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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
SENATOR CULLOMS YARN,

Senator Cnllom tells q good story
and not being given to prac'
ticing law much himself, says q
Washington correspondent Of the
New York Tribune, 1 suppose he
can afford to do so-of a prosperous
storekeeper in a small Illinois town,
the name of which has escaped me,
who once practiced law, but who
has long since abandoned IT. Be-
ing met by an acquaintance, he
was asked for all the particulars
of his giving up the profession.
"Didn't it agree with your
health 7"
"Oh, yes" answered "Uncle joe"
as he was Familiarity called by bis
friends.
"Didn't it pay?"
"First-rate.
meet with sufficient favor from
the courts ?"
"All could ask"
"Then what was it compelled
you to qultW
swell, III tell you'll was too
honest"
A loud laugh from the bystand'
ers aroused "Uncle Joer into earn.
estness, and he repeated the
strange statement, aud nailed it to
his shop counter with hishuge fist
But his cross.questioner went on;
"when did you find this outf'
SIN my very last case"
"What was that n
zone in which l was retained to
prosecute a neigbor for killing a
dog"
"And he was acquittedY So you
lost the case and gave up your
profession discouraged n
mo, he was convicted
"Then he was guilty y
"No. he was Innocent
"But Didn't the evidence prove
his gait ?"
@"CertainIy it did,
"Then Why do you say he was
innocenti"
"Because | had killed the doc
myself a few nights before fol
trespassing on my poultry, and
came to the conclusion that any
business that would aid a man Il
convict a neIghbOr Of his own
crimes wasn't the business for me
so l gave it up"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
Brace Up.

You are feeling depressed, your
appetite is poor, you are bothered
with Headache, you are fdgetty,
nervous, and generally out OF sorls,
and want to brace up. Brace up,
but not with stimulants, spring
medicines, or bItters, which have
for their basis very cheap, bad
whisky, and which stimulate you
for an hour, and then leave you in
worse condition than before. What
you want is an Alternative that will
purify your blood, start healthy
action OF Liver and Kidneys, re-
store your vitality, and give re-
newed health and strength. Such
a medicine you will find III Electric
Bitters. and only 90 cents a bottle
at j. Schmitts dug store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
Bleaching and Storing Celery.

With the increased consumption
of celery, improved modes in its
culture have been adopted by
progressive agriculturists. Mum
bered with these improved modes
is the plan of bleaching celery by
setting up boards a foot wide
edgewise on either side of a row OF
plants and putting the soil mp
against the lower edge of the board,
so that the light is expelled
The boards are kept in position by
short blocks notched to fit them
and placed across the top, or any
other cOntriyance that serves the
same purpose. The chief advant-
ages claimed for this mode over the
old plan of earth bleaching are no
rust in warm, wet seasons, and a
saving OF LABOR.
The old method OF drawing the
soil up against the celery gradually
until the bleasching is done, is still
practiced by many farmers. A
plan that has many advocates
among small farmers IS that Of
digging a trench as deep as the
plants and about one foot wide,
and placing the plants therein, re.
tanning all the soil that adheres to
the roots when they are lifted
When the trench is packed closely
with plants set in same position as
they grew, a protection of straw,
leaves, ETC., is given to keep of the
frOsts.
If the celery crop is a small one
it may be stored in any cellar where
there Is no FIRE heat. One plan is
TO place it in boxes a little less in
depth than the celery is high, and
from eight to ten inches vide
Place few inches of sand on the
bottom of the box and pack the
celery in as tightly as possible
without bruising. The boxes TINS
packed may be placed on the floor
of the cellar. Larger quantities
can be stored in a cellar as follows
Place a board on edge eight OF
nine inches from the wall, put a
few inches of dirt or sand Oh the
floor, pack the celery in perpen-
dicularlY, roots down. When One
row has been flushed, another
may be made by putting up another
board eight or niue inches from the
first; this may be continued as
long as desired, or TIL the cellar is
full. A little above freezing may
be considered the best temperature
for winter keeping of celery.
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ST. NICHOLAS
For Young Folks.

OUNCE It's first issue. in 1879, this maya
y. le has maintained, with undisputed
reCochItiou, the position it took at the
beginning, that OF being the most excel
lent juvenile periodical ever printed. Tho
best Known names in literature we're on
jas lists of contributors rom the start
Bceaut, LoDg'e'low. Thomas Hughes,
Ceo,ge Macdonald. Gae6 Harte, Bayard
"a loc. Frances HoGgson Burnett, James
~ FIELDS, John e.. Whittier indeed the
Us. is so long that it would be easier to
tell he few authors Of note who have NOT
coo,riblted to "the worlds child maya
zoe
THE EDITOR, Mary MAPES DODGE,
adthor Of Hans Briukor; or, The Silver
States and other popular books for
Young folgs,-and for grown-up folks,-
100, has a remarkable faculty for knowing
aqd entertaining children. Under her
scjll1nl leadership, ST.. NICHOLAS brings to
lonsdlds OF homes on both sides OF the
water knowledge and delight
Sc NICHOLAS IN ENGLAND.
3, is not alone in America that ST.
N,cnOLts has made lis great success. The
LoadOn Times says at is above anything
we produce in the same line" The Scots
MAJ SAYS: There is no magazine that can
successfully compete with It,"
TEECOHIVG YEAR ofST NICHOLAS.
The f'seenth year begins with the num-
bee Tor November, 1851, and the publishers
can announce Serial and Short Stories
by Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frank
L. Stockton, n. II. Boyesen. Joel Chandler
Harris, J. 4. Trow bridge, Col. Richard NJ.
Dohostoa, Louisa NJ. Alcott, Professor Al
f,ed Church, William ii Rideing. Wash
ilqlon g 'dden, Harriet Prescott Spoford,
E.relia l.. Barr, Frances Courtenay Bay
~. Harriet Upton, and many Others
EGpond Alton will write series OF pa
mes on the "ROutine Of the Republic" p
nOw the President works at the White
hoase. aud how the affairs OF the Treas
ney. the State and War Departments, ETC.,
ave CONDUCTED; Joseph OBrien, a well
.nowo Australian journalist, will describe
"Tpe G, eat Island Continent" Elizabeth
Robins pennell will tell of "I.ondon Christ
ms Pan,omimes' (Alice in Wonderland,
e,c.): JOIN Burroughs will write MEAD
ow a0d Woodland Talks with Young
Fo,e." e,c.. ETC. Mrs. Burnett's short Sc
l,ql " M lie. the editor says, a worthy sue
cessor 10 her famous "Little Lord Faunt-
ie-or.n which appeared in ST. NICHOLAS.
rF5-Wny not Try ST.. NICHOLAS this year
,or tae young people in the house J Begin
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s. 90, orsabsccbc through the booksellers
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F4-i f1b 81 New York.
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Squashes for Laie Keeping.

Remember that every squash
that is raised will rot quickly,
be1ce the Importance Of carefully
handling all specimens that are TO
be kept for winter use. Be careful,
too, not to lee the frost touch
souasbes. bot harvest them as soon
as fairly ripe. For long keeping
the safest plan is to store squashes
on shelves OF elsewhere, one layer
deep with a little space between
each squash. When piled IN large
heaps squasbes decay in 8 com.
paratlvely short time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
Some Good Advice 10 Young Women

Nj. young lady, are yod now
making plans to see that young
mao whom your .srents do not
want you to meet? In MN" hun.
dred aud rincty.nine cases out of
the thousard of these n which the
parent objects to the company you
keep it ill be found, am well
satisfied, on careful consideration,
that the parent is right and the
giddy little "Sappsrs' are wrong.
You are only eighteen or twenty,
and know no mor' of love and a
companion than a wasp kn ;ws
about a saw.mill. You are about
as well qualified 10 analyze the
average young man OF twentg.sev-
On az a horseshoe il to dissolve
the rays of sunlight. Don't mar.
nv till you feel you can't help it,
aud then be sure that you ar. not
crossing parenPs advice unless Tor
good cause shown. indianapolis
WOmGR's Nelos.
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THE FERMENTATION OF CIDER

There are many different ways OF
preventing fermentation, bat IN any
case the cider ought to stand in
large, open casks long enough to
lerment slightly, so as to cause a
considerable scum to rise to the
surface, when 1t may be skinned
of, and also give time tor the
sediment to settle at the bottom
before anything else is done with
lit. Nothing is more important
than to abstract by natural means
the minute particles Of pomace that
are held in solution by the cider.
A quite effective way of cleans
ing the cider and preventing after
fermentation is to scald it just after
it has been slightly fermented aud
settled. TO do this it may be
drawn OIL or dipped out of the
casks into large copper kettles, or
for large quantities an old copper
still, holding three or four barrels,
will be better. When fire is ap-
piled the heat wilt cause a large
amount of scum to rise at once to
the top to be SKINNED of.
The heating should cease as soon
as the boiling point is reached,
when the cider is again placed IN
clean open casks to stand and
settle until it has become entirely
cold, when il may be drawn into
barrels and tightly bunged.
The effect of the scalding, II
done at the right time, is two fold
1t quite thoroughly cleanses the
cider and stops the fermentation al
the right point to leave it SWEEP
and pleasant drink. While the
cider thus treated will afterwards
taste somewhat Of the scalding, II
Will not be unpleasant to those who
like it sweet, and is to be preferred
to cider 10 which the fermentation
has been arrested by mustard seed
or chemicles. Cider treated in any
of these ways will not afterwards
make good vinegar.
Where the qOantity OF cider to
be made will not justify the ex
pense OF casks, the cider may be
fermented and settled in barrels
bugs open, by drawing from one
to anOtaer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
Fall Pruning Grape Vines.

l advise the practice of fall
pruning for grape vines over that
of spring pruning. 1 do this be-
cause in the fall the ground is hard
and firm, and as grape vines are
often a part of the garden fruit
age, it is more desirable to stand
a dry, firm soil while pruning
than upon a wet one, as is often
the case in spring. Then, too, the
weather is more propltious. 10 the
spring the weather is frequently so
unfavorable, even until quite late,
that out door work is almost al
ways delayed. The cutting winds
of Mach are far more severe than
the temDerature Of November,
and one not accustomed to great
exposure frequently breads TO per
form TINS labor at season as early
as necessary. The weather, how
ever, would furnish but a shallow
reason were it the only one, bot II
is not. Ny vines have done better
The next season after fall pruning
and have:borne more grapes than
when prnned IN the spring, aud
this fact is worth more than a
thousand theories and opinions.
am not aware that any exact ex'
per.meuts have been made to test
this pOiut; IN my own practice tue
difference is sufficiently marked Ia
warrant ny adhesion to fall prun-
ing, Dut if the product of the vines
is no greater the advantages are
s'IIl with fall pruning.-Viek's
.Nagasinc for Norember.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-11-09
Frosted Corn Fodder.

Tue best treatment for frosted
corn fodder, says Country Gentle
man, is TO preserve it 10 shocks
frOm the weather in the usual way,
and before feeding out to pass 1t
through a cutter, which will cut 1t
lightly and sprinkle meal over 1t.
The stalks will afford some nOurish'
ment, the dead leaves little or
none. We are not aware that any
analysis has been made of frosted
leaves, bat they are not so good as
straw. Chopped and placed in the
silo, there would probably not be
heat enough to prevent a sour
fermentation, and they might be
spoiled, but much would depend on
the condition of the stalks and of
the leaves, which would vary with
circumstances. The result would
be uncertain.
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She Flew Away.
San Francisco Wasp.

San Francisco Wasp.
"Maw
"Well, Mabel 7"
"Do angels have wingsi"
81 suppose 80, child"
"Don'tIt make them uncomforta.
BILE to wear corsets and dresses
over them Z"
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If there were angels here on earth
they must fold their wings pretty
tight"
"What nonsense
"Map
"Wellfn
"May l sleep with Cousin Edith
to-nighti'
"Why 7"
Because l want to see her
wings. | heard pa tell her last
night she was an angel"
"She won't be here tonight, Ma
bel, guess"
"Why, is she going away !"
eyes, dear. If your father told
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night"
After dinner allow much
mamma knows !" said Mabel. "She
said Edith would fly away before
night, and there is her trunk al.
ready packed IN the hall for the
evening express. Pm gong to try
and keep awake to see the flying
racket"
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There was a chap who kept store,
And though there might be grander,
He sold his goods to all who came,
And his name was Alexander.
He mixed his goods with cunning hand
He was a skilltnl brander;
And, since his sugar half was sand,
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he had his dear one, to her came,
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Passengers mustn't expect To
besr the iib boom in calm weather
Ocean.
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A bcS's description of having q
tooth pulled expresses it about az
we'll as ans thing we have seen -
",Just before 1t killed me the tooth
come out"