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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08
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SERVED OUT.

o. In the year Is3-there lived at
Bordeaux, the last-or one Of the
last-of a long line Of scoundrels
who had made that part Of France
Infamous (to orr ideas( by sue
cession of cold blooded murders,
committed under the sanction of
what people were pleased to call
the Code Of Honor. This was q
certain Comte de v, a man
Of great physical strength, impcr-
turbable sanQroid, and relentless
cruelty. Not a bud sort Of com
panion, as some said, when the fit
the dueling it-was not on him;
but this came on once in about
every six months, and then he
must have blood, it mattered little
whose. He had killed and malm-
ed boys Of sixteen, fathers OF
families, military officers, Journal
lists, advocates, peaceful country
gentlemen. The cause of a quar-
rel was of no Importance; if one
did not present itself readily, he
made one; always contriving that,
according to the code aforesaid,
he should be the insulted party,
thus having the choice of weapons;
and he was deadly with the small
sword. It is difficult for US to
realize state of society in which
such q wild beast could be per-
mitted to 60 at large; but we
Know it to De historically true
that such creatures were endured
in France; just as we are assured
that there were at one time wolves
in Yorkshire. only the less nolsome
vermin had harde: time of it as
civilization progressed than was
dealt out to the human brute.
The latest exploit of the Comte
dc V-previous to the story
am about 10 tell, was to goad
a poor young student into chal-
leuge; and when it was represent
ed to him that the boy had never
hell sword in his life, so that it
would be f;sirer TO use pistols, he
replied til at stools sometimes
made mistakes with pistols" and
the next morning ran him through
the lungs: The evil ft was on
him but the blood thus shed
ouieted him for another half year,
and rather more, for public opinion
was rnfavorabIe. and the az Of
Bordeaux became too warm TOR
him.
But the scandal blew over after
a time, and he came back to his
old haunts, one of which was q
cafe by the river side, where many
used to spend their Sunday 1n1o
the little garden Of this establish
ment our wolf staggered one nne
summer afte rnoop, with the heavy
dark look an q nervous twltchlng
of the hands which those who
were acquainte 4 with him knew
we'll meant misc. 1ief. The evil tit
was on him co nSequently he
found himself the center OF . cir
Gle which expanded q as he went
on. This did not displease hi;n.
He liked to be feared lie knew
he could make quarrel when be
chose, so he looked around for .
victim.
At . table almost in the middle
of the garden sat L man Of about
thirty years of age, Of middle
height, and an expression af coun-
tcnance which at first struck one
as mild and good humored. He
was engaged reading journal
which seemed to interest him, Il, I'd
eating strawberries, az occupatio n
which does not cali forth any
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

Words are little things but they
sometimes strike hard. We WELD
them so easily that We are apt to
forget their hidden power. Fifty
spoken, they fall like sunshine,
the dew, and the fertilizing rain ;
but when unftly, like the frost,
the hail, and desolating tempest.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08
FATHER TERRY ON GENE
Sis.

~ ''Ai III" "'StHOuo pioPOSSu W
reconcile Genesis and Geology,
that offered by the Rev. Mr.. Terry,
Il Roman Catholic priest of Chica-
50, is By far the most effective, if
not the most orthodox or most
satisfactory. Science, according
to t!.is view, is all fact and Genesis
all fiction and rs fact and fiction
cannot be said to contradict each
other, Science and Genesis cannot
be said TO disagree. The book Of
Genesis; Father Terry teaches, is
a grand epic The stories Of Eden
and Of mans creation are poems.
So is that of the creation Of Eve
out of one of Adams ribs. Pearls
Of revelation are contained in
them, it is true. The acid OF crit
icism will redeem them from their
incrustation. The story Of the
deluge and the rainbow in the Bi-
Bile are no better than those con-
corning the rib and the garden,
nor are they of different nature.
Sodom and Gomorrah were burn
ed just as Chicago was. There
was nothing mysterious in their
burning. God had no more to do
with it than He had with the great
Chicago fire of 1871. Notan aveng-
ing Deity, but the West-side
shingles aud the high winds were
the cause Of that disaster.
If this be Catholic doctrine, it
can no longer be said that the
Catholic Church is immoveable.-|
Indeed, if it be the Catholic doc
trinc, the Catholic Church is the
most advanced Of all churches.-
Father Terry has reconciled sci
encc and religion in such q way
that they can never quarrel again.
If it be urged that God did not
create the world in six days, the
future Catholic theologian will an
swer: Of course not-that is all
poverty. fla prosclyte finds it
difficult to subscribe to the &C
count of the fall; how the temp.
ter took the shape of q serpent and
induced the first woman by it's ell
oquence to cat tho apple, his
doubts may be calmcd by the as
surance that This is one canto Of
an epic. If it be suggested that
Christ is not the Redeemer of the
world in the commonly accepted
sense, the skeptic may be confirm.
cd in his position by the assur-
ancc that since mans fall is fc-
ton, there was no need Of such
redecmer; that, therefore Christ
is not q redeemer but only an ex-
ample.
Having begun this, Father Ter
ry will do we'll to continue. Let
the Young Mems Catholic Libra
ry Association have series Of
lectures of the same character as
that on Thursday night. And
from the same gentleman-one on
the Poetry of Mathew, an anoth-
er on the Poetry of John, third
on the Poetry of Job, a fourth on
the Poetry Of the Virgin Mary,
and a fifth on the Poetry Of the
Judgment. II Father Terry is
only consistent throughout, and
induces the rest of the Catholic
Church to follow him, he will find
Darwin, Huxley, and Spencer hum
bly, knockiat the door, begging
admission into the One Holy
Catholic and Apostolic Church,
and ready to use their influence
in favor of Father Terry for Pope
of Rome.-Chlcaao Tribune.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

The tears we shed for those We
love arc the streams which wafer
the garden Of the heart, and with
out them it would be dry and bar
rem. and the gentle flowers of af-
fection would perish.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

Four things cannot come back ::
the broken word, the sped arrow,
the past life, and the neglected op-
portunity.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

You may gather rich harvest
of knowledge by reading, but
thought is the winnoEiDg ma.
chine.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1874-07-08

Sin is bad in the eye, worse in
the tongue, worse still in the heart,
but worst Of all in the life.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
NUMBER IS.
PITH AND POINT.

A ROMANTIC boarding-school girl spells
jelly with the "ie.'
Why is person who never lays wager
as bad as a regular gambler? Because he
is no better.
WHAT is the difference between a church
organist and the influenza? One stops the
nose and the other knows the stops.
ssCHANGE cars - is what city boot
black said to a eountryman, the other day,
when he had finished blaeking one OF his
brogans.
A DETROIT father keeps his boy in nights
by vanishing a chair and sitting him
down. It's novel plan, but awful tough
on the trowsers.
A SAN Francisco reporter blushed at
some remarks of Victoria Woodruff, and
was promptly discharged by his employers
for conduct unbecoming Journalist"
WHAT becomes of dogs when they
die % was what juvenile in Boston asked
his pa. they go to the happy land OF
canine,'' his parent quickly replied.
Or course the Norristown editor, in
writing on the White House wedding,
used the word auspiciously," but the
compositor knew better, ard made him
say $ Few honeymeons ever began more
suspiciously.,'
THE fact that the English editors are
men has hitherto blinded them to the fact
that the new order of precedence gives the
Princess Beatriea good chance to spoil
all of Mrs. Edinburgh's good clothes by
accidentally treading on them.-Bosto't
Globe.
A PROMINENT church member in Peoria
disclosed where he had been during the
week, by appearing in church last Sunday
with quart tsr-stretch badge pinned on the
lapel of his coat. He did not notice it
till one of his Sunday-schaol scholars
called his attention to it.
THE habits of great men are ever a sub
ject of the most profound interest. We
all knew that Henry w. Longfellow inn
ported his own Maeassar hair-oil, but the
intelligence that Ralph Waldo Emerson
wears ladies' hose, which he fastens, ae-
eording to the latest style, with garter
above the knee, will be fresh to majority
of readers.
THE Milwaukee Sentinel, which pride9
| itself on the accuracy OF its local items,
saws: "a stranger from Louisville got
his ear between the sun and the Insurance
| isuilding yesterday. The signal-officer
ran up the storm-tiag, and sent dispatch
| bounding over the wires to Washington
that heavy storm-cloud had overspread
the sky"
In little town out West lady teacher
was exercising a class of juveniles in men-
| tai arithmetic. She commenced the ques-
ton, 'sIf you buy COW for $40" when
up came a little hand. ssWhat is the mat
ter, Johnny p s'Why, you can't buy no
kind of aeow for SO; father sold one for
$50 the other dav, and she was regular
old scrub at that. ''-=
'sOUR boy Fred, says correspondent.
sshas lot of hens, and takes great care OF
the eggs. One night ON coming from
school he found the cook had rified every
nest of its contents even to the nest eggs.
Fred was in terrible state of mi' d, and
sobbed out, And oh, father, if you'll be.
lieve it, Bridget even cooked up the hens
patterns, and they won't be able to lay
a good-shaped egg this summer"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
" Making Short People Tall.''

The following is from the London Echo,
of June 10: At Marylebone to-day, Mr..
Berkeley, solicitor, accompanied by Mr..
Frederick A. Stafford, appeared before
Mr.. D,Evncourt in reference to report
that appeared in some of the papers few
days ago. Mr.. Berkeley stated that on
Saturday last young woman applied to
MIR. Mansfield for his advice and assistance,
and being very short she wished to In
crease her length. She saw an advertise
ment in the newspapers that the advertiser
could make people tall. Applicant wrote
to the advertiser and received in reply
statement of terms and a number OF testi-
monials. According to his directions,
stated in the circular, she sent stamps, for
which she received pills, but, finding that
she did not get tall, she thought that she
had been swindled. She had paid eleven
shillings for the pills. The magistrate
Mr.. Mansfield) said no doubt it was
swindle, and granted the applicant a sum-
mons. The statement by the young wo-
man was false. The advertiser, Mr.. Stat
ford, did not pretend to make short per-
sons tall, but the following is the adyer-
tisement: g To Short Persons.--Remarks
on method of increasing the height and
improving the figure, with 250 authentic
Gated testimonials and reports of results,
velope." The young woman had written
to him, and he sent her his method of
| treatment. may remark that the process
| is perfectly simple, and any one, no matter
| in what occupation Or condition OF life,
can put it in practice without the slightest
| difficulty. danger or Inconvenience. In-
| deed, the health is really benefited by fol-
! lowing my system, and weakly constitu-
| tiens become robust and strong. His sug-
gestions were inter alta as follows: " As
| preliminary necessity the skin must be
kept perfectly clean, and the pores opened
| by frequent rubbing with dry, rough
/ towel. Avoid as much as possible carry
ing heavy weight on the head and shoul-
ders. Abstain from smoking or spirit
drinking, or indulge to the least possible
extent. A short rest at table is advisable
after hearty meal. An effort should al
ways be made to breathe through the nose
and not through the mouth, both in the
sleeping and waking condition. In walk
| ing the body should be held erect, the
chest thrown forward, and the shoulders
kent well backs Mr.. Berkeley said Mr..
Stafford gave his advice, and by his treat
ment he believed that persons would be
benefited. The young woman had made
a statement upon which summons had
i been granted, but she knew that her state
ment was false. and had not taken IL out.
Mr.. Wood. the second usher, said that
the young woman had not taken ont the
summons because she had not got the mo-
ney to do SO.
i Mr. Berkeley said-If she would again
apply. his client would be glad to pay for
the summons, in order that the whole of
the facts should be brought before the
public.
Mr.. D'Eyneourt said-No doubt, as the
former application had been published, the
7 explanation would be also.
Mr. Berkeley thanked His Worship, and
withdrew,
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
FOREIGN.

The Florence Journal states that the Pope
has been presented with copy of the address
sent from the United States to Archbishop
Ledochowski, of Posen. The Holy Father,
in replying, spoke most cordially of America,
and said: g The United States is the only
country where am really Pope in the eyes
of the Government. l am always afraid Eu-
ropean Governments shall oppose or control
my acts, whereas l can freely send pontifcal
documents to the United States without
fear of opposition on the part of the Govern
ment.'
Several persons have been arrested in Rome
for taking prominent part in the Papal
demonstration, and variously sentenced to
Imprisonment for terms of six, twelve, and
eighteen months.
The French Government has prohibited the
| distribution in France of photographs of the
Prince Imperial.
| Mr.. Pullman has completed contract for
| placing his palace cars on the Northern Ital-
| ian railways.
| News from Paris to the 26th, stated that at
a recent sitting of the Committee of Thirty,
NJ. Falon, of the Right Center. proposed an
/ extension of President MacMahon's term of
office to ten years, and the appointment of a
Vice-President. NJ. Dufaure opposed the
project, on which no vote was taken. Domi-
ciliary visits have been made by the police to
the Offices of the Imperiaiist journals and to
the residences of prominent Bonapartists, ,and
important documents have been seized
| A private letter from Havana, recently re-
ceived in New York, states that the Cubans
had shot four hundred Spaniards whom they
had taken prisoners, in retaliation for the
shooting of Cubans by their adversaries.
1t was officially reported at Madrid, ON the
9th, that force of Carlists under Prince
Alphonso, stated to number 10000 men, had
been defeated at Atchelba by force of 5000
Republicans.
It is stated that the Gear has sentenced his
nephew, the Grand Duke Nicholas, who stole
his mothers diamonds and presented them
to an American adventures, to Punishment
for life to the Caucasus, and deprived him
of the cross of st. George, bestowed for
achievements in the Khiva campaign.
Madrid dispatches of the 10Th convey the
important intelligence of the killing of Mar
shall Concha, commander of the Republican
army, while leading an attack upon the Car.
list entrenchments in the vicinity of Estella
Gen. Saballa has been selected as Concha's
successor, with General Mariones as Chic
of staff. The Car1fsts report that the
engagement in which General Concha was
, killed resulted most disa>trously for the Re
publican army, their defeat becoming almos
rout after the loss of their commander
There seems to be no doubt that the siege o
Estella has been, temporarily at least, aban
J doned.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
POETRY.
MY NEAT LITTLE NEIGHBOR.

BY KATE PUTNAM osGooD.
have neighbor, so spick and span,
In his glossy suit of black and yellow;
Never, sure, since the world began
Vas such comical fool of q I. howl
With his Knowing wink
And his pert little prink,
And that plain conceit of his whistle mellow.
When the locust blossoms begin to swell
And the chestnut leaves are so thick together,
Under their roof it is hard to tell
Whether it's stormy or sunny weather.
That is the time,
In the merry May prime,
When my friend is in fullest feather
One moment up in the top of the tree,
Then back with seif-important rustic;
The care of the universe has he, 5'-.
fone might judge by his busy hustle.
And yet wi hal
He does nothing at all,
In spite of that reckless waste of muscle.
My neat little neghbor, be off with yourselfl
Your airs are too trying altogetheri
Oil why was not such fortunate elf,
w Without any trouble forever IR feather,
The liyelOng year,
With a conscience clear,
To busily idle thros gh every weather.
IN. r. Independent.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18

Under the new postal treaty between the
United States and France, the charge for let
ters from France to the United States will be
ten cents for the third of an ounce, and from
the United States to France nine cents for a
halfoun Unpaid letters to pay the above
rates with five cents additional.
The Secretary of the Treasury has instruct
ed the Assistant Treasurer at New York to
sell 81 ,0O0, 900 gold on each Thursday during
July.
The Comptroller of Currency has written
a letter, giving his construction of the new
currency act, in reference to the reserve re-
auired to be held by national banks, in which
he saws: "My construction of the act of
June 20, 1874, in reference to the reserves of
the national banks, is that the reserve upon
circulation is abolished, but that national
banks are required to keep reserve upon
deposits, as provided in sections 81 and 80 of
the National Bank act, certain portion
of which must be kept ON hand, and certain
other proportions with their reserve agents
of cities enumerated in the sections referred
to. The banks are also required to keep an
amount equal to five per cent. of their circu-
lation on deposit with the Treasurer of the
United States, which amount may be deduct
ed from the aggregate amount of the reserve
required to be kept upon the deposits"
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.
The lives of three children of N. Largen, a
farmer residing near Monroeville, Ind, were
sacrificed to the kerosene demon on the eve
ming. of the 23d, the father himself officiating
as the filler of the lighted lamp on.this occa-
sion. The children were aged respectively
four, six, and eight years. Mr.. Largen HIM
self was severely, and perhaps fatally, burned.
The house was saved.
The residence of John d. Scott, in Green
county, KY, was burned recently, and Mr..
Scott, one of his daughters, and a lad named
William Perkins perished in the flames.
The number of killed by the Syracuse dis
aster is thirteen; of wounded, about one
hundred, of whom twenty are seriously in
jured.
A stone grist-mill, near Mount Sinai, Long
Island, was blown down on the 25th, killing
five persons and injuring two others.
A man named John E. Osborn was blown
to atoms, near Parker's City, Pa, few days
ago, by the explosion of one hundred pounds
of nitro-glycerine, which he was transport
ing in his wagon. The horse and wagon
were also annihilated.
J.B. Underwood, well known citizen OF
Waverly, Ohio, who was under indictment
for forging endorsements on two county war
| rants, shot and killed himselfa few days ago,
| upon learning that the officers had come to
| arrest him.
Hon. Joseph 81. Sloss, member of Congress
| from Alabama, few days ago shot and fatal.
ly wounded a young man named George F
/ Long, for assailing the character of his daugh
ter. The tragic affair occurred at Tuscnmbia
where all the parties reside.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
Railway Entertainments as Vineyards

A writer in the Gardeners Chronicle, who
has long lamented that railway embank-
ments should lie waste, comes forward to
advocate their more general cultivation.
The sloping side of railway embank-
ment, well summed and well sheltered, can
not fail to catch the eye of a gardener as
spot on which to grow the choicest of
fruit and vegetables. There are miles on
miles of embankment where vines would
flourish and grapes ripen, while ordinary
wall fruit, supported on trellises, would be
in capital situation. Green figs, too, the
cultivation of which is now so much neg
lected, could not have better place for
growing than on the side of sunny en-
bankment. And as for cucumbers. vege-
table marrows, tomatoes, peas, and scar
let runners, no demonstration is required
to show how their growth on such situa-
tions would lead to an early and an abun-
dant supply in the market; and for facility
in getting the produce to market, could
anything better be asked than that the
produce should be grown within few
feet of the railway metals?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
sxYsCEIlANEOUs.

The cornerstone of the new Custom-house
and Post-ofice at Chicago was laid with un-
usual ceremonies, on the oath. There was
very large concourse of spectators present
from abroad.
The International Convention of the Young
Mems Christian Association was held at Day
ton, Ohio, commencing on the oath.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18

To CLEAR room of mosquitoes, take of
gum camphor piece about one-third the
size of an egg, and evaporste it by placing
it in tin vessel and holding it over lamp
or candle-taking care that it does not
ignite. The smoke will soon fill the room
and expel the mosquitoes. One night. not
long since was terribly annoyed by them,
when | thought of and tried the above,
after which neither saw nor heard them
that night, and next morning there was
not one to be foand in the DOM.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-07-18
COMmERCE AND INDUSTRY.

The closing price of gold in New York, on
the Goth, was Ill.
The stockholders of the Atlantic and Great
Western Railroad Company have ratified the
agreement entered into with the Erie Rail-
way Company, binding the Atlantic and
Great Western Railroad Company to the
Erie forrnine years from the first of May.
The property of the Atlantic and Great West
ern Company is sold to the Erie Company,
the actual value of the same to be credited to
the Atlantic and Great Western Company on
account of dues for labor, materials, etc., to
be paid by the Erie Company.
Following is the comparative cotton state
The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-10-17
That COWhiding Affair.

We are in receipt Of the following ccmmu-
nication from Jno. P. Becker, in relation to
the affair between himself and Mr.. w. II.
Fitch, which took place on Thursday:
Editor New Orleans Bulletin
You have done me an injustice this morning
by publishing an erroneous account, headed
"A Cowhididg Affair."" regarding brutal as
sault committed on my person by one W. H.
Fitch. Please correct the statement made by
you.
Yesterday at about 3 o'clock P. NJ, corner
OF Royal and Customhouse streets, near my
place of business (and not at the corner Of
Bourbon and Canal streets) while on my way
to the store Of Mr.. A. N. Tourney, was sud-
denly ATTACHED with loaded cane by the said
Fitch, who struck me several times on. the
head and body, before I had time to defend
myself or use my pistol. There was no cow
hide used. as can be proved by the witnesses
to the affair, and by DIR. White, my attending
physician. As soon as shall completely re
cover l shall take the proper steps to bring
the offender to justice. JNo. P. BECKER