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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
ST Didn't Like se,f-Co okIng IL eyoIyers

It was in the Carolina backwoods, a
country couple and a country parson.
Though Baptist, the minister wore an
old surplice. When he had finished the
ceremony, he said:
can them'uns who God hath oin-
ed"-
''Stop thar, parson," said the groom;
"doD't say them'uns, say these'unsl'
"John," said the parson, II tech you
at school, and say them'uns."
"These'uns," shouted the groom,
drawing his pistol.
The parson seeing the movement fred
through his surplice and the groom
dropped dead winging the parson as he
went down. There was a lively fusilade
of perhaps thirty shots. When the
smoke cleared away half dozen mon
were on the floor. The bride, peeping
over the pulpit to which she had fled
for refuge, ,gaz:d mournfu]ly on the
scene and said:
"Them self-cockin' pistols is play.
in the deuce with my prospecksl"
OF course the story is IN impossible
one, and yet, said Mr.. Smith: "That
is the staple story of tho south that is
circulated and believed throughout the
north. While such thing could dhafdly
have happened in North Carolina any
more than Iii Now York. tho average
northern man smiles 1ncreduously wher
you tell him that this performance IL
improbable at q Carolina wedding"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
Making Il Passenger "Git."

A Justice OF the peace in the interior
of Michigan had a case before him some
days ago In which the defendm who
had been arrested for suspicious char
acter. and pleaded guilty to vagrancy,
was sent to the Detroit House of Cor
rection for six months. A constable
took him in charge to deliver him there,
and as the idea Of securing board and
lodging for Six months, he was not hand
cufted. As the train was about ready
to go the constable moved across tho
aisle to talk politics with friend, and
pretty soon they wore having it hot
and heavy,
When the conductor came in for tick
cts he hold his hand out to the prisoner,
and the latter shook his head and re-
piled:
IT d ont pay fare
"Ahai You don't ell? We'll, now, you
pay or git!"
81 won't payl"
"Then you'll gitl" When we slow up
at the crossing you jun off. If I find
you on the train afttr We pass there I'll
give you q bounce that you won't for.
get!"
in two minutes the train began ia
slow ana the prisoner walked to the
door picked q soft spot and dropped
off.
When tho train had made nnothe
milo tho conductor held OUT his hand tc
the constable and received two tickets.
"Who is the extra ono for?" he asked
"For that prisoner over there
why, that fel---l''
Then there was ravipg and Snnshinl
of teeth and hurrying up and down.
but it was no use.
Sorry" said tho conductor, as he
passed along" but when a passenge,
says he won't pay fair on my train
gi, him the drop. The only thing that
surprised me was to see how willingly
he obeyed ORDERS"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
Standard l'ilne,

l. Is always of interest to know how
the world jogs by the clock and how the
clock swings by tho sun. The primary
standard time-keoper OF England is a
sldereal clock kept III tho basement of
tho Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
This clock is of tho best construction.
and is, moreover, provided with the
III 1st approved apparatus for com pensa-
tion and correction. Experience has
shown that the best results are obtained
when the connection between the driv-
ing weight and tho pendulum of clock
on"o~,a,1?.-S - ,'.o a. LIS rs. mas poem
the use OF an escapement, the details of
which are worry intricate. The secondary
regulator OF the time OF England is the
mean solar standard clock Mt tho ROYAL
Observatry, which was specially erected
Ill 1852 for service in the tlmo signal sys-
tom, OF which it is now the most import
ant instrument. This clock has Sec
onds pendulum. which closes m electric
circuit as 1t swings to tho right. An
electro-magnet in the circuit lifts small
weight, which is discharged upon the
pendulum rs it swings to the loft and
gives it an impulse; this being repeated
at each vibration is sufficient to keep it
III motion. The pendulum also closes
othor Ralvanic circmts-one rs it swings
to the right, another rs it swings to the
left--which send currents alternately
positive and negative through electro.
magnets, alternately attracting and re-
pelling bar-magnets fastened to m axis,
which thus receives rcoiprocating
motion. An arm projecting from this
axis moves the seconds wheel ono tooth
forward each second; proper geering
gives motion to the minute and hour
wheels. The mean solar standard, be-
sides controlling other clocks, drives
seconds relay, which controls mean.
time chronometor. Nearly ull tho moan
time clocks in the Royal Observatory are
driven by the standard clock, they are,
in fact, simply dinls whose hands are
moved in the same way aud by the same
battery as the hands Of the standard
itself.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
Thoughts For Winter.

one OF the first rules established fo,
washing, is to wash white clothes first
and colored olothes,afterwards. Durine
this cold weather, when clothes freeze
almost Immediately on being put out
doors, the whole day is scarcely suffici-
ent to dry them. Oolored clothes are
injured much more than white ones by
remaining damp over night, so that it is
good plan to have them ready to put
out first. If there is a laundry in the
! house, the result is the same. Another
help in this disagreeable business. in
cold weather, is to place the small artic-
les, such rs collars and cuffs, etc., upon
the clothes dryer which eau be set out
Of doors until the clothes arc frozen, and
then brought in and dried. This saves
| many cold fingers and toes. Wearing
mlttens when hanging clothes upon the
hne, ia another saving of fingers.
These are little things, but the littlo
things are sometimes productive of moro
roal benefit than the larger ones, whloh
may not be suited to our circumstances
or need. No housekeeper can long do
her own work without discovering some
way of saving either labor or money.
we are apt to think such matters of inte-
fest only to ourselves, or that everybody
knows them, or that others are not obi
ged to practice such little economies.
we are constantly finding that people do
not Know as much rs we supposed, and
tnat tho most Of us are interested III
anything pertaining to a saving Of dol
lars and cents.
Now that the cold weather is hcrc,
there arc other matters of interest to be
discussed, How to keen tha little onaa
amused when they must stay in the
house, how to PLEASANTLY and proiitably
employ the evenings, which are longer
than III The city, where the evening meal
is seldom over before seven o'clock, how
TO hnd time tor improving roadlng, and
what to read, all those are subjects on
which W can all learn something. We
hopo that whom the hurry of the holi-
days is over, which is doubtless the rea-
son why we have not heard from somo
of our friends lately, we shall have the
benefit OF some exDerience in these di-
rections.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
Confusion Caused d by LaUios' MINES.

Why 1t WAS done we cannot say. Int
quite numbor OF the streets of Austin
have been named after females. Such
names rs Emma, Laura, Isabella stare
at you in large letters from almost every
corner; The Austin people, or some of
them at least, have become tolerably
familiar with Maria, Jane, Susan and
the rest, but strangers are liable to be-
come bewildercd by this singular nom-
enclature,
A gentleman from Dallas, who had
only few hours to spend in our city.
wished to take look at the new Capitol,
and not knowing where it was he made
inquiry of the first man he met
"Can you tell me how l cnn find the
new temporary Capitol?"
"That,s easy enough. Are you famil-
lar with Emma street?'
II am not. have no acquaintance
with any lady Of that name. There is a
family by that name in Dallas, but I AN
not acquainted with them. Does
Emma Street live near the new Capt.
tolP"
The Austin. man stared at the stranger
tor moment, and then, pointing down
Magnolia avenue, he SAID:
"You see where Maria comes into the
aYenueP'
The Dallas man looked jn the direc-
tlon pointed out, and perceiving fat
Old negro woman with q big basket on
her arm nodded hls head III assent.
well, you must take Maria until YOU
get to the corner of Elizabeth, and un-
til Feggy and Sarah come together, and
then you will be all right"
"Look here, my friend, if you think
L am that kind of man because come
from Dallas you are most confoundedly
OIL. want you to understand that T
am gentleman.
"You dog-gasted idiot! retorted the
the Austin man, elf [ was as bad off for
brains us you are would bore hole in
my empty skull and hire nigger
to pour in ten cents worth of oheap
oleomargarine."
The Dallas man shook his first at the
native, and said:
"I've always heard that the State
Lunatic Asylum was too small to accom-
modate all the lunatics, but nowI know
it, aud he moved Off toward Esmeralda,
while the other party leaned up against
the corner of Ann and Matilda and
glared after him as he disappeared in
the direction of Martha.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
sunday at Sea-.

The men before the mast number et
forty.s'x. and were a. motley set, from
nearly every quarter of the globe. A,
their names were yet unknown, tht
mates called them out rapidly in turn
by some peouli"rity they noticed in them
"step out here, you fattyr "You fel
low with the big jib. como hercl" O,
the like. Including Captain Hammond
and his wife, and three mates, the cook
and steward and their assistants, the
carpenter and his mato, and myself
we numbered ffty-eight souls on board
destined to ''share and share" alike
whatever fate might have been il
store for the good ship Three BROTH
ere, while she sailed her solitary course
Of eighteen thousand miles.
A sailine-shir pound Across tho seas
Will generally contrive to leave port, as
we did, on Sunday. Sunday is poor
day in port, as no work can be done in
loading the vessels; if the cargo is all
in on Thursday, the ship will be de-
tanned day on some, pretcxt OF othor,
in order to avoid sailing on the dreaded
Friday. The following Sunday is en-
ployed in cleaning up the decks, and
the crow take an account of stock, as
they did on our first Sunday. All per-
formed unusual ablutions. and most of
them dressed for the day and idlcd
about in the sun, sleeping, mending
their cloths, or chatting in the desultory
manner i'll which score or two Of peo-
pie who had nevor known each otber
before, gradually find their aainities, and
adjust themselves to tile little world in
which they are to live together for
few months. The reckless, thriftless
character of sailor is thc natural result
of the life to which he is doomed. Going
10 sea before he has the remotest idea
of what kind of n career life III the FORE
castle must inevitably be, he learns to
live in the present, and that fact alone
tends to produce recklessncss, Every
voyage separates him from those he
likes and introduces him to new set of
beings, tossed in alf-ha zard fashion
In his path, ard from whom in few weeks
he is destined to seperate, and never to
see them again. Any storm is likely
to be his last; every times he goes sloft
he is likely to fall to his death, Deep
reflection Oil the character of his des-
tiny or the prospects of lettering his
career can only III suggestions of suicide
or despair. He is therefore, always
like mn ovorgrown boy ha l,io mind, Of
fering strange alterations of simplicity
and cunning: now tender rs a woman,
now callous and cruel rs tiger-a med
ley of astounding contradictions of ch ar
acter, moved more by the impulse of
the moment than by settled convictions
and easily by mind or will stronger
than his own.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION
THE TWO FLEETS.
The sun was bright aud the sea was bland,

The sun was bright aud the sea was bland,
AND the tide danced In as merriIy,
When sailor pushed his boat from the sand;
And the waves kept time with hIs homey glee,
for the sailor hummed, 1.-TWO fleets there be:
And one sails over the sun-llt waves,
And one lies under tho sombre sea-"
The sea was bland aud the sun was bright,
And favorng wind blew fresh and free,
And tho less'ning sail disappeared from sight;
But the old refrain still remained with me
Which the sailor sang-'rwo fleets there be:
And one sails over the sun-lt waves,
And one lies under the sombrc sea-"
Tho tide danced out with the freight it bore;
All, the tide came back soon smllngly,
But the sailors boat never touched the shore;
And sing to myself, for cannot fee
From the haunting strain, ''Two fleets there be
And one sails over the sun-lit waves,
And one lies under the sombro sea-
SO one by one from the shining world
The feet sails down to the dismal lee
TO the fleet where every sail Is furled;
And my heart keeps time to the mystic key,
While drift and sing, "Two 1eets there be:
And one sails over the sun.llt waves,
And one lies under the sombre sea-"
So little while and he who sings
Shall hum no moro his songs to thee;
SO they who watch his suil-lit wings
Shall hear, perchanco, when they cannot see
The lips which sing, ''Two fleets there be:
And one sails over the sun-lt waves
And one lies under the sombre sea-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
AuniYersaries and HOLIDAYS.

For the year 1883 days and dates of
important events, anniversaries and hol-
idays will fall as follows: Epiphany,
Saturday, January 6; Septuagesima Sun
day, January 21; Shrovo Sunday,
FastnaohD February 4; Ash Wednes-
day, February 7; First Sunday in Lent,
February II; st. Valentines day Wed..
nesday, February ID; Washington's
Birthday, Thursday. February 20; St.
Patriok's Day, Saturday. March II;
sPal,n Sunday, March 49,; Good Friday,
March %; Easter Sunday, March 26;
Low Sunday, April /; Rogation Sunday,
April 30; Ascension Day, (Holy Thurs.
day. May 8; Pentecost, whit Sunday,
May 18; Trinity Sunday, May 90; Cor-
pms Christi, Thursday, May "a; Decor
alton Day, Wednesday, May 80; Inde.
pendence Day, Wednesday, July 4;
First Sunday in Advent. December Q;
Christmas. Tuesday, December 25.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15

asked the irreverent Jack, when Mrs.
Sartorys had been safely disposed OF in
her room.
'Jarvis-1runk --again-as usual" ]
murmured laconically (the lie cost me
$500, aud free passage to the colonies
for the irreproachable Jarvis and his
family but it was not dear price to
pay for the happiness of ones dearest
friend }. I've discharge the brute for
you"
'Ail right" said easy. going Jack,
en- get another"
And poor Jarvis was discharged.
do not think that Mrs. Sartorys
slept much that night. Jack told me
that she cried good deal. leslie seems
to think TINT she had narrow escape,
old fellow" Jack said llnsuspiciously.
Eyes. 1 answered, "very."
But he never knew how narrow.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15
In spite OF statistics showing Il

In spite OF statistics showing that
there were 1,645 moro failures In the
United States and Canada duriug 1882
than during 1881, the country Is not
less prosperous than it was year ago.
Perhaps many of tho wrecked firms
have been made wild and extravagant
by prosperity.
--Thls year may be set down as tho
great cotton year in the United States.
The indications are that tho yield will
reach an aggregate Of 100000 bales.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-02-15

During the month Of December,
97,478 bales of cotton were shipped to
Europe, from Norfolk, Virginia.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
victoria's Boom.

Victoria. B. c., which has heretofore
been considered a rather unprogressive,
though very pretty town, now boasts of a
boom. Real estate commands almost fabu-
lous prices and the city is growing rapidly.
The.Colonist estimates the population at
5000. being an increase of 25OO in eighteen
months. Victoria is certain to become the
real terminus of the Canada Pacific trans.
continental road, for though it's insular 10
cation is a drawback, the advantage of be-
ing the capital of the province will cause
it to remain the abode of whatever wealth
and fashion British Columbia can boast
Its location is one of great natural beauty
and the advantages it owes to nature have
been improved to the utmost. There are
no roads and drives on the Pacific coast
which csn compare with those around Vic
toria and the pretty cottages and sbrubbery
make the town a little paradise. As bust
ness centre, its greatest disadvantage, next
to being ON an island instead of on the
mainland, is that it is three miles distant
from Esquimalt, its seaport. though the
latter has one of the best harbors on the
coast. But if Victoria had no backing ex-
cept the resources to be found on Van.
couver island. those alone should be suffi-
cient to make her, in time, city of con-
siderable Importance. Vancouver island is
half as large as Ireland and is naturally a
much richer country, having extensive and
valuable mines of coal, quarries of freestone
aud forests of useful timber. The United
States once came near acquiring Vancouver,
and it is great pity that it was allowed to
fall to the share of the English. IS, F. Alta.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Old newspapers for sale at this office for
25 cents per 100.
"Iwant quiet life" said the merchant
when he quit advertising.
Go to the Occidental the best hotel in
Corvallis for your board and lodging.
The Northern Pacific railroad averages
IS carloads of beef cattle a day on the di-
visions east of the Rocky mountains.
Your place to buy the cheapest and best
harness and saddles in the valley|i is at S. A
Hemphilps.
The Seattle Post says the ten tons Of
oysters received by MIR. Mcclellan have
been successfully planted in their beds
above the gorge.
Capt. Dale has developed an S-foot vein
of coal in the Northern Pacific mine at
Coaledo, Oregon, about six feet of which is
marketable and of an excellent quality.
A specimen of magnetic iron ore taken
from the industrial iron company, near
Snoqualmie Pass, weighs forty pounds and
contains IS per cent of iron of very fine
quality.
Grizzlies have proved so destructive to
cattle in the Sprague river valley, klamath
county, Oregon, that stock-raisers have
offered bounty of $50 for each bear cap
tured.
Legal blanks furnished at this office on
short notice ut less than San Francisco
drices
We received, says the Yamhill Reporter,
pleasant call yesterday afternoon from
Mr. Workman, who is interested in the
Bank, to be opened here. He informed us
they expected to begin business about the
lst of December.
We have on hand at this Office new
stock containing latest designs in ladies
and gentleman's cards, business cards. &C.,
which we print at very low figures. Call
and get some of them.
The Lock company, has at last concluded
to repair the washout of last winter, says
the Oregon City Enterprise. Cribwork, is
being constructed, which will be filled in
with rip-rap. The work Is being superin-
tended by Mr.. Jos. Hedges.
The Northern Pacific Railroad will cross
the Columbia river three miles above Aims
worth. From there it is eighty-five miles
to Yakima and then eighty miles to the
summit, where the road is to cross the Cas-
cade range, says the Standard.
Baker City Tribune: The deposit and
shipment of 500, 900 in gold-dust and bull
lien from this city during the past ten days
may do much to dispel the uneasiness
caused by the croakings of few chronics,
who continually assert that our mines are of
but little value.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
Seattle Chronicle items.

The Umatilla arrived from San Francisco
yesterday at noon, bringing about 200 tons
of freight.
General activity is manifested by the
street contractors in the work of laying side.
walks.
A number OF Portland insurance men are
in the city adjusting the losses occasioned
by the recent fire.
A large quantity of iron bolts, to be used
in railroad construction, were carried out
on the train yesterday.
Nearly hundred bales of White river
hops are stored on the City dock, ready for
shipment to the east.
A herd of 150 cattle were brought from
over the mountains a few days ago by
Brockett, quartered for the winter on the
stock farm of T. M. Alvord, near White
river.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
Temperance Department.
Lecrure Course.
EDITED BY THE w. c. T. U.

Lecture Course.
The ladies of the w. c. I. U. have en-
listed several of their Corvallis friends to
deliver lectures on interesting and in
structive subjects during the winter
months. The admittance fee will be de
voted to the Reading Room expenses:
The following is list of the Lectures:
Tuesday Nov. 2Oth.- Rev. ]. R. N.
Bell: Miscellaneous.
Tuesday No.. 27.-Wallis Nash Esq:
Paris, before and after the Seige.
Tuesday Dec. 4th.-Prof. Emery; The
Horse, with illustrations.
Tuesday Dec. IL. Prof. Hawthorne:
Botany.
Tuesday Dec. lsth.-Dr Farra: The Di.
gestive Organs.
Tuesday Dec. 25th.,a City Hall. .-Mu-
sical and Christmas Entertainment.
Tuesday Jan. 1st.-Colloquy by Oregon
Pioneers: DR.. Bailey, Hon. ). B. Smith.
Hon. B. w. Wilson, and others,
Tuesday Jan. Sth.-DevotionaI meeting
in harmony with the week of prayer, con-
Quoted by the Pastors of the city.
Tuesday Jan. 18th Hon. w. S. Nc.
Fadden: Elocution and music.
Tuesday Jan. 22nd.-Hon. John Kelsay:
The Growth of Law.
Tuesday Ian. 29th.-Musical Entertain
ment in the city Hall.
Tuesday Feb, 5th.-Hon. John Burnett;
Some Eccentricities of Law.
Tuesday Feb. l2th.-Shakesperian Reel
tations by Hon. George Waggoner, and
others.
Tuesday Feb. l9th.-C. c. Hogue Esq
The Electric Telegraph and its Marvels.
Tuesday Feb. 26th.-Frank Butler Esq:
Some Points of Scientific Farming.
Tuesday March 4th.-President Arnold:
Chemistry, with Experiments. Tickets for
the course, exclusive of the Entertainments
in the City Hall, 50, to be obtained at the
Reading Room, or Mr. T. Graham OF
Messrs. Allen & Woodward.
Admission to single lectures 25 cents.
To commence at 7:3O.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
Job Printing Office for Sale.

We have at this Office in the job depart
ment sufficient good material to make up
two good job offices. To any :one wanting
to purchase we will therefore sell a job Office
complete, including one press, and every
thing else necessary. We have new half
medium Gordon, and an eighth medium
Liberty press, as good as new. Of these
two presses the purchaser can take his
choice.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23

Ferguson Chapter, No. 5, r. A NJ, meets Thurs
day eve, ing on or preceding full moon
E. HARRIS. H. P.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1883-11-23
SOCIETIES,

Corvallis Lodge, No. A. A. F. and A. NJ, meets or
Wednesday evening, on or preceding full moon
w. c. CRAWFORD, w. II.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1883-01-11
A Distinguishes Arrival.

Hon. J. A. Chapleau, Secretary Of
State for the Dominion Of Canadn, ar
rived in Los Angeles by the Southern
Route, last evening. and is stopping at
the Cosmopolitan.
Mr.. Chnpleau was the Prime Minister
Of the Province Of Quebec during the last
three years, and had been previously
a member Of the Quebec Provincial Gov
eminent since 1879 He was appointed
Secretary Of State. in July last, in the
Government Of Sir John A. Mcdonald,
now the Premier Of Canada. He is .
self made man. and as piece Of inter-
esting history for our city. IN 1859. Mr..
Chapleau. then q student at law in Mon.
trsal, was reading attendant on Mr..
Prudent Beaudry, our worthy fellow
citizen. and ex-Mayor. Mr.. Chaplesu
has lately been the recipient Of high
honors from foreign powen. In rscoa.
milton Of valuable services in his public
capacity, he has been decorated with
the high titles Of Commander of Gregg.
~ the Great, conferred upon him by the
reigning Pope. Leo XIII. and of Com.
mander Of the Legion Of Honor. given to
him by the Preddent Of the French RI.
public. in November last.
Mr.. Chapleau, who is aufering from
bronchitis. i now seeking mora favor.
able climate than that of Canada for the
winter. and has selected our city for
few weeks rest.