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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Law or jtailroud DeDots.

Platforms and stairwavs about railroad
station have often given rise TO lawsuits
where the station master has allowed them
to get out of repair or into bad condition
and a traveller has been hurt in consc,
qucncc. While Andrew Johnson was Pres
idcnt, he made Il trip over the Pcnnsva-
nia road, and wherever the train stopped at
any way stations, the people gathered tc
look at him and get speech. At Johns,
town the station broke down under sthe
weight of the unusual crowd. One of the
persons that was hurt sued The company,
and proved that the platform was old and
the timbcrs dcCaycd. The court inquired
whether he had come to the station to take
the train, and he said "No he was only
| there TO see the President" The court suiC
il that were the case he had no ground tC
sue, for the company was not bound to kccr
Il strong platform for crowd of sight-scers.
But he said il any passengers were injured
by the defect, or even any person who had
| come to meet n passenger or sec one Off, Inc
| could recover damages. a station master
| on the New Jersey railroad allowed hole
in the floor Of his station to go unmcndcd
| until one day lady passenger, on alighting
| from the cars, caught her foot in il and fell
and was badly hurt. At Wells River de-
pot there was flight of steps to the plat
form. The depot master did not keep tht
steps properly lighted at night and II lady
passenger who had come to take Il night.
| train, in cropping about in tho dark to fec
her way, fell down the steps and hurt hcl
hip so as to become a cripple for life. Tho
court said in both these eases the company
must pay. At one Of the stations of tho
New YORK elevated road the people IN
charge allowed the steps and platforms tc
get icy, from rain and snow falling anc
freezing; and passenger slipped, fell and
was permanently hurt, so badly that tho
jury gave him $4,000 damages. Tho
judges said that this was right. The agents
Of railroad companies must take more than
mere ordinary care in keeping their floors
and platforms in a safe condition for pas
scngcrs; they arc bound to use call sucl
reasonable precautions against injury as
human sagacty and foresight can suggest. ;
And 30 in q variety of other instances, tho
companies havs had to pay heavy damages
to passengers, because the platforms wcrt
neglected.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
bog Oak Ornaments.

When taken up this bog oak is perfectly
black from the action of the peat Or bog
water. 1t is very rarely obtained in a
SQUAD state, and in most cases the outer
portions OF the tree or log are rotten, aud
useless even for fuel. When laid up for
use, care mua be taken that it is not plac-
cd in the open air, lest it may, from the
SUMS rays, become open and shattered into
chips from end to end. TO preserve it., it
must be yut into some cool place and left
to dry gradually, and when properly sea-
soncd it must he cut in lengths of from two
to tour feet, and these lengths be split again
and the sound parts removed from the un-
sound. 1t takes from four 10 six years to
season some specimens, as in many in
stances tha wood is founu at depth of
eight and sometimes ton feet under the sur
face. When properly seasoned, any por-
ton requiring to be glued becomes hard as
stone and is tirmcr and less liable to give
way than any portion of the manufactured
article. The finished is not quite perfect
until the article has been for some time in
use, and the longer the finer the article
seems to be, no matter whether used as u
personal or table ornament The men cm-
ploycd are all, without exception, self
taught; each one makes his own tools, and
will not take any apprentices; and each
person has peculiar taste for certain
kind of ornaments, which he follows, and
to which he is left to produce The best
specimens he can. There are jewelers. who
mount and embclish the ornaments with
gold and silver and with rare and most
brilliant Irish gems, such as the Kerry
Irish diamond, the emerald, the garnet,
amethyst, bcryl, aquamarinc and Donegal
pebble. The Celtic ornaments are generally
studded with the above native gems they
arc beautiful and most artistically executed.
The designs embrace some thousands, and
all of them arc both classic and historically
illustrative of Irish antiquities. Extensive
deposits of bog oak and other buried woods
/ have been discovered in Germany.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Origin Of CrolueG.

Croquet players will be interested in tho
origin Of the game. Croquct is not, as
many suppose, Of modern birth, but may
be traced through its various stages to Per-
sia as far back as the eighth ccnture.-It
origin was polo, with the Persians played
with u long-handled malct, called cAugan.
In the ninth century the game made its
war into the Eastern Emplro, the original
mallct changing its form to long staff end
ing In a broad bend filled with network
of gut strings. ''Thus," says writer on
tho subject, "thcrc appeared in tho East as
belonging to the great sport Of ball play on
horseback, the first shapes Of two implc-
mcnts which rcmodcled the whole play life
of medieval modern Europe, tho ch,tgaas
being the ancestor of tho mallcts used in
croquct, and OF an endless variety Of other
playing clubs and bats, while the bent staff,
with it's network, was a primitive racket. y
We find That the original ball games in
which sticks were used were played on
horseback, and instead of polo being an
outgrowth of these sports played on foot
the latter arc the changes made in the Per-
sian game of chugan, which, as has boon
said, waf the parent of all our games in
which artificial means arc used to propel the
ball. The translation from the cIt,tga,a Of
Persia to the short t-haudled mallet used on
foot was easy and natural, and the substitu-
tion Of q club came by gradual stages, the
hand being probably tho original implc-
mcnt, which was superseded by rounded
stick.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Tie Beautiful Gypsy and Her Ring.

Some time in the fifteenth century when
the monastry was in the height Of it's power
and fame, and when high-born youths
came far and near to receive instruction
from thelearncd monks, there was staying
at the abbey for this purpose young man
Of good family called Hans Won Wcsscn
burg.
There was at the same time encamped
in the forest, tribe of Bohemians, whose
lawlcss ways were perhaps somewhat of Il
trial to the good monks their ncighbors,
but who served, it would seem to relieve
the tcdium of those hours; which young
Hans of Wessenburg did not spend in
study-hours when he possibly found the
society Of tho brown-stolcd brethren slight
ly oppressive.
There happened to be among the gypsies
q maiden of unusual and peerless beauty,
the pride and delight Of the tribe, a crca-
turc with soft dark eyes, lustrous as though
the stars had looked into them, and softly
tinted damask checks, such as Corrcggio
only could have put on canvas--a creature
that seemed to the young student very
''vison of delight" when, one day, book
in hand, he was taking solitary ranblc
through the ravinc, and suddenly looking up
he saw Elsa, seated on Il great rock in the
centre Of the torrent, her dark hair flying
in the breeze, and her shapcly bare feet
dipped into the foam of the waterfall.
The young man was certainly inclined to
believe that he had come across one of those
fair, uncarthy beings which legend had
taught linn hanntcd those SC ncs.
Still he did not turn and fly, as perhaps
he should, rs those seized with this inn
preston have done. Later on, however,
he discovers that the beautiful vision was
no dcluding water-nixic, but true maiden
Of flesh and blood, and he felt less inclined
to turn and fly than before.
The first meeting between tho youth and
the gysy maiden by the romantic waterfall
was by no means the last. Both were
young. Both were weaving their first ro-
nance; for doubtless in the gypsy's eyes,
the fair-haired, high-born youth appeared
no less charming than did she in his. Both
loved. The young man had but one de-
sire In the world--to call the lovely spirit
m'thc ravinc his own. And before long a
solemn betrothal, in the presence of tho
gypsy tribe, joined their hands and Hans
slipped on tothc slender brown finger Of
his future brid, ring as an earnest of his
his troth. J#l
con that ring" said an old sibyl Of the
tribe, soon after, to the girl, 'hangs your
fate. BE careful Of 1t. If you loose it,
your happiness Is gone"
Elsa laughed softly. "hTy happiness is
in him and not in the ring" she said lightly.
Yet she wore 1t night and day, and look
ed at 1t and loved 1t, and carcsscd 1t in Sc
cret as though it had been u part of her
lover 4ys D
1t is like aloek Of his golden hair, she
thinks, twisted about her finger, and she
loves to play with IT. CHILD as she is, as
though 1t were. gss 4s;i
And she is a little wilful and wild in her
ways too-7as indeed q gypsy maiden might
well be-
One day she Is In the ravine awaiting her
lover, and by way of passing the time
which seems long to her, she takes OF one
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
GET UP.
} sister the morning is bright;

Get up, little sister; the morning is bright;
The birds are all singing
The buds arc all open; tho dews on the flow or:
II you shake but branch, see, there falls
quito a shower.
BY tho side Of their mothers, look, under the
trees. ,....
How the young lambs arc skipping about as
they please. ,..,........ .......
And by thoso little rings on Tho water know,
The fishes are merrily swimming below.
The bee. I dare say has been long Oh tho
wing,
TO get honey frcm overy flower OF tho spring
For the bee nevtr dles, but labors all da",
Aud thinks. rudent insect, work better than
play.
Tho lark's singing gayly; it loves the bright
And tjoicos that now tho gay spring has be-
gun; '.-t .E., -.......
The spring is 80 cheerful, think It would be
wong.
If We did not fool happy to hear the lark's
Get up for when all things are merry and
glad
Good children should never be lazy and sad,
For G d gives us daylight, dear sister, that wo
May rejoice like tho lark, and work like the
boo.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27

which to carry straws, he cannot nest in Il
| tree like bird lie, therefore, takes to
the grass, and under the roots of an old
stump, or amidst a pile of old rails, he rcars
his gentle young and gives them printed in
structions rs to the difference between
singing siX-inch stovcplpc and runaway
i boys. The knowledge of old bees is wond-
erful. They know where the school house
is. They know when school is out. They
, can sail miles away from home, get in their
| work on farmers son wedding out corn,
and return home without missing Il fence
corner or in need of an afternoon nap. AS
rule they are early riscrs. Barcfootcd
boys driving up the COWS ut daylight will
find tho bumblc-bcc out of bed and quite
ready to begin the arduols labors OF the
day. Along about sundown he quits work
counts noses to see if the family arc all in
then slows himself away. The legs of y
bumblc-bcc are very crooked This seems
too bud ut first sight, but you will soon dis
cover that nature was level headed. His
legs were thus shaped to enable him to hang
to the brim of Il boys straw hat. We're his
legs straight he could not walk a fence rail
in high wind, nor could he turn around
alter reaching the top of Il mullen stock.
The stripes on bee look like Il waste of
material, but such is not the case. They
furnish an extra covering over his ribs to
keep the frosty air off, and they serve to
stiifen his spinal column in his flights
through the air. A bumblc-bcc can fly at
tho rate oftwenty miles an hour, if he wants
to, but there is no cause for him to fly any
faster than boy can run. lie sometimes
lives to be three years DID, and is sometimes
stricken down before he has Travelled at ALL
His life is Il prccarious one. He may run a
deacon out OF hay-fcl to-day, and be the
big bee Of the nest, and tomorrow coun-
try school ma'am may knock his head Off
with her umbrella. Nothing in natural his.
tory weighs more for his SIZE than the bee.
and nothing in science works easier without
og-whcc.s or rubber rollers than his sting
or. II is always ready never out of repair,
and satisfaction Qo the bcc) is guaranteed
in every case.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
a Gold Mine in u Cow.

One of the most remarkable COWS on re-
cord is the "l0th Duchess of AirGlric,"
owned by the Hon. Mat Cochran, of Nova
Scotia, which has just given birth to her
ninth calf, red heifer, to be named the
'H'th Duchess Of IIllhurst" by Sd Duke of
Oncidn. or the 10th Duchess, and her
daughters calves. Mr.. Cochran has sold
the following animals at the prices named:
In the winter OF 1875 the bull calf 4tl,
Duke Of llillhurs,, at 81, 900; at public auc-
ton in Toronto, June l6, 1876, the bull
calf, 9th Duke Of lIillhurst two months old
at SS, 600, and tho hcifcr Airdric Duchess
9th, eight months old at $lS, 600; at auc-
ton sale IN Toronto, June l4th, 1876,
the COW Airdric Duchess I'd, ut $21, 900,
and tho hcifcr Airdric Duchess Sd, at $23,-
900. In August, 1867, privately, tho heif-
CT 9th Duchns of llillhurst at Sl2, 900 and
at public sales ut Bowncss, Windmcre,
England, Sept. 4, 1877, the hcifcr Sd
Duchess and 9th Duchess of Hillhnrst ut
SO. 100 and 81, 300 guineas each, or 500
600 and S2l 300 respectively, making a to-
tai of $l3l 600 for eight animals sold
lie has still in his possession, besides the
10th Duchess, .Airdric Duchess 4th, 7th
duke, and 7th and 9Th Duchesses of Hill
hurst, five animals, and has lost four ami
mails by death. The above result has
never perhaps been cqualcd by any ono an
imal at the same age. In December, 1875,
M offer of $25, 900 for the 10th Duchess,
was refused, and the same for her daughter
Airdric Duchess 10th. Since then tho old
COW has brought three hcifcrs and one bull;
two Of the hcifers have been sold for $685.
800, and there still remains the bull and
tho hcifcr just come besides the dam,
who will probably breed number of calves
yet
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Boston IN 1850.

Boston, town containing about $4,000
inhabitants, is built on q asemi-lsland, which
is greater in length than breadth. think
that it is larger than Geneva there arc
gardens, meadows and orchards in tho CEN
tre of the iown, and each family has gem
orally house to itself. The houses are
seldom higher than one or two stories:
They are Of brick Or wood, covered with
boards and states, having fiat roofs, and in
many places lightning conductors nearly
all Of which arc thrcc-pointed. There are
ono or two straight streets; there are no re-
markable public buildings there is a very
spacious harbor, projected by! islands;
which leave only two narrow channels, a.
state of things rendering the town impregn-}
able If fortified this is all that u have to-
tell you about Boston. The inhabi bitants are
devoid of delicacy, honor, and knowledge,
and there is not much to be said about their
up-rightncss, any more than as regards that
Of the French who are settled here, and
whom the natiye-born d izens detest Life
In Boston isjyery wcafisofne. There are no
public aniserients and so much s,iperstiS:
ton prevails that singing, yiolin-pl aying,
card playing, and bowls are forbid den on
Sunday. Is N 81 S5S 81 i 81 Ss
M The faat n li NJ % iUssa MI M 10 m in af
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
ffabIts of Rumble ISces,

Children, did you ever stop to consider
the immense power possessed by bumbc-
bcc2 An insect weighing no more than the
eighth Of an ounce is capable of "raisng" II
man weighing 220 pounds from bench ia
The public park, and then have lots of lift
ing material left. Just stop and think of
II! The singer Of a bee Is not near as
large as the finest needle, but such is the
force behind 1t that it can be driven through
heavy pants cloth, backed by mcrino
drawers, and into the flesh about sixteen
feet. If a man could yield crowbar in
comparison he could drive it through seven
saw-mills and whisky distillcry at one
blow Nature could not give tho bee teeth
and claws without spelling his beauty, and,
In compensation, she gave him this stinger
rs q weapon of attack and defense. If tho
bee had no weapon, ants, beetles, and hugs
could cuff him around as they pleased, but,
as 1t is, he Is boss of tho walk, and won't
take q word from any Of them. The bum
blc-bcc i,not naturally of a quarrclsomc
disposition, but he can't be sat down on
over malt an hour without feeling as If some
kone was doing him great wrong. If left
to himself he will crawl upyour coat sleeve,
look around, and crawl down and 90 about
his business, but If welcomed with blow
between the eyes he is going to be revengcd
If 1t breaks leg. He invariably closes his
eyes when he stings, and you have only to
look a bee square in the face to discover
when he is fooling around, and when he
means fourteen per cent per antum The
hay field is a favorltc resort of the bumble-
bee, but you can find him almost anywhere
else II you try hard. Having no pair Of
long hind legs, he cannot build his nest In a
limersh IKE the frog, and, having no bsak In
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Daniel lsoOnC'Y Snake.

A writer in a Western paper tells how he
was blasting with gunpowdcr some large
and tough logs. From one of the logs thus
split open crawlcd an enormous serpent.
which was easily killed. The man who
tells the story continues from this point as
follows: "On stretching il out found it
to be thrty-onc feet two inches in length,
and the thickcst part of its body measured
twcnty-ninc inches in circumference. 1t
was different species of serpent from any
had ever seen before. It's tail was armed
with sharp pointed and curved horn; its
body We variegatcd with alternate brown
and dirty yellow strips, and On close cX
animation discovered that 1t had been to-
tally blind, its eyes seeming to have turned
into rcficctionl' o., hard, bono Ike sub
stance. This explained its undecided
he5tatng movements when it first came
from the log. A strange crease appeared
about the neck just back Of the head,
which l found to be caused by stout
thong Of leather, about which the flesh of
the serpent had grown until II was sunk al
most out Of viow. Cutting this thong and
removing 1t, ! found attached TO Its under
side coppcr-plate which had been h6reLo-
fore hidden by the body of tho snake, and
! on one side of which was scratched: I'D.
Boone, April 10, 1870" Isplit the log i'll
two, and near tic lower end of the hollow
found where there had once been an OPEN
ing but long years ago 1t had been closed
up with q plug made of oak wood, about
aud over which the maple had grown until
it was almost concealed. The dead ap-.
pearance Of the small portion visible OF the
oak plug was all that called my attention
to Its existence. MY theory OF tho matter
is this Dariel Boone, many years ago,
on the date recorded upon this piece Of cop
1por, caught the snake, then young and
small, fastened tho copper plate about his
neck, and imprisoned it within the hollow
of tho tree by means Of the oak plug, where
|! his snakeship had remained until the dayI
delivered him to the free air and sunlight
again. Z. 13 si3. Is ,f l24
SoME people arcso excessively mod.
, est that;they will blush when tiiey s O
. to Heaven and see the bare feet OF the
angels. M 81 .5Ss
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
An EIephent u. a Policeman.

Recently, writes correspondent, a keep.
or belonging to Oroszi's Circus who slept
near three elephants was about midnight
aroused by their cries. He at first thought
n cat or u dog had gotten into the circus,
but listening attentively he heard "a suspis
cious noise IN hecostumer's sstoreroom. He
went on tip-toe and saw q stranger, with a
dark lantern, trying to pick tho store room
lock, The keeper unclaimed the largest
elephant, which with characteristic sagaci
" went straight to the burglar, put bis
trunk around tho selon'st neck atd kept him
at proboscls' length until n polieam man came.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27
Wanted a Two E, orse Load.

Lady to peasant How much for that
load of peat z" u. !8ff85iSs~, -
Peasant Fifteen francs, madam ~
l.ady---"Oh, mercy me-, that's too dear.
Besides, L don't want s,,ch q small load
i want q two-horsc load. 80.
The peasant goes to friend, borrows his
friends horse and hitchcs 1t to the cart be-
side his own animal and rcturns.
Pcasant--"Hcrc Is two-horse load,
madam" +; IS
Lady--''Ah, that is more like it. How
much ~ 5i
Peasant twenty-five francs, madam
Tho cityO Glasgow is supposed to
have been Founded ia thesyeai SEQ BY
st. iMunRO, i5s ti Il, IS kgii II III q &, V
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27

SoME people arclso excessively mod,
est thatthey will blush when they s O
to Heaven and see the bare feet OF the,
angels. .5. sss
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-11-27

s',he eiest. .tlss ayes pasil 4. po ojssts
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10
GEORGETOWN.

i BAEE SMOTBERED TO DEATH.-A six months
old child OF Israel Whiting, a c0loTed man. who
lives on the rev road, near Drovers Rest, was
accidentally Slnothered by its mother last night
IN bed, either by lying upon it or by throwing
her arm across its face, while asleep The
parents of the child were not conscious of the
TACT until they aWOke this morning and found
the child dead The coroner was notified and
after examination gave certificate OF death
from accidental aSphyXia.
BETTER-Henry Davis, the cOIored man who
was shot while stealing coal from Nay1ield d
Helslon's coal yard, continues to improve.
APPROACHING MARRIAGE.-It is said that Miss
Kate Cooke, daughter OF Henry d. Cooke esq.
formerly governor OF the District of Columbia
II TO be married shortly to Mr.. John Marruder
Youngest son OF the late DR.. Magruder, OF this
place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-02-10
Amusen,cuts. &c.

NATIONAL THEATER.-Lawrence Barrett will
open week. engagement here tonight in his
great character 4" Richelieu." Many critics re-
gard his as the best representation of the great
cafGlnal, on the American stage. He will be
supported by a strong company. including
Thos. w keene Miss VaderS, and others. To-
morrow evening :. Hamlet " Will be given, and
Wednesday d" A New Play
FoRD'S OrERA HorSE.-Leonard Growers fine
comedy company will begin a weeks engage
ment at Ford's tonight with .'Our Boarding
House" The manner in which the company
render this lively and Side-Splitting comedy Is
spoken OF most favorably wherever 1t has ap-
peared. The preparations for making the pre-
Sentatlon unusually attractive at the opera
Huuse nave been extensive and complete.
other comedies will be given during the week.
IHEATER CoMloUE.-With the best features
OF last weeks bill. the Comique will have this
week new attractions in the forms OF Sid c.
trance, Miss Josephine Shandley. and the
swans. The sensational drama Marked for
Ilfe' Will conclude each evenings perform
ance.
FIFTEENTH STREET PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Judge Odds, of North Carolina. will give a lee
ture, entitled 1.-The Doom of SpirittIalsm, AT
the 18th street Presbyterian church, for the
penett OF the church, this evening
SHOOTING MATCH at Brightwood Club House
to-morrow. See advertisement.