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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19

trusted to choose an officer who will
do his duty to friend and foo alike. If
wo believed rs our Winnsboro con-
temporary really appears to believe,
we would como out squarcly for a
king and fixed arristocracy constitu-
ting House Of Lords and indepcn-
dent of popular feeling and will"
We do not propose TO be the spokos-
man Of those papers in the State which
oppose tho primary plan of selecting
candidates for State, judicial and
Congressional officers. But wo can
say, that SO fur as we have yet seen
there is not q single journal opposing
tho primary which has ever said either
by words or Inference that tho people
wero ''too ignorant" or "too vicious"
to select candidates for office.
Speaking for ourselves, we challenge
the News to point us to one single
sentence appearing in this paper, which
by words or inference can be construed
as reflection upon the general intelli-
gencc Of the people. We believe tho
people abundantly intelligent enough
to select their candidates, and wo havo
never urged tho contrary rs al argu-
mcnt against the primary, neither
have wo said, nor do we believe, that
a king and fixed aristocracy consti.
tnting a House Of Lords independent
Of tho popular will--the proper thing.
Wc have brought objections against
tho primary, and we stick to them,
which have nothing to do with tho
Intelligence OF ignorance of the people.
These objections briefly are as follows:
That tho majority or minority plans,
either Of which is adopted, arc objec-
tionable; that the standards for voting
arc different in different counties
which would place certain counties al
a disadvantage in selection Of candi-
dates; that elections would be too
frequent if tho majority plan is adopt
cd, and too unsatisfactory if the plu-
rality plan prevails. These havo been
tho principal objections besides others
Of minor considerations.
Can the News point out to us in any
Of these objections where we say tho
people arc too ignorant to select their
candidates or where even by inference
we ought to como out squarely for q
king or fixed aristocracy3
Tho objections noted above havo not
yet been answered by tho News.
Charges that we and other papers
consider the people "too ignorant" or
"too vicious" do not wipe thom away.
Let tle News "come ont squarely" and
answer the objections.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19
FOR SCHOOL COMMISSIONER

We arc authorized to announce DR.. JNO
BOYD as q candidate for reelection to
tho Office Of School CommisSioncr-subi
to the action of tho Democratic primary. X
The many friends of Mr.. S. r. JOHN
STON hereby announce him as cand-
date for School Commissioner-su to
the action of the Dcmocratic primary.
The many friends of the Rev. JAS.
DOUGLASS respectfully nominate him
for the Office Of School Commissioner
subject to the action of the Democratic
primary. X
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19
.1NNOUNOEMEN11S.
-..-,'----'.---
EOR SIIERIEE-

-Messrs. Editors !: We beg leave to place
In nomination for the office of Sheriff for
Fairfield County. Mr.. II. YONGUE MIL
LING Mr. Milling is in every. way quail
bcr Of years experience in tho office, and
would mako q most acceptable officer.
This nomination is subject to tho action of
the Democratic primary.
MANY VOTERS.
The friends of Mr.. r. E. ELLISON re
spectfully present him to tho voters of
Fairfield County as man in every way
suitable and worthy to fill the Office OF
Sheriff, and hereby announce him rs
candidate for that positiOn--subject, how
ever, to the action Of the Democra attic party
in the primary election. ~
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19
Isucklen's Armicn SnIve.

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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19
ron REPkEsRNTATIyE.

r l'ne many friends of Mr.. JAS. b..
TURNER announce him as a candidate
for scat in the House of Representatives
Mr.. Turner Is well qualified for tho posi-
ton and will make q good Representative.
This nomination is subject to the action of
the Democratic primary.
We are authorized to announce Mr..
CHARLES A. DOUGLASS as q candidate
for reelection to the House of Represen-
tatives-subjcct to the action Of the Dem
ocratic party in the primary election.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19
FOR PROBATE JUDGE.

We are authorized to announce Capt.
JNO. A. HINNANT as candidate for
reelection to the Office of Probate Judge
primary. y
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-19

Is now. open for tho inspection of the
public, where we guarantee that you
will see one of
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28

though she was kindly nursed by friends
and consoled on account of the loss of
her husband, which they thought the
chief cause of her grief. But great was
their surprise, when told by her that,
although she regretted his untimely
death, she mourned not his loss as her
husband, for she was convinced that
he had welded her for gain and not for
love, and that she would seek divorce
ment when she should recover, whether
he was living or dead.
Ten years from the time of the open
ing of our story had now elapsed.
Louise was still single, and though now
%, time with its ruthless finger, had
failed to imprint its rigid lines on her
handsome face. She was really more
handsome, if possible
She had, during all these years, re-
ceived no tidings of the escape or rescue
of any of those unfortunate ones who
had been her companions on board the
ill-fated steamer. She had, in the
meantime, lost both of her parents, and
also her generous uncle and aunt, and
was now in the possession of her uncle's
great wealth. Of course she had many
suitors. many of them worthy ones, no
doubt, but she refused them all alike.
One dear, sad image held undivided pos
session of her heart, and none else could
find admittance there. It was that of
the true and faithful companion of her
youth, who had, as she thought, sacri-
feed his life for hers. For his sake she
had resolved to remain single the re-
mainder of her days.
One lovely May day, while engaged
with her gardener reazranging the or
der of . conservatory, her maid IN
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Science and Imagination.

It was one of the remarkable sdmis-
sions of Darwin in his Autobiography
that he lost his enjoyment of works
which appeal in any high sense to the
imagination after he had become in
terested in scientific pursuits. This
tendency is referred to in Sir James
Paget's recent discourse at the Mansion
House in London on Scientific Study"
He acknowledges that the close OBSERVE
ton, the careful accuracy, the detailed
experiment required by scientific pur-
suits give one q distaste for the things
which are enjoyed through the imagina-
ton. And yet it is Dr.. Tv7dall who in
sists in one of his Delightfully."- readable
scientific essays that without imagine
ton of high order the student Of
scientific experiment and research VIII
fail to make the discoveries which lie IN
his path When q man passes }som
things known to those which are think
able and feels his way to . new truth or
new combinations of known laws he has
use for all the imagination With =
given to him.-Bosto7s Herald
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Railroads In the Far North.

The most northerly railway in the
world will be one now being constructed
in Sweden. It will run from Lulea, on
the Gulf of Bothnia, through Swedish
Lapland to the White Sea. The Win
nipeg Commercial says: within the
last few weeks the road has been con-
structed to a point within the Arctic
circle, and the first locomotive has
crossed the imaginary line which is sup
posed to inclose the regions where the
Frost King holds almost complete sway.
The head of the Gulf of Bothnia, where
the road commences, is itself within .
short distance of the Arctic circle. The
most northerly point reached by rail In
Canada is on the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way, about the summit of the Rocky
Mountains, being about halfway be-
tween latitudes 81 degrees and 50 de-
grees. The terminus of the Manitoba
Northwestern Railway reaches within
few miles of latitude 81 degrees. The
southern point of the Swedish road will
be in the neighborhood of latitude 81
degrees, or about sixteen degrees north
Of the most northerly point reached IN
Canada by rail"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Abundant, but Hard to Find.

I believe in hidden pearls. Ihave no
doubt the deep unfathomed caves of
ocean are SO full of them that their feet
stick out of the dormer windows. I
think some of them are rarer and finer
and purer than any that have graced the
diadem of an empress up to the date of
this writing. Down in the gloomy cav
ems of the earth there are diamonds,
firmly believe, that would make the
Kohinoor hide its diminished head and
sell itself for pebble. But, dearly
beloved, we don't know where they are.
If we did, we would dive and dig for
them; we would bring them out, and by
them gain wealth and glory and the
envy of our neighbors. In the mean
time, as we can't get down to the un-
seen pearls and they can't get up to us,
we must accept the stars we have as the
best of their several kinds. On
doubtedly there may be preachers more
eloquent than was Mr.. Beecher, lectur-
ers more popular and earnest than was
Mr.. Cough, "funnier" humorists there
may be than is Mr.. Clemens. But I do
not know where they are. They do not
preach, neither do they lecture, nor yet
do they write books. Consequently, I
have no clew by which I may find them.
And what shall it profit an eloquent
man if he have lecture as long as
whistle and have no audience? How
can the poet sing if he can't find no
publisher to string his voiceful Tyre
with golden cords? Why do these
blushing flowers cease to waste their
sweetness on the desert, and bring their
wares to buoyant market? Is it not
because they lack the diligence" which
enableth men to stand before kings,
and is not the diligence just as essen
tial as the talent Bob BIrdette.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Three Remarkable Statues.

The colossal statue of Frederick the
Great at Berlin is one of the most mag
niticent monuments of Europe, or, in
deed, of the whole world. It is of
bronze, and stands on pedestal of
granite. The pedestal is twenty-five
feet high, and above this the statue,
showing the great Emperor on horse
back, is seventeen feet in height. It is
perfect in all proportions, and abso-
lutely true to life. Around the sides of
the granite pedestal are bronze groups,
life size, of all the leading Generals
and statesmen of the Seven Years. War,
amounting in all to thirty-one persons.
At each corner, above the groups, are
figures of Justice, Prudence, Forti-
tude, and Temperance; between these
are bas-reliefs representing different
periods in the life of Frederick; the
muse teaching him history; Mercury
giving him sword; walking in the gar
dens of his palace, surrounded by his
favorite companions, greyhounds, play
ing on his flute; in the weaver's hut,
drawing the plan of battle after his de-
feat at Rollin. On the front tablet is
inscribed, "To Frederick the Great,
Frederick William I'LL, 1910. Com
pleted by Frederick William w., 1851"
The wel-known statue of Peter the
Great stands at the corner of the Ad-
miralty Square, st. Petersburg. By it
the monarch is represented as mounting
Q precipice. It is said that the artist
who executed this fine work took his
design from seeing an officer, mounted
on q wild Arabian steed, ride to the top
of q cliff and hating there causes his
horse to rear and paw the air with his
fore feet. In this statue the Emperor's
head is uncovered and crowned with
laurel. The right hand is stretched
out as in the act of giving benediction
to his people, while the left holds the
reins. The design is mastery, and the
attitude spirited. This statue is also Of
bronze. There are three statues of
some note in Dresden. In the center
of the Zuringer, or palace yard, is one
of Frederick Augustus H., and one of
the Elector Maurice opposite the Ar
senal. But the one mentioned is prob
ably the bronze equestrian statue Of
Frederick Augustus IL, known as Au-
gustus the Strong, which stands near
the end of the New Bridge. This is
spoken of as very fine, and as well
showing the magnificent physical form
that gave the Elector his favorite sur
Ocean
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Horrible!

I know an old couple here whose
married life is conducted on new and
original principles. They are literary
people, having an income quite sufi-
Gent for their wants and spending all
their time in rational pursuits and in
amusements which are either intellect
ual or health-giving. There is nothing
strange in this, but their peculiarly is
that they act as if they were ordinary
acquaintance. They always breakfast
separately, very seldom meet at lunch,
but usually dine together. Once in a,
while the husband invites the wife to
ride or drive with him of an afternoon,
and she in turn, sometimes takes him
with her in her coupe. Each has sep
arate library or sitting groom; and I
fancy that monsieur would hardly pre-
sent himself mannounced in madam's
drawing room. There is not the slightest
lack of affection between them, but
their idea j: .s,iass no two human beings
can thoroughly enjoy each others So
ciety if they are together constantly.
They wish to preserve the charm of
@Have you read such and such
q book?" I once heard this unusual
husband inquire of his extraordinary
wife. @No," was the reply, Il am curl
ous to see it. well" said he, Sup
pose I drop into your library tonight
and bring it with me? I should like to
talk it over with you This proposal
was graciously accepted, and doubtless
the couple spent very agreeable even
ING to1ether.-Bost0e Post.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
They We're Both Professionals.

"My beautiful Choolia, neffer tire of
luking at your lofely hair!'
The young couple sat in the elegant
parlor of hotel, enjoying tete-a-tete.
They were on their wedding tour. Julia
Van Slakins, the beautiful Pennsylva-
mia heiress, who had met the distin-
guished foreign nobleman. Count de
Bergamont, while on a visit to her
friends in the metropolis, had yielded
to the impulsive ardor with which the
Count pressed his suit, and after brief
courtship the two were married. Life
looked blissful and romantic to the
ecstatic young couple, and future full
of rose-embowered vistas, endless moon
Light reveries, and the dreamy dolce
far niente of far-away tropical Edens,
whose existence was guessed by both
but unspoken by either, rose before their
rapturous vision.
The head of the beautiful bride rested
confdingly on the shoulder of her hus-
band, the noble Count de Bergamot,
and at the sound of his voice she looked
up.
II am glad, my dear Count, she said,
UAnV ny AoiA PACooCo yOu.
Lifting the lovely head from his
shoulder the noble foreigner ran his
fingers through the wavy masses of her
golden hair for few moments in silence,
and then with deferential, suggestive
infection of voice, he absently said:
Have shampoo, sir?"
Recovering himself as his bride looked
at him with start of surprise he drew
from his pocket rather lean wallet,
took bank note from it and handed it
to her.
"My dear Choolia," he said, ~let me
hat de happiness of Citing You my first
present of pinnmonishs"
The fair bride took The note, looked
at the figures that indicated its denomi-
nation, tapped in mechanical way on
the center of the table, and called out
In q shrill voice:
"Ca-a-a-sh! Chicago Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Few Good English Novels.

The so-called Libraries contain nearly
all the books which are cheap because
they are not paid for. I do not mean
here to suggest that all the books re-
printed in all these libraries are pirated
but piracy is the primary cause of their
low prices. These libraries are devoted
almost wholly to fiction; by actual count
of their catalogues, nine volumes out of
ten are novels. To profit by the provi-
sions Of the postal laws, these libraries
are registered as periodicals.; and they
appear at regular intervals, once, twice,
and even three times week. A library
which issues but one book week must
publish fifty-two books year; after
allowing for the occasional American
book of which the copyright hes run
out, and for the occasional foreign
biography or history which seems popu-
lar enough to fit it for the uneducated
audience to which these SEXES appeal
after making these allowances, fully
forty of the fifty-two annual numbers Of
any one of these libraries must be En-
glish novels. Now, there are not forty
novels publish in Great Britain in any
one year which are worth reprimting in
the United States. I do n< think
there are twenty-I doubt If there arp
ten. Yet in one Of the cheap Libraries,
issued three times q week, more than .
hundred English novels are now pub
ished every year.
And this is at . time when there II no
great novelist Is alive IN England, and the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Twain's Successor.

Mark Twain is compiling volume of
American humor. As the greatest
humorist since Shakespeare, Mr.. Glenn
ems is richly equipped for such work.
Humorists come and humorists 90, but
Samuel is likely to live so long as the
Light OF smile delights in falling upon
the shadow of q frown; so long as the
music of laugh shall seek to break in
upon the WEAKNESS of sigh. Nearly
every village, accepting the statements
OF the village newspapers, has produced
a Mark Twain. Some young fellow,
with shrewd imitation, writes q few
jokes for the Hickman County Fireside,
and the editor, with his keen eve of
discovery, at once sees that humorist
OF great merit, the successor of Mark
Twain, is climbing, hand over hand, to
an eminence of national recognition.
The young fellow is thrilled. He looks
upon his work in the village store as the
degradation of genius, and suddenly
feels that his friends are too familiar
with him. He secures position on the
village paper, and, one day, holds up
with trembling fingers a daily paper
that has reproduced one of his para
graphs. Years ago he was inclined to
be student, but now, feeling that slang
instead of learning, stimulates the
development of humor, he throws his
books aside. He tries to write dialect
of which he has made no study, and in
his attempt to be versatile, writes
which, in their unevenness,
limp with a sort of staggering string
halt. The village paper changes hands
and the new proprietor tells MIN that
his services are not needed. He is
rather glad of this for it gives him an
of taking down his cross
fences and broadening his field. He
goes to city and seeking the Office of
that has reproduced some of
his work-the poorest, doubtless-ask
for position. The editor has never
heard of him-he has never heard of the
successor of Mark Twain. The sue
cessor, stunned and sick at heart, goes
back to his village ard in an article con-
tributed to local psper, says that Mark
Twain has written himself out" Other
disappointed "humorists," or success
ors," reproduce the article, but the
author of "Innocents Abroad" continues
TO live at the "head of his profession.
No man can take Mark Twain's place.
Other men are amusing, and some of
them create strong humorous characters,
but no man, it seems to us, can any
nearer surpass Twain land to take his
place must be to surpass him) than any
man can excel the dramas of Shaks-
peare. Traveller.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28
Buying Up Old Grinders.

A sharp-eyed little man attracted the
writer's attention IN Chicago hotel by
the close watch he maintained at the
dinner table upon the jaws of the other
guests. After watching them all pretty
closely for while he finally concen-
trated his attention upon an elderly
gentleman opposite, who ate his food
with some difficulty. Even q casual OBJ
server could have noted that he selected
only the softest articles on the bill of
fare.
THAT man has bad fitting set of
teeth, and I'll get them" said the little
man. When the elderly gentleman left
the table the little one followed, and in
few moments was in conversation with
hum, and, as it afterward transpired,
had engaged to buy his false teeth as
soon as he had obtained a new set.
This little man picks up great many
sets OF false teeth in the course of q
year. Most persons that have set be-
fore they reach 80 years of age are
obliged to buy two more sets, at least, be-
fore they reach 60 years, as the mouth
changes so that the teeth that fit we'll
and serve the wearer well at first after
while do not fit and cause the wearer
q great deal of discomfort. The man
that makes living in this line has ac-
CURED great knack for discovering i'll
fitting teeth, and he scarcely ever fails
to secure bargain, for Notwithstanding
false teeth are the only immortal ma
terial about our bodies, inasmuch as
they are capable of resisting 1000 de-
grees of heat Fahrenheit, few people
know that they are worth anything
second hand, and so the little man gets
them at his own figure.
He told the writer that many sets of
false teeth are found. Owners are more
careless of them than is supposed, and
instances are more frequent than would
be imagined in which they have been
left in hotel bedrooms. They have been
found in railroad cars, and even in horse
cars, and quite frequently turn up in
cabs. As the cabbies and railroad en-
ployes cannot wear other peoples teeth
they hunt up the buyer, and he gets the
sets for few shillings. The scaven-
gers sometimes rake up set in an ash
barrel and sets are sometimes picked up
in the streets. One set was found in q
magpie's nest in Pennsylvania, and an
other was picked out of woman's
throat by surgeon. The patient would
never wear them again, and they were
sold for song. The little man picks
up nice living by his purchases, added
to it now and then by buying second
hand wig or two.-Ne,U York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1888-07-28

English novel is Distinctly inferior to
the novel of America, Of Russia, Of
France. But these English novels are
almost the only books which the women
OF America, allured by the premium of
cheapness, are now reading almost ex-
clusively, to the neglect of native
writer's. There is resulting deteriora-
ton OF the public taste for good litera-
ture; and there is q resulting tendency
to the adoption of English social stand
ards.-Brdnder Matthew's