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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
OVERRIDING PHYSICAL EXERCISE.

An expert on training asserts that wo'
men during the last three or four years
have developed dangerous tendency to
overdo physical exercise. OF course wo-
men, as we'll as men, should regularly ex-
crclse, but it is most important that it be
iudiciously done. For example, the good
effects of brisk walking for mile night
and morning are obvious. If the woman
is strong, horseback riding will prove In
vigorating but the women who take
regular daily walks Of from five to ten
miles, and remain for hours in the sad
die, on a big, powerful, hard-gaited trot-
ter, are invariably lin this country the
slight, nervous, wiry little creatures, who
have not pound of flesh to lose. Con-
sequently, this wear and tear on their
strength and nerves will, in time, cause
collapse, especially if this violent exer-
else has been adopted after living for
years life of Incidence. Gould stout
women be persuaded to overcome the
feeling of extreme fatigue which they ex-
rerience after their first long walks, and
continue them regularly-and at rapid
gait, as near running as possible, for
few week, the burden of superhuous flesh
would soon be reduced, and their former
activity return. The trouble is the
wrong women do the exercising.
Do not carry it to extremes Cut down
your walk to two or three miles day.
Take your ride in the morning, and limit
it to an hour. You cannot get too much
fresh air, so drive and stroll Out-of-doors
as much as you can, dut do not wear out
your body and bring premature lines
into your face by excessive exercise
Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
Problems for Inventors.

Among the things which inventors are
hunting for now is continuance for &C
cumulating and storing up power that
goes to waste--the blowing winds, the
rising tides, the suns heat and the change
of temperature between night and day
Over every town is power daily wasted,
hundred times as much as that town
could ever use.
Another thing; How to get electricity
from heat directly, without turning it
into steam at such tremendous loss. A
quarter of pound Of coal should pro-
duce a horsepower for an hour. The
chemist will dominate coming inventions.
All our fuel will presently be furnished
in the form of gas. In quarter of $
century more we shall wonder why maa
was ever such a fool as to carry coal into
tic louise and burn it. Perhaps the
time will come when condensed sun.
shine will be sold in the market, just
as canned corn is now sold.-TAs
Continent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
cru.r1rArINs TIE SNAIL GRAINS.

CUITIvATING THE SMALL GRAINS.
The rotion of some agricultural writers
that wheat, rye, oats and barley would
in a few years be cultivated, as corn is
now cultivated, is hardly warranted by
any present experience. The spring
small grains are undoubtedly benefited
on rich land by narrowing when they
come up, because on such land this in
duces the plants to tiller or spread, and
shoot up more stalks than they otherwise
would. But when the plant is nearing
TIE time for heading out cultivation
would certainly be harmful. 1t would
induce too rank growth, causing the
straw to fall down, and preventing the
heads from filing. The check to small
cram from each stem crowding its neigh
Dor prevents any from getting an over
supply of nitrogen, and is better for the
crop than growing each plant by ITSELF
The scattering oat plants that sometimes
appear in hoed crops, passing through
the excrement of granted horses, usually
rust 50 badly that neither straw nor grain
is worth anything.-BostOa Cnltirator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
HIGH rRIEsrEss OF THEosoPHY.

This is the way Lady Caithness, Nine.
Blayatsky's successor, was bedeckcd at a
recent reception in Paris. The diamond
cross which she wore was the most
amazing thing in the room, and was as
great curiosity as the Mozaim set Of
gems in the French crown jewels. She
wore an olive velvet dress, embroidered
with steel. She had "rivers" OF dia
monds edging the upper part of her
corsage, the stomacher and the sleeves,
and on her head countess's coronet,
with pearl on each spike really as large
as pigeons egg. She has a large for
tune, and has just inherited OOO,OVo
more.-New York journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
TREATMENT OF A BLo.rrD COW.

Bloating is due to overlooking on wet
heritage and is caused by the accumula-
ton of gas in the paunch from the fer
mentation of tac food. The passage to
the stomach is closed by the pressure
and it is sometimes impossible to get
any relieving medicine into the stomach.
II this can be done, carbonate OF am
monia, given in one-ounce doses DIS
solved in water, is most useful. But
mechanical means are most effective. A
round stick, two inches in diameter, fast
ened in the mouth like Bit, may afford
relief, by inducing eructation of the gas.
When all other means fail, the stomach
rnay be punctured on the left side OF the
COW, little below the hip bone and
sight inches forward of it, so as to let
,ut the confined gas.-NsO York Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A deep loan and sandy soil are
suited to the cherry.
Azalias may be summerci in a we'll
shaded spot out Of doors.
The poorer the soil the more seed is
required, and the smaller the crop.
II the cows teats get scratched or
cracked grease them after each milking.
Young chickens that are just beginning
to run about should be fed regularly
every day.
The Farm Journal advises cutting hay
closer when about one-half of the heads
arc Drowned.
Grass cut while it rains, or just before,
Is ready to dry and cure when the sun
and wind follow the rain.
One can depend with close, careful
plucking upon an average of one pound
of feathers pei bird from a flock Of CON-
non geese per annum.
When desired to fatten poultry rapidly
there is nothing that viii equal good corn
meal. Fowls should be given all that
they will eat mp clean.
The Fruit Grorsr says: "When red
rust appears upon raspberries or black
berries the canes should at once be care
fully cut away and burnel."
The sulphite of iron has proven in
some cases to be fair tonic for plants
with weak fower-stems. Weak solu-
lions should be given at first.
1t is not always possible or convenient
to cultivate closely set ounce orchard,
but it is not difficult to mulch it, and no
fruit appreciates more what is for the
benefit of all. Done once per year little
other attention will be necessary.
Fine, rich compost, or rich earth, is
the best fertilizer for flowers. Roses
should be cultivated by raking the sur
face of the ground around them. 1t in
lures some varieties to stir the ground
deep. supcr-phosphate is an excellent
fertilizer for shrubs and other hardy
bloomers.
Would you have an extraordinary de-
velopment OF fine foliage in cannas,
caladiums, castor-oil beams, eulalias,
reeds, ailanthus, pawlonia, etc. 2 Then
RELY on az abundance of manure in the
soil and abundant summer watering.
These conditions provided aud it is very
easy to make grand success with this
class OF plants. Try it.
The verbena mildew has been very sue.
cessfully combatted at the Cornell Ex-
pertinent Station with asolutioa in water
of potassium sulphide, at the rate OF a
quarter of an ounce to the gallon. The
plauts were occasionally sprayed with the
furgicide, and, while traces of the
disease still appear at times, it is rem
dered practically harmless. This pre-.
paration has also betn applied to cucun-
bers Infested with the came, Or simIac
fungus, with very satisfactory results.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
An Old Lady's Resource.

Many years ago, while travelling in
the East, an old English lady WITH a
good deal of character and complete
set of false teeth, became temporarily
separated from the rest of her party,
and was soon surrounded by a crowd OF
Arabs, eager, curious, and clamorlng
for bdkshish. After while the atten-
tons of these children of the desert
became very unwelcome, not to say
positively alarming; so, thinking that
at all events the experiment could do
no harm, she suddenly whipped out
her false teeth and snapped them
vigorously in the faces of the Arabs.
The effect was magical; the horror
struck natives with one accord wheeled
round and took to their heels, and the
lady got back to her tent in safety.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
Stamped ont

tJt0U./>N~~
-blood-poisons of every name ana
nature, by DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery.
It's a medicine that starts from
the beginning. 1t rouses every or,
gan into healthy action, purities ana
enriches the blood, and through 1t
cleanses and rcnews the whole sys-
TEN. All Blood, Skin, and Scalp
Diseases, from a common bloteh
or eruption to the worst Scrofula,
are cured by it. For letter, Salt
rheum, Eczema, Erysipelas, Boils,
Carbuncles, Sore Eyes, Goitrc or
Thick Neck, and Enlarged Glands
Tumors, and Swellings, it's an une-
qualed remedy.
Don't think it's like the sarsapa-
rillas. They claim to be good Tor
the blood in March, April, and May.
"Golden Medical Discovery" works
equally we'll at all seasons. And 1t
not only claims to do good-it
guarantees it. If it doesn't benefit
or cure, in every case, you have
your money back.
You pay only for the good you
get.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
aIRKing n z ar ray.

1t is related that once when President
of the Fairfield County Connecticut
Agricultural Society Barnum found that
the annual exhibition was barely paying
expenses, an old farmer in the crowd
had his pocket picked. The thief was
soon found. arrested, handculled, and
put on exhibition in the big tent, and,
this feature being widely advertised,
such crowds came that the treasury
was OVERLOOKING.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
LADIES' COLUMN.
GIRLS AS 'xEeRo MINsrRELs. "

The girls of Thomaston have distin-
guished themselves by giving a negro
minstrel show that almost equaled that
of the Bowdoin students. They had
four "endmen' and the usual variety of
local gags" They played to great
crowd under the apt name of the
"Snoked Pearls" AS the Thomaston
Herald ingcniously says; at shows what
the young ladies Of Thomaston can do
when they try. "-Le'oiston (Ne.) Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

3S5 So. 9Th St., QUINCY, ILL, April q, 80.
/ am glad you sent me a bolt of Floraplex'
ion. IL does me so much good. have been
taking it ever since from the drugei t here.
G. CHATTEN
F7ordptrf0n IS the speedy and permanent
cure FOR Sick Headache, Indigestion. Dyspep-
sia. Biliousness, Liver Complaint, Nervous De-
cure for these complaints. Ask your druggist
for it, and get well.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

It's very important in this age OF vast mate
rial progress that remedy be pleasing to the
taste and to the eye, easily taken, acceptable
to the stomach and healthy in its nature and
effects. Possessing these qualities, Syrup of
Figs Is the one perfect laxative and most gen.
tie diuretic known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

which time | was at
tended by the best ply
sicians I could find, and
tried numbers ofproprie-
tary medicines without
any beneficial results. l
continued to grow worse
all this time, until my
whole system was de-
stroyed by the vile dis
case, my tongue and
throat having great hole
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

FITS stopped free by DE. KLINE''s GREAT
NERVE RFsrORFR. No fits after first day =
use. Marvellous cures Treatise and 3 trial
bottle free. DR.. Kline, 9}l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

For impure or thin Blood. Weakness, Mala-
ria. Neuralgia, Indigestion and BlliousneSs'
making old persons feel young-and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

The creed of happiness is not the on , on
which polite legislation has decreed shCul1
be written on greenbacks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

FoR Dyspepsia, Indigestion and stomach
disorders, use Browns Iron Bltters. Inc Best
and Strengthens the muscles. A splendid ton
ic for weak and deDilitated persons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

George Eliot says: "No disposition is
security from evil wishes to man whose
happiness hangs on duplicity."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

THE working population Of the world
is estimated at 500, 900, 900; the power
of the worlds steam engines at the
equivalent of 1000. 600, 600 men.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

With modicum Of clothing and a maxi
mum of freedom air aud sunlight, children
are as gods
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

With local applications. as they cannot reach
the scat of the disease. Catarrh Is a blood or
constitutional disease. and in order to cure II
you have TO take Internal remedies. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly
On the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is no quack medicine. IL WAS pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians In this
country for years. and is a regular prescrip-
ton. II Is composed Of the best toDics known,
combined with the best blood purifiers. acting
directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect
combination Of the two ingredients Is what
produces such wonderful results in curing ca
tarrh Send for testimonials free
F. j. CHENEY d Co, Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. price 15c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

The attempted reformation Of an ideal is
as hopeless task as an attempt to rearrange
the rainbow colcrs of a sOapbubble..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

Make but few explanations; the character
that cannot defend itself is not worth yin
Jicating
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
Catnrrh Can't be Cured

Priderequires very costly food-its keepers
haDDiness
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

Pleasing in company is the only way OF
being pleased in it yourself.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
Money i'm Chickens.

0 man who devoted es ysars
OF his life to CONDUCTING
A POULTRY YARD AS A
BUSINESS. not - . pas-
time. AZ the living Of him
sell and family depended
on Il. he gave the subjsct
such attention - oniy .
need OF bread VIII CON-
nand. and the result we Z
grNid success. after he had
spent much money and loe1
hundreds Of valuable chick.
Grain experinersine. What
Ne learned y I'll tkSse years
IL embodied n this book.
which we sen1 postpaid IT,
rs conto N sonInps h
tcaches you how u Detect
end Cure Dlesaecs. how -
Feed for Eeeo and aIso r.
fsffcning. which Fowls 70
Save for breeding furpoees
and everything. ind<sd. 700
sEould know o. tbs subi e&
BOOK PUB. house.
ia Leonard 81 n !. CT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

Ndo CutiA~ tNA
to this great medicine
do / attribute my re-
covcry. This was over
two years ago, and /
have had 70 return or
any effects Of tiie dis
case since, ard my
skin is to-day as smooth
Us anybody's. William
Sewers, Covington, o.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
Nothing Else Will DO 1t.
We have volumes of evidence to prove that - D. D.
is the only permanent cu-c for contagious
Blood Taint.

II then commenced taking Swifts
speciGc IS 5. s., and in few months
500, ar.i-0iv ourod and
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24

suffered for FIVE years with the
worst form of blood poison, during
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
"ItDoes Him so Much Good"

A miser grows rich by seeming .'oor; an ex-
Lrayagant man grows poor by eeeming rich.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-07-24
The Paper In the World.

According to the Paper WOrLl, the
total number of existing paper mills is
put at 1895, with an annual production
of 1 ,055 900 tons Of paper, made from
all kinds of material. No less than
ninety ihousano men, and twice that
number of women and children, are en-
plcyed in this industry, while the capt.
tai invested is over SOC 00o, 900. The
annual consumption of paper made is
thus divided.
Pounds.
Newspapers. daily ...... 4gs,0C0OOO
Newspapers, weekly and month
Iv.................... 3s0,OO0OO1
Books. ...... 10000 900
--c---
Total printed matter. .... LOIS, 900, 900
For schools. .......... 100000
For public Offices ............. lGO'VoOO)
For correspondence. .... 22O,0DO OO1
For mercantile records I20,0OO,DOJ
For wrapping paper .....".... 490OOOOJ
For paper-mache, etc....... 20oO)Oto)
--------
Total 2.35s. OO0. 900
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-07

''Chilluns, Use s'prizcd at yo'r' she
said, solemnly. ''Didn yo' heah yo' daddy
say dat dis was de Sabbuf, an yo' want
in to go a-nuttin'! Yo' KUN in an larn
yo' Sunday-school lesson, now; an yo'
be quick about gettin' in, too, er YOU
get de wus' trolloppin' yo' eber had n
al yo' BON daysr'
There was no gainsaying this, and
when Mr.. Baxter came in from water
ing the Critters he found silent and
studious family awaiting him. Dinner
time came and passed, but Aunt Han
nah did not move.
''Yo' kin fin de col lunch in de PAN
try" she said, yves got to be berry
keerful how we monkey wild de Sabbuf
day to keep it holy" she remarked,
placidly.
The children went to bed with visions
of long and lonely play-day before
them on the morrow, minus the Sunday
dinner that was landmark in their
week to them. After Mr. Baxter had
eaten his cold lunch off the pantry
shelf out of the remains of his cold din
ner, he still fingered near the fire,
wrapped in deep contemplation. At
last he broke the silence.
Hannah, is yo' goin' to keep termor-
rer, too?" he asked, timidly. Long
fasting had broken his resistance and
| Aunt Hannah saw her advantage.
Keep Sunday. Sam Baxter?" she
asked, belligerently; "'Course is, fer
yo an me too"
"Ain' we goin' to hab no Sunday din
ner?"
wu'k eff I'm keepin' Sunday fer bofe on
u.s.
There was long pause. Finally Mr..
Baxter broke out: Hannah, mebbe
wuz wrong. Ennyway, tain't right fer
thar to be feelin's in the family, an e1
yo' say so, I'm willin' to glib up my
1igion an go to church wild yo' termor.
rer.'
Elder Simpson was in the midst Of
the long prayer the next morning a:
Aunt Hannah triumphantly entered
the little white-washed meeting house
As he caught sight of them over the toI
of his gigantic handkerchief he broke
forth INTO loud exclamations
s'Bress de Lawd fer de br'ack sheeI
wat was gone astray an am now come
back into de fol'-bress de Lawdr'
Mr.. Baxter thought of the ploweC
and seeded ten-acre lot and of the Sun
day dinner even then stewing in th'
pot, and smiled broadly to himself be
hind his hymn-book. Possibly it was
smile of triumph that he had vanquishe'
the tempter who had led him astray.
KATE A. BRADLEY.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-07
Chinese Music.

The musical art of a people who rep
resent one-ffth of the earth's popula-
ton ought to be studied, if not for the
sake of aesthetic pleasure at least in the
interest of scientific knowledge Yet
there is scarcely department in the
history or philosophy of music con-
cerning which the information to be
found in the books is so unsatisfactory
as that of Chinese music. Even a
historian of the thoroughness and
profundity of Ambros, after devoting
many pages to an attempt to elucidate
the Chinese theory, seems willing to
believe the first traveller who sets
down the modern practice Of the art as
nothing but crude, barbaric, unregu-
lated noise. Crude, barbaric and noisy
Chinese music certainly is, but not Iin-
regulated. Even the little music
which can be heard on any holiday in
the Chinese quarter of New York will
serve to disclose to discriminating ear
that it is nothing if not methodicaL
The difficulty on the part of the
historians has been that they have
never come in contact with the Chinese,
and therefore have had to d. pend on
the descriptions of travellers and mis-
sionaries touching the practical side OF
the art. Correctly to apprehend music,
however, requires special qualifications
| of education and natural gifts, and
these have been possessed by SO small
a minority of those who have writer
about China that they are scarcely
worth enumerating. ng.-Century.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-07

an hep youse'f. Eff Use got to keep
Sunday fer de hull family, ain goin'
to do no wo'k dis day. Git long, now,
an eat yo' dinner, an don 'sturb dis
season OBJ contemplation"
And with rueful faces Mr.. Baxter and
his family were obliged to make their
Sunday dinner off bread and cheese and
cod boiled parsnips which they found
laid out on the pantry shelf.
For some reason the afternoon seemed
dull and dreary to Mr.. Baxter. Just as
he finished his blowing the rain began
to drizzle down in way that meant it
had come to stay, and he ate his cold
supper and crept to bed cross and COM
fortress.
The next morning he was waited
upon by solemn deputation of digni-
fed elders, dressed in Sunday splendor
and feeling righteously indignant with
the man who caused them to lose a
whole halliday of fall plowing.
What had been mere Pharisaical
compromise between Mr.. Baxter and
his conscience now hardened into dog
ged resolution to stick to the colors he
had so suddenly adopted, and the elders
| left, angrily threatening to 'church
him if he did not appear in his accus-
toned pew on the following Sunday.
s'Dey kin church an be hanged to
'em!' said Mr.. Baxter, angrily, as the
door closed upon their retreating fig
ures. "Does dey t'ink Use goin' to glib
up my 'igion what Use jes' got lax
dat? No, sab! Eff Use got to suffeh
fer my 'ligiou, I'll jes' show 'em deg
cayn't make me backslide."
Aunt Hannah replied not word. Il
a certain inscrutable smile broadened
| her firm lips for moment, Mr.. Baxter
did not see it.
| The week went by in perfect domes-
tic harmony; yet for some reason Mr..
Baxter did not seem to be quite easy in
his mind. Like his own herds, he
shifted the brewing storm while the
sky was yet blue.
Saturday came and Aunt Hannah OBJ
served firmly as they arose: "Dis be
in yo' Sunday, Sam, in course vol
KUN in wen de critters is fed an reae
yo' Bible"
'sIn course, Hannah replied Mr.
Baxter, little sheepishly.
1 A little later in the morning the dool
burst open and Mr.. Baxters flock o.
woolly heads burst in with: Nav
dey.se goin' a-nuttin on Bramble hill
Ki1Sve'se go? Whar's my hat!' ant
other exelamations of similar charac
ter Aunt Hannah held mp her hand
steInly.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1891-05-07
A Sweet Reminder.

A touching incident occurred at Black
wells Island when the bell of the new
chapel was hung. 1t was rung for the
first time to test its sound, which is
peculiarly resonant and sweet. After
few minutes trial, the archdeacon, who
had ordered the bell to be rung, sent
word to stop the ringing, fearing that it
might annoy the inmates of the aims
house. At this moment, a lady who had
been visiting in the dormitories came
out to ask as favor that the ringing
might be continued. She said that many
of the poor old inmates had burst into
tears when they first heard the sound of
the bell; and they declared that it re
called to them the blessed Sunday bells
of childhood in the home far away. The
sweetness of that tolling bell seemed to
send benison through those dreaRy
wards, and to bring back memories fr.ll
of Christian comfort und aspiration to
the inmates. Young Chupshman-