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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

The medium sized breeds Of poultry
are best on the farm.
Always crush egg shells before feed.
ing them to the hens.
Take the chill of the water Tor fowls
on very cold mornings.
Rapid eating is one Of the worst evils
in feeding young poultry.
For the gooseberry an airy and cool
location, with good moist, but not wet,
soil is preferable.
The old hen knows where to do the
most damage in the garden-the pullet
will have it all to learn.
Trees ought not to stand so near or so
close together as to keep the dwelling.
house in continual shade.
J. II. Hale is reported as advising
farmers aud fruit growers to become
specislists-to grow one or two varieties
and do it we'll.
The Devon COW is a worker. She
won't stand at the bars and below for
more pasture. Lots of cows try to make
their Threats save their heols
Winter pears, as a general thing, re.
quire to be brought into a warm tempera-
ture one or two weeks before they are
wanted for table use, says Barry.
1t is claimed tina. moving of all the
foliage of strawberry plants Immediately
at the close of the frUitiDg season de.
velOps healthier and more vigorous
plants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
NATURAL GAS.
A Brief History of the Rise aud Fall OF!
This Fuel

A Brief History of the Rise aud FAN oil
This Fuel.
The history Of the rise Of natural
gas fer manufacturing purposes III
Pittsburg is an interesting one, says.
the Chronicle Telegraph Of that city.
1t was about the middle Of May
1884, when it displaced coal in the
first iron mill in this city. The first
of that month it was used for the
first time in an extensive industrial
works, in the O'IIara glass house at
Thirtieth street and the Allegheny
Valley Railroad. About the fifteenth
of the month it took the place OF
G,000 bushels of coal in the Carnegie
mill at Twenty-ninth street. Not UNI
til early in November was it intro"
duced in the mill Of this firm at
Thirty-thrd street, where it took the
place OF 1000 bushels Of coal daily.
While the use of natural gas was
very satisfactory the slOwness at
tending its introduction was remark
able. 1t was about the middle OF
the summer Of 1885 before it was
used in half OF the iron and steel.
works in the PittSburg district, and
it was fully three years before 1t took
the place OF coal in all Of them.
There was considerable trouble in.
securing manufacturers to make the
change. The low rate offered to the
firms was not 50 much of an object as
the room saved by absence Of ashes.
There was no trouble in recon-
structing the furnaces from coal to-
the use of natural gas, yet this re-
tarded its early use somewhat.
Among the first along the Monon-
gahela River to adopt it was Jones *
Laughlins, in the winter of 1884, in
the American Iron Works. To
guard themselves against possible
trouble they only remodeled a por-
ton of their works. About six
months after it was used with salts
faction in these works it was used in
all the mills along this river and the
Ohio, excepting in those Of the Oliver
Iron Company.
Beginning with 1889, the gradual
abandonment of natural gas in the
local mills where natural gas is still
being used in pudding furnaces are
those Of A. NJ. Byers & Co., Tug X
Co., Brown s. Co., and the Carnegie
mill at Thirty-third street These
four mills run 162 furnaces Of this
kind, besides the heating furnaces
and the tube works Of the firm first
named. There are few mills in
which gas is still used in the heating
furnaces, but altogether it has al
ready given away to fully 100000
bushels Of coal daily.
The idea that the supply of natur-
al gas would never be exhausted was
only entertained for about year
from 1887 to 1883. After that there
were many evidences that the supply
would not hold out During this
year there were some firms who be-
came imbued with the idea that all
they had to do was TO dig well any
where and they could soon getenough
gas to supply them. There very few
accidents in any Of the mills causeG
by gas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
H0rSenfsh For Food.

In Europe, where the horse is every
year more used as human food, the ami
mails are not allowed to become a mass Of
skin and jagged bones, as old horses Of
ten do here. They are fattened, and
even an old horse can be made quite fat
if given succulent food mixed with
ground grain. 1t is no more difficult to
fa.ten an old horse than it is to fatten an
old cow.-Boston CutivatoI. --
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

in the next morning. Stir the mixturd
we'll before putting it into the oven.
Lemon Ice-Two tablespoonfuls of
relatine soaked in water enough TO
cover it, for one hour, one cupful of
boiling water stirred into the gelatine
until the latter is thoroughly dissolved.
Add three cupfuls of cold water, three
cupfuls of sugar, and the juice Of nine
lemons
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
An English Court scandal.

There has been considerable scan
dal recently at the English court in
connection with the apartments
which the Queen places at the dis
rosal Of impoverished members of the
aristocracy at several OF the palaces
which are not inhabited by herself,
such a., for instance, Kensington
palace, ST. James palace, and Hamp-
ton Court palace. The Queen has
discovered to her horror that those
recipients Of her bounty have for
some time past been cOolly letting
out their rooms and apartments to
whoever was willing to pay for them,
in some cases even to people OF the
most Objectionable character. In
fact, they would let them to anybody
who was able to pay the price which
furnished them with the means to
make a trip TO the continent or to
the seaside. The scandal became all
the greater owing to the fact that
there are sentlnels on duty at all
these palaces, and that guardsmen
were thus forced TO patrol residences
inhabited by quite the reverse Of
royal-people, indeed, whom the
Queen would never even have per-
mitted to presentation at her drawing
rooms, functions to which neariy
everybody Of respectable character is
admitted. Her majesty has now
iscuod n strict Order that heDcpfOrth
no apartments in any of her palaces
are either to be let or even lent by
the occupants to third parties under
the pain Of forfeiture Of the favor
and privileges which they enjoy
New York Recorder.
The output Of the Minneapolis -four
mills for 1892 will exceed $3.50, 900
bushels aOainst 4 S1S Q00 h,,shais f..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
An Important Difference,

To make it apparent 10 thousands, who
think themselves i'll. that they are not feet
ed with any disease. but that the syst. IN
simply needs cleansing, is to bring comfort
home to their hearts, as a costive condition /.
easily cured by using Syrup Of Figs. Manu-
featured by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
srATE OF UHro. UITY or TOLEDO, 49,,

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he T. the
senior partner OF the firm Of T. j. Cheney &
Co.. doing business in the City OF Toledo.
County and State aforesaid and that said arm
viii pay the sum OF $40 for each and every
case OF catarrh that cannot be cured ry the
use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENLY
Sworn TO before me and subscribed n my
presence, this 9Th day OF December, A. D., $50.
isEAL A. w. OlNAS0S
- Notary Public.
Halls CatarTh Cure Is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
OF Inc SYSTEM; Send for testimonials free.
I. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, U.
az Sold BY Druggists, 75c. -.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

The meteorological editor of hlssis-
sippi p per, in describing the weather
one day recently, said the "soughing
rain sozzled and sizzled."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

Disease is unnatural and is but the proof
that we are abusing Nature. Il is clamed that
Carried Tea, simple hero remedy, helps Ma
turc to overcome this abuse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

FOR COUGHs AND THROAT DISORDERS use
liROwN's BROSCHIAL TROC"Ts. Have never
changed my mind respecting them. except
think better Of that which | began by think
ing well of."-RCU. Henry Ward Beeeher. sold
only in boxes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
A Little Kid.

There Is a baby at Heppncr, Ore,
which is claimed to weigh less than a
pound.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

What is done cannot be undone, especially
if it is a hard-toileI egg.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

Ifanlicted with sOro eyes rss Dr.. lsaac Thornn.
sons Eye-wat Dr-r,giaf~ sell az DC pcr bottle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

Clothes may not make the man, but suits
make The lawyer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

The mother tongue is probably the IAN
guage Of Mars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

When one woman praises another, folks
think she is sarcastic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

The Languedoc Ship Canal, in France.
by short passage of 14S miles, saves a
sea voyage o; 20OO miles By the Straits
Of Gibraltar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10
Justice to All.

is apparent to The Directors of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition that millions Of people will be denied the pleasure of becoming
the pOSSeSSorS OF
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-02-10

The output Of the Minneapolis -four
mills for 1892 will exceed $3.50, 900
bushels, against 7,S70,O0O bushels for
1891
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
ON THE SIDE OF SCIENCE.

FOURTEEN minor planets were discov-
cred during April, bringing the total
number of small planets known to SO.
PROF. DoLDEAR says powerful
search light could project beam ia
Mars in four minutes which could DC
seen and responded to if they have the
apparatus we have.
SIR JOHN HERscuEI. says that if a
solid cylinder of ice, 40 miles in dia-
meter and 100000 miles long, were
plunged end first into the sun, it would
melt in second Of time.
. SCIENTISTS have succeeded in meas
uring the thickness of soapy water in
q bubble. When showing the shndc OF
violet it was onc-fourth the thickness
of violet wave of light, that is, about
1-2i0, 900 of an inch
LIE position of the lamprcv cells has
been reviewed by Prof. Howcs, who
thinks that instead of being primitive
forms, they are abcrrant fish-likc
forms, which have lost their lower Jaw,
their sucking mouth having been sec
ondarily acquired
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
AGRICULTURAL FIGURES.

Iowa raised 10000, 600 bushels of
corn last year.
The Indian corn crop of 1892 was l.
GaS, 4Gi ZOO bushels; the wheat crop $40,
100000.
IL India there are 1870 cotton mills,
with $500, 600 spindles and 25, 900 looms,
employing 10000 persons. There are
also eight new mills now in course OF
construction.
TIE canning industry is making
great Roadway in Georgia, and, in
view of the probability of fine crop
this season. that state is likely to be
one of the most profitable fields for
fruit growers in the country.
THE largest grain feet that ever left
Chicago at the opening of navigation
was composed of one hundred and fifty
steam and sailing vessels, which left
that city for the lower lake ports April
%, with 100000 bushels of grain.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
OVER SEA AND LAND.

THERE are now twenty-seven royal
families in Europe who have about 800
members.
THERE is a great decrease in grave
crimes, as murder and brigandage, in
Egypt of late years.
EACH four of the British Australian
colonies has Scotchman at the head
of its government.
TIE annual consumption of tea in
England per capita reaches little
moro than five pounds.
No AUSTRIAN man can get passport
to journey beyond the frontier of his
own country unless he can gain the con-
sent of his wife.
EXCAVATIONS were being made for
the foundation of n hotel at Durango.
Mexico, when the worllmen came across
an iron box containing old Spanish gold
coins to the valuc of 100000.
HE revenue returns of Queensland
and western Australia for the quarter
ending with March show, in common
with all other Australian colonies so
far reported, n decrease, compared with
last year.
WE are told that the cry of the whip
poorwill is the recognized sign of sum-
mer in the south, as the cry of the
cuckoo in England, and already his note
has been heard as far north as Edge
field, S. G.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
soME NEW coNTRlvANces

a NEW diving belt has been made
in France by parchmenting the leather
instead Of tanning it. The belt does
not stretch and is moro durable than
tanned belts.
THE telautograph, another electrical
wonder of the present day, transmits
autographs, likencsscs and pictures bv
telegraph. Any kind of writing is re-
produced in exact copies.
a HORSESHOE which is likely to in
crease the speed of racers has been
produced by L. c. Lloyd, of GAINESVILLE,
Wis. 1t is made of aluminium and
weighs only an ounce and half.
ONE of the newest applications of
Tie Observation-Disclosures principle ia in
connection with small Photographic
apparatus. You drop your coin into
the machine and it hands you your tin
type
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27

rule. compare with those given by
brass or glass Chladni plates. Like
the lycopodium figures. they give re-
suits which surpass those of solid
plates in complexity and in the prcva-
lencc OF curved outlines. The usual
types of Chladni figures can hardly be
obtained.
Tor the box, any tin or pasteboard
box can be used. The rubber should
be very light, and for even figures
should be evenly stretched, but by
stretching it with different tension in
different directions the figures can be
considerably modified. The appliances
are all so simple that the experiment
can be recommended as really very
interesting one.
One cXperimcnter is said to have pro-
duced fixed relief maps of the curves
by the use of plaster of Paris. In such
eases the note must be uniform and
must be maintained until the plaster
sets hard.
In old violins dust balls are some
times fonnd. The experiments de-
scribed give the clew to their forma-
ton. The vibrating wood of the violin
nets to gather the dust into balls. The
same action can be seen in the lycopo-
dunn on the vibrating rcmbranc.-I.
O. Sloane, Phi. D., in Scientific Aincri
can.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
A FEW OBSERVATIONS.

POWER of language is indicated by
fullncss beneath the eyes.
EACH salmon, it is estimated, pro-
duces about 30, 600, 900 eggs.
MANS finger nails grow about an
inch and n half every year.
lie nickname of Austin, Tex, seems
unfortunate. They call it the dam city.
THERE is sea on the Californian
coast which is colorcd vcrmilion by the
presence of vast quantities Of minute
shell fish and zoophytes.
THE negroes in Virginia are becom-
ing thrifty. They pay taxes on real
estate valued at 50, 425, Gs5, and on per-
sonal property worth S3,342, $50.
Mosr vegetarians believe that it is
cruel to kill animals for the sake of
using their flesh as food; hence they
abstain from meat. Some of them re-
fuse to wear leather shoes for the
same reason, and have their fcet-covcr.
ing made of felt.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
MISSING LINKS.

ALL animals whose habitat is the
arctic regions turn white in winter.
OVER "A hundred new telegraph offices
were opened in India during the first
three months of this year.
AroHruNE was missed by Henry Mum
son, who died recently in New Haven,
Conn. lie invented the device by
which gun-barrcls are bored but
neglected to patent it.
TRAMrs rarely visit Edmore, Mich,
more than once. When they are caught
in that town, the marshal puts them in
the jail rcception-room, builds a roar
ing fire for their comfort, and then
sprinklcs pepper on the stove
SoMF ONE Of a cui'iously mathematical
turn has calculated that a pound of
spiders webbing unwound would be
long enough TO reach round the world,
with enough left over to reach from
New York TO San Francisco.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
another Use for ELECTRICITY :.

NJ. Moissan has succeeded in prepar-
ing large quantities of the more rcfac-
tory metals by aubjecting their "earths''
to the temperature of an electric fur
mace This is simply small furnace
composed of lime, so arranged THAT Il
can be intensely heated by powerful
electric arc. BY this means chromium,
and uranium were obtained in consid-
cradle masses. at ordinarily proeur-
able temperatures the various oxides OF
uranium are practically irrcduciblc bv
carbon. Now, however, they yield
with comparative ease in the electric
furnace. Osiam still defics the furnace.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
TRUSTEES, SALES.

r VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FROM
enc recorded In the clerks office OF the Hnsir RS
S Sourt ios the city OF Roanoke, Va in deed book
s &C. Psgs So 70 the undersigned trustee 10 seco re
xia0 and default having been made In the pay
asT1I OF SAD debt, shall, THURSDAY, fHE
inc courthouse in the city OF Roanoke. Va pro-
der a 10 ~, sen at pu6c auction to the highest bid
certainp properly covered BY said decd. 10 wit:
"a, known as lot No. Is, section TO- as shown by
'n TI map OF the North Side Land Company.
AhisMS: Cash as to the pi 81 due notes and in
selest: amounting to about Si42. al d the cost or
o5ecutlpg TINS trust. Balance. IL any, payable in
one aud two years from day of gale
= % tus i. s. TROUT Trustee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
TRUSTEES, SALES.

PY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FROM
ID Henry W. Howard, dated the 2nd day OF
April, 1870, and recorded In the clerks office OF
in deed book IS, page 800 to the undersigned
trustee to secure to the North Side Land Com
pany the payment Of $40, and default having
been made in the payment OF said debt. shall, on
THURSDAY, THE 25Tn MAY, 1893, AT IL
O'CLOCK NJ In front OF the com thousc in the
city OF Roanoke, Va, pre- coed to sell at public
auction to tt highest bidder all the property
covered by ga deed, to wit:
A certain parcel Of land in the city OF Roanoke,
Va, known Us lot No. B, ecction 6. as shown by
the map OF the North Side Land Company
TERMS Cash rs to the past due notes and in
tercst, amounting to about 1925. and the cost OF
executing this trust Balance II any, payable in
one and Two years from day OF sale.
42' IDS H. ). TROUT, Trustee,
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
V,RUsTEE's SALE OF vALuApIE RrA,

Il cstatc.-By virtue OF 4 deed of trust dated
the 18th day Of January 1892 from Evalyn A. Pope
and A. Pope, her husband. to the undersigned.
therein mentioned, the said 4. pope being in
arrears more than $500 provided to be paid to
the undersigned. and Mt the request of a holder
OF more than Il majority of the indcbtedp cts in
said deed mentioned, which request is in writinr
and specifies the time and terms of sale and tho
minimum price for said land, will ON SATliR
DAY, THE lTrlI DAY OF JUNK 1893. AT 10
OCLOCk NJ, i'll front OF the premises proceed TO
sci Mt public auction to the highest bidder that
certain parcel o. land lying in the city OF Roar-
oic, Va, and bounded rs follows:
beginning at the northwest corner OF Boulc.
ward and street, thence with street in a
nG,rtherly direction la0feet to an alley, thence
with said alley in westerly direction l0 fec. 10 n
point, thence at right angles and i'll a southcrly
direction ITO feet 10 boulevard. thcucc with
boulevard in an oastcrly direction % feet 10 F
street, the place of beginning. being lots Nos s
and 2, block :. according to the map OF Yves. End
Land Company. ~
This sale il, according 10 the terms of said
uceo OF trusi Hprcssly subject to the two d eds
OF trust, one dated the 2Sth day OF February.
lS9l, TO secure the Maryland Life INSURANCE
company the payment Of So 500 due the 2Sth
OF February, 1S1G, interest payable semi an
nually; tho other dated the !st day OF June 1881
70 sscnre the same company the payment OF
$50 due on the 2Sth Of February 1S,lG Interest
payable scm-annually. Interest on both sims
Is 3. >''n
TERMS: Cash. as 10 all OF the purchase pricc
over and above the said debts due TO MARYLAND
Lie Insurance Company. d. H. MATSUN
~ Jus Trustee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
TRUsTEE's SALE OF HYDE PARK LOTS

B. AS trustee in decd executed on the 10th
day Of January, 1890, by j. A. Finke ana II. H.
McClaugherty to me and recorded in the clerks
office OF the county court OF Roanoke county, in
deed hook w, page G23, TO secure 10 the Hyde
Park Land Company the sum OF $500, as ev.
dcnced by three certain negotiable notes, dated
the 10th day OF January, 1870, and payable in ono
two and three years. with interest from date
and default having been made in the payment OF
the last mentioned two notes, and the accrued
interest thereon, and being required so to do by
the holder OF the eaid two notes, will, On THE
18th DAY OF JUNE, 1893, AT IL NJ, offer for
sale by public auction in front OF the courthouse
OF tho city OF Roanoke the following described
real estate: That certain lot parcel OF land
lying i'll the county OF Roanoke, State Of Vir-
sinia and adjoining the city OF Roanoke. Va
uDd described as follows:
beginning Mt the southwest corner of Cen
ter avenue and Eighteenth street, thence
no. IN u degrees 4? minutes west 200 feet to
point, thence south 81 degrees Is minutes west
13O feet TO alley, thence with said alley south
lis degrees 10 minutes 200 feet to the place of
beginning. and known as lots IL. IL IL and H.
section IA, on the map of tho Iiyuc Park Land
Company.
TERMS: Cash enough to pay expenses OF
executing this trust, including commission of
per cent to tho trustee and to pay the said two
notes OF S2tT.tb each and accrued interest and Ms
10 the res lduc, II any, upon such terms rs the
said j. a. Eli Ike nj d II. ii. NIcClauehcity shall
direct, and in case OF failure upon their part 10
give oh direction upon a credit OF six months
Ihc purchaser 10 give bond with security for the
suid residue. and TO execute II deed OF trust ON
the land sold to secure the same.
Oh ids 5. GRIFFIN, Trustee
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-27
DY VIRTUE OF DEED OF TRUST FRoN
lJI. W. DOMdY. ed the 2nth ln,: nf H..

pY VIRTUE OF A DEED OF TRUST FROM
III. W. Dowdy, dated the Both day OF Nav ISgl
and recorded in the clerks Office OF the Hastings
Court for the city OF Roanoke, Va, in deed book
ID. page Iii, to the undersigned trustee to secure
to ihc North Side Land Company the pnymen; of
SlG0, and default having been made in the pay
&Til OF MAY, 1s!3, At 10 O'CLOCK NJ, in front
OF the courthouse in the city OF Roanoke Va,
bidder, all the property covered by said deed,
TO wit:
A certain parcel OF land 1 the city OF Roanoke.
Va, known as lot No. %. section s. as shown by
the map OF the North Side Land Company
TERMS: Cash NJ to the past due notes and
executing this trust, SIS payable IN monthly pay
mcnts OF 50 each, with interest from the 3Uth day
OF May, 1871 on each payment, said pay ments he
and continuing to fall due on the Both day of each
month thereafter for nine consecutive months
Balance, If any, payable in one and two wears
from day OF sale. H. s TROIIT Trnsinc
4 % tbs