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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
An Insurance Sharner.

Residing in Rochester, N. Y, is an
old German dentist named Michael
Dahl. Some years ago he took out an
endowment policy in a mutual insurance
company, having its headquarters in
Boston, for $1,000. The policy would
become due and payable two years from
this time, in 1881. A few days since he
was visited by the agent of the COM
pany, and a bargain made between the
two that was n somewhat one sided ar
rangement. The agreement was that
Mr.. Dahl vas to surrender his present
policy, receive $3.50 in cash and a new
one from the company, payable in 1885,
on which he was to pay nc premium.
So far the matter looked perfectly
straight, but the little joker had not put
in an appearance. The policy was sur
rendered, and Mr.. Dahl made out an APP
plication for a new one. Instead of
its being inserted in the application
that the new policy was to be paid in
1885, it was written in such a manner
that it was not to be paid until the in
sured had attained the age of eighty
five. Mr.. Dahl is now sixty-6ve years
of age, and the application signed by
him renders him liable to pay $40 q
year for the next twenty years. The old
gentleman feels somewhat excited over
the business. He stated he had paid
S15 to $40 a quarter for q number
Of years, and he did not propose to pay
any more money. The case has been
placed in a lawyers hands, and the agent
may find himself obliged to disgorge the
old policy, which is worth nearly its face
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
A New Pine Line.


The cost OF transporting crude oil over
the railways being 81 expensive as to
absorb oil the profits Of the trade, q sys-
tenn of piping wal devised by which the
illuminating fluid could be transferred
from the oil regions to the seaboard at
small cost, comparatively, and now it is
announced that the pipe line extending
from Bradford county to Williamsport,
Pa, has been completed, and the pump
ing Of oil into the pipes commenced. -
The appearance of the oily fluid at the
outlet is soo expected, The pipes are
six inches in diameter, and the line ex-
tends n hundred miles over o rough
country, including high hills and rugged
mountains. Though there is an actual
descent, it requires some forcing power
to overcome the aHceuts made by the
line Of pipes. There are two pumping
stations-one at the starting point, Cor
ryville, and the other at Coudersport,
Potter county, twenty-five and a-half
miles from Corryville. The pump at
the latter point has to overcome an ele-
walton Of 1900 feet, but from that point
to Williamsport there is a fall Of 2,1OO.
The lowest capacity Of the line is esti-
mated at 5000 barrels daily. Extensive
r~efneries are to be established at Will
Transport, and the buildings for one
have been some time in progress
Others will follow if the pipe line proves
q success, and q second line is already
projected.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Domestic Hints.

Domtrtlt liihtes
SAUCE For PUDDISo.-A gill OF cold
water, Juice Of one lemon, an ounce of
sugar and a dessertspoonful Of red plum
jelly. First put all in a small saucepan
and stir until it boils, turn out the pud-
ding and pour the sauce around it.
Cold SLAw.-Slice one head Of cab
bage every fine; sprinkle a little sugar and
salt over it; then pound the cabbage.
For the dressing, take a half teacup Of
cream, whip it TO q froth, add TO it one
teacup Of vinegar; stir this dressing well
through the cabbage.
ORULLERs.-One c~offee.cup of sugar,
six large tablespoonfuls OF melted but
ter, one pint Of sweet milk, two eggs, a
little nutmeg, one teaspoonful Of soda,
one tablespoonful of salt; mix in the
-four until the dough is soft and can be
easily handled, roll, cut out the cake,
and fry in lard.
SALT FIsH. Salt fish should be put in
a deep plate, with just enough water to
cover it, the night before you intend TO
cook it; it should not be boiled one in
slant, for boiling renders it hard; it
should lie in scalding hot water for two
or three hours; the less water hat is
used, and the more fish that is cooked
at once, the better; water thickened with
flour and water while boiling, with
sweet butter put in to melt, is the COM
mon sauce.
LIQUID GLUE FOR FANCY WoRK.-A
very excellent glue for joining paper or
making cardboard boxes or similar arti-
Giles of fancy work, can be made by the
aid Of vinegar and alcohol. Dissolve
two ounces Of the best transparent glue
in a quarter Of a pint of strong cider
vinegar; let it simmer slowly by placing
the dish containing it in a dish of boiling
water; when it has become liquid turn
in M ounce Of highest proof alcohol,
and keep it tightly corked. 1t can be
made in a wide-mouthed bottle. If
cold, heat in hot water when wanted for
use.
CLEAR Sour. After boiling FIVE hours
strain it through a small sieve or clean
towel, and skim it with a piece Of white
paper by passing it over the surface, the
paper acting like blottirg paper, remov-
ing the grease thoroughly; put the stock
in a saucepan and allow it to heat; put
in a small bowl the shells and whites of
two eggs, a little pepper and salt and
about a half a gill of cold water, mix to-
gether, and when the stock gets hot
pour the mixture in it and whisk it all
until the stock comes to a boil, allowing
it to boil five minutes slowly, and then
pour through a clean kitchen towel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Daisy Chains.
Down in the meadows, hall asleep.

Down In the meadows, half asleep,
Where breezes through the grasses sweep,
An idle youth, in quiet lay,
While at his side a biue-eyed fay
Sat weaving with such artfnl care
A dainty chain Of daisies fair.
His eyes were olosod in sweet contempt;
Her thoughts alone on mischief bent
She wound the chain about his head,
And arms, and form, and DER him spread,
Till he seemed but g daisy bed.
The laughing eyes then open few
And peered into w eyes OF blue
Up rose his hand, and with q bound
The chain lay sr0hen on the ground
The blue eyes flashed with sudden light,
And, peltiDg him with daisies white,
The vengeance in her eyes he read,
As haughtily the midget said
Young man, another time I'll make
A stouter chain you cannot break
The little witch Could II DO true
How well she spoke her dear heart knew
For, sure enough, around his heart
She o a chain he could not part
And II this very day you pass
Across the meadows waving grass
You'll see the children Of this twain
A wearing each a daisy chain.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
A Train Stoned by Insects.

One cricket would stand a poor show
trying to stop a railroad train, but mill
lions Of them can do it, as was proved in
Nevada, where a western-bound emf
grant train met an army OF crickets at
Clarke's station, and was detained two
hours and a half trying to get through.
To make the passage the train men were
finally forced to take brooms and sweep
the insects off the rails. The crickets
covered the track for about three miles,
and when the driying-wheels Of the en-
CINE struck them they would whirl
around without going forward an inch.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Three ice factories cool Atlanta.

THE SECRET OF BEAUTY has been decided by
Prof. Paine, $50 s. Ninth Street, Philadelphia,
Pa, to depend on the absence Of specific dis
ease germs, such as Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Con-
sumption, etc. Hence no matter how homely
a woman or man may be, the Professor can
make any one handsome by curing their dis
ease, with Catsrrh Vapor and other remedies.
Office, $50 s.. Ninth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Something About Lace.

Each town in Belgium is known for its
particular lace; hence, we have Point de
Bruxelles, Point de Malines, etc. The
word point signifies stitch, and some.
times also designates the pattern, and
occasionally the ground of the lace.
The word point lace both in England
and America, is applied to rich and curl
ously wrought lace, seldom worn except
in court costumes. The Belgian laces
have also separate uses. Mechlin Point
is chiefly employed in trimming night.
dresses, pillows and coverlets. Another
species is commonly worn as an edging,
and mantillas, b~all-dresses and negliges
are commonly made Of the costly point
de Bruxelles. All these laces are made
of the finest thread, woven by hand, and
the cost of the article ranges from So
to $3.50, and sometimes rates as high as
$4,000 a yard. This is manufactured in
cellars, and can only be kept in good
condition in a moist atmosphere. Every
thread is carefully examined, and placed
upon a piece of dark blue paper to test
its quality. II there be the slightest
%unevenness the wheel is stopped, and the
thread removed. This is carefully laid
aside and used again. No machines can
ever supersede the work Of these fine
SINNERS.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
A Strange Career,

The metropolitan papers are publish
ing a romantic story from Elmira, N.
Y, about Katie Hanson, who disappear.
cd from Tioga county, Pa, twenty-five
years ago. She was then eighteen.
Katie, it appears, left her parents to
avoid a dissolute lover, being unwilling
to marry and fall into the degradation
which she saw was inevitable, and yet
unable to live near him and bear her
misery. She dressed in male attire and
went West. She was engaged on a boat
rs cook and roustabout. After the war
broke out she served as q soldier until
her sex was discovered, and then she
became nurse in a hospital, where she
found her former captain, Hopkins, at
deaths door. Nursing him to life, he
repaid her by falling in love with and
marrying the girl. His family, aristo-
Gratis OF Ohio, refusing to recognize his
wife, the couple emigrated to Cuba and
invested their joint savings in a planta-
ton, and now, at the expiration OF four
teen years, return to the United States
wealthy and respected. Katie's parents
had never heard OF her since her disap-
p~earance, and gave her up as dead.
Their JOY Of learning she was alive and
in a~fluence, surrounded by O family,
was unbounded.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Engineering FcatS of thc Ancieuts.

hS hNNAAAe cav vi III AIlNlOutos
In the history of ancient times, the
cutting of canals plays an important
part, both for military and political pur-
poses. The Assyrian queen Ssmiramis
captured the Armenian stronghold of
Ardesh by means of a canal which emp.
tied the river that defended the fortress
on its only available side. Queen Nito-
Girls, a conservative lady, who objected
to the intrusion Of foreign travellers as
strongly as the Russian govern ment of
n own day, obstructed the approach to
Nineveh by canals which gave so tortu-
GUS a course to the Euphrates that those
who voyaged down the stream came
three times in succession to the same
village. Cyrus of Persia, enraged at
the drowning of one Of his favorite white
horses in the river Gyndes, revenged
himself upon tho presumptuous stream
by drawing off its waters into 800 canals,
till it could almost be crossed dry-shod.
Xerxes, when preparing to invade
Greece, cut a canal through the promon.
tory of Mount Athos in order to avoid
the formidable cape which had proved
fatal to so many fleets. Babylon was
entered by the Perslans through the bed
Of the river which had been previously
drained by a canal; and q similar
maneuver proved fatal to the Greek
auxilaries who aided the Egyptian rebel
lion against Persia in the fifth century
B. G.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

There is no situation that cannot dis
cover a lower depth. Here is a news
paper comforting a man who has lost
both legs with the information that he
won't hereafter be troubled with corns.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

later than should have been the case.
Mr.. Morrison attributed his success
almost wholly TO deep plowing, and he
regarded the work OF growing the crop,
aside from the extra labor Of plowiag,
as no greater than that required to grow
an acre Of potatoes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

The Best kennedy KNOWN 70 Nan !
Dr.. Clark johnson having associated himself
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long
a slave 70 WakRmetkia, tho medicine man OF tho
Comanches, is now prepared TO lend his aid In tho
introduction Of the wonderful remedy Of thatthbe.
The experience Of Mr.. Eastman being similar TO
that OF Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, OF Washington
Co, Iowa, an account OF whose tuierings were
thrllingly narrated in the Neo lori Herald Of Dec.
18th, 1873, the facts Of which are 80 widely
known, and so nearly parallel, that but little men
ton Of Mr.. Eastman's experiences will be given
ume OF 300 pages, entitled, "Seyenand Nine Years
Among the Comanches and Apaches," Of which
mention will be made hereafter. Suffice " TO say,
that for several years, Mr.. Eastman, while a cap
tive, was compelled 10 gather the roots, gums,
barks, herbs and berries OF which Wakametkla's
medicine was made, and is still prepared 20 pro-
vide the SANE materials for the successful intro
duction Of tho medicine 20 the world; and assures
the public that the remedy Is the Same now as
when Makametkla compelled hin TO make u.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

The New Orleans Psoayune is OF
opinion that nm army officer has no right
TO blow out brains that have been edu-
Gated at West Point at the public o.
pense.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Good for p%neumonia. \

Good for Pneumonia.
Luthersville, Merriweiier 90. Ga.
Dear Sir ;--Some four or hvD Weoks since /
was threatened with Pneumonih, + took some
OF your Indian Blood Syrup, which gaye me
immediate relief. / think IL lisa good nedicino.
TsB York.
Rhoumatiam Cured.
So tborough, Bcriyen %, ca, Feb, I91l879.
Dear Six .--Having been afflicted q good deal
with rheumatism for tho last I've years. Twas
induced TO try your IndiSn Blood Syrup aud by
taking two OF your 6O-cent bottles / was en-
tirely relieved. Marlha.C Willams,
Cures Dyspepsia and Liyof Compbint.
Bcarborough, E1liYon o., 90.
Dear Sir I'll have been troubled with Dye
pepsia FOR three yoarA. I bought two nifty
cent bottles OF your indian Blood Syrup andH
has curCd me. I can confidently recpEamondi III
Owon JVipef
ktN&NtMN
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
A sUBsoR1BER's soI1IoouY.

A sUBsoR1BER's soLILooUY.
To pay, or not to pay, that is the question
Whether It's better for me to refuse
To take a local paper, and deprive
My family from reading all the news,
Or pay up promptly what the printer asks,
And, by such payment, cheer him? No pay
no paper
Then no more shall i DO posted on the news,
And local haps through the town,
And divers t%opics-tis a contamination
That / long have feared. To pay, or stop ?
To stop perchance to lose-Aye, there's the
rub
For in that stop nc interest do l take
In any OF tn affairs which move tho town,
And such o shufllng of Of ali that's good
Must make me pause. There's the respect
Which every editor maintains for those
Who come down with the cash and ne'er de-
lay .f.lJ lt F.
To settle up that little BILL For who would
bear
The pointed squibs and pungent paragraphs
Which far too oft reflect upon the man
Who fails to settle his subscription bill
Ill haste me now unto the editor,
And, with my purse plethorio in my hand,
win settle up in full, one year from date,
By paying 10 him from my ready cash
The sum Of two dollars in advance. .5
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

The prize pigeon at the flying trial at
Baltimore made forty-two miles in sixty
four minutes,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10

A woman in New York, who dashed
pepper in her false lovers eyes, was
arrested for 'sault.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Which Bees to Keen,

A correspondent writes 4 passed
through large fields Of clover (the large
kind that were musical with The hum
of bees, but not q black was to be seen.
The result was that of the end of three
weeks l removed from the Italians sixty
pounds Of fine box honey per hive, on
an average, while the blacks had con-
sumed fully half their stores, and had to
be fed in the fall to carry through win
ter. l have long since superseded the
blacks, and have now only the Italians,
and would no more think of going back to
black bees than 1 would to box hives
and the birthstone pit. In 1877 my best
stock of Italians gave me 800 pounds of
box honey, while from one from which
the honey was taken with the extractor l
obtained 566 pounds. / do not wish to be
understood to say that the Italians will
work on red clover all seasons, for such
is not the case. In moist or wet seasons
the corolla Of the blossoms grows so
long that they are unable to reach the
nectar. There is one point, however.
that is in favor Of the blacks, and that
is, they will resist our long and cold
winters far better than the Italians
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Jacksonville, Ga March G, 1879.
Dear Sir Words are inadequate to express
my thanks TO the Giver Of all Good, for hav-
ing placed in my way tho Indian Blood Syrup,
was said TO be in the last stage OF Oonsunp-
ton, but since ] have taken your Syrup i am
perfectly restored TO health. II. 0. Methvln.
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Coativonoss and Pains Cured.

Jeffersonville, Twigg Co., Ga., Feb. Q, 1879.
Dear Sir tt have been afflicted for many
years with pains in my Back and Side, and q
severe Cough. / tried your Indian Blood
Syrup, and by taking one bottle ! was entirely
cured. / would therefore recommend 1t to al
who may be like all l.. A. Wimberly. 81
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
Sugar Beet Culture.

Mr., John b. Morrison, Of Farming.
ton, Me-, grew last year forty tons of
sugar beets on one acre Of land, which
was also in beets in 1877. The land was
plowed sixteen inches deep, and manur-
ed with well-rotted barnyard manure at
the rate Of about ten cords to the acre.
When the beets were three inches high
they we're thinned to one plant to every
eight inches. After this time they we're
hoed but once, as the leaves shaded the
ground and kept down the weeds. Il
should have been stated that the seed
was not sown till June /, fully two weeks
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-10
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Artificial Foods.

Millions of dollars worth of so-called
artificial foods, cotton-seed oil-meal, lin
seed oil-meal, peanut meal and other
refuse materials are sent to Europe from
this country every year. This is as
though we furnished our enemy with a
sword wherewith to STAY us. We sup.
ply our competitors with the most effec-
tive means for meeting us in COMPETE
ton. We give our adversaries material
help in doing this. OF these foods they
make meat, butter, cheese, grain, grass
and u to make more Of these, all
of which, directly or indirectly, we are
making and selling in the closest COM
petition with them. In a ton OF cotton
seed meal, there are 500 pounds of beef,
as much cheese, and as great q value of
manure as the meal costs to purchase
Linseed oil-meal is equally as valuable.
By using these ourselves we should Sc
cure the benefit Of all this production,
while we should prevent its use by our
competitors in business. Some may say
we cannot afford to use these. This ex-
>cuse is obviously groundless, when they
are purchased by English farmers who
PGS rentals for their land of $40 to $50
per acre yearly, and pay the cost of
freight from u shores across the At
laRtic upon these feeding stuffs, with
'tAeAxpenses and profits of at least two
intermediate dealers, and yet use them
with sufficient advantage to make them
an object that is earnestly sought after.
The fact is, by neglecting these home
made sproducts we are throwing away
an immense advantage which cannot
amount, in a money value, to less than
a hundred million Of dollars annually.
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Recuperating Pastures.

In England the pastures of the great
dairy county Of Cheshire became so ex.
hausted as to cease to be valuable for
the purposes for which they had before
been considered famous. With the
other sections of England bonedust was
introduced and used particularly as a
top dressing upon their grass lands, and
their old pastures have increased in feed.
ing stock from thirty to fifty per cent.
and we believe that in this country
equally beneficial results are being
experienced by the same means,
and wherever it has been tried the farm
er will be induced to extend the plan in
the future. 1t not only gives the pas
lures a fresh start, but it is a dressing
that will last quite a number of years;
besides, the properties of the bone enter
the grass, thus giving the cattle in the
natural way what they very much need,
and saves giving them bone meal in
their feed. A dressing Of $50 to 400
pounds per acre would be a good and
cheap dressing, as it would last for a
number Of years. The bone-dust should
be sown broadcast early in the spring as
possible, when the young grass is start
ing. Hen manure can be used with
good success by composing with ground
bone, ashes or lime. Cover with loan
or muck two or three weeks until it
heats, then work it over and mix it well
with loan or muck to reduce to the
proper strength, and apply in the hills.
IL - 49,. - I.V
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It is A Good Medicine for All Diseases.
Luthersyille, Merriweiher Co, Ga. Z
Dear Sir II have used your medicine for
some time for Sick Headache and ell General
Diseases, aud and IL good for all, as far az J.
have tried IL, / think it a good medicine and
would recommend II 10 oil who are 10 any way
afflicted. j.. j. York W.
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Georgia Testimonials.
Cures Neuralgia.
Scarborough, Scrivon Co., Ga.
Dear Sir.-I have been suffering with Neu-
ralgia for two or three years. / purchased q
one dollar bottle Of your Indian Blood Syrup,
and 1t has done me more good than all the
other medicine l have used.
Eugonia V. Williams.
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A man up on North HlII is Just The
maddest man. Haven't to Philadelphia
and paid $500 for a pure-blood bird dog,
with a pedigree longer than the chrome
logical table of the kings of England,
and the dog hadn't been home two days
before the next door neighbor killed
him with q brick in his henhouse, where
the thoroughbred was sucking eggs.
Blood is as uncertain and rare in a dog
as it is in a South American battle.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-08-11
BalkY Horses.

A Society for the Prevention OfCrucl-
~ To Animals recommends the follow
inc gules for the treatment OF balky
horses:
|. Pat the horse unon the neck, eX-
anime the harness carefully, first one
side then on the other, speaking encour-
aginglv while doing SO; then jump into
the wagon and give the word; generally
he will obey.
>. A teamsier in Maine says he can
start the worst balky horse by taking
him out of the shahS and making him 20
round in circle. 1.-THE first dance OF
this kind doesn't cure him, the second
one will be sure 20 do il.
5. To cure a balky horse, simply place
YOUR hand over the horses nose and
shut off the wind till he wants To 20,
and then let him 90.
4. The brains Of horses seem to enter
tain but one idea at a time; thus cOntin-
ued whipping only confirms his stub
born resolve; if YOU can 10y any means
give him a new subject to think OF, you
vii have no trouble starting him. \
simple remedy is TO take a couple OF
turns Of stout Irvine around the fOre-leg
lust below the knee, and tie in a bow
knot. At the first check he will 20
dancing of, and, after going short dis
lance. YOU can get out and remove the
string 10 prevent injury TO the tend II
in YOUR further drive.