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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29

Establishments, enablet6ur government to OBJ
tain good animals at q reasonable cost. An
; elephant, we are tola,,, which costs the gov.
crnment 5000 to capture, would cost at
least $3.50 in the market. The difficulties
OF elephant catching arc Of course great :;
and there is nothing more interesting in this
, way than a sportsman's account of his
first success in Mysore, when, after infinite
labor and many failures, he succeeded in
capturing tifty-thrcc elephants. 81 often
think" MIR. Sanderson writes, ''of the rap
turc OF that moment. An hour of such va
ried and high excitement as elephant catch
ing is surely worth lifetime of uneventful
routine i'll towns Sore disappointment had
been undergone by myself and men, Many
tedious days and nights had VIC laborcd
against discouraging incidents and hard
ships. But all was forgotten inthe success
Of that moment" There was still much
work to be done, for the beasts driven into
, the enclosure had to be secured with the
help OF tame elephants, and tifty-thrcc wild
| elephants cannot be hobblcd without some
danger. "During the trying process in the
! kheddah several amusing incidents occur
! red. Active fellows would constantly cross
| it on foot with ropes, or other things that
were required, and at first they were peril
naciously chased by the wild ones. Tho
nell made for the protection of the tame
elephants and 1t was considered crc(litable
to GO this with as little hurry as circumstan-
ces would admit. The arena formed cen
tire of attraction to the on-loollcrs, us the
theatre of Spanish bull-ight may do and
the men who showed the greatest GOODNESS
were loudly applaudcd. The elephants,
however, soon gave up pursuing when they
became accustomed to seeing people. The
wild ones did not attempt to interfere with
the men when they gained the shelter of the
tame elephants. On one occasion u friend
Ill the forest department who was riding on
one of our elephants, was swept Off, as well
rs tho mahout, by an ovcrhanging crecper
when their elephant was dragging n captive
across the kheddah. Having but confused
idea OF the points of the compass when they
gained their legs, they rushed toward the
nearest elephant for protection. 1t was a
very fine animal, but, unfortunately, wild
one which they mistook for friend Tho
elephant was rather startled, and did not
take SO prompt an advantage Of their mis-
take us 1t might have done They mean
while made some remarkably good .ille to-
ward the gate OF the enclosure, which they
reached in safety" On another occasion
MIR. Sandcrson himself had worry narrow
escape. While his elephant was facing a
young tuskcr, and was therefore unable to
protect his master from the attack, a wild
female rushed at him more than once, in
juring his thigh severely, and would no
doubt have killed him had not spear struck
her in the head at the critical moment,
while tame elephant rushing ut the beast
the next minute almost knocked her over.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
ThG.BIack Solomon.

Alexander of Macedonia once entered
into neighborng and wealthy province
OF Africa. The Inhabitants came forth to
meet him, and brought him their robes
filed with golden apples and fruits.
"Eat this fruit among yourselves |" said
Alexander. 81 have not come to see your
wealth, but to learn your customs"
They then conducted him to the market
where their king administered Justice.
a citizen just then came toward him and
said:
vi bought Of this man, oh, king, Il sack
full OF chaif, and have found in it Il secret
treasure. The chatf is mine, but not the
gold, and this man will not take it again.
Command him, oh, king. that he receive
it, for it is his own!"
And his antagonist, citizen also of the
place, answered.:
'Ihou fcarcst to retain anything un-
justly and should not | also fear to re-
ccivc such thing from thcc7 have sold
thee the sack with all that was in it. Keen
it, for it is thine. Command him, oh,
king!"
The king inquired of the first one if he
had son. lie answered:
"Yes"
He inquired of the other if he had u
daughter:
Yes" was returned
"Wcll, them" said the king "you are
both just men; marry your children to
each other aud give them the discovered
treasure as a marriage portion. That Is
my decision"
Alexander was ustonished when he
heard TINS.
Have l Judged unjustly," asked the
King OF this reAlotc country, "llat thou
art thus astonishcd2"
''Not at ALL" answered Alexander; ''but
IN our country they woald have judged far
otherwise.
"And how. then would they have
judged2" inquired the African king
both parties would have lost their
hcads,' answered Alexander, 'and their
treasure would have fallen into the hands
of the king"
Then the king claspcd his hands together,
and said:
"Docs the sun then shine upon YOU ?
And do the heavens still shower their rain
upon you ?"
Alexander replied, eyes"
''lt must then be-" continued The king,
'for the sake of the innocent beasts which
live in your country-for upon such men
no slla should shine anil no rain should
fall :"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
Tho Man OF tho Cavcrns,

Prof. Dankins, of England, recently
spoke upon t"Thc Man of, -A,- n-A------',
11e salu That wnllc unC river-drift men and
the cave men were living in Britain, the
hills and valleys of South of England pre-
sented the same outlines "s they did now.
Gould wo take our stand II. those times on
Shooters hill or Oh the Essex heights, and
look over the valley of the Thames in the
direction OF London, we should sec dense
forest Of oak, ash, and Scotch fir, and the
course of the Thames marked by lines of
willows and alders. "A few thin columns
of smoke rising over the tops Of the trees
would mark the camping place Of primcval
man. In the forests wild boars, niammoths
and rhinoccroscs, wild horses, stags, and
Irish elks would moet our eyes, and in the
summer time countless herds of bisons like
those now ranging over the plains of North
western America. In the winter were vast
numbers Of reindeer and few musksheep,
the most Artic of the malnmalia in it's hab-
its. In the rivers were offers and beavers,
and the explorer would be- startled by tho
snort of tho hippopotamus in the reaches Of
tho Thames near Brentford. Beasts Of
prey also aboundcd, lions, lcopards, hycnas,
grizzly bears, wolves, and foxes If We
penetrated to one of the camp fires wo
lhfC bCCu tlo TlfcT-utllG nuuLCr
chipping or using some Of those rude flint
implements which lie buried in the London
gravels along with the remains OF the ami
mails which he hunted. The rivcr-drift
man, in tho long course Of ages, was sue
ceeded by the man Of the caverns, like him
hunter, living on the same ANIMALS, and
moro highly equipped for the battle of.lifc
In the course OF time the cave man dlsap-
pearcd, the climate and geography of this
country became almost what it is now, the
hunter stage of civilization was superseded
by That OF the. herdsman and the tiller Of
the ground aud tho manufactures of the
| Neolithic Age. From tho Ncolithic Age
down to the present time the progress of
man had been unbroken Iii Britain and
Europe, and the present condition OF the
European peoples was to be looked upon as
the result of a gradual series of changes by
which civilization succeeded civilization,
and race succeeded race, ''the old order
yielding place unto tho new," because the
new order was higher and nobler.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
"G'lang Kate {"

1t was dark in tho depot at Rockland,
n. Y. one day recently, when the evening
train came in. An elderly farmer was back
cd up against the partition, watching in
open-mouthcd wonder tho big putting en-
glnc, and the yellow-covcrcd cars as they
discharged their passengers, when hand
some young girl in sealskin cloak dashed
honest granscrs @ tTGSi Gany bfoss bfsf fmprinted
kiss upon his sunburncd check, and OK
claimed: ,... u..
"You dear old pa, knew you would be
waiting for me! And how's mother, and
how's Jennie, and how's John-and oh |!
Pm so glad to get back-and where's my
trunk-and oh! pa, you take the check
and let's hurry"
The granger was old and kind of dried
up, and he had never known what it was
to nave wife, much loss a daughter. Hc
mistrustcd the young lady in tho scalskin
sack had made mistake, but instead of
stammcring and hemming and having, he
camo gallantly up to tho scratch, and
throwing both arms around the fair creature,
he made up his mind to be father to her
or die in the attempt. Imprintlng kiss
like the report Of q pistol on her cheek, ho
enthusiastically ejaculatcd:
"Oh, yer mothers woll, an John an,
Henry an (smack) m Jane an Susan
(smack, smack.) an Horace an Belindy
m Calvin (smacD an Joshua an Peter,
(snack, smack OH, they're oil smart an
hearty am"
BY the tlmo the young lady's friends
could get to her, she had slid into stony
faint, and they had to'lug hor homo in a
hack, while the aged granger, as he finish
cd the third round with her outraged young
man, and saunterod out of tho depot, lcav-
ing him with bud eye and ruptured coat,
chucl1lcd to himself:
'"The old mans gettin' old an stiff an
careless like, but whom any young females
wants to play any games o'-copenhagen,
they'll find him right to time, an l shouldn't
be sprsed If 1t rained fore nine o'clock,
Glang, Kate!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
Tho Cause OF London FOgs.

DR.. Frankland has lately concluded an
investigation into tho cause of tho persist
encw and irritating Character Of the fogs
which afllict the large towns Of England, q
subject which is rather opportune just now
Tho fogs arc not always a sign Of damp
ness, as they occur In comparatively dry
air. DR.. Frankland has qscertaincd that
their porsistency in dry medium is due to
coating of coal oil, derived from coal
smoke, upon the surfaces Of tho minute
PARTICLES of water which compose fog, tho
oleaginous coating efcctually preventing
the evaporation of the water. The olea-
ginous liquids are discharged into the At
mosphere in large quantities during tho
combustion of bituminous coal In hres.. Dr.
Frankland therefore concludes that by tho
substitution Of smok6less coal, coke or gas,
for bitumlnous coal, town fogs would cease.
This would be a consummatlon devontly to
be wished; but considering the vested In
terests which are concerned In the supply
Ing and using of bituminous Goals, and the
national preference for blazing fires, the re-.
formation is just as likely to como from the
adoption Of some of tho as yet undiscovered
means Of heating. But much might be
prising. Apart from the inconvenience, 1t
is waste OF money to be using costly illumi.
mating gas for heating when gas equally
effective for that purpose, but far cheaper,
could be obtained. Nor would 1t be re-
auisitc to have double set of mains, az
there arc several. methods by which such
gas could be rendered illuminating at a
cheap rate,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
The Iron Hearted Lover,

| In Il big crowd of cxcursionists sittina
on thc City Hall, Chicago, steps for rest,
inc other day, was young man of excel
lent length Of legs, and girl with sixteen
auburn curls hanging down around hel
head. They had scarcely settled them.
selves and locked fingcrs when she cautious.
ly Observed:
town2' =,
81 'spose," he replied, "but the last thing
afore we started promised your mother
not to let you drink any soda water. It's
the worst thing in the world to bring on
consumption"
She was quiet for moment, and then,
pointing to tho left, remarked:
81 see that Sarah is eating poa nuts. l
spose they have peanuts in this town2"
wall, yes. but your mother cautioned
me the last thing not to buy any peanuts
for you. The shucks are apt to git into
your wlndpipc. Tho Qucon of Holland
was cholscd to death in that way"
Pretty soon boy came along with some
fruit, and the young woman felt obliged to
say. 'o"l ~
"Them applos and pears look awful
nice" =;
eyes, they do, replied the prudent low
o'' ou' PlohliScu your mOthcr at Tho de-
pot, not 10 buy any fruit for you. Them
apples look nice, but IL you git the tooth
ache started on you, then tho whole after
noon Is busted"
The young man had just commenced to
take comfort again, when she innoccntIy
remarkcd:
"When I came up hero last summer
with Jim, he bought me moro'n II two pounds
of candy"
eyes, and what was the result2" he de-
mandcd. "You fell down the collar that
very week, aud didn't Jim have to hight
out last winter for Dustin in the school
house door2"
She had got down to water, and with
considerable sarcasm in her voice sho in
qurcd:
81 can have drink of water, can't II
t.Aother didn't soy anything against that did
shep"
"Wall, no, not exactly" hc slowly re-
piled: "but she gin me an appealing look
rs The cars moved off-same as to say thar
it ought to be kind O warmlsh wator, if
any! You sot here and III borrow dip
per somewhere"
She ''sot," and it was all of an hour and
a hall before he again succeeded In getting
hls arm around her.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
Tho Little Tin Box.

About nine years ago roninent manu-
facturcr died in Cincinnati, leaving &
widow and three children and al estate
variously ectimated as worth $5O,OO tc
500, 900, but in such shape the widow and
children could receive no immediate great
benefit. Two months ago she went to Gin
cinnati, when she learned that her husbands
estate had been entirely swallowed up, and
that there was no possibility that she
would ever get cent therofrOm. Tho
shock, although not wholly unexpected,
was so great that the unfortunate lady was
stricken with paralysis, and the attack was
so severe that tor several days her life hung
upon thread. Her life was spared, how
over, and discouraged, almost hopeless,
she returned to Detroit, where she sum.
moncd her eldest son, who had been living
In town in Ontario, to assist her in ar
ranging for the humble retirement which
was to be supported by the charity of her
weather. relatives. During the convcrsa-
ton between the mother and son, the lat
ter asked her If she was certain that she
had found and examined the papers left
by his dead father. The mother was abso
lutcly certain that she had searched for
and examined everything. Still the son
suggested that they might again look over
his fathers old trunks and boxes, and the
search began. After carrying on the IN
vestigation long time, they came upon a
small tin box, whose hasp was held by q
bit of wood, and which had been kicked
about the attic from the time of the fathers
death. The box was again thrown aside
because it was thought to contain nothing
Dut lot OF worthless insurance policies
valuless receipts and notes, and the inspcc-
tion continued until every nook and corner
had been ransacl1cd. On his way out of
the attic the son kicked the little tin box
and picked it up, with the remark that he
would take 1t down stairs and look it over,
just for fun" Arriving at tic family sit
tlng-room, tho son began ovcrhnuling tho
contents of the box, while his mother re-
snmed her household duties. Suddenly the
son came upon package of ofllcial-l0ok-
ing documents, and, opening them, dis
covered that they were railroad bonds
bonds of railroads high in Wall street quo
tations, and TO all appearances worth their
face value, which is $50, 900. This discov-
cry was an overwhelming surDrisc, and
the thought that They were valuable was
news almost too good to entertained for an
instant. The bonds were taken, however,,
to VIM. B. Moran, who examined them,
and correspondcd with the officials of the
railroads they represented, when the un-
expected and gratifying news was learned
that the bonds were only worth $4,000,
put that the interest on them since 1866
had not been claimed Or paid, and that tho
principal and interest amount to about 800
ooo. MIR. Moran, rs soon as he gained
tho facts, communicated them to the over
joyed widow, who is now receiving the
congratulations Of relatives and friends
over her happy rescue from poverty.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
Mules.

Previous to 1888 there were very few
mules In this country, and those of such an
inferior order az to prejudice farmers against
them rs unfit to complete with horses in
work upon the road or farm. CONSEQUENT
ly there were no jacks and no disposition to
increase the stock. But Washington became
convinced that tho introduction of mules
generally among Southern planters would
prove to them great blessing, as they are
less liable to disease, and longer lived, and
work upon shorter feed, and arc much less
liable to be injured than horses by careless
servants. AS soon as 1t became known
abroad that the ilhlstrious Washington de-
sired to stock his Mount Vernon estate
with mules, the King of Spain sent him a
jack and two jenncts from the royal stables,
and Lafayette sent another jack and jen-
nets from the island of Malta. The first
was of gray color, sixteen hands high,
heavily made, and of sluggish nature. He
was named the Royal Gift. The other
was called the Knight of Malta; he was
about as high, 1.-THE and fiery, even to fcro-
city. The two sets of animals gave him
the most favorable opportunity of making
improvements by cross breeding, the result
of which was the favorite jack, Compound,
because he partook Of the best points in
both originals The General bred his blood
ed mares to these jacks, even taking those
from his stables for that purpose, and pro-
duced such superb mules that the country
was agog to breed some Of the sort, and
they soon became quite common. Tbie
was the origin Of improved mules in the
United States, and though over eighty
years ago, there are now some of the th,rt
and fourth generation of Knight of Malte
and Royal Gift to be found in Virginia, ant
the great benefits arising from their intro.
ductlon to the country are to DO seen upor
every cultivated aero In the Southern
] States, y 8 &.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
The Hest Vehicle,

An anecdote is told of physician who
was called to foreign family to prescribe
for case of incipiert consumption. Ho
gave them prescription for pills, and
wrote the direction: "One pill to bc taken
three times day, in any convenient vchi-
cle." The family looked In the dictionary
to get at the meaning Of tho prescription.
They got on well until they got to the word
vehicle. They found ''cart, wagon, car
riage, buggy, wheelbarrow." After gravo
consideration they came to tho CONCLUSION,
that. the. doctor meant tho. patient should
ride out, and while in the vehicle hc should
take'tho phi. SHo Followed the advice to
the letter, and IN a few weeks the fresh air
and exercise secured the advantage which
otherwise might not have come, III
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
Tho Elephant.

ltlcpnantB tf0Ycl III ncrdS ana III strict
Indian file. When calf is born the herd
remains with the mother two days; tho
calf Is then able to travel, and can cross
rivers and climb hills with tho assistance
of its dam. Elephants are said to swim
better than any other land animals. and
Mr.. Snnderson relates that a batch Of sew
enty-nine which he sent from Dacca to
Barrackpur had the Ganges and several Of
its large tidal branches to cross. 'In the
longest swim they were six hours without
touching bottom. After rest on sand
bank they completed the swim IN three
more. Not one was lost. Mr.. Sandcrson
observes that the remains of an elephant
that had died natural death are scarcely
ever met with. He has never seen remains
himself, and never met any one amongst
tho jungle tribes or professional elephant
hunters who had done so except at a time
when murrain visited the forest. sBones, :"
he writes, "wouldnot decay for some years,
and teeth and tusks would survive for some
time; yet not single pair of worries, has
ever, rs far as know, been fonnd in the
Mysore junglcs during the time have
known them" The writer can give no cx-
planatioh of this fact. How long the wild
elephant lives Is uncertain; but Mr. Sander
son thinks it attains to at least 100 years
Much exaggeration Is current with regard
to the animals height I; the largest seen by
the writer measured nino feet ten inches
at the shoulder, and yet tthere'have been
stories Of Indian elephants measuring from
seventeen to twenty feetl high. Twice
round an elephants foot is said TO be his
height, and generally this measurement Ia
exact. The price Of elephants has greatly
increasedt Of latelyears; but the govern.
ment kheddahs, or elephant. catching es'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29
About Religion,
-.--

Two old Texan rangers had just helped
to bury a neighbor, and were talking about
religion, and one asked the other how pious
he thought 1t was possible for man to get
In this world, II he was, ,iH real yearnest..a,rr
l,is'Wan," said the other, rehectively, 'I
think Of "a man gets. so't he can't swop steers
,or trade HOSES Without lynn, 'at he'd bet
ter pull out for the better land afore he has
a arelapse.Rt. d. a.;} q i, q t4yl 80 .s.,.. p
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-29

Boston and othor New, England
capitalists are preparing to establish
ssan Angofa or Industry" on an exr
tended scale, in the highlands Of the
Appalachian range, South. Fifty
thousand dollars Will be enottRh lcapt
tai to establish a herd OF 10, 900 head
OF Angsras; 5, '5:3 -
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-09-07

A retired clergyman, who has recently
come to reside In Stanford, Conn.,, was in
vited 10 preach last Sunday evening in the
Congregational church during the absence
OF the pastor, Rev. Samuel ScOville, and
used the occasion to administer a scathiag
rebuke to all the other Stamford clergymen,
who, he claimed, were notified of his coming
to town aud not one called on him or his
family. He represented some OF the minis
tiers as coming out OF a bandbox and
driving 10 church, leaving the coachman out
in the cold," although more In need OF the
Gospel than those In the church.
A man may work twelve hours day for
fifteen years on a morning newspaper
without taking a vacation for the benefit OF
bis bealth Out should the same man get q
position In one Of the Government depart
meuis at Washington, where they COM
rnence work at 8 o'clock A. NJ. and quit
at 3 p. H., In less than year he would be
so "oyerworked" and worn out that he
would want six-weeks' holiday TO re-
cuperate. IL must be In the drinking
water. - Norristo,cn Herald.
Not long ago new railroad was opened
10 the Highlands. A highlander named
Donald heard OF Il, and bought ticket for
The jrst excursion. The train was about
half the distance 10 the next station when q
collision took place, and poor Donald was
thrown unceremoniously into park.
After recovering his senses be made The
best Of bis way home. When the neighbors
asked him how be liked his drive. "Oh,v
replied Donald, ~ liked II fine, but they
bad 40 awful quick way In putin me GOT. !"