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Uses for Cement.

A farmer handy with tools will
fnd q trOwel a most useful imple-
ment. Cement costs little. and,
aside from repairing walls and
stopping leaks in cisterns, it can
he put to many other important
uses. One of these is to line
wooden boxes, making them water
tight. If manger and feed boxes
are overlaid with cement horses
will be much less liable to contract
the vice of cribbIng. In stopping
holes IN granarIes, cement is better
than merely covering up the hole
with tin, as is usually done. Rats
and mice make short work with a
tin covering, but cement effect
ually turDs them if we'll made and
we'll laid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27
Whole Grain for Small Chickens.

Much of the feeding of chickens
IS of soft food. 1t is easily picked
by the little fellows, and they can
quickly fill their crops from a dab
Of wet meal thrown on the ground
before them. This too rapid eat
ing is one Of the worst evils in
artificial feeding young Chickens
They gorge themselves, become
surfeited and die. We have found
whole wheat grain much better,
beginning for two or three days by
breaking the grains in two pieces.
II does not matter, however, If the
little fellow il forced TO d. this
work himself. He will struggle
with "a wheat or Oat grain two or
three minutes, and at last, after a
desperate struggle, swallow it. The
very hardness of the whole grain
keeps his food from cOmpacting in
his crop. We would not, however,
feed whole corn to very young
chicks, nor indeed corn ground into
meal, as their principal diet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27
The s. s. S. COmpanY.

Among the very first establish
ments of Atlanta to become nation.
ally known when the Gate City had
set out on its wonderful career Of
tame and fortune was that which
has for years manufactured and
sold the celebrated rs. s. So or
Swifts Specific; and it was through
the uninterrupted and unyielding
success and increasing use and pop.
ularity of s. s. s. that this house
became famous.
1t is too late in the day to re.
count with brevity the long and
unvaryiDg trIumphs of this sover'
eign tonic, and it is much too late
TO question its undoubted efficacy
and merit. Other preparations
have been brought into being by
the needs of human woe. Some of
these have been meritorl0us and
have met the expectations and
claims built upon them. Others
have been fallacious. Some of
them have survived. Others have
disappeared-have gone under by
their own gravity or been swept
away by superior remedies. To
the sterling and established repute
of s. s. s., of course the fate of 9th.
or efforts could mean nothing
Their success could not abate that
of the s. s. s., and their failure
could give it no wider field for its
triumphs. A remedy so well known
and so universally successful could
we'll afford to submit TO all tests.
s. s. s. happens, too, to be a spe'
cific for the very kinds and degrees
of ailments and affections to which
the vast percentage of human flesh
is heir in all climates, conditions
aud circumstances. These are
rheumatism, scrofula, blood poi
sons, blood taints, mercurial and
vegetable poisons, ulcers, diseases
of the skin, catarrh, cancer, etc.
Elsewhere we print a full page
showing the wonderful scope of
disease over which this specific
presides as a confessed annihiator.
Our readers will find there a fuller
account of its cOnquests than it is
possible to set forth in this space.
Greensboro, Ga, Herald and
Journal.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis.
eases mailed tree.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Draw
er 3, Atlanta, Ga,
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ADVICE TO A YOUNG EDITOR.

Let me tell you how / write mean
letters and bitter editorials, my boy.
Sometimes, when a man has pitched
into me and "cut me up rough and
want to pulyerise him and wear
his CORY scalp at my glrdle and hang
his hide on my fence, | write the
letter or editorial that Is to do the
business. / write something that
will drlye sleep from his eyes and
peace from his soul for six weeks.
oh, do hold him over a slow fire
and roast him. Gall and aquafor-
It's drip from my blistering pen.
Then | don't mail the letter, and /
don't PRINT the editorial. There's
always plenty of time to cruelty a
man. The viest criminal is emit
tied to little reprieve. | put the
manuscript away in a drawer.
gNext day I look at it. The ink
is cold; read it over and say : 81
don't know about this. There's a
good deal of bIudgeon and bowie
knife journalism in that. PlI hold
it over a day longer The next
day I read it again. | laugh and
say, "Pshaw ~ and can feel may
cheeks getting a little hot. The
tact is, | am ashamed that | ever
wrote it, and hope that nobody has
seen it, and l have half forgotten
the article or letter that filed my
soul with rage. | haven't been hurt.
/ haven't hurt any body, and the
world goes right along, making
twenty.four hours day as usual,
and | am all the happier. Try it,
my boy. Put off your bitter re-
marks until tomorrow. Then when
you try to say them deliberately,
you'll find that you have forgot
ten them, and ten years later, all
how glad you will be that you did.
Be good-natured, my boy. Be low
ing and gentle with the world and
you will be amazed to see how dear
ly and tenderly the worried, tired,
Yexed, harassed old world loves
you.-BOb Burdette.
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Don't Experiment.

You cannot afford to waste time
in experimenting when your lungs
are in danger. Consumption al
ways seems, at first, only a Cold
Do not permit any dealer to impose
upon you with some cheap imita-
ton OF DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds, but be sure you get the gen
uine. Because be can make more
profit he may tell you he has some
thing just as good, or just the same.
Don be deceived, but insist upon
getting DR.. Kings New Discovery,
which is guaranteed to give relief
in all Throat. Lung and Chest af-
fections. Trial bottles free at Il.
Schmitt's drug store. Large bot
ties 81.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27
PACKING BUTTER.

Ii detracts greatly from the mar
ket value of butter to mix different
colors, together in a solid pack
Buyers of country made butter in
large quantities usually work it
over again and color it uniformly
before packing it down in a solid
mass. This, however, Injuries the
grain, and the result is to average
the quality of the good and poor
that are packed together. When
practicable, it Is best to keep each
make by itself and ship it to mar
ket in rolls, wrapped in bleached
muslin, wet enough to keep from
sticking to the roll. As a general
rule, a country stOrekeeper will
realize the most from his butter
trade who sells it as soon as he can,
and before il has lost the delicate
flavor aud aroma of fresh butter by
long keeping.
In packing solidly in tubs or
frklngs from fifty to 100 poi mis-
are used. The packages should 81
ways be made of hard wood. When
1t is desired to keep early made
butter through the summer TO
season of scarcity and better prices,
the following plan has proved one
OF the best:
Pack only sweet and fresh rolls
where the buttermilk has been got
out and the grain of the butter is
good. Wrap each roll in a thin
muslin cloth wet in strong brine
and pack the rolls closely IN the
package without jamming or dis
figuring them. Then Immediately
cover the butter entirely with
clear, strong brine and set 1t away
In a cool place. The first may be
weighed down and more put in
afterward, but none should be left
floating partly out of the brine. In
this way each roll is entirely sub.
merged and does not come in con-
tact with the air.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27
FARM and HOUSEHOLD.
The PERFECT HORSE.

The perfect horse is yet to be
foaled, and we must take facts as
they are, and not expect to fud all
good qualities in any one horse.-
In dealing with a stranger rely
largely on your own Judgment, and
endeavor not to be misled by any
questionable statements he may
make. See that the horse stands
quarely on its feet, and that it does
not toe out behind, or toe in for
ward. Run your hand slowly and
carefully down the inside of each
leg, if there is a bunch there You
will feel it. See that the feet are
sound and we'll spread. A dark
hoof, if sound, is always prefera-
bic to a white or streaked one
Look sharp at the eye. A bright
full eye denotes spirit; a mild,
pleasant eye, with brOwnish cast,
indicates a pleasant atfectiOnate
disposition, while an eye with a
good deal Of white denotes temper.
There Is perhaps no other way to
Judge a horses disposition so well
as by careful study of his eyes, and
too much Importance cannot well
be attached to the necessity of a
good disposition. In every case,
take bill of the horse, written by
the seller himself, with the horse
described therein as sound or I'M
sound. If a buyer is personally
acquainted with any reliable person
who has a satisfactory horse for
sale, it is better to purchase of
him, even though it may cost more.
Nearly every man feels indignant
at the suggestion that he is not
competent to handle any horse,
while the fact is this: "That after
you and are taken out of the list,
there remain comparatively few
men really competent to handle a
fine, high.strung, nervous horse,
although it may not be in the least
vicious" Many man has made a
serious mistake by getting more
horsefesh than he can handle. lie
may lack the patience required
with wide-awake horse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-07-27

The treasury department recent
ly received half of a 800 note from
a Brooklyn woman with an affidavit
to the effect that the other half had
been chewed up by a child. The
next day came an affidavit from a
New York man, containing nalf of a
$50 note, and stating that the other
half had been lost. The two halves
bore the same number, and on De-
ing laid together the torn edges
matched exactly. They were not
redeemed.
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ST. NICHOLAS
For Young Folks.

OUNCE its first issue, in 1873, this maya
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recognition, the position II took at the
beginning, that of being the most excel
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best known names in literature were on
its lists Of contributors from the start
Bryant, Longfellow, Thomas Hughes,
George Macdonald, Bret Harte, Bayard
Taylor, Frances IIodgson Burnett, James
7. Fields, John G.. Whittier indeed the
list is so long that IL would be easier to
tell the few authors of note who have not
contributed to "the worlds child maya
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THE EDITOR, NARY M1PES DODGE,
author of CLANS Brnker; or, The Silver
Skates" and other popular books Tor
young folks,-and for grown-up. folks
too, has a remarkable faculty for knowing
and entertaining children. Under her
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ST. NICHOLAS IN ENGLAND.
It is not alone in America that ST..
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THE COMING YEAR ofST NICHOLAS.
The fifteenth year begins with the num-
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can announce Serial and Short Stories
by Mrs. Frances HodgsOn Burnett, Frank
X. Stockton, II. II. BOyesen, Joel Chandler
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Edmund Alton will write a series OF pa
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A Sound Legal Opinion

+, cambridge Munday, Esq,
COUNTY Atty, Clay Co. Tex, says {;
"IIave used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. My brother
also was very low with MalaTial
Fever and Jaundice, bot was cured
by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his
life"
Mr.. ID. |. WilcOxson, Of Horse
Cave, KY, adds IA like testimony,
saying: He positively believes he
would have died, had it not been
for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward of,
as we'll as cure all Malarial DIS
eases, and for all Kidney, Liver and
Stomach Disorders stands unequal
ed. Prico SOC. and 81 at Il.
Schmitts.
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