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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
Cold Weather In Nevada.

"The weather doesn't quite come up
to two years ago, Rob, when the snow
was seven feet deep, and the trains were
showed in for four days. That was a
hard winter.'
"I1ard winter! WY that was nothin'
at all. Eight years ago the trains didn't
get through here for three months, and
Uncle John Crayton had to pack all his
shoes"
eyes, that's pretty tough, but it
wasn't u marker to the winter Burt
Howe stole Doc Morgan's turkeys, and
had them all dressed before Doc quit
ratfiing. Don't you mind how the wind
blew, too, and how it drifted. Nick
Thesis logged two eighties that winter
ON section 13, and in the spring Will
Bailey happened down that way looking
for land, and got onto them st,mps.
in that lot was forty feet high. Will
bought the stump land at fifty cents an
acre, and made SO 900 logging it over
again next year."
ooh, know all about that. Such
storiesa as that might do to tell in Florida,
J or in warm part Of Texas. But you
NoIl NuilO W ltih w IlC a. lIlllluIc
Fife Lake winters. WY, boy, I was
here fore You was born. You never
heard Of the winter of '49?''
"No; let 'er drive.
"Well, that was a windy year, and 1t
was little cold. Winter set in the
10Th of November with the darndest
whirlwind you ever smelt Of. What do
you s'pose I saw when I went down t.
the lake the next morning to take a
swim?"
"What was it?"
"Well, the lake had fro2e thirty-four
feet deep durin' the night, UNI right out
in the middle that darned cyclone had
raised d chunck of water sixty feet high,
UNI it froZe there stiff as q green Tor
way in February. The blamed thing
| bout hundred feet 'cross the top, and
tapered down 10 bout an inch at the
bottom. The wind was blowin' like an
old settler, too"
"'Did she blow over, Rob?"
"Nary ablow. Before the wind could
heave 'er over one way it would whew
round and right her up again. And
she kept goin' that way until the 4th Of
next June"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
a Delicious Cup of G"nne.

In coffee-growing countries, where
the berry makes but a short journey
from the bush to the mouth, this pro-
cess is not necessary; and in the noun
tains of st. Domingo, the native darkies
make coffee in very quick fashion "They
take the fresh berries and parch them
for a few minutes, then crush them in a
mortar-and for each person put Il
tablespoonful of fragrant fragments into
Il conical-shaped bag; the exact number
Of cotfee-cups full of boiling water is
measured out and poured twice through
the bag. This completes the process,
and the result is-nectar."
But some one comes forward with an
| air Of authority and says: Take coffee
cup Of the best Java coffee Drowned to
the color OF chocolate mot scorched),
ground not too fine, and mix with it
half an egg. Put this into a cotfeepot,
| OF boiler (which is as clean as the cup
you drink from) and pour over it one
quart Of boiling water, stirring as you
put the water in; boil slowly for fifteen
minutes, then stand the boiler on the
back Of the range ten minutes to settle;
| turn all coffee off from the grounds at
| once into an urn or coffee pot that can
! stand upon the stove to keep hot. Coffee
| loses it's flavor by standing on the grounds
longer than half an hour, and should be
very hot to be good. But into the cup
| q teaspoonful ofs"American condensed
milk" and some boiled milk, and turn
the coffee into it. No French Coffee is
any better.
| 81 know better way than that" says
some one else; and then discourses as
| follows: Put your ground coffee in q
| bowl, a large tablespoonful for each per-
| son (most authorities seem to agree
about the quantity, break into it the
white Of an egg 1--WE use an egg for two
mornings, the white for one and the
yoke and shell for the next), stir this
thoroughly--.this Is an important part of
the process-then add cold water very
slowly, stirring all the time, until a tea
! spoonful or more has been mixed in.
Having previously scalded your coffee
pot, pour the coffee into it--rinsing out
the bowl with q little cold water; fill
the coffGe-pot more than half full with
boiling hot water; then, with q spoon
stir it a moment; set it ON the fire, and
when it it first boils up, stir it down and
add half a teaspoonful of cold water;
this settles it. Then set it back on, the
range, when it will keep hot till your
breakfast is ready. 1t should never be
set back far enough to grow cold. When
needed, let it boil'up once more; and
then pour into your silver cotPee-pOt,
and serve up as hot as possible. Block
sugar should be used and condcnced
milk. or cream; boiled milk alone will,
not give it the proper color or flavor.
Any one who desires to get up reputa-
tion for good coffee should not, forget
this.
The best coffee, according to house
keeper, who always has q delicious be-
yerage on her table, Is a mixture of
three-fourths Java and Mocha in equal
parts, and one-fourth chicory. The
latter, she says, when judiciously used,
gives body and color, and seems to bring
out the delicate flavor Of the other two.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
A Chinese Fishing Village.

1t was close on the edge of the water,
III California, where little inlet rounded
In, below high hills. AS we drew near
IT., the od0r of fish came up over the
hills, like a smell from something cook
ing in a vast caldron. The fences. the
rocks, tho ground--all were covered
with shining little fishes, spread out to
dry; those on the ground being laid on
frames Of wooden Stats. There was
only one narrow lane running through
the village, and hardly room on that to
step between the frames of drying fish.
On the roofs of tho novels, even, poles
were set up, and stretched from corner
to corner; and on them long lines Of fish
fluttered IN the air, like clothes hung out
to dry. Cinnamon were running about.
emptying big baskets of fish; other
Cinnamon were spreading them, turning
them, raking them apart, gathering up
the dry ones, and packing them into
baskets. The place fairly swarmed with
iaDorers and their implements; but all
the workers kept steadily on, as regard
less of our presence as though they had
been ants on an ant-hill. Every man.
woman, and child was hard at work; !;
children that were too small for any-
thing else had babies strapped on their
backs, and were carrying them about.
Little girls, not more than eight or ten
years old, were at work industriously
cleaning the fish, to prepare them for
drying. This was a disagreeable sight;
it was done in open sheds, where the
floor was black and dripping wet with
water and the Shiny offal Of the fish.
Here the women sat on high stools, in a
squatting posture, with their feet curled
up under them, cutting and slashing,
stripping the fish, and dropping them
into the baskets with as swift a motion
as If they were shelling peas. They had
the fingers Of the left hand rolled I'D
thickly in black rags, to protect them
against u chance slip of the sharp knife.
They chatted and laughed, as if they
we're engaged in the most agreeable oc-
cupation in tho world. There did not
seem to be an idle pair Of hands in the
village. Old men were mentling nets,
old women putting bait on hooks. The
only unemployed creature we saw was
one small baby.
1t would not be possible to give any
idea of the way in which the houses,
sheds, boats, barrels, poles, nets, baskets,
sca1foldings, and lumber of all sorts were
huddled together on one narrow alley
'i"e "ite cliol'Sn lOf IWO wagons TO drive
abreast. There was not foot of open
ground. Looking down from the hill
ON the roofs of the houses, one would
think they all belonged to a single set of
walls, rooted ut different heights and
angles. 1t was squalid and filthy spot;
1t would seem impossible for human
@ beings to breathe such air, and sleep in
length of time, without being made i'll.
Yet there are in this little uillage nearly
two hundred people, many Of whom
have lived there for thirty years in good
health. They are divided into three
companies, each company having it's
leader, who pays wages to the men and
women, and has the charge of selling
and sending away the fish.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
Strasl,urg and Metz.

The sum of $13, 100000 voted for the
reconstruction of the fortresses of Stras-
burg and Metz, according to the Cologne
Gazette, has all been expended, and q
further sum Of S150,000 will be asked
for soon. Previous to the war of 1870
Strasburg had only fortified rampant,
but the Germans have provided it with
twelve detached forts, nine of which
are on the Rhine, and all Of them are
completed except the external works Of
Mundelsheim and the Altheimer Kof.
Around Metz the ramparts comprise
nineteen bastions, surrounded by bitches
and protected by thirteen advanced
works. Metz, in addition to this strong
defence, surrounded by eight detached
and independent forts, distant on an
average about two miles from the centre
Of the city, and forming circle fourteen
miles in circumference. These forts
are named after the German generals
who distinguished themselves the most
during the war Of 1870, and two Of
them are provided with armorplated
turrets,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
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Tho COlugo.

III the forests of tho islands constitute
ing the Indian Archipelago is found u
curious flying animal that forms the
connecting link between the lemur and
the bat. The natives call it the colugo,
and also the ''fiying fox" but it is more
like tlying-monkey, as the lomurs are
cousins OF the monkeys. Like the bats,
these auimals sleep i'll the daytime,
hanging from the limbs and branches of
trees, head downward; but as evening
comes on, they sally forth, often doing
great harm to the fruit on the neighbor-
ing plantations. In some parts of Java
they are SO numerous that it is found
necessary to protect the fruit-trees with
huge nets. The extent of their flights
through the air is something astonish-
ing. They sometimes drop to the ground
and hop along with a shufiling kind of
leap, but if they are alarmed, they
spring to the nearest tree and in q mo-
ment reach it's top by series of 0fb0mds.
Out upon the branches they dart, and
with rush are off into space. Sailing
through the air like some great bird
down they 90 obliquely, swift as an
arrow, a hundred and fifty feet or more,
rising again in q graceful curve and
alighting safely on distant tree. In
these great leaps they carry their young,
which cling to them, or sometimes fol
low them along in their hcadlong flight,
uttering hoarse and piercing cries The
| colugos live almost exclusively on fruit,
preferring plantains and the young and
tender leaves of the cocoa-palm, though
some writer's aver that they have seen
them dart into the air and actually catch
birds. The flying-lemurs are perfectly
harmless, and 50 gentle as to be easily
tanned. They have lovely dark eyes and
very intelligent and knowing faces.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
TRI-W EEKLY EDITION
CONSONANCE.

Not strange the April sunlight
That shimmcred o Or your hair
Sought covert in tho 'blue-fl cloud,
Lest beam with braid compare
That from the clust'rin apple-blooms,
Breeze.swayed against your face,
Fleet fed the petals, ere It's hues
Show poor their dewy grace;
That stinted, in tho orchard boughs,
The song of gleeful birds,
Lest raror than their warbling prove
The cadence Of your words, r.
Our.lives were in tho April tlme
""Twere always winsome weather."
I said, and stroye to search your eyes,
"Couldp We, but be together" =
AS we'll might storm-vexed sunshine
Upon your hair that strays~ . ,'..e,s--.'.
Be tim'rous of comparison
With sheen of starry rays, IN
More vivid than your cheek, the pink
That, latest ling ring, throws,
TO guide tho hast ming feet of night,
! Wan tints athwart tho SHOWS . .
Your voice, though mid the shiv'ring tree
No CLINT of robins wing,
Learns sweet, far note from melody
Ofangels' carolling.
What If, dear wife, do now accord
Our lives and sombre weather?
AS blithe M spring the wintry skies,
May we but be together.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21
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Tho Newer Arithmetic,

At So per ton how many tons of coal
can be bought for $24? (The grcenhom
will answer "four tons."1
a stage coach robber was enabled to
lay up 81, $50 in ten months, but q Mia
CARA Falls hackman saIted down So, ,265
in nine. How much better is it to rol,
at Niagara Falls than out West?
A tramp gets a cold biscuit at one
house, a piece Of meat at another, an old
vest at the third, and the owner of the
fourth house runs him three blocks with
a dog. How much more does the tramp
respect the fourth person than the other
three combined?
1t takes twenty blows Of a hammer in
the hands Of g woman to drive ten
penny nail three inches. She misses the
nail twice where she hits it once. How
many blows does she strike in all, and
how far can her voice be heard wher she
strikes her thumb.
A gentleman who has q library of
$4,000 volumes, opens ten per year. At
this rate how long will it take him to
reach the last bookP
In one month the owner of u three
minute horse lied ninety-four times re-
garding his speed. At this rate how
many times would he lie in a year, and
how would it help the speed Of the horse
any?
A school teacher gives pupil four
teen paragraphs in the science Of govern.
ment, thirteen examples in arithmetic,
three pages Of history, one of grammar,
one Of orthogragby, and half an hour Of
writing as q daily lesson and expects
him to pass rs pei cent. At this rate
how long will it take her to rush him
into lunatic ,asylump
If a lawyer charges a plumber SIS for
advice, and the plumber charges the
lawyer $3.50 for stopping a leak in a
waterpipe, how much is the lawyer
ahead? 4
"A saloonist buys a barrel of whisky In.
bulk and draws two barrels fromit by
the drinkp There is nothing to figure
on this. The figuring was all done by
the saloonist. H .5$55
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1883-04-21

nered lawsuit, grew radiant again, and
matters were all settled.
But, " said Mrs. Bayberry, elf it
had been necessary to put up that bill
again, think should have run away
to Patagonia |
"Anything-anything but House to
Let ~
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-17
ShakeSpeare's s. Macbeth - Taken From
the Bible.

You will find the principal characters
of Macbeth " in the Book of Kings.
Jezebel in the Bible is ''Lady Macbeth
in the play. She it was that stirred up
her husband to do all the deyiltry he did.
Then take Hazael, a servant to the King.
Under the influence of his wife, Jezebel.
he plots to kill his master, and become
King of Syria in his stead. This plot is
successful, and Hazael is crowned King.
This character exactly suits that of
q Macbeth. The minor characters can
also be found in the Bible OF course
Shakespeare has altered the words. but
the plot and characters are to be found
there. DIR. Halsey, in his lectures on
Shakespeare in Princeton College,
stated that Shakespeare's regular prac-
tice was to study the Bible seven hours
a day. There were not so many Bibles
in his time as there are now, but al
though very costly, he had one, and
made daily practice of studying it.
Where DIR. Halsey got his information
do not know, but presume he is correct.
Though Shakespeare was undoubtedly
a great man, think he is considerably
overrated, so far as his originality is
Think he was not endowed
with the genius of originality. but rather
with the genius of arranging the writ
ings of those gone before, and re-
writing them in an attractive style
Rer. Richard Lee, d. D.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-17
The Cork Oak.

At present we depend for cork upon
the countries bordering the Mediter-
ranean. In these countries the actual
market value of cork is ten times what
it was at the beginning of the century,
and it is likely to 90 still higher. In
Sardinia, Sicily and Naples extensive
cork plantations are being destroyed for
the purpose of obtaining the tannin of
superior quality yielded by the bark and
carbonate of soda from the ashes of the
wood. This destruction has been going
on for years, while planting has not
even replaced the trees destroyed, ex-
cept in France and its African depend
ency. AS long ago as 1922 the French
Government appropriated 1880 francs,
which were to be divided among those
who, planting in 1928, should possess at
the expiration of ten years plantations
of 10000 vigorous saplings. In 1884
only three persons had been entitled to
the reward. But France has now over
100000 acres of cork plantations in
Algiers, yielding considerable revenue
to the State. About fifty years ago tie
Spanish began to encourage the planM
ing of the cork oak, and the number of
trees in that country has increased.
This increase would have been greater
but for the fact that, while in some
provinces cork has become the chief
source of wealth, in others many pro-
prietors destroyed their trees in order
to clear their ground for more valuable
productions.
The cork oak grows to the height Of
about fifty feet In Algeria and in the
Spanish Province of Estramadura the
development of the tree is somewhat
greater. The tree reaches q great
age. 1t continues to grow for $50 or
200 years, and after its growth it still
yields cork, though of an inferior quail
ity. In some parts of Spain it is Gus
tomary to destroy the tree when the
quality of its cork begins to deteriorate.
In Europe the tree is met with as high
as forty-ive degrees NJ, but it
needs warm climate. In France and
in Spain it is found l 600 feet above the
level of the sea, while in Algeria it
occurs at double that altitude. The
tree can bear minimum average an
nual temperature of fifty-five degrees
Fahrenheit. 1t prefers land sloping to
the southwark and near the sea. Gran
y lands and slaty, sandy and silicious
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-17
How Liquors are Adulterated.

A fresh barrel of raw whisky IS taken
| in hand by the expert, who converts ii
in few hours into old rye or bourbon
by Judicious admixture OF oak shaw
ings, burned sugar and glycerine.
Sometimes he takes away the crude
taste by passing an electric current
| through it. Much of the highest-prlced
| whisky sold in the best places is made
in this artistic fashion. Bourbon is
generally Supposed to contain more
fusil oil than t,e, but this is not neceS-
Sarily the case.
Brandy is made by the distillation OF
fermented grapes sometimes from the
juice alone, and sometimes from the
skins. seeds and juice together. When
made from the juice alone it is nearly
colorleSs, has very agreeable odor.
and a slightly acid. aromatic taste. 1t
contains from thirty-five to fifty per
cent. of alcohol. There is probably no
liquor so much initiated and adulterated
As brandy. The cOmmonest method of
initiating it is by adding to plain grain
whisky certain proportions of various
others. which are sold in mixture rs
- brandy essence" burned sugar, spices,
fannie acid and acetic acid. Nine-tenths
of the brandy that is drank never saw a
grape-Skin. Gin is made by distilling
alcohol with juniper berries, its distinct
i've taste and odor being due to the
presence of small amount of oil of
juniper. The amount of alcohol varies
from thirty to forty per cent, the resi-
due being water with less than one per
cent. of the juniper oil. The gin COM
monty sold as the real article is, how
ever. made by simply adding a small
quantity OF this oil, or more frequently
oil of turpentine, to common whisky,
together with sufficient water to reduce
the strength of the spirit to about thirty
per cent. of alcohol. None but the
most expensive brands of gin are made
in any other way Different brands
contain slight additions which give them
their peculiar flavor.
The best rum is made by the distilla-
ton of fermented molasses. Often pine
apples and other fruits are sliced and
thrown into the still to give flavor. The
molasses used consists of the washings
and refuse from the sugar houses. 1t
contains thirty to thirty-tive per cent.
of alcohol, and is not much adulteratcd
except with certain tlavoring others,
designed to initiate ''real jamaica or
other brands. The main constituent of
absinthc is oil of wormwood. 1t is
made by the distillatiOn Of alcohol with
water, absinthium (wOrmwoOD, and
various spices, such as fennel. anise
and coriander. The resulting liquor is
diluted more or less, the various brands
differing greatly in the amounts of wa
ter and other substance present in
each. 1t is most frequently made by
the simple mixture of Oil of NORWOOD
with alcohol and water, various essen
tial oils being added to give pungcncy.
Distilled absinthe well prepared from
fresh materials should be OF q bright
green color. Its effects are well known
to be of the most dangerous character.
and result in nervous exhaustion and
partial or complete paralysis of the
heart.-Troy en- W Times.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-05-17
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

There are three hundred women
employed as journalists in the United
States.
Mrs. President Tyler dresses her
hair precisely as she did when q young
bride in the White House.
After lapse of thirty years, Sir
Walter SCOTS works are being retrans-
lated and republished in France.
Mayor Hutchinson, of Utica, looks
so much like Napoleon I'LL. that when
Eugene saw him in England. while
ago, she tainted away.-Ltica (N. ~
Herald.
Rev. James Freeman Clarke. of
Boston, recently completed his seventy
fourth year. Physically and mentally
he Yet seems as vigorous as he was
thirty years ago.-Boston Transcript.
The youngest of Delaware's Judges,
Associate Judge Wales, is sixty years
old. Chancellor Salisbury is sixty-six.
Chief Justice Comegy is past seventy.
Judge Houston is close on to seventy.
Judge Wootten is nearly eighty.
Samuel Crump, of Pittsford, near
Rochester, n. Y. has recently sold to
Nathan Greeley, of Kansas City, file
of the New York Tribune covering the
entire period of Horace Greeley's ed
itorship, a period of twenty eight years.
The editions were weekly and semi
weekly, and were sold for fifty dollars.
Mrs. Susan Boylston Treadway,
the granddaughter of President John
Adams and the niece of John Quincy
Adams, is living in Baltimore at the
age of eighty-siX. Mrs. Treadway has
been twice an inmate of the White
House, the first time ut the early age
of four years. and her recOllectiOns of
events and distinguished people extend
over a period of eighty years Chicago
Tribune.
"a Scamper Through America "
is the title of a new book written by an
English giant in intellect and just pub
lished in London. which describes.
among other interesting things, a visit
to the Hoffman House hotel at New
York, where they have the finest drink
ing bar in the world, presided over
by the notorious Fiske, who got off so
easily after short incarceration for
shooting Mr. Seward on the staircase of
the Fifth Avenue Hotel.-N. y. Times.
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri,
is said to be Every vain for so able II
man When the Legislature apprO-
priated 100000 for the State Universe
ty. he sent from Jefferson City to st.
Louis and bought a ten-dOllar gold pen
with which to sign the bill. Then he
sent the pen as present to James Roll
Inns. accompanied by letter saying
that the only time the pen had been
dipped in ink was to sign the bill APP
propriating 100000 for the University.
Chicago Times.
Marie Roze is the only singer of
distinction who isn't afraid of catching
cold Nilsson treats her throat as she
would II sick baby; Kellogg was afraid
to venture out of doors twenty-fOur
hours before she sang; Hauk goes to
bed and remains there in complete 81
lcnce six hours before she appears in
concert; Abbott has the doors and win
dows of her room hung with bed blan-
kcts lest draft strike her precious per-
son; Gerster wears heavy shawl while
walking the halls of her hotel; but
Marie Roze is as careless of exposure as
Il child. Chicago Herald.