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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Cracked Corn for Poultry.

The principal reason for having
corn cracked is to get it small
enough so that the chickens can
swallow it. This is all very well 1t
the poultry keeper is not too far
from the mill; but many cannot
procure cracked corn as often as
desirable, yet have ample facilities
for raising corn. 1t is for the in
terest of such persons to raise a
kind of corn with very small
kernels, especially for chickens
There are varieties of popcorn
which meet the case and furnish a
fair yield. This corn may be kept
AN indefinite time without injury,
and the kernels are OF the right
size to be easily swallowed. The
Dwarf Pearl corn has the smallest
kernels of any variety, and at the
sane time affords stable ears and
a goodIy number on a stalk, 50
that it Yields well.-POaltry Yard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
How to Make Little PrIgs.

From tue Akron (Ohio) Telegram.
II you wish TO cultivate a gossip.
ing, meddling, censorious spirit in
youF children, be sure, when they
come home from church, a visit, or
any ether place you do not ac-
company them, to ply them
WITH questions concerning what
everybody wore, how everybody
looked, and what everybody
said and did and if you find any
thing 10 all this to censure, always
do it in their hearing. You will by
this course render the spirit OF
curiosity--which Is so early visible
IN children, and which, If rightly
directed, may be made the instru-
ment of enrishing and eOlarging
their minds "a vehicle of mischief,
which shall serve only TO narrow
them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
Rather AmbiQuOus.

"Dld Professor Cardiac call on
you last evening, daughter?'
Eyes, Pa"
81 expected as much ; in fact, he
told me the secret of his heart, and
sought my permission to consult
you and learn his fate. OF course
it made you proud to learn his fate.
OF course it made YOU proud to
learn that tyOu were the object of
such a distlngu ished love-"
"Distinguished love y
eyes. OF course the Professor
proposed to YOU"
"Propose to me! He sat there
like a goose for awhile and then
said something about his pericar.
dial contiquitles dehiScing with an
intransmutab,e fervor whose eillu.
ent. Iconoclastic cataclysm inun.
dated my shrine, and by that time
l had slung the hassock at him and
run out to ring up the Blooming
dale authorities"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
CHARLIE AND EDITH.
A STORY OF DIVORCE TOLD IN
TWO BRIEF LETTERS.


TWO BRIEF LETTERS.
Chicago is justly noted for swift
divorces and the calculating cool
ness with which couples proceed
to the severance of bonds matrl-
monial, but there is one pair that
takes the lead, according to a
writer in the Troy Press. The
young man came from the east to
Chicago some months ago with
plenty of money, good looks
and recommendations. He met at
the house where he lived a young
lady of rare beauty and good
family. In few weeks they were
married. But their bliss didn't
last long. One day he departed
for Kansas City, where, he said, he
had been sent by his firm. The
following week she left for Mich.
gan to see her folks. Then two
letters came to the house here
few days apart, addressed to the
husband and wife. and as neither
returned it was concluded to open
them. The one addressed to the
wife said
"My Dear Edith-Iam convinced
that you and | are unfit for one
another. We cannot be happy.
| left $500 in a lower bureau
drawer. Take it and get a divorce.
YOn can do so on the ground Of
desertion, as | now tell you I will
never live with you again. Good.by
and may you have better luck next
time.
"CHARLIE.p
lt was marked at Cincinnati.
The one addressed to the hus.
band was mailed at Buffalo. 1t
said:
"Dear CharlIe-I am tired of |
you, and | know you are tired of |
me. You will never see me again.
took $500 which you forgot in
the bureau drawer. | will never
trouble you, no matter what you
DO. Good-by forever.
Edith
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18

"Can you tell me- inquired an
anxious looking man Of the bank
cashier, sis there any way Of dis
posing of plugged nickels 7"
"Certainly," replied the cashier,
facetiously." You can drop them
into the contribution box at church.
Any deacon will take them. lie
cannot well help HIMSELF
ayes, sir" said the anxious
looking man 81 know that. Pm
church deacon. / have half .
hushel of them | would like to dis
pose Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
A Sound Legal opinion

Il, cambridge Munday, Esq.
County Atty. Clay Co.. Tex, says
"Have Used Electric Bitters with
most happy results. My brother
also was very low with Malarisl
Fever and Jaundice, bot was cured
by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his
life"
Mr.. d. l. WilcoxsOD, of Horse
Cave, KY, adds like testimony,
saying: lie positively believes be
would have died, had it not been
or Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off,
as we'll as cure all Malarial DIS
eases, aud for all Kidney, Liver and
Stomach Disorders stands UNEQUAL
ed. Prico SOC. and 81 at b.
Schmitts.
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1888.
Harper's Magazine.
ILLUSTRATED.

Harper's Magazine is an organ of pro-
gressyc thought and movement in every
department Of life. Besides other attrac-
tions, it will contain, during the coming
year, important articles, superbly illus
trated, on the Great West; articles on
American and foreign industry; beautl-
fully illustrated papers on Scotland, Nor
way, Switzerland, Algiers, and the West
Indies; new novels by William Black and
w. d. Howells; novelties, each complete
in a siagle number, by Henry James, LAT
cado Hearn, and Ameie Rives; short
stories by Miss Woolson and other popular
writer's; and illustrated papers Of special
artistic and literary interest. The Edito-
rial Departments are conducted by George
William Curtis, William Dean lIowells.
and Charles Dudley Warner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
To Remove Warts from Cows
Teats.

These troublesome outgroWths
from the teats are unquestlonably
contagious, and a mixer who has
warts on his hands has been
known to communicate the disease
TO the cows, and it is a common ex-
perience that the disease quickly
spreads from one COW to another
unless care is exercised to prevent
it. To grease the hands with
carbolated vaseline will prevent
the contagiOn, and this prepara-
ton has been found effective as
cure for the warts. a wart is an
excrescence formed by enlarge
mepts OF the vascular papllle Of
the skin and a thickening OF the
opidermis over them. The scales
which fall from the warts seem to
cause the disease in other spots to
which they become attached just
as the spores of fungus, or the
scales of such skin diseases as
ringworm produce the disease IN
new places on the skin. When
the covering epidermis is thin the
warts bleed by rupture OF the
blood capillaries Of the papill9.-
There are several effective RENE
dies, all of which are caustics or
fungicides, as sulphur ointment,
lunar caustic, nitrate of silver
bluestone sulphate Of copper and
calomel, Chloride Of mercury
or corrosive sublimate, (bichloride
mercury. These are applied to
the surface of the warts in solution
or in ointment.-Neio York Times.
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An Important Announcement.
NEW YORK. MAY 3, 1888.

- " -N-t >
Gentlemen: feel in duty bound
to YOU, as well as to all sufferers by
rheumatism, to write you my ex.
perience with this terrible disease,
and the use of Swifts Specific,
hoping that these words will be
beneficial to all who suffer as | did.
About six weeks ago, while at
business, | was suddenly attacked
with excruclating pains in my feet,
knees and hands. So severe the
attack that | took to my bed imme-
diately, and in two or three days
my FONTS were swollen to almost
double their natural size, and sleep
was driven from me. After suffer.
ing the most excruciating pain for
a week using liniments and various
other remedies, friend, who SYM
pathised with my helpless condi-
ton. said to me;
"Why don't you get Swifts Spe-
ci6c and use it, ! will guarantee
cure, and if it does not the medi-
cine shall cost you nothingD
| at once secured the s. S. s. and
after using it Che first day, had a
quiet night and refreshing sleep
In a week | felt greatly benefited.
In three weeks | could SIT up and
walk about the room, and alter
using six bottles | was out and able
to 90 to business. Since then l
have been regularly at my post of
duty, and stand on my feet from
nine to ten hours a day, and am
entirely free from pain. These are
the plain and simple facts in my
case, and I will cheerfully answer
all inquiries relative thereto, either
in person or by mail.
THOMAS MARKILLIE
II w. 18th St., New York City.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis.
eases mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
Atlanta, Ga.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
How to Sleep Well,

Much has been said as to the
position best adapted to sleep
Speaking generally, it may be said
that the position upon the right
side, in the majority of cases, is
best suited to the requisites OF
brain repose. Various theories
have been advanced with the view
of explaining the superiority OF
this position, but they are on the
whole unsatisfactory. AS a mat
ter of experience, however, with
the exception Of those who suffer
from lung or chronic affections. the
type Of sleep obtained in this
position is usually of a more
perfect character than that
obtained in other attitudes
Thus, however agreeable the
position on the back may be,
II possesses the fundamental dis
advantage that dreaming is great
ly facilitated thereby, and thus
the type of sleep Is rendered less
perfect. This lack OF physiological
adaptabllity is perhaps owing to
the fact that a certain unequal in
crease in the cerebral circulation is
ENGINEERED, and that thus certain
regions of the brain are aroused
into physiological activity whilst
others maintain a position of more
or less complete repose. The
elevation Of the upper or lower ex-
tremities, above the level OF the
trunk Is not advisable except in
exceptional conditions of debility,
and then only under competent
medical advice.-Dr. Corning.
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"NIainina.D

"Well, my dear %
"What awiully queer ways those
Western people do have, don't theyi
| have been reading an article in
the Stock. Breeders Gazette that pa.
pa brought home, aud it says that
cows should have their corn fed TO
them in the ear."--Drake's MGgd-
zine.
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tention Of the civilized world. The Chi
cago Tribune says that emo other magazine
articles printed inthc English language just
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interests all thoughtful people in Europe and
America and Asia" As is already known,
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18
- uoes pdtIoi uuIJ
ed Faithful geyser, at

I'D Faithful" geyser, at
upper geyser of the Yellow.
stone Park, asserts that during one
fortnight in August of the past
year he picked up pocket handker-
chiefs enough about the bowl Of
the geyser to last him a lifetime
and supply all his near relatives
More singular still, all these
handkerchiets came out OF the
geyser; half dozen are sometimes
thrown ont at single eruption OF
hot water. They gush up with
the roaring fountain to the height
of $50 feet in the air, and fall on
the steaming rocks outside the
bowl. Il might be surmised of
hand that the geyser was the outlet
OF some grand Chinese laundry,
established on the other side of the
world, but the more reasonable
explanation rests on the observed
fact that those handkerchiefs are
purposely dropped into the geyser
by tourists-mostly lady tourists
and in violation of the law, which
iorbids putting any foreign sub
stance IN the hot fountains. 1t is
quite the custom to put handker'
chiefs into "Old Faithful" for its
waters contain some substance
which acts like soap and cleans The
worst soiled handkerchief. Then
there is the fun of seeing it spout
out. 1t is usual to tie the handker-
chiefs into knots, the better to IN
sure their being thrown out, but
even then the geyser takes large
tolls. Sometimes 1t keeps an en-
tire batch, and it usually retains
two out of every half dozen. The
tolls are quite apt to be cast up
later on, and here is where the
soldier, who makes the rounds
early every morning, reaps bis har-
vest, for "Old Faithful" spouts
regularly every sixty-fve minutes,
and during the night has had time
to disgorge what it had retained.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-01-18

! !! ! ! ! / ! ! ! | !
while in the other he
20 make fifty; that one Is
minded out with juicy, tender
flesh worth pound for pound more
than that of the other, even If the
quantity yielded was the same;
that among people who know the
quality of beef at sight he can sell
one animal ia half the time he can
Get rid Of the other; that while he
is independent of any but cash
customers in selling the one, be 10
often fain to even trust the un-
certain in order to sell all OF the
other; that every pound of the
former he sends out adNertises his
business, while in selling the other
he does so at the risk of injuring
| his reputation among discnminat-
ing consumers.
While We might clearly cite
other reasons why the butcher is
clearly justified in paying much
more for one beeve than another,
these Will suffice; and now let Us
see why the calves have such dis
similar outcomes. To make q long
story short, 1t is a matter which
lies wholly with the feeders. Given
the same stock and the same mar.
kct, one has done his work well,
and the other has failed. One has
used his food to advantage and the
other has wasted it. One has fed
judiciously. literally, systemsticsl'
ly, and for a positive end, knowing
every step as it was taken; while
the other has done his work loose
ly, carelessly and irregularly,
losing by neglect at one point as
much as he gained at another, and
getting through without any special
idea in connection with the whole
matter further than to wonder why
he is never as "lucky" as his
neighbOr. This thing is being
done over and over again every
day. Reader, in which way do
You feed ?
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!! 4 4 '' ': ::::;:
IS a great pleasure
Ian on the train who
Bss the company with you
bet as If be cared to make It
pleasant for his fellow Travellers
We found fault with the company
until we were tired, and then he
said he was going to Allegheny
He was going to settle down there,
he said, and stop roaming around.
He'd travelled a good deal in his
time, but he'd concluded it didn't
pay, and hereafter Allegheny was
his home. He'd struck something
there that he thought was sure to
be a steady thing for several years
at least, and he didn't see why he
might not as we'll stay right there.
In fact, he'd firmly made up his
mind to it, and no consideration
would induce him to move. lie
said il ever happened in ALE
gheny to hunt him up, and l
promised TO do so. He would be
glad to see ME, he explained, any
day. l wasn't going to be out
done, so | told him if he was In
New York at any time to come in
and see me. He looked at the
water cooler vaguely, and said he
probably wouldn't be that way
much, as his duties in Allegheny
would keep him pretty closely con-
fined. We chatted some time very
pleasantly and found fault with
the company some more, when he
asked me cheerfully if l wouldn't
please take of his hat and place 1t
in the rack above, as it was getting
rather warm in the car.
looked at him as iuquiringly as
l knew now, but not learning any
thing that way, Iasked him gently
why he didn't take off his own hat.
he wriggled his arms around a
little, and the newspaper slipped
of his lap, and saw he was wear
ing a pair OF adjusta bic steel hand
cuffs. He also had shackles on his
ankles. A ma in the seat behind
rose and took off my companions
hat and put it in the rack, ex-
planning as he did so that he was
the county sheriff, and that he was
taking my friend to Allegheny TO
serve a twenty year term in the
penitentiary for pounding his
brother over the head with a brick.
l then went back and sat with a
fat woman who was carrying a
basket OF eggs in her lap.-N. I.
Tribune.
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