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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
ACHES AND PAINS.
Dr.. Railways Regulating Pills,

Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated, for the
cure OF all disorders Of the stomach, liver, bow
els, Kidneys, bladder, nervous diseases. head.
ache, constipation, Indigestion, dyspepsia, bill.
lousness. bill Gus fever, inflammation OF the bow.
els, piles, and all deran ements OF The internal
Viscera. Warranted 10 eject . positive cure.
Price 70 cents per boz.
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Rheumatism.OuickIy Cured.

'Durang's Rheumatic Remedy" the great
Internal Medicine, will p sitively cure any case
of rheumatism on the face of the earth. Price
81 a bottle, six bottles So, So d by all Drug
gists. Send for circular to Helpenstine d
Bentley, Druggists, Washington. d. @.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

The following correspondence passed
between a gentleman who had loaned a
friend one hundred dollars and his
friend:
"Dear Sir-In closing my books | find
that you are indebted to me n hundred
dollars. Please remit. Yours, etc."
"Dear sir-In opening mine ] find
that l haven't a cent, so | can't. Yours,
etc.v
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

CITRoN MELoN.-Two lemons to one
pound melon, equal weight of sugar for
the fruit. Take out the pulp of the
melon, cut it in thin slices, and boil in
water till tender. Take it out, and boil
in the same water twenty minutes.
Take out the lemon, boil the sugar in
the same water, adding a little more if
necessary. When the syrup is clear put
in the melon and boil a few minutes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

DELICIOUS BROWN BREAD. Two
ctffee-cups of corn-meal, one cottee-cup
of molasses, Il quart Of sweet skim
milk, one tablespoonful salt, one OF
Saleratus and two eggs; stir with flour
or shorts about as stiff as for cake, bake
in a pudding dish. This is excellent,
and testing it you will pronounce 1t
uOOd
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

ABOUT CosMETICs.-The hands are
improved by wearing gloves that fit
closely, especially If they are of soft
castor or dog skin. In most cases, all
that is needed to soften the hands is to
rub sweet almond oil into the skin two
or three days In succession. A quicker
way in the country is to hold the
hand on a rapidly turning grindstone a
moment or two. 1t leaves the palm,
forefinger and thumb satin smooth, and
removes callositles incredibly quick,
taking Off bad stains at the same time.
Rubbing the hands with a raw potato
will remove many kinds of vegetable
stains. Rubbing the hands well with
almond oil, and plastering them with
as much fine chalk as they can take, on
going to bed, will usually whiten them
in three days time. This hint may be
of service before a party of consequence,
Walnut bark, stepped a week In
Cologne, gives a dye that is transient,
for the eyebrows and lashes. 1t is easily
applied with a brush each day, and has
instant effect.
For causing the eyebrows to grow
when lost by fire, use the sulphate of
quinine-fve grains in an ounce of
alcohol.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A MAN with a red face, and looking
rather shabby, called at a house in the
country one Sunday and asked for a
drink of cider. The lady Of the estab-
lishment refused, telling him that she
could not accommodate him. he urged
her, assuring her that she had better do
so, for some persons had entertained
angels unawares. eyes" she said, 81
know that; but angels don't go about
drinking cider on Sundays"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

He WAS so drunk that he could not
walk, could scarcely move, and only
partially %articulate. A friend of his
came up and upbraided him. "If | were
In your place." said the friend, "I'd go
out in the woods and hang myself"
"If (hic) you were in my place, how
(hic) the deuce (hic) would you get to
(hic) the woodsP" was the squelching
reply,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

DON'T IRRTTArR YOUR LUNGS with a stubborn
Cough when n remedy safe and Ger ain as Dr.
Jayne's XXI ectOra : can be so easily procured
sorj Throat aud Lungs are specify helped oy lt'
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DOMESTIC.

CONCLUSIONS or CHILDREN. - The
brain and nervous system OF an infant,
especially TO its third year, owing TO
their immaturity and dellcacy of struc-
ture, are extremely impossible and
liable 10 arrangements from which con-
WILSON'S will readily ensue, on the ap-
plication of even the slightest causes.
The most formidable, and probably the
most fatal diseases 10 which infants are
subject, are commissions, which attack
those Of different constitutions, at all
ages, and under diverse circumstances.
They may be connected with disease of
the head and spine, and they may occur
during the course Of fevers or other
diseases. Anything which will irritate
or deTange the brain and nervous system
will give rise to commissions in children.
The most frequent causes are, improper
food, overlooking the infants stomach,
unhealthy milk Of the mother or nurse,
want of cleanliness, teething, worms,
falls or blows on the head, sudden
mental emotions, etc. For treatment,
determine by careful observation the
cause; II from q neglect Of proper care
and living, remove the cause at once,
and If after special attention to such
causes, a cure has not been effected, call
your physician, not one Of the INT
DOCTORS" but your family doctor, and
not resort to the advertised nostrums
which promise much but accomplish
nothing.
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Urinary and Womb Diseases, Gravel, Diabetes,
Drop,y, Stoppage OF Water, Incontlnence OF
Urine, Bright's Disease, Albuminurla, and In all
cases where there are brick-dust deposits, or the
water Is thick, cloudy, mixed with substances
IKE the white OF an egg, or threads like white
sllk, or there is a morbid, dark, bilious appear
ance and white bone-dust deposit, and when
there is a pricking, burning sensation when
passing water, and pain in the small OF the back
and ulong the loins. Sold by druggists. PRICE,
ONE LILA
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Black Bass.

A HOUSEHOLDER advertises rooms to
let to gentleman with gas.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

ANYTHING TIKI MATTER?-When the
parent went into the parlor to look for
his newspapers he came suddenly upon
his daughter and her young man with
their faces so tightly glued to each
other that they didn't notice his entry.
"Aheml 7" he observed.
The twain started, and came to the
light with faces that bore every appear
ance of having just been drawn out of a
furnace.
Anything the matter ?" grimly asked
the old gentleman.
81 think we must have tainted" said
she in a whisper.
"Humphl What made you faint9"
he inquired suspiciously.
This was such a poser that she sank
back exhausted, leaving her companion
to carry them safely forth. With an
awful wrench at his faculties he gulped
out
81 think there must be poison in the
wall paper"
The old gentleman collapsed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

CdStor-oiI was formly employed only
as a medicinal agent; but now Its uses
in the arts are manifold, and its manu-
facture has come to be a considerable
industry. st. Louis is the centre of this
industry in the United States, and
nearly all the castor-beans grown In
this country are produced within u
circle of about 200 miles south and
southwest of that city. The chief uses
of castOr-oil in the arts are, according
to the Shoe and Leather Reporter, as a
lubrlcator for coach and carriage axles,
in the manufacture of the best shoe
backing, as a dressing for ~calf-skins,
for freeing boots, as a substitute for
neat's-foot oil, and keeping leather soft,
mellow and pliable. Crude castor oil is
used largely in the manufacture OF
morocco. 1t will not "fry" or ''gum,"
and imparts softness and weight, and
leather prepared with it remains mel
low and pliable. The crop of castor
beans for the year 1875 was 300, 49S
bushels; In 1875 the crop was only
about one-half as large. Last year a
firm in st. Louis made, from $4,000
bushels of beans, 1000 barrels az
gallons each) of crude castor-oil.
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SCIENTIFIC.

The NeD Egyptian CottOn.-The BAH
milan cotton, a new kind Of plant not
long since discovered In Menoufeh,
Egypt, is puzzllng botanlsts to deter
mine whether 1t is 8 hybrid or some
foreign kind a~ccldently brought into the
country. IL appears TO be a cross be-
tween the Bahmian Hibiscus es~culentus)
and the ordinary plant (Gossgpium bar
bddeHse), the former having fertilized
the latter at the time Of blooming. The
new plant presents marked characters.
tics. IL has several straight stalks, Of
which the largest grow TO a height Of
about three yards. In place Of branches
there are two or three pods, springing
from the junction Of the leaves and the
stem which they surround. While the
ordinary kinds Of cotton resemble a
shrub or bush, with one or more stems
carrying a number of branches, some
times mcch extended, bearing the pods
Though often with intervals OF two,
three, or four leaves, without any at
their junctlon), the leaves Of the Bah
milan cotton are large, strongly In
dented, and ola much darker green
than those of the other plants. The
flower is yellow with interior purple
spots, very like the ordinary cottons,
though generally rather larger and
carried on long stalks. The report of
the Egyptian Government on the plant
points out that if 1t be a hybrid, the fact
Is of great Importance scientifically, for
such instances are rare in horticultural
records between species so different;
ond rhoea u,hich hava haan nrndupad IN
this time are generally sterile, while the
new plant is more fruitful than the
ordinary description. Last year all the
great Egyptian growers tried the seed,
and the crop is reported to be from
6,720 to 1850 lbs. per acre. 1t is
claimed that this will Increase nearly 30
per cen with carefully selected seed and
plants not overcrowded.
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HUMOROUS.

"RId IN Your BoOMs."-A sailor was
recently OBVIOUSLY attempting TO make
his way along the crowded sidewalk in
front Of Fulton Market when n Of his
eyes-Or, as he expressed 1t, his "port
side-light"-came violently In contact
with the ferule of a large, brown ging-
ham umbrella which a venerable Quaker
gentleman was carefully carrying under
his arm. "Rig in your booms!" shouted
the enraged mariner; "what the blue
blazes do you mean by workin' through
a crowded roadstead In sich a lubberly
fashion as that?"
"Friend," was the mild reply, 81
presume that 1t is my umbrella that
thou art apostrophizing."
eyes in be blowed," said the wrath.
full tar catching at the sound of the last
syllables of the big word; sit was
blasted near putin my eyes out; if you
can't rig her up for an awnin' or use
her for a settin' pole, why the devil
don't you leave her at homer"
"Thy speech is rough and thy manner
Is Violent" was the still mild response;
'but there is much of justice in thy
plea, and if thou wilt come with me
into the adjacent saloon we will take
comfort together"
"All right, my DO" (the mariner was
placated); "you couldn't say it better
If you'd been to sea all your nat'ral life.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

The first patent Issued in the, United
States Government was to Samuel Hop
kins, on July 81, 179J, for making pot or
pearl ashes. Patents were issued 0U
modes OF making candles, f1ur, and
meal, later in the same year; aud in
l79l Francis BARLEY was granted let-
ters for ''punches or types" Also in
that year patents were lssued for GriV-
Ing piIea, for bridges, machines, for
threshing grain, for improveme enLs in
distilling, propelllng boats by cattle, aud
improvements OF steam engines. In 1872
as patented a canvas conductor TO BE-
used when houses are on fire, which may
have been the original Of the lute patent
hre-escape. An improved mode oil turning
u spit was patented in 1893; also a stove
of oast-irOn. A. machine for cutting
nails was patented by Josiah G. Peerson
on March %, 1894. A new mode OF catch
ing ish was patented in 1895, since
whloh time innumerabie laws have been
enacted to compel people to catch them
by the old process. Removing pains by
metallic points was patented IN 1895, an d
the first improvement In pianOfOrtes is
recorded in the same year; also stays
for removing oistortiOns in the
spine. A soap-st0ne stove was pat.
ented in 1877. Bilious pills wore
first patented in 1876, etemiuate ropery
for spinning rope yarn in 1899, aud a
washing and wringing machine, the Ca.
yabar, 10 1890. Ebenezer Nv hitting re-
ceived patent for cotton gin on jan
uary %, 1901. An Improvement for man
ufacturing paper from husks was pat.
ented December 80, 1893, and an apple
parer 1854 A patent lor finding salt
| water auu metals was granted in 1893
In 1894 a patent was issued for an i'm,
provement in tho bedsteaJ, SO oon.
structed that it may be taken down and
removed by one person in case of fire OF
on other occasions with much ease and
expedition. In 1904 the Government fell
she value of an improvement In gaIlows,
or iuspendsrs for breeches, pantaloons
| or trowsers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

HER FAITH IN THE PARsoN.-A Boston
correspondent tells u story OF Rev. Dr..
Stone, a pastor Of Park-street Church
back In "the almost forgotten past" DR..
stone owned a wel;-matcbed pair OF
horses, rather given 10 speed, which he
drove In to church on Sunday from his
home in the Roxbury district. In his
congregation was dear, sanity old
lady-a Yeritable mother in lsrael-whO
loved her pastor aud would not tolerate
the thought that ne could do anything
wrong. As she was being logged along
the mill-dam road In the family carriage
Sunday morning, on her way to ohurcnv,
accompanied by her son, the pastors
team bore down upon them at $3.50
gait, it being little late, and passed
them like flash. the doctor holding the
relus. "That reckless mani" exclaimed
the dlm-sightsd old LADY, "to be SO =
mindful OF the LORDS uayp why,
mother" answered the sor, "that is Dr.
Stone" is itT" she said, IN momentary
ooDlusion; out added, as her faith re-
asserted lLsei " he dear man-l sup
pUse he couldn't hold tlemV'
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PROPOS AIS.
PROPOSALS FOR ARMY WAGONS,
AMBULANCES AND HARNESS.
WAR DEPARTMENT.

" ASHlSGTDS, January H. 1910. J
Q EALED PkOPU, ,ALS, IN rRIPLCATE,
y will he received at the Office Of each, the
Depot QuarGrrmhster at Warrington. -, c.,
Philadelphia, Penn, Jefcrsoayiile, Iud.. and
Fort LeaveuWorth, Kansas until II O'clock NJ.
at W ashington, i2:07 p. M. at Philadelphia,
IL rs "A. NJ. at Jefersonville. and 1850 A. NJ. at
Fort Leavenworth, February IL, 1873, at which
times and places they viii be opened in tho
prescnce OF bidders, for furnishing one hum
dred (l09) six-mule Amy Wagons, hfty (i0)
Wagons for two or four horses or mules,
twenty i've (25) Ambulance Wagons, Army
pattern, one hundred and fifty i50} sets Of
six-lnuIe army wagon Harness. complete, and
seVenty-nve (7j) sets four-inuie ambulance
Harness, complete; dc iyeries TO be made at
either the Philadelphia, T JeGGrs0nvIle or Fort
LeayenWorth Depols, as may be required. Buds
will be made accordingly.
Deliveries are TO commence within thirty
DAYS from date OF contract ami be completed
within sixty days from date thereof. The
Wagons, AmDulanceS, and Harness to be in
exact accordance with the prescribed specl6-
cations therefor, OF DrSt-cass material an d
workmanship, aud be subject to rigid inspec- =
ton before acceptance, and all found not up to
the required standard to be rejected and re-
moved at contractors expense, within ten
days after notice OF such rejection. Proposals
will be received for any portion OF the sup
plies
The Government reserves the right to reject
any and all proposals.
x preference Will be given to articles Of do
mestic production, aud to articles OF domestic
production and manufacture produced on the
Pacific coast to the extent of the supplies re-
uuirou for the service Oh that coast, conditions
OF price and quality beng equal Blank pro.
posals, and printed specifications, as well as
any further information, will be furnished OF
application, by either OF the Depot Quarter
masters herein mentioned.
Proposals should be addressed to either tht
Deport Quartermaster at " ashingtOn, Phila
delphia. j, ffer3Onville or Fort Leavenworth
I pN,ER
W agons." .""W aGons for wo OF four horses OF
mules" "Ambulances," "Six mule Army
Wagon Harness." or "tour-niule AmDulanc,
| Harness" as the case may be.
STEW ARR VAN VLIET,
Acting Quartermaster General. Bvt Maj. Gen
| Us. A. jal4-Gt
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Sad Suicide.

Christian Dubbs, rtty-one years old,
committed suicide late yesterday even
Ing by hanging himself in shed in the
rear Of his residence, No. 50 Bremen, be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets. Dubbs was for number OF
years strongly addicted TO drink. About
nine months ago his wife died, ami from
that time he has boon constantly suffer
Ing from melancholy.
After the death OF his wife be lived
for some time with his son Jacob, at As
Stark street. He then went back 10
Brtmen street and lived with his mar
ried daughter, Mrs. Young. Sunday
last be made the rounds OF his relatives
aud bade them good-by, saying that he
was going to Hamilton. He seemed un.
usually depressed yesterday, and In th e
afternoon proceeded to the shed. re.
ferred to above, and hung himself. He
was found some hours afterwards by u
little boy named Chandltn, and on the
lattei's cries for help was cut down.
An inques! was held this morning
and verdict returned in conformity to
the above facts.
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make four hundred and eighty to each
minute; in an hour, twenty-eight thous-
and; in day OF only Ave hours, one
hundred and forty.lOur thousand, and in
a year OF three hundred days, forty three
million, two hundred thousand. The
man " ho made one million strokes with
pen In month was not at all remark
able. Many men, newspaper men for
instance, make four millions. Here we
have 10 the aggregate, mark OF three
hundred miles long to be traced on paper
by each writer in \ year. in making
eaoh letter Of the ordinary alphabet We
must make from three to seven OF the
pen-or an average OF three and half to
four.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

Messrs. Williams & Nance, No. IA
West Fourth street, Cincinnati, branch
house OF 8. BrainArd's Sons, CleVe-
land, have published The following
music books:
"SOngs Of FLith", q collection OF ga
ored songs TOR devotional, revival and
camp meeting So, vices, By J. Il. Ten
uey and Rev. Z. a. Hoffman.
"He2VsnwaTd," songs IOr the Sunday
school, by James K. Murray, containing
many new and otd fayoriLes by the late
Z. Z. Bliss.
"Songs Of P. P. Bliss" a collection OF
the famous gospel singer. best songs.
The sheet music OF this house en-
braces one Of The very largest and fne ct
catalogues in the whole country, to
which additions are constantly being
made.
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RoBlNSoE's OPERA HOUSE.
WOODS THEATER.

1t is a fact not generally known that
the cemetery Of the Methodist Church in
Hendersonvllle, N. g., contains petri-
ned human body. About the year 1886,
Miss AdelIne Byers, lived with uel
father, Francis q. Byers, fifteen miles
sou h OF this place, in Henderson County.
She WAS bright, sweet girl, mucI be-
loved by all vino knew her, and her hand
was won by William Piuckney Murray,
whom she had known long and well.
Soon the nuptials were celebrated, ana
the bride and bridegroom ut once set
out in search ofa new country, follow
ing the setting sun to the Mississippi
Valley. There they located and began
the journey OF lite together iu real
earnest. Prosperity and happiness oame
TO them until, at an Unexpected m.m 9nt,
death cut down Mrs. Murray In the very
prime Of lite.
The disconsolate widower, consigning
the body Of his deceased wifs to tue dust,
as he supposed, sought "surcease OF 30.
row" in the Wilds ot Texas. A few years
afterward Dr.. Josiah johnson, intend
ing to return to North Carolina, whence
he had removed with his brother.in-law "
Mr.. Murray, uisinterred tie body VI
Mrs. Murray, for the purpose Of carryin ng
1t back with uim. Imagine how amazed
he was to Lad it in the ootia just as he
had seen il there years before! Tne
same ieatures-almOst Lhe same expires =
sion. But what he saw was not flesD-ll
was solid stone! The whole boiy had
petrifed. In thai condition he carrie d
1t to North Carolina and delivered it Il
the aged father. MI. Byers, who coult
hardly doubt that his daughter had G me
back to him as! !eepl
The news spread that Adeline's body
had "surned into a rock" aud great wa,
tue desire of everybody to see it. A.
tempts were made, it is said, to steal i
| out Of the cellar where the old man hal
concealed it, but they were unsuccess
full. All through the war 1t was guarded
by the father as the nost sacred trust
but few persons being allowed to soc il
About SIX years ago, however, it wal
quietly buried III the Methodist cemeter,
| Hendersonviile.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

MIR. Charles Raaue sends letter to
Harper's Weekly, which ends with this
characteristic passage: 81 believe tnat
'She coming man IS the 'alther-handed
man'-tnat is TO say neilher right
handed nor Ieit-handed," but man
rescued in time from parroted mothers,
cuckoo nurses, and starting nursing
maids, with their pagan nursery rhy ymes
and their pagan prejadices against tile
left hand; in sho!t, man as perect in
his limbs as his Creator intended, who
has been deal kinder T. man than man
has been TO himself; Tor it Is all mans
own doing that he is any more semi
plegiac or lor-iimbed than u lion, a rae
coon, u fox, tiger, or an ape"
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

OLD RHYMES" other Goose" was
not porn yesterday; "Slng Song vi
SiXpence' was sung in the sixteentn
century; "rhe Frog aud the Mouse"
was licensed in 1.Sl, and the "rnle
Blind Mice" belongs 20 the samo period
"fusey Ca, Pussy Cat, where nave you
Deen?' was II nursery rhyme in Queen
E,iz .beIh's day; ''GIrls ana Boy, .vme
vut to Play" was written in the reign o.
Charles ii; "rhe Ola Woman Tossed in
BlaAke." was popular in the days vi
James Ill, and Little Jack Horner" Is
older than tue seventeenth century.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

Very large buttons are all the rage.
They cover ladies' coaks and dresses,
and when arranged in two parallel rows
make their Wearers IOok like walking
games OF dominoes. Fashion will next
impress into it's service j .panese aud
Majolica saucars for dress decoration.
Ol the Masculine Ulster huge horn but
tons are also prominent. In fact, the
nome-spun proven about not having all
ones buttons on, loses its Significance
or the Dundrearys of tu-iay.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-01-15

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cases cured without medicine. Pulverma ach-
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Avoid limitations. Book and Journal, with
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Address PULVERMACIEE GALvANIC
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Few writer's realize the extent Of their
own labor. A rapid penman osn write
thirty words in a minute, To do this he
must draw his pen through the space Of
a rod-sixteen feet aud a half. la forty
minutes his pen trayels u furlong, ANA
in i've hours third Of mile. We
make, ou an average, sixteen curves or
turps OF the pen in writing each word.
Writing tAirty werds a minute we must