have for their cause
worry, and induces such condition
of body that it readily receives the
germs of disease.
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