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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

1t has come to light that number Of
robberies at Independence, Mo-, were
committed by young men of excellent
connections.
Jefferson Davis and wife sailed from
New Orleans for Liverpool recently.
They are going after their daughter,
who is being educated abroad.
Sylvester LIE Voice is a fair-haired,
blue-eyed, mild,mannered boy of eleven,
1T jamestown, N Y, yet he deliberately
shot baby because it annoyed him with
its crying.
Gen. B. T. Butler arrived at Halifax
in his yacht the America. If the Gen
eral doesn't pay more attention to bust
ness he won't be nominated again for
governor of Massachusetts.
Barney Dolan went on picnic up
the Hudson last Sunday, to have
a good time, and came back mi
nus an eye. Some people have
queer idea of ga good time"
"Most of the members of the Indian
delegation in Washington disguised
themselves in "plug" hats and "biled"
shirts, soon after their arrival. The
"Great Father" foots the bill, of
course.
The number of one cent subscribers
for the relief of Charles Cook, who
Knocked down a man out in Ohio re.
Gently for hoping the President would
die, was at last accounts 62,615, and the
amount of cash 1925 10.
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CuriOsities of KIeptOmanin.

A lady was affected with this mono.
mania so strongly that, upon her trial
for theft, she stated that she had such
mad longing to possess herself Of
everything she saw that, if she were at
church she could not refrain from steal
ing from the altar. DR.. Rush, the
American physician, informs us that
woman who was exemplary in her ODE.
dience to the moral law-except the
eighth communicative so addicted
to larceny that, when she could take
nothing more valuable, she would often,
at the table of friend, secretly fill
her pockets with bread. Lavater also
states that a doctor of medicine could
not leave his patients rooms without
taking something away unobserved and
his wife searched his pockets and re-
tured to their owners the knives, thin
bles scissors, etc, which her husband
abstracted. The wife of another physi-
clan had so strong q propensity to steal
that, on making purchases, she endeav-
ored to take something away that did
not belong to her; and two German
countesses appear to have hJen guilty
Of the same vice, The almoner of
regiment Of Prussian cuirassiers we'll
educated man, frequently on parade
stole the handkerchiefs Of the officers
and one unfortunate man was 80 far un-
der the influence Of kleptomania that,
being nigh unto death, he actually se-
creted the snuff box of his coniessor
As to modern instances Of this spe
cies of insanity, we knew parish cIer
gyman who stole every article he could
lay his hands on. II out at dinner, he
pocketed scraps of bread, table napkins,
or anything. When lodging at hotels
he carried of pieces Of soap and the
ends of candles from his bedroom. His
larcenies became so notorious that he
was ultimately brought before the
church courts and turned out OF his liy'
| ing. .-- ChamLaS Journal.
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Will =, Hayes

OF Louisville has made a small fortune
by writing songs. Among his popular
compositions are "Mollie Darling"
"Norah O'Neal," and Evangeline."
But he got no money from the latter,
though it gave him start in his bust
ness. "Just before the war;" he says,
" 1 was with some young visitors up in
Oldham county, Ky. Among them was
beautiful girl who resembled the ideal
pictures of Longfellow's 'Evangeline
so closely that I called her by that
name. We danced at an outdoor frolic,
one evening, and soon discovered that
four Of us could sing together, We
tried popular quartets, and got along so
well that we became enthusiastic.
About two o'clock in the morning we
started to walk home The night was
as bright as day, with the full moon
hanging in the sky, and as We walked
we sang. We sat down in a nook to
rest, and 'Evangeline' began to suggest
other songs to sing III write you a
song said ], ifyou'll promise to sing
it before we go home This was agreed
to. On the opposite side of the road
was q white plank fence. Where we
were sitting q party of negroes had been
roasting ears of corn, and the charred
sticks lay all around. With them I
wrote the first verse of the song on the
top plank Of the fence, and the notes
for four voices on the four planks be-
meath. Then we stood Off and sang it.
The girls were delighted, and insisted
on having a chorus, so | wrote the cho-
rus on the planks. Well, we sang it
over and over, and went home singing
it. Next morning 'Evangeline came
down stairs humming the air, and asked
me to write it out and finish it. / told
her couldn't do it, but she might 90
down and copy it off the fence. She
took an umbrella and sheet of paper,
and soon came back with words and
music Then she insisted on having
another verse no wrote another verse;
on condition that l was to have kiss
for il, and she to have the music"
Hays sent the composition to vnrious
music publishers, but couldn't sell it,
and IL was at length made public by the
voice of Campbell, the negro minstrel.
Three bundled thousand copies have
been sold, but the kiss was the only pay
! the author has received,
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The "GentIeman" in England.

"Do you call yourself gentleman ?"
is the commonest and most whitening
form of sarcasm in use, not only among
snobs, but among costermongers, coal
beavers and the like. To persons of
admitted pretensions to gentility the
question is frequently put, and perhaps
negatively answered by the questioner
when the superior person declines to
recognize false or exhorbitant claim.
Thus not long ago I was asked if 1
called myself gentleman by "young
lady" at railway refreshment bar be-
cause I demurred at paying her SOW
ereign for not having run away with
purse | had inadvertently left on the
counter for five minutes. And two of
her friends declared that l was emo
gentleman" without leaving any doubt
in the matter. | have been called emo
gentleman for not paying a cabman
three times his fare, and for obiecting
to pay in furnished lodgings for articles
which / had neither ordered nor con-
sumed. A loafer in the street has
sometimes picked up glove before ]
could pick it up for myself, or told me
that my handkerchief was hanging out
of my pocket. In any other country
than England the commonest man pay.
ing such attentions as these would be
insulted by the offer of a reward, but in
this country l have been freely called
"no gentleman for not encouraging
the lowest kind of what is vulgarly
called "cudging." 1t seems, indeed,
that to be a gentleman in the eyes of
large classes of the community you
must pay whatever may be demanded of
you upon any pretext, and ask no
questions,
Socially, the term gentleman has
become almost vulgar. 1t is certainly
less employed by gentlemen than by
inferior persons. The one speaks Of ga
man know" and the other of ga gen.
tleman 1 know" In the one case the
gentleman is taken for granted, in the
other it seems to need specification.
Again, as regards the term "lNdy." It
is quite in accordance with the usages
of society to speak of your acquaintance,
the duchess, as "a very nice" person."
People who would say, Every nice
lady" are not generally ofa social class
which has much to do with duchesses /;
and if you speak of one of these MS q
"person" you will soon be made to feel
your mistake the Year Round.
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the air with their sweet melody. But,
alas! there was no spring in the heart
of poor Lucy. Many times her mother
had entreated her to let her write and
explain all, but Lucy's pride would not
allow it.
On the first of June Mrs. Carleton
and Lucy started for Saratoga. One day,
soon after their arrival, Lucy entered the
sitting-room Of the grand hotel She
saw that it was empty, and she sighed
with relief as she sat down on large
sofa at the end Of the room.
She had not been there long when
some one entered and came toward her.
She started slightly and looking up saw
Henry Marsh. She made an effort to
rise, but she had been tried beyond her
strength, and tainted. In q few minutes
a rich tint came over her cheek, and re-
turning consciousness to her dark and
tender eyes.
Henry raised her hand to his lips.
80 Lucy, Lucy how have wronged
you!" burst from his lips.
He knelt beside her, and said with a
voice trembling with emotion,--
"Forgiye me! forgive mep
There was rich, burning color upon
Lucy's cheek; her lips parted with a
smile, and glad light shone in her
eyes. Henry clasped her to his breast.
"Be mine Oh, Lucy! can you, will
you, forgive me and be my wife p
eyes"
"Bles8 you, darling, even as you have
blessed my life"
In few weeks the two weddings
were celebrated at Saratoga; and opin-
ions were divided as to whether the
mother or daughter was the most charm
ing bride - IVaUsrB Magazine.
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found lying on the floor of his room and
surrounded by a light flame, which died
away as people approached and extin-
guished itself, A celebrated doctor of
the time (Battagalia) was summoned,
and examined the priest. He found the
integuments of the right arm almost en-
tirely detached from the flesh, and be.
tween the shoulders and thighs the iU-
teguments were injured. There was a
modification of the right hand which
rapidly extended itself. The priest was
devoured by burning thirst, was hor-
ribly convulsed and was feverish and
delirious. On the fourth Gay after this
strange attack, after two hours of COM
atose insensibility, he expired. A short
time previous to his death the body ex-
hailed most insufferable odor, worms
crawled from it on the bed and the nails
dropped from the fingers. The priests
account of the matter was that he felt a
stroke like blow from q cudgel on the
right hand, and at the same time saw a
blush fame attack his shirt, which was
Immediately reduced entirely to ashes,
with the exception of the wristbands,
which were untouched. The handker-
chief which was between the shirt and
shoulders was uninjured, and not hair
of his head was burnt, although his cap
was totally consumed. There had been
no fire in the room except that of the
lamp, which had been full of oil, which
was now drv and the wick reduced to a.
cinder.- Cincinnati Enquirer.
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FANCY NOIES FOR THE FAIR SEX.

The fashionable maid now perfumes
her gloves.
A bibbed apron is worn on flower and
fern hunting expeditions.
An oak chimney piece decorated with
rich blue tiles Is a charming combina-
ton.
Tiles make more durable and less ex-.
pensive floors than marble, and beside
allow greater variety of ornament.
Spinning wheels and fishing bones
were worn by the brides and brides
maids at two recent English weddings,
The newest charm to hang on ban
gle or watch chain is tiny lantern.
Raw silk underwear is recommended
for those tourists exposed to variations
of climate.
Water lilies are worn to the exclusion
of al other flowers by those fortunate
enough to be able to get them.
In playing lawn tennis the tie-back
apron is thing of necessity to keep the
petticoats from blowing about.
A French Countess carries q long
cane thrust through basket filed with
flowers and tied to the handle with
light ribbons.
The ladies at Atlantic City are noted
for their rapidity in dancing. Their
favorite is the hop-waltz, and they go
around the rooms as if their lives de-
pended upon the time they made.
The most money-making women are
the teachers of dancing, and there is no
occupation for lady which is more re-
munerative and agreeable than teaching
the little folks to dance.
No man of observation and taste
wants to travel with a woman who wears
linen duster, but who OF them would
cavil at the picturesque Mother Hub
bard ponage, with its bright Innings.
Says an authority in art : domestic
china is not ft for drawing. decor
alton. Plates, cups and saucers are not
fit for walls. and neither possess beauty
of form nor breadth of color to compete
with pictures"
Grays are the choice Of the aesthetics
for dresses or parasols; silver, tin,
smoke, steel or brooklet ripples give
evidence OF judgment or keen appreci-
alton of the new school. When trim
mings are tolerated, shell pink does
duty.
A New York bachelor makes the per-
tinent and rather novel suggestion that
a number of thrifty women might put
themselves in the way of fortune by
opening q shop for mending mems
clothes, darning stockings, sewing on
buttons, etc.
Common wooden buckets are the
latest fancy, painted and filed with
ferns for the drawing-room. Some are
painted with flowers; fight of swal-
lows in black and white flying over n
landscape; a large monogram or mo.
dallion or a sim llated ribbon passed
around with a few.long.stalked flowers
put through the loops,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-09-23
A DESPERATE FIGHT.
An Old Minister II Mistaken for an Editor
and Assaulted.

An Old Minister N Mistaken for an Editor
and Assaulted.
Yesterday old uncle Winglop, time
honored preacher, who has preached
among the hills for forty years, and
who in his younger days was known as
the "wheel-horse exhorter," came to
town and called at the Gazette Office.
"My son George" said uncle Jesse to
the political man, "has just graduated
from the old Red Bluff Academy, and
after sauntering around among the pro-
fessions, peeping into lawyer Offices and
poking around doctor shops and not
being satisfied, he has concluded to
learn the editing business. I know how
much fun has been made of men who
want to be editors, but of course un-
derstand all that. At first I'd like for
George to take hold of the religious de.
partment, for you know that / can help
him some. I've got four or five old ser
mons that I'd like to run in-old SER
mons preached long before men thought
Of getting out new Testaments. Now,
don't ridicule the idea"
"Uncle JESSE" replied the political
man with something like q sigh, "we'n
hold cabinet meeting some time dur
ing the present week, when your sons
case will be considered. 1t is encoura-
ging to see that church members are
seeking journalism, and have no doubt
but that George will be of advantage to
us. But / must go to dinner now. just
sit down here among the exchanges and
amuse yourself until 1 return"
The editor went down, and The old
man took out his spectacles and began
handling papers, with newly-awakened
idea Of importance. The editor had not
been gone but few moments when a
burly-looking man entered the editorial
room, and seeing the minister sur
rounded by rufled landscape of badly
handled papers, exclaimed:
Gail l ask of you is to let me shake
the Little Rock dust from my feet. Do
you hear, you spectacled fragment of a
mortgaged menagerie %
"What do you mean ?" exclaimed the
old man in surprise.
"Just let me shake this dust off, you
gaping whipperwill of fatfooted igno-
rance. Slander man as you did me
this morning and then say you don't
know what he meansp
81 never said word about you il my
life, sir"
"Let me shake off this dust and then
you can slash and slather my memory.
Nice old stretcher of the truth"
"Do you mean that have lied, sir?'
'T do"
The old man hoped across the room
and grappled the insulter. The fight
was earnest and terrible, and when the
editor came back the top of the old mans
head was smeared with ink and the in
sulter was lyingin the hall.
"Sort of monkey and parrot time
as the feller says" remarked the old
man. 81 say, l believe George will
change his mind. You needn't call that
cabinet meeting. Talk about a relig-
ious department; you ought to have a
sackful of horse pistols "-LiHie Roch
Gazette.
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The Mail of tIle World.

The Frankfurter VOHSseitung pub
fishes statistics of the postal service Of
the world. In 1865 the number of let
ters sent through the post all over the
world was estimated 100000. The
available data for 1877 show that the
postal correspondence had risen over
1920 100000, which gives an average of
100000 letters per day, or 1877 per
second. Europe contributed 3,036, 000-
600 letters to this enormous mass of cor.
respondenco America about 100000
600; Asia, 15O 100000; Africa, 25,-
100000, and Austria in 50,000,000. AS
suming that the population of the
globe was between 100000 900 and
] 100000 900, this would give an aver
age Of three letters per head for the
entire human race, The length of tel
egraph lines, both by sea and land,
must be ut least 100000 kilometres
l437 75O0miles notreckoning the double,
treble, etc, lines. There were $4,000
telegraph stations, and the number Of
messages may be set down for the year
ot between 1l0,0OO,0OO and III, 900, 600,
being an average Of over 100000 mes.
sages rer day, u 67l per hour, and
nearly 2l2 per minute. These quaint.
ties are increasing daily,
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Camilla.


Fatigucd by modern bellies in town,
In country and suburban villa,
i take my old school Virgil down,
And read the story Of Camilla.
An exile king to mountain lair
Retreating bears his infant daughter;
Her nurture all fathers care,
Her lore the forest-craft he taught her.
With tiny hand she bends the bow,
Around her tender waist culver,
And on her cheeks the crimson glow
That Happiness and freedom give her.
She wears no bodice silken-laced,
No clouds OF Tyrian dye enfold her,
But tigress skin in savage taste
Depending from an ivory shoulder;
No gold confines her raven hair,
The dear delight of mountain breezes,
1t floats untrammelled on the air,
Or hangs as happy nature pleases.
Twin buskins guard her fairy feet
From cruel flint and frosty weather,
Their tread so dclicately fleet
As scarce to bend the blooming heather /;
And roaming thus, huntress child,
Like Dian's younger, fairer sister,
No game, however btrong or wild,
In all the woodland could resist her.
AT sweet sixteen Camilla won
Such peerless fame of budding beauty
That'many mother urged her son
To lure the maid from flial duty;
But when some youth OF courtly grace
Accosted her with lovers greeting,
She shook her arrows in his face,
And clapt her hands at his retreating.
So dear to her those forest glades,
With virgin liberty to range them,
Her mountains with their wild cascades
She could not for palace change them.
And so she kept, example rare
"In pulcirO coypore mems sand,"
For aged father all her care,
And all her kisses for Diana.
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MOTHER AND DAUGHTER.


Mrs. Carleton, widow of easy for
tune, resided on fashionable street in
New York with an only child, daugh-
ter. In her youth, Mrs. Carleton had
married a man much older and me re
rich than herself, in obedience TO the
will of her parents. A few years after.
ward he died, leaving one child.
An airy, sprightly girl was Lucy
Carleton. The merry, roguish eye, the
gay laugh, all betokened breast undis-
turbed by care. She was now seven
teen, and no disappointment had as yet
made her unhappy. She was lovely,
too; could she be else, SO young and
innocent?
1t was lovely summer day, and Lucy
Carleton and Henry Marsh were seated
on the veranda adorning one side of a
fashionable hotel at the seaside. Henry
Marsh united with well-ordered intel
lect Ill the manners of q gentleman.
Cultured and aflable, he had gained
what he had merited, the esteem of all
who were fortunate to be acquainted
with him. He had but one drawback,
and that, alas the most unfortunate
one-want of money.
They sat together, Henry holding the
girls hand in his, and looking toward
the sea. 1t was indeed a sublime scene
on which they looked. The beach ex-
tended for miles along the shore, a
charming alienation of cragged rocks,
forming bold headlands, sandy beaches
and inlets.
"And you think, Henry, that my
mother would not consent ?" said Lucy,
continuing the conversation that had
been proceeding.
Her eyes were cast down, and the
slightest suspicion of blush was upon
her cheek.
eyes" said Henry. "What preten-
tions have /? A man of wealth and
position like Mr.. Dawes may hope-but
such as 1 can hope for nothing"
True love is always accompanied with
doubt. 1t is difficult for the heart
filled with tenderness to persuade itself
that the object of its affection can recip.
rocate the feeling. Sometimes Henry
would suspect Lucy of loving Mr.,
Dawes, and thus he lived in conflicting
hopes and fears.
"Surely you donot distrust me?" said
Lucy, looking earnestly into his face.
"No, indeed" replied Henry. "But
have / not cause for suspecting that Mr..
Dawes is my rival, and that your mother
likes him much better than she does
me?"
II confess you have" said Lucy she
is continually calling here but he
must see how coldly l receive him.
would sooner die than marry him ~
"You will not favor his suit, then ?'
said Harry, anxiously.
GLOW can You ask me such n ques,
tion ?" exclaimed Lucy, in an indignant
tone.
Thanks !" said Henry. "If l doubted
you now, I should indeed be unworthy
Of your love, But bark here is youl
mother and Mr.. Dawes. / will not LET
them see me here, Adieu, darling, fol
time !"
Scarcely had ho disappeared wher
Mrs, Carleton and Mr.. Dawes entered
When the latter saw Lucy he startot
back guilty and rather precipitatel,
took his leave, leaving mother ant
daughter alone.
"Will you let me have talk will
you p said Mrs, Carleton addressing he
daughter.
"Yes," said Lucy with tho air Of
martyr.
my child" continued her mother
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