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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
The Resnlts of lho Greai Mnich,

The total receipts Of the recent inter-
national walking match in New York
amounted to S73, 923. OF this sum the
lessecs OF the building received twenty
per cent, SIS, 4S0.75. After nearly all
the bills had been audited, it was found
that the total expense of the contest
amounted, as far rs ascertained, to $l5,-
O47. The principal items in this sum
were ST. 500 voted by the committee of
fifteen to themselves rs compensation
for their services; 50 500 to Mr.. Hess rs
general manager; about 81 500 to at
tendants and watchmen; LOO for
scorers; $500 to Mr. Atkinson; $3.50 for
damage to the building, and 500 for
tents.
Deducting the $15,O47 of expenses
from the amount i'll the hands of the
committee, $40, 395 still remained to be
divided. OF this 81 1896 was reserved as a
contingent fund to meet any little bills
which might still be outstanding, re-
ducing the amount to be apportionod
among the winners to $4,000 out Of
$73, 923, against $50, FOG 81 in the March
contest for the Ashley belt out of $751;
624,
After long discussion the following
scale of division was agreed upon Row
ell, according TO the original agreement,
receives 80 per cent, Merritt 1877, Ha,
zael 10i, Hart 2, Guyon 5, Weston 81.
Ennis p and Krohne 2t. This division
gives the several winners the following
amounts: Rowell, $50 miles, $l9 500;
Merritt, 515 poiles, $73l2.5O, Hazael,
800 miles, $4. 1872 so; Hart, 4s2 miles,
81, 73O; Guyon, All miles, 81, $50; Wes-
ton, 455 miles, 1885; Ennis, 45Ot
miles, 81, ,072 30; Krohne, 45Os miles,
$S77 80.
In March last Rowell received $l8,.
1893 80 for walking 500 miles; and now
Hazael only gets $4, 1872 so for going the
same distance. Weston obtained $500
for walking $50 miles in England. In
addition to his share Of the gate money
Rowell gets Sc, 600 in entrance fees.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
What tho Mlcroscope Reveals.

Lewinbeck tells of an insect seen with
a microscope, of which $4,000, 600 would
only equal mite. Insects of various
kinds may be seen in the cavities of a
grain of sand. Mold is forest of
beautiful trees, with branches, leaves
and fruit. Butterflies reiully feathered.
Hairs are hollow tubes. The surface of
our bodies is covered with scales like a
fish; single grain of sand would cover
$50 of these scales, and yet each scale
covers 500 pores. Through these mar.
row openings the perspiration forces it.
self like water through sieve. The
mite takes 500 steps a second. Each
drop Of stagnant water contains world
OF animated beings, swimming with as
much liberty ms whales in the sea. Each
leaf has colony of insects grazing on it
like COWS in meadow.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
"Sonlehndr Loves Me.v

iendent OF the Little Wanderers Ilome,
in R., received one morning request
from The judge that he would come to
the courthouse He complied directly,
and found there a group Of seven little
girls, ragged, dirty and forlorn, beyond
what even he was accustomed 10 soo.-
The Judge, pointing to them (uttcrly
homeless aud friendless), said
Mr.. r, can you take any Of ihese2
Certainly, l can take them ALL was
the prompt reply.
'Alll What in the world can you do
with them.
I'll make women of themp
The judge singled out one, even worse
in appearance than the rest, and asked
again:
What will you do with that one2'
I'll make woman of her. Mr., T
repeated, firmly and hopefully.
They were washed and dressed and
provided with supper and beds. The
next morning they went into the school
room with the children. Mary was the
name of the little girl whose chance for
better things the judge thought small.
During the forenoon the teacher said to
Mr.. T, in reference to her:
i never saw child like that. i have
tried for an hour to get smile, aud
have failed.
Mr.. Il eaid afterward, himself,
that her face was the saddest ho had
ever seen--sorrowful beyond expression;
yet she was very little girl, only five
or six years old.
After school he called her into his Of.
fee and said, pleasantly:
Mary, I've lost my little pet. used
to have little girl here that would
wait on me, and sit on my knee, and ]
loved her very much. A kind lady aud
gentleman have adopted her, and l
should like for you to take her place,
and be my pet now. Will you?'
A CLEAN Of light fitted over the poor
child's face, and che began to under.
stand him. He gave her ten cents and
told her she might 60 to the store near
by and get some candy. While she was
out he took two or three newspapers,
tore them in pieces, and scattered them
about the room. When she returned he
said
Mary, will you clear up my Office a
little for mo, and pick up the paper and
see how nice you can make it look?'
She went to work with a will. A lit
tie moro of this kind of managemeut-in
fact, treating her as a kind father would
wrought the desired result. She went
into the schoolroom after dinner with so
changed a look and bearing that the
teacher was astonished. The child's
face was absolutely radiant. She went
to her and said
Mary, what is it2 What makes you
look SO happy?'
'Oh, I've got some one to love me-
the child answered earnestly, as if it
were heaven come down to earth.
That was all the secret. For want of
love that little ones life had been 30
cold and desolate that she had lost child
hoods beautiful faith and hope. She
could not at first believe in the reality
of kindness or joy for her. 1t was the
certainty that some one had loved her
aud desired her affection that lighted
the child's soul and glorifled her face.
Mary has since been adopted by wealthy
people and lives in beautiful house;
but more than all its beauty and com
fort, running like golden thread
through it all, she still finds the love of
her adopted father and mother.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
Keen tho Mouth Shut.

The influence of nasal respiration on
the ear is illustrated by Mr.. Geo. Catlin,
in his history of 'The North American
Indians Among two million Indiana
he found not one who was deaf or
breAthed through the mouth, except
three or four deaf-mutes; and in the
memory OF the chiefs Of $50 tribes, not
one case Of deafness could be remem.
bered to have occurred. This is OK.
planned by the mother always closing
the month OF the child whenever it at
tempted to breathe through it,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
A SupposititiOus Case.

An American in China writes: Every.
thing goes by contraries here Then
China is the place for the American par
agraphist. just think Of living in land
where the servant girl explodes and
blows up the oil can; where, instead of
the mule kicking the man to death, the
man kicks the mule into oblivion; and
the chestnut tree falls from the boy and
breakfasts limbs; and the gun is sent to
kingdom come because it didn't know
the man was loaded, and the ice breaks
through skater and is drowned; and
the editors house is broken into by
thieves and robbed of $150,000 in cash
and $4,000 in iewelry; where the front
gate But you have our idea. Four
fifths Of all the jokes that havo been
perpetrated in this country during the
past fifteen years could be introduced
sort o. Vice versa in China, and would
pass for new.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06

A deaf and dumb girl in Dorsey coun.
ty, Ark, has recently begun to talk in
her sleep. There had been family
prayers for the restoration Of her speech.
AT midnight her mother heard her dar-
ling's vsice. Arousing the old gentle
man, she entered the apartment where
the child lay. The deaf and dumb girl
remarked casually, Everything seems
very wonderful Then turning sudden
ly in her bed, she added, Yes, the old
time orchards are always inbloom. The
affectionate parents simultaneously EN-.
braced the maiden. She awoke with
start, But she could neither hear
nor speak.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
The Fruits Of War.

The war between Peru and Chill has
won some naval honors for Perm, but at
the same time has involved her in mex
tricable confusion Of debt. There is
said to be not dollar in the Peruvian
treasury. The future has been antici-
pated up to November, and $5, 900, 900
are due to the banks and inoneylenders
for war expenses. There is no money
to pay the soldiers, nor even to buy
their rations. Tho finance minister,
paralyzed by the diHicultidt5this Office,
has resigned, and no one can be found
to take his place. The congress, now in
session, will vote no supplier, and con-
Anes itself TO voting down measures Of
relief proposed by the Joint committee
on finance.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
A Relic of Mary Queen of Scots.

When Mary Queen of Scots was a
prisoner in the castle of Lochburn in the
winter and early spring Of 1868, she
drew young George Douglas, the strip
ling brother of William Douglas, the
governor of Lochbun, into her favor
for the purpose of effeoting her escape.
The youth was won completely. On the
evening of the second of May, 1868, the
keeper and his family being at table,
George seized the keys and fled across
the lake with the royal prisoner. For
this romantic allegiance Queen Mary
presented to George Douglas a lock of
her hair. Now it 70 came about that as
time rolled on this lock-of a silken tex
ture and beautiful pale auburn-was
found among some old papers at 'Wis-
haw, one of the estates of the Douglas
family, And as time again passed, when
the late JohL Carroll Brent visited the
late Mrs. Catherine Pye Douglas, Of
Rose Hall, Scotland, relative, she
showed him the lock, and, dying seven
years later, in 1S47, bequeathed it to
him, AT the death of John Carroll
Brent it fell into the possession of his
sister, Miss G. d. Brent, Of Washing
ton, D. c., who is now at Bedford
Springs, and who herself kindly told the
Lynchburg NeaOs all about the relic.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
Only.

Unll.
Only baby,
Kissed aud caressed,
Gently held 10 s mothers breast
Only child,
Toddling alone,
Frightening noT its happy home.
0aly boy,
Trudging to school,
Governed Low by sternsr rule.
Only youth,
Living in dreams,
Full OF promise lie nov seemH.
Only man,
Battling with life,
Shared in now by loving wife.
only father,
Burdened with care,
Silyered threads in dark brown hair,
Only grsybeard,
Tcddling sgain,
Growing old and full Of pain.
oOly mound,
oergrown with grass,
Dreams unreslized-rett at last.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
RATES or ADVERTISING.

Regular ra'ol ~ sdyorh.ing, q PER square
fret insorio-. a1l 50 cent? each Subsequent
inFcriion.
Special oontrscia yiil bc insd3 Tor al sdver-
hsomcuts for four ip-oIiijng or over
TrAnFieut embellishments always payable
quarterly IN advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over ono
square, charged for Il regular ratea
All local news 10 cents line for each in
sortion.
No notices insatCd Tor lafn than iiiiy cents.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06
IL was the timo Of roses,
We plucked them az we went,

sang Beltran, half under his breath.
And / plucked them till the basket on
my arm was heaped. The garden
was just as it is to-day, on terrace
higher than the rect OF the garden. Aud
when l turned about l saw Paul had
come down, and was walking in the pop
lar alley Of his grandfather's garden,
bore-headcd, with his hands behind him,
and his head fallen on his breast. Ah,
how beautiful he was 80 tall, 80 dark,
80 ike fallen star Aud j loved him
30; and We had quarreled. / had been
miserable just foriy.eight hours. II
seemed to me that ] had never been hap
py. l had lost my youth; / was old;
had come into the shadow. There was
another young girl, she said, after a
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06

That was very greedy Of you, Tom
my TO eat yom sisters share oi cake
you told me, ma, / was always to TAKE
her part,' said Tommy.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-11-06

lightning has struck six times this
season in one field at Tocumseh, Mich,
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05
THE CONVENTION.

The Ohio State Republican Convention
has completed its work and adjourned,
and the question of how satisfactory
their action is to the people will be de-
termined in October. Although many
of the delegates in that body perferred
some person for the nominee other than
Taft or Foster, yet the preference did
not crystaliZe, and the amicable contest
was narrowed down to these two men,
and Hon. CHARLES FOSTER received the
nomination on the first ballot.
Under all the circumstance and with
the various interests involved, better
choice could not probably have been
made. He was elected for three terms
against heavy Democratic majority in
the old 10th district, and always proved a
faithful representative OF his const:tu-
ents. He is strong, magnetic, aggressive
and popular, and we predict will poll as
large vote for the party as any other
man could He possesses elements
which will cause the apatneIc to
awaken, the active to be more vigorous,
and which Will enlist the earnest work
of Republicans in every section.
Gen. ANDREW HICKENLooPEI, who
was nominated for the second place on
the ticker, was a most gallant soldier
and is a prominent Cincinnati German,
who will bring strength TO the ticket.
With these leaders on the platform
the Republicans of Ohio enter
the canvass with every prospect thai
success will crown their banners. There
are no side issues to claim attention and
the only question to be decided is
her people are in favor OF main
tanning the supremacy of the National
as against the Southern
Confederacy.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05
sketches of the Candidates.

Nearly all the facts in the life of the
candidate for Governor, which usually
go into biographical sketches OF poliii
cal men, were given in vigorous fash
ion by Gen. Gibson in the speech pre-
senting his name to the Convention
Aside from his membership in the 42d
43d, 44th, and 45th Congresses. the Hon
Charles Foster never held public Office
He was born in Seneca county, where
his father, Mr.. Charles w. Foster. had
established large mercantile and bank.
ing business, ON the 18th of April, 1928
and after attaining the education afford
ed by the common schools and the acad-
emy at NorTal6, he entered the business
of his father. His personal popularity
was strikingly demonstrated during The
Congressional campaigns of 1870, '72, IA
'76 and '79, in which latter year he was
defeated through the medium OF the
Democratic TedistTicting of the State.
John F. Oglevee, candidate for Aud
tor of Safe, entered the army as pr
Yate soldier, and was promoted On the
field for gala 1Ify. He was twice elect
ed Auditor OF Clark county, and is now
serving his second term in the Ohio Leg
islatu.e, and is 2 recognized leader on
the Republican side OF the House.
George K. Nash, OF Franklin county,
candidate for Attorney General, is a
promising lawye:, and very popular. He
was twice elected Prosecutor OF Frank
lin county, Notwithstanding a large
Democratic majority which he he'd 10
overcome. He made q handsome race
for Congress in tlat district against Gen.
Ewing.
Joseph Tu-.ney, candidate for T easu-
rer, came 10 Cleveland poor orphan
boy. By industry and force OF charac-
ter he rose in the esteem of his fellow
citizens, and was twice elected Treasu-
rer of Cuyahoga county. He was al
ways steadfasG RepC 1lican.
James Fullington, OF Union coun-
ty, nominated for the Board OF
Public Works, was President of the
State Board of Agriculture, and served
as a member OF it foT many yeas. He
is admirably qualified FOR the position.
Judge johnson, of I-onIon, is one of
the foremost lawyers of Ohio. He
served three years Oh Gie Common Pleas
bench of Lawrence county, and was ap-
pointed as one of the Supreme COufG
COmmission.-Cin. Gazette.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05
Fatal End of a Drunken Spree
Wheeling Re@is,e-, Monday.

Oh F:day last four young men bought
keg OF beer az Bellai'e, and putting it
in si:iff, Towed over TO BOgg's Island,
opposite Gravel Hill, and spent the af-
teTnOon in drinking and carOuSal. Late
in the evening, their supply of beer be
ing exhausted, they started to return.
One of the men, John Pascal, amused
himself by rocking the skiff back and
forth, to the ala-m OF his companions,
who ordered him to sop, saying that
they were all drunk, and unable TO
swim. To this Pascal replied that he
didn't care d-n; he could swim any
how. With this he eser,ed EimselG and
the skiff YVES turned completely upside
down, and the fouE mea thrown into The
river. So1ered by the situation, til zee
of them succeeded in gaining a precari-
GUS hold Of the outside OF the boat. The
fourth one, Pascal, caught one of tine
Others by the foot, but was kicked off.
He then grasped another by one of his
limbs, but this endangered his hold upon
the skiff, and Pascal was again compell-
ed to loosen mis- hold. He then struck
out for the shore, but sank before reach
ing land, never TO rise until his Gfelecs
body, with features swollen anG d-stost-
ed, was fished out two hou.s later.
In the meantime three men vino were
clinging to the boat, and whose names
no one seems to know, c,..ed Justly Tor
help. John Kincaid, engineer at the
Water Works power house, spraug into
a skiff and started to The rescue, buG
was obliged to re5u.n tor tle Oa-s. Fl
nally he reached the ex1ausJed Een,
and only in time, for none of item could
have held on longer.
PaScaPs body was recovered a1Out
eight O'Clock, some two hOT3a q avec the
accident, end buried On SaJu, day.
A strange occurrence is a.aaSed in
connection with The accident wlich we
repeat without any voucher for It's au-
thenticity. Pascal's mother lives at
Bellaire, and ON the afternoon of his
death she was lying asieep. AborG the
tine he was struggling in the wajer she
sprang up, seemingly half awa.e, a1d
declared that her son was dead. Ali per-
suasions to lie down again were VEN,
and she threw shawl over he: nead,
and started up street directly FOR the
scene of The accident, arriving While
The by-standers were hes; taUinG about
the best manner OF informing her OF ner
bereavement. The sGOly reads lie
marvellous fable, buv il was told TO US
by reliable pe-sons, who were present
when she arrived al tue river bank. Ii
tue, it Is certainly one o: The most in
e1pIcaole OF premon- lions.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05

WE ask the honest thinking men of
the county and of the State, what has
the Democratic party done for the in
terests of the people since its accession
to power in Ohiop What measure of
public policy has it inaugurated looking
TO the bettering of the condition of the
massesP We reply, nothing. The pres
ent Legislature has spent its precious
time and the peoples money in compass
ing the organization of charitable and
other public institutions in the State in
the interest of the Democracy. and have
succeeded in effecting the most corrupt
ends ever disgracing any State.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05
OHIO LEGIsLATURE.

o. S. Juu nal
MAY 27-Senate-No business of &
gene al nature transacted
| Adjourned till Thursday.
House-House bill codiffying laws re
laSing to county officers read third
time and passed.
MAY 2S-Senate--Not in session.
HOuse-Report of select committee or
Senate amendments to House bill codi
] flying laws relative to bitches and drains
concurted in.
MAY 29-Senate- Senate joint resolu.
ton relative TO printing school laws re.
ported back and agreed 70.
House bill creating additional jUd~ea
II the judicial subdivision composed OF
the counties of Fairfield, Pe--y and
Hooking passed.
House-Eil.s passed: House b-,l re.a-
ting to separate polls in ce-Gain cases
when members o. Congcess are TO be
chosen.
Report of conference commiCGee Oh
coditied laws relating to M Tia rece, we'd
and concurred in.
MAY 30-SenaJe-David A. Houk was
confirmed as Trustee of the Dayton Asy-
lum, and John Greonleaf as Trustee o.
the Colnm0us Asylum.
House bill relative to toll ga.es on the
National road, passed.
House-Report of conference comm;ss-
tee on codifed laws relating to DO ICE
regulations, concucred in.
MAY 31-Senate-Bills passed: Senate
bill to empower Board of Public Works
to repair and maintain canals.
Senate joint resolution providing tto-
adjournment of the Legislature JCce
10-adopted.
House-House bill to allow levy of
special tax on vote of tine people-pass-
ed; Senate bill relative 70 service OF
summons on railroad companies, passed.
JUNE 2-Senate-Seyeral ILLS were
read tie second time and referred.
House bill to require the Secretary OF
STATE to make the side notes 20 tne laws
passed by the General Assembly, was
passed.
Senate bill to allow township cemetery
associations TO condemn land for Gem
eGery purposes, was passed.
MI. Forests Senate bill disseminating
the Codifying Commission and author
lzlng the Attorney General, with two
assistants, TO continue the work and |
complete the same by the first of Sep
tember, was read the third time and |
passed.
A number OF bills were read the Sec
nd time and referred.
House-Mr. Owens Senate bill codify-
ng the laws relating TO public iIstitu-
ions was taken up, and after discussion
vas lost on passage-yeas 46, nays "a.
The House bill making appropriations
or the Adjutant Generals office was
hen taken up and considered, and after
considerable discussion was passed.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1879-06-05
MEMS ITEMS.

The Grafton OF Wendell Phillips at the
grave of William Lloyd Garrison was
rshy of the fame of the living and the
dead.
A Storm of hailstones as large as fl
berts fell at Circleville Thursday, cut-
Iing iruit and leaves from the trees and
whitening the ground.
For several months 0ack sheep have
been dropping out of the flock owned by
David Young, in Olive township, Noble
county, until about forty have disap-
peared.
| THE destruction of hotel at Hagers-
town, Md, by fire, last week, in which
six people lost their lives, and thirty
were injured, is another notice to the
travelling public of the risks attending
MOTEL lie, particularly in upper stories.
The Chicago Common Council has vo-
ted that Sunday drinkers may enter the
ban rooms by the front doors, instead of
going in by the side doors. Tnav IS TO
say, the Council has resolved not TO at
tempt TO stop the the Sunday liquor
i.raf1ic
General James Shields, late United
States Senator from Missouri, died sud-
denly, at Ottumwa, Iowa, Sunday niGllt.
Me children have died rom drinking
poisoned wafer in a brook AT Newark,
Vermont, aId number of Oilers a e rot
e-.pecLed to 1--we.
Seven men OF the gang OF Redmen, who
have been defy;ng law and order in
Wetzell county, in West Virginia, were
arrested on Sunday.
The weather was intensely hot in the
East on Sunday. Al Springfield, Mass,
the mercury ma ked 90 TO 100 degrees in
The shade, and al New York 9S degrees.
Miss Della Wheeler, aged IS, only SIS
ter OF Vice President Wheeler, died sud-
deosy, al the home O; the Vice Presi-
delI, AZ Malone, n. Y, last week. She
was al invalid To-. severaI yeas
Tree men, Henry Glenn, Patrick
Sc0levin, and WIN. Kelly, were arrested
in New York Saturday night on The
cls 'ge OF being implicated in the OBJ
berry of The Manhattan Savings Bank on
the 9Th OF October, 1873. They have
con -eased the cline.
A passenger on tra;n from Newark
On lis way to New York lad down DyI
o s side package containing $500 of
'efJnd;ng certificates while lighting q
cigar, aud let5 them tleGe. When he re-
meal 5ered The package he returned TO
Ihe car, but they had disappeared.
The gainesville and Youngstown mar :
row gauge railroad was sold on Monday, {
by the master TO H. B. Payne, William G
K. Hitchcock and Miles r. Martin, for
$4,000.
At the Norwich, Conn, election on
Monday very light vote was polled.
The Republican candidates were elected !
" small majorities.
Baron lionel, Nathan De Roths-
hilds, chief partner in the banking firm
If Rothschild & Co., London, is dead.