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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Riding iu Armenia.

A correspondent of the London NecS,
while riding toward the headquarters
of the Turkish army on the SOughanlu
range, suddenly felt his horse sinking
beneath him, and in another instant he
was enveloped in a cloud of dust and
splinters. He had fallen through the
roof of "A house into an apartment where
a family was breakfasting. An Ar
menian village from a distance resem-
bles the heaps of refuse M sees around
iron smelling works. Here and there
a couple of feet of dry stone wall and a
cave-like enterance suggests the pos
sibility of the existence Of human
dwellings. Between These dwellings
the spaces are carpeted with al
elastic layer of dung and offal five
or six feet thick. Huge ungaily buff
faloes, with bodies like bisons and the
eye of an octopus, low and moan, stand
ing mid-leg deep in the filthy paths.
Turbaned men are perched here and
there like storks on the house-tops-
pulling their boards, and giving the
whole place a scriptural appearance.
Calves, dogs and fowls, wander pro-
miscuously among the c~himney-pots,
and now and then a dark-eyed, olive
faced woman comes stealing shyly by,
her face half averted from the gaze of
the giaour, and partly concealed by the
fold other linen headdTess. The gloomy
interior of one of the houses or earth
heaps is forty feet in length, and is di-
vided into two compartments by a low
boarded partition four feet high. That
next the door is devoted to horses and
bulfaloes-the inner space affords ac-
comodation to travellers. A little ter
race of beaten earth, six inches above
the floor, flanks both sides of the room.
1t Is covered with coarse rush mating,
and constitutes a seat by day, and bed
by night. Two square holes in the roof
admit light and air.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
The Hero of "My Summer in a Garden"

His origin and ancestry were shrouded
in mystery; even his age was a matter
of pure conjecture. Although he was
of the Maltese race, | have reason to
suppose that he was American by birth
as he certainly was in sympathy. CALVIN
was given to me eight years ago by
Mrs. Stowe, but she knew nothing of
his age or origin. He walked into her
house n day out of the great unknown
and became at once at home, as if he
had been always a friend of the family.
He appeared to have artistic and literary
tastes, and 1t was as If he had inquired
at the door, If that was the residence of
the author of "Uncle Toms Cabin"
and, upon being assured that it was,
had decided to dwell there. This is, of
course, fanciful, for his antecedents
were wholly unknown, but in his time
he could hardly have been in any
household where he would not have
heard "Uncle Toms Cabin" talked
about. When he came to Mrs. Stowe,
he was as large as he eVer was, and APP
parently as old as he ever became. Yet
there was in him no appearance of age;
he was in the happy maturity of all his
powers, and you would rather have said
that in that maturity he had found the
secret of perpetual youth. And it was
as difficult to believe that he would ever
be aged as it was to imagine that he
had ever been in immature youth.
There was in him a mysterious per-
petuity.
After some years, when Mrs. Stowe
made her winter home in Florida,
Calvin came to live with us. From the
first moment, he fell into the ways of
the house and assumed a recognized
position in the family,--I say recog-
nized, because after he became known
he was always inquired for by visitors.
and in the letters to the other members
of the family he always received a mes
sage. Although the least obtrusive of
beings, his individuality Always made
itself felt.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Turkish Cavalry.

The Russian army in Armenia had a
force Of $4,000 regular cavalry covering
its advance. Mukhtar Pasha, during
the first month of his campaign, could
scarcely conduct a respectable recon-
nOissance to ascertain where the enemy
was massed, for he had no cavalry.
Early in June a regiment of 800
mounted Circassians and 30 Kurd horse
men, under the command of Moussa
Pasha, were sent from Erzeroum to the
Soughanlu. A correspondent of the
London NeigS describes their entry into
camp. They came filing two deep in a
long column, owe the hillside, each of
the five %squadrons having a crimson or
parti-cOlored red-and-white banner at
its head, blazoned with a white cres-
cent and a star. The men wore the
long Circassian tunic, reaching to the
middle calf, and confined at the waist
by an embroidered belt, supporting the
usual guardless cimeter and long dag
ger with primitive leaf-shaped blade,
besides the accustomed supply o fhighly
ornamented pistols, pipes, and silver
mounted boxes. The tunics were mostly
black, or dark olive, though there was
a s%prinkiing of bright saffron, green,
and crimson, especially among the
chiefs and princes. They wore the
usual Clrcassian head-dress, a red or
white tall cap surrounded by a mop
like covering of black OF brown Astra-
chan fur, cOncealing all but the top of
the inner cap. Both sides of the breast
are covered by double horizontal rows
of wooden or silver cartridge tubes ac-
cording to the social position of the in
dividual. Each mar carried at his back
a sixteen-shooting Winchester rife,
and many, 10th to part with their an
cestral weapons, carried in addition
the quaint-looking, straight-stocked,
silver-ringed fint-lock of his native
mountains. Next day came the Kurds
still more picturesque than the Circas-
slams, with their huge bright tinted
turbans, and crimson and blue flowing
garments showing through light muslin
and silk nantes. Extravagantly wide
trowscrs aud red leather boots turned
up at the toe completed the attire. The
armament consisted of the Winchester
rifle, curved cimetar, and long reed
like lance, which they shook and brand
ished till it ~quivered like a vibrating
string. These troops were subsequently
defeated by the Russians, between the
mountains and Kars.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

In the breeding season, the cocks Sc
lect some hollow fallen tree, and strut
ting up and down, beat it with their
wings, making a mutfled, drumming
sound, that can be heard for half a mile.
The beat is at irregular intervals, begin
ming slowly and measuredly, and
gradually increasing in quickness,
until it ends in a roll. If the bird sue
ceeds in finding a dry log, perfectly
hollow and well placed, his tattoo of
welcome car be heard a mile, and is
one of the pleasantest of woodland
sounds. 1t has the same accelerated
pace, and is about the same duration as
the call of the racCOon, and is only
heard in the daytime, as the r%accoon's
is only heard at night. When its mate
hears the drumming, she slowly APP
proaches, and, coquettishly picking at
seeds she does not want, comes within
of the drumming-log. No maiden is
seemingly more unconscious of the man
she desires to attract than is this russell
dame of her gallant musician. A snail
is on the May-apple plant right before
her; she pecks at it three times before
hitting it, and then scratches negli-
gently at imaginary seeds. The cock
raises his ruff till it looks like Queen
E~lizabeth's; the yellow skin beneath
fushes with pride; he spreads his tail
like a fan he thrums his guitar, clucks
an Introductory welcome or two, and
launches himself out and flies to his
bride. If, however, another cock hears
the drumming, he feels insulted at the
sound on what he considers his own
domain. He flies to the drumming-log
and dashes at the brave drummer, and
the one who is inferior in courage and
strength yields his place to the holder,
and retires discounted .-Scribner.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
The P%enguins.


OF the numerous family of web
footed, imperfectly winged birds, the
king penguin (Gptenodytes PennonHO
may be taken as a specimen. The whole
genus is characterized by the slender
bill, with an acute tip, by the close-set
plumes on the upper mandible of the
bill, and by the fin-like wings, which
are utterly useless for purposes of
flight, having only short imbricated
plumes with flattened shafts. The num-
bers of these birds found in different
parts of the world are incredible round
Cape Horn, the Falkland Islands, the
Straits of Magellan, and the South
Pacific they are to be found in crowds
that defy computation. The immense
deposits of guanO in the islands of Peru
show how numerous these birds be-
come, being strong, vigorous, tenacious
of life, and prolific.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
A Bad Temper.


There are few things more productive
Of evil In domestic life than a thor
oughly bad temper. 1t does not matter
what form that temper may assume,
whether 1t is of a sulkY kind that main
tains perfect silence for many days, or
the madly passionate, which vents it.
self in absolute violence. Ill temper at
any age is a bad thing; IL never does
anybody any good, and those who in.
dulge in it feel no better for it. After
the passion has passed away one sees
that he has been very foolish, and knows
that others see it too. Bad temper in
the aged is, perhaps, the most trying of
all. 1t is, indeed, a pitiable sight to
see the wrlnkled cheek of an old person
aflame with anger and passion. Since
anger is useless and an u~nspeakable
misery to its victims, why should it be
INDUCED in at all2
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Advertising Arencies.

"~PETTENGML's NEWSPAPER DIRECTORY AND
ADVERTISERS HANDBOOK" recently published
by Messrs. S. NJ. Pettengill & Co., advertising
agents, 81 Park Row, New York City, is an ele-
giant volume, and bears upon its face the inn
press of honest, careful, and thorough work.
In these days Of books issued in the interest of
Legitimate advertising schemes and special
newspaper lists, or which have for their object
the flching Of money both from advertiser and
publisher, we are glad to welcome a publication
which, unswerved by self-interest, attempts to
deal Justly with all parties. Correct informa-
ton In regard to the character and circulation
of the numerous publications of this countryis
difficult to obtain, but with superior advantages
and earnest labor Mr.. Pettengill has produced
a book that will be found of great assistance tv
advertisers and all who need such information
in the prosecution Of their business. 1t has
now been nearly thirty years since Mr.. Petten-
gill began business as an advertising agent. He
was the pioneer Of the business. The press Of
the country was a small interest compared with
what it now is, and there was very little sys-
tematic advertising being done. 1t was Mr..
Pettengllls idea to bring about an understand
ing between the business men of the country
and the publishers to show the advertiser
that legitimate newspaper advertising was the
cheapest and best way of bringing his wares
before the public and the publisher, that in
all proper ways he should regard the interests
of the advertiser. He thus aided both, and
placed both under obligation. How successful
Mr.. Pettengill was is best shown by the i'm
mense business establishment he has built up,
and the high esteem in which he is held both
by advertisers and publishers the country over.
Since he entered into the business a great many
rivals have come into the field. Many have
failed, involving both publishers and advertisers
in their disaster. Others, with youth, energy,
and capital, have succeeded in establishing a
more or less prosperous business but in the
esteem and confidence of both advertiser and
publisher no one has ever rivaled the firm of
which Mr.. Pettengill is the head. His name is
a synonym for fair dealing and rectitude, and
his straightforward business course is the more
marked in contrast with the methods of some
who aspire to outstrip him in business. y y
The shyster and schemer in advertising. as
in everything else, must have his day, but
eventually the advertiser will find him out, and
his lists and worthless schemes, which are
three-fourths agents profits, will be neglected,
and his occupation gone. There may be less
immediate gain in the old-fashioned, straight
forward way of doing business, but, in the long
run, it will pay the largest profits. We trust
that our young men beginning in the adver-
Using business will observe the great success
Of Mr.. Pettengill, and, initiating his methods,
lay the foundation on which to build a business
at once profitable, permanent, and honorable.
Chicago Inter Ocean, June 18Th.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
A Remedial Agent of Unoommon Power.

TO the people of the United States, that Hos
letters Stomach Bitters is a remedial agent of
uncommon power. As a consequence of this
recognition, it's sales have increased immense
ly at home aud abroad, and it has risen to a
foremost rank among the proprietary medi-
cines of the day. Chemical analysts, after
submitting it TO the closest scrutiny, pronounce
t absolutely pure, and sdlful and conscien-
tious medical practitioners recommend its use.
A wide range of disorders falls within the
scope of its curative operation. Among them
may be enumerated dyspepsia, liver complaint,
constipation, nervous ailments, urinary and
uterine affections, rheumatism and govt. 1t
is a supremely etficacious tonic, hastens con-
valescence, cheers the mind, imparts appetite,
and promotes sound sleep.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
PONDS EXTRACT.
PONDS EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note: Ask for Ponds Extract.
Take no other.
"Hsar, for I will speak Of excellent
IhiuEa.o

Clear, for 1 will speak OF excellent
things"
PONDS EXTRACT-The great Vegetable
Pain Destroy err. Has been In use over
thirty ears, and for cleanliness and
pIompt curative VIRTUES cannot Be eIceled.
CH1LDREN. No family can AFFORD 10 be
without Ponds Extract. Accidents,
Bruises, Commissions, Cuts, bprafns,
are relieved almost Instantly by external
Burns, BcaIds, E~EeoriatIOns, Cha
nnKs, Old Sores, BOils, f%slons,
COrns, etc. Arrests Inflammation, reduces
swellings' stops bleeding removes discoior-
LADIES md il their best friend. Il assuAgea
the pains 10 which they are peculiarly
Enthusiastically fullness and pressure In
the head, nausea, vertigo, &C. II promptly
Ameliorates and permanently heals all kinds
OF fnf1ammatfons and alterations.
HEmORRHOIDb or PILES md Ia this
the only Immediate relief and ultimate cure.
No case. however chronic or obstinate can
long resist its regular use.
VARICOsE VEINS. IL Ia the only sure cure.
KIDNEY DISEASES. II has no equal for
BLEEDING from any cause. For this It ia =
specific. Ii has saved hundreds OF lives
when all other remedies failed 70 arrest
bleeding from ROse, stomach, lungs,
TOOTHACHE, Earache, Neuralgia An0
Rheumatism are all alike relieved, and
often permanently cured.
III NhItIANS Ol al bCnOOls VINO are &C.
quainted with POnd'B E~xtrSct OF witch
Hazel recommend II IN their practice. We
have lettersOf commentator from hundreds
OF Physicians, many OF whom order II for
use In their own practice. In addition 70 the
foregoing, they order its use for BwellinHs
OF all kinds. Qufnsy, Sore Throat, Inc
famed TOnsfIs, simple and chronic
Diarrh9a, Catarrh uor which II is a
speefc(, C~hiIbIafns, Frosted Feet,
stings Of Insects, Mosquitoes,
Chapped HANDS, Pace, and indeed all
manner OF skin diseases.
TOILET USE. Removes Soreness,
ROuRhness and RmarttnRI heals Cuts,
EruptiOnS ana PfmpIes. IL revipes, IN
vi9orGtI and rsfresheS, while wonderfully i'm
proving the Complexion.
TO FARMERS Ponds Extract. No
be without II. II is used by al the leading
Livery Stables, Street Railroads and nrst
Horsemen In New York City. IL has no equal
for Sprains, Harness or Saddle Chaflngs,
Stiffness, Scratches, Sweliings, Cuts, Lacera-
tons, Bleedings, Pneumonia, Collie, Diar-
Thea, Chills, Colds, &C, Its range OF action
is WIDE, and the relief IL affords IL 30 prompt
that II Is invaluable In every Farm-yard as
well as in every Farmhouse. Let It be tried
once, and you will never be without II.
CA Ponds Extract has been I'M
ltated. The genuine article has the words
Ponds Extract blown In each bottle. IL
is prepared by the only persons living
who ever knew how 10 prepare II properly.
Refuse all other preparations OF Witch Hazel.
This ID the only article used by Physicians,
and in the hospitals of this country and
Europe.
HISTORY and Uses OF Ponds Extract
In pamphlet form, sent free on application 70
PONDS EXTRACT COmPANY, %
Maiden Lane, New York.
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This truly valuable tonic has been 10 tho
roughly tested by all classes OF the community
that it ID now deemed Indispensable as "a Tonic
medicine. 1t costs but little, puriies the
blood and gives tone to the stomach, renovates
the system and prolongs life. Everybody
should have 1t. For the cure OF " eak stom-
achs, General Deb lily, Indigestion, Diseases
Of the Stomach, and for all cases requiring a
tonic. This wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt of Iron we possess-Citrate
Of Magnetic Oxide, combined with the most
energetic Of vegetable tonics- yellow Peruvian
Bark.
Do you want something to strengthen you2
Do you want a good appetizer
Do you want to get rid Of nervousness?
Do you want energy?
Do you want to sleep welli
Do you want to build up your constitution
Do you want to feel well2
Do you want a brisk and vigorous feeling ?
II you do, try KUNKEL's BITTER WINE OF IRoN.
l only ask q trial of this valuable tonic.
Beware Of counterfeits, as Kunkel's Bitter
Wine Of Iron il the only sure and effectual
remedy in the known world for the permanent
cure Of Dyspepsia and Debility. and as there
are a number Of limitations offered TO the pub.
lie, / would caution the community to pur-
chase none but the genuine article, manufac-
tuTed by Il. +. Kunkel, and having h y stamp
on the cork OF every bot e.The very fact that
others are attempting TO initiate this valuable
remedy proves its worth aud speaks volumes
in its favor. Sold only in 81 bottles or stx
bottles for IS. Try this valuable medicine and
be convinced OF its merits. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

CHERRY JAM.-Cherry jam is n of
the most delicious sweetmeats this fruit
affords, and being so it should be made
in the most enjoyable manner. Let the
fair confectioner take equal weights of
white sugar and stoned cherries, make
a syrup Of the sugar, simmer the cher
ries slowly in the syrup for twenty
minutes, take them out with a per-
forated skinner and spread them on
dishes to cool, boil down the syrup till
it is quite thick, put the cherries back
and let them boil at once, then seal in
glass cans.
Canned cherries may be put up like
any other fruit in a fourth of their
weight of sugar, OF even less than that
they should be thoroughly cooked, and
sealed when boiling hot.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

To Cook RIcE.-Wash in cold water
several times, removing imperfect
grains. To one pint of rice put three
quarts Of boiling water, let boil seven
teen minutes from the time it fairly be-
gins. Turn off the water, remove the
pot-lid and put on the back of the
range, thus securing the grains being
white, separate and dry. For griddle-
cakes rice should be mashed, boiled in
milk in similar proportions sweetened
and favored and turned into wet
moulds to turn out when cold.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

CARBoLIc AcD.-A few drops of car
bolic acid in a pint of water will cleanse
house plants from lice in a very short
time. If mosquitoes or other blood
suckers infest our sleeping rooms at
night we uncork a bottle of p%ennyroyal,
and these insects leave in great haste,
nor will they return so long as the air
in the room is loaded with the fumes Of
that aromatic herb. If rats enter in
the cellar, a little powdered potash
thrown into their holes or mixed with
meal and scattered III their runways,
never fails to drive them away.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

Don't Put Lead Pencils in Your Mouth.
Many people while using a lead PEN
Gil in writing have a habit of putting
the point in their mouths after writing
a few words, under the impression, per-
haps that it makes the c~hirography look
palmer and blacker. 1t is well to sug-
gest to such persons that every time
they touch the pencil to their tongues
they seriously endanger their health.
Cases have occurred where the system
has been so badly poisoned that paraly-
sis and death were resulted from this
practice.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

WEARING FLANNEL.-The majority Of
people are not aware Of the beneficial
effect of wearing flannel neal the body,
both IN cold and warm weather, as pre-
JUDGED people believe. Frequently
colds and constant hacking coughs soon
leave on adopting flannel garments.
There is no need of bulk about the
waist, which condemns the wearing of
flannel with those who prefer wasp
waists to health, for in that case the
flannel can be cut as loosely fitting
waists, always fastened at the back.
There are scarcely any of the bad effects
of sudden changes of weather felt by
those who wear flannel garments, and
mothers should endeavor to secure such
for little people, in preference to all
those snowy outside trimmings which
fashion commands.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

PATENTS. references, terms, and all neces-
sary information furnished by Worth 0sgood,
(late Principal Examiner U. s. Patent Office
Atty and Solicitor Of American and Foreign
Patents, Washington, D. @. Correspondence
invited.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

"Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, vii! positively cure any case
OF rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
81 a bottle, six bottles, So. Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helphenstine q
Bentley, Druggists, Washington, d. @.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Motners mothers, Mothers.

Don't fail to procure MRS. WINSLoW'S
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases Of teeth
ing in children. 1t relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and health to the child,
gives rest to the mother.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
NATURES REMEDY. ~
TIE GREAT BlooD PuRlnrR/

THOUSANDS will bear testimony (and do IL vol
unfairly, that VEGETINE Is the best medical
compound yet placed before the public for rem
Ovating and purifying the blood, Graduating all
humorS, impurities, or poisonous secretlons
from the system, inylgoratlng and strengthen
ing the system debllitated by disease, In fact IL
Is, as many have called 1t, "The Great Health
Restorer."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09
Tape Worm Removed Alive.

till head passes. Seat, Pin, and Stomach
Worms removed by DR.. Kunkel, 259 North
Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. Send for cir
cular with a treats on all kinds OF worms, nd.
vice free. Ask your druggist for a bottle of
Kunkel's Worm Syrup. which will do the work.
Price $l.0O. 1t never fails to remove all Kinds,
from children or grown persons. Directions
with ID.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

AN INSULT is like a counterfeit bill
which one cannot help having offered
to him, but which he is not obliged to
take,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

AT WEST POINT her brother said
"Well, May, this was your first ball,
wasn't there a smack of romance about
it?" "Yes, Will, two smacks," was
the naive reply.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-09

"What is the best remedy for an in
attentive audience" asked a preacher
of a shrewd observer. "Glve them
something to attend to-" was the sig
nificant reply. "Hungry sheep will
look up to the rack If there is hay in
It,"