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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
FOR THE FARM AND HOME.
Corn Fodder.

Mr.. Ansel W. Putnam says that
whatever theorists may argue his
COWS prove to him by the milk that
corn fodder is at it's best before the
stalk hardening begins, and as soon as
all the leaves of the heavy part of the
stems are fully grown. The second
growth as he calls it-of topstocks and
husks-he thinks as good milk making
material as the first, but not any bet
ter. His policy is to plant very thickly
and cut when the first growth is fully
developed, which is in six to seven
weeks after planting, in good growing
weather; and in this way he can raise
two crops in one season. Thick plant
ing is adverse to the second or top
growth, unless with varieties of sweet
corn.-South and West.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Dangerous Staging.

Here is an anecdote of staging on
the old Placerville road, told by vet
eran San Francisco newspaper editor:
The only outside passenger on the
night run was riding sieepily beside
the driver when a lurch in the coach
aroused him, and to his horror he
found that the driver was missing.
The big headlight and the two side
lights showed that the road was a
down-grade, with rocky wall on one
side and a precipice on the other. The
team was going down at fast trot.
The passenger reached down to see if
he could find the reins, but soon real
lied that his search was hopeless, for
the reins had gone overheard with the
driver. What was to be done? The
inside passengers were all asleep. In
a few minutes the coach without guild
ance would be sure to go over the preci-
pice. Before he could think twice he
heard hoarse voice, which seemed to
come from the ground, call out: "Jam
YOUR foot on the brake and holler
whoal" The passenger obeyed, the
team slowed down, the people inside
woke up and thrust out their heads.
Then the voice was heard again, say
ing: "You fellers git out and take
them leaders by the head, and I'll see
if I kin crawl out of this" 1t was the
driver, who had clung to the reins
when he fell, and, rolling himself into
a ball, had been dragged along the road
between the front and hind wheels,
holding on in spite Of bruises, because
he knew it was death to his passengers
IF he LET 90
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
The Sto,.u of a, Word.

Some words are great travellers and
the story of their wanderings is worth
parusal. One of these is the word
dauphin. What possible connec-
ton can exist between the title
of the prince imperial of France and
that not highly esteemed fish, the dol
phin ?-the fish which the French
themselves now call ole de maer-goose
of the sea.
Going back a long way we find that
among the ancients this fish was held
in much greater repute than it now is.
In fact, it was the aristocrat of the
6nny tribe. The Greeks considered it
as sufficiently sacred to be Apollo's
emblem, and they told many stories of
it's miraculous interference in human
affairs, such, for instance, as the story
of Arion and the dolphins.
The dolphin's connection with the
god caused its figure to be used as
crest, and one was borne by the "wily
Ulysses" on his shield. The Romans
adopted the practice from the Greeks,
the Gauls from the Romans, and the
distorted image of dolphin is fire.
quently seen on ancient coats-of-arms.
At the dissolution of the Roman
empire this crest had given name to
one of the fairest districts of Southern
France-the province of Dauphine.
It's beauty made it a bone of conten-
tion. In the fourteenth century Hum
bert, its count, dying childless, be-
queathed it to the crown Of France on
condition that the heir-apparent should
always bear the title of dauphin and
rule in Dauphine.
Special privileges were granted the
little land, but one by one these were
withdrawn until the district was re-
duced to an equality with the other
provinces. The title, however, sur
vived till political revolutions made it
a dead word which, unlike dead men,
has tale to tell.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Fashion Notes.

Velvet ornaments for dresses and
cloaks are in vogue.
The sale of plain black velvet this
autumn is greater than it has been for
several years.
Flowers are scarcely seen on the
street, but are still used upon opera
bonnets and hats.
White wool combined with velvets.
and plushes in the new high art col.
OTIS will form many handsome evening
dresses this fall and winter.
It is predicted that black OF colored
spencers will be worn by young girls,
with puffed white muslin skirts
Of course this cannot be street cos
tune.
India shawls are being utilized for
wraps. They are made up Of rich fur
borders! velvet sleeves, plush Innings
and carved wood heads of animals for
fastenings.
One of the most striking novelties
is dressed plush-a fabric in which the
long pile is pressed by machinery into
flowers, owls heads, leaves, arabesques
and other popular figures.
Handsome black costumes have a
long redingote of terry velvet with
heavy reps, and plain velvet skirt
trimmed with two narrow founces of
Spanish lace. When the redingote is
designed to hang open from the waist
the skirt front is covered with mar
rover founces of lace.
Fan-plaited ornaments form the
neck finish in front of some of the
new Paris-made dresses, while a high
collar rolls over in the back. The fans
fill the side of the neck in a manner
that is very becoming to slender, long
nscked women; but such a style must
be worn with grace and elegance or it
becomes caricature.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
A Great 3. idge.

1t is not generally known that in
the vicinity of Washington is the
largest stone arch in the world, with a
span of 22o feet, the second being that
If the Grosyenor bridge, with a span
Of 200 feet, which crosses the river
Dee. The structure in question is
named Cabin John bridge, from the
stream it spans, "Cabin John rum
which in turn was named after a.
hermit fisherman and trapper of the
olden time, who lived in a hut near the
mouth of the creek, and was only
known as Cabin John. The arch is
The support of the conduit, an ellipti-
cal brick structure for the pass
age Of the water which supplies the
city Of Washington, and comes from
the Potomac at point several miles
up the river. Cabin John bridge spans
the chasm at height of 10l feet. It
is twenty feet wide, it's extreme length
being 420 feet. The cost was $237, 900.
The spectator is at once impressed with
The grace and strength of the struct-
ure, its airy ightness taking away all
idea Ct thc immense pressure upon it.
Cut in the granite tablet of the west
abutment is an inscription that is
worthy Of note. The bridge was built
under the direction of the secretary of
war, who, at the time, was Jefferson
Davis,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Care of the Eyes.

Continual reading is apt to injure
the sight. Such reading as confines
the eyes without interruption to the
page is more injurious to the eyes than
such as requires occasional pauses in
order to keep up with the scope of the
thought-novel reading is harder on
the eyes than history or philosophy.
A broad page taxes the eyes more than
narrow page, unless it is divided into
two or three columns. Writing is
easier for the eyes than copying, as in
the latter work one must read as well
as write, and compare the copy with
the original. Reading on the cars,
or when in motion, is injurious to the
eyes, as they are strained in trying to
overcome the shifting Of the page.
Reading in an uncertain, changing or
Pickering light is trying to the eyes,
and should be avoided.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Recipes.

LEMON PREsERvE.-Cut the rind of
the lemons as thick as you can without
cutting the pulp; put the fruit in cold
water, and boil it in three different
waters until quite soft. Make a syrup
Of refined sugar, and put three-quar-
ters Of pound Of sugar to each
lemon. Boil the syrup, and then put
the lemcas into it., an 'oil them some
time. Put them al basin, anG
turn them every da! !, l. T OF five
days. Then boil th> s. , again, and
put the lemons into ! late pots, with
enough syrup to cover them.
SUcCoTAsH.-ShaYe off your corn
two or three times so that it will be
cut up in small pieces. Put corn and
lima beans on and stew them well to-
gether, adding little water and slice
Of bacon. When done add a little
milk, a small lump of butter, one ta-
blespoon Of -four and salt and pepper
to the taste.
FREDELLU.-Take any bits of cold
meat, chop fine with little fresh meat
(if conveniently, salt, pepper, dry
bread soaked and squeezed, and little
meat broth OF gravy should be added
to moisten the mixture; form with the
hands into balls and fry quickly in hot
butter.
SEED CAKE.-One pound of butter
beaten to cream, one pound Of sifted
lump sugar, one pound of -four well
dried, eight eggs (yolks and whites
beaten separately, and caraway seeds
to taste. Mix the ingredients and beat
all well together for an hour. Put the
batter into a tin shape lined with
paper and buttered. Bake in mod
crate oven.
BEEFsTEAK AND ONIoNs.-Cheose
large white onions and peal and slice a
dozen while the steak is cooking. A
round, sirloin or porter-house steak,
with very little bone should be used
in weight about two pounds. Put a
large frying-pan over the fire and let it
get so hot that bit of butter dropped
into it will hiss as soon as lt:touches
the pan; then put the steak into the
pan and quickly brown the under side;
turn it over, season II with salt and
pepper, put the. onions around i SO
fhattheYtouch the pap and tnsns oYe1 e''
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
THE FAMILY DOCTOR.

AS a cure for hiccough d.. Foote's
Health Moathly advises the sufferer to
take either a lump Of sugar soaked.
in vinegar, or five swallows Of water
Persons who suppose themselves suf
fering from heart disease because they
have pain in the region of their heart
or palpitation, seldom hayeany disease.
of that organ. In nine cases out OF ten
they are sufferers from dyspepsia
nothing more. Congestion of the
lungs is most frequently caused by a
sudden change. from the heat of an III
ventilated room, or railroad car, or
horse car, to the cold air outside, with
out being protected by sufficient cloth
ing hence many persons thus seized;
drop dead in the streets.
Hot drinks are specially hurtful to
the stomach. They cause irritation OF
tile nerves Of the stomach, and conse-
ouent mild Inflammation Of that OF
gan, so that after a lot drink the
stomach is red and congested; in time
a debilitated condition is set up. a
temperature of 100 degrees also de-
stroys the active ferment of the gas
trio juice--pepsin-and so leads to
indigestion. If the stomach is at all
disordered, hot drinks give rise to
much gripping pain, and in many cases
to vomiting. In cases OF diarrhea,
too, hot drinks only increase it, while
cold ones tend to lessen it.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
CLIPPINGS FOE THE CURIOUS.

A mountain sheep weighing TWO
hundred pounds was recently killed in
Arizona.
4. strange and curious animal was
recently killed by hunter in the State
of Morelos, Mexico. 1t was about the
size Of an ordinary donkey, Of grayish
color, had very thick hair, and its up
per lip was some four inches longer
than the lower one.
The honor of kissing the toe Of the
sultan of Turkey IS reserved for the
vizier, ministers and certain privileged
pashas. This homage is performed
with the utmost solemnity, and is
marked by every sign of respect worthy
Of so important an occasion.
The oldest deed in America is in
possession of Major Leland, of New
York. It's dated 1910, eighteen years
after the discovery by Columbus, and
conveys Fishers Island, in Long
Island Sound, from certain Indian
chiefs, to John Cabot, whose signature
it bears.
The early Greeks and Persians used
marine signals, making them not by
flags but by the position of their sails
and by holding shields in various posi-
tions. A code of flag signals was
made in 1920 by Venetian captain
and the first English signal was intro
duced by James IL, Duke of York.
In the fifteenth and sixteenth cen
turies the counts of Kaerfenburg kept
in their castle a beaker holding two
quarts, and challenged guests to drain
it at q draught; but since 1886 very
few have been able to perform the
feat, and since Prussia became king
dom it has not been performed at all
Oswaldus Norhingerus, who was
famous for his minute contrivances, is
| said to have made 1000 dishes Of
turned ivory, all perfect and complete
in every part, yet so small, thin and
slender that all Of them were included
in cup turned out of a peppercorr
of the common size. They were almost
invisible to the eye. zs.a: ~-.'--
Where do the red and speckled ears
of corn come from when white corr
alone is planted, asks an exchange
Why don't we ever find an ear with
an odd number of rows? You car
find four-leaf clover, but never the
odd row on an ear of corn. They
always have fourteen, sixteen, twenty
or some other even number. What
objections has nature to odd numbers
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
-. - s..s-''F
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The persistence of the magnetic
property observed in certain trees Is
attributed by NJ. Larroque TO tne
Transportation by lightning Of small
particles of iron held in suspension
with other matter, which makes up
what is known as the dust of the All.
English ants do not, as those OF
warmer climates, lay up food for the
winter, but, as Sir John Lubbock re-
marks, "they do more, for they keep
during six months the eggs which wild
enable them to procure food during
the following summer, case OF pru-
dence unexampled in the animal king
dom"
When a glass stopper sticks in the
bottle pass strip of woolen cloth
round the neck of the vessel, and see
saw it backward and forward. This
friction heats and causes the neck to
expand, so that the stopper becomes
loose. On this principle Of expansion
by heat a tight screw may be with
drawn from a metal socket by sur
rounding the latter with a cloth dipped
in boiling water.
These are the conclusions Of Professor
E. Woolny Oh the physical properties
of the soil in dense and. loose state.
When it is desired to increase the pro-
portion of water in soil density is to
be aimed at, but loose condition
should be maintained when the con-
trary state is found needful. The more
densely the particles of the soil are.
packed together the more such soil:
will vary in temperature.
There is a substance called cotton
velvet made in China It is very soft
| and durable. Generally it is dyed a
dark blue color in a solution of one
part of indigo to thirteen parts OF
| water, having small admixture OF
wine and lime. After the velvet has
| been allowed to soak in this solution
for about half an hour, it is wrung out
and dried in the SUN. This process IS
| repeated eleven times, and finally the
texture is dampened carefully with
a spray of slightly acidulated water.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
L" IHe1rne7, - Bts170Loes.

Buffaloes are the oxen of Burmah.
But the creatures have a strange
antipathy to white people. A whole
herd will gaze quietly upon a white
man for a time, but the moment he
goes to the windward of them, their
heads are thrown up, they sniff the air,
show signs of alarm and anger, and
then break into run. This antipathy
makes it difficult for white persons to
ride on a buffalo cart, unless it is drawn
by buffaloes accustomed to see them.
The missionaries, who are obliged to
90 in carts through the jungles, are
sometimes reassured by the natives
saying, "You have nothing to fear; ;
these are Christian buffaloes." At
other times the caution viii be, "Take
care these are heather bufaloes."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Novel Fre Escapes.

The last invention for the protec-
tion of theatre audiences is "pene-
Eable safety wal which has just
been patented ~ an engineer at Kotts-
bus, Germany. The plan is to make
the interior wall in all parts of the
theatre of papier mache, made after
certain method. Such a wall viii
have the appearance of massive stone,
but BY pressure upon certain parts
Where The words are to be painted in
luminous letters, .eFe be broken open
iaease Of Ere. !. access to the exterior.
corridors isto be obtained whence es-
te the outer ar cansbe made.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Lads's Curious Mas,ia.

A very curious story is told by DR.
Hammond in his article, "Eecentricity
and Idiosyncrasy," in the current num-
Der of the New York Medical Journal:
A lady had since her childhood
shown a singularity Of conduct as re
garded her table furniture, which she
would have of no other material than
copper. People laughed at her, and
tried to reason her out of her whim,
but in vain. In no other respect was
there any evidence of mental aberra-
tion. She was intelligent, by no means
excitable, and in the enjoyment of ex-
celent health. She had, moreover, a
decided talent for music, and had
written several passably good stories
for youngladies' magazine. An uncle
had, however, died insane. A cir
cumstance, triding in itself, but one,
as it afterward resulted, Of great I'M
portance to her, started in her new
train of thought, and excited emo
tions which she could not control
She read in morning paper that
Mr.. Koppermann had arrived at one OF
the hotels, and she announced her de-
termination to call upon him, IN
order, as she said, to ascertain
the origin of his name. Her
friends endeayored to dssuade her,
but without avail. She went to the
hotel, and was told that he had just
left for Chicago. Without returning
to her home she bought a railway
ticket for Chicago, and actually started
on the aext train for that city. The
telegraph, however, overlook her, and
she was brought back from Rochester
raving Of her love for man She had
never seen and whose name alone had
been associated in her mind with her
fancy fol. copper table furniture. She
died of acute mania within a month.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
News nnd Notes for Women.

News and Notes for Women.
Eight ladies have clerkships in the
Oregon legislature.
Mrs. Loretta BroWnlow, Of East
Paw Paw, ILL.,, has patented simple
and convenient means of crushing and
straining fruit in making jellies, etc.
There is published in Calcutta a
small monthly magazine called the
Kristiya Mohati, OF Christian Woman.
The writers are all native converted
Christian women.
Mrs. Garrett Anderson, NJ. D., of
London, has accepted the yice-presi-
dency Of the South Lambeth Tricycle.
club. Women can now be seen in
all parts of England riding tricycles.
The agricultural college at Hanover.
N. H., will admit women pupils at its
next term, who will be given special
course of study, including butter and
cheese making and dairying in all its
branches.
Miss Sanders, {! lady sent South by
the American board of missions, has
established home for destitute colore6
girls in New Orleans, and has organized
fiourishing Chinese Sunday-school in
the same place.
Mrs. Charles Tuner, widow Of
Liverpool, has giver. 100000 for the
erection of a home for incurables in
that city, and will make ample arrange
ments in the shape Of endowment for
the maintenance of the Institution.
If the newspaper stories are true
there is an invalid widow in Tennessee
who deserves something more than
honorable mention. She has not been
able to stand or walk for twenty years,
but some years ago she began to make
shoes with a set of tools her husband
left her at his death. She has perse-
vered so that now, while sitting in bed
with her tools beside her, she plies her
trade successfully and has very nearly
paid off the mortgage on her little
farm. ...
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
A Prize ESSAY Scheme,

A Prize Essay Scheme.
Among the curiosities of prize essay
schemes may be put the bequest of an
Aberdeen citizen, Mr.. Burnett. This
worthy founder of the biggest prize es-
say fund ever known was afflicted with
a painful illness for many years; but
"his sufferings did not shake his faith
in the loving kindness of the Supreme
Being, and he desired that after his
death the faith of others under similar
circumstances should be sustained and
strengthened as his had" With this
view he left a sum of money to the
University of Aberdeen to be given as
prizes for the best essays on the exist
ence of an all-powerful, wise and good
Deity. The conditions of the bequest
were that the competition was to take
place at intervals of forty years so as to
allow the fund to accumulate a SUN
of not less than 81, 100 for the first prize
and e400 for the second. The first COLI
test took place in 1914, and such big
prizes naturally attracted some big
competitors. The first prize Was
awarded to DR.. William Brown, princi-
pal of Aberdeen university; the Sec
ond ito DR.. Summer, afterward arch
bishop of Canterbury. The second
contest took place in 1854, when the
Rev. r. A. Thompson was awarded
the first prize amounting to e1,S00 ard
the second of 5000 to Principal Tul-
loch. The third contest should take
place in 1894, when the sum available
for distribution is expected to amount
to about e6,000; but a question has
arisen in the minds of the trustees
whether the money cannot be applied
to more practical purposes. Accord
ing to the terms of the will, the offer
had to be advertised, for. seven years
out of every forty, in the literary papers
of all English~speaking. countries at
cost estimated at s700; and the Sue
cessful essayist had to send 300
copies of his essay to the trustees, who
were compelled to advertise extern
sively that these copies are for gratui-
tous distribution. When the question
came up before the house of lords
last year, Lord Rosebery considered
the prospect gloomy if the religious
feeling of the country depended upon
these essays, for he found that more
than 200 of the last 800 still remained
in the trustees hands! Could the
pious founder have foreseen a time
when his well-meant scheme would
yield such barren results, he might
possibly have devoted his wealth to- a
nobler object. The trustees have ap-
piled under the endowment institution
act for an order to vary the conditions
Of the trust, and to substitute for the
essay prizes at forty years interval an
actual lectureship at Aberdeen uni
versity, and their request has been
complied with.-AU the Year Bound.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
Saving Vegetable Seed.

# there are many varieties of the
same vegetable in garden it is i'm
possible to save the seeds of some in an
unmixed state. Sweet corn and all
Of the squash family are quite sure to
mix" On the other hand, peas and
beans rarely cross. If one saves seeds
Of any vegetable let it be of the best.
Instead of leaving the last peas on the
vines for seed set apart portion of a
row for seed, and let none be picked
from it. By proper care the quality
of a vegetable may be improved. In
saving lima beans we have for several
years selected only those with four
beans in the pod; as a consequence,
the greater number of pods in the
whole crop now have four beans.
The selection of the first ripened and
Lest formed tomatoes for seed will
have a marked effect upon future
crops, and this is the case with all
other vegetables. If one has choice
melon he would preserve in its purity,
the surest method is to fertilize few
female flowers. Take a male flower
of the same kind that is shedding its
pollen, remove the corollo, to expose
the stamens. Select a female flower
chat is just ready to open, but has not
been visited by insects; open it and
apply the stamens to the pistil of that
flower. Cover the flowers thus oper-
ated upon by a bit of muslin until the
fruit begins to grow.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1882-12-02
DIR. John Rae does not hold the CON

DR.. John Rae does not hold the COM
mon opinion that the Esquimaux are
a diminutive race. He is inclined to
think that they are fully as tall as the
average native OF London, and much
heavier. The women, when young, he
says, are very pfeasant-looking, almost
pretty, extremely solid and compact,
with small feettand hands, and we'll
formed limbs. As to strength, he
found that the Esquimaux could lift
400 to 500 pounds withease.