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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-27
EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH.
UNPRECEDENTED DEVELOPMENT
OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
SYSTEM.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Sept. 49,
II. Y. Il. Dawson, the Commission
er of Education, has filed with the
Secretary of the Interior bis annual
report for the year ended June 80,
1889, in the course of which he says
that, from an analysis OF the sta
ustics of public schools for the de.
cade 1S7G77 to 1856 81, it appears
that the growth o! the system, con-
siderIng the whole country, out
stripped during that period the
growth Of population, the excess
of the increase of enrolment over
the IncTease,in population, 6 to IA
years Of age, being 1.6 per cent.
This again, the Commissioner says,
is due entirely to the progress OF
the public schools IN the two south
ern sections, and more especially
10 the south central division. Here
the increase OF enrolment shows
an excess over the increase of pop
ulation probably never before par
alleled IN a country so long settled.
The sentiment in favor of free
schools supported by public funds,
he says, is becoming each year
more universally prevalent The
public school systems of the South
ern States have been undergoing
an unprecedented development un-
der laws adapted in each case to
local circumstances, and are new
practically all established on a per
manent basis. An equal share of
the school funds Is appOrtloned to
colored children, unless in the
State of Delaware, and their schools
are kept open as long and under as
well pald teachers as those of the
white children. The funds for the
support of these schools are fur
nished mainly by the white inbab-
itants, and after making due allow
ance for all the sums that have been
furnished for the educ ItiOn of the
negroes through private sources
of benevolence and through the
taxes raised among themselves, 1t
may still be SAID that the children
of those once held in servitude in
the South are beng educated By
the sons of taeir formers masters.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-27
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
SUNSHINE TEMPERATURE.

The percentage of clouiiuess
with respect to daylight during the
period Of grow Of
any crop, IS d very important, but
generally overlooked item ia agri-
culture. Every crop requires a
certain amount of heat and sun.
shine tc perfect, it and this amount
is the same year BY year. If, then,
the amount of clOudiuess during
the time of growth Of crop, is in
excess the plant will need a longer
period to complete It's development;
or if the percentage OF sunlight
exceeds the mean, tue crop will
mature in shorter time, other
things, of course, being equal IN
both cases. The amount Of clOudi-
ness, then, during the daytime in
ummer has a controlling effect on
crops.
The reason is PLAN. If the day
is cloudy the temperature is lower,
and if there is much cloudiness the
temperature falls below the mean,
The two items OF temperature and
moisture are the controlling ones
IN farming.
In all properly arranged blanks
tor recording meteorological pbe
nomena as they relate To aericul.
ture, account should be taken of
the hours or percentage OF sunshine
for each day. in no blanks that
We have seen is there any column
for this.
But /: was our design 10 refer
more especially to the Importance
Uf sunshine temperature versus
shade Temperature. Meteorol0gist
have invariably insisted that ihe
instruments be placed in the shade
and protected from even radiated
light. None Of them seem to at
tach any importan , 10 the TEN
peTature of the air out iu the open
sunshine of the field. In our
opinion this Is an error. IL is the
amount and intensity OF the sun
shine that is Of the greatest mo-
ment to the farmer. Plant growth
depends upon it aud Is affected, as
we have shown by il absence
The farmer. then, whether the
scientist will or not, who is max.
ing and recording daily obserya-
tons on the weather, should keep
at least one good thermometer in
the open field, fully exposed 10 Tie
direct rays o: the sun. And we
would suggest that no less than
three regular observations be made
daily, namely. at sunrise, when the
first rays of the sun have just
fallen upon the instrument, ar > /
2. NJ, and again at sunset. Per
haps five readings would De better.
These points will indicate the
need that farmers themselves
should become habitual observers
Of the weather, and that they
should not follow too bhndly, the
professors and theorists.
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IL Consumption Incurade +?

Read the following Mr.. G. II.
Morris, Newark, Ark, says "Was
down with Abacess Of Lungs, and
friends and physicians pronounced
me an Incurable COnsumptlve.-
Began taking DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, am
now on my third bottle, and able
to oversee the work on my farm. 1t
is the finest medicine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio,
saws: "Had it not been for DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con.
sumption I would have died of
Lung Troubles. Was given up u,
doctors. Am now in best of health"
Try it, Sample bottle FREQ at B..
Schmitl's Drug Store, Woodstock,
or at L. II. Jordan's, Mt. Jackson.
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Willing to Test II.

Long had they sat III the glOam-
ing, listening to the soft music of
the cooling breeze that stirred the
leaves Of the noble elm whose shape.
ly branches stretched above them.
"Laura," said the young man, as
he crushed the young life out of a
winged insect whose attentions had
bored him considerably. 81 saw
a statement in a paper to-day that
if you hold your breath when a
mosquito is biting YOU it can't draw
it's bill out, and you can kill it in
the act"
"Horror I" exclaimed the gentle
girl, as she shuddered and drew
her heecv wrap closer about her
lovely form. "The idea, George, of
letting a mosquito sting you long
enough to find out such thing |
couldnever endure it,"
"And that reminds me-" contlnu-
ed George, as he made Wild jab
at the back OF his neck and closed
the earthly career of one more con-
tiding insect, "of another statement
| saw in the same paper-that PEG.
pie always hold their breath when
they-er-wheu they kiss"
A silence followed more eloquent
than the softly spoken words of
the young man. 1t was broken at
last by the voice of the lovely Laura.
George" she said, in low, quickly
uttered, wllling.tO.test tin. the.in-
terest.of.scieDce accents, 81 feel a
mosquito biting me"
The wind sighed family in the
tree tops, the voice OF the katydid
raSped the patient air, The stars
gllmmerej aud twlnkled in the
blue ethereal armament, and at the
end of nearly three.quarters Of
minute that mis- guided nOsquOsto
persisted miserably.-Chigcao Tri-
JuRe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-09-27
THE VALUE OF LEACHED ASHES.

Until The last lev years all the
Wool ashes made on the farm were
leached to produce lye Tor soft
soap, and my mother always in
sisted upon having a half bushel
of lime mi xed with ashes in the
leach to produce I've strong enough
to bear up an egg, and in selecting
ashes for the leach. Ii any had be-
come damp, they were discarded
as unit and were mixed with last
years leached ashes and applied
Oh the farm, usually where corn
was TO be planted, and always
where corn was to be planted, and
always with good results. The
lime put IN the leach will show
itself in the soil may years after
wards. | have plowed up lime
with a few ashes distingulshaDle
that my father put on twenty years
before, and never had poor crop
where they were pat. 1t was on
stony ground that could not be so
thoroughly titled as treer soil, con-
,equently lasted longer. Some ten
years ago planted corn on field
that had poor spot IN which moth
OF any amount would grow. No
one could tell why.
Before planting took the ashes
from the last YEARS leach and
spread them over this poor place,
then spread stable manure over
it the same as the rest OF the field.
The corn grew larger on that poor
spot where the ashes were than on
any other part Of the field. The
next year the oats were a failure
on that spot; they grew up little,
half headed, fell down and died.
The crop OF rye following and all
other crops since, even the grass,
has been better on that spot than
any other ia the field. but there
we're 100 much ashes for oats the
FIRST year.-CoWty Gent man.
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"Why, instead Of your presence is
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sixteen days old that weighs only
one pound. Gan ordinary finger
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a pint cup will cover its body and
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size and In good health.
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whereby oar farmers and truckers
are required to pay special take.
for the sale of their products ID the
commonwealth.
Seventh--Tnat we proclaim as
false the charge that the SUCCESS
Of the Republican party OF Vir.
ginia would endanger the social
order and civilization of the State
and place its ignorance and vice
over intelligence and virtue. That
our party demands only the secu-
rlty of life, liberty aud the pursuit
OF happiness for all dwellers in
the Old Dominion, and that all
shall be allowed to exercise their
political, civil and religious rela.
lions In accordance with the
highest civilization of the age ;
and.
Whereas, There is no other pub.
lie question which so directly and
largely involves the progress and
prosperity Of Virginia and her PEG.
Pile, nor 80 seriously concerns the
good name of this wealth,
as an honorable and conclusive
settlement of the State debt,
which the managers OF the Demo
cratic party for -four years have
had absolute power aud favorable
opportunity TO do, and have mean
while cOntented themselves with
measures that have only EN-.
barrassed the creditors, entrapped |
many Of our citizens into vexatiOus
and costly difficulties, and generally
aggravated a situation already
AMI
Whereas, The policy of those
managers in the treatment Of this
grave and nOmentOus issue has
been to postpone and procrastinate,
adding millions to the
liabilities that hold in mortgage all
the property in the State, aud
which in the end must be met and
; and whereas it is known
that there is an opportunity to
Effect the debt settl' ment no de-
voutly desired, therefore, the Re.
publican party of Virginia solemn.
y pledges itself
Eelghth-That if it he entrusted
With the necessary power by the
people, it will settle the debt, and
he debt question wholly, finally
md promptly, as it has full kuowl.
'dge that it can do upon terms that
will not add to the annual burdens
# the people, and will yet leave
he commonwealth ample means
or the current expenses Of a frugal
administration for general main.
enance of our admirable sytem of
rec schools, and for munificent
PROVISION for our charitable insti.
utiOns and the care Of our disabled
Oldiers.
The Republican party of Virginia
oints to its past records as surety
Or present promise and future
lliillment; more practical than
eniimentai 1t addresses the peck.
Is as well as the patriotism of the
eOple and is sure it is right. 1t :
ill move straight on to victory,
onstruing the evasve yet abusive
ries, catch words aud eplthets Of
ASSIGN and prejudice, as Demo
ratio confessions of wrong and OF
lerited defeat. Peace and good
ill for all.
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A ROBBERS GOOD DEED.
HE GIVES UP HIS CHANCE on Is
CAPE TO HELP A WOMAN
IN DISTRESS.


How strangeI, tue good ana bad
interminele ~ the breast OF man
is strikingly shown by the train OF
circumstances attending the recap
ture of Smith, the tram rObber,
who is awaiting trial in the county
Jail at Prescott, Cal. In March
last he, in company with three 9th
ers, robbed the eastern bound AT
lantic and Pacific express at Can
yon DiablO, and a month after
ward, after one OF the longest chas-
es on record, the party were captur-
ed by Sheriff O'Neil and posse in
Utah. While on the return trip
to Arizona, Smith effected his as
cape by jumping FROM IA car window
on the Atchlson, Topeka q Santa
TO while the train was rapidly de
cending the Ration mountains in
New Mexico.
He at once struck out for Texas
taking horses wherever the OppOr-
tunlty presented, aud rldinS as
long as they were able to carry
hun. On the afternoon Of the
ninth day, while in the Pav Handle.
near Vernen, Smith discovered a
woman almlessly wandering over
the prairie, and, recognizing the
fact that she must be lost or IN
trouble, he rode up and accosted
her. She informed him that she
had been lost two DAYS, during
which time she had gone without
food. Knowing that in her ema-
ciated condition she could not pos
sibly survive much longer without
assistance, Smith, the escaped train
robber, fleeing though be was to
escape trial for crime the penalty
of which was death, and still car.
rying on each leg his broken
bethought him Of a wind
mill he had passed some eight miles
back, and. putting the woman on
his horse, conducted her to it.
He left her, and riding along the
wire fence that inclosed the wind.
mill for five or six miles, until he
discovered the camp OF the men
to keep 1t in repair, he
informed them of the woman's con-
ditiOn. They at once saddled, and,
the night was nearly
gone, started at once for the wind
mill, and found the wOman-a
Young schOOl.teacheT-weak, but
still alive, and at once brought her
to a place where she was cared for.
At daylight the sheriff and posse
in pursuit of Smith, met the same
men, and, finding from their ac-
count and description in which d.
rection the fugitive had gone, pur-
sued him.
Before high noon they had over.
taken him, and Smith, the train
robber, who, less than q hours be-
fore, had turned from his way to
succor an unfortunate woman, was
shot from his saddle while resist.
ing an arrest, which he might pre-
vented by avoiding the delay and |
observation so entaiDed. The story |
is good enough to have moral ; |
but doubtless Smith, who Is in tue |
jail awaiting Trial for his life on ac-
count of it, tails to discover it.
st. Louis POST Dispatch.
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