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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
"Tlio Gal's YOllr,l. ~

1t Is not intended that some mcn shall
marry peacefully. Bill Sllittlos lives in
South Arkansas For the past six months he
has been studying for the ministry and il oc.
Cured to Bill several days ago that inst hc-
fore instituting revival it would be a good
idea to get married. He mentioned the
subject to a young lady and asked her to
share his ministerial melancholy and hilar.
ity, but the young lady said she had prom.
ised to marry Zcb. Monk, the professional
we'll cleaner Of the ncighborhood. ooh,
well. said tho munster, 81 am pretty well
acquainted with Zcb. and l don't believe
he'd KICK" The young lady finally agreed
and the wedding day was fixed
Grand preparations Werc made. The
girls brothers had caught couple of pos
sums and the old lady had baked an i'm.
mensc sweet potato pie. The justice OF
tho peace arrived. The parties took theil
places. The justice proceeded with the
ceremony, when Zcb. Monk walked in and
demanded:
"Let up thar, boss. Say, capn'n turn
that gal loose"
81 reckon WON'T" replied Bill
swell, then,' said Zeb. drawing re-
vOlver, '.I'll kinder resort to extremties.
''Seo here, " remarked Bill, ''are you in
earnest about this thing2"
81 reckon I am"
''Do you mean hogs head and turnii
greens3'
II reckon do"
'Right down to corn bread and cab
bagcsT'
II reckon It is.''
"Well, then, you can take the gal. II
was only sweet milk and pie with me. Pm
In fun. l had a new pair of trousers ane
didn't know what to do with 'em. Come
a little closer. Is 1t spar ribs and back
bones2"
''I reckon It is."
"Then know the gals your, and, Will
a slight change In the license, tho marriage
nrOcpe(lnd
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
WOed and Iron IN FIrcs,

Captain Shaw of tho Fire Brigade of
London, writes rs follows in relation to the
respective utility of wood and iron for in
ternal supports of buildings. a few
months since fire occurred in one of the
enormous warehouses for which the docks
OF this metropolis arc remarkable, and
ragged with great fury from little before
six In the morning until about eleven In tho
forenoon, when it was eXtinguished, and O
very large proportion Of the building and
It's contents saved. The warehouse was
constructed of brick walls 1t had wooden
floors, supported on wooden beams, which
In their turn were carried on wooden story
posts, about twelve inches thick and, al-
though Sc i)lls damage was done, not one
portion of the heavy woodwork was de-
stroyed. After tho fire wo was allowed to
remove ono Of the story-posts, with q Sec
ton of the beams and other parts surround
ing 1t above and below. This post had
been subjected to the full action of the fire
during tie whole of its duration, as already
mentioned, or, making full allowance for
everything, including the delay of tho fire
attacking tho particular spot on which 1t
stood and the time at which the coolir =
process commenced certainly not less than
four and onc-half hours. AS we had used
large quantities of water, and 1t was pro.
bable that the wood might have been some
what saturated, had 1t carefully dried for
several days before strong fire, until not
trace Of moisture remained in 1t. then
set 1t on end In an rpen yard, exactly as it
had stood In tho warehouse, with tho pc
destal underneath, the cap above, and tho
beam across tho cap, placed moro than a
ton of shayings, light wood, and heavy
wood round 1t, and, after saturating tho
whole heap with petroleum, applied light
torch. Af,er this kept men pumping Pc
troleum and turpentino on 1t until my stock
was exhausted. AT the end of two-and- a
half hours 1 withdrew the post, beam and
other parts from the fire, and within fow
minutes from the time at which they were
withdrawn they ceased to burn. I then
sawed off horizontally a few feet at that
part which had suffered most from the
flames, and afterwards split tho samo pioce
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
A Lively Corpse.

Astock owner Went out the other day over
tho divide IN Nevada, to see how his bulls
were standing the rigorous weather, and
found large, fine steer, in his last long
sleep. The stock man had to roll him over
to SEQ tho brand, and he has regretted his
curiosity ever since. He told mo the brand
looked like Roman candle making about
1000 revolutions per minute and with 1877
more prlsmatic colors than he thought were
in existence. Sometimes a steer Ia not
dead but in cold sleepy stupor which
precedes death, and when stirred up little
and irrltated because he cannot die without
turning over and showing his brand, he
musters his remaining strength and kicks
tho inquisitlve stock man so high that he
can soc and recognize the features of his
departed friends. That was tho way 1t
happened on this occasion. The stock man
fell In the branches of pine tree on Jack
Creek, not dead but very thoughtful. He
said he was near enough to hear the rush
of wings and was just going to register and
engage q room In the New Jerusalem when
he returned to conseiousness.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
Killed at Il Tournament.

Henry the Second, of France, who OK.
Cclled in every exercise Of chivalry, was
peculiarly fond Of tournaments, and gave Il
splendid succession Of them on the mar
rlagc, by proxy, of Elizabeth, to Philip H.,
at Paris. The lists extended from the Pal.
ace Of the Tourncllcs 10 tho Bastilc, across
tho streets Of San Antoine. In the first two
days the king broke several lanccs with
lords OF his court, in all Of which he showed
extraordinary vigor and address, On the
third day Of the tournament, June 80,
1860, toward the close of the evening, and
the conclusion, Henry showed great in
clnatlon to try his prowcss against the
Count dc M0ntgomeri, captain Of his Life
Guards, who had formerly wounded Francis
l. 80 dangerously on the head, at RomO-
rentin in Bcri and was distinguished for
his superior address In these combats above
any nobleman in the kingdom. Catherine
dc Mcdlci, as If by secret prcsagc of the
event, entrcatcd the king not to re enter tho
lists; but he resisted her solicitations, say
Ing nc would break one lance more in her
honor Nlontgomeri accepted the chal
lenge with great reluctance. Henry com
manded him 10 obey, and even fought with
his vizor raised; but tho authors are not
quite agreed whether it was raised intcn-
tionally, or flew open by blow from
Montgomerl's lance, in an encounter which
was so violent that the counts lance broke
against tho kings helmct; he then fought
with the stump which remained in his hand,
and with 1t had the misfortune to strike tho
king 80 violent blow under the eyes which
threw him to the ground and deprived him
instantly OF both speech and understanding,
though he lived eleven days aftcrward.
This circumstance occasioned the suppress
sion of tournaments in France.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
Chased by a Wator Spout

William II. Hallock, who not long ago
was passenger On a steamship of tho Pa
cific Mail Company, tells OF an exciting OK
perience while the ship was off the coast of
Gautomala. A wa or spout of tremendous
power suddenly appeared near the ship.
In the midst Of the CONSERVATION the cap
tain ordered his course reversed and soon
the steamer was driving along, with the
water spout in pursuit. Its crest was hid.
den in dark mass Of cloud, its base seem-
ing to operate like an immense revolving
cullender, while tho entire external peri
phery formed cushion of foam, over
which the sea bird screamed, occasionally
scizing upon tho dead fish which came
within reach. The spout itself formed a
sort of spiral cylinder, streaked with
opaque parallel lines through its whole
length, from the surface Of the sea upward
These lines wero evidently ascending COL
,lmns OF water, tor afterward, when The
upper and lower sections became detached,
the accumulated volume Of water overhead
Immediately began Its descent within the
body Of the spout, as though 1t had been
the valve OF an immense syringe. The
water thus released must have been equal
to several tons, .as 1t was solid and almost
black aud returned to tho sea with loud
roar, all the othor parts Of the prial struc-
ture gradually disslpating. Perhaps the
mo singular of all was tho serpentine
10 m assumed by the section nearest the
c.ouds, which moved off at first almost
horizontally, and then turned upon itself In
q perfect coil, 80 that for moment, when
the end Of the aqueous rope--or whatever
1t as---.wi ohed around squarely to the
eye Of the observer, showing section, Il
resembled a ball of Ink. When the spou,
was In It's finest condition lightning several
times flew through the penumbra in zig
gag courses, making spectacle not only
terrible In the manifestation of power, bu,
sublime and beautiful Z,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01

longitudinally with steel wedges In order to
examine its condition. Tho post was of
pitch pine, about the most ntiammablc
wood l know, and yet, after exposure for
seven hours TO fire the fury OF which could
not be exceeded except In blast furnaces, it
contained aud still contains within 1t a
quantity of perfectly uninjured and appar-
emily fresh wood, probably capable at this
moment Of supporting the whole weight
the original post can have been designed to
carry. Immediately after the saw cut, and
again after the cleaving with steel wedges,
| carefully examined the centre, and found
1t Just pcrccptibly warm to tho touch, but
nothing more, thus proving that the fibre,
i'll which the strength lies, must have been
quite uninju The lesson to be drawn
from this / take to be as follows "A mas
sive story-p0sl Of even the most inflamma-
bic wood Is absolutely and perfectly proof
against any heat which can be applied to
1t, will not of itself burn at all, but requires
continual supply Of highly intlammable
substances to keep it burning, and, when
this supply is withdrawn, ceases to burn
and lastly, after being exposed for seven
hours to flames Of very great intensity, is
not injured to greater depth than about
two inches from the original outer surface,
and still shows centre as clean and fresh
as when 1t was first put in. There may be
other materials suitable for this purpose
which are capable of resisting the effects of
heat; and, If 80, hope we may one day
hear Of them; but in the meanwhile ven
turc to submit what consider to be strong
practical testimony in favor of massive
timber for the internal supports of heavily
loaded buildings.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
Knife ana Fork FllrtatiOn.

TO drop your knife means, 81 am badly
bored"
To cat with your knife means, am not
posted"
To drop your fork means, 81 am despcr-
ately in love-" -~.s
TO wipe your knife on the table. cloth
means, "All right"
TO stir your coffee with fork means,
"How sweet you are" ~
10 cat soup with fork means, ''You
arc very beautiful"
70 whot your knife on your fork means,
-"You seeI am sharp" SIX :
TO cut your mouth with knife means,
II am very impatient" 44gl i
To pick your teeth with fork means,
81 am the pick of the lot."
10 wipe your nose on q napkin. means,
II am making q fool Of myself
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-01
BETTER LUCK ANOTHER YEAR.

Oh, never sink meath Fortunes frowu,
But brave her with n shout Of cheer
And front her fairly--face her down.
She's only storm to those who fear!
Hero's "Botter luck another year
Another year!
Ayo, better luck another yoar!
Well have her smile instead OF sheer
thousand smiles for ovory tear,
With home made glad and goodly cheer,
And better luck another year
Another year
The damsel Fortune still denies
Tho plea that yet doll gifts hor oar
"ris but our manhood that she trioa--
She's copy to those who doubt and fear
She II grant the nit another year
Another year !
Hore's Better luck another year I"
She II W denies tho golden prize
hut, spite Of frown and scorn and s,iecr,
Be firm, and we wi win and wear.
With homo made glad and goodly cheer,
In better luck another year
Another year Another yoar
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25
Just As 1t Used TO BE

Now it was so that when the stars were
glittering in the skyne, and all the wOrlde was
In deep sleep gewrappen, ensave only the
festyve questaries of the dance, that Hooft
light the married man, glode himself around
the roome in the masqued bali, enholden his
rapturous arms within the fayrest of the fayre
unknown. To hymn delighted, she, the fayre
soonway enwhispered:
"Prithee, sir knight, and by'r lady it be
thinks me that knowen thee an that ryghte
we'll"
This did Sir Hoofitlight much engladden
and to the maiden masqued, she whom he yet
did still the more ensqueese he quothe
"Now, my halidome thou fayre and sweet I'm.
known, know thy dear and dulCet voice |
will my honest knighthood lay thou art my
dear and beautiful - but speaker me fair
the first Say, who thou thlnkent am -
Thou art the only one" she whispered low,
and spake his name
"Ha! Ha." loud lotfen the knight odds
fish, thou speaker by the book. IT'S he am,
and thou my own, thou art my fond Elfrida."
Low speaker the tayre one an say that it
was she And then the knight, with fondest
love impressed besought that in the curtained
window seat he might but one peepen at her
dear, sweet face, and she, the fayre reluctant,
followed him.
And when sir HOoftllght remover her en-.
vlous masque, he kissen her not, for he knew
Galbraska the mother of his owne true wife,
Olgritha.
And stralghte he sped hym home nor dancen
more, but supped in sorrow on the bread or
melancholy.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25


PARIS France, Sept. 4, 1SS0-The vitriol
outrage on the Bouleyam Wontmartre the
other night gave rise to very amusing incl
dent. An American, recently arrived in this
country, who saw LdanOis throw the corrosive
liquid at Marie Dubois, at once rushed to the
spot, protested against LaaAots being handed
over to the police, and called upon the spec
tators to assist him in hanging the aggressor
to the nearest lamp.post. As no one IN the
crowd seemed ANXIOUS to second this impulse,
the American ran to a ncighborng shop him
self and got two yards ofrope. On his return
he found LaHn0iS in the custody of two police
men, to whom he repeated his proposal and
began to make running moose in the cord.
The impetuous Yankee was, with difficulty,
made to understand that the expeditions law
of Judge Lynch is not so generally applied
on the Paris bOulecdrds as in certain outlying
districts Of our great republic.
To-day being the third anniversary Of the
death of NJ. Theirs, a mass was celebrated at
the Church Of Notre Dame de Lorcttc for the
repCse Of the soul Of the great statesman. The
altar was draped in black for the occasion,
and surmounted by large white cross.
Madame Theirs, carrying a large trlcolor
bouquet and accompanied by Mile. Doane
and a number of friends, attended the service,
Complaints against the intolerablc smells
that have pervaded Paris this summer and
particularly during the fearful heat Of the
past month, have been frequent and loud.
Last might, says Ihe IelegyupkG, the oders
that infect Paris were unusually intense nota-
bly, in the northern part of the city. 1t was
impossible to breathe IN any Of the public
gardens, and at the Paais ROYAL the nuisance
was such that at about nine o'clock everyone
ha, to ,aova,t Il - not onouob couclpdes
.,'..,.,,;. ,-., =. -, ,;n,,,,,r.
'"c S''nl'o'''cIa! Jou'h"'' " "'"" up ''''"'''''
Means must be found to suppress the causes
or cpidcmIc The THogyqDhc does not eyar-
ooroto and r. ,.o 1,o,.o ,,,o,, mara dew. s,,cb
S''"'~' "'N II W. "'''O many "'N'' 10y
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25

Poor Weaver! AS the, greenhack candidate
for president he went to Name to help the
republicans. He tried to prevent the green
hackers from voting the Fasion ticket. lie
urged them not to do anything that would
give aid and comfort to the democracy. But
they would not listen to him. Poor Weaver!
He is more ridiculous than EVERY. I. sun
Mercu,io Blame: NO, It's not so deep as
a well, nor so wide as church-door; but Ills
enough"
How deity and citectually Gen. Butler
siences the boastings of the republicans that
they alone saved the Union" when he states
that of the 5000 soldiers whom he took 10
New Orleans not 500 had ever voted any ticket
but IA democratic one-N. Y. star.
Col Mosby writes home from Hong hong
that lie will vote as he shot-against Han
cock. Utica Observer.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25

| The fearfully rapid destruction of our for
ests, to which we have already alluded, says
the Ratltcay Age, is viewed with increasing
alarm by those who examine into the facts
An intelligent correspondent of the Cincinnati
Gdzete, after an investigation in the pine re,
gions o: Michigan, reports the opinion that
the mills IN the Alpeua district have only
fifteen years supply left, and he adds:
These figures agree very closely with those
given me few weeks ago by the president Of
the largest logging company on the MISSISSIPPI
ri river, operating in the Wisconsin pinerles, a
region that has been worked much less extern
sively than the Michigan pinerles. They
would last, he SAID, thirty or forty years. The
Minnesota pinerles are not near so large as
either of the others, and will probably not sur
vive them. In from twenty-five to forty years
the last tree will be cut, and the entire country
from Name to the Rocky mountains must
learn to live with mcager quantities of pine
lumber brought at great expense from distant
countries. The pinerles cannot be replaced
a fullgrown tree represents hundreds and
hundreds of years of growth. | saw small
pines, no larger round than a mans arm, bear
ing the scars made by the axes OF the United
States engineers thirty-five years ago. What
ages, then, must be required to produce tree
three or four feet in diameter? When these
forests reach the condition Of the pIncrics Of
Name and New York, and become extinct, no
new ones will take their places. The Amcri-
can of the near future must learn to hew and
huild without pine, and marvel at the thought
less reCklessncss Of his ancestors.
And yet the government offers a premium
to forest destruction by imposing a prohibit
DRY tariff on Canadian pine lumber,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25
That Wonderful keptile.

| That monster snake, seen by Mr. McNiu
IN Greenvile township, several years since,
has turned up IN Iowa, and has been captured
| The Fort Dodge Messenger gives the following
account of his snakeshlp and the capture;
! The biggest snake ever seen on the Amerl
cen continent was captured about SIX miles
! south of Lehgh, in this county, last Thursday
The county has been in tlutter Of humorous
excitement ever since, and so many comlcally
Exaggerated versions Of the snake story have
been passed around that it is hard to make
people believe the truth. But the simple fact
! Is that Il snake which measures over thirty
feet in length and about twelve inches in
diameter, has been caught here. DR.. c. ID.
Browne, of MoultOn, Iowa, made the capture
after hunt of Il week or so. The snake has
been seen occasionally for several years on
! the Des MONIES river. Dr. Browne was in
that county last winter and heard some OF
these reports. He has made a business of
catching snakes in Africa for shows and
made up his mind that the snake told of must
be one that had escaped from menagerle.
Two weeks ago he came here to hunt 1t up.
While beating around In the brush in the
rough bluffs below Lchigh, he, with his as
slstants, came upon his snakcship's residence.
Six or eight feet Of the snake was protrudIng
from the hole, and on seeing his visitors the
kissing head Waa raised in the air, the body
slaughtered up Browne baled away at it
with shotgun loaded with chloroiorm, and
The snake drew back into the hole. The men
covered the opening with stones while they
built cage of strong live oak poles that
would square about six inches 1t was made
about ten feet long, eighteen inches high, and
of the right width 10 fit on wagon like a
box. Ii WAS lined with q double thickness Of
inch lumber, and the whole firmly boitcd to-
gc,her They fixed the care over the hole
III such position that the snake III coming
cut must enter it, and then smoked the crit
tcr' ont with chemicals. Once in the cage 1t
thrashrd around in manner that threatened
to tear it all to pieces Chlorotorm was adj
mlnistercd IN heavy doses and quiet restored.
The cage was then moved over to Dayton, but
by this time the country was aroused ana the
people came pouring IN to see the snake.
Browne refused to show 1t, claiming that 1t
was not safe to open the cage lie was about
to move off when AIyer and another man
made affidavit that they believed human
body was in the cage, and had him arrested.
Court being called it was agreed that com
mittce Of three should be appointed to look
into the cage and report Postmaster Geycr,
DR.. Hamilton and DR.. Gardner were chosen.
The cage was drawn into barn, eight ounces
of chlOroform thrown into 1t and the cover
taken off. The committee made a sworn re-
port that the cage contained a live snake not
less than 80 feet long. Browne was then per
mitted TO 90 on with his prize,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25
MISCELLANEOUS.
1852. 1893 1850.
DR.. ]. 0. HARRIS,
REAL ESTATE.
INSURANC E,
Steamship Agent,
NOTARY PUBLIC.


Iowa Lands, at from g = to s. per acre.
Iowa Farms. at from - - 10 IS : per acre, on
ten years time, per cent interest.
F.. Nebraska Lands, at from $3.50 TO $500
per acre.
Kansas Lands, At from So to = : per acre, and
FARMS IN Nebraska and Kansas at from - 10 f5 per acre
Texas I.ands. near 10 market, AT from = TO sSS
per acre. Western Texas Lands nj SOC per acre.
Illinois Farms, at from 81 . TO 500 per acre.
City Lots, at from = 90 10 $500.
Dwellings, at from ssiCO to $4,000.
business Property At lowest rates.
~ Remember thar the lHrd times" are rapidly passing
away business in general is imprONins real estate has az
yanCcd materially In the larger cities, ana Is certain 10 au-
here Buy now, while prices ARE at bottom hsues
insurance written NJ current rates IN the berry best
companies American forrgnhrc life accident or ma
riuc There better companies in this or any other
country than those represented by me.
Ocean Steamship Sl'li"tH az lowest IaIts ana
by the best lines
Mans, papers and information nee. feh3l
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25

Dr.. Kings New Discovery for consumption IS
certainly the greatest medical remedy ever
placed within the reach Of suffering humanity.
Thousands Of once hopeless sufferers, now loud
ly proclaim their praise for this wonderful Dis
covery, to which they owe their lives. Not only
does it positively cure consumption, but coughs,
colds, asthma, bronchitis, hay fever hoarseness
and all affections of the throat, chest and lungs
yield at once to its wonderful curative powers as
if by magic. We do not ask you to buy large
bottle until you know what you arc getting. We
therefore earnestly request you to call on your
druggist, +. Y Grggs, and get trial bottle for
ten cents, which will convince the most skcpti-
cal Of its wonderful merits, and ihow you what
n regular ono dollar size bottle will do FOR sale
by Z. Y. Griggs. (2)
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1880-09-25
BUDGET OF FUN.

I've been where the believing pillows how
Along the sandy shore:
I've watched at play the fattcned sole
And heard the oyster roar.
I've seen the periwinkle rare
Sport in the roseatc dawn;
And to his damp, seaweedy lair
I've tracked the willy prawn.
I've looked upon the lobster true,
I've frolicked with the dab,
I've punched beneath the waters blue
The unsuspecting crab
But now 1 drop the glistening tear,
Such joys | taste no more.
Long Branch won't see me for year,
Ny holiday is DER.