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The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23
CARELEssNEss In HANDLING
COTTON.

There appears to be great COM
plant on the part of foreign man.
ufacturers about the manner in
which the American cotton is gath
cred and prepared for market. 1t
is estimated that the staple reaches
them adulterated with sand and
other foreign matter to an amount
averaging ten per cent OF fthe weight
Of the cotton. No one who is at
all familiar with the average way
in which we handle our great staple,
from the time it is gathered in the
field until it is sold, can wonder at
either these figures or complaints.
While we are glad to think that
cases of deliberate and fraudulent
adulteration are exceptional, we
must admit that there is a degree
of carelessness exhibited by the
average farmer in the handling Of
his crop, the results of which, if
they do not naturally suggest
fraud, at all events materially affect
the price of American cotton
throughout the world. This care
iessness is exhibited when the
cotton is picked from the stalk
along with the dried leaves and
limbs or from the ground COW
cred with sand and dirt; when it is
tramped by muddy feet into the
basket. wagon or house; when in
and after passing through the gin it
is needlessly exposed to the flying
notes; when in the packing, it is
mixed with trash and again stained
by muddy feet; when after being
packed, it is left until sold exposed
to all kinds of weather. These are
sore of the sins of the farmer; we
will not follow the cotton into the
hands Of the Railroad and the Com
mission Merchant. It is said that
this has affected the price of our
cotton in England half cent per
pound as compared with Indian
cotton; in India, the inspection be-
ing strict and the penalty for adul-
teration heavy.
Much Of this evil is traceable
undoubtedly to that system of ne
gro tenantry which proceeds on the
theory that it is better to tend forty
acres specifically than twenty
acres well; but our white farmers
are not without blame. :
Our staple is naturally superior
to the product Of any other country
and its market value in the world
should not be depressed through
our careless,less. There must be
.aM. "a
an Improvement in the handling Of
our great staple; and if our cotton
crop is to be as short this year as
is generally made out, a most favo-
rable opportunity is presented for
the institution of this reformation.
What little there is to be gathered
and prepared for market, can be
curefulIy gathered and prepared.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23

With great exertions, a portion of the
stock was saved; and though part of it
is badly burnt, great deal is almost.
perfect. No sooner was he brought
face to face with the disaster, than he,
in his usual irrepressible style, deter
mined that he should rise once more.
At last he succeeded in securing that
magnificent stand of the WellknoWn
firm of
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23

Col. A. L. Campbell, Walterboro,
S. c., says: "a member Of my
family used Browns Iron Bitters
with good results"
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23

SONNEC11ONS.
A. With South Carolina Railroad from Char
lesion. i5@
With Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta
-- Railroad from Wilmington and all
points North thereof.
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad from Charlotte and all points
North thereof.
B. With Asheyille & Spartanburg Rail Road
for points in Western North Carolina.
C.. With A. s. C. Div. r. & D. Z. E., from all
points South and West
D. With A. g. C. Div, r. Il D. r. r., from At
lanta and beyond.
E. With A. & c. Div, r. B ID. Z. R., from all
points South and West.
F. With South Carolina Railroad for Charles
ton.
With Wilmington. Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for Wilmington and the North.
With Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
Railroad for Charlotte and the North.
G. With Aslleyille & Spartanburg Railroad
from Hendersonyille.
II. With A. 6 C. Div, r. 6 D. K. R., from
Charlotte and beyond.
Through Coach for Hendersonville will
be run from Columbia daily.
Standard Time used is Washington, d. c.,
which is fifteen minutes faster than Columbia.
j. W. FRY, Superintendent.
N. SLAUGHTER, General Passenger Agent.
D CARDwKLL, Asst General Passenger Agt.,
Columbia, S. c.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23
RGlE Roads.
Columbia Il Greenyille Railroad.
assENGER DEPARTMENT

., PASSENGER DEPARTMENT,
COLUMBIA. S. c., July 18th, 1888.
On and after Monday, July is, 1888, the
PASSENGER TRAINS will run as herewith in
dicated upon this road and its branches
n,;l
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23
NEWBERRY, S. C.
THURSDAY. AUGUST. %, 1873;
4 pApER roR rHE PEoPLE.

The Herald is in the highest respect Fam
fly Newspaper, devoted to the material in
terests Of the people of this County and the
State. 1t circulates extensively, and as an
Advertising medium offers unrivalled ad-
yantages. For Terms, see first page.
The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1883-08-23
CLEARING OUT SALE

for which he is preparing by having everything mark
ed down. ready for the rush. Such opportunity may
not occur again to bargains The goods must be
Sold to make room for a Fall and Winter stock: so
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
Blotting Paper.

Large manufactures are devoted to
the production of blotting paper, which
thus becomes an important article Of
commerce. The demand is always
good, and subject to little variation.
The sale of blotters is very large, but
it would be larger if insurance and
other companies did not scatter SO
many advertising blotters. Blottine
paper is Of comparatively gecen: origin.
1t is not so many years since blotting
sand was an article of foreign export
and domestic use. Foreign sand came
from the Mediterranean, but Block
Island beaches supplied Rhode Island
Some of the merchants of to-day re-
member when, as clerks in stationery
stores, they occupied leisure hours and
rainy days in putting into convenient
packages blotting sand that came from
Block Island by the barrel in those
pointed shallops that plough the main
nowadays. The use of blotting sand
led to the manufacture Of sand-sifters
which in itself was an industry of some
magnitude. A piece of paper has dis
placed them, sand and all.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
CLIPPINGS FOR THE CURIOUS.

All the sycamore trees now in Scot
land have sprung from little tree
which Mary Stuart brought from
France and planted in Hollywood
The Sutro tunnel, which was driv-
en- through Mount Davidson, in Neva-
ola, to intercept the great Comstock
lode, is four miles long, and cost
$5,0O0,OOO.
The Opelousas { La.) Courier an
nounces that lady in Carencro, who
is seventy-nine years old and has only
been married few years, gave birth to
child recently.
In the Uruguayan department of
Paysanda, the wife of Brazilian plan
ter had three plump girls at a birth,
on the fourth of April, and all three
had complete sets of teeth Although
only two years married, the couple
have already five children.
Long-toed shoes were invented by
Fulk, Count of Anjou, to hide an ex-
cresence in one of his feet. These toes
were so long as to be fastened to the
knees with gold chains, and carved at
the extreme point with representa-
ton of church window, bird, or
some fantastic device.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
GENERAL NEWS.

LONDON, June 27.---It is reported from
st. Petersburg that the negotiations between
Russia and the Vatican has been concluded.
II has been decided that President Grevy
of France, shall personally answer the letter
of the Pope upon church affairs.
The trial of Said Bey Khandeel for COM
plicity in the massacre at Alexandria, Egypt
has begun.
The panic over the cholera in FL vpt is
increasing.
Jonathan ii. Green, II Pennsylvania, who
has achieved considerable notoriety as the
reformed gambler" kas been arrested in
Philadelphia, charged with having feeced a
young man out of several hundred dollars.
Henry Gillespie, late postmaster at David
son College, N. O., and James F. Gamble,
hrs clerk have been arrested at Charlotte, N.
c., by Postofice Inspector Lamson on
charge of robbing the mails of $3.50.
The Baltimore d Ohio railroad Co., has
succeeded in establishing fast line be-
tween Baltimore and Washington. running
time 46 minutes distance forty miles.
Heavy rains in Pennsylvania has done dis
astrous damage to railroads and crops
Railroad travel has been delayed in conse-
auence of heavy wash outs.
At Rolling Fork, Miss, Nathan Ayerr in
suited Mrs. Chisholm, and was killed by her
son Thomas.
The law of Virginia requires that every
person elected or appointed to any post OF
Office under the laws of the commonwealth,
shall, before he acts in such Office, take the
anti-dueling oath. No exceptions are made.
The New York commissioners of immi-
grafton held special meeting to consider
what measures should be taken to stop the
influx of pauper immigrants from Great
Britain.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07

The bravest boys are not always
those who are ready to fight. Here is
the story of one who showed the right
spirit when provoked by his comrades:
A poor boy was attending school
one day with large patch on the knee
of one of his trousers. One of his
schoolmates made fun of him for this,
and called him "Old Patch"
"Why don't you fight him?" cried
one of the boys. I'D give it to him if
he called Inc So"
"Oh," said the boy, "you don't sup
pose I'm ashamed of my patch, do you
For my part, I'm thankful for a good
mother to keep me out Of rags. I'm
proud of my patch for her sake"
This was noble. That boy had the
courage that would make him success
full in the struggles of life. We must
have courage in our struggles, if we
hope to come out right.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
Washington Notes.

An order has been issued, by direction OF
the Secretary of war, promulgating the ap
prevail of the findings and sentence of the
court-martial in Paymaster Wasson's case
Ills dismissal from the army wi | take effect
July B. 1888, and he will be imprisoned at
tue Kansas State penitentiary, at Lansing,
Kan., for IS months.
Capt Payne has applied to the United
States Circuit Court at Topeka, Kansas, for
m injunction to restrain Gen. Pope and
secretary Lincoln from interfering with his
contemplated movement into Oklahoma.
The steamer Oceanic, which has arrived at
San Francisco, brings information that as
result of the inquiry into the loss of the
United States steamer Ashulot off the coast
of Japan, the court martial has recon-
mended the dismissal of Commander Mulan
and the SUSPENSION for one year of Engineer
Entwistle.
The Washington Post has been gathering
opinions relative to the proposed opening
on Sunday of the National Museum, Con-
gressional Library and other public build
ings. Some favor the innovation, while
others oppose it.
A circular has been issued by the Secre-
tary of the Navy to heads of the navy yards
asking their cooperation in the reduction
of expenses by decreasing the forces of
men employed under them.
revolver with seven loaded chambers
has been received at the Dead Letter Office.
1t was mailed at Havana, Ills, and is said to
be the only instance of such an article being
placed in the mails.
The work of improving navigation on the
Mississippi river is progressing, and will,
when completed, make that river navigable
all the year round
General Crook has been ordered to Wash
ington for consultation as to the DISPOSE
tion of the Apache captives. In speech
delivered in the Washington Circuit Court
yesterday, Senator Voorhees, charged the
government with extravaganza in employ
ing special counsel, when officers are paid
by the government to do the work.
Mr.. Morgan, United States minister to
Mexico, has advised the State Department
that all foreigners who purchase real estate
in Mexico are held to be citizens of that re-
public, unless they expressly declare their
nationality at the time of making the pur-
chase.
An order has been issued by the President
reducing the number of internal revenue
collection districts from 126 to 50. The Dis
trict of Columbia was joined to the Third
Maryland district.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07

The Planters Cottonseed Oil Works. in
Algiers, La, has been struck by lightntning.
set on fire and entirely destroyed. This wfs
the largest cottonseed oil mill in existence.
The loss is roughly estimated at a million
dollars.
At Nashville, Tenn, fire destroyed the
buildings occupied by Diehl & Lord, beer
bottlers, Valentine & Co.. chewinggum and
prize-package manufacturers, partly des-
troyed the Woodward building occupied by
Phillips, Butlorff & Co., dealers in wooden
and stoneware, and Hadley, White & Co.,
druggists. Probable loss $4,000.
A committee of the New York board of
aldermen has recommended the acceptance
of the offer of the Virginia Military Institute
to return to that city on the Fourth of July,
the flag formally presented to the 164th Reg
iment New York Volunteers and captured by
the Confederate army.
Eight men have been arranged at Wilkes
barre, Pa, for the killing of John Briggs, at
Shickshinny, last February. A demand was
made that each of the defendants be given
a separate trial, and it was granted. The
trial promises to be long.
The empaneling of jury for the trial of
ex-Treasurer Polk at Nashville, Tenn, makes
slow progress. Out of two hundred persons
summoned, only one juror has yet been Sc
cured, all the others having formed an
opinion in the case.
A ton of silver coin is now being turned
out daily at the Philadelphia mint. The
most of this is in dollars, and some small
coin, notably dimes. The demand for five
cent nickles is in advance of the ability to
supply.
At Philadelphia, faded little woman in a
cheap calico stepped into the Office of the
| Chief of Police. While CDR" Isaac Hath
| away was in Jail denying all knowledge of
| the skeletons found in the cellar of the house
he occupied, this woman, his wife, made a
| complete statement of all she knew to the
| Chic. She told of the Doctors unlawful
transactions, and gave the names of his pa
tients, and it is understood that some of the
patients will be summoned to testify. Said
an official to-day; eve are going for the liv-
ing evidence, and don't care whom we sttike.,
The woman told shocking story. She
said that large and ferocious hounds were in
the cellar where the bodies of dead infants
were thrown, and that the brutes were al
lowed to feast on them. Some of the bodies
were burned in red-hot stove She reit-
Grated the statement that there were more
little skeletons in the cellar of the Fifth
street house than had been found. Coroner
| Janney will hold an inquest this morning
upon the remains of the twenty one infants
| found on Tuesday,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
Treasure TrOve.

Even about the commonplace dollar
of the United States there is already a
shadow of romance, says the Youths
Companion. A dollar appeared last
winter in Philadelphia which created
quite an excitement. 1t bore the date
of 1904 and was held at two thousand
dollars.
Dollars of that date are so rare that
each one has pedigree or series of af-
tidavits to prove it genuine. The rea-
son for the scarcity of this coin is said
to be that almost the whole silver coin
age of that year was sent into Africa
to defray the expenses of the United
States expedition against Tripoli. An
other statement is that it was sent to
China to pay for cargo of tea.
Whatever the reason may be, it is
certain that if any boy who reads the
Companion should find one of these
coins he would have sufficient capital
to pay for his education.
Other American coins are still more
rare. Of the five-dollar gold piece
struck in 1915, there is said to be but
single one in existence; this is owned
by the king Of Sweden. The Southern
confederacy had struck just four half
dollars when the mint in New Orleans
was seized. These coins are held at
fabulous prices,
A glamour of mystery and romance
also hangs about certain boards of
buried dollars along the coast. Kidd
the pirate, is supposed to have buried
large stores of coin, church silver, etc.,
which have never been discovered, al
though search has been made for the
stolen treasures from Maine to Vir-
ginia.
Laiitte, another pirate, is believed to
have buried his treasures in Petite
Ance island in the center of a square
formed by four trees. The negroes
from the neighboring town of New
Iberia have, of course, dug holes
wherever four trees grew near to-
gether, and there are many educated
white men who have grown old and
poor in seeking this visionary treasure.
An odd contrast to their course is
offered in the story of a Louisiana
planter, who, in the same neighbor-
hood, cultivated few sterile acres,
Nothing grew prosperously for him
but children, and the wild cayenne
papaver plant. In his efforts to devise
way to support the children, he turn
ed to the cayenne. 1t was weed, but
he saw in it his opportunity. God
does not send even weed in vain.
He experimental, succeeded in extrac-
ting the juice and in introducing it to
the market without middle-men. His
wife and children helped him, the little
family mandatory became famous
and its owner rich, while his neighbors
grew gray in vain searches for Lafltte's
Spoils.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.
1t is easy to see that there is always
a man In tho hon avp,ron


a man in the honeymoon.
How and where the gallant grocer's
clerk makes love-Across the way.
A Brooklyn boy can initiate with
his mouth the sound of lawn mower.
His father is going 10 try and initiate
a thrashing machine.
The man who wouldno let his voice
fall for fear It might break, was as bad
as the fellow wis didn't like to turn
out his mustache fearing it wouldn't
come back again.
Some men unpleasantly comb their
mustaches at the table," The man
who can pleasantly comb his mus
tache at the table must be a pretty
skillful practitioner.
Genius having succeeded In making
a steamboat out of paper, 1t won't be
long before an inventive man will pro-
duce railroad eating-house beefsteak
made of pasteboard.
A young lady of New Orleans, who
recently performed remarkable feat
in rowing, has been presented with a
beautiful yawl. A smack would have
been more appropriate.
The Chinese iegation ut Washing
ton attended every performance of the
circus when there. and declared that
they had enjoyed nothing SO much
since Congress adjourned.
Hostess don't stay out here
all the evening" Host--"Well join you
in ten minutes" Hostess = "Miss
Screechy is going to sing you know"
Host-"O! well-say an hour"
Paper is now employed for the con-
struction of domes for observatories
1t has also for long time been util-
lied in the manufacture OF Western
mining claims and township specula-
tions.
A pocket guide for instruction in
the art of swimming has been pub
lished. Whenyou fall overheard and
don't know how to swim, all YOU have
to do is to tread water and read your
guide.
"Where did you get your wonder
full power of language?" asked an adj
miring auditor at the close Of the
lecture. "Oh," replied the lecturer,
with laugh, II used to work in a
BARRIERS shop"
"1s that about the right length, sir p
asked the skillful barber as he finished
cutting his customers hair. 81 like
the sides and back" was the response
"but l wish you would make it little
longer on the top"
A Pennsylvania man has applied fol-
a pension because he lost a tooth
during the war. The fact that he lost
only one tooth would. 9eepss4o indicate
that he never got neat enough to thu
front to chew hard tack.
The Apache Indian, it is said, car
march from thirty to forty miles day
without becoming tired. 1t is really
pity that the Apache cannot be
civilized, for he would be just the
fellow to accompany his wife on q
shopping excursion.
Two gentlemen were talking the
other day about their success in life
One remarked that when he came tt
Baltimore, just after the war,he didn't
have a second shirt to his back
THAT'S nothing" replied the other.
"When l came to Baltimore l did MOI
have any shirt to my back at ALL He
was born there.
Well, there is one thing sure" sale
Mr.. Job Shuttles, As he closed discus
sion on the wrongsidedness of every
thing in general; "there is no justice
in this world, and it makes me blue tt
think of it," True, job" said Patience
"but the reflection that there is justice
in the next, ought to make you feel d
great deal bluer."
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
CHILDREN'S COLUMN.


WEubtlOH W. SpOltSIs
Our John has just begun to spell;
Ali he is very proud,
He stands up straight-his bright eyes snap,
He spells extremely loud.
He says there's no use studying,
He knows it all so well;
In fact, he thinks he knows much more
Than the srelling-book can tell.
But some one brings to mammals ears
Reports that John has "missed."
"How is this, dear ?" che asks, while John
Begins to turn and twist;
"Ye-es," looking down, "Will Rice got up
Above me"-(what a frownD-
''He spells the best" and here John beams,
"But con wrestle him down."
Good Cheer.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07
Ii N u 27
BliOuSneSS and Bilious Patients.
Pertaining to Bile, Bilious Symptoms, Bill.
ious Temperaments. THE REMEDY.

Pertaining to Bile, Bilious Symptoms, Bill.
ious Temperaments. THE REMEDY.
The Bilious is disorder of the human
system. A technical definition of the term
is this: Pertaining to the bile; disordered
in respect to the bile; as, a bilious patient;
dependant on an excess of bile; as, bilious
temperament; bilious symptoms.
The word bile, when employed in the sense
in which it is to be understood in this article
signifies, according to the Dictionaries. "a
yellow, greenish, bitter, viscid, nauseous fluid
secreted by the liver" "Any arrangement
of the bile at once manifests itself in great
bodily discomfort, in loss of appetite, and in
dependency" recently remarked an author
of a valuable treatise upon this subject.
The same writer further adds: "Some Of
the following symptoms are usually promi-
nent: Pain in the right side, which is very
sensitive to pressure. The pain will some-
times appear to be located under the shoulder
blade. There is also irregular appetite,
fatulence a sense of fullness in the region
of the stomach, and, sooner or later, the skin
and whites of the eyes become yellow, the
stools clay colored and the urine yellow.
depositing copious sediment" The balance
of the too familiar train of ills needs no
further mention here. The bilious is, as will
be seen, is an affection of great magnitude,
and of varied forms of direct and indirect
appearance. The disease is no respecter of
persons or localities. It's deadly and i'm
placable enemy is found in
KIDNFY-WoR
1t acts on the liver and kidneys at the same
time, and by its mild but efficient cathartic
effects moves the bowels freely. The morbid
poisons that have been the cause of all thi,
disease and suffering will be thrown off, new
life will be infused into every organ, and
nature thus aided will soon restore the patient
to health.
Physicians of repute and standing, men
who are honored for their probity and
respected and trusted for their scientific
attainments, are using Kidney Wort in their
practice regularly. No stronger evidence Of
the worth of the remedy would seem to be
necessary. Such Endorsements are few and
far between. We had almost said that they
were without precedent in the history of
proprietary remedy. Be that as it may,
however, the fact remains established that
Kidney-Wor is a matchless remedy and one
that needs only to be tested to demonstrate
its rare merit as a healer of most of the
common maladies of the human family.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-07-07

DR.. r. v. PIERCE, Buffalo. N. Y: Dear Sir
My family has used your "Favorite Pre-
scription" and it has done all that is claimed
for it. 1t is the best of all preparations for
female complaint. l recommend it to all
my customers. G. S. WATERMAN,
Druggist, Baltimore, Md.