The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-04-20

peaoe1nl clements against the warlike
spirit of still progressing, revolu-
tionary and licentious craving for
agitation and change.
A MAsroDoN's JAw.-Professo
Shepard has in his possession at the
laboratory of the Medical College, the
lower jaw Of young male mastodou.
1t is abou. two feet long. From the
fact that the teeth are not worn at all,
as would be tho case with an oldor
animal, it is judged that the former
possessor Of this jaw was young and
male. 1t had two tusks in the lower
jaw, about foot long. This jaw,
was dug uP-at Phosrhatoville, near
the Eigh..mile Pump, on the North.
eastern Railroad. Other portions Of
the body, .suoh as tho ankle bones, yer.
tebra, 60, have been found, but
unlike this jaw, were so dccayed as
to scarcely bear handling. The
cranium has not beon found. The
herbiferous beast which chewed with
this jaw, although young, must have
been between eleven and twelve feet
high, and about eighteen feet long.
"There were giants in those days."
Char. Wews
Nervous children suffer untold
agonics from fear when put to bed
alone. No tongue can tell the hor-
ro,s Of a lonely room to such children
a little delicate boy whom his
parents wero drilling to sleep alone,
used to scream violently evory night
aud his father would come and whip
him. lIe mistook the pertinacity for
obtioacy and thought it his duty to
conquer the childs will. One night
he said, "Why do you always scream
80 when you know you shall be
punished 7" 20, father, father -
said the little fellow" "I don't
mind you whipping me if you'll only
stay with me-"
That fathcr's eyes were opened from
that moment. He saw that human
being cannot be governed by dead
rules like plant or animal.
MEXICAN NEws.-The intelligence
from Mexico is anything but encoura.
ging. Tho revolution still presents q
formidable front. Huerta, Aguerre,
Cadena, Lucas and Ncgrete are still
engaged in stirring up the disconten.
ted spirits Of the public by inhamma-
tory proclamations, which appeal to
the very worst passions, of the Ill
disposed. So bold have the rcbels
become that even the capital is threat
ehed, and the small towns and villages
adjacent to the city Of Mexico are
visited by rowing bands Of despcra-
does, who rob and plumber in the
name of liberty and progress. Juar-
ez is vemehontly denounced by all
those who desire to see their country
ruined in order to profit by its dcs.
truction. - Ne,o York Herald.
A certain genial bald.headed gen-
tieman, while in Paris, ono day went
to tho Geological Gardens. The
weather was warm, and he Law down
on bench. Presently he fell asleep,
and whom he was aroused Ivy strange
feeling Of warmth on his head.
An infatuated ostrich had come along,
and, mistaking his entirely bald head
for an egg, so.tled dowa with roso-
Lutte determination to batch it, or sit
there forever. Our friend yelled for
help until keeper came and led that
disappointed aud regretful ostrich
away to it's cage. The report that
Greeley was the man has been contra
dicted.
a Frenchmen once hired q room in
Paris on condition that the servant
would wake him up every morning at
daybreak, and tell him the day Of tho
week, the statos Of the weathor, and
under what form Of government ho
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