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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
MULCHING.

Keeping the soil covered helps in
making it fertile. Keeping it mulched
retards the action of frost and allows
the plants to adapt themselves to the
change. Sudden extremes of temper
ature affect plants as well as animals,
and at all seasons an even temperature
gives the best results. Mulehing
breaks the force of falling rains and,
in a great measure prevents them from
compacting the soil.
When properly mulched the soil
will retain a considerable quantity Of
atmospheric ammonia, deposited by
tho rains. In all soils certain proper
tioR of water is necessary to make the
largest amount OF plant food available
Mulching cools and equalizes the
temperature near the surface. In win
ter it prevents the constant thawing
and freezing and makes a more even
temperature. In summer it aids in the
storing of nitrogen in the soil and
makes the soil richer in this way. st.
Louis Republic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Birds a.e Mathematician.

The English naturalist, Morris
Gibbs, devoted years of study to birds
nests, their formation and their con-
tents, and asserts that birds lay their
eggs in accordance with geometrical
lines, so that every inch of space is
used to the greatest possible advan-
tage. Birds which lay many eggs ar
range them in circles, the pointed ends
turned to the inside. Others, whose
eggs are elliptically shaped, place
them in longitudinal rows. If an egg
is moved out of its original position
by m intruder, it will be found on the
following morning that the bird had
returned it to its first position.
Among the numerous and often diff
cult cases which Gibbs made a matter
of study, not one was found that would
not do credit to mathematician. -
New York Witness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Testing the Sense of Smell.

Two psychologists, Profs Nichols
perlmentS to show the relative feeble
ness OF wOnen'S sense in respect TO
smell. They took four odoriferOus
sui stances essence Of Cloves OF gar.
lie lemon, and pruSsic acid. With
these they filed a series OF lottles up
TO a single part in 1000, 600 OF water
They then shulfled the bottles and
called in forty-fCur men and thirty
eight women, all young and healthy
who, guided by their sense Of smell,
should arrange the bottles contain
ing each tincture by itself. The re-
suits show, as the reporter teStltieS,
that the women were not in it. The
nose of no woman could trace lemon
beyond the ZOE, 900 dilution, while
men discovered it up to $50, 900 limit.
PrusSic acid could not be detected be-
yond the %, 600 mixture, while men
recognized it at 100. 900 part mix
ture. There were two men, how
ever, with phenomenal noses, who
identified prussic acid up to the
1000, 900 limit The names OF these
two men have been mercifully con-
cealed. What woman who values
domestic peace would marry man
with such q nose for doors Fancy
with what beating heart she would
listen for the scratch Of his latch key
in the door with the knowledge Of
pot that had toiled over in the morn
ing or an old rubber shoe that had
got Into the furnace with the coal. -
New York Evening Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
1uveniila.

DuffniiAas
"PAPA, what does COLON -e-l spell?'
Kernel my son. "And does Gallo.
mel spell camel?"-Harper's Bazaar.
r. NJ. SooTs- well, mum, let the
boy decide which he likes best.
Smart Boy who has smarted under
the brush)-"Which is the thickest
cloth. Puck.
Il AMT goin' to send any more
mOEey out to the heather, said vii.
lie. Il seen a picture of one Of EN-
this mOrnin, an es far as ] could see
he didn't wear any pants, so hasn't
any pockets to carry the money in. "
Epoch.
LITE HARRY went out to see the
old hen and little chicks. The moth
or hen resented his interference, and
few at him in defense Of her brood,
when he ran into the house exclaim-
ing: Mamma, mamma, the old hen
TUNED up her clothes at me. -
Youths Companion.
TOsDIY's MAMMA Gas Tommy sud
ienly burst out crying)-"What is
the matter?' TOMMY hurt my
self this afternoon. Tommy's man.
ma-"Why didn't you cry then in
stead Of now?' Tommy-"Cause |
was busy. was playing with Fred.
by then. Judge.
TEACHER-"You must not come to
my school any more, Tommy, until
your mother has recovered from the
smallpox" TOEmy-"There ant a
bit OF danger. She ant going to
give me the smallpox why, how
is that" shes my step-mother;
she never gives me anything. Tex
as Siftings.
CROssING sweeper: "ilease gimme
, cents for tn clean eros ing. "
Amused pedestrian: why cents?"
You see, sir, l didn't clean tn cross
ing myself, but l licked the boy wot
lid, an took his broom" You dill,
ah?7 ayes, sir. But | want ter do
Inc square thing by i'm. an if yll
gimme cents, I'll give him one. -
Street & Smiths Good News.
"WHY, Johnny, how is this? Willie
Is crying very hard, and says you've
teen pinching him and pulling him
al around the yard" well. NAM
ma. ! should think l had cool
cause" pray, what was that?"
"Why, he said that he liked you
great deal better than | did: and /
liked you two years before he was
ever thought of.'-B0stOn Courier
"Now, CHILDREN, said the Sunday
school teacher, how many Of you are
really happy this bright Sunday
morning. All hands up Can any
IF you tell me, after you look at the
green trees and feel the warm sun
shine, why we should lie so happy''
same business. well, little fellow
at the end there, why are you happy?"
Two circuscs comm this summer
ma'am. Denver Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

For the last twentY-thrs3 years every blast
OF Injustice against me has multiplied my
readers all the world over. and the present
malignancy printed AMI uttered becaue our
church is in financial struggle after having
two great structures destroyed by fire and
we compelled to build three large churches
Il say the present outrageous injustice in
some quarters will multiply my audience in
al lands II 1 can keep in good humor and
not fight back.
A gentleman tappe1 me on the shoulder
summer before last on street Of Edinburgh,
Scotland. and said. II live in the Shetland
Islands. North Scotland, and read your SER
mons every Sabbath to an audience of neigh-
bors. and my brother lives in Cape Town,
South Africa, and he reads them every Sab
bath to an audience OF his neighbors." And
hear and now say to the forty millions OF
the earth 10 whose eyes these words will
come. that one OF my dearest anticlpations
Is 10 meet them in heaven. All, that will be
better than rubies.
Coming up from different continents. from
different hemispheres, from opposite sides
OF the earth. to greet each other in holy love
in the presence OF the glorious Christ who
made it possible for rs to get there Our
sins all pardoned, our sorrows all
banished. never to weep, never to
mart. never TO die | tell you
that will be better than rubies. Others may
have the crowns. and the thrones, and the
scepters give rs our old friends back again,
Christ 'the friend who sticketh closer than
n brother" and all the kindred who have got
up from our bereft households, and all our
friends whom we have never yet seen. and
YOU may have all the rubies, for that will be
''better than rubies.
Instead OF the dying kiss when they looked
50 pale and wan and sick. it would be the
kiss OF welcome on lips jubilant with song,
while standing on floors paved with what ex-
quisiteness, under ceilings hung with what
glory. bounded by walls facing US with what
splendor. amid gladness rolling over US with
what doxology- far better. infinitely better,
everlastlngly better than rubies
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Poodle Clipper by Profession.

A curious profession, namely, the
clipping of poodles, has for its lead
ing exponent in Boston ID. P. O'Brien.
He said that the usual time for clip
ping these dogs was as warm weather
came on, say the last of May or first
Of June. To begin with, there are
two kinds of poodles, the Russian
black and larger than the white-and
the French variety.
Mr.. O'Brien started over twenty
years ago and got his preliminary
practice by clipping horses in his
fathers stable. This was in the days
of all hand work. Now they have an
electric horse clipper, but most of the
poodle work is still done by hand.
The necessity for this arises partly
from the difference in the texture OF
the coat. In the poodle the first 60
ing over is with a coarse comb and
common shears, and afterward the
close shave is accomplished with n
little hand moving machine, similar
to that used by BARRIERS upon the hu
man pol.
The usual decorations consist il
leaving the hair full length, in the
form of little anklets about the hooks,
two little tufts on the hips and one on
the back. The forelegs have nnklets
and knee bracelets, and the body Is
clipped close on the breast, up TO m
ornamental collar of long hair. A
comical mustsche is left on the muzzle,
which is clipped smooth up to the
ewes. The ears are left long and
shaggy.
The price for this artistic effect
ranges from 80 to s., according to the
size of the dog.
The practice has a useful as well az
ridiculous side, as the dogs are nicer
and cleaner; indeed, many other va
rieties Of dogs are occasionally clipped,
either to assist in curing skin diseases
or to procure finer coat. Poodles
are sent to Mr.. O'Brien from all parts
of the country.
1t usually takes two men to hold the
dog and one to clip, and the time con-
sumed varies from one and half to
two and a half hours. After a dog has
been clipped once or twice he nc
longer feels apprehensive and enjoys
it as thoroughly as man taking a
Turkish bath. Some dogs will stand
perfectly still and do not require the
the least holding.
Mr.. O'Brien had dog get away
from him few yaars ago and run
home through the streets with one
side clipped to the skin and the other
side full length. He caused rather a
sensation on the street, but the owner
soon brought him back to complete
his toilet. Boston Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
THE BENEFIT OF BRU1sING OATS.

Ifall oatscouli be run through the mill
1t would make better feed for horses,
saws .he Farming World. The reason
has been giveI many times. Both the
grain and chaff digest better, the indi-
gestible woody fibre of both being
broken admits of the action of the
stomach more freely and fully. Care
full feeders of horses know that in feed
ing oats, especially the whole grain,
much depends upon the nature of the
hull or chat. 1t is not always the
heaviest grain that gives the best re-
suits. That which is much above the
standard weight has most often a
rough, gritty chat, which SO acts on
the stomach as to expel much of the
grain in an undigested state. The
hull, however soft its texture, is lsXa-
tive, and a moderate degree of laxa-
tiveness is beneficial, especially to
breeding animals; but there is no gain
in passing through the heaviest grain
in nearly whole state. Better use a
light grain, which will be more
thoroughly digested. 1t is commonly
supposed that the oat which sells for
the highest price is the best feed, but
it it not always the case.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than Others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs Of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced In the
remedy, Syrup Of Figs.
Its excellence is due to its presenting
In the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of perfect lax
stiye; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feyers
and permanently curing constipation:
1t has given satisfaction to millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news, Liver and Bowels without weak
ening them and it is perfectly free from
every objectionable substance.
Syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
gists in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Figs,
and being well informed, yov. VIII not
accept any substitute If offered
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
BEST SIZE OF BARNARD.

Writes John ?. Welter, Oswego
County. New York: AS a rule, barn
yards are too large, viewed from an
economical standpoint. The expert
ment stations have showed the great
loss to the manure lying in the open
yard from washing by rains. One has
only to note the dark color Of the
water running from the open yard af-
ter each heavy shower to comprehend
that very much Of the soluble fertile.
jI,g properties are thus lost, and to
prove this to greater satisfaction, haul
a load Of manure ont to the open
meadow, place it in piles about the
thickness Of the barnyard accumula-
tions, and Lex it remain from autumn
until the usual time of cleaning the
yard in the spring. Upon removing
this scattered load from the surface Of
the meadow, one observes the rank
growth Of grass where the manure was
scattered, and its effects can be seen
Scr years afterward. This should in
duce farmers to not only reduce the
barnyerd to the smallest reasonable
limit, but erect as much shelter MS pos
sible for the proper protection of this
clement Of fertility.-American Dairy
man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Women Alwars Picturcsnuc.

An interesting thing about the
fashions of the day is that judging
from the pictures, the women OF
every period wore draperi more or
less like those OF the present. CAESARS
wife might, with few notifications
appear quite comfortably in a modern
drawing-rOom, but what a sensation
CTsar himself would make among
the men OF swallow tails il he should
come sweeping in in his sandals and
toga. Josephine, Marie Antoincttc,
the ex-EmpreSs Eugene, good Queen
Anne, and proud Queen BeSS would
md US all copying their gorgeouSneSs
in cheaper stulfS, just as Mary Ann
copies her mistress gown and mantle
when she is after going out OF a Sun
day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
RECIPES.

Chocolate Caramels- cup Of
chocolese, one cup each of milk molas'
ses and sugar, butter the size OF an
egg. Boil till it drops hard. Pour
into buttered pan, and before 1t IS
COO. mark off in squares.
Rye Cup Cakes-Three eggs, half a
small tea cupful of rye -four, large
tablespoonful wheat flour, little salt,
half a teaspoonful soda, and milk
enough to make batter. Bake IN
gem pans fifteen minutes in a quick
oven.
Cream Biscuit-Two eggs beaten
very light, half pint of sweet cream,
one quart of flour, one tcGspoonful OF
salt. To mix them, beat in n little
flour and cream alternately. WORK
them ten minutes, roll very thin and
cut with a glass.
Everton Taffy--Put pound Of
brown sugar in buttered pan to-
gether with three tablespoons Of
water. Let it boil until it becomes a
smooth, thick syrup. Add half n
pound of butter, stirring well. Let
this boil half all hour. Add lemon
favoring.
Tongue Toast-Take a cold boiled
tongue and CRATE it with a coarse crater,
or mince it fine. Mix it with cream and
the beaten yolk of egg, and let it get
thoroughly hot. Cut off the crust Of
some slices of bread and toast them
nicely, butter them, lay them on not
platter, and cover each slice thickly
with the tongue mixture. Serve at
once.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
The Main Thing.

Little Henry's father and mother
wish him to be a French scholar and
knowing that a foreign language is
most readily acquired in childhood,
they have given him a French govern
ess, with whom he is expected to talk
French.
Henry gets along Pretty well. but
IS not yet to be mistaken for a native
Partisan. The other day he dis
covered that the barn was on fire.
lie ran into the house quite out Of
breath.
90 madamoiselle," he exclaimed,
rushing into the school-room, Il don't
know whether it's la feu or lie feu,
but anyhow there's a big blaze in the
barn"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

Pork is still pork. 1t is "good as
wheat" or better.
Very little ventilation for the poul-
try house is needed in winter.
Unclean eggs should always be
washed or wiped clean when gathered.
Pumpkin seeds do not appear to in
lure hogs unless fed in unreasonable
quantities.
When eggs are to be stored for
long keeping they should be wiped
clean, not washed.
Feather plucking is often begun
when the poultry have nothing else
to keep them busy.
Now put in the piggery windows,
bntten the cracks, especially in the
floors, and rake down a good bed, for
there is money in coy quarters.
Do you remember that the hams,
bacon, shoulders and beef for smoking
may ell be prepared in the same
pick4e at the same time, !hus saving
labor?
1t is poor management to waste
good hay by feeding it to dry COWS
when it could rs we'll be fed to COWS
that will manufacture it into good
butter.
Cabbnges are often covered too heav-
lily when buried and consequently be-
gin to decay. Cover lightly at first,
and increase the covering as it be-
comes colder.
If a colony becomes queenless and
it is not desired to unite it with an
other, give it frame of brood from
another colony containing brood in
its first stages.
Do not apply salt to butter careless
". Weigh the butter, and then add
salt at the rate of three quarters of an
ounce or an ounce to pound, and
work it in thoroughly.
There seems to be no limit to the
study of bees. By the use of an OBJ
servatory hive everything that goes
on inside can be seen and something
new learned every day.
The honey Of the Malta bees is noted
tor its purity and delicious flavor.
This is due to the extensive crop of
sulla (clover) from which the bees ex-
tract most of their honey.
Good clover hay is a splendid forage
for any animal on the farm, from the
hog to the horse. 1t goes a long ways
toward taking the place of ensilage or
roots. But it does not quite fill the
place.
When the bees are building comb
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
MANS Ont Of the pimcully.

Inv strain or bending Of the back for any
lenkth OF time leaves it in a weakened con-
di1op. A means out OF the Difficulty is al
ways handy and cheap. Do as was done by
NJ. Herman Ssnwaygel, Aberdeen, s. D.,
VITO saws that for several years he suffered
with chronic stitch in tho back, and was
given up by doctors. Two bottles OF st.
Jacobs Oil completely cured him. Also Mr..
John Lucas, EInora, Ind. says that for sew
eral years he suffered with pains in the back,
and one bottle Of ST. Jacobs Oil cured him.
There are manifold instances OF now 10 do
the right thing ia the right way and not
break your back.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16


Whether or not the distinguished
author of "The Wreck Of the eros.
ycnor" and the Merchant Sailor%
shares the mistaken iG6a Of sBpeflor
inducements on AArgcan ships am
unable to sa5l;~6ut he certainly I'm
pLfS that he does by the striking
comparison that he draws in quoting
a certain ship-owner who said in
effect that the disgraceful condition
Of things on the British ship forty
years ago was driving the flower Of
Britain's youthful feamen to the
United States, as to the Mecca OF
gpntlemanly officers and seamen.
That statement is forty years old ac-
cording to Scribner's Magazine. At
that time American ships were
manned by good seamen and otticered
by educated men, while Great Britain
was protesting against the compul-
sorry examination Of officers.
To-day conditions are almost Who'll
ly reversed, and we find British OH
GERS necessarily holding a certificate
that proves some degree OF education
and the American ships differed by
DULLES worse than the typical Blow
hard" worse even than the most
brutal of imaginary Ducklings and
with absolutely no credentials 10
merit of any kind. The other day
an American ship arrived in San
Francisco from New York in whica
tie second mate had wounded one OF
the crew in seventeen places on the
head, besides biting a piece OUT OF
his arm and trying to gouge his eyes
out-a typical second mate to serve
as a hero to a sea story This is no
exceptional case, but an almost every
day occurrence, which the Shipping
Commissioners records will prove
These cases Of brutality go IN
punished, otherwise they would not
occur so frequently.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
1ooBu. Wheat From Two Acres.

This remarkable YELL was reported by
Frank Close, Minnesota, on two acres OF Mar
vel Spring Wheat. Speaking Of this what,
this new sort takes the cake. It is the greatest
cropping spring wheat ia the world. Farmers
who tried il the past season believe seventy
hvo to one hundred bushels can De grown
from one acre, and are going 10 get tls yield
FOR 1896 At such yield wheat p,ys at sc
bushel. Salzer is the largest grower Of vege-
table and farm seed in the world
II YOU WILL CUT THIS oUTAND SEND 1T with
&c postage to the John A. Sazsr Seed Co.. La
Crosse, Wis. you Will get free their mammoth
catalogue and a package OF above spring
wheat A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Lard Oil in the Navy.

Those ships of the United States
Navy that do not use the electric light
are still lighted with lard oil, which
thickens to the consistency of stiff mo-
lasses in cold weather, and has other
inconvenient habits They powers
that be have always pronounced any
other oil unsafe for moving ships
There was time when the man who
should have invented better oil and
persuaded the Navy Department that
it was as safe as lard oil would have
made a fortune. Globc-Dsmocra..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

Ifyour Back Aches, OF you are all worn out,
-gOod for nothing. 10 Is general ebility.
Browns Iron letters will cure you, - Ike you
strong, cleanse your liver, and give you good
appetite-tones the nerves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

MORE people would pray for a bap.
tism OF the Holy Ghost if they were
lot afraid it would burn up their
money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
GOOD QUALITIES

POSSESSED by HOOi's Sarsapariila
are almost beyond mention. Best
of ali, IL purifies the blood, thus
Strengthening the nerves, il resu-
lates the digestive organs, invigor-
atcs the kidneys and liver, tones
and builds u2 the entire system,
cures ScrOfula, dyspepsia, Catarrh,
Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, etc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
EVERY dollar a wOrldling makes is
an unanswered prayer for happiness.
srArn or oaio, CITY OF TOLEDO. J..

LCCAS COUNTY.
FRANK CHgSEY makes oath that no Is the
senior partner OF the firm OF +. J. CHENEY %
Co. doing business In the city OF Toledo,
County and State aforesaid. and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF Catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS CATARRH
Cr-av FRANK J. CHENEY.
sworn 70 before mo anil subscribed in my
nrasence. this 6th day II December. A. ID. 1885,
A. W. GLEASON,
Nolay7i Public.
H.Il's Catarrh Cure istaken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Send for test monials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo. ..
tW-Sold BIZ Druggists. 1jc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16

Be,cham's Pills correct lad effects Of over.
eating. Beechams-no others 25cents a box
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-02-16
Many times women call q
hcians, suffering, as they

nv some womb dlsordcf. Tue suutTIHB u
tent gets no better. hut probably worse, ~
reason Of tho delay. wrong Treatment anu
consequent complications. A proper mSui-
cine. like DR.. Picrce's Favoritc Prescrlplon,
directed 10 the cause would have pfomPNy
cured the disease.
Mrs. HARRY TAPPAN. Of Reynolds, JegeIson
Co., Neb., writes: For two years ! Mss =
from nv bed. Was rackcd with pain, had
hysteria, was very nervous no appetlIt,e, alS
completely discouraged. A few bottles, o ..
'FavOrite Prescription effected pe''e''
cilre !, Sold hy ali dcalcrs In medicines.