The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-07-24

| lcullttittlOH VI tit1 W dSnll'SiOn ISailOna
Monumont Qur which II further apprc
priatiom vi SOL 900 has, been made b,
nCopgrcss) is just about onc-ha!f com
plctcd under the former appropriate,
Of $3G 600, and will now be pushct
with all possible dispatch consisten
with the safety ofthe work. Thcreur,
about sixty men employed under til,
! direct supervision of Mr. j. Ii. Nc
Laughlin, who will be remembered a
having had charge Of the erection of th'
! posed, the work Of untlcrpiiIlimg re
! qUircs great care. Every day or two
observations arc made to determine
the least detection Of the shaft, and tn,
! result Of each observation is careful,
recorded, and from the data thus OBJ
! tanned the work for the following dayi.
blocked out. Besides these obscrva
tions those by 4 plumb-linc hung from
the top of the shaft (about no feet il
! hcighD arc carefully noted and com
pared with the other observations
Any DETECTION Of the shaft not Durccp-
tiblc to the naked oyc is apparent boil
by the instrument and the plumb-linc
and such detection is corrected in the
succeeding work. Thus far there have
been used ., 800 barrels Of cement, and
bids are out for 6,SO0 more to be used
i'll the foundation, and SO confident is
the commission that this part Of the
work will be completed This season
that they have directed Colonel Casey
to put in place thirty OF forty feet OF
marble work by the time Congress as
scmblcs next Dcccmbcr.-I IVuShingtou
Stur. .......
HAWTHORNE AT Hawthorne
love for the sea- amounted to Il passion
ate worship, and while others were
longing to reach land as soon as posi-
bic, he was saving, in his quiet, earn
est way: 81 should like to sail on and
on forever, and never touch shore
again" Sca-sickncss he declared he
could not understand, and was cor.
stantly recommending most cXtraordi-
nary dishes and drinks, call made out
Of the artists brain,' which he said
were sovereign remedies for nautical
illness. In his rcyclry Of fancy hc ad-
viscu Il few roc's eggs beaten up by a
mermaid Oh a d0lphin's back. a
cruel from the shcaf of Robin Hoods
arrows would be strengthening. lie
said he had heard Ola dose Of salts dis
TILED from the tears of Niobe, but he
didn't approve ofthat remedy, prefer
ring hearty food, such as pottcd fowl,
with Minerva sauce, airy tongues OF
sirens, stewcd ibis, the wings of q
Phoenix, not too much done, love-lorn
nightingalcs cooked brislily over
Aladdin's lamp, Mrs. Cacy's chicken
pics, nautilus chowdcr and the like.
lis own appetite was excellent, and
day after day he used to come on deck
and describe to me what hc had eaten.
Sometimes there were 'scvcral yards
Of steak" and q ''wholc warrcnfli OF
Welsh rabbits" The spirit of humor
was upon him during many Of those
days at sea, and he reyclclin it like Il
careless child yesterday With Iu-
MorS.
SAFETY FROM LIGIITNING.- is ncv-
CT too soon to go in the house when a
storm is rising. When the clouds arc
fully charged with electricity thcy arc
most dangerous, and this fluid obcys Il
subtle attraction which acts ut great
distances and in all directions. a wo-
man told INC of a bolt which came
down her mothers chimney from a ris-
ing cloud when the sun was shining
overhead. Mp. Willis writes Of Il
young girl killed while passing under
u telegraph wire on the brow OF a hill
while she was hurrying home before Il
storm. People should not be tool-bar-
dy about sitting IN the porches or by
open WindoMa whether the, storm is
hard or not. Mild. showers often carry
a single charge which falls with deadly
effect. 1T may ornay not be fatal to bl
out; it is safe to be in the house, with
,i.c windows and doors shut. The dry
al in u house is a readier conductor of
lightning than the damp air outside,
and n dlaught of air invites it.. Ahot iii G
IA achimncy attracts it, so TO spcaha
People arc very ignorant or reckless
about lightning. have seen girl OF
lScrying with fear of lightning, and
running every other moment to The
window to sec if tho storm was, moi
abating, unconscious that she IINas put
ting herself in danger. If every one
would hurry. to shelter as soon as =,
storm cloud was bali way up the sky,
when certain il was coming nearer, if
they would SHUT the doors and win
doWs, and keep away from them after
ward, and from bell wires, stove pipes,
mantels, chimney breasts, heaters and
mirrors, with their silvcred backs
which carry electricity, and keep away
from lightning rods and their vicinity
and from metal water spouts, they
might dismiss the fear of lightning
from their minds, SO far as it is thing
ofrcason and not of Impression .-NeV
York Sun. ..
Tho boy stood on the backyard
fence, whence all but him had fled, the
flames that lit his fathers barn shonc
just above the shed. One bunch OF
crackers in his hand, two others in Ills
hat, with piteous accents loud he cried
'T never thought Of thatl" A buncl
of crackers to the tail Of one small dog
he'd tied the dog in anguish sought
the barn and mid its ruin died. The
sparks flew wide and red and hot, they
| lit upon that brat; they fired the crack.
crs in his hand and ckc those in his
hat. Then came a burst Of rattlina
sound--thc boy! Where was hegonci
Ask of the winds that far around
Strewn1 hits Of meat and hone onC