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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
".,,axo Soup orr. c,u"
"NYhat rse do You make Of old boo

'What mse do you p,akc of old bootsrn
"Wcll,' said lie, ''in Paris they might
make soup Of them, but in America We sell
them again. Why many Il good pair Of
uppers are nothing in the attic or closet
they might be cold for 25 or 80 cents, thus
bringing money in the family q, Il clearing
tho house Of trash that Is on,y inslhe way.
We buy up these old boot legs, pack thcfin
in boxes and send them to New York and
Philadelphia No, sir; we are not thieves
in disguise, and we don't 90 round to yet a
sight at front bolts that we may be ter
know how to go about pclling locks and
getting into houses That is mistake.
This Legitimate business of ours 70 be
sure, it is Il little low down or otf-color,
but there is Il little money in 1t and we
might rs well have it. We get through
here in few days. You see, there are
many cheap John shoe stores in the world
| mean such stores were very cheap boots
are sold. Well, we sell tho old bootlcgs
and new feet are put to tlcm and the
old leg is finished up nearly as good as
new. The man who buys them is generally
quite poor and it does him no harm to
wear that kind of boots SO loug as they are
clean. Then again the leather we buy is
uced for various things and answers The
same purpose as new leather does
"Ihcrc," continued he, holding up
pair Of boot legs, is pair of French calf
logs which bought up street this morning
Tor twenty-five cents. l'll get about seven
ty-fivc cents or one dollar Tor them. They
arc i'll excellent condition. Some day
can make as high rs four dollars. We deal
with reliable men, and get our cash carly.
or course we meet with many ups and
h,Sos, l,,,t .,
dont2 At some places we are insulttd,
and at other points kindly received. There
is money to be made now -a-(lays in our
business, but the panic that has Just closed
compelled men TO hangou to their old boots
rather long, and this suckcned our trade.
| have bought at least ten thousand pairs
of old boots in the past ten years.
"What is your namc9" .b.
"My name is Tompliins, sir and hail
from New York. do not belong to q
gang of thieves, and wish you would say
SO in the paper. have seen better days,
but when pinching poverty comes must
make my living the best way can. have
found many high-priced old boots in this
city, boots that could not have cost less
than eighteen or twenty dollars, and they
only about half worn out. Such as that
are half-so!cd and sold for second hand
MATERIAL
'Thcn you don't belong to the gang
called tranlps2"
''No, indeed, sir. Neither am a thief
or murderer; nothing but q stranger in
your city, for few days seeking All honest
livelihood"
AS the reporter thanked him and was
turning TO leave, the blue-cycd man spild
tho mistress of an adjoining house at tho
window, when his clear, shrill voice echoed
the words from housetop to housctop,
'.hiiJ Old nouis or shoes ~ soil, MADAME
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
The Old Red Cont.

AS the old cred cent? has now passed
out Of use, and except rarely, like tho cold
oakcn bucket" its history 10 a matter of
sufficient interest for preservation. The cent.
was first, proposed by Robert Morris, the
great fnanccr Of the Revolution, and was
named by Jefferson two years after. 1t be-
gan to make 1t appearance from the mint
,in31702. Itboro the head of Washington
on one side and thirteen links on the other.
The French revolution soonsscrcatcd rage
for Frcnchidcas In America, which put on
the cent instetd Of the head OF Washington
tho head of the Goddess Of Liberty, Ia
French Liberty, With neck thrust forward
and flowing locks, Tho chain on the re-
verse side was displaced by thcolive wreath
of peace but the French Liberty was short
lived, and sosWas erportrait on our cent.
The next head of figure that succeeded
this tho staid classic dame with a. flllet
around her hair cphle into fashion about
thirty years ago. ,ss..ts Her finely chisclled
Grioian featured have beoh but slightly
altered ~ the lapse Of time. }l4
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
Mistakes,

IL IS q mistake TO suppose that man nov
cr employed as conductor of horse car un-
less he can bring the certificate of q
respectable physician testifying to his total
deafness. 1t only seems SO to you because
you happen not to attract his attention when
particularly DESTROYS to take his car.
1t is u mistake to thnk that your actions
or desires have any influence on the Dispcn-
scr OF weather. You should be thankful
they do not. If they did, Old Prob would
go mad and yourfollow countrymcn go mad
der
1t is mistake to think your intcrlocutor
Is listening to what you say lie is think
ing either of what he has said or is going to
say, jus. as you were and w II be-
1t is mistake, young man. when you
think the 6 rls arc just dying after YOU 1t
is only, You who arc thoroughly in love with
yourself.
1t isa mistake .f,ra preacher to say, "Just
one word more, and an DONE" lie but
lcngthens his discourse by so much, without
decciving any one of his hearers for an in
slant.
1t is mistake to suppose that everybody
Is thinking about you. You do SO much Of
that kind of work yourself that you exhaust
the subject.
1t is q mistake to expect a direct answer
from a politician. His life is giving to dodg-
ing questions before election and giving eva
siye answers after election.
1t is mistake 10 suppose that profess
ing Christians perfect. He is very much
like yourself.
1t is mistake to suppose that your chill
drcn will be satisfied with your experience.
You didn't accept your fathers, but prefer
red taking a term in the same dear school
1t is mistake to suppose that men do not
mean what they say. There is but one man
of whom you can positively make that atllr-
nation.
1t is ailnistake to suppose taat the dis
mally pious man has had change of heart.
The change is In his liver, If anywhere.
1t is mistake to suppose that people go
to a concert to hear the music. They smp-
iy 60 to exchange receipts for douglnuts
and drop-cakes.
1t is a mistake to suppose that your friend
Is consumcdly interested in your eloquent
description of your liver troubles. On tho
contrary, he is excessively anxious to otel
you Of his catarrl.
1t Is mistake to wi5h the butcher would
remove the bones before weighing your
meat. How would you like to be weighed
that way yourself.
1t Is q mistake to suppose thar physicians
know howto treat your constitutional disor-
ders as We'll as yourself. You know well
well cnought what IS best for you, but you
dislike to undergo the proper regimen. You
employ doctor, paying him for shoulder
ing tho responsibility Of your sickness, and
handicap his efforts with all your unhealtl-
full habits and practices
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
Gastronomios In tho Tyrol.

Throughout South Germany the English
traveller is apt to complain of the prominent
place which veal occupies among gastrono-
mic materials, and Tyre! is no exception
to the rule. 1t must be said, however,
that much ingcnutyis displayed In varying
the forms in which it appcars Moreover,
1T Is fact that other kinds of animal food
arc obtainnblc. Beef Is tolcrablc, ham and
bacon, are much better than an Englishman,
who is apt to think that swine's flesh is
uncatablc on the Continent, would suppose.
Chamois, when fresh (Which it seldom is.
that served at tables d'hotc being preserved
from the previous winter in picllc), and
roc are very tolcrable. But it is in her
puddings that the Tyrolcsc cook displays
her genius. NJ Albert Wolff, Frcnchnlan
though he is, has rendered homage to the
excellence of tho Tyrol mehispeisc,s, and
their variety is ineXhaustlble. Let not the
English housewife, however, hope to ''pick
up wrinkle" unless she be one who can
contemplate without dismay the use Of a
dozen eggs and pint of cream to single
dish. It is on the unlimited supply of the
ingredients, as well rs on her own skill,
that tho Tyrolcsc cook relics In the mat
ter of drink the strangers will fare Qs we'll
as elsewhere. Just as in Switzerland, there
are two kinds of winc-rcd and white
both very decent when not too new; but
they arc not, rs in Switzerland, bottled and
labelled according to the price which the
consumer wishes to pay. Till recently,
the regular measure was the 8citel, about
two-thlrds of pint; but Of late years the
litrc and its fractions have come into gcne
raj uso.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
Painless Death,

In one of his lectures Prof c>Tyntlall spoke
of the great probability that entire absence
of pain accompanied death by lightning.
1t is probably supposed that an impression
made by tho nerves, a blow or puncture is
felt at the precise instant il is inflicted, but
such Is not tho fact. The seat Of sensation
Is the brain, and intelligence cf tho injury
must be transmitted to this organ through
certain sot Of nerves, acting rs telegraph
wires, before we become conscious of pain.
This transmission or telegraphing from the
scat of injury TO the brain takes time, long
or or shorter, according to tho distance of
the injured part from the brain, and accord
ing - tho susceptibility of the particular
nervous system operated on. FIclmhollz,
by experiments, determined tho velocity of
this nervous transmission in frog to be
little over 80 feet in a second in the whale
about 100 feet per second and in q man
at an average Of 200 feet per second. If,
for instance, whale so feet long were
wounded in the tail, it would not become
conscious Of the injury nnil half second
after the wound had been innic)cd. But
this Is not the only ingredient in the delay.
1t is believed that in every act of conscious
ness determined molecular arrangement
OF the brain takes place, SO that, besides
the interval Of tran. .iSSiOn, q still further
time is necessary for the brain TO put itself
in order or its molecules to take up the mo-
tions or positions necessary for the compile
tiOn of consciousness. llclmholtZ considers
that Onc-tcnth of a second Is required for
this purpose. Therefore, in the case of a
whale, one second and Onc-tenth would
capse before an impression made upon its
caudal nerves could be responded to by a
whale fifty feet long.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
A Boys Fortune.

Hal, boy OF twelve, after season of
discomfort, concluded that he was not going
10 stay at home, and work 'for nothing" !"
So he told his little sister that some dark
night, when the wind blew gale, the thun-
der roarctl and tho lightning flashed, he was
going to eight out, TO seek his fortune,
and was not coming back either until he
brought oceans Of money; then he would
be considered Of some account, and not told
to do this, that and The other for nothing.
Tho little girl became SO nervous and un-
happy, whenever storm was brewing, the
mother noticed it, and questioned her for
The cause, and SO found out the true story.
There was n family consultation, and Hal
was toll by his father that, If he was not
satisfied with his home, he ncod not wait
for an Indictment night, but could go in
broad daylight, right out of the front door,
with his clothes in new yalise instead of
tying them up In q bundle, some money in
his pocket, accompanied by the best wishes
of his friends, and, If not successful in his
cndeayors to earn oceans of wealth" !"
could return and be warmly welcomed
home. Hal hung his head but said he
had better be earning something. Father
said, eyes, IT'S manly to wish to work.
nd that holknewof q man in the .neighbor-
hood who was then hunting some one to do
q mans work for boys wages. When told
| who the man was Hal looked disconnected,
but said hc supposed he need not he too
particular, as, it was wages and not the man
| hc was after. sAll right, III trytit,, was
the decision !: so Hal was off with the birds
next morning and. d.thiswas his experience:
aal Whom Hal arrived at Mr.. Van Nests, lie
| was received with these words $50 yoil
are on hand; your father spoke to mo about
for you. It's a bargain, is 1t! ISt
Hal said; eyes, sir,'' but was too much
abaslcd TO say word about the wages.
Had your brcakiast?n
4 And when Hal sshcok his hGad, said,
"Thats bad, but come In, pose you'll
have to eat something, !, . ~ 81 Isl g s. II
i So Hal went into 5tllt small untidy kit.
!, chen, sat down, OF a table against the wal
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
a S.riot Diamond Test.

1t Is the rule of Lord Cha,nberlain's Office
at London to send to tho Queens jewellers
for valuation all the ornaments which arc
found IN the palace after q court ball or
concert. The day after state ball a gen
tlcman came to the office and inquired for
q diamond necklace which his wife had
lost the night before The chief clerk as
sured him that no diamond necklace had
been found; whereupon tho husband pro-
cceded to expatiatc on the enormous sum
which he had given for tho necklace, with
description Of it's various beauties. The
clerk listened in silence which much ap-
lparcnt sympathy, and; just as the loser was
taking his leave. quietly remarked 1T Is
a very old coincidence, but your nacklace
was of tho same pattern as a paste orna-
.incnt which has been found, but which has
been pronounced Of 80 little value that IT
was not worth advertising" The paste
ornament was produced, and 1t ended BY
the gentleman signing a receipt for 1t,
which involved swallowing a large mouth
full Of humble pic after his cirouinstAntial
description Of the cost ct 1t. 4. S
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01

to q breakfast very different, and served III
very differently, from the morning meal al
home lIaPs appetite, which the brisk
morning walk had sharpcncd, had suddenly
abatcd with Mr.. Van Nests salutation, and
wholly departed at his wife's cold look a,
the ''ncw boy" The first order was tc
hitch the horse to the plough, then an old
tin bucket was handed Hal and they started
for the field. Mr.. Van Nest said, ''Sticls
to your business today, boy; look sharp,
for want you to pick up angle worms, as
l turn the furrow, and I'll that gallon buc-
kct, If you're smart and know what's good
for yourself.
,Arc you going flshlng9" Hal asked will,
sudden interest.
Never you mind where I'm going-oniy
follow me and stick to business"
Hal did not mind STOPPING over so many
times in minute, at first, though the birds
sang their love songs in the trees around
him, and the brcczcs whispered in his ear,
as they famed his check, to "Come, come
DER the hills and away, fishing" He re-
sisted the impulse to fly and did stick to
business most assiduously. After while
hc ventured to ask again:
"What arc you going to do with all these
worms, sell them to The studcnts2n
And he was told again: '.lNcvcr you
mind what Pm going to do with them; you
just stick to your business"
When noon came, and they went to din
ncr, poor Hal had became so disguised with
his work, that cniing was farce. Before
starting for the field again, he made a pro-
test, but was, "Sec here, boy, you and l
madca bargain for aday s work, yon do what
tell you. or I'll make you" -.
Hal was subducd, and marched off, and
went TO- work lie was dizzy, faint, tired,
hungry, sick, but he dragged himself after
that everlasting plough. And SO the long
AFTERNOON wore away, for all things have an
ending, and 80 did this wrctchcd day.
They went to the barn, unhitched, and the
man took up the bucket, shook his head.
said 'not huff enough and putting pen
ny in IaPs extended hand, said "Now,
clickct for home, youngster, before dark. I"
Hal threw the money at the mans head,
and started on q run. How he got over
the ground, he said he never knew, but he
burst in upon his astonishcd family looking
dclapidatcd enough and very considerably
dcmoralized. lie sobbingly told the story
OF his wrongs, and us he sat in the large
rocking chair, looking into the glowing en-
bcrs of Spring fire, which. burned low up
on the hearth, he soliloquizcd thus:
81 don't believe, as long as live, l shall
ever care cent for angle worms again,
and you'll never catch nc complaining
again, l can tell you
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
J SHE ONLY SAID GOoD-RY.

Good-by, if}itplcaso you, sir-good by.
This is WORLD whe 10 the wild evans fly,
This is a@CFld whero tho thorn hangs. on
Whcntho fdse it's timo Is gone, il grno
-by-3Sood-by goo .-by.
dood-Dy, II please you, s'r-good-by,
You arc lerJ ana away---l care not why.
This IL woAld there q man has his will,
world wEdlre u woman had lost be still,
Geo !-by-Eoo -bye-good-by.
Goo'-by, II p!chso you, eir-Sood-by.
This il a world wftrc--wo SEQ the sky;
Afttra a wlnlS tho ttars will fall;
AMI tho end Iw:li-- mako al end OF it all!
Go' d-'t-1 iood-ny-- -good-by.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
Genius ana Wgnt.
Homer was a bcggar.
Spencer died in want.


Spencer died in want.
Ccrvantcs died Of hunger.
Terrancc, the dramatist, was a slave
Dryden lived in poverty and distress.
Sir Walter Raleigh died on tho scafOld.
Butler lived life of pcnury and died
poor
Bacon lived life of mcanncss and dis
trcss.,
Plautus, the Roman comic poet, turned
mill. E~
Paul Borghcse had fourteen trades, and
yet starved with all.
Tasso, tho Italian poet, was often dis
tressed for five shillings.
Steele, tho hllinorist, lived life of per-
feet warfare with bailiffs.
Otway, tho English dramatist, died
prcmatu,yly, and through hunger.
Chatterton, the child of genius and mis-
fortune, destroyed himself at eighteen.
Bcntiyoglio was refused admittance into
q hospital ne had himself erected
Tho death of Collins was through neglect,
first causilg mental arrangement
SavagD died in prison at Bristol, where
lie was confined for the debt of forty dol
lars.
Fielding lies in tho burying ground Of
the English factory at Lisbon, without q
stone to mark the spot
Milton sold his copyright Of "Paradisc
Lost" for seventy-flve dollars at three pay.
monts, and finished his life In obscurity.
tfktf4 lsE M
1t is wonderful how silenta man
can be when he knows his cause Is Just,
and how boistorons he becomes when
he,knows She Is In tho wrong. is,4
Show me the man who cares no more
for one place another, and VIII
show you IN that person one who loves
nothing but himself. ]$ lS.5 ~.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01
Eed Hair.

Throughout creation nature appears to
delight In red. 1t prcdominates in tho
pleasure Of the Imagination, for whatever is
beautiful, agreeable, or sublime partakes of
red. The raiubow, the rose, and the charm
ing lip and check Of bcauty's self, the sun,
the source of heat and light, arc oil red; as
is also the fire, the mighty autocrat of the
universe. The most brilliant flowers, the
most delicious fruits, the orange, the apple,
and the peach, are red. Through the an
imal Kingdom red predominatcs, as in the
king Of beasts, tho lion. But so further:
Adam, tho first of mankind, was red. Tie
greatest of Grccians, jupiter, Apollo ard
Vulcan, were crimson. Sansom, whose
strength was gigantic, derived his power
from his red hair, and tho destiny of the
empire of Athens depended on the red hair
OF Nisus. Queen Elizabeth had red hair;
so had Spencer and Shakespeare Milton
is another Instance Of the proof Of my pro-
position Also Defoc, The author of that
world-rcnowned story, Robinson Crusoc.'
Lafayette had red hair; Bonaparte's hair
was Of this color, Artemus Ward had red
hair; have the Red Indians, or else why
so nanicdT' otc. #
Goldsmith's .s,Yicar of Wakofcld'' was
sold for; a trifle to save him from the grip
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-01-01

/, Goldsmith's sn,YIcar of Wakefield was
sold for a triflc to save him from the grip
OF the law,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-12-07
Powers of tho British Queen.

The Queen alone can create n peer, BAR
onet or knight, and confer privileges on
priyato persons. She alone can erect
corporations, andfalsc and regulate fleets
and armies, though under such restrlc.
tlone relating to the appropriation ana
expenditure of money as make II impos-
slblc fot her to exercise her power to the
decrlment of English liberty. She Is the
head of the Church; she conyenes and
diesolycs al ecclesiastical synods and
conyocatons. and nominates to vacant
blshoprlcs and Church offices. she
sends ambassadors to foreign states, re-
celyoa ambassadors at home, makes treat,
lrs md alliances, and declares war ana
neore. though her power. In these re-,
ansrts nlso II In largs degree limited
W. Tho mower of Parliament to enact or
reject such laws MS may be necessary 10
make II effective -, -, ,,ee Ala
Previous to the Revolution OF lVSs tlo
voyer.nment Of England was mainly Cur .
sled an by virtue of what was called llle
royal nrerogatIvc, that is by the King N
ncrson. with the advice Of ministers APP
roiotei hy hlmaclf, who we're only re-
.nonsiblp io their sovereign Tor 'her
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-12-07
Tho October Quartcriles.

We have received from the Leonard
Scott Publishing Co., 4! Barclay Street,
N. Y, the Westminster and London
Quarterlies, and find them unusually
interesting:
The contents Of the WRsTNINsrER are
Paul aud Scncca--Thc Parliamentary
Oath Question; Mr.. Bradlaugh's Case
Caroline Ven LlnSingsr and King Will
liam Iv--Plato and his Times-Chasty,
its development and malntainance-The
Religious instincts Of the House Of Com
mons--East India Currency and Ex-
chauge-India and our Colonial Empire
--'rhe Colonles--with the usual review
Of contemporary literature.
The LoSDox.has very rich table -
Recent Travels In Japan--Clcero--Art
Collections-.Mr. morelcy's Dldcrot.-
The Camlsards- 0lympia--'rhc News
paper press--frhe Marshall Of Saldarha
5ix months of Liberal Government.
Tho Reviews are 81 onch, or 81 year
with a discount Of 20 per cent. to clubs
OF four.
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( of cabinet-maker: Lord ElenbOrourh
the son of a country clergyman; Lord
( Ashburton, merchant; and Lord Lynd-
hurst. the son of Il portrait painter the
American Copley.
In the House Of Lords is the throne
occupied by the Queen at the opening of
Parliament, and in front Of the throne
is the woolssck occupied by the Lord
Chancellor-a sort Of ottoman with Il
| sack Of wool for a seat nm emblem Of the
source Of England's national wealth.
The spiritual lords and tue administra-
tive party sit ON the right. the opposi-
lion ON the left, and the neutrals on cross
benches between the two. a quorum of
the Lords is three, and important meas
ures are often passed with less than 20
members present. Though the House
of Lords has no power to originate mon
ey bills, il has perfect right to initiate
other measureS--a right so rarely cXcr-
tised, however, thar it is now generally
understood that the province Of The Peers
is chiefly to control and mend projects
OF legislation which emanate from the
Commons. The most distinguished fea-
ture Of the Lords is their iudicaurc,
which relates TO the trial Of peers,
claims of pecrage and Offices of honor,
and contested elections of peers of Scot
land and Ireland. They constitute the
supreme court Of iudicature, the trbu-
nal of appeal in the last resort and the
court for trial for cases of impeachment.
Though apparently branch Of the gov
ernment representing the aristocracy, so
tal' from bpinV nm claimant fIom which
danger may arise to the liberties Of tie
people, The House Of Lords serves only
as wholesome regulator to the lrgisla-
ton Of the Commons ~. 7. DuriS IN
Hdipel's .Udydaiae for December,
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pcarance Of The Pilgrim in our day
would cause no such alarm, but itwould
mako profound sensation among the
astronomers for scientific reasons.