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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23
African Modes of Salut,ition.

Modes of snlutation differ mall parts of
the world, and in some countries assume
strange and grotesque forms, at least what
are so in our eyes, Most of them originate
in old ideas of vassalage, and are part of
the honor paid to royalty and divinity. A
lover kisses his hand to his mistress as he
leaves her, without an idea that it is rem
nant of what was once divine worship
adore is simply ''to-mouth," raising the
hand to tho mouth; and Job. jusLifying
himself, says that he never did so to the
sun. In one part of Australia, the more
polite native strikes the attitude of kanga-
roo, and runs out his tongue, as sign that
he Is glad to SEQ you. In Africa, on the
western coast, one who meets superior
prostrates himself at full length on the
ground. Till recent times, Spanish letter
ended by saying, at least, by the In tials OF
the words, "Whose hands and feet kiss" -"
showing that such custom was once deem
ed proper and respectful. Some nations
rub noses, some shake hands, others ap-
proach each other on all fours. The Bato.
kas, an African tribe, have several ways OF
saluting The women clasp their hands,
and utter o peculiar cry /, men stoop and
clasp their hands on their hips; but when
they wish to ,be especially respectful, thcy
throw themselves or. their backs on the
ground, and roll from side to slde9 slapping
the outside Of theft thighs, crying Kinabom-
Iba,"' kicking out ,furiously with their legs
| all tho time DR.. Livingstone tried to stop
this strange spectacle on several occasions,
but they thought he deemed their welcome
not friendly enough, and kept 1t UP more
energetically. - .5t a.;
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23
TODAY.

The hours were bright in days that arc no
moro,
And pleasant life's strange way
rapture hung around the hills-a glory on
the shore
Yet is aught changed to-day
Shone ever buer skies than these-e' or sweeter
sang the Birds
Or lispod tho brooklet's lay
Or love- time tried, confessed it's tale with
truer, gentler words
Than t ESQ it breathes to-day?
Aud crimson buds 80 fair, albeit they grow in
early spring
And with its zephyrs play
That whit II the later Autumn's handmaitg ripe
rod roses Lrng,
Won wear them not to-day
Hope thon clung fondly to our breasts and
like Summer friend,
Sang to us on our way,
But with the Winter fiolds-while strong and
faithful to tho end,
Truth gives her hand to-day
That was at might've oven slept all dreamt
Elusive Dreams
SO let thom pass away;
TO those who will, there's swoetost rest and
bliss III these full beams
That light our lives to-day
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23

you must put at least 200 leagues between
it and you, and never comoj into the pres
cnce of my daughter For your travelling
expenses will give you 10000 francs"
Carl endeavored to speak.
''Silence !" said the Count, In voice of
thunder. "You must obey. In that gee
rctary is the money; take H.
The chcvalicr ventured tho remark :, "per-
nit me to decline your offer"
The false modesty of the young mar was
overcome by the imperiouss gesture of the
old man. II
"But," said Carl, the secretary is lock-
ed"
"3rcak the lock then" returned the
Count, and with his pistol In his hand, he
repeated:
"Break 1t, Or III blow your brains out"
Carl obcyed.
cit is WE'LL" said the old gentleman,
"thosc bank notes are yours. Have you
pockctbonk with anything identifying it as
belonging to you3" -
"rhcn let it fall in front 81 the secretary
you have broken OPEN"
''What, sirn'
81 must have proof to Convict you. l
mean to have all the evidences of burglary.
Robbery or death. Choosei All, sec
your choice is made. Now go before me.
| do not quit you until you are league
from Baden. | ycturn late. and enter no
complaint against you till tomorrow noon.
Bcgonel"
Chevalicr Carl could not resist the com
pulsory order, and Count Christians plan
was carried out to the very letter. The
affair created great noise and excitement.
Helen could no longer doubt as to Carl's
real character, and it was not long before
his image was banishcd from her heart, and
that was in due time surrendered to one of
her cousins, captain Of an Austrian
cavalry regiment.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23
Love and Larlats.

There Is in Texas an individuaizcd set
Of men called Cow boys. They are
knights OF the plains, rough riders aud
rough fighters, who manage the immense
drovcs Of cattle on the plains, sleep in their
saddles, are experts with the six-shootcr,
knife, larat and whiskcy bottle, and as de-
void of fear as they are foreign to civilzu-
ton and culture. They are rude children
Of nature, always equally on the look -out
for drink or fight, and when they dis
cover, as they are sure to- discover, on
entering cities or railroad stations, that
they arc 'Grcy wolves, and its their night
to howl!'a livelincss of an electric and
dangerous character is very certain to fol-
low. They 1.-Two Oh the prairics, taking
seasons and chances rs they come and go,
and herd and drive tho cattle Of the ranch
eros to the inner western markets. They
are not the typical romantic IItyrc W pa
tue order of piping shepherds of the ear
liest days, but Of the modern wildcat order,
and when they come around the quictcr cl-
tiZcns are either very reserved or obsolete
as to street presence. or heavily hcclcd.
Their usual style of setting difficulties is, of
course, with the bowie-knifc or pistol but
we find that civilization is at last growing
upon them, and, as our friend Jim Brcsin
would remark, the cifctc idiocics of other
days are passing away. Recently two of
them quarrclcd on their way back from
Colorado They were returning from a
cattle drive, and, oddly enough, they quar-
relied about Il woman. Far down near st.
Antonio some dark-cycd maid, with all
the mellow beauty, dashed throughout with
the electric highway above Edison's-
that flashes the soul OF lovclincSs into Texas
girls, held the hearts Of both, and as they
rode buck, well filled with money, head.
aches and poor whisky, the rivalry be-
tween them broke through the barriers of
sclf-contro, and quarrel cnsucd Before
either Of the two hot-leatlcd young fellows
could get the drop on the other their friends
interviewed. ~ challenge followed. They
were inhibited from the use Of either knife
or pistol by their seconds, and lariats were
the weapons. 1t must have been a novel
duel-morc dramatic than :hc tilts Of the
knights Of medieval times. The space and
circuit was measured; both men lcapcd into
the saddle, each on his 1.-the, active and
foot-sound mustang, with the lean coil of
rope at hand and the end safely fixed about
the saddles cruppcr; til: word "as given
and the war began. The thin lnshcs
whipped through the air, cutting space like
arrows; but one struck too far, the other
closed about the opponents throat like u
hangnan's moose, and as the fortunate due
list drew back his horse Upon its launches
his antagonist was dragged froGm his saddle
to the ground. Happily, the lariat snapped,
aud though seriously injured, the vanquishcd
man was not killed. The duel over, the
defeated returned to life, friendship was
also restored, and the cowboys continued
on their homcward trip.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23
DeadwOod.

"Dcadwood," said the stranger, putting
down his half eaten slice of lemon pic and
taking long pull at the milk, 81 went
there when the first rush was made for the
hills. Rather rough crowd the first lot,
you bet; more wholesome now. When l
got there was dead -broke--ddn't have
dollar, didn't have revolver, which man
III often need out there wOrscn meals
vittlcs. was prob'ly the only man in the
hills who didn't carry fircarm, an was
some lonesome, tell you. The only
weapon l hed--l'm q blaclismith-was a
rasp, a heavy file, you know, bout eighteen
inches long, which carried down my back,
tho handle in easy rench just below my
coat collar. Underestimate Like the Arkan-
saw man carries his bowie knife. Pm not
aXactlya temperance man. | just don't
drink an don't NEEDLE with any other Man's
drinkm'-that's all One day. hedn't
been in Deadwood more'n wcck-I. was
sittin' in a s'loon-only place man kin set
to see any socicty--when fellcr come in, q
reg'lar hustler, with his can full and a
quart over. He'd revolver on each side
of his belt an looked vicious. Nothin
mean about him, though. Askt mo to
drink. Not any, thank you, scz l. Not
drink with mol Mel Bill Feathergill !
When ask tcnderfoot to drink expect
him to prancc right up an no monkoyin'l
You hear mol yu
"Wcll, when his hand went down for his
revolver, whipped ont my old file quicken
fire 'ud scorch a feather an wiped him ono
right acrost the face. When he fell l
thought I'd killed him, an tho s'loon film
up with bummcls sorter skinned out, not
KNOWN what might happen. Purity soon
q CLAP in red shirt came up to me. Sez
he, You the man as kc-arved Bell Feather
gill; Cos, ef 80 BIO as you arc, eff you don't
want ev'ry man In the hills to climb you,
don't you try to hide yourself-thc boys is
askin' fur you now
'It struck mo that my frlond had tho
idee, so waltzcd back and went up and
down before that s'loon for nigh three hours.
10 found out Bill wasn't dead an was bad
medicine, but it would do to let down.
Purity soon ! sec my man a,headin for me-.
Ills face had been patched up till 1t looked
like. the closing out display Of retail dry
goods store There was so little counte-
nance exposed that I couldn't guess what
he was s.aimin' at, so I brought my hand
back of my collar an grabbed my flo.
4" Hold on there, there; hold on, sez
he, gimme y'r hand, I'm friendly, I've got
nothin' agin you, not q thing, but.-.-you'll
pardon my cufio iosity what sort OF q weepon
was that stranger q 5''s 8.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23
Lots Mash tho villain !"

A passenger train which left Lansing
coming cast recently had among the pas
scngcrs plain-faccd, scnsiblc-loolliug girl
about twenty years of age, and a thin waist
cd, siclily-looking young man a year or two
older. No one would have mistrustcd that
they were elopmg had not the young man
asked the conductor if there was clergy
man on the train. There was none, and
the young man explained to the passengers
around him that he was in bad fix. lie
had come down from Bath Township in a
buggy, aud he was quite sure that the girls
father would take the other road down to
Chicago Junction. and there board the Ian
sing train and raise row. lie was not
on a row, but yet he loved the girl, and
they were bound TO marry. If the old
man came alone he thought he could bluff
him off, but If his two big sons came along
the scales would be turned. lie therefore
wanted to know of man wearing rcd
WOODEN shirt and coonskin cap if he would
stand by him.
"You bet l will !" was tho hearty re-
sponsc. 81 got my old gal by running
away with her, and I'll see you through
this If never do any more goodl You
wouldn't be worth q cent in free fight,
and now you go into the baggage oar and
let me run this affair alone. I want to be
seated beside the gal when the old man
comes in."
When the whistle blew for the Junction,
Coonskin changed places, and as the cars
halted he put his arms around Mary and
took one of her hands in his. The old
man and his two sons were on hand, and
they piled into the car pcll-mell-
"Hcre she Is !" called the father as he
caught sight of the girl aud the three made
rush.
'Run away with my" began the
old man, but when he saw the stranger bD-
side her he checked himself.
"Want anything Of us2" asked CoonsIin,
as he looked up.
''Who arc you, sir 2"
'I'ln going to be your son-in-law in less
than an hour---eh! darllngT"
He gave Mary squeeze and Mary look
ed happy
"Come along, Mary-comc right home
with me !" ordered the father
'Lers mash the villain |" added one Of
the sons
'Put a head on him--lct me get at him!"
shouted the other.
The father seized Mary and the sons
seized Coonskin. Then red shirt tower
ed aloft pair of big fists began working
witha "popl" "pop |" ana as fast as the trio
got up they made for the door. Coonskin
followed, arms and feet working like a
trip-hammer, and when the train moved of
the father sat on box with big woolcn
mittcn held to his nose, one Of the sons
was pulling loose teeth from his jaw, and
the other boy was cropping his way to a
snow-bank.
''Now, tllcn," said Coonskin, as the OK
ultant lover returned, 'tresume your scat,
take her little hand In yours, and don't
calkerate you owe me anything ~
''Say, Tom," said tho girl, "I'm going
to kiss him for that!" @
"hll right, sis."t
t"Wall, just as you fcel," said Coonskin,
as he returned the smack, ''but want II
distinctly understood around these parts,
that when see true love on It's way from
Lansing to Howell to get spliccd kin lick
all the pursuing dads in the State Of Mlchi.
ganl" fls @ S.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-23

"A York county, Pa, farmer was
fined $13. .9b for using profane language
!. . - One-fifth Of Norway y under TIM
Der. 4. & s a]3 .l
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06
DECAY OF CONSCIENCE

| Ii we probe the national heart deer
enough we shall find the real cause of Gu,
adverse conition to be a drying up or an
extinction of conscience-an inward
rottenness of the moral life All classes
without distinction of social condition or sex
nave seemingly but one ambition and one
ann, ana that is to acquire wealth and to
give rem to their tastes and passions.
MS is an age of sensuousness and OF
sensuallty-a scarlet age; an age in which
the arlstocracy of intellect and of heart is
made to stand in the shadow of the vul
gar-an age when the Aspasias, the Mes
salinas and the Pompadours, with their
slaves, lead and dictate with an imperious
wall IN the realm of the social
Example, with the prestige of ostentation
manifested in the glitter of gold, the CLEAN
OF precious gems, in the sheen of costly
fabrics and in the fever of dissipation, is
deadly as the exhalations of the Upas.
Surely as effect follows cause, does crime
IN all Its manifold forms follow the example
OF luxury and sensuality. These were the
torerunners of the decay of Greece and
Rome. Neither genius nor virtue can
Withstand their corroding influence.
Intellect conscience, and refined senti-
ment perish in their presence We to-day,
IN our numerical majority, are nation
without conscience nation of dema-
gogues, OF blasphemers, of drunkards, OF
embezzlers, of riotous livers, of adulterers
and of fornicators. We have the symbols
of virtue and of religion, and yet only the
symbols. We lift the cross, but only as
the semi-Pagan military iesions of Con
stantine lifted it on shield and banner
n ine
nor in the greed of landlords, nor in the
presence of the Cinnamon, that principally
lies our trouble, but it is in the want
OF national conscience, Of popular
sobriety and simplicity, in the want
of the true spirit of Christianity. Give
us this, and all things that give national
peace, prosperity and grandeur, follow as
surely as effect follows cause Give us this,
and individual and public wealth increas-
es, communism expires, drunkenness and
all crime disappears, and industry and in
vention and enterprise thrive.
A republic without conscience is form
of government without promise; its veins
and arteries carry the seeds of inherent
revolutions, anarchy and decay. Without
conscience, there can be neither morality
nor religion, and without these society has
neither foundation, pillar nor prop So if
we would bring the republic up to the
proper plane of prosperity, let US first in
carnate conscience in our entire individu-
ality. Then, under the power of an hon.
est intellect and motive, all the true econ
omies of government will inevitably
spring into being, beautifully and symmet-
really wrought-.San Francisco Aduer-
tiSe7
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06
Intelligence pays. Ignorance limits and
hlnders and makes us poor and helpless
OLE

ARTICLE |. OF THE CONSTITUTION
OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI
!. SECTION II. No persons life shall be periled
by the practice of dueling; and any person who
shall hereafter fight duel, or assist in the same
as second or send, accept, knowingly carry
challenge therefor, go out of the State to fight
DUE! shall be disqualified from holding any office
under this constitution, and shall forever be dis
franchised in this State
In the face ofthis plain provision of the consti-
tuition, the present State Senate OF Mississippi adj
mitted to a seat on its floor Senator (yho is a
lawyer by profession) who but recently went 'out
of the State to fight DUEL
4 The Senate is composed mainly of lawyer pol
iticians Lawyer politicians make our laws, they
construe them, and they enforce or ignore them
as may suit their pleasure If the people continue
to intrust the law-making power to a class that
sets constitutional provisions at defiance, they
ought not to complain if their rights and liberties
are trampled upon and their interests contemptu-
ousy ignored.
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06
not SO heating by having wheat bran
mixed with it.-Rural New Yorker
FARMERS SHOULD STUDY Fl
NANCE

| FARMERS SHOULD STUDY Fl
Farmers sh Id study finance. It is the
| most importai question before him, ex-
cept perhaps, nat shall do to be sayede
My answer w aid be to make the best
possible use of this life, live here first, and
over the river afterward. The question
then, is, what shall1 / do to pay my mort
gage, redeem iay home and improve it,
and support myself and loved ones or to
acquire home for them?
This is practical, every day, common
sense question. Then what is a medium
of exchange? Money. What is lawful
payment of debt? Legal tender fiat
| money.
The financial question interests every
man, woman and child, as we'll as gener-
atoms yet unborn. A correct understand
ing of it will enable you to double your
farm and that without labor. You can
do it simply by casting your vote with
intelligence and justice.
This money question stripped of all its
sophistry is this: Shall we have money
enough to do the business of the country?
And il not. then why not? This over
production, balance of trade, gold basis,
honest money, money of the world, bed
rock extravaganza, standards of value,
irredeemable rags, ETC., is simply dust
thrown in your eyes by the designing
money changers, and their tools who do
their bidding.
First settle the question, Shall the SOW
ereign people of America have enough
money to do their business? And then all
bosh will disappear. Then if we have not
gold and silver enough, what other kind
| money will we have? Legal tender, law
full greenback money; the money that
brought to our country an era of prosper
ity such as no man ever saw before or
since. Or, shall we have in its stead, an
interest bearing, usury drawing, unlawful
tender, bankers note based on and re-
deemable in paper money? Do you want
government money, or bankers note?
Do you want the peoples money, or the
money changers obligation, and pay him
usury (tribute) for it? .
Let the farmer lay aside his party cog
giles, pull off his political dog collar and
and take a candid look at his situation.
He and his family work hard year in and
year out, and at the end of the year his
farm will not sell for as much money as
it did ayear ago. Now, why? The far,
mers in America produce enough in one
year to feed themselves for five, and yet
he does not live upon the ''fat of the land"
The farmer may be fond of music but he
is not seen at the opera. Why? He may
have intellectual tastes, but he has no
library. Why? He may appreciate art,
but he has no paintings. Why? In short
he produces nearly everything and has
next to nothing. Why? The money
changer tolls not neither does he spin, and
yet he and the monopoly thieves have the
best of everything. Now, why? This
contest is the greenback Us the bankers
note; freedom Us slavery; justice Us usury;
right Us wrong; labor Us robbery; indus
try Us idleness. Farmer, toiler, man of God,
investigate the finanfial question, and
work and vote and pray for justice and
humanity-Perry Engle, in The National
View. -. .
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06
CORN FOR HOR SES.

Is it or is 1T not economy to iced horses
corn in the ear? We have practiced it for
a number of years, believing that the por-
ton which was not masticated, and so
passed out of the horses without being
digested, was not equal to the miller's toll.
The toll is every tenth, and this with the
waste and time spent in going to the mill
will make it fully equal to every eighth.
Another thing farmers do not think about:
Suppose every tenth is not masticated and
assimilated by the horse, it is kept on the
farm; whereas, if it is left at the mill the
farm is so much depleted of plant food.
We throw the whole ear into the manger,
and let the work horses bite the kernels
off as they like. AS soon as the horses get
used to eating corn there is no danger of
its producing any collie or other derange-
ment of the bowels, but care must be
taken not to begin too strong at first
Three or four ears of flint corn are all a
horse should have to begin diet OF this
food. The Southern and Western corn
is lighter, and is not so apt to produce
collie. In the South corn is almost always
fed in the ear; and so it is in the West
when fed at all. Corn is excellent feed
for horses to work on, but not SO good for
fast driving. They are more quiet and
tractable on corn than with any other
grain, and will do more hard pulling and
drudgery with less loss in condition. Oats
make horse sprightly and active, and
hence should be fed sparingly to colt.
Oats have helped to make great many
balky, spawned and runaway horses.
Corn makes them dull and slow, but
strong. Corn is the best for colts while
being broken. 1t may be made lighter and
The patron of husbandry. (Columbus, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-03-06

TEXAS COOPERATIVE AGENCY
We call the attention of Patrons
throughout the state to the vast import
ance of patronizing, sustaining and build
ing up the Texas Cooperative Agency at
Galveston. In doing this the structure of
cooperation will be greatly strengthened
and adjusted to the needs Of the system all
over the state; its pecuniary interests
promoted and the grange cause perman-
emily advanced. J. S. Rogers, a reliable
and altogether trustworthy patron, is in
charge Of the enterprise as the business
agent, giving full satisfaction in his efforts
to serve the order in that capicity. What
the Association needs to make it a power
for vast good to the grange in Texas is
patronage. Every bale of cotton furnish
ed Rogers to sell, and every bill of goods
required for him to buy, increases the
power Of the association, and his oppotuni-
ty to serve the company more acceptably.
We believe the association made in
dicious selection in securing the services
of Rogers as agent. He is thoroughly inn
bued with true grange principles and the
spirit Of cooperation; of unquestioned in
tegrity, and of untiring zeal and energy,
in short, the right man in the right place,
possessing all the necessary elements to
make the enterprise grand success if
the order will only cooperate with him in
his efforts to carry out its purposes. If the
order fails to give the enterprise suitable
support, it must either fail or struggle
along in weak and ifeless condition,
powerless to confer the benefits desired
With a united effort on the part of the
patrons ofTexas, the Association could be
built up to vast proportions. tits plain
enough to every mind that the more bust
nessRogers gets the moreinfuence it gives
him in the markets, increasing his chances
for securing better bargains in buying and
selling. Then, patrons, will you give his
matter serious and earnest thought, and
follow that line of duty your own pecunia-
ry interest and the welfare of the order
dictates ?-Zexas Farmer. -