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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
Oud Facts About Ostricllcs.

singular thing about these birds is the
way they bring up their babies. TO begin
with, there arc great many eggs in the
nest, and they arc tho eggs OF as many
different mothers (Mr Dnrwinsays). The
ostrich does not lay al egg every day, rs
tho hen does; they are SO far apart that
they would not hatch ont together So, as
| said, when bird prepares nest all her
friends contribute IN egg apiece, and sup
pose she returns the favor in due time
Then the feeding is another odd thing
You know our birds leave the little ones in
the nest, and both father and mother 20 Off
to hunt worms and other food for them
But no such way will do for baby oslrichcs
Both parents stay ut home to protect them,
and other OstriChcs-nurscs, | suppose,
they ought to be callcd-comc and lny eggs
for the babies. When they need lunch one of
the eggs is broken and the babies fed. Ostrich
eggs arc much nicer than hens eggs, and
one of them weighs three pounds and is
equal to about two dozen Of the hens.
They arc very convenicn' for the hunter to
find in the desert, for they not only furnish
delicious meal, but the dish to cook it In.
lie justs sets the egg on the fire, breaks Il
hole III the top, and puts in stick to stir
it, and when done lie cats it out Of tho same
dish. The natives use the shells instead Of
cups and pals to bring water. A native
woman takes bag full of shells which
have only one hole in them, carrying It Off
OH her back, aud returning in the same
way with the shells full.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
Not - Porter.

Dialogue between two old school fellows,
one of whom has sold with the wolves
while tho other has bought with the lambs.
"Wcll, old fel, fortune has favored me,
while luck has been decidedly against you.
Suppose you come and live with me at my
country scat?'
ooh, you're too good! !"
''Thcre is nice little lodge, where the
woodbine twineth, down at the gates that
I'll have furnished, How would that an
swcr5 l know you would feel more indie
pendent and at your case If you had little
snuggcry Of your own"
'Aly dear sir, your generosity is equacd
by your dclicacy. Excuse these tears of
grateful joy"
'Thacs all right-thats all right-bc-
tween old friends like us, you know.
Besides, you will have it in your power to
repay any little service may be able to
render YOU"
''Name lt--only say how---and if my
hearts blood"
"Well, you sec, being down near the
might take them in for me; all you'd have
to do would be to pull cord pll have fixed
up for you with nice little ring at the end
OF it, and as you'd see me going in or out
you'd be able to tell any inquiring friends
whether was at home or not, and"
But, l say, you want nc to bo your
porterl"
"Can YOU think 80 unkindly of me as to
think that2 Why, would pay servant
wages"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24

Rich in sheep, in oxen, in butter, in eggs,
but, above all, in checses. Pccping in at
the window Of many of the houses III lIoorn
you will find the walls entirely hidden by
shelves OF chccsGs. Along the canal, close
to the port, there are warehouses crammcl
from top to bottom, with chccscs Roll
ing down from the first floors of these ware
houses, through wooden spouls, come
tumbling into the boats quite thousands of
chccscs. With all their riches, still it
seems to me those Dutchmcn arc the most
suspicious rs well as avaricious race that
ever existed. Their very faces are screwed
up into mask of business cunning. No
farmer thinks of taking a check from an
other Cat least 80 it seems to nc, and SO |
was told was the casc) it is all cash down,
cash in the hand, to be at once transferred
into the bug. AS | walk into the Kuilic-
kamcr of the inn, where the fatmcrs meet
they are all busy counting their moucy.
Verify, the faces of the misprs in the
famous picture Of the old masters were
pleasant faces indeed to some of those |
saw at IIoorn. They sit and take their
drams of gin and pounded sugar as if they
had never seen one another in their lives
before, and never wished to see one an
other again. Fortunately for me, mine
host at the inn was the one brilliant cXccp-
ton to prove the rule. lie even vcnturcd
SO far. as to ask me if would Join the
tabtc 0HOfe, tremendous effort for real
Dutch landlord. And to enjoy this some
half dozen OF more sat in a little room look
ing on to bit Of paved yard, with shrubs
growing boyond--a scene TO make perfect
Ho,ncma.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
The Pulnpcy stone.

This stone WIS found ut Watcrvalc, in
the township OF Pompcy, Dnondaga County,
\. y, three miles south OF Manlus, and is
dated vi, 1920. The ncighborhood is cx-
ccrdingly prolific of relies Of the aborigincs;
arrows, ilints, stone pcstlcs, swords, gun
barrels. halchcs and medals abounding in
the fields and ON the hiilsidcs These ob
jccts are no, held, however, to Indicate that
an carly and unknown European colony,
town or fort was established in that locality,
but simply that Indians were living there us
early as 1920. After Il careful investigation,
Governor De Witt Clinton found no evidence
OF European :cics OF an earlier date than OF
French colonlsts, who settled in Onon,luga
in l65i and abandoned the region in 1863.
But the stone in question bears a date nearly
one hundred years earlier than French in
tcrcoursc with the Indians ut this point.
There have been many con lectures regard
ing it's Origin and meaning. Clark, writing
III 1919, says it was probably designated as
scpulchral monument Mr. Schoolcraft
thinks the date means the sixth year aftor
Pope Leo y. took the papal chair, and that
some stragglcr from Ponce dc Leon, who
landed in Florida in 1913, reached the Iro-
quois. Thomas B. Smith, writing in 1863,
surniscs that the stone may have been cr-
ec,cd by missionaries from Rome AS DR..
Homes says, the only ostcnsiblc cause for
surmising that the stone refers to Leo Y. is
Tor the reason that he was pope from 1913
to 1921. There is really nothing but the
date to connect the stone with him. Leo
or l.rnn is II very common name among the
Latin nations, and might as well refer in
this case to the discovery Of Florida. DR..
Homes view OF the stone seems to be the
most consistent and proablc of any that has
been advanced. He holds that it is the
memorial gravcstone of II European, proably
Spaniard, who, previous to 1920, with
one or more companions had been made
captive by the Indians in some part Of North
America, and both had been adopted as
members of the tribe with which they were
living, practice common enough at the
time. One of these men must have been
named Leo, and at his death surviving
companion carved on the stone his namo,
with the month and year Of his death His
PAMELA, Or San Domingo, was discovered
by the Spaniards in 149l, and it is believed
that the orig ginal adventures made frequent
voyages to the continent before tho year
1920, the Sraniards thus coming in frequent
contact with the aborigincs. II the position
OF DR.. Homes be correct tho Poplpcy stone
is tho earliest monument cithor in the State
of New York Or in the United States, at
testing the discovery of the New World and
the presence here of Europeans. The fam
Gus relic is now the property Of the Albany
Institute.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
N1onseignor Capel.

This celebrated dignatory of the Catholic
Church in England, said one day: 81 have
learned 'tnevcr to place reliance on hcarsays
concerning other people after an amusing
experience Of my own" 1t seems to con-
tinuc in our own words-that tho Monscig-
nor happened, on certain occasion, while
travelling, to be shown into the society of a
laxative stranger, who, after Offering his
opinions on various subjects, finally settled
upon the Church of Rome
"Do you happen to know Mgr. Capcl2"
he asked.
eyes"
can odd man, very odd. lie does and
says some of the quecrest things"
"Ah, indeed! May l ask what they
arc?"
Nhcrcupon the stranger launched out
upon the full tide of anccdotc, in the course
Of which, lie narrated the most prcposterous
tales greatly TO the amusement of the sup
posed hero thereof, who vcntllrod finally TO
suggest slight doubt as to their authcntl-
city.
'My dear sir" lofty asserted the story
teller, 81 know them to be true. saw
everything with my own eyes"
For the moment Monscignor Capcl said
no more.
In a short time they reached a certain
station. Both tho gentlemen alightcd for
rcfreshment, when some one stnnding abont,
recognized the MonseigIior, addressed him
by his title This the stranger heard. On
retalling their places, he leaned forward in
his scat.
$50 yoI are priest p he said.
MIR. Capel had worn a coat tightly but
toned to the throat, thereby conccaling his
clerical garment.
81 am," was his reply.
"Ah-may ask your namc2"
"Ccrtainly. My name is Capcl."
Dead silence, confusion and bushes on
the part of the stranger, intense enjoyment
on the part of the Monscgnor.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
n Dutch City.

AS it is market day in Hoorn, Holland,
all sorts of livelincss might have been ex-
pectcd, yet such Is far from being the case.
A crowd Of men are around line Of boards
with small bags of grain upon them. They
are busily engaged in buying and selling,
still there is no noise and excitement of any
sort. The men converse in whispers, and
even make signs with their hands to save
the trouble Of speaking AS to the peasant
women busily buying in the shops, to me
their holiness of face and figure is positively
depressing in its influence I heir cost tune,
too, is ugliness itself. With cap bloom
ing III flowers above, with the silver plate
on the forehead underneath, with the two
side metal bllnkcrs with bits of false hair
twisted around them, with worse fitting
dress than one sees on the wife of Lon
dor costcrmonger out for holiday, the
tout ensemble Is positively an cycsorc.
The old Dutch masters only dealt fair
need Of justice to their country women
when they represented them as visions of
homclincss and ugliness. One might per-
haps resign onc's self to all this if any of
them possessed any Of that 'agrccable
ugliness" which Mirabcau so admired. But
they have no more animation than tho
Dutch dolls sold in the London toy shops.
In somo OF the by.strcets there is almost a
ghostly stiffness, and the people move about
like the shades Of the departed. Rightly
, enough is some respects Is Hoorn termed a
"dead CITY," Its very inhabitants look as
If they were not living people, but the dead
galvanized into momentary motion. Beyond
the effect of climatic influences, why tie
people should be 80 solemnly depressed, ta
strange. Rich they are beyond doubt.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
Catching II Mermaid.

Captain Sullivan, of New York, recently
caught green marine animal in tho water
near that city. Captain Jack balted his
eight inch hook with half pound of porgy,
and was waiting for one of the pirates of
the bay. He got bite-a tremendous
onc--and when he had killed his prize and
Topped 1t on its back, experts pronounced
II All CANCEL shark" Some amateurs on
the deck, however, would have it that the
Captain had caught mermaid 'rBe-
cause" " said they, ''look at its belly; did
you over see q more perfect human body2"
When drawn out of the water the belly was
pure white, but shortly after death it
began to change, and soon assumed a true
flesh tint. The back was of mixed purple
and BLUSH gray. Examination of tho FISH
proved it to be an angel fish, which is q
common name for the sguatina angclus, q
representative, Captain Jack says, of tho
family Of squatinid@, intermediate between
the shark and ray fish. From it's appear
ance it Is often called the ''shark-ray," :"
"angel fish, from the resemblance of tho
breast fins to wings, ''monk-flsh," from its
round head, which seems to be cnveloped
in cowl, and tiddlc-flsh'' from it's general
shape. Captain Jacks fish weighs about
fifty pounds, is four feet long from the
snout to the fork of the tail fins; Is ten
inches across the belly; fifteen inches across
the shoulders Or wings, which arc much
like those of the spread eagle on tho sub
sidiary silver coin. At the rear end of the
belly are two more wings of almost the
same shape, and as the fish lies spread out
they bear an exaggerated resemblance to
extremely wide human hips. The toll,
which is twenty inches long and flat, side
ways, tapers from thickness of five inches
at tho fukef The upper part Of the back
and tho head is singularly like frogs in
shape and color, and the eyes, about five
inches apart, arc small and Of dark gray
hue. Tic. mouth Is very wide, and like a
cat-fish's with two rows of small teeth in
the upper jaw, and triangular tongue half
an inch thick. When he landed 1t on the
pier the fish painted and palpitated like a
human being, and as 1t lay on Its back 1t
looked confusingly like drowned young
! woman Of no pretenslons to good looks.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
a Good Eye Cure.

'Can you cure my eycs2" said a man to
DR.. Brown.
eyes," said the doctor, 'if you will fol-
low my prescription"
ooh, certainly, DOCTOR" said The patient;
"l will 10 anything to have my eyes cured.
What is your remedy, doctor7"
''You must steal HORSE" said the doc
tor, very sobcrly.
"Steal a horse, DOCTOR" said the patient
in amazcmcnt. elbow will that cure my
eycsa"
''You will be sent to State Prison for five
years, where, you could not get whiskcy,
and during your incarceratiol,s yArr eyes
would get woll, " said the doctor.
The patient looked somewhat inc, edu-
lons, but ho did not adopt the doctors rem.
edy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
WAIT A WHILE.

Wait . while.
Cheerily smile,
j Soon the torn will be over,
There o bit Of blue
gSSsIM In the shy for you.
There's sweetness yet in the clover,
49, Trust and wait,
}8 Though burdens great,
Hard OIL tho heart arc pressing.
Nc For hand Of lovo
9&i Will tho cross remove,
ssAnd leave in it's stead blessing.
at8 Meath tho snow
sf@ No rosos blow.
sfAnd there no bees arc humming,
# But thoy gather sweets
M In their dark retreats
TO brightop the days that arc coming.
N Dark and drear
y The skies appear,
Whom the cloudy days declining,
But tho night must fall
And cover all,
Ere the sun renews it's shining.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
"WiiI 81 Torantclcr StingY

Why Didn't save my gold dust when
| had it, young fcllcr2' snccrcd an old
pionccrwho ha1bccn braggingt the loungcrs
in knoN's court room Virginia City, Nevada
of the piles of gold he had got rid of in
early days. "Wcll, per'aps it's nat'ral to
ask that, seem you don't even know what
dust looks like. In them days Il man had
to be his own banker, and the only safe
bank was fcller's pocket. 1t wouldn't do
to leave your.dust nowhere if you didn't
want IL TO tnrn up miSSn' when you went
after it. a thousand dolla.s in dust weighs
just about five pounds, and when you get
four or five thousand in your hclt it ain't
no easy load to pack around. Pm blowcd
If the dead weight of many Il mans belt
hast driven him from the diggln's down
to Frisco ana Sacramento just to have a
whoop TO get rid of it. S'pose you try
packin ten or fifteen pounds O led round
your waist for month or two, young fcllcr,
and then you'll sec why wasn't SO dread
ful anxious to hold on to the dust when |
got it,"
Having thus sat down Oh The prcsump-
tuous Johnny Comc-L Lately, the relic of the
days VIXEN gold could be had for the dig
ging grew garrulcus
'l1ord, how free he was with the dust!
Jedge, dye remember the time when you
was kccpin' bar in The Round Tent in Sac
ramcntoI What tricks you fclors was up
to in them days. Boys, I've seen the
Jedgc here take his knife Of an cvcnin' an
pick as much as 50 or $G outcn The cracks
in the redwood counter. When one Of lis
called up the crowd we just yankcd out
our buckskin sack and told the bar-kccpcr
TO take out 81 worth. They all had scales
and horn spoon an they'd shovel it. out
an weigh it. Some 'ud drop, an that's
how The jcdgc hero gouged high wages out
O. the cracks of the counter. The ledge
didn't take chances them times neither. lie
had the bar built up with rock inside, an
when The guns begin TO 90 of he was on
his belly behind tina! there stun. IIa, ha.
I've seen that there old Round Tent of a
mornn' lookin' like washin' hung out to
dry. Nobody did't wait to go out O the door
when shOotin' was bcin' done. Every fcllcr
jest out with his knife an ripped a door fur
himself"
'Dycscc that bare spot on tops O my
cocoanut2" inquired the venerable argo-
naut, removing his hat and holding down
his gray poll for inspection.
The boys got up and made for the door,
They knew what was coming. That was
only the first of eighteen bullet ana knife
wounds that every man in town has seen
and heard the minute history of. The
judge came TO the rescue of the deserted
and indignant pioneer with:
"Will you come aud have a drink
Billy?"
"Will tcrantclcr sing2" responded the
the Old chap with recovered chccrfulncss.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
A California Duel,

In 1866 noted duol took place in Cali
fornia, bctwocn Robert Tevls and Charles
4. Lippincott. Tho meeting ground was
In Sierra county where the sombre fir trees
spread their eternal pail; but when nearly
ready for the sanguinary proceedings tho
Sheriff and his posse were deserted on a
distant eminence, and the dueling party
moved on into an adjacent county, beyond
the Jurisdiction Of the puysuers There
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-24
TNi.- lDImn;mIer -

Juvcnal occupies whole satire with con-
slderations for cooking a single fish; and
Martial has consccratcd the chief portion of
one of his books, called "Ncnia," to n
poetic catalogue of subjects of diet. Not
the least remarkable of these is dish made
of flamingos tongues, reminding the reader
OF The pate OF tongues Of singing birds COM
posed by Clodius Esopus, the actor. The
tongue of the ilamingo was one of the in
gradients of Vitcllius's celebrated entrcc
which he called his shield Of Minerva.
Martial and Pliny were both admirers of
tole gras--thc latter pathetically allutlcs to
II rs tho tendcrcst, moistest and sweetest of
llvcrs; and the liver of a white goose fed
on fat figs is mentioned by Horace as one
OF the dclicacics of the table Of Nasidcnus.
Many dishes, like Wordsworth's ideal
woman, not too good for human natures
daily food, appear at that weird feast, but
none OF them equal in horror the blinded
cuttlc-tish in the 'Rudcns" of Plautus.
Hcre ls dish that the famous cream sauce
Of the Marquis dc Bcchamcl could hardly
render palatable, although that courtier of
the grand monarquc boastcd that with it
man might cat his own mothcr-in law, and
yet fail to discover her natural inherent bit
eNihSoo' WOlSC tlltln COlu UOlloU
veal, Macaulcy said, or isrcporlcd to have
said, of the modest Mr.. Croker; but what
is cold veal TO a clammy cuttlc-tish? Surely
of tho two man would prefer the Lace
d@monlan black broth, which one having
tasted observed he wondered not any more,
seeing this was their lifc's chief nutrimcnt,
at the Spartan ntrepidity in facing death.
Pine nuts (pignons) arc also sung by Mar
tialas pcculiardclicacy. These arc probably
sort of pistachio. TO translate the Latin
terms, as is commonly done, by ''flr concs,"
would be to follow the example of the
journal dies Dcbats which French Times
once, if we may believe Archbishop Trench
spoke Of pommes dc pin as the conclusion
of lord mayors feast, being led into the
mistake by our use of pineapple for ananas,
and then commented in good set terms on
the grossness of the English appetite.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-11-10
wildwood.

president 800" How does it suit
you?
Mr.. G. II. Bunch and wife, of Horse
Branch, were i'm town this week.
Mr.. II. X. Wells has returned from II
trip to Elizabethtown.
The morning after the election Bro.
Green didn't come down. But the
Gro wd gathered around a tarpauin
which had been stretched during the
night, and the crowd grinned, for upon
the canvas was u caricature Of Bros.
Green and Parrish. They seemed to he
out for little boat ride and were head
ing for stream designated as salt
river" and Bro. Parrish was shouting
to his companion, "Pull, Bro. Green"
and when the crowd saw that, they
smiled again, and some clapped their
hands and shouted for Hancock, and
did even wish the lonely boatmen "bOn
r0yuge," and every man said "Be it 80"
Miss Annie Burch, of Paducah, was
i'm town this week, the guest of Miss
Katie Wells.
DIR. A. J. Slaton has returned from n
visit to his brother i'm Greenville.
Tuesday last Mr.. Sparks, who is an
old man and entirely blind, walked to
the polls at this place and cast good
Democratic vote for "Mr. Knott" and
Hancock. "Now," said his son, who
had assisted him to the voting place,
snow you have elected Hancock." 81
hope So" said the old man, raising his
sightless orbs to his sons face, while a
smile lighted up his features, 81 hope
so;" and away down in our heart we
echoed the words of the old man, and
breathed a prayer that we might at
last be delivered from the clutches of a
party which is dragging the country
down to bankruptcy and everlasting
ruin. 1t was fated to be otherwise,
however, and to-day all over our broad
country the true American bows his
head in shame, for the news has been
flashed across rivers and oceans and
states and continents, "America has Q
full-bloOded coon for President"
Charlie Claggett, of Louisville, was
i'm town few days this week. He
represents the firm of Quasi x Shulten
Frank Daugherty purchased build
ing lot i'm Wildwood this week and viii
shortly begin the erection OF a hand
some residence.
JUNE ELIOT.
The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1880-11-10
Republican Ratification Meeting.

Persuant to Il notice, the Republicans
of Ohio county met at Hartford, Satur-
day, the 9Th, Nov. 1850.
Notwithstanding the rain, snow and
sleet quite number of Ohio county's
yeomanry Were gathered to celebrate
the great and triumphant victory of
the Republican party.
w. &. Morton, chairman of the
county committee, called the house to
order, and in few remarks stated the
object of the meeting.
The jollification began in earnest, with
a forcible speech from Col. q. G. Shanks
followed by r.. p. Rowe, Geo. G. We'd
ding,G. Smith Fitzhugh, A. p. Hudson,
James Taylor and +. G. Hubbard.
On motion Of Mr.. Geo. G.. Wedding
the following resolutions were adopted /:
ResOired, That we congratulate the
! country Oh the triumphant election of
James A. Garfield and Chester A. Ar
thur To the Presidency and Vice Presi-
dency of the United States.
Resolved, That the country can rest
assured that honesty and strict econo-
my will characterize the incoming adj
ministratiOn of the government, and
that all the citizens thereof North,
South, East and West can enjoy civil
and political liberty unmolested by the
White League and shotgun.
Resolved, That we send greetings of
congratulation to the Hon. John ID.
White, of the 9th. District, for his gal
liant campaign and successful victory.
Resolved, That the Hartford Herald
and Louisville Commercial be request
ed to publish the proceedings Of this
meeting.
With three cheers for Garfield and
Arthur the Republicans of Ohio county
closed the campaign of 1880.
The town was alive with enthusiasm
and the whole affair terminated with
Examinations and bonfires i'm the eve
ming.
w. &. MORTON, Chairman.
GROSS WILLIAMS, Secretary.