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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
Suka Erost's Suicide.

"My newspaper career ended in suIlen
gloom said Michael E. Moore, at the
Laclede. "Some years ago l was re-
porting for the St. Paul Globe and was
sent up to Monte Media to do the North
western Chautauqua. The thing dragged
aud my soul yearned for excitement.
"a wealthy man from s.. Pau. owned
a summer cottage at Monte Media, and
was the proud possessor of a cow called
Suka. One night Suka succeeded in
hanging herself with her halter.
seized on the item at once, wrote it UP
as the suicide of Suka Frost, and seat
it by express, inclosing a note to the
editor that Suka was a COW.
"The note was mislaid and the tele.
graph editor padded the item. The
next day the paper came out with a col.
umn account of the mournful event IN
der three column scare head. Miss
Suka Frost, the charming daughter of a
well known citizen Of St. Paul, commits
suicide The article entered into all
the details aud gave uureqmted love as
the moving cause of the rash deed.
"The afternoon papers thought they
had been ignobly 'scooped,' and to
make amends sent special reporters and
artists to the scene of the tragedy. Then
they roasted the Globe, aud the editor
tried to get even by giving me the
grand bounce. st. Louis Globe Dem
Ocrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
ONE WAY TO TAKE OFF HORNS.

This is the way an Ohio Farmer cor
respondent says he got the best of his
bull; Z" I put on him a muzzle, such as
are used to keep horses from biting, or
eating their bedding, covered the lower
part Of 1t with cotton flannel which l
kept wet with chloroform. In about
ten or fifteen minutes the bull concluded
to lie down and take nap. While un'
der the influence of the an@sthetic, to
such degree that I could touch the
eyeball without his finching sawed of
oil his horns, dressed the stumps, with
antiseptic cotton, took of the muzzle,
and put a ring in his nose, all Of which
was done in twenty minutes from the
time l entered the stable, and that, too,
without any suffering. The bull soon
got up, minus his horns, with jewel in
his nose, and probably will never know
how it occurred. 1t cost the price of
three ounces of chloroform, but l did
not have any tied legs, or men-setting
on a handspike."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
VALUE OF MILLET.

Millet is one of the most largely cult
waited plants. 1t furnishes a large part
of the grain food to the half civilized
Nations, as those of Asia aud Africa; the
fodder for cattle of civilized farmers,
and some varieties furnish sugar. 1t is
thus the staff of life to more than half
the people Of the world more truly than
wheat is to the civilized quarter Of them.
And it deserves the notice OF farmers
quite as much as any other plant grown.
The fodder is especially rich IN the albu-
minoids and fat, containing fifty per
cent. more of the former and nearly as
much Of the latter than timothy hay.
But, like all the grasses, it requires to
be cut and cured before it is mature,
and while the blossom is not past. At
ter this stage it becomes hard and woody
and the seed heads are covered with
sharp thorns that are Injurious to the
stomachs of animals that are fed on it.
The cured hay is very agreeable to all
the farm animals, aud the product is
easily one-half more than any other kind
of hay. For these reasons it is a valua-
BILE crop and should be sown every year.
1t is an excellent medium for the summer
seeding of grass or clover, and it leaves
the land in mellow condition favora-
BILE for the fall growth of the grass
American Dairyman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
Proud of His Motho

There are few eminent men. who
have not said that their success in
life was largely owing to their
mothers teaching, and who have not
been proud to own the many illustra-
tiOns Of this truth:
The mother of John Quincy Adams
said in letter to him, written when
he was only twelve years old:
81 would rather see you laid in a
grave than grow up a profane and
graceless boy"
Not long before the death OF Mr.
Adams a gentleman said to him: Il
have found out who made you"
what do you mean?" asked Mr..
Adams.
The gentleman replied, Il have been
reading the published letters Of your
mother"
If" this gentleman relates, al had
spoken that dear name to some little
boy who had been for weeks away
from his mother, his eyes could not
have flashed more brightly than did
the eyes of that venerable old man
when l pronounced the name of his
mother.
ale stood up in his peculiar man.
ner and said:
"'Yes, sir; all that is good in me l
owe to my mother. THE Day
Spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
curalus facts About the Grin.

| III L dscMdlhi SLldli piaSO III VlnS-
rama, where there bad previously not
been a single case OF grip, an officer ar
rived from Berlin gripped. The staff
surgeon who attended on him aad
his orderly next fell i'll. Then fol-
lowed the wife and child of the surgeon,
and a friend of theirs, who was gener-
ally with them. After that a regular
epidemic commenced.
In Belgard, where the disease was
likewise imported from Berlin by an
officer, his aide de camp became gripped
on the third. day. In a few days the
other inhabitants of the same house fol-
lowed suit; then the staff surgeon took
the disease, and finally grip broke out
in the residence of the commander OF the
garrison, which was opposite to the
house first infected.
In Colmar two regiments, the ORA
goons No. IA, and Infantry No. liz,
were stationed in different barracks.
The civil population and the dragons
had suffered for some time, while the
infantry regiment had been spared. One
Sunday morning men Of both regiments
met in church, and after that the cpl
demic broke ont in the infantry regi-
ment as well. Dozens Of similar in
stances might be added which are given
in the official report on grip in the Ger
man army.
In many of these small epidemics it
was noticed that toe disease spread In
the barracks from room to room, and in-
deed from bed to bed. Every man
caught it from his nearest neighbor, and
the more crowded the dormitories the
more numerous were the victims OF the
influenza. While in some cases old hos
pital patients were spared when fresh
cases Of the grip were admitted into the
same wards, it was nevertheless noticed
that in most cases not only the old pa
tents, but also the nurses and attend
ants became affected soon after cases Of
grip had been admitted. The cavalry
and horse artillery suffered more than
the infantry, probably because the horse
men get more heated during their prac-
tice, and are thus more liable to catch
cold, which is believed to predispose to
influenza.
The following are few striking in
stances of evident contagion which have /
appeared in the civil population:
A lady residing in the neighborhood
of Paris went with a friend into the
Magazins du Louvre, in which influenza
had broken out, and bought, among
other things, fur collar for her coach
man. She returned the same evening to
the country. This was on a Friday.
both ladies got influenza two days after,
and each occasioned a small epidemic in
her circle. The enc living in Paris gave
it to her brother, who fell i'll on the
Sunday; to her husband, who got it on
the Monday following a maid and a
little girl had it on the Thursday, and
the same evening another servant was
taken. The other lady, who lived in
tle country, gave the fur collar on the
Saturday to her coachm9n, on Sunday
she was taken, while the coachman BE-
came grippci on the Monday. On the
Wednesday the lady's child was taken;
on tbs Friday its nurse; on the Saturday
a maid, footman and another nurse
had it; the next Sunday another child
got it, and only the master Of the house
mud cook escaped. Contemporary Re.
view.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
A Dlmealty Solved.

Sir Frederick GoIdsmid tells ar
amusing anecdote about the construc
tion, under his superintendent, Of
telegraph line from Bagdad, in Asia
Minor, to the Persian capital OF Te'
heran.
The frontier lire between Turkey
and Persia was so undesirable that
tract of no less than seventeen miles
of land over which the telegraph
would have to be carried was In dis
pute, each of the two countries claim
ing the right to its possession.
Now, the engineering stores which
our Government supplied to the
Turkish Government differed to those
supplied to the Persian Government.
The former had wooden telegraph
poles, the later iron ones. The Per-
sian Government in their jealous
hatred of the Turks, feared that u
wooden poles were erected across tho
disputed territory, posterity would
regard them as proof that the ter
ritory was Turkish.
On the other hand, the Turks obi
jected to iron poles being used, lest
in the far future they should be adj
duced by Persia as evidence that tho
land was hers.
The way Sir Frederick contrived to
get out of the difficulty did credit I,
his ingenuity and resource. He sci
up first a wooden pole, then an iron
one, then another wooden, then az
iron again, and so on-alternatina
wood an iron-for the whole seven.
teen miles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

thing that chicks can have. Feed only
as much as will be eaten up clean, and
mix fresh.
With old hens especially, apoplexy
and egg-bound are the result Of Excess
sive fat. Better wealth and thrift can
be maintained by keeping the appetite
somewhat sharp.
II robber bees attack your hives wait
until near shutdown before searching for
them. At that time they will not DO
able to do as much harm as they could
do earlier in the day.
Give the sheep plenty Of dry, clean
bedding so that the wool will not become
foul. We don't believe a sheep can be
healthy that always is carrying dirty
fleece around, and we know the dirt does
not improve its quality.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
THE BEST CHURN.

A great many of the old kinds of
churns have gone entirely out of use be-
cause of the superiority of the more i'm
proved ones of the present time. OF the
two or three thousand churns that have
been patented in America, not more
than twenty ever came into common
use, and of these few nearly all have
been discarded since it has been shown
that the butter is churned simply by
conclusion and the throwing of the
globules together violently. The result
has been that those churns that act in
this way and without dashers are in use,
and the old ones are thrown aside. Of
the new kinds there are the square or
rectangular churn, box hung by two
opposite corners; the swing churn,
which is an oblong box swung back and
forth as suspended on a frame, and the
barrel churn, which is hung in an up
right position by its sides. 1t is easily
seen hsw the cream is acted on by these
churns. New York Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The profit in hog raising come:
largely by management.
Hogs need and ought to have in al
westhers a variety Of food.
Chickens that are of marketable size
should be fattened now as soon as pos
sible.
Brahmas arc not hard to control. Give
them plenty to eat and they are usually
quiet and contented.
If fed largely upon corn it is an easy
matter for ducks to become too fat and
then they will not lay well.
Excellent results are obtained il cattle,
which are being fattened, are fed pump
kins in conjunction with clover or clover
hay.
There is no trouble in making good
beef with corn, grass or good hay fed
with it, all OF which can be raised on the
farm.
Some agricultural writers claim that
the manure of the stock if handed prop.
erly will pay for the entire cost of care
and labor.
Parasites kill off as many fowls as
disease does. The first thing to learn is,
that fowls must be kept clean and free
from vermin.
Feed no corn in warm weather; it
will make the hens fat, idle, unhealthy,
and will seriously interfere with the pro.
duction Of eggs.
After the setting hen is off the nest,
burn the contents OF the nest box; other
wise it will send out an annoying and
destructive brood of vermin.
If you can spare the horse let him
have few days run in the pasture. Ii
you can do this and want to add to his
enjoyment take his shoes off.
No use in pulling grass and clover to
feed the chickens, unless you cut it up.
They can only cut it off when one end is
securely fastened to something.
The nests should always be arranged
so that the fowls can get into them
readily without being obliged to jump
down upon the eggs in the nest.
Select out the turkeys that are in.
tended to be kept for breeding in good
season. 1t is not best to depend too
much on young fowls for breeding.
Farmers who have bees should plant
some sweet clover for them. When DE
clover is Of no more use to the bees it
can be cut, cured, and tried as hay.
More honey may be obtained by hav.
ing the surplus receptacles arranged upon
three sides Of the brood than when we
depend upon the top of the hive
alone.
Dough that has been mixed long
enough to get sour, is about the worst !
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
A Very Peculiar Notion.

Some one has estimated that at least
one fourth of the world knows nothing
of the use Of forks, and fully one-quar.
ter of the men, women and children il
it eat with their fingers. The Egyp
tians and Turks pride themselves OF
their cleanliness in the use of their fin
gers rather than forks and give a verI
ingenious excuse for the practice
Forks, they say, have been IN some other
mans mouth aud you have to depend
upon your servants for their cleaning
These people wash their hands befor,
sitting down to table or squsttiug around
the meal on the floor, and they take uF
the morsels OF food with thin pieces o.
bread, rolling it around such food Of
sopping it in the soup. They use theil
hands in aiding in the carving and teal
rather than cut their roasted fowls
House Furnishing Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
Suicide In Chiaa.

Suicide is frequent occurrence in far
Cathay, although 1t is uniformly con.
demned by the literature of the country.
Moreover, the Chinese believe that people
who kill themselves must endure ter
rible torments in the Buddhist sheol.
Opium or hanging is preferred by most
suicides, but many also seek watery
grave. Chinese suicides never cut their
throats, for they believe that the tor.
ments OF the soul will be increased BY
any mutilation of the body. Since they
also believe that the spirits wear cloth.
ing in the next life resembling that worn
by the deceased at the time of his death,
Monaghan suicides dress as well as
possible before they carry out their de-
termination.
Generally the suicides are committed
in lonely, out OF the way locations, but
sometimes Celestials kill themselves at
night in places where the traffic is very
great during the day. Walking about
early in the morning it is not uncommon
to see the bodies of these unfortunates
dangling from street trees or the ratings
OF bridges. Female suicides generally
destroy themselves at home. Women
usually commit this crime because Of
jealousy and the loss of money at gam.
bling, to which they are just as much ad.
dicted as the men.
Many Cinnamon believe that the
suicide was induced to kill himself BY
an evil spirit who made him present Of
a golden collar. Therefore, these super
stitious people hire priest to drive ou
the tempting spirit wherever a suicide has
been committed in one of their houses.
After the priest has concluded various
ceremonies he receives a small black dog,
a block and a Ratchet from the owner of
the house. Then the priest chops of
the tail OF the poor animal aud places a
rope about it neck, whereupon the head
of the family draes the bowling aud
bleeding dog through all the rooms Of
the house and finally kicks him unmerci.
fully into the street. The dog is sup.
posed to drive the evil spirits away with
his bowling aud to pursue them in thei
fight through the streets. To purify
the house the priest, preceded by man
with a torch, walks through all tn,
apartments with a copper pan upor
which sulphur, saltpeter and other com
bustible substances are burned. And |
to prevent the evil spirits from return.
ing the priest places some amuleti
written on red paper over the door
before he leaves. II the suicide wal
committed by hanging the beam frou
which the deceased suspended himself
is replaced by a new one to prevent
the soul Of the departed from return
ing aud settling in the fatal rafter.
The Chinese condemn and despist
self destruction that is a consequence
of vice or passion, but express thu
greatest respect Tor people who commi
suicide for reasons which they regarc
as noble. The gates of paradise are
aiar far honorable" suicides. Globe
Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

other tissue soaked with imaammable
oil. No matter how thrown or curved
the heavy hall falls downward. As a
further preventive from burning the per-
former covers his hands, arms, face,
chest aud back with alum powder or
some other chemical preparation.-New
York Advertiser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Ask your doctor what hap
pens to cod-liver oil when it
gets inside Of you.
He will say it is shaken
and broken up into tiny
drops, becomes an emulsion;
there are other changes, but
this is the first.
He will tell you also that
it is economy to take the oil
broken up, as it is in SCOTS
Emulsion, rather than bur
den yourself with this work.
You skip the taste too.
Let us send you an inter-
esting book on CAREFUL LIv-
ING; free.
scorr & BowNs, Chemists. ija South s,h Avenue.
New YORK.
Your druzgis, keeps SCOTS Emulsion Of eod-liver
ol--all druggists everywhere 40. g..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
The Biggest Telescope.

The Lick telescope, thirty six-inch
aperture, at Mount Hamilton, CAL, is
the largest refracting telescope in the
world. The Pulkowa refractor at the
Russian observatory, thirty inches and
the thirty-inch at Nice are the other two.
The three largest redectors are those OF
Lord Ross at Bier Castle, England,
seventy-two inches aperture; of Besssmer
at London, fifty and oue-duarter inches,
OF Sir W. Herschel at Slough, and the
Melbourne observatory, each forty-eight
inches. San Francisco Examiner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
August
Flower

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep.
aration was suggested to me and
tried, sbut to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the adrnira.
ton in which hold it. Ithas given
me new lease of life, which before
was burden. Its good qualities
andwonderful merits should bemade
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." JESSE
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt. Kas.9
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

THE demand for harvest hands has
been so imperative In the Western
States as to drive the tramps into
other parts. For time the AmerI-
IAN nObleman was In imminent
LANCER OF impressment into service.
de made good his escape. however.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
Snow as a Protection.

It has always been generally believed
that snow keeps the ground warm, but
no very accurate data on the subject has
been heretofore forthcoming. Accord
ingly it is interesting to learn, from
observations recently made at Kstherin-
burg, that at depth of fourteen inches
the soil, when covered with two feet OF
snow, was ten degrees warmer than at
the surface. - San Francisco Chronicle,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
When Nature

Needs assistance 1t may be best to render It
promptly. but one should remember to use
even the most perfect remedies only when
needed. The best and most simple and gentle
remedy is the Syrup OF Figs manufactured by
the California Fig Syrup Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

THE wife Of Congressman Springer
writes poetry, but has not as yet
prevailed upon her husband to quote
any Of 1t in his speeches.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

In PetouviIle (EuglandJ Prison, out O
1000 convicts ut one time confined there
75l had been Sunday.school scholars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sell it at
25cts. per bottle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Last week Messrs. Morse Bros, prOprietora
Of the well known Rising sun stove Polish,
filled orders from two customers 10 the West
for twenty-three cars loads OF stove polish. AZ
each car conta ned 400 gross, weighing 10 tons
the shipment to these two houses was 9ae
gross. OF 3tj tons. The immense business done
by this firm is a monument to the industry and
high grade Of goods for which they have earned
q reputation at home and abroad.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
Trnin Loaded win Stove Polish.

Life is shorter in the valleys and lowiands
than among the hills and mountains.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

IL your Back Aches. or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, It Is general debility.
Browns Iron Btters viii cure you, make you
strong cleanse your liver, and give good ap-
petite-tones the nerves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Conductor z. D. LOOMS, Detroit Mich,
says: THE effect of Halls Catarrh Cure is
wonderful Write him about 1t. Sold by
Druggists. 15c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

BEECHAM's Pills are painless and effectual
remedy for all bilious disorders. p cents a
boy. For sale by all druggists.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Browns Iron Biters cures Dyspepsia, Malls
ma. Biliousness and General Debility. Gives
Strength, aids Digestion, tones the nerves
creates appetite. The best tonic for Nursing
Mothers weak women and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

There are men who tire Themselves almost
to death looking for any easy place.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

It's queer man who wouldn't rather feel
his oats than his corns
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Five volumes of air contain enc volume of
oxygen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

An artesian we'll in Petaluma, Cal, spouts
$1,000 gallons of water every hour
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

A prize fight is called mill" because the
other fellow Is reduced to pulp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
SwellingS

In the neck, OF Col.
tire, caused mo terrible
suffering, aud I spent an
enormous amount o
money for medicines, IN
vain. l began to take
Hoods sarsasarilla and
IN a few weeks / found
the swelling very much
..ll
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21
rhn,,. What Rrouaht the Factorle..

Cheap fuel and low freights arc the ncces-
stiles OF manufacturing. Two fuel-oil pipe
lines. four railroads, one complete belt line,
give Grffith these advantages and brought her
four factories as soon as the town was laid ont
By Jay a. Dwiggins * CO.-Chicago News.
On clear night rel light can be seen
at a greater distance than a white light; but
on dark night he reverse is the case.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

A good story IS going the ROUNDS O.
Constantinople that the annual vac
cination Of the inmates Of the haren
of the Sultan during the fast OF Ram
adam was omitted this year from mo
tives Of economy, as each victim wat
usually paid 1000 or 1000 francs fol
going through the ordeal. The re
suit was a row Of such tremendou
proportions that the Sultan had t
surrender
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1892-10-21

Onyx has been found in Rockingham
County, Virginia.