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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
STYLES IN Boards.

81 learned my trads forty years
agOin Boston, said a leading barber
10 me yesterday as he trimmed my
hair, "and 1t is surprising how long
fashion in hair or wbiskers will
last Now fashion In clothes doesn't
generally last longer than ten years,
bat a fashion in the cutting and
dressing of hair and whIskers will
last twenty or thirty years. Take
mustaches, for instance. They
came IN about twenty-five years
ago. / can remember very we'll
when a mustache was regarded ~
the badge of fop, an idiot or .
gambler. 1t was as much Is q
mans reputation was worth to let
his HAIR grow on his upper lip.
But now ministers and every. body
else wear them, and am afraid |
will not live long enough TO see
the BARRIERS, you see.
"TheD there is the fashion OF
wearing the halrshOrt. About the
time that mustaches came In long
HAIR went ont. Before that every.
body wore long hair, and had It
curled, too. Yes, sir: used to
keep my curling iron around all
the time, for it was just as com mon
with men then as it is with women
now to have their hair curled. The
fashion OF having the hair clipped
very short, except On top, where
1t is left quite long is called the
pompadour, and is only ten or
twelve years old, though the clip.
per with which the work 10 done
we're invented three years earlier
The practice Of brushing the hair
by machinery run By steam started
about twenty-five years ago, and
was given up about ten years ago
on account of the accident that oc.
Cured inAicting injury on the
CHICAGO Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
No Mothers in Fiction.

Here is an odd reflection from
the Atlantic Monthly "No mothers
in fiction.-A sick youth was lying
in bed, watching with quiet eyes
his mothers form moving gently
about the room where for weeks
she had been mInistering to him
with tenderest heart and hands.
There had been stiffness for little
while, when the boy spoke: Il
wonder why there are no mothers
in felton, 'Why, there are, dear
ther must be, the mother answer
ed, quickly bat when she tried to
name one she found that none
came at the call. When she rela-
ted to me the little incident, |, too,
Immediately said that our memory,
must be strangely at fault that 1t
did not furnish us with examples
in plenty. Maternal love 7 Why
art was filed with illustrations Of
1t and so was literature. And yet
on making search, l, too have
failed to find the typical mother
where It seems she would be 80
easily found. ! have no large &C.
quapitance with the imaginative
literature Of any language but orr
own, and the fiction OF other coun-
tries may afford examples in this
kind of which | know nothing. Bat
recalling the work of our own finest
and best-knOwn writer's, their
treatment Of the subject appears
both scant and slight. Calling the
roll of them from Fielding and
Scott to Hawthorne and Hardy, it
strikes one as singular that they
all omitted to delineate with any
peculiar force and beauty a human
type which suggests itself 30 nat
urally as foil OF opportunity for
artistic representation
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
Bound TO Know How II Worked.

A man created a sensation on
a Delaware ferry boat yesterday
by reaching under the seats of the
cabin, taking out one of the hun.
dreds of life preservers there aud
proceeding with the utmost deliber.
alton TO put it on.
"What's the matterW asked one
excited man. ais the boat sinkngi'
Dozens looked around, saw the
man make preparations to save
himself and were thrown into a
tever of excitement. There had
been no alarm, so they then cooled
on again and began to think the
man insane. But he was perfectly
cool and apparently sane enough.
He went right on without the Sigh
test attention to anybody's questi.
obs or excitement to fastea the life
preserver on. When he got it on
he looked at it, seemed satisfied
with his survey Of himself and then
Just as deliberately took it off, pat
1t in It's former place and sat down
again. He had made everybody
around Derspire, though he looked
as cool as a cucumber.
An old honest.looklng gentleman
who happened to be sitting near,
give him a quizzicsl look which
provoked him to say "You think
| sm a fooll Well, had never put
on q life preserver until that min
ute and never knew how. Every
time | boarded a boat felt asham.
ed Of my ignorance, which might
some day cost me my life. just
made up my mind to try one.
There il a stock of life preseTvers.
There are fifty people on the boat
Pll bet my hat there he began to
/ Icrease his tone until the whole
cabin could hear that not five in
the hfty know how to put one on
He ceased and looked around. No
one took bin up. He resumed
reading bis paper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
A VERY FOOLISH TOAD.


The othre day as | lay in my
hammock | saw q huge toad wink
ing aEd blinking lazily under the
large leaf of foliage plant. He
looked c0ntented aud happ,, and
Just as if he didn't care whether
school kept or not. A bumOle bee
came buzzing around the flowers.
That toad opened his eyes looked
around deliberately winked one
eye at me, aud then to all appeara'
noes went asleep again. He was
not asleep, however, for the next
moment, when the bee came a
trife nearer, he made a little spllng,
opened his countenance till |
thought he would drop in two, there
was a red fash-and the bee had
disappeared.
was just beginning to wonder
where it had gone 10 when ! obser-
we'd the toad begin to look melan-
choly. | then noticed that his
white vest was pulled out like an
alderman's. In less time than 1t
takes to tell It, be was the most
lonesOme.looking toad l ever saw.
He seemed to reflect a minute, and
then he got into an attitude IN
which the old prints represent
Nebuchadnezzar when he was
out to pasture. His big mouth
was close to tie ground, while
his hind feet stood on tiptoe. lie
had swallowed something hot and
was now going to get rid OF 1t by
reversing the process. After several
violent efforts, during which his
whole ana tony heaved with emo
ton, the troublesome Jonah was
elected and lay on tue grass before
him. The toad wasn't wlnklng at
me any more. Instead he was
venting looks OF revengeiul spite at
the unfortunate author Of all bis
troubles, which by this time pre-
sented a sorry appearance. Soon he
cautiously approached, aud with
lightning like movement, the bee
again disappeared, this time to
stay. For moment the toad
moved cautiously, as II TO avoid
stirring up again that burning fire |
beneath his vest, and then seeing /
that it was all right, hoped back
with an elated air and went to
sleep under the leaf-From the /
Ashland Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
Scribner'sMagazine
For 1889. ~

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
An Awful Break.

Dudesby-Aw, l heah that
Ohsvley Littlesenss was, sw, ex
PEELED from the Knickerbocha "
club.
Bralneless-Yes. One of ouah
members, dOncherknow, went, aw,
into the club room and found, aw,
the fellow thinkin'
Dudesby--Bah Joye ! what a
wesk.-NashriIle american.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
The New DIseOYeEY.

YOu have heard your friends and
neighbors talking about IL. You
may yourself be one OF the many
who know from personal experience
just how good thing 1t is. If you
have ever tried it, you are one of
lis staunch friends, because the
wonderful thing about it is, that
when once gwen trial, DR.. Kings
New Discovery ever after holds a
place IN the house. If you have
never used it and should be afflicted
with q cough, cold or any Throat,
Lung or Chest trouble, secure a
bottle at once and give it a fair
trial. 1t is guaranteed every time,
or money refunded. Trial Bottles
Free at b. Schmitt's, Woodstock,
or L. H. Jordah's, Mt. jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
A Great Advantage.

"What's the good of a fishing
club ~ asked travelling man Of a
friend. SITS all right to 60 fishing
you want to, but why can't you
and a iew of your friends go ahead
and fish,"
"It's plain that you don't see the
advantages Of thorough organiza.
ton. Now, when We 90 fishing
we have a complete understanding
under the constitution and by
Iaws.7
"Ah ~
eyes, aud you can bet that when
We get back from IA trip every man
Of US tells exactly the same story
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
A G0OO PORTABLE HOG-PEN,


Mr.. w. A. Graham, Of Indiana,
gives the following to the Ameri'
can AgricNlturist
A cheap, convenient hOg'pen
that Is portable Is built as follows;
Take two pieces of good, durable
timber, three by nine inches each,
fifteen feet in length, round off the
ends in the form of a sled.runner,
then lay them parallel eigh, feet
apart, with tina rounded edge on
the ground. Take four scantlings
and halve or tenor in crOsswlse one
piece at each end and eight inches
from the ends Of the runners, aud
place The others so as TO support a
floor 10 one half of the pen. Ad-
Just these strips 60 they will set
about two inches below the level OF
the upper edge of the runners,
then lay a floor Of ash or oak ium-
Der one inch thick over one half of
the pen, leaving the other half a
dirt floor. This, however, may be
arranged as may suit best one halt
may be left, or, if desirable, the
whole pen may have a floor. Now
mortise in two-by.four scantllng
at each corner aud midway for
posts on which to nail the boards
or Stats for the enclosing. It is
necessary for comfort that at least
one halfo the pen be covered and
for this reason make the posts for
the siding about one foot longer on
one side than the other so as to
give some slope to the roof. The
roof ought to be elevated enough
TO allow a man to walk under It.
If only one half Of the pen is floor
ed there must be partition across,
and in this arrange a sllde.door SO
as 10 shut the hogs in or out of
either section, and the pen is com.
plete.
II hogs are wanted to fatten
surely and qoickly they must be
confined to close, clean quarters,
and that is the design of this pen.
1t can be moved easily from one
place to another, and thus be en-
tlrely free from Accommodations OF
filth. By hitching a span of
horses to either end oft, it can be
readily moved anywhere with the
hogs in It. In case one half is left
unhoored, the hogs can be shut in
the foored portion and Kept there
until the pen is moved then open
the slide door, and they are in
their new location.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
Why NOt7

About ten miles from beyond St.
Thomas the locomotives whistled
an alarm, slackened a bit, and then
put on full steam, and we felt a
bump clear back in the last coach.
AS soon as the train could be
checked and backed up 10 the high
way crossing We all piled out to
ascertain the trouble. A woman
about 40 years old, hat OF and hair
flying, was picking some parcels
out of the grass and a man of
about the same age sat on the
ground staring about him In won
der. In his left hand he held a
pipe and IN his right a paper of to.
baccO. lie had been crossing the
road with his team.
One horse lay dead in the ditch
aud the other was limping of down
the road, while the wagon was
snsshed to kindlings. Tie woman
gathered up five or six parcels and
started of after the limping horse,
never speaking word, and by and
by the husband slowly filed his
pipe, hunted around for a match
and lighted it, aud as be got TO bic
feet TO follow the wife the conduc-
tor Queried:
"Didn't you see the train com
ingT
"Ofc)urse,' was the quiet reply.
Then why didn't you hold upY'
'DIdn't you see me coming :
OF course you did. Then whv in
thunder didn't you hold up !"
And he logged off down the
road without another word.-De-
tr0h Free Press. ..|.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
Carriages, BHggig, PlGat0E. -Four Passenger SHTTI@
1889.
Harper's Weekly
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Weekly has well-established
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partial readers, and the variety and ex-
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and most popular writers, fit it for the
perusal of the people Of the widest range
Of tastes and pursuits. Supplements are
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Weekly is admirably adapted to be q wei.
come guest every household.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
The Bath Tub.

The following sensible sugges-
tons We clip frOG The New
England farmer. A while
ago a mother said to me, "Children
ought always to be dressed
so they can respect their own
clothes / believe it, and hope
you may learn to, too. Vow, on a
farm, a boys clothes must be coarse
to stand rough usage, suited 10 the
business. Yet no boy THAT is a
respectable boy wants to go to a
lecture or kissing patty, grange or
club meeting in such a costume.
There is au understandable satisfac.
ton experienced inside a clean
bosom phirt, with collar and necktie,
polished boots, white handkerchief,
well brushed hair and clean skin.
And the boy who has been faithful,
in the multiplicity of duties that
fall to his lot on a farm, we'll de-
serves such experience.
Will you arrange this pleasure
for yonr son First try the expert
m IN, Of a bath room, small Ito be
quickly heated), easy of access to
one l.esl from the COW yard,a tank
of water all hot on thelstoye express
ly for use as soon as the barn work
is done, so your boy may take his
good clothes into this room, and in,
a few minutes, divest himself of all
trace and smell of COWS, pigs, hens,
ETC., and come out fresh and clean
invieorated by his bath. ready for
his supper and an evenings enjoy
ment at home or abroad. free from
any feeling that his presenc may
be a Nuisance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
Not at Home.

An Eng ishman, who vas tired
of his life, determined to put an
end to 1t. lie summoned his valet.
"JOhn,I am going to throw my.
self out Of the window"
every good, sir"
"If any ono calls you will tell him
that am not at home.
every good, sir"
The next minute there was a ring
at the door. A friend looked in.
sis the Lord Kin?
The servant looked to the win
dow aud said:
"He has Just gone out, sir ~
lie Don QuiohOtte.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
FARM ANDHOUSEHOLD.
DAIRY HINTS.

QNtUt tltNtOs
If you have any cows that are
about to " come in, aud they are
naturally heavy mixers, as you
value their lives. do not let them
run on rich pasture. Get them on
to short pasture, and if they show
sigus OF falling of in flesh, then
feed laxative and cooling foods
with plenty of fresh water and
shade. These are the cows that
fall victims 20 milk fever, and
prevention is the only sure cure
There has been great deal said
doth for and against clover a. a
slo crop. Everybody recognized
the fact that an immense quantity
of this plant can be produced on
an acre of land. aud as that is the
first virtue of a silo crop, they
want to use clover. Those who
first tried it had bad luck with it,
for the reason that they did not
know how to handle It, and cut
and sliced it too fresh and green.
This produced a sour, strong
smelling ensilage, that was not
a thing Of beauty to look upon.
Further experience suggested less
water IN the crop, and SO 1t was
allowed TO get rper before 1t was
cut, and then to wilt before putting
10 the silo, and thus by degrees
the light condition was reached,
until new, it is said that clever
when properly treated makes one
of the very best crops for the silo
and quite economical, as it does
not need to be run through the
cutter before being put in the sllo'
Some time since we raised the
point that COWS would not Ike the
fodder from fields that had been
TOO heavily MANFRED, and instanc'
ed there refusal to eat the tall
grass that grows FROM their drop
pings ih the pasture, our notion
beng that they do not like the
taste of suSh grass. Cows will
not eat grass grown 10 the shade
when 1t is long and rank, If they
can nnd any growing out in the
sunlight. This item ofraDk growth
we found to be the lion in our path
when we tried soihng mich cows
they wonld not eat enough of 1t.
What make is the bes: churn 7
Should il have dashers or be free
of them, should it swing or turn
over, should it have a small mani ole
or come half apart? These are
questions that are asked all the
time, and no one seems able TO
answer them. The shape OF the
future churn is very much in the
dark, and when the butter extrac-
tor gets into all the farming house
holds there will be no need OF a
churn az all. According TO our
notion the churn should revolve,
in order to wash the sides clean all
the time Of the accumulation OF
butter and thick cream above the
high water mark. This hslfchurned
cream is a loss directly in itself.
aud constant menance to the good
quality OF the butter, for some OF
this immature stuff is sure TO get
into the granules and thence into
the butter. The manhole is certain.
~ a dangerous thing IN a revolving
ehurn, for as q rule it is not large
enough to admit Of thorough airing
of the churn. The whole top or
half the churn should come of
when the churning is done, so that
the air and sunshine can get into
the inmost recesses.-Americdn
unir1lnlnn-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
A FATAL PRESC RIPTION.
THE MISTAKE OF A PHYSICIAN
CAUSES THE DEATH OF HIS PA.
TENT.

THE MISTAKE OF A PHYSICIAN
CAUSES THE DEATH OF HIS PA.
TENT.
A Montreal special to the Phila
delphia Press says that DR.. Jean.
nOlte, "A prom inent physician there,
by "A mistake in writing pre-
scrip ton has been the indirect
cause of child's death. while
another lies AZ deaths door, pols.
oned by partaking Of the same
medicine. The unfortunate par.
cuts are half crazed with grief, and
DR. Jeannotte will probably have
to fight big legal battle If he
escapes criminal prosecution.
Being particularly skilled IN
children's diseases, the doctor was
called in a few days ago to attend
a child of Mrs. COnilIard, who was
suffering with whoODing cough.
He prescribed for the sufferer. lie
intended to order bisulphate of
quinine in the form Of quarter gram !
powders, but by mistake he wrote !
morphine instead of quinlne. The
prescription was taken TO a drug |
gst and banded to the clerk IN
charge. He was surprised to see
bisulphate of morphine, their being
no such preparation, and thinking
the error was IN the word bisul.
phate he dispensed with the pre-.
scription, using sulphate of NOR.
phine. 4 quarter OF a grain Of
morphine is not very large dose
for an adult, but it is death to
child, and the little one never
awoke after the second dose.
The parents were even then una
ware of the fatal nature of the
medicine and gave some to another
sick child. This child grew rapid.
ly worse aud the medicine was
then blamed. The doctor was
then sent for, but he claimed the
medicine was all right, and was
only convinced to the contrary
when confronted with the fatal
prescription. Then he ackDOTleg.
ed his mistake, but laid the whole
blame on the druggist for com.
pounding medicine which he knew
must be wrong. When Mr.. Con-
Hard was made aware OF the ter
rifle loss he had sustained through
the mistake of the man he had
called in TO save his children, his
rage was nnbounded, and it is al
eyed that it was with the greatest
difficulty he was prevented from
having summary revenge on the
physician. A triangular battle in
The courts will likely follow between
JOnillard, the doctor and the drug.
ylst, the druggist blaming the doc.
.or, the doctor the druggist, aud
he real sufferer, the beresved
ather, blaming both.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-23
rheumatism.

PEING due to the presence OF uric
- acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use Of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Be sure yon get Ayers and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid is thoroughly expelled from the
system. We challenge attention 10 this
testimony
About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
govt, being able 20 walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, saw by an advertise
ment in a Chicago paper that a man had
been relieved OF this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. | then decided 20
make trial Of this medicine, and took
II regularly for eight months, and am
pleased 70 state that IL has effected q
complete cure. / have since had no re-
turn Of the disease. Mrs. X. Irving
Dodge, 40 West 18th ST., New York.
zone year ago I was taken Ill with
infammatory rheumatism, being con-
fined 10 my house six months. came
out Of the sickness very much debih-
tated. with no appetite, and my system
disOrdered In every way. commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla and began to
improve az once, gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
/ cannot say too much in praise q this
well-known medicine" - Mrs. l.. A.
Stark, Nashua, N. III.