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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
A Horrible Case of Revenge.

A horrible case of revenge occurred
recently in Ohio, where a drinking mar
reformed and became an active worker
in the cause of temperance and against
the traffic that had well nigh ruined
him.
The saloon keepers swore revenge
they would either win him over once
more to their thraldom or they would
entrap his boys. AT last after plying all
their wiles and inducements, they sue
ceeded in gaining one Of his son who
was made drunk, and while in this con-
dition was taken to o low dive of illest
repute. Then q row was forthcoming
q beer glass thrown and the victim was
the son Of the father who had dared to
take back his manhood once more from
the dominion of these fiendish trafickers
in human souls. He was carried to his
newly beautified home, bleeding and
mangled and in the delirium Of drink
and fever. Men were required to hold
him by night and by day, and physicians
after exhausting their skill were obliged
to give over the struggle-against a
mightiermanthan themselves. Afewdays
after as the bereaved father walked down
the street, these triumphant fiends leered
at him and cried out with oaths, "We've
got you now" LOCALIZED murder is the
name for this sort of crime, and q worse
organization than the Klu Klux Khan is
the perpetrator, Is it not time to swing
aloft the "bloody shirt" Of a war more
brutal than the rebellion, and mailing it
to the flag staff of our temperance army,
bid it wave till the last vendor Of liquid
death suIrenders to humanity and God.
Chicago Signal
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
About Potntn RInssnms.

The apparent caprice of the potato
plants blossom has been a mystitication
to many people. The English GU'dnsr'S
Chronicle has been taking notes of the
appearance of different varieties at the
season of Towering, which affords a very
good means of distiuguishment. II
enumerates several British sorts, includ-
lug the true Ashleaf, which never pro-
duce any blossom. Some American
kinds, including the Snowflake, scarcely
ever do, and the very few flowers that
open do not fertilize. Snowflake has
been vainly watched for years there, in
hopes Of using it as a seed-parent; but it
has never been caught until this season,
which was unusually favorable for pota-
toes in England. Two blooms were
found, and on being touched with pol
len from another sort they became fer
tile. Early Rose and Beauty of Hebron
flower freely, and when growing with
Snowflake can be distinguished to q
plant.
1t is rather curious and unusual that
the color of the tuber and the blossoms
have no correspondence; many red tubers
have white blossoms and some have
mauve-c olored ones; while on the other
baud, white-tubered sorts often have
some of the darkest flowers. The new
Early Ohio (of the Rose family is men
toned os having the dwarfest top Of all
its selection and being also howerless.
This ought to tell in its productiveness.
These Irregularities are by no means pc
culiar to the potato. All plants hat are
urged by culture to make extraordinary
growth are apt to get out of form, and
o~ftenest in the delicate structure of her
blossoms, which are themselves what
might be called an abnormal or irregular
manifestation of the leaf-structure.
When strawberry plants were first sub
iected to high cultivation in rich garden
soil, under the stimulus Of American
sunshine, "pistillote" varieties began to
appear, which outdid all others in fruit
age. There was a great wonderment and
great controversy. Now we are used to
il, and our children will know little about
it, unless taught in the practical object
lessons which are taking the place of
some Of the useless ones that, happily,
schools are laying aside.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
A Shake of the Hand.

There is great significance in hand
shaking, and many are the methods used
to perform that operation. Some seize
your hand with a fervent grasp-one
foot extended-and holding your eye
with their own. Such is the salutation
of the jolly tar, ready to share "the last
shot in the locker" with the stranger of
the hour. Others, again, seize your
hand with as much ~fervency, and may
mean as well toward you; but they do
not look directly at you, but past your
cheek, with eyes steadily set, as if look
ing for ONE underlined ghostliness
beyond, and seeming to converse with
the same. Others give too great a show
Of feryency to the salutation, causing
your fingers to Jingle with pain; you
involuntarily glance at the injured hand,
expecting it to have been compressed
into one hoTrid, bruised, extended dexter
finger. Others, again, add to this
exhibition of muscular power, by swing
ing your hand up and down, a sort of
intimation that they are aboutto pump"
you, Some give you the tips of their
fingers; others take the whole hand.
The most abominable hand shaking is
that lazy, ~listless offering, giving no
pressure, and averse to receiving any.
We have shaken hands with such
persons, and the memory Of it annoyed
us for an hour afterward. 1t was like
touching a wet dishcloth, or q cold,
luivering frog. An embarrassing shake
of the hand is, when the party greets
you hastily, yet silently, as if he felt
guilty of boldness, or was not quite sure
chat he had not been misled by a
resemblance. 1t is as awkward as a
pause in conversation--no n knowing
quite what to say under the circum'
stances,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
A Brave Boy.

A conspicuous act of gallantry was
performed during the battle Of Malwaud,
between the British and Afghans, by the
trumpetor of the E-B Battery, a mere
boy of Is years Of age who, or seeing
things come to O crisis and the guns in
imminent danger Of being captured by
the enemy's cavalry, CALAMITY rode up Of
his W accord to Gen. Nuttall and be-
sought that officer to do something
with the native cavalry to save the guns.
The General, it is stated, replied, "My
lad, I'll do my best" The boy, there
upon, placing himself at the head of the
cavalry, charged the enemy and came
out of the fight with his sword Gov
cred with blood,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
AppIiea,iop Of Liouid NJ azure torRe...

Application Of Liquid vi azure tOtRe-s.
Mr.. George S. Wales tells Of an ex-
pertinent he made last season which
proved highly satisfactory. About June
LIST he planted out - small sized plants
Of different varieties, about a foot apart
each way, in rich, heavy soil. After
every heavy rain he took from the barn
yard the teachings Of the manure pile;
with a pointed stick he punched four or
five holes in the ground a few inches
from each plant, and poured in the water;
the next day, OF as soon as the ground
was dry enough, he stirred the surface
with a hoe, and kept it loose by frequent
hoeing until again watered during the
season. He applied the liquid manure
probably eight OF ten times during the
season. The result was wonderful. They
began in five or six weeks to bloom, and
until October lst, when they were taken
up, there was hardly a day but that
beautiful buds might have been picked.
-RWdi Newspaper.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
Gypsy Lore.

Perhaps the reason that gypsies un.
derstand so well how to work upon the
sympathies of others is because they are
superstitious themselves. Some gypsies
set their boots crosswise before going to
bed, fancying thereby to keep away the
cramp; a female gypsy carried the skele-
ton Of a mole's foot, which she called a
''fairy foot, because she believed it good
against rheumatism; and it is a standing
truth among them that children in teeth
ing should wear a necklace made of
myrtle stones, which for a boy must be
cut by a woman; by a man for a girl.
An adder's slough or a bit of mountain
ash is certain to bring good luck; and
with the same object some Of the children
wear round their necks black bags
containing fragments Of q bat. In order
to hurt an enemy, you have only to stick
pins into a red bag and burn the same;
others for the same end resort to the
cruel practice of sticking pins into a toad
till 1t looks like a hedgehog, and then
bury it with certain o~bservances. One
old woman, called a ghost seer, carried
in her pocket a little china dog dressed
like a doll. II mind" says the gypsy
who tells the story, "she lost it once,
and she was in such an awful state till it
was found; and she used to fancy it
would talk to her when she was all alone
smoking her pipe in the wagon. You
should see Il pack she had of very old
fortune'telling cards, which was painted
in different colors. She used to select
the different ones for each day; some
times she would have those with the
devil and serpents on 'em, then she
would carry those with birds and
palaces" Now if superstition could be
confined to the lower classes it would be
something of a blessing.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
Fashion Notes.

h1hlhh Nbtfes
Dark blue foulard, polka dotted with
white makes effective short costumes
when faced with dark red.
Gold laced thread is made by electro
plating soft metal wire, so fine hat the
net is as soft as linen OF cotton lace.
Gold lace and colored lace is used for
millinery purposes, for trimming para
soils, fans, and rich brocade and velvet
dresses.
Some very handsome Surah silk and
satin petticoats have two puffs stuffed
with hair placed at the top Of the skirt
in the back.
I. Country dresses for summer wear are
made of light lannels Of various cclors
navy and peacock blue-gray; olive,
maroon and cardinal red,
French costumes of Turkey red calico
are given a softening effect with EN-
broideries of creamy white muslin and
pleatings of Languedoc lace.
New silk and Isle thread gloves have
the wrists much longer this season and
finished in lace clocldngs to initiate the
lace trimmed kid and kid lace topped
gloves of last winter.
Indian brooches have been so much
improved that they resemble Turkish
embroidery, the stiff palm leaf patterns
being lost in the variety and harmonious
intricacy of the designs.
Worth's London house, in Hanover
square, has brought out a Jersey bodice
corset, invented for wearing under the
Jerseys, and so arranged that the silk
under body now necessary is done away
with.
New black silk and black Isle thread
gloves for summer wear have lace clock
ed tops in bands around the arm, alter
mating with solid spaces in the style of
the black kid lace trimmed gloves of the
past season.
The improved English Jerseys for
children are lined with blue and gold
facings in the back, and have lacings on
the front, the hips, and the wrists, the
tags being left like Henry VS. needles
hanging from the lacings.
The English woman's Costume of the
future" embroidered with colored crew.
els, in boquets and set flowers, roses,
carnations, blue bells and dandelions of
the size, is growing in favor Oh this side
Of the water.
Irish crochet in revived Venitian de-
sign and Carruck MacrosS point coupee
are reasonable priced lace novelties,
suitable for trimming either velvet robes
OF children's soft all-wool wraps, partic-
ularly white and pale blue wraps for
children.
The English gypsy hats worn with
Jersey and pilgrim costumes are Of straw;
they have wide scoop brims in front,
rolled over in the back and tied or fast
ened down fiat on the sides. A satin or
brocaded scarf and two ostrich tips are
the trimmings.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
Sulky People.

Did it ever occur to you that sulkiness
in its finished state is O rare accomplish
ment? 1t implies the possession Of
varied gifts, among others that Of COM
plete mastery of the five senses. 1t is
for q man to be blind when it is desired
that he should open his eyes, dumb
whenever words would be acceptable,
deaf to all allurements or submission,
insensible to every effort at Cancellation.
1t can create gloom, and having created
it, it can %perpetuate and deepen until it
becomes u clinging atmosphere as I'M
wholesome as malaria. 1t comprehends
an absolute control over the facial mus
cles, so hat no softness or sign Of yield
ing, not n ripple Of u smile or an Ok
preston Of pleasure, may replace even
for Il moment the sullen apathy or illu-
inmate the habitual scowl of the con-
drmed sulker, In u word, it is the
faculty Of stimulation to such o degree
that a person shall appear to be blind,
deaf, dumb, stupid, paralyzed, i'll or
dead, whenever and for as long as he
chooses. What better illustration Of
misdirected energy can be given than
that shown by the sulky person.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
Envelopes.

Years ago, an enterprising English
stationer t~astefully dressed his show
window with piles Of writing paper,
rising gradually from the largest to the
smallest size in use, and to finish his
pyramids off nicely, he cut cards to
bring them to a point. Taking these
cards for diminutive note paper, lady
customers were continually wanting
some of "that lovely little paper" and
the stationer found it advantageous to
cut paper to the desired pattern. As
there was no space for addressing the
notelets after they were folded, he after
much thought invented the envelope,
which he cut by the aid of metal plates
made for the purpose. The sale
increased so rapidly that he was unable
to produce the envelopes fast enough;
so he commissioned u dozeu houses to
make them for him, and thus set going
mn important branch of the manufacture
ing stationery trade.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
The Subject of Suicide,

Some of the causes of suicide are ab-
surdly trivial, A women in India threw
herself into a we'll, because her little boy
did not come to dinner after having been
repeatedly called; another in Brunn, be-
cause the neighbors laughed at her fat
ness. A girl in Marseilles sufrocated
herself and her masters daughter with
charcoal fumes because they were re-
fused permission to go out skating, and
another in Hesse Cassol drowned herself
and infant in the Fulda rather than bring
the child TO be vaccinated.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
RncklcS.

About the end Of the seventeenth CEN
fury the wearing of buckles for the shoes
was introduced generally throughout
England among the young men Of
fashion, and their manufacture became
for many years afterward a pretty lucra-
tive business in the Midland district.
Their use met at first with no small
amount of opposition from the more
modest" Of the people, as will be seen
from the following invective copied from
q newspaper printed in 1898
Certain foolish young men have late
ly brought about a new change in fas-
hion. They have begun to fasten their
shoes and knee bands with buckles in
stead Of ribbons, wherewith their fore
fathers were content, and, moreover
found them more easy and convenient;
and surely every man Will W they
were more decent and modest than those
new-fangled unseemly clasps or buckles,
as they call them, which will gall and
vex the bones of those vain coxcombs
beyond sufferance, and will make them
repent of their pride and folly, We hope
all grave and honorable people will
withhold their ~countenance from such
immodest ornaments. 1t belongeth to
the reverend clergy to tell these thought
less youths in a solemn manner that
such things are forbidden in the scrip
ture."
Buckles for the shoes were at first
small, but gradually became larger, and
toward the end of the following century
they made way for shoe strings.
"Why large buckles, why the small?
Why no buckles now at all?
OF the matter right / take
A la mode-for fashions sake"
In 1891, several buckle-makers from
Wolverhampton, Walsall, and Birming-
ham, waited upon the then Prince of
Wales, at Carlton House, and were in
troduced into an audience by Mr.. Sher-
idan. Their purpose wa to present u
petition setting forth the distressed pos
ition of thousands in the different
branches of the buckle manufacture
from the fashion which had become 50
prevalent Of wearing shoe strings instead
of buckles, His Royal Highness re-
ceivcd the deputation very gracefully,
and, after expressing his sympathy for
the distressed buckle manufacturers.
promised to do what he could by his own
example to revive their trade. The
prince, accordingly, not only resumed
the wearing of buckles himself, but
commanded that the fashion Of tying
the shoes should not no adopted by any
person in his household. In this in
stance, however, fashion refused to be
controlled, ever by the example Of
royalty; for, Notwithstanding all the
well-meant endeavors of his Royal High
ness, buckles were never able to recover
the very prominent place they once held
among the ornaments Of a complete
gentleman.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
A Character sketch.

The mule seemed pensiye, even sad,
As II by conscience prickel
But when they came to share his woes.
He raised objecsions-kickod.
The cat came mp TO sympathizc,
With NEW and gentle purr
Alas she got within his reach,
misunderstanding and fur.
The dog, in pity, neared him 70
Alleviate his care;
He tried to pass around him once,
But-sausage meat and hair.
And John, the honest farmer boy,
Who had the beast in charge,
Tried recklessly to harness him
His funeral vas large.
Oh, triling were the causes which
His aeIile legs unfurled
And many were the quadrupeds
That sought another world.
He never did a decent thing:
He wasn't worth a ducat;
He kicked and kicked until he died,
And then he kicked the bucket.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01
HUMOROUS.

When you tell a man to 60 to JeHco,
you should remember that it costs 45s
dollars TO 60 there.
A project is on Got at Montreal for
making a tunnel under Niagara Falls.
Another bridal path.-Nycuml AdreTtser.
We like to see a man who can take a
joke. But we respect him more when
he gives credit for it.-YoHkers States
man.
Englishmen often acquire the habit Of
carrying anumbrella in pleasant weather.
But they don't keep it up-Boston
Post.
Young people are always ready to
adopt the --latest wrinkle" 1t is the
first wrinkle that they object to.-Boston
Transcript.
A cute observer remarks that 'the
man who stops his paper to economic
is like the man who goes barefoot to
save his shoes"
Gen. Clingman, of North Carolina,
says living is so cheap in that state that
it is more economical to feed man than
to bury him.
Short counting, Rachael, the Lord
hath sent me to marry thee" said the
suitor. "The Lords will be DONE was
the submissive reply.
Men do not sit down on the ice mere
ly to warm it nor to attract attention.
They do it because they want time to
think.--Bfdlo Express.
The Chicago Inter- Ocean calmly OBJ
serves that the telegraphed statement
that Hell Gate is full of ice" is " not
orthodox but very c~onsoling."
Wisconsin wolves have become so hard
up for provender that they chase young
men who part their hair in the centre
Detroit Free Press.
Some one said to a man of the world,
"So-and-So has been speaking i'll o you."
II am surprised at that" replied the
latter, 'for l never did him any service"
A man in a Pennsylvania town has
t~wenty-nine children. Strangers passing
the house OIL washing days are at a loss
to determine whether it is a school or a
laundry.
The Newark Sunday Call says that
the most ~exasperatin ely humiliating
moments in a mans life comes at about
2 A. NJ, when he gets on the front stoop
and finds that his night key is in his
other vest.
"Will you have your oysters seal
loped?" asked a Galveston waiter of a
green customer from the interior.
"Have the the oyster scalped? No, but
you can scalp the butter, if you want to.
1t needs it the worst kind"
The rising generation is lamentably
Ignorant. At one of onr country schools
the question was asked, "Who is at the
the head of the United States govern
ment?" And every boy in the class
answered, Sitting Bull"
Guiballard recently reproved a friend
forhistoo liberal use of absinthe. "Bah!"
said the latter, Give drank of it since l
was a boy, and I'm sixty" every like.
ly," replied Guiballard, "but if you had
never drank of it perhaps you would
now be seventy" This is French, of
course.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
ventilates the following gem,-"Ruther-
ford!' eyes, my dear" "Have yon
packed the ice-pitcher?" "Not yet,
love" "Then pack it at once. I'm
afraid the incoming administration may
want to borrow it, and I desire to take
the emblem of our greatness home"
"No fear, my dear, the incoming admin
istration will want decanter, not an ice
pitcher"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01

The last Montana yarn is to the effect
that the cold was 80 intense last week in
Madison Valley that the wind was unable
to blow and ducks, prairie chickens and
other feathered game, in endeavoriug to
reach the Geysor basin, were frozen sol
in the air, where they will be compelled
to remain until the spring thaw.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-01

An experienced matron says, "a mar
will eat soggy biscuits twice a week
without a complaint whenhis girl invites
him out to tea, but when the girl be-
comes his wife, if there is the faintest
suspicion of saleratus in them theneigh
bors will think the district school is out
for recess by the racket he makes"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-16
The Picnic for the Benefit of the
UNITE ERRnar nwnh1ns

The annual picnic for the benefit of the
White Bluff orphans win take place at the
Schuetzen Park tomorrow tuesday, morn
ing, under the auspices Of the Female Or
phan Benevolent Society. The committee
who have the management Of the affair have
labored earnestly to render this picnic a
pleasurable, as well as a financial success,
and the indications ere that they will not
be disappointed. 4 large number of tickets
have already been sold, and everyone is
looking forward to a day of much enjoy
ment at the beautiful park.
The annoyance and discomfort that MANY
experienced last year in endeavorfng to
reach the Bolton street depot, owing to a
lack OF transportation on the street line,
will not be likely to occur this year, as ar
rangements have been made to have an
extra number Of cars on the street line to
connect with the and 10 o'clock cars from
Bolton street In the morning, and also with
the and 3 o'clock cars In the afternoon.
Cars will leave West Broad street twenty
minutes before the hour of departure from
Bolton street. For further information in
reference to schedule see advertisement Of
picnic
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-16

The British bark Isabel Cragg, with 1854
bales of cotton, lying at Boyce's wharf,
Charleston, was discovered on fire early Sat
urdaY morning. The NeUs and Courier
says:
"The vessel is a British iron bark OF 748
tons, recently built for the trade, and has
been loading at BoYce's wharf for the last
three weeks with cotton for Havre. Messrs.
D. Mcpherson & Co. are the charterers and
the largest shippers, while Messrs. Lesesne
81 Wells and Gourdin q Matthiessen are
also shippers of comparatively small lots.
Messrs. Gourdin & Matthiessen are the
agents of the French underwriters, and all
the insurance is placed in French COM
panies.
"The vessel has capacity of 5000 bales,
and the stevedores, Messrs. Riley q Doran,
had stored 1,S40 bales of uplands and IA
bales of sea islands. The total insurance
on the cotton, as near as could be arrived
at, is S72. 600. The insurance on the vessel
is also placed in European companies"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-05-16

Clinton Lodge No. 81, F. A. NJ.
Planters Rice MIL Company.
Attention, Palestine Commandery.
STATE specific taxes-J. ]. MCGOWAN.
Mule strayed or stolen.
Summer goods. S. Silva.
Steamship H. Livingston for Philadelphia
Schedule Baltimore steamers.
Dry gOods-JacOb Cohen.
PVthian Hall dedication.
Dry goods-G. Eckstein & Co.
TIE Third COmet-Ludden 81 Bates.
Schedule steamer City Point.
Intelligent boy wanted.
Butter-C. /. Gilbert & 20.
Woman wanted.
Messenger boy wanted.
Young man wanted.
Auction sales-Kennedy 81 Blum.
Machinery for sale.
Auction sale-C. H. DOrsett.
Clarets, etc.-JOhn Cunningham.
Dry gOOis-Gray & O'Brien.
Cotton warehouse wanted.