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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26

she would respect and esteem you less
for the deed2 Tell me-do you think
the cloud OF unhappiness might thus be
banished2 Oh, Clarence, il you would
but try i'll
Sarah Spencer had finished her work
in the kitchen and in the bed-chamber,
and sat down with her work in her lap.
But she could not ply her needle. Her
heart was heavy and sal, and tears were
in her eyes.
Presently che heard the front door
open, and a step in the passage, Ger
tainly she knew that stepl Yes, her hus.
band entered, and smile upon his face,
She saw it through her gathering tears,
and her heavy heart leaped up. He came
and put his arms around her neck, and
kissed her; and he said TO her in broken
accents, Darling, have come home to
throw down the burden I took away
with me this morning. 1t is greater
than / can BEAR
And she, trying to speak, pillowed her
head upon his bosom and sobbed and
wept like a child. Oil could he forgive
herr His coming with the blessed offer.
ing had thrown the burden Of rsproach
back upon herself. She saw him noble
and generous, and she worshiped him.
But Clarence weuld not allow her to
take all the blame. He must share that.
we will share it so evenly, said he
that its weight shall be felt no more.
And now, my darling, We will be happyp
Alwaysl'
Mr.. Wardle had no need, when CIar-
ence returned to the counting house, to
ask the result. He could read it in the
young mans brimming eyes, and in that
ioy-inspired face.
1t ives year after this-and Glare noe
Spencer had become partner In the
house-that Mr., Wardle, by accident,
referred to the events Of the gloomy
morning.
ABR said Clarence, with a swelling
bosom, that was the most blessed les
son l ever received. My wife knows who
gave it to me-
And it serves you yet, my boyP'
Aye, and it will serve us while we
live. We have none of those old bur.
dens of anger to bear now. They can not
find lodgment with us. The fash and
jar may come as in the other days-for
we are human, you know-but the heart,
which has firmly resolved not to give an
abiding place to the ill.feeling, will not
be called upon to entertain it. Some.
times we are foolish; but we laugh at
our folly when We see it, and throw it
off; we do not nurse it till it becomes
burden.
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The Trouble in the Imperial Family.

The statement that the peace party il
again dominant in Russia and thai
Count Schouvaloff again has good pros
poets Of obtaining position in which
he will be able TO exercise great in
huence in framing Russia foreign poll
cy, has led to some explanation of the
causes which have kept the count from
earlier maintaining superior position
among the counselors OF the czsr.
Schouvalof's bitterest enemy at the court
of st, Petersburg is generally supposed
TO be the Princess DJlgorouki, q lady.
waiting, whose father has long been
ON terms of hostility with Schouvalof,
and whose relations to the emperor
have passed out of the domain OF gossip
and will some day have their niche in
history. The 81. Petersburg correspon.
dent Of Partisan journal, discusses
them in the following terms; The real
cause OF the dissension in the imperial
family has never yet been made public.
Here is the plain truth. Despite his
white hair, Alexander ii. is and has
been for some time desperately ena-
mored OF the Princess Catharine Dol.
gorouki, one of the youngest and most
beautiful ladies Of his court. The czar
has never been able to endure separa.
ton from the princess and the child that
was born to her. The latter he has long
wished to legitimatiEe, and has formally
desired that the boy should be Iecog-
uiEed by his family. To this the en-.
press, and the czarwitch and the grand
dukes have declined to Accede. The
cEarine determined to leave Russia and
find at Cannes refuge from the insult
offered her. The czarwitch has avoided
the winter palace as much as possible.
The influence of the Princess Dolgorouki
has daily grown stronger in the czar's
household. 1t has been persistently
used to oppose the cause of freedom
and reform. The emperor has yielded
80 completely to itG destinations that he
has lately shown anxiety to obtain q
divorce from tho empress anu 10 marry
the princess. Such an act would hasten
his abdiSAtion, for the fair lady in wait
ing is not Of imperial stock, and Russian
traditions are rigid on the point. In
this dilemma the czar stands to-day.
Everywhere he sees enemies, and chiefly
in his own family. In word, it is the
Princess Dolgorouki and her unfortun,
ate influence which caused the empress
departure for Cannes, and the absence
of the czarwitch from the fetes OF st.
George. 1t is she who provokes the
czar to resistance and repression. 1t is
she who raises the barrier between
father and son. A Partisan correspond
ent of the AbenSLd& adds: In politi-
cal circles it is believed that the czar's
abdication is only question OF time;
and that, if the empress dies, the en-
peror will at once contract morganatic
marriage with the Princess Dolgorouki,
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Results of Seeming Incidents,

The haphazard of life and death was
illustrated in many ways by the Tsy
bridge calamity, Scotland, One lady,
who travelled with her maid, had order.
ed cab for the morning train, which
reached its destination in safety, but
the sabman oversight, and they were
obliged to take the noxt trsin-the one
which was buried in the quicksands at
the bottom of the river. Another in p
stance of train missing turned out Lore
happily. A gentleman was determined
to go to Dundee, Notwithstanding his
wife's entreaties, and that prudent lady
took pains to have the cabmar bShind
time, so that her husband lost the ill.
fated train, He was angry at the time,
but is reconciled to the situation now,
and entertains favorable opinion OF
his wife's weather wisdom. Another
man lost his life through the business
shrewdness OF the girl to whom he was
engaged. He was visiting at her house
in Edinburgh, and was anxious to re.
main until Monday, but she persuaded
him to return rather than incur the dis.
pleasure Of his employers by breaking
aith with them.
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Preparation OF OYSTERS,

| iiVphbbdOH vi OihtIbs
In his lecture at the Johns Hopkin
University, Baltimore, on the structur,
and development Of the oyster, DR.
Brooks gave his audience few prncti
cal points in relation to the propagation
and habits Of the bivalves. Many peo
pie suppose that the oyster, like Topsey
Jess growed,' but DR.. Brooks, whose
association with Prof. Agassiz and hi
own intimate acquaintance with biology
makes him an authority on this point
affrms that the oyster is propagatet
after the fashion Of a great many ami
mails. The eggs of the female oyster
he says, are the overgrown cells OF th,
ovarian tribes. When the eggs have
obtained their natural size they are
discharged from the tubes and vep'
out by receding current OF water On
the gills. From the gills of the oyster
they are discharged from the shell and
are deposited in different places, chiefly
upon smooth, hard substances. The
eggs when discharged are irregularly.
shaped substances, only visible to 9
well-trained eye. The change which
the egg undergoes when being trans
formed into the oyster is remarkable fol
its rapidity, sometimes taking two hours
and sometimes four days. A minute OF
80 after the atfiliation Of the egg and the
male cells, the former from a round
mass becomes elongated and then by O
second transformation becomes partially
divided into three portions. The next
stage is the actual division of the egg
into three disconnected globular por-
tiOns and these are subdivided into five
portions. At the last stage these five
distinct portions affiliate again in the
shape Of the oyster, three portions form
ing the cell and two the oyster. The
shell is first formed fn the shape of a
ridge, but gradually expands and at
length envelopes the oyster. At this
stage the oyster is in an embryo state.
1t is like the oysters we eat, except that
it is possessed Of few hairs with which
it swims close to the surface of the water
for few hours, until its digestive mus
cuIar organs fully develop, then it seeks
smooth hard substance, attaches itself
to it and remains sedentary for the rest
of its life. The food OF the oyster after
it becomes sedentary consists of micro.
scopic animal and vegetable matter.
The sea water contains much of this and
it is drawn in the gills of the oyster by
peculiar power of suction. The mouth
always remains open and the food en-
tering is naturally sucked into the gills
and proceeds down the nsaphagus into
the stomach.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
Typical Californian Story.

One OF the latest OF strange occurren-
ces came to pass few days ago on the
steamer Contra Costa, plying between
Vallejo and point opposite, on the
Martinez railroad. As the passengers
from this city en- route to Vallejo were
scrambling on TO the boat, lady neef-
ing little assistance with her packages,
received it from Mr.. g., grain spec
ulator OF San Francisco, who was going
to Vallejo on a visit. On the lady
reaching the cabin, conversation ensued,
during which each learned that the
other was from Kentucky, and IRON the
very same town. In answer to his
inquiry the lady gave Mr.. g., her name,
when the latter claimed her as his own
wife. The lady thinking the gentleman
either maniac or an adventurer, piled
him with questions, the answers to
which convinced her that Mr.. G.. was
her husband and none other, The two
had married in 1858 and about year
after the husband started for Liverpool,
The vessel was wrecked, and crew and
passengers were supposed to have been
lost. The husband was picked up and
taken to foreign port, where he lay
i'll for fifteen months. Meanwhile his
wife came to Ciliforna, and all traces oi
her we're lost by the husband. Although
search has been made. he had never
found her until this reunion took place
in the manner described. The happy
couple proceeded to Vallejo, when the
mother introduced young lady to her
husband as his daughter.
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After the DebauSh.

Asleep by the wsyLidel the night hath been long,
Vile was reyel, yet yier the song,
Do not disturb her poor waif Of the DUST
Christ that her sieop were the sleep Of the Just.
oh, 1t is sorrowful she is not DID,
Yet, ia the silver usurping the gold!
Where, in their purity, lilies have shone,
Sin, vita its shadow, hath marked her its own.
Haste-not the wsking:- too soon 1t will come;
Hist she is dresming OF childhood and home;-
The woods and the meadows,-of brooklets
and aowers,--
Ghosts Of the vanished, but innocent hoursl
Mother she whispers; Oh, God! that the
name
Night burn on the lips OF the daughter Of
shame
Till the soul, that is shrlned in its temple
within,
Should purge to Its depths from the burden Of
sin,
Asleep by the wayside! Thou soul Of the world,
Take up the stone, IL thou wilt, to be hurled; -
Yet, under the law Of the pure Nazarene-
Fret let the hand that would hurl It be clean.
Asleep by the waySdel On daughter Of shame,
Who but thy Maker shall measure the blamel
Soiled, and bestained by the shadows Of night,
oHce were thy garments as pure as the light.
Proud Of thine honor, and proud Of thy birth:
Pride Of the heart that enoiroled the hearth:
Fashion bent to thee, and thought thee divine:
Wealth was thyportion, and beauty was thine.
Prone, by the wayside, in fqualor and dirt;
Fashion sweeps by, with gathering skirt,
And shudder Of fright lest it see, by the way,
Itself, but too plain in this mirror OF olsy.
Oh, but the skies must be weary and sick
or our hollowest words, when OF justice wa
speat!
Since ever 1t is that our lashes are swung
AT the back OF the victim, and not at the wrong.
Despised by the waysde the barlot lie found,
While the maker of hsrlots is fettod and
crowned
By the hand Of the motkers who nurture the
fame
That Oils up the ranks Of the daughters Of
shame!
The roses are fading; the lilies have come;
The eyelids are sealing; tho thin lips are dumb
Only one word-tis Of him that betrayed;
Aud dead by the wsyside the harlot is laid.
Dead by the waysideI the night will be longl
Wake her ye cannot with revel or cong;
Bear hand tenderly-take her away,
None but her Maker shall Judge her to dsy
Set thewhite headstone yet spare her the name,
Ohisel no word that shall tell Of the shams
Finger Of charity, write on tho stone
She was but Lumsn, and leave her alone.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-26
A HEAVY BURDEN.

Rather heavy burden, isn't it my
hoyp
Clarence Spencer, to whom tho words
had been addressed, turned from the
ledger, and looked toward the speaker.
Clarence was young man-not more
than 25-and he was bookkeeper to Sol.
Omon Wardle, pleasant-faced, keen.
eyed man of 80, who had spoken.
"A heavy burden, isn't itP' the mer-
chant repeated.
And still the young man was'silent
His looks indicated that he did not com
prehend. He had been for some time
bending over the ledger, with his
thoughts far away; and that his
thoughts were not pleasant ones, was
evident enough from the gloom on his
handsome face.
MY dear boy, the burden is not only
heavy now, but it will grow heavier and
heavier the longer you carry it.
Mr.. Wardle, 1 do not comprehend
You.
'Ah, Olarence2'
i certainly do not
Didn't call at your house for you
this morningP
Clarence nodded assent.
And didn't l see and hear enough to
reveal to me the burden you took with
you when you leftP You must remem-
ber, my boy, that l am older than you
are, and that l have been through the
mill. You find your burden heavy, and
I've no doubt that Sarah's heart is as
heavily laden as your own.'
And then Clarence Spencer under
stood; and the mornings scene was
present with him, as it had been present
with him since leaving home. On that
morning he had dispute with his wife.
1t had occurred at the breakfast table,
There is no need of reproducing the
scene Suffice it to say it had come of o
mere nothing, and had grown q cause of
anger. The first had been q look and
tone; then flash Of impatience; then q
raieing OF the voice; then another look /;
the voice grew higher; th reason was
uuhinge1; passion gained way aud the
twain lost sight Of the warm, enduring
love that lay smitten and aching down
deep in their hearts, aud felt for the
time only the passing tornado. And
Clarence remembered that Mr.. Wardle
had entered the house and caught sight
OF the storm.
And Clarence Spencer thought Of one
thing more; he thought how miserable
he had been all the morning: and he
knew not how long his burden Of unhap-
piness was to be borne.
Honestly, Clarence. isn't il heavy
and thankless burdenp'
The bookkeeper knew that his en-
ployer was his friend and that he was o
true-hearted Christian man; and, after
pause, he answered, Yes, Mr.. Wardle,
IL is n heavy burden
MY boy, am going to venture upon
bit of fatherly counsel. / hope shall
not offend.
Not at all, said Clarence. He WINGED
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What was Paid for Illinois.

The Chicago Tribune prints an old
document of considerable historic inter-
est. 1t is a deed or convey ance Of land
bearing date July 20, 1773. The parties
of the first part in the transaction are 10
Indian chiefs of the different tribes of
the Illinois nation Of Indians, represent
ing all of them, and the parties Of the
second part are twenty-five white men
of Philadelphia and Pittsburg, Penn,
and London, England. The premises
conveyed by the Indians to these white
men are two several tracts OF land, viz.
First, the tract now commonly known as
Southern Illinois, and, second, the re-
mainder OF the state to the northern
border, and portion OF southern Wis
consin. The consideration for Ibis inn
mense tract of land, including the whole
of the state of Illinois and good part
OF Wisconsin, is thus expressed in the
deed Two hundred and sixty strouds,
250 blankets, $50 shirts, 100 pairs OF
stroud and half-thick stockings, 100
stroud breech. cloths 800 pounds gun.
powder, A, 900 pounds of lead, one gross
of knives, 80 pounds of vermilioD, 1000
gun. hints, 20O pounds of brass kettles,
200 pounds of tobacco, 8 dozen gilt
looking glasses, gross OF gun.worms,
2 gross of avis, gross of flre-steels, 16
dozens of gartering, 10000 pounds of
-four, 800 bushels of Indian corn. II
horses, 10 horned cattle, 20 bushels of
salt, and 20 guns, the receipt whereo
we do hereby acknowledge These ar
ticles having been paid and delivered
in full council, the deed was signed and
executed before Ffench notary public
at Kaskaskia Village.
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The First PAPER Maker.

the reply to this query should be, as is
quite likely, that some old.time inyen
tive genius was the man, il will be incor.
rect. The date OF the invention and the
founding Of paper making is not def.
nitely known. The common wasp was,
however, the inventor. The big wasp's
nest, which was always kept at a safe
distancs, and often knocked down with
stone during the rambles Of boyhood,
was composed Of actual paper of the
most delicate and elegant kind. AS
spiders were spinners of gossamer webs
Of intricate and exquisite pattern when
primitive man went about dressed in the
shaggy skins OF beasts, and could neither
spin nor weave the beautiful and fine
cloth fabrics Of to-day, so little wasps,
when people OF the later and somewhat
more advanced age had recourse to such
rude and unsatisfactory substance as
wood, stone and braes, the bark OF trees,
and the hides Of animals, on which to
preserve memoranda, we're making
material of far greater excellence.
They made their paper, too, by very
nearly the same process employed by
man at the present time. Indeed, sew
eral OF our best discoveries in regard to
building, architecture, and manufactures
of various kinds, il they have not been
derived from acute observation OF the
work of certain animals, including in
sects, have, when compared with their
constructions and their manner Of
making them, been found to show
wonderfully close resemblance. The
beaver gave men their earliest and most
serviceable knowledge concerning dam
building, and to. day no workman can
surpass this animals skill and precision
in the ert otion of such structures.
Nature is a great teacher, and espe-
cislly does the paper making of the wasp
illustrate how valuably suggestive she
may sometimes be; for, sssuredly, the
wasp was the first to show that it did
not always require rags to manufacture
paper, that vege able fibers answered
for this purpose and could be reduced to
a pulp, and that to make the paper
strong and tenacious, the hbers must
be long.
The first thing the wasps do, when
about to build a nest, is to collect, with
preference for old and dry wood fibers,
about one-tenth Of an inch long, and
finer than hair, and put them into
bundles, which they increase as they
continue on their way. These fibers
they bruise into sort of lint, and
cement with a sizing of glue, after which
they knead the material into paste, like
papiermache, and roll up ball; this
they trample with their feet into a leaf
as thin as tissue paper.
The ceiling of the wasp's chamber, to
the thickness of nearly two inches, is
ofteu constructed by putting one above
another, fifteen or sixteen layers or
sheets of this prepared paper, and be-
tween these layers spaces are left, 80
that it seems as if a number of little
shells had been laid near one another.
Next they build up terrace composed
of an immense number Of paper shells,
until light and elegant structure, like
a honeycomb, has been constructed, and
in the cells thus formed they rear their
young.
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Curious Russian Customs.

1t is curious thing that among the
Russians the father and mother Of an
infant not only can not stand as sponsors
for it, but they are not allowed to be
present at its baptism. The godfather
and godmother, BY answering for the
child, become related to it and to each
other, and lady and gentleman who
have stood as sponsors to the same child,
are not allowed to marry each other. In
christening, the priest takes the child,
which is quite naked, and, holding il
by the head, so that his thumb and
finger stop the ori6ces of the ear, he
dips it thrice into the water; he cuts of
small portion of the hair, which he
twists up with a little wax from the
tapers, and throws into the font; then,
amounting the baby's breast, hands and
feet with the holy oil, and making The
sign of the cross with the same on the
forehead, he concludes by prayer and
bsnediction.
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A Fortune for o College.

Franklin and Marshall college, at
Lancaster, Pa, is about to come into
possession of landed property valued at
800, 0O0 The property has been ac'
quired in this way Many years ago Mr..
Wilhelm, wealthy gentleman of Somer-
set county, Pa, bequeathed several
farms to the college. A law of Pennsyl-
vania states that all deeds or legacies OF
properties made for the use Of religious
or educational institutions, il not exc
cuted within thirty days before the
donors or testators' demise, are in con
sequence rendered null and void. A
neglect to comply with this law seemed
very likely to vitiate the claim of the
college. There were several peculiar
circumstances, however, favorable to
the claims Of the college, and suits were
about to be commenced in conrt, when
compromise was effected, whereby the
college comes into full possession by
deed of landed property amounting to
at least 800, 900.
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A Onietns Put unnn Him.

A sad misfortune lately beiell a New
Orlesns Judge, 1t is related Of him that,
as he was riding in the cars, from O
single glance at the countenance of O
lady at his side, he imagined that he
knew her, and ventured to remark that
the day was pleasant. She only answer
ed, Yes why do you wear q vailP
Lest / attract gentlemen 1T is the
province Of gentlemen to admire, re-
piled the gallant man of law. Not when
they are married But am not. In
deedl' oh, no; I'm bachelor The
lady quietly removed her vail, disclosing
to the astonished magistrate the face oi
his mo her-in-law. He has been a ravinP
maniac ever since.
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A 100000 Whisper,

Nearly twenty years ago, when Count
Alberti was 81 cretary of the Italian en-
bassy at Paris, some high play was go
ing on one night at the Oercle des Mir.
litans, then in tho Rue de Grammont,
NJ. K, now member OF the Ohem-
ber, and the Duke Of C---takirg the
bank.
They were 100, 900 francs ahead when
NJ. K, who had first shufflsd the
cards, glancing at the small stakes on
the table-it was late and most of the
heavy betters had retired whispered to
his partner: PITY / wasted time on
this deal; we should have stopped, for
there's nothing left to win-there's
nothing here but Italians
Count Alberti heard the whisper
and said calmly, I'll go hundred thou
sand on this hand
The dealer, somewhat surprised, dealt
the cards. He had eight.
Count Albert showed his-ninel put
the stakes in his pocket, bowed politely
and left the club, having vindicated the
honor OF his country and made 800, 900.
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The Gorernment Pensioners

At the end OF the present hscal year
the commissioner OF pensions estimates
that there will be 250,0O0 applications
for pensions pending and unacted upon.
The pensioners upon the rolls to-day
number 241, 755, so that the applicants
even yet outnumber the actual bene6.
diaries. The pension roll was increased
by 18 757 names during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1879, and at the same
rates for next year II will be increased
between 80, 900 and 10000 names, even
without new legislation to increase it.
As Senator Davis, Of West Virginia, has
said, within the next decade, il the
same rate Of increase continues, the
pension roll will be doubled, and 1t will
require from $50, 600, 600 to 100000 600
annually to be appropriated for the pay
ment Of pensions