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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
AIercurial Poison.

Mercury IS frequently injudiciously
used by quack doctors in cases OF
malaria and blood poist n. Its after
effect is worse than the original disease.
B. B. B. Botanic Blood Balrn) con-
tains no. mercury, but will eliminate
mercurial poison from the system.
Write to Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga,
for book of convincing proof of its cura-
tive virtue.
A. F. Britton, Jackson, Tenn,
writes: II caught malaria in Louisiana,
and when the fever at last broke. my
system was saturated with poison. and
I had sores in my mouth and knots OF
nv tongue. I got two bottles b. b. 3.
which healed my tongue and mouth
and made new man Of me-"
VIM. Richmond, Atlanta, Ga, writes:
ssMy wife could hardly see. Doctors
called it syphilitic iritis. Her eyes were
ip a dreadful condition. Her appetite
failed. She had pain in her joints and
bones. He- kidneys were deranged
also, and no one thought she could be
cured. DR.. Gillian recommended B. B.
B.. which she used until her health
was entirely restored"
K.P.B. Jones, Atlanta, ga, writes:
"I was troubled with copper coloreo
eruptions, loss ofappetite, pain IN back
aching joints, debility, einaciation, loss
of hair, sore throat, and great nervous
ness. B. B. B. put my system IN hne
condition.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
yictOria's Throne.

The English throne, used in the
coronation ceremonies of the Kings
and Queens of Great Britain, and
which is 50 splendid in its COW
ering Of rich silks, velyets and
gold, is, in fact, simply an old
oak chair of very antique pattern.
It has been used on all State oc-
elsions for the past 900 years and
perhaps even longer, many repu-
table writer's claiming that they
have discovered traces ofits exis'
tence prior to the eleventh century.
Ages of use have made the old
oak framework as hard and as
tough as iron. The back and sides
Of this chair-throne were formerly
painted its various colors, all Of
which are now hidden by heavy
hangings Of satin, silk and velvet
The magic powers attributed to
the old relic lies in the seat,
which is made of a heavy-rough
looking sandstone, 26 inches in
length, III inches in width ano
49, inches in thickness. Long be
fore it was wrapped in velvet and
trimmed in gold to be used by
the Tudors and the Stuarts, this OLE
stone of stones served. as a seal
during the coronations of the early
Scottish Kings.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
How Deep Does the Earth Quake

California and the Pacific coast
recently experienced one of the
most severe earthquake shocks
known in that-Hegion in years, an
incident which rrevives interest in
the question :: How deeply does
the earth quake when conyulsiVe
nature shakes her crust Ikea cir
Gus tent in a cyclone? At 'Vir.
ginia City, New, the earthquake of
1879 was not noticed by the miners
in the great Comstock mines, but
only by people on the surface. The
famous earthquake at the same
place in 1874 or 1875, which shook
down. chimneys, Prevails and
cracked every building in the
town, was merely noticed by some
of the miners working in the upper
levels, but it did them no damage,
not even shaking down loose rocks
and earth. The station men in the
various shafts felt it the stongest,
and the deepest point where it was
noticed was by the station-tender
at the 90O-foot level Of the Imperial
Empire shaft, 900.feet below the
surface. He said it felt like faint
throb OF pulsation of air, as though
a blast had been fred above, below,
or in some indefinite direction. In
some Of the mines the shock was
not felt at all, even by station men
in the shafts. Commenting on this
curious fact at the time, the Gold
Hill News remarked that the earth
quake seemed to be an electrical
disturbance, proceeding from the
atmosphere and not from the
depths ofthe earth.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
THE NEWBERRY HERALD AND NEWS THURSDA9
Iternized Oddities.

Each square inch of the skin con-
tains $500 sweating tubes, or per-
spiration pores, each of which may
be likened to little drain tile one
fourth of an inch in length, making
an aggregate length of the entire
surface of the body Of 201, 166 feet,
or d tile ditch for draining the
body almost 40 miles long.
Tie human skin is composed Of
three layers, averaging in all be-
tween one-twelfth and one-eighth
of an inch in thickness; and, in
extrme cases, as much as one
fourth of an inch in thickness.
The skin area of the average adult
is, therefore, estimated at 2,Ooo
square inches. The atmospheric
pressure being about 14pounds to
the sqnare inch, aperson OF medium
size is daily and hourly subjected
to a pressure of 2s,0C0 pounds.
An ancient and remarkable clock
has been recently set up in the
reading.room of the municipal IL
brary at RoueD, France. A single
winding keeps it running for IA
years and some odd months. 1t
was constructed in 1882; under
went alterations in 1916; was
bought by the City Of Rouen IN
1888, and has been recently re-
paired and set going.
The phoenix, the fabulous bird
of antiquity, in form is described
somewhat resembling the eagle. 1t
was said to live 500 years in the
wilderness, and then to return into
Egypt, where, having built itself a
nest, or funeral pile of wood and
aromatic gums, and lighting it by
the tanning of its wings, was con-
sumed to ashes, out of which rose a
new phoenix.
The first living skeleton was
Claude Sewrat, born in France IN
1899. He was tall and would have
been well-shaped had there been
any flesh on his body as it was
every bone could be distinctly seen.
His arms were compared to two
ivory flutes, and his abdomen
seemed to cling to the Vertebr@.
He made a fortune by exhibiting
himself and returned to his native
town to enjoy it, but suddenly ez-
pired soon after his retirement.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
SMILES.

Many who teach the young idea
how to shoot apparently don't
know that it's loaded.-Puck.
It's very difficult to find key to
success that will wind without a
clique.-Baltimore American.
Watts: Thompkins has fallen in
love again. Potts: How do you
know Watts: 1 saw him going
to church last Sunday.-Terre
Haute Express.
A medical journal tells "what to
do when stung by hornet" No
matter what he may do, what he
says. wouldn't sound we'll in print.
-Norristown Herald.
A Dartmouth graduate has writ
ten a work on "The Probable Cause
of Glaciaton." We didn'tsuppose
that was a matter of dispute. Ifit
wasn't cold weather, what could it
be?-Lowell Courier.
If we can believe what we read,
the boss slugger is hardly ever
sober. In Boston if the thirsty
party doesn't care to wink at the
man at the soda water fountain, he
asks for a John L. Sullivan.-Texas
Siftings.
A Hard Worker.-"Tm in the oil
business he explained. q some
times handle as much as 10000
barrels of caude in single day."
E'Is it possible !" she responded.
Ten thousands 1t must make you
yerv tired."-Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. Oldboy: Oh, you needn't
talk, John. You was bound to
have me. You can't say that ever
ran after you. Oldboy: Very
true, Maria, and the rat trap never
runs after the mouse, but it gathers
him in all the same.-Boston
Transcript.
"Who is there? 2" said DR.. Brown
Sequard, in response to a knock at
his Laboratory door. "The Grant
Monument Fund" was the reply
''Well, I can't do anything for you.
You'll have to wait till resurrec-
ton day."-Washington Critic.
Ten wellknewn women are going
to write Oh the subject: "Some
nb;,o-e NVo Sbonld. :c 90 n We \
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
lsemaTlSsSSl Sle Engineering Fea'''

ft is q remarkable fact that moth
ing surpasses in modern engineer
ing the pyramids of Ghlzeh, built
more than 5000 years ago. 1t is
universally acknowledged by the
highest. professional authorities in
architecture and building that the
masonry of the Pyramids could not
be surpassed in these days, and,
moreover, is perfect for the pur-
pose for which they were intended,
above all, to endure. After the
building of pyramids was once
commenced it was the fashion for
about 10 centuries to erect huge
meaningless, pointed piles of mas
onry. Of the hundreds erected
about so have resisted the ravages
of ages, and may still be seen.
Many of those remaining contain
enormous blocks ofgranite from 30
! to so feet long, weighing from 300
to 500 tons, and display the most
| consummate ingenuity in their
construction.
A more difficult operation than
| the mere transportation of immense
stones-that of erecting obelisks
weighing 400 tons-was reformed
with precision by the Egyptians
800 wears before the time of Christ.
Of the ancient method Of raising
| immense stones nothing is now
| known-it is one of the many lost
arts. The ancient Peruvians had
a method of transporting immense
| blocks of stone that would be a for
| tune to the modern engineer did he
possess it. The Romans were also
eminent engineers, and, by some
authorities, are put down as even
exceeding the Egyptians in that di-
rection. Immense stones were used
in constructing the Temple of
Baalbec; one lies ready quarrit d
which is 20 feet long, and IA feet
square and weighs l, l35 tons.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
Tae Great Wall Of China.

The great wall Of China was n,
measured in many places by Unth- ~
ank al American engineer lately -
engaged in a survey fer Chinese ~
railway. His measurements give ~ ~
it an average height OIL feet and n
"a width on the top of Is feet. =:
Every few hundred yards the wall ~ =,
is widened and surmounted by a ~ ~
tower "a feet square and from 20 to =: -
% feet high. The foundation Of - -
the wall is of solid granite. Mr.. =. y:
Unthank brought with him a =
brick from the wall, which is sup
posed to have been made 200 years
before the time of Christ. In build a
ing this immense stone and g.
10 kss II shs Tartars, tn
never attempted to avoi
Mountains or chasms to save eS
oks, peuse. For 1,s0O miles. the wa
gra- goes over plains and mountains
ike regardless of Natures greatest OF
hlte structions. The foundation is every
aer- where the same gray granite, a
HES firm and solid as it was 200
'eGs, years ago, and the remainder
any the structure of bricks, as good q
'gr1- the average that are made to-day
In some places the wall is bu1
aga smooth up against the bank
so canyons, or precipices, where thel
are is a sheer decent of 1000 fee
Now Small. streams are arched owe
.rm. but on the larger streams th
t as wall runs to the waters edge an
d be tower is built on each side. y
writ the top ofthe wall there are breas
MEL works or defences, facing in an
NJ. out, so that defending forces coul
JEFF pass from one tower to anotht
and without being exposed to an en-
and my from either; side. To calcula1
ches the time taken to build, Or tt
sive cost of this monstrous work,
only beyond human skill. So far as tx
ould magnitude of the work is co.
the cerned, it SURPRISES everything
ancient or modern times of whic
We have any knowledge.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

One of the very latest fads in
fashionable circles is the chrysan-
themum dinner or luncheon. The
colors and endless variety OF
shades of this modest and unpre-
tentious flower allow one a libe-
raj scope for decoration. At a
luncheon given in a Northern city
last week by a well known society
young woman, the shades chosen
were yellow and. etruse-the latter
a shade bordering on the mahog'
any. All other decorations were
unique and in colors to match the
chrysanthemums. ...:
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

Mrs. Bascom Crushing into the
house with a scream): For mercy
sake! Ebenezer is down in the pas 9
ture and the bull is goring him
Dressmaker Gndistinctly through
half a dozen pins: Indeed! |
didn't know as there was enough
material in Mr.. Bascon for that =
Burlington Free Press.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
Who Threw the Lantern ?

1Grocers' and Gamers Gazette
An old negro walking around
the railroad curve toward Rich
mond after dark, was startled by
the fash Of the headlight Of the
Washington night express, and
was found by his friends about
two farms away. On recovering
consciousness his first question
was: "Fo' God, boss; who freW
dat lantern z"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
Don't You Know

that YOU cannot afford to neglect that
catarrh? Don't you know that it may
lead to consumption, to insanity, to
death? Don't you know that it can be
easily cured? Don't you know that
while the thousand and one nostrums
YOU have tried have utterly failed that
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy is a GER
tain cure? It has stood the test of
yesrs, and there are thousands Of CRATE
full men and women in all parts Of the
country who can testify to its efficacy.
Ali druggists.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
cnnJZGGGGa sGaH 4 j m DTl-E7 H 4 LTIsIEMNlGLl

Men" One of the things they would
do if they were men would be to
remove their hats when they 60 to
the theatre, or else get e,eeted.
-Norristown Herald.
First Britisher Cat a Gladstonian
meeting): What's the matter, Jem,
| YOU don't seem to be very enthu'
siastic for home rule ? Second
Britisher: No, William, I amt,
that's a fact. You see, 1--WE been
married for nigh on to 40 years.
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

Ar. W1m1ngton........-.....3& g 81
Train No. 43 stops at all Statid
Nos. 48 and 47 stops only /
Whitevi1le, Lake Waccamaw
Nichols, Marion, Pee Dee, Flore1
vile, Lynchburg, Mayesville, Sd
field, Camden Junction and EaA
Passengers for Columbia and
C. & G. z. B., c., c. & A. Z. 3. 81
Junction, and all points beyo&
No. 4S Night Express.
Separate Pullman Sleepers 81
and for Augusta on train i8. E
Passengers on 10 can take 4S +
renee tor Columbia, Augusta
points via Columbia. II
All trains run solid between q
Wilmington.
JOHN E. DIV
- General SUD
T. N. EMERSON, Gen,l Pass.f
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07
ys8Y BOYS LEAVE TIE FARM.
Ya,sons for the Desertiou Of the Farm by
Scores Of Bright Boys.
irI q Ats. in Home and Farm.

6rJ. c.. Ats, in Home and Farm
E);8 Why do our boys leave the farm ::
a question that is often asked
and yariously answered. Without
I attempting to notice the man.
reasons that are assigned for the
ayersion and distaste which most
antry boys have for the farm, l
s1ld like 70 express the views OF
a young farmer, one who was born
and raised on the farm, and Wne
was often tempted to leave the farm
y for some other calling or profession.
One of the first reasons for his
aversion to the farm is the pesslm"
istic view of farming that is usually
held by his father and neighoors.
Is it not remarkable fact that
while the physician, the lawyer,
me merchant, the mechanic, etc.,
always choose their life work and
prepare themselves for a special
pursuit, that the vast majority OF
our farmers are not farmers from
choice, but by accident or ciEcum-
snces?
Z This is one grand reason why
our farmers fail. They. are not
farmers from choice, bat by cir
cumstance. Now, to be successful,
1 we must honor our calling. Every
farmer ought to be able to say that
he had rather be a farmer than
anything else. Fancy a physician
a success who considers his Epro-
fession dogs work; yet most Of
gour farmers belittle their calling,
\ Rgrumtle from one years end to
another, and then ~wonaer1 why
heir boys leave the farm for the
or city.
Another reason why the farmers S
son is prone to leave the farm IS
the tone of the school books, biog-
|raphies, newspapers and maga-
zines Of the day. In Il word, they
are educated to leave the farm.
IKE our school readers and there
ou will find sketches of merchants,
sWyers, military men, artists and
( 'sathors, but, so far as I have seen,i
: eaqer a sketch of a farmer. Ex5
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

Nos. 3. 4, 50 and 81 daily except Sunday
Main Line Trains 81 and nd,, S. daily between
between Al>t ~ and Greenyllle
JAS. L. TAYLOR Gem Pass. Anen+
D. CARDW ELL, Div. Pass, hst
SOI. HAAS. Traffic Manager. - ~
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-07

sad there you will find ,biogra-
phies with titles somewhat like
this: ':Log Cabin to the White
House." Country Boy and Mer-
chant Prince" indeed, biographies
Of lawyers, merchants, bankers,
1nachinists and inventors, etc-any-
body and everybody but an agri-
culturist.
The same is true of our maya
zines and newspapers. Even so
called agricultural journals are
guilty of the same practice Now
why is it 500 Are there no farm
ers worthy of imitation?. Most as
suredly there are. What would be
more entertaining than well writ
ten and truthful sketch of Daniel
Dickson, FariSh Furman, DR.. N.
w. Phillips, Capt Peterkin, JEFF
Welborn, or ''Steele's Bayou and
many others? Will not Home and
Farm publish biographical sketches
Of some of our most progressive
farmers and stockmens Not only
would it be a big hit, but it would
do much to keep the boys on the
farm.
Want of society is another rea-
son why young people leave the
farm. It would do much good if
the farmers would pay more atten.
tion to social matters. A want Of
social intercourse On the part Of
farmers is habit and not necessity.
There is no reason why the farmer
should not enjoy social life as much
as the townslnan. In fact I think
G do not know, for I never lived in
town. that his social opportun-
tiles are better. 1t is true much
of his time is spent in the field,
but not more than the clerk or
factory operative spends in the
store or factory, and his vacation
is certainly longer.
On the other hand, the Alliance,
the Grange and the Farmers Club
afford ample means for social and
mental improvement If there is
not one Of these organizations in
your neighborhood start one lmme-
diately. The Farmers Alliance is
a very popular organization in the
South it takes members as young
as the age of IL. Take your boys
and girls into the Alliance, take
them to farmers Institutes, agrl-
cultural meetings, etc. Get them
interested, show them there is
something about farming besides
ploughing and hoeing. Give them
a plat of ground to cultivate as
their own, and let them have the
proceeds. Encourage them to take
and read agricultural journals.
Teach them that farming is just as
disnifed and honorable as any
other vocation. And, above every
thing else, don't take your bright
est boy and educate him to the last
notch for some profession while
his brother grows up in ignorance.
This IS a mistake that your fathers
made. It used to be thought that
any fool could be a successful far
mer. but experience has proved it
TO bea mistake.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-10-20
LA MANIA DEL ROB0.

En Windfeld, poblaci6n del b
tado de West Virginia, 30 ha dad0
principle al prOceso de una mucha.
cha llamada Eta Robinson, por r0-
bo de ganado.
La historic de esta muchacha es
en- extreme curiosa y da margen &
Greer que es victima de alguna
aberraci6n mental.
Esta es hija de buena familia, =
naci6 cerca de Windfield. Hoy a6.
10 cuenta II amos de edad, 50 ros.
tro es agraciado, posee una clara
inteligencia, y por so conversation
puede deducirse Ia instruction POGO
comun que ha recibido; viste CON
extremada elegancia, y entire sus
buenas cualidades reune la de see
virtuosa 6 incapsx de mentir.
De un afio & esta parte la mauia
de Etta ha sido robar caball0s, DOE
cuyo motive ha sido detenida en- ID
carcel, donde mas de una vez supo
burlar la vigilancia de 80 guardian
para emprender nuevamente s1s
aventuras.
Etta ha demostrado no Cohocer
ell miedo, pues SO ha pasado sema.
mas enteras en- los bosques donde
abundan las feras, alimentAndose
de hierbas y frutas silvestres.
Aun Sc ignora la decision del ID.
rado, pero ca mas que probable
que este, & pesar de encontrar & ID
muchacha culpable del delito que
90 10 acusa, Ia envfe 4 un asilo da
loeos.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-10-20
Ia REHUNClA DEL SR. ROSICn.

Pocos dias hace, lamentabase
amargamente El Popular de la
apatia y Ia incuria, que, segGn
aqutl colega. estabA reve'ando
gran parte de los actuales Ediles
del Municipio ponceno en- el he
cho, asaz continuado, de no asistir
q las sesiones procomanales.
Como era consiguiente, las de-
precaciones dc El Popular hubie-
ron de traernos 4 Ia msmoria 81
rscuerdo de que 10 mismo que ha
CO pocos dfas censuraba y deplo.
raba E1 Popular sucedfa en- otros
tiempcs, y entonces achacaba el
colega el fen6meno de 10 no asis-
tencia . las sesiones conceiiles de
Ponce, nc 4 la incuria y apatia
de los Regidores, como hace sho-
ra El Popular, sino 4 los Ale
caldes de aquella 9poca, mas claa
70. { las sscasas simpatfas do
que, segun aquel eo'ega, gos .bsh
ante los sspI ssentantea del pue.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-10-20
De Brusslas q Paris On globc.

Eacriben de Paris & un perl6dieo
de New York.
clos exc6ntricos de Ia loComo4
ci6n contin6an hacienda hablar dc
ellos. Desde que Sc abri6 la gran Nx.
posiCi6n, ha habido personas uu0
han venid0 & Paris en- fiaere, como
los periodistas vieneses /; & caballo.
como ell Official russo en- velocipedo.
como un estudiaute dinamarqu6s.
en- carretilla, como los dos campe.
sinos alstriacos. 70 no hablo .da
los que han venido en- coche desda
Madrid, nj de los privilegiados que
han venidos en- yate, desembarcan4
do frente al Campo de Marte. Pero
heaquf que SO anuncia un nuevo mos
do de hacer el viaje 4 nuestra famo.
ga Exposition: Sc trata NADIA menos
que de partir de Burdeos en- un
globo aerostatico, con la esperanza
de obtener el premio ofrecidO al
primer aeronauta belga que dess
c1enda de 50 barquilla 10 mas Ger.
ca possible de la TORE de EiffSl.
Precise es confesar que todos los
medios mas 8 menos excentricos
para ir de un punto 4
otro solo han tenido el m6rito de
f3jar Ia atenci6n sobre las personals
que han llevado & cabo el trayectO.
ri gran prOblema de Ia dirdoCikn
dc los globos SO hallar& casi re-
.uelto 81 I'm aeronatita que parta
dc Bruselas llega 4 descender c6.
modamente al PIE de Ia famosa toa
IRE. , CON mayor fas6n 81 pusda
Veaaoas az dsssmSarcol pr ljams
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1889-10-20
ADHESION.
Vega.bsja, Octubre 16 de 1889.
Sr. Director del BOLRTtN MER
JANTIL.
Puerto-Rico.

MuY sefor milo Y amigo: Lsida
con immense jdbilo la carta de
nuestro querido Jefe ell Excmo Sr
D. Pablo Ubarri, que, copiada del
peri6dico "El Oorreo Militar" de
Madrid, publica nuestro colega
+" La Integridad Nacional" en- ell
n1mero "a; vista la alteza de mi
ras que abraza dicho docnmento,
de acuerdO en- un todo con 8 en-
mi dohle Caracter de Preside ate del
Connie local del Partido Iocondi-
cionalmente espafiol de esta Villa
y Jefe de la Secei6n de Voluntarios
de la misms, en- nombre de ambas
agrnpsciones, adh erome & tan le
vantada y pstri6tica manifestation,
felicitando por ella calurosamente
q nuestro dignfsimo Jefe, que, d.
manera tan feliz, ha sabido ioter.
pretar los sentimientos de estos lea
les hijos de la Patria.
Ooa consideration distinqnida v
gracias anticipates por Ia inse 'ci6n
de la presente, SO reptile de Y. 81
stento amigo 3. s.
9. B. 8. M.
Andy& Sandin.