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The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28
1t Stops Every Leak,

and for tin iron it has equal as it expands by
heat, co. tracts by cold, and NEVER CRACKS nor
scales. Roofs covered with Tar Sheathing Felt c.
be made water-tight at a small expense, pre-
served for many years,
This Slate Paint is
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28

| CURED without cutting
or drawing blood, with
very little or no pain. ANY
person troubled with dan-
Ger and 4 umors will
| please write for testimoni-
ais &C., from patients
cured. We warrant a
perfect cure,
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28
Consumption

DYSPEPSIA WE CURE.
Liver and Kidney COM
plants are effec t u q lily
reached by Oxyge Il q t e d
Air.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28

TO BE CONTINUED.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28
Onet third the cost of Re-shingling.

The expense of stating new shingles is only about
the cost of simply laying them. The paint FIRE-
Proof against sparks or flying ernbers, may be
easily tested by any one.
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28
Extremely Cheap.

Two gallons will cover a hundred square feet OF
shingle roof, while tin, iron, felt matched
boards or any smooth surface, from to quarts &C
one gallon required to 100 square feet and a.
though the paint has heavy body it is easily aI-
piled with brush
No H., - ,.cod "a, fhSS No,,xo,S
The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1877-02-28

our red color usually preferred, one coat ID
equal to five Of any ordinary paint Sor
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

A contented citizen of Milan, who
had never passed beyond its walls dur
ing the curse Of sixty years, being
ordered by the Governor not TO stir be-
yond its gates, became Immediately
miserable, and felt so powerful an
inclination to do that which he had so
long contentedly neglected, that, on an
application for a release from this re-
straint being refused, he became quite
melancholy, and at last died Of grief.
The pains Of imprisonment, also, like
those of seryitude, are more in concep-
ton than in reality. We are all pris-
oners. What Is life but the prison of
the soul?
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
Trust.

Life would be impracticable unless it
were the primary rule to believe what
is told us. There is not single relation
in adult life in which we are not COM
PEELED to depend upon the word of an
other-of a husband, q wife, a friend,
an agent. We believe certain things
respecting them-in their honor, their
chastity, their affection, their faithful
ness. To what kind Of condition would
life be reduced if we were to apply to
these matters ''the universal duty of
questioning all that we believer" In
some, at all events, of these relations, it
may be observed, it is in the nature Of
the case impossible that We should have
Sufficient evidence" for our belief. 1t
is an unquestiOnable fact that many a
man who has been trusted, and who has
for years borne an unCXCeptiOnable
character, has proved faithless, and it
is quite impossible | can be sure upon
grounds of evidence respecting any
particular man that he is incapable of
this baseness. But the first condition
of a genuine and honorable friendship
is to believe this, to refuse to entertain
a doubt of it, and, if need be, to uphold
a friends honor until he is absolutely
proved d~ishonOrable. With respect to
trust exercised in commercial relations,
it might perhaps be said that it is a
mere application of the principle Of
probabilities. As Il matter of expert
ence, if customers are trusted, the ma
jority of them will fulfill their engage
ments. 1t may be doubted whether
tradesmen really do act in practice on
this mere calculation of probabilities;
but at all events the principle does not
apply to the other relations of life just
referred to. 1t would be an insult to u
friend TO say that you trusted and loved
him because you thought il more prob
able he was true than that he was false.
He expects from you, as the primary
condition of true friendship, that you
believe firmly concerning him that of
which you cannot possibly have certain
evidence Contemporary Rerielc.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
The Origin of Handicapping.

Most persons who take an interest in
sporting events are well aware what
the word ''handicap'' means, but per-
haps very few of them know the origin
of the expression. The origin of handi-
Gaping is to be found in a custom at
II time, perhaps, as prevalent i'll Eng
land as the modern practice of raflling'
One person, let it be supposed, had a
pocket-knife which he wished to eX-
change for another persons pencil-case.
He would challenge? the owner of
the pencil-case to make the exchange
with him, and this being agreed to a
third person would be found to "make
the award" or, in other words, to
arbitrate as to the respectives values Of
the two articles, and to award a certain
sum by way of equalizing them. Be
fore the award was made all three
would deposit in a hat or cap a certain
stake, which the arbitrator would APP
prOpriate in the event of his award
proving satisfactory to both parties, or
iR the event of his award proving salts
factory to neither party. The way in
which this Willingness or unwilling
ness to abide by the award of the
umpire was expressed seems originally
to have been this The two e%Xchangers
were to stand each with Il ''hand-i'-the
cap" and on the award being uttered
after an amount of cirCumlocutiOn pur-
posely intended to confuse them-they
were instantly to withdraw their hands
and open them. If both hands held
money in them, both were understood
to accept the award, the exchange was
made, and the arbitrator pOcketed the
stakes. If neither held money the bar
gain was not concluded, and the stakes
were still forfeited to the arbitrator. If
only one of the two displayed a coin,
that one drew the stakes, and the eX-
change was not made. According to
modern rules "a handicap match is a,
b and G to put IN equal sum each into
a hat; G, WHO'S the Handicapped, makes
a match for A and b, who, when they
have perused it, put their hands into
their pockets and draw them out closed;
then they open them together, and if
both have money in their hand the
match is confirmed; if neither have
money, it is no match" Thus ii will
be seen that, whereas the old practice
was literally Il 'hand-i'-the-cap,' the
modern has become n ''hand-i'the-
pocket"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
SCIENTIFIC,

Coating Engraved Copper Plates sitA
Steel.-ln order TO render copper plates
which are used In printing more dura-
BILE, they a be covered with an elect
rolytie deposit ofiron which possesses
an unusual degree Of hardness almost
superior TO steel. The salt usually EN-
ployed has been the double sulphate Of
iron and ammonia. Professor Bettger,
who first invented this process, has re-
Gently devised an improvement In the
bath employed. He dissolves 10 parts
OF ferrocyanide Of potassium yellow
prussiate of potash) and 20 parts of the
double tartaric of soda and potash
(Rochelle salts) in 200 parts of water,
and TO this he adds 3 parts of p%ersulphate
Of iron dissolved in 80 parts Of water. A
large p~recipitate of Prussian blue is
formed. To the whole is added, drop
by drop, with constant stirring, a sOlu.
ton of caustic soda until the blue pre-.
cipitate entirely disappears, leaving a
perfectly clear, light yellow LIQUID,
which is now ready for use.
Professor BGteger also claims that
this solution can be employed with ad-
vantage for dyeing cotton yarn and
fabrics a beautiful blue, without the use
of a mordant. For this purpose the
goods are put into the bath, that has
previously been slightly warned, until
they are saturated through and through
and then dried in the air, after which
they are immersed in extremely dilute
sulphuric acid i to SOY, which neutra.
Lies the alkall, and after washing and
drying again they are permanently
dyed a fine blue color.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
PONDS EXTRACT.
PONDS EXTRACT.
The Peoples Remedy.
The Universal Pain Extractor.
Note: AK for Ponds Extract.
Take no other.
"HsAr, for L will speak Of excellent
thtnGs."

"HsAr, for L Will speak Of ~sxssIlsni
things"
PONDS ExTRACT-The great Vegetables
Pain Destroyer. Has been In use oyel
thirty years, and for cleanliness nno
CHILDREN. No family can a1ord 70 b
without Ponds Extract. Accidents,
Bruises, Commissions, Cuts, bprains,
are relieved almost instantly BY eLIernAi
Burns, Bcalds, EIcortAtIons, Cha
nnEs, Old sOres, Boils, fslons,
COrnG, etc. Arrests Inflammation, reduces
swelling stops bleeding removes discolor-
LADIES md IL their best friend. IL GssuAgea
the pains 70 which they are peculiarly
t~ubJect-notaoly fullness and pressure IN
hmeli0rates and permanently heals all kinds
OF fnfiammationa and alterations.
HEmORRHOIDb or PILES md In this
the only immediate relief and ultimate cure.
No case. however chronic or obstinate can
long resist its regular use.
vARICOBE VEINS. IL Ia the only sure cure.
DISEASES. II has no equal for
BLEEDING from any cause. For this it il 4
specific. II has saved hundreds OF lives
when all other remedies failed 10 arrest
bleeding from nose, stomach, lungs,
TOOTHACHE, EArAche, NeGraIRfA ano
Rheumatism are all alike relieved, and
often permanently cured.
I'm I6ItlANb VI Ill SCHOOLS VINO are &C.
quainted with Ponds I,xtrSct of Wftcn
Hazel recommend II In their practice. We
have letters OF commentator from hundred
OF Physicians, many OF whom order IL for
use In their W practice. In addition TO the
foregoing, they order It's use for SWeIIinga
OF all kinds, Qufnsy, sore TnrOat, Ia.
named TOnsfls, simple and chronic
DtarrhoeA, Catarrh uor which IL is q
tpecyfe), Chflblafns, Frosted Feet,
sttngs Of Insects, Musquit0es,
Chapped HANDS, Face, and Indeed all
manner OF skin diseases.
TOILET USE. Removes Soreness,
kOughness and HmarttnRj heals Cuts,
ErupItOns and PimpIes. IL revipeS, in
vigorateI and ryreth<S, while wonderfully i'm
proving the Complexion.
TO Ponds Extract. No
STOCK Breeder, no Livery Man can Afford to
be without II. II is used by all the leading
Livery Stables, Street Railroads and first
H0rsemen In New York City. Ii has no equal
for Spralns, Harness or Saddle Chafngs,
Stiffness, Scratches, Sweliings, cuts, Lacerar
tons, Bleedings. Pneumonia, Collie, DiaT-
rhGa, Chills, Colds, &C. Its range Of action
Is wide, and the relief it affords Is 30 prompt
that II is invaluable in every Farm-yard a.
well as In every Farmhouse. Let 1t be tried
once, and you will never be without It.
CAU Ponds Extract has been i'm.
ltated. The genuine article has the words
Ponds Extract blown In each bottle. It
Ii prepared by the only persons living
who ever knew how 10 prepare II properly.
Refuse all other preparations OF Witch Hazel,
This 10 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
POND'S EXTRACT COMFlNY, %
Maiden Lane, NeR York.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

The conscious employment of imagery
is by 40 les peculiar to literary peo-
pie. 1t is common with every class,
and with almost everybody in every
class. Familiar In the mouths of those
eccentric characters in the humber
walks of life who amuse us so much by
their odd but apt comparisons, racy of
daily experience, and by their quaint
application of old saws and anecdotes,
it is no stranger to the most matter-of-
fact people. The latter, indeed, have
not the exuberant invention and
humor of a Weller, a %Swiyeller, or a
Tapley, but they like to season their
talk with the SAVIOR of fancy, which,
however, they generally are obliged to
borrow. lacking mother wit of their
own. A smile or happy phrase hits the
popular taste and becomes common
property. We hope that a friend will
''pull through a serious illness; If he
grow decidedly worse, we say that he
is cat DEATHS door," A man may be
"beyond his depth" though never in
the water, "iighty," though eve of
tbesground, or not have ga leg to stand
on" although his limbs are sound; it
is his resources, material or intellect
ual, that are ''crippled." Wiseacres
have been called "amazing shallow"
and "the deep" is another name for the
sea. Spendthrifts are said to be ''open-
handed" and misers 'close-fisted," or
eight as the bark Of a tree" The last
saying must call to mind a multitude of
comparisons which are in constant use,
such as "true as steel" straight as an
arrow" "stiff as a poker" ''brown as
a bun, +" "still as a mousse" "dumb as
an OYSTER, I" 'merry as a cricket" and
others still more homely, smacking of
humor and belonging to slang, Or on its
confines, like "snug as a bug in a rug"
''shining as a nigger's face" and chap
by as a clam at high water" that is,
when the food tide protects him from
the spade. Proverbs, too, come in to
relieve the dulness of plain talk. "Make
hay while the sun Shines" One swal-
low does not make a SUMNER" "a
burnt child breads the fire." and a
hundred others are every day igura-
lively applied. Old anecdotes, histori-
cal or pseudo-historical, fables and jests
do a similar duty. To ment ton two or
three out of a host, there are the stories
about Mrs. ~Partington's attempt to
sweep out the ocean, Canute's bidding
1t retire, the fly on the wheel, and the
coon's offer to come down if Captain
| Scott would not fre.-The GALAXY.
Were | to fall in love again (which is
a great passion, and therefore / hope l
have done with it), 1t would be, think,
q
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

A CORRESPONDENT of the Country Gen
tlemdn says: ''The pig, when young,
needs very heterogeneous and phosphate
food to expand his frame and muscular
system. This he gets, almost in perfec.
ton, in skinned milk, but when that is
lacking the nearest approach to it is
scalded oil meal. This, like milk, holds
its nutriment almost in a soluble Gondi-
ton, and is extremely rich IN phosphate
of lime and in muscle-forming food.
Small pigs need very little fattening
food. COrn-meal is very Objectionable,
if fed alone, but if mixed with bran
will do very well; yet nothing except
milk will equal the effect of a pint OF
oil meal to a pig. OIL meal and bran
two quarts OF bran to a pint of oil meal
will u young pigs to expand with
great rapidity.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
Why Suffer DyspeptIc Tortures,

When the famous regulator Of enfeebled, AciC
or bilious stomAchs, Hostetter's Bitters, vii
cure your Could you read the testimony Of
the myriads OF dyspeptics whom it has cured
though you might be OF a skeptical turn, you
would be convinced. Evidence OF its efficacy
is constantly multiplying, and this relates moi
only TO cases OF dyspepsia, but also liver COM
plant constipation, urinary and uterine
troubles and malarial disorders. The success
which has attended the great stomachic has
melted INSCRIPTIONS parties TO manufacture
cheap limitations OF it, which they attempt TO
palm of as the genuine article. But, 80 fami-
liar is the public with the real elixir, that these
nefarious attempts are rarely successful
Neither imitation or competition affect the
popularity Of the standard article.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

TOMATO TRELLIs.-A cheap and con-
venient trellis for tomatoes is a four
foot square frame for every hill. 1t re-
quires corner posts, each about two feet
long and one inch square, and three
pieces of lath each one foot long, nailed
on each of the four sides. Such trel-
Uses cost but a few cents and save many
times their cost in tomatoes. If such a
trellis be placed around each hill before
the plant is full grown, the fruit will
be kept off the ground. 1t may be made
of durable wood and carefully stored
during the winter, and thus will last a
score of years-especially if dipped, be.
fore using, in a kettle of coal tar.-Or-
chdrd and Garden
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

In 1872 your VEGETIER was recommended tC
me; and, yielding TO the persuaslOns OF a
friend, | consented TO try 1t. AT the time ! was
suffering from general debility and nervous
prosJration, superinduced by overwOrk and IT.
regular habits. It's wonderful strengthening
and curative properties seemed 10 Affect my de-
oilltated system IRON the first dose ana under
its persistent use / rapidly recovered, gaining
more than usual health and good feeling. since
then / have not hesiJated TO give VEGETINB my
most unqualified Endorsement as being a s lfe,
sure, and powerful agent in promoting health
and restoring the wasted system TO new life and
energy. VEGETINE is the only medicine l use,
and as long as / live / never expect TO find a
better. Yours truly, W. II. CLARK,
100 Monterey Street, Allegheny, Penn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

CARE you going to Newport this
summers" says Mrs. Jones to Mrs.
Smith. "NO," says Mrs Smith, "no,
my husband don't think he car afford
it, and so we are going to do the next
best thing and go to Narragansett
Pier" This recalls the story of the
"MuldOon" who enlisted in the Fifty
fourth Regiment to be near his brother
who was in the Fifty-ffth!
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
L. f. KunkeI's Bitter Wine of Iron.

This truly valuable tonic has been 80 tho
roughly tested by all classes Of the community
that it is now deemed indispensable as a Tonic
medicine. II costs but little, purifes the
blood and gives tone TO the stomach, renovates
the system and prolongs life. Everybody
should have IL For the cure Of " Sak stom-
Achs, General Debility, Indigestion, Diseases
OF the Stomach, and for all cases requiring u
tonic. This wine includes the most agreeable
and efficient Salt OF Iron we possess-Oitrate
OF Magnetic Oxide, combined with the most
energetic OF vegetable tonics- yellow Peruvian
Bark.
Do you want something to strengthen your
DO you want a good appetizer
Do you want to get rid Of neryousnessi
DO you want energy2
Do you want TO sleep we'll
Do you want to build up your constitution
Do you want to feel wellf
Do you want a brisk and vigorous feeling?
II you do, try KUNKEL's BITTER WINE OF IRON.
l only ask a trial Of this valuable tonic.
Beware Of counterfeits, as Kunkel's Bitter
Vine Of Iron ia the only sure and %etfectual
remedy in the known world for the permanent
cure Of Dyspepsia and Debility, and III there
are q number Of limitations offered TO the pub.
lie, l would caution the community to pur-
chase none but the genuine article, manufac-
tured by Il. Il. Kunkel, and having his stamp
on the cork Of every bot le. The very fact that
others are attempting TO initiate this valuable
remedy proves its worth and speaks volumes
in its favor. Sold only in 81 bottles or Six
bottles for So. Try this valuable medicine and
be convinced Of its merits. Sold by druggists
and dealers everywhere.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
HUMOROUS.

A MEAN MAS.-SOme gentlemen were
talking about meanness, yesterday,
writes "Eli Perkins," when one said
he knew a man ON Lexington avenue
who was the meanest man In New
York.
Chow mean l. that" | asked.
"Why, Eli," he said, che is so mean
that he keeps a five cent piece with a
string tied to 1t to give 10 beggars; and
when their backs are turned he jerks II
out Of their pocketsl
"Why, this man Is 70 COMPOUNDED
mean," continued the gentleman, ''that
he gave his children ten cents apiece
every night for going TO bed without
their supper, but during the night,
when they were asleep, he went up
stairs, took the money out Of their
clothes, and then whipped them in the
morning for losing IT,"
"DOes he do anything else 20
eyes, the other day | dined with him
and / noticed the poor little servant
girl whlstled all the way up stairs with
the dessert-and, when | asked the
mean old scamp what made her whistle
so happily, he said:
"'Why, | keep her whistling so she
can't eat the raislns out of the cake"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

BONE MEAL o GRAPEs.-The editor
Of the London H~OrticalturiSt asserts that
among all the fertilizers proposed for
the grape, non embOdy more of the ne
cessary ingredients than bone meal. 1t
should be applied as early in the season
rs possible. About a ton to the acre
makes a dressing that will prove valu.
able for two or three years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

Blocking the Straits Of Belle Isle.-Iu
this city a kind of mild wal is chronic
between the HarbOr Commissioner on
one hand and the police authorities on
the other, the subject being the dispo-
sition of ashes and solid refuse of all
kinds, not susceptible of utilization,
which if thrown into the bay tends TO
fill up the channels. aud other wise to
obstruct navigation. At present, this
material is carried out to sea in large
scOws, and there dumped. A new en-
cheering scheme, rather startling in
its magnitude, has recently been advo-
Gated which, as a daily contemporary
suggests, if ever seriously regarded,
will afford IN outlet for all the ashes,
ETC., New York and all other Atlantic
coast cities can furnish. The project is
to block up the Straits of Belle Isle, the
object being to divert the ice which
comes down every year from Bafin's
Bay, through the Straits, and which
makes the shores past which the ice
bergs float many degrees colder than
those to the eastward, which face the
ocean and get the benefit of the Gulf
Stream. 1t is believed that, if this pro-
ject could be accomplished, the climate
of A~Hticosta and Of st. Lawrence would
be greatly modified, and navigation
through the neighboring waters could
be kept open during the whole year. In
the narrowest portion, the width of the
Straits is So miles.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

ABOUT iii Fly When a Congress
street woman answered the door-bel
yesterday, she found a stranger OH the
step. lie had a bundle in his hand, a
smile on his face, and he said:
"Madam, can | sell you some fly
paperP"
"Does the paper fly?" she asked.
"No, ma'am; but 1t makes the flies
ny."
"What do | want the flies to fly for9"
she continued.
every fly, madam" he was ex-
planning, when she called out:
81 want you to fly! | can get along
with flies better than with agents 7"
"But am no Oh the fly" he softly
protested.
"Our dog is" she grimly replied, and
so he was. He flew around the corner,
the agent flew for the gate, the roll of
fly paper flew over the curb, and a
newsboy climbed a tree-box to be out of
the muss, and shouted:
"She flew, thou fiest, he flied; and |
believe the dog got a piece of meat with
that coat-tail !'-Dehou Free Press.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
Tape Worm Removed Alive.

Head and all complete in two hours. No fee
till head passes. Seat, PIN, and Stomach
Worms removed by DIR. Kunkel, 259 North
Ninth Street, Philadelphia. Pa Send for cir
cular with a treats ON all kinds OF worms, ad-
vice free. Ask your druggist for a bottle of
Kunkel's Worm Syrup, which will do the work.
Price $I.00. 1t never fails to remove all kinds,
from children or grown persons. Directions
with il
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23

"MY DEAR julia" said one pretty
girl to another ''can you make up your
mind TO marry that odiOus Mr.. Snuff"
"Why, my dear Mary" replied Julia,
81 believe | could take him at a pinch"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-08-23
Mothers mothers, Mothers.

Don't fail to procure MRS WNSL0W's
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases OF teeth
ing in children. II 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.