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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
TESTS OF FOrDearance,

The exact point where forbearance
ceases to be a virtue, is sometimes hard
to determine. AS a rule, we are re-
quired to accept of penitence and
promises of amendment from offending
parties, exercising toward them much OF
that " charity that coverelh a multitude
of faults" But then the cloak OF
charity, large and elastic as it is, may
he rent asunder in s~training too far.
There are some phases of depravity
which it cannot cover. The following
incidents, one OF which occurred in
Tennessee and the other in Georgia, with
a couple of Baptist ministers, both OF
whom we knew, will illustrate u
meaning:
In a church, of which the Rev. Duke
Kimbrong, long since dead, was pastor,
there was a member whose infirmities
had become chronic, so that his case,
like some ~litigious persons we have
known, almost constantly on the docket.
He had transgressed, asked pardon,
and been forgiven, until the patience of
both church and pastor was about K
hausted. At a conference of the church,
the offending brother arose with the
usual story, that at some public gather
ing he had taken a dram, it flew into his
head (the wicked thingD and turned
him or the world upside down; and fall
ing upon the foo. in the deepest appar-
ent agony and grief, begged his brethren
to forgive him, and his old pastor to
pray for him, repeating the request sew
eral times with all the accompaniment
that tears and rolling over the floor
could impart. The old pastor sat very
gravely with his head down, 8 rokinG
his nose, perfectly unmoved by the
tragedy before him. After awhile the
appeal became so moving that he quietly
rose from his seat, and looking around
with calm dignity, said: If anybody
has any confidence in Brother j,
he will please come forward and pray
for him. For my part l have lost all
confidence in him."
The other incident is related of Rev.
Jacob King, of Georgia. A similar case
occurred in one of his churches. No
public occasion could pass but that the
offending brother became, as the phrase
is, chow come you So" Time and again
he was up before the church to answer
to the charge of drunkenness, until the
patience OF all parties, rs in the above
case, was t~hreadbare. Finally the
offender came up with the old story,
acknowledgment and petition for for
g~iyeness. Brother King, who had by
nature an unusual flow of humor, rose
from his seat and, assuming a serious
tone, said 10 the congregation Brethren,
are you keeping countp You all know
that we can only forgive seventy times
seven-four hundred and ninety times.
That is the last limit of the law. You
must keep tally, for it won't do to tran
scend the limits of that law" Having
said this he gravely took his seat, and
left the church to manage the case as
best they could.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Old.Time Spelling.

Here is a letter four hundred and two
years old, written by a boy in Elton
college, to his grown-up brother, asking
for some money, a pair of shirts and
slippers, a jacket, and some clotE to
make two pairs OF stockings. Our
readers will be curious to see how o
schoolboy spelt and composed English
before Columbus discovered America:
"Right reverent and Worchepful
brodyr-I recomrunde mi onto you,
desyrynge to here of yowre welfare and
prosperite letynge you wete that / ! have
resevyd OF Alwedyr o lettyr, and a
nobyll in gow!de therein. Furthermore,
my creausyr (creditor) Mayster Thomas,
heretely recomandyd him TO VOW, and
he prapthe yaw 10 send him ONE money
for my commons; for he seythe ye be
xxi 8, (22 shillings) in hys dette, for a
monthe was the pay for when he had
mony last.
"Also l beeseche you to sende me a
hose clothe, n for the haladays OF
sum colore, and anothyr for the work.
yung days, how corse soever 1t be II
maketh no matyr; and q stomechere and
ii schyrtes, and a peyer of sclyppers.
and If it lyke VOW that | may come
with Alwedyr be watyr, and sporte me
with VOW in London a day or ii thys
terme tyne, then ye may let all thys be
tyl thyme that / come and then / vol
tell VOW when l shall be redy to come
from Eton, by the grace OF God Whom
have VOW in Hys keeping.
"Wretyn the Saturday next after All
Holown Day with the hand of your
brodyr. WIN. PASSION.
"Nov. 4. 1879"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
A Japanese Sailors Funeral.

The following account is given OF the
ceremonies performed at the burial OF
a seaman On board the Japanese train.
ing ship Tsukuba, at San Francisco: In
the arrangement for his funeral the Off
GERS and crew showed great kindness
and delicacy of feeling, and the funeral
itself was an interesting occasion. As
many of the officers and crew as could
be spared were present, and eight of the
sailors acted as pall-bearers. Some OF
the ceremonies were curious. When
the coffin had been lowered into the
grave, the officer in charge placed a
small table at its head and put thereon
several kinds of vegetables, fruits, sweet
meats, and a glass OF wine. The feast
being prepared, the officers, according to
rank, singly proceeded to the table, and
with uncovered neads made a very rev.
erential o~beisance. After them came the
cadets and then followed the marines.
Lieutenant Seuju then read p short
eulogy. 1t was in effect that Y. Mataba
had been a brave and true sailor in his
Japanese majesty's service; that he
bore an unsullied character, and that
the entire company on board the
Tsukuba mouIned his loss. They felt
sure that n so upright and diligent,
and one who possessed so many manly
virtues could have no difficulty in cross
ing the dark ocean-the unknown-and
would speedily find a safe harbor oil
refuge in which to anchor. The marine
corps then formed at the head of the
grave and fired three salutes over their
dead comrade, and at the conclusion Of
each the trumpeter blew a very melan.
choly blast. In the same order as before
each Japanese then threw a handful Of
earth upon the coffin, after which the
grave-diggers rapidly filled up the
grave. One of the p~eculiarities of the
funeral rite was a long piece of muslin
placed near the table, upon which were
written some kind words, reciting the
good qualities of the dead man, and
signed by each of his messmates-a sort
of certificate of good character, in case
he should require such a document.
One OF the thoughtful and graceful acts
of the crew and officers of the Tsukuba
while at San Francisco was the repair.
ing the graves of the four Japanese sail.
ois buried there six or eight years ago.
These graves were in a very ~dilapidated
condition, but six of the officers and
men spent two days in restoring them.
Though strangers to those to whom they
paid this respect, they remembered that
the sailors were Japanese and were
buried III q foreign country.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
FARM, GARDEN AND HOUSEHOLD.
Recipes.

PoTAToEs A LA IRELASDRINE Put
them in q saucepan with just sufficient
water to cover them. Salt the water
beforehand. Directly the skins begin
TO break, lift the pot from the FIRE as
rapidly as possible and pour of every
drop OF the water. Cover with u coarse
towel clean, OF course-return to the
fire ; let them remain until thoroughly
done, and, quite dry serve hot with
fresh butter or sweet milk. The above
are from Creole cookery.
STUDYING FOR GEESE OR GAME. Two
ounces onions, n ounce green sage
leaves, one ounce of pecans or walputs,
chopped fine ; a sprig Of %fennel, thyme
or q bay leaf four ounces toasted bread
crumbs made by putting crusts in an
oven and when thoroughly brown and
dry grating chem; one tablespoonful Of
butter, the yolk OF one egg well beaten,
a minced apple, n dozen raw oysters,
n or two bird peppers, black pepper
and salt to taste ; a few mushrooms and
q truf1e or two, chopped fine, adds to
the delicious favor.
SALAD SAucE.-R Rub the yolks Of
cold, hard boiled eggs through a coarse
sieve with a wooden spoon, mix with a
tablespoonful OF cream or water, then
add two tablespoonful of olive oil or
melted butter ; when thoroughly mixed
add by degrees o teaspoonful OF fine salt
rolled the same quantity OF mustard
French, Tarragon or Anchovy is best
and three tablespoonfuls OF white wine
vinegar (; when mixed into q smooth
paste pour down the side OF the salad.
bowl, but do not stir it until the salad
is ready to be eaten. The whites OF
eggs cut in various forms may be used
to garnish the top Of the salad. The
herbs should be freshly gathered, care.
fully picked over and laid in cool wa
ter an hour or two and dried in a rap
kin before being laid in the dish.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04

The New York Herald gives the fol-
loving description Of Manhattan mar.
ket, destroyed by fire in that city
Its site includes five acres, and its 10.
cation is between Thirty-fourth and
T~hirty-ffth streets, North river and
Eleventh avenue. In size it exceeded
the depot on ~Forty-second street. In
design it was picturesque, and it has
been often styled as indisputably the
finest and largest market in the world.
It's dome. shaped roof, with a clock
tower 200 feet high, covers an area Of
100000 square feet. There are twenty
main entrances, five ION each side, and
the interior was divided into three sec.
tons. The west end was used for an
abattoir, the middle section as a whole.
sale department and the front end fol
the general market. Space was allotted
for 800 stands admirably arranged in
lines running parallel with the length
Of the building. The avenues thus
formed were grouped with q view to
classify the branch of trade Of which
they are a part. Butter, cheese and eggs
were sold on Dairy avenue. Produce
venue was devoted to the sale of garden
truck. Butchers sold meat on Washing.
ton avenue, while fish could only be
purchased on Fulton avenue, and gro
ceries and tea on Grocers and Oriental
avenues. The abattoir had facilitie'
for Strengthening 1000 head of cattle a
day. The cost of the building was
81. 300 600.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
Holidays.

The holiest OF all holidays are those
Kept by ourselves in silence and apart
The secret anniversaries OF the heart,
W hen the full river Of feeling overnowsj
The happy days, unclouded TO the close,
The sudden joys that out OF darkness start
As flames fIom ashesi swift desires, that
dart
Like swallows singing down each wind that
blowsl
White as the CLEAN of a rcceding sail,
White as a cloud that floats and fades IN air,
White as the whitest lily on a stream,
Those tender memories arei a fairy tale
OF some enchanted land, we know not
where,
But lovely as q landscape in a dream.
n. W. LOHQftiOv.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
ConI Tnr for Print.

A correspondent in q Western paper,
in recommending this article for old
and new wagon wheels, buggy wheels,
wheelbarrows a., says; II have used
it several years, and find il to be tho
best paint / ever used. This year my
old buggy needed painting some OF
the spokes ratified and some OF the
woodwork was rickety. And 80, when
l was tarring the wheels OF my big
wagon / gave the buggy o coat all
OrGr-running gear, shafts, dashboard,
inside AMI out, and row the oil rattle.
trap looks and runs like a new buggy
and shines as a jet black glass bead.
II will also save half the cost Of setting
tires, as they will not need setting half
Rs Often"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
TIMELY TOPICS.

We shall never know exactly OF what
stuff dreams are male. NotWithstand-
log the unbelief of those who disclsim
all superstition, strange cases OF occult
biography constantly come to the sur
face. That was a curious one brought
out by the death Of Miss Faulkner, Of
Chicago. Her aged mother lives in
Ottawa, Canada, and when asked by a
correspondent If she had a daughter in
Chicago, she burst into tears, Q ying:
Tell me what is the matter. lareamed
last night she was dead" On being in
formed that the dream had indeed been
fulfilled, she wept distressingly. Can
all the schools explain what pictured
the girl as dead in her mothers mind
when her body lay uncared for in a
Chicago tenement house.
1.-THE time that is saved be hurrying
TO meals aid elsewhere comes out OF
a mans life sooner or later" says a phil
osophic paragraphist. II is true, yet
in spite Of the knowledge the American
people go through life on the jump, and
boast of it Any town whose citizens
incline toward deliberation in their
business is considered dead" Only
the places where they all hurry and
" splurge" are supposed TO be "alive."
The popular idea OF being alive is being
in a hurry. That goes by the name OF
" business" though absurd haste would
be a more appropriate name for 1t.
There is no time saved by hurrying.
Whatever is gathered up in small guam
titles is clipped of at the end Of life in a
solid piece.
Women and children are employed in
tolerably large numbers in the English
mines. Out of Is, 795 persons engaged
above ground about the metalliferous
mines, 9, 1893 are women and girls, and
in addition there are BIZ males OF the
tender ages of between eight and thir-
teen. OF girls thirty.six are employed
between eight ana thirteen years old,
thirty-two of whom are in the Cornwall
and Devon district. OF girls between
thirteen and eighteen years there are
employed 792, Cornwall and Devon en-
ploying 645 and the North Wales dis
trict I06, the only other largely-employ-
ing district being that Of Ireland. where
twenty-seven are at work. or girls
above eighteen years old, there are
1865 employed.
The London World made the startling
discovery that klept0mania was COM
mon in fashionable society, and that
thefts of jewelry, furs and wraps were
frequent in the ball rooms and cloak
rooms ofthe West End. Instances were
given, names and places being sup
pressed. Truth followed in the same
strain, and told how a light-fingered
lady of title stole a sable cloak from a
ducal mansion; also how another lady
of title lost a diamond necklace. 1t was
said that these conveyances of property
could not have been inadvertant, seeing
that expensive overco ats, costly lace
shawls and other PROF. cry were invari.
ably replaced by shal By articles. In
several cases the thieves we're caught in
the act, but protesting error, were per-
mitted TO go on restoring the plumber.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04

Snip, snip, snip. Paste, paste, paste.
But 1t is with a saddened heart that he
ships and pastes among his exchanges
now. The beautiful vision that for a
moment dawned upon him has left but
the recollection in his heart of n sun
beam in his life, quenched by the shower
Of tears with which she denounced him
as a " brute" and went out from him
forever. Brooklyn EAGLE.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04

Mr.. Cyrus W. Fields family received
a dispatch from him on Monday, dated
the day before at Nagasaki, Japan. It
would have come quicker if there had
been a cable across the Pacific, but it
hid TO take the long way around The
world, crossing the whole breadth Of
Asia and Europe, ss we'll as the Atlantic
Ocean.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04

John Clar, a brother Of Henry Clay,
is still living in Kentucky and bids fair
to last for many years. Henry Clay's
estate Of Ashland is going to decay.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04

from two TO six inches in width. They
are tied either under the chin, at the
back Of the neck or behind the left ear.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-02-04
To Make Beeswax.

First, make a bag OF the size desired,
out Of an inside coffee sack or some
thing similar. Put your comb in this,
and sew or tie it up tightly; have ready
a boiler OF hot water, into which i'm.
merse the bag, and, with the back OF q
hoe, press the bag well down into the
water; this will cause the wax, (Which is
now melting,) to escape through the
fine meshes of the bag, and rise to the
surface OF the water, while the sedi
ment-dead bees, &o.-will remain in
the bag. Skim off the wax, and remelt
and mould into any shape you want.
The Farmers Yearly Supply Of Flour.
Those farmers who do not purchase
their family -four will find it OF much
advantage to have their years gr.st
Toured at one time. 1t not only
70 many days in going to mill, but they
will find the -four to improve with age.
Put in q day in going to mill, and zee
TO the grinding and sacking of your
-four yourself, Have your miller to
make you an extra good grade Of mid
dlings," and sack that also. This latter
will make an excellent addition to your
housewives buckwheat batter, as well
as came in handy in various ways. The
flour should be put in paper sacks, and
corded up in some cool place ont Of the
vay of rats and mice.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27


A quiet affair came of at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. j. B. Owens, Poplar
street, last evening, whereby a we'll
known printer and one Of Memphis
loveliest daughters were united in the
bonds ofmatrimony. The contracting
parties were Mr.. Robert S. Mosby and
Miss Eta f. Alsabrook. The cere-
mony was performed in an impressive
manner by Esquire Spellman. After
the services, the party adjourned to
the dining room, where an elegant
collation. was served and the health
of the happy couple drank. Toasts
were proposed by Messrs. Payne and
Woodward, which were happily re-
sponded to, on behalf of the groom, by
Messrs. Macon and Davis. An hour
was spent in festivities BETTING the
occasion, when the party adjourned
with the best wishes for the happiness
and welfare ofa couple whom to know
is to esteem.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27
POLICE POINTS.

Fifteen arrests we're made yester-
day and last night.
Three blear eyed DRINKS staggered
into court and plead guilty. They
got short talksan sentences.
Wm. Harrison, a young darky Of
the class who congregate on street
corners and use filthy language, was
sent down for twenty days.
Blank Clark got on little innocent
spree yesterday, and smilingly plead
guilty. He was fined FIVE dollars and
paid it.
A tipsy farmer from Mississippi saw
the elephant for the first time yester-
day, and as a natural consequence i'm
bibed too freely. He was excused.
The eOlored witness puts it this
way: What do you know about this
well, these here white men
along down the street and
these colored gentlemen.
That's all l know"
An old chronic female vagrant,
Mary Wentworth, whose hollow
cheeks and sunken eyes have haunted
Center Alley for years, was sent to the
Island to pay for ~promenadiug at an
unseemly hour.
Nelson Goss, an old gray loaded
darby, who Ostensibly picks only rags
for a living, has been detected in
picking other things, notably a sachel
and coat, the property Of Ben Partee,
stolen by John Spriggs.
In the case Of Robert Dalton and
Patsey Noonan, charged with assault
ing Jessie Brown and another darby,
and cutting and brick batting them,
a half dozen witnesses were called
who were plainly afraid to tell what
they knew.
Rosa Lee has managed to elude the
Of officers for a long time, but
her true vocation, that of a low pro-
,uress for lower men, has at last been
discovered. and she is likely to get a
sickes TO Presidents Island for the
She will have a hearing this
evening before Squire Quigley.
John Meriwether, who affects an
apron and a pair Of run down shoes,
has beer trying to make people be-
.ieye he was a hardWorking porter for
The last two years. The proof was
strong against him this forenoon that
he was a chronic nuisance and a
runner and drummer for various
houses. He was sentenced to forty
days.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27
TRAGEDY AT
Captain w. L. BOteIer Shot Down
In Cold Blood.

Brief particulars have reached us
of a cold-blooded murder at S~sanlan's
Landing, twenty miles below here, last
night. It seems that on last Sunday
Captain w. T. Boteler denounced
Jere Ward for an injury or supposed
wrong, and proposed to him that
they settle it man to man. This was
taken by Ward without a word, and
it was hoped hal the fuss was ended.
Captain Boteler took the boat for
Memphis Monday. and on his return
per steamer Lee he was met by Ward
at the landing and shot down without
a word Of warning. A drawer man
never died. He had the heart Of a
woman, and was kind and generous to
a fault. He was in his shirt sleeves
with a lantern in his hand when shot.
A double barreled shotgun loaded
with buckshot did the work.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27
HIrn. ChrIatIancY Rnenka.

l. P. Ohristiancy-SIR: l send to
you, in trust for your son George, a
locket which he asked me to keep for
him with my jewelry. | should have
returned it long ago had / known just
where to send it; but as it contained
the picture Of Georges mother, l
would take no risk of its safe trans
mission. l send it with my love to
George, for no matter how you have
taught him to feel towards me, | shall
always love him. He is the one
bright and pure memory of my mar
ried life. When l recall your house.
hold, the place and associations you
took me to in the mockery ofa home,
| grow sick and faint, see horrid
bloated faces around me, and hear tho
fearful sounds of drunken brawls---
you, my husband, often foremost in
these trays among father and IONS.
One young, fair child's face stands
alone, and | know now that the love l
gave George, and his gentle compan-
ionship kept me from madness,
amidst SO much misery and corrup-
ton.
l wish to say to you that you can
spare yourself any fears of your poor,
pitiiul degraded life being taken
through me or mine. With your cow
ardly nature, which is the strongest
thing about you, except your sensual
ity, you feared my brother. You did
manage, doubtless, with the aid of
Others, to elevate yourself for the
worlds inspection on moral stills you
mounted them after infinite labor,
when you claimed that you would, in
every way, ignore my brothers letters.
But, alas for the effort made to
reach so unacoustomed q height the
stills were not fully adjusted before
you had fallen to your level, and so
sent constable after, constable here to
arrest my brother. / feel convinced
that he never meant 10 stoop 30 low as
to kill you. He might have in.
tended TO cane you, but in my
estimation you are too craven
a creature for that much notice from
q gentleman. Your weapon is the
stillettO towards woman in the dark.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-09-27

ness of the night. The brightness Of
Gods sunlight is unsuited to your
deeds. am decidedly ashamed ofmy
brother having noticed you. Do you
suppose that he would stain his young,
white hands and his winter soul with
a crime for you? My wrongs have
been greater than those of mortal
woman, and my only feeling for you is
unmitigated contempt. When one
touches pitch he must be de6led; and
rivers Of blood would not wash the
stain from me which was stamped in
to my very soul when gave my inno-
cent girl-life into your keeping. The
greatest suffering | have to endure is
the knowledge Of the degradation that
you have been my husband.
LILLE M. CHRIsTIANoY.