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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-25

THAT GRAIN OF CORN.-Aftor sever
alattempts tho surgeons have at last sue
cceded in extracting the grain of corn
from the throat Of the little boy whose
case was mentioned last week. One
report is that the grain of corn had
sproutcd, but rs the surgeons aro not
responsible for this assertion, it may be
munchauscnism The little fellow is
doing well. When he grows older he
may contine himself to corn in Il liquid
form, at any rate we hope he will not
got any in his windpipe again.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-25

responsible for this assertion, it may be
munchauscnism The little fellow is
doing well. When he grows older he
may contino himself to corn in IL liquid
form, at any rate we hope he will not
got any in his windpipe again.
ROCKY MOUNT IrEMs.--The sale Of
old rips, cotton seeds, &c, being over
(evidcnce Of last years folly) and the
pressure on tho columns Of your in
valuable paper (who ever wrote Il
paragraph for paper that did not i'll
dulgc in tulsome complimcntsO is not
30 great, we suppose a few items
would be in order. Major Wood
wards head was level when no wrote
the communi cation addressed to "thc
Farmers of Fairticld," and published
in The News AND HERALD ofth 18th.
We can boar testimony to the correct
ness Of the Mayors statements. We
have often said that if the discovery of
tho phosphate beds Of South Carolina
is a blessing to the farmers, it is one
in disguise. This, with the lien law 8
and heavy crops Of cotton to the cxclu-
sion Of grain, has bankruptcd many
farmers. They were once tho fat
goose, from which nearly every per-
son plucllcd a few feathers, but phos-
pilates and lion laws have left but little
to pick; and from dire necessity the
picked will become the picker--ina-
bility to pay the cxorbitant prices
asked. The Increment Of the crop of
cotton due to skillcd labor--bah! This
isall Yankee bosh.. Nhc average planta-
ton darkey is skilled in nothing but
theft and its conccalment. Tho whole,
or nearly SO, Of the face of tho county
is devoted to cotton, to the exclusion
of grain, and liberal usc Of fertili-
GERS accounts for the largo crops that
are thrown Oh the market Of the
world every year. Labor is not as
efficient as when tho negroes
were slaves. Many of tho
colorod womo do not labor more
than three or four months in the year.
Not moro than twenty-five per cont. of
tho population Of South Carolina are
engaged in adding to tho worlds
wealth. Sovcnty-five pcr cont. are
drones. Ought we to complain of
hard times? Verify, We think not.
GIrNTHp
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-25
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-02-25
GRAND INTRODUCTION SALE

Commenced Nov. |, anu Will continue ,ntu all
are sold. Don't m ~ the chance II Is the
onlH Salo OF the Kind ever set attempted In
America. "
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-22

One of the most exciting turf events this
season will be the meeting of Mollie McCarty
the crack racing mare OF the Pacific slope,
now owned by E. ]. Baldwin, the millionaire
turfman of San Francisco, and Brambie.
These celebrated horses represent. the two
extremes of the con~linent--the Orient and
the Occident. Already u sectional feeling is
manifested by the Californians, who are con-
fident. Mollie McCarty at Chicago las.
month surprised sporting men by easily will
ning the Garden City Duplicating a field of
cracks; and western sporting men will back
her with their thousands to beat any race
horse Eas. any distance f~r6nr-one to -four
miles. The meeting Of these giants Of the
turf al Saratoga will create as much interest
as the great race years ago between Long
fellow and Harry Basset., The race will
not only be fast and exciting hut fortunes
will be wagered OF the result. The race.
will be for the Sarotoga Cup-two mile a,.l
a quarter.-Erehaage.
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-22

Spain Is an Inviting field for the safe of
labor-saving Implements and the procuring
of patents. The Spanish farmers ase pre-
ciseiy the sane sr'rt Of plows the Moors did
when Isabella exiled them. Sowing and
rea.pins machines are not known, and oxen
tread the gain oat, As they did In the days
Of Moses. Etg+
The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-07-22

Miss Corsen, the "cookist, )" says that her
best pupils are the Swedes and Norwegians,
who are perfectly docile. Next in rank she
puts the Germans, after them the French and
Italians. and last of all the Americans. ii
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
A Joke Returned.

The Palmyra E"terprise, published
in Jefferson county, Wisconsin, relates
this new dog story-and pretty good
one. A gentleman connected with the
United States Lake Survey, in this city,
was engaged one day in the skirt of
wood in Indiana. Near him, sleeping
lazily in the sun, lay his faithful dog,
Tiger. Thinking to have some fun with
the dog, he gave shout and a jump
into the thicket as if all the game ever
protected by game laws from marauding
hunters was thrashiug through the
bushes? As he expected, Tiger came
bounding and barking to the fray, aud
soon detecting the trick that was played
upon him, sneaked back to his lair and
lay down again. The surveyor resumed
his duties, and was hard at work for
two or three hours, when, all at once,
the dog rose from his sleep, set his ears
and eyes in the direction OF the wood,
gave a bark and made rush to the
forest depths. The surveyor followed
the noble brute to tree up which he
was sending canine congratulations to
the prey; but when the surveyor came
and began anxiously to scan the boughs
for the hiding game Tiger gave salts
fed "Ah Wooh !" bestowed glance of
contempt at the surveyor, aud striking
a dignitied gait stalked back to his
couch with the appearance of q dog
that had squared up all accounts with
the Lake Survey, and had left nothing
due on either side.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
John Milton a q Man.

Milton Was not an aniabIo man.
when he was transversed, either 6
home or abroad. He vas pieasAst
With his friends when his friends we're
fond OF him, and gave back his courts-
Gus praise; he Was pleasant when hs
was happy. and being more happy
when he was young, was pleasAntsst
then. But he could not bear With pa
thence domestic misfortune, which he
had brought on himself he was . se-
we're husband and father, and when be
was attacked by an adversary he re-
turned the blows, not only for the saks
OF justice and truth, but also because
he was injured in his proud self-estecm
with unequaled ferocity. Intense in
dividuality made him all the more unit
for personal controversy but much of
the bitterness and violence Of his man
ner is to be accounted for by the pain.
full repression for SO long Of his true
nature, and by the sacrifice of his nat
ural work. But. with all exceptions,
no grander figure stands forth in the
whole Of English literature, scarcely
any grander in English history, than
the figure of the blind, resolute, elo-
quent man, who now, fallen on days
that grew graver and grsver, sat in his
room at Westminster, imprisoned for
work, still more impassioned for liber-
ty; having done with personal wars,
and looking forward always to the time
when he might let himself loose, and
leaving the disputes and passions of
earth, soar into the poetic air in which
alone he breathed with ease and pleas
ure and triumph. He loved beauty,
not only the beauty of human passion
or of Nature, but still more the solemn
beauty of lofty thought, more than any
man in England has ever loved it and
yet, in the midst of the crowding imag-
nations into which he shaped the mes
sages his celestial patroness, Urania.
sent him, he kept himself to the work
he thought needful for his fellow-citi.
zens, and waited quietly until all other
work was done to do his greatest work.
-Stopford A. Brooke.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
The Women of To-Day.

A law has been passed in Sweden
giving to married women undivided
control of their property and earnings.
Queen Victoria has Sc, OOO, 900 worth
of royal plate in her castle at Windsor,
but this does not keep her awake
nights.
A Boston lady is the first and only
American lady who has ever received a
prize at French exhibition of fine
arts.
The London School Board has ap-
pointed at large salary lady surerin-
tendent of physical education in the
girls school.
There are two lady lawyers in Lon
don who have a large legal business
through the lawyers and yet are not al
lowed to plead in court. There is a
vigorous effort being made to allow
them all the privileges men lawyers are
entitled to.
Roman loungers were treated to a
rare spectacle recently on the Via APP
pia; bicycle race between two ladies,
who both belong to the best society,
and are celebrated for their beauty.
They appeared on their iron steeds, ar
rayed in the most coquettish of Spanish
hats, vests, and tights. The fair win
ner was Madame LIE CHAT, the pretty
wife of the First Secretary of the Bel
gian Legation.
Rosa Bonheur is now growing stout
and masculine in appearance; her hair
is gray in places and parted on the
side, she has bright black eyes, strongly
marked features, and o wonderfully
resolute mouth. She wears a plain
black silk skirt, with vest and jacket
of black velvet and white linen collar
and cuffs. She cannot change her style
of dress very much, as this is the latest
given by foreign correspondent and is
an exact description of her portrait
taken ten or twelve years ago.
Women do the work Of lopgshoremen
on the wharves of st. John, NewfOund-
land. When the time arrives for YES
sells from Southern Europe, Brazil,
West Indies, and elsewhere. to take
aboard their cargoes of salt cod, her
ring, etc., files Of females with tucked
up gowns, barred arms and coarse
brogans. may be seen along the wharves,
carrying fiat barrows of fish to and fro.
Each barrow has four handles and is
borne by two women. They perform
the same labor as men at this business,
but their pay is inferior. Women also
60 on the summer voyage" to Labra-
dor, and act severally in the capaci-
ties of "splitters," "salters and
headers"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
Prices of Magazine Work.

A writer in New York magazine
thirty years ago says :" The history
of the monthlies for the past few years
forms chapter by itself of American
progress. 1t is but very short time
since the dollar page Of the North
american ReuieU was considered suf-
ticient pay tor articles by Edward Ev-
erett. The old New York Mirror paid
$500 year for Pencilings by the
Way IN. 2. Willis), the republication
of which has paid the author $4,000.
think the burst on sutherland of Ora
hams and Godey's liberal prices was
like sunrise without dawn. They be-
gan at once by paying their principal
Contributors at the rate Of $40 page
nearly thrice the amount paid by Eng
lish magazines to the best writers, and
paying it, too, on the receipt of the
MSS, and not, as in London, on the
publication of the article" These
prices have not been maintained. Six
dollars page would now be an unusu-
ally high price. The leading maya
zines, however, with the exception of
the Atlantic Monthly, pay on the accept
ance of the MSS, but in some cases it
is scarcely safe for q contributor to &C.
cept these terms, as the amount Of
print it will make may be undefesti-
mated. The leading English maya
zines pay from 81 to 81 so q page.
Blaek,oood and london Society are ex-
ceedingly good pay. The Quarterly
and Edinburgh pay ordinary 6ontribu-
tors guinea a page, but sometimes
raise these rates fifty per cent.-New
York Sun.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

A METEoR.-As general thing any
thing that comes from another world is
of such a vague nature that an analysis
is out of the question. This is, per-
haps, the reason that there is such Q
difference of opinion on matters not
pertaining to this earth. At last, how
ever, q body coming from the skies has
been captured and dissected. A me-
teor, weighing about five hundred
pounds. fell on the 10th of May last in
Emmett county, Iowa, burying itself
twenty feet in the ground. 1t was dug
out and a specimen sent to the United
States Assay Office for assay. DR..
Eaton has tested it carefully with the
following result: The metallic portion
separated as far as possible from the
rocky part gave: Metallic iron, IS 5-100
per cent metallic nickel, with trace
of cobalt, eleven per cent. The rocky
portion contained crystals of zircum Of
small size, and was principally made up
of that mineral in granular form, mixed
with sulphide of iron and nickel, be-
sides carrying silica, alumina, lime and
There was no trace of either
gold, silver or copper.-Eastern Paper.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
How Much q Menagerie Costs.

It may be interesting to large class
of readers to know just what menag-
erie would cost them. There are, no
doubt, many deserving people in this
country who would like to add tiger
or hyena to their list Of household
pets, if they only knew where these
docile animals could be obtained. and
what the expense would be. England
does large trade in wild animals and
they are rather cheaper there than in
this country. Still, the unhandiness
of getting them here more than makes
up the difference. Don't expect to get
snakes and such things by mail they
dislike to be stamped by the active
clerk, and the clerk generally feels en-
barrassed when the package breaks
open. A tiger or lion can he had for
$500 each $3.50 gets very good arti.
Gle of leopard, although SlOO will buy
an inferior kind black panthers cost
$3.50 clouded tigers come as high as
81 500, and economy would suggest a
sparing investment in animals of this
class lynx in England costs $50, but
they can be had for nothing in Canada.
Canadians miss lots OF good chances to
catch lynx, for the Kanuck generally
has q foot-race against time the mo-
ment he sees one, and thus neglects to
seize him. The Lynx that he doesn't
catch is the famous missing lynx.
One hundred and twenty five dollars
will get you a polar bear, and $50 q
brown bear O brown bear is Just as
satisfactory as the others and much
cheaper slotbs cost $50. but you can
get plenty of them in America, sitting
around groceries and talking politics {:
S25 gets a very gooa wolf, although
many persons can get them cheaper,
in fact. they have hard work keeping
the wolf from the door. Aard wolves
cost as much as $500, no doubt because
they are so Aard to get. Monkeys cost
from 50 up to $500. OF course for the
latter price regular Darwin can be
had. A zebra will cost you $500. Be
sure you get one of the right stripe.
Kangaroos cost from $50 to $500.
Feed them on hops. Every family
needs an elephant. and will be pleased
to know that one three stories high
can be bought for the tritie of $500.
A two.story elephant costs $3.50, cot
tage elephant $500, while any amount
of shanty elephants, for parlor pets,
can be bought for $500. Now we
come to Injuries. A rhinoceros
should not be INDUCED in unless the
purchaser has good bank account.
A very ordinary rhinoceros costs 49,
900, while pretty desirable article
comes to over $4,000. A person must
have the rhino to indulge in rhinoce-
ros. Now go ahead and and make
your selections. you pays your
money and takes your choice. "-Detroit
Free Press.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
An Apprenticeship.

A German girl is not considered a
suitable candidate for matrimonial hon
ors unless she receives lessons in cook
cry. The well-to-do tradesman, like the
mechanic, takes pride in seeing his
daughters good housekeepers. To effect
this object, tho girl on leaving school,
which she does when she 10 about four
teen years CT age, goes through the
ceremony of confirmation, and then is
placed by her parents with country
gentleman or in large family, where
she remains one or two years, filling
what may be termed the post of SER
want, Or doing the work Of one. This is
looked upon as ali apprenticeship in
domestic economy.s She receives no
wages; on the contrary, her parents
pay for the care taken OF her, rs vel as
for clothing. This is her first step in
her education as housekeeper. She
next passes, on the same conditions,
into the kitchen of rich private family,
or into that of hotel OF good repu,e.
Here she has charge of the servants
employed in it, and personally assists
III the cooking, but is always address
ed as Miss. and is treated by the family
with II, ference and consideration.
Daughters of rich families are not ex-
empt from this training, and there is a
reigning queen in Germany ut the
present tiue who was educated in this
way.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05
PERSONAL.

Ben Butler weir, Q sou'wester when
aboard his yacht.
A grandson of Henry Clay is an off,
Ger at Fort Wayne, Detroit.
Adelina Patti is precisely 80 years
old, and her voice is at the fullness Of
its charm.
The Fall River spinners have been
on the warp path for some time.-Cin-
cinndH Commercial.
Yes; the Yales met the Harvards-
but it was at the starting end of the
course. Boston Post.
Jennie Lind sang in the chorus of
the first concert of the season of the
Bach Society of London.
Julia Ward Howe is coming home
after an absence of two years. As the
cliffs of Albion sank into the sea, she
sang, Howe can I leave thee"
The once celebrated actress, Mrs.
Mary Rock, who heard Tom Moore sing
and saw Miss Mcneil play sixty years
ago, is still living.
Captain Jack Neil, formerly of Jack
son, Tenn, has married the daughter
of an Indian chief in tie Indian Nation,
who is worth $500, 900 in her own right.
Mark Twain has got great deal more
money for his play, ." The Gilded Age"
than Shakespeare got for all Of his
dramas. Now, which would you rather
be, Shakespeare or Mark?-Boston Post.
The Earl of Dunraven's home is
filed with the spoils of his many hunt
ing excursions in America-with heads
of deer and bison, spirited sketches of
Colorado scenery and skins of slaugh.
tered game innumerable.
Mr.. Surgeons voice is distinctly
heard on the outer limits of q crowd of
10000 persons in the open air, and it is
said of him by the News of London,
that he has the indefinable power OF
so saying what he wishes to say as to
make it both Immediately Ineligible
and permanently impressive to all who
hear him."
Ivan Turgenieff, the Russian novelist,
is man of imposing figure. His tall
form is slightly bent, his hair is sill
very, his manners are delightful. 1t is
stated that he has been obliged to nat
uralize himself q Frenchman to:cscape
the vindictiveness of his own Govern
ment, which objects to his graphic
novels.
Pipestone, the new city in Pipestone
county, Mimi, recently named one of
its main streets " Longfellow street." in
honor of the poet. The Mayor wrote
to Mr.. Longfellow and the other day
got reply in which the poet, after
thanking the citizens, says: ~ am
afraid l shall never look with mortal
eyes on the great Red Pipestone
Quarry"
A London bookseller has published
in cheap form pithy little sketch of
Lord Beaconsfield with bright accounts
of his abuse of O'Connell, Peel and
Hume. 1t has a motto from Artemus
Ward, who is fast becoming classic in
England. The motto is: HE asked
me what was my prinserpuls I haint
got emmy said I, mot prinserpul.
I'm in the show BUSINESS IN. Y
Times.
The new Khedive, Tewfik l., is said
to be an upright, honest fellow. He is
twenty years old, tall and handsome,
with q frank, open demeanor, an &C.
complished horseman, and a scholar.
He is interested in the education of the
people, and he used, previously to his
accession, to teach personally a score
of two of swarthy scapegraces, who at
tended school erected in the garden
of his palace at Koube, near Cairo. He
has only one wife, and lives entirely in
the European mode.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

Pennsylvania is slowly making up its
mind to give the ladies chance as
school superintendent. Tioga county
elected Miss Sarah Lewis Coanty Su-
perintendent of Schools. The lady is
now in her second term. and will NO
doubt go in for 4" third term. Lack.
awanna county has followed suit and
has elected Miss Evelyn Brooks as SUI
perintendent at a salary of 81 goo. The
other counties in that State are under
masculine rule as far as their schools
are concerned.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

The MrDDY AND THE LADY.-A we'll
merited repartee was dealt by a smart
midshipman to the daughter Of X. &.
b. at ball given by the latter to the
naval officers on the North Pacific sta
ton. The MILDLY was bold enough to
ask the young lady to accept him for
her partner. "Oh, dear, no." said the
supercilious beauty. ma never let's
me dance with midshipmen y Some.
body let her know the MILDLY was o
lord, and she repented, and by-andby
reminded him he was engaged to hel
for the next dance. The youngster,
however, was not so easily Modified,
and, remembering the lady had native
blood in her veins, smilingly replied !:
/" Oh, dear, no Ma never allows me
to dance with squaws. "-Chambers'
journal.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

HINTS Fer COOKING MEATs.-In
roasting meat have the pan hot when
you put the meat in. If it is beef, put
it in the hot pan and let it stand half
moment and then turn it over, thus
soaring both sides and preventing the
juices from running SO quickly. Do
not put the salt and pepper on the
meat, but put it in the pan with the
water and then haste the meat every
three or four minutes. You will find
the meat will be thoroughly seasoned
and will be much m ore juicy and tender,
than by the old way of rubbing the salt
on the meat: putting the salt direct on
the meat draws the juice out and tough
ems it. 1 roast fowls in the same way;
also fish; not putting any butter or
grease near them until almost done;
then rub little butter over them to
give nice crisp outside. think those
who will use this way of roasting meats,
fowl and fish, using no grease or fat,
but skimming it all of, will like it
much better than the old waysof using
SO much grease.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

Queen Victoria has Just instituted a
new order which does her as much
honor as its recipients. It is to be be-
slowed upon those trained female
nurses who, by their skill and conduct,
deserve high recognition. and they will
be called. from the order, "St. Kath-
crimes Nurses" Each st. Katherine's
nurse will hold her appointment for
three years, receiving during that time
$3.50 year in addition to tho salary
paid her by the institution to which she
belongs. aud she will be permitted to
wear for lie the Royal Badge or armlet
of the order. The Queens intention in
forming the order was ito raise the 80
cial position of nurses, and secure for
those deserving persons that high sta
ton to which they are entitled" Three
accomplished nurses, each Of whom has
had thorough training and several
years hospital experience, have just
received the order amid pleasant cere-
monies, including speeches from Dean
Stanley and Sir Rutherford Alcock.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-09-05

ARNoLD's New HAVEN HOUSE. The
house in New Haven in which Benedict
Arnold at one time lived is still stand
ing, though in q somewhat dilapidated
condition. Arnold's stationary shoe
box still remains in one of the halls.
One of the attractions of the dwelling is
secret stairway. with the lowest sec
ton of steps running on u track. SO tnat
it can be pulled into the room when
necessary.