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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
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For 1889.

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
Cooking a Steak.

Now ifyOu only knew how 10
cook a steak % make it good that
would do, but it always makes me
SICK to see woman cook steak.
She invariably puts her frylng-pan
on the stove, and puts in "a
chunk Of grease about as big as
my fist; and when 1t is hot enough
10 begin 10 crackle, she puts in her
beef, and never thinks of covering
it. The smoke and.steam from 1t
goes to the very ceiling. After
she cooks it this way until it be-
gius to look like an old rubber
shoe sole, she calls it done. When
you 60 to eat 1t there Is no more
taste IN it than a chip. Now, if
you want a good bit of steak, have
a clear, hot fire, set your clean,
empty pan on a spot, cover II up,
then pound your steak, and when
your pan is very hot lay in your
steak, and cover quickly. As soon
as 4: hasscrisped enough to let 90
IT'S hold on the pan, turn over and
cover quickly turn again as at
hrsr, and ontinue to do so about
every two minutes until you have
turned it about six or eight times.
Have a hot buttered dish ready for
it and laysit in add a spriukling OF
pepper, salt and sugar, and cover
tightly. Now, If you wish a gravy,
put a bit of butter in your pam
When hot, rub in a pinch Of floor,
add a small teacuptul OF boiling
water, let it boil a few minutes,
then put in a gravy boat instead
of putting il over your beef to draw
out tho juice. Now try this plan
Just once, and yen will see you
women know nothing about cook
iDg a good steak.-Aa Old Butcher.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
Ea silV Reformed.

\ State street business man sent
a boy on an eTrand not long ago,
and the tleet-footed youth took a
remarkably long time about coming
and going. When he finally re-.
turned, however, he walked Jaunti,
" over to where the merchant sat
and laid a note on the desk. The
latter merely looked blankly at the
youth and inquired what he wanted.
"I'm the boy, sir"
"What boy Z" inquired the mer-
chant.
"Why, the Office boy
The boy you sent to the bank"
His tOrmentOr looked at him
steadily over his glasses, and then
with a bland smile of recognition,
said
"Why, so it is. But how you
have changed since | saw you lastw
The Office boy evidently appreci-
ated the sarcasm. He has been a
model Of dispatch ever since
Boston Advertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
SWeetbreads.

Farmers frequently kill their own
calves and sell them to a country
butcher, who does not know the
value of sweetbreads, for which a
city customer must pay from forty
TO seventy.fve cents a pair. They
are easily cooked, and most de-
lighlful when prepared properly
Soak them 10 a bowl of cold water
for an nour; pull Of the skin ard
fat parboil for twenty minutes in
water with a little salt; throw in
cold water for five minutes and
then press between two plates with
a weight On top until perfectly
cold. Dip in beaten egg and bread
crumbs, and fry in hot dripping.
They are especially nice with green
peas served in q circle around
them.-American Agricultural.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
The Poultry Yard.

BE careful of your fowls and
avoid danger. They contract cold
very easily now, especially if per-
mitted 70 roost where there is a
draught. Guard them from the
cold winds from the northeast. If
you do not, there may be lively
time stamping out the roup..
By Crossing Plymouth Rock
clcks with larke, coarse hens, you
can pr duce an excellent chick for
= market. They grow very rapid
IL, have yellow legs and skin, and
always look well when dressed.
Remember this when you make
your mating for market.
Popcorn does not contain as
much fat or oily matter as yellow
corn, and for that reason the grains
are considered the best for feeding
10 poultry, but pop corn is probably
worth more IN the market than its
value as poultry food, and will not
he extensively used in place of the
yellow field corn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
HER HEALTH WAS RUINED.
HER LIFE WAS ONE OF PAIN, BUT
SIZE is NOW WE'LL.

HER LIFE WAS ONE OF PAIN, BUT
SHE IS NOW WELL.
Mrs Alexander Vaughn, wife
of one Of the most prominent aud
extensively know merchants of
Prescott, Ark, writes the follow
ing letter under date Of April %,
1889:
81 owe the preservation Ct my
life under providence to Swfts
Specific IS. S. S. For four wears
my health was wretched. ruined
my life, a lite of constant pain aud
misery and torture. Food sOured
on my stomach, and what | are to-
day | wonld vomit tomorrow. My
sleep at night was broken with the
most horrible visions IN dreams, so
much so, that | could not bear to
be left alone; chronic diarrhGa, a
painful cough that threatened me
with consumption; my feet and
ankles were twisted out Of all pro-
portion and my limbs swelled more
or less. | could not walk except
on a level floor, and then with
difficulty, and for a while could not
get IN or ont Of bed without as.
sistance.
The pressure Of a finger on my
body would leave its Impression,
and in short | thought had drOpsy,
in addition to my other affections.
Two doctors treated me faithful.
" during these four years bat did
me no gOod-the medicines they
gave me we're as useless as stagnant
water. My friends thought /
would die, suffering as | was with
such a combination of diseases.
In 1887 l discontinued the use of
the medicines l had been hereto.
fore taking and began to take
Swift's Specific Is. 5. ST. Five
bottles Of this truly wonderful
medicine was what worked Ire
miracle of my complete and perma,
nent recovery
Treatise OIL Blood and Skin Dis.
ease mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Atlanta, Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
Position in Milking.

Is there any reason why amilker
should sit on the right side OF a
COW when milking, as is uSua lily
done 2 Ia answer to this query, the
Southern CHitcdtOr says "That
dep nds upon whether he milks
with one or both hands. If he
milks with both hands at the same
time, it is best that he sit on the
lett side-fOr this reason The uG-
der of the COW consists Of two
separate and distinct glands, which
DO not communicate with each
other. Each gland has a front and
back teat, and the milk.channels
leading to the teats Of the same
gland communicate with each
other. Hence, the teats on the
same side ought TO be MIXED at
the same tine not as is frequently
the case, The front teat on one side
and the back teat on the other
Now, of the two teats on the same
side, the hind one has the larger
milk cavity at the upper part Of
teat, and it is more difficult to
empty than the front teat. Hence,
the mixers tight hand, which is
usually the stronger of the two,
should be in position to milk the
hind teat while tue left hand is
emptying the front teat. If the
mixer uses only one hand, 1t makes
no difference which side of the
COW be sits on. Bat a mixer
should always milk with both teats
on same time, milking both teats
on same side together, that there
be no transfer OF milk from one
tcat to another through the com.
munlcatlng channels above, but
each teat discharge its own supply
Of milk, and because rapidity in
milking is exceedingly favorable to
a fnll flow OF milk ana thorough
emptylng Of the bag"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
sHEN
Tna.,D HOUSEHOLD
1UP DRESSING THE WINTER
GRAIN.

All the land devoted TO vlulef
grain, grass, clover, tuuip-,
Other WHITE, growing crop, shcy.d
have the surface nicely Top dressed
with some coarse, littlery mauIre,
such as the old bedding from the
horse and cattle stalls, the pig pen,
or scrapings from the woods. As
soon asthe grain, &c, is neatly
narrowed in and the water.furrOws
make to carry off the surface water
Of the winter, begin, as litter ac-
cumulates, to haul it on and spread
it evenly over the surface occu-
pied by the crop nicely covered
over. OF course, If yOu have
enough to 90 over at one time, all
the better, in which case wait till a
freeze occurs hard enough to bear
up the carts, and prevent cutting
up of the field.
The benefits to be derived troA
top dressing of winser grain and
grass fields resolve themselves into
two classes, benefits 10 the crop
and benefits to the soil.
The advantages TO the crop
proceed from whatever fertihziug
matter there may be IN "a soluble
form III the litter or manure en
ployed, which is carried down 10
the roots by the rains. and from
the protection from severe freezes
derived from the litter acting as "a
mulch. Both ;beSe benefits are
important, and, in our changaOle
winter climate and general absence
OF much Snow, the latter Is par.
ticularly 50. II will pay to top
dress a grain or grass field for the
simple protection Of the crop from
the hard freezes, even were there
10 other good to be derived from
it. Bat 1t must be very poor
sort OF material indeed that Viii
not yield some soluble matter to
help feruize the crop.
The help that the soil derives
from the dressing consists in the
amount OF humus yielded by the
litter as it decays, and the shade
aud protection it receives from the
mulch. The mulch acts as an
arrestcr of tue nitrogen OF the
atmosphere, and causes the collec-
ton of the uitrates near the sur
face, where the roots OF the crop
can reach them. 1t also causes tue
soil TO become more porous and
open 70 sration on the surface,
and sthese things all combine TO
leave the land improved, rather
than impaired, from the use Of the
top.dresslng. We should say,
then, that top-dIessing is Away
belpful, and pays both immedi-
ately and remotely.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
BARE FIELDS.

Bare, that is naked, fields III
winter is nuitlal source OF the
rapid deterioration OF soils IN all
countries where the ground does
rot remain CONSTANTS frozen. This
.s more especially The case with
sandy soils, such as the "aloritS
oil lands ia middle aud ucewater
zones The soil is bare, there is
nothing to prevent Teaching and
tho rOre it rains the more such
soils each out INTO the under
GROUND alter courses.
In ATTITUDES where the soil re-
mains frozen all " winter, there ~
not much loss from this source
the oluble salts are not washed
out by incessant leaking. This IL
one chief reason why lands IN high
northern ATTITUDES are more pro-
ductive than those farther south.
Every southern farmer ought, by
all means, to so work his farm as
to have no bare soil exposed TO
rains of winter. Very much might
Dee secured by putting more OF the
farm M grass and winter grain
These act as abSOrbeuts for the
excess of moisture. and unless the
waterfall us excessive, there Will
not be much ieaching-the crop
sill receive most thar enters the
soii. This Is what southern lands
need TO plotec. then in winter, and
secure the retention Of the salts OF
fertilizers near the surface.
These parts of the farm that one
must reserve for hOed or plOughed
crops. that are still bare when
winter CONES on, should be covered
broadcast with any coarse litter or
manure that can be had about the
place. This, acting as a mulch,
will help retain some of the mols-
;ure Of the soil near the surface
until it eau be carried away by
evaporation, aud thus serve to
check teaching. But 1t is not SO
good as a growing ciop, for the
reason that there are no roots to
drink up the moisture and convey
II to the plant above.
In some way We must protect
the surface of fields in winter. So
long as they are lett bare, just so
long will the teaching that Is go.
ing on carry away the fertility
SoSed crops first, top dressing
second are the remedies.
Let no field remain bare all
winter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
Catarrh

= q blood disease. Until the poison 10
cNpelcd from the system. there can
hc no cure Tor this loaihSome and
dangerous maiadv Therefore. the only
effective treatment l. n thorough course
o. Ayers Shrsaparilla - the best Of all
blood purifiers. The sooner you begin
tnr better delay is dangerous.
was ironhled with catarrh for over
two wears. tried various remedies.
and was treated hy number Of physi-
ri.l,. hut received no benefit until
lcru 10 take Ayers Sarsaparlla A
fcw hotti.s Of his medicine cured me of
Ills troublesome complaint and com
rIf',i. restored my health. jesse VI.
G.--. Holman Mills. y. e.
Wien Ayers Sarsaparilla was rec
.. ...uded io me for caiarrh. | WAS in
c. n.d 10 doubt its efficacy. Having
tr.cl go many remedies. with little ben
cif. had mo- Faith that anything would
cu.rf.c. became einaciaied from loss
e. anrcii., and impaired digestion.
lr. uear.t lost The sense Of smell, and
o., system wa. badly dcrangcd. | was
afnuI discouraged. when friend urged
fa, 200 rrt Ayers Ssrsaparlia. and re-
i....l ue to persons whom II had cured
. ,aarii Al;cr taking hall dozen
battles ~ this medicine. / am ron, inccd
tnaf tic only sure way II treating tins
obstinate disease. is thrrHgh the blood
-Charlc. H. Maloney, III River ST.,
.tvti Mas
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
EpOcl.

The transition from long, Iinger'
ing and painful sickness to robust
health marks an epoch in the life
of the individual. Such a remark
able event is treasured 10 the
memory aud the agency whereby
the good health has been attained
IS gratefully blessed Hence 1t is
that so much is heard 10 praise OF
Electric Bitters. So many feel
they owe their restoration to health,
TO the use of tue Great Alternative
Tonic. If you are troubled with
any disease of Kidneys, Liver or
Stomach, OF long or short standing
YOU will surely find relief by use Of
EIectriclBitters. Sold at 5Oc. and
al per bottle at B. Schmitts Drug
store, at Woodstock, and Of l.. II
Jordan, Mt. Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
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Dairy Notes.

1t is veil to remember that to
make the finest favored and long
est keeping butter the cream must
undergo a ripenlng process. The
ripeuIng is very tardy when tie
temperature IS low, therefore keep
your cream where 1t is warm.
Prof. Henry gives the following
as good ration for dairy COW
where corn fodder constitutes the
main portion of the coarse fodder {:
'.Corn stalk, cut, fifteen to eigh-
teen pounds f; clover hay, FIVE
pounds bran, SIX pounds corn
meal, four pounds. This may be
fed either twice OF three times q
8 day as the feeder prefers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
Mr.. SI0WDay's lest,

They had toast every morning
for six weeks.
"Madam,' SAID Mr.. Slowpay, ~
am not afraid of pie l can brave
~ face home made biscuit; | have
never been known to fly from
sponge cake, but" and here be
wiped The perspiratlOn from his
trow, "but, madam, | quail on
toast"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
BE or GOOD CHEER.

There are some thugs which
seem at first glance to be matters
of temperament. but which longer
contemplation assures us are mat
ters of duty. Among these is ihe
habit OF checrluincsS lm d family
III We are placed la families lor
each others protection and com
fort and pleasure, each member OF
IA family ha, part 10 perl'im III
relation 20 ever other enc, when
part becomes a duty as thing as
signed lOr performance, and ac'
cepted, ~ always a duty, But ~
~ has degree does it contribute 10
any ones comfort and pleasure to
see "A sour aud dOur face constantly
about one, 10 meet mOrOse man
ner, retcent Oh br0odiug, OF 10 be
called upon TO bc the perpetual as
suager Of AN undylug gilet, tue
bearer of Burdens If confidential
communications Of sorrow, or to
be the witness of tears, itanN other
member of the household has been
subjected to wrong or loss or mus
tice Thus it is as evident as the
first law OF mathematics that a
part Of duty OF each individual in
family is 20 keep an even balance
OF goon temper, and not 10 lie; those
things which disturb ones serenity
III any way, but in which the fam
NV have no direct share, come ln-
10 the house aud make an atmOs-
phere OF unpleaSautnesS there
Even if the disturbing case is some.
thing IN the family itself, the duty
holds in the same manner; the mat.
ter, if it serious enough, should
be attended to at once, and com
posed and settled 80 that good
temper and serenity may be restOr-
ed. Thus also, if a common grief
has entered and come to several
it Is best borne, after the first, by
tacit understanding aud sympathy
in a trouble belonging to all, and
by gentle and unfalling kindness
to each other, and not by continual
reference TO 1t, OutpOurlng over 1t,
keeping the sight of its shadow
ever before the eyes, and depressing
any inclination in others to a tor
getful if Temporary gayety. And
if the grief has come to one alone,
then one alone should receive ii,
and reserve it, keep it as a person
al possession, and as something
too sacred even for the traces of its
tears to be evident when their con.
cealmeut is possible.
y goOd.tempered open counte-
nance Is the one for family use, and
as sunny a one as the spirit Will
allow otherwise, kind words al
ways, smiles and ready laughter if
possible, an interest IN all mutual
things, the one thing to be avoided
being the overshadOwing of the
whole family with private gloom.
Whether happiness is the law of
the universe or not, it certainly
ought to be , and inasmuCh as we
contribute to the happiness OF
those in our circle as far as our
radius extends, if by no means than
by a constantly cheerful demeanOr
we do something toward bringing
about the millennIal condition Of
things.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-10-25
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Returned with Thanks.

Mrs. Pancake (to tramp)-Well
what do you wantl
Tramp-IIere, mum, Is der pie |
stOld of yer wlndOw yesterday.
There may be two or three teeth
stickin' IN it, but otherwise I amt
huTtany'-Life,