The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

bonds,-NorTtStoUn Herald.
For the last forty years Barefoot
Walker has not had his feet covered. HC
was employed as a farm hand near
Columbus, Ga, although in his Goth
year. On a recent Sunday he apparently
died, and at his funeral, when persons
were bending over his coffin, he sat up
and asked why he was thus treated.
He still lives.
The dark days" in America COM
menced at about 10 A. NJ, May 10, 1880,
and continued until the middle OF the
next day. The arizona Miner says that
woman living on the Little Colora 10
was twenty-eight years of age at that
time and remembers the circumstance
She is now 1913 years of age. The dark
ness created great CONSERVATION among
her people, the Spanish and the Indians.
TIE Sraniards buried their saints AMI
the Indians TOOK 10 feasting.
A FIRE recently broke out in an exten-
tensive German brewery and bierhaus
in Mount Video. All available sup.
plies of water having been exhausted
and the flames still advancing, the fire
brigade asked and received permission
Of the proprietor to make use of a large
stock Of beer on the premises in order to
continue their operations. After some
10000 gallons of beer had been cast into
the flames the conhagration was ar
rested.
1t is a curious fact brought out in the
statistics of insurance experts that in
all of the great cities OF the civilized
world the death rate is decreasing. The
science of right living causes an in
creased longevity. From 1873 to 1878
the decrease in the London death rate,
as compared with the preceding six
years, was four per cent.
Since 1904 new trsnslations of th.
Bible have been made in 226 languages.
The British and Foreign Bible society
has published ls7 of these versions; the
American Bible society, Al; the National
Bible society of Scotland. 5; the Bible
Translation society. "A; the society for
Promoting Christian knowledge, II;
the Trinitsrian Bible society, 3; the
Netherlands Bible society, IL; the So
cieties Of Germany, 0; of Switzerland,
8; and of Denmark, Sweden and Nor.
way, 6.
Cyclones still rage in the West, ano
no region can feel safe from their raw
ages. In Illinois and Mississippi the
destruction of lie and the wasting of
crops that promised to come to maturity
have been great, and man has been able
to do nothing in his defense. We are
yet in the infancy Of science, but when
science shall have reached manhood
there is no saying that means will not
be found to break these diabolical mael-
stroms of the air, whose mission is TO
torture, wound and slay. Thus man in
time will learn to protect himself per-
fectly from the attacks OF nature. His
progress in that respect will coordinate
in his progress in protecting himself
from the outrages of his fellow man.
The San Francisco Chronicle has as
certained that Cinnamon decline to be-
come naturalized because the Chinese
penal code declares that all persons who
renounce their country and allegiance
shall be beheaded. The property of all
such criminals is to be confscaled, and
their wives and children distributed as
slaves to the great officers of state.
Their parents, grandparents, brothers
and grandchildren, whether habitually
living with them under the same roof
or not, are to be banished to the distance
Of 1000 leagues. All who conceal or
connive at the crime are to be strangled.
Those who inform against the criminals
are rewarded with the whole Of their
property. I
The recent decision of the United
States circuit court holding that Stale
may imposeA n tax or commercial travel.
ers without violating the Federal consti.
tuition is one OF no little interest to the
commercial world. The case arose
under statute of Nevada, passed in
1877, which requires that "every travel
ing merchant, agent, drummer or other
person selling or offering to sell any
goods, wares or merchandise of any
kind to be delivered at some future
time," or carrying samples and solicit
ing orders, shall get n license and pay
twenty-five dollars n month for 1t; and
provides that whoever sells or tries to
sell in violation of the statute shall be
deemed guilty of misdemeanor and
liable to fine OF not less than fifty dol
lars nor more than five hundred dol
lars.
The latest discovery intended to pre-
serve butter is the production OF the
continent of Europe. 1t is called ozonia.
1t is vouched for by DR.. Cameron and
Prof. Sheldon, British chemists. 1t is
said that there is no other known sub
stance approaching it in efficacy and
utility. 1t is also stated hat the utility
Of ozonia is not restricted to butter. II
Is claimed that it is equally applicable
10 milk, eggs, bacon curing and fish pre-
serving. AS oversalting in the instances
of butter, hams, bacon and other articles
In which salt is used as q preservative
.he chief cause Of their depreciation,
'uch discovery rs il Is claimed ozonia
Is must be an Immensely valuable one.
America is especially interested in II