The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-02-14
India q Century Ago.

There is curious Old World Ga
zette that tells US of his life at CAL
cutta and gives US strange glimDses OF
a time that is no more. 10 make up
for the lack of "khitmudGar and
cook" our subaltern provided him
self with slave, and dire was his an
ger if his human chattel attempted to
change his condition. He advertised
his loss in hot haste, telling a sympa-
thizing public that for the greater
security Of his rights he had his mas
ter's initials branded on his arm.
Would any one to whom the lad
might apply for emplyment send him
back to his owner?
Luckless lac and basely defrauded
owner! Surely human merchandise
must have been cheap to come within
the means of ':scantf ninety-fve! )
It was but natural that the subaltern
should follow where his superior Of
tcers led the way, and those higher
in the service kept not one but sew
eral slaves to do their bidding.
Lieut. Col. Call, stationed at Fort
William in 1885, advertises for a
slave boy who has dared to leave
him, and says he will esteem him
self pal ticularly obliged" if any gen.
tleman will enable him to recover
his lost property. A few ears later
the East India Company had recog-
nized that slavery was blot on our
social SYSTEM and issued notice
that any one found dealing in this
"detestabie traffic" $50 shocking to
humanity" would be punished with
the utmost severity" This notice,
however, seems rather to apply to
those who were exporting slaves than
to those who kept them for their own
use.
Journeys iu those old days we're
sleepy, lengthy, and withal expensive
luxuries It was naturally serious
business to get to and from Europe,
and masters Of sailing vessels were it
seems, inclined to make their charges
exorbitant to their luckleSs passen-
gers. The honorable East India
Company, in its paternal relation to
it's servants, issues warming, COM
mands, and regulations on the SUBJ
jecu, but apparently with little re-
suit. At last a table was drawn up,
wherein it was stated that, while
general officers should pay $3.50 for
their passage, an ensign should pay
elO5, and cadet go. Commanders
were warned that if by any means,
directly or Indirectly, they should
take or receive further sums OF money
for the same trey should pay to the
company, for the US Of the Poplar
Hospital, treble the sum so taken
The Cornhill Magazine.
Novel Discovery of a Comet.
Eclipse photographs taken in Chile
in april, 1898, showed comet-like
structure in the corona, near the suns
south pole, but nothing OF the kind
could be made out on photographs
taken in Brazil and Africa. With the
idea that faint objects can easily be
found when it is known where to look
for them, however, copies from the
negatives hav5 been compared ana II
is found that the photographs all
show the object. It's angular distance
from the moons limb, as photo
graphed from the different stations.
has finally been measured, and the
variations of this distance seem tc
prove conclusively that this interest
ING spparition WIS really a Gomez
xzuoOErrz FOR THE GREEDY.
s.Mother returning to the lunch
table after a temporary absence)-
"Why, where are the iumbles, Tom.
my? How many did you eat while ]
was ont?''
Tommy {aged seven) n)-"1 don't
Know, narnms. You told me it was
very rude to count what was eaten at
shs New York Telegram.