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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
seven Points In Milk Setting.

Among the many excellent modes for
raising cream / would not like to say
which is best, if indeed anyone is best
under all circumstances. 1t will suffice
to state a few general principles and let
each one decide for himself. /. To
make the finest favored and longest
keeping butter the cream must undergo
a ripening process by exposure to the
oxygen of the air while it is sweet. This
is best done while it is rising. The
ripening is very tardy when the temper
allure is low. 2. After cream becomes
sour, the more ripening the more it de-
preciates. The sooner it is then skim
med and chuTned the better, but it
should not be churned while too new.
The best time for skimming and chun-
ing is just before acidity becomes APP
parent. 8. Cream makes better butter
to rise in cold air than to rise in cold
water, but it will rise sooner in cold
water, and the milk will keep sweet
longer, A., The deeper milk is set the
less airing the cream gets while rising.
5. The depth of setting should vary with
the temperature; the lower it is the
deeper milk may be set; the higher, the
shallower it should be. Milk should
never be set shallow in a low tempera-
ture nor deep in a high one. Setting
deep in cold water economies time,
labor and space. 6. While milk is
standing for cream to rise, the purity of
the cream, and consequently the fine
flavor and keeping of the butter will be
injured if the surface OF the cream is
exposed freely to air much warmer than
the cream, 7 When cream is colder
than the surrounding air it takes up
moisture and impurities from the air.
When the air is colder than the cream
it takes up moisture and whatever es-
capes from the cream. In the former
case the cream purifies the surrounding
air; in the latter the air helps to purify
the cream. The selection of n dreamer
should hinge on what is most desired4
highest quality, or greatest convenience
and economy in time, space and labor
Prot. L. b. Arpoi6.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Preservation Of Meat by Dextrine.

In the Complies RendpS OF the French
Academy for December 6, there is a
note by M. j. Seure on some expert
ments made by him in drying and pre-
serving meats by means of Dextrine.
OF the three specimens exhibited be-
fore the academy the first was a slice Of
lean meat which had been buried in
dextrine and left exposed to the air on
u shelf in q closet for twenty months.
The meat had become mummified; but
on putting it in water, it separated from
the dextrine and assumed its original
physical character. The second was
meat which had been chopped up
coarsely and mixed without any particu-
lar care with deXtrine, so rs to obtain n
thick paste, This paste was dried in
the air, and retained its properties like
the former. The third wa meat beaten
to q fine pulp with dextrine and run
into a mould, the result being a very
hard, dry, homogeneous cake of q hand
some appearance. Each Of these speci-
mems when exhibited had been preserv-
ed for the same length Of time-twenty
months,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
New Potatoes.

Among the new potatoes offered by
seedsmen are five varieties named and
described as follows.
Queen of the Valley.-A very large,
long, flattened variety, deep pink at the
seed end, shading to nearly white at the
base. The immense yield of this vari-
ETY., of nearly all large sized tubers,
must secure a large demand for it.
Extra Early Peachblow.-Yery early,
round, with white pink eyes, similar in
appearance, but smoother and not as
deep-eyed as the peachblow, which it
resembles in all its good qualities, with
the additional advantage of extreme
earliness.
White Elephant.-Late, long, cylin-
drical, with depressed eyes, skin white
and smooth. Flesh fne-grained, white
and Of good quality. Aproductive and
valuable winter variety.
Adirondack-Late, round, dark copper
red. In general character similar to
the old Peachblow, but harder and
more prolific. Said to suffer less from
drouth than other varieties.
White Star.-A cross between Excel
sior and Peachblow. Medium late, cyl
indrical, of good uniform size, white, of
excellent quality, keeps well and yields
profusely,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Life In the Eternal City.

Ny sister andI came to Rome to study,
and are obliged to live as economically
as possible. We have two large, sunny
rooms in the apartment ola Marchioness.
They are furnished uxuriously-one as
a parlor, and looks upon a bright piazza
paved in asphalt for the benefit of the
tribunal opposite. For all this comfort
we pay 70 francs IA dollars per month,
services included. But the secret Of it
is that this is not the new part of the
city, where foreigners mostly congre-
gate. 1t is only a short walk from st.
Peters, but on the healthy side of the
Tiber, and it was obtained through al
Italian friend, and hat is half the vic
tory; for deep down in the italian ma
ture is the desire to get the most out OF
any stranger who may come within their
reach. Ones first lesson here is how to
avoid being cheated. We take u din
ners at a restaurant, or have them sent,
and make our coffee in the morning, and
a 8 o'clock supper. In the shops where
we buy our provisions they look at us as
we look at Zulus. Our piazza is a per-
feet Kaleidoscope Of Italian life. Moth
ers sit together on the steps of the tri-
bunal all the afternoon and gossip and
knit, or follow after wei little babies in
leading strings. Soldiers lounge about,
or rouse themselves at sight of a pretty
peasant, and boys sit and play mora by
the hour, calling out the numbers vocif-
%erously, and holding up their fingers in
rapid succession. 1t certainly seems to
the observer the most absurd of all
games, but it Is said to cause a great
number Of murders, for quarrels always
lead to the knife here. Often ! am cal
led to the window by the tramp of a
regiment as they pass to and from the
barracks, or to look at a review; and
very often the funeral procession Of. a
priest winds across the square, his vest
ments lying on a bier, followed by a long
line of monks, bearing tapers, and chant
q dirge. Within, the Marchioness and
her husband afford us no end of amuse-
ment. They belong to one Of the many
titled but penniless families in Italy who
live on pride and macaroni, -Lctter from
Rome.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
The Wrong Wire.

Since the adoption Of the new system
of calls by members at the telephone
Office many mistakes have occurred on
account Of wrong connections, and some
have resulted in amusing conversations.
Friday the telephone bell in q promi-
nent business house rang and the pro-
prietor proceeded to attend to the sum
mons. A female voice was heard and
the following questions and answers
ensued. Hello" Eyes" What time
are you coming home to supper to-night?"
"Why, I've been to supper" I'D just
like to know whom you took supper
with?' "Why, with my wife, of course"
'How many wives have you, anyway"
"Look here, whom do you think you are
talking with?" with my husband, Mr.,
-." mot much; you are talking to
---." Upon this the gentleman
heard o scream, which appeared to be
echoed by a number of other ladies in
the same room.-Portidnd Adrertiser,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08

In the wardrobe of a Hebrew lady the
most splendid article of clothing was
the turban, for those who could afford
it. The poor people had to be satisfied
with winding a piece of cloth round
their head, and fixing it as well as they
could. The turbans were of various
c%olors, and wound in different ways;
some of them were like a high tower.
Shoes and stockings were unknown, but
soles of leather we're fastened with two
latchets. The ladies, who carried luxury
into every department, and who are
supposed, ever in the present day, to be
far from indifferent to a nice, neat boot,
or to elegant slippers, had their shoes,
or rather sandals, and their latchets,
made of colored leather; dark blue, vio-
let and purple were f%ayorite colors. The
ankles were decorated with bracelets of
gold or dainty silver chains and rings,
with tiny silver bells. H~air-nets and
head-band, we're in great request. The
latter were made of gold or silver, and
worn under the net, extending from one
ear to another. Earrings were much
thought of; we are told of some that
weighed a thousand and seven hundred
shekels of gold, and we're so large that
a man could easily put his hand through
them. Some of the women wore several
rings with little bells attached to them.
They were generally made of horn or
silver. But the most popular ring was
the nose ring, The left nostril was
pierced for the purpose, and a ring made
of ivory II metal put through it. Brace
lets were ~favorite ornaments, and we're
generally worn on the right arm. Some
Of them were exceedingly large, so that
they reached up to the elbow, Rings
on the fingers were worn; chains Of fine
gold, or strings Of pearls with little sill
yer balls, or small tinkling bells, we're
worn round the neck.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
FOR THE FAIR SEX.

Bottle green is very fashionable.


Bottle green is very fashionable.
Pockets are rarely seeL on dresses at
present.
Spiked braid sundowns will supersede
all rough stnws.
Roman striped Grape gauzes are
brought out for trimming bonnets.
Gold lace, silver lace, and steel lace
are used on spring bonnets.
New basques simulate the jersey in
perfection of fit and plainness of effect.
Shaded satins de Lyons for millinery
purposes take the name Of ombre silks.
The belt with bag to match suspended
therefrom has superseded every other
pocket.
Spring dolmanS are square cut in the
back, Of medium length, and have large
elbow sleeves.
Italian lace-braid hats and bonnets
will be more fashionable than English
straws and chips.
Skirts are very narrow, but the drape.
ries superimposed thereon are volumi-
nous and elaborate.
Summer plush, a new gauze on which
silk pile is thrown up, takes the place of
the heavy plush worn IN winter bonnets.
The hat destined TO take the place of
the rough-and-ready straws of last sea-
son is of unsplit wheat straw woven into
a spiked braid.
A novel fancy is'to trim white cash
mere, Chudda cloth, or nuns yelling
with bands of gauze plush, either white,
red, rose blue, or lilac.
Long two-pronged combs, with a van
dyked, jewelled top, will take the place
of the long hair pins of shell, silver, and
gold which decorated many winter bon
nets.
Daggers, swords of various shapes,
battle axes, battering rams, clubs, and
other medieval and antique weapons
are found among the new millinery
ornaments.
New metallic laces have colored
threads run into the mesh to fill the
figures; the threads match the new
colors of the ombre satins brought out
for trimming bonnets.
House petticoats are of pale blue or
rose or ecru satin de Lyon, quilted with
cotton, and sometimes lightly fur lined.
Outdoor petticoats are made in the same
way, but of darker satin de Lyon or
black.
New null scarfs for the neck have a
narrow hem hem-stitched all around
them, and have clusters of colored
blocks hem-stiched in each end for orna-
ment; a bit of needle-work is in the CEN
tire of each block.
Long-stemmed bouquets of rose-buds
for the corsage are shaded from pink to
damask red, or else cream to deep yell
low.
A new material for ball dresses is
organdie muslins, printed in oolored
flowers, with gold and silver lines, dots,
and dashes. These dresses are particu-
larry effective when of black or white
organdie thus figured, and made up
with satin to match in color, illuminated
with gold or silver braid, spangles, and
fringe.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Household Hints.

To remove iron mould from linen wash
the spots in a strong solution Of cream
Of tartar and water; repeat if necessary,
and dry in the sun.
To remove mildew, rub soft OIL dis
solved soap on the spots, scrape chalk
on them and lay in the sun. Repeat if
necessary,
To take out iron rust, use one ounce
of cream tartar and one ounce of salt of
s~orrel; spread this on the garment until
the'rust disappears.
Mrs, ]. d. S. writes. 81 find washing
soda better than ammonia or soap for
cleaning house. 1t should be kept air.
tight when not in use. / keep mine in
a self-sealing fruit jar, a little of it is a
great help on dirty paint and oilcloths.
! think too there is less danger of the
paint being left 'streaked' if one begins
at the bottom of doors and windows
rather than at the top"
Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher, in giving
some of the results of her housekeeping
experience, remarks that neither soap,
hot water nor brush should ever be used
on oilcloth. 1t should always be washed
in lukewarm water with a piece of soft
old flannel and wiped perfectly dry each
time. And the appearance of the cloth,
Mrs. Beecher declares, is greatly I'M
proved by using half milk and half
water, skimmilk, if not sour, being just
as good as new milk.
To do up lace curtains. Having
washed and dried them in the usual
manner, starch and redry them. Any
number may be prepared in this way,
thus saving the trouble of making starch
every time that you wish to put them
upon the frame. Take the number that
you are to use at once, dip them into
cold blueing water and pass them
through the wringer. This will not
remove the starch, it will only put them
into a condition so that when stretched
and dry, the meshes of the lace will be
clear and free from starch, which will
not be the case if taken directly ont of
hot starch.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Why Women Are Not Popular at the
Eating Houses.

A Toledo gentleman, spending the
day in Detroit, went into a little eati ng
house kept by two colored men opposite
the Detroit & Milwaukee depot to get a
lunch before taking the home train.
"a cup of tea and a plate of raw oys-
ters," was his order.
Don't have any tea, sab"
GA glass OF beer, then"
Don't keep no beer. Dis yer is a
temperance house. Keeps nothing but
coffee, pop and cider"
'If it's a temperance house, why don't
you keep tea?"
DWELL, you see, sab, dis yer's how it
was. When we kept tea we had a lot o
ole women sittin' round all de time,
keepin' bettah customers away"
"Then tea didn't pay?"
'No sab, dey cum an set an set an
axed more questions than you could
think of in a day. Did you know dis
pusson an de oder pusson. An whar
does Nh. so an so lib. An hev you
been h'ar long. An was you evan a
slave. Why it takes more time to serve
one ole woman with a cup o tea than it
does to give a lunch to seven men,"
Here was a new insight into the lunch
business and the gentleman swallowed
his cold bivalves and departed, satisfied
that tea was not q profitable beverage
for a temperance house Toledo Jour
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Aged 116 Years.

A suitable monument is about to he
erected in the cemetery OF Waterford, N.
Y, to the memory of probably the Oldest
person that has ever died in this State.
Michael Hare was one of the best anthem
ticated cases of extreme longevity on
record. He died in 1S4S at the remarks
BILE age of 116 years. He was an Irish
man, and a soldier in the British army at
Braddock's defeat in 1866; served under
Wayne in the Revolutionary army ut
Stony Point in 1770, and was then one
of the Oldest men in his regiment, and
was with ST. Clair when the Indians de-
feated him in Ohio in 1871. He was in
Jail at Erie for drunltness and disorderly
conduct after he was 100 years old.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Health Hints.

If a child has a bad earache, dip a
plug of cotton wool in oil, warm it and
place it in the ear. Wrap up the head
and keep it out of ~draughts,
What a common complaint headache
is! says the Family Physician, and yet
no one seems to know anything about
it. You suffer from it for years, and yet
you don't go to a doctor, or if you do
YOU derive very little benefit from his
advice. Some people suffer from it at
night only, while others are troubled
with it in the daytime as well. 1t occurs
most frequently in woman, but still you
often hear men complain Of it.. We
believe that the best remedy is hypophos-
phite of lime in II or two grain doses
twice a day, This is soluble in water,
and should be taken in the form of o
mixture, nothing else being put with it
with the exception, if you like, of a
tablespoonful of strip, to make it more
palatable, although it is really by no
means disagreeable by itself. Another
good remedy is nux vomica-ive or six
drops of the tincture in a little water
three or four times q day, 1t is highly
recommended, and you may hope for
great things from it. Then you must do
all you possibly can to improve the state
of your general health. 1t is probable
that you are below par somehow or
other, although we must admit that it
does not follow of necessity. If you feel
generally out of sorts, aud your appetite
is poor, quinine will do You good. II
You are pale and an@mic, you must put
your faith in iron, Cod-liyer oil is an
excellent remedy for improving the
general nutrition; many people feel quite
in a glow after each dose.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
HUMOROUS.

Wisconsin girls go out and kill a bear,
got posted in the papers as heroines,
and the next thing is a millionaire hus-
band.
The Harkeye reports that the Bur
lington Iowa Jail is to be whitewashed
at once, in order to make it perfectly
secure.
Artemus Ward once commenced a
lecture thus, Ladies' and gentlemen, ]
possess a gigantic intellect but / haven't
il with me-"
Bernhardt SAYS American men "haye
no poetry" Sadie has evidently never
been in a newspaper Office. The Amer
lean men have it stacked up all around
them.
"Do American industries thrive
abroad?' asks a correspondent. Ger
tainly; one industrious young American
has recently married the richest woman
in England.
It is a beautiful sight to get up early
in the morning and see the son rise, but
the wise man will continue to lie abed
until the atmosphere is charged with the
aroma of the breakfast coffee.
"What," asksa correspondent, "causes
the hair to fall out?" Before we answer
we must know whether you are married
or single. This is important to a true
understanding of the case.-Rec0rder.
"Is this my tramp asked a traveller
at the Grand Central depot in New
York of a lounger. 81 don't know"
was the doubtful reply. 81 see it's got
the name of some railroad company on
the side and expect it belongs to them.
Have you lost a train anywhere"
We beg to inform our many friends
and constituents that our cane and bald
headed eagle departments are entirely
full, but that we would not refuse if
positively compelled to accept a house
and lot, a horse and buggy, or a barrel
for revenue only.
1t is a very misanthropical woman
whom the Philadelphia Times heard say,
81 always take my powder-rag to use in
the carriage just before I go in any.
where, The others who often visit with
me say they don't take any, which is
true; but I notice they always borrow
mine"
Should Gen. Grant be honored with
some new military title, let it be some
thing distinctive and American, not Eng
lish, French, Spanish or Siamese. Sug-
gestions are in order. How would
Uncle Sam General do? 1t would just
duplicate his initials, and it might save
money that way.
There is occasionally a woman who
has such a comfortable temper that when
a man steps on the train of her dress,
she can smile sweetly and say, ooh, /
don't mind it. There is no harm done.
Pray don't apologize, 1t is all right.
Very awkward? Oh, no!' Such a
woman is a first-class accomplished hyp-
ocrite. -Boston Post.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
A Nice Place 10 Live.

One of the villages of New Zealand is
built on a thin crust of soil roofing over
a vast boiler. Hot springs hiss and
seethe in every direction-some spouting
upward and boiling with the greatest
fury, others merely of IN agreeable
warmth. SO thin is the crust on which
the people have built their little homes
that in most places, after merely thrust
ing a walking stick into the ground
beneath ones feet, steam instantly fol
lows its withdrawal; and the greatest
care is necessary in walking among the
hot mud holes and boiling springs.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
Household Love.

A little love goes very far
To smooth the daily care;
Il gives a brightness TO the earth,
fragrance to the air;
4 smile upon a loving face,
A word Of kindness said,
TIT pressure OF a gentle hand
By these good works is sped.
But when little love grows great,
And the once tiny stream
Into a glorious river spreads,
All life becomes q dream;
From neck and arms the burden falls,
We're glad and swift and strong;
We grasp our duty's hardest stroke,
And clinch it with q song.
Then think, oh. friends. whom changelul years,
Have ~chsngeless bound to me,
How in the daily round Of toll,
My feet should winged be;
cannot wish my work were less,
Your love could scarce be more;
Swift labor sings within our home,
And strong love keeps the door.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-08
A Lady.

The lady does not lose caste because
she makes her own clothes, and is oh
liged to economic. A 'lady" is a
woman who clearly understands and
consistently practices the refinements of
a highly civilized existence, and the
most rea, distinction between q lady and
a woman who is not a lady, is that one
is more civilized than the other, and
more determined to preserve the habits
OF a high civilization, both in her own
person and in all those over whom she
has authority, These habits are not
simply habits of expense; it is cheaper
to remain sober than to get tipsy, and
yet is more lady-like to be sober. It
does not cost more money to speak good
English than bad, or to be gentle than
rude; yet a lady from preference, speaks
correctly and has gentle manners.