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A Countess in the Circus.

One of the prettiest of the ecugeres or
lady-riders at the Hippodrome has met
with tragic end. Her name was put
on the bills as Mademoiselle Fanny
Gyika. Some said that the coronet OF
countess embroidered on her saddle and
trappings really belonged to her, while
others declared that they had been as
sumed with the same readiness as that
which transformed the commonplace
Sally Scroggins into Ada de Mont
morency for stage purposes. Death
has torn aside the veil, and the un-
fortunate lady, who died on Tuesday,
and was buried yesterday, was not only
real countess, but the wife of a very
wealthy gentleman holding. an import
ant appointment at Bucharest. He was
present at the funeral, and took greatly
to heart the death of the lady, who was
only twenty-four and at the very zenith
of her beauty when she met with the
accident which ended fatally.
Hers was one of those wild and row
ing dispositions, more suited to the
gypsy camp than to domestic duties.
She left her husband. and wandered
from circus to circus, refusing every
offer to return home At last she came
to Paris and made an engagement with
M. Zidler, of the Hippodrome. just u
week ago she made her first appearance
before the public. She was riding her
favorite charger, Sultan. and, after put
ting him through his PAGES. she gallop-
ed round the arena to receive the ap-
plause of the audience. Somehow the
horse backed or SHE'D at handkerchief
and unseated the rider, whose foot got
fast in the stirrup. She was dragged
for some distance, and when taken up
had to be conveyed to the hospital with
a compound fracture of the ankle. She
was told that she must lose her leg, but
she refused to undergo the operation,
preferring death, which supervened
through modification of the injured
limb within few DAYS. London Globe.
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The Influence Of the Planets.

There is always satisfaction in seeing
man of science avoid technicalities
and come right down TO good old Anglo
Saxon speech. And while SO many
scatter-bralned impositors are endeaY-
oring to scare people into the belief that
the planets are going to wreck the world
during this year OF grace there is solid
comfort in the following letter written
by Professor Young to a Nebraska in
quirer: . Princeton, N. j., March 28,
1881. Dear Sir-lt is true that Saturn,
Jupiter and Venus are near conjunction
and T. near its perihelion. But they
have no influence whatever OF any sort
on the earth. The nonsense talked
about the matter is worthy of the dark
ages. The tom-cats fighting in the
streets of Pekin will disturb the world
more than all imaginable planetary
conjunctions. Yours, G. A. Youne.n
That letter ought to keep MANY a good
half-dollars out of the pockets OF peri
patetic philosophers who are going
about the country lecturing to the
credulity OF ignorant people.--N. r.
Tribune.
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Frankin's Swimming School.

On Milblrn's s first evening at CARLYLE S
the conversation happened toaturn upon
the associations connected with Chelsea
and its neighborhood. Whereupon said
Mr.. CARLYLE. g w ell, sir, this part of the
town, think, SHOULD have an interest
for tho people from your side of the
water, for it has associations connected
with q certain countryman of yours
named Benjamin Franklin. When he
was toiling as a iourneyrnan printer in
this metropolis, more than century
ago, he was accustomed to stroll upon
Sunday afternoons along the banks of
Father Thames and this end of the
Cheyne Row was usually his goal. One
day as he was discoursing with friend,
he declared himself able to swim from
here to London Bridge, distant five
miles. His friend offered wager that
it was impossible; and he upon the in
stant. stripping, plunged boldly in and
started for his mark, while his friend,
bearing the clothes, strobe down the
bank, and a great multitude of specta-
tors growing ever greater as he pro-
ceeded, followed to see the feat. He,
with brave stroke and lusty sinew, buf-
feted the tide, gained the bridge and
wager; whereupon, amidst great accla-
nations, the people suggested to him
that he should start swimming school.
But God had other work for him to do;
for in later wears he was to teach the
people of your continent how, by frn-
gality and labor, and patience and cour-
age. any man might buffet the waves of
fortune and swim straight on to pros
perity and success. And that was the
Swimming School which he was to es-
tablish. - Cdsiyte's Table 1'1lt. s.
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How the Weather Indications Are De-
termined.

At the Signal Service Bureau in
Washington the weather indications
are recorded at i've a. M, eleven a. m. !,
feur p. M, and eleven p. M, daily.
A reporter undertakes to tell how the
work is done, and this is what he sees:
Take a seat in the indication room
with me, and we will see how the wealth
er is gotten up. 1t is now four o'clock,
Washington time, and kilograms are
pouring in from all parts of the United
states, Canada, British America, West
Indies. Novia Scotia, and falling into
the lap of the sergeant in charga
The territory covered is from Olympia,
IN Victoria, on the northwest coast of
British America, across to SYDNEY,
above Newfoundland, thence down to
Havana. across to San Diego, California,
and thence back again. There's a gir-
die fcr Puck. At certain hour of the
day three O'Clock Washington time
observations are taken at all the sta
tions, and then they begin to come in,
chasing each other over the wires pell-
nell, like crowd of nnruly school
boys These dispatches are called Oft
to sit gentlemen, each of whom sits be-
fore q map, one noting the thermometer,
another the barometer. third the con-
dition of the weather, and SO on.
These are transferred TO one large map;
and then Old Probabilities makes his
appearance. He glances over all; sees
where storm was at one a. M, and
notes where it was at three O'Clock.
he takea into consideration the wind
currents the humidity, and all the mi
nor details which his experience and
is spoken in the room. Old Probs is in
a deep study. In a moment he will
speak to fifty millions of people, and a
few more over in Canada. His steno-
grapher appears, and the indications
are dictated for New England, then the
Middle States, the South, West, Mis-
sissippi Valley, then, perhaps, a storm
bulletin twenty-four hours in advance
to warn some special section of the
country.
Among the innovations made by
General Hazen is the furnishing to sec
tions of the country special reports of
floods, the conditions of rivers, and.
their probable rise or fall. within the
twenty-four hours following at given
points. Then again reports are made
for the Southern States on the weather
during cotton picking time, signals be-
ing displayed from the telegraph sta.
tions denoting clear or bad weather
coming. 1t is in contemplation to fur
nish the agricultural sections with indi-
cations for harvest time. so that the farm
ers will know when to cut their grain
and when to take it in. The idea was to
have small cannon at telegraph stations,
and if a storm should be discovered in
the night, which promised great dam
age, to awaken the farmers SO they
might save what they could But it
has been found that most country tele-
graph offices close at such an early hour
that this cannot be carried out.
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line, en- Brer Rabbit, he sorter stretch
hisse'f en- look 'roun'.''

line, en- Brer Rabbit, he sorter stretch
hisse'f en- look 'roun'.''
Here Uncle Remus paused and sighed,
as though he had relieved his mind of a
great burden. The little boy waited a
few minutes for the old man to resume,
and finally he asked:
Did the Rabbit dance, Uncle Re-
mus?"
"Whop Himf'' exclaimed the old
man, with queer affectation of elation.
"Biess yo' soul. honey! Brer Rabbit
gedder up his fotses und i'm, en- he
dance outer dat gyarden, en- he dance
home. He did dat! Sho'ly you don't
speck dat a ole-timer what done had
'spe'unce like Brer Rabbit gwine ter
stay dar en- let dat ar Mr.. Man sacky-
fice' i'm? Shoe! Brer Rabbit dance,
but he dance home. You hear e?'-
Uncle Renus, tn Scribne,'s Monthly.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The Christians Of China have in
creased forty-two per cent in the past
three years.
The American Bible Society sun.
ports two missionary colportenrs In
Siberia. sysYss f,
The British and Foreign Bible So
clety put in circulation ia China last
year 220, 1000 copies Of the Scriptures.
Father Curci has just finished his
translation of the Italian New Testa.
ment and his commentary upon it.
1T appears that there are twenty.
five distinct Methodist denominations
in the world, with total of 1880, ,780
members. "a
I'm thirty-seven years the Church of
England has erected 1851 churches and
has expended ON church buildings
5000, 0,000, 900. p
Mr.. Fred M. Page, Professor Schele
dc Vere's assistant in the University OF
Virginia, has been selected to fill the
chair Of Modern Languages in the Uni.
versity of the South. at Sewanee, Tenn.
q The University of Vienna has 4. 572s
students. OF these, 287 are foreigners.
theology commands the attention OF
III, law and political science 2.IOO,
medicine 1881. philosophy 762, phar-
macy 156.
!. Through Mr.. Lee s. Holden, the
Regents Of the State University of
Texas have offered the Characteristic
OF that institution with salary Of
5000 year to Professor VIM. Thar &
ris OF st. Louis.
The Rev. Robert Stewart d. d..
late professor in the Theological Semi.
nary at Newburgh, N. Y. and editor OF
the repository, ETC., has been appointed
to foreign mission work in India, with
view specially to his establishment of
theological seminary for the training
OF native students.
The total expenditures for sehooe.
purposes in st. Louis last year were
S195, 54S; in Cincinnati. $687, 1913. In
San francisco the estimated expensl-.
ltures Tor the present year are $S2I, 900.
andin Chicago over 81, 900, 600. Teach
ers' salaries in ST. Louis, 1886. 600: in
San Francisco, $500, 900.
: The religious weeklies differ great
~ as to the probable success of the rc.
vised version of the New Testament, in
supplanting the King James version in
popular acceptations The burden of
opinion seems to be that while the new
version especially commends itself To
mem of scholastic attachments the.4
general public viii prefer the old ver- /.
sion. 1870 ~ y I
-Mr9tWilliam Bucknell, of Philadel-
phia. has offered to give sac, 600 to tha
endowment fund of the Crozier Baptist
Theological Seminary. ated ewisburg, sys
Pa. provided that the further sum oi
Sl0O. GOO in secured and permanent in
yestmeifts be derived by selling all the
property belonging to the. University to
which it is attached, EXCEPT the real y
estate in the Universityscampus. Lewis,
burg, and that an additional sum OF
500, 900 be raised by The board Of trtdssas : e
.ees.oAiIhe offer is .to'remain open unit
lst, next.
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How to Dress the Children.


The capacity of our ancestors to ac-
commodate themselves to every climate
depended not only on their physiological
faculty of adaptation, but also on their
skill in protecting themselves by artii-
cial means from the inclemency of the
higher latitudes. Houses and clothes
are blessing if they answer this pur-
pose by close imitation of Natures
own plan in sheltering her children from
atmospheric vicissitudes; but in degree
as they deviate from that plan their
hygienic disadvantages balance, or even
outweigh, the gain in other respects.
A swallows nest protects her brood
from cold and rain without debarring
them from the fresh air; human domi-.
cile, too, should combine comfort with
the advantage of perfect ventilation !;
and our clothes, like the fur of a squirrel
OF the feather-mantle of hawk, should
keep us warm and dry without interfer-
ing with the cutaneous excretions and
the free movement of our limbs.
Measured by these standards, the
winter dress OF an American school-boy
is nearly the best. the summer dress Of
the average American, French, and Ger
man nursing about the worst that could
possibly be devised. At an age when
the rapid development of the whole or
gansm requires the utmost freedom of
movement, our children are kept in the
fetters OF garments that check
the activity of the body in
every way; swaddling-clothes, UNDER
shirts, overshirts, neck wrappers,
trailing gowns, garnitures, iounces, and
shawls reduce the helpless homuncatlsss
to a bundle OF dr,Y-goods, unable to
move or turn, incapable of relieving or
intimating its uneasiness in anv way
save by the use of its squealing appara-
tus, and consequently sauealing violent
" from morning till night. Outdoors,
in the baby-carriage, .'cold draughts,'
have to be guarded against, and a. load
OF extra wrappers completely counter
act the benefit of the fresh air; faint
with nausea and suffocating heat the
little mummy lies motionless on its back.
resplendent in its white surplice, fit
candidate for the honors of a life whose
every movement of natural impulse
will be suppressed as q revival of bar
barism and an insurrection against the
statutes of an orthodox community.
Hence. in great degree, the dispropor-
tionate mortality, in all northern coun-
tries of Christendom, among infants
under two years. In Spanish America,
where infantile diseases are as rare as
in Hindostan. babies of all classes and
all sizes toddle about naked. nearly the
year round; and the Indians of
Famaulipas, between Tampico and
Matamoras, raise an astonishing num-
be.of brown bantlings who are never
troubled with clothes till they are BIG
enough to carry garden-stutf to arcityil
= DR.. FcliG e. CsUnld, IN
Popular Science ig. - ssS,ss@ fs.fsal
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PUNGEyT PARAGRAPHS.

-Tailors are taking measures to en-. ,
large their business Loueu Citizen.
!, I'm mashed on. you.s' remarked
the mosquito to the Young lady, ais she
slapped its--Wy and Wisdons
y WHAT Is litea'' Ii. often asked US,
IT'S a race for what's called stin," 81
u w th some hash to Keep us g,,ing.
And some clothes to wear thrown in.
Almost any good singer can get up
on high note, but it is the loan. notes
that trouble the average citizen
Tonkers StatesnldD. s
v.'W by, are you alive yet, INV cid
friendP heard you were dead,
mice friend you are. You didn't even
come to my funeral. - Teras sitti,sgs.
4 - Health is wealth. SAYS a patent.
medicine advertiser. You are wrong., z
respected sir If health was more uni. Z
versal, to you it would be bankruptcy.
Philadelphia Chronicle Herald. X Il
"A patent medicine advertisement il
headed Women never Thjnk.n But
let one find perfnmed note, written in
a feminine hand, in her husbands coat
pocket and she will think with all her
might and msin for upward of consid-
cradle. NorristowA Herald.
The proper time to run q lawn
mower is about five o. clock a. m. Then
you not only cut the grass, but prevent
the neighbors from oversleepinr and
being late to breakfast, and The fact
that they hope you'll get your fingers
cut OF doesn't hurt you any Boston
Post siiff Nj Z. "A
Timpkins says his church ought to
organize a base ball nine. They have
a man who balls first and second
base.s The organist can always get,a
short stop on the organ, while the min
ister. seeing be has q good field, pitches
into the congregation. who. have to
catch it. HARVARD Lanpoon.
"A well-known public character had
Just passed through the initiatory cere-
monies OF a secret society. and while
the sublime moral teachings and in
effable grandeur of the fiummery were
fresh upon him, friend whispered in
his ear, Il say, you are as big a
fool as any OF US now, amt you9,-
Boston Transcript.
I'm a Newburyport family. where
there are two boys, one of them brought
home q worthless cur, to the disgust of
the rest OF the family. At last an older
sister offered him half a dollar il he
would give the dog away. He assented
and pocketed the coin. When night
came, prompted by curiosity, she asked
the little fellow to whom he had given
his dog, and was told with charming
naivete. "Oh, I've given him 70
brother. n-Bostol journal.
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-Achel achei achel
In my throbbing jaw, o toothi I

-Achel ache! achel
In my throhbing jaw, o toothi
And would that my tongue could utter
A groan that expressed half the truth.
o, plague take the neighb or's lad;
How he shouts with his sister at playl
And plague take that newswaper boy,
How he bawls in the street to-dayl
And this terrible ache will go on
Til the dentists chair fill;
But oh what wrench by that savory hand
Ere this jumping nerve is still.
Ache ache achei
TIL the merciless forceps I see;
But II order set of ivories made
That will never go back on me.
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Caleb Ferris. of Galway, N. Y, re.
Gently celebrated his Tooth birthday by
walking one mile on wager.
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MY WHITE ROSE.

MY WHITE HOSE.
sknow it's only rose,
But her leaves are white,
And her heart is sweet,
Aud she lives and grows
For me! .sHF
Nv roseamay seem less fair
TO other eyes than mine;
She may not be, sweet,
She may not be pure,
To all.
,Tis true there are SC me little thorns
Quite hidden from view;
Ii they were not there,
She would not be here
For long.
We all have more or less pain
And sorrow and care,
But the sunlight comes,
Aud the smiles return
In tine.w
One thing | surely know.
That when am sad
Shewhispers ofttimeS
4 message of love
To me
Then can go on my way,
Each burden lighter to bear,
For have | not had
The help of His love
Through my rosei
-Childrrn's NeH Church Magazine.
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The steam-boiler never takes an
engineer into its con6dence.-NewO o..
lfass Picdys1ne.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
&GG24DaDHI T3saJS'EHfsaigs.

HE followingna persons arc
hereby appointed School Trus-
tees for the several School Districts
Of Fairfield County:
Township No. w. B. Estes, w.
Ny. McadOr, Frank Kerr.
Township No. 2--Jno. s. Douglass,
II. G.. Clowncy, Chas. Stewart.
Township No. 3-Saml. r. john
ston, L. ID. Mobley. WIN. Smith.
Township No. "A. j. Lamar, w.
y. Smith, Marcus Wilson.
Township No. II. T.. Gibson, S.
a. Mccormick, Nicholas Harrison.
Township No. 6-F. L. M. Duke,
e. u. Helms, Posiel Harrison.
Township No. 7--T. T.. Cloud, r.. NJ =.
Rembert, Jackson Ford.
Township No. Sill. e. Edmunds,
John Fcnly, &. II. Means.
Township No. 9--J. r. Dcllcncy,
T. B. McKinstry, Daniel Bird.
Township No. l0-J. d. Lcitncr,
John Lennon. Wade Hcrndon.
Township No. 11--W. B. .Yarbor-
ough, D. l.. Glenn. D. S. Rice.
Township No. 12---J. a. Robertson,
John Stiff. y. &. Aiken.
Township No. 13-W. G. Clowney,
JAS. McGill,. ST., Sam Gricr.
Township No. 14-G. II. McMaster,
Il. Ross Robertson, John D. Smart.
Township No. 15--J. r. Dawkins,
H. 7. .McMcokin, jerry Thompson.
JOHN BOYD,
j. T.. MCDONALD,
r. MEANS DAVIS,
Co. Bd. Examiners Fairfield Co.
mar 1tx1
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Il GOOD YEIK'S Work.
The Result Of Intelligent Farming
"Worn Out Fairfield"

The Result of Intelligent Farming in
"Worn Out Fairfield"
MeSsrS. EdUors: | promised you
last Fall that would give YOU tho re.
turns Of my crop for 1880, and, as I
have just finished ginning will now
fulfill my promise. worked four
mules on shares. and made sevrmt. :
five bales Of cotton averaging 400
pounds and a fraction, thirteen hun.
drcd bushels Of oats (of which ]
threshcd 1902 bushcls), one hundred
bushels Of corn. (too dry);a hundred
and fifty bushels Of pease and a fine
crop of sweet potatoes. l hope this
will encourage my brother planters,
and prove to them that there is life in
this old land yet. and that with labor
properly controlled, we can yet be q
happy and prosperous people.
Respectfully,
N. G, RoBERrsoN.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01
ITEMS FROM DUAIPER'S CREEK.
Respectfully,
N. G.. ROBERTSON.

The Crop Prospects -.Impr6venIent Of Old
Lands-The Publ; Roads.
DCMPER's CREEK, February 2S.--
Farmers in tho country are now be-
ginning to make little show in the
way of planning for now crop. The
cotton, which was late in being picked,
is now all gathered and balcd. A
large average of spring oats has been
planted, and great expectations arc
based on the hope of q good crop-this
owing to the scarcity Of corn in this
locality. Not much fall oats was
planted, owing to there being so much
wet weather at that time, but 1t has
been made up since the spring.
In travelling from this place to
Winnsboro, Tnotice that some Of the
most strikihd features Of industry are
shown oW plantations Of Mr.. A.
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Williford ind Mr.. Thos. Owings. Here

Williford and Mr.. Thos. Owings. Here
may those who wish to learn how to
bring tho poverty washed hills to their
natural state, and the marshy swamps,
which III many places are allowed to
produce malaria only, and enrich the
phi! sician in the way of practice, stop
for a moment and look over the many
deep drains that have been cut, and
learn profitable lesson. hope none
may ccnsure me for saying that before
we cam come mp to the mark where all
intelligent planters should stand, more
OF just such work as these gentlemen
arc now carrying on will have to be
done. There certainly have been some
fine crops Of cotton made since the
war, but the many large bodies of
woods that stood to shelter Sherman,
have been hcwn down to narrow
scopes, and the old fields left to run
into gullies. All should remember
that it is fur more profitable TO have
tatcrs" to sell than seed to buy, and
wood to cut than none to burn.
Several meetings of the Jackson's
Greek Democratic Club have been
called to make arrangements for de-
irayiny the expenses Of those who have
been arrested. AS yet, J. understand,
nothing has been done. This matter,
above all other calls, should, l think,
be attended to promptly.
The publ C roads have now dried
up, but have an urc0mnomly rough
surtnce. After The weary traveller has
jout ncyet ten miles to the "Buro,' he
feels very much like calling on Mr.. T..
W. Ilabenicht where tic simmer man"
can be refreshed and made to feel
satisfied with himself and all other
ftll"w-nIortalS. After dining ut such
Il place as this, where the best The
market affords is served up, and the
best smoke in the shape of II cigar for
the money is given, it makes Il man
feel rs il .hcre are far worse places
than "our town." and it is not neces-
s;.ry to travel long before one may find
them.
Much credit is given to TIE NEWS
AND HERALD lor the active part taken
in behalf OF tic parties recently arrest
cd. VIDETTE.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-03-01

NJ. Joseph Groeschcl is out with a
new advertisement announcing his
opening in the store formerly occupied
by Sol. Wolfe. IIc will keep always
on hand full stock of dry goods,
clothiug, boots, shoes, hats and no.
tious. Mr.. Grocschcl knows how to
run the business and to please his cns-
toners. Hc expects to start soon for
New York to lay in his spring supply.
In the meantime he invites buyers to
come and see him, plcdging them Gil
tire satisfaction both as to prices and
quality Of goods.