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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05

the battery, and jets of fire jump down and
scorch the green trees under which we
fought and despaired
The shattered old brigade has chance
to breathe for the first time in three hours
as we form line of battle behind the guns
and lie down. What grim, cool fellows
those canRonecrs arc! Every man is a
perfect machine. Bullets pash dust into
their faces, but they do not vince. Bullets
sing over and around them, but they do
not dodge. There goes one to the earth,
shot through the head as he sponged his
gun. The machinery loses just one beat
misses just one cog In the whcel-and then
works away again as before.
Every gun is using short-fusc shell. The
ground shakes and tremblcs-thc roar shuts
out all sounds from battlc-line three miles
long, and the shells go shricking through the
swamp to cut trees short otf-to NOW great
gaps in the bushes--to hunt out snd shattcr
and mangle men until their corpscs can not
be recognized rs human. You would think
tornado was howling through the forest,
followed by pillows Of fire, and vet men
live Though it-aye! press forward to CAP
ture the battery We can hear their shouts
as they firm for the rush.
canister, and the guns are served so fast
that all reports blend into one mighty roar.
The Shrek of q shell Is the wickcdest sound
in war. but nothing makes the flesh crawl
like the demoniac singing, purring, whis-
ling grape shot and the serpent like hiss of
canister. Mems legs and arms are not shot
through, but torn off. Heads arc torn
from bodies, and bodies cut in two. A
Or fol f,po
the ranks as it crashes through. Grape
and canister NOW swath aud pile the dead
on top of each other
Through the smoke we see a swarm of
men. 1t is not battle line, but a mob of
men desperate enough to bathe their bayo
nets In the flame of the guns. The guns
leap from the ground, Almost as thew are
depressed on the foe, and shrieks and
screams and shouts blend into one awful
aud steady cry. Twenty men out on the
battery arc down, and the firing is inter-
rupted. The foe accepts ii rs sign of
wavering and come rushing on. They are
not ten feet away when the guns give them
last shot. That discharge picks living
men of their feet and throws them intothc
swamps, a blackencd, bloody mass.
Up now, as the enemy are among the
guns! There is a silence of ten seconds,
and then the flash and roar of more than
three thousand muskets, and Il rush for
ward with bayonets. For what? Neither
On the right, nor left, nor in front of us is
a living foe! There arc corpses around lib
which have been struck by three, four and
even six bullets, and no where on this acre
OF ground is wounded mani. The wheels
of the guns can not move until the block
adc of dead is removed. Men cannot pass
from caisson to gun without climbing over
winrows of dead. Every gun and wheel
is smearcd with blood-every foot of grass
has It's horrible stain.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
BlnclxsTnithing III Gcrmany.

In the interior towns and villages of Ger
many, it has been the custom for many
years for the farmer to purchase the iron
for his tires and horscshocs, and in some in
stances, when having IL new wagon built,
to purchase all the iron entering into the
same, the lengths of every piece being fur
nished him by the smith. One part Of tho
contract is that the smith shall return
to the farmer all ends and cuttings from
the IRON, and it frequently occnrs that the
farmer remains at the shop until tho iron is
all cut up, in order that the smith shall not
indulge III too much cabbage. Each smith
shop has what is termed "thc hell" and in
cutting off a set of tires, if the farmer be
not present, the largest half of the end cut
off finds its way to ''thc hell, the duty OF
putting il there dcvolvng upon tho young
est apprentice. From this always plentiful
store the smith furnishes his materials for
the manufacture of bolts, horscshocs, etc.,
for transient customers. The horse shoe
ing part is also feature the farmer will
bring with him the end of some piece of
iron or tire, with which to make the shoes,
or perhaps dozen or more old horscshocs
to be converted into new ones. Tho farmer
must blow the bellows until the work is
forged or the shoes all made, and must
then hold up the horse's foot while the
shoes arc being driven on or taken off, and
invariably carries the old shoes home with
him, unless he prefers to give the old shoes
in payment for the apprentices service in
holding up the feet.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
jewish Coins.

The New York collection is chiefly in
tercsting rs showing how the coins-from
the first, struck Simon Maccabmus, from
l40 to 81 B. g., to those coined after the
rcvolts which gave Rome power III the
Holy Land improved in artistic qualities
The silver shckcls and the divisions of that
coin struck by the Maccabccs were rude
and bore 10 figures or images, 1t being for
bjddcn by the Jewish religion to have M
ages or ''Idols," on the coins. This shckel
was the first coined money of the Jews,
though it existed as value and was men
toned IN the Bible before this time. 1t was
upon the coin of lIerod Agrippa, the rule
OF whose family succeeded from B. G. 81
to A. d. 100, that the umbrella first ap-
pcarcd. OF the coins of the Roman Pro
curators, those of Pontius Plate are chief
They bore the head OF the Emperor YES
pasian, and were commemorative OF the
captivity of Judca. Then followed in Or
der tic coins Of the second revolt in 97 A.
d. With these Jewish coins OF silver and
bronze Mr.. Fcuardcnt has arranged sew
cral gold and silver pieces Of the foreign
ncighbOrs Of the Jews circulated rs money
among the Jews themselves after their re-
turn from Babylon. They bear most arts
tic designs, being portraits of tho En-
perors and figures of warriors on horse
back, and show the greatest possible i'm
prOvcmcnts in artistic work over The carly
Jewish coin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
Aerial Navigation.

A Spanish Artillery officer has con-
structcd new Aerial machine. The ma
chine, which is of considerable extension
horizontally, but of very small vertical
dimensions, can de made to ascend or de-
scend at pleasure, and can, according to tho
statement of the inventor, be turned in any
required direction. 1t consists of two air.
bags, rs they are called by the inventor.
one of which is filled with hydrogen gas
and the other with compressed air. When
the latter is SO far filled that it's weight, to-
gethcr with that of the car and it's load,
exactly counterbalanccs the lifting power
of the former, the machine naturally will
neither rise nor fall. If the compressed air
is allowed to escape from it's bag the whole
weight will be reduced and the machine
will rise, the altitude it will attain depend
ing upon the amount of compressed air
liberated. If, on the other hand, it is de-
sired to make the machine descend, air
can, by simple mechanical continuance,
be pumped into the compressed air bag
until the total weight Of the machine eX-
cccds the buoyancy or lifting power of the
hydrogen bag. To change the direction of
tho machine a ruddcr is provided, to be
worked by small stcam-cngipe, willie by
a SIMPLE arrangement the position of the
center OF gravity of the whole apparatus
can be altered so that the resistance of the
air shall affect the machipe in the most
favorable manner possible. The machine,
i'll fact, is designed to act in the same way
that bird does. When bird wishes to
change the direction of its flight 1t lowers
one wing and raises the other, and as it
works the latter rapidly and dminishcs
the speed of its flight, the resistance of
the air on the oblique surface presented
to it turns the bird around into the re-
quired course. In the new aerial ma
chine this principle IS applied; but
whether it will be possible to overcome
the difficulties which may arise remains to
be seen.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
His Telephone.

81 guess have to give up my telephone
already" said an old citizen on Gratiot
avenue, Detroit, recently, rs he entered the
Office OF the company with very long
face.
"Why, what's the matter now?"
"Oh cfrytings. l got dot telephone
in mine house 80 as could sphcak nit der
poys IN der saloon down town, and nit my
relations in Springwels, but haf to elf 1t
up. l never haf so much droublcs"
'TIowY'
''Nhcll, my poy Shon, in dor saloon, he
rings der pelI und calls me oop und SAYS
an OLD trent Of mine WANTS to see how she
works Dot ish all right l say: "lIcllo!"
und he says: "Comc closer" / goes
closer and hcllocs again. Den he SAYS ::
'Sthand little Off" I sthand a little Off
und yells vuncc more, und he says: Spheak
louder" 1t goes dot way for ten minutes
und den he says: "Go to Texas, you old
Dutchmans!" You scc2"
Yes"
"And den my brltidr in Springwclls
he rings dc pell und calls me oop und SAYS
vhas feeling like some colts, und he says:
"Who WANTS to buy some goats 2"
say "Colts- -colts-colts I" und he an
swcrs: ''Oh coats, l thought you saidt
goats" When goes to ask him If he feels
peter l hears voice crying out. What
Dutchman ish dot on dis line!" ~ doan'
know, but likes to punch his head!'
You scc2"
eyes"
'Nhcll, sometimes my vhifc Wants to
spheak nit mc When am down der saloon.
She rings mcin pell und says, 'Hcllow!"
Nopody sphcals to me. She rings again,
und says "lIcllo!" like dunder! Den
der Central Office tells me 60 ahcadt, und
den tells mein vhifc dot am gone AWAY.
yells oudt dot ish moi so, und somcpody
says, "liow can talk if dot old Duchmans
doan' keep sthill!" You scc2'
Eyes"
"And When gets in pedt at night, some
pody rings der pell like der house vas on
fire, und ven l schumps oudt und says
hello, I hear somcpody saying: "Kaiscr,
doan't you vhant to puy dog2" WANTS
no dog, und when tells en- So hear
some boobies laughing claw haw haw!
You see.
Yes"
''Und 30 you dakc it oudt, und When
somcpody likes to sphcak nit me dcy shall
come right away to mcin saloon. Oof my
brudder ish sick he shall get peter, und if
somebody WANTS to puy me dog, he shall
come where can punch him nit Club |"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
Fishing for Monkeys.

Walking careless ythrough their haunts
l strcwcd some grain upon place, on
which l dug with my knife few round
holes about four inches deep. Coming
back to the spot IN half an hour dropped
grain into each hole and left moose
round one Of them, concealed with earth.
The other end Of the limo was in bush.
l was there in short time, and monkeys
were busy picking the grain. An old
fellow would look into hole and chatter;
others came and looked and all chattercd.
BY and.by puclxy little fellow popped in
his paw, and out again. Next time he got
the corn, then others dipped in till they
finished that hole. In due course they got
to the moose, with some chatter and the
same results till the line was pulled. A
sudden scream, n general hustle while the
captive was hauled home and envelopcd IN
a horse-rug. BY this time the troop ran
up in the trees screaming and shaking the
boughs most Gcrociously, following me as
went away, with the lost one kicking till
he was tired. believe this moose plan Is
frequently practiced. once caught
monkey on the Trimluck Hill Fort that
fell down the face of the scarps, knocking
his head against projections till he was
brought up with a thud on slab. He
was nearly scnsclass when picked hlm up.
No bones were broken. In few minutes
let him 60 TO his relations, who had never
ceased, letting hlm know where they were.
lie crawlcd quietly up the scarp rock, and
seemed to be received with anger. Posi-
bly, they only wished to know what had
been said to him by the fellow without a
tail,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
wRlking-Sticks.

Walking sticks for ladies, 50 we arc told
by al oracle OF fashion, are coming into
favor again. Thus does the whirigig OF
time bring round his revenge for discard
cd custom. The Empress Eugene made
the carrying of canes fashionable for her
sex during the gay days of the second En-
pirc. But back in another century we find
the women appreciatvc of tic walking
stick. Ladies' advanced in life walked
with staff between five and six feet in
height, taper and slender in substance.
turned over at the upper end in the manner
of shepherds crook, and 'twlstcd
throughout the whole extent" Some
times these wands were formed of palcgreen
glass, but oftcncr of wood, ivory, or
whalcbonc. A writer of 1862, speaking of
the most fashionable sticks Of this period,
says: .'Do not some Of us strut about
with walkings-sticks as long as hickory
poles, or else with q yard of Vanished
cane scrapcd taper, and bound at one end
with waxcd thread. and the other tipped
with neat ivory head as big as o silver
penny?" 1t Is, indeed, rs an appendage
of personal utility that we regard the walk
ing.sticks of modern times, though IN all
ages man has made the sons of the forest
contribute TO his support under WEAKNESS
and old age.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
Supporting the Guns.

Did you ever see a battery take posi-
ti0n2
1t hasn't the thrill of cavalry charge,
nor the grimncss of line of bayonets
moving slowly and determincdly on, but
there Is peculiar excitement about it that
makes old veterans rise in their saddles and
cheer.
We have been fighting at the edge OF the
woods. Every cartrdge-box has been
ompticd once and more, and fourth of the
brigade has melted away in dead and
wounded and missing. Not a cheer is
heard in the whole brigade. We know that
we are being driven foot by foot. and that
when we break back once more the line
will go to pieces and the enemy will pour
through the gap.
Here comes help
Down the crowded highway gallops a
battery, withdrawn from some other posi-
ton to save ours. The field fence is scat
| tered while you could count thirty, and the
guns rush for the hill behind us. Six horses
to piccc-threc riders to each gun. Over
dry bitches where farmer would not drive
a wagon, through cumps cf bushes, over
logs foot thick, every horse on the gallon,
every rider lashing his team and Yelling
the sight behind us make us forget the foe
In front. The guns jump two feet high as
the heavy wheels strike rock or log but
not horse slackens his pace, not can
noneer loses his scat. Six guns, six cais-
sons, sixty horses, eighty men race for the
brow of the hill as If he who reached It first
would be knightcd.
A moment ago the battery was con-
| fused mob. We look again, and the. six
guns arc in position, the detached hcrscs
hnrrying away, the ammunition chests
open, and along our line runs the command,
"Give them one more volley and fall back
TO support the gunsI" We have scarcely
obcyed when boom boom boom! opens
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
Talking TweMty-six Hours.

The longest speech on record is believed
TO have been made by a member of the
Legislature Of British Columbia named De
Cosmos. 1t was in the interests of settlers,
who were to be defrauded of their lands
De Cosmos was in the hopeless minority.
The job had been held back till the eve of the
| close OF the session. Unless legislation
was taken before noon of a certain day the
act of conflscatisn would fall. The day
before the expiration Of the Limitation De
Cosmos got the floor about 10 o'clock a. M.
and began speech against the bill. Its
friends cared little, for they supposed that
by or 9 p. Nj. he would be through, and
the bill could be put on its passage. One
O'Clock came and went, and De Cosmos
was still speaking, Two o'clock-he was
saying, "ln the second place" Three
o'clock--hc produced a fearful bundle of
evidence and insisted Oh reading it. The
majority began TO have suspicion of the
truth-he was going to speak until noon
and kill the bill. For a while they made
merry over it, but as it came on dusk they
began to get alarmed. They tried inter-
ruptions, but soon abandoned them because
each one afforded him chance to digress
and gain time. They tried to shout him
down, but that gave him a breathing
space, and finally settled down to watch
the combat between the strength of will
and the weakness Of body. They gave
hm no mercy. No adjournment for din
ner; no chance to do more than wet his
lips with water; no wandering from the
subject; no sitting down. Twilight dark
encd, the gas was lit, members slipped out
to supper in relays and returned to sleep in
squads, but Dc Cosmos went on. The
speaker to whom he was addressing him
self was alternately dozing, snoring, and
trying to look awake. Day dawned, and
majority of the members slipped out to
breakfast, and the speaker still held on. 1t
cunt be said it was very logical, eloquent
or sustained speech. There were dgrcs-
sions i'll 1t; repettions also. But the
speaker kept on, and at last noon came to
baflcd majority. livid with rage and i'm
potence; and IL single man who was
trlumphant, though his voice had sunk to
whisper, his eyes were sunkcn, blcarcd
and Dlood-shot, his legs toltercd under
him, and his baked lips were cracked and
smearcd with blood. Dc Cosmos had
spoken twenty-six hours, and saved the
settlers their lands
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
A Poetic License Wanted.

lie was tall, square man, with sharp,
sunburncd nose, AM an unshayen face. lie
wore chip hat, well sweated through in
front, with rim turned down all around,
and dark, narrow bit of braid for band.
His buttcrnut pants were neatly tucked
into his cowhide boots, and tho thumbs of
bis bronzed hands were thrust into the
arm holes of his vest. lie entered tho
Mayors office with the air of man of bust
ness, and marching up to his Honor, said,
inqulringly:
''Be you the Mayor?"
"Ycs, have that honor"
"Wcll, want license for my dau gh-
er, Maria Jane"
"Ah. | sec; your daughter is about to get
married and you wish to procure a mar
rag liccnsce. We do not issue those pap
crs here. You must go ovor on the north
side to the county building"
mo, squire, you are mistaken-as
much mistaken as if you had burnt your
last shirt or had accidentally got into the
wrong pew in meeting; butAlaria Jane doesn't
want license to get married, not by no
mcans-not by more than considerable.
ohe is darned smart girl, If she Is my
daughter, and if do say it, as hadn't
ought to. She has been keepin' school and
AoNthN eP III viz pClSlllllilOII lCSS-
trict and writing verses for the Summer
field Weekly Buyic. She thinks now Of
givin' up teachin' and devotin' her hull
time to literary pcrsoots, and, Squire, as
Pm law-abidin' man and loyal to the
core-three Of my boys went clean through
to the sea with Shcrman-'squire, and |
want to do the business for the girl on the
square, and SO called to take out poetic
license for Maria Jane. You see, Will
Morrison, who has been to college, told
Maria that anybody must have license
before he writ much poetry"
Here the Mayors face turned very red,
as if suffering from some intense internal
emotion, and it was observed that his eyes
were suffused with tears. His secretary
suddenly approached the Window and
gazed abstractcdy out upon the trees in the
tubs, whose emerald branches we're grace
fully swaying in the summer breeze in
front of the saloons across the way. The
former fixed his curious eyes upon the
Mayor for moment, who finally sufficient
ly recovered himself to say:
"hly dear sir, your daughter needs no
license to write poetry. She can write as
much as ever she pleascs, and it will be all
right"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION
THE ONE CERTAINTY.

Lightly hold my life with little dread,
And little hope for what may spring there
from.
But live like one that builds his Summers
home
For GOODNESS on dried-up river bed,
And takes no thought for fresooed blue or
red,
10 paint the walls, and plans no golden
dome,
Knowing the flood, when Autumn rains are
come,
Shall roll Its raving waters overhead.
And wherefore should plant my ground and
SOW
Since, though know not Of tho day or
hour,
The Conquerer comes at last. the alien foe
Shall come to my defenceless place in power,
With force, with arms, with ruinous over
throw,
Taking the goods gathered for his dover
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-08-05

An EDgllsn nrln sOlu 5000 fire.
proof safes In Turkey before it was as
certalned that the filling was only saw
dust
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-19
THE SUI FoR 8

The Sun will deal With the events Of the
year 1880 In It's own fashion, now pretty well
rnd.,,,ood n, .,.,,hod, From J.nn,,x ,
w 10000 .
until December u 1t will be conducted ~ q
Newspaper, written In the English language,
and n,intsd far the p,op,e.
ASS newspaper, ThR suN oeiisVes In Retting
all the news of tho world promptly. and pre-
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sentihs u IN ine most in'eillRioie fnApe-ue
rhsps that win enable Its readers to keep well
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poesioh'y VI oeink misunusieso.u. un
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CENTS ~ nnter ihlusuce anu Ihscsu'y svsn
more than .. hates unnecessary words. II ID.
hors Iiauis. pities iools ana aeplo,cs nlnoom'
poops OF every species: WIZ commune
tnrougnout tue year Icy 70 csar.so nlss
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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-19
APPLICATION FOR PATENT.

..
NOTICE NO. tl<, U. !. SURVEY
~ No. las and ISL. UNITED STATES LAND
FricE. Carson city. Nevada, February 70,
lN0. Notice 10 hereby given, that the silver
Jacket Mining Company, . corporation Of the
state Il California, having its principal place
OF busi. ess st ran Francisco. California. has.
by W. >. hlagrr. its agent aud superintendent,
whose vo,lorice sddrtss. 10 Gold Hin. storey
county Nevada, thi. day nlsd In this once its
sppllc.tion for . United sta'es patent for a..
teen hundred ,iSOO) feet Of the Monumental
Twins lode. bearing gold and silver. with sur
face groand containing 10 ss.i0O acres a. here
inater described. tbs same being officially sur
ve,e and plated by the Surveyor General -
U. b. Survey VI Lot 40. lt3 and Isl. In Town.
ships 10 aud II north, Range II east, Mount
,yiet. county OF storey and state OF Nevada,
AID described by metes aud bounds by the plat
and neld notes on ale In this once as follows.
VIC: Beginning at . post marked Monumental
Twins No, /. thence running south ten Q0l
degrees east niteen hui dred Qsc0) feet TO . post
NAKED Monumental Twins No. 2; thence north
.,,htv IsD, devrees aaat six hundred l6OOl feet
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-03-19
ANNUAL MEETING.

THE ANNUAL MEETING OF TIE
i stockholders of the WARD GOLD AND
slLyRR MINING COMPANY will be held at
the once OF the company. room 20. No. tl9
o.lif %s si,sss, s e. sssaei s2 S q
Isso. AZ the hour Of II O'Clock H.,
fSr the purposs Of e'scting . Board Of
Directors to eerys for the ensuing year, and
for the Transaction Of such other business a.
may properly como before the meeting. Trans
Ger books win be closed on Monday. March
isth. lSoO. BY order Of the Board Of Director.
JXcOb sTADFgLDT. in, sscrslary.
ofies-Room IS. No. 40 California strsst,
San Frsnetsco. California. ms