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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
c.LrlEArINa TIE nLAckREnnY.

In its natural state the blackberry ia
foand in neglected fields and along
wccdy fence rows. No fruit plant is
more persistent in its growth or more
sturdily resists determination. While the
fruit OF its wild estate has always Leen
highly priced, under cultivation 1t has
developed greatly improved varieties.
Without particularizing any one as the
lest the following may be mentioned az
among the more desirable varieties
Agawam. Ancient Briton. Early Harvest,
Taylor, Snyder, Erie, Mnnewashi, Law.
ton, kittatiany and others. 1t is, how
ever, to be observed that not all Of thu
varieties are sufficiently hardy to succeed
equally well in all sections, so tllst in
selecting choice varieties for any locality,
1t is well to have the advice Of an expe.
lienced nurseryman, Along with the
strawberry and raspberry the blachterrE
forms trio Of delicious fruit, of which
every person who has the land to spare
fcr the purpose, should at least faiss
enough for family use.
The blackberry will grow ON poor eoils,
but foUrishes best on such as are we'll
adapted to other crops. Indeed, it -four.
lshes too much unless kept in subsection
by severe pruning There is no tine in
the year except during the winter, when
1t will not be benefited by care and etten-
ton. At the present time there ara
growing up by the side of the bearing
canes, thrifty green sprouts FROM the
roots. These are to be the bearing vines
of the next year, and after they havo
truited those bearing this season should
be cut off and carefully taken out. Care
fully, because the green canes are ex-
ccedingly brittle and easily broken.
OF the new canes from one 10 three
may be preserved, according to the dis
lance arart OF the stools For few
vines in a garden it is quite good plan
10 set them about three feet apart, train
ing one thrifty cane to each stake, and
clipping to make bushy head and pre-
vent too extended growth of the liter
ais. Where several canes are allowed to
grow from each stool they must have
more room, but shortening and pru1ing
are necessary in all cases, and tying to
stakes is ADVISED. -Nao York World,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
Training the Memory

Sidney Woolett, the New York elo
cntionist, says that the way memory can
be trained is by constant exercise. 81
knew thirteen of Shakespeare's plays and
Tcnnysons 'Idyls' by heart, besides a
volume of miscellaneous poetry. Ny
process was simple. Invent hard to work
and learned them by rote. Sometimes
would read ten lines over carefully
several times and then attempt to repeat
them. If | failed l would keep at them
TIL | knew the lines perfectly; then
would try ten lines more By memoris.
ing ten lines at time thoroughly had
little trouble to repeat an entire poem os
a thousand lines or more. NV favorits
way OF memorizing is while l am walk
ing. Often | have walked fifteen Or
twenty miles repeating long poems ike
Miles Staudish, 'Enoch Arden aud
'Eialne. 1t somehow comes natural TO
me to memorize what have COINED.
Shakespeare's plays are difficult 10
memorize, because the author has so
many striking lines and so many original
characters. Naturally it is more difficult
10 recite dramas than poems. If l happen
to make the slightest mistake in reading
my lines hear from it, so l am careful
to know what l recite perfectly. CHI
cage Post
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
PLANT COLOR AS A SOIL TEST.

Georges Vile, the French agricultural
investigator, contends that there Is a
constant relationship between the cplor
of the growing plant and the comp osi-
lion of the soil. That is to say, a plant
in soil containing phosphoric acid, pot
ash and nitrogen in sufficient quantities.
and i'll valuable form will show a certain
green color. The same plant, if either
one of these three elements is in insult
fcient quantity, or in a form not avail
able to the plant in the soil, will show
quite different green. The kind of
green indicates whether i. is potash or
phosphoric acid, or nitrogen THAI is
mainly wanting to the soil He MAIN
tains. on the strength Of experiments tx
tending over a period of five years, that
the absence OF nitrogen mauifests itself
by a yellowish green, the absence of TO-
ash by pale green, and the absence ct
phosphoric acid by a green much lighter
IN shade than the color Of healthy aud
wellnourished plant II this holds true,
then the farmer is in position to know
what composition of three elements of
plant food will be required for any par
iicular crop and soil, and the agricultIr-
al scientist will be placed in a position
TO give with much more certainty SQUAD
Ialiable advice as regards fertilizers.
II Is admittedly very difficult even
with the aid of soil analyses to tell ex.
actly what a soil requires for particular
crop. Now, if the plants by their color
furnish, so to speak, natural fertilizer
barometer, decided step forward would
he made. Mr.. Ville's conclusions will
ae viewed askance, as were his nitrogen
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
ilRvIYING pRIEn TREES.

When woody plants, such as trees and
shrubs, have become very dry in Transit
from the nursery they may often be re i.
vived by burying them eatire in moist
soil. This is far better than planting
and then giving water for it is almost
impossible TO keep the stems moist when
exposed to the AIR and drying wind, but
if the bundles are opened and the plants
laid in trenches, or in any way 81 that
all parts can be covered up with moist
soil, they are almost certain to revive if
there is spark OF life left in them when
so buried. They should be examined
from time to time but not lifted out un-
I'll the buds begin to swell, then gently
raise the tops exposing only a few
branches the first day, then day or two
later little more or all of the plaut ex-
tept the roo Sele.t cloudy or rainy
day for taking out and planting, always
pruning away as much of the top as can
be spared. Many a shrub and tree
which would be pronounced dead by a
casual observer may be revived as We
have described. -Ame7icaa ABicgh4yia.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20


The shawls and carpets Of India have
long been famous for their color. Their
popularity is partly due TO The brilliancy
and permanence Of the dyes employed,
and partly to the harmonious tifits into
which the colors are blended. The fig
ures, except when they are geometrical,
are apt TO be rudely drawn.
1t is matter of surprise to learn that
work so artistic as the weaving of the
wonderful fabrics which caut1os he
equaled in our mills is every part done
on the rudest of looms, and by little
boys of less than twelve years Of age.
Mrs. King, the writer, describes the
work as she saw it done in one of the
hill towns nea~ tho borders of Kash-
miti
1--WE passed through an arehway in
to large, deserted looking enclosure
full of rubbish heaps, and having a
deep colouade of mud-tIieks running
all around. Under This was erected
rude looms, Of which there must hare
been over fifty, but at the present time
only six are being worked, owing TO
trade being slack.
''The carpets were most beautiful in
color. and design, all intended for the
London market. We saw one; rieastr
ing twelve feet by ten, which was nearly
finished. SIX little boys, varying in
age from eight to eleven years, were
working it, while one of them read ont
the pattern from a slip Of paper. Their
small brown fingers worked so nimbly,
knotting on the various colored wools
and cutting off the ends with knife,
that once ould hardly see what they
were doing. 1t seemed amazing that
such small boys should have attained
such dexterity. Their pay is from two
to three dollars month.
ave We're told That they could make
a carpet of the size they we're then
working in one month, SO that the
actual cost Of the making would be
about fifteen dollars, and as the carpet
would sell for over sixty dollars there
must be handsome profit over and
above the cost of the wool and the in
terest on the capital sunk.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
MASSAGE FOR A HORSE.

This process, which consist of rubbing
and pressing the muscles or joints, is
quite as applicable and useful to animals
as to person. It will be useful 10 cases
such as described, viz, the so-calle1
Sweeney, which IS shriking of the
large muscles Of the shoulder from want
of use by some lameness, mostly ia the
foot or leg, AM not necessarily in the
shoulder joint. 1t Is generally recon.
mcnGed to ee continued Tor fifteen OF
twenty minutes, and is followed by d
stimulating liuiment well rubbed into the
skin. The action on the muscles is
equivalent 10 ordinary work by which
the growth and solidity of the muscular
fibre are increased; it thus counteracts
the i'll effects of the iuactiou of the
muscles caused by the lameness. At the
same time the actual seat of the lameness
should be found and proper treatment
given there. The most probable location
OF this is the foot - AeW lofd5 Times.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
The Human Figure

From the crown to the nape of the
neck is one-twelfth the stature of the
perfectly formed man.
The hand from the wrist to the end
Of the middle finger is one-tenth Of the
total height Of man of perfect proper
tons.
A man of good proportions is as tall
as the distance between the tips Of his
fingers when both arms are extended at
full length.
The face, from the highest point Of
the forehead where the hair begins tothe
end of the chin, is one-tenth of the whole
stature of the man of perfect mold.
If the face, from the rootso Of the hal +
to the chin, be divided into three equal
parts the first division determines the
place where the eyebrows should meet,
the second the opening of the nostrils,
if perfectly formed
The proportions of the human figure
are six times the length of the right
foot Whether the form is slender or
plump the rule holds good on an aver
age. Any deviation from the rule is a
departure from the beauty of proper.
ton. 1t is claimed that the Greeks
made all their statues according to this
rule.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

experiments, but set of very simple ex-
periments would settle this important
question. A few vegetation vessels filed
with soil of known composition and
given respectively additional quantities
Of phosphoric acid, potash, and nitrogen
would establish the variety of color re-
curing on one aud the same plant by
the absence of the one or the other ele-
ment An experienced eye would soon
be able to tell from the color of field
of wheat, corn, barley and oats, presents
to the eye what the soil needs principally.
Every farmer knows that the same wheat
on two different fields may look alto
gether different, and of course there is
some good reason for it, which Mr..
Ville's study Of the relationship between
plant color and soil composition may help
to solye.--4mericaa AgrieuItmist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

We have heard of training almost
everything, but We were surprised when
we read some time ago Of lady tanning
a wasp She found one on her window
which appeared to be dead, but it was
only chilled by the frost, and when she
took it upon a piece of paper and put it
by the fire, as soon as it became warm
it flew to the window again,
where it stayed all day The next
morning it was again chilled, so it
could not move, and she put it near the
stove again where it did as it had done
The day before So she continued to do
every morning for some days. But
one day she was surprised to find that
1t flew up on her shoulder instead Of
going TO the window She put her fin
ger near its head and it crawled upon it.
From that time she began to feed it
with pieces of apple and pear, and after
hat it would fly to the lady many times
turing the day, aud the two became
great friends.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
EARN ANn eAnnHs NOTES

ann aNp NAhDbs NOlE-s
Feed no musty hay to your horse.
Feed all young animals warm food.
Never forget that sheep like tdrnips.
If you want good butter, churn often.
Provide necessary tools in advance of
need
Feed for flesh and not fat in your
team.
cannas require rich soil and plenty of
water.
Keep your harness well cleaned and
oiled.
Early potatoes will bring good
price.
Plant as soon as the soil is ready, not
before.
Good roads are the highways Of
wealth.
Cheap production encourages con
sumption:
Whenever you see weed cut it be-
low the surface.
Evergreehs may be transplanted this
month.
The annual phloxes are most effective
in masses.
Keep your bees as near forty degrees
as possible.
Peas are generally covered too shallow
when sown.
Berbevis Thunbergii is desirable or
namentai shrub.
Scrape your fruit trees and wash them
with soapsuds.
Don't cultivate SO as to disturb the
roots of plants:
Small fruits are as easily grown as any
OF the farm crops. /;
Look cut for the currant worm. Hell
lebore is the remedy:
The double varieties of the Deutzias
are valuable lawn plants
The best fruit grows on the highest,
ARREST and suuniest points.
The bearing season of currants may be
prolonged by a heavy mulch.
The earlier the application of fertiliz-
ers to strawberries the better.
Sow beets for succession and thin the
young plants to FIVE inches apart.
Keep the heads of your fruit trees
open 50 as to let in the air and sunshine.
Prune when the tree is dormant, If
you want to impart vigor to its growth.
II you want to check the growth of a
tree trim it when IN full leaf or just be-
fore
Raise your "greens' instead of hunt
ing them in the lots. 1t saves work and
time.
The variety is important, but the best
variety viii make a poor crop with poor
cultivation.
A large part of cultivation can be done;
and done most easily and effectively be-.
fore corn is planted.
Canada wood ashes are being spread
ever parts Of Boston Common for the i'm
provement Of the grass.
Corn for cnsilage should have Just as
much care in planting and cultiyating as
corn planted for grain crop.
Whether for silage, or for grain and
fodder, the man with clean land can
grow the most corn with the least labor.
Any green crop, such as clover, grass
and field peas, can be used for ensilaye,
hut in this country the great easilagc
crop is Indian corn.
One ounce of sulphide of potash to
four gallons of water will destroy all
aildews on plants if they are thoroughly
sprayed with the liquid.
The weasel is the mortal enemy Of
nice, rats and gophers. 1t is claimed
that one weasel will in a short time clean
a ten-acre lot of gophers.
A Kansas man made small fortune on
potatoes last season. When asked how
he did it, answered 81 planted them
and then stayed at home and tended
them
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

4 rather striking case has in t been
brought before a Yicksburg Justice Of
the eace. \ man namod Rathbone
sued one jackson for time.
We'll, SAID the justice, when the
case was called, you have brought on
action here for time, but you do not
specify. Did You give this man Jack
son so much of your time and has he re-
fused to pay ycu for it?"
your honor. this man has had my
slime and does refuse to lay me. will
explain. | i've on the floor Just above
linn, and some t1'ue ago bought fine
clock on the ...staiiment plan. The
other day the fellow came around to
collect the instalImcnt, aud it occurred
to me that ~ jackson could hear She
clock strike lie ought to help me Iay
for it. ! looked into the matter and
found that lie had no clock, and also
learned that his hours were regulated
by my time-piecc. Then / to d him
that he owed me for time and explained
to him, but lie refused to entertain nv
claim
Mr.. Jackson" said thc Judge, "haye
you no time OF your own?'
II have not, yom honor
And have yea been telling the time
Of day by listening to the striking of
Mr.. Rathbones clock"
Vel, ye', | did not think that it wa.
wearing on the clock, / thought that
while the c.oc& was striking Tor him it
3ou d just rs vel strike for me, e,-
ecial'y as one set Of suiaes would do
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
The Hercules Beetle.

The biggest Insect of its kind in the
world is the hercules beetle of South
America, which grows to be six inches
in length. 1t is said, whether truthfully
or not, that great numbers of these
creatures are sometimes seen on the
mamma tree, rasping the rind from
the slender branches by working around
them with their horns until they cause
the juice to flow. The joice they drink
10 intoxieation, and thus fall senseless
10 the ground
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
The Other Animals.

All the boys in the school but one
had stepped up on the platform and read
their compositions, and every Compost.
ton was briefly descriptive of sc".a
beast of the field or forest, beginning
with the assertion that the beast in
question was a very usefulanimal John
ny Biggs was the last boy to take the
stand, and everybody wondered what
his composition could be, rs the stock
of ''useful animals" seemed to have
been exhausted by hisassociates. John
ny was equal to the occasion. His
composition was on the subject Of
Man, and this was the way it read
Man is a very useful anymull to
hisself; butt the other anymulls don't
never have mulch use for him
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

Syrup"

We are SIX in fam
AFarmer at lily. We live in
Es... r...aa place where we are
IUo'''' e"' subject to violent
Says: Colds and Lung
Troubles. / have
used German Syrup for six years
successfully for Sore Throat, Cough,
Cold, IIoarsencss, Pains in the
Chest and Lungs, and spitting-up
Of Blood. | have tried mary differ
ent kinds of cough Syrups in my
time, but let me say to anyone want
ing such medicine-German Syrup
is the best. That has been my ex-
perience. If you use it once, you
will go back to it whenever you
need it. 1t gives total relief and is
a quick cure. My advice to every
one suffering with Lung Troublesis
Try it. You will soon be con-
WINGED. In all the families where
your German Syrup
is used we have no John
trouble with the r.,,,,.
Lungs at all. 1t is '''''
the medicine for this ,o.oa
country. y
G. G. GREEN. Sole Man IF, Woodbury,N.L
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
Pretty strong

Pretty strong
reasons for trying DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy. In the first
place, it cures your catarrh--
no matter how bad your case
or Of how long standing. II
doesn't simply palliate - it
euses. If you believe it, so
much the better. There's
nothing more to be said.
You get it for so cents, from
all druggists. :
But perhaps you won't be
licve it. Then there's another
reason for trying it. Show
that you can't be cured, and
you'll get $500. It's a plain
business offer. The makers
Of DR.. Sage's Remedy will
pay you that amount if they
can't cure you. They know
that they can you think
that they can't. If they're
wrong, you get the cash. If
you're wrong, you're rid of
catarrf.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

There Is more catsrrh in this seesion Of the
country than all other diseases pdt together,
and until the last few years WAS supposed 20
be incurable. For a great many years doctore
pronounced il local disease, and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly falling TO
cure with local treatment, pronounced Il ~
durable. Science bias proven catarrh to be
stftutianal disease. and therefore requires
Constitutional treatment. Halls Cniarrh Cure,
manufactured By 7. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo.
Ohio, Is the only constitutional cure on the
market, II is taken internally in doses from
~ dFops To a teaspeunful. II acts dirertly upon
the bit-od aud mucous surfaces Of the system.
They offer sl0e for any ease il fails to cure.
Send for circulars aid testimonials. Address
4, }. CHENEY & Co! Toledo, o.
~ Sold bv Druggists f5c
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"He KIIlea Five ratley..-

PARKgRvILLF, GA. Apfil II, 1sao.
You remember some time since sent 10 YOU
for one-haif dozen bottles of Florspiexiou
sent to you for ii for asthma. You cannot tell
the good that il has done me could not walk
but a short distance before taking Florsplex-
ion. |. at this time can take my gun and walk
twp. or three miles through the pine woods and
Mild grass looking for deer and turkey. have
killed i've fine turkefs now. / believe that
three or four bottles ii Ficrapiexinn viii rltre
the worst case Of sst tna. Vow, professor, ron
can use my name. As ever your friend.
$ 6, cHuFs
F7ardperfoH is the speedy and persnanent
cure for Sick Headache, indigestion, Dysisep-
STA, biliousness. Liver Complaint. Nervous De-
bility and Consumption. il is the only sure
cure Tor these complaints. Ask your druggist
for il ard Eet we'll.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
AGRICULTURAL.
TOPICS OF INTEREST REL ALIVE
TO FARM AND GARDEN.
EASY WAY 70 RID GROUND or WEEDS.

EASY WAY TO RID GROUND or WEEDS.
Do you want a garden patch that is
rich and also free from the myriad weeds
that infest your old garden2 Change
the hen yard to new site and use the
ground where it stood. Repeated pillow
ing and spading, as well as poultry
scratching, has given the seed all soils
contain good chance to sprout, and
each turn has been killed by the in
dustrious birds. Also weed cursed
garden should he penned in for biddy.
American Agriculturist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20
100, Is Maks Nencr.

DFAR sur Having read Nj Safgents's OK.
pericnce in plating with gold. silver Ai-i nick
ol, am empted 60 write Of my success. sent
platter. / have had riorc tableware and jew
CRY than ] could plate ever since. cleared
81 the first week and In hree weeks S9l. Any
one can do plating aud make money in any ln-
cality the year round. You cEn get circulars
by addressing above firm. WA GRAY.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

Mrs, Westend- You appear to ro-
eognize that gentleman?
Mrs. Lake-ide (of Chicago)-YeV,
we u ed to be quite intimate. He YVES
one OF my earlier husband - Street
q Smiths Coed Nems.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results wheu
Syrup Of Figsis taken, it lie pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and ects
gentlyyetpromptly on the KidneyA
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
TEN efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habituai
constipation. Syrup Of Figs is The
only remedy of it's kind ever pro
duced, pleasing 70 the taste and &c.
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial IN It's
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances
its many excellent qualities com
mend it to all and have made 1t
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs ia for sale in 300
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gfsts. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it DO not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
80. SAY FRANCISCO, CAL.
EsvfSNttE. KE EeW YoRE. ~
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

Mr.. Gadd- hear Mrs Dadd is 60
ing to move.
Mrs. Gabb- Yes, she moves every
year since she got her new furniture
Net5 York Iieeklg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

LADIES needing tonic, or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bittsrs ID Is pleasant to tASe, cures Malaria,
Indigestion, Biliousness ana Liver Complaints,
makes the Bleed rich and pure.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-06-20

A Baltimore man had carache continually
for eleven years. Finally he recovered and
delight drove him insane.
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sE- Sold BY Druggists, s5c.

tfinute scales Of the human skin. yet each
one al these scales covers from 800 TO 500