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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Potato Tests.

We have received from thc Virginia
Agricultural aud Mechanical College TX
pertinent Station Bulletin 10. 9 which
treats of Potato Tests by Prof Wa. b.
Atwood, Botauist and .Entomologi,t. It
is an interesting and instructive pa implicit
of % pages, but we have space only to
publish the following summary:
l. Of the early varieties we recommend
Essex Early, Early Hebron early Beauty
of Hebron) Sunrise early SGurise),
Early Ohio and Chas. Owning. The
latter has most excellent characteristics,
but may not be suited to ali situations.
(See discussion
2. OF the second early sorts we recon-
mend Alexander, Beauty, Cream, Seed
ling No. , and Snowflake.
8. Size If seed is Of relative importance
according to what the grower may wish
to accomplish. As a general statement
all well formed, sound t1bers OF tho slze
Of heu's egg and upward, are proper
seed
A Smaller seed is not to lie commended,
but may be used.
j. 0uttiu2 1tt'i - VI blHDD III i''i t"u~'''
both as to economy Of seed used and even
uniform growth Of crop. 1.-TWO eye
pieces as a general rule are thought to be
best.
6. Small whole seed may, unaer some
circumstances, be properly used, but large
whole seed cannot be used with profit
I. Medium, or largo whole seed, will
force the crop several days ahead Of snail
cuttings, bat tine tubers cut in half
cross-wise will accomplish tho same re-
suit
3. Trench culture with the seod drilled
one piece about a foot apart in the row, is
better than surface or hill culture.
9. To grow a profitable crop ofpotatoes
requires a thoroughly prepared fertile
soil.
10. BIrn-yard manure, which will IN
dergo fermentation, should not be usad on
potato land, unless it is put on the tall be
fore and thoroughly worked into the soil.
Discussion of the above points follows
in the body of the Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Senator Hearst Dead

WASHINGTON, ID. c., February o.
Senator George Hearst, Of California, died
at his residence in this city. at 9:lO o'clock
tonight Of complication OF diseases,
bTight's disease and heart trouble being
the most aggrayatiug. He was .uncon-
scious at the time of his death, and has
been IN semi-comatose state for days.
His family were present when the end
which has been so long expected came.
Senator Hearst has been i'll Ior six
months and has been confined to bis house
for the past two months.
George Hearst was born in franklin
county, Missouri. September 3. 1920, one
year after his father, Soath Carolinian,
had omigrated there. He received pub
Inc school education; passed his early
manhood on his fathers farm; in 1850
went to California where ho worked in
the mines and located and purchased
mining property until his Pacific coast
mines and mills gave employment to
1000 men aud his quartz mills crushed
900 tons of ore daily; engaged ever
since in mining, stock raising aud farm
ing; in 1865 he was elected to the Cali
folnia legislature; in 1882 was q candi-
date for governor IN 1855 the Democrats
who were in a minority in the state legis-
lature, gave HIM their unanimous vote
for U. S. Senator, and on March %, 1885,
10 was appointed U. S. senator, as a
Democrat, by Gov. Stoneman, to fill tho
vacancy caused by the death Of John F..
Miller was elected to the U. ). Senate to
succcei A. p. Williams, Republican, and
took his seat March 4, 1887. His term OF
service would have expired March 1898.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06

The following bit Of editorial advice
from the Virginia Manufacturers Sup.
plemeni, is so clean and to the polat that
we take pleasure 10 bringing it before our
home-people and readers generally. 1t
says:
"The dull season ia past when, by rea-
son of the heavy snow and bad weather,
it was impossible to work or if not en-
tirely past it is passing away rapidly. IL
is time, then, that every preparation be
made to commence work. 1t is no excuse
to have to offer when the tiIae for work
commences that you are not ready; you
have not signed your contracts; you have
not advertised your business, etc. There
is a time which is known generally as a
dull period and some persons, like the
ground hog of whom 50 much is spoken
lust at this time, bury themselves and 90
TO sleep. There are others, however, who
use that time as time OF preparation and
who hustle, aud these are they who get
the cream of the harvest. While others
who have been sleeping aud are, as it
were, rubbing their eyes and looking
around, these men are up and doing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
A Ground Hog Child.
ONE OF NATURES MOST SINGULAR FREAl
TWISTING IN TENNEssEE

ONE OF NATURES MOST SINGULAR FRhAks
EXISTING IL TENNESSEE.
4 Chattanooga letter to the P1iladel-
phia Times says.
One OF the qaeerest and most wonder
full freaks in the world was seen is Chat
tanooga yesterday by the Times carre-
spondent.
Only five like it have ever been born
according to the best medical authorities
and this is the only one that has ever
lived. The freak is known o. Jack La
cey, "the ground hog child" At first
sight of the half human being person Is
struck with the peculiar animal motion
which tie child keeps up as 1t stands 90
its feet; also with two bow shaped bick
DRY twigs about iodr inches long, which
it plays with and balances on its peculiar
stnL-llke hands. The twigs have been
worn slick by its constant handling, and
he is never without them when awake.
The wonderful moDstrosiiy was born
in the wilds of Sand mountain, DeKalb
county, Alabama, on WashingtOn's birth
day in the year 1873. Consequently on
the 22nd OF last month tho freak was
sixteen years old. The boy stands three
feet seven inches and exactly twelve in
ches OF his height are taken up by his
abnormally shaped head. He has no
cheek bones, but he possesses one more
bone in every limb than human being
The pupils of his eyes are twice the SIZE
of those Of ordinary persons and prom
inent Chattanooga physician who exam-
med him says IL receives five times as
much light in his eyes as 4 human being.
At night it car see inst as well any wild
animal. His feet and hands are solid
bone with no joints. The iingers and
toes are knitted together and run out TO
points, and are covered with one broad
nail.
The birth of the freak is accounted fer
as follows: Its mother, seven months be-
fore its birth was souudlJ sleeping one
night when some mischieyous and
thou2htless boys threw into the bed a
ground ho5 they had captured. 1t bit
the woman and frightened her terribly,
AID lett its impression upon her unborn
babe.
Mrs. Cynthia Lacey, the mother Of the
freak says that the monstrosiiy WAS her
eleventh child and that she was forty
two years old at his birth Her other ten
children were well formed and grew mp
strong and healthy. She is native OF
Jackson county, Ala.
One o. the greatest peculiaritie5 of the
freak is It's method of feeding. llisnoth
er, whom be never allows to get farther
thln two feet from him, cheTs up all bis
food and puts it in his mouth. Jack ro-
moves this food with his right stub hand
and plasteTs it on bis left hand. He then
uses his hands in again putting the food
in his mouth, as a plasterer nses his trow-
el and board in doing delicate piece Of
work. The curious animal being will
not wear shoes. and has never chewed OF
spoken a word in his life. The only sounds
it ever emits are those of a ground hog.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
(lOMNTSSTONER,s OFFICE.

~ ~ - lAlt)lO ~ LA - ~ 4 -
~ Woodstock, Va, Feb. llth' 1871:
To Barbara Aun' Coffnan. Complt, ana
c. p Wightwan. Sheriff Committee
admir-. Of Levi Colfman, decd, joseph
L. lIansberger and Barbara d. CoiInan
his wife, Levi Edward Cotfinsn, Cora
A. Colfman, LYDIA a. Coffman, Catharlne
Coifman, Martha V. Cofi'man Rnd Nancy
Cotfman, Defts.
You are hereby notified that | have
fixed upon the 9th day Of March next, DC
tween the hours Of O'Clock, a. NJ, and .
o'clock, 2 NJ, if fair if not. on the next
tar day thereafter Sunday excepted) u
take and settle, at my office, the accounts
Of c. p. Wightman, Sheriff Committee
Admir- Of Lew Coifnan, decd.
2nd. Audit in order OF their priority all
debts against the estate CT the said Leg
Coffman, decd stating specially the
liens, if any, binding the real estate OF
said Cotfmau.
Bird. Tie real estate of which the sand
Levi Cofi'man died seized aud possessed
4th. Any othe- matter be may deem
pertinent, OF which any party IN inteIes'
may require, required TO be taken ey the
decree OF Shenandoah Circuit Court rem
dered on the 10th day of January, 1881, ~
a suit in chancory depending IN said court
between Barbara Ann Cotfnan, complt.,
and Levi Ccffmans admr., &c, Detts.
and if from any cause tho taking OF said
accounts shall not be commenced, or
having been commenced should not be
completed on that day, tie taking OF the
same will be adjourned from day TO day
or from place to place, until the same are
taken and completed.
Given under my hand as Commissioner
IN chancery CT the said court, at my ONCE
in SAID county the Cay and year hfst
aforesaid.
I. HITE BIRD, COmr. IN chy.
WINS s. Bro. p. q. FEB. l5-4"'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06

The following are the Virginia items In
TIE saniry evil appropriation bill a pass
Ell by he Senate For the Purchase of a
site and the commencement OF p0atOiiice
and courthouse At Norfolk, $4,000 for
the purchase OF "a site aud coasiruc ION OF
a building for the postofiice at Roanoke,
$500; for the purchase Of land at Hog
Is.and li.h station, 500 for establish
ing range and hlrbor lights at and near
the en- rance OF Cape Charles harbor,
81, OC0 for the purchase of land for the
site OF lighthouse depot at Portsmouth,
$4,000; to authorize the Secretary of
War to purchase any additional land re-
quired for the enlargement Of the National
Cemetery at Hampton $1,000 in addition
to the $4,000 heretofore appropriated
For the support OF the National Home for
tho disabled soldiers at Hampton ap-
preparations are made as follows: For
current expenses, S27, $50 tor subsistence,
Sl97, 100; for clothing, so 600; for house
hold, $4,000; hospital So oil; for the
transportation OF members Of the home,
s., 600; Tor construction, including the
pay Of chef engineer, builders, black
smiths, carpenters, laborers, g., and for
ali appliances used nndcr this head, $25,-
.3l0 ; for farms, $40, l9J, and for the con-
strnction of brick barrack, $3l 900.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
A Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, young man OF
Burlington Ohio, states that be hal been
under the care of two prominent ply
sicans, and used their treatment mt
be was not able to get around, They
pronounced his case to be Consumption
aud ncurahle. He was persuaded to try
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Cousump-
ton, Coughs and Colds and at that time
was not able to walk across the street
without resting. He fOuni, before he
had used half OF a dollar bottle, that be
was much better; he continued to use il
aud is to- lay enjoying good health. If
you have any Throat, Lung or Chest
Trouble try 1t. We guarantee satis-
faction. Trial bottle free at the drug
stores. B. Schmitt, Woodstock, L. II.
Mt Jackson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Now, Give Attention

To the puriCahon of your blood, fox
at 10 season is the body so susceptible to
the benefits to he derived from good
medicine, as in March. April and May
Hoods Sarsaparilla is the peoples fayorite
spring medicine. 1t stands unequalled
for Purifying the blood, curing scroiuiar
salt rheum, etc, regulating the kidney S
and liver, repairing nerve TISSUES
strengthening aud lnvigorating the whole
body, as well as checking the progress OF
acnte and chronic disease, and restoria-
the afflicted parts to a natural, healthy
condition. Il you haye never tired Hood 5
Sarsaparii,a for your spring medicine,
do so this season.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
OONNuSSTONER,S OFFICE.

NOMMISCiONE Elk > Of l. IL l..
" Woodstock, Va, Feb. llth, 1891.
To VIM. Dtering Il Co., Valley Ferti-
lizing Co. and all other creditors of Calvin
II. Hotel, decd, who Will come in and
contribute TO the costs OF this suit,
Complts., and c. P. Wightman, shff. com
admr. c. t. a. of Jno. J. Hotel, decd,
Annie Hotel (widOw), Joseph Fravel and
Catharine V. his wife, Wm. S. French
and Elizabeth J. his wife, Geo II. Frayel
and Maggie his wife, Susan 7. Hotel,
Annie c. Hotel, Benjamin Hotel. Saml
Beydler, admr. of Calvin Hotel, decd,
Rebecca Hotel, (widOw) and Hubert
Hotel, Joseph Hotel, Lizzie Hotel and
Alpha Hotel infant children of Calvin H..
Hotel, decd, Defts.
You are hereby notified that l have
fixed upon the 7Uh day OF March next, be.
tween the hours of 6 O'clock, A. VI aud 6
o'clock, P. VI if fair, if rot, on the next
fair day thereafter Sunday excepted) to
take and settle, at my Office, the accounts
Of Samuel Beydler, admr, Of CALVIN Hotel,
decd.
2nd. Audit IN order Of their priority,
all debts against the estate of said Hotel.
OEl. VI udL lCti tSAAtNf Va ihtNAN2~ ~ AN"l
estate, If any. Of which the said Hotel
died, seized aud poss ,ssed and the prob
able value Of the sane, from whom he re-
eeiyed the same, and auy lions existing
thereon at the time be received it.
4th. Any other matter he may deem
pertinent or which any party in interest
nay require, required TO be taken by the
lecree OF Shenandoah Circuit Court rem
dered on the 10Th day oil January, 1891, in
a suit in chancery depending in said cJnrt
between Wm. Deeriug & Co., and Others,
Complts., add c. p. WIshtman, shift. com.
admr. c. t. a. OF Jno j. Hotel, decd, and
others, Defts., aud il from any cause the
taking OF said accounts shall not be COM
mencei or having been commenced should
not be completed on that day, the taking
If the same will be adjourned from day
70 day, or from place TO place, until
the same are taken and completed.
Given under my hand as Commissioner
in chancery of the id court, at my Office
in said county the day and year first
aforesaid.
l. HITE BIRD, Comr. IN Chy.
WINS / Bro. Feb. li-lw.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Drinking.
From New York Truth.

In letter recently received here from
one Of England's wiitie-t men, this para
graph appeared relating TO lately de-
ceased pal: ,
drinking is fac art-l fact he did
not know or grossly misunderstood ; thus
it led to his ruin, then his death. Drink
ing when done ar;istically aud with taste
and discrimination is a most attractive
pastime. Never attempt 70 combine 1t
with anything else; it il in lis nature
thing apart Drinking and business are a
mlstakr. Drinking and married HE are
fatal to Happiness. Drinking ana ga m
bling are suicidal. So you see the secret
il never to attempt it in conjunction
with any other career you may have in
view. II you propose TO make it your
whole existence, it is wonderful how short
and useless your life may b. AZ very
small expense"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
The Women Of the Confederacy,
Allanta Constitution.

Mrs. Davis, in tho "Momoirs Of Jeffer-
son Davis" lays a deserved Tribute to the
women OF the COnfederacy.
These women, saws Mrs Davis, knitted
like Penelope from daylight until dark
They did it not rs a pastime, but to clothe
their families and the soldiers. On one
occasion Hon. w. c. Riyes made bis ap-
pearance at the Davis mansion in such an
elegant and perfectly fitting suit Of gray
that some OF the young men suggested
that he had run the blockade. Nj. Riycs
overheard the remark, aud proudly ex-
claimed that his wife had knitted every
stitch of the garments. She had the yarn
spun and dyed ana even knitted covering
for the buttons. 1t took close inspection
to see that they were knitted, As they ap-
peared to be very fine cloth. During the
war Mrs. Robert L. Lee, while a victim
of rheumatism, confined to her chair,
found time with her daughters, when they
were not busy in the hospitals, to knit
1876 pairs Of socks and gloves for Posey's
brigade. Mrs. Mary Arnold, of Coweia,
Georgia, in 1868 made LOIS yards Of cloth,
besides knitting gratis socks and gloves
for the soldiers.
There were thousands of just such no
bic Confederate women. Without them
it would have been impossible for the
South to maintain her long struggle
against unequal odds. Their children
constitute what is sometimes called the
new South, and if there is any virtue in
heredity, there is nothing too great 20 eX
pect OF them in the line Of unseiish
sacrifice, toll and patriotism. .
This graceful AMI timely tribute from
Mrs. Davis TO the women of the COnied-
eracv makes bright chapter in our his
tory
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Lynching Will Follow Capture.

RICHMOND, VA, Feb %. "A horrible
crime was committed here last night. ~
Bessie Pulling, a little white girl eleven
years of age, was passing along an I'M
frequented street about half past o'clock,
she was accosted by big negro man,
who placed his hand over heF month
and after dragging her into an old
flower garden near by cbokel her in
to partial lnsensibility and assaulted her.
She now lies in precarious condition.
When the crime became known the ex-
element ran high. and if tho villain is
caught he will be lynched. The mayor
has offered a reward of 500 for his APP
preheusiOn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06

lie didn't seem familiar with the place,
and without taking into consideration the
symptoms Of spirits about him, be was
evidently stranger to the District OF
Columbia. There were several young
men who were in looking for what they
called fan. They directed one remark
after another at the victim of convivality,
and finally one Of them said I;
'I'll bet dollar he doesn't know what
State he's in"
$50 will l, echoed another; here it is.
I'll PIT it up, and he held a coin between
his fingers.
al take (hic) the bet" was The response.
"Gen'men, Pm (hic) ia the State Of To-
tossication, an know it. GIMME zhcr
dollar"
And it had to be given up to avoid
trouble, for the winner of the bet stuck
to his rights Washington Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
It Works Wonders.

The tonic and Alternative properties OF
5. S. s. are now widely kno@n, and it en-
joys wonderful popularity as 4 spring
medicine. 1t is as perfectly adapted to
the delicate system OF a litt.o child as 1t
il to that OF the adult. l. works Woa-
ders on chose who use it as q tonic, as an
Alternative. and as blood purifier. 1t
gives health, strength and hcartiness to
Il e sick and the feeble. 1t is adapted to
the very young and the very old. 1t re-
wives, renews aud builds up the feeble or
the broken down sYstcn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
The New Consumption Cure.
PROF. IIEDREICH DESCRIBES HIS METHOD
OF TREATING TUBERCULOSIS.

PROF. IIEDREICH DESCRIBES HIS METHOD
OF TREATING TUBERCULOSIS.
BERLIN. Feb. % 49, Prof Liebreich yes
torday evening, at the meeting of the
Berlin Medical Society, st which he de-
seribed his new method of treating
tuberculosis by injections under the skin
of a ISOLATION Of canthsTidate of potash,
already referred to in yesterdays de-
spatches, dwclt on the fact that there
was 70 pain or subsidiary disturbing
effect. and that the Improvement was re-
markable and rapid. Largo doses, said
tie Professor, irritated the kidneys slight
ly, but not alarmlugly
DR.. Hermann, upon the same occasion.
smoke in praise of the harmless nature OF
the new remedy, saying that us effects
were easily borne by the patients who had
been Subjected to its Influence.
DR.. Fraenkel said IL had been noticed
that the bacilIi were thinner aa1 les in
number after the iections.
Dr.. Guttmann described case Of timber
en- osis which was accompanied by inf I'M
nation Of the eyes, aud which was no
tably improving by the new remedy.
Finally, Prof. Liebreich, replying to the
criticisms which have been made upon
the new system of inocnlation, said it was
not a specific against tuberculosis, bnt be
asserted that it acted upon all the dis
eased tissue having reduced power OF
resistance by producing serious transuda-
ton
The Professor gave the prescription for
the preparation OF the new solution as
follows:
Twotentbs of a gramme Of canthari-
dine four-tenths of a gramuo Of hydrate
Of potash, or three-.enth3 of gri nme OF
hydrate OF nairon. These Ingredients,
says Prof Iebreich, ought to BE- weighed
exactly IN a One-tsouslnd cuhic centl-
metre alembic, should DO diluted with
twentv cubic centimetres of water, and
then warmed in wafer bath until a
clear solution is obtained. Cold water
should be added until the whole amounts
to exactly one litre.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
John s. Wise Nominates Mr..
Blaine.

New YORK, Feb. 26 -Ex-COngressman
john S. Wise, of Virginia responded to
the toast "The Nation" at the dinner
of the West Side Republican Club to-
night. In concluding, he SAID: 81 know
the name of the candidate who will re-
deem the country. (Cheers for Blaine }
"If be right, predict there will be such
an uprising as has not been known in
this country since Sumter. 1t will arouse
the old spirit and sweep the country.
Then wrongs viii be righted."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06

Here it is, aud it fills the bill much bet
ter than anything we could say: 1t gives
me the greatest pleasure TO write you in
regard to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy.
Daring the past winter have sold more
of It than any other kind, and have yet to
find any one, but whaa was benefited by
taking it have never bad any medicine in
my store that gave such universal salts
factlon." J. ". RoNEY, Druggist, Geuda
Springs, Kansas. 30 cent bottles for sale
by i. K. IRWIN & Co., Druggists.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
You are In q Bad Fix.

Bat we will cure you if you will pay
rs. Our message is to the Weak, Nervous
and Debiitateh, who, by early Evil
Habits. or Later ludiscretions, have trifled
away their vigor of Body, Mind and
Manhood, and who suffer all those effects
which lead 10 Premature Decay, Con-
sumption or Insanity. If this means y on
send for aud read our Book OF LIFE
written by the greatest Specialist of the
day, and sent, (sealed), by addressing
DR.. Parker's Medical and Surgical In
stitute, 1913 North Spruce ST., Nashville,
Tenn. Sept. 26-1yr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-03-06
Alabana,s Governor in Earnest

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. Feh. 27.-Last De-
cember W L. Bruce, formerly of Ohio
and a nephew Of Judge Bruce, Of the
United States Court, vas run OUT Of
Catharine, a small town ia Wilcox caun-
ty, in this State, by Democratic citizens,
because OF his political belief, and be-
cause they alleged that he had aided in
haylng a negro Postmaster appointed at
that place. Bruco did not leave till he
had been assaulted by masked mon, his
life threatened, and store bnrned. At the
same time the negro Postmaster was
driven Off and the Office burned. Gov.
Jones offered large rewards for the
rest of the guilty persons, but several
who we're arrested we're released.
Tho Governor not being satlSiiel, had a
special Grand JGry impanelled, who have
Just flashed their work ami returned
forty Indictments againit the participants
in the row All Of them are well-knOwn
citizens Their Indictment and the course
of Gov Jones in the matter have created
a senauou. Tie State will ask for a
change of venue to another comfy 50 as
10 got impartial jnrymen. Postmaster
General Wauamaker closed the Post Office
at the time OF the trouble.