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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
The wild Cut.

l was plodding along ina wagon from
Toledo to Maumee, over an exccrublv
level road, in tho hot noon sun of Il
July day. The driver was a hardy fcl-
low who looked rs though he could out"
hug bear and loosen the tightcst
M"""ee arue with a stnSie -sHak", and
vet he owned that he had been fright
ened by Il wild cat so that he ran from
it, and then he told the story. which
give you partly In his own words: 81
was driving along this road in buggy,
with as fast horse as ever scorned the
whip. when some ten rods ahead of us,
just by that big oak, II wild cat. leading
three kittens, came out of the wood
crossed the road and went into those
bushes OH our left, and ! thought what
nice pets they would make, and wished
| had one. When came up noticed
one of the young ones in the edge of
the bushes but Il few feet off, and
heard, or Ghought heard the old one
stealing along deep In the woods.
sprang out, snatched the kitten, threw
it into the buggy, jumped in and start
ed. When | laid hands on it, it mewed
and kept mewing, and rs graspcd the
rens l heard sharp growl and a
thrashing through the bush. knew
the old one was coming, and the next
instant she strcamed over a log and
alighted in the road. She ran with
her eyes flaming, her hair bristling and
her teeth grinning. She turned rs on
a pivot, and gave an uhearthly squall
as she saw me racing away, and
bounded after with such yolls and fury
and gained OH me SO fast that for very
fear l threw the kitten out and lashcd
the flying horse, but she scarcely
paused for that, but bounded on a
while, as though recovery Of her young
would not suffice without revenge.
When I saw her at my very back l
scarcely breathcd, until her crying
child recalled her. Here at the top Of
this pitch looked back and saw her
standing, with her young one in her
mouth looking after me as though she
had half mind to drop tho kitten
and give chase again. l gave the horse
q cut, and did not feel quite safe until
l had got some miles away. made up
my mind from that time forward to let
young kittens alone and mind my own
busines 50
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
Tho American flag.

The flag of the United States was origi.
nally adopted by an Act of Congress June
18th l777 1t was then composed of thir-
teen stripes and ornamcntcd with thirteen
stars, because there were thirteen separate
states represented in the Union. In 1894
Senator Bradley, of Vermont, moved that
tho flag consist of fifteen stripes and fifteen
stars, Kentucky and Vermont having been
added to the number of States, and this
was adopted. In 1918 Congress went back
to the thirteen stripes, with new star for
each now state, and this is the present regu-
lation for the regular flag. In 1899, when
the revenue flag was adopted; Tennessee
had been admitted, and there were then six
teen states, 80 the flag had sixteen stripes.
This has mover been changed. Thus the
revenue flag has sixteen perpendicular
stripes the union being white with the
national arms in dark blue and the regular
flag has thirteen horizontal stripes, tho
union being blue, with white star for
every state s,F
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13

around the room, glances behind the
stove, stoops down and peers under the
bed. n
swell, why" he says at last, in IL
pcrplcNed tono of confidence, "whcrc
Is jt?" ~
'ln the stove" say.
An expression of incrcdulous bcwil-
derment spreads over his questioning
face. He asks,, fcebly and faltering ly
eyes, but the rest of itp"
'ln the stove, too,' say.
"Whut!!n' the good man shouts.
"All Of it?"
"All Of it," Tsay.
"lIe doesn't believe me. lie stoops
down before the stove, opens the door
and looks in. His worst fears are real
izcd. With a hollow groan he closes
the door and shuts the dampcr with
such an easy, quick, long practiced
turn of the wrist thatan inexperienced
man can never detect it, and rising to
his feet goes feebly down stairs, hold
ing one hand to his bewildered head,
and the other to his throbbing heart.
By-and-by he comes back to the room,
with the wan, silent face Of Il spectre.
lie bears two sticks of wood, some W hat
thinner than the ones the boy brought,
but on tho other hand, considerably
shorter. He shuuders as he walks
past me, and lays them down In the
bottom OF the wood-boX and covers
them up with Il piece of an old cnvel-
opc to hide them from my eXtravagant
eyes. But | seize them from under his
hands. even while he Is hiding them,
and not needing the trcmuious hand
he reaches forth TO stop me, / thrust
the sticks into the stove, and say. calm
~ and sternly:
''Scnd the boy up with some chunks"
The landlord presses his hands over
his eyes and goes reeling out into the
hall. lie says, in Il glastly whisper:
"Well, if you can't crowd more wood
into that stove than any man ever
Saw.''
And he goes down stairs and | can
hear him sohbing, and telling the hall
boys they'll have to keep an eye on the
crazy man in No. II or hc'll set the
house on fire.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
VOL. III.-NO. IA.
The Great Pyramid OF Egypt.

The Great Pyramid was originally
four hundred and eighty feet high, and
each side Of its base measured seven
hundred and sixty four feet, dimen-
sions slightly reduced by it's use as Il
quarry in later times. The successive
Muslin capitals Of Egypt, of which
Cairo Is the latest, have been built OF
the monuments OF Memphis.-- city
and It's temples have disappeared, and
left scarcely trace; yet the larger pyr-
amlds have lost but small proportion
of their materials, and where there are
marks Of ruin, it is rather due to the
efforts of explorers than to the actual
removal of the stones from the site.-
Seen from afar, on what Horace we'll
calls their royal site, the vastness' OF
the pyramids strikes us; as we approach
them, and begin to distinguish the
courses OF stone, this impression wanes
To return with an oppressive force as
we stand beneath them. All other
works Of man are dwarfed BY them,
but it must be remembered that no
other works of man occupied a whole
nation, rs it is all but certain the
greater pyramids did, for one or evan
two generations each. No public
works save the pyramids are known OF
the Mcmphitc Kingdom. When true
public works begin, pyramids become
far less costly, like that Of the wise
king who cNcavated the Lake Mnris.
The object Of each pyramid was to en-
tomb a single mnmmicd king; some
times two sepulchral chambers may
point to a double burial; in one case un
early monument, the third pyramid,
seems to have been enlarged by later
sovereign; but IN general each monu-
ment seems to hayc been designed for
an cntombmcnt. The purpose of 80
vast labor Is no longer II mystery, if
we may assume that the Egyptians hold
the preservation OF the body to be es-
scnlial to Immortality. 1t is certain
that all Egyptian tombs were cLn-
structod under tho influence Of be-
lief in the Immortality of the soul.
The final aim of the pyramid builders
was that each head of tho religion and
state should rest securely in these vast
monuments, whose form is Il type OF
Immortality, resting on the solid rock,
themselves solid and indestructibe,
yet pointing hcavcnward. 1t Is
weakness OF practical nature to laugh
with Pliny at the pyramids, as mere
monuments of human vanity.
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The Fan. !


In India and China the original
model of tho tan Is SAID to have been
tho wing Of a bird; and an admirable
fan can always be made from two
BIRDS wings, joined by a strip Of wood.
The fan Of the high priests Of lsis was
in the form of a half circle, made Of
feathers Of ditferent Lengths. Such,
too, were the fans carried In triumphal
PROFESSIONS, and among which the
Egyptians served as military standards
'inItlmo otiwar. The Sibyls are said to
nave boon in the habit Of tanning then,-
selves rs they delivered their oracles
the far being evidently not regarded
In those days as In any way conliected
with friyolity J; and even. !. now, not IA in
the East alones but In E,ir0p ps, tho ian
plays an Important part lll certain rs.i
liglous ceremon nies, !, Il 81 IL S B ss
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
Danger In Il Seal Skin Sack.

1t was fearful battered up citizen
ess that walked into police headquar-
tors the other day and demanded Il
warrant.
"Certainly," said the p. A., picking
up Il blank. "What is the scoundrcl's IS
name, madame ?"
ut wasn't man. 1t was that ugly,
spiteful hussy, Mrs. McGutley. pll
have her hearts blood !"
"iou don't mean to say that it was
woman that battered you up in that
fearful manncr?''
"lll tell you all about 1t. You see
the disgusting creature lives next to
me.
"And this morning was just polish
ing up our cake baskrt-real silver
your honor-wh hen what should see
going past the window but Mrs. Gutfcy
starting out for walk in Il seal skin
sackr
eyes, madame, but--"
"'rhc idea OF her in seal skin when
she can hardly pay her rent. just
ran to the window to see if it was IL seal
Skin or nor, ana leaned out to irOk--'
81 insist, my good woman--'
'And | lcancd--anu lrancu--and
the first thing knew, | fell clean out
OH my hcad.'
"And that's what injured you in this
manncr?'
"ENactly, sir. Now l want to get
her arrested and sent to Jail for ten
years, If you can fix it that way. Seal
skin sack, indeed !"
But the official heartlcssly refused to
Interfere, and the female wreck walk
Ell OIL, consoling herself with the re-
Election that it was wash day, and that
at ali events, she could cut all the
clolhcsl.nc tied to her back fence and
let down the McGutloy linen into the
dirt.
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,,---.- 90. ..u vlu CnesI,

Charles Broom, Il farmer of Sullivan cO,ln-
ty, N. Y, while lately searching for an old
deed, concluded to examine the contents Of
chest which Ind been in his possession
undisturbed for iifty-two years. 1t contained
old papers, and in opening them he dis
covered package tied with tape. After
The tape was exposed to the air for two
hours it became as fine as ashes. In the
package MIR. Broom found five letters Of
great antiquity and Of some public impor-
tancc. One Of tho letters was dated ut York
town, Pa, October 9th l777, written by
John Hancock, then President of Congress
informing Governor Clinton Of New York
that Congress had appropriated $500 for
the erection of a monument TO the memory
of General 1Icrkncr. This is the 5000 OF
which Ex-Governor Seymour spoke in tho
speech recently delivered by hlm in Herki-
mcr county on tho subject Of raising money
to erect monument in honor of General
llcrkimcr. 1t is said that the 5000 have
never been paid, and on the strength Of this
letter the people Of Ierkimer will petition
Congress for its payment, with interest for
l0l years, to be expended for the purpose
named. Another of the letters was dated
at Kingston, October l7th l777, signed by
Morris, informing Governor Clinton of the
retreat of General Burgoync The third
was dated October 10th l777, signed by
John Jay. to Governor Clinton. The fourth
was dated August 18th l777, signed by
Richard Morris, who administered the first
Presidential oath of Office to General Wash
ington in Wall street, New York. The
fifth letter was written by Peter B. Living
ston, August l777, to Governor Clinton in
relation to the Medical Department of the
Continental army.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
Tho Fuel Supply.

There is one point in household econ
omy upon which the landlord and the
guest will never agree. 1t is on the
quantity of wood required to heat a
room. Now, the landlord is firmly
convinced, and he grounds his convic.
tions upon long series Of actual tests
and practical experiments, extending
to the year he began to "keep TAVERN"
that two sticks of wood, about two
inches in diameter and somewhat long
or than a match, will, if properly used,
keep bright fire, swapping and roar
ing in large oven stove all day, and
then, if you cover them up carefully
when yon retire, they will shoulder
all night long, and you will only have
to open the damper to have nice warm
room to dress in, the next morning.
He knows this, because he tells the
guest he has tried it, and does try it
very successfully in his room every
night. never heard the guest dispute
Tho landlord, but l can't remember
ever having seen him look convinced.
When | order fire in my room usu-
ally have this kind Of circus. 1 say to
the boy in commanding tones:
Bring up some wood"
The boy looks amazed, goes away
slowly, and just before the fire goes
dead out, he returns with two armsful
of wood, one stick in each arm.
The sticks are short, but thin.
l seize them gladly aud thrust them
both into the stove.
"Now,. them" 1 cry cheerfully,
"bring up some wood! !"
The boy disappears, and catch a
parting glimpse Of bis white, terror
stricken face rs he slides down the
banisters. In duo time comes TO the
room, not the frightened but with hea-
Wy solemn tread, the landlord. There
is trouble in his face.
"What do you want?" he asks sus-
piciously.
"Wsod," say, "wood woodl !" my
cry is still for wood "Fuell Combus-
tiblcs Infiamable substancesl Vegc-
table growth and development wood I"
"Why, +" he asks, with a puzzled ,ex-
preston on his face, "didn't the boy
bring you up some wood just now"
"Yes,"I reply truthfully. And
seems kind of oddly to me, but after
all, am glad told 1t unde.' the cir
cumstances.
The landlord looks wondorlngly
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-13
The PINE TREE.

Before your atoms came together
was fnll-grown, tower Of strength,
Seen by the sailors out at sea,
With great storms mt asur ng Ill my strengtl
Making my mighty minstrolsy.
Companion Of tho ancient weather.
Yours Just as much as tho stars that shve
When tho frost sparkles overhead
Gall yours as soon those viewless airs
That sing in tho clear vault, and tread
The clouds! Less yours than theirs
lhose ish-ha"ks swooping round tho riv or
In the primoval depths, embowcring
My broad boughs with my branching poers
My gums spilled in precious drops--
Ay, even in those eldor years
The caslo building in my tops,
Along my boughs the panther covering.
Beneath my shade tho red man clipping,
Himself a'..dow, sto.o away;
paler shadow follows him
Races may 60, or races stay,
The cones upon my loftiest limb
Tho winds will many year be stripping.
And there tho hidden day DO throwing
His fires, though dark tho dead prime DO,
Before tho bird shake off tho dow.
Ah what songs have been sung to me
What songs will yet bo sung, whom you
Are dust upon tho four winds blowing!
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The HOusecleaning HlRniu.

John Jacobs had been married nine
or ten months, and thought he was pc
cultarly blessed. His wife was mild
and gentle and his home peaceful. AS
he left things in the morning so he
found them when he returned ut night
If his slippers we've left reclining IN
neyliye In the middle Of the pari0r floor
after breakfast he knew just where to
find them before supper. Some men
might have objected to this arrange
ment rs careless and prodiyal but John
did not. lie wanted peace, and for the
first ten months of his married life he
got 1t. The dream was broken up last
week. Jacobs got up one Of those cX-
ceptionably fine mornings, which come
so seldom this time of the year, and
found his usually tardy spouse already
up and skipping from room to room
with the fire of stubborn resolution us
urping the dreamy, resi- sisncd express
SION Of her eye. She vas moistcning
her fingers and making hieroglyphics
on the window w-pancs, peering under
door-nlats and waSh-Stanus, blowing
clouds Of dust off the innocent books
that lay round the room, and carrying
on generally rs though she had sud-
denly ch ngcd individually with some
uafty.
John eat his matutinal meal in sill
cncc, Notwithstanding madam held his
plate up to the light before she would
allow him TO touch it, and then tested
1t much us he had seen her do the win
dow-panes.
This was on Tuesday. When he
came home that night he looked in vain
for his slippers, and found The volume
of Mrs. Johnson's "Gartcr" out in the
backyard under the coal-shed. On
Wednesday, when he left for the office,
after scrap breakfast, he noticed maI-
am had her head tied up in a white
napkin, and venturing to ask If It ach-
ed, received for reply Il suggestion "to
go about his BUSINESS for stupid"
On his way down he took the prccau-
ton To stop ut the Office OF the family
physician, and leave an order for him
to call at his house.
When he went home at noon, contra
ry to his usual custom, he found a
crowd on the other corner looking in
tcnuy toward his domicilc. Directing
his own eyes that way, he saw madam
on top of the roof, scrubbing it of and
washing down the bricks of the chin
ney. Finding it was no use to ring
the bell, he clibmed over the back fence
running a twelve dollar pair Of brceches.
lie found most of the furniture out in
the backyard, and the balance obstruct-
ing the stairway. In his frantic ailorts
to get up stairs lie dislodged Il piano
stool, which let down Il chamber stove,
which precipitatcd a washstand, which
started down wardrobe, which tum-
blod Il promiscous collection of sand-
boxes, caal-scuttlcs, wash-pitchers, mrl-
sic racks, &C., down on his devoted
head.
The next morning when Mrs. Jacobs
relieved him from durance and got his
wounds dressed, she condcsccnded to
explain to him that she was done
housecleaning now for one year, and
he said he was so glad.
Nothing more was said about it for a
while, and then Mrs. j. remarked that
she did not know how some people lived
in so much dirt.
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TRI-W EEKLY EDITION.

tic kindnesses were very wecOme to me
in my great loneliness.
have forgotten to say that | had
gone to reside with an old lady whom |
had once befriended during long ILL.,
ness, but who had since received q
small legacy which enabled her to live
comfortably.
| In time my writings grew to be other
than the copying Of law papers. First,
| wrote a short sketch, and sent it to
one Of the leading periodicals; it. was
received and paid for, and | continued
| writing. Soon after n new book was
| given to the public, and loudly applau-
| ded. few evenings afterwards, Mr..
Graham called and brought me the
book, saying he wished me to read it,
| as he felt sure L should like it. The
author was unknown, he said; she on
ly gave fictitious name; and all the
efforts Of the public had been unsuc-
cessful in finding her out. l said moth
ing. chose to keep my secret.
had made up my mind to give up
copying, and told him so. lie looked
ut me in asurprised way for moment,
then said "may ask why, Miss Wilde
! Are you to be married? Tell me that
it is not so!''
He took my hand, then went on, hur-
ricdly: 81 love you You cannot be
surprised at this; you must have heard
it before. Tell me that no one else has
Il claim Cn your heart"
told him the story Of my past life.
"Hou cannot care for second love, ,"
said.
But he only clasped me in his arms
saying, "Your second love is more pre-
cious tome than the first loye of any
other woman.'
told him that evening who was the
authoress OF the book, he so much ad-
mircd. ~ look of proud joy came into
his face.
81 thought 1t was like you; it made
me think of you when l read it; but l
did not dream Of this. Why have you
kept it such sccret?"
"Can you wondcr?" Ircplcd. "Ilavc
| not learned what il was to be loved
for my good fortune, and then forsakcn
" ucil IL loISOOk lllc . L "lSllCu TO, DC
loved for myself alone"
Only once have met Albert Free
man; it was seven years after my faith
er's death. He didn't know of my
marriage, and begged me to forgive
him.
go, Marion !" he said, "You would
forgive and pity me If you knew what
| had suffered. Only forgive m" Mar
ion, and let me win your heart once
more. Promise to be my wife, and
nothing on earth shall part u.s."
What flood Of bitter memories op-
pressed my soul.
''Fhcre was time long past" an
swercd, "when my heart was all your
own; but you cast it back as worthless.
Have | not suffered, think your /
would not trust you with my heart if it
were ever so free; but it Is not; I have
given it to- one that loves me, not for
my gold, but for myself; am married
to a good and noble man, and l love
him with my whole heart"
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g | ain't."

"I ain't."
"Wcll, look ut this. A couple Of glue
brothers brought this in little while
ago"
Mr. Schotield looked at 1t. There was
no mistaking the trick. The gentle
men Of "thc perfcsh" had taken his
wrathtully given signature and written
over 1t the simple preface, "Pass Two."
"Whcre are they now?" ne asked.
"lnside. shall | fetch them out?"
"Not by any means. Go take them
Into one Of the boxes, and send them Il
quart bottle at my expense"
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How II Manager was Euchrcd.

John S,hoticld wos st,n linz, =, H.,
street cnrr,n.. of ,roo,o,,, ,,,+n,,
nl,,iuy win, o,,r,,o ,,;,rn..,;.,
tho nro,.ssi,, ,l,,, ,, ,.;.,'.
into tio ho,,.o ,,,,>,, '7
o,,>,o;.,n,, a.,,. -,
,,;,,, o;S;,,, ,Io.,.ua,
o,,o,,o ,:'',. "''" .'
rin,, =, ,o,,'a ' ,',,,,',, ".,' .o'i'e'
ior i,o,>1o, ,,.,,, ..a;,,. Wv ''"',
49,, t.,,' 80" - 'I'''~' "0 '''o D'N VI
e'' "'t p""s' H"ppoSc, lhouShC
"o' ''', "! IL 'h's 'r'p, al the
'"n'' ,I''''''1 "c s'w INC 'reas-
the pair annroachcd ~
Saw! vonr nam. Scbono,dyr ,sL.1
one of them
"Ycs sir v
70 vou ,hc ,,,,m,r or ,,,. ho.,
show p, ''
..Ycs.n
.,,o ,o, w .,,
.'rh. w,hn,y, wy ~ WV 'o' '''
.srho nour.,, ,
"lyhot,s ,h,,s,
Do ,o,, ,,, e.. 49,, Wv '''F'"'
"Sa ,p,, r ,a,, ,n ~. ','a ,.S" y,
uyn, a.t 49, - o',' =,
srr,,,, ,a.,, o,,
..,vo,u. M.r,,,
=, " "''''''""'' "''" '''>' '''o'
.s,yh,, ,o ,,, ,o,,
Eoch nnt n,nl 70 ,no ot,or,.
nearest shou,d,r md d,,c.d tnr"o or
fonr otoro no thov .o,n.
Oh, hato to tell
But then must.
winding up by raising their hats and
striking an attitude.
ry, but can't pass YOU"
"Wh-w-wcll, pll be blam'd, :" said
one, incredulously astonishcd. "You
don't pass the perfcsh ?"
"Why," exclaimed Mr.. Schoticld, 81
can't let you in; Pm turning people
away from the house that want to pay
money to get in. How do YOU suppose
| can afford to give you room ?"
"rhcn won't YOU pass us?n
"No."
"rhat settles it. Ylur names Scho-
field, is it," (producing Il piece Of pa
per-.
eyes, my namu's Schofeld."
"Got pencil? Lcmmc take it,"
Mr.. Schofcld let him take it.
"IIow do you spell that ungolly
name of yours?" preparing to note
the spelling).
"S-c-h-o-f-i-e-l-d, Schoheld."
"S-k-o-w-. DO you know what Pm
goln' to do?"
"No." ,...
'I'm goin' to give it to you In the
pcrfcsh. Pm goin' to write you up
strong"
ooh! You are, are your" And here
about Mr.. Schoneld began to look ex-
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Slie Didn't Got 1t.

"Give mo five cents, misterP" quer-
rled a corpulcnt woman on Murray
street, day or 80 ago.
"You don't seem to be much In
need" replied tho party solicited.
"You are a pretty well-dressed, heal
thy-looklng woman, and you have a
large basketful Of groceries, lSlf I.
"Yes," she responded, "but want
five cents. want to hire a boy to CAR
ry my basket to the ferry for me-"
(: She didn't get 1t. sSg15
DO as your conscience dictates and
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Given UP by Doctors.

sis 1t possible that Mr.. Godfrey is up
and at work, and cured by so simple a
,remedyP"
81 assure you that 1t Is true that no is
entirely cured, and with nothing but
Hop Bitters; and only ten days ago his
doctors gave him up and said he must
diel' IS = X
"Well a dayl That Is remarkable! |!
l will 90 this day and get some for my
poor George. Iknow hops are good