The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-11-05
Negro Prayer,

A negro missionary repeated to
Sir Charles Lycll, tho gc3!ogist, tho
following prayer, offered by q negro
preacher at the ordination of another
negro pre- cacher; tho language is as
terso and comprehensive as it is
singular to US.
''Mako he good like he say. Make
he ssy like ho good. Make ho say
like he good, like no God!"
That is, snake him as good rs he
breaches. Mako his preaching as
good as himself. Mako his preach
ing, mako himself as good ns God %
One Of the most striking indioa
tions Of tho immortality prevailing
among public men and in the manage.
mcnt of great corporations is flor ded
by tho following passage from tho re-.
port recently made by the Preside n,
Of the Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany
"Tho franks issued to Government
officials constitute nearly a third ol
the total complimentary business.
The wires Of the Western Union
company extend into thirty-sovan
States aud milo Territories within
tho limits Of the United States, and
into four of the British provinces. In
all Of them our property is moro .r
less subject to the ucton Of .ao ma.
tonal, State, and municipal authori,
ties and the judicious use Of compli
mentary franks among them has boen
the means of saving to tho company
many times tho money.valuo Of the
FREQ service performed.
W hen gentleman like Mr.. Viii.
liam Orton speaks in this manner Of
bribery Of public officials it becomes
evident that tho condition Of society
and tho idea Of honor and dccorum
prevailing among those who exercise
great trusts arc indeed deplorablc.
The case Of James j., Dunpinr,
Post-mast l. at y Atlanta, is a ho rd ono,
Mr.. Dnnning has held tho office for
years. aud ia tried and hoacst pub
lie servant. Some years ago his Il. on.
ey clerk, Mclaughlin, abscondcd with
largo amount Of funds, and the
stintine himself of luxurics and COM
forts to make up for tho theft. H.
had almoa squared his accounts when
his son, James Dunning, McLaueh-
Ana successor at the money order
desk, ran away, leaving deficit o.
$4,000, and banning, tho acc.l Post.
master, declares that ho will will pay
cvory cent ii il takes him until tie
end of his days. If Mr.. Dunpipe
"ero as vigilant us lie appears to 80
honest, his troubles might not be be
successive and overwhelming, and tie
might enjoy comforts and luxurics in.
stead OF others enjoying them at his
expense.
Tho use Of asphalt paper has bccops
greatly extended of late. In thin
sheets it is now largely employed for
wrapping silks or other fabrics that
need protection from moisture: aln
tor packing boxes for pianos, &c.; un1
1T Is rolled up into pipes for convey.
ing water. Tubes made of this n, {. .
terial arc only about onc>flth tho
weight Of iron, will not rust, and, AZ
Is we'll known, arc quito tough and
strong. These tubes arc simply
sheets Of paper, Of peculiar quality,
dipped in melted asrhalE, and thon
rolled upon cylinder. \ maohiro
Tor preparing tho asphalt wrapping
paper consists of hollow cylinder,
hoaded by steam, and Il wedge .shapcI
box containing tho hot asphalt. Tne
box has n narrow slit, tho width of
the paper, and as the paper passes, II
thin layer Of tho asphalt is distrihu,
ted on the papor just before it passc,
the cylinder.
-. w thin tho last year over 100000
head Of cattle have been driven from
Texas to Kansas, where they arc
tattenod and thon distributed by raj
through the different States, accord.
ing to tho requirements of the vario Us
markets For those cattle tho far.
mers who raised thom in Texas re.
eeived nearly $4,000, 900, the ayerae.
price in that State boing about fife en-
dollars per hoad.
Sensational repo, ting is carried tor
fino point in England. A reportc:
who saw Gladstone Mt church says
"Tho Premier, who looked caroworn
and anxious, entered heartily into
tho service, and on the scoond hymn
Jerusalem, My Happy Home ap
Peared to emphasize the words Whom
shall my labor have an end g. Thi
last touch is inimitable.
Miss Anna Sylvester, cf Memrhro.
magog, Me-, who has knit 40 MANY