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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A duck-legged breed OF chickens
would not be a bad idea.
Do not feed your fowls for twenty
four hours before killing.
Do not allow the spurs on the
roosters to grow too long.
Chickens pay better than old fowls
which are past their usefulness.
Separate the pullets from the cock
erels when three or four months old.
Fowls enjoy the dust bath and it
helps to keep them free from vermin.
1t pays well TO develop the fast-walk-
ing gait of drsught and farm horses.
Boiled beets make an excellent, suc-
culent food for chickens during the
winter.
Let every generation of your poultry
be an improvement on its prede-
cessors.
1t is the way your ground is titled
rather than the number of acres that
count&
If you have no range for poultry
cut little grass or clover every day
for them.
Wheat is an excellent food for laying
hens. Now that it is cheap lay in
good supply.
A scrub will hardly pay for the cost
of raising, but good draught horses
bring good prices.
Horses fed on early cut and we'll
cured hay will come out in good con-
dition next spring.
1t is harder to find frst-class road
or carriage horse to-day than it has
been for many years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
TIE POPULARITY OF BLACK IL DRESS.

lhL IOfAl4AhlAl UT DIAM ~ DhEo's
One of the striking things about the
new colors which are shown for aut-
umn is that almost without exception
they are in shades that will harmonic
well with black, which is but one of
the many indications that black is to
play a still more conspicuous part in
autumn and winter costumes. Black
and white IS still stylish combina-
ton when it can be worn becomingly;
but it is trying to many persons, and
when this is the case il is a comfort to
know that the black is the important
thing, and that the effect will be just
rs stylish if it is combined with some
becoming color Many persons who
cannot wear black combined with pure
white will find very softening and
becoming effect in the combination of
black with ccru, which is now one OF
the very fashionable combinations. -
Demorest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

Floating islands are by no means
rare, but an unusually queer one is
located in Cranberry Lake, near Ar.
den, New York. Some years ago, in
order to keep the island from foltlng
down the stream, it was attached %
the mainland by n hawser, in nearly
the same manner as an ocean steamer
is tied 70 a dock. The old hawser
still remains tied to a tree, and is the
object e much interest 10 visitors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Decentire Foundation.

Workmen about to build a brick
pier for a new building in Lewiston,
Me, dug down four feet intothe ground
and came upon a large fiat stone. 1t
pleased them to discover what they
believed would he a fine foundation
for their pier, and they went to work
building upon it. They built the
pier to a height Of twelve feet, and
then were astonished to see it sink into
the earth. Investigation showed that
their fat foundation stone covered
the top Of an old well thirty feet
deep.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Thirsty Vegetation.

Roots draw enormous quantities OF
moisture from the soil, and by this
means it is discharged into the at
mosphere. For example, the COM
mon sunfower was found to exhale
twelve ounces Of water in twelve
hours, and an oak tree with an es-
tlmated number OF 700, 900 leaves
would in the same way give off some
thing like 100 tons Of water during
the five months it carries its foliage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Disadvantage OF Richness.

A specially rich strike Of silver ore
In the west is not so profitable to the
owner Of the mines as an outsider
might suppose, partly because it costs
more weight for weight TO transport
rich ore than poor ore from the mine
to the smelling furnace. When a
mine owner asks a railway company
to run in a spur to his mine and seeks
to make terms for transportation the
first question in reply is: GLOW
much docs your ore assay" The
railways charge per ton is in pro-
portion to the value Of the orc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

VaIue of a Cadaver.

A chemist computes that at the
present market value the average
human cadayer contains something
like SIS, 900 worth Of calcium. But,
like the fabulous values Of aluminium
In clay, or gold in sea water, the cost
OF extraction at present prevents all
profit to the wOuld-be enterprising
manufacturers, cad the schools Of
anatomy will have no immediate
cause for alarm as regards CONNER
cial competition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
RECIPES.

Sweet Picked Beans-Take seven
pounds fruit; put them in a jar with
three and one-half pounds sugar, one
quart best vinegar, two ounces stick
cinnamon, two ounces cloves; the
whole boiled together and thrown over
the fruit three days.
Fruit Puffs-Make the puff pastry
and roll into pieces the size of n
saucer, and into each piece put
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
Hnv case Of Catnrrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & Co. Props. Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned. have known +. j. Che.
ney for he last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financ ally able TO carry out any oolga-
ton made by their firm.
WEST g. TnUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
WALDfNG. KIvvAY e. MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, OHIO.
Halls Catarrh Cure IS taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces OF the system. Price, &c. per bottle. Sold
By ali Druggists. Testimonials free.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
SAD FATE OF A CHILD.
Its Body Found In the Centre OF a
Pressed Cotton Bale.

Several days ago the little child Of J. II.
Harkey, who operates cotton gin at Ada,
Ark, disappeared and search was made for
him without success. Mr.. Harkey remem-
bered that ne had last seen the little fellow
playing about the ginhouse.
Work was commenced at ripping opening
the bales and the child's body was found in
the centre of a bale thst had been pressed n
few days before. How the child fell into
the press is a mystery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10


we would grumble less.
Who kills the man when he -wor'
ries himself to death?
EVERY man who does right is help
ing some boy to be good.
II doesn't take very much money
to make a good man rich
1t is the man who is willing to die
daily who will always live.
LOVE needs no law. Being loyal
IN heart it IS loyal in hand.
WE would all do more lifting up II
we would do more looking up
ONE secret Of living long is to learn
how to live one day at time.
To WANT to be good is the surest
prophecy that we shall be good.
IT is hard to remember the good
qualities of those who forget us
LOVE is the only thing man needs
that he can not get for himself.
THE Gays are never long enough
for the man who loves his work.
SOME religion is pretty sure to give
us an appetite for more religion.
GOD has never yet made a man
who could please all his neighbors.
AS LONG as he knows there Is a
God why should a good man worry!
No MAN has religion enough who
does not rejoice In the Lord always.
THERE can be no pardon for the
man who will not forSake all his sins.
TIE happieSt Christians are the
ones who work the most at the trade.
THE man whom God fills has no
trouble about keeping the world out.
THERE is now and then man who
IS afraid the devil is being slandered.
BREAD from Gods table Is only for
those who are willing to fight and
work.
THE surest way of getting more
from God is to enjoy what you already
have.
THERE is nothing like unsel6Shness
for getting sinners to believe in
Christ.
THERE is nothing more beautiful in
Heaven than the life Of Christ lived
on earth.
WE never find out how bright the
light is until we have been for awhile
in the dark.
THE man who has God never has
70 be loaded down with gold TO make
him happy.
TIE man who is satisfied with HIM
self is always being disappointed with
Other people.
1nE more sounding brasSes there
arc in a church the less good it does
TO ring the bell:
IT requires the constant and con.
tinuOus work Of God to make a saint
out OF a sinner.
IL order to show US the stars God
had to fix it so that the sun would
not shine at night
THERE never was Il sin that did
not promise to more than pay It's Own
way TO begin with.
A MAN with a good backbone will
often win more battles than one vino
has a bigger head.
The true poet is all the time try
ing to tell the world something that
God has told him.
FIRST giving Yourself to the Lord
is the only way by which you can ever
become a real giver
THE ten commandments are Gods
field orders telling man what to dc
to overcome the devil.
To HUNGER and thirst after right.
eousness means TO be going at full
speed toward the throne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Neasf-

Yeast for bread-making was first
manufactured in 1884. 1t is COM
puted that over 1000, 900 pounds
enter into the daily bread Of the
people Of this country, while triple
this amount is used in Eurone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
PASSENGERS DROWNED.
Accident to an Electric Car on
Drawbridge.

An electric car plunged of Madison street
bridge intothe willamette River at Portland,
Oregon. A heavy fog hung over the river,
and the draw was open for vessels TO pass.
The car contained about fifteen passengers,
ten OF whom escaped by jumping, the re-
naming five being drowned. The president
of the road, conductor and motorman are
under arrest.
II was afterward said that from fifteen to
twenty people had been drowned, but on the
DAY following the accident this was not con
hrmed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
Thinly Formulated.

Though western Australia is near
" nine times the size Of the United
Kingdom, its population was esti'
mated in March last at but 59,7lS,
with 10, 900 more males than females.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

For impure or thin Blood. Weakness Mala-
ria, Neuralgia, Indigestion and Biliousness,
take Browns iron Bittrrs-it gives strength,
making old persons feel young-and young
persons strong; pleasant to take.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

II your Back Aches, or you are all worn out,
good for nothing, ii Is general debility.
Browns Iron Btters will cure you, make you
strong. cleanse your liver, and give you a good
eppetite-tUnes the nerves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

Choose rather TO punish your appetites
than b be punished by them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

No matter OF how long standing. Writs
FOR free treatise, testimonials, etc, to :. :,
Holensworth & Co, Owego, Tioga Co., n. L
Price 81; by mail, Sl.l5.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

II you don't want to be detested dent be a
chronic growler.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

Ugliness has this advantage over beauty
il never fades.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

A lobster "farm' near Southport,
Ne, produces 900, 600 Holsters year
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

nithuman nature to hate him whom you
have injured.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

Beware OF the man or woman whom a
child wi not love.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

A coffee pot that filters is best II
one is experienced in that art
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

Beecham's Pills instead Of sloshy minera
waters. Beecham's-nO others. p cts. a box
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
DR.. KiImer's U & O AnointmeHt Cures Piles
Trial Box Free. At Druggists 90 cents.
August,
Flower

"What is August Flower for ?"
As easily answered as asked. 1t is
for Dyspepsia. 1t is special rem
edy for the Stomach and Liver
Nothing more than this. We believe
August Flower cures Dyspepsia.
We know it will. We have reasons
for knowing it. To-day it has an
honored place in every town and
country store, possesses one of the
largest manufacturing plants in the
country, and sells everywhere. The
reason is simple. 1t does one thing,
and doesitright. Itcures dyspepsia9
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10

20 L D prayers
,never b r / n 9
warm blessings
I SUCCESS that
is not deserved
can not be en-
joyed.
BEWARE Of the
man who apollo
gizes for a n y
kind of sin.
If some of us
would pray more
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1893-11-10
RAMS BORN BLAsTa

v.rniax Notes Calling the Wicked to Re.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
D-COLLINS COMMERCE COMPA|
j. H. BROWN BUILDING, FORT WORTH, TEXAS

carefully read and orders noted. We
have slips in Chinese characters which
say that Messrs. Rand & Co., or Messrs.
Sand * Co. respectfully desire TO see
CheOng LoOng, Chow Fong, or Hut
Shing, Immediately on important bust
ness. A dozen coolies are called and
these slips are given out.
Chinese merchants come TO u.s. We
rarely have TO so into the city TO SEQ
them, except when cargo in their pack
houses for shipment is ready for in
spectiOn
Should goods aboard the morning
steamer be consigned to us, customs ap.
phcations are made out and handed TO
the conpradore, who properly attends to
the matter.
After the mail has been disposed Of
comes the bath-one's barber is always
waiting for One--then breakfast and n
stroll on the "bund." and then one Is
ready to talk business, execute orders
etc, until p. ~, when tfiin is an.
nOunced.
AT 11:30 o'clock it is customary. except
on mail days, for the boys to meet at
the club for II friendly half hours "chin
chin and cooling beverage while rest.
ing under the ''punkah."
After titiln, which Is over about 2:3O.
1t is the Office again until the Hong Kong
steamer leaves at 4:30 to 8 p. IN. After
DDutinW.
club.
One extremely pleasant feature about
NE IN China arises from the fact that
frequently tmpan and junior clerk re.
side together In the hong There is no
stiffness between the employer and en-.
ploye. The junior clerk takes keen
interest in the commercial welfare of his
Japan and boasts of his hong as a col.
lege man does OF his alma mater The
L ssff
taxes an interest equally keen in the
games and pleasures of his subs" A
stranger would with difficulty distinguish
taipan from clerk through ANYTHING that
might be said or done.
A hong with n lady in il is an encbant.
ca prlace IL escapes all jamborees-
those unholy orgies led by raiders upon
soiely masculine peace and privacy. 1t
IS n lalr bower for the lover of an after
noon tea, and its banquets take on that
lndehnable air of refinement. which the
purely bachelor hOngs in vain strive 10
attain. "
Probably more incense is burned before
laules III China than in any other country
on the globe In a place where a lady
Iuuters her Waltzes, where all mascu.
unity bows down to her slightest word
and an extra" is fought for almost
tooth and nail, paradise. from a feminine
3oiht OF view, Is not far distant.
Last OF all, Canton is one OF the few
places in he world where one is sure
to meet his friends sooner or later. Az
the Old custodian of Shakespeare honse
cree said to me: IAN the world comes
without stopping at Canton. Other
ports may be passed by, hut Canton IL
always on the travellers list, be he an
eX,president, emperor duke. prince or
ordinary globe-trotter
Inc latch-string to the door of Canton's
ho1spltable hongs is always out TO them
all SHERIDAN p. READ.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

river side, fully 2OOxgOO feet iu area.
which the Shameen Lawn Tennis Club
has divided into beautifully kept courts.
constantly wntrrcd and rolled 10y Cupu.
bile coolies During period Of pro-
lougnd drouth which frequently occurs
Ga December, january and February,
the Shumeeu fire brigade. when drilling,
takes occasion 10 give tie tennis courts
u good drenchlng
A fire drill Is one Of the many cyents
that lends excitement 10 our lives ON
Shumccn. A fire engine (u Merryweuth-
en- of London b. u never ccusiug source
Of woader tO thc natives. Hundreds of
boats or snmpuus. as they are called
crowd along the huud. To watch this
wonderful and. to them, inc0mprchensi-
Die machine of the Foreign Dcyil lus we
nre callpdJ and not iuirruuputly a mis-
chieYuus husemau VIII turu "a stream
upon them Whcrcupou goud-npturcd
scattering follows. The boats soon close
In again. however and The muncuyers
are watched with continued interest, A
fire drill is ordered by the superintendent
whenever he secs it, A circular calling
on the members to atteNd. and ON the
various huugs TO furnish coolies is the
only lntimation that we are to drill.
The fire brigade is composed of the
icuncssr doree 81 the colony. who
turn out invariably 90 "a muu In their fire
costumes of red shirts, dark blue trous-
ers, and with helmets which came from
New York, and are the same az those
worn by the New York firc department,
with n H. Il lShamcen Fire Brigadel
Iva Gilt ON the front
As there are no HORSES on Shumccn
coolies are needed Ca haul the engine
which Is guided by regular members of
the brigade On more than one occasion
the Shamecn fire brigade has rendered
invaluable assistance 70 the Chinese IN
Canton.
The north and east sides of Shatnecr
are separated from Canton proper b,
what we would call y canal On IA,
other side OF this canal lle the derselv
crowded houses lutersected hy marrow
streets of not moro than eight 10 ten fee
wide of the great and busy pagan city
On several occasions large fires have oc
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16
GAY FOREIGN LIFE IN CHINA.
WORK AND sroEr or THE ronEeN RESIDENTS Canton.


are spacious and elegant. They arc
built in the italian style OF architecture
aud remind one Of Venetian palaces
Secretary Seward. in his Travels
Round the World. mentions so long as
twenty years ago the princely housr
Of Russell a. Co" From forty 70 FIFTY
servants are often attached 90 these
great "HonQs" The mental work * an
done hy men. ihc women or "nmahs,'
as fhcy arc called. serving only as maids
20 ladies, nurses io children. or us seam
stresses.
Broad. cvqustely kept reaches Of lawn
iuicrscct Shameen at right angles lincd
with q doule row of banyan anil other
tropical shade trees. under which stretch
broad asphalt promcnndps. always kept
Ia perfect order Around the island Is
another mdgnihcenIv broad chunnm
walk. lined also with hanyau trees This
walk Is commonly called the "Bnnd. 3"
and meets his friends Inside the chu.
nam walk Of the buud is another wide,
sandy walk kept as smooth as o. New
Jersey bench On this walk rpvcl the
children with their attentive nmahs.
Notwithstanding the tropical heat of
summer children DO NOT fad or grow
emuciatcd. 1s enc might suppose 10 o.
Boa the early morning up 90 /. and ia the
afternoon after O'Clock that they take
possession OF this sandy walk The gen.
tle breezes Of the southwest monsoon iu-
vigOrates them. aud on the whole they
ore as tue children as one would wish to
see.
In the matter of recreation grounds
the English government reserved large
plot facing the bund on the south or
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

me house Of Sassoon. or Charter or Rel.
MUGS wins a race, his friends carry linn
on triumphant on their shoulders Ia His
pNNhloh, whore congratulations ara
tant '"' vas
On this day il Is permitted to lose nh
me money one wants, without being dis.
thfbed as 20 where it is 10 come from
lAlpans aud junior clerks exchange
back next 10
:, ionr compradore meets an your d
y; AZ the end Of the month, simply sur.
iplslns That the races were not probahiv
favorable, and wishing for YOU that pext
year you 'catchee better chancee."
IL liz week Of hilarlty. shanghai
Foochow and Annoy send their favorits
sons to show the Hong Kong locks how
racing should be done. bnt take bach
with them a few tips about racing worth
AN Nanton manages 10 get to the races
Tor az least two days. besides taking
ueAet or two for the three DAYS III
'apSsNs ln NE canton custom sweeps,
hesidcs The lawn tennis. cricket and
poat clubs, there Is the Canton club n.
sell, where one goes FOR a game Of hi.
hards or % read the papers. The Can.
Ton club Ike all eastern clubs Is splen.
~uS equipped log making It's members
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

= THE tlkEMEN, MASQUERADERS.
rotisseric OF the Hong Kong hot,l. one
puper-the Press-of Hong Kong even
limited i'm a brilliant squb, which ! re-.
grct not being able 10 insert here. as q
specimen of AnglO-Orittul wit that no
one, weighing II stone, ever made
successful stroke
We ourselves claimed that prncticine
IN smooth Canton winter gave us no train.
ing for rough water. hut rather uniting
~ for such work.
Regatta week IS great sport in Hong
Nong. IL lasts for three days, during
which time all business Is suspended In
the afternoon, Those who do not own
launches from which TO view and follow
up the races, bctakc themselves to a
hulk fitted up as hotel, restaurant. etc.
ana known as the marine" which serves
also as the judges stand.
everyone turns ont 10 see the races
canoeing, acullng, iorrs Giants and sail
William H. Forbes, partner of
Messrs. Russell * CO.. Hong Kong. gen.
orally took the sailing cup. with his
splendid sloup yacht, much TO our delight
and To the discontinue of his English
ndvcrsnres.
While mentioning sports In Hong Kong
one should not omit 10 say few words
about race week. which occurs In Feb.
ruary the most beautiful month of the
year
Besides the grand stands, all the prin.
r'pal hongs put up bamboo payilions
! which vie with each other In the magnih.
c'nce Of their lunches During race week
champagne Is served in the pavilons
not IN ordinary bottles, hut in magnums.
| aud The ladies of the hongs enter INTO
! friendly rivalry also In making their
respective pOyilions attractive TO the OBJ
| posite sex
Spirited racing is the order of the
| day There is no corruption here. The
! jockeys CLOCKS" as they are called In
| the easO are all gentlemen. Every hong
/ is represented by It's favorite youth. MI,
! for months have been training their
/ ponies for these eventful days.
! II one of Russels, or Jardine's young
! men, or 1t may be a wealthy scion of
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-04-16

CURED Just across this canal Our en-
CINE then comes into good play, Ola two
occasions we took our engine across the
bridge into Canton, getting near enough
60 do good work, although the ire in each
case was quite distance In, The en-
zine did great havoc IN getting 70 the
lire, leaving q devastated track behind
II OF overturned booths. shutters, doors
etc.
The Chinese are by no means poor fire.
men. They manage their small fire en-.
gines wild a skill that practice has made
perfect They. too. drill regularly, each
business house on the important streets
having 10 furnish so many coolies, and
each district having TO keep up so many
enginea
They have way of fighting the flames
from the housetons When a serious fire
breaks out aud they are frequently very
serious thousands Of fremen attack Il
from all sides
A ghori time ago. the Chinese had oC-
casion 20 return the compliments of REM
dtrlng ms assistance Ia IRE A fancy
dress hall had hcen given az the German
consulate. Macy Hong Kong people
welr present, and The affair was very
brilliant The FIRE brigade opened the
evening with 4 Fire Brigade lanciers,
10 costume They had previously dined
cnsefbie "a kcecheongs Russell a Co.,
werp S'ways noted as ktepl goYea house,