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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
Strange Vocations.

a lndy-resident of the Faubourg st. Ger
main, Paris, IS credited with. earning a
good income by Matching red, black, and
brown ants for pheasant prcservcrs. One
Parisian gets his living by breeding mag
gots out OF the foul meats he buys of the
chiifonicrs, and fattening them up in tin
boxes. Another breeds maggots for the
special behoof of nigtingalcs; and third
''marchand d'asticols' boasts of selling be-
tween thirty and forty millions of worms
every season for piscatorial purposes. He
owns great pit at Montmartrc, wherein
he keeps his store. Every day his scouts
bring him fresh stock, for which he DAYS
thcm from flve to ten pence per pound, ac-
cording to quality; reselling them to anp-
lers at just double those rates, and clearing
thereby over three hundred pounds a year.
NO wonder he processes great fondness for
his "chlldren' as lie calls them; although,
like other fond fathers he Is ready enough
to part with them when opportunity offers.
This curious vocation is not unknown IN
England. Some twelve years ago, we are
told, MIR. Wells, a fishing tackle maker of
Nottingham, in order to ensure a constant
supply of bait for his customers, started q
farm for the rearing of lobworms, cock
spurs, ring-tailed brandlings, and other
worms in demand among the deciples of
Walton, who abound in the old lace town.
10 keep his farm stocked, men and boys
60 out at night collecting worms In the
meadows and pastures; moist warm night
| yielding from two TO six thousand worms.
AS soon rs they are brought in they arc
placed in properly selected moss, field moss
for choice, to scour until they become little
more than skin-freshly caught worms be-
ing too tender for the anglers to handle;
while "when worm is properly educated,
he is as tough as bit of india rubber, and
behaves rs a worm should do when put
upon the hook" When this condition Is
attained, tho worms are packed in moss,
and put up in light canvass bags for the
market This worm merchant does not
entirely depend upon the industry of his
collectors, but breeds large quantities him.
self in his own garden the component
parts of his breeding heap being secret lie
not unnaturally keeps to himself.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
A Sunless Girl.

Henry Richter and his wife were married
in the old country about thirty years ago,
and in succession they lost four children.
{ each OF whom came to the age OF two or
three years and then died Of something
which seemed like inanition. They faded
away, and the best medical talent in the
Grand Duchy-they are Badenese-could
assign no cause for the deaths. Richter
and his wife came to America and settled
III st. Louis, where they lost two more
children IN the same way. Shortly before
ing birth of the present girl, Richter met
the Baron Won Mich@loffslsy, who was stop
ping III 81. Louis at tho time, and to him
he told tho story of the blight which had
fallen upon his family. The Baron was a
member OF number of mystical societies.
we believe he belonged to some lodge of
kosicrucians, which the great Liebnitz
adorned; and touched by the tale that tho
father had told him, ho cast the horoscope
OF the child at tho moment Of its birth,
carefully noting the aspects of the planets
and making chart of the future of tho
baby which at the moment was crying in
its nurses arms. Just what that horoscope
was has never been told to any one but
| Richter and his wife, and tho result was
| that they have never moved away from the
house in which they then lived and have
carefully kept the girl out of tho sunlight
eve" since. Henry Is wealthy man and
can crafty every whiM which an idle fancy
could perceive, but he has chosen to live
always In mean neighborho3d, surround
ed by people with whom he has not a
thought In common, all for the reason g.
preserving the daughter whom he idolize-f
a writer gained access to tho lady's chamo
Der ana had pleasant chat with her. She
cVlnced strong desire to get out of doors
anu sec world Of which she knew moth
ing. The writer thus describes the la,iy:
Nlargaretha was reclining in an easy chair
before the CRATE, In which rather bright
fire was burning. The room was also
lighted by gas. and every detail was very
apparent. There were no windows in the
room, and the furniture was of the most
costly character, but 1t may easily be i'm
aglncd the scribe had eyes for nothing and
Tor nobody but the pale girl by the flreside.
She looked fully her age-nineteen-but
her face was blanchcd and white; not q
tlnge of red could bo made out in the
checks, although it was evident enough in
the rather full lips. Her eyes were blue
almost to backness, and her hair, which
rolled OH the cushioned back Of the chair
ana 1ell IN masses On the floor, was black
as night. There was not feature or a tint
to suggest German origin in her face or
1.-THE form, and she looked rather sweet and
amiable than pretty, although her features
were regular enough. She was attired in
a laced and frilled white wrap, gathered
about the whist by the strings of an old
fashioned sontag of white wool, the only
Dit of color in her dress being blue silk
kerchief wrapped negligently about her
throat. On the whole she resembled moth
ing but crayon picture brought to life.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
IIc WAS IL Peace Officer.

In Presquc Isle county, toward Maclsi-
nae, isa beautiful lake--Ilight Grand lake
ON whose shore stands a club house
owned by sllndry fsh-loving citizens of
Adrian, Michigan. The country around is
pretty much as nature made Through
and the few backwoodsmcn living there are
much like the country. One of them,
named Crawford, was lately elected Justice
of the Peace. A od-choppcr made COM
plant that certain raftsman had beaten
him, and asked for warrant for the Of
Tenders arrest. The Justices entire stock
of legal blanks consisted OF a summons and
a subpoena. After spending some time
valnly in trying to make these papers fit
the case, he got mad flung down his
papers and addressed the complainant thus:
''Sec here, mister, this court is bound to sec
Justice done in this township. You pay me
two dollars and half, costs of court, show
me the man, and the Court will lick the
evil out of him IN two minutes" Com
plainant paid the costs and pointed out the
man. The "Court," with majesty on his
brow and his sleeves rolled up, went fer
the offender, and in sixty seconds thrashcd
him TO the full content of both parties.
The Court then put on his coat and re-
marked that che was a peace officer, and
wished it understood that this Court would
preserve the peace, and any man who
thought he could raise thunder in that neck
of woods would have TO try the case with
the court personally" No other case has
since been tried by Squire Crawford.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
a Boy and q Pole.

OF course it is wrong to go fishing on the
Sabbath day, and the Clergyman of Bcrk-
shire county church felt thas it was 80 when
he addressed his Sunday School and earnest
ly exhorted the boys to refrain from such a
proceeding. But there was one boy in the
school who, instead of being led away from
the evil by the pastors address, merely got
the idea from it of going out that very after
noon, and when the reverend gentleman,
who, On six days in the week, was as ready
to pull a trout from the water as tho next
man, was strolling n the meadows later in
| the day, he was panied to come upon that
wicked small boy seated under some bushes
and angling in deep hole in brook. He
stopped and said to the confused and blush
| ing youth: "My boy, Pm sorry to sec that
you pay 80 little regard to what said this
morning. The boy had dropped his pole
| at being addressed, and at that instant the
line straightencd with yank that be.okened
| big trout on the hook The lad saw it.,
but he dared not toucl. the pole until the
clergyman said: "You had better take your
pole and go home. Be quick, too, boy ~
Then the youngster tried to obey, but he
was very small boy, and the fish didn't
come out very easily, and the way that
clergyman frettcd and fumcd for minute
was caution, and then he said: 'T-I-
am afraid-if leave you with the pole,
you'll use it again when Pm gonc-go home
and Ill take it home for you," and he
seized the poe and the small boy skipped
away and in a minute there was splendid
thrcc-pound trout in the clergyman 3 hands
and then before he could hide the pole anG
wrap the fish IN his handkerchief to put il
in his pocket, along came one of the dea
cons, and the pastor had a terribly embar
RAISING time explaining the matter, and Ia,
to name seven different days that he expect
cd the deacon to dine with him before the
latter would believe that tho pastor found
boy there with the pole and fish, but tha
tho youth ran off on the pastors approach
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
"A Diplomatic Answer.

The old man Smith, of Richfeld, is a
sclf-suflicient sort of an old fellow, and
pratlcs himself upon his riding abilities.
One day he espied his young hopeful lead
ing colt to water rather gingcrly, and re-
marked:
"Why On eart. don't you ride that
beast 2'
''l'm 'fraid to; 'frald he'll throw me-
"Bring that hoss hcrc,' snapped the old
man.
The colt was urged up to the fence, and
braccd on one side by the boy while tho old
man climbed on to the rails and stocked
himself On tho colts back. Then he was
let 20, and the old gentleman rode proudly
off. Paralyzcd by fear the colt went slow
ly for about twenty rods without demon
stration. Then like lightning his four legs
punched together, his back bowed like a
viaduct arch and the Old man shot up in
the air, turned seven separate and distinct
somcrsaults and lit on the small OF lis back
in the middle of the road, and With both
his legs twisted around his neck. Iiastcu-
ing to him the young hopeful anx iously In.
quircd:
"Did 1t hurt YOU, par"
The old man rose slowly, shook out the
knots in his legs, brushed tho dust from his
ears and hair, end rubbing hi. bruised el-
bows growled:
''Well, it didn't do mo bit Of good.
You 60 home"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
Premier Gladstone,

In personal appearance Mr.. Gladstone |
m active, 1.-the muscular man, rather tall
and of wcll.proportioncd frame. His face
and figure have that clcar-cut contour
which generally indicate several generations
of intellectual activity and personal leader
ship. Mr. Gladstone Is the defendant of
long line of Scottish lairdmcn of small.
wealth and limited possessions but accus-
toned to stand first in their community, to
think and to lead. The face ls scholarly
cultivated, its outlines boldly defined by
that meagrencss of muscle which distin-
guishcs the intellectual athlete. There is
not al ounce of supefluous flesh on it.. Tho
thin lips and well-cut mouth and chin be-
token irmness, determination and cndur-
ancc. Seventy summers have sat lightly
, on Mr.. Gladstone, but the years have
brought their blessings of rest, and his face
in general wears the rcpose Of strength and
cXperiencc--strongly lined with the record
OF trouble and thought a new fact, how
ever, or IN aggressive opinion, wakes the
whole man In the fire If youth, and the eye
flashes with eager light, and the body bends
quickly forward as If to grasp Il fresh &C.
qisltion. Like all strong Englishmen, Mr.
Gladstone Is a man of large physical pow.
or and endurance, fond of outdoor air anG
work, and the ring of his. axe at. Haw
arden, 80 familiar to England, has echoed
even across the Atlantic.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
Puss and the Sparrows.

The other day number of gentleme,
we're sitting in the detectives room in tb,
City Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, when an Eng
iish sparrow flew near the window, pcepet
III ana dartcd away again. Captain Holz
worth, who saw the little fellow, said tha
whenever he saw sparrow fit it reminded
hlm OF little scene which occurred in his
yard one cold day last winter. The spar.
rows, 1t seems, ascertaincd tho fact that
there was knothole in the gable of his
house, and took advantage of that know
ledge by taking possession of the hole and
portion of his attic where they passed tho
winter as snug as bugs in a rug. The cap.
tain's wife has warm spot in her heart fol
Dlrds. 80 when the ground was covered
with snow, and the little fellows ran q rlsl,
OF starving to death, Mrs. II. would swceu
away the snow and spread upon the ground
flne repast of crumbs The sparrows
soon learned to depend upon her, and told
Their friends what fine landlady they had.
In consequence hundreds of then conpre-
gated daily about the Captains house and
partook OF his charity. Close to the SPOT
where the birds were usually fed was a pile
OF bricks, and upon this pile the Captaln's
cherished mouser used to station himself
for the purpose of watching for prey. As
soon as the birds would get comfortably
settled about the crumbs the cat would
pounce upon them and invariably get Il
tender sparrow for dinner. Finally the
birds became accustomed TO the cats mode
OF procedure and would be on the watch
whenever they were feeding. They were
80 alert that the cat would hardly get ready
for spying before they were up in the air
and out of danger. One day they were
eating as usual, and the cat as usual was
watching them. Like bolt of lightning
the mouscr jumped into their midst, but
they were too quick for her, and cscapcd
unhurt. Miss Tabby. not DISCOURAGED,
mounted the pile of bricks again and await.
cd their return. The sparrows, after tlyinp
about for some time, finally settled upon
the fence mt the foot of the lot, where til ~
held long and interesting confab. After
chatterlng away for several minutes they
cautiously returned to their crumbs aud re-
s.med their eating, keeping all the while
sharp lookout for the enemy. After the
cat had become satisfied that they were too
much interested in satisfying their appetite
TO think of her, she made another spring.
Inc Dlrds wcrc up in an instant, and in
stead OF flying away as usual they formed
themselves into a hollow square aud charged
upon the foe. Some got upon the cats
back aud scratched and picked with all
their might; others flew right into Jlcr face,
while the balance made it interesting in the
rear. Tho cat was so surprised at first that
she was unable to move. The birds be-
came more md more lnfuriatcd and fought
such savage battle that they drove the
foe down the garden path on full gallop
and under the barn. They returned to
thcir 1east and were left to themselves the
j-aiiGa oStr" tnS Hat TIM, making herself
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
THE PASTORS STORY.
The pastors little daughter
Sits smilinp In the ann

The paste little daughter
Sits smiling In the sun,
Beside her on the old stone bench
The story-book just done,
And lurking in her wine brown eyes
story just begun,
For yonder. pruning the apple trees,
Behold the farmers son.
Slowly adown the pathway
The pastor comes and goes,
Aud settles with bis long, lem hand
The glasses on his nose.
Bore ever dry brown branch bofore
30 beautiful rose7
All, he thinks his blossom only a bud,
Though no watches 1t as it blows.
IL 1t the story Of Mosos
IN his rush-wrapped cradle found,
Or OF Joseph and his bret lern.
lie thinks as he glances round?
"You have finished your volume. AMY.
Is 1t something sorptural and sound ?"
And his little daughter bushes and starts
And her book falls to tho ground.
Go on with your walk, good pastor,
You do not yourself de ceivo:
1t has been scriptural story
Since Adam first kissed Eve.
And nevor blush, littlo lassie.
The ta'e was written above,
No othor 30 speaks Of Heaven
AS the old, old story of love.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-01
lio Felt Il Tritlc Flat.

An Oregon woman threatened to out her
husbands nose off. and hc overheard the
threat, and in the night he awohe and found
her tying his feet and hands. But he didn't
give himself away. lie determined to
stop hor in the very act of committing the
crime, and so fcigned sleep until sho had
got him securely tied, and had got the
knife all ready to do the deed, when he
opened his eyes and cried: "Ahl hussy,
I've caught you in the very act!" But she
didn't drop the knife or seem dismayed.
She asked him what no was going to do
about 1t, and then he discovered that he
couldn't do anything, and as she whacketl
tho nose off he didn't feel that he'd been so
blamed smart, after all.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
inherited Antipathies.
from the ST. James Gazette.


Cows hate dogs instinctiyely, from
their earliest calfhood upward. / used
to doubt once upon a time whether their
hatred was not of artificial origin and
wholly induced by the inveterate human
habit OF egging on every dog to worry
every other animal that comes III its
way. But l tried mild experiment one
day by putting half-grown town-bred
puppy INTO a small Enclosure with some
hitherto unwOrried calves, and they all
turned to make a common headway
against the intruder with the same strik-
ing unanlmlty as the most and expert
enced COWS. Hence / am inclined to
suspect that the antipathy does actually
result from vaguely inherited instinct
derived from the days when the ancestor
of our kline was a wild urus, and the an
-estor Of our dogs wolf, on the wild
forest-clad plains of Central Europe
When COW puts up its tail at the sight
OF dog entering its paddock at the
present day 1t has probably some dim
instructive consciousness that it stands in
the presence of dangerous hereditary
foe, and as the wolves could only seize
with safety a single isolated urus, so the
COWS now usually make common cause
against the intruding dog, turning their
heads in one direction with very I'M
wonted Unanimity till his tail finally dis
appeared under the opposite gate.
Such inherited antipathies seem COM
mon and natural enough. Every species
knows and breads the ordinary enemies
of its race. Mice scamper away from
the very smell of a cat Young chickens
run to the shelter of their mothers
wings when the shadow of a hawk passes
over their heads. Mr.. Darwin put a
small snake into a paper bag, which he
gave to the monkeys at the Zoo, and one
monkey after another opened the bag,
looked in upon the deadly foe of the
quadrumanous kind, and promptly
dropped the whole package with every
gesture of horror and dismay. Even
man himself-though his instincts have
all weakened SO greatly with the growth
of his more plastic intelligence, adapted
to wider and more modifiable set of ex-
ternal circumstances-seem to retain
vague and original terror Of the serpen-
time form
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
sfDIEsIcrE.

Mrs Harriet Girard Clark, a member Of the
well-hnown Girard family of Philadelphia, aud
whose first husband, Baron Henry Lallemand
was general Of artillery under the Great Ma
polcOn, died on the Goth.
Constantine Herring, called by Hahnemam
himself, the :" Father of Homeopathy" died at
New York, on the 9th, aged 81.
Richard NJ Lea, prominent member of the
New York produce exchange, was taken sudden
" i'll on the 9th, and died soon after his re-
moyal from the Exchange building to the
Stevens house. lie was 80 years old.
J. II. IrumbuIl, prominent New York stock
broker. died on the Goth inst, aged 81 years
Rev. ". II. NIiesse, member of the Cincinnati
conference of the NJ. Z. Church, died i'll that
city, on the Goth inst.
Greene Smith, the only surviving son of
GerIit Smith, died at his residence in Pctcrboro
n. y, aged 80.
Charles Barlow. of II. G. Dun & Co.'s mer-
camille agency, died suddenly at his summer
residence, Long Branch, on the 18th inst.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
Foreign War Notes,

Roumamia is contracting for twenty million
cartridges for one hundred thousand men she
can put III the first line in case Of war
Gen. Burrows brigade has been severely de
feated Ayoob Khan. sustaining great loss. The
flying English were haTassed for three miles
by the Afghans
The Gillian government is said to have agreed
upon the following propositions, looking TO a
prosecution Of the war; First, to issue Sc, 000.-
900 for the continuance of the war; second, to
organize the army with new divisions; and third
to raise the Nance Capae.
The Gillian transport Amazon was blown up
by a torpedo on CallaO bay.
In the recent encounter between the Alban-
ians and NOntenegrins near Ccrnaniz, the for
mer were badly beaten losing thirty-two men.
1t is stated that the Greek government will
soon call out the army reserves. Such a step
would have been taken before had not the
Powers requested Greece to wait Turkeys an
swcr to the collective note.
Should trouble arise between Austria and
Russia in reference to Turkish affairs, the prin-
cipaity of ROumania would certainly take sides
with the latter power. Russian agents have
been oninously busy in the province for some
time
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1880-08-07
Bhe AORHg NapoIcOm,s Dcath.

Brigadier General Sir Evelyn Wood. who ac-
compancd eX-Empress Eugcnic.to IuIuland, has
sent papers descriptive of the death OF the
Prince Imperial, collected from Independent
narratives Of eighteen of the Zulus who partici-
pated i'll the attack on the princes party. and
showing that the attacking party numbered
forty, twelve Of whom followed the prince
eight being Immediately concerned in his death.
The Luius having nearly surrounded the princes
party, fired and rushed ON them as they were
mounting. The prince not having succeeded in
mounting, ran alongside his horse INTO q donga,
until, being closely pressed by his plUsucrs, he
turned on them in the words of the Zuus,
" like lion at bay" Being struck by an asscgai
inside the left shoulder, he rushed at the near
est opponent, who fled. Another Zulus then
fired at the prince. when only ten yards from
him. The prince fired his pistol and faced the
rapidly increasing foe, until, menaced from his
right and rear, and struck by another asscgai,
he regained the level on which he had first
stood in the donga, where he was speedily sur
rounded. He seized an assegai which had been
thrown at him On struggling with his terrified
horse his sword had fallen from its scabbard)
and thus defended himself against seven or
eight Iulus, who state that they did not dare
close in on him until he sank exhausted on his
hips. The above facts were elected from the
Zulus who were examined separately on the
scene Of the attack.