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MRS. slSeHAms SWEET TAR REMEDIES

CONSIST OF SWEET TAR DROPS for slight Coughs
~ and HOarseness, SWEET TAR TROCHES for
tickling or irritation In the throat tending TO cough
SWEET TAR BALSAM, to be used In connection with
the Drops Troches according to the nature of the
complaint for deep seated and hacking Cough, Group,
Hopping Cough, influenza, Bronchitis Asthma and
the various inaadles affecting the Lungs and tending
to Consumption.
Mrs. Binghams remarks on the treatment and cure
of Throat and Lung Complaints obtained after an ex-
perienCe OF many years in connection with her Sweet
Tar Remedies, can be obtained OF any druggist free of
charge They lmpart valuable and useful Information
SWEET TAR REMEDIES are simple home prepara
tons sanctioned by the highest medical authorities and
are sure In their effects for what they are recon-
mended. REDINGTON CO., San Francisco.
, 1877-08-03
Notice to Subscribers.

l. L. CRAGIN CO., llS South Fourth strees,
Philadelphia hersoy agree TO send to each Of the suh
sSroers or readers Of this paper tree, sample Of
DoBBiNS' ELECTRIC SOAP, provided they receive
he address aad hteen cents, which sum exactly pays
the postage on the Soap. This Soap was pronounced
Oy the Centennial judges to be the only pure Family
soap made In America. As 1t has been extensively
aaVertsed Tor years our readers have undoubtedly
hesrd OF the Soap This very liberal offer of its man
uacurers enables all to test It's quality for themselves
very cheaply Send your address and fifteen cents
for postage direct TO
L. L.. CRAGIN d CO.,
iis y. Fourth Street, PHILADELPHIA.
NEWTON BROS. & CO, 1O8 California Street, San
FranclsCO, sole Agents for Pacific Coast
, 1877-08-03

LEARN FROM ExPERIENCE.-There is
no higher function or duty that an agri-
cultural paper can render its readers than
70 prompt them to experiment for them
selves on their own farms, gardens and
orchards There is no so good way to
learn how to do anything as to do it. If
ssyoung man would learn how to play
Me .planoforte, 1t would not be by de-
tSOung himself to the study of manuals,
ocokS and periodicals on music, treating
VI the methods Of instruction, but by
putting his fingers on the keys of the in
suument SrllI and practising daily. So if he
would learn how to farm it must be by
working on farm. If he would learn
o aow to raise corn, it must be by growing
Uo urn, Teaching and reading alone can
~ more make good farmers than good
od %dGslclans. With practice, books, peri.
OoSs No,cals and papers become great andim-
TSr'ant, ay, indispensable aids to him
,d "Io would make rapid and ineligible
ts;Svancement Wv in either art. 1t is prac-
sNS %s' with science, that makes the ready
4N successful farmer.-RuraI Home.
, 1877-08-03

"A SLIGHT CoLD," CoUGHs.-Few are
aware OF the Importance OF checking a
cough or SLIGHT COLD" which would yield
to mild remedy, if neglected, often attacks
the lungs "Bro,on's bronchial Troches" give
sure and almost immediate relief.
, 1877-08-03

A CLOCK THAT STRIKES THIRTEEN.--
The duke of Bridgewater was very fond
of watching his men at work, especially
when any enterprise was on foot. When
they were boring for coal at Worsley the
duke came every morning and looked on
for long time together. The men did
not like to leave off work whilst he re-
mained there, and they became so dis
satisfied at having to work so long beyond
the hour at which the bell rang, that
Brindey had difficulty in getting a suf
ticieut number of hands to continue the
boring. On inquiry, he found out the
cause, and communicated it to the duke
who, from that time, made point of i'm
mediately walking off when the bell rang,
returning when the men had resumed
work, and remaining with them usually
until six o'clock. He observed, however,
that though the men dropped work
promptly as the bell rang, when he was
not by, they were not nearly so punctual
in resuming work, some struggling in
many minutes after time. He asked to
know the reason, and the mems excuse
was, that though they could always hear
the clock when it struck twelve, they
could not 50 readily hear it when it
struck only one On this the duke had
the mechanism of the clock altered so
as to make it strike thirteen at one
o'clock, which it continues to do to this
day.
, 1877-08-03

The estimated value of the sales of
pictures in New York during the past six
months, according to the Herald, is over
million of dollars. The sum sounds
large, but it is probably not exaggerated.
Most of the sales were at second hand
and very small part of the money went
into the hands of artists.
, 1877-08-03

A DOCTOR IN THE CLosET.-Trapper's In
dian Oil is one of those harmless, ready rem
edles that every family should keep on hand
Whenever there is pain, use it.
, 1877-08-03

A TEACHER, after reading to her schol-
ars story of a generous child, asked them
what generosity was One little fellow
raised his hand, and said 81 know; it's
giving to Others what you don't want
yourself.r
, 1877-08-03

A LAST REQUEsT-A livery stable
keeper committed suicide the other day
He furnished carriages for funerals, and
knew how such affairs should be con-
Quoted. II must die and 60 to another
world. All my efforts to be successful in
life have been vain, I hope to see you
thing goes wrong with me. cannot
support you any longer. Dear wife, see
that my funeral is all right, l want to
be drawn to the grave by four horses"
The ruling passion was not only strong
in death, but survived the grave. Moth
ing less than hearse drawn by four
horses would satisfy poor Franz, and he
hoped to "see his wife again, on the road"
to the other world, which he probably
believed to be well-paved turnpike or
plank-road, lined with stylish equipages,
drawn by blooded horses and ending in an
equine paradise.
, 1877-08-03

!, mn M oHAToT recommends common salt
,O.; M antdote for mildew on vines. BY
5%nuk.ing handful of salt around the
mar, v vi each vine, the effect, he says, was
Si,h Si,ih'eilous; the vines hitherto covered
had S1 'hls fungus grew luxuriantly, and
tom 'a a, abundance of grapes entirely free
V~ oidium.--Paris Paper.
, 1877-08-03

USE Burnham's Abietine for Group, colds
sore throat and hoarseness.
, 1877-08-03

ae o,h Ahls man swallowed his spectacles
,akiOui Gay. A startling instance of
'lug glass too much.
, 1877-08-03

Stands for Rosy,
II I'd Whose throat gave her great pain;
Wh, She took some SWEET TAR DROPS
Now she's oil right again.
, 1877-08-03

The early bird catches the worm.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29


ment is a. follows: Two hose carriages with
Wronches. bars and axes, carrying seven hun
bred and hfty feet Of hose on reels and two
pipes with extra nozzles. They also COM
mand nine hundred feet Of hose with pipes
and noEles in twenty-One different Stations
in and around the factory, one Cameron IRE
pump, one Worthington, one Watts q Camp,
bell, and one Blake pump, one hundred ana
seventy eight filled buckets in their proper
places throughout the works, sixteen hand
pumps, sprinklers in all the rooms OF tue
cotton mill, the packing house, the machine
and carpenter shop and the drying rooms.
There are also sprinklers in the two top
floors OF the thread mill and in the ware
house, and there are thirty.fye FIRE plugs or
hydrants on the premises. Regular meetings
are held on the second Monday in each
month, and practice il had every two weeks,
Examination OF all valves, hydrants, pumps
and other equipments take place on the first
Of each month, ami a minute report Of the
exact condition, position and effectiveness
OF the FIRE service is made TO the Clark
Thread Company.
III CLARK THgEAD COMPANY RELIEF so.
CIETY.
One OF the best and most beneficial organ.
~izations which constitutes a part Of the sys.
tenn and care OF the Clark Thread Company
for their employees, is the Relief society. II
was organized January I'd, 1870, for the pur.
pose Of providing a fund for the relief OF those
who might, by accident or sickness, be in.
capacitated from sustaining themselves. All
the employees Of the company must be mem.
bers ofthe society,and each receive assistance
when needed, from the fund according 30
the amount paid in, which must be at least
n cent per week, but no one is per.
mitted TO pay in an amount which would
draw, in case OF sickness, more than half
their average weekly wages. Every cent
paid in draws seventy.fve cents per week.
The Clark Thread Company contributes FIVE
dollars per week TO the fund without cesss.
ton, but all others cease their contributions
when the uneXpended balance in the tressu.
ry reaches fifteen hundred dollars. When
the fund is reduced 10 seven hundred dollars
payments are renewed. The payments into
the treasury average about nine months in
the year, We hope that this humane and
systematic organization may find many imi.
tators among the manufacturers Of Newark
and throughout the country, who read this
article, The company pays interest Mt seven
per cent. on the money in the treasury, be.
sides their five dollars per week into the fund
Since its organization one thousand three
hundred and nineR-seven members have
been relieved, and twenty-four deaths have
occurred in the society. The reason that
he receipts for 1874 and IS, 6 are less than
usual is because the fund had reached the
maximum of s. 1900, aud payments were
stopped. The following very interesting Ia.
bic shows the amount received and paid out
frnpN TG~p q, 1 GER .r,1p,s-,.
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Household Recipes.

D0NrfNtDf" AfffIfa
GINGER CooKIEs.-One cupful Of SUI
gar, one efmolasses, one of shortening, one
ofwater, two teaspoonluls of soda and two
of ginger; mix stiff enough to roll thin
and bake in a moderately hot oven to a
light brown.
MUSTARD PLASTER. Take a table
spoonful molasses, more or less asdesired
stir thick with mustard and having
spread it on a cloth, apply it directly to
the skin it will not blister even it kept
on for an hour.
VARIETIEs.-TwO eggs beaten light,
with a pinch Of salt and -four stirred in
till very stiff; then roll out very thin
cut into strips two inches wide and four
long, wind around the finger, then fry in
boiling lard a delicate color.
WASHING FLANNELs.--Cut very
finely about a quarter of a pound of best
yellow soap, pour on it hot water, and
let it dissolve add suficientfO your use,
and when luke-warm stir in a tablespoon.
full ofliquid ammonia then soak in the
fanDels and let them remain half an
hour; then wash them well and rinse them
in a second luke-warm water, with
another spoonful of ammonia liza third
be used the ammonia must be repeated.
BOILING STEAK.-Beefsteak may be
covered while boiling, but should never
be hacked while cooking, nor pounded
before cooking; simply lay it upon the
gridiron, and turn but once, as at every
turning you lose the juice of the meat
when done, lay upon the dish it is to be
served in, sprinkle over it a little salt
and spread over it some good sweet but.
ter, and let stand five minutes in the
oven.
TO DRESS ENTHUSIASTICALLY
with salt for two days, letting it lay ex.
posed to the air, so as TO gather plenty OF
moisture shake or scrape off what is
loose, and rub on powdered alum-a
couple of %teaspooniuls for a rabbit OF
muskrat-skin or a pint for a deer-skin
rub a small thin skin, at the end Of the
third days exposure, with alum until il
is pretty dry. A large thick skin must
be "alumned" a week. Skins will be
white, and not red, OH the under side
when cured by this process, and make
excellent rugs or garments, as no poison
is used.
FATHER ADAM.-Tbisis ap'ain family
dish, familiar to English families, but apt
to be extremely relished, especially by
children. 1t is a convenient way of using
meat the second day. Take as much cold
roast beef as will half fill a baking dish
suited to the size of your family. Add
enough gravy, saved from the day be-
fore, or lacking that enough butter and
water, in which to stew the beef until
quite tender. Then having ready enough
Irish potatoes, boiled, mashed, and sea,
soned with butter, pepper, and salt, and
made smooth with a little cream or rich
milk, fill the dish with them to the top,
and place in a well-heated oven to bake
until nicely Drowned, 1t has a very
inviting appearance. Tomato catsup OF
any nice store sauce may be served with
it, but should be added at table, as indi.
vidual taste may suggest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29
SECRETARY ETIRrS DAUGHTERS

The Misses Evarts- there are five or
six who can lay claims to this title--are
all blondes, and have in them the same
vein of s%epulchral Immoral humor, so to
speak, which characterizes their father.
They are not pretty, but thoroughly
intellectual and refined, much more
after the Boston type than the metro
p%olitan. In conversation, if you can
succeed in drawing them into it, they
show a keen sense of the humorous, and
careful training in books and otherwise
a training which is due to Mrs. Evarts.
In dress the young ladies are demure,
They commonly wear their hair in the
most prime of knots, and display no
ornaments unless it be an antique gem,
or something valuable for its age or
history. But their silks are the heaviest,
and they do not eschew seal-skin sacques.
Mr.. Evarts has a son in his law Office,
and another, travelling, | am told, in
China. His eldest daughters is Mrs. G.
G. Beeman, who resides here. The town
house is''at thecorner of Fourteenth street
and Second avcnue-one of the old
fashioned double mansions, and is
beautifully furnished. With his hos
p%itality and taste for good cooking, and
with a family OF such size, Mr.. Evarts
has occasion to keep up his business in
come, which is said to be over 100000,
and probably does not despise the
revenue from his farm, which can hardly
equal the summe expenses Chicago
Tribune.
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bearing orchard of twelve hundred trees
that have received the above treatment,
and there is't a borer in them, nor never
has been. There is no secret in hayinga
good orchard. Plant none but sound
trees, and then take care Of them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29
CLAUK5 %. N, +" SPOOL COTTON,
How, ard Whcia II IL rtJr-Tbc Clark
Thread Company Largest WOrhsin
the NV WOrld-Acres of spien.
ala BuUdIugs- ~ Oicsts Of
NO ,icr rul 1~jnrhInre,.
The Process of Manufacture.
Down Inthc Cotton FicIds-TbC Employee
Societies The Clark Hose Company
A Grand Relief SOciCty-Em-
plOSes' Centennial ENcur.
EI0u-The Renowned
Eureka Club mad
Thistle Hand.
MANY UNDRESSING PARTICULARS.

From the Essex County Press, Newark, N.JI
At the footof Clark street, in the Eighth
ward of the city of Newark, on the banks
of the Passaic, occupying several acres Of
ground, upon which are buildingsthc floor
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29

The social feature OF the Grange forms,
in reality, its chief glory, and from this
source alone may we look for the best
results,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29

I1rlIEN WRITING To .ADyEnTIsERs,
w pIensF say yea ahW me dy"rllA,'haeN
In iHis paper ~ " N''N'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29
TILE NEW YnRK HOUSE.

At No. 400 Broadway, corner Of Walker
street, New York, is the splendid marhIe
building Of George A. Clark & Brother, the
selling agents of The Clark Thread Compaa'
ny. The entire five stories Of their magnih'
cent place are fitted up with every facility
possible for the prompt transaction OF their
immense business.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-29


There has been much said about that
destroyer of the apple tree, and still the
cry comes to us, "What shall we do with
the borer?" TO tho reader of this, let
me say, don't have anything to do with
the "varmint"; do not treat it so we'll
and you can depend upon it, it will not
trouble you. You furnish it plenty of
muck, weeds and filth at the foot of the
tree, and you court Us presence; and in
return, it will work for you diligently.
Now do not do this it is too expensive
Now for the preventive there is no
patent IN it. Keep the ground clear Of
weeds and trash of all kinds for three or
four feet around the tree, and you can
depend upon the borer staying away. 1t
does not like q clean place to nest, nor
does it like asound, healthy tree. Do
pay some attention to your fruit trees
they are worthy of it. will cite you
two instances Spaulding q Co., pro.
prictors of the premium nurseries at
Springfield, ILL.,, have an orchard of abou
four thousand trees, mostly bearing size,
that have received this treatment, and
there his never been q borer in them.
In Iroquosi county in this state is q
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-15

Aristotle, who lived in the fourth century, B. C., and studied nature with great earnestness and assiduity, held many views concerning the earth that were very reasonable for his time. Yet in the absence of facts, nothing was left for him but to rely upon logic. He had certain ideas of what is natural and what is perfect, and from these he req soned as to what must be and therefore what is. To the question whether the earth turns or the heavens turn. he re- plies that the earth is evidently ill re- pose, not only because we see it to be so, but because it is necessity that it should be, that is because repose is natural. If it be asked why the stars must move around the earth, he replies it is natural that they should, because a circle is the most perfect line, because it has no ends and must therefore be de- scribed by the perfect stars. That the earth is the centre of the universe. and is at rest, is furthermore, proved by Aristotle from theological considera- tions; thus, everything which performs any act has been made for the purpose of that act. Now the work of God is immortality; from which it. follows that all that is divine must have an eternal motion. The heavens have a divine qnality, and for this reason they have a spherical shape and move eternally in a circle. Now, when body has circu- lar motion one part of it must remain at rest in the centre; the earth is in the centre, and therefore motionless.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-15
Overland. and other Tea.

English families even on the conti- nent are steadfast to tea. It is neces- sity. They will take coffee if you wish, or in addition; but the urn with the spirit lamp-what the French call Ia machiee-is necessary to the notion of a proper breakfast table. The Russians come next to us in the matter of con- sumption, but they are more fastidious. With them it is quality rather than quantity. They have a dainty palate for the Chinese infusion, and drink it delicately out of little egg-shell cups. favored with lemon juice; for sugar and cream would be too gross for palates so fastidious. Their method of taking it is a luxury they are content to pay for it. It comes to them overland, packed in little quarter and half-pound pack ages, made up in lead paper, twined and sealed with the seal of the Chinese exporter, and wrapped in papers de- corated with quaint Japanese figures. hand painted, and in their way quite works of art. Such tea will be sixteen or twenty shillings pound-often very much more. It would be dissertation to let milk or sugar touch it. We are accustomed to the tea that has had the benefit-or, at all events, the experience s-of sea voyage. For it is curious thing that the voyage tells on it. We know how Madaira is prized that has been all around the world, It would seem that similar circumnavigation has an effect similarly beneficial upon tea. A cargo that has been to England fetches an Extraordinary high price in China or Japan.-C MogQzine.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-15
Treatment of Madmen in France.

Madmen in France are vastly more ferocious than elsewhere, or there are graver faults in the treatment and cure of them. It is not long since ghastly tale was told of a misunderstanding siege in his house against whole company of gendafmes and regiment of the line, several of whom he killed. They set fire to the thatch and burned him to death A pendant to this story comes from Saint Omer, in the Pas de Balaia. A dangerous lunatic named Lepretre was being taken to the asylum by the police; he escaped and plunged into the river. They caught him, and entered a house near by to dry his clothes. Thence he escaped again, clim bed "a tree, and thus reached the Lavoir Sainte Marie, which has 3 tower forty or Nifty feet |high. To this point Lepretre made his way When they tried toA follow him he tore, to pieces chimney, and threat ened the gendarmerie with bricks. They sent for the firemen, who poured the heaviest streams of their hose upon the tower, to no effect. Night came, and Lepretre was left in peace under guard. Next day his fury was as wild as ever, and the least mOvemento of those below a shower of bricks whizzed about. It was resolved to leave him, in the hope that cold and hunger would produce their result. All the country side had gathered to witness this extraordinary blockade. Three days passed without change. They offered him food in which strong narcotic had been mixed. He took it without effect. A gallant trumpeter of the Eighth Regiment tried to storm the tower. He fixed a ladder inside and mounted. As fast as they could be thrown the bricks came show ering on him. He was knocked sense less from the ladder and carried off. The sub-prefect remonstrated, and the general gave his word that no harm should be done to him if he would give way. In vain. Then, with cruel inns patience one fails to understand-seeing the poor fellow could do no harm up there, and sooner or latter must yield a squad of soldiers wereI ordered up to fire. One ball struck him on the shoul- der and one on the head-those from the chassepot; on the hand and knee he was wounded by revolver bullets. Sim ultaneously an attack went on by esca- Jade. Lepretre lost none of his courage or his passion. Though thus badly hurt, he smashed up the balustrades to find new weapons. But at length his footing gave way in the chimney, and he fell headlong to the ground floor. They seized him ultimately, and carried him to the asylum.
Connecticut western news., 1877-06-15
Butcher Shops at Pekfn.

I observed (says an Englishman) a great number of butchers shops whose mode of cutting up their meat resem- bles our own; nor can the markets of London boast of a better supply of flesh than is to be found at Perkin. But they sell it cooked as well as raw; and, on my entering the shop, 1 saw on stall before it an earthen stove, with a grid iron placed upon it; and on my employ ing variety of signs, to obtain the information I wanted, the butcher instantly began to cut off small, thin slices of meat, about the size of crown piece, which he broiled as fast as I could eat them. I took about a dozen of these slices, which might weigh about seven or eight ounces :; and when l paid him, which 1 did by giving him a string of small coin, he pulled off, as I suppose, the amount of his demand. saw numbers of people in other butchers shops, as passed along, regaling themselves with beef and mutton ill the same manner.