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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
Notes for ihe Ladies

According to English fashions, trains
are now always fastened up at the side
when the wearer is dancing.
The new materials for combination
costumes have exactly the coloring and
designs seen on japanese bronzes.
The black velvet bonnets have satin
antique crowns, and are made very gay
with oashmere-colored velvets and silk,
and birds OF brilliant p.umage.
Large gold-heaied pins OF most
quantity cut designs are chosen for or.
nament. and also for use, as they serve
to hold the bonnet on the head.
Fabrics with lowered stripes will be
most in vogue this season. This style
and the Oriental designs will be used
for the trimming and accessories of the
toilette.
The newest ostrich feathers are not
merely several shades OF one color, but
they represent contrasts of color, like
the changeable silks, and are especially
liked when they are partly red and part
ly green.
In the infinite variety of materials one
OF the fabrics which meets with most ia
vor for elegant bonnets is the crackle
velvet, especially in old gold and gend-
arme blue shades, and in combination
with cashmere figured ribbons and the
new changeable silks.
Ribbon strings are wider, and are very
often placed directly at the end of the
crown; they may then hang as streamers
behind, or be tied under the couture, or,
better still, be passed under the chin,
and tied just below the left ear in a bow
made of long loops and ends.
New walls for dressy bonnets are cut
in mask shape. rounded below the chin,
and ending in tabs behind. They are
made OF very fine black tulle, on which
small figures are embroidered with the
smallest and finest jet beads, and a
fringe Of the same falls below the chin.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
ana Meaa,s MissIon.

Tall CREWS weed outside & garden gate,
lnside a glAdiole in splendor grew.
Why do you with the autumn blossoms waltz
The flower asked. There is no need Of you.
In truth, / know not Why you live at ALL
Only q few, pale, yellow blooms you bore
Aud worthless are your seeds. Pray, droop
and fan.
1 should not grieve at seeing you no more.
/ grace the world, for evenings brightest skies
Are not more rich In gold and red than /,
And every day the lingering butterflies
Beg me to stay till they must say goodbye
Yes, You are beautiful the weed replied,
In patient voice, and / am plain, indeed,
But God knows Why Just then q bird, bright
eyed
And scarlet-beaked, saw the elust'r ring seed,
And lighting on a slender branch be ate
With many a little chirp OF thankful glee,
Then spread bis wings and perohed upon the
gate
And blessed his wayside friend in melody.
'Ab! fsid the weed, when he had flown, proud
flower,
hungry, fouth-bound bird you could not
feed
Though you r%ejoice in beauty gracious down.
That boon was granted TO an humble weedl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
A Decayed American Industry,

Before the advent of cheap cotton the
production and manufacture Of fax
were important industries in this
country. In 1910, when the population
of the country was but little more than
1000, 900, there we're produced in the
United States over 81. 600, 900 yards Of
Aaxen cloth made in families. At the
present time, when the population Of
the country is believed to be 80, 900, 900,
the total annual production Of fax and
linen fabrics is probably not over B ,00O,-
600 yards, and not a yard Of fine lipen
is made in the country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
The Beers Of South Africa.

The Beers, whom the English have
acquired by the annexation to their
South African colony of Transvaal, can
hardly be classed as desirable subjects,
apart from their unwillingness to ac-
knowledge the supremacy of Great Brit
ain. Separated from the outer world
by hundreds of miles of only partially
settled country, they have established a
public opinion among themselves which
does not accord in many things with that
Of ordinary civilized communities. One
cherished belief is that education be-
yond the most elementary kind is not
desirable, and even the wealthy farmers,
who have the means to employ tutors
from Holland to instruct their children,
are careful to warn these teachers to go
no further than reading, writing and the
simple rules in arithmetic. Another
feature in their lives is their absolute
indifference TO dirt. Their homes, even
those of the well-to.do class, are mere
novels, in which the family, often COM
posed Of numerous members, lives in
one or, at most, two common rooms,
which rarely undergo q cleaning; a
somewhat singular fact, in view of the
Dutch descent of the Beers. Their at
tachment to Biblical literature is ex-
eeedingly strong, and il almost every
household the Bible, and one or two
commentaries on it, form the entire fam.
lily library. Indeed, their readings in
Holy Writ have been go constant that it
has strongly colored their thoughts and
language, and in ordinary conversation
their ideas take form in words, very
much in the way hat those of the old
Jewish patriarchs might have TAKEN
However, the stranger who comes upon
the settlement Of O Boer, surrounded by
his droves and hocks, is not likely to be
graciously entertained. Even if a rest.
ing place is given him, he is made to
feel that he is not deserving Of the CON
sideration. No matter how hungry he
may be, his wants are not supplied un-
til the time for che family meal arrives,
and then not until the household itself
has been provided for. Although the
Beers live in small scattered commune
ties, church regulations are strictly ad.
hered to, and oEce a quarter the inhab-
itants over q wide area of country gather
at come central point to attend commu-
MON service. Their religious belief does
not, apparently, do much to soften their
dispositions, for, according to the re-
ports Of investigating commissions ap.
pointed by the English government, the
Beers have not unirequently treated the
surrounding natives with great brutality;
and have, in many instances, captured
and made slaves of Ka6r boys and girls.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
The TrypOgraph.

A new instrument ior multiplying
copies Of letters, etc, has been intro.
duced into England under The name Of
the trypograph. II CONS modification
Of Edison's electris peu. A sheet OF
special paper is placed on Il perforating
tablet, and the writing is done with a
firm hand and u oteel.pointed stylus
This has tho effect Of piercing the paper
With . number OF very minute periore-
lions, through which it il possible to
force ink on to the sheet oil paper placed
beneath. The making Of the stencil is
tho most important port Of the opera
ton. 4 little practice will show tho
proper amount Of pressure to put upon
the stylus and the easiest way OF writing;
and this once accomplished, ii will be
understood that tho number OF copies is
limited only by The duration Of the
stencils, which Gnu be atored away for
future use, and brought out rs required.
No press is needed; all that IL wanted is
something with u fiat surface, the means
of holding the stencil firmly, and a aquee'
geo for aoraping the ink over the eur
face.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
What a Single Bean can Produce.

The history of a single bean, accident
ally planted in a garden at S~outhbridge,
Mass, is traced by a newspaper cores
pondent, who figured its produce for
three years. The bean was planted in
a rich, loamy soil, and when gathered
in the autumn its yield, as counted, was
l,5l5 perfectly developed beans from a
single stalB. Now, if a single bean pro-
duces 1,5l5 beans, and each bean pro-
duces ], 515 more, the sum total of the
second years product would be 1885,
225, equal to 1,195 pounds, 597 quarts,
or 1880 army %rations, equal to 1SR
bushels. This would be the product of
the second year. Now, if we plant this
product and the yield is the same, we
have a product Of 5 268, 05S, 800, 625
beans, equal to 1871 $50, tons, or 40
81 572 bushels, or 54S, 756, O68 soldiers
rations. The third planting would give
the steamship Great Eastern so full
freights.
An Insane WOman's Ingenious Work.
A rare specimen of work was recently
exhibited by q German woman, an in
mate of the insane asylum at Stockton
Cal. The woman is impressed with the
idea that she is not insane, but is con.
fined by a personal enemy. Size also
imagines that the superintendent would
not furnish her with pen and paper to
communicate her grievances to her friend
DIR. Titus, Of San Francisco, SO she cut
a quarter of o yard from her calico
dress, and with herneedle wrote q letter.
The letter is in German, and the letters
are very accurately formed by thread
darker than the calico. Sho tells who
she worked for in San Francisco, and
that she is imprisoned by her enemies.
She also beseeches aid, because if shs
stays much longer at the asylum she
fears she willbecome insane.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
Infection by Post,

1t is Of little use, says the London
Lancet, mourning the cost and trouble
OF large measures for the isolation of
contagious diseases, if those lesser pre-
cautions which, in fach, make up the
sum Of safety, arc overlooked or disre-
garded. Tor example, what particular
advantage is likely to ensue from remov-
ing the unaffected members OF q family
in which smallpox or scarlet fever has
obtained n footing, if they are daily APP
prised Of the state Of affairs in the sick
chamber by means Of letters elaborated
at the bedside, aud perhaps carefully
wrapped in blotting paper under thin
envelope. 1t is not necessary, remarks
the Lancet, to make any sensational
statement as TO the manner in Which
diseases, of this class at least, are pro
pagated; but il tho atmosphere surround
ing the patient is laden with germinal
particles capable OF i~noculaLing a healthy
subject, it is obvious that the malady
may be transmitted in an envelope with
the aid Of thick plotting paper, or as is
well known, without any such accessory.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
Origin Of a Famous PLAY.

A lady connected with the stage Las
given a Troy, n. Y, journalist on ac.
count OF how the play of Uncle Toms
Cabin came to be presented on the
boards, as follows Mr.. G. @. Howard
was the manager Of the Troy theater at
the time, and had been for a year or so.
The play of the evening was Oliver
Twist in the adoption of which was a
childs character, not retained OF late,
that OF little Dick, the sick pauper boy,
who takes a fearful farewell of Oliver as
he u Z away from the poorhouse.
Without any idea that she would be
more than a dummy it was suggested
that little CJrdelia, the managers four
year-old daughter, be dressed as Little
Dick and placed behind the paling for
Oliver to talk to but when, at rehear-
sal, the mother, Mrs. G.. @. Howard,
who was playing Oliver, caught the
baby up and went through the scene, the
little thing responded just in the proper
place, 'Dood by-tum again. We'll,
now, said Mrs. Howard, III she is
going to do anything like that, better
teach her the lines Aud accordingly,
during the day, in her mothers lap,
little Cordelia was taught the speeches
OF Little Dick.
Night came ; the fat baby face was
skillfully painted to represent consump-
ton, and duly clad in her brothers suit,
and with a little spadein her hand, Cor
della Howard made her first appearance
on any stage. On came the fugitive
Oliver, while Cofdelia, according to di.
r%ection, dug vigorously at the pile Of
dirt dumped in the corner. I'm run.
ming away, Dick said Oliver.
Lunning away, is your replied the
little chit. Then with a full perception
OF the character, but with the most self.
possessed oblivion Of the written words,
the child gave in her own language, the
sense of the scene.
I'll come back and see you some day,
Dick said Mrs. Howard as Oliver.
1T yont be no use, Oily, DEAR sob.
bed the little actress. when 90 tum
back I yont be digging little graves.
I'll be all dead and in a little grave by
myself This in q voice trembling
with feigned emotion yet clear as a bell
and distinctly heard by every person in
the building. Such O shower of tears
as swept over that theater | Actors and
auditors were alike affected. The Oil.
yer NATURALLY enough broke down, but
Cordelia's bit and her parents fortunes
were made from that very night.
1t was at once decided that euch in
fantile emotional talent as this must not
be wasted, and MI. Howard began look
ing about for some appropriate channel
through which to PRESENT. to the public.
The whole country was talking about
Uncle Toms Cabin and thousands of
eyes were moistened at Eva's saint-li like
sayings. The very part for Cordelia |
George L. Aiken, a cousin of the How
ards, undertook the work of dramati-
cation, and with Mr., Towards advice
and assistance, in less than a week it
was q thing accomplished. 1t was pro.
duced in Troy in September, 1852, and
had the amazing run Of more than. 100
nights, 'equol,' as MIR. Howard said to
the writer the other day, TO about a
seven years lun in New York, when
population in the two cities is con-
sidered.'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
Little nv Little.

If you are gaming little by little every
day be content. Are your expenses less
than your income, sc that, though it be
little, you are yet constantly accumulat-
ing and growing richer and richer every
day? Be content; SO fur as concerns
money, you are doing well.
Are you gaining knowledge every dayP
Though it be little by little, the aggre-
gate accumulation, where no day is per-
mitted to pass without adding something
to the stock, will be surprising to your
self.
Solomon did not become the wisest
man in the world in a-minute. Little
by llttle-never emitting to learn some-
thing even for a single day-always
reading. always studying a little between
the time Of rising in the morning and
laying down at night; this is tho way to
accumulate O full storehouse of knowl-
edge. Finally, are you daily improving
in characterP Be not discouraged be-
cause it is little by little. The best men
all far short OF what they the mselves
would wish to be. It is something, il is
much, if you keep good resolutions bet.
ter to-day than you did yesterday, bet
ter this week than you did last, better
this year than you did last year. Strive
to be perfect, but do not become down
hearted SO long as you are approaching
nearer and nearer to the high standard
at which you aim.
Little by little, fortunes are accumu-
lated, little by little, knowledge is gain
ed; little by little, character and reputa-
ton are achieved.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
When to A,ply aIau.re.


The common practice among farmers
is to make a general clearing Of the
yards and barn cellars once a year,
either in the spring or fall. Either prao-
tice makes a heavy draft upon the teams,
and has its Disadvantages. II this work
is done in the spring, it is when the
ground is soft and other work is exceed.
ingly pressing. II the manure is drawn
out in the fall and dropped in heaps
upon the field to be cultivated next sea.
son, there is more or less waste by leach
ing and by evaporation. There is q
growing disposition among our intelli.
gent farmers to apply manure directly
to growing crops, or rs neal the time OF
planting and sowing as possible. II is
felt that the sooner manure is put with
in reach of the roots Of plants, the bet.
ter for the crops and their owners. Ma
nure is 80 much capital invested, and
bears interest only as it is consumed in
the coil.
The barn cellar may be 80 managed as
TO manufacture and turn out fertilizers
every month in the year, 30 that the
farmer may suit his convenience in APP
plying them to the soil. When manure
is not wanted for cultivated crops it is
always cafe to apply it to the grass crop,
either in pastures or upon meadows after
moving. Top-dressing is growing in
favor with our intelligent farmers
Grass pays better than almost any farm
crop in the older States, aud the spread-
ing of compost Saves the necessity of
frequent blowing and seeding. By top
dressing at any convenient season of the
year, fields may be kept proHtably in
grass for az indefinite time.
Raising Calves.
After the calf is a couple Of weeks old
it is well to let it have q bundle of sweet
English hay within reach, where it can
nibble at leisure. A healthy calf will
early learn to eat hay and chew the cud.
A box with a little oat meal or wheat
bran may also be nailed on the side of the
pen, where the calf will soon learn to go
and lap when hungry. Old hay is bet.
ter than grass or rowen, if the milk
given is new and rich. II it is all skim
med the other feed may be a little more
loosening. But to succeed in the high
est degree, M who is raising calves
must feed them himself, morning and
night, and notice the very first indica-
tons of indigestion. There are plenty
OF signs by which an observing person
will know at a glance whether his ami
mails are in perfect health or not. Some
farmers give their calves porridge and
hay tea, and where milk is scarce this
is agood practice, the same caution be-
ing used to see that the bowels are kept
in a healthy state. Yet, when milk is
plenty, We ask nothing better, even
though most OF the cream is removed.
1t is quite important that calves be tied
In stalls o. otherwise while drinking,
and for a while afterward, to prevent
them from getting into the practice of
sucking each other, which is very bad.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
A Mothers Enduring Love.

A touching story of the endurance Of
human love is that OF q mother in a West
Virginia village whose son went ont one
evening, thirty years ago, asking her to
have supper ready for him when he
should come back.
Whether he wasmurdered or ran away
to sea nobody knows. He has g re.
turned. His mother, now feeble and
white-haired, makes ready for him every
night, places his chair by the table and
waits.
He will come some day. she says,
and then no will see that / never have
forgotten him.
One cannot but hope that the loving
patience Of the poor waiting heart may
yet be rewarded.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
FACTS AND FAXCIEs.


ing the lick her-lasl
Nature Is up 70 tricks vhenfh waters
the MIX in coecaUuts.
E7uy rsn has his pre.ulis and
every womsn hss biss.
People pick their teeth ahd VI they
do not all get COOL ones.
A potato should be judged by it's
weight and rot Ivy i's eyes.
Acrowded street car affords a ian an
opportunity TO stand up for bis iFhts.
The ladies sing IN sweet pay
and buy we will meet in that beuti.
full store.
a paper advertises for sale @ ew
which commands a view Of nearly IN
whole congregation
II is nov believed that liquor casks are
marked Xxx because their contents
make men walk that wuy-Cro5swise.
Have yoa q mother.in.lawl' asked a
man 81 a disconsollte.lookin person.
No. he replied, but I've a father in
jail
What are the best s%tories?' That
depends. When you are telling them
the long nes are whom you are listen
ing, the short ones
Martin +. Topper says: where are
the pure, the noble and meek !; and
the Nsw Orleans PicayuHe says they
are all running for off ,e down that way.
As the western clouds are tinged with
gold ever after the suu is lost TO view,
80 does the memory Of a kind act bring
a smile to the face when its author ia
forgotten.
'Tis true, tits pitty-pitty 'tis, It's
true was written ia the peach season
when some fellow purchased fifteen cents
worth Of freestopes that turned ont 10
be be clings.
Ono of the saddest things about hu-
man nature is that a man may guido
others in the path of life without walk
ing hlV hilh'oi' 'l'' h0 H1uy 20 paw
and yet a castaway,
oolleso o'ulel', ~ ti'lo''oe
inserted: TO charity, thirty dollars.'--
Tvs i",u,i 49, '"y,
49,. - o,r,,i,o
nu"ata e. - rou
49, n, vi moJ.
=,
w. 'N
An0 pn'I'''posi Ok 'n' " ''"'ioH ~
aepe""9F' sA5s' a l'-h d aV'emp'S
10 90 ousiuo's "''l'"' "a'erVlS'n8
might as wen se' f&n OF lco ana
altempS 10 SKIN cream from " III tn'
morning.
oonenouy : coming "h2h tn9 cow
drops lS'i' Sue was Fo,''F humihH'R'
when the old m%a r9IorAo'' AN you
bet yer SWEEP me- Mara 'he nen
tn'hk .hoha"f S''fh 'oV lo'@o "ueA
ne se'8 mere
MN may 'Po'A " n'' "te'o u LID
aun0 ana De "huliS'o'" oa' "nen 10
taiBs Oh MS COUSIN h9 MosV e9iA"In
whoth or loE Tue c'a'in - " nm OF
woman JAo EngiiSl language Is "
great thing IN It's way
The are some people Who think 'Ney
make the most OF lie when they maholt
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

An exchange prints an article entitled
How to spoil children The recipe is
about half a column in length, which is
a great waste of space, You can spoil
children by letting them play with a
'didn't-know.it'was loaded shotgun.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

They we're talking about the approach
ing theatrical season. She, innocently,
L believe Mary Anderson has anew play,
Lover He, taking unworthy advan-
tage OF the uncertain construction Of the
sentence--T think she has, dear Then
she saw IL and screamed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

Foote, the great wit, shot many an
arrow that remained ~quiyering in the
wound for a long time. When some
one, with bad taste, raised q laugh
against him on tho subject Of his lame
ness, he turned on his intruder and said
sharply, why do you attack my weak
est partl Did l ever say anything about
yonr head2'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

The oars OF resolution and the sails of
discretion are necessary to make head
way up the swift, opposing current
that every Il must face 10 secure sue
eess.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

Darling, 1 am growing old,
Silver threads among the gold
Sang the wife--but Jack replied,
Turn your switch the other side
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13
A Natural

limaklur 10 tho name given by the
Fins TO a peculiar stone which 10 found
in Finland and serves the Inhabitants
for 4 barometer. 1t turns black or black
ish gray when it is going to rain, but on
tho approach OF fine weather il is COW
cred with white spots. Probably it is a
fossil mixed with clay and containing
rock-salt, inter or ammonia, which, &C.
cordiDg to the greater or less degree Of
dampness OF theatmospherc, attracts it,
or otherwise. In the latter case tho salt
appears, forming the white spots.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-13

1t was pretty Incident that occurred
the other Sunday in a church in London,
Ontario. A robin few in the church,
took up it's position on the railing oppo.
site the minister, sang loudly and well
when the people sang, Yves perfectly 81
lent during prayer, chirped when the
minister said anything good during the
sermon, seemed to re.ecl o the doxology,
aud did better than many church-goors
by remaining until chulch was formally
dismissed.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-03-28

OVER fifty horses are training 1t the
Lexington. KY, race-course.