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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24
Feeding Snakes.

As a feeder the snake is mighty irregular,
ana his appetite Is always about four times
100 large for his organs of digestion. They
nave long since found this out at the Zoo
i'hllada. Pa. MIR. Brown, the superinten.
dent, Is III dilemma to know how he will
be able to find the proper food for the ser
pent family under his care. The small
species OF land snakes feed on toads. lizards
and grasshoppers, and other members Of
the insect and reptile world, and at times
1t is very difficult to supply the demands of
these insatiutc "varmlnts. The king and
caIico-snakes belong to this same class but
II famine should occur these two species
are cannibalistically inclined, and would
weather the hard times by swallowing each
other. In the big case in the snakc-house
are twenty-six boas, the largest of which il
fourteen feet in length and twcnty-six
inches i'll circumference. The business of
captain boa is simply to load his
stomach to rcpction, and then tic himself
up III graceful knot and dozc calmly for
several weeks, while the spectators gazo
ON nm and speculate on his easy Job, aud
what they would do if they were to encoun-
ter him alone in jungle, with nothing
Dut Barlow knife us Il weapon of defense
Thoug Ii not particular to u shade as TO
what their dict may be, yet our Geological
boa Is something of All cpicurc in his way.
Nature has provided him, and other mem
Ders oi the reptile tribe, with an accom-
mouatlng head, the roof of which, in a
manner, lifts OF and allows the introduc-
Ton of tooths0mc mOrsels that would crowd
d quartcr-peck measure TO hold. Up to
the present time these monstcr-b boas have
Dceh feu upon rabbits and rats, and just
now rabbits and rats arc becoming scarce.
ihey have been tempted with sportivc and
innocent little kittens; and al occasional
pup has been placed mt their disposal, and
Il. t!mcs spring chickens and pigeons; but
the Doa cannot stomach Il cat, has little
"ppetdc lor the dog, and goes square back
Oh Tho fcathory tribe Hence it is that
their diet il reduced right down to rats.
with now and then rabbit to regulate his
liver. Every Geological garden grows i'm
incfsc crops OF rats, and rabbits are poppcd
into the world in amazing numbers But
the appetite of the snakes at the Zoo have
been telling OH both families, and the pros
pcct is that the supply will shortly have to
be obtained from the outside, Each of the
twcnty-siX boas consume from three to four
month, and in the course Of a year thoy
manage to absorb about four tons of these
nttlc animals. Not long since prairie
dog was forced into the cage, but the big
snake only winkcd ut him and allowed him
the liberty OF the incl0sure without molcs
tntion. llaving coilcd its body about its
little victim, and squeezed the life out of
IL, thc snake proceeds to swallow it leisure
~. Having got it back Of its jaw, 1t coils
up gracefully, drops into torp piu state and
remains oblivious to the peanut munchers
anu nervous old ludles vl,n nnnr ot n
through the glass from day to day.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24
LIFT A LITTLE.

Lift little lift a littlo !
Neighbor. lend helping hand
10 that heavy laden brother,
Who. for weakness scare, can stand.
What to thee, with that strong muscle,
Soems light and easy LOAD,
IL to him ponderous burden,
Cumberlng his p lgrim road.
Lift little lift a little
Effort gives one added strength
That which staggers him when rising, /,
Thou can'st hold at arms longth.
Not his fault that ho Is feeble,
Not thy praise that thou art strong
1t is God makes lives to differ,
Some from wail.ng, somo from song.
Lift little lift a little
Many they who need thy aid,
Many living by tho roadside,
Meath misforune's dreary shade,
Pass not by like priest or Lovite,
Heedles OF thy fe.low-man
But, with heart and arms extended,
Bo tho Good Samaritan.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24
Bull failing.

Now came something ncw-thc "bull-
tailing," a sport peculiar In Mexico, and
one that Is compromise with the scarcely
more barbarous bull-1ght. On the plateau
where the regiment had stood in line had
gathered perhaps one hundred and flfty
horscmcn. Then forty bulls were driven up
and corrallcd in q corner made by stone
wall that ran along two sides OF tho space
There was great deal of ordering and
preparing of various kinds to be gone
through with. Lassos were given few pre-
paratory swings; in fact, everything possible
was done to crafty the delight of the Mex
lean In showing off his equestrian accomp-
lishments At last all was ready, although
nothing had been done for an hour except
to talk loud and rush madly about. Two
or three young fellows rode into the herd
and cut off bull from his companion. He
was as wild as deer, and away he went
like the wind. Then there was grand
rush, laundering of horses feet, crack
ling and swapping of the long dry grass,
until the leaders were up with the bull, A
long armed rider reached over and grabbed
for the tall. of the fleeing animal, which
rcered suddenly, causing him to miss tho
mark. A dozen others were In hot pursuit,
aHu aiCeI scVcIhi dItehptS ONO Oh tncm got
hold of the canttal appendage. A long,
silvcr-spanglcd leg was thrown over the
tail Of the bull, and as tho rider braced
himself firmly in the saddle and sunk the
spurs Into his horses flank, the animal was
thrown in a twinklng and went rolling
over ana over In the grass. The bull was
done for. His leg was broken. No one
stopped to look after him, but charged
another trying to escape. Once in the melee
man was thrown. Another rider quickly
threw lasso over the head of the ridcrless
horse which was leaving the scene. He
was moving 30 rapidly, however, and was
SO powerful that he brought the lariat
straight with a crack, and threw his captor,
horse, rider and all, that rolled over each
other on the grass. It was an exciting
scene; but General Grant observed tho bull
with a broken leg, and, another animal bay
oneted by tho soldiers, and, probably think
ing that his presence caused the continua-
tlon Of the cruelty, he asked tho Mayor to
drive home, and tho s'bull-tailingP was
over. "t never saw this sport before, and
! shall never see It again, !" he remarked on
the way back, 4
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24
Railway management III France.

Railway accidents are not common in
France and for that reason the ono that
lately occurred at Clichy- Levallois caused
the greater alarm. 1t was, perhaps, the
first accident since the famous one of 1912
at st. Gcrmain (wkerein Admiral Dumont
D'Urvillc and 200 other victims pcrishcd)
which has been fully reported by the press
AMI this circumstance is only due to it's
having taken place at the very gates Of
Paris. Accidents which occur ut dis
tancc from the capital arc generally hushed
up as quickly as possible. A bald report
is furnished to the newspapers on the day
after tho casualty, still balder one appears
on the morrow, and Oh tho third day tho
public receive intimation that the accounts
of the accident had from the first been
grossly exaggerated. This state of things
arises from the fact that the four great rail-
way companies have come to an under
standing with newspaper conductors about
the expcdiency of never terrifying the
public overmuch. Every writer connected
with a journal of any influence can on ap-
plication, obtain free pass on any line for
specific journey, and many have season
tickets delivered to them gratis. These
favors arc also extended to great number
Of Senators, Deputies, Projects, and Sub
Prefccts to artists, playwrights, and actors
travelling en- troupe. The consequence is
that the railway companies secure in a
general way the goodwill of all who write
and talk most and have the paramount
share In forming public opinion. Against
such "Ring" as this outsiders have no
chance. Whether they claim damages for
accidents or agitatc for improved comforts,
they are shouted down with great clamor
as soon as they attempt to be noisy. Some
times an honest newspaper will take part
with the aggrievcd; but In that case its
contemporaries promptly accuse 1t of
chd'atage, that Is, of attempted extortion.
The same means are used to silence railway
,reformers In Parliament. The wcll-mean-
ing critic is got at In the lobbies, and Ia
told that 1t would be unpatriotic to alarm
tho public, that q 4diminution Of railway
traffic would tend to rarralyzo trade, shake
the Government, and 80 forth. Nevcrthe-
less, as above said, there are comparatively
few accidents IN France. The State re-
quires that two7 thirds Of all the officers en-
ploycd on railways shall have been soldiers,
and the habits of discipline to which these
men have been trained make them really
excellent servants. Though routine.riddcn
to point which exasperates English pas
sengers, they do not sleep over their duty,
and their rigid enforcement Of regulations
which arc often vexatious tends undoubt-
edly to effect great saving of human life.
French railway bylaws are all framed on
the understanding that a Frenchman can.
not take care Of himself. He must be kept
from leaving the waiting-room before his
proper time; ho cannot be trusted on a
platform; he must exhibit his ticket 80
frdqdently y,asito render It impossible that
he should either travel III q wrong class or
,i9 % carried elsgsWhore than to- his rightful
3 ,s.alo1a L y :. = = - y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-04-24

'IsH 0W In tho world can a .doattng debt
lid paid out Of a sinking 'iundf
agIHow mucftpain the OWLS have cost us
that never Happened. y til a8i s;as}5
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
RAILROAD Wreck.
FiTemen lDjured-Trains Delayed.

FiTemen lnjured-Trains Delayed.
This morning about twenty minutes past
seven o'clock serious collision happened
between two eastern bound trains on the
Pennsylvania railroad, near Mill Creek.
The rear end of the train drawn by engine
No. 175 was run into by engine No. 12O.
Ten or dozen freight cars were crushed
and piled upon the railroad, blOckading
both tracks. Engine No. 12O. massive
mOdOc locomotive, was badly disabled and
upset, and had not been removed from the
track at noon to-day. Fireman II. White,
in jumping from engine No. 120, fell upon
the iron rails and was badly cut about the
head and knees, but his wounds are not
considered dangerous. He belongs to
Philadelphia. No other person was hurt,
though freight and travel were delayed for
several hours. The north track was
cleared at halfpast 10 o'clock, but
the south track will not, probably, be
cleared before this evening. The wreck is
the worst that has occurred near Lancaster
for long time past. The exact cause of
it has not yet been fully ascertained. The
morning was very fogsy and near the
place of the accident is short curve in
the road. 1t is surpassed the first train
had stopped to take water, and by reason
of the fog and the short curve the engi-
necr of the train that followed did not
see his danger until it was too late to
avoid the collision.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
Duty of the Senate.
Pitt sburgh Post.


1t seems to us it is about time that the
Democratic senators should cease apollo
gizing for being Democrats. quit their in
trigues to secure few scraps of patronage
for their friends, and in the matter of con-
tirming appointments to Office, hold the
administration to rigid accountability.
The president has the power to nominate,
as the Senate has to confirm, all appoint
mcnts. We would have this last power
exercised in the public interest and also
with some reSerd to the interests of the
Democratic party. But this cannot be
done if senators sell out their free will to Sc
cure few petty Offices or other favors
from the fraudulent administration.
They should drop these suspicious personal
dealings with the Fraud, and assert their
power as representatives of a great pOliti-
cal organization. If they want examples
and precedents let them turn their atten-
tiOn to the way the Republican senators
acted toward Andrew johnson, in reject
ing his appointments whenever a political
point was involved. In this way the Re-
publican senators prevented some of the
foremost Democrats and conservative Re-
publicans in the country from filling Offices
for which they were specially qualified.
Among the names We recall, as rejected by
the Republican Senate, are those of Evarts,
Groesbeck, Cowan, Reverdy johnson. S. S.
Cox, John L. Dawson, and others Of dis
tinguished ability.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
NEIGHEORHOOD NEWS.
Events Across the County Line.

11sVhsS <ASIOso Sl0 NouhCy AAhO'
\ charter has been granted to the York
hospital and dispensary association.
VIM. KEEPER, of Lykens, Dauphin coun-
ty, challenges Ahl, the York champion, to
"a or 36-hOur fair heel-and-toe walk for
purse of 5000 side.
The Keystone state normal school, at
Kutztown, is to be enlarged to accommo-
date the steadily increasing number of
students.
Another York woman, lately released
from Jail, has broken store window in
order that she may be able to rejoin her
husband in the county Jail.
Col. Chas. II. Kleckner, a clerk in the
Philadelphia postoffice, recently caught
with stolen letters of value on his person,
is the notorious legislative rooster who
sued the INTELLIGENCER for libel some
years ago.
In Harrisburg, yesterday, by an execu-
ton issued Oh a judgment in favor of
Squire Samuel Eaby, of Elizabethtown,
for overdue coupons, Sheriff Reel sold the
South Mountain railroad, running from
Harrisburg to Hamburg, Berks county.
It was bought at $50 by the bondholders
of whom Hester Clymer is the surviving
trustee.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
Drunk and DlsOrderly.

Alderman McConomy has sent to Jail
Adam Perry for so days and Geo. IIopton
for Is davs, drunken and disortlerly con-
duct. Perry is an old offender and for
years past has been a source of great an
noyance about the railroad depots. Some
years ago he lost one of his legs by having
it crushed under the cars while stealing Il
ride. He recovered, but still persists in
jumping on and off the cars while in me
ton.
Before Alderman Barr Charles Nichols
was committed for five days to the county
prison for drunken and disOrderly como uct.
Constable Fisher, OF Columbia, took to
Jail this afternoon five bummers, who, for
drunken and disOrderly conduct, had been
committed for 30 days each by 'Squires
Frank and Evans.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
Dangers of the Telephone.

The introduction of new inventions
among the practical requirements of civil
lied life brings with it it's disadvantages.
The telephone is destined to become most
useful agent in daily intercourse but DR..
F. NJ. Pierce, of Manchester, points out, in
Brit. Med. .]ourn., a possible source of in
convenience in its use. The following case
which came under his notice exhibits a
way in which the car may he more or less
injured during the use of the telephone.
A woman about 35 years of are, man.
ageress at smallware mandatory in
Manchester, which was connected with its
Office, two miles off, by telephone, was
listening to a message when violent clap
of thunder took place, and which appeared
to be conveyed through the wire. The
effect OH the listening ear was that of COM
plete numbness and deafness, accompanied
by sensation of giddiness slight nausea
and tinnitus aurium. These symptoms,
with the exception of the deafness, passed
away in a few minutes. DR.. p. did not see
the patient for three or four days after this
occurrence and cannot, of course, speak as
to the amount of deafness at first pro.
duced but on the fourth day he examined
the left ear the listening ear and found
the hearing distance twenty-forty- -eighths
of an inch. AS his patient had always had
perfect hearing with both ears and had
never experienced any difficulty in hearing
before, he thinks it very unlikely that this
degree of deafness was due to any previous
affection of the ear. She stated that she
had never had anything the matter with
her hearing until using the telephone dur
ing the'storm. He has examined her late
ly and found both ears and hearing dis
tance quite normal nearly fortnight
elapsed, however, before perfect hearing
returned. This case was no doubt due to
a conclusion of the auditory nerve.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
True. Ruf Not Timely.

Were an election for members of the
Legislature pending in this state we dare
say that most organic of organs, the
Philadelphia Bulletin, would not venture
upon such bold and scathing indict-
ment of its party as we republish from it.
Its assault upon the Republican misman-
agement of the charge it has in the pO-
litical control of this commonwealth is
none the less well founded and deserved,
because it comes at Il time when the
Bulletin calculates that it can do its
party no practical harm. Year after
its quota of the legislators who work
the decentralization that the Bulletin de-
picts. Its Davises and Huhns and Dou-
glasses and PetrOffs are returned in one
capacity or the other without any effect
i've protest from the Bulletin, when their
candidacy is live issue and now they
are doing the Cameron bidding in the
field of national politics because they
knew that in return the federal patron
age will be invoked to make their elec
tion sure and in their support of the
" machine" they find an ally in the Bml-
letin.
Don Cameron having transferred him.
self and his aspirations from state to ma
tional politics, keeps the good common
wealth of Pennsylvania as rotten bor-
ough on whose spOliation he feeds his
henchmen and satisfies them for their
support of his federal schemes. To the
low estate which the Bulletin pictures has
the state government fallen and on it's
carcass the vultures gorge themselves.
Year after year is it disgraced by the in
famous character of its chosen legisla-
lures by the arrogance of corporate power
that defies its fundamental law; by the
servility of a judiciary that takes favors
from those between whose cause and that
of the people it is called upon to Judge
by the scandal of jobs that reek with cor
ruption, and by an overflowing treasury
that dishonOrs the warrants of the public
schools and sends it's mendicant chari-
ties adrift with empty purses. The pres
ent system has been established, support
ed and continued because it affords sus-
tenance to the freeboOter's clan. His re-
tainers are scattered through every coun-
ty, ready to do his bidding at his nod and
able to accomplish their purposes, because
those who speak out so valiantly when
the danger does not threaten put their
hands to their mouths and their mouths
in the dust when they might speak to
some purpose.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
Real Estate Operat1Ors In Li;Iz.

The Litiz Springs hotel, the property OF
John Butler, of New York, was sold at
private sale to Isaac G. Pfautz, residing I
mile east of Litiz, far $4,000.
S. A. Danner, of Sinking Springs, has
leased Emanuel Kauffman's stone quarry.
located near the Litiz railroad station, for
a period of ten years. Mr.. Danner fur
nishes stones for Columbia iron furnaces.
and will shortly operate with twelve men
The property Of Edwin L. Kreiter, situ-
ated Oh Broad street, Litiz, was sold to III.
b. Buch, of New Haven, for ZOO. Mr.
Buch will remove thereto OH or about April
first.
The property of II. W. Stark, situated
near the Evangelical church, was sold at
private sale to Benjamin Tshudy for 500.
Record
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
LATEST NEWS BY MAIL.

A pile of straw was left under a thirC
story window of the Louisville house O.
refuge, and seven young girls escaped by
jumping down to it.
A man named Meyers, of West Albany
a workman on the New York Central r.
r., was choked to death while trying t.
eat piece of raw fresh pork.
Elizabeth Vincent, aged fifty years, ar
rested for being drunk and disOrderly,
hanged herself in a Baltimore station house
last night.
The steamship Columbia brought the
crew of the bark Maria Duncan to New
York, twelve in number. Several arc
suffering from exhaustion, caused by hard
labor. The bank was abandoned in sink.
ing condition.
The sheriff of Carbon county, Wyoming,
arrived at Denver Tuesday night, and
stated that seventy-fve barrass OF
asses loaded with ammunition were dis
covered going southeast last Sunday. 1t
is supposed to he for the Utes and from
Utah The military have been sent out to
scout for them.
A freight car OH the Boston, HoOsac
tunnel and Western railroad ran off the
track at BlackintOn, on Wednesday night,
compelling freight train behind it to stop.
The delayed train was run into by a Troy
and Boston freight train, and an engine
and several cars were wrecked. The loss
is about $4,000.
In Kehobold, Mass, Chas. F. West and
and Hiram bingham were hunting part
ridges in the woods and Kingman was fol-
lowing West, when in raising his gun
hastily it was discharged, blowing off n
part of Vests head. West was aged
thirty-one and leaves wife and two chill
dren.
Mrs. General Thomas Ewing and Mrs.
Colonel John NJ. Connell, of Lancaster,
Ohio, are soon to come into possession Of
sixty or seventy thousand dollars, which
falls to them at the expiration of ninety
nine year lease at Brownsville, effected by
the Hon. J. II. Cox, the grandfather of the
two ladies.
Capt Henry Jacobs, of the schooner E.
A. johnson, whilst off the mouth of the
Chester river, accidentally shot and in
stantly killed one Of his seamen, named
Henry Schlode The captain was about
to shoot at sea gulls, which were flying
over, when one barrel of his gun was prem
aturely discharged.
The mysterious disappearance of Gen.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1880-01-16
Mannheim 8. Sentinel !" Notes.

At the annual meeting of the Mannheim
national bank the following gentlemen
were elected directors for the ensuing
year: Jacob L. Stehman, A Bates Grubb,
E. B. Bomberger, Samuel Wolf, Samuel
Rice, Samuel G. Keller, A. G. Bowman,
Henry Arndt and B. II. Hershey.
A six-months-Old child of Samuel HOfI-
man, residing at the Junction. Penn town.
ship, was so severely scalded by upsetting
cup of coffee over it's neck and breast,
that it died from the effects on Wednesday
night.