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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
A Marine Candle.

There is found on the coast Of British
Columbia, Russian America, and Van
couver's Islands little fish not larger
than smelt, clad in glittering armor,
which is fat almost beyond conception
1t is popularly known as the candle
fish, but its scientific name is ,Sdl,R0 Pa
cifcgS. Mr.. Lord, the well-known ma
turalist, has carefully studied the habits
and manners of this fish, and the uses
to which it may be applied. Living
with the Indians, he joined their eXcur-
sions against the candle-fish, which,
sporting in the moonlight on the sur
face, gave to the waters the resem-
blance of vast sheet of pearly waves
TO catch them, the Indians use mons
ter comb or rake, six or eight feet long,
composed of a piece of pine wood, with
teeth made of bone, if sharp pointed
nails are not to be procured. The ca
noe being padded by one Indian close
to the shoal, the other sweeps the rake
through the mass, and brings 1t to the
surface, teeth upwards, with usually
one, and often three or four, fish i'm
palcd on each tooth. By the repetition
of this process, many canoes are soon
filled. The cargoes being landed, the
further charge devolyes upon the
squaws, who have to do the curing,
drying and oil making. They do not
cut or in any way clean the fish, but
simply pass long smooth sticks through
their eyes, skewering on each stick as
many as 1t will hold, and then lashing
another piece transversely at the ends
to prevent them from slipping off the
skewer. The fish are then dried and
smoked by being suspended in the thick
atmosphere at the top of the sheds, and
this smoke is sufficient to preserve them
fresh without salting--a process which
the Indians never apply to fish, When
dry, they are carefully packed in cases
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
Napkins In England,

1t is not the general custom to use
napkins at luncheon in England, al
though at great houses luncheon is in
reality a small dinner--as it may well
be when sta muckle dinner hersel !" is
at o'clock, and on great occasions at
8. An American lady was visiting at
one Of the houses, where she found the
usual absence of the napkin at midday.
She knew her hostess SO well that she
could venture to ask her why it was
that napkins were not used at lunch
con. Her grace (for she was duchess)
replied simply and briefly that it was
"not the CUSTOM" and with an air that
signiied that that settled the question.
But her guest had taken luncheon With
the Queen more than once at Balmoral,
and there she had found napkins. This
she told her friend as sort of justlfca-
ton CT her inquiry. "Indeed !" said
the duchess. "The Queen had better
be careful. She will make herself un-
popular If she undertakes to change the
custom of the country" The Philis-
tinism of John Bull does not even stop
short of napkins.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

The poor widow with nine smal
children and months rent due wat
around 10 see Bijah. She began;
a" Mr.. JOY, have you heart. ~
He offered to take an affidavit that h,
had.
"Then if yOn have, Mr.. JOY sh,
continued, wiping her eyes on hel
apron, "were you ever left a widow
with nine small children crying around
you for bread and no bread in the
house?"
Bijah reflected a moment, and then
concluded that he had never been
placed in such position.
"Then you don't know how awful il
is, Mr.. JOY. don't care for myself.
but it almost kills me to hear them nine
children crying together in chorus for
food. came around to see you and
ask you what I'd better do"
"Why, I'd 90 to work and get up a
square meal for them," was the honest
reply.
" A square meal out of shavings' ~
she almost screamed. " | told you |
had nothing to eat in the house-not
even an old oyster can ~
lie looked at her red nose, made a
mental calculation as TO how much
liquor she had swallowed during the
last ten years, and then calmly said:
"Poor woman, return to me and
bring me your nine dear children, and
/ will have oyster soup ready for them,
and then take the whole lot to a shoe
store
"I-I wouldn't do it. sir" she stam-
mered; "they is all in bed with bald
colds"
"Then | will go home with you,
poor widow, and tie little dears shall
be fed and clOthed.".
"Oh-oh-but you couldn't sir, you
couldn'r; cause my house doesn't look
fit for the likes of you. Hand me a
dollar, sir, and I'll hurry home to them
and fill every blessed darling with
soup"
81 will go along and carry the oys-
ters," he said, as he got up.
"Oh, no, sir-it's too much trouble
for you. Just hand me out fifty cents,
and the angels will bless you for ever
more"
81 have to go along and get a thirty
dollar bill changed-cOme."
She made a rush for the door, knock
ing the India-rubber cat clear under
the table, and, standing under the win
dow, she shook her fist at him and
yelled:
"Ill go home and teach them nine
dear children TO call ye an old black
headed ward delegate, and don't ye
forget the fact"
Hcart-broken mother - distressed
widOw-rcturn-hold on--come backE
he cried. But she never returned.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

OF the habits of the Penguins, W.
have graphic description by one o
the company of the exploring shiI
"Challenger." in his "Log Letters
The writer describes what is known al
one of their "rOokeries," or nesting
places, as follows: "Between the foo
Of the cliff and the beach was bank
covered with long tussock grass
among which the Penguias had theil
nests, and from which they had regular
roads into the rookeries. Among the
stems of the tall tussock grass they
were sitting about in thousands on theil
nests, consisting of layer of grass. Il
was not pleasant walking in the roOk'
cry; horrible smells, to say nothing OF
the fierce digs we now got in our legs
and the flendish noise something be.
tween the last notes of donkey's bray
and a deep-voiced sheep--a perfect
roar which is kept up night and day
and plainly audible from the ship
sounding on still night like the r)ai
of heavy surf. They never had more
than two eggs, sometimes only one
larger than Dorking's, covered dirty
white with brown stains. The young,
just out of the egg, were black, naked
things. Many of the eggs were cracked
by the young inside, who were poking
their bills out. Afterwards we walked
back to the rocks where we had landed,
a adistance of five hundred yards, through
the densest part of the rookery, and al
ways to be remembered by me as the
most awful walk | ever had. The
grass grew six feet high, matted and
tangled, while thousands upon thous-
ands of maddened penguins swarmed
between the tufted stems. When we
stopped to see where we put our feet,
we were instantly attacked by host of
infuriated birds, and got horribly
tweaked and digged at. You can have
no conception how infuriated and bold
they are when protecting their nests,
rushing at our legs in crowds, and fol-
lowing us, pecking viciously. They
were so thick that it was useless try
ing to avoid them, so one had just to
tramp on as fast as possible, amid the
deafening brays and Overpowering
stencil. Suddenly we were stopped by
finding ourselves at the brink of low
cliff. This stretch of rock was covered
with penguins, one stream coming
from the grass and putting to sea, and
the other stream landing and hopping
into the rookery. Marvellous jumps
they made in coming down the rocks,
doing jump Of three feet and more
quite easily, bolt upright the whole
time. They jump into the sea from off
a ledge of rock feet foremost, and land
very cleverly; as the wave came wash
ing up against the rock, they came
with it under water, shooting out Of the
depths in shoals, clinging on the rocks
by their feet, and when the wave re-
ceded the face of the rock was plastered
with them, and before the next wave
came they had clambered up in some
wonderful fashion, helping themselves
with their bills, but not with their flap
Ders.'
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
TWO MOTHERS.

sit Anl rock beside my cottage window;
My baby boy is lying on my knee
His tiny hand clasped close about my finger
His wistful hazel eyes regarding me;
Outside among the cherry trees thicl
branches,
There sings a robin with a crimson breast I;
| hear her song and guess it's tender meaning
She has two little eggs within her nest
The summer days are blossoming around us,
And every heart is filled with summers JOY
l wander slowly through the sunny garden,
And by my side totters the baby boy.
Gay sings the robin in the tree above us,
The mother-rapture thrilling all her song;
And tw ttering answers from her two brown
brdlings
Fill the soft air with music all day long.
Autumn has come the crimson leaves are fall
ing,
And golden leaves are flying here and there
The cherry tree is stripped Of half its beauty
And stretches out its branches brown and
bare.
Robin sits lonely mid the autumn splendor,
And my heart echoes to her plaintive moan.
This is the end Of the sweet summer story:
Our nests are empty, and our birds have
flown.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
A Baby railroad.

From Cucharas the main line Of the
Rio Grande road strikes directly for the
mountains and crosses the Sangre de
Christie range. As we go bounding
over the plains toward the pass, the
Spanish Peaks, two giant twin noun
tains, stand ont in all their majesty to
our left. Both of them lift their heads
above timber line, the one being II, ,720
feet. and the other 13 620 feet high. At
the Mexican town of La Veta we COM
menced the up grade. From this point
heavier engine, built expressly for
mountain climbing, takes our train. In
the next fourteen miles we must mount
up on our "trail" Of steel, 2,400 feet,
and then sweep down the other side of
the mountain into the Rio Grande Val
lev. At Ojo the tremendous climb
really commences. From here the
grade is sleeper and sleeper, and our
speed slower and more cautious. First
we mount up the steep side of Veta
Mountain, the towering summit Of
which we have to lean out of our car
window to see. Higher and higher
climbs the train, sleeper and sleeper
grows the grade until there is rise OF
2l7 feet to the mile. Our brave little
engine, with sinews of steel and breath
of fire, and voice of thunder, pufls and
pulls as if in agony. Now we begin TO
climb the Mule Shoe Bend. We are on
one end of it. Look yonder across the
narrow deep valley to our left. Do
You see that road looking like a little
rocky shelf running up the rocky
mountain side? That is the other end
of the ''shoe." 1t is hundreds of feet
above MS, but our train will be up there
half an hour hence. What shoe. Over
mile long on each side, and one end
500 feet above the other. And what
must the mule have been? Slowly up
and up we go, dodging the precipices,
and swinging around the mountain
curves. in the steady pull, until we
reach the toe of our great shoe. Here
we swing around from the Veta to the
Dump Mountain, on the sharpest curve
known in railroad building. Still up
and up we climb on the tremendous
grade, as if it were in balloon instead
of n railroad train. At last the dizzy
height of Inspiration Point is reached.
GLOW magnifcentw shouts fellow
traveller. GLOW lovely = says another,
''How frightful" " whispers third,and
no wonder. This is the Dump Of Dump
Mountain, the "CaDe>> Horn" Of the
pass. We are swinging round the brow
of the promontOry, and from our car
windows we can look over the verge of
the precipice into the abyss below, and
off upon a scene magnificent beyond de
scription. The valley up which we
started, the Veta Mountain, along
which, hundreds of feet below us, we
can trace our track, the Spanish peaks
looking more majestic than ever from
this lofty standpoint, and the stplain
on the bosom of which nestles little
Veta; all together form one Of the
gIandest panoramas this earth affords.
"This must be the summit" No, we
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
CLEVELAND TENN, JANUARY %.

of bark or rushes and then slowed away
out of reach of children or dogs till
winter. 81 have never" says Mr.
Lord, "seen any fish half as fat and a:
good for Arctic winter food as these
little candle-fsh. 1t is next TO impos-
sible to fry or brOil them, for they
melt completely into OIL" They are SO
maryelously fat that the natives use
them as lamps for lightning their LODI
ges. For this purpose the dried fish is
perforated from head TO tail by a piece
of rushpith by means of long needle
made of hard wood. The wick is then
lighted, and the fish burns steadily,
with a sufficiently good light to read
by. The candlestick is a bit of wood
split at one end, with the fish inserted
II the cleft. When by heat and pres
sure these little fishes are transformed
into liquid oil, and the Indian drinks
them instead of burning them, he sup
plies his own body with a highly car
bonaceous fuel, which is burned slowly
in his lungs and keeps up his animal
heat. without full supply of some
such food, he would perish in the cold
of & long northern winter. When 1t
sufficient supply of the fish has been
dried and ut by for the winters food,
the remainder is piled in heaps till the
fishes are partly decomposed, for the
purpose of being converted into oil.
The method of extracting the oil is We
ry primitive. Five or six large fires
are made, and in each fire are a number
of large round pebbles, to be made very
hot. BY each fire are four large square
boxes, made of the wood of the pine.
A squaw piles in each box layer of
fish. covers them with cold water, and
adds five or six of the heated stones.
When the steam has cleared away small
pieces of wood are laid on the stones
then more fish, more water, more
stones, and more layers of wood, and so
on, until the box is filled. The oil
maker now takes the liquid from this
box, and proceeds to fill another box,
using this oily liquid for the second box
in place of water. From the surface of
the contents of this box, the floating oil
s skinned off. One very small tribe
often makes as much as seven hundred
weight of oil. Not only is an abun-
dance of oil supplied by nature, but the
bottles to store it away in are actually
provided. The great seawrack grows
to an enormous size in these northern
seas, and has a hollow stalk, expanded
at the root end into a complete flask.
These hollow stalks are cut at a length
of about three feet from the terminal
bulb, and are kept wet and flexible till
required. The oil as it is obtained is
stored away in these natural bottles,
which hold from a quart to three pints
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

are not at the highest point yet. Still
we must 90 on and on, winding up
ward through the deliles, among the
rocks, and past places rather trying 10
delicate nerves. But among the scores
of twists and turns we feel sense of
perfect safety. The roadbed is solid, o.,
the system Of brakes so perfect and the
train so well managed we do not think
of danger. This is a CROOKED" but
not "perverse generation" Of rail-
roads. At last, well up among the
clouds, the echo Of the engine whistle
reycrberating among the mountain
peaks, announces that we are at the top
summit, $3.50 feet above the sea. This
is point more than ! 900 feet higher
than has been reached by any other
railroad oil the continent, point 5000
feet higher than the summit of old Mt.
Washington, the loftiest mountain in
all New England. And now we are in
for a fifteen-mile slide down hill. With
double brakes grasping the wheels, and
the train men watching with eXtraor-
dinary care, we glide safely and smooth
ly down the Western slope. From
Garland, at the foot of the mountain, a
long level pull of thirty miles over a
part of the great San Luis Park, brought
us to new railroad town on the bank
of the Rio Grande, bearing the musical
name of Alamosa, 1t is only six months
old, and yet has near a thousand in
habitants. 1t sprang up in night.
This town is the nearest railroad sta
ton to that new and rich FL Dorado,
the San Juan gold and silver mining
region,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
PnInnelI.

Excavations at Pompeii prove the
city to have been one OF the most fash
ionable and beautiful of Roman sum-
mer resorts, and, but for the eruption it
might have remained 80 to this day.
As with Pompeii, so with thousands of
people who have beauty of form and
feature. They might always be ad-
mired but for the eruption, that makes
the face unsightly, and betrays the
presence of scrofula, virulent blood
poisons, or general debility. There is
but one remedy that positively cures
these affections, and that remedy is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t is the best known tonic, Alternative
and resolvent. 1t speedily cures PIN
pies, blotches, liver spots, and all dis
eases arising from impoverished or
impure blood. 1t also cures dyspepsia.
and regulates the liver and bowels.
Sold by all druggists.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23

ALTHorGH MANY are pledisposed to lung trou
bles from birth, yet even Sucn may escape con
sumption or other Pulmonary or Bronchial dis
eases. II d 10 care and watchfulness be observed
and all exciting causes are promptly treated q:
they arise. IL Is In these cases Dr. j yne's kX'
pectorant exercises It's most beneficial ei1ects
and has produced the largest proportion OF its
cures. Besides promptly removing Coughs and
Colds, which, when left 60 themselves, are the
ment, this standard remedy allays any nflama.
tlon which may exist, and by promoting easy
expectoratlon, ,cleanses the lungs OF the substan.
ces which clog them up and which rapidly des.
tro when sufferes - remain.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-01-23
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising. al per square
Inst insertion, and 80 cents each subaequeu'
Insertion
Special contracts will be made fo- all Adyer-
usements for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly In advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, oysr one
square charged for at half regular rsteA
All local notices 10 cents line for each IN.
sertion.
No notices inserted for less than fifty
cents.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
Large Premiums.

A newsboy in referring to the efforts
being made to increase the circulation
Of the "Every Evening" through the
offer Of premiums, loosely suggested
that the manager should name the dou.
BILE cylinder press as first premium,
and the single cylinder as the second
premium. Another lad Immediately
suggested that the stockholders should
throw in the entire Office as it seemed
to him that it was an elephant on their
own hands. Sensible lad that, fully
equal to Aunt. Polly Bassett's son,
Jedediah, who figured so largely at
the exhibition OF the New England
"Sinein Skewel."
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
Slig htly IDtured.

Philip Anderson, of Philadelphia, one
Of the workmen at the new Court
House, met with slight accident at
tho latter place, yesterday morning
about ll.3O. A large stone was being
raised, and Anderson had the guy rope
tied around his body. The shears gave
way and Anderson was thrown violent
ly to the ground, receiving what was
at first supposed to be serious injury
to his spine. DR.. Ogle had him sent
to the City Hospital, and attended to
his injuries last evening. This morn
ing DR.. G. Troupe Maxwell, the regular
physician, informed us that beyond a
few bruises the man was all right and
would be able to resume work shortly.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14

overcoats with them. To-day the
Brooklyn Zouaves took part in large
parade of our G. A. r. boys, and their
soldierly bearing won them plenty OF
applause. When one comes TO think
OF the large number of persons in this
city who belong to military organiza-
tions Of one kind or another, one can
not help feeling pride in the fact that
the martial spirit which animated
thousands of Pennsylvania's sons to
such active participation in the last
war is not on the wane, but seems to
increase with years. 1t would hardly
be an over-estimation to say that, in
Guiding colleges, perhaps 5000 equipped
men and boys may be found in this
city alone, leaving out the Grand Army
Of the Republic, whose members mum
ber some thousands more. M.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
Police Pickings.

The first offender ushered into thu
dock last evening was an inebriate
who had fallen down and cut himsel
severely. For this privilege he was
fined SO cents and cost.
owen Hannah was the next man
He was arraigned on the charge O.
drunkenness and disorderly conduct
He very indiscreetly became offensive t
an officer in the very temple of justice
and he was waltzed back so quick tha
the celerity made his hair curl. One
hundred dollars to keep the peace was
the penalty.
John Sweeney was arraigned on the
charge of threatening his mother
bodily harm. She stated that or
no offense whatever her son had
cursed her and threatened to mash her
brains out. John denied the charge
and supplemented his disclaimer with
the hurried calculations. "iou were
drunk You know it What did you
call me bum for, and loater." 9th
er words followed between the two, and
the unnatural scene was ended by the
Mayor imposing fine Of 81 and costs
and holding the son in 500 to keep
the peace.
Thomas Hanly was next brought in.
He had been fighting upon the trouble
created by this youngster pending an
other case. While officer Gutchnsr
was taking the boy to the hall, he pass
ed by the store of John Hanly the
father of the boy. Mr.. Hanly naturally
objected to the boys arrest and endea-
vored to make him believe that the
boy was an innocent boy. One witness
swore that the father CAUGHT hold Of
the officer and threatened to lick him
furthermore stating that he could ker-
whollop any two police on the force
Officer Gutchner made the same state
ment. Mr.. Hanly denied the charge
and as proof had another eyewitness
who stated that Mr.. H. merely touched
the officer on the shoulder, that there
was no effort made to deter him in the
performance of duty. Here was conflict
ing testimony, and consequently an ex-
isting doubt. The prisoner was given
the benefit Of the doubt and the case
was dismissed. The boy was fined sl.OO
and costs for lighting.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
0rgauiZing,

The colored voters are coming to the
front again. The Charles Summer club
of colored voters will meet tomorrow
"Wednesday )evening,the 18th instant,
to perfect their organization, wheu they
will apply their efforts to getting their
names upon the assessment books and
in getting ready to vote at the next
election. A full attendance ofthe mem
bers is requested.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
A Wife's Dilemma.

John Morningstar, of Indiana, enlist
4ed in the army eighteen years ago,
Sleaving awife and infant daughter at
home. After being wounded and dis.
charged he went to California. where
he has since been engaged in mining.
Nothing was ever heard from him at
home until Friday, when he returned
= wealthy man. He found his wife
married again and his daughter a full
brown woman. The town of Fowler is
Greatly excited over his return. His
Former wife, now Mrs. Scott, is in a
61ilemma.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
The DOg Question.

MEssRs. EDITORS We commend the
REPUBLICAN for all it has to say about
the war against unregistered dogs. But
do you remember that registering dog
will not prevent him from being bitten
and going mad and doing the greatest
amount of mischief. Rather let the cry
be death to all dogs found on the street
unaccompanied by, and under.control of
their masters. If the master will run
the risk he ought not to have the right
to subject the community to it.
Yours for ExTERMINATIoN.
WILMINGTON, Oct. IA, 10.
Daily Republican., 1879-10-14
A Little Boys Misfortune.

Last evening as little boy in the
employee OF William Y. Warner, was
going in town for the purpose of pur-
chasing new suit of clothes he was so
unfortunate as to lose the money
amounting to $40. The lad is poor
boy and the loss Of his earnings is quite
a misfortune. Mr. Warner his employ
er offers reward for the return of the
money.