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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
WEDNESDAY MORNING., MAY 28 1870.

keeping, and breeding cats. Tive
Of these men manufactured and
sold bologna sauSages in quanti-
ties. A woman told til" reporter,
not knowing his errand. that a
short time ago she had pnrchaecd
one OF these sausages, but its ap-
pearancc and taste WIS so peculiar
that she was afraid TO eat it, and
threw it away. 1t is most difficult
to obtain accurate information, as
these men are most reticcnt re-
gardiug themselves. Many ofthem
do not speak any English, and arc
evidently afraid their business will
bo discovered. The cats, when
caught, are sorted out, and those
reserved for fattening are kept
either in large boxes or in small
yards adjoining their captors'
houses. The advantage Of the
boxes is, that they can be more easi-
ly concealed and kept in smaller
compass, sometimes in a small
cellar or room but they are not
preserved in such good condition
in this way as when allowed more
fl eedom, so it is not resorted to
except in cases Of necessity. The
boxes have Stats nailed in front
Of them, and the occupants arc
fed at stated intervals with some
fattening compound. When ayard
is used, the tops Of the surround
ing walls are smcared with d sub
stance knowD to these cat-dealers
which the animals detest and will
not cross. A collection Of cats
thus imprisoned presented q most
amusing spectacle when seen by
the reporter. About . hundred
cats Of all sizes and ages, were
sleeping, eating, quarreling aud
caterwauling in various attitudes.
All grades Of cat society were rep
resented, from the handsome
Apgora and Maltese, TO the pro
sale, homely backyard Tom, that
makes night hideous with his
yells, and murders sleep. Great
care has TO be used it is said TO
prevent the old Tom cats from
eating their young. The "unvles,
cousins, and aunts" could indeed
be "reckoned up by dozens," and
seemed to constitute anything
but happy family.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
.yDEs E0ESE.Sg,E,VG
TERMS CASH.
HOW i WAS SOLD.

passed u night once away from
home What | learned that night
would I'LL & very largo barrel.
! had retired, and was endcayor-
ing to tanyie myself up in sleep
when RIOS; inLcscribaLIc bouquet
of Sounds stole into my room aud
ontw:ncd itself about my ears.
1t was The frs, strains Of a cat
fight. ! got out OF bed and opened
my mou'I and dropped q "scat p
out Of the window. The yowling
increased. ! added Il pair Of $40
boots to The affair, q boot,jack
followed the boots ; but the noise
continued with moro zeal, if possi-
bic than ever. My contributions
was not the only one. From other
windows continuous fire was
kept up; bottles, boots, shoes,
slippers, and every available ar
ticle that could be reached was
SHE'D into the darkness at the
noise. Occasionally more terrific
yell would seem to indicate that
the objective point had been
reached, but the yelling continued
with uuabating ardor. At last l
bethought me Of a dark lantern I
had, and, lighting it, [ turned it.
down into the back yard in the
direction Of the noise. What [
saw [ can tell about, but how [
looked and felt would need lar.
ger pen than mine to describe. To
say my hair stood up, would be
very tame. 1t not only stood up,
but it fairly lifted me from the
floor. l saw hanging from the
clothes line couple Of Tom cats,
tied together By the tails, and
engaged with all their might in
taking each other apart, while in
the yard was a man with a bag,
into which he was putting my
boots, bootjack and other con-
trlbutions, making for him a fair
nights work, and after gathering
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
a man was at midnight creep.

A man was at midnight creep
ing softly along the bedroom floor,
on his hands and knees, and was
feeling carefully under the bu-
reau for something he had hidden
there the evening before but his
wife awoke and said:
"Peter, what under the heavens
are you doing ?''
"Dear," said be, "l'm walking
in my sleep, and dreaming that l
am plucking some water-lilics
from the soft, blue bosom Of the
lake."
How to get that flask out Of
there before she got up iu the
morning was what worried him
more than the water-lilies did.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Frank let his head fall into his
hands.
'Good Heavcn!' he groaned !:
I'D rather have died than have
seen this sight!'
lie got her home and into her
own room, at last, but she WAS
very unmanageable, and persist
ed in cutting up all manner Of
capors; dancing and singing; her
checks flushing, and her hair
streaming, and asking him if they
would not go again--it was such
jolly fur?
His pretty, modest little Dolly !!
Long after she had fallen into Il
dead sleep, hci' husband sat over
the Wondering fire with his face
hidden in his hands.
'Dolly,' he said, when she awoke
late on the following morning,
what happened last night must
mover happen again
aShc looked up with her old
clear eyes.
Very well, Frank, that is for
you to say. just as you d., so
will l.
lie was silent a moment.
l would rather die than see
what | saw last night over again.
he said then.
'Frank,' she said, her lips quiv-
ering, 'l've seen the same sight
once Or twice every week since
the day l married you, and only
God knows what it cost me-
lie caught her close to his
heaviug heart.
Poor little wife !" he almost
sobbed, you shall never sec such
a sight again. l shall sign the
pledge to-day
so will |, Frank
They both signed it, and kept
it too. Ten years after, Mayfair
was a rich man, and one Of the
most renowned temperance lead
ers Of the day.
Frank said his pretty wife,
ono day, as they watched their
children playing on the lawn, 4
did fool you handsomely that
night, Frank, it was all make be-
lieve. L didn't 90 to the Rein
deor that night, and not drop Of
that hateful stuff had passed my
lips. Didn't [ fool you band
somely, and cure you into the
bargain p
You little witch ! be cried, but
the instant after his eyes filled
Yes, Dolly he said, drawing her
close to his side, you cured me of
a habit that would have been my
ruin
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
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a SG,OOl. o. THREAD.

L He tHfeslu IS now feady lC Dc
wound upon spoo!s, or formed in
10 balls for the market. The
spooling machine is 4 most in
Senions piece Of mechanism. 1t
deals with L number Of spools al
4 time. These are placed empty
upon spindles, and the thread is
wound upon them at q rapid rate
and in the beautifully even layers
with which everybody is familiar.
When the spooIs are full, the ma
chine forms notch in tho wood
into which 1t draws the thread,
cuts it off, and tosses the COM
pleted spool into q basket. In
addition to the above achieve
ments, machines most recently in
troduced supply themselves with
fresh spools, attach the thread,
and proceed with the filling with
out any aid from the attendant.
An eight.spool machine, superin-
{ tended by girl, is capable Of fill
ing $500 pirus per day. The
balliug machine is an exceedingly
simple contrivance, the thread
being wound into the well-known
form on spindle which works at
continuously varying angle to
the point from which the thread
is delivered. An important de-
partment of & thread factory is
that in which the spools are made.
At the Anchor Works an enor-
nous quantity Of wood is con-
sumed every year, and no fcwer
than 400 varieties Of spools are
sent out. Many Of them are made
on the premises, but a coDsidera-
bic quantity is imported from
Germany, Sweden, and elsewhere.
The wood having been sawn into
convenient sizes, is turned into
cylinders of dimensions suitable
for the kind OF spool to be made.
The cylinders are next bored in a
very expeditions manner, and
finally have their sides followed
out and ends trimmed in a ma
chine which requires but o second
to accomplish the work. The
full spools are conveyed to the
department where they are Ia
belled and packed into boxes Of
various kinds, according to the
market they are designed for. A
machine has been devised for at
taching the labels to the spools.
1t consists of a wheel having in
its rim dozen or so Of apertures,
each capable of holding aspool. AS
the wheel moves round, the spools
drop from a hopper into the re-
ceptacles, and are carried forward
first under a wheel which pastes
over the exposed end, and then
under tube containing the labels.
As the spool passes beneath the
tube, label is pressed down upon
the paste. When the pressure is
relaxed, the wheel moves round,
brings a fresh spool under the
tube, and turns out the labelled
one into a basket.-Great Indus
tries Of Great Britain.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Amusements should blend to-
gether the whole household. !
am greatly opposed to the separa-
ton of the sexes. Woe to that
young man who does what he
would be ashamed to do in sight
of his sister or his sweetheart.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

A man can learn to like things
that he doesn't like, and he can
learn to dislike what he really
does like. If q man can train him.
self to like tobacco he can learn
to like anything in the world.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
SsIeetsb Story.
/ NICE LITTLE CiNE.

All right Dolly?'
lie sat before the glowing CRATE:
! his feet on one corner Of the mau-
tel, his chair tipped back. His
young wife looked ut him and her
ps city black eyes, which only a
minute before had been brimful
with tears, emitted sparks Of fire.
Her rosy mouth closed with q
firm expression and her dainty
foot came down upon the rug in a
very decided manner.
4 won't stand it, she said un-
der her breath Il can't twill
kill me? To see him thus, night
alter night, besotted, degraded,
ruining both soul and body. |
must save him for my baby's
sake =
Then she sat and mcditated.
They had been married a little
:over two years, and the baby in
the wicker cradle was a thriving
boy. No happier woman than
Dolly the wide world held but
one thing. Her husband would
drink. He loved his social glass,
has vino suppers, his club din
mel S. He did not neglect his
wife, but often came, home in the
small hours in an unsteady con-
dition.
Dolly tried evcrything-tears,
entreaties, persuasion--bat he on
" laughed her off.
Where's the harm, Dolly?
Can't a fellow be merry now and
then with his friends p
But Dolly saw the awful evil
growing upon him, and knew what
the end would be. She shud-
dcred, and her eyes filled with
tears. but tho minute after they
flashed fire, and she smiled.
iii try it, she said to herself;
if 1t does no good, it can't DO much
HARM
Then she said
Frank !
Her husband reused up, and
opened his eyes with IN lmbec!ic
stare.
'AlI right: Dolly
'Fraik: ycu believe that Il wife
should follow in her husbands
footsteps don't you?
To be sure. You are sensi-
bic woman, Dolly
And you'se a sensible man,
Frank. What's right for you to
do is right for me, isn't t?'
PRECISE, Dolly just so, exactly.
You're wise woman you are
Very we'll, Frank, if you go to
the tavern any more at nights,
I'm going too =
Her husband looked up, half
sobered.
Nonsense, Dolly he said,
that's running the thing in the
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

The bird of wisdom flies low and
seeks his food under hedges the
eagle himself would be starved if
he always scared aloft and against
the sun.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28
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As homcward comes Inc married man,
IL, 5 met by wife at door.
With fond embrace and loving kiss,
AtlL-' i;aby's throat is sore!
"Ani did you think to stop at Browns
A.l,i get 'hat maratout
ordered yesterday ?-And, dear,
Frcd's boots arc al worn cut!
@'Pm glad you are so early, John,
So much miss you, dear
I've had letter from mammal;
She's coming 10 live here.
GLOW very glad YOU look, dear John;
knew that you would be
The Aour's out, the butter, and
You must send home some tea.
"That plumber has been here again
Ifyou don't pay he'll sue:
And Mr. Perdergast called in
To say your rent WAS due.
s'Fred's trousers are half cotton, John;
You thought they were all wool
oh! that reminds. me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school
The roof has leaked and spoiled the rugs
Upon the upper hall;
And Jane pust go, the careless thing!
She let the mirror. fall.
To-day, as she was moving 1t
Crhe largest one, dear john,
Of course, it broke; it also broke
The lamp il fell upon.
"What makes ycC lock SO grave, my love?
. Take off your things and wipe
Your feet-and only think, today
Jane broke your meerschaum pipe.
go John! that horrid, Eorrid wordi
Yc- do not love me, dear;
I wish that I-boo-hoo-werc dead
You're cross as any bear!'
Boston Transcript.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

There are a good maay pious
people who are as careful Of their
religion as of their best service Of
china, only using it on holiday
occasions, for fear it should get
Clipped or fawed in working-day
wear.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Life is but a deeting show, exist.
ence here below is brief, but
there is nothing so short in this
world as the answer an old maid
gives when asked her age.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Happiness is in taste and not in
things; and it is by having what
we love that We are happy, not
by having what others find agree
able.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

There is in every human coun-
tenance either a history or a
prophecy, which must sadden, or
at least soften. every rejecting
observer.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

People who cannot heartily
love and hate will never command
tho first or know the clearing in.
fuence of tie latter.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Too much attention cannot be
bestowed on that important, yet
much neglected branch Of leal n
ing-the knowledge of mans ig-
nOrance.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Looking to others for our stand
ard of happiness is a sure way to
be miserable. Oar business is
with our own heart. =. -
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

Frequent disappointments teach
US to mistrust our own incllna-
tions, and shrink even from VOWS
our hearts may prompt.
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ound. You'll DO no such

she answered resoluteIy; 4 love
YOU, and what you do | shall do
too If you see fit to rum your
sell, soul and body and shame
your son, | shall follow y"ur ex.
;.u,ple. care for nothing that
yon cannot share. A. you do, so
will l.
His cheek paled and his lips
quivered. Her words touched him
to tue quick. He sat silent for Il
minute, then he got up and said
"Nonsense, Dolly. Come to bed.
little girl.
She followed him obedleut!y,
and nothing more was said on
the subject. For three or four
nights Frank came home pune.
tualIy; then his old habit mas.
! tered him.
Dolly had his supper all wait
ing, and his slippers and dressing.
gown before the fire, but he did
not come. She waited patiently
! till 10 O'Clock. Then she called
the houscmaid and put on he1
wraps.
Sit by baby's crib, Mary, and
when Mr. Mayfair comes, tell him
have gone to the Reindeer.
Ask no questions, and take good
;; care Of baby, and you shall have 4
dollar extra this month";
Very well, ma'am,' with won-
deripg eyes.
Twelve o'clock, one, and then
the young husband let himself in
with his latch-key, and came reel.
ing into the sitting room. There
sit the maid beside the sleeping
child.
Frank looked about him y little
anxiously.
'Ah, fast asleep, fine little teI
low he said, bending over the
crib. Mary, my girl, where's
your mistress Gone TO bed?'
No sir, she's gone to the Rein
deer hotel
He stood and stared.
:What do you say, girl ?
She went ont at 10, sir, and
bade me tell you whom you came
that she'd gone to the Reindeer.
The young;husbaad stifed some
thing like an oath, and sat down
before the hearth. Half an hour
went by then he stared up and
glanced at the clock.
Great Heaven q! It's nearly 2
o'clock and she not here
He seized his hat and rushed
from the house like one mad.
By the time he was half way to
the Reindeer he was perfectly
sober.
Gould she have meant what she
SAID p he asked himself over and
over again.
Presently carriage came down
from the lighted tavern on the
hill, and as it passed him wo-
mans voice rang out singing the
chorus, we won't go homo till
morning.
1t was his wife's voice. He
caught at the horses heads, fran
tic with rage. Dolly's pretty
curly head looked out as the ve-
hicle stopped.
Frank, old fellow -hic-is that
you? Get 10, get in-why didn't
you come up? Oh, we had such
4 jolly time-hic-we did. Such
u dance. Don't blamo you for
going out Frank. Didn't know it
was so pleasant-hic-l mean to
60 every night
You do?' he gasped, leaping
into the seat beside her and grasp
ing her arm. Ever daro to do
such a thing again, and you will
be no wife Of mine
Dolly laughed uproariously.
Nonsense, Frank. Lo'mme do
rs You do, that's fair. Let so ,ny
arm yon hurt, and you'll break my
flask, it's prime brandy, Frank
take & drop
lie caught it from her hand
and flung it out of the window.
'Bah' said Dolly, her checks
flushed, Il wished I'd stayed at the
Reindeer. What makes you 80
cross, Frank 2
Hush say no more, Dolly be
answered, his teeth set hard. i |
can't bear it. IL may Go some
thing III be sorry for. Keep
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

| have seen extravaganza and
folly of children bring their pa
rents to poverty and themselves
to disgrace.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

What is becoming is honest,
and whatever is honest must be-
becoming.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1879-05-28

One smile for the living is
worth J. dozen tears for the dead.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13
CHEAP RATES.

Carriage rates are SO low in Florence
that Americans are actually ashamed to
adhere to them. For carriage with two
horses, comfortably carrying four, per
drive sixteen cents; for the irrt half-hour
thirty cents, each additional half
fourteen cents. Thus q carriage capable
of carrying four (what we call an open
barouche, or close carriage, if preferred)
costs for three hours but seventy five cents,
or nineteen cents each passenger. 1t is
seldom that an American adheres to these
rates, consequently the drivers make a
rush for them when they come out of their
hotels. They bave good horses; drive
with great speed; the carriages are kept
clean and comfortable, and the drivers are
very kind and attentive.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

which was disturbed by burial in an
adjacent grave that infected one hundred
and forty-nine persons with malignant
fever. Public prejudice is undoubtedly
strong against cremation, but it is giving
way before the statement of facts that
bear directly upon the safety of the liv-
ing. The authorities of several Euro
pean Nations are giving their attention
to the subject. Whenever it becomes SO
far popularized as to do away with the
unpleasant notoriety now and formerly
attending it, this method of disposing Of
the dead will be more nationally con-
sidered.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13
BEAUTIFUL ONE.

,BeautitI one! beautiful one!
OF modest grace, yet queenly air,
And dark blue eyes and golden hair.
With sylph-like form and beaming smile,
And soul all truth where dwells no guile,
Beautiful onel beautiful .onei
u homage deep worship thee.
Beautiful one! my peerless onci
With ruby lip and cheek of down,
And voice that breathes e'en music's tono
OF heart SO warm with passions glow,
Yet bosom pure as nnstained snow.
Beautiful onel my peerless onei
Oh say, hast thou no smile for me?
Beautiful one! my noble oneI
OF high resolve and thoughts own brow,
Where genius burns with loving glow,
And beams the light of cultured mind,
by virtue crowned, by truth refined.
Beautiful onel my noble onel
To thee on bended knee bow.
Beautiful one! my gentle one!
So sweetly pure in hallowed thought,
And soul so kind with feeling fraught
Een sorrow flies thy soothing care,
And hope beams bright where loomed despair
Beautiful onel my gentle onel
Thy heart, thy love, on me bestow.
Beautiful onel earth's iairest onei
In youths first bloom like blushing flower,
All gemmed with dew at morning hour,
Here low kneel at thy fair shrine,
And breathe the prayer "Wilt thou be mine7"
Beautiful one! eartt's fairest one
Wilt thou be mine--tor ay be mine2
Beautiful one my plighted onei
With fond caress and murlnur low,
Thy lips on mine have sealed the vow,
And spoke the words of bliss divine
That blends my soul for ay with thine.
Beautiful one! my plighted one!
With thine for ay-for ay with thine.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13
VISITING ANTS

This peculiar species of ants exist at
Surinam. They march in troops, with the
same regularity us large and powerful
army. AS 5000 as they appear, all the
Golfers and chests of drawers in the house
are set open for them, us they are sure to
exterminate all the rats and mice and other
noxious animals, acting as if they had n
peculiar commission from nature to destroy
them.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

THE Spanish Government is to be
commended Oh its knowledge of good to-
bacco. The Minister of Finances at
Madrid gives notice that in March the
authorities will contract for about thirty
FIVE million pounds of Virginia and Ken
lucky tobacco, to be delivered within
twentv-six months.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

THE Cheyennes who committed the
blood-curdling crime of running away
from their reservation have been cor.
nered in a ravine, where their escape is
impossible. A twelve-pound Napoleon
gun is to be turned upon them, and the
massacre will probably be resumed by
the soldiers.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

THE destruction of the Library of the
Birmingham and Midland Institute at
birmingham, England, Is a severe blow
to literature. 1t contained the most
complete Shaksperean collection in the
world, numbering about eight thousand
volumes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

CITY CLERK CASTLE, of San Jose, Cal,
has decamped with $1,000 of the NUM-
cipal money. When the indignant citi-
zens catch him they threaten to erect a
Castle in the air.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-01-13

The eyes of the nation are still turned
towards Springfield, ILL.,, where the Cap
itol corridors echo to the elephantine
tread of Dick Oglesby, the martial step
Of Gen. Logan and the fierce war-whoop
of several other Senatorial aspirants.
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