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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12
Preparing Sponges for Market.

First they are either placed on deck
under the tropical sun or hung in long
festoons from the little vessels mast.
In either case the heat, of the sun in a
few days kills all the living organisms
within the fiber and loosens them for the
next process. Then the sponges are
dumped into a sort of water cage made
by driving a circle of small piles a few
inches apartfrom each other in the sand.
Through these piles the tide plays
violently, washing away from the
sponge after a few hours the sand, dead
animalcul@, and other impurities with
which the mass is clogged. During
these operations the sponge naturally
emits a most fetid and revolving odor,
but the final washing leaves them with
that not unpleasant flavor of the sea
with which they reach u marts.
Usually, at least here at Nassau, where
the bulk of the Bahama sponges come
for a market, they undergo nc process
of publication other than has just been
described. But sometimes they are inn
mersed in 3 bath of diluted hydrochloric
acid, which not only bleaches them but
dissolves what few impurities have been
left. After the final drying sponges are
assorted, baled, and then are ready for
market. The grades and qualities are
numberless. There are, besides others,
the ''sheep WOOL" selling for about
$1.75 a pound; the Abaco velvet ESQ
called from its velvety iber) worth
about s1.1O a pound; and the "glove,"
yellow" and grassy varieties, all
selling as low as fifty cents. Before
being baled, it should be added,
the rougher kinds of sponge are
trimmed with shears and the big sponges
cut in sections, each about as large as a
cocoanut. The test of the best is their
soft woolly surface under the touch, and
above all the toughness of the fbers,
which can readily be ascertained by
tearing one or two of them apart. The
Bahamas, though prolific in sponges,
produce few Of the highest qualities,
which are used for SURGERY and other
delicate work. These come from the
Mediterranean Sea, where divers bring
them up, and some Of the finest grades
have been sold as high as $50 or 800 q
pound.
In some of its broader phases its
sponge industry gives Nassau some
local features of rare novelty. The
little boats thronging it's harbor, the
crews, the warehouses lining the strand.
the "Sponge Exchange" wReresponges
of every grade and shape and size may
be seen by the Thousand, are specialties
of the ports commerce not to be found
elsewhere in the West Indies, or, per-
haps, in the world. Sponges cover the
wharves, their broken and battered
masses float over the harbor, great
heaps Of clippings line the sands, and,
cast up by the waves, cover the beach
far below and above the city. The ne
gro diver, at command, will plunge
from your pleasure-boat into the clear
waters of the harbor to bring up a fresh
sponge specimen, and on shore the ne
gro hucksters poster the travellers life
with offerings Of the staple commodity.
Everywhere the sponge is as ubiquitous
to the eye as it is potent in the local
mart.-Nassau Cor. N. Y. Post.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12

An exciting railroad race will soon
take place in Florida. AS the law now
stands, the first road that is built tc
Tampa will get the lands granted. and
at least five different managers are
making preparations to come in ahead.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12

What was probably the finest coli
lection of flags in this country was re-
Gently destroyed with the Piper Opera
House at Virginia City, New. The
owner had spent ten years Of time and
$4,000 in money in making it, anditwas
thought to be complete, all nations be-
inc represented.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12

Blue Horse, a "good" Indian.
writes to the Good Father at Washing
ton to send him a glass eye and a cane
Blue Horse will be taken Tor a dude il
he doesn't mind how he acts.-CAIcagA
Herald.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-12

NV - AOASA IN " AA PAS0NoS
and the water still %bubbling.
I have not much more to tell. 1t was
afterward discovered hat he struck
one of the shallow springs On a sandy
bottom which never freeze solidly. The
water would not have covered him
standing, but the numbing influence of
the intense cold and the frailness of the
surrounding ice had prevented his saw
ing himself. 1 offer no explanation of
what 1 have said that 1 saw and heard,
but six men can testify that when miles
away from him [ saw the dying face
and heard the dying words of my friend
Fitzgerald, and that 1 led them to the
spot where they found him.
He had left a letter for me in his
private room. He said that he was go
ing to take legal advice and find the
quietest means of rendering void the
marriage ceremony [ had witnessed.
He asked me tc look after his traps,
and assured me that as soon as he felt
equal to taking up old associations he
would let me know. As I read his let
ter I cried like a girl.
In his pocket-book | found his mar
riage certificate ana the last letter she
had written HIM. 1 carefully dried both,
and as carefully read the latter. What
81 weak, miserable, cringing etfusion,
characteristic of the writer! Pages Of
alternate whining and bullying, ending
with this paragraphs:
IF you force any claim, my Church
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

Resi- FOR EsADAcHEs.-Whatever
be the plan Of treatment decided
npon, rest is the first principle to
ineulcate in every severe headache.
Rest, which the busy man and
anxious mother cannot obtain so
long as they can manage to keep
about, is one of the first remedies
for every headache, and we should
not cease to enforce it. The brain,
whenever excited, as much needs
quiet and repose as fractured
limb or an infamed eye, and it is
obvious that the chances of short
ening the seizure and arresting the
pain will depend on our power to
have this carried out efectually. 1t
is a practical lesson to be kept
steadily in view, in that there may
lurk behind q simple headache some
lesson of unknown magnitude
which may remain stationary if
quietude can be maintained. There
is a point worth attending to in the
treatment of all headaches. See
that the head is elevated at night,
and the pillow hard /; for, if it be
soft, the head sinks into it and
becomes hot, which with some peo
pie is enough to provoke an attack
in the morning if sleep has been
long and heavy.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
FARM MANAGEMENT.

No fixed rules can be laid down
for the management of farms. The
soil of one township may be best
fitted for growing some kind of
grain, while the adjoining ones can
be most proftably devoted to live
stock. No two farms situated side
By side are exactly alike. The dis
tance from market, the demand for
special products, and, not the least,
the individual taste of the farmer,
have all much weight in determin
ing the system of farm manage.
rnent that it is best to adopt.
Those who have given the most
thought to this subject, are the
slowest to advise any general sys-
tenn to be applied to every farm.
It is like garment that is intend
ed to fit all persons, and suits none,
Every year of progress made in
agricultural knowledge teaches
more forcibly than previous ones,
the truth that the farmer must re-
y largely upon his own intelli-
gence and judgment in working
out the best system for his own
farm. Even in so seemingly
triHing matter as the pruning of
a grapevine, the wisest vineyardist
can only give general rules, and
each grape grower must adapt
them to the peculiarities each
vine.-American AgHcaltarist for
December.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

COOP N1eHT.-How tenderly and
sweetly falls the gentle good
night" into loving hearts, as mem
bers of the family separate and
retire for the night. What myriads
of hasty words and thoughtless acts
engendered in the hurry and bust
ness of the day, are forever blotted
out by its benign influence. Small
tokens indeed, but it is the little
courtesies that can SO beautifully
round off the square corners in the
homes OF laboring men and wo-
men. The simple 81 thank you,
for a favor received. will fill with
happiness the heart of the giyer.
If home be happy, it is Of heaven
the truest symbol. If a home be
happy, whether the owner possesses
patch of ground or 1000 acres
they who live there are indeed
wealthy beyond mathematical cal.
culations. Then how much more
lovingly are the sable folds of night
gathered around the happy home.
How much more confidently do
its members repose their weary
bodies in the care of divine good
ness, smoothing their oyertaxed
minds to the living realities OF
beautiful dreamland.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

The keeping of daily and
weekly memoranda of expenditures
and receipts, as viewed by the
Rural Messenger, is not as i: ought
to be among farmers. How else
can you know what progress you
are making, or whether farming
pays ut all? If the merchant kept
no accounts, his business would
soon run away from him, and if it
does not happen so with The far
mer, it is because the farm is
better paymaster than many debtors
But you ought to know what you
are doing, and if you would know
you must keep your accounts. Get
you q two or three quire blank
book, suitable for the purpose-it
will not cost over seventy five
cents-and if you have never done
so before, begin with the new
year and enter all that you pay out
on account of the farm, and all
that you receive for crops or pro
ducts sold. Do not enter your
family expenses in the same book.
That is no part Of the farm &C.
count, but only what you would
have to meet under any circum.
stances. You viii soon fall into
the habit, and viii find it an easy
matter to keep all straight. 1t is
very important to know exactly
what you are making at farming.
It helps one to know he is making
progress, and it makes him more
cautious and careful in case he has
fallen behind a little.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
@sfsesIlatreoaas. T
AN EDITOR's PLEASANT
LIFE.

There are but very few people
who are aware of the pleasant life a
| newspaper man leads. His path
way is strewn with the brightest OF
flowers, and upon a downy couch
he reposes. His daily life is one
continued round of unalloyed hap.
piness. This is why SO many young
men aspire to become editors.
There is no end to the fun there
is in the business, as will be learned
from reading the following of an
Eastern editor whose style OF
writing was calculated to arouse
people to deeas of gore. Being
himself not much on his muscle, he
found it necessary to keep fight
ing editor, and he had speaking
tube connected with the peeler's
room to call him when danger re.
quired.
One day a gentleman, whom the
editor had referred to as a 'cross.
eyed dromedary,' came in to re.
quest correction, and as the fl ht-
ing editor was out, he didn't ae.
spond to the signal of distress;
and. while the editor and his visi-
itor were on the floor under his
desk, the former agreed to correct
his mistake, and the irate man left.
Pretty soon a gentleman from the
rural districts came in to give the
editor a big squash and get no,
tiee, and about that time the fight
ling editor returned, and boy in
his room told him that the boss
wanted help. The man Of war
was quick to respond, and dashing
into his chiefs room, and seeing
the latter in somewhat disordered
condition, the result of his previous
visitor, he thought the country
man was the cause of it and clinch-
ed him; and, after staying up some
furniture, ran the victim across the
street to where an empty hearse
was standing in front of an under
takers shop. Into the vehicle he
jammed tho farmer and shut the
door. The commotion he had
created scared the horses attached
to the hearse, and they started of
on a dead run. People soon no.
ticed the runaway and ran after it,
and were shocked at beholding the
hearse collide with post and be-
come complete wreck, and their
horror at seeing a human body
precipitated to the sidewalk was
only equalled 'by their amazement
at seeing it spring nimbly to It's
feet and take off across the coun.
try, yelling 'sMurder!'' They
thought it an attempt to bury a
man alive, and part of them went
and got the undertaken to lynch
him, while the rest pursued the
farmer, who was found hiding in a
swamp. And after he was brought
in it took over three hours to get
matters explained, and then the
farmer went before justice OF the
peace and made affidavit that he
hoped to be struck by lightning if
he ever entered a newspaper Office
again.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

AsToR HOUSE RoLLs.-Into two
quarts of -four put piece of but
ter tbe size of an egg, little salt,
one teaspoonful of white sugar, one
pint of milk, scalded and added
while warm; half a cup of yeast, or
one small cake; when the sponge
is light, mold for fifteen minutes !;
let rise again, roll ont, cut into
round cakes; when light, Aatten
with the hand or rolling pin, place
q piece of butter on top and fold
each over itself; when light, bake
in . quick oven.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

A man may carry load of guilt
concealed in his tortured soul fol-
years, and hide it Hiih veneering Of
hollow, hearties deceitful smiles
but it doesn't take BIZ five minutes
for the thoughtless world to OBJ
serve the one-shouldered gait of q
man whose larboard suspender
button has parted.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
OUR MONTHLY.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.

Our MONTHLY is q magazine devoted to gen
eral and religious reading. Its contains "a
double column pages, and every endeavor will
be made to make it worth the money.
Every charitably inclined person should sub
scribe for it. as the entire subscription is devoted
to the support of the orphans in the
THORNWELL 0RPHANAGE
of Clinton, S. c., by whom all the work upon it
is done It is carefully edited and is worth the
price asked for it. VIII not the friends of the
Orphanage get up a list Of subscribers for us and
to enable deserving boys to assist in supporting
shemselyes.
An subscriptions should be sent at once to the
editor and publisher,
REV. VIM. P. JACOBS,
Oct 42 2.-tf Clinton, s. c.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

Those who think tia5 money will
do anything may be suspected of
doing anything for money.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

The best fire escape is when
your wife gets up in the morning
and makes it.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

CONNECllONS.
A. With South Carolina Railroad from Char.
lesion.
With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad from Wilmington and all
points North thereof.
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad from Charlotte and all points
North thereof
B. With Asheville & Spartanburg Rail Road
for points in Western North Carolina.
c. With A. & c. Div. r. 6 D. z. B., from all
points South and West.
D. With A. &c c. Div, r. & D. r. R., from At
lanta and beyond.
Z. With A. & c. Div, r. & D. r. R., from all
points South and West.
F. With South Carolina Railroad for Charles
ton.
With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for Wilmington and the North.
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for Charlotte and the Norfh.
6. With AsheYille & Spartanburg Railroad
from Hendersonvilie.
d. With A. & c. Div, 3. & D. B. p, from
Charlotte and beyond.
Standard Time used is Washington, D. c.,
which is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia.
j. W. FRY, Superintendent.
N. SLAUGHTER, General Passenger Agent.
d. CARDwELL, Asst General Passenger Agt.,
Columbia, S. C.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

Why lawyers like mutton-Be-
cause il is so full of suet.
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A-Wtth all lines to and from Savannah,
Florida and the South and Atlanta, Macon
and the Southwest.
B-With South Carolina Railroad to and
from Charleston.
C-With Richmond and Danville Railroad
to and from all points North and Carolina
Central Railroad.
D-Connect with the W. C. 6 A, r. r. tor
Wilmington and all points on the Atlantic
Coast Line.
Pullman Sleeping Cars on Trains Nos. 50
and 50 between Augusta and Washington,
D. c., via Danville, Lynchburg and Char.
lottesville. Also, on Trains 81 and 50 be-.
tween Charlotte and Richmond.
Numbers Al and IS run solid between Au-
gusta and Florence and carry Pullman
Sleepers between Augusta and Wilmington
and between Augusta and Wilmington.
Above schedule Washington time.
G. z. TALcoTT, superintendent.
NJ. SLAUGHTER, General Passenger Agt
D. CALDWELL, Asst General Passenger
Agent, Columbia, S. c.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19

CONNECTIONS.
Connection made at Columbia with the
Columbia and Greenville Rail Road by train
arriving at ll.es P. H., and departing at 6.5s
P. II. Connection made at Columbia juno.
tion with Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Rail Road by same train to and from all
points on both roads with through Pullman
Sleeper between Charleston and Washing.
ton, via Virginia Midland route, without
change. Connection made at Charleston
with Steamers for New York on Wednesdays
Charleston Railroad to all points South.
Connections are made at Augusta with
Georgia Railroad and Central Railroad to
and from all points South and West.
Through tickets can be purchased to all
points South and West, by applying to
D. MCQUEEN, Agent, Columbia.
d. c. ALLEN, G. P. & T. A,
JOHN B. PECK, General Manager.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
AsheYille and Spartanburg Railroad.

!: +; ;:;;:::: : s.:
Caveats, Trade Marks. Copyrights, ETC., in
this and other countries. Our Hand Books
giving full instructions in Patents free.
Address r S. & A. P. LACEY, Patent Att'ys,
604 z ST., Washington, D. C. Jan. II, 2-tf.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
THE SUMTER ADVANCE,
THE PEOPLES PAPER,

Published at Sumter, S. c., By
DARR & PARMELEE,
Two practical printers; the former having
published the first daily newspaper issued in
Columbia, over thirty years ago, being we'll
known by all its citizens.
THE SUMTER ADVANCE is the best Ad.
vertising medium in the County for Mer-
chants and other business men.
Subscription only 81 so per year.
Address DARR & PARMELEE,
Sep. II, S-tf Sumter, 5. G.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
South Carolina Railway Company,

South Carolina Railway Company.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after Dec. 18th, 1882, Passenger
Trains on this road will run as follows un.
til further notice:
TO AND FROM CHARLESTON.
GOING EAST,
Leave Columbia $500 m 1858 p IN
Arrive Charleston 1856 pm y 80 p m
GOING WEST,
Leave Charleston TOO am $500 p m
Arrive Columbia 11.2s m 1909 p IN
tDaily. %Daily except Sunday.
TO AND FROM CAMDEN.
GOING EAST,
Leave Columbia - 90 q m s6.5S q m
Arrive Camden 1,10a IN 1000 . m
GOING WEST
Leave Camden 200 O m $500 D m
Arrive Columbia l1.2S O N 1908 pm
*Daily except Sundays.
TO AND FROM AUGUSTA.
GOING EAST,
Leave Columbia 800 a m *6.5s p m
Arrive Augusta 200 m 7.05 m
GOING WEST,
Leave Augusta R7.05 m <410pm
Arrive Columbia 4.05 pm 1000 pm
*Daily except Sundays.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
Sc .e5 PEI. Year.

We have perfected arrangements with
the publishers of the American Farmer,
Fort Wayne, Ind, that enable us to offer
our subscribers firstclass agricultural
magazine st the bare cost of the white paper
on which it is printed. The American
Farmer is l6-page monthly magazine
which is lapidly taking rank as one of the
leading agricultural magazines of the coun-
try. Each number will contain useful in
formation for the farmer, his wife, his sons
and his daughters. As it costs you almost
nothing, suppose yon try it one year.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
RGiI Roads.
Columbia & GreenviIle Railroad.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT

COLUMBIA, s. c., Nov. 4th, 1882.
On and after Monday, November 6, 1882, the
TRAINS will run as herewith in
dicatad ,,r,ar, thic rnnd ard &c k-a.,ahon
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-04-19
Charlotte, Columbia & Augusta r. &.

OFFICE GENERAL PASSENGER AGENT,
Schedule in effect September 3, 1882:
NORTHWARD.
No 70 2DAITY-MkTI. AND EYpPEsS
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-02
CIR Grpiah Signal,
MISUNDERSTANDING End 1855
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.

49, @s&'&'
A young man who had been on o
three days dcbauch wandered into
reading room ola hotel where be was
wsll known, sat down and stared
modify into tho street. Presently o
little girl Of about then years came in
and looked timid'y around the room.
She was dressed in rags but had o
sweet Intelligent face that could
scarcely fail to excite sympathy
There were fvo prisons in tho room
aud sac went to each btg,i.g One
gentleman gave her fyo cen. piece.
ard she went to tho gentleman spo-
ken Of and asked him for q penny,
siding: 4 havs had nothing TO cat 10
Whole day The gentleman was cut
of hulnor. and no said grossly: ID Mt
bother me, haven't had anything to
ca: IN three days. The child oreaed
her eyes. in sheer poader, and stared
at him for . moment, and then walk.
cd slowly towards tho door SIZE
turned tho knob. and then after hest
Eating q few seconds, walked up 10
him and gently laying tho FIVE cent
piece on his knee. said. WITH n tone
OF girlish pity in her ,oce: IF you
hSvnt had anything in three days
You take this aud go buy you some
bread. Perhaps I can get more some
where The young man blushel to
the roots OF lis hair, and. lifting tho
child in his arms, kissed her two or
three times in delight. Then he took
her to the persons in the room, and
those in the corridor and Office, snl
begged c. ntribat;ons himself, giving
oil the money EO had with Him. lie
succeeded in raising over $40. and
sent the little one on her way rel bic
ipg.-Ex.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-02

Go to Wi.liamson's Rcd Front
Drug Store for your garden seed, he
Ecsps the mort reliable, IS
Call at W. B. Cooks Pharmacy
for the 1.-TWO Bits" nickle cigar; the
brst in town.
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-02

AssAsr-"oe. cot q my hooss. yeo old hum
Hsuehtss--"w Well, msshsr, you sss hsw rsr.
nly have impe,sd sinSs disshailing oar poetor'
aad eomnssssd ths use OF thai whlsh % much
one rslisvsA my head. cured ths ssasspe.on, while
ths char impaired strength, cAns " " bsip ~
tssuss I'D psds ne lssl hsv"
TH1 ooxrIsslou.
NosAss.-"vsry trus, and bslisys they have
,sa Js ssm,. pn,Ss. - noss xondslfsi isms:
nS8eans and Urea tonic ever knsw, snd thss
bAiieIs Saline Ar,sisat y |. plsasaas and sovsrsSa
Hlllsususas, std, eta" YAntiy He1toAl Acv.ssf
fsSS. Address ,, r. pssace0!s Co., Lsssvtile. "
The Copiah signal. (Hazlehurst, Miss.) 1882-1883, 1883-03-02
For Sale.
JESSE JAMES.

II Twill sell on easy terms.
TO any one wish.ng to buy, my fno
young,stallion jesse James. Jesse
10 deep Mahogany bay, 6itsen and
. halt hands high, with black name
and tail. weighs 1iO0lbs. is I, ar and
. half years old. Jesse was sired in
Ksn,ucky,!tsnd has proven himssli
sure. Will.takOls:ock in exchange
for him, or paper. with The property
security. Mosrs MRx.
Hax'ehurst, Feb 10Th, 1853. Gil.