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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-09-28

THE PRIMARY ELECrION:--Tic pri-
mary election passed ofycstcrday, but
returns could not be procured at the
time Of going to press. The result in
Winnsboro is.
For SENAToR-Elkin, 8; Gaillard,
155.
For THE HousE-B -Bricc, .a5; Lyles,
80; N1cMastor, 1}G; Mitchell, 90;
Pagan, 7S; Thomas, Is; Turhcr; 81.
FoK SnERIrr-NfoCarlcy, 81; Eli
son, So; Davis, 80.
For School COMMISSION Boyd,
90; Douglass, 72.
For PROBATE JUDGE-Doylcs, 14G;
Bell, ii.
. For CoRoNEE-ITinnant, 6; Milling,
1b4..
For COUNTY CoMMIssIoNEgs- Har-
vey, 90; Owings. 80; IIinnant, So;
Zcaly, A; IIcrron, 3S; Robertson, 81;
Dukes, %; Douglass, 81.
The other candidates" received q
small lnumbcr of votes:
A full report will be given subsc-
>,Qucntly.'
TIE GREAT TAMMANY MEETING. 49,:
Thc following lcttcris published in the
New York Star as having been rc-
ccivcd at the great Tammany Hall
Hancock meeting held OH the 2ad inst. {:
FROM HON. JAMES n. R1oN, OF SOUTH
CAROLINA.
WTNNsBoRo, S. G., Sept. Is, 1880.
Hon. IMgustus SchelI, Chairman:
DEAR SIR: | am in receipt Of your
lcttcrof the 9th inst, inviting mo to
address the grand mass meeting to be
held on tho 23d inst.
l am very sorry that my engage
ments at tho courts here, which arc
now in session, and which will con-
tinuc bcyond'the Esd, will prevent my
accepting your invitation.
J. hopo that the reunion of the
Democracy in New York is harbin-
ger Of the real reunion Of tho States,
which can only be effected by the cleo
tien OF. Hancock and English and tho
defcat ofthe so-callcd Republican par
ty,' The election Of Hancock would
mean peace and goodwill, and re-
union between all parts of this coun-
try; that Of Garfield would signify the
perpctuation Of dishonesty discord
and misrulc. Very respectfully, your
obcdicnt servant, JAMES II. Ron.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19

AS he passed along here he looked at
the snakes, and fairly howled, y
"'I tell you see snakes! and I am
positive of it,
ellis friend who was with him said
soothingly, not noticing the snake case:
"sOh, no, Charley, you only imagine
So
"'Look, then, and be convinced, ;
said Charley.
s"His friend did look-and hurried
out of the building, remarking, Il didn't
know that l had been drinking so
hard"
Yes, we buy all good specimens in
the snake kingdom that are offered us,
but we have no need of the ordinary
varieties. More of them are offered
than we want. We make plaster-casts
of all kinds of snakes, and color
them up to nature as you will see by
this''-pointing out a handsomely pre-
pared lot of plaster specimens. "This
can be examined by many who can not
look at the real thing, but live snake
has no terrors for those who like them.
Indeed, tits the dead snake that affects
them. Children, as rule, do
not take after the snakes; they are
not interested in the stuffed birds or
animals"
The Smithsonian collection of live
snakes numbers about 800. OF stuffed
snakes there are about 500, and Of plas-
ter casts several hundred. Washington
Cor. Hartford Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
About Ambergris.

AMBERGRIs is supposed to be NOR.
bid secretion of the liver of the sperma.
ceti whale, found floating, or washed
ashore, in Southern seas. 1t is little
lighter than water, and might be easily
mistaken for piece of the bark of a
tree. On examination, however, it is
found to be of waXy nature, streaked
with gray, yellow and black, and emit
ting peculiar aromatic odor. 1t fuses
at 40 to $50 degrees Fahr., and at a
higher temperature gives out white
smoke, which condenses into a crystal
line fatty matter. 1t is found all sizes,
from one pound up to twenty or thirty ;
but occasionally pieces are picked up,
or found in whales, weighing one or two
hundred pounds.
Ambergris has been known from an
early period, some pharmacopeias pre-
scribing it for fevers and nervous
complaints. 1t is sometimes mingled
with the incense burned in Roman Cath
olic churches, and is also put in certain
kinds of wine to improve the chou
quet." But the great use of ambergris
is in the manufacture of peyfumery. Not
that its fragrance is either very powerful
or pleasing; but it possesses the pecu-
liar property of causing other ingredi-
ents to throw out their odors and make
them more specific and durable. In
this respect it bears q resemblance to
the use of mordants in dyeing, without
which the colors would fail to become
permanent. Hence all the best per-
fumes contain ambergris, which is one
reason of their costliness; and hence,
also, the fact that homemade cologne.
for instance, smells only of alcohol.
The costliness of ambergris is owing,
of course, to its comparative scarcity
and the uncertainty attending its discov.
cry. 1t is, therefore, held more valua
BILE than gold, ranging in price from
twelve to twenty or more dollars az
ounce. Thus it is not a little singular
that two of the most precious products
of the sea are the result of disease
pearls and ambergris. The discovery
of even small piece of ambergris help,
materially to increase the profits of tn,
voyage.
1t may not be generally known tina
the headquarters of the world for am
bergris is in Boston, one house havips
the monopoly of the business, and sup
plying the leading perfumers of Europ,
and America. Consequently, this es
tablishment keeps good supply Away
on hand, and there it was recently til,
writer's privilege to inspect lump O
the precious disease, which weighed on
hundred and twenty-one pounds an,
was valued at the round sum of S22, 900
Youths Companion
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
The Passion Play at Oberammergau.

ABOUT forty-six miles from Munich,
in Upper Bavaria, in district chiefly
inhabited by wood-carvers, lies the VII
lage of Oberammergau-a place to
which travellers in Europe during the
coming season will be specially attract
ed. Between May II and September
26 the Oberammergau Passion Play
which has been performed every ten
years since 1634-will be represented
with all its pristine splendor. In 1888
frightful plague invaded Oberammer-
gau and the surrounding valley; and
the mourning survivors pledged them
selves, in thankfulness for its final ces-
sation, to represent the sufferings of
Jesus every ten years, and this pledge
they have faithfully kept. In 1890
miracle plays were generally prohibited
for various moral or social reasons, but
special exception was made in regard to
the people of Oberammergau. The
theater in which the Passion Play will
be given this year will accommodate
about 5000 persons. Perhaps it would
more properly be called an amphithea-
ter, as, with the exception of the stage
and the upper row of seats, it is open to
the sky. The price of seats varies from
one mark (about twenty-tour cents in
value) to eight. All the expenses are
borne by the parish and whatever prof
its remain after paying expenses, and
setting aside reserve fund, are devoted
to local charities. There are some fif-
teen or twenty speaking parts in the
play; the instrumental chorus includes
about thirty; and over six hundred per-
sons take part in the tableaux, some Of
them being little children not more than
two or three years old. There are sew
enteen groups of types and tableaux,
and much ingenuity is shown in the ar
rangement of these. The Old Testa-
ment types, which precede the tableaux,
are explained by the chorus of singers.
The dates fixed for these performances
are chiefly on Sundays. With the ex-
ception of two, the actors are the same
as in 1870. One of the former inter-
prefers of the play has died; and the one
who in 1870 took the part of the Virgin
Mary has, according to the strict ideas
of the people, become disqualified for
assuming it, in consequence of her mar
riage. This strange Passion Play was
probably first written by one of the Ben
edictines of Ettal-a monastery formerly
near Oberammergau-although rewrit-
ten since. The libretto does not contain
the music, and only gives the words Of
the chorus songs.-Haaper'S BazGr.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
Our Young Folks.
CONSTANCY.

LITTLE RUTH looked at her dolly one day,
Said: Dolly, they wish ne to give you
away;
They say you are old, and know it's quite
true;
But, dolly, dear dolly, can't part from you.
"Your color has faded, your nose is quite
gone,
Yet love you as well as the day you were
born;
You've great cracks on your face, and scarce
ly a hair,
Yet, dolly, my dear, to me you are fair.
" Though you're hurt, darling dolly, too often,
fear,
But you are so brave that you won't shed a
tear;
And although you've one arm, one leg and
no nose,
You're dearer to me because of your woes.
" But what was the hardest and cruelest sting
Was that father once called you horrid old
thing;
He said, What battered and wretched old
fright
Do take her away, pray, out of my sight
" And, dolly, he said that a new doll he'd buy;
To find me nice one he really would try;
She would have two legs, and more than one
arm;
1 am sure that papa did not mean any harm.
" Pray what would they all say if 1 asked
mamma
To go out and buy me nice new papa,
Because father dear is old bald and gray?
l should like very much to hear what he'd
say"
-HdrpeTS YOunQ PeoDIe.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
"A Balloon ViOlinist.

A FEW days ago (writes correspond
ent of the New Orleans Picay1ae) the
public of Munich saw the walls of their
city covered with immense posters an
nouncing the exhibition of a magnifi-
cent orang-outang that would play che
Carnival of Venice on the violin.
The baboon had great success for five
days; the public agreed that he was the
Paganini of balloons. The night of the
sixth day spectator was so indicate
as to stick a penknife into the baboon.
The variations were more brilliant than
ever. The nightingale whose eyes have
mercilessiy been put out sings more
sweetly than when she enjoyeth Nature
fair. Has steel the same effect on the
balloon? The indelicate spectator was
an inquisitive fellow; seeking the why
and because of things has given the
world Newton; so the spectator,
thinking that if a little pain, such as o
penknife gives, increases talent, good
deal OF pain might goad talent to
genius. He seized the baboon's tail and
pulled with will. The tail was left in
the puller's hands; the baboon's skin
fell to the floor; hidden underneath it
was the father of the Snowman. Do
you pretend that the audience did not
insist upon a return of their money!
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
Some Strange Vacations.

A LADY resident of the Faubourg St.
German, Paris, is credited with earning
a good income by Matching red, black
and brown ants for pheasant preservers.
One Partisan gets his living by breeding
maggots out of the foul meats he buys
of the chiffoniers, and fattening them up
in tin boxes. Another breeds maggots
for the special behoof of nightingales;
and a third merchant d'asticots"
boasts of selling between thirty and for
ty millions of worms every season for
piscatorial purposes. He owns great
pit at Montmartre, wherein he keeps his
store. Every day his scouts bring him
fresh stock, for which he pays them
from five to ten pence per pound, &C
cording to quality; reselling them to
anglers at just double those rates, and
clearing thereby over three hundred
pounds year. No wonder he processes
great fondness for his "children," as
he 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, Mr.. Wells, fishing-tackle
maker of Nottingham, in order to in
sure constant supply of bait for his
| customers, started farm for the rear
ing of lob-worms, cockspurs, ringtailed
brandlings, and other worms in demand
among the disciples of Walton, who
abound in the old lace town. To keep
his farm stocked, men and boys go out
at night collecting worms in the mead
ows and pastures; moist warm night
Welding from two to six thousand
worms. AS soon as they are brought in
they are placed in properly selected
moss, field-moss for choice, to scour I'M
| til they become little more than skin
freshly caught worms being too tender
for the anglers to handle; while "when
a worm is properly educated, he is as
tough as a bait of india-rubber, and be-
hayes as a worm should do when put
upon a hook" When this condition
Is attained, the worms are packed in
moss, and put up in light canvas bags
for the market. This worm-merchant
does not entirely depend upon the in
dustry of his collectors, but breeds large
quantities himself in his own garden
the component parts of his breeding
heap being secret he not unnaturally
keeps to himself.-ChGns6erS' Journal,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-06-19
Experimental Plots.

WE do not know of any thing whicn
would be more interesting on farm
than small experimental ground. New
plants and seeds come into notice every
year, but only few know which are
most valuable, and the great public de-
ponds on the newspaper editor, some in
terested correspondent, or the reports
of some agricultural society to tell him
all about them. Finally, on the strength
of what he reads, he invests considera-
bic money in some article OF another,
plants considerable ground with it, and
finds out only when too late that it is
not at all suited to his climate or soil. 1t
Oftentimes happens that an article really
good in a majority OF cases is of very
little value in some particular spot.
This is just the sort of knowledge no
paper or society can teach, but which a
small experimental garden would readi-
ly supply.
At market, or when visiting friends,
one often has few seeds or roots given
him which may be very useful to him,
but which are lost chiefly because there
is no spot assigned for the testing OF
these things. There is, indeed, dis
position in many cases to regard these
presents of new things as bores, and
they are often accepted because it is moi
thought courteous to wound friends
feelings by refusing what he regards as
somewhat of treasure. But besides
the pecuniary value which often results
from trying experiments, there is great
amount of pleasure from watching things
grow which we never saw before; anC
we are well assured that no one who es.
tablished small experimental ground OF
his farm could ever after be without it
-GerneGntoVs Telegraph.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19


On the, 18th day Of last January
ThomasL Clarke, a. locomotive engin-
eer on. the Virginia and Truckee' Rail-
road, was assaulted in broad day light
on the public street in Virginia City,,
by three men armed with iron bars.
He was seriously injured and barely
escaped with his life. The authorities
have made no effort to bring the Perpe'
traitors of this outrage to justice, and,
though it is said the dastardly act was
witnessed by sevaral persons, none ap-
pear to have made complaint against
those engaged in perpetrating it,. Now,
General r. NJ. Clarke, of Carson, a
brother of the engineer, offers reward
of $1,000, payable 1898 upon he deliv-
ery Of each of the three who commit
ted the assault, 70 the Warden OF tie
State Prison at Carson, and a like sum
for the conviction of any and all access
cries before or after the facs.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19
THE MINERAL LAND BaEL.

Congressman Converse, Of Ohio,
Chairman of the House Committee ON
Public Lands, has introduced bill,
embodying the recommendations of the
Public Lands Commission relative to
locating mining claims. The bill pro-
vides that all valuable mineral deposits
in the public lands, both surveyed and
unsurveyed, shall be free and open to
exploration and to occupation and pur-
chase by citizens of the United States,
and those who have declared their in
tention to become such, upon the terms
and conditions which it prescribes
One section of the bill provides for
square locations, the size of which is
LETT for Congress to determine, and all
rights to minerals contained therein
shall be confined within vertical planes
passing downward through the bounda-
ry lines. Another section abolishes,all
local customs and regulations relating
to the location of mines, and provides
that mineral lands shall be governed by
laws of Congress, while other sections
prescribe how locations shall be, made.
The bill makes it imperative on the dis
coverers or locators of mines, to pay
$50 to the Government within ninety
days from the date of location of a.
mining claim, and expend $500 worth
OF work on the claim within year;
and then pay so much an acre for the
the claim.
This is the most Objectionable feap
ture of the bill. It compels the pros
pectors, who are generally poor men,
to pay $50 within ninety days for each
claim they may discover and locate,
and expend besides $500 on each claim
within a year from the date of location.
Besides this they will have to pay for
the land, the price of which the bill
leaves for Congress to fix. This is vir-
tually excluding poor men from the
benefits they might derive from discov-
ering valuable mines, and if the bill be-
comes law in it's present shape, the
prospectors occupation will be gone.
The men who penetrate the mountain
Businesses of the gold and silver pro-
ducing States and Territories In search
of mines can rarely boast;of having much
money, and unless the mines they DIS
cover are extraordinarily rich, they
cannot get capital interested in time to
make the required expenditures. Re-
preventative Daggett is an old resident
OF the coast, and undoubtedly under
stands the situation The miners and
prospectors of Nevada will therefore
expect him. to protest against the pas
sage of the bill as introduced, and see
that it is amended by striking out the
sections which make it obligato y
on the discoveries or locators #
mines or mineral lands to pay
$50. for recording each claim, and
to expend $500 in labor on the same
within year. Rich men are not in
the habit of prospecting, and the poor
men who are, should, not be denied the
privilege by the passage of laws which
virtually prevents them from holding
mining claims.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19

The Carson Appeal asks, whats IN
a name ?" and says; Day before yes
terday a kilograms from Sacramento am
nounced that Miss Nettie Wickerpeck
had been shot by an outraged wife in
that city. The Sacramento Bee had it
spelled Willowpeck; the Call had it
Wickerphck, and the other papers put
it Willerpook,. Widsorpluek and some
had it Wilerpleck.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19

Five persons convicted of murder in
the first degree are now under senteuce
of death in Nevada: One named Prich-
ard is to be executed for the murder of
Officer Symons in. Gold Hill; another
named Lopez for the murder of a Mexi-
can at Elko; McLane and Mcintyre for
the murder of Wellbaum in Lincoln
county, andC. w. Hymer for the MUIR
der of West at Paradise, in this county.
This is terrible showing for State
with probably less than, $4,000 inhabi-
tants. Much has been said and writ. n
about the prevalence, of murder in some
Of the Southwestern States, but it is
doubtful if there is community of
equal population within the United
States that can compare with Nevada
in this respect. What would be said
of city or county of 80, 600 inhabitants
in any of the States East of the Rocky
Mountains if five persons were under
sentence of death, at one time for as
many murders? Evidently the death
penalty does not deter men from COM
hitting the crime of murder in Nevada,
and the next Legislature ought to
abolish it and try imprisonment for
life for while.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19

A colored man sNd colofcd woman
are. living in Huhterdon county, New
jersey, both Of whom wers, slaves be-
fore the abolition of slavery in that
STAGE. Aaron Hagaman is about ninety
years of age, and lives in East Amwell,
and is supported by the county The
woman, Sylvia Duboris, lives at Sour
land Mountain, and is said to be,over
one hundred yeare of age. She thinks
nothing Of walking several miles to-see
her friends.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19

The Boise City Idahoan, which sus--
pended some time ago, has been re-
vived by A. J. Boyakin, an experienced
newspaper man.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19
NEW TODAY.
SCHOOL NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the Public School
of Winnemucca School District, No. Z, is
Closed This spay. By order OF the Board of
Trustees. The want of funds necessitates this
order.
All bills are requested to be presented at
once.
G. G. BERRY.
NJ. 5. BONNIFIELD,
Trustees.
Winnemucca, March 10, 1890 IT.
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19

PROPOSALS WANTED.
Sealed proposals win be received by the I'M
dersigned until
Monday, March 22d,
At one o'clock p. NJ, for BUILDING AN AD-
DlTIoN TO THE HOSE HOUSE, in accord
ance with plans and Specifications which are
openfor inspection at the office OF the County
Recorder. The right to reject any and all bids
is reserved.
G. +. TURRITTIN,
Chairman Building Committee.
Winnemucca, March II, 1850. 2t
The silver state. [volume] (Unionville, Nev.) 1870-1903, 1880-03-19
ID. II. HASkEIL,.
TOWNSITEA agent. &. p. X. Re-.
TOWN LOTS FOR SALE or LEASE.

PARTIES WISHING TO LEASE OR PCR.-
chase Lots IN the town OF Winnemucca, are
hereby notified that all applications for the same,
or on business relating thereto, should be adj
dressed to the undersigned at San Francisco.
a. the O. 2. r. r. office where they will receive
prompt attention.
Those occupying lands belonging TO the com
pany, without having boughtor leased the same.
are also notified to attend to sbe matter withoaS
delay and avoid trouble.
nola ID. II HASKELL
The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1880-07-01
FOR CONGRESSMAN.

MAJOR +. n. MORRILL,, of Hiawa-
tina, has consented to be made u cam
didate for Congress in this District.
The Major is one Of the ablest OF our
public men and would make Con-
gresham of whom the district could
Justly lie proud. He goes into the
canvass late, but has already become n
tower Of strength. The friends of Col
Phillips, as well as all others through
out the district. can do no better than
to rally to his support. Mr.. Morrilrs
official life has been one of singular
purity. There is not blemish in his
record. He is able, jealous in the Re
publican cause, a fine speaker, clear
headed, and i'm every respect worthy
of the support of the voters of the
First Congressional District. We be-
lieve Morrill, will carry the day at the
Convention in BelOit on the 18th inst.