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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
The Origin OF he Horse,

When the white men took possession of
this continent they found no horses here.
The horsc-our horse came with the new
settlers, and through hlm Is now common
over the whole continent. But the remains
are found in fossil state Of many species
of horses, showing thot at one tmo in tlfp
earth thistory they existed here. Profes-
sor Marsh has made good point IN favor
OF gradual evolution by showing how these
fossil horses varied In their feet bone, and
he has collected specimens, which seem
like links running from the most simple to
the most complex, the chief point being
once tho horse had not single large hoof
as ho iia6 nowadays. Professor Cope has
recently discovered in Texas breed of
hogs with undivided hoofs. and this, it
seems to lib, ought to be taken as much a
sign of ''evolution" as Professor Marshs
horses. They arc regarded as distinct spc-
clos, because their bones are distinct, but
no one would think of calling these pigs a
distinct species. 1t is thought that as the
world changed in temperature and other
conditions, the species changed to SUIT, but
the climate has not changed to make the
horse-footcd pig, nor is there any sign that
1t will be any better fitted to endure the
struggle for life than the unclcan thing that
"splittoth the hoof and chewcth not the
cud.' that 80 excited the ire of Moses. II
seems that our men of science have scarce.
ly got "thc hang of the thing yet" as the
mower says of the new scythe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
About quicksilver.

One of the most curious properties of
quicksilver is It's capabllty of dissolvng or
of forming amalgams with other metals.
A sheet OF gold Toll dropped into quicksl-
yer disappears almost as quickly as a snow
flake when it drops Into water. 1t has the
power of separating or ofreadily dissolving
those refractory metals which arc not act
cd upon by our most powerful acids. The
gold and silver miners pour it into their
machines holding the powdered gold bear
ing quartz, and although no human eve
can detect trace Of the precious substance,
SC fine are the particles, yet the liquitl
metal will hunt them out, and incorporate
il into Its mass By subsequent distiilation
1t yields 1t Int tho hands of the miners, IN
state OF virgin purity. Several years ago,
while lccturng before class of ladies on
chemistry we had occasion to purify some
quicksilver by forcing 1t through shamois
leather. The scrap remained on the table
after tho lccturc,Nnd an old lady, thinking
II would be very 'hile to wrap her gold spec.
tacles in, accordingly appropriated it to
this purpose. The next morning she came
TO us in great alarm, stating that the gold
had mysteriouSy disappeared, and nothing
was left in the parcel but the glasses. Sure
enough. tho metal remaining in the pores
OF the leather had amalgamated with the
gold, and entirely destroyed the speclaclcs.
1t was mystery which we never could
explain 10 her satisfaction.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
Tho MunIoli Dead Room,

A writer from Munich. Bavaria, saws
that between the two divisions of the
graveyard is large build ng at all times.
crowd gathered in fro It of them at
tracted my attention, IN, joining it, l be-
held most singular ana startling sight. A
few feet beyond tho glass doors lay the
dead Munich OF the past day, with their
feet toward the spectator and their heads
slightly elevated. Their faces were PLAIN
ly visible in all the pallor of death. Be
tween these corpses were extended were
quite invisible in the profusion of flowers.
All were dressed not in the gloomy grave
clothes OF other conntcrics, but in grace
full garments associated rather with life
and pleasure than with tue gloom of the
grave. Thus there was nothing repulsivc
in the sight and yet there was a publicity
about about it which seemed wanting In
dclicacy. A little babe but a few weeks
| old was lying on one of the sarcophagi
prepared for this last. service. 1t was Gov
cicd with laccs and flowers and looked
like tiny marble statue, pale and white.
Nothing could be more beautiful, and yet
nothing could be more lonely. II seemed
almost cruel that this dead could not have
remained in its home, among those who
loved II best, until the moment came for
laying it away forever in the crowded
graveyard. But at Munich the strange
custom has existed for years of exposing
the dead thus publicly before burial, and
all classes, rich and poor, must submit To
the rule. While the custom to us seems
repugnant, the surroundings are so beauti-
full That to those who are accustomed to it
there is nothing grating to the feelings. In
deed, that fearful death watch, 80 drcary
and sad necessity when death visits an
American family, is wholly avoided by this
~ stem for the dcad lie here awoiting
burial In wcllappointcd places In ccmpan-
lonshp of the dead, and well protcctcd;and
watched. Friends have access ut all hours
to this apartment of light and flowers, and
In case of suspended animation and return
Ing to conscious immediate and can be af.
forded.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
Origin OF Thanksgiving Day.

The origin of the observance of Thanks
giving day, like many other interesting
matters, Is little understood by those who
most would like to know of it. 1t Is sup
posed that the day was originally suggested
by the Hebrew s'Fcast of the Tabernacles -"
which was held at the end of the year.
The Protestant Episcopal prayer-book,
which was ratified in 1889, recommends
the first Thursday in November rs the
proper day, except when some other one is
appointed by the civil authorities. The
last Thursday In the present month has of
late years generally boon selected. The
first recorded observance OF the festival oc-
CURED Oh October 8, 1916, when the good
people of Loydcn, ia Holland, gave thanks
for their deliverancc from a siege. In
1908, whom the pilgrim fathers were ex-
lied to Holland, they temporarily revived
the occasion. In America the first known
celebration was in 1921, shortly after the
landing of the pilgrims, when Governor
Bradford, according to history, ''sont four
men out fowling that the people might in a
more special manner rejoice together"
Ever since that time Thanksgiving day has
been generally observed In the New Eng
land States, the governors annually issuing
the proclamations for that purpose, but it
was not until 1858 that II became rccog-
nizcd annual custom. To go back u little
in the rccountal, q day in July, 1923, was
appointed day Of fasting and prayer on
account of drought, and it is recorded that
rain came abundantly while the people
were praying for this another day was
appointed for thanksgiving, tho same to be
observed with religious exercises. In 1866
go the English Governors of New York
also named days for the giving of thanks.
During the Revolution, Thanksgiving day
was national institution, bcing annually
ordered by Congress. After 1884 there
was no national observance until 1889,
when, by request of Congress, President
George Washington recommended day
OF Thanksgiving for the adoption of the
Constitution also in 1896, on account of
the suppression OF al insurrection. In
April, 1915, President Madison followed
the example of his illustrious predecessor.
Since that time the custom has annually
been observed in an appropriate manner.
In New York State the day of thanksgv-
ing was not the subject of any serious
thought from it's chief executives until
1917, and it's adoption by the Southern
States did not occur until several years
later OF all the festivals of the year, none
Is more eagerly enjoyed than Thanksgiv.
Ing. Christmas, with all its hallowcd
memories; New Year, with all its enjoy
ment, and the Fourth of July, with all its
blaze of glory, are festival days much eli.
joyed and long anticipated, yet we venture
to say that in the homes of the dcvout
tiller OF the Eastern soil Thanksgiving day
Is hallowed and enjoyed in quiet, happy
way as fully In extcnt as is either OF the
foregoing. This sentiment Of appreciation
for the day is, to a large extent, shared in
the West.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
Cutting n Boys Hair.

There Is no use IN tOollng arout 1t. When
boys hair has become long and bleached
and scraggy and full of burrs and feathers
1t is time to- cut it and tile inevitable must
he faced.
The boy doesn't want it cut Of course.
No one ever had speaking acquaintance
with boy who thought that the time had
arrived when he could part with enough
hair to stuff sofa pillow. They must be CO.
| creed, and kind words and broad promises
are thrown away. Coercion is the only
| method.
let my boys run about so long and then
when get spare half day play barber.
There is no appeal from my decision.
When l come out flat footed | curry my
point or diotrying.
"Yonng man, you can get ready to have
your hair cut.'
''Next week."
"No, sir--nowl"
"With buzz-saw2"
"Yes, if the shears won't do it,"
"Won't you draw blood2"
'I may have to-"
''lf you won't cut my hair, I'll bring in
null wood and coal to lust oil winter, and
l won't ask for light when go to bedl"
Come out here and make Icauyl"
l mover take any chances on a boy. T
have an old chair boltcd to the floor, and
than bolt the boy to the chair. l fix him
| 80 that he can move neither hand nor foot,
put soft-gag in his mouth to prevent O
nelghborhood alarm, and begin work.
The first step towards cutting u boys hair
Is to put in ten minutes hard work with n
curry-comb. If he hasn't been running
loose over two or three years this tool will
be found sufficient to rake out the snarls.
buttons and articles previously mentioned.
a basket is placed behind the chair for
them to drop into, and they can be deco
rated with faucy pictures and made TO
serve as parlOr ornaments.
When boys halr is rca, for tho
shears brace your feet ami shear away.
Shear front, back, top and side without re-
ference to lines or angles. The object is
to remove hair. There Is no use of any
conversation, not even when the shears
find piece of wire and refuse to cut il.
The boy wouldn't know how it got there il
you asked him. lie has had his head in
closets, cellars, gs:ruts, barns, fencc.cor-
ners, barrels, boxes and an sorts of nooks
and such extra attachments are no surprise
to him.
No one should be less than half an hour
robDlng an average boy Of ais capillary sub
stance. ANY attempt to hurry the job will
result In overlooking lot Of shingle nails,
the missing screwdrlyer, or something
which may damage his Sunday hat. My
average Ia thirty-tive minutes, and l have
only two minutes left after being able to
see that he has scalp. 1t then takes an
additional ten minutes to look him over
and Identify him rs the same boy began
on: Lis neck has grown longer, the size
OF hls ears Increased, aud the whole shape
OF the head is altered. When l feel sure
that 1t is my boy, and not the son of some
neighbor who has skulked in on me,
brusl. him off with al old broom, crack his
head three or four times, draw the bolts
and remove the gag, and then hold the
door open for him to shoot into the back
yard. am loving father on all else, but
when cut boy 3 hair III stern cd
Roman Of the first water
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
without n Divorce,

Cap'n, I've got thing that you might
work up" said man to the chief of DO.
lice.
"All right" replied the chief; "just
come up into my offce.'
'Now," he continued when he had shut
The door, ego ahead"
"You, of course, know that when man
marrics again without u divorce he can be
put into the pcnltcntiary."
"Ycs."
owen, Colonel Billings never got di-
VOICE.
''Ilc can be arrested then"
81 don't want to spring questions Of law
at you, but If you will give me half pint
of whisky III prove that he cannot be ar.
rested according to law"
"You say he married again without get
ting divorced"
"Yes, SIR"
"rrovc then that he has not violated the
law and III give you fifty cents"
'Well, you see some fifteen years ago,
Billings married lady in Maine. After
living with'hcr awhile he came to Little
Kock und married again."
"if that IL the case, he has violated the
law"
"No, he hasn't"
"Whyi"
''srcause his first wife died before he
married again"
"ilcre, take your fifty cents, but If you
ever come up these stairs again I'll throw
you out the window"
The white men didn't have color of
d chance In he walking match.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01

1t. He reached its topmost round. He
bore weight he could not further carry.
There they stood, victor and vanquished.
Then 1t was that Miss Martha Brothers, tho
true hero of the fight, came to the front and
won the palm of victory. SeiGing rail,
with one fell awoop she came down with a
crash upon the eagles head and left him
PROSTATE, struggling in the agonics of death,
the victim of combination too powerful
to be resisted. Alas! poor caglel He
measured nine feet between the tips of his
outstrctched wings.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
Removing OdOrs.

Ground mustard, mixed with a little
water, Is al excellent agent for cleansing
the hands after handling odorous substan-
ces, such as cod-liver oil, musk, valerianc
acid and its salts. Scale pans and vessels
may also be readily freed from odor by the
same method. In the case of almonds and
mustard, the development of ethereal oil,
under the influence of water, may perhaps
be ar additional help to destroy foreign
odors. The smell of carbolic acid may be
removed by rubbing the hands with damp
fiaxsced meal, and cod-liver oil bottles
may be cieansed with little Of the same,
or olive oil.
A man muet become Wise at his OU n
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01
THE HUSBANDMAN.

Give fools their gold and knaves their power,
Let fortunes bubbles rise and fall;
Who sows fields or trains a flower.
Or plants a tree, 10 moro than all.
For he who besses most is blest
And God and man shall own his worth,
Who tolls to leave AZ his bequest
An added beauty to the earth.
And soon or late, to all that SOW
The time Of harvest shall be given;
The flower shall bloom, the fruit shall grow,
II not OH earth. at last in heaven
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01

The foreign business Of the Bos-
ton and Albany railroad now occupies
sheds and warehouses at the Ea It Boston
terminal covering 200, ,00J square feet,
besides tho grain elevator with Gu.
pacitv OF / 900, 900 bushels.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01

A man mast become wise at his oW n
expense.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-01

The white men didn't have color of
Ii chance In t he walking match.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14

anars hand Suppose go down and look this
dierencssC ongo and his tormentors to adjust their
av Sucn set of dirty, dsreputabe figures as the
time 70 th;I mirrors reflected, if anyone had had
ama nay lather started from quiet nap and stared in
when he behed our punder Il proved TO be az Dre
all guessed of Miss Corbetts numerous Wills
Adolphns Mar III wonders; IN favor of Gustavus
Alanx Fusileers) eA' wv" al
nd gave , cheer-I couldn't help it-so did Alonby
oo w iuSned AT him TO congratulate him, before
we remembered Jonathans presence He RACED
storned talbed of conspiracy, and vowed he'd fight
document o was all right and regular, and think
was too sood a nGngh not to see that the Major
9en sa Tor his disappointment, If he gave in
At last abont midnight, we Quoted down. and
let Marillier tell us his story N'""' anu
with NV good cousin the late Miss Corbctt quarrelled
after the VI will nue course he said the very week
p n;te came about. The new will and the new fav-
U,a very distant cousin-were both on the
document was, missed. Nothing would con vince
s MISS Go orr that had not pnrloned it. Why
had mad some experience of Congos doings, and the
l Ht struck me that some day might have the
the theft. My chief object was to Justify myself
with Miss Cor6ett, of course, and to that straw of
rendered it useless When found she had died
l lh then you may guess that thought the
mody on the alert ever since my arrival here
80 the mystery was cleared, and my story ends
People who like to hear the very last of everything
may care to know that the Major nov Colonel Of
Milita has left the service. and forming himself
INTO the realized ideal of the English squire and
county member The SAID characters being in their
perfection inconsistent with old bachelorhood and
rreta unpaid legacy being still small grievance
Wit4 MN | nave strong idea that he intends to
discharge all his obligations with one graceful act
and prevail o. her to accept Brockwood-plus the
master. ! nope So at least Any more? The little
nitch pTlncc-nOt much converted. I'm afraid
ssniv;red mlserably through a few months more of
England, and then at his earnest petition was
aispatched IN care of a party of missionaries from
Liverpool back to his own sunny Africa, and
took Congo with him. Temple Bar
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14
DEAN ST4NLEY'S SYMPATHY.
From The .SDecfnfor

!, About three years ago, on Whit Monday--one Of
thoSe occasions when the Dean delighted to mingle
WITH the groups in the Abbey drawing their atten-
tioh 10 points of interest aud beauty that might
nave been missed by workingmen. or explaining
me history OF particular monuments woman and
her two children, boy and girl, were lingering round
Henry the seventies Chapel They were not ex-
act.y belonging to the artisan class but poor evil
aenty and with an air of struggling responsibility
AS they CHANGED to come near the Dean who had
been talking to Others the woman timidly asked
nun II II was true that some little princes were
buried IN the Abbey" Immediately he took them
10 the chapel where are deposited the remains of the
Two princes murdered IN the Tower and spent some
niue time talking TO the children, especially asking
II thcy were learning English history at school
upon which the mother answered with pride point
ing to the boy, Oh yes he learns his lessons and
ne Is gong to be preacher
The quick sympathy of Dean Stanley was reused
az once, and with that enthusiasm which kndes
young minds and Is never lost upon children he
SAID, Then be ought TO see John Wesleys monu-
ment-Come with me-" We followed him to the
aisle where the monument is placed, one of many
Others added during Dean Stanley time and there
ne pointed out To the small white faced boy of
twelve years or So the image of the man he was TO
emulate, and spoke of the goodness carnestness and
zen OF Wesley Surely the enthusiasm with
which II was done shown in voice and manner
can never he forgotten by those children, and was
M characteristc of the man mourn as was the
quickness of his unfailiug sympathy
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14
THE STORY or 4 MILLIONAIRE.
From C0sseips Mdgarine.


Nearly eighty years ago u poor boy, about eight
years of age, began his business lie by vending
cakes in the streets of kiddermnster, On Thurs
day June Is, 1881, that whilom cake-nerchant died
at Erdington, near birmingham, full of years and
hOnors, IA millionaire IN fortune but leaving behind
him what Is more priceless than untold gold, the
reputation of blameless life. and vast educational
establishments built under his own personal
inspection, and endowed at his sole cost.
Born on the 23rd of February, 1895, in Ml-st
Kiddeminster, Josiah Mason the second son
OF poor carpet weaver, 50 poor that he could only
afford To send his child for lew months 10 "a dame
school in the cottage next his own; and, have
said at eight years old the boy compelled To
face the world on his own account, selling cakes
from door To door. After time lac ventured on a
higher hight, and having procured a donkey, with
panlers, he pursued the calling of dealer in fruits
and vegetables, till he had reached his fifteenth
year. Tired of street fe and largely inilaeDced by
desire To tarry at home with sick brother Josiah
taught himself shoemakng; but, he often said IN
after-liie, although he used the best leather and
put INTO ii his best work. he could not make il pay.
hard at seli-improvement being helped To a knowi-
edge OF the art of Whiting 10y attendance at various
Sunday schools
From fifteen to twenty, he tried his hand success
fully at various occupations, including shopkeepng,
baking, carpentering, blacksmlths work, house
painting. and finally his fathers old trade of car
pet-weaving. Resolved to try wider field for en-
terprise, he removed TO Birmingham. where he fell
in love with and married his cousin Anne Gritlths,
a union prolonged mutual confidence and hap
his character and circumstances took him to Mr..
Harrison, suffering manufacturer, of Lancaser-st,
Birmingham, saying This is the very man you
want" Mr.. Harrison, disappointed probably by
" have had good many young men come here, bat
they were afraid OF dirtying their fingers Young
Mason, who had been standing quietly in the back
ground. raised his hands aud. looking at his ex-
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-14
TIE GN1T SN1RLER.


In the "reminiscences of Jane Welsh Carlyle, there
is diatrbe against " scribbling women y:
" Not all the Sands and Elots and babbHng coterle
OF celebrated scribbling women that have StrCtted
over the world in my time, could, 1t seems To me,
all boiled down and distilled to essence, make one
such woman
Astonshed readers may ask with wonder What is
the meaning OF this outbreak Alas, IL Is the
custom of admirers ana proprietors of divine wo-
men, not to be content with their own alteration,
but they must needs raise up odious comparisons
with imaginary rivals The lowest and the highest
have the same failing. Even MIR. Lilly suffered
from this complaint. I" have collected that Is
have called for, the water-rate at the house Oh
divine actress but never sir of all divine creatures
actresses or no actresses did see diviner than
Henrietta Petowker."
Another instance is related in Mr.. Trenchs diary,
wnen Lord Nelson, not content with rapturously
applanding Lady Hamilton's performances, sud
denly called out, Mrs. Siddons be id"
MIS- Carlyle was an excellent wife, n charming
converser and letter-wrter, and when the true
story of her life is given. it will only add TO the
worlds esteem for her. But why seek TO place her
above the greatest writers of the aget We can
underyalued her in her lifetime and wished to inn
mortalize her after her death. The "Reminiscences is
more a cry of remorse than II wall of affection. lie
had placed her too low, he would now raise her SO
high! There was to be nobody like her! The one
green spot on the dirty mudbank of literary society
was Jane Welsh Carlyle
There is one man whom Carlyle delights to honor,
sessed. Irving had O wife whom he doubtless
loved, Carlyle had stayed weeks under their roof.
They had done their best to please him, yet he
falls foul of poor Mrs Irving and her family in
manner that IL quite incomprehepsbe.
Professor Tyndal has written letter to The Times