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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
Trout glItI <OGkrunCIi.

No sooner the Thought than the rod Is
put together. The finest gut bottom is
attached, a No. hook thereto spiccd, and
cockroach lightly inpalcd. BY standing
on the crown Of q willow, some 10 Yards
OIL, | could sec the head Of my quarry,
though he could scarcely see me by reason
OF the natural cXigcncica OF the laws gov
crning rcfractl0n and reflection. Very
quietly let my bait down On the water,
and paid out the fine line to within feet
or feet of the nose of the trout. Now
had arrived the time for flncsslng. With
the utmost circumspccti0h, with n slow
fluent, gliding motion, the cOckroach was
lowered on--on--on--till within n few
inches of the fisll's mouth. Then | with. d.
drew it, as If to take 1t entirely from the
water. No notice took he. My heat again
failed me, well nigh, at least, for had
tried by this time pcrsstently for some
weeks to capture this lordly fish, and as
each failure was added to it's predecessor.
my desire Of possession naturally grew
greater and greater. However, | very,
very gently moved up a few yards, and
again watched the bait down toward the
stolid fish This time tho cockroach had
sunk deeper in tho water, and with a sort
of chucklc | watched it gradually approach
his muzZlc In tic same plane, and not az
before, rather above. AS it ncarcd him,
to my lnoxprcssblc JOY, l saw bis under
lip show as If it had, by some mechanical
impulse connected with the bait, aulomati-
cally moved. Nearer passed tho bait on
ward, the jaw lowered yet, and, like a
child taking sop, like an unlcdgcd bird
taking worm, ii passed behind tho por-
tails Of that polished head. With suppress
ed breath and palptatlng heart counted
one, two, three, four, five-thcn, with n
side movement, ! struck; not violently,
but swiftly not nightly, but strongly,
Yc gods, he was hooked, and out yards in
the stream he sped OF course he was only
landed after the usual interregnum of
splendid struggling, and became the hero
of the hour In tic possession of this sp!en
did fish.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
Koeping tho Head clean.

A distinguished physician who had
spent much time at quarantine, said that
person whose hcnd was thoroughly
washed every day, rarely took contagious
diseases, but where the hair was allowed
to become dirty aud matted, 1t was hardly
possible to escape infection. Many people
find speedy relief for sick headache by
washing tho hair thoroughly in weak soda
water. l have known severe cases almost
wholly cured in ten minutes by this simple
remedy. A friend finds 1t the greatesL
relief in cases Of "rare colds" the cold
symptoms entirely leaving the eyes and
nose after one thorough washing of tho
hair. Tho head should be thoroughly
dried afterwards, and not exposed to a
draught Of air for little while. .
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
Clerical lsicycIings

Rev. Arthur Edwards, Editor of the
North Western CHRISTIAN 1dpOcatc is 20.
ing abroad with the intention of seeing
Engla and portion of France and Scot
land as not one visiting American in n
thousand sees those countries. lie is a
biycyclist, and will use his bicycle to 20
from town to town.
81 began practclng," SAID he about six
months ago, and now l ride down town
every morning and home every night.
When | commenced / was nervous.
couldn't sleep, and didn't enjoy my food.
Now l sleep nicely, have good appetite,
and it seems to me if had a new lease
of life. The Methodist Ecumcnical Council
meets in London, September 7. and 1t oc-
cured to me that, instead Of waiting until
the adjournment and then looking about, |
would take my son Robert over with me
and make brief tour on the bicycle, as
little can be seen from a Car window"
GLOW much does a bicycle coast 2"
"AbouL $685.
'Wili you take them with your
"No. They are to be made at Coventry,
England, and sent Off the order to day. 3"
'When do you sail 2"
"June 49,"
'Whcrc DO you land 2"
"At Glagow."
"Do you start on your tour from thcrc?"
eyes. We shall 90 up to Loeb Lomond,
cast to Sterling, north to Dundee and St.
Andrew, south to Edenboro, visiting Mel
rose Abbey and AbBotsford, and then take
a zIgzag course across England visiting
the chief cathedral towns, and taking the
best roads to London. ,"
GLOW long time will you spend be-
tween Glasgow and London 2"
''Thrce or four wccks.'
"You will not travel so many miles a
day7"
"No; we will regulate the distance ac-
cording to the places Of interest. We may
90 twenty miles one day and seventy five
the next"
'Will your travels end at London 2"
> "No. ] expect to remain there about
four weeks. Then we will ride to South
amptoD, cross to Havre, and 20 through
Normandy to Paris. After stopping there
two weeks, We'll go to Dicppe, re cross the
channel to Brighton and return to London,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
A Nasty Old Cow.

They were party of four couples COM
ing over OH the steamboat SuMcG{ltO, 10
San francisco. and the prctticst girl of the
gushers looked up at Mount Tamalpais and
SAID
ooh, that horrld, hOrrid mountain
had the most frIghtful adventure up there
last summer you ever heard of. It's won.
der my hair didn't turn whitc.'
"What on earth was 1t 7" chorussed the
rest.
"Well, you sec, was up there with a
private picnic party, and l wandered Off
by myself, about mile, picking flowers.
After awhile sat down To rest III lonely
canyon, and before long heard queer
rustling sound IN some bushes right be-.
hind me. | knew at once, somehow, that
it was grizzly."
"Grcat Scott /" and you all alone -
shuddcrcd her escort.
''Not Il soul within mile of nc. I was
Just paralyzcd with terror. l didn't dare
to STIR, but in minute i heard the beast
coming toward me through the thickct."
'Oh,i if I'd only been there, ''sald young
man b. eathing very hard.
81 knew it was no use to try and run,
and | had heard somewhere that bears
never touch dead people. So 1 just shut
my eyes and held my BREATH"
t'Gracious !"
''Prctty soon the great brute walked up
close and began smiling me all over Oh,
it was just terrible !"
''Should have thought you would have
tainted.
''Oh, didn't dare to-" said the heroine.
'Just then, l suppose, the party rushed
up and rescued yon," said the appalled,
audience.
"No, they didn't Pretty soon felt
the great beast pulling at the flowers in
my hat, 80 just got up and shoocd the
horrid thing away"
what, the grlzzlyS
''Oh it wasn't grizzly twas a nasty
COW. But just suppose it had beer a
grizzly"
But the audience refused to "supposc. "
and the party looked like Quaker funeral
until the boat struck the wharf.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
AN OLD STORY.

Fisherman john Is brave and strong
None moro brave OH tho coast than he;
lie owns cottage and fishing smack,
As s..ug as ever mood be-;
And what is truer than could wish,
Fisherman John loves me.
OFTEN and often whom day is gone,
With smiling lips and eagor eyes
He comes to WOO mo. In every way
That man may try, no tries
10 win me-but that he can never DO,
Though ho WOO mo till ho dies,
Fisherman jack is a poor man
Ho owns not a cottage nor fishing smack;
But winning voice and smile is his,
And a brow that is never black
Why should break my heart to toll
But love fisherman Jack.
lie loves not me. but every night
He SITE at tho foot Of Kate NIahon,
Never heart has sho for him,
For she loves Fisherman John
Who cares no more for love of hers
Than tho sea no sails upon.
Often we wonder, do Kate and I.
That fate should CROSS ub 80 cruelty.
We think OF tho lovers we do not love,
And dream Of what life would be
If only Fisherman John loved her
Anl Fisherman Jack loved mo.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30
A IL ported Wonderful Discovery,

A great discovery has been made on the
Mojavc desert, which seems destined to
revolutioniZc viticulturc in Southern Cali
fornia. 1t has been found that grape
cuttings lnsertcd in the trunks of the cacti
on the deserted ground thrive as vigorously
as in cultivated land. This fact Is of great
importance to the people. BY the use of a
chlsel man can plant q large vineyard in
day, and the vine 80 planted will climb
the cactus and grow luxurlousIy without
cultivation or irrigation. The dry, hot
sands of the desert will afford fine place
for drying rasins. III addition to grapes,
it has been proved that melons, cucumbcrs,
and tomatoes will grow from Gao tIs stock,
80 that the desert may soon bloom as tho
rose.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-30

II is not expected that it will be pos
sible for the Italian Antartic expedi.,
tion to star before 1883. In the mean.
time 1t is intended that Lieut.. Bovo,
the originator OF the scheme, should
make preliminary voyage in q whaler
to the Southern seas,
, 1881-05-29

What is there in an organ, the instrument
Of all others most capable Of evolving superb
harmony, that so Often makes it the medium
Of discord in the Church? From the time
that organs were invented down 10 the pres
ent there has always been some congre2a-
tiun in quarrel over all organ, and there is
no qua rrel Of which Il congregation is capa-
bic that Is waged with such bitterness or
leaves such ranking stlngs behind. The
fold may quarrel over pew rents, psalm
tunes, clerical salaries, singers, stained
windows, and other elements Of discord, but
these disagreements are easily patched UP.
An organ quarrel, however, has all the ele-
nents Of perllanency, aud is even handed
down from one generation to another. The
terrible i1nprccatIon which the old Scotch
woman hurled against it when she stigma
1ized it us "an unl,oly box o. whistles"
seems to stick to it yet in many quarters,
despite the inconsistency Of the appellat;on
when applied to an instrument the least Of
whose whistles nowadays is trunpet-tongued
and the largest Of them heavy as peals Of
doom.
Unquestionably one Of the causes Of the
bitterness Of organ Quarrels may be found in
the relations Of age. The young always es~
pouse the cause of organs; the old always
oppose them; and US, according to the adage.
, 1881-05-29

RANSOM CooK, the weil-known inventor Of
Cooks auger, died yesterday at Saratoga,
n E, i'll his S7th year. The Deceased in
ventor WAS the patentee OF the Armstrong
gun. After its invention, in 1872, lie tried to
induce the Government Ut The United States
to adopt it, but, us the United States was ut
peace then. his efforts in this direction were
unavatllng. An Enslishiuan having obtained
q copy of Cooks plans and specifications,
adopted the invention as his own, and made
fortune by the sale ot the right to use his
alleged patent to several Governments. Mr.
Cook was stanch Republican, and i'll
sisted OIL being taken out of his bed to the
polls last November to vote for President
Garfield.
, 1881-05-29
Garfield.

Ii the Frcncl, Chamber Of Deputi es yester-
day, an extreme Radical proposed all amend
ment to the Army Recruitment bill. making
it obligatory on selnlnarians. or teachers III
denominational schools, to serve four years
in the army, while limiting the term Of setv-
Ice Of teachers III tho State schools to one
year. Premier Ferry opposed the amend
1nent, pointing out its manifest injustice to
the seminarians, who are mostly priests, and
added that its adoption at this juncture, i'll
view of the friendly relations existing be-
tween France and the Vatican. would be im-
polite. The amendment was then rejected,
and the original clause, providing for one
gear of military service from sesninarians
and public schoolmasters alike, was adopted.
, 1881-05-29

NJ LEON GAMDErrA, il taken Mt his own
rating of himself, is statesman without
guile. man OF peace, and witi.al sort OF
chiidlike and bland politician, such one as
might be Imagined in the good time coming
when war-drums tl,rob no longer,-wllcn
battle-aags are furled. Speaking last Friday
to the I,eopl" Of his native village, Cahors,
he said lie did not favor policy Of agsres-
sion, adventure, Or orcoilquest. The Republic,
he added, meant peace, with liberty anu
progress. The eminent Frtnchman:s re-
marks were rccei:el with enthusiasm by his
hearers. Perhaps they did not comprehend
the meaning Of peace aud aggression, anl
had not heard If the Tunisiau episode.
, 1881-05-29

DURING the morning of the day on which
the assasins OF tho Car were executed all tho
saloons AMI whisky-shops III st. Petersburg were
clusel by order OF CEicf-of-Police Haranotf-
During the afternoon the keepers ot these places
received orders from the same official to close
their placcs at G o'clock IN the evening and to
keep them closcd until the next morning. SeV-
ern days thereafter a saloonkeeper entered
complaint ut tho Office OF the then Minister
I.oris s1ciikofr, demanding damages for the lnss
he sustained In being compelled to close his
pluce of business during the evening. The
Minister assured him that he did not
know anything about such I'M order.
and referred him to Chlef-of-Poiice Dnran-
OIL This officer decarcd to have acted
unuct au order from Meliko1. The latter, be-
Ing Informed of this fact, demanded to sec tho
order, which, on beng produced was found to
be All excellent imitation OF his handwriting. It
nus now been discovered that tho Executive
Committee OF the Nihlists sent this counterfeit
order to Baranor because they wanted similar
ceremonies extended to the memory Ut their five
executed comrades as were ordered to he Oh
served in memory Of the Gar whom they had
nssnsiuated. II anything, this may be termed
sublime tnpudcnce.
, 1881-05-29

toria,s policemen and soldiers from evlctlng
their friends and neighbors. And the sum:
mons OF the bells have been answered as
promptly as when loud i'll air they called tue
peoplc to prayer, rs was shown by the
masses that poured yolleys Of stones-the only
hu]lets Irisl,men are permitted to have-and
neod their shillelahs-tteir only Gatlng guns
mn the devoted heads Of the landlorel-alders~-
at Mitchellstown, famed for manga tray ana
foray before, and at New Pallas, where the
Ryans and Bourkes seemed to have had it all
their own way. Those chapcl bells are more
dangerous to the English control III Ireland
rt,an al the rifles Of America ,-forthey Won't
be allowed to enter Irelaid,-or the arma-
ments Of Gaul, as long as Gambetta rules the
destiuies of that nation. Mr.. Forster will
probably make a raid on the bells. Ihey
"toll their bold notes" too freely Of late.
, 1881-05-29

THE Lake street cars will begin moving
next week. The West Side Company now has
possession Of four bridges over the South
Branch, and the North Side Company of three
over the main river. Adams street and Rush
street are US yet spared monuments Of mercy
hut the attack on them cannot be long post
poncd. Blythe way, how tempsngfy the top OF
tile railroad bridge near the mouth Of the river
looks for an elevated railway. Hasn't thar
thought been In the minds OF the projectors Of
the North Shore Railway? The tunnels. ofcourse,
must eventually be utilized By the street-car
companies. And the sooner the better They
arc practically useless now. Nobody ever thinks
Of going through them except to catch train
or get out Of the rain; and the cable system
ought not to interfere with this laudable mis-
SiOQ-
, 1881-05-29

tho utterly exploded methods OF teachlng
children to read. write, and clphcr
tlourishIng in full vigor"; and Charles
Francis Adams, Jr.. insists that the methoos
of instruction in vogue in our schools atc
antiquated and unscientific and call loudly
for instant reform. But in the face OF these
urgent demands for reformation Oh the part
of practical educators and thinkers there Is
among the masses disposition to rest con-
tent: and, even worse, disposition to H.
lulge In iuprudent panegyric Of the pub1lc
educational system as awlole,-imprndene
because undiscriminating. For instance
on Sunday last the Rev. MIR. Vanhorne, OF
this city, preached Il sermon Oh
"Our Public Schools" 1t was Il
glowing tribute to the value OF edu-
cation, and. in general terms, was
SO highly eulogistlc of the publlc-school sys-
tenn as to warrant the inference that, in his
opinion, it is as nearly perfect as it Is posi-
ble for {; human institution to be. We doubt
much whether this is, ln fact, the reverend
yc1tlcm.ln's well-matured opinion, Tor nc
quotes and cilaracterizes rs wise the answer
Of Agesilaus to the question, "What he
thought most proper for boys to learn -
namely: "What they ought to do when they
become men," Now, the prime objection to
the prevailing methods Of public education
is, that thoy do not teach boys "what
they ought to do,'' and what, in a
vast majority Of cases, they will
be required to do, "wllen they
become men'' Boys are not taught, either
i'll our private or public schools, generally,
how to work. They are nottaught to handle
tools. They are not taught how quickly to
become skilled laborers, notwithstanding tic
fact that this class of labor is in great de-
1nand 1t is time to put stop to the pleas
ant but eneryating indulgence in unthinklng
eulogy; time to break the habit Of glorifylng
an educational system which is clearly sus-
ceptible Of radical improvement; time to
take long step forward. If it lie true, and
I've believe it is All indisputable fact, that
sthe army Of idlers is being recruited
from the Schools" it is high time to teach
boys and girls something beyond the art OF
reading, writing, and cipherns. 1t "tne
army of itlers is being recruited from the
schools,' so is the poor-IIouse, and the Penl-
tentiary; for t'id1eness is the parent OF
vice." The DEVILS workshop is full OF the
victims Of an idle brain; and, unfortunately,
the Industrial workshops of the country
would be almost empty were it not for the
fact that cnterprisiny foreign mechanics are
hurrying to our shores to fill them. Let
us make mechanics OF our poor boys and so
keep them out of tho clutches Of poverty,
crime, and the Penitcntiary.
, 1881-05-29

THE attempt of Mr.. Sella to form new
CABINET for King Humbert has proven failure
King Ilulnbert, therefore. requested Mr..
Depretis Minister Of tho Interior under Carroll.
to form Il new Cabinet. after being assured Of
the support Of Carroll and his friends. Accord
ing to Il Rome dispatch, dated Muy g, tho Cab
met will be cou1poscdsns follows: Dcpretis,
President of the Cabinet and Minister of the
Interior: MancIn!. Foreign Affairs; May:iari,
Finance; Zarnadelli, Justice; Raccarini, Public
Works: Daeelcssi, Instruction: BERT, Asri-
culture; Fcdrero War: and Acton, Marine. II
Mr. Depretis il supported by Carroll uud his
friends, and also succeed in uniting I'LL the
rest Of the factions and shades composing tho
Left, he then may obtain Il majority for
his Cabinet in the Chamber Of Depu-
ties, which Carroll could not get. II
he fails In this, then the only step
left to strengthen his position will be to dissolve
the Parliament and order a new election. The
King would hardly be willing to indorse this
plan, because, according to the new election
regulations for Deputies. u new fuctor In tho
political calculations will bave to be consider ed,
and that IS the Clerical party. According to the
new election reform law the list Of alaftnra has
, 1881-05-29

will become almost uninhabitable. There IS
one thing which should be done by the City
Government Every street newly paved
whether with wooden blocks, lnacadall, or
gravel, should be inspected frequently, and
the smallest defect should be prompt
~ repaired. 1t will pay to maintain
this system Of repairs out Of the general tax
fund even to the extent of double or treble
the appropriations made heretofore. AL
kinds of payenlents will last twice or thrice
rs long if promptly and thoroughly repaired
ut every place where they begin to give way
1t is the old principle that "a stitch in time
saves nine,'' but it has been almost totally
ignored in Chicago SO far as street-paye-
MentS are concerned.
, 1881-05-29

DEConAI1oN-DAy comes Tomorrow. The
public-school children are not to he let out;
and it is feared some Of the children Of a
larger growth will not be- The day is not
growing as National holiday. Yet it de-
serves to do so. Both the sentiment and the
seryice are good,-so good, in fact, that it
will be a long while yet before the people, as
individuals. forget to remember their dead
whatever the public may do. Is there any
thing in the suggestion that holidays designed
to commemorate the services Of Natlon's
heroic dead are less likely to survive than
those which promote tile pleasures Of the
living? Perhaps it is true that the Fourth Of
July would have been forgotten long ago it
somebody had not invented the small boy
and the fre-craeker,-the flre-cracker first,
we believe.
, 1881-05-29

TIE Board Of Education has been for sew
cral weeks wrestling with a simple question
Of arithmetic, and the progress towards So
luton is seemingly as remote as ever. We
take it that the Board has no design other
thnn to secure to the School Fund the great
est sum of revenue from the means at its
disposal.
Some time ago the Board made Il contract
with the First National Bank by which that
bank leased the Haverly Theatre lot at
valuation of S345, 900, on which the rental
was to be computed at the rate OF Il
per cent per annun1. In addition the Board
leased the present structure on the lot, the
same being valued at $65.000. The SG5,0o0
property is subject. as other property, to
general taxation for city, county, State, anu
other purposes. The School Board is there
fore entitled, to the proceeds of about two
mill tax OH the SCI, 900 property.
The bank, however, found that the iH1-
provements on the land we're Of no practical
value, save as building material, and there
fore asked the Board to modify the contract
SO that this material may be valued at S15,
600; and that the bank be permitted to use
the whole of the leased land and erect there
on d building to cost not less than 1900,
which building would of course be subject
to general taxation.
The problem which SO far battles the mat1l-
c1natical erutlition Of the Board OF Education
is, whether the Board would derive moro
revenue from 4 tWo-mtil. tax on building
valued at S3l5, 900, or (: like tax on an inl-
proyencnt of St5, 900. The rent from the
land would be the same in both cases. The
trouble in this matter is that the Sc, 600 va1u-
alton of the present improvement Is notorl-
ously unjust, and therefore dishonest: the
bank is caught by its bargain in contractto
pay taxes on 4 valuation 5000 greater than
it ought to be, and the sharp Ena1lciers OF
the Board, chucklinS over their great ability,
demand compliance with the contract, shut
ting their eyes, ostrich-li1e, to the loss Of tile
greater revenue from the $500, ,0oo building
which it is proposed to substitute for the
present ruins.
Should the Board Of Education continue
to he unable to figure out under which con-
tract the schools would get the most reye-
nue., they had better submit the question to
the boys and girls not over Q years old in the
schools, and take the answer given by the
children. Three times has the Board voted
that it is better aud moro profitable to have
the revenue of n two-mill tax OIL S65,000 than
have the revenue Of 4 two-mi1I tax on S3l5, 600,
provided the smaller revenue has the flavor
Of q sharp bargain anu 4 small! steal in til!