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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
HrOther's WIfe's Side.

He wandered into the Mayors office,
ana, walking slowly up to Il desk, asked
timidiy it his Honor was engaged.
"WEat is your business, asked the
clerk.
well, you tco, I'd like to speak pri-
vately to the Mayor. It's Il family af-
fair"
"Rclativc to his Honor's?"
moo. It's about my family. A per.
sonal matter--yOu underestimate"
"Well, he is engaged just at present.
You are sure L will not do rs wcll?"
"You might. That is, now; but I
must see l,s Honor later. IL want to
get married." snid tho visitor, blushing
to the roots of his HAIR, and inteAtly
studying his boots.
"Vely well. Bling around the un-
fortunate female" said tho clerk. "You
don't expect to get married without
having tho bride on deck do your"
"Oh, no." said tho visitor, "but l
want to settle question That's bother
ing mo, first, thought the Mayor might
give mo l.tllo advice about it, and
then if everything is al right III SEQ
him later"
"Woll, suppose you make no your
advisor, nld see tho Mayor whom you
have tho gml along" said the cl, rk.
but tho Mayor il so good at giving
ADVICE saul the visitor, Nusi,ating.
"WolI, I guess you cnn tell me whnt to
do. You SEQ the 8nl l want to marry is
q rel"tivc Of mlno."
"V.ry bad prnctico to marry rela-
tives, said the clerk. "Apt to get |, #
with II tliglIty brood Of kids"
"Tnut b What I've bceu told," said tho
visitor. but L think u heap Of that
girl. Shes just my style d"wn to her
boots"
Il don't doubt it," SAID tho clerk.
"But l should strongly advise you to
break OIL The enguHrlnent at once. I've
hemd tcrnDlo results following inter.
marriages Ill ium,nes You nny have
lot OF children only tit to hlre out to the
dime MUSEUM, or wolsc still, out and out
lunatlcs."
''lcs, I've ht ard So" said tho visitor.
Bit ITS awful hard 10 gave That Rnl up.
You tco l only met her Il mouth ago,
and wo havo been engaged lhrco weeks
at that."
"Only met her a month ago3" asked
the clerk. IL thought you sud she was
relative"
$50 bho is," said the visit, L, backing
towards the door. "Sho'B my cousin on
my brothers. Wile's side" but he dougcd
tho lnkst"nd successfully and escaped.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
a Magician Pyramid,

The pyramid which ls the most memor.
aole relic to antlqnarles on the American
continent lies lew miles to the west OF
fuebia. Old Mexico, and has been vls!tcd
ana described by every traveller OF note
who has Interested himself l., the anti.
qu'tles or the country. 1t rises sudden
ana unaseoclated from the midst OF tho
plaln' built In pyramida' form, OF a,1obes,
or large unburned bricks, and though nlu.
Hated and overgrown with trees, the mas.
siVe Ease and four stores Of the monument
are nearly entire. Humboldt describes It
as a work of such magnitude and vastre,1l
as next to the Pyramids of Egypt!sx.y
proaches nearcst tho mighty creations Of
nature. Its height ls 172 feet, and the
SIDES Of It's base 1866, being 27B feet
iower than tho great Pyramid Of Checps
ana 621 longer. The brick material ls IN.
terspelsed with layers of stone and plaster.
ana the four stories connected with each
othcr by terraces. These again are ascend.
ed from bench to bench by regular and
eobl.que flights of steps, cut by the old
Spanlards, as way to little chapel on
the platform. dedicated to the Virgin OF
Kemedlos In STRENGTHENING the road from
Mexico to Puebla, 1t became necessary 10
traverse portion of the base. when the
section laid open an interior chamber.
oulit OF stone and rooted with beams OF
cypress. In 1t were found skeletons. idols
OF basalt and number Of vases curiorsly
Vanished and painted.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Foreign Trado in BreadstufYs.

The report Of the foreign trade in
breadstuffs for December tends to
strengthen the opinion that an import.
ant change is in progress in the method
Of marketing the wheat crop. We used
to export more Of the natural grain.
but lately the exports Of flour have
grown astonishtngly and promise to
soon take first place. Thus, last month
the exports of wheat show decrease
Q70,000 bushels) compared with sthe
same month of the previous year. But
the exports of -four show the notable
increase, comparing the same periods,
OF 827, 500 barrels, or the equivalent of
nearly 5000. 900 bushels. The total
was l,O3l, ,875 barrels, and tho value
30, 376, 1853, being an increase of about
81, 100000. For the fiscal year 1967.8
the exports were little over 1000, 900
barrels. In eight years the trade dou-
bled, and in five years more it doubled
again, being nearly 100000 barrels
for the fiscal year 1880.81. For the
hrst five months Of the current year
the ayopage per month was over 7OO,-
000 barrels. For the year total OF
l0,O0c, 900 barrels is u safe estimate, OF
over 60,000,0Q0 in value. Much O,
this increase is due to tho excellence OF
tho p oduct, which in turn is traceable
to the superiority of the grain. Very
little OF the Spring wheat Of the North.
west goes abroad. The Minneapolis
millers monopolize it, and, with power
as cheap as unfailing water, they grind
flour as high i'll quality as, compare
lively, low in price. Tho processes,
too, have improved. ELECTRICITY is
used to purify the meal, and tho grain
il crushed between rollers instead Of
ground between the oid-fashioned
stones. so, while wheat sells for less
than it brought two or three years ago,
our flour is worth nearly 50 oonts moro
per barrel on tho average. Tho growth
OF direct trade betwoen the interior
and foreign countries is another eIe-
mont III this list. Flour now goes
direct from Minneapolis to Liverpool
or London. The English dealers buy
from American mlllers. Thus, thcro is
saving Of two OF thrco commissions
Ano, though it is strange, it Is true
that 1T costs very littlo. moro to sond
snoh freight across tho ocean and half
across the Continent than it does to
place 1t Mt tue seaport. Other items
OF breadstutfs show little change. Tie
total value was ,O86.O41, against
Sl3, ,oO6. 400, showing that but for the
increase in flour there would havo been
IN unfevorable comparison with 1882.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Tho Famous II 90 of Duu dha.

"A few steps brought us to the chief
temple. Before it stood, surrounded
by railing, the tree concerning which
Abbo uuc tells us that its leaves bear
the natural impress of Buddha's like
ness and OF the Tibethan alphabet. We
sought III vain for such phenomcn !,
Neither image nor letters, but Il wag-
gish smile playing around tho corner
OF the mouth of tho elderly priest es-
cortlng us. In answer to our inquiries
no Informed us that, a long timo ago,
tho tree really produced leaves with
Buddha's image, but that ut present
tho mirnclo was OF raro occurrence.
a few God favored men alone were
privileged to discover such leaves. The
last 80 favored was pious Mandarin,
who visited tho monastery seven Or
eight years ago. Next day Count
Szechcnyi succeeded in finding a leaf
on which rude likeness of Buddhu
h"d beon etched, probably with some
ncld. The llnmas allow no ono to
pluck leaves or blossoms from the tree.
and tho leaves that fall arc carefully
collected and sold to tho lilgl inns as a
specific against affections Of the lurynx.
Tho tree belongs to the Olcace, and I
believe it to be Syringa L (whito lilac),
which i'll all probability reached Europe
originally from CHINA.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Tho Largest Cathodrals.

Some patient German has collected
statistics of tho capacity of the worlds
largest houses Of worship. First on h,s
list, of course, appears st. Petcr's at
Rome, which 10 capable Of containing
Sd, 600 people. Noxt comes Milan
cathedral, with 81, 900; thon St. Paul's,
in Rome, with 81, 1000; Cologne, with
80, 900; st. Paul's. in London, and tho
Church of st. Petronius, in Bologna,
with 25, 900 each; tho Sophia mosque,
in CoIstantinople, with al, 900 ST. Johns
Lateran, at Rome, with $4,000; st.
Stephens, In Vienna, and tho cathedral
in Pisa, $4,000 each st. Dominic, in
Bologna, IL. 400 ; the Frauep kenkirche,
in Munich. 1000 and San Marco, in
Venice, 1000. st. Patrick's Cathedral
in New York city is given capacity of
18.000.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
n Little SLOW.

"CopductorI" exclaimed m elderly
gentleman, looking up from the Bible
he had been anxiously pouring over
Tor some minutes, "Uonductor. omit
find anything about this train in the
Scriptures. Who're is it2 show it to
mol"
"What did You expect to find about
ltp' growlcd tho conductor.
Isn't there something about it here
somewherc?" asked the old man, looking
up innocentIy. "Isn't your time table
here eithel?" and he fumblcd over tho
leaves, and appeared puzzled about the
thing.
"Of course it isn't" responded the
conductor. "Thot Bible all happened
eighteen hundred years ago."
"Aud we must have started Just be.
fore it was ont2' mused tho old gentle.
man, putting tho book back in tho lack.
"Perhaps there's something about it in
the revised edition; got q revised edi.
ton.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Pull You Through.

The man with the patent fire escape, pa9-
ent applied Tor, js to he encountered on
every corner. Some Of them have a Hpot.
ted rope, Others canvas tube, and others
yei rope ladder worked by crane or
pulley and block. Each one is warrant, d
10 save everybody hom the sixth story in
time OF fire with the utmt 81 pIOmptness
and despatch, and without even q br,lisc
Oh the shin, and the cost 10 q mere nothing
On Brush street tLerc is a Carpenter shop
on the inst floor of an old house The
GARDINER occupies only the first floor, whilo
tho garrct is empty,
A fire escape man dropped around there
the other day md pointed out the dangers
of a holocaust in such graphic language
tn 1t the carpenter could Almost feel Bills.
ters rising up on the back of his hands.
He realized tho need Of fire escape, and
he laid down his saw and paid call on
the owner of tho place and asked him to
have hole cut through tho floor and roof
and rope laddcrput In.
tLet's sce," muscd tho owner, "IIow
large is tho room you occnpy2'
. ''About Ia feet square"
"And you work :hcre alonc9"
Yes"
"How many windowsi"
"rhree"
'Aud double (loort1'
"Ycs."
"Well. of course, don't want you to
burn up In there Observed the owner;
"but wish you would do me a favor. In
case OF fire wish you would open the 8
windows and the double doors and SEQ II
you can't possibly sxueeze yourself out far
enough for some outsider 10 catch hold u
your hair and pull you through"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Tho Disoovery of tho Mammoth.
The banks Of that great Northern 81.

The banks Of that great Northern ST.
berian River, the Lena, are quite pecu-
liar. These on the western side are
generally low and marshy, while those
on the eastern are often from 80 to 100
feet in hight. In the extreme north,
this high elevation is cut into numerous
pyramidal.shaped mounds, which are
formed of layers Of earth and ice--some.
times q clear stratum of the latter many
feet in thickness.
1t was before such O mound that O
fisherman stopped, dumb with astonish-
ment, one Spring morning. many years
ago. About 80 feet above him, halfway
up the face OF the mound, appeared the
section OF great lce-layer, from which
the water was flowing in numberless
streams; while protruding from it. and
partly hanging over was OH animal Of
Buch large proportions that the simple
fisherman could hardly believe his eyes.
Two gigantic horns or tusks were visible,
and great woolly body was family out
line in the blue, 10y mass. In the Fall, he
related tile story to his comrades up the
river, and the coming Spring, with a
party OF his fellow fishermen, he again
visited the spot. A yonr had worked
out sufficiently to show the nature, and
on closer inspection proved to be we'll
preserved specimen Of one Of those gi-
Rantio extinct hairy elephants that
roamed over the northern parts Of Eu-
rope and America Ill the Garner ages OF
the world. The body was still too firmly
frozen to permit OF removal. For four
successive years the fishermen visited
it, uutil finally, i'll March, 1904, five
years alter lis original discovery, it
broke away from its 10y bed and came
laundering down upon the sands bo,ow.
The discoyerels first detached the tusks
that were nine feet six inches in longth,
and together weighed 800 pounds. The
hide, covered with wool and hair, WAS
more than 20 men could lift. Part Of
this, with the tusks, were taken to Jn-
kutsk and sold for 81 rouhles, while the
rest OF the animal was left where 1t fell,
and cut up ut various times by the Ja-
koutes, who fed their dogs with its ilesh.
A strange feast, this truIy--meat that
had been lrozen solid in file leo hous Q of
Nature perhaps $4,000 years, moro or
less; but 80 we'll was it preserved that,
when the brain WIS nltel ward compared
with Il recently killed animal, no differ
ence i'll tho TISSUES could DO detected
Two years alter tho animal had tnllcn
from the cliff, tho news reached St,
Petersburg, and the Museum Of Natural
History sent Il scientist to secure the
specimen and purchase 1t for the En-
peror. He found the massive skeleton
entire, with the exception OF one fore
lex. The tusks were repurchahcd ut
Jakutsk, and the great franc was taken
to st. Petersburg und there mounted.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
Two Quarts 1 Guess,

1t 10 related that Buffalo man, who had
been IN the coffee business Tor several wear
was led to belieye that he was a sinner
and to come out on the side of religions
The morning after he had taken this atcn
he reached his factory to find business ans.
pended, and upon demanding an cxplana.
tion, his son replied:
"Well. father, didn't know what TO do
did not suppose after what you said ]ast
night thnt you would mix any more beans
wltb the conSe.I presumed 1t would make
difference"
"Yea, 1t will make just a little diff =.
ence, " calmly observed the old mon
=" We have heretofore been mixing onn
barrel OF beans to four Of coffee, haven't
we2'
"Yes.
swell, take out two Of the beans--two
quarts about, guess"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
what Il Deer Secs and Hears,

When deer Is much hunted his ears
become exceedingly acute. Mr.. Van Dyke
mas seen one spIing from his bed and rurS>
away at race horse speed before he was
within 200 yards Of tho animal, although,
he had touched not single bush or twixS
III approaching the game. anc although he
WAS positive that mau couiu not a.
twenty yards distance have heard the
sou Ircad OF mOccaslns on the ipht SNOW
Deer, TOO, are able to measure with lntni-
i've correctness the distance and characG;
o1 sounds. They will often lle all day
wlthln nearing of the normal sounds of the
~oodman's ak and the shouts Of the team.
ster. as rule, too. the crash of O suuir.
refs jump. the roar of thunder, The sns,,.
ping OF trees with frost. their creaklpg br
falling III the wind, does not alarm them
in the least. Yet the talntest pressing OF
the leaves beneath the hunters moccaein
may Instantly send them flying. A deer
con also SEQ long way. On one occasion
Slr. Van Dyke sow one watching brother
sportsman nearly mile o mile away.
whose motlons he could hardly himself
make out. 1t is true that Tor recommending
an object at rest the eyes Of a deer arc :.
about as dull as those OF dog. II un.
alarmed he will not distinguish a man
from stump On open ground, If the man
is seated and perfectly motionlees. On
the other hand, 10 catch motion, a deer's
eyes are marvelonsly quick, ard the fact
That he Is sgen"rally at rest while the hunter
Is moving gives him an immense advan.
tage. Even the slow lifting Of your head
over ridge. or the slow dragging of your
litnos over tie trunks Of trees, or the slow,
advance Of your creeping body along the
ground, Is almost instantly detected, un-
1858 Inc motion happens to be made while
the deer have their heads down, feeding
or walking.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22
AGRICULTURE,

TUREIPs As A FARM CIR P.--Very few OF
the farmers Of this country appreciate tho
value of turnips as farm crop. Some
chemists estimate them to contain ninety
i've pei; GEM. Of water, leaving only five
per cent. Of flesh forming material; and
out Of thus small portion they deduct a por-
tion as woody fibre, only good to help fill
up the stomach of al apimal. am not
prepared to dispute the correctness OF this
analysis, but do take issue with the con.
cluslons that turnips have no greater value
as food than may be Indicated by the
chemists figures. Turnips have possibly
mechanical value, as they may aid In
the digestion Of more concentrated food,
such as corn meal, when fed with it. Per.
haps the fault is to be found in the fact
that the % per cent. OF water is put down
as worthless. In the economy of nature
TINS very water may prove of more impor-
lance than has been ascrlbed to 1t. l have
found that raw turnlps will not only sus.
tam life, but cause hogs to thrive when
fed nothing else. l do not mean when
led large quantity, but an amount, which
according TO the chemists tables, would be
such small per cent. Of the actual food
that starvation would be expected. Sheep
and cattle will fatten on them, with very
little hay. The credit cannot be put down
TO the bay, but must be carried over TO the
turnips. II understand the British sys.
tom OF akiDg mutton, it is manly, and
sometimes entirely, by the use of turnlps.
The sheep are confined by hurdles on the
turnips, where they help themselves, until
J the crop within the incIosurc is exhausted,
| when they are moved to fresh lot. Know.
ing the real value Of turnips, and how ca.
silly they may be converted into meat, why
should not tho American farmer avail him.
self of the opportunity, and not rely 80 ex.
cluslve'y upon corn3 Every farmer should
haye turnlp patch, tho larger the better.
The crop can always be made supplement.
tary to another on the farm, and is sc
much clear gam.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

ORANGE county, N. Y, farmers say that
the COW has tt ell more profitable with them
than the fast horse. a very few fast trot.
tiers have brought much money into the
county, but has usually gone 10 second
hand bny ers rather than growers of the
stock. The good dairy COW bought her
income into the pocket Of the farmer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

IHE close housing OF sheep is about in
order, and many shepherds, who are care.
ful not to expose their fiocks to the rains
and snow arc doing something which is
perhaps worse, by letting the manure ac-
cImujate IN the houses. Cleanliness is
an essential element in the management OF
any KIND of live stock, but The filth and
the heat arising from manure are certaiuly
injurious to sheep, they being naturally a
cleanly class OF stock.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

TIE Baldwin among apples. the Bartlett
and Duchess among pears and the Wilson
among strawberries have Tor twenty years
or more held first place in the fruit lists of
the North for profit. Their hardness a, d
unlior.n productivcncss give them This pre-.
enlnencc. There are better fruits iii their
several classes than either of these, but J..
remains to be seen whc,ker they possess
the other qualifications for popularity.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

IN manurlng fruit trt es the cherry should
receive lighter application than most
other kinds. 1t Is noS bene fitted by much
stable manure, but can bc top dressed
with ashes or anything containing potash.
almost without stint. All stone fruits.
especially those that are acid, need liberal
doses of potash.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

VRaErABLEs, like grain, seem to pass
through sweating process whom placnII in
heap, which guides those slorlrg Il er.
IN large quantities TO be careful of The lem.
pcra,ure OF the cellars and atorehouses il,
which they are kept. Thco need no,
only temperature suitable, but also more
or less ventilation in the heap.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

The average Of analyses that VIC have
seen, does not show milk from jersey
COWS 10 be poorer in chcesy matter (cas-
cihc) than the average of other milk. II
ls simply richer in cream. Only pounds
of it arc required to make pound ol
cheese, when 1t rt quires ten pounds from
other cows-so much does the excess of
cream count in the weight Of cheese. This
las been proved at the factories.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

WE have made the projecting wood
work OF his stall distasteful to a mostly
idle gnawing horse by painting it over
twice with coal tar. A correspondent of
the Farmers Advocate says One thorough
saturation with kerosene "produceu q
permanent cure" and the same saved his
halter from the destructive teeth Of the
restless animal. This Is less costly and
troublesome than the cover of sheet iron.
or use OF the muzzle, usually recommen.
ded Tor such cases.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

TIE Richmond, Va, Southern Planter
says: There Is no mean, no procluslean,
tbaadaId that can he dt clarrd off baud
applicable to spe cal soil. Strictly speak.
ing, each particular care demand new
anal, sis. One field may produce forage
hvo times j. ore Dulrit,vc than another"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

FARhEEs, for self improvement, need to
awake 10 their responsibility as men; they
nced cultivation, Interests, caro-. order and
zeal Tor the welfare of their fellow beings.
The intellectual iacultlcs, the emotions,
affections, and desires, the will, that con.
stltute immortality, must be honored as the
broadcast and highest of man as man. A
farmer must not be u machine.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

SORGHUM seed OF tho amber cane varie-
ty ls sold readily at 6s cents per bushel,
and at this prlce 1t will pay all expenses OF
the crop. 1t weighs nearly or quite sixty
pounds per bushel.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

ACKNOWLEDGED the soft impeachment: I:
You mustn't touch the top of the baby .
mead, said mother to her littlo four.
year-old, 'she has a soft spot there that
Is very tender" The youngster gazed
at 1t cunously for moment, and then
asked: 'Do ull babies have soft spots
on their heads? ?" Yes" "Did paua
have a soft spot on the top of his head
when he was baby ?" ''Yes, >" replied
the mother, with sigh, land he has
got it yet. Aud the Old man. who had
overheard tho conversation from M ad-
Joining room, sang out: Eyes, indeed
he has, NY dear boy, or he would be q
single man to-day"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

EHw white potato called Duko of AL
bany 10 becoming very popular ID England
but the rule does not work both ways, as
Americana who have planted imported
seed have found TO their cost,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

Fowls need gravel, oyster shells and
some green food. When in confinement
these substances should not TO overlooked.
A head OF cabbage, or an onion or two
will always be highly rchshcd.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

soRT ehells are caused by deficiency of
lime. Oyster shells arc composed of car.
Donate of lime, and servo as grit" in
grinding the food as well as Tor material
tor forming the shell.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-22

THE peachblow potato, IN the limited
proportion that this kind is now planted,
has been unusually successful this season.
The weather IN New York State. parucu-
hrly bad for nearly every other kind, has
been suited TO the peachbow. While
other potatoes dried up and died in he
summer dIonth, the pcachblow cid on
and was ready to make growth Of tubcrs
after fall rains came.