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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
FOE THE PLIR BKG.
New, and Nof.s far Women.


In Chicago women dress so much like
men that they are allowed TO hang on
the strap Of street cars without recog-
milton.
At Chattanooga, Tenn, a wedding
dress was made for a bridemaid in five
hours. She had lost her trunk IN a rail-
road accident, and there was no time TO
spare.
In breaking the ground for a Metho-
dist church, in st. Louis, n hundred
women took part in the ceremony, each
tossing some earth into a cart with a
polished brass shovel.
Some parties in Deadwood intend
making the effort to import 200 or more
women TO the hills as domestics, but
with the Interior promise OF furnishing
them all with husbands.
Novelties in advertising are not yet
exhausted. Two pretty girls walked
down Broadway yesterday displaying
the card OF a soap manufacturer on their
bacKs.-NeD York Tribune.
Vanity is not absolutely confined to
women, as witness this little story told
by the London Truth: A young officer,
wishing his feet to look their best and
smallest at n dance, had the soles, heels
and toes OF his socks cut away and the
remaining portion firmly stitched TO his
patent leather dancing shoes.
Miss Chessar, who died recently in
London of apoplexy brought on by over
work, had written the leading articles
in the London Queen for eighteen years.
She had been a member of the London
school board.
In Philadelphia the other day apolice-
man arrested a woman giving the name
of Annie Burke for attempting TO steal
a piece OF rope from a store. When she
was searched the following choice
collection of goods was found under her
A child's chair, one large coffee
pot, a pint measure, two pairs stockings,
one glass pitcher, a small tub and a lot
calico. The stove was too hot, or it
is thought she would have picked it up
also.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
Fashion Notes,

The open sleeve is revived for house
wear.
High standing Bernhard ruches and
fraises for the neck are more in vogue
than ever.
Necklaces are worn again. Those
formed of large ball of carved jet are
stylish with black dresses.
u is not so much in favor in Paris as
formerly, and handkerchief cJstur es
have ceased to be fashionable.
Irish lace appears in the same old
patterns of wheels, and in the same
shapes for ties, cuffs and collars.
The new glove fastens only at the
wrist, and above it is closed like a stock
ing, and wrinkled stylishly on the arm.
On all toilets is worn a profusion Of
lace. Cascades OF it run and ripple all
over the costumes, and it lightens eve
the plainest dress.
Large h~air-pins of gilt and smaller
pins of gilt, silver or pearl, with oval
heads, are stuck here and there among
the trimmings on bonnets.
1t is the fashion abroad for ladies' to
part off the entire front hair, cut it off
short enough to be manageable, and
arrange it in thick, close curls upon the
head and forehead.
With the small bonnets now worn on
the back of the head, smooth bands, or
else natural looking waves, are best for
the front hair, as these add nothing to
the size of the head.
Since white petticoats have been pre-
scribed for street wear a host OF elegant
and varied styles in colored ones have
been designed. Beginning with the
most modest grade, and provided for
those who go out in all weathers, are
black cashmere petticoats trimmed with
a plated hounce, bound with a bright
color. More costly ones are black satin
skirts trimmed with white lace, under
which a balayeuse is fastened with but
tons, soas to be readily taken off and re-
placed. The plush petticoats are very
scant and are sometimes sbirred a con-
siderable distance at the top, so as to fit
closely below tie waist.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
The Land Of Content.

Iset out Tor the land Of content,
BY the gay crowded pleasure-highWay,
With laughter and lesting, | went
With the mirh-loving throng for a dayi
Then ! knew ] had wandered astnay,
For ! met returned pilgrims, belaied,
Who said; We are weary and sated,
But we found not the land ofcontent.
turned to tho steep path OF fame,
Isaid, " II Is ovcr yon height
This land with the beautiful name
Ambition will lend me is light"
But | rausod in my Journey ERE night,
For the way grew 30 lonely and troubled
I~said-my anxiety doubled
"This Is not Il 9 roal TO content"
Then I joined the great rabble and throng
That ~iroquents de monied worlds martl
But the greed, and the gIaspipe and wrong,
Lott me only one wish-to depart.
And sickened, and saddened at heart,
hurried away from the gateway,
For my soul and my spirit said staightway
"This is not the road 10 content"
Then weary n body and brain,
An overgrown pa'h | detected,
And / said I will hide with my pain
In this by-way, unused and neglected.
Lol il led 10 the realm God selected
To crown with His best gifts OF beauty
And thro' the dark pathway of duty
I came TO the land ol content.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
Impro,Ins steek Che.pIY.

Many farmers suppose that because
they cannot buy a herd or u flock that
thereafter they must b. content with
growing scruD stock. On this subject
the Lie &ock Journal ~iierates what we
have fr6qently urged, in the following;
II doesn't require a section Of land, nor
Il big bank account, TO make a begin
ming. You need not 60 10 England, nor
even TO a sister State, TO get the
blood which is sure TO tell"
Good, reliable breeders OF Shorthorns,
H~erefords, Holsteins, Jerseys, etc, are
scattered all through the States, and
will supply at reasonable cost, a young
bull or a few cows, or whatever may be
desired. A pure blooded bull can be
boughtal the way from fifty dollars up
wards, and, bred TO native cows,
will give half-blooded animals which,
when grown, will sell readily al high
figures, when the scrubs" are not
wanted atany price. II any farmer says
he hasn't fifty dollars TO spare, let him
join his neighbor, and W the animal
in common. From this point OF view
the cant afford it" plea disappears,
for if necessary a pool of five dollars
each can be formed. In just hat way
the breeders of Madison, Clinton and
other counties in Ohio, in early days,
formed their associations for importing
Shorthorns from England, and the
great results accomplished point the
way for the common farmers of to-day.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
HUMOROUS,

Always in working order-Yeast.
A good prophet One hundred per
cent.
A calico wrapper-The dry goods
clerk.
Epitaph for a cannibal-"Oa who
loved his fellow men,"
Bad for authors-Only men who can't
write make their mark.
Ten cents in the pocket is worth a
dollar paid for beer.-Derrick.
Firemen as we'll as other people, like
TO talk of their old flames. -Rodynne.
"Comel comet rest in this BOSOM, =
as the shirt said TO the hativon. Boston
Bulletin.
Bluebeard managed women 80 well
because he always got ahead OF theml-
Philadelphia Item.
A man advertises for competent per-
son to undertake the sale OF a new medi-
cine, and adds that cit will be highly
lucrative TO the undertaken"
Eighty million dollars worth oil live
aud dressed hogs have been sold to Eu.
rope in the last year. Uncle Sam is
putting on hardly airs.-Free Press
She.-"How do you like my new
beltP" II was OF shining yellow metal.
He.-"Well, l approve of little music
at an evening party, but isn't a brass
band rather too lOudP"
Beaconsield ascribes all his greatness
to woman. Adam laid all his trouble to
the same source. Adam, we are ashamed
Of you! Beaconsfield, you are a gentle
man.-BoStOH Transcript.
I'm take a roll" said the saw-log to
the baker as it went down the hill
&eubenviJe Herald. "And I'll take a
loaf" the saw said, while they were
rolling it ack.-BreGkfGSt Table.
Ayoung man may look very nice!
But ii he happens to fall on the ice,
He drops all his airs, curses and swears,
Andi any one laughs, oh, how he glaresi
Springfield CO., Sunday Netn.
GOOD morning, Smith" said a mar
in a shoe store the other day whats
this pair of boots sold forP" "What
are they soled for! why to keep the snow
out and the feet n."-MdrGtbOn hide
pendent.
Woman, how do you sell beetsP"
asked a loafer of an old vegetable
woman in the market, and she replied.
g. just tell 'em I'll trust 'em, and then
give'em stuff thatlooks all right and amt
good for nothing. They don't like the
sell either.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

The effects OF the recent earthquake at
Agram, Austria, are more serious than
was at first supposed. Not a house re-
mains intact, and the aspect OF the town
is such as might have been presented
after a severe bombardment. Unfor-
tunately several lives were lost and
many persons were injured. The en-
tire population was panic.stricken.
Everybody rushed into the streets, and
many families forthwith left the town.
A scene of indescribable terror and con-
fusion prevailed the whole morning.
No fewer than 900 private houses
have been irreparably damaged, while
two churches are in so dangerous a state
that they will have to be demolished.
Part of the Cathedral will require to be
reconstructed. The palace and country
seat of the cardinal archbishop Of
Agram, the military school and the
government cigar mandatory have
been half destroyed by the earthquake
shocks, and terrible damage has been
done to the farm buildings in the neigh
borhood within a radius of about four
teen miles. The pecuniarv losses caused
in Agram alone are estimated ut 3,OO0,-
600 %florins, without reckoning the meal
culable damage done to the cathedral
and churches. Damage TO buildings
has also been done at Salweissenburg,
Essegg, Cissek and Carlsbad. The
Emperor Francis Joseph has sent
10, 900 forms for the relief Of the suf-
ferers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

Official statistical returns OF the Aus
tralian colonies for 1879 show an area
of $3.50, 1921 square miles, with n popu-
lation of 1859, 770, and revenue Of Gl5,-
927, 4ss, of whi,h G5, 9S7, O36 was raised
by taxation. The value Of imports wal
EAT, 37s, 1888, and the exports, E4l,276,.
s66; miles of railway open and in use,
1884, and miles under construction,
1874 26,94ll miles Of telegraph lines
were worked, and 1854 miles were in
curse OF building. Of sheep there were
65,9l4,9 1886; Of horses, l,O6i,6 4Oi ofcattle,
1878 $50; while Of pigs there were but
a little over 522, 1000. The public debt Is
E77,s SOC, 1873.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
Cure or Thrash,

Keep the horse on a dry foor. Re-
move all detached and decayed parts of
the frog, but with care not to injure
sound parts or to draw blood. BY
means of a blunt-pointed, small, fat
stick of wood, clean out all matter and
dirt from the cleft, and by the same
means insert, one a day, a portion Of
powdered sulphate of zinc, or powdered
sugar of lead, or caIomel, and cover the
same with a wad OF oakum or tow,
dipped in tar. If the horse is not
lame, he may be used for work, but
only on dry ground Oh on dry roads.
1t is best to keep the horse shod, es-
pecially if he is ame.-NationGI Ltve
Stock Journal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

HARRISON FUDDING.-Two cupfuls
ut nice molasses, half n cuptul OF but
ter, a cupiul of milk, two eggs, four
crpfuls Of -four, n teaspoonful each OF
SODA and salt, two cupfuls of raisins
chopped fine; steam four hours in a tin
pail or pudding boiler. For a small
family half the quantity may be used
BLACK CAPs.-Pare n quart OF apples,
core them without breaking, set them
side by side in u baking dish that will
just hold them, fill the centers with SUI
gar, place two cloves on each, with a
grated lemon or orange rind, If you have
II, and bake them in a moderate oven
only uncil they are tender. AS soon as
they are tender remove them from the
oven, heat a shovel red hot, and hold
1t close enough to them to blacken the
tops. Serve them hot or cold.-Miss
C0rSon.
MILK SoUP.-Wasb, pare, slice and
parboil one pound of potatoes, pour
away the water; skin and scald two
onions, chop them; place the potatoes
onions, n teaspooniul of salt and half
n %teaspoonful OF pepper In n stew~pan,
with one quart of cold water; bring to
boil, and boil till quite soft, (about a
half-hour) crush the potatoes and
onions with a spoon till smooth, add one
quart CT new milk, and one unc of
crushed sago; stir continually till 1t
boils, then boil for ten minutes. This
soup may be made richer by adding one
ounce Of butter or dripping to the quart
of cold water; also, by putting a yolk OF
an egg, well beaten, into the tureen.
and mixing the cooked soup slowly with
IL. The soup must be off the boil or the
egg will curdle FOOD tor he hvaIids.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

There are now 10000 miles of tele-
graph lines in Mexico in actual opera
ton, and an extension of the system is
promised. Next spring it is intended
to lay a cable connecting a port in the
United States with Vera Cruz. This
cable is now being made in England.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

To Remove wrinkles and FreCkIos,
An exchange gives the following
recipe to remove wrinkles: To one
fluid ounce OF tincture of gum benzoin
add seven fluid ounces distilled rose
water and one.half ounce glycerine.
Battle face, neck and hands with IL at
night, letting it dry on. Wash off in the
morning with a very little pure white
CASTLE soap and soft water. If the water
is hard, add a little dissolved borax.
This is a famous'cosmetic, and has been
sold under various names. II is an ex-
cellent remedy for tan, sunburn and
freckles also. The latter, it is said, may
be removed by using the following de-
coction; Put ~aQuantity OF elder flowers
into a jug, pour boiling water on them,
let the mixture stand twenty-four hours,
and strain through muslin. Wash the
face every morning with the decoction.
II is good also for sunburn and to
beautify the skin,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

The comet of 1917 IS rapidly APP
preaching the earth, and will soon
make itself visible. An exchange pre-.
diets that its coming will doubtless
brighten many persons who are observ-
ers of. these heavenly odies and the
events succeeding tn r appearance.
The war of l IL closely followed the
coming of the comet Of that year, and
the comet of 1859 preceded the civil
war.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

"You are in time, sal hepedagoguo
to one OF his pupils, who entered as the
last stroke of the bell was dying away.
" Bad grammar, - said he lad, land bad
spelling, also; Tor there is no u in
And now, that boy ia having n
hnd sroll nls1- but not likewise Merit
den Recorder.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
TIMELY TOPICS.

During the year 1880 there were $3.50
miles of new railroad constructed in
the United States at a cost ofover $l75,-
COG, 900. Most of the roads have been
built west of the Mississippi river.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Farm and Garden Notes.

Farm and Garden Notes.
Petroleum is one of the best preserva
tiVes Of exposed woodwork.
There is no better feed for fowls when
melting than sunfower seeds.
Kerosene oil mixed with lard or any
pot grease is a good remedy for lice.
Although in draining land thoroughly
your purse may be drained, yet the full
crops that follow will soon fill it again.
1t is said three pecks of boiled pota-
toes, fed a day, warm, is a remedy for
diarrhea in cattle.
Sheep manure is richer than that of
COWS. Practically it is estimated az
nearly double the value Of that Of cattle.
The grease which has become hard
ened by dust on the axles of machinery
can all be cleaned off bv the use of kero-
sene.
If bone dust be applied now the re-
suits will be greater after two years
than they will be the first season. 1t
does not operate quickly.
Decayed grain OF any kind is highly
injurious to stock. 1t has a paralyzing
effect upon the animal fed with it. often
times causing death.
Horn shavings are valuable as manure,
by reason of their slow decomposition,
giving out ammonia for a long time.
They also contain a small quantity of
carbonate and phosphate of lime.
If hens get into the habit of eating
eggs, take enough bran and corn meal of
equal parts for one feeding, and enough
vinegar warmed to make the meal wet
enough for the hens to eat. Mix to-
gether and feed it to the hens.
Young colts, says the american Agrt-
CuhuriSt, should be well fed and cared
for the Rgt winter; provide a warm
stall for them, with plenty Of litter, and
give them a good brushing down once
every day. A quart of oats, daily, will
be needed, and some bright, clean,
sweet hay. Cut feed is not suitable for
young colts, whose digestion should
not be overtaxed by food packed solidly
n the stomach; feed light and fire.
quently.
There are ingredients IN the soil which
could be spared for all that they imme-
diately contribute to the nourishment
of crops, yet such are frequently the
chief factors Of fertility, on account OF
their indirect action or because they
supply some necessary physical condi-
ton. Humus is not at all essential to
the growth of agricultural plants, for
plants have been raised to full perfec-
ton without it, yet in the soil it has an
immense practical value, for it stores
and supplies water and assimilates nj
trogen.
Very few, says an agricultural ex-
change. are aware of the fact that hay
is very beneficial to hogs; but it is true,
nevertheless. Hogs need rough food as
well as horses, cattle, or the human
race. To prepare it you should have a
c%utting.box Tor hay cutter), and the
greener the hay the better. Cut the hay
short and mix with bran, shorts, or
middlings, and feed as other food. Hogs
soon learn to like it, and if soaked in
swill or other slop food it is highly rel
ished by them. In winter use for hogs
the same hay you feed to your horses,
and you will find that, while it saves
bran, shorts, or other food, it puts on
flesh as rapidly as anything that can NC
given them.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

The recent decline in coffee, of which
this country uses more than any other
nation in the world, and five times MS
much as Great Britain, will probably
prove permanent, as it is due, not to the
casual over-supply, but to a change in
he manner of conducting the trade.
Railroads, recently constructed from Rio
Janeiro, bring the coffee more speedily
from the plantations, and steamers,
which have ~supplanted sailing vessels,
have greatly shortened the trip from
Brazil to this country. The trade in
coffee, in other words, has gone through
the same secular change rs the trade in
tea. The day for great firms buying by
the ship-load and carrying great stocks
has passed. Orders by cable, shipments
by steam, and purchases by job lots
have taken the place Of the slow but
princely methods of a few years back.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

In the municipal cremation furnace at
Gotha, in Germany, you a get your
self incinerated FOR $40. Since the es-
Enlistment of the furnace, two years
ago, thirty bodies Of the nobility and
gentry have been cremated there.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

Those persons who, on reading the
predictions that the Egyptian obelisk
would be destroyed by the climate Of
New York before they could have the
leisure to visit that city, will be relieved
on learning from an elaborate calcu-
lation in a New York paper, that it will
LAST anywhere from 10000 to $4,000
years.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

Professor Borgesen estimates that
there are 800, 600 Scandanavians, mostly
N%orwegians, in the United States. This
Norwegian emigration began in 1925,
when a company of fity-three adven
turers came over in a sloop, after
having been ten weeks on the ocean.
They settled in Or cans and Otsego
counties, New York, and soon prospered.
Ten years later there was a considerable
emigration from Norway 10 La Sale,
ILL.,, but the later emigration has
preferred Wisconsin and Minnesota,
though many have gone into Iowa and
Illinois. These settlers preserve their
home ways of worship and their
language, and have about a dozen
newspapers published in the Danish.
Norwegian tongue.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-11

Col. Gordon, of Egyptian fame, who
has lately visited Ireland, says the con-
dition of its people is worse than that of
any other people in the world. He says
that their condition is attributable to
landlordism. He recommends the gov
ernment to buy out TIE landlords OF the
distressed districts, and resell to the
tenants on easy payments.
The daily gazette., 1881-04-20
TnE u. S. SENATE.

b the U. S. Senate yesterday, Mr..
= Phtrsou presented a petition Of the
nen Land League Of Paterson,
NJ Jersey, III reference to the case of
hael BUyton, which WAS referred
he Committee on Foreign Relations.
Blair, Of New Hampshire, offered
esolution declaring that "in the
lgment OF the Senate the public in.
8ests require that Congress be con-
ped IN public session Immediately -
Il. Harris OBJ cied TO the resolution,
ad Nj. Blair said he offered il merely
flnlUrmatlon. leseuttothe Clerks
Rsk aud had read circular of the
Reasury Department relative to the
ae decision Of the Supreme Court in
pe OF the cases against Collector Ar.
AuT, OF New York, as TO the tariff on
ph goods. lie then read a letter
Hh'ch he said he had received from
pe largest firm engaged in The manu-
ec' ufe Ol hosiery in Laconia, New
hampshire, asserting that the decision
The supreme Court meant ruin to
ee hosiery and kni: goods industry of
'e" England, and suggesting an
Htfa session OF Congress 10 afford re-
|el' hr' Blair then argued that q
Peclal session Of Congress was needed
p ,he relief Of the Industrial interest s
The county that it was needed III
llew ol the fact that "De Lesseps was
PgS'rs his canal to day, aud it was
EsVomlhs a vested right"-a thing for
men there would he no remedy if
pmedlate action were not taken, un-
p 1t be by wal !" that "there were
Inef considerations which made it
most Imperative that there should be
Y ek'fa session - that "the Senate
A' Booked until December" aud the
S"lioek should be broken in the way
which the Democrats would consent
'S' II should be broken.