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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Am pllibious BOY Divers,

In the Singapore harbor, and in other
places, we saw the boy divers spoken of
by all travellers in the East, writes n
Clergyman. The moment we came to
anchor our steamer Was surrounded by
a swarm Of naked boys padding about
in their tiny canoes, laughing and
shouting to us to throw copper or n
sixpence in the water. promising to
catch it before it reached the bottom.
In broken English they said: "Now,
you throw sixpence in water; mo 60
down; mo catch 'em ebery time; me
good diver" Holding up piece OF
silver. we shouted, "Ready2" A dozen
eager tongues answered, "Readyi"
Next moment the coin was glittering in
the water ten or fifteen feet beyond
thom. In moment two dozen feet
were in the air and dozen black heads
cleaving the water. Every boy dis
appeared. For fully half minute,
which seemed half an hour, there was
silence; then, one after another, up
came the boy-divers, one of them
shouting, rs he held up the money,
"I'ye got it, master; I've got 1t, master. y
Chuoking the coin into the only pocket
he had (his mouth). he muhbled out,
"Now pop in nudder one." We
popped in" another piece, still further
away, and down again plunged the am
phibious boy-divers, never failing to
bring up tho money.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
CIio---Ca.

This delicious breakfast beverage,
America and even in Europe, has yery
distinguished origin. It was invented
by the celebrated French Philosopher
Voltaire. Voltairo hit upon this new
and brilliant idea while he was guest
OF the Sans Souoi, favorite residence
of FREDERICK the Great of Germany. He
partook of 1t constantly at breakfast
Voltaire made i'll one part of coffee and
milk and the other part chocolate. He
made the name by writing the first syl-
lGble OF hocolate-cho-and cafe. ca!
these two first sylables made clio ca.
Each beverage was IN n boiling state
when he united them. Flo poured them
into common vessel slowly. He held
both ut IN elevation of about eighteen
inches. This he said made j. extremely
light and digestable. Tl.is drink bo-
came great favoritc, also, with tho
great Napoleon. He used it constantly.
1t was frequently remarked by those
who attended his person that after the
excitement and fatigue of great battlo
two or three cups of this beverage
seemed to restore all his wanted energy
and strength; Oh ordinary occasions he
used only ono CUP.
The celebrated culinary artist, Soyer,
admired this beverage exceedingly. In
regard to it he wrote to his wife in the
following enthusiastic manner:
"Here, donr Eloise, is an entirely
new aliment which has never yet been
introduced into this country. A semi =
epicure Of our acquaintance, on return
ing from our visit to the National Guard
of Franco, presented me with q pound
of it which he purchased in Paris. But
even there, he said, it 10 almost in it's
infancy, You may fancy if were not
anxious of making OH Immediate trial OF
it. I have found it most delicious. Mr..
B. has not yet tasted it, being for a
week in the country, but am confident
he will like it, especially for breakfast.
AS usual. dear Eloise. you will no
doubt reproach me for having 80 such
enthusiasm.
Twill now give you my formal recipe
for making cho.ca. Make your best
coffee; blend hot milk with this coffee,
half and half; this makes cafe-au' tait,
or half milk and half coffee; now, in
your usual way. make your best choc-
olate; and these you are supposed to
have in seporate vessels, boiling hot and
duly sweetened; now hold both we'll
up, say eighteen inches, and pour TO-
gether into the same vessel; now say
grace in your devoutest manner and
proceed to sip.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Hts Pugilistio Pa.

where did your pa get the black
eye?" asked the grocery man, "Did
the minister hit him, or. was it one OF
the sisters?"
30, he didn't get his black eye at
prayer meeting," said the boy, as he
took the mittens of the stove and
rubbed them to take the stiifening out.
ut was from boxing. Pa told my chum
and me that it was no harm to learn to
box, cause we could defend ourselves.
and he said he used to be holy terror
with the boxing-gloves when he was q
boy. and he has been giving us lessons.
Well, he is no slouch, now tell YOU.
and handles himself pretty we'll for a
vhurch member. I read in the paper
sck Bruce played it on friend
bygetting Jem Mace, the prize
fighter to knock him siIIy,a aud + asked
pa II ne wouldn't let me bring u poor
boy, who had no father to teach him
boxing, to our house to learn to box,
anu pa said certainly, fotch him along.
HE said he would be glad to do any
thing Tor poor orphan. So I went
down i'll the Third Ward and got an
Irish boy by the name of Duffy, who
can knock the socks off of any boy In
the ward. He fit o prize-fight once.
1t would have made you laugh to see
pa tell him how to hold his hands and
how to guard his face. He told Duffy
not to be afraid, but to strike right out
and hit for keeps. Duffy SAID he was
afraid pa would got mad if he hit him,
and pa said, Nonsense, boy; knock me
down If you can, and I will laugh, hal
hal Well, Duffy hauled lack and gave
pa one IN the nose and another in both
eyes. and cuffed INN in the car and
punched him Ill the stomach, aud
iammed him in the mouth and made
hs teeth bleed, and then he gave him
slde-winder III both eyes, and pa
pulled Oft the boxing-gloves and grab
bed a chair, and we adjourned and
went downstairs rs though there was
panic. 1 haven't seen pa since. Was
his eye very black?"
Black, I should say so," said tho
grocery man. "And his nose seemed
to be trying to look In his left ear. He
was at the market buying beefsteak to
put upon it,"
80, beefsteak Is no account. must
go ana see him and tell him that an
oyster is the best thing for black eye,
Well, / must go. A boy has q pretty
hard time running house the way it
should be rum" and the boy went out
and hung up sign in front of the
grocery:
"Frowy butter speshulty."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Honor Bright.

He was about to take Woodward
avenue car in Detroit, when he changed
his mind and waited for man coming
up the street. He looked stern and
solemn and unrelenting and there was
ice in his mouth rs he replied:
eyes. fine day enough. Mr.. Jones,
do you remember that you met me one
day two years ago and. asked for the
loan of $102"
1.-Two years ago-$10--asked for a
loan2 Lets see. No, I do not remem-
ber, but do not wish to dispute your
word"
"Well, sir, you asked for loan."
"And did get it?"
"Of course you did"
els that SOP Well, If I did, it was
the only time in my life, and ought to
remember 1t. Did you want to lend me
ton morc?"
"No, sir! T want you to return thai
loan"
''sorry,-very sorry, but can't do it
this month.
"I want that money before Saturday
or I'll take steps"
"Ahl"
'I'll post you as the meanest man in
Detroi'p
Honor .bright2"
eyes, sir.
Say" said Jones, as he looked
greatly relieved, "I wish you'd 20 ahead
and do that. I've no commercial rating
no social standing, and am continually
struggling III halfway position be-
tween being able to get credit al d dodge
old creditors. III you'll only post mo
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Drawbridge Signals.

An Eastern railway company has
adopted system of drawbridge signals
which, it is claimed, will greatly reduce
the danger Of accidents. These SIGNALS
are worked by a series OF levers, five in
number, the first two working sema-
phore signals at q distance of l, 900 feet
aid 800 feet, respectively, from bridge.
The other three work the switches of
the siding and the lock OF tho bolt
which holds tue draw in place. Before
the bridge can be unlocked that YES
sci may pass through the draw, these
levers must be worked in their order.
1t is impossible to work them in any
other way, the interlocking preventing
the draw-teuder; or siRnalman from NOV
Ing the higher numbered lever until he
has first moved the lowe y nnmber. He
cannot, when the dra8eis cfos ed. h re-
place the levers except in the i regular
reverse order. It follows that danger
signal must first be shown at q distance
OF 1000 feet from the draw, and il that
warming to bring his train under control
for stop is neglected by the engineer,
the signal is again given at 800 feet dis.
tant. Should this warning be neglected.
the engineer will find his train switched
to side track. and thus prevented
from plunging into the open draw, for
the draw cannot be open unless it has
previously been ur locked it cannot be
unlocked until the safety-switch has
first been unbolted and set for the 81.
ding the switch opnnot he set until
the home signal LAS been set for dan
ger, and the home signal cannot be set
for danger until the distance signal has
been 30 set. These operations are re-
peated on the other side of tho draw.
which is fitted with bolt at each end.
Supplemental apparatus is provided so
that the signalman may know ut dis.
tance of II miles that train is up
proaching, 80 that the draw may not
be opened and trains delayed unneces-
sarily. 1t is further claimed that when
the draw, even if closed, should be un-
looked, the safety switch cannot be
thrown on the main line either by accl-
dent or design, and therefore no train
can possibly run into the draw.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Continuous brakes,

Somewhat over two years ago M.
Herisson, the French Minister of Public
Works, issued circular enjoining oil
French railway companies to supply
their passenger trains, running at the
rate OF 81 miles per hour and upward,
with continuous brakes within q space
OF two years, and altough this time has
now elapsed, no definite measures have
yet been taken TO carry out this plan.
Various railway companies, it appears,
are making extended experiments with
different kinds of brakeh, and according
&c Gently trying ' f6o Brake lie
Westinghouse automatic and the Aohard
electric brake. Although the lists have
been quito exhaustive. none OF the COM
panies have adopted any of the different
patents, and it has been found necessary
to put fresh pressure on the companies
to induce them to furnish the proper
security for their passengers, and NJ.
Aensson has now issued another circu-
lar, informing the companies that sutli.
cient time has been allowed for expert
menting, and that it is necessary for
them to make definite choice. He
distinctly d1sallows the, chain brakes as
unsatisfactory for ordinary use, and,
Judging from all appearances, desires
to see the Westinghouse system gener-
ally adopted. A technical committee
that was appointed to consider the sub
jeet reported against the adoption of o
uniform system OH all the lines as tend
ing to discourage invention and hinder
the introduction of improvements. Nj.
Herrison, in setting forth pointedly the
alleged merits of tho Wenger brake
concludes by leaving the companies
entirely free to adopt any model which
is both continuous, controlling ali the
wheels of all the vehicles and automatic,
and capable of being worked by The on
gineer or brakeman. Whatever type
they adopt must be fully applied in the
course OF tho present year. 1t is thought
rather singular by some that the Wenger
brake, with which very little experience
has been obtained, III meeting with so
much approval by the Minister OF Pub
llo Works, who regards it apparently as
all equivalent for the Westinghouse, the
efficiency OF which has been 80 exhaus-
lively tested in this and other countries
and with such excellent results.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
a Judge cooled.

AS illustrating some of the remarkable
laws of Indiana on the subject OF divorce,
the Hon. Thaddeus p. Rollins yester-
day related story of divorce which
he procured in Cass county some years
since before Judge Chase. The
allegations in the complaint were
drunkenness and general worthlessness
of the defendant. When the case came
on witness was called to prove the
character and habits Of the defendant.
Mr.. Rollins asked him the question:
"Do you know MI. tho defendant
in this case, Mr.. Baird2" The answer
was in the affirmative. AT this point
Judge Chase looked up and said: "Mr.
Baird, tell me If that man Is tho same
Mr., who was in Company X OF the
Indiana Regiment during the war;"
"The same man, Judge" was the
answer. "You need 60 no further, Mr.,
Rollins" said the Judge, "the divorce
is granted" and judgement was entered
accordingly for the plaintiff. After
Court adjourned the Judge was ioked
about the hasty entry Of the judgement,
referring to the fact that no evidence
had been introduced into tho CASE.
"Why, gentlemen" SAID his ,Honot, "L
knsw that fellow. He was In my COM
pany during the war. and I will never
let q woman live with him If she asks
me for divorce, know him better
than any Witness that can be- brought
here. ri. b
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Type sizes.

Originally there were but seven sizes.
The first was called "Prima," whence
the name Primer. It is now known as
Two-Line English. The second was
called ''Secunda, " now our Double Pioa
lin France, Great Paragon. The
third was ''Tertia," OF present our
Great Primer. Then there was the
middle size, still being called in Ger.
man .'Mittel," but it is now our Eng.
lish. After these came the three sizes
on the opposite side of the scale-Pioa,
Long Primer and Brewer. In Germany
the names Secunda, Tertia and Mittel
are still retained.
'Pica." in France aud Germany, is
called Cicero, because the works of
that author were originally printed in
It. English printers 80 styled it from
being the type In which the Ordinal on
Service Book of the Roman Church
was originally set. This Ordinal also
was at first CALLED "P.oa." "Bour-
geos' was 80 named because it was in
Produced into tho country from France,
where it was originally dedicated to
"Bourgeois" or oitizen printers of that
capital. "Brevier obtained it's name
from having been first used for printing
the Breviary or Roman Catholic abbre-
waited Church Service Book.
"Minion" Is also of French origin,
and was 30 termed owing to haYine
rapidly become special fayorite on its
introduction in that country. La
Magone Is "the darling" "Nonpareir'
was 80 named because at the time of
its introduction it had "no equal, I"
being the smallest and finest type then
produced "Pearl is of English origin.
The French have type OF the same
size, which they call Parisienne. 1t is
smaller type than Nonparoil, and was
thought "the pearl of all type" ''Dia-
mond is another fancy name given to
what wes regarded at the time of it's
origin rs the ultima Mule OF letter
fonndarY achievement.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
StenIn asa Light Reflector.

As everything pertaining to the inn
provement of the methods and paraph-
ernalia of illumination is at the present
time looked upon with special interest,
we reproduce, for the benefit OF our
readers, an account Of recent patent
granted in Germany to Herr r.. Bran-
dau, of Berlin, in which he proposes to
utilize the emissive properties of steam
for illuminating purposes. In describ-
ing his plan, the patentee refers to tho
fact that steam in condensing forms
dense white vapors, which possess the
property, when exposed to an intense
source OF light, Of partly reaecting and
partly absorbing and subsequently emit
ting it, as the clouds behaYe toward the
sunlight. diftuaing mild and uniform
brightness. In adapting his system to
overhead and side lights, Herr Brandau
employs an apparatus consisting essen
TALLY of q glass chamber into which
steam is admitted, on passage way for
it's exit being also provided. This IS
then either illuminated directly, or with
the aid Of mirrors, by the source of
light.
Novel as 1t may seem, the plan ap-
pears to us to have decided merit, and
1t lie not impossible that the idea Of
Herr Brandau may contain in 1t the ele-
ments necessary for the successful
moderation and diffusion OF the blind
ing brillianoy of the electric light, which
hos In most situations proved to be q
serious drawback to Its usefulness. The
high absorptive and emiss1ve properties
Of water vapors, both for heat and light,
are we'll known physical facts and the
commonplace allusion to the sudden
CLEAN OF brightness that follows the es-
cape of clouds Of steam, especially no.
ticeabie when the sunlight lis hidden,
will servo as a familiar example OF q
principle that Herr Brandau proposes
to turn to useful account.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Hunbla-nIinded,

''Heml hem!" coughed Chas. Grafton
as he limped out and toed the mark.
- want to know where am"
''At the Central Station Court, DE.
troit, answered His Honor
"What for?"
''The charge is drunkenness"
'sAnd who's the Judge?"
''I am.
swell. have rights, and am bound
TO MAINTAIN them. Before this trial
goes any further L want to go home and
put on clean SHIRT and get some chew
ing tobacco. = / want to look halfway
decent and feel halfway human"
Cant let you CO."
''Then won't be triedI"
'sBut you will The law doesn't care
copper what sort of shirt O. prisoner
has on, and If you are dying for some
thing to chew Oh Bijah always has a
chunk of shoe makers wax lying
around"
.''Did you say was drunk?"
"That's the Charge"
swell. won't be tried on no such
charge. The idea that q man of nv
years and dignity would get drunk and
be staggering around tho streets is all
nonsense"
"Officer was this man the worse for
drink?"
"He was almost helpless, sir"
II was, eh2" queried the prisoner.
.'Now. sir, do you make oath that was
drunk?"
tI do"
"How did I oct"
lyon cried, talked silly, and said you
would like to adopt mo for q son.
"Your Honor, can't stand this: T
appeal this case, and want that man ar-
rested for perjury"
~ shall fine You ten dollars"
I'll rot III the bastile before I'll paw
it," - r"'
"Ihen you go up for sixty days"
IL never WILL"
BiJah keeps al empty barrel in the
corridor for just such occasions. When
Mr.. Grafton began prancing around,
and declared that he would sell his life
ut the highest market price. he was
picked up and doubled together in the
center and crowded into the barrel, and
Six minutes had not passed away before
ne was as humble-minded as boy at
the bottom of we'll.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
Boiled Water.

Tn ON n.tioia- -i.>- Iz,.u W loos,v- -,u sv,s..
ttfic cookery, Mr.. w. Williams called
attention to- the danger of using drink
ing-water full of organic impurities.
such water, he says. supplies nutriment
to those microscopic denominations, the
77aicroco"ci, 6acilH, bacteria, etc.,
which arc now shown to be connected
with blood-poisoning. ing.-possjbly do the
whole OF the poisoning business
These little pests are harmless, and
probably nutritious, when cooked, but
in their raw and wriggling state arc
horribly prolific in the blood of people
who are in certain states of what is
called ''receptivity." They (the 6acte-
rio, etc.,) appear to be poisoned or
somehow killed off by the digestive
secretions of the blood of some people.
and nourished luxuriantly in the blood
of others. AS nobody can be quite sure
to which class he belongs, or may pre-
sently belong, or whether the wat er
supplied to his household is free from
blood-poisoning organisms, cooked
water is q safer beverage than raw
water. Reflection on thi, subject" /"
says Mr.. Williams, ri have been struck
with O curious fact that has hitherto
escaped notice, VIZ, that in the country
which over all others combines q very
large population with very small
allowance of cleanliness, the ordinary
drink of the people is boiled water fla
vored by an infusion Of leaves. These
people, the Chinese. seem, in fact, to
have been the inventors of boiled-water
beverages. Judging from travellors'
occounts OF the state OF the rivers. riyu-
let's. and general drainage and irriga-
tlon arrangements of China, its popu-
lation could scarcely have reached its
present density If Cinnamon were drink
ers of raw instead of cooked water"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12

more than that, paid off the mortgage
on our little home, in time"
tAnd then you married granJpa?"
said LILY.
"Yes, dear, he was worth thousand
Ned Hamiltons-but poor fatherl how
often ] have heard him say that was
just as good as boy"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12
TRI-W WEEKLY EDITION
IN SANCTUARY.

While pale with rage the wild SURF springs
Athwart the harbor bar,
The safe ships fold their snowy wings
Beneath the evening star.
In this calm haven rocked to sleep
All night they swing and sway,
TIL mantles DER the morning deep
4 The golden blush OF day.
Here, safe from all the storms Of fate,
From worldly rage and scorn,
Thus let me fold my hand and walt
The coming Of the morn;
When all night DER moonllt turf,
Tho WIND brings In from far
The moaning of the baffled surf
Athwart the harbor bar.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-12

"Heml hem!" coughed Chas. Grafton
as he limpod out and toed the mark.
II want to know where am."
AT the Central Station Court, De.
troit, answered His Honor
"What for?"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-29
Managing Il Bird Dog.

The average amateur gets his dog talk
from books, and says "To-ho," down SIR"
Down charge Retrieve" ''Hi SIR"
"Bring to bag,n 80 heel, sir" ETC., etc. If
we ever forgot ourself and lent orr dog to
any amateur and he went through this lingo
the dog would come in at night and try to
say Say, pard, that man you lent me to
this morning must have been drinking. for
he called me lot of worse names than ever
you did when you licked me for being too
fresh and running over two or three gangs
early III the day" And we wouldn't blame
the poor dog We don't hold any long con-
versaJion with our dog; it takes his mind
away from business. When we get into a
field we say ''Yup" and wave our hands in
the direction we want him to go.
When he comes to d point, if he seems to
be nervous we say "Yo-o-o," just as we
would to a nervous horse, and if by any &C
cident we manage to kill bird when the
covey rises, we simply say dead" and that
settles it. lie gets the bird, brings it up to
us; sits down and ut the word drop" lets it
fall out OF his mouth and hies Off again to
fresh fields and pastures new. II he runs
over bird we yell "lIeyi you darn fool."
and he drops down and remembers that if he
does it again he viii get corn stalk across
his flank. And SO we 90 and the longer in
the day he hunts the less we have to say to
him, except to invariably pat his head and
call him a good old snoozer" every tune hs
brings in q bird.