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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
A Nation OF Speech Makers.

Speech-making is at once q national
talent and a national vice among rs,
says an exchange. Europeans wonder
at it, and are often amused and enter
tanned by it. They are unable to ex-
plain why a man who has sat reticent
and apparently dull by their side for an
hour or more, should, on being named
for a speech, flash out into something
very like oratory. Foreigners who
come among us say that we are a nation
OF speech-makers, and that speech-mak-
ing is not confined, as in other countries,
to any class or classes. All that seem
necessary to insure a speech from an
American is to call on him to speak
He may be uneducated, inexperienced,
and, under ordinary circumstances, diff
tident, obtuse, and wanting in fuency.
But invite him to speak anywhere at any
time, and his nationality may be .ques-
toned if he do not give evidence of very
lertlle utterance. IN other countries,
speech-makers are men who have been
trained to the business, who have made
it a special and continuous study; they
are, in a word, speech-makers by pro.
f~ession, while here men are speech.
makers by practice. To be born in the
republic presupposes the capacity to
~'orate,' and the capacity given, all places
furnish opportunities. This volubility
comes in part from the richness and
variety of our mother tongue, which en-
ables any one who has mastered it to
talk hour after hour without conveying
any clear idea. We have constant ex.
amples of this in our Legislative halls,
in the pulpit and at public dinners.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
One of washingtOn,s Personal Letters.

In a letter dated at Mount Vernon,
August 81, 1855, Washington gives
Colonel Tilghman of Baltimore, some
commissions. He writes:
Mrs. Washington has requested me
to add that if any fine thin hapdkerchiefs
with striped or worked borders are to be
had she would like to get six of them;
also fine i%aconet muslin (apron width
and about five or seven yards would be
sufficient. II Mr.. O'Donnel
should feel an inclination to make this
part Of Virginia a visit 1 shall be happy
in seeing him, and if instead of giving
him n letter of introduction you should
change the mode and introduce him in
your W propria persona it would add
much to the pleasure OF it.
with great esteem and regard l nm,
dear Sir, your aGfectionate friend and
obedient humble servant.
@. WASHINGTON
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Wonderful Shooting,

The best score on record wal made al
the Columbia rifle range, West End,
N. J. The attraction was the Sharps
long range shoot, and it opened with
eleven competitors. The conditions
were 800 yards, any rife, 10 shots. On
the first round Mr.. A. G. Holcombe and
DR.. s. T. q. Dudley tied on a score OF
6fty out Of a possible fifty. Mr.. Hol-
combe and DR.. Dudley went to the tar
gets to shoot off the tie, both men again
making ten consecutive bull's-eyes. A
third time these remarkable marksmen
went to the targets, and again both men
made the wonderful run of fifty out OF a
possible fifty. Both men cleaned their
R~emingtons, and for q fourth time be-
gan to shoot off the tie. Dudley started
off with q bull's-cye, Holc0mbe follow
ing with the same, and on the second
shot DIR. Dudley scored q center and
Holcombe made a bulls eye. Both
men made four more bull's.eyes, and
then Dudley again made q center. The
total score now stood; Holcombe, 1870
ont Of a possible $50, and DR.. Dudley,
17S out of a possible $50. Holcombe,
on the thirty.seventh shot, his seventh
of the final tie, again scored q bull's-eye.
On his eighth he got q center, closing
his score with two bull's-eyes, making
in the match 1919 olt Of a possible 200.
His run OF thirty-seven consecutive
bull's-eyes has never been equaled, and
IL stands tho best score on record.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
A New Musical Instrument.

The automatic organ, as it is called,
involves the necessity on the part OF the
player of using the feet upon the trea.
dies, but the manipulation OF the keys
by the fingers is dispensed with by the
peculiar process of having the music
play itself. In place Of ordinary notes
printed upon a few pages the roll of mu-
sic is yards in length and the notes are
perforations varying in size and place
according TO the time and pitch. BY an
arrangement of wheels this roll is I'M
wound and drawn over the openings
above the reeds by the same motion Of
the pedals which forces the air through
the latter; and as the perforations pass
over the reeds the musical sounds are
allowed to escape in harmony, just as
they do when the keys are pressed in an
ordinary organ. When the tune is play
cd, an ingenious continuance permits
the machinery to be reversed and the
sheet Of music to be removed in readi-
ness for another performance, 1t can
then be readily removed and another
put in its place. According TO the scope
Of tho instrument the style Of the music
performed may be varied from a 'Stabat
Mater TO airs from 'Pinafore.' The
cost Of the rolls is only slightly in ad-
vance of ordinary sheet music; while a
.large-sized instrument can be had for
about the same as the cheapest ordinary
parlor organ.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Helping the Chicken Market.

John E. Hagerty, OF 945 Broadway,
says a 81. Louis paper, yesterday sold
seyenty-two dozen chickens, under cir
cumstances that we're out Of the usual
routine OF trade. One of the s64 chick.
ems sold and Immediately killed WAS, for
a few minutes, valued at $500. II occu.
pied, as il were, the position OF a capital
prize in a lottery. The circumstances
were like this: Mr.. Hawthorne, q So
%iourner in st. Louis, whose homo is in
Syracuse, N. Y, was strolling up Broad
way, observing with interest the huge
proportions OF the poultry and game
business Of the city. A number Of
cOops Of very fine chickens numbered
the sidewalk in front Of Hagerty'splace.
Mn. Hawthorne was and is the owner Of
a very fine diamond cluster pin OF seven
stones, and valued at $500.
While leaning over a coop Of chickens,
playfully stirring them up with his cane,
one Of the fowls suddenly shot his head
through an aperture in the top OF the
coop, and, with a rapid, firm movement
and grip, tore the glittering diadem
from the snowy expanse Of Mr.. Haw.
thorne's shirt front. The pin actually
presented a front with the circumference
Of a dime. AS a grain OF corn it disap.
peared down the gullet Of the voracious
hen. Mr.. Hawthorne at once became
wildly excited. He ran into the store
and loudly proclaimed his loss, and then
danced ont on TO the sidewalk and there
bewailed his bad luck. There were a
number Of hucksters buying chickens a
the time. They were pulling the coops
about, and somehow, between the un-
fortunate mans excitement and the
handling of the coops by the hucksters,
he lost all knowledge Of the identity Of
the particular coop in which the prize
chicken was strutting. Hawthorne was
in despair, when Mr.. John Hagerty
came to the scene, John explained that
there were seventy.two dozen chickens
in the coops. In order to surely recover
the pin they must all be killed. Hager.
ty sells more dressed chickens every day
to the hotels than that, and all he asked
Hawthorne to do was to pay the price
of twenty-five cents per dozen, for the
actual labor Of killing and dressing the
birds. To this the owner of the missing
jewels consented. The poultry were
taken back to the killing and cleaning
DOM, where eve women are constant
ly employed dressing fowl for the mar
ket, and the work of slaughter began.
MI. Hawthorne and Mr.. Hagerty stood
by, carefully watching the examination
of tine craw Of each bird. The women
we're not aware that they we're hunting
for a premium bird, and the one who
discovered the cluster in the craw of o
bird, when there were but six more left
to clean, was thoroughly surprised. The
pin was found unipjured, and, after a
good washing, resumed its position on
the owners shirt front. He very hand
somely gave the woman who found the
diamonds a $40 note, paid MIR. Hagerty
$l8 for killing the chickens, and will not
care to examine Gagged poultry too close.
ly in the future. =.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Not to be Proud Of their English.

Among the humors Of the late Paris
exposition are the errors committed in
the awards Of diplomas to a number of
the American exhibitors, growing out Of
the unfamiliarity Of tho commission Of
awards with the American vernacular.
In looking over the diplomas which have
been received at the Office of the com.
missioner general the following have
been casually noted: Tha diploma in.
tended for the Providence Tool company
is addressed to the Providence Fool
company; that for the Gardner Gun
company is granted for a Fusil pour la
Jardiniere, or gun for a gardener; that
for the Wamsutta Mills is granted to
Nous Wamsutta. The Waterbury But
ton comppnyreceives its diploma in the
name Of Waterbury, Button & Company.
The commissioner general, understand
ing for whom the diplomas were intend
ed, forwarded them to their destination.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Brain Farming.

Some people imagine that farming re-
quires but little outlay of brain power
to make il successful. But as some one
has t%ruthfully said, Brains make the
best fertilizer q farmer can use.' Take
two men, n OF them with half the
physical strength OF the other, the
weaker man OF the two will accomplish
more than the other il he exceeds the
latter in br~ain-power. We have known
large, stout, healthy men, who were
hard workers, md yet always ON II stern
chase with their work; they were
a~lways..in hot water, always poor, from
the simple fact that their bodies were
better than their brains. Such a man,
If he is doing as simple work as picking
up stones on a side hill, will get his
stone boat on the upper side OF a large
bowlder, and then, by stress Of mind
and muscle, roll it ON to the drag, while
the weaker, but wiser man, would place
the boat on the lower side of the stone,
unhitch his team, place the chain about
it, and in a twinkling have it loaded,
and save his own strength for some
more important occasion. And 80 il
goes to the end OF the chapter, with the
man who does not think and this Law
applies to indoor as we'll as to outdoor
work. II men and women would take
time TO plan their work, they would
secure much better results than to hurry
and scurry about without thought OF
system. VIZ honestly believe il every
farmer would have a study and library.
like any professional man, with a few
good agricultural papers, and spend al
hour or two each day in reading ant
planning his work, he would secure
better results than to spend twice tina
amount Of active labor on his farm
This is the time and the hour for labor
saving inventions in every direction, ap(
no farmer can entirely ignore this in
creased knowledge, and compete will
those who keep their eyes and cara open
Farm Notes.
Charcoal, pulyerized and mixed will
water, is o highly recommended Oh
an agent for relieving cattle suffering
from any arrangement of the stomach
such as bloat or hoven, etc. Thi
should be remembered. There is NJ
doubt of its efficacy, if abundance o
concurrent testimony can be relieC
upon.
To make a good harness polish, TAX
of mutton suet two ounces; beeswax, 81,
ounces; lampblack, one ounce; yellow O
green soap, two ounces; water, one-hal
pint dissolve the soap in the water
add the other solid ingredients, mix wei
and add ~turpentine. Lay on with
sponge and polish with a brush.
The result Of late experiments il
England show that fifteen and a.quarte,
quarts of the milk of Shorthorns is re
CURED for a pound Of butter. The same
amount was produced from ten and a
half quarts of Ayrshire milk, nine anc
a-hRlf quarts. Of Galloway milk and eigh
and a-half quarts of Kerry milk, beinl
produced, as nearly as possible, undeI
the same conditions,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09

Suffering will exhibit It's presence by the
cries Of the bsby, and should be removed by
the prompt use Of that highly-recommended
remedy, DR.. Bulls Baby Syrup. 1t is free from
Opium, Price 25 cts.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09

No one can think clearly when suffering with
Headache. DIR. Bills Baltimore Pills will ban-
tsh this dissgreeable ailment. Price Is cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Power Of the Electric Light.

One evening the Maxim electric light
was put in operation on the tower OF the
Grand Union hotel, Saratoga Springs,
N. Y, with a view TO test the extent OF
it's Illuminating powers. An open para
bolic reflector was used no lenses-and
care was taken by Mr.. Maxim to set the
points Of the carbons a little at one side
OF each other, and to adjust them TO the
exact focus Of the reflector. When this
was fairly accomplished the light was
turned toward a spot in Ballston Spa,
seven and O. half miles distant, where,
by previous arrangement, a group Of
several hundred persons we're assembled
to witness the experiment. 80 powerful
was the light, 80 accurate the focusing
and alignment, that the designated place
in Ballston was instantly illuminated,
80 that ordinary print could be read,
the time seen N watches, etc. The
night was clear, still and dark. The
experiment was made at nine and a-half
O'Clock p. m. This is believed to be the
greatest distance at which illumination
of equal degree has been accomplished.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
North Caroline testimonials.
Recommends it to all.

IIbUOmIHtnUB to 70 HII'
Wake Forest, College, Jan. 40, 1879.
Dear Sir 81 have ussd tho Indian Blood
Syrup which / purchased from your Agent, ".
b. Wingate, and think it q servioesble medi-
cine; It's effect on tho Liver, Blood, and other
ways I have had occasion 10 use, have been
fully up to the claims OF Its Agent and cheer
fully recommend 1t to the people OF this vi
cinity. L. q. Gill, Magistrate.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
An E1collent Medicine.

Prestonville, Stokes Co, N. G., Jan. ], 1873.
Dear Sir Having been aflicted with Rheu.
matism In my back and hips for three years., ]
was advised to try your Indian Blood Syrup
and / can say it has done mo moro good than
any medicine / ever tried. Joel HawkinS.
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nedy for Rheumatism

Back Swamp, Kobeson Co., N. o.
oct. g.. 1878.
Dear Sir II was afflicted with Rheumatic
Pains for ten years, and l tried many remed'Ns,
but found none to do me any good until pr
chased some of your Indian Blood Syrup from
your Agent, and having tested II myself, l
would recommend all afflicted to give it a trial
william Rowland,
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The Best Remedy known 70 Man ]

Dr.. Clark johnson having associated himself
with Mr.. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, loug
a slave to Wakametkla, tho medicine man OF the
COmanches, IL now prepared 10 lend his aid in the
The experience Of Mr.. Eastman bling similar TO
that Of Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, OF Washington
Co., Iowa, an account Of whose suferlngs were
thrillingly narrated in the Neg Iork Herald OF Dec.
18th, 1873, tho facts Of which arc so widely
known, and GO nearly parallel, that but little men
ton Of Mr.. Easimanis experiences viii be given
here. They are, however, published IN q neat vol
ume OF 800 pages, entitled, Seven and Nine Years
mention will DO made hereafter. Suffice II 10 say,
that for several years, Mr.. Eastman, while q cap
tive, was compelled TO gather tho roots, gumt,
barks. herbs and berries Of which Wakametkla's
medicine was made, and f. still prepared TO pro-
yldc the FANE materials for the successful intro
ductiou Of tho medicine 70 the world; and assures
the public that tho remedy - the game now a.
when WaGame.kla compelled him TO make IL,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09

A woman must possess q full purse or
great ingenuity to keep up with the be-
hests OF fashion.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Edwin Eastman in Indian Costume.

nEyEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG THE CoMANcHEs
AM APAoHEs. A neat volume Of 800 pages,
being o simple statement Of the horrible facts
connected with the sad massacre OF a helpless
family, and the captivity, %tortures and ultimate
escape of It's two surviving members. For sal"
byour agents generally. Price 500.
Tie incidents Of the massacre, briefly narrated
nre distributed by agents, FREE of charge.
Mr., Eastman, being almost constantly ut thf
West, engaged in gathering and curing the naterl
ais Of which the medicine IS composed, the solf
business management deyolves upon Dr. Johnson
aud the remedy has been called, and is known a
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-10-09
Romedy'for Bachache

Beulavillo, Duplin o., n. O., Feb. 90, 1879.
Dear Dir tt was suffering very much with
the Backache, and three doses % your Indian
Blood Syrup cured rle. W. ]. Barber.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1879-01-07

the negro nur.e OF little Nina confessed
that in her fright she had lett the child
sleeping in one oi the upper rooms. The
Federal army WAS known 10 bo pressing
behind the fugitive party, and il was only
by accident that Captain Anderson, then
attached 10 party Of guerrillas, had
galloped up in ,ime 10 see the woefui lit
face gazing down al him out of the
flames, and. like bold aud gallant so.-
dier as he Was, rescued her. There was
no time tor delay, so that he carried her
for miles on the pommel Of bis saddle,
and as Sheruau's terrible march tn the
sea left desolation and distress in It's
wake, there was nothing now 10 bring
the Mallorys back TO their ruined home.
The nurse declared the child TO be dead,
for the walls had allen in with terrible
crash few hours after the owners had
left. and the woman. negro like. had staid
behind in the firm belief, that The F-deI-
ais had come tor the special purpose oil
bestowing riches on her race. Although
Colonel Mallory has but humble home
in which 10 shelter bis grsndchild. she Is
very happy with him. Her mother died
many years ago. and fancy that she fils
more Than that NAY ward daughters place
She shall never suffer for anything please
God, while l live. and when ! die who Is
there that has any greater claim on
lonely mans wealth than Nina hanson .
1.-The Pride OF The Ba,teryP"
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StlttttA Storp.
For the Belfast Journal
the BATTERYS PRIDE.

THE main idea of this little story was
suggested by some snOuy ymous verses
current in The newspapers some time ago.
called The Pride OF Battery b." Il is
lho suggestion only, however, that IS due
10 the verses the tale, rs II Is here told.
is ihe writer's own.
We were party OF srtillerymen. rough,
Western meR for the most part, although
Ransom. our sergeant. was q fine
featured. delicate-hauded fellow. not
overboaring nor proud. since be always
had q pleasant word or kindly smile for
most OF Us, and vet, With certain dis
tinctiou OF bearing. which made one
wonder how he bad come TO be simple
sergeant. |, at least. knew him TO De
gentleman, for although il is tale too
long 10 be told now why had lett home
and friends and refined surroundings Tor
the rude lite OF private soldier In time
Of war, could very well see that KAN
sons past had been no less refined than
nv own; and during the campaign ot
1864 We had been assigned TO the same
pos, OF duty, and lraternized at once.
most naturally. shared his tentthrough-
out that busy summer. but although he
proved TO be the mos, agreeable OF COM
panions. he rarely spoke Of his past lie,
and when he did cloud OF suGu tsiniul
remembrance r. seemed 10 pass across his
fair. handsome features that / soon
learned to avoid all allusion to 1t, and
oniS enjoyed the good fortune which had
thrown this pleasant. debonair oomrade
across NY path.
For Ransom was the life OF our camp.
II. hsi q rich baritone voice. which had
evidently been carefully cultivated 3
wonderful memory, which retained with
the mos. vivid disiinetness every occur
renee, and powers OF narration oil the
highest order, so that be was eagerly
vvalcomed az every camp-hre-for the
limos when a soldier is not on active
duty are very sure to be tedious. Neither
Ransom nor myself set up for saints
among our wild Western contreres, and
W., there were times when their ia~less
vsvs shocked US BOTH. and this iact.
probsbly. made our sergeant even more
willing 10 turn the thoughts OF the roi-
licking boys to more innocent amuse-
meets than draw-poker and such like evil
devices. Even the charm oi draw-Poker
wonld often yield to Ramson's powers oil
entertainment, and first one and then an-
other OF the greAt-bearded gamblers
would throw down their cards and steal
across TO the little knot of listeners which
were sure to be grouped around the ser
yesc. W henever the tinkliug OF the guitar
which De carried everywhere with him.
was heard in the stiffness OF the summer
evenings.
We hsd chosen q very romantic spot
for the camp. We were part OF the ad-
| vance guard of the army, and very well
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pottrg.
Published by Request

BIZ EDWIN LEAR.
King and queen OF the Pclcaus we;
No other birds SO grand We see;
None but We have feet like fms,
with lovely loaIhery throats and chins.
We live on the Nile. The Nile we love.
By night we sleep on the clins above;
b day we lsh. and al eve we stand
ca long bare islands of yellow sand,
And when the sun sinks slowly down,
And The great rock walls grow dark and brown,
Wherv the purple river rolls fast and dim,
And the ivory Ibis star like skim,
WING to WING we dance around,
Stamping our feet with Humpy sound
Opening our mouths as PelicSns ought,
And this Il the song We nightly snort:
Plcnskin, Plua>kin, Pelican jeel
We think no birds go happy AS we.
PIumpsku, Plpshskin, Pelican JIM
We thought so then, and we think so still.
Last year came out our daughter Dell,
And all the birds received her well.
To 20 her honor feast We made
For every bird thAl can swim OF wade.
Hsrons and Gulls and Com Grants black,
P.Oyers and Storks and Geese in clouds,
Swans and Dilberry Ducks IN crowds.
Thousands OF birds IN vOndrOus oighii
They ate and drank and danced all night,
Aad echoing back from the rocks you heard
Multitude echoes fro.s bird and bird:
Plonskin. Puaskin, Pelican jeel etc.
les, they came; and among the rest
~. - m. 10 a
such = lovely tall lts feathers noM
Between the ends Of his blse dress COAT:
With pea green trousers all 80 neat,
And a delicate fril % hide his feet,
.Fer ;houSh no one speaks OF it, everyone knows
he has got no webs between his toss).
As soon As he saw our daughter Dell,
In violent love that Crane King fell
On seeing her wAddloS form so fair,
With a wreAth OF shrimps In her shori,-hlIe hatr
And before the end Of the next long day
Our Dell had given her heart away:
For the King Of the Cranes had won that heart
" ith a CrOcodile's egs and large rsh tart.
She vowed 70 marry the King OF the Cranes.
Leaving the Nile for stranger plains;
And away they new in a gathering crowd
OF endless birds in a lengthening cloud.
PIoGskin, Plurskin, Pelican Jeel etc.
And fsr away in the Twilightsk sky
We heard them singing lessening cry
Farther and farther 'tin out OF sight,
And We stood alone in the silent night.
O0en since in the nights Of June,
We sit on the sand and watch the moon:
She has gone 70 the great GrombooliAn PLAIN,
And We probably never shall meet again;
on In the long still nights OF June,
We ST on the rocks and watch the moon:
She dwells by the stream. Of the ChAnkly Bore,
And We probably never shall see her more.
Plorsiin, PluGskin, Pelican jee etc.