The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-09-24
LENS OF INTEREST.

A capital thing-Cash.
Shareholders ers-Butchers.
Rifle clubs-Gangs OF pickpockets.
They manage to get along in the Bank
of England with only 1000 clerks.
"say, John, is your sweetheart
factory girl ?" "Yos, Bill, she's satis'
factory"
Gold fish were first brought from
China to England in 1891, and were then
a great curiosity.
The Somerville Journal makes 1t out
that the eagle is the aristocrat of birds,
because he moves in the highest circles.
When the phonetic spelling comes
into us it will always be rite In order to
rite rite, to rite rite, rite-Andre'0S
Queen.
The way the king Of the Sandwich
Islands carves chicken Is to take hold
of both legs, draw long breath, and
pull for all he is worth.
The reason more umbrellas than
watermelons are stolen, is thought to be
because the thief doesn't have TO plug
the umbrella. 1t is always ripe for the
harvest. Fond du Lac Reporter.
According to statistics collected by
the Insurance Chronicle, 1885,, ole, ,255
worth of property has been destroyed
by fire in the United States during the
last five years.
A good COW ought to produce 5000
pounds Of milk annually; but in this
country the average is only about half
that, while in Holland 10000 pounds is
only considered iair yield.
The valley of the Mississippi has
1887, 900 square miles of territory, Its
waters make about 10000 miles Of navi.
CATION, and its valleys give Level routes
to a vast system Of railways.
Texas commenced raising wool in
l845, and has now 100000 sheep.
1t is estimated that Montana wiI pro-
duce this year 81, ,O0O, 900 pounds of wool,
nearly as much as California.
Mrs. Haussmann, of De Witt county,
Texas, has for five years in succession
sent the first bale OF cotton to Galveston,
and has received handsome premiums
for it each year. This season she also
sent the first bale of cotton into Hous-
ton.
The Jersey Belle, owned by Mr..
Films, of Scituate, Mass, is claimed to
be the best butter COW" living. She
is described as being beautiful animal
of rich yellow fawn color, diversified
with white, weighing nine hundred and
fifty pounds, and yielding over seven
hundred pounds of butter in year.
"How came these holes in your
elbowsP" said widowed mother to her
only son. "Oh, mother, hid behind
the sofa when Colonel Gobler was say
ing to Maria that he'd take her even II
you had to be thrown in; and he didn't
know I was there; 80 l held my tongue
and laughed in my sleeves till bust
emu
Rev. Mr.. Clough, Of the American
Baptist mission to the Teloogoos, South
India, says in the Missionary Magazine
In five different hamlets the idols were
all given up to me; two Of these we hat
been trying to get for some years. Th'
whole number of idols given up wa:
about 100, and all but twenty were
shapeless stones.
English solicitors practicing before tn
borough court of Derby must now wea
wigs and gowns. The matter had bee
seriously discussed by the magistrates
who decided that the dignity Of tn
court required the wearing of robes an
wigs; and, as the lord chancellor ha
approved the resolution of the magis
trates, the solicitors have received in
structions accordingly.
An intelligent correspondent OF tn
Dublin Heemdn'S Journal prophecie
the garnering of abundant harvests il
Ireland this year from July TO Novem
ber, and ii the prophecy shall be justi
fed by the great event there should b
no need of Irish relief funds next year
and no such demand as Mr.. Parnell haI
| Just made-that a gift of 81 l,0O0, 900 b.
taken from the Irish church fund io
the relief OF the suffering The lat
heavy rains, following the long drought
have caused potatoes to grow will
rapidity, the cereals which have ap
peared above ground are of rich anC
heavy green hue, the artificial grasses
are making satisfactory progress, ant
the pastures look beautiful; indeed
the "whole face of the country smile
upon the husbandman." Should tn
weather be normally warm next month
heavy cereal produce may be looked
for in the districts. What is mos
needed in Ireland now, according t
this correspondent, is the development
of dairy industries, and II greater
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