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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

The worm has turned. The bitter h:c::
been bitten. Let the unusual fact be
duly recorded. A few days ago Farmer
John Sheffield, of Manchester Cross
Roads, n. Y, received a mysterious ci:-
cular letter inviting him to so to New
York City and buy ''green goods" He
went. He was taken in tow by a green
goods" operator as soon as he reached
the town and was Steered into den in
an obscure hotel. where he met two
other men who had money to sell at
cut rates. These gentlemen showed
him 81 800 in crisp new bank notes, and
assured him that he could have the
bundle for 5000 spot cash. Whereup0n
Farmer Sheffield, while examining the
alleged counterfeits, hastily gathered in
the pile, planked down 5000 in pay
ment and pocketed his purchase. The
three swindlers made a united rush
upon him, and in just ten seconds he
had pummeled all of his assailantS into
insenSibility and sauntered out Of the
place humming, This is the way ]
long have sought and mourned because
found it not" Farmer Sheffield re-.
ported the occurrence to the New York
police. and is held to await the appear
ance Of some one to lodge a complaint
against him. Let him go-and give him
medal for being the only man who
ever beat a gang Of New York sharpcrs
at their own game The Sheffield cur
rency game is 4 daisy
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

In one Of its latest decisions the Su-
preme Court declares that negligence
as a cause of action against rail
road company must be proven, and
that the finding Of the body of man
on the tracks does not create a pre-
sumption that he came there by reason
Of the company's negligence. This
ruling will have a far-reachmg effect
upon damage suits brought against
railroad companies for injuries re-
ceived on their property. The assump-
ton will be made that the tracks were
amply guarded, and the plaintiff will
be compelled to prove his point and
show by evidence that they. We're not.
It is notorious that the law regarding
protection at railroad crossings is con-
stantly and hagrantly violated. When,
however, the victim to this negligence
has been killed it becomes almost i'm
possible to bring witnesses to the fact
Of violation at the particular time.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
THE EAGLE VANCU!SHED,
And It Was Done by Il Brave Little
Pussy Cat.

And 1t Was Done by Brave Little
Pussy Cat.
Charles Wiswell, Of Carbonate, Minn.
las a cat that is king of its kind. Be-
sides being a good mouser, this remark
able feline is death to mountain rats,
night hawks and other small game.
But the most remarkable incident in
the cats history happened day or two
ago. 1t was an encounter with full
grown bird Of freedom, and pussy was
the victor. The cat was sitting on 4
pile Of quartz patiently awaiting the
temperance of chipmunk, which but
a moment before it had chased into 4
hole, when suddenly the sky above the
cat became darkened, and an omnious
swish as if from rapidly moving body
fell upon pussy's ear. The cat sprans
aside and in the place it had occupied
but moment before stood full-grown
bald eagle, it's plumage ruffed and
thirsting for blood. Pussy had sand
and accepted the gage of battle.
1t was a desperate struggle, and, al
though pussy was pretty badly scratch
ed by the eagles talons. it finally Sc
cured a decided advantage, having
landed on the eagles back. For few
NON ents the air was filled with fur and
feathers, and the ground was all torn
up, but pussy held on, and in short
time succeeded in biting through the
neck Of its antagonist. The struggles
Of the eagle grew weaker and weaker,
and soon ceased altogether, and pussy,
exhausted by the violent exertions and
sore from wounds inflicted by the
eagles talons, rested for moment,
then, as calm as though sitting on
rug before the kitchen hearth, went
carefully over the ruff1ed fur, made it's
toilet, and, seizing the body of the van.
quished antagonist, drew it with much
difficulty to the home Of its master.
Laying it at tie masters feet the cat
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

In the death Of Isaac Pusey Gray the
State of Indiana and the field Of Amer
lean politics lose a most familiar and
interesting figure. During a lifetime
which was filed with activity and Use
full work, he held and DISCHARGED ac-
ceptably number of posts from which
he often seemed prepared to step into
the coveted office of the Presidency.
His public career began with the civil
war, when he assumed command of
one Of the Indiana regiments. After
the war he became President Of the
Indiana Senate, being elected as Re-
publican. It was not until seven years
after quitting the battlefield that he
joined the Democratic party, in which
he figured so prominently. During
his terms in the Governorship of 1ndi-
ana he acquired the prominence which
made him "PreSidential possibility"
but for some reason due either to the
man himself or the destiny which or
derS the affairs Of politics lis career
never brought him higher than State
position. It was III recognition Of good
and faithful services that President
Cleveland made him Minister to Mex
leo. but it would seem that the limita-
tions of the man conlined him to a ca
reer in which he could do valuable
work as State leader, but could not
break out into the larger field Of ma
tioual politics
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

article about President Casimer-Perler
which so annoyed the President, whose
temperament is extremely sensitive,
that a Government prosecution was IN
stituted against him which resulted III
his being sent to prison for one year.
This only increased his Importance
among the Radicals, who elected him
10 represent the Thirteenth Arrondisse-
ment of Paris in Parliament. This fol-
lowed Immediately upon the election Of
NJ. Brisson to the Presidency Of the
Chamber, an event which NJ. CaSlmer-
Perier regarded rs personal atront
TO himself. A clamor was at once set
I'D by the socialists for NJ. Gerauit-
Richards release, claiming that his
detention in prison after his election
was blow on universal suffrage. The
Government successfully resisted the
demand for his release, but among
those who voted for it were various
friends of the President, notably NJ.
Bourgeois, to whom were given the
.eins of power after the fall OF the
Oupuy Cabinet. NJ. Gerault-Richard
is STYLED the "enfant terrible" of the
French crisis.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
New Process of Seasoning Lumbess

Messrs. McRae & Co., of Ottawa, are
developing a new industry in Cana
dian lumber. They hsve secured tha
control Of a German patent for the
treatmont of beech and birch woods.
Mr.. MoRae, speaking on the matter,
said: '"The great objection hitherto
held against these woods is the fact
that they are very difficult to season,
and even when they have been sea-
soned fully forty per cent. is defective.
By the new process the cap is sweated
out of the boards by being placed, in
green state, in steam chambers for
twelve days, after which it is put into
the drying chamber for two or three
days, according to thickness, and then
by chemical application the wood Is
stained throughout rich walnut
color. The process has been tried on
O large scale in Germany for the past
eighteen months, and has proved such
q success that experts acknowledge that
wood so treated is superior to walnut
and the owners there write that they
are quite unable to supply the de-
mand. No country in the world has
such forests of beech and birch as
Canada, and the discovery of this pro-
cess will no doubt greatly enhance
their value. A trial kiln has been
built in Ottawa and the first parcel
tu1ned out last week is so satisfactory
that works for the treatment OF
twenty-five car loads monthly will be
erected there immediately, and ar
rangements made for the erection Of
two other plants, one In Western
Canada and the other in the Province
of Quebec. It is probable that the
bulk Of the first seasons output will
be shipped to England, where the
wood is well known and can be read
lily sold on profitable basis. ITO
ronto Star. 49,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Only One Brave Man.

Gone day in October, 1877, I was
staging it in Northern California. " said
Thomas NJ. Spencer. ''There were six
of US in The coach. We were talking
about stage robbers. Suddenly there
was halt, and one of the party said:
Speak of the devil and he will appear
Well, we all got out and stood In q
line and gave up our purses and
watches. The driver had thrown of
the mailbag and the Wells Fargo safe.
There were two robbers, neither of
them masked. They were not polite
like the knights of the road of romance,
but swore continuously. The job was
done in about five minutes, and the
robbers told the driver to 60 ahead.
We did so for half-mile or so, when
one of the passengers, silent man
whom I had taken for a commercial
man, said to the driver: Go slowly
and wait for me at the ford He then
produced Winchester from the bot
tom of the coach and started back over
the road alone.
"Twenty minutes later we heard
some rapid firing. We stopped at the
tord. Nearly an hour passed and then
the man who had gone back appeared
on the trail. He walked slowly, us if
in pain, and bloody handkerchief was
tied about his head. Drive back and
get the box he said to the driver.
"sDid you get 'em asked the driver.
"sBoth of EN- he replied.
s'We drove back. In the middle of
the road where we had been held up
both men lay dead. The Wells-Fargo
detective. calculating that they would
stop to rifle the mailbag and the strong
box, divide the plunder and then sepa-
rate, had quietly walked back. One
of them he dropped with his Win
chester before he was suspected; the
other got in one shot before he fell,
and that had struck the brave man a
glancing blow on the head. Our prop
erty was alrestored to us. st. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Some Good Superstitions.

A curious popular belief among the
Mexicans relates to the so-called gold
snake. Wherever it makes its nest
there is sure to be ledge containing
the precious metal, and many miners
will locate at once if they chance
upon a serpent Of this species Peo-
ole who dig tor metals aS full Of
superstitions. Mines are always
haunted by demons and hobgoblins,
some of them malicious and others
benevolent. Nickel and Kobold are
the names Of two gnomes who intest
underground workings in Germany.
From them are derived the words
"nickeI' and cobalt"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
A Historic Cannon

Eight miles north of Greenville.
Ohio, John NeF found a cannon cap
tured from st. CHRIS soldiers by In.
dians during the retreat from Fort
Recovery to Greenville in 1871. A
derrick WAS used to extricete it from a
hole eleven foet deep. 1t is brass, six
feet long, and shQets six pound balls
New YORK Advertiser
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

Judge Roger A. Pryor, one OF the
Democratic Judges in New York City,
refused to naturaliZe two men last week
because they could not speak English,
and announced that no foreigner who
had not learned something Of that Ian
euase during his FIVE years residence
in this country need apply to him fo'
naturaliza ton.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
M. GERAULT-RICHARD.

He Is Said to Have Been the Imme.
diate Case of Perier's Resignation.
The immediate cause in bringing
about the resignation Of NJ. Casimer-
Perier Is said to have been NJ. Gerault-
Richard, who until recently was an
obscure socialist journalist. He was
the author Of an extremely insulting
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
PERFECT FIRE ALARM SYSTEM.
Patented by E. P. McCaslin, of Tulla'
homa, Tenn.

The illustration represents a tirt
alarm whose operation is not dependent
upon electrical circuits, but which ope
rates positively in case Of fire to sound
the alarm in all parts Of the building
with which the apparatus is connected.
The improvement has been patented
by Eugene p. McCaslin, Of Tullahoma,
Tenn. A combustible cord, preferably
silk, is run around the ceiling from a
peg. passing over guide pulleys, a
weight at the end Of the cord holding
it taut. To the weight is also attached
a non-combuStible cord, whose other
end is secured to tripping lever, pull
upon which disconnects two sections OF
q taut wire, one section Of which is
connected to extend through openings
into all the adjacent rooms and to all
parts Of the building, having connec-
ton with an alarm at all desirable
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
London's Feminine Stock Broker.

Amy E. Bell has been for several
years stock broker in London. She
has an Office hard by the Stock Ex-
change, and does large Business, es-
pecially among women clients. Her
peculiar aptness for the profession
was shown when she was a little girl
An old gentleman, a visitor at Miss
Bell's home, happened one day to be
diligently reading the money article
In the Times He was in no mood to
be interrupted, so he said to the child
when she hung around him: "Run
away, little girl! lam busy with my
lessons, and you must 90 to yours.
"Yes," said little Miss Amy, ''but
what's your lessons is my play!" For
1t was the highest recreation of the
infant phenomenon to study the stock
quotations
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Rearranrement Desired.

Henry" she said, thoughtfully.
.'What is it?' responded the worried
business man rather shortly.
"I wish you could rearrange you
business 4 little bit"
How
$50 as to be bear on the stock OK
change instead of at home."-Ludse.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

points. If the silk combustible cord is
Is burned, the weight is dropped and
the tripping lever operated to cause the
separation Of the taut wire sections,
thus sounding the several alarms. The
other section Of the taut wire is con-
nected at it's other end to swinging
weight fulcrumed on the wall Of the
room. Any suitable spring alarm may
be used with this Improvement.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
God enough.

uAN ~ uOSU llhS OOu UuSu AC 1S
most filed with love.
STAR dust Is not soul food. The
bread of life Is Christ
GETTING rid of Gods man is not.
getting rid Of Gods truth.
TIE only way to keep clear Of sfR
is to keep close to Christ.
LOVE never complains that the
price it has to pay is Zoo much.
TaE more others are untrue the
more God needs loyalty in US
A PREACHER with warm heart
will not long have cold church.
IT is an awful thing to seek God
and not do it with the whole heart.
IT never makes the day any
brighter to growl at the cloudy
weather.
You can always be happy If you
are willing to rejoice with others
The devil gets the man who puts
off starting for Heaven until to-mor-
row.
WHEN you want to walk straight
yourself don't watch somebody else's
,eet.
The man who seeks his reward in
this world never gets price that
suits him.
You can tell how much people love
the Lord by the kind Of company they
keep
EVERYTHING not fully consecrated
to God is something the devil still
has claim on.
TIE trouble with the man who
knows nothing is that he is the last
20 find it out
No MATTER what the devil says
believe what God says, and peace VIII
be the result.
GOD says He loves us, and there is
nothing we can do to please Him
BETTER than to believe 1t.
HAD Christ died a natural death
there would have been no necessity
'or his resurrection ----------
GIVE some people mounta.n-nor
Ing faith and everybody else's land
would soon be covered with hills
THERE is this difference between .
wise man and a fool; A FOOLS mis-
iakes never teach him anything.
PEOPLE have to be living very near
to the throne before they can enjoy
having their faults pointed out.
IT will help you to be more like
Christ to remember that every man
IN earth needs you for brother.
AS LONG as trashy newspaper is
made welcome in home, God will
not undertake to keep the devil out
No PREACHER can preach as God
wants him to preach who writes his
sermons on the head Of bis -four bar
-el.
1T may be that money will over
come the world, but it takes religion
pure and undeflled to overcome the
devil.
TIE wickeder man Is the harder
be will try to persuade himself that
his conduct is prompted by a good
motive.
TIE preaching that has Christ in
t always sends somebody away from
the church with a determination to
10 better.
THE kind of preaching worldlins
likes is that which will permit him
10 keep on living in sin and still feel
thai he is safe.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

A certain merchant is cackling in
Chicago over his corner Of the egg mar
ket He cleaims to>have driven the
price of the hen product to 33 cents per
dozen in New York. 4 sudden thaw
may spoil his profits and afford handy
missiles against cold-blooded calcula-
tors.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

purred its satisfaction, and in this way
boasted Of the victory. The combat
was witnessed by number Of people.
The eagle measured six feet four inches
from the tip Of one wing to that Of the
other
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

According to the report Of Chicago
society there are 10000 people in that
city who are confirmed victims Of
opium. These are evidently the ones
who took Chicago's last census, says
the New York Press.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

Mammoth coalers built to take car
goes around Cape Horn to Pacific ports
are being built, and one is already
atioat. Enterprise cannot afford to
wait too long for interocean canals.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
The Rush Hour Past.

Staylate-Well, l must be going.
Ethel KnoX-Don't hurry; papa Is
lust as mad now as he will be If you
hang on another hour.-NeW York
World.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
IIncomDlimentarY.

She-Why is it American women are
50 much more attractive to foreigners
with titles than English women are?
He-Because they have more dollars
and less sense.-Detroit Free Press.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

Georgia and South Carolina are quar-
reling about which raised the largest
hog. Why doesn't Congress tackle
some question Of real interest like this?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
let US have coined defined.-New
York Advertiser. Let Us have coin, de-
fined or underlined.
We must have money.-New Portage
Gazette.
A motion to make the matter unani.
NOUS will be entertained.

'In some places people are choppius
up snakes for fuel" remarks the Pitts
burg Press. In others they are mixing
them up with their drinks.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

Nothing will so surely make a fool
Of q man as an amateur show. Or
woman, either.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

co TOU s
man cannot own
anything.
? KEEP yoursel,
pure and God
will keep you
safe.
LOVE can live
where all other
good would die
n OF o n e
Christian in a
thousand praises
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30

The Maoris of New Zealand Own
about 10, 900, 600 aorea
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
COMPROMISE.

Customer-I want Il dress of some neu~
trail tint.
ModisteBut you are pronounced
blonde.
Customer-YeS, but my cook is Dru
nette.-Detroit Tribune.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
Tho Skaters,

The Skaters.
AS swiftly DER the ice they flew
AS snowfakes Whirl.
With no one nigh what could he do
He hnSged the girl.
Inconstant man! a crash, crack,
A distant roar,
Proclaimed q thaw, and then, alacR
He hugged the shore
Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
TavMPET CALLS,

00l".4OC
Cams asra soa&ss . wssnsos asss =
:, tho Ulredeeaed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-03-30
REV. DIR. TALMAGE
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE'S EUN,
DAY SERMON.
Subject: ssNew Ground.n

TEXT: "Lest should build upon anothe,
mans foundation" Romans XIV, 20.
The state herald., 1895-05-03
SPEAKER CRISP FOR SILVER.


Declares Himself In Favor OF Free Coin
age-snJs 1t IL Bound to Win.
Kansas City. Mo-. April 2s.-A spe-
clal TO the Times from Atlanta. Geor-
gla. says; Speaker Crisp. who Is At
home In Americas, Ia m Interview
with a correspondent To-day, declared
for the free coinage OF silver, and gave
II as his opinion that the Democrats
should nominate Western man for
the presidency. In the course OF the
Interview, which Is quite lengthy, Mr..
Crisp says. among other things:
"There should never have been any
doubt ms TO my position on the ques'
lion, made n speech for free silver
Ten years ago. before anybody but poll
tIcinns had considered II. stand to
what then said. aud ! have never
varied.
"rhe disposition OF the tariff clears
the way for the settlement OF the sill
yer question. Tint question said Mr..
Crisp, emphnueally, ''is now fully be
fore MS.
"wln II be the Issue before the PEG.
pie next year,
at WILL" said he. land In such n
way that Il must tie settled directly.
not by subterfuge or evasion, but open.
~. ~ the people may understand II.
"rhc majority Of the American peo-
pie In both political parties are In fav.
or OF the restoration of the free coin
age OF silver. They ARE to-day behind
the free silver movement aud Will push
II ON 10 success and have silver rc-cs.
tabllshed To lis old equality with gold.
"in the next campaign the rchnblll.
tntIon of silver will he the main and
controlling Issue upon which the Dem.
,cracy viii appeal 10 the people. The
platform to be adopted In 1890 should
declare for the free coinage of silver
direct. with n sri, OF principles respond.
Ing to the demands of the common PEG.
pie. We should select some good man
from the West. some man with n mill.
tnry record. Identified with the doml.
rnnt sentiment that now controls the
party. Tbs only fcnr ] have II, not
that people are no, IN favor OF free sil-
yer, but that the free silver people.
who PRE- IN the majority, mny divide
Into fractions,
II am" concluded Mr.. Crisp, Sin fnv.
or of the free coinage Of silver Ms I
have always been. aud the Democratic
voters viii declare for II next year
"'rhn talk Of Mr.. Cleveland for n
third term, under my conditions. has
10 basis The people Will not make
that break In the record.
The state herald., 1895-05-03
MILLIONS IN 1T.
Claims Created by tho Income Tax De
clsion.

Claims Created by the Income Tax De.
cision.
Washington, April 27.-Since the de
cision Of the Supreme Court In the In
come tax, there have been frequent ref
erences to the liability of the govern
ment for sums paid on Incomes from
rents and invested personal property
under former income tax laws. 1t VIII
be remembered that Attorney General
Olney, In his brief on the subject OF
rehenrlng, suggested that Congress
could not well escape making provision
for the rcfundlng OF these amounts
II the decision was to stand.
Associate Justice Whites dissenting
opinion. the text Of which was made
public to-day, niso touched upon this
point. He said: Under the Income tax
laws which prevailed In the past for
many years, and which covered every
conceivable source OF income. rentals
from real estate and everything else,
vast sums were collected from the peO-
pie Of the United States. The decision
here rendered announces that those
sums were wrongfully taken and there
by, II seems to me, creates a claim In
equity and good conscience against
the government for an enormous sum
OF money. Thus. from the change OF
view by this court. 1t happens that an
net OF Congress, passed for the purpose
or raising revenue In strict conformity
with the practice OF the government
from the earliest time. and In accord
nncc with the oft-repcatcd decision OF
this court. furnishes the occasion for
creating u claim against the govern
ment for hundreds Of millions Of dor
lars"