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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-25
An Old Story Re-told.

Vice-Admiral Lord Nelson was a great
sea captain If ever one lived. When, on
the 10Th of September. 1905, he hoistcd
his flag on board tho Victory, and arrived
off Cadiz on his birthday to take command
of the Mediterranean fleet. lie meant
fighting. There was no suspicion of hcsl-
tation In his tactics. The force under him
consisted of twenty-sevcn sail Of the line
and four frigatcs, which he Withdrew from
the vicinity of Cadiz to q station sixteen or
eighteen leagues to the westward, 'in the
hope Of inducing the enemy to put to sea-"
These were the days of dash and manhood,
and great must have been Nelson's cxulta-
ton when, on tho morning of, October tho
21st, just at daybrcak, the combined French
and Spanish fleets, consisting of thirty
three sail Of tho line and seven frtgatcs,
were seen ahead to leeward twelve miles.
The Admiral lost no time, for before twelve
the British feet was bearing down on tho
crescent shaped position of the enemy, and
then 1t was that Nelson hoistcd the signal,
England expects that every man will do
his duty" The only fenr was that the
enemy might run for refuge, therefore
Nelson notified to Collingwood, 81 intend
to pass through tho van Of tho cncmy's
l,no to prevent him from getting into
Cadiz." There was an affectionate anxiety
about the impetuoslty and determination Of
the commander, so Captain Blacwood pro-
posed that the Temeraire should 60 ahead
OF tho Victory, in case that vessel might
draw the principal attention of the enemy's
fire. 90 yes, let her 60 ahead" replied
Nelson but at tho same time he had
clearly no intention of allowing any such
ttino for t,a would not hermit an inch Of
canyas to be taken In, and the Victory con;
tinued to lead tho column, closely, huggcd
by the Teneraire.; II was Co)lingwood
however, who began the fight on board the
Royal Sovereign, commanding the lee divi-
sion, and the feelibgs, Of the, two brave men
at this important moment found utterance
almost at the, same iIstant. "What would
Melton 6yes 70 bo here3" exclaimed Col
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-25
"R0CK ME TO SLEEP"

''"cA"std turn backward, o Time! iu your
flight '"
mako mo oiild again--.just for Tonight
mo'hef' come back from tho echoless shore.
hA"e mo again 10 your heart az Of yore.
hlss lrom my foreheads tho FUR IVA OF cnro
olhootH sho few silver threads out OF my hair:
over my siumbers your loving watch keep
hock mo to sleep. Mother, rock mo to sloep,
Backward flow backward. swift tide OF
years!
a'n weary Of toll, am weary of tears;
Aoli Win ut recoinpanse, tears all In vain.
!"Re them. and give me my childhood again,
nave grown woary Of dust and decay
weary OF hlnginy my soul-wea;th away,
weary of sowin5 for others to reap;
Hook mo to y go !, Mother rock mo to s,ea,I
1lrod OF tho hollow, tho base, tho untrue:
M'ther' Mpth"ri my heart calls for YOU!
many summer the grass has grown groom,
hiossomlng AMI tadod our faoes betwoon:
1et with strong yearning aud passiouate pain.
Long toni LIT for your pr senco again,
Nome from the silence so long and 10 deep-
hook mo to sleep. Mother rock mo to sloep!
"Over my heart in tho days that haye flown.
NO love liko mot ior-lovo ever has shown;
No other worsbip.abiles and endures.
faithfnl unselhs'l, and patient. like yours:
None like mothor can charm away pain
From tho sorrow II soul and the worid-weary
brain;
slumbers soft calm o'er my weary lid, creep
Rock mo to sleep, Mother. rook mo to sloep!
Come lot your brown hair just lighted with
god.
Fall on my shoulders again as Of old;
Let 1t fall over my forehead tonight,
Shielding my eyes from tho hickerins light.
For oh! with It's sunny-edged shadows onoo
more, ..-N..
laply will throng the sweet vision Of yore;
Lovingly, softly its bright willows weep
Rock me to sleep. Mothor. rock me to sleop!
Mother. dear mother! the years have been
ong
Since last was hushed by your lul' sby song
sing, then again!-t) NV soul it shall soon
Womanhood's years hage been only dr., am
Clasp to your arms in loving embrace,
With your soft. II hit lashes just sweeping my
face
Nevcr Ii reafter to wake or to weep;
Rock me to sic p, Mother rock mo to slo. pr
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-25
C0lOrH ana Contrnots,

II we combine two primary colors, sav
blue and yellow, in order to make sec
orcn 9ndary G,s Gol1ra which in this case will be
maximum of intensity when it is placed be-
side its complementary red. In the same
way orange will be intensified by blue, and
violet by yellow. On the other hand, red
placed beside green will seem more red,
orange will intensity, violet will make yell
low more brilliant. If, however, wo take
these very colors which intensity each other
by juxtaposition, and mix them together,
they will be entirely destroyed. If we tako
red and green of tho same intensity and
mix them together in equal proportions, we
will obtain pure colorless gray {; the same
with blue and orange and with violet and
yellow. This phenomenon Is called achro-
matism. Achromatism Is also produced by
mixing the three primary colors in equal
proportions. Sulphur, campanula and
capsicine mixed equally will destroy each
other and produce colorless gray. If,
however, wo put sulphur beside garnet,
which IN the rose is exactly opposite to it,
these two tints being complementary will
act on each other, and will mutually hcigh-
ten each others color. Chcvcrcal says that
when we mako stroke on canvas with
brush full Of color, we do not merely tint
with this color all the part touched with a
the brush but the surrounding space also
is tinted by the complementary color 80 a
red circle If surrounded by blue halo, q
yellow by a violet one, and the reverse.
When two different colors are juxtaposed
they receive" says Owen Jones, "a double
modification, first as to their tone, the light
color appearing lighter and the dark darker.
Secondly. as to their tint, each will become
tingcd with the complementary Of the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-25

y One trismphs ,oyor calumhy Only III
seorning tt.N 9af Tth %il3A6 oars iltN !
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
scH11EMANN AT rTAoA1N.
Digging Up Buried Troy and 1eyinl
Bare the Walls Of Priam's I'alsess.-

Digging Up Buried Troy and Laying
Bare the Walls Of Priam's Palaess.--
~ Treasures Discovered. 81 Y
After an interruption of Eve years
and half. DR.. Schliemann has resumed
his research of the buried Troy. Hav'
ing. through the friendly interposition
of Sir A. Layard, obtained firman from
the porte authorizing him to proceed, he
opened his trenches on Mount Hissarlik
on the 3Oth of September. and has since
prosecuted his labors with the greatest
energy and confident expectation OF
success. The terms on which the firman
was granted are rather 0nerouB. The
Imperial museum at ConstantinOple il
to receive two-thirds of the discoveries
while DR.. Schliemann has to content
himself with one.third and bear all the
expenses, now amounting to $4,000 d
month. Kadri Ornantoglo Bey, dele
gate of the Turkish government, is OF
the spot, and DR.. Schliemann has beer
furnished with a guard Of ten gen
darmes, who, he says, "are Of great ser
vice to me, as they protect me and keel
watch on my workmen, who are nov
forced to he honest"
Writing on the 18th of October he tell
us that he has 1875 workmen CONSTANT,
employed, and that he is removing tn
debris in man.carts and wheelbarrows
but would now also employ horse carts
The day wages Of his common laborer
are ii piastres; of his overseers, from 3
to 66; of his servants, As; joiner, %, AM
wheeler, 35-l90 piastres being equal t
FL sterling. To Kedri Bey, the Turkisl
delegate, he pays ELS, and to the ger
darmcs together G22 los. month
Further to encourage his workmen h
makes them a present (bakshefsh) of l
para (about one-third Of penny eve
for the smallest object of any interet
they may discover, and without thi
gratuity he does not think he shout
. Scr, ,ct an o;rh%h IF tho optsruitik
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
gold beads, a bracelet of electrum e.

gold beads, a bracelet of electrum "a
mixture of, gold and silver), eleven silver
earrings, and twenty fragments Of neck.
laces, consisting of innunerable silver
rings strung. on pieces of ivory forming
curve. In an urn containing bones
and ashes were also found, among other
objects, piece of lustrous green Egyp-
tian porcelain 2 2-1O inches long, $40
inches broad, and l 15-10O inches thick.
This is the first time, he adds, that he
has found Egyptian porcelain at Troy.
A recent and noteworthy discovery il
a distatf OF wood found in the ancient
mansion, at a depth of % feet below the
surface. It is II inches long, and has a
large quantity of WOODEN thread wound
lengthwise around 1t. The wool is we'll
preserved, and the thread is as black as
a coal, probably from being charred.
But of all the discoveries which Dr.
Schliemann made beneath the mount OF
Hissarlik, perhaps there was none which
80 much astonished and exercised hi
mind a. the immense number" the
billions"-of shells of cookies and mus
sells found in all the strata of the pre-
historic debris" and found no more or
the shores of the Hellespont or 4Egean
There they were, and how were they t.
be accounted for?
DIR. Schliemann is now speeding rap
idly with his work. Where. sever
years ago, the removal of sixteen hun
bred metres of debris cost ESQ., it nov
costs but t24, thong h the wages of tn
laborer were then only nine or ten pias
tiers a day, and now fourteen. Abou
November Goth the division of the trea
sure was to have been made between tn
Turkish government and the indefatiga
bic explorer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02

are wholly in consequence of the de-
mand which has existed for such teas;
and the minister expressed the opinion
that if boards of trade in New York
and China would have known the fact
that pure teas are not only better but
cheaper, it would benefit both producer
and consumer. There is, he said, really
only one kind Of tea plant, and from
this both the green and black teas are
produced. The equivalents for the
two terms "green" and "black" do not
signify to the Chinese the color of the
tea, as in America, but have reference
to the time of gathering, "green" indi-
eating to them, as iu green corn" not
a color, but a state Of immaturitv.
! Yung Wing, who travelled extensively
, in the tea districts of China, said, in an
swer to an inquiry, that he saw no rea-
son, except the want Of Chinese labor,
why tea could not be pro6tably grown
in America, but that it l.; wholly a
question of labor. Cinnamon are EN-.
ployed even in Japan to super;ntend the
work Of culture and preparation, and
would be a necessary part of the same
work here. Expert Cinnamon would
however, not come to America as long a.
the present outcry against them Is main
tanned on the Pacific coast.-j5cientif
i,oez;rfu
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
AJoke on Senator Grover.

Senator Grover is the subject of a
neat little joke, which is pointed be-
cause it is true. Last summer he was a
member Of the special Indian commits
sion, and was up in Oregon with that
party. They desired to visit the camp
of the Nez Perces Indians, and had tele-
graphed ahead along the railroad for
such transportation as would convey
the whole party. The assembling of
teams collected quite crowd of peo-
pie, who thronged the depot, and
gazed and gazed upon the celebri-
ties, without any particular idea of
what they meant to do or who they
were. Senator Grover is extremely dig.
ni6ed, and seldom speaks unless spoken
to; but is remarkable for his extreme
politeness. He was walking up and
down the platform when his eye happen.
ed to fall upon little shock-headed,
ragged gamin. He. paused in his walk
near the boy, and said:
"My son, may ask you how far it il
to the camp of the Nez Perces?''
Eyes, sir" promptly answered the
boy and then came to full stop.
"How far is it?" asked the senator.
"Damn if know!" answered the boy
with perfect gravity Washington cor
respondent Cincinnati Enquirer.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
How to Get Pure Teas.

A delegation of Baltimore tea mer.
chants lately had an interview with the
Chinese embassy at Washington, chiefly
with reference to the introduction of
pure teas from China. to supplant in
American markets those which are COL
ored or adulterated. The minister said
through hisinterpreter that, the various
brands of tea sold in America and Eu-
rope are unknown to and not used by
the tea consumer in China. They are
specially prepared by the Chinese tea
exporters for the foreign market. They
are oolored by the use Of chemicals; and
the process, together with the peculiar
methods of fixing up tea for foreign
markets, not only renders the plant less
palatable and beneficial, but more ex-
pensive. The adulteration and coloring
Of tess for the foreign market, hs said,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
The Shipping Interests of Norway

The Norwegian nation is the smallest
of all European nations, but its COM
mercial fleet is the third largest in the
world. The Norwegian flag is, of all
foreign flags, that which is most fire.
quently seen in the harbor of New York,
and through the sound which connects
the Baltic with the North sea, and forms
the highway from London to St. Peters,
burg, often from threeto four hundred
Norwegian craft of every description
pass during one single day. In Norway.
although every man is not sailor, every
person is, nevertheless, more or less
directly connected with the shipping in
terest. To build ships or to sail them,
to own ships or to have part in them, is
a point in everybody's life all along
those thousand fjords which fringe the
coasts of Norway, and to the inland
farmer the most common manner of
placing his savings is to 60 down to the
sea and buy a part in a ship. Many a
Norwegian vessel, carrying timber to
England and coal back to Denmark, or
dried fish to Naples and oranges back to
st. Petersburg, represents the fortune
of whole village or parish, in which
even the servant girl may have share,
and to many a well-to-do Norwegian
farmer the source from which he draws,
and can draw, ready money is his ship
part. It may easily be understood, then,
with what feelings the Norwegian people
have seen their vessels come home this
year in the middle of September and lay
up for the winter before the fall had
fairly set in. They used to come about
Christmas, and here they are, three
months in advance, lying idle though
the sun still stands high in the heavens.
Neither the timber, nor the coal, nor
be moved. 49,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
Destructive Eires.

The Emerson piano factory, at Boston, was
burned on the night Of the 9th ult. Loss
100000. Elghy.ive men out of employ.
Ment.
Abdin palace, the winter residence OF the
khedive at Cairo, Egypt, was half destroyed
ny FIRE on the Goth ult.
A fire broke out in Hong Kong, China,
on Christmas and ragged two days. Loss
very great.
Six of the most valuable business houses
Gardner, Illinois, burned on the Goth
instant, probably through the efforts OF EN-
incendiary. Loss $4,000.
The court house Mt Maysville, Dekalb
county, Missouri, burned on Christmas.
All the county records, excepting those OF
the circuit clerk and treasurer were de.
stroyed. The value OF the property con.
sumedis said to be worth 100000.
The Globe and Niagara Touring mills, at
Black Rock, N. v, vanished in smoke on
the 25th. Loss $4,000; insurance $4,000.
The steamer J. P. Underhill burned al
| the wharf at Wilmington, N. c., on the oath
| The flames spread to the steamer Northead
and to the stores on the wharf. Hall a
square was burned including FIVE stores,
five warehouses, two steamers, two stables,
five horses, 100 hogsheads of molasses, 700
tons Of coal, 1000 barrels of resin, and q
large amount of other produce, involving
! 5000; insurance S35, 900.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
How to 60 to Sleep.

Sit down in an easy position, relaxing
all the muscles of the body, and let the
head drop forward upon, the breast, as
low as it will fall without forcing it..
sit quietly, this way for few minutes,
freeing all 'thetwill power Of the body,
and a restful drowsy feeling will ensue,
which will, if not disturbed, lead to re-
freshing sleep. If the sleepless fit comes
on in the night one can simply sit up in
tia position described. Stiffness of any
part of the body must be avoided, and
It is well to bend the body forward
after lying down, rather than to keep it
straight OF thrown back upon the pillow.
The writer suffered several years from
sleeplessness caused by severe pain aud
nervousness, and was taught the above
by physician. of great experience and
ability, and found through it complete
relief. Many persons similarly afflicted
within the writer's knowledge have tried
it, and always with good results.-Kd,''
sds City Journal. -. 'S,s',.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
A Portable Quarry.

For long time a lump has been Oh.
servable in the side of the jaw of horse
belonging to Superintendent Osbiston, of
the Gould & Curry and Best & Belcher
mines. The lump lay in near the jaw
bone, and could be moved about under
the skin. 1t seemed very hard, and no
liniment had power to soften or to drive
it away. Yesterday veterinary surgeon
made an incision, and to his astonish-
ment and that of all present, brought to
light a hard and smooth stone, about
two inches long and one inch in dame
ter. The stone was Of yellowish white
color, and apparently as hard as marble.
In order to make sure as 20 the nature
of the stone, Mr.. Osbiston took it to a
jewelry store of Mr.. NJ. NJ. Frederick,
and had it sawed in two lengthwise.
When the stone was thus cut in two
there was seen its center what had once
! undoubtedly been a grain of barley,
half of which was visible in each piece
Of the stone, the grain looking as though
petri6ed. Around this nucleus the stone
has formed in regular layers or growths,
the rings of which were distinctly to be
traced. The material of which the stone
was formed appeared to be the same as
is found in the incrustations on the
tubes of boilers. It is thought that the
grain of barley pierced the skin Of the
horses mouth and embedded itself in
the flesh; that the saliva from the
mouth of the animal then flowed on the
barley and deposited upon it limey mat
ter such as sometimes forms upon the
teeth Of men and animals. A small
concretion having thus been formed il
grew to be nodule of the size men
toned, the channel by which the grair
of barley entered having no doubt re
manned open all the time, thus allowing
of an inflow Of the salivary matter from
which the stone was deposited. Nom
of our veterinary surgeons or horsemel
have ever before seen or heard of cas-
of the kind. The stone is as hard q
marble and the annual markings a.
very distinct Virginia City { New En-
teyDrise.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
Where To Go.

Probably through ignorance Of its
existence, that part Of the last Govern
ment census report which aimed at
establishing ONE sort Of record or class.
ifcation OF mortality, does not receive
the practical attention which it deserves
Accord ng to this document, our coun-
try is exceedingly fortunate in possess
ing certain districts which are wholly,
or in a great degree, exempt from one
or another of tie diseases common to
most localities. 1t is we'll known: for
instance, that the ratio of deaths from
pulmonary consumption is much larger
: in some places than it is in others, the
climate in many instanoea, being e1'
ceedingy trying to persons who are
troubled with weak lungs. On this &C.
count, the frequent advice Of physi-
clans is that 4 chance of habitationshou]d
be made. Formerly Minnesota was the
locality to which invalids were oftenest
sent: then Florida became the favorite
place, bat now more go to Southern
, California and Colorado than anywhere
else. But al! this time, if the official
report is to be trusted, there have been
! places Of greater salubrity, within easier
travelling distance Of New York, which
have hardly been mentioned. The charts
which accompany the report referred te
contain maps OF the United States
shaded III such a manner that one car
easily fix upon the localities where
/ given diseases exert their deadliest in
fiuences, and contrariwise, district
where they are least to be dreaded
Now, by examining the one relating 4
pulmonary complaints it will be seer
that the lightest areas to be found q
the surface Of the chart are those which
cover over certain sections of Western
Virginia and Western North Carolina
In the latter State, among the Blu
Ridge Mountains, it would almost seen
as If death by consumption was ur
known, and yet, Of the hundreds VIII
annually leave this city and its SUI
roundings to seek less trying climate
we question whether more than one {
two ever find their way to this distric
It is possible that the accommodation
afforded there for sick people may not I
all that could be desired, through 1h
Gazetteer shows that there are severs
, towns within the circuit which hay
F acquired quite a reputation in th
: South as watering-places. But in til
: North their apparent advantages hay
been wholly overlooked and it mi ght
we'll for our physicians to inform then
, selves as to their availibity.-Near Yo5
l 7smea.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1879-01-02
The Sumner Trees,

AAC w dSAAAEIC A CO1ACSpOAACuG VI VIC
Boston Journal writes:
"Charles Summers friends will re-
member his allusion in the senate to
tree in the grounds east of the capitol,
the symmetrical shape of which is al
most perfect, the foliage forming slight
ly round cone, which is a little higher
than the diameter of its base. MIR. Sum.
ner used often to visit this tree, and in
abiding to it he used to quote the allu-
sion to tree of the same srecies-a
beech-by Virgil, in the beautiful open
ing lines Of the first of his Eblognes:
'Tityre, tn patulae recubans sub tegmine fagi,
eilvestrem tenui musam meditaris avena.'
Which is translated: Reclining under
the shade of the spreading beech, Tity.
rus, you practice pastoral song in low
notes. When the grounds east of the
capitol were graded, two years ago, the
surface in the vicinity of the Sumner
Beech was lowered about eight feet, and
circular mound was left about the tree.
This, however, was very dry, and the
tree showed evidences of decay. So it
was determined to lower it as it stood
A ditch IL feet deep and three feet in
width was excavated around the tree, at
distance of Is feet from the trunk.
The tree was then undermined, and earth
enough removed to let it fall squarely
down eight feet without disturbing
any of the roots. This was done in the
fall of 1877, and this summer the tree has
fourished again, evidently benefited by
having it's roots again below the surface
Of the ground. There is another tree
here which was selected in the nursery
by Mr.. Sumner, after some discussion 81
to what specie he would have, to be
planted in the small yard before the
window Of the dining-roo of his house
on Vermont avenue. 1t is an oak; and
it has grown to be quite tree.'