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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
Harry the Little oatuan.

Harry Wilson was born on the sea-
side alta fishing village near the mouth
of large river. He grew up almost
as much on the water as on the land.
He could swim almost as well as he
could walk and could use an oar al
most before he was strong enough to
lift one from the ground.
This was fine as play, but one day
there was gloom in the little fisher
mans cabin. All were weeping. Har-
RVS good brave father was dead, and
he was left alone with his poor mother.
When the funeral was over and af-
fairs were settled up, the share in the
fishing smack was sold and everything
that the widow could not use for her
support. They were going to sell a
good boat, but when this was talked of,
Harry stepped up.
"Now, here" says he; "1'm a little
chap, / know, and Pm not very strong,
but / must do something to help moth
err, and l want that boat"
"What can you do with itT"
"Why, there Is no one here to carry
people across and lots Of people come
and have to wait an hour or more till
some one has time to carry them over"
"But you couldn't row them
Can't / indeed? Why, this week /
have run at least ten miles trying to
hunt up old Jake to row folks; so yes
terday, instead Of wasting my time, l
pulled off my cap mighty polite to a
gentleman, and asked him to step into
our boat"
"Why, you didn't undertake to row
him across, did your"
Certainly, and rowed him SPLEEN
dldly. He asked me n lot of questions,
and told him all about us. lie saw |
was able 10 manage the boat, and gave
me a dollaI as he said, to encourage me.
took Carlo along, for | thought IL a
squall did come on, and / couldn't
manage, his bark would go further
than my hail, and if | tumbled over
he'd pick me up"
All agreed that Harry had the cour-
age and energy to get ahead, and every
N knew he could manage Il boat; so
all summer long he was at his post.
lie fixed a white flag to a pole at each
side, and when he WAS wanted on the
side on which he did not happen to be,
they raised the nag and he was over
like u rocket.
He made his mothers burden lighter
by his happy, cheerful disposition and
his uniform good conduct.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
The African Honey-Bird.

The honey-bird is about as large as a
gray m~ocking-bird, and is of similar
color. 1t e~ndeavors to attract the at
tention of travellers, and to induce
them to follow it. When it succeeds
thus far, it almost invariably leads the
person who follows to a nest of wild
bees. While on the route, it keeps up
an incessant twittering, as if to assure
its followers of success, and often
alights on the ground or a bush, and
looks back to see if the person is still
in pursuit. The native Africans, when
conducted by the bird, frequently an
swer its twitterlng with a whistle as
they proceed, for the purpose of signi-
flying to their conductor that they are
still following it. When the bird ar
rives at the hollow tree or other place
where the honey is deposited, it hovers
over the spot, points out the deposit
with its bill, and perches on a neigh
boring bush or tree to await its share
Of the plumber, This is the usual ter
mination of the adventure. But some
times the honey-bird seems actuated
by a love of mischief, and thus, instead
of leading the traveller to a bees nest,
it conducts him to the lair of some
wild beast, and then flies away with a
twittering which sounds a good deal
like laughter. Gordon Cumming, 1.-THE
lion killer" once followed a honey
bird which conducted him to the re-
treat of a huge crocodile; and having
introduced the traveller to this august
presence, the little feathered joker took
a hasty leave. evidently much delight
ed with the success of his trick.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
AGRICULTURE.

Tux WAY TO BLANKET HoRsEs.-But
few people, comparatively understand
how TO blanket a horse 10 protect him
from contracting cold. We frequently
see the blanket folded double, and laid
across the rump and a part Of the ami
mails back, leaving those parts of the
body that need protection entirely ex-
posed 10 cold storms and chilling winds.
Those parts Of the body Of a horse which
surround the lungs require the benefit
Of a blanket In preference TO his TANKS
and rump. When we are exposed to a
current Of cold air to guard against any
Injury from contracting cold we shield
our shoulders, neck, chest and back.
lf these parts be kept protected, the
lower part OF the body will endured a
degree OF cold far more intense, without
any injury to the body, than If the lungs
were not warm with suitable covering.
The same thing holds In the protection
Of horses, The blanket should cover
the neck, withers and shoulders, and be
brought around the breast, and be
buttoned or buckled as closely as a man
buttons his overcoat. Let the lungs OF
u horse be protected with a heavy blan-
ket, and he will seldom contract cold,
even if the hindmost parts Of his body
are not covered. We refer more partic-
ularly to blanketing horses that have
become unusually warm by violent ex-
ertion or hard driving, and exposing
them TO a current of cold air while
standing still. Many of our best team
sters protect the breasts of their horses
by a piece Of heavy cloth about two feet
square, hanging down from the lower
end Of the collar. This is an excellent
practice In cold weather, as the most i'm
portant part of the animal is shielded
from cold wind, especially when ira
yelling toward a strong current. The
forward end OF THE horses blanket should
be made to fit as closely around the
breast Of a horse as our garments fit
our bodies. Most horses will contract
a violent cold almost as soon as a man,
If not blanketed while they stand still,
after having been exercised as violently
as to produce profuse perspiratiOn. SO
long as a horse is kept in motion, there
is little danger of his suffering any in
convenience from cold winds. But
allow him to stand a few moments
while loading or unloading, without a
heavy blanket to protect his shoulders
and lungs, and he will take cold soone
than sOme men.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
Preserving Food by GeIarIne.

DIR. Morfit's gelatine process for pre-
serving food seems likely to become
popular. 1t consists in adding to the
substances to be preserved a certain
proportion Of gelatine, and then drying
the mixture till it does not contain over
ten or twelve per cent. of the moisture.
The mode of applying the process TO
milk is thus described in Nature: zone
pound of gelatine is dissolved in a gal
Ion of milk at a temperature of 100 to
140 degree Fahrenheit, and the solution
Is then allowed to set into a jelly,
which is cut into slices and dried. BY
employing the product of this first ope-
ration in place of fresh gelatine for ge-
latinizing a second gallon Of milk, a
jelly is obtained In which the milk So
lids are just doubled in amount. AS a
gallon of milk contains about 6,400
grains Of these solid matters, viz, cas-
elm, milk-sugar, milk-fat, and phos-
pilates, their ratio to the gelatine will
become as $4,000 to 1000, after the Sc
cond operation just described. If, then,
the dried milk jNJube, as it may be now
called. be again and again employed
with successive quantities of milk, a IL
init is reached when the n pound of
gelatine has incorporated with ten
gallons. At this stage the mixture will
contain no more than one part of gela-
tine to ten of the nu r tive mi { ers Of
milk--a proportion of added preserva-
tive material which compares favOrably
with the % to IS per cent. of sugar
found In ordinary condensed milk"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
HUMOROUS.

IL HIS SfoCKISG.-They showed along
on a window-sill in the pOsto1ice to give
Wicked Jack room 10 sit down, and
then resumed their conversation about
Santa Claus gifts. One boy got a knife,
another a pair OF skates, and the third
stammefed a little as he stated that he
received a diamond pin.
"And you traded 1t for a dOgS" in
qulred one.
swell, no; | gave 1t to the baby to
play with and he swallowed it,"
Diamonds Is good nun for common
buteblacks," observed Jack, as he clean.
ed his nails with a tooth-pick, "but you
orter seen the gold watch l gotl 1 tell
you the fourteen diamonds and twenty
one pearls In the cases made me scream
right out when l hauled It from the
%stOckingl / was so weak In the knees
/ could hardly get down town."
"And is 1t up homer" inquired the
boy with a frost-bitten ear.
Sup hOmel Do you think Pm las
ses candyI" scornfully replied Jack as
he got down. Not muchi / rented 1t
to a member Of the Legislature at two
dollars a day."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
SCIENTIFIC.

The Satellites Of Mqrs.-The authOrit-
les Of the National Observatory have
just published, In a handsome quarto
pamphlet Of fOrtY-slx pages, Professor
Assph Halls observations Of the satel-
lites OF Mars, with the elements Of their
orbits and data for calculating their po-
sitlons during 1879. Mr.. Hall has Anal-
ly adopted for the two moons the names
suggested by Mr.. MADAM, OF Eton, Eng
land, namely, Deimos, for the outer
satellite, and Phobes for the inner sat
elite. From an exhaustive review Of
various observations Of these minute
bodies with the great Washington re-
tractor, he also deduces the elements Of
their orbits and compares them with
those obtained by other observers. Del
mos revolves around Mars in ] 262429
mean solar days, and Phobes in .3ls9244
of a day. Both Of them move very near
ly In the plane of the equator Of Mars.
The hourly motion of Phobes. as seen
from the surface of Mars, is47 1888 deg,
and on account of its rapid angular
movement and its nearness TO the plan
ct, this satellite will present a singular
appearance Z the inhabitants Of Mars.
1t will rise In the west and set in the
east, and will meet and pass the outer
moon, whose hourly motion is only H.
$50. The distances of these satellites
from the centre of Mars are for Deimos
1850 miles, and for PhObes $500 miles.
The inner satellite is the brighter of the
two, but more difficult TO see on account
of its closeness to the planet. The size
IF fhn 1nNnlltNna ta nAN WvnIl go ua
though it is certain they are very small.
From comparative measurements Of
their light, Professor Pickering, of
Harvard, estimated Deimos TO be six
miles in diameter, and Phobes seven
miles. Other observers, however, have
been led to place them at from ten to
fourteen miles. The mass of Mars, as
determined from the motions of the
satellites, is the l-3393500th part Of that
Of the sun.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
DOMESTIC.

UsK on ANMOHIA.-I do not know OF
an agent which can be put TO so many
household uses as ammonia or harris
horn, as Ii ls sometimes called, In cook
cry, there IL no alkAli that Is equal TO IL.
A small t~easpoonful OF sol volatile
In powder, and the same Of alum,
TO one quart Of a mixture-bread or
cake-will rarely fail TO make II
light. Both must be dissolved, but
separately, In as little warm water
as possible and add just before baking.
Many recipes In cookery books written
thirty years ago and even later, call for
sal volatile instead Of saleratus, or BIZ
carbonate Of soda. A large spoonful OF
liquid ammonia 10 each gallon Of suds,
In which wooden fabrics are 10 be wash
ed, will make them clean and soft, with
half the labor necessary for washing In
the ordinary way. Hartshorn, sufii-
GENTLY reduced with soft water, Is un-
equaled for cleaning silver and gold,
mirrors, window glass and all painted
surfaces. A little ammonia, so little
as TO be %perceptIble In the water used
for plants In winter, will make them
wonderfully thrifty. II the color is
taken out Of cloth, either cotton or wool
en-, by acids, 1t can generally be restored
by h%artshorn, slightly weakened. APP
piled In full strength TO the bites and
stings of insects 1t gives instant relief.
Both liquid and powdered ammonia
should be kept in bottles, with glass
shoppers. The Odor of hBrtshorn is
agreeable TO most persons, and it is
strange that any ~housekeeper who un-
derstands its properties will eve be
without 1t.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
a SNOW Legend.

The glory Of the autumn was over;
the leaves lay huddled IN heaps on the
ground; though the shorn trees the
wind whistled drearlly, aud the shadow
Of approaching winter rested every.
where oven the earth.
Many children, on their way from
school, looked up at the sky, but none
saw the queer little mite which 1oated
In mid-air and gazed down on the earth;
for this was one of those nameless, in
visible workers associated with dame
Nature in the care of her broad domain.
IL was dull In the mothers household.
The autumn finished, there came always
a tiny respite. The hower-makers and
painters, the builders and sculptors
bound peoples on their eyelids; even
dame Nature paused for a moments rest.
But industrious little No Name had
soon wearied of doing, and sailed forth
towards earth.
Little NO-Name ranked chief among
tn e painters. None like she could tint
the spring buds and grasses; it was she
that gave the finishing touch to fruit
and flower; and only a few weeks since
she had designed the Joseph-coat which
had made earth so dazzling to human
sight. Not strange that she should
sigh a bit as she noted the change.
$50 pretty-sO bright to fades" she
murmured wistfully. But not long
paused little No-Name for idle musings.
Suddenly down she fitted over the gay
leaves, and in among the garden beds.
A glance at the mold proved her suspi.
cions correct. The dead plants had
scattered their seedlings far and wide.
$50 soon," spoke little No-Name
pityingly, yet with a twinkle as she
thought Of the innocent sleepers athome.
Then swift as a rocket she shot up in
the air-lucky little No-Name as we
shall see.
The flower-makers and painters. the
sculptors and builders slept calmly on
the peoples still dropped from dame
Natures brow, as little No-Name set
thing energetically on the great moth
er's arm shouted:
"The plant. world is dead. Oh, wake,
mother, dear. or the poor little seedlings
will perish 7"
Up started dame Nature; up sprang
her army OF assistants, silent and crest
fallen. 1t was a proud moment for
little No-Name when the great mother
smilingly placed on her head the crow
yearly awarded to the one who should
make this important discovery.
ave have slept too long," then spoke
dame Nature briskly. "Let us quickly
make some warm %overcoaCs for the
shivering seedlings below"
Very orderly are the workings ofdame
Natures household. A message to the
winds, and the clouds came promptly
up; thick, and black as though ILL
pleased at the dissection in store And
the whole army went to work vigorous
ly cutting, and tearing, and hurting
down garments soft as elder-down and
numerous enough to supply the whole
earth.
SO little No-Name was assigned the
browning work. With paint-pot and
brush, she waited in mid-air, and
touching each deftly, as it passed,
changed them to pearly white.
Thus dainty and pure, the precious
coats came down to earth, folding low
ingly over the motherless seeds; no
softer blanket in an infants cradle, no
wool warmer and more protective in
any great-coat that's made. AMI the
seedlings. far and wide, snuggled down
contentedly and sang for joy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
Anxious About the Whale.

"A clergyman's wife had impressed
upon her little boy the necessity of
.ejecting the skins of grapes, and a few
days after she told him the story of
Jonah and the whale. "The whale is a
very large monster" said the mother,
"and he swallowed Sonah." "Did lie
swallow other men, too?" asked the
little boy. swell, | suppose he did,"
continued the mother, who was some
what In doubt; and while she was
hesitating about the continuation of the
story the boy interrupted; "And'
mama, did he spit the skins out, too9'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

ENGLISH PLUM PUDDING.-Beat to a
cream y pound of good butter and =
pound brown sugar; add the well beat
en- yolks of 6 eggs, next y pint of sweet
milk, 2 pound of suet chopped fine,
then IA pounds of sifted flour, beaten
in, alternately, with the we'll beaten
whites of six eggs; then q cupful of
good brandy, d ounce of ground
cloves, and the same of mace, l grated
nutmeg; at the last, l pound of raisins,
seeded, chopped, and dredged with
flour, l pound of well washed c%urrants,
and 2 ounces of %citron, cut fine and
dredged with flour; mix all well, wiring
out your pudding cloth in hot water,
flour the Inside well, fill with the mix
ture, and boil 3 hours; if the pudding
is needed larger double the quantity and
boil 5 hours.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

How TO Go TO SLBEP.-Sit down In an
easy position, relaxing all the muscles
of the body, and let the head drop for
ward upon the breast, as low as 1t will
fall without forcingit. Sit quietly this
way for a few minutes, freeing all the
will power of the body, and a r%estful,
drowsy feeling will ensue, which will if
not disturbed, lead to refreshing sleep.
If the ~sleepless fit comes on in the night
one can simply sit up in the position
described. Stiffness of any part of the
body must be avoided, aud it is we'll to
bend the body forward after lying
down, rather than to keep it straight or
thrown back On the pillow. The wri-
ter suffered several years from sleepless-
ness caused by severe pain and nervous
ness, and was taught the above by a ply
stefan Of great experience and ability,
and found through it complete relief.
Many persons similarly afflicted within
the writer's knowledge have tried it,
and always with good results.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

A CONVENIENT MEAsURE.-To aid the
farmers to arrive at accuracy in esti-
mating the amount of land in different
fields under cultivation, the following
table is given: Five yards wide by 9GS
contains one acre; ten yards wide by
4Sl contains one acre; twenty yards
wide by 242 long contains one acre;
forty yards wide by l2l long contains
n acre; seventy yards wide by 69H
long contains n acre eighty yards
wide by G219 long contains one acre;
sixty feet wide by 726long contains one
acre /; one hundred and ten feet wide by
297 long contains n acre one hundred
and thirty feet wide by 1868 long con
tains n acre; two hundred and twenty
feet wide by 1917 long contains one
acre; four hundred and forty feet wide
by 90 long contains one acre.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

Too Much APPETITE.-"And did you
ever see the likes of it?" she called out,
as she ran around the corner after q
policeman.
"What's the trouble nowP" he asked.
"Why, first the house caught fire
then our boy William broke his leg
than our boy Thomas got in Jail, and
then my husband began to fail in
health"
Anything more-is he dead?"
Not dead, sir, hut he might as well be.
The doctor was around yesterday and
gave him something to brighten his ap.
petite, and he is this minute smashing
the cook-stove because he's as hungry
as a bear and we haven't even a cold
potato In the housed I'd like to have
the doctor arrested, sirI"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27
MEssRs. CRADDocK e. Co.

lOoz race St., GDlla.
Gentlemen am glad TO inform you,
that your medicine entirely cured me
of the Bronchitis, when | had taken but
n five dollar box of 1t, and / have
never been troubled with II since.
Please make an agent here.
Yours, Truly, G. K. CONWAY.
OLDHAM. ~CRITTENDEN, ARK, May Z.
FRIEND CRADDcCK.
Please send me a box of Ointment. ]
got a box of 1t last fall for a friend of
mine who was afflicted with Rheuma.
tism, and he said he rubbed with it tp,ce
only, as 1t relieved him Immediately. /
have positive proofs of Its merits, and
that IL why ! want 1t.
Respectfully,
Miss LIZZIE V. GARTH.
TRENTON, TODD Co., Ky.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

THE OMAHA Herald gives seven reasons
why farmers are happier and healthier
than men of the professions. l. They
work more, and develop all the leading
muscles of the body. 2. They take
their exercise in the air, and breath a
greater amount of oxygen. 8. Their
food and drinks are common, less adul-
terated, and far more simple. A. They
do not Overwork their brain as much as
industrious professional or business
men do. 5. They take their sleep com.
monty during the hours of darkness,
and do not try to turn night into day.
g.. They are not so ambitious, and 40
not wear themselves out so rapidly In
the fierce contest of rivalry. 7. Their
pleasures are simple and less exhaust.
ing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

What Chemistry doeS.-Chenistry,
like a prudent housewife, economies
every scrap. The clippings of the trav.
cling tinker are mixed with the par
ing OF horses hoofs from the smithy,
the cast-off wooden garments of the
poorest inhabitant of the sister isle,
and oon afterward, in the form of dyes
of the brightest blue, grace the dress Of
courtly danes. The main ingredient of
the ink with which | now write was
possible once part of the broken hoop
of an old beer barrel. The bones of dead
animals yield the chief constituent Of
lucifer matches. The dregs of port
wine, carefully rejected by the port
wine-drinker in %decanting his favorite
beverage, are taken by him In the
morning as Sedlitz powders. The offal
of the streets, and the washings of the
coal gas, reappear carefully preserved
in the lady's smelling-bottle, or are
used by her to flavor blanc manages for
her friends. This economy of art is only
an imitation of what we observe In the
chemistry Of nature. Animals live and
die; their dead bodies passing into pu-
tridity, escape into the atmosphere,
where plants again mold them into
forms of organic life; and these plants,
actually consisting Of a past generation
of ancestors, form our present food,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

To RENDER CINCHoNIA TAsTELEss.-
According to the american Journal OF
Medical Sciences, Or. S. Ashurst over
comes the disagreeably bitter taste left
in the mouth after taking Cinchonia, by
mixing the alkaloidIwith sugar of milk
and b~icarbonate of soda. According to
him a powder containing grain of
cinchonia, foar grains of sugar of milk
and one-tenth OF a grain of bicarbonate
of soda possesses only the slightly sweet
taste of the sugar of milk, and is quite
readily miscible with water and milk,
or, if preferred, can be easily swallowed
dry.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

THE recently published statement Of the
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Co., Of Pbila.,
shows that the Company issued 1886 policies,
paid $3.50, 900 in death and other claims to fam
lies Of deceased, and returned as much more
To policy holders. After making due allowance
for the proverbial %shrewdness OF Philadelphia
business men, this is a magnificent statement,
and Ia important as indicating that a new era
OF prosperity has dawned upon the country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

BY RACKING YOUR LUNGS w1TH A COUGH, you
may lrrltate them into q condition ripe for the
production OF tubercles, and then, instead OF a
Consumption. DR.. Jayne's Expectorant prompt
~ cures all Coughs and Colds, and by impartlng
vig0r TO the resp ratory organs enables them
70 freely throw on all distractions engendered
ny neglected Colds, and heals all sore or In
famed parts,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-02-27

CARE OF ~SHEEP.-lf, after the wool
has grown to some considerable length,
the sheep or lambs become annoyed
with lice or ticks, immerse the lambs in
astrong decoctiOn of tobacco, Another
was is to take a pair of bellows and in
hale tobacco smoke, then blowing the
smoke with considerable force amongst
the ticks. This will prove instant
daath.