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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.

What Docs the Soil Need
The reader is ready to ask, How am ]
and other planters to know what oul
soils need TO make them produce good
crops, you say the analysis of the sol
will not tell MS? We reply, resort to
the plant analysis, Ask your soil a Sc,
ries Of questions such as the following
Do you need potash? Do you need
ammonia Do you need phosphoric
acid, or do You need any two or all Of
these? How shall / ask these questions,
and how will ] interpret the reply ?
Select a plat of land which will repre-
sent fairly your soil, or several such
plats, if you have soils differing materi-
ally in character and supposed compo
sition. Next get a few pounds of muri-
ate of potash, a few pounds of sulphate
of ammonia, and some high grade
sUperpho plate or acid phosphate. If
you have a State Department having
supervision of fertilizers, you can get
those already inspected and analysed.
Ask the chemist of your Slate College,
or your Commissioner of Agriculture, to
suggest the quantities of each of these
elements to apply per acre, and then
apply to n plat, say three rows sixty
feet long only potash /; to three others,
only phosphoric acid to three others,
only ammonia to three others, potash
and phosphoric acid to three others,
phosphoric acid and ammonia and to
still another three, all three of
these elements, leaving three rows in
the center of the plat with
out the application of any manure
whatever. If your soil needs nothing
but phosphoric acid, it will say so by
giving the largest yield where phos-
phoric acid is used, whether alone or in
combination. If it needs two of the
elements, that combination will give
best results, If it needs all three, or
the so-called complete manure, the plat
on which all we're used, will show best
results. If individuals cannot afford to
undertake these inquiries, let clubs
combine to bear the expense, and i'm
pose the investigation on their most
careful and accurate observer. If this
cannot be done, insist upon your Com
missioner of Agriculture selecting care.
I'll men in different parts of your State
to conduct the inquiry under his direc-
ton, he to supply the material, &C.,
and publish results. If you have a
General Assembly with intelligence and
craftsmanship enough, get them to es-
tablish n or more experimental sta
tons in your State with your money
which you pay for the support of your
government, to be administered by you.
SerDdntS(0. If you farmers who read
and think and know the needs of the
productive industries of your States,
will WELD the influence you should and
can if you will, you can instruct your
brethren of the plow first, and then
your servants whO make the lauS.-South.
err Planter and Farmer.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
KE.CuEp FKnM DEATH.

william j. Coushiin, of Somcryille, Mass, SAYS In
the fall of 1876 | was taken with BLEEDING OF tbs
lungs followed by d severe cough. Host my appetite
and flesh, and wasconined to my bed. In 1877 ! was
admitted to the hospital. The doctors said / had q
Aole in my lung as big as a half. dollar. At one time
= repOrt went around that / was dead. Igave IN
hope, but q friend told me OF Dir WILLIAM HALLS
BALSAM FOR THE LUNGS. ] got a bottle, when, 10
my surprise, ! commenced 70 feel better and to-day
j feel better than for thee year, past. Iwrite this
hoping every one afflicted with Diseased Lungs will
tase DIR. WILLIAM HALLS BALSAlI, and be COM
WINGED that CONSUMPTION CAN DE CURED. I
can positively SAY IL has done more good than al
the other medlclnes l have taken since ny sickness
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

1t is said that a single shepherd and
his dog will accomplish more in gath
ering a herd of sheep from a Highland
farm than twenty shepherds could do
without dogs and it is a fact that with
out'this docile animal the pastoral life
would be Il mere blank. Without the
shepherds dog the whole Of the noun
famous land in Scotland would not be
worth a siXpencc. 1t would require
more hands to manage a stock of sheep,
gather them from the hills, force them
into houses and drive to market than
the profits Of the whole stock would be
capable Of maintaining. Well may the
shepherd feel an interest in his dog he
it is indeed that earns the family's
bread, of which he himself is content
with the smallest morsel; always CRATE
full and always ready to exert his utmost
abilitiesin bis masters interest. Neither
munger, fatigue, or IA worst treatment
will drive him from his side. He will
follow him through fire and water, as
the saying is, and through every hard
ship without murmuring or repining
until he literally falls dead at his feet.
If one of them is obliged to change
masters, it is sometimes long before he
will acknowledge the new one, or con-
descend to work for him with the same
willingness he did for his former lord /;
but if he nee acknowledge him, he
continues attached to him until death
and though naturally proud and nigh
spirited in so far as relates to his mas
ter, these qualities are kept so much in
subordination that he has not a will of
his OWL,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
Morning.

Oh, he lightly stings his cleaning scythe
Down IN the fragrant clover.
Aud he huns agay refrain the while
As he turns the winrows overt
And his heart besis time to the old Low
hymr- -
The song Of a happy lover.
The cool wind fans his sun-browned eheet,
Then rufles the rustling gtssses
That softly bend shsif graceful heads
To every breeze that passes,
And a whirring cloud Of locusts loud
Springs up from the scented masses.
he notes the timid meadow lark
Above her low nest hover,
And gently lifts his scythe to leave
The grass uncut above her.
And the liye-long day his heart is gay
As the heart Of happy lover.
For walking home with Kate last night
When the stars were softly shiniue,
He told the love he long had known,
His arm her waist entwining
And he knew the bliss of loves first kiss,
Last night when the stars were shining.
And 30 he hnms ali old love tune,
As he lightly cuts the clover,
Aud his dark eyes shine with a tender light,
While he cons the sweet scene over.
And the l%iyo-long day his heart is gay
lis the heart of a happy lover.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

The mischief to pay There is an
awful state Of affairs in a little Michi-
gan town where a type-setter substi-
tuted the word "widows" for twin
The editor wrote "The win
dows Of the church need washing
badly. They are too dirty for any use
and are a disgrace to our village"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

LADY BEAurIFrERs Ladies', you cannot
make fair skin rosy checks, and sparkling eyes
with all the cosmetics Of France, or beauti-
fers Of the world while in poor health, and
nothing viii give you such rich blood, good
health, strength and beauty as Hop Bitters
A trial is certain proof.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

FoR DYSPEPSIA, ~lNDI8E,TIoN, depression of
spirits and general debility in their various
forms, also rs a preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fcycrs, the FERBo-
P~HosPHoRNTED ELlNIR OF CALisAyA BARK, made
by Caswoll, Hazard Il Co., Of New YORK, and
sold by all druggists, is the best tonic and
for patients recovering from fever or other
sickness it has tu equal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
vGgGtine.
A Home in the Celestial City
MrsNEAroLls. Mimi, December IS, 1878.

MISNEAPoLIs, Mimi, December is, 1878.
II. II. STEVENS, Boston:
About nine and a half years ago had a fever; the
doctor gave me some poisonous medicine, drove the
disease into my leg, and il broke out, and has been
from two to ten running sores ever since. could
not sleep 4 fourth OF a night once in six months, and
a great many nights was compelled oget up and take
opium-a piece as large as a pea-to deaden the pain,
| have tried everything / could hear of; in fact, |
have paid out hundreds of dollars, and found no
relief until | commenced taking VEGEr1NE, and now
| can 60 to bed at eight O'Clock at night and sleep
until seven o'clock in the morning, and no occasion
to waken from pain. | was used up, perfectly dead
inwardly, and frequently when | would get up would
be dizzy, and have 10 put m hand on something to
keep from falling; but since l commenced taking
YEGETINE it has al disappeared, and feel like a aoc
man. NV honest conviction is that it will cure my
leg entirely, from the present looks and feelings; |
shall continue taking NEGErINE, aud recommend it
to all whom | come across; and hone the man who
introduced NEGEIINE into the United States viii have
a home in the Celestial City,
Yours most sincerely,
W. S. LEACH.
Mr.. Leach is a gentleman wen known here, and is
the owner Of the celebrated Turbine Water wheel.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

I purchased five bottles Of your Hop Bitters
OF Bishop & Co. last fall, Tor my daughter. and
am well pleased with the Biiters. They dId
her moro COOL than an tho medicine she has
taken for sig years. WM. T.. MCCLURE.
The elp'yH is fufm p very rulisilo farmer,
Whose daughter Wis III POOR hCslih fcf seven
or eight years, aud could obtain no relief until
she used Hop Bitters. She Is now In ~ good
health a. any prrs1n in the country. We have
large sale, and they are making remarkable
cures. W. II. BISHOP q co.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

"Now, Sammy, have you read the story
Of ~joseph?' "oh, yes, Uncle" "Well,
then, what wrong did they do when
they sold their brotherg' "They sold
him too cheap."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
WARRANTED FOH "a YEARS

HTVU III dTLL9D
To CURE Oroup, Spasms, Diarrhma Dysentery ind
Sealsickness, taken internally, aud GUARANTEED
perfectly harmless also externally, Cuts, Bruises
Chronic rheumatism, Old sores, Pains In the limbs
back and chest. such q remedy Is DR. TOBIAS
VENETIAN LINIMENT.
No one once trying It Will ever be without IL
over 600 PHYSICIANS use Il.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

The Susquehanna has less water than
during the great drought of 1904. The
current is not strong enough to carry of
the sewerage at Harrisburg.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

Thefc was a young lady quite fair.
Who had much trouble with her hair,
So she bought CABndltSr,
And a sight 10 bc seen,
j. the head of this maiden, | declare.
There was p young man 80 well bred,
That the hair would not stay on his heal,
But the CNBBOLINE oil
Put new hair on the soil,
And now with an hcircs- he's wed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

A man must punch over 200 half-dol-
lars to get silver enough to make sixty
cents, and yet some one keeps on punch
ing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

you're a dear girl" he sighed after
paying for two dishes of ice cream and
three-fourths of a pie for her, and she
thought him just too awfully sweet and
fIectionate.-SomerriN journal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
Heh-Rnnr. 4 lnchrs.

1t is claimed that Touring mills are
more combustible than powder mills.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

rats, cats, mice, ants, iliC i]nsocts, cleared Out
by "ROugh ON Rats" n druggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

Geese have been known to live to the
age of eighty years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

The man with biased Judgment is the
man whose opinion differs from your
own,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

NEGETISE For Graduating al Impurities Of
the blood from the syrtem It has no equal. Ii
has mover failed 10 effect cure, giving tone and
strength 10 the system dcbilitaied by disease.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
M Mnmnn Nnnh snnnr

whom Wancr'a Safe Kidney and Liver Cnro
can be so easily obtained aud 20 safely used.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07
Your Earnings

In the stock of the Denver Laud and Improvement
Company. Profits more than two per cent. per
month. Absolutely safe, No personal liability, Deal
only in Denver Real Estate. Dividends paid rcgu-
larry. Organized by prominent business men Of Den
yer. Refer to any OF our Banks, or business men of
Denver. ANY number of shares at Ten Dollars each,
free. Address ARCHIE {. FISK, President.
A IL Es1Ea Trnnenrnr. NJ Ii. Sunni SnrrntArN.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

The conclusions from the statements above
made, which come to the newspaper man as well
~ the general public, must be two-fold. First,
thata modern miracle OF healing has been per-
formed in our midst, and that, too, by tie
simplest means and one which is within the
reach of every one; and secondly, that testi-
monials Of such high character and 70 out
spoken in tone conclusively prove the value Of
the remedy and its superior nature TO the pro-
prietary articles with which the public have
been flooded. "The greater includes the
less" And the remedy which has been proven
30 valuable and has saved a life after ii was
brought down to deaths door, must unques.
tionably be certain in all minor troubles, which
are so disastrous unless taken in time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-10-07

CONSUMPTION CAN BE CURED!
P HS. H A Is
I Iih 6E5b A | s A N
aucnyn, iirouchini DiljcuItirs, bronchitis,
HnurSCuCks, Asthma, Group, MhOOpInR
Cough, aud NIL Diseases 1T the Brenthtng
Orguns. Il sOOihr- aud hCal~ the Membrane
Of the Lungs, iniumrd aud poisoned by the
diSrusP, aud prevents the night SWcnts and
iighiupSs across the chest which accompany
IL, Consumption is not an incurnblc nIalndy.
HALLS BAI.SAM will care you, even
though professional MD fails.

Piles. /: i:: q: :::.::::.: !: (: ! s.; I. + II. \; +: +: |:
a practice OF forty years
throughout the South in the treatment Of piles,
Fistulas, Fissufcs and kindred diseases. ChrOnic
DyseHteiy also cured. The formula has been given in
the Medical Journals of Mississippi, hence its rella-
bility. Druggists will supply you. Price IL,
DR.. SHARP MANUFACTURES Co,
Baltimore and New York.
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Payne's Automatic Engines.

Asvolvora. osialoeus frss. Address
Great WsrL Gun Works. rlliaburfh. IA.
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14

less his pet opinions were touched
upOn. The last aucw of him until
the uwys 0f tAs assassination came.
he was doing insurance business IN
Boston. ] can imagine u0 reason for
his attack upon President Garfield,
fora.lhuu-h hc was no politician, he
was u republican, and voted that
w.v.-
Sharp County record., 1881-07-14
AT EVENING SHADE, ARK.

Come and examine our mammoth spring
and summer stock of goods, selected with
care bvus in person, and at the lowest cash
prices, the advantage of which We pro-
nose to give TO our customers; therefore,
YOU VIII save time and money by calling
on us when YOU need anything in our line.
We are grateful to our patrons for past
favors, ana will endeavor to merit a con.
-inuatiOn Of the same. Come and see Us.
WILLIAMS & METCALF.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05

The WHITAKER CoURT MARTIAL
The court martial in the case of Cadet
Whitaker has been ordered to convene at
West Point on Tuesday, January 18th. The
following is the detail for the court Brig
adler General Miles, president, Colonel Nor
row, Lieutenant-Colonel Pinckney Lugen-
beel, Lieutenant-Co Colonel Brennan, Major
Lewis Merrill, Major L. B. Sumner, Captain
Frank, Captain Craig, Captain Merritt Bar
Der, Major Gardner, judge advocate of court.
Two members of the cabinet, Secretaries
Evarts and Schurz, were opposed to giving
the cadet trial, and were in favor of his
dismissal. The presidents action in the
case is commendable. The young mans
guilt has by no means been proved. A
court of enquiry, composed of men prima.
rily committed to the theory of his guilt, and
acting upon that superstition throughout
their investigation, found Whitaker guilty
without scintilla of positive proof-such
proof as would be admitted in the most
loosely conducted or partisan justice trial in
some country community. Let the young
man have the same trial that would be ac-
corded to white cadet, his guilt or limo.
cence legally and satisfactorily established
The country asks no favors for him on &C.
count of the few drops OF African blood
that flow in his veins, and certainly it can
deny him no privilege on that score. He
must stand or fall by the record, but let that
record be impartially ascertained
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05

THE POLAR WAvE.-The friged waves
which scientists maintain are launched from
the frozen loins of Siberia have, during the
last days of the dying year, sent their frosty
scouts far southwark. The sunburned war;
riors of the gulf have been ingloriously over
borne by the raiding forces of the Ice King.
They have bridged the Ohio far below Gin
cinnati, raised an ice gorge on the Missis-
sippi below st. Louis, forced the mercury
seven degrees below zero in Washington,
eight below in Richmond, and introduced
there that sectional institution of the north,
good sleighing. The mercury at eight degrees
above zero, that is twenty-four degrees below
the freezing point, and oranges frozen on the
trees in Florida, "the Italy of America" tell
of ravages and intense suffering in sunny
land whose rudest experience with the cold
is the boar frost, sometimes the heaven-sent
messenger that clears the air of the fostering
germs of pestilence.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05
literary Notices.

GIVE LITTLE SoUTHERsERs' by Mary W.
Porter Of Louisiana, is about to issue from the
press OF d, Lothrop 4 Co., Boston. Price, 81. It
promises to be a very amusing and charming
book, and will doubtless have large sale
THE English publisher OF Scribner's Monthly
telegraphs for seventeen thousand copies OF the
coming Mdwinter February number, an ad-
vance Of six thousand upon his orders FOL the
same issue last year. The Midwinter ScrI ner
will be, as usual with this issue, a num of
especial interest and pictorial beauty,
DIR. YoUNo's CoScoRpANcR-To countersX the
wrong done by the circulation OF false repo a re-
specting the Analytical Concordance" Of Rev
DR.. Young, l. X. Funk Co., OF New York, under
date OF December 81, declare respecting thu edi-
ton OF the concordance they are sendinIg ON,
"Dr. Youngs revised edition will be residv Tor
delivery through their American agents. | X
Funk & Co., New York, by January 10. II has
oeen prin'eo unuer MS own personal supervision
by the government presses In Edinburgh Roth
press-work and paper are adapted to the work.
He has carefully revised this edition, eliminating
many typographical and other errors which had
crept into the first edition. This is the only edi
ton which has these corrections On the title
page OF all copies oil this edition are pr nted
spicuously the words, authorized edi4on and
revised edition.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05
"The Railroad War;

This rather portentous heading is given
to various newspaper items which have ap-
peared during the past week. 1t is stated
that the Northern road, running from White
River Junction to Concord, New Hampshire,
and forming a part of the Central Yer
mont's through line to Boston, insists upon
certain conditions relative to the traffic of
the Central Vermont passing over its line,
TO which the Central with due regard to
the interest Of its patrons cannot accede.
II is further stated that the Sullivan road,
running from Windsor to Bellows Falls on
the New Hampshire side and forming part
of the Central's line to New York and to
Boston, via the Cheshire road, has recently
been sold to the Connecticut River COM
pany, a road whose interests are antago-
nistic TO those of the Central. In view of
these facts it is reported that the Central
Vermont, in connection with the Boston and
Lowell road, will ask the New Hampshire
legislature at its coming session for the
charter of new road from Claremont To
Hancock, New Hampshire At the latter
place it would connect with road already
built running TO Nashua, and thus form q
new route to Boston, Independent Of either
the Northern or the Cheshire road and about
midway between them. The proposed new
road, the survey of which is in progress,
ruus from Windsor to Ascutneyville on the
Vermont side of the river, forming part Of
a contemplated line to South Vernon. At
Ascutneyville the line crosses the river to
Claremont and thence pursues a southeast
erly course making connection at Hancock
with the road running to Nashua. The
length Of this proposed new line is about
forty-four miles. The probable contest at
Concord this winter over the granting Of
the charter for this new road constitutes an
important feature in the " war which the
newspapers say Is impending between the
various railroads interested.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05

COLONEL OssIAN RAY of Lancaster was
elected to congress from the third New
Hampshire district on the 9th of December
by plurality of nearly four thousand over
Hosley, his democratic competitor. This
election was held to fill the vacancy occa.
stoned by the death in November of Colonel
Farr, member of the present, and member
elect of the next, congress- Mr.. Fairs plu.
rality in the November election was nine
hundred and one. Colonel Rays overwhelm
ing popularity and the Generalization OF
the democracy are plainly shown by the i'm
mense increase in the republican plurality
and in the fact that Coos county, the strong
hold of the democracy, gives republican
majority.
Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-01-05

The MATCH TAx.-The penny bunch
tax on matches is all of three times the first
cost of them, A quarter of gross retails
for fifty cents. The revenue tax on 1t is
thirtysix cents. Fourteen cents, then, rep
resents the cost and the profits of the job
bers and the retail dealers. Abolish this
tax which yields the government about
s3,5OO,0O0 annually, and matches could be
had for about quarter of the present cost.
1t is tremendous tax on an article of ne
cessity and should be abolished. Where is
the sense of putting what amounts to a
three hundred per cent ad valorem tax on
anything of common use The place for
high figures is on the Injuries.