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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
Happiness.

In the peace Of June's sweet weather
Up tie. hill swo leFerssstsrt,
and Two pathways blend together
In this summer Of the heart.
Larks are nesting in the clover
Blackbirds chatter loud and long,
And robin flying over
Tells loves secret in his song. =
She is shy, and ftful bushes
Come and go upon her face,
Like q brood Of startled thrushes =
When We near their nesting-plsce.
Downcast are her eyes, and lower
{ Droop the fringes Of each Lid,
When he bends his head to show her
Zero the sparow's nest is hid.
Where the noisy bfooklets ttdink.es
Down the rocks, they stop 'toSsee
How he,yellow sunshine crinkles
All the rpplesgoldenly.
Wooing! wooingE' sings thewater, =
As it laughs and leads away,
And again his eyes have caught her
Blushins like rose in May.
Then silence comes about them
For time, until it seems
Earth has gone its way without them,
Leaving them in land Of dreams
Happy land, where lovers linser,
Where they find their dreams come true,
And love points with rosy finger
From the old world to the new.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
Bushels Of Confederate Money.

A Griffin (Ga.) correspondent of the
Atlanta Constitution writes as follows
concerning Mr.. J. ". Corbin, citizen
Of Griffin: S,me years ago he took a
peculiar notion that Confederate money
and bonds would some day be worth
something; so he went to work and
bought them up in large quantities, pay
ing cash for a considerable amount and
barteriug meal from his mill for the bal
ance. He gave bushel Of meal for a
thousand dollars, and many wagon
load of that food las been hauled away
from his door. Many people, of course,
regarded the notion as rather cranky,
but to those Mr.. Corbin gave no heed,
going right along and buying every dol
lar he could rake and scrape. There is
really no telling how much Confederate
money he has. Those who know, or
seem to know, say he has between seven
and eight millions, beside several hun
Gred thousand dollars in bonds. When
asked at bank how much his bonds
were worth he replied: "Well, I have
$125,00O in ore box, and that isn't all,
by lot And so he has gone right on
this way for years. He has had letters
from all over the country, and he has
bought the stuff right and left, from far
and near. As already stated, no one
knows just how far exactly his freak has
extended, and he may have $50, 900, 900
for all know. Mr.. Corbin is consid-
erably stirred up by the recent demand
in London, and seems satisfied he is on
the right track to an immense fortune.
He is not considered at all shaky in the
upper story by his friends, though they
cannot, Ct course, understand his strange
fascination about Confederate money.
He has always been considered solid
citizen, and is in good circumstances
now, but will be the wealthiest man in
the South, if his dream is ever realized.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

Only oneshog in 10000 is afflicted
with triehina.
A Paris clothing house is running its
sewing machines by electricity.
The people dare not even move their
lips when the Japanese emperor passes
by.
The arrival of foreigners in the
United States during the last decade is
counted at 2,813,000.
Four barrels OF the water of the Great
Salt lake will leave, after evaporation,
nearly barrel of salt.
At temperature Of ffty-six degrees
Fahrenheit DR.. Kane kept his men in
good health by devoting part of the
long night of the Arctic regions, to bur-
lesque and pantomime.
. 4 process has been discovered sor
making. -four from the seed of the
broom corn, to the extent Of one-haf
it's weight, leaving the other half a valu-
able food for the cattle.
Fluting irons, or poking sticks, as
they.were then called, made of steel,
in order to be used when hot, were first
used in Queen Elizabeth's time. Be-
fore then, setting sticks of wood or
bone were used for stifening rufs, etc.
A seraben carpet, ordinary size, say
twelve by fifteen feet, contains nearly
1850, 900. stitches. The weaver sits
with the reverse side of the carpet to-
wards him and weaves entirely from
memory. This fact account for the
irregulsrity so often found in Persian
carpets.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
The Lights o. London.

The way was long and weary,
But gallantly they strode,
A country lad and lassie,
Along tie heavy road
The night Was dark and stormy,
But bithe Of heart we're they,
For shining in the distance
The lights Of Londonlay!
Oh cleaning lamps of London, that gem tn
city's crown.
What fortunes lie within you, oh lights OF
London town.
With faces worn and weary,
That told Of sorrows load,
One day man and woman -
Crept down country road.
Theysought their native village,
Heart-broken from the fray;
Yet shining still beyond them
Tho lights of London lay.
On cruel lamps of London, if tears your light
could drown.
Your victims eyes would weep then, OH lights
Of London town.
--GeorQe r SENS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
The Place Where Cats Can't Live.

zsSm Townsend, of Lundy, has been
making some experiments with an
ordinary donestic cat. It has been
repeatedly stated that cat could not
Ire at an altitude Of $4,000 feet above
tie sea. Mr.. Townsend has demon.
srated that such is the fact. On Mon
dy last he and another gentleman made
tie ascent Of Castle Peak, which is
little over $4,000 feet high. They took
With them a cat-Thomas-tbat was
,ear old, and had lived at an altitude
d 5000 feet with no symptoms of dis
ase. Mr.. Townsend had the cat in a
Ioz, and as they went up he took OBJ
;erVations and noted very carefully its
very movement. When the summit
sas reached they pitched their tent.
This was about 2 o'clock in the after
noon. The cat partook oE some food,
and, after playing an hour or SO, fell
asleep and did not wake up until near
midnight. When it did recover COZ
sciousness it set up howling and ap-
peared much distressed. Townsend
pitied it and endeavored to make it
feel at honoe,-bu Of no use. It kept
Up its constant meanings and displayed
symptoms of having fits. When morn
ing came the cat was offered food, but
t refused to eat and acted even more
strangely than during the night. Town
send says it would open its mouth as if
yasping for breath; would jump about,
md then go to sleep and wake up with
start. All this while close watch
vas kept and every movement noted.
At o'clock in the afternoon the cat
lied of exhaustion,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19

q hStde mischeSous light flashes into
Pussys eyes, and she replies, demurely
aAn the same, T do thank you, and ]
am equally glad that you escaped any
serious injury from your faIl,' . empha-
sizing the "your " very palpably.
As the door closes upon the girls
slight figure faint smile curves the
gentleman's mouth.
"What a little darling! lam not by
any means sure that I have escaped q
serious injury after ALL" he thinks to
himself.
"see here, Gray" he says aloud to
gentleman who is just passing, II
have question to ask you. You have
lived around here long enough to know
something of the people. Can you tell
me who the young lady is you saw me
with just now?'
"Of course I can, though I am not
acquainted. Why she's the daughter
Of"
Turning, the two gentlemen move on,
while the crisp wind carries away what
they are saying. A couple of hours
later sees Pussy home once more. No
one is in the sitting-room, and as she
runs up the stairs she sees that the par
Ior door is open and hears voices.
Pussy's face blanches and then fushes
again.
"I am sureitis Mr.. Law" she thinks,
turning to flee, but she j. not quick
enough, her light steps have been
heard; and at Sarah's call, the girl goes
with fierce, resentful feeling as of
some hapless animal caught in a trap,
to face, SIS she thinks, the detested
suitor she has determined to accept for
the sake of her mother-to prevent her
being turned in her old age from her
home.
But when she is once within the room,
Pussy pauses in arazement, for there,
seated on the sofa, in easy conversation
with her mother, she sees the gentle
man who had so kindly come to her as
sistance few hours before.
"Pussy, this is Mr.. Elbermarle,
Sarah says, "and he has been so very
kind as to offer to let US keep the home
stead at very low rent. Please, sister,
join with me in telling him what load
he has lifted from our minds"
The gentleman rises, and as Pussy
lays her dimpled hand in his, he says:
Chow cruel you must have deemed
me, Miss Goldthwaite. I must confess
it-though it is to my shame-I leave
my business affairs much too entirely
in my lawyers Mr.. Gray's) hands. BE
acted quite On his own responsibility in
this matter. 7 have learned lesson;
henceforth I will be my own agent. Can
YOU forgive ne for causing you all SO
much distress
There is thrill of earnestness in his
tones more than the! occasion seems to
require, and something within Pussy's
breast responds to it, though uncon-
sciously. Otherwise, why does he,
lovely face color so charmingly?
Mr.. Elbermarle leaves the occupants
of the Goldthwaite home with fal
brighter hearts than he found them.
And when, day later, Mr.. LaW-the
rich old man who has coveted his
neighbor's lamb-comes for his answer,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
hey. are low sa51.

Aasf yoatssrorh h3eo3f!
Qasssl Qss - - .sss- -
A New Zealand letter to the Lonao,,
Neaos says: A good clergyman Whos>>s
working amongst the native population
was anxious to estsblisfthe sanctity Of
marriage among them. Among Others
who we're candidates for the rite was 8
much-married aboriginal named Ngata-
parapara. On arriving at that clause Of
the formula where candidates for mat
rimony are directed to join hands, a
strange scene occurred. No sooner had
the direction been given than whole
bevy OF inamoratas sprang forward, two
or three hanging on by the hands and
arms of the would-be Benedick, with
an equal number clinging to his legs.
BE was completely besieged, pinned
hand and foot, and confusion was made
worse confounded by hugging and
tugging by which the unfortunate fel.
low was in imminent danger of dis
memberment. Seeing the turn things
had taken the priest naturally enough
paused and looked on in dismay. $50
on" cried the hapless bridegroom, cor
can't you see for yourself these abom-
inable wretches will have me dragged
limb from limb?" Still the reverend
gentleman hesitated, seemingly at
loss what to do under the circumstances.
eli you don't get along" cried the
man, "and bring this kind of thing to
a finish, there'll be another dozen Of
them here in less than no time, and
when they find I haven't got topper
left to hang on by they'll drag off the
last shred of blanketing I have over
me-"
The situation was now perplexing ia
the extreme, and there was nothing for
it but to hurry over the service, and
bring the comedy to an end. The
sequel to the story is worth adding. In
course of time this much married man
died, as did the se7en-times married
woman Of the Gospels. The question
then arose as to VINO Was his lawfully
married wife. Some fye,and-twenty
claimants appeared before the judge Of
the native law court, and the question
to be determined was-had the woman
who got holi OF deceased's hand pre-
cedence over her who merely tugged ct
his legs. As there was considerable
property left behind counsel we're en-
ployed by the respective claimants,
and it is said that their learned dis
putations on the r4pective importance
CT arms and legs left the unfortunate
Judge in the dilemma Of the man with
out leg to stand opon.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
Why Autumn Leaves Fall.

It is q curious phenomenon this an
nual fail of all the leaves from almost
all the trees in Northern climates; and
yet use has 80 dulled US to. it's strange
ness that We seldom even think about
its origin or meaning in any way. In
deed, until certain late investigations
Of the tertiary horas by NJ. Saporta, Mr..
s. Gardiner and others, it is doubtful
whether anybody had ever asked him
self any question upon the subject
at all But these Investigations
have shown pretty clearly that de-
ciduous trees are quite modern
novelty upon our planet, things Of the
last twenty or thirty millennia or so,
entirely due to the immense cooling Of
the eath's surface, which began in the
early tertiary period and eliminated in
tie great glacial epoch. They are a
special product of hard times at the
PFC, like the white bears, the woolly
rh;;noeeros, the mammoth and the snow
baftassings. In the tropics all the trees
are evergreens, or at least suffer no
regular periodical loss Of their foliage;
but IN the North we have few native
evergeens except the pines and frs,
with their needle-like leaves, and the
two or three hardy, broad-leaTed
exotic eyergreeens cultivated in our
gardens or strawberries, such as
the rhododendrons, the laurels
and the bay trees, together with our
own smaller holly, box and privet,
hardly suffice to convey notion of the
greatSouthern forest trees, clad all the
yearround in thick green, such as the
mangoes, the star apples and the sand
boxes. Up to the beginning of the
tertiary period, however, large ever
green's Of what is now the tropical type
covered the whole of the world, as far
ss the very poles themselves. Green
landSand Spitzbergen then supported
of the same general char
acter as those which now spread over
Brazil and the Malay archipelago. But
from the first darn of the eocene on
rdsome Patton Of astronomical
nd Biographies feguses, such as those
BY Or. cFon and A. R. Wal
lace, began to produce general chill
ipg of she temperature at either pole.
laps The effect WAS wholly due, as
Is,osfsH believes, o:the eccentricity
s5: Shhs orbit and the procession
- perhaps it was further
: ee suggests, by the
|kortgay1fssdn
rto pJocene age up to the
5ass climate of the earth
SY1,- IL
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
Tin Cans.

Who can assign bounds to the demand
for timed or canned oysters from Bal
timore, Holsters from Maine, salmon
from Alaska, peaches from Florida and
Maryland? One petroleum firm in the
city OF New York is said to cut up Geo
boxes thirty tons) Of tin plate daily.
No less than l, 500, 600 boxes arc already
absorbed yearly l'y the United States,
more than three fold the consumption
of the continent Of Europe, Of which
quantity full tenth goes to pack ssr-
dimes at Nantes. Australian meat Graves
an ever-increasing supply. while British
biscuits, mustard and gunpowder range
in bright canisters all over the world.
The home consumption is variously esti-
mated at between 100000 and 100000
boxes per annum; but the returns to the
government have not been ample and
unreserved enough for any accurate fig
ures to be laid down.-.Saturdoy Rsrieec.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19

The agricultural department gives
the butter product Of the United States
for 1880 at !, 900, 600, 900 pounds, and the
cheese product at 30O,00O,0o0.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19

.aoL - fsEae el we do How
sls TzSnaE rich tssszasi
urnsus out Of hoase,and home when he
is rolling in wealth e
Sarah turns her eyes tenderiy yet
anziously upon the pretty, indignant
face; she evidently has something tc
say which does not come easily.
ssYou are the one who can prevent
such disaster, Pussy" she says at
length. "0ne word from you and ou1
feeble mother will not have to leave the
home she loves so we'll"
"I can help it-how?"
Sarah evades the upturned, question
ing eyes.
"Mr. Law vas here this morning,
Pussy, and-he wants to marry you y
The last words came in great hurry,
SIS though the speaker were glad to
have them over and done with.
With gesture Of dismay Pussy
s.aakes her long ringlets about her face
AID sinks down in q little heap upon
the floor.
ssThat old man wants me to marry
hin, and am only seventeen! Oh,
Sarah, could you honestly harbor such
an idea for moment:" world Of re-
proach is in the young voice.
sarah's hand falls gently on the
bowed head.
"I know it is dreadful to even think
OF. +. But, Pussy, what other way is
there9 Think of mother - OF
her feebleness, which has always
kept me tied to her side, pre-
venting my even thinking of obtaining
any employment. If we have to leave
the old home it will surely be her death.
Look at her now."
Pussy glances up. The invalid's face
is covered with both her hands, while
through the thin fingers the bitter tears
are stealing.
"Pussy, come here"
She rises and goes to her mothers
side.
"My pet, do not heed what your sis
ter says. She means it for the best,
but she has thought only for me.
Surely you do not think your mother
would purchase comfort at the expense
Of her child's happiness"
All at once Pussy's resolve is taken,
though she says nothing then to he1
mother, only presses silent kiss on he,
dear grsy head.
But a short while later she appears
at the door bonneted and cloaked, with
q little basket on her arm, and beckons
Sarah out.
"You said you wanted sugar and
eggs from the village, Sarah, and I'm
going for them now. I wanted to tell
you that I've thought over what you
said about Mr. Law, and I've come tc
the conclusion that it wouldn't be sc
bad lot after all to be rich old mans
darling"
Compunctious tears spring to Sarah's
eyes SIS she stoops and kisses the inno-
cent young face, and watches as, out
wardly light-hearted and CHEEKY, Pussy
starts out upon her long wintry walk.
Her brave words and manner have
not deceived her sister. ri ought to b.
ashamed to think Of allowing her Il
sacrifice her young life," she thinks, a
she turns back; s'but it is for the dea
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
LADIES' DEPARTMENT.
Advice to Young Wives.


There is nothing like their own home
for married people, and especially fo'
young mari ID people, even if the wife
shall have to cook and sweep the foo
and clean the windows. If she be {
healthy girl the exercise will do hel
| good-and no young man who has tc
labor for his living should marry girl
that is not healthy. strong and willing
to do her own work while they are too
poor to hire servant.
This thing Of marrying a girl that you
have to hire another girl to take care OF
is not wise thing for poor young man
to do. He should look out for girl
that is broad shouldered, strong in m U.s.
Gle, having OF course other virtues. The
ideal girl, the consumptive, tight-laced,
party-going, piano-playing, French-talk-
ing, fashionable girl, can be no proper
wife for him. This language the girls
may think unkind, but it is not. It is
better for girls that are not fitted to be
8 DOOR mans wife to remain with their
parents than to become such. It vii
be better for their lovers, too, and bet
ter for society.
A girl then that does not know how
to cook fairly, or who would not when
necessary cheerfully cook for her hus-
band, ought not to marry any but rich
man-and no poor man should marry
her.
If, then, girls without dowry are
content to marry young men who have
only their fond hearts, their good
name, their strong arms, their ambition
to make their wives happy, and their
hope to work up to competence
through frugality and industry, these
girls should know how to cook-and
they ought to be ashamed to marry any
such man until they have learned the
art of cooking.
For such girl to marry such man
would be neither more nor less than a
social fraud, unless she shall before en-
gagement inform him fully Of her ig-
norance On this subject. It is well,
then, to have these schools of cookery
TO which girls whose mothers have not
;aught them the art can go and learn
md we hope the day is near :at hand I
when girls that are andidates for.mat 4
rimony will pride themselves more on
heir ability to cook good dinnerahan /!
on their ability to dance, sing, play, OF
:ool away precious time on less useful
;hings.
Then the world Will be better and |
she people in it viii be happier than /
III
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19
America.


The maritime statistics Or
countries, and Of Norway in par,
are simply staggering. Last year &oTs!
than a thousand Norwegian vessels
entered the port of New York, and
seven times as many were busy else
where. More than sixty thousand sail
ors man these vessels, and yet Nor5e-
gian sailors are numerous in the mer-
chant navy Of almost every othes eogntrys
About q hundred and twenty Thousand
Norwegians are engaged in the fisheries.
The author minutely describes the great
fishing stations of Norway, and here,
as elsewhere, is struck by the attention
paid by the government to ail its re-
sources. Every fishing station has o
superintendent, appointed by the gov
ernment, and the date of beginning the
seasons work, the time Of starting out
for the day, and even the places in
which the fish are prepared fer market,
are determined by him; but the Off
GERS duties seem to consis: principally
in preventing confusion or bad feeling.
No liquor is sold st fishing stations,
and yet the men, who are directly in
the path of allthe "American weather"
that crosses the Atlantic, are a remark
ably healthy and vigorous set of fel-
lows; they wear good clothes, too,
which is not done by fishermen in gen.
eral. To their abstemiousness must be
attributed the lack of strife; during
long visit to tie fishing stations the
author saw no fighting, and did not
hear a single cath. Nc fishing is pets
mitted on Sunday. Drunkenness and
profanity are rare everywhere in Scan
diua7ia; there seems to be absolutely
no idle, non-producing, dangerous
class, such as is the main-stay of yicd
in every other European country. A;
fairs and feasts there is great deal o.
drinking. but the period is brief, ant
the fun never eliminates in fighting,
Heuper's Magazine. !
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19

OF liis q hot Slm1nefSs
she falure OF the Amesiean CON a sz,
is gong to hare D das snssin e
npon the Eiase
'seDo not marry a widoFer z SAID the
old LADY. A read made family Y IKE
! plate Of cold potatoes. s q, iil5
I,warm them over 2 replied the
oai1ses:>>d. she did.
When q Wo> sees newfall style
bonnet on another>>uan,s head, she
declares It to be hideosnT The next
day, when she gets one also, sne>sad-
denly discovers it to be as pretty as N>
can be.
The father of ST. Louis bride pre-
sented his son-in-law with $4,000 head
CT cattle. 'Papa, dear" exclaimed his
daughter, when she heard of it, .fhat
was SO kind of you; Charley's awfuliy
fond of ox-tail soup"
"Who did the churning last weekg
asked Farmer Fouroclock. "I did"
said Bill. "Then you do it again this
week." said the old man; zone good
churn deserves another" Covert ex
pressions Of JOY by all Bills brothers
and sisters.
"Fellow.c citizens" said the street.
corner orator, standing on dry goods
box amid the glare and smoke Of mary
torches, "ny position upon this cues
tion is peculiar one" And just then
when the box caved in and let him down
in the shape Of letter ', gripped by
the neck and heels, the crowd rathe;
thought it was.
She (bewitching ngly)-"Ob, I am SO
glad you're going to see me to my car.
riage. Mr.. Browne!" He (aatteredj-
"Indee l, and may ask why9" She
"Oh, because the girls are SO jealous,
and I want TO prove that I do not
monopolize all the good-looking men,"
Browne satisfied, but not SO happy as
he expected to be.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-11-19

eiched
similarity Rissi e ssleig gsts 6shirtt;sng:
newly developed taste for stsips@sal1
possible hne 80 es.s.e
tie as hlgh-peaked crowns Of some Il
With to2efiShR hRgarted hats sre covered
tips, but great fss, ffss, not soft curling
sometimes FIVE or six pIuuaa
Another Fiench1 fancy is to cotpeel.
crowns with solid yelling of glittefhss
jet or iridescent beads, which in the
sunlight or gaslight have very bril-
liant >Gcct.
Checked and striped wooden goods,
serges, vigognes, cheViot cloth and
limousine are the most fashionable ma
terials :or s;,.uuln walking costumes,
which are invariably made with short
round skirts, either laid in very broad,
fat bsx iz:ts from belt to toe, or with
three strsight founces put on in hol-
low plaits. In the latter case wide
scarf is drsped over the skirt and knot
ted loosely, low on the left side.