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Ex.Gov. Noyes on the Stan d.

France, was next sworn. He said in the fan
of 1876, during the election canvass In Florida,
ne was at Tallahassee; went to Florida with.
(Noyes) knew without his knCWledge. The
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-28

Mr.. d. W. HARRINGTON, at present chief
clerk of the Treasurer's office, will be appoint
ed on the lst of July chief of the division of
accounts of the Treasury in the place of The
OphiluS French, appointed auditor of Pacific
railroads; and Charles Lyman, at present a
clerk in the office. of the Secretary, will be
made chief clerk of the Treasurer'S Office
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Hathorne,
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Seltzsr,
Vichy,
Missisduoi,
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These, and al other Mineral Waters, per bottle
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

~ THE STATED MEETING OF THE
ny MEDICAL SOCIETY, ID. c., will be held
MONDAY, July 1st. at pm.
J. F. THOMPSON, n. D., President.
G. II. A. MIDT, NJ. d., Sec'y.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17
The EnIdemIc of Drunkenness

Drunkenness has been by many be-
lieyed to be on the Increase, at any rate
in higher circles. 1t is curious to note
that Just one hundred and fifty years
ago an epidemic OF drunkenness seemed
to break out in England. The passion
for gin drinking had got hold of the
masses, and the result was, in London
at least, that increase in the population
was almost wholly checked. Before
gin became so popular the consumption
of beer was enormous. Almost third
of the arabic land in the country was
devoted to barley. In 1888, with a
population of 100000, very nearly r.
100000 barrels of beer were brewed.
Up to this time the distilleries were
very insignificant, and French brand
les were too dear for the masses. But
the hatred of France led to the en-
couragement of home distilling; the
trade was thrown open, and in 1859 the
importation of foreign spirits was alb
solutely prohibited. Then gin-drink-
ing began, and in 1875 the British dis
tilleries manufactured nearly 5,5OO,OOO
gallons. Gin-cellars, where men could
get "drunk" for penny, dead drunk
for twopence, and have straw for moth
ing" abounded, Hogarth's Beer
Street" is bad enough, but his "Gin-
Lane" Is so horrible that, but for CO.
temporary descriptions, we should
deem it an exaggeration. Legislation
endeavored to check the evil, but lay
ing on a heavy duty merely produced
great deal of Illicit distilling. The
consumption arose to more than H.
OOO, 900 gallons, and Fielding prophesi-
ed that "if the drinking of this poison
is continued at its present height for
the next twenty years, there will be
but very few of the common people left
to drink it "
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17

A drinking man can supply himself
easily with the remedies used at nearly
all the inebriate asylums, and be his
own physician at his own home without
the necessary expense and publicity of
visiting the Washingtonian Home or
any other reformatOry institution. His
laboratory need contain only small
quantity of Cayenne pepper, a pot of
concentrated extract of beef and a few
grains of bromide of potassium. When
the desire for drink recurs, make tea
from the pepper, as strong as can be
taken with any degree of comfort,
sweeten it with milk and sugar, and
drink. This tea will supply the same
place as glass of liquor would fill,
and will leave no injurious effect be-
hind. Repeated daily, or so often as
the appetite returns, it will be but a
few days before the sufferer will have
become disgusted with the taste of the
tea, and with the appearance Of this
disgust disappears the taste for liquor.
The fact is proven every day. The ex-
tract of beefis to be made into beef tea,
according to the directions on the pot,
in quantities as may be needed for the
time being, and furnishes a cheap,
easily digestible and healf .iy nutriment,
it being made to stay on the stom-
ach " when the heavier articles of food
would be rejected. The bromide of po-
tassium is to be used carefully, and
only in cases of extreme nervousness,
the dose being from fifteen to twenty
grains, dissolved in water. This is a
public exhibit Of the method of treat
ment adopted in the inebriate asylums.
In addition thereto, the drinking man
should surround himself with infiu-
ences which tend to make him forget
the degrading associations Of the bar
room, and lift him upward. He should
endeavor, so far as his business avOca-
tions will permit, to sleep, breathe and
eat regularly, and obey the laws of
health. BY the adoption Of this course
energetically and sincerely, no man
who has the will to reform can fail to
do so. Hundreds and thousands can
attest the truth of this statement.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17
CLEVELAND, TENN, OCTOBER II, 1878.

story of a half-breed of my acquain-
tance:
This hybrid individual was by occu-
patton a UOydgeur in summer I'D a
trapper and hunter in the winter sea-
son. His mental calibre was very or
dinary, being unable to read or write,
and his habit, apathetic, living much
alone. Some of his ponies having
strayed of upon the prairie during the
winter months, he went in quest of
them. The prairie was the native heath
to him, which he had trod from infancy
with the same assurance that ordinary
mortals walk the pavement. He had
no fear Of being lost. Every depression
in the snOw-clad earth; every stunted
shrub, was landmark to guide him
on his way. Yet, after an absence of
half day, a storm arose that obscured
the landmarks, and despite all his
prairie craft, he found himself lost.
He accepted the situation, and knowing
that any efforts to extricate himself
until after the subsidence of the storm
would only prove fruitless, set about
making preparations for his safety
from freezing. He attached himself to
a clump of cottonwood trees as land
mark, and walked In circle about it..
Night came on, and he still walked.
Day followed, and night again found
him still walking, and the storm un-
abated. At length his moccasins wore
off his feet. He took the long "mili-
taires from his hands and tied them
on in lieu of shoes. Then he walled
on through the third, fourth and fifth
days and nights, supporting life by
chewing his leather hunting shirt. The
sixth morning found his feet frozen,
and striking the beaten path like bits of
wood; his hands were in like condi-
ton, and his face little better. During
the day, however, some wandering In
dians discovered him in an apparently
dying condition. They took him to a
neighborlng fort, and after the surgeon
had bereft him of portions of both
hands and feet, and taken piece from
his face, he got well.
When found by the Indians, it is
worthy of remark that, with the excep-
tion of exhaustion, the man was mem
tally more acute than when he was
first lost. During all those fearful days
and nights the combination of terror,
despair, and, above all, longing for hu-
man cOmpaniOnship, had striven
against that dull intellectually and
apathetic temperament in vain. There
was an indifference to, an ignorance of,
the finer parts of the torture which eff
fectually shielded him from danger. He
simply did not know enough to exper-
ience any of the feelings which would
have wrecked higher order of inteill-
gence.
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Analysis of a Tornado.

Professor Brewer says no one can tell
what makes a tornado. There are ma
ny theories concerning the cause.
know of five hundred persons, each of
whom has different theory. Light
ming always plays leading part in the
disturbance. In some tornadOes the
exhibition of electricity is grand.
There is no particular hour at which
they are formed. but they usually take
place in the afternoon, for 1t is then
that hot day becomes most sultry. In
the northern latitudes the rotary mo-
ton is always from the right to the
left. The column is funnel shaped the
small part being on the earth. Itsways
from side to side frequently, and some
times bounds like a ball. The move
ment is either to the east, southeast or
northeast. 1t is agreed that this lorna
do had all the characteristics Of other
tornadoes.
| measured the bluff at the lake lin
Wallingford) where the tornado was
formed, and found it to be about thirty
five feet in height. The cone rose up
on this, and the damage it inflicted
shows it to have been from four hun
dred to four hundred and fifty feet
wide. 1t was not powerful enough to
uproot trees outside Of this. 1t crossed
the railroad track nearly at right an
giles and about six hundred feet wide.
At Colony street it was seven hundred
or seven hundred and fifty feet in
wldth-that is it was enough to tear
down houses within this limit. From
the lake to this point was the space in
which it displayed its greatest energy.
The cone was solid there or nearly so
at Its bottom, so that its centre was as
destructive as its outside lines. AS it
approached the hill it broadened to
,aAQnt luiaifR u6set, and over this space un-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17
Vivier's Ecoentricity.

Vivier, the eccentric Frenchman, who
has made it the business of his life to
worry the custom-house inspectors of
all European countries, has returned
to France His wont formerly was to
pack huge trunk full Of trousers
straps such as are worn with CATERS
using hydraulic pressure, if it were ne
cessary, to cram five bushels into a
three bushel space, then to lure the in
spector to open it as suspicious pack
age, when naturally, the contents were
overset, and the whole force of the Gus
tom house was occupied for hours put
ting them back.
A powerful jack-in-the-box was
another device Of his that was very sue
cessful, His latest performance at Bo-
logne is thus recOunted:
Vivier placed his valise and travelling
sack on the counter.
"What is in this travelling sack?"
"Two rattlesnakes," said Vivier, very
meekly.
The inspector jumped back, and said
it was unnecessary to open it.
"And in this valise?"
"Three more rattlesnakes," softly re-
sponded Vivier.
The inspector knitted his brows for a
moment, consulted tariff guide,
and replied in an awful voice:
''That makes five rattlesnakes. There
is no duty on rattlesnakes, unless there
are six or more. Pass the gentleman's
luggage"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17
Rain Guages.

An Australian meteorologist, M.
Dimes, has called attention to source
of error in the use Of the rain guage,
that may, under certain circumstances
decidedly vitiate its reliability. He
has observed, namely, that the amount
of rain fall which two instruments will
register will depend notably on their
respective distances from the ground.
From the result of experimental trials
conducted during one year, with two
instruments placed respectively at the
height of fifty feet and four feet from
the ground, the lower guage registered
twenty-seven per cent. more rain fall
than the upper one, and that OCCASION
ally when a rainfall was accompanied
by high wind, the lower one showed
two or ,yen three times as much as the
upper. He attributes the discrepancy
to the greater disturbance suffered by
the elevated guages from the action of
the wind, and cautions meteorologists
that the readings of rain guages cannot
be taken to be reliable unless made
with instruments suspended at a uni
form height from the ground.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17

book, | sat still in the shadow IL was
growing dark, and could only see to
read the heading which was printed in
large type-one of my uncle's sermons.
There was the title, Vincit Veritds"-
"rruth Conquers."
"Vincn Veritds'-"Truth conquers, ~
repeated /, again and again, until the
words seemed burnt into my very brain
until | could think of nothing else
until, in a moment of impatience,
l threw the book on the floor, making
Guy, who was just enclosing his letter
in an envelop, start from his chair.
Then, with another lie on my lips, l
apologized, saying had no idea he was
there.
"Miss Vivian has kept her room all
day" he said, rather nervously. MAY
ask if you will give her that letter?
must take the nine o'clock train for
London.
And he gave the letter into my ready
hands.
left the room, ostensibly on my er-
rand; but instead of going upstairs |
went out into the garden, down the
path, opened the gate, and stood in the
chestnut tree avenue.
fno reply came, Guy would 90 away
and my scheming would have
triumphed.
Yet, as 1 walked, IcOuld not get that
old sermon out of my head, and "Vincit
VeritdS" seemed ringing in my ears.
Fairly haunted by that old sermon, l
turned and hastily walked back, entered
the house; and as the old clock in the
hall was striking eight, l met Guy at
the door of the library, with his face
white, and his lips drawn down, as
with sudden pain.
"You gave Miss Vivian my letter."
he asked.
/ hesitated.
The lying eyes" was on on my lips !;
but there was the old clock ticking
"Vincit VeritdS" as plainly as it could
tick anything; so, with an effort, l
swallowed the eyes" and answered
"No; am going up with it now!"
Twas as if he had been in the last
stage of fstarvation and had offered him
a bit of bread, to see the look of hope
and hungry joy that leapt into his eyes.
rushed up stairs into Madge's room,
and tossing the letter into her lap, left
her.
| heard her go down to Guy, and the
library door shut, and then entering
my little room with the oriel window,
through which the stars blinked pitt
fully, l thought, l threw myself on the
bed, and there sObbed forth my grief
and repentance.
Well, they were married soon after;
and they have been, and are still, very
happy indeed.'
And am happy, too-at least, so far
as woman can be who Is utterly alone.
l live very quietly and comfortably,
and have been the recognized old maid
of the little town for longer than | care
to remember; but there are many pleas
ant things even in the life of an old
maid, and sol may truly say am happy.
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sitiOn, being actually sitting under and
astride OF the large upper footsteps OF
the engine, our utmost exertions proved
unavailing. / looked up helplessly into
the face OF the stoker, which showed
all the symptoms of despsiring agony,
as he walled, "Oh, my God his head
will be dashed to pieces on the Stag al
Royton cutting" ] shall never forget
the tone in which these words were
uttered, as the poor fellow stood in the
twilight holding on by the foot of his
comrade. "Shut off the steam and
whistle to the guards" he shouted, as
If the omission TO do so had just oc-
CURED to him. l hastened to do as di-
rected, and managed the first part of
the order successfully; but, after re-
peated wrenching and twisting at sew
eral cocks and handles, managed TO
emit sound very unlike brake whis-
tie. "Put on the brake" he again
shouted. did so, and felt greatly re-
lieved as / noticed our speed rapidly
lessening. We were now approaching
the dreadful Stag with which part Of
the line was ballasted, and could no.
tice the dismay of the stoker as he alter
nately gazed to the front and then to
the head of his cOmrade, which was, If
possible, still nearer the ground, and
ever and anon striking violently against
the hard sleepers. His hands were
gradually relaxing their meagre hold
of the foOtstep. felt that the moment
had arrived when something must be
done to save the poor fellows life; but
ere could decide what would be best,
[ was Mortified to hear the stoker cry
out, "Let go;" and at the same Instant
the driver rolled over the embankment.
To give two short, sharp whistles, re-
verse the engine, and put the brake
hard down was the work of but a few
seconds to the practiced hand of my
companion, and it brought the Grain to
a stand within a short distance. We
were soon by the side Of the driver,
whom we found, TO our delight and sur
prise, instead of a mangled corpse, only
a little stunned from the fall and few
slight bruises on the head, where 1t
had come in contact with the sleepers.
We lifted him on the engine, and
drove in safely to the end of our
iOurneV.
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Pulling up the shirt sleeves and
slightly moistening the palms of the
hands-Step over here a minute; | wish
to see you.
Stepping up behind a man, grasping
him by the scruff of the neck, and ad-
vancing rapidly-Please follow me.
Putting fore finger to right eye and
drawing down lower lid-Don't you
(or do YOU wish you had it!
Nonchalently chucking a brick or
other light object on top of mans
tile-Who's your halter?
Taking a mans nose between your
fore and second fingers, and slightly
changing the position of same-I adj
dress myself to you.
Abruptly altering the angle of a
mans coat-talls by insinuating your
boot-toe under them--Do not linger.
Putting the point Of your elbow be-
tween any two of mans ribs, and
iarring his internal economy-We are
observed.
Doubling up your fist and placing it
fimly upon the bridge Of mans nose
| love you, but not devotedly or pas
sionately.
Grasping a mans ear between your
(upper and lower jaws, and gently work
kng the jaws-My heart is another's.
Lifting another person up In your
hmAsna walking in any specified di-
sAaue with me.
W ARgg the chair on which
\, N, A "A (, N N. v. n h down-We are not
4 v M | btu sextant constructed
rs OF one hand outspread,
VA AN Ltering on the nose--Fare-
" parting is forever.
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schouvaloff In his Russian Home.

Count Schouvaioff dwells In q mod.
est but comfortable house, facing the
wood market on the canal st. Peters
burg. The broken and unequal pave
ment opposite is piled with birch logs,
which men and women Of the roughesi
class pile upon crazy carts in the mar
row roadway. The canal is choked
with barges that squeeze in and ouI
with unceasing appeal to the saints OF
invocations OF the arch-enemy. Though
small and unassuming in comparison
with abOdes all Of families less ancient
and less distinguished than his own,
there is something pleasantly charac-
teristic about Count SchouvalOff's house,
warmth and quaintness and homely
look which one tancies, enormously
perhaps, to be native of the soil. AS
cending a short staircase from the en-
trance hall, one enters low room, un-
carpeted and barely furnished, yet
agreeable. At one end is an old bureau
of marqueterie; under the window a
table; chairs and sofas round the walls.
A low flight of steps descending into
the room itself gives something Oriental
TO its appearance. Through the open
door above one sees a suite of chambers,
low, half lighted, filled with furniture
which has look of comfort, lined with
pictures. The Count enters, dressed
in Generals uniform, and laughingly
informs the curious visitor that he is
very glad to see and talk with him, but
that he has nothing to say. The fur
thest room of the suite mentioned Is his
study, and sitting before the table, he
explains that his honor is pledged to
keep silence; meanwhile he plays with
letters and dispatches, which one re-
CARDS with unhOly longing, while the
laughter in his eyes frankly mocks your
curiosity. Other diplomats keep their
own faces shaded, while putting the
interviewer in full light but Count
SchOuvaloff is above a manGuvre like
that. With many droll expressions OF
commiseration for your disappointment,
he relates how statesmen and editors
called on him before leaving England
with this idea or that, and how he vow
ed to them every one that the secret
should be kept.
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A Thrilling Adventure.

John X. Large, the well known at
torney, had singular and somewha
thrilling experience at his home II
Freedom, Beaver county, Pa, recently
Mr.. Large was the possessor of TIVE
large dogs, who were very affectionate
and followed him about in all his ram
bles in the vicinity Of his home. HI
took a walk, and the dogs accompanied
him, according to custom, and when h'
returned to his house. one of the ami
mails went to sleep in the front yard
Mr.. Large was sitting upon the porch
reading, when suddenly the dog gave d
loud, peculiar yell, and, jumping up
started furlously in the direction of hi:
master. The saliva was flowing from
the animals mouth profusely, and his
appearance was such as was calculated
to strike terror TO the stOutest heart
Mr.. Large had barely time to jump
from the chair upon which he was sit
ting, to pick it up and get it in position
to fend off the rabid attacks Of the dog.
Mr.. Large's daughter came upon the
porch. and noticing the movements OF
the brute, at once exclaimed, "Father,
the dog is mad % Mr.. Large's son then
came to the assistance of his father with
a chair, and the two men stood for sew
eral minutes warding off the attacks OF
the infuriated beast, but afraid to raise
their chairs to strike lest he would
meanwhile succeed in biting one OF
them. Mr.. Large told his children to
go into the house and lock themselves
up in one of rooms, which they did.
Soon after the dog went into the house
and ran through the several rooms that
were open, leaving the droppings OF
his saliva on the chairs, tables and other
articles of furniture. Finally he jump
ed from the third story window and ran
away. The daughter had in the mean
time alarmed the neighbors, and having
armed themselves with guns, pistols,
clubs and other weapons, they started
in pursuit of the mad dog. After about
two hours search they discovered him
coming up over the hill near the river,
and starting after him they ran him in
to the water and fired several shots into
his body, which soon ended his life.
AS the other dog had been bitten by the
mad one, he, too, was shot. This was
undoubtedly case of hydrophobia
brought on by the extreme heat of the
weather.
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for him. The minutest trail or track is
visible to him. He sees a twig broken,
and it tells the story of a passing ami
NAL an upturned pebble on the beach
tells the hour When the animal drank.
He will distinguish the trail Of a wagon
on the prairie years after it has passed; !;
the grass, he says, never grows the
same. There is not sign of the rest
less wind that is unintelligible to him.
He will take straight course in one
direction over the plains, where 10
landmarks can be seen, on days when
the sun Is not visible, nor q breath of
air stirring. The halt-breed or Indian
never gets lost. If he he caught in a
storm upon the plain, his escape be-
comes simply a question of physical
endurance. OF lower order of culture,
and of a solitary habit, he is scarcely
susceptible of the mental tortures that
PROSTATE the white man. As an Illus
tration Of this fact let me tell you the
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-10-17
THE VALLEY OF SILENCE.

But far on the deep there are billows
That never shall break on the beach
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams in the valley,
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the valley,
All, me! How my spirit was stirred
They wear holy wells on their faces,
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard
They pass down the valley like virgins
Too pure for the touch OF word
Do you ask me the place OF this valleyf
To hearts that are narrowed by care,
IL lieth afar between mountains,
And God and His angels are there;
And one is the dark mountain of sorrow,
And one the bright mountain of prayer