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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
tGThe Dark HorSe.o

The origin q the term OZARK horse v
Is explained in matter-of-fact way by
the Cincinnati Enquirer. Once upon 9
time there lived in Tennessee an old
chap named Gam Flynn. who traded in
horses and generally contrived 10 own q
speedy nag or two, which he used fol-
racing purposes whenever he could PICK
up a "soft match" during his travels.
The best oi his 6Jers was Coal.black
stallion named Dusky Pete, who was
almost thoroughbred, and able to &c
in the best of company. Flynn was &C.
customed to saddle Pete when approach.
ing d town aud ride him into II to give
the impression that the animal was
merely "a likely hoss," and not a
flyer. One day lie came to town where
country racc-meeting was being held
and he entered Pete among the contest.
ants. The people of the town, not
knowing anything Of his antccedcnts,
and not being over impressed by his
appearance, backed two or three local
favorites heavily against him. Flynn
moved among the crowd, and took all
the bets offered against his nag. Just
as the "fyers" were being saddled for
the race old Judge McMinamee, who
was the turf oracle of that part Of
the State, arrived on the course, and
was made one of the judges. AS he
took his place on the stand he was told
how the betting ran, and of the folly OF
the owner of the strange entry in back.
ing his "plug" SO heavily. Running
his eye over the track, the judge in.
stantly recognized Pete, and he said
Gentlemen, there's dark horse in this
race that will make some of you sick
before supper" The judge was right.
Pete, the dark horse" lay back until
the three. quarter pole was reached,
when he went to the front with rush
and won the purse and Flynn's bets
with the greatest ease.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19

% remember my own goVerhtss days
so well, DEAR" Minnie said one day to
her husband, when they were discussing
the feasibility of securing one. 81 feel
as if never could be kiRd Enough to
any one in such a position in my house.
And yet all the happiness of my life re-
suited from my position in Mrs. Carris-
courts family"
And she looked the great unutterable
love she had Tor him, and Dr.. t.eth-
bridge kissed her lovely upturned face
tenderly.
"Then l will take this widow lady,
whom Allison recommended, shall ],
Minnief He says she is OF good family,
and in very reduced circumstances.
Her husband was miserably drunken
fellow, and she has to support both
herself and her invalid mother. 1t
would be charity, suppose; but OF
course we must also look to our own
interests"
But the decision was to employ the
widow lady Allison so confidently re-
commended, and day or so afterward
an interview was arranged.
1t was just at the dusk of winters
afternoon that the servant announced
" Dr. Lethbridge and his wife that.
lady wished to see them in the parlor-
the lady whom Mr.. Allison has sent
and Minnie and her husband went down
to meet her-tall, pale, bearing the un-
nistakable traces Of misery and sorrow
on her face-Cleona Carriscourt.
Minnie gave little exclamation of
astonishment.
"Is it tpossiblee Miss Carriscourt-"
Size interrupted quietly
"Mrs. Fletcher Mrs. 'Geoffrey
Fletcher. And you are little Minnie
Velsor. had no ideal had no idea
l had forgotten DR.. Lethbridge's name
of course l cannot have the position.
1t would hardly be natural that you
should wish to befriend me-"
Mrs. Fletcher turned toward the
door, her face pale and piteous, her
voice bitter and wsiling.
DR.. Lethbridge looked sternly after
her; but Minnie shot him an appeal
ing glance before she stepped towar
the. departing woman.
Wait-just a moment, please! /
was so surprised, Mrs. Fletcher. Pray
sit down, you are in trouble, and if we
can be ofany service know the doctor
will be glad to assist you"
Mrs. Fletcher's lips quivered Sec
ond, as she turned her pitilul eyes on
Minnie's sweet, happy face.
"I am in need of work, but do not
expect it of you. You can only de-
spise me and hold rae in hatred and
contempt for what 1 did to you. But
that or something else has come home
to me-"
81 do not hate or despise you, Mrs.
Fletcher. GOO has been too good to
me for that. Stay! Doctor thbridge |
will indorse my forgiveness, l am sure,
and we will make you as happy as we |
can. We will forget all that was un-
pleasant and start anew. Do stay and
teach my littlegirls, Mrs. Fletcher.
And Cleona sat down, overcome with
passionate tears, while the doctor, with
an indulgent smile, and a nod of the
head to Minnie, left the two womer
alone, under the strange circumstances
INTO which the scarcasm of fate had led
lp,pN
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
ITEMS OF INTEREST,

Straw hats show which way the wind
blows.
Is clothing store coterie, pantry
or vestry?
In England all the nobility live in
heir CASTLES.
A sweeping change-Buying a new
broom.-RtggS.
The fisherman who catches no fish
has no fish to clean.
The sparrows are little thieves, but
they don't do the robin.
The present American flag wai
adopted by Congress in TIT.
The first Sunday-school in New Eng.
land was established in 1919.
Flour is sold in the Skagit mines al
the rate OF 800 for fitteen-pound
sack.
A beautiful young girl is confined in
the Vermont State prison for horse
stealing.
Two Virginia Baptist ministers have
been pastors in the same churches more
than forty years.
1t is not difficult to do good, for the
means are constantly clustering about
every mans lips and hands.
Avoid tedious circumlocution in Ian
guage. Words, like cannon balls, should
go straight to their mark.
It is now said that the remains of A.
T. Stewart have never yet been found
though belief to the contrary has pre-
vailed for some time.
The Marchioness Tseng, wife of the
Chinese ambassador to England, is a
petite, plump, rather pretty person.
The marquis is man torty-two years
old, and an accomplished scholar, taking
lively interest in art, science, .and
literature
The Church Missionary society, the |
greatest of all missionary societies, has
4OS clergymen in its foreign fields, oi
whom 2lS are Europeans. Its communi.
cants number 26,5l0. Its receipts the
past year were Sl,lCs,6l5, the largest
amount ever received by any missionary
society.
Lockjaw is one of the most terrible
diseases to which mortals are exposed.
A California exchange asserts that no
one need be in danger of such an attack
from wounds caused by rusty iron.
The worst case of inAamed wounds may
be cured by smoking the injured part
with burning wool or woolen cloth.
Kate Field says that George Eliot is
about sixty years old, with sandy hair
and blue eyes. She is neither gray nor
wrinkled; owing to her high cheek
bones, she has an equine look. She has
no children, lives very secluded life,
is bashful, abstracted, low-voiced and
lovable. She has an Independent for
tune and receives the world every Sun.
day afternoon.
In the matter of accepting and pub
fishing the revised edition of the Bibln
the American bible society have re-
solved to wait tht verdict of competent
judges, based not alone or chiefly upon
the high reputation OF the eminent men
who have devoted so much time to this
work, but upon the book which en-
bodies the results of their long study
and their joint deliberations.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
Cough and the Bible.

While In England, says John Il
Cough, was invited TO church with q
clergyman who is now bishop OF Car
isle, and we had a discussion for two
hours. A titled lady was present and
she helped him. Twas alone, and had
to bear the whole brunt of the battle in
the Scriptural argument.
"The Bible permits the use OF wine,
said he.
"very WELL" said Il "suppose it
doesY"
"The Bible sanctions the use Of
wine"
Every well, suppose it docsP"
"Our Savior made wine."
81 know he did"
"Why, we thought you were pre-
pared TO deny this"
81 do not deny it; can read"
"Wine Is spoken Of in the Bible as a
blessing"
replied: "There are two kinds Of
wine spoken Of in the Bible"
Prove it."
81 do not know that cafi, but will
tell you what it is; the wine that Is
spoken of rs blessing is not the same
that is mocker, and the wine that is
to be drunk in the kingdom OF heaven
cannot be the wine Of the wrath of
God. So that although Icannot proveit
learnedly ] know it is SO.
Now, there are others who 90
farther than I can 20, but you will
please let me go as far as lean Under
stand it, ard if l cannot go any further
do not find fault with me. ! hold that
the Bible permits total abstinence; !
would rather search the Bible for per-
mission TO give up lawful qualification
for the sake of my weaker headed
brother who stumbles over my ex-
amples into sin, than TO see how far
can follow my own propensities without
committing sin and bringing condom'
nation upon any ones soul"
Another gentleman who came TO me
for long talk said: 81 have a con.
scientious objection to teetotalism, and
it is this; our Savior made wine at the
marriage at Cana, in Galilee."
81 know he did"
" He made it because they wanted
it,"
$50 the Bible tells u.s."
" He made it of water"
"Yes."
Then he honored and sanctifed wine
by performing a miracle to make it.
Therefore" said he, Il should be re.
preaching my Master, if / denied its use
as beverage"
"Sir," l said, I" I cannot understand
how you should feel so; but is there
else you put by which our
Savior has ho,orodP"
No. do not know that there is"
"Do you eat barley breadP"
"No," and then he began to laugh.
"And why notP"
Because don't like it."
Every well, sir" said l; "our Say
ior sanctifed barley bread just as much
as ever he did wine. He fed 5000 peo-
pie with barley loaves, manufactured by
a miracle. You put away barley for
the low motive of not liking it. l ask
you to put away wine for the higher
motive of bearing the infrmity OF your
weaker brother, and so fulfilling the law
Of Christ. l wish to say, that man
signed the pledge three days after
ward"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
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lost energy. Price SO. -
II your druggists does not keep 'SNfDERS
CURATIVE PADS" and will not get ono for
you do not lot him palm off worthless imita-
tions, but send the price to us in letter. and
we will mail them to you. Address
Z. F. SNYDER d co,
143 W. 4th st., Cincinnati, Ohio.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
The Cause Of Climatic Changes.

The climatic changes which havt
taken place during recent years in the
United States is ascribed by Prof. Tice,
n Western neteorologist, to the great
physical changes that have been wrought
by man within the last half century
upon our continent, by covering IL with
a network of railroads and telegraph
poles. The two most notable changes
have occurred in the West, on the lines
of the great railroads. These are tona-
does and an increased rainfull. Prof.
Tice in discussing the first part of his
subject points out that electricity is the
cause of all meteorologic phenomena.
Wind of every kind, cyclones, cloud.
formation, rain, hail and snow.falls. are
all electric phenomena. Speaking OF
the once dry and sterile plains now
made fertile by the more frequent rains,
he says: Wherever a cloud drifts, for
it TO live the surface of the earth be-
meath it must be in such condition
that it can obey the electric induction
of the positive cloud upon it so as to
confront it with the negative. Instan-
taneously communication will be estab-
lished between the earth and the cloud.
A dry and sandy soil cannot respond to
ihe electric induction Of clouds. Hence
no clouds drift over them without i'm
mediately dying for want of sustenance.
Railroads and telegraph lines obeylng
such induction, instantly bring the
needed electric charge underneath the
cloud. The clouds are fed and abun-
dant rains fall in regions that were
deserts before,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
IL May be Your Turn Next,

IL May be Your Turn Next,
Judge not too harshly, oh, my friend
OF him your fellow man,
But draw the veil Of cnarity
Aout him II you can.
Ho once wes called an honest man,
Before some trial vexed-
He stepped from ont the narrow way
1t may be your turn next.
Painting upon the great highway
A suffering soul doth lei
Go stanch his wounds and quench his ihirst
Nor pass him idly by.
God will not brook the swift excuse,
The thoughiloss vain pretoxt,
A icllow-moltal bites the dust
1t may he your turn next.
You heard, one day, a single word
Against persons namo;
Oh, bear It not from door to door
To further hurt his lame.
nyou're the man you claim to be,
Remember thHn, the text,
To "Speak no evil, truo or lalse
1t may be your turn next.
The world is bad enough, VIC own,
And may need still more lishti
Yet, with true love TO all, may be
Help in the cause OF right.
Lit up the sinful and the weak,
The soul by care perpleScd,
Well knowing that to drink the gall,
II may be your turn next.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19

General Garfield, IN addressing a
crowd, usually begins by saying that he
is proud Of the opportunity 10 speak to
"such men,"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising, ti per square
hrEt insertion, and 30 cents each subsequent
insertion.
Special contracts will be made for ali adyer-
tisements for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over ono
square, chs ged for at half regular rates
All local news 10 cents Ina for each in
Iertion.
No notices inserted for less than fifty cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-08-19

Coaches run between Bristol and Memphis
without change.
No Sunday delays.
Baggage checked through.
VIM. KERR,
Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn.
JAMES r. OGDEN.
Genl Pass. Agt, Knoxville, Tenn.
T. s. DAVANT,
Asst Gen1 Pass. Agt, Memphis, Tenn.
j. W. SUTTON,
Passenger Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.
O. @. McMILLIN,
Ticket Agent, Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
Two Large Southern Planters.

The New Orleans Pcapune saws. The
agricultural operations of Colonel Ed
ward Richardson are on scale uneq ual-
ed anywhere in the United Ststes, and
probably in the whole world. Scores
OF vast cotton plantations, the manage
ment OF any one OF which requires su-
perior skill and experience, scattered
through Louisiana and Mississippi, are
successfully handled by this able man.
His landed possessions rival those of the
proudest estates Of the English nobility
both In area and val.le, and many of the
German princes have fewer subjects than
he has employees on his pay-rolls The
sugar interest furnishes an equally con-
spicuous example of executive ability
In agricultural affairs. One man in
Louisiana during the period in which
ordinary managers were struggling for
existence, and earning scarcely sufficient
70 make the improvements on their
places demanded by the new conditions
Of the sugar trade, went on enlarging
his possessions and consolidating an
area OF sugar lands under one head that
must be regarded as entirely phenomenal.
MIR. John Burnside now owns and
operates eight plantations, located in the
parishes oil Ascension and st. James.
On these fine estates, over an area of six
square miles, the sugar cane now waves
in the breeze. In their fittings these
places represent equally the old and the
new methods of manufacture. On four
Of them the steam train and Vacuum
pan turn out the white and the yellow
clarified sugars that are equal in quality
to the product Of the largest reiineries,
and are SO highly priced throughout the
west and South for their agreeable
flavor and high saccharine strength.
Below we present list of the planta.,
tions owned by Mr.. Burnside, with their
production for the crop year l679-sO, as
given In the RiCe CHrrent's annual re-
port of the sugar and rice crops of
Louisiana, recently published:
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
Fan-What Ia itY

"Salt," said the boy" ''is a spice
That spOils the potato If you do not put
It on" Fun Is an Ingredient that spoils
the adventure If 1t Is omitted. The
careful definitions of wit and humor,
analyzing each and comparing them,
fail to explain its essence. nor can 1t be
explained, only felt and appreciated;
woe to those solemn natures who miss
out it. - :
There is an impression that fun is Q
characteristics of young animals like.
kittens and puppies, also Of young races
and the childhood of nations; and that
with maturity and the higher cultiva-
tion 1t dies out. rs the stamens so pretty
In the open center of the wild rose find
no place in the deep heart of Jacque-
minot. II has been feared that our
beloved city is reaching this acme of
cultivati0n-about to lose forever the
spirit OF fun. Let us hope for our town,
however, since 1t is only a superficial
view which makes fun exclusively m
attribute of youth. A tine illustration
frolicking together. but the Oldest OF
cats, in a genial mood, will pursue her
tail with as much zest rs the latest OF
her progeny. 1t is not permitted 70 the
morning Of life to monopolize itslgaiety.
A light heart and animal spirits" So
called, outlive pain and grief and ad-
versity in those lucky natures who pos
sess them. Conventionality may fright
en- them away ffonl some places, but
they win start up elsewhere. They
may be suppressed, but not destroyed.
Long may the spirit of fun prevail,
and may Heaven forfend that " culture"
or decorum should drive IL away from
the heart of our society. Ii makes
light the burdens OF life. Fun lis
genial and generous. IL Is not Fun that
laughs when a man slips in the street
and falls. That laughter is simply hys-
terical, caused by the surprise at the
sight, and kind of embarrassment to
know what to do about tia spasmodic
effort TO cover mauvaise. honte, which
has nothing to do with the free. light
ripple Of enjoyment belonging to the
spirit Of fun. Fun Is not malice. All
the practical jokes and teasings tricks
and underhand conspiracies that are
planned In its name by children Of all
ages are launched under false colors.
Fun disowns them, and refuses TO lend
its laugh to thehollow ones they provoke.
10 IL the sparkling effervescence of
healthy. joyous natures; the world cam
not do without 1t, nor are there yet any
real signs that 1t will fail us.--Bosion
Advertiser. a.sftf ..t tlinI
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
Hearty Old Age and the Cause.

There was glimpse of gray dartinq
up the steps, a quick, light latch rat.
Ting and n slam OF the door, and the
plain front OF a small office on one OF
the chief thoroughfaros in the city had
resumed the quiet, modest mir which
day in and day out suggests nothing
but repose and almost entire Inactivity.
Yet through that door had just passed
a splendid specimen of old age and a
magnificent example of pluck and per.
severance, while over the door was his
name; a name known inIevery city, vii
lage and hamlet around the chain OF
great lakes name the owner of which
has been leader in the great business
interests of the northwest, a person,
who less than five years ago was a mil
lionaire and a worker.
fl Then his Office was not one room
plainly fitted, but handsome suite of
apartments elegantly finished and fur
nished; then he had stenographers,
accountants, telegraph operators, clerks.
messengers and porters; now his books
are kept, his errands are done and all
details OF his work are performed by
himself. f..fa.,.'-
Now he is upward of sixty years of
age, n poor man in dollars and cents,
but in good health, good spirits, energy
and ambition he is Crnsus. Five
years ago scores of superintendents and
managers reported almost hourly to
him for instructions; then he insured
his own property, risked thousands of
dollars daily in business enterprises !;
paid out thousands daily fol- wages and
made profits amounting to thousands.
Then he was genial, energetic million
nire; now he is u sociable, .whole-souled,
indncfrtoy1o and a ~, h.t,o,,a ,.xox -,
he was-but here he comes, let's follow
him. .t.--
With his gray and well-shaped head
Leaning in ndvance of slightly STOPPING
but firmly knit frame, he walks quickly
up the street and is just going to turn
the corner when" How are your ANY
thing new to-dayP" and he las stopped
to speak to a new acquaintance. The
answer is given, the old gentleman
smiles, turns lightly on his heel as he
says. Good day." and passes on, hav-
ing made a firm and old friend of the
new acquaintance. To gain few sec-
onds' time he loses his dignity and runs
several steps to get ahead of street car.
Just then he espies customer three or
four rods away and actually shouts,
" Hello" This from an old man and
one who WAS once millionaire results
in business transaction which brings
in something like Sl.5e to the one who
shouted. fif1nl .fi.aiaii.i -. ~
So he goes through rain. wind and
sunshine. always on the qui vive, always
sociable, pleasant and with his eye on
the main chance. His loss of wealth.
honorably lost-does not seem 10 weigh
on his mind au instant. lie docs not
appear to realize that he is old; he is
alike to all, young or old, rich or poor,
and. in brief, his condition is pithily
described by himself as follows:
You see, my boy, have good
stomach and take care OF it. Never had
the dyspepsia or any other ailment in
my life. ."-DetroI Free Press.
The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1880-07-02
Railroad Statistics.

Trere are some 65, 900 miles of rail
road in the United States operated by
some 600 different companies. There
are over 90, 900 stations. On these lines
are Loco locomotives. Is, 900 passenger
cars, 5000 baggage. mail and express
cars, and some 500, 900 freight cars. No
reliable statistics show the number of
men employed on this IS, 900 miles of
road, but it is estimated that there are
about 10000 engineers and firemen,
70, 900 passenger train conductors and
brakemen, about the same number of
baggage, mail and express men, and at
past $1,000 men on freight trains, Add
station agents and clerks, train dispatch
ers telegraph operators, yardmen, road
masters, trIckmen, watchmen, flagmen,
freight laborers, machinists, car-build-
ers and repairers. employees IN round
houses and shops. and last, but not
least, presidents, general managers, SUI
perintendents, the auditors DEPART
ment, treasurer's department, etc., and
we have almost l,000,0 900 men em-
ployed in the railroad business of the
United States. Add to this the num-
ber Of men employed in the smsnufac-
ture of railroad supplies, in car and To-
comotive works. in rolling Ills. in cut
ting ties, etc., and. perhaps, we could
bring the number of men who derive
their living from railroads in our coun-
try alone To nearly 100000.