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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Ono oan's exc In Everything.

Ideals Of cxcellerccs, if not oxcel,onco,
themselves, are so graduated as to fit tho
dlterent orders of mind in which they take
their rise. Greatness Is not positive oual.
ity; 1t Is simply relative attribute.
The man who has hover succeeded IN on.
snartng single "specklcd beauty'' from
some "tortuous stleam" may truthfully
boast OF his eminent Esucccss in catching
sculpins. tf.
The man who canaot sing may yet have
voice peculiarly adopted to crying CLANS,
| oranges or charcoal T. .n
tic who is no dancer may DO good at
hitch-and-kick or Shiny ."
The man who was hot born to command.
to set squadron In the field, may surpass
al his acquaintances ip the untlring dovo-
ton he cvinccs In the oolorlng of his mccr.
schGm.. ~
The boy who is ever at~tho foot OF his
class may still be an expert in the formation
| and propulsion of sptballs.
Inc lad who Is nota pronounced success
at arithmetic may DO lsimply excellent at
mumblc-peg and taw.
The, woman who cannot mako o loaf of
bread fre,d,y may excel in thS making of frlls and
ohe VINO cannot play tho simplest air on
ING "asnDoard may execute the most diff
crlt themes upon the Pianoforte.
one VINO cannot datp stocking may 10
Tic envy OF her circle AOr her skill and taste
In worstcd work, in mArrying sky-blue dops
to pink backgrounds. Y
The mother who cal hot command the re-
Spect OF her children MAY yet be fawncd
upon by half a score okmale bipcds without
a spot on their dainty linen or an idea in
their heads
The son who never docs stroke of work
ut home may be supcrlatiyely active in the
bowling alley or billiard room.
The daughter who Ia too feeble to wash
the dishes may dance till the small hours of
the night after having, been shopping all
day.
The girl who cannot sew may chew gum
with tircless jaw.
great singer may not be able to smokc
the mildest of cigars without turning pale.
a general who has led armies on to vic
tory may be surpassed in profanity by the
raggcdcst strect-Doy in the city.
ho hand that has penned the divinest
poetry may be clownishly awkward with
the billiard cue.
The man who is capable of organizing
and carrying forward gigantic business en-.
terpriscs may be easily outdCne ut caucus
management by the shabbicst politician of
his ward
Tho artist who gives birth to such ex-
qulslte creations may not be able to tie his
neck k-cloth nearly So well as Augustus, who
IN h's turn can do nothing else.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Teh ching at West Point.

A West Point recitation, by the way. il
something unique. When visitor makes
"fionPsS," and you feel ~ cadet rises a".,
entered your first freshman society, where
the walls were lined with your tender initi-
ators. This severe military carriage is re-
laxcd at sign from tho instructor, and the
recitation goes on. The teaching Is un-
doubtcdly tho most thorough in tho country
If not in the world. Tho reason will proba-
bly, be found in the fact that not only are
the cadets held to a strict accountability for
the work thcy go over, but in addition to
that tho assistant Instructors arc also strict
ly responsible to the professors in charge Of
their department.. Thus n professor of
mathematics will have one hours instruc-
tion with his class during tho forenoon, and
the remainder of the timo he devotcs to in
spccting the work Of his assistant professors
who are instructing other sections in the
same subject. AS th.re arc only nine men
In section, 1t will be readily seen that no
one can escape. The fact that a professor
Is known to mako tho rounds of the section
rooms is guaranty to the cadet that no in
Justice will be done him by "A young instruc-
tor who for any reason many betray partia-
lity The professor is sure to seek on ex-
planation for any great difference between
his mark and that on tutors book when
the same man Is under consideration. 1t is
the curse Of tho marking system at our
American colleges that manis at the mercy
of young tutor who by his mark-book sits
in judgment from which thcro is no appeal.
Every college man knows how much in
Justice is done by few callow instructor
who have perhaps forty mon to hear at q
time, who hear each man perhaps every
other day, and must determine his stand by
the two or three minutes lie is on his feet.
There. arc 30 many opportunities for the dis
honest student to impose on the tutor, and
tho tutor is 80 quick to suspect of laziness
the man who is too honest to sspony" or
hand In "sick-cxcuses," and, moreover, the
divisions are so large and tho examinations
80 infrcquent, that the marking system, in
my judgment, is fruitful of evil No edu.
cational institution in this country has prob.
ably so large teaching force in proportion
to the students rs West Point. At Yale
and Harvard the proportion is about l tc
10; at the Military Academy it is l to 8,
at Yale professor has sometimes 60 mer
In recitation-room here he has nine. Here
the student must learn; there he may
Here he must learn so much and no more
there he must learn little less than &c
much, hut may learn great deal more.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
The Farmer, the Gunner, and tho Lsirtis

y 1t has been gravely asserted by men who
have given the subject serious and patient
study, that the locust and grasshoppcr pests,
which, from time to time, devastatc somc
of our Western States and Territories, arc
due to tho wholesale destruction of game
birds Of the Rocky Mountains slopes and
the Mississippi Valley. Prof. Riley, State
Entomologist Of Missouri, declared that one
grouse would In season consume eggs and
larvp Of locusts enough, If hatchcd out, to
destroy tho crops upon one hundred acres
of land. These birds arc the guards which
nature has set over the fields, and we might
as we'll poison the soil as to remove them
from their appointed work. And what the
grouse IA TO tho Western farmer the beauti-
fiji Virginia partridge Is 70 The Eastorn--
for 1t comes In numbers proportioncd to the
folds sown, and takes as the recompense
Of its guardianship Of the young crops only
tho scattered grains Of the harvest. Even
the ,ungainly crow has at last found favor
In tho eyes of, the ,husbandman. He,pays
for the foW grains lie steals from the first
planting by. an incessant warfare upon
countless unseen enemies Of, the corn. But
theee arc not all The trees, the hedges,
and the grass arc alive with smaller birds
Which contribute their share to the security
of field and orchard, and which are swept
eway In multitudes by the foolish gunners
ls%hoI infest tho county from the fret of De-
tao,ber 70 tlae arst Of January, tb
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Clcunsing Beds and Pillows.

| TWO little children werc almost sirnul
tancously attacked with cankcr rash in IT.
worst form. There had been no cases il
tho vicinity for years, and they had beer
Kept entirely at home for the whole winter,
30 there was no possibility Of their having
taken the disease from any exposure tC
| contaSton. 1t was mysterious Provi.
dence, the clergyman said, when he was
| called to perform the burial service. Az
terward IL was asrertaincd that tho mother
had bought feather bed of a peddlor q
few weeks before and used it on the trun-
dlo-bed for her little ones to make them q
comfortable nest for tho cold weather.
Upon further investigation it was discov-
cred that the peddler had bought 1t at a
house some twenty-five miles AWAY, and
that two children had been sick and
died OF scarlatina upon the same bed the
year before. Tho bed had been laid away
In an open chamber till the family sold out
their place to move away, and they sold
the bed TO travelling pcddlcr for trifling
sum, thus distributing sickness and death
through distant town. for the disease
spread in every direction and became a
regular epidemic. Had that bed, immcdi-
ately after the death Of the first children,
been washed thoroughly and soaked in wa
Ter Win either little carbolic acid or spir-
its OF ammonia added to it, and then dried IN
the sun it would have been safe to he used
by any one; but, as it was, it carried
grlet and dcsolation into many households.
VI course, 1t was not prcmditated wrong
II was case Of ignorance or carelcssncss.
Dlphtherla has been conveyed by useing
peas III the same manner, and, if individ-
uals would only consider for O minute how
much suffering might be prevented, they
would be more careful. There is never an
effect without cause, but perhaps the
cause may not be discovered till too late to
prevent the evil. 1t is very little labor to
cleanse pillows and beds, if done in
proper manner, and common sense will
show that it is advisable to have it done
often, even if no sick person has lain upon
them. "A days exposure to the hot sun
turning over and shaking them up often
ls great benefit, and makes them swceter
as well rs lighter. An occasional washing
Is sure purifier. Carbolic acid is pow.
or1ul disinfcctant, and it sweetens beds
which will accumulate q dsagrecable odor
II not thoroughly cleansed and aired. Pill
lows can be washed without ripping so that
they will be delightfully."- renovated. Use
scaldlng suds i'll O washtub to soak them
well, and then pass through rinsing waters
I'LL the water is not colored at all. This is
all that is required unless they really smell
badly. In that case, either carbolic acid
or spirits of ammon should be added to
rlnsing water. Let them drain we'll and
then hang them where they will get air and
sunshine.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02

Is volcano, and put it in oil tho gcogra-
Phles and advertise 1t all over tho world.
Gch. Ochoa who owns this dofunct volcano
is very ordinary looking person, and no
one, to look at him, would think that he
pays his board bills from tho income do
rived from tho sale Of birthstone, but he
| docs. Some of his enemies say that no ST
under contract to supply an unmcntionable
country with birthstone, but this Is hardly
to be credited There are good many rca-
sons why it Is not worth while to climb Po-
pocatapctl. The first and foremost is, sey
eral women have climbed 1t, and where q
woman can climb 1t Is no great feat for an
American young man TO go. In the SEQ
ond place 1t is sixty miles from the capital
which in Mexico means two days Journey
over bad roads and in uncomfortable stages
On tho upper part of the mountain the at
mospherc Is so rare that weak persons have
frequently been attacked with hemorraqe of
the lungs, and some have died The four
ncy is laborious one, and good milo of the
way, straight up hill is through ashes and
clndcr foot deep. Last, but not least, tho
Journey is very expensive for stages, board,
guides and costumes. Postscript Tho
game is not worth the powder 1t Is q
great satisfaction to see this mountain from
distance: to sit on the upper piazza of a
hotel, with your feet on the railing and a
good cigar, thinking, $50 that Is Popocata-
petl, is it9 That is the mountain my old
country schoolmastcr used to soy was tho
highest in America, with pronunciation
eighteen degrees wide of tho mark And
now there she is. Who'd ever have
thought it in those old days of school house
benches and wandering school atlases2"
while you are looking at it, if you choose
the right time of day-after the sun goes
down-it disappears before your cigar is
finished 1t is quite possible that the
reader may have heard that there Is no tw1.
light in the tropics-thc sun goes and in a
few minutes 1t is dark. The mountain
grows dim and disappears like the school |
day memories Of its unpronounced namo.
There is no fire and brimstsne coming out
OF the crater, as there ought to be out Of any
genuine volcano; there is nothing but a dim
spot in the distance to be seen only when |
the moon gets behind it and lights up it's
outline. Almost any stranger looking at
tho mountain from any elevation in the |
capital, will estimate that it is four or five |
miles away, unless he knows better, for It |
is sixty. The air is 30 clear there YOU can |
sec long distance. 1t is 80 clear a Mexi- |
can will see ivc-cent picco two miles of,
and go for 1t.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
High Art.
"Welll" l cried eagerly.
0Y0u mike TINT 1,int,1rt,l

| ou make that plcture'
81 did!" I exclaimed trlumphantly
"Henccforth the wife of your bosom dc
votes her lite to tho divine art. Ia It no
fine"
''Very-very fine; but could you moi
have found plcasanter subject than bat
tic fieldS Although that group of Indiana
to the right there ..
"Indians."
Eyes, in the corner. Very natural to be
'lndians? There arc no Indians. That
IS group of tiees just tinted with the
touch of Autumn's finger" -
70, yes to be sure! see. Surely,
am growing nearsighted. A graveyard
scene. Very touching. And whose mon,,-
ment Is that in the centre %
Monument 2 Graveyard sccnc?"
Eyes. But is 1t not rather un,,s,m, to
see camols grazing in a country church
yard2"
~"Camels Where do you SEQ camcls ~
- "Why, here I would not have bcIioy-
ca you could have got them 30 natural.
And those five graves all in a row. Quite
family shufiled off the mortal coil. But
you ore excited. This painting has becn
too much for YOU"
ut Is too much for me-. That beautiful
rustic mill monument |! And camela |
You will kill me! They are cowsl Don't
you see they are COWS? And those graves
as you call them, are moss covered rocks
Such ignorance !"
III beg your pardon, 1t is my poor eyes,
and sec Alright this time. That wind
mill is just the thing, but don't you think 1t
should be nearer the mill It's lust q sug-
gestton, you know. may be wrong"
You will make me desperate A
windmill That lovely elm tree a wind
mill Have you no touch of tho divine
genius in your soul2 Have | encouraged
this divine talent but to meet scorn and sor-
casm ?''
MY dear Absinthe, draw it mild. I
dynt know much about the divine art, but
you have donc-yes, will say it-better
than myself should under like circum
stance. 1t really is marvel, but knowing
so little about 1t, it isn't strange if mistook
your effort for battle or even graveyard
scene. 1t is a Swiss scenc--thc Alps. These
glaciers are grand. But no; | must be
wrong again, for surely you wouldn't put
trees and COWS on icebergs. No, my dear.
IT'S all very pretty, but give it up. What
Is iL?"
ooh, you miserable wrotch! I've a
great mind not to tell you. It's beautiful
New England farm scene. Any one could
see. IN never paint another picture!
There !" And one stroke of the brush rum
ed my painting forever, and l marched
Aminidab grimly from the room. slamminr
INC door. What is my one talent2
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Didn't Work It Right

The ticket seller at the Union Detroit De-
pot, has had another Experience in human
nature, though he long ago made up his
mind that he was familiar with all the
tricks and traits eyer employed by those
who travel. Recently he noted middle.
aged husband and wife holding close con-
fab and pointing his way, and after time
the man longed up and said
. ~ want to 60 to Niles"
IL spose III have to pay full fare" con-
tinued the man, 'but that old woman you
see over there is fool and I'm taking her
home to her friends. 'sposs fools travel
for half fare, don't they 2"
''No we charge just as much for fool
as anybody else. We havs only one price .
''Woll, that's kinder SINGULAR" unused
the stranger. ''rhey always lot fools into
circuses md balls and other shows for half.
price, and sometimes for nothing. Seems
as If you ought'to have sosle pity on her. -
SHAVE pity on her, of course, but we
have only one rate"
''Besldes being fool she has crazy spells,
too, couldn't she take advantage of the
lunatic act and go for half farc7' 81
'#''She must pay full fare ~ was the de.
cided answer.
Tho woman had been skulking forward
during tho conversation, and as her hus.
band turned from the window, she whisp.
eringly inquired "Kin Igo as a fool3'
".Naw |" growled the man as he turned
upon p her..'fools liaveto pay as mucl' as
anybodyl" h.8 H
s'Well, / can't help 1t, can IL" she asked
ss'I 'spose not, hut we didn't work 1t right
ought to have thrown anuf In yer eyes
put yer false teeth In my pocket, and tried
lin; back ts eSss 81 ksr kusSand's gravsl' I
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
MY BIRD AND /.

Tho day Is young and am young,
The red-bird whisties TO bis mate;
tie a.ts the tender leavos nong,
swing upon tho garden gate;
lie sings that life is always gay
"A day 80 fair can mover dio."
Il lau sh and cast nay Aowerspaway;
We arc so happy. he J.
Deep wading through the yellow whost,
Ny shdaves unbound within my hand,
sink, to rest my, tired feot,
And monday heat bro ols Ger tn lan.i {;
The red-bird falters in hi song--
We fear the day will mover die
Inc minutes drag the hours alon -
We are 30 weary, he and I.
stand alone; my work is done, .
The bird lies dying at my feet; ~
Ihore's promise in the settling sun;
The evening air blows soft and sweet.
My blinded sheaves lay aside
The day is dead too must die.
When stars como out at eventide,
Wo shall be resting. he aud I.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Fniry Stories OF the Rhino outrIvalod.

Tho Courier of 1iemecn, Algeria. de-
scribes an interesting discovery recently
made at the cascades near that place. Some
miners had blasted an enormous rock near
the cascades, and, on the removal Of the deb
ris, found 1T had covered alarge opening into O
cave, tho floor of which was covered with
water. Constructing rude raft, and pro-
viding themselves with candles, the work
men sailed along this underground river,
which, at dist8nce Of sixty meters, was
found to merge into large lake of limpid
water. The roof of the cavern was very
high and covered with stalactites, the bril-
liant colors Of which sparklcd in the light
of the candles. Continuing their course,
the workmen had at certain places to navi-
gate their craft between the stalactites,
which, meeting slalagmites from the bed of
looked as if they had been made expressly
reached the extremity Of the lake, where
they noticed large channel extending
southwark. This Is supposed to be large
fissure, which has baffled exploration hith-
erto at Sebdon. and wchih connects the
cascades with that locality, and thus with
tho mysterious sources Of the Tefna. 1t if
possible that here they have found an i'm.
mense natural basin, supplied by powerful
sources, and sending part of its waters
toward tho, lake, while the rest goes tc
Sebdon. The workmen estimated the dis.
tanco underground traverscd by them q,
three kiloneters, and the breadth of the
lake at two. They brought out with them
a quantity Of fishes, wi ich swarmed round
the raft, and which were found to be blind.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
a Race with Thumbs on their Feet.

Mr.. Tremlett, the British Consul at Sal
gon, in his report this year, mention as q
remarkable peculiarly Of tho natives of the
country, that they have tho great toe Of
each foot separated from the others, like
tho thumb Of the hand, and 1t con bo used
In much, the same manner, though not to
the same extent. This distinctive mark Of
an Annamite is not, however, usually seen
In the vicinity Of Saigon, but is now conf
ned to the inhabitants of the moro northern
section Of tho empire, where the race has
remained moro distinct. This peculiarly
is tho meaning Of the native name for the
Annanlite race; and that the name and pe-
culiarity are of great sntiquity Is shown by
the mention In Chinese annals 2. 800 B. O..
as that for those Of one Of the 'tfour barba-
Han'' tribes that then formed tho bounda-
rios Of the Chinese empire.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02
Progress In Iceland.

ioiSef t1ri1e In TIIo 0Uuurry lilun TOURISTS are
wont to do, can hardly estimate the pro-
gross now making by the people of Iceland.
Many causes are contributing to this ad-
vanccmcnt besides tho new constitutional
government. The purchases of horses for
the English market have brought into the
country considerable sums of mony The
growing demand for Icelandic Goldfish in
Spain and the establishment of several fish
oil manufactures on the northern and west
ern coasts have enchanccd tho number of
boats engaged in the coast fisheries, and
have, of course, tended to increase the ma
tional wealth. The farm products sheep,
wool and dtallow-have increased in quantity
and value in consequence of the introduce
tion of better processes. There are like
wise now may moro eider-down establish
ments than formerly, tho down finding an
increased sale in Russia. Until the pres
ent year there has also been a steadily grow
Ing hay crop, but the northern districts have
suffered this summer from droughts, Sal
mon, which formerly was rarely sent from
the country, has lately been largely export
Ell, although the season just closed was an
unfavorable one for this product also. AS
result Of all this, the habitations of the
farmers and fishermen are rapidly becoming
better-greatly to the improvement of the
physical condition of their occupants. The
number Of houses of stone and timber built
within tho last six years is very consider
able. Small towns arc rising at various
points on the northern and western fiords.
Akurcyri, the principal port on the north,
1safjord on the northwest peninsula, Stylk.
kisholm on the great Breidafjord, Skagi or
Akranes, bustling hamlet of fisherman,
and Reykavik, the capital, are fast bccom.
ing important centers Of industry and trade
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02

z Though we should examine the whole
world, we shall not find one n,ans SO
happy as to have nothing left to wieil
for; but we see thousands, WHO by sui
cide,f show us they have nothing left to
hope for. In this life, then 1t appears
that we cannot be entirely blessed, but
yet we naay be completely miserable.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-12-02

The ,niser 10 the great original chest
protector. f slt,58 i' e. +, e sg5 Il
The New York herald., 1879-09-25
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

Ralph Waldo Emerson is ageing very rapidly.
Ex-Governor Richard c. Mccormick will 20 to the
Pacific coast in October.
Secretary Schurz left Denver, Col. Tuesday morn
ing for the Indian Territory.
Senator Pendleton says that no party could pro-
pose to pay the rebel debt and live.
Ex-Secretary George G. Gorham will live in WASH
ington during the session of Congress.
Mr.. j. H. de Hegermann-L -Lindencrone, Danish Min
lister at Washington. is at the Clarendon Hotel.
Arthur Sullivan will bo in Boston during part Of
November and will direct one or two performances.
The Marquis of Lorne will shortly proceed to st.
Cairs Flats duck shooting. He will be the guest Of
the North Channel Gun Club.
The Cincinnati Enquirer thinks 1t pity that John
Sherman not in San Francisco to break the
effect of what it calls the Grant boom.
Ex-Lieutenant Governor Letellier. of Quebec. who
has been seriously i'll ut the residence of Mr. George
Brown. in Toronto was somewhat better last night.
While ex-senator Duke" Gwin recently in
the Sandwich Islands King Kalakaua put steamer
at the disposal of his party and sent his Minister of
the Interior to direct It.
Whittier the poet is said to be failing IN mental
health. He will soon be seventy two years of age.
In his letter writing he continues to use the old
Quaker pronouns "thce" and chime"
Bishop Wiley, Of Cincinnati. returned from Eu-
rope yesterday after having attended the Evangeu-
cal Alliance recently In session in Switzerland. The
Ably yssnian also brought to these shores Very Rev.
Bishop Ridley. who is to organize q Episcopal
diocese in British Columbia
The friends of Jefferson Davis claim that he has
always been consistent at least Well. long ago rs
ut close of the Mexican war; when President Polk
offered appoint him brigadier of volunteers, he
declined on the ground tnat such appointments be.
longcd to the individual States.
Herbert Spencer. the philosopher. is delicate
looking man. with fringe of beard around his
throat in the style of Horace Greeey's He is nearly
sixty years old Like several literary men--including
John Hardy. author of Ear from the Madding
Crowd"-he received his carly education in the Office
of civil engineer. He has never made much money
and at times has been pinched by poverty.