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The Evening critic., 1881-06-18
summary of Yesterdays News.

Professor George ROllcst0n, Nj. ID. and
F. II. s., of Oxford University, is dead ut
the age of fifty-two.
Joseph L. Boehm has been ordered to
execute the statue of Lord BcacOnsficld, for
Westminster Abbey.
A man named Martel, ut Ottawa, Ont
has commenced to build an ark in antici-
patton of another flood.
-Alcshirc & Co., who own the Eureka
Mills Mt Gallipolis, Ohio, have made an as
signmcnt. Liabilities, 100000.
Tho late Eli Bates, of Chicago, be-
queathcd $4,000 for the erection of a mOnu-
ment to President Lincoln in that city.
The anniversary of the battle of Bunker
Hill was celebrated at Boston yesterday,
and monument was dedicated to Col. VIM.
Prescott.
Mr.. John b. Morton, cashier of the
Merchants National Bank of Richmond,
died suddenly in that city, yesterday, aged
scventy-thrce.
AT a meeting of the creditors of Mount
Saint Mary's College, Maryland, yesterday,
it was decided to accept thirty-fivc cents on
the dollar in payment of their claims.
The Oldest inhabitants at Quebec fail to
remember such weather as that which has
lately been experienced there. Not only
small Seeds but even potatoes in outlying
parishes, have been nipped off by the frosts
of last night and the night before it.
William Il. Goodyear died in East
Haven, Conn, yesterday, 80 years of age.
He rode on horseback from the Atlantic to
the Pacific in 1852 He was connected with
the Government survey between California
and Mexico. During the war he was dis
tinguished scout under General Terry.
John p. Howard, Of Burlington, VT,
who on Monday last gave $4,000 to the
University of Vermont, has signifed his
intention of erecting in University Park a
colossal bronze statue OF. the Marquis dc
Lafayette, who laid the c0fner-stonc of the
old university building on the occasion OF
his visit to Burlington in June, 1925.
Senior Rafael director of the Vos d
Cuba, Havana, has been arrested and taker
to police headquarters for having published
a comparison of the two sentences passed by
the tribunal upon Et Trim,fo, one of which
condemned El Triunto for an article favor
ing autonomy, while the second sentence
absolved that journal for another article oil
the same subject
A new American enterprise Is an
nounced in London, viz. The Alabama
New Orleans & Texas Pacific junction
Railway Company, with capital of 70,
100000. The object is to acquire control
the most important link in Il through line
connecting by the shortest route cities o
the United States with New Orleans, tn
Gulf of Mexico, and the trans Mississippi
system, and forming u Southern Paciii
route
The Evening critic., 1881-06-18
Must lie Sold.

Our entire stock of gents low shoes must
be closed out regardless of price, Spear
Bros, 734 Seventh street,
The Evening critic., 1881-06-18

'WHAT was the greatest charge ERE lnown?h
The pedagogue did say,
When teaching II class in history
And war, the other day
",Twas seventeen dollars and II half
Said youth, with frown so black,
s'My girl and drove around an hour
And the man charged that for the hack. y
-CHARLIE SHELTON,
The Evening critic., 1881-06-18
VIRGINIA REPUBLICANS.
Their visit to the President and
what WINS Said

A number of leading Republicans of Vir-
ginia, headed by General Wickham, called
on President Garfield, as stated in THE
CRITIC yesterday and had II conference
with him on Virginia politics President
Garfield stated very plainly that the Adj
ministration could not lend its support to
reputation in any form, and that he had
never intimatcd that Read busters would be
appointed to offices in place of Republicans.
On this point General Wickham said that
the delegation came for no purpose con-
nected with offices, but simply from their
devotion to the Republican party, and their
desire to build it up and make It successful
in the State of Virginia that he Wick
ham) was not and never had been an office
seeker; but regarding the Republican party
as the legitimate successor of the old-linc
Wbig-
The Presidcnt--With slavery left out.
General Wickham asscnted, and con-
tinucd-To which / have been always de-
voted, / naturally desire to see 1t prosper in
Virginia, and believe that we can gain more
by strict adherence to principle than by
coalition with those in whom we have no
confidence
Mr.. Splitter here stated that certain gentle
men In Virginia who differed with the dele
CATION in this matter had made many threats
as coming from him (thc Presidcnt) Of re-
moval from Office for differing in opinion
from them on the coalition question in order
to intimidate this class of Republicans, and
to compel them to support the Readjuster
ticket. 1t was the desire of the Republicans
of Virginia to know through their committee
whether this Is done with the Presidents
sanction or not.
Mr.. Splitter then called upon Mr.. Albert
Bennett, colorcd, of Buckingham County, to
Lot Pm IN, hin, a lao.
The Evening critic., 1881-06-18

NLHEVT BENNETT, ESD.
MY DEAR SIN: have directed the secre-
tary to call meeting or the state central
day of June. hope you Will be in attend
ancc, as business of Importance will be
transacted. 1 have seen the President, and
he Is in favor of u coalition with the Read
justers to beat the Republicans this fall.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

4 North Carolina Industyv.-Iuring
recent years the coliectn II OF medicinal
and other plants has become a large
and profitable Industry in North Caro-
lima. The trade centcrs at Statesvillc,
where an cnterprising firm have eS,
tablished one OF the largts botanical
uep0ls in the world. Their stock COM
prises 200 varieties of roots, herbs,
barks, seeds, lowers, and mosscs, and
all sorts of plants Tor herbarums.
some OF them peculiar to the iora of
the State, and others found more abun-
dainty there than elsewhere. The
Quantities now on hand vary from 90
to 80, 900 pounds OF each kind. Thcy
pay the collectors either in cash or
goods, and last year they disposed il,
this way of $4,000 worth Of merchan-
disc. Their Warehouses have III, 600
square feet of flooring, which will give
an idea of their capacity for Ptoragc of
the products they are collcc ting from
all quarters. Their shipment last year
amounted to 100000 pounds. The
collectors are largely Cherokees.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

loksEs, if well fed, feel bright
and lively in winter, and the young
are, for this very reason, more easily
trained than when the weather and
running at pasture makes them dull -
Whenever horses are used so as to warm
them up ut all, blanket them as soon as
they stand still, If only tor two or three
minutes, those TWO or three minutes
are sometimes enough to give Il chlll,
which may end in pneumonia, or other
serious troubles. Grooming saves feed
and also promotes health in horses,
and should never be neglected. 1t
Will probably pay even to groom boar
ulng horses, and 1T will certainly pay
the owners to ostipulatc that their hOrs-
eS should TO groomed daily. Blankets
except mere clusters" ARE worse than
useless in stables; they make the horse
tender, and more Likely to take cold
when broughtin hot. Litter very free
~ lyon have the material, straw, leaves
swamp hay, &C.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

In San Salvador more than 600 sho aks
OF earthquake were felt during the last
ten days OF 1879. They were the sever
est December ash, in the vicinity of
Lake llopango, where one shock broke
the telegraph wire, made the ground
network Of cracks, opened new springs,
increased the rivulets to ten times their
usual volume, muddied the waters OF the
lake and rolled hundreds OF thousands
OF tons OF rocks down the steep hllls.
AS a sequal to these disturbances. q
volcano arose Oh the 21st and22I. and
now remains as volcanic island Of five
acres in extent.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
Tho Home OF Mark Twain,

A late writer to. the Burlington
Hawkeye, thus writes about the home
Of Mark Twain. "The plcasantcst view
had Of the city of Hartford, was from
tho cosy tiresido in that wonderful
home Of Mr., Clemens, who was my
host during my stay in that
City. am not man addicted
to cold weather. l ain not sufficiently
British to wander through December
and January IL short check coat and
no ulster. | am given to much wrap
ping up VIXEN l do 60 out In the snow,
and to very little going outin the snow
ut all. begin to shiver with the first
frost, and keep it up until the follow
Ing April. And SO when l can sit
down before a bright wood fire, and
burn up cigars while some body enter
tains me, love the icy winter.
~ think l have never been IN home
more beautifully homelike than this
palace Of the king Of humorists. The
surroundings of the house are beautl-
fu1. and Its quaint architecture, broad
East Indian porticos, and Greek pat
attract and charm the attention and
good taste Of the passer-by, for the
house, inside and out, Is the perfection
Of exquisite taste and harmony. But
with all its ARCHITECTURAL beauty anu
originality, the elegance Of Its interior
finish and decorations, the greatest
charm about the house Is the atmos-
phere Of 'homelikeness' that pervades
1t. Charmingly as he can entertain
thousands Of people at time from the
platform, Mr.. Clemens is even a moro
perfect entertainer In his homo. The
brightness and best sides of his nature
shine out at his tlreside. The humor
and drollery that sparkle in his con-
versation Is as utterly unaffected and
natural as sunlight. Indeed, | don't
believe he knows or thinks that most
OF his talk before tho sparkling fire,
up IN the pleasant retirement of his
billiard-room study, is marketable
merchandise, worth 80 much page to
the publishers, but it Is. And it IS not
all drollery and humor. Ho Is 40 earn
eat that his earnestness charms Won
fully as much rs his brighton flashes
and once In while there is in his voice
an infection Of wonderful pathos, so
touched with melancholy that you look
Into the kline, earnest eyes to SEQ What
thought has touched his voice. And Ae
has heart as big as his body; L be-
lieve there does not live man more
thoroughly unseliish and self-forget-
full. Two little girls and boy baby,
bright'eyed good-tempered, with a full
head Of hair as brown as his fathers,
assist Mrs. Clemens to hli the heart Of
the reigning humorlst, and they do it
most completely. Personally Mr.,
Clemens is perhaps a little above the
medium height, Of good symmetrical
physique. brown hair, scarcely touch
cd with gray, that curls over a high.
white foreherd friendship in his eyes.
hearty cordislity In the grasp of a we'll
shaped white hand, strong enough and
heavy enough to be a manly hand; his
age Ia 40 som thing, and he looks 50 ,
In the evening after the lamps are
lighted his face has a wonderful boy
ish look, and he loves good cigar
nven better than Grant does.'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
Neyada's First Nugget.

Nevala's first nugget was mined
with butchers knlfo. John Orr start
81 across the plains In 1840. The roads
were bad, the weather was worse, and
he was obliged to remain through the
winter at Salt Lake. In April he re-
sumed his journey. He had u partner
named Nick Kelly, after whom Kelly's
Ravine is named, and in the party was
William Prouse, now living in Nurb
City, about forty miles southeast Of
Salk Lake. Prouse had worked in
mines before gold was discovered in
Coloma, and was a good prosrcctor.
One day the train stopped on the edge
of what is now known as Gold Canyon,
hear the Carson River, to let the ami
mails feed on some bunch grass found
growing among some sage brush.
Prouse at noontide took milk pan,
und going down to the gulch, began
washing dirt. In few minutes get
ing dirt to the value Of a few cents.
or then named the place Gold Can
yon. The train soon after resumed
navel, going to the head of tho Car
son Valley. There they met party Of
seven, who had left the train at the
sink Of the Humboldt, intending to go
IN advance to California and select good
locations for the remainder Of the par
ty. They ha' been unable to cross tho
country, and had been caught in the
snow In the mountains four or five
days, unable to find the divide to
Hangtown. A stay In Carson of three
weeks followed, when Orr, Kelly and
several others returned to Gold Can
yon, and resumed prospecting. Kelly
and Orr went up the canyon until
little fork was reached, when work was
begun. THE party had few tools, and
Orr had nothing but a knife. While
Kelly was working lie noticed very
narrow place at the fork, where the
water barely covered a slab Of slate
rock. Idly he examined it, and notic-
ing small crevice drove the knife
into 1t breaking out a piece. The
water washing away the underlying
dirt he discovered gold nugget where
the rock had covered it. 1t was quick
ly removed, and found to weigh 1926.
This was on the first Of June, 1850.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
That Frozen Pipo.

When plumber plumbs new house
he makes provision for the freezing Of
the water pipe at somo point under the
house. 1t is always at some point
whloh can be got at by opening trap.
door and crawling less than half mile
through the darkness. You begin the
winter with the feeling that you will
neither borrow nor lend a pail of
water, but will stand ready at all times
to sympathize with nelghbor who
gets up In the morning to lind his
pipes as dry as a bone. Just at this
feeling begins to put fat on your ribs
you go home to dinner to be met by
the cook with the remark:
81 guess the water has all run out
Of the river, for l can't get a drop to
cook with"
You turn the faucets this way and
that. There is hope shat she doesn't
know how to draw water, although she
has been In the house for three years.
There Is sighing In the pipes, as if
they had met with some great sorrow
down in their depths, but no water
appears.
Under these circumstances, it takes
only ton minutes to come to the con-
olusion that the pipe Is frozen some-
whero. Ton minutes more spent in
deep reflection will convince you that
the guilty point Is under the addition,
where the pipe leaves the ground to
enter the kitchen.
All you need do Is to get candle, a
hammer nail, pine stick anu hot
hat-iron. After you have crawled
under and bumped your head on the
brick columns and raked your back on
the joist and barked your knees OH the
old iron hoops which always take up
lodging under house, you put the flat
iron to the cold water pipe. 1t Is no
use to try to iron the wrinkles out Of a
water-plpe. The most you can do is
to heat the ipe, and 10 man was eyer
known to persist In that idea over ten
minutes before adopting the other.
Take your hammer anu drive the nail
into the pipe. By driving next to the
floor and close to the ground you can
tell If the pipe is frozen between. The
nail-holes are easily plugged up with
pine. When you have come as near as
may be to the frozen spot, hold
the tiat-iron on the pipe and settle
down for ten minutes OF meditation.
You won't have travelled down memo
rvs lane over half mile before some-
thing will happen. The pipe will
burst exactly on u line with your eyes,
and you will have cause to wonder all
the rest Of your life how a gallon OF
water could have collected at that one
point for your benefit.
Some men can close burst in q lead
pipe by the use Of a hammer. You can't.
and so you must crawl out for rags,
crawl in to wind them over the SPOT,
yell for string, whoop for the!water to
be shut Off and crawl out with icicles
hanging to your ears and raging de-
sire in your heart to shed blood. And
yet, when you come to shake your fist
under the plumbers nose and offer to
lick him for two cents, he kindly re-
plies.
"Burst in the pipe, eh? Well I'n
have man there the first thing next
week.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Natwe reports very curious telc-
phonic experiment made in Swi,zer-
land on the occasion of the federal
fete OF singers. a telephone had been
placed In the Zurich Fcsthalle, and two
conductors connected with the Bale
telegraphic office, where large audi
ence had congrcgated, Tho distance
from Bale to Zurich IS about eighty
kilometres. The Bale audience eli joy-
ed tho singing about rs well as If they
had been placed In the upper circle Of
an ordinary opera house. At tho end
OF the performance they proved their
Satisfaction by clapping hands, which
the tclographic wires transmitted with
perfect tidelity to the Zurich pcrior-
mers.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Numerous collections Of rain from
various parts of England, examined by
Professor r. A. Smith, show that from
rain collected at sea common salt and
sulphatcs after a time crystalliZe out,
the latter being in larger proportion to
the former than In sea water. Passing
inland. the sulphates gradually in
crease, probably by the oxydation IN
the air OF the sulphuretted hydrogen
escaping from decaying organic mat
ter, In the cities and manufactures or
their vicinity the increase is still more
marked, owing to the combustion OF
coal containing sulphur. If the sui
phur1c acid Increases more rapidly
than the ammonia tho rain becomes
acid.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

CURING 1AMs.-The season is now
with ns when our good farmers cure
ham and other parts of the hog for use
at Il future date. a writer who has
had some experience says: cit is well
known that the Westphalia hams are
held In higher repute than others.
This superiority is owing not to any
thing particular III the flesh of the pork
but to the manner of curing. These
hams are smoked in upper stories OF
buildings, and the smoke, which is
made from the chips of oak Or maple, is
conveyed by means of tubes from the
cellar to the room containing the hams.
BY thus hayinga long space TO pass
through the vapor which the smoke
generally holds is deposited, and the
hams are perfectly dry AMI cool during
the proccss. The great defect In smok.
ing, Is placing the meat too near the
me- and the smokehousc is often too
tight; the consequence is tina! the meat
Is kept damp, only drying or rather
hardening on the surface" If any of
farmers have a Smnkehousc that could
be arranged SO as to give Il sool, dry
smoke to their meat, The above suggcs-
tion appears 10 be- one that would being
with It good results.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Englssh skaters are now.trying now
skatlng surface, called "cryslal ice."
IL IS solid at all atmospheric empera-
lures. 1t consists chlehy of a mixture
OF carbonate and sulphate Of soda,
which forms IL crystalline mass over
which skates glide with us little tric-
ton as Hpon ordinary ice. When tho
surface becomes worn and rough, it Is
readily smoothed by special steam.
ing apparatus. A floor Of this mater
ial VIII last many years at slight ex-
pense.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

IT has just been shown that the
sounds the woodpecker produces by
striking Its bill against trees constitute
a performance taking the place of song
In other birds, and have no connection
with its quest for food. 1t carefully
selects the spot on partially decayed
trunks from which the most sonorous
sound M sy be produced, and freq quents
tho same places day aftor day. This is
probably the only case among the
feathered tribes in which vocal Is re-
placed by Instrumental music.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
Protect Your Lamp Chimneys,

Place your tumblers, chimneys, or
vessels which you desire to keep from
cracking in 9 pot filled with cold water !;
add little cooking salt; allow the
mixture to boil well over fire, and
then to cool slowly. Glass treated in
this way is said not to crack, even If
exposed to very sudden changes of
temperature. Chimneys arc said to be-
come very durable by this process,
which may also be extended to crock
cry, stoneware, porcelain, etc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

The "fliteen" puzzle has been
brought to the attention Of so learn ed
body as the Royal Society, Edin-
hurgh. At the meeting on June 7th,
Professor TAFT sent in n note on the
theory Of the puzzle, and gave a rule
for dotermtng whether particular ar
rangement was solvable or not.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Those who use Carboine, as now
Improved and perfected, the great
petroleum hair renewer, are always
distinguished by the beautiful soft
texture Of the hair produced by the
use of that most exquisite Of all toilet
preDaratlOns.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

DEEP drinkers escape gout, not be-
cause they deserve it, but because the
nervous powers Of the stomach are en-
feeblcd by~ovel stimulation they have
consequently no appetite, they cat but
little, and tail TO accumulate that ex--
cess OF eflets and ill-assimilatcd nitro
gonous matter In the circulation,
which IN those who eat more largely,
as we'll as drink freely, Is ono of the
principal causes Of the malady.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Ihirty-tour years of constantly In
creasing use have established a reDuta-
tion tor DR.. Bulbs Cough syrup sec
ond to no sImilar preparation, Il re-
!ieves instantly and cures all Coughs.
&olds, etc.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Card collectors please buy seven bars
Dobbns' Electric Soap OF any grocer
and write Cragin g. Co., Philadelphia,
Pa, for seven cards gratis, six colors
and gold. Shakespere's "S,ven Ages
of Man" Ordinary price 20 cents.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
No Hospital Needed

No palatlal hospital needed for Hop
Bltters patients, nor large-salarled
talented puifers to tell what Hop Bit
ters will do or cure, as they tell their
own story by their certain and abso-
lutte cures at home.-New York Iade-
pendent.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

Tho German African Society has at
present six different expeditions travel
Ing through Central Africa. The
money for these expeditions is obtain
ed from the German government or
through private subscriptions. DR..
Nachtigatt is the president OF the So
Ote:y.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

SwEETBREAD FRITZ TERs.-Cut some
previously par-boiled sweetbreads into
sliccs half an inch thick. Scatter over
these slices little lemon Juice, chop
ped parsley. pepper, salt and nutmeg.
Dlp them into batter ana fry in hot
lard. Drain, arrange them on nap
KIN in platter and serge with parsley
garnishing.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

A CERTAIN young man brought his
aflianced down from the country to
see the sights. One day while they
were passing a confectioner's the swain
noticed in the window placard bear
ing the announcement, "lce-cream-
one dollar, per gal" SWELL" said the
young man as. he walked into tho sa-
loon, "that's pretty steep price ro
charge for one gal, but Maria, I'll soc
you through, no matter what 1t costs.
Here's a dollar waiter; icc-cream tor
the gal.'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

VEGETISE does not deceive invalIds
=, into false hopes by purging and Great
ing a fictitious appetite, but assists
nature in clearing and purifying the
whole system, leading the patient
gradually to perfect health.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

a POUND and quarter IF oatmeal
Will supply as much nitrogen and al
most as much fat to the body as one
pound OF uncOOkcd meat Of ordinary
quality. A man gets three times as
much nourishment at the same cost IN
oatmeal as lie does in meats. One
pound and half of Indian meal is
equal 10 one pound Of uncookcd meat
III nitrogen, and surpasses it in fat.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19
YOn Must Try IL.

Do not despair oven if you hayo suffered
Tor years from weak kidUeys and torpid
bowels Tho celebrated Kidney.Wort has
cured hundreds of cases Of from five to thirty
years standing. 1t is natures great remeey.
Press
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-02-19

In turning into Ice, water expands or
sWells, that ls, any given quantity Of
water makes a larger amount of ice,
and the leo is therefore lighter than
the water, and this Is the reason why
1t floats in water.