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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29

Michigan has the only uniformed f..
male brass band in the world,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
IL Was There,

1t had been raining for six long hours
Saturday when a mar wearing an old
beaver cap and a faded army overcoat
entered q hardware store on Woodward
avenue, shook the water off his back,
and said
"About eighteen months ago left my
umbrella in this store"
"Yes."
at was a bran new umbrella with a
white handle"
eyes"
"And now l guess I'll take it away"
."Certainly, Where did you leave it,"
"Behind the door"
"Well, there it is"
"Ah Any charge for storage :"
"None."
"Well, Tn much obliged"
"Not at all. Any time you leave an
umbrella here it will be safe for ten
years. Good day"
There are hundreds Of men in Detroit
like that merchant. They might pass a
trade dollar on a stranger, out they
would never appropriate his umbrella
Free Press,
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Agricultural Items.

AChicago Times correspondent writes:
For killing lice on cattle or horses take
sassafms roots, boil them to a strong
tea /; take some old cloth and wash the
animal so as to wet the ham and hide
thoroughly, and l will guarantee it to
destroy the lice. Either warm or cold
when applied will do this. l have used
this on cattle and colts with the best Of
success, and no danger of any bad effect
or injury to the animals.
Ewes in lamb should, as far as practi-
cable, be fed and sheltered separate
from the non-breeding animals, as the
crowding and more rapid movements of
the latter are apt to result injuriously,
while such separation makes more con
y~enient certain little attentions to which
breeding ewes are entitled as the yean-
ing eason approaches, and which may
be profitably accorded to them.
A common, or what is called a scrub
COW, belonging to Judge Payne, Of Mi
Ian, Missouri, according to the st. Louis
Journal Of agriculture, fourteen years
old, at nine calvings, has dropped TWEEN
ty-three calves. One steer and three
heifers dropped by this COW on the Goth
of June, 1876, weighed on the same day
in June, 1880, LOO, 1,7O4, 1874 and
1876 pounds, altogether 6,5l4 pounds.
In June, 1878, the COW dropped three
heifer calves, which themselves calyed
before two years old, namely in March,
April and May, 1880, and all have proved
good mixers. In August of the present
year this same COW dropped four calves
one bull and three heifeIs.
To make barren fruit trees bear, sew
eral modes are practiced by o%rchardists.
Root-pruning, i.e., digging a trench a
foot or so deep all around and about
three feet from the body Of the tree, is
one mode. Another is to take a sharp
knife and make an i~ncision through the
bark around the body of the tree; this is
called "girding," and has been practiced
with success for centuries, and the trees
thus made to yield fruit of superior size
and quality. Some recommend taking
out a quarter of an inch in width of the
bark all around the entire body of the
tree, but a thorough incision through
the bark with a sharp knife has been
generally found to be sufficient to throw
the tree into bearing, The sooner it is
done in the spring the better.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
Illinois Deadly Weapon Bill.

Both houses of the Illinois Legislature
have passed a bill to regulate the carry
ing of deadly weapons, and to prohibit
their sale to minors. The main features
are a penalty of from $40 to 5000 for
carrying a slungshot or similar weapon,
and q penalty of from $25 to 5000 for
selling or lending weapons to minors.
All dealers are compelled to keep a regis
ter open to the public, giving the names
and ages of all persons to whom such
weapons are sold, which record must
give the price paid and object for which
it was bought. The bill also makes a
~misdeamor, punishable by fines varying
from 1875 to 5000, to carry a razor as q
concealed weapon.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
A Buried City.

French newspapers report the discov-
cry in Algiers, by the a~rch@ologist, M.
larry, of a city which had been entomb-
ed in the sand. NJ. Tarry's attention
had been awakened by the mound-like
appearance Of the sandy soil, and some
digging brought to light the minarets
and upper portion of a mosque. Fur
Their excavations laid bare a terrace, q
tower, and about q dozen houses, all in
excellent preservation. He reported his
discovery to the Government of Algiers,
which has undertaken to have the site
thoroughly explored. The place is in
the southern part of the province, not
far from the Town of Ouargla, and ex-
posed to the fulls blast of the sandy
winds from the desert. Probably a sue
cession of siroccos bearing clouds of
sand completely filed up the streetsand
houses, making the town uninhabitable,
and so drove out the population. At
present there is no ground for c%onjec-
ture as to the date of the occurrence
London Times.
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exhibited at the Salon were much adj
mired, and her house is always open to
the masters Of literature and OF art.
Like her mother, she is the patroness Of
innumerable charities well known to the
public. In secret deeds Of charity she
is equally indefatigable, and many an
aristocratic family could not hold its POI
sition in the world if it were not for the
generosity and discretion of Charlotte
Rothschild. The Baroness Solomon was
early left a widow, and still wears her
weeds. Her daughter, an only child, is
the richest heiress Of the Rothschilds.
She has a passion for horses, and is as
skillful and intrepid a coachwoman as
the queen of Belgium.
Baron Adolphe was the head Of the
house at Naples. He wound up its af-
fairs and now lives in Paris, a simple
RENTER. He is seen everywhere; in the
theatres, the studios, the fashionable
salons, his blonde beard is always visible.
His wife, a particular friend OF the late
queen Of the Two Sicilies, had salon at
Naples which possessed great political
Importance. AT present, her Paris sa-
lon in the Rue de Monceau, has an ultra
aristocratic air. Like all of her name,
she is nobly generous, and has estab-
lished an ophthalmic hospital in the
valley of the Rhone for patients Of all
religions.
Only M Of the continental branch of
the family has abandoned the religion
of her ancestors. This is the young
Duchess Alexandrine de Gramont, n
Of the Frankfort Rothschilds. Love
proved more potent than family tradi-
ton.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
FARM, GARDEN, AND HOUSEHOLD.


MUoMAGE.-This is a mucilage which
will unite wood or mend porcelain or
glass: To eight and one-half ounces of
a strong solution of gum arabic add
thirty grains Of a solution of sulphate of
alumina dissolved in three-quarters of
an ounce of water.
HARD SoAP.-Six pounds of clean
grease, six pounds of sal soda, three
pounds of stone lime; slake the lime and
put it into four gallons of soft water
add the sal soda, and when dissolved
let it settle. Pour off the water into an
iron kettle and add the grease melted,
and boil. II the soap does not come
after boiling a few minutes add more
soft water till it is OF the consistency of
honey. We a tub and pour the hot
soap into it. When cold cut it into
pieces and lay it away to dry. Always
make soap in an iron kettle.
To PRESERVE EGGs.-Take a patent
pailful of spring water, pour it into a
stone jar, take n pound of lime, one
pint of salt; let it stand for three days,
stir it every day, then pour it off and
put in your eggs.
To MEND CHNA.-Take a very thick
solution Of gum arabic in water, and
stir into it plaster of paris until the mix
ture becomes Of a proper consistency.
Apply it with a brush to the fractured
edges of the china and stick them to-
gether. In three days the articles can
not be broken in the same place. The
whiteness of the cement renders it
doubly valuable.
SODA FOR BURNs.-All kinds of burns,
including scalds and sunburns, are al
most Immediately relieved by the appli-
cation of a solution of soda to the burnt
surface. 1t must be remembered that
dry soda will not do unless it is sur
rounded with a cloth moist enough to
dissolve it. This method of sprinkling
it on and covering it with a wet cloth is
often the very best. But it is sufficient
to wash the wound repeatedly with a
strong solution. 1t would be well to
keep a bottle of it always on hand, made
80 strong that more orless settles on the
bottom, This is what is called a satu-
rated solution, and really such a solution
as this is formed when the dry soda is
sprinkled on and covered with a moist
ened cloth.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
Wise Sayings.
Truth gives wings to strength.

Truth gives wings to strength.
Report is a quick traveller but an un-
safe guide.
Our charities and indulgences should
be mutual.
What appear to be calamities are often
the sources of fortune.
We always find wit and merit in those
who look at us with admiration.
A real spirit should neither court neg
lect nor dread to bear it.
How small of all that human hearts endure
The part that king or laws can cause or cure.
Sow good services /; sweet remem,
brances will grow from them.
Let every man strive to add a good
name to his other capital.
Lose not thine own for want of asking
for it; twill give thee no thanks.
The strongest part of our religion to-
day is the unconscious poetry.
IT'S expectation makes a blessing dear
Heaven were not Heaven if we knew what it
were.
l have often thought that the nature
OF women was inferior to that of man in
general, but superior in particular.
Conceit, more rich in matter than in words,
Brags Of his substance, not Of ornament
They are but beggars that can count their
wealth.
More hearts pine away in secret an
guish from the want Of kindness from
those who should be their comfort than
for any other calamities in life.
The heights by great men reached and kept,
We're not attained by sudden fight,
But they, while their comrades slept,
We're toiling upward in the night.
Whatever your sex or position, life is
a battle in which you are to show your
pluck, and woe be to the coward. Des-
pair and ~postponement are cowardice
and defeat. Men were born to succeed
and not fail.
Oh, what a pure and sacred thing
Is beauty, c%urtain'd from the sight
Of the gross world, illumining
One only mansion with her light!
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FOR THE PAIR SEX.
FashIoaahIe Faneic..

The beads on new cut jet trimmings
are hollow, which makes their weight
light and their cost heavy.
One Of the favorite mantles OF the
season is that with the sides gathered
into a small sleeve that is merely caught
at the wrist, while it is sloped thence
like a mantle toward the back. The
back is laid in pleats, and the front is
trimmed with passementerie, pleated
lace and fringe.
Harper's Bazaar advises that brunettes
and ladies with sallow compilations use
the ecru-tinted muslins and laces that
look as if they had been dipped in cof-
fee, or else that they confne themselves
to the black neck-wear, which is always
stylish and nearly always becoming.
Many of the silk and satin shoes have
long ~attenuated monographs, worked or
painted on the toe and instep. They
are in the same style as those which
have of late ornamented p~arasols. Gen
orally only two letters are arranged
they are worked in gold and silver, as
well as colored thread, in satin stitch.
House and table linen are marked in the
same way.
There are various founces made ex-
pressly to be worn round dark foulard
skirts. Some are Of exquisite white or
ecru embroidery others are of brown
linen, edged with lace to match Others
still are of white linen, trimmed with
Mech.in lace. The disadvantage Of a
white founce as a border to q skirt is
that it makes it appear too short, and as
if it was worn over a p%etticoat that came
below it. However, as it is a current
fashion, there is nothing to say.
Fans are often now suspended from
the right side of a ball or dinner dress
by loops of pale-colored ribbon, attached
by an old fashioned paste buckle. Small
Ter buckles are used for finishing offthe
ribbon that is run as the head of the
long evening silk mittens, or that which
passes round the arm of the gigot or ell
bow sleeves. Ladies who have these
old-fashioned ornaments are fortunate
now, as they car show them off in many
ways.
Lace ties, fichus and bows require
much style in the wearer. Black lace
bows and black lace collarettes are be-
ginning to be worn. Most of the newest
for day wear are either the closest of
rufus or are large collars reaching to the
shoulder. A fashionable style among
artistic dressers consists of two gathered
frills of lace, one above the other, turn
ing down from the neck. Those who
desire to be we'll dressed should make
a study of the kind that suits them
best.
Some of the smartest and newest
aprons are made of cream or fancy
Madras muslin, trimmed with cream and
colored lace, as we'll as with a narrow
pleating of the muslin. They are fin
ished off with colored bows, and some
have a small spray of flowers fastened
into loops of lace or ribbon on the
pockets. They are worn for bazars,
tennis or over morning indoor costumes.
Pinafores made of the same are worn
over sateen or foulard dresses. For
children's best dresses they are very
suitable and dressy looking. They are
long at the back and well draped.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
An Estimnhle LADY.

Many of the old epitaphs found on
country tombstones are notable only for
their oddly, but here is one which o n
tains in brief compass n whole nest Of
Scripture lessons. 1t is engraved on the
slab which covers the grave Of an old
lady in Massachusetts,:
A Sarah to her husband,
A Eunice to her children,
A Lois to her grandchildren,
A Lydia to Gods ministers,
A Martha to her guests, =
A Dorcas to the poor, and
An Anna 10 her God.
The husband Of this good woman must
have been q highly favored man, and
her children must have risen up and
called her blessed.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
A New Departure.

An advertising agent for one of the
great circus combinations has been in
Detroit for a week past, and yesterday
he sat down long enough to answer a
few questions. The interview started
off as follows:
GLOW many diamond pins will you
wear this summer, and what will be their
value ?"
81 shall not wear any. Our show has
made a new departure in that matter,
and nobody except the man in the tick
et-wagon will be allowed to wear dia-
monds. l am just going up to the OK
press office to send my seven pins, four
rings and sleeve-buttons home to my
brother"
GLOW many consolidated shows do
you advertise ~
"Only thirteen, but we have exactly
sixteen. We do not intend to do any
blowing this summer, but will practice
the modesty dodge. We have twelve
clowns, but advertise only ten. We
have ten elephants, but advertise only
eight, and so on right through"
"Have you the only man in the world
who car turn a double somersault over
sixteen horses? %
"No; there is another man who can do
1t, and although he is in State Prison we
didn't want to say We had the only one.
We shall practice 10 deception and car
ry no humbugs."
"Have you the only baby elephant ?'
eyes, sir, but we don't advertise it.
We don't want to be mean towards other
combinations"
"Have yon twice as much capital in
vested as any other travelling show {"
eyes, sir, but we don't say so on the
bills. The public don't care about the
capital, but want too see the animals"
"Will your street parade be a mile
long?"
1.-Two of them, sir, but we don't adj
v%ertise that fact. We let people come
and be ~agreeably surprised"
"Have you got an elephant which has
killed seven men"
"Seyen Why, he's laid out eight this
very winter! l think the list foots up
thirty-two, but we don't advertise it.
An elephant is an elephant, and what's
the use of blowing about it?"
"You have two or three man-eating
tigers, of courseY p
"Of course-seven or eight of them,
and w also have a list of the names of
people who have been eaten by them,
but we don't want to blow about it,"
"Have youab Observation-Disclosures
feet long|
1--WE have n sixty-two feet long.
He's the longest and largest snake ever
imported, but we give him only one line
on the bills"
"Have you the sacred COW Of India ?"
eyes, sir, and the sacred OK of Japan,
and q sacred calf and n sacred pig, but
we don't blow over 'em. We let the
public come in and separate the sacred
from the unsacred themselves"
"Will you have two circus rings?"
eve shall have four, but we don't put
it on the bills. As / told you at the
start we are making n new departure.
We shall not exaggerate. We shall not
even tell the plain truth, No diamonds
no trumpets-no snide challenges-no
humbug offcrs-no field of the cloth of
gold. We are going TO sail along in a
gentle, modest way and give the people
five times the worth of their money,
That's all-childron half price and no
lemonade sold inside the tent. "-DetroH
Free Press.
Mbchipnn has the only uniformed fe.
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Established Rules for Successful Poultry
Raising.

nhlhDllhucu huleh IOr successful Poultry
Raising.
In raising poultry or stock it should
be the aim of every one to keep it
healthy and improve it. You can do it
very easily by adopting some systematic
rules. These may be summed up in
brief as follows;
Construct your house good and warm
so as to avoid damp floors and afford a
flood of sunlight. Sunshine is better
than medicine.
Provide q busting and scratching
place, where you can bury wheat and
corn, and thus to induce the fowls to
take needful exercise.
Provide yourself with good, healthy
chickens, non to be over three or four
years old, giving one cock to every
twelve hens.
Give plenty of fresh air at all times of
the year, especially in summer,
Give plenty of fresh water daily and
never allow the fowls to go thirsty.
Feed them systematically, two or
three times a day, and scatter the food,
so that they can't eat too fast or,'without
proper exercise. Do not feed more than
they will eat up clean, or they will get
"
tired of that kind of feed
Give them a variety of both dry and
cooked food a mixture of cooked meal
and vegetables is an excellent thing for
their morning meal.
Give soft feed in the morning, and
the whole grain at night, except a little
wheat OF cracked corn placed in the
scratching place to give them exercise
during the day.
Above all things keep the hen house
clean and well ventilated.
Do not crowd too many in one house.
II you do, look out for disease.
Use carbolic powder in the busting
bins occasionally to destroy lice,
Wash your roosts and bottom Of lay
ing nests with white wash once q week
in summer, and once q month in winter.
Let the old and young have as large
a range as possible-the larger the bet
ter.
Don't breed too many kinds of fowls
at the same time unless you are going
into the business. Three or four will
give you your hands full.
Introduce new blood into your stock
every year or so, by either buying n
cockerel or sittings of eggs from some
reliable breeder.
In buying birds or eggs go to some
reliable breeder who has his reputation
at stake. You may have to pay q little
more for birds, but you can depend on
what you get. Culls are not cheap at
any time.
Save the best birds for next years
breeding, and send the others to market.
In shipping fancy poultry to market
send il dressed PouRry Nation,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29
Took n Sneeze Together.

Somebody put pepper in Mr.. Grouty's
cologne bottle, and when he took a
smell at it he got about two spoonfuls
up his nose, and the way he sneezed was
a circumstance. About the time he had
been at it for ten minutes, and was she'd
ding tears %copiously, and felt sure that
he should loosen his hair at the roots,
and perhaps his teeth would come out,
q friend entered. us anything the mat
ter?" asked the friend. 'N-n-a ca-chor-
ooo-ooo-no !" answered Grouty, and
then, when he finally got a little quiet,
he gave the bottle to his friend and said;
"Smell Of this" And while the friend
was tearing himself all to pieces, Grouty
asked: us anything the matter, or are
you just doing it to kill timer" They
are foes now.-Boston Post.
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The Carpenters Plane Narrative.

The Carpenters Plane Narrative.
oh, beam my life, my Awlto me
He croi, bis name addressing
IlId adze such q love as yours,
I'D ask no other blessing !"
Il am reIoist to hear you speak"
The maiden said with laughter,
For tho l hammer g~uileless girl,
Its plano what you arc nitcrP
"Low, II nle love you Just a bit.
What further viii you az mel
row will you be content 10 that
Or will you further lacks mel"
lie looked hAnd-saw her words were squar-'
"No rival shAll displace me
let one more favor Iimplore,
And that is, dear EN-, brace mel"
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Thirty days after a Michigan man got
n divorce from his wife to marry n with
n handsomer face, the woman fell heir to
S2S7, 900. You bet that ex-husband feels
like o man with the jumping toothache'
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Robinson went up to his room the
other afternoon and noticed that there
was only one match remaining in the
box. "Now, if that shouldn't burn to-
night when / come in" soliloquized he,
what o fix 1 should be in" So he tried
to see il it was q good one. 1t was.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-04-29

The Chicago Times is in favor of 10
and IA o'clock. Steady in the ranks, and
we'll soon upset this double time bust
ness,
New-York tribune., 1881-12-16
TIE ATLAETI EXPOSITION

A AC.NCINNATF GIFT GRACEFULLY REcIPRoCATED
CINCINNATL Dec. l5.-SOme weeks ago u
number OF OF this city, desiring to conpi-
mcut Atlanta, and especially the Exposition in progress
there prepared floral ship called the Atlanta" and
with party OF ladies' and gcuthmon bore It 10 Atlanta
and made formal presentation OF to the managers Of
the Exposition To-day 1t returned In charge Of
party of lnns and gentlemen OF Atlanta not lOral
snip but ireisnted with Southern products
formal recep ptOu was hold at the Chamber OF Com
mcr,c this afternoon. The body Of tbs hall was hlel
with Indies aud gcntlcmen The Atlanta dcputaton was
escorted into the hall by band playing " Dixie" amid
applause, which was renewed when the band played
Hail Columbia
Speeches were made by Mayor Means, William Harvey,
yicc-presdcnt Of the Chamber Of Commerce, and g. f.
Coyngton president of the Board Of Trade aud Trans
portation welcoming the Atlanta visitors. Mayor Cum
mings OF Atlanta then introduced Samuel Il. Small OF
Atlanta who made graceful response In tho course
OF his speech he said tnat he belonged TO tho New South
which has learned 10 labor and which found greater
glory In the dust Of the soil the faco than In military
insniA on the breast lie declared that IL tho south
hereafter spoken O ns section, II would because
contributed more than any other To the advancement
OF the interests OF the Nation His aliusion
the late President Garfield the Best Earth that ever
graced man." produced hearty applause.
Ex-GoyernOr NOyes replied paying compliment Ia