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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
A Street Horror in Paris.

All Pans says a correspondent, has
been deeply stirred by the shocking fate
of little girl of nine Georgette Babin,
the only child of prosperous green gro
Ger of the Rue Belzunce. She attended
a day school, to which her father every
morning took her and fetched her back
at noon. A few days ago they were
walking home, hand in hand, rejoicing
in the bright sunshine which had come
out after the snowfall The streets they
trayersed were busy with traffic and
sqadrons of sweepers who were pushing
heaps of snow towards sewer traps pur-
posely opened to receive them. At the
corner of the Rue Hautville the child let
go her fathers hand to frightened her
muller. Just then wagon drawn by
n rostiye horse rrmbled by. Babin
instinctiyely moved backwards, thinking
his daughter was by his side, but when
he turned round to look for her she had
disappeared. 1t was evident that in
backing out of the hors's way she had
fallen into n yawning sewer which was
of great depth, Cries for help were
heard for moment and then ceased.
The child had clung doubtless to the
edge of the subterrancan platform and
had then been swept away by the force
of the current, which was swift and
swollen. The sweopors who nockcd
around could scarcely restrain Babin
from jumping in after his child, who
must have been instantly drowned. The
district fire brigade was summoned and
came Immediately, but too late, and the
police commissary of the quarter tclc-
graphed to the eversecrs of sewers to
watch all the gratings between the Rue
Hautville and Asnieros. A fireman was
lowered with ropes into the sewer and
remained immersed for twenty minutes.
Others ran along the platform to explore
but Ilnavailingly. The poor child's body
had not been caught by any of the graf
ings, and has probably been doyoured
by rats.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
MEMORIES or MY MOTHER.
~ HELEN g. Aum, BALro.

Silently ! si' AMI ponder DER the day. NOW
gone
And hcN often do / wonder where ihe wear.
have flown.
Ah' how plainly like a picture does il seem ia
me-
That my gentle, loyins mother M rsed me ON
her knccl
Comforting my childish sorrovs with a sooth-
ing kiss
Even now Oh, gentle mother, thy comforting
| miss.
Oft ! long to hear thy football and thy gentle
voice,
Bee thy radiant smile Of glalncss, making me
rejoice
As yon over did in childhood, 60 whcre'cr Won
NAV,
Ever kept dispensing notwithstanding night
to day;
JOINING in our childish pleasures, sanctioninr
our fun
companion for your children, seeming inst
As one.
what is home without mother" From tbc
scene haste
can TELL for well know-it is n barren
wasio
Memory wecps when recall the pleasures tba,
are past,
1e' I'm chcercd by that sweet hope that we
shall meet az last
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
MOnCn in The TrCaSnrN.

The first female clerks in the national
treasury were appointed in 1865 by Sec
rotary Chase, who placed them in the
Office of the comptroller of the currency
at six hundred dollars year. They cut
and trimmed the United States notes
issued in sheets, and did their work well.
As soon as they had been appointed
there were many other applicants, and
their number steadily increased many
of them securing places through the
peculiar energy and perseverance which
will refuse to take no for an answer.
There are now more than 1900 women
IN the departments at Washington, the
majority employed in the bureau of en-
craving and printing and in the govern
ment printing Office, They excel rs
counters, their slender sensitive fingers
turning notes with great Iapidity and
eXactncss. They detect counterfcits, it
is said, quicker than men, though they
Wv i't ou'Nt'u 81 Ntll NlIll accounts, as
the average feminine mind has little
natural love for figures. Counters and
copyists receive nine hundred dollars a
year, other women, twelve TO fourteen
hundred dollars, several of them sixteen
hundred dollars and one in the internal
revenue eighteen hundred dollars Most
OF the clerks are well educated and re-
fined and many of them have seen more
days A number are widows
and daughters of army and navy officers
who lost their lives in the civil war
Very few Of the young women or widows
marry or resign, and consequently the
who are constantly seeking
places in Washington have very slender
Of success The most untir-
ing, obstinate place-scckers at the Fed.
cral capital are women.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
A Complex Rat.

A farmer living near Fort Wayne,
Ind, while pitching hay down from his
NOW, came on a rat, and speared him
with his pitch-fork. :. He lifted the rat,
and was surprised to see that it was at
tachcd to half dozen other rats, all of
which were alive The rats were attached
to each other 10y their tails, which were
plated together after the most approved
method of basket-wewing. The farmer
reasoned thus, in explaining the situa-
tion; The mother rat, after giving birth
to the brood, braided their tails so that
each might have the benefit of the 9TH
crs heat, and that they might be better
able to endure the Arctic cold of winter.
The rats had grown to maturity, appa-
rently without q thought of secession to
interrupt the even tenor OF a hay NOW
existence,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
4 Reasonable Time.

In one of Michigans interior towns
live couple known as the "Samese
Twins They are always together. No
one in the village remembers ever see.
ing one unaccompanied by the other.
They go to church together, they split
wood together, and they fight together.
Not long ago, after a severe battle, a
gentleman said to the feminine twin;
Sarah Jane, why do you pummel
your unprotected husband? Think how
bad you would feel if he would die"
"Oh," said Sarah Jane in a tone that
showed the matter was settled in her
mind, "we will die together We made
that arrangement when we were married
You see, John Henry was married be-
fore, and seven days after his first wife
died he came to me and asked me to
marry him. John Henry, said l. 'you
ought to be ashamed Of yourself. Only
seven days widower You should at
least have respect enough for your late
wife to wait a reasonable time Come
back ten days after the funeral, and I'll
marry YOU And I did"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
Words Of Wisdom.

Nothing can constitute good breeding
that has not good nature for its founda.
tion.
Some people think it an excess of mag
nanimity TO forgive those whom they
have injured.
Speak of peoples virtues, condonc
their infirmities; if you can say no good,
talk no ill of them.
The tongue of a fool is the key of his
counsel, which, in wise man, wisdom
hath in keeping.
We appreciate no pleasures unless we
are occasionally deprived of them. Re
straint is the golden rule Of enjoyment.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
Migration Of Fishes.

\ curious and valuable article on th,
migration Of fishes appears in a magaz
inc devoted 10 popular science, and i,
evidently the work of competent hand
The migration of birds, it is said, i,
found on examination to he insignificant
compared with the migration of fishes
some of which accomplish journeys of a
marycllou, character, the marvel mainly
consisting in the fact that they come back
from the most distant spots to the place
o. their nativity, truth which has been
ascertained by marking specimens and
watching for their return. 1t has been
estimated that the salmon of Obi and
Irish travel about 1000 kilometrest4 1910
miles n year up and down the stream !;
and salmon and sturgeon often go from
800 TO 2,lO0 kilometres 1890 to 1,5OO
niles from the sea to their spawning
places; and salmon to height of 1000
feet above the level of the sea. Salmon
may occupy six or eight months in going
up the stream and accomplishing their
spawning, but will return to the sea in
ono or two months, travelling from 10
10 30 kilomonre5 (6 J to Is miles, a
lay. Some of the statements made
seem absolutely incredible, the more so
as it is not easy to see the data upon
which the scientific authorities work;
rs, for instance, the assertion that "ecls
trc able to ascend waterfalls from 40 to
30 feet high" One knows the power of
resistance of waterfall, and by what
means, the reader may well be tempted
to ask, can the eel resist the enormous
force of the stream Nevertheless, truth
is so very much stranger than fiction
ihat the unscicntiiic person would be
rash if he Contradictcd the student.
The stories of fish travelling on land,
wonderful rs they are, seem to bc based
upon well authenticated facts. Certain
tropical lishc5 have a remarkable faculty
Of performing journeys by land. The
climbing fish and an ophioecphalus of
the East Indies and the doras costatus
Of South America are able, when the
ponds and swamp5 in which they live
are dried up, TO travel for several hours
over the land TO find places alfording
more water. There is no reason TO
doubt that eels can travel. The sickle
back is often found in pools wholly un-
connected with other waters 1t may be
that the eggs of the fish have been car
RED on the feet of waterfowl, or that
the wanderers have found their way to
such places during the rains of spring
and fall, whom the fields, the bitches,
and even the waGgon-tracks are running
with water, Tho habits of vagabond
fishes with no settled abode, such as the
shark, which will follow q ship for
heightened periods, are contlasted with
the domestic and regular habits of other
fnny families; and the probable reason
why some fish spawn in rivers and others
in shallow places on the coast are exam
med, what is known of the artif cial
of fishes forming a guide to
these inquiries. The more the question
S looked into the more fish seem to be
possessed of an instinct which in many
'ases looks very like intelligence. .-Loa-
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
Fashion Notes.


|. Earrings are not, either, rs much worn
a they have been for some years.
Spanish net with large balls of che.
nile is the latest novelty for evening
toilets.
For dinners and evening purposes, a
variety of surah and lace pclelincs arc
made.
Collars with large plait3 are worn.
They are of surah or lawn, with lace in.
scrions.
The ownccked coragcs are cut in
very deep points, front and back and
filled in with narrow pligsc5 of lace on a
foundation.
Painted satin mu0 for evening wcar.
match the painted collarettcs, cuffs,
ichu, hood and little rciculc that swing.
at the waist.
The Marguerite gauntlet sleeve is
very fashionable and stylish. The top
is made of the material of The dress, and
the long cuff which reaches to the elbow
is made of plush velvet or satin. The
cuff fits closely to the arm, aud j.. but
toned or laced up the back
The newest tichu, of costly lace have
wide Mcdici collars attached,
Roman sandals are the dainiiess an d
pretticst low shoes now imported.
Many house dresses have the corsage
cut pompadour OF hearl-2hape, and filled
in with full shirring of brocadcd Span
ish net, and high ruching OF the same
lace about the neck.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
4 Terrible Death.

At Tuperyille, Va, Mr.. b. f. Conrad,
a wcll-known merchant, of that place,
having returned from his store, he and
his wife, Mrs. Lizzie Conrad, who was
carrying a lamp, were ascending the
stairway preparing to retire, Mr.. Con
rad had just reached the landing when
he heard scream, and on looking
around he was Mortified to see his wife
lying at the foot of the stairs in a blaze,
the lamp having exploded, and the ig-
nitcd oil flying all over her, having
wrapped her in flames in an instant Mr.
Conrad and his niece, Miss Fannie
ByIne, ran to her assistance at once, but
he being cripple and Miss Byrne being
palsied with fright, were scarcely able
to do anything, Mrs. Conrad's screams
soon brought two young men from a
store near by, who broke open the door
and attempted to catch her, but she
sprang by them into the yard and en-
deayored to bury herself in the snow,
her shricks and cries being most pitt
able. The young men soon oxtinguishod
the flames, but not until nearly every
particle of her clothing was burned off
and she was almost roasted alive. A
blanket was Immediately wrapped a
round her, and, strange as it may ap-
pear, she walked up stairs to her room
without assistance, begging them not to
touch her. She suffered extreme pain
for some days, when she died.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
Origin Of the "BaLcr's Dozcn.o

Close 10y Market Street (now Broad
way) lived and mospcrcd baker, the
I first man that ever baked New Year
cakes-in fact, the inventor of them.
The name of our friend was Nolckct
Jan Petersen Van Amsterdam, commons
ly known as Baas. He was Dutch from
his large feet to his round bald head,
and had no respect for any one OF any
thing that was not Dutch. He was a
regular attendant at the old Dutch
church, Aut nevertheless, in constant
fear of being bewitchcd His wife, Mar
itje, was economical even TO saving the
parings of her nails, and his ginger
bread babies were always made in imi-
tation Of his children. II was New Year
Eve, 1866, and Baas was in his shop
dealing out cakes for small pieces of
money, called wampum. lie had taken
an extra glass of rum in honor of st.
Nicholas, when he heard sharp rap,
and in walked as ugly an old woman as
ever he had set his eyes on,
81 want dozen New Year cookies,
she screamed.
"Vcll, den, you ncedn' sbeak so loud,
replied Baas. 'Duyycll l amt teaf
den"
81 want dozen" screamed the old
woman "and here is only twelve"
"Vell, den, md What de duyvcl is
dwalf but dozen?" said the baker.
81 tell You L want one more!" she
shricked
"Yell, den," said he, "you may co to
de duyvel und get anoddcr; YOU Won't
get it here"
From this time on our bakers wife
and himself were made miserable. Their
money and cookies were taken away by
invisible hands; their bread either rose
out of their sight or sank into the carih
their famous brick oven was torn down,
and poor Baas pelted with his own
bricks; Maritie became deaf; Baas was
black and blue from head to toe; and
such a life as he led was purgatory.
Thrice the old woman appeared, and
thrice was she sent to "de duyvcl' And
at last in his agony, Baas bethought
himself of ST. Nicholas, who advised
him, on hearing of his troubles, when
he counted a dozen to count thirteen.
'Py st. Johannes lie Dooper, put St
Nicholas is great plockhead!' thought
Baas; and while he was thus thinking,
st. Nick had vanished, and in his stead
was the old woman. She repeated her
demand for Zone more and Baas, re-
membering st. Nicholas, acceded TO her
demand, when she exclaimed, "The
spell is broken, and hencoforward
dozen is thirteen, and thirteen is
Dozen And taking cooky with an
efligv of the good saint on it, she made
Baas swear that ever afterward twelve
should be thirteen, as a type of the
thirteen mighty States that should
arise out of the ruins of the government
of Naderlandt.
1t is well known how terribly ST. .
reyenged himself upon those
who set themselveSup against the ven
erable customs of their ancestors, and |
refused the homage to him to whose
good Offices it was owing that this his
Iavorite city has surpassed all others in
beautiful damsols, yalorous young men,
oliekoeks, and New Year
'ookies,-Hopers Nayosine.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25

81 wonder uncle" said little girl, il
men viii ever yet live to be 500 or 900
years old5' "No, my child" responded
the old man, "that was tried once, and
the race got so bad the world had to be
drowned"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25

Boston Transcript. When New York
young man pops the question he now
says, Lets consolidate"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25

There was no encore when Samson
brought down the house.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-03-25
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The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-22
A REUNION.

1t is strange sometimes the way in which
things happen, and one is oft tempted to
believe that there is "a divinity which
sense may dictate about fatality being .
mythe and mems actions being the only
rule which determines their fate. At Am
herst College, in the class of 50, there
were two chums, who had stuck together
ever since they had first entered college
They were fast friends and no trouble had
ever disturbed their friendship. One was
the son of rich parents and the other of a
country minister. When they graduated
the rich mans son went into business with
his father in New York and took his friend
with him as an employee. Things went
smoothly for some time when that common
accident of life happened They both fell
in love with the same girl. The fight
in the heart of the employee was long
and bitter but contrasting his position with
that of his friends. The difference in the adj
vantages he could offer the woman; he Yield
ed and with scarce word of parting, with
none of explanation he left New York and
went west. A year afterwards found him
in San Francisco and he soon joined the
gold diggers. His fortune was varied, at
times rich, at times poor; afterwards in
Nevada he followed silver mining and
when the silver craze struck Leadville he
went there. There he was successful and
this spring rich man, he determined to
return east for the first time in twenty
four years. Last Saturday night as he got
off the southwestern train at Wilton, Iowa,
and went to get on the main line train
which was to carry him to Chicago, lady
who was trying to turn seat attracted
his attention. Stepping forward to help
her he first looked with wonder then Joy to
see it was the woman he had run away
from so long ago, woman now past forty,
but handsome yet. He talked to her tim
idly at first and uncertain. When he learn
ed that she was yet unmarried his question
come faster yet, and her present condition
was soon known to him. Her parents had
died and depending on her own exertions
for support she had taught school and at
present was principal of a school in ives
tern Iowa The old love still lived in the
minors heart and he soon found that he
had not been entirely forgotten by her.
To make story short it was a very happy
looking couple who got off the train here
that night looking for a minister and
still happier one which started for Chicago
morning and registered at the
Sherman as Mr. and Mrs. - Lead
Vile Col
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-22
THE CIRCUS.

Don't you forget to tell your sisters and
your cousins and your uncles and your
we beg pardon. but we want you to tell all
your relatives and acquaintance, that the
great caravan of wonders, known as Coups
New United Monster Shows and Paris
Hippodrome, which has created such an
avalanche of furore throughout the amuse-
ment world, is coming to this city on the
Fourth day of July.
And if they want to know why you are
so solicitous about their remembering the
date of this great show, tell them to read
the following notices just clipped from the
Cincinnati papers and be convinced of its
eminent excellence and merit The Cincin-
natl Enquirer says:
The success of Coupis circus, which gave
its final performance last night, was un-
precedented in the annals of show business
in this city 1t created such a furore as
was never heard of in these parts. This
success was due to the fact that it is not
only the best circus on the road at the
present time, but is the best managed one
extant.
Mr. Coup treats the public honestly acts
toward il as large drained, conscientious
man would to single individual in per-
The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-22
BUFFALO PATRIOTISM.
BUFFALO PRAIRIE, j

BUFFALO PRAIRIE, June Il.
The people of Buffalo Prairie, whose
pa triotism has seemed to be under a cloud
for the last few years, at least so far as the
local celebration of independence day was
concerned now appear determined to atone
for their past "reminiscences by making the
coming Fourth day worthy a conspicuous
place in the future chronicles of their
doings.
From the well known intelligence and
energy of the several committees having
the arrangements in charge, supported as
they are by the united mass of our citizens
old and young alike, we all anticipate a
pleasant day, Among other preparations
made it is understood that an elegant dane
ing floor will be erected near by, for the
accommodation of those who wish to
Thread the mystic mazes of the dance"
which floor viii be in charge of those who
will see that the best rules of order and
decorum are observed.
As general invitation has been given
all to unite with us, we expect large
and joyous crowd will fill the grove should
the day prove propitious. w.