The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-29
Boiled l'OtatueS W. Luve,

W hal arc you reading, Mary{' inquired
practical man living Oh East Long, Dc.
trolt, OF his wife one day.
Just the sweetest love story YOU ever
heard Of" replied his wiic, enthusiast
caly.
~ love story2"
Yes. and you just ought TO read it,
"Ainl you got over that yelf" inter
rupted her husband.
''Got over what I"
"Why, that love business. 1hat---lha,
molnsscs contract between young idiots. "
'DO you mcan-"
''lrs, | mean the milk and mush stuff
children indulge in. ,hought that would
have been taken out Of you by this time.
Now what's that story about?"
vi am right here where he"
"Whol"
"Why, the lover, Of course, has just rcs-
C led her"
''Who in thunder Is her. 2"
"Oh why don't you keep quiet. lIe has
just rescued The girl he's in love with from
gnng of robbers aud"
GLOW many was III that gaag2'
"Lct me scc," said the wife lhoughtfully,
"Ihere were folty-two, and he"
Nov, do you mean 10 say that young
!oller took grl from forty-two robbtIs all
by himself2"
''Yca, and the story says he killed thir-
teen in the attempt, and--"
"Mnry, hand that paper right to mo.
Fork 1t over
"Why?"
"Now," continued the husband, as lie
crushed it up and put In the tail of Els coat,
THAT'S the biggest lie ! ever heard. Pm
going 10 take this paper outside the corpo-
ration and bury it two feet deep, and then
see II can't get an act passed hy Congress
TO suppress its publication. l'll be back by
supper time, mnd ] want you to hump your
sell around ana have some boiled pualocs
and corn-brcad. That will help lake some
Of this nonsense out Of yu,lh
sir william iRornchei's First Trlcscopo
Sir William llcrscbcl arrived in England
from llonovcr, his rlh.placc, aJouL the
end Of the year iT69, when lie was in his
twenty first year. lie was lrcd q prufcs.
sor Of music, aud went - live at Halifax,
where he acquired by his own application,
considerable knowledge OF mathematics;
and, having studied astronomy and optics
III the popular writings of Fnrguson, he
was anxious 10 witness with his own eyes
the wonders OF the planetary system. lie
accordingly borrowed fl ON friend lec-
scope, Two feet in focSl length, and la wing
directed it to the heavens he was so de-
lighted with the actual sight OF phenomena,
which hc had previously known only from
books, that he commissioned friend TO
purchase tor him III London, telescope
with high magnifying power. Fortunately
for science, the price Of such an lDstrL:-
mcnt greatly exceeded his means, and hc
Immediately resolved to construct tcle-
! scope with his own hands. After encounter
ing the difficulties which every amateur at
first experiences. in the casting, grinding
and polishing ofthe metallic specula for re.
fleeing telescopes, he completed in TITS, a
rejecting instrument, five feet in focal
, length, with winch he was able to observe
the ring of Saturn and tho satcellltcs and
belts Of Jupiter This telescope was com
p,etcd wl,on he resided at Bath, where he
a: q ,ired by degrees aud in his leisure
hours that pructical knowledge of optics
and mathematics which was necessary fol
such task. Ills experience in this scicn.
tiflc art were Of The most remarkable kind
and by 1871 he had constructed 80 many
telescopes as to be better furnished witt
tho means of surveying the heavens thai
were possessed by any other astr0n0m er
in any Of the fixed obscrvatories of Eu
rope.