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left lung! 1t whooped and hallowed in
such u manner as to alarm me. Then
Gibbs baby joined in, and they gave Il
duet. Pretty soon our three tuned up for a
chorus, and--wcll, suppose whole orphan
asylum should suddenly have spasm of
stomach ache, and you can form some idea
| of the racket"
"Could't You quiet them by singing to
them2"
"No, sir; you couldn't have heard a
bass drum in that room. ....
"What did you dor"
81 gave the family Bible to one twin
and put Webstcr's Unabridged Dictionary
on the lap of the other, merely to play
with. l thought I'd go down stairs and
get some milk for the whole crowd. did.
When | came up, rs | had only two n,rs-
ing bottles, | empticd bottle of hair re-
novator, which Mrs. Sloan uses
81 dOnt!" exclaimed Mrs. Sloan.
"And Il castor-oil bottle. put the milk
in these and in al old paregoric bottle,
punched holes through the corks and han
dcd them around. When 1 came to the
twins, they had the Bible and the dictiona-
ry lying right on their bosomc, and they
were blue in the face; too heavy, your
honor! So | had to pick them up and
'ouac tHc!h u coupe OIL times In Tie Datl
tub to bring them TO; and when got back
into the room with them | found Gibbs
baby III spasm from the taste of the hair
restorcr, and the sccrctarys baby had swal-
lowed the cork, and the other child looked
as if the castcr-oil bottle somehow had not
agreed with it. A minute later in come
Mrs Sloan and the secretary and Mrs. Gibs,
and they hustled me out. | don't know
what happened after thut, but 1 believe it
was old Gibbs put Mr.. Sloan up to charge
me with murder"
''Thc case is dismissed" said the justice,
and the Sloan's withdrew. Mrs. Sloan has
hired nurse.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
a Brave Boy.

n fCW years ago lad who was left
without father or mother went to New
York, alone and friendless, to get po-
sitiOn in Il store ~ errand boy, until
he could command a higher position {;
but this boy had been I'm bad company,
and had got into the habit of calling for
'bitters' and cheap cigars.
On looking over the papers, he notic-
ed that merchant wanted u lad of his
age, and called there and made his bus
iness known. .., ''
walk into the Office, my lad,' said
the merchant; 'I'll attend to you,
soon.'
When he had waited upon his custo-
mer he took seat near the lad, and
espied cigar in his hand. This was
enough. My boy.' said he, q want a
smart, honest, faithful lad, but [ see
you smoke cigars, and, in my exper-
ience OF many years, | lave ever found
cigar smoking lads to be connected
with various other evil habits, and, If
L am not mistaken, you are not an cN-
ccption. You can leave, you will not
suit me-
John held down his head and left
the store; and, rs he walked along the
street, stranger and fricndless, the
counsel Of his poor mother came forci-
bly, to his mind, who, upon her Death
bed, called him to her side, and placing
her emaciated hand upon his head :,
said: Johnny, my dear boy, Pm going
to leave you. You we'll know what
disgraeeand miscryyour father brought
upon us before his death, and [ want
you to promise me before | die, that
you WILL never taste one drop of the ac-
cursed poison that killed your father
nor tobacco. Promise me this and be
good boy, Johnny, and shall die in
peace
The scaling tears trinkled. down
Johnny's check. He went to his lodg-
ings, and, throwing himself upon his
bed, gave vent to his feelings in sobs
that were heard all over the house.
But John had moral courage. He
had energy and determination, and
ore an hour had passed he made up his
mind never to taste another drop of IL
quor nor to smoke another cigar.
He went straight back to the mer-
chant. Said he: Sir, you very pro-
perly sent NE away this morning for
habits that l have been guilty of; but.
sir, | have neither father nor mother,
and though | have occasionally done
what l.ought not to do, and have not
followed the good advice Of my poor
mother on her death bed, yet | have
now made a solemn vow never to drink
another drop of liquor nor to smoke
another cigar; and if you, sir. will only
try me, i; is all 1 ask
The merchant was struck with the
decision and energy of the boy, and at
once employed him. At the expira-
tton of five years this lad was part
ner i'm the business, and is now worth
$4,000 .s.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
The Sea Gull.

One Of the most remarkable and at the
same time pleasing Incidents, showing the
power and influence of human kindness and
gentlcncss, even upon the "fowls Of the air
and beasts of the ficld," has come to Our
knowledge within the past rev days The
incident occurred on board of the light ship
of Frying Pan Shoals, and is to this effect
During the prevalence of tho severe storm
Of the 10Th of September last, after the
darkness of night had set in, rendered
doubly gloomy and forbidding by the how
ling temptest that thundcrcd through the
rigging, broke with furious violence over
the staunch vessel, and sent the salt spray
in phosphorescnt clouds over the very mast
heads, one of the scamcn was leaning his
elbow upon the port rail of the ship, watch
ing the storm as II ragged in all it's grandeur
and sublimity, when large black bird
dashed through the binding mist and lit
upon the railing near where he was stand
ing. He took the bird which proved to he
an ordinary seagull, all wet and, drabblcd
by the storm, and warmed and dried it in
his bosom, after which he placed 1t in lit-
tie bed improvfscd for the occasion, after
first feeding 1t, as If 1t had been little
child. The next morning, the storm hay
ing subsidized, our seaman turned tho bird
loose, of course with no expectation of ever
seeing 1t again. Very much to his surprise,
however, on the very next night, at about
the same hour of Its previous visit, the gull
again put its appearance, alighting upon
the rail Of the ship as before, when it was
fed, caresscd aad cared for as on the occa-
sion of its first call, and from that time IN
to the 9th Of NoY., nearly two months, when
the latest information was received from,
the ship, the bird had continued it's nightly
visits and been regularly fed and consigned
to its "littlc bed, where 1t would remain
until released the next morning. This Il
no fancy sketch or draft upon the imagina.
ton, but is an ''o'er' true tale" from a
source entiteiy reliable and Trustworthy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
Educated Cattle Traders.

In Colorado there is class of highly
educated men, engaged In the cattle
trade. The men are sunburned and
wear flannel shirts while OH the ranch
but none need mistake them for COM
mon or ignorant persons. They are,
in very many cases, gentlemen OF cul-
ture and standing. In tne circle OF
ranchmen whose acquaintance have
formed during my stay. there are sew
eral men Of large wealth and sc holarly
attainments, who travelling in the West
for health, became Interested in the
cattle business, enchanted by the wild
open ar life, and have invested in
stock, roughed iJ and enjoy the climate,
the freedom and the eXcitement,- ns
we'll rs the money 1t brings. One gen.
tleman--mine host-was in the navy,
but likes the billowy prairles better
than the deep blue sea. A neighbor is
one of tile finest special geologists In
America. Travelling In pursuit Of his
profession, he saw there was money IN
cattle, and so left his aesthetic Boston
home for tent OH tn c plains. Another
scientist, whose name is known on two
Soh'iHShoo, hao uutItlS VIC pdSC year
gone heavily into the business, and two
Harvard graduates are on ranches ad-
dining. Two young men, educated in
Germany, herd their own flocks, and
live temporarily in II dugout. At the
ranch where | was entertained, Saw
three youths, brown and Dashful, come
every evening home with horses, and
ride away in the early dawn, at break
neck pace, after the snorting herd.
They looked like any farm boys; yet in
tile evening when work was over, and
they sat on the steps with the family,
their talk was wonderfully bright and
interesting. Two of them had travelled
in Europe. One was the son Of ex-
Senator Conness, of California;; one
was MIR. Pope Ycatman, nephew of
General Pope, u. S. A.; the third was
the son of Fred Law Olmstcad, of New
York. They are as well read boys as
one can find anywhere. In delicate
health from city life and study, they
went out there to CROUCH it, are stout
and well, busy from morning until
night, riding all day over the blossoms
and fresh grass, and learning the cattle
business, will, no doubt, in Il few years
own ranches and herds of their own.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03

Old bread.

In the Pompeii Museum ut Naples,
ale to be seen loaves Of bread cllarred
black, hit otherwise perfect In form,
ana not mue'. unlike, in size and form,
the loaves OF the present day. Think
Of bread $500 years Old. Other articles
Of food have been found, as we'll as Il
great variety ofhouseflold imp. .ements,
colors, &C., to say nothing of the rare
sculptures, bronzes, jewelry and coin,
&c. The mosaic floors and frescOcd
walls III many Of the houses are almost
as bright and fresh looking as if newly
painted. Many Of these mosaics are
rich and beautiful and artistic In high
degree, while the columns, affairs, fonn-
tains, &c., in the religious temples,
forums and richer private dwellings at
test to the beauty and luxury of these
cities, Of which Herculapeum is con-
sidercd to have been the richest, since
greater and rarer works OF art have
been found there than ut Pompeii. 10
the writer's mind it seems a pity to
have shorn these ruins of most Of their
statues, furniture and ornaments. WHY
not have left them where they were
found, and then rooted in the
ruins and made them the museum IN
stead of carting them of to a modern
museum In Naples? How much great
er would have been the interest, and
how much more instructive, had such
plan been adopted. An interesting
feature of Pompeii Is found in the re-
markably well paved streets, in many
places worn in deep ruts by chariot
wheels, showing that they must have
been very old at the time of the ciGy's
destruction. The most remarkable
relics Of Pompeii are the human, bodies
that have been found perfect in form,
covered with hard crust Of cinders;
ifthcy are broken as some of them have
been, they crumble to dust. We saw
the corpse Of dog preserved in the
same way. The evidences tend to show
that comparatively few Of the lnhablt-
ants perished. Most Of them had time
to get away, and were not destroyed
with the city, as we think Is the popu-
lar belief.
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Words OF wisdom,

Many who find the day too long, hnd
life too short. .iii,,ts ,ii faRsSg4
No ono will dare, maintain tliat 1t ia
better, TO do inj,'sttce than to bear It,
Our grief may, be guessed from the
solace and self-dcception we resort to.
He who thinks he has nothing to fear
from temptation is most exposed to fall
Never does q man portray Ills own
character more wildly than III his
manner ot'portraying another's.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
OPPORTUNITY.

In harvest timo, when fields aud woods
Outdazzle sunsets glow,
And scSthes cang music through the land
1t IL too late to SOW. ... ..
...u Too late too late
1t is too late to SOW. .. b.
In wintry days when weary Earth
Lies cold in pulses sleer,
With not u blossom on her shroud,
1t is too late to reap.
Too late too late ! ....
1t is too late to reap. .....a G..
When blue-eyed violets are astir,
And newborn grassos orocp
And young birds chirp, then SOW betimes,
And thou betimes shalt reap
Then SOW then SOW!
And thou betimes shalt reap.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03

AS the bee collects honey and de-
parts without injury to the flower, SO
let him whois wise dwell on the earth.
3 The unbelieyer is he, who deliberate
~ decltnes to speak w hat he thinks or to
trust humanity with what helpful
truth tIff Which has been entrusted to him
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03
Advertising Chents.

1t has become go common 10 owrite the
beginning Of an elegant, interesting
article and then run It into some adver-
tisement that we avoid ali such cheats
and simply call attention to the merits
of Hop Bitters In as plain honest terms
as possible, to ind,'cs people to give
them one trial. AZ no one who knows
their value Will ever use anything elss.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-06-03

For prosperity look in the dlction
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-06
Los ,wALKss sH0Ors A RABBIT
xvuyIE HIS WIFE SHOOTS RIM.

The Carson Appeal thinks Loa walker
"a, iokiuy about church 1rfra50dfS. IL
saws: When town gets 80 worldly that
I'm Walker thinks church ought to be
otartsd il must really need one. Tho
Appsal man has known Lou for many
wears as a miserable sinner, but as Kind
hearted and honest man as lives. In
nrospsrity and adversely, in rain or
shins. he is the same two-and-four-
nance all the while. 1t is real oratoric-
Al treat to hear the man swear. Many
wears ago, when Lou owned ranch on
ths Honnout, near Marysville, the APP
pssl man spent q couple OF weeks with
him. When the air was soft and balmy
in the afternoon, Lou would insist on
getting all hands out in the woods to
hun, Jack rabbits, thousands of which
abound in that section. His wife would
generally go along to see the fun, and
her sisters. cousins, and aunts would
Join in the crowd, to laugh at the MIN
rods whenever they missed shot. One
day Lou saw a jack rabbit over hun.
dred Yards away, and said he would
crawl up on it and kill it. He stole up
into clump OF trees and was crawling
on his hands and knees, about seventy
five yards away, when his wife began to
inquire about the size OF the shot In ,he
reporters gun. Ascertaining that it was
loaded with fine bird shot, she secured
the loan of it, and resting over log,
turned loose upon the broad target pre-.
sented. Lou was far enough away to be
safe, and had en- thick corduroy pants
Hs had Just fred on the jack-rabbit and
laid him out when the shot struck him
The two explosions were almost stimuli
tansous, and Lou bounded into the ail
like q roebuek. When he came dowr
the silent woods res0undsd with q bias
phsmy boom which frightened the game
for miles around. Mrs. W. handed th,
reporter the gun, and when her husband
came fuming back to the crowd. assurei
him that she hadn't fred the shot.
The circumstantial evidence agains
the reporter. with smoking gun ID hi
hand, was so strong that Ne was obliged
to run for his life. The shot, however
had not penetrated the skin. and Lou
with his usual good nature, was himsel
again in half an hour, and laughing a
heartily as the rest. Those who owe
visited Walkers ranch as it used to b.
years ago, will often look back upon hi
open-hsarted hospitality, and never ceas
to rsoollect the good old time they hst
there in the days gone by.
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THE MINERAL QUEEN. ."
Virginia Enterprise.l

I'lrBinia InterprlSe
At the instigation OF a large stock
holder Mrs. Rioketts, the Mineral Queen.
yesterday visited the North Bonanza and
Flowery mines. She had never seen the
ground before, and Superintend dent Jack
son-though he afforded her every
facility desired and guided her through
the mine-told her nothing about the
places where deposits Of ore were known
to exist. Mrs. Ricketts, was very correct
in the guesses she made underground
and at the old surface works. On the
surface she outlined large ore body.
She carries q. divining rod of her own
invention. but says it is only for the
facility it affords in tracing ore bodies,
as she claims to experience certain pecu-
liar sensations without ths aid of ap-
,parAtptvsf any kind when near large
mineral deposits. In passing over
ground she will say: "It's of DO use to
60 this way!" or "thers is nothing
here, I've have passed along to where
there is nothing at all" ETC., not using
the rod at all. Again, she will Suddenly
halt. place the magic rod in position and
dart of along the ground through the
brush and over rocks at such q rate of
speed as to leave all masculine experts
far in the rear. When she strikes the
trail she pursues it in way that would
make old All Peck sick. The little
woman would do we'll in q walking
match. She has great power of sndur-
snce, and shows no fear of going any
where in mine. She is evidently q
believer in herself and is very decided in
her assertions. When disputed she
simply says: What you say may be
true, but am not influenced there
seems to be no attraction here" She il
probably as good as any Of the minera
divines; then the Mineral Queen.
like the Washoe Sssress" Mrs
Bowers), is a homo production. there
fore is entitled to as much consideration
as foreign prognostioator, il only fol
the style and vim she displays when OF
the track Of a bonanza.
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JoB WORK do.s At Low nAsss.
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VAsTNEss OF TIME.-Prof. Proctor is
delivering a series Of LECTURES in New
York on the msrvsls of creation as
revealed by the latest results OF astron-
emical researches. In his last lecture
he declared that difficulty at the out
set consists in determining the duration
Of the earth, nor are the numbers we
deal with to be all together relied on;
still it seems clear from researches of
geologists into the earth strata and into
the effects of subarean denudstion that
during 100000, 900 years the earth has
been exposed to such heat and light as
the sun at present pours upon her.
From the experiment of Bischoff it seems
that the preceding stage during which
the earth was cooling from 1900 de-
gress G to 200 degrees G lasted $50, ,000,-
900 years, and the preceding stage dur
ing which it was forming lasted during
indefinite lengths of time. We deduce
from all our knowledge OF the subject,
said the lecturer, that the earth is, at the
least. 500, 600, 600 Of years old, the prin-'
ciple underlying our calculation is that
the larger a globe is the longer ID the
stage OF ito cooling Adopting this plan
as to Jupiter, it will be $500, ,00O,O 600
years before he will reach earth's stage
and it will take the sun ten times %
long, or 81, 900, ,000. 900 years, to become
as cool as the earth, whereas the moon
was in the same state as our earth 420,-
600. 900, years ago.
PRACTICAL CHRISTIANITY IN NAME
The Warden OF ths State Prison 1t Ban
gor, Ne, recently related acurious story.
A young woman who served out SEN
tenos OF i've years found means OF
education. and becoming thoroughly re.
formed and q Christian, left the prison
in appearance q lady. She was employed
by dry goods firm in Portland as sales
woman, and gave perfect satisfaction to
her employers. till one day a wealthy
lady Of the place entered the store and
recognized her. Calling the proprietor
aside. she told him that the girl had
been in the State Prison. He replied
that he knew it, but that she had don't
her duty faithfully, and that they were
we'll satisfied with her. WELL" sale
the lady, "if you keep her in your stor,
I will neither trade with you myself no
suffer any of my friends to, il can hely
it." So the proprietor. rather than los
his customer. called in the poor girl ant
discharged her.
A Georgia paper asserts that Stephen
and Toombs dislike Tildsn 30 much Tia
they would prefer Grant as President.
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Delinquent Sale Notice.

MaynOwer Silver Mining Company.
Location of principal place OF business, San
Francisco, California; location Of works, Bristol
Mining District, Lincoln County, Nevada.-No-
hce-Thers is delinquent upon the following do
scribed stock, on account of assessment (No. a.
levied on the ninth day Of October. 1879, the
several amounts set opposite the names Of the
respective shareholders, as follows:
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NJoTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
IN Taxes on the Proceeds Of the Mines for the
quarter ending Sept. 80, 1879, are now due
and payable at the Office OF the Assessor, At
the Courthouse.
The law in regard to their collection will be
strictly enforced.
Phoebe, November 16, 1879.
W. H. HENDERSON. Assesaor.
G.. T. GoRMAN, Deputy. no29.2w
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And in accordance with law and an order of
the Board OF Directors, made on the ninth day Of
October, 1879, 30 many shares Of each parcel Of
such stock ss may be necessary will be sold at
public auction, at the office Of Parker Critten-
den, Room *, Merchants Exchange Building,
San Francisco. California, on Wednesday.
the Tenth day of December, 1879, ct the hour
of one O'Clock p. n. Of said day, to pay said de.
linquent assessment thereon, together with
costs Of advertising and expenses Of sale.
rnl J.W. PEW, Secretary,
Of6ce-Room Is, $40 Pine street, San Fran.
cisco, California. noN.td
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REDEMPTION FUND.
TREAsuRER's offlcE.)

PI0OHE, N0vsmD0r ZzSni l0Iv.
vT,O THE HOLDERS OF CERTITIOATES or
Indebtedness of Lincoln County, accrued
prior to the 1st Of April, A. D. 1875. AZ. snspia
whereas, there Is now the sum Of @2,e0o
in the Redemption Fund. hereby
notify tho holders of said Indebtedness that
sealed proposals for the surrender Of the snme
will be received at my Office up to the 18th day
Of December A. d. 1879, in accordance with =
Act Of the Legislature Of the State Of Nevada,
approved March 4th. A. D. 1876. u e N
d. FULKS, Trsasuree.
no29-st BY R.H. KxAx. Deputy.
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CAN A DIAMOND BE BRoKEN.--Among
the many extravAgant things which Pliny
tells us is his remark that certain dia-
monds have such excessive hardness
that when struck upon an iron anvil,
the hammer and anvil are torn asunder.
Yet he cooly asserts that such stones
can be subdued by digestion in goats
blood, provided that the curious solvent
be warm. Without going to this height
OF extravaganza, many believe, even
nowadays, that a true diamond will re-
sist the blow OF hammer. This popu-
lar error arises from oonfounding hard
ness with toughness--two physical
properties which are entirely distinct.
Apiece Of Ruttapercha, for example, is
SO tough that it can be torn asrnder with
difficulty, yet SO soft that it can be in
dented with the finger nail. On the
other hand, the diamond is so hard that
no other substance is capable OF scratch
ing it, yet so brittle that the Regent"
itself might be shattered into fragments
by dropping it on the ground from the
height OF only few feet Science of
Art. .... ,-..
On Tuesday. about eleven o'clock, q
young man named Chas, Faran was shot
while on his way from Ross ranch to
Dogtown. He was carrying plough on
his shoulders, which he laid down in
order to rest himself. While standing
there, some would.be assassin fred at
him some of tho shot taking effect in his
arm, and some striking wsll-6llsd
money purse, which he carried in his
pants pocket. II is not the first time
that money has saved human life, bu.
We can't help but smile to think how the
shot would have penetrated our flank
under like circumstances. = Angels
Echo.
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TIE u ECuRD

,a,ivsrso In Phoebe and Bullionville at al
cants per week, payable to the Carriers.
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All persons having business with this office are ore
Hoisn.Ny We have no authorized Agents.
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A Georgia paper asserts that Stephens
and Toombs dislike Tildsn 80 much that
they would prefer Grant as President.