The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, August 11, 1894, Image 4
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Oiant Spaniards Who Could EasUy ES a
Bul with Their F2sts.
After the Spanish occupation o,
bhe Grand Canary a certain enormous
stone was for a long time pointed out
as one of the instruments of the:
Gaunche athletic courses. The na
tives had been able to lift It, set it
on their shoulders and even throw it
over their heads. Their degenerate
posterity and the Spaniards could no?
raise it from the ground.
Tradition has immcrtalized ont
Adargoma of Grand Canary, who
could wrestle for two consecutive
hours, and, having been thrown un
dermost in a certain contest, got his
antagonist between his legs and arms
and sqieezed him so that his bones
began to crack. The native was sub
iequently sent as a prisoner to Spain.
irhere he astounded the people by his
performances. One day in Seville he
was visited by a brawny youth of La
Mancha, who was anxious to try i
bout with him.
"My good friend," said Adargona
"as we are going to wrestle together
It is only reasonable that we should
begin by drinking something."
b,'A large bowl of wine having beer,
brought, he took this in one hand
md continued to address his chal
%enger:
L "If with both your arms you cat
overpower one of mine so as to hinder
me from drinking every drop of this
wine we will try our 'strength to
gether. If not, you may return to
your home." -f
., The struggle took place, and AdaN
zobla by degrees. drained the bowl io
the coolest manner, without spilling
a drop of the wine. His one hand
was more than a match for twe.
It was reckoned nothing out of the
common for a man to take an un
tethered ox by the horn with one
hand and slay it with the other. A
certain native born priest of Grand
Canary, in the seventeenth century,
showed that he inherited some of his
ancestors' vigor, for one day, hearing
that an enraged bull had broken loose
and was in the street, he ran out and,
grasping it by the leg, threw it down,
and so held it until its owner was
able to secure it. This doughty son
of the church before his death chanced
to have one of his legs amputated for
a cancer. It was then found that his
thigh bone was solid, with no trace
of marrow. It must be confessed,
however, that the relics of the
Canarians now found in their bury.
ing places do not bear out the infer
ence that this was a national charac
teristic, though their dimensions are
certainly a testimony of the strength
and size of their late proprietors.
National Review. W
The author of "Round the Couipas
in Australia" had put up tor the night
with the manager of a stock farm. It
wasa time of drought, and the eve
ning passed amid stories of frightful
suffering arnd losses. The manager
thought it would he hardly possible
to hold out a week longer. "Shady
,Tack's well is done," he said, "and
the Frenchman's tank is empty." His
wife tried to encourage him.
"Hope for the best," she said.
"My oath!I" answered the manager,
"but the best things never come off."
"Yes. Dick,"' responded his wife,
"but the worst things never come
5ff.-"
Night after night this man ha(
ffalked the room, alternating be
tween prayers and- curses, as each
day's record was another thousand
sheep dead, another empty well, until
at last he had come to this grim cour
1,ge of despair,
"-I shouldn't care ro much," hb
said to the traveler, "but then mi
wife, my girls in there!"
He drew his sleeve across his eyes
and bcwed his head on the table. For
ten minutes he sat there so. Then
the visitor saw him raise his head,
start, spring to his feet, and listen
with strained attention, What was
that? Something pmnged on the cor
rugated root overhead.
"Rain! rain! rain!" he shouted, as
de rushed outside, and fell on his
knees with his hands stretched out
toward the clouded sky.
"Thank God! Thank God! Wifej
Sirls! Mary! Rain!"
Even so. The flood-gates of the.
sky were opened, and before morning
the visitor was helping to put up a
dyke on one side of the house. The
march of destruction was stafed.
Fancy Names or the Pansy.
Though there are lovelier and more
magnificent flowers than it, yet the
pansy may be regarded as a general
favorite. It is for this reason, per
haps, that it has so many popular
names. By some it has been called
"heart's-ease," but this title right
fully belongs to the walldfower because
of its supposed virtues as a cordial.
There is no doubt, however, that in
various times and places the pansy
has been styled by the following curi
ous budget of epithets: "Herb
Trinity" (from its three colorsi,
-Love-and-Idle," "Kiss-meut-ere-I
rise, " - JTump - up - anid - kiss -me'
'-Three-faces-under-a-hood.".
Spo.ken fromu Experience.
"Whom do you find the most diff
cult witness to report?" asked the
writer or an old police-court reporter.
."Decidedly a woman with a griev
ance," he readily replied. "A Pole
in a passion is b'ad; an Irishman de
nouancing an enemy is equally so; a
Germian speaking broken English is a
terror; a Frenchmnan rendering mean
in'ta. !.is w..nis by ejaculations is
suit more deplorable; but none of
these c'an hold a candle to a womn
with a grievanc.e. If Sam Weller had
ever ha ppened to have been a reporter
hewould ihave overlooked the widow
wnd warned his t riendls to heware of a
womuan with a grievance. lBy the
wamy. I (-an always tell the profession
ofa m m Ly the wanner in which he
gives his testimiony. The actor, the
commeiurcial traveler, the docor-a!
-carry their profession with themi into
-.iie witnes box."
Tumr. is a man in Hlartfor who
h worke~d at forty-six different
traes.He orm a ortof a trade
union all by himselk
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strpes Skrti ie ihbaktfe
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shaik msin,0 yearlf of acmtive ibbo,-a
man who ehadclored ande hs aen-o
Cieand beelinedy ripled; inThe
wiacs hecribinuel, lay-dos ols
the~ poor man who Casest legford an
"eptin ae rapple veterans men are
thpt coupplie wh leegd byrtihcaegv
rnamsn, andary every man 100,000e
oa tihs are havpled. heto was a well
nown Butkwhile woonueberegs pen
this to nrasew York Suhncrean.
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numbrit in bmaer of arctiefie-s
wilmai wof mhape ndmer. hen
are ndl 200ofd themnowlre ande
theapoo mano whomlse haing worked
in onow tha larer wacris, e Eup
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an lim has o haecelpto et amnst
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siner on acount of he ripar con
tinue to incrams witho peainrease
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the reiservtte ikeqlibrum tandh
nuber ofmakeson.tfcill
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and afinis int. et er a s
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thlae ofigures men which cutifecialaregs
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stend intte sa from Condh Pto
eat the wooen-hll rneCount. Skaing.
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red and turned up at either side, as th
visible hooks. The front of the waist sc<
ps at the back. Loops also at either a
: 1G to 18 yards of taffeta, 2 yards of "
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UCestai Space. t
Sir Robert Ball, the English as- do
~ronomer, has been giving a popular s
eries of lcctures in London, in he
~vhich he has endeavored to bring .
~vithin the comprehension of his
~earers some practical idea of enorm
uls space. Referring to the fact
~hat the stars that we see, apart
from the planets of our solar system,
re sums, ne said that the nearest
itar to the earth was Alpha Centauri,
hich was only visible in the South
rn heavens. Now, to say that this
as 2, 000,.000, 000, 000, 000 miles away
fives nuily a con fused idea of distance,
s half or a quarter of this sum would
~em quite as great in the aggregatej
s this appears, because the unit of
istance is too small to easily popu
arize the broad conception. To say
hat the star in question is quite:
0000 tines as far away frm the
~ar th as the sun is equally incompre-,
ensible. Some other and larger
yard stick must he used when these
remendous sp~aces are measured otf.
ir Robert Ball takes as the unit the
istanee that electricity can travel in
secontt of time, that is, 180,u00
iles, or seven times around the.
ath. WVhile the electric current
ner proper conditions could reach
he moon in a little more than a sec
ndi and could arrive at the sun in
Lbout eiight minutes, it wou.d re
uire fully three yeais of time to
raverse the distance between the
arth and the nearest of th~e stars.
3ut beyond thcse are other stars or:
uns so far off that the distan e he
ween the earth and Alpha Cen.'
auri seems insignificant in compari
n. Sir Rlolert Ball said: There
r stars so remote that if t he tid.I
g's of that tirst Christmas ini IBet.
hem, nineteen centuries ago. haft
en d issemuin atedi th rough the un i.
ers-- by telegraphic messages. speed
n2 at the rate of 180),000i miles a se -
nd the time that has elapsed sinlce
e event would not have been sunli
ient to enable the miessagre to reac-h
em. Some idea of the immen -ty
the universe can be formed by re-j
lizing that a speed that would carry
e fromi the earth to the m~'oon in :a
~cond would need to be maintaine 1
r thousands of years to reach some:
the stars that we sce ceb~i clearhs
Ight above our heads.--Doston H1cr- but
THE JONES DICTIONARlY,
Lira and Jeptha Indulge In a ESItle
Learning.
"Jeptha," asked Mrs. Jones, "are
going to the World's Fair?"
--aria," said Mr. Jones with a
nle that was spoony and idiotic,
he world's fair is here and now."
-What do you know?" inquired
7s. Jones shortly, for she had an
!a that Jones was poking fun at
r.
"Oh, it's a joke. You see I'm get
ig to be a humorist," cackled
nes.
"Yes, an ill-humor-ist," snapped
; wife; "why don't you answer me
out the world's fair?"
"I'm not contradicting you. I
ink the world's fair myself. Now,
iria, try something harder. I
Lily don't care a picayune about
a World's or any other fair, except
ur own self."
Maria's lips curled and she stopped
wing and it looked stormy for
ptha, but another idea had entered
a good woman's head and crowded
t all others. After thinking a
fll she asked:
"Jeptha, what is a picayune?'
"A picayune?" echoed Jones
trtled, "why, it's a-a-why, Maria,
y child can tell you what a pica
ne is. '
"Yes, I suppose so, but i'm asking
a now, Jeptha."
"Well, a picayune is a piece of
)ney."
"But how much is that, and why
- people always saying they don't
re a picayune, the way you (lid just
w. I like to know something
[ut what I do know, so that I'm
r-e I know it."
"Exactly. It's a very good plan,
t now if I should tell you what a
:ayune is. and gife you its history,
I'd forget it by to-morrow nigiht.
t if you look it up in the dictionary
ill never forget it-see?"
"Well, there's one thing." retorted
-s. Jones, "I may not Let to the
)rld's Fair, but you'll never hear
, using words that I don't know the
ise of-not much."
rhe next morning at breakfast
-s. Jones informed Jeptha that she
ln't care a six-and-a-quarter cents
iether she went to the World's Fair
not, and he said she was right. he'd
lk Spanish if he cared a picayune
her, He had bt-en at the dictionary
Slummingi
I'he other day, two Chine.e dam
s invaded the San Francisco Chroi.
, building. They rode up and
n the elevator, visiting the dir
ent floors, opening the doors of
eral oflices, apparently for no
ier purpose than to see what was
ide, meanwhile all the time jab
ing and laughing, as if they were
-y much amused. When askea
om they were looking for, one of
sn answers: "We no look for any
Iy-we all the same slumming."
Out-Generalled.
Scottish shrewdness is occasionally
ermatched by Irish wit. The hand
of peop~le who inhabit Tory island,
little spot in the Atlantic, oif the
sh coast, en joy so much health and
little wealth that there is no
ctor on the island. In rare cases
emergency a physician is brought
a boat from the nearest village onl
e mainland.
On one occasion, some islanders
1o were obliged to summon the
etor found that he had gone to
iblin on business. As the case was
gent, they invoked the services of
e only other practitioner within a
re of miles. This gentleman was
Scotchman, with the proverbial
anniness-' of his race, and declined
undertake the voyage unless he re
ved his fee-a golden sovereign
advance. There was no help for
and the money was paid.
The physician went to Tory Island
d attended to the case. But when
inquired for a boat to take him
ray, he found that not a boatm:in
the island would ferry him back
ai for any less consideration than
o pounds. paid in advance. The
tor had to part with the two
ereigns, and to arlmit that he had
en beaten at his own game.
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HOC SELIOLD APRON FOR YOUNG
GIRLS.
Made of dotted Creton and goes rdlt
around the skirt. Therefore it mus
be at least 2 yards wide and gored like
a skirt. The small waist bodice
ucked all around, is made in the fro
in the same manner as at the back
losed backwards by battons.
by a plain buis strip3. The
man be mada separat- ly. Gath
epaulette ruffles.
A Japanese custom.
The following details with re
o the hair-d ressing of Japanese I
uay be of interest in these days,
may help to elucidate much o
rystery which always surroun
eaning of a Japanese pictur
Japan a girl at the age of 9 W
h.ir tied up in a red scarf,
aroud the back ot the
the forehead is left bare, wit
ception of a eouple of locks,
each side. When she is of
able age she combs h
and makes it up in
fan or a butterfly,
time decorates it
ails of varied co
everything, and is
by the young
widow who wishe
band puts a Nort
ontally at the b.
twists her ha'
nconsola
short and goe
of any sort.
rare. By these sim
onfusion is av
round a ball-room
ge and statues o
place, and a gre"
for the introdu
om into this
An Instan
The vendor of pat
bound to sell his war
or foul. A clever tric
short time ago on board
The sea was rough. A yo
apparently ill with se
groaned until a gentlema
seemed to be a stranger, approached
and asked if she would take a lozenge,
which he had often tried on people
with marvellous results. The young
lady finally accepted the offer. The
cre was instantaneous. Hardly bad
she swa lowea the lozenge when she
was sitting up all smiles. and order
ig ham sandwiches and bottled ale.
Some passengers, struck with the in
cident, inquired what the wonderful
remedy was, and the gentleman, whe
proclaimed himse-f the agent for the
sa'e of the lozenges, disposed of a
considerable number of boxes at $2
each. What was the surprise of the
buyers when they saw the lady and
nd her preserver go off arm in arm
wnen the boat arrived at its destina
tion. The pair had worked in con
-rn!t byv thwe:' bi.. nearl. or tort~