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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
How a Canine MIX Thief was Caught.

Ii is customary for the occupants Of
one Of the houses on Valencia street to
deposit a milk pitcher on the front
door step, there to await the arrival of
the milkman. As this custodian of tin
cans drove up TO the house in question
yesterday morning he did not observe a
cur of the mOngrel breed which logged
his wagon wheels. He stopped, and so
did the dog. He walked up 10 the door
step, and so did the dog. He filled the
waiting pitcher with milk and took his
departure, but the dog didn't. The
canine had determined to take the milk
instead. After surveying the surround
ings with a wary eye, and a%scertaining
that there were nobody near 10 modest
or make him afraid, he commenced his
nefarious operations. He bent his nose
lovingly in the pitcher, and for a mo-
ment, while he quaffed delicious
draughts of the rich liquid, his head
was visible TO the CAL reporter, who
observed the movements from behind a
lqmp-pOst across the way. Deeper and
deeper diyed the dogs head into the
pitcher, and shallower and shalloWer
grew the milk within.
At last the vessel became empty. the
dogs snout touched the bottom and lie
would leave the pitcher and go, but the
pitcher o~bstinately refused to be left
and chung to the thieving dog closer
than a brother: The canine became
hysterical and began to turn somer-
saults, butallin vain the pitcher would
not be shaken. The dog fell down the
steps and got hurt, but the pitcher
wasn't injured whatever. Picking
himself up, the quadruped ran he knew
not whittier. Completely blinded by
the pitcher, he was unable to guide bis
footsteps, and, in consequence, the
course which he pursued was a very
cratic one. A hitching- post in the
vicinity was awkward enough to get in
the dogs way, and the collision which
ensued was very unpleasant for the dog.
The pitcher, however, still remained
unbroken, and the agnnizing bowls of
the terrified canine became so shrill and
continuousthat the whole ~neighborhoOd
was alarmed, and heads were projected
out of doors and windows by the hun
dred. Among the spectators was the
dogs master, who, perceiving the pitt
full plight of his pet, fastened to his
relief. The efforts of the owner of the
dog to pull the pitcher from its vantage
ground were fruitless. The dog came
every time, but the pitcher didn't. At
last he was compelled ID break the stub
born piece of crockery with a stone.
The dog once more regained his accus-
toned composure, the atmosphere again
became quiet and calm, the windows
were shut one by one, and Valencia
street, between Thirteenth and Four
teenth, was quiet again.-San Fran
cisco Cal.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Words OF Wisdom.

To change and be better are two diff.
ferent things.
Charity gives itself rich, but ~covetous.
ness boards itself poor.
If man has nothing to do you may be
pretty sure that Satan is looking out for
an employee and will soon find one.
1t is not necessary to threaten q bad
man, for his own deeds threaten him
with a worse punishment than you a
inlict.
Don't be suspicious of everybody.
The man who is everlastingly looking
for evil can find the greatest quantity Of
it in his own life.
The papers are constantly telling us
how to live on SO a week. 1t is un-
doubleday a very difficult problem, but
by nc means the most difficult. The
world would be far wiser and happier if
some brilliant genius would only tell us
how to get the 80.
There are a great many people in the
world who are bound by the close ties
of blood to the man who said that he
had laid up two shillings, one for him.
self and n for the Lord, but that tho
one he had intended for the Lord had
been lost in an unfortunate speculation.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
The Credit System.

The credit system sometimes brings
results least anticipated by those who
trade in it, A Scotch farmer was dunned
by a wagon-maker Of the ambitious
village of Drayton, Ontario, to pay for
o vehicle purchased from him to which
the canny Scot pleaded inability in
sequence of the scarcity OF money. Be-
ing pressed for the debt by his creditor,
who said that he had q note becoming
due in a few days, which the amount Of
the farmers debt would enable him to
meet, he was told very naively by the
farmer that sooner than see him stuck
he would lend him the amount from a
fund which he had lying by for note
shaving, provided he would get some
substantial neighbors to back his note,
and would only charge him IL per cent,
for it. He no doubt thought il was .
poor system that could not work both
ways,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
WHY Mail Matter Goes Amiss.

In this country there are IS Brook
lyns; BaltimoreS, 5; Buffaloes, Is; Bur-
Gnstons. II; Charlostons, II; Ohicagos,
4 @ nciunatis, s, CIevelands, 10; Column
buses, 10; Daytons, 25; Detroits, 5; In.
dianapolises, 2; Louisvilles, 10; Lowells,
10; Memphises, 8; Milwaukees, 8; Nash
villes, ID; Omahas, 5; Pittsburgs, s;
Philadelphias, 7; Portlands, IA; @ lin
cys, 10; Richmonds, %; Springhelds,
20; st. Josephs, 10, st. Louises, 4; 81.
Pauls, II; Toledos, 7; Washingtons, 30;
Wilmingtons, 10; and Williamsburgs,
%. There ore eleven Bostons in the
United States-one each in Texas,
Georgia, Louisiana, Kansas, Kentucky,
Missouri, Ohio, New York, Pennsyl-
vania, Tennessee and Virginia,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
One OF the Odd CalIings Practiced in
New York.

Up five flights Of stairs of an old build
ing in n Of. the downtown streets of
this city is the studio of an heraldic
painter-one of that class of specialists
TO whom only the metropolis can give
adequate support and encouragement.
For forty years, day in and day out, he
has been mewed up in his little dingy
room, until his hair and beard have be-
come white and his face wrinkled and
shrivelled with care and confinement.
To enter his workshop is to pass al
once into the atmosphere of the middle
ages; the painter is himself a relic of
medi@valtimes, and reminds one wildly
of the days when his guild was flourish
ing and honorable, patronized by pow
erful kings and knights, and looked
upon with respect and awe by the lower
classes. The artist tolls in the midst of
the emblems and trophies of his peculiar
art. On his walls are ancient portraits
in mats and gilded frames; family arms
emblazoned in the brightest colors and
with every imaginable device, the he'll
met, l~amhrequin, wreath, mantlings,
the shield, supporters, crest, motto and
all the quaint Specifications of heraldry
In an inner room is the artists library.
composed exclusively of volumes used
in his calling-genealogical dictionaries
the Encyclopedia of Heraldry," a huge
tome filled with quaint woodcuts and a
vast amount of musty lore, family his
tories, charts and biographical diction-
aries. On the floor are a number of
portfolios containing the portraits,
views, historical engravings, monu-
ments and so forth, $4,000 in number,
used by the artist in illustrating family
history.
1t seems at first sight as if in republi-
can America an artist of this description
would receive but meager patronage.
He does not, however, confine himself
solely to the emblazoning of family
coats Of arms. He has resident agents
in London, Edinburg and Dublin, and
correspondents in every large European
city, and is much employed by the legal
fraternity in procuring copies Of foreign
wills and deeds, and extracts from parish
records. In addition he ensraves arms
for book plates, for libraries, and upon
stone, for seals, rings, studs and key
stones, and paints them on stained glass
for hall and library windows, on silk
for banners and in oil for consular Dur
poses. He also prepares genealogical
trees and charts. Hin is by no means a
useless art, and as an obscure worker in
a curious field his life stands in strange
contrast with that of his neighbors.-
NeW York Evening Post.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Bread Making I'm snain.

The bread in the south OF Spain is de-
l%icious; it is white a. snow, close as cake
and yet very light, the -four is most
admirable, Tor the wheat is good and
pare, aud the breal we'll kneaded. The
way they make this bread is as iollowI:
From large, round panuiers filed with
wheat, they take out a handful a. time,
sorting it most carefully and eIpedi-
tiously, and throwing every defective
grain into another basket. This done,
the wheat is ground between two cir
cular stones. as it was ground in Egypt
two thousand years ego, the requisite
rotary motion being given by a blind
folded mule, which PAGES round and
round with untiring patience, a bell
being attached to his neck, which, as
long as he is in movement, tinkles on;
and when lie stops he is urged to his
duty 10y the shout Of ARA mula' from
some one within hearing. When ground,
the wheat is sifted through three sleeves,
the last OF these being go fine that only
the pure -four can pass through it; this
is OF a pale apricot color. The bread is
made in the evening. 1t is mixed with
only sufficient water, with a little salt in
it; to make into dough; a very small
quantity of leaven or %fermenting mix
ture is added. The Scripture says: "A
little leaven leaveneth the whole lump
but to avoid the trouble OF kneading,
many put as much leaven or yeast in
one batch Of household bread as in
Spain would last them a week for the
xix or eight donkey loads of bread they
send every day from their oven. The
dough made, it is put in sacks and car
ried on the donkey's backs to the oven
in the centre Of the village, so as to bake
it Immediately it is kneaded. On ar
irving there the dough is divided into
portions weighing three pounds each.
Two long, narrow, wooden tables on
t~restles are then placed down the room,
and q curious sight may be SEEM
About twenty men, bakers, come in and
range Themselves on one side OF the
table. A lump Of dough is handed to
the nearest, which he begins kneading
and knocking about with all his might
ior about three or four minutes, and
then passes it on to his neighbor, who
does the same, and go on successfully
until all have kneaded it, when it be-
comes as soft as new putty and ready for
the oven. OF course as soo as the first
baker has handed the first lump to his
neighbor another is given to him, and
20 ON until the whole quantity OF dough
is kneaded By them all. The bakers
wives and daughters shape the loaves for
the oven, and some of them are very
small. They are baked immediately
The ovens are very large, and are not
heated by fires under them, but a
quantity Of twigs and the herbs OF sweet
mojoram and thyme, which V the
hills in great profusion, are put in the
oven and ignited. They heat the oven
to an extent required, and as the bread
gets bak d the oven gets gradually
colder, 80 the bread is never burned.
They knead the bread in Spain with such
force that the palm Of the hand and the
second joints of the fingers of the bakers
are covered with coTns, and it SO effects
the chest that they can not work more
than two hours at a time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Caught in a Frost Fog.

The steamers Samaritan and Prussia,
which arrived at Halifax, N. S., two
days before Christmas Day, presented
o remarkable appearance on their entry
into the harbor. The vessels were lit
orally covered with ice. Not only had
the boar frost adhered thickly to every
part OF the hull and rigging, but every
spray from the sea had frozen instantly,
so that the decks were from six inches to
twelve inches thick in ice, and huge
icicles were hanging from the rigging.
The vessels had been caught in a frost
fog on the Banks IN the previous Sun.
day night, and the ice had formed 80
thick on the rigging and on every part
OF the ships as to constitute a serious
danger to both. The thick fogs which
prevail off the coast of Newfoundland.
and which, though they only occasional
ly extend to the shores Of the island it
self, being carried thither by southeast
erly winds, have given the colony an I'M
merited character for 'fogginess,' are
caused by the meeting of the warm va
pors emanating from the Gulf Stream
with the cold air brought over by the
Arctic current; the currents of hot and
cold water and of hot and cold air NEE
some two hundred or three hundred
miles southeast OF Newfoundland, and
the warm moisture laden air, being sud.
denly chilled, forms a thick, heavy fog.
The steamers did not fortunately suffer
any injury.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Snrlng SiIIes.

The SHRED pointed bodice introduced
last fall, promises 10 be popular in hg-
ure1 over dresses 10 wear with plain
skirts, especially in the ine cotton stuffs
such as feT dc he, mummy cloth, aud
the cotton Grapes described in the
HarpSr's Basar. Other i'm ported over.
dresses represent %polonaises with scarf
fronts like aprons, and graceful bout.
FAINT yet soft draperies at the back,
attached in iestoons buttoned on below
the plain clingiug Marguerite backs
which fl the hips smoothly, yet have
but few seams to shape them. This de-
sign is made up in white, or ecru, or
peacock blue camel's hair, or else
French bunting, for the close fitting
part OF the p]olonaise. and perhaps for
the kilt.pleating that trims the skirt,
while the drapery for this woollen gar
ment is one OF the fine Grape Yeldos, or
other cotton fabrics. French taste, it is
said, will combine wool and cotton
stuffs so successfully for the spring
that silk will no longer be required as q
foundation for most costumes.
ooATs N BAseUEs
The skirted coats and coat basques
now 30 much used will continue in favor
for the next season. and q pretty change
is added to such garments by intro.
ducing a full-gathered guimpe of the
material above the double-breastcd but
toned part, and between the notched
collar, which is merely a reverse set on.
A high fraise Of white laoe, and a great
eravat bow a Ia Sara Bernhard much
larger even than those now worn, COM
plete such toilettes. Still simpler de-
signs will be used for the spring woollen
fabrics, and among these will be the
surtout over.dress so popular during the
winter for cloth costumes. This is
shaped precisely like a gentleman's sur
tout o~vercoat, is merely stitched on the
edges, and will be much used for street
and travelling costumes.
Colored cotton flannel is used for
tides and sofa pillows. An inner square
is OF o light shade, with a dark border.
Corner pieces Of a contrasting shade
may be used in the border.
The newest bangle rings have severe
hoops OF alternate plain and twisted
gold wire, held together by a bar set
with small turquoise, pearls or dia'
monds.
Marquise rings, to be worn on the
middle finger, have the oval or oblong
setting of precious stones, a cameo, an
intaglio, or an enameled picture.
A dress of black gauze worn over
black satin and profusely trimmed with
jet and small sunfowers ia considered
especially elegant.
Full dress boots are either of black
satin, French kid or OF the dress mate
rial and are made with box toes and
Louis XIV. heels.
The latest decoration for table linen
is the monogram of the mistress Of the
house embroidered in flowers.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Colorado Story.

A story is told of five children living
in Colorado who give promise of making
energetic as well as accomplished mem
bers of society. There were five of
them in one family, their ages varying
from six to fifteen years. They wanted
an organ, and promised to earn the
money for n if their father would buy
it The bargain was made, and thirty.
six chickens and an scre OF land given
them as q capital. The ground was
planted with onions, and yielded the
remarkable crop of three tons, for which
$l45 was received. The net receipts
from the chickens wal $55, making the
total receipts 5000. The organ cost
$1l8, leaving a balance OF 1872 still in
the children's treasury. Parents can
not educate their children better than
to devise similar plans for teaching them
industry and the value OF money.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
LYING IONERs.
II Eas q lover loved q maid
That had G father who
Was thought TO be by all the world

II was a lover loved a maid
That had e father who
Vas thought 10 be By all the world
Exceeding well-to-do.
'oh, ~ a vifei" the lover csied;
AN fnl-i my queen, my own
10 - not love me" she replied
var, for myself alone.
'NIy pa he is q wealthy man,
His only child an /;
And all his riches shall be mine
whenever he shall die.
but riches, the apostle SAYS,
Unto themselves take wings; Oh.
II pa were poor would you love mel"
Il would" be cried, 1by jingoin
Il m 90 glad-I knew you would
/ in your love am blest;
Pa failed last night" she sobbed aud sAnk
Upon her lovers breast.
"Thht makes not q bit Of difference"
That gallant lover cried;
so I have you ! care not who
!, May lake all else beside"
That night when her lover took his Leave
At twenty minutes 20 one,
bhe whispered softly In his ear,
Darling, ] was In fun.
True, pa has failed, but he his pile
Had duly sailed by;
] only wished b try your truth
Darling how glad am II
For now ! know you would love me well,
Even in poverty
And as he went home the lover,
Who was by no means green,
He blithely Rugged himself and sang.
Il know what failures meann
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
The Art Of Letting Others Alone.

1t might be said with propriety that
the art OF letting others alone is essent.
tally a lost art, one which everybody
breaches aid nobody practices. We are
all so thoroughly interested in each
other that the interference is q necessity
Of the clse; it would seem a sort Of in
humanity to let others alone; we should
feel like the Phraisee who passed by
one on the other side, and earn for our
selves the reputation Of selfish indiffer-
ence, since human nature has become
so accustomed to the nagging process
that it is apt TO feel itself left out in the
cold whenever it is left alone, as if there
we're something abormal in the eXemp.
ton, like being cut off from participation
in any OF the universal experiences Of the
race. Is it not, in fact, the most dihi-
cult art in the world, as we'll as the most
obsolete? Did our elders or our savants
know it? Did our forefathers study it2
Are we not always striving to arrang
and re-arrange the lives Of others to suit
our own views and convenience? Can
we ace our neighbor diverging from the
beaten track without putting a stumb.
ling block in his way2 Do we not advise
him about his investments, his love af-
fairs. his childrenP Do we leave him in
peace at his table, at his prisons, his
toilette, his charities2 Though it is gen
orally conceded that a mans religion is
something between himself and God
alone, do we not act as if it we're rather
between himself and us, as il we had a
mission to reform his creei2 We talk a
great deal about minding our own bust
ness, but we are morally certain that
somebody else will mind it for us, pro-
vided we are kind enough to neglect it
in the interest of others. Is there not
some moribund Ciesus who is anxious
to establish a chair in our universities
for the cultivation Of his neglected art,
beside which our knowledge of the clas
sizes, our acquaintance with the higher
mathematics, u intimacy with all the
hypothesis of the cosmos, is no social
valuep But who can teach us its a bcP
And shall we begin its practice at onr
own fireside, or next doorP In the
meantime, letting others alone can not
be learned in a day, any more than
painting or sculpture; and few Of us are
born with a natural genius in that di.
rection, while such talent as we may
possess has probably grown shabby from
disuse. When we can see young High.
flyer riding his mustang without threat
ening him with being brought home on
shutter; when the parsons daughter may
hirt with hereto unmolested by word or
deed Of ours; when our friend may burn
her gas late without our comments, put
all her earnings into her wardrobe in
stead OF the bank without our interior
ence, Or give to street beggars and en-
courage organ-grinders without our
medling-we may begin to believe that
the art is reviying amongst us.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Sanitary Effect Of Ventilation.

A remarkable illustration of the neces-
sity of properly ventilating drains and
sewers has recently occurred in one OF
the great London hospitals. The prevail
ence of py@mia and erysipelas in the
hospital and the constant breaking out
of new cases among the patients finally
led the hospital authorities to turn their
attention to its drains and sewers. They
caused all of these to be thoroughly
ventilated, AMI for months atterward
the hospital was entirely free from the
disease they had previously endeav
ored in vain TO subdue. At the end
of that time n fresh outbreak occurred
in one OF the wards. An examination
showed that the ventilation pipe had
been plugged up. With the restoration
OF ventilation the diseases disappeared.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Home Life a Hundred Years Ago.

One hundred years ago not a pound
of coal or a cubic foot of illuminating
gas had been burned in the country.
No iron stoves were used and no con-
%triyance for economizing heat we're en-
ployed until DIR. Franklin invented the
iron framed fireplace which still bears
his name, All the cooking and warming,
in town as well as in the country, were
done by the aid of q fire kindled on the
brick hearth or in the brick ovens. Pine
knots or tallow candles furnished the
light for the long winter nights, and
sanded floors supplied the place of rugs
and carpets. The water used for house.
hold purposes was drawn from deep
wells with the creaking sweep. No form
OF pump vas used in this country, so
far as We a learn, until after the COM.
mencement of the present century.
There we're no friction matches in those
days, by the aid OF which a fire could
be easily kindled, and if the fire went
out upon the hearth over night and the
finder was damp, so that the spark would
not catch, the alternative remained OF
wading through the snow a mile or 80
to borrow q brand of a neighbor. Only
one room in any house was warm, unless
some member of the family was ill; in
all the rest the temperature was at zero
many nights in winter. The
men and women Of a hundred years ago
uudressed and went to their beds in q
temperature colder than that Of our
barns and woodsheds; and they never
complained.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18
Trust.

A picture mtmory brings TO me;
] iook across the years and SEQ
Myself beside my mothers knee.
l feel her gentle hand restrain
My selfish moods and know again
A child's blind sense OF wrong and pain.
But wiser now, a man gray grown,
Ny childhood's needs are better known,
My mothers Christening love | own.
Gray grown, but in our Fathers sight
A child still cropping for the light
To read His works and ways Alright.
| bow myself beneath His hand;
That pain IL ELF for good was planned.
/ trust, but cannot understand.
| fondly dream II needs must be
That, M my mother dealt with me.
so with His children dealoth Ho.
I wsit, and trust the end will prove
That hero and there, below. above,
The Christening heale, tho pain Is Lover
John q. Whittier
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18

Chewing gum is made Of the many
products of petroleum, q substance
which at first greatly resembles tar II
is the same old chewing of the merry
merry maiden, and the tar
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18

The Auditor Of the treasury depart
ment finds that L. Ambrose, ex-clerk OF
the United States court at Cincinnati,
has absorbed beyond his legal costs and
fees, since 1861, about $65 900.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-03-18

The ~gatekeeper Of a Western toll
bridge was discharged recently because
he always allowed his sweetheart to pass
over free. He FEVER tolled his love-
Hartford Times.