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NOBODY.

II nob0dy's noticed you. you must be small,
II nobody's hated you, you must be tall
Il nobody's bowed TO yon, you must he low
Ii nobody's kissed you, you're ugly, We
know.
Il nobody's envied you, you're poor elf,
If nobody's fiattered you-fiatter yourself;
If nobody cheated you. You are q knaye;
If nobody hates you, you arc slave.
If nobody's called you fool to your face,
Somebody's wished for your back in its
place;
II nobodyes called you tyrant or scold,
Somebody thinks you of spiritless mould.
If nobody knows of your faults but friend,
Nobody will miss them ut the worlds end !;
If nobody elings to your purse like fawn,
Nobody II run like q hound when its gene.
If nebody's eaten his bread from your store
Nobody call y0n u nsiserly bore;
II nobody's slaudered you--here is our pen,
Sign yourself . Nobody quick as you can
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WIDEAWAKE NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO HOME INTERESTS
DoNALDsoNVILLE, La, SATURDAY, MAY a5, 1878.
LOVE ArIAsr.

And SO he loves me-. though they said
- No lover ever would come to me,
That should meier be wooed or wed.
49, Or nurse child upon my knee;
They were so sure that / should miss
The woman's heritage of bliss.
And |, too, in the sad gray hours,
! when through low clouds no sunlight
| shone,
And when the slow September showers
Seemed natures tears for summer gone,
murmured with long sad sigh
My summer also has gone byl"
But now l know that what to me
Seemed autumn rains were showers of
Spring,
Summer has come, and now see
Loves sunlight brighten everything.
II says he loves me, and to-day
My year rolls back to early Nav,
How did it como ! ask of him:
lie says my face is sweet and fair;
And yet to me these eyes seem dim,
And ON this brow are lines of care.
But now these eyes shall yet be bright,
And once again this brow grow light.
He loves ME loves me l repeat
The blest assurance every hour;
And now the wine of life is sweet
:, That yesterday was sharp and sour;
Loves nectar from cup OF gold.
look through long slow-eoming years, s.
Made by his love all bright and fair;
look around through happy tears,
And see his image everywhere;
In his great love breathe and live;
If it be sin, dear God, forgive.
1t cannot be. Since l have known
Hislove, Gods love seems dearer too
He has COMO near toape, and shown
What Tor hesliumblest hesca do asss
Lies fateful fingers intertwine
The human love with the divine.
o love, love, love! O blessed word,
That never did understand
MI in my ear his voice | heard,
And felt the pressure of his band.
No more | walk, with eyes cast down;
am his queen, love is my crown.
-AHthe Year Round
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HOUSE AND Sign PAINTING.

D j. GREEN, House, Sign and Ornamen-
HE tai Painter, Railroad Avenue, near
Claiborne street. Paner-hangiag ana Calci-
mining in superior style.
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BARBER SHOP.

II l.. FERNANDEZ. Barber Shop, Mis-
| Lie sissippi Street, near corner Lessard.
Sharing, bair-eutting, shampooing, ETC., in
most Artistic style.
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T0SEPH GONDRAN. dealer in Clothing,
81 Dry Goods, Notions, Hats, Groceries
Wines, Liquors, Boots, Shoes. Hardware,
Paints, Oils, Saddlery, Crockery, Furniture
and all kinds of House Furnishing Goods,
No. IA Mississippi street.
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CIGAR DEALER.

T0SE REBERT, Deafer ii Tiavana 4
O Domestic Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes,
etc., cor. Mississippi and st. Patrick streets.
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BLACKSMITHs, Etc.
sADDIERY---HaRNEss-MAKING.

TOSEPH HISS, Saadler and Harness
e Maker, l59 Railroad Avenue. Saddles
and harness0f all styles and prices Iaafie to
order. All orders for repairing. and paint
ing of Carriages aud Bnggies promptly ex-
eeuted.
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SODA WATER mANUFACToRY.

CODA WATER .MANUFACToRY, II.
y Hether, proprietor, No. ii Mississippi
street. Soda, Mineral, Seltzer and I'll kinds
of aerated waters manufactured, and sold
| ut lowest prices.
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DoNAabsbaea. lie
BBSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY .esoops, GRocERIEs. Ete.

DERNARD LEMANN, dealer in Western
ID Produce. fancy and staple Groceries.
Liquors, Hardware, Iron, Paints, Oils. Carts,
Plows. SaddlcIy, Stoves aud Tinware, Fur
niture. Crockery, Wall Paper and House
furnishing Goods, Mississippi street, corner
Crescent Place. rsvsr a -
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30

opened the door Of the room where
lay and came softly to my side.
"Walter!" she whispered, and then
stole out again.
"He is asleep" she said, and heard
her go up stairs. But presently there
was soft rustic in the room, and ray
of sunshine that had crept to a crack in
the shutters was shut out. A perfume
hovered about me, though the handker-
chief was not laid upon my head, and
then little choking whisper came to
my ears.
"PoOr fellow. can never forget he
saved my life once"
The soft rustic came nearer, and Net
tie was looking down at me, when |
opened my eyes. She was startled, but
only showed it by faint flush on each
fair cheek. Her voice was quiet as she
said
"Can | do anything for you?"
"Won't you please fan me?" said,
after trying to think of an occupation
that would keep her near me. Still
she famed in hasty way and l said !:
"You have not improved since last
summer. You made fan initiate the
gentlest of summer breezes then
81? never famed you before!'
"Once BEFORE" / said, "you famed
me, bathed my forehead, and pillowed
my head on this ~ and l drew out from
my breast pocket flimsy handkerchief
marked "Annette Raymond"
But Nettie was only bewildered. The
gentle act of pity and charity l had
cherished as memory almost sacred,
she had almost forgotten.
"YOu did not recognize me-" said,
81 am the sailor you thought dying in
the cars last summer"
at cannot be possible - she cried.
"It is true. Nettie," / continued
imploringly, catching her hand as she
was going to arise, "why must all your
gentleness and pity be kept for beg
gars? Can you not give one little cor
ner to rich man who loves you? See
how | need you as much as ] did last
summer, when you thought | was a
pauper and dying. Now my heart is
dying for your love, Nettie."
She was trembling, blushing, yield
ing, and did not spare my pleading.
With all the elOquence at my COM
mand ] wooed her, and at last the little
hand in mine struggled for freedom no
longer, and Nettie consented to be my
wife, my ministering angel for life.
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Fish POaCIling.

Fish pOaching is simple and yet
clever in its way. In the spawning
time jack fish, which at other periods
are apparently of a solitary disposition,
go in pairs, and sometimes in trios, and
are more tame than usual. A long
slender ash stick is selected, slender
enough to lie light in the hand and
strong enough to bear sudden weight.
A loop and running moose are formed
of piece of thin copper wire, the
other end of which is twisted round and
firmly attached to the smaller end of the
stick. The loop is adjusted to the size
of the fish-it should not be very much
larger, else it will not draw up quick
enough, nor too small, else it may
touch and disturb the jack. 1t does
not take much practice to hit the happy
medium. Approaching the bank
quietly, so as not tc shake the ground,
to the vibrations of which iish are
peculiarly sensitive, the pOacher tries
if possible to avoid letting his shadow
fall across the water. Some persons
eyes seem to have an extraordinary
power of seeing through water, and OF
distinguishing at glance fish from
long swaying strip Of dead brown flag,
or the rOtting pieces Of wood which lie
at the bottom. The ripple of the breeze
the eddy at the curve, or the sparkle
Of tho sunshine cannot deceive them;
while others, and by far the greater
number, are dazzled and see nothing.
The poacher, having marked his prey,
in the shallow yonder, gently extends
his rod slowly across the water three
or four yards higherup the stream, and
lets the wire moose sink without noise
till it al most orquite touches the bottom.
1t is easier to guide the moose to its
destination when it occasionally touches
the mud, for refraction distorts the true
position of objects in water, and
accuracy is important. Gradually the
wire swims down with the current,
just as if it were any ordinary twig or
root carried along, such as the jack is
accustomed to see, and he Therefore
feels no alarm. By degrees the loop
comes closer to the fish, till with steady
hand the poacher slips it over the head,
past the long, vicious jaws and gills,
past the first fins, and pauses when 1t
has reached a place corresponding to
about one-third of the length Of the fish,
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reckoning from the head. That end of
the jack is heavier than the other, and
the "lines" of the body are there nearly
straight. Thus the poacher gets firm
hOld-for a fish, of course, is slippery
and a good balance. If the operation
performed gently the jack will remain
quite still, though the wire rubs against
his Subsistence and stiffness have such
power over all living creatures. The
pOacher now clears his arm, and with
sudden jerk, lifts the fish right out of
the stream and lands him on the sward.
So sharp is the grasp of the wire that IL
frequently cuts its way through the
scales, leaving mark plainly visible
when the jack is offered for sale. The
suddenness and violence of the
compression seem to disperse the mus
cular forces, and the fish appears dead
for the moment. Very often, indeed,
it really is killed by the jerk. This
happens when the loop either has not
passed far enough along the body, or
has slipped and seized the creature just
at the gills. 1t then garottes the fish.
If, on the other hand, the wire has been
passed too far towards the tail, il slips
of that way, the jack falling back in
to the water with broad white band
where the wire has scraped the scales.
Fish thus marked may not tunfrequently
be seen in the stream. The poachers
observe that after fish has once
escaped from an attempt of the kind, it
is ever after far more difficult of cap
ture. The first time the jack was still
and took no notice of the insidiOus
approach of the wire gliding along
towards it; but the neXt-unlesS long
interval elapses before a second trial
the moment it comes near he is away.
At each succeeding attempt, whether
hurt or not, he grows more and more
suspicious, till at last to merely stand
still or stop while walking Oh the bank
is sufficient for him; he is off with
swish of the tall to the deeper water,
leaving behind him a cloud, so to say.
of mud swept up from the bottom To
conceal the direction of his flight. For
il would almost seem as If the jack
throws up this mud on purpose; if
much disturbed, he will quite discolor
the brook.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1878-05-30
A Wise Horse.

The writer has recently lost horse
of old age "a years, that had some re-
markable traits. He was white pony
that came into my service in December,
1856, at twelve years old. He was quite
fast, having about a three-minute gait
at his best. used him principally as
a run-abOut horse, and driving him to
the station when | went to the city. /
taught him to go back to the farm alone,
and very soon on arriving at the station
it was only necessary to throw the lines
over the dash board, and let him find
his own way across the track and among
the trains. He never attempted to
cross in front of train in motion, but
he would walk up near the track and
stand till the train the train got nearly
passed, when he moved up nearer and
was ready to cross the moment the hind
car passed him. Sometimes boys see
ing him going along the street Ieisurly,
would try to get ride, but no sooner
did he see their movements to that end
than he started off, on smart trot, and
eluded them.
A new and shorter road having been
opened to the station, and, before it
was worked, passing through narrow
bar-way, l thought, judging from his
habit of taking the off side of the road,
that he might hit the buggy against the
post in going through; so | watched
him on his return to see how he would
get over the difficulty. He hit the off
fore hub, stopped, backed up few feet,
hawed off, cleared the hub and went on.
He did precisely as good driver would
have guided him. He delighted in TAX
ing short cuts, and often went across
lots when the way was open. He crea-
ted much merriment one day, when a
neighbor passed him while on walk,
just at a point where he might go some
sixty rods across lot and cut off a bend
in the road. After the man passed
him on a smart trot, he turned into the
shorter cut and trotted briskly across
the field to the road ahead of him,
where he stopped till the man came
up, and showed unmistakably by his
manner, the pleasure he felt in the tri-
umph. He was perfectly true and al
ways ready to do reasonable service,
appreciated good treatment, but he
highly resented any loud and bolster
ous yelling Mt him. One day when n
new hand was using him to haul man
ure on a cart, and talked loudly to him,
he would not draw the load, and went
to him, spoke kindly, and he drew it
over u diflicultpiece of ground to where
it was to be left. When the man had
unloaded, he attempted to drive the
pony back to the barn, but he would
not draw the empty cart fol him.
When, in summer, he had been put ut
work that he did not relish after COM
ing home from the station, the next
day he would stop under the shade of Il
tree till the farm bell rang for dinner,
when he would come promptly for his
rations. Although he was sent home
in this way, probably more than a thou
sand times, he never broke anything
often threaded his way between logs
piled on both sides of the track; and he
manifested a discretion in regard to
passing trains, little short of human.
Who can say, after observing the con-
duct of the horse under various condi-
tions, that he does not reason9
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A Remarkable Fountain.

Taking narrow path crossed
through some dense underwood, and
all at once | stood on the banks of Wa
kulla spring, Florida. There was a
basin of water one hundred yards in
diameter, almost circular. The thick
bushes were growing almost to the
waters edge, and bowing their heads
under its unrippled surface. stepped
into skif' and pushed off. Some i'm
mense fishes attracted my attention,
and seized spear to strike them. The
boatman laughed and asked me how far
below the surface supposed they were.
| answered about four feet. He as
sured me that they were at least twenty
feet from me, and it was so. The water
is of the most marvellous transparency.
| dropped an ordinary pin in the water
forty feet down, and saw its head with
perfect distinctness as it lay on the bot
tom. As we approached the centre
noticed a jagged, grayish limestone
rock beneath us, pierced with holes.
Through these holes one seemed to look
into unfathomable depths. The boat
moved slowly on, and now we hung
trembling over the edge Of the sunken
cliff, and far below it lies dark, yawn-
ing, unfathomable abyss. From its
gorge comes pouring forth, with i'm
mense velocity, a living river. Push
ing on just beyond its mouth, | dropped
a ten cent piece into the water, which
is there 100 feet in depth, and | clearly
saw it shining on the bottom. This
seems incredible. | think the water
possesses a magnitying power. | am
confident the piece could not be SO
plainly seen from the top of tower
100 feet high. We rode on towards the
north side, and we suddenly perceived
in the water, in which the fish were
darting hither and thither, the long,
flexible roots and wide, luXuriant
grasses on the bottom, all arrayed in
the most brilliant prismatic hues. The
gentle swell occasloned by the boat
gave to the whole an undulating mo-
ton Deathlike stiffness reigned
around, and more fairy-like scene |
never before beheld. SO great is the
quantity of water here poured forth
that it forms a river of tself large
enough to float tlatboats laden with cot
ton. The planter who lives here has
thus transported his cotton to st.
Marks. Near the fountain we saw
some of the remains of mastadon
which had been taken from it. The
triangular bone below the knee meas
ured six inches on each side. The In
dian name of the fountain, Wakula,
means "The Mystery" 1t is said that
the Spanish discoverers sprang into it
with almost frantic joy, supposing they
had discovered the long-sought "Fons
Juventutis," or "Fountain of YOUTH,
which should rejuvenate them again.
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Most important and valuable to the
public safety Is that branch of the active
division of the police known as La ST.
rete, whose business it is to detect and
arrest all malefactora, Though all the
personality of that division have more
or less to do with the criminal classes
of the city, it is to this picked brigade
alone that the work specially belongs.
This branch is of comparatively recent
creation, having been founded by the
celebrated Vdocq in 1917 At first its
members were chosen from among the
liberated criminals and former cOnvicts
of the Capital, under the mistaken no
ton that the best way of catching a
knave was to set u knaVe to catch him.
But in later days all this has been
changed. The members of La Sarete
are now selected from men of the high
est moral standing belonging to the
force. OF unimpcachable respectability,
almost invariably married men and
heads of families, their private life con-
trasts strangely with their public func-
tions, which lead them through all the
most hideous sinks of crime in the me
tropolis. This chosen band, the army
which holds in check all the male-tac-
tors of Paris, consists Of one hundred
and fifty persons only-a singularly
small number when one recalls the fact
that the arrests executed by them
amount on an average to over forty
thousand annually. These men are
the trained bloodhounds of the law.
The quick and keen sagacity wherewith
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A Difficult job.

The famous dragon on the vane of
Bow Church, Cheapside, London, was
almost doubled up by the recent gales,
and it was determined to remove it.
Its length is eight feet six inches, and
its height above the pavement 220 feet.
From the highest point that could be
reached by the stairs inside the tower a
ladder was placed close against the
building, and secured by spike at the
top. A second ladder was then hoisted
from the first with block and rope, the
foot being well secured to the top Of the
other, and the second made fast as be-
fore, and so on until the top was reach
ed. Three ladders were used to get to
the vane from tho top of the balcony.
A stage was then erected around the
top of the spire about three feet below
the top. From that the engineers
hoisted derrick, by which the dragon
was lifted from its place and lowered
to the ground.
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CLEVELAND, TENN, MAY 30, 1878.

they will seize on the slightest trace, the
smallest indication, is only to be equal
ed by their courage, patience and perse-
verance in following up scent. In
glancing over the annals of this division
of the Partisan police, one comes upon
facts that makes the incidents of GabO-
rllau's novels and the exploits of his
hero, M. LecOq, pale their Intellectual
fires. 1t Is on record, for instance, how
the discovery of scrap Of paper on
which were written the words, "Two
pounds of butter" led to the arrest Of a
dangerous burglar. Their quickness of
eye is surprising. They are thoroughly
well acquainted with the style, so to
speak, of every professional criminal In
Paris. Thus, after the celebrated theft
of medals from the Biliotheque Imper-
iale, the police had only to investigate
the saw, the cord and the lantern left
behind by the robbers to pronounce
with certainty respecting their identity
And when, after the murder of the
Duchesse de Praslin, the then existing
chief of La iSurete, NJ. Allard, was ad-
mitted to view the frightfully mutilated
corpse, but his first remark was, "This
is not the work Of professional, but of
an amateur"
The Unborn dramatic talent of the
French nation makes 1t comparatively
easy for the members of the detective
force to disguise themselves, which they
are often called upon to do. But re
specting the motives and the style of
these DISCUSSES they are remarkably ret
icent, being unwilling to confess that
such ruse is ever practiscd. Yet an
experienced observer may sometimes
detect amid the elegant promenaders at
the Actresses ball or the Bal de rOpera
the individual whom he saw in the
selling oranges form barrow
or distributing advertisements, clad in
a sOiled blouse and a workman's cap.
Not long ago it was necessary to exer-
else a strict surveillance over the move
ments of certain personages who were
at one of the most fashionable
hotels of Paris. Two police inspectors,
one in the guise of an elderly and dis
Iinguished-looking gentleman, who
gave himself out as a former ambassa-
Tor, and the other acting as his servant,
.ook rooms at that hotel, and played |
heir parts to admiration for fortnight,
at the conclusion of that time
with their mission fully accomplished
md without having created the slight
EST suspicion in the minds of those with
whom they associated. The cOmical
part of the business was, that the in
ipector who played the part of the re-
ired diplomat had become 50 identified
with the character that on being after
ward familiarly accosted by his friend
md comrade who had acted as his ser
7ant, the became highly indignant and
him to remember to whom
le was talking"