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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
Miloy Ifann's Bear story,

"Onc day." remarked Milcy, IA long
time ago, about the time when jackson ran
for President the first time, perhaps, l was
one day hunting up On the ridge between
Meadow Run and Cucumber Run, which
tumblcs of the rocks just there. I had
known for some time by the signs that
there was nest of cub bears somewhere in
the ncjghDorhood, so on that day [ con-
cludcd that would put in my time finding
them, as party up in Uniontown wanted
pair to send over in Baltimore to friend
who was fond of outlandish pets You
see it was along about the first of Scptem-
bcr, and pretty warrl at that, and after
walking up and down the iavines | began
to feel pretty tired. WIS not 80 heavy
then as am now, and did not weigh more
than couple hundred pounds. AS said,
l was a little tired, and SO up 90 top of the
ridge l sat down by the side OF h smooth
chestnut stump about twelve or fourteen
feet high. hadn't sat there more than q
minute until | heard something inside tho
stump, and soon made out that it was a
couple of cub bears playing with ono
another. l looked on all sides of tho
stump to find an opening, but none was to
be seen. Thcn happened to notice the
marks of claws up the side of the stump,
and l understood it. The hole went IN at
the top. sat my gun against bush, up
ended the branch Of tree, and was soon
on the top Of the stump looking In at tho
two cubs, which were about the size OF
full-grown rat dogs was 80 excited that
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26

The annual ceremony of the Dosseh,"
closes the festivities indulged III by
the Musselman pilgrims after returning
from their long visit to Mahomet's shrine
at Mecca, Arabia. Every good Mussuman
Is expected once during lis lifetime to
make the pilgrimage to Mecca. The per-
formance Of this sacred duty confers the
title Of IIadji," secures indulgences for
sins, acts-to ,lsc legal cxpression-as a
"2Ute nisi" to finally enter Paradise. A
Nlusselman who has made his pilgrimage
is sure when lie dies to enter Heaven unless
some very wcighty reason for his not
going there should be clearly established.
Recently, the Egyptian PILGRIMS formally
entered the city of Carlo upon their return
from Mecca. The caravan, consisting of
about l., 500 lIadis, proceeded to the mosque
at the citadel, where they deposited the
sacred carpet " hlahmel," which during the
past year rested upon the prophets tomb.
This carpet, brought back by the present
caravan, has been replaced at Mecca by the
new one carried thither by this caravan,
which left Carlo lust fall The ceremony
OF placing the carpet, in its final resting
place ut the citadel took place in the
presence Of the khcdlvc, the shelk -ulislam,
the shcik-el-bckri, the multi and all the
high functlonares. The ccrmony of the
"Dossch" winds up the festivities for
the return of the pilgrims. The principal
feature of this religious ceremony consti-
tutcs one of the rare public manifestations
OF fanaticism III Egypt. Some thirty or
forty pilgrims, whose religious feelings
have been wrought up to climax by con-
tnued festivities Of a weeks duration, and
| by means of "hashcesh, lie upon the
ground with their faces downward. They
| lie close together, and are so placed as to
form sort of 'cordury" road. A shcik
mounted upon an Arab stallion of the
purest breed then rides over their PROSTATE
bodies. 1t was only after repeated efforts
that the horse could be made to tread upon
these human forms. The united efforts of
five men were required to overcome the
noble animal's aversion to this terrible
task. Nhen the horse felt his feet cutting
deeply INTO the flesh of the half-naked
fanatics beneath him, he trcmbled then,
becoming frightened or maddcncd ut the
scene of reckless frenzy about him, the
animal commenced plunging. Tho killed
and wounded were quickly and silently
removed from sight, and the horse with his
rider having reached the end of this terrible
lane, seemed greatly relieved TO stand at
last upon firm ground. His pure white
feet were, however, deeply stained with
the blood and gore of his victims. The
fanatics submit themselves to this ordeal
with the belief that Allah will prevent
them from receiving any harm from the
horse bearing the holy shcik: There arc
many other incidents to this fctc, such as
eating live snakes, swallowing glass. etc. :;
but the great event Of the day took place
IN the presence OF the khcdivc, the shcik-
ul-!slam, multi, and all the princes, minis
ters and fmctionarics, both native and
European. as well rs many hundreds OF
women Of the princcly and other harcms.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
Temperature or the Soil During Winter,

The French physicists, Edmond and
Henry Becquerrel, took advantage of the
intense cold prevailing at Paris last Dccem-
ber, to study the changes in Temperature
below the surface of the soil under various
conditions. 1t Is a widely spread belief
among farmers, that when protected by n
layer OF snow, crops sown in the autumn
are effectually guarded against freezing
lhls opinion, however, must lose much of
It's weight III view of these late obscrya-
tions, which we will briefly summarize.
Ihe observations were made by means of
BecquercPs electric Thermometer, which
consists simply of two wires isolated by a
coatlng OF gutta percha, and soldcred to-
gcther at their cXtrcmities. Differences in
temperature between the two places of
Junction cause electric currents varying i'm
intensity with the greatness of the difference.
a magnetic needle, brought under the in
nucncc OF the current registers on a dial
these differences. The wires were inserted
IN the Jardn dcs Plantes at various depths,
varying from five to sixty ccntimcLers, and
observations were made from November
twenty-slXth to the close of December.
Frost first appeared in the garden Novcm-
Dcr twcnty-siXth. December third snow
fell in abundance, and the temperature of
the air sank-elevcn deg. c. The layer of
snow was twenty-five centimctcrs deep.
December tenth, the temperature had sunk
to-tWcnty-one deg. and commenced then
gradually to rise. December Is, the snow
was nineteen ccntimctcrs in depth Com
ing now to the observations made below the
surface OF the ground under the above cir
cumstanccs, we findat once striking differ
cnce between the results obtained in soil
covered with grass and those obtained be-
low bare surface of the ground In soil
protected by grass, before az well as after
the snowfall, at all depths below that of
flVc ccntimetcrs, the temperature never dcs-
ccndcd below 0 deg. G. Registering 3d.
deg. at tho depth of five centimctcrs on
November 20, it slowly sank to 0.l8 deg.
On December ID. The presence of grass
would appear, then, TO effccLually protect
the Garth beneath it from freezing at the
lowest temperatures attained in our climate.
Quite different results, no wcvcr, arc Weld
ed In the absence of grass. In this case, at
depth OF five ccntimcters, tho thermome-
ter sank below zero On November 81. Two
days later 1t registcrcd-2'6 deg. On De-
ccmber 3, just before the snowfall, it reach
cd it's minimum of-3'l7 deg. After being
covered with snow 1t registered -O.8 deg.
and later II 4 deg. The snow here ap-
pears to act in certain measure as q screen
agalnt changes in temperature, but its con-
ductivc properties arc still too marked TO
prevent these changes from being felt scn-
sibly at certain depth in the earth. In
the case Of tho agriculturist, this slow con-
duction, when united to the still slower
conductive properties Of tolcrably thich
layer OF dead shoots of cereal crops sown
In autumn, may frequently inquire immun-
ity from freczlng to the roots below the
surface.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26

l jumbed down INTO the stump and grabbed
the cubs. They first began to squeal, and
then turned on me for fight. But they
were small enough to handle, and in min
ute or two had their mouths tied SO that
they could not bite and their feet fastened
30 that they could not scratch. l knew
that the old bear would be along pretty
soon and make 1t hot for me If she found
NE In the nest, SO l swung the youngters
into my buckslm belt preparatory to get
ting out.
sect out 2" Did 1 get out2 Land of
love. 1t makes me shiver to think of it.
could no more get out of that stump than
could fly. The hollow was bell shaped,
larger at tho bottom than at the top-so
large in fact, that I could not put my back
against one side and my feet and hands
against the other and crawl up as rabbits
and other animals climb up inside of hollow
trees In no way could l get up foot.
There were no sticks inside to help me up
and l made up my mind had TO die Ger
tam. About the time / came to this con-
clusion, heard tho old bear climbing up
the out side of the stump. With only my
hunting knife rs means of defense, and
In such close quarters, you may possibly
imagine the state of my feelings The old
~o>'A
the outside, climbing up the stump, but it
seemed like month at least. l thought
OF oil my sins a dozen times at least. At
last she reached the top, but she didn't
seem to suspect my presence at all, as she
deliberately turned around and began SLOW
| ly descending tail foremost. | telt as
though my last hour had come, and began
seriously to think about lying down andIct-
| ting the bear kill me, 30 as to get out OF my
misery as quickly as possible. Suddenly
an idea struck me, and despair gave way
to hope. l drew my hunting knife and
stood on tip-toe. When the bear was about
| seven feet from the bottom OF the hollow I
fastened on her tail with my left hand with
a vice-likc grasp, and with my right drove
my hunting. knife to the hilt into her
haunch, at the same time yelling like a
whole tribe of Indians "What did she
do" choruscd the whole crowd, who had
been holding their breath. "What did she
40? Well you should have seen the per
fornancc. She didn't stop to reflect mo-
ment, but shot out at the top of the stump
like bullet out of gun. A keg of pow
der wouldn't have hurried her a hairs
breadth to the minute. / held on until we
struck the ground, some thirty feet from the
stump. Then tho old bear went like hght
ming into the brush, and was out of sight
in half second. I was little bruised by
| the TALL, but that was all. took the cubs
to Uniontown the next day, and on account
OF the adventure l got five dollars apiece
for them, and in tho times five dollars
was as good as fifty dollars new"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
Thrift.

a farmer In Connecticut married three
wives. 1t is said he ordered off his farm q
sister of No. because she ate too many
eggs. No. had been his servant girl and
refused to work longer at low wages. On
the way to the depot he said "Will you
stay If 1 will marry your "Ycs," was the
answer; and he is said to have chucklcG
over his bargain, as she was hard worker.
No. 3, who was woocd when No. 2 died,
was a widow and drossmaker. who owed
considerable money. BY state law hus
band is responsible for his wlfc's debts con.
tracted before marriage; 80, to avoid pay.
ing these, our friend, as soon as he was en-;
gagged, kept tho news quiet until he had
bought up all the claims agasnst his intend.
cd at twenty cents on the dollar.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
THE OLD HOME.

i have gone-I cannot always 90. you know
p. BoBt Ills 60
Home across the di.tsnt ridges Of the years,
With my toars;
And the old house, standing still on the old
ground
There found
In the parlor, in my fancy, could trace
~ Fathers face; ....
And my mother, with her old accustomed air,
! Sitting there;
While beside them, brothors, sisters. true and
Silent stood.
Through the stiffness swarms tho sun Of sum =
mer bird,
And thero stirred
On the wall tho lesf-Hecked sunshine =; and its
Faded slow;
But from all the loving lips watched around
Mt a sound.
Then I went up stairs, slow enternp mid
their glooms.
All the rooms
Aud trod with solten!ng step along tho floor ;
Oponed doors;
But never heard a voice or met a soul
In tho whole.
or the breath that stirred the draperes to and
Long ago;
Or the eyes that through the easement used to
Out Of sleep;
VI tho feet in these chambers usel to run
Now are mono.
or tho SUNSHINE pouring downward from tho
sky
Blue and high
or the LEAKAGE and tho ancient gardon plot,
Brown and hot;
or tho streamlet aud tho shingle, and tho
These ABIDE.
But beyond its azureB vauting overhead
Are my dead
Though their graves were dug apart in many
lands.
Joining hands,
They have gathered aud arc waiting till I
como.
This is home.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
A Captive Note.

Not long ago, well known collector of
curiosltles in Paris, who had devoted con-
SIDERABLE sums OF money to the gathering
together OF bank notes of all countries and
all yalwcs, became the posscssor of Bank
OF England five pound note to which an
unusually strange story was attached. This
note was paid into Liverpool merchants
Office in The way of business sixty one years
ago, and its recipient, the cashier of the
nrm, while holding 1t up to test its genuine.
ness, noticed some red marks upon It, which
proved on closer examination to be semi
eifaced words, scrawlcd in blood between
the printed lines and upon the blank mar
gin of the bill. Extraordinary pains were
taken to dcciphcr these partly obliteratcd
characters, and eventually the following
sentence was made OUT 'If this note
should fall into the hands of John Dean. of
Long Hill, near Carlisle, he will hereby
learn that his brother is languishing a
prisoner in Algiers.' Mr.. Dean was prompt
~ communicated with by the holder of the
note. and he appealed to the government Of
the day for assistance In his endeavor to OBJ
tam his brothers. release from captivity.
The prisoner, who, as 1t subsequently ap-
pcared, had traced the above sentence upon
the note with splinter of wood dipped in
his old blood, had been slave to the Bcy
OF Algiers for eleven years, when his
strange missive first attracted attention in
Liverpool counting house. His family
and acquaintances had long believed him
dead. Eventually his brother, with tho
ald OF the British authorities in the Mcdi-
tcrranean, succeeded IN ransoming him
from the Bey and brought him home to
England, where he did not long survive his
release, his constitution having been ire.
parably injured by exposure, privations,
and forced labor in the Bcy's gallcys.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
Amber.

Nearly Q, 600 years ago, Pliny, the natur-
alist wrote that amber was the fossil resin
Of an extinct conc.bcaring tree, and modern
science can say Of 1t but little more. Tho
original amber-producing forest probably
reached from Holland over the German
coast, through Siberia and Kamschatka,
ever to North America. One of the most
celebrated deposits is OH the peninsula of
Samland, portion of Prussia, nearly s,lr-
rounded by the Baltic Sea. The n0thcrn
part of this region, constituting the pro.
montory of Brusterort, is hilly, and the
coast banks are often 100 feet to 300 feet
high. At one time all the amber found
here, even by the peasants in ploughing,
belonged to the German Government, the
finder, however, receiving onc-tcnth of lta
value. For piece III the Berlin Museum,
weighing IL pounds, the finder is said to
have received thousand dollars. During
stormy weather, when the wind and waves
beat violently against the coast, a great
quantity of amber Is washed up. The total
yearly product is, however, apparently on
the decrease, and 80 the price of amber Is
on tho increase. Professor Zaddach, OF
Konigsbcrg, concludes that the trees yield
ing the amber resin must have grown upon
the grcen-sand beds Of the crctaceous form.
alton, which at the time formed the shores
of cstllarics where the lower division of tho
tertiary accumulated. Immediately over
the ambcr-producing strata rest the brown.
coal beds, the fossil plants found in which
differ entirely from the ambcr-bcd flora.
Many insects and plants arc found cmbalm-
cd in the amber Over 800 species If the
former have been named, and over 100 of
the latter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
SponLe Underclotling.

A Berlin inventor has patented a now
kind of cloth, which consists principally or
entirely of sponge. The sponge sare first
thoroughly beaten with heavy hammer,
in order to crush all the mineral and vcgct-
able impurities SO that they can be easily
washed out. They arc then dried and
pared, like apotato, with sharp knife, the
parings being scwcd together. The fabric
thus obtained ls free from all the danger
which sometimes arises from the absorption
OF poisonous dyes into the system 1t ab-
serbs without checking the perspiration, 80
as to diminish the danger Of taking cold it
Is q bad conductor, and, therefore, helps to
maintain n uniform surface temperature !;
1t can be moro readily clcansed than the
ordinary woolcn garments, and its tlcxibil-
ity diminlshcs the liability of chatting.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-06-26
international Fishery Exhibition.

The great international Fishery Exhibi-
tion was opened at Berlin, Prussia on the
2fith Of April. 1t is wonderful both as re-
CARDS the interesting collection of fish and
fishing tackle which has been gathered from
all parts of the world, and the great variety
Of smoked, preserved, and timed fish.
China, Japan, Holland, Germany, Ameri-
ca, England, Russia, Italy, Denmark, Nor
way, Sweden, and Austro-I Hungary are all
represented. 1t is, in fact, as the Commits
sloncr of the United States remarked, "a
union OF all nntions Of the earth in a compar-
ativc and competitive display Of the wealth
OF their rivers, lakes, and seas, and the in
genuity with which the inhabitants of the
waters are laid under contribution to fur
nish food and clothing, al ornament for
mankind. This country contributes over
one hundred and thirty tons of articles i'm
bracing casts Of fish, fishing tackle, canoes,
boats, oysters, saltcd hcrrings, specimens
of smoked salmon, and timed fish of all
kinds. China and Japan send some inter
csting and exceedingly curious specimens
Of stuffed and dried fish. Japan particu-
larly has marine monsters of the most I'M
couth shape, and On the walls of this sec
ton may be seen pictures representing mid.
night fishing expeditions, such as catching
fish by torchlight &c. These are very
quaint and curious. Holland, Italy, and
Switzerland send al interesting collection
Of nets and appliances for catching fish.
We must here remark that the greater part
of the nets exhibited by Holland are really
of English or Scotch manufacture. Russia
exhibits, amongst other things, some clcv-
erly designed ice sailing boats and sledges
for transporting fish. In the large grotto
arc some fine living specimens of the we'll
known ''Proteus" or blind fish of Adlcsbure
Caves, near Trieste.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07

They did not commit the butchery at
Fort Pillow.
They did not commit the horrible
massacre at New Orleans.
They did not murder Dixon.
They did not butcher the Chisholm
family.
They did not massacre black men at
Hamburg.
They did not sc0urge, and hang, and
shoot, and murder men for opinions
sake.
They did not organize the Louisiana
white League or the South Carolina rifle
clubs.
They did not drench the South with
the blood of inoffensive cOlOred men.
They did not invent the Mississippi
PLAN"
They did not use the tissue ballots.
They are not "mOOnshiners."
They do not resist the national author
ity.
They did not set up their states above
the nation.
They did not try to destroy the nations
credit.
They do not try to pauperize the Ameri-
can mechanics.
They have not been an impediment to
national growth.
They have not been hindrance to the
peoples prosperity.
Can the Democratic party and all
Democrats say as much? The people can
trust a party who has not done these
things, but they cannot trust a party
that in whole or in part did do them.
HANCOCK'S SALUTING MATCH.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
HANCOCk'S LETTER OF ACCEPT.
ANCE.

The candidate of the Democratic party
for President has written his letter OF
acceptance. 1t is somewhat amusing
In the face of facts as to the manner the
party conducts their elections i'm the
South, to read in Gen. HancOck's letter
the following: "When fraud, violence
or incompetence control, the nOblest
constitution and wisest laws are useless.
The bayonet is not fit instrument for
collecting the votes of freemen. 1t is
only by free vote, free ballot and fair
count that the people can rule in fact.
as required by the theory of our govern
ment. Take this foundation away and
the whole structure falls"
This coming from the candidate of a
party that has VIGOROUSLY opposed any
measure looking to secure a free and
fair vote and to prevent frauds at the
polls. A party which in the entire South
has utterly ignored the rights of a ma
jority of the votes and by violence
and intimidation prevented them
from voting, or by fraud in count
ing tissue ballots, where they could not
intimidate, the have accomplished their
purpose to prevent a free and fair cleo
ton, is decidedly rich. Is there any one
who believes in the sincerity of such pro-
testations, in the face of the record the
party has made. He also comes out
strongly in favor of reconciliation, but
the reconciliation he and his party de-
sire is to ignore the result of the war, to
preserve the nation and surrender all to
the south. He avoids all the living issues
Of. the day but is great for unfolding the
constitution as interpreted by the south
srn wing of the party.
Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
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Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-08-07
No stain of FreesOilism.

In reviewing the career of w. H. En-
glish, the Layfaette Qnd) Journal says:
In congress. Dec. 6, 1860, before the
committee of thirty-three to consider the
disturbed state of the union, Mr.. English,
the Democratic candidate for Vice resi-
dent, submitted the following resOlu-
ton:
"That the committee be instructed to
consider the expediency of settling the
matters in controversy on the following
basis:
81. Division of territory between the
free and slave states, with provisions for
the admission of new states, with pop
ulatiOn equal to the federal ratio of rep
resentatiOn.
"2. Prohibiting congress from impair
ing the right of property I'm slares.
"3. Making the city, county, or town.
ship liable in double the value of fugi-
tiyes slave rescued.
AS to his Democracy, he saidiin 1858.
Sir, claim to be one of the old DEM
Ocratic guard-One of those who never
gave an opposition vote, never varied a
shadow of shade from Democratic, or
pandered in the slightest to free soil,
principles.
"Sir, those who are familiar with my
political history known there is no stain
OF free soilism tn my record"