The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-03-22

A steamer foundered in mid-ocean
the other day, and among the pas
sengers rescued most gallantly by
the crew of the Republic, a very
monarchical sort of vessel by the
way, was an Irish laborer whom the
officers straightway put in irons
and solitary confinement on suspi-
cion of Fenianism, and so they
kept him for two days while act
ually tied up to a New York pier
till the British Consups Deputy
examined him and let him go.
Then there is an attempt of no in
significant dimensions to extradite
! an editor Of an Irish paper on sus-
picion of being an accessory to the
political removing of two late
prominent government officials, to
wit, Viceroy Lord Cayendish and
the permanent Under-Secretary for
Ireland, Mr.. Burke.
A masher is a beast about which
philologists and good many other
people seem to have troubled them
selves lately. Perhaps in all their
quarrels they may not be SO far
apart as some of them may think
about the new or old name for the
"lady-killer." Dropping the 'Tlady"
and no lady ought to care for the
buzzing compliments of a masca
Lat ,)-it might be seen that the
killing part Of the business is COM
mon to all Keltic tongues. The
modern Erse has been insisted on
in the columns of several news
papers. An angry Spaniard would
yell "Matar!'' where the Rajput
would shout 'Maro!'' Allowing
for the usual pathological license
in interchanging liquids and con-
sonants, these words are identical
with the Gypsy '.Ma-asha." Borrow
and many others have always held
that the Gipsies were the remnants
of an expelled tribe from Hindus-
tan. I have long believed, from
similarities between Gaelic and the
old Diavidian languages, but from
identity Of ancient customs, that
the Irish are old emigrants from
India. The saffron robe of the an
cient Fenians is the same as the
holy garment donned by Rajput
warriors in their last extremity, and
Erse and Sanscrit are as mutually
ineligible as Morse and English.
Gipsy talk is to aHindu like Dutch
to an Englishman, sort of ''bad
English" as, l think, Charles Lamb
or somebody once remarked, some.
thing that with strained attention
can be understood by speakers of
either tongue.
One of the recommendations of
the French fats now so popular
except to the hired girls. who find it
less convenient for Irritation than
basements-has been supposed to
be their freedom from burglars.
There is a janitor attached to most
of them, and it is supposed that the
certain presence somewhere about of
a good many people would dis
courage the midnight prowler; but,
somehow or other, they seem favo-
rite objects of attack. A young
and pleasing widow lady pleasantly
interfered with some robbers, the
other morning, in way they'll re-
member. She heard a noise and,
without waking anybody or making
any fuss, quietly investigated.
What she saw induced her to pro-
cure a single-barrelled pistol, which
she carefully discharged, retiring to
reload. The robbers fed before
she could treat them with another
shot, but a red stream of liberal di-
mensions testified to the accuracy
of her aim. Such a woman must
be handy to have around house.
Your Radix is disqualified from
competition for the prize.
Blower Levy is in trouble again,
Minnie Conway, whom he married
some years ago, has returned to the
stage, to the surprise of everybody.
The reason is now apparent, 1t
seems Levy had an Indiana divorce
from his London wife, but continued
to support her and then tried to
get a valid divorce after his second
marriage. Minnie claims that both
she and Levy were deceived by ex-
Judge Dittenhoefer, prominent
politician and Levy's counsel, about
this indiana divorce, and there's
considerable of rumpus.
A new Stock Exchange is to be
formed. AS the old one is now