The news and herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1876-1881, 1880-09-29

with three more weeks of uncertainty
and strife. Nothing positive can bo
known till the vote is uollcd,
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y GIRLS LoNG NAr.- Scarcely less
astoniS iSIi,g ,lum DR.. Tanners recent
fiat Of fasting is the condition Of u
Young ladT, the daughter OF The May
or Of Granlbkc, "a y;llagc near Brcmcm,
who is SAID to be fast asleep since the
second week III January, with the OK
ccption OF few hours Of scmi-wakc
| lulncSs at intervals 0flrom six to eight
weeks. II appears that she lies plunu-
Ell into Il profound sinmbcr and entire
~ unconscious OF all that gees on
around her, night and day. reclining
! on her right si1c, warmly covered up
hnd with light @auZc spread oycr her
hcau. NourisEnlrnt, chiefly in Il liuHi;l,
form, IS daily administered TO hc",
which she swallows without awuk:ng
for Il second. She is II pretty, slender
girl, Ola pallid complrXion; but she
docs not lose in weight curing her
frances OF from forty to sixty DAYS.
and when awake exhibits cheerful
disposition and an eager desire to per-
form such household tasks us her
strength enables her to fulfil, Her
father is wcil-to-do man. who has
consulted several eminent medical
men in the hop Of discovering some
remedy Tor his dnughtcr's abnormal
condition, which entails serious jncon-
r"nirnrc and constant anxiety upon
I'll" other members Of his family; but
al r'E2"ts hitherto made 10 keep he ,l>l-
lucky "irl awake have resulted in to-
tai inl'"rr. Since The case ofthc sleepy
l'ilIan 1T fois'lam. M such interesting
subject for study and obs crvaiion on
The part Of the faculty has arisen as
tina! of the strangely ~omnolcn burwo-
masters daughter of Grambkc.-L0n-
do" Tclcyr"I,h.
a TERRIBLE RrvENGE.-A little
lady satisfied herself with nccular
lcrcngr recently nj lhc Grand Central
Hotel in Tahoe City, ON Lake Iiiglcr,
Ncvhta. The place is kind Of IVES
tern summer eesort. The LADY, came
one day with her two children. all
dressed vcr! modcstlv and even rsain-
~. The SWrilS Of womanhOou turned
up their noses at her; she must be no.
body, s" she WAS given to understand
that She must consider hers, II snub-
bed. This thiny went on for some
days, I'LL at last she sent home to San
Francisco Tor Tie "cs, OF her clothing
and those of her children. Next
morning she came to breakfast in IL
magnificent morning dress made by
Worth, and pr0Nrsr.y orramcnicu with
t!"n"ndS, and her two little children
were drrsSc up to look rs p city aa
pictures. tN crNbody seemed anxious
to say "Good mo,n'nw, Mrs. S,uith,"
but Mrs. Smith didn't : 0 ii mornin"
to any very cordial extent with any OF
: the sE"h>. She did what poll cncss
required but that was all, and was cx-
irclncly diStan, to all. She cut them
this way for abou! Il week, then pack
rd 'ln or nine Saratoga trunks and
sent them home, and resumed hcl
plain amt comfortable vacation clothes
! RENDERING CorToN GooDS INCoM
10 iini.r.--bt. KrtliIr, or ulr STATE
Board OF Ilcahh of Michigan, in re-
CEN, address before a sanitary meeting
IN lhal state, made II very rXccllcn
suggestion that cotton iabrics--Will
special reference to articles Of clothing
-rould be prevented irn~, taking fire
hy the simple cXpcdicut Of adding ;
. llltic borNN 10 the starch " i,l wi,ic,
Inc good: in question arc dressed
the quantity recommended is Il tea
spoonful orborax to each pint of starcl
after the latter is dissnlv,G q in WAT, :
; The use of the borax l.; entirely uuub
Jcctlonahlc, being quit. l.ltmlrsH an,
very cheap. The 81 ,kcr Showed b,
experiment that muslin, and cvci
the most galzy and inih,mmal j. ,cxl
''rrS, when treated with this bora>
starch. could not be mad" t,s take fir,
: Hhh burn with Il blaze; ana Tic mos
property inferred that if cotton dress
rS and undrrcloihing were prcparct
ny this simple method, many distrc y
:. ing atcldcnls and frequent Dsa ofnf
from the Ignition OF clothing might b,
prcvcntcd.-Dr"ggists' CIicultr.
| HArIDLf GAINING WEALrlT.--IIon
cS'Iy won pennies fall into the pocNu
slowly; Fortunes that spring up lik,
',ack $ bcan-vinc have either no foun
. 'hti"n, or are built up 10y trckcrv an,
!; cheating. There is no rule more I'm
rNrrrpl'onAl lhan that ira man get
rich rapidly he does SO to the dc,ri
'nent OF some othcr person. Some in
"cru accumulate wealth rapidly with
| out incurrin. thc charge Of dishonesty
;. Tor the world Judges very lrnicntly o
successful efforts. But if their acts b,
subject to the test Of Bible law, the,
Wil' br found ri"lativc of sublime code
1hr merchant, by one venture, uuinS ;
profit OF many thousand. No human
| law is outraged. But is not his Gail
!. anrthrr's loss. and has he not broke,
: that Divine injunction which bids u!
have as tender regard for The inter
cSiS OF our nrighEor as for our own
Has he NOT. in making This lucky bar
cain, taken advantage Of some one.
iDIir or miSlOriliUtp All Suhin,;,1 :,