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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Southern Houses for New England.

Southern Houses for New England.
We have always had an idea that the
American style of architecture, il it ever
came, would be evolved out OF the log
cabin, or, il that is too embryonic a
germ, from the Southern plantation
house, and we are glad TO see that the
Rev. DR.. Bacon is trying the expert
ment in his new house at Norwich,
Conn. The great difference in the tenn
perature OF the seasons in this country
makes it almost impossible to build a
house suited for comfort and convent
ence all the year round, and OF course a
city has limitations in regard to space
and surroundings which can not be dis
regarded. But the Southern plantation
house has picturesque and appropriate
clements, which are entirely wanting to
the angular frame building Of the New
England states, and which seem capable
OF development into the best arrange
ments for convenience and comfort as
well, providing there is space enough
and surroundings that can be made ap-
propriate. Some OF the old mansions Of
Virginia and the Clrolinas, where they
were not built in the bastard Greek
style with pillars and porticos, are per-
feet models of picturesque appropriate
ness not surpassed by the rural cottages
of England. Their very irregularity
gives them a charm, and they have at
once an amplitude, a coziness and q
suggestion of comfort. The chimneys
on the outside, the roofs continuing out
over the porticos, and other features
sugge the simplicity of convenience,
but are none the less perfect parts Of
the general design, and show that the
adaptation of means to ends is the real
secret OF perfect architecture. Some
day we may expect to see something
more in this style rather than in imita-
tion Of Swiss chalets or any other form
of European architecture out of place
and incongruous in American surround-
ings, and having no particular convent.
ence or beauty to recommend them.-
Particularly for summer cottage there
could be no Gner model than the wide,
open entries and broad piazzas of the
Southern houses, and if an example or
two were shown in the North, we imag.
inc it would be largely followed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Household Perils.

Under this head the Boston Journal
Of Chemistry names eeveral dangerous
substances which find their way ihto
households. There are two or three
volatile liquids used in families which
are particularly dangerous, and must be
employed, il ct oil, with special care. -
Benzine, ether and strong ammonia con-
stitute this class of agents. The first
two named liquids are employed in
cleansing gloves and other wearing ap-
pareI, and in removing oil stains from
carpets, curtains, etc. The liquids are
highly volatile, and fash into vapor so
soon as the cork OF the vial containing
them is removed. Their vapors are very
combustible, and will inhame at long
distances from ignited candles or gas
flames, and consequently they should
never be used in the evening when the
house is lighted. Explosions of a very
dangerous nature will occur if the va
por of these liquids is permitted to
escape into a room in considerable
quantity. In view OF the great hazard
of handling these liquids, cautious
housekeepers will not allow them to be
brought into their dwellings, and this
course is commenGable.
As regards ammonia, or water OF am.
monia, it is a very powerful agent,
especially the stronger kinds sold by
druggists. An accident in its use has
recently come under our notice, in
which young lady lost her life from
taking few drops through mistake
Breathing the gas under certain circum.
stances causes serious harm to the lungs
and membranes of the mouth and nose.
1t is an agent much used at the present
time for cleansing purposes, and it is
unobjectionable if proper care is used in
its employment. The walls holding it
should be kept apart from others con-
tanning medicines, etc, andrubber stop
pers to the vials should be used.
Oxalic acid is considerably employed
in families for cleaning brass and copper
utensils. This substance is highly
poisonous, and must be kept and used
with great caution. In crystalline struc-
ture it closely resembles sulphate of
magnesia or Epson salts, and therefore
frequent mistakes are made and lives
lost. Every agent which goes into fam
lilies among inexperienced persons
should be kept in a safe place, and Ia
beled properly and used with care.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

No matter how industrious or eco'
nomical young man is, his endeavors
to save are wasted il he has clreless
wife. He might as well be doomed to
spend his strength and life in IN attempt
to catch water in a sieve. The effort
would be scarcely less certainly in vain.
Habits of economy. the way to turn
everything in the household affairs to
the best ascount-are among the things
which every mother should teach her
daughters.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

Harkins went home to-day with o
brand new suit on, and Mrs, Harkins
asked, where's your old clothes, my
dearP Give 'em to boy said Har-
kins. Give them to boyP What on
earth did you do that forP Are you en-
tirely crazy, Harkins3 You know you
can't afford to give away such clothes,
when you have your family to support
on small sala'y. Who was the pitiful
beggar you gave them tor TO the
tailor's boy, said Harkins, with a
chpckle, to carry home for me- you
hateful wretch Ptcceamed Mr9. Harkinsi
why couldn't you tell nae that before
Here | am drudging from morning till
night for you and your brats, Harkins,
and you always impose upon me and de-
ceive me. / won't stand it, / tell you.
I'll get divorce + And then the injured
women left the room, while the brute OF
a husband laid back in his chair and
roared with laughter till the whole
neighborhood was aroused.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Our Chief cities EIghtK.f,e Years Aro.

The South Carolina and Georgia
Almanac for 1874, copy Of which has
fallen in the hands Of the Charleston,
Is. o. Nea0S, contains table in which
the population Of the chief cities OF the
United States are set down as follows:
Philadelphia, 42,52O; New York, 10000;
Charleston, 10000; Boston, $4,000;
Baltimore, 13,6O3; Newport, 6,OOO. Al
that time the entire population Of the
country was less than 4, 100000,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Killed for DisObeying Orders.

A convict in the Wisconsin state
prison refused to go to his cell when
ordered by tho warden to do 80. The
warden held a watch in one hand and a
pistol in the other, and said: L will
give you three minutes to obey, and il
you don't shall shoot you. The con-
vict doggedly folded his arms and stood
still. Minute after minute passed, the
warden counting them aloud. This was
in the workshop, and all the prisoners
were spectators Of the scene. When the
three minutes had expired the warden
took deliberate aim OF the convicts
heart and said: I'll give you two min
utes more, and 1 swear I'll kill you then
if you don't go to your CELL A defiant
cure was the only reply. At the end Of
the extra two minutes the pistol was
fred and the convict fell dead. The
officer is sustained by the higher prison
authorities, who say that his course was
perfectly proper under the circum-
stances; but the district attorney Of the
county will try him under an indictment
for murder
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
Turning the Tables.

Holoroft, the well-known dramatist,
supped one evening at Opie's. After
the cloth had been removed, numerous
stories we're told, among which was one
of gentleman who, having put out his
candle on going to bed, read in phos-
phorescent characters on the wall, 'Con-
fess thy sins.' The gentleman fell on
his knees, and, as expected, began to
confess aloud mot from terror, however
for, aware it was trick to terriiy him,
devised by a certain waggish young
lady in the house, and hearing little
hustle on the stairhead, guessed rightly
that she and her companions were there
to enjoy his discontinue. Heconfessed,
as the greatest of his sins, that 'he had
kissed Miss- frequently in the dark,
and 80 turned the tables on his torment
or with vengeance--a lesson she never
forgot.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

The Boston Pilot calls attention to the
rapid increase OF Catholic dioceses in this
country. During the reign Of Plus TX.
thirty new dioceses were erected in the
United States. There are now sixty. one
diooeses. AT the opening Of the century
there was only one,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
4 GrandSire's Dream,

y 49, N"h'N
1t is within my ingle.nook,
So old and gray, know
close my eyes and backward look:
;Nis fifty years ago
Ere youth has fed, or bopp lie dead,
And LIES sands running low.
The Christmas bells are Ginning sweet
CTis fifty years ago),
There comes the fall OF fairy feet
Across the trSekless snow;
And hearts beat high, to pleasures nigh,
Just fifty years ago.
From out the weird mAnor-house
Isce golden glowi
And many voices welcome us
(Tis fifty years sgo)-
A laughing band stand hand in hand,
A crowd pass to and fro.
In hall and homestead, great and small
Sing blithely as they go;
The smile OF one is smile OF all
CTis fifty years sgo),
And hearts are light and eyes are bright,
That Christmas long ago.
A face looks out from wealth Of hair,
That waves DER brow OF snow;
And brown eyes droop with shyest air
TITS fifty years agol,
And cheeks are flushed and voices hushe,
To whispers sweet and low.
A kerchief CROSSED a swelling breast,
The heart that throbbed below
Grew restless with its own unrest;
For, ah, how could you know
That l loved you, so well, 70 true,
Just fifty years ago9
We trod measure through the hall
With stately steps and SLOW
Once more hear your footsteps fall;
Your bright checks brighter glow,
And you are mine, by right divine,
or love, long years ago!
Your dainty cap, your golden hair,
Your muslin kerchiefs snow,
Your tiny feet that cross the stair
Lees swift than mine, / know;
All these / hear, and see, my dear,
AS fifty years ago.
How fair you looked! How fond loved!
'Tis well it should be 30;
gaze upon your picture now
Till tears begin to flow;
And all tie past is held as fast
AS fifty years ago.
1t is not fifty yesrs-and time
Has stayed for us, know;
We hear the merry Christmas chime,
We zee the falling snow,
And hand in hand 30 close we stand,
My love Of long ago.
The voices sweet OF friends who greet
Are close to me, trow,
The fire. CLEANS dance in radiant heat,
Tho holly-berries glow:
have hut dieamt OF days I've spent
Since fifty years ago.
Alas, who stands demurely here,
With eyes Of tender glow,
So like the eyes of you my dear,
In days Of long ago3
She smiles, 1 ween at grandsires dream
or fifty years ago.
-LoNDeN SOCIETY.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

A merchant OF Little Rock, Ark, the
other day INDUCED in novel bit oI
advertising. Frozen in the center Of
q block Of ice weighing 400 pounds were
two large fishes, variety Of fruit, and
o big advertisement Of fresh oysters,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
The Force OF Imagination.

Mrs. Cora Nourse, of New York, when
making her toilet, missed her false
teeth, and came to the conclusion that
during her sleep she had swallowed
them. She inquired the result in case
her fears proved true, and was informed
the result would certainly prove fatal.
She hastened to the hospital, and The
physician there told her that she could
not possibly have swallowed her teeth.
Che became satisfied and started home,
but she died soon after from complete
exhaustion OF her mental faculties,
brought about by force OF imagination.
Safety at sea is insured by light
vessel and a sober crew,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

Fanny can not imagine why on earth
Charlie is so long tying her necherchief,
which has come undone, when ma did it
in minute before she came out.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF Advertising, tl per square
hrst insertion, aud so cents each subsequent
Insertion.
Special contracts will be made for all Adyer-
hse menls for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payAbb
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over oDe
iquare, cha cei for at half regular rates
All locLi noWs 10 cents line for each in
.ertion.
No notices inserted for lefs than hity cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-01-29

Safety at sea is insured by light
vessel and o sober crew.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21
LOOK ON THIS PICTURE AND
THEN ON THAT.

From thu Wheeling Registcr
From an interview with Mr.. Henry
S. Walker published in the Register
last summer, in which he was interro-
gated regarding the plans Of the
Greenback party of this State for the
campaign of 1880, we make the fol-
lowing extracts:
What combinations do the Green
hackers depend upon in the State
election. Do they expect to draw
from the Democrats or from the Re
publicans?
"They will make no direct bargain
or alliance with any party. They
will not go into convention with any
of the so-called political leaders.
They have had enough of that. They
will not be caught in any political
trap again. Their convention will
be convention of the people, and
the people will vote the ticket they
nominate.
You expect then, to derive more
strength from a desire of the people
for change in their representatives
than from the peculiar financial views
of the Greenhack party.
Exactly"
In that case the battle will be won
in convention, will it not?
"Of course; everything depends ON
the character Of the men who compose
the convention and the ticket it puts
forward"
And much upon the time when
your convention is held, ifyou expect
to get ahead of the politicians?
1--WE will hold our convention early,
most probably in May"
And you will try to nominate a
ticket that will deplete both the
Democratic and Republican parties.
II don't think the Republicans will
make any nomination"
Oh, no! that is your game, is it?
Then you Greenbackers really ex-
pect to combine with Republicans to
defeat the Democratic ticket?
"We will nominate an independent
ticket, and | think the Republican
party will vote it."
You think they will not hold con-
vention?
THAT is my opinion"
At the same time, and in the same
issue of the Register there appeared
an interview with George G. Stur-
giss, Esq, of Morgantown, regarding
the plans of the Republican party
with reference to the coming cam
paign, from which we make the fol-
lowing extract:
Will the Republicans hold con-
vention?
Certainly
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

The Radical organs which have
been bothering themselves about the
way in which Union soldiers have
been turned out Of various positions
around Congress, will be sorry to
learn that Senator Conkling's Gov
crnor of New York is also treating
the Union soldiers badly. He has
recently removed from the position
of Quarantine Commissioner brave
soldier who fought all the way thro'
the war, and appointed in his place
a man who, when the war was going
on, remained at home to look after
any little offices that might he lying
around loose. OF course, the organs
will feel indignant about this-so
very much so that they won't be able
to express themselves.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

THE Post, in it's last issue, made
an attack on the County Court, and
paid high compliment to Judge NJ.
Hayes for efficiency and knowledge
of law. From the tone of the arti-
Gle, we must infer that the Editors
are familiar with all the presiding
justices of the State. Or does it
base its conclusions from the mate
rial of which our County Court is
composed. If so, our presiding
justice, and associate justices, ought
to- be, and surely are, very highly
fiattered by said article. AS far as
we know, the decisions of Mr..
Hayes have always been regarded as
very meritorious, and few of them, if
any, have ever been reversed by a
higher tribunal.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21
1 Discontcnted Bnby's Diary.

l. January born. Here's 4
lark Papa does not seem very
pleased, though.
l. Febuary-Every night pa walks
about up and down the bedroom with
me when squeal. / always squeal.
| must do something.
/ March-Nurse is spitefnl
thing-she sticks. pins into fellow
on purpose.
/ April-Aftergall one may even
weary of the bottle.
|. May wish I could cut a tooth,
I'd bite nurse.
l. June-What a nuisance it is to
have relations who keep on saying
"Ketchetty ketchetty," and dig in
your ribs with their forefngers.
When l grow up I'll do it to them,
and see how they'll like it.
l. July--There are three babies
next door got the measles. l get
nothing. It's awfully dull.
/. August-One of the babies
from next door came in to see us to-
day; and heard ma say: ale has
not got the measles noww mo-"
said the babes ma. There's a
greedy sneak for you. Left 'em at
home!
/. September-Nurse drinks some
thing out Of black bottle. I've
caught her at it. 1t isn't the same
that is in my bottle, either. Ii l
were bit bigger I'd change EN-, SO
l would.
/. October-Blessed if this amt
a nice 90, neither. Some one called
to-day to see me and pa, and they
said it was uncle, and gave me to
him to kiss. He didn't kiss me,
though, with what you might call
good will. They then asked him
again, and then they gave him to me
to nurse, and he pinched me. Con-
found him, if could only have got
my fingers in his eyes.
/. November-Th is worse than
ever. Why, here's another baby boy,
and they say he belongs to our honse,
and they're not going to send him
away. Don't know even how to feed
himself out of bottle. Well, Of
all-never mind.
l. Decernber-Got to sleep in the
same crib with him now! Wait till
he gets to sleep; I'll give him such
a oner! -
Here's beast of babyi He ,oon't
go to sleep, and not soul in the
same crib can get blessed wink.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

Mrs. GRANT is said to be very
fond of collecting pictures of herself,
Ulysses l., and the children. She
gets every photograph she can and
carefully puts it away for future use.
When fixing up her home at Galena
recently she hung up her husband
and the children in every room in the
house The would-be King and En-
peror, observing the redundancy
about the house Of Grant and the
little ones, removed his cigar from his
jaws long enough to observe sit was
in bad TASTE" whereupon the good
wife give the man of destiny to un-
derstsnd very plainly that it was her
house he was talking about, and she
would not be told how she should fix
it up.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

II IS thought worth while by Mr..
Voorhees, to introduce witnesses to
show that North Carolina negroes,
without dime in their pockets, and
with scarcely rags to cover their ma
kedness, are not wanted in Indiana.
Some of the poor immigrants found
that out when the trains bringing
some of them into the State were
stoned by mobs, and the passengers
not Above to get out of the cars.
In the face Of the facts that there is
no demand for these laborers, and
that they are not even civilly treated
on their arrival, the wickedness of
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company in forcing the exodus, and
the folly of the Republican politi-
clans in encouraging it, is more glar-
ing than ever.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

The kissing boom is making the
most energetic Roadway, but it is get
ting good many ministers into
trouble A kiss is very little thing,
and for its size about the incest
thing in the world, but even minis
tiers have to be careful what they dc
with their stock of kisses over and
above what they may need at home
The New York preacher who kissed
the young and good looking ladies of
his parish in a moral way was sus-
tanned by his Church, but the New
Jersey preacher whose kisses, as he
said, were merely of fatherly char
acter, is looking around for another
Church. The public is anxiously
awaiting the next case to see what
new variety of kiss may come in
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

which Walker claims to carry in his
pocket, may repudiate his manage
ment and defeat his purposes; but
the bargain is made, and the work
of carrying it out is to commence
Immediately.
This is the first epoch in the his
tory of the little arrangement, but the
end is not yet
Look on that and now on this:
1t will be noticed that the great
bugaboo to the Republicans in the
consumation of the arrangement,w was
the demand of Mr.. Walker, that they
should play second fiddle to the
Greenbaekers. Mr.. Sturgiss said, 81
would rather see the Democrats sue
ceed than to vote for Greenback-
en-"
But the conferences between these
gentlemen, says the Washington dis
patch, "were long and close" can
understanding was difficult at first"
just so!
But when Mr. Sturgiss was award
ed the nomination for Governor,
and Mr.. Walker yielded his exces-
sive demands as to the second fiddle
part of the programme assigned to
the Republicans, everything became
us lovely as a June morning.
And now look how nicely the ar
rangement moves off.
Mr.. Sturgiss is a resdent'of Nor.
gantown.
This is also the local habitation OF
the Morgantown Post, the most
faithful of the Stalwart organs, and
which was the most bitter of any Of
the Republican papers in denouncine
and damning the proposed alliance
with the Greenbackers when exposed
by the Register last summer.
But Mr.. Sturgiss comes home from
the conference at Washington, anC
Immediately the Stalwart Post comes
out with.an unqualified. endorsement
and advocacy of a., Republican ant
Greenback alliance.
MAnother straw which shows TIL,
direction of theswind is the follow
ing from the last issue. of the Ritch
lie Gazette (Rep.):
We say now what we. have said be
fore, that without committing our
selves to the financial heresies Of Mr.
Henry S. Walker, we favor giving
himsa clearideld in the Third Dis
trict, against the Democratic nominee
for Congress.
Next!
We have no remarks. We .slmp
~. wish to preserve the history. com
plete.
The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1880-02-21

Ex-Gov. SMITH, of New Hampshire,
says he is for Grant because / think
he is the only man who can be seat
ed" E"Grant," he says, lis the only
man in the United States they" the
Democrats, care afraid of. They
know he could call half a million OF
men around him by raising his little
finger" This is the most outspoken
confession we have yet seen from a
Republican, that their hopes for the
next President are based upon the
bayonet rather than the ballot.