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The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-07
Mr.. PARNELL.

The chair having been vacated for ten
minutes, Mr.. Parnel was escorted to the
Presidents platform, where he replied to
the remarks OF Lieutenant Governor Walker
as follows:
Mr.. President apd Gentlemen OF the Sem
ate,--I return my heartfelt thanks for the
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-07

Mr.. Parnell is young man, OF some thlr-
ty-four years OF age. His appearance Is not
only prepossessing, but as soor as be begins
conversation he interests. His views on aiI
matters are clear and full, and bis ideas are
always significant. He Is well posted ON ai
matters bearing on Irish affairs, as well as
entirely satisfied as to the future course o'
eyents. He fully realizes the present con
dItion Of his native land, and whenever h'
talks OF it he Is sad.
| THE MEETING IN RICHMOND.
At tll;25 A, N, he was met at the Frede
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-07

honor you have to-day done me and the
cause represent by allowing me the privi'
ege Of the floor OF the Senate OF Virginia.
Public sentiment has already done much to
aid the cause, but you hsye done more to-
day. The honor TO address the ancient Sen.
ate OF The great State OF Virginia Is one OF
the greatest compliments that has ever been
paid me.
After again thanking the Senate for the
welcome be had received, Mr.. Parnell was
introduced to the members Of the body
present.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
Jcrusalomt What u CatI

A few evenings ago Alvy was paying q
visit to his dulcinca. She had smllgglcd
him into the parlor, and the darkness only
served to conceal her bushes while Alvy
told the story of his love.
The mlttcrcd words reached the parents
car, and coming suddenly into the room he
demanded to know of Mary who 1t was she
had with her.
OTIS the cat, sir, was tho mtmbling
reply
"Drivc 1t out Of here - Numbered patcr.
familas.
"Scat" scrccched M,"y, and then, sotto
voice:
"Alvy, meow little"
A!vy set up n wocful YELL
"Confound It'll Bring light and scare
the thing out"
This was too much, and poor Alvy made
a leap for the window, carrying glass and
frame with him. WA
'Jcrpsalcm what q cat ! exclaimed the
parent, contemplating the ruins after the
light was brought. ~ lave never seen any
thing like 1t. And, confound 1t it's tail Is
made Of broadclothl I" as he Viewed a flut.
tering remnant hanging from tho window.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06

who were happy, how his laws were adj
mlnlstercd, and what was thought Of his
government On one occasion, he fell in
with boy gathering sticks in a field.
'Why don't you 30 into yondcr forest,
where you will find plenty of wood 2''
asked the disguised monarch.
"Ah" cried the boy, "that forest belongs
to the King, and he would have me killed
if should take his wood; for that is the
law"
SIS he so hard man as that ?"
AYE, that he is--a very hard man, in
decd, who denies his people what God has
given thcm!"
'lt is Il bad law" said the King; "and
advise you not to mind it. Come, there
Is no one here to see you 80 into the forest
and help yourself to sticks"
Not L." exclaimed the boy.
'Gou are afraid some one will come and
find you. But will keep watch for you, "
urged the King
"Will you take the punishment in my
place, If chancc.to get caught? No, not"
cried the boy, shrewdly, shaking his head.
II should risk my life if took the Kings
wood"
but tell you 1t will be no risk" said
'hc hlng. 81 will protect you; go and get
Upon that the boy turned and looked
him boldly in the face.
II believe you are a traitor" he crcd,-
''an enemy OF the King or else you want
10 get me into trouble. But you can't. |
KNOW how to take care of myself; and |
Shall show respect to the laws though they
are bad"
The boy went on gathering sticks, and
in the evening went home with his load of
fuel
The next day his parents were astonishcd
10 receive summons to appear with their
son before the King AS they went trem-
bllngly into his presence, the boy recognized
the man with whom he had talked the day
before, and he turned deadly pale.
"lf that be the King" he said, 'thcn we
arc no better than dead folks all |"
But the King descended from his throne,
and smilingly sald:
'Comc here, my son! Come here, good
people both Fear nothing. met this
lad in the fields yesterday, and tried to per
sliadc HIM to disobey the law. But found
him proof against all temptation. So sent
FOR you, good people, to tell you what a
true and honest son you have, and that the
law is to be changed so that poor people
can go anywhere in the Kings forests, and
gather the wood they find on the ground. "
lie then dismissed the lad and his parents
with handsome presents, which made them
r'cn for 'l}e >rem4mdcr of their lives.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
IN American King David.

When the Spaniartls. under the famous
Cortcs, came to Mexico in 1919, they found
the country inhabited by people already
civilized. About 100 years before the Tc-
Zcllcans. the most enlightened Of the native
tribes, had Prince whose history has
striking resemblance to that Of the Hebrew
King David. His name is a hard one, but
by dividing it into double syllablcs we may
master it--Ncza-hual- -coyOtl In his youth,
like David, he was obliged to flee for his
life from the wrath of a morosc monarch
who occupied the throne, and he met with
many romantic adventures and hair-hrcadth
escapes.
. Once, when some soldiers came to take
him in his own house, he vanished in a
cloud of incense, such rs attendants burned
before Princes, and concealed himself in q
sewer, until his enemies were gone. lie
fled to the mountains, where he slept in
caves and thicIicts, and lived on wild fruits
occasionally showing himself in the cot.
tages of the poor people, who bcfricndcd
their Prince at the peril of their own lives.
Once, when closely pursued, passing girl
who was reaping in field, he begged her
to cover him from sight with the stalks of
grain she was cutting; she did 80, and when
into a false path. At another time, he took
refuge with some soldiers who were friend
ly to him, and covered him with war.
drum, about which they were dancing. No
bribc could induce his faithful people TO be-
tray him.
"W0uld you not deliver up your Prince
if he came in your way?" he once asked
y0,tng Country-fcllow, to whom his person
was unknown.
"Ncyer!" replied the peasant.
"Not for a fair lady's hand and great
fortune = said the Prince.
''Not for all the worltl!' was the answer.
The Prince, who was rightful heir to the
throne, grew every day in the favor of the
people, and at last he found himself at the
head Of an army, while the bad King was
mere and more dctestcd. A battle was
fought; tho us.lrper's forces were routed,
and he was aflcrward slain. The Prince,
who 30 lately fed for his life, was now pro-
claimed King.
lie at once set about reforming abuses,
and making wise laws for his kingdom.
lie established society devoted to the en-
couragcmcnt of science and art. lie gave
prizes for the best literary compositions
Qor these people had sort of picture wri.
ting), and he was himself poet, like King
David. His poems, some of which have
been preserved and translated, were gcncr-
ally Of religious character. lIis favorltc
themes were the vanity of human greatness,
praises of the Unknown God and tho bless
mgs of the future life for such as do good
in this. The Tczcucans, like tho Aztccs,
were idolators, who indulged in the lorrid
rites Of human sacrifice to their awful
deitics; but this wise and good King dctest-
ed such things and endeayorcd TO wcan bis
people from them, declaring, like David,
that above all idols and over all men, ruled
an unseen spirit, who was the one God. @
The King used to disguise himself, and
90 about among his people, In orQerto learn
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
Rules of Conduct,
Il ''!,tJl).

Never ''smaci' while taking Il "sthoon-
cr' Of beer
'Don'l run after famous people," II is
undlgniticd. Walk brislvly, but don'i run.
IA man dress should not be remark
able No true gentlemen will appear at a
dress party, in red vest, Il green coat, a
sky-bluc ncclitie, yellow pantaloons and an
iron ring in his nose. II would make him
conspicuous Il thing which trnc poitcncss
never seeks.
"ln going up and down stairs prcccdc
the lady.' 1t is no longer considered ncccs-
sary in upper circles to step on n ludy's
tram, causing her to tumble to the bottom
of the stairs in your company. You tum-
bic?
''Girls who part their hair on the side
look fast" And ii is also noteworthy
tni'' though they grow fas, they very sell
dom get tired.
"Nevcr take bits out of your mouth with
your hand. Nor with your feet, either, We
would add. Use pair of dentists forccps.
Address your wife Mrs and husband
~ MIR. Such terms as 'old briclltop' and
'chowdcr-hrad' sound very affected be-
fore strangers.
"lt is impolitc to keep musician con.
s'antly playing Send the hired man out
and let him kick the organ grinder over
the fence.
"Ihcrc is TOO much promiscuous kissing
IN the country" That is gigantic truth,
and the women folks had better stop osc,l-
ating those sorc-cycd poodle dogs
"a young lady should not stretch her
feet ont in company" Especially if she is
Bangor gir., and the room is needed for
dancing purpose.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION
LORD KEEP MY MEMORY GREEN.

My feet approach life's western slopo,
Above mo bend tho MONDAY skies;
Beyond mo spreads tho realm OF Hope,
Before tho land OF memory lies;
know not what tho years may bring
or dangers wild or joy serene,
But turning to tho cast sing,-
Lord keep my memory grcen."
o! land Of Winter and Of bloom,
OF singing bird and moaning pine,
Thy golden light thy tender gloom,
Thy Wales and mountains all arc miuo:
The holy loves or 0 hor years
With beck ming hands toward mo leah
And whisper through thoir falling tears,
Lord keep my memory grecn.'
Dear Memory, y,-whose uncloudcd ego
Can pierce tho darkest wilts Of space
SOC her watch-tires burning high,
feol hor brcczes fnn my face,
would not give tho light she filings
Across my futures landscape sceno
For all tho pomp and powor Of kings
Lord keep my memory green"
Let memory noar my soul abide,
With eye and Voice to warn and win,
Til Hope and Memory, sido by side,
Shall walk above the tides OF sin
Till rom llfo's western lakes and ri)ls
Tho angel lifts the sunset aheon,
And hangs it DER the eastern hills,
Lord kct! my memory green"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
,c,~W <ANtrss s. NI''
L~SExcOllGht Interest Rules.

For finding the interest Oh any principal
for any number of days, the answer in each
case being in cents, separate tho two right
hand figures TO express II In dollars and
cents:
-Four Per Cent. Multiply the principal
by thc number of days to run; separate the
right. hand figure from the product, and
divide by O..
Five Per Cent Multiply by number of
days and divide by 70.
Six Per Cent Multiply by number Of
days; separate right-hand figure and divide
by g. tasl
Eight Per Cent. Multiply by number Of
days and divide by IS.
Nine Per Cent. Multiply by number of
days; separate rlght-hand figure and divide
by 4. a.
Ten Per Cent. Multiply by number Of
(avs and divide by SO. M
Twelve Per Cent. Multiply by number
Of days; separate right.hand figure and dl-
vide by s. ~ ss9l - ~ il't& 3If T#,3j flai
Fifteen Per Cent. Multiply by number
Of days and divide by "a. o ti ID.
Eighteen Per Gent. Multiply by number
Of days; separate right.hand figure and di-
vide by2.
Twenty Per Cent. Multiply by number
Of days and divide by 18. g.5 ssi
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
l;Dbeirt,dinI

"l}op-slcddng" by moonlight, eight or
ten on "bob,' has been the epidemic fun
in Dcadwood during the cold spell. Every.
body has ii, and children cry for it. No
dignity wilhSlands it, no prim sense of
propricty is stilf enough TO resist it, Ladies',
gentlemen, boys, girls and miscellaneous
urchlns, pinks of dccorum and romping
hoydens, all "bob' with the very widncss
OF jolly enthusiasm.
Digniiicd reader, did YOU ever see a
"bnh:'' No. What, ncvcr} Then your
Lille has been wasted. Fancy two IRON
hound slcds ten feet apart, with strong
plank, fifteen inches wide, lashod on top
Of them, with II cross-piccc on the front
end Tor the conductor, the slccrcr stratld-
ling the plank jus, oyer the hind one
That's Il ''bob.'
Imagine II steep mounlain- side of ice and
frozen SHOW, slick as if il Ind been creased
and half mile down. Eight, ten or a
dozen ladies and gentlemen, all seated on Il
plank, horseback fashion, clothes pin style.
lri go: Track. track! And in the twink
ling of al eye you are flying downward at
theraic OF sixty miles an hour. Your ewes
pop ont. Your hat flies Off. Your false
hair blows TO kmnschalka. Your croclicry
ware teeth are whiskcd ont through the
back OF your neck. Streams of fire flash
from The icy track at every bound. You
hold your breath, and cling like grim death
to the plank and your next ncighbor Yon
shout. You scream. You laugh in the
widest glcc, with every hair on end. 4
twist IN the road a crash. Ten thousand
sh'ieks in pin-point of time. And ladies,
gentlemen and Youngsters are rolling,
tumblng, slidiEg flying in every direction,
but all down grade, 900 miles minute,
with n"il'ing for sled. That's riding on
Il ''hOb.h
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
Tho BAD Roy.

Those gentlemen who mount dry goods
box to deliver political speech have no
guile in their hearts. They simply want to
post up the workingmcn, brush up the ideas
of merchants and do good to ail. They
take no hccd Of the small boy lurking on
the outskirts of the crowd, but thoughtlcss-
ly begin:
'F'ricnds and ncighbors, let me ask you
what causes the hard times of which you
arc all loudly compaining3"
"Want of confidence in the mule" wells
the small boy, as the speaker pauscs for an
instant.
''fhc hard times are upon u.s. want starcs
us in the face, woe and wretclIcdness arc
abroad, and the laboring man, the merchant
and the capitalist ask each other the cause
and the remedy"
''Samc speech he got Off last night, with
the poetry left OUT" yclls the boy.
''Some folks say that we have lived too
fast as nation," continues the speaker,
pretending to have heard nothing, ''othcrs
say that the currency has been contracted
too much; others declare that Il, .rc are"
others Yer eclipse on the moon-Vnl-
can walking right over hcrl" breaks in the
small boy.
He 10 driven away by citizen who came
there to hear q speech, but he merely changes
his location for better one.
''Somc folks say that there are too many
men in the country" says the speaker.
''Too many men Great Heavens! Can
there be too many men in a country like
this, whose fertile prairies-"
'pll go home and kill my dad!" solemn
~ puts in the small boy, and the speaker
begins to lose part of his crowd. When no
starts off again he says:
"What has made money 80 scarce, labor
SO scarce, and want and woe 40 plenty2
What has ttmll led the price of property
one-third What means these bankrupt
salcs7"
Means they arc beating their crcditors2"
squcaks the bad boy, and dozen more
hearers nod their heads in the affirmative
and start for the market
'1lave VIC currcncy7 suddenly de-
mands the man Oh the box.
eff we hadn't, how could buy this ere
gun ~ replies the bad boy, retrcating before
the cane OF an ofilcc.sceker
"Wc have currency, but what is ic2"
ask the speaker. Is IL money or rags2 When
tho laboring man has dollar in his pocket,
Is he certain that"
"Not much, }" cries out the boy
This is too much. The crowd make for
him in q body, leaving tho speaker alone,
and thoy forget to return. If he can talk
long enough he may draw some new ones
but he generally buttons his collar and goes
down to the market after an eggplant for
his Sunday dinner. IS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-03-06
N%l rsE'%''e nl:. ... ., leo:

i Prop Paige, in recent address dcvcl
opcd, among many other theories, the be-
llef that the great ice period that ground
the rocks into soil had been attributed to u
time too remote in the carth's history. lie
SAID il had been the quite universally nc
ccpted opinion that the great ice caps were
formed by climate rendered cold by rca-
son of changed cosmic relations 1t was
known thnt the ccccntrlcity of the carth's
path around the sun was subject, at long
periods, to considerable chnngc, rcsultinr
III carrying the earth out from the sun some
hltcen millions OF miles farther at times
than now. The cartll's great aphclon, to-
gctlcr with changed conditions attributable
10 the procession Of the equinox, was be-
llcvcd to have produced the great periods
of ice in the past. From this standpoint
Of reckoning, Clifford claims that man has
been on the earth two million years. The
Professor said he believed the modern ten
dcncy OF thought was in favor of Il different
view. During tho WINTER in our northern
hemisphere, we arc two and a half million
miles nearer to the sun than in tho summer.
This helps to equaizc our climate, render
my the winters much more mild, and the
summers heat far less than it would be if
the conditions were reversed. In the
southern hemisphere the exact reverse
state OF conditions exists. They arc nearer
the sun III summer, and further Off in wln-
ter. They have cold winters and hot sum
mcrs. AT the south pole there is a vast
excess OF ice over that Of the north pole.
The vast accumulation Of ice nj the south
pole attracts the waters of the ocean, chang
ing the equilibrium Of the carth's centre,
moving the equator to tho south, drawing
OIL the waters Of the sea from the north
pole TO the south pole. This accounts for
the Clearly noticeable subsldcncc of the
waters in the north, and for the fact that
there is but little dry land in the southern
hemisphere. If the ages of ice can be
charged up to these causes, glacial period
is approaching in the southern hemisphere,
and will be at its greatest height in about
five thousand five hundred years The last
period of ice in the northern hemisphere is
also Of equally recent date, occurring prob
ably about six thousand years ago. The
lecturer was of opinion that, If these recent
views proved correct, there would be a re-
currcncc of the ice period in about sixteen
thousand years in the northern hemisphere
this view would also shorten tho time of
mans existence on the globe. 1t was prob
ably safe to siy that man has not existed
more more TIM" hfty or hundred thousand
N1S-->>+z, s.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-01
OBITUARY..

Miss Mary A. Aver. after short illness
died at Youngston. Ohio, September 2. She
was born at Haverill, Mass, and wns "a
years old when she departed this life. and
was buried on the 4th day of September At
Youngstown, Ohio. She was sister of F
u. Aver, of this village, and the only surviy-
ing brother and sister Of Mrs. Sarah Durham
of Lawrence. She, with her fathers family
emlgrated TO Albany. New York, at an early
day, where they lived many years. The
deceased manifested her devotion to the
christian religion by joining the Pearl street
baptist church, best known as DR.. Welsh
church. She was an efficient worker both in
the church and Sabbath school, and especiallv
was she known and valued for her ilntiriup
zeal In christian benevolence. In 1847 her
iatner's family, together with herself. moved
10 henosna, Wisconsin, where her active.
jealous life as christian worker will long
De remembered, and where she gained the
good will and respect of the community for
her upright, honest integrity as a busi-
ness woman to assume the responsibilities of
mother and father to three orphan children
OF her youngest sister. She was permitted
to live to see them all educated and nicely
settled in life, and died surrounded by
those she loved even better than her own
HE She was unselfsh to the last, and
died in full faith in the christian religion.
1t can surely be said of her "that she hath
done what she could" to make the world
better and happler.-O. ". K. IN Harvard
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-01
BRISTOL.

Farmers are busy threshing, and
hear no complaints about the crops.
A Garfield and Arthur club was Or
gained last Wednesday week at Bris-
tot village. All quiet on the Potomac.
Mrs. Salmon Epson has returned
from long visit to her daughter in
Iowa.
Most of our sick folks are getting
we'll. DR.. Scherer is bringing them up
A peach festival came off ait Asbury
Chapel on Tuesday of last week.
Quite a crowd was there and we had a
jolly time. The committee thought
they did well.
Mr.. K. N. Walden and wife have
gone east to see q sister and see Mia
CARA Falls
Mrs. O. J. Benedict reports that her
raspberry bushes are bearing second
crop of berries.
Apples are so plentiful out here that
people will not take them for picking
up. They are too cheap to steal.
Miss A. Meller, of Racine, is visit.
ing Mrs. S. Kingman.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-01
WASHINGTON, D. G., Sept. 10. 1880.


The news from Maine has created
considerable panic among the Office
holders in Washington, and the panic
was no doubt extended to every federal
office-holder in the country. The num-
Der of office-holders of all grades
throughout the Union may be stated
in round numbers as one hundred
thousand, and, estimating that each
one has dependent upon him for sup
port FIVE persons, a change in the ma
tional administration will throw a
half million of persons out of house
and home and reduce the larger num-
Der of them to state of actual want.
The time will come when the Amer
lean people will look back with horror
to their permitting or authorizing the
agony of suspense and anxiety in
which tens of thousands of persons in
their employ pass the six months pre-
vious to the Presidential election.
The mere barbarity of the thing, even
if it worked no injury to the state,
ought to condemn it in the eyes of any
Christian or even civilized people
No government which allows an eff.
cient and upright servant to be tor.
tured before election, in order to make
the politicians game more exciting
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1880-10-01

ought in our day to call itself enlight-
ened. But if the injury to private in
terests will be great, the injury to pub
lie interests will be incalculable. What
great house, mercantile or manufae-
turing, could survive the discharge of
all its skilled and tried assistants, and
their replacement by those who are
utterly without experience, and who
have no natural or educational quail
ficati0n for the intricate work to be
performed. There is no reason why
the immense civil service Of the Uni
ted States should not be conducted on
plain business principles, and that the
tenure of Office should be as stable as
in the Army or Navy. The country
would actually suffer less from COM
plete change of rank and file in the
military and naval services with every
political change in the Administration
than it will suffer from a change in
the civil service. Our military and
naval services are insignificant in COM
parison with our civil service, and the
duties of the former require no more
in the way of special adaptation, study
and technical skill than the latter. 1t
is easier any time to pick out from the
masses a good Indian fighter than one
qualified mentally, morally and educa-
tionally for the responsible clerical
and semi-judicial work that is rec uired
in the Land Office, in the Patent Office,
in the Customs, Revenue, and Pen
sion Bureaus, in the management of
forty thousand post-ofices-in short
throughout an immense service, affect
ing directly or Indirectly the business
interests of fifty millions of the most
progressive people in the world. The
Jacksonian motto in politics the
victors belong the spoils-would long
since have wrecked rs had it not been
for our wonderful progress in wealth
and prosperity, and since the immense
increase of our civil service every
change Of the administration must be
attended with dangers similar to those
of q revolution.