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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
Theory in Reference-tO the Earth.


In recent lectpie in New York, on
the carth's interior, by PEof. John 8.
Newberry, Of the School OF Mines in
Columbia college, the lecturer squarely
opposed the modern doctrine, put forth
by Sir William Thompson and Prof.
Evans Hopkins, .thasthe solid crust Of
our globe is at least 1000 miles in thick
ness, witlfs presumption in. favor Of en-.
tire solidity, LaplsOes ampliication
and systemization of Herschels so.called
nebular hypothesis, an explanation Of
the origin of the solar system, gave rise
TO the now generally accepted idea in
regard 10 the condition of the earth's
interior, namely, that our globe is still a
mass Of molten matter, and covered with
a rocky crust Of perhaps some fifty miles
in thickness. 1t wss land is) sustained
by the phenomena Of volcanic eruptions,
and earthquakes, of which it furnishes
a asimple explanation and it is also upheld
by the known fact. that in mines, and
other deep excavations, the temperature
rises about one degree with every fifty
feet OF descent-and doubtless the in
crease would be more rapid, if mines
could be carried a mile or two into the
crust but men can not endure it to work
at deeper depths than they have now
reached, and no company is likely at
present to be formed to dig deeper just
for the sake Of ascertaining a scientific
fact. Sir VIM. Thompson's idea, of the
actual solidity Of the globe, claims to be
based upon purely mathematical calcula.
tioDs-on data derived from the phe-
nomena of the tides, and the procession
OF the equinozes; but Professor Henne.
say, OF the Dublin university, has
shown that Sir Williams conclusion is
based upon an assumption of facts that
do not actually exist in nature. This
point made by the Dublin professor
was vigorously in favor of the earlier
theory, that we are living on compara-
lively thin crust of the globe, Iso thin, in
proportion to the molten fiery mass of
the interior, that it is not relatively
much thicker than the shell which holds
the egg.
This view might, we think, be further
strengthened by citing the fact that the
firm rocky outside covering of this globe
OF red.hot lava holds the molten mass
80 closely, so air.tight We might say,
that the process OF cooling and solidif-
cation, which appears to have been go
ing on for years, is still retarded, and
made 80 slow and gradual that it will yet
take vast cycle of time to even double
the existing thickness Of the SHE'LL
When that time shall have been accom-
plisbed, this globe will In all probability
be no longer fit place for human be.
ings, and the cold dead world will whirl
its appointed round without bearing
with it the green and populated conti-
nents we now behold, or responding, as
now, to the return of the sprsng time.
But the ages that must intervene will
be long enough for the rise and fall of
more, end longer Lived nations, than any
or all that have existed in recorded time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
Two Dreams.

Weary the king took OF his crown.
In either hand he poised its weight
'Iis strange how weary it has grown,
He said, and with an impatient froSn
He eyed 1t In kind OF hate;
Then on lis bed he laid him down,
And slept, end in twinkling dreamed,
oh dream Of ecJtscy and bliss
Delight through all his senses stresmed,
A ragged vsgsbord be seemed:
Free winds Of heaven his hair did kiss.
On his bare skin the free tuu beamed.
At morn he walked, bewildered first,
Or who he wa. or where he might be-
Then saw the crown, and with burst
or sudden rage he sNore and cursed.
No beggar would change lives with me!
or ell hard fates, the kings the worstl
Outside Of the palace on the ground,
Starved half 10 death and freezing cold
Less sheltered than the mtalest hound,
A beggar slumbered safe and sound,
And dreams 10 him came swift and bold,
As il palace walled him round.
He dreamed he was king indeed:
Oh dream Of ecstaCy and bissI
OF food, he had his utmost greed.
or gold beyond his utmost need:
All men knelt low his hand to kiss
And gaze his word obedent heed.
At morn he walked, bewidered first,
Or who he was or where might be:
Then quick, by hunger and by thirst,
He knew himself and groaned snd cureed.
No creature pity takes on me! --
beggars fate OF all is worst!
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
A HannY Man.

A stranger entered the Merchants and
Mechanics bank, Troy, and, throwing
upon the paying teller's desk two certif-
Gates Of deposit Of $4,000 each, e1olaim-
ed: There, you can give me my little
ten per cent. on them. I've held 'em
some time, and have kept it oil to my
self; but guess they are good for 81, 900
to day. i guess not, replied tie clerk;
they are not good here. You have made
a mistake. mo mistake at all, said the
stranger. Il paid $40, 900 for 'em when
l thought this ere bank was solid; but j
never expected to get cent. Til take
my $1,000 now, however The clerk
reiterated his former statement that they
were not good there, and to the surprise
OF the unfortunate stranger informed
him that bis $40, 900 we're safe and sound
in the Manufacturers bank, upon which
the certificates were drawn. Well, the
happy holder was heard to mutter as he
left the bank, i am $4,000 better of
than ] thought ] was.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
One Place Where Cats are Not.

Leadville, Colorado, may present the
outward and visible signs Of being a
prosperous mining town; but it is a
counterfeit presentment of prosperity. -
Leadville is as whited sepulcher, fair
without. but within being filed with
the bones of the dead-the bones of
dead cats In this galenic city in en-
bryo cat is as the beautiful, evar escent
phantom of dream; an exquisite reai-
ty that fingers only for moment and
then gently, almost imperceptibly, but
with the inexorable certainty of the in
evitable, fades into the unreal. II isnot
boot-jacks, nor care, nor double-barrel-
ed shotguns that lies at the root OF the
cat difficulty in Leadville; nor is it any
OF the other things commonly associated
with the willful extinction of the feline
vital spark. No, it is none of these. -
Leadville's strength is at the same time
its weakness. Tho source OF it's wealth
is also the source of it's catlessness. The
lead dust, floating in the air in an i'm.
palpable powder, penetrates into every
thing-and especially does it penetrate
into the fur Of cats. The cat being,
above all else, cleanly animal, resents
this intrusion Of the lead dust and be.
stirs herself TO lick her coat clean. 1t is
in her effort to attain to the condition
that is next to godliness that the cat
dies, for lead dist is deadly poison
And so il has come to pass that Lead
vile, happy in all else, nourishes con-
slant and diretul grief in that ii is and
ever must remain depopulate Of cats
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
A Family Fend.

There are two brothers named Elliott
living on adjoining FARMS in Chemung
county, N. Y, who quarreled nine
years ago about span OF horses one
had sold the other. The hostility en-
gendered by one brother believing he
had been cheated has had the most dis.
tressing effects. The father took one
side and the mother the other, causing
a separation after a married life OF sixty
years, the father dying without recon-
ciliation. Each brother has had his barn
burned, leading TO charges of incen.
diarism against one another, Prosecu-
tions have been carried on for incen.
diarism and for perjury, and one brother
is supposed TO have inflicted wounds
upon his person with knife in order
to bring a suit against his brother for
an attempt to kill. This suit failed, and
has now given rise to suit for con-
spiracy. The mother, though eighty
three years old, nearly blind and 80
crippled that she had to be carried to
the witness stand, has not changed her
opposition to her son Henry, and still
takes the side of her son Warren in
this bitter quarrel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
Emperor william on the Sunday
Question.

The Protestant synod Of Prussia
passed q resolution condemning the
practice OF holding military reviews on
Sunday. Emperor William has been
highly indignant at this action Of the
synod, and has hotly rebuked the mem
bers. They should remember, he tells
them, that He who instituted the Sab
bath has declared that the Sabbath was
made for man, and not man for the Sab
bath, and that the Puritanical and CAL
vanistic conception Of Sunday as day
Of modification and penance is alto.
gether alien from the traditional feel
ings and tastes Of the German people.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
A Singular Performance.

Quite large company of the friends
and relatives Of Mr.. Walter B. Krantz
and Miss M. Doll gathered in Forest
Grove church, in Buckeystown district,
Nd, to witness the marriage OF the
young lady and gentleman named, Rev.
Reuben Kolb having been engaged TO
perform the ceremony. At the appoint.
ed hour the couple entered the church,
and just as the minister was about to
begin the service the groom handed him
a slip Of paper, which set forth the fact
that Mr., Krantg and Miss Doll had been
married on the 10th OF October, 1873,
in Rockville, Montgomery county, Nd,
by Rev. Mr.. Dice, Of that place, whose
certificate the paper was. This Of course
put an end TO the anticipated ceremony.
No reason is assigned for the strange
course Of the young couple.
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
One Of the Fever Heroes.

ST. Louis reioices in the arrival Of
Jack Walsh, OF Memphis, the plucky
undertaken who has stayed in that city
during two pestileDtial summers, and
who has now disinfected himself for a
Northern tip. Ee performed his duty
in the face of death, and steadfastly re-
fused to flee, showing extraordinary for
titude and heroism. White men refus-
ed TO assist him in carting the bodies to
the cemetery, and time came when even
the colored men, rejecting liberal offers
of money, refused to handle the bodies
Of the dead, SO sickening were the odors
they had to encounter and the sights
they saw, and Mr.. Walsh himself wasf
many instances compelled to handle the
putresoent remains. He buried about
150 one day, and thirty-6ve in the morn
ing before breakfast, while he estimates
that he must have deposited in their
last resting-place about 2, 500. during the
last FIVE years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

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Ntusrs Erd obitucrT no.icsf, over on,
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All local news 10 csnis lies or each IN
seTtion.
No notices inserted foT le's thsn hi,S-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04
Lost In the Crowd of a City,

The atlantic Monthly says: In every
large city there are Thousands Of men,
women and children whose past history
and whose present means of living are
unknown to those with whom they come
most closely in contact. 1t is only when
some crime, at once irigbtful and mys-
terious, has been committed and the
newspaper reporters tell us Of the ina
bility OF the police to identify the victim
or TO find an adequate motive for the
crime, that we fully appreciate the con-
ditions OF our modern city life. In
American cities especially, where police
surveillance is slight and where an asy
lum is afforded to emigrants Of all ma
tions and all classes and no questions
are asked, the possibilities Of passing
unrecognized are much better than in
any European city, except, perhaps,
London, That city, says Mr., John
limbs (who has a pretty intimate knowl-
edge of it), is the only place in ali Eu-
rope whore man can fnd secure re.
treat or remain, if he pleaseg, many
years unknown. If he pays regularly
for his lodgings and for what he has TO
eat and drink, nobody will inquire
whence he comes or whittier he goes.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04

The other day, at q Cincinnati wed.
ding, the organist occupied the time
before theooming Of the brideand groom
by playing various voluptaries, and just
before they arrived at the church door
he thoughtlessly struck up Trust her
not, she's fooling thee
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04

Whenever you hear that the young
ladies Of a certain town have organized
a cooking club, make sure that the
dyspepsia has got a mortgage on that
neighborhood drawing twelve per cent.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04

Russia is getting herself fotilla Of
six new gunboats.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-12-04

Mary Eta is the most popular girl in
Georgia--5ave Anna.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
Glove Language at Vassar.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
The yassar College girls have, we
understand, adopted the following
glove language:
Drop gloye-You bet.
Half ungloye the left hand-What
are you givin' us?
Tap the chin with the glove
Chew your own wax.
CrpmPle the glove in the left hand
-Neverl
crumplc the glove in the right
hand-Well, hardly ever.
Turn the glove inside out-Wipe
off your chin.
Fold the glove neatly regard you
as q bald-headed snipe of the valley.
Put on the left glove-I'll put a
head on you.
Slap the back of the hand with
the gloves-Look out; ! carry a razor,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
The New I,atent Flour.

In order to make this understood
we have to state the usual process Of
making the different qualities oi
-four. The best qualities used to be
made Of winter wheat. Spring
wheat yielded either much less in
quantity, or else so much of the bran
got into the flour in its manufacture
that its color was intolerably dark
The wheat should be ground and
then bolted. In refuse-the bran
and middlings-would be included a
large proportion of the weight of the
Spring wheat, and this would sell
more particularly as feed for horses.
Now the best brands Of -four, and
the most expensive, are made of this
very refuse of the old-fashioned pro.
cess. 1t all came from discovery
of a way TO draw out bran. Under
the new process the wheat is ground
out as before. The first result is an
ordinary -four, sold for expectation;
then the remainder is put upon great
horizontal sieves, and while agitation
zig going on there, an Ingenious sys-
TEN of draftris rushing up through
and carries off the bran. What is
left is the glutinous portions of tie
wheat, the most nutritious and the
most productive, and.o of this, pu-
rified now by the drawing of of the
bran, we get our new-process -four
The result Of this invention has
been to make the poor Spring wheat
of Minnesota and upper Wisconsin
the most valuable kinds of grain. A
French savant has said that the in
'ventor of new kind of food was
greater than the discoverer of new
star; we fndorse this fully, and think
the invention here explained is Of
far more Importance to mankind
than the discovery Of Neptune and
Vulcan, with the moons Of Mars
thrown in.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
A Silent Man.

Asahel P. 1nman, who died in Uti.
ca, few daysago, had uttered scarce.
ly a word for more than half cen.
tury. He was not dumb; he could
talk we'll enough; but he became con-
vinced at an early stage of his life
that more harm than good was
wrought by speech, and remained
true to his principles ever after.
When his first child was born he
rode seven miles in quest of a physi.
clan. He carried slate and pencil,
wrote statement Of the situation,
returned with the medicine.man,
and received the announcement Of
hispaternalres possibilities in silence.
His wife, who survives him, says nc
woman ever had a kinder husband.
The relations between the couple
were always pleasant, and Mrs. In
man has remarked to her neighbors;
"If Asahel talked as much as I do, the
Lord knows what might happen. y
Some Of his written replies to ques.
tions of acquaintances whowere cur.
ious to oknow why he preferred silence
to speech are worthy of mention
One retort was: "a good listener is to
be preferred to a good talker.n An
other was: II want to prove that a
man can be happy and hold his
tongue" Another; II am trying to
think Of something good enough to
say aloud" A clergyman once ask
ed Inman whether he didn't think
the lord gave him his tongue to, be
used. The penci!ed reply was: "The
Lord gave me mind that tells me
when to use my tongue."- In 1912,
while he was travelling with his wife
in stage between Syracuse and Ro,
chester, the vehicle was halted in
front of small country tavern. A
child was sleeping on the porch. In
man, looking out, saw large Black
snake crawl to the side of the infant.
Grasping his wife's arm he shouted:
"seel" and pointing to the snake,
sprang from the stage, pursued the
reptile some distance, and finally
killed it. He left a snug fortune,
which his son inherits. His last
written message was: "Silence is
golden" His oft-penciled admoni-
tion to his son was: "Keep your
mouth shut" ~
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04

able I'm q. ..bacotne acnnaintad nit

able him 10 become acquainted With
his boys
A father can contribute in many
ways to "a happy hoine.life. for it
takes little b make children happy.
Five minutes 1omp with them rend-
ers them happy for an hour. We
scarcely need say that aman should
set theexample for the familyi in pa
tisnce cheeffalness courtesy, for
beafance, and all the amiable moods
and graces that are the soul ofhome;
happiness. The sort Of 1net who
display all the suavityScf politenesS
in the street or at their business
places, and save the storms, and
sufks. and SCUM h7-all ~
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04

Wemeet occasSs s1alty men whe pos
sess a combination of diHefent and
varied talents, superiormen in what
sceyer position they may be placed
lbatsnch instancesare rare Usually.
Issuchnen are successful. Other men
who knowsnothing, practically, abolil
THE details ofconstruction and quail
ties Of material, sometimes succeed
but hey have an executive powe,
well developed, and supported BY j
Eclear Judgments trained hy,yaried
expel noes, they master III ditIicul.
|itis slne essential element Of sue
~. business Is tic iiiseernmenl
f. 4 n 4 ~, |. I, IA bv tl,9
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
Two Sides of a story.

Women are perpetually exhorted
to make home comfortable. The
wife must greet he husband with a
kiss, for a cross word might send him
to a billiard-roofi' for entertainment
and relaxation. OF course, baby has
been troublesome-babies always are;
but women have nothing else to do,
so why should she complain if she
does have to hold him in her arms
all day2 The mother must speak
gently tothe children, nomatter how
aggrayating they may be; and even
ones owu children are sometimes a
triAing annoying. And SO on,
But what Of mems part in this
home-making2 Oh! their duty in
the house is to "raise breeze in it.
They are too busy, to preoccupied,
too impatient and thoughtless, and
1t must be said of some of them
too selfish to do their fair share of
that pre-eminently millennial work,
the creating of a happy time.
The small duties of life are not in
their line. They will fight for their
homes, and make slaves Of them.
selves in their business to maintain
them; but, like the ptoverbial man
who would die for a woman, but
would never bring up scuttle Of
coal, they can't tell what their child
ren are studying at school, who their
mates are, what they are learning OF
good or evil, nor scarcely anything
else that father ought to know con.
corning his offspring 1t is SO sad a
fact as to spoil the satire when Ais
said that many a father finds his
Sundays and holidaystoo few to en-.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
The Doctors Answer.

A physician in a country town,
who had been annoyed by numer-
GUS questions concerning the condi-
ton of a patient, was stopped, while
on his busy rounds, by man with
the old question: "How's M-?"-
"lll," replied the physician. "Does
he keep his bed?" @of course he
does. You don't suppose he's fool
enough to sell his bed when he's SO
ill do yon2"
Justiceis the ligament which holds
civilized nations together. Where
her temple stands, and SO long as it
is duly honored, there is founda.
tion for social security, general hap
piness, and the improvement and
progress of our race.
A Western woman has lost two
husbands by lightning She ought
to marry a conductor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
How The President yyrericlied;
Himself. y.

j. ~ - q * -, ~ a
On the morning following the sign
ingof the Veto Message the Pfesi-.
dents family.were Mortified to see Mr..
Hayes slowly crawling down stairs
on his hands and knees. Z
what in the wide world is the
matter?n
The President continued his pain, pain
fuldecent ona all fours, shook his head5
and mournfully madethe reply:
"Next time have d veto like that
to sign I'll let the job out. Ny 5pi.
nal column hasn't had such an in
fernal wrench since fused to attend
log'rolling in sandusky county"
"Well, told you not to signitn
screamed the good wife.
81 know you did, know you did"
groaned His Excellency, "and if you
forgive me this time I'll never be so
foolish again, | know I shan't be
able to stand alone for six months"
and literally walking on his stomach
the president proceeded to the break
.fast-room, imploring his wife to get
him asling to carry his backbone in.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04

the exscutisepower, hewill general.
" fail in the attempt to do business
With good management success is
possible, even if mechanical genius
and practical apprenticeship are
wanting, and without it the best ar.
tisan is'unftted for independent bus
mess operations. If anything per.
tanning to a business is to be slight,
ed it ought to be anything else but
the executive ability. The posses.
sion Of this is imperative.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
To Those About 70 Marry.

Don't.
But fyou must
Be advised:
Never both be angry at once;
Never taunt with past mistakes.
Let kiss be the prelude to d re-
buke.
Never allow requestto be repent.
led.
Ifyou must criticise let it be done
lovingly.
Marry into a family which you
have long known.
Never talk at one another, either
alone or in company.
If one is angry, let the other part
the lips only for a kiss
Always leave home with loving
words, for they may be the last.
Never deceive, for the heart once
misled, can never rwholly trust again.
A hesitating or grum yieldingto
the wishes Of the other always CRATES
upon a loving heart. Il IL
they who marry for traits of mind
and heart will seldom fail. Of pefen-
nial springs Of domestic enjoyment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-06-04
Always a Chance.

1t is scarcely necessary to remind
reasonable men that if they wish to
be sad and sour, to, grumble and com
plain, there is always a chance
Reasons for being cast down and dc.
iected are as plenty as blackberries
in tie height of harvest. If one
thing goes right you may be sure
there is always something else going
wrong, and if one thing is in order,
something else is out Of joint, or at,
any rate will soon be. The chief
difference in the feelings and DISPOSE
tion of people results from the differ
ent way Of looking at things. Few
nights are so dark that no stars are
to be seen; the thing is to look them
out and keep your eyes on them, and.
make the most of what light you can
discover.