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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30

white duck skirt and pink shirt
waist" with sarcastic emphasis.
My daughter married in a shirt
waist"
Don't faint, mother, don't. His
esteemed fellow. citizen is going right
down to interview Editor Dodge, and
while I'm gone you can write up lis
obituary, I'll guarantee that it will be
founded on fact, at least. Where's
my hat:'
But Mrs. Peters was dissolved II
tears, and before her husband sue
ceeded in finding his head covering,
alone and unaided, Susie and young
Bingham returned from their ride in
a state OF satisfaction that even The
Clipper wss powerless to disturb. AT
ter they had read The Clippers ac
count OF their wedding! Mr.. Bingham
piucked up courage to propose that
they regard it as prophecy and pro-
cecd Immediately to fulfill it.
1Irs. Peters, in the awkwark cir
cumstances in which they were
placed, approved of the idea, and Alr.
Peters, after time, was persuaded to
tip his hat at 8 less murderous-look'
ing angle, and departed in search ol
Parson Hildreth instead of the moving
spirit Of the press, while Mr. Bing,
ham sought the town clerk to procure
e license.
At the intercession of their sister,
the term of Imprisonment was short
ened for the twins, and they emerged
from their temporary confinement in a
state Of subdued joyousness thatfound
expression in remark from Polly to
the effect that they would play nothing
| bnt funeral after this.
The ceremony was finally performed
according to the directions laid down
in The Clipper, except as to athe
brides dress, change in that par
t;cular being strenuously insisted upon
by the brides mother, and ''the popu
lar young people" were able to re-
ceive the congratulations Of "theil
hosts of friends with a placid smile.
But Editor Dodge never really un-
derstood why Mr.. Bingham subscribed
for The Clipper and paid down ten
years in advance. with the remark
that he liked to encourage genius, OF
why Mr.. Peters at the same time
stopped his subscription and tried for
a whole year to exist by borrowing his
neighbor's papers. Atlanta Constitu'
| tion
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
A Princess Autograph Book.

The Princess Victoria Of Wales has
an interesting collection of autographs
and original drawings, and has lately
intrusted her album to Sig. Tosti, that
he may procure for her as many addi-
tions as possible to her mementos Of
celebrities.
Burne-Jcnes, short tine before his
death, contributed q sketch to this
book; Alma-Tadema and atesghetei
are represented, and the Princess has
the autographs of most Of the distin-
guished people Of the Gay. Princess
Victoria is not alone among royalties
as an autograph collector. for Queen
Victoria possesses very valuable coll
lection of autographs, to which in
many cases she has added her own
comments and opinions of the people
who have there signed their names.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
Polish Jehug.

:, To drive slowly over cobblestones
is not joy, but to drive four Russian
horses at gallop over cobblestones
was something to make you bite your
tongue aud to break your teeth and to
shake your very soul from its socket.
/ most .soIemnly assure you it was any
thing but simple drive to one fresh
from the asphalt OF Paris, for, like
Jehu, they drove furiously. Their
horses are all wild, runaway beasts,
and they drive them at an uneven
galfop resembling the gait of our fire
engine horses at home, except that
oursgo more slowly. Sometimes the
horses fall down as they drive across
country, OF stop only for stone walls
or moats. The carriages must be built
Of iron, for the front wheels drop a
few feet into burrow every now and
then, and at such times an unwary
American is liable to be pitched over
the coachman's head. "Hold On with
both hands, shut your eyes and keep
your tongue from between your teeth
would be my Instructions to one about
-ttUJ ttUJ ''take e drive" in Po'and. Nom"
an : Home Companion,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
Too Realistic q Drama.

In Cardiff, Wales, recently, at tea
entertainment given to the parishion-
ers by the National School, the play
Red Riding Hood was acted. The
children had rehearsed in their ordin-
ary dresses, and consequently the
wolf-skin was not seen by some of
them until worn on the stage. On
the VOLTS appearance at the bedside
of the grandmother, the child who
was playing the part of grandmother
gave realistic yell of dismay and
Scrambled out of bed head foremost;
the sight of her fat little form in a
tight nightdress caused much laughter
among the audience as she disap-
peared behind the curtains. Weekly
Telegraph.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
The Effect Of Crime on Trade.

ssThe bromo- -seltzer trade is busted
temporarily" remarked downtown
druggist.
II suppose as many people get up
Wits headache in the morning as ever,
bu. they don't drown their sorrows in
bromo-ssrEker. since the Cornish
boisoning case came out. Guess I'll
get bottle Of seltzer,' remarked a
man in Eere yesterday.
-seltzer?' queried a friend,
as if the very idea gave him cramp.
:Er-wells no,'I guess 1 won't,
remarked the first man, as if }2e recol-
lected something. And he didn't buy
it. Curious how people are infu-
enced by Imagination. I'll bet there
isn't al anonymous box of candy sent
once day in Chicago now. The Bot
kin case knocked that. People who
send candy sign their names to it..
Why, one day at luncheon I stepped
in and ordered a box of candy sent
home. When I got there that evening
my wife was in state Of excitemen.
bordering on Mysteries. who do you
think could have done this, Henry!'
she whispered. I've saved the
wrapper and the string, and I
wouldn't touch piece of that candy
for million dollars.
sThen the sausage trade was
knocked into cooked hat for nearly
year by the Luetgert trial. 7 know
every time my wife suggested sausage
for breakfast that winter, I kind Of
wished she wouldn't mention it. -
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
What Pluck Did.

It is the bulldog fearlessness and
tenacity of an Englishmsn that makes
him conqueror even when he faces
mob of iarbarians. After the bonn.
berdment OF Alexandria by the Eng,
lish fleet had driven the Egyptian
troops out, TIE city was looted by
thieves and cutthroats. Three OF
four hundred ejackets. were landed,
who stopped the outrages by arrestine
every person found with plunder in
his possession.
On arrest a person was tried by
drumhead courtmartial, and the SEN
tence, shooting Or fogging, was ex.
ecuted without delay. An English.
man, 1Ir. Hume Beaman, who as.
sisted in Furnishing the robbers, de.
scribes in his book, "Twenty Years
in the Near East" dangerous ex-
perience from which he was enabled
to emerge by cool, fearless bulldog
pluck.
He had been detailed to superintend
the fogging Of two prisoners and the
shooting of third, the sentence to be
carried out at their native village, a
nest of thieves. There. were ten
thousand of the riffraff looking on
Five policemen (Egyptians) and three
Englishmen represented law and order.
The prisoner, sentenced to be shot for
a murder, was fitted into shallow
grave. and the policemen freda volley,
amid the execrations of the mob.
Only Mr. Beaman and the Egyptian
officer commanding the police under
stood What the mob were saying, and
the Egyptian begged the three Eng
lishmen to get away while yet there
was time. They, however, insisted
on seeing the hogging carried out,
and remarked that the slightest symp-
tom Of fear would excite the mob to
murder them.
The fogging exasperated the crowd,
already excited by the execution,
and they pressed close round the Eng
lishmen.
1T is time to put an end to lnhdels
iorturing' :believers!" said q portly
old Arab sheikh, close to Beaman's
elbow.
Tie Englisbmau seized the Arab,
and told the mob they should be
ashamed o. themselves to sympathize
with murderer and thieves. A sui
len silence followed. The prisoner,
placed in carriage, in which a police
man and two Englishmen also rode
the third riding horseback alongside
was driven at q walk through the
dense throng to Alexandria, where a
courtmartial ordered them TO be
fogged.
The next year that sheikh called on
MI. Beaman at Cairo, brought with
him little presents, admitted the jus,
tice of his punishment, and he and
Mr.. Beaman remained the best OF
friends. The -faintest sign of weak
ness would have turned that mob into
furious wolves.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
Miss Hanna Shot r. Wild Cat.

Miss Ruth Hanna, daughter of Sena-
tor Hanna, is the heroine of a wild cat
hunt which occurred on her fathers
game preserve near Thomasville. Ca,
recently. For some time large wild
cat has been annoying the other oc-
cupants of the preserve, and finally
Miss Hanna determined to get its
scalp.
Accompanied by Howard Hanna,
her cousin, both being mounted on
fleet horses, she started on the chase
before sunrise. The scent was taken
up by hounds, and for nearly two hours
the two cousins rode over rough couR-
try. Miss Hanna shot the cat when it
took refuge in tree. She rescued the
carcass from the dogs and bore it home
as a trophy. Sportsmen said it was
one Of the biggest animals of the kind
ever seen in that part Of the State.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
A Hero OF the Zulu War Of 1879.

It was at the time Of the storming oi
the formidable fortress of Inhlobane
mountain. This was fastness con-
sidered by the Zulus impregnable, a
huge square mass, with precipitous
sides, and a fiat top, four OF five miles
long. At either end was passage up
the mountain, each wellnish inacces.
slble.
Major-General Rodgers Butler had
charge of the operations at one end,
and before daylight his troops began
the arduous ascent. All went we'll fo1
q, time, when suddenly they en-
countered large force of Zulus ap.
preaching at all almost incredible
speed. 1t was necessary to retreat,
and Butler attempted to accomplish
this though the:other troops were IN
able to cover hinfin the perilous under
taking.
The Zulus thronged around the pre-
cipitous path, pouring volley after vol
Icy at close range upon the deserted
band. But for Buffers heroic exer-
tions the whole force would have been
exterminated. He rallied them again
and again, cheering and encouraging
them by voice and action. Many
troops were disnounted, and to these
he proved al angel of salvation. He
tookEtwo who were in imminent danger
of being cut of, on his: own horse, to a
comparatively safe place. Heperson-
ally saved six lives, besides all that
were saved by his orders and his ex-
ample. Although he had been forty
eight hours in the saddle, and was suf-
fering from painful confusion, he HIM
self covered the eretreat, charging again
and again at the Zulus, thus gaining
time for his men to extricate them
selves from the terrible vol.ey Of
rocks
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
ESTABLISHED 1914.
THUMB SIGNATURES LEGAL
Finger Marks Admissible as tSi"ence IL
Law Courts i'll India.


A bill has just been passed II the
Imperial Legislative Councit OF India
making fnger-mark impressions a"7
missible as evidence in courts OF law.
The reason for this measure Is taat
the system Of taking thumb marks ior
the Identification of prisoners was ln'
troduced in several Of the lna'Sn
prisons some time ago, but in test
case brought before the Calcutta H,gh
Court it vas decided that under tie
existing Indian Evidence act these
impressions were not admissible as
evidence. There was also the dltt.-
Guilty of classifying aud inde1ing tbs
finger impressions, but this has SINCE
been overcome by a system elaborated
by the Inspector General OF Police IN
Bengal, and the bill nov before the
Indian Office in England will probably
become law, states the Sun.
In e country like India, where the
people are 50 ill,terate, the mere
afixing of a mark certified to BY Wit.
nesses to a document has little legal
value, the facilities afforded to forgery
being so great. But the imprint OF
the lines Of the thumb or OF one Of the
fingers is personal mark not easily
falsifed OF mistaken. This method
has been in use in the past IN various
countries, but.it is the first time that
it has beer introduced into modern
law, and its working will be watched
with no little interest.
It is an interesting fact that the
conventional substitute in Turkish
official documents for the royal OF inl'
perial arms on those Of other countries
is the modified form Of the representa-
ton Of the human hand. The toaghra.
IS it is called, OF sign manual, derives
its origin from an incident in Ottoman
| history. One Of the earlier SultansD
being unable to write, and having NO
seal convenient on the occasion OF the
signing of a treaty, placed his hand
| on the ink pad and imprinted its mark
on the treaty in token OF ratification.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
TALES OF PLUCK
And ADVENTURE.
4 Trapper's Narrow Escape,

Pierre lie Count, an old .trapper, Of
Wisconsin. who died recently, retained
distinct recollection Of almost every
incident Of Importance in his long
life. Encounters with ferce beasts
were of SC common occurrence that it
was with difficulty he could be induced
to refer to them or to give details once
the incident was mentioned. The
killing OF three bears in asmany min
utes-one with a bullet from his old
fashioned muzzle-loading rife, the
second with an axe and the third with
O knife-was one Of LIE Counts recol-
lections, and four great scars across
his breast, which wers~sssible when
his body was preSsea for the grave,
bore evideuce OF the tierceness of the
battle. J..
THAT happened ia<1S4s;;s said tie
old man. IT was trapping on the up
per waters OF the Chippewa that fall.
It Was in the latter part Of October, if
I remember right, and Iwas following
up line of traps one afternoon when
I broke through an old windfall and
fell over log, landing right in a nest
Of four bears-two full grown and two
six-months cubs. I was a.Gapper and
not hunter, and usuallylet such var
mints alone unless they tackled me:
but this time my rifle was up to my
face before I knew it, and brought
down the old male with 2; bullet in his
brain. The other three started off,
and as they went I let So at one of the
cubs with my little tapping axe.
There wasn't one chance IL five hun
dred that I would hit h1mtin place
that would hurt him, and I just
threw it more under the impulse
than with any expectation that
Il would bring him down.
But as luck would have it the axe hit
him square in the head and he went
down with a roar. His yell turned
the old mother into a:devil. She had
started off on a dead run, but as soon
es she heard the cub cry she turned
and came back on gallop. Twenty
feet from me she went up on her hind
feet and came toward me like a snow.
slide. She looked as big as buffalo
and as ugly as a catamount. Ny empty
gun was of about as much use as a
snowshoe, andas there was no time to
think of tree I just whipped out my
knife and faced the music. She was
about three seconds in knocking me
over the windfall, but .ss We closed ]
drove the sen-ihch blade of my Knife
between ber ribs. Her nails found my
shoulder and breast, and Z was laid up
eleven weeks. The scratch didn't
amount to much I would have been
we'll in week, but my partner was a
greenhorn from Vermont, and when
7 sent him QUITO get slippery elm bark
for poultice he got Eastwood"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
New Chinese Nuts.

The ly-chee nut has appeared above
the horizon as the latest accessory to
the luncheon OF dinner party. It
comes from China, and in appear
aace, taste and odor has all the ORR
cntalisn1 Of most such products. Be-
side icing hard to obtain, it is sufi-
eieutly dear to prevent its becoming
common, while it also possesses the
value Of being a decided novelty. But
no hostess need fear that her guests
will consume too many ly-chee nuts,
to the exclusion of other viands on
the table, for while they taste as san
dalwood sweetened might be supposed
to taste, two are about as many as the
ordinary palate cares for. -.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30

done by a man Of kindred race in far
off Sierra Leone. This thrilling in
cident of the native uprising is de-
scribed by a correspondent of the
London Standard.
At Rotofunk, mission station some
ffty-f7e miles from the coast, four Of
the white missionaries had been
literally hacked to pieces by the
natives. It was said, however, that
Mrs. Kane, the wife Of the superin'
tendent Of the mission, had succeeded
in escaping into the bush.
With the hope of rescuing her, a
force was dispatched from Freetown,
with orders to push through to Roto-
funk without delay. On arriving at
the Kibbi River, how ever, the force
found that the natives had collected
at Mabang, a town On the opposite
bank, and had withdrawn all canoes
and boats. As the river is over one
hundred and fifty yards broad and sis
fathoms deep, serious obstacle pre-
sented itself.
The only officer who knew this part
of the country was Lieutenant ". r.
Howell, Of the First Glamorgan
Volunteer Artillery, member Of an
old Cornish family, who had raised a
force of volunteers at the commence
ment os the rising. He appealed for
volunteers to swim across the river
and bring back as many canoes. as
possible, but there was no response,
as not only would the swimmers be
exposed to the full fire Of the enemy,
but the river was known to swarm
with alligators.
At length Lieutenant Howell, il
spite OF the protestations of his fellow
officers, resolved to make the attempt
himself. The enemy, evidently see
ing what he was about to dc.
assembled in force on the opposite
bank, but were driven back some dis
tance and kept at bay by the firing ot
the British volunteers over Lieutenant
Howell's head. 80. ,,
When the Lieutenant had jug:
reached mid-stream and was i'll the
full current, he was seen to ,sw;ne
round rapidly on his back; his leg had
bei8g seized by an alligator. 1t was
only by swinging sharply round thst
he succeeded in freeing himself, bui
even so his thigh had been torn ant
lacerated in shocking manner.
Notwithstanding this injury and the
work of the enemy's guns, the gallant
officer continued his perilous journey
and at length reached the opposite
bank, only to find that his errand wa:
fruitless, as all the boats and canoes
had been destroyed.
For more than half an hour he con
tinued his search, but finding the
enemy again pressing him, and feeling
weak from loss of blood, he was com
PEELED to take to the river again, an(
got back in safety. '"''
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION
THE SEARCH.

Upon my heart these vernal days,
The longing keen takes hold
To seek, afar from trodden ways,
The morn's new-minted gold.
I grasp my palner's hazel staff,
And blithely HE ne where
The ariel blusbird's lyric laugh
Goes ripping down the air.
I find within the sky no flaw,
And ali the earth to me
Is tuned to one ecstatIc law,
The law OF harmony.
And rising from the dewy land
Before my questing eyes,
A little flower, divinely planned,
In virgin : .uty lies.
Pluclling this boon Of earth and air,
Iu hand and heart I hold
Ny own inalienable share
OF morn'S neW-minted gold.
Clinton Scolard.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
a Perilous Swim.

While our soldiers and sailors were
advancing the flag, lass~summer, a
decd as brave as any Of theirs was
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-30
! HOW THE CLIPPER
! GOT THE NEWS.

enter
prising twins,
Pauline and
Polly Peters,
aged seven,
had just seen
a wedding for
the first time
in their short
| I Y e S ana
were engaged
in reproduc-
ing the event
to the best of
their remem-
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-10-27
WEALTH FROM THE WATERS.
Much Money Was Earned Last year
by the $4,000 Fishermen
in Canada.

Since the inception of the bounty sys-
TEN $2,250,000 has been paid to encour-
age Canadian fishermen in developing
the deep sea fisheries of Canada. Can
ada's fisheries are the most extensive
in the world. The eastern sea coast
is given as $500 miles, and that OF Brit
ish Columbia as 7,180 miles, or more
than double that of Great Britain and
Ireland. While the salt water area, not
including indentations, covers more
than 1900 square miles, the fresh water
area of that part of the great lakes
belonging to Canada is computed at r.
700 square miles, not including the nu-
merous lakes of Manitoba and the terri
tories, all stocked with excellent spe-
cies of food fish. In 1857 it was esti-
mated that the sea and inland fisheries
were worth sl,5O0,O00. In 1897 they had
reached $40, 100000. In bait alone it is
estimated that the value of fish used is
S224,633 year. Our output of fish oil
last year was worth S25o,o00. The seal
skin catch was $52o,250. The salmon
catch shows an increase of over $780,
coo, and the herring catch an increase
Of 100000. The sardine catch fell off
somewhat. Between the years 1869 and
1897 inclusive the five principal com
mercial fisheries have yielded as fol-
lows: Cod, $106, 433,217; herring, 1884,
373,042; Holsters, $48,964,S6o; salmon,
$45, 740,4 70; mackerel, $37,5S9.s35.
Over $4,000 men were engaged in the
fishery industry in the past year, and
the total capital was over $9,750,000.
Besides the 1000 fishing schooners and
tugs, valued at $2,000,OO0 manned by
9,735 sailors, 65,500 fishermen, using
35,4OO boats, valued at over ST. ,0c0, 600,
toiled on the great deep for liveli-
hood, using altogether 6,344, AGO faith
oms of nets. The lobster plant for
1897 amounted to $1,114,920. This rep
resents the 665 canning establishments
dispersed throughout the maritime
provinces, and 100000 traps required
to keep them going. Over $4,000 per-
sons find employment in this branch of
the industry.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-10-27
Facts About Mason Co. Washington.


The editor receives many inquiries
from people il all sections of the I'M
ION, as to Industries, wages, lands. etc.,
and to obviate the necessity of writ
ing letters, the following general re-
plies haye been prepared. The Editor
will add further information, but en-
quirers should always send stamps.
WAGES.
Logging camp wages range from "
$3.50 per day, and the employees are
charged board.
Carpenters So to So per day.
Ordinary labor $3.50 to So;
Woodworkers $3.50 to So:
Farm labor 500. to $25. per month; ;
The nature of work, the skill OF
workman, and condition of the mark
ct makes difference in wages.
RENTS.
A house in Shelton rents from So
to $40; some poorer buildings are
cheaper, but good comfortable dwell
ling brings So to $40. Houses are
scarce here.
There are some farms and ranches
which can be rented cheap, and one
or two places, which can be had for a
year or two for keeping them up.
FUEL.
Wood is burned almost entirely.
Fir wood sell at 80 cents to 81. per
rick (half cord) delivered. Hard wood
alder and maple will cost little more.
On the ranches and away from town
wood costs the cutting.
LIVING.
The cost of living in section is very
moderate, very few things being much
higher than in the East, and many
much lower.
Best flour is 80 cents to 81. per sack.
Butter, Is to 80 cents, according to
season.
Eggs, Is to 30 cents according to
season.
Potatoes and other vegetables, Is to
so cents per bushel.
Fruits and vegetables are becoming
very plentiful, producing heavily, and
are within the reach of all.
LAND PRICES.
Practically no good vacant land
convenient to settlement, is available
for homesteaders. The Northern Pa
cific and the Mill companies own large
bodies of logged-off lands, some of
which are we'll situated for agricultur-
al purposes, which are offered for sale
at prices ranging from ST. to SIS per
acre on the 5 and 10 year contract
plan, which is very reasonable.
We advise homeseekers that the
best and cheapest plan for them is to
find partly improved ranch and buy
it, where they will find everything
ready to begin making living. This
is good section for workers, and idlers
and people who are not willing to
work are not wanted. There are good
openings for milling, or other business,
or intelligent farming in Mason Co.,
but no one should come without suffi-
Gent means to secure a start.