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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
THE SPECTATOR.

Professor Whitney says that
words are born and grow and die
like human creatures; and many
of us are able, from our own OBJ
servation, to confirm the state
ment. The Spectator Is not an old
man, but he IS old enough to re.
member the birth of some words /;
he has witnessed the growth or
transformations of some, and he
hopes to live long enough to see
some die. When the gardener one
day last fall suggested that 1t
would be we'll to stop" the tallest
of the spruce trees in the corner of
the yard, the Spectator was con-
sciOus of an unpleasant mental
shock. He recognized the feeling
as one from which he not infre-
Quently suffers as the unlicensed
manufacture Of verbs from nouns
and nouns from adiectiyes goes on
about him. But the progressive
neigbbOr to whom he confded his
ill-content informed him cheerfully
that the verb to top is an entirely
legitimate word, which has been in
use in highly respectable circles
since the early years of the present
century, and Is to be found In
Webster's Dictionary. There was
nothing more to be said of the
verb to top. Tue aggrieved
Spectator, however, bided his time,
and when one morning a precisely
similar effect was produced upon
his mind by Jones's dispatch re.
questing him (the SPECTATOR to
"wire" him in a certain contin-
gency, he again sought sympathy
! from the progressive neighbour
This time he was certain that good
usage and the dictionary were on
his side, and these points we're
freely conceded by the progress.
sive neighbor. Nevertheless" de.
clared that practical and observant
person, "we need shorter word
than telegraph to fill that place.
Wire Is a good word, and express
sive of the whole case. 1t is used
already very generally by business
men, and l believe it has come to
stay. For my part, hope it has. y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
Water as a Cure for Consumption.

The announcement that DR.. w.
Fl. Burt wonld explain new the
DRY in the cure of consumption
caused large attendance at Sat-
urday nights meeting of the CHI
cago Medical Society at the Grand
Pacific Hotel, Chicago. DR.. Burt's
paper was mastery in It's exhaus-
tive treatment of the disease. He
did not disappOlnt his audience in
the absolute novelty of his theory.
Eight months ago, when reading
of the wonderful change brought
about in the obesity of Prince Bis
marck through refralniDg from the
use of water and carbohydrates, it
occurred to him that an opposite
treatment ought to result in the
cure of all wasting diseases. His
experiments since have justified
him IN the statement that exces
sive eating and the excessive use
of water will cure fifty per cent. of
all consumptive cases IN their first
and second stages. He explained
at length the tonic influence and
power in building up tissue pos
sessed by water, which forms three
tourths of the human body, and
stated that even in health six pints
a day were necessary to meet the
water waste, and In disease twelve
plnts charged with carbonic acid.
The Doctor claimed it would give
the very life to the system and It's
sues demanded in consumption. He
pronounced the bacteria theory, sc
popular of late, as pure nonsense
In detail his treatment consisted oil
the tree use of water every hour in
the day, nine hours sleep regular
and il possible the sea or mountain
air. Above all the patient must
look upon the drinking of water
for all time as his life. Heredlty
was the great danger, and DIR. Burt
advocated the passing by Congress
of a law forbidding the marriage o
consumptives. With this in force
one hundred years from now con
sumption would not exist in TIT
United States.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

A railroad engineer in Name
saw a man on the track waving at
him few days ago, and, his mind
being filled with the possibility OF
impending danger, stopped the
train. Every one was in a high
state OF excitement, but the man
coolly boarded the smoking car
without altering a word. He
looked as though he had not travel
ed far from his native heath, and,
on being questioned, said "Wall,
l Just waved my hand Cos | wanted
to get on the keers. Pm going ter
Wells, and never been on the
keers before" he spoke, it is
said, with an unmlstakable air OF
innocence, raised such a flood Of
good nature that the conductor
silently took his fare, and when be
landed at Wells he was loudly
cheered 10 honor OF his first ride.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

long time, and help to keep the
farm fertile.
Dish water and soapsuds on
washing days, feathers from the
fowls that go to the table, even the
fowls that die of disease, should all
be sent to the compost heaps. All
are rich in organic elements Of
plant food and are very valuable as
fertilizers. The bones and feathers
from the kitchen constitute a large
item In the course of a year, and 1t
is a great waste to throw them
away.
Learn to throw nothing away
that will 60 to make manure for
the farm. Remember, manure is
Just as necessary to the farmer as
is money, and every person about
a farm should be taught to hus-
band 1t as carefully and use it as
skillfully. Without manure the
farm comes to naught and the
farmer grows poor. But with big
compost piles constantly growing,
the farmer is providing a good
bank account for the future. Watch
the compost heaps. Keep them
growing. They furnish the life
blood OF next years crops.-Inder'
Appeal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
CluCks.

There are several advantages in
tho keeping OF large breeds offOwls.
One Is that they are more easily
confined, and another is where you
sell on the market they will bring
more on the account of their extra
weight.
Examine the little chickens for
lice. Dust pyrethrum over the
hens.
Some consumers claim that eggs
produced early in the season have
a better flavor than those which
hens lay after they run at large
and 1--we mainly on grass and in
sects.
The secret of success IN the poul-
try yard is not in Matching but in
feeding.
The cost OF keeping ducks where
the facilities are good is merely
nominal, as a large portion of their
daily fare is of the coarsest and
cheapest kinds.
a friend in Catsklll, n. Y, asks
the following question "What is
the best and cheapest fattening
food for young chickens after they
have got to weigh about one
pound y The chickens need a va
riety of foods in which corn meal
or cracked corn predominateS. We
should prefer the cracked corn, and
should also feed a little wheat with
plenty of grass or weeds.
Use earth for an absorbent in
your poultry house, but be sure
and clean out and renew 1t before
it becomes foul.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

The New York SIN says: Strang'
ers in New York Just now are
numerous. They have invaded
every part of the town, and are to
be seen near all the big public
buildings and on the corners OF
.he principal streets, gazing about
them with an amount of bucollc
interest that is very tar removed
from the stOlid indifference OF the
average New Yorker. The country
man is still recognizable by his
tan, his open mouth and his horny
hands, bat the day has gone by
when his attire was grOte sque
enough to attract attention from
afar. SO potent have the influence
and business of the wholesale
clothier become that GOSH walks
lin from the backwOOds today
gearing clothes made off the same
piece and probably 10y the same
machine as those of his city cousin
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

A Paris, ILL.,, dispatch says ::
The little town of Ransom's Ford,
lying six miles south OF here, is
much alarmed aud puzzled over a
natural phenomenon which is just
now being exhibited there. On
Friday last, q short while after
sunrise, a cloud coming from a
northeasterly direction and de-
scendlng from great height, NOV
Ing with rspidity, settled down
upon the place an h a 8
remained undIspeIled ever
since. The atmosphere is 80 dense
with the moisture from the cloud
that objects are wholly undiscern-
IDLE at a distance OF less than two
feet but the remarkable feature
of the fog is it's intense cold,
which is such as to render fires
necessary to prevent the people
and animals from freezing to death
while all vegetation in the tow
and the country about for quar-
ter of a mile around, and, indeed
wherever the fog rests, has been
killed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
W0od as a NutrItiVe.

Science has already enabled man
to extract fiery beverages and
many other things OF more or less
value from wood, and it is nov
proposed to 60 a step further, and
produce bread from wood. Ia an
address recently delivered at Held.
elberg, Germany, by no less emf
nent an author than Victor Meyer.
it is announced "that we may
reasonably hope that chemistry
will teach us to make the fiber OF
wood the source Of human food"
What an enormous stock of food
then, would be found if this be
come possible IN the wood of our
forests or even in grass and straw.
The fiber of the wood consists
essentially of cellulin. Can this
be made into starch Starch has
essentially the same percentage
composition, but 1t differs very
much in It's properties, and the
nature of its molecule is probably
much more complex. CelIulin is
of little or no dietic value, and is
not altered, like starch, in boiling
water. 1t really gives glucose
when treated with strong sulphn'
ric acid, as IN shown when cotton
wool, which is practically pure
celluln, is merely immersed in It,
Starch gives the same product
when boiled with weak acid. The
author further quotes the research
es OF Heilriegel, which 60 to show
beyond dispute that certain plants
transform atmospheric nitrogen
into albumen, and that this pro-
cess can be improved by suitable
treatment. The production there
fore, of starch from cellnlin, to-
gether with the enforced increase
of albumen in plants, would, be
adds, in reality signify the aboli'
ton of the bread question.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
Glass Good for Lighting Matches

"Did you ever notice that ninety
niue men out of a hundred who
have occasion to light match will
hunt around for some rough sur
tace upon which to scratch the
lucifer 2" q ueried Mr.. Bingham OF
the Leland Hotel news stand
"They do so when they get matches
here, and yet at the same time they
are within arms reach of tue best
surface Obtainable. / refer to the
glass in this cigar CASE "Don't
believe it ?" Bingham asked, as a
gentleman raised his eyebrows in
doubt. Gust look Bingham
took a match from the box, drew it
swiftly across the glass, and 1T lit
as if the glass had Ueen sandpaper'
The dOubter even then was not
wholly satisfied, and he tried it
himself with the same result. "Any
glass is just as good, and even safe
ty matches, usually unlightable ex-
cept on the box in which they come,
can be lit on glass;" continued
Bingham. "Now remember this
when next you take a match. And
another thing When you desire
to apply a stamp to an envelope
don't ruln your appetite by licking
of the mucilage and run the risk,
besides, of having the stamp in
sufficiently stuck, but place the
stamp in the proper corner, mos
ten its face with your tongue, and
the operation will result more
satisfactory all arOuud.-ChicagC
| Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
Flowers For The Children.

Like attracts like; what more
natural, then, than the affinity
which exists between the two love-
lest earthly creations-children
and flowers ?
If one could believe in the trans
migration of souls, it would not be
hard to trace the sunny faced child
in the pansy and the angel in the
child.
However curious and delicate
the link which connects flowers and
little people, it undenlabIe exists in
greater force than the unthinking
imagine.
Many a time have I seen a little
boy OF SIX or seven years of age
who seemed incorrigible under
punishment, become tractabIe with
the promise of pansy for his but
tonhole.
How quickly the hard clouds
cleared from the little face, the eyes
shone bright as stars after storm,
the little mouth curved into sweet
est of smiles, and all the dimples
broke into play when the promised
treasure was placed in his hand.
His mother is wisely acting upon
the hint, and finds Dansy bed
more effectual in the management
of this little individual than bun
dies of birch boughs or apple
shoots.
Is not this advancement along
the line OF civilization ? To give
the principle wider application it
might be reduced to an axiom that
just in the proportion that natural
beauty finds place in our homes,
and the love of it in our lives, do
we rise IN the scale of culture
Vick'S Magazine TOR August.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
C0MP0STS.

The compost piles, OF which
every farmer should have several
at this season, may receive frequent
additions from many sources now.
Rich dirt from tue fence corners,
the garden and dung hills, weeds
from about the orchards and out
buildings, scrapings from the wood
niles. under sheds and barns, or
from the woods, the loose dirt from
the country roads, straw, leaves,
sweepings of all kinds, muck from
the swamps-anything that will
decay and make manure-wlll help
to swell the pile and create fertil-
ity for future use upon the farm
The weekly accumulations OF poul'
try house, sly and stable should all
90 the same way, taking care to
cover and conceal these with EARTH
muck, dry dust from the roads, or
land plaster. Never pile stable or
other animal manure at this season,
except 1t be we'll and thoroughly
mixed with some form OF dirt, to
cool and temper 1t, anil prevent II
from heating and becoming worth
less.
If one will use little contrl
vance, he will find something every
week to put upon the compost
niles. Litter is constantly &C
cumnlating about a home, and al
this finds it's best and proper place
at the manure pile. Occasionally
a load of mari may be added. ThiI
10 less caustle than lime and vii
not cause the escape of ammonia
like lime. 1t may be added iron
time to time till all the piles hav
some mari mixed with the othe
matter all through them. Oh
master from the walls OF dwelling
and mortar from brick work, is
gue addition to the compost. Brok
on bones and oyster shells, oil
leather and the like may go in to'
Tbey are slow to decay, and ylel
up only little mite OF soluoI
matter annually, but they last
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
SOUTHBOUND.
DAILY, except Sunday.
tSunday only


at OF arriving Pttburg Columbus % and Chicago at
m Cincinnati at 40
IN
with Frederick at
23pm
Train 10 Tor
and o. Cincinnati and ST. Louis Arrive
at Ptsburg Chicago Cincinnati 100 M ana 81
6 30
Buffet Por between Stanton and b
B& through Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago ana
all
the s. w. @ OF u
C. DuDRow, Travelling Passenger Agent Winchester Va
Gem j. l. ODELl G3nerlI Mlna ge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

A MYSTERIOUS disease has seized
upon the black bass and other fish
in the r ,ystOEn branch, in Penn
sylvania, and today the banks are
lined with dead fish for miles,
Thousands of dead bass weighing
from one-balf a Ound to five
pounds are floating on the water or
piled along It's edge. This stream
Is far-fsmed for its splendid fishing
advantages, but during the last
two days it has been depleted OF
nearly all its fish.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
Reason Sufficient.

"Say, Dumley, | understand that
you have broke Oft your engage
ment with Clara Veredevere :
What was the reason 7"
treason 2 Well, you see Miss
Clara was an elocutionsist. Gave
private readings, you know"
swell, was that Objectionable p
eyes She always insisted on
reading 'Curfew Shall Not Ring
Tonight" Yankee Blade.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

MIR. John P. Smith, the numis'
matisU and relic gatherer of Sharps'
burg, Md, has recently added to
bis collection Widows mite, which
was sent him from Jerusalem by
Rev. II. r. Coleman, of Louisville,
Ky. The mite is one of the smallest
of the ancient coins, and is identl-
cal with the one deposited In the
treasure chest at the Temple in Je'
rusalem by the poor widow who
received commentator at the
hands of the Saviour for her liber'
atty. The one IN question dated
back to the year A b. O.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

Mr.. LEE "Why, Addie. you neednt CRY spous
ST. | only said Mrs. Allen was very wen-
Informed woman, and wished you would follow
her example" ii -
wished could manage TO look as stylish as Mrs.
Alen,-and she makes all her OWL eIoLnss' ou'
she has what haven't. leu "a
Mira LEE. "Wen, she gets all Of her iniorma-
hon from the Magazine they take. l admit thas
she knows all that is going on, and IS bright and
entertaining in conversation but l could DO a5
well as she does il had the same source OF
Information. She lent me the last number OF her
Magazine lately. and learned more IN one hour
reading about various social matters and the
topics OF the day, than would PICK up IN anlonIn
by nv occasional chats with friends. IL certainty
covers every topic OF interest rom the news Of
the day down 10 the details OF Housekeeping
ana everything is 20 beautifully illustrated. too.
Every time Mamie goes over 10 the Aliens sne
comes back and leases me TO get you 70 take
Demorest's Family Magazine, as the stories arc
so GOOD. Even the boys watch for Il every month,
as place Is found for them also In its pages ana
Mr. Allen swears by H. Il Is really wonderful
how II suits every member Of the family
Mr. LEE. "Well. perhaps had better seno LOT
Specimen Copy ; for, fitis anything IKE What you,
eayft is IL will amuse and instruct the Wnole OF Us.
MRs LEE. Il see that W. Jennings DemoTest,
the publisher IS East l4th Street New 1OIK' IS
offerine 10 send Specimen Copy for 10 cents, so
we can't lose anything, as each num0er Col'a .
a Pattern Order emitting the holder TO any
Pattern she NAV choose, and IN any slze,%nlen
alone makes each copy worth 80 cents and u.s.
want Jacket pattern like Mrs. Auen g a ~
snbscripnon price Is only $500 year ana
must saw can't see how they can publish -
elegant a Magazine for 60 little money"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

Chills and fever OF three years
standing cured by Simmons Liver
Regulator. Watkins, Watkins
House, Uptonville, Ky,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08

France has more than a quarter
Of a million carrier pigeons for war
purposes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
MIXED.
NORTHBOUND

and 44l 81
stopping all stations larpers Ferry
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1890-08-08
Indigestion

rs not only a distressing complaint, OF
| itself, but, by causing the blood to
become depraved and the system en-
feebled, is the parent Of innumerable
maladies. That Ayers Sarsaparilla
is the best cure for Indigestion, even
when complicated with Liver Complaint
is proved by the following testimony
from Mrs. Joseph Lake, Of Brockway
Centre, Mich.:-
Liver complaint and indigestion
made my life o burden and came near
ending nv existence. For more than
four wears suffered untold agony, was
reduced almost to skeleton, and hardly
had strength to drag myself about. All
kinds of food distressed me, and only
the most delicate could be digested at
all. Within the time mentioned several
physicians treated me without giving re-
lief. Nothing that l took seemed to DO
any permanent good until commenced
the use Of Ayers Sarsaparilla, which
has produced wonderful results. Soon
after commencing to take the Sarsapa-
rjlla I could see an improvement IN my
condition. NY appetite began TO return
and with It came the ability to digest
all the food taken, my strength nm
proved each day, and after lew
months OF faithful attention TO your
directions, L found myself wei!
woman, able TO attend 10 all household
duties. The medicine has given me
new lease OF life"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-08

on the earth. | have passed with bowed
head the place where they rest. We are
here in our generation with the work nf
those which have gone before upon US.
Let ms see, each OF us, that IN the iamiiy,
in tie neieaborhood, and in the state We
do nj least with equal courage and grace
and kindness the work which was
SO bravely, kindly. and gracionsly
done by those who filed our places hfty
years ago. Now. for must hurry on, 20
these old friends and TO these new friends,
who have come in since Lawrcnceburg was
familiar 20 me, | extend again my hearty
thanks for this welcome and beg IN part
ing to Introduce the only member OF my
Cabinet who accompanied me. General
Tracy. the Secretary Of the Navy" Secre-
tary Tracy merely bowed to the enthuslas-
tic crowd and the train pulled out as the
President and Secretary. were shaking
hands with those nearest them.
CROWDS AND CHEERS ALL ALONG.
Large crowds we're ut Milan and Osgood
and cheered n the train sped by. At
North Vernon the crowd would be satisfied
with nothing loss than speech from the
President. aud be was obliged give few
words Of acknowledgment of their re-
peatcd cheers lle merely expressed his
thanks and the pleasure he felt 20 see his
Indiana trends. Three cheers and a tiger
were gwen for the President and Secretary
Tracy Seymour gave a rOusing evidence
Of Mr Harison's popularity IN that little
town. and after he had introduced secre--
tary Tracy the President said: -" feel
that ought 20 thank my friends for your
friendly greeting this beautiful morning.
II ~ indeed a pleasure 20 me 20 greet 80
many Of you. and thanking you for this
welcome ! hope you will excuse me from
any further speech"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1890-10-08
DEATH OF PROF. JOHN H. HEWITT.
\ Man with Remarkable History Passes
Away nj Ninety Years of Age.

BALTIMORE, October 7.-ProfessOf John
n. Hewitt. the able and prolific writer.
died here today, aged ninety years, from
the effect Of fall received two years or
more 400. dis father was a leading musi-
clan of his time and came 20 America IN
I79i) He entered West Point Academy IN
1915 and was graduated IN 1922 with rank
Of SecOnd-icuteuant of cavalry. Not being
satisfied with the rank Mr.. Hewitt resigned
Immediately. He then came South. studied
law. and later resumed the study of music,
settling finally IN Augusta. Ga. While in
Greenyllle, >. c., be edited the Greenvllle
ReD,5hc. the first paper issued there lie
was called to Boston by the fatal illness OF
his father and there married Estelle Mar
gin, daughter Of the Spanish Consul.
WHEN HI FIRST SETTLED IN BALTIMORE.
In 1926 he came to Baltimore. While
editor of the Mineral here Edgar Allan Poe
nubhshed his Al Alaaraif ~" Iamerlane.'
and miner poems. lie severely criticised
the volume and always felt that Poe's dis
like for him was due To that criticism.
The proprietOrs Of the visitor here subsc-
quently offered premiums OF 500 and $50
respectively for the best story and best
poem. Mr. Hewitt was editor of the paper
at the time and resolved to compete
ANONYMOUSLY for the second prize. Poc's
tale of " A Manuscript Found IN Bottle
received the first premium. There were
two poems selected from the tOur-score
offered.
HE INCURs PoE's ENTITY.
These were THE Coliseum" by Poe, and
The Song of the Wind by Hewitt. The
Judges decided that Hewitt should receive
the prize for the poem. Poe was dis
pleased and his Ill feeling towards Hewitt
was confirmed. While in charge of the
Chesapeake at Hampton, Va, in 1860, his
first wife died lie passed the period of
the civil war in the South, and In 1863,
while in Richmond. he married his present
wife. who was Miss Mary Alethia Smith,
daughter of Sir. Richard Lancelot Bland,
oneof the first settlers OF Beaufort district,
South Carolina After the war he returned
to Baltimore. Mr.. Hewitt has been called
The father of the American ballad" Mr..
Hewitt saw FultOns first steamboat on the
Hudson river was present when the first
dispatch was sent over the Morse telegraph
line between Baltimore and Washington,
and was passenger IN the first tram of
cars drawn by locomotive that left Balti-
more.