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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14
POLITICAL NOTES.

In 1876 Sunset Cox had q majority Of
about lT,COJ 100 the Sixth New 1oi
District. This year the minority l.
cut down to 4,ill.
John II. Kctcham, OF the Thirteenth
New York District, had a majority for
Congress in 1876 OF 2,Il5. This year
the majority is s,G2B.
Ex-Governor Curtin was beaten foI
Congress in his district by 2b9 votes.
The same district gave the Democratic
candidate for Governor a majority o.
1000.
The Republicans of New Haven,
Conn, have publicly Endorsed the Hoh.
II. b. Harrison rs the ilttest man TO-
Senatorial h%onOrs, vice Barnum
whose term expires I'm March.
In the last New Jersey Legislature
the Democrats had a majority Of h
the Senate and 6 in the House. In the
next there will be In the Senate ii Re
%publicans, 9 Democrats, and llndepen-
dent; in tho Assembly there will be j.
Republicans and rs Democrats.
The State Senate in Connecticut
stands IA Republicans, Z Democrats
he House, 142 Republicans, 100 Dem
ocrats, ] Independent, / G%reenbacker.
Republican majority, 40; majority on
Joint ballot, AZ. The State having tried
Democratic United States Senators
wants no more of them.
Governor Colquitt, of Georgia, cleo
ted by a Democratic majority Of $4,000,
Is not happy. He is to he Investigated
at his own request, and is threatened
with impeachment. There is OppOsi-
tion to Gordon's reelection as United
States Senator, and quarrels among the
Georgia Democrats seem to be quite the
thing now.
Emery Speer the man who defeated
Billups, the regular Democratic nomi-
nee, for Congress in Georgia, the other
day, is said to be q brilliant young
man. An Atlanta correspondent says
he will be the youngest member of the
Forty-siXth Congress. Republic M
anG Liberal Democrats rejoice over his
election as a great victory over the
Democracy.
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Ra TrnStad In Grant.

In Baltimore, some sixteen years ago,
a private soldier, a little the worse for
liquor, stepped up to a group of gem
tlemen in front of the Eutaw House
and announced that he had placed his
trust in "Ulysses Grant" No atten-
lion was paid to him at first, but he
loudly repeated, gentlemen, / place
my trust in Ulysses Grant" At this
time a clergyman felt bound to reason
with him and said, "It's all very well
to have faith in your general, my boy,
but your trust should be In a higher
power. Now, l have the utmost conf
dence in General Grant, but l place
my trust in God" "That's where you
are wrong, old man." said the soldier,
"and I'll tell you why | put my trust
in Ulysses Grant. IF he fails me, l
fall back on God. Suppose God fails
you, here's your reserve P"--BOstOa
TrdaSeript.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14
What Males tho Nan.

Many people seem to forget that
character grows; that it is not some
thing to put on, ready made, with
womanhOod or manhood; but day by
day, here a little and thore a little,
grows with the growth, and strength
ems with the strength, until, good or
bad, it becomes almost a coat of
mail. Look at a man of business
prompt, reliable, conscientious, yet
clear.headed end energetic. When
do you suppose he developes all those
admirable qualities? When he WAS
a boy.
Let us see the way in which a boy
of ten years gets up in the morning,
works, plays and studies, and we will
tell you just what kind Of a man he
will make. The boy that is late at
breakfast, late at school, stands a
poor chance to be a prompt man
The boy who neglects his duties, be
they ever so small, and then
himself by saying, II forgot! l didn't
think !" will never be d reliable
man. And the boy who finds pleas
ure in the suffering of weaker things,
will never be a noble, generous, kind
ly mani gentleman.
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The Weekly Herald.
LOCAL..
DECISION.

We publish the following for the
bcheilt of those who DO not understand
the law la such cases.
/. Any person who takes = paper
regularly from the postOfice, whether
directed In his name or another's, or
whether he has subscribed or not-is
responsible for payment.
2. lfaperson orders his paper dis
continued he must pay all arrears, or
the publishers may continue to send 1t
Hntil payment is made, and then col
lect the whole amount whether the pa
per is taken from the Office or not.
B. The courts have decided that re-
fasing TO take newspapers and periodi-
calls from the ~postoilice. or removing
aud leaving them uncalled for, is pri-
MA facie evidence of Intentional
fraud. I
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The Masonic Fraternity

The Grand Lodge of Masons met
in Nashville Monday. The Grand
Secretary reported that he had re-
ceived in aid aid of yellow fever suf-
ferers, during the prevalence of the
scourge, s24, 1873 and disbursed &c.
$50, leaving a balance on hand of
s7,85S, which is to be distributed
among Masonic widows and orphans
from the plague,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Parties desiring jon PRINTING done,
such as Posters, Hand-bills, Letter.
heads, Bill-heads, Envelopes, &C., can
have it done at this office at bottom
prices. Our stock of Printers Station
cry is very large, and was bought with
cash at paric prices, consequently we
c,n do Job Printing in as good style
and as cheap as any other office in the
I.Dk
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

The attention OF our Postmaster Is
called to the fact that his time is too
fast. He is in the habit Of closing the
mails from t~hree-fourths to one-hali
hours before train time. when five
minutes is all that is necessary. This
causes disappointment among the bus
fness men very often, and should be
%rAUulated.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Attention is called to the card OF
Lewis Williams, successor to Williams
Il Smith, to be found in this issue. Mr..
Williams will still carry on the Marble
business in Cleveland, and invites the
public generally to call and examine
his stock of Marble and prices. lie
has a large stock of ready-made work
on hand aud will sell them at reduced
prices in order to reduce his stock OF
marble.
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wasthe rpharisec "a Oemocrat.

The following it vouched for by an
eye witness:
A teacher Of an infant class in Sun
day school was explaining the para
bic Of the Pharisce and the Publican.
After %picturing off the two characters
in the strongest terms possible, the
teacher, as was his custom, went back
to ask questions on the lesson, and
began by asking, how many were
spoken Of in this lesson? Two, rang
out the whole class. Where were
they going? To the temple to pray.
Who we're they? One was a Publ
can, answered a few. Well, who was
the other? A Democrat, said a little
bright eyed fellow. Correct, stand
I'D, for it Is Just like them.
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Friday Night ct the Opera House

The Cleveland Dramatic Company will
play "Fanchon, the Cricket" The
Company have added a few talented
young ladies and gentlemen to their
list, and expect to present "Fanchon"
in It's true light, The proceeds Of the
entertainment will be given to charita-
bic purposes, and it is hoped u peo-
pie will give the Company n large au-
dience. admission, 25 cents; Chill
dren, Is cents,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

A good Republican suggest that III
order TO beat the Democrats next time
the party must run Il old butcher
friend SHERMAN for the Legislature
that he has bought more cows than
ever Frank Lowery did.
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NCtico 10 Emigrauts.

Emigrants going West will do well
% .purchase tickets over the Iron Noun
tain Route. Quick time, close connec-
ions and good accommodations. For
further particulars address
JIM Grow, Agt., Cleveland, Tenn
Ed. i. SIssoN, 4" Chattanooga Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

The editor Of the Newcastle (Pa.)
C0Wdnt has been on a visit to Tennessee,
aud here is what he says about the
looks of the SouTherner: "Ihe South
err. men are nearly all tall, notebook
Ing, and have a gracefulness of car
riagc and ease of manner that attracts
one from the very first, while the pier
cling black eyes that add %eloquence 10
their fiery words, mast break down tie
bulwarks before many a feminine
heart. The ladies, though, are ever
handsomcr than the men. They have
The same wonderful eyes, and have the
f%airest, %softeSt, most beautiful coln-
pleXiOn we ever saw, while in elegant
willowy grace they seem to surpasS
ever The Creoles. We met but few of
them, it is true, and those but in Lou
isville and Nashville, yet these few, in
addition TO those we saw, sufficiently
described the Southern character"
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NOTICE TO
CLEVELAND, Tenn. ,Jl

CLEVELAND, Tenn, June, 1873.
i. LAYNE, Express Agent, is selling
tickets to all points West by the Most
Popular Routes to Texas aud Arkansas
by way of Memphis and Little Rock to
the West by way Of st. Louis & South
eastern Consolidated Railroads from
Nashville, also to Chicago. BY going
these routes you will avoid those long
omnibus changes and everlasting chan
ging of cars, besides direct connection
and the best accommodations.
emo.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Steve Griicy, for outraging a little
girl, is sentenced to be hanged at New
port, Cooke county, Tomorrow week.
An effort is being made TO secure a
rpnrieve from Gov. Porter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

The body of The late A. 7. Stewar'
has been stolen from the family vault
in st. Marks Church graveyard, New
York City. Mrs. Stewart offers S25,OOC
reward for the recovery of the body
and the conviction of the thieves.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Col. Edwards received 1910 votes in
Davidson county. 1t seems as if the
Grcenbackers over there were rather
lively.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14
The New Schedule.

The passenger trains arrive here now
IS follows: Going West, at 5:59 p. m,
and 7:29 a. M; going East, at 1902 p.
III. The mail trains breakfast and sup
Icr here.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Christmas Goods at ScruggS & Steed's
Wholesale aud retail. Stock the lar
gest, goods the finest, and prices the
lowest. Il
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Hogs SLAUGHTERED.

have now ready for use a well ar
ranged slaughter house and will
slaughter Hogs for all parties OH very
reasonable terms. Give me a call.
Oct. 3l-tf. RICHARD KERR.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Advices from our old friend, jim
Roberts, say he Is shipping 'possums
South by the carload.
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Dissolution Notice.

The partnership heretofore existing
between the undersigned has this Cay
been dissolved by mutual consent.
LEWIS WILLIAMS.
CHARLES Z. SMITH.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

Cravat parties are all the rage now
an Atlanta.
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Programme of Teachers Institute, No
10, 1873.

lBJ 1870
10 o'clock--Call to order. Prayer.
Intellectual Arithmetic, NJ. L. Wrin-
kie.
Discussion.
il ek1lack-Practical Arithmetic, W.
ID fipau,
W-
m.-English Grammar, E. D.
asisey'
aahsiscussian'
w. a. Cate.
Discussion.
Teachers are reminded that their
presence is desired and expected at
this meeting.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

The Pennsylvania Legislature set
ties down to a Republican majority Of
40 on joint ballot. This will answer
the purpose.
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GLORIOUS VICTOTY.
comnlcts Election Returns.

Complete LIeCIIOh INtIUTHB'
We have taken the pains to get the
complete returns from every district in
East Tennessee, and we are proud to
cay that in every one the great Cough
Remedy Symphyx has been elected for
tho best cure for coughs eve known.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

5000 old papers for sale at this Of
fee at 30 cents per hundred. The very
thing for wrapping paper-cheoper
than you can buy it elsewhere. If
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-11-14

INSTITUT {
Cleveland, Tennessee
7. c. HARMS, Principal Male
Department.
S. W. TINDELL, Principal
Female Department.
Miss Bessie McGhie, Teacher
Of Music.
John II. Parker, Treasurer.

During the past term 1876 students were
cnro led. Fall Term begins AUG. Sth,
1873. Course of instruction thorough and
comprehensive.
Tuition per month 81 .00; $3.50; S2.OJ
and 800; payable one-third year in ad-
vance. Instrumental music and private les
sons in vocal music each $500 per session
of five months. No extra charge TO Miss
McGhie's pupils for class lessons in vocal
music.
Board in families and rooms for those
wishing to board themselves can be had at
lowest rates.
Cleveland is a healthy, beautiful, and well
locoted town. 1t contains churches Of all
the leading denominations and offers TO stu
dents excellent social and literary adyan-
tages.
For further particulars address either Of
the Principals or "Cieyeland Institute"
June 5, 7S-tf
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As an advertising medium the
HERALD is equal to almost any
paper in the State. 1t has a
large and increasing circula-
ton among the most intel
ligent people Of East Ten
nessee, North Georgia
and Western North Car
DINA, as well as a
liberal patronage in
over half the
States in tho
Union.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27
"I'm q Ounce, Sir"

"What's your namep" a teacher on
in the country asked new pupil.
"I'm Ounce, SIR" replied the boy.
The teachers eyes dilated little, and
thinking he hadn't understood, said:
"What did you sayp''
"I'm Ounce, sir, !" repeated the boy,
who was rather bright-looking lad.
"You're a Ounce, are youP" said the
teacher, smiling.
"No, SIR" said the boy.
"why, didn't you say SOP"
"No, SIR"
"Yes, you did,"
"No, SIR"
The teacher was about to appeal TO
the school to sustain him when
thought struck him, and turning to the
boy he asked:
"What is your first namew
"Isaac, SIR"
"And your next?"
"May, SIR"
The teacher was quivering WIN tx
element now, and he was fairly trem-
bling with eagerners as he asked:
"And the last?"
"Dunn, SIR"
snow say it again, the whole of it,"
shouted the pedagogue.
"I. May Dunn, SIR"
"Boys," yelled the teacher, " always
be careful and be correct and particu-
lar in your pronunciation. Let this be
q warning to you."-Keobak Constiis-
ton.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27

The Governor of Kwang Tung re-
Gently applied to the Chinese Govern
ment for permission to erect a memo
rial structure in honor of the filial de-
votion of young daughter of magis-
trate in Canton. Her father fell i'll, and
she devoted herself to nursing him. At
the end of six months his malady in
creased, and the daughter cut piece of
flesh from her arm, and mixed il with
his medicine. The remedy, however,
proved Intellectual, 90 she vowed to sac
rifce her life to his, and poisoned her
self on the day that her father died.
The Government has sanctioned the
monument.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27
The Pretty Girls at WOrth's.

Olive Logan writes from Paris to the
Cincinnati Commercial: Now every
girl you see at Worth's is dressed in a
masterpiece of the house. Undoubted-
ly these girls are chosen for their fine
figures, and therefore it is not extraor-
binary that some Of them have forms
which would lose nothing by compare
son with the Venuses of the Louvre.
The enchanting peculiarities of these
forms is studied, and the dress is made
in accordance with the figure, instead
of the figure being distorted to meet a
conventional cut of the dress. Take
the English-speaking girl, Miss Mary,
she who does all the talking with the
Americans who can not speak French.
Could any sculptor dream of more
perfect torso than hersp And observe
the Greek suggestion in the cut of the
bodice! Soft folds of rich, pliable India
silk start from the shoulders, and, cross
ing each other like kerchief, are held
down by belt. Nothing less intricate
than this cut could be imagined. A
colored dressmaker from Covington at
rs cents day could make it. Yet that
it should look well a woman should have
the figure of Miss Mary-the long,
slender waist, the sloping shoulders, the
firm, small, young bust. 1t is the fig
ure of Maggie Mitchell enlarged-as
who should say, Famchon grown up to
womanhood and married to her Landry.
All the figures are beautiful, and ev-
cry woman who looks at these girls
says to herself, "Perhaps my figure will
look like that if I buy Worth's dresses"
Now, what do they cost, these dresses
at Worth'sP Well, leaving court trains
and stage costumes entirely out of the
count, and taking only the range of
dresses which private lady would re-
quire, you can get dresses from Worth
anywhere from $50 to $500. FIFTY
dollars!" exclaim many Cincinnati la
dies, 81 can well afford that. What
sort of dress can I getfor. s5OP" Why,
simply little Oxford stripe in washing
goods, Princess shape with two frills
around the bottom of the skirt, and a
Marie Antoinette scarf, with ends to
knot around the shoulder. You can get
a silk and cashmere dress-a good deal
more cashmere than silk-for $3.50.
The thermometer of rates is generally
found to be at 5000 thousand francs.
The introduction of lace into trim
mings of course brings the costup from
$500 to the price of the Stewart Home,
there or Whereabouts.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27

1t was moment Of great confusion.
There were cries and screams. The
bells were still ringing, the cannon fir
ing, and Mr.. Peterkin had just reached
the closing words: I" Our lives, our for
tune, and our sacred honor"
"We are all blown up, as I feared we
should be-" Mrs. Peterkin at length ven-
tured to say, finding herself in lilac
bush by the side of the piazza. She
scarcely dared to open her eyes to see
the scattered limbs about her.
1t was so with all. Even Ann Maria
Bromwich clutched pillar Of the pi-
azza, with closed eyes.
At length, Mr.. Peterkin said, calmly:
els any body killed."
There was no reply. Nobody could
tell whether it was because ev-
cry body was killed, or because they
were too wounded to answer. It was q
great while before Mrs. Peterkin VEN
tured to move.
But the little boys soon shouted with
joy and cheered the success of Solomon
Johns fireworks and hoped he had
some more. One of them had his face
blackened by an unexpected cracker,
and Elizabeth Eliza's dress was burned
here and there. But no one was hurt
no one had lost any limbs, though Mrs.
Peterkin was sure she had seen some
flying in the air. Nobody could under.
stand how, as she kept her eyes firmly
Mrs. Peterkin was extricated from the
lilac.bush. No one knew how she got
there, indeed, the laundering noise had
stunned every body. 1t had aroused
the neighborhood even more than be-
fore. Answering explosions came on
every side, and though the sunset light
had not faded away, the little boys has
tened to send off rockets under cover of
the confusion. Solomon Johns other
fireworks would not go. But all felt
he had done enough.-Lucretsa P. Hale,
in st. Nicholas.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1878-07-27
Shakespeare MOdernized.
HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS.

HAMLET TO THE PLAYERS.
Speak the speech, pray you,
As pronounced 1t to you. trippingly on the
tongue,
But If you mouth 1t, as many Of our players
do,
had as lief Count Joannes had spoke my
lines.
Nor do not saw the air too much
With your hands and feet,
After the fashion OF wind mill or Brother
Talmage,
But use all gently. o, 1t offends me to the
soul
To see robustious, periwig. pated fellow
Tear a passion to tatters, to very rags,
And mop the stage with 1t, so to speak.
Be not too tame, either;
But let discretion be your tutor,
Asst is much cheaper than to take lessons
of a professor of elOcutisn.
Suit the action to the word, and vice versa,
And get in your work in some kind of style.
Any thing overdone is from the purpose of
playing,
Whose end is to hold, as 'twere, the mirror
Up to Nature, that for herself she may see
How her clothes may At, and ascertain
II there is any powder in her ears or eye
brows.
speech overdone, or come tardy OFF,
Though it make the gods in the cocklOft
laugh, ....
Can not but make those in the parquette
Or dress. circle grieve, the censure
Of one of which must in your allowance,
Oerweigh whole theater of others,
For they pay from 81 to $3.50 each.
0, there be players that have seen play,
Not to speak it profanely,
That, neither having the accent of Christians
Nor the gait of Christian, Pagan, nor man,
Have so strutted and beloved
And do not by any means
Refer exclusively to Dr. Landis-
That have been tempted to go out to the
box office,
Murder the treasurer, recover my money,
And set fire to the building.
... OH CITY Derrick.
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FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS.
The Peterkins Celebrate the Fourth of July
Tho dow horon 90 rlu

The day began early.
A compact had been made with the
little boys the evening before.
They were to be allowed to usher in
the glorious day by the blowing of horns
exactly at sunrise. But they were to
blow them for precisely five minutes
only, and no sound of the horns should
be heard afterward till the family were
down stairs.
It was thought that a peace might
thus be bought by short though
crowded period of noise.
The morning came. Even before
the morning, at half-past 8 o'clock, a
terrible blast of the horns aroused the
whole family.
Mrs. Peterkin clasped her hands to
her head and exclaimed: 81 am thank
full the lady from Philadelphia is not
here!" For she had been invited to
stay a week, but had declined to come
before the Fourth as she was not well,
and her doctor had prescribed quiet.
And the number of the horns was
most remarkable! 1t was as though
every COW in the place had risen and
was blowing through both her own
horns!
elbow many little boys are therep
How many have wep" exclaimed Mr..
Peterkin, going over their names one by
one mechanically, thinking he would
do it, as he might count imaginary
sheep jumping over fence, to put him
self to sleep. Alas! the counting could
not put him to sleep now in such a din.
And how unexpectedly long the five
minutes seemed Elizabeth Eliza was
to take out her watch and give the sig
nal for the end of the five minutes and
the ceasing of the horns. Why did not
the signal Gomez Why did not Elizabeth
Eliza stop themp
And certainly it was long before sun
rise; there was no dawn to be seen!
"We will not try this plan again."
said Mrs. Peterkin.
eff five live to another Fourth" added
Mr.. Peterkin, Fastening to the door, to
inquire into the state of affairs.
Alas! Amanda, by mistake, had wax
ed up the little boys an hour too early.
And by another mistake the little boys
had invited three or four of their friends
10 spend the night with them. Mrs.
feierkin had given them permission to
have the boys for the whole day, and
'hey understood the day as beginning
when they went to bed the night before.
This accounted for the number of
horns.
And, in despair of sleep, the family
came down to breakfast.
Mrs. Peterkin had always been much
AFRAID of fireworks, and had never al
lowed the boys to bring gunpowder in
70 the house. She was even afraid of
'orpedoes; they looked so much like
sugar plums she was sure some of the
children would swallow them, and ex-
piode before any body knew it.
In consideration, however, of the fact /.
mat they had had no real celebration of
me Fourth the last year, Mrs. Peterkin /
nAd consented TO give over the day, this /
year, to the amusement of the family as
centennial celebration. She would !