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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
The Watch as a Shirt Stud.

When fashion Sscreed that the girl
of 1899 must wear shirt waists with
stiff bosoms it suggested a fresh diff
Guilty. What would become of her
watch? She could not wear--it az
tachad to chain ard stuck in her
belt when she had On shirt front Of
masculine .s:s and stiffness. That
,..ss absurd. Neitler~would 1t be ap-
propriata to wear it on a ~-chatelalne
pin. The jewelers. have helped her
out Of her dilemma by bringing out-a
new timepiece set in a shirt stud. The
face OF this unique watch is no larger
than the ordinary enamelled stud, the
works being arranged in a strong,
good-sizeA shank, fastening to the
stud from the under side. The con-
ven:ence of this little timekeeper IS
obvious. 1t will doubtless prove a
boon to that most exacting of all crea-
lures, the tai!or-made girl.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
ANonan's Novel Occupation.

Miss Louise Cheatam Of South Caro-
lima has adopted an unusual avocation.
She raises and trains native songbirds,
O vocation suggested to her by the sale
of pet mocking bird. She purchased
this bird from an African bog whom
she caught zobbing the parent nest.
It Glanced to be the weakGng Of the
flock. Miss Cheatam intended to free
the little captive when it could care
for itsel:, but that time never came,
for no Pet is more helpless than Il
mocking bird reared in captivity. The
second winter of its life it was sold to
a northern visitor to Aiken, who.
chaucing to pass the house, heard it
singing. The sale gave tins young
woman en- idea which she was not slow
to follow, and now she does a thriving
business with native songbirds of the
south. Miss Cheatam does not at
,tempt to hatch them herself, but,
Watching her chance, goes boldly to
the spot where the parent birds have
made their homes and lifts the nests
with thei. young BIRDS of. This -
the :saAestt aud ~ asasanez pet
especially with thsaSESHgb
if human hand once enters tRelr
rest they Kill every remaining bird
Miss Cneatan's greatest enemies, too,
are these same parent birds, for they
try in every way to poison bird they
find Gagged.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

A complete golfng suit consists of fv.
pieces, and hence an excuse for the big
prices some tailors ask. A skirt,
shirt, waisteoat, coat and cape is the
full golfng equipment of 1899. The
skirt, coat and cape should be cut
from one piece, the waistcoat ought to
show gay plaid fronts on an equally
gay silk back, and the shirt is any
cotton you please. A number of Eng
lish women have set the fashion OF
dotfing the coat or cape on the green
and playing in shirt sleeves and waist
coat, and very often the waistcoat is a
flaming hunters pink or dazzling
meadow green cashmere, with rows OF
gilt buttons down the front and 81
buckle in the strap behind. 49,
waistcoats, of course, have n9<ss
and are low cut in front, toISe1
vious admirers to relish ~color of
the smart shirt ur25ath. The
caddy is supposedly lere tie waist
coat is PROMINENT Involved, to carry
the players cape ,5out, and this she
filings over -lses-sntulders wl.eaaAr-sSne
restss:-Her jauntybat is onA9s prt on
when she is ready-to drop into the club
house for a cup Of tea OF drive, walk
or take the train home. The skirts
are unusually short this year, six OF
seven inches fromthe ground, and the
coats run through variety of shapes.
They are scalloped and straight cut at
the hip line, a few are cut sharply
away, or tbutfonga over double breast
ed, with rounded square OF pointed
flaps hanging like; stole ends far be-
low the waist line.-New York Sun.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
Roman Stage Carpentry.

The excavations now going on in
the Theatre:of 'Dugga, il Funis, show
that the Romans possessed for their
theatres a system of stage carpentry
equal if not superior to theappliances
now in use. An ingenious contrivauce
enabled those who stood uud> >raeath
the stage to see what was proceeding
above. A number of trapdoors opened
in the centre of the stage, and grooves
have been discovered showing the
way in which scenery aud stage fur
niture were lowered and raised Eight
large holes lei to several dry wells
three yards deep under the stage,
while large receptacle served to store
the curtain during the performance.
The floor of the stage was coverei
with lnosaics. Rome Correspondence
Of the London Post
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
Necessi:-Pure stoa =
Fa,u farmers and stocknSeAr as.

FewLfarmers and stockme4sSEe as
carGul to supply the varioas wants o.
>tieir stock as they should be. They
think if they furnish their animals
enough to- eat at all seasons of the
year they are doing their Whole duty,
little thinking that a regular and
generous supply of pure water is fully
as necessary as feed itself. Water
forms from IS to 50 per cent. of the
total weight of the body, and enters
into the composition of every bone,
muscle AMI tissue. Food can only be
assimilated when in a soluble state,
hence water is an indispensable aid to
digestion.
Where it is available, running
water, either springs or creeks, Is
preferable to any other for stock, as
it is pure and needs no pumping. I'm
less contaminated by surface washings
or sewerage, creek water is or goo
quality, as it is being continually
aerated and purified by exposure 10
the sunshine. For domestic use
spring or deep we'll is the best source
OF pure water. The deeper the well
the less danger OF its being contamin-
ated. The soil acts as q filter and the
moe soil the water must pass through
in reaching the subterranean streams
the more thorough the filtration. 4
tubular We is mucl saf y AMI II ore
reIiable source of supply than dug
well, since no water can outer d
tubular well except At the bottom. III
dug we'll there is always danger Of
surface drainage finding its way into
il. \ dug we'll may be pure when first
dug, even though shallow, and later
Le contaminated from surface drainage
OF other causes. No cesspool OF vault
should be allowed near we'll, either
deep or shallow. unless every precau-
ton is taken to make the basin OF
such pools OF varlis perfectly water
tight, to prevent the surrounding sur
face from becoming foul.
The water from different sources
has frequently been tested and the
number OF germs contained IN each
cubic cantimeter about half thimble-
full has been found to vary from four
in a hundred foot tubular we'll, to
| nearly three hundred thousand in a
clean-looking pond, and four hundred
thousand in a dug we'll receiving sur
face drainage. \ ding we'll might be
very much improved by cementing the
inside of the wall down to the water
line. This would keep the surface
water from seeping in. In a dug well
every precaution should be used to
prevent any vermin from entering
at the top. 1t is we'll to lay the upper
foot or two Of be wall in cement. II
wooden siils are used as foundation
for the floor let the top be just even
with the top of the wall, then Till the
space between the walls and sills with
cement, and if the floor is tight, no,
even an earth worm can find its way
through. Every well should be ven
tilated. Even wat:r in well will be-
come more or less stagnant without it.
4 couple of tubes should extend from
the top Of the pump downward few
inches under the floor. The top o;
these tubes should be closed with fine
wire setting to exclude flies and in
sects. The air will descend in one
tube and ascend in the other, pre-
! venting the accumulation of foul gases
-OJ. Vine. in Americap Agriculturist
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
Fad and Fashion.

Mauve, pale blue and pale yellow
muslin, with insertions Of ivory NAL
tese lace, make dainty blouses.
\ new spiral skirt is rathsr long at
the back and without seams; it falls in
sinuous, clinging folds over detached
foundation.
Something altogether novel in COM
bination is white pique chemisette
vest in a foulard gown, which is
trimmed on the bodice with fine ba-
tiste embroidery.
Fine imported challies are more ar
tistic in design and coloring than ever
before and promise to rival foularl
gowns. Like the new organdies, they
show either very small or extremely
large floral designs.
4 moiisl hat has as its foundation
green moss, with roses and rosebuds
and green leayes which appear to
grow up naturally from the crown.
The idea is quaint and the hat, which
is small, sits well off from the face.
Very pretty retticoats are made OF
plain satins cut with a circular
founce which is nearly covered with
rows of black velvet ribbon an inch or
more wide, alternating with three
rows of black and white velvet ribbon
of the narrowest width.
Something gorgeous in the way of
silk petticoat is Of petunia and whits
b:ocoded silk with deep iounce from
the knee made of alternate rows ot
retuuia satin ribbon and lace inser-
tion, with lace frill on the e,lge.
This founce may also be made o:
s3ace silk of the color which predom
mates in the 5rocade, and finished tor
and botom with rinked ruches
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
) FOR WOMAN'S BENEFIT.
Greek Nurses Honored.

The Queen Of the Hellenes recently
invited 50 nurses and other young
women who served in the Red Cross
hospitals during the late war to the
palace, when her MAZE ty delivered q
touching address in praise of the hu-
manity and patriotism displayed by
the women of Greece. She then con-
ferred commemorative cross bearing
the date 1897" and fastened by a
red ribbon, first upon her daughter,
Princess Marie and upon the Duchess
Of Sparta, and afterward upon the
others, embracing each in turn.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
4 Historical Anchor.


Dig oHt t'SSSport anchor of the American
ing over IFF4ssH Macy could talk it might
penoeo 'nJxome wonderful yarns. The
Un'eo o5ngraceful mudhook swing
"nen u w,%sHihe ships bow was once sns-
TO kno%' Trough the hawse pipe Of the
tha5 II oe9';ssitates frigate Cumberland.
with the n,.da nobody now seems
land. 5nf in is more than likely
II was Oh AN its career of usefulness
"hen tne ""z:aunching Of the Cumber-
the waters M3+be Cumberland in 1861
tween 'nav er broke out and probably
Macy was la'#5: gate disappeared under
aoout "l'een @of Hampton roads. Be-
the Cumoerl%@ day and the time the
known: anched. which occurred
'Olo Cuno'ssvears ago, the history O.!
call the big anc@and, anchor was un
tons, which is rs
as the average ss5ar1o,d os the sailors
cra1'. lne s'Ieahor, weighs about five
anu ol SUN c,A,S4 4early twice as much
uay as "nen It iSS.nchor used by sailing
the Cumberland. ~ is siytaen feet lone
which the cable p:s33 which ;s as sonnd TO-
to admit the pass: .s+ad on the deck Of
full-grown man, sS The ring through
JUST tnree anu Iasses is large enough
only signs OF tne %sage of body of {
visible IS LIE n"i1es.zSand the fukes are
Derlano, stanlpee&half feet wide. The
Some OF 1he letIel > anchors past nov
Grated, but there sIT s. S. Cum
identity the anchor%@:l into the iron
Chronicle. a are almost oblit
p.M;no is enough left to
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
3where 1 nave to pay.

Dixon-There goes 8 young man
who is above the average. He's IN
rather hard luck just now, but he'll
come out on top some day. Hixon--.
Yes; I suppose he will get bald just
like the rest of US, in time.
teYou surely don't believe that tho
man@really loves you?" Il am snre
he does "What makes you think
so?' "Ee said he'd die for me.
''That's what they all say, silly.
Don't you believe him until he does
it,"
Teacher-Once upon a time there
were two rich men, one of whom made
his fortune by honest industry, while
the other made his by fraud Now,
which of these two men would you
prefer to be? Tommy latter a mo-
ment's hesitation)-Which made 'ths
most?
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

ESEEO - -~.iOSt tiS
during the entire
weed could be seen. & 4s
I make shallow furroSsSz .s;sssss5sss
shovel plow, and if the
quite level, drop aero IS the fSsss
by stakes, which brings them r6ass:
both ways. This will not 'oyaS
siding ground, for the Sill, be us
made 50 fine, will wash badly II rowed
up and down.
1 use 8 special phosphate for pota'
toes about 500 pounds pei acre, not
thrown in lump in the hill. but
scattered With proper tiilage before
planting, aud early and frequent cult
vation have little use for a hoe.
I have my own IDEAS i'll regard to
seed selection. Long after the ia:
NOUS Early Rose had ben displaced
bv other varieties on NEST farms, l
grew them N perfection and obtained
high prices for see. | take great
pains in selecting seed. IN Ill shaped
or rough tib=r is always rejected. Nc
doubt it is well to try new varieties
occasionally. hut careful selection OF
seed is after all the main thing. ..,
\ VOID as to marketing. When
selecting for sale. reject all roug un'
couth looking ones these can be'usei
in your own family aud i'll measuring:
it is we'll to hang bushel on the
scales occasionally, and see If they
hold out weight. Better put two OF
three good tubers IN excess Of 90
pounds than do as certain man once
did. A bushel of seed was bought. to
change seed, the man putting them in
bag. After reaching home the bag
seemed 50 light the purchaser con.
cluded to weigh it, and found bag and
llweighed only 49 pounds. It al.
wavs pays to deal so we can deal With
the same person again. New. England
4ao1
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

Trenching Lane
Years ago English

Years ago Englis
! much to say abes
tTepcAing lan5s 80
instead of W g 8
farm 80 cheaSs
trenS<s Sslgging of lafs1si;
ott give employmen
es ->fates. 1t is a waste 5s
ostly, for the hand digging of
.ssssssssS5ies does not fit the soil any bet
g>Ior crops than will the subsoil plow
which merely follows the surface plow
pnlverizing the subsoil without bring
ingi up. In fact, the subsoil plow.
except on the very richest land, does
better work than can be done by
trenching. In hand digging much. nf :
the -,'l,ss,jil Is pretty sure to be mixed
with surface soil. Only very rich soil
can bear such mixture without injury
to the first crop after it has been
done.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

Junction City
Se Saint James,
g two investors
State, Mr.. Ezra
n amilton Fales.
much interested
I'D had in mind
te deals there.
owners IN a
erning whose
ited faith; and
item in he
that Colonel
City's richest
.d in this d.
the quartet
n, the day bell
!, was passing
five, in which
I'd noticed that
Sat opened into
sd. Danny's S
!e knew that
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

Hois beauty written on hill ard 81
dhls is the rustic's lot OF bliss. s,
"ich he Of towns shall daily mis-
20 % see God 5 rainbow mercy b-idS 81,
ne high heaven and the aoun,ai
1E ~! shepherd dog upon my knee. !
MS ::.e&d shall rest tor company
IL ia Hours OF leasu-e, and shall keep9
Ny Wandering kline and strayine ss
Shai2 taste my driak and share nv b
Mi!S from the kline myself had fed;
:&Et% &c and butter, golder-dyed,
As houey that my bees provide. ,
10 market at the peep OF day
Wy Way would wend with corn and
bus SCI! no harmless. joyous life
20 or! against the butchers knife.
-s
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
snny Curran, !
/ The Blow Boy
By Alfred Sumner.

y night on the main street. O!
1odern city is not at all 2de
the flash and glimmer of CHE
lights on the wet pavement
attic of carriages dashi5nG
Che rain produce a metrop{oli
3that is very satisfactory I t.
sr-by. On this nssSssshaa
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

OlWOttD, MS tail HSutet
ng light rain coat, stood
, others, and was Incl
,g at Danny Curran, the
was not a favorite with
/ account Of his habi-
ectful attitude toward
ards musical things i'll
ertainly nothing pitiful
! nanny's usual attitude
orll, but as the young
; the boy sitting with
seep!y into his pockets
Swn forward, he felt
sther's loneliness, damp
Ssral appearance OF beng
9he world. Holworth
4 call later, and had in
%rv artistic box filled
8 creams. He stepped
81 and held out the box
eng:
Son, this belongs to
@l up with a shrewd,
81 said, "Aw, come off,"
lrth smiled, laid the
aud moved away with
;, a reply to the NUT
ssd, ''Much Obliged
iter found him in the
sg attractive modern
side a pretty girl to
3ing:
:er stands just here;
,ided to go within
the end of that
r myself will have
teller of the Mer-
: incidentally, very
s. md I will know
&c will be in the
1t future. The place
but Clark's uncle
:lll.'
st see that there
between Clark and
pack his head and
sEon the board OF
Sever believed in
I see plainly that
d be justice per-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
4 Rahinc,

"What's the naS
asked the friend. !
"I haven't the !
swered the very
1.-The surgeons are
for appendicitis w
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

silk hat and
What are
IS andin' before ssssss
said Tommy; II ssszss
would look if I was tvs
His Daughter-Yss, ss
in the same old way; they
live happy ever after. The
Man-Ah ! Antique hnish !!
He kissed her. She neither drew hae 49,
turned red. 49,
And she did not deliver slap on his eas
He kissed her! No word by the lady wasss
- said
She had ceased to be thrilled-they'd been
married year.
Mother-Dear me! The baby has
swallowed that piece OF worsted.
Father-That's nothing to the yarns
sheil have Is swallow if she lives to
grow up.
Teacher-Johnny, you must stay
after school and work two examples.
Johnny-What, and get fired from the
Scholars union for working over.
timeo. Not much =. !;
Admiring Friend-You may not
realize it, Wilson, but your daughter
is, a poem. Editor with q sigh ~ do.
s7TEsliza ~ Hers IL one of the few
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20

A rains
a small N,
pressingS
electric Il
and the 7;
through 4
tan effect
the pass
rainy mig
City, pass
ture on th
noticed th
italy ligh
correctly t
Hal'lSh CHI
rehearsal.
Inside t
preparing
passed off
humor. Z
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-05-20
Sign.

( Sign.
tier with you?'
east idea" an
cynical invalid.
Ding to operate
.sashington Star.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-21

Bay. In no lesser degree Admiral
Dewcy's reputation and in Il larger
degree our idolatry of him Is based
upon his treatment Of the impcrtinent
German fleet, after the battle. The
assumption and impudencc Of the
Germans was very trying to Ameri
cans and when the only admiral sue.
ceeded In impressing upon their adj
miral that he would fire upon any
ships that got between the American
navy and Manila the relief on this
side OF the ocean was inexpressible.
Thirdly tile reserve and modesty 50
signally exhibited since his return are
indications Of greatness that only
great man in the midst Of such
temptations to display ever showed.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1899-10-21

"oo'e ali ny CHTISCIanltY. In rela.
tion to the orthodox church, tim
GnOstics feigned a naive surprise a,
not being fully recognized as most
faithful followers of Christianity and
members of the large Christian BODY
All they aspired to, they said, was to
be allowed to form small central
circle within the large outer circle
to he kind Of theosophic community
consisting OF the more advanced
members of the church. They ad.
here1, for the most part, to the out.
ward forms Of Christian worship and
occasionally surpassed the Christian
ceremony in pOmp and spendourp
Such was the fascination that Gnos.
ticism exercised over the p.pular
mind. that had it not been for its
innumerable schisms, which prevent.
ed its alliance with the political
powers In the regions where the Gnos.
tic sects flOurished, Gnosticism would
not have so nearly disappeared at the
end Of the sixth century.
The dangerous tendency OF any re.
ligion which, before death, divorces
the body from the spirit, which
teaches that the body is a contempt.
ible, unworthy cage for the i'm.
prisonment OF an ineffable. powerful,
naughty spirit, despising It's bonds,
which IL cen break by questioning
their strength and denying all ev;.
dences Of matter. is indicated by the
history OF the GnOstics and by all
other similar sects.
The moment we deny responsibility
for acts done in the body, the mo.
mant we excuse ourselves to ourselves
by admitting that a certain wicked.
ness was committed by Mr.. Hyde and
not by the aspiring and pure minded
DIR. Jekyl who Is an immortal spirit
Incapable OF evil and not responsible
for Mr.. Hyde, that moment we are
in greatest danger from carnal tempt.
atiOnS.
The Bible says the body Isl temple.
1t is not cage. Within IL, the spirit
lives. And there Is no positive evi,
dence that spirits dwell on this earth
at all except by and in the body.
Sometimes lifelong invalids are
conquered by the pains Of the body.
Its incessant and insistant demands
have subjugated the spirit and the
mind 50 that The invalid Is only an
aching body. The long habit of pain
and complaint has conquered, and
adversely has destroyed the spirit
instead Of refining it.
Then there are criminals whose
bodies have subjugated the spirit,
not by sophistry Of contention
between the powers Of good and evil
and the doctrine Of the irresponsi.
bility Of the spirit for the triumph of
evil, but by the deliberate coronation
OF lust for gold, power, or the graft
fcalion OF the appetite.
BY denying responsibility for the
acts Of the body, by theoretically IL.
noring and despising it, the body Is
left to It's own devices and will from
ambush attack the spirit. A king
without kingdom or subjects is in
effectual and his anomalous position
embarrasses intercourse with his
neighbors. A ghost is unpleasant as
wei! as terrifying. We do not know
anything that we have not learned by
seeing, hearing, smell ing, tOuchinI'
tasting and by an instinct which Is
none of these and has not yet been
named. We do not know how 70 adj
dress a ghost. We know hat matter