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Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25
IMPROVEMENT COMPANY.
FOR SALE

FOR SALE
I have for sale for few days only, one Of
the most complete cottages of rooms in
Asheville. All modern conveniences, right near
street car line. Must be sold at once. Price
$4,000. Apply to J. M. CAMPBELL.
Beautiful lot on Grove street, 75x2OO with
large oak shade trees, must go. Apply to
]. M. CAMPBELL.
Six room house corner Spruce and Wood.
fin for sale low. Also lot 7Ox105. Location
splendid.
Have for sale 10 or 12 lots Of 20 acres,
more or less each, 212 miles of court house at
$50 per acre. and within one mile of pro.
posed street railway. The timber on the
land is worth price asked. Apply at once.
Terms easy, to suit purchaser. Parties can
get enough fire wood of the land to pay for
it within one year J. NJ. CAMPBELL
For sale So lots near Vandcrbilt's estate,
from $100 to $500 each. Apply to
J M. CAMPBELL.
For RENT,
Furnished house of rooms, elegant neigh
borhood Possession given about May lat
JOHN NJ. CAMPBELL.
House of 8 rooms on Liberty street. Good
garden, water in yard, $50 per month.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25

The finest and most complete stock OF
Colognes, Toilet Waters Extracts, Face
Powders and high grade Soaps at
GRANTS PHARMACYJ
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25

If you want handsome pair OF cut
glass Bottles call at GRANTS PHAR-
MACY. Bottles ranging in price from
One to Fifteen collars per pair.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25
KEPHALINE

will relieve neuralgia, head
ache, or toothache. 25 cent
a bottle at
Grants Pharmacy.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25

Prescriptions filled at all hours. Goods
delivered free OF charge to any part OF
the city. GRANTS PHARMACY.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25

II You want frst-cLass Hair Brush for
small amount of money, GRANTS
PHARMACY is the place to go to get it.
All kinds of Tooth Br ushes, Bath Brushes,
Bath Gloves, Sponges, etc.
Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-04-25

When your Prescriptions are COM
pounded at GRANTS PHARMACY you
can positively depend upon it that only
the purest and best Drugs and Chen-
coils have been used-that they were
compounded by thoroughly experienced
Pharmacists-and that the price paid
was not unreasonable.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
A SIMPLE TEST FoR LINE.

a chemical analysis will tell whether
a soil has an abundance or a deficiency
of lime and other materials which go
toward supplying needed plant food. 1t
requires an expert chemist to determine
this, and no method has, as yet, been
devised by which farmer can analyze
his own soil. But simple method has
been devised BY which any farmer can
tell whether his soil has enough lime or
not. Take few shovelfuls Of soil from
different parts of the field, and dry,
pulverize and mix them thoroughly.
Take a few ounces Of this, powder it,
and burn it to ashes on an iron shovel
over a fire. Put these ashes in q glass
tumbler when coolef and mix with them
as much water as i, will take to cover
them. Stir this with glass rod or
wooden stick, but not with anything
metallic. To this paste add an ounce of
bydrocnloric acid, which is commonly
sold as muriatic acid or spirits of salts,
the mixture being stirred all the time.
If a pretty brisk efferveScence takes place
it may be taken for granted that the soil
contains a fair proportion of lime; but if
little OF no effervescence takes place,
the soil contains little or no lime
1msricqn Agricalturia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
Tho Romance of Phosphate.

The history of the development OF the
phosphate industry by Americans reads
more like a romance than the truthful
record of a mining pursuit. In Florida
alone, where an experiment ven
ture was made only two years ago, the
industry is already established on such
a basis as to involve millions of capital
and employ thousands of men, adding
thousands of dollars daily to the coultrys
wealth aud challenging comparison in
prospective magnitude with any of the
great industries of the world. The
worlds consumption Of phosphate, which
must be an indispensable article of CON-
merce until that probably distant day
when the chemist shall manufacture in
the laboratory what the agriculturist now
grows in the field, is now rated at l.
5OO.O0 ton, and increases annually at
tie rate of twenty-five to thirty per cent.
In five years 1000, 900 tons will be re-
ouired to supply the markets for the
season, and in twelve years IL, 900, 0c0
or 10, 900, 900 will be required. -B5stoa
TrGnScript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
good work in Kidding themselves Of lice,
but it should be shanged occasionally.
RECIPES.

Fried Egg Plant--Slice aud let stanl
in strong salt water one hour, drain on
cloth, dip in butter, made same as for
batter cakes, and fry in hot Lard; il not
very hot they will be soft instead Of
crisp.
Stewed Beets-Boil four or FIVE medi.
UNI sized beets till tender, mash not very
fine, add half teaspoon salt, black pep.
per, one tablespoon sugar, twn table
spoons butter and three of vinegar; mix
well and serve hot.
Fried Cakes Without Eggs-Onc pint
buttermilk, one teaspoonful soda, ono
and one-half cups sugar, two table,
spoonfuls sour cream, little salt aud
spice, enough 1our to make a soft dough.
Have kettle of fat quite hot, but not lot
enough to burn them.
Rice Pudding-Wash one cup rice and
boil 1t in as little milk and water, hall
and half, as will swell it soft. Then add
four eggs we'll beaten, one Gu? sugar,
three tablcspoonfuls butter, a little salt;
pour into a well-buttcrcd tin dish, an /
bake one-half hour. Serve with sauce
of butter, sugar and nutmeg wmppet
together, or sugar aa1 cream with nut
meg grated in.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
The Subterranean Glover.

This particular kind of Glove: elects
smooth and close. cropped hillsides, where
the sheep nibble down the grass ani
other heritage almost as fast as it springs
I'D again. Nov, clover seeds resemble
their allies of the pea and bean tribe in
being exceedingly rica in starch and
other foodstuTs. Hence, they are much
sought after by the inquiring sheep,
which eat them of whenever found, as
exceptionally nutritious aud dainty NOR
sells. Under these circumstances, the
subterranean clover has Learned to pro-
duce small heads of bloom, pressed close
to the ground, in which only the outer
flowers arc perfect and fertile, while tne
inner ones are transformed into tiny
wriggliug corkscrcws. AS soon as the
fertile flowers have begun to set their
seed. by the kind aid OF the bees, the
whole stem bends downward, automati-
cally, of its own accord; the little cork
screws then worm their way into the turf
beneath; and the pods ripen ani ml'urs
in the actual soil itself, where no prying
eve can poke an inquisitive nose to grub
them up and devour them. Gases like
this point in certain ways to the absolute
highwater mark of vegetable ingenuity;
they 90 nearest of all in the plantworld
TO the similitu1e OF conscious auimll in-
telligence. - OrnhW Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
SHEATH STYLE OF SKIRT.

The present sheath style Of skirt is
most wretchedly unbecomlng to women
who are either very slender or very stout.
1t was bad enough in the spring gar
ments of wool, but made OF muslin, lawn
and other sheep limp textiles, the sheath
skirt Is neither seemly tidy looking, nor
graceful. Another fashion that require;
much discretion to make it commcndable
is the tight seamless bodice that mould'
fine figure to perfection, but is merci'
less in showing up defect in an imperfect
one. Fortunately, a large majority Of
women understand the art Of correct
dressing; but still the number is very
great of those whose devotion to fashion
makes them imagine that anything and
everything that is la mode will suit them,
and they do not see that they make them
selves ridiculous aud absurd, not to speak
of the improperly OF many modes in
their case.-Mso York Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
ROYALTY AT WORK.

The daughters of the Princess Of
Wales, says Lady Elizateth Hilary in
the Ladies Home Journal, are senHbly
educated. They know how to sew so
we'll that they can make their own
gowns, aud their knowledge of every art
taught them is thorough. Thsy can go
into the kitchen aud cookbook we'll;
they understand the art of breai-nIkin5,
and if they were thrown upon their own
resources would be able to take care OF
themselves. Sweet-faced, healthy-looG-
ing girls, they are always gowned in
the most simple manner, and work at
their books and with pencil and needle
in a way that would shame the daughter
of many tradesman, who ought to
thoroughly understand everything that
is really woman's work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Onion seed for next years sets may
now be sown.
Flowers in porous pots require more
water than those in hard-burned pots.
Reports show that grapes under
board or even under muslin cover are al
most exempt from rot.
kmaryllis Johusonii provides a hand
some garden plant that can be easily
wintcred in a cool cellar.
Perennial phloxes in various colors,
massed together in large bed, produce
brilliant effect. They are easily grown.
Turkeys ard guineas are very tender
when first Matched aud should be taken
from the nest a short time after hatch
ing
There is quite difference between the
large and small breeds of poultry and
the roosts for the large breeds should be
made low.
An important item in managing an in-
cubator is to use only the best Of oil and
to trim the lamp regularly and keep
everything clean, especially the lamp and
burner. So far as is possible only such
rooaers as are needed for breeding should
be kept. More than this only ads to
the expense.
Canker in the mouth OF fowls can be
cured by wrapping cloth around
small stick and dipping in chlorate of pot
ash and washing cut clean. A house
with an earth floor is best for ducks; sup
ply straw for litter and clean out regu-
larly to avoid getting filthy. By provid-
ing good dust bath the fowls will do
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
A Curious MinInq Coincidence.

The figure nine is curiouslyan1 inti-
mately connected with all the great gold
mining excitements Of the Nineteenth
Century. The great Algerian gold bub-
BILE formed and broke in 1899. Next
came the 8lantazan Mountain craze
in 1889, when SOLID powders OF gold as
large as -four barrels were reported. The
California gold fever broke out in 1919,
and ragged until counteracted by the
Pixies Peak boom in 1859. Ten years
later, in 1863, sold Viryiuy,' the csle-
brated miner, struck the lucky lead
which made Virginia City and Nevada
famous in the mining annals OF the world.
Eighteen hundred aud seventy nine
came IN on time with the Leadville
frenzy and the famous "carbonates' OF
Lake Couoty, Colorado. Eighteen
hundred and eighty-nine broke the
charm, but 1899 may make up for lost
time, there being two 81 ia that date. -.
81. Louis Rsp'tpc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
FASHION NOTES.

A new wooden Grape is stripe like
corduroy, and is exccc li1gly effective.
Velvet ribbon for millinery tri.a Mo Is
is on the list of to-be's for next selso1.
Some novelties shov c;y.shapsl balls
in place of the perfectly rouul polka
dot.
Clear, dark-gre shades will be il
demand to combine with wooden drcs;
goods.
Sheer cotton frocks, like lawns and
organizes, are trimmed with lace, skirt
aud bodice ruliles; also on the wrists aud
over the shoulders like pointed bertha.
The abncrmalIy high sleeve is passe,
and few very new French tailor gowns
show a close coat sleeve lightly trimne |
on the top of the arm, with the CORE
spending trimming at the wrists.
Dainty French dresses have most of
the skirts facet with silk aud without
binding; and instead of the lace balay-
cuse, the modiste now puts pinked frill
OF the silk inside the facing, which gives
a tasteful finish at the foot Of the skirt
when seen by accident.
The new silk crepons are really beau
tiful. aud great use Is made Of them as
friIls aud fishus. Entire toilets OF pink,
lilac, cream, aud gray chiffon are i'm.
ported. The fabric falls in most artistic
folds and while resembling crepe proper,
are altogether devoid OF the wirY stiff
ness of the badge OF sorrow.
Few materials are prettier for dressJ
afternoon wear than the new printed
crepons, they FALL so softly, and the
crinkled grounds give such subduel
effect to the flowers with which the
goods are patterned. A silk foundation
skirt greatly improves the appearances
OF the dress, but this is BY no means es-
scntia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
A SILK FARM.

Miss Carrie Douglass, OF Volusia
County, Florida, is experimenting in the
raising of silk worms. This spring sh'
raised three crops of worms, the third num-
berIng some 40, 900 individuals, feeding
all on the leaves of the mulberry tree.
She has about two acres planted In
young trees, which fully grown will be
capable of supporting an immense number
of the rapacous little worms, whose
whole existence is nothing but one un.
ceasing meal. The cocoonery which
Miss Douglas uses is about thirty feet
by twenty, and has provision for artificial
heat, a very necessary thing even in this
climate, as the least chill or dampness is
fatal to the health of the worms and.
consequently to the quality of the silk
they produce. Alter they have attained
their full growth, which is in about six
weeks from the time they arc hatch@d,
they stop eating, and commence to spin
their shrouds Of silk, which are no sooner
completed than the cocoon is taken and
subjected to some process-generally
that of steaming-by which the worm is
destroyed in the cocoon, as it would
otherwise eventually cut its way out as
moth, and ruin all the silk so carefully
spun. Miss Douglass ships this year a:
the result of her labors, about one hun.
bred and fifty pounds Of cocoons, which
will average about one dollar per pound.
Atlanta Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
THE WIVES OF GREAT MEN.

An item is going the rounds stating
that the wife of Joel Chandler Harris is
pretty brunette, with beautiful teeth,
sparkling eyes, winning smile aud en-
gaging manners. This is no doubt true,
and what is true OF JOels domestic
existence is true of that Of every man OF
prominence. None of this class Of citi.
zcns has yet been discovered with plain
or disagreeable wife. The homely woman
has no show in this world evidently. II
she has got husband aud he become
prominent, at once she is transformed
into perfect beauty. That's the way
OF the world.-IndianapOlis Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
DESIRABLE QUALITIES IN HORSES.

'.The thing that ought to be looked
TO in horse is his foot. For as a house
would be of no use, though all the upper
parts of it were beautiful, if the lower
parts of it had no foundation, SO horse
would be of no use in work if he had
tender feet, even though ne should have
all other good qualities, for his qualities
could not be made of any available use.
The Teras Live Stock Journal, which ex-
presses the foregoing opinion, says also
that the craze for heavy draft horses
for farm work is dying out. Farmers
are learning that they are not SO desirable
as active, fast walking horses of medium
size. A three horse team OF quick-step-
ping, active, medium sized horses will
do much more work aud give much
better satisfaction on the farm than
team OF two of the great unwieldy ami
mails. For heavy loads on the roads the
large animals are probably best, and for
this reason there is a steady demand for
them at good prices in the cities and
wherever heavy hauling is to be DONE
Nep YORK. World
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
Perfumes inflated by sc;erca.

Chemistry has found it possible not
only to analyze perfumes, that is the
ottos or essential oils, that would seem
their final resting place, but to build up
substances that have similar oiors. Rim
ether. the substance to which rum owes
its perfume, whose chemical name Is too
troublesome to give, is regular article
of commerce in Austria. 1t is mlde by
taking twelve pounds each of sulphuric
acid and black oxide of manganese,
twenty-six pounds of alcohol, aud tea OF
strong acetic acid. These ingredients
are mixed, and twelve pints distilled from
them.
Butyrate of pure ethyloxidc possesses
a delicate odor of pineapple, which, by
the addition of wine or potato spirits,
NAV be altered to that of strawberry and
raspberry. Nitric ether, fifty grammes;
acetate of amyl and glycerinc, 1oo
grammes each, with one litrc OF pureSt
alcohol, will initiate the odo7 OF pears,
and more complicatel compounds initiate
the apple, etc.
These are not like the perfumcrs' imi'
tations-apt combinations of substances
whose composition is unknown to him,
but absolute buildings up of those sub
tlest of all things, odors from substances
every one of which the chemist can con-
trol and make out OF other known SUD-
stances till the ultimate kuowa elemoats
are reached.-Ne,o York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
Aohinano solomon.

A famous Chicago lawyer once
had q singular case to settle. A
physician came to him in great dis
tress. Two sisters, living in the same
house, had babie' OF equal age, who so
resembled each other that their own
mothers we're unable to distinguish
them when they were together.
Now it happened that by the careless
ness of the nurses the children had be-
come mixed, and how were the mothers
to make sure that they received back
their own infantsf
"But perhaps" said the lawyer. "the
children wern't changed at all"
"Oh, but there's no doubt that they
were changed" said the physician.
Are you sure Of it?"
Perfectly"
swell, if that's the case, why don't
you change them back again? don't
see any difficulty in tho case. --Boston
Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18

A ringing noise
in the ears. headache, deafness, eyes
weak: obstruction of nose, dis-
charges falling into throat, some.
times profuse, watery and acrid, at
others, thick, tenacious, bloody ana
putrid; offensive breath; smell and
taste impaired, and general deDllity'
Not all of these symptoms al once'
Probably only few of theni'
That's Catarrh. -,
A medicine that by its mild,
soothing, cleansing and healing
properties has cured the most nope
less cases. One that will cure yoa
no matter how bad your case or OF
how long standing. A medicine
that doesn't simply palliate for a
time, but produces perfect and per-
That's DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
A cash payment of $500, not oy
you, as you might expect, bIt 10
you, if you can't be cured. us an
offer that's made in good faith, to
prove their medicine, by responsible
men, the proprietors OF Dr. 0ascS
Remedy.
That's the kind of medicine to try.
Doesn't it seem so?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


Hens will eat ensiIage. That fact is
well known to those who have used it
for their poultry. If they will eat corn
ensilage they will also eat that made
from grass. In storing ensilage 'he
wants of the hens should not be over
looked. A large hogshead, with green
food pressed down with pressure SUI
fcient to exclude the air, has been pro-
nouuced an excellent method by those
who have tried it, but in using such ma
terials the best results are obtained by
cutting the green food when it is nearly
mature, instead of using that which is
young and watery. Farm and Garden.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
CUTTING qAssELs FROM CORN.

A decided effect upon the prolifcacy
OF corn is produced, AYERS DR.. 3. d.
Halstead, by removing the tassels before
they develop far enough to bear the pol
len. This principal of adjustment in
vegetable physiology was well brought
out by experiment at the Ithaca station.
Alternate rows of forty-two hills each
were tasseled and the yields in good ears,
poor ears, abortive ears, merchantable
corn, poor corn, number OF stalks and
weight of stalks carefully noted. On
the rows left with tassels the good ears
were 1851; on the same number OF hills
with tassels removed the number was
233S, or as 100 to Isl in favor of tassel-
ing. In weight of merchantable corn
the comparative result was almost the
same as for good ears, namely, 100 to
152, and the poor corn was 100 to IA.
IL Will lutTtlOfC DC SCOu tuhI bASlO Wuo
a gain in corn of nearly fifty per cent.
This difference was uniform over all of
the twenty-four pairs of rows. This
outcome is striking and it now remains
to determine if it will pay farmers to
tassel their corn and also what per cent
age of the stalks flor some tassels must
remain) can be treated with profit. As
regards the above experiment, confidence
is expressed that from commercial
standpoint it paid. Production Of pollen
Is an exhaustive process, and knowledge
of the ability Of a plant to turn its cur
rents of nutrition from one place TO an
other is, to say the least, gratifying
Neu York Tribune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18


NO." she said to her dearest chum.
Il don't think can marry Edgarl"
"But why. dear? Isn't he all you
could desire in husbaDdT
ayes"
"And your brother is pleased with the
match?"
Eyes"
"Then what in the world is the reason
you refuse him when all your friends
are willing?"
"That's just it. There isn't the
slightest bit of opposition or romance
about it, 1t just seems like something
that had been laid out and planned for
us. Unless Edgar makes up his mind
TO elope with me fear 1 shall never
marry him."
"Oh-hl"-Frec Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
The Test Of Real Suffering.

First Patient lin the hospital)-We
was warming the dynamite on the fire
and that was the last thing l knew I'M
ill some one asked me il l could pick
my arms out Of the pile. It's tough to
go through the world without arms.
Second PATIENT left my legs about
four milos from Squeedonk In a rail-
road wreck. laid there four hours be-
fore the doctor came.
Third Patient (feebly)-Haye either
of you gentlemen ever had the grip
NeiO York Recorder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
LADIES' COLUMN.
cHAurAuouA WOMEN.

Four "Chautauqua women" are said
to DO famous. Mrs. G.. r. Alden, who
writes religious stories over the nom de
plume of "Pansy;" Mrs. McCliutock,
who teaches a matin class In Beowulf
and Chauctr, Miss Laura Fry, who
carved the organ screen in the Cincin.
natl Music Hall, aud Mrs. Emma r.,
Ewing, who has taught cooking IN
Kansas for years. Chicago Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
Gold is shipped abroad in kegs.
Children Enjoy

The pleasant flavor, gentle action and soothing
effects OF Syrup Of Figs. when in need Of lax
alive and II the father or mother be costive or
tiious the most gratifying results follow It's
csc, so that It Is the best family remedy known
and every family should have bottle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
viii fight TO a finish.

As long as the fight lasts among the wall
paper manufacturer. the Fidelity Wall Pa
rer Company;of No. Il North Eleventh street,
Phila delpbia. will give the public the adyan-
iage OF the drop in prices. We get this from
Them direct. Send four two cent stamps Tor
samples Of their eight, ten and twelve cen.
gifts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-09-18
a Life Saved
TUFTS HIairDye

Gray hair OF WHISPERS changed to glossy
black by n single application of this Dye.
IT imparts n natural color. acts instantane-
ousiy and contains nothing Injurious TO the
hair. Sold by all druggists. or sent By CT
press ON receipt cfprice, st.0c. Once, 30
a 81 Park Place. New York.