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The bulletin., 1881-09-24
Midnight at the Sanctum.

1t was past midnight and the lights in
the Hank Eye sanctum shone brightly
on the brave men Of the staff there as
sembled. The news editor reached over
for the brush to fasten paragraph
down over its credit.
1T paste to be honest" he muir
INJURED.
Especially when you are acscissory
to the act" said the city editor.
"But this, said the editor, lifting the
old polish out from pile Of loose
manuscript, " is what gives the paper
weight"
Sand this, said the associate, hold
ing an original poem on winter in
the gas-jet, "lends it an airy ightness. "
"Nary lightness it is" said the news
editor, for there's pounds and pounds
Of it in the drawer"
"Take care Of the pounds" said the
city editor, "and the pencil take care of
itself"
III should remark, said the proof
reader, as he called for revise.
"And / should dollar" said the bust
ness manager, coming in with hatful
Of manuscript.
"Now you're shoutin'." sang the
chorus SAY your piece.
III have come to cooperate with you,
said the business manager. "See
these are the new adze.
"Put plea head on him." said the
foreman.
And longer had they sung, but with {
frown the funny man impatient rose
and, remarking that this was noos'
paper, ioked off all further debate an(
the forms went down. Burdette.
The bulletin., 1881-09-24
Age Of the Earth.

The age of the earth is placed by some
at 500, ,OOO,O of years, by others 1OO,-
10000 years and still others, of later
time, among them the Duke Of Argyle,
place it at 10, OOO,O 900 years. None place
it lower than 100000, knowing what
processes have been gone through.
Other planets go through the same proc
ess. The reason that other planets diff
fer SO much from the earth is, that they
are in a SO much earlier or later stage OF
existence. The earth must become old.
Newton surmised, although he could
give no reason for it, that the earth
would at one time lose all its water and
become perfectly dry. Since then it
has been found that Newton was cor
rect.
AS the earth keeps cooling it will be-
come porous, and great cavities will be
formed in the interior which will take in
the water. It is estimated that this
pAOoS5S 10 ~" AA PAOSAoSsB q" A"A OAA1"'
the water diminishes at about the rate
of the thickness of sheet of writing
paper each year. At this rate in 6, ,0O0,-
coo years the water will have sunk a
mile, and in 10, 600, 900 years every trace
OF water will have disappeared from the
face of the globe. The nitrogen and
oxygen in the atmosphere are also ai-
minishing all the time. It 10 in an in
app4sciable degree, but the time will
come when the air will be so thin that
no creatures we know could breathe il
and live; the time will come when the
world cannot support life. That will be
the period of age, and then will come
death. .-Rich0rd 4. Proctor.
The bulletin., 1881-09-24
Care of Carpets.

To make sweeping an easy task, get
carpets of kind that are easily swept,
then save them from unnecessary litter
by care about scattering fine chips or
crumbs, of wood, cloth, paper or food.
Eating should be done in rooms easily
cleaned, with carpets Of oil-cloth, or
similar material, or with bare floors, or
with linen cr1lmb cloth spread upon
the carpet underneath the table. Chill
dren should not be allowed to run about
the house with pieces of food in their
hands. II their food is not all taken at
the table, the child should be Obliged to
sit still somewhere. catching his crumbs
The bulletin., 1881-09-24

upon napkin, bib or apron, instead o4
dropping them upon the floor. Chill
dren who learn " to save mamma trou-
BILE, and so get at least smile of graf
itude from her for their thoughtfulness,
are far happier than those who are not
trained to care, but are allowed to make
themselves a general nuisance among
orderly people. If they wish to whittle
or to cut paper or dolly things In your
best rooms, you need not necessarily re-
fuse them. Spread large cloth or
newspaper down, to catch the chips or
clippings, and see that it is safely emp
tied as soon as the child's work is done.
Grown-up people are sometimes very
annoying, because of their lack of this
kind of training. They pull flowers to
pieces in your presence, whittle on your
smoothly-shaven lawn, scatter fruit
peelings and cigar stumps about the
yard, scribble on the covers of your
magazines and margins of newspapers,
and scratch matches on the walls of the
house, or leave disagreeable marks OF
some kind in every possible place.
The bulletin., 1881-09-24

MAGGIE, dear, if should attempt
to spell Cupid, why could I not get be-
yond the first syllable ?" Maggie gave
it up, whereupon William said, "Be-
cause when come to u, Of course
lcannot go farther" Maggie said she
thought that was the incest conundrum
she had ever heard.
The bulletin., 1881-09-24

TIE Brooklyn doctors examined =
man to see if he was insane, and - they
found six letters from other mems wives
concealed in the lining of his coat, where
his own wife had never found them, con
cluded that he was able to transact buAi
The bulletin., 1881-09-24
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ClosesSaturday, October |, 1881
The Most Attractive Programme Ever Offered to the
Public
OPENS TUESDAY, SEPT. 81,
Closes Saturday, October |, 1881
The Most Attractive Programme Ever Offered to the
Public.

will hold its semannu Fair from Sep
will be confined
accommodation which hundred
The have effected which will
of No be
will be charged the speed
rings passengers
roadsha having lines to Louisville
railroad
comfortable
seating Betting selling
gambling will be prohibited and sale intoxic
ing liquors will be permitted on the grounds
Catalogues 90 and be had
application o the Secretary.
JOHN g. CASTLEMAN, Pres SAMUEL j. LOOK vIce-Prss.
WRIGHT Secretarv.
The bulletin., 1881-09-24
Regret.


All, how sad and vain thing is re-
gret, when, too late, some past wrong
doing will burden the memory, and the
bitter truth we tried to veil, even from our
own hearts, is revealed in all its undis-
guise. Who has not to repent some
slight, thoughtless omission of kindness
toward those they love? Perhaps twas
only an unanswered letter !; but the days
went by, and matters of more pressing
Importance crowded out that trife, or,
in gathering the gay summers blossoms,
one poor little faded foweret was flung
aside unregarded. "And Inever wrote
again I" will be the reflection, should
death clasp your friends warm hand
within his icy grasp and you read again
that neglected letter, and every kindly
word will breathe silent yet keen re-
proach. But what even is that regret to
the anguish of having parted from a
friend-perhaps our best beloved-with
unkind and cruel words? 1t may have
been those words were uttered carelessly,
lightly, as the wild and wanton breeze
sweeps by; but they leave a pain, as
the breeze left some OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
to mark its track. Or it may have been
they were purposely spoken, prompted
by pride, and passion, and imagined
wrong. Such has been an episode in
many life. The cause we know not,
any more than that of the little frag.
ment from which we quote, whose act
ors and whose story are alike unknown.
But what fitting place and time was
that for such q partingi
The bulletin., 1881-09-24
By the seething main,
while the dark wrack drives overhead

while the dark wrack drives overhead
And one is drifted out into the mist and
storm-ths other, left to mourn the en-
bittered past, pleading from the far
spirit-land for that forgiveness earth
cannot accord.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
Tho Romance of II Tramp.

During the Centennial year, among the
thousands who went through he Centennial
buildings one day III July was tramp
named George -. AS he was passing
down the steps, after an inspection Of the
building, he stumbled and fell, breaking
his arm. A Capitol policeman picked him
up, and after preparing cot sent for II
surgeon, who set the arm. This over, the
tramp asked the privilege of setting around
in the Capitol Park until he got strong
enough to 20 about again, saying he had
no money, and knew that hnbitual lolngcrs
were liable to arrest on charge ct vagrancy.
The desired privilege was granted and, III
addition, an arrangement was made by
which he was gwen comfortable sleeping
place in the building. The officer also
managed to bring enough food from his
boarding house to supply him. In about
TWO weeks the tramp Suvc nu,iCc I1Htt ne
would start West. He was exceedingly
thankful for the kindness shown linn by
the officer, and said If he ever got half a
chance he would cndCavor to repay il. The
tramp met Centennial tourist from salt
Lake City who happened to know his
father. After talking, the tourist offered
to take him West If he wanted to 60. The
offer was accepted, and The Capitol police
man, Althnr Thomas, went to the depot
with them and badc them goodbye. Now
let four years pass and the rest Of the story
comes in. Arthur Thomas, Who was a
Capitol policeman in 1876, IS now, and has
been for moic than year, Secretary OF
Utah Territory, having been appointed by
President Hayes on the recommendation
of mm' cr OF leading men, Republicans
and Democrats Some weeks since a mun
named George -, entered Mr. Thomas
office in Salt Lake to ascertain something
about the boundaries and survey of certain
sections of mineral lands. They recognized
each other and had a long talk. The tramp
had prospercd Beside having wife, he
can draw and have hOn0rcd his check for
800, 600. Everything he has touched
since lie has been in the Tcrrit )ry has
turned into money one way or another.
The cX-polCeman and the cx-tramp can be
seen stro.ling or driving about Salt Lake
any afternoon, and the wives of each are
equally ins parable.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
Opium Smoking In Ohinn.

The habit Of opium smoking ia common
all over China, but it is in the West, IN the
comparatively unkn wn half Of China west
OF the 10th meridian, that IL is most pre-
valent. In some parts Of Western Iiu Pei
and Eastern SZcchucn 1t is all bu, universal;
there are few adults in any station of life
who do not take an occasional Whit, and
the very streets Of the towns and villages
rcck with opium lumcs The practice is
there indulgcd In the most open manner.
and no more stigma or disgrace attaches
to il than to smoking tobacco. Mr.. Waters.
Her Majcsty's Consul at Ichang, made
careful inquiries last year into the origin of
this practice, and he found that it had been
INDUCED in for several hundred years, long
before either the present rcigning dynasty
or foreign merchants and their OPIUM were
ever drcamt Of. The custom generations
ago, passed INTO the family Sacra, and at
funerals in the West Of China, among other
gifts which arc transmitted into the next
world by burning paper fac. SMILES of
them in this, for the solacc of the departed
is complete sci of opium smoking re.
qu,stGs-- pipe, lamp, needle, etc. BY u Q
people themselves the habit, so far from
being regarded as a curse, is looked on az
TO make the best of both worlds The
wi ole of the opium consumed in tho West
is locally produced, and Indian opium does
not come higher up the Yangtsze than the
districts contiguous to the port of Hankow,
nor is 1t imported by any channel into
Western Mu Pei Szcchucn, or the other
provinces of the West. Above and beyond
the enormous quantity there grown for
local use, there Is large trade in the drug,
mostly contraband, from West to East.
Indian opium Is consumed in the provinces
adjacent to the treaty ports, and, being an
expensive article as compared with native
opium, IS mostly smoked by the well to- do
classes. The common people IN these pro-
vinces smoke the native drug, which is
either grown on the borders of Kiang Su
ana Ho Nan or is smugglcd overland from
the West. All Western China, therefore,
and the lower classes In Eastern China
smoke native-grown opium.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
a Savory nIcnl.

Squatting in the centre Of various piles
OF dclicacies sits the vendor, in India. And
curious are these sweets. Milky cream and
coarse brown sugar are their chief ingrc-
dlcnts No attempt is made ut decorations.
In fact the natives would not appreciate
anything which savorcd of dellcacy. His
cookery is always strong. lIorid garlic,
greasy .gni, or clarified butter condi-
mcnts at which the European would sick
cn--arc the choicest Of their culinary efforts.
The quantity Of sweets q strong man con-
sumcs borders on the marvellous. The
reason is of easy account. a Hindoo, by
his religion, is forbidden to cat meat, and
the most nourishing food they can obtain is
saccharine matter. IL swcctmcat called
stjclabi" 10 in high ootoon,. This ia made
in imitation of hollow coil of rope and
filled with trcaclc. A moulhful to a tender
stomach is provocative of cholera or bilious
ness for at least month. But the English
schoolboy has been known to compete
with the Hindoo in such gustronomic feats;
for one boy has been known at a sitting to
eat twelve solid pounds. The doctors
prophcsied of HIM immediate death, but
he smiled sickly and thought glass of
milk would set him all right. In all great
native fcasts confectionery takes an i'm
portant place. First, as the guests arrange
themselves, is handed round in silver
tray the altar, scent procured from the
rose. THIS is rubbed into the clothes of
the guests. Thcn follow the pan and bctcl.
This is the nut CT the arcCa pounded, and
| with lime enclosed in large, green, succu-
lent leaves. II Is an appetizer, and eaten
| Just in the samC manner aS q European
| would drink, just before dinner, sherry and
| bittcrs. Tic taste IS aclG, but withal pleas
| ant, and the lime brightly rcddcns the lips.
| This is greatly admired by the native. Then
! follow rice, sugar and milk, and pound
upon pound of the coars 8 lollyEops. N. t
word is spoken during the feast. Each
man is bent upon his meal, and those who
wish to highly honor their guest tic around
| their stomach, before sitting down, ten
der thread. When this breaks the gentle
| man thinks he has satisfied his appetite
| AS when in olden times III Europe lady
| thought she paid compliment to her host
| when she said she had been 50 drunk as to
| forget how she reached home, so a native
| ofa certain caste thinks heis courteous when
| he says the rcpast was SO good as to cause
severe indigestion. 1t is not an uncommon
| thing after IL grand feast for at least TWO
or three people to die of over-gorging and
then another feast has to be given, at which,
probably, some more die. Thus deaths
sickle Is not permitted 10 rust. n sweet
meat shop is a frequentcd place, not only
| by the young members of the community,
| but by the sage and hoary. But nothing
can be bought without wranglins. Though
u man may buy pound OF the self-samc
article for ten years running, he would
each time try to reduce the price nd the
seller, knowing this pccuIiarty, rs
asks double the real price. e.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
Shade Trees In Pastures.

Whateverdiffcrcncc of opinion there
may be among farmers as to the propricty
of having trees III pasture fields as resort
for cattle in very warm wcrthcr, no one
can deny that the advantage they arc to
animals in the midst Of the heated term,
beyond the damage the trees may do the
land, Is very considerable. But 1t must bo
understood that some trees do more dam
age to tho ground thar others, and these
are well known to most farmers, who will
exercise their own judgement when select
ing them. The cherry is confesscdly one
of these, which, while it hurts the land
scarcely apprcciably, ls as fine tree for
shade as any in the catalogue, and besides
affords a profit in fruit. Where will be
found more beautiful shadc-trcc than the
Black Eagle, Elton, or Downcr's Late
chcrrys They arc hardy and good bear
crs. Then again there is the yellow locust,
which Is one of our most beautiful trees,
though not generally 80 dense in its foliage
as the cherry, which does no pcrceptDle
injury fo the land, and tho wood OF which
Is valuable, like the cherry, when there
may b, occasion to remove them. These
facts show that there is no good reason
why the cattle should be deprived of this
great projection against summer heat on the
ground OF damage to the land, which is
seriously done Ivy the oak, the walnut, the
be ,ch, and some others.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
a Nickel.

In Galveston, there is no coin of lower
denomination tbona nickel in circulation.
this is of course, great Inconvenience.
For instance, yesterday two men QUAR- clcd
on the avenue. The bigger man of the two
said to tho smaller man:
"For three cents III give you the con-
foundcst licking you ever &C.. in your life.
The little man looked wicked. He had
his coat off III less than minute. Then he
took out a nickel and rendered 1t to the
Other party, who said:
III said Id lick you for three cents, and
pll do it. That's five cents. Gimme three
cents, and lll fix you 50 the Coroner will
have to hire hack to get enough of You
together to hold an Inquest"
You can keep the change" said the
little fe low, cdgng up.
'I'm like the country. don't want any
change. | stick to my proposition. Gimme
three cents and l will destroy you"
"lIere Is fifteen cents. Suppose you
lick me five times, and then it will come
out cvcn."
''Aftcr I've licked you once there wont
be enough lef! for dog to lick. Pm not
going to rob your widow and orphans of
Twelve cents. Gimme three cents and the
trouble can begin right now. It's not my
fault that there ere no copper cents In cir
CuatiCn.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
IsraeliteB in China.

DR.. Martin gives an interesting account
of his visit to the families of descendants
of Abraham and Jacob, who have for two
thousand years lived in the city of L 'ai-
fung-fu III China. This colony of the old
race was made known to the western world
in the seventeenth century by the Jesuit
missionaries, who contributed so largely to
historic and geographical knowledge in
those days. They were heard from several
times after that, but for more than hun
dred years no ono from the western world
had visited them, when DR.. Martin went
there in 1865. Their present condition is
such rs to excite profound interest and
commiscration. The remarkable fact ap-
pears that after preserving for twenty
centuries the laws and rites of the Hebrew
rQligon, they arc now presenting an
instance unparalleled in the history Of the
Jews, Of a people falling away from the
faith, and rapidly becoming pagans and
Mohame1ans. Three or four hundred of
them remain. Their synagogue, however,
falling into decay, they themselves tore it
down and made no effort to rebuild it.
After this was gone they dropped all plac-
licc Of Hebrew rites and ceremonies, began
to mtcrmarry with pagans, lost all knowl-
edge of Hebrew, retained, indeed, and still
possess, a elel tr )lls Of the law in a strange
form OF alphabet, which neither they nor
ordinary Hebrew scholars can read, but
have no knowledge Of the contents of the
manuscripts, and have almost lost the tra-
ditions of their religion.
DIR. Martin prophesics their total dis
appearance as Il separate race unless western
Hebrews shall send missionaries to them
and enable them to rebuild their syna-
gogues, of which now only remains a stone
Inscribed with the record of its erection
about A. ID. 1888, and Il subsequent re-
erection. The last rabbi who could read
the Book Of tho Law died some sixty years
ago. Up to that time this remarkable
colony which had come into China 200 OF
800 years before the Christian cru had,
with all the characteristics of their race,
preserved their pure blood and the faith
nnd ritual Of their fathers.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
"A Wostern IGnrJI

The territory around Twin Lakes, Color
ado, was recently traversed by fearful
vibration, and the people in that vicinity
were thrown into the greatest CONSERVATION
forsa few hours. For weeks past the pros
pcctors and residents in that vicinity were
much stirred up over the strange noises
and evident conclusions Of some action be-
meath the earth's surface. Thunder seldom
visits this latitude and the conclusion was
settled upon that there was some strange
suOtcrranean action going on. Innumerable
meetings were held among the miners, and
not few were frightened into leaving the
place altogether. The elimination not by
any means unexpected, and its results IN
one locality were most horrible. A gentle
man by the name OF Phillip Gum, came
from Twin Lakes, where the earthuuakc
was the absorbing topic of conversation.
The disturbance occurred some eight or
ten miles from the lake, and the tremor of
tho earth was even felt there. MIR. Gunn SAYS
that the miners throngcd into Twin Lakes
On Sunday morning and swore that they
would not live in the country where. they
were to be visited with such confusion.
In one place especially, where The mi
ncrs were working the Steadfast lode, and
were driving tunnel in at the base of the
mountain, 80 as to strike the main vein,
500 feet from the summit, the men were
engaged in blasting, when suddenly the
rumbling and roaring caple, attended by a
fearful shock that dslodgcd the ore and
sent at least ton Of it down upon two
workmen. For several seconds the vibra-
tiOns lasted, and when the mount aims were
once more composed, the frightened men
went to the rescue OF the men, whom they
thought dead. The ore had nearly closed
up the tunnel, and the men went to work
vigorously TO open it up and look for the
dead They worked with unrelenLing eff.
fort for half an hour, when The obstruction
was removed, and going in, they found
the two men seriously if not fatally
injured. Ono Of them, whose name
Is Bob Adams, was unconscious when
found, and he has no doubt a fracture Of
the skull. Three ribs were broken, and
he also suffered internal injuries. His com.
panion, man by the name of Sedgwick,
was badly bruised, and had his right leg
broken above the knee. Both men were
taken ont and placed in the cabin, when a
physician was sent for at once. Adams
will very likely die from his internal
wounds, while Sedgwicl1 will be crippled
for life. The men said that at the time of
the shock the two injured men were further
in the tunnel than the remainder of them,
and that they thought the mno was closing
il upon them: and rushed out almost deaf
cncd by tho tremendous report hat tol-
lowed
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-05-31
a New wood Industry.

The munufaeturc of thread for crochet
and sewing purposcs-has recently been
started at the ADy Cotton Mill, near the
town OF Norkoping, in the centre of Swe-
den. The manufacture has arrived at such
state OF perfection that it can produce at
much lower price. thread Of as fine quail
ity as "Clark S, and has from this circum-
stance been called thread "a In Clarke. {"
1t Is wound in balls by machinery either
hand or steam, which with the labelling,
kcs one minute twelve secOndH and the
8 arc packed up in cardboard boxes,
generally ten in box Plenty of oldcrs
from all parts of Sweden have already
come in, but as the works are not yet in
proper order there has hardly been time to
effect them all. The production gives fair
promise Of success, and it is expected to
be very important for home consumption.