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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
Tho Kangaroo.

Lamb like us is tho face of the kangn-
roo, tender and soft rs are his eyes, he
IL by no means so gentle rs he looks.
Like the heatlcn Chince, his counte-
nance bellies him, and there are few more
exciting md withal dangerous sports
than kangaroo chasing 10 the huntcr
seeking for some new sensation q visit to
the Willis of Australia in search of kan
garoos can be recommended. It requires
fleot borsc to run an "old man" down
If he gets fnir chance to show tnil; and
strong, well trained dogs to tackle him
when brought to bay. inside his soft,
dewy lips arc strong formidal teeth,
wbisah. h.ss" ss"a.hj eAaXcrelx. ..Hia forepaYs.
i'll the mir and crush him to death; whilo
when lying down., his favorite fighting
attitude, he can kick with his powerful
hind legs in manner that rapidly clears
circle round him; and woe betide the
man or dog TINT comes within reachof
those huge claws, which can make
flesh wound deep enough to MAIN the
one and kill tho other. Of course we
here speak of the great kangaroo, tho
boomer or old man of the cOlonists. As
a matter of fact, there are some thirty
different kinds of kangaroos inhabiting
various parts of Australia, and ono spo-
cics peculiar to New Guinea. They
vary i'll size, from the tiny hare langa-
roo of South Australia, the most agile of
its kind, which is but little larger than n
rabbit, to the several giant species,
whether black, red, brown OF, gray, some
OF which stand nearly six feet high.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
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More CliH D\yCIlerS,

Colonel Stephenson, of the United
States geographical survey, has turned
another page in the long-sealed volume
of American antiquities. A large village
of cliff dwallers has been discovered be-
tween the Jcmcz mountains and tho Rio
Grande river, in New Mexico. The
cliffs rise to n height of from fifty to five
hundred feet. Some of them contain
two, some three and others as many as
five lines of dwellings,, rising line above
line, and, back toward the mountain,
tier above tier. The houses on the top
of the cliff in the abandoned city aro
circular, being ten or fifteen feot in
diameter, with arched roofs. Within
tito excavations are numerous small
rooms. Before each line Of dwelling,
there appears I'd, have. been payements
sometimes four'or fivo feet in width. on
the broadcast of which Colonel Stephen
son found imprints Of feet. Many pic
lures and hieroglyphics adorn the face
of the rock.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
Strategy Of the Weasel.

The remarkable sagacity Of the weasel
was well illustrated the other day by an
incident which actually occurred in the
suburbs Of Santa Barbara, California.
A gentleman's barn was infested with
rats, and he was greatly annoyed by
their depredations. They have been
gradually disappearing, however, during
the last few. weeks. The gentleman
finally discovered the cause of their
probable disappearance in very wide
awake weasel, which was engaged at the
time in vigorous combat with an I'M
usually largc-sizcd rat. The latter
proved too much for his adversary, md
finally chased his weaselship out of tho
barn. A few mornings later the gentle
man again found the same animals
engaged in n similar battle. The weasel
at last ran away as before, and the rat
followed in hot pursuit. This time how
ever, the weasel ran into hole it had
burrowed through q pile of hardened
compost. This hole was quite large ut
the entrance, but the outlet was scarce
ly large enough to admit the passage of
the weaseps body. The weasel dartod
into the hole, with tho rat at its heels.
A moment later the weasel emerged from
the other side, ran quickly around the
compost pile, and ngain entered the
hole, this time in the cnomy's rear.
The gentleman, interested in the pro-
ccedings, watched the place some time,
and found that only the weasel camo
out. Digging into tho compost he found
the rat quite dead, md partly caten.
The weasel had arranged his trap so
that the rat could enter, but becoming
closely wedgcd i'll the narrow portion of
the hole, could be attacked Mt disad
vantage and easily killed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
Cough and tho Barber,

The first day of my first visit to Eng.
land was i'll Liverpool. had spoken
the evening before, and was to give my
farewell speech that evening. In the
course Of the day went into q BARRIERS
shop. While the "professor of tonsure, "
rs saw announced the other day, was
practicing on my hair, he began to
speak of the plentiful harvest in Ameri.
ca. said:
"I sail for America tomorrow"
"Ah, indeed, sir You will have as u
fellow-passenger John B. Cough"
''Does he sail tomorrow ?"
eyes; and have a ticket to hear him
tonight"
"Have you heard him Lecturer"
mo, sir: have you?"
eyes"
"How do you like him ?"
81 do not think much of him ?"
'"Then you are not q teetotaler
"Yes, am."
81 wonder you do not like MIR.
Cough"
'I said I did not think much of him,
not that did not like him."
"Ah, that'syery much the same thing
What sort of an appearing person is hep"
ga very ordinary-looking person."
cit is plain to see you do not like
him. What might be his size, sir ?''
"About my size, judge"
"Have you heard him moro than
once?"
eyes, many times"
"T beg your pardon, sir, but do you
know him p"
"Tolerably WE'LL"
'Shall you hear him speak this even.
ing %
Eyes, I expect to do 3d."
"Did you hear him last evening?"
"Yes."
''I have been quite desirous of hear
ing him, and I have secured my ticket.
Does your air suit you, sir? Shall put
some hoil on it?"
"No, thank you, it will do very well;
md you will have an opportunity to
study your work on the platform. for
you have been cutting Mr.. Coughs
hair"
"Bless my soul, sir I beg your par
don, 'ope I ave not said anything
wrong, or been in hanny way disrespect-
full"
oh, no ; on the contrary" you have
been quite complimentary
$50 you are Mr.. Cough. shall ear
you tonight. Emory, sweep up all this
air and take care of it. Goodbye, sir.
t,iy am }{g5Il1aa g5laa + ays aa the opportunity and
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16

master. The other rustic, struck by her
beauty, asked his felow-topcr whether
he would sell her tc him, and this the
husband promptly agreed to 10 for the
moderate. price Of one silver forin-
about two shillings Of English currency.
AS soon as the money had been paid,
and the contract ratified by libation,
the purchaser rose from his scat to take
possession of his beautcous bargain ;
but, seeing that what she had until then
regarded as conyivnl jest threatened to
become grim earnest, she took to flight,
followed by the cliimant to her charms.
Two gendarmcs, however, appearing on
the scene, she appealed to them for pro-
lection, and not in vain. Failing to
obtain delivery OF his goods, the dis
appointed peasant demanded his horin
back, with another ior interest, in which
rcquisition he was stoutly supported by
number of his fcllow-villngers, who,
upon the husbands absolute refusal to
pay up, seized him and beat him sound
ly. He contrived, however, to cxtricato
himself from their clutches, aud made
off ut the top of his speed, but was
caught by the peasant whose money he
had pocketed. Turning upon his
pursuer, he drew hatchet from his
belt, and with one savage blow split the
unfortunate mans head i'll twain, killing
him upon the spot.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
A Wonderful Window.

The stained glass windows so much
used in churches, and representing flow
ers, or foliage, or pictures from the
Scriptures, are usually made of colored
glass put together i'll lead sashes and
painted. The glass gives the color, and
the painting gives the drawing and shad"
ing. Some of our native ARTISTS have
recently tried to make improvements in
this beautiful art, and now the most del
icate and complicated pictures are made
in this country entirely out of glass and
without the use of paint. TO under
stand this some account of wonderful
window mado in New York may be
given.
It is for q church, and is in three
parts, and represents n view Of the sea at
sunset rs if seen through the window.
Three curtains are represented as if
hanging up before the window. The
center curtain has fallen down, but those
on the side shut out the view save at the
top, where the rosy sky md the clouds
may be seen.
The colors of the curtains ore made by
the bits of colored glass, and the figured
pattern is marked by the leads or sash.
At the bottom is a heavy friezestudded
with precious stones.
In the centre, where the curtain is
down, is the picture. In the foreground
are flowers in bloom. Then comes the
sea with n distant hill and over it the
sky with white dove flying upward and
the silver bowed moon. All this is done
in colored glass md without any paint.
The water is sheet of glass marked
with wavy lines or ripples; the flowers
are pieces of white glass stamped when
hot in the shape of flowers, tho clouds
nrc made of white or colorcd glass thai
is of very uneven thickness.
The light comes through the thir
places, and is kept out or shaded, by
the thick parts, and it is these differences
in the thickness of tho glass that make
the waves, the leaves, the fringcs on the
curtains, the clouds, and, in fact, tho
lights and shades of the picture. The
precious stones are bits of thick colorct
glass Clipped and cut into diamonds O
many faces.
Stand near the window and it looks
like confused mass of glass of ever,
degree of thickness. Stand ut distanc,
when the sun is shining on the window
!. and it is wonderful and beautiful pic
ture made without paint. This is tin
, beginning of new art, and it is though
that it will lead to still more remarkable
windows in the future,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
Sim Graves.

The smartest Texan, and i'll fact the
smartest farmer, ever met says ELI
Perkins, is old Sim Graves who lives OH
a !. 200 acre farm west of Waxahatchie,
in Central Texas. After Mr. Graves had
shown me his cattle and cotton, he took
me over to his woods.
"Weu, what of it?" I said, rs he
pointed to ten-acre forest.
"What Of it?" Why, thcm's black
walnuts, sir. Ten acres Of 'em. Plant
ed 'em myself ten years ago. See, they're
nine inches through. Good trees, eh ?"
And sure enough there were ten acres
of hand-plantcd black-walnut trees.
They stood about twelve feet apart, 200
to the acre-in all 1000 trees.
"Well, how do you get your money
back?" I asked.
"Black-walLuts are worth $3.50 n
bushcl, amt they? I'll get 400 bushels
this year. That's $1,000. A hundred
dollars an acre is a good rent for land
worth $15 an acre, 'aint it ?"
"Well, what else ?" / inquired, grow
ing Interested.
''rhe trees" continued Mr.. Graves.
s.!1s "are e. growSiing an inch .:::oy will be
nineteen inches through. A blackwell
nut tree nineteen inches through is
worth $25. My 1900 trees ten years
from now will be worth $4,000. If l
don't want to cut them all, can cut
half of them, and then raise bushel of
wnlnuts to the tree-that is, get $4,000
year for the crop. Two hundred and
fifty dollars an acre is fair rent for $15
land, amt it ?"
The more 1 examine into the possibil-
itics and probabilities of ten acres OF
black walnut trees, the more astounded
I become. There is no crop Oh cartl,
that will come within fifty miles of it.
Calculate it any way yon may, ten acres
of black-walnut trees will pay $3.50 M,
nually MI acre for tho forty years. Tel
acres of black walnut trees fifty years
old, be worth 800, 900. There is NJ
fruit that will pay $3.50 bushel, tho
market price of black walnuts. Tel
acres of black-walnut trees, Mt any ngc
would always find market, like mar
bic quarry or cool wine. 1t could al
ways be sold. Mr.. Graves says he has
never seen time since his black-walnu
forest was two years old that he couldn
have sold it for more than as many crop'
of wheat.
Now, any farmer who has ten acres o
overflow land on the Illinois Bottom cal
do just what this smart Texan has done
He can make it worth more than to,
acres in the suburbs Of Chicago inside
of ten years. Any Chicago man can bu.
fifty acres of low, black prairie with,
fifty miles of Chicago at 1926 an acre
plant it to black walnut, and make i
| Day him S15. 900 q year.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
The Sale of Women.

It still appears to be believed in the
wilder regions Of Eastern Europe, that n
mans wife is marketable commodity,
of which he is Mt liberty to dispose by
sale whenever it may please him 50 to
do. TheSother day, at the annual fair
of Papoez, large village in the Escn-
burg Comitat, two peasants from
different hamlets in the neighborhood
had sat drinking together for, some
hours, when tho wife of one of thcm---a
remarkably pretty young woman-came
to the wineshop to look for her lord and
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
SOftcning Of the Brain.

There was n man sitting in ono of the
Saratoga hotel Office chairs ono night
last summer apparently asleep, which
was doubtless the reason couple of
clerks behind the counter began to con-
verse confidentially. "I 'spose you've
heard the boss new rule ?" inquired the
cashier Of the room-clcrk. "You mean
that we are not to charge guests all
they've got hercafter?" EXACTLY. The
idea of allowing boardcrs to leave with
at least ten dollars in their pockets !!
Why, the old man must be getting tho
softening of,the brain. At Long Branch
and Newport they understand the hotel
business better. If q guest gets away
with his life and baggage, he considers
himself in big luck L can tell you. "
"Wcll, the Governor explained his idea
to me-" he said thoughtfully, "and I
must say it sounds reasonable. He says
that when you clean out man COM
pletely he generally takes to drinking
and brings up in tho poorhouse, and in
that way q customer is lost. BY leaving
'em just little corn for seed, as it were,
they have chance to get started again
and ready for q now assessment, 80 to
speak" MAY be something in it, but
-s-s-h." For the guest in the chair
appealed to groan and shiver in his
sleep, and for fear he should wake up
the clerks dextcrously turned the conver.
sation to the subject of q boarder who
had that day choked to death on n hair
pin in the hash.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
THE UNCHANGEABLE DEAD.


They change not, though the world is ever chang
ing;
In memory still'they live, the dear ones gone,
While others flee, they seem to fondly lInger,
10 cheer our pathway as we wander lone.
They live to bless us ever,
Discovered from us never.
The worlds great throng IL swiftly by us hasting,
Their eyes intent on Turing prizes sought,
While our loved dead look kindly on us ever,
With smiles moro sweet than gold has ever
brought,
Their eyes look collly never,
Their love ondures forever.
Upon our minds, our looks, our senses falling,
Time chsels changes as the years fit by,
Stil chisels mono upon the features loving,
Smiling upon us with an undmmed eye
They look and love forever,
Unkindly gazing never.
When all our years have ned, the last departing,
When friends have changed, have been and passed
away,
Unchanged our dead are near the only living
Adown eternal years prolongng. stay.
Our dead desert usnever,
Are with us now and ever.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16
DIR. Slim.

"You sce," observed DIR. Slim, ns he
hanged the patient across the back of
the neck will. n club, "you sec plainly,
gentlemen, that there isno organic diff
fculty. The functions are natural and
this is plain case of hystcria."
81 don't know about that" said DIR.
Stout, kicking the woman fearful kick
under the ear. "Shc may not manifest
it, but there is certainly sensation
there" ...
eff You notice" chirpcd in DR.. Green,
dropping hoG full of bricks on the sub
jcct's head, "she doeh not act rs though
she were conscious, though that may re-
suit rs much from hysteria as from spin
III arrangement. ...
'"This test" remarked DIR. Sapp, as he
started charcoal fire on tho womans
head, "has been found infalliblc. If
under this treatment she kicks, it is hy-
storia. If she don't kick, we find that
even more potent tests must be appl;-
ed."
'In that case my system is the ono to
, employ, said Dr. Fist, running light
ming rod through the patient. "Under
this treatment wo invariably arrive Mt
results.
| 81 am not sure but what we will have
to resort to the heroic remedies" sug-
gcsted Dr. Cruel, emptying gallon of
vitriol down the woman's throat" These
! mild tests ,lo not appear to conduce to
conclusions"
"Have you noticed any peculiar symp-
toms p asked tho faculty in chorus Of
tho weeping husband. .1s - 20
"Only--one--gentlemen, sobbed the
spouse.
! What was that ?" '.,'>
"She--died Neutrality-suspicious. honrs
ago - ,.a0.ala :, 55gl;.s.
And the question now is whether She
died Of hysteria or spine, with aprepon
derance of evidence upon BOTH sides. ;"
a. b ~
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-08-16

They who forgive most shall ,be most
forgiven. 1896. .}sab yijl An 't"sla9g N''--
Live well4Lho% long'or short, permit
to heaven.'n 1'.T"" s4iF.E s58 3EHt X
Sin may be clasped SO close we cannot
soc its face.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-24
PERSONAL.

MIR. James c. Akin, who has been
spending the summer in his cottage at
Cape May Point, has returned. Mr..
Atkins friends regret to find HIM suffer.
ing with rheumatism In the foot SO much
as to cause him to limp aud use o cane
In the streets.
Senator Bayard is booked at the
White Sulphur Springs, Va. The
Misses Sharpe, of this city, are the only
Delaware ladies at this celebrated wa
lering place. Letters within q day or
two say the Virginia Springs never had
so great run OF fashionable people.
Messrs. Charles E. Phillips and Ben
jamin Cause started this morning on a
trip 10 the White Mountains and through
the New England States.
City Councilman Caesar A. Rodney is
registered at the Ocean House, New
port
John F. Miller and F. B. #. Miller, OF
this city, have gone to Beasley's Point,
n. j., for week or ten days fishing.
Miss Josephine A. Fowler and Miss
Carrie j. Davis, Of Dover, ARE in this
city on visit.
Miss Mamie G. Barrow, of Philadel-
phia, isyisitipg Mrs. William Morrow,
Of lhs city.
Rev. Father Mayer, of the German
Catholic Church, who has been i'll Tor
several weeks, has gone to Cape May,
by the advice of his physicians.
The daily gazette., 1881-08-24
WILMINGTON. DEL. WEDN ESDAY AUGUST a. 1881
The DeiawAre sssAte reachers' As
60ciatfOn.

REHoBoTH, Delaware August 3d.
The attendance upon the session of The
State Teachers Association was largely
increased by to-day's arrivals, making
1t necessary to secure the Methodist
church as meeting place.
This mornings session was devoted
to the reading and discussion of naner
on Improved Methods of Teaching. It
was divided into two parts, the first be-
ing read by Superintendent Groves, and
the last by his assistant, Mr.. Carpenter.
Mr.. Groves discussed the subject of
writing and t6eD that of arithmetic. He
believed allschools should be thoroughlv
classed In writing; that twenty minutes
each session shonld be devoted to its
study, and that blackboard and slate ex
ercises. would be founi most profitable
to the scholars. Arithmetic Ia upsuc.
cessfully taught because theory instead
of practice has been too greatly resorted
to by teachers. They should be imbued
with the necessity of practical work, and
thus in time their pupils might be ena-
bled to originate as well as solve pro-
blems, for there is something fascinating
and attractive IN tgures, notwithstand.
ing the crude manDer In which they are
treated In most schools.
Mr.. Carpenters part of the paper rela-
ted to tie best methods of teaching the
young, and said the A, B, q, system
must give way to something with less
drudgery In it. Tell them a story to-
day and get them to repeat 1t tomorrow;
ask them what they saw on their way
to school; familiarize them with objects,
their names, uses and orthography;teach
them primary arithmetic by the use OF
pebbles, etc., and the result in every
case will be more valuable than at pre-
sent.
Rev. Mr.. Skinner thought q this con-
nection that the educationa! ideas of the
teachers should be farther advanced,
and Rev. Mr.. Williams thought improv-
60 means OF teaching meant practically
improved teachers, and that In language
lessons the genius of the language as
well as the mere matter should be MASTER
ed.
Superintendent HanIan thought that
many good methods dr. teaching die
with good teachers, ami that normal
schools are necessary to- improve both
methods aud teachers. r
An inquiry as 10 the Quincy. Mass,
me hod having been made, Mr.. Carp.n-
ter and Mr.. Wiley Thought 1t did moi
materially differ from other model New
Engla nd schools, except that 1t had been
ably champloned By able men. The lat
ter, while favoring the teaching of schol
ars to tell the truth and act honorably
and uprIghtly, thought there was danger
OF THESE moral lessons being strongly
tinctured with the theology of the teach
er.
At the afternoon session, Professor @.
s. Conwell, of Dover, read an ESSAY IL.
lustratiDg the beauty and usefuluess of
the study of Shakespeare, which was
subsequently discussed by Messrs. Pur-
nell and Reynolds. During the evening
there was an entertainment consisting OF
select readings, music, &C., followed by
lecture by Rev. w. b. Gordon, OF
SIN yrna, on the cultivation oflhe beauti.
full - |zs.lia5-s3
The daily gazette., 1881-08-24
Champion Fishers.

Yesterday, two Wilmingtonians,
and two Philadelphians summer resi-
dents at F'rench's Hotel ,Pennsgrove,
with Capt. Put. Johnson of that place
caught 384 fish, with hook and line.
The catch was made In the canal run
ming In from the Delaware River at
Deep Water Point. This number does
not include several dozen that were
landed but thrown back into the
water, on account of their small size.
The fish were principally white
perch with a few CATFISH, rock, and
sun,fish. The party regard this as the
champion catch of the season, and
intend to wear the laurels until they
hear of better record being made.