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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
Hereditary Criminals.

Heredity" comes out strong in
case of criminals-stronger, perhaps,
than in case Of saints. For the offspring
of saints are oftensfar from saint-like,
while the children of burglars and
other criminals are almost sure to pay
their ancestors the honor Of initiating
them. A few days ago in New York
criminal court George Lyons, slender
youth Of II, was brought up for SEN
tence for an attempt to commit bur
glary, he having been once in the
County Penitentiary. "Lyons," the
Recorder said, "your father is in State
Prison, believe ~ y"This is my case,
Judge, not my fathers" the hardened
youth replied bluntly. "Your mother
is also in State Prison ?" Z" Yes she is,"
''You are come Of n bad stock. l am
informed" the Recorder went on. ~
suppose do" Lyons answered. The
Judge remarked that Lyons wanted to
60 to State Prison, as q graduation, but
that he should allow him one more
chance for reformation and send him to
the Elmira Reformatory under charge
Of Mr. Brockway. "You'd bettor have
me hung, Judge" was the sullen reply.
He expressed, however some dread
Of the discipline Of the reformatory on
his way there. His father is Ned Lyons,
the desperate burglar, who has been
sick of wound in Connecticut and has
now gone to the State prison there.
His mother, Lyons' wife, is not by amy
means unknown in those parts, although
her son is mistaken in thinking that she
is just ut this moment in prison.
She happens TO be out just now. Young
Lyons is the leader OF gang Of sneak
thieves in New York, and Mr.. Brockway
can vary his own patent roiormatory plan
on him,-DctrOH Free Press.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
Mhnm MOI To Marry.

Women who love their husbands are
happy and at rest Those who do not
are disturbed and restless. They are
always seeking for some means of Kill
ling time, They are ready to firt at
any moment. Their children are, ac-
cording to their means, either hidden
in Nurseries under the care of French
bomeS, or handed over to Sally, the
slatternly nurse, to shake, and slap, and
stuff with augar, as her wisdom dictates,
while society and amusements of all
sorts occupy their mothers time. Home
is not happy to the poor woman, because
she has chosen her mate. foolishly-be-
cause she trusted to that Glove after
marriage" which mercenary old people
promise those who MAKE what they call
sensible match,
Sad as neglected wife, who loves
her husband well, must be, / believe
she is happier than this poor restless
creature, though she be worshippod.
The love Of one we do not love becomes
simply bore, especially in the close
intercourse Of home life and she who
does not give her heart to her husband
is not likely to care much for his chill.
dren. SO, girls, if you do not love your
lover, don't marry him. Remember
that marriage is serious. step, and that
when you give him your hand that he
may encircle it with a wedding ring,
you seal the happiness or misery of
your natural life. Don't marry unless
you are sure of your love for him, and
his for you.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
ITEMS or INTEREST.

1t is a curious arrangement that COM
pels people to go to bed at night when
they are not sleepy, and get up in the
morning when they are.
In Dallas, Texas, a woman is gradu
ally being converted into petrifaction.
Her feet and hands are already as hard
as stone.
General Wallace, our minister to
Turkey, drank coffee with the Sultan.
The cups were without handles, and
we're crested with diamonds.
We have seen ladies who were insult
ferably shocked at the sight of man
in his shirt sleeves; and their own arms
we're bare almost to the shoulders I!
Women are strange creatures.
Thirteen female physicians are prac-
ticing in Clayton, Iowa, and at a recent
fire there were not we'll men enough In
the town to run the engine out. IT is
one grand Incorporated hospital,
Detectives are still busy at Washing
ton trying to find out the size of How
gates defalcation, but it doesn't seem to
have occurred to any of them to try aud
find Howgate. Phladephia Times.
A Southern Journal says this years
rice crop in the Gulf states will reach
one hundred and fifty million bushels.
It is predicted that the rice industry
will soon rival that of sugar growing in
Louisiana.
Two young ladies in Gaudaloupe,
CAL, doing all the work or the weekly
paper called the Telegraph, from writ
ing editorials, working at the press,
down to mailidg and serving subscribers
with their papers. The young ladies
are said, moreover, not to be at all mas
culine but are gentle and fair to look
IDOn.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
Comet Racing For The Sun.

Two comets are now approaching the
sun, Encke's, which is no stranger, as it
revisits us once in every three and a
half years, and the new one discovered
in the northeast on the night that Presi-
dent Garfield died. Neither is yet visi-
BILE to the naked eye. Encke's rarely
becomes bright enough to be seen with
out telescopes, but the new comet has
possibilities. II would not be unpre-
cedented if we should have two bril-
liant comets this year. Two of the
grandest comets on record Appealed in
the year 1402. At the very time that
the enormous comet Of 1918 was scar
ing Europe, another huge comet was
visible in the southern hemisphere
II was also mistake to suppose that
1881 has furnished an unprecedented
number Of comets. Only four new
comets have been discovered this year.
In 1858, the year of the great comet,
no less than eight comets were seen, of
which six were new ones. In 1916 there
were nine comets visible, OF which
eight had never been seen before.
There have been many years in which
four and five comets had been seen.
SO, whatever may be claimed for 1881
on account Of its other marvels, it
certainly does not yet take tho front
rank as q comet year,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
POPULAR SCIENCE.

Fishes have Learts resembling those
OF mollusks.
The pressure of the blood current
diminishes from the heart.
OF all animal products used as food
sugar is found alone in milk.
In penetrating the earth Prof, Eyeritt
finds that the rise in temperature is
more rapid in the older and harder
rocks.
The inventor Of the screw propeller
was the celebrated artist Leonardo di
Vinci, and he first applied it TO erial
navigation.
The electric light has been success
fully introduced in the Mathilde Col
liery, in Upper Silesia. The work was
done by Siemens & Halske, of Berlin.
Prof. James Law, in the BuIietin Of the
National Board Of Health, states that in
Europea and Hindoostan variola is so
common in pigeons and poultry as to
constitute veritable plague.
TO utilize old rubber the pieces are
heated in contact with steam, when
the sulphur is volatilized and the caout-
chouc melts, and is collected as liquid,
used in preparing waterproof covers,
etc.
The japanese telegraph system, es-
tablished 10 years ago, has now 1929
miles of line and 9,345 miles of wire.
Twenty words are sent 60 miles for less
than two cents. Last year the number
OF messages tran nsmitted was 1922, 756.
There are 34S Morse instruments in use,
26 single needle blocks, and 30 Bell
Telephones.
1t is sometimes necessary TO bore one
or more holes in porcelain, but the
usual way of doing this is not easy.
If, however, an ordinary drill be har
dened and kept moist with oil of tur-
pentine it will easily penetrate the por-
celain. The drill commonly employed
in connection with scroll cutting ma.
chimes answers very well.
Electricity is now employed in the
recti6cation of inferior alcohol.
Herr Steblers researches do not con
firm the theory that light hinders ger
mination of seeds generally. He adj
mits the probability, however, thac
light may not be advantageous in the
cage of seeds that germinate quickly
and easily, such as clover, beans, or
peas. He says that the termination of
certain seeds, especially those Of the
grasses, will not take place at all or with
great difficulty in darkness.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
Too Old,

Mr.. and Mrs. Jones were starting for
church. "Wait, dear" said the lady,
"Pye forgotten something won't you
be good, now, and go upstairs and get
my goats Off the bureau2"
",Your goats /" replied Jones; "what
new-fangled things that2"
"Ill show you," remarked the wife,
and she sailed up the stairs, and down
again with pair of kids on her hands;
"there they are," said she.
"Why, 1 call those things kids" said
the surprised husband.
"oh, do your" snapped the wife.
"Well, so did / once, but they are SO
old now, I'm ashamed TO call them any.
thing but goats"
Then they went to church. The next
day Jones' wife had half dozen pairs
Of new gloves in handsome lacquered
box Of the latest design.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
A Volcanic Ernntion in Idaho.

The recent report of volcanic eruption
in Idaho Territory is confirmed by an
Eastern correspondent who visited the
volcano in company with representa-
tive of Walla Walla newspaper.
AS seen from Camas PrGirie the
column of smoke rising from Mount
Lapwai was like that of a steamer be.
yond the horizon at sea. The mountain
is two days ride from Camas Prairie.
Omitting unimportant personal details,
the correspondents account runs as
follows:
"About 500 feet below the cone q
large column of smoke sprang into the
air hundreds of feet and then folded
over to the east. Flames shot up to
great height, and a seething flow of
lava was at that time rushing down into
a small valley to the west and emitting
strong, sickening sulphuric odor,
which made it impossible to remain by
it any length of time The lava had
moved distance of one mile from the
mountain and was gradually making its
way toward the Salmon. The neigh
boring hills were covered with ashes. "
The visitors we're informed by a Lap
wal Indian that the lava flow is intermit-
tent. With the wind on their backs
they climbed the cone when the crater
was quiet, though greatly disturbed and
sickened by the sulphurous odors. The
crater was about 500 feet below the rim
of the cone, and appeared TO be about
an acre in extent. When the flow ceased
the visitors went down to the edge OF
the crater, after c6vering their faces
with rubber folds and their eyes with
glasses, The heat was great. On one
side it was possible to descend twenty
feet into the crater without being nau-
seated, thanks to favorable wind. The
lava poured into the crater .om the
sides, and, when it was full, bubbled
over and ran into the valley, The sur
rounding country is volcanic, and the
Indians reported recent eruption Of
Mount Idaho, large peak a few miles
from Monnt Lapwai.
The visitors spent twenty minutes in
the crater. At 5:45 p. NJ, the flow be-
gan again, and they hastily retreated.
Scientific parties were fitting out at
Portland, Oregon, to visit the volcano.
Mount Lapwai is one Of the Blue Noun
tains, low range crossed by the Snake
River.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

opened aud a man appeared-a man,
handsome, strong and vigorous. IL was
he st this moment, had Nj. Aubrey
been the ugliest OF men-the worst OF
husbands-he would have assumed, in
the eyes Of his wife, all the graces, all
the virtues imaginable.
He had only paused below TO take of
his dripping cloak and lay down hispis-
tolls. Ho extended his arms and his
wife rushed into them. But immedi-
ately recovering herself, she placed one
finger on her lips, and with the other
hand pointed to the feet.
M. Aubrey would not have been wor-
thy of such a wife il he had failed in
decision or sang .froid. He gave a glance
at his wife which said that he under
stood, and said aloud
Zone moment, my darling, and L
will return ; have left mypocket-book
down stairs, and l must show you my
riches"
With these words he left the room,
but in a moment he returned, holding
pistol in his hand. He examined the
lock, approached the bed, stopped down
and with his left hand seized one of the
two feet, the finger of his right hand
resting on the trigger of his pistol.
"Resist, and you are dead man !"
he exclaimed.
The owner of the feet did not seem
disposed to risk the event. He suffered
himself to be dragged by the foot into
the middle of the room, where he dis
closed a most villianous face as he
crouched before the pistol pointed at his
head. On being searched, dagger
was found and newly sharpcned. He
confessed that the servant was his ac-
complice, and had told him of the
booty which awaited him.
Nothing remained but to deliver both
to justice, Madame Aubrey indeed
begged her husband to let them escape,
but the public interest demanded the
sacrifice of private lenity, and they were
delivered up. During all this time the
unconscious child slept soundly. After
some little time Madame Aubrey related
the events of the evening.
IL did not think you had been so
brave" said her husband, embracing
her.
But in spite of her bravery, the
events of that night brought on a ner.
vous fever, from which our little hero.
inc did not recover for some weeks.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
The Rose.


After night Of crystal rain
Had drenchod the hilltop and the plain,
And made the old earth new again.
rose, unfolding from the sheath
Where she had lain like life in death,
FIRST felt the mornings dewy breath.
While as the yesturcs Of bride,
And pure as snow at Christmas tide,
She blossomed in her maiden pride.
pearl lay in her heart, as pale
AS moonlight cleaning through vail,
Or shining ON distant sail
poet, you must guess his name
Along tho garden alleys came,
Together with his dreams of fame.
lie saw the rose upon the stem:
She bent TO kiss his garments hom,
And lost hei hearts most precious gem.
lie passed upon his way to greet
itch blossoms that around his feet
Let fall their petals honey-sweet.
While she sat dropping in the sun
Until the leaae's one by one,
Had fallen, and her life was done.
The poets spirits burst its bars,
And healed of all its earthly scars,
Now sings among the morning stars.
The rose, though long ago in dust
Will. like tho nannr,- ne flo met
Still blossom IN my verse, trust.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
Supcrstitions of Scotch Fishermen.

SupcTSllllOHS Ol ScOlCn IIsncI ihch'
Besides those superStitions common
to all Scotland, there are beliefs current
among the fisher part Of the population
which seem to be peculiar to themselves.
Fishermen and sailors are proverbially
superstitious, and those of the east of
Scotland are no exception to this gen.
eral rule. Great ceremonies We're OBJ
served at the launching of a new boat,
and the greatest care had to avoid do
ing anything that might bring ill.luck
to the boat or the fishing. The boats
we're liable to be affected by an evil eye
or an i'll foot, like eany land undertaking,
but there were evil influences to be
dreaded that were local in their appli-
cation. For instance it was believed
to be unlucky to have a white stone
among the ballast, but this was only in
some villages. Great care had to be
taken to avoid any one who was believed
to have an "ill-foot," and, if any one
got this reputation, he was dreaded
and stunned by all his neighbors.
There is an amusing story told of two
men in one village who both had the
unenviable distinction of having an i'll
foot without being themselves conscious
of it. They both set out early to arouse
the village for the fishing, and each
meeting the other and knowing his i'll
repute, they both turned back, so that
o fine mornings fishing was lost to the
village. Indeed there were so many
untoward circumstances that might pr0-
vent the success of the fishing that it
is quite marvel how they ever con-
trived to catch any fish at all. When
VIC read that fisherman would have
returned, under fear of being drowned,
if any one asked him where he was 60
ing as he went down to his boat, one
cannot but wonder how he ever con-
trived to elude that very natural in
quiry. Odder still was the ban put on
certain words, as will be seen from the
following extracts from McGregors
"Folk-lore": "When at sea the words
minister, kirk swine salmon,
trout dog and certain family names
were never pronounced by the inhabi
tants of some of the villages, each vii
lage, having an aversion to one or more
of the words. When the word kirk
had to be used, and there was often oc-
casion to do SO, from several of the
churches being used as landmarks, the
word Dollhouse, or 'bell-'oose,' was
substituted. The minister was called
the man wi the black quyte.' A min
lister in boat at sea was looked upon
with much misgiving. He might be
another Jonah. 1t
was accounted unlucky to utter the
word sow or swine or pig, particu-
larly during the time when the line was
being baited it was sure to be lost If
any one was unwise enough to speak
the banned word. In some of the vii
lagos on the coast of Fife, if the word is
mentioned in the hearing of fisher
man, he cries out Gold IRON Even in
church the words are uttered when the
clergyman reads the miracle about the
Gaderine swinery. y.-SattTddy Reuo,C.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

A prominent clergyman, being asked
why he accepted the call Zone Of many
with the largest salary, replied that he
desired TO go where there was the most
sin consequently located where the
money was most pleanty."
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

Thrilling Incident Adolphus' cour-
age was up. Falling on his knees he
cried: "Angelina, dearest, make me
the happiest OF men by accepting my
heart and hand" Casting one look at
the great paw Angelina thrilled in every
fibre assho replied sweetly "0h, Adolf
phus, this is more than ] expected"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

The burgular Ben Brown, alias Bob
White, now in jail at Charlotte, N.
O., awaiting execution for burglary was,
it is said, a United States deputy mar
shal in South Carolina, during recon-
struction days, and was one of the most
notorious colored political characters in
the county during all that dark time.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

Governor Roberts, of Texas exerci-
ses a personal supervision Of the pris-
oners in the State penitentiary. Most
Of them, he says, are young men from
the Northwest, East and North, who,
having strayed from homo restraints,
have fallen into bad company and got
into trouble. He tells them that good
conduct will shorten their terms, and,
il, they behave themselves pardons them
ont.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

Worth has caused q war in Paris by
his attempt to revive moire antique, as
leading inevitably to a resurrection of
the much detested crinoline.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Regular rates OF advertising, tt per square
e-st insertion, aud so cents each subsequent
infertion
Special contracts will be made for all Adyer-
tlsemenls for four insertions or over.
Transient advertisements always payable
quarterly in advance.
Marriages and obituary notices, over one
tquAre, charged for At half regular rAies
All local news 10 cents lh.S for each In
Dertion.
No notices inserted for lees than hfty cents
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-11-11

An old man at Louisyille attempted
TO kick his wife, but losing his balance,
topplod over and was killed by the fall.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-04-28
NOTICE.

HAVING land papers and fled notes ofnearly
y every tract Of land in the county, will be
pleased toaid parties wishing my services as Sur
veyor in locating their lines or boundaries. |
can be found in Lsonardtown on Tuesdays.
WM. J. WATHEN
March IL, Iss0--R
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-04-28
nnrx MrILrH RRIra Happiness

DOES w bAEFn DRlNG AAhFFiNN9o
--On one Of tbe last days Of bis earthly
existence Mr.. Johns Hopkins called his
devoted gardener TO him and said -
am beginning to hate this place, because
il does NOT bring in money. | hate ey-
erythlng that does not bring in money.
Did you ever feed hogsa Have you
not observed that the strong animals
bear away the ears OF corn and that the
weaker ones pursue them squealingly. in
hopes that all or some Of the treasure
will be lost or dropped" The gardener
replied that the sketch was true one.
"Well, then" said Mr.. Hopkins, 81 am
that strong hog. ] have that big ear Of
corn and every piggish rascal in Balti-
more is intent upon siealingit or wrest-
ing 1t from me r. "Sir," hesaid, turn
ing brusqueIy to the gardener, edo YOU
think a very rich man is happy" The
gardener answered: 1.-THE extreme Of
poverty is a sad thing. The extreme Of
wealth, no doubt, bears with it many
fluctuations, Mr.. Hopkins rejoined {:
"You are right, my friend; next 10 the
hell Of being utterly bereft Of money is
the purgatory Of possessing vast
amount of il. have amission, and I'M
der lis shadow have accumulated
wealth, but not happiness"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-04-28

How Doc WAS REBuKED BY A
PARRoT.-A gentleman living near this
village, says the Port Jervls Union, has
parrot who knows good deal more
than the law allows. Last summer a
friend of his, whose name we withhold
for obvious reasons, called at his house
one day. A valuable young dog, a
pointer, was With him. The two gem
tlemen sat on the porch smoking. and the
parrot, which is very tame, was seated
in an interstice in the trellis about The
porch. The dog was lying on the floor
at hls masters feet, and finally his at
tention was called to the bird, which
was looking steadily at him. The dog
sprang up, drew on the parrot and ias-
tened. There he stood. still as a sta
tue, for full three minutes, when the
parrot, with contemptuous nirt Of his
feathers. screamed at him: go home,
you cussed fool p The dog dropped tail
and ears, wheeled round and struck a
bee line over the fields for home. Since
that time he has refused to point a
bird.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-04-28

From the Kalamazoo (Mieh) Telegraph
We haxe inIornaiion from authentic
private soarces.at San Francisco that
Dennis Kearney has had anarrow escape
from making revelations about himself
which would have inyolved'the leader
slip OF the recent Working Mems"
rnovementthere in great scandal Ills
scarcely three years since Dennis LETT
of draying, with no capital in the world
but his dray. He'has devoted his ef-
fects unselfishly to the cause Of the
working Mems political movement
since, looking out only for his expenses
But the political demonstration which
he headed placed power in bis hands,
and made bis influence necessary 70
Office jobbers. In addition, there is
said 10 be suspicion that the Bank Of
Nevada or some other institution had an
axe to grind through his services. All
any rate, he started to build house Tor
himself in one ofthe lesspublic quarters
of the city this season laying the ioun-
dation on scale suitable to a SlO, 0OG
residence. That would indicate extra
ordinary frugal.ty for a man whose bus
mess was draying, aud who had, besides,
been out of business three years. There
was enough in the enterprise to make
certain parties apprehensive lest an IN
vestigation should be called for. MI.
Kealney received hint that It was too
soon to show possessions OF that order,
and building operations were summarily
suspended.