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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
rews ana xdt,s for Women,

Mrs. John Hurd, of Urbana. seventy
years of age, sues her husband, forty
years of age, for divorce and alimony.
Mrs. Hatton is at the head of the Ten
nessee State library, and she and her
daughters keep the 90, 900 volumes of the
library in as perfect order as they could
be kept by any male Librarians In the
and.
A schoolgirl saw a play perfc rmed at
San Luis, CAL, in which the heroine died
by poison, after suffering very much
from %unrequited love. The girl had an
unhappy love affair of her own, and the
performance on the stage impressed her
so deeply that she bought arsenic on the
way home and committed suicide.
A New York paper has discovered
that there are many American women
who would rather have a work. basket,
writing-desk or table made and orna-
mented at odd times and during stolen
moments by their husbar DIS, lovers or
brothers, than a dozen pair of earrings
bought at great expense,
Regina Dial Gin, the uneducated
Italian peasant woman, has again put
the educated surgeons TO shame by per-
forming a difficult operation which they
considered impossible. The operation
vas the reduction of a dislocation of the
hip joint of twenty years. standing,
during which time the patienthad grown
from childhood to maturity, and it was
performed in Philadelphia. The wise
doctors give it up and the dull fellows
shake their heads and refuse to acknowl-
edge. There is no bigotry like the
regular school of anything Boston Htr-
all.
Mrs. Renfro, OF Cape Girardeau, Mo-,
was accused of theft nd fled to Cairo.
She was arrested, but attempted to Jump
in the river. On her way back to the
Cape she tried to throw herself under
the GERS. An examination OF the charge
against the woman proved her to be in
nocent.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Please Sion MK-Mhnt Z

"Times are hard, money is scarce,
business is dull, retrenchment is a duty
please stop my"-whisky ? ooh, no;
times are not hard enough for that yet.
But there is something else that costs
me a large amount OF money every year,
which | wish to save. Please stop N.Y.
tobacco, cigars and snuff ? "No, no, not
these; but | must retrench somewhere;
please stop my"-ribbons, jewels, orna'
menta and trinketsP Not at all; pride
must be fostered, if times are ever 80
hard, but | believe / can see a way TO
effect quite a saving in another direction
please stop my"--tea, coffee and need
less and unhealthy luxuriesP "No, no,
no; not these, | cannot think Of such a
sacrifice; but l must think of some
thing else. Ali | have it now. My
paper costs a few cents a week; | must
save that. Please stop my paper. That
will carry me through the panic easilyl
] believe in retrenchment and economy,
especially in brains"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
The Sort of Wife for a Sheriff.

A striking example OF great courage
and self-control in a lady was exhibited
by the sherif7s wife in Ionia recently in
preventing the escape OF several pris-
oners from the county Jail. Owing to
the unsafe condition OF the jail it has
been necessary to employ a regular night
watch. One Sunday night, the weather
bcingstormy and rough, the night watch
reached his post a little after his usual
time, The sheriff and his deputy had
both stepped out, and two inmates who
had been sentenced to prison, assisted
by three or four others, lifted the inner
cell door from its position and used it
as a weight to force the outer door, the
latter being bolted and braced by a two
by four scantling, Mis-. Madison, the
sherif's wife, overheard the noise and
placed herself at the door. The prison.
ers forced their heavy weight against
the door until the bolts and locks began
to fly. Mrs. Mattison, who had placed
herself on the scantiirg to hold it firmly,
foresaw that other means must be used
to keep the villains back, and hastily
got a revolver, at the same time dis
patching a prisoner, whom she had
learned to trust, for her husband. The
sheriff returned just in time to see six or
even men completely subdued by a
woman, and the doors to a cell in which
they were confined badly shattered
Boy Cib (Mich.) Tribune.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Mistaking a Catamount for a Fox.

A recent issue of the Williamsport
(Pa.) Banner says: On Thursday even
ing, while W. X. Heylman, OF Ralston,
was doing some work near his fathers
house he heard two foxes barking in
reply to a neighbor's dog. Mr.. Heylman
thought they would soon tire of that,
and strike out for II. moonlight stroll,
and by the way call out his fathers dog.
So he seized his rifle and stationed him
self in the edge of the woods about
where he thought the providers would
Gomez About five minutes elapsed,
when they were within a few rods OF
him; but as it was quite dark and the
brush thick, he could not yet see them,
although he could hear them walk, and
they were barking at a gleeful rate.
just at that instant he saw, as
he supposed, one of the foxes coming
through the brush, in a direct line for
his rife. Mr.. Heylman was in the
proper attitude for shooting, and when
the quadruped was passing within ten
feet of him he fired OF his victim at
random, as owing to the darkness he
could not sec the sight on his gun. The
animal gave a few bounds and tumbled
over against his leg. Mr.. Heylman,
supposing it was dead, cooked the other
barrel and prepared for another victim,
which continued his barking. At that
instant his dead beast recovered and
started of. Mr.. Heylman let go the other
barrel at him, without much effect. The
animal crawled into a tree top, and Mr..
Heylman in after him, and here the
battle began. The catamount, as it
proved to be, made at him, and fortu-
nately he had taken his gun with him
and used it to beat the animal off. The
fight was lively for q short time, but
Mr.. Heylman came out victorious,
though he says had it not been that
both hind legs were broken he would
have gotten the worst of it. Heylman
said he thought it strange that a fox
would fight like that, and did not dis
cover what he had killed until he had
taken it to the house. There he threw
it down in the yard, loaded his gun and
returned TO the woods. His sister came
out to see the animal, and while looking
at it it seemed 10 gain a new life and
attacked Miss Heylman. She took a
hammer handle and beat its brains out.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Charcoal and Lime.

Among the many who keep poultry
for n purpose or another, there is q
class who seldom If ever give their fowls
charcoal and lime. We have often sug-
gested these two articles TO the con-
sideratiOn Of poultrymen as they play
an important part in the judicious
management OF the poultry yard.
Charcoal is invaluable, and in many
ways il is If fed literally in a pulver.
lied form with soft food, one OF the best
articles we know Of for indigestion,
diarrhea OF soreness OF the crop and
stomach and irregularities. While no one
thing used about fowls is more conducive
10 their health than this. Fowls natur-
ally desire charcoal, particularly during
laying and molting. They will indus
~triously search through the scattered
ashes in hope to find some ifnot already
provided with it. 1t is most conven-
lent if broken in small pieces and placed
where the fowls can have easy access to
it.
Lime is an article that has much to do
in the management and care Of poultry.
Lime is necessary in some form for make
ing egg shells. In the absence of shell,
old mortar or calcareous matter, a large
quantity is consumed by the laying
fowls. In the hen house and chicken
coops it is useful and valuable for scat
tering upon the floor to remove unpleas.
ant odors, and in whitewashing as a
cleanser and purifier, and is very eftec-
tive in d~islodgiug vermin, and in keeping
the fowls healthy when literally used.
Poultry Monthly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Carrots for

The carrot is the most esteemed Of all
roots for its feeding qualities. When
analysed it gives but little more solid
matter than any other root, eighty-five
per cent. being water; but its influenced
the stomach on other articles of food is
most favorable, contributing to the most
perfect digestion and assimilation. This
result, long known to practical men, is
explained by chemists as resulting from
the presence of a substance called pee
tine, which operates to ~coagulate or
gelatine vegetable solutions, and favors
this digestion in all cattle. Horses are
especially benefited by the use of car
rots, and they should be fed frequently
with their other food. Most all sections
Of the western country produce, when
thoroughly cultivated, beautiful crops
of carrots, and they can be raised at a
trivial expense. The land upon which
carrots are to be cultivated should be
mellow, and be plowed deeper than
usual.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Associated Press.

The Associated Pressi is a great boon,
is IL not ?" said a young man to a
beautiful Boston girl, full of sentiment
and oysters, as they were returning from
the theater.
ut is, indeed" she replied, in soft
tones; George and / had one all last
winter, but papa came in one night be-
fore George could take his arm away
and acted dreadfully. Do they have
them in New York ?"
IL should blush TO murmur," re-
sponded the untutored Gothamite, rs he
measured her %suroingle belt with bis
strong right arm.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD
ItecIpoaI

Recipes
RICE WAFFLEs.- Beat together n pint
of milk, the yOlks of three eggs, two
unces of butter and half a teacup of
thoroughly boiled rice, sprinkle a little
salt and n half teaspoonful of soda into
a pint of flour, and then sift it in. Beat
thoroughly and bake in waffle irons.
New POTATOES A LA CREME.-Select
some new potatoes all of the same size
- about as large as %apricots. Boil them
in sailed water; drain them when dry,
and pour over them a little drawn-but-
ter auc These potatoes, when prop.
erly cooked and served very hot, are
delicious.
SALAD OF BEETS.-Boil in sailed
water equal quantities OF both, and set
them on ice to get cold. Just before
serving cut them into thin but regular
slices, dress with pepper, salt, oil and
vinegar, and garnish with watercress.
CHICKEN HASH This is the proper
way to serve for breakfast whatever roast
or boiled chicken may be left over from
dinner. Mince the cold chicken, but
not very fine, and to a cupfuf of meat
add two tablespoonfuls good butter, a
half cup of milk, enough minced onion
to give a slight flavor, and salt, mace
and pepper to taste. Stew it, taking
r 10 stir it, and serve daintily with a
garnish OF parsley. Every particle OF
bone must be extracted.
SAUCE PIoUANTE.-Chop fine one
tablespoonful of pickles, half That guam
tity ofonion, and parsley lift is available;
put these ingredients over the fire in suf-
hcient vinegar TO cover them, and let it
boil nearly away; then add a saltspoon-
full of salt. quarter OF that quantity OF
pepper and half a pint Of cold gravy, or
OF the pot liquor in which the beef was
boiled; boil it once and use it hot.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
Health Hints.

For EARACHE.- Take a bit Of cotton,
spread it fatty, sprinkle with black
pepper, do it up in a wad, dip in sweet
oil and insert in the EAR. This is n happy
and almost instantaneous relief. The
same remedy, applied to the cavity of
an aching tooth, gives immediate relief.
A DIsNFECTANT.-For n simple disin-
tectant cut two or three good-sized
onions in halves and place thom on a
plate on the floor; they absorb noxious
otluvia, etc, in the sick room in al in
cIedibly short space Of time, and are
greatly to be preferred to perfumery for
the same purpose. They should be
changed every six hours.
For cholera morbus, take black pepper
and grind ittolerably fine. Then put in
n glass n tablespoonful of this and n ia
blespoonful of salt, and fill about half
full with warm water, then fill up the
glass with good cider vinegar, and stir IL
up. Now take one tablespoonful, and
then wait n little and take another, and
keep on stirring and using it while the
vomiting lasts. II one glass does not
cure, try another.
Lars of Lite says it does not necessa-
rily follow that n person with nm i'll
developed or peculiarly shaped chest
wall should have consumption. One
great primary cause Of consumption is
the want of imitation Of the appices OF
the lungs, whether from habit, occupa-
lion, inattention or whatever cause.
This fact is the primary cause of more
consumption than anything else, II
opens the door for the onset OF the dis
ease under any exciting cause, as cold.
congestion or pneumonia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
HUMOROUS.

"Tiers, idle tiers" as the actor said
when he saw the row of empty benches
before him.-MardhOn Independent.
1t isn't necessary to search the rocks
for the aDtediluvian man; he is here,
and can be found in the store that don't
advertise L~Ockp1rl Union.
What els ara brieier in their lives
Than sven Jonah's gourdl
"Ihe weeds put on by widowed wivesi
That was the answer heard.
-.NeU York Mad.
A mans jaws would make a small
farm, as each one contains sixteen
achers.- Waterloo Observer.
The average man in an ulster should
adopt the hoop skirt, in order to give
his bells full play OUego Blade.
The book descanting on the memories
Of Ole Bull is bound in calf, with the
head and tail inside. Bloomington Eve.
Fill her hustle full OF sponges,
Sisters going out to skate;
She will need their yielding ~soitness
When she tries the figure s.
What ] want TO get is the animus OF
the transaction, !" said the Judge. but
your honor" said the complainant,
there wasn't any at all. He came up
quiet like, and grabbed the coat, and
vas off before | could sre what he was
at. No, sir, there wasn't any muss."
hate the winter with its snow
1t is the blame OF welded life
I've drunk the very dregs OF woe,
For Mary Ann is now my vile;
And be it e'er so cold and drear,
Each morn, at 6 O'Clock or prior,
My darling whispers in my ear:
"~Itstime, my love, TO light the hre"
1t was in a San Francisco restaurant
the ether night that a waiter was apol-
ogizing for the %dilapidated state of his
napkin. Don't mention it, Responded
the customer, sadly. Il don't mind the
holes in the least. That part of your
napkin is always sure to be clean" And
for the next ten minutes nothing could
be heard but the butter combipg its
hair out In the pantry.
10 I'd Dufferin is said to have related
with great gusto, to a friend, that when
he came home from India TO be married
he found no carriage awaiting him al
the little Irish railway station, and had
to hire a common jaunting car. Going
along he asked the driver if there was
any news. Nothing" said he, tex
cept that pretty Kate Hamilton is to be
married to that one-eyed Dufferin."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
An Experiment In Chemistry.

When the kind-hearted Isaac Hopper,
a member ofthe Society of Friends, met
a boy with a dirty face and dirty hands
he would stop him and inquire il he
ever studied chemistry. The boy, with
a wondering stare, would answer no.
"Well, then" said Isaac Hopper, Il
will teach thee how to perform a Curl
Gus chemical experiment. Go home,
take a piece Of soap, put it in water
rub it briskly upon thy hands and thy
face. Thou hast no idea what a beau
tiful froth it will make, and how much
whittier thy skin will he. That's a
chemical experiment; l advise thee to
no home and make it,"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
An Artists Death. BED.

John Pope, the artist, died in New
York a short time ago. His death-bed
scene was remarkable. His wife was
watching by his side when suddenly he
said: "Quick! give me my palette and
brush. l must paint, Don't attempt to
stop me now, for / have just discovered
the art through the influence Of visions
Of exquisitely graduated music. 1t is
plain as day at last " His wife,
alarmed at his excitement, made a
weak attempt to dissuade him, but as
opposition only increased his excite
ment, and it was evident that death
was very near, she humored him. His
paints, brushes and canvas were brought
to him, and his fearful relatives ar
ranged the coverings of the bed SC that
they would look more like the drapery
of his studio. He began his work with
a haste amounting almost to frenzy.
cat last, at last" he cried, 81 have
found the beauty which all my life and
over all the world / have been struggling
for" He painted faster and faster, evil
IDENTIFY believing that the canvas would
show the beauty that he conceived, al
though it was in truth n sad realization
of the conception. II was late in the
day when he began his death. bed pic
ture. 1t grew darker and darker MS he
went on, and his sorrowing family sat
around him powerloss to ease his last
moments. At last il grew 80 dark that
even he in his excitement noticed IT,,
LET us 90 to the studio" he cried, sud
denly. mo, no; not tonight. Wait
until tomorrow" 1--WE must 60 to The
studio" he exclaimed, making nm effort
to rise to his feet. The tax upon his
strength was too great; without another
word he fell back on his pillow, dead.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
TuberUses

The Michigan Farmer gives some prac-
tical advice en- the treatment of tube
roses. 1t says: Tuberoses when taken
up in the fall should be well dried and
laid away on shelves in a warm place
for the winter. The young bulbs or off
sets, both of tuberose and gladiolas
bulbs. should be removed either in the
fall OF before planting in the spring. If
old bulbs are planted with the young
mes attached, the result is a mass OF
leaves and no flowers. Tuberoses will
not endure cold or moisture, either in
the ground or when stored, the result Of
exposure being the decay Of the embyro
flower stem within the bulb. Bulbs
in which this change has taken place
will produce abundance of leaves but no
flowers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18

"What is mother doing tonight ?"
IL the title Of a new song that will soon
be popular wherever there is a girl and
a piano. While a fair flower was sing
ing II tor her Adolphus, the other night,
the old lady walked into the parlor and
remarked, "Well, II you must know,
I'm n darnin' your stoNkin's. Middle-
town Transcript.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
FOR THE FAIR SEX.

Mary a Gentleman.
Marry q gentleman,
Girl, il you can
Minded and built
On the generous plan,
Though he may neither
Have silver or gold,
Title or fortune,
ITO have or to hold.H
Though he may labor
With spade OF with hos,
Though he may not
But his mother-tongus know
Though he may live under
society's ban,
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, il you can.
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, If you can,
Gentle and tender
Though no less a man
One who will treasure
His child or his vile,
scorning to rob them
OF sweetness in life.
One who will never
The brute's part assume,
Filling his household
With sorrow and gloom,
II on loves altar,
The flame you would fan,
harIy a gentleman,
Girls, il you can.
You will be happy,
And you will be glad,
Though he only
Be commonly clad,
Pleasure is fieeting,
And life but a span
Marry a gentleman,
Girls, il you can.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-18
TIMELY TOPICS.


Henry Bergh, president OF the New
York society for the prevention OF
cruelty TO animals, advocates logging
in every State Of the Union, AS well a.
by the national government, in place Of
Imprisonment. He says: There are
twelve thousand criminals in our State
prisons, and eighty thousand more in
our rails and our penitentiaries of whom
New York city alone supplies ffty-fve
thousand. The criminal classes cost
$4,000, 900 a year in New York, and
there is n church 10 every two thou
sand citizens, and a um.shop to every
s~eventy-fve."
An English writer hits of very neatly
the horse Gems is, and the characteristics
Of the animals in each country. He
places the number in the whole world at
$4,000, 900, and clas SITES them thus:
Great Britain $500.
United States and Canada. ....... ii, 100000
Germany, hddle-headed and washy. 3, 400, 900
France, underbred and dull ....... 100000
Hungary, light and gasy...,"......2,l $50, 800
Turkey, barbed. ......... Il OOO,OOO
Russia, mostly nondescripts. 100000
There would be much MONEY in the
business of raising good stock horses in
the Western grazing lands, which at
present are devoted chiefly to feeding
cattle for the Eastern and European
markets. 1t is noteworthy fact that
Oregon, which ceased importing cattle
about fifteen years ago, now drives
eastward annually 100000 head. But
the raising of horses is an industry yet
in its infancy.
One OF the growing industries Of Aus
tralia is the cooking and canning OF
rabbits. The Collar Preserving company
near Melbourne had on an average 1000
of these agile rodents brought in every
night at the beginning of the past sea-
son, and the supply increasing, orders
were given to limit the daily quantity
to {, 100 pair. During the season, which
lasted for twenty-five weeks, 675, 600
rabbits were canned by this establish
ment alOre e.
Some years ago the French ministry
addressed a circular TO all the projects,
desiring them to institute inquiries as TO
the conditions which appeared pecu-
liarly to favor longevity in their several
districts, and the replies are said to
have almost unanimously indicated as
the leading elements or influences great
sobriety, regular labor and usually in
the open air, daily exercise short Of ia
tigue, early hours, comparatively well.
TODD life, calmness of mind in meeting
troubles, moderate intellectual powers,
and 3 family life. The beneficial iniu-
ence of marriage on the duration of life
is universally admitted, and remarriage
does not seem to be unfavorable. The
projects also indicate heredity as n fire.
quent cause, and the influence of climate
is likewise admitted this latter, how
ever, is separable with difficulty from
other causes which may be operating
simultaneously but if all things were
otherwise equal it would seem that
southern are less favorable to longevity
than northern climates.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-09-21

EATING IN THE WEsT INDIES. Strange
as it may seem at first sight, everybody in
the West Indies eats very large meals.
The climate Is so hot that you must take
food freely to make up for losses and the
appetite has to be stimulated by a great
variety of dishes, as.welI as by the
copious use of those very insidious cap
sicums, and the still more delicious little
red and yellow bird peppers. A few of
these tempting fruits are placed in salt
cellars at every meal, and with the bright
tropical flowers which invarisbly earnish
the table in pretty specimen vases, they
give general air OF pleasant esthetic re-.
finement to the whole arrangements.
Breakfast is really solid and substantial
repast, usually put off till half past 10 or
IL o'clock, the pangs of pressing hunger
being stilled before the early morning can
ter by cup of coffee in the bedroom.
With it sometimes comes cassava-cake,
one of the best Jamaica institutions, made
by the negro villagers from the roughly
scraped meal of the arrowroot plant. This
meal is rolled into thin paste, and then
baked hard and dry into round cakes,
about the thickness of Scotch oat-
meal hammock, but much more delicate In
TASTE Belgravia.