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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
~sCIEYTIFTC. AND INDUSTRIAL
- The ay lays four times each samme,
~snd eighty eggs each time.

- The ay lays four times each samme,
snd eighty eggs each time.
The descendants of q single female
~asp will often number $4,000 in one
season. r
Female fish Of all species are con.
sidersblys more numerous than malcs
with two exceptions-the angler, and
the catfish :
aThe giant Of the planetary system is
Jupiter, with a diameter of 275, ,O0G
miles at the equator, and volume
1884 times as great as that OF tie
earth.
The weight of molecule Of hydro.
gen is approximately 0.ooo, 900, ,0oO,-
000s s0O0, ,000.N of a@gramne; the
atomic weight of iron is 0.oG0, ,Oo0,-
oOo, ooO, ,ooo, 600, ,oo2.2 gramme.
The blood in its natural state con-
hins an amount Of pure water that Is
really astonishing to one who has not
given the subject sttention-nearly ?
seyen-eights of its entire bulk.
a non-venomous South African
snake lives entirely on birds eggs.
Each egg is swallowed whole, and by &
1auscular contraction of the gullet its
contents Aow into the stomach, while
the shell is rejected by the mouth in
Ehe form Of pellet.
It is stated that ordinary bricks
boiled in tar for about twelve hours,
or until they are satuated with it, are
Increased about thirty per cent. in
weight, are much harder than common
ones and unaffected by frosts and acids
ss well as perfectly waterproof. They
form an excellent flooring for work
shops or storerooms, particularly ID
chemical establishments.
There is remarkable sympathy be.
tween the eyes. So much is this the
case that any serious injury to the one
Is almost certain to effect the other,
hence the necessity which often arises
for the removal of the injured eye
manly for the sake Of saving the
other. This sympathy has been shown
to extend 50 far that color perceived
by one eye alone excites the retiaa OF
the other.
In the colliery fields of South Stat
sordshire, England, hundreds of acres
of land are covered with shale or waste
material from mines. It is kind OF
slate-colored clay. This material,
when ground and otherwise manipu-
iated, proves to be an excellent ma
terial for the manufacture of bricks.
These bricks, when taken from the
kiln, are as uniform and rich in color
as those made from red clay, and their
qualities are Of such nature as to
assure an industry Of considerable pro-
portions.
Frogs, whether blind or not, become
dark green or black if they are kept il
3 dark. vessel in sparingly-lighted
room, but when larger branch with
green leaves is introduced into the
vessel, they all recover their bright
green color, whether blind or not. In
some way unknown the reflected greer
light acts either upon the nerves o:
the skin, or-what seems more prob
A5ls, if Steinach's experiments are
taken into sccount-directly upon the
pigment cells. Moreover, the sensa'
tions derived from the toes have also
an influence upon the change of color.
When the bottom of the vessel is
covered with felt or thin wire net,
the frogs also become black, recover.
ing their green color when a green
branch is introduced into the vessel
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Most Crowded SPOT on Earth.

The most crowded spot on earth is
the Manderaggio, which is one of the
quarters of Valetta, the capital of the
Island of Malta. In Valetta itself the
proportion is $4,000 to the square
mile, but in the Manderaggio 2544
people dwell on surface TWO acres
and half in extent, and this gives no
less than 636, 900 to the square mile, or
1917. 6 to the acre. In the most crowded
town in Great Britain, Liverpool,
the proportion is only 1854 to the
acre. New York Dispatch.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
posTED ON @YSINEsS 6gSBA
.ppa,1


Tommy Evidently Destined 10 Beeeme a1
Ornament Of the stock EscasasA
The old gentleman had been tryina
to instill into bis son some idea OF
business thrift, says the Detroit Free
Press, and to help the lessons along
he brought home toy bank.
':Now, Tommy" he said, "In bt
president Of this bank, and you'll bt
cashier. Your mother and sisters
will be stockholders Christmas we'n
open it and declare a dividend. We'll
put something in it every day."
The old gentleman put in dina
Tommy and his sisters nickel each
and his mother dime
swell, let what I put in represent
the interest on the other deposits, "
went on the old gentleman. "You
keep track Of what the others put in,
and when we open the bank the in;
terest will be divided propertionatelS
among the depositors."
Tommy said he thought he under,
stood and put down in book what
each one had deposited.
For a couple OF weeks all went
smoothly. Every morning after
breakfast each member of the family
was called upon fof something to det
posit in the bank. But one evening
the old gentleman had to 20 down
town and dlscoysred he had no street.
car fare-nothlng less than SO bill
-he recalled the change in the bank
he distracted q dime and went his
way.
The next morning when depositA
were called for Tommy announced
that the bank was busted and closed
it's doors.
why, Tommy. what do you meanT
asked the old gentleman.
THE presidents been monkeying
with the finances, said Tommy, land
there's a shortage"
'tBut that was only a temporar.
loan," explained the old gentleman
coloring up little.
''Oh, yes: that's what they always
say" said Tommy. That's the usua
custom"
"But it will be repaid at once"
stNo use," said Tommy, shortly.
''Why not?"
'.Huh! Iguess you don't know any.
thing about banks" exclaimed Tom,
my. "When the president gets I'd
monkeying with the funds the cash.
ier CUTS the bank while he has the
chance, cause he knows he won't
have it long. Only q fool cashier ls
going to let the president get ahead
Of him."
Tommy" said the old gentlemas
severely, as he looked In the direction
of the woodshed, ''do you know what
happens to the cashier If he IL
caught?"
"Yep," replied Tommy, promptly
"He generally compromises so as te
put the bank on its feet again. I'm
willing to pay all the depositors in
full without interest, Seeing as the
president put up the interest in this
case, I guess he ought to lose its
specially as Pye only got Is cents OF
it left"
It was compromised on that basis.
and the old gentleman has reached
the conclusion that Tommy is dest
tined to be Wall street broker.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
he WAS BALD
and He Tried to Correct the Working o.
Nature.

And He Tried to Correct the Working o.
Nature.
1t was one Of the bylaws of the
Heartache's Heavenly Hair Raiser
that it be used freely before retiring,
rubbing it into the scalp. Just be:
fore he went to bed that night, the
man bolted the back door, put the cat
in the wood-shed, came in Whistlina
the ''Fatinitza" waltz, danced up tc
the clock-sheif.. and. pouring out
what he supposed to be his hair ferti'
lizer, he mopped it all over his scalp,
and stirred it well in around the roots
of his little hedge of hair at the back
Of his neck.
The glue bottle, by an unearthly
coincidence, was nearly the same
shape and size as the hair sap bottle.
He went to bed.
George" said his wife. turning
her face to the wall, that stuti
you're putting on your hair smells
like pan of soapgrease.
''Perhaps had better go up stairs
and sleep," snarled George. "You're
mighty sensitive! You wouldn't ex-
pect that man can put stuff on his
head make his hair grow, and have
it smell like essence Of wintergreen,
woulG you?"
They went to sleep mad as Turks
This particular bald-headed man,
like a good many other bald-headed
men, had to get up and build the
fires. When he arose next morning
The sun peeped in at the window, and
saw the pillow cling to the back OF
his head like great white chignon;
he thought it must have caught on a
pin or shirt button. 1t looked ridicu,.
lous, and he would throw it back on
the bed before his wife saw it, so he
caught it quickly by one end and
''yanked.
"Oh! OH" he screamed, "what's
been going on here? Thunder an
lightnin'!" and he began to claw at
his scalp like lunatic His wife
sprang up from the couch and began
to sob Historically.
''Oh, don't George! What is it.
What's the matter?"
George was dancing about the
room, the pillow now dangling by a
few hairs, lis scalp covered with
something that looked like sheet
copper, while the air was re-
dolent of warlike explosives, as If a
dictionary had exploded. With a
womdn's instinct the poor wife took
in the situation at glance, and ex-
claimed;
1T is the gluer"
The bald-headed man satdown in a
chair and looked at her a moment In
contemptuous silence, and then ut
tered the one expressive word:
"Gluew
Now began series Of processes and
experiments unheard OF in the an
nails Of chemistry.
"Jane, you must soak it off With
warm water. I've got to 60 to Utica
to-day"
81 can't, George" she rerlled ID
guilty tone, Its waterproof"
"Yes, I might have known it; and
suppose it's fireproof, too, amt it. "
He scratched over the smooth plat
ing with his finger nail.
"It's hard as iron," he said.
"Yes-he said it was good glue,
repeated she innocently. ''Can't you
skin it off with your razor, George?"
Don't you trife with me, Jane.
Get me that coarse file in the wood.
she'd"
It may be imagined what followed,
and now as the bald headed man sits
in the office he never removes bis hat,
for his entire skull is a bowling
waste of blistered desert, relieved
here and there by oases Of black
eourt-plaster. The Christian at
Work. :
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Wanted Stationery.

Queer Party-Got any barometers?
Salesman-No. this is book store.
Don't keep 'em.
''EXcuse me! but I notice in the
weather reports that the barometer
is sometimes stationery" - Texas
SiftinsS
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
A Pleasure to Use Them.

A lady looking at some apartments
INQUIRED of the landlord chow about
the stalrway?"
.'Oh, it is e1esllent, MADAME
When YOU are going up it is-so easy
that you imagine YOU are descending" !"
Texas Sittings.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
CAUGHT.

A little girl was reproved by her
father for using profane language.
"How do you know l do?" she
asked, seeking to parry the accusa-
tion.
"Oh! a little bird told me-" he re-
piled.
In quick excitement she exclaimed.
II know - twas one Of those
blanked sparrows. ."-Quips
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
A Hard Winter.

Wife-I don't see what we are 60
ing to do.
Husband-What's wrong?
THE ice man won't stop leaving
ice until his bill is paid and the coal
man won't bring any coal unless be
has the money in advance"
"Um-well, l still have credit at
the drug store. Get some phosphorus
and put it on the lea" - New York
Weekly.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
A Mystery.

Mr.. Younghusband Coming home,
inds his wife at the stove)-So yoI
are doing your own cooking? Tell
me, now, what is that you are COOK
ing at that stove, Molly?
Molly-You mustn't have so much
curiosity. I don't know myself yet
what it is going to be.-Texas Slft-
inpc
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
woefuI Extravaganza.

deacon Medders-Skipps, the cash.
fer of the Onderdonk County Bank,
ran away last night. They say he
has been robbing the bank for. more
than year.
Mrs Medders.-They might have
known that he was living beyond his
means. Why, Josiah, his folks act
ually used to sit in their parlor every
night!-Exchanpe
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Lack of Expedienr4

First Boy-Grown folks is such
fools.
Second BoY-How?
First Boy-Jus' hear 'em making
all that fuss cause the drinking-water
smells bad since the rain. They don't
seem to know 'nough to hold their
hoses wen they drink.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
The Work to be Done.

Applicant-You advertised Tor a
man with vivid Imagination, sir?
Manager-Yes Have you oneS
81 have, sir. What IS the works.
''Making out bills for a gas COM
pany."-Harlem Life.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Things q GIRL Should Learn.

She should learn to handle a goblet
by it's stem, and not by its bowl.
She should learn how to make a
pretty bow.
she should learn-as she learned
her alphaoet-that q gentleman
should always be presented to lady,
never a lady to gentleman.
She should learnithat it is bad form
to congratulate bride at a wedding,i
One congratulates the bridegroom
and wishes the bride happiness
She should learn that it Is the worst
OF bad taste to appear thoughtful on
absent minded in company.
She should learn, at table, to dip
her soup from her; to use her fork
only in the fish course; to lay knife
and fork aside when she passes hen
plate; to eat out Of the side of her
spoon and to fold her napkin.
ais Circulation an Right
Editor (anxiously)-Well, Doctor,
what is the matter with me? Moth
ing serious, hope.
Doctor-H'm! well, you are in a
bad way Your circulation is very
low.
Editor (excitedly-What Why,
sir. Ihave at least two hundred thou.
| sand a day. You have been reading
rival sheet, 9sir.
BE VIII cleave to the ono.
Teacher-In what part OF the =
! BILE is 1T taught that man should nave
| only one wife?
Little Boy-l guess it's the pars
that saws no man can serve two mas
ters-Boston Gazette
An Eye Tor Business.
Fool Woman Gn railroad train on
cold day)-Pardon me, Sir, but this
| window sticks, Won't you under
take to open it?
Gentleman-With pleasure, ma,
dam. l am an undertaken by pro-
iession.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Omaha Wor]d-Herald.
Carefully Trained

Little Dick-Mamma, may I stay
with Billy Beeswax all night?
Mamma-I'm afraid you'll forget
to say your prayers.
Little Dic6-No, I couldn't, cause
he has to say 'em himself. His
mamma is just as cross an ugly 'bout
that as you are.-Street s Smiths
Good News.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
MT. Hayseed's Theory.

Noted Pnysician-Do you Know
ehy it IS that city people are straight
and walk with heads erect,s while
country people nearly always bend
over?
Farmer Hayseed-Is'pos it's cause
country people hain't got any tall
buildla's to look I'D at.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Queered the Dog.

Didn't you enter your big mastlf
at the bench show, Mr.. Bezooks?"
Il should say not.
"And why not? He'd be winner
sure"
mo, he wouldn't; one of the judges
used to come to see my daughter and
one night the dog was loose in the
yard"
"Ahn'-Omaha World -Herald.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Did she say soe"
sThen how do you know"
encouraging perjury.

Judge-Can you give an instance OF
lnciting a person to commit perjury?
Law Candidate-Yes; for instance,
when you ask q woman how old she is
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
Moral-Keep Away from Shows

She-John, your brother was just
dn here, awfally drunk, and threw
thlee base-balls at the babies.
He-GueSs hs was trying to get
shree cigars
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-09
sure to Go.

Little Dot-Mamma IS going 70
take me with her when she VlsluS
Aunt Jenny.
Little Dick-She's going to take
me, too.
"Did she say so?"
"No."
"Then how do you know?"
"She'll never leave me here with
that closet full of jam."-Good News
The morning times., 1895-07-09
Pnltimorc Markets.

Baltimore. July S.-Flour easy-west-
ern super, 2.75a2 90: do. extra, 3 10a3 60;
do. family, 365a4O0; winter wheat,
patent, 400a4 %; spring wheat, patent,
O5a4 go; spring wheat straight, 3S0a
3.95-rcccints, 3, 1913 barrels; shipments,
1S5 barrels; sales, $50 barrels. Wheat
weak-spot and month, 70a70 Is; August,
20 l-4a70 3 {; September, II 1-4a7l S-S;
steamer No red, &c -2a67-rcceipts.
Ply bushels; stock, 2TS, ,loS bushels;
sales, 26 0o0 bushels; Southern wheat by
sample, 70a73; do. on grade, G6a71 Corn
wcak-spot and month, as ? asked: Au-
gust, 40 34 askcd-receipts. 8 1877 bush
els: stock. I72 ,28O bushels: sales. 14OOO
bushels; Southern white corn, 90 -2a5l;
do yellow, 53a54 Oats quiet but firm
No ? white Western. 33 -2a34: No 2
mixed. 30 ] 2a3I-receipts, 902S bush
els; stock, IOT ,SZ7 bushels. Rye lower
No. ?, 5l-receipts, 1872 bushels; stock.
6.296 bushels Hay firm-choice timothy.
16 5OaIz CO. Grain freights quiet and
steady-stcam 10 Liverpool per bushel,
1-4a1 I'D July; Cork for orders for
quarter, Is Cd July. Sugar firm-gran-
ulated, 475 per 100 pounds. Butter steady
fancy creamery, 1SaI9; do. imitation,
l4al6: do ladle, l3a14; good ladle,
11a12: store packed, 10a12. Eggs steady
fresh IL Cheese nrm-fancy New
York, so size, 8; do. 80 size, 8 Ia; do.
22 size, 8 1-2
The morning times., 1895-07-09
ALL INTERESTED
Should Send for Printed References.
DR.. Walker May Be Consulted
Free Of Charge.

Mr.. r. J Horn, OF 1910 A street south
east, suffered from nervous dyspepsia, con
stipation, palpitation of the heart He
was blue, felt dizzy and tired without exer
ton. Dr.. Walker cured him after many
others failed.
DR.. Walker is every day adding to his
surprising record in curing disorders of
the brain and nervous system, diseases of
the skin and blood, consumption, catarrh,
asthma, malaria, rheumatism, dyspepsia
and all affections of the stomach, liver,
kidneys, and bladder, and diseases of
women.
Many men are sufferers from nervous
debility, impaired memory, low spirits, and
the various arrangements of body and mind
due to pernciOus habits contracted in
youth, or TO later eXcesses, resulting in a
loss or manly power, wrecked Institutions,
and not inirequently in softening Of the
brain, epilepsy, paralysis, and even insanity.
To reach and reclaim these unfortunates is
one of Or. Walkers aims, and he has been
the means of restoring hundreds OF them
to health and happiness.
Dr.. Walker may be consulted free
of charge, personally or by letter,
at his well-known sanitarum, 1411
Pennsylvania avenue, adjoining willard S
Hotel Office hours, 10 a IN. to 0 p m :;
Wednesday and Saturday evenings, to
8; Sundays, 10 to 12
Charges for treatment very low.
In response to many inquiries, DR. Walker
assures the public that all interviews are
confidential. Names of patients who have
been cured are never published without
their full consent.
The morning times., 1895-07-09
BROOKLAND ITEMS.

Mr. Eauaugh Warren. a student Of the
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Of Louisville, Ky, conducted the young
peoples meeting at the Queenstown Bap-
list Church 90 Sunday evening, and de-
liyeTcd q very eloquent address on the Oh
Eervance Of the Ten Commandments.
Mr. Carl Buy and sou, Mr. Edward Buy,
are now 10 StrasburG, Germany, where
Mrs Buy, WHO is an accomplished pianist,
is taking a special course OF music. Ed
ward Buy viii enter the legal department
OF the University Of Heidelberg in Septem-
ber
Dr and Mrs. William A. Fristtie are the
guests of Mrs Harry Barton.
Miss Carrie Marks ana Miss Louise Be
quise. ofCharleSton, s. c, are spending the
summer with Mrs Lewis Julien.
The EpwoTh League held the first
religious meeting on Sunday night, in the
town hall, the president, Mr. j b. Lord,
conducted the exercises. At recent bust
ness meeting it was decided To hold a
lawn party on July IS, for the purpose Of
raising funds for the new society
The morning times., 1895-07-09

% cents per foot; Weller & Repetti. part
of lot =, square 1860, at 40 cents per
foot; lots 8, 10, and 20, square 1061, at 70
cents foot; Margaret Buckler, lots % and %
block 6, Ivy City, with building suitable for
school purposes, $3.50; r. Ringwalt, lots
10 and 16, block Z, Ivy City, So, 500; lots 1.
., and 3, square 1017, corner of Thirteenth
and d streets, $T,893 80; A P Pardon,
lot 21 and part of 20 square 557, at $1.10
per foot; George j Johnson, lot i, square
1916. at 40 cents per foot
Protest was filed by Mr.. NJ l. Weller
againSl consideration ofthe bids OfGeorge j.
Johnson. K, Ring walt. s L. johnson, u. d.
Thompson and the first four of Wright 4
stockctt upon theg rounds that the invitation
for proposals limited the location Of site
to Fifteenth street on the east
M0RTUARY RECO RID.
Nineteen of the thirty deaths reported to
the health officer for the fort y-ejght
hours ending at l O'Clock yesterday were
OF children three years OF age and under;
six Were of persons above fifty years old.
The list was as follows:
Annie G McKeen, aged sixty-two; Wm
s. stewart, aged fifty-mne; John Con
nell, aged fifty-seyen; Kensy Brewer,
aged fifty-five; Wm Miller, aged TWEEN
ty-two; Ernest T. BaTkman, aged twenty.
Florence Z. Thompkins, aged nineteen;
Irene g. Chrismond, aged seven months:
Annie c. Hyiand, ag ed seven months;
Samuel Maleitas, aged seven months;
Howard u. Clarkson, aged five months
Valta NJ Burrows, aged five months;
Lillian 7 Atcher3on, aged three MONTHS
Lester r. Hill, aged one month; Minnie II.
Gibson. aged twentythree days; infant
OF Lillian Adams, aged eighteen days.
Colored Matthew Spruen, aged six
ty-fivc years; Samuel Payne, aged TWEEN
ty-cght; Elwood T Qualies, aged TWEEN
ty-three; Arthur Green, aged seventeen;
Joseph Mason, aged three years; Raymond
Ashton, aged nine months; Clarence
WILDLY, aged eight months; Archie
Jones, aged seven months; Julia WIZ
liams, aged six months;' VIM. II. Wilson,
aged five months; John r. Reed, aged five
weeks; james Reeder, aged twenty-one
days
2 oundmaster Einstein reported for
the past week thirty-fiye dogs caught, 4,
seventy-one killed. one sold and five re
naming in the pound The receipts from
the sales aggregated 81
There is To be q commission appointed,
TO be composed of Building Inspector
Brady an architect and a pra ctical
builder, to revise the District building
regulations.
Weller & Repetti appealed yesterday
by communication TO the Commissioners
for an increase of street lighting service
in the eastern section Of the city.
The morning times., 1895-07-09
CHARGED WITH ARSON.
Clarence Price Held for the Action

Clarence Price Held for the Action of
the Grand Jury.
Clarence i Price, charged with setting
fire 10 the building occupied by him as a
grocery store on L street southwest was
aTraignel before Judge Miller in the police
court yesterday. Policeman Schneider,
who arrested Price, testified that when
the fire was cNJiuguished the place was
discovered 10 have been saturated with
coal oil and cup half filled with the fluid
was ioJ Id on the steps
Price made ho OutCry when he found his
place bGrniag, and when spoken TO by the
pnlicemandeClaredt thai be had no insurance
on his store He had, however, taken out
q policy on the stock and furniture about
two DAYS before the fire occurred
After hearing the evidence, Judge Miller
held Price in $1,000 bonds TO await the
a-tiouOlthaE grand Jury. Hewas committed