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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

LAMP CEMENT.-Wher the tops of
lamps have become loosened, it Is not
an easy job to mend them, and many
have been disappointed in attempting
to cement them on by the use of plaster
of Paris. 1t is said that by boiling
three parts of rosin with n part of
caustic soda and five parts Of water,
and mixing with one-hslf its weight of
plaster of Paris, one will make a cement
which is not permeable by petroleum.
1t sets firmly in a short time, and is not
a good conductor of heat.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

so TNsIDIoUs ARE THE FIRST APPROACHES on
Consumption that thousands remain unconsoi.
Gus OF It's presence until II has brought them Co
the vorge ofth grave. An Immediate resort 10
DR.. ID. Jayne's Expectorant, upon the first ap-
pearance or Cough, Pain or soreness of the
Throat or Chest, would very general y preclude
n fatal result, or, In case the symptoms lndi.
cate the presence Of Latent Consumption,
would tend TO subdue the violence OF the dis,
ease, and thus materially assist In prolonglng
the life or the patient. Use the EXpeCtorant
therefore when you take n cold, and by so doing
prevent the necessity for It's use In more dang
rOug complaints.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

ALWAYS clean the teeth at night, just
before retiring. Scrub the teeth with
a hard brush, using little, if any soap ;
sprinkle on a very little pulverised
borax; until the gums are hardened
and become accustomed to the use of
borax water; it prevents it from be-
coming sore or tender. If artificial
teeth are worn, cleanse them thoroughly
with borax, and when convenient, let
them remain in borax water all night;
1t will purify them aud help to sweeten
the breath.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

A Tom cat is a more independent ami.
NAL than a man. When a man comes
home at 2 or 8 o'clock in the morning
he slips in as quietly as possible, but
the Tom cat don't seem to care. The
later the hour, and the nearer the house
1t approaches, the louder it will yell.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

ARCHIE: "Auntie, what's a torpedo ?"
Auntie: Something that blows some
thing up, my love-" Archie: "Then are
you a torpedo, auntie? Auntie: "NO
my dear, WhyP" Archie "Because 1
heard uncle telling pa you were always
blowing him up"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

A woman quarrelling with her hus-
band told him she believed that If she
should die he would marty the DEVILS
daughter. The tender husband replied,
'eThe law does not allow a man to mar
'ry two sisters"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

TO keep animals in good condi-
ton, or increasing in weight, should be
the object of every farmer during the
winter season. To permit a loss of
weight after the summers feeding, is to
waste the food both winter and summer.
1t costs more to get an animal fat than
to keep 1t fat.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

CABBAGE are coming into common use
as fodder. They may be saved by put
ting them in heaps of two or three wag-
on loads, with sheaves of straw inter-
mingled, and covering with straw and
earth, as for roots; or by placing them,
roots upturned, upon the ground, in a
dry place, and throwing a few inches of
earth over the heads. We find that cab
bage makes excellent food for milking
cows.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

"WHAT arc you about?" agrily ex.
claimed a country editor the other day
to his wife, who was touching up her
complexion before the mirror. ''Only
getting up my patent outside DEAR"
was the reply,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

If the party who wrote The Leader a
poem on "The Darling Datfodills" will
skirmish around and try to find out how
to stew raw turnips and peel cabbages,
she will probably hear of something to
her advantage.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

MAMMA lsuddenly): sob! Oh! Oh I"
Jack: "What's the matter, mummy ?"
Mamma: 'I've TANNED my little fin
ger in the door of that wretched store
cupboard" Jack: damned your little
fingerl Oh, let me suck it, mummy ~
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

GATHER" said an linguistic boy,
"what is close relations?" "Close re-
l%ations, my son." replied the father,
''are relations that never give you a
cent" The boy said the old man, then,
was the "closest" relation he'd got.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
AIr.. General sherman

BAYS: I have frequently bought DuranRis
hheumAtie Remedy for friends suffering with
hheumAtism- and In eUeTy Instance il sorked
hke magic Sufferers with rheumatism make
. note OF this- and send for circular 10 Helph-
o. q Sold BY all d~ruggistA
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

THE price for drawing a tooth in
Chicago is 81. This would seem an out
rageous price but it takes one mar to
hold the patients cheek back.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

%SPRIGHTLY young lady 81 AMI afraid
l have a very large foot!" Polite shop
man: Large, miss! Oh, dear, no miss !!
We have lots o. gent--that is, custo-
mers with much larger missl"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

To ALL who desire q speedy and safe cure
for Indigestion and Biliousness, we recon-
mend Schenck's Mandrake Pills. Safe and
harmless in their action, they possess oil the
curative properties of calomel, but leave none
Of it's hurtful effects.
For sale by all Druggists. .
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

To MAKE CoRKs AIR-TIGHT AND
WATER-TIGHT.-A German chemical
journal commends the use of parafine
as the best method of making porous
corks gas tight and water-tight. Allow
the corks TO remain for about five min
utes beneath the surface of paraffine in
a suitable vessel, the corks being held
down either by a perforated lid, wire
screen or similar device. Corks thus
prepared the writer says, can be easily
cut and bored, have a perfectly smooth
exterior, may be introduced and remov-
ed from the neck of a flask with ease,
and make a perfect seal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

To CURE TooTHACHE.-Take equal
parts of salt and powdered alum, mix
them together, apply freely, and you
will experience almost instant relief.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

Crouch AND READY" Take
your "aubbie's" old clothes and cut in
pieces one inch square; string them
through the center on linen thread,
sew these in the shape of a coil or OBJ
long on a piece of some heavy material.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06


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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

TH~IRTY-THREE years have passed since
the introduction of DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, and it still stands ~unrivaled.
Price only % cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
Or. RadWay'S Regulating Pills

Perfectly tasteless, elegantly coated, for the
cure OF all disorders OF the stomach. liver, bow.
els, Kidneys, bladder, nervous diseases, head.
ache, constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia, bill
i%ousness, bilious fever, Inflammation OF the bow
els, piles. and all arrangements OF the internal
yiscera. Warranted 10 effect a perfect cure
Price rs cents per box.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

A PIECE of rag soaked in a solution of
cayenne Is a capital thing to put into a
rat or o hole. They Will not at
tempt to eat It.. II
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
Respectfully yours,

JANE A. AsHBBooK
Lovelaceville, Ballard Co., KY, March 23,
Gentlemen Il find your medicine to be
truly a sovereign remedy for Asthma. For
ward Immediately i cannot live without IL l
do think, gentlemen wo should have IL placed
here on sale. Very'truly yours,
GEORGE W. TALLEY
Atlanta, Columbia Co., Ark, April 20.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
For sale by all Druggists.

MEssRs. CRADDocK Il Co., 1882 Race st., Phila.
Gents Please send me three bottles Can
ndbiS IndiCd, box Of Pills and pot Of ointment.
Mother has been suffering with Bronchitis for
twenty years, and tried most every kind Of
medicine, and says the Cdnndbis Indicd ID the
only thing that gives her relief.
HaanaotH,1lw ,o.,r
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

"DIsCoRD will kill me-" as the must.
cal African remarked on the gallows."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
Aches and Pains.

for headache, whether sick or nervous, men
back, spine or kidneys, pains around the liver.
pleunsy, swelling OF the joints, palms In the
bowels, heartburn and palms OF all kinds, Rad
ways Ready Relief will AFFORD immediate ease
and Its CONTINUED use for a few days effect {
permanent cure. Price 90 cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

JAM TARTs.-Place your tarts in the
hinge OF the door and close briskly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

A NEW WALL WAsH.-A new coating
for walls has been invented, which
consists OF a spirituOus solution OF
stearate OF soda, prepared In the proper
ton of 90 grammes of stearate dissolved
In 1000 grammes Of spirits Of wine,
and of a strength of GO per cent. Other
solutions of soap in spirits of wine Of
more or less strength may be used; but
stearate Of soda forms the hardest and
mostimpermeable coating, though more
expensive. For stables spirituous solu-
tons Of common brown soap or soft
soap suffice, but the stronger the spirits
the better. the solution may be colored
with aniline colors. yellow ocher, or
dragons blood. Ii takes we'll on wood,
lime, or cement. Zinc colors are suit
ably fixed beforehand, solution Of
chrOmate Of alum being recommended.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06

FREE of charge. Your druggist will
refund your money, If DR.. Bulls Cough
syrup does not give you satisfaction
and cure your cough.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
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Every Family Should have a Religious Newspaper
Discharge that duty now BY subscribing to thai
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-06
DOMESTIC.

A DRKssIEG YOR PATENT LEATHEH.@
When patent leather boots or shoes lose
their original lustre, they may be re-
yiVed by a very simple dressing. Sugar
one pound; Gum Arabic, In powder,
one ounce; Ivory Black, n pound.
Add a pint Of water, and boil together,
stirring, until the gum and sugar are
we'll dissolved. IL TOO thick 10 apply
smoothly add more water. Let stand
for a few bours for the coarser portions
Of the ivory black to settle, then pour
OF and bottle. This is 10 be applied 20
the patent leather with a soft camel's
hair, or badger hair brush. When a
new application is TO be made, the
former coat, II too thick and stiff, may
be removed by washing IL of with a
damp cloth. This renews the lustre of
patent leather perfectly, and was given
us by a gentleman from Europe, who
paid his French valet a round price for
the secret.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
1ne MIA Horses of Amcrica.

At the time of the discovery of Anne
RIGA there were no horses in any part of
the continent, though the bonndless
prairies were admirably fitted for the
support of countless herds. Soon,
however, those imported by the settlers
strayed away, and as consequences are
to be met with in enormous numbers,
in some cases amounting, it is said, to
ten thousand in one troop. They APP
pear to be under the command of u lea
der, the strongest and boldest Of the
herd, whom they implicitly obey. When
threatened with danger, at some signal,
understood by them all, they either
close into dense mass and trample
their enemies to death, on, placing the
mares and foals in the centre, they form
a circle and welcome him with their
heels. The leader first faces the dan
ger, and when prudence requires re-
treat all follow his rapid flight. In the
thinly inhabited parts of South Ameri-
ca, according to Youatt, it is dangerous
to fall in with any Of these troops. The
wild horses approach as near as they
dare; they call to the loaded horse with
the greatest eagerness, and if the rider
is not on the alert, and has not consid-
cradle strength of arm and sharpness of
spur, his animal will divest himself of
his burden, take to his heels, and be
gone forever. .t... ......
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
Type Setting In Japan.

It must be no joke to be employed in
japanese printing Office. In our own
and most other countries of the world,
except China and Japan, the language is
written by means Of an alphabet of sep
crate letters. Among the Celestials and
their next door neighbors, on the other
hand, each word has distinct character.
The compositor's difficulties in either
instance are obvious almost at glance.
In setting up this note, he has the letters
conveniently arranged before him in
what is known as the case" But in
Japan, according to an American con-
temporary a full font of type comprises
10000 characters, of which 5000 are in
constant use, and for 1000 more there
are frequent calls Instead of being
compactly arrayed before him, the type
is disposed about the composing room
on racks, and the unfortunate compost
tor has to wander up and down the
room, setting his copy and stretching
his legs, though he would probably be
quite willing to dispense with the
greater part of his enforced exercise. 1t
is for the reason that it is impossible to
apply the system Of single character
words to telegraphy, that that incstilna-
bic boon to civilization is apparently
unavailable to the Inhabitants of Japan
and China.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
JIOp Hot it is in the SftH.

We can measure the quantity OF heat
that the sun constantly emits, because
we can measure the amount received by
orr earth, which intercepts about 2.3OO,-
O0O, O0oth part Of all the light ami heat
emitted by the sun. We thus find that
in every second of time the sun emits
as much heat as would result from the
combustion of 11,6GO,OOO,0OO tons Of
coal. In passing, ii must be convenient
to notice that each portion OF the suns
surface as large as the earth emits as
much heat per second as would result
from the combustion of 1,OOO,OcO,OOO
tons OF coal-a simple and easily re-
membered relation Nov it is easily
calculated from this that if the suns
whole mass consisted of coal, and could
burn night out to the last ton, maintain
ing till then the present rate OF eInis-
sion, the supply would not last more
than 5000 years. As the sun has most
certainly been emitting Light and heat
for longer period than this, the idea
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
THAT She TAINTED.

At the last meeting of Brother Gard
ner's Lime-Kiln Club, the committee
appointed to expend the sum of $15 in
purchasing holiday supplies for deserv-
ing colored people reported that the
money had been laid out in articles Of
clothing and provisions, which had been
distributed and welcomed. The chair
man of the committee added: " Dis
foun' one ole woman widout
"a 'tater in de house or stick of wood
in de yard. She tole dis committee to
come III and sit down. De committee
went in an sot. She said she didn't
keer for food or fire, but demanded dat
dis committee buy her new bonnet
wild a stuffed bird roostin' on de upper
story. Dis committee looked mighty
solemn as it started for de doah. De
ole woman looked mighty unsartin' as
she reached for dipper full of hot wa
ter. De committee adjourned by way
of dc only winder in de room, an it
would respectfully advise de club to de
effect dat ingratitood III de human heart
am not confined to de white folks
alone. "-Detrot Free Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
The Clergyman and the Bear.

Rev. W. J. Smith is a muscular
Christian who goes bear-shooting every
fall in California. In a letter to The
Presbyterian Banner from visalia, he
describes one Of his adventures on the
last evening in camp. He had walked
toward the river and reached the head
of a ravine, when he saw m enormous
bear, eight feet long and weighing 800
pounds, lying in the clover. The min
isterial Nimrod crawled on hands and
knees and got within a hundred yards
of the bear; and then the rife was
aimed and ball lodged in Bruins foro
shoulder. There was steep rocky
gulch between them, A second bullet
was planted in the bears shoulder, and
then third, until he stopped, and roar
ing fearfully, tore up. the ground in his
rage, sat down on his great launches,
took up his hind foot with his fore
paws, and with his tusk tore it and
gashed it like knife. /, He was clam.
bering the last ledge of rock to descend.
AS he Strengthened mp his neck, the
sportsman aimed full Mt it and gave him
the fourth round. In moment, he
loosencd his clutch, and came tumbling
like young avalanche to the bottom of
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
Horse Biscuits.

The German army horses are now fed
on biscuits of three parts each of rye
-four, oat flour and dextrinated pea
-four. The biscuits are made with n
hole in the middle of each, so they can
be strung on string and hung to the
saldle-bow or be carried by the trooper
around his waist. Each biscuit weighs,
when baked dry and hard, about two
ounces. Seven biscuits are broken up
and given to the horse in the morning
moistened with water, if convenient,
otherwise dry; twelve at noon and sew
en- at night. After careful experiment
in camp. on the march and campaign
ing. they are reported by all the cavalry
and artillery officers better than oats.
A trooper can easily carry thirty pounds
of these biscuits, which wilsfurnish his
horse with full rations for eight days, or
will serve, with forage, for twenty days
hard marching.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01

that the solar fire is thus maintained is,
of course, altogether untenable. There
are, however, many other reasons for
rejecting the idea that the sun is com
posed of burning matter, using the
word burning in its proper sense, ac-
cording to which piece of coal in n
fire is burning where n piece of red-hot
iron is not burning, though burning
hot. In like manner we find ourselves
compelled to.reiect the belief that the
sun may be body rnised at some re-
mote epoch to an intense heat through.
out its entire mass and gradually cool
ing. For we find that in the course OF
n few thousand years such a mass would
cool far more than the sun has cooled
(if he has cooled appreciably at alp
even within the historic period; and we
have evidence that he has poured his
heat on the earth during periods COM
pared with which the duration of tho
human race is but second amid CEN
turtles, while the duration of historic
races is utterly lost to comparison.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
The Terrible Gai'r0te.


An execution by the garrote, although
accredited with being mercifully pain
less, is certainly awful to behold. The
place of execution in Madrid is accessi-
bile to the public, and tho occasion is Of
equal interest with day at the bull
ring. Everlasting connected with this
ceremony of death is viewed with NOR,
bid horror by the Spaniards because of
ancient Oriental prejudices of pollution.
All actually employed in the operation
are accounted infamous, and lose their
caste and purity of blood. Even the
gloomy scaifold on which the culprit is
strangled is usually erected in the night,
and by unseen hands. 1t rises from the
earth like fungus work of darkness.
Execution by hanging was graciously
abolished by Ferdinand VII. 1t is GER
tainly more in accordance with the semi
Oriental natures of the Spanish people,
which leads them to tenderly respect
the bowstring, AL that Cervantes,
from his sad experience, pictured a
prison to be, it is to-day; all that he
said of the morbid love of his country
men for the horrible or the ludicrous is
equally true now. The crowd that as
sembles just beyond the line of gem
da,mes go to see how the criminal will
conduct himself, They sympathize
with him if, he displays bravado or cou-
rage, and they despise him Oh the least
symptoms of unmanliness. At the fa-
tai hour the culprit appears, usually
clad in u course, yellow baize gown-the
color in which the Spanish school of
painters robe the special object of their
contempt, Judas Iscariot. The scaffold
having been mounted the culprit is
placed on n rude seat. His back leans
against a strong, upright post, to which
an iron collar Is attached, lncloslng his
neck, and so contrived as to be drawn
home by turning powerful screw be-
hind the post. The arms and legs of
the culprit are tightly bound. When
all is ready the executioner takes the
lever of the screw in both hands, gath
ers himself up for powerful muscular
effort, and at the moment of q precon-
certed signal, draws the iron collar
tight, while an attendant filings black
handkerchief over the face. A convul-
sive pressure of the hands and a heav-
ing of the chest are usually the only
visible signs of suffering. As.n '' POS
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1879-03-01
FUNNY SIGHTS.

7 saw n cow-hide in the grass,
A rush-light ON the floor;
saw a candle stick in the mud,
A bell-pull at the door.
saw a horse-ny up the creek,
A eat nip at her food;
saw a chcstnut-burr, and heard
A she'll bark in the wood.
saw Jack plane of board,
A car-spring OF the track
7 saw a saw.dust OF the floor,
And then u carpct-tack.
saw a monkey wrench hat
From fair lady's pate;
saw rattle-snake a bird,
And hogs-hcad on plate.
saw brandy-smash a glass,
I saw a shooting-star
I've heard the corns-talk in the field,
And pig iron crow-bar.
I saw a pin-wheel OF q post, ....
A wheel-right in shop; I....
saw gin-sling on bar,
/ heard ginger-pop.
saw house-hy over field,
I saw an ox-roast too;
Isaw a shad-roc and clam bake,
And saw chicken-stew; .....
saw a sword-fish from bank, .4
And heard the water-spout;
I saw tobacc0-spit, and then
| heard an eye-ball out.
| heard fence-rail at the din,
/ heard a waist band play
A lovely strain-a sweet spitoon-
And then went away.