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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
The Goose.

This is a name applied to many varieties
of aquatic birds belonging to the sub-fami-
ly, Anscri1ag. The genius u1,sc, or wild
goose--thc former being the Latin name
for goose, is common throughout the old
world, and this with the bean goose, an
Arctic bird, which spends its winters in
temperate regions, is supposed 10 be the
ancestor from which our different varieties
of domestic geese originated. In large
flocks, it is seen going south at the ap-
proach Of cold weather, and returning
northward in the spring. 1t is large and
somewhat swan-lkc in its appearance and
has a similar patch of white on the throat.
In taking their long journeys northward
and southwark, they fly in two files with
their chosen leader in advance. If the
leader is shot. the flock becomes at once
dcmoraized and alight in the first open
water they chance to find, where they
generally fall victims to the sportsman.
The domestic goose is valuable bird and
profitable to raise both for its feathers and
flesh, and at the prices OF few years past,
will pay as well rs anything. We will re-
member when the standard price for tho
carcass Of wcl-fattcncd goose was twen-
ty-fivc cents, and they were much more
generally raised then now, when they are
worth more than four times that sum.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
Starting n Graveyard.

Adolph Sutro tells the following tale IN
relation TO his starting graveyard in Sutro.
Zone labors under all sorts of difficulties
dealing with men. 1t seems ridiculous,
but tho most difficult thing we had to do
was to start q graveyard. 1t took some
three years to start ii. Whenever a man
got killed, or died, the men would get up
big funeral and go off to Virginia City,
or some other place, to bury the man. All
work had to be stopped for one or two
shifts They would each lose their 81 for
wages: would pay $500 or $400 more for
teams, and some would drink 80 freely as
to be unfit for work the following day.
was determined to put stop TO that So
said TO the men why can we not have
graveyard Of our own, and bury our men
hcrc2' had grave dug for the next man
that died. The dead mans friends came
and said they would not have the man
buried there asked them why. They
said that it would be too lonely for the
poor fellow That seems ridiculous, but
1t is fact. did not wish to have any
trouble over the matter, and 10 let them
bury the man where they chose. Every
time a man died we had just the same tl'ou-
bic again. AT Inst two miners got killed
who had not paid their fees to the Miners
Union, and had been discarded. They had
no friends there to object, and so VIC hur-
ricd them there, and thus were able ut last
to start own graveyard"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
Wllut wo Smoke.

TO the world in general Il cigar is merely
fghtly-rolcd packet having little frag-
mcnts Of dry leaves within, and smooth,
silky leaf FOR its outer wrapper. When it
is hurnt and the pleasant favored smoke is
inhaled, the hahitual smoker claims for it
Il soothing luxury that quiets the irritable
nervous organism, relieves wenrness, and
cntces rcposc. Science, scouting 80 super
ticlal description, examines tirsl the
smokes, second the leaf, third the ash. In
the smoke Is discovered water IN vaporous
state, SCOT Gree carbon), carbonic acid and
carbonlc oxide, acd vapor0us substance
condcnsable into oily nicotine. These are
the general divisions, which chemists have
further split up, and in so doing have fouEd
acctic, formic, butyric, valerie, and propi-
onic acids, prussic acid, crcosote, carbolic
acid, ammonia, sulphurettcd hydrogen, py-
ridinc, viridinc, picolinc. lutidnc, collodinc,
parvolinc, corodine and rubitlcnc These
last arc a series of oily bases belonging to
the homologucs of analinc, first discovered
in coal tar Applying chemical tests to the
leaves, other chemists have found nicotia,
tobucco camphor or nicotiamnc (about
which not much is known) bitter attract
i've matter, gum, chlorophyil, malate of
lime, sundry albumnoids, malic acid,
woody fibre, and various salts The fcnth-
crly white ash, which in its cohesion and
whitcncss is indicative of the good cigar,
yields potash, soda, magncsia, lime, phos-
phoric acid, sulphurc acid, silica and chic
rinc. The ingredients eXtractblc from a
poor and cheap cigar would be fearful and
wonderful to contemplate. Here is a list
from parliamentary report on adultcra-
tions in tobacco Sugar, alum, limc flour
or meal, rhnbarb leaves, saltpctre, iullcr's
earth, starch, malt commings' chromatc of
lead, peat moss, moJasscs, burdoc1 leaves,
common salt, endive leaves, lampblack,
gum, red dye, a black dye composed of
vegetable red and licoricc, scraps of news
paper, cinnamon stick. cabbage leaves, and
straw brown paper.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
a Long Tinlo without Food.

wooden house was recently built near
copper mine mt Littly Bay, Wisconsin, 80
that there was vaccnt space beneath the
floor Before this space was boarded in q
plg crcpt in coilcd itself in quantity of
shavings, and fell asleep. The Office was
not immediately occupied, and the noise
made by the pig when il discovered its di-
lcmma was not heard. Like true philo-
sophcr, the pig accommodated itself to its
circumstances. 1t wrapped itself ia the
shuvings, turned its buck to the cold world.
and went to sleep for the winter. This
was on the 22d Of November, 1878. The
pig was remarkable and credit To ita
owner, who sincerely mollrncd his loss
about Christmas time. The pig found
vlatlcum in its fat that kept up animal
heat and sustained life. The Office was
occupied, but the tramp Of feet did not dis
turb the sleeper For four months the pig
slept rs sound as a Phareah in a sarcogIa-
gus. With the warmth of April its vital
energies returned. Its fnt was exhausted.
1t opened its eyes, turned over, and began
to grnnt. The occupants Of the office were
mysiiiicd. The animal gruntcd with a
gnsto, and began to knock for release A
board or two was removed, and the pig
was brought to light. Its appearance was
most pathetic. The ribs on each side
seemed to have met. The hams had van
ishcd, and only the hip joints stood up,
gaunt and angular. The vcrtcbre could
be counted, and the cars dropped from the
large skull. The eyes looked out of deep
bony sockets with a profoundly melancholy
expression, as though their owner had been
in the other world and had found there
specially hard times For q time no one
recognized the pig, but ut length tho yo-
man who owned it, declared, with tears in
her eyes, that she knew it by peculiar
turn in It's TAIL 1t had a singulnrly grace
full curl in lts appcndagc-the only aesthetic
point about iL-and this had survived tho
destruction OF all tissues. The poor wo-
mans Joy over the recovery Of her lost pet
was quite touching. The ncws spread ra-
pidly. The miners gathered from all
quarters to view the wonderful pig who
had lived for 142 days without food or
drink
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
How Fast VIII 1'roes Grow.

Some years ago we were on farm III
Southern Iowa where timber culture had
been carried on to greater extent than we
have ever seen it elsewhere and in order to
test the rapidity Of the growth Of the differ
cnt varieties planted we took the
measurement and height of large
number, with the following result: Two
Norway spruccs set twenty years, were five
and a half feet IN circumference, forty feet
in height and had Il spread Of about twcn-
ty six feet each in diameter. A black
spruce set fifteen feet was twenty-five feet
in height and proporionatey large. Two
balsam frs. set sixteen years were thirty
feet high. A European larch, set seven
teen years, was four feet in circumference,
at the base. a Scotch pine, SCI eighteen
years, was twenty-six feet high. a hard
pine, set seventeen years. was three feet
and eight inches in circumference and
twenty-five feet high. A Russian spruce,
fifteen years, was about fifteen feet in
height. The rcd cednrs and arbol vt@s
set fourteen years, averaged twenty feet
in height, while hedge or wind break set
entirely around an eighty acre farm, was
composed first Of q row Of ccdars, set
about fifteen years, which averaged fifteen
feet, next row of Scotch pine twenty
five feet high, outside of this row of soft
maple ranging from twenty-five to thirty
feet in height. These formed perfect Sc
curly against high winds and reduced the
temperature in the enclosure several
degrees. Hard naples, set twenty
years averaged over thirty feet in
height. One soft maple, set eighteen
years, was fifty feet in height and six feet
In circumference at the body A black
walnut, set sixteen years, was four feet
three inches in diameter, while sycamore,
transplantcd twenty years before from the
timber, was seven feet in circumference at
the base and forty. eight feet in height.
A silver leaf poplar, set twenty years,
was seven feet two inches in circumference
and thirty-hve feet in height, and golden
willow that years before had been stuck
iuto the ground switch was eleven feet
eight inches in circumference and over
forty feet high. There are many other
varieties, some of them rare specimens
but enough has been shown to prove that
even our slow growing varieties, if care
fully cultivated, will, in q few years, be-
como great trees. But they must be taken
care of and tho cattle kept away from them
just as though they were orchard trees, II
the best results arc to be secured.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
FiShinaing For Fun.

landed my first pickercl the first even
ing we were on Lake Minnctonlta. l am
not silllful fisherman. | told the boys
that could do a little plain fishing, bs.t
didn't want to be set down for anything
with any kind of fluting embroidery, knife
plating or anything Of that kind about it..
| fishcd from the shore by the side of Il
veteran fisher, Mr.. A. X. Dunlap, of
litusvilc. He knows every fish i'm the
lake by name. lie can tell by the move
mcnt of the line what kind Of fish is at
your hook Something ran away with my
line.
''Its pickcrcl," shouted Mr.. Dunlap,
in Intense excitement "a big fellow
Take out your lines" he yelled to the rest
OF them. 'Givc HIM plent Of roam! Play
him." hc shrickcd ut me, ''Lct him run!
Keep your line tIghI Don't give an inch
of slack Look out! Don't let him do
that again! Let him run! Now bring him
in this-l.ook out! Don't let him do that
again'
By this time | was SO excited | was on
the point of throwing down the pole and
rushing out in tho lake, intending to run
the fish down and kick it to death. l
screamed to Mr.. Dunlap:
"ion take the pole and land him, l
never can.H
lie refused. He turned and hauled his
own pole, lance fashion into the woods.
''llcrc!" he shouted, rushing down the
bank about twenty feet hclow me, STOPPING
down and spreading out his arms "lIcrc.
Now! Bring him in here through tho shoal
water! Pll get him, Careful! Steady!
All"
And flip, flap, had him on the shore
lie was Il beauty. A little suniish, about
three and half inches long.
1t was a long time before we said any
thing MIR. Dunlap climbed big birch
tree in the top of which his pole bad
lodged. and we resumed ON fishing Pres
emily Charley Armltnccht coughcd, and
said:
GLOW funny the frogs sound over in the
.narsh."
Add then we laughed Long time at the
frogs. A long, long time and very hear
tily. They were very funny frogs.
But MIR. Dunlap tishcd on very silently,
and by and by he said the fish wouldn't
bite when there was very much noise So We
held our hush and the fish bit. But they
didn't bite any of us very badly.
The fishing is excellent almost anywhere
in the lake. That evening OH the upper
lake one of tho bows caught nine large
pickcrcl. When we came to count fish,
however, it appeared that he had caught
one pickcrel. When we came to count
fish, however, it appeared thnt he had
caught one p;ckcrcl nine times. 1t was a
very large fish, and they arc going to have
It's skin dried whole for spectacle case. |
caught more fish than one else in the party,
but they were all, with one execution. cat
fish, and learned, to my amazcmcnt, that
1had disgraccd myself and the luke. Why
isn't fish Il fish, I'd like to know
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14

thrown, but his struggles were fearful. The
shock was too much for Gonzalez and his
horse, stccd and rider, rolled over on the
ground. The noble black writhcd terribly
in his bouds, which suddenly snapped,
and the horse, once ;nOrc on his feet quick
~ disappeared, dragging the trailing larlat
after hlm. Gonzalez however, was not
discouraged, and he and his band con-
tnucd the chase. They where ovcrioycd
to find that 'Black E,ss' was galloping in
the direction of llermesa Gully, aud tins ell
couragcd them to keep on. As night np-
preached they saw tle horse cantcr up the
ravine, whcrcupon thsy resolved to block
ado 1t and wait until Ihorning and the ar
rival of the other two bands before scizing
their prey. During the night the whole
company were reunited, and carly at day
break began cautiously to enter the gully.
Presently they cspicd Black Boss who
ncighcd, threw up hts head, and started
Tor The end of the gnlly terminating it the
cM Ia sue. Gonzalez nnd his patty follow
cd close behind. At hist the powerful beast
was brought to bay. The lasso was once
more brought into rcQuisiton, and Black
BOSS was a prsoner.Y Having. as they
deemed, sccurly fastened him, he was freed
from the coils of the lariat With immense
fnry the horse turned upon the man who
held the improviscd halter, bit him sevcrly
i'll the shoulder. and with his heels and teeth
soon scattered the whole party. Not one
OF them would shoot him, as they priced
him too highly. Three men were badly
bitten, and several ini inred by his savage
kicks. Suddenly the horse dartcd at
Gonzalez, whom he seemed to rccognizc.as as
the chief OF those attacking him seized him
by the shoulder with his teeth, and set off
with him at full gallop down the gully,
dropping him only after he had dragged
him a distance of 90 yards. Gonzalez
shoulder was terribly hurt. and it was long
before he recovered. The bows were
thoroughly dishearlcncd and gave up the
pursuit. Black Boss'iwas not seen in that
nciGhborhood for IL months after, when he
again reappeared. Time aud time again
have expeditions been formed to capture
him, but he alwsys manages to cludc all
pursucrs. Ills experience with Gonzalez
also seems 1t have taught him something
he no longer waits for his enemies and never
allows them to get near enough to have n
chance of lassoing him. None of the
rancheros IN the vicinity will shoot him.
Jack added that, six weeks ago he saw the
wild stallion carccring IN all his strength
across the open prairie near Concho.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
Strange DiseoverIes,

The Bank of England has no end of val
uablcs committed to It's keeping. The
vaults of this establishment holds molderlng
chests, deposited there for safcty's sake,
and, apparently forgotten by their owners.
In 1873 one fell to pieces from sheer rot.
tcness, exposing to sight q quantity Of
massive,p plate and a bundle of yellow papers.
The letter proved to be collection Of love
letters of the period Of the Restoration,
which the Directors were enabled to restore
to- the lineal descendants of the original
owner. In 1875 tin box was tished out
OF tho Seine containing more than five hun
dred2 letters addressed to divers per-
sons In Paris, This boxasct afloat miles
above Parisl-hhd been hcrmetically scaled,
and was furnished with little metal sails,
that might, catch the current of the river at
every point 4 butit had failed to make q
splccessfnl lg; voyage and laid at tho rivers
bottom for years with its freight Of lctters
for the beseiged Parisians, some of whom,
however, had the ratiflohtioh Of receiving
them five years after date. p 5ls5ttl'tt>f
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14

''and are not only dangerous. but supcrla-
lively ridiculous. What would you say to
this for instancc?" Here was displayed a
number of the orders that had been received
from various customers, among them the
following: 'Plcas Civ the barcr scnts
worth Of onika2' (arnica) ''Send me to
pondcs of Lickcrich. 81 want ib. Grim
ltatar' (crcam of tartar). "Scnd me some
Magancsha, for Il fisig." Ten cents of hole
Sinmon." "rwcnty-ivc sends of heir crcas-
ing" "Plcas send ne some said pcatcr-"
The spelling Of some of these has hccn some
what improved and the punctuation attended
TO-.
The writers generally seem to think they
must carefully state the purpose to which
they propose applying the articles sent for.
One writes for "rcn cents worth Of cologne
to smell II trunk with;' another for ''two
coughing sticks of candy" One wants
"stinkingplas,cr, having changed the
fourth letter of the frs! word from c to n
Here is n horrible case: "Send nc cpicacll
for my little girl"
Reading druggists formerly did large
business in deca comanics, or transfer pic
lures. One asks. ''Givc me fifty Gets and
dogs and ten tigers" another. 81 want Il
little girl"
Customers generally initiate the articles
they desire. There is called for: "IIopc and
dcldocE (opcdcldoc), 'Paint killer" " "I'u-
tcrrintmcnt, '"Gum mare back, 'and clad
dynum.'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
VOL. VINO. 90.
The Indian Question.

Not long ago a weakened old Piutc was
painfully saving wood in the street of a
town III Nebraska. Cold as the wheathcr
was, the nature Of the work forced the In
dian to lay aside his blanket and toll in his
shirt sleeves. AS the old man laborcd
sturdy tramp, with nord face and very
high forehead, approached. He stood for
some time idly watching the Indian, and
growing cold in contemplating the interest,"
ing sight; the tramp picked up the blanket
and walked off with it, despite lhc cxpostu-
larry cries Of the Indian, who followed in
great distress. A deputy constable was at
tractcd by the noise, and when the poor old
Indian had, in broken English, explained
the cause of his woe the tramp was taken
into custody and the blanket turned over to
It's owner who ho6blcd back to his work.
The next morning the tramp, who gave
his name rs James Bclford, was brought
before Justice Knox,
"What's your plea 2" asked the Court.
"What's your cl,argc2' demanded the
tramp.
"i'etit larceny"
Great heavens!" cried Mr.. Belford,
starting back, edo my cars deceive me2"
"No, your cars are all right" said his
Honor. ''Wharrc you making a noise
FOR? Didn't you steal the blankct2'
"Stcal it., sirf No sir; took it. It was
mine because / wanted il. The irrcprcs-
siblc anlag0nism Of race justified the trans
Ter Of ownership. Sad, sir, rs the fate of
the Indian undoubtly is, il is yet inevitable.
The genius Of Anglo-SaXon civilization in
its onward march across this broad and
glorious continent crushcs the rcd mau be-
meath its progress. 1t is rs mighty tor
rent, irresistible in its force, sweeping all
before it. That which Tut maintains the
Indian in savage and ill-fcd idlcncss under
the peaceful arts Of the white men bios
SONS and blooms and teens with plenty.
Where the red man r0amcd following the
chase are now busy cities and fields of
golden corn Who shall say the cruelty
which expelled him from his hunting
grounds was not work of mercy after all =?
For every savage who drew his bow in the
solltudes thousand civilized men aid
women now toll, SOW. reap and arc happy.
Standing on the peaks OF time. and taking
the continent for the field of observation"
| -"
"Ics, but what about the blanket 2n
interrupted the court.
"Wcll," replied Mr. Bclford, 'T can't
sec but had RS much right to nab that old
buck blanket as Congu IS has to fire the
Utcs OIL their reservation just because
there's been some good ledgcs struck on
EN-"
81 agree with you, Mr.. Bclford," said
The Court
"Ihank you, your Hornor," returned
Mr.. Bcliord reaching for his hat.
"But pormt me to add," continued the
Court "that the moral ideas of Congress
don't always jibc with my notions of what's
square. In the opinion of this court, Mr.
Bcltord, you're about the mcancst thief
I've had before mo for long time. Be-
cause the Indian was poor and helpless you
thought he had no rights you need respect
III give you six months in the county jail
to study up on the Indian question"
'"This could not have occurred In q
civilized community" muttcrcd the dazcd
MIR. Bclford as he was led of to the bastic.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
Drugstore CurIosjties.

A man stepped into Reading, Pa, drug.
store and said to the clerk, with the conf
dent air of one who know exactly what he
wanted:
"Got any roach powdcr2" ooh, yes"
was the bland reply. The apothccary threw
open glass case and Immediately placed
upon the counter in front of his customer a
bottle Of Sure Death to Cockroachcs
"Tcll me how it works2'' "Certalnly;
you take pinch of the powder between
thumb and finger, hold 1t down near tho
crevice and give 1t o pulf-so; it'll be sure
to kill en-" a" 4
"Kill 'eml Heavensl The powders for
my old woman. Kill 'cm Not much -
and the man shook his head. i,
Inquiry developed the fact that 1t was
Rochelle, not roach powder, that had been
recommended for the ''old woman, and
the correct article was soon supplied. ~.
A reporter, hearing of this adventure,
asked the druggist If many such cases, re-
sulling from ignorance or carelessness, came
under his notice. i;&isNyI fitDs1
"rhey occur almost daily" was tho reply;
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-14
Signs ana POrtCntS.

When the crescent of the Young. moon
rests supinely, its horns in mir, it is sign
Of dry weather; because in this position il
holds all the water, thus preventing its fall
to the eurth This is also sign of wet
weather, the explanation in this case being
that watcrful moon is cmblcmatic of a
watcr-soakcd earth. Don't forget this sign
OF the new moon. II is rarely you will find
one so impartially accommodating.
Whoever finds q four-leavcd clover is
generally Il liar. 1t is SO much custer to de-
tach one leaf from a tivc-lcnfed stalk than
to hunt for ono with four that the tcmpta-
ton to mcndacity is too much for average
clay.
When mouse gnaws hole in gown
some misfortune may be upprchendcd The
misfortune has already happened to the
gown, and may be apprclended to happen
to the mouse,
An old sign is that a child grows proud
II suffered TO look into mirror while less
than twelve months old. But what the aver
age infant can see in the mirror to make
it proud ii is difficult for any but the pa
rents TO understand.
n rcd sky in tho west at evening indicates
that the next day will be pleasant, barring
accidents of rain, snow and hail.
II you take down your shinglc, prcpara-
tory to putting it up in new location, il
is sign you are moving.
If hen runs across tic street directly in
front OF you, 1t is sign that hen will
soon be on the other side. If she cross
over just behind you-Pshaw! who ever
knew hen that wouldn't die right in her
tracks rather than cross ones pathway in
his rear2
When you see cat running around furi-
ously, 1t is sign that the crockcry or glass
ware is in danger.
When you drop knife and it sticks in
the floor, it is a sign that some one is COM
ing. If you arc small boy, that some one
may be your mother and her coming is to
demonstrate with you with her slipper.
10 dream of wedding Is n sign OF ina
milton.
70 dream of funeral bctokcns too much
pork and cabbage.
10 dream of finding money bctokcns that
it is easier to dream OF finding money than
TO work for it
TO dream that it is Sunday morning is
heaven.
To be suddenly awakened from your
sweetest sleep to find that it is not Sunday
is-that is to say, very disagreeable. 1t is
sign that you will he unhappy
n great many more equally mfallblc
signs might be given, but the reader has
probably had enough for one day. The man
who believes in signs rs sufficiently crctlu-
lous to believe that our knowledge IN that
line, as well as in every other line, is mex
haustible,