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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
How Eels are Caught.

Many persons who cross the upper ferry,
Oh the Hudson, may have noticed rows of
small wooden boxes, about the size Of an
ordinary soap box, placed few yards
apart These boxes have covers on top,
and wire screens on the bottom to admit
fresh water. These contain small cells
which, at this season OF the year, arc
caught by thousands near the State dam in
the following manner: The agent of tho
fish commissioner proceeds to some small
outlet or mill-tail at cbb tide or slack water
and with a small screen, similar to those
used for sitting flour, which he dips into
the cddics, sometimes gathering as many as
a thousand Mt dip. 1t Is nothing unusual
to gather Il half million at one fishing.
When caught they arc placed in these boxes
In running water, until cnoU III arc accum-
ulatcd to make a shipment. They arc then
placed in ordinary milk cahi1 which con-
tain about two inches of soft sewer mud
with packing swail of marsh grass newly
cut, upon which the cells arc placed to work
their way gradually to the bottom. Then
another layer of grass is placed on this.
The whole is covered with small piccc Of
ice to regulate the temperature, and then
they arc ready for transportation. At the
present time they arc being shipped to
Michigan under tho supervision of Grin NJ.
Chase, who for the past Six years has been
connected with tho State Fish Commission
CT, Seth Green, and has had entire control
Of the catching and shipping Of these I'M
mensc numbers of small cells. Yet there
seems to be no decrease rs each season
brings its millions to our water. Ecls arc
said to deposit their spawn In, the same
manner as other fish and, according to tho
best authorities, who have. Of late years
carefully investigated the matter, tlicir
spawn is deposited In the mud in tho
winter and incubatcd by the worm temper
ature Of the water In June.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
THE WHIP-PO0R-WILL.

When apple-branches, flushed with bloom,
Load June's warm evenings with perfume,
And balmier grows each perfect day,
And folds are sweet with new mown-hay,
]hen, minstrel lone, hear thy note,
Up from the pasture-thickets float
Whip-poor-will!
Thino arc the hours to love endeared.
And summoned by thy acoents word,
What wild regrets--what tendor pain.
Recalls my youthful dreams again,
AS floating down tho shadowy years.
That old refrain fond memory hears
Whip-pool-wiIl
The garish day inspires thee not;
But hid in some deep-shadod grot,
Thou like a sad recluse dost wait
The silver hours invioiate,
When every harsher sound is flown,
And groves and glens are thine alone,
Whip-poor-will!
Thon. whom the rat. yoluptuous night
Pants in the young moons tender light,
And woods, and cliffs, and shimmering
streams,
Are splendid in her argent beams
How thrills the lovers heart to hear
Thy loud staccato, liquid clear,
whip-poor-wll II!
Whence comes thy itorated phrase,
That to the wandering car conveys
Half-human sounds, yet cheats the sense
With yagueness Of intelligence,
And like wandering voice Of air,
Haunts the dim fields, We know not where
... Whip.poor-will
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07

cutting. Presently this big machine is
strcwinS the corn around it as easily and
gracefully rs Il ships keel slices the sea and
lays it out III foam; and the Muscovitc
peasants, marveling at the spectacle, rest
idly on their scythcs and utter cxclumations
of delight But Benjudas lifts both his
hands indignantly and calls on them to do
their duty: You lazy swine, do you think
it's Tor this give you each your ten ko-
pccks a day2 Thcrc'll be no kwuss for YOU
by and by if you don't bestir yourselves" /"
Now kwaSs is Il very small beer which the
Russian peasants love. Prince Noknc's
tenants set to with will, and soon there
arc no sounds heard but their toilsomc gasps
nngling with the swishing noise Of their
blades as they sweep through the corn in
vigorous ScmicilclCs. Even women and
children are at work with sickles; and as
lust us shcavcs can be made up little bands
OF tottcring boys and girls carry them to
the carts, where some sturdy louls pack
them down tight till each cart holds pyr-
amid, which is covered with Il tarpaulin.
Then the carts set or, and old Bcniutlas,
who has been surveying all the operations,
returns to the field inwardly ckuckling but
outwardly morosc. He never shows his
laborcrs that lie is pleased with them, else
they might be asking for more kwass Of
this liquor each reaper gets rs much as can
make him glad, but no more and Beniu-
das, as he prowls about, notes every skulk-
cr who, after doing less than his share of
work, would like to secure more than his
allowance of beverage: "Now, then, you
hog, he Off; Il few more Of your sort would
ruin me. shan't employ you tomorrow.
These arc the bcnlsons which Bcniutlas
scnttcrs about him rs he stands in the
shadow of Il roadside fir tree, carefully
protecting his venerable head from the suns
rays
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
a NIinister Roughly Handled,

A local preacher had been preaching in
the afternoon in q village not far from
Newcastle, England, and having accom-
panied ono Of tho chapel members to his
house, was OF course introduced to his
wife, who appeared very glad to see him,
and warmly pressed him for full quarter
of all hour to stay to tea. lie at last con-
sented. While all this pressing was going
on, the husband was quietly standing by,
preparing to wash his hands and face. The
good lady then went to get the tea ready,
and 1t was not long before both the tea and
her temper were brewing; for hearing, as
she thought, her dearly beloved washing,
she made for the little window which com.
municatcd between the kitchen and pantry
where she was, and taking advantage Of his
position, moro quickly than one conld say
'Jack Robinson" she administered two or
three hard raps on his bald pate, accompan-
led with the exclamation ''l'll learn yc to
bring them hungry preachers here to tea
every timo they como to preach !" w
AS soon as the unfortunate individual
could get the soap-suds out of his eyes lie
began to think what 1t all meant, but could
como to no other conclusion than that the
old lady had made % sad mistake which
she also found out, for upon returning to
the parlor, she saw her husband patiently
awaiting his turn to wash.
f&3Ng - q tESE!t '.a
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
Lost Children.

A mother one day lost one of her child.
ren, child of two years, and after long
and anxious search found him in the kitch-
Oh closet, in huge iron pot, fast asleep.
lie had been left In charge of servent,
who had fulfilled her duties by taking tho
child to the kitchen and then going Off to
gossip. A Mrs. D. of harrington, af-
ter similar experience, found her missing
child In q bread-trough, swcetly sleeping on
the dough. The trough was very largo
one, used for mixing bread for the ship.
yard men, and when full Of dough usually
stood on q low scttec near the fire, that the
bread might rise the quicker. The child
during the absence of his elders from tho
kitchen, crcpt In and made himself COM
Portable. But more amusing than this was
the case Of a lady who lost her baby, and
after disturbing the whole community, and
crying herself nearly blind, found baby safo
in tho cradle, with clothes lleaped in SO
disorderly a manner as to have defied pre-
vinus search I,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
Tho Harvest in Russia.

a field stretching away for miles and
miles without hedge, ditch or boundary
stone to relieve the sight offered by what
seems to be very ocean of waving corn
tingcd with red by millions of poppics. A
Jew is surveying this glorious crop and as
he does 80 he turns to sniff the breeze
which is blowing gently from tile Black
Sea, about thirty versts off; then he lets
his eye wander complaccnty down steep
road up which long procession OF empty
carts is toiling. The Jew is merchant
from Odessa, who bought the crops before
him as far back as three years ago from a
nobleman in difficulties, and he is pleased
by the sight of those carts, because he
knows now that he will be able to get his
wheat comfortably to Odessa before tho
September rains set in. The difficulty in
Southern Russia is not to rear wheat, but
to get 1t shipped; 30 when the aged Ben.
judas was haggling with Prince Nokine,
the straitencd nobleman aforementioned.
about the purchase of his haryests for three
years, he took care to mention that It would
require more than hundred carts TO carry
the wheat to Odessa, and that after that
there might be some trouble about getting
barn In which to store the wheat until It
WAN w Sillppcu' Ill luCt, llc uCSCrlDCQ
the purchase Of the corn as quite a gair.-
bling speculation: and 80 it often Is. But
not to dealers like Benjudas. lie never
buys an acre Of corn without being quito
sure about his carts, his barn, his ship, and
his reapcrs; for, behold even as he stands
surveying that noble field at five in the
morning, on a promising August day, a
hundred or 80 Of Prince Nokinc's tenants
come slouching out of their cottages with
scytfcs and sicklcs, while a moro distant
group, coming from the BARNES castlc, ap-
pear pushing before them grand steam
moving machine. Priace Nokine, like all
Russian landloldcrs, invests largely in
agricultural machinery, as child would In
toysif he had the money; and 1t was part
OF Bcnjudas's contract that ho should have
the Princes machine at his disposal. Not
one of the Russian peasants can work them,
but Bcnjudas has brought with him q
couple Of sharp German sbip-stokers, who
know how to do everything moro or less,
and who soon light the fire under the engine
and set the mower snorting, moving, and
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION,

but he said nothing. stiflcd my now loud
gasps and leaned forward to hear more.
"Elwyn" And now tho one was
changed. 1t was us if the words were
forced, wrung from her "IIave PITY
love you."
'Gracious heavcnl" l knew he had
started to his feet. "You tell me this 2
You |"
81 dor' she answered, tremulously ;
land morc-yOu toUe me :"
heard him groan, and knew by instinct
that his hands were stretched towards her
as though to defend her from her own
words.
"You love me- she continued, more
calmly, "and love you. l have waited
for you to speak, but you would not so /
have done it. You may imagine, if you
will, what it costs woman to make such
confession unsolicited. DO you blame
me, Blwyn2"
"Blamc 2" he said, 'my beautiful my
dearest And yct-Oh, the traitor the
miserable traitor you have made of nc,
Eleanor" |"
cit is because love you. Forgive me,
if too well, Elwyn."
''She loves me" he said.
''That child2" she answered, with q
touch of sarcasm. "ncr heart is too young
for any deep impression. Oh, Elwyn,
what is her love to mine She is pretty
toy plaything. Will you weigh her in
the balance against me 2"
Eleanor" he pleaded, ''havc mercy
Take my life as you have my love but leave
me at least, little self-rcspect. We are
strong in our love, and can bear more than
she can. DO not be cruel in your power"
"What do you want TO do Z" she asked.
ITO he true to her." lie said bitterly, yet,
oh, how 'grimly 81 wish her never to
know that it is to traitor her pure faith
has been given. For l will marry her and
and cherish her as though you and l had
never met So help me heaven -
"And what is to become of me 2"
"Ilave mercy Why did you ever come
between us2"
s'You say you love me. ask, what is
to become Of me9 You say you love me,
Elwyn 2"
"Ah, better than my own truth and
honor |"
Oh, how changed and broken his voice
sounded
I waited to hear no more. My resolve
was taken. His pride was humblcd to the
dust-tramplcd beneath the feet of his
great passion He should never knowingly
'''t'iNS iiiS NltuCSS Ills
much l could and would do for him.
That evening asked him to walk down
the avenue with me, for the last time, and
then said, Elwyn, this must end between
us. l will not marry you."
1t was strange start he gave-a strange
look, almost Of joy, that flashed over his
face, only to be gone again. Aud then l
gained strength to tell the falschood, that
was to set him free.
81 do not love you, Elwyn."
1t is needless to repeat his hurried words
of question and confused rcmonstrancc
But l saw that he believed my love was
gone from him, and therein l could be
thankful.
a short month, and they were married.
never saw them again.
But long after they told nc he was dead,
and that she was about to wed another
husband, and they gave me the little packet
of hair that he had addressed with his own
hand to his "First and latest love-
His first and latest, forever.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07
Cat and LoOking-Glass.

Many years ago, at Carne farm house,
where relatives Of mine were then living,
the household cat was observed to enter a
bedroom in course Of being spring cleaned.
The looking glass being on the floor, the
cat, on entering, was confronted with its
own reflection, and naturally concluded
that he saw before him real intruder on
his domain. Hostile demonstrations were
the result, followed by rush to the mirror
and then, meeting an obstacle to his ven
gcance, q fruitiess cut round to the rear.
This manocuvre was moro than once re-
peated with, of course, elual lack Of sue
cess Finally, the cat was seen to deliber-
atcly walk up to the looking glass, keeping
it's eyes on the image, and then, when near
enough to the edge, to feel carefully with
one paw behind, for tho supposed intruder,
while with Its head twisted round to the
front 1t assured itself Of the persistence Of
the reflection. The result Of this expert
ment fully satisfied the cat that he had
been the victim Of a dclusoin, and never
after would he Jcondescend to notice mere
reflections, though the trap was more than
once laid for him, 2ji Il.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-10-07

Ia. must be very warm weather that
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leo cream, q IS s.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-04
" Sold Again"

a colored woman, accompanied by a
bright-looking three-years-old ''pick, -
were passengers on a Woodward ave-
nue. car yesterday, and after attentively
observing the youngster for u few min
utes an oldish man leaned forward and
asked:
Madam, is that child for sale?'
"Wall, dat's 'cordin' to de price sot
on him, 'spose," she replied.
"TH give you a ten-dollar bill for
him." continued the man.
"Dats my fgger, an de nigger am
yournn' she answered, and with twist
of her arms she placed "pick" on the
buyers knee, and held out her hand
for the money.
Well-but-' the dazed man stam-
mered, as the little elf clung tightly to
his vest and seemed greatly pleased.
"Come right down wild de script"
said the woman. "You made de offer
an | 'cepted it. an if l can sell de od-
der seven at the same price, I'll begin
all ober agin! Whar's de ten-spotP''
Madam, will give you two dollars
of the money, and you keep him till l
CALL" responded the man as he fshed
for his wallet.
"Wall, but you want to be aroun'
purity smart, ole man, for two dollars
doan' 60 fur feedin' sich a 'possum as
HIM. l git off right heah, an Ibis in
dat ole house wild de black chimbly,
way up dar. You'll find me dar all de
time"
Why the man should have preferred
to stand out on the platform for the rest
of his ride is his own affair.-Free
Press.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-04
An Enormous Condor.

In the course of the day, says Temple,
in his Travels in Peru" had an OPP
pOrtunity of shooting a condor, it was
so satiated with its repast on the car
cass of dead horse as to suffer me to
approach within pistol shot before it
extended its wings to take flight, which
to me was the signal to fire, and having
loaded with an ample charge of pellets,
my aim proved effectual and fatal.
What a formidable monster did be-
hold in the ravine beneath me, scream
ing and tapping in the last convulsive
struggles of livei 1t may be difficult to
believe that the most gigantic animal
that inhabits the earth or the ocean can
be equaled by a tenant of the air, and
those persons who have never seen a
larger bird than our mountain eagle
will probably read with astonishment
of a species of that same bird, in the
Southern Hemisphere, being so large
and strong as to seize an OK with its
talons, and to lift it intQthe air, whence
it lets it fall to the ground in order to
kill and prey upon the carcass. But
this astonishmentm must in great meas
ure subside when the dimensions of the
bird are taken into consideration, and
which, incredible as they may appear,
l now insert UerbGtin, from note
taken down with my own hand: "When
the wings were spread, they measured
sixteen PAGES (forty feeD in extent,
from point to point, the feathers are
eight PAGES (twenty fee) in length,
and the quill part, two palms (eight
inches) in circumference. 1t is said TO
have power sufficient to carry off a live
rhinoceros."
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-04
The History of the Largest Tunnel in
the World,

The opening of the first railway is
spoken of as a memorable event, but
every one seems to forget that centu-
ries before this occurred loads were
transported on rails in mines, and the
fact is equally overlooked in regarding
the piercing of whole mountains, such
rs Mount Gents and Saint Gothard, that
similar works had been effected ages
ago in mines on far larger scale. The
longest subterranean construction of
this kind is to be found in the mines OF
Freyberg, in the Kingdom of Saxony.
Already, at the end of the year 1885,
the galleries had attained a length of
102 miles, or 1863 kilometres. At the
same time the works, commenced at
the end of the twelfth century, had
reached such depth that any further
descent was found to be impracticable.
From 1924 to 1884 they had produced
1904, 581 mares Zone franc twenty-five
centimes each) in silver alone, of a
value of 100000 600 thalers nearly.
Consequently new gallery had to be
opened. This was to lead from the viii
lage of Rothsch9nberg to a distance of
1882 metres; its cost was estimated at
1 300, 900 thalers (three francs seventy
five centimes each) and twenty-five
years were calculated as the time neces-
sary to carry out the undertaking. The
work was completed year ago, and its
execution had occupied thirty-three
years and necessiGated an expenditure
of Z, 1856, ,697 mares. That considerable
increase on the original estimates was
caused by the rock to be pierced turn
ing out much harder than had been ex-
pected, and the fact that the quantity
of water yielded by the mountain was
far larger than had been calculated
upon. Other circumstances helped to
swell the costs; the rise in wages and
the prices of materials greatly aug
mented the expenditure, and the delay
in the execution increased the general
costs and those of superintendent and
administration. Moreover, the gallery
had become longer than was originally
intended. 1t rises, generally speaking,
at a gradient of in 1000. Including
the secondary galleries, the shaft of
ROthschGnberg has now an extent of
tunneling of $4,000 metres, which will
soon reach $4,000 metres, or nearly
thirty-two miles. This length far sur
passes any railway tunnel in the world.
-GdLigndni'S Messenger.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-04
THE EAST.

The crew Of the University of Pennsylvania,
won the Inter collegiate boat race at Phila,
delphia, on the Gath. Columbia came in sec
ond, Princeton third.
The cotton operatives at Fall River, Mass,
in every mill except two, went out on a strike
on the Gath. The general opinion seems ia
be that the manufacturers throughout the
city will try and run regardless of the strike.
Several of them have spinners engaged from
out of town, and agents are constantly en-.
gaging others.
The Empire and Marine Elevators, at Buf.
falo, N. Y, were burned on the 25th.
A serious accident occurred on the Lake
Shore IL Michigan Southern Road at Hamburg,
about five miles from Buffalo, on the 25th. A
special coach attached to train at Dayton,
Ohio, containing a funeral party of eleven
persons, bound for Medina, N. Y, was thrown
from the track and partly turned over, the in.
tense heat having, it is believed, spread the
rails. o. e. Brett, OF Milwaukee, Wis, and
Mrs. Edward Marshall, OF Medina, N. Y, were
fatally injured. Mrs. Chaplain EarnsAaw
Mrs. ID. P. Beecher, Major R. e. Fleming, OF
the Soldiers Home, and e. f. Brown, Jr.,
Dayton, were badly hurt.
Resolutions introduced in the New Hamp
shire Legislature, sustaining President Hayes
in his vetoes, passed by party vote, on the
25th.
While driving through the park at Phlla
delphia, on the 25th, Mrs. Mcfarland and hel
brother, John j. Graham, were thrown from
their carriage, the horses running away. Mrs.
Mcfarland was killed and her brother dan
gerouslY injured.
The Maine Republican State Convention
me, at Bangor on the Goth. Hon. d. f. Davis
OF Corinth, was nominated for Governor
The resolutions adopted declare " that this
country is Nation and not a Confederac,
of States, and that the National Govern
ment is supreme on all subjects lodged witt
1t by the Constitution; heartily supports the
noble and patriotic position taken by Presi
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1879-07-04
The Stuff That Sailors Are Made Of.

A private letter received in this city
from passenger on the Pacific Mail
steamship Colima, which sailed from
Panama, May 5, speaks in fiattering
terms of the good qualities of the vessel
and her officers, and relates the follow
ing incident of the trip down the coast:
4" On May II, at eight a. m, while set
ting the awning, sailor slipped over
board. The ship was going some
twelve miles an hour. They had a
boat in the water, manned by four men
and the third mate, in fifty-two seconds
after the sailor went over, and in four
minutes they had him in the boat, a
long way astern. When he fell in the
water he had on boots with the legs cut
off, which he kept on. He lost his hat
and deliberately swan for it and put it
on. When picked up he had his sheath
knife in his hand, having drawn it TO
be prepared for a stray shark. On
being taken aboard he took hand at
an oar, and helped hoist the boat on
returning alongside.-SGn francisco
Alta.