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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

/ knew that Harris had got hold OF
some sheep meat somewhere, for he had
another violent paragraph against dogs
the next morning. / a always tell
when he has had mutton for dinner. II
seems TO affect his head, though / never
did consider him mutton-headed. He
Is too dogmatic for that. Old Bows is
dead, my loving and trusting friend. the
defender Of my children, the protector
Of my household in the dark and silent
watches Of the night. For thirteen
years he has been fond and faithful, and
now we feel like one OF the family is
dead. Bows was the best Judge OF
human nature / ever saw. He knew an
honest man and a gentleman by in
stinct. He never frightened a women
or a child-he never went tearing down
the front walk after anybody, but the
very looks of him would mighty nigh
skeer a niger TO death. When they
had come to u house they begun TO
holler "hello" a quarter of q mile of.
Bows loved to skeer 'em, he did. He
had character and emotions. Having
no tail to wag Qor he was not curtailed)
he did the best that he could and
wagged whereit oughtto be. Bows was
a dark brindle. He was a dog Of an
cestors. His fathers name was Shy
lock, and his grandfather's name was
Sheriff. They we're all honorable dogs.
l never knew him to run up and down
a nabor's palings after the dog on the
other side. He was above it-but he
never lodged q responsibility. He has
come in violent personal contact with
other dogs a thousand times, more or
less, and was never the bottom dog in
the fight. And, then, what an honest
voice he had. His bark was not on the
@, but was a deep, short basso pro-
fundo. We have buried him on the
brow of the hill where he used to sit
and watch for tramps and stragglers.
Slowly and sadly we laid him down.
Talk about your sheep-I wouldn't have
given him for q whole flock. Sheepare
to eat and wear, but Bows was a friend.
It's like comparing appetite with emo
tion-the animal with the spiritual.
But l am done now. Let Harris press
on his dog law. I've got nothin agin
sheep-in fact, l like 'em. Ever since
Mary had a little lamb I've thought
kindly Of sheep, and l am perfectly
willin' to a law that will exterminatessall
houns and suck-egg pups and yaller
dogs, and bench-leg fees. They are a
reflection OF Bowses memory.-Atantd
Constitution.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
A PlnCkY BOY.

in Lake county, MIMI, while little
Augustus Burr, aged seven years, was
playing with his equally little sister,
near his homo, down upon the JUVENILE
PARTY came an enormous eagle, throwing
the two children to tho ground, and
attempting to carry off the smaller one.
Then was exhibited the prowess Of the
small Augustus. Into the house he went
and out he came again with q butcher
knife; and that savage birds legs he
proceeded to cat and wback and clash.
Naturally the indignant eagle left the
girl and engaged with the boy, knock
ing him over, tearing his little panta-
looms, aud scratching him severely, The
childish screams soon brought the
mother to the scene, and the impudent
eagle flew to the top Of the barn and Sat
there, still hungry for the little girl
But neighbor Joe Betzler came, and
With his gun shot that eagle, and when
they measured him they found that it
was seven feet from one Of his wing
tins TO the other.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
FACTS AND FANCIES.

-
Let our Indian policy be, Nothing
for Tribe Ules, but millions for de.
fense.'
That's what beats me- as the boy
said when he saw his father take the
skate strap down from its accustomed
nail.
Parson-'Rith drowsy weather this,
Farmer Jones' Farmer J.-'Aye, par
son. so it be; minds one O. sermon time,
don't it2'
There is a parrot in Montgomery,
Ala, which sings the airs from Pina'ore
correctly, though it is not stated that it
says. Hardly ever.'
We are at best but stewards Of what
we falsely cell our own; yet avarice is 80
Unsuitable that it is not in the power OF
liberality TO content it.
The appetite is generally the best
guide to food that is needed to build up
the wastes of the body. A morbid or
unnatural appetite can usually be dis
tinguished from a normal one.-Dr.
Foote's Heath Monthly.
Emerson says a man ought TO carry a
pencil and note down the thoughts OF
the moment. Yes, and one short pen
Gil, devoted exclusively to that use,
would last some men we know about
two thousand years and then have the
original point on.
An emaciated humorist, who had been
sick for a long time, was required by
his doctor to have a large mustard plas.
ter put on his chest. Look here, doc
tor, isn't that q great deal OF mustard,
when the quantity OF meat is taken into
consideration asked the sufferer.
Two gifts gre offered to men in this
world; they very seldom can have both.
One is success, with WEAKNESS; the
other failure, with hope. The man who
succeeds finds that his success does
not amount to a great deal; the man
who fails, but keeps his hope, is the
happy man.
do animals have fun p asks some un-
observing individual. OF course they
do. When a COW switches her tail across
the face Of the man who is milking her,
steps along just two yards, aud turns to
see him pick up his stool and follow, she
has the most amused expression on her
face possible, and if she can kick over
the milkpail she grows positively hi
larious.
Oh, that Monday could be postponed
to the middle Of the week. Everything
goes wrong side up Monday morning.
People get out Of bed in a huff, eat
breakfast because they are obliged to,
and come down town in a ft of the
sulks. The fact is, Sunday Just gives
us rest enough to make a man feel the
need Of more, and Monday finds him
mad because he can't get it.
A gentleman recently entered a book
store in Nevada county and inquired of
the proprietor: Have you Soule's Syn
onymsP' 'Soule's whatP' queried the
other. 'Soule's Synonyms replied the
purchaser. NO. said the shop-keeper,
we don't keep them. What are they
forP' Upon being informed that syn
onyms we're simply Synonymous words,
and that in the book referred to they
we're culled aud arranged according to
Specification, he remarked: Oh yes, 1
understand what synonyms are. They
are not usedin this country
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Raisin- Making in America.

The raisin crop OF California this year
amounts to about 600 tons, or 60, COO
boxes OF twenty pounds each, which,
produced at 81 per box, will sell at
wholesale at 81 so to 50 per box
Though the business is new, an improve
ment has been introduced superior to
the Spanish method, where in drying
the grapes are placed on the ground
and every bunch turned over separately.
The California plan is to place the
grapes on a cheap wooden tray on the
ground. When they are to be turned,
two men come along with an extra tray,
put it over the first, thus holding the
punches in their places, and lifting up
the two trays together, turn them over
and put the under tray down in the
same spot. The upper tray is then
taken of, and thus they go through the
vineyard, turning every grape at o small
expenditure of time and labor. Some
experiments are to be made in grating
on the wild California vine, which, it is
supposed, will be secure against the
p%hylIo1era. Some progress has been
made by that disease in q few districts
north of San Pueblo bay, and the only
step taken to arrest it has been to dig
up and burn the diseased vines from
some hundreds of acres. 1t has not made
its appearance in Los Angeles or San
Bernardino counties.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Table salt an Aperient.

Physicians have for a long time
known That common table salt is an
eff ,ient aperient in ordinary cases OF
constipation, In alccture on q case Of
nervous affection, DIR. Weir Mitchell
OF Philadelphia, said that he had
recommended the patient to take each
morning on rising a tumblerful of
wa!or-cold TO prevent nauseating-in
which was dissolved q teaapoonful OF
to. lie salt. This simple aperient,' the
doctor adds, i frequently employ in
cases OF constipation, and generally
hudit efficient. Tdere is great advan-
tago in starting The bowels and in keep.
ing them in a soluble condition; perti
cularjy in the case Of nervous disorder
in women, III il sometimes cleafs mp
obscure points in the case and at all
events eliminates one source Of error
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
The Harvest OF the World.

The MoniteT Beige publishes the
following estimate of the harvest in
various countries; Belgium, yield below
the average; Austria. Hungary, moderate
harvest, no export of grain this year;
Russia, pretty good harvest, exports of
grain will between 3, 500, 900 and 5,000,-
600 quarters; Germany, satisfactory
harvest, in Prussia aud Wurtemburg up
to the average, and in Saxony and
Bavaria considerably beyond it; Italy,
bad harvest; Spain, tolerably good;
Switzerland, average harvest; Turkey,
harvest generally good; Holland, harvest
only raiddliug; France the harvest will
be 10 per cent. below the average, and
it will be necessary to import 5000. coo
quarters this being considerably less
than the tfficial estimate OF the deticien-
cy); England, bad harvest-England
will require about "a 000, 900 quarters
of wheat more than she has grown;
United States, good harvest, estimated
at 400, 062, 500 quarters, which after
deducting the $40, 625, 900 quarters
required for home consumption and
seed, leaves 1853, 437, 500 quarters for
expectation to Europe.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

The great increase in 1877 is all the
more striking because it has taken place
concurrently with a considerable dimi-
mutton in the import of the same fabrics
of British origin. Tho American has
to some extent taken the place of the
English article, and of this Mr.. Daven-
port suggests two explanations. 1t is
peculiarly supposed, he says, to be due
TO the purity of the American goods,
but some hold the opinion that the New
England manufacturers have been push
ing off their stocks of cotton because
they have not been able to find a market
for them in America. As to the supe-
rior purity of the American products
there appears to be nc question.-Lon-
dom Economist.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
A Suggestion for Card PLAYERS.

In his new book on Whist Caven-
dish gives an admirable method Of
shutting up a nuisance who is to be met
with at three tables out of four. This
is tho III you had partner, who, after
every hand, informs you that If you
had done so and 30, we should have
made 80 and So This is the remedy
MY %fayorite retort to him is to ask if
he has ever heard the story Of your
uncle and your nuntp' II he has, he
does not want to hear it again, and is
silent, If he has not, and innocently
falls into the trap by expressing a desire
to hear it, / say, in n solemn voice: III
your aunt bad been a man she would
have been your uncle
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
A Nihilist Outrage.

A Russian merchant has been the
victim of one of the most diabolical Of
Nihilist outrages. Paul Fufajeff re-
ceived q notice signed by the "Revolu-
tionary Committee" in which a sub
scription Of 10000 rubles "for the use
of the secret National Government"
was demanded of him, the sum to be
deposited by him at q certain place in
dicated by the I'd of May at the latest,
under penalty of death in case of de-
fault. Fufaieff remained undecided
whether to pay the money or hand ovel
the anonymous letter to the police. Al
10 o'clock on the forenoon of the I'd no
went out, and then, for the first time,
determined to appeal to the police fol
advice and assistance. Hardly, how.
ever, had he arrived in the neighbor-
hood of the nearest police station when
he received a violent blow on the head
with an iron bar, which struck him
senseless to the ground. The assassin
Immediately disappeared, taking with
him 10000 rubles which Fufajeff had
IN his pocket.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Alaska as a Place OF Residence.

Alaska is pleasant country to live in
Notwithstanding all polar bear and ice
berg stories. The climate of the islands
and of all that part OF the mainland that
is bathed by the warm ocean currents
from Japan is remarkably bland and
temperate, and free from extremes of
heat or cold throughout the year. There
is a great deal of rainy weather, but it is
of good quality, mild in temperature,
gentle in its fall, filling the fountains of
the deep, cool rivers, feeding the MOSES
ard trees, and keepiSg the whole land
fresh and fruitful. Out of lat days,
beginning May II rain fell on sixty.fve
days, and forty-three we're cloudy; but
on some OF these days the rain lasted
only a few minutes, and hardly any
could be called stormy or dismal. The
wettest Of this weather seems to bo per.
fectly healthy, and thore is no mildew
in the houses. Thunder is rarely heard
"A fash end a clap, faint and far away,
once in two or three years. The cause
OF go much rain is found in the vapor.
laden winds from Japan.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Couldn't See the Joke.

Messrs, Albert Anderson, Clarence
Mcdowell and Henry McGinness, oil
gentlemen we'll known in mercantile
circles of Baltimore, we're in a saloon in
company with a number Of friends, when
Mr.. McGinness went out for q moment,
leaving his overcoat lying on a chair. -
His friends determined to ~perpetrate q
joke on him, and, taking his overcoat,
pawncd it and proceeded to treat on
the money realized. Mr.. McGinness,
on returning, became highly indignant
on hearing tho above facts, and cut
short the enjoyment OF the Joke by pro.
ceeding to swear out a warrant for the
arrest OF Messrs. Anderson and Mellow
ell on the charge Of larceny. They were
arrested and taken to the Middle sta.
tion, where they were required to give
bail for the action Of the grand jury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
The Food Question,

The question is one of 10 inconsider-
ate Importance as to the best means Of
furnishing food for our stock during the
winter, in localities where the drought
OF the past summer and fall was so Sc.
we're as to despoil the meadows OF an
earlier day than usual of this usual pro.
duct. A writer upon the subject says:
Suggestions may be of use, although
every farmer must exercise his best
Judgment in selecting the method best
suited to his case. When there is q
supply Of straw, we'll sheltered, it can
be made available by cutting and mix
ing ground grain or bran. A good way
to prepare it is TO cut it to half an inch
in length, and on ten pounds of the cut
straw spread four or five pounds Of meal
and wheat bran, mixed in equal parts
by weight; moisten well and stir the
mass until the meal is evenly distribut.
ed; let the mixture stand a few hours, if
1t can be done without freezing, then
feed. Cattle may be kept all winter by
this plan, as well as on the best hay. A
little observation will enable the farmer
to regulate the amount of the mess to
the exact need. There is one trouble O. in
keeping horses on cut straw-it is apt
to make their mouths core, for the sharp
ends of the straw will pierce their lips
They DO better supplied with loose straw,
uncut, and sufficient grain to meet the
requirement. Cutting straw and mix
ing ground 10 good economy, leaving
out the labor Of preparing it, which
every farmer must estimate for himself.
II is not q great task. After On extend
ed trial of this plan, the writer has no
doubt that it is a good way to lengthen
out a short supply of fodder and sS
cheap as any other. 1t requires work,
it is true; but economies cost and in.
sures thrift to the cattle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Can 0 Sheen ReaSOp7

The Groton IN. ~ Journal says
We think that 4. II. Clark has the sheep
that stands No, l, as far as sagacity is
concerned. 1t is a male, and during
the summer was pastured with come
calves in an apple orchard adjoining the
residence. There were several trees in
the orchard well loaded with early fruit.
The trees we're about six inches in di-
ameter. One evening Mr.. CLARK heard
considerable noise in the orchard, and
upon investigation, found the sheep and
calves quietly eating apples under one
OF the tees; in a few minutes all the
apples were eaten, when, to his surprise,
be saw the sheep back off several yards
from the tree and then butt it with all
its force, bringing down a quantity OF
fruit this they procce ded to eat as before,
and when the supply gave out the cheer
~replenished it as before. This was con-
tinued at intervals until appetite was
appeased. So persistent wos the sheep
in his novel mode of tree.shakiDg that
Mr.. Clark was obliged to protect the
trees, lest the continual bruisipg Of the
bark should cause permanent injury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
A Practical Joker Gets Worsted.

The suit Of the Pennsylvania common
wealth against the high sheriff OF Pike
county, prothonotary, a member OF the
town council, chief OF police Of Milford,
Pa, a prominent New York broker, and
others for violating the game laws OF
Pike county, in October laat, by run.
ming deer with dogs, came to an unexpect.
ed termination. The olse was called
before the grand jury, and after exam.
lining about twenty witnesses, the jury,
much to The surprise OF those Interested
in the case, Ignored tho bill. JRcob
Klsinhans, a wealthy man and noted
practical joker, was the prosecutor OF
the case. He had the men arrested for
q joke, hoping they would plead guilty
and DO fined. Much to his astonish-
ment, he was called before the court
this afternoon and sentenced by Judge
Waller to pay the costs OF prosecution
and to stand committed until sentence
was complied with. The costs OF the
case will amount to from one to two
hundred dollars. Proceedings will be
instituted against Kleinhans for damages
and malicious prosecution, and against
Emanuel b. Quick, justice Of the peace,
for false imprisonment,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Is Life Worth LlYIngi
THE BABE.

THE BABE.
BEGUS!-And round me gloged
Huge masks, with staring eyer
Aud smiles alarmed me more
l after raw In plntomimAl story.
had no sense Of time: nor overmuch
A sense Of anything.
/ USkel-my eyes confronted with glory
That made them open more and more,
It seemed they'd crack to take 1t in.
Anon a wall OF black would superyene,
I'd try to eight it on, and cry aloud
The light was Quit
Brief, brief candle!
Another ~spell-twas not the one at school,
Yet taught me more than aught besides;
A being like myself,
But unlike mOre-A hner-fairer-
To every sense and thought 3 newer zeft
And newer meaning.
How great had besn the void
That now was trimming o'erl
What measures depth could hold it all!
Riches untoldi a world unknown before;
The HOLLAND l worshiped.
Twas burning then, was life and love
Brief, brief candle!
THE oLD NAN
It's further on; I've staying power
For friends are gone, snuffed out
AS though thoy meier had been
Whilst |, who miss them hero, live or
alonel
A retrospect Of graves
And just ahead-my W
There's over all q ghostly hue
And rosy golden day no more
As seen with infants, lovers eyes
The fame Of life is burning blue!
And d~windling-near the final flicker!
But at its best it gives me handle
To ask il it we're worth the GAMBLER
Brief, brief candle!
ScRIBNER.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

The ballots that the Massachusetts, Ia.
dies voted wore scalloped and cut bias,
and one lady frequently said Of another:
Her ballot is old-fashioned and doesn't
look at TO be SEEM
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Cultivation a Wheat.

At the meeting OF the Elmira On. ~
club, the following proceedings we're
had: Being called upon by President
Hoffman, Mr.. Davie proceeded to explain
the method by which the yield OF wheat
had been increased in a remarkable de-
gree on many farms, and he eIhiL ted
the devics intended to bring such id.
vantage. The whole is comprised in q
drill hoe, having within the space near
the bottom an iron rib, adjusted in such
manner as to intercept tue falling seed
and distribute il over a breadth OF four
inches, instead of in a line, as by the
usual method, The purpose OF such
distribution is TO give more room TO the
plants, and also to permit spring cuiti-
walton. With this object two drill tubes,
eight inches apart, as they are usually
set, are passed into one hoe, so-that, as
the drill advances, a strip four inches
wide is seeded, and the remaining elev.
en- inches left ~unoccupied. Through
these u~noccupied strips the cultivation
is effected by means of a scarifying in
strument htving three prongs, the mid
die n presentinga narrow, fiat face to
the earth when drawn forward, the out.
er prongs merely cutting edges, the
whole scarifying the ground without
covering the plants with earth. Relia
bic reports of practical trials made on
many farms showed increased yield OF
wheat IL the ratio OF thee bushels by
the improved method to two by the old,
and even greater increase. The trials
embraced comparative tests through
felds.of uniform character OF soil and
condition, alternate strips being treated
by the distributing process and cultivat-
cd two or three times, and the remain
ing strips seeded as thickly, and in all
other respects subjected to the same
misunderstanding only distribution,
the advantage being in all cases largely
with the new method. Mr.. Davie gave
references by which his reports could be
verified. for he made the remarkable
statement that within his own observa.
ton the yield of wheat in certain fields
had exceeded sixty bushels to the acre,
q very great portion of the heavy crop
being the direct OF the treatment
embracing distribution of the seed and
after cultivation, the fact being certified
by comparative tests without such care.
He referred also to Professor Heiges,
who had reported a wheat crop exceed
ing seventy bushels 10 the acre obtained
by the new method. While the club
did not doubt the excellence of the plan,
nor its results, it could express no opin-
ion without first having made practical
trial. To aid this was the principal OBJ.
iect OF the exhibitor, who regretted that
he could not have presented his device
before the wheat. seeding was done; but,
inasmuch as the benefits would be seen
ever in spring sowing, he proposed to
put the club in possession OF the proper
means,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

A Chicago man claims to have devised
mn apparatus by which he can convert
water into light. Such m invention
may become popular in Chicago, where
they have no other use for water.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
American COmpetItiOn in China,

In his report on the trade of Shanghai
for the year 1877, Consul Davenport
directs attention to the rapid increase
in the imports of cotton piece goods
from America. The growth is shown in
the following table:
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

A mar in Springfield, Mass, sold his
horse last June, but the blacksmith he
had employed has sent in his bill for
shoeing, etc, monthly, with unvarying
regularity ever since. In his early days
he had been a b~ookkeeper for o gas COM
pany.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

'MyI what q crowded street car; the
horses can fclrcely draw i'll Yes, and
they are all Christians going 10 church,
num-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

II is very easy for n man to breakfast
in bed il he will be satisfied with q few
rolls and o turnover.