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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
The Homely Woman.

"What ladies are the easiest to wait
upona"
l''rhe homely ones," replied the clerk,
emphatcally. Seeing look Of incredu.
lity upon the reporters face he continued:
"It's 80; am not bracing you a bit.
The prettier they are the harder they are
to please. A handsome girl has been 80
fattered and cajoled and petted, from in
fancy up, that she has lost her head. She
enters with flutter, and must be shown
half hundred different cosmetics. Then
she settles down to q twenty mlnutes' VI
bration between them all. She is change.
able. fluctuating and peevish, and If you
venture to make suggestion she skips
from tho store as though fred from the
mouth Of cannon. Now, on the other
hand. homely girl has mind Of her own.
She ID not constantly cloyed with admir-
alton and spetting from her admirers, and
has drunk but precious little from the
golden bowl OF adulatlon. But she knows
what she wants, asks for 1t decisively,
and leaves you with smile that would
be charming II her mouth were onlya yard
and y half smaller and her teeth little
less like elephants tuska. God grant us q
prosparity Of honiely glrls. Life would
still be endurable without pretty faces, but
Heaven help us II we lose sour homely
ones."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
BRlat,l Gum,

From an article written by DIR.
". Riegler, published In the IYooh-
enschrif des Ncderoest, QeaUer6e-
perci's. we gather the following infor-
nation regarding this new article of
commerce. which promises to become
OF considerable importance in view OF
the ever-ancreasing demand for India
rubber, and the rapidity with which tho
trees that produce both the latter and
gutta percha are necessarily being de-
stroYed. BaIata is product of tho
Minausops balata (Nat. ord. !Sapoteocoe, }
" tree of large dimensions growing on
the banks of the Orinoco anu Amazon
IN South America. The milky juice il
procured, like oaoutchouo, by incision
OF the trunk. It dries very quickly o.
exposure to the air if the atmosphere is
dry, and can be readily moulded into
shape by first being softened in water.
This gum, in its general properties,
appears, to be of a character interme-
date between India rubber and gutta
percha, possessing the elasticity of the
one and the ductility of the other, with
out the intractability Of India rubber or
the brittleness of gutta percha. It is
tasteless; heated, it d,ffuses an agreeable
odor, and can be cut the same as gutta
percha. Heated to temperature of
l2O degrees Fah., it becomes soft and
capable Of being welded. Its melting
point Is 2?o degrees Fab. Q temperature
much higher than that necessary to
melt gutta peroha. 1t is entirely solu-
BILE, cold, in benzole and bisulphide of
carbon. Under the action of heat 1t is
likewise soluble In turpentine; In anhy-
drous alcohol and ether, however, it is
partially so. 1t is acted upon by neith-
or the cnustio alkalies nor concentrated
hydrochloric acid; bat, like gutta per-
cha, 1T is attacked by concentrated
sulphuric and nitric acids. Subjected
to friction it becomes very electrical.
It is probable that il will be extensively
employed as an insulating medium for
telegraphic purposes, for which its
superiority over gutta percha has already
been proved by trial. In balata, says
DIR. Riegler, we have on article THAT
gives promise of being of the highest
utility; not so much on account of It's
possessing new properties, as because it
is new member of group of the use
full elastic gums; and which. occupying,
as before remarked, an intermediate
place between caoutohouo and gutta
percha, may become under certain cir-
oumstances more valuable than eithor
Of these substances.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
Vital Statistics. n
FRENoH vital statistics, as shown b

FRENoH vital statistios, ias shown by
late census, indicate falling birth
rate m France. The population is not
decreasing. but the rate of increase is
on such a descending scale that, if it
shall continue, before fifty. years are
oyer the country will have supk, if not
to the level Of second rate Power, at
least to- the bottom of tho list of the
great Powers. The average annual in
crease in France is 25 to every 10000
inhabitants, while it Is 1O1 in Great
Britain, 115 In Germany, and still
greater in Russia and in the United
States. It is fnrther demonstrated that
the small increase is not due to- high
OF death rate or fewer MARRIAGES than
in other European countries. 1t must.
therefore, be due alone to the compar-
atively small number of births In Frarice
This decay has been gong, on for over
fifty years, and unless France, g9ts 4
TRANSMISSION Of blood somehow and from
somewhere 1t is. only. question of time
when the deaths will outnumber the
births. If we may suppose that the
population of the United States and of
the various countries Of Europe are de-
clined by no wars or exceptional NAL
adies, and; that they will preserve their
present frontiers and go on increasing
at their present rate, their numbers
will, by the year 1882, be as follows;
United States, 19O,O0O,oOO; Russia,
168, 900, 900; Germany, $4,000, 900;
Great Britian, 63, 900, 900; Austria Hun.
gary, 44.ooo,coo, and italy, 45, 900, 900.
So that France, which a century ago
was, really la Grande, Nation. having
then the largest population in Europe,
will be but sixth in rank ~ i in point Of
| numbers.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
"OId WfIdeY."

You must know that Old Wildey was
wild duck that, four years ago, came
one fine day in December to the mill
pond, among the other ducks, and swan
with them until they got almost to the
place where Grandfather fed them; then
it was afraid to come any nearer and
would fly away again, and thus it hap
pened that every night when he called
the tame ducks to the shore to feed
them, Old Wildey came little nearer
and ittlS nearer, till ono night she
came to the grassy bank and looked at
the other ducks eating up the grains of
Indian corn that Grandfather fed to
them, "But, rs she was q wild duck,
and lid not know that Indian corn was
fit to eat. she just TODD looking at
them eating it. Well, one night she
walked up among the other ducks, and
turned her head to one side, and looked
ut the grains of corn with one eye; then
she turned her head to the other side
and looked at the grains of corn with
the other eye; then she took q single
grain up in her bill, and held it mo-
ment aud then swallowed it: then she
carefully picked up two or three more
gains, ana ate them and flew away.
This delighted us grandchildren very
much. The next night she seemed to
have found that corn was as good for
wild ducks as it was for tame ones; so
she walked up among the other ducks,
AID when Gran iother thew them
down the corn she ate 1t up as fast as
ever she could. In the course Of few
weeks, when Grandfather called tho
ducks she would fly out of tho water,
and wonld be the first one that would
come to be fed, and before spring came
she would eat out of his hand. So it
went on till tho early part Of May,
when the leaves were out and the mead
ows were dotted over with golden dam
delion, and blue in spots with tufts of
violet Then we all noticed that Old
Wildey would occasionally leave tho
other flock and fly away out of sight,
and after awhile return again, until one
day, about the middle of May, she dis
appered and we saw her no moro.
However, about tho first of November,
flock Of seven wild ducks were seen
on the lake, and when the tame ducks
came homo to be fed, one Of the wild
ducks left the flock and came up and
ate corn with them. TWAS Old Wildeyl
And 80 it has been every year since,
About the middle Of May, when the ice
begins to break up i'll the Northern
lakes, Old Wildey leaves her winter
home to go north; and every autumn,
about the first of November, she returns
to her old homo in Pennsylvania. Each
year, Grandfather and GRANDMOTHER
aud the aunts and grandchildren, won.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
d iNin,lismasl AZ Is.
A St. Petersburg letter OF late date saws:

| A St. PETERSBURG letter Of late data sevo
!, It will, be .surprislng to Americans 70 Nan,
that by far the rreater port,on nr newa ~ ~
ferrlng to the Nihllists ranohea. ,,s froy,
abroad. In fact. we who reside here ha q,
few chances, Of obtaiding anv local Inform orr
alton about them. / attribute thia N tu,
reGsons-the forced silence Of tho m nresa @ an, an,
the small Importance which R,sa,nns Of
taoh to the movement. Tie Nih,l,at ,re s
ports which ore circulated abroad are, ver,
much exaggerated, many of them hayins
no, foundation whatever. A !. common
street row Is turned into a revolution. anf
q fire at small grocery or hotel is re.
ported as a great Nihilist ipcendlarv move
mept. 1t would bo idle to deny tha,
Nlhlllsm and Nihilisf3 Rexist; q. thew. dc
exist, but In af very m,Gi ,foriu and stnona
a,class. of peopl6 of lowest type. IL
every country there is a dissatisfied por.
tion OF the populatioI,. who plva vent ~
their feelings a1d0 ideas 'i}y breakine out II
into petty rebelriors and by fighting news
paper fwars. o5The dissatisfied in Russia
can do neither. Theirsmoyements are too
we'll guarded, and known to permit Of a
revolution and the press Is not omen To
them. They, therefore, blot and continue
to plot. - 'T''% '&i'f iAf7' ait 5.,I
HNAILoC' us p9e6D VINO are the indiyduals
forming the Nlhllist army. Very few of
them are Russians, none of them have anv
financial or social standing. and all of them
are expecting the time. when, having
caused anarchy, they will be able to rob
pillage. burn and murder. There il no
DOUBT that Nihlllsm owes its origin TO the
disgraceful behavior. of those OF the
wealthy mobiles who reside abroad. While
they were living In luxury their agents In
order to obtain moras,monev for the,r;
masters, " We're driving the Working c,asaas
to desperation by cruelty N var,o,ss fnrros
They complained and were turned into the
streets. ,l,hey burned the nohlea, yrono
erty IN REVENGE. They were 90 q nat,,ro,
CONSEQUENCE, sent 70 Siberia Wien .
laborer could not or did not want, IL f,nd
work, he iojned their ranks. al did CON
victs and all classes OF fiss,natcd man o,,d
women.
Wien the first Nih,l,st disturbances oc-
cured the Government. instead of inonir.
ing into their grieyances trrated than,
harshly and cruelty. This was just what
the revolutionary ,eoda.o ,u.ntoI tn
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
Didn't He Lie.

"Fatber," began Cass avenue lad tho
other night, ''is Mr.. 4. good man"
eyes, my SOD. l regard HIM as one OF
the best mon in Michigan"
s.Do you bulievo he would lie 2"
"What, young man, are you crazy
Why, sir, Mr.. r. would not telfa lie for
all the gold on earth. What makes you
ask that queationY"
cWhy, when man says he saw Spring
robin on the 10Th day of February what
do you call 1T" r.,
''Dld he say'he saw Que ?"
'sHe did"
Are you sure" ga'
''Ohl I heard HIM tell three different
mon so. Didn't he lie, fatherY''
'N:n.o, lthink not" mused the father
"but let 1t be great moral lesson to you
all the same. 1t isn't once In a thousand
years that robin comes up here from
Tennessee at that date and exMbits himself
to u single citizen and returns on the after
noon expressl I" yss.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
Glass Eyes.

'Do we have many applications for
glass eyesP Well, should say so" re-
piled Well-known optician to repor-
tors inquiry. 'if there were more profit
III it we might subsist on the sale OF
them alone. This coast beats everything
in that line, for there are more accidents
here than anywhere else: and n great
many OF such character as to iniure or
destroy the eyes. Why, Lord bless
your lnnocenc heart, they average about
ono to every 500 or 6OOl The reason
you don't notice the glass eyes is be-
cause sometimes it is impossible to dis
tinguish them from the real ones, espe-
cially when they are in the socket. At the
utmost, it makes you think the person
cross-eyed. You see, it there ore
plenty of muscles left 2 glass eye will
turn as naturally and quickly and nearly
as far as real eye, and it is only where
the muscles have oil been cut away that
the eye looks dead and remains always
stationary, producing. an effect which
will make the average man quake in his
boots. Then there are o great many
people who wear them for yanlty's sake
because one ,ofHthe eyes has shrunken
away and become smaller than the other.
linen they simply put on one of these
shells and it would puzzle an expert to
tell which is the glass and which the
real eye, as they can he matched to any
shade nowadays and ms in those GASES
the glass eye moves equally as we'll as
the real eye.
''You see, we have to make them all
sorts OF shapes, with piece notohed out
here and q piece notched out there to
suit the exigencies of the case. Then
we, have to have large eyes and small
eyes, wide eyes and narrow eyes, and
round eq eyes and Opaque eyes. We some
times comes across man who wants an
eye as large as a, a,small.sized saucer, and
then agaln one no larger, if as large, as
Q Lima bean. No, it is not painful to
wear one if it is fitted to o 11ioety, but
great attention has to be paid to fitting
itheml Oh! The$1shotld be taken ont
every night on retiring and the cavity
washed both at night and in the morn
ing, but very few people dc SO, though
it is o matter of cleanliness. Well, we
oil have our own tastes, and I suppose
theirs run in that direction. But can't
l sell you an eye to-day? Well, good
day. Gall again when yoa want glass
eye." a.Ig,Gti, a,eiurF rsr
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03

der if Old Wildoy will come back. This
time. when aunt Hannah came in and
told Grandfather that Old Wildey had
come back, he pnt aside his newspaper
and went to the feed-room for some
corn and called out. 'Come along home,
my duckie', when Wildey just few out
Of the water and came up to him and
ate the corn out of his hand. Although
she had been away for six months, she
had not forgotten the voice that called
her, or the hand that had fed nor during
the winter,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03

A FAsH1oNABbY attired young lady
asked her doctor, the other day, If he
did not think that the great weight of
the large hats and bonnets noY in style
had q tendency to cause disease of the
brain. ''sNot at all. my dear Miss; la.
dies who have brains don't wear those
large hats" no. ssei G.
The persistence Of the magnetic proper.
;ty observed IN certain trees is attributed by
M. 1lIaroque to the transportation by light
n1 6 OF smaii Particles OF ,ron held in sus.
pension with other matter, which makes
up what ls known aa the dust OF the air.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03
THE LIGHTS OF HoNE.

In many village window burn
The evening lamps, ,,ss..
They shine amid the dews and damps, s..
Those lights Of homel ia. %,.,...,.
Afar the wanderer sees them glow,
Now night is NEAR;
They gild his path with radiance clear,
Sweet lights Of home. -r'-t r-'"T
Ye lode-stars that forever draw
Tho weary heart,
In stranger lands or crowded mart;
OF lights Of home. sr
When my brief day Of life is Ger, I :
Then may see,
Shine from the heavenly house for ME
Dear lights of home.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-03

--Flohr goes from Minnesota to
Europe insured all the way through. .un-
der one policy.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23
CitiMsNAt. UuUUr,


Monday ittsrnoOH Com 'th vs. Richard
Ieilg. The defendant was charged with
stealing two horses and brdle from the
stable Of John 3. Bra 1T (sho has since
diod) in Rapho township. The horses were
stolen on the night of March 22d aud ON
the ncxt day ileilig was arrested in this
city by Officer EichholtZ aud Herr on an
other charge be attempted To get away
by jumping out of n window at tho Globe
hntoi out was unsuccessful. When ar.
rested no mad bride Ia his possession
which was identihed by Mrs Brandt as
the property of her husband; he also had
considerable horse hair on his clothing
aud hnd aslOO bill aud some other money
The defouse called witnesses To show
that on the day he was artested UeiIiv
borrowed u bag from u man nnmed Nichols
OF Mt JOY. In tho bag was ths bridle
which was found with Hcilig; Nichols ,es.
titled to these facts aud further that n,
brought tho bride with him from Nebras.
ka whero he purchased some horses The
defendant donied all kuowlchge of the
horse aud also that ho told Oliiser Eich.
holtz that ho found the bride at Shober's
hotel this city as the officer swore. The
jury rendered ycrdiCts of not guilty.
Ncrdtots OF not guilty were taken in tho
cases Of Thomas Green, charged with lar
ccuy, and George Smith, carrying con
cealCd weapons, for want Of evidence.
COm'th W.. Jacob Herr, foruin,tion aud
bastardy. The prusedutrix was Kate
Hoax OF Conestoya township The Jury
rendered verdict of guilty.
The cases OF John Williams aud Frank
Mccormick, charged with larceny, were
not pressed.
Tesddy Noraing. .-Comth vs. Joseph
Miller. This defendant who Is a resident
of Salisbury township WIS charged with
maintaining nuisance in obstruotipp a
public road. The township Of Salisbury
Is governed by u special road law, passed
in 1888, by which tho work ON roads Is
given out by sections to the lowest
bidders to be kept in repair, In the early
part OF lsS3 Michael Smith was given the
contract to keep in order a portion OF n
road which was formerly tho Philadelphia
pike, running past the properties of both
the defendant and the contractor, one
| being on each side. Tho evidence for the
| commonwealth showed that In making
| repairs smith had made q ditch along the
| front Of Millcr's land Tor the purpose of
| carrying the water OIL that bsiuy the
| natural course tito defendant dumped
stones IN this ditch and rs the water can
| not run through, il gathers on the road to
| It's great damage,
The deieGse was that this ditch is not
the natural cpurse OF the water and is
entirely unnecessary they further allege
that smith secured the contract for the
solo purpose OF making this ditch in front
of accused property, and So expresses him
self.
Richard Ileilig plead gvilty to the charge
of stealing q lot OF hides from Redseckers =
tanncry at ElizlbethtOwn. He WAS sen
teucad 70 undergo au imprisonment Of
| four months.
| Divorced.
| Mary Ann Gregg, Of L,acDck, WAS di-
yorccd from her hu,blnd, Samuel ) Gregg
on the grounds of cruel treatment.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23
FEATURES OF THE STATE PRESS.

The Lancaster Men Era calls halt on
tho c1uuubial suicide.
Tao NDrgis,owo Herald clAmors Tor a
free postal delivery ior that borough.
TIC people Of Pennsylvania, predicts the
Erie OJssTrsr, will speak ia Jacksoniau
tnues in November by the Eternal, the
Constitution must and shall be observed" ."
The DDyle,tDwn D.m1.rqi )nsilsrs that
the Importance of the negro as factor in
politics is guarantee that bis rights will
not be isfringeI.
The Wes, Chester RepuJlicdn believes
thai il is t. tho credit of the Democratic
party that Rand III has a toleraby sure
thing OF the speakership nomination.
II the Chinese idea that a mans gir,h
is guage Of his wisdom be correct, the
Easton Express desires to nominate David
Davis minister to Pekin.
Unless the substantial utility of viyisec
tion can be demonstrated, says the Phila
delphia North AmericaR, good morals and
common humanity demand its proven
ton,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23

A Paris dispatch says that General
CdmpenOn, IN mister OF war, will devote
all hs eucrgy TO reform the system Of
mobilizing the army. The prospect of a
war with Germany, the dispatch states,
appears to be uppermost in his mind.
The Gaul0iS says that Prince Jerome
Napoleon is determined to publish .
political manifesto.
The government has determined 10 op.
pose the demand that is to ba made in the
chamber Of deputies for the expulsion of
the Orleans princes.
TIE municipal council has adopted u
resolution thanking the municipal author.
it Is of Boston for the hospital reception
accorded by them to the delegates from
tho Paris municipality to the Boston ex.
position.
At meeting ofthe Extreme Left Monday
1t was unanimously decided to iuterpc,late
the government concerning its general
policy, the delay in convoking the cham .
bers, the resignation of General Thibaudia
aud the conduct of the war in Tonquin,
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23
List OF Unclaimed L.,,ers,

The following is list of letters remain.
ing in tho pOstOflice for the week ending
Monday, October -, 1888
Lddiss' List-Mrs. Sally Anton, Miss
Ray Benedict, Alice Bagerly, Mrs NJ. L.
Ecker, Mrs. Mary G. Fib5y, Miss Mary
Fogg, Hettie +. Hoover, Mrs. Louisa
Johnson, Miss Ellie Kuight, Mrs. Emma
J. Miller, Mrs. Abbie Omney, Miss L.
Purcell, Miss Name Snyder, Katie Strei
gle, Miss Katie Wilmer.
Gents List-Jas N. Alfred, Michael
Bakeby, Z. Bender, Levy L. Brubaker,
Henry Charles, Jack Davis, Slm'l Gaugh
Jas. NJ. Gable, Christ. NJ, Graf, II. G.
Croft, II. II. Fexande, VIM. w. Huber,
II, 5. Mccartney, Samuel Miley, Casper
Mitier, Ii. G. Miles, Miller Printz 81 Co,
Chas Pendleton, Jacob NJ. Rholdes, Jac OF
Il. Ritter. II. A. Schreiner, NJ. w
Schwartz, Jas. Shaw, ID. II. Smith, Johr
SpOrmtild, w. w. Stopher, Strimble
Good
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23
4 steam.nip on Flre al sea,

The steamship HeimdalIi, from Scandi.
navian ports, was sighted off Fire Island,
N. Y, Monday, signaling that she was on
fire. Three fire boats were at once sent
TO her assistance. Just below Bedloe's
Island she was run ashore aud flooded. The
passengers, 3O3 in number, were taken off
by the tug Fletcher and landed all at
Castle Garden with some of their baggage.
The lire was discovered amidshps yester -
day morning about 2jO miles at sea, but
knowledge of it was kept from the pas
senger until Fire Island was sighted. The
flames are supposed TO have originated
among large quantity of matches. The
passengers and officers acted with great
cOOlnaEs
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-10-23

MATTHEW ARNOLD the E. ,lish poet and
critic, arrived in New York on Monday.
CARprvNL ARCnnsuoP MCCLosKY, Of
New York is oighty.two.
Mr.. IRvrNG's face is completely desti-
tute OF color. He smokes cigarette iu-
cesantly.
MrLlArs. the great English painter, is q
frank. robust, fresh looking man, above
the medium height aud sturdily built.
CAPTAIN NAYNE REID. the well known
novelist, died in London. On Sunday even.
ing, after n brief iluesS.
MRJ w WILLIAMSON aud Mss Marga.
rot Watson, OF this city left for Louisville,
Ky, to day.
CoUNr Won MoLrKE Is the oldest com.
mandor in chief. lie was born in 1900
and can make love in fourteen languages.
RMPu WALDO EMERsoN's letter Of ac-
ceptauCc in reply to the tender of the
pulpit Of the Second Unitarian church OF
Boston is still on the lilos Of that church
Mr.. TENNYsuN has written for the
" Youth Companion" of Boston. what
is SAID to bo a beautiful lyric-the best
piece Of work which he has done for some
years.
Miss LENA RICHMANN sat up in her
coliiu during the funeral services over hur
body at Black River Falls, Wis, on sun
day. She had b70n in trance, but to her
family had appeared rs Que dead.
"MR CoNKlING. said eN Senator Gwin,
the veteran Buchanan Democrat, the other
day, "has felt more than any other promi.
neut man the need Of money. Poverty, be
recently told M, bad been the great banc
OF his lie
SARA EERNuNET c0nfessCs that she tried
marriage only as an experiment, and that
she has paid right royalty for the luxury
of a husband. His carriages, bouquets,
forfei'S aud extravagances generally have
driven her to separate from him finally
Cud absolutely. She won't try another cx.
farimFnt OF the sane sort.
CHEF JUSTICE COLERIDGE will carry
home with him, among other rare sOuv.
cnirs, o sonnet written by his great uncle,
the poet, in the album Of an American lady
more than half century ago. The lady
was Miss Barbour, daughter Of James
Barbour. Of Virginia, who was ~ thai
time United States minister to Great Bgi.
tain. The sonnet was written on the eve
Of her return to America and EAs never
been published.