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The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1881-10-15
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
Fish Food.

The following suggestive facts arc
gathered from Prof Atwatcr's papers
before the annual meeting of tho Fish
cultural Association Fish consists of
waste matter and flesh. The waste con-
sists of bones, skin, entrails, etc. the
flesh of water and two solids the solids
are the nutritivo material. The proper
tions of waste in different samples vary
widely: A founder G8 per cent, while
one of halibut steak only 18 per cent :;
making the halibut the cheaper fish Mt q
higher price. The least waste is to be
found in fat shad, fat mackerel, and dry
and salt fish. The practical application
Of these facts is of the utmost value.
The same nutritive substance in tho
different samples of fish were found to
vary in cost from 40 cents to SO n pound.
The high price, bear in mind, being for
fish having the greatest waste. "1t
makes little difference it is added, $40
tho man with $4,000 year whether he
pays 40 cents or 81 q pound for the
albumenoids in food providedi it suits his
palate; but to the housewife whose
family must be supported upon $500 n
year it is matter of great Importance. y.
--DR. FooTE's HEALTH MONTHLY.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
The New and Old Version.

= A middle-aged married man of our
city thought he would trim the trees in
his garden one Sunday, on the sly, but
while he was saving off limb, his wife
watching him from the window and toll
ing him to wait till tomorrow, n good
lady came along Oh her way home from
church, and seeing him at work on the
Sabbath day, was very much shocked.
She called to him and wanted to know :
"Have you ever read the ten command
ments ?" ooh, yes, hundreds of times
know 'cm by heart, every one of 'cm,
and know L have broken the seventh
commandment three or four times already
to-day and expect to break it rs many
more times before the sun sets, for these
trees and bushes have to be trimmed
and I'm in business from sun up till sun
down on week days, and am too poor to
hire it done" The lady started on home
without saying another word and his
wife roared out laughing, and he couldr't
tell for tho life of him what was the mat
ter until his wife gave him the ten COM
mandmdnts to read. He did so md then
wanted to know where she got the newly
translated Bible. cit is not the new
Bible you nre rcading, but it is tho old
one, and Mrs. knows tho ten
commandments rs we'll as you know your
A B C's. Now what do you suppose she
will think of you?'' He studied for a
minute. "Well, I'm as innocent rs n
lamb, I nm, be gosh but confound the
seventh commandment anyway. that's
all I've got to say, and I know very well
the numbers have heen changed" The
subject was dropped, but he knows one
Of the commandments now, you bet.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
BuckinghamsIliro,E Eng.

Perhaps no country in England has
shared more richly in the memories of
its great and interesting pcrsonages than
Buckinghamshire, the place of residence
md burial of Lord Beaconsfeld. Milton
completed "Paradise Lost" in one of it's
villages; Gray, in his "Elegy," cclebrat-
ed Stoke Pogis, and Cowper wrote in
Olney. Of eminent statesmen, Bucks
was one way or other connected with
John Hampton, Temple, George Gren-
vile, Lord William Russell, of the Rye
house plot, Lord John Rnssll, buried at
Chenicsi, tho burial place of the Bedford
ducal house, and Edmund Burke, who
lived Mt Beaconsfield. At Slough Her
schel erected his telescope, and at Pit
stone abbey Queen Elizabeth spent n
good deal of her youth. In the same
country are Stowe, tho splendid scat of
the Duke Of Buckingham, and the abbey
of High Wycombe, belonging to Lord
Darlington, and close by where tho earl
rests is Bradenham house his fathers
house, from which he dated his election
addresses.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
EsIliiInaux Carpentry.

The builder selects snow of the proper
consistency by sounding drift with q
cane made for the purpose, of reindeer
horn, straightened by steaming, and
worked down to about half m inch in
diameter, with ferule Of walrus tusk or
the tooth Of bear on the bottom. BY
thrusting this into the snow he can tell
whether the layers deposited by success
sive winds are separated by bands of
soft snow, which would cause the blocks
to break When tho snow is. selected he
digs pit to the depth of eighteen inches
or two feet, or about the length Of the
snow block. He then steps into the pit
and proceeds to cut out the blocks by
first cutting down at tho end of the pit
and then at the bottom afterward, out
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
-SD~-
NOT II Wash.

One morning an officer walked M old
vagrant to the Central Station, Detroit,
to have his case attended to, md he was
locked up in cell with q prisoner ~
rested at al earlier hour The two looked
at each other pretty hard for minute
and then the last arrival said Z:
"My name is Stevens"
"And mine is Thomas" replied tho
other
"Well, Thomas, what are You here
for %
"Vagrancy"
''No Som I. I was awfully afraid
you were in here for some high-toncd
offence and wouldn't care for my com
pany. How's your clothes ?"
every poor"
"Good So are mine. Got any mon
ey?"
"No."
Neither have 7. Will anybody help
you out ?"
"No."
"Splendid! Well both go up together.
Have you had good wash this spring ?"
"Not n wash"
"Neithcr have T. Hanged if there
isn't a bond of sympathy between us |!
What will You do after We get ont of the
cooler ?"
'I'm going to tramp"
care you? That's my line exactly,
and we'll go snooks and work alternate
houses Say, Thomas !"
eyes -
"We'rc in luck; Ninety times out of n
hundred and ono of us would have turn
ed out to be bank defaultcr or an en-
bezzling clerk who'd have snccred at
our clothing, found fault with our En-
glish and wanted to wash three times q
day. Say Thomas, let's embrace and
go halves on tobacco"
Thomas being willing, they embraced
and made fair division of tho last
chew.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
Winning n Wife at Cards.

When Hazleton was first settled md
laid out rs the town of tho middle coal
field, number of young men used to
congregate in some Of the shantics at
Crystal Ridge and play cards for such
stakes rs railroads, mines, mill horses
and pretty women. On one occasion the
boarders were playing forty-five for the
servant-girl, "a blooming maid whose name
was Biddy MCGEE. Biddy was Of course,
unconscious of the fact that her fate
hung on pack Of cards, and was at the
time washing dishes in the house, when
n loud guffaw caused her to Erun in the
shanty.
"Phat's the matter wild. yecs now?"
said she, and in jiffy Charley McGin-
mis- jumped to his feet and exclaimed
"Biddy, Begorra, I won you this
minnit, and bate Tom Brannigan.
"Did ye?'
"Troth, did, and PLAT do you think
iv it?"
'sure, think you got n prize Char
ley"
care you in earnest, Biddy?"
"Of corse, I an"
"Well, would you marry mc p
''Troth would, Charley"
The next day there was a wedding,
and Charley and his wife, who are still
living will never forget the game of
forty-five played by the boarders in the
shanty at Crystal Ridge twenty six years
ago.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
What IL Nickel?

Since the convenient five-cent coin
which in common talk, is called ca
Nickel" has come into general circula-
ton, the question above is asked either
mentally or orally hundreds of times
every day, and but few get an intelligent
answer. In China and India, white
copper, called pack tong, has long been
known, and has been extensively used
both there and in Europe for counter
feiting silver coin. About the year 100
a peculiar ore WAS discovered in tho
copper mines of Saxony, which had the
appearance of being very rich, but in
smelling it yielded no copper, and the
miners called it kupfer-nickcl, or false
copper. In 1854, Constadt announced
the discovery of a new metal in kupfer-
nickel, to which he gave the name of
nickel. In was in combination with
arsenic, from which he could relieve it
only i'll parts. The alloy of nickel and
arsenic which no obtained was white,
brittle and very hard, and had melting
point nearly as high as cast iron. It was
not until 1928 that pure nickel was OBJ
tanned by analysis Of German silver,
which had for n number of years been
produced at Suhl, III Saxony. It's COM
position WAS ascertained to be copper 10
parts, zinc s and nickel 4. If more
nickel be used the alloy "a as white as
silver and susceptible of very high
polish, but becomes to brittle and hard
to be hammered or rolled, and can be
worked Only by casting. Pure nickel is
q white metal which furnishes readily in
the air. Unlike silver, it is not acted on
by the vapor of sulphur, and even the
strong mineral acids attract it but slight
". Nickel has the hardness of iron,
and, like it, has strong magnetic prop
critics, but cannot be welded md is
soldered with difficulty. Pure nickel
has heretofore been used chiefly for
plating, for which purpose it's hardness
and power to resist atmospheric infu-
ences admirably adapt it. Within the
last year the French have succeeded in
rolling tic metal into plates, from which
spoons and other table furniture may be
pressed. Nickel bronze which consists
of equal parts of copper and nickel with
little TIM may be cast into very delicate
forms, and is susceptible of high
polish. Mines of Nickel are worked Mt
Chatham, Conn.,, and Lancaster, Penn. :,
and it is said to be found at Mine La
Motto, Mo-, and at several points in
Colorado and New Mexico, where but
little attention is paid to it,; It is extern
sively mined in Saxony and in Sweden,
but the date discovery of a new orc Ga
silicate of nickeD in New Caledonia will
probably suspend the use Of the arsenical
ores, and yet bring nickel into common
use. Switzerland, in the year 1882, made
coin Of German silver, which is iden-
teal in composition with our nickel coin
The United States made nickel cents in
1856, and eight years later coined the
five-cent pieces. Belgium adopted
nickel coinage in 1860 and Germany in
1873. England has lately coined pennies
for Jamaica, but at home sho and France
still adhere to the clumsy copper small
change.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
Cunning of u Fox.
ago.

Some fishermen on the west coast Of
Ireland were i'll the habit of going to n
small island, a few hundred yards from
the main land, in quest of bait, The
island was inhabited by q large number
of rabbits, and could be reached at low
tide by wading, the water there only be-
ing few inches deep.
One morning they went in their boat
quite early, it being high tide, and on
landing saw q dead fox lying OH. the
beach. The fur of the animal was NIL
bedraggled, and he seemed to have
been drowned. One of the men remark
ing that his skin was worth something
pitched him into the boat.
Procuring their bait they returned to
tho main land, and the man who had
possessed himself Of the fox seized him
by the tail and flung him on the shore
AS soon as the animal struck the beach
he picked himself up with considerable
agility for 4 dead fox, and shot oft like n
flash up among the cliffs, while the men
stood staring ut each other in mute as
constituent.
The men concluded that he had CROSS
over to the island during the night, when
tho tide was low, in search of rabbits,
and finding i'll the morning that he was
cut off from the main land, counterfeited
death, with the expectation of thereby
procuring passage to the shore in the
boat, an expectation which was fully
realized.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
Trees and Health.

Everybody knows that trees take the
cnrbonic acid thrown out in the breath
of mon and animals, separate it into
component parts carbon and oxygen--
give back the latter to be used over
again and work up the formor into wood
and fruits.
1t is also coming to be generally under
stood that forest trees do important SER
vice in promoting rainfalls, and in help
ing to retain the surface water for springs,
streams and general use.
1t is also known that certain species
planted in malarial localities, help to
render the latter healthy by somehow
using up the deadly miasma.
1t would now appear that trees grow
Ing near drains carry off the sewerage
water.
A gentleman, whose ccss-drain was,
constructed just like his neighbours and
in the same kind of soil, had found it
unnecessary to clean it out, while the
others had to be cleaned out frequently.
An examination showed that three
large trees, whose roots had penetrated
into the vicinity of his second, or waste
cess-pool, were clearly channels through
which the waste all escaped.
Whether it was changed into plant
food, MS is likely, or was cxhalcd through
tho leaves, III either case it was disposed
of with equal safety.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12

ting little channel about an inch or two
deep, making the thickness of the pro-
posed" block.
Now comes the part that requires
practice to accomplish successfully.
The expert will, with few thrusts of his
knife i'll just the right places, split Off
the snow-block and lift it carefully out
to await removal to it's position on the
wall. Tho tyro will almost inevitably
break the block into two or three pieces
utterly unfit for the use of the builder.
When two men arc building an igloo,
ono cuts the blocks and the other crccts
tho wall. When sufficient blocks have
been cut out to commence work with,
the builder marks with his eye or pcr-
haps draws line with his knifo desert
bing the circumference Of the building,
usually circle about ten or. twelve feet
in diameter. The first row of blocks is
then arranged, the blocks placed so rs
to incline inward and resting against
each other ut the ends, thus afloriling
mutual support When this row is COM
pleted, tho builder cuts away tho first
and second blocks, slanting in from
the ground upward, SO that the second
tier, resting upon the first row, can be
continued on and around spirally, and
by gradually increasing the inward slant
perfect dome is constructed of such
strength that the builder can lie fiat
upon the outside while chinking the
interstices between the blocks. The
climbing Is, however, usually done by
women and children rs the building
progresses, and additional protection
secured from the winds in very cold
weather by banking up, with large
wooden snow-shovel, the snow Mt the
base often being piled to the depth of
three or four feet. This makes the igloo
perfectly impervious to the wind in the
most tempestuous weather. When the
house, is completed the builders are
walled III. Then small hole about two
feet square is cut in the wall on the
side away from where the entrance is to
be located and is used to pass in the
lamps and bedding. It is then walled
up and the regular door cut about two
feet high and niched at the top. It
would bring bad luck to carry the bed.
ding into the igloo by the samo door it
would be taken out. Before the door is
opened the bed is constructed of snow
blocks, and made from one to three or
four feet high, and occupies three-fourths
of the entire space. The higher the bed
and the lower the door the warmer tho
igloo will be.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
P's and Q's.

In alehouses, in ancient times chalk
"scorcs " wero marked upon the wall, OF
behind the door of the tap-room. 1t
was customary to put the initials "P"
and 90" at the head of every mans &C
count to show the number of pints and
quarts for which he was in arrears.
When person was indulging too freely
in his .potations friend would exclaim,
pointing to tho chalk score, ."Mind your
P's and Q's." In this way originated
the old saying.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12

hello there's light What, ahoy9
Neighbor, hello hellol" .
"Got 'em both |" he shouted as three
figures, two men aud woman, came in
sight through the starlight. "All right,
got 'em both"
The children are awake now. What
sobs, what laughter, what broken words of
love and joy fall upon the midnight air
And through all, Winnie wondering and
thrilled will, strange happiness, Is saying
to herself: 81 knew God would show US
the way home!''
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
THE SMOKERS HYMN.

This Indian weed now withered quite,
Though green ut noon, cut down at night
Shows thy decay;
All flesh is hay,
Thus think, and smoke tobacco.
The pipe, so lily white and weak,
Does this thy mortal state bcspcak,
Thou art cen such,
Gone with touch,
Thus think, and smoke tobacco.
And When the smoke asccnds On high,
Then thou behold'st tho vanity
or worldly stuff,
Gone with puff,
Thus think, and smoke tobacco.
And when the pipe grows foul wlthin,l
Think on thy soul de1led with sin;
For then the fire
1t doth require,
Thus think, and smoke tobacco.
And see'st the ashes cast away7
Then to thysclf thou mayest say,
That to the dust
Return thou must.
Thus think, and smoke tobacco.
And sce'st the ashes cast away!
Thon to thysclf thou maycst say,
That to the dust
Return thou must,
Thus think and smoke tobvcco.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12
The Cyn,bals.

Tho doctor arrives at the hospital to
make his daily visit of inspection and
receives the tickets of new patient
X-musician in German band, pulmo-
nary consumption.
He proceeds to the patients bedside,
surrounded by his admiring class.
"Well, my good fellow, you spit blood,
don't your"
eyes, Doctor"
"ThatIl do; we know all about it
and you have cold swcats Mt night ell I"
eyes, sir, and
"S-sh You belong to brass band
and you have over-exerted yourself,
fairly blown your lungs away, putting
and blowing into your instrument. Cen
tlemen, you perceive that sickness has
no secrets for science. What instru-
ments do you play, "my good man ?"
'"Ihe cymbals, sirW p +
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12

The resignation of Gen. Melikoff
has been accepted by the Emperor of
Russia,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1881-07-12

he told wonderful stories about the Indians
and furs, and about having many time
had fifty mile O. traps ont on one
stretch"
She remembered, too, that her father
had told her tho next day that trappers
lived by catching with traps all sorts of
wild animals, and selling their furs to the
traders, and that this particular trapper had
been very successful, and had great influ-
ence among the Indians--one Of the big
men of Colorado, as he said.
These thoughts running through her
| mind now as she told how they had been
lost for three whole days and two nights,
and the sight of Nat falling peacefully
asleep on the trapper's shoulder, made her
feel so happy that she suddenly broke forth
with, so, Mr.. Trapperl l can run now.
Let me go right homel
Tho stars came out one by ono that night,
and winked and blinked at a strange figure
stalking through the forest He had a
sleeping child under each arm, and carried
his gun ready to fire at on instant's notice.
Trudgng on, he mIttered to himself:
Swell, old Joe, you've bagged all sorts
| Of game In this ere forest, and trapped
most everything agoin', but you amt never
had such a rare bit o. luck as this. No
wonder l stood there on the edge of the
timber-land, listening to I didn't know
| what. Reckon here's couple O. skins
now'll be putty popular at one market u
any rate-fetch most any price you could
name--but I'll let 'em go cheap; all the
pay want for these here critters is just to
hear the kisses Of them poor frightened.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-06-03

years and seldom has this fact been
recognized by the powers that direct
and designate the standard bearers.
The honors that have come to the
southern part Of the State have gone
To the southeast and our locality has
been ignored. We hope to see Il
change.
In addition to Gen. Baker. there
are suggested the names of Gen. l..
+. Hubbard of Red Wing. A. Il.
McGill of st. Paul, j. V. Daniels of
Rochester, Clark W. Thompson of
La Crosse, Wis.,, summer stree
claim" ut Wells). n. y. Colbourn of
Preston. with several towns to hear
from, both ut the north and south,
saying nothing of the central belt.
For the Lieutenant. Governorship,
Secretary of State and state Treas.
urcr we hear of no candidates in OPP
| position to the present incumbents.
who are yet one-term officers. We
presume they will he named for their
own successors. The Clerk of STU
premc Court, whose thrcc-ycars term
also expires, will likely be retained.
We do not know that The present
state Auditor is Il candidate for re.
election, hut should he he his pas,
record will be Il very strong recon.
mendation for him. 1t is simple
Justice TO say that Minnesota never
had more faithful and competent
official. hut we hear that he is salts
fled Ia retire with his present term.
Capt. W. W. Bradcn and q. W. Hard.
both of Fillmore county. have been
mentioned, but only one of them will
he likely Ia come before the conyen-
tion. We have also heard NJ. d.
Kenyon, the accomplished deputy
under Mr.. Whitcomh, named in con.
nection with this responsible trust,
but of his candidacy we are not us.
surcd nj present.
W. j. Hahn. present Attorney
General hy appointments. will most
likely hc his own successor for the
full term. For Railroad Commits.
sioner no name has come To the sur.
face. The common practice with
this position is To name Il few per.
SONS previous 10 the convention, but
not speak out sufficiently loud to have
them regarded rs candidates, then
have no organized concentration al
tho convention. and deliver the thing
over quietly and soothingly to Gov
Marshall. We presume the approach
ing convention will follow the estab
lished precedent.
There are three vacancies upon
the supreme bench 10 fill, and
whether the convention will choose
10 nominate the very respectable and
able legal gentlemen who respective
ly hold their positions 10y appoint
ment is one of those political enig
mas better solved after The convcn
ton. All are well adapted to the hon
orahle positions. but with their Demo
cratic proclivities it is uncertain 10
divine how far Republican leniency
may extend in naming their success,
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