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notices of marriages and deaths occurring
in our midst, and yet the preachers and
Others interested in the publication of such
notices seldom take the trouble to furnish
lis with the facts. We will willingly pub
fish all notices of marriages and deaths
that may be sent us, but cannot agree to
hunt up the parties for the purpose of OBJ
tanning the particulars
UNION PIcN1C.-Thcrc will be union
Sunday school picnicat Katalysinc Spring
near Sabilksvilc on Saturday, August %,
to which all the Sabbath schools in the
county are invited. An opportunity will
be here offered to witness the beautiful and
romantic mountain scenery which sur
rounds Sabilhsvillc, besides the famous
Horseshoe Bed. Able speakers and two
bands Of music will he present to cnlivcn
the occasion. Refreshments of all kinds
will be served on the ground. Excursion
tickets will be issued on the railroad.
RrNAwAy-On Sunday night, a young
man named Fisher accompanied by lady
friend made a narrow escape from severe
injury by being thrown out of buggy, in
which they were riding on their way home
from church. 1t appears they had been at
tending church in Graccham and on their
way home had to cross the railroad just
..l Al,
along when the horse became frightened
and ran away throwing both the occupants
out. The lady escaped unhurt, but Fisher
became ent,nglcd in the harness, or buggy
and was dragged over stones &c, for Il
couple of hundred yards. The buggy was
entirely demolished, but, strange to say,
Fisher was but slightly injured.
TEMPERANCE MEETlNG-Thc second
temperance meeting, under the auspices Of
the Ministerial Association Of this place,
was held in the Muravian church on Fri
day nIglt last. Rev. \. NJ. Evcrs,o of Mart
nsburg, W. Va, brother in law Of Rev.
Freed, addressed the meeting in some well
timed and appropriate remarks, setting
forth the necessity of a grand temperance
reform movement in our midst and tie
rapid growth Of crime and misery result
ng from the effects of too free use OF in.
iox;cnling LIQUORS. He dwcl for some
time ON this subject after which Rev. II
T. West produced the Constitution OF the
: Trmpcrancr Association and asked for
signcrs. Some fifty persons responded to
the call and olacc,l their NAMES 10 the pa
prr The me-, ting soon after adjourned
To meet ON Tuesday niy,tncNl in the Mttl..
nIis, church ,n rlrr, officers
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is str''' "rao' ana l'"0A'r says '''a' Oh
M"nd'Y' winnie purchasing peaches rom
nm he dr"pp'' MS PorN''-"''''N' WHICH
was p''N'a up "''cr ne ''' ny "F"SS' l"'
latter purchased "a morse ana wagon WIN
the contents, ana when arrested han ao""'
S3o OF inc money on Ms person ne was
held by justice Morse Tor nearing thA'
day
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4 resolution wa, introduced in the Amer
lean Congress, June -, III, THAT the
flag of the thirteen United States be thir-
teen stripes, alternately red and white ;
that the union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing new conatcIa-
tion,' There is Il striking coincidence he
tween the design Of our flag and the Coat
Of Arms of George Washington, and it is
thought by some that the FLAG was derived
from that hcraldic design. Several differ
cnt flags We're used by the Yankees before
the present national one was adopted. AT
first stripe was added for each new State,
but the flag becoming too unWicldy, Con-
grcss reduced the number of the stripes to
the original thirteen and now the stars are
made to correspond with the number of
the States
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W. |. KELLER, Chemist.

INSTRUMENTATION WEDDING,
II RINGS, or amy other Kind of Kings,
always full supply, at lowest prices.
CHASE q. FOX.
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KeiIer's Vegetable Life Drops

src the safest remedy for those peculiar
diseases arising from the structural differ
cnccs between the sexes, and known aS
Female Complaints.
The use of Kcllcr's Vegetable Life
Drops has been thus only partially indi-
Gated; their range of application is very
great, and their work is aIways more than
satisfactory Their remarkable efficacy,
as already shown, is particularly exhibited
in diseases OF Blood, Liver, Stomach and
b.. YES.
kcller's Vegetable Lie Drops arc re-
commended as being the best and cheap
est FAMILY MEDICINE ever olcrcu' anu
are sold by druggists and dca4crs at oo
cents bottle. or five bottles for 81.
Az UTIJCD ri
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TIE DOLLAR MARS

TIE DOLLAR N\hh-?'
There /, difference OF OPINION as 'otA'
derivation of this sign. There are two
very plausible explanations OF 1t and III"
reader may make his own ch"'cc OF WhIch
he consider, the more Plausible OF the TWO
First that it originated in the use OF the
two letters [. ) whl'h,atlcr the adoption
| |" '"c i'"''"' N"''"'N ANU wan" ''''''
wards, in the hurry OF writing, were run
into one another, the L being made first
.,o : ,v,rn So,,nl h,,i,i, ,n,od.
l'lca'loh OF 'n' ''Su'' san" uc'lo''>A piece
OF eight reals or lerriT, or, rs the dollar
WA, formerly called, u piece Of eight
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THE Westminster Sentinel saws: 4 bold
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city, on Wednesday noon, young man
by the name of Rattnsbcrgcr, a liquor deal,
.r Ynr, y, rn,crrI fine National IIo.
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

then we go ashore on a "desert island, -
and the guide cooks u spells for din
neT. We lie on the grass and eat our
fried fish, with the edibles we have
brought with Us, and we wash them
down with the best Of coffee, and, after
an hour for digestion, we 90 for our
game again.
Bass, pickerel, walleyed pike, mus
kallonge! They come from e|xhaustless
breeding and feeding grounds, and will
always be here. On a lazy afternoon,
we throw or troll our flies around the
islands within fifty rods where we can
hardly throw a fly without getting a
rise. We see every day fine black bass
taken from the dock by waiting fisher
men-within the toss Of a biscuit from
the window where we write. The cX-
elements Of the evening when the diff
ferent parties ONE in with their days
catch are very delightful; and when a
boat comes up or down the stream with
a white flag at her prov, the excitement
rises to enthusiasm. The white flag
means a muskallonge. This is great
game and is taken rarely.-ScrJRer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

The well-knUwn advertising agents,
Messrs. S. Nj. Pettengill g. Co., Of this
city, have just issued in a handsome
form their "Newspaper Directory and
Advertisers Hand Book" for 1877. 1t
is without doubt the most valuable and
trustworthy compilation of its kind
published in this country, and a work
which no advertiser or newspaper pub
Usher should be without. No fewer
than 1914 newspapers or periodicals
are described, showing the day and
place of publication, character, pub
Usher, circulation in short, all that an
advertiser requires to know regarding
any medium published. Besides the
general list there is a list of periodicals
BY counties, which must be valuable to
those who desire to reach any particu-
lar section Of the Continent, and tables
of daily and weekly newspapers having
a circulation of 5000 copies or over, re-
ligious, agricultural, and other class
organs, Two or three striking portraits
of prominent editors are scattered
throughout the volume, which, alto
gether, gives us a capital idea of the
wealth and variety of American journal
ism, and proves the immense connection
and great business facilities which its
publishers and compilers must have at
their command. - N. Y. Scottish Amer.
Journal.
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The CObra-Plant.

"A writer in Ndtured describes a curious
plant of the genus Arum, which grows
in the Himalayas. The species is called
the "CObra-Plant, from its remarka-
bly, resemblance to the head of that
most dreaded of Indian serpents. The
large leaf of the plant, formed of three
leaflets, stands behind and above the
flower, and, before the full expansion
Of the latter, encircles it with the two
lower leaflets so as to hide it partially
from view. When, however, the inner
organs Of the flower have come to ma
turity, the lower halves of the leaflets
which have inclosed it, fold up over the
upper halves, leaving the blossom COM
pletely exposed, in order that it may at
tract the notice Of passing insects,
whose visits are needed to aid in its fer
tilization. The diamond-shaped spots
on the cObra's head are counterfeited
on the spathe of the flower, as likewise
are the lines OF the neck, while the
tongue-like projection Of the spadix
and of the midril of the spathe complete
the likeness. The cobra is not common
In the localities where this arum occurs,
hence the mimicry it exhibits would
seem to be purely accidental.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

Fishing? Fishing and floating are the
occupations of the place. Fishing, of
course. 1t was a good day. The
water was still and there was a thin
veil of clouds ver the sky, We knew
1t was hot in New York, but it was not
hot here. We started of, a merry group
of boats. We rowed in and out among
the islands, and found u "ground" at
three miles distance. And now will
somebody tell us why an inexperienced
girl, with an old, stiff rod, without a
reel, andlwith a coarse linen line, can
catch more fish and better ones than we
can with a split bamboo, a silk water
proof line, and a six foot leader? This
Is what we would like to know. Do the
fish discriminate DO they say, as they
see the rare tackle coming down tothem,
or reflected in the water, "Thcre's an
old fellow at the end of that rod as full
Of piscatorial Science, as an egg is Of
meat-a man to be avoided; but mere is
a girl who Is innocent Of bass and guilt
less of pickerel 1t must be so.
Plato, thou reasonest well. At any
rate, there is a two-pound bass on the
maiden's hook, and not q man has had
a bite. The bass is taken in, and down
goes again the unsophlsticated hook,
plump to the bottom, and soon, while
we are trying our scientific lodges, she
pulls up with a feeble struggle the
h%andsomest th%ree-pound bass we have
ever seen in the river, The men try to
owe their shame by generous praise Of
the girl So IL goes on until noon, and
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
Mlasnn Rendered powerless.

The most certain way to render powerless
the miasmatic vapors which produce chills and
fever and other malarious disorders, is TO
fortlfy the system against them with that
matchless preventive OF periodic fevers, Hos
letters Stomach Bitters. The remedial ope-
ration Of the Bitters is no less certain than
their preventive effects, and they may be re-
lied upon TO overcome cases OF fever and ague
which resist quipine and the mineral reme-
dies Of the pharmacopnia. Dyspepsia, con-
ments and general debility, likewise rapidly
yield 10 their regulatlve and tonic Influence.
They are an incalculable blessing TO the weak
and nervous OF both sexes, an excellent family
medicine, and the best safeguard witch the
traveller or emigrant can take to an unhealthy
climate.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
SCIENTIFIC

Manufacture Of German Condensed MIX.
"A Lelpsic journal describes the cele-
brated process invented by Prof. From
mer, and which is claimed to be the
most scientific and perfect yet devised.
for preparing condensed milk. In this
process, the milk, after being strained
and boiled over a free fire, is again
passed through a fine tin strainer into
shallow evapOrating pans Of heavy tin,
aud e%vaporated on a water bath. with
continued stirring with a wooden pad
die, after the addition of from three to
three and one-half ounces of refined
sugar for each quart of milk, In form of
a syrup prepared by boiling it for some
time with half its weight of water,
SWIMMING, straining it through flannel,
and cooling it TO lG7 degrees; the tenn
perature during evaporation not being
allowed to rise above lS9 degrees.
When sufficiently concentrated, as in
dictated by its dripping from the stirrer
In adherent masses, tin cans Of from
one TO two pounds capacity, previously
cleansed with soda I've and heated well
for a few seconds, are filled completely
with it, and the space left by cOntrac.
ton, on cooling to from GO to 76 degrees,
it filled up with hot, concentrated, pu-
rified sugar syrup, the can being then
Immediately closed with a cap, and the
joint covered with hot flour paste, and
then with a strip Of paper similarly
coated. Ten to eleven ounces of this
preparation, with the addition Of a quart
of water, are said to be equivalent in
value to a quart of natural milk, and all
the properties of the article exist in the
purest concentration.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

The ~cleverest OfcOmedlans, Florence,
made his debut In the humble capacity
Of a Watchdog. He had to bark from
behind the scenes. At rehearsal he put
so much realistic art In his impersona-
ton that he got into a difficulty with
the %prompter's bull-terrier. But the
manager was doubtful Of the presence
Of mind Of the novice when he came TO
face the ordeal Of an evening perform
ance.
"won't you be afraldY" he de-
handed.
''Mebbe," said Billy.
"SuppOse you get so scared that you
can't bark, what will you doY"
There was a moments pause, and
then William said, very meekly:
"I'll wag nv tail. PUCK.
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A New and wonderful Fruit.


Diospyrus Kali, known as the date
plum or japanese persimmon, has been
grown in California and its successful
culture fully established. The tree Is
highly ornamental, is a prolific bearer,
is as hardy as the pear, and ripens as
early. The fruit Is solid and can be
shipped across the continent When
dried 1t is equal to figs, and can be kept
a long time. 1t is of a bright yellow,
orange or vernillion color, and is)un-
surpassed for the table, being thought
by some to be equal to the peach or
strawberry. Its average weight is from
one-half pound to over a pound. The
wood is valuable for manufacturing,
being a species of the ebony order,
Ebenacen. 1t will bear in from one to
three years. Cultivate the same as an
apple and in same variety of soil.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

A DANBURY MAN who vent TO a drug
store to have a prescription prepared,
seeing nobody but clerk present, said:
"YOung man, you are keeping company
with a girlf" eyes, SIR" answered
the clerk, with a blush. "Do you think
the world of herr" 81 do" said the
clerk firmly, although blushing con
siderably. SIS she in town." pursued
the customer, anxiously. "No, sir, she
Is away on a visit" 'That will do"
said the man, decisiyely. "You can't
fool around any prescription for me-"
And he went away.-Danbury News.
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AGRICULTURAL.

SHoRT-HoRNs AS DAIRY Cows.--There
are a few men who are trying to prove
that Short-Horn cows are good mixers;
but they will not be able to do it, be-
yond an occasional good one. This
breed of cattle is good for beef, as a gen.
ersl rule, and nothing else. Indeed,
they are the best beef cattle in this or
any other country. In speaking of the
tendency of all they eat going to fat,
rather than to milk, a Kentucky dairy
man says: ''This is the fatal defect In
the Short-Horn as a dairy COW. Instead
of returning the food In the milk pail,
she puts it on her bones where it is not
needed. Again the Short-Horn has been
longer before,the public and more widely
known than any other thoroughbred
breed of cattle. Is it not, therefore,
reasonable to suppose that if she really
did possess the milking qualities these
enthusiastic gentlemen claim for her
that the dairymen of the country would
have sense enough to find it out? l
have visited hundreds OF diaries in the
dairying districts of the country and ]
remember but n herd where Short
Horn blood predominated. This Is proof
positive to my mind that neither the
Short Horn nor her grades have proved
successful in the dairy. Most men who
breed them use scrub or Jerseys to raise
their calves. 1t may be argued that
dairymen do not use Short!Horns in
their herds because they are not willing
to pay the extra price for them. This
Ia not so, because we see blood of the
other fancy breeds in almost every
herd in the country, while many have
herds composed exclusively of thor
oughbreds. While 1 am familiar with
the herds of a hundred diaries in the
vicinity of Louisville, l remember but
one that has as has as high as ten head
Of ShOrt-Horns In IL.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

DURING a debate which took place
some time ago In a Scottish town coun-
Gil, on a question where much diversity
Of opinion prevailed, a ballie, among
other reasons I'm support ofthe measure,
stated that IL would be of immense
benefit to posterity. On hearing this,
the provost, who headed the opposition,
got up and said, "I'm really surprised
to hear ony man bring forward sic an
argument. What reason hae W. TO
sacrifice oursels for the guide o. poster
ityP Point OOt," he continued, striking
the table, and looking triumphantly at
his Opponent-"point DOT ae single in
stance whaur posterlty has eve been o.
the least benefit to u.s."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

WHEN a certain Lady Role refused,
soon after her husbands death, to let
the hounds go out, a learned sergeant
at law asked Chief Justice Tindal
whether there would be any harm if
they were allowed to do so with a piece
of Grape around their necks. 81 can
hardly think" said Sir Nicolas, "that
a piece of Grape is necessary; it will
surely suffice if they are in full cry"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

An Intelligent Wdtch.-Mark Twain
has been examining a curious watch at
a Jewellers in New Haven, Conn.,, which
he describes as follows:
az have examined the wonderful
watch made by M. Matile, and it comes
nearer to beings human being than any
piece of mechanism | ever saw before.
Ii knows considerable more than the
average voter. 1t knows the movements
of the moon and tells the day of the week
the month, and will do this perpetually
it tells the hour of the day, the minute,
and the second, and splits the seconds
into the fifths and marks the division by
stop hands; having two stop hands, 1t
can take care of two racehOrses that
start n after the other; it is a repeater,
wherein the voter is suggested again;
unsteady chimes the hour, the quarter,
the half, the three quarter hour, and
also the minutes that passed of al I'M
completed quarter hour-so that a blind
nan can tell the time of day by it tothe
exact minute.
"Such is this extraordinary watch. 1t
ciphers to admiration; l should think
one could add another wheel and make
it read and write; still another and
make it talk andI think one might take
out several of the wheels that are
already in it, and it would still be a
more intelligent citizen than some that
help govern the country. On the whole
| think it is entitled to vote-that is, if
its sex is the right kind"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

AT THE Thornwell O~rphanage a boy
gets twenty five dement's for kissing a
girl. Here we "apply the hair of the
dog to cure the bite" When a boy
kisses a girl, twelve very ugly boys
stand in a row on the rOstrum in the
chapel, and the offender is required to
kiss them all, and kiss them well. The
girl also, if she is willing to be kissed
by the boy, is required to kiss a dozen
ugly girls. The ceremony draws a full
house, and has never failed to cure.
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True Strength.

We must measure a mans strength
by the power of the feelings he subdues
not by the power of those which sub
due him. And hence, composure is
often the highest result of strength.
Did we ever see a man receive a fla
grant injury, and then reply calmly?
That is a man spiritually strong. Or
did we ever see a man in anguish stand
as if he was carved out of solid rock, as
if mastering himself? Or one bearing
a hopeless trial remain silent, and never
tell the world what cankered his home
peace? That is strength. We too often
mistake strong feelings for strong char
acter. A man who bears all before
him, before whose frown domestics
tremble, and whose bursts of fury make
the children of the household quake,
because he has his way in all things,
W. call him a strong man. The fact is,
he is a weak man; it is his passions
that are strong-he, mastered by them,
is weak.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
Skill of the HindOOs.

The ancient Hindoos were not def
cient in the arts. DR.. RoXburgh is of
the opinion that the Western world is
indebted to India for its knowledge of
the rotation Of crops in agriculture.
The law punished a farme, who failed
to SOW his fields in due time with the
forfeiture of ''ten times as much as the
kings share of the crop that might 9th
erwise have been raised" In the man
ufacture of iron they were proficient:
and 10 is now known that the famous
Damascus blades were of Indian steel,
manufactured in the West of India. The
skill with which they worked granite
into beautiful forms Is the best proof of
the excellence of their tools. In the
manufacture of cotton they have never
been equalled; and Mrs. Speirs observes
that "the time may Don arrive when 1t
will not appear incredible that a fabric
Of ten yards in length and one yard
wide should only weigh two ounces
three pennyweights, and pass readily
through Il small ring. Similar to this
must have been the woven air. of San
scrit literature, and the robe in which
a woman exhibited herself in Buddhist
story, and was punished for going about
unClad. "-AthenpHm.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

GINA, DIDN'T Noah have bees in the
ark?" "Certainly, my darling. OF
course he did; but why do you want TO
knowT" "Because | heard our teacher
talking the other day about the ancient
ark hives the other day, and now l
understand what she meant"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25

To PREVENT MoTHs.-Moisten with
%turpentine a small linen rag and place
1t in the chest or wardrobe, renewing it
two or three times a year, and no moths
will enter there. When furs are packed
away in the Spring, they should be
beaten well with a small rattan, in
order to dislodge any eggs of the moth /;
afterward brush thoroughly; and sew
up carefully with a linen pillow case;
over all pin : newspapers, leaving no
c~Fevice where an insect could insinuate
itself.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1877-10-25
DOMSTIC

CIDER WRE.-The cider for this pur-
pose should not be made until Decem.
Der, when 1t should be barreled and
place in a vault or cool cellar, and left
TO remain there until February or early
In March; when IL should be bottled.
using champagne bottles, well corked
and wired; the cork should be driven
down to an eighth of an inch OF the
mouth, so that the wire can grasp IL.
Use good-sized copper wire, which will
require only once passing over the cork,
provided 1t is well secured around the
neck Of the bottle. Then { the
bottled cider TO the cellar, LAYING the
bottles on their sides, and 1t will keen
for years. Be sure that the bottles are
thoroughly clean, which must be at
tended TO just before the boiling be-
gins. Some persons-and 1t is the
method of the North Jersey "cham-
payne" cider-makers-flter the cider
through sand before putting away In
barrels. 1t is this that removes ali
sediment, but we cannot perceive that
1t adds to the flavor or keeping qualities
of t he cider.