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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
Pleading Lucy.

GRO evening when Lucys papa llaf
come home from the Office and eaten LII,
supper he went into the parlor and planted
himself on the sofa. After be had beer
there little while he noticed that Luc,
did not come In and make break at the
piano, as was her custom. This puzzled
tho old gentleman greatly, but he was
very happy, because the parents OF girls
who play the piano usually feel like tax.
Ing an axe to that Instrument. But pretty
soon Lucy entered the room and began
telling her papa how much he loved him
aad how dark and cheerless her life would
be in case ho should be called above.
This sort Of talk made her father feel
rather solemn, for he had been to the races
a good deal and would occasionally 20 out
with the boys, and when man gets on
the shady side of fifty, be doean't 3particu.
larly care to haye people lug tho '"Sweet
BY and By" into their conversation. But
pretty soon Lucy placed her hlly-white
hand On her papa's brow and began to
smooth his b II, saying how glad 1t would
make her If she could only smooth the
burrows of care that time had placed
there. TheD she artfully shifted the SUBJ
Ject, and spoke of how cold the weather
was getting and what lovely sealsiln
saques she had seen IN the store windows
down town that afternoon.
Then her father saw what she vas I'D
70, and dropped on himself. 50, r;- the
time Lucy got around to that part of her
talk Where she put her arms around his
neck and kissed him and asked him to buy
her sealskin, he had neatly arranged his
lie. He told her Of how poor the crops
had been, and that trade was in a very
dull state because OF the uncertainty as to
what office Ben Butler would want next,
and sung such song that Lucy began to
think she was lucky to have q place to
sleep In and pair of heavy shoes fc. &c
winter.
"Nc, my child" he said, 81 cannot
think Of spending $500 for sealskin
'aque when times are so hard" And Lucy
SAID she was sorry she had mentioned the
subject, aud went away feeling quite sorry
for her papa.
Soon after she had left the room her big
brother came IN. saw that horse you
Rero talking about" he said to hts papa.
Did you ?" asked the old gentleman.
y How fast can he Z"
"Two-thirty," replied the big brother,
and 81, 900 will buy him."
Rising quickly from the sofa, Lucy's
'apa wrote check ami handed it to hls
ION. "Go and close the trade tonight"
lc said, land tomorrow afternoon / will
make some OF these people that think they
'wn trotters look like hired men,"
80 you See, children, that some papas
hlnk more of beating two-forty than they
10 OF making an only daughter happy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
What sI,a I .>r.1a lln..! .I,,i-.s..

Here is an old anecdote, very familiar
many years ago, and old enough to be
new to many of this generation, which
was regular Thanksgiving night
standby. No gathering about the fire
ever separated without its being told.
1t ran something in tins way: A new
railway had been opened through n
bleak and unsettled section Of country,
and had been in operation only short
time when heavy snow began falling
and soon completely blockaded the
road, stopping tho train with its single
passenger car far from any place of
habitation. There were dozen tray
elers, but as the prospect of relief within
q few hours was good they were taking
the unpleasant SITUATION calmly, Among
them was tall, lanl, lay -preacher,
whose countenance was chiefly remurka-
bio for pretenaturally large mouth.
Soon after the train came to standstill
he arose at tho forward end of the car.
and with his blandest professional
smile began: "Now, brethren and sis.
ters, we've got to stay here shut ND
together for nn hour or two, SO let us
mako the best Of it. L say brethren
and sisters because We are all brethren
and slsters-ain't that so? Of course
we are. Now les have q little expe-
rienoe meeting here. Why not? We
all love the Lord, don't we? We aIi
believe He knows best what Is good for
us, don't we? Of course we do. Well,
les talk about him little. 10 begin
with, we all believe there's nothing the
Lord couldn't do if he wanted tp--we
all believe that. don't we?" At this
point greon-loolSing countryman. who
had been watching tho smiling speaker
with close interest, startled him by say
ing: "Wall, now, dunno bout that.
thlnk L know ono thing tho Lord
couldn't do" ooh! do you?" exclaimed
the preacher with great delight. "Do
you indeedl Well, let us hear it.
Speak up loud, and let us all hear what
it IS tho Lord couldn't do?" "Wall,"
said the countryman, with great delibo-
ration. "He couldn't ha' made You.
mouth any bigger onless ho'd hn' sot
your ears backl' That ended the con-
ference meeting.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
Coming Out.

DR.. Haughton. well.known sage of
Dublin, M enthusiastic lover of animals
and keenly interested in biological mat
ters there, lately invited London wit
to breakfast with him ut the Geological
Gardens in company with few kindred
spirits. AS soon rs the wit appeared
he was called OH for n happy thought,
and promised that If one occurred to hlrn
he would give 1t forth. DR.. Haughton
was speaking Of tho difficulty OF keep.
ing up the funds of the society--six,
pence had been charged at the gates
and twopenc8, but 1t was hard to oct
sufficient money in. ga happy thoughtp'
cried his guest, Throw open the doors
and let the people in gratis. Then close
the gates and open the other getes tho
doors OF the beasts cages. Finally,
charge the people coming out!pt
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
An Anlnsing Teasr.

~ coronation is always signalizcd by
acts OF Imperial clemency, and in this
respect tho ulsase issued by Alexander
H., of Russia, on the seventh OF Sop
tcmber, 1856. remains memorable. 1t
granted q complete amnesty to all the
Political Offenders of 1926. Sc, and of
the Polish rebellion OF 1881 who were
still in exile or III prison; also pardons
to press offenders, military defaulters,
and to about 5000 other individuals in
jails. The Empire was entirely exonor-
ated from military CONSUMPTION during
term of four years. A new and more
equitable assessment OF the poll. tax was
decreed. Most of the disabilities which
weighed upon the Jews were removed.
Thousands Of Crown serfs were manu-
mitted and received grants of land.
Finally, the children of soldiers who.
under the former reign, had been brought
up by the State to enter tho army were
restored to their parents. -
Those truly wise largosscs evoked the
most cordial popular gratitude, inso'
much that tho Czar began his reign as
peoples darling. He was so we'll aware
of this that he conceived the grand ldea
of giving banquet to 200,O of his
poorer subjects from Moscow and the
adjacent villages in the plains around
Petrowski. Preparations were made
for this amazing feast by covering q
square mile with tables, and tho tables
with hunks of beef, bread and casks oi
drinks. Unluckily, the impatience of the
guests did not allow them to wait till
the day Of the dinner. A flagstaff had
been erected in the middle OF tho plain
and it had been arranged that tho sig.
nal to 'fall-to" should be giving by the
holsting Of the flag. On the evening bo
fore the day of the feast, while some
1000 muiks were lettering round the
plain shifting the food, an officer named
Minakoff, wishing to try if the ropes O
the flagstaff worked we'll, gave them /
tug and sent them aloft. In twinkle o
an eye the multitude of mujiks swoopeo
upon the table aud made clearance
The Czas laughed when he was told Of
the matter. "Well, well, so long a,
they enjoyed them selves that Is aIl
wanted. l am sure he must have fearet
that they were going to eat him also.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
TRI-W EEKLY EDITION.
THE PLoUaHBoY.
1wonder what he is thinking
In tue ploughing field all day;
lie watches the heads Of his oxen,

wonder what he Is thinking
In tue ploughlng field oil day;
lie watches the heads Of his oxen,
And never looks this way.
And the burrows grow longer and longer
Around the base OF the hill,
And the valley is bright with tho sunset,
Yet he ploughs and whistles atill.
] am tired Of counting the ridges,
Where the oxen come and 60,
And Of thinking Of the blossoms
That are trampled down below.
I Iwonder II ho ever guesses
That under tho ragged brm
or his torn straw hat am peeping
10 steal q look at bn!
The spirc Of tho church and tho windows
Are all ablaze In the sun;
lie has left the plow in tho furrow,
Ills Summer d,y's work Is done,
AID hear him carollng softly
A sweet and simple lay,
Ihat we often have sung together,
while he turns the oxen away.
Tho Duttercups in the pasture
Twinkle and CLEAN like stars;
lie has gathered a golden handful,
A-leanlng over tho bars.
lle has shaken the curls from his forehead
And he ls looking up this way;
on, where is my sun nbonnet, mother?
He was thinking Of Inc all day.
AND I'm going down to the meadow,
For Know he Is waiting there,
- -%SrrrGSattlc the sunshine blossom,
In the curls of my yellow hair.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
Some Animal stories.


IL used to know lot of stories about
animals and things" said the old man
dropping Nevada paper and regarding
the exchange editor earnestly. "Somi
OF .em was quite curtis and interestin,
and ne leaned back Ill his chair ant
joined his finger tips meditatively.
animals do some very strange
things, assented the exchange editor.
(which reminds me of my roam marc,
continued thh old man. s'I think that
roam marc know'd more'n hired g1rl,
She had tail that reached the groun6
and you ought to SEQ that mare catch
trout"
"How did she do it?" asked the OK
change editor Frightening up.
"Well, sir, she'd back up to q stream
and flip her tail in the water, and out
they'd come. Sometimes the air would
Jest be full O. trout, and the old marc q
tishin' and that tail fyin around landin
the biggest fish ever ueen. Oh, she
was old Sagacity. Once q man stood
watchln' her ant dodgin' the fish, and
all OF suddint he referred to one as a
speekled beauty. That roam marc Just
turned about and kicked his brains out.
Served him rightp' commented tho
exchange editor enorgetically.
"But she died" sighed the old man.
GLOW did that happen2"
"Ihe trout fixed it up on her. One
dsy about gross OF 'em got hold of her
tail to once and hauled her in. She
made it pretty livoly for 'em and when
she went under II good many fish camo
to the surface laughingr"
'"fhats pretty strong," conceded the
exchange editor.
speaking of strength reminds me
OF how my old brindle cat us>d to open
CLAIMS. She'd sit around and howl until
the clam opened his shell to throw au
old boot at her, and then she'd stick in
her claw and ticl1lo the sole of his feet
TIL he got to sleep, and then she had
hlm. CLAIMS is very sagacious bird,
too. Ever watch ono9"
mot until ho was cooked" sighed
the exchange editor.
81 had one that was right up on him
self. The flies and mosquitoes used to
bother Inn when he opened his shell,
until he caught n spider and made him
weave web across his mouth, and then
ne was happy. Curtis thing about the
clam. After that he used to open him
self in the back to feed; opened on The
hinge end SOS not TO disturb the sn;,ior
My darter claimed that he was n yomno
female and hooked up behind int we,
all know'd better"
"Can you show the clam now 2" oroon.
cd the exchange editor,
"No, sir" replied the Old man SOL
emnly.
HE came to grief too You see that
clam voc vow. 60 f-~,". -, nv "~S>s.
To SIT Ill front OF n rat hole all day long,
aua smell IKE cheese. we never could
get on how ne dld 1T, but ne did. That
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04
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Proprietor Of thd
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Invite Nh inspection Of my stock of
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-01-04

4Hurbert H. Bancroft, Of San Fran.
cisco, the historian OF the Pacific coast,
owns q library of SO. 900 volumes. 81,
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The daily gazette., 1883-11-09
EDITION
A TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
A Man Has His Left Arm
Torn From Its Socket.
PROBABLE FATAL RESULT
A rsIGnrFUL ACCIDENT.

A IIeamer tn the Employ OF j. Parko
Poatles HAS Ills Left Arm Torn From
It's sock et- WIN Probably Prove Fatal.
A frlgbtIuI accident occurred In the
beaming loom of j. Park Postles morocco
factory ON Fourth street, between Orange
and Tatnall streets, this afternoon about
1.15 o'clock.
The name of the unfortunate man Is
James Mcbride, By profession Q beamer.
About the hour mentioned he attempted 70
put the belt on what is termed q reel. In
doing so by some mishap he was caught In
the belt and 10 a moment was whirled around
the shaft. As his body passed
over the shaft his left arm was torn from
Its socket, the bone being broken of near
the shoulder The muscle OF the left breast
was also torn out. After going over the
shaft he dropped to the floor. The alarm
was quickly given and the engine stopped d,
but 100 late.
The unfortunate man was picked up by
his fellow workmen and carried to a side
shed, and DR.. Maull who was passing was
summoned and commenced to dress the
wounds.
Tn wound presented siclIly appearance
the bone sticking out, the flesh torn and
blood upon his face aud clothes. DIR. Mauli
In bis examination stated that a leading
arty was severed, and had great difficulty
In stopping the flow of blood.
While undergoing the surgeons operea-
tions the woun:ed man preserved the ut.
most eomporurc.
The dismembered arm was wrapped up IN
piece of old carpt. The accident will
! probably prove fatal
The unfortunate man Is brother oil
| Officer William Mcbride, and resides on
Tenth street between Scott and Lincoln.
The daily gazette., 1883-11-09
AMUsEMENTs.

The Thursby concert at the Opera House
last evening was pleasing musical treat
and was highly appreciated by the audience.
Mics Thursby's singing was faultless .and
won frequent and warm applause AMI was
encored twice. The ballads she sang as en-
cores were, however, appreciated by the
audience more than the very difficult con
cert numbers on the program. Her Soice
as sweet and melodious and without fault
and her rendition of the difficult runs
showed clearly that she had thorough con-
1rol over her voice and was drilled In the
art Of singing almost to perfection. The
Chevalier de Kontski, court pianist to the
Emperor Of Germany, made his first appear
Snce befjre Wilmington audience last
night and astonishcd and delighted his
hearers with his marvellous playing. He
was twice eDeored and each time
gracefully favored his auditors with
selection. Russell 8. Grover sang
two tenor songs in a pleasing manner, but
his voice hardly warrants his taking the high
note in SuliVan's "Once Again" which he
sang last evening.
On Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
evenings OF next week, tho powerful play
entitled "The Silver King" which lately
made such successful run at the Chestnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphis, Will be pre-
sented in the Grand Opera House, this city,
uHSCt iIOm It's present engagement hJ the
Grand Opera House, New York. The cast
will be tile some as in New York and the
magnificent moving scenery which is nightly
greeted with applause will be seen in this
city entire. Mr.. c. II. Smith, business
manager of the company is now in the city
and will remain until the arrival of the com.
pany to arrange fully for the production
The company play in Washington, D. c.
after this city. Except ng this and one mort
three night stand, the company play onl,
engagements from one to four weeks the en-
tire season. This is the original No. com
pany-organized for large cities only.
Oliver Doud Byron, in "Across the Cont
nent, will appear at the Opera House OIL
Monday night next. As the play is full o
thrilling adventures for the hero, larg
audience will no doubt in attendance.
The daily gazette., 1883-11-09
SECOND EDITION.
VALOROUS KNIGHTS
The Tournament at Middle
town, Yesterday.
AN AGED LADYS DEATH
A TOURNAMENT.
Rostivo knights Peacefully POkIng With
P1koa ut Middletown.


Especial correspondents OF the Gazetto.l
MIDpLETowN ,DRL., Nov. 9.--About goo
people assem- nled at the fair grouads yester-
day to witness the tournament. The weather
was every thing that could be desired and
but one accident to mar the pleasures OF the
day.
The festivities commenced with . process
sion composed Of the Chief Marshal, Judges,
orators In carriages, knights and pages,
mounted and equipped for the tournament,
the Middletown Gornet band, committees,
visitors, etc. The procession moved over
line OF march which took In the principal
streets aud up Broad street to the fitting
ground After some music by the band
Harry Sh&rpley, of your city, addressed the
knights who were to take part In the tout
nAment, and In q few well chosen words
urged each knight to do valorous duty for
his particular queen.
There were 13 knights who contested
aheir names and scores being as follows:
LC. Scott, dd'etown, Knight
OF Delaware. ................. OIL OIL OOO-4
Iohn Price, delaware CITY,
Kight Of Glen Allen.......... 10l col 0ll-5
Tlmothy Devlne, Warwick, Md,
Knight Of Bob hsmia. ........ l0l oil O01-5
ThOs Sullivan, Warwick, Md.
Knight Of Limerick. ......... OOC 600 O0l-l
u. q. Collins, TOWNSEND, Knight
william 5. Stephens, Mocrton,
Knight of Scottish Chief. -. Ill i'll Ill.,
Adam Delhi, Moorton, Knight
of the Scottish Chief. ......... Ill Oil OIL
B f. Gibts, CeciltOn, Knight
OF the Old Dominion. ......... 0Ol 100 1ll-6
Dallas Love, Mt Pleasant,
Knight of Indiola. ........... Ill oil Ill
Frank Pierce, Mlddletown,
Knight Of Don C@sar.. lOl COL 10l-6
Dr. W +. Kennedy, Middle
town, Knight Of Agnadella.. 900 Ill lll-o
J. H. Quill Hoods Mills,
Knight Of the Silver Star Sc. Ill Ill ID
Three other knights who were entered
failed TO put In an appearance.
AS before stated the only accident that
happened during the day was to j. IL.
Quill, who was thrown while making the
first tilt and severely bruised. He failed to
bring his own horse and was provided with
one at this place. He had captured six
rings and was about making the third tilt
when to insure greater speed he asked by
stander to hit his horse when he got the
word to start. His instruction were followed
but at the first blow tho horse boltsd an
threw the rider to the ground.
In falling Quill struck on his head and laid
for some minutes before he regained con
sciousness The accident while resulting in
nothing serious put a stop to his further rid
ing. Had he been able to make the last til
the chances are that he would have tieC
William B. Stephens who carried of
the honor and selected Miss Bessie Morton
VINO was appropriately crowned the
Queen of Love and Beauty. Harry Sharpley
Eco made a few appropriate remarks in
crowning the queen, and paid tttiLs
tribute to the knight who. had thus won fo
his "lady fair" the honors of the grea
event.
Among the attendance were number o
Wilmingtonians and residents from othe
parts of the State and Maryland.