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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
A Natural Artist.

Harper'S Monthly in q superbly illus.
trated article on the wonderful growth
Of American art, gives a sketch Of q
prominent artist, and how he came ia
take to the easel: Chester Harding was
a farmers son, who after an apprentice
ship in agriculture took up the trade OF
chair-maker at twenty-one. After this
various other projects, including those
Of peddling, and the keeping Of a tavern,
and then took his wife and child and
hoated on a fatboat down the Alleghe.
ny to Pittsburg, then a mere settle
ment, in search Of something on which
to earn a bare living. There he took to
sign-painting, and it was not until his
twenty sixth year that the idea Of be-
coming an artist entered his head. An
itinerant portrait painter coming to the
place first suggested art to Harding,
who engaged him to paint the portrait Of
Mrs. Harding, and took his frst art
lesson while looking over the artists
shoulder; and his first crude attempts 80
fascinated him that he at once adopted
art as q profession, and in six months
painted one hundred likenesses, such as
they were, at twenty-five dollars each,
and settled in Boston, where he seems
to have been taken up with the charac-
teristic enthusiasm which tho modern
Athens bestows on the favorites she de-
lights to honor. On going to England,
Harding, Notwithstanding the few ad.
vantages he had enjoyed, seemed to
com pare so favorably with the other por
trait painters there that he was patron
lied by the first noblemen Of the land.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
He Would Drag.

A party Of young men travelling in
Earope had among thema citizen OF our
great republic who was SO thoroughly
patriotic that he could see no excellence
in anything in the Oh World as COM
pared with his " country. Noun
tains, water falls, churches, monuments,
sceaery, and all other objects Of interest
we're inferior to what the United States
could show. His companions became
somewhat tired Of his oyerweening boast
i~ulness, and determined to take him
down a peg The party spent a winter
in Rome; and Il evening, having all
things prepared, they induced their
Yankee friend to join a drinking bout,
and so managed that they kept sober
while he got gloriCusly dunk. There
upon they took him into the catacombs,
laid him carefully down, with a candle
within reach, and retired a short dis.
lance out OF sight 10 wait for develop
ments.
After n while their friend reused up,
having slept of his first drunken stupor,
and, in a state Of some establishment,
began endeayoring TO locate himself, at
the same time muttering: Well-hic-
tbis's little strange. Wonner-hic-
where l am, anyway
He got out his match, lightel his can
die, and began TO study his surround
ings. On each side were shelves piled
with grinning skulls. and inches filed
with skeletons, while all about were
piled legs, arms, ribs, and vertebIe-a
CHASTITY array, and altogether new ohm.
lie nodded to the skulls on one side with
a drunken How de do-hic ? and ON the
other with How dye ieel-hic--any
way p took a look at his watch, and oncs.
more at his surroundings, got on his
feet, took on his hat, and holding it
above his head, remarked, loud enough
for his friends TO hear: IS all right; g
-hic-all right Morning of the resuf-
r%ection, by jingol-hic. First man oa
the ground-'rah for United States
Alters ahead. 'Rah for me speciaIlyF
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Cows Holding mp Their Milk.

COWS Holding up Their MILK
The power of o COW to hold up her
milk is readily accounted for by the Pc
culiar formation of the mammary glands.
The bag or udder is divided into four
parts, entirely distinct from each other,
except as they are held together by GER
tain membranous ligaments. The milk
in each is held in continent tubes,
which like the roots of a tree, are all
contracted into one, just above the teats
the milk entering each Of those fun
nel-shaped organs by o single channel.
just at the upper end Of the teat the
walls OF this channel are contracted, and
the contraction is surrounded by o band
of muscular fbers. The will of the COW
can operate on this band, contracting or
expanding it at pleasure, after the man.
ner of a valve. AT the junction Of each
smaller tube with a larger one is a SINH
lar contraction and band, also under the
control Of the will. Ordinarily these
bands are contracted, as in the neck of q
bladder, so that the milk has to crowd
its way through them to get from the
smaller into the larger tubes, This is
an admirable arrangement for sustain
ing the weight Of the milk equally in all
parts of the udder, and preventing it
from pressing heavily upon the teats.
When the udder is fun, il the milk is
drawn out of the teats it requires during
the operation q vigorous effort on the
part of the COY to prevent the pressure
above from crowding the milk down to
fill the vacuum. If, however, the I'D.
der is only partly filed, she can hold
back the milk the more readily, because
the less the pressure from above, tho
more easily she can maintain the tension
OF the muscular bands to prevent the
milk from passing through. When the
mixer takes hold of the teats, and be-.
gins to milk, the excitement may cause
the COW to contract tho bands 80 firmly
as to enable her to hold back her milk
for the time. But as the excitement
wears off the contraction slackens, the
milk begins to flow, and the more freely
as the bands become more and more re-.
Taxed, until all is drawn out. II, how
ever, the milk is not drawn out quickly,
the COW, if 80 inclined, may contract
these muscular bands again, and thus
cut off the flow of milk ut the very time
the mixer thinks he has gotten it all.
A COW should, therefore, be MIXED as
quietly and as quickly rs possible, and
then il shown a liberal amount Of kind.
ness, with plenty Of goodfeed, there will
not bs much danger of her holding up
her milk.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
One Of the Wonders Of the Earth.

A traveller in Australia, in describing
the beauty of the mountain Of Rotoma-
hama, says; Eminent biologists who
have examined this district pronounce it
the most wonderful natural curiosity in
the world. Let the reader fancy himself
standing upon the shore OF a lake some
twenty. six miles long and from five to
seven miles wide, its margin indented
by advancing p~romontories and receding
curvatures. On his right stands a lofty
mountain, presenting to the lake q pre-
cipitous side, broken by terrace upon ter
race, irregularly formed of powders and
covered with clinging vines. Beyond, q
q narrow strip of water pierces the land,
its transparent bosom rejecting every
light and shade cast upon it by its CO.
lossal neighbor. Into this arm of the
lake emp'yinnumerable streams, each of
which has q different temperature, rang
ing from the tepid TO the boiling point.
Beyond this is seen the steaming hill, SO
called from its being continually envel-
oped in a cloud Of steam that rises from
q thousand crevices in tho rocks. In-
Vulnerable small lakes are next seen, all
of which are constantly OF the boiling
point. The remainder Of the lake shore
is a succession of terraces, formed by the
overflow of smaller lakes, whose waters
being strongly alkaline, and possessing
q delicate coloring matter, have tinted
the terrace formations a beautiful pink.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
A Biz Year for Fires.

II the fire losses in the United States
and Canada during the remainder of the
current year should continue at the
same rate as during the past five months,
the total will foot up 296, 900. coo, in
GLIDING 100000, goo loss to insurance
companies. The figures for the previ-
Gus four years have been as follows:-
1876, 1856. OOO. 600 aggregate loss and
SA4, 900, 600 insurance loss; 1876, $74,.
OOO. eco and $3S, 900, 900; 1877, 1913, Co.,
600 and s4S, 600, 900; 1873, $4,000. 900
and $40, OOO. go. The st. John fire oc-
Cured in 1877, involving $780, 900, 900
aggregate loss, of which 81, 000,0 600 was
insurance loss.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
The NatiOn's Wealth.

A writer in q current magazine recent
~ made a strong presentation Of his
opinion that the working classes of the
present day are far better FED, clothed
and lodged, or, in other words, are rich
or, than were their predecessors q gen.
GRAFTON OF two ago. But now comes
Alexander Delmar, with figures showing
the average man, woman and child of the
present to be poorer than we're their an
cestors. At the beginning Of the century
the wealth per CAPITA which we take to
mean the total OF each individuals pos
sessions, on an average, he says, was
$500, and in 1878 was but $500. To be
sure, the figures rose as high as $3.50 in
1910, but on the other hand they fell as
low as $500 in 1920. The product per
capita which he puts at $3.50 in 1900,
was but S105 in 1873, which bearing in
mind the progress of labor.saving pro-
cesses, seems a very strange statement.
The aggregate wealth and annual product
have, however, largely, and for the most
part steadily, increased-the aggregate
wealth from about two billions of dol
ars in 1871 to twenty-five billions in 1878
and the total annual product from FIVE
hundred and forty million dollars in
1871 to FIVE thousand millions in 1871.
The largest increase Of wealih in any
decade was in $4,000, when it nearly
doubled. The figures are certainly
curious, but, from the completely of the
problem, they are necessarily scarcely
more than careful estimates, rather than
certain statements. They seem to sug-
gest conclusiVely that 81 the country
grows older there is O tendency toward
aggregation of capital in individual or cor
porate holdings. In other words, the old
anti-usuryargumentthat 'm~oneydoes not
breed is shown by experience to be false,
and the increase of wealth as a country
becomes older is again seen to serve to
emphasize class distinctions by making
the rich richer and the poor poorer,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
The ROrronIng Aequarntance.

The much. borrowing, intimate ac-
quaintanee is a peculiar sort Of fraud.
When no wants a little money he comes
TO you with The most serious air in the
world, and solemnly and conadentiRlly
asks you TO 1et him have 30 and so,
throwing into his manner an assurance
indicating that there is n doubt OF your
giving it to him on the spot, and quite
as little doubt Of his returning it in the
course OF an hour or 30. When you
meet him afterward he assume q jocoso
style OF address, laughs quite heartily,
perhaps, at the idea Of not having been
able to pay you for two or three weeks,
and goes Of, leaving you with n con
fused impression Of impending insol-
vency, which resolves itself into one Of
three propositions: that you ere an ex-
ceedingly suspicious and ill-natured
man to suspect or be annoyed at the lit.
tie remissness Of so sweet.tempered a
friend; or that your acquaintance is
most remarkably ignorant of the cur
rent value Of ready money and of the
rates of interest; or that lie has become
a hopeless maniac since the last time
you had the misfortune TO see him. The
best way to cure this sort of person Of
his ecceutricity, we have learned by ex-
perience, is TO lend him so much money
at one time that he will go away and die
of Joy. In most cases it doesn't take
much
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
BENJAMIN FrankIin's Belief.

During the latter years of Franklin's
life, some of the orthodox people Of
Yale college became uneasy as to his
Christianity, and accordingly questioned
him in reference to the matter, where
upon the philosopher, then in his eighty
fourth year, wrote: Here is my creed;
1 believe in n God, the Creator Of the
universe; that He governs it by His
providence; that He ought to be wor
shipped; that the most acceptable SER
vice we render to Him is doing good to
His other children; that the soul OF man
is immortal, and viii be treated with
justice in another life respecting its con-
duct in this
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
Female beauty.

Let us consider some Of the customs
Of the women Of various nations. The
ladies OF Arabia stain their fingers and
toes red, their eyebrows black and their
lips blue. In Persia they paint a black
streak around the eyes, and ornament
their faces with various figures. The
Japanese women gid their teeth, and
those OF the Indies paint them red. The
row Of teeth must be dyed black TO be
beautiful in Gnzurat. The Hottentot
women paint the entire body in COM
partments Of red and black. Ia Green
land the women color their faces with
blue and yellow, and they frequently
tattoo their bodies by saturating threads
in SCOT, inserting them beneath the skin,
and then drawing them through. Hin
doc females, when they wish to appear
particularly lovely, smear themselves
with a mixture Of saffron, tumeric and
grease. In nearly all the islands Of the
Pacific and Indian oceans the women, 90
well as the men, tattoo a great variety
Of figures IN the face, lips and tongue
and the whole body.
In New Holland the females cut them.
selves with shells, and by keeping open
the wounds a long time, form deep scars
in the flesh, which they deem highly
ornamental. Aud another singular ad-
dition is made to their beauty by taking
OF, in infancy, the little finger of the
left hand at the second joint. In an
Gent Persia an aquiline nose was often
thought worthy of the crown; but the
Sumatran mother carefully fattened the
nose Of her daughter. Among some OF
the savage tribes of Oregon, and also in
Sumatra and Arracan, continual pres
sure is applied to the skull in order to
Aatten it, and thus give it a new beauty.
The modern Persians have a strong
aversion to red hair; the Tanks, on the
contrary, are warm admirers of it.
In China small, round eyes are liked;
and the girls are continually plucking
their eyebrows that they may be thin
and long. But the great beauty of a
Chinese lady is in her feet, which in
childhood are so compressed by band
ages as effectually to prevent any further
incrr use in size. The four smaller toes
are turned under the foot, to the sole Of
which they firmly adhere; and the poor
girl not only endures much, but be-
comes q cripple for life. Another mark
Of beauty consists in having finger
nails so long that the castings of bam-
boo are necessary to preserve them from
injury. An African beauty must have
small eyes, thick lips, a large fat nose,
and a skin beautifully black. In New
Guinea the nose is perforated, and a
large piece Of wood or bone is inserted.
On the northwest coast OF America an
incision more than two inches in length
is made in the lower lip and then filed
with q wooden plug. In Guiana the
lips are pierced with thorns, the heads
being inside the mouth, and the points
resting on the chin. The Tunisian wo-
man, Of moderate pretensions to beauty,
needs a slave under each arm to support
her when she walks. and q perfect belle
carries flesh enough to load down a
camel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

One Of the most successful baseball
players in Milwaukee is a black dog.
Right field is his best position. When
the ball is struck the dog will watch it,
and with head erect bound on in the line
Of the ball. He is so expert at the bust.
ness that he will be very often at the
point where the ball strikes the ground,
and on the first or second bound after it
strikes will catch it and bring it back to
the first base as o o as possible.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

Between the ages Of eight and four,
teen, there are of Texas children twenty
IN every hundred who cannot read or
write, and, Of the colored population,
sixty out of every hundred. OF Texas
white children between the ages men.
toned, there are thirty thousand who
cannot read,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

Capt. Jairus Baker, 7O4 Callowhill Street,
Philadelphia, had his finger cut almost to a
pulp, both bones and flesh, by a revolving
knife, about December 18th, 1873. II was only
held in place by a shred OF flesh.
Under Prof. W. Paine's ozone treatment, it
rapidly recovered. The wound was very pain
FIJI, and at one time was offensive and partly
mortified, but Prof. Paine'e Oatarrh Vapor caus-
ed it to assume q healthy form and to rapidly
heal. JAIRUS BAKER,
February 25th, 1879.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

At the recent commencement of the
National School Of Elocution and Ora
tory in Philadelphia, twenty-six women
carried off diplomas, while the number
OF male graduates was only twenty.one.
In addition to this, ali three OF the prizes
were won by women.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

Sixteen little girls in Minneapolis were
recently rendered deadly sick by eating
some castor oil beans which they had
been engaged in stringing. Twelve Of
the children, by timely antidotes, are
out Of danger, but the others are SO
badly poisoned that their lives are de.
spaired OF,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24

The English parliamentary committee
has reported that the electric lighting
system is sufi oiently developed to allow
Of its being economically used for public
but not for domestic purposes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
The OWL Critic.
A Ii soS TO FA6LT-FISDERs.

soS TO F4ULT-FISDERs.
who stuffed thit white owl2' No one spoke in
the shop;
The barber WAS busy, and he couldn't stop;
The customers, waiting their turns, were all
reading
The Dsily, the Herald, the Post, little needing
The young man who blurted out such a ques-
tom
Not one raised head, or even made a sugges-
toni
Aud the barber kept on shaving.
Don't You zee, Mister Brown
Cried the youth, with frown,
How wrong the old thing is,
How preposterous each wing i,
How iAttened the head is, how Tanned down
the neck is-
In short. the whole owl, what an ignorant
wreck 'tisl
make no apology;
I've learned oEl-eology.
I've passed days and nights in a hundred col
l%ections,
And cannot be blinded 10 any reflections
Arising from unskillfRl fingers that fail
To stuff a bird right from his beak to his tail,
Mister Brown Mister Brown!
Do take that bird down,
Or you'll soon be the laughing stock all over
town.
And the barber kept on shaving.
I've studied owls,
And ether night fowls,
And l tel you
What l know TO be true:
An owl cannot roost
With his limbs 80 unloosed;
No owl in this world
Ever had his claws curled,
Ever had his legs slanted,
Ever had bis bill canted,
Ever had his neck screwed
Into that attitude.
He csn't do 1t, because
IT'S against all bird laws.
Anatomy teaches,
ornithology breaches,
An owl has a toe
That can't turn out sol
I've made the white owl my study for years,
Aud to see such a job almost moves me to tearsl
Mr.. Brown, I'm amazed
You should be 50 gone crazed
As to put up a bird
In that posture absurd!
To look at the owl really brings on a dizziness;
The mar who stuffed him don't half NOV his
businessl'
And the barber kept on shaving.
Examine those eyes.
I'm fixed with surprise
Taxidermists should pass
on on you such poor glass;
So unnatural they seem
They'd make Audubon scream,
And John Burroughs laugh
To encounter such chat.
Do take that bird down;
Have him stuffed again, Brown!'
And the barber kept on shaving,
with some sawdust and bark
could stuff in the dark
An owl better than that.
l could make an old hat
Look more like en- owl
Than hat horrid fowl,
Stuck up there so stiff like a side Of coarse
leather.
In fact, about him there's not one natural
feather
Just then, with wink and a sly normal lurch,
The owl, very gravely, got down from his perch,
Walked round and regarded his fault-fnding
critic
WHO thought he was atuffedl with a glance
analytic,
And then fairy hooted, as il he should say:
Your learniug's at fault this time anyway;
Don't waste it again on a live bird, l pray.
I'm an owl, you're another. Sir Critic, good
dayl'
And the barber kept on shaving.
-Harper's Magazine,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-07-24
The Best Remedy Known To Man

DR.. Clark Johnfon having associated himself
with Mr. Edwin Eastman, an escaped captive, long
a slave TO Wakamotkla, tho medicine man OF tho
C0manches, is now prepared 10 lend his aid In the
introduction OF theWonderiul remedy OF that tribe.
The experience Of Mr.. Eastman being similar 70
that OF Mrs. Chas. Jones and son, OF Washington
Co, Iowa, an account Of whose suferings were
thri.lingly narrated In the Neg York Herald OF Dec.
18Th, lS.8, the facts Of which are so widely
known, and 90 nearly parallel, that but little men
ton Of Mr.. Eastmau's experiences will be given
hcre. They are, however, published ila neat vol
ume Of 300 pages, entitled, "Scyen ana Nine Years
mention will be made hereafter. Suffice II to say
that for several years, Mr.. Eastman, while q cap
tive, was compelled TO gather tho roots, gums,
barss, herbs and berries VI which Wakametkla's
medicine was made, and is still prepared TO pro-
vide the SAME materials for the successful intro
ducton Of the medicine 10 the world; and assures
the public that the remedy 10 the samo now a.
Whom MalameLala eOnpelled him 70 make ",
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Testimonials Of Cures,
NORTH carolina Tes;tn.OminIe.
Recommends It to all.

K9cOmlncuUA TO 10 al.
Wake Forest, College, Jan. 20, 1879.
Dear Sir 81 have used the Indian Blood
Syrup which / purchased from your Agent, w.
b. Wingate, and think IL y eerviceable medi-
cine; its effect o. The Liver, Blood, and other
ways / have had occasion TO use, have been
fully up TO the claims Of lts Agent and cheer
fully recommend it 60 tho people OF this vi
oinity. Z. u. Gill, Magistrate.
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~Prestonvile, Stokes %, N. O., Jan. ], 1879.
Dear SIR Having been afflicted with Rheu.
matism in my back and hips for three years, l
was advised 20 try your Indian Blood Syrup
and l can say it has done mo more good than
any medicine I ever tried. Joel HAWKING.
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Y for R~heumatism.

Back Swamp, Robson Co., N. O.,
Oct. g., 1873.
Dear Sir II was afflicted with Rheumatic
PAINS for ten years. md ] tried many remedi9s,
put found none TO do me any good until l pr
chased some Of your Indian Blood Syrup from
your Agent, and having tested 1t my self, l
would recommend all afflicted TO give IL = trial
William Rowland.
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Factories in Macon, Ga, are turning
out an unusually large number Of cotton
gins.
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Edwin Tastman n Indian Costume.

SEVEN AMI NINE YEARS AMONG THE ooMANcHEs
AND APAcHEs. Aneat volume of 800 pages,
being a simple statement of the horrible facts
connected with the sad massacre Of a helpless
family, and the captivity, torturesand ultimate
escape of itstWo surviving members. For sale
by our agents generally. Price $1.00.
The incidents OF the massacre, briefly narrated,
arc distributed by agents, FREE Of charge.
Mr.. Eastman, being almost constantly at the
West, engaged in gathering and curing the materi-
MS OF which the medicine f. composed, the sole
business management devolves upon Dr. johnson,
md The remedY has been Called, and Is Known as