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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-18

Cologne. What on earth have you been
doing In the night This morning seeing
that you did not come down, l entered
your room and l found you stretched full
length upon the floor, dressed in an old
Louis XVI costume, and pressing in your
arms fragment of broken porcelain, as II
it had been beautiful young girl"
"Pardieu! it is grandfather's wedding
coat" said the other, lifting up one of the
tails of rosc- -colored silk with green figure.
"Iherc are the strass and tlligrce buttons
that he used to boast about. Theodore
must have found 1t in some corner and
have put it on for fun. But what made
you falnt2 added Borgnioi.
''That is all very well for young girls
with white shoulders; you unlace her cor
sets, take off her necklace, and it is a good
opportunity to simper and to give them
selves airs
''It is only weakness" replied, dryly ;
81 am subject to these bts."
l rose and divested myself of my ridicu-
lous costume.
At breakfast my three companions ate
heartily; hardly tasted anything. The
memory Of what had passed distracted me.
After breakfast, as it was raining steadily,
there was no possibility of going out each
occupied himself as best he could. Borg.
nioli beat a warlike DEVILS tattoo on the
window panes; Arrigo and our host played
draughts; took out my skctch-book and
began TO draw.
The almost imperceptible lineaments
traced by my pencil, without my having
thought in the least what | was drawing,
resembled with marvellous cxactitude the
coffee.p which had played such an i'm
portant role in the scenes of the night.
" 1t is astonishing how that head rescm-
bles my sister Angela" said our host, who
had finished his game and was watching
me draw.
Indeed, that which just now had seemed
to be cotfce-pot was in reality tho sweet
and melancholy profile of Angela.
''BY all the saints in Paradise is she
dead or alIve7" l cried in a trembling
voice, as if my life depended On his answer.
''She died two years ago from inlamn,a-
ton of the lungs, caught coming homo
from a ball.
tAlas," replied, painfully.
Aud, restraining a tear that was ready
to fall closed my sketch book. felt
that there was no longer any happiness on
earth for me.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-18
That WIckod itiig.

Three or four years ago when there was
grip on the potato market there lived
near an interior village in this state farm
or named Peters. lie raised good crops,
paid his debts, and was down on rings of
all sort. The price of potatoes kept gong
up and up, and the old farmer grew I'M
easy. He came into the village every
evening 10 see how the market stood, and
although he never said much it was evil
dent that he would burst his hoops pretty
SOON If things continued on that way. At
length the climax came. One evening the
old man and his son had warm corner In
a grocery when citizen entered with q
newspaper in his hal I and said:
"1his New York daily says that the
49,, !. tefhtueS "li' yeX.Xf to advance
| aRa:n before the week is out"
,"What ]" exclaimed Peters, "anothel
advance in 'tatcrs
YES, the Lord only knows what is tc
become of the poor if this potato ring ism,
burstcd"
The farmer arose, buttoncd his old white
o,Vercoat clear to his chin, brough his fist
down hard on the chcesc-box, and stcrnly
said
"Ihc time has comel I've stood Il
-.and stood 1t, as long as can, and now
I'm going to act George, we'll 20 home
and get ready to throw aft ty. SIX bushels of
p 'ach.blows on the market tomorrow, and
Dust that wicked ring all to pieces
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-18

Over $4,000 Russian convlcts are
about to be sent to Siberia.
There are rumors Of Chllian prc.
tectOrate over Peru.
The estimate for the now lay bridge
scotland, Is close on to SO, SOC, 900.
The famous copper mine of F'ahlun.
sweden, has been worked 1000 years.
- The Philadelphia banks pay about
$eoo,ooo In dividends in May.
DIR. ralnage made five hundred
"converts'in his revival.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-06-18

.~Buenos Ayres has 81, 200, 900 sheep
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
E~UHOGIZING HIMSELF.

Carl Schurz finds nothing more appro-
pirate for Signalling his assumption of
the editorial chair in the office of the
Evening Post than the ~pronouncing of a
eulogy, such as it is, upon the Admins
tration of Mr.. Hayes. all of which he
saw, and a part of which he was. He
enumerates among the causes which
saved the Republicans from defeat in
1880 "the fact that the people were rea-
sonably satisfied with the conduct Of the
Government for the last four years"
But in the same article Mr.. Schurz
shows that if the people were ''reasona-
bly, satisfied with the conduct Of the
Government under Mr.. Hayes, it must
have been owing to their not knowing
how the Government had been conducted;
for, in speaking Of Garfield's Administers
ton, he says that sit has exposed and
is engaged in reforming grave abuses in
an important branch Of the public ser.
vice." Would the people have been rea'
sonably satisfied with the conduct of the
Government during the four years Of
MI. Hayes, if they had fully understood
that from beginning to end, his Admin,
istration was characterized by abuses SO
grave that an attempt to reform then
would be sufficient to distinguish the
succeeding Administration
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
Temperance Meeting.


A member of the Good Templars' Lodge
has handed the SENTINEL the following:
Monday night will be held a temperance
meeting at the school-house. All the mem
bers are earnestly requested to meet,
as business of importance is to be tran
sacted, and that can't be done unless
there is a quorum present, which couldn't
be had of late. If the Order could pay
out $40 pieces, we would certainly have a
large membership, but as long as no other
interest than to abstain from drink and
spending money in saloons, we can't suc-
coed, and must put up with a few. How
ever, for the interest of those that belong,
they should strive to get a quorum to-
gether to settle their financial troubles,
and to show to the G.. W. s. of Nevada, l.
0. of G.. T., who is visiting us, That Eure-
ka has still a lot of Good Templars."
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

Ex-senator Conkling must show cour-
age adequate to the situation in which
the Administration has put Grant and
himself, or all will be lost for the stall
wart BOG! The Geographic message sent
by the most illustrious and popular mem
Der of the Republican party all the way
to Albany from the City of Mexico
clearly shows what the hero of Appom-
attox would do if he were in New York.
"Our Senators +" must be sustained, says
General Grant II ex-senator Conkling
hinches now, as he did in 1877 when he
was confronted with the Louisiana fraud
perpetrated in the interest Of Hayes, his
sun will not only set but set in shame.
1t is a bad sign that ex-senator Conkling
seems to be lodging the President and
trying to get up a side issue with Secre-
tary Blaine. If he means to hold his
own he must boldly grapple with Secre-
tary Blaine's superior, the President. 1t
was the President and not Secretary
Blaine who gave pledges at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel conference to Mr.. Conk-
ling's distinguished chief-Grant. The
logical justification and the only logical
justification of ex-senator Conkling's
position is that he is indicating the
Republican party against the treason to
it Of President Garfield, who is working
the ''spoils system at Albany to cover
and protect his own perfidy to General
Grant and the stalwart BOG. What ex-
Senator Conkling needs now to do Is
really "to make the greatest effort OF
his life " i'll the form of a ringing speech
to the country exposing the misdeeds OF
President Garfield before and since the
election of 1880, and saying openly what
he whispers in private. Ex-senator
Conkling must initiate Mr.. Van Buren,
in l84S if he would hold his own fol-
lowers, win recruits and attract allies.
Let him do what it is quite certain that
Secretary Blaine would do in similar cir
cu~mstances. The political atmosphere
will clear up at once when ex-senator
Conkling openly and resolutely declares
war against President Garfield's Admin
alton, reluctant war though it be
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

that at Canton, Ohio, great indignation
has been aroused upon finding a vault in
the cemetery broken open that had not
been opened for % years, and the bones OF
corpses strewn all around. 1t is supposed
the object Of the dissertation was to get
jewelry from the dead bodies.
A Gymnastic Festival.
ST. LOUIS, June 4.-The turner's to at
tend the National Festival, which opens
here tonight, have been arriving from all
directions this morning in great numbers.
The parade will be one OF the finest this
society has ever had in America.
A Strange Suicide.
DENVER (Col.), June "A member OF
the Soldene Opera Company, Hersee,
suicided this morning by jumping from
the bridge into Clear Greek. He leaves a
wife, who is also a member of the troupe.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
THE LORDS ARMY.

The largest procession that has been
seen in the Ulited States since the great
review in Washington at the close of the
war was that of the Brooklyn Sunday
schools a few days ago. Fifty thousand
of any sort of people in procession form
an imposing sight, but an army Of $1,000
children, nominally in league against
Satin, must be more appalling to the
champion mischief-maker than any equal
number Of men and women could be.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
COLONEL TOM SCOTT.

It is said that at the time Of his death,
Colonel Tom Scott's fortune amounted
to sl3. 900, 900. He was married twice.
His first wife, whom, it is said, he mar
ried when he was receiving a salary Of
$50 q month, was a daughter Of General
Stewart Of Philadelphia. She died more
than 20 years ago, leaving two children,
James P. Scott and Mrs. Howard w.
Bickler Of Philadelphia. Shortly before
the war broke out Colonel Scott married
his second wife, Miss Anna Riddle of
Pittsburg. Two children were born to
them-Edgar Thomas, now about s years
Of age, and Mary, who is a few years
younger than her brother.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
UNCONsTITUTIONAL.

The Kansas ~prohibitory liquor law has
been declared unconstitutional by the
District Court at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Judge Crozier decided that a constitution
cannot prohibit. but can only regulate,
the sale of liquor for mechanical, scien-
tifc or medical purposes. Insomuch as
the law undertook to prohibit the sale
Of the article. which under the amend
ment il could only regulate, it was un..
constitutional.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

The star Route swfndles.

WASHINGTON, June 4.-Colonel Cook.
special counsel to prosecute the Star route
ring. to-day went to the First Comptrol-
er's Office and examined ex-Auditor Nc
Crews accounts. Attorney-General Mac
veagh spent an hour or so in the Postofice
Department to-day, going over papers and
documents brought out by experts Of in
vestigation in their examination of Brady's
administration in office a. Third Assistant
Postmaster General.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

THE EFFECT OF SUFFERING.
Upon what meat hath the dog fed
Senator Malone the great Republican
Readjuster. recently caused the arrest of
a citizen of Virginia for mailing a postal
card to Senator Vance with the request,
Please send me your speech on that
d--d-dog Mahone." The citizen SO
arrested was held for sending "scurrilous
matter through the mails" Suppose the
poor man merely suffered with his pen ?
Is it scurrilous for a stutterer to spell
dog with three DIS?
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05

$500 -.
NEWPORT (R. IT,, June 4s-Asa 7. Law
ton, aged II years, died this morning after
q few weeks illness. Deceased was former
~ known In business circles Of New Bed
ford, and subsequently removed to Califor-
mia, being one Of the pioneers, where, in
the mining business, he amassed Q fortune.
He retired from business a few years ago,
and at the time Of his death was worth
about 5000, 900. He was noted for his
many charitable gifts.
An Incompetent Oficial.
WASHINGTON, June A number Of heavy
importers and business men Of New York
and lawyers, who have business in relation
to customs collection!and duties. are max
ing an attempt to procure the removal Of
the Second Assistant Of the Treasury,
French, on the ground Of lack Of knowl-
edge Of the customs laws, rules and regula-
tons, and the general duties Of his Office
pertaining to customs matters. Nobody Is
proposed in French's place.
Infamous Elopement.
New York, June 4.-John Reynolds, q
wealthy married man Of Andes. New York,
has eloped with the pretty wife Of VIM.
Gladstone Of the same place. Reynolds
leaves a wife and one child and Mrs. Glad
stone two children. Reynolds converted
all his property into cash, which he took
with him, leaving his wife destitute. The
guilty parties went to California.
Human Hyenas.
CINCINNATI, June 4.-The Times states
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
4 wAsrEFUL ADMISIsTRArroS.

Dispatches state that money is readily
p~rocurable in New York for 8 per cent
interest. Yet the prodigal, wasteful and
extravagant Republican Administration
has agreed to give 81 per cent on the re-
newal Of the maturing skies.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-06-05
EASTERN Intelligence.

EASTERN intelligence.
ANOTHER VOTE ON THE sENA-
T0RIAL QUESTION.
CoRNELL'S FRIENDS GOING
OVER TO TREMAik.
Secretary Blaine Exonorated
n Mail Swindle.
A New Era Dawning Upon the
Mining World.
Suicide OF a Favorite Actor at
Denver.
OUR JONES STILL HARKERINe AFTER THE
DUKE or YORK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
A pessimist's Corl.sa.

The singularities which marked the
existence OF Schopenhauer. the German
pessimistic philosopher, did not cease
on his death-bed. He expired on the
2lst OF September, 1860, and two per.
sons were appointed BY the medical at
tendant to watch the body until the fu-
neral. They agreed to perform their task
by turns, and one of them, who had
been the barber OF the deceased, sat
down the first night TO watch at the
foot OF the bed, while his companion
took some rest on sofa. The moon
was shining brightly through the win
dows OF the room. which was on the
ground floor. The time and the circuu-
stances rather awed the poor Figaro.
who was Of timid, superstitious nature,
and. willie his companion was snoring
on his couch, he was absorbed in fearful
considerations on the immortality Of the
soul. Suddenly the clock on the wall
struck the ghostly hour of midnight,
and the last stroke was followed by
sharp sound f1orn the bed; the head
moved, and then came noise Of some
thing falling on the ground. Drawer
men than the barber would have been
disInayed. No illusion was possible the
head Of thecorpse must have comeoff. In
Q moment the barber had opened the win
dow and leaped into the deserted street.
His comrade woke up and followed ii 10
less haste. Both were pale as death.
But after some reflection they began to
comprehend the gravity CT the situa.
ton. What WOULD he said the next
morning q they were not at their post?
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
What a Boy Knows About Girls.

Girls are the most unaccountablest
things IN the world--except woman.
Like the wicked flea, when you have
them they ain't there I can cipher
clean over the improper transactions.
ana the teacher says do first rate: but
| can't cipher ont a girl, proper or inn
proper, and You can I either. The only
rllleln the arithmetic that hits their
cases is the double rule of three. They
are as full of Old Nick SIS their skins can
hold, and they would die if they could
not torment somebody: When they try
70 be mean, they are as mean as pusly
though they amt as mean as they let on,
except sometimes, and then they are a
good-deal meaner. The only way to get
along with girl when she comes to Won
with her nonsense is to give her tat for
tat, and that will fummux her and when
you get girl fiummuxed she is MS nice
rs pin. A girl can SOW more wild oats
than a boy can sow In a year. but girls
get their wild oats sowed after a while
which boys never do, and then they set
tie down rs calm and as placid as d mud
puddle. But like the girls first rate.
and | guess oil the boys do. / don't
care how many tricks they play on me
aud they don't care either. The hoitv-
toityest girl in the world can always boil
over like glass of soda. BY and by
they get into the traces with somebody
they like, and pull as steady as an old
stage horse. That is the beauty of them.
80. let them wave, say; they win pay
for them some day, sewing on buttons
and trying TO make man out Of the fell
low they have spliced to and ten chances
to one if they don get the worst Of it.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
The Cause OF Drouuhts.

The question is often asked, why
droHghts are more common latterly than
IN former years. The main reascn, we
eoncede. however, TO be, because the
forests have been cut down. The effects
OF forests upon the atmosphere are two
fold, They ill the air with dampness.
and again tIiis dampness, when it is con-
densed into clouds, is attracted by the
forests. The roots Of trees run deep into
the Ground and absorb the moisture that
is contained in it a considerable depth
below the surface. This moisture, much
Of itat least, is evaporated by the leaves.
aud thus the air is loaded with water,
The amount of water that is drawn M
from tho strata of the earth lower down
than the roots OF ordinary cultivated
plants penetrate is enormous. This
water, il not drawn mp by the roots of
trees, would gradually make It's way into
creeks and rivers, and ultimately into
the ocean. Cutting down the fores Is
has two other effects, both OF which re-
sult In decreasing the amount OF rain.
Dry and parching winds are unimpeded
III their progress, and the result is that
they carry off the moisture which Is In
the atmosphere. Another result is, that
small streams Of water have in many ip-
stances been entirely annihilated, except
during the winter months. This has de-
creased the volume Of water In the creeks
aud rivers, and consequently decreased
tie attractive force for the clouds and
The amount Of water eyaporated from the
surface Of the earth la our particular
Section. - Cortland Standard.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
A Fair PAGE.

Here is q strange fact. 1t may seem
to many men, in revising their experi-
ence, that they have no fairer page in
their LIES book than the delicious mem.
DRY OF some passages wherein affection
contriyed TO give witchcraft to a parcel
OF accidental and trivial circumstances
No man can forget the yisitations Of tl,at
power which was the dawn In him 81
music, poetry and alt; when the youtb
became watcher of windows. and
studious Of glove, veil. ribbon a.
the wheels OF carriage; when the day
was not long enough, but the night must
De consumed in keen recollections. The
Time when The moonlight was a poem.
the clouds were faces, the stars were let.
ters, the flowers articulate. the air was
coined into song; when all business
seemed an impertinence, and ali the
men and women running to and fro n
the streets mere pictures. - paerson
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
PlayIng-l,artis.

Not many French cards were ever sold
IN the American markets, comparatively
speaking, although these manufactures
were exceedingly fine-a linen card, thin,
strong aud delicate, and nice to handle.
The great bulk Of imported cards were
from English manufacturers. as they are
to-day. The English cards excel III the
Geauty of their finished geometrical de-
siens for their backs being ornamented
with fine colors and Pildidg to an extent
neverattempted with the American article.
This elegance of ornamentation seems to
have always been speciality with the
English makers, and alone, on in con-
nection with the heavy duties. appears to
warrant the price asked for them-about
double that of American cards, the latter
being even a better article.
But, as has been limited, of late years
great progress has been made ia the
manufacture OF playing cards in this
country, until at present no better goods
can be found IN any market than are af-
forded by United States makers. The
modern, round -cornered card of the pres
ent makes Is a vast improvement over the
old style square cornered affair: and tho
manipulation of stock in their makeup
results Ill an article possessing ill the at
tributes considered desirable bv card
players. The English manufacturers
have been trying to copy the results at-
tanned In American round cornered cards
by Fdieing out the stock; but in this
effort they failed signally, since the card
cannot be cnt III that way without fatally
taluring its edges and quality. Conse-
luently acouple of card-cutting machines
have been sent - England from this
country, and, by the use Of Yankee Cor.
JEWISH methods, no doubt our cousins
will achieve better success. - Boston
Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1881-01-27
E.ngllsll and Amerlean Homes.

Mr.. Joseph Hatbon, the novelist, In
letter from London to the New York
Times says: Eat present there Is ne
comparison between English and Ameri-
can homes. America has not the houses,
the servants, nor the inducements that
belong to the home life Of England. In
the first place, the wooden house of the
country districts of America Is poor
substitute for the English cottage or viii
la This viii be strikingly apparent to
Americans travelling for the first time
through Great Britain. There Is no ex-
ageration of settlement III the tributes
which poets have invariably paid to The
cottage homes OF England The hum
blest peasant householder in the coun-
try districts has often picturesque lit
tie home, with flower and kitchen gar
den, altogether superior 10 the American
villa one sees at outlying places along
the railway routes 70 have house Of
Ills own is the chief ambitions of an
Englishman. Except IN London and
other large cities, no young man dreams
of marrying until has furnished house
and can literally takes his wife shome."
Even IN large Cities it is o most rare and
unaccustomed thing TO see q family dim
ing out ut restaurant. Home means
more in England than in America and
the home life in New York bears no COM
parison to that Of London. The lack Of
a thoroughly settled class of men and
women devoted to domestic service III
America has much to do with this; SO
also, of course, have the heavy rents of
good houses. The artisans cottage and
the middle class house of England are
almost unknown in the great cities Of
America. Boston, Philadelphia, and
Chicago haze more to show in this di-
rection thar New York. Yet with these
advantages on the side Of England,
where the sanctity Of home is sort Of
religion, we exhibit to Americans at
every street corner n sight which is pecu-
liarly sad and lontbsome-women drink
ing ut public bars. women with babies IN
their arms taking gin at all hours of the
day, women often reeling into the streets
in a state OF drunkenness. There is no
deeper stain.on the moral escutcheon OF
Great Britain than this public scandal,
except it be the open and shameless so
icitation by crowd of prostitutes IN the
West End streets from dusk till long af-
ter midnight of every day that comes.
1t would seem as il tie highest virtues
and the lowest vices travelled along side
by side ia the English metropolis. Pow
erty and wealth meet here often face to
face and exist closes together than in
any metropolis the world has ever
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