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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
Oil On the Waves.

The excellent use that has recently
been made OF oil for allaying the force
of storm waves when the steamship
Umbria was disabled at sea has led to
the appearance OF various improved
methods of spreading the oil on the face
of the waters. Formerly oil bags were
used, and sometimes with good results,
but their liability to be washed in
board, the necessity of resaturating and
putting them out again and other
attendant disadvantages made them un-
reliable and seriously initiated against
their use. All these drawbacks are said
to be overcome in the invention OF
Captaiu Couves, which claims to supply
"a reliable mechanical apparatus for dig
tributiug oil from ships aud boats, which
Is always ready for use and not likely to
get out of order or fail in any emergency,
or endanger in any wa the safety of the
persons operating it. The apparatus
Consists of a cast iron reservoir above
vertical cylinder. A heavy piston work
ing in the cylinder, attached to tubular
rod and acting by its own weight, ELECTS
the oil on the water through delivery
pipe, A hand wheel on the spindle rod
is used to raise the piston wheo the
cylinder is being filed with oil from tns
reservoir, and the supply valve throug h
which the oil passes from the reservoir
to the cylinder is opened aud closed by
'means of small wheel. The appliance
lis fixed as near the bows of the snip as
possible. There are two delivery pipes,
each fitted at tie end with conical
nozzle, the aperture of which is not
more than one-sixteepth of an inch in
diameter, running from the lower part
of the cylinder and passing out at the
bows near the load line. Each pipe is
fitted with brass cock, so that the oil
may be emitted from one side only, if re-
ouired. All that is needed to put the
apDliance into action is to open either or
both the brass cocks of the delivery
pipes, as occasion may require, and the
oil issues forth in fine but steady jei
several feet beyond the bows. If the
vessel is in motion tie oil is thrown
away from the bows with the broken
water az she makes her way onward, and
the effect is at once apparent, particu-
,arly on breaking seas, which
usually work such destruction to life,
limb or property. The new mechanism
being permanent fixture, is always
ready to be put in operation; it is, more
over, small and requires little space, aud
the only attention it requires is the
charging with oil, which, even with both
Jets on, need only be done about
pnce every four hours.-Chicaso News
! N"covd.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
HOM Some Fires Originate.

4 list of unusual aud curiously caused
fires has been compiled and the Railway
Review mentions some Of the number:
1t includes a factory fire which was
! traced to a railway truck, an over heated
axle having thrown car from the track
and set fire to petroleum tank from
which the flames spread to the building.
An instance is given in which bucket
greasy waste was ignited by the friction
of belt which sagged against it. In
harmless case of spontaneous ignition Of
oily waste, this material, with some
wood chips, had been thrown into the
Ere box OF an idle locomotive, shortly
after which the workmen we're surprised
by the blowing off of steam by the
engine. Another fire was due to oily
waste in a manner which could not we'll
be foreseen. Only heavy mineral oils
were used, and place was provided for
the waste, but cockchafer crawled
from the receptacle directly to gas jet,
yhen the creature was quickly con-
sumed, and the oily cotton 6laments ad-
herring to its body spread the fire. Well
known incendiaries are Photographic
and other lenses which act as burning
glasses, and bright tight plates, which
serve as concave mirrors. A plumbers
exploit consisted in applying the flame
test to a newly made joint in gas pipe,
then covering the pipe without noticing
small blue flame, which was discovered
some six weeks afterward, when the leak
had become somewhat enlarged. A
nail glanced from a carpenters hammer
into the conveyor of raw material in
jute factory, rubbed against the drum
and produced spark which set fire to
the place. A food burned one factory
by causing pile of iron filings to oxi-
dize so rapidly as to beco ne intensely
heated. A stream from the fremen's
hose started a second fire in New York
while putting out one in small build.
ing, neighbo-ing shed containing
quicklime having been penetrated by the
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
1t Killed the Cure.

"Johnnie Smith. You hiSperin.
AGAIN." demanded an Oakland
teacher of particularly mischleyouS
boy.
"Yessum
well, come up here and get the
mousetrapS on"
She stood the boy in one corner
with heavy mouse-trap dangling
from each ear They pinched and
pulled. and Johnnie wincvl. twisted,
and then commenced to bawl.
"What's the matter now" asked
the teacher. "Those don't hart
much"
That amt it," whispered the boy.
"WeIl. what is it,"
Its shame. That's what it is,
be sobbed.
"What' a shame: To punish you
for whispering?'
"No. but l was born with big ears
that stuck out like a barn door open,
and I've had to sleep with 'em tied
ba X to my head ever since. Now
my step-father pulls 'em and You put
mouse traps on 'em till this tying
back don't do any good, and I'll have
ears like a veal outlet"
The teacher removed the mouse
traps from his ears and inverted the
empty waterbucHeU over his head as
substitute. San Francisco Post.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

have the same grace that was given to the
italian martyr, Algerius, who, down in tho
darkest of dungeons, dated his letter from
";he delectab!e orchard Of the Leonine pris-
On"
There is aorrowless world, and it Is 50
ra!i!nt that the MONDAY sun Is only the
lowest doorstep, and the aurora that lights
up our northern heavens, con!oundInS AS
,ronomers as to what it can be, is the way
ing Of the banners OF the procession coms
10 take the conquerors homo from church
militant TO church triumphant, and you and
I have 10000 reasons Tor wanting 10 20
there, but We will never get there either by
self immo:ation or impenrtency. All our
sins slain by the Christ who came to do that
thing, We want TO go i'll at ju-t the time
divlneiy arranged ,and from a couch divine
ly spread, and then the clang of the sepul-
chral gates behind Us will be overpowered
BY the clang OF the opening OF the solid
pearl before US. Goa, whatever others
may choose, give me Il Christians life, q
CHRISTIANS death, a Christians burial, "a
Christians immortality!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
A Mystery of Bird Lille.

Why some birds which could pick
up food among us all the Year round
should leave when food IS plentiful,
while others with similar ways of life
remain is still mystery. It is easy
20 understand that species which
oreys on fresh water fish and on frogs
should seek other quarters when the
ponds are frozen and the frogs are
buried in the clay. But it is not quite
20 clear why the swallows and the fly
catcher leave a region where there is
perpetual summer and winged food i'll
abundance to risk q long Journey over
,ea and land, only to find great
.carcity of the same kind OF food.
1t is equally puzzling that the seed
md fruit eaters, who, since October,
1ave been fattening among the gardens
If Algeria and Egypt, should suddenly,
Il March or April, be seized with sucn
IN inordinatc craving for Il change Of
liet as to fly 5000 miles on tine chance
If picking up the short commons OF
,pring. Perhaps it will be found that
migration is natural to all birds, all,l
s greater or less as circumstances may
determine. Every animal shifts it's
quarters according to the rlentifulness
>r scarcity Of food.-New York Tr!o-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

THE use of corn meal in Europe is
increasing, partly owing to the efforts
our Agricultural Department has
made to increase the foreign demand
for this great American staple. The
Italians are the latest converts to
the new food. They now use corn
meal in making polenta, instead Of
using ground cheStnuts, which was
the material formerly employed.
The corn meal is cheaper, and better,
because not so hard to digest as meal
from any kind of nuts.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

A GOOD deal more, in the W;

4 GOOD deal more, in the way OF
exceedingly interesting information
as to how railroads are managed,
would be discovered if reputable men
were appointed by the courts to act
as receivers. The usual method IS to
appoint the man who brought the
road to bankruptcy its receiver. lle
will not lay bare the frauds and blum
ders. But what an honest and i'm
partial receiver might reveal is shown
in the case of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe. To be sure the re-
ceivar, who had been its president,
never unearthed thing or ieathcd
a word. 1t was an indcpendant &C
countant working in the IT. terest Of
bond and stockholders who discov-
cred crooked accounts. illegal rebates,
and other evidences Of clever tinan-
cicring in t e Santa Fe's books.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
Fish Hpa,~llzt Their FuD;.

1t is a well-known fact that sea me
mones have sense BY which they rec } E
nize food. This has been studied re-
Gently by Herr Nsgel, at the Z'olo5lcal
Station in Naples, and he mas enaeavored
to localjze 1t. Among other experiments
a small piece Of sardine Was brought
carefully to the tentacles of one OF tuese
animals; the teatacie first touched, then
others, seized the food and surrounded
it, aud tne morssl was swallowed. A
similar ball OF blottiny paper, saturated
with sea-water, brought near IN tne
same way, was not seized. If: however,
the ball was soaked in the juice OF dsn
it was se!z.d with the same energy rs
the piece of 6sh, but often liberated
aoain after a time without being swal-
lowed. Blotting-paper saturated with
sugar acted like the other, but more
weskly. If saturated with qulnine, it
was reiSsed, the tentacles dIawiug bac'.
New YORK Post.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

A MISSOURI entolnologist informs
the public that quail, lady bugs, and
frogs destroy hosts Of chinch bugs.
He says that the chinch bug does
not become a grandmother in TWEEN
ty-four hours. As to so-called locusts,
he says they are harvest flies, and
that only the females do the eating:
the males having no digestive appar-
atus. If female mosquitoes are the
only ones that bite, and female To-
Gusts are the only ones that destroy
crops, is it not we'll to beware little
Of femininity in general?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

WE incline to the belief that it
pays for retail grocers to advertise.
We believe that there is as large a
field for judicious advertising in the
retail grocery as in any other line of
business. 1t pays to let people know
what you have to offer, to acquaint
them with new attractions, tC' ad-
wise them Of some bargain or other
which you are able to offer them
and, above all, to let them know
that you are enterpriSing and look
ing out for an opportunity to please
them. But judgment should be used.
1t Is folly to advertise goods out OF
season. Good Judgment and print
ers' ink go we'll together. New Eng
land Grocer.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
THE Cars method of determinir

whether or not the path Of the royal
train is beset ly bombs is exec lent iu
its way. A trusty subject is sent
ahead on a heavy tricycle. to exploit.
If the Cars engineer observes rain
of faithful subject, accompanied by
an occasional spoke and fragments OF
pneumatic tire. he knows that some
thing is the matter and shuts od
steam. 1t is a great scheme. and
while apt to thin out the populace, l.
promotive Of the longevity that is
fad with the Car.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
THERE are some responsibilitie.

THERE are some responsibilities
assumed by the French newspaper
from which his American brothers are
exempt. A reporter Of the Socialist
journal, La Libre Parole, for in
stance, has just been designated by
lot to challenge NJ. Denoix, Of the
French Chamber Of Deputies, for an
insulting remark about the press
during the debate on the new anti
anarchist law. If a French duel
meant anything we would cOmmiser
ate our confrere: but it involves
nothing more serious nowadays than
getting up an hour or two earlier
than usual.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
A BOY AND A MAN.

Customer--s:Tnat boys tool-chest
bought of you was fraud, The too:
didn't last . week: - --
Dcaler-F'You must have been ISL
them yourself.
"Of course
s'Those tools we're intended 1o1
Bows. not men. They would have
lasted your boy year, at least:
II handled them more carefully than
boy would"
':No doubt. But you used them
week. A boy would have tired o!
them in two days and a hall. '-1ao
zee Blade.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

IT is not very long ago that the
hog was hardly known as a farm
p:cluct out Of the great corn regions,
but while the porker IS becoming less
of rowing rooter and more civilized
than in the earlrr time, he is taking
pos, ession of all parts Of the land.
In mountain rel, rs West, includ-
ing New Mexico. the idea is to con-
v"rt alfalfa into pork, and in Califor-
MA use is mauc Of Egyptian corn,
wlich is said to make a finer grade
o. pork than Indian corn
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
The House Of HapSDurG.

Rudolph Won Hapsburg, riding to
his Swiss home from hunting, came
upon a priest carrying the sacrament
to sick man. The priest on foot
was stopped by a river. Rudolph inn
medi0tely dismounted, set the priest
and sacrament on horseback, and led
the steed by the rein to the sick
mans house. He declined to take
the horse again to daily use, but gave
it to the priest frr the service Of the
church.
Remembering this deed, Werner,
Archbishop of Mainz, in 1918, pro-
cured the election Of Rudolph as King
of the Romans and Kaiser. Hence
we have the source and fount Of the
proud imperial house Of Hapsburg.
Schiller enhances the legend in one
of the best of his ballads. Der Graf
von Hapsburg." 1t may be mentioned
thar the late heir to the imper:ai
throne Of Austria was named after
his iliustrious ancestor Rudolph.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
A Colt Furnishes a Ram Tor Cruelty.

A Colt Furnishes Ram Tor Cruelty.
The following is a little incident
which came under the observation Of
the writer. Two young horses have
been kept in pasture with a num-
bar Of COWS and a year old calf, and
they were accustomed to come up to
the gate every night with the COWS,
the older leading the line, and the
Younger bringing up the rear. OW-
Ing to want Of water in their past
ure some sheep were brought to the
one in which the horses and COWS
were kept, and these sometimes fol-
lowed the COWS when they came at
night to be MIXED. One night they
did so, and when all the animals
were standing together the ram but
ted the calf, which could not defend
itself, and the older colt, going over
to it, seized the ram by the wool on
its back and, lifting it entirely of
the ground. shook it vigorously. He
then placed it on the ground and it
quickly ran away, while the horse
continued to stand guard over his
friend. Our Dumb Animals. /
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
4 GOOD JUDGE.

Mrs. Livcrmore--''Now, I think
that u nice chuck steak is more tender
und much juicer than s!rloin."
Mr.. Feeder~-''IeS, | have known y
great many people who prefer That ont
to any other. .
Mrs. Livcrnlorr iiirc;'lr::iy pl"aSe,;)
--"And they wer" GOOD in'i%'S, SHY
Hosc:'' ,,
Mr.. Fceder--"Oh, YES: they all
l,cnt boarding houses Lille.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
AT TIE LUNCH COUNTER.

ss,rhcres Boncly yorder, getting "
with corped beef and cabbage and pIass'
Of doughnuts. How can man OF MS
delicate build eat such combination as
that2"
"Humphl It's just the combination
ne's eating that gives him his delicate
uild.'-Puck.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
II p1aca AXES : pEFEEENCE

lill- E~-lCH --11H1.'o = 2 -
English village, Sunday morning Lit
tie Girl-'sPleasc let me have penny
worth of soap
Drurcist-;I cannot, my dear. There
is 70 soap sold here on Sunday morn
ing
How is that! saw you sell stick
cf licorice to girl few minutes
ago"
.Oh. that's different; she is goinsto
cat it in the church. New York Ad-
..artis2r.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

Do not wait for extraordinary cir
cumstauces to do good act:ons; try 10
use ordinary situations.
Adversely has the effect Of e'ecitlng
talents which IN prospe:ou; circu2u-
stances would have him dormant.
As we grow oller our pleasures cost
less. butt takes more rlppey to cure
our ailments.
The sunshine Of life is made Mp OF
very i;1le beams, that are bright al
the time.
The chains Of habit are to small tc
be felt, until they are too strong to be
| broken.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
HIS CRITICISM OF THE PICTURE.

Painter ito gentleman whose portrait
he has just completed)-"Well, sir, no"
does your portrait please youF"
Gentleman (atter gazing 1T the picture
for some miuutes)-''Say, you'd oollge
rao very much if you'd just change this
portrait into landscape. ."-Fliegende
Rlaetter.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
Must Have Been Delicious.

A dainty feast Was spread not long
ego by tribe Of Sitka indians to
entertain some visitors from other
tribes The rare dish Of the feast
consisted Of last seasons wild straw.
berries preserved in seal oil.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
4 Rigid Test.

The test Of excellence applied to
japanese swords years ago was very
rigid. 1t was to suspend the blade
horizontall,, edge upward. under
tree, and a good weapon was ex-
pected to cut in twain any leaf that
tell upon it.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
Music Composed While You Wait


1t would certainly appear that
when man may run in and have a
song set to music while he waits, for
fifty cents or one dollar, the end Of
the century is gett NJ pretty close at
hand. There are places in New York
where this is done daily. By the side
OF and in competition with this
modern composer the late Beethoven,
Chopin. ct al would not he lin it. :"
Musical composition at these places
is a mere matter Of time you ruth
upstairs with your verses or idea, the
composer looks at the clock, seizcs a
pencil and blank score. mounts the
piIno stool. and goes at it. When he
gets through. which in a measure d.
rendS upon the diificulty or ease with
which he can satisfy you, the time is
taken. yoH pay your money and de-
part with the compost on. The time
charge is about that CT bricklayer,
printer, and other notable arts. -
PittSburg Dispatch.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

u the report be true that Princess
Beatrice, OF England. learns all tt e
Topical songs and sings them, we
have ANOTHER argument for the aboL.
tiuu OF royalty.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08

4 thrifty German, who owns leacE
farm in Dalmatia. selected 10000 0!
his most bloodthirSty specimens and
started for America. On his passage
hithcr an ignorant barkeeper, who
had offered to care for them, threw the
bottles overheard, slrppoSing that the
lecches were dead, and now the steam,
ship company is being sued for dam
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-09-08
woRrH :RSRE.

Poet-"How docs it happen that you
pay me two dollars more tSS 1hls poeD
than for my last2' \, ,
Edito1-"This is two stsozas &orter.
JUDGE.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-09
/ o At UNCLE SAM.
German Government Excludes America,
Live Cattle and Fresh Beef.

German Government Excludes American
Live Cattle and Fresh Beef.
The German government has pub,
qished q decree prohibiting tho i'm,
p%ortation of American live cattle and
fresh heef en- the ground that twa
cargoes which have just arrived con.
tanned several animals suffering from
Texas fever. This action, q Washing.
ton dispatch SO IS, was not entirely un.
expected by the agricultural depart,
ment, although tie officials had hopel
up to the last moment that tho
&c: would prove open to reason.
The matter will not be allowed 10 rest
where it now stands, bit our govern.
ment will cause u thorough investiga.
tion to be made of the cases of tho al,
legged Texas fever on which the Ger.
man governme Mt has seen fit to act in
such a summary fashion. No doubi
is felt here that these alleged cases
will turn out to be founded on o mis-.
taken diagnosis, for ii there is any cat:
tie disease that the German veterina.
rians know little or nothing about, that
disease is Texas fever, u purely
climatic, non-infectious fever peculiar
to America. That is the opinion OF
the Agricultural rela tment experti
who have studied the disease for Years
and are aware of the state of knowl,
edge on the subject in Europe. If the
departmental examination, as expected,
results in disprovis g the existenc OF
the cases complained OF, our Govern.
men will enter a very vigorous pro,
test against the action Of Germany and
seek to make it clear that the reason
assigned for the destruction of u
meat trade is disingenuOusly stated.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1894-11-09
ITO DE coNTlSuEn.l
Rise ana Fan of Landsccrs.

a unique series of thirty three en-
amples came up for sale with the col
lection of the late Lord Cheylesmore,
iu May, ls922, and affords an easy me-
dium of comparison. The best pictures
appear to increase in the So he ratio as
the less excellent examples decline.
The Monarch of tho Glen" so we'll
known through I. Landseer's very sue
oessful engraving, is o masterpiece,
and is likely to sustain any very
pronounced depreciation in value. In
fetched 600 guineas, with amount
was increased by 200 guinea, in 1892.
On tho other hand, the Tanning of
the Shrew," which realized l,43O
guineas, now dropped to l,l5G guineas
not a serious drop, perhaps, con-
same master sold at the same time.
a much more serious fall, however,
was sustained by Lady Gcdiva 8 Pray
err" which in 1874 was appraised at
5000 guineas, and wa now sold for 900
guineas. The Highland Cabin, which,
a. the disper.a al of the Duchess of Bed
ford's collection in 1859. went for $50
guineas. now sold for i5Oguineas: "The
Sentinel, " which sold in 1854 for 24O
guineas, o realized $50 guineas, ana
All tnaG OF the Glory OF
William Smith" which, twenty years
ago. went for $50 guinoas, was valued
in 1892 at 900 guineas. The majority
of the other Landseers in yhis collec-
ton were purchased from the art st.
AS further illustrations of the rise
and fall respectively in 1 andseers, we
may mention Taking q Buck" which
in the Manley Hall sale, 1888, realized
1850 guineas, and dropped in 1892 tc
82O guineas, and "Braemar," which in
1868 sold for 1000 guineas. and had I'D.
vanced at the Bolckom sale in 1888 to
95, 1877. The celebrated work Chevy"
for which Laadseer is said to have re-.
ceived $4,000, realized in the Hem.
ming sale in April last, $3.50 guineas.
I-Ninafeanfh Canturv.