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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
NOTHING LIKE IRON.

Recent deep-sea soundings have been
made with piano wire, instead of hemp
rope, and it has uniformly proved more
manageable and in every way superior.
Experiments with steel hawsers, to take
the place of the immense hemp hawsers
used on iron clads, give similar results in
favor of steel. In recent experiments
undertaken by the British admiralty,
one hundred and eighty fathoms OF
eight-inch steel wire hawscr were cOiled
on reel, the outside measurement OF
which was five feet square. A twenty
five iuch hemp hawscr, one hundred and
twenty fathoms long, was coiled in a tier
fOrty-two feet long and fourteen feet
wide. Twelvemen handled the eight
inch steel kawser without difficulty, and
two ,Of their number took two turns
with il arOnnd a gun post one foot IN
diameter, without injury to the wire
Forty-eight men were required to handle
the twenty-five inch hawser, and even
that number could not range it along
the ground without the use of trucks,
and they could only take one turn with
this hawser around a post foot and
a.hai in diameter. The steel hawser,
besides its other advantages, weighs only
one-third as much as the hemp hawser
of equal strength. PhHadcphja lie
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23

Heart disease, apOplexy and paralysis
are increasing; cancer, too, is growin
more fatal, but consumption appears 10
he on the decrease. There were twenty
five boys and men, nearly all following
outdoor occupations, killed by light.
ming. There was death from the bite
of a fox, from the bite of a rat, from the
scratch of a cat, from the bite of leech,
from the sting OF hornet, and two from
the sting OF a wasp. There were more
persons killed by horse cOnveyances than
by railways, the former being 1873 and
the latter ] ,249; eighteen persons were
executed and II ,j92 committed suicide.
An English mechanic has contriyed
TO make steam engine TO do its own
stoking. \ large shect.iron hopper is
set above the mouth Of the furnace and
in front of the boiler. This is the recep-
tacle for Goals. Below the hopper Il
steel crusher is made TO run some
what rapidly, and, as the Goals
fall by reason of their own gravity upon
this grinding apparatus, they are reduced
10 the uniform size OF cob nuts by the
action Of the crusher. Thence the
equaliz'd fuel drops upon pair of iron
disks, or fans inclosed in a box, and run.
ming in opposite directions at high We.
locity. The fans are, in fact, the furnace.
feeders, for as the box has but one open.
ing, and that leads to the fire, they lit
orally blow the Goals into the latter and
distribute them equally over the whole
surface of the fire. bars. The feed is
regulated in quantities according to the
heavy or light work the engine may be
doing, by means Of single adjusting set
screw. This is the automatOn stoker.
The furnace fires are fed and steam is
kept up in the boiler without the turn
ing Of shovel, and all that the fireman
has to do is TO smoke his pipe and
whistle, "Down in Coal-mine."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
THE TREATMENT or INEBRIETY.

There is no specific for inebriety. 1t
is constitutional aimenL, to be treated
constitutionally. 1t is not necessarily
due TO alcoholism. Chlora and opium
inebriety are already becoming danger
ously common, and there arc hundreds
of other stimulants and narcotics to
which resort may be had. The only
remedial course is to place the inebriate
where alcohol or the provoking cause of
his ailment cannot be had for the sigh
oft, or the smell Of il will excite all the
desire torit, TO this treatment, sedatives
toniCs and nutritious food to build up
the system may be added. To persons
having any tendency to inebriety, the
only safe course is absolute abstinence
during early life. As regards the hui
man race, the disease finds its remedy in
itself; for degeneracy in any direction
cannot 60 on indefinitely and after any
qualities, good or bad, attain certain
stage Of growth, they cease to reproduce
themselves. The excessively feeble and
nervous stocks must perish, and the
fight for existence be maintained be-
tween the less feeble and less nervous
and the well balanced and strong and
thus, by process of successive elimua.
tions race may be developed that shall
be every way adapted to the complex
conditions Of high ciyilization-Srica-
Gfc lWeyicdp.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
WE'RE THEY INNOCENT ?

The case of Ryan and Oschwald at
Newark is attracting as much attention
abroad as it does at home. In reviewing
it the New York Herald says: This
case calls to miId the well known and re.
markable case of the murder of the Ital-
ian organ grinder in Dublin some yHars
ago. The boy was found dead il a
vacant lot on the outskirts OF the city
with his throat cut. Where the body
lay the branch of young sapling had
been freshly broken of. Acting on this
clew the ever vigilant special detectives
followed up the case, until they hunted
down and arrested "on suspicion a
tinker named Cooney, tipping "ne'er-
do.weel," " who was given to "bad COM
pany and night walking" On searching
his room the branch of the saping, fresh
from where the boys body lay, was
found under his bed. The model detec-
tives worked up" the case beautifully
and everything was prepared for the
trial and conviction Of the yagrant tin
ker. But the story as published in the
papers met the eye of Sir Frederick
HodsOn, the deputy lieutenant of Ire
land, then in Paris He returned i'm
mcdiately to Dublin, appeared at the
tinker's trial and proved an efectual
GEbi. On the night of the murder be
had hired COoney to attend to his horse,
and had detained him during the very
hours the deed must have been com.
mitted. Cooney was acquitted. The
question then arose, by whom had the
twig of the sapling been placed under
the tinker's bed ? Investigation fol.
lowed, and soon John Dclahanty, one OF
the very detectives who had run the
tinker down, was placed under arrest as
the real murderer. Link followed link
in the chain of evidence, and at last
Delahanty confessed the crime. The
spcciai detectives, of whom he was one
enjoyed snug berths, but were. threatened
with DISBURSEMENT because they had
nothing to do. In order to "makc up a
case" and prove the usefulness and ne
cessity of the special forco Delahanty
first cut the poor Italian boys throat
and hext displayed his own efficiency by
tracking the murderer. He would have
hung Cooney, if he could, as remor*e-
lessly as he took the life of the I'm.
fortunate boy. Delahanty was executed
for the crime. We commended the case
to the consideration Of Gov. Bedle. The
circumstantial evidence against Ryan
and Oschwald was as well worked up as
was the case against the Irish tinker.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
THE IN USEHENTS or THE men.

The following is from an article by
pr. Holland, in Scribner for March;
True amusement is Of two kinds, viz,
active and passive. The active and
weary man and woman-thosc who
exhaust every day their vital energies in
work-.take naturally to passive amuse-
ment A lady of our acquaintance,
engaged daily in severe intellectual tasks,
says that nothing rests her like seeing
other people work. For this she goes to
the theater, and the play upon her
emotions there rests and recreatcs her
Indeed, it is the emotional side of the
nature, and not the active, which
furnishes play TO those who arc weary
with the use Of their faculties. This fact
covers the secret Of the popular success
Of what il called emotional preaching.
People who have been engaged all the
week in exhausting labor of any kind do
not take kindly to high intellectual
feast on Sunday They want to be
moved and played upon This rests and
interests them, while the profound dis.
cussion OF great problems in lie and re-
ljgion wearies and bores them. They are
not up to it. They are weary and jaded
in that part Of their nature which such
a discussion engages. The emotions
which have been bunted and suppressed
by their pursuits are hungry So every
form Of amusement that truly meets
their wants must be emotive, and must
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23

In California, horses and horned cattle
are having their comparative intelligence
discussed in The newspapers, the subject
being given notoriety by observations
made on the suAeringS OF stock on the
Laramie plains during the deep SHOWS
this winter. Cattle were reported to be
dying by thousands from starvation and
exposure, and the sheep were not much
better of, On The contrary, the horses
were regarded as likely to get through
tht winter in safety. The reason Of this
is said TO be that tho horses have sense
enough to paw away the snow with their
feet, and thus get down to the bunch
grass" beneath, which is sufficiently
grown to give them feed. The cattle and
sheep, however stand in the snow and
make no effort to help themsclyes,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
BETTER THAN GROG.

A correspondent OF the London Lam
Get, who owns water power mills, writes
| am frequently compelled, at this sea
son of the year, to have men working in
water even in frosty weather. find the
following allowance gives great satisfac,
ton to the men, and We never have a
case of cold or injury to the men in any
way: Kettle of coffee, made with halt
sweet milk, half water, three or four
eggs whipped poIred into it when of
the boil hot toasted bread with plenty
of butter of the finest quality. Serve
up this every two and half hours,
The expense is much les, than the usual
allowance of whisky, and the men work
far better, and if care is taken to have
the coffee, milk (cream is still better,
bread, and especially the butter Of the
very finest quality, the men are delighted
with it. ! am persuaded it would be
worth while to try this allowance instead
Of grog Giving extra grog gives the
men a notion that it is good for them,
and perpetuate, the belief in stimulants
among workingmen,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
ODD NOTES.

Those people who imagine that ask.
ing Mr.. Moody to pray for them is all
that is needed are standing on very thin
ice.
The British museum must be 4
pleasant place for man looking for
book. The books of that famous l..
stitution cover twelve miles OF shelving
The Cherekees have over eighty
schools. \ young pedagOguc who went
out there to teach school about year
ago incidentally mentions in a letter
home that he hogged a youthful aborig-
inal the day before for giving war
whoop in the geography class, and that
he is hourly expecting the lads old man
TO call around with a scalping knife.
old Mr.. Bledsoe, although he isa
very profane, wicked man, looks very
youthful for his years. One of his
ncighbors remarked to Mrs. Bledsoc, the
other day, ''the old man is wearing well,
isn't he?" ooh yes,' replied the old
weman "he's swearing well enough as IL
goes but considering the opportunitiesand
practice he's had, he might put little
more polish into it,"
The orchestra at tn eater in China
is composed as follows: GUngs, fddlcs,
glass trumpets, bamboo flutes, castinets
and tambourines. When all these get
started the music begins. On the stage
men invariably play all the parts, in.
cluding those of women, the absence Of
breeches and beard enabling them to do
50 with entire impunity.
They had tough subject in the
iuquiry-room, Moody wrestled with
him, and Sankey sang with him, but the
man seemed to despair of forgiveness
Finally Moody asked him what heavy
sin burdened his mind, and he confessed
to having beat newspaper publisher
out of three years subscription. The
evangelist informed him that they did
not profess to perform miracles, but if
he would settle up his dues, with COM
pound interest, and Iay for three years
more in advance, although they could
not open the doors of the church to him,
perhaps he might he sncaked in under
the canvas.
Moncure d. Conway tellsthc follow
ing story of an irate British Judge:
"The courtroom of Mr.. Justice b. n2S
the scene of rather an alarming Outburst
of feeling on the part of the judge. The
case came before him presenting COM
bination of every kind of villainy in the
defendant, and as the clear evidence
came out the judge grew red and white,
and was fairly boiling when the time
came to charge the jury. Gentlemen OF
the jury, said ejudge, 1T is a perfectly
clear case, and most nelarious one.
The defendant has unquestiOnably rob.
bed the plaintiff, and has basely betrayed Z,
his daughter and abandoned her in a
foreign land. II only wish it had been
my daughter The lawyers gasped as
this thunder rolled, and beheld the iratC
Judge shaking his fist across the room at
the covering caitifi.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
BURGL1R'S TOOLS.

Who furnishes the tools for bulgars
ANY mechanic who has seen complete
kit, such as we're on exhibition in sale
establishment at Cincinnati abouta year
ago, and which had been used in an at
tempt 10 rob bank at CoyingtOn, haa
seen complement OF ingenious tools
such as only accomplished mechanics
could design or manufacture. OF these
referred to, quite a number were for pur'
posc. that A novice would be puzzled to
know TO what use they could possibly be
mt until made plain, when he would
he greatly amazed at their adoption TO
tbe end in view. An English journal
copyinr from New York paper says
there are large manufactures OF such i'm.
nlements iD New York, PhiIadelphia,
And a number Of places throughout the
vast No ono establishment 1t is said
makes the SET complete, but that part il
made at one place and part at another,
That people who want such tools can
get them themselves there can be no
doubt, but that there are regular manufac-
tories for such things We very much
doubt. t.--AmCr'c0w Manufacturer.
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Rates Of Subscription In Advance 4.
TIME TO GO.

They know the time togo
The fairy clouds stnke Their - audible hour
In he'll and woodland, aud each punctual flower
Bows NJ the signal an Oheiient head
Aud haS'es to bed.
Tie pale aDcmoDe
,,Ides on her way with scarcely gO5d uighti
The yioleis tie their purple nigh caps tlgnt;
Hani IN hand, the d,nCiug c0lumbincs,
Ia Mithesome lines,
p?op their last.cOurleSies,
liil from the scene, and couch them for their rest
The meadow lily folds her scarlet vest
And hides II meath the grasses lenglhenIng green
Fair and serene.
Her sister lily doats
IN the blue pond and raises golden eyes
10 court the golden splend, ui the skies.
The sudden signal comes, and down she goes
To md repOse
In the roo depths below
\ little later, aud the asters blue
Depart In crowds, r brave and CHEEKY crew
While golden rod still wide away and gay
Turns him away
Furls his bright parasul.,
Nnd Ike little hero, meets his fate.
J he g'ntanS, very proud 10 SIT mp late,
Next follow. Every fern is tucked and sCt
Meath cONerlet,
Downy and soft aud warm.
NUilLc seeding yuie is heard 10 grevc
Or make complaints the folding woods beneath
No lingering daTcs tp stay, Tor vel they know
The time t0G 60.
Teach ms your patience brave,
bear Ao wers, til w shall dare TO part like you,
Willing Gods will, sum that His clock strikes true
That His sweet day augllrs a sweeter morrow,
With smiles, not sorrow.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
THE APPROPRIATIONS.

Ten Of the regular appropriation bill
were passed by congress, and show an
excess over the total of the same bills at
the last session of $2,39S, 1884. The
army bill and the river and harbor bill
failed. The following summary gives
the history in brief Of tie bills of the
present session:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-03-23
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Marriages and obituary notices over one
square, charged for at half regular rates.
All local notices 10 cents line for each
insertion. No notice, inserted for less than
fifty cents.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-06
A PERILOUS WOONG.

When Aslang became a full-grown
girl, peace was gone on Husaby farm.
The finest boys of the parish wrangled
and fought there, night after night 1t
was worst on Saturday nights, but then
old Junt Husaby went to bed with his
leather breeches on and a birch club at
his elbow. Have I got girlY' he
said, 81 shall know how to take care of
her."
Tore Neset was only a squatter's son.
There were people, though, who said
that he came oftener to see the farmer s
daughter on Husaby than anybody else.
Old Junt did not like this talk and said
it was not true, for he had never seen
him there. But people smiled to one
another and limited that if he looked
better into that corner where Aslang sat
instead of squabbling with those who
strutted on the open floor, he would
have found Tore.
Spring came, and when the cattle
were driven up on the hills for grazing
Aslang followed to take care of them
Hot lay the day over the valley, but the
cliff rose cool above the sun-smoke, and
when from its top the cow-bells tinkleC
and the Watchdog barked and Aslans
sang and played on theljur, how did th'
, boys feel toiling in the meadows below
The first Saturday night they all took t.
the cliff, one faster than the other. Blu
still more fast they came back, on
, after the other; just where the patl
turned the hammer, some one stood ant
took hold of them, one by one, as the,
came, and wheeled them downward
: making his words well remembered: ="
: you choose to come again, you shall b
2 still better served"
J AS far as people could understand
there was in the whole parish only on
who had the proper hand for such
n piece of work, and that one was Tor
Neset. But all the rich farmers son
t thought it rather mean, that he, tn
IL squatter's son, should take his stan
next to her, Aslang Husaby.
The same thought also old Junt, whe
$ he heard it, and he thought further tina
S if no one else could master that char
/, he would try, and those sons of hi
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-06
Mars Moons.

When the telegraph announced the dis
covery by Prof. Hall that our neighboring
planet had two satellites, and the dispatch
was read the next morning at ten thousand
American breakfast tables, what think you
was the effect upon the hearers? Some
colloquy similar to the following was sure
to occur: Mars has too moons, hey? Pass
me the milk, Kitty. Strange, isn't it, that
astronomers never saw them before.
Another chop, please. l wonder what
they'll discover next? These corn cakes
are excellent. What's the latest from
Europe?" We have become so accustomed
to startling discoveries and announcements,
that we take them as matter of course.
Even truth must appear in flaming colors to
make herself seen. The virtues of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets have been tested
in ten thousand households, whose inmates
will tell you that they consider the dis
covery and introduction of these remedies
OF far greater Importance to the world than
the moons of Mars.
SHIPMAN, ILL, June 13, 1876.
| DR.. R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. V:
| Dear Sir-Last fall our daughter-ageC
eighteen-was fast sinking with consump
ton. Different physicians had pronounced
| her case incurable. l obtained one-hal
| dozen bottles of your Golden Medical Dis
covery. She commenced improving at once
and is now as hardy as pine knot.
Yours Respectfully,
REV. ISAAC n. AUGUSTINE.
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The Markets.

TI.-Flour-Quotations range as fol
lows: Patent, 81 5o@s so: fancy, S6@7 Is;
spring, 85 25@6; family SIS 1895 So; extra SIS Esq
Rye -four, So 55@s IS: Buekwheat -four, s. 5O@
6 so. Grain-Wheat, prime to choice white hill
and amber is quotable at 81 28@l 80, and prime to
choice red, 81 20@1 Is. Corn, 37@47c. Rye, 53
to choice Timothy. ss@lO Mess pork, s12@i2 25
Lard, S14@9c. Cotton, 95s9121ae.
INDIANAPOLIs.-Gr Grain-Wheat, No. red win
ter, 81 26@1 %. Corn, new Western mixed, 5sc.
Oats, Mixed 241a@28c Rye 5sc. Brl Bulk Meats. leafs.
pickltd hams, 91a910c. Lard, prime fteam, &c.
Hogs, S4@425
LOJISvILLE-Flour-Ex 81 50@5 rs; extra
family, s5@5 IS; A No. L. S6@6 25 fancy, Sc SOC
white, 81 45. Cora, white, 54c.; mixed, 45c. Rye,
67%c. Oats, white, 32c.: mixed, Bic. Hay, s11 g
IL per ton. Bulk meats: Shoulders, re; clear
rib sides, 9c clear Sides 10c. all loose; clear lib,
91Sc; clear sides, 10c. Sugar-cured hams, 14c.
Lard choice leaf, in tierces, 11c.; choice leaf, in
kegs, 1112e.
NEW YORK.-F1our-No. 2, SO 25@4 So super
fine and Western State, 81 1895 25; common to
to eheice Western and State, SIS s0@6: common
10 choice white wheat Western extra, Sc O5@6 75
fancy white wheat Western extra, Sc s0@s 25
to choice extra st. Louis, s. 5O@S 25; Miunesota
patent process extra good to prime, and choice to
double extra, 81 40@9 IS. Rye flour, a3 9O@4 35
rowed State, 7sc. Corn, 62@67c. Oats, S5@45c
Mess pork. S14. Lard, prime steam, 8.471ac. Cot
| ton, II 3-16@11 E-16c.
| PHILADELPHIA Flour-Western superfine
S3G5 so; extra Pennsylvania family, sc 5097; Min
nesota extra family, S6@6 rs; high grades and Min
nesota patent process, S7@9 so. Grain Wheat
amber Pennsylvania, 81 41@1 43; Pennsylvani,
winter red, 81 4l@l 43; Pennsylvania white 81 a
Western, 64@641ac. Oats, white Western, 37@39c.
| Western mixed, 34935c. Rye Western, 70c
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-12-06

How difficult it is for a woman to
be really well dressed, under the exist
ing prejudice that everybody must be
dressed like everybody else! This no
ton of a requisite liveryi is paralyzing to
anything like development of individual
taste, and simply springs from the in
capacity of the many to originate,
wherefore they are glad to copy others ;
but this majority have succeeded in suf-
locating the aesthetic minority, many of
whom are now forced to suppress really
good taste for fear of being called
"afected." We shall never have any
school of art in England, either in dress
or decoration of any kind, until the fun
damental principle of good art is recog-
nized, that people may do as they like
in the matter, and until women cease to
be afraid of being laughed at for doing
what they feel to be wise and right.
There can be no originality of scheme
until individual taste is admitted to be
free, and how can there be individuality
while all are completely subservient to
law, that law usually determined by folk
who have neither natural feeling for
beauty nor education Mrs. Il. III
Haa0eis, IN her Art Of Beauty.
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GLEANINGS FROM THE MUSE.
Anorr uusnASDs-ro THE GIRLS,

A man l., in general, better pleased when he has
4 good dinner upon his table than when his wife
speaks Greek.-Sdpa johnson.
johnson was right. don't agree to all
The solemn dOgmas Of the rough old stager;
But very much approve what one may call
The minor morals Of the Ursa Major"
johnson was right Although some men adore
Wisdom In woman, and with wisdom cram her,
There isn't one In ten but thinks far more
OF his own grub than Of his spOuses grammar.
know IL is the greatest shame in life;
But who among them save, perhaps, myself
Returning home, but asks his wife,
What bect-not bOOks-she has upon the shelf.
Though Greek and Latin be the lady's boast,
They're little valued by her loving mate;
The kind Of tongue that husbands relish Lost
l. modern, boiled and served upon plate.
Or II, as fond ambition may command,
some homemade verse the happy matron shov
him,
What mortal spouse but from her dainty hand
Would sooner see pudding than poem?
Young lady-deep In love with Tom or Harry
fTis sad to tell you such tale this;
But here Il the moral Of It: Do not marry;
Or, marrying, take your lover as he is
A very Mars-with something of the brute
Unless he proves a sentimental nOddy,
With passions strong and appetite to boot,
A thirsty soul within hungry body.
A very man-nOt one Of natures clods-
With human failings, whether saint or sinner,
Endowed. perhaps with genius from the gods,
But apt TO take his temper from his dinner.