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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
The Scotch Railroad Disaster.

The most remarkable disaster that has
ever occurred in the history of railroads
is that which just occurred at Tay-
bridge, Scotland. The catastrophe by
which so many lives were lost, and which
was so complete that not single survi'
vor was left to tell the story of that ter
rible night, was caused by the breaking
down OF the central girders of the long
railway bridge across the river Tay, in
Perthshire, Scotland, at about seven
o'clock in the evening, whilst train
from Edinburgh TO Dundee was crossing
over it. The Tay is bolder river and
carries a larger volume Of water within
its banks than any other in the British
islands. At the point where the bridge
crossed it the depth of water ranges
from forty to forty-fve feet, while the
height of the bridge from the surface OF
the water was lightweight feet. Dur
ing the great storm that prevailed off
the coast of Scotland on Sunday the
large girders sustaining the central
spans of the bridge suddenly gave way,
and into the yawning chasm thus form
ed the train, consisting OF four third
class cars, one first-class, one second
class and the brakesmen's van, was pre-
cipitated into the river, and OF the whole
of the passengers on board not one es-
capped drowning. The enearest approach
to this frightful calamity was that at
Ashlabula, Ohio, in December, 1875,
which also was caused by the falling Of
bridge, and which resulted in a loss
of one hundred and seventy-four lives,
The customary construction of British
railway cars in compartments, with the
doors locked on the side next to the
platform, and with no access in emer-
gences to the conductor or guard, adds
greatly to the danger to life and limb in
case of accidents from collisions or from
sudden immersion in deep water from
the giving way of bridge. That over
the Tay was two miles long and of
eighty-fve spans, and so great conf
dence was put in its powers to resist
any strain to which it might be subject
ed that no thought seems to have been
taken to keep watch over it. The CON
sequence was, as the dispatch states,
that some time elapsed before the ma
ture of the disaster was ascertained. -
When il did become known all the pas
sengers we're drowned and the wreckage
was floating ashore.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
How a Top Climbed a String.

The japanese top-spiDner walked TO
the siie of ,he stage and united string,
which as soon as Il vas loosed swung
quickly to the middle OF The ttlge, and
then hung perpendiculsrly. After an
tying this string, the japanese took q
top from his assistant, and twirling it in
bis hand until it revolved quickly
enough, he took hold Of the end OF the
string, aud placing the stem of the top
at right angles TO it, left things to take
care Of themselves.
The top spun a short time at the end
Of the string, but soon it began to move
slowly upward, still spinning at right
angles with the string. 1t continued in
this way TO move steadily upward until
at length It had traversed the entire
distance, and was lost TO view behind
the flies over the stage,
When the applause that greeted this
trick had subsided, the Japanese moved
the dollhouse to the center Of the stage
and placed it beside the table. BE then
set six tops, exactly alike IN size and
appearance, spinning upon the table
and taking a seventh in his hand, indi'
Gated to the spectators by signs, that he
would send it on a journey through the
dollhouse. He then sat down on the
floor, and curling up his legs, Turk
fashion, started the seventh top spin
ming. 1t ran along the floor until il
reached q sort OF inclined drawbridge
leading to the entrance OF the little
house, and then went up slowly to and
through the open door. The iugglel
waited moment. as il expecting some
signal from the now invisible top. His
suspense was relieved an instant later
by the tinkling OF a silver bell, which
ndica ted that the top had entered one
Of the tiny rooms. The japanese held
up one finger and waited, in q listening
attitude, for q second signal, 1t came,
as before, in the tinkle of bell, upon
hearing which the man held up two
fingers. Finally, when ten rooms had
been visited, and ten bells rung in this
way, had been counted on the perform
er's fingers, he arose and pointed toward
the house, and toward the table upor
which the six tops we're yet spinning. -
After few moments, during which We
silently watched the door Of the house
the top that had been ringing the belli
came quickly out of the entrance, rar
down the drawbridge and dropped mo
tionless a. the feet of the Japanese. -
That same moment the tops on the table
stopped and dropped over on their sides
st. Nicholas.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05

sion. For some hours Jim Bates and
his assistants had been securing the
neighborhood in search OF this danger
GUS maniac, till at last some one recol-
lected that Saunders and his wife were
cleaning in the church at the time he
effected his escape, and that it was just
possible he had slipped in there and
been locked in. This, in fact, proved
to be the case. The lunatic must have
been lurking in the chuach when l en-
tered it. With the restlessness OF an
infrm brain, he had wandered about,
mimicking the attitudes OF the quiet efii'
gies around, and it was while thus pos
ing for a crusader that he first attracted
my attention. My involuntary move
ment first drew his attention to me, and
reused him to another outburst of ma.
niacal fury. l have little doubt I owe
my life to the providential entry Of the
party without, who heard my screams
and the lunatic's yell, and rushed in just
as he had clutched me. The poor crea,
ture was oyerpowered with great diff
Guilty, and taken back to the workhouse;
he did not survive many days, dying
in one Of his paroxysms.
1t was some time before l recovered
from the effects of that terrible night;
and even now, though thirty years have
rolled away, the sight Of cress-legged
crusader on tombstone always gives
me an uncomfortable sensation. have
certainly never again wished to encount-
er adventures. London Society.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Napoleon's Disastrous Pride.

One OF the most interesting episodes
recounted in the memoirs Of the late
Prince Metts-nieh, just given to the
world by his son, according TO the will
OF the prince, which provided iot their
publication twenty-five years after their
authors death, is doubtless Metternich's
own account of the momentous interview
which took place between himself and
Napoleon 1. at Dresden, on the 2oth OF
June, 1878. The prince, on the part of
Austria, offered o mediation with view
of closing the war, but meanwhile was
conducting the negotiations which led
to the quadruple alliance, and ultimate
Iy to Eapoleon's defeat at Leipsic. The
interview was nine hours long, and it
took place at Napoleon's quarters. al.
ter some preliminary conversation, Met
ternich put the alternative to the en-
peror. The prime minister stated the
situation Of the hour. He said The
world asks for peace. To assure that
peace you must withdraw within the
limits that are compatible with general
tranquility, or you must succumb in
the otherwise inevitable struggle. To-
day you can still conclude a peace; to-
morrow will be, perhaps, too late for
you to do 80. The emperor, my sover-
eign, allows himself to be guided in his
conduct solely by the voice Of his con-
science. Listen, sire, now to yours p
Well, but what is required of meT
rejoined Napoleon, hastily. THAT 1
should dishonor MYSELF Never 1
shall know how to die, If necessary; but
not how to cede one inch of my territory.
Your monarchs who are born to thrones
can allow themselves to be beaten
twenty times running, and then return
to their capitals as if nothing had hap
pened to them. l can not, because l
am only parvenu of q soldier. Ny rule
will not survive the day upon which l
shall no longer bepowerful and terrible.
made a great mistake in emitting to
calculate what an army cost me-the
finest ever seen by man. can fight
against mankind, but not against the
elements. The cold has vanquished, has
crushed me. In one single night l lost
80, 900 horses, frozen to death. Indeed,
have lost all save my honor and my
consciousness of what l owe to valiant
people, which, after these .unheard'of
calamities, has given me new proofs Of
it's devotion t . me, of its conviction that
l alone am fit to govern it,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
His Birthday.

II s Hih birthday-His, the Holy Child
And innocent childhood blossoms now anew,
Under the dropping OF celestial dew
Into it's heart, out Of this heayenlier Flower,
That penetrates the loWliest roof-tree bower
With fragrance Of an eden undefled;
oh,bsppy children, praife HIM in your mirth,
The Son Of God BON with you on the earth !
1t Ia His birthdsy-His, in whom our youth
Becomes immortal. Nothing good, or sweet,
Or beautiful, or needful 20 complete
The being that He shares, shall suffer blight,
ALI that In us His Father can delight,
He saves, He makes eternslas His truth.
Praise Him for one another, loyal friends!
The friendship He awakena, never ends.
II is His birthday-a and this world Of ours
lisa new esrth since He hath dwelt therein,
Is even as heaven, since One Life withoutsin
Made It home: His voice is in the air,
His face looks forth from beauty everywhere,
His breath is sweetness at the sou! Of flowers;
Aud in Him Joy beyond all Joy Of these
Man wakes to glorious possibilities
II is His birthdsy-and our birthday too1
Humanity was one long dream Of Him,
UntilHe came with fitful glow, aud dim,
The affairs heavenward smoked from vague
desire
Despair half sitting aspirations fire.
He is mans Lest ideal sEining through
This life OF ours, whereiBto howeth His,-
God, interblent with human destinies,
1t is His birthday-His, the only One
Who ever made life's meaning wholly plain,
Dawn Is He to our night No longer vain
And purposelsss our onward.struggling
years.
The hope he bringeth over-hoods our fears:
Now do we know the Father, through the sonl
oh earth, oh heart, be glad oa this glad
mornl
Gods with mani Life, Lito to US is born!
LUcf LARooM.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
A Duchess, Sacrifice for Love.

Olive Logan writes as follows from
Paris to the San Francisco Call Some
times in this ultra. practical world OF
oure there occurs romantic episode as
beautiful as anything in Tennyson's
poetry. Even here in greedy Paris such
charming events do occasionally take
place, and when We hear OF them ii
makes us feel as il there were some dis
interested creatures in the world after
all, and as if life we're worth llving-a
proposition even when we are in the en-
joyment of a good liver we are often in
clined to doubt. Only think OF her
grace, the duchess Of Newcastle, making
up her mind to lay down her proud title
and take, instead, that Of plain Mrs.
Tom Hohlerl Only those familiar with
the enormous social barrier which
fences out the whole rest OF the world
from the sacred persons Of the higher
grades of English aristocracy can con-
receive what a mavelous concession to
the power of love this is.
The duchess, although che has a son,
the present duke, about fourteen years
old, is still very young and excessively
handsome. suppose we may conclude
that her marriage with the duke was, OF
both sides, one of interest. She mar
ried, perhaps, for title-he, perhaps
for money. She is the heiress of the
great banking house of Hope, and the
family country seat, Hopedene, is one
of the grandest castles England boasts
among her many such. To make long
story short, they separated, everybody
in London knowing that the dukes
friend for many years was Kate Santleyl
the blonde burlesque actress who play
ed in the Black Crook in New York.
There were different stories about this
alliance, some saying that it was the
duke who took theaters for Kate 6ant
ley in London, so as to keep her up ai
a star, and another averring that he wat
poor, and that it was the burlesque &C
tress who supplied him with funds
out Of her professional earnings. Mean
time the affection which had sprung uE
between the duchess and Tom Hohler
the tenor, was also matter of common
observation, though not one of scandal
because their conduct was discreet and
noble. One day last winter the duke
died suddenly, in his bachelor rooms il
st. James street, and Kate Santley pa
raded the streets for month in widows
weeds.
suppose the widows year is abou'
to elapse, so that now the engagement
between the tenor and the duchess may
be announced. saw them driving to
gether the other day. She is lovely
aristocratic, sweet, exquisitely dressed
What prize for himl He is nice
fresh looking Englishman, sings pref
tlly, and of course is desperately in love
| | hear he is half wild at his good for
tune. He told friend Of mine that i
was in every way such stroke of goo(
luck for him that he was afraid to crosi
the street lest he should be run ovel
before the happy day came. Tom Hob
ler is the tenor who supported Mis-
Kellogg in her first London engage
meut, twelve years ago. His father ii
a clergyman, and I suppose whateve
parental wrath may have ensued on hi
first step in life will completely vanisl
at the marvelously successful one he il
nov about to take.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Uneasy Lies the Head, Etc.

A page Of the czar's diary, if we may
believe the San Francisco NeaOS-Letter,
runs as follows: Got up at a, m. and
ordered my bath. Found four gallons
of vitriol in it, and did not take it,
Went to breakfast. The Nihilists had
placed two torpedoes on the stairs, but
I did not step on them. The coffee smelt
SO strongly of prussic acid that was
afraid to drink it. Found scorpion in
my left slipper, but luckily stook it out
before putting it on. Just before step
ping into the carriage to go for my morn
ing drive, it was blown into the air,
killing coachman and the horses Instant
ly. l did not drive. Took light lunch
of hermetically-sealed American canned
goods. They cant fool me there
Found poisoned dagger in my favorite
chair, with the point sticking out Did
not sit down on it. Had dinner at o p.
M, and made Baron Laischounowonski
taste every dish. He died before the
soup was cleared away. Consumed
some Baltimore oysters and some Lon
don stout that have had locked up for
five wears. Went to the theater, and
was shot at three times in the first act
Had the entire audience hanged. Went
home to bed and slept all night on the
roof OF the palace.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
A Bishops Denunciati0n.

DR.. MacOormack, bishop OF Achonry,
Sligo and Mayo, Ireland, publishes a
letter stating that on Christmas eve he
gave food to three hundred starving
people one-Hfth Of the whole popnla-
tion of Ballaghsdereen town-out of his
own funds, saying he reserves for O
darker, not distant day. the money
sent him by charitable persons. he
gives an appalling picture OF the ap-
preaching misery. He says: who can
wonder that discomfort and disaffection
are rife and ready to speak out in this
unhappy land, when the government
looks on with cruel apathyP If the
truth must be told, I hesitate not to say
that the government is to blame for
the disloyalty of some OF our people. 1t
we're miracle if they we're not disloya
to the core He censures the 'callous
conduct of the government who, while
they can not spare money to avert an
Irish famine, can waste millions in wart
of equivocal morality and contrasts
strongly the conduct of Prussia in deal
ing with the famine in Silesia.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
Death Roll of the Old Year.

The death-roll in the United States for
1879 embraces a number of conspicuous
names. The death OF Madame Bona
parte, which occurred last spring, occa-
stoned probably more widespread inter-
est and comment than any other, except
a member OF the same family, Prince
Louis Napoleon, who was killed by the
savages in Zululand. Among the other
distinguished Americans who died with
in the year are Caleb Gushing, Gen.
John A. Dix, EE-Gov. William Allen,
William Lloyd Garrison, Elhu Burritt,
Cemmodores Guest, Thompson and
Parker, Rear Admirals Parrott, Godon,
Boarman, Kitty and Reynolds and Gems.
Shields, Hooker, JEFF. @. Davis, Hood
and Dick Taylor, all Of them fine SOL
diers and gallant men; Zachariah Chand-
Ter, Senator from Michigan; r. II. Dana,
the venerable poet; Henry o. Carey, the
political economist; W. M, Hunt, the
artist; Charles Fechter, the actor, and
among our wealthy and prominent busi-
ness men Asa Packer, OF Pennsylvania;
Daniel Drew, Richard Schell and the
Goelet brothers, of New York, and John
8. Cuttings, of Baltimore. -Four bishops
died during the year Bishop Foley, OF
the Catholic church; Bishops Oden-
heimer and Whittingham, of the Epis-
copal church, and Bishop Ames, of the
Methodist church. Abroad, the obituary
record is also crowded with conspicuous
names-among them the Ameer Of
Afghanistan, Baron Rotbschild, head OF
the great banking house of Rothschilds;
Cardinals Antonucci and Guidi, Abd.el-
Kadar, the famous Algerian chief; Es-
partero, the Spanish politician; the
Prince of Orange, the Countess OF Walde-
grave, Won Bulow, the German states.
man; Sir Rowland Hill, the great postal
reformer; Isaac Butt, the Home-Rule
leader; Vlllemessant, the father OF
personal journalism in France; Oheva-
lier, the French economist; Blackstone,
the actor; Mrs. Charles Dickens and
Hepworth Dixon, the author.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
DO Not Believe! ! Not They.

II is amusing to hear sometimes the
remarks Of those who do not belive in
ADVERTISING Not they But let hint
be thrown out in the newspaper that,
even in the most indirect manner, is
calculated to bring their business before
the public in way that they do not
prefer, and they will soon be heard from
through the very same newspaper. We
have often seen this fact illustrated in
numerous ways-all going to prove the
estimate placed upon newspaper publi'
cations, even by those people who affect
to disbelieve that any value attaches to
advertising. They know that unfavor-
able newspaper notices iniure their
business, and yet (strange inconsistency
hold that judicial advertiring of that
same business is worth nothing to them,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
His First Boots.

He was not more than seven years old
and quite small of his age. We saw him
yesterday while the snow was falling
quietly from the sky; he was happy as q
king, for he was enjoying a pleasure en-
tirely new and which never again in his
life will be repeated. His name might
be Johnny, or Tommy, or Billy, but
what ever it was it is quite certain that
no amount of expostulation from stran-
ger could have deferred him from max
ing careful selection Of the muddiest
places in the street through which to
wade. 1t was the boys first pair OF
boots, and TO his young imagination boots
were made for just such days as yester-
day and just such mud. AS we turned
a corner we saw him going slash-slash
slash in sinuous course along the
mucky highway, and we envied him his
happiness.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05

The well.known philanthropist, Sir
Henry Drummond Wolff, member OF
parliament, writes TO the Times, stating
that he has received letters and tele-
grams from Philippopolis, which show
that unless prompt help is given to the
destitute people in Roumelia thousands
mast perish from cold and starvation.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05

1t is related OF a well-known merchant
of a neighboring city that, after making
his will and leaving large property to
trustee for his son, he called theyoung
man in, and, after reading the will to
him, asked if there was any alteration or
improvement he could suggest. well,
father said the young gentleman,
lighting cigarette, Il think, as things
go nowadays, it would be better for me
if you left the property to the other
fellow and made me the trustee The
old gentleman made up his mind then
and there that the young man was quite
competent to take charge OF his own
inheritance, and scratched the trustee
clause out,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05

George Shepherd and George Wood,
for many years warm friends in Phila-
delphia, invested in speculation which
involved considerable loss, which so af-
fected the mind of Mr.. Wood that he
imagined Shepherd had been the cause
of his ruin. One night recently he
called at Shepherds house, and pre-
senting q tin cup, said he had procured
some medicine for his wife and asked
Shepherd to smell it. As the gentle
man attempted to do 80 Wood threw
the contents, vitriol, in his face, burn
ing him terribly and destroying one eye
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05

An apology; But, Freddy, how could
YOU ever think of calling aunty stupidP
Immediately go to her and tell her that
YOU are sorry Frederick goes to aunty
and says: 'Aunty, I am sorry that you
re stupid.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1880-02-05
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates Of advertising, ti per square
hrst insertion, and % cents esch subsequent
assertion.
Special contracts viii be made foE al adyef-
tisements for four Insertions OF oysr.
Transient advertisements always PAyabH
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
square, cha ged for at half regular rAie''
/ All locsi news 10 cents line for each in
sertion.
No notices inserted for less than fifty cents'
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24
News and Gossip.

Never cry over split milk. Ten to one there's
wafer enough in ii already.
" Put no fouls0mG compllm ntS Gu my tomb
stone" sad Blogss. No epNaly for me"
At Boston, man who atteuued concert at
which a selection nom MuzaIts Twelfth Mass was
performed, remarked That the best thing OF the
evening was &C. haG piece FROM Mozarrs Twelfth
Massachusetts"
An old engineer on The Grand Trunk road, while
walking on the track at st. Johns Monday morn
ing, was struck by an engine and thrown from the.
track, but not hurt. He has been running an en-
CINE for about forty years, and ought to have
known that he was walking on dangerous ground.
Sometime last week, SO the story goes, a certain
engineer started with passenger train from ST.
Johns to Montreal and when q little WAYS out
from St. Johns the engine became disconnected
from the rest OF the train. Neither the driver nor
his fireman discovere that anything was wrou Z
until they reached ST, LambcrtS-and when they
lost time in hunting up the rest of the tram
Possibly they don't enjoy having the affair men.
toned to them now.
Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1880-03-24

CURTIS FOR EDMUNDs.-In an editorial
in Harper's Weekly, George VIM. Curtis
points out objections to the candidacy of
either Grant, Sherman or Blaine, if the
party platform shall declare for civil
service reform as it did four years ago,
and the article concludes rs follows:
OF all who have been mentioned for the
nomination Senator Edmunds would be
undoubtedly most acceptable 10 the friends
of reform. Without knowing the extent
of his approval of the reformed system us
successfully carried out under the rules in
New York, we do know his former SYM
pathy with its aims, and, in general, with
its proposed methods. His pure character
and spotless career, his great ability and
long experience in the public, service his
sturdy and steady republicanism and his
just eminence in the party, all point him
out, although his candidacy has not been
very seriously considered, as a candidate
who would be acceptable to every element
of the party, and to the whole Independent
vote, and to whom no other objection
could be urged than that he would not be
acceptable to the machine.