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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Zulu Fighting.

The military skill displayed by the Zulus
is more common than might be supposed
among the warriors of Southern Africa,
some of whose exploits deserve wider ce-
lebrity than they are likely to attain. One
of the most remarkable of these untaught
generals was Griqua Chief named Titus
Africaner, for many years the firm friend of
DR.. Livingstones father-in-law, Robert
Moffat In their youth, Titus and his elder
brother, Christian, were the terror of the
whole country, never, never happy except
when making incursions upon the surround
ing tribes or the Dutch and English settlers.
On one occasion, having been robbed of all
his cattle by his chief enemy, Berend (called
Nicholas by the Dutch), Titus made feign-
ed attempt to recover the booty, and then
drew off as if hopeless of success. But during
the night he made forced march of extra
ordinary speed, surprised the enemy's camp,
and, by sending half dozen men to fire
volley into one side of it, drove the panic
stricken crowd out on the other, close to
where his main body lay in ambush. The
moon had by this time risen, and the fire
of the concealed marksmen was SO deadly
that only Berend himself and few of his
chief adherents escaped, leaving both the
stolen cattle and all their own in the hands
of the Africaner party. On another occa-
sion, in the heat of severe "bush-fght,
Titus and Berend suddenly came face to
face. Both rifles were instantly levelled,
and each being the best marksman of his
tribe, the death of both appeared certain,
but at that moment a stray bullock came
rushing between them and received the two
bullets, whereupon the superstitious warriors
at once withdrew from the combat An
other Of Africaner's recorded exploits was
to swim, at midnight, with his gun on his
to an island in the Orange river,
where he awaited the coming of hippopo-
tamus, whose lair he had marked, and laid
the monster dead with single shot just as
it opened its huge jaws to seize him.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22

She had been 80 often importuned by him
to let him come into the house, that her
heart melted till il was almost as soft as his
head
''But mind, said she, my pa is burglar
mad, and imagines every noise he hears in
the house is one of them; and as he will not
allow me TO keep company in the house, you
must go as soon as he comes home"
He promised obedience They had scarce
ly sat half-an-hour before the old man was
at the front door, fumbling with his key.
ooh l must hide you, cried the girl, as
she hurriedly glanced around for place.
She led him into the kitchen and persuad-
ed him to creep into barrel, which stood
in corner. She covered him up with a
bread-board and returned to the sitting-room
to meet her pa. The barrel was damp and
contained an odor not altogether congenial !;
but he dared not stir. The old man went
armed, so she had informed him. Ten
minutes passed, when heavy footsteps ap-
preached the door, which was opened; then
the old man took off the lid and emptied the
contents of the wash-basin over him He
WINGED, but was glad when the barrel was
covered again, and the old man left the
kitchen. Trying to shift his cramped posi-
ton, he bumped his head against the lid,
and it fell with clatter to the floor lie
leaped from the barrel, sought the cover in
the dark and found it /; he jumped back into
the slop-barrel just in time; the lid was ad-
justed just as pdter .fdnaiLidS came in with
lamp in one hand and revolver in the
other.
''Face me like men," roared he, savagely
tramping about, ''and I'll show you what a
man in his own house can do"
He searched around for ten minutes, then
returned to the sitting-room. Julius began
to wish himself at home. His love was
decidedly cooled. But the catastrophe was
near. A little pet dog slipped into the
kitchen and smeled him out. He began to
bark, which brought out the old man again,
followed by his wife.
''There's some one in the slop-barrel," "
roared he.
''Scald him to death !" cried his wife.
'G1l fix him, said he. ''Here, take my
revolver, and shoot when he pops out his
head, while roll out the barrel"
Then he rolled it into the yard, turned it
upside down and called for his revolver
This was not to be endured. Our love-sick
youth gave one kick and emerged from the
barrel, and went for the fence. He scram-
bled over it and ran for his life. He avoids
that girl now, for he has faint idea that it
was ''put up job" between her and her pa
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Almost Anything.

Years ago, into wholesale grocery store
in Boston, walked tall, muscular looking
man, evidently a fresh conner from some
backwoods town in Maine or New Hamp-
shire. Accosting the first person he met,
who happened to be the merchant himself,
he asked
"You don't want to hire a man in your
store, do youl"
"Well," said the merchant, 81 don't
know; what can you do2"
''Do2" said the man 81 rather guess /
can turn my hand to almost anything. What
doyO want donel"
swell, if was to hire a man, it would
be one that could lift well, strong, wiry
fellow; one, for instance, that could shoul-
der sack of coffee like that yonder, and
carry it across the store and never lay it
down"
"There, now, capt'n," said the country
man, ''thats just me. / can lift anything
hitch to; you can't suit me better. What
will you give man that can suit youln
'1'll tell you," said the merchant; '1f
you will shoulder that sack of coffee and
Nhii ~ oSiooo NhS otOlO inlCt anu utNNl lay
it down, / will hire you for year at 500
per month
'Done, said the stranger and by this
time every clerk in the store had gathered
around and was waiting to join in the laugh
against the man, who walking up to the
sack, threw it across his shoulder with per-
feet ease, as it was not extremely heavy,
and walking with it twice across the store,
went quietly to large hook which was fas-
tened to the wall, and hanging it up, turned
to the merchant and said
''There, now, it may hang there till
dooms-day; | shall never lay it down.
What shall go about, mister Just give
me plenty to do and 800 per month and
it's all right"
The clerks broke into laugh, and the
merchant, discounted yet satisfied, kept his
agreement; and to-day, the green country
man is the senior partner in the firm, and
worth million dollars.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
The Largest Island In the World.

Immediately north Of Australia and sep
arated from ii at Torres Straits by less than
hundred miles Of sea, is the largest island
on the globe-New Guinea, a country of
SURPRISING interest, whether as regards its
natural productions OF its human inhabi-
tants, but which remains TO this day less
known than any accessible portion of the
earth's surface. Within the last few years
considerable attention has been attracted
toward il by surveys which have completed
ourknowledge Of its outline and dimensions,
by the settlement Of English missionaries
ON its southern coasts, by the explorations
of several European naturalists, and by the
visits Of Australian miners attracted by the
alleged discovery Of gold in the sands of its
rivers. From these various sources there
has resulted somewhat sudden increase in
the still scanty knowledge Of this hitherto
unknown land /; and we therefore propose
to give general sketch of the island and
of the peculiar forms Of life that inhabit it,
and to discuss briefly some of the interest
ing problems connected with its indigenous
races 1T has hitherto been the custom of
geographers to give the palm TO Borneo as
the largest island in the world, but this is
decidedly an error. A careful estimate,
found on the most recent maps, shows that
New Guinea is considerably the larger, and
must for the future be accorded the first
place. In shape this island differs greatly
from Borneo, being irregular and much ex-
tended in North Northwest and South
Southeast direction, so that its greatest
length is little short of l, 800 miles, dis
tance as great as the whole width of Aus
tralia from Adelaide to Port Darwin, or of
Europe from London to Constantinople
Its greatest width is 412 miles and, omit
ting the great peninsulas which form its two
extremities, the central mass is about 700
miles long, with an average width Of 800
miles, a country about the size of the Aus.
trian empire, and with the exception of the
course of one large river, an absolute blank
upon our maps.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Too Much Sleep.

The effects of too much sleep are not less
signal than those arising from its privation.
The whole nervous system becomes blunted
so that the muscular energy is enfeebled,
and the intellectual manifestations are
blunted. All the bad effects of inaction be.
come developed; the functions are exerted
with less energy; the digestion is torpid,
the excretions are diminished, whilst, in
some instances, the secretions of fat accumu-
lates to an inordinate extent. The memory
is impaired, the powers Of imagination are
dormant, and the mind falls into kind OF
dullness, chiefly because the functions Of
the intellect are not sufficiently exerted,
when sleep is too prolonged or too often re-
peated. To sleep much is not necessarily
to be good sleeper. Generally they are
the poorest sleepers who remain longest in
bed; I. G., they awaken less refreshed than
if the time Of rising were earlier by an hour
or two. While ii is true that children and
young people require more sleep than their
elders, yet it should be the care of parents
that over-indulgence be not permitted.
Where the habit is for children TO lie in bed
until s or in the morning, the last two
hours, at least, do not bring sound, dream
less sleep, where the hour for retiring is
or o p. NJ, but are spent in ''dozing, and
in fact such excess cannot fail to insure the
harmful results described by the authority
quoted. What is called '1aziness" among
children is, in very many cases, disease, and
is largely due to this as well as the other
causes mentioned, that undermine the foun.
dations Of health.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22

horses In their flight, and TO turn them,
with the assistance Of the mustangers, when
they chased them at full speed in the direc-
tion Of the pen, right toward its opening;
upon which the running parties from the
different sides skilfully converged, taking
care TO close in gradually with concerted
action, so as to catch the whole herd they
had in chase in the cul de sac Of the pen.
In preparing for the chase or run, the mus
hangers frequently divested themselves of
their hats and short jackets and skirts, and
either fastened the girth Of their horses very
tightly and shortened their stirrups, so as to
give themselves good grip with the knees
or else they rode barebacked, with their
long lassos, or rawhide lariats, ready to be
whirled in circles above their heads TO
catch any particular animal they might cut
OIL from the running herd of mustangs. To
see these mustangers in full chase of their
pray, was to behold one of the most excit-
ing scenes presented by the wild sports and
occupations of Texas frontier life In ge-
neral the Mexicans of the frontier ride su-
perbly. The powerful but cruel Spanish
bit which they use gives them the most per
feet control over their horses, and they can
turn them suddenly, at full gallop, in any
direction, as If they were shot dead, with
out being moved in their seats. The mus
hangers sometimes caught several hundred
horses in their pen at one drive, in the
manner described, and as soon as the ami
mails were so entrapped the open part of
the pen, guarded carefully my mounted
mustangers, was closed up with posts al
ready prepared, 80 as to form perfect and
continuous enclosure, impossible for any
animal short of Virgil's Trojan horse TO
break through or escape from. The numb
ers caught were frequently so great, and
consequently their value 80 trivial, that they
were sold for 81 or $l.50 head, taken in
quantity. OF course some animals picked
out for beauty, or "good points, brought
more. Paint or spotted horses were quite
numerous among the mustanges. The
greater number of wild horses were under
sized, say about thirteen and half hands
high, showing generally good points in the
forequarters and poor in the hindquarters.
But some of the animals were above fifteen
hand high, and displayed not only fair size,
but good blood, as fine American horses and
mares, from time to time, had escaped from
their owners and had Joined the mustangs
and bred among them. Where this had
been the case, vast improvement in height,
weight, power, and symemestry, was OBJ
served Immediately
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Fortuny's Body Exhuined.

The Spanish painter Fortuny died in
Rome on the 2lst Of November, 1874, and
was buried in the cemetery of San Lorenzo
outside of the city walls, the grave being
dug in low, damp ground. Madame For
tuny, the widow, recently caused the body
TO be removed to an elevated part of the
enclosure. Through the glasses in the two
coflins which contained it, the features of
the dead man were distinctly seen. The
face was perfectly preserved, although it
had assumed the bituminous color of q
mummy, probably in consequence Of the
embalmment. The forehead and mouth
were superb, and the nose was intact. For
tuny thus resembled one of those Arabs
whom he so well knew how to paint and
make etchings of, and this resemblance was
all the more noticeable by reason Of the
white linen wound about his head and
shoulders From his neck hung gold
medallion portrait of Mile. Madrazo, who
became his wife, on one Of his shoulders
was fastened the little box of colors which
he used to carry with him during his artist
tours, and on the other lay the portrait OF
Beethoven--his last work.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
CLEVELAND, TENN, MAY %, 1879.

drink. To the questions where he got all
these fine things the woodcutter answered
by telling him what happened in the forest,
mentioning the cloth and the sheep, but
saying nothing Of the club. The king, who
was real tyrant and oppressor, demanded
the cloth and the sheep; when the wood
cutter refused to give them, he sent his ser
wants to take everything by force. The
club struck them down in a moment. The
king sent larger force and this was also
lost. Then falling into towering passion
he went himself with all his men, but the
woodcutter triumphed for the king was
killed and his whole army defeated by the
club. The country was now without a
ruler and the supreme power was given to
the former woodcutter. He was real
blessing to the people, for he treated every
one who was in poverty and misery with
kindness and assisted them gladly, and so
he lived in happiness and plenty till he
died.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
SILENT SONGS.

When the songs gone out Of your life,
That you thought would last to the end
That frat sweet song Of the heart,
ItThAt no after days can lend
The song Of the birds to the trees
The song of the wind to the flowers
The songs that tie heart sing low to itself.
When 1t wakes In the morning hours.
You can start no other song,
Not even tremulous note
Will fAlter forth on the empty air;
II dies in your aching throat
1t ia all in vain that yon try;
For the Spirit Of Song has fed.
The Mi htingAle sings no more 10 the rose,
When the beautiful flower is dead.
SO lot silence softly fall
On the bruised hearts quiyering st1ugs,
Perhaps, from the loss OF all,
You may learn the song the Sersph sings,
A grand and glorious psalm
That vii tremble and riSe and thrill.
Anu fll your breast with its grateful rest
And its lonely yearnings still.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
Given Up by Doctors,

"Is 1t possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by SO simple a
remedyP"
81 assure you that 1t is true that he is
entirely cured, and with nothing but
Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his
doctors gave him up and said he must
diel"
"Well dayl That Is remarkable !
| will 90 this day and get some for my
poor George. know hops are good" "
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-05-22
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates Of advertising. ei per square
hrst insertion, and 50 cents each subsequent
insertion
Special contracts viii be made for ali adyer~
tsements for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
square charged for at half regular rAte4
All local notices 10 cents line for each in
sertion.
No notices inserted for less than hfty
centA
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-15

ALI PERSONS wao ARE iNpERTxn 10
"a me, and whose accounts Afe nov, ovsrdus,
srs hardy notified that thar Scoopnti must b
ssltls6 immsdiatsly, 70 sveid my trcuhls: -
cold Hin. J.iy .. isw. ssv
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-15

Children from 10 II years OF age, hall price.
eVInvalids, - we'll - business mon or
families, seeking recreation and pleasure. Will
and this the very place. Jeo N
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-15
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MACHINERY FOB SALE.
FOR SALE.
Machinery and Buildings
-,ns..u. 70 ms
Woodville g. & s. NJ 90,
sis..s.A q. GELD Hin nisiss De.
sriss, rs.viss .rsl lsl

one direct acting Steam Epgins. VITA rshsn.
bore and. lsvefs tvo holsting drune tof
round rops with boxes. sole plates and conneo.
ting lsvsfs:two Tubular botlsrs, smoks.task.
brsscbing. guags cooks, feed pumps, oeuef
fruuts, gfats barp, bsok plstes and doom. CO..
plsts = set mn including oil the brick 6oee,
foundation bolts and tim6srs, also tvo Nsnffii
ropss belonging 70 hoist.
Engine oonplsts, with 81 surface aonn :ctions;
Intending su1soc ooo sna iout .nIo nunaIe niss.s.
10 b. 10 Inch pump foos, WIZ suspp.ns pus;s p;s
four fiungsr ruIR., y.'nen Sns u,%s pnr M ~
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-07-15
NOTICE or SUITS COMMENCED.

NOTICE OF SUITS COMMENCED.
mo TIRE roLLowINo.NAxED DEFEND.
l auts, and 70 Ill owners OF or clAimanu 70
the real estate and improysnsnts thereon. or
improvements when sseeestd sspsrafsly. IN tns
Town OF Gold Hill, Story county. kessaa.
You are hereby notined that suits have beeu
commenced in the Justices Court Of Township
No, 8, Htorey county. Nevada, BY the Btats OF
Nsvads, plaintiff, against each Of the defsndants
hereinsfter named, and each OF the follow.
the improvements thereon. md lmprovemsuts
when separsisly, assesssd. and Ill a.nsrs Of Or
claimants 70 the ssrns. known Of unkno IN. 70
recover the tar and dslin@nsncy sssssscd 70
ssid defendants sgainst said property, for the
nscal year commsncipg the lG d.y Of 5an1s.y,
Il: s and :.n%Sss S. y: Ss.a dsy III .s.a
each case. And'yoa are furthsr no,iaed thai
Med IN 'ssid Sours on or bsiors the 18th day q
August, A. D. lsn, q the how 81 4 olocs
4. 4. Of said day. !udgmsnt WIZ p ensa Mnen
msnts therein described, for ths amount Of tax
and delinquency spseiAsd and eos's OF sais
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GENERAL MINING AGENT.
JAMES DELAvAl0c c~e.

Ts AGENT FOR THE NEW YoRK BUREAU
1IOR MINING INFORMATION. % Bod.
wy, nsw York. Il rg ,t r.,.sill G.sfid
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For ne Mining Record Of New York. Wm 70.
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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-31
suicide OF Encouragement Riddle.

NASHVILLE, TESS., March 2O.-The
ApIeric@ts Lebanon special says: This
community was greatly shocked to-day BY
the rllnor that Hon. IL. y. Riddle, recent
ly Representative to Congress from this
district, had committed suicide. Inyesti.
CATION soon developed the fact that he ha5
shot himself in the head, inflisting NOR.
tai wound. For several months he has
been in very bad health. Last winter he
was compelled to leave Washington before
the adjournment OF Congress on account
Of his physical condition, and there were
runnors at the time that his mind was al.
iecteu;, Since his return home he has been
unwell most OF the time, Notwithstanding
the iactthat forsome time past he has been
able to appear on the streets. m
In naddition to his illness he had recent.
ly become financially embarrassed in con.
sequence Of large security debts. He was
on the Square today and conyersed "a
tlonally with several friends, although an.
pearlhg mentally depressed. At II o'clock
he borrowed a small cartridge pistol from
an acquaintance, saying that he antici.
pated q personal difficulty. He went 10
his residence, stepped out OF a back.door
and shot himself. He fell 10 the cellar
below, where he was found ON his buck,
with the pistol still in his hand, and ap.
parently dead. lie fingered unconscious
until r. NJ, when he died. His wife ar.
rived IRON Nashville soon after his death.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-03-31

San FRASclsco, March zO.-The Bullttin
this evening publishes an interview with
Gen, Q. W. l.egendre, formerly U. s. Con.
sui to the Annoy district Of China, in
which he takes thegrOund that most Of
the Chinese emigrants to the United
States come under contracts made with
emigration brokers, in evasion Of The repu.
latlons Of the Chinese authorities for ne
suppression of the Coolie traffic; that r.
check such immigration, which comes al.
most entirely through Hong Kong, It is
necessary simply 10 contract the opera-
tlons OF the Chinese emigration houses
there, in which the British authorities
would undoubtedly he ready 10 lend aid,
ana an that revision q tho Rurlingame
Treaty il notneoe0Sarlly involved in stotI.
ping such neiarious practices oi the Chinese
emigration brokers, who he considers
orc practically little less than kidnapers