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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
FOR THR FAIR SEX,
The Ian.

For what intrigues of love and firta-
lion is not the fan r~espon'ible9 What
aid it has lent, not only TO the courtly
dame who is at home in the science, who
neither opens FOR closes her fan without
malice prepense, but TO those untutorcd
souls whose bushes rise unbidden,
whose unschooled regards express Joy
or regret too openly, who are only APP
prenhces in the art Of fascination! For
the Spanish woman" says some one,
all the maneuvers Of love are hidden
In the folds. of her FAM" but 1t is not
necessary that VIC should travel so far
to learn the craft; one might affirm that
Nature herself had instructed her child
rem in the manipulation Of the fan, and
that a pretty woman who does not know
how to WELD it effectively would be no
less a miracle than "red roses blooming
through the snow" Indeed, all nations
and generations appear to acknowledge
the services of this little affair OF the
toilet, which has descended TO us from
the dusty antiquity of the East, and
have lavished upon it whatever richness
or skill they could command. 1t has
been carved, like lace-work, In ivory
mother-of-peari and the sweet-scented
woods OF India; enriched with the
feathers OF strange tropical birds-per-
haps from the wings of the roci the
most splendid stuffs of the looms, the
rarest cobwebs ofthe lace-workers, have
been pressed into its service; goldsmiths
have wasted their invention upon it,
and artists of renown have wrought
their dreams into its decorations as far
back as sages sang or legends reach the
fan has done duty, no doubt; while
sculpture has not disdained to chisel it,
amidst other circumstances OF kingly
pomp. in view of the fact, perhaps, that
1t was n C nm attribute OF the purple,
unshared by the vulgar. And what
pictures does not c~onjure Of all that is
gorgeous and barbaric ? the 1irt off fan
invokes the ghost of the Assyrian mon
arch, with his women bearing great
feather plumes; the Grecian courtier
with his tanning slaves passes before
our minds eye; we see great Augustus
reposing in the shadow, cooled by at
PENDANTS; the priests of the middle
ages guarding the sacred elements
with fans, and in fancy We catch the
melodious tinkle OF their silver bells
echoing through the centuries. This
elegant trile was formerly as indispensa-
BILE to n lady's costume as her gloves,
one variety doing duty in the drawing
room, another on the promenade; and
even in this unitarian age we regard it
with favor, not only as a legacy Of the
past which can call up visions, but as a
pretty trinket to keep idle hands from
mischief. --Hdrper'S Bdz0T.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
Fashion Notes.

Stomachers are superseding waist,
coats.
Red cotton parasols are carried in
Paris.
Ice-wool shawls continue in favor this
season.
White lace is used to trim cream.
colored gowns.
Pea spotted hosiery and gloves look as
II blistered.
Gold lace appears as a border on many
of the new NANTES.
Turbans and bonnets in which gold
and bronzed straw is used grow in favor
steadily.
Turbans, or something very like
them, are affected by many English
dowagers.
Long kid gloves may wrinkle, but
Lisle thread should fit almost as closely
as ones skin.
The best Tuscan lace is made by hand,
but that which contains silk is woven
by machinery.
Several vests of different colors are
worn under some of the Jerseys which
lace across the front.
Straw lace is not only used to trim
velvet bonnetS, but is made into fans
which are lined with red silk.
Poppy colored wells will be pretty for
winter, if the fancy for them should last
until the cold weather.
Sashes of feather-edged ribbon are
especially pretty for white dresses trim
med with a great deal Of lace.
Very wide scarfs of India muslin
edged with ~plaitings and insertions Of
real Valenciennes lace are imported.
Catherine de Medici's fashion of wear
ing roll of wadding just above tue top
of the sleeve has been adopted in Paris.
Vegetable gauzes in Madras Bingham
patterns have been introduced in Paris.
They are expensive and will not bear
wetting.
The silk ~plaitings placed below the
hem of dresses should be about an inch
and a quarter deep, and the white frill
should fall below it.
Copper trimmings and fringes are
used on some buff mantles, and copper
is mixed with the cream. colored goods
that sometimes trims black gowns.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
The Cnbbngc Worm

We give thefollowing means by which
this troublesome pest may be destroyed,
furnished by a competent autbority;i it is
simple and within the reach of every one:
Sprinkle over the parts Of the cabbage
plant where the worm usually operates
a pinch OF cayenne or red pepper-noth
ing more no less. Keep q few ounces
on hand and use it when needed, but
use it carefully, so as to reach the in
sect and disloige it.
Another mode is recommended, equally
simple and efficient A strong detection
or emulsion of red pepper thrown on
the plants through a spraying machine,
which would, perhaps, be more effectual
than the powder, as it would be more
likely to reach the pests. 1t is good to
destroy the red spider and othel vcrmin
in conservatories or greenhouses.
Here is another to the same effect
The green cabbage worms which are be.
coming SO widely diffused in this coun.
try are the Larvae Of a white butterfly
known as Pieris rap@. a European vari-
ETY.. They are very destructive, and de-
your vast quantities of cabbage IN every
district they have invaded. One way
of REFRESHING the pest is to catch the
butterflies with small hand nets. The
eggs are laid singly on the underside oil
the cabbage leaf, and much may be done
by crushing them before they hatch.
After they appear a strong decoction of
red or black pepper is a good proven
tive of their ravages.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

Wooden hose should be soaked all
night and washed in hot suds with beef's
gall, u tablespoonful to halt q pail OF
water. Iron on the wrong side.
Don't forget the birds when You eat
celery. Save the tender ends and greens,
and il you dine at night place these in
water to give the songstors for their
morning relreshment.
II is said two parts tallow and one OF
resin, melted together and applied to the
soles OF new boots or shoes, as much rs
the leather will absorb, will double their
wear.
II troubled with wakefulness on re-
firing TO bed, cat three or four small
onions; they will act as a gentle and
soothing narcotic. Onions are also eI-
csllent to cot when one is much exposed
to cold.
A great many ladies who save every.
thing else waste their rose leaves. Dried
they make the most delightful filling for
sofa pillows, pin cushions, etc, retain
ing their fragrance great length Of time,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

When water has been once made to
boil the fire may be very much lessened,
as but little heat is required to keep it
at a boiling point. There is 10 advan.
t1ge Whatever in making water boil furi-
ously; the heat will escape in steam,
without raising the heat OF the water.
A solution Of enc and one-quarter OF
a pound OF white soap amp three-eighths
Of an ounce OF spirits OF ammonia, dis
solved in twelve gallons Of soft water,
will impart a beautiful and lasting white.
ness TO any aanuels dipped in it, no mat
ter how yellow they may have been pre-
yious TO their immersion. After being
well stirred round for a short time the
articles should be taken out and washed
in clean cold water.
How TO STARCH AND IRON COLLARS,
ETC Mix very gradually one tablespoon.
full OF white starch with half a pint OF
cold water, dissolve a small piece of
lump borsx about the size OF the tip OF
the finger in hot water; wnen cold, stir
it into the starch. Put the collars into
the starch, rub them up and down in it,
smooth them well out with a piece Of
linen and iron Immediately, first with a
fat iron, then with q polishing iron.
OATMEAL. Give the children oatmeal
of least once a day. 1t is genuine bone
and muscle food, and they must thrive.
Could our girls make the morning and
night meals on real no%urishment, not
pastry, take more to nourish the brain
and nerves, we should have less of the
neuralgia among our women. Indeed,
this oatmeal mush would sfford ample
food for the last meal, which should Or
dinarily be the lightest, simple and easy
OF digestion, securing good sleep, while
it may well form a part of the morning
meal. Its extensive use would do much
to promote health among us.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
Coffee Ms a DIsiDfectant.

The Rondh Observer, a paper pub
ished in India, states that recent expert
mentsmade in that country have proved
that roasted coffee is one OF the most
powerful disinfectants, not only render
Ing animal and vegetable effluvia in
nocuous, but actually destroying them.
A room in which meat in an advanced
state Of decomposition had been kept for
some time was instantly deprived of all
smell on an open coffee rooster being
carried through it containing a pound Of
ne%wly-roasted coffee. In another room
the efluvia occasioned by the clearing
out Of a cesspool was completely re-
moved within half n minute by the use
of three ounces of fresh coffee. The way
in which coffee is used as a disinfectant
Is by drying the raw bean, then pound
Ing it in a mortar, and afterward roast
ing the powder on a moderately. heated
iron plate until it assumes a dark hue.
The coffee must, however, be pure, rs
Theory possesses no deodorizing power.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Poultry Notes.

EOultFy Otebs
Chickens are always healthier when
they have plenty of sand and gravel
about them.
Heavy fowls sometimes receive severe
injuries in trying to fly down from high
perches.
Any family can keep fowls on their
premises without more trouble, at
merely nominal cost.
The melting of fowls is but only a
natural process with most animals in
changing their summer coat for q win
Ter one.
1t will be well for those who are
limited to a small garden to appropri-
ate a portion of it to q grass plot for
their fowls.
All kinds of feathered life seek the
shade from the Stunning rays of the sun,
and VIC should initiate nature by provid-
ing it in abundance.
When the poulteror discovers the ap-
pearance OF diseased in his flock, he must
make an effort to stop i tat once, and not
leave them 10 their fate.
The best rule both Us to the quantity
and time Is to give the fowls a good
meal in the morning, and the second
shortly before going to roost.
One great element of success in keep.
ing poultry Is undoubtedly a real inter-
est in the work--a love for ton the
part of the owner or attendant.
Now is the time to carefully feed and
tend your young cocks in order that
they may be well developed and in good
condition before cold weather sets in.
A box in which q trio of full-grown
fowls is confined for a few days Jour-
ney need moi be larger than twenty
inches wide by eighteen inches high and
deep.
Breeding stock should be kept up to
the full measure of their natural vigor,
but never forced beyond it.
One cannot reasonably expect to raise
strong and healthy fowls if they are
kept in a starved or neglected condi-
ton.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
Eugene Schuyler, the first representa-

Eugene Schuyler, the first representa-
tive of the United States to the now In
dependent principally Of Roumnnia,
has been in the consular service since
1863, having held the positions success
sively Of consul at Moscow, consul at
Revel, secretary at St. Petersburg, SEQ
rotary of legation and consul-general at
Constantinople, consul at Birmingham,
England, and consul-general at Rome,
from which post he now goes to Blu
charest, the city of pleasure" Mr..
Schuyler is married to n sister Of Nine.
Waddington, the American wife of the
late French foreign minister,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

There are many unpleasant things in
this vale of tears, but a collar with a
button-hole large enough to stick your
head through will cause you about as
much trouble as the rest of them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

That was a brilliant speech ofa young
society man who was making CONVEX
satior" with n young lady. FLOW
fortunate it is" he said, "that before
people 20 to the lunatic asylum they
always lose their mind"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

A child is in q Montreal hospital with
fourteen fingers and two thumbs on each
hand webbed together. A doctor has
separated them and the child is expected
10 live.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
Fair fields Cd waving grain

IhlI tiI "a Nh'ih6 kiuh
With myriad webs OF shining pearls
Lilo tangled thick upon the waving plAini
And tuited blossoms Lift their yellow heads
To catch the dewdrops shaken from the bladesl
In rosy dances the morn advances,
Her dew-wet flag DER all %uniurls!
soit-nooding steals its mellow light along,
Melting the morning mists and waking song,
Til BOOT the golden-skirted clouds advance,
Rejoicing in reflected radiance
oithine, oh bright, lu1unant summer!
Ground-ivy and clover are now sweeping ovei
The heather and lawn;
White lilies are blowing, and violets showing
Their gold hearts glowing and glad to the
dawn!
While here, amid the shOltering wood,
The robin and the blue-bird brood.
The song-birds at night attest their delight
That tho rest-hour Is nigh;
The sad ~whip-poor-will and tho bell-bird stl
The wildwoods wake with their lone reply
Then in rhapsody choral they ioretell the
auroral
Blush OF day-dawning sky!
Now rural maids their tresses twine
With fragrant buds OF eglantine,
And g~leciully o'cr hill and vale
Light floats the sweet and wandering gale;
Or while / walk through meadows wide
Or watch the rippling rivers tide,
Fresh odors, delicate and rare,
Perfume the warm and ambrient airj
All nature sings in tuneiul glee,
In notes of sweetest harmony,
For thee, oh rosy, blooming summer
1t sings for thee!
The glad earth throbs beneath thy feet,
For thee, oh warm and dreamy summer,
While gleetul nature smiles to greet
Thy happy face,
The heavens rejoice in thy glad voice
And winning grace,
Oh, soft, sweet sheeny summer!
Late ap~ple-blooms with ardor blush
And cherries smile with tinted flush;
The peach-tree buds arc crimson-red,
Whil0 tuneful warblers pipo o'erhead,
For thee, oh fragrant, fruitful summerl
Tho busy little honey-bee,
Makes merry drone in locust tree
Now by its coming, and its going,
And by its humming it is showing
Tho love it bears TO thee
To thee, oh honey-laden SUMMER
The lovei it bears TO thco!
Luther G. Riggs.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

The honey crop OF 1870 in the United
States was reckoned II light one, although
it has been estimated at $4,000, 900
pounds,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

A nan digging clans, says the New
Orleans Ricayanc, hardly knows whether
he is fishing or engaged in agricultural
pursuits.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

Grasshoppers nave devastated the
crops in many Kentucky counties,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
Summer.

Oh, brightest season OF the year,
Thou white.Iobed goddess, all divine
We bow in homage at thy shrine,
And roses streW DER springs cold bierl
So like thy sister tkou AIT seen -
Amyed In drspery Of greeni
With fowery skirt as only nature wears
When sho in happiest mood appears,
In soft and sunny hours
Bedecked and broidered DER with leaves
And garlanded with foweni
While on thy head a floral crown we place,
And in thy hand a lily for thy mace!
Oh, summer queen, with air OF grace,
Thou reignest sweetly in thy youthful prdci
Oh, peerless queen, with bonnie face,
Scatter sweet blossoms--streW them far and
wide
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24

The census shows that New Jersey has
5000 farmers,
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-23
USING MORE "INFLUENsH."

ED. JOURNAL The Sentinelof last week
announced that Mr.. s. S. Martin has dis
continued suit against the Commissioners
to enjoin tax on Cutoff dtch-paid costs,&c
Mr.. Martin will probably pay his assese-
ments also, ike an honest man, and not follow
the example OF n certain party here who,
according to report, was persuaded by the
Commissioners to withdraw from those
who have enjOined their ditch assessments,
and to induce Others to do the same. He
kas been using what little iufuensh " he
has to persuade as many of his neighbors
to Withdraw as he can. lie has not accom-
plished much, however, and probably
from the fact that he had been very loud
and vehement in denouncing the Com
,nissioners, for their uullst conduct TO.
wards people at this e,rl of ditch 264.
His neighbors can account for his incon.
sistency only on the ground that RE
changed his course for consideration. lie
seems satisfied now, and, ii is said, can ply
his general tax, less his ditch assessments
while others who have enioined are com.
PEELED TO make two trips to Bowling Green.
over II or Is miles OF very bad roads be.
fore they can pay theirs, less the ditch tax.
II he is clear Of paying ditch assessments
il cannot be for the reason that the ditch
below him is not completed. This excuse
won't avail because Others, not exempt from
paying their assessments, are worse of
ahan he is--especially those who have no
ontlet ut all, az is the case with people near
Webbtown. 1t is much more likely that
lie is clear OF paying on account of the "in,
fuensh 4" he il supposed to have over
such Of his neighbors as have opposed
the Commissioners in certain illegal nc g.
1t would certainly net be strange if the
Commissioners had bought off said party
in order TO weaken opposition and col
lect ditch assessments oil as many as pos
Hibe. Such course would only be in
Keeping with their contempt for the author
ityo Courts and disregard for the laws oil
the State. H. Ii. s.
Troy Tvn Tan 81 1880
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-23

our WASHINGTON LETTER
WAsnlNaroN. d. C.. liam. nd. 1 ISL

WAsHrHGToN, ID. g., Jan. 16, 1880.
The old story Of the Young man who was
cured Of dissipation Ivy the more awful ex.
ample Of his drunken father may have
compaDiUn in the Democratic party.
The Maine Democrats have so far out
done TildeR, Tweed, and the Southern
Bulldozers, that many rampant Democrats
are becoming alarmed at the prospect
They do not like to be placed before the
country in The attitude Of Residence to the
Courts, Os the Maine conspirators would
have them. They therefore take oc-
casion to rcnounce the declaration Of the
Democratic organ at the Maine Capital,
that the Democrats do not care for and
will not obey the mandates of the Supreme
Court whatever they may he. 1t is also
noticeable that Congressman Ladd, Of
Maine, talks very differently here and at
home. While at home he was closeicd
with the worst OF the Legislature thieves,
here he cries for peace, and Processes al
ways TO have been in favor Of submitting
questions to the Courts. There is nothing
like an overdose of Democratic methods
to cure the desire OF Democracy.
The Southern members of Congress it
seems thought they were going to have full
control OF organizing the Census work in
their States. They are mistaken. South.
ern Republicans have appealed from Su-
perintendent Walker to the President, who,
il is said, has agreed that one.half the Su.
pervisors at least shall be Republicans.
This course is absolutelynecessar to pre-
vent Democrats from so manipulating the
returns ms to swell the Southern population
aud giving the ex Rebels mn undue pow
err in Congress. That little game will be
fuiled at the outset
Yesterday the Senate listened to speech
by Mr.. Morrill, on the question OF refund
ing the debt nt n lower rate of interest than
per cent. While he thought ii advisable
to refund vt M low rate as possible, yet
ii would be dangerous to experiment in
that way at present.
The success of the four per cent. bonds
in our own markets was n gratifying fact,
and it was better TO act upon a certainty
than to give spectators chance to injure
our credit by crying down the new govern
ment bonds. There are many Republicans
who disagree with Senator Morrell, but it
is generally thought that no action looking
TO reducing the rate of interest will be at
tempted just now.
The women snflragists appeared before
Congress in so petitions yesterday, and scv-
eral OF their representatives are here to
urge their claims before the Committee
whenever there is chance for n hearing.
Assistant Secretary Hawley receives ma
ny assurances from his State Illinois, that
he is wanted as the next Republican Can
didate for Governor. Having served three
terms in Congress, and given universal sat.
isfaction, his friends naturally turn to hin,
when they want strong man to gain the
popular suffrage. LEO.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1880-01-23
SOLDIERS, ORPHANS, HOME

Mr.. EDITOR Thinking that descrip-
ton Of the Ohio Soldiers and Sailors Or
phans' Home might he interesting to your
readers. | send you this article, which, if
you deem proper, you may place before
them.
This institution is situated one mile east
Of Nenia, Ohio, and clothes, feeds and in
structs about 600 children at the present
time.
Connected with the institution are 365
acres OF ground. The buildings consist
of the main building, twenty cottages,
laundry, hospital, chapel, school house,
engine house, gas works, work shops, green
house, farm house and barn. The
buildings, with the exception OF the shops
and farm house, are all brick. The main
building, which WAS destroyed by fire in
Feb, 1879, is at present being rebuilt. Care
is being taken in the selection of such ma.
terial that like disaster can never again
happen. The cottages are situated on each
side of the main building and are Joined to
il by covered veranda. A matron has
charge of each cottage. 1t is her duty to
see to their clothing, lodging, and to keep.
ing the children clean. On the loS floor
OF each cottage is large room well fur
nished, the matrons room, and clothes
room. On the upper floor is the sleeping
apartment containing l5 double beds, the
matrons sleeping room and bath room
They all eat in one large dining hall
| They march to and from it. After being
seated they al unite in asking a blessing
on their meals.
| The school is under The efficient manage.
ment of Prof. NJ. j. IIar ley, formerly of
Quaker City. The building which has
been completed about a year is not equaled
by many either as respects convenience or
architecture. Twelve teachers are EN-
ployed in addition to the Superintendent
The schools are well graded and many
children who live IN the country districts
surrounded by the comforts OF home anc
parents, might we'll envy these GOO orphan,
Of their school advantages. Special atten
tion is paid To having all work well don,
and | do not hesitate TO say that the aver
age pupil OF IL years would pass bette
examination in reading and penmanshiI
than the majority of common school teach
ers.
1t is healthy feature of this institution
that its schools are conducted by so com
petent a corps Of instructors The Hom
also issues Il weekly paper, edited b,
Thomas Proctor. All the printing for tn
institution is done by the boys, shoe sho
furnishes shoes for all the children, and
tia shop is carried on for the purp se O
giViHg the boys a trade, The Institution isun
der the sIperintenJency OF n. II. Wymar
a Raan exceedingly pieasaat aud courteous
and aSsiast whom we have not been all
to hear complaint.
As we view this noble institution MA
our hearts we'll be filled with patriot
pride ia oar noble State which has erectc
this living m0nIment-a monument NOR
expressive Of our gratitude toward on
sleeping heroes than snow-white marbI
colum or towering granite statute.