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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
The Antiquity OF the Spoon.

The use of our common table utcnsil,
the spoon, is widespread, and its inven-
ton, as it appears, dates from remote
antiquity The form that we use at the
present day-asmall oval bowl provided
with d shank and flattened handle-is
not that which has been universally
adopted. If we examine into the man
ners and customs of some OF the people
less civilized than we-the Kabyles, for
example-we shall find that they use a
round wooden spoon. TheRomans also
used a round spoon, which was made OF
copper. We might be led, from the lat
ter fact, TO infer that the primitive form
of this utensil was round, and that the
oval shape was q comparatively modern
invention. But such is not the case, for
M. Chantre, in making some excava-
tions on the borders Of Lake Paladru,
the waters of which had been partially
drawn off, found in good state of pre-
servation wooden spoons, which in
shape were nearly like those in use at
the present day the only difference be-
ing in the form ofthe handle, which was
no wider than the shank. The lacus-
trine station where these were found
dates back to the ninth century, and we
therefore have evidence that oval spoons
were already in use during the Carlo
vingian epoch, and learned men tell us
that spoons of a primitive kind have
been found among the fossils of the
reindeer age.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
One Hundred Canary Birds.

On West State street in Ithaca, NY.
there lives q lady who has rs many as
100 canary birds in one room. Mrs.
Ellis is the lady's name. The floor of
the room IS covered with nice, clean
sawdust, and there are two pretty trees,
in the boughs of which the birds swing
aad sing and swing until one might sup
pose that their little heads would be-
come dizzy, and their musical little
throats wear out. What is very interest,
ing is that ninety-eight of the birds are
he children and grandchildren of one
pair. And such childrenl Some of them
are as yellow as a ball of yellow zephyr;
others are green, many black, q few
nearly white, and almost all variegated
Mrs. Ellis knows every bird in the room,
for every n Of them has q name-Rob,
Chick, Keet, Queet, Chewe, or some
such name--and she can tell the exact
age to a day of every bird. The only
door Opening into the room has a wire
screen in the place of glass, so hat the
little fellows may have plenty of air,
and in summer time q fire screen takes
the place of the panes of glass. An
around the room are little boxes Oh
cages with doors open and covers of,
and in them the members of the family
sleep, with heads under wings, all night.
Perhaps Mrs. Ellis has the largest bird
cage in tte United States.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
Some Important scientific Facts.


Some recent experiments for deter
mining the velocity Of SOUND gives loss
feet per second.
Pogson is making an atlas OF variable
stars in 1876 maps, which will contain
about 40, 900 stars.
The presence OF sugar has been de.
tected in the petals of various flowers in
considerable quantity, varying from
seven to n per cent.
Soap bubbles or films have lotely
been used by physicists as a means of
exhibiting the effects oftone vibrations.
giving beautiful! and interesting expert
ments.
The number OF asteroids is now SO
great that it is not surprising that one
or two are occasionally lost. With the
aid OF computation and very imperfect
elements, two or three have been lately
discovered.
Under great pressure and at low tenn
%peratures, physicists have at last sue
ceeded in reducing to a fluid state all
known gases. Pressures of over 300
atmospheres are used, and tempera-
lures as low as liO degrees below zero.
The earth of a graveyard in which
there had been no interments for at
least thirty years, has been examined
by DIR. Reichardt. 1t gave off animal
heat, notwithstanding its long disuse,
when submitted to distillation.
Carbon is the name given to the pure
part of charcoal. tits present in almost
all combustible bodies and is itself COM
pletely combustible. Carbon is not de-
~composable, and therefore ranks among
the chemical elements.
1t has been shown at the Dudley
observatory that the whole amount OF
ammonia in six feet fallof snow is little
over one-h@if pound to the acre, thus
proving that the beneficial effects of
snow are not due to the ammonia, as
supposed DY some.
The best cement will harden in about
five or six minutes, and under water in
about an hour; when mixed with sand
it takes a little longer. When mixed
with sea water and used in sea water
with a large quantity of sand it max
take ven twenty-four hours before set
ting.
1t is not true that special forms OF
food determine fat. That is an old and
exploded notion. Some organisms
will make fat, let them be fed on the
leanest and Scantiest and least sacchar-
Inc descriptions OF food; whilst others
will not be "~fattened," let them feed
on the most I" f~attening " of diets.
The history of chemistry is full of in
cident and interest. The name is de-
rived from the Arabic word chimia,
signifying secret or hidden. 1t is a
very ancient science, originating in the
East. The Egyptians were certainly
well acquainted with it. Indeed, they
could not have made their mummies
without its aid.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
In the Twilight.
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As We grow old, our yesterdays
Seem very dim and Distant
We grope, and those In dArkend ways,
Through al that il existent;
Yet fsr-on days shine bright and clear
With suns that long have faded,
And fsces dead seem strangely near
To those that life has shaded.
Az we grow old our tears are few
For friends most lately taken,
But fall. as falls the summer dew
Prom roses lightly shaken
Wnen some chance word or idle stTA'n,I
The chord. OF memory sweeping,
Unlock the hood.gstes Of our pain
For those who taught us weeping.
As We grow old our smiles are rare
To those who greet III daily,
Or, II some living faces wear
The looks that besmed 30 gGily
From eyes long closed-snd We should emile
In answer to their wooing,
lis but the past that shines the while
Oar power to smile renewing.
Az We grow old our dreams al night
Are never Of the morrow;
They come with vanished pleasure bright
Or dark with olden sorrow;
And when we wake the names we FAY
Are not Of any mortals,
But Of those in some long dead day
Passed through life's sunsets portals.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
Singular Recovery of Lost VaIuabIes.

A writer in the Providence Or. IL
Journal tells the following story: One
autumn, in the extensive warehouse
OIL. d. Anthony & Co., l was tying
on q pair of ileecy-lined gloves, which
did not suit me, so l bought another
pair. A few days after | missed a gold
ring from the third finger of my loft
hand. How long it had been gone /
had no idea. | searched the house for
it, and went into MIR. Anthony's store
and other places to see if anything there
had been seen of it. In vain the search,
the inquiries.
Months rolled on, till biting frosts re.
minded me it vas lime to lay in a stock
of winter gloves. Once more | betook
myself TO Mr.. A~nthony's, and
asked for leecy-lined gloves. The
first pair | tried on / found too
short at the wrists. In taking off
the lcit-hand glove / felt q ring in n
of the fingers. While slowly olsen
tangling it from the feecy lining | said
to the salesman; Here is q ring;
whose shall it be, mine, as l have
found it, or yours, because it is found
in your Establishments The weiguty
question was decided in my favor. AT
that moment my lost ring came to my
mind, and l said: "Who knows but
that is the very ring I lost nearly a year
agoP" The answer was: That cannot
be, as l do not think we have a pair OF
gloves on hand that we had last year at
this time" Slowly | drew out the ring.
Yes, it was mine; my initials on the
outside, those Of the donor on the in.
side! by that time every inmate of
the establishment was looking on with
the utmost eagernes5, awaiting the re-
suit. The wonder was that the gloves
had not been sent to some store off in
the country, where they might have
changed owners several times.
Another strange Incident happened
to me somewhat similar in kind. Com
ing home from England q dozen
years ago, I put some things l
had brought for presents to friends in a
bureau drawer in the spare chamber.
Among them was a large carnelian |
had bought in the Isle OF Wight. After
a while that stone was missing. l could
not imagine what had become of it. /
could only think thrust have been drop
ped when the other things had been
taken from the drawer. More than
seven years passed, nothing having been
seen or heard of the stone. At length I
decided to make n change in the sleep
ing room upstairs, and the bureau was
removed into another chamber. Each
drawer had paper on the bottom of it.
taking out one paper, which, being
too large for the drawer, had a fold
across the middle, l felt something
move in the fold, Softly turning it,
there lay my carnelian! And yet. each
year, at house cleaning time, every
had been taken out, busted and
put back into the drawer, and how it
happ tned the stone had never fallen out
Is more !hon 7 con toll.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
FOR THE FARMERS HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.


Potato SoUP.-Boil thoroughly half
dozen potatoes, and mash thoroughly,
mixing with it a quart of stock, season.
ing with salt and pepper; boil it for five
minutes, removing the scum; add to
this a tumblerful of milk last, and serve
after the soup has come again to the
boil; must be perfectly smooth.
GERMAN TRIFLE.-Put one quart of
strawberries, or any other fresh fruit,
in the bottom of a glass dish; sugar the
fruit, COVERT with layer Of macaroons,
pour over it a cnstard made with one
quart of milk and the yolks of seven
eggs, well beaten; sweeten to your
taste; when cold, place ON the top the
eggs, beaten to Il stiff froth, with a little
sugar.
SALLIE's BIsCUITs.-Three good-sized
potatoes boiled and mashed fine, one
tablespoon sugar, one-half pint boiling
water. When cool add one cup yeast,
let it rise till light, then add one quart
water and -four to knead; knead half
an hour and set it to rise light again
before baking.
SUPERIOR SPONGE CAKE.-One pound
of sugar, sifted; halt pound of flour,
rind of a lemon, grated, with the juice.
Beat the yolks very light and mix them
well with the sugar; add the lemon;
beat them well together; add the whites,
beaten stiff; shake the flour in very
gently-shOuld not be stirred when the
-four is well mixed. If in one pan, two
hours, if in two pans, one and q half
hours.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
Experiments in Corn Planting,


The rural New Workers. o prizes
for 1879 were distributed as follows
First to New York, second to Iowa and
third to Kansas, DR.. Chamberlain, OF
Medina, New York, took the first prize,
he having raised at the rate OF 1877
bushels Of shelled corn to the acre. The
seed was put in May Goth, and the corn
harvested October LIST. The piece plant.
ed was only a small fraction Of an acre.
One hundred kernels was the seed plant
cd, and the number Of pounds Of dried
and shelled corn 295; number Of kernels
in a hill, n and sometimes two; kind
Of n used, ten bushels of black
smith-shop manure, consisting OF horse
droppings and hoof parings, with one
bushel Of refuse gas lime, spread even
ly over o clover sod (%clover eight inches
high and plowed under; also one gallon
Of liquid manure twice during the sea
son to each hill made as follows: Two
bushels Of hen manure in forty gallons
Of water. Mr.. g.. W. Strong, OF Day.
export, Iowa, took the second prize. He
planted 122 kernels, and raised 224
pounds of shelled corn. The stalks in
this case grew sixteen feet high. The
third prize was awarded TO Mr.. A, B.
Dill, of Egerton, Kansas, who planted
122 kernels and raised 224 ponds Of
corn. The variety Of corn in each case
was Blount's white prolific, a late
variety.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

As q woman in Whitehall township,
Lehigh county, in this State, was scold.
ing her children, the noighbors, a hired
girl and everybody in general, her hus.
band entered and interposed a milo
word. She opened her mouth for an
angry reply, but a spasm contracted her
check, her lower jaw fell, and she could
neither speak nor shut her mouth; her
tongue hung out, and her eyes nearly
started out of their sockets she had dis
located her Jaw bone in her violent effort
70 make a%stinging reply to her husband
A surgeon was called, who reduced the
dislocation, bound up herhead and pres
cribed a quiet t.--HiadelphtG Ledger
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
A Remarkable Case,

One of the most remarkable legal
records of cases of circumstantial evil
dence is that of Soren Qvest, a Danisl
pastor. No mans life ever showed
more dramatically the effects of ungov-
erned temper and the justice of Gods
dealings. The story is almost unknown,
VIC believe, to American readers.
Sorcn from his birth was a victim to
a fiery temper. When but a child he
killed a dog which provoked him
When at college he killed a comrade in
n burst of passion.
He became a clergyman, and was :"
devout, estimablo man, but for this n
uncontrolled fault. A man named Nor
ten Burns, whom Soren rejected rs
sutton for his daughter, vowed to be re-
venged on the old man.
He sent his brother, Niels Burns, to
work as II servant ON the pastors farm.
Niels was stupid, and very soon Soren
and he quarreled, the clergyman as
usual indulging in abuse, threats, and
wen blows.
AT last Niels disappeared, and Morten,
his brother, accused Sorcn of the MUIR
der. A neighbor testified that she had
heard the pastor abusing Niels in y fran
tic rage; that he cried out: twill bea
thee dead, dogl" and struck him with n
spade twice, and that Niels fell-dead
rs she supposed.
Another man deposed that on the same
evening he saw n man carrying n heavy
sack 10 another part of the pastors
grounds; and Screens own servants tes-
tilted that they saw him by moonlight
in his green dressing. gown and white
cap digging a hole in a cabbage-bed
The hole wa opened and Niels' body
was found there. Soren was tried and
sentenced to death. Before his exccu-
ton he confessed that bis rage was so
great that he had struck Niels, fully in
tending to kill him, but that the man,
frightfully wounded, had run away.
"If," said Sorcn, IL found his dead
body and buried it, 1t was in my sleep.
God has brought me to this punish.
ment. Murder was in my heart. He
is just"
Twenty-one years after Soren was
executed, Nicls Burns returned. He
testified that he hai gone, when
wounded, to his brother, who dug I'D n
body buried recently, dressed it in Niels'
clothes and buried il himself in the gar
den, wearing the pastors dressing-gown
and cap. The chain Of evidence was
thus complete against Soren, and he was
punished illegally. yet justly, for the
murder he had purposed to do Youths
Communion.
|
Eunru nhohitanA of Wfanopotp hoe |
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

1fthere is Il poor place in the meadow
where the grass will be very light or il
a portion of a new seeding has failed,
the deficiency in the fodder may be
made up by sowing such spots with
corr for fodder for next winter or feed
ing green next August or September.
1t is a very common mistake in SOW
ing corn for foddert to use too much seed.
If sown too thick the stalks will be
slender, with but few leaves and nearly
destitute of sacharine matter. In thick
sowing we get bulk in the crop, but it is
of the poorest quality. We believe that
one bushel per acre will yield a crop of
more value in real nutriment than ii
double the amount of SEED is used.
Probably the best way is to drill in
rows about three feet apart, so that it
may be cultivated by horse labor.
When thus grown the stalks will be
highly nutritious as stock food and the
nubbins that will grow on the stalks
will add greatly to the feeding value Of
the crop.
For summer feeding corn should be
sown as early as it will terminate. II
grown for fall feeding it should be sown
at intervals of about ten days, and seed
ing may be continued until late in July.
The late sowings may follow an early
crop which may have been removed, as
early potatoes, peas, etc.
In sowing corn the common grain
drill may be employed, using only
enough teeth 10 make the rows the de-
sired distance apart Exchange.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

The latest story about the Prince OF
Wales is that recently, having bathed
in a public bath house in Paris, he stood
looking about him Tor mar to rub him
down. Suddenly he espied a tall, dark
man, who like himselfappeared to have
nothing to do, and, taking him for one
of the servants of the establishment,
the prince walked up to him and tap
ping him on the shoulder said, with q
smile: eff you arc the shampooner, /
am your mani" The dark and nude
unknown turned angrily, and the Prince
of Wales found himself face to face
with Don Carlos! The prince himself
tells the story, and initiates to poriec-
ton the look of wounded dignity and
concentrated horror and disgust of the
Spanish p%retender.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

The strict Church of England party
regard Queen Victoria as q very bad
church woman. She has built n castle
in Scotland and occupied her palace Of
H%olyrood, but the beautiful chapel
there is as roofless as on the day she
FIRST saw il. Again, when she frat
went TO Balmoral il was noticed that
she took q great suite, including even
her French male hairdresser, but not
her domestic chaplain,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01
A Famous Enigma.

The following once famous enigma 70
again receiving the attention OF the
newspapers. 1t was originated by MIR.
Canning, and the answer literally com
plies with the requirements:
A word there Is Of plural number,
Foe 10 ease and tranquil slumber;
Any other word you take
And add IN 8 will plural make,
But II you ndd an . TO this,
SO arrange tho mctGmofph0sis,
Plural Is plural now no more,
And sweet what bitter was before.
THE answer is cares, carcSs.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

There are two kinds OF oranges grown
In this country, one is the kind that is
good to cat, and the other is the kind
that is sold on the railway trains.--
HaUkeye.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

The London Times thus begins an
editorial; "Now that Italy has come by
her own, would she be SO kind as to
take back her organ-grindersG
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

A witness in acriminal trial in Fran CO
was asked il he wasn't a relative Of the
accused. GLOW o l tell ?" was the
answer. ~ I'm q foundling."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-07-01

Every i~nhabitant of Wisconsin has
twenty-tbree acres to move around in.
Az least there arc that many acres TO
every resident.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
HEW-YORK CITY SAYINGS BANKS.

ALBANY. April 10.--Tbe following is an abb
strnct Of an additional reports the
ines banks Of the City Of NewYor for January 1880
bonds s2760446; loaned stocks 81 000 real estate
ets slSo603 50 total S4.l45. 4U %. Liabilities DepOs
It's G36263l0 IL SURPLUS Sdl6S2 80 I0a e. 80 ll060
Open accounts 0.S2b interest paid during the year.
EcabS-cash depost 1888 o. which IA due to ls0 de-
DaHE for sarings-Resourees Mortgages, s474s2Oo !;
stocks and bonds. mostly Government G26S70,6l4 10
ss25iaee6 o. liabilities Deposits sss55s s9J 81 sur
pua 742 TO- Open accOunts 66744 interest paid
fSanEn--R Resources: MortgageA S212S5o stocks and
sIsiS sGaasS 7o4 II Iaoss Deposits sisisc55 sar
607 o. Open accounta 77o6 interest pad during
year si3,9ls o. increase Of deposits. e29i,esl.
Harlem Resources: MortsageaI $3.50 $50; stocks and
Ss5as7o o. Liabilities: Deposits, s7s5fOS So surplus
S6sG06 10. Open accounts ole9 interest paid during
year. ,o30 II increase OF deposits. Sll 6.460
Eleventh WdTd-ReBOfces: MOr1gRRes 860,T00i real
POSTS ss s22 81 surplus sos 2y Open accoIhts 1852
Interest paid during the year, sS7SO decrease Of deposits
West Sfds-Resources: Mortgages s575OO; stocks aud
bonds sos a80 loaned on stocks 9OeOO real estate etc
sis.49I total ssoSs1 90 Iiaeiiities slISs ies Ss
surplus S. 923 ~ accounts 19 Interest paid during
y0ar eA b98 increase Of dep01itR &9,0b8.
NorA Efpekesouxees Meftgages e3b82 210s stocks and
bonds e5ol 400 cash ete 093 ~ total 10.
accounts nterea paid during year sSA62s 50 in.
crease OF eeposits, e222, ,4D0.
Eat MortRages 81 06e050 stocks ana
bonds loaned op stocks $50 real estate
ia s7StbSes 9S Surplus s5a0.ses 81 open scco1nts-
1870 gteresl paid during JeAr ee7Se0; Increase Of es
DgatA s334St2
New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
CHARITY AND PLEASURE.
THE HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL FAIR

THE HAHNEMANN HOSPITAL FAIR
AN ENTERTAINMENT TO OPEN AT MADISON SQUARE
GARDEN To-MoRRow-s1ME OF THE PROMISED
ArrRAcrToxs-THE LADIES IN CHARGE OF THE
BOOTHS.
The Hahnemann Hospital Fair win open at Madl-
son SQUARE Garden tomorrow evening, and Will
continue till the close Of next week. 1t will be con-
ducted by ladies. many Of whom have had
charge of the previous entertainments given IN
nd of the Hospital fund. The fair is
for the benefit of the free bed fund there will be
twelve booths. each in charge of competent man
ayers concerts will be given afternoons and even
ings there will be an art gallery, daily newspa"
per and other popular features.
New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
A CHANCE TO AID A GOOD WORK.
"a. pdxfne Of The TFfeWae.

SIR: Could some of our more favored classez
amend day with ne in our work among destitute msn
IN this city. We believe there voaia We more means
,s so this purpose At this time there 10 mot one
6a Al our treasury that is not claimed BY en- unpaid
sII Daily we are compelled TO refuse food y men p
absolute need some of whop nsvc not had meal r.
ssso aavs. our methods aro known 70 the puais VI
mend no money given for relief for enarss -
Is an used for rs;es gn5pgsss av.,e W ss3 e%s
~ "a ssead Al 600 10 take aa lirupRd Inc p1x5 ftk
% psif6has6 fo9a fcF the 1uta %Hv ts2te k<''F
New-York tribune., 1880-04-11
TAXATION OF NATIONAL BANK sHARES

To the Editor or The 1rfbW s
SIR A Detroit paper says that the Supreue
Court of the United States has decided that the 4x
Of National bank under the law Of 1884 fNeN7
York ls unconstitutional. see from the report ef ~
Secretary Of the Treasury for 1s778 that the eupto
Court Of the United States. the case OF the 9Ano9
National Bank against the United states. decided ~
the shares of National banks should be taxed Ia fo, ~
What would Ike to know Ia this Do The UN.}Dk
States Supreme Court decisions cover all the teNa
may exist In all the states u relation to the taxntqo -
shares IN National banks there somethtnf peeos
liar IN the law OF 1884 Of New-Yorki j. n19nG
byron. NichA. March 81. 1880. 5s<
IThe decision referred to was in effect this: thao
the States have no right to tax the shareholden .
National banks, excepting as they derive sucA
authority from the act OF Congress. and that the
New-York act of 1865. under which sbareholdemb
according to the Court of Appeals, cannot dodncs
debts from the value of shares assessed, is In CO..
flict with the act Of Congress- and therefore sotd
The decision applies alike to ell States in which ~
method Of taxation provided by law Is open to the
same objection as in New-York. In effect the b.
preme Court holds that National Bank stock can
not be taxed on different basis from other personal
property, and that when debts are allowed e an
offset ON other such property deduction must also
be made for debts in assessing National bank stock.
The act of this State being In conflict with The
principle New-York now has no law under which
such property can be taxed, and several otbel
States are In the same position the same Queetaooo
having been raised in Ohio and dPennsylvanis---kAJ