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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
B Cafnip Story.

We met some little girls going along
the country road not long since with
their arms full Of catnip. "What are
you going to do with all that catnip2"
we asked.
cit is for our CATS" one Of the little
girls replied. "We are going to dry
it, SO, if they get i'll this winter, we
can give them catnip tea"
It was interesting to those little
girls, as we talked by the roadside, to
hear about the catnip that was picked
and taken to Lincoln park to give to
the animals there. The experiment
had not been made before, and the
keepers of the zoo were curious to
know what effect it would have on
their charges, and this is the report
they made of the result Of the trial Of
the herb: ..,J.
The scent Of the plant filed the
whole place; and, as soon as it..
had reached the parrots corner, the
two gaudily attired macaws set up
note that drowned thought, aud made
for the side Of the cage. poking their
heads and claws through. When the
catnip was brought near them, they
became nearly frantic, They were
given some, and de7oured it, stem,
leaf and blossom, with an avidity
commensurate with the noise Of their
voices.
The keeper and the catnip carrier
then made for the cage of Billy, the
African leopard. Before the front of
his cage was reached, he had bounded
from the shelf whereon lie lay, ap-
rarently asleep, and stood expectant.
A double handful OF catnip was passed
through to the floor Of the den. Never
was the prey Of this African dweller
in wild state pounced upon more
rapidly OF with more absolute, savage
enjoyment. First Billy ate mouth
full of the catnip. Then he lay fat on
lis back, and wriggled through the
green mass until his black-spotted
yellow hide was filed with the odor.
Then he sat on bunch of the catnip,
caught leaf.laden stem up in either
raw, and rubbed his cheeks, chin. nose,
eyes and head. He ate an additional
nouthful or two, and then jumped
back on to the shelf, where he lay, the
very picture of contentment.
n the tigers cage there wes q very
young, lus tull.grovn animal. When
this great bnrly beast inhaled the first
sniff of the catnip be began to new
like kitten. Prior to this the softest
note Of his voice had been one which
put the yoar Of the big-nsmsd South
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
Fashion Notes.

Velvets, plain and mirrored. are
freely employed in combination With
silk and woojen materials.
shirred ribbons are coaspicuously
seen on si.b costumes, but more es-
peeially for embeElishing sheer fabrics
for evening wear.
The neat little ehapasu1 which are
now taking the place Of theatre hess
for ladies in Paris, are proving e.
ceeding!y popular.
Gay-colored and black ribbon zuehss
in narrow and medium widths are in
great demand, and are made constant
and effective use of as single trim
ming, or in combination with fancy
g;mps and tiny bands of fur.
White linen collars are by no means
cut of vogue. They are Worn 9th
tailor gowns ard are very altitudl-
nous. The four-in-hand and Ascot
tie are worn with them. The piqus
stocks worn last season are continued,
bat style now requires them to be
stid8y starched.
English walking coats, - closulx
fitted in the skirt as a riding habit,
with rounded, open, or halt.open;
fronts arching back toward tho hips,
represented the leading festures of
spring shapes prepared for general
wear. Lengths vary greatly among
these eca:s, the majority being m
medium length.
In order to produce the svslts snd
clinging styie of dress, skirt lininss-
PARTICULARLY for women Of full figure
are made of the softest undressed siIzs
and satins; and Ill stiff moires and
crisp taffetas. faii!es, ETC., are avoid.
ed. Where expansion and breadth
are needed. they are produced by far
ing skirs seams, uBdulating frills and
aounces. ples.ed raaes, ruches ard
countless other popuiay skirt aoces..
SORES.
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bmhta Sesene ething to asfse
when I'd tin' cake and pie and

drinkin et lemnade.
'EaoRt b shall have whole cake
and whole pie and four glasses of
lemnade and an orindge to take back
home to the issylem.
"Then when we've eat up every
.mortil crumb Of every thing you and
me shall read to them from my best
story books"
II tank + can't" said Mena, shame
facedly.
'Well, you can show 'em my paper
dolls and my real all-the-way-through
dolls and my bisycull, and III play
my new exercises on the piano for
them and do every nortil thing I can.
II tank gameps iss nize," suggested
Mena.
"Gamesl Real ladies don't play
games, and we'd be real ladies then.
Why, maybe I'll have Oh mamma's
blue organdy and her lace parisole
and her hair bracelutsl Will you ask
herr"
II tank TO-" said Mena.
II wonder il I can have it next
week? Yes, I think I'll have to,
cause I can't wait another NORTH
minute longer.
Aunt Maud gave me twenty-five
cents for not riding her bisycull and
mamma owes me six cents.-do cakes
cost much, Mena2"
"Oh.h-h, I tank zor' .snickered
Mena.
well, III twenty-five cents and
six cents-wait now, lemms see-um-
um-um 49, thirty eleven cents - wait
again minute, now-six and fve's
eleven and, yes, that's right; will
thirty-eleven cents buy eight cakes
made in slices, like pancakes, with
pired-apples and cokernuts spread
real deep all over 'em?"
Mena computed mentally at great
length ere she replied. IT tank TO-"
Then, I'll give the party next
week." said Daisy, "and not mortil
person shall know about it but you and
me and mamma and gran ard fe
others and Aunt Maud and the ofrins."
Chicago Record.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
Good Bear Hunting In Pennsylvania.

Not for many years have bears been
so numerous in the mountains Of cen.
tral and northeastern Pennsylvania.
Old hunters have been killing them
right and left in the mountains Of
Clearfeld and Centre counties. Sheriff
Bell and party CT Blair county re-
Gently popped over three. while three
others we're killed in the foothills Of the
AIleghanies. Andrew Edgar of Lones-
town has five large bears already to
his credit, while John and James
Schofeld of Du Bois killed five inside
of ten days. Bruin is particularly
partial to the beech woods Of Can neron
and Sullivan counties, and up near
the source of the Sinnemahoning one
hunter and trapper has killed Is up
to date. In the aggregate no less
than IS bears have been killed in that
part Of the state within six weeks. -
Baltimore Sun.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
1874,

5n shsy are using on mahogany
lvet coats and gowns. Outside the
gh satin and lace collsr of her CALI
8 dress, fashionable woman will
Bar as many as six strings of coral
sads, lying fat. at the base OF the
4roat. The dressmakers seem to
hink that coral is a perfect offset TO
lack satin or velvet, or even the rich
(oths, and revers, panels, cuffs, etc..
re encrusted with coral chips cut q
ne as the smallest jets, while no
uarter dancing dress has been seen
bis winter than one Of pale blue silk
,uslin, worn over white and crystal.
sed with coral chips, in the design Of
uch fairy fora as is seen down andsr
he sea.-New York Sun.
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AIRY %, 1899.

american lion to shame. That viciou|
tiger and his kindly dispositione,d
mate fairly revelled in the liberal al
lowance Of the plant which was thrrs
into their cage. They rolled about II
it, and played together like six-weeks
old kittens. They mewed and purred
tossed it about. ate of it; and, afte'
getting as liberal dose as had Billy
the leopard, they likewise leaped K
their respective shelves, and blinke'
lazily at the sun.
The big lion, Major, was either to-
dignifed or too lazy to pay more thai
a passing notice to the bunch OF cat
nip which fell to his lot. He ate
mouthful or two Of it, licked his chops
in that's not half bad' way, AM
then went back to his nap; but tn
three baby lions quarrelled over the'
allowance. and ate it every bit. -
Evangelist.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
Do. Eound His WAY Home.

Jeremiah Murphy, a well-known
miner, living in Calumet. Mich, sold
his big St. Bernard dog named Bar
ney to Klondike party eighteen
months ago. The dog was taken to
Dawson City and performed good ser.
vice there. Tb. other night Barney
reanpeared At n, !. .yhy's home in Cal.
umet. How he succeeded in return
ing from Alaska is a mystery.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
Earrings Out Of style.

Earrings form . more interesting
Study than the average man OF woman
suspects. They have been worn fros
time immemcriaL Probably this Is
the first occasion in the history Of the
world that they have been generally
but Of fashion.
But earrings are still worn In re-
yions that are happily beyond the
phere of fashions jurisdiction In
ICED, many of these ladies go one bet~
er than their civilized sisters--they
7ear nose rings as well.
For decorative purposes, however,
Ie esr has always held first place is
10 estimation OF ladies, who have
ever been content to leave the lily
apainted.
The wearing of the earring is rsall.
LEGACY Of berbaric days. Even at .the
eseRt time in several semi-civilized
bes the custom prevails of subisct-
g an infant, when only few days
d, to species Of torture, in erdes
lat in time the child may wear . cs.-
in peculiarly shaped earring. :
The lobes of the baby's ears are slit
nd small weight attached. This
suses the lobe to droop, and rouad
be formation is fastened long hoi-
bv rim Of whatever metal the parents
an afford to buy. Happily this cruel
system Is confined to races that as yet
have but seen the dawn Of oiyiiza.
ton.
One OF the greatest authorities il
London Oh earrings is Mr.. B. Staple
ton. For years he has made this
study and bueiness. Moreover, he
has applied an inventive faculty to de-
signing new ways for ornannenting the
ear, one object being to avoid the pain
Of piercing the lobe, but his great aim
is to make the embellished esr thing
Of beauty.
Mr.. Staplston believes that he has
now accomplished -ti1at end. he has
ratented an ornament which covers
the Whole Of the bottom part Of The
ear and curves some distance around
the tiange, SO to speak. Their, again
ths ornament has no PHI: consequently
,be ear eds MOI issaing;
,Fais na Ed9 parturt 81. lsxslEya
pre- 7ided with q gem-stdq
whihaR Causes clasp to 81 ser
and when properly screwed mp It Is
nigh impossible for the ornament 70
fall of. i
'tBut," mournfully observed Ar.
Stapletou, II have no guarantee that
the ladies will properly fasten the or
nament: therefore it has not met With
the favor that 7 had hoped.
"The want of rigidity in the lobe
Of the ear, which, in vulgar psrlanes,
is only piece OF gristle, has for
years rendered the invention OF . non
piercing earring matter OF great dH'
iicnltx.
"T have at last succeeded IN over
coming all obstacles for my new ear
ring cannot possibly fall or be forciely
removed if the screw is properly tight
ened. I ought to know, for I have
experimented with my wife's eaz. The
wearing of ornaments in tho ears IS at
out Of fashion. "-Lendoa
Mail.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23

The directors Of the poor Of North
umberland county, Penn, have de-.
cidsd to abolish salaried physicians in
the various districts OF the county,
and hereafter pay o reasonable fee to
the doctors employed outside Of the
almshouse.
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was probably the most energetic Of
our boys, proposed to run a big mar
ket pung sleigh down, taking one Of
the thills under each arm as he lay
face downward on his narrow coasting
sled between them. This feat had
sometimes been performed on the hill
by the older boys. Dol's idea was that
the pung, loaded with ten or q dozen
boys, would break the rope or jerk it
ave- from those who tried to hold it.
I.2as evident. however, that if the
rope were 30 held as to upset his sled
the pung thills would drop and the
pung come to grief, to say nothing of
the danger to Dol himself from being
run over by it.
It was then that Rufus Rundlett
proposed to take the thills off the
pung an steer it down himself, by
lying directly beneath it on his own
low sled and grasping one pung run
ner at the forward upward turn in
each hand and planting foot against
one of the iron braces Of The runners
on each side. Ee declared he could
steer the pung in that way and be
completely covered by it.
The most of US were afraid, how
ever, that the bog -trotters would
scrape US of of the pung with their
rope. At this stage Of the argument
Rufus proposed making the pung into
a won6an ernoov.c1a1
Dol and he worked nearly all the
following night. They took OF the
low pung-boz and replaced it with one
far larger and stronger, made Of joist
and pine boards. Itcovered the pung
runners entirely, being over eight
feet long by four feet wide, and the
sides rose to a height Of over three
feet, quite sufficient to shield all who
sat within them. The box was made
fast to the runners and had a kind of
PROV in front, projecting three or four
feet in wedge-shapea triangle.
When they hauled it to the school
house next day everyone who saw it, in
cluding our woman teacher, agreed it
was the most singular coaster" ever
seen in those parts. Rufus, when lying
under it on his little sled to steer, was
almost completely hidden from view;
and q short trial trip down the first
pitch Of the hill showed it to be nee
essary that he should be strapped to
the little sled.
Rufus was ready to start at once,
but the courage Of many Of the boys
was not quite equal to taking passage
IN so novel a contrivance. Indeed,
some little bravery was required, for
if Rufus failed to steer it oxen necks
might be the result. Then, too, no
one knew low strong the bog.trotters'
rope would prove to be or what would
happen when We ran foul CT It.
But next day, after we had eaten
our noon lunch, Rufus having sent his
fathers hired man, with a span Of
horses, down the hill in advance, placed
himself under the pung in position
for steering.
'*Come on, boys!" be called, "who's
afraid?"
Dol Edmunds was the first to climb
in, and nine OF rs followed him.
"Slove OFF, exclaimed Rufus, and
in moment more we vece gliding
down the first pitch. Altogether the
pung. the heavy box and its load OF.
boys must have weighed q ton. It
rapidly gathered speed Down the
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tical advice is giadh
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Laughing as an Art.

Young women in society are laugh
ing a great deal nowadays. Even
those who are not naturally given to
laughter send out peal after PEEL of
musical ''Ha! Has,
This silvery laugh is the result OF
weeks and months Of special training
and hours and hours of patient pcac-
tice. Perfection is attained only
through private instruction. This
laugh is branch OF musical training
applied to embellish conversation in
the most pleasing manner.
The girl with the loud: hearty laugh
is all right in the mountain or seaside
resort, but that same laugh is 'abooed
in the drawing room. She realizes
this and 80 she goes to musical train
er and cultivates merry laugh which
is soft and refined and delightful to
hear. She can laugh in every known
key and in every pitch. The tuning
fork is a most necessary adjunct to
this practice. although piano or any
musical instrument can be used. It
is best, however, to use the cld'fash-
ioned tuning fork, says very sue
cessful trainer Of the voice.
There is a great difference IN those
siIvery laughs and an art in their
proper use: A part Of the training is
to distinguish the proper laugh, proper
pitch and proper key to express various
degrees OF pleasure, satire, interest or
merely light laugh which means
nothing. Then there is bewitching,
low-keyed, mellow contralto laugh
which it is not possible fer everybody
to attain.
Of course, there is with these laughs
the necessary expression oi The eye,
which is to complete the impression
one wishes to convev.--New York
Hero -
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
Costly Cogttations.

Newed-A penny fer your thoughts,
darling.
Mrs. Sewed-Gh, they will cost you
more thea that.
Newed-What we're YOU thinking
about?
Mrs. Neved-Tns dress I ordered
yesterday.-Pearson's Weekly.
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CHILOREN'S COLUMN.
The Pillow Fairies.

The H1llo" Eaiflebs
I've Just found out the queerest thing
Sometimes, when I an gooo, =!
And 60 to bed without 8 word
Wher N ma says Ishould. :
The fairies come there In the night;
They fly in with their wtngs-.
And underneath my pillows whits
They leave lot Of things.
One dap it was q penny new, +
One day a dolly sweet,
And once It was p!cture-oook N
And once cake to eat.
They do rot always coa1e-.oh.
They have too much to do
But when you are not tninEinSso,I
They bring gift 10 you. n
And now it's fun to go to bed;
Sometimes I lie and wait,
To catch the fairies flying in
They must come very late.
never asem to see them qulsert
Although hear thei. wings;i
But-jnst then it is morning aght,
And time to 1nd my things. J.
Annie ". McCulloch, in st. Nicholas
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1,IIIIIIllIga ne WEE

. ": res ;9: or r }! '''''''"''4 he, '''
Why, just N SO fGogs and
toads change them Ids. When it is
time for the toad I'd ave a new jacket
a crack 90 nes dow, he middle of his
underneath his bod Then he puHs
himself mp as big as he can and begins
to wriggle and twist just as boy does
in getting off his coat. He uses his
mouth as we'll as his hands to help in
the work, but the funniest thing of ali
happens when he rolls his old suit up
in bundle and swallows it.
Freddy says he is glad Mr.. Toad
does swallow his old clothes, for then
no little toads will have to wear coats
and trousers made out Of their papa's
old ones.
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The % Hat.

20 MaOe D. Nei, StCCesS-
z with a new type OF
uuv ,ney have named the %, whether
in honor of the year or because it is
the 99th mode ;naugurated SO far is
not known. The SO is small black
silk hat, with brim and crown some-
what on the Piokwick shape. About
the black beaver crown goes a-fc!d of
bright silk or velvet, or scarf Of
spangled lace, and handsome boa-
ouet OF Ostrich plumes is f&s;aaed
With bow and an ornament Oh tie
left, This shining black hat Oh 8
blonde head is al addition to the viii
ter landscape, and blondes. by the
way, whether the credit IS due to art
or nature, are on the increase. The
desire of every wnman's life just now
is to boast pos s---.on of marigold
blonde hair.
Women continue to find q great
outlet ior thei" love of pretty things
in collections oi hatpils aod neck
chains. Flying ;luie has brought to
light charming enterprise n hatpins
OF blond. perfectly dark or richly mot
tied shell, powdered with diamors;,s or
rubies, various shapes and ser with
colored jewels. The neckchain that
is newcomer consists of black vel
vet cord strung at intervals With coral
beads. The use Of coral, 5y ths 9ay,
is surely infections. Heavy cream
and gray lace, studded with rosy
beads, is tho sort Of striking decora-
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Daisy Ear1y's Party.

"When give my party sad Daisy
to Mena, the maid-oi.all-work, "therd
is not going to be mortal thing I'd
eat but cake and pie"
I'm going to have apples pie, and
peaches pie, and custards pie, and
"K-r-r-a-mps berries pie" inter-
rupted Mena, sit 20 yoosy."
Yes" continued Daisy, "and 1'm|
going to have every kind of cake yor'
can make and every kind mamma can
make, and a dollars worth from the
confeckshininnsr beside-maybe.
TIN going to have four cakes .iu
the middle OF the table and one on
each corner, and whole pie at each
place, tust like some people set empty
plates around.
TIN going to have lemnade made
with one lemmen and three sugars,
SOS il will be nice and sweet, and g
piece Of orindge rind floating on the
top Of it, SOS We can have it to chew
afterwards.
owe won't do a morsil thing but
eat and drink and help ourseii%es to
moro sugar in our lemnade whenever
we want it.
"You are going to be real lady,
too. Mena, all that day and go without
your aperun and be called Mrs. Mena
every time you are spoke to.
"Mamma and gran viii be visitors
and set at the end ef the room in rock
ing chairs like Queen Victoria and: her
mamma, and they can have choking
sangwiches made with fruit cake, and
tea, cause they can't digest cake, cause
it hurts 'em.
There won't be mortii piece Of
bread anywhere, nor meat neither.
cause I hate it, but love apple soss.
"Then when-she party is all ready
I'm going sssoss the park to the issylem
e. oyer four ofrin little girls,
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IAlVS lulO . Do1iC u oOii1hS SA''
"Well, den, mees," was the reply,
"7ou can haf it, sure, if you 90 hut
one leetle ting Ny skin vas all spots
vat you call 'peemples' aal de dcetcr
he say it change OF climate. He den
tell me to buy 25-cent worth phosphate
Of soda. take a teaspoonfui in yiass
warm water at bedtime ami de sane
before breakfast. It rot nasty. So,
for Won week I also take de same be-
fore each other meal; after dat for Won
week 7 take enly night and morning.
In two v'sek. behold me as now
Reader, I have followed the above
advice for "von half week. only, end
already my skin seems Ike that Of
q little child. y: To those who desire
to, change thisk, unfesponsiye skin
in ght complexion, this.
tical advice i s!ealz
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Toad. Old c1thes.

Money is not ver3plentiful in the
Stone family, and tie other morning
when Mamma Stone,to!d Papa Stons
that Freddy needed enew winter suit
papa lonk.d very gloomy and said he
vishe&R|IAls. wezsyake frogs and
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-02-23
SPRING IN WINTER,


etherfee heatherheMs
Joy
noAo"0i9'io0- '10S' -Fr L.
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AN INLAND IRoH GLAD.
BY G. A. STEPHEN

schooihouse and built high fort clear
across the road. Four OF our boys
who started TO coast down were OBJ
lised to take to the ditch. The bog.
trotters then rushed from their fort
and by pelting them with snowballs
forced them to run back up the hill
They shouted that 20 hill dog should
pass that schoolhouse.
But as theis fort stopped teams as
well as coasters, one Of the selectmen
Of the town ordered them to remove
it at once, and during the following
evening train of ten sleds from Num-
ber Six coasted defantly by. !
But the next noon they played a
new and worse trick on US. Eight Of
ten OF US set off to go down singly, one
sled few yards behind another, when,
as we drew near Number Seven school
house, Rufus sRundlett, who was
ahead, noticed that Matthias Monsen,
one Of the larger boys at the Corners,
was standing on one side of the road
and his brother Lem on the other.
"Look out for snowballs!" Rufus
shouted back to us. Neither he nor
any of the rest of US saw that new
rope lay across the road on the snow
till the Monsen boys raised it and
caught US. Rufus sled was capsized.
and all the rest of Us we're piled up in
heap, Some of US were scraped of
our sleds, some had tteir sleds upset;
for the Number Seven crowd had
three OF four boys at each end of the
rore, and as fast as a sled came along
it was caught by the rope and jerked
over. Meantime dozen other Mum.
ber Seven boys were raining snow
balls upon US. We had to pick our
selves up, recover ou- sleds and get
away as best We could.
"Try it againw they shouted after
us. eff you think you can run by
Number Seven try it again!"
For day or two We had little dis
position to try it again; they we-e too
big and too many for rs to thrash, as
We would, perhaps have been justified
in doing, and We did not dare to try
the coast; but we chafed under the re-
straint and beat our brains for de-
| h. r.