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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

In one tribe through whose territory
he passed after leaving T%anganvika,
Lieutenant Cameron found the women
much more regarded than is usual
among Africans, and consequently they
were far more fashionable than the rest
of their sex in that happy country.
One of the bellies Of the country is thus
described in Cameron's Journal: "She
is a merry sort of person, this Mrs.
Packwany wa, and really ladylike in her
manners. 1t was great fun showing
her a loOking-glass. She had never
seen one before, and was half afraid Of
it, and ashamed to show she was afraid.
She is Il very dressy body, double rows
of cowries round her head, besides cop
per, iron and ivory ornaments stuck in
her hair, and just above and in front Of
each ear Il tassel Of red and white beads.
A large necklace of shells was round
her neck. and round her waist a string
of opal colOred singomazzi, and a rope
made Of strings of red beads. l!er front
apron was leopard skin, and the rear
n of colored grass cloth, with its
fringe strung with beads, and cowries
sewed on it in a pattern; bright iron
rings were round her ankles and cop
per and ivory bracelets on her arms.
Her hair was shaved Il little back from
her forehead, and three lines, each
about n quarter of an inch wide, were
painted below. The nearest one to the
hair was red, the next black, and the
next white and, to crown all, she was
freshly annointed with oil, and looked
sleek and shiny. Her upper lip was
perforated, and apiece ofstone inserted,
until the lip protuded a couple Of inches,
giving a hideous expression to the face
and making her articulation quite in
distinct
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

The chimney-swallOw is a well known
bird which builds its nest inside unused
chimneys. The nest of this bird is
somewhat like that of the b~arn-swallOw
in shape, but is made of small sticks in
stead of mud. The sticks, like the lit
tie balls of mud, are fastened together
by means of a glue-like substance which
is formed in the mouth of the bird for
almost all the birds which belong to the
swallow family are able to secrete this
glue, and make use of it in building
their nests.
The chimney-swallows are usually
not abundant in the large cities, and so
are met with there only o and then
but in small towns, and in the country,
they are very common, and nearly
every unused chimney has at least n
nest. The birds feed almost entirely
on insects, and when the young brood
is Matched, the parents hunt for food
by night as well as during the day;
therefore you often may hear in the
middle of the night the twittering of
the young birds in the chimney when
the old ones return to the nest with the
insects which they have captured.
Like the barn-swallows, the chimney
swallows are very sOciable, and so
many often build in the same chimney
that the nests block up the tlue and en-
tirely stop the draft. When heavy and
continued rains occur the glue by which
the nests are stuck on becomes %softened,
and the old birds striking against the
nests while flying in and out break them
from their attachment to the bricks, so
that they fall to the bottom of the flue.
1t is said that, in 1857, during u long
season of wet, cold weather In June,
four hundred and eighty of these birds,
young and old, were precipitated down
a chimney in Woodbury. Connecticut.
Sometimes the chimney-swallow aud
the barn-swallow build their nests In
caves or hollow trees, but barns and
chimneys are so much more safe and
convenient that they are almost always
selected in preference.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20
RICUHURL

FENCING. According 10 United States
statistics, worm or Virginia fence costs
ninety-hve cents, post 'and-rail one dol
lar and t~hirty-fye cents, board fence
u dollar and twenty-six cents, and
stone wall two dollars and thirty four
cents per rod In this State. The esti-
mate Is based upon boards at sixteen
dollars per thousand and rails at fifty
six dollars. From the same source 1t
would seem that Of our fences sixty
seven per cent. are Of the kind known
as worm or snake fence, seventeen per
cent. Of pOst-and-rail twelve per cent.
Of board, and only four per cent. Of per-
manent stone wall. The returns EN-.
brace l56, 377, S2l rods Of fence, enclosing
1854, GAL acres, at a cost of $l79,S3 ,494,
or at the rate of nine hundred and fifty
five rods to each one hundred acres.
The annual expense Of repairs, and In
terest upon the investment is $l9S, S06,-
1872. The interest bearing national
debt, the cost of our fences, and the
value Of the live stock of the nation, all
figure up TO about the same amount.
Each dollars worth Of live stock re-
quires n dollars worth of fence to
keep II In order. That twenty-five per
cent. Of this fencing is needless and may
be dispensed with, Is undoubted. How
much Of the remainder would be rem
dered needless by a properly connected
system-o of pasturage and sOillng, it is
hard to say.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

Test for Free Sulphuric Acid in Vinegar.
The impression popularity prevails
that vinegar is frequently strengthened
by the addition of sulphuric acid, hence
numerous tests for this acid have been
proposed. Natural vinegar contains
%sulphates, hence chloride of barium al
ways forms a precipitate, whether sui
phuric acid has been added or not. The
simplest test for free acid is that pro-
posed by G. Witt, namely, methyl-ani-
line violet. Acetic acid has no effect
upon this dye, but the smallest trace of
free mineral acid, hydrOchloric, sui
phuric, or nitric, changes it 70 green or
blush green. TO make the test he dis
solves l part of methyl -aniline violet in
1000 parts of water (centigrams to 100
C. c. and adds a single drop of this So
luton to about % C. c.(5 6 ounce of
the vinegar to be tested. If the slightest
amount of sulphuric acid has been
added to the viegar the above mentioned
change of color is noticed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20
DOMESTIC.

A TIMELY Misunderstanding OF
suddenly when heated sends many of
our farmers youth to an early tomb. Ii
is often the matter Of surprise that so
many farmers boys and girls die OF
consumption. 1t is thought that album
ant exercise In the open air is directly
opposed to hat disease. So 1t is; but
judgment and knowledge Of the laws of
health are essential TO the preservation
Of health under any circumstances.
When oyerheated cool off slowly-neyer
in a strong draft of air. Gentle fan
ming, especially If the face is wet with
cold water, will soon produce a delight
full GOODNESS, which leaves ne disagreea-
BILE results Economist.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

H~yposulphite in Dtptheta.-A very
large number of diptheria cases are
cited by a Boston physician as having
been successfully treated, in his own
practice, by the use of hyposulphite Of
soda, in doses Of from five to fifteen
grains or more in syrup every two or
three hours, according to age and cir
cumstances; as much as the patient can
bear without physicking being a good
rule in the severer cases. The tincture
can be used in doses of five drops to
half a drachm, in milk, the amount for
through stimulation being greater than
can be taken in water, and. in the treat
ment of children, the milk thus used
answers for food. AS, however, the
hyposulphite prevents the digestion of
milk it should not be given in less than
an hour from it, though they may be
used alternately, in frequent doses.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20
Socrates and the Athenians.

The profound irritation which the
%catechetical method of Socrates caused
at Athens is generally taken as proof
that the men whose failings he laid
bare deserved in every cast the expo
sure TO which his merciless logic doomed
them. But there is at least room for
the suspicion that he was attempting
to introduce the rigidity of system
where it would chill rather than foster
life and energy, When in the crusade
which was to cast down the idols of
pretended knowledge he attacked the
poets, and showed their complete ina
bility to analyse their own compost
tions, he was speaking in a city and
country where poetry in its lyric, epic,
and tragic forms had achieved its
highest triumphs and had charmed the
world with harmonies of thought and
sound never to this day surpassed. In
the lays recited by Homeric rhapsodists
%eloquence the most persuasive and the
most impetuous had flowed from the
lips of chiefs and heroes. In the great
dramas which every year entranced the
Athenians in the magnificent DiOny-
sian festival they had witnessed the
most stirring conflicts of oratory, in
which all the elements of pathos or of
sarcasm, ofthe g%entleness which charms
and of the fiercer passion which terri
tiea or appals, had been used with con
summate skill, or, if we please so to
term it, with Il faultless instinct. In
the dramatic dialogues, which brought
out the deepest emotions of the human
heart and went far down into the most
momentOus questions of morality and
law, they had not merely an intellect
ual combat such as they might witness
in the parliament of the Athenian citi-
zens, but models of oratory which they
might study whether for the Ekklesia,
for the law courts, or for popular solem-
mites. 1t is the purpose of Socrates to
prove that the claim to knowledge
without the reality was fatal to real
growth of the mind; and he found some
proof of this fact in the inability Of the
poets to explain the laws under which
their composition has been brought
into being. But we may note that
when he came to deal with the artisans
he found that their sin of fault lay not
in ignorance of their wi special craft,
for this they really knew well, but in
their pretended acquaintance with
other matters of which they were
wholly MISUNDERSTANDING Reciew.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

In order 10 establish health on q sure basis
the enfeebled system must acquire additional
yigor. And yet patent A. this fact il, and
widely known As il il, too many people ne
glect this vital point In the self treatment OF
disease, and phys clans are very often equally
remisa, Tesorting 10 the use Of pAlliAtiyes
which AFFECT symptoms only, and fail TO &C
oomplish the chief end In view, which n, or
should be- inauguration. The main reason
why. HOstetter's Stomach Bitters are 80 sue
oessful in overcoming disease is that they i'm
part vitality where It is deficient and thus
build up a superstructure for exhausted nature
TO recuperAte upon. The Bitters also improve
the appetite, soothe the nervous system when
oyer-strained, and are a genial and agreeable
stimulAnt with 4 basis Of pure spir-
it's holding in solution botanic elements OF the
greatest efficacy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

Too LONG W%HIFFLETREEs ON PLoUGHs.
Most ploughmen have so long whiffle-
trees that it is often impractieable to
make any plough work satisfactorily.
Excellent ploughs are denounced as
worthless and rejected, simply because
the double whiffletree or the OK yoke
was too long yet the ploughman never
suspects wherein consists the true cause
of the difficulty. Our own practice
from boyhood has been to make double
whifletrees for ploughing never more
than two feet between the point of at.
tachment to the singletrees, which were
about twenty-three inches in length.
When it was desirable to plough narrow
furrow-slices, the singletrees were at
tached only twenty.three inches apart.
Let a ploughman attempt to plough
with a double-tree six feet in length,
and he will readily understand why a
plough will not run correctly when the
double-tree is too long. The plough
will be drawn too far from the furrow
to the unploughed ground, unless the
plOughman makes a constant effort to
prevent the implement from cutting a
furrOw-slice wider than can be properly
turned over.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

To Detect Bad Wdter.-FOr detection
of animal decomposition products in
water, a watery extract of gall nuts
was used by NJ. Faure. 1t has also
been recommended to use fannie acid
for improvement of bad drinking
water. M. K@mmeren has recently
advised the use of tannin for discover
ing putrefying animal products in
water. He considers that the presence
of gelatin in ground water can no
longer be doubted, and it is often found
in comparatively large quantities. The
presence of salt and other compounds
in water may delay the precipitation by
t%annin; hence the purity of water
should not be affirmed, as regards
tannin reaction, till after "a hours of
this. Every water which becomes
troubled in a considerable degree
through tannin must be held dangerous
as drinking water. For this judgment
1t is all the same whether a precipitate
occurs at once or only after a long
time; for the time depends less on the
nature of the precipitated body than on
the dissolved substances which retard
precipitation.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

Gold in artificial Gems. Gold and its
salts are employed in the preparation
of artificial gems. In the artificial
topaz, n grain of gold in 1000 with
thirty or forty grains of antimony-glass
has been detected. In the best speci-
mems Of the fictitious ruby we have a
similar mixture, but the yellow is
changed to red by remelting in the oxi-
dising flame of the blow-pipe. In the
artificial amethyst and the Syrian gar
net, there is either the purple of cas-
sius with oxide of cobalt or Illuminating
gold with anthony. The perfection of
some of these fictitious gems is such as
to deceive many. The great crucial
test for gems, their hardness, can, how
ever, soon decide between the genuine
stone and the most perfect imitation,
which, after all, is nothing but coloured
glass.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

DRIED BEEF. The incest way / ever
saw dried beef served is as follows 4:
Heat milk and water (about cne-half of
each), and thicken with a beaten egg
and a little flour; when nicely boiled
add the beef, which of course should be
sliced as thin as possible, and immedi-
ately remove from the fire, as the less
it is cooked the better; if the beef is
very salty it will need ~fresheuing a
little in hot water before going into the
gravy, but if not, it will season it just
right without freshening.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

To CLEAN FISH BARRELs.-"How
shall | clean fish barrels so as to be fit to
salt and pack cucumbers in ?" The
above question comes from a correspon-
dent. The answer as published by an
other correspondent is: "Simply put
dry corn husks in the bottom of the
barrel, mingling among them sulphur
and smoking tobacco. Set fire, cover
the top, ana when the corn husks are
burnt out, wash the barrel with a solu-
ton of one pound of chloride of lime
with ten gallons of water"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

A REMEDY FOR LIME IN THE EYES,
The highly injurious caustic effect of
lime accidently introduced into the eye,
as frequently occurs to those engaged
in building, may be entirely n%eutralized,
it is said, by the use Of cold sugar
water, owing to the formation of a com.
pound of the lime and sugar, which is
without any action upon the eyes,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

PALE SPONGE CAKE.-TOt two eggs and
one cup of white sugar, well beaten
together, add a little extract of lemon,
One-half a %teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in three tablespoonfuls of water, and
one and One-half cups of flour, into
which a t%easpOonful of cream tartar has
been sifted; bake on a shallow tin, in a
moderate oven,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

SPRING CHICKENs.-Cut them in pieces
when they have been properly dressed,
dip each piece in water, salt and pepper
1t, roll it in flour and lay it in boiling
fat; cover the %frying-pan well and
turn the pieces from time to time so
they will not burn. When done, ar
range on a hot platter, pour nearly all
the fat from the frying-pan, pour in a
half pint of cream or milk in which a
tablespoonful of -four has been smoothly
stirred, and when 1t is well cooked add
salt to taste, pour the gravy oye the
chickens and serve.
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Safe and Sure,
MR.. II. r. STEVENS.

In 1879 your VEGBTINE was recommended to
me; and, yielding TO the persuasions OF a
friend, l consented TO try IL. AT the time | was
suffering from general debility and nervous
prosJratiOn, superinduced by oyerwork and IT.
regular habits. It's wonderful strengthening
and curative properties seemed 10 Affect my de-
bilitated system from the first dose and under
Its persistent use l rapidly recovered, gaining
more than usual health and good feeling. since
then / have not hesiUated to give VEGETIHR my
most unqualified Endorsement as being a 8 re,
and restoring the wasted system 10 new lie and
energy. VEGETIER is the only medicine / use,
and as long as | live / never expect to ind a
better. Yours truly, w. Ii. CLARK,
1870 Monterey Street. Allegheny, Penn.
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BLACK BERRY JAM.-Mash the black
berries, cover them with white sugar,
and stand them over night in a cool
place. Use one pound of sugar to three
pounds of berries. In the morning boil
for twenty minutes stirring well, but
using no water. Have the jars hot the
same as for canning fruit, put In the
jam while hot, and screw on the lids
MISUNDERSTANDING them again,
when cool,
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(Which do you prefer, Linda, a cor
net band or a reed band?" asked one
schoolgirl of another.
81 like a cornet band"
"And which do you prefer, Sadie?"
81 think a good reed band is the
sweetest"
"And which say you, Emma?"
"Well, / think VIZ shall all agree that
a good husband is the sweetest"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

PEACH CoBBLER.-Make a rich biscuit
crust; put it rolled thick around the
dish; put in a layer OF peaches, then
butter and sugar, and a very little flour;
then peaches, and so on till the dish is
full; V with a thick crust, cut slit
in the centre, and pour in boiling
water till full; bake in a moderate
oven,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

BOILING VEGETALEs.-In boiling beef
and vegetables, put a tea cup of vinegar
into the pot when the water is cold, and
the beef will be much tenderer, and
cabbage and beets better favored and
will not fill the house with unpleasant
smell. The vinegar will not affect the
taste of the food.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-09-20

A YOUNG fellow, who was a bit of a
Bohemian, fell in love with his laund-
ress, a charming young creature, and,
in order that he might see her frequently
he contrived to make her call every day
to take something to the wash. AS
chance would have it, they were separ-
ated from each other for a time, but by
and by they met again. "Have you
been true to me all this timeY ?" inquired
the comely young damsel. "See," said
he, 81 have wOrn nothing but paper
collars since we parted"
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SCIENTIFIC.

Wig are zee Right-H dHdedp-Inyestig
lions which were very recently carried
through by a French physician, DIR.
Fleury, Of Bordeaux, have adduced
facts showing that our natural impulse
to use the members on the right side Of
the body Is clearly traceable TO pro-
badly physiological causes. DR.. Fleury
after examining an immense number of
human brains, asserts that the left an.
terror lobe is a little larger than the
right one. Again, he shows that, by
examining a large number of people,
there Is an unequal supply of blood TO
the two sides of the body. The brachi-
ocephalic trunk, which only exists on
the right Of the arch of the aorta, pro-
duces, by a difference In termination,
an inequality In the waves of red blood
which travel from right to left. More
over, the diameters of the subclavian
arteries on each side are different, that
on the right being ~noticeably larger.
The left lobe Of the brain, therefore,
being more richly hgmatosed than the
right, becomes stronger; and as, by the
intersection of the nervous fiber, 1t
commands the right side of the body, 1t
Is obvious that that side will be more
readily controlled. This furnishes one
reason for the natural preference for
the right hand, and another is found in
the increased supply of blood from the
s%ubclayian artery. The augmentation of
blood we have already seen suggested;
but the reason for it is here ascribed to
the relative size of the artery, and not
to any dlrectness of path from the
heart. DR.. Fleury has carried his i'm
%vestigatiOns through the whole series
of mammalia; and he finds that the
right handed peculiarities exist in all
that have arteries arranged similar to
those of man. At the same time such
animals, notably the chimpanzee, the
seals, and the beaver, ar the most adroit
and intelligent.-The Eclectic.
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A scHooLMIsTREss in suburban town
who had long been annoyed by the per-
versities of a male pupil Of nineteen, on
II Of the closing days Of the last term,
kept him in and undertook to whale
him. He, however, disarmed her, and
returned several kisses for each blow.
The schoolmistress, unable to forgive
this breach of discipline, looked him
sternly in the face, and shaking her
foreinger at him in a %menacing man
ner, said solemnly, civilian, | will
give you precisely fifteen minutes to
stop hugging me, and ifyon disobey me
| shall punish you very severely"
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agricultural editor of
the Record Chester county, states that
"some distinguished German chemists
have recently been making investiga-
tiOns in regard to the chemistry of the
potato, and Its value for human food,
stock-feeding and the starch manufac-
turer. They inform us that the value
Of the potato, as an article of food, de-
ponds not only upon the amount of
starch, but on the potash salts it con-
tains, and it is important that these salts
should not be lost in cooking. In the
course of their experiments they cooked
potatoes both by steaming and boiling,
the potatoes being at n time peeled,
and at another time In their skins, and
they have ascertained the respective loss
of potash and phOsphoric acid by these
processes of cooking, viz; In steaming
potatoes the loss is about o%ne-fourth
less than by boiling; and in boiling po-
tatOes with the skins peeled off the loss
is about fifteen times greater than when
the skin is kept on. When potatoes are
baked no loss of potash salts can occur.
These salts are the anti-scorbutic ingre-
dent of the potato, and it is especially
important that they be retained when a
diet of that specific character is re-
CURED"
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MURREY's IMMINENT FOR THE FACE
FIJI SHAvNG.-One ounce lime water,
n ounce sweet oil, n drop oil of
rose; shake well before using; apply
with foretinger.
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THAT'S the smallest horse l ever saw,
said a cOuntryman on viewing a Shet-
land pony.
"Indade, now" replied his Irish COM
panion, "but | have seen one as small
as two of him."
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NAIL IN FoOT.-As soon as the nail is
extracted apply bruised peach leaves 10
the wound. COntine with a band9ge,
and the cure is as if by magic. Renew
the application twice a day if necessary.
One is generally sufficient.
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rheumatism Quickly Cured.

DurAng's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, will positively cure any case
Of rheumatism on the face Of the earth. Price
81 3 bottle, six bottles, S5. Sold by all Drug
gists. Send for circular TO H~elphenstine 4
Bentley Druggists, Washington, D.. @.