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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION.} WINNSBORO S. C.. TUESDAY, JANUARY 21% 1879 {OL. 2. NO. 151
TAXlAAOE ON IS CCrITIO$.
He Explodes a Number of Sensational
Stories and Nails a Lie.
Talmage took his critics to task
on Sunday. In the course of his
sermon he said : "But during
these ton years of my ministry here
I have not only received the criti
cism of the World but much of
misrepresentation. Lies have been
told about mo-lie8, LIEs, LIES I
I once came to Now York from
Philiadelphia to marry a couple.
The ceremony was performed at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel. For some
reason or other the newly married
couple started off upon their wed
ding trip in a balloon, ascending
from Central Park in the presence
of 5,000 people. A week afterwards
it was howled through the country
that I had belittled the holy ordi
nance of matrimony by uniting a
couple in ;he clouds. At one of
our May festivals, with five hundred
children roaring happy before me
and with a Christmas star of ever,
greens hanging over my head, I said,
'Boys, I feel like a morning star.'
Now, it happened that this was the
refrain of some negro song, and a
member of a neighboring'church who
chanced to hear of it wrote to a
religious paper saying that I had
quoted two or three verses of 'Shoo
Fly' from the pulpit, and that 'Shoo
Fly' was sung by our Sunday-school
each Sabbath. A religious paper in
Maine recently published the state
ment tMat on several ocoasions I
had appeared in the pulpit in war
paint and with an Indian's dress
about me, whereupon several clergy
men bemoan in the colum ns of that
paper the degeneracy and abuse of
the pulpit, and asked piteously, 'Is
there no way to stop this mnan 1'
Why do I state these ridiculous
tales t Is it to stop them? Ah,
no. I don't want to stop them.
They make things spicy, I long
since learned to harness abuse to
Christian work." Mr. Talmage
then repeated his customary thanks
to the press of America for giving
him every week millions of read
ers.
"But while," he added, in con
cliding his discourse, "some of
these falsehoods may have excited
your mirth, there is one that is
dif'erent, because it invades the
sanctity of my home. It has been
stated that sixteen years ago I went
sailing upon the Schuylkill River
with my wife and her sister, and
that I allowed my wife to drown
while I saved her sister, marrying
her in sixty days afterwards. I
propose to nail this infamous lie on
the forehead of every man who shall
utter it, and I invoke the law to aid
me." Mr. Talmage then read from
a paper which he had prepared a
complete account of the unfortu
nate catastrophe on the Schuylkill.
He was in a boat with his wife and
child, his own sister and her child.
Knowing nothing of the dam they
were swept over it and the boat was
upset. His wife was in itantly
sucked under by the strong current.
His sister, the two children and
himself wvas saved by clinging to
the gunwale of the boat. At the
time this sad accident occurred he
,had never seen or hoard of his present
wife, and was introduced to her for
the first time nine months later by his
brother. He would pay one hun
dred dollars to any responsible
witness who in the future would
give him the name of any responsi
ble person who dared to utter this
libel again.
Next Sunday Mr. Talmage will
preach a sermon entitled "Sonsa..
tionalism vs. Stupidity."
There is an interesting anecdote
of a boy, in one of the rudest parts
of the county of Clare, in Ireland,
who, in order to destroy some
f aglets lodged in a hole one hun
dred feet from the summit ofa
rock, which rose four hundred feet
perpendicular from the sea, caused
himself to be suspended by a rope,
with a scimiter in his hand for his
defense, should he meet with an
attack from the old ones, which
precaution was found necessary, for
no sooner had his companions
lowered him to the nest than one of
the old eagles made at him- with
great fury, at which he struck, but,
unfortunately . missing his aim,
nearly cut through the rope that
supported him. Describing his
horrible situation to his comrades,
they.cautiously and safely drew him
up, when it -was found that his
hair,- which was a qttirtee of ah
hour before sa dark auburn, was
changed to gr-ay.,
A Mirseileso.*ieftd for
1879 the da Iprc,Gorb
.YAP'OL ON'S MEMon .
The Emperor Napoleon was at
Erfut. A legion of kings and
princes had come to humble their
crowns before his regent royalty.
At one of the soirees which he gave
at this brilliant court. the conversa
tion turned on an ancient pontifical
bull, about the date of which there
was some doubt. An Austrian
prelate indicated a period which the
Emperor contested. "I am better
informed than your Majesty on
such subjects," said. the prelate,
"and I think I am certain of what I
state."
"And for my part," replied the
Emperor, "I do not say I believe ;
I say I am certain you are deceived.
Besides, the truth may be easily
ascertained; let such a work be
brought, and if I am wrong I will
hasten to acknowledge it."
The book was brought. The
Emperor was right. The whole
assembly were astonished at such
an excellent memory on the part of
one whose head was constantly
occupied by a crowd of other sub
jects.
"When I was a lieutenant," said
the Emperor. These simple words,
"When I was a lieutenant," pro
duced a singular effect upon all
present; all the representatives of
the old monarchies looked at each
other, smiling. "When I had the
honor to be a lieutenant of artille
ry," continued the Emperor, in a
louder tone, "I remained two years
in garrison in a city of Dauphin,
which had but a single circulating
library. I read three times the
whole collection, and not a word of
what I read at that period ever
escaped me. The title of the book
which has just been brought
flgured on the list. I read it with
the rest, and, as ybu have seen, I
have not forgotten its contents."
A PARROTS P.TY.
Capt. James Etchberger vouches
for the following bird story :
About thirty years ago, when in
Honduras, in command of the bark
Eldorado, his wife, then accompany
ing him, was presented with a par
rot, a sprightly bird and a fluent
discourser in the Spanish language
The bird was brougat to this city
where, after being domiciled in th
household of the captain's family,
it soon acquired a knowledge of the
English language. The next-door
neighbor of the captain was a gar
rulous woman-an incessant scold
-forever quarreling with some one.
or something.
Polly, being al'owed full liber y,e
was pleased to take an airing on the
fence, and in a short time had learn
ed to mimic the scolding woman to
perfection, and finally became ag.
gressive. Polly not infrequently
rued impertinence by being knocked
off the fence with a broomstick.
This brought forth a torrent of
abuse from her injured feelings upon
the head of her assailant. Finally
the bird's language became so abu
sive that the captain was obliged to
send it away, and Polly was trans
ferred to a Christian family in the
country, where in the course of
time she reformed and became to
some extent a bird of piety.
Some time ago, while she was
sunning herself in the garden, a
large.- hawk swooped down and
bore the distressed' parrot off as a
prize. Her recent religious train
ing came to her assistance, as at the
top of her voice she shrieked, "Lord
save me 3 0, Lord, save me ?"'
The hawk became so terrified at
the unexpected cry, that he drop
ped his intended dinner and soared
away in the distance.'
Polly still survives her attempted
abduction.-Baltimore News.
A young manA doeinto Xenia,
Ohio, the other day with some
friends, to mieet a train. Arriving
at the depot, a freight train was
standing on the side track, and the
countryman, not seeing any conrven
jent place to tie up, deliberately
tied his horse to the rear car of the
freight, and proceeded to promen
ade the walks around the depot
while waiting for his train. What
was his surprise when lie saw his
hitching post pull out for Cincinnat
ti, with his horse and wagon bring
ing up the rear in not the best
of order.e It would not be propek'
to record.the remarks of the young
man on the subject. ..
HELlru Noms.-~?statistfes p rove
that twenty'-fve ydr cent. of the
deatjs in qn Mrger citips are caused
by consumpton, and when we re
fleet that ths.terrile disease in its
earlier sta' e will end ily,.yicl. to . a
bottle of Dr.'111's ;%ough Syrup
(coeting 25 cents), shall we condenin'
the sufferers for their negligenoe, or
pity them for their ignoralce?*
A CITY Tro MIEs IN THE AIR.
Some Interesting Facts Concerning
Leadville, the Chief Mining City of
Colorado.
Loadville, Lake County, Col., is
the highest, newest, and, for its
size, the noisiest city on the conti
nent. It is what the eminors call a
rattling camp. It is close up to the
snowy range, overlooking California
Gulch, the scone of the gold-hunt
ing furoro of 1859. At an altitude
of 9,000 feet, or to put it more for
cibly, nearly two miles higher than
New York, it may be considered as
well up in the world. There is no
place like it in the whole Rocky
Mountains. It is a larger city
than Deadwood on the north, or
Silverton or Lake City on the
South. The twenty-year-old towns
of Black Hawk, Central, and George.
town, are nothing to it in popula,
tion, trade, fast money-making,
fast everything. Where Leadville
now stands was a year ago almost a
howling willderness. There were a
few prospectors busying themselves
with turning up rocks here and
there, but there was hardly what
could be called a camp. No town
had been staked out. It was not
until last spring that the place was
organized and named. From that
time until now people have poured
in from all the surronding country,
from the far East and from the
Pacific States and Territories, until
there is a bustling city of 8,000 in.,
habitants. It has a mayor, coucils,
police and fire departmeuts, church,
es, schools, a telegraph line, daily
mails, money-order post--office, two
papers, three banks, and hundreds
of stores, shops, saloons and other
features of a fast new city. The
streets have a sort of straggling
regularity. The principal thor
oughfares are named Chestnut,
Pine, State and Harrison avenues.
Almost every thing is cheaply built,
the stores which carry the largest
stocks being mere cabins. There
are a few story- and-ashalf and two
story buildings. Lumber is in
great demand, and the three or
four saw-mills in the vicinity are
not adequate to supply the need.
Lately business men have begun to
plan larger and better structures,
brick-yards have been st,arted, and
some fine blocks are under way.
The prevailing spirit is that of
rampant speculation. People stake
out claims, tear up the rocks a lit,
tle, sometimes "salt" them, get
some plausible do nothing to talk up
the discovery, and it is a few days
before an avaricious "tenderfoot"
catches the bait at a high 'figure.
Lot brokers, who have the refusal
of most all the desirable property in
tawn, lot-jumpers and city addition
platters drive a big business.
Everything partakes of the nature
of a grand debauch. Men seem to
ba carrie.1 away with excitement, and,
no longer satisfied with the plodding
and sure. footed business ways,
seem lost in a mad, furious chase for
fortunes. Of course, saloons, dance,
houses, theatres and . keno-dens
ilourish in such a place as this.
A GIAN(T 21T OUBLES.
Losing His Wife, His Money and an
Ecducated Goat Worth $4,000.
Colonel Ruth Goshen, the giant,
who has b)een exhibited by Barnum
and other showmen in this and
other countries, has begun proceed
ings for a divorce. In 1862 he
went to live in Mrs. Augusta Mat,.
tice's boarding--house in Delancey
street. M!rs. Mattice was a wvidow,
and after Goshen had been living
there a time she became engaged to
marry him. After the wedding she
accompanied him on his trips, and
three years ago traveled through
Europe with him and Donald
McKay's Warm Spring Indians.
They afterwards went to Jerusalem,
where Goshen is known. A year
ago when Goshen was living on his
farm at Clyde Station, N. J., he made
an engagement for a tour through
the West. His wife refused to ac
comnp any, he says, saying she was
tired of traveling. He left her f
the farm with their two adopted
children, the key of the safe 'in
which he kept his bonds and a man
named J. W. Sweet, who, Goshen
says, is.the divorced husband of a
circus rider. Goshen says that
when he got home he found that his
wife had taken 810,000 in money
and bonds from the safe and had
gone. Sweet had gone to9. He
says also that about. threer weeks
ago his wife and Sweet took from his
farm while he was away a hoi*se and
wagoll and an educated goat -that
could road and write and was worth
$4,000.
It takes 9)1--third of' Rssia's
revbnue4to pay the interest' oW 'ei
national debt.
Masked bawl-A smothered cry.
Only a matter of form-Tight
lacing.
The auctioneer's occupation's
"gone I"
Bored of education-A lazy
school boy.
Cold doesn't travel very fast;
anybody can catch it.
The German empire has a popu.
lation of seventy-five million.
There are two hundred and eight
bones in the human body.
A little machine is made that
aetually measures the distance
walked.
No matter how little you over
work a horse, his sufferings are
"unspeakable."
The camel is the paragrapher of
the animal kingdom ; he has such a
funny column, you know.
The next territory that will ask
to be admitted to the Union is
Dakota, which claims 125,000 popu
lation.
Since Washington's time no
President has ended his adminis
tration with the same cabinet as he
had at the start.
Miss Maud Grubb is a Cincinnati
prima donna, who soon goes
abroad to change her name to
Mile. Grubbelini.
Women blush81 wo'vo heard it said,
Wten they fad and hadn't, oug'ter;
But men, like lobstei, dozi't get red
Till they're tumbled In hot water.
Scientists think they have dis
covered evidence that horses existed
upon this continent before its dis
covery by Columbus.
The silver and the golden pheas.
ant both originally came from
Ohina. So also did gold and silver
fish, now so common.
The number of physicians in
Prussia in 1878, was 8,223 ; of sur
geons, 149; and of dentists, 251.
The number of inhabitants was
25,724,404.
Skin cleanliness has a great effect
on the assimilation of food. It has
been proved that pigs that are
washed put on a fifth more fesh
than pigs that are unwashed.
As to a cabinet, Prince Bismarck
deems it "most tiresome that I have
to discuss every plan with five or
six persons who sometimes know
very little upon the subject.
The stenographers' bills so far in
the Vanderbilt will case have reach
ed the sum of ton thousand dollars.
The lawyers' bills are expected to
oxceed the Halifax fisheries award.
Mr. Gillespie, a Republican poli
tician from Philiadelphia, amused
the members of the caucus after
they had renominated Senator Cam
eron by "butting heads with a young
darkey."
A New York belle besought her
father for a new sealskin sacque.
"My dear," he responded fonly,
but seriously, "we have just paid
over $5,500,000 to the British gov
ernment, and I can't afford it."
Judge Wendell went fishing near
Truckee, Cal. The stream was
almost dry, and he could walk over
its rocky bed between the pools.
Hie sat down on a bowlder and
dropped his line into a pool. Sud
denly he heard a tremendous roar.
Looking up stream, he saw a vast
body of water, eight feet high,
rushing down upon him. A dam
had, broken away. He ran as fast
es he could, yet not very swiftly,
being fat and short-legged. Tlie
water quickly overtook him and
carried him nearly a quarter of -a
mile, throwing him on the bank so
nearly drowvned that he was thought
to be dead.
A student at the University of
Virginia thus describes the present
condition of Jefferson's homestead
at Monticello : "The house is in
g ood condition, and in its entrance
hal.l, as a centerpiece in the. ceiling,
still diags his wings that great bird
'symbolical of American liberty, the
eagle. In this hall also is a ladder
old Tom daily ascended in order to
wind up a clock whose weather
beaten face is seen as the house is
approached ; it was made by his
own hands,. and is a very, Ingenious
thing, looIdng, when .shut, e. lIke a
square rod. The ro oru and bed he
died.In,-the jailiwherein he 'ooAfd
his slaves, and his num rti%,id
collars are wed preserv~4 E but -the
tunnel, by' means of, '*hich he
escaped the Briis In lu is,ia4ow
ground,. "t,a ~eAushes groing
arouind as IWtohI and keep It in
remembran c -
To some pungent remarks of a
professional brother, a Western
lawyer began his reply as follows:
"May it please this court : Rooting
upon the couch of Republican
equality as I do, covered with the
blanket of constitutional panoply as
I am, and protected by the wogis of
the American liberty as I feel mv
self to be, I despise the buzzing of
the professional insect who has just
set down, and defy his futile at
tempts to penetrate, with his puny
sting, the insterticos of my imper
vious covering."
There lives in Franklin C0tmty,
N. C., a man fory-nina years old,
who never heard a sormon preached,
never road a chapter in the Bible,
never fired a gun and never saw a
white man narried.-New York
Irerald. There is a man in Hills
dale County, Mich., who never saw
a horse, never heard a comic song,
never road a newspaper paragraph,
never saw a boat and never spoko
to a woman. He is deaf, dumb and
blind, poor man.-Pfree Preae.
A RABBIT ON IcE.-The Richmond
Dispatch of the 14th, says : "Yes
terday morning a rabbit, pursued
by dogs, ran into the river near
Mayo's bridge, from the Manohes
tor side, and, for safety, mounted a
piece of ice that floatea by. Faster
and faster the current carried along
the ice and its passenger down the
river past the Islands, and on to..
wards Rocketts. The rabbit no
doubt escaped to the woods when
the ice stopped at the gorge.
An editor in one of the northern
counties has received $2 in an en
velope, with no writing except the
words "conscience money," written
in a trembling hand, as though the
writer was about to die. The edi
tor don't know which of his subsori..
bers to give credit to for- the $2,
and he has decided to give his two
hundred delinquent subscribers
credit for a cent apiece.-Hawkeye.
The Japanese silkworm-egg card
dealers, complaining of over.pro
duction, have subdribed $17,000 to
ship 120,000 of the best cards to
foreign countries and will destroy
the others.
The weak-kneed pedestrians who
fall behind should drink ketchup.
BOOTS AND SHOES.
TPHE largest stock of the above over
.offered by him. Great inducements
to cash oustomors.
*at If U. G. DESPOVES.
PARTNERSHIP NOTICE.
T have this day associated with me, in
. the conduct of my business, Mr. It.
M. HUEY,and the businea wtll hereafter
will be conducted under the firm name of
F. ELDER & CO.
All parties indebted to the old. concern
will please come forward and settle,
either by cash or note, as I do not wish
to carry old aecounts into the new books,a
xtim January 1st, 1879, F. ELDER.
SCHOOL EXAMINATION.
THE final examination for teaohors in
.this county will be held on Saturday,
25th of January. Applicants will pre.
sent theraselves at Mount zion Institute
at 10 o'clock, a. m.
JOHNBfOYD,
*R. MEANS AVIS,
janil-t x1aw County Examiner.
SALE BY JUDGE OF PROBATE.
STATE OF SOUTH 0AROLINA,
.COU1NTY OF FAJRnFrIt.
William IB. Woodward as Administrator of
the' Estate of Mary Lathan, Deoceed,
- aganat
Samuel Lathan, Robert Lathan, Alex. La.'
than and Others.
I hursuoe .of an order :made in
yh aoe stated ease, 1 will offer
for sale before tho court-house' door
in 'Winnsboro, on the first Monday
in February next, within the legal hours
of sale, to the high~est bidder, at pitblio
anction,the followingdescribed liroperty,
to wit:
All that, tract or parcel of -lauid,
lying and situate in .the county of
Fairtield, 'on the :waters of .'lo6ky
Creek, containing ONB iKUNDIWOi AN
SaV5N'TrdrWO AORKs, n.ore or less, , snd ,
bounded as follows ; On the northb
lands belonging to the estate of noh'
MeKeown, on't&ie'east by lands of Je,ffer
eon IHemphill, on thd'south by' lands of
Samuel Lathan, and on the.west by lands
of William Morrison and James rown.
enfurs 0r sLn:
Qneshalf o'f 'the' puhi&e 'hinny 'to be
pAi a , el .t b : a odit
#t sat'U bisootted by thobnd qf i~
trobaser and a rgg fthpemiseu
Ofad of Pa'obhte Judge, J. P. P. 0.