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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
Tie Sand Blast.

Among tho wonderful and useful lnven-
tions of the times is the sand-blast. Sup
pose you desire to letter piece of marble
for gravestone; you cover the stone with
q sheet Of wax no thicker than O wafer,
then cut in the wax the name. Now pass
II under the blast, and the wax will not be
injured at all, but the sand will cut letters
deep into the stone. Or, if you desire
raised letters, a flower or other emblem, cut
the letters, flowers, ETC., in wax and stick
them upon stone then pass the stone
under the blast, and the sand will cut
away. Remove the wax, and you have the
raised letters. Take piece of French
plate-glass say two feet by six, and cover
1t with fine lace; pass it under the blast,
and not a thread of the lace will be in
jured, but the sand will cut deep into the
glass whenever 1t Is not covered by the
lace. Now romove tho lace and you havo
every delicate figure raised upon the glass
In this way beautiful figures Of all kinds
are cat In the glass, and at small OK
pcnse. The workmen can hold their hands
under the blast without any harm, even
when 1t Is rapidly cutting away the hard
stone, but they must look out for their fin.
ger nails, for they will be whitfield away
quite speedily. II they put on steel thin
bles to protect the nails 1t will do but little
good, for the sand will soon whittlo them
away; but If they wrap piece of soft
cotton around them they are safe. You
will see at once the philosophy Of 1t. The
sand whittles away and destroys any hard
substance, even, glass, but docs not effect
substances that are soft and yielding, like
wax, cotton or fine lace, or even the human
hand.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
on fits lDuOr.StOnA.


At 1 o'clock the other night police
man on Beaubien street, Detroit, came
upon man pounding vigorously on the
door of dwelling house, and he asked
what he wanted there. The FOUNDER was
pretty well sot up. lie descended the
steps, went close up to the officer and softly
whispered in his eur:
"lt's my--'ny own abode, and w-want
to get ln."
''But why don't you call outs" asked the
blue coat.
"B-becauso don't want to g.give my
self away. want to get into the Douso
b-bcfore the jawing commences. l want
my wife to think it's s-somcbody else."
swell. 20 ahead, but don't arouse the
nelghbors."
The officer sauntcrcd on, but in about
ten minutes he encountered the tipsy citizen
on tho other side of the block. The man
was thoroughly drcnchcd with cold water,
and had lost his hat.
"Hello! didn't you get inT
''N-not quite"
"Couldn't awaken your wife, eh 2"
"The t.trouble was," whispered the
man, as a big shiver galloped over him,
''the t-trouble was that she was awake all
tho t~time"
"And she deluged you from second
story window2"
Slim not 'zactly clear as to whether 1t
was thunder shower or only pitcher Of
w-water, and thought I'd h.hunt you up
and ask you II th.thunder showers ever
come In the night, and II lightning ever
knocks q p-perfect gentleman or his own
door.stepsP"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
The Canal Boat ~ u Home.

A few of the Canal captains have little
houses and small patches Of land along tho
canal where they Winter themselves, their
families and their stock, and send their
children to school, A large number of
them, however, live on their boats with
their wives and babies from January to
December, and hard time they have Of 1t.
One room and that as confined and close as
could be well devised for Kitchen, parlor,
sitting room, library, and all the rest with
hunks Gu tdiued of perhaps for place to
slcep--,his Is their home. Love in cot.
tage, and very small cottage too, Is one
of the sweet possibilities Of men and
womcn's lives, but how many Of the amen
tiles of life do you think will find resting
place among the inmates OF the cabin Of a
canal boat. or how many Of the better traits
Ia mems nature and wonen's disposition
con YOU believe will ever BE- therein de-
velopedp Thd humanitarians would do far
better to turn men and women out wild in
the west to hewn down forests and build
log houses, with all the chances OF fever
and aguc and death, than to shut them up
In these canal boats cabins and crush out
of them every atom Of the best OF their
natures Yet saw recently the wife Of q
canal captain sitting at her cabin door knit.
ting wo.sted tidy In the most brilliant
oolors.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
American Crows.

ltis not generally known that crows do not
60 further south than Washington during
the ntcr. They congregato there by tho
millions, and have roosting- places within
three miles of the city. Eurly in the morn
ing, In hugo tlocks they course down the
Potomac, and late in the evening return to
their roosts in the pine groves which lie
adjacent to tho river. They follow tho
tide swamps whenever barred by the ebb
tide and subsist upon tho crabs and other
water animal life which may be left ex-
posed. But why they do not re main some
twenty or thirty miles down tho Potomac,
where the pine groves are hundred times
more extensive than here, and whore Ice
nevcrs forms, is unexplained. We havo
gonc near a roosting- place, of few acres
extent, aoout dusk, and were surprised to
note the immense number Of these birds
clinging to the branches of the trees. They
keep up AL incessant cawing all night long,
and when disturbed, literally fill the air
with their confused masses and cries.
When warm weather comes, they leave us,
and are as rarely seen here during the sum-
mer as they arc further north during the
winter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
Set, cit. Lay.
or, docs O hen set2"

"Father, does hen set7"
''No, my child, the best authorities on
Modification now declares that the hen
sits.'
''Do you cit chair for company?"
''Oh, no, sonny, you set chair"
''Well-then--do you set copy, Or sit
o copy"
sWhy-I--I--I think I make copy
"And the sun sets, does he3"
ttNot at all--the sun sits."
''Does court set, father9"
''Oh, no, you say Of coat that 1t sits
well or ILL.,"
'Ueurt, said" %
"Well, don't you snap me upl A court
sets, guess"
docs vinegar set or sit your teeth on
edge7"
"Why--you ought to know that---it sols
'cm, think, Joseph"
"Does dog setl'
Observation-Disclosures what sort OF
a dog tits, Josie. But am sure you set
beans poles and tunes,"
''And what do you lay, fathera Doyou
lay on bed, lay taxes, and lay
'Joseph, you hear mel You 20 right
out and CHOP up some Of that brush"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
Meals at All Hours.

Shortly after arriving In Little Rock John
Forester was attracted by q sign bearing
the inscription, ''Meals at All Hours" En-
tering the place and meeting the proprietor,
he said /:
"You keep tavern here, do you"
"No. keep restaurant"
~ don't know much about your new
names but you feed folks here, dom,
your"
eyes, SIR"
''Well, want to board here three DAYS,
or reckon until l get a job, OF some kind.
l see your sign says meals at all hours.
You don't mean that, do your"
"Certalnly | mean 1t. III board you
three days for So
"And give Mo my meals at all Eours p
eyes, sir.''
"Here, take the s.. never set myself
up as regular eater, but I'll buck agin you
for the next three days. think that can
stand her about that long. It's II o'clock.
Give me something to eat"
A meal was brought out and quickly dis.
patched; and remarking that he would be
back on time, blr. Forester left. At l2
o'clock no came back and ate again. "You
needn't stare at me-" he said to one of the
walters. -
"You are regular boarder, are you e.
"Fhe regularest one you've got don't
intend to miss meal. I've got a chance
now to get even for bein' hungry many a
time"
At one o'clock John came back, and re.
marked as he hung up his hat: "l'm on
time, it's one o'clock. Fetch me suthin' to
eat. The waiter went away muttering,
and brought in rather slim meal.
CT a bora ~ ooSd Tol.p s.1D,ft t,,r j.,
60 back on your contract. l reckon YOU
did rather underate my ability, but Pm O
man."
At two o'clock John camc back and took
a seat The proprietor came in and asked
what he wanted.
81 want my dinner, supper or breakfast
just what you are mud to call it."
"You have already eaten here three times
to day."
81 know that"
why do you come again ~
'Because it's two O'clock"
1T is not supper time."'
mo, but its two o'clock time"
II don't understand you, Sir. What do
you mean 9"
"Your understanding may have been in
5ured by my surprising ability. l came
here with the understanding that was to
have my meals at all hours"
1.-The contract has been adhered to; you
have come here irregularly."
mo, sir; have come here regular. 1t
was the agreement that was to have q
meal every hour, and am going to stand
up to 1t II 1t packs my stomach as tight as
green watermelon. You are trying to
impose On me because am from the
country. l have made arrangements with
boy to wake me up every hour tonight,
and I'm comm here to cat. That's my
business now, and Ill act fair with you unli
eat every time Give me an oyster can oi
coffee and some ball sassage.
The proprietor handed tho man SIS and
required him to leave. A fight ensucd,
and John was led away by tho police.
When he completes his rock pile engage.
ment he will sue the restaurant for dam
ages.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
4 Novel Chase.

Recently man on horseback crossed the
bridge from the Kansas City side and when
he had got across on to the apron used for
tho passage OF vehicles and horsemen, Just
to the left of the railroad track, the horse
became very much frightened at q passen-
ger train of the North Missouri coming over
the trestle towards tho bridge. He plunged
and cavorted In such manner that his rider
dismounted, to hold him the more safely
white the train was passing. But the
morse, wild with terror at the sight Of the
iron monster rumbling along the track,
broke away from his master and started
back for the bridge. The gate between the
apron and tho bridge was closed, but the
frantic animal felt it in him to Jump the
Missouri river ut that moment rather than
let that advancing devil on tho track catch
him. lilo never paused in his career, but
bounded over tho gate like an Indian rubber
equine and entered the bridge just in front
ot the train. 1t was now q stern chase,
but the horse determined that 1t should not
be long one. He was firmly settled in
tho opinion that tho locomotive in his rear
had come west for the express purpose of
chewing him up and splitting him out, or
more probable still--chucking him, bones,
hide and all into his fiery bowels. The
prospect made Lis hair stand on end, and
ne went across that bridge with his ears
laid back and at such a speed rs mocks
compassion with any time ever made by
man, beast or machine across that structure
before. The bridge trembled under his
Gathering hoofs, the toll keepers were
startled at the flying phenomenon, and the
horse shot out at the mouth of the bridge
and stopped at a good safe distance from
the train. where he shed tears of Joy at
what he devoutly believed 10 DO the mar
rowest escape ever made by horse before.
Meantime The rider OF the beast made his
way back across the bridge, breathing out
remarks and opinions very forcible and
picturesque, but not proper for publication.
tie was ioud in his complaints that tho
train didn't stop when the disturbed equsn-
unity Of his horse first developed itself, and
abused the train men soundly for their
gross disregard of his horses rights. The
episode Was novel and exciting one, and
tho horse will uever forget it.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
Improved steam Canal Hoat.

The late experiments Ia canal steamboats,
bid fair to 10 complete success. The
Baxter steamers were not sufficiently re-
munerative 10 continue tile building of that
Rind OF boat. They do not Carry a sutti-
cient load, owing u their build, and that IL
made necessary by the form and arrange
ment OF the machinery and propellIng
power, the propeller being that form used
by the tug III Buffalo. The new style, which
bids fair To pay handsomely, has as full a
bow and stern as the ordinary first class
canal boat. The propeiling power is radi-
cally different from the tug propeller. The
wheel ls eight feet In diameter aud placed
close 10 the stern; the boiler Is upright.
with single engine, very compact mach :
merry, taking up no more room than the
Stable in many boats, and enabling tho
boat to carry $500 bushels of coru and
coal Tor the trip. With this cargo they
run from Buffalo to New York ia seven
days on tive and half gross tons of coal,
saving river and harbor towing. One re-
turned from Now York to Buffalo in one
hour less than seven days, bringing one
hundred and thirty tons OF freight. The
outlook now promises to supersede mule
and horse towing. The Belgian system
of cable towing Will take that large num-
Der OF boats now relying on the mule, and
denver them promptly as consigned and IL
much less time anu cost than Can be done
by the mule. Both systems are necessary
for rapid movement Oh the canal, and TO
cheapen the transfer from the West to the
seaboard. Steam Is sure TO supcrsede ami
ma! power on The canal, as everywhere
else. Tho canal steamboats, arc at last 80
far peri, clCd il - Insure handsome pro.
1t in running them, and large number
will soon be ut work Oh the canal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-07-31
TRI-W.EEK.LY EDITION.
TUE YEARS ARE PASSING By.
The year. are passing by /

The years are passing by!
We watch. - from an open door,
Their passage through Times corridor
Each shadow. In its 70 ling, slopes
Across the grave OF buried hopes
The pulse of being slower beats
Through winters snow, thro' summers heat
And faith and hope and love grow GOLD
A. We grow old-as we grow old
The years are passing by
% The years are passing by!
Times record hath suoh pages blurred
With hasty deei, with bitter word
6uch sad mistakes mark all life's years
We scarce can read, because OF tears
We see dead faces on the walls,
We hear dead voices in the halls,
We touch some hands on bended knee,
We kiss some lips We cannot see
The years are passing by
The years are passing byl
They carry with them as they 90
The rain, tho sunshine aud the snow;
They leave behind the Drift Of days
Wherein each soul some penanoe pays
Some hopes we have. but not our own,
Bome loves We cherish. not alone
And there are leaves and faded flowers
AARS k0At bAA b61ed III mehOFy u nOuro.
The years are p ssing by
The years are passing by
The sea Of silence on our lips
We closer press. Times umbra dips
10 deeper darkness down the lane
Through which we walk to hide our pain.
We smile aud smile as one who bears
4 life untouched by grief or cares,
But whom in solitude ne wait,
We bow our head ut sorrows gate.
The years are passing by
The years are passing by
Another JOINS the passing band
Oh, is there not some other land
Where compensation for ali ills
The measure Of nfs's be.ug fills :
We wait The answer, but IN vain,
The shadow fa,ls, sense Of pain
Rests on US Whei eso'er we go
And whispers Of the sod and snow.
The years are passing by
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16
A New Yenr's Changes.

The Hebrew new year, which began
on the 9th inst, was marked by one
quite significant change in the New
York synagogue on Forty-fourth
street. For the first time a female
choir and an organ were heard
in that religious assembly. Other
changes have been previously made
the men and women sit together as
families, instead of apart under the
old custom, and it is optional with
the men to wear their hats during the
services or not. These changes, to
orthodox and strict Hebrews, doubt
less seem like the beginning Ofthe end,
but it would be interesting to know
from students of the ritual how far
back the seclusion Of the women in
the services Of the synagogue can be
traced. The apostle Tor as he is view
ed from the Hebrew standpoint, the
ApOstate Paul. commanded the Wo.
men to be silent in the churches, but
il was not Hebrew women whom be
was talking to, but the Greeks, of very
different type Of mind and manners I;
aud it was after and not before he
ceased to be in the Jewish commun-
ion, with the doubt thus arising
whether it was an old tradition, or !
new and pro re nata injunction, born
of the occasion and the audi.
ence ir his mind. The ear
lier women of the Israelites certainly
we're not ineonspicuous either in en-,
PERTAINING the prophets, in speaking
out their inspirations with Deborah
or in the appearances in the temple
and in public, from Hannah back tC
Miriam. Certainly the ~present-OI
for the Forty-fourth street synagogue
the past strict separation are Of re.
mote observance enough, but can any
one tell when the change began from
the old fashion style Of the Old TIES.
lament.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16
The Water Spout.

Black Hills Pioneer, Sept.
NJ. w. Draper, a sufferer by the
recent cloud burst or water. spout in
the vicinity of Red canyon, arrived in
the city Sunday. He was on his way
to Cheyenne for freight and had two
passengers, names unknown, one o.
whom formerly worked for the Bis.
marck stage companyS and the Other
in Thompson's mill. They were
about thirty miles from Custer
and twenty from the surcharged
cloud when the latter came in
contactwith the hills. 1t burst with a
terrific report, sending a breast Of
water, six feet high and three hun
dred in width, down the valley with
fearful velocity, uprooting trees, roll
ing boulders of 1000 pounds, and snap
ping the telegraph poles in two as
though they we're pipe stems. In an
hour it had traversed the twenty miles
distance, and struck Diapers camp,
which was pitched on the highest
ground, demolished the wagon in an
instant, swept away every particle Of
the wreck, and threatened destruc-
ton to the mules. The men were
waist deep in the water, and one of
the passengers, loosing his footing was
carried over a quarter Of a mile and
lodged in a tree top, from which he
escaped at the subsistence ofthe water.
The disaster occurred early in the
evening, and by morning the ground
was again dry.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16

a Chicago court the other day. and
made things very lively. j. b. Ryan
was one. and Captain Feeney the
other. Ryan had his face badly de-
moralized by coming in contact with
an ink bottle. Such amusements are
of frequent occurrence.
The other day your correspondent
received from James H. Rion, ESQ.,
attorney, Winsboro, S. O., a box OF
tea leaves and twigs from that gentle
mans garden. The leaves were
plucked the day before leaving. The
plant was raised from the seed Of the
China tea tree. 1t is said the leaves
make as palatable a decOction as those
of any oriental garden. Why cannot
we raise it in the southern states, and
thereby save the millions Of dollars
that we ship to foreign shores for this
commodity2 1t would pay better to
raise tea than cotton. This is an i'm
portant subject, and should be prop
erly placed before capitalists. Experts
say that $50 pounds of good tea, oil
fine flavor, can be raised per acre in
South Carolina. This, at forty or
fifty cents per poud, would net q
splendid return, as compared with
cotton. Its cultivation requires but
little attention after four years elapse,
when the leaves are then fit for use.
A tree will bear for twenty or more
years. The planter can always have
an abundant supply Of new trees
coming up, because the seed is easily
cultivated. NAYR.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16
The Destructlon Of Game Food

So long as America continued in
the occupation of the abOrigines, the
order of nature was apparently but
little disturbed. The buffalo and
deer, the wild fowl and turkeys, fur
uished abundant food to the savages,
without serious encroachment upon
the fertility of nature. In savage life
there appears to be no wanton or I'M
necessary destruction of the natural
means of support. 1t was reserved
for the civilized white mar to carry
on a wanton wal against the bounty
of nature. and to kill and destroy,
without thought or study of those i'm
perative laws under which nature
holds in trust the food supply of man.
From the first settlement of the
country the process of graduating and
annihilating the useful animals, birds
and fishes natural to the country, has
been carried on with an energy and
success but too characteristic of the
Saxon race. Large tracts Of land
have been entirely dep1pulated of
their animals and useful birds. The
buffalo on his native plains has become
an object of rare curiosity. Deer are
limited to the remoter mountain
ranges or extensive tracts of barren
woods. The wild fowl which swarmed
in New England during the first set
Element of the country, and for a long
time afterwards, have almost disap-
peared. The last wild turkey was
killed in Massachusetts, nearly half a
century ago. There is probably no
sportsman living who has killed a
grouse on Martha's Vineyard, the last
refuge in the northeast, Of that most
valuable bird. Plover still migrate,
though in diminished numbers, from
their breeding places in the far north,
to their winter homes in the south,
but they carefully avoid the north
eastern coasts. No one in this genera
ton has seer a wild swan alighting on
the waters of Massachusetts,. They
one sbounded there. Even the wild
geese find no resting place there, but
are expelled as if they were tramps
and v~agabonds.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16

from patterns presented by Queen
Isabella and the Archduchess Isa-
bella, the mother Of Queen Christina.
The baptism ceremony is to take
place 10 the chapel in the palace
within a week, when the patriarch Of
the Indies, Cardinal Benayides, will
baptize her with water brought from
the river Josd dan in Palestine for the
special purpose in June last. At the
christening the cardinal archbishop of
Toledo will represent the pope. The
font to be used for the occasion is the
same that served centuries ago for st.
Dominick, and was brought down
from a celebrated convent in Austria.
When the crowd outside the palace
saw the flag and light showing the
birth of a princess, or ~"infanta,' as
she is styled in Spanish. some demon
strations Of loyalty took place. Her
name will be Mercedes Teresa, and
her godmother is Queen Isabella.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16

The DAILY LEDGER will be mailed
tn" months, to any address, postage
paid, for one dollar. This will
cover the period Of the fall cam
paiEn and full election returns. The
WEEKLY LEDGER, a mammoth sheet,
is only one dollar a year, or sixty cents
for six months, invariably in advance.
All who desire to keep thoroughly
posted 10 regard to national aud state
politics and general news, and to read
a live democratic paper, that is max
ing a straight fight for the people,
should take the LEDGER during this
campaign.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1880-09-16
LOng WInfers.

A recent visitor to western Colo
RADIO writes from Denver as follows
Colorado is very dull at present. The
GunnisOn country, of which such
great things were expected, has not
turned out we'll. | was there a por-
ton Of the summer. The mining
camps are from ten to twelve thousand
feet above the surface Of the earth,
with nine months of good, frst-class
winter, the remainder three ofmud.