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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
The Saw Dialect,

"Anything new, Scratchard?" in
quired the publisher, as he toyed with
his diamond studded seal.
|. eyes" said the author, eagerly, as
he d 'ew bulky wal of manuscript
fro n a much soiled newspaper. 'Tve
got al original story he:e that IS sim
ply 6 eat.''
."What's great about it?"
'sThs dialect. It's all Boer."
The publisher slightly 8 arted.
~ 4cphat seems like g .oa thing"
sail -'sLet's hear little OF it,
!: The author moistened his lips, IN
folded the manuscript, and began:
"'The bronled young Uitlander
paused beside the sp uit, which was
now little more than dusty slut. He
had come through the kran z,aud over
tue mex, and along the poort, anil pa t
the ko. ie. aud straigh; across the level
veldt, a d he was tired Raising his
boz; tie of dop to his lips he WIS disap-
pointed to Fl I'd it was empty. He I'll Ell
the flask at the fontein, in the kloof,
C. e,e to the drift, and, mo'stening a
Little biltoag, ate eagerly. ''l wisA I
had soma mealies," he muttered,
'but caa't expec it until [ reach
the next kraal. E;en thea donbt
the wisdom OF showing myself. I feel
pre-. ty sure that the zarps we e put on
nv track as soon as the voorlooper
recognized me. ~"
The great publisher waved his
hand.
"Splendidp' he cried. t*That's
Just what we've been looking for.
We II have it on the bookstau Is in ten
days. Can you fll a Sc !us! with some
more Of the same rot?'
And the happy author said he
thought be eo1:d --Cieve!and Plaip
Desle-.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
THE PROFESSION OF SPY,
Necessary to Waifsre, and Although
Hazardous 1t Ia Lucrative.

! Necessary to Warfare, and Although
Hazardous It Ia Lucrative.
The word Spy" has en- ugl.. SQUAT
owing to its many unpleasant :ssvci,.
tions, vet in war time spies afior.. III,
army aid which IS as valuable as it is
highly remuneratel, says writer in
the London Mail. One OF the maxins
for commanding officers, in book for
their guidance written by Lord VOL
seley, is that successful spy must
be pe ted and made much of. The
management Of spies is very difficult.
Out of every 10 employed by the
officer commanding q war district he
is fortunate if one gives him uthful
information. It IS most important
thing that spies should not be knowa
| to each other. Great care is generally
taken by officers that each spy shall
imagine tnat he is the Only one wh@ Is
employed.
It's very necessary that all bonatide
spies should have about their persons
some means OF proving themselves
really to be what they represent them.
selves. For this purpose coin OF
certain date, Bible Of certain ed!-
ton, a Testament with the seventh OK
18th leaf torn oct are generally em-
ployed.
By their means q spy who was en-
ployed by al officer in a neutral state,
making his way to the headquarters
of the o mr in the field, could thus at
once make himself known to the in
telligence department there. In some
instances it is considered that pass
word or sign should be employed, as
it is less compromising. The putting
up Of the right hand to the ear ana
then to the left ear, or some such ges-
ture. is generally employed.
The more extensive the ramitica-
tions of the system the better are the
chances of escaping detection. It is
very necessary that ficers of the IN
| telligence department should be pro-
rided with specially prepa ed raper,
upon which letters can be written IN
ink that does not become visible until
| it has been sub ectei to soMe chemical
process. tits also necessary that q let
term ordinary ink shous d invai iabiy DO
written on the same paper con: aiming
the information that it is required to
! keep secret.
Although a spy runs tho great risk
! of immediate death if he is detected,
: yet the service is not without glory as
1 times, and it is certainty extremely
i lucrative.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
E'ectrncutioa in France.

The French government may dis
continue the use o: he guillotine and
q topt electrical execution. The head
OF the criminal is inclose in g; helmet
somewhat similar to that used by a
diver.
When the execniioner turns: on the
current two needles penetrate the
temples and enter the brain. A
powe:fuI alternating current r1rtures
aad destroys the braiu cells so qnje!Gy
that death will be instautan eoue,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
GODS OF THE FILIPIN0J.
PAGAN CUSTOMS. csssEV:c IN OR
EASTERN tSLAtoS

The Natives Believe in q Remarkable
Medley of Dei.tes aud Occult Induences
Creation Myths Similar to Those oi
CeyIon = The Egg Shell Ordeal
American missionaries who expect
to carry on evangelical work III the
Philippine Islands viii find no dearth
of native Pagan religions and re.
ligious custo Is to combat. III the
various large Islands comprising the
archipe ago many odi rites are prac,
tised and many strange gods believed
in.
During the past quarter OF cen
tury the Investigations made by indie
fatigable travellers and Spanish priests
who have dwelt among the natives
have brought to light some curious
and interesting facts concerning the
religions of The different tribes. The
Pagan natives believe in rkaole
meiley of gods and occult influences,
investing the productions OF the earth
as we'll as the celestial bodies with
sacred and mighty powers, either
good or malign. It .is also important
to uo,a that, while often Ieurile, there
has been found in their vague and
lumblei pantheistic system aremar ka'
BILE mblance in al instances
to the several religions of Egypt and
India. -
Some Of the least savage tribes hold
We y pronounced beliefs concerning
the progeuitor OF the human race.
The Aelam Of the Iilocom tribe IS
known as Angngalo, giant, who
created the world by order OF su'
preme being, belief similar to that
preva ent in Ceylou. where, it is de-
clare /, there is on the summit OF the
Mount of Adam a gigantic footl rlnt
left by Adam whei 4 he spraag from
the heavens upon t.Se earth.
The bell in az after-life is very
general. Among the northern lilo
cans the souls or shades of the de-
fuuct are known as Anioaas, who re-
main upon the earth in sadness and
darkness, fire ,uensing the place where
their bodies were accustomed to be IN
llfe.. Sometimes they assume thell
corporal form,and appear to tn IT
fr:euds or relatives The Hiocans
ho d that each mortal has three die:
fereat souls KarKarnia tine so u
of the liviag); the Alalia that OF tha
deadl, aud the An: oaas ltnat oI t1s
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

s0!.AALzl =.
Of Filipino gods. The chief god OF
the aucient Tagals wss known as Bad
ha|a or Bathala mey;Kapal, who was
believe | to be personifed by the bird
Tigma. manu- iin. the same desigua-
tion is given by the l:sgals to comets
or certain other ce!a .tla! phenomena,
which they believe to pressage 6 eat
events. In th religion Of the natives
OF the island of Minanlo 10 there IS q
god Bad a, only son OF another great
deity, Mansi atau, who preserves aud
defends from fraud and t.eachery Of
the demons Pu languon AMI Malim-
bung. It is held that the word Ba-
tala or Ba LA is simply variation
and Authorization Of Batura-guru, the
title sometimes given to S,va, who,
with Brahma aad Vishnu, constitute
the trinity Of the Hindu religion.
A curious instance of sorc,ry known
as Bongat is still in vogue among the
natives on the island of .Mi1dano. 1t
is brought into play when ro berry
has bee committed and the th eff is
unknown. In two followed cane
stalks a mysterious powder is pre-
served. A Bit of this powder from
one cane Is blown into hens egg,
through a small hole in the shell aud
the e g is then laid upon the fire.
The result is astonishing and satisfae-
tory. Immediately the unhappy
nu: :glar, no matter where he may be
or how remote he is from the. sc ne
OF his depredations, is seized with ter:
rife and iucessant pa; rs throughout
his body, and he promptly and o De-
diently uakes known his whereab uts
anl guilt by exclaim ng in anguish !:
81 am the thief!' If the robbed party
is inexorable aud wishes the ,ascal to
die, he suddenly smashes the pow
dered egg and the guilty mans exist
en- is at once ended. But if he
doesn't meet this dry eadful doom he
has a chance of e~c4 ping from his
p ,ins. He must obtaA q some Of the
y der from the st coad cane, none of
which was blown into the egg, aud
, Ter it Vi on water, in VIII ch he
must bathe. Having accomplished
all this. he is at once relieved from
ais Lodily tortures.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
FINDING OF A LOST TRI8s.
A Hermit Race Ju+t Discovered in Arctic
(nnadi.

(anadI.
The Federal authorities at Ottawa
have tecn notified of the discove y,on
a lonely isl.nd in Hudson bay, OF
lost triue Of Esquimauz, q commnnl y
which has been for centuries without
interco rse with other representatives
of The human species and whose MEM
bers never saw white man until
few months ago. They are still in the
stone age, knowing no metals: they
grow no plants, and their houses are
built of the skulls Of whales.
Tie home OF this strange tribe is on
Southampton island, piece of water
girt land nearly as large rs the state
of Maine, and situated at the north
end of Hudson bay. Apparently the
people have dweit there since pre-.
Columbi times, and today they sub
sist in exactly the sams way as they
must have done then. Having been
isolated for so long period, it is
natural that they should possess many
pecul:arilies.
Their houses of skulls, more properly
described as huis, are built by putting
together the great Jaws of whales aud
then covering them over with SKINS.
In the middle of the primitive dwell
ing is m elevated place, on which
stands the inevitable stone lamp, can
ployed for Ii ,htin', >, heating, cooking,
melting snow, dying clothes and in
certain arts. The lamp j. nothing
more than an open dish Of whale or
seal oil with a wick Of dry moss
soaked in fat. The whale is the chief
meaus OF subsistence OF these strange
people. They use the whaleoone in 8
! variety Of surprising ways, making
even their cups and buckets OF it, by
bending it into round shapes and
sewing on the bottoms. Many of their
implements are of wha!ebone, aud
fro N the same article they maze To-
bogqan-like sleds. They also manu-
facture sleageS with walrus tusks for
runners and deer autlers for cross
pieces. -: =. :;
It would be hard to find more daring
hunters ,han they are; the seal, the
wa rus and the wa y caribou con
tribating to the game lags. The
tribe comprises only SO Individuals,
about lually divided between the
sexes. Its members speak dialect
peculiar to themselves. aid quite un-
like that empl 'yed by any other
/ Esouima Straits 30 miles b"oad
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
TIE CLARK-DALY FEUD.
ORIGIN OF THE TROUBLE e:TWEEN
THE MONTANA MlLLlONAtRES.

Once They Were Partners In the Min.
ing Business, But Now They Are
Bitter Enemies - Many Stories Told
Alb ,ut the cause of Their Quarrel.
"Twenty years ago William A. Clark
and Ma Gus ally were partners in the
mining business IN Moutana," says a
writer in Ainslee's Magazine. "The
two mad made theil. fortunes in tie
oush conditions Of the Early years of
that state, and hal been drawn to-
eether perhaps by thas peculiar sym
pathy which, the world over, uuites
men of natural bigness. DAILY was
the agent and pIac ical mine locator
and operator for the rich syndicate
compos i of J. B. Haggin, Lloyd
..'e rs and George Hearst afterwards
seuator). Clark was q merchant and
banker, who hal Eeen successful IN
most OF his operation, and who had
money to spare to invest in mines.
Clark's capital aud Days mining acu-
men com bined to form a parsne ship
of unu ual effectiveness: Montana's
early m ming developments involved
tae lark i ally movements at almost
every important turn.
During the duration OF the part
nership the interests Of the two
men extended widely, participat.
ing eventually In every aspect OF
the progress of the community.
Their cai ital aided in the location
and improvement, Of new mine sites,
and hence of new towns. They
had to do with the construction OF the
ailroads. They built smelters an |
nployed hundreds Of men. They
loaned n1oney to others. They ac-
quired landed MS we'll as mineral prop
e. ties. They established and con-
ducted banks, built office structures,
eca.el street railways, and-of ne
cessity-went into politics. BY the
time the~quasrelarose between them
there was, scarcely ta phase OF the
states ACTIVITIES in #hich they were
not, either jointly for individually,
concerned.
$50 one knovs,dexcep Clark and
Dalv themselves, when this close as
yocia ion began to brAak- And no one
early knows why. Yhe friends OF
Clark do rot acknowledge that there
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
JoESsr VISITING N TIE CITY.

JOHNNY VISITING N TIE CITY.
I wished a: lived here, where thing
Are all set at the door,
Anu wnr;c YOU see so many sights
Eou never SAW before;
I'd like to rite in nice, warm ca1s
That whiz along the street,
Instead of il u bobsied, where
Eou nearly freeze your feet.
They raver have no wood to chop,
Nor cows nor sheep 20 tend
Thy never hsiv@ 10 carry slop
10 where tie pI:s are p'nn-d;
They never carry water from
4 we'll that far away.
Nor every night and morning iced
TAe stock ton OF hay.
Tt never have 10 COWS TO milk,
Nor other rhore! TO do.
And every time they turn around
They look at something new;
There's always lots that's going on,
The streets are nsver still
I wish ,ha. Cousin Will was me,
And | was Cousin Will!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
WILLIE VISITING IN THE COUNTY,.

WILLIE VISITING N THE COUNTRY.
wish ut i could live out here
Where There are hills 70 climb,
.Acd where u TOY can slide down i!So
. "A fash, ia Tiur"r time;
Whecesthey are drifts TO tumble n
And points to SKATE upon
wish my Cousin John WAS me
Aud l Was Cousin John.
I'd like 70 have q colt 10 ride
Aud lambs n thiM:s 70 pet,
With apples i'll the CELLAR. and
DHnk milk that's steamiu yet:
I'd like 20 hvr where could Thoo2
Around with all ny might
AMI neve- hare 70 be fraId
Acop would cone in sight.
It's jolly sitting in the sled
Mh-n uucle drives TO town,
Ard lets the horses walk Il" hi.
And makes them S::iiop d WI!
It's jolly getting out behind,
Sometimes. AMI banging or
wish II. Cousin john was Co
AID was Cousin John!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

said to be those of the Ina; palm,
which grows on the banks of tue
Amazon: They letch length of from
80 to 80 feet, and are 10 to II fest in
breadth.
A St. Petersburg paper has the fol-
lowing interesting item concerning
rstions in the British army ''Fhe
English have plenty of food ,eir
soldiers, but, like the Mala. .hey
feed their men on tigers fe1h to make
them more courageous and blood
thirsty"
e:onshire's chief singing man."
James Parsons, a hsdger by occupa-
tion, is dead. The singing men" (
Devonsaire, England, preserve nj
chant the old Country songs auL
ballads. Parsons was nicku: NJ ID
'sTbe Singing :, achiue" because one
evening lie made let that he could
go on singing till dAyoreak without
repeating any piece and Won the bet.
/ The small, hard she'll known as the
cowris is still used in parts of India
and Africa iu place Of coiu. Whales
teeth are used by the Fijians, red
feathers by some of the South Sea
Islanders. and salt in parts Of Abys-
sinnia. In parts OF India takes OF
tea and in China pieces of silk pass
as currency. Oxen still form :he cir
culating medium among many Of the
zulus and Ksfirs.
According 10 d.. Robert Munro the
ancient dwellersin Scotland nsed thus
to safeguard themselves against benev-
olent assimilation: After rearing
fortress Of rough stone blocks. they
build huge brush fires along the out
side of the walls, which partially
melted the surface into cru'le CLASSY
subs ance and filed al! the chinks,
making the whole very annoying to
the assimi!a ors when they tried to
climb the smooth surface.
In Lordon just at present the fad
dists and the curio collectors are wing
with one another for the possession OF
the skeletons of Dervishes that have
beeu brought back from the bloody
plains before Omdurman. :one. 153
to 200 Dervish skeletons aye on the
London market. ana experts in bones
declare that their superiority over the
aver. ge skeletons 6 'mmerce will
cause no little stir il aDat,mi, al cir
cles. One of the principal dealers in
London states that these fine, athletic
Dervlshes make the finest skeletons
ever put on the bone market
Since Will Stumph was SO Nearly
ele:trocutel last summer by coming
in contact with live wire his system
has become virtual barometer, sub-
:ect to the sigh est atmnsph-rira! dis
roarc+, acco ding to the Pauxsutaw-
ney (Pcun.) spirit. Meteorological
variations a"e indicated by change iu
colo. of the n riad scars on the sur
face O. his ana oDy, which are the
resnlt of the wounds inEicted by the
wire. Ralny weather or snow is in-s
dicated by redness and slight Itch
ing pain in the scars. Clear weather
is indicated by the absence Of these.
Thee manifestations begin to be no.
ticed 2f to 81 thirty hours ahead of
th, oc< urrence, and ars always accom-
panied by nervousness and slight
attacks o* rarsea, which a-e inc cas-
ing perce..tibly in violence. Although
quite anno3ing to Mr.. stumph, he G, es
not su5sr much and is curious to know
what will be the outcome.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

~.
DAILY date it back to Il 4
the IGs.
tDaly is an Irishna3t
I-fFetf1l When>opp SCI -
American, not >ac 49, - :
chances or to be beafe :.
terel Montana with =: :.
no money. and e = =
earned had come by'''~
superior sh"ewduessG
other hand, was el9SS
made his way by ac[
ri3iaally n ning \
had become locator f
thro gh q remarkaOI
iudgm mt had been a5l
an interest in the valae >.
which he discovered. =
barter;ng or these in:ere
laid the foundations OF o tortun
by choice as we'll as by in lucl =! !
he had remained with the synd
and ultimately had become Aneir
manager aul Representatives He
acted in tais capacity all during the
private partnership with CLARK, and in
Whatever he dill with Clark the syn
dica:e's interests appear to have
mingled. Where there were town I'M
proyements to be made DAILY rendered
assistance on behalf of the company.
Where there were politics to be run
he die ated the votes of the EN- rloy-s
of the co npany. III the Narrative told
Of the genesis OF the quarrel, there is
title seoaration of DAILY as representa-
tive OF tn syndicate from DAILY as iu-
dividual.
according to one story, DAILY. on
behalf OF the syndicate, WAS seeking
t, acIui al important copper mine,
when Clark, proceeding upon inside
knowledge derive from close friend
ship with DAILY, fought the property
before DAILY could close.
"4nother story is that DAILY, still
acting lis representative of the syndi-
cat., entered upon an extended series
Of improvements in the town Of Ana
couda, and was engaged in acquiring
cerla u water rights when Clark saw
chance and held the syndicate up
70" big profit. DAILY had &C luired
about seven eighths Of the necessary
rights for some $4,000 to Sl5, ,0'o,
when Clark slipped in and fought the
remaining eighth and tie, aske |
Daily s25, 900 for it. The price made
Days ag nts hesitate for 81 hours.
VIII n they returned with 80, ',o0n,
Clark a ked s50,0D0. When they
hesitatea another "a hours, and then
returned with the $50, 30, Clark
asked still more, continuing to ad-
va zee the price with each hest alton
of the p lrchasers until intimately he
received sl2 90.
''Still anoth / narrative is that
while ( lark and Daily were as assoclated
in the ownership Of large tract of
Iau,i Dalv orde ed some improvements
du ing Clark's absence. Clark, upon
retur J, disapproved of the improve
ments, refused to bear the expense
and comp lied ally to buv him ont.
The price he fixed was regarded by
LAZY as de iberate extor;ion.
81 III alb. en- of authoritative ex-
plauat ', it is nece sary to take the
GUAR, ell for gra lted, as the people Of
Montana have done. =.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

It was not a pretty story, but 1t was
more. 1t was fraught with that prim-
tive ruggedness une gets an impreS-
sion of along with cutting plairie
winds, bucking broncos, the crack Of
q revolver, the whiz of bullet.
The fel low's name was Thompson,
and he could hand bunch of stee s
with the best Of them, BIT there was
an air OF metro ol,tanis about him
that assorted Ill with his surroundings.
And although he went rougher than any
man of them he had never been able
TO live down his nickname Of east
Side" Thompson. Under the il iu-
eneeef rolling 7prairies, the hocndless
sweep of c..ua and sky, sn intimacy
will, the o ements and reliance upon
nothing but his own wit and courage,
slnan grows to be strong, sagacious,
6Sal creature, SO different from our
ecu inscribed ideas of a man that, for
want OF better term, we call him o
s'coW-puneher. :"
The Three-X outfit OF cow-puuchers
had be u on the trail more than a
mon b, and, ,ac ording to all precedent
and reason, the rains should have set
in weeks before, but they had not.
The grass that had sprungup with the
first early showers had seareI and died
$50 . row, oorno 70 ken II
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
3

2he INCEST leaves in the world are
said to be those Of the Insi palm,
which grows on the banks of the
Amazon. They retch length of from
81 to 80 feet, and are 10 to II fest in
breadth.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12
a9hadA whn

n I badl, VINO
high trees an /
lat rocks. The
Is he d to be of
IAN 80 o,,nmhor
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

Clark do rot acknow!
vas any out ward evid
unit as late as 1888.
DAILY date it buck to
the 7Gs.
s'Daly is 40 IrishI'
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

A ST. Petersb burg paper has the fol.
lowing interesting item concerning
rstions in the British army. 'Fhe
English have plenty of food ,eir
soldiers but, like the Mala, .hey
feed their men on tigers fesh to make
them more courageous and blood.
thirsty
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-12

41his fact is nnher evidence OF the
prolou re / isolation Of the Community
iuasmuch as other Esqui naux, when
they can OBTAIN no soapstone in then
own neighborhood, will make trips
lasting s4ve ii years in quest Of this
rare material.