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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-18

sessed, and begged to know her reasons.
She declined to state them. He per-
sisted; was there previous attachment.
She blushed more wildly, and said no
such thing existed.
Was there not some hopes for him,
then2 Might not her resolution be
overcome? Might not these resolutions
| cease to exist?
Oh, no = H er resolution was unalter-
able.
Then he urged M explanation, and
insisted on it as his right. His suit was
pushed with :ardor, and Irene's agitation
proved that she was not insensiblo. But
with great effort she commanded her
self.
'I should be most unjust to you and
to myself" said she, "could allow n
transient feeling to set aside my judg-
ment."
"Transient o Irene /"
But she silenced him.
"Could T allow myself to give you n
wife whom everybody-you, most of NIL
must consider dsagrccable ?"
She hesitated moment.
'sWhat-do you mean ?" cried Bert, in
amazement
"You cannot have forgotten our first
meeting," she said, moro composedly !;
edo not oblige me to repeat your words
that evening""
The room swan around Bert Dean.
''That little fright" Oh the sacrilege,
the horror, of that speech Gould he
have made it-an about that angel I?
Overwhelmed with modification, he
strove to explain, to say how entirely
his feelings were altered.
Enough, sir, said Miss Pierce, with
dignity. "Spare yourself the trouble of
apologizing; it is quite unnecessary, and
altogether useless" And so she left
him.
Surely this was an awkward situation
for lover, particularly for Bert, who
had contemplated arranging matrimonial
affairs in such n quiet, well-bred way.
He went home in despair. Could any
'woman-even Irene, gentlest, dearest of
"omen-forgivo such M insult to her
vanity? If she could only see his heart,
and know how long he had ceased to
regard her MS plain, in how many ways
she was even beautiful to him But to
explain this to her---it was impossible
He could never obtain her pardon. And
her love? That was too far and dear to
dream Of
Private life has its Napoleons, how
ever. They rout impossibilities, and
prove them to be the merest shams. A
week from this dreadful day, Bert was
sitting-vcry much ut home-in the
same parlor whence he had withdrawn
so ignominiously, md Irene looked at
him in way that. clearly showed that
she had relinquished her "resolution,
and sacrificed her Judgment"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-18
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Railway Tunnel through Il Volcano

Tho rocks which constitute tho south.
ern island Of New Zealand are for the
greatest part of tho archaic type, con-
sisting principally of gneiss, granite,
mica-schist, phyllitc, quartzitc, and fcl.
site rocks. They are partly covered by
palmozoic strata, which arc folded up
into inmlmcrablo troughs and saddle.
backs throughout the province of Can.
terbury, and which partly belong to the
carbonifcrous period, 80 that there are
prospects for future discovery of coal
beds. BY far tho greatest interest,
however, is offered by the extensive vol.
canic phenomena of tho island, and
among them tho extinct volcanoes upon
the Banks penins,lla, east of tho town
CT Christchurch, arc prominent. This
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-18

"PRrsoNRR, have you over been convicted
mo your Honor; I have always employed
first class lawyers.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-29
Disclaimed the Relationship.

The man who travels on the railroad
and sits down by the side of lone females
while laboring under the impression
that he recognizes a likeness in their
faces to his wife's aunt's cousin, met his
match on one of the roads in this vicin-
ity lately. He sat down in the half OF
seat the other half of which was oc-
cupied by pleasant-faced young lady.
His first question was:
Pardon me, Miss. but is your name
James? have cousin of that name,
whom you greatly resemble a,
"No, SIR was the reply, "my name
is not James. But, pardon me, is your
name Zinc or CopperP''
Zine or Copper? No, ma am, y
said the astonished man. What lead
you to suppose had such names?"
Excuse me,' was the quiet reply,
t'but thought certain you must be
first cousin to a brass foundry"
The man fell over two seats and
kicked bird cage half way down the
car in his haste to get into the smoker,
while the young lady smiled gentle
smile behind her handkerchief. 1t was
a proof of the old adage that o witty
answer turneth away bores. on Ciis
Derrick.
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The SchoOlmaster.

The curiosity that I have to show
you to-day, children, is perhaps the
most wonderful in the collection. He
beats all. fgs I t;
The schoolmaster,.i is said, trains
the young idea how to shoot. He is
not himself given to shooting, however.
He takes more delight in the rod than
the gun. ~ sTa Ht
The schoolmaster is not military
man. but his principal assistant is.
The name of this assistant is Corporal
Punishment. 1t is to be hoped that the
corporal will soon be remanded to pri-
vate life.
The schoolmaster is Sometimes called
Q tutor, and occasionally he is called
an ass. On thewhole, an astutor man
is seldom found.
z The schoolmaster thoroughly under
stands the rule of three. but always
insists upon the rule of one. So YOU
see his understanding is out of all pro.
portion to mis- rule. ~
Although the schoolmaster is a ruler
of boys, he has his own ruler. If he
be no stick himself, his ruler always is.
The schoolmaster is very inquisi-
tive person. He is always asking
questions. His is questionable cali.
ing. 4's''
The schoolmaster can be found in all
classes. He is also given to classifying
knowledge. l sometimes think would
be in his classify could. - .aa y
The schoolmaster is good at figures.
He would cut pretty figure il he were
not. He is the figure-head of the
school, or should be; but sometimes a
boy gets ahead OF him. 'ti' tR
He is also good at spelling. He can
stand long spell in good situation
without fiinching. - f. ~
He is always correcting the errors of
his pupils. and consequently has but
little time to attend to his own.
The schoolmaster is not q man of
war, but he often employs a monitor.
He would be all at sea without his mon
itor. He gets the monitor to see in his
place. >. ...su-.t, ...s
o shun misbehaviDg. children, or the
see of the monitor shall overwhelm you.
The ,schoolmaster teaches the A B
q. but he cannot make bee see. u ss
Every sort of ology is taught by the
schoolmaster, but tautology is no better
coming from him than from anybody
else.
In school of young rascals the
schoolmaster is always the principal.
Some schOolmasters are actuated en-
tirely by the law of love-love for their
situations Some entirely by hate.
hate to give them up.
The schooln1aster loves TO have call
ers at his school; but habit has. so pos,
sessed him. that he not only collars his
scholars, but also SCHOLARS his callers e 2
used to wonder at the, schoolmaster
during my school days, but my school
daze will never return. Boston Tran
scriDt, ...s
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Abject Condition Of Hawaiian Laborers.

!" Slavery" said an intelligent young
machinist to Chronicle reporter yester-
day; !" why, slavery is too good name
for the labor system in the Hawaiian
Islands. l went to the islands two
years ago and worked on the planta-
tions,' continued the machinist, " and
from what have seen I quite agree
with the old negro who told me one
night at Naalehu. I've worked in
Louisiana in the worst days, and never
struck any slavery like what we have
on this plantation In the majority
of places, according to the machinist's
description, each laborer is given a
room about SIX by eight feet to lodge
in. and this apartment has to answer
all the requirements of single or mar
ried life. In many cases the machinist
saw family of six white people living
in one small room, with shameless
disregard for all the decencies of life.
At six o'clock the hands are escorted
to the field to work. The overseer of
each gang is on his mettle to detect any
negligence or hardness, knowing well
that the value of his services is
rated by the amount which he can de-
duct from the wages of the slaves. If
an unhappy bondman is seen shirking
his work he is deprived of the wages for
that day. If he resent the imposition
he is dragged before the native officer
OF the law, who is a hail fellow well met
with the planter, and is fined. The
system of fines is in fact the most ad-
vantageous to the flinty-hearted over
seer, for by judiciously using the ma
chinery of the law he can keep the
bondman more securely in his power.
The law prevents them from leaving the
service of the planter while they are in
debted to him, and the imposition of
few heavy fines prolongs their slavery
for years.
The food given to the bondmen is not
so bad in quality as disgusting in the
manner in which it is cooked and served.
The Cinnamon and the South Sea
Islanders do their own cooking. The
white slaves depend on Chinese cook.
who is the servant of the plantation,
and endeavors to express through his
pots and pans the sinister disregard of
the overseer and the planter. The ma
chlnist described the food furnished
him and other artisans at various plan
tatlons as disgusting: '' 1t doesn't-take
the poor fellows long to become demor-
allied, and then they are booked for
good. The sale of liquors is forbidden
on the islands, but the odd dollars the
poor slaves get soon go in drink. That's
how the Chinese grow rich by selling
rice brandy. The drink and the slavery
make them all one negroes, Cinnamon,
South Sea Islanders, Kanakas and
whites. Ii ever there was a hell ON
earth it's on some of these plantations
I've seen. San Francisco Chronicle.
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An Unfaithful Shepherd.

H. F. Galen's sheep herder deserts
his camp and flock, leaving the sheep
among the wolves of the mountains for
two weeks without a shepherd, steals
his employers s fine herd horse and sheep
dog and runs away. The news of this
infamous outrage reaches US to-day by
Mr.. Galen, who comes to the city to
find herder to take the place of the
wretch, who has no doubt Joined his
band of horse thieves. which is said to
extend from Utah to the Yellowstone
and the Northwest Territory. The horse
thief. who came in the guise of sheep
herder, is James Orton, and was hired
this fall by Mr.. Galen at Bozeman.- He
moved out to the range camp driving
with him 800 sheep, well supplied with
a good horse, tent, rations, dog, bed
ding, etc.
1t appears from indications that Or
ton slept only one night at the camp.
and next day stole off, taking valua-
BILE herd horse and equipments and a
valuable shepherd dog. The man had
left the camp about two weeks, and it
was not known until last Monday, when
Mr.. Galen had occasion to send out
some supplies and it was discovered
that the camp was abandoned and the
sheep scattered all over the hills, sur
rounded by ravenous wolves. Mr.. Galen
went at once to the range and succeed
ed in gathering some eight or nine
hundred of his flock and bringing them
to his ranch-the Willow Springs. It
is believed that there never was such
wanton desertion practieed in Montana
before, and as it is the first instance of
such betrayal the guilty miscreant
should be punished by the first man
that could halt him with .sstop thief,
Pass his name around and inspect care
fully any man riding fine bay horse
and having with him black and white
shepherd dog with tan-colored eye.
brows.-Hetena Mon Herald.
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Effect Upon Europe Of the Discovery
OF America.

The voyage of Columbus in 1892 was
in many respects the greatest event
which had occurred in the world since
the birth OF Christ Politically and So
cially it was the beginning of an entire
ly new chapter in human history, and
it wrought effects upon mems specula-
tive thinking which, though perhaps
less conspicuous, were not less real or
remarkable. In much more than the
mere geographical sense was, is
the discovery of the New World. 1t
was the first in complicated series of
events which four centuries have not
yet fully rounded into a period: The
foundation of a new Europe in Ameri-
ca, in Africa, in Australia and in the
islands of the Pacific; the rise OF the
English race to political and CONNER
clal supremacy, and the advance of the
English language toward what may be-
come universal dominion; the reorgani-
zation of government upon higher
plane than the Middle Ages had ever
been able to forshadow; the renovation
OF society. in the old Europe through
countless subtle influences; the perma-
nent triumph of the Industrial over the
predatory spirit; the successful asser-
tion OF individual freedom against the
paralyzing absolutism inherited from
the Roman Empire; the overthrow of
isacerdotalism and the Christianization
OF the world. 1t would probably be
too much to assert that some of these
desirable results might not have been
attained, so far as the old Europe is
concerned, even if the lands beyond the
sea had never been explored and col.
onized. 1t is unquestionable, however,
that the progress would have been much
slower and much more subject to inter-
ruption. The part performedb by England,
for example, in the work of European civ
ilization since the age of Elizabeth has
been so immense and so complicated
that no elaborateness of analytic de-
scription can do it justice. Yet En-
gland in Elizabeth's time was hardly
first-class power, and but for the col
onization OF America in the seventeenth
century it is difficult to see in what way
she would so surely or so soon have
gained the commercial supremacy
which gave her in the eighteenth the
dominion of the ocean, and thus secured
her the foremost position in the world.
70 those and there are MANY such in
America-who are in the habit of re-
garding American history as dry and
uninteresting study, it may be a profita-
BILE matter of reflection that since the
beginning of the seventeenth century
it is impossible to follow intelligently
the affairs of the old Europe through a
single generation without constant ref
erence to the New World John FisEe,
sa Harper's Magazine.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


Father Hyacinthe has decided to
postpone his visit to America until next
February. f't4a 5s@st
In England the Congreeationalists
are endeavoring to make $3.50 the mini
mum salary of a minister. s -
-Ex-P President Enoch Pond, of the
Bangor (Me. Theological Seminary. is
ninety-five years old, and says he has not
had headache in sixty-six years. s.
Miss Louise S. Baker, a college,
bred woman, breaches for the Congre-
gational Church in Nantucket, Mass.
She does not administer the commun-
ion. II a.ie ii1 aaga anG.sifga /
There is a congregation of colored
Catholics in Marion County, Kentucky,
with 179 communicates. Recently a
Jubilee mission was held for them, at
which all but FIVE are said to have at
tendea. a9 sR .1s.y y49Ys t4T go
-Findlay, Ohio, has been condition
ally selected as the site Of the college
to be organized under the control of the
general eldership of the Church of God
in North America better known as the
Winebrennarian. Z sf 81 ena@ sit
The ministers of the California
town of Los Angeles have signed an
agreement that they willin no case per-
form the, marriage ceremony for di-
vorced persons, except the divorce be
obtained on Scriptural grounds, and
then for the innocent party only.
"A Methodist camp ground is to be
purchased, consisting OF 900 acres OF
land, on the top of the Allegheny
Mountains, midway between Deer Park
and Oakland, Maryland IT is to be q
National camp-ground, similar to Ocean
Grove and Asburv Park and Chautau-
qua. The ground is 5000 feet above
The way to keep Sunday-school
teachers meeting alive is to make it d
live meeting. Begin promptly, whether
few or many teachers are, present.
Close promptly, however interesting
the lesson. Keep within an hoursd Be-.
gin with prayer. Break in the middle
with prayer or O hymn occasionally.
Study the lesson spiritually, not TECH
nically or professionally. Remember
what the Bible is profitable for: Doc4
,trine, reproof. correction and instrucr.
ton in righteousness and use it accord
ingly. Give your teachers the ear,
throw away the husk, and they, will
come. again. So says one Sabbath
school Superintendent; an old subscribe
er of the Christian Union. He has tried
itiand speaks QUITO three years of ex-
perience. .hh. sN-A&2f IibEBa Et.1
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1881-12-29
The Bitter Bitten.

Getting up a ''corner'' in pork, wheat
or corn is not a modern device. Years
ago, when the thriving city Of Milwau-
kee was but territorial town, with
only one Thousand five hundred inhab-
itants, speculator thought that he
could make a large amount of money If
he should buy and thus. control all the
salt there was in town. So he bought
every barrel he could find and stored it.
Having, as he thought, corner, he put
the price up to ten dollars per barrel.
Unfortunately for the speculator's prof.
its, another citizen heard of the specu-
lator's purpose, and saw therein a
chance to make an honest penny. He
despatched a schooner to Chicago for a
load of salt. The winds were propi-
tious, and the schooner with her load
was soon at the good citizens dock.
One morning a farmer came into town
for a barrel of salt. Going to the spec
ulator's he was asked ten dollars a
barrel. g Salt has riz,' was the only
reply vouchsafed to the farmers pro-
test. He, however, would not pay that
price, and soon discovered that there
was a schooner-load of salt for sale at
the dock at twenty shillings barrel.
Having purchased a barrel he returned
to the speculator and telling HIM of his
purchase, denounced him as a swindler
. You must have stolen the SALT
said the speculator, for there amt any
salt ig Milwaukee except what have -
80, there amt! o mol Let me tell
you there's a schooner load of it at
Swett's dock" aR A9s9 23
'' Then Pm ruinedra exclaimed the
speculator, as he rushed out to verify
the statement-and he deserved to be.
Youths Companion '''aA
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In d Genteel Manner.

The elderly couple were sitting byDo1
the table reading BY the drop light, the ~
reflection OF which just served to bring
out the silver sheen that had gathered dosT
on their heads with the passing years.iy
Dropping her eye glasses for q moment,
she said somewhat suddenly: 4 YeuAfeosT
quite sure that George will like his situr
alton, are you not?' "s'Ns
"Ought' to like it. Absolutely nothlDp
ing to do, and quite 2 good salaryTat-
Ala ~ o.h;n ina. Is Is 20 s,ne nice. 1eorge aaways
placently rocked in her chair As shs1D Us
thoughto OF the good results Of her ten,
der bringing up Of the youth. Men :"
Haven Registsr, siastfa 'ic sssssas
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

IAN election, like circus, is ,gener-
ally carried on under a canvass. = Losoas %
ell Courier. d 3efil aa8aaY5 s3H. .lgf4t asl
Every man has his forte, if hesonly
knew how to hold it.-NeW York Com - y
ssercial AdUe,yiser. i4ial99 baa bss2uia
Ambitious man: els there any
fixed rule for. writing poetrypn There
Is! Don IT, Boston Post .s1ni aiititnsi<
"A pleasantly attributed to ON. ba.
Thiers:{ "When | was very young I
was 80 little-so' little-that needed a 7"
pole to knock down the straw berries Mid
lie Figaro. 49,.
The average life OF circus actor is
forty years The average life Of ateirs ns.
Gus joke is l250 years. The latter sisot5
'"worked almost to DEATH every year, A'''
Norristoson Herdtd.aj ei'i5ss tnd1 1873
-Conjurors astonish an naudience bv gyl
taking rolls of ribbon from their
mouths, but then it is common thing 100
to see a carpenter take hammer tandgoE
nails out of his chest. Boston CONNER :.
cial Bulletin. h.''s ~ ~ ails ffR
The Herdics coaches display. al signs u
which says ..Full'' when they are load. !,
ed. The drinking man knows less than a. n
a coach. He is full before he finds cit tgo
out, and always wants to take little
more aboard.-N. o. Picdyts,se. . = s'ls's
Plumbers have resolved to maintain iins
their old prices during the coming win1
ter. As heretofore their services will
be valued at fifteen dollars a Minute. gob
while an ounce Of lead pipe will he E,;t,
worth its weight in gold. - PhiIadel lphia -"
Chronicle. I'll 9sle. gGI IN f3I jHa
Talk about gossip How could the an
world dispense with it? A party, of
men on the backyard fence and b par l1t
eel of women around the tea, table, Al.
would fall to sleep from mate stupidity,
if there was no such thing as gossip!1 y1
Neac HaUe,i Register. & .sao.iai5s zsagi
First boy--". What ails yep Sec.
ond boy" Naw-nawthihg.'' 'has Yes
there is! YOU We been nlbawiingpht.N .Npuui
h-hain't.' .What is it.then?p" Nav
nawthing, only yesterday l gavei ti thai fta'5a
Jones boy licking. and ithis ns6ningyilr
his father bought him a goat. All the
boys are over there, and the goae Is DO
bunting all the boys andau the boys 81,
and goats are bunting each other. and
I'm left out in the c.cold cause licked soI
the boy who runs the animals = Detroit,
Free Press. .f.v f.....
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Some cocoons raised at the Swiss
colony in Grundy County, Tennessee,
are finely developed and of superior
quality. Silk culture is beginning to
receive considerable attention at the
colony, and is becoming a very. impor.
ttant and successful industry.
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Three little girls. at Gold Hill,
Ney., were playing at doctor, nurse
and patient. and it devolved on one to
take the pills prescribed by the youthful
doctor. which were pine nuts, shell and
al. Her case is serious.
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WORDS OF WISDOM.

Eho walketh straight and acteth right,
whose lips and heart in truth unite;
Who ne'er to SANDER lends his tongue
And to his neighDor doth no wrong;
Who lowers not his brothers fame,
.geeIs as his own his brothers shame:
For vile men hath no fiattering word,
And honors those who fear the Lord;
Who ne'er on usury lends his gold; '
fhough injured, to his oath will hold;
And takes no bribe to doom the pure
Who dealeth thus shall e,er endure.
-Quis
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the incident from real life which had just
transpired.
AFTER ALL" said the bride. ssSmith is
an awkward name. And I'm glad I've
changed it to Laey.-Saturday Night.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-11

CHEAPER than blacksmithing-is Frazer's
Axle Grease. For sale everywhere. Try it.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-08-11
Transportation OF Fresh Fruits.

A great deal of fruit is being shipped
East from Sacramento. The amount Is
much larger than at this time last year.
Among the shipments has been a car
load of assorted fruit, put up in the
Dietz packing, recently patented proc
ess. The Suisun Republican says that the
preservative agent is carbonized wheat
bran, and that by it fresh fruit is pre-
served from decay, SO that it can be
shipped East by slow freight and sold
off as the demand is made for it, with
out being compelled to sacrifice it for
fear of loss. The carload shipped goes
to Philadelphia. 1t contains grapes,
plums, peaches, apricots, etc., and goes
as fast freight, though hereafter it is the
plan to ship by slow freight, as it will
reduce the charges over one-half, OF
from S1,1OO to $500 carload to New
York. If fruit can be packed in this
easy and inexpensive manner, and pre-
served indefinitely and shipped any
where, the business will develop wonder
fully. ssFresh peaches at Christina.
and grapes at midwinter'' are very al
Turing, and Mr.. Dietz says that the.
may be had by simply packing them il
wheat bran reduced to charcoal. W.
shall see.-San Francisco AtG.