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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Josh Billings Philosophy.

If 1 waz called upon tew tell who
WaZ the bravest man that ever lived,
would say it waz him who never told a
lie.
The meanest thing that eny man
ever followed for bizzness is making
money.
Everybody luvs tew feel that they
are ov sum importance in this world !;
even a pauper looks forward tew the
day ov his phuuersl as the time that
he haz got tew be notissed.
If yu hav a spirited and noble boy,
appeal to his generosity; if yu hav a
heavy aud sullen one, appel tew his
fock.
graf menny ov our people 60
abroad tew improve their minds who
hadn't got emmy minds when they wur
at home. knowledge, like charity,
should begin at home, and then
spread.
Nobody but 3 phool will spend his
time trieing tew convince a phool. --
Time il like money the less we hav
ov it tew spare the further we make it
go.
The tung IL really very fasst men,
ber ov the boldly politick =; be duz all
the talking and two-thirds ov the
thinking.
Men who invade the province ov
wimm:u are alwus jeered at and who
kan wimmin, when they invade the
province ov men, expekt tew eskape
the same kind ov treatment.
He who spends biz younger days in
disapashum IL mortgag!ng himself tew
disease and poverty, to oinexorable cred
itors, who are certain tew foreclose at
last, and take possession ov the prem
ises.
Thare il menny a person who kan
set a mouse trap tew perfeckshun ; but
not satisfied with sich small game,
they undertake tew trap for bears, and
git ketched bi the bears. Moral Study
yore genius, and stick tew mice.
Young man, don't marry abuve or
below yore rank; not that I think
thare IL evry virtew in rank, but there
il custom i'll it, and custom often out
ranks law and gospel.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Beauty Without Paint.

"What makes my skin so dark and
muddy?
Ny cheeks were once so smooth and
ruddy!
I use the best cosmetics made"
Is what lovely maiden said.
"That's not the cure, my charming
Miss"
The doctor said-"remember this:
If you yourskin would keep from taint,
Discard the powder and the paint.
''The proper thing for all such Ills
Is this" remarked the man of pills:
Enrich the blood and make it pure
In this you'll find the only cure"
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discove-
ry will do this without fail. 1t has no
equal. All druggists.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Mr.. Cleveland as Fisherman.
Cape Cod Letter to the Boston Trans
script.

script.
EX-President Cleveland, with his
summer home at Marion, some seven
miles across the bay, has lately found
both profit and pleasure in divers
piscatorial visits to upper Cape Cod,
and the honor is duly appreciated by
all classes of our people. The charming
hospitality of Joseph Jefersou's home
.at Buzzard's Bay, which serves as
base Of operations, is not the least of
the allurements which have lately
brought the Ex-President into rather
intimate relations with the popular but
charming scenery which here abounds.
1t is safe to say that in the last fort
night Mr.. Cleveland has thrown his
flies more times into more brooks than
any other man since Daniel Webster,
who, with men like Sidney Bartlett
and the Austins, under the guidance of
old Johnny Trout" frequented these
same streams fifty years ago. The stream
owners have Wed with one another in
throwing open their reserves tol Mr..
Cleveland. Mr.. Cleveland throws a
fairly good fly, and, what is more, he
keeps throwing his fly until he captures
his fish. His admirers may be sure of
the fact that Mr.. Cleveland can stand
throwing flies in a broiling sun as
many hours as any man in the coun-
try, and, counting weight, few men of
his inches can match his freshness
when he is done. 1t is but just to say
that he has made many new friends
among our people. Here he shows up
as the simplest hammered of men
quiet and frank, hearty and entirely
without airs or pretence. Only those
who look for a man to say what he
does net think will be misled by the
simple and spontaneous words of this
man, who seems always to b. saying
exactly what he does think, The writer
Of these lines, stranger to him, but
watching him couple of days on his
own trout brook, is of the mind that
here is strong man ofsimple manners
and downright opinions, infexible in
his distinctions between right and
wrong, who, with a strong physique
holding a clear mind, will in his days
to come fight out his battle with his
political antagonists with a power and
persistency at which no wise man will
venture to laugh.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
The Luck of An Arkansas Druggist.
New York Times. I

Opposite Memphis and about twenty
miles inland I stopped at general
store to rest and get bit to eat. Be-
sides keeping hardware, woodenware,
dry goods, groceries, saddlery and
salt meats, there was stock OF drugs
in the rear. I got some crackers and
cheese, and while eating there came in
celored man. He complained of
pains in the chest, and wanted reme-
dy. The merchant scratched his nose
refectively, looked along the shelves,
and finally took down a bottle, poured
a two-ounce phial full and corked itup
and handed it over with the remark:
'"Take five drops Of that in water
every four hours. Fifty eents.n
The negro paid. and went away, and
in a few minutes woman came in for
something fer dyspepsia. He took
down chance bottle. poured some Of
the contents in a phial, and charged
her 60 cents. Then I inquired if he
was doctor. .
''Well, sorter," be replied.
"And you know drugs?'
eyes, tolerably fair"
"You put up queer remedies for those
two complaints"
"Did [? Do you know drugs?p e
- -
II have served five years as prescrip@
tion clerk.n s
"Just the man I've been aching to
see for month! I took this stock on
debt. The fellow agreed to write on
each bottle what. the contents were
good for but he missed over half of'em.
Ive been dealing out sorter on myown
Judgment, and Tve had mighty good
luck so far"
Haven't you killed anyone?"
"Bout dozen, I reckon; but all !
but one have been niggers, and the one
white man was no count any how.
Now you just put in the afternoon
marking up them bottles, and pll keep
ye over night and hand ye two big dol-
lars in the morning." --
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15

tna m Question:" said DR.. NC
VIII "Ihe areouires rT only little time 11jr fGr
Cune' s,,t;on, The demand OF the A,ti s,,a+
It's ;s that the tare be actual anu rarv rr1y
alie1 ahe custom of basing the tare stUI i"ta be
the cuSu. 1'a;obt Of the heaviest jute ue '7
at 1ie,sd tne " The est stsblishnenss ol to +he be-
setua sFs OF sbont eight pounds 'sst per Ids ths
farhsl 4s average; that is to :'fs SAY ins harsing
on t;or !ne in the weight Of jo'e p. ;sfaa1
variation an .n and half to sixteen
sdnds of fr0 per bale is hardship tnac III could ~
pounr aorreeted by the change. ;,'te ~ eOr u.as
ss+;~ued, not oe because the buyer Justly ;nts
con.r is.,a y tare equal to the heavles' Jute' Z,
e d tbe cotton is, as a rule Wrapped III
the lightest jute."
.sWhy is this?" ~. o1lou-
x;nnsrs to gin and wrap for given
lice rS per bale, which makes 1t to ene
interest p, of the ginner, regardless OF
.a;aht to use the cheapest and lightest
Ewing and thus it comes that the
soreign buyer only considers himself
ssfe when there are such great differ
onces in the weight of the wrapping
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Malone as q Disciplinarian

Mahone's old soldiers say that he was
the strictest OF disciplinarians, and, as
might be expected, most careful and
provident of the comfort Of his men.
After the battle of the "Crater' his
force was so weakened thata regiment
was sent to reinforce it, says the Boston
Traveller. It was regiment maiuly
composed of conscripts who were raw.
The first night after it joined some of
the men detailed for picket duty on a
part of the line where the utmost quiet
and vigilance were necessary, for the
Union forces were on the alert and
pressing closer, and closer. It was
after midnight when Mahon set out
to visit his outposts. What was his
astonishment and wrath, as he crossed
the little ravine which led from the
Union line to the Crater" to hear a
voice singing, or shouting, a Southern
song, and to see outlined against the
sky the figure of a starlwart sentinel of
his own command, who was marching
up and down with the but of his gun
in the air. Malone rushed up the
slope with barred sword, and as he got
near the soldier, exclaimed in a sup
pressed voice, half choked with anger
What in - are you doing? Who
are you? Where do you belong?"
The sentinel stopped, brought his
gun to his shoulder and said:-
"Who be you and what be you do
ing here? l belong to the Fo'th Ca'liny
regiment. standin' this gyard."
"I'll show you who am" replied
the infuriated general. -.~.....-.
"Well, who be yeu?" retorted the
imperturbable eonseript. :.
II am General Malone, in command
Of this division. Call the officer of
the guard.n -, a-z.:,- a-is., :
At the mention of that name the
sentinel lowered his gun and his voice
at the same time, extended his hand
and whispered ....
General Malone, Pm proud to
meet yer. Pm Fo'th Moth Ca'liny.
You'll find co'p'l gyard down yan, but
don't make such clatter or yo'll rouse
the yanks."
The general meekly sought the officer
Of the "gyard." .....
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
A Bad Boy and Erskine College.
Associate Reformed Presbyterian.

Associate Reformed Presbyterian
A brother in a distant State writes
private note, part Of which he will
pardon for US putting in print: II knew
much more of Erskine in it's early his
tory than of its later days. My father
took me there the latter part of 1887 to
begin school, when the famous John S
Pressly was ruler of the Presbyterlal
Academy located on the ground where
your mothers house now stands. Ex-
cept small yard before the door of the
Academy the whole place was chin
auapin thicket where the village now
stands, without house in sight except
the old church and the session house,
John S. Pressly had the honor of clear
ing up the thic4e by cutting down all
the straight ratoons from the roots of
the bushes to U se upon such boys asJ.
E. Pressly, A. E. Ellis, Jim Crosson,
Frank Patton and others could name.
He literally killed out the chinquapins
and made the jungle penetrahle. The
preachers had been discussing for years
q manual labor school after the Cokes-
bury establishment. The Second Pres
bytery had secured the services ofJohn
S. Pressly and Rev. E. E. Pressly-the
latter to. instruct the girls in one end of
the Academy: This was as far back as
1885. The boys school flourished, but
as the girls were thought to be In the
way the neighbors erected house on
the lot next the graveyard in front of
the house now occupied by DR.. Miller.
Near the close Of the year 1888, diff
Guilty occurred in the boys school. It
was after this fashion. A. G. Gaskins
threw hard, tawny old fashioned bis
cult at the head of W. r. Hunt while
Mr.. Pressly was asking the blessing at
the dinner table in the house now
known as the Robt. Denman house.
You know the boys would snort out in
a. loud laugh at sucbIa pranks, and when
the teacher opened his eyes and found
the general crowd laughing, he at once
concluded that they were laughing at
him and he never would believe any,
thing else. He dismissed Gaskins at
once, though he protested that he never
thought Of making sport of the blessing.
Gaskins laid the matter before the trus-
tees, Abram Haddon, James Lindsay,
John L. Ellis, James Fair and johnson
Sims. The trustees required Mr.. Pressly
to take back Gaskins on r.: making
suitable acknowledgment, He refused
to do so. The next morning DR.. Ebene-
zer Pressly appeared as teacher, and
with the help of the theologues finished
the session. Synod meeting very soon
after the labor school and the Presby-
terian Academy were merged into a
college. 1t has been said that Jenny
Geddles started the Reformation in
Scotland by throwing a stool at the
priests head while he Was mumblng
mass in her lug. So Erskine College
was started by A. G. Gaskins throwing
hard biscuit and hitting w. R. Hunt
on the head, while John S. Pressly was
asking the blessing"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
A Tunnel OF Three States.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August S.-The
heading of the great tunnel at Cum
berland Gap, which unites the States
of Kentucky and Tennessee with Vir-
ginia, was knocked in at 6 o'clock this
morning with appropriate ceremonies.
The tunnel is the largest in the State
and its completion was the accomplish
ment of the greatest engineering feat
ever accomplished in Kentucky. Trains
in passing through the tunnel will
cross sections Of Kentucky, Tennessee
and Virginia.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
SENSATION IN ATLANTA.
Postmaster Lewis and Colonel Buck Burned
In Rfhgy.

ATLANTA, GA; Aug. 8.-Postmaster
Lew is and Colonel Buck were burned
in effigy tonight in the presence of a
big crowd as an expression of indigna-
ton st the appointment of negro to a
place in the postofice, where he would
be brought in business Intercourse with
white female clerk.
Two of Lewis bondsmen have asked
to be released from his bond on the
ground of his action in appointing the
negro.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
A Model for Sane Farmers.

Especial to the Greenville News.
COLUMBIA, Aug, S.-The Board of.
regents of the State Lunatic Asylum
met to-day. The farm account shows
a net profit of s2,6O1for the last nine
months. The farm contains two hum
dred acres, on which enough vegeta-
bles are raised for the institution. The
matter OF putting in silo is now un-
der consideration.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
PINE STRAW BAGGING.
Practical Preparation to Make it on .
Great Scale at Wilmington.

WILM1NGToN, n. c., Aug. Sit is
understood that large capitalists are
here and represented to incorporate the
American Pine Fibre Company with
ample capital to produce pine fibre bag
ging for covering cotton on verg large
scale. Great improvements have been
made of late in this new industry, and
the promoters are now shipping pine
bagging daily into various sections of.
the cotton belt for the purpose of in
Producing the new product, which it is
claimed will solve the bagging ques-
ton for the cotton planters of the
South and relieve them. of the exac-
tions Of the jute combine.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
He Gave q Good Reason.

Some time ago man sold the Jute
Bag Trust, of San Francisco, $500
grain bags at seven and a half cents
each. He failed to dellveraccording to
contract. The trust brought suit, and
his defence T,aos a motion for a nonsuit
on the ground that the purchase was
part of a scheme to control the market,
and therefore was against public policy.
The court sustained the defence as
valid.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15

Cotton Exchange-Dear Sir: am re-
euested to communicate with your Ex-
change on the subject of the suggested
use of cotton bagging as covering for
bales of cotton.
The matter has had the careful con-
sideration of the board of directors Of
this association, who find its adoption
will be beset with several difficulties,
among which are:
l. That some underwriters, in conse-
quence of the tests made last year, think
it's use instead of jute bagging undesi-
rable.
2. That it not afford sufficient pro-
lection against damage.
3. That if of the weight suggested in
the information laid before the board,
three-quarters at a pound to the yard, it
will not be strong enough to resist the
rough handling en- route, and that this
will increase the cost of mending on
arrival.
4. That great inconvenience will
arise from the continued use of two
kinds Of bagging, even though some
temporary arrangement be arrived at
for the ensuing season.
5. That the absence of similar bag
ging here for the mending purposes and
the doubtfulness as to whether. it could
be obtained for some time to come, will
complicate the question of allowances
for tare.
6. That the increased cost of supply
ing such bagging, even if practicable,
will cause distinct loss to the impor-
ter on every pound of bagging added
for the mendings, the cost of cotton
bagging per pound being considerably
in excess of the same weight of cotton.
In view Of the objections mentioned
above, the association would be glad Of
information from your side on the fol-
lowing points:
!. What proportion of the crop is
likely to come forward in this covering?
2. Whether more bands than are at
present used will not be required for
the proper protection of bales covered
with this description of bagging?
8. What weight per yard is it likely
to be?
They would also be glad to receive, at
as early day as possible, samples of
the bagging proposed to bs used during
the coming season.
While asking for this information
with view of legislating on the ques-
ton, should it unfortunately become
necessary to do so, the board respect
fully urges upon your Exchange to do
all in its power to encourage return to
the use Of jute bagging, and so abviate
the necessity OF meeting the almost
insuperable difficulties whith the adep-
- s41.ss- - s tlenew bagging would raise.
Tfdsshe left S,ah an early
I am, dear go'nm5;+th51tz. t5t.S3 Co.,
John Roxburgh, President.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
DOWN WITH THE JpTE TRUST.
An Interesting Talk with DIR. w. c. Nc
Cune, President of the National Alli-
anee, on the Subject Of Covering
for Cotton-The Fight Must be
Made Now.

From the Atlanta Constitution
AUBURN, ALA, Aug. 6.-This has
been royal day in Auburn. The Far
mers' Alliance of Alabama, through it's
accredited delegates, representing 1855
Sub-Alliances, meet in regular conven-
ton here to-day. The meeting was
rendered notable because of the pres
ence of DR.. w. c. McCune, the presi-
dent of the national organization; Com
missioner Kolb, of the State agricultu-
raj department, and many of the lead
ing agriculturists of the State.
DIR. M'CUNE INTERVIEWED.
The meeting of the Alliance, as a
matter of course, was secret, but spe-
cial interviewaccorded your correspon-
,tas,..::.--'-ss---izzaarsMcCune, the head of the
Order in the United States, contains
information of more than national inn
portance The first point settled is that
Alabama will let her cotton rot in the
fields before she will pack it in jute.
The second point is that upon the ruins
Of jute, cotton looms up as king, more
prominent than ever; and the third
point is that the Alliance has come to
stay and has already proven the means
of turning agriculture into profitable
channels. Said DR.. McCune: 1.-THE most
important question now before. the
farmers of the South and the one which
claimed the attention of the Alliance
here to-day was the request of the
Liverpool Cotton Exchange to the
New York Exchange, requesting them
to use their influence in favor of the
continued use. of jute as cotton bagging;
and to discourage the use of cotton for
thatpurpos Some Of the newspapers
misstate the circular entirely ysaying
that Liverpool had refused toSaccept
cotton wrapped in cotton bagging, and
their editorials to that effect ere calcu-
lated to mislead the people. The fact
is that the Liverpool communication
is a carefully-worded document, ex-,
pressing the jute argument in its most
favorable light, and recommending
that the use Of cotton be discouraged,
but, in no sense of the word, taking a
stand against cotton as bagging. These
articles were read before the Alabama
Alliance to-day, fully discussed, and
a resolution was adopted unanimously
the renewed determination
Of the farmers 70 rap.eyery bale in
sottonssand under no possible circum-
sssnees touse any other.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Death Of Dupont, the Powder Maker.

WILMINGTON, DEL, August s.
Gen. Henry Dupont, since 1850 the
head Of the extensive gunpowderman-
ufacturing firm off. J. Dupont, De
Nemours & Go. died early this morning.
He was Frustrated by an attack OF
heart failure about two months ago,
from which he rallied temporarily, but
grew worse again in few days ago.
He was the last Of the second genera
tion from the founder.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15

s1oo Reward. 800.
The readers of the Herald and
News will be pleased to learn that
thereis at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in all its
stages, and that is Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh, Cure is the only positive cure
now known to the medical fraternity.
Catarrh being constitutional disease,
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrah Cure is taken internally
acting directly upon the blood and
mucus surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation ofthe disease,
and giving the patient strength, by J;
building up the constitution snd assist
ing nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers, that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it I
fails to cure. Send for list of testimo-
mails. Address. 80.
F. J. CHENEY &sG0., Toledo, O.
s@Sold by Druggists, roc.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Wearyin' for You.

Just a-wearyin' for you,
All the time a Ieelin' blue:
Wishin' for you, wonderin' when
You'll be comm home agen;
Restless, Cent know what to do.
Jest a-wearyin' for you.
Keep a-mopin' day by day;
Dull, in everyhody's way.
Folks they smile and pass aIoIe. 80
Wonderin' what on earth is wrong;
'IWouldn't help 'em if they knew, -.
Jest a-wearyin' for you. 50
Rooms so lonesome, with your chair
Empty by the fireplace there;
Jest can't stand the sight of it;
Go outdoors and roam Bit
But the woods is lonesome, too. 6
Jest d wearyin' for you.
Comes the wind with soft caress.
Like the rustling of your dress:
Blossoms fallin' to tile ground
Softly like your footsteps sound;
Vlolets like your eyes so blue,
Jest a-wearyin' for you.
AAt SOt4SS, IllO DlTOS awake
USED to sing so for your sake,
But there's sadness in the notes
That come thrillin from theirthroats. z
Seem to feel your absence too,
Jest a-wearyin' for you.
Evenin' falls; [ miss you more
When the dark gloom's in the door;
Seems jest Like you orter be
There to open it for me!
Latch goes tinkIn', thrills me
through;
Sets me wearyin' for you.
Jest a-wearyin' for you!
All the time feelin' blue,
Wishin' for you, wonderin' when
You'll be comm home agen.
Restless, don't know what to do,
Jest a-wearyin' for yon.
F. L. Stanton.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
The Sweeping Victory In Kentucky.

LOUISVILLE, KY, August RE
turns from the State election up to this
morning show that the Democrats
have All increased plurality of 1900
over the election of two years age, and
that Mondays majority will reach 35,-
600. The last Legislature stood 1O2
Democrats and 36 opposition. That
elected on Monday will consist Of ia
Democrats and "a Republicans.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
Stanley Marching to the Sea.

LONDON, Aug. 8.-Advices from Af-
rica state that Henry NJ. Stanley and
Emin Bey, with nine thousand follow
ers are approaching the coast, but the
date of their arrival is uncertain.
The men are bringing with them an
enormous quantity of valuable ivory.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-15
HE'LL DIVIDE HIS LUCK.

BIRMINGHAM, Conn.,, August, g.
Charles H. Kessel, a machinist in the.
Birmingham iron foundry, this morn,
ing received check for $4,000 from
Germany, that being his portion of
his grand-father's estate.
Kessel is German, who has been in
the country only few years. Upon
leaving Germany his grandfather in.
formed him that if he married while in
America he would be cut off without a
penny, but if he returned to his native.
land single he would inherit the estate.
Kessel promised, but soon after his arr
rival he was married. He supposed
that his grandfather had carried out
the threat until the receipt of the
check.
Kessel worked for 50 a day while;
here. He intends dividing $4,000 of.
the $4,000 between his mother and an III
mss:Tied sister, who are in poor ciifcum-.
stances. ~