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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
Bayarian superstitions.

A large proportion of the Bavarian
%peasantry, unfortunately, entertain the
superstitious notion that fire kindled by
lightning is not to be eXtinguished,
When such an accident happens they
are discouraged, and do scarcely any
thing to check the progress of the
flames.
A funeral must never pass through a
titled field not even In winter, though
it might considerably shorten the way.
The peasant is fully persuaded that a
field through which a funeral had
passed becomes barren. Except on
extraordinary occasions, no funerals
are allowed on Mondays and Fridays.
A peasant who is in search of a wife
never goes, except On a Thursday or
Sunday into the house where he expects
to make his choice. The bride and
bridegroom are not to give their bare
hand to anybody on the day of their
marriage except to each other at the
altar, otherwise they are threatened
with poverty during the whole course
Of their union. 1t is also a very bad
sign if, when the bride returns from
the church, she finds anybody on the
threshold Of her door.
When a young girl finds a leaf Of
trefoil divided into four instead of three
parts, it is a sign that she will be mar
ried within a year; at all events, she
carefully preserves this leaf till her
w~edding-day.
On Christmas-eve the country men are
accustomed to frequently drive out in
sledges. They think this will cause
their hemp to be more abundant and
higher. They do not fail to visit the
a~le-house, and to drink heartily the
same evening; being convinced that
this is q way to make them look well
the following Christmas. They never
destroy crickets by fire, being persuaded
that those which escape will destroy
their linen and clothes.
When n peasant loses his way in the
wood after sunset he avoids calling any
person to show him the way, being
convinced that In any such case the
evil spirit Of the forest would cause
him to plunge still deeper into Its
recesses.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

In the year 1888, a merchant WHO
resided at Messina had twa favorite cats,
and their manner previous to an earth
unake saved his life.
Before the shock occurred, these
animals were endeavoring to work
their way through the floor; their
master observing their fruitless labors,
opened the door for them.
At a second and third floor they repeat
ed their efforts, and on being complete
ly set at liberty, they ran straight along
the street and out Of the gate of town.
The merchant whose curiosity was
excited by this strange conduct, follow
ed the animals out of town into the
fields, and there saw them hurriedly
scratching and burrowing in the earth.
Soon after there was a violeut shock
of an earthquake, and many of the
houses in the city fell down, of which
the merchants was one, so that he was
indebted for his life to the singular
foreboding of these domestic animals.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
Fishes and Their Feelings.

The anatomy of fish shows that the
nerves of smell are comparatively large;
but several ~naturalists of mark argue
that from the structure of the nOstril
and the want Of an aerial medium, fish
cannot smell at all, and that the nos
trils perform a function similar to
taste.
Stoddart says of trout that Through
their power of smell they discern their
food at a singular distance, and will
track 1t, like the sleuth, for many
yards" So says an eminent French
naturalist.
MIR. Ronald made many experiments
from his observatory to test the taste Of
trout, but confesses that the subject is
one of great difficulty. He used to
blow them various kinds of food through
tubes, and the fact that they took dead
house flies when plastered with cayenne
and mustard seems, more than any other
seem to have led him to conclude that,
elf the animal had taste, his palate was
not peculiarly sensitive,
Sir Humphrey Davy, in his " Salmon.
ia" says:-
1.-THE principal use Of the nostrils in
fishes, l believe, is to assist in the pro-
p~ulsion of water through the gills, for
performing the Office of respiration !; but
] think there are some nerves in these
organs which give a sense of the qual-
ity of the water, or of substances dis.
solved in or difTused through 1t, similar
to our sense of smell, or, perhaps,
rather our sense of taste; for there can
be no doubt that fishes are attracted by
scented worms, which are sometimes
used by anglers that employ ground
bats"
Probably the organ Of taste In fish, If
taste they have, does not reside in the
mouth. However that they have some
considerable faculties of taste and smell
or of both combined, is pretty evident
from the fact that they are attracted by
chemically favored 'pastes and oils.
Our forefathers, anglers and natura-
lists, doubtless talked a great deal more
nonsense on this point, but the main
fact cannot be denied. Trout are drawn
long distances by salmon roe prepared
Ia a certain manner. The fact that
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
"Girled Up"

The Springfield Republican suggests a
now coloquial expression for tie next
edition Of Webster's dictionary. 1t was
invented by an anxious father on the
occasion Of an interview with the prin-
cipal Of one Of the Hampden county
academies, where the co-education of
boys and girls still prevails. The boy
In the case had formerly been studiOus
and promising, and for several months
had gradually fallen of from his previ-
GUS standard, growing so careless and
unscholarly that it became a serious
question whether he would be able to
pass his college entrance examination.
IL was a coincidence that he had mean
while become conspicuous as a ladies
man. The principal having alluded to
this as a prominent cause of the boys
Generalization, EYES," broke In the
father, 81 know 1t: he's got all girled
up" Which. the Republican thinks, is
a remarkably happy and pregnant
phrase. fthere Is anything that plays
the mischief with the boys and girls
during that budding, dOwny and
velvety period of their teens, when they
ought to be laying solid and permanent
educational foundations, 1t is this per-
mature efiorescence of the sexual period
which moves boys and girls, who ought
to be kept down to study, to perk and
prim and sidle, and play with each
others eyes, and write silly and badly
spelled notes to each other, and eat
slate pencils in private. But then, it
rarely lasts long; it is less harmful than
tobacco or whiskey and there is no law
"agin" youths Of that age making fools
of themselves.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
The "BOne and Sinew''

or our country have often - especially about
election time-been made the subject Of laud-
alton but when those useful parts of the
human structure become too v sible in conse-
quence Of leanness, they can scarcely be ca led
graceful. The eye delights no. to dwell upon
angles and ridges in ether man or woman.
Moreover, extreme emaciation is a sign of
imperfect digestion and C nsequent poverty
Of the blood, Both these evils are rem died by
Hostetter's Stomach Bi terra, which render dt-
gestion an assimilation certainties, in conse-
quence Of which the blood acquires r.chnt 81
and the body substance. Thus are the hollow
places filled up and the angles rounded of.
Through the instrument lily Of this peerless
aid TO digestion and promote r Of physical well
being, the body rapidly gains in vigor, color
returns to the hollow cheek, the appetite i'm
proves, nervous symptoms vanish, and .
healthiul impetus is given to every VITAL
function.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
SCIENTIFIC.

The Manufacture Of MOsdics. = The
modern process Of making mOsafcs now
commonly followed at Rome lie this: A
plate, generally OF metal, of the required
size is first surrounded by a margin ris-
ing about three quarters Of an inch from
the surface. A mastic cement, COM
posed of powdered stone, lime, and lin
seed oil, Is then spread as a coating, per-
hans a Quarter of an inch In thickness.
When set, this is again covered with
plaster of Paris rising 10 a level with
the margin; upon which Is traced a
very careful outline Of the picture TO be
copied, aud just so much as will admit
of the insertion of the small pieces Of
smalto or glass is removed from time to
time with a fine chisel. The workman
then selects from the trays, In which
are kept thousands Of varieties of color,
a piece of the tint which he wants and
carefully brings 1t to the necessary
shape. The piece is then moistened
with a little cement and bedle1 in It's
proper situation; the process being re-
peated until the picture Is finished;
when the whole, being ground down to
an even face and polished, becomes an
imperishable work of art. The process
Is the same for making the small mo.
sales so much employed at the present
day for boxes, covers, or articles of
jewelry; and this work is sometimes
upon almost a microscopic scale.
The Florentine mosaic, which is
chiefly used for the decoration of affairs
and tombs, or for cabinets, tops of
tables, Golfers and the like, is composed
of precious materials in small slices or
v%cneers; and by taking advantage of
the natural tints and shades which
characterize the marble, the agate or
the jasper, very admirable effects may
be produced in imitation of fruit,
flowers, or ornaments. The use of this
kind of mosaic is extremely restricted,
on occount of the great value and ex-
pense not only of the materials, but Of
the labor which is spent upou them.
None but the hardest stones are used;
ever separate piece must be backed by
thicker slices of slate or marble to OBJ
tain additional strength; and every
minute portion must be ground until it
exactly corresponds with the pattern
previously cut.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
A Clever Fox.

On a summer day, a gentleman was
lying under the shelter of some shrubs
on the banks of the River Tweed,
when he saw a large brood of ducks,
which had been made to rise on the
wing by the drifting of a fir branch
among them. After circling in the air
for a little time. they again settled down
on their feeding ground.
There was a pause for two or three
minutes, and then the same thing took
place again. A branch drifted down
with the stream into the midst of the
ducks, and made them take to flight
once MORE. But when they found that
the bough had drifted by, and done no
harm, they flew down to the water as
before.
After four or five boughs had drifted
by in this way, the ducks gave no heed
to them, and hardly tried to fly out OF
their way on the stream, even when
they were neal to being touched.
The gentleman who had been observ-
ing all this now watched for the cause
of the drifting of the boughs. At length
he saw, higher up the bank of the
stream, a fox, which, having set the
boughs adrift, was watching for the
moment when the ducks shonld cease
to be startled by them.
This wise and clever fox at last
seemed satisfied that the moment had
come. SO what did he do but take a
larger branch of spruce fir than any he
had yet used, and, spreading himself
down on it so as to be almost hidden from
sight, set 1t adrift as he had done the
othersi
The ducks, now having ceased TO fear
the boughs, hardly moved till the fox
was in the midst of them, when, maxi
ing rapid snaps right and left, he
siezed two fine young ducks as his
prey, and floated forward in triumph
on his raft. The ducks flew off in
fright, and did not come back.
That fox must have had a fine dinner
that day, l think. The gentleman who
saw the trick pitIed the poor ducks
but could not help laughing at the fox's
cunning.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

ARAB MAxIMs.-1. Let your colt be
domestlcated and live with you from
his tenderest age, and when a horse he
will be simple, docile, faithful, and
Injured to hardship and fatigue.
2. Do not beat your horses, nor
speak to them In loud tone of voice
do not get angry with them but kindly
reprove their faults; they will do better
thereafter, for they understand the Ian
guage of nan and its meaning.
3. If you have a long days journey
before you; spare your horse at the
start; let him frequently walk to re-
cover his wind. Continue this until he
has sweated and dried three times, and
you may ask of him whatever you
please, he will not leave you in diff
Guilty.
4. Observe your horse when he is
krinking at a brook. If in bringing
down his head he remains square, with
out bending his limbs, he possesses ster-
ling qualities, and all parts Of his body
are built symmetrically.
b. Four things he must have broad
front, chest, loins and limbs; four
things long-neck, chest, forearm and
Group; four things short-pasterns,
back, ears and tail.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

trout sud perch will sometimes take an
artificial worm-made, say Of india
rubber-may be used as an argument
on both sides Of the question, for on
one hand, 1t may be argued that they
have little taste or smell, TO take such a
thing into their mouths; while on the
other, the fact may be adduced that they
Immediately eject or try to eject the
treacherous bait thus taken,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
Wonder upon Wonder,

GtUen G,oay-A strange, mysterious and
most extraordinary Book. entitled THE BOOK
OF WONDERS" Containing, with numerous
curious pictorial illustrations, the mysteries OF
the Heavens and Earth. Natural and Super
Natural Oddities, Whimsical, Strange Curiosi-
ties, Witches and Witchcraft, Dreams, Super
%stitions, A~bsurdities, Fabulous, Enchantment,
&c. In order that all may see this curious
book, the publishers have resolved to give il
away to all that desire to zee il. Address by
postal card, +. GLEASON & Co., 73S Washington
Street, Boston, Mass.
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schenck,s Mandrake pills.

In all Bilious Disorders these Pills may be
used with confidence, rs they promote the dis
charge OF vitiated bile, and remove those oh.
slructions from the liver and hillary duct
which are the cause OF bilious affections IN
general.
These Pills expol Ascarides, OF soat-worms,
which are 30 Il oublesomo to many persons,
producing Piles, Fistula, Dysenlery aud other
painful disorders.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

SENSIBLE ALMOST TO THE LAsT.-Mr.
and Mrs. Tom Mulcahy lived on a farm.
They were shrewed and thrifty, and
had the reputation Of being ~''close.'
Finally Mrs. Mulcahy sickened and was
about to die. Finding herself nearing
the end she expressed a desire to put
things in order before that event Oc-
Cured, and old Tom prepared to listen.
"Tom," says Mrs. Mulcahy, "there's
Mrs. Smith, up at the crossing, she
yves me $3.50 for butter; see ye get II"
"Sinsible TO the last, my dear; sinsi-
BILE to the last" said Tom. "In get it."
"Then there's Mrs. Jones, up at the
Creek, she owes mes Il 80 for chickens"
"Ahl look at that, now, for a moind;
she forgets nothing"
''And Mrs. Brown, In the village,
she owes me $3.50 for milk"
"D'ye hear that2 Sinsible to the last;
slnsible to the last! Go on, my dear"
"And-and-"
"Yis."
"And Mrs. Roberts, at the tollgate, /
W her"
"Ah! poor dear poor dear!" broke
In old Tom, hastily; show her moind
does be wanderingl Sure we've allowed
her TO talk too much entirely, so we
have l'-CleUeldnd Herald.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

INDIA. RUBBER FOR STABLEs.-I wrote
of the practical use of India-rubber as
a soft and durable bed for the floors of
stables years ago, and again call atten-
ton to 1t. First form the base of the
stable with stone and gravel, drainage
outwardly, so that no water can come
from the outside, then smooth the top
at a grade of one inch from the bin or
fore feet of the animal to the rear, and
then pave and floor 1t with a coating of
lndia-rubber two inches thick. l have
seen stables paved in this way, and
found them superior in point of clean
illness and freedom of smellwhere small
sprinkle of Gypsum was daily given on
the floor. Bedding of soft material can
be used where It's profits may be thought
of value, but where bedding, rs in city
stables, Is a trouble and cost, 1t Is of no
value, for no animal will injure itself
on the India-rubber floor.
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Proper Speed Of Circular SdwS.-Nine
thousand feet per minute, that is nearly
two miles per minute, for the rim of a
circular saw to travel, may be laid down
as a rule. For example: A saw II
inches in diameter, 3 feet around the
rim, 5000 revolutions; "a inches in di-
ameter, or 6 feet around the rim, l,500
revolutions; 3 feet in diameter, or o feet
around the rim, 1000 revolutions; A
feet in diameter, or IL feet around the
rim, $50 revolutions; 5 feet in diameter
or 10 feet around the rim, 500 revolu-
lions. The rim of the saw will run a
little faster than this reckoning, on ac-
count of the circumference being nor
than three times, as large as the d.
ameter. Single and some other saws,
either riveted to a cast iron collar or
very thick at the center and thin at the
rim, may be III with safety at a greater
speed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

Manufacture of Eburine. -Eburine is a
composition formed from the dust of
ivory or bone cemented together with
gum t~ragacanth or albumen, and
colored at pleasure. In some cases pres
SURE and heat render the addition of any
glutinous matter unnecessary.
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rheumatism Quickly Cared.

"DuEAngis Rheumatic Remedy" the great
baaRal MeiiciBS viii positively cure any case
OF rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 4 bottle, siI bottles, Is Sold by all Drug
gists- Send for circular to Helphenstine 4
Bentley Druggists, Washington. ID. O.
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Motnera nolher.. nofhers.

Don't fail TO procure MRS WINsLOW'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 10 the child,
gives rest TO the mother.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

CLOVER AFTER POTATOES The Maine
Farmer says: "We were long since re-
luctantly convinced that clover will not
flourish as well following a crop of po-
tatoes as it will after most other farm
crops. Experience has taught us-and
a somewhat extended observation has
proved that our experience is not ex
ceptional-that a well-set, thick field Of
clover is rarely to be met with follow
ing a grain crop after potatoes. Indeed,
so fully have we beeh convinced OF this
that we have at times thought the
statement would be safe that such could
not be found. The results are different,
without doubt, on different soils, and
on the same soil when under different
treatment. Still, the rule, we are con-
fident, holds good. Since your atten-
ton was called to this matter we have
carefully observed results. We had
under observation last year a large field
of uniformly strong soil, previously
plowed and MANFRED alike and at the
same time, all sown with wheat when
seeded to clover, a part of which had
been planted with corn and a part to
potatoesr When the grass, mostly
clover, was cut, that on the portion
where corn had been was judged to be
double that where potatoes were
grown"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06
AGRICULTURAL

Cur OR UNCUT PoTATOES.-In estima-
ting the comparative value of these two
kinds of seed, a correspondent of the
Country Gentleman uses the following
argument: "The skin of the potato is
nearly impervious to moisture, and so
long as it remains entire, the water is
retained within, and the tuber is a long
time in shriveling. AS soon as cut, the
moisture escapes rapidly. If, therefore,
the ground is dry and cloddy, and the
time of planting late, it is best to plant
the potatoes whole. If cut pieces are
used as seed, it will be found that many
of them dry up and fail to grow, and
the crop is broken by vacant spaces.
BY early planting in rich and mellow
ground, the moisture is retained in the
cut pieces, and all grow freely, and the
advantage derived from cutting, namely
fewer stalks and fewer and larger pota-
toes, are secured without difficulty"
Most of our old farmers claim that it is
good policy to cut potatoes for a week
or two before they are planted, and
spread them out in a dry place In order
that a dry film may form over the cut
portion; they claim that until such a
covering is formed the cutting will not
sprout at all, and that the process is
more rapid under the conditions named
than when in the ground. We have
often tried the plan of cutting before
planting time and rolling the cuttings
in ground plaster, but beyond the co l.
venience of handling we do not note
any perceptible results.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

RICE N APPLES. The following is
a very nice thing, especially for chill
dren: Core as many nice apples as will
fill the dish; boil them in light mo-
l%asses; prepare a quarter of a pound of
rice in milk, with sugar and salt; put
some of the rice into the dish, then put
in the apples and fill up the intervals
with rice, and bake it in the oven until
il is a fine color,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

A Uery ingenious system is now en-
ployed in Paris for receiving and des-
patching the boxes made use of as con
veyances in pneumatic tubes. Two
lines enter the general station, each
attached to separate apparatus. In the
first place, for the purpose of transmit
ting messengers, an attendant opens the
door by means of a lever, the boxes the
piston are thrown into the tube and
await at the bottom the current of air
which will propel them, this current
being produced as 10 as the cock is
opened which commands the head of
the apparatus opposite to the tube. The
cocks distribute the air upon the
second line. In the second place, the
receiving door is opened by a second
attendant, who finds the train at the
station, and takes out the boxes IN order
to bring the kilograms to light. The
messengers are dividee into two classes,
questions and answers, orders and the
executions, and orders (which a at
once be exchanged between any point
of the city and any point of the inte-
rior, in the province or abroad, or i'll
versely. All that is necessary in the
carrying out Of this system is a centre,
connected in the one part with the ex-
terror by the network of electric wires,
and with the interior In the network of
pneumatic tubes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

Why are your nose and chin always
at variance? Because words are con-
stantly passing between them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-12-06

WHEN your Liver is Out Of Order, use Or.
Jayne's Sanatlve Pills, and you will bring tails
organ 10 O healthy condition, and get rid OF
many distressing symptoms.