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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Oats are good feed to make bone
aud muscle, but not for egg production.
The brooder must always be kept so
warm that the fowls will not crowd in it,.
One object in feeding is to get an in
crease in size as much as possible, but at
low cost.
If from any cause any Of the chickens
get stunted the quicker they are mar
keted the better.
Pip in young chickens can often be
cured by mixing little black or cayenne
pepper in their food.
The best profit in raising ducks for
market is in having them ready to sell
when they are twelve weeks old.
Guinea fowls are not good market
fowl by any means, but they lay large
number of eggs and are a good table
fowl.
Pigeons will thrive in small yards il
kept in small lots; from twelve to twenty
is plenty. They must be mated, as an
extra male will often cause considerable
trouble. Wire mesh makes a good cover
ing for the yards.
Darying is similar to other occupations
in that it is profitable or Improbable
Just as the dairyman makes it. Energy,
true mot false economy, and a strict adj
herence TO business principles, are the
''watchwords" TO success.
An excellent coating for peach trees
TO prevent borers, is to swab the trees
we'll with a mixture Of lime and wood
tar. Dig away the earth, swab the trees
six inches below the ground and twelve
inches about it, and return the earth to
the trees.
Rich soil stands drought better than
poor. The heavier growth shades the |
soil, and thus checks evaporation; the !
crops are hurried to maturity before
drought gets in its work, and vigorous
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

THERE has been so much justly said
about the prejudicial effects Of over
work, especially in using up the powers
of man and cutting short his life, that
it may be hastily assumed by some that
work itself is opposed to length of days.
This, however, is a fatal mistake.
Whatever may be proved concerning
the comparative tendencies of different
employments to shorten life, it will al
ways be found that a life of idleness
will surpass them all. The faculties of
man, used and not abused, serve not
only to benefit the world, but even
more to benefit himself. His health,
happiness, and length of life depends
largely upon the regular, steady, and
fuil-not excessiye-employment of his
powers. He who neglects this law and
suffers them to run to waste, leading an
aimless and vacant life, will reap the
penalty quite as much in his own in
feriOr condition, physical and mental,
as in any external loss be may sustain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
GUINEAS.

Guinea fowls, writes Mrs. B. Howe,
originally came from Africa and NADIA
gascar. They are common in Guinea
and through all the region thence to the
Cape of Good Hope.
Guineas are not so polygamous as many
of the galinaceous birds, and eyen in a
state of domestication exhibit the incli-
nation to pair.
In the wild state guinea fowls are
usually seen in large focks. The guinea
is common now in the poultry yards OF
most parts Of Europe, and though rather
more adapted to warm climates, has yet
become aeclimated and quite hardy.
Guiueas have naked beads, hardy callous
crest, a waffle hanging down on each side
and the bill strong, with the upper
mandible vaulted. Their eggs are small
with very strong thick shells. In Britain
they are especially esteemed and great
pains taken to rear the young, which, at
first, while very young are quite tender.
The best known is the slate colored
variety, the plumage covered with round
white spots, but of late years the white
guinea has become far more popular
than its speckled relation, being more
easily domesticated. While the speckled
guinea is shy, hiding its nest, and greatly
resenting any interference Herewith, the
white variety will run and lay with the
chickens. The flesh Of the former is
dark and gamey, while that Of the latter
is white and delicate, covered with yell
low skin. Guineas are not miSchievous
fowls il the garden. 1t is said that at
Landreth's Seed Farm in Pennsylvania
they keep no fowls except guiueas, and
they are allowed the full run of the
gardens, where they assist greatly in
keeping down the insect pests, while do
ing no injury. Guineas do not lay as
carly as some fowls, but they keep right
at it while the other fowls are moulting,
and consequently off duty. They are
valuable as hawk detectives, their bright
eyes deserving the first approach Of any
thing harmful or unusual in the poultry
yard, whether it be hawk, mink, weasel,
cat, dog or tramp; and such a din as
they set up.
They have peculiarly querulous cry,
which we in our childhood days imagined
sounded like buckwheat, buck wheat
This also is the cackle of the female over
the newly laid egg, while the cry of the
male is somewhat different, more harsh,
more prolonged, and less often heard.
Guineas make a pretty addition to any
poultry yard. They are small feeders,
keeping plump on marvellous small
quantity of food. They are active fowls,
will take care of themselves, arc never
unhealthy, and so far as we have OBJ
served, are never troubled with vermin.
Farm, Field and Stockmqn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
LONG JACKETS ARE PROPER NOW.

LONG JACKETS ARE PROPER NOW.
A Partisan fashion correspondent says
short jackets are set aside as quite out Of
date, aud every woman who aims at
being a la mode dOns long ones. 1t is
matter of minor consequence whether
they suit the wearer or not. Nothing
less THAI quarters length is the
mode save the short, full cavalier capes.
These are in light tweed in brig hit red,
ruby, fawn, gray and black, and are
made with braided yokes and collars and
are often trimmed with fringe about the
bottom. Even rough travelling cloaks
are now cut the fashionable length, which
reaches little below the knees. Some
Of the light fawn and gray cloth cloaks
have faceted jet waters sewed on round
the edge in several rows at regular dis
tances and also in allover designs on the
yoke and collar Chicago HeraM.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

OF no use are the men who study to
10 exactly as was done before, who can
never understand that to day is a new
day. We want Eien of original action,
who can open their eyes wider than to
a nationality, namely, TO considerations
Of benefit to the human race, can act in
he interest of civilization; men Of
elastic, men Of moral mind, who can
live in the moment and take a step
forward.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
Intelligent Sparrows.

In country town the English spar
rows took possession Of the caves and
the attic Of the courthouse, built their
nests there, and fought and propagated
with tireless and noisy energy. One
day in the spring came butcher bird
and lighted on tree near the court
house. Before the arrival of the butch
er bird perhaps two hundred sparrows
were hopping and flying about in peace
if not in quietness. In an instant they
had all disappeared. You would have
not known that there was a sparrow in
town had it not been for an occasional
low chirp under the caves of the court.
house. Now, probably none of these
scamps had ever seen a butcher bird
before. But some instinct told them
that he meant mischief, and, not stand
ing upon the order of their going, they
went at once. For two days the butch
er bird made his home in that tree,
killing several robins, but not spar
row. They, like Brer Rabbit, lay low.
On the third day clerk in the court
house shot the butcher bird. The spar
rows must have been looking on, for
their dead enemy had hardly touched
the ground before every one of them
was there too, foraging with appetites
sharpened by a two days fast. They
paid no attention to the man with the
gun nor to the butcher bird, but just
went industriously to work filling their
little crops. What other bird has such
dscernment? How did they know their
enemy was dead? How did they know
that the same weapon which had killed
him would not kill them? They did
know both things in some way. Iffor
nothing else but their smartncss the
sparrows ought to be encouraged by a
smart people like ourselves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
Maks-BeIieye Fortresses.

Jerry-buil, fortresses have turned up
on the frontiers OF Russia to the con-
sternation of the Government. A COM
mission of revision inspecting some fort
resses near the German frontier found
the outer walls about as substantial as a
piece of scenery. A fortress iu Doubno
has been ordered to be demolished and
rebuilt. The chief constructor CT this
one blew out his brains, and all his
responsible subordinates have been sent
70 Siberia. Boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

PUNISHMENT is fruit that, unsupported,
ripens within the flower of the pleasure
which concenaled it. Cause and effect,
means and end, seed and fruit cannot
be severed, for the effect already
blooms in the cause. the end pre- exists
in the means, the fruit in the seed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

and Jasper from the Punjaub, and amethyst
from Persia, and all manner Of precious
stones. A traveller says that it seems to him
ike the shining Of an enchanted castle Of
FURNISHED silver. The walls are two hun
dred and forty-five feet high, and from the
top OF these springs a dome thirty more feet
high. that dome containing the most won
deTful echo the world has ever known, so that
ever and anon travellers standing below with
flutes and dgums and harps are testing that
echo. and the sounds from below strike up,
and then come down, as it were the voices
of angels all around about the building.
There is around it a garden OF tamarnd and
banyan and palm and all the floral glories OF
the ransacked earth.
But that is only a tomb of dead empress,
and it is tame compared with the grandeurs
which God has bulded for your living aud
immortal spirit. Oh, home OF the blessed
Foundations of gold Arches Of victory
Capstones OF praissl And a dome in which
there are echoing and re-echoing the halleu-
jahs of the ages. And around about that
mansion is garden-the garden OK Cod
and all the springing fountains are the bot
tied tears of toe church in the wilderness
and all the crimson Of flowers is the deep hue
that was caught uD from the carnage OF
earthly martyrdoms, and the fragrance Is
the prayer OF all Jne SAINTS, duu Tue dIOuld
puts into utter forgetfuness the cassia, and
the spikenari, and the frankincense, and the
world renowned spices which the Queen
Balkis, of Abyssinia, flung at the feet of
King Solomon.
When shall these eyes thy heaven built walls
And peary gates behold
Thy buwarks, with salvation strong,
And streets Of shining goldl
Through o5duracy on our part aud
through the rejection of that Christ who
makes heaven possible, wonder if any OF us
will miss that spectacle? | fear! | fear
The queen of the south will rise mp in iudg-
ment against this generation and condemn
it, because she came from the uttermost
parts Of the earth to hear the wisdom of Sol
ONION, and behold, a greater than Solomon
is herel May God grant that through your
own practical experience you may find that
religions ways are ways of pleasantness, and
that all her paths are paths Of peace-thstit
is perfume now and perfume forever. And
there was an abundance Of spice; neither
was there any such spice ss the Queen OF
Sheba gave to King Solomon"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

50 SHEFFIELD AVE, CHICAGO, Mch. 20, 80.
received your sample bottle Of Floraplex-
ion, also your letter OF last Monday. After
considerable hesitation. concluded to give it
a trial, as had already taken so much patent
medicine, and been 50 unsuccessful with il, and
not having benefited me any, that it seemed
like money thrown away; but procured the
Floraplexion, and have taken four bottles, and
feel it has greatly relieved my dyspepsia.
Mpe DpENNAN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

We offer Ono Hundred Dollars reward for
any case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
taking Halls Catarrh Cura.
7. j. CHENEY * Co. Props. Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned, have known r. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tiOns, and financially able TO carry out any OBJ
legations made by their firm.
WEST e TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
o.
WALDISG. KISNAv & MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood aud mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price ,5c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Presumption begins in ignorance and ends
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Syrup"
ForThroat andLungS

IO[ J. Ill dl dllu 1@u'S
81 have been i'll for
Hemorrhage "about five years,
shave had the best
Five Years. medical advice,
land J took the first
dose in some doubt. This result
"ed in afew hours easy sleep. There
twas no further hemorrhage tillnext
ebay, when I had a slight attack
(which stopped almost immediate.
ely. By the third day all trace OF
" blood had disappeared and / had
recovered much strength. The
fourth day sat up in bed and ate
"my dinner, the first solid food for
two months. Since that time |
"have gradually gotten better and
&c am now able to move about the
house. Ny death was daily ex-
"pected and my recovery has been
" great surprise to my friends and
" the doctor. There can be no doubt
"about the effect of German Syrup,
as had an attack just previous to
its use. The only relief was after
" the first dose" JR. LoUcHHEAD,
Adelaide, Australia. y
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Flordplcrior Is the speedy and permanent
cure FOR Sick Headache. Indigestion, Dyspcp-
STA. Biioiisncss. Liver Complaint, Nervous De-
bility and Consumption. Il is the only sure
cure for these complaints. Ask your druggist
for H. and yet well.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

MANY persons are broken down from over
work or household cares. Browns iron BIT
tiers rebuids the system, ais digestion, re-
moves excess Of bile, an I cures malaria
splendid tonic for women and children
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08


Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figsis taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptlyo Oh the Kidneys
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys.
tenn efectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitua
constipation. Syrup of Figs is The
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and 40
ceptabie to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in IT'D
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in 800
and 81 bottles by all leading drug.
gists. 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.
San FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KE VIEW ToRS. NJ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

LADIES needing a tonic or children who
want building up, should take Browns Iron
Bitters. 1t is pleasant to Ia sc, cures Malaria,
makes the Blood rich and pure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Dobbins's Electric Soap has been made for "a
years. Each years sales have increased. In
1858 sales were 2,0i1, go bnres. Superior quail
ty, and absolute uniformity and purity, made
this possible. Do nm use III Try il.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Somewhere in mems best efforts you VIII
find the saving grace of woman's influence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Reputation will do for the present; time
will attend to the future.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

You cannot dream yourselfinto character;
you must hammer and forge you. self one.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Laziness of mind or inattenton, are rs
great enemies to knowledge as implety.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Magical little granules -
those tiny, sugar-coated Pei
lets Of DR.. Pierce scarcely
larger than mustard seeds,
yet powerful to cure active
yet mild in operation. The
best Liver Pill ever invented.
Cure sick headache, dizziness,
constipation. One dose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08
What is lacking is truth

w ildI 10 ldOhhiS 10 'i"'ii
and confidence.
If there were absolute truth
on the one hand and absolute
confidence on the other, it
wouldn't be necessary for the
makers of DR.. Sage's Catarrh
Remedy to back up a plain
statement of fact by a $500
guarantee.
They say-"If we can't
cure 1uu (make it personal,
please of catarrh in the head,
in any form or stage, we'll pay
you $500 for your trouble in
making the trial"
IAN advertising fake" you
say.
Funny, isn't it, how some
people prefer sickness to
health when the remedy is
positive and the guarantee
absolute.
Wise men don't put money
back of " fakes"
And " taking" doesn't pay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

The eccentricities of great man furnish
more material for lis biographers than his
deeds
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Ifaffiicted with sore eyes u.s. Drls'ac Thomp-
sons Eye Water. Druggists 5 Ill at2I' pr bottl'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

FITS stopped free by DR.. KfIYE's GREAT
NERVE REsToREK. No fits after firsi dey : use.
Marvellous cures Trcatise and = trial Do'tie
free. DR.. Kline. SCI Arch ~, Phiia., "a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

There wilialways be something worth living
for while there are shimmery afternoons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

Presumption begins in ignorance and ends
i min
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-05-08

81 have been i'll for
about five years,
"have had the best
medical advice,
and J took the first
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-18

told haa BY the s speaker was description i
the Nizam takes great delight :" @ .stn
Nizam has a splendid palace erect lh1
the plains twenty miles from Hyderah,oo o
From there the hunting party st a.aoad
the fectest of Arab horses. WITH ithr !. OF
low open cart upon which ride two ~ us is
nous cats, the hunting panthers e NO
game of which they are in search 70 hd
black buck, the fastest Of deers ana ID .ne
which will outrun any horse. Ahe po on 3
the party the huntsman moves caut;o"s,o ~
Beyond gently sloping hill the hlosJ
buck is seen. The panthers have 'a ~
ready felt its presence and are crouch; az al1
ready for their prey. The enormo,4 y
beasts are led up the hill. Thev ' .,s
constantly at the leash, but whom IN ,u .
ready the hood which covers their WI an y
is removed, and, with bound. thev .e u
after the frightened deer. The raoe ai ;e
short, and when the huntsman has s .o II
loped to where the black buck l;ss GU 81 .
panther has its teeth sunk in it's y;c,;n ,I )
throat, and is slowly sucking its blood
The dcer's throat is then cut from sid I0t :
side and the gushing blood caught in =. y
pan. The panther's nose is thrust ind s
the warm blood aud tho chase =; =
over. The hood is placed over the an y
lmai's eyes and it is led back to it's place
on the cart Paw
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-18

tally splendid accomplishments, hut
IN my humble opinion girl can get
more good. wholesome exercise out of
home, ana fairer, roster cheeks out
iof a garden spade and hoe than she
can out of any dumbbels and pulley
rope arrangements ever invented. Do
bit of Homework or gardening every
day, or if you have no task or oppor-
tunity for either, take a good brisk
walk, not a stroll, but a swinging,
light-hearted, energetic walk. Now
for the peace of mind! OF course, 1
know as we'll as you-perhaps better,
dear sisters, than some of you-that
troubles and vexations and disappoint-
ments will come, but does frowning,
worrying and signing help them any?
Not a bit, believe me, but only
wrinkles your cheeks, plants crows
feet above your eyes, and sharpen
your angles. You can think your way
just as hard out of your troubles and
perplexities with your brow smooth,
as if it was drawn into an ugly knot.
Oh, that we were able to follow the
French way of lining our houses with
mirrors, that we may see ourselves as
Others see us all the time! Mercy
me, what a number of little pet
grimaces. impatient frowns and ugly
looks we would drop!-Globe-D Demo-
crat.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1891-12-18
A Remarkable Family.

Mr.. G. w. Hall, ST., whose home is in
Clay County, was in town yesterday, and
was met by New Era reporter, who hadI
heard something Of Mr.. Halls family.
In answer to inquiries by the scribe bel
said that he would be sixty-four years
old on the 14th Of next February, is not
addicted to the use Of spirituous liquors,
has been a chewer Of tobacco for fifty
years. There are living with him eight
children, none Of whom ever tasted
spirituous liquors Of any kind. Mr.. Hall
has been married twice; his second wife
is still living. There have been born to
him twenty-seven children, sixteen by his
first marriage, eight boys and eight girls;
eleven by his second marriage, six boys
and five girls. Two pairs of twins have
been born to him, the first pair boys, and
the second pair girls Sixteen OF his
children are still living. Mr.. Hall is a
farmer, and seems to enjoy good health
and look on the bright side OF the picture
every time. 1t is doubted if another
family record can be found in Alabama
to equal this Edwardsville Ala New
Era.