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The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
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TAosS Chinese Pirhtes.

Dispatches from Admiral Rogers
to the Secretary of the Treasury chow
chat he has taught the Corean MAJ
rauders wholesome lesson, ono which
will to great extent remove some Of
the difficulties attending our China
commerce, as these mon yolian rovers
have been curse to tho waters from
Hon Kong to Corea. Desperate hand
to hand fighting took place when thoif
stronghold was stormed and one Of
the officers of our navy was the first
to fall. Some idea of tho extent of
their operations may be formed from
the fact that our forces took five forts,
4Si pieces of ordinance, and many
small arms, besides nfty shall flags.
Two hundred and thirty.fouf of tho
Coreans were killed.
1t has been the custom of these pi.
rates to slip out from the iulets and
among the Islands, and seize on every
merchant ship they could and when
ever vessel WAS uniuckiiy stranded,
they in like manner appropriated
everything. They carried on their
business thoroughly, and none of the
crews of the captured or stranded
merchantmen were left to tell the tale
OF suffering, for those of the sailors
who were not killed, were sold into
slavery at remote haunts of the pi-
rates. inland. The few inkliugs Of
this slavery that have from time to
time been made known to the world,
are of the most distressing nature,
and it is we'll, perhaps that the
friends Of many a Sea captain, Of his
wife and family, and crew, have
knows rs little Of thtir miseries AZ
they heve.
Admiral Rogers will undoubtedly
receive the thanks of the civilized
world for this great police duty in
the cause Of humanity and commerce,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Cure faf teht,

At this season many persons suffer
terribly from the eruption called
pricklv heat. So familiar is it, that
all persons know it. 1t is caused by
the solid perspirable matter not pass
ihg of in d DISSOLVED staty, as should
bo the case. It is easily cured in
one day by using the wafih bath for
ten minutes then rubbing the affect
ed part with lemon juice. The warm
water dissolVes the salts that are
lodged under the skin SO does the
lemon juice. When tho eruption
stings aud burns; lemon juice bbed
on the part affected will give relief
10 few moments. Possibly, stroiig
apple vinegar might act in the same
way. Persons who cannot get lemon
juice might use nitric aoid dissolved,
twenty grains to an ounce of watef.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
One Item.

1t has been estimated by a gentle:
man of much experience that the
wheat that will pass over the Chesai
peake and Ohio railroad will in Q
short time feooh tho netghborhood Of
twenty millions Of bushels. That is
something to consider with wonder.
What shall be done with it will be
the inquiry. Well our own mills
have capacity of some six million
bushels per annum, and with an in
crease Of milling power such Us this
great enlargement of our trade would
induce, we can see that tho better
part of this large aggregate will BID
turned into -four in this. oity. We
ought certainly to grind up three mil4
lions Of barrels of -four per annum in
five or six years from now. That
would dispose of fifteen millions Of
bushels of wheat.--Rtchmond Dis:
patch.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Death OF a Han. Woman;

Mr.. Samuel Buck, an ecrentrie
character we'll known in tho vicinity
of Conmeaut, died Recently near that
village at an aavanted age. He is
represented to have been a man OF
good family, and with fair education
and natural abilities, but possessed of
strong passion to ape the manners
Of the opposite sex. For many years
no had lived alone and, with surpris-
ing facility, he performed! all the
duties Of house and farmer
ut chce. In tho morning he would
don ~omhn's attire, which become his
delicate person we'll, prepared break
fast, cat and, having put the house
in order, would unpin bis chignon,
exchange his hoopskirts for trowsers,
and 60 on, to plough or chop wood, as
tho case might be, till noon, when he
would appear again in tho role of a
lady cook. He was very fastidous in
his tastes, and, when attired as a
fashionable woman, with his long,
we'll kept hair done up a la mode, he
would recsi@s and entertair com pany
so gra ,ofuily and naturally as to de-
ceive all except thoso who knew him.
and always scmed qnite unconscious
that he was playing a borrowed
part.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

treasured it for him, pure and unspot
ted Kitty oh, Kitty! arc YOU
blind 2
Kitty Eldon stood gazing from
Emi'y's face, all flashed in the
evening light, to the tail figure out
lined against the sky:
HAIRY ?
Ho threw IF the disguise with one
swift, passionate movement, and
caught her hand in his as he kmlt on
the grass at her feet.
'Kitty my little meek-eyed dove!
Can you ever pardon me for having
doubted 2
Kitty Eldon's blue eyes weto dila.
ted with vague wild wonder.
Stay a minute, Harry Let me be
sure that this is no cruel dream! Oh,
| have passed through it 80 oftcn-my
drcsm-and then walked to find it all
dclusion.'
And then the tears brought bles-
'ed tide Of relief to the ovorcharKed
heart, and Kitty knew that it was
reality at last.
i bore 1T all, hltty-my weary
captivity on the shyrcs Of desert
islands, my creeping progress toward
home when my heart would have
flown on electric wings-but when l
came here and heard that Harvey
Sherman was to endow you with his
wealth and rank, then, Kitty, my
courage all gave way l resolved
that, come what migl , would know
my fate. So picked up this dis
guise among band of gipsies down
in the hollows Of Ivcrsha m hills, and
pe'sonatcd somc sage old siltyl to
learn whether or not my life had
oeen blightcd Kitty, what if had
followed the first impulse of my heart
aud left the country forever p
He shuddercd at the possi ility
that had riscu up before them, and
held kitty's hand tighter still in his,
as if he half feared that sho might get
away from him. And so two fortunes
were told in the lovely June evening
at the cottage door.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Thirst Quenched without Drinking.

1t may. not. be generally known to
our readers that water, even salt wa
ter, ;mbibed through the skin, ap-
peases thirst almost as we'll as fresh
| water taken ihwardly. fu sl4ustra
tion Of this subject, correspondent
has sent lis tho following abridged
Quotation from 4 A"NarratiEe of Cap.
tain Kcnnedy's losing his vessci, and
his distress afterward," which was no.
ticcd in 'Dodslcys Annual Register
for l7Ue" I cannot conclude with
cdt making mention Of the great ad:
vantage received from soaking my
clothes twice a day in salt water, and
putting them on without wringling.
1t was considerable time before I
could make the people comply with
this measure, although from seeing
the good effect produced, they after
wards practccd it twice day Of their
own accord. To this discovery [
may with justice attribute tho preser.
vation Of my own life and six other
persons, ssho must have persisted if it
had not been put in usc. Tho hint
WOO hiSV w" " lllc from
the perusul Of treatise written by
Or. lind. The watcr. absorbed
through the pofes OF The skin prod ue.
ed in every respect, the same effect
as would have resulted from the mod.
crate drinking Of any lidhid. The
saline PARTICLES, however, which re.
maincd in our clothes became in.
crusted by the heat of the sun and
that of our bodies, laceras!ng our
skins and being Otherwise inconve-
nient, but We found that by washing
out these PARTICLES, and frequently
wctting our clothes Without &.ihgtng,
twice in the course Of day, the skin
became we'll in short time. After
these operations we uniformly found
that the violent drouth went off and
the parched throat cured in q few
minutes after bathing and washing
our clothes, and ut the same time we
found ourselves as much refreshed as
if we had received some actual
nourisbment. Four persons in the
boat who drank salt watef went deli
rious and died, but those who .voided
this and followed the above Practice,
experienced no such symptoms,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
GLOW is This for Hieh 1"

A County Commissioners of Ker-
ehaW draws all order on the County
Tfeasuret for one dollar to relieve
transient pauper, and charges the
County three dollars for his sol vices
in the premises. A brother County
Commissioners objucting to the charge
10 bullied ahd dehouuoed as DESERT
or TO the Democrats. Camden Jour
hHi.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
The New York Tragedy.

New York has h"on excited over
most terrible event, bat ono that ha!
become of very common Occurrence il
this rum- drinking country. A Dr.
Connolly, while under the influence
of mania q pota, shut himself in his
room with his two daughters, aud af
ter killing them he cut his own throat
In referring 70 this fearful incident,
and the facts rs developed by the in.
quest, the Herald INDUCES iu the fol.
lowing rraections
"The inquest upon the bodies of
Dr.. Connolly and his two children
has ended with verdict Of murder
and suicide while insane. The tes,i.
mony shows boyond question that Dr..
Connolly had been drinker, aud
that the insanity that caused him to
take the life Of his two children and
Of himself was the result Of drink.
The devil Of run, in all its long list
Of atrooitieE, and horrors, has no more
terrible deed to answer for. Yet it
does not BEEN that DR.. Connolly was
one of those steady rum drinkers who
bcfog their brains continuously with
liquor. 1t would appear rather that
he was a man who, liking his social
glass and conviviaff1 company, could
still keep his eye alM the brain clear !;
and, if the resolution seized him, re-
frain for long periods from the touch
OR taste or the devil that tovermatohed
him at last. lie could, in short, tri-
He and toy with the dangerous cup.
lie was a.physican of no mean emf.
ncnc', i'll u well..to.do portion of the
city, and no besotted drunkard could
be that for the length Of time he was.
1t would appear, then, that he was one
of those drinkers who, touching liquor
moderately at all times, veutured at
Intervals upon 'spree'--ohe of those
maddening whirls IF dissipation that
last sometimes few days and some
times a week or two-in which the
soul that has been festraihihg its pas.
sions for 80 long a time gives up every
thing to the craving for drink, and
ends with the aching body, unmana.
geable nerves and be@ildHfed brain,
that attend the few excitable, fever
ish days of 'taporing off, Ii is in
these days that the devil of madness
seizes the 'modefate' drinker, and
from all appearances, it Was under
these circumstances that tho devil
Of madness seized Dr.. Connolly. Is
there no remedy for these terrible
deeds }? Is there nothing upon our
statute books that requires C the
police to lock up voluntary madmcn ;
Is there no law to restrain these
'sprees' that lead to madness and
murder7 There are laws enough,
aud they should be enforced.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

Nra. Mnote Ia of tho stnfr baroe

Mrs. Moore Is of tho stuff heroes
arc made Of, Recently, at Nashville,
when her son fell down wcll twenty:
four feet deep, she neither tainted
or screamed, but instantly sw ung her.
self down, "ha,ld ovor hand." caught
tho 6hild with her feet, drew herself
and aon oil the way up again, and
then, woman like; spanked tho boy for
falling ip.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Important Arrest Southern Coiutrs Can
iNrea and Sent 10 the pry Tor. gas,

Several secret service officers b ave
just returned from Florida, where
they arrested an extensive gang of
conlcrfeiters of gold coin. These
officers also secured thirteen largo
cases, containing heavy machinery;
German silver, lingets Of composition
metal, English alloy copper, used
principally IN the manufacture OF the
I've dc! lar coin, golu and seld dust, u
galvanic battery complete, Seventy.
five crucibles, frst-class engraving
tools and other articles-all IN the
vtry bsst condition. An attemtt
was made by mob to rescue the pris
oner's from Jail. Their attention was
turned from the Jail, however, by
news that the seor CT service mon, who
had arrested the gang, would arrive
by train just then aus. The hob
proceeded to the depot, boarded the
train passing through each car;
ahd orutinizing every using
dirk lanterDs-and when necessary
awaking those who were asleep. In
the meautime the govern ment Officers
who had entered the tbwD by anoth-
er convey anSe; took the prisoners from
the Jail, and safely embarked with
them on board the United States
revehue clutter, the commander of
which-in compliance with special
telegram m-conveyed the prisoners
to Fort j effersop; Dry Tortugas.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

We cannot concur with Mr.. Adams
that if the democrats arc united upon
their platform one man or one ticket
will do as wolI as another for the par:
ty in 1872. We hold that this bat
tie will be fought mainly upon the
tickets in the field, and sccondarily
upon the platforms, as, on the great
question, reconstruction, the plat.
forms will, republican and democrat,
be substantially the same. A power.
full ticket, therefore, ia the great esa
sential for the democracy; and the
ticket of Chase and Hancock will
meet this demand, for it will be
very powerful t. cket. Let the
democrats adopt it, and cause it to be
understood that, in the event Of its
election, Mr.. John Quincy Adams
will be the Secretary of State of the
new administration; and much addi-
tional strength will be given in the
campaign to the democratic cause.
Let the democracy put on their Presi-
Dental ticket good strohg popular
Cabinet out and out, headed by
Mr.. Adams, and they will find it i'm:
mensely to their advantage.-.N Y.
Herald.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

At one Of the "labot cohve tions
held in Washington during The strike,
Mr.. Green thado speech cxhortiha
his hearers to 'work in the interest
Of harmony and peace" Where-
Upon an bodied striker sprang
to his feet with the excla nation, "YeB
sab /! dat's what we want hominy
and peas but d--n it We can't git IL
wild q dollar an half day -
Indianapolis youth unite sentimc, !
with economy, and serei aie theft
lady.loves with hand organs.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

A story is told Of an editor Who dicd,
went to Heaven, but was denied sd.
mittanco, lest he Would meet some
delinquent Subscribers; and bad foel.
ings be engendcrea in that peaceful
cline. Having to go somewhere. the
editor next appeafed in the region Of
darkness, but was positively fefnsed
aamittance, as tho place wits full Of
delihnuent Subscribers: Woarily tho
editor ttirned back to the celestial
city; and was met by tho watchlnan
at the portals with a smile, who said !:
"I was mistaken, you cah entet ther6
Is not Q delinquent sNbsttiber in
Itoaven."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Condemned aS far as Adjudged.

In one of his recent editorials, MI.
Stephens calls attention to the fact
that "tbe validity Of the sYecbnstrue,
tiSn measures have never yet beBh
brought to tho test bsfofB, tho gu.
prsme Court of the Uuited" 5tatass
On all the points under those Avts
yet brought before that cbufs; this
decision has been against their va.
lidity. Suoh vert the rulings of that
court, in tho Mississippi oase, the
Texas case; anu the oase that won't up
from Virginia snd subh WIRE, tho
rulings upon all tho casts involving
the validity Of , tho test oath. The
cotrt, has hefetofofoiavoidBd any de-.
oision dpoti thu diroes 1aestion of the
validity cf the Heoohstrustioh Acts
themselyss.b 40 ,ta,
The ct. touia Bispatuh ID shavked
ut the bad mantets Of spme, of the
boetders It khtws Of, Ind resda them
the following little leoturss "Don'i
say ,spass' The ktoht; or 'shoss along
Il a., hash T; we'll conducted boardeT,
always say, will you be 80 kidd a. I,
! escort the lobsoouse bitherward."
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
A Useful Cement.

There is frst.rate homemade o
cement for filling up cracks in an old
stove or range. The ingredients arc
wood d.asbes and salt; equal proportion
In bulk Of each liltlc less salt reduce
to a soft plste with cold water, and
MI tho cracks when tho rahge or
stove Is cool. The cement Will soon
become perfectly hard. Fire clay
obtained at the stove dealers) will
sometimes anawer, but this honie-
made cement is always at command
whore wood is the fuel used.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

Gen. John A. Wagner has been
nominated by the Conservatives for
Mayor Of Charleston.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12
Aritllmalicdl.

A mother, son and daughter, all ins
valids, went on an excursion to Eu.
rope. During their absence the faith.
er at home died, leaying thS following
provisions in his will s'If Thy wife
and son return, tho former shall re.
ceive one third and latter two-thirds
Of lily astAte, consisting Of ten thous:
and dollars. If my son should did
abroad, and only my wife and daugh:
ter return, tho forhier shall be enti :
tlcd to tRo-thIrls and the latter to
onethird of the PROPERTY" All re-
turned. What vas the equitable dis
tribution Of tho estate
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

A Prussian cavalry officer who was
badly wounded at tho battle Of Grave
lotte, was greatly annoyed by the
cries Of some wounded lying near
him. lie stood the annoyance as
long as he oould, and then testily
called out Stop your bowling over
there Do you think you are the
only persons killed In this fight ~
General Robert i. t'eoe's we'll
known gray war.horse died in Lex.
ington, w., on Monday last.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

Fred Douglass has tesigned his beat
10 the Territorial Council at Washing.
ton, and will be made public ptihter
Of the disttiot.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

An "oracle" at Now Orleans, dis
coursing on the wonders of the Mis-:
sissippi, mentioned the iron Collin of
De Soto, containg the golden trumpet
given him by Queen Victoria.
"What - exclaimed one, "not Queen
Victoria - eyes, sir, Queen Victo-
ria.' "Why she wasn't born then by
two hundred years or more" 1 don't
care if she wasn't" was tho bold re-
ply "l reckon sho could leave it in
her will,n
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1871-07-12

fhe sold girls" seem to be making
q profitable business of, sueing for
breach of promise in. England. A
recent number of the London Times
reported three cases on one page, in
@hich the average ago of the ladies
claiming conipcnsation FOR the in
jdfies to their affections was forty.
three. and of the malo defendants
sixty seven. One of tho three ladies
was under thirty years Of age and OBJ.
tanned da ,nuges from all Unwilling
lover Of sevebty six. Ooe "blighted
being" Of fifty-six got $4,000 from
II vilainous lover Of sixty.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-23
The MILK EscutcheOn in Cows.

Puchnewala, Ridgeway, Iowa, asks: " ! .
What is meant by the milk escutcheon in
COWS! 2 Is it to be relied on as a mark
of future milker?" The milk escutcheon
IL that part of the hind quarters of the COW
% and about the uddsr on which the hair
grows upward. It's boundaries are defined
by quirl, where the upward growing hair
meets the down-growing. Sometimes it
occupies only a little more than the udder
itself, while in other cases it reaches well
out on the thighs, and runs up several in
ches wide, quite to the setting of the tail.
Sometimes it lies only on one side of the
vulva, and again on both sides. Occasion
ally it is cut square across half way up, and
again is rounded at the top. Its form can
usually be seen at glance. Its future cx-
tent and shape can Scnarally be clearly de
tcrmined on close examination in even very
young calves. The escutchcon is quite
generally regarded as a valuable Indication
Of the quantity and of the duration Of the
flow; while the softness of the up-growing
hair, the yellowness of the skin, and the
amount of dandruF produced, are taken as
indications of the richness of the milk.
Guenon, French herdsman, who first cal
led attention to the cscutcheon, made a
study of it, and established a system al
most as intricate as that of the phrcno,ogist
snd there is ample evidence that he read
with remarkable accuracy the characters of
large numbers of cattle submitted to his
examination by the committee appointed
to investigate his system. Most modern
dairymen attach much Importance to the
escutcheon as a general indication; and al
though the minute details of Guenon's sys-
tenn arc little regarded, Its general principles
are quite commonly accepted as valuable
---imoican Ayieultmit
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-23
The Old Fashioned Mother.

Thank God some of us have an old
fashioned mother. Not woman of the
period, enameled and painted, with her
great ehignon, her curls and hustle; whose
white, jeweled hands never have felt the
clasp of baby fingers; but dear, old fash
Toned, sweet-yoiced mother, with eyes in
whose clear depths the love-light shone,
and brown hair, threaded with silver, lying
smooth upon her faded cheek. Those dear
hands worn with toll, gently guided our tot
tering steps in childhood, and smoothed
our pillows in sickness; even reaching out
to us in yearning tenderness, when Ler
sweet spirit was baptized in the pearly
spray of the river. Blessed is the memo
ry of an old-fashioned mother. 1t floats to
us now, ike the beautiful perfume Of
some woodland blossoms. The music of
other voices may be lost, but the entranc-
ing memory of hers will echo in our souls
forever. Other faces will fade away and
may be forgotten, but hers will shine on
until the light from heavens portal shall
glorify our own. When in the ftful
pauses of busy life our feet wander back
to the old homestead, and, crossing the
well-worn threshold, stand once more in the
low, quaint room, hallowed by her presence,
how the feeling Of childish innocence and
dependence comes over US, and we kneel
down in the molten sunshine streaming
through the western window-.just where,
long years ago, we knelt by our mother S
knee, hsping "Our Father How many
times when the temnter luroe - H.
memory Of those sacred hours, that
mothers words, her faith and prayers,
saved US from plunging into the deep abyss
Of sin Years have filed great drifts be.
tween her and US, but they have not
hidden from our sight the glory of her pure
unselfish love.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-11-23
Flour without NIiiIstOnes,

At a recent meeting of the British
Association for the Advancement of
Science, paper descriptive of new mill
for grinding wheat without millstones was
read. According to the description this
mill reduces the wheat by percussion, while
1t Is unsupported and falling freely, or
being projected through tho air. The
wheat in passing through the machine, is
struck by a series of bars moving at an i'm
mense speed in opposite directions; it is
thus instantaneously reduced to state
ready for boiling, no injurious heat being
caused, and the tlour produced is of much
superior quality to that obtained bv or
binary grinding while the cost of its pro
duction is considerably less. One of thosc
machines, IN its perfected state, is in full
operation in Edinburgh, and realizes all the
advantages claimed for it These advan-
hsges are, the very light and rarely needed
repairs 1T requires compared with mill
stones; The fewer men required and con-
sequent saving in wages; the exemption
tsom loss by scorching; the small ground
and space occupied; and the much less
driving power needed