The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-10-08
TIMELY TOPIUS.


Potato flour, or the dried pulp Of the
potato, is attaining great importance in
the arts. 1t Is stated that In Lanca-
shire, England, 10000 tons of II are sold
annually, and it brings a. present In
Liverpool about double as much In the
market as wheat -four. Il is used for
sizing and other manufacturing pur-
poses, and when precipitated with acid
Is turned into starch. When calcined 1t
is employed as a dressing for silk.
A British official, reporting OF the
trade Of the east coast of Madagascar,
says that British trade has suffered
seriously from a large importation OF
American gray cotton sheetings. Man
chester manufacturers have been 30
completely supplanted that British firms
who formerly imported largely Man.
chester gray c~ottons. deal almost exclu-
siyely in American cloths, and n
British merchant at Tamataye has be-
come agent to a Boston firm, and re-
ceiyed from them their cotton goods on
consignment.
A retired Paris tradesman, advanced
In years, recently took it into his head to
buy a coffin. Once in his lodgings he
thought he would try how n felt In 1t.
He got in and lay down, but being old
and stiff he could not get out again.
There he lay for several days, when the
hall porter, weary at not having seen
him, Knocked at his door. Hearing
groans, the porter broke the door and
found the state OF things described. He
broke the sides of the coffin and released
the old man. With the aid of beef tea
he was restored TO health.
Sacrilege was singularly punished In
London the other day, where a thief
broke into a vestry, and trying what he
supposed to be the communion wine,
found it poisonous. 1t was a singular
thing, also, that he should write to a
paper, stating the facts and complaining
of the danger likely to be run by the
congregation In tasting the noxious
fluid. 1t turned out, however, that he
had swallowed several ounces Of a dis
injecting fluid, supposing 1t to be wine,
and he has also had the hard luck to be
caught and put on trial for sacrilege.
Governor Murray, the recently-ap-
pointed executive of Utah, delivered an
Grafton, in which he took occasion TO
outline his policy toward the Mormons.
He said that the tree OF liberty had
grown broad enough to shelter all
patriots, native and naturalized, and
was rich enough In timber TO furnish
scaffolds and collins for all who c%onspire
against the Constitution or violate the
written laws. He then went on to say
that until Utah had abjured Mormon
ism there was no possibility that it
could become a State.
A correspondent Of the New York
Tribune, in n loAg article on Alask a,
says that that country is not agricul'
turally rich and will never be the seat
Of large or thickly- settled population.
She possesses other great resources, all
of which will ultimately become valu-
able. She pays to the government an
annual revenue of between two and
three hundred thousand dollars, but
for the development Of her riches, for
the safety OF her inhabitants, for the
protection of individual property, the
United States has not for nearly twenty
two years expended a dollar or enacted a
law. Wise laws and ample protection
will encourage emigration and attract
capital, but it is folly to anticipate ma
torial development, or expect an in
crease OF population where ultimately
there is no security for life save per-
sonal courage, and no protection OF
property saw private integrity. 1t is
the duty Of the United States govern
ment as one of the attributes of sover-
eighty, to defend its citizens, and from
motives of the highest honor it is bound
10 bound to guard the interests of Alas
ka's inhabitants.
Ganbetta recently submitted to pro-
fcssional interview" of the American
order with a Belgian editor. In fifty
years" said he, when we have formed
and educated a generation it will be i'm
possible to overturn the Republic. We
have hard work, daily work, still before
us. You cannot imagine in what a
deplorablc condition VIC found the
popular education. Out of patriotic
shame we have hidden half our miseries
and have refrained from laying bare al
our wounds; our national situation
was desperate" During the last few
years education has made gigantic steps
forward. Passing to the external rein
tons Of the republic, Gambetta de-
clared that the government renOunces the
entire politics Of conquest and annexa-
ton. "To strengthen France Within"
said he, 'is our plan for making her
respected abroad. Our horizon Is no.
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