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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05

The Rev. W. Scarborough, Yves.
leyan missionary, has recently pub
lished work called "a Collection ol
Chinese Proverbs" From among them
we Gull the following:
Whether you are my relative or not,
my turnips are three hundred cash per
hundred-weight.
The fisherman patiently waits till the
shoal comes, and if not large fish, he
gets small ones.
They rush east; they rush west; and
all for the sake of profit small as a fly 3
head.
Even if Kwan Ian ye, the mirror OF
Justice, were selling bean curd, good as
may be the man, the article is certainly
poor.
Brothers in the morning, enemies at
night.
A man known well is treasure.
A prodiyal when he repents becomes
priceless ITeasuTe'
Every man loves his own skin and
flesh.
Ii you honor your parents at home,
why 60 afar to burn incenseP
Out OF the broken kiln come very
good tiles.
Stoop not in the melon-feld to draw
up your boots.
Stay not under the plum-tree to ad-
just your hat.
If you look before and behind, food
and clothing will never be wanting.
Put attention to your business in tho
second and third place, and let the first
thing be not to cheat conscience.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05
Which Came Ont Ahead I

A man who had imblbed rather freely
in the morning was driving his COW 10
pasture, when a fellow came along and
cxtolled the COW. Yes, SIR" said the
owner, everybody is praising that
cow" "Iwish owned her." said No
.. Just then couple OF toads jumped
in front of the COW. Look here" ex-
claimed the owner, If you'll cat those
two toads I'll give you the cow" "Will
youP" said the man. He seized toad
and soon ate him up. 1t was too much
for his stomach and he stopped to con-
slider, while the owner of the COW be-
gan 10 fear that he had lost her. There
was n pause, when happy thought hit
the toad eater. "l'll tell you what I'll
do" said The toad enter, "if you'll cat
the other toad I'll let you up on your
offer" "Done," said The owner, and he
gobbled the second toad in jlffy. They
were both somewhat the worse for their
meal, and it is still disputed point
which came out ahead.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05
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Transient advertisements always rayAlI
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No notices inserted for lefs than a:.y cents
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05

The dark ages or middle ages COM
prised period of about 1000 years, ex.
tending from the year 4S6 to l495. So
called because learning was at a low
cbb.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05

Coaches run between Bristol and Memphis
without change.
No Sunday delays.
Baggage checked through,
VIM. KERR,
Passenger Agent, Knoxville Tenn.
JAMES r. OGDEN.
Genl Pass. Agt. Knoxville. Tenn.
I. s. DAVANT,
Asst Gen1 Pass. Ag t Memphis Tenn.
j, ". SUTTON,
Passenger Agent. Chattanooga, Tenn.
q. G. MCMILLIN,
7 Tcket Agent Chattanooga, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05

The Errand.
De me courtesy,
Thou tall white rose;
Nobody knows
How tho ain comes down
In the town.
Now, IN my mind, SEQ
a deer.uyed Eirl
Watching tho whirl
From hor window.pane
oi the rain.
Slender as thou, is she,
All ways MS pure,
As white, he sure,
With thy perfect grace
in her face.
Do me courtesy,
Thou anless rose;
Nobody knows
how the Inn comes down
In the town.
Knowing her vn'ue, she
Has still no art,
Opening her heart
Ero,n the common eye
10 ospy.
All know, as wei! as we,
The secret troth
Binding us both
Or they would surmise
From her eyes.
Gotnou and, secretly,
In linc own way,
Tell her, this day,
Though so dark, is white
BY her light,
DO me this courtesy,
Thou silent roso;
Nobody knows
How the INin comes dow~
In the town,
'mcs II, Morse, ~ Harpcr's Magazine.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05
TO THE WEST!

Close connection s made for all
ARKANSAS AND TEXAS POINTS.
A full set OF irst-oisss Emigrant Tickets on
sale at the principal stations.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-05
S N Y D Z r. S
CURATIVE
= a . S !
THE MOST WONDERFUL HEALTH
RES rORERS KNOWN TO
MEDICAL SCIENCE.

MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Are worn externally. We make three dit-
ferent kinds, Nos l, and 3.
M. /. For Ohills and Fever DyspepiS, In-
digestion, Biliousne 8, Sick and Nervous Head
Ache, and all diseased Arising from Fortd
Liver. Tho most effective Blood Purifier cx-
TAM; gives strength TO tic weak and debilits-
ted. Prioe, 90
NJ. 2. For Fomale Weakness and .rregulsri-
tics, Falling Womb Whites; enrlohe1 the
blood, purifos tho seoretions and strengthens
weakly and delcste females. Proc %.
No. 3. For Kidney, Spine. and Bladder AfCc-
tions, Brights Disease, d aoetos, Lame or
Week Back, Tohes up vitality and restores
lost energy. Price 80.
II vour druggists does not keep SN fDER5
CURATIVE PATS" and will not get one for
You do not lot HIM palm of worthless imita-
tions. but send the prioo to rs in u letter, AID
we will mail them to you. Address
i. +. SNYDER Il co,
14S W. 4th st., Cincinnati, Ohio.
For sale by
JNo. o. TRAYNoR,
Druggist,
march lily Cleveland, Tenn.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
Japanese Life.

The Japanee Is the cleanest of man
kind. Cleanliness is, so TO speak. more
than godliness with him. Though he
has no soap. he washes all over at;least
once a day-he worships but once a
week. His candles are made of vege-
table wax. He uses cotton coverlet,
well stuffed and padded, for bed-cover-
ing and mattress. A sort of fstereoscope
case-made of wood--makes his pillow.
He resorts TO that, and so do his wife
and daughters, that their carefully ar
ranged hair may not be disa-ranged
during sleep. No head covering is worn
by the Japanese. No nation dresses the
hair so tastefully. Usually il is with
the men shaved in sections. They are
coming now to wear it in European
fashion. They are adopting all Euro.
pean customs.
On levee day saw the reception at
the mikado's palace in Yeddo. Every
one presented had come in European
full dress. That dress does not become
the Japanese figure. He locks awk-
ward in 1t. His legs are too short. The
tails of his claw hammer coat drag on
the ground. and the black dress trousers
wrinkle up and get bsggy around
his feet. His European fashioned
clothes have been sent out ready made
from America or England. and in no
case did notice anything approaching
TO good Mt. Yet he smiled and looked
happy, though he cou,d not get his
heels half way down his Wellington
boots, and his hat was either too large
or too small for his head. He always
smiles and looks pleasant. Nothing can
make him grumble. and he has not
learned to swear. He is satisfied TO be
paid his cue. and never asks for more.
As New York cabman he would be a
yeritable living curiosity. -Harpcr's
HOts q Ropte.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

Inc following rather curious piece OF
composition was placed upon the black
ooard at teachers institute, and q
prize OF Webster's dictionary offered
10 any person who would read and pro-
nounce every word correctly. The book
was not carried of, however, az twelve
was the lowest number OF mistakes made
in pronunciation
A sacrilegious son of Belial, whs
suffered from bronchitis. having ex-
hausted his finances, in order to make
good the deficit, resolved TO ally him
self TO a comely, lenient and docile
young lady of the Malay or Caucasian
race. He accordingly purchased a cal
hope and coral necklace OF a chameleon
hue, and securing suite of rooms at q
principal hotel, engaged the head waiter
as his coadjutor. He then dispatched n
letter of the most unexceptional calig-
raphy extant. inviting the young lady
TO a matinee. She revoltei at the idea,
refused TO consider herself sacrificable
o his desires, and sent polite note of
refusal, on receiving which, he procured
cirbine and bowie knife, and said he
would not now forge letters hymenial
with the queen, went to an isolated spot,
severed his jugular vein, and discharged
the contents of his carbine into his alb
oomen. The debris was removed by the
coroner"
The mistakes in pronunciation were
made on the following words: Sacrileg-
ious, Belial, bronchitis, exhausted,
finances, deficit, comely, lenient, docile,
Malay, calliope, chameleon, suite, coad-
utor, caligraphy, matinee, sacrifcable
carbine, hymenial, isolated, jugular and
debris.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
The Demand for Heavy Horses.

The FhctoTy and Farm states fact
which we have observed to exist in this
city for some time past, /. e., an increase
in the number of large horses used on
trucks and heavy business wagons.
During the past fifteen years, the writer
remarks. there has been great change
in the demand for horses in this coun-
try. Formerly nearly every one bred in
relation to speed and endurance. Now
large proportion of farmers breed with
view to increasing size and streL 9Th.
This change Is not the result OF caprice.
There has been n steady, increasing de-
mand for heavy horses, and a CORE
spending falling of in the demand for
light ones. Fashion has had little 10 do
in the matter. Heavy horses are wanted
because they supply an existing want.
From present appearances 1t will be
many years before the supply OF heavy
horses will equal the demand. The
country Is now well suprlied with
horses. At no time In It's history, per-
haps, were there as many horses to q
given number of inhabitants as at pres
ent. Small work horses are low, but
hfavy draft horses continue 10 be high.
The importation OF Clydesdale and
Percheron-Norman horses increases
every year. The first that were brought
over were regarded as very uncertain
ventures. At present they are of no
doubtful value. The importers of horses
from France and Scotland have suffere
none of the reverses oS the importers of
short-horn cattle. With rare exceptions
they have become rich. From present
appearances we shall soon be sending
Clydesdales TO Scotland and England an.
Normans to France and Belgium. The
value of heavy draft horses was recoR-
nized In the old world before It was in
the new. Now that their worth Is ap-
preciated here all persons having team
ing 10 do seem anxious to procure them.
Large horses are less liable TO Injuries
from the swinging OF the poles of wagons
than small ones. Their bones are firmer,
and they are commonly more hardy.
Large horses are more economica rs
respects harness, stall room, feed, and
work required to take care of them. In
all the countries Of Eastern Europe heavy
horses have taken the place OF light ones
in general farming operations. That
American farmers will soon generally
employ heavy horses In field work seems
certain. Scientific American.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
A Female Faster,

The Meaford cont. }, Monitor, of re-
cent date, says: There is within a mile
OF Meaford a young woman whose
achievements, not undertaken for the
sake ofnotoriety or profit, are more as
tonishing than the forty days water diet
Of DR.. Tanner. The young woman Ii
now under DIR. Maclean's care, and from
him the profession may learn more ,of
the case by-and-bye. About a year ago
last February this young woman gave
up eating, not on account of i'll health,
but simply because she felt no desire for
food, and for six months thereafter she
took absolutely nothing but cup or
two OF buttermilk once or twice a week,
with TN occasional drink of water. At
the end of six months she began eating,
and ate regularly and heartily for about
six months, when she again repeated
her fast OF half year under like circum-
stances. A little over three weeks ago
not having yet broken her second fast
she was placed under DIR. Maclean's pro-
fessional care, md for nineteen days
thereafter,i .houeh offered food fire.
auently, but al the same time being
carefully watched, nothing passed her
lips but cup or two of cold water
daily. During this time she lost weight
at almost exactly half a pound per day.
On Saturday last she was persuaded to
cat a very little watermelon, and for the
next three days her loss was only half q
pound in all. The girl is under the
medium height, but when eating like
other people is unusually fat; she now
weighs eighty-nine pounds. but Is in as
good condition as most girls of her size,
looks and is as cheerful, walks about the
house little weakly, but without assist
ance, and does some light work.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
4 Lonely Grave.

That afternoon ] found something
had never seen before-a little grave
alone in wide pasture which had once
been field. The nearest house was at
least two miles away. but by hunting for
it found very old cellar, where the
child's home must have been, not very
far of, along the slope. 1t must have
been great many years ago that the
house had stood there; and the small
slate headstone was worn away by the
rain and wind, 80 there was nothing TO
be read, If indeed there had ever been
any letters on 1t. 1t had looked many a
storm in the face, and many red sun
set. suppose the woods near by had
grown and been cut, and grown again,
since it was put there. There was an
old sweetbrier bush growing on the
short little grave, and in the grass un-
derneath / found al ground-sparrow's
nest. 1t was like little neighborhood,
and I have felt ever since as if belonged
TO it; and wondered then If one of the
young ground-sparrows was not always
sent TO take the nest when the old
ones were done with it, so they came
back in the spring year after year TO
live there, and there were always the
stone and the sweet-brier brush and the
birds TO remember the child. 1t was
such lonely place in that wide field
under the great sky. and yet it was so
comfortable too; bt the thought of the
little grave at first touched me strange.
ly, and l tried 10 picture to myself the
procession that came out from the
house the day of the funeral, and /
thought of the mother in the evening
after all the people mad gone home, and
how she missed the baby, and kept see
ing the new grave out here in the twi-
light as she went about her work. |
suppose the family moved away, and so
all the rest were buried elsewhere.
| often think of this place, and I link
it in my thoughts with something saw
once in the water when / was out at
sea; little boat that some child had
lost, that had drifted down the river and
out to sea; too long voyage, for it was
- ofAd AIttlN NlNNht Win tNtu ilo WllllS
sail of hand breadth halfunder water,
and its twine rigging trailing astern. 1t
was a silly little boat, and no loss except
TO its owner, To whom it had seemed as
brave and proud thing as any ship of
the line to you and me. 1t was a ship
wreck of his small hopes, suppose, and
I can see it now, the toy of the great
winds and waves, as 1t foaled on its
way, while sailed on mine, out OF sight
of land.
The little grave is forgotten by every
body but me. think; the mother must
have found the child again in heaven a
very long time ago; but in the winter I
shall wonder if the snow has covered 1t
well, and mex. year shall go 20 see the
sweet-brier bush when it is in bloom.
God knows what use that life was, the
grave is such r short one, and nobody
knows whose little child it was; but
perhaps thousand people in the world
to-day are better because 1t brought a
little love into the world that was not
there before. .-Hdrper's Magazine.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
A House Of Gold Bricks.

There is a certain brick building in
Cheyenne, not a thousand miles from
the Leader Office, which is almost worth
its weight in gold. The bricks in its
walls are at least impregnated with the
precious metal to n valuable extent. The
discovery was made accidentally by n
gentleman who has an Office near by.
He frequently noticed shining yellow
particles in the bricks, and imagining
that the colors were gold, ne took out
brick from the wall for the purpose of
sscertaining the facts. This brick he
first pulverized and then "panned out
the colors. He could not get rid of all
the dirt, and concluded to send the
residuum TO an assayer in Denver. In
few days the assay certificate arrived
and showed that there was thirty-eight
cents worth of gold in the brick. The
gentlemen then took out two other
bricks in different parts of the building
and pulverized and panned them ss be
did the first. The same assayer gave his
certificate as follows: Sample Ne. I,
gold, forty-seven cents; sample No. 9,
gold, twenty-four cents. With remark
able secrecy the gentleman proceeded to
learn whence came the bricks. After
considerable inquiry ii was learned that
the bricks were made in yard that was
formerly situated on Crow creek. near
Cheyenne, but which Is now obliterated.
Further investigation. among the Oldest
residents, divulged the TACT that placer
mining was at one time carried on along
Crow creek, but the miners thought that
the pay wasn't big enough. and they
therefore abandoned their claims. II
was near these claims that the brick.
yard, mentioned above. was started, and
that explains how gold dust got into the
bricks Cheyenne ( (Wvomtng) Leader.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
The Vocal Power OF Light and the
Statue of MemmoD.

l vs. AAOhhAhVhs
1t is quite possible, says the Boston
Journal, that singular phenomenon
connected with the famous statue of,
Memm on at Thebes, which has been the
cause of much speculation for centuries
finds n scientific solution in the paper
read by Professor Alexander Bell, on the
production and reproduction of sound
by means of light, before the American
association for the Advancement of
Science the other evening. The discov-
cries, MIR. Bell stated. were made by Mr..
Summer Tainter and himself. Their
researches show that ell classes of mat
ter, with scarcely an exception, are sem
titive to vibrations of light. They have
found this sensitiveness in all metals,
rubber, paper, wood, mica and silvered
glass. The only substances which failed
were carbon and thin microscopic glass.
When the vibratory beam OF light falls
upon these substances they emit sounds,
the pitch of which depends upon the
frequency of the vibratoiy change in the
light. BY means of this quality of light
they have spoken about 800 feet apart
and they believe there is no reason TO
doubt that the results will be obtained
at whatever distance beam OF light
can be flashed from one observatory TO
another.
AS is we'll known, the peculiar vocal
powers OF the statue OF Memmon are
noticed at sunrise, or soon after. The
sound resembles the twanging OF q
harp-string or the striking OF brass,
and in the lap Of the statue is stone,
which, on being struck, emits a metal.
lie sound. 1t is said that similar sounds
have been produced from stones by the
suns rays, and several Of the scientific
men attached TO Bonaparte's army in
Egypt have stated that they frequently
heard such a sound, always shortly after
sunrise, apparently issuing from one OF
the roof stones of the temple OF Karnak.
Another observer says that In neigh
boring temple he heard repeatedly n
sound like that of harp-string from
some stone above him. This occurred
at noon and he supposed that at this
time the stone became exposed 10 the sun,
and the sudden expansion from its
warmth produced the sound.
II has been held by some writers that
the wonderful attribute of the statue
was due to the jugglery of Egyptian
priests, but this theory has not been ac-
cepted. 1t would seem, however, that
the chance observations of scientific
men in Egypt, corroborated by the
scientific discoveries of Professor Bell,
furnish the true solution of mystery
which has greatly interested the learned
world land that the "sweet Memmonian
sound" as De Quincy terms it, is due to
beautiful natural law, the knowledge
of which has just been clearly revealed,
and of which science proposes TO take
advantage as a material agent in prac-
tical life. Whether the ancient Egyp-
tians were cognizant OF this curious law
of matter, and placed the metallic stone
In the lap OF the statue, for the purpose
of producing sweet harmonies, is a
question for the learned to puzzle over
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

Abeddin Pasha, minister of foreign
affairs, presented himself the other day
before the sultan In such a seedy coat
that his majesty could not refrain from
susgtsting to him that it was only
decent he should put on his best clothes
when lie was going TO see his sovereign.
Abeddin replied humbly that he had put
on his very best. Whereupon the sultan
directed one o. his secretaries to give an
Ordtr on the imperial tailor TO rig the
pasha out completely. kbsddin accord
ingly ordered thirty-Rve coats. thirty.
Eve waistcoats and the same number OF
every other garment. Since then the
mean attire OF functionaries who have
Jailed at the palace he's been quite
striking. bu. none Of these imitatofs ha
as yet excited the sultans commits .ra
ion.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21
Musk.

Musk Is a concrete substance found in
an animal having near aflinity to the
deer tribe, n native of Thibet, China and
Siberia. The musk deer Is n timid ami
NAL. and rarely appears during the day ;
consequently the musk collectors watch
and surprise II at night. The best musk
comes from China, and to be genuine IL
should be purchased in the natural pod
or bag, as 1t Is very often adultcrsted.
The Bengal musk Is interior, and that
from Russia the worst Of all. The hair
on the pod of the best musk Is fawn
color; that on the interior dirty
white. A variety of musk Is found in
the muskrat of Canada, an animal about
the size of small rabbit. Musk is of
n bitter taste, and Of an odor more pow.
erful than anything known; substances
In its Leighborhood become strongly
infected by u, and when once periumed
with 1t, long retain the scent. II has
been known to affect chests of tea
placed at considerable distance, even
though both had been packed up In
leaden boxes. for which reason the L ist
India company gave an order not TO
import musk and tea in the same ships.
Many persons dislike the odor 1t has
the property, when employed In very
small quantities, of augmenting the
scent Of other substances, without inn
parting ite own.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

In the course Of series Of investiga-
tons, Professor Geikie has found that In
some cases tombstones of marble are
worn down quarter OF an inch in less
than century b the action OF storms;
In other cases the stone Is disintegratod
Internally, 30 that the very substance Of
the marble crumbles away. On the
other hand. slabs OF freestonc and other
un animated sand rocks are so Sring
that the sharpness Of the letters cut upon
them II scarcely blunted u m appreci-
able degree b osntury's exposure.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

river" and departed. Taking a small
boat below Tarrytown and rowing to
the British sloop-of-war Vulture, he
was never seen again in the American
lines. The trial end execution of Andre
are well-known historical iacts.-New
York Herald.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

One Havana (Cuba) paper which an
bounced the loss Of the steamship Vera
Uruz, of the Florida coast, was fined
800 because the government had
ordered tLatno mention be made of the
zisaster until further particulars be re-
zeiyed.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

Darwin says Man. only can whistle. |"
Darwin certainly never lived anywhere
near railroad crossing -S.eHbtnUtiie
Hsrald.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1880-10-21

The man We ought to emo n--The
beat who endeavors 10 borrow money.