The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-08


agony when told he was sick at tho
stomach and created much mcr,imc,,t
as clown in II ciIcus. Mr.. Pritchitt.
! . tno iost gcntlcman, stripped Oft all II 8
cIo;hes with lightning rapidity when
toin hc was infested with rats. Ile
oeHVefett lecture on electricity when
tolo no was Benjamin Franklin, He
stripped to fight at an imaginary In
suit, rode chair for horse with Clio
same seriousness and intensity he
woold nlive equine. He beanie an
organ grinder, ballet dancer. a VIC.
linist and numerous other characters.
Dr. Hammond touched his nose with
Il cork and he roared with pain. The
next instant he danced with delight Mt
belng assured that it was on again and
~ good condition. DR.. Hammond
told him that his clothes were on fire,
amt he pulled them of, rushing almost
nude to the opposite side OF the amphi-
theatre. DR.. Hammond FREQUENTLY
put his fingers on tho left temple of
the different subjects and instantly
arrested their power Of speech; then
nc would touch the right tcmpe and
tho subject resumed his discourse. At
Inc close OF the experiments, Dr..
hammond started two of the subjects
going at the samc time and the result
! was most lndicrous. The lecture was
! Il most Interesting md entertaining
one and occupied Two hours in the de-
livery.
THOMAS CARLYLE.-The telegraph
announces this morning the death of
Thomas Carlyle. the most popular of
modern En- lish cssayists. and the
most Impressive writer Of the present
day, brilliant historian and profound
though not always consistent phloso-
phcr. lie was born in Scotland, De-
cember 4, 1885, and was educated at
Edinburgh. first adopting the ministry
: as his profession. Doubt assailcd him,
aad he determined to devote himself to
literature, marrying q descendant Of
Johh Knox and settling in an obscure
part OF Scotland, where much of his
prodigious mental labor was accom-
plishcd. III 1881 he wrote "Sartor
Kcsarius," which built up FIuger's
-1"g"Iine and brought him into lilcru-
ry prolnlncnce. His next work and the
one which cid most to nix his rcputa-
ton rs al English author. was his
"nistory OF the French Revolutions"
This was followed by many works,
nrrnnno''t ns th, I,, l,M'r,', ,.nc'! ~ 10 oe @ rs
hr wrntn thn ti;strrI - ,,
Rnvolnt;nn. j., Iein'ha ,,oH..ni tHo rie'iGn i':n
c,lnhr,trL r,,r.o nf lo,.,,,", M uv''' '.o" His
zoos a,,I Itnrn Wrrs,,;, v"'oS "" tie-
,,,i,l;snn,i ..tN,;,,,,, EH.p' =" 1oto ile
md Snon,.,no ond ,",t"e'. =, ,uHo Letters
~ Fr,idnr;''i, g., ~. W' 49, to'o INC Lie
,,.,;nta;uoJ ~" .'e N.e"' IL mas oeeh
hr;ii;om; h;Is,,'',Ir; nnan 1,,,Me.er; tEal MS most
Gnn,f'n ' Sh chcr,s ;n WIRE hls essays upon
H;"ht',,' uI' TIn,.:l, Vn"tI:, jean Ia'l' ffederlck
WHY ,',n;, 'V.,,'e, "nu otllet SUBJECTS
H., tion., ~o",n''' ,.a 'ii"" '''.!cent passages
! wI,;cI, ho," a." w." 'o"o " h,s wri'liss
'rnSc;,n ', ,',n ~. w., '.:,e ,:' 1'si"ie m
crn,n,nnrnu;as nnU, s'' tt';ios ;,' ""o upon ms
mo' I,a ,r'', "''9' ",>,i,.;, LiAe 'lost .ainfst
md ,,n,,,,m'. m Iirp''".,o' i'; u'aPutatlous
.l,,o l;f ;n,. y; ,'a IA.,"u' u'",'i! Sl'Is
frnntir;en eImu'J",to ~ NIs o.:tIse otu y!
iuw "'''''o 0o'0'0e'' ~"
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THAT DREAnrr1 Rive Tr 1,,,,,
News AND IIrr,In hos n.vor ,,;san,. M
cred the existence of n well nroamiznd
"ring" in this S,ntr shc mnst tHwo i,St
her cvcsiYht. If She dnm,t sno tb"t
Fairfield county nnd thc town "f
Winnsboro arc run by .rinvsv sho -
! lamcntablv III tho dark. II vnul,l hr
Il terrible task to illuminate sncI, dcn-
sity. We haven't the fine to smnro
lust now but feel s,,rc thot orr r r"n-
Temporary will ~ct .ri~ht IN timn t Sho
think Il little for herself and no Innrsr
remain in suhjcction to what others
may think. We endcayorcd to keen
her right on the "bond question. =" bnt
she never got the right view until two
courts had sustained our position ond
reiterated the principle that fraud Vi
tiates everything it touches. She did
not perceive tic point when we de-
nounccd the abuse Of corporate now.
ers by railroad companies. So hns,;,o
was she that she minated wc wore n
dcmagogue, radical, communist md
rcputlialor, while we were omiv main.
tanning principle laid down inv
Thomas jefferson. When Hon. Jrrc
$. Black and others followed Tho Ne.
dium in supporting this Jcffcrsoninn
doctrine and the Charlotte. Colnmh;o
Il Augusta Railroad charged q Toir-
field granger a little too much frciUht
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