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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
The New Cattle or Horn Fly.

Many notes have appeared IN
the papers during last summer aud
the present summer concerning a
new pest which is much worrying
cattle. 1t is small fly half the
size OF a house fly which settles in
great numbers around the base of
the horns and other portions OF
the body where it cannot be reach
ell by either the tail or the head OF
the animals. II sucks a moderate
amount of blood, reduces the con-
dition of the cattle and lessons the
yield of milk from One-third to one
half. This new pest has been IN
yestigated the present summer by
the Department of Agriculture
through the Acting EtOmOlOglst,
Mr.. l.. o. Howard, who has sue
ceeded in tracing the entire life
history of the pest. He finds that
the fly lays its eggs, usually at
nlgbt,in freshly dropped cow-dung'
and that for the development from
the egg through the maggot stage
10 the perfect fly again, a space Of
only - days is necessary. This
rapldity of reproduction accounts
for the wonderful numbers in which
these flies appear, and it follows
with reasonable certainty that the
insect will pass the winter in the
quiescent stage at the bottom OF
dungs dropped late IN the fall (the
approximate date to be determined
later.) The preventiveis obviously
10 lime the dung in the fall in places
where tue cattle preferable stand
at night. At the present tine ap
plications may be made to mich
COWS and valuable animals which
will keep the flies away. The ap
plications may be ~ fsh.oil ant
pine tar with a little sulphur added
~ tobacco dust, when the skin is
not broken; 81 tallow and small
amount of carbolic acid. The lat
ter application will also have
healing effect where sores have
formed.
The Jersey Experiment Station
reports favorable results with thu
insecticide Y. o. Dust.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
SMOKING In the Barn.

The man who goes about his
barn with a pipe or cigar is recon-
mended to take out an insurance
policy at once from one of the old
line companies. We recommend
the old line companies in snch case
for two reasons First, such careless
ness shonld be made to pay as high
as possible for it's fun and second,
such a man ought not to impose
upon his neighbors who from the
basis OF the farmers mutual COZ.
panles. We saw a man not long
ago smoking while he was currying
his horse in the stable. He said he
had done it for years and had not
had a fire yet. 1t is possible that
man might smoke In q powder
mill for years without causing an
explosion, but he would be a very
reckless man who should attempt
it. 1t needs but a spark among
hay or straw to bnrn down a barn
with the probable loss of all there
is in it. Never do any thing
which is likely to cause fire. i
a FIRE in the barn does occur, there
Is one thing that is we'll to remem
Der. Horses are frightened "Ou
of their wits' by FIRE. You cal
not lead a horse from a burning
barn in the ordinary way. TIT
best way Is to blindfold the AMI
NAL. This may be done by throw
ing a coat or blanket over tn
head Western Raral.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
AT THE P0ST-OFFICE.

Wild eyed individual came rushing
into tue post.ofiice the other day,
/ like man running for the bridge
when steam tug is coming. There
was fire in his eye and bit OF fire.
water on his breath "a he came
painting up the steps. He turned
neither to the right or left, but
made a straight dive for the
money. order department.
81 got a money order here the
other day. he exclaimed excited,
as the clerk came to the window.
eyes 2" asked the clerk. In the
mlldest kind of q manner. N
"a money order for seven dol
lars aud twenty cents, for man
in Lansing, Michigan"
ayes 7"
~Twas to pay TOR setting OF
white Bramah eggs, and it was
three weeks ago l paid for that
order"
ayes ~ mechanically repeated
the clerk, busiIy engaged in filling
out some postal notes for people at
the other window.
"And that was three weeks ago
comm Monday
"Yes Z"
"And here's a letter from the
man, saying he never got the
money"
"Yesp'
"And be says If l don't pay for
those eggs they are still his"
"Well, send them back" chucked
the clerk.
~ can't send the eggs back ;
they're chickens now. Now, l
want to know why he didn't get
the money 7"
"Don't know, Pm sure. Ifyou
sent it to him he must have re-
ceiyed It,"
"How'm to telli lie says he
didn't
"wheD did you buy the money
order?'
ga three weeks ago comm Mon
day, or mebby it was four weeks
Neutrality-suspicious., it was . Mon
day."
"perhaps you didn't buy the
order at all. You don't seem to
be sure of it,"
"You cant get out OF it that
way" he cried, frantlcally. "Cause
I've got a receipt for it."
Then he thrust his money order
into the clerks face, as though to
astound him with evidence Of his
guilt.
Then the clerk had to take Ave
minutes to explain to him that he
should send his "receipp and the
man would get his money.
"Queer way of doing things, l
must say" he muttered as he went
out. "IIow'm to prove l ever
bought a postal note Of 'em at All !
Next time l 20 In there asking
about that money they'll try to
make me believe I've been dream.
ing."-Peck'S Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
That Green Cabbage Worm.

Mr.. Andrew S. Faller finds that
the green cabbage worm IS dis
couraged by the following treat.
ment: Two qulrts Of coal tar are
put into an open vessel, which is
ct in tie bottom OF barrel and
,he barrel s filed with water. In
f,rty.eight hours the water is i'm
nrrgnated with the odOr Of tue tar,
although the tar is then sprinkled
abundantly on the cabbaees and
the odOr penetrates every portion
of the head, killing or drying
away the worms. AS the water
evapOrates no stain nor odor re
mains on the cabbage. The SANE
quantity Of coal tar can be made Il
impregnate several successive
la Iels of water.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
A Suggestive Contrast,

A minister and wealthy mem
Der OF his congregation were walk
ing along the beach admirIng the
shells that had been cast up 10y the
see.
"Can you tell me-" SAID the min
lister, "why this ocean is unlike
very dnllke-my congregation"
~ couldn't tell; no sir. | am
disposed to look upon conundrums
~ frivolous.'
"SometImes they are, but this
one isn'.. 1t 10 based on n sad,
solid fact"
"Well, give 1t up, anyhow"
"Its because the sea shells out"
And the wealthy msmber was
wrapped in thought for several
minutes.-W Washington Capital
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
How TO Display Flowers.

An exhibitor at a flower show in
California says that in displaying
wild flowers he fills nearly as many
glass goblets as are needed full OF
clean sand, and enough water to
Gil the interstices nearly TO the
upper surface Of the sand. Then
the best selected plants are TO be
stuck into tue sand with a stick
containing 10 its end a card giving
the name of the plant. Treated IN
this way flowers will keep for sew
eral days and sometimes two weeks
This manner of treatment has been
recommended to those person
who exhibit flowers of any kind a
our state and county fairs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
sHENAl
TIE 'aasllOUSEHOLD
reed Butter.

-
(5dsetts lady who gets
SSEor her butter tells the
she makes 1t;
kfashioned ways we're fol-
wed the milk was set IN pans
al allowed to gather cream twenty
bur hours in summer and longer
IN winter. The churning was per-
formed twice in q week. The cream
after being skinned was placed
in an earthen jar and stirred
several times every day. The room
in VII ch the milk and cream were
store,. was moderately warm An
Old-fashioned barrel churn was
used in winter, and a Blanchorel IN
summer, and the work performed
in the same room the milk was set
IN. The buttermilk was drawn on,
and the butter given two washlngs
with fresh, cool water. The but
ter was then worked and sailed
with halt an ounce of Higgins
salt to the pound, the hands being
used. After standing twenty-fonr
hours, the butter was Jumped IN
pound packages, and no cloths or
papers were used. The lady as
serted that she was governed by
40 fixed or steadfast rules, but was
governed by her practiced eye,
nose, tongue and finger, in bring
ing around the results which she
did. Even the temperature for
for ehurning was determined by
means of the finger.
1t not uutreQuently the case,
that those who have always prac'
ticed butter making upon the farm
are found whose experience has
been that of success fully as
gratifying as any results that came
from a creamery. 1t shows that
intelligence and good judgment
will secure satisfactory results
whether in associated dalrying, or
or the farm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
The Weather was left Out

Ia the early days of Michigan a
man who was DESTROYS of settling
in Gratiot county appeared at the
state land office, entered a tract oil
100 acres, and when he departed
he seemed well pleased. In the
course of a month, however, he re-
turned with a serious expression on
his face and said
sit hasn't ralned yet"
"What do you mean 2"
81 want some rain on my land"
but what have We got to do
with that"
Cant you fix 1t y
"Why, no. The state of Mlchi'
gan doesn't control the weather"
"Humphl You ought to have
told me so before | bought. III
sell out"
He hang about until a spectator
bought him off, and when he had
received his money his said:
81 don't blame 'em at the land
Office, though they could have told
me. The trouble was they lett il
out of the state constitution. -
Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
CHARACTERS INA WURK-HOUSE
COL ONFLs. ADMIBALs. JUDGES
AND OTHER DISTING UlSHED
INMATES.

AND OTHER DISTING UlSHED
INMATES.
The Washington wOrkhouse,sdys
the " ashingtou correspondent OF
the New York Star, is perhaps the
most peculiar and interesting IN
stitation of it's kind in the country.
Situated at the national capital
our great social and political cen
tire. Its inmates are necessarily
cosmopolitan, embracing all classes
from the ragged and cheek-harde
ed tramp, with three column ped
igree, to the erstwhiIe digniiied
major or judge, who came here IN
quest OF foreign mission or some
other sinecure, but got what the
small boy on the street terms, with
emphasis, "the gOose.'
Ever since the commencement
of Mr.. Cleveland's term OF oiiice'
and extending thus far into the
present administration, the wash
ington workhouse has proved to De
an abiding place and free resort
for politically "strapped" strangers
who came with an official bee buzz
zing in their respective bonnets,
and a strong desire to draw a nice
fat salary from Uncle Sans cash
box.
| went down to the wOrkhouse
recently aud interviewed some oil
the characters there. One of these
is the brother of well.known
member of Congress. During the
last session he figured IN the cap
itol corridors as a lobbyist. He Is
rather distinguished looking when
rrayed IN a good suit of clothing,
being rotund of feature and having
a pleasant face graced by an iron
gray moustache. But in the striped
prison garb, streaked with yellow
clay, he did not look any more
distinguished than the bevy of old
buns among whom he toiled. lie
says he will get some new clothing
when Congress reconvenes and go
back to lobhying-perhaps on the
strength of his brothers name and
influence.
Among Others who have worn
the striped uniform of this institu'
ton may be mentioned Colonel
who gained great honor as com
mander of q union regiment during
the war; an ex-admiral of the con.
federate navy; an author whose
writings were widely copied in this
country and Europe; ajudge that
claimed that ne had sentenced sew.
Ell men to death in the southwest +;
a minister who had led many souls
to salvation before he became the
victim of the rum habit, and others
who have occupied high inches in
public life. 1t can truthful lily be
SAID that the Washington work.
house is a queer place in all its
dreariness and that its high gray
walls have encl esed many a man
who has stepped down gradually
from high social and political hon
ors to the level of the grlmy tramp
rwith his bleared eyes and whiskey
eddened cOuntenance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30

The best way to purity room is
to set pitcher Of water In 1t, and
in a few hours the water will have
absorbed nearly all the respired
gases in the apartment, rendering
the air pure, but making the water
utterly unfit to drink. The colder
the water the greater its capacity 70
contain these gases. At the ordl'
nary temperature a pail OF water
will absorb a pint OF carboIc acid
gas and several pInts of ammonia
The capacity n nearly doubled by
reducing the water to the tempera
tuTe of ice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
Alexandria Gazette
ESTABLISHED 1900.

Its contiguity to Washington gives II
an early precedence over all the journals
of the State in intelligence Of the opera
tions of the General Government. The
proceedings Of Congress are reported and
all matters of interest to Virginia given
in detail. From the State Capital receives
early and accurate accounts Of all the
operations of the State government.
Especial attention Is devoted TO the
news Of Virginia, and concisely and CON-
pletoly 1t gives the news Of the world.
In its Commercial columns the people
know they may depend upon the Gazette.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
Merit Wins.

We desire to say to our citizens
that for years we have been selling
DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, DIR. Kings New Life Pills,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Elec
trio Bitters, and have never
handled remedies that sell as vel
or that have given such universe
satisfaction. We do not hesitate
to guarantee them every time, anC
we stand ready to refund the pur
chase price, if satisfactory results
do not follow their use. Thes'
remedies have won their great pop
ularity purely on their merits. b
Schmitt, Drugstore, Woodstock, o.
l.. II. Jordan's, Mt. Jackson.
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Carriages. RIggi@. Pl9atQS -Four PASSENGER SITTIg
1893.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
Why he was Hard up.

"POor Bob Ia pretty deuced hard
up, they tell me-" said young MT
Strainer, dropping lump of sugar
into his coffee.
"But you told me a while ago
that Bob's father lett him a large
propsrty!r exclaimed stumpkins'
ayes, he did leave him a large
property very large property"
"Then how In the dickens 10 Bot
80 hard upr
at WAS a summer hotel that his
father left him."-LeioistOn JON
nal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
The Road TO Wealth.

"Mr. Jones'" said the old million
aIre.
eyes, sir" answered his private
secretary.
"Hers are fifty begging letters
Answer them all with q refusal"
eyes, sir"
"And you will observe that every
one has q two cent stamp enclosed
tor reply"
ayes, sir"
swell, answer them all on a
postal."-SOciety.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
Wanted II Plain.

A little chap was very mucD
afraid of thunder storms, and Que
night, when praying at his motn
er's knee, being somewhat feariu
of an approaching storm, he SAID
@PIease send us only PLAIN raj.
this time, il it will do just as WE'LL
-Erchdnqe.
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1889.
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30

Forest fires, which have been
raging all over Montana for three
weeks. have destroyed hundreds
Of thousands of dollars worth OF
timber and have reached most
alarming proportions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1889-08-30
1889.
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The Other,

Augustus mo longer the young)
We'll, there's one comfort; they
say at 40 q man is either a fool or
q physician.
Angelina (nearly swallowing a
yswn)-And are you o physician,
theni
Augustus-No.
Angellns-Oh i-Ne~ York H''
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Indigestion

Is not only a distressing complaint, Of
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"Liver complaint and Indigestion
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dyspepsia and indigestion.
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Spring.iime stirs up the Olle'
Simmons Liver Regulator removes
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