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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08
Dragging for the Drowned.

Mr.. Peach, who follows dragging for the
drowned for living was recently found In
the He'll Gate Hotel, near Pier 7, East
River, New York. He is tall, wiry man,
with shrewd, intelligent face. He talked
freely about his way of making living.
81 ran away from home when I was
thirteen years DID," he said, "and I've
been about here ever since. Never did
anything but grapple. Never got into any
scrapes or got arrested or locked up in the
Tombs. I've kept right along in my way,
and when I've had chance to pull man
out alive or dead I've done it and took
nothing or whatever was given to me. !
built a boat alone when was a boy, and
began hooking up bodies then. haven't
drank pint Of liquor in twenty years, and
I own house over in Brooklyn. No man,
you see, can be good grappler If he don't
keep his head level. The thing NIL depends
on his Judgment and delicate touch"
MIR. Peach then explained his method of
finding drowned person. To begin with,
he considers all the peculiarities that can be
asccrtained necessary, whether the person
drowned accidentally, or committed suicide,
whether he swan, struggled, or made any
efforts whatever to save himself, whether
he was light or heavy weight. When none
OF these facts arc known, the most that can
be done is to drag the river from point to
point with sweep lines and hooks. If,
however, the place where the drowning oc-
cured happens to be known, the first thing
to determine Is the condition Of the tide at
the time. Then, on the recurrence Of q
like tide, fresh cowhide rolled together
and held by line, is allowed to sink as II
may. 1t will go down about the same as 8
man would; and after experimenting will
this hide three or four times, an exper
grappler can usually make very goot
guess where the drowned body struck bot
. tom. A pair of graphing iren's are mex
used, and 1t is with these that Mr.. Peach
, long experience comes particularly int
: play. When body reaches the m,.d 1t !
usually held there by suction and the pres
sure of the water, and after this spot ha
been hit up on the graphing irons must b
fused very carefully. Ills necessary to fee
{ Of the body delicately until the ankels ar
: reached, by which 1t should be drawn up.
+ "Can really feel about the body wit
. the grapplers2" Mr.. Peach asked, repcatin
the reporters question:. "Why shonl
/ fsay could. There are hundred men here
= abouts who'll tell you what I've done.
! never disfgure body, and the only thing
n / can't always tell the difference between
Il soon as the irons touch, are small glass DO
K ties and q watch. Arnsn In a diving su
can't, bcei,i to do this kind Of work as we
4 40 rood Erappler. When q diver gets
botton, he Kicks up a mass of MUD that ril,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08
His Pac''liar Position.

The sight of strong, healthy man loaf
ing on Clifford street with a snow-shovcl on
his shoulder was sufficient to attract the
attention of every one who passed him. and
to the inquiry as to whether he was search
ing for job of shovcling snow he replied:
II am, sir, but haven't any luck In
striking work. 1t is pretty late for snow,
I suppose9" u.
"Well, you can't look for more than a
foot of snow after the middle of May, even
in this country" said the other.
''No, suppose not. five only had i've
or six inches I could make three or four
dollars and get along somehow. AS 1t is |
am placed in very peculiar position.
"How?"
tWhy, oil the ready capital ! have Is
locked upin this thirty-tlve cent snow shovel,
and no snow to work on. II / had my
money in lawn-mower or house-plants or
garden seeds might realize some profit,
but now don't know what shall do.
ssYou are not to blame If 1t doesn't snow.
You don't run the weather..
"That's true" slowly replied the man,
s'but my position is peculiar, just the same.
People won't give me credit for my honest
intentions, need work-l'm just hungry
| for work. but you wait and see how folks
use me-" 'i.la1E'
| He knocked at the door of private house
and a woman appeared.
"Do you want the snow shovelcd OIL yon'
walk this morning8" politely inquired tho
stranger. rs he held up his shovel. ~
"No, STRIP was her emphatic resp nsoSi
ftl'll do It very cheap, madam. 4. htNN
tsNo matter, you can't have the job" She
snapped. ..2ta.
s'You soc how It is," observed tho man
as he returned to the walk and Leaned
! against shade tree with leaves as big a
his hand. sMy capital is locked up In thi
shovel, and no prospects of snow for si'
months. Considering all circumstances
would you like TO advance me ten cent
until Decembcr2" ii i.t;., ID
The citizen thought Inc would. Their
was something about the circumstance I'M II wort
five times that money. stiiti }>R
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08
Conversion Of Food into Stimu1ants.

There Is hardly any article of food II,
general use which has, not somewhere
been converted intoa stimulant by, the
process of fermentation. What else
are whisky, rum, beer, etc., but fer
mented or distilled bread, the bread
corn diverted from itA legitimate use to
produce On artificial stimulant? Pota-
tees, sugar, honey, as well as grapes,
plYma, apples, cherries and innumera-
bic other fruits, have thus been turned
from blessing into curse. The
Moors Of Barbary and Tripoli distill an
ardent spirit from the fruit Of the date
palm, the Brazilians from the marrow
Of the sago tree and from pineapples,
and eyeifthe poor berries that manage
to ripen on the banks Of the Youkon
have TO furnish a poison for tho inhab-
itants Of Alaska. pulque, the national
drink of Mexico, Is derived from large
variety Of the aloe plant;f the sap OF
which ts collected and fermented In
buckskin sloughs into torpid yellow.
ish liquor Of most vicious taste. Cheese
IN fact, is nothing but coagulated mill
in a more or less advanced ,state Of de
cay. Sourkrou is cabbage In, the frs
4 stage Of fermentation, which II cotf
pleted yields quass, the above mention
ed Russian tonic. Chica, whitisl
.tliquid which In Perulis handed aroun,
like coffee after meals, Is prepared from
maize or Indian corn, moistened AM
fermented by mastication. {
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08
LET IT PASS.

10 not swift to take offence
Let it pass
Anger IL foo TO sonse:
Let it pass
Brood not darby DER wrong
Which wi disappear ere long
Rather sing this cheery song
Lot It pass
Lot it pass
Strife corrodes tho purest mind
Let it pass
As the unree arded wind,
Lot 1t pass
Any vulgar souls that live
hay condemn without reprieve
Iis the noble who forgive,
Let It pass
Let 1t pass
Echo not an angry word
Let 1t pass!
Think how often you have errel;
Lot It pass
since our joys must pass away,
Like the dewdrops on the spray,
Wherefore should our sorrows stay!
Let them pass !
Let them pass
II for good you've taken III,
Let it pass
Oh |! bo kind and gent 8 still
Let 1t ass
lime at last makes all things straight
Lot us not resent, but wait,
And our triumph shall be great
Lot it pass
Let it pass
Bid your anger to depart,
Let it pass
Lay these homely words to heart
Let It pass !"
Follow not the giddy throng
Better to be wronged than wrong
Therefore sing the oheory song
Let 1t pass
Let It pass
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

building, about the size of the Patent Office.
IL STOOD upon the bank of the Animas, in
the San Juan country, and contained per-
haps five hundred rooms. The roof and
portions of the walls had fallen, but the
part standing indicated height of four
stories. a number of the rooms were fair
~ preserved, had small loop-hole windows,
but no other doors The building had
had doubtless been entered originally by
means OF ladders resting on inches, and
drawn In after the occupants. The floors
were of cedar, each log as large around as
mans head, the spaces filed neatly bv
smaller poles and twigs, covered by a car
pet OF cedar-bark. The ends of the timber
were bruised and frayed, rs if severed by a
dull instrument: in the vicinity were stone
natchcta, and saws made of sandstone
sliVers two feet long, worn to smooth
cage "A few hundred yards from the
building was second large house in ruins.
and between the two strongholds rows Of
small dwellings, built of cobble ,stones laid
IN odo0e, and arranged along streets, after
the style of the village Of to-day. The
smaller houses were In a moro advanced
slate u tpruin, on account of the lound stones
being more readily disintegrated by the ele-
mcnts than the heavy masonry. The
streets and houses of this deserted town are
overgrown by juniper and pinon-the lat
Ter dwarf wide-spreading pine which
bears beneath the scales of its cones deli
cious and nutritious nuts From the size of
the dead, as well as the living, trees. and
from their position on the heaps of cruHl-
bling stone, Mr. Wilson concludes that a
great period of time has elapsed since the
building fell. How many hundred years
they stood after desertion before yieldingto
the lnroads OF time cannot be certainly
Known The presence of sound wood in
the houses does not set aside their antiquity.
IN the dry, pure air of Southern Colorado.
wood fairly protected will last for centuries.
In Asia cedar wood has been kept thou
sand years, and In Egypt cedar is known to
nave been In perfect preservation two thou
sand years after 1t left the forest The ce-
aars throughout the territories Of the south
~cst '. 90 not rot, even In the groves. They :
he ana stand erect, solid and sapless. The
winds and whirling sands carve the dead
rccs into forms Of fantastic beauty, drill
loles through the trunks and play at hide
nd-go.seck In the perforated limbs until.
'tter ages of resistance, they literally blow
way in storms of fine, clean dust. On the
tio San Juan, about twenty -tive miles dis
ant from the city of the Animas, Mr.. Will
'on discovered the following evening a
'lmlIar pile, looming solemnly in the twi-
ight near their camping-place. 4 The scene
IS described was weird IN the extreme AS
le moon arose, the shadows of the phan-
ON buildings were thrown darkly across
Inc silvcry plain. Tho blaze of camp fires,
lie tiny tonts, the negro cook, the men In
'uckskin hunting garb, and the picketed
mules, made strange picture of the sum-
ner's ne night, with back ground of moonlit
lcsert and crumbling ruins, on whose ram
Ief sseaal sesale,5gSsss gssnt s csars lifting
ast. "e'pntoWers OF the mnrly
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

One of the wealthiest settlers in Now Car
cdonia is gentleman from Australia-we |
will call him Mr.. Brown for short--who |
went there some ten or twelve years ago |
with but small capital, and has become |
enormously rich by raising cattle for the
markets of Noumca. Mr.. Brown was on
his way through the bush from one Of his
outlying cattle stations to another, when he
lost his way entirely; wandered about Il |
nightfall, and then came upon large ma
tive village. Here he was Hospitality enter
tanned, we'll fed and most deferentially
treated by the great chief whose village 1t
was-thc chief Atai, think, whom some
persons regard as the chief mover and lead
er of this years revolt against the French.
Atai was oil courtesy to his white guest, and
when night had fully come conducted him
himself In state to the hut set apart for his
nights repose. Fortunately, Mr.. Brown
was acquainted with the Customs of the
country, and, among them, knew the COM
mon method of putting an end to travellers
preparatory to feasting upon them. 1t is.
as follows: The traveller Is kindly received;
nothing occurs to shake his confidence in
his host; he Is allotted a cabin to himself to
sleep in. The native huts have usually but
one opening which serves rs door and
WlIllOW UOII w lcH liiC uhVclCl 10 sup
| posed to be well settled in his cabin, this
one entrance Is set on fire. Being thatchcd
and made altogether of light wood, 1t burns
very readily, and the traveller Is cooked rs
well as killed. Then the fcast begins. "a
Being acquainted with these details of
New Calcdonian life, Mr.. Brown knew the
cabin to which the venerable Atai 90 cour-
teously led him might probably become for
him both tomb and cooking-stove unless
his wits could save him. He entered the
cabin Of the chief, meeting courtesy with
courtesy, till they were both fairly within
Then Brown, in the prime Of life and ath-
letic, Atai old and infrm, the Engishman
knew he was more than match for the
savage. He closed the door within the hut,
planted his back firmly against 1t, and sit
ting thus with his hand on his revolver and
his other weapons ostentatiously displayed,
continued his conversation with the chief.
The situation remained unchanged through
out the night. A terrible night 1t was, nc
doubt, for the Englishman, and almost as
bad for the old chief, who again and again
requested permission to withdraw, Mr.
Brown as frequently declaring he could no
part with him-hc should not feel safe ex
cept in his company. When daylight wa
fully come, Mr.. Brown felt assured tina
Atai would not venture to allow his peopl
openly to attack On individual 80 well know,
In the settlements as himself, and both issll
ing forth together from the hut, lie gladl.
! accepted the escort Of a native. guide, AM
Q was safely conducted to the French settle
ments, where his adventure was the them
q OF considerable interest.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

the water, and lie can't find anything un-
less he happens to tumble over it, Take.
Tor instance, the Wcstflcld ferryboat when
II blew up in the slip at the Battery seven
or eight years ago. The diver who went
down didn't get single body, though he
walked around on thu bottom a day
or TWO, while couple Of us grapplels took
up right before him twenty six bodies"
IN reply to the inquiry how many bodies
nc had taken out Of the rivers in the last
twenty-five years, Mr.. Peach said he
| couldn't tell. "You see, never made any
account of my work. l havcn's cared to
DC heard OF, or to get medals, or to get in
10 societies. When l find body l lust
pull 1t ashore, tie it to the dock, and notify
the coroner. Sometimes hear of it afcr-
ward, and frcquenttyI don't People come
10 me from all over the city to hunt up
drowned friends, and they rive me what
thcy likc-$lOO, $50, or $25. When Pres
ton King, the Collector of the Port. ,umnrd
OIL the Christopher street ferryboat several
years ago, was offered $1,000 to find him.
But he came up In the Atlantic Basin, aud
all my work was thrown away. That's
just the way 1t is half the time" lie went
on. "A great many people that We look
lor are never found. There must be hund
reos OF them that go out TO the sea every
year; people who fall off of excursion
pargcs III the summer, men and boys who
arc crowned while in swimming, and
drunken men who get asleep on the piers
ana roll OIL unbeknown to any one. If |
tney catch anywhere in going out, it's usu-
ally IN the cddies off the Battery or in those
at Bay Ridge. Sometimes on stormy
nights we go out to the eddies and see If |
anything is in them. In the winter if bo.
oy is floating round, it's almost to be found
there at last In the slush and ice."
frequently in the winter bodies do not
come to the top until after two or three
months. In the summer the time is usually
ABOUT a week. The firing of cannsn at the
Navy Yard and on Governors Island some.
times produces this effect.
MIR. Peach, besides graphing for bodies,
does much Tor the marine insurance compa-
mes, and, in his time; has brought ND an
odd variety of things from the rivers and
harbor-ship loads of merchandise, an
cnors, cannon, jcwelry, suspicious bags
WIN Mucous contents, great many young
lhiauts, clothing enough to set up a Clat
nam street dealer, and small articles too
numerous TO mention. He has also saved
over hity horses from drowning, and more
men, women and children than he can re-
member, all Of which is well known along
the East River front.
, VI another gang Of men, who lurk along
'he river from Grcenpoint down, Mr.. Peach
spoke III no mild terms They pretend TO ,
oc grappcrs only to conceal the character 3,
u thief. They watch for bodies In order !
% rob them of whatever may chance to be ,
II the pockets Of their clothes, hoverinp
'round the eddies and places where bodies
lre likely to lodge, the same as birds of
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

To exterminate lice from fowls, duet
the fowls thoroughly with sulphur. !.
Apply with a pepper box,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08

LIT is said that Bonner pays a yetef
mary surgeon u 500 a year
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-08
Maie and Fornale Liars

baron liuddleston, an English judge, ha.
recently taken it upon himself to decid,
That woman can tell lie better than ,
man. During the trial of perjury case,
the counsel for the defence made use of tho
remark that woman would say ANYTHING
ba1on 1iuddleston, in addressing the iury.
observed that he could not 70 as far as the
council, but 1t was wcll-known fact thot
a woman could tell lie better than man.
IL was a remarkable circumstance that when
a woman was determined to say that which
was untrue she did it great deal better
than man. Whether II was that q man
was more conscious of his dignity was q
metaphysical question he could not answer
Out II was certain that a woman did tell n
story much more logically and persevcring
~ than a man could He was glad that It
was a question for the jury to say whether
the girl should be believed, for he himself
ADMITTED his incapacity to guagc the veracity
OF woman when she appeared in the box.
All this may be very dry in detail but it
recalls an incident. An interesting divorce
triai was III progress In the early days of a
western slate, when question of veracity
arose from statement made by lady wit
ness. IL touched the case in vital part
ana rum was Inevitable unless the testimo-
ny OF inc witness could be oyerthrown. 1t
was delicate question to consider and sill
nioie aeliGate to carry the purpose into exc
cution. The idea of impcachinv ldov
was an outrage never before heard Of in n
western court. 1t was almost equal to strik-
ing woman, and the rufflan who could
have done that would have been torn ]imb
from limb. But something had to be done
and that Immediately. So the counsel
asked: .' -
Madam, are you sure your recollection
IS correct In this matter2 May you not be
2" .........
1T is just as have told you"
~ on are sure you did not dream it
imagine 1t, as it were 2"
II an sure that have related the cir
cumstance precisely as II occurred. There |
could have been no mistake about it,
Madam, and great beads of perspira
tlon stood out on the lawyers brow as he
nervcd himself for the momcntous issue
'madam, 90 you always tell the truth 2"
90, sir" was the response with n
snap and energy that made the interrogntor
stir uncasily in Ills seat '
"Madam, one more question and | nm
aone: at your age, do you still consider
yourself beautiful 2" .. ... 81
a brcathlcss silence fell upon the court
room. A crowd Of intcl estcd faces pcered
1t the woman with eager expectancy. It
was thu turning point in the trial As the
question slowly and iciy fell upon the wo-
mans ear shiver ran through her frame
ier face. .palcd for an instant and then flush
,d hotly: ;1''f'S'''.''''I
AT my age," she almost screamed,
~ my age, you william am yet but
4. "a |
ne ,I,,HipS 30, ''l,} maid md f'fty If IN bo,r
ense' 'fcc. ~ .,,n &C. The lawyer convcvaS
ian. se OF the situation in tic briof bi'eyea c~nro
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1879-07-18
Letter from Medley's.

Mr.. Editor I'm looking over some Of my
former communications fear have done in
justice to the members of the Board of County
Commissioners, especially TO the Commits
ssner of the Third district. | have IN .de it
appear that Mr.. Poole voted one way in the
board and talked differently at home such was
not the case. He says he voted with the Com
missioners on the school appropriation, but ia
warm friend Of our county schools have
been Informed that The records does not bear
me out in regard to the cnrtailing of the
judges salaries, as they heretofore have not
allowed over one day, except when county
officers were voted for, il such is the TACT cheer
fully withdraw what said on that subject.
Being done with the Commissioners for the
present will say few words of a pleasant
affair on the intellectual order which trans
pired in our midst q few weeks past, which
have not seen an account of in your paper.
1t was the regular commencement at Birarey
Hall, which is owned and conducted by Mrs.
Porter and her proficient daughter as board
ing school for young ladies. Ii Of the young
ladies acquitted themselves with credit, There
was committee appointed to look over their
written reviews, who reported very faverably
both scholars and teachers. There could be
no better location for school of this KIM, for
its vicinity is proverbially healthy, and a, for
the proficiency Of its matrons aud teachers,
they cannot be exceled, for it is conducted
more like a kind mother and loving sitter
helping the minds of their own household TO
expand In the knowledge of q refined edum-
ton. 1t would be to the advantage Of any
parent who contemplates patronizing school
Of the kind TO see the matrons OF Briarley Hal
before making up their minds where they will
send their children,as its equal is hard to find
MEpLEY's