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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16

The AlllHZ

DR.. Fletcher recently delivered an inter-
esting lecture Oh the Amazon river al it's
valley. He said, perhaps, all things con-
sldered, the valley Of the Amazon, with rs
virgin forests, its mighty rivers, and its
happy cline where eternal summer dwclls, ;
Is the most interesting portion Of our globe
betwixt Cancer and Capricorn DR..
Fletcher took his audience up the ma
jcsiic stream which the 1amoyo Indians
| called the 'king Of waters, and to which the
civilized world gives the misnomer of the
Amazon or, as in the Portuguese and
Spanish languages, the river Of tho ANA
Zons.' DIR. Fletcher gave rapid sketch of
the discovery of the river In 1912, by Orcl-
lana, an officer under Gonzalo PiZarro.
| who descended the river from Peru to the
Atlantic, and cncountcrng the Indians
dressed in full war costume thought they
wcrc womcn-warriors, hence the nisnolacr.
Tho fablcd story of the city of the lei Do
| rado. or gilded king, was narrated along
with other incidents Of history. DR..
Fletcher gave much information concerning
the physical features Of tho great valley,
| how the trade winds give a constant supply
| of water which fills the vast system of
| rivers. There are more than 90, 900 miles
| OF steamboat navigation below and above
| all falls. The building of railroad around
the rapids of tho river Madeira gives stuam
| navigation into the heart of Bolivia. The
gentle dccdivity Of the main stream is re-
marltablc, only an inch to the mile, ich,
the lecturer remarked, 'nak g it the finest
| steamboat river in the world
Tho size of the valley is astonishing It
covers two-thirds Of Brazil, lhroo-fourlhs
of Bolivia, two thirds Of Peru, three.
fourths of Ecquador, and onc-third of tho
States of Colombia. Its area is
| more than twice that of the val.
ley Of the Mississippi, and Is equal
t. that of the United States minus
| the sta.ts Of Ca ifornia and Oregon, and
Washington Territory. Alfred II. Wal
| lace, the English traveller, says that more
people can be supported IN the valley of
The Amazon than IN any other equal space
| upon our globe. Tho climate is not cx
| trcme. In three visits to the Amazon Dr..
Fletcher never found the thermometer in
dicating higher than 81 degree, Fahrenheit.
| Everything that Can be cultivated in the
tropics can be produced there, whilo the
spontaneous productions Of this region, in
tho shape of India lub )er, sars ,parlia, mo
cacuana, copalva, vanilla, Brazil nuts,
cabinet and dyo woods, are incxhaustb.e.
Only tho narrow spirit of the Portuguese,
which excluded all other than their own
subjects until within tho first quarter of
this century, kept this region uninhabited.
Eyor now that vast valloy has not q half
million inhabitants, but it Is waking up
under tho broad policy Of tho present
emperor.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
Cutting Hard SteoI with SOFT Iron.

About forty years ago, having heard that
hard steel could be cut readily with a cir.
cular disk OF sheet iron when driven at n
high motion, made disk about ten in
chcs in diameter out of piece of heavy
slove-pipc iron having round eye at the
ccntor about one and half inches in dame
ter. then put stick of hard wood in
tie turning lathe, turned it OFF true, max
Ing wooden mandrcl ior holding this iron
disk, just as a circular saw is held on a
metallic mandrel. The periphery of tho
disk, after 1t was secured to the wooden
mandrcl in tho lathe, was ground and filed
until IL would run as true as milestone.
he disk WIS secured to the collar or shoul-
der of the wooden mandrcl by putting four
screws through tho disk into tho wood.
While the disk was revolving at high mo-
ton the soft sheet iton would cut OH ten
inch cold steel file In a few seconds AT
ter we were satisfied that so't iron would
cut cold and hard steel (no matter how
hardy. the disk was put on one of tho Jour
calls of circular saw which was driven at
very high motion; and that disk was
employed for many years afterward to gum
saws Of all SKIES.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
A hlIraYY,I ltAf.

A gentleman who took a trip into tho
country yesterday, when Oh tho plains a
mile from any house, noticed u cat, a huge
one, almost as large as a fair-sized dog, 1t
was lying upon the ground, its feet upper
most i'll such way that he had no doubt
that it had fsllcn victim to some vicious
dog. Around 1t feeding unsuspcctingly,
Was flock OF young BIRDS. Tho
apparently lifeless Cut was within range Of
the vision of the observer for some time,
ana Just as he was thinking how much
easier 1t would be for the animal to fcign
d.ath and catch bird by dcceiving 1t than
by slipping up TO it, ho was astonisllcd to
sec tho cat suddenly roll over and grab one
OF tho feathcrcd tribe tnat was very near
Tho other birds few away hundred yards
or 80 and alighted. The cat only made
oEe or two mouthtuls of tho game, and
then crcpt around to the windward of the
birds. laid itself out again, and once more
successfully played the dead dodge The
gentleman drove away without seeing how
many birds it took to satisfy tue feline.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
"fut ~ i,"itiOOats,I

Inc lndlan custO.n 10 10 butcher prison
ers taken in battle. Slch, however, was
not the practice OF Tecumsch, the great
chief, who, as an ally of the BRUSH, fought
against us in the war of 1912. lie hated
the Americans, but ho fought as warrior,
not as a Thug.
In 1918, Col. Dudley, while attempting
to relieve Fort Mcjgs, where Gen. Harrison
was besicgcd by British and Indians, was
defeated with great Slaughter AS usual
tho Indians began killing the American
prisoners. Gen. Proctor, tho British COM
mander, looked coolly on and made no cf.
fort TO restrain them.
Suddenly voice sounded like a clan of
thunder, and Tecumseh, mounted on a
foaming horse, dashed among the butchers
Two Indians were ia the acL of killing a
prisoner. Sprnging from his horse 10
cumsch seized one Indian by the throat
and the other by the breast and throw them
20 the ground.
Drawing tomahawk and scalpng. knife.
he dar d any Indian to touch another pris.
oner. A. chief disobeycd, and Tccumsoh
Drained him with his tomakawk. Tho
Indians Sill lcnly dcsstcd
What will become Of my Indians :" hu
exclaimed. Then, turning to Proctor, who
stood near, he stcrnly demands d why he
had not put stop to tho ma ssacrc.
"Your Indians cauuot be commanded -
replied the General.
''Go awayl You arc not I'll to COM
mand. Put on pettiooatsl" was tho soorn.
tul reply.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
Down n ]Jountofn.

1nc most halr-ia.sinA episode that ever
happened to New Mexican mountain
railway train fell to the lot of Conductor
Blessingham recently, on the west slope OF
Gloiietta summit The train comprised
nearly thirty Loads, and as it entered upon
inc descent Jake Brown, tho engineer,
threw on tho water-brake, but found that
II was broken and would not work. The
train gained momentum to such frIghtrul
extent that the switch cables and books
lying on the pilot base in front were hurled
from their places into the air, breaking one
of tho locomotives guard rails. Brown
called for brakes, but the train men had
already set every one aud realized that the
train was beyond their control. Seeing
that nothing could be done to stop the mad
course the train was running, Brown
jumped from the cab while going at the
lrighttul rate of sky miles an hour end
landed sevcnty-two feoL distant, actual
mca surcmcnt.
Blessngham, who was on tho caboose,
with lawncc Charley aud wife as passen-
gers, fearing that tho train was going to
destruction, cut his way cur loose and
checked 1t with the brakes, white tho train
continued its velocity down the long grade.
The nrcman stood at MS post like hero,
ana, while The engine was plunglng down
The fight at giddy speed, ho crawlsd out
on the fooLboard and poked sand through
the sand box, thinking that it might assist
the wheels III getting grip upon the rails
AS the train sped around Material curve,
which is short and steep" the velocity
was SO great that the locomotive ran on
one rail and overbalanced 80 greatly that 1t
came within an ACC of losing it, cquill-
brlum. The brakemen on deck were
obliged to lie flat and cling to :he running
boards for safety. For six miles thosy
badly frightened men stuck to the ship and
laced the horrors Of deu.h. Below Con-
oclto is a natural basin, with throo miles of
level tack, anu it was on this strolcn the
runaway train was mastered and stopped.
Some OF the cars wero laden with iron for
INC front, but they were unloadcd before
the train stopped by tho Ill ,tcrial being
hurled III all directions. Just how the
train held to tho rails Us well as IL dld ~
mystery.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
Nprst itvR :

Prof. Ledy, III uo.np.ny with Dr. Porter
OF Easton, Penn, visited in August last
liartmnn's cave, near Strouusvillc, Penn,
on the invttltiOn Of ID. II. luret OF tnut
place, and examined IL number OF interest,"
ing animal aud other remains which were
found there. The cave is partly filled with
Il bed OF clay 10 feet docp, on which rests
thin layer OF staagmitc, and on this
about foot of black, friablc earth min =.
glcd with animal and vegetable remains.
The cave appears to have been too small
to be inhabited by tho larger carnivora,
and no large entire bones OF them were
found, but about half bushrl of fragments
and splluters Of limb bones of smaller and
large animals havo been collected. many of
Which exhibit marks OF having been
gnawcd. whether by rodents Or small car
nlvora Prof. Lrldy does not assume to Dr.
eide. Some or The spllnlcrs urc derived
from such large and strong bones that it is
questionable whether cvon the lar 1est car
nlvord could have produced them, and arc
presumed to be remnants Of human icasts,
III which the bones wtra crushed to obtain
the marrow. a few Of The bones ure some
what chalr>d, among them small fray
mcnt OF DlsOn's Jaw with mUlur toUth.
Most OF the bones are of species sill living,
but some OF thcm as the jaws OF the rclIi-
deer, bison and wood rLl, are of animals
no longer belonging 10 the fauna OF the
siatc; and II few, as he teeth Of the Caste
roidcs OhlDasls AMI the Lws OF young
pcccury, urc Oi extinct aulmals. Mono uf
the remains hivo been identified us posi-
lively pcrnlning to our domestic animal,
unless Two Of the tech may be those Of u
IG al or newborn horse. Tho vegetable
remains include II few small fragments OF
charcoal and seeds of dOgwood, pig-nuL
and walnut. Remains or human WORK
were found-a large stone, cclt of hard
brown slate from tAe bone earth some dis
tancc within the cavc--iinr bone avis,
some of them gnawcd; Tho prong of m
antlcr, worked 80 AZ 10 be barDcu on one
SIDE; needle OF bono resembling cro-
chct needle, fish hook OF bone, and
cone SHELL of Il species found On tho west
ern coast of Central America, bored through
tho axis as a head.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
tu,ItiInE IStil.

Colonel Scion, recently stepped into tho
Office of tho Oh City Dcnlck, and seating
himself i'll the editors easy chair he lean
eu over The desk, upset tho mucilage and
INK bottles, aud sobDol as IL his heart
would break
WHATS the matter, colonel = wo ask
ed.
TIC only sobbcd tho louder aud moaneu
it's 100 bau-too bad-too bad. Oh, why
could IL not have been avoided
who's dcadf we asked, In plying
tones, % %
this country, no continued.
please bo calm, colonol,' we urged and
90 not awaken the devil in the next room.
What IL it that SC disturbs you2'
Oh, don't ask me-don't ask mo. /
had hoped that there might never bs
another assassination at tho national capt.
tai as long as l lived
Has there becn an assassnatlon2' o.,
ON, poor Ruthcrford--poor Ruth az |
used 10 call hin
'lla3 hC been assassnatCd2
On, no It's worse than that
'Wo:sc than that2 How could that be ,
had hoped that he might leave Wash.
ington win his hands unstainod by hu-
man blooI.'
What Las lIayos murdered somo.
bodyT
Alas, It's only too true i
'Who-who IN heavens name has he
killed. 1t was't Garfield, waslt?
NO, It's a follow named Funding Bill,
and think from The talk | hoard on the
street he Was in Congress. l guess III 70
down to thu telegraph oil 20 and try TO got
more parLlCuars.' ,a
Then he picked up the cigar we had laid
on The desk aud hobUluu out.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
Troed by n Boar.

Hlr. Field and Mr.. Safenbery startet
down to Mancos, Colorado, to locate some
farms, and ha wing selected our choice w,
went over to the hedge of the valley tt
looh Tor house timber, where we cncoun
tered herd of deer. had not gone ove
thousand yards when great big bea
track caught my gaze, which made my
hair stand straight on end | caunot tx
plain 10 you how looked, but can assur,
you had that bear sccn me Just then
should never have got look at him, TO sa,
nothing about Il shot. However, I wantet
10 sec and shoot grizzly, and forgetting
Ill about the deer aid my friend, | fol
lowed the track and did not 90 Over half q
mile when l spcd Bruin resting under d
tree. was within five hundred yards o
HIM. fired, but missed HIM. Lie got ur
and ran of. This made me little moro
courageous and induced me to follow on.
l had travelled about two miles and was
just entering large patch of small ccdars
when | saw him walking lcisurcly about
hundred yalds ahead OF ne. This was
my time. was just III the act Of firing
whcli he heard Inc. stopped and looked
around Il; me, rs though to better receive
the contents of my rifle, which told with
good elect as you will see. AS soon as
had fircd he turned and made for me.
lrltd TO get another cartridge into the rifle,
Dut could not do IL quick enough, 80 real
liZlng my danger made for Il tree which
tried to climb with rifle in hand, but being
unable to do this ! was obliged To drop it,.
1 had got up the tree about eight feet,
when he passed under 1t ut the ratio OF
about 70 miles an hour, and having lost
sight OF me returned and took the trail
That came IN on. As he passed the tree
the second time could soc the blood ooZ-
ing from his right side which lett a Grim
son mark on the snow. and knew from this
that he was badly wounded BY this time
L was about thirty feet up the tree and felt
much better. When he got out of sight |
descended from my place of refuge 10 follow
on again, but being just httc bit scared
dld not like to venture alone, SO | rt-
turned to the place where left my friend.
whom L found sitting on large deer,
which he had shot, waiting for me. uav-
ing lost all his cartridges l told him briefly
OF what htd transpircd, and aiming linn
sell with small axe, we both took The
trail. We did not travel far from the
scene OF conflict until we saw MIR. Gr,ZIly
rcposinB undcr u tree. AS soon rs he saw
us he made bold charge at us Which COM
PEELED both OF us to climb Il tree i'll quick
order, though this time succeeded in TAX
ing my rifle. lie did not come all the way
and was on the point OF turning when a
well aimed bullet from my rifle entered his
head and killed nm. We hauled him home
with horse, where the boys took Off his
skin. l never saw amy kind of meat 50
1al--it was just like pork. lie dressed
noa.ly iiu,,ureu pounds. INC iarGesl
Dear klIicd mere tor many years.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16
:. ITH THE SPRING.

,}iarp tho spires upon the hill
10y rise against the sunset sky
70 mssts Of ships, that sailing Tast
"a sea Of flame, now anchored lie.
But 10! pilgrim in the path,
That dimly traced along tho ground.
Through orchard, meadow, pastures bare
Winds upward to tho hilltop town.
Alb. what is l,fs save just path,
A hasty walk for ouly one,
And childhood, manhood. age. are fields
between us and tho setting sun.
That toiling traveller gains tho hill,
He weary walks the village through;
Ard now he seomB amid the clouds,
AS il to heaven all angel flew
O bless tho lifo that holy horo
Beyond the rldgo Of death has passed,
A shaded footpath now but morged
In everlasting light at last.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-04-16

givcrl am not worthy of you, my price.
less jewel am not worthy of youI'
Then the strong mans feelings gave
way, and his voice failed him.
"This shall mover happen again, Net
tie," he said at last, joyfuly. II have OBJ
taincd work now that will last until the
shop opens. Then you shall bo my
banker; for am satisfied you will take care
OF my wages much better than can"
That night new projects for the future
past had been.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16

at the Art Museum from two till four, and we will gladly there receive any calls, either in person or other help that is always needed in our work. The trunk of give-away gar ments always needs replenishing. It is never full long, and we will gladly receive any donations that may come to us at the rooms or at the home of the chairman of the standing committee. The Sunday school Of the Church of the Redeemer did not forget us, and we tender them our thanks, hoping they will not weary in well doing.
 THE TREASURY.
 The e"report of the treasurer, Jennie W. Bennett, shows receipts of SIS, ,957. .15, and expenditures of SIS, ,963. ST, leaving balance in treasury of $561.8 The receipts were from coffee house No. l, $s, 543.55; coffee house No. 2, S3,214.41; annual subscriptions, Ss96. 75: Employment Bureau, $501 .36 donations, $496.O8 entertainment, $250 interest, $40. There was paid out for coffee house No. $8, 355.O7, for No. ? $3, 336. 40, besides fixtures $490. 0.16; total for No. of S, 826. .56 paid out for Employment Bureau, $559. .O4; Boys club, $487.20; general ex- pense, SUI; almshouse, $5.
 SUGGESTION FROM THE TREASURER.
 The treasurer desires to call attention to the fact that the Employment Bureau has &C., complished it's work at an actual cost to the society of only $107.68 that the deficit of the remaining expenses has been covered by the surplus from No. 1. The aggregate of the annual subscriptions and donations has been larger than the previous year, but it has been more than needed to meet the expense of establishing our new coffee house AL though we regard the maintenance of the Boys club as making the largest demand upon the treasury, it has only cost the socie- l ty $472. 20.
 BOYS CLUB.
 The Boys club, under the care of Mir.
 Matincheff and his assistants, was opened
 October 15 in an upper hall on Chapel street, and 230 boys promptly presented themselves. Afterward, November 4th, the quarters were changed to the basement of the State House, which room, when partitioned and furnished with gas and water, was found entirely suita- ble for the purpose. During 20 nights the club room was the refuge and resting place | of 2, 1000 boys in all. Order was preserved I by determined efforts and the aid of city off,
 cials, and after the election of some of the | most unruly. There has been an average at
 tendance nightly of 92 boys. Games. pug | zles, etc, are had to interest and amuse the l youth, also musical and other entertainments. A part of the superintendent's duty is to visit boys at their homes and attend to cases of
 want and privation among the families. The l total attendance for the winter was s, 194. l The club is now open for the winter in the | basement of the State House from to un- | der the care of MT. Holzinger, whose address ! is "A West Divinity Hall, and visitors inter- l eSted are welcome
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16
The ReautfRuI Snow.

There was little taste of winter yesterday morning in Connecticut. Snow fell at Nauga- tuck and some at Waterbury, while at Bee con Falls there was not flake. The division line between snow and no snow was at High Rock Grove; at the lower end of the grove the ground was perfectly bare and dry, while at the upper end the ground was white with snow. The hill tops about Waterbury were white with snow. There were no less than 2 dozen separate and distinct 'tsnow squalls during the forenoon, all but the first one be- ing miserable failures so far as even whiten ing the ground was concerned.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16
Board of City NIfss1ons.

Rev. pr. Porter was elected president, George filling vice president, Rev. c. H. B. Tremaine secretary, and F. R. Honey trea- surer of the New Haven Board of City Mis- sions organized Monday evening, and which includes representatives of the Congregation al, Episcopal, Methodist and Baptist churches, banded together to more systematically carry on the work of obtaining contributions for city missionary work. The managing cem- mittee consists of Rev. Mir. Kelsey, s. T. Dutton, Rev. R. T. Thorne, Professor Daniel c. Eaton, Rev. c. H. Buck, Isaac N. Damn, R. T. S. Samson and Hon. Francis Wayland, in addition to the officers who act ex-oficio
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16
The Land League.

The meeting called of the several branches of the Land League at Sacred Heart branch Land League was attended by delegates from all branches except St. John's The object of the meeting was to arrange for g reception to be given to Father Sheehy and MT. Hea- iy, M. F., to lecture in Carll's Opera House Thanksgiving evening, 24th inst. A commit tee was appointed with full power to act, consisting of James Reynolds, M. J.. Clark and T. J. Fox. to make all necessary arrange ments. The delegates are requested to meet on Friday evening at Clan-na-Gael Hall
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16

on aoharge of arson yesterday. Daison learned of the purpose of the officers, and Monday forenoon he seated himself in chair in the presence of his wife and two children, placed the muzzle of his shot gun under one side of his head and discharged it, killing himself instantly, the charge going complete through his head
Morning journal and courier., 1881-11-16
A Coming Attraction.

Campanini will not be sick on Friday and Saturday nights. A dispatch from Manches- ter last night said that the Opera House was packed with an immense audience to see ''The Professor from the Madison Square Theater, where it was played 15O nights. Special scenery will be brought from New York. In the White Mountain scene real wa ter will dash down the canyon, and finer spectacle will not be witnessed in this city.