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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

An order was recently issued by the
Sultan, for removing the old walls and
Notifications of Jaffa (Joppa). In cut
ting a gate through a water battery at
an angle of the sea wall, built by YES
pasian, and directly in front of the re-
puted house of Simon, the tanner, the
men came on three oval-shaped tanners
watts, hewn out of the natural rock and
lined with Roman cement, down very
neal the sea, and similar in every re-
spect to those in use eighteen centuries
ago. There is also a fresh-water spring
flowing from the cliff close by, long
known as the town spring. This dis
covery at least proves that the house
on the rocky bluff above, and from
which steps lead down to the vats, must
have belonged to some tanner; and as
perhaps not more than one of that trade
would be living in so small a place as
Jaffa, some probability is given to the
tradition that this is the identical spot
where the house of Simon stood, with
whom Peter was sojourning when he
saw the vision, and received the SER
wants of Cornelius.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
The Alps In Winter.

During winter in the Alps the very
daylight has an unreal glow. The
noisy Summer life is suspended. A
scarce audible hush seems to be whis-
pered throughout the region. The first
glacier stream that you meet strikes the
keynote Of the prevailing melody. In
Summer tie torrent comes down like a
charge Of cavalry-all rush and roar
and foam and fury-turbld with the
dust ground from the mountains TANKS
by the ~ice-shore, and spluttering and
writhing in its bed like a creature in
the agonies of strangulation. In VIM
ter 1t is transformed into the likeness of
one of the gentle brooks that creep
round the roots of Scawfell, or ever one
of those sparkling trout streams that
slide through a water meadow in the
South. 1t is perfectly transparent. II
babbles round rocks instead of clearing
them at q bound. 1t can at most fret
away the edges of the huge white pill
lows of snow that cap the boulders.
High up 1t can only show itself ut inter-
walls between %smothering snow-beds
which form continuous bridges. Even
the laundering fall of Hancock becomes
a gentle thread of pure water creeping
behind a broad sheet of ice, more deli
cately carved and moulded than a lady's
veil, and so diminished in volumns that
one wonders how 1t has managed to
festoon the broad rock faces with 80
vast a mass Of pendent icicles. The
pulse of the mountains Is beating low
the huge arteries through which the
life blood courses so ~furionsly IN Sum.
mer have become a world too wide for the
trickle of pellucld water. IL one is still
forced to attribute personally to the
peaks, they are clearly in a state Of sus'
pended animation. They are all spell.
bound, dreaming of dim abysses Of pas
time or of the Summer that Is to recall
them to life. They are In a trance lik'
that of the Ancient Mariner when HI
heard spirit voices conyerslng overhead
In mysterious murmurs,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

"What about black bass. Mr.. Boehm?
There are fears that they will exter-
inmate the other fish in the Delaware"
"Well, there is danger OF their de.
stroying young shad. The shad is a
slow, lazy fish and bass will eat the
small ones. They will also eat the
minnows, sinners and clubs; but they
will not injure the more valuable fish.
Trou.P Never will hurt them. Black
bass are eamey fish, and swift, but they
can't catch the trout which are too
swift for any of them. OF course they
will not eat catfish OF bullheads, nor
cells; the eels a keep out of their way
by crawling into the mud and crevices."
"Do the worms sometimes found in
bass greatly %injure themS"
"No. They are found in all scale
fish. / have seen many worms in perch.
No fish should be eaten without being
skinned. Strip off the epidermis and
the worms will fall out.
"Black bass, like trout, want deep and
live water with rocky, gravelly, or SAN
dy bottom. There is another kind Of
bass-the Oswego bass, a light green
colored fish-which thrives in muddy
streams and amongst weeds. The black
bass spawn from May to July, and
come up from the salt water to the
fresh-water streams for this purpose.
They spawn in water abont n foot
deep. The Delaware, Susquehanna and
and the Potomac rivers are their favor
ties. They are not large enough to
catch until about three years old, at
which time they weigh from one-half
to three. fourths of a pound. They are
very careful about their spawn and
guard the young fish as hens do chick
ems, and remain with them about two
weeks. The young ones feed on animal
life in the water.
"They should not be caught until
July-earlier than that Is wrong. Can
be caught best by a bass-ly, made pur-
posely for bass fishing. 1t is similar to
a front hook and has a six foot leader
with two hooks. Different colored flies
are used. Worms are not good to fish
with, and are the poorest bait used.
Grasshoppers and small fish are good
bait. In sunshiny days and hot wealth
er fish swim In deep water; In cloudy
weather they car be caught In shallow.
er water. or course the morning and
the evening are the best. The hook
should be moving"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
Compound Oxygen.

We call the particular attention OF those who
are suffering from chronic ailments Of any
kind, and from which they have hitherto ysinly
sought relief to the advertisement Of DIS.
StArkey 4 Palen's Compound Oxygen Treat
ment The very remarkable results which
have already been obtained, are attracting the
widest attention. The unqualified testimoni-
ais which have been given to the value Of this
new Treatment by such men as Hon. W. ID.
Kelley, Hon. Judge Field, Of the U. S. Su-
preme Court 7. 5. Arthur, and many other
well-known Apd eminent persons, cannot fail
TO give the largest confidence. Drs. Starkey
4 Palen are physicians Of high character, and
above the suspicion Of emplricism. Already
their Compound Oxygen has given back a
partial, or a full measure Of health TO hundreds
OF suffering men and women, who have for
years yainly sought for relief In all the meArs
OF cure within their reach. The great value
Of this new remedial agent lies in the fact
that it does not cure bythe substitution OF one
disease for another, as when drugs are taken,
but by an orderly process Of rehabilitation.
Send for their Treatise ON Compound Oxygen,
its mode Of action and results. 1t will be
mailed free. Their address is lll2 Girard
street, Philadelphia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
The ParlOr.

What horrible associations crowd in
to our mind when the word "parlor" is
mentioned. We Immediately picture
in our Imagination the terrible Cypress
iveness of that best room, where the
sun is never allowed to shine for fear of
fading the carpet and furniture, where
the chairs have all a stately, polished
and stiff look about them, where the
children are never allowed to enter,
where what little air there Is may never
be allowed to change, and where the
smell is something akin to that of a
family tomb. This is the best room and
Is too sacred for the use of the family
and is only kept for purpose of ceremony
and for the convenience of those people
for whom we do not care a rush
People whom we like and with whom
we are on familiar terms, come right
into the living room and have a good
chat in a pleasant way; but the cere-
monious visitor, whose departure gives
us relief, is ushered into the "parlor."
The principle upon which this room
is founded is all wrong. Let us have
no such room in our house. Open the
shutters and windows. Admit the sun
light and air. If the carpets and fur
niture fade, let us enjoy their use IN
that condition, Let us not have any
tomb in our home where all should
be cheerfulness and brightness.
Abolish the "parlor" and enjoy the
home.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
Stamp Your Letters Ladies'

There resides in Wyandotte co., Ka.,
a lady but lately married, who although
perhaps meaning no harm, is fond,
during the absence of her husband, of
receiving the attention of other gentle
men and, being witty, good-looking,
and quite young, 1t is needless to say
she has many ardent admirers. But to
the story. A short time since, her hus.
band being absent, she sent a very
tender little note to one of her gallants,
asking If he would escort her TO a ball,
on a certain evening and going then to
the postoflc e-which n 1t is not nee
essary to state, as there are many in the
oounty-dropped the letter In the box
and hurried home. Now, it happened
the postmaster heard the missive fall
I'm the box, and as he was making up
the mail, took the letter out to add to
his package. He o o found out 1t was
minus a stamp, and went TO the door of
the Office to call back the lady, but see-
Ing she was gone too far put 1t one side,
intending to return it when called for
Business Unexpectedly brought the re-
turn of her husband, who, after arriv-
ing and settling matters at home, went
TO the office for letters. The 7. M.
handed him his mail, and then the
little dainty note dropped by his wife
saying; "Mr. X. Y. Y, yonr wife
posted that yesterday, without putting
on any stamp. Would you please at.
tend to itS" lie did so by tearing II
open, and, discovering the contents
rushed home and confronted his wife
with her perfidy. A scene followed
which would beggar the description Of
my pen or pencil. He finally ordered
her from the house, and she is at present
home with her parents, while he II
hunting her gallant with q nice-sizet
s~ix-shooter.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

WHAT A FARMER OUGHT TO KNOW
A farmer ought to be not only on ac-
complished tlller of the soil, but also an
excellent mechanic, a fair harness
maker and member of shoes, a tolerable
carpenter, a pretty good blacksmith or
machinist, and also a wide-awake,
thorough judge and breeder of stock,
knowing how to and caring for their
ailments-not only horses and cattle,
but sheep, hogs, mules, poultry or any
thing that money can be made out of.
With al this he should be a civil engi-
neer, acquainted with levels and n.y.
draulics and repairs of pumps, and If,
in addition to these requirements, he
understands laying stone and brick. and
putting on plastering, as well as mixing
and applying paints he will find plenty
to do, to say nothing about what he
should know about grain and milling 1t.
His wife, and in fact good housewives
generally, must not only understand
housekeeping, hut she must be a good
cook, baker and confectioner, know how
to make and fit garments of all sorts for
both sexes, and not only be a ~tailoress,
but milliner and mantua maker also
She must understand canning fruit and
vegetables, and making both pickles
and preserves. With these, the expe'
rience of a few years observation as q
mother, ought to make her something
more than an ordinary physician. Most
ailments pertaining both to human
beings and brutes are but trifling al
first, and if taken in time are easily
cured. 1t is only by neglect that they
become serious.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
me New uowe sewing Machine,

II is q difficult matter TO describe la fair and
truthful terms the remarkable characteristics
OF the New Howe" Sewing Machine, without
seeming to ~exaggerate. 1t is such a machine
as could not have been made, a few years ago,
without trespassing upon nearly every valuable
sewing machine patent then in existence and
yet while it combines the essential principles
Of all the older machines, and possesses with
all many features entirely new, it is, notwith-
standing, the most simple machine, in its con-
struction, that has ever been produced, max
ing the lock-stitch. And in its practical work.
ings the New Howe" is as far in advance Of
ali other sewing machines as a Pennsylvania
steamship is superior to a common sailing yes-
sci. We are not at all surprised to learn that
the demand for these machines, even in these
dull times, is greater than il the supply, al
though the factory, employing several hundred
men, ls kept running night and day.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

Is a System depleted of vitality and irregular
in IT'D functions. 1t is only judicious and
prompt medication which can save it from a
speedy and total collapse The tonic and reg
ulating properties Of Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers particularly adapt that benign medicine to
revive physical yigor and reform those bodily
irregularities which are a barrier to its perma-
nent restoration. Biliousness and constipR-
ton are totally overcome by 1t, and the diges-
tive activity and thorough assimilation which
it promotes have the effect Of increasing the
v~ivifying and nourishing qualities OF the blood.
The Bitters are also an excellent detergent Of
the vital current, since they communicate q
healthy stimulus to the bladder and kidneys,
which are the most important channels for the
escape Of it's impurities. Pure, agreeable, and
Of botanic origin, thorough and prompt, but
never violent in it's action, the reasons for the
transcendent popularity OF this medicine are
both cogent and a?preciable.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

WAsHEY FIELDs.-Hilly fields are apt
to wash out bitches by heavy rains.
Pick up the loose stones on the fields,
haul them to such bitches and fill them
up. If these are not handy, take brush
and dirt and make banks. Throw dirt
in on the lower end to stop the water.
Then put brush in on the upper side.
Set them upright, or slant them a little
down hill so that the water won't wash
the dirt away. Then put dirt on the
lrush to hold them in their place.
Make such banks every ten or twelve
yards through the whole ditch; the
sleeper the hill the nearer they must be
together. But let them always be the
depth of a furrow lower than the sur
face. The spaces between these banks
will fill up of themselves, and bye-and-
bye grass will grow over them, and the
water win not again wash them out
but never pillow them up again. If they
are filled up too high the water will
soon make a new ditch by the side Of
the old one.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

RoADs.--Make roads everywhere on
the farm before the ground is firmly
settled, as it makes the best job, and is
not SO apt to wash away by heavy rains.
When left until hay-making, then the
ground is too hard to pick or pillow, and
what is thrown into the road remains
loose, and draws heavy when we come
to haul in hay and grain. But when 1t
is made early in the spring, it settles
firmly by the time the hay-making and
harvesting comes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
The Great spring Medicine

is Hollands German Bitters. II tones the
stomach and assists Digestion. 1t arouses the
Liver TO healthy action, and regulates the
bowels. 1t puriies the Blood, and gives yigor
and strength to the whole system, dispellIng
all Dyspeptic symptoms, with its loss Of sppe-
tite, Sick Headache, languor aud depression.
1t infuses new life and energy into the whole
being. All suffering from deranged digestion
at this time should take HoofEnd's German
Bitters. They are sold by all Druggists.
Johnston, Holloway d Co.. COZ Arch street.
PHILADELPHIA
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
WHY lie Monldn,t Marry Her.

MARY her by George / would IL it wasn't
for her COMPOUNDED nose"
"Nose HA, ha What's the matter with
her nose ? Is IL too short, too long, OF
crooked-which2 You're too fastidious, young
man. A woman may be a charming wife and
have any one Of these deformities."
1T isn't any OF them, old fellow. The fact
is l like Kitty-like to look at her and talk
with her-but any closer relationship / could
not endure. Her nose is TOO o-d-o-r-o-u.s !"
Unfortunate Kitties should use DIR. Sage'f
Catarrh Remedy, the wonderful disinfecting
properties Of which instantly sweeten the
breath destroying all offensive odor. To itf
mild, soothing and healing effects the most In.
yeterato cases Of catarrh promptly yield. Solo
BY druggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
AGRICULTURE.

PORTABLE FENCES make the panels
Of common fence lumber, one inch In
thickness by four inches In width, four
teen to sixteen feet In length. / use
three cross pieces Of same kind Of lum-
Der four feet in length, three boards to
each panel, making three boards and
three cross pieces. / lay my boards on
some level surface, the two top boards
twelve inches apart, the next space ten
Inches. i nail n cross piece In the
centre, the other two-eightinches from
either end, SO as to give room for lap
ping the panels at the ends when put
ting up-all nailed firmly together with
wrought nails well clinched. A fence
10 turn cattle only could be made with
two boards six inches In width and an
swer the purpose. To hold the panels
firmly In position when put up, re-
qulres two stakes to each panel of ordi-
nary size, five and a half TO six feet In
length. When ready to put up, set one
post for a starting point, raise the
panel, letting 1t rest upon the foot OF
the cross pieces, and nail one end to
the post; then raise another, tapping
sufficient to stake firmly the ends OF
both panels with one pair Of stakes.
Drive the stakes so that the upper side
of the stake shall set firmly to the bot
tom of the upper board and the under
side of the stake on the top edge of the
next board below; then drive n from
the other side Of the fence In like man
ner, as we used to do to stake and rider
a rail fence. After the stakes are well
driven, drive a short stick or piece of
board foot or more In length down be-
side the top board and one of the stakes,
and IT will make 1t all ''snug as a bug
in a rug" This fence is easily moved
from one part of the field to another,
any good team drawing on bare ground
on a sled from twenty TO twenty-five
panels per load. 1t is also very quickly
put up.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

BEEF TEA FOR SICKNEss.-In the first
instance, the gridirOn must be perfectly
clean on both sides-not a particle of
burnt meat on any of the bars, which
may be easily removed by placing 1t in
hot water for a few minutes, when it is
first taken from the fire, and then rub.
bling it well with a stiff brush kept for
the purpose. Take a nice steak, and
remove all the fat; put it on the grid
iron to broll in the usual way; when
ready to turn, take it carefully off, and
put 1t in a bowl of boiling water (Which
must be ready for this purpose, standing
by the fire to keep hot COMPRISING it
as much as possible with the knife and
fork, to extract the juices of the meat.
Repeat this several times, turning the
meat every time it is put on the gridiron
till the juices are well extracted. 1t
looks a little like wine. The most deli
cate stomach will bear it better than
v bread water, and 1t Is much more
nournishing; besides, as it Is salted to
taste it relishes well.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

Some twenty years ago, when it was
discovered that aniline colOrs could be
made from coal. tar, it was predicted
that England, from her large supply OF
coal, would soon become the greatest
dye-producing. country in the world.
Professor Hofmann of Germany, in re-
porting on the chemical products shown
at the British Exhibition in 1862, said,
"She may before long send her coal
derived blues to lndigO-growing India,
her tar distilled crimson to cochineal-
producing Mexico; and her fossil sub
~stitutes for quercitron and safiower to
China, Japan and the other countries
whence these articles are now derived"
The reason why these prophecies have
not been fulfilled is that English manu-.
facturers do not employ such skilled
chemists as are employed in France and
Germany, and these countries have faI
surpassed England in the production OF
the cOal-tar colors.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A poison of any conceivable descrip-
ton and degree Of potency, which has
been intentionally or accidentally swal,
lowed, may, it is said, be rendered
almost instantly harmless by simply
swallowing two gills, Of sweet oil. A
person with a very strong constitution
should take nearly twice the quantity.
This oil, it is alleged, will most posi-
lively n~eutralize every form of vege-
table, animal, or mineral poison with
which physicians and chemists are
acquainted.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A German has invented a self wind
ing clock in which the winding ma
chinery is operated by the alternate
expansion and contraction of glycerine,
or other suitable liquid. A piston, on
the surface of the glycerine, is so con-
nected with ratchet wheels and toOthed
racks, that motion in either direction
will wind up the weight. The inventor
thinks that the contrivance will be
especially valuable for self-registering
meteorological instruments.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A DIscoNsoLATE Virginian writes that
money is scarce and taxes devour every
thing the poor farmer makes. "Why, a
man cannot take a drink" he says.
''without having it dashed with two
and a half cents on the State debt and
undergoing at the same time a serenade
from a Moffett punch bell"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

PorAToEs WITH CREAM.-Put an even
tablespoonful of butter into a bright
PAM, and, when it melts, add an even
tablespoonful of flour; mix well, then
add by degrees half a pint of sweet
cream, and a tablespoonful of chopped
parsley. Season to taste with salt and
white pepper, and when the mixture
boils add a pint OF cold sliced potatoes,
that have been boiled or steamed. Serve
as soon as the potato is well heated
through. Milk may be used instead of
cream. in which case more butter and a
little more flour may be used.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
ReliabIo Dry Goods House.

II you want Silks, Black Goods, Dress Goods
or Dry Goods Of any kind, below market prices,
and have tho advantage Of all the great trade
sales, and OF losses made by importers, send
your orders or write for samples 10 Is. II.
Devices, 726 Chestnut street. Philadelphia.
One price to all, and that the lowest.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

THOSE WHO ABE DEDILITATED by over-exer-
ton or disease will find relief in Schenck's
beaweed Tonic.
D~yspeptics and those whose digestive organs
have become impaired, may be cured by the
health-giying properties Of this valuable med
icino. II contains no injurious drugs, and
For sale by oil druggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
A Turnkey Made Happy.

Mark Hamilton, Turnkey at Fifth District
Police Station, Philadelphia, says: Having
suffered with Rheumatism for five years, find
ing no relief from remedies or physicians, dis
gusted with medicine, and despairing Of being
cured, l tried Dir. HERSDoN's GYPsEY's GIFT,
and was entirely cured by a single bottle, and
feel as well ~ ever / did in my life" Sold by
all Philadelphia drnggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A LANCASTER BOY swallowed his
mothers thImble. Immediately after
he scanned to have a stitch in his side,
and only felt sew, sew, and it was feared
his life was hung by a thread. A neigh
Dor came in and tuck it out.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

A CERTAIN caravan orator at a fair,
after a long yarn descriptive of what is
to be seen inside, generally winds up
by saying, "Step in, gentlemen, step in.
Take my word for it, you will be highly
delighted when you come out"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
motnern. motners. MOtheru.

Don't fail 10 procure MRS. WINSLOWs
SOOTHING SYRUP for all diseases Of teeth
ing In children. II relieves the child from
pain, cures wind collie, regulates the bowels,
and by giving relief and health TO the child,
gives rest 10 the mother.