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Remedy for Staggers in Horses.

Vertigo, staggers or megnms in
horses may be caused by almost
any kind of brain disorder, such as
tumors, congestion or from sudden
compression of the jugular veins,
Among young animals overlooking
and want of regular exercise often
produces slight spasms or dizziness.
During warm weather in summer,
confinement in a warm, unventilat-
ed stable, from which the animal
is suddenly taken into the open
ar, will sometimes produce a severe
attack OF vertigo, especially with
horses predisposed to this malady.
In treatment much depends upon
the condition and age Of the ami
NAL. If very fat, then restricted
diet will be beneficial, giving an
ounce OF hyposulphite of soda dis.
solved in pint of water then
mix with bran or ground feed
This medicine may be given three
times week for a month. If the
horse is not tat, feed oats and good
hay and avoid excitement, and in
warm weather and when driving
keep a wet sponge on the top of
the head between the ears. Should
the horse have an attack of vertigo
while on the road or work in the
field, loosen the cheek rein, throat
latch and collar, and throw a
handkerchief or light blanket oyer
his eyes to shut out the light
Then, as soon as possible, apply
cold water to the head and neck,
but in doing so use every precsu-
ton to prevent fright.-N. Y. San.
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"If gave you a pound of metal
aud ordered you to make the most
out OF it, what kind of metal would
you select 7" asked wellknown
jeweler. "GOId, OF course" was
the prompt reply. "rd prefer a
pound of STEEL" said the jeweler,
land I'd have it made into hair
springs for watches. A pound Of
such springs would sell for an even
e140,000.'
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AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENTAL
STATION.

The Department OIL Agriculture
recently published the 6rst bulletin
issued from the experimental sta
tons, giving su account OF their
history and prospects and the work
they are doing, with an introduc'
ton by the Secretary of Agricul'
ture, Mr.. Colman, who has since
been succeeded in that position by
Mr.. Rusk. From this introduction
we learn that agricultural expert
mental stations we're of slow growth
in the United States until Congress
appropriated fifteen thousand dol
lars per annum to each OF the
States and Territories which have
established agricultural colleges or
agricultural departments OF col
leges, when the list of such increas-
ed so that from a single expert
mental station in 1875 to four in
1880 and seventeen ia 1856 they
have risen to forty-six, which is the
number now established and in
working order. The appropriation
made for them by Congress this
wear was four hundred and ninety
five thousand dollars, and to this
som several of the States have
added one hundred and twenty
FIVE thousand dollars, making the
total appropriation for the current
year seven hundred aud twenty
thousand dollars. We learn,
further, that every State has now
one station, several have two, and
one has three, besides sub.statiOns,
working under the management OF
the principal stations, and employ
ing over three hundred and seven
ty trained men in prosecution of
experimental inquiry. The intro
ductOry remarks Of ex-Secretary
Colman are followed by the report
of the director OF the experimental
stations, an Office which has only
been established since October,
1855, aud vino has, therefore, much
more to say about the organization
of the stations than Of any practical
results at present derived from
them. The pith of the whole mat
ter thus far amounts to this: Con.
gress, by establishing a Depart
ment of Agriculture in the place
of the old bureau, whose principal
activity was in the distribution OF
seeds, has sought 10 elevate the
business OF agriculture to a higher
plane, and through the establish
nlent of experimental stations to
bring science to bear upon agricul-
tural production instead of letting
the farming population work by
what used to be humorously called
"the rule of thumb" and following
the loose practices, so common
still with many of our farmers,
whereby much Of the best soil in
the older States has become ex-
hausted and much in the newer
States is in process Of being SO. II
the Agricultural Department can
put a stop to this downward
tendency and the experimental
stations demonstrate how the work
should be done aud the products
OF the soil maintainet, the money
they cost Will be well spent.-Er.
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farm AND HOUSEHOLD.
WASHING BUTTER.

Butter was formerly gathered
into q solid mass in the churn and
then taken out aud worked with a
paddle until all the buttermilk was
supposed 10 be expelled, after
which it was Immediately sailed.
But now the better practice Is to
stop the churning as soon as the
butter has reached Its granular
state, that Is, in small grannles
about the size of grams OF wheat.
The buttermilk is then drawn of,
and after sprinkling the butter
well With salt, barely enough cold
water IS added to float the butter
granules, when, after a few oscllla'
tons of the churn, the added water
is also drawn off and its place sup
plled with other cold water to
undergo similar treatment. The
reason for applying the salt in the
first instance is that salt cOagulates
the albumen still clinging to the
granules after drawing of the but
termilk, and thus renders it soluble
in water, and as the water IS drawn
of the albumen, being dissolved,
comes with it. This kind of wash
ing should be repeated until the
wa ter comes away as clear as
crystal. Some have argued against
washing butter at all on the
ground, as they contend, that 1t
takes away the flavor. But this
is a mistake. II is the retention OF
a portion of the buttermilk that
does the damage, causing decom'
position, as it does and consequent
" destruction of the flavor. 1t
stands TO reason, therefore, that
the more effectually the butternilk
can be removed the less danger Of
the loss Of flavor. Not only so,
but there is not one buttermaker
in ten who can work out the butter
milk etfctually without seriously
iDiuring the grain of the butter
It Is for this reason that the best
buttermakers of the present day
aim to work their butter as little
as possible. They want the grain
of the butter preserved in all its
integrity, and this can only be
done by effectual Washing. To
accomplish this, therefore, the
churning should stop the moment
these little segregated masses or
granules make their appearance,
when the buttermilk should be
drawn of, and after the applica-
ton of salt for the purpose of
coagulating whatever albumen may
still remain in the churn, cold
water applied as above directed
Butter treated in this way will re-
quire but very little working
barely enough to gather it in form
and distribute the necessary salt
evenly through the mass-and its
keeping qualities be much i'm
proved.
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Patience must be the rule on a
farm. All improvements take
time. But there IS one form Of
patience that is not to be recon
mended that is, patient waiting
for something TO happen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-31

Lice in the poultry.house must
be kept down. On the first sp-
preach of warm weather the pests
will begin to breed rapidly and
overrun tie entire premises.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-31

There is a house IN Atlanta, Ga,
made entirely Of paper, "trom
turret to foundation stone" No
other material is used in its con.
structiOn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-05-31

Many farmers let fruit and vege-
tables 60 to waste because Of the
absurd idea that it is cheaper to
buy them dried or canned than to
preserve them at home while they
are plenty and right at hand.
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TO finish the moment, to find
the journeys end in every step OF
the road, to live the greatest mum.
Der of good hours, is WISDOM
Emerson.
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1bave on hand at my establishment III asonDur v full line
CARRIAGES, BuggiGS, PlGatOT -Four Passenger SuTiS

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goods and mixed Persons the lower valley call
VIM Morrison, Woodstock, for description of these goods
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Merit Wins.

A first.rate actor is often found
in the "supe'
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In effect Sept A. 1897 Trains run by Meridian Time
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Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
Hunting for His wife.

Many of our people see a gray haired
and bearded old gentleman walking
around the streets with a sadness about
his countenance which, though, can only
be detected after close observation, for
as soon as he sees you smile lights up
his countenance in token of recognition.
He is German and a musician. and is
seen every night at the opera house
when there is an entertainment there.
His name is Professor Ressler. He came
to this country some sixteen years ago
from Germany to make his home here,
leaving his wife behind until he could
get settled, when he would send for her.
Having secured the desired end, a letter
was dispatched home telling his wife of
his success and bidding her to come.
1t is said that she sailed from her native
home with a glad heart, in anticipa-
ton of meeting with her husband after
an absence of two years. Every vessel
that came over was eagerly looked after,
the newspapers were scanned for intelli-
gence of her arrival, but nothing could
be heard of her. The ship on which it is
said she sailed arrived in Baltimore and
the wife landed there. The professor
with joyous heart went there, but lol
no trace of her could be found, and the
days, weeks and months until fourteen
years have passed without his knowing
Of her whereabouts. From city to city
has he gone in the search. His head
was black then, now it is white, but
there is a tenderness in his face mixed
with sorrow. and cankering in his
heart, but he goes on and on, with the
hope of finally meeting his long lost wife
Athens (Ga.) Chronicle.
Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
HOW CeIluloid Is NInnufactured.

While everybody has heard of, or seen,
or used celluloid, only a few know what
it is composed of or how it is made. The
following is a description of the process
carried out in a factory near Paris for
the production of cellulOid:
A roll of paper is slowly unwound, and
at the same time saturated with mix
ture of five parts of sulphuric acid and
two parts of nitric acid, which falls upon
the paper in fine spray. This changes
the cellulose of the paper into prOxylin
gun cotton. The excess of the acid hav-
ing been expelled by pressure, the paper
is washed with plenty of water until all
traces of acid have been removed. 1t is
then reduced to pulp, and passes on to
the bleaching trough.
Most of the water having been got rid
of by means of a strainer, the pulp is
mixed with from 20 to 40 per cent. of It's
weight in camphor, and the mixture
thoroughly triturated under millstOnes
The necessary coloring having been add
ed in the form of powder, a second mix
ing and grinding follows.
The finely divided pulp is then spread
out in thin layers on slabs, and from
twenty to twenty-five of these layers are
placed in a hydraulic press, separated
from one another by some sheets of thicl
blotting paper, and are subjected to ;
pressure of $50 atmospheres, until al
traces of moisture have been got rid of
The matter is then passed between roller
heated to between 140 and $50 degs
Fahrenheit, whence it issues in the form
of elastic sheets.-The Inventor.
Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
NEW STYLE. PLEASANT
The Most Perfect Medical Preparation
of The Age.
The New Style vinegar Bitters

Is of clear, dark reddish amber color. 1t has
a delicious taste. 1t is a most inyigOratiHg tonic
1t is gentle and painless, but thorough cathar-
tic. 1t contains no alcohol. 1t contains no
opium. It contains no poison or hurtful drug of
any sort.
New Style Vinegar Bitters purifes the blood.
beauties the complexion, strengthens the nerves,
muscles and brain, drives away malaria, and
keeps the system strong as to enable il 20 rebel
Infectious diseases and epidemics generally.
The organs of the body most given to shirking
their regular work are the stomach, bowels, liver
and kidneys. medicine that stimulates these
organs into healthy action without causing pain,
is invaluable.
New Style Vinegar Bitters does this, and it does
its work permanently. 1t never rObs Peter 10 pay
Paul, as alcoholic snd other $50 called remedies
do. It is most grateful. healing medicine to all
who are troubled with piles for it relieves at
once, and soon cures this most painful disorder
It aids digestion, cures constipation, headache,
bilious complaints, feveriShnesS, neuralgia, ner
| vous diseases of every sort, and every class OF
| skin disease known
AS a family medicine for the use of ladies
| children and men of sedentary habits the New
| style Vinegar Bitters has no equal in the world
II is invaluable for curing the ills that beSet child
| hood, aud gently regulates the diseases to which
| women at every period of life are subject.
| Ladies, get a bottle from your druggist and try
/ it. If your druggist has not the New style Vim
egar Bitters. ask him to send for it, II you once
/ try it you will never be without this priceless
| remedy in the house.
Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
"a Man" In CapsuIe.

The problem of being able to ''see
man" during the play without being
obliged to walk on the toes of half q
dozen gentlemen, and, perchance, on the
dresses Of several ladies, has been solved.
Those to whom the drink in the entr'act
is an essential part of their enjoyment of
o performance can now, without leaving
their seats, indulge in their libations. A
clever Boston chemist has struck on the
idea Of having whisky handy and other
strong liquors put up in gelatlne capsules
like those used in administering nause-
GUS medicines, only considerably larger.
The capsules are cOlored so rs to resem-
bic large hot house grapes. They are
easily broken in the mouth and the con-
tents swallowed without attracting at
tentiOn. The capsules are sold in boxes
containing a dozen each. The box is of
convenient size for the pocket, and the
quantity of liquor contained in the cap
sules sufficient to make the ordinary man
feel comfortably happy by the time the
curtain falls on the last act,
The idea is not altogether an original
one. About two years ago similar cap.
sules were sold in all the leading drug
stores in this city, but instead Of being
gelatine the capsule was Of very thin
rubber. Itwas soon found that the rub,
Der conveyed the reverse of o pleasant
taste to the liquors, and they rapidly
went out Of fashion. The new gelatint
capsule imparts no flavor whatever Il
the liquor, and 1t promises soon to be
come boon to the gentleman seated in
the middle of row of orchestra chairs
and to earn for its inventor the gratitude
of the ladies, whose plants over theil
ruined dresses and crushed hats lately
filed so many columns in the papers,
New York Graphic,
Smyrna times., 1889-05-08
Rslessa to the Whole Crowd.

She was q large, muscular woman
with strong features that indicated
plainly her prominence In the domestic
circle, and he was a little, thin, weak
eyed, meek faced man who only came
TO her shoulders. They sat side by side
IN o street car, totally obliviOus of each
other, as long married folks often are.
They attracted the attention of two
smart young men directly opposite
them.
"How funny they must have looked
as they stood up to be married, !" said
one. ''He must have looked like a
lamb led to the slaughter" "Oh," said
the other, che was probably as large as
she was In those days. Don't you know
a henpecked man actually grows smaller
under continued hectoringr Just then
the little man took his market basket
from under the seat and left the car
alone. She had overheard them, add ia
anything but dulcet tones she hissed;
''Do you think / own any more Of theae
people cause happen to be on the same
seatg You thought he was my husband
cause he sat next me; dye think the
rest Of 'om are my relations too? Mebbe
you're my second cousins cause you're
Ia the same carr" She was wound up
for several blocks further, but the looua-
cious individuals left the car without
waiting to investigate any relationship.
Chicago Journal