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, 1880-03-05

4 DENNIS kEA!lSEy will .bo soon wanted
tn New York City. Thc Ce!csttnts from tho
Pacific Coast arrtve III that city in rnpldly-
increasing numbers.
, 1880-03-05

About 600 men employee! at tho Vulcan
Iron Works Of St Louis l'ave struck for MI
increase OF wages. Tie cabinetMNkels a,ltl
WAgonlnukcrs Ut that city are still out.
, 1880-03-05

TIE Democrats of Kansns will select de]c-
gates to the Democratic Snttoihll Convention
Mny 70, al,d ~ through tho form Of nolni~
Mating State officers.
, 1880-03-05

THE GrecnbaclSeTs Of tho Seventh In
diana Congressional District yesterday re~
nomtnnted tho present Representative, the
Rev. Gilbert lie LII Matyr, by acclamntton.
, 1880-03-05

IT is M longer 1cnieh tlat Roseoo Conk.
ling Bn.tblcd Stewart Wonlfort' ut uttcn. New
Yurk IL bE State, hut not hig enough, 1toscae
thinks, to furnish n1,othcr vIec-rrcsitlcnt With.
out bis eossent.
, 1880-03-05

DAY1A1tp's Secession speech Is helping him
In tito South. Sum Titlcn wauld like to hAye It
known "conil1enttally III tho party" that 10
also wns MI original Hecesspntst.
, 1880-03-05

JuDam EpMuNps invented tho original
0nme af FIftron: and n grateful pc0pto wilt
,nnko him Trcsldont,-it lo Gun got tho u astcs
tho II ut Chicngh.
, 1880-03-05

GAIT. JorN n. RowEt1., OF Bloomington.
hns put himself III tho hnnds 1T his frlends. who
will contest for him tho 1tupubllcan nomination
for Congress-.
, 1880-03-05

CHEAT loss lias bccn callsetl by tic pro-
tractclL sMow-bl0cka.1e aInng Tho lLnu Of tho
Northern Pacific lsaflroa,l. NJ n,nil llas becn
received ut D'sllarok since Fcb.D 0.
, 1880-03-05

4 nngAT deal OF bal blood has been
ueplsed though ltstlo OF It has bUrn she'd 20 fur,
by the failure Of tho 1t. Louis people III their
effort to aeculc tho location Ut tho Dcmocs4tlo
, 1880-03-05

FItED ifASsAUitEK writes to tle Clnclnnatl
E'Wtf,cr nlN,slt its ,Ycll-known predictions
Tor tho ox-PrusitlpNt." What Gun TO meau7
, 1880-03-05

OlltEN'rAT. LODGE, NO. ~ 4. F. 4 4. N.-1teH.
ulnr Communication viii be- het1 this ttrHil ySeM.
...... Wsi. tAIiDXEtt, Wur. Master.
, 1880-03-05

WAsIityt3TON. CHAPTER. Nh. r. II. 4. M.--n7R-
ea! Conso:Mtion ths tr'y1 syen'nE II nc,Ss
Ions cUEtilaIlT inytui. ny nr.!er Of thy !t.1..
, 1880-03-05

Mrs. Frnnk Leslie Is managing hor late
husbands publications.
Tile ex-15,uprcss Cnr1otta recently Refused
to wear II new bunnut which hal boon purchased
for her. Itor case is now considered hopeless.
Perhaps the NfElilists would To better by
trying tn kill sDnlo ou1ntnon people. In whlca
c9,so tho llyes 0t tue nobility would DO in great
peril.
Il. j. Rurtletto, the ".ftnny nan" Of the
IhlsrkcDt, hlla brokcn down from uverwork. anu
bce1t compelled to onucol his locturo engage
A.GHtB.
Tic Empress of Austria, It il asserted,
never rlt,us II horsp utter ho has unce thnwn
hor. 1Ger Irish stables contan six horses for her
own riding.
This tlErtatlon between Miss Nelson alMl
Lougfclow IL ronlly Hotting to DO too serious
tho latest nuws being that tho fur nctrcBs took
tliuner With tho pout lust Bunday. DO carefa'
Henry.
1lanlan Offers ta bot g, 600 that ha can beat
guy nun tive souogld. IN tly1 lntlua. Mo VII! Del
bIr, IInntnn $1,000 that ho hns talked moro aad
rowed less .lur'nR tho pnst tlyo yuars thah a'y
twonty l'yu iAcn tn AmerIca.-UA'kush Chrtss@1"
1tlpoeaie.
Tho Car doesn't seem to understand t!as
il hu Wcro to stnrt u baac-hnit championship
over tloro, md then Introduce tho Ke1n p'isa!o
m"s'' me "sas, ss"seu, Nv eIo ,osst ~ oor my
"ts:,t,'.,, ~. .ss; H., ~ o"' wa w.
"|'o..o' " . .... /,
lM'sh.ea 'ulu ,. ,Iss ID H., ,osso,, ."" t.sc.
4 Mn" a"o. p.s :, n4.s '..",t Il, tho
9oluea sos'ilo ana l'yA ). Ssui.S .",,"r ~ oYor
eoly ranh4 oelnfo pseoca1is ~ s' .t,",t yuur
ioya. ..
The Count I1ent1rlknf n1ld Ills WIG na,o
bcen banshod trnm 1illss!a because tho mn}
thlkol tn, frdcly nt,but thn inyt-atfA[fs u! luz
Cxar, porhaps tlo Caunt hntl bottsr co'"o :"
ths o'isry aud run fot v,re rfes;aGis ,ss,,svng ~,
Hemnoratlo t'oKoL I4tdeh nau '''''3'
would st,ltnl vol.
LATEST puzzle poetry;
, 1880-03-05
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Givo Fost-Usaca nldfess III full Including stato hEd
County.
fkemtnncee may he r,nde othnr ~ drnst. nxrrDss.
roatODlco urue. or In rcAatsrca iottur, at otlr risk
TT CtTY sC1ssCil1HE.fsS.
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Daily dellverod Sunday Included, 40 ecnta nor Week.
Address TltE TKiIuNE COMPANY.
Corner Madison and Iluarbur.,.sts. Chcu9ot ILL.,
, 1880-03-05

I1crsfev MH*Ic-I4nlf.
Madison stteet, bHtwecA Dearborn and State. En-.
tertanment by l'Iuf ltcyhulis.
, 1880-03-05

Clark street, betwecn Washington and kand0fpt.
arrangement Of Miss Alhlnto lulnsGE. "HoMrthE-
School"
, 1880-03-05
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.Mndieon strcct. between JeslrbUrn ntd State. Eli
gagomcnt Of Air. Cintun Intl "1'Aa 3ttattxises.'
, 1880-03-05

Doarborn street. crner IT ,tonrue. Enhancement Of
uUyIy Cnrtes Opesn Company. "1ho pirnec4 Ut
pcpxanCO.r
, 1880-03-05
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engemeut Of aiagUlp Mitchell. "i'cnrt Ut savoy"
, 1880-03-05

Enttrtd al The fos.trfcf at Ehieoqo Ill, SetonI-
Chiss Matter
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
A Bachelors League.

Many highly respected unmarried me,
III London about thirty years ago, had be.
come thoroughly impressed with the idea
that something ought to be done to relieve
themselves from certain social duties which
had been gradually growing more and more
oncrOus. After some canvassing amonu
| the Interested persons ii was finally decided
to form League of Bachelors, and rs the
members of that league were cndeavoriny
to escape from responsibilities which arc
VIGOROUSLY shlrkcd by the young men of
today, we shall perhaps interest our femi-
nine readers by transcribing few of the
rules which were laid down for a London
society almost generation ago and which
are likely to be revived before long on this
! side of the water"
|. Every bachelor Joining the league is
to cancel all previous engagements
2. Every bachelor having subscribed for
liVe years to the League, and who, by mis-
fortune, shall have incurred q matrimonial
engagement, shall be defended against any
action Tor breach of promise, and thus
saved from the shame and misery of going
through the Court of uymen, which is too
frequently another name for the Insolvent
Court.
B. Connected with the League it is in
Oflice, to insure single men against marriage
and Irritation, on the same principles as arc
usually applied TO death and fire. ANY
member having visited willfully a house
with more than two marriagcable DAUGHTERS
will, in the event of the calamity of marrl-
age Detailing him, be regarded IN the same
light as Jeto de Sc. and his policy will be
vitiated on account of the very bad policy
that will have guided him. Any bachelor
falling-into mutrmony-by his own hand,
as III the case Of a written promise to we'd,
will DC deprived of all the benefits OF his
insurance, and every applicant proposing
to be insured must answer the following
questions among others that will be pro
posed to him: What is courage next birth
day? at what ago had your father the
misfortune to marry your mother? Have
you been afflicted with the German or other
mania? Are you subject to sentimental
tits? Have you been addicted to the writ
ing of sonnets? Or have you ever suffered
from the cacOetheS scri6endi in any shape
or at any time whatever Have you Mt any
! time i'll your life been victim to the flute,
or any other dcadly-lively Instrument
Lave any Of your near relations fallen in
love at any time, and If 80 have they re-
covered, OR have their cases ended fatally?
II these questions arc all answered in
satisfactory manner, any member, of the
Bachelors League may insure any amount
under $4,000, to bo paid within three
months of the melancholy termination OF
proof of wedlock having actually ovcrtakcn
him. The insurance against firation or fire
cannot be effected where the applicant is
more than ordinarily lnllammable, and
watering g-places in the season, balls and
picnic parties must be considered as doubly
or trebly hazardous, and charged accord
ingly. y great moral engine will bc kept
on tho premises, 80 that in case of alarm of
fire, any member may have cold water
thrown upon him without extra premium.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
A Big nIustard Plaster.

DIR. Henry g. Chapman, Coroner's Ply
sician i'll Philadelphia. Pa, whose genial
nature age has not withcred, and whose in
finite variety Of cheerful speech custom. has
anything but stalled, rushed excitedly into
| the drug store at the northwest corner of
Twelfth and Chestnut streets and cried in
| peremptory tones:
/ ''Givc me three feet of mustard plaster;
and give it to mc right away!"
The apolhccary ''with overwhelming
br0ws" looked up from amidst his 'grccn
carthen pots bladders and musty sccds' and
said in a tiuzcd sort of way;
"Sir2n
In this single word was expressed both
Interrogation and surprise.
''I say" replied DIR. Chapman, "I want
| three yards of mustard plaster, and | want
| it just rs quick as you can make it. Patient
is III imminent danger. Delay may mean
DEATH"
''rhrce feet Of mustard plastcr9 Good
heavens, Doctor, what are"
! IL said three yuatts, not three feet; at
least, when said three feet meant to say
three yards and l Immediately corrected
myself. And think that mentioned the
fact that this was case in which there was
no time to be lost" The Doctor wns grow
tSSlS.
"But three yards of mustard plaster !;
why, bless my soull You wouldn't want
that much if your patient was II hippopola-
mus with the stomach ache; surely, Doc
tor, you don't really mean to say yards
you must mean inches"
DIR. Chapman assumed an air of severity
becoming his professional dignity and
municipal Office. lie seemed on the verge
of EXPRESSING n fOrciblp OniniOn forn;hly
There was u significant pause Then his
severity faded away, his dignity relaxed
and he chucklcd:
"rhc fact of tho matter is" he sald
cone of the giralrcs out at the Zoo has an
acute attack of bronchitis. Ills throat's
sore all the way down. That's what the
plaslcr's for. Now then, let's have it.
And then the puzzled apothecary saw
day light and set about manufacturing the
largest mustard plaster that the world has
ever known.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
Down mn In u Stage ConoI,.

~ moments halt on The summit and tho
downward trip begins. The horses relieved
OF the weight which has dragged so heavily
from the beginning, set into IL strong gallop,
cvincing confidence in the brake block
which occasions do not always Justify.
The road is frightfuly steep, and so sinnu-
ous that oftcntinlcs the way in front seems
barred beyond passage. The coach dips
and carccns from side to side and strong
grasp upon the seat is necessary to prevent
| being discharged into the depths below.
The dropping Of the brake block lends an
additional interest to the rIdc Thoncc-
forth whcclcrs and leaders arc launched
into terrific race for life. With diatctl
nostrils and cars well back, the frightened
beasts know that flight is their only safety,
and strongly they plant their feet into tho
hard and often icy road. Jchu keeps them
well In hand, holds the wheel horses up to
their work and plies the vigorous lash to
the leaders. So long rs his stccds keep
their feet, he knows he can control the
movements Of his stage, but if ono goes
down, frightful disaster Is almost certain.
Down the rugged road the coach punges-
now grazing the solid wall of the noun
tain and anon trembling OH the very verge
of the brink-that appalling evidence of
the narrow line between life with all ita
hopes and aspirations and death with its
chccrlcss uncertainty. a few moments
and the studded growth of hardy ever
green's struggling for life amid the chaos of
looscncd rock appears, announcing tho
approach to famcr lands; the road gradu-
ally loses its pcrpcndicularity, corduroy
bridges threaten to dcmolish the quaking
vehicle; the horses sackcn their pace !;
the way widens; vegetation assumes a
larger growth birds of broader wing,
more varied plumagc and wider range OF
song dart from tree to tree; sluntcd grass
scrc and yellow and late autumnal flowers
give happier face TO the landscape; the
austcrIty of the heights above disappears,
the driver slowly and carefully draws rein,
and one passenger, at least, indulgcs In
silent Thanksgiving. But it is grand, ex-
citing, magnificent ride anyway, and every
body should take it once, at least, III a life
time
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
A Spanish Dinner.

We returned to our hotel for another ex-
perlcnce-that of genuine Spanish dinner.
This narrowing theme is not to be avoided,
since life cannot be supported on cathcdrals
and curiosities. To describe one Is to dcs-
cribe all. The dining room has bare floor,
seldom visited by soap of CASTLE or Of any
other region, but the walls try to attract
your attention by hidcous Oh paintings and
photographs, and occasionally dingy gildcd
columns support the ceiling. The table
linen is very coarse and rough and the nap
kins are put in rings for further service.
The soup is generally good, because thick
ened by a sort Of pea, which some writer's
says "tries TO become bean and very
nearly succeeds" This vegetable is sure
to appear three or four times in some form,
either in the dignity of a separate dish or
in comradcship with another. There are
seven or eight courses, the fish lettering in
at the third or fourth, and some of them
might be good but for the revolving presence
of some untranslatable flavor and especially
of garlic. If this vllainous plant does not
positively NIX itself with all the viands it
can ut least boast that it brcathcs upon
them. The young lady of our party vcn-
turcd to say that she did not really dislike
it, whcrcupon she was assailcd with such
storm of scornful incredulity that she
went straight over to the enemy's camp for
ever, much to the disgust of her admiring
cavalier The Gins Ortlinaires of Spain
are agreeable and pure; the sweet dishes
were to us insolnble mysteries, usually to
be avoided; the fruits excellent, especially
grapes, which in October arc abundant,
enormous clusters selling for two or three
sous. This is the land of chocolate, which
nearly usurps the throne of coffee; with it
arc served long frosty morsels of mixture
of sugar and white of eggs of deadly sweet
ness. The bread is always good as to
butter, bid 1t q fond goodbye when you
leave France, for here no one eats it, and
If you make the attempt once, surely you
will never make 1t again.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
Concentration or Mind,

Dr. Potter, few days ago, before the
Sanitary Reform Association, of New York,
when explaining the difficulties a child had
In concentrating its mind on its studies,
when surroundings were uncomfortable as
IN badly built orill-vcntilated schoolroorn,
made use OF singularly happy expression.
lie spoke Of those physical adjustments, Vi
the exact meaning of which most people
who work with their brains and pens can
most thoroughly understand 1t is quite
certain that the surroundings of literary
| man, when nc Is at his work, have some
thing to do with the facility or difficulty
with which his labor is ACCOMPLISHED A
spluttering pen, viscid ink, greasy paper,
Il rickcty table, an uncomfortable chair, arc
often clogs to successful composition. They
are mechanical distractions, physical
interruptions, which, constantly recurring,
check the free flow of thought. The alb
solutc work to be done, even when Success
Iui!y accomplished, is ut the expense of u
certain amount Of extra labor 1t has Of
ten been told, what arc the peculiar sur
roundings under which some distinguished
men have accomplished their literary work
One author never could write unless Il brass
candcstick, tho candle in which never was
lit was Oh his table; another had to have n
dish Of waters, though he never was known
TO use any; Il third never could pen q limo
unless pot with geranlums was placed Oh
or near his writing desk. AS to the matte
rial to be uscd it is said that one of the
most famous of modcrn French novciss
never would have written Il romance if u
maker of peculiar paper with blue lines
had stopped manufacturing These are,
of course, mental idiosyncrasics to bc
r1,nl OF Il
justmcns. Taking, however, Dr. Potter's
broader idea, and applying it to the lower
creation, We oil know the method employed
IN training canary birds to sing IL slave of
music. They are enclosed in Il dark cage
and pipcd to. All outside disturbing in
fluenccs are withheld. 1t is absolutely cCr-
tain that in teaching children, in drawing
to point the focal powers OF their brains,
all cxtraneous disturbances, rs far us posi-
bic should he removed. With the adult,
however, ii is misfortune when these
physical adjustments are such necessities
that no serious continued work can bc ac-
complishcd when he is not in harmony with
them. n man becomes then the slave Of
his surroundings. No one is i,lio,c
enough to dcspise the quiet library, the
baizc- covered table, the morocco covered
CHAIR tho silver standish, the pet pen, the
hand made paper, the pleasant warmth of
the cannel-coal fire, and the carefully atl-
justcd light. But such delightful adjuncls
we do moi all enjoy. Perhaps the news
paper office, with its thousands of inter
ruptions, its usual ,dscomforling surround
ings, would be the bcsi place IN the world
to teach man that these physical adjust
mcnts can DC at times entirely dispensed
with.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25

pect 1t of you. You can only dcspisc me
and hold NE in hatred and contempt for
what did to you. But that or something
else has come home to me-"
do not hate or dcspise you Mrs. Fletch-
or. God has been too good to me for that.
Stay! Doctor Lethbridge will indorse my
forgiveness, am sure, and we will make
you as happy as we can. We will forget
oil that was unpleasant and start anew.
DO stay and teach my little. girls, dear Mrs.
Fletcher"
And Clcona sat down, overcome with
passionate tears, while the doctor, with an
indulgent smile, and nod of the head to
Minnie, left the two women alone under
the strange circumstances into which the
sarcasm of fate had led them.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25

Stream, where they find the right tcmpcra-
turc. There seems TO be doubt Us to what
the food of the menhad8nis. Hundreds Of
. specimens have been dissected, and every
stomach has been found to contain dark
grecnish Or brownlsh mud or silt, such as
occurs near the mouths of rivers and on the
bottom Of still bays. When this mud is
allowed to stand for q time in clear water
II becomes slightly tingcd with green, in
dicating the presence of chloroplyl, perhaps
derived from tue alg1, 80 common in mud
dy bottoms. In addition to the particles of
fine mud, the microscope reveals & few
common forms Of diatoms If the men,
hadcn had teeth il might be supposed that
they feed on other fish, as the blue fish feed
OH them; but in place of teeth their mouths
are supplied with about fifteen hundred
thrcad-lilIc bristlcs from third to three
quarters of an inch long, which arc attached
to tho gill arches and resemble q sieve.
Below this is the stomach, which resembles
the gizznrd of a chicken, and further down
is coicd intestine about five times the
length OF the fish, all of which would point
to the fact that the mcnhadcn feed on veg
ctahlc matter Professor Goodies opinion
is that the fish goes down to the mud sifs
out the unnutritious matter and swallows
WV iSit'ii'Ul' I'LL IcSuIN W tnclF brCCN-
ing habits some mystery exists. Thousands
ofsprcimcns have been disScc:cd since 1871,
without the discovery of mature ova.
Young mcnhatlcn, from one to three inches
in length and upward, are common in Sum-
mcr and Autumn in the southern part of
New England These are in schools, and
make their appearance suddenly from the
open ocean, like adult fish. NIcnhatlcn
have never been known tn spawn on the
southern coast, and the egg bearing ones,
when observed, arc always heading out to
sea. The strong possibility is that their
breeding grounds are on the off shore shoals
which skirt the coast from Georges Banks
to the Florida Keys. The mcnhadcn has
come to be regarded rs The most prolific of
fish, far exceeding the shad and herring
An examination Of one fish revealed ono
hundred and fifty thousand eggs The
business Of rendering mcnhadcn into oilan
scrap, the latter for fctilizing purposes,
hns grown rapidly on Long Island within
few years. Over forty millions of fish were
caught and rendered last year. Three new
steancrs are being constructed for next
years crusade, and three new factories are
going up. Over IL million dollars are now
invested, ard it is safe to assume that half
a million of capital will be added within
tho next year. The profits OF the business
arc immense.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-25
The Kerosene Lamp.

Kerosene has been IN general use 50 many
years that we naturally suppose that people
are familiar with it's qualities, and under
stand perfectly well how to handle it safely
and economically. This impression is,
however, hastily formed, and it seems that
lamentablc ignorance prevails on the sub
ject. Much damage results from turning
the light of these lamps low. The presence
Of glass chimney on every kerosene lamp is
as plain q direction to keep the flame bright
as though it were printed in so many words,
s'Don't let me SMOKE" Kerosene is a con-
centrated hydro-c carbon. With an insuffl-
cicnt supply Of oxygen, it gives off dydro-
gen and carbonic acid gases, both inimical
to health and in suffi ;ient amounts fatal to
life. With tn ordinary open lamp the
burning of kO ose le is not successful. A
chimney Is eddad, and extends several
inches above the flame, which rests on tho
perforated base below it. On lighting the
lamp, the glass chimney is almost instantly
heated, inducing an upward current of air,
which rushes in through the network Of
pcrforations, feeds the flame with oxygen,
and passes Off at the top of the chimney
If the chimney is sufficiently high, and tho
perforations sufficiently large, the intensity
of the light may be considerably increased,
of course at the expense of a larger amount
of oil and greater supply Of oxygen.
Thus the table lamps, with cylindrical or
Argand works, give larger amount Of i Ii
than those which arc fed by fiat wick !;
the chimney much higher, and the atmos-
phere is fed to the center as well as to the
outside of the flame. When kerosene
lamp is turned down low, from mistaken
idea of economy, there is insufficient COM
bustion, and If the lamp does not visibly
smoke, the invisible gases of carbonic acid
and hydrogen arc evolved, and may be de-
tccted instantly by the smell, especially by
person who comes In from out doors or
from room with purer atmosphere. The
| presence Of these dangerous gases means
headache and vertigo, and at longth iisen-
sibllity and death. No ordinarily sized
living room In house is safe half an hour,
or fifteen minutes, even, after lamp has
been put into this improper condition. All
saving Of oil by such means Is at the risk of
loss Of health, and possibly Of life. Such
niggardliness Is suicidal.