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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
The ZeilIecs.

A war correspondent In Bulgaria
writes: "1'he place was soon crowded
with Zeibecs, and very picturesque
scene they made, as they all wore their
national costume. They squatted down
In groups, some singing, some playing
a sort of small guitar with three wire
strings, while one man performed a
most wonderful dance that lasted more
than half an hour. He executed some
astounding jumps and hops, flinging
his arms about like windmill in full
swing; he then drew his yataghan and
began performing a series of savage
cuts In the air, dancing all the time.
IL was grand to see the fellows face
at every cut his eyes rolled about fear
fully, and 1t seemed as If he were really
hacking away at the hated MuscOv.
This little scene over he borrowed
another yataghan, and sticking this
and his own between his belt and the
shirt, with the sharp edge upward, the
dancing began again, and his arms
went round once more, 1t required a
very skillful dancer to be able to move
about his arms as this man did, for had
he made a mistake he would most as.
suredly have got several had outs. Many
of his companions were squatting
round, watching the whole proceeding
with the utmost gravity. and when the
performer sat down no one said any
thing, as if the affair was matter of
course, ] entered into conversation
with several of the men, and found
them very pleasant fellows indeed.
They all seemed eager to meet the Rus
slams. Their physique is simply splen-
did, many of them being over six feet,
with enormously broad chests. If they
were properly drilled and ofilcered they
would be Irresistible. One old fellow,
who wore Crimean medal, was telling
me how he had been Bashi- Bazouk
with the "Inglig," 'Ah! etfendi,'
said he, those were fine times; plenty
w CdI anu ullIhy WCll bICdJcu ny OuI
officers, and we got our pay regularly.
Won't the "Ingliz" come againY l
have found that most of the soldiers
with whom | have spoken at different
times have the same idea about the Eng
lish. They want English officers, and
then they are sure of beating the Rus
slams. saw the rations being served
out about sunset. The poor fellows
couldn't get very fat on what they re-
ceive. They are allowed one loaf of
bread on journey. suppose they get
their meat and rice in Hamp. | asked a
Zeibec if one loaf day was enough.
We have not come to eat, said he, but
to fight, and If it is not enough we must
hunger, that Is all. AT sunset the hod-
ia, or chaplain of the regiment, called
them to prayers, and Immediately there
was long line all along the platform
and outside the station. The train was
just ready to start, but we had to wait
till prayers were over, for Mussulman
must never interrupt his prayer for any
reason, no matter what"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
An Excursion to the Valley of Rannoch

4 journey to the Scottish Highlands
in the Olden times must have been a
very formidable undertaking, even
when the object was not simply enjoy
ment of the picturesque, among wild
glens and mountains piled up of prime
val rocks in accumulated masses to the
clouds. But now that the ''irOn horse"
has learned to urge his rapid pace into
the very heart of the most romantic
scenery in the three kingdoms, it does
seem surprising that not more of our
southern Sybarites should prefer the
eXhilarating mountain breezes and
bracing air of the home of the red deer
to the enervating charms of Torquay
or the artificial pleasure of gregarious
Brighton. In the leafy month of June,
before the sportsman or conventional
tourist has left the mimic sylvan scenes
of the metropolitan parks, and still
fingers among the loungers and whirl-
ing carriages of the most garish of the
latter, we availed ourselves of one of
those luxurious cars now attached to
most of the trains for the North, and
next morning were rapidly leaving the
lake district, enveloped in dense fog,
behind us, and gradually losing sight
of its wooded mountain tops, rising like
islcts above the mists of the valleys.
At sunrise the undulating scenery of
Lanarkshire appeared; then came the
famous fielG of BannOckburn, crested
Stirling and Dunblane with its ancient
abbey church, until at last we APP
preached "the fair city, on the winding
Tay. Here, changing trains, we soon
sped away, catching glimpses of Dun
keld, Birnam Wood, and other scenes
familiarized by the genius of the great
est of dramatists; and then entering Il
wilder region, dashed along giddy
heights, with torrents awful voice be-
lows" plunged through cuttings mar
rowing the view but clothed in yellow
broom, so dazzling in the bright sun
shine, that, by an effort of Imagination,
we might have been supposed to be in
vading the dominions of some gnome
king. Again the view would expand,
to give us glimpses Of loftier heights,
on which the snow of winter still ling
cred. At the historic and grand Pass
Of Kiliecrankie we left the train and
took the road leading to Blair AthOl,
where the banks, even sO- far on in the
year, are still enameled with the hya-
cinth, primrose, and other favorites of
the spring, while over the "auld fail
dykes" the shaggy little Highland cat
tie stand to gaze with a shy curiosity,
From Blair Athol to Struan the scenery
for awhile is less picturesque; but on
approaching the latter station itresumes
its wonted aspect. Struan is a pretty
station among trees, and close to it are
The falls Of the Garry. Here, taking a
carriage, we commenced the journey of
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
A Distinction Between "Hooking" and
stealing"

Undoubtedly the human conscience,
and especial the boyish article, recOg-
nizes a broad difference between the
theft of growing crOps-Of apples on
the trees, for instances, or corn on the
stalk, or melons in the field-and that
of other species of property. The sur
reptitious appropriation Of the former
class of chattels Is known in common
parlance as Choking" while the gra-
yer term Stealing" describes the same
process in other cases. The distinction
may arise from a feeling that, so long
as crops remain rooted to the ground,
they are natures, not mans, and that
nature can't be regarded as forming
business contracts with some individ-
uals to the exclusion Of others, or In
fact as accedlng to any of our human
distinctions OF meum and tu,m, however
useful we find them. Ethical philOsO-
pliers may refuse to concede the sane
ton of the popular distinction here
alluded to between Choking" and
stealing; but, after all, ethics is not u
deductive but an empirical science, and
whata are morals but "A collection of usages
like photography and orthoepyS How
ever that may be, it is the duty of the
writer in this instance merely to call
attention to the prevalent popular senti-
ment on the subject, without any at-
tempt to justify it.--Scribner.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04

There are few virtues more open to
misrepresentation, more often assumed
to cover interested motives, or more
easily cOunterfeited than that of pa
trotism. The agitator, banned by so
ciety and the outlaw of respeCtability,
gathers to himself a credulOus follow
ing, drawn from the rude and ignorant,
fans the discomfort of the masses, eX-
cites a hatred between class and class,
and is ever laundering against evils that
do not exist and expressions long since
removed, under the outraged name of
patriotism. The politician, with country
on his lips but office in his heart, who is
always addressing his constituents, al
ways advising the House, and always
looking through the statute book in
quest of grievances, cOnceals his fussy
and mischievous activity under the
sacred garb of patriotism. The mali
ciOus, the disappointed, the enviOus-
the men who sit opposite the Treasury
Bench instead of being, as they think
they should, upon it, who are at the
tail of the poll instead of the head, who
plead in black gown instead of deciding
in purple or scarlet, who have to labor
instead of commanding labOr-all dis
charge their bitter criticism, plot their
dangerous combinations, and offer their
miscreant reforms in the name of pa
triotism, "a patriot" cried Robert
Walpole, who well know human nature,
and the lofty phrases with which it
loves to clothe it, dirty actiOns-!"a pa
triot, why, Sir, patriots spring up like
mushrooms could raise fifty of them
within four-and-twenty hours. have
refused many of them in one night! 1t
is but refusing to crafty an unreason-
able or an insolent demand, and--up
starts patriot v-Temple Bar.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04

about nine or ten miles, by road not
The Smoothest. TO the village of Kinlock-
Rannoch, at the eastern extremity of
the beautiful lOch which has been so
happily delineated and commended To
the lovers of the beautiful by a well
known chromo-lithograph. As we pro-
ceeded, the mountains became loftler
and the moors wilder. .Clumps of
weeping birch at intervals were waving
over rocky streams; but there were but
few signs of life, except the flocks nib
Ding the pasturage of the uplands
within far stretching gray dykes, or
the "hoodie craw" tapping its sable
wings. Near Trinafour, six miles from
Struan, the road takes bend, and is
carried by picturesque stone bridge.
shaded by lofty larches and frs, over
the wild cataract of the Erichdie. To
the right are the Glengarry mountains,
and in continuation of them rises Benin
a-Chvallaich to an altitude of nearly
three thousand feet, with its spurs
forming the northern boundary of the
Vale of Rannoch. A little beyond this
point the road bfurcates, that to the
right being considerably shorter and
better; hut it is private, having been
made at the sole expense of the enter
prising proprietor of DunalaStair, and
can only be used by previous applica-
tiOn to the station master at Struan for
pass. The scene now assumes an
other aspect as we enter upon an amphi-
theatre of mountains dominated by the
Singularly imposing quartz peak of
Solicitation (3,5I2 feet above the level
otthe sea-, and inclosing the charmingly
wooded valley and cultivated fields of
the Valley of Rannoch, bounded on the
west ny its beautiful lake, from which
flows the river TUNNEL, toward Loeb
TUNNEL, at the eastern extremity of
the valley, where its course is broken
by wild cataracts among the wooded
glens Of DunalaStair and CrossmOunt.
Ii is not too much to say that this val
ley presents some of the most romantic
scenery of one of the most picturesque
districts in Scotland; and to the geolo-
gist has features of great interest, while
the botanlSt finds ample occupation as
well as the entomOlogiSt, for some very
rare flies used by anglers are obtained
from these parts, and have even Lon
don celChrity,-London Society.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
Indian Shopping.

In the late autumn, as soon as the
rivers are locked in ice, and the ground
is covered with snow, the furs begin to
come In. AS they are brought in by the
Indians they are traded by the persons
in charge of the trading. store. If an
Indian were to bring in hundred
skins of different sorts, or all alike, he
would trade off every skin separately,
and insist on payment for each skin as
he sold it; he likes the linked sweetness
Of shopping long drawn out; hence 1t
often occupies several days to barter a
batch of furs. 1t is a curious and In
teresting sight to watch an Indian Sc
lecting from the stores articles that he
may require as he dlsposes of skin after
skin. If he has only small quantity
of skins, he walks into the shop with
his blanket about him, and not skin
visible. After some preliminary skirm-
ishing he produces one skin from under
his blanket, trades 1t, taking In ex.
change what he absolutely needs; then
he stops. Just as one thinks the trad
ing Is over he produces another peltry
from beneath his blanket, and buys
something else. Thus he goes on until,
having bought all the necessaries he
requires, he branches off into the pur-
chase of luxuries fancy neck
ties, etc. Under so slow process an
Indian trader needs to possess more
than average patience. The skins, as
fast as purchased, are thrown behind
the counter, and then carried to the
fur-room and piled In heaps that are
constantly turned and aired. - Hudson
Bay Correspondence.
-
A H., l.aaI hn hnEaR
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
THREE DESTINIES.

Three roses nod and talk
Across q garden walk
One, lifting up her head,
Clad all in damask red,
Cries gayly, ia her pride,
Tonight full far and wide,
My beauty shall be seen,
Adjoining Beauty's queen"
"And l." the blush-rose cries,
"Shall be the envied pr.ze
A lover shall convey,
Before the end of day,
Unto q maiden fair,
And she will kiss and wear
My bushes in her breast;
There | shall sleep and rest.
"And l." the white rose sighs-
Before the sunshine dies,
l shall lie hid from sight
Within a graves dark night;
But not in vain my bloom,
Ill have cheered the gloom,
Or helped to soothe and bloss
A mourner's loneliness"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising, al Der SQUARE
Inst insertion, and 80 cents each subseiusnt
Insertion.
Special contracts will be made for all sdyer-
hsements for four insertions or over
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
square charged for at half regular rates.
All local notices 10 cents line for zach In
sertion.
No notices inserted for less than City
cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04

The crop of dried peaches in Geor.
gia this year Is estimated TO be worth
81 500, 900.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-04

A FRIEND In knead-the baker.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-03-11

1 Pnrasols.
l
The stale and sombre sun umbrellas and ugly canopes
by tasty aid dainty parasos. in all tie fash
ionable shades Of color match the dresses Every
thing and in accordance with the spring fashions.
Graceful in shape charming in style and coquetti h in
size, they with fitting coronet the oviest toilet
At wholesale only by the sole manufacturers. DAWES
X TANNING, 90 and 100 Franklin ST., New York. |
1 Parasols.
| PRrasoA
| PRrasols.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05
THE O'BRIEN Show exhibits on the
Sunny Side, Jamestown property, on Au-
gusta ST., and McAdamized road.
City Notices.

T. I. BARNUM TO HIS MILLIONS OF PAT
koNS-Heathful amusements and Innocent recre-
at1onS must be classed among the absolute necessi-
ties OF well balanced life, and happy is he who can
re Ell that he provides this repaSt free from all poisons
10 mind, heart and conscience.
an ancient poet has said: THE NOBL' EST ART
WHICH HUMAN HEART CAN ATTAIN IS TIL POWER
TO CONFER HAPPINESS ON OTHERS"
For nearly half q century have faithfully follow
eu my lifelong motto. 1--WE STUDY TO PLsAsE."
nave cheerfully devoted my energies and I'LL that
could command to providing public amlsementS
which should prove Instructive and profitable to the
age in which live
My ambition, also has ever been to give he public
Is Iucn as possible for their money. The result OF
these Efforts am gratiied to say, has been patron
age unprecedented and prosperity and success I'M
paraleled in tine world of amussments. This liber-
amy OF the public has enabled me to compass the
f tha gGne search Of novelties and to procure
them WITHOUT the slightes regard to expense
An examination of the newspapers, my ''Tlustra-
t ~ views programmes, posters and various adver-
ons XII s99W you that have secured
from Asia. Africa, and Europe never before seen in
snls country ana enabling to place before yOu SO
lar as combination Of travelling exhibitions is con
cerned, beyond all question, THE GREATEST SHOW
AND UNDIvIDED IN ALL IT'S sTUPENDoUs INT lRETv,
18TH.
:. never advertise norpromise what do not exhi
Dlt ana perform. and ALWAYS AND IN ALL P LACES,
present my ENTIRE Combination of Emf ertain-
lnentS, PRECISELY as in New York Chic ago. St. Lou
isand all the larger cities.
| shall travel most of the season with his, my
ONLY exhibition, and hoping to take loy tn hand
many OF my millions OF patrons, feel assured that
they Will acknowledge it is worth goint wit their
chlldren hundred miles to see and that in all
probability, they will meyer look upon it's like
The publics obedient servant
OcCa- P T, BARNUM,
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05

ART IN STAUNTON.-Dr. S. Homer
Henkel, of Staunton, whose success in a
bust of Stonewall Jackson, attracted so
much attention, has just completed in
plaster female figure Of Expectancy.
It is the figure Of a young girl standing
with one hand shading her brow, the body
thrown forward, and the expression of tile
face one of intense expectation. The
weight Of the body is thrown on one limb,
and the balancing is done with lightness
of step that shows true art. The figure is
four feet high. Mr.. G, A, Richardson,
another of our citizen artists, whose bust
Of a lady was so much praised lately, has
just completed a bust of Vespasian, life
size. 1t is copied from a miniature bust
taken from the ruins of old Rome,
the property of Mr.. Jno. B. Quidor, of
Churchville. The copy is admirable, and
the expression in the face is the fao-ggimniIe
Of that ia the original
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05

EARLY during the past winter several
circus managers conceived yh9 invasion of
the Southern States, each endeavoring to
monopol'ze patronage by the organization
OF u company larger than the other, which
we mnst say was an exhibition of good
judgement on their part, as the people are
always sure to patronize the largest and
the best. Or course, each manager, jeal-
GUS of his rival, put forth, as the emer-
gency required, new eXertions to Guido his
neighbor. For several years past, ME.
John O'Brien, wealthy ghoWman and
animal Importer, has mad an enormous
sum lnyestel in circuses and menageries,
sending out each year, in different dlrec-
tlons, three four, Eve, and us high as six
oompanlsa at one and tie same time, max
Ing the one bearing his own name larger
and better than all the rest, and managing
the same in person. BY experience he has
learned that the show under his own man-
agement, no matter how suooessfu, and
profitable the others We're, always made
the mpsE 4lonel. This fact, and the efforts
OF fiVal managers to outstrip him, Ga used
hum to merge al his six shows in one for
the season of 1877, and with this formula
bic coordination he takes the field, confident
that if one sixth of his present attraction
pleased the public, the entire six shows
must give satisfaction in an increased ra-
ito; for, while he presents six times the
the number Of animals apd sig times the
amopnt Of attraction in the ring, there is
no Increase in the price Of admission,
which remains the same as that asked by
the smaller shows travelling the country,
the manager depending upon the assem-
olage of immense crowds under his vast
pavilion to repay him fer his enormous
daily OUTLAWS. O'Brien's Six Consolidated
Shows il its entirety, viii e4h3pis at
Stanton, Irlday, October 18th. ), "
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05

PERsoNAL.-Miss Winnie Ream, the
sculptures. was among the guests at the
Virginia Hotel Saturday. She went on a
visit to Weyer's Cave. She is the author
of the national statue of Lincoln and other
minor works.
Prof. I. NJ. Turner, the director of the
Lewisburg, W. Va, cornet band, gave a
concert there last week. On the pro-
gramme was duet 1.-TWO hearts that
beat as one,' by cornet prof Turner) and
piano miss L. Fry. Mr.. Turner is son
OF Prof. A. J. Turner, of the D. D. & B.
Institution.
Rev. +. W. Lewis grandson of the
famous Rev. Francis Mcfarland, of Au-
gusta, has been called to the Presbyterian
church at Catlettsburg, KY.
Hon. VIM. Mines, of Page, was in the
city. Tuesday, with his family, on his way
to Richmond, to witness the marriage of his
eldest son, a fine young fellow just 81, to
the daughter of Mr.. Jno. Shafer, a wealthy
citizen of that place.
Rev. Jno. B. Morton, of Elberton, Ga,
who has preached several times in Staun-
ton, has received call to Cedar Greek
church, near Winchester, Va.
MI. Addison Waddell, the promising
young son of Dr.. J. Alexander Waddell, Of
this city, left last week to prosecute his
medical studies in New York.
Rev. G. L. Hogue, of Bethel church,
Bells Valley, preached a series of very i'm
presslVe sermons at the Cd Presbyterian
ante-eommunion services Friday, Satur-
day and Sunday. E.
Judge Sheffey has gone to Boston to at
tend the session of the Episcopal General
Convention.
Hon. a. FL. FL. Stuart has gone to New
York to attend a meeting of the Trustees
OF the Peabody Fund.
Prof. G. A. Mountjoy. of Louisiana, has
taken charge Of the Classical Department
at the Wesleyan Female Institute.
Messrs. j. W. Warren of Millboro, and
Jno. Kesee, late of Rockbridge Baths,
have taken the hotel at Goshen.
Among the scholars at the WESLEYAN
Female Institute is q young lady, Miss
O'Aeary. from County Cork, ireland, who
haa been sent to this country by her par
ents to be educated.
Col. Carter, the Virginia Railroad Com
missioner, went down the Valley Il. R.
yesterday morning with President Pendle-
ton and Vice President keyser.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05

The DRAMA AT THE AsYLUM.-At the
W. L. Asylum Monday night the farce Of
Change of Base' was given with Misses
Nellie 3; and Nellie L: and Mfessrs: W. B.
McC: and W: B., in the characters, followed
by "My Uncle's WILL" in which the chap
aeters were Sustained by Miss Nellie T..
and Messrs. G. A. and A. II. There was
not a bad piece of acting In the whole en-
tertainment which is good deal to say
Of amateur performers, but it would not be
just to OMIT 2 special mention of Miss
Nellie L. as Florence in the last piece. It
WAS simply the perfection Of art.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05
MbE. ljUCff,s' TROUPE -ThiS Orpa

M n Duottfpss' THouRE -Fhis organi
cation CON posed Of pzsr twenty ARTISTS
makes its first appearance at the Town
Hall this evening, ind undoubtedly the
troupe will meet here with the same sue.
cess as in all other places. The Washing
ton Daily Critic" says: 'The Theatre
Comiqne was packed last night to the
doors, Standing room being at a premium
long before s o'elock, tAe attsaptign being
Ninon D}}a4clos PeS$utiffddl blondes. Chg per
formance surpassed expectations and the
Living Stat|Al$es we're Z glFomninent feature.
Crowded houses will be the FAn Of the
week.
Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1877-10-05

PETTY TuEFTs.-Petty robberies have
become frequent in the neighborhood of
Folly Mills. Saturday night, Mr.. Ellis
Mills, OF Staunton, visiting in that neigh
haorl!hooa, had the harness stolen from his
buggy horse. On sunday night Pr. Aoh-
aghe's stable was entered and the harness
Of his horses, saddle skirting and SO forth.
cut off and carried away. Mr.. A. D. Trib-
bett had several chickens stolen Saturday
night, and the thief called again the FOL
lowing night. The citizens Of the vicinity
r., s talking ct forming a night patrol, in
WHICH case the tntsyes Yvll s AafFFeF aegeffely.