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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

The shipments Of corn TO Europe iron
the United States last year aggregated
30l COZ, 900 bushels, Of which 80 900. 0C0
or nearly one third-was from Iowa.
A party Of seventy.hve New York
farmers interested in a proposed beet
sugar factory near Schenectady are on a
visit to the sugar beet works in Port
land, Me.
Worms in pots often give considerable
annoyance to plant growers, but & little
lime put into the water will expel them.
Soot answers the same purpose OGfo
Farmer.
DEALS IN FUTURES. The Supreme
Court Of Michigan, like that OF NJ ssouri
and several other States, has decided
that an agreement for future delivery
OF stocks where there is no intention Of
delivery, but only by settling the differ.
ence between the agreed and the market
price, is invalid.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

This is caused by an insect. White
wash the stable and stalls with lime and
cover the floor also with it, as the mango
insect will live upon the woodwork for
some months, and return to the horse il
not destroyed. Treat as follows for the
disease: Make au ointment of lard.
twelve parts, oarbolic acid one part, and
sulphur two parts. Rub these together
thoroughly, until it is we'll mixed and
smooth. Work some Of this ointment
into the affected portions of the skin
twice a day. Give an ounce OF flowers
OF sulphur daily in the feed, until the
perspiration Of the horse smells strongly
OF it, then discontinue it, but continue
the use OF the ointment some time
longer, until the skin recovers a healthy
appearance.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
HUMOROUS.
soso OF THE BUoK WHEAT CAKE

SoSG or Il BOOK What CAKE
LINKING OF the land with the broad Cat ghddls,
I'm lord Of the Il Ijiek elfn,
To no plroike will l play second idle,
And cater to mortal man.
I'm found in palace or hotel the sane,
The tables my native heather;
/ vanish when spring kisses soft DER the plain
And vanish in winter weather.
A Ffenchman saw a negro smoking a
new meerschaum. Thunder !" he ex-
claimed; "Shy the pipes coloriDg him.
The Milwaukee bootblacks have On
organ now. At any rate, we observe
that 4 Polish newspaper has been start.
ed there.
Wood is go expensive nowadays in
Connecticut that real nutmegs are
cheaper than the Connecticut article -
Boston Post.
A woman at Des Moines has a hen
which she declares TO be twenty eight
years old. More than lfty hotel keep
ers have sought TO buy the fowl.
Matchmaking mamma-to her mar
riageable daughter :-"Yirginia, dear.
don't lose sight of that gentleman in
m burning. he may be a widower."
Gus ito Frank, who il chatting him
about his thin leg,l-My dear fellow,
we can't all be cart horses. Usefulness
isn't everything, You know; and there
must be a few thoroughbreds here and
there if only for the sake of ornamentl
A Baltimore lady, twenty. seven years
OF age, was poisoned by a pair of green
stockings. The ignorance OF some 60
pie is shocking. 1t would appear that
a woman Of that age should know that
stockings should never be worn until
ripe. Chicago Inter. Ocean.
81 would rather vote for a long-eared
than for you" said an indepen.
dent voter TO q Galveston candidate.
"Oh, come, now, you ought not to al
low yourself to be so Influenced by fam.
lily ties" responded the candidate. The
voter has been puzzling his head ever
since to find out why TIE crowd laughed.
1t must be rather trying to be married
to an emotional actress, to have her
clutching you by the throat at 3 a. NJ,
and shouting in a hoarse stage whisper:
'Slave, didst lock the kitchen doorP
The key, where is't, quickl I'll strangle
thee. Didst lay the milk pitcher on the
battlements2 Aye, me, good lord,
I'm mad"
The Galveston boy is progressive. He
standing in a crowd OF boys on the
sidewalk, when his mother calle1 to him
o go down town and bring her a demi
ohm of whiskey. The boy was too busy
60, but he called out: "Ssnd the old
nan; I've got considerable confidence
n him. "-GalUestOn NeUS.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
Some Notable Trees,

A ring does not always denote a year,
for the blue gum tree of Australia sheds
its bark twice a year. A tree recently
hewn, that was known to be only eigh.
teen years old, showed thirty-six dis
tinct rings of growth.
When Washington visited Long Is
land he probably crossed the shadow OF
an old oak tree that still stands on the
premises of Judge McCue, in Babylon
1t was made a landmark in I7l6, and is
therefore a local monument sixty years
older than the nation.
Old oaks and Jews in England are
not uncommon. Several oaks felled in
Sherwood forest about a quarter of q
century ago exposed, on being sawn up,
the date 1919 and the mark or cipher of
King John; and it has been calculated
that these trees must have been several
centuries old at the time the marks
were made.
At Fowls Wester, in Perthshire, in
the center of the village, standing on a
slight knoll about four feet higher than
the surrounding ground, is a very large
and old sycamore, which girths seven
teen 1eet and fourteen feet two inche-
at one foot and five feet respectively,
with a hole of fourteen feet. Thelegend
goes that ga man of Poulis planted it
on ae Sabbath NIGHT wi his thoomb."
Berks, Pa, claims the largest chest.
nut tree in the country. 1t is growing
on the farm belonging to the estate OF
Solomon Merkel,in Rockland township,
and measures thirty-eight feet four
inches in circumference; the lowest
limbs are fifteen feet from the ground,
and measure fourteen feet in circum.
ference at the base. The top of the tree
is reached without danger by steps that
are fastened between the limbs. It is
estimated that this tree contains about
seventeen cords OF wood. 1t still Yields
about three bushels of chestnuts annu-
ally.
The Oldest yew tree in England, which
is situated in Cowhurst churchyard,
was mentioned by Aubry, in the reign OF
Charles l., as then measuring ten yards
in circumference at q height of five feet
from the ground. 1t is said, on the au-
thority of DE Candolle, to be 1850 years
old. Its present growth is about thirty
three feet. In 1890 this old tree was
followed out, and a cannon ball was
found in the center. In 1925 a severe
storm deprived it OF its upright
branches. A door has been made to the
inside of the tree, where seats are to be
had for twelve persons comfortably.
A fossil forest has been discovered in
Oldham, England, in Edge Lane
quarry. The trees number about twelve,
and some Of them are two feet in diane
ter. They are in good preservation.
The roots can be seen interlacing the
rock, and the fronds of the ferns are to
be found imprinted on every piece Of
stone. The discovery has excited much
interest in geological circles round
Manchester, and the forest has been
by a large number of persons.
The trees belong to the middle coal
Measure period, although it has bee. re-
as somewhat remarkable that no
coal has been discovered near them.
The coal is found about $50 yards be-
Meath.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
A CnutIon TO Horkemen

A surgeon in the German army calls
the attention of all who have to do with
horses to the danger Of using the pock.
et-handkerchief to wips away any foam
from the mouth or rose of the horse
which may have been thrown upon their
clothes. Some months ago, the writer
states, an off yer came to him, suffering
from an obstinate cold and cough. The
usual remedies we're prescribed, but IN
vain; q visit to the baths at Reichenhall
also did the patient no good. Return.
ing to duty, the officer became worue;
fever, attended with great pain and
swelling of the head, set in, and ulti.
mately, after much suffering, he died
with every symptom of CHAMBERS. In.
quiries were set on foot, and it was found
that some time before he was taken i'll
he ordered a horse, which he believed
was suffering from CHAMBERS, TO be shot.
Neither the groom nor any OF the other
soldiers who had been neal the horse
have been attacked by CHAMBERS, conse-
quently it is suspected that the off,er
who died may have conveyed the disease
into his system by perhaps using his
handkerchief to wipe some of the foam
from the mouth or nose OF the horse
from his uniform Indiana Farmer,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

The manufacture ofglucose from rags,
the novel industry recently started in
Germany, is regarded with much dis
favor, and is understood that the Ger,
man government will be likely to inter.
fere with the business. The glucose is
said to be chemically identical with
grape sugar. Tha process, which is
represented to be very cheap, is as fol-
lows: Old linen rags, which are COM
posed Of hard vegetable iibers, are
converted into dextrine by the applica-
ton Of sulphuric acid, and the product
thus obtained is then washed with milk
OF lime. Next it is treated with a
stronger solution of the sulphuric acid
than that first used, when the material
is Immediately transformed and crystal
lized into a glucose, from which appetiz-
ing jcllies and tempting CONNECTIONS can
be made.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
Quality Of Wool.

Amateur sheep growers are not all
aware that the wool Of sheepgrows most
rapidly in cold weather, and that any
check in the quality and amount OF feed
at this time injuries the quality of the
wool. When sheep are we'll fed in the
winter the wool starts to grow, but
should any starving take place the wool
fibre would have a weak place in it,
and render it entirely unit for combinR
wool, which brings such q good price in
our markets. 1t could only be used
where poor grades Of wool were used,
as in coarse blankets and carpets.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
Never Again.

There are gains for all our lo,ssS,
There are bAlms for all our pains,
Bat when youth the dream, departs,
1t takes something from our hearts,
And it never comts again.
eomething beautiful lie vanished,
And We sigh for II in vain
We behold 1t everywhere,
On the earth and in the air,
But 1t never comes again.
We are wiser and are better
Under manhood sterner reign
Still we feel that something sweet
Followed youth with flying feet,
And will never come sgAin.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
FOR THE PAIR SEX.


Fashion Notes.
Ears are more considered this wintfr,
and will be more worn than for two
seasons pas. Tbs will be a,coun ted
for OF cOurss by the severe and early
winter.
Silver iewelry for general wear il
altogether more fashionable than gold.
Cuff and sleeve buttons, bracelets, ear.
rings, hairpin5 aud other ornaments are
made from it, simply FURNISHED, with.
out any Of the old fashioned 6lagree
work.
1t is an interesting thing 10 see how
closely all the latest designs in ~jewelry
follow ancient Greek, or Egyptian
models. Tiffany & Co. have necklaces
and neck ornaments which are almost
fac simiies Of those taken from the
tombs OF Curium.
The latest thing in jewelry is a silver
OF gold ring, a thin circle, with a charm
hanging from it. A pig is the favorite
emblem, a French introduction believed
to bring luck TO the wearer. The silver
rings are the "nobbiest' and the newest,
and cell from s1.5O up, placing a most
charming gift at the disposal Of limited
purses.
Seal-stin remains the fashionable fur.
Sacques are two inches shorter all round
than they we're last year, and can be
had somew hat cheaper. A good Alaska
sacque can be bought as low as $50.
The nc plus ultra OF elegance is a seal
skin dolman, or ulster, or pelisse, made
in a close elegant shape, and lined with
quilted seal brown satin. These cost
from 1886 to $3.50.
Flower Fashions.
A lavender blue daisy, with disc, is a
novelty in New York.
A few Roman hyacinths and lilies OF
the valley may be found in the New
York shops.
.Violets are very scarce. The timid
little Blossoms have been frightened
away by a devastating bug.
The Brazilian and Chllian beet is one
of the handsomest plants for windows.
The diversity Of its tints is amazing.
O1pucine roses are enlarging daily.
They are at their best in December,
January and February. After that they
thin eut and become inferior.
Glass. covered ferneries are now made
so that excellent ventilation is possible,
and the foliage is protected from gas
and dust and relieved from excessive
moisture.
The euporbia splendens appears at
some OF the florists, but its flaming col
ors are too strong to be combined with
rose tints. A leaf of it is gorgeous in
the hair of a brunette, however, and it
is new permitted to wilt on the couu-
ters.
The novelty in decoration OF apart.
ments is to have but one variety of how-
ers in each room. This is a peculiar
and expensive form. For instance, in
one room violets are used exclusively ;
another the Pearl des Jardins rose ;
another, crimson carnations, and so on.
5milax and climbing ferns drape the
corridors.
Here is plan for a fine show Of ever.
green's. Take the ~geranium branches
nut from healthy plants and immerse in
'oap and water. After dropping a few
lays they will loose their leaves, but
will soon put forth fresh ones, and can
70 placed in bottles OF water, which
honld be concealed by moss. The
Vater need not be changed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
Agricultural Notes.

There are 81 900, 900 sheep in the
province OF Buenos Ayres, OF which
IL 600. 900 are owned by Irish settle =.
The wheat crop OF Missouri is esti
mated at A $50, 900 bushels, or about
n eleventh OF the total crop Of the
country.
The value OF tho crops raieei in Penn.
sylvania puring the season Of 1880 was
gill, $50, 900. The live stock in the
State is valued OF 1856, $40, 612.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
The Success of Scribner,s Monthly

Inc success OF SCribner'S Monthly
is unprecedented in the history OF Amer
lean literature. Founded only ten years
ago, it attained with its issue for No,
vember, 1880, the enormous circulation
Of l25, COO copies.
This su cess is due largely to the fact
that it has been distinctively an Ameri.
can magazine, aiming to be the incentive
and exponent Of the highest development
Of American literature and art.
Early discarding cheap foreign serials,
it sought out and encouraged home tai
ent in fiction. The result has been the
cores Of brilliant stories and novelettes
with which it's pages have been crowded,
and such serial novels as those Of Mrs.
Burnett, George w. Cable, Edward
Esgleston, Bret Harte, and others. Mr..
Gable and Mrs. Burnett contribute
stories to its pages for the present year,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

If We would measure our happiness
by the cond ton Of those below us, in
stead Of those above, we should find
ourselves worry we'll Of.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

Ga making an inventory of the per.
sonal property OF the farm Of the late
Miss Abigail Johnson, near Princeton,
N. j., a cedar chest was found which
contained nearly 81, 900 in gold and sill
yer, which is believed to have been do.
posted there over forty years ago.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Curing Meats.

Curing Meats.
The right temperature for scaldinf
hogs is from las to 155 degrees, or, tc
simplify, three parts boiling hot water
and one part cold water. A lump oil
unslacked lime as big as your two fists,
or a fire .shovelful OF wood ashes put in
the water will make the carciss look
clean and white.
The following recipe for curing pork,
hams, beef, &,., has done service in
thousands Of families for the past forty
years:
To one gallon OF water take II pounds
OF salt, ! pound Of sugar, and ! ounce
OF saltpeter. In this ratio the PICKLE
can be increased to any quantity desi-
red. Let these be boiled together un.
til oil the dirt from the sugar rises to
the top and is skinned of. Then throw
it into a tub to cool, and when cold pour
it over your beef or pork. The meat
must be well covered with pickle, and
shot ld not be put down for at least Two
days after killing, during which time it
should be slightly sprinkled with pow
dered saltpetre, which removes all the
surface blood, &C., leaving the meat
fresh and clean.
For asmall family, where only a small
quantity OF beef is cured, this is a most
excellent way: Take for 20 pounds of
beef l pint OF salt, l teaspoonful of salt.
peter, I pound of brown sugar; dividing
the ingredients into three equal parts,
rub them well into the beef on three
successive days. The meat is ready to
hang up in n week. In this way we
dispense with pickle altogether.
Now, for sausage, take IS pounds OF
pork; mix together n pound of salt,
six ounces of good black pepper and q
~teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, and
work the mixture thoroughly through
the meat. Chop the meat fine. An old
fat, corn-fed SOW makes nrst.rate ssu.
sage. As for sage, do as you please
about that.
1t is said a little salt--say tablespoon
full to a quart of the lard-added when
the scraps are just beginning to get
brittle aud brown, will serve to keep
the lard sweet any length of time; also
that it makes the lard whittier and hard
er, and does no harm to any kind of
cookery. In rendering lard have a gen
tie heat, melting the fat slowly.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28
ChIIdren,s and Missy, Dresses.

Dresses Tor small children have out
lines similar to those Of the pilgrimage
suits Tor ladies, but are o~ftenest made
all n n piece, as princeSse dresses are,
The quaint little pelerine ard hood are
conspicuous on most of the salts and
walking coats imported. The darkest
colors used for laGies and the richest
materials are seen ON these, such as vel.
vet, plush and satin, wi h brocades that
were formerly thought only tit for a
dowager. The furnishing houses, how
ever, find it more profitable to copy
these dresses in the simpler wool stutfS,
such as Madras plaids and cheviots,
with many cashmere and chuddah
dresses, and occasionally those of lady's
cloth. The plush and velvet walking
coats are made only for the smallest
children, but a cape OF plush or a hood
with plush lining modernizes many of
the wooden dresses left over from last
winter The shirred waists are also
used on the princesse dresses made for
small girls. and these, with round capes
and the wide rolled brim beaver hats,
give little women o quaint, old fashioned
look that is now considered picturesque.
The peasant dress with d round waist,
full skirt and draped apron, precisely
like those worn by young ladies, is
copied for girls from eight to fourteen
years of age.-HGrper's BGzar.
The View from Mount Washington.
A correspondent of the Hartford
Times, describing the view from Mount
Washington, says: Let US suppose the
air to be, what it seldom is in reality
actually clear, as it sometimes is in our
lower lands when the distant hills look
surprisingly near, and reveal details un'
seen at other times. On such a day the
view from Mount Washington is grand
beyond all power of words to tell It,.
It opens at the east a sight of the sea; il
reveals in the west the Adirondacks,
beyond Lake Champlain; it presents
New Hampshire like a map, ever to
Massachusetts, it discloses vast ranges
of mountains all around, and a hundred
peaks and individual heights heal and
far; it shows n mountain back of Mon
treal; it shows the sharply cut yet filmy
peak Of Mount Katahdin, low on the
northeastern horizon, 1865 miles away in
a bee line through the air.
What a sensation is ali this! You are
looking not up to but down upon such
monarchs of New England hills as
Mount Adams and Mount Jefferson, and
the splendid scrrated ridge Of Lafayette,
with its crest OF gray rocks. You are
looking down upon everything east of
the Rocky mountains and of the highest
peak of the great chain in Western
North Carolina, near the Tennessee
That is a sensation well worth
experiencing. 0nly-it is the old story;
the height isnever high enough. "Ex-
would still be the feeling, prob
ably, till the never satisfied piercer Of
clouds wa lrozing stark and stiff on
some never attained Himalaya peak,
such a wild spirit have its way.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-01-28

A writer must plant q little fun before
he can raise a laugh.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-06-06

Brief Mention.
Rev. DIR. Dennen has rented his cottage at
Shelter Island for the summer.
The regular monthly meeting of the Board
of Aldermen will be held this evening.
The new time table of the Consolidated
railroad will be found in another column.
John Wallace and Michael Rich were ar
rested last evening for breach of the peace.
The veteran and active Grays attend divine
service at North church on Sunday, June 10,
and in the afternoon will decorate the graves
of deceased members.
Five comrades were mustered at the meet
ing of Admiral Foote Post, G. A. R., on Sat
urday evening The Post now numbers over
two hundred members in good standing and
many more to be mustered.
At the Young Mems Christian association
rooms this evening at O'Clock, Mr.. Willis
will give an account of the recent interna-
tional convention in Cleveland. o., to which
he was one of the delegates. Everybody
welcome.
Governor Bigelow, together with the State
Board of Education and the commission for
erecting the new Normal school at New
Britain, were in Massachusetts Thursday
visiting the most modern Normal school
erected at Worcester, with reference to con-
templated improvement of the State Normal
School.