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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
Home Decorations.

whatever the thought be in the decora-
tions OF room, let there be q prevailing
idea to which all others are to be subordi-
nate, Leading up to and harmonizingwith it.
thus IN color, If the leading color be GRIM
son, tue others need to be such as harmo
nize and contrast we'll. Blue or green. or
perhaps dash of yellow or black, will
serve to heighten its force and yet subdae
1t. Or If it be favorite picture, or q piece
OF china which takes the place of honor
the best iight-it needs support and con-
trast to disclose its merits. Amid the be-
wlldering choice of things Of beauty, the
novice may find 1t difficult to select what NAV
serve her purpose best; but bearing in mi nd
the cardinal principals that underly art in
the household-simplicity and harmony
she will never go far astray. What would
be In accord in ono place, in another might
be manifestly In harmonious. The CARPET
which was appropriate to the large rooms
and elegant furnishings of q mansion.
would certainly be an incongruity IN the
cottage. AS carpets are so essentially
decorative IN their nature, there should be
great care given to their selection. No
flowers or birds neats, or ANYTHING It
would be inappropriate to walk upon; but
rather some simple design-as graceful
scrolls, In quiet colors, which should be
brighter or darker than the walls; following
the artists method which makes the FORE
ground or background run into the figure
though our own preference, both on the
score Of healtha nd Of beauty, is for polish
cd hard wood floors, with oriental rugs
Walls and ceilings should have a good
amount of color on them, not 80 much,
however, as to be glarlng; and where there
are hangings, let them differ enough to
avoid monotony. Throw in bit of efYec-
tive contrast In chair or rug, then spot
of vivid color, as brightly painted plate or
glowing picture, will produce a charming
effect - .'N7'' .''i.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
"And what Is this ,n asked Lucy. stoon.

"And what ls this ~ asked Lucy, stoop-
ing to pick up paper from the floor.
''Why, it's sealed packet ?"
''Sir Guy must have thrown it down
with his shield" laughed the young lord,
rather uneasily as he took up the parcel.
"Why, declare it's addressed to me; Guy,
twelfth Earl of Wilbury."
sOh, Willie, how strange |" murmured
Lucy, as she and her cousin drew near to
the table, and examined the seals by the
light Of the lamp. The girl trembled, the
young mans hands were not very steady
as he, turned the parcel over. At length
he broke the seal, and drawing out q paper
from the outer wrapper, uttered an exolanl-
alton on seeing the writing and signature
of his dead father.
This is what he read: y .H3 ~
Ny DEAR SoN-Fortunes which it
| takes centuries to build up, are often lost
i'll q short while by those Myho do not un
derstand the duties Of a great heritage. It
may happen that you will squander your
fortune and bring our estates to the ham
mer, 30 this is to inform you that l have
placed In the hands Of our family lawyers
a sum Of ESQ, 600 rs reserve fund, If
twenty-five years after nay death YOU
should not have needed this money to save
you from ruin, it will be paid to you all
the same with accumulated interest at four
per cent; but in any case desire the ex-
istance Of this fund to be concealed from
you, either, as have Just said, until q
quarter of century has elapsed, or until
you want it to save you from falling into
poverty.
One copy of this letter will be with the
lawyers, the other I shall place in the
shield Of your namesake and favorite, Sir
Guy de Courcy. Your affectionate father,
WILBURY.
"Oh, Willie" exclaimed Lucy, who had
been reading over her cousins shoulder;
then you are not ruined after all ~
'tNo; and the armor shall not be sold, i"
answered the young peer, as he gravely
pressed the letter to his lips; ''never, 80
long as live
Perhaps General de Courcy, who knew
something Of tho reserve fund. had hand
in arranging the dramatic method where
by Lord Wilbury was made acquainted
with it. Anyhow, the whole affair had a
salutary influence on the young peer.
There is not much to add, except that he
shortly afterwards married his cousin
Lucy, and is now reformed character.
LIS wife takes care Of his money for him.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
Extraordinary Shooting.

DR.. John Ruth and mis- wife from the far
West, gave specimens of extraordinary
shooting at the Brooklyn Driving Park re-
Gently. Mrs. Ruth began the banging and
the hitting by aiming with a pistol at glass
balls and they were shattered in almost
every case. With the pistol held sideways
there was a miss or two more, but gener-
ally every shot told. When the pistol was
inverted and the aim taken below instead
OF above the line of fire there was no ap.
parent loss in the percentage of hits. When
the ball was hung by a string and set
swinging Mrs. Ruth stood eighteen yards
off and made clean break on her first
shot. The rifle was then handled through
the same series of shots and the usual want
of grace with which all women hande
guns was apparent. When the balls were
thrown up in the air Mrs. Ruth stood q
good distance off and shattered dozen out
of the fifteen and this feature when encored
was equally as good. While the lady
shooter chatted with the lady spectators,
DIR. Ruth began to show his ability as a
sharp shot. The sights Of the rife seemed
to be of no special assistance to him, for
when they were covered by a cord he used
the weapon on balls placed on stand and
again at the glass spheres thrown into the
air, with wonderful effect. Some balls
were thrown on the ground dozen yards
off and the doctor, aiming ut the ground
below ball, would send it spinning up
into the air and then rapidly unloading
and loading his piece, would hit the ball on
its descent. This double shooting drew
out plenty of applause. Again, when the
balls were thrown up the rifle was glvon II
turn about after the manner Of flall-han-
die and it fell into position soon enough to
enable breaking shot 10 be made on the
ball. Balls thrown from side to side were
hit, whether coming from the right or left.
When tired Of fbreaking glassware Dr.. Ruth
picked up fragment Of glass and stepping
OIL dozen PAGES held it off in his fingers,
while Mrs. Ruth picking up small-borc
rifle, took careful aim and the glass was
shattered into powder. With an ordinary
visiting card held in his mouth, and turned
80 as to show side, DR.. Ruth permitted
his wife to put several bullets through it,
the pair joking meanwhile with each other,
the shooter telling tho target to draw back
his nose little as 1t was too shining
mark and distracted her sight. DR.. Ruth
wished TO put glass ball on his head and
allow his wife to break it with bullet, but
she declared she was tired of standing in
the sun and this very ordinary William
Tell trick WAS emitted. A loaded cart
ridge was laid on bit of plank some yards
of, and Mrs. Ruth fired bullet at, 1T and
exploded it. Dozens of other similar ways
oftesting the quickness of sight and steadi-
ness of nerve Of the shooters were impro-
vised and generally 1t was found that qnY-
thing fired ut was hit almost every time.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
Eugenie In Zululand.

When Eugenie, the OK empress of France,
was in Zululand, recently. she proceeded
on foot into the South African valley.
where her sons body was found, following
precisely the track taken by the officers
who went in search of the corpse. The
road was stony and rough, but she persisted
in walking. In the distance cleaned the
white monument, thrown INTO a sharp re-
lief by the dark background, but. it only
RRgf1 SattGh tee the ssA ssXa Of t. THE elsaress
Then she lifted her hands as in supplica-
ton toward heaven, the tears poured over
heE cheeks, worn with sorrow and yigils.
she spoke no word and uttered no cry, but
sank slowly on her knees. A French priest
repeated the prayers for the dead, and the
servant, Lomas, who had been an eye-wit-
ness went through the sad story Of what
had happened last year. The tents were
pitched In tho valley, and the empress
stayed there for two days. On the follow
ing day she went to Fort Napoleon, and
thence to Rourke's Drift, and on the fifth
day visited the field of Isandula, and prayed
there with the English women who had
come there to mourn their husbands and
brothers.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02

very few words suff1ced to enlighten the
minister, and the nuptial pair joined hands
while the reverent solemn words we're
| uttered which made them man and wife.
something has happened at last even
In this stagnant rural existence" thought
Edna, signing as she remembered how
monotonous her life would again become
now that her new friends We're ready to
depart.
Just then the breathless, Indignant
parents entered the church. "'ren minutes
to late by, the clock" roared the squire;
then turning his ruddy check slightly
paled. Hasty exclamation followed, and
1t was discovered that Rila was the daugh-
OF the fondly loved Mary of his youth, for
whose sake his hong self!imposed banish-
ment was incurred. His father, Achlen
Bogert, was the friend and rival to whose
claims he deferred twenty years previous
to the commencement Of this story.
Soon the recognition and meditati on of
Squire Phelps resulted in the besLowal Of
the time-honored parental blessing, and
the whole party drove back to 'tPop' Nal
lor's house to deposit Edna on their return
home.
"Well, I do declare" emphasized Aunt
Sarah, after the final departure of the
guests. II tnat don't beat oil. Who
knows but Squire Phelps will be taking
wife himself pretty soon after meddling in
matrimony in this style2" and she smirked
consciously. 1t was currently reported
that the .'maiden-meditatien fancy free"
condition of Miss Sarah was caused by Mr..
Bogcrt's faithless descrtion of her shrine
tor the worship of Rilla's mother. At any
rate, Robert, or "Bob Phelps, as he was
1amlliarly known, had never given her
thought, and three months later on a sun
shiny May morning he led quiet, tender
hearted Edna Bruce to the alter.
Frequent visits arc interchanged between
the Drury's city residence and our herolne's
present home. Edna is no longer subject
to misanthropic attacks of the ssblues" and
is resigned to country life, which the little
olive branches who gather round her
hearthstone render ioyful.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
A GOAT Soclety,

There Is a British Goat Society, and
from the report OF a meeting of the Asso.
citation, which was held recently we learh
that the Earl Of Rosslyn, Is President. the
Baroness Burdett- Coutts Is a patroness and
the Duke Of Westminster and the Earl of
Shaftesbury are Vice Presidents. We
learn further, that the object of the society
is to direct attention to the importance Of
the goat as a source Of milk supply. In
Ireland the goat Is regarded as tho poor
mans COW, and one goat could supply milk
enough for the Requirements of an ordinary
household during the greater part Of the
year. The expense for keep would be al.
most nominal, for the goat ate every kind
Of herb Or vegetable. Tho flesh Of the kid
is declared also TO be very delicious eating
and the society resolved to give kid din
ner in the Agricultural Hall during the
forthcoming dairy, show in October, The
goat bids fair 70 become a popular and
useful animal, ~" ~
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02
The Game OF "GolE..

1t Is said that some Of the athletic clubs
intend to introduce the game Of golf, or goff.
confined hitherto mainly to Scotland, where
1t has been common for generations. The
name Is derived from the club (German.
Kobe; Dutch, KoU) with which the
game Is played. The exact time of it's in
PRODUCTION into Scotland is uncertain, but
1t seems to have been played by all classes
during the reign of James /. Charles I.
was much attached to it, and, on his visit
to Scotland in 1641, he was playing it on
Leth Links, when he first I'd OF the re-
bellion in Ireland. He II ely threw
down his club in great eA and re-
turned to Holyrood House. Duke Of
York, afterward James H., t.. very fond
OF golf, and Prince Leopold, who often
plays, was elected several years ago cap
tain OF the st. Andrews Royal club. Of
late years the game has been played in
england and many of the British colonies.
IT Is played on links, as they are called in
scotland, that Is, tracts of sandy soil COW
ered with short grass, frequently found
along the East coast. A number of small
round holes about four inches in diameter
are cut in the turf from 100 to 400 or 500
yards from each other, SO as to form cir.
cult or round. ...|
simplest arrangement, or four-two against
two-in which case the two partners strike
the ball on their side alternately. The
Dalls, weighing some two ounces, are gutta-
percha and painted white, so as to be- read
ny seen. A golf club general consists OF
two parts-shaft and head-spliced together,
the shaft being made of hickory or lance
wood aud the handle covered with leather.
Inc head is heavily weighted behind with
lead, faced with horn, and made of we'll
seasoned beach or appie-tree. Every play
or has set of clubs, differing in length and
shape to suit the distance to be driven and
The position Of the ball. The object of the
game ls, starting from the first hole. to
drive the ball into the next with as few
strokes as possible, and so on round the
circle. The player, or pair of players,
whose ball is holed in the fewest strokes
has gained that hole, and the match is
usually decided by the great number of
holes gained in one or more rounds. Some
times it Is made to depend on the aggregate
number of strokes taken to hole one or more
balls. 10 play the game we'll needs long
practice, and very few excel IN it who have
not played from their outh.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-10-02

Is --One-half Of all who are born, die
before reaching the age of II. tDa'
olive trees Of California will
yield very large crop In 1880. IN
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

= WHEN we say that painting is
horribly executed, do we mean to say
that it is badly hung?
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

II is said the mosquitoes of South
America that they sit on the trees
and bark, and a great many of them
weigh a pound.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03
Road Notice.

There viii be petition presented to the Commits
sioners of jackson county at their next regular
sion, the first Monday in June, 1880 asking for
alteration IN the State road known as the Chilcothe
point said road west of the residence of Charles H.
Cosby in jackson township, thence in westerly d.
rection passing over the lands Of George H. Greene,
Thomas Perkins and others. the nearest and best
itersec the present line of road again the
most suitable place east residence of Thompson
LEACH, in Jackso1 township .
may6+at PETiTIQTEES,
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you MUST SETTLE!

All persons indebted to me. either by note or book
account must settle before the 10Th OF june the
claims will be left with Justices of the Peace for COL
lection. DIR. ID, L. JENhlNS.
-CENTREvIILE, o.. April Is, 1885, ap22-2m
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

The man who sells sieves is in the
holesale business.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

AIR-CAsTLEs are built of sunbeams
and hereafters.
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The square man is the best to have
round.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

STRAIGHTEN your old boots and
shoes with Lyons Patent Heel Stitfen-
ers. and wear them again. june
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sec ! !"
IL "A WEEK in your town, and no
M capital risked. You can give the
business trial without expense
l. The best opportunity ever offered
nh for those willing to work. You
MIL should try nothing else until you
HWEW see for yourself what you can do
~ ~ w. at the business we offer No room
to explain here. You can devote all your time
or oply YOUR spare time TO the business, and
make great pay for every hour that you work.
Women make as much as men. Send for
special private terms and particulars, which
we mail free. S. Outfit free. Don't complain
of hard times while you have such chance.
Addres sH. HALLETT d CO., Portland, Maine
2oct79y
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Dissolution of Partnership.

The partnership heretofore existing between the
undersigned in the farniture business in jackson,
Ohio. was dissolved the 2lst inst, by mutual
sent.
The business viii be carried on at the old stand by
John Dauber. who will all claims against the late
firm, and to whom all debts due them must be paid.
JOHN DAUBER,
27may3t LOUIS DAUBER.
John Dauber respectfully asks continuance of
patronage from old friends, and socits the public to
call, he will keep hand full stock and sell low
the old stand, corner Main and Railroad Streets
jackson. Ohio.
The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1880-06-03

quiet but faithful reminiscence of the countr
ife is presented inthe following idyllic sketch.
R. H. Stoddard:
Not what we would; but what we must,
Makes un the sum of living;
Heaven Is both more and less than just
swords ceave to hands that sought the plow,
And laurels miss the soldiers brow
Me, WHOM the city holds. whose feet
Have Worn its stony highways
Familiar with its oneliest street
It's wavs never my ways.
My cradle was beside the sea-
And there hope my grave shall be.
Old homestead, In that old, gray town,
The yane is seaward blowing
To where the tide is flowing;
Below they lie, their sails all furled,
The ships that go about the world.
Dearer that little country house,
Inland, with pines beside it;
Some peach trees, with unfruitful boughs,
No flowers, or only such as rise
Self-sown, poor things, which all aesplse.
Dear country homei Can forget
Whose bloom the bee still rifles?
The roadside blackberries, growing ripe
And in the woods the Indian Pipe?
Happy the man who tills his field,
Content with rustic labor: 81.
Earth does to him her fulldess yield,
Via Hap what may may to ,s.n his neghnori i as 10
\ life more rational and free?
Dear country life of child and man!
For both the best, the strongest
That with the earliest race began,
And hast obtlived the longest
Their cities perished long ago;
Who the first farmers weru we know.
Perhaps our Babels, too will fall.
If SO, no lamentations,
And feed the unborn nations:
Yes. and the swords that menace now
Win then be beaten to the plow.
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Public Sale.

l will offer for sale, at public auction, the
Isam House, in Jackson, Saturday June II, 1880,
at O'Clock m. One barouche and one black mare,
the property of the estate of 4. B. Monahan decd.
Terms half cash, and balance in six months credit,
with interest at Sper cent, and approved security.
may27t2t j. L. RAMSEY, Admir-.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1880-01-31

The following are the transfers Of rea
estate from noon yesterday to noon to-day
David B. Sedan and wife TO executors ol
VIM. Stephenson, 48 feet Il inch by X
feet, on northeast corner of Central avenue
and Perry streets; $12,9O0
Robert s. Hamilton, per Master Commits
sioner, 10 Isabella w. Jessup, A BY 10(
feet, on south side of Wayne street, 50 feet
east Of Concord street. Walnut Hills, 81, 200
Same to Ann M. Clements 80 by lO(
feet, ON east side of Copeland street, liz
feet north Of Montgomery Road, Walnu,
Hills; $83S 81
Edward Vaudeville and wife to Kate
Murphy, "a by $50 feet on east side Of
Main street, "a feet north Of Plum street.
Springfield; $1,000
Kate Murphy to Mary Vaudeville. same
premises; $2,0U0
Mary Flntham ct al. to Philip J. Lich
tenfels, 80 by 65 feet on north side Of Mil
ton street, 81 feet west Of Young street
s., 200
JOS. H. Spellmire and wife to Chas. Par
nell, quitcairn to l7H by 1O2 feet, on west
side Of Park street, 122 feet inch south oi
Fifth street; $460.
Charles Parnell and wife to Elizabeth M.
Spellmire, same premises.
Adam F. Knodel and wife to Joseph Ben.
ninger, Jr., 20 by 12l feet on north side OF
Brown street. 6O feet west Of Vernon street i
81, 108 OF.
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one D. I. West relative to the use Q
money in securing a pardon.

one u. L. west relative 70 the use OF
money in securing pardon.
Further developments entirely vindicate
Governor Bishop and his son, but leaves
West in peculiar position. In 81 inter
view he saws: II wrote that letter. and
don't deny it Mrs Bagg had been impor-
tuning me for months to work for her
brothers. (Reynolds) pardon. She asked
me II money would not secure the pardon,
and ! said no, but told her she might try 1t
If she thought it would do any good, but
she never tried it / never spike twenty
five words to Bishops son, and never spoke
to him at all in relation to the Reynolds
pardon. If there ever was m honest up
right conscientious man that man is Gov
ernor Bishop. Neither his son nor any
other man could have Influenced him
to grant any ones pardon for money"
"Why did you say, then, in your letter
to Mrs. Bagg, that money could be used to
advantage with Governor Bishops sOnr'
inquired the reporter.
For prudential reasons I decline to
answer that question. am not on the
witness stand" responded West If said
anything in that letter that imputed dis
honesty or crookedness TO Governor Bishop
or his son, l did it without thought or con.
sideration."
Mr.. r H. Bishop emphatically denies
that any money was ever received by him
for such purpose as the letter indicates,
but Vests statement SO clearly vindicates
Mr.. Bishop that even denials from them
are hardly necessary.
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Wee Wirelings.


Eugene G. Chase died at Warren, Ohio,
Stewart Brown. banker, died in New
York.
Monday Creek Furnace trouble settled at
Logan, O.
Kager l. Bros. store burned at Madison,
Arkansas.
Unknown msn killed by cars near Ma.
rion, Ohio.
John McElwee killed by cars near Wash
ington, Pa.
Tom Browns barn burned near New
Castle. Ind.
The Fenton Block burned at Flint Mich.
Loss $4,000.
William JoneS house burned near
Shreve, Ohio.
Theodore Links leg cut off by cars at Co.
lumbus, Ohio.
George D. Hebard. newspaper man, died
at Gallipolis, O.
Four prisoners escaped from Jail at
Scottsburg, Ind. ....
Haywood Rainer killed his brother near
Goldsboro, N. q.
Charles Elwee fatally hurt by cars at
Pleasant Lake, Ind.
Frank Field & Co.'s bakery burned / n
Chicago. Loss $40 900.
Guy Wadlow's son tramped to death by
horse In Dade County, Mo.
Thomas Freeman killed by boiler ex.
plOsion near Fort Scott. Kansas.
Martin Labolli stabbed and killed by
Frank Ferrier at Houtz lale, Pa.
Mrs. Lucinda Merriman died Of injurie,
received from cars at Napoleon, o.
Mrs. Theodore Durham, near Seymour
Ind, shet burglar. He escaped.
Sexton and DAILY won the champion
billiard game at st. Louis last night.
John Gillespie, colored, hanged at Tay.
lorsville, N. G., yesterday. for murder.
Edward Mclaughlin was yesterday suffo
Gated in wadding-min at Pawtucket, X.
Cunningham Brothers closed up at Mont
pelier, Ind. Principally Cincinnati credi
tors.
Stearns Abbott alleged murderer of Mrs
Crue at Groton, Mass, caught in New
Hampshire.
Charley Toing. Chinaman. was hanged
at .Colusa, Cal, yesterday for the murder o
Q Ghinawoman in Colusa County.
A wrestling match last night at Bostor
between Bibby, the English giant, ant
Andre Christol. was won by the former il
two straight falls.
IN Wittlick murder case. Rock Island
La, Patrick Grogan received Q life sen
tence, Patrick Gary was sent up for forr
teen years and James Mccormick wa
acquitted.