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Scientific and Industrial.


1t is curious fact that ants have
been discovered carrying the plant
lice to the roots of corn.
The electric light is making its
way in London slowly but surely,
Notwithstanding its expensiveness-
On the last voyage of the Tails
man 1850 specimens of deep-sea fish
es we're brought to the surface.
A little powdered pine charcoal
scattered over burn viii allay the
pain almost Immediately and greatly
facilitate a cure.
A New Haven Comm doctor adj
vises every man in business to take
a nap of an hour or two during each
forenoon and afternoon.
Physicians say that bare upper
lip is injurious to the eyes, the NOUS
tache serving to break somewhat the
downward fall of ones vision.
The library of the United States
Geological Survey, begun in 1881,
now contains about $4,000 bound
volumes, more than 10000 pamphlets
and the finest collection of maps in
the country-numbering about 20,-
900.
The antidote for all acids except
chronic, prussic, oxalic and the ar
senic series is the white of eggs well
beaten up with water or teaspoon
full of mustard flour in cup of hot
water; or, in case of strong acids,
very thick lime water.
Eucalyptus leaves and extract have
long been used for the removal and
prevention of scales in steam boilers.
Scientific authorities recommend it,
and engineers in public service have
been advised to use it by the engi-
neering authorities at Washington.
| An ingenious inventor has devised
new screw-half nail and half screw;
two blows of the hammer, two turns
of the screw driver, and it is in. It's
holding power in white pine is said
to be 332 pounds, against 29S lbs.,
the holding power of the present
screw.
| Wood oil is now made on q some
what extensive scale in Sweden,
| where the refuse of timber cutting
and forest cleanings is turned into
account for the oil it contains. 1t is
used for Illuminating purposes, and
gives. when put in a lamp especially
made for it, very satisfactory light.
| The Wilmington IN. Co. Star says:
at has been discovered that rice is
an excellent substitute for pop corn.
Rice in the hull, when heated in a
pepper like pop corn, bursts open
| just like the latter, and not only has
the flavor of the real pop corn, but
is crisper and much more delicious
to the taste. Try it,"
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Moorewood, 200 at Leisenring, 65 at
Tip Top, and T45 near Bradford.


The Chilian government has con-
tracted with syndicate of Ameri-
can capitalists, engineers and con-
tractors for the construction of 700
miles of railroad in that country, the
whole to be completed in five years.
In the production of pig iron Great
Britain retains the lead over all CON-
petitors, although she is now being
closely pressed by the United States.
Germany is third in the list, but far
below the two leaders. France is
fourth.
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Farm and Garden Notes.

The enterprising farmer will warm
the water for his stock.
Good farming consists more in the
care of little things than in the abili-
ty to manage great one.
A covering of manure from the
stables, and light ploughing in the
spring viii give you splendid soil
for a garden.
Late set strawberries will require
good mulch through the winter in
order to start them successfully in
the spring.
Pullets will begin laying earlier in
life where nests and eggs are plenty
and where other hens are cackling
| around them.
The average estimate of the intel
ligence of swine is altogether too low.
They are seldom made pets of, but
those who have sought to train them
find that they learn as readily as 9TH
| er domestic animals.
Gardens should be dug or plowed,
leaving the earth during the winter
in ridges, so that the frost can oper-
| ate on it, and in the spring it will be
found very light, mellow and well
pulverized.
1t will be found profitable to milk
| the heifer as long as possible the first
year of her dairy life, giving her gen.
erous feeding to make rich blood.
This will lay the foundation for a
profitable dairy cow.
Find farmer who leaves his hor-
ses hitched. hour after hour, to post
to SILVER in storms while he saunters
about town, and he may be marked
as a poor subject for credit, no mat
ter how much land he has.
Here is mode of curing gapes in
chickens by the use of Stacked lime ::
Put the chickens in box, tie piece
of coarse sacking or cheese cloth over
the top, spread some fine air-slacked
lime on the cloth, and then jar it so
that the fine lime will sift down
among the chicks.
The wastes of the garden will be
highly enjoyed by the porkers. Cab
bage leaves and stalks, with the small
potatoes and other things not valua-
BILE for family use, and that cannot be
stored for the pigs in cold weather,
had better be fed to them now rather
than allowed to decay.
In the selection Of products for ex-
hibition the farmer should remember
that perfection of form should be
preferred to SIZE Many make mis-
take in the selection of fruit by the
selection OF the very largest, though
the form may not be good, or it may
be wormy. Better select fair size,
if it be perfect in form, than very
large size that is imperfect.
A farmer may keep hundred fowls
in his barn, may suffer them to tram
pie upon and destroy his mows of
grain, and still have fewer eggs than
his neighbor who keep single dozen,
who provides secret nests, chalk eggs,
pounded brick, plenty of Indian corn,
lime, water and gravel for them, and
who takes care that his hens are not
disturbed about their nests
If you have valuable hen affiict-
ed with cholera, and wish to save her
at the cost of much labor, give tea
spoonful of the following mixture ev-
cry hour until relieved: Mandrake
root, red pepper, and pulverized rhu-
barb, one part each boracic acid,
two parts; hypo-sulphite of soda,
four parts, and extract logwood, two !
parts. Your success will be doubt |
full even then, but if the disease has
not made too much Roadway, it is
worth a trial.
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Harper's Magazine,
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HARpER's MAG, ZINE is the most useful, en-
tertaining and beautiful periodical in the
world. Among the attractions for 1889 will
be new novel--an American story, entitled
"Jupiter Lights"-by CONSTANCE Wool
SON illustrations of Shakespeare's Comedies
by e. A. ABBEY a series of articles on Rus
STA. illustrated by T. DE THULsRup papers
ON the Dominion of Canada and character
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three Norwegian Studies," by BJoRSsrJERNE
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
THE BLAIR BILL.
Richmond WING. /

What are the friends of the Blair
bill in the House of Represent
tatives going to do about it, Do
they propose to sit still and per.
init it to be smOthered in com.
mittee again ! We observed several
days ago that a resolution requr-
ing it to be reported by a given
day was introduced, but it, too,
was referred to a committee, and
there it will probably remain. 1t
is Just as easy to smother the resO-
luton as the bill itself. But. sure
ly the parliamentarians of that
body know of some method by
which the will of large majority
of The members can be carried out
in spite Of packed committees and
rules framed 10 Obstruct legislation
instead Of promoting it. If not,
then indeed the country is in a
pitiable condition, and the sooner
some Congress takes radical steps
to free itself from the one-man
power and cast iron rules the bet.
ter. Under the present system no
measure to which the Speakers op.
posed has the ghost of a chance
for procuring consideration even,
unless at least twO.thirds of the
members favor it. A simple ma.
jOriry goes for naught.
The Speaker packs the committee
against any measure he does not
want passed, and then the rules re-
cures it to be referred to that com
mittee, WHO refuse TO report it back
TO the House for consideration. A
motion to discharge the committee
from its further consideration and
TO pass the bill under a suspension
of the rules requires twO-thirds
vote to prevail, and so any ma
jOrlty less than twO.thirds is COM
pletely pOwerless, because it can.
not get square vote on the meas.
ure. II is strange that after all
their experience in that respect the
representatives Of the people con.
tlnue to tie their hands with such
rules as prevent their doing what
their constituents want done.
The practice of smothering meas
ures in committee is vicious one,
and should be broken up. Every
measure that Is introduced by one
of its members, and there ought to
be a rule requiring all committees
to report back all matters referred
to it, either favorably or unfavor-
ably, within a given time. 1t is
the province and duty OF com
to investigate m9tters re-
terred to them, and report them
back to the House with such recon-
incubation as they think proper,
but they ought not to be allowed
TO prevent the entire body from
considering them by arbitrarily
withholding them and refusing to
report them back. The Blair bill
has been TWICE killed in that %av.
and bids fair 10 meet the same fate
again unless its friends Gan adopt !
some method Of getting it before !
he House, in spite of the Opposi.
Jon OF the Speaker and the packed |
committee oR Education.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
Will Of The Late Mr.. Curtur,n.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9Th {
will OF the late w. w. Corcoran
was offered tor probate at noon to-
day. The greater portion of the
estate, which is valued at $4,000
600, is bequeathed to his three
grandchildren, George P, Louise
NJ, and William @. Eustis, to be
held in trust tor them for ten years.
Several legacies of four and five
thousand dollars are left to other
relatives, and similar amounts to
the various orphan asylums in the
District.
The sum of 100000 is left TO the
Corcoran Art Gallery, the will stat.
ing that a million and a half had
already been given to that instltu.
ton; fifty thousand dollars to the
Louise Home-a half million hav-
ing already been devoted to it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
Republican Victories.

AUGUSTA, Me, March CHAIR
man Manley, OF the Republican
State committee, to-day sent the
following telegram to Hon. White
law Reid "Municipal elections
held today in the cities of Halo
we'll, Gardiner, Bath, Hockland,
Portland, Lewiston, Auburn, SacC
and Ellsworth give sweeping Re
publican majOritIes in every city,
redeemlng Ellsworth and Lewiston,
the homes of Senators Hale and
Frye, an unprecedented Republi
can triumph. Maine repudiates
the free trade message and empha.
sizes its condemnation Of the sur
render fishery treaty" In Port
land Chapman, (rep..) defeated Neal
Dow, (prO. by ! 800.
NEWBURGH, \. T., March Cat
the election today, Mayor Odell,
Republican, was reelected. The
general Republican ticket was also
elected. Auburn also elected a
Republican ticket.
ELMIRA, N. Y, March 6.-.Chas.
s. Davidson, Democrat, was elect
ed mayor today. The council is
Democratic.
OswEGo, n. Y, March Glen.
~ d. McCaffery, Republican, was
elected Mayor today on a high H.
cense platform. Kingston is also
Republican.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09

The following in the interest of
the free traders has been going the
rounds of the press until it reach
ed the eyes of Mrs. McFadden, of
Asheville, n. c., who sends her re-.
ply to the New York Tribune which
seems TO us, to take the starch out
Of the writer's position
"When sewing woman slips on
her thimble taxed % per cent and
threads her needle taxed % per
cent? with thread taxed % per
cent.)a ships it off with scissors
(taxed % per cent. and sews a but
ton taxed % per cent? on her hus.
bands winter flannel shirt taxed
GS per cent? she is quite uncOn-
scious In her effort to get on in the
world how the blessed tariff bears
her down. Probably not one wo.
man IN the land ever thinks of 1t;
but it is high time she should think
of it, and make her husband, who
is clothed with the right to vote,
act upon it. High taxation is the
blight OF labOr.p-Phild. Record.
Mrs. McFadden's reply:
sit does seem that we poor wo-
men are very much imposed upon
to have %, 26 and 6S per cent. put
upon everything we use. IT'S true,
when we had low tariff the needles
that now cost five cents a paper we
had to pay ten for, and the thimble
that we now buy for two cents, we
got for ten cents, and the thread
that we now get for five cents, we
always had to pay ten for and the
scissors that we now get for ten
cents, we had to pay twenty-five
for, and the flannel shirt that we
now pay fifty cents for we had to
pay S1.25 for. There must be some.
thing done to lower the tariff or we
will starve to death. Can't you do
something to help US poor women 7
We are needing all the help we can
get. Make the President and Con-
gress take of all the tariff and let
us 90 back to old times, "before the
war" prices. We are tired of this
% per cent. business. There is no
sense in it, and you men must do
better, or we women will take the
ballot in our own little hands and
vote. Yours truly.
"JANE Nj. MCFADDEN,
"a sewing woman
AsHEVILLE, n. g., Feb. II, 1873.
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Morrison q Candidate.

TUscALA, ILL, Feb. 29.-To a
direct question put to William II.
Morrison by a prominent Demo.
cratic politician as 70 whether
he wanted the nomination for the
vice.presidency, Mr.. Morrison wrote
to the effect that he thinks the
wishes of Indiana should be oonsld.
cred frat. II that state presents
a good man for the position y tha
Democratic Natio~..i, Co,uoa,, Wv
:" good and earnest faith. the wishes
of the state should not he disre.
gaFded, He further says that if
the position is to fall to some man
outside Of that state to consider
him a candidate in the full sense
OF the word. This declaration from
him is fresh from his pen,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
Female Politicians.

GREENsBURG, PA, March o.
Efforts are being made by the
young Democratic ladies of this
place for the organization of
Frances Cleveland Clubs for the
purpose OF taking an active part
in the coming presideptial cleo.
ton. The club will be composed
of some OF the leading ladies of
this place, and will be- uniform.
ed Hastily, each wearing a white
silk badge with picture of Mrs.
Cleveland engraved on it. They
will be furnished with torches
made especially for the occaaion,
and will turn out at every political
procession, aud viii be drilled in
the MANUAL OF arms and marching
maneuvers by skilled drill masters.
organizations are to be
started throughout the county, and
may spread over the state.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
TIE OBJECT OF PROTECTIVE DUTIES.
LFrom paper on "How Pr, lection Pro
tects, by Hon. William ID. Kelley, in
The Forum for February.

From a paper on "How Pr lection Pro
The Forum for February.l
The scale OF Protective dates
should be so adapted as to secure
the right of every owner of land to
provide for his present wants and
the future of his family, and to add
to the wealth and power OF his
country by developing and bring.
ing into profitable use all the re-
sources of his estate, whether they
be the products of the farm or those
of the forest, the mine, or the quar-
ry. The landowners OF nation,
however, are not that portion of
It's citizens who are most dependent
upon the maintenance of a system
of duties which should, under all
the vicissitudes of trade and
changes in the course of interna-
tIonal commerce, defend their
rights; for, though commercial de.
preston may prevent them from
making profits to be boarded or
expended in the Improvement Of
their estates, they may procure sus-
tenance for them. But it is not so
with the landless millions. Their
estates consist Of their thews and
sinews; of the training of their
eyes and hands to quick co Opera.
tive action; of their taste for and
aptness in the production of the at
tractive IN form, texture, and color;
of inventive genius, which enables
them, by new combinations of me.
chanlcal principles, or the applica.
tons of science to the arts, to in
crease the productive power of ma.
lions. These and like aptitudes
constitute the estate of millions of
people who are known as artists,
artisans, laborers, or by other
terms of designation, and who
have the right to demand that
their estates also shall be defended
by the nation, though their de.
Tense shall require other agencies
than the power of a navy and an
army. The daily wages of these
toillng millions are the units of
measurement by which their es-
tates are told and their means of
comfort and health ascertained.-
And | repeat that 1t is the duty of
government so to adjust its inter.
national trade and commerce by
tariffot Protective duties as to secure
to It's own people all the benefits
that are to be derived from the de-
velOpment OF the material resources
of the country and the conversion
of its native raw materials into
commodities.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
A Significant Response.

Right on the heels of the alleged
fisheries treaty and tue free trade
tariff bill come the Maine elections
for municipal officers. On account
of tie attitude into which Mr.. Cleve-
laad and his free trade lieutenants
have forced the Democratic party,
the lines Of parties were drawn un-
usually close in those elections, and
in several places the campaign was
very animated. The result is there
fore important.
Al every point Of consequence
the Republicans have gained large
~. The most significant result is
in the city Of Lewiston. This is
one of the leading manufacturing
towns Of the country. 1t is the
creation to great extent of pro
tectiye legislation, and the neigh
bring country IS consequently
prosperous. Lewiston has a large
laborlng population, which has
usually given the city to the Dem
ocrats. But they have been study
ing the tariff, the Presidents free
trade message, and the fishery ne
gotiations. They have come into
the Republican party for safety,
aud on these issues they will stay
tSere.
EveSy important town in Maine
has declared for the Republican
party with emphasis. This result
points q moral which cannot be
lost on the country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1888-03-09
"OUR INFANT INDUSTRIES. ="
LRichmond Whig.l

LNN'~'i''''"N W hik'I
With a jeer or a sneer, the man
with the free-trade bee buzzing in
his ear wants to know how it Is
that our infant industries continue
so long their infancy as to be
still requiring the helping hand oil
a tariff to sustain them. Let M
tell him. When the Whig di g
cusses the tariff it discusses il
from a Southern standpoint, in
fact, from a Virginia standpoint
if you choose. And If the minine
and manufacturing industries of all
the South, Virginia notably In,
clnded, are not infant indnstrle,
needing the same fostering care
that the similar industries of the
North, New England u otably I'm.
cluded, needed when the very
founders of our government said
they ought to be protected, when
the best statesmen of each succeed.
ing generation since then said they
onght to be protected if, we say,
these Industries OF ours are not in
FAINT Industries now as those of the
North were when Washington, and
Hamilton, and Jefferson, and Madl-
son, were walking around with
nothing but American interests in
view, we must confess that We
don't know what infant industries
are or, in fact, what they ever
were.
The Southern peOple-the Vir-
GINA peOple-are just beginning to
be a manufacturing people. They
are just developing their mines,
just learning something of their
own great advantages for manu-
featuring, just beginning to see
ahead of them the same prosperity
for themselves that the people of
the North have been so long en-
jOying under the egis of the tariff.
And how any Southern man, with
the interests of the South at heart,
how any Virginian with the In
terest of Virginia at heart can fail
to see that free-trade policy would
be the policy for starving to death
the infant Moses in the bullrushes,
while a good tariff policy would be
as the policy Of the good woman
who rescued the little fellow who
became such a great man after
wards, is an incOmprehenslble CO.
nUndrum to us.
The "infant industries" OF the
South, of Virginia, as we are just
here discussing them, do not en-
brace agriculture among them ;
but agriculture, as all of US know,
is the greatest of all the industries
of the Southern people, of the Vir.
ginia people, and we trust it will
ever be so. And if our agriculture
is not now in agonizing need of all
possible encouragement that may
be obtainable in any direction,
then the voice of the farmer must
be remarkable misrepresentation
of the farmers condition.
We would foster the "infant in
dustrles" of the South for the sake
of the farmer even more than for
the sake of the manufacturer him
self, for the simple resesson that
the farming interests are the most
vital interests, and, therefore, they
should be first and foremost in all
public consideration.