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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-16
The "Day Before"

"1ou bet | am - was his hearty re-
ply, as he hitched along on the postof-
flee steps. 81 never seed Fourth O.
July yit ! didn't celebrate, an Pm just
heeled for a boomin' ole time to-mor-
rcr. I've been savin' up coppers an
nickels an dimes an quarters till I've
got 50, an going to spend every blizzcn
cent of it If never get to be Presil
dent -
"Boy, can you tell me how we came
to have the Fourth Of July?'
eyes, L kin, but haven't time now. .
L want to go 'round the corner an see
them zero Roman candles. Pm goin'
to buy Il hull dozen, and I've engaged
three different boys an dog to let me
blaze away at 'em. l calkcrlate to
knock the spots right ofl'n thcm boys
an Pm goin' to kill that ere dog at the
! first bliz''
"Do you know who George Wash
ington wass"
! 81 'spect do, but that amt nuthin to
do with tho torpeders Pm goin' to buy.
pll have both brecches pockets full al
more In my hat, an l tell you Pm goin'
| to be awful reckless throwin' 'em
around. know of boy OH wilkins
street who'll let you hit him on his bare
feet six times for one jaw breaker or
two torpedcrs, am that's awful cheap
| fun for this time O. year"
But why do we celebrate tho
day2' ....... :. .
"Because we feel like 1t, an becaus
we want to go Oh bust. &C you was
me would you shoot off the sNy-rockets
In the barn, where the other boys can It
see the fun, or would you blaze away
out doors an give 'em all chance ?
I've kinder thought OF both ways, but If
L fire 'em off out doors Pm goin' to boss
the job myself. Can't no hired men or
policemen or big boys make me hold
the candle while they do the bossing."
"Did you ever hear Of tho old bell
which rang out the clarion notes of lib
erty.
~ s'posc have, but that's nothin' to
do with the big pistol Pm goin' to buy
to-morrer for seventy cents. It's an
actual pistol, and it shoots bullets, and
the boy Is obleegcd to sell it 'cause his
father is In poor health and wants to 20
to mineral spring to fatten up. I
can't hardly wait to begin shootin'.
You may talk about your George
Washingtons all day, but I'll bet you
ten to one I'll kill seven cats afore to-
morrcr. I'n stand off am blaze, an
you'll hear a cat keel over every time I
| fire. Pm tryln' to hire a boy to let me
! shoot orange of his head, but he's
kinder 'fraid might miss the orange
an kill his dog :"
elbow did the Revolutionary war be-
ginp"
"It begun by fight, I 'spose, but
Pm just it"hin' for to-morrer to sot in.
l never WAS so big an old before on a
Fourth Of July, an never had as
much chink .aved up. tell ye Pm
goin to wade right In on cokernuts,
lemonade, rnisins, oranges, Ice cream
an four kinds O cake, an the police
will probably take mo for bank rob-
Der. spect to have as many as ten
fights, cause there can't nobody push
me around on sich a day as that, an If
l go up to the races I'll bet you ten to
nuthin' bet on the right hoss an cap
tur the pool-box. l don't purtend to
be no tarantula or any of that sort, but
Pm goin to git up an howl tomorrow
If it breaks every soap factory in town
and don't you forgit It,"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-16
he Caught q Grab.

She sat upon rock, fishing for crabs.
She had her dog with her--a skye terrier
snch one as a Broadway vcnder would
charge you $40 for. His hair was long
and as soft az silk, blue ribbons hung from
his cars, and his neck was encirclcd with q
nlcklc-plaitcd collar. Butall that counted for
nothing as against the fearful scene through
which he was about to pass. He lay close
to the basket into which the Fifth avenue
belle dropped the crabs as fast as she caught
them. JIe was no doubt dreaming of his
happy home far away, where he was wont
to take his daily nap on $1,000 sofa
Now and then a green-bottled fly skipped
from ear to ear or lighted upon his back,
where the purp couldn't reach him, and at
such times he whisked his tail wildly ILL
the intruder went away. On one Of these
special occasions, after whisking off the fly,
the little silken tail rested upon the edge of
the crab basket, and the end of 1t dropped
inside, latitude AZ longitude 80. The
feathery edge of 1t struck a crab In the eye,
and the claws closed on the appcndage
s-i-,n!u.l-t-a.n-e-o-u-s-l-y The dog, oh,
where was he2 A yelp, a howl, and then
in silvery tones the 'ti yi," "tl vi, as the
astonished pup sailed over the plain and
through the clover with a string Of crabs
connecting him with the empty bounding
basket, and all their claws clutched one
with the other, and for a minute there was
mixed scene of dog, crabs, basket, dus,
and flying gravel, and the tail was told,
There was no more Grab fishing. that day.
V .
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-08-16

,--.In the South, SINCE the war, over
100000 negroes have Joined the Metho-
dist Church,
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
TIE WORLDS RELIGION.

\ German paper publishes column
of Roman Catholic statistics for the
world. The grand total is 2l6.ooo.o0o.
distributed among the continents as fol-
lows: Europe, l53.444.0o0: America,
~ 100000: Asia. 9. 9.l6s 600: Africa, L.
695 900: Australia. $50 900. Prof. Schem
of thi. country. gives the total of Cath
olic population at 2o9 9.0oo00o. some a.
100000 less than the German statistic
elan. lie gives the total Protestant pop
ulation at ll3.700.000. and that of the
Eastern churches at ss,0o.0oo. From
this il appears tha; the Roman Catho-
lies still ou,numbcr all other Christians
combined.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
WHERE YELLOW FEVER DOES
NOT GO.

WASHINGTON. July 2l.-Thc history
Of yellow fever in this country shows
that ii has never prcvailedin in an epidem-
ic form in any locality with an elevation
of 500 feet above the sea. DIR. Drake,
in his work, fixes limit to the fever at
AGO feet in the United States. Fort
Smith, in Arkansas, 400 feet above the
sea, is the highest point at which there
has been an epidemic. This was in 1928.
Cases were reported at Winchester, Va,
700 feet above the sea, in 1902, but in
this instance il is not well authentica-
ted epidemic. A chart giving the points
at which yellow fever has been treated,
with altitude of the localities. shows
that it has been at St. Louis, 475 feet ;
Louisville, $50 feet; Cincinnati, 55l !;
Gallipolis, O., $40, and Bald Eagle VAL
ley, Penn, $50 feet above the sea. These,
with Winchester, are the highest points
it has ever reached, yet the history of
the fever at these places proves that it
did not obtain as an epidemic, and that
no new cases were developed, the ones
recorded being those brought from low
er elevations. Memphis is 260 aud Vicks-
burg 175 feet above the sea. During
the last hundred years there have been
epidemics along the Atlantic scaboard
as far north rs Portsmouth. New Hamp-
shire, but at ali the points at which it
has appeared on the coast. and back in
the country, are less than 200 feet above
the sea level.-.St. Louis Repablicaa.
If the above is correct there is little
or no danger of yellow fever ever be-
coming epidemic in Kansas.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
KANSAS PERSONALS.

Col. ID. II. Anthony, of the Lcaven-
worth Times, is sick with malarial fever.
The proceeds of the sale Of stock be-
longing to the late Judge Ruggles. of
Lyon county, aggregated 1886.
Mrs. Simpson, the mother of United
States Marshal Simpson, died suddenly
in Paola on Wednesday of last week.
Joseph Schafer, well-known Kansas
Pacific conductor, has lately fallen heir
to property, mostly in cash, valued at
$4,000.
Saws the Kansas City .JoaJaal: Hen
ry King, the best magazine writer of the
West, is practical printer, and so is
Noble l.. Prentis. the best ''local' wri-
ter of the Kansas press. Asarule prac-
tical printers make the best journalists,
as the history of their profession in
America will sustain. Henry kingputs
his magazine articles in type at his own
house. reads the proof, corrects, and
sends printed copy to the publisher.
Senator Plumb and ex-senator Dor
sey. of Arkansas. have east their lots
with Lcadville. the new FL Dorado. and
the latter i said to have made 500. 900
by recent rise i'm stocks.
Col. Phillips is about 10 make a trip
through Colorado and New Mexico and
will detail his observations for the New
York Iifbnae.
Ex-Governor :. !. Crawford. State
agent at Washington for the prosecu-
tion of claims against the general gov
ernment, has returned home from To-
peka.
W. V. Barr, formerly of Kansas. has
been appointed milk inspector of Chi
cago. Mr.. Barr was a member Of the
Ieavenworth constitutional convention.
His hobby in those days was Gland mo-
uonoly :"
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
SECRETARY SHERMAN AT PORT
LAND.

Secretary Sherman's speech at Port
land is quite lengthy. II is vigorous
and logical argument, and viii attrac,
deserved attention. We have room for
only single extract. The Secretary
begins by saving tha; the most impor-
tant theme 10 be presented Is "thc re-
cent revival by the Democratic party of
the doctricc of State rights. a doctrine
which has been the evil genius of Amer
lean politics" He says:
The evident purpose of those now
dominating in the Democratic party Is
10 beiittlc and degrade the National
Government, To elevate provincallsm
above nationalism, 10 weaken the tie
iha. binds this vast country into Ma
tion, so that the winds and waves of fac
tion may beat upon il and shattcr il.
General Wade Hampton is reported To
have said that he does not care whether
the candidates are hard money or soft
money. so they are Democrats. \ few
Democrats from the North. elected upon
any false issue or prcteyt whatever. give
them, with the solid South. the control
of the electoral college and Of the Sen
ate and House. Through the caucus.
conducted i'm secret. and controlled al-
ways by the most violent men. in which
the solid South has the majority they
hope to rule this whole country, and sap
and mine all the strong foundations of
the power and authority upon which the
National Government rests.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
TIE FUEL QUESTION.

Mr.. Brown. OF the steam Touring mill,
has demonstrated that hay can be used
successfully to generate steam in sta
tionary engine boilers. This is one of
ihe biggest things for the people of thi,
country that ever happencd.' 1t saves
Il large OUTLAY for fuel 20 the proprietor
of the mill. and offers home market for
a commodity that is within the reach OF
every one. and that costs the producer
no money. Since Mr.. Brown ha> been
utilizing this waste in his mill. Messrs.
Norman x King, brick makers, have
used hay in the burning OF a brick kiln.
he yard is only q short distance from
town, and the Kiln is now ready To open.
These gentlemen say that the saving in
fucl is over onc-hali. The heat is much
better and the fuel nicer and easier to
handle. These gentlemen went ont and
cut their own fuel. and thus added
largely to the saving. II is 10 be re-
GREETED that the people have paid ont
the large amount of money they have
for coal when they had the hay gong
to waste 50 near. but the past is for the
profit of the future. Not only can this
hay be used in the mills and The brick
but we believe il can be
used in the ovens aud very many other
places Hutchinson -Ne,rs.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

= he North poured out it> money like
wafer. lasi year. 10 relieve the yellow
fever sufferers of the South. Bat the
Kentucky Democrats have nominated,
and viii probably elect. Or. L. =. Black
burn for Governor. This Blackburn is
said 10 he the person who, during the
war. deliberately proposed and attempt-
ed to Introduce into New \ lork and 9th
cr Northern cities, clothing infected
with NcllnM teNcr
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The shaft of the Zalu assegai is about
five feet long and abou; as thick a n
mans little finger. 1t is made of wood
known 10 botaDists as the curtissa of
joginea, not unlike the mahogany. brit
tie and elastic the latter quality giving
the spear vibratory motion. on which
its accurrcy of flight depends. The
head of the weapon is generally blade
shaped. with raised edge along the
center. concaye on one side and convex
on the other. being ike the festhrrs of
an arrow. he long of the head is
made red hot. and so burns It's way into
the wood around which a band of wet
rawliide j. bound; tha; contracting IS
il dries holds the head as firmly a. an
iron ring. The ZuIus fling these weap-
ons with great accuracy. and they carry
oval rawhide shields imperyious to
these darts to cover their entire bodies.
Besides three or four missile a.segais
4 Zulu soldier carries shorter and
stronger siabbing assega;.- 1opcLo
f,,sgff.f
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
WFEvER ATkANsAsCITY.

Ever since the coming of the AIissis-
sippi and Louisiana refugees there has
been vague fear their infected clothing
might breed the terrible scourge now
devastating the South. Physicians
quarreled as TO the probability of it.
and only little while ago it was re-
ported in the refugee camp at Topeka,
although we believe the story has since
been proven false. Now comes the ru-
NOR that the black death has developed
in Kansas City, and that it has only
been kept quiet by the combined efforts
of the authorities and newspapers. Our
authority is gentleman who came
from there few days ago, although he
says it is a very mild type, and confined
to the few remaining negroes at the
refugee quarters. The health authori-
ties, he also states, hope to contine it
completely, and that he believes it can
not become contagious in the pure air
of Kansas. Globe.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
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THEY ARE WHITE

At the request of Representative Casey
Young. of the Memphis district, the
Secretary of War has forwarded to
Memphis 800 tents and rations for TO-
900 people for twenty days, to be used
in aid of the yellow fever sufferers.
Ii may be wei enough for the Secre-
tary of War to so willingly send ratiens
and tents to the rebels Of the South. but
we can't help remembering that a few
months ago IN application was made to
the same Secretary 10 furnish few
tents to shelter a number Of poor pco-
pie, that these same rebels had. with
shot guns in hand. driven from their
homes. but he very emphatically an
swered no. But these rebels are white.
-IcpeG0 COkOl.ed CHi.en.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
ITFMs FRoMILLINoIs TOWNSHIP

ILLINOIS TOWNSHIP. July 20. 1879.
To Tie Editor Of tic Eagle:
We have never known a hotter day
thar last Tuesday. The sun seemed to
have come clear down and was doing
its level best. There was fine shower
here yesterday, but the ground is still
very dry.
The hoppcrs have gone to regions IN
known. Only few men have threshed
yet. but in three weeks they will be
right in the midst of it. Wheat here
will average about two acres to the
bushel. oats the same. The prospect is
that we shall have the best corn crop
we ever had.
The roads are in fine condition. The
navigation scheme is still talked about,
but they never can make it so that a
boat larger than a wagon box can come
up to Wichita, but they can mend that
hole in the bridge. Mr.. Mitchell's horse
got two legs in it yesterday. 1t would
not cost ten cents 10 mend il and if
might save hores's leg.
Mr.. Jennings has been very sick with
a fever for some days. We hope he
may recover in few days.
EARNEST l.. WHITE.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
THE YELLOW FEVER SCOURGE.


The dread disease has been declared
an epidemic by the authorities at Mem
phis, which city has been quarantined
against by all cities north and south
having any direct communication with
Memphis. No trains longer run into or
out of the terror stricken place. The
deaths already average from four to ten
daily. As fast as practicable the citi-
zens are being conveyed into a camp a
few miles distant from the river, in
which the tents furnished by the Gov
ernment are used. But at least twenty
five thousand people had fed to the
Northern States and into the mountains
of Virginia and Tennessee before the
order came to go into camp. The ne
groes protest against leaving the city.
Thirteen new cases were reported
yesterday by the dispatches at Memphis
and two at New Orleans. A detail Of
twenty-five negroes has been made for
police duty. A physician from Texas.
who had come to help, was sent out of
the city. Another refugee died in New
York Oh Monday. The Secretary of
War tclegraphed the authorities of
Memphis on Monday that he could fur
nish rations only to those sick with the
fever, or to those quarantined. A cen-
sus of Memphis, completed on Monday,
shows only 4, ,2s3 whites and IL ,s27 blacks
left in the city out of population of
over $4,000. Nine thousand seven hun
drcd and fiftv-thrce of the total left have
had the fever.
Three cases. all told. have occurred at
Louisville, Kentucky, and those were
refugees from Memphis,
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
CoNNISSIONER,s SALARIES.

Attorney General Davis has written
q letter in which he states that the law
enacted at the last session of the Lcsis-
laturc fixing the salary Of County Com
missioners at 500 per annum is void.
because the subject embraced in the law
is not expressed IN its title. as our State
Constitution requires. The Attorney
General did not add-but ought 10 have
done so-that the act in question is
;s3;os;c
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
POST OFFICE CHANGES

In Kansas during the week ending July
a6th, 1879, furnished for the EAGLE by
VIM. vanyIeck of the Post Office De-
partment:
ESTABLISHED.
ASHER. Chase county, Atemus Bier
rigo, postmaster.
Birch, Reno county, James NJ. Newell,
postmaster.
Bradford, Rocks county. Morris J.
COolbaugh. postmaster.
Cahola. Chase county, William Doyle,
postmaster.
Rolling Prairie. Lane county. Henry
p. Cunningham, postmaster.
DISCONTINUED.
Hazelwood. Ford county.
PosTMAsTERs APPOINTED.
BanvilIe, Comanche county. Frank X.
Scofield.
Beman. Morris. county, L. j. Wood
ward.
Kill Greek, Osborne county, Fred l..
GraybiD.
Minersview ,Chautanqua county, Har-
den F. Fitzpatrick.
Netherland, Reno county, Calvin l..
Ely.
New Tabor. Republic county, Joseph
Saip.
Pierceyiile, Sequayah county, Mrs. S.
Z. Cash.
Pleasant Plain, Osborne county. lsam
z. Allen.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
THE SOUTH AND THE EXODUS.

There is one way for the South to
prevent the fresh exodus of negroes
which is threatened this Fall, and only
one. Let the bulldozing stop short
now. and let the negroes vote as they
please in the coming elections. The
ablest Democratic newspaper in Louis
lana, the New Orleans Times, says
frankly that bulldozing. and not north
ern partisan interference, is at the bot
tom of the movement, and declares that
if the planters will give the negro satis-
factory guarantees that he shall exercise
his rights unmolestcd the exodus will
cease. But it is hardly probable the
south will be wise enough to use this
one remedy, for it would then be no
longer n solid South. 1t will save its
solidity at the expense of its laboring
class, and the coming years will decide
whether il has been to her advantage to
do -LedcensrOrfh Times.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The Commonwealth states that Pratt
county was organized on the 25ih inst.
for the third and final time. Pupula-
tion. 2.0S5 electors. $50; householders,
5l4: acres under cultivation. 1868.
John Sillin. William Goodwin. and l..
II. Naron were appointed a temporary
Commissioners. and Lewis {. Thomp-
son as temporary Clerk. Iuka was APP
pointed temporary county seal.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The latest effort TO bring Mr.. Bob In
gersoll to knowledge of saving truth
was attempted by Washington street
preacher, but was entirely unsuccessful
"Mr. lngersoll." said he, ~ man of
YOUR great talents could be of such SER
vice to our cause If YOU would only re-
pent and fo,low the Lord instead of be-
ing his enemy" Il lm no; ms enemy.
replied ingcrsoll. 'for if the Lord WAS
here upon the earth TO-DAY. and should
come right here 30 Washington, III ven
ture I'm the only man in the city who
would indorse his note fer $780,.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The national banks still hold hold SO, :
0Co.0o0 of the ten-foriy bonds. Many
of them prefer TO hold them and lose the
interest rather than pay the premium
on the per cents, trusting 20 the fti-
iure to get them al lower prices. The
last steamer to London took out Sl0.-
009. 600 per cent, to the order of the
syndicate in London. Immense amounts
of coin are idle in the vaults in England
which our great crops AID England's 5
need will transfer 10 our shores. The
outlook grows encouraging.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
PRESIDENTIAL sPECULATEONS.

The New Orleans Times il of the
opinion tha, sn alliance has been formed
between Samuel j. Tilden and Samuel
J. Randall. by which Hendricks and the
West have been thrown overheard. and
the Presidential ticket for isSV Is 10 be
Tildcn and Randall, the two men who.
the Iisscs thinks. are --tie most ohjee-
tionable Democratic Leaders IN the coun-
try." The Cincinnati Ceamesciisi. on
the other hand. gives n iwo-coiamn edi-
torisl. demonstrating that il the Demo
rrais sacred in eieriiag their !icket in
Ohio tiis tall. their candidates next
yesr Tor President and Nice-Pres:dent
viii be Tilden and Ewing.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

Score ore in honor Of justice IN Ken
tuckv. The intellectually sane and
morally insane" Buford has been found
guilty of murder in the first degree and
sentenced to imprisonment for life.
Such decision will be healthy for Ken
tucky. and is not without its good inilu-
encc in other quarters.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The Hon. Alexander II. Stephens has
il in mind TO introduce Il bill from his
committee nj the next session 10 provide
for the issuing OF twenty-five and fifty
cent silver certificates. Il am satisfied. :
said he, "ihat something of the kind is
demanded by the people a. matter of
convenience. and. had the way been
clear at this session, should have intro
dnccd such measure"
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
,-xrorT1,yATE PREDICTIONS.

Ii is dangerous 10 make predictions in
politics. The Democrats of PennsylNa-
mia in 1876 had this plank in their plat
form:
Resolrei. That the statute for the re-
sumption Of tpecie payments on the first
Of January. 1879. is impossible to exc
cute. Ii is a deliberate proclamation
that at that date the United States VIII
go into bankruptcy. Ii paralyzes indus
try. creates distrust of the future. turns
the laborer and producer out of employ
ment. is a standing threat upon business
men, and ought to be forthwith re-
nealed
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

Six hundred Mormon recruits arrived
in New York from England, Scotland
and Sweden. A correspondent of the
Philadelphia Times SAYS: "Kansas ac-
tually is bioatcd in her rapid growth.
Sixty-one counties out of the seventy
three have reported the increase in pop
ulation for this year. cndin on the first
of March. The population of the sixty
one counties is 703.51S. an increase of
107.74l in twelve months. The counties
that have not yet reported are the ones
that were filed up in much greater ratio
than the others, being the new or unor-
pauizpd ones =
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31
EN- SECRETARY MCCULLOUGH
SHERMAN.

Believing that Secretary sherman has
had no superior as Secretary Of the
Treasury. we are glad TO be supported
in that opinion by the be>; of authority.
We find by Washington dispatch the
following:
The Hon. Hugh Mccullough is in
town. In conversation he speaks of the
funding operations of Secretary Sher-
man as never before equailcd. either in
magnitude or success. He is profuse IN
his praise of sherman As financier. He
thinks the business of the country Is
improving. and that after the next
Presidential election we shall start upon
career Of uaeyampled prosperity.
Secretary Mccullough was the father
of our grsenbacks, and ought to be good
authority.
The Wichita city eagle., 1879-07-31

The drouth in New Jersey is beconl-
ing serious matter. The streams arc
running dry mill wheels arc idle veg
citation is parched lawns are scared and
Patterson is getting anXiou, about its
water supply. A few days Of pouring
rain would be thankfully welcomed just