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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08
II CHINESE BRIDE.
Some Details ofthc Curious Wedding Cere-
mOny In San Frnncisco,

N'otS Shn tr0nc1BcO.
All Guy, which being Interpreted
means Alice the Angel, was married
to Charles Jamison, al Interpreter, in
San Francisco fortnight ago. The
bridegroom had fitted up his future
home with Chinese and American fur
niturc. On the walls were hung
a number Of large strips of red
paper, on which were stamped Chi
nesc proverbs relating to married life.
On table in the first room were lac
qucrcd trays containing Chinese dried
1rillts and swcctmcats, while on the
others were tiny cups for tea. There
were also on tho table Chinese orna-
mcnts and several watcr-pipcs. One
afternoon at five o'clock. the chapcrons
conducted the bride to the rooms of
her future husband, bnt before she
crossed tho Threshold ofthc door thcv
threw heavy handkerchief over her
head, and shut out everything from
her sight. This they told her was to
warn her that in entering tho married
state she was CROPPING into the dark
future. The bridal pair knclt before
a small altar from which hung anccs-
tral tablets, and each offered PRAYER,
after which they went into the other
room where they seated themselves.
One of tho 'chapcrons poured tea into
two OF the cups. and offered these to
tho groom and bride, telling each to
take sip. This being done, they took
the cups again, mixed the contents,
and returning them to the pair, told
them to drink, saying that as their lips
had touched the beverage they would
draw inspiration from each other bv
partaking OF the mixture. The bride
accompanied by the chapcrons, fol-
lowed by the groom and some rcla-
ttlves, headed procession and left the
house, amid the explosion Of fire.
crackers, and marched to a restaurant
where the guests had assembled. The
bride was attircd in a now dark silk
gown, which touched the floor, and
hid her feet from view; on her arms
were heavy gold bracelets, and on the
fingers other left hand two gold rings.
Her raven black hair was pomadcd
and dressed with artificial flowers and
gold pieces.
Tho word hari-kari is of Japanese
origin. The act Of sclfdiscmbowel-
ment with donblo sword called tho
hari-kari was formerly tho principal
capital punishment Of tho Japcneso
empire. Attolward tho discmbowel-
mont was not necessarily suicidal.
Ihat method punishment is not now
practiscd. The word hari-kari has
come into use to limited cxtent in
Mngllsh, in metaphorical scnse.
tio9gh not as yctincorporatcd in tho
dictionaries. ll1
While pride is continually dunncd
fOrMMpaid clothing bills, economy Ia
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

. While pride is continually dunned
iorunpaid clothing bills, economy is
happy i'll wcll-worn surtout. "
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08
RAILROAD sCEYEDEJH,N

Ihe following Is tho present schedule OF orr,-
tI. xai3 on the Charlotte. Columbia aud Auliista
Mnniiroad, tnd, on tho basis OF Washington time
WlnnSDorO limo - ~ ,"'""i "h"'i
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

MI. DarWn ms btcn grnUhcU 70
learn that the examining surgeon at
Agram, Austria, has found in u patch
ofrccruits young man with n "siX-
incll-long prolongation Of the cerfcd.U
spinalis, in shape somewhat analogous
to a two-ycar-old pigs tail with IL
twist. -,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

"A reporter who saw jeff. Davis
recently, says he, is tall but slender.
His erect, guant form, sharp, thin fca-
lures, gray hair, short, grizzly beard,
and defective eye give him Il spcctcr-
like appearances lie is very atlablc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08
THanl ERsuGIND OE ALL!
HOLLOWAY'S PILLS!!

Il had no nppetite;, Holloway's Pills
give mo II hearty one"
"rour Pills arc marvellous"
II send for anothor box, and keep them
in tho house"
"Dr. Holloway has ourod my hcad ache
TINT was chronic.
IL gave one of your Pills to my bnbe
for cLolem morbus. Tno dear little
thing got well in u day"
"'y nausea Of morning is now
cured"
Your box Of Holloway's Ointment
cured mo of noises in the heNd. l
rubbed some Of your Ointment behind
the ears and thenoise has loft"
send mo two boxes; want ono for q
poor family"
Il enclose dollar; your price is 25
cents, but tho medicine to me is worth
dollar"
"Scnd mo five boxes of your Pills"
"Let me have three boxes Of your
Pills by return mail, for chills and
fever"
have over 200 such testim onials rs
these, but want of space ooplpeis me to
conclude.
FoR CuTANEous DISORDERS,
And all eruptions of tho skin, this Oint-
ment is most Invaluable. It does not
heal externally alone, but penetrates
vi h the must searching effects to the
very root of evil
HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT.
Possessed of this remedy, every mrn
may be own doctor. It may be rubbed
into the system. SO As to reach any in
| ternal complaint; by these means. cures
sores or ulcers III the throat stomach,
liver. spine or other pnrts. It is m in
mlliblc remcdy for bal legs, bad breasts,
contracted or stif joints. gout, rheuma.
tism and al skin diseases.
IMroRT.N CAUT1oN.-None nre genuine un-
| less the signature OF j. UAYDoCK rs agent for
| the United States surrounds zach box OF Pills
and Ointment Boxes ut 2s cent?, 62 cents, and
! 81 each.
60 There Is considerable saving by taking
| the larger sizes. HOLLOWAY s. Co,
| New York.
feb 15-1y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

The sad.complcxioncd son OF sun
ny Italy, who recently propelled the
handle Of the rotating chcstnut-roa<tcr,
the voicc-inspiring, car-picrcing crank
Of the hand-organ.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

CONSUMPTION CURgD.-An old physician, re.
ttred from practice. having had placed in his
Ia OF simple vegetable remedy, for the speedy
an ana permanent cure for consumption, bronch
affections. also positive and radical cure fnss
nei voas debility and all nervous complaints.
AFTER having tested its wonderful curative pow
to make Y known to his suffering fellows,
rnIewd nGtsateS Sry Sy this motive, and desire to
rGGyo rhnyg ~ human nj & &suneling, will send, free OF
luli directions for preparing and rsing, in Ger.
ira, nan, Frencn, or English. Sent by mail by ad-
York. onrii oa ny Ne"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

United States Senator Sharon has
bright aid intcil1sa,.S. TIC IS It n.a,r.. w
some sharp-loolling fellow, with bril-
liant black eyes, and wears his hair in
tho ordinary American fashion.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-08

Complaint is made in Lcadvilc
that the whiskcy is nothing but snow
water scented with vitriol. When
eight hundred. gallons can be drawn
from one barrel it is time for even q
dairyman to blush.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30
A NOTEWORTHY MEMENTO.

Among the most noteworthy of the
recent mementoes of the war is the meA
mortal obelisk erected at Salisbury, N.
c., to mark the burial place of the North
ern soldiers who perished in the adjacent
prison pen during the last years of the
great conflict Tt has been estimated
that the 18 trenches contain no fewer
than ll,7O0 men buried promiscuously,
without the possibility of Identification,
from which circumstances this burial
ground is known as the cemetary of the
"Unknown Dead" 1t lies about half a
mile from the town of Salisbury, on
sloping ground, and has an extent of
about seven acres, surrounded by mas
sive stone wall. The cemetery proper
covers two acres, the other FIVE being
laid out as lawn, and planted with
trees. A neat lodge has been erected at
the main entrance, over which the ma
tional colors are daily displayed in fine
weather. The monument itself, plain
obelisk of New Hampshire granite, 36
feet 10 inches in height, is from design
by Augustus Van Cleef, of New York,
and was erected at cost of $4,000.
The unknown names of the dead are po-
etically symbolized by yelled shield.
A sword and hemlet typify the national
struggle. and pair of broken fetters the
bursting of the prison bonds by death.
Over all, surrounded by laurel wreath,
is the inscription "Rro Patraa." The
monument, standing on the highest par
of the slope. is plainly visible from the
railway, and forms one of the most pic
turesque features of the local panorama.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

from beneath him. He's going out with
the tide. e And it being low water
he went out with the tide. Ibid. chap. 80.
"Don't cry! Is my chair there? In
its old place? q 20 That face, SO
full of pity and grief. that would appeal
to me. that solemn hand upraised toward
heaven 1t is over. Ibid. chap. So.
'One new mound was there, which had
not been there last night. Time. bur.
rowing like mole below the ground.
had marked its track by throwing up
another heap Of earth. ''-Martin Chaas
sleaOst, chap. 10.
"She was dead. No sleep so beautiful
and calm, so free from trace of pain, SO
fair to look upon. She seemed creature
fresh from the hand of God and waiting
for the breath of life, not one who had
lived and suffered death. She was past
all help or need of it. We will not wake
her. Old CURIOSITY Shop, chap. II.
'.The hand soon stopped in the midst
of them; the light that had always been
feeble and dim behind the weak transpar.
ency, went out. ."-Hard Times, chap. 9.
"For a moment the closed eyelids
trembled, and the faintest shadow Of
smile was seen. Thus, clinging to that
slight spar within her arms, the mother
drifted out upon the dark and unknown
sea that rolls round all the world" p
Don,bey and Son, Uol. l, chap. l.
"It's very near the sea 1 hear the
waves /! The light about the head is
shining on me as go!' The old, old
fashion, that came in with our first gar
ments, and will last unchanged until
our race has run its course, and the wide
armament is rolled up like scroll. Oh !
that God for that older fashion yet, of
Immortality! And look upon us, angels
of young children, when the swift river
bears US to the ocean" Ibid, chap. II.
"In this round world of many circles
within circles, do we make a weary
journey from the high grade to the low
to find at last that they lie close together,
that the two extremes touch, and that
our journeys end is but our starting
place ?"-Ihd, chap. 81.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30
CHARLES DICKENS CREED.

Dickens preached-not in a church
nor from a pulpit, but gospel which
the people understood-the gospel of
kindliness, sympathy,-in a word, hu-
manity. His creed may be found in the
following beautiful extracts on the SUBJ
ject of death
"Even when golden hair lay in halo
on a pillow. round the worn face of a
little boy, he said with radiant smile I:
Dear papa and mama, | am very sorry
to leave you both and to leave my pretty
sister, but am called, and | must 60.
Thus the rustling of an angels wings
got blended with the other echoes and
had in them the breath of heaven. -
Tale of Taco Cities, book 2. chap. 81.
There is no time there, and no
trouble there. The spare hand does not
tremble; nothing worse than sweet,
bright constancy is in her face. She
goes next before him-is gone. Ibid
book 8. chap. l5.
'.The dying boy made answer. j shall
soon be there He spoke of beautiful
gardens stretched out before him. arc
we're filled with figures of men and many
children, all with light upon their faces
and then whispered that it was Eden,
and SO died.-Nscholas Nickelby, chap. 58
"'It's very dark, sir. Is there an,
light acoming? The cart is shaken al
to pieces, and the rugged road is yer,
near its end. I'm gropin'-a gropin
let me catch hold of your hand. Hal
lowed be Thy name Dead my lord
and gentlemen. Dead men and women
born with heavenly compassion in you
hearts. And dying thus around US ever
day. Bleak House, chap. AZ.
''He slowly laid his face down upo
her bosom, drew his arm closer roun
her neck, and with one parting sob bega
the world. Not this world, oh, not this
the world that sets this right l"-Ibit
chap. 65.
''If this is sleep, sit by me while
sleep. Turn me to you, for your face
going far off, and / want it to be near
And she died like child that had goI
to sleep. "-David COppeyfeld, chap.
'.Time and the world were slippiI
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

1t Is wonderful how a rich papa i'm
proves girls looks.
Why does Mr.. Skinfint. the possessor
of so many millions, always travel third
class Because there is no fourth class.
A young man whose girl lives some
distance out of town, says his Sunday
night walk includes 1.-TWO miles and one
lap"
He said but little, yet as he gazed on
the mutilated edge of his best razor he
mentally vowed never again to marry
woman with corns.
A New Orleans man, being just about
to fail. was asked how man cents he
intended to pay on the dollar. "Just as
many as can borrow" was the reply.
An ambitious young writer having
asked, What magazine will give me the
highest position quickest p was told :
"a powder magazine, if you contribute
a fiery article"
A lady engaged to be married and
getting sick of her bargain applied to a
friend to help her unite the knot before
it was too late. "Oh, certainly" she re-
piled, lit is very easy to unite it now
while it is only beau knot"
"Do you mean to call me a liar ?'
asks a ferocious old gentleman. "Well,
no; not exactly" temporizes his young
friend, "but if saw you in the company
of Ananias and .Sapphira should say
you were in the bosom of your family"
Paris green works we'll for or against
potato bugs. If fences are down and
neighbors don't agree about rebuilding,
a good stock of Paris green on a field
adjoining pasture filled with stock,
will start the fences-at least by the
owner of the stock
A lawyer and a parson were talking
about which way the wind was. The
former said: "We 60 by the court house
vane." "And we." said the parson, 'g(
by the church vane." "Well," said the
lawyer, sin the matter of wind that il
the best authority"
Ice cream and strawberry short cak,
now rally to the bracing up of the churcl
funds, supplementing the winters worl
of the oyster. and the deacon's daughte
looks little more attractive handling
about nice plate of luscious ripe straw
berries that rival the color in her cheeks
than she ever did trying to balance no
bowl of oysters without spilling then
into her particulars lap.
A writer on household adornment says
Zone can easily transform a long an
uninteresting parlor into series of smal
artistic rooms, full of sentiment. Garthe
there easy chairs. footstools. lounge
. strewn with pillows, work stands, wri
! ing tables, jardinieres, bits of buhl furr
! iture, screens, etc." Oh, yes; thes
. triHes cost comparatively nothing An
e you might also bring up the wood hors
5 and saw, and the washing machine, an
e ill it with two or three rosewood pianos
Q and strew few coal sieves over the foo
q q and hang the wash boiler and sewers
{. iron pots on the walls-and you will
surprised at the effect.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

BUSINESS NoTEs.-The Philadelphia
Ledger, which is careful authority on
the coal trade. says that the production
of anthrancite coal up to July ! is ex-
pected to exceed that of last year by
about 100000 tons, and that the CO.
operation for the regulation of prices
which was recently hoped for has become
less probable. The market is feyerish
and a fresh decline in prices is antici.
pated unless production is diminished.
The consumption of the past ten months
is marvellous and shows what a market
the producers can depend on if they can
only sell at prices which consumers can
afford to pay.
The exports of domestic products from
New York are unusually large. both in
amount and variety. The total value
was $6,3l5,753 against 6,252,76O the
corresponding week of last year.
New York papers report decided ad
vance in real estate in that city during
the past few weeks.
The decided advance of coastwist
freights and the improvement in the lum
Der trade constitute piece of almos
unlocked for good fortune to two interests
which have suffered greatly during tn,
years of business depression.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30
THOUGHTFUL THOUGHTS.
No legacy as rich as honesty.

No legacy as rich as honesty.
The greatest prayer is patience.
One has only to die to be praised.
1t is easier to blame than to do better
Would you be strong conquer yourself.
There is no good in preaching to the
hungry.
A man used to vlcissitude is not easily
detected.
One smile for the living is worth
dozen tears for the dead.
The best thing in the world is to be
able to live above the world.
Charity gives itself rich, but covetOus-
ness boards itself poor.
Everybody knows good counsel except
him that hath need of it.
Life is comedy to him who thinks,
and a tragedy to him who feels.
He who can take advise is sometimes
superior to him who can give it.
Divine vengeance comes with feet of
lead, but strikes with hand of iron.
All things are admired. either because
they are new or because they are not
great.
A man, when he rises in the morning,
little knows what he may do before night.
Human life is everywhere state in
which much is to be endured and little
to be enjoyed.
little less money and little more
good character would improve hosts Of
people vastly.
Our best intentions, even when they
have been most prudently formed. fail
often in their issue.
Far happier are they who always know
what they will do.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30
A HINT ABOUT DRAINS.

If Vermont expects to attract summer
sojourners from the cities. her people
must look to sanitary matters more than
hitherto, for every case like that at New
ark calls fresh notice to the fact that
little attention is paid to drainage by
most farmers and many villagers. There
ought not to be sink slop hole near the
door, and above all things no sink spout
or pipe should extend into the house
without being trapped against gas. A
great many people don't know what a
drain trap is. 1t consists of a piece of
pipe, like the letter S in horizontal
position, thus, % connected at each end
with the drain pipe. The depressed
portion will always remain filled with
water, and that is generally an efectual
bar against the gas. But if the drain
connects with regular sewer, or if
water closets are used, every trap should
have a ventilating pipe, as large as it
self. running up through the roof. And
even after all this care has been taken,
sinks and closets should be kept clean.
The Boston Transcript, moved by the
Newark case, remarks thus -
Care about such vital matters is not
one of the things in which the country
is superior to the town. Cases must be
familiar in every ones experience where
the summer removal for the health of
family has only brought death into it
with the typhoid fever or diphtheria or
other form of blood poisoning from sew :
age and its exhalations. The pump and
the sink are too generally on fatal terms
of familiarity in old farm houses and
even in summer resort cottages.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

A MANS VIEWS ON WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
What terrible sight to behold what
a story of woe must be told what
chance for the men folks to scold when
women can vote. Then infants must
prattle alone, or be left with their sis
ters half-grown, when motherly ballots
are thrown, where women do vote. Then
ladies shall orators turn. and the wires
of politics learn. leaving bread in the
ovens to burn, while women shall vote.
If the fashions continue to be as foolish
as those that we see, twill be horrid,
you all must agree. when women can vote.
For the dresses. if made with q train,
shall be gracefully gathered in vain for
excitement will drop them again, when
women shall vote. Then will follow
terrific abuse of the men whose promis-
cous use of tobacco stains dresses with
juice, where women shall vote. When
the ladles 0utnumOer the men IN ratio
of twenty to ten Oh, what will become
Of US then, if women can vote 1t will
seem like between and betwixt, and mat
ters be awfully mixed All! I'll tell you
how things will be fixed. when women
can vote. Mrs. Kerney-the bold-will
be there, and. though too enlightened to
swear, she will say NOV Ivum" or ''de-
clare bloated men shall not vote And
of course. to pay the old score. they will
order us out of the door. and men shall
be voters no more :. i. only s0omen shall
cote Then will husbands stay meekly
at home. while the ladies in dignity
roam round the building where glistens
the dome-over WOMEN who vote
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

SOME INTERESTING DATEs.-Post Off
ces were first established in 1864 prin-
ted musical notes were first used in 1873;
watches were first constructed in 1866 !;
America was discovered in 1892; the
printing press was set up at Copenhagen
in 1893; Copernicus announced his dis
covery of the true system of the universe
IN 1917; Albert Durer gave the world
prophecy of future wood engraving in
1927; Jergens set the spinning wheel
in motion In 1888, the germ of all the
busy wheels and looms of ten thousand
future factories modern needles first
came into use in 1915; the first knives
were used in England and the first
wheeled carriages in France In 1869 1.-THE
first newspaper was published in Eng
land in 1898; telescopes were invented
in 1890. These are some of the most
important headlands Of European history
within single century.-Eclectst
| IeUcHeT. 8fi 1905 fi11 at
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30
THE BEAR AND THE DORG.
BY ]. t. TRowBRIDGE.


Says uncle Slow to uncle Joe,
''This card that jest read
Is as square," says he, "as a card can be,
An the amt no moro to be said.
The hunt for the fraud is good hunt yit,
An Sammy is still ahead"
Says uncle Joe. II guess that's so;
That's jest about So" says he,
''sam's like the pup Tom Beale brought up
Good pup as ever ye see
To bark at a bull behind the bars,
Or squirrel up a tree.
"Jest fetch his nose to a chipmunk hole,
How the critter would tear an yelpI
You'd "a sartin thought that dorg could "a fought
Six grizzlies an ax'd no help.
Upon my word, If ever yod heard
Tom make his brags o. the whelpl
"One night bear lugged off pair
Ofnice fat pigs for Beale;
One under each arm he crossed the farm,
An ye might "a heard 'em squeal
All over the lot. till he came to a spot
Where he stopped to have his meal.
atom heard the racket, an rushed to the pen
An found what the brute had done;
He lit his lantern and called his dorg,
AN now says he, for the funI'
As he rammed large bulldozin' charge
In his dOuble-barTeled gun.
"He found the spot an made one shot,
An then began the chaseI
The sun was up, when the bear an pup
Tore off at a thunderin pace
Through piece OF woods, an Tom was left
Behind 'em in the race.
"IIe fOllered the trail-'twas easy enough;
Bimeby a man he met
Milk-pail in hand. and Tom didn't stand
Very much on etiquette.
'Hev ye seen,' says he. "a bear an dorg?'
An the man, says he, you betr
"'How long ago?' Bout a quarter'n hour
Tom wiped the sweat an said,
Which had the advantage, should ye think {?
The feler scratched his head
In a candid way: Wal. the dorg, sh'd say,
For he was leetle ahead
"Now it seems to me-" uncle Joe, says he,
That's jest the OF mans case;
The hunt for fraud is good hunt still.
An his card may be an ace
But Sammy somehow has got jest now
At the wrong end of the race"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-06-30

Josh Billings says: i" If anybody has
hard work to please most people, it is
an editor. If he omits anything he is
lazy. If he speaks of things as they
are, people get angry. If he CLOSES over
or smooths down the rough points. he is
bribed. If he calls things by their proper
names, he is declared unfit for his posi-
ton. If he does not furnish his readers
with jokes. be is mullet. If he does,
he is rattle-head. lacking stability. If
he INDUCES in personalities. he is a
blackguard. If he does not, his paper
Is dull and insipid."