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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Workman Stuck to His Post.

Albert Murphy, young man, en-
ployed as iron molder by the Goulds
at Seneca Falls, n. Y, came near be-
ing burned to death on q recent after
noon. Murphy, having a quantity OF
bell metal in his ladle, poured it into
kettle under scaffold, above which
the men washed up at quitting time.
4 quantity of water had leaked from
above into the kettle which Murphy
did not see. AS the metal went into
the kettle there was an explosion, and
the liquid metal was thrown upon MIN,
setting his shirt and hat on fire and
burning him terribly from the hips to
the crown &C his head.
Although suffering untold agonies,
Murphy stuck to his post and handled
the ladle despite his burns until the
entire casting, which was valuable
one, had been distributed in the
molds. He then fell over unconscious
and was carefully picked up by his
workmen and carried to the
Office, where medical aid was sum-
moned.
His eyes escaped injury, but his
face, arms, and body will be disfg-
ured for life. The burns at first were
thought 20 be fatal, but his ree2aary
is now regarded as certain. 7 he
hero of the foundry.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Hn,v the italian Saves.

The Italian working man, at wage
OF s1.25 to $3.50 day can always
manage to put some portion of it by,
even if he has large family. 4 cor
ner of his chest is his first Savings
bank" If there is no chest, he car.
ries it about with him in greasy
pocketbook, or with fear and trem:
bling hands it over to some good
friend who keeps shop, to hold il
until it amounts to S. or so. He
guards it jealously, [, Ike many OF
the going Irish 2 ants. No
old china teapot on an uppe: eelf, no
old stocking is q fit receptacle. After
a bank account is started small sums
follow it, and when there are several
hundred dollars the man looks around
for q chance to invest.
He buys real estate most frequently,
unless he plans to use his first money
in setting up small shop of his own.
Real estate IS the poor Italians dream.
Only New York real estate is not
usually what he is looking for. His
purchases are most frequently made,
Italian authorities say, in one of the
towns on the outskirts OF New York,
Paterson being, for example, a popu-
lar place. He begins with q large
mortgage, and sets himself the task
of reducing this, and seldom does he
fail to make a payment.-New York
Tribune
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Paper Handkercnleis Now.

- curious and in some respects a
Suggestive Il alton Of what may be
termed manufacturing ideas is af-
forded by the recent Introduction in
to the English market Of the paper
handkerchief Of Japan. The Irish
Textile journal, which devotes a lead,
ing article to this weighty subject, in,
stances the fact that, so long ago as 1852,
some Chinese visitors, to the west, af-
ter they had discarded their handker,
chiefs, experienced the satisfaction OF
seeing the occidental ''barbarians''
rush forward to pick them up and
carry them away as curios; but we
have got long way beyond that kind
of thing low.
The enterprising Japanese, among
whom, it is perhaps unnecessary to
observe, the use of paper handker-
chiefs has obtained for centuries, are
now laying these articles down in the
English markets at sixty cents per box
of 100, OF say, seven cents per dozen,
and when we learn that the laundry
price for washing handkerchiefs is one
cent each, or twelve cents a dozen, ii
becomes pretty certain that the Japan
ese manufacturer will in this particu'
lar become strong rival, not only t.
the British laundry woman, but to the
British manufacturer also. The Jap
anese handkerchiefs are described as
being of very fue quality Of paper
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Too Swift For the .Jurrler.

The man who did Juggling act at
the Park Theatre and concluded his
performance by tossing number of
apples into the audience for people to
throw at him while he made an at
tempt to catch them ON fork held be-
tween his teeth got all that was com.
ing to him the othsr afternoon. The
irst apple tossed out fell into tho
waiting hands of young man well
known in this city for his athletic
prowess. 1t took less than second
for him to send the apple flying
toward the juggler and the force in a
well-developed right arm was behind
it. The iuggler saw it coming but
wasn't quick enough to get out OF the
way. The apple caught him plump
between the eyes and shattered in
to a thousand pieces before the actor
knew what struck him, Worcester
Spy.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
WISE WORDS.

The borrower runs into his own
ebt.-Emerson.
A slight debt produces debtor; q
heavy one, an enemy.-PubliusS sSyrus.
IT'S strange but true; for truth is
always strange-tstranger than fiction.
Byron.
Not only whatis borh with Kim, bu'
also what he acquires makethe man
Goethe. ~
Do weN thaSw4icB is Assigned tc
thee and Ehou caast 8bt hbpe too mucl
or dare t6o 6omaca- Emerson
courag el Up ydk heatk Wher
We do tire, he will bsarI IboyM you ant
your burRsp<saausseR sseRutharford. !.
Nature basgfven to men one tongue,
but two ears, that we may h"ar from
others twicsSSmuch as we speaF-
Epictetus. II
There is dew in one flower Eid,no,
in anothsS because one 9pens fthE
dhNl ueAhSo ~ y, " -NA> ~. ~
>iss<lf and the drop runs Rsscher
Debt makes everythii tempta
ton. 1t felsrs a man in espect
places him aE the mercy o. trades
men andseEvants. He cannot :, cal al
himself his~ewn master, and it is diff
cult for him to be ruthful.-Smiles.
Let the millionaire take his mil
lions to the slums and say: "Ther'
is wrong distribution OF the wealtl
of the world. You have not got you
share. 7 give to each of you his share
of my millions. ."-Andrew Carnegie.
The one serviceable, safe, certain
remape4etive, attainable quality il
every Study and every pursuit, is th'
quality d attention. Ny own inyen
ton o. imagination, such as it is, I cal
host truthfully assure you, woul'
never have served me sit has, but TO
the habit of common place, humble, pa
tient, toiling, drudging attention.
Charles Dickens.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
After Robert departed I looked for

After Robert departed L looked for
the newspaper containing the notice,
but could not find it. He had had
several in his hand, but the special
copy he had taken with him. I donot
know what prompted me to write q
note Of congratulation to Gus and dis
patch it by my brother Ned, q lad Of
twelve. I mentioned having seen the
notice in the paper, and said I was
sorry he had not conided in me.
It was after 10o'clock, and retired
to my room. Half an hour later ]
heard Ned coming up stairs. He
stopped at my door.
"Did you see Gus?' I asked from
within.
eyes. He's down stairs. He camo
back with me-.
"What does he want:"
ssHe wants to see you, guess.
"What for
3.He dida'tsay. Probably wants to
borrow your overshoes. Better go
down and ask him.
I went down. He didn't want tc
borrow anything. On the contrary he
wanted me to give him some thing to
keep-my hand, my heart. He SAID
the notice of his being married was
confounded fraud-that Robert must
have had it inserted in few copies Of
the paper by special agreement-it
could be doneif one was willing to pay
for it. He was in quite an excited
frame of mind, and I hardly knew my
usual placid Gus.
"Of course, when you were engaged
to Robert, it was not for me to make
any attempt to win You. I though
you knew your own mind, and had
decided that I was not the sort of fel'
low you cared to marry. But this
trick gives Inc right to speak. An
I too late?"
Naturally I told him he was. Tha
if he had cared for me in that way he
ought to have come forward long be
fore. Now that my word was plighte(
to Robert, and I could not think o.
breaking it, though he had acted IN
most despicable manner, in a manner
TO make me ashamed to think he wa
my plighted lover-and SO on.
To which Gus replied:
Sail right, little girl. II you thinl
so, 1 had better go and give him thu
worst licking he ever had in his life
even though they do send me to jai
for it. But you won't care"
''I shall care"
s:Then we'd better get married a
once, early morrow morning. How
carly can you be ready?"
ought to have resisted longer, bu
| I didn't. I consented to be ready o
any hour that he should name-and
was-and we were married.
And that is all there is to the story
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
oe7eioped ineo q veritaDle conllasra'
ton, was extinguisbed.
Woman Who pefled a British Array.

Woman Who Defled British Army.
An event that is, on the same scale,
unparalleled in history was that pro.
vided by a woman of noble race, the
Rance OF Jhansie, who stood at the
head of her own troops and twice de-
fed the British army; she. on the Sec
ond occasion being so desperately
wounded as to be carried off the field
supposedly dead.
When the terrible conhagration of
the Indian mutiny was thought to be
almost extinguished this woman-who
was singularly handsome and, in the
European sense, still quite young
famed the dying fame among her
own subjects in Central India, giving
every active direction for the defense
of her city of Jhansie, but her fiery
and iatrepid spirit brought tS5 very
fercest and most bloodthirsty Of the
mutineers throughout whole prov
inces to her aid. Sir Hugh Rose, with
British force, made most memoir
able speedy march IN order to inter
cept the hordes rushing to her ban
ner, and when he came before her city
she sent out messages of insolent de-
fance, declaring that she would have
him murdered, as she had ordered
other Britons to be massacred.
With her own hands she helped at
the guns, while furiously urging on
her men, and when the place was
magnifcently stormed and taken at
the bayonet's point, she escaped,
wounded badly. But she soon rallied
another army, and when she was
again defeated at Suhejnee she fought
in the first line like veritable fury,
and was mortally wounded.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
sinsIe-Handed Fight Against Five Beers

Single Handed Fight Against Five Beers.
Papers SSust received from South
Africa relate an exciting ingle-handed
combat between Gunner Harvey. r.
NJ. A., of Norbury, Staffordshire,
nephew to the Mayor of Newcastle,
and five Beers. After the battle of
Graspan, Harvey left the British camp
in company with comrade to relieve
q soldier who had been wounded.
Five of the enemy suddenly appeared
and halted about eighty yards from
Harvey and his companion, leveled
their rifles and fired. Harvey's COM
panion fell dead. Upon this Harvey
deliberately knelt down and fired,
killing one of their number. The
Beers then commenced running to-
ward him, and as they did so Harvey
fired again, and stretched another out
dead. He then drew his revolver and
fred, wounding one of the Beers in
the side. The remaining two closed
upon him, clubbing their rifles.
Harvey then drew his sword and
waited for the attack. One Of the
Beers dealt crashing blow at his
breast. Harvey sprang aside, avoiding
the blow, and quickly recovering him
self sprang at his opponent, dealing
him a blow with his sword, which al:
most severed the mans head from his
body. Simultaneously the remaining
Boer raised his rife aud sent Harvey
staggering to the earth. He was upon
his feet in an instant, his sword
whirling in the air, and before his
foe could recover Harvey struck him
dead.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
MY LITTLE soY.sEAu.

I is hidden away with the keepsakes
:. OF summers and winters ago
A loye-letter yellow and faded
And creased, from my little boy-beau.
The envelope reads, ''To my dearest"
The pages ere tattered and torn,
The childish handwriting is blotted,
:. But 1t breathes OF liie's roseate morn.
The little boy-beau ne is sleeping
Where his regiment laid him to rest,
In n uniform buttoned and braided,
With flag and q sword on his breast.
But It is not the dashing young soldier
In sabre and sash that see,
But the little boy-beau with his ringlets-
he will never grow older to me.
Since, girl OF eleven, found it
Slipped into my grammar one day
The years with their rains and their roses
Have rapidly glided away.
Lovers and hearts they.have brought me,
Tears and my portion OF woe;
But never so pure ar affection
As the loye OF my little boy-beau.
-Minna Irving, in Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Brave Children

Probably one of the youngest heroes
on record is Leonard Webber, aged
five years, who has just received a cer-
tiicate of honor from the Royal HUI
name Society for saving his three
year-old brother from drowning. The
Philadelphia Times tells the story.
The children were playing with other
boys upon the edge of a pond, when
the younger Webber fell into the
water. The others, frightened, took
to their heels, but Leonard, without
the slightest hesitation, plunged in
and rescued his brother.
Quite as remarkable was case
which comes from remote corner of
Russia, where a boy Of nine years act
ually had the temerity to tackle a
great, gaunt wolf that had assailed q
tiny playmate as he lay asleep.
The rescuer seized an axe that had
been left by woodman, and gave bat
tie to the wolf, which, finding itself
thus attacked, promptly scuttled off
to the wood.
Russia has been the scene of much
youthful heroism. Some years ago,
while a peasant woman was sitting
with her little daughter, aged about
eight years, at supper, the curtains
which divided the living-room in
which they sat from the adjoining bed
room caught fire through the explo-
sion OF an oil lamp.
The mother sat still, not knowing
what to do, but her daughter, child as
she was, possessed more presence of
mind. Selling a knife, she climbed
upon q chair, cut down the blazing
curtains, and then smothered the
flames with the hearth-rug. In two
minutes the fire. which might have
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26

But the cheap novel of the early
seventies was only step in the whole
scheme of evolution. With the great
competition came marked decline IN
the quality of the material. Each year
showed advances in outright sensa-
tionalism, until the elimination was
reached in the typical shocker OF re-
cent memory.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Side Views on Life,

Practice sometimes makes perfect
nuisance.
It isn't so much what a man has
that makes him happy as what he
doesn't want.
1t is always better to be right than
to be consistent.
The average man has a poor foun-
dation when he stands on his dignity.
There are three things the wise man
keeps on good terms with-his wife,
his stomach and his conscience.
Some people who don't claim to
know very much make better use Of
their knowledge than others who
think they know it all.-Chlcago
News,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Withdrawn.

"Where is your big gun?" asked
the powdered matron who had com,
late to the military ball.
'He went away little while ago in
a disappearing carriage" e1pl iuel
the master of nies.-Chicago
Tribune.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
What Is a Fl,me For:

Willie Lightcoat-"I hear that Mr..
Perry married on old flame"
Maud Smith Yes, and now thsS
fame has to light the fire every morn.
inc. g.'-Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
A Trade In Itself.

Citizen-ssSee here, I'll give you 4
dime, but believe you asked me- for
money only yesterday. Why doa's
you learn some good business?
Able-Bodied Beggar r-"I have
learned one, sir; I'm a re-toucher. -
Life.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Faced an Army Single Handed.

Our modern military annals
crammed with the names of heroic
private soldiers-have one, and only
one, record of private who, to save
his native comrades, says Tit-Bits,
literally faced the fire Of whole
army, and obtained a we'll deserved
commission for the unprecedented
feat.
During the Indian mutiny it was
sometimes in battle almost impossible
to tell our loyal native allies from the
revolted enemy. At the relief of
Lucknow, Private Howell, Of the
Thirty-second Foot, was near loyal
native regiment that had, through too
great impetuosity and miaoenception
of orders, got to a position where it
was mistaken for the enemy, and the
whole advance OF the British army,
amid the smoke, poured into it an
awful fire, killing great numbers OF
men. At this moment, Howell, who
saw that the men exposed were para
lived with astonishmeE and fear,
rushed forward some thirty yards in
aJ af thsiEa line tss
up his left hand warnfA y, waved has
shake at the point Of his musset with
his right.
Hundreds of bullets from his syn
comrades 8hizzed past him, two .
them cutting one sleeve of his tunic
but the daring deed served his ppa
pose, for the British officer saw wha
was intended. No sooner had th
"cease fire" sounded than the men
to be the moment after again in tn
throes of battle, sent up magni6cen
cheer for Howell.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
A Wonderful Woman.

Mr.. Hoon-''Your aunt Almira is Q
remarkable woman"
Mrs. Hoon-"How so?'
Mr.. Hoon-"Why, haven't you no.
ticed that when she hears that widow
is to be married she doesn't count on
her fingers and then wag her head
.solemnly? Most remarkable old lady
I have ever seen. Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Rushed.

"Tou seem to be very busy, Miss
Dorothy?"
many things for SO many people thai
I can't do anything for anybody"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
A Quick Choice.

Chow did you like those two posm'
I sent you?" asked Willie Wishing
ton.
"There was long one and q shors
one, wasn't sllere!" asked Miss Cey-.
enne.
eyes. Which did you prefer?"
s'I haven't read them yet. Bat I
am sure I shall like the short one. -
Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
her Isctort.

"a lot of women love to get togc.;ser
and talk over great mass of imprac-
tical subjects, said Mr.. Blykins, an |
then go home and leave the world ~
better nor wiser than it was before"
"Yes," answered his wife, with,
serene amiability, sometimes womea
do so. But they didn't get up thai
peace conference at The Hague som,
time ago. Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Slow Methods.
aWhv she srlsza

He-"If there could be any slower
amusement than playing chess by mail.
should like to know what could be.
Him-"They might use mcssen'
ger boy instead OF the mails. In
dianapolis Press.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Germs Of Old Age.

'sDoctor, I wonder if I'm no: get
ting old?"
20 lite possibly. The bacillus OF
old age is very prevalent just now.
Detroit Journal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Easy Method.

Johnson-"Jackson, how would you
get into society?"
Jackson-"oh, if felt like it, and
had the clothes, and was invitel, I'll
o."-Indianapolis Journal.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Detained at Home.

Mrs. Muggins-"Are you going to
the Paris Exposition this summer"
, Mrs. Buggins-'sNo; I cant geS
away. The cook wants to CO.
Philadelphia Record.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Hard to undcrstand.

"Did you say he had studied mu'
sic?" said the gentleman with the
long hair, when the soloist had con-
cluded.
"Oh, yes, indeed!'' :.
"It's very remarkable"
"His voice?'
eyes. If he hes studied music I
cant understand why he shonld per-
siss in trying to sing. Washington
Star, <~A
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
THE MERRY SIDEOF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD 6Y TIE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

The Point Of view-Nerer NeGlects Soc
cIa1 Duty-A Plain Distinction-Wei'.
What Is q Flame For?-Germs OF OH
Age-Detained at Home, ETC., Etc.
When on the curb you aiting stand
And see the gripman waye his hand,
And pass you by, you rage In vain
In anger at his rude disdain.
But when you're safely fixed inside
Aud some outsider wants to ride,
You smile and hear his pleading call.
And somehow do not care at all.
Washington SIac.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26

Never Neglects Social Duty.
"Don't you observe any social
duties whatever?"
Certainly; I decline all my invita-
tions n-Chicaoo Record.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26

AM willing to con-
fess that I would
have married Gus
Waters at q word.
He was the sort of
young man q girl
instinctively likes
and trusts. Perhaps
this is not the kind
of feeling the story
books call love, but
I fancy it is just as
good.
enc woo nm II
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-05-26
Mesteries OF Life.

Dibbs-"A man ought to knov
when he's GOT enSugh."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-21
SOMETHING NEW IN SURGERY.
An Operation That Was Deserve
Ing of Worldwide Gel.
ebrity.

81 see," said the old man Pimpernel the
other evening, relates the Cleveland Plain
Dealer, chat they've mended another brok-
en- neck for a Teller. He had a fall some
where's out in the country, an when they
got him to tn hospital tn doctors found
hat his upper spinal colume was cracked
clean across. Teller couldn't hold his head
up, an his voice was clean gone." :,
How did they patch him up!" inquired
John Bowman.
you'll be s'prised when I tell you" re-
piled the old man. at was so dead easy:
Fust, they crowded owe tn left phalanx till
it Tapped the right vertrickle, an then they
stuck tn two ends together with anty-toxum
glue. That's fer blood pisenin', you know.
Then they got the broken ends Of the me
dulla together an fastened 'em in place with
strips Of adhesin' plaster. After that they
nailed narrow rods of zinc up and down his
backbone and clinched 'em together with
rivits. When this was all fixed the surgeon
sent out an got an old-fashioned bootJack,
an they tied it on his chest SO that the open
in at the top would just catch under his
Gilman hold it until the glue hardens. An,
as soon as it does harden the young fellerL
be just as sound as ever, with a few riv't'
thrown in"
"Thunder!" cried Josh Bowman. "Ain'
it wonderful"
"You Jest bet it is" said the old man.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-21
COW. WOOD IN WASHINGTON.
r.r,ued to Discuss Public Mat
ters Before Having Had Of
acinI Conference.

Washington, July 1s.-Gov.-Gen.
Wood of Cuba, who arrived in Wash
;noton Tuesday night, reached the war
denartment at $3.50 a. m, and went inn
mediately into Secretary Roots Office.
He said he knew very little about con-
ditions in China or the reason for his
having been called to Washington. He
came here in response to a telegraphic
request from Secretary Root. GsN.
Wood said conditions in Cuba were
ouiet and favorable.
In response to a question as to
whether he could spare more troops
from there, he said no request had
been made on him for troops except
for the three regiments which had
been ordered from Cuba a month be-
fore the Chinese trouble became SO
serious. He believed there would be
inquiry made as to how many troops
he could spare, but he was not pre-
pared to say anything until he had dis
cussed the question with Secretary
Root.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1900-07-21

While living at his home at Hartford,
Conn, Mark Twain was one morning deep
in the composition of some humorism from
which he expected a good deal, when he was
called to the telephone. He told the servant
to receive the message and bring it to him,
but in a few moments was informed that the
party at the other end of the wire wanted
him. Provoked at the interruption, Mark
went to the telephone, and, after "helloing''
for some time without an answer, he used
some language not generally seen in print,
but which was certainly picturesque: While
thus engaged he heard an answer in aston
ished tones and recognized the voice of an
eminent divine whom he knew very well.
ems. II didn't hear what you said. Ny but.
Ter has been at the telephone and said he
COULDN'T understand you"