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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26

mile and closely contested the winning boat bcn,
only three lengths ahead OF the last one. At the nnIh
the order Psyche Dot, Wrath. Kitty Wake
In the nai,ing there were Elk entries; the foa,
members Of the club participating In the first race and
r. Oudln with the Royal MILDLY, and the conin,o
dorc % he cub, T.. b. Bronson with Queen Nab These
last disabled before starting the ROYAL
MILDLY upseting and the mast ~ the Queen Nab beac
carried away The extended from the club honss
around Buoy No H. of Robbins Reel aud return and
while there was strong breeze, the tide equally
unfavorable. Besides having money prize IN this raee
the Dot holder OF the SewYork Canoe Climb Cup having
received two challenges sailed again for the cup and
has succeeded IN winning the cup, II now becomes the
property 81 Mr.. NauN.
There will DE general regatta. open 10 all the canoe
men around New-York Bay. about July ~, AT which
cup and seYera prizes IN money VIII be awarded.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26
REGENT ARRIVALS AT NEWPORT.

ton. OK Minister 70 Russia and family are among tho
arrivals for the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26

Tho Misses MARKS, UT hn1 1 II u a n Powell
Mr = n nn w sini'"' Mf and Mrs GRAndrews,
Miss Esieiie Durant. The Roy John f f9dSs
William Parkin. Hii. an. ~ Go ci,ioT '
Mr- " " P PAWN Mr. and Mr. ). E nrodsky
L. r. Platt and family Mrs. ~ on any , ,nuiy''
DcWitt j. seligman ana > LHhs' anu ''''''
family,
FROM BROOKLYN.
.,rs vccue Mr. and Mrs L. X. Scranton
Iiss M %I:Cae Mr = aud lil Mr. D. r James,
James T. Hls and family 4; l. Cro-s and family
Mrs. j. &. Luther, The Kew \. - - DL
]. H. Pa,,ison. MissT : soper
~ a. Ren s"d family Mr. and Mrs S. l. Parsons,
Mr. and Mrs. j. Worth, b. l. jump
John H. Douglass.
FROM OTHER PLACTs.
j. Lee Carroll and family. Baltimore, No.
Christian Az, Baltimore, Nd.
Mr. and Mr.. Alex. Eehcrtson. Montreal
Mr. and ! Mrs. W .. Maxwell, Delaware.
Mrs. stephen Gardner, Ha'tins- y l.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herring. Qocnec
Campbell Hannay. Trinidad
Mr. aud Mr.. s. l.. Ncidnecr Savannah, Ga.
Mrs. : =. Hoe Tarrytown. y. !.
capta Ina and nfl NJ. Cart wright Indies
4. willing and iamily Warwick ,,..uo,.oo
Or and Mrs j. ID. Is. - 'llman, san ffahclsCV'
Alfred Rowe. Springfield.
Nr a and m' Mr.. s IA ' Pec 'Scwaven Conn.
Mrs. George 3; Foster Putney' W.
Mr. and Mrs. II. {. Warren. Boston.
Mr.. and Mrs l.. T. Harrington. Boston
l.. r. Horne. Boston.
T.. ri. SchermerhOrn. port, L. l.
i. T. H0ahley. Newark, y. j.
Mr. and Mrs. j. Cooke, Paterson, y. j.
Justice Magic and family. NcwJcf-ey:
W III. Painter and family. PhiladclphA;
Captain and Mr.. :. Ashton, Philadelphia
J.. j. Moore. Philadelphia.
II H. Moore. Philadelphia.
Mrs. {. T. AshHcad. Phadclpma
samuel Hart Philadelphia.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f.. Tcrhune, chicago
A. &. HelmholZ. Chicago
Fred IIcmhOz. Chicago.
j. r. Isyersnn and family, tmcagO
Mr.. ana Mrs. :. T. Fish, Chicago.
j. VI. Moore. ChtrIgo.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. T.. Allen, Chicago.
G.. q. Johnson aud family. tnrl-'.
Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Goodwin, chicago.
Jacob Seasougood. Cincinnati.
Charles Srasongood and family. Cincinnati
& r. Morris Of - Ioiis had ONE o. his stable. tho
welhuown rerehnrse Long TaW. badly injured here To-
tay The horse hcing led ou from car 10 me n'i,
nlatforu when "a locomotive hH .kct down ana ctn-'h
Inc horse To- fan through the ground Long Ih cE-
and side are reported 10 be- badly scrap"d. hul Nh'
IN. Injuries will hc of permanent character cannot be
learned at this time
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26

NEW HOTEL AT RlCHFIELD SPRINGS.
RIcnrIELD STRINGS, June 25.-The new
American Hotel opened today The Hon. l. w. Slough
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-26

Mr.. and Mrs. o.. Gardiner
Mr.. and Mrs. A. VI. Powell,
Mr.. and Mrs. GR.Andrews,
The Rev. John Pcddie,
Mr. and Mr. J. Hays,
CAPTAIN Guiou,
Mr.. and NTs. !. +. llrodsky'
Mrs. Lyon and family,
j LHncc and family.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Sir Edward Watkins is president of
nine English railway companies, and
his aggregate salary amounts to $780,
600 year.
Ex-senator Hamlin, who scorns an
overcoat even in the dead of winter,
went to two balls and danced as lively
as a cricket at Bangor.
Chicago has taken the lead among the
cities against the unsightly telegraph
wires by passing an ordinance compell-
ing their burial.
The widow of Commodore FalTagut
was his second wife. She is described
as pleasant Virginia lady, about thirty
years of age, with dark brown hair.
At Baltimore, Miss Carrie Duce wa,
precipitated down fifty feet into sink.
The accident was caused by the floor
the water closet givi way just as sh
entered the structure, She was taken
out alive.
Never were there so many contracts
for new vessels held by the shipbuild
ers of Milford, Delaware. They aggre-
gate about dozen, and as many more
could be obtained, a number having
been refused.
A very handsome dining-room car has
Just been completed at Wilmington for
the Charleston, Savannah and Florida
Express line. This is new feature in
Southern raihoading, but marks n step
in the right direction.
The population of the brand new
kingdom of Roumania is about 5000,
600. The Catholics are said to number
10000 and the Hebrews 100000. The
national church is independent both of
Constantinople and Moscow,
Japanese auctions are conducted on q
novel plan, but one which gives rise to
none of the noise and confusion which
attend such sales in America. Each
bidder writes his name and bid upon a
slip of paper, which he places in a box.
When the bidding is over the box is
opened by the auctioneer, and the goods
declared the property of the highest
bidder.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
A Mistake.

Don't try to give large party if you
have a small house. Such attempts are
special nuisance, failure, and ga
mistake" Why should We be driven
out upon the staircase? We don't live
upon. the staircase when we are at home /;
and neither our wife, sons, or even
daughters (who are apt to be free with
paternities), think that we ought to do
so. Why are we to be condemned to
play whist for five hours, because our
hostess does not know what else to set
us down to-? But our girls seem to en-
Joy it. Neither Flora, nor Bessy, nor
Emily, appear to mind dancing, although
their faces are more than pink. There
is scarcely breathing room-and so we
put up with it for their sakes; and
when our wife thanks our hostess on
parting, and says what delightful
evening we have had, we try to believe
so but next day, when lady friend
drops in to gossip about the party, we
find our feminines were not as pleased
as they appeared There was no room
to dance only half the people could
get seats at supper and what stuff those
charades were! Does not everybody
know that a gentleman with saucepan
on his head, the lid in one hand, and a
poker in the other, means "knight," " and
that his holding up copy Of "Don
Quixote," means "of the rueful ccunte-
nance?" Did Miss Jones (how much
longer will she be Miss ?-ask the girls
think it very clever to bother everybody
with that conundrum? What has human
nature done to be so-amused A crowd
is not amusing themselves in, orrather, if
you ask more people than your room
will hold, they will tire themselves out,
and set your party down as a failure.
Don't attempt more than you can pleas
antly perform,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
Handy to Know.

Fire insurance policies do not include
in their indemnity among other things
the following: Fences and other yard
fixtures; also store furniture and fix
tures and plate-glass doors and windows,
when the plates are of dimensions of
three feet or more. tits important that
this fact be mentioned in the wording
of the policy, if such articles are to be
included under the policy. Careless,
Ignorant or unsopisticated brokers and
agents very frequently make mistakes
in this respect. The following articles
also are not included in the security of
a fire insurance policy, unless mention
ed, viz: iewelry, plate, watches, 1nuSi-
cal instruments, ornaments, medals, Gu
riosities, patterns, printed music, print
ed books, engravings, picture frames,
paintings, sculptures, cast and models,
money or bullion, bills, notes, accounts,
deeds, evidence of debt, or securities.
These should always be specified. If
building falls, no insurance will attach,
or cover its loss, unless it is caused by
fire. Stolen property is not to be paid
by the insurance company. Losses from
explosions are not to be paid, unless fire
ensues, and then only the actual fire
loss is to be settled for. Property
standing on leased ground must be so
represented to the company and ex-
pressed in the policy. Goods on storage
must be represented as such. The as
sured, in case of fire, must invariably
do his best to save it, and carelessness
in this respect will yitiate his claim. In
no instance shall he abandon his prem
ises to fremen or thieves. Where a
party has trustworthy and intelligent
representative, agents or brokers, whose
business it is to study these points and
consult his own and the assured's inter
ests, by so doing it is sometimes safer
than to risk it by attending to the in
surance himself.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
Mountain Mahogany.

This wood is indigenous to the Neva-
da. The trees do not grow large one
with trunk foot in diameter is much
above the average. When dry the wood
is about as hard as boxwood, and of q
very fine grain. 1t is of rich red color
and very heavy. When well seasoned
it would be fine material for the wood
carver. In the early days it was used
in making boxes for shafting, and in a
few instances for shoes and dies in q
quartz battery Used as fuel it creates
intense heat, it burns with blaze as
long as ordinary wood would last, and
is then found almost unchanged in
form converted to a charcoal that lasts
about twice as long "a that Of ordinary
wood.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17

The greatest wonder in the State of
Iowa, and, perhaps, in any other state,
is what is called the Walled Lake, in
Wright county, twelve miles north of
the Dubuque and Pacific Railway, and
one hundred and fifty miles west of Du-
buque City.
The lake is two or three feet higher
than the earth's surface. Insome places
the wall is ten feet high, fifteen feet
wide at the bottom and five feet wide on
the top. Another fact is the size of the
stone used in the construction, the
whole of them varying in weight from
three tons down to zone hundred pounds,
There is an abundance of stones in
Wright county, but surrounding the
lake to the extent of five or ten miles
there are none. No one can form an
idea of the means employed to bring
them to the spot or who constructed it.
Around the entire lake is belt OF
woodland half mile in length, COM
posed OF oak. With this exception the
country Isl rolling prairie. The trees
must have been planted there at the
time of the building Of the wall.
In the spring of the year 1856, there
was great storm, and the ice on the
lake broke the wall in several places,
and the farmers in the vicinity were
obliged to repair the damages to prevent
inundation. The lake occupies ground
surface of $500 acres depth Of water as
great as twenty-five feet.
The water is clear and cold, soil san
dy and loamy. 1t is singular that no
one has been able to ascertain where
the water comes from nor where IL goes
yet it is always clear and fresh.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
The VALLEY Of the Jordan.

The valley of the Jordan would act as
an enormous hot house for the new col
ony. Here might be cultivated palms,
rice, cotton, indigo, sugar, sorgum,
besides bananas, pineapples, yams, sweet
potatoes, and other field and garden
produce. Rising little higher, the
country is adapted to tobacco, maize,
flax, castor oil, millet. sesamum, melons,
gourds, cumin, anise, coriander, ochrn.
brinjals, pomegranates, oranges, figs
and so up to the plains, where wheat
barley, beans, and lentils of various
sorts, with olives and vines, would form
the staple products. Gilead especially
is essentially country of wine and oil !;
1t is also admirably adapted to silk-cul-
ture; while among its forests, carob or
locust bean, pistachio, juiube, almond,
balsam, kali, and other profitable trees
grow wild-in great profusion. All the
fruits of Southern Europe, such as
apricots, peaches, and plums, here grow
to perfection apples, pears and ounces
thrive well on the more extreme eleva-
ton, upon which the fruits and vegeta-
bles of England might easily be culti-
waited, while the quick growing eucylyp-
tus could be planted with advantage on
the fertile but treeless plains. Not only
does the extraordinary variety of soil
and climate thus compressed into
small area offer exceptional advantages,
from an agricultural point of view, but
the inclusion of the Dead Sea within its
limits would furnish vast source of
wealth, by the exploration of its chem
ical and mineral deposits. The supply.
of chlorate of potassium, two hundred
thousand tons of which are annually
consumed in England, is practically in
exhaustible; while petroleum, bitumen,
and other lgnites can be procured in
great quantities upon its shores. There
enn be little doubt, in fact, that the
Dead Seals q mine of unexplored wealth,
which only needs the application of
capital and enterprise to make it most
lucrative property.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
A VERY BRIGHT CANARY BIRD.
Taught by n Little Girl 10 Sing Tunes aud
Assist in Entertaining Visitors.


Assist IN Entertaining Visitors.
A family living in the Hotel Victoria
have canary bird named Beauty, which
has shown wonderful aptitude for
picking up tunes, and seems to be fer in
advance of others of his kind in general
intelligence. He is especially fond of
the head of the family, recognizing his
footsteps and greeting him with burst
of song.
On recent evening, in the presence
of guests, the door of Beauty's cage was
opened after the master had seated him
self at the piano, and the bird flew to
the gentleman's shoulder and then to
the music rack on the piano. When his
master whistled an air, playing an ac-
compartment, the canary warbled and
trilled in accurate tune and time, hop
ping upon the players fingers and over
the Keys. When the whistling and ac-
compartment ceased the bird perched
upon his masters head and awaited fur
ther orders. Then Beauty was placed
in front of the pier glass, where he sang
to his reflected image in harmony with
the piano accompaniment, and when his
master stopped playing the bird fitted
around the room in pursuit of his shad-
ow on the ceiling. After he had con-
vinced himself that he had cornered his
dark silhouette he sat gazing abstracted-
ly at it till he was coaxoi away.
After Beauty had retired to his cage
he kissed the members of the family
good night, initiating the kissing sound
when he touched their lips with his bill.
His education has been acquired within
a month, and his tutor is the little
daughter of the family.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
A Doctor on the Bicycle.

ga Country Surgeon" writes to the
London Lancet about the bicycle as fol-
lows: / have been d bicycle rider for
the last five years, with an ever-increas-
ing delight the more proficient I be-
come. This summer | have turned both
my horses out to grass and have trusted
to my bicycle alone, doing on an average
about fifty miles day. l find | get
through my days work with less fatigue
than on horseback and without the mon
otony of driving. Ny work is done
quicker my usual pace is ten miles an
hour, and l can 60 at the rate of fifteen
when pressed. A bicyclist's steed is al
ways ready saddled, and on arriving at
your destination does not require q boy
to hold him. 1t can be ridden with al
most as much ease in wet as in dry
weather, but it is not adapted for very
hllly country, though all moderate hills
can be surmounted.
Since l invested in my new ffty-two-
inch l rode ninety-fve miles in one
day without unusual fatigue, I can
confidently recommend all men who are
fond of exercise without fatigue, and all
who wish to curtail their stable expenses,
to take the trouble to learn the bicycle.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
EIenhnnts PLAYING yPossOm.

"There are some very cunning fellows
among our twenty elephants" said Mr.,
Durand, Banum'sagent, the other day.
"Not long ago Chieftain and Maudrie,
top mounters in the pyramid, and the
most cunning of the flock, suddenly
took shivering chill at rehearsal. The
keeper sent out and bought four gallons
of whisky, which the monsters devoured
rapidly and with great relish. The bill
came to Mr.. Barnum, whose strong
temperance predictions you know
After paying the bill Mr.. Barnum in
sisted that no one in his employ, not
even his elephants, should drink whisky
under any circumstances. In little
while the elephants, when the effect of
the liquor had died away, commenced
shiyering again, and apparently had
another chill. They looked longingly
at the keeper, and attempted to caress
him with their trunks, as much as to
say, Give us another drink The keeper
shook his head and told them positively,
NO. In five minutss every appearance
of ague had vanished, and the animals
We're quietly eating hay as usual, They
had evidently been playing poison"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
The Merry Spring.
1 need must sing, my heart is light;

need must sing, my heart is light;
If thine be dull and aching,
Look mp, look up, the SKY il bright,
And stormy clouds are breaking.
What no, what ho, the merry Spring
See, Winter vexed and vanishing;
Who robbed the tyraut of his sting2
Who but the merry, merry Spring.
To life and love awaking.
Away with tears; there be but few
That do not speak Of sorrow;
Unless, like sunshine on the dew,
A beam Of hope they borrow.
Do, on the lawn, so newly cropped,
The diamonds that Spring has dropped,
What time the morning star o'er-topped
The eastern hills, and lingering stopped
To bid the day good-morow.
And the sweet sound we call the breeze,
Its wandering way betaking,
The murmur of the swelling trees
Into fresh beauty breaking;
This is her voice low whispering,
That is the rustic of her wing.
Come, lads and lasses, let us sing:
Ho, for the Spring, the merry Spring,
To life and love awakingl
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

hIlOlhlbB W VIC AAlNou pittl AoNlN0 wv
number of milch cows kept in the leading
dairying countries of the world are as
follows: Germany, S,962,221; France,
4,513, 765; Great Britain and Ireland,
3,7OS, 766; Denmark, 100000; Sweden,
1885, 576; Norway, 1854; Switzer-
land, 592, ,4G3; and the United States
100000.
The president of the telephone ex-
change at Carrollton, ILL.,, ran a line in
the Presbyterian church, connecting it
with Blake transmitter placed at the
right of the speaker in the pulpit, and
one Sunday morning recently the citi-
zens at dozen residences and business
places, some of them half mile distant
listened to the sermons by the pastor
Every word of the two discourses was
heard as distinctly as though the listen
ers were in the church. The music
was particularly clear and distinct, the
voices of the different choristers being
readily distinguished.
The Minneapolis (Minn.) Tribune
publishes an extract from private
letter to the editor from Mr. Hayes, in
the course of which he makes the fol-
lowing reference to certain published
statements to which his attention had
been called, impugning the consistency
of his temperance principles and prac
tice. Mr.. Hayes says: "When l be-
came President l was fully convinced
that whatever might be the case in
other countries and with other people,
in our climate and with the excitable
nervous temperament of our people,
the habitual use Of intoxicating drinks
was not safe. regarded the danger of
the habit as especially great in political
and official life. 1t seemed to me that
to exclude liquors from the White
House would be wise and useful as an
example, and would be approved by
good people generally. The suggestion
was particularly agreeable to Mrs
Hayes. She had been a total abstinence
woman from childhood. We had never
used liquors in our own home, and it
was determined to continue our home
costume in this respect in our official
residence in Washington as we had done
OF Columbus. 1 was not a total ab-
stainer when / became President, but
the discussion which arose over the
change at the executive mansion soon
satisfied me that there should be no
halfway course in the matter. During
the greater part of my term, at least
during the last three years, l have been
in practice as in theory persistent ad-
vocate of total abstinence and shall con.
tinue to be so. All statements to the
contrary are untrue and without founda-
ton"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising, 81 per square
hrst insertion, and 50 cents each subsequent
Insertion.
Special contracts will be made for All Adyer-
tsements for four insertions or over.
Transient Advertisements always pAyAbh
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
,quAre, che ged for at half regular rates
All local news 10 oents lhal for each in.
'srtion.
No notices inserted for lees than fifty oents
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
S N Y D Z RS
CURATIVE
p a D S !!
THE MOST WONDERFUL HEALTH
RESTORERS KNOWN TO
MEDICAL SCIENCE.

Are worn externally. We make three dif-
ferent kinds, Nos. !, and 8.
No. /. For Chills and Fever, Dyspepsia, In,
digestion. Biliousness, Sick and Nervous Head
Ache, and all diseases arising from a Torpid
Liver. The most effective Blood Purifier e1-
tan.i gives strength to the weak and debilita-
ted, Price, g.
No. 2. For Female Weakness and .rfegularf-
ties, Falling Womb, Whites; enriohes the
blood puriies the secretions and strengthens
weakly and delicate females. Price 50.
Nos. For Kidney, Spine. and Bladder Affec'
lions, Bright's Disease, Diabetes, Lame or
Weak Back, Tones up vitality and restores
lost energy. Price $3.
II your druggists does not keep sN TDEBlS
CURATIVE PADS" and will not get one for
you do not lot him palm Off worthless irnits-
tions, but send the prioe to us in letter, and
We will mail them to you. Address
E. F. SNYDER q co,
148 W. 4th st., Cincinnati, OHIO.
For sale by
JNO. D. TRAYNoR,
Druggist,
march lily Cleveland, Tenn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-17
Our Dinners

English people are quite impressed
by the abundance of viands set upon the
American table, and rather criticize the
custom. They say that in providing for
their table the mass of Americans rarely
consider what goes with what (of course
there are the epicurean few who do).
Except the Yankee ''pork and beans,"
there seems to be no Wand so welded
to vegetables as to be spoken of to-
gether, like the English "duck and
green peas" "mutton and turnips," etc.
Generally speaking, vegetables are cho-
sen haphazard, and so carrots, or dried
beans or turnips, are as often served
with poultry as not; no question of the
"eternal fitness" of things seems to
trouble the average housekeeper. Then,
not only is the unftness of certain veg
etables for certain meats unthought of,
but the vegetables themselves are served
with sublime disregard to harmony and
so peas and asparagus, and summer
squash and potatoes, often find them
selves cheek by iowl on one plate.
From four to six vegetables are often
served at once, and two merely are con-
sidered by any but very fashionable
people to be very mean sort of din
ner. Tomatoes, in some form or other,
are invariably on the table when in sea-
son, and more often than not canned,
even in winter. Many of the methods
in which potatoes are prepared are quite
unknown to English people.