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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
Death from Tight Lacing.
GSt. James Gazette. /

A verdict of death from tight lacing
is, perhaps, still to be sought among
the curiositiesof law. But Birming-
ham jury have come near it in ver-
dict Of death from pressure round the
waist. The victim was poor servant
girl who died after a fright, and her
death was attributed by medical wit
nesses to the fact that she was too
tightly belted to enable her to stand
the wear and tear of any sudden emo
ton. She was notorious tight LAGER;
her collar fitted so closely that it was
impossible to loosen it at the critical
moment, and under her stays she wore
a belt so remorseiessly buckled as to
prevent the free circulation of the
blood.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
Genhlity-As Some Understand II.
Manchester Tinoes7

Manchester Tirnes1
Genteel it is to have soft hands.
But not genteel to work on lands: z
Genteel it is to lie in bed. ~.
But not gepteel to earn your bread;
Genteel it is to cringe and bow,
But not genteel to sow and plough:
Genteel tits to play the beau,
But not genteel to reap and NOV.
Genteel 1t is to keep a gig, Z
But not genteel to hoe and dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail.
But not genteel to swing fail. z
Genteel it is 70 play a fool.
BUT not genteel to keep school;
Genteel it is to cheat your tailor,
But not genteel to be sailor:
Genteel it is to fight duel,
But not genteel to cut your fuel:
Genteel it is to eat rich cake. .:s
BUT not genteel to cook or bake: 3; ;;
Genteel it is to have the blues, -
But not genteel to wear thick shoes:
Genteel it is to roll in wealth. 3
6ut not genteel to have good health;
Genteel it is to ''cut" a friend,
But not genteel youEclothes to mend,
Genteel 1t is to make q show, 80.
But not genteel poor folks to know: VI
Genteel it is to smirk and smile, s
But not genteel to shun all guile;
Genteel tits to be q knave.
But not genteel your cash to save; Il
Genteel 1t is to make bet, -
But not genteel to pay a debt;
Genteel it is to play at dice,
But not genteel to take advice;
Genteel it is to curse and swear,
But not genteel old clothes to wear:
Genteel it is to know lord, 81.
PUT not genteel to pay your board;
Genteel it is to skip and hop. Il
But not genteel to keep a shop. 5 8
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
Beware of Canned Meat.

CHATTANOOGA, August 26.-A whole
sale poisoning occurred here to-day
through the use of impure canned
meat. Lydia Mildman keeps a colored
boarding house and has ten young men
boalders working at one of thefurnaces.
One hour after dinner to-day all the
boarders, Lydia Mildman and her
young daughter, were taken violently
i'll and have all been unconscious since.
The girl and two of the boarders will
die.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
The Modern Duel.
[London Tit-Bits.

A couple fgood natured Frenchmen
got into quarrel and challenged each
other to fight. On the morning Of the
duel they and their seconds tramped
through the woods to the fatal spot,
when one of the duelists, the challeng-
ing party, tripped and fell. His second
helped him to his feet.
II hope you are not hurt?' said the
other duelist.
"I'm not much hurt; I only bumped
my nose on the ground"
"Does it bleed ?n
"Yes, a little.n
Heaven be praised! Blood flows,
and my honor is vindicated. Give me
your hand, old boy?'
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
A Valuable Dog.
Especial to Charleston World. !

IoPecIaI 10 IHaIIesloH FOIIu.I
APPLETON, Barnwell Co., Aug. 81
Appleton has gentleman, Mr.. J. Y.
Calhoun, who knows something about
dogs. He raised hound for which
Capt. H. w. Richardson, ex-collector
of the port at Beaufort, gave him a
good price, and since sent to Liverpool,
Eng, to dog fair, in which it took
third prize, and was sold for 1915.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
Hoopskirts Again

may come into style, but it is hoped
net. The transformation which will
bring back that style of crinolines
ought to be indefinitely postponed.
Transformations in the health of thous-
ands of women throughout the country
have taken place during the past few
years. Pale, haggard, and dispirited,
they have become bright-eyed and
healthy. The secret? DR.. Pieree's
Favorite Prescription, which cures all
those chronic "weaknesses" and dis
tressing ailments peculiar to women.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
down again, but he does not laugh this

uo"n again, Dut ne does not laugh this
time.
A young lamb has no way of telling
which eve is its mother, and the mo-
ther only knows which lamb is her
own by the scent. Hence, while very
young it is bad plan to have too many
together, for the eve may be confused
by so many lambs, or become partially
Indifferent, and the lamb perish for the
want of care. When a few weeks old,
however, they know each other by the
sound of the voice. In a band of 1000
or 5000 ewes, eve may call her lamb,
and the lamb will answer from the
other side of the flock. They will 90
as straight to each other, right through
the whole band, as they would if they
were the only two animals for a mile
around.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
HIGH OFFICIALS EMBARRASSED.
The President and the Secretary ofState
Victims of Circum stances,

Victims of Circumstances.
There is a story of Presidential ex-
cursion down to the Eastern shore Of
Maryland. The party embraced Sec
retaries Blaine and Window and others.
They went to church and were for-S
tunate enough to hear an excellent SER
mon from the venerable Protestant
Episcopal Bishop Of Maryland, who
was there to administer the rite of
confirmation. 1t was a rare pleasure 8
to listen to discourse from clergy
man who did not improve the occasion
by referring to those high in authority
or by preaching or praying al at'them.
The President and the two Secretaries,
one on either side Of him, sat in quiet
satisfaction But their peace of mind
was suddenly and rudely dispelled
The ofertory was sung. At the faml-
iar words:
Let your light 50 shine before men, &c..
the President and the Secretaries each
quietly dropped a hand into a pocket.
Lay not up for yourselves treasures on
earth.
Window drew forth crisp one-dol-
lar note held it between thumb and
forefnger, ready for the approaching
plate. The President and Mr.. Blaine
went little deeper into their pockets.
One brought up nickel and the other
a dime. Their faces flushed. It would
never do to make such a small contri-
bution.s
He that soweth little shall reap lit
tle,and he that soweth plenteously shall
reap plentiously. God
loveth a cheerful giver.
The President went to his pocket
book and the Secretary of State explor-
ed his vest pocket with nervous fingers.
Zaecheus stood forth and said unto
the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my
goods ] give to the poor, and if I have
wrong to any man I restore fourfoh.
The plate was only four pews away.
What the President found in his pock-
etbook was one ffty-dollar note and
ten-dollar greenbaek-nothing smaller.
What Mr.. Blaine found was two ten
dollar notes-nothing smaller. To put
in nickle or dime only was not to be;
! thought of. To give ten dollars was
more than either cared to do; besides
how ostentatious it would look! Each
looked at Window, sitting there calm
ly, the richest of the party, with his
dollar note in hand. He shook his
head.
Charge them who are rich in this
world that they be ready to give and
glad to distribute.
I There was no time forsfurther pocket
texploration or consideration. With
smile of commisseration at each other,
! and something like ghoulish glee on
WINDOWS placid countenance, the
President and Secretary of State each
planked down his ten-dollar note for
''the poor of this congregation" And
the worst oft is, said one Of the party.
| afterward, that the Lord would prob
| ably give them credit only for the dol
/ lar or two which they intended to
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05

That the owners of land Of from five
hundred to one thousand acres increas-
ed nearly tivefold in the last ten years
and that owners of one thousand acres
and upward increased nearly eightfold
are facts full of significance.
In order to show where we are tend
ing letus compare ourselves with En-
gland and Wales. Omitting London
and waste places, moorlands, crown
property, roads, lakes and rivers, the
balance of land in England and Wales
was owned as follows in 1S73:-
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05

1fall so-called remedies have failed,
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy cures. SO
cts, by druggists.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1889-09-05
A WOMAN'S TOWN.
ATLANTA Constitution.

New Venture in Habersham County
What it Means.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
Knicbts of the sbotrun.

The Eastern and Western shooting teams
that are to make tour of the United States
will leave Cincinnati on the eth Of January
and give exhibitions at st. Louis, Memphis
New Orleans, Houston, Dallss, Austin,
San Antonio, Ell Paso, Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Sacramento, Portland, Tacoma,
Seattle, Ogden, Salt Lake City, Denver,
Kansas City. Omaha, Des Moines, st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Detroit. Cleveland, Pittsburg,
Buffalo, Syracuse, New York and Boston,
where the party will dispense with big
blow. out about the 10Th Of March.
The teams as at present selected are
Eastern team-H. McMurchy of Utica, n.
Y, Captain; n B. 3. Whitney of Phelps,
Wy; W. Wolstencroft, Philadelphia, Pa
W. Perry, Worcester, Mass; W. Perry,
Boston, Mass. The Western team will be
composed of C. ". Budd of Des Moines,
Iowa, Captain; B. Heikes of Dayton, Ohio;
J. Slice O: Jacksonville, ILL.,, and John
Ruble of Beloit, Wis.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
LIGHTING THE CITY.
The Trustees Called Upon to Use Sound
Judgment.

The Trustees Called Upon to Use Sound
Judgment.
EDS. RECORD UNION: IL your issue of
the oath you published card signed by
W. c. Clark, who claims 10 represent sew
eral capitalists in whose name ne is asking
the Board of Trustees to grant them a
franchise for putting up electric light poles
in the city. He does not want the fran
chise, however, unless the Trustees will
give the company which he proposes to or
ganize a contract for lighting the city for the
next two years. Now, l think the Board of
Trustees had better find out first what facil-
tiles these people have for lighting the city
before it gives them the contract. If they
are given the contract, who is going to
light the city during the five or six months
which it will take them to establish plant
and erect poles and wires? The contract
with the gas company has run out, and if
it does not get another contract it is not
likely to continue to light the streets, and
even if it should the city will be compelled
to pay more under the old contract than
the company now offers TO furnish light
for. Besides that there are several import
ant matters the Trustees ought to look
into. 1t is stated that these gentlemen
propose to furnish the people with cheap
light, but the experience of the past leads
one to think that they will sell out to the
gas company. 1t is generally understood
that two of the men who are most deeply
interested have already done that very
thing.
In the next place it would be well
for the Trustees to read the decision
of Judge Gresham published in your
paper of the oath, which shows that
the Westinghouse Electric Company has
no right to use the double carbon lamp
they have been using, and by which alone
their system can be maintained. This
decision has been rendered since Mr.. Clark
applied for a franchise, and may cause him
to withdraw his petition, or if the city uses
it there will be an injunction.
Mr.. Clark, in his card, says that 'the rate
paid to-day by Sacramento for electric
lights is far in excess of any rate paid by a
municipality" etc. This is not true, as
Los Angeles now pays $27 II per lamp on
a moonlight schedule.
Another point for the Trustees to con-
slider is whether the Westinghouse system
furnishes good light. 1t does not look like
it, since the city of Fresno has dispensed
with the system and put in the Thomson
Houston.
am q taxpayer and 1 hope that the
Trustees will act with caution in this mat
ter. a CITIZEN,
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30

Rev. C. P Masseys sermon in the morn
ing. He had announced his subject as
THE clements of Our Civilization" and
said:
THE point l am DESTROYS of making is.
that the refined and intelligent mirth
which now distinguishes the Christmas sea-
son, but which insists upon giving secu-
lar cast to the observances, witnesses to the
appreciation of something that has been
almost entirely lost sight of in our religious
thinking. 1t witnesses to the many
sided character of our civilization, civili-
cation in which religion has operated as
but single determining force. and into
which numerous and widely differing
forces have also entered to accomplish the
sscertained results. 1t witnesses to the
fact that religion is not all of life, unless re-
ligion can be taken to be the whole of life,
in the many-sided and many colored illus
tration Of it, and so be regarded as the sum
of character in its intelligence, its accom-
plishment, its integrity, its beneficence and
its faith.
Christmas, then, becomes a day upon
which once yearly the people see straight
and think clear, day on which religion is
Invested of all maudlin sentimentality, OF
miraculous accessory and superstitious
reverence, and made to indicate what indi-
vidual and associated life may come to be
in their best expression. 1t is
day upon which the history of
the race, and especially the history
of the last eighteen hundred years can be
alphabetically studied, day upon which
the struggles for freedom, the achieve
ments Of art, the progress of let
tiers. the softening influence of more in
innate associations, as trade and travel pro-
duce larger acquaintance and proclaim the
mutual dependence of men, can all be ap-
preciatingly considered, and assigned
their proper place in the civil and political
structure the world has gradually reared,
"Lst US call the structure Christian if We
will, and as much as we will. The Chris
tian ideal is one beyond which il seems
to pass, and suggestion of the
miraculous may still be allowed to come,
even to the most rational investigator, when
it is considered how principles proclaimed
amid the rude surroundings of a Galilean
peasants life are found to be the prin-
ciples which. after nearly twenty centuries
of struggle and progress, can be counted
upon TO give life ard vigor and endurance
to our modern civilization"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
LA GRIPPE.
Except to the Aged and Feeble, 1t is Not
Considered Dangerous.

Except to the Aged and Feeble, 1t is Not
Considered Dangerous.
The press and medical journals are just
now giving much space to the discussion Of
the epidemic that prevails in Europe and
on this continent, and which may rea-
sonably be expected to touch up most
communities in this State, despite our glo-
rious climate. In an article on the sub
ject the Occidental Medical Times, published
in this city, will to-day say:
1.-THE last epidemic in the United States
prevailed in the summer of 1880. The
histories of previous epidemics do not show
q connection with climate or season and
the supposition that certain meteorological
conditions determine the pandemic. cpl
demic or sporadic character of the disease
is unwarranted by accurate observations.
In obedience to modern doctrines, it is not
unreasonable to assume q micro parasitic
etiology for this disease; indeed, micro
cocci of a supposed pathogenic nature have
been found in the blood, but their connec.
ton with the disease is deservedly ques-
toned. Influenza begins abruptly, and it
is only ID a minority of cases that prodro-
mata are present. These do not differ
from the manifestations peculiar to the in
cubation of other infectious diseases.
1.-The force of the disease is expended on
the various mucous membranes, resulting
in a catarrhal inflammation. The severity
of the attack is influenced by the prevail
ing epidemic and by the occurrence OF
complications. OF these the most i'm
poFtant are broncho and croupous pneu-
monia. Inflammation of the Serious mem
branes, erythema, roseola, urticaria, etc,
have also been observed. As a rule, when
unattended by complications, influenza
except to the old and feeble, is 8 harmless
affection.
1.-The treatment is usually symptomatic
although quinine has been claimed to be
a specific. The only prophylactic measure
likely to be Of svail in an impending cpl
demic is to remain within doors, as OBJ
serYations have repeatedly demonstrated
that those exposed in the open air first suf
fer from the disease"
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
ELECTRIC LIGHTS.
The Franchise Question Before the Trus-
tees To-day.

The Franchise Question Before the Trus-
tees To-day.
The Board of Trustees will be called upon
this morning to decide whether or not it
will grant franchise to certain gentlemen
to put in the Westinghouse electric light
system here and give it contract to light
the city for the next two years. Since the
application for franchise was first made the
subject has been freely discussed and q num-
Der of reasons are pointed out why the city
authorities should examine into the matter
very carefully before entering into a con-
tract for the Westinghouse system. A citi-
zen, whose communication is published in
another column, says that this system has
been supplanted in the city of Fresno by
the Thomson Houston system. He also
calls attention to late decision by Judge
Gresham, showing that the Westinghouse
Company have no right to use the double
carbon lamps.
Modern Light and Heat, an electrical mag
azine, published at Boston. in its issue of
the 9th instant, contains an article in re-
gard to the Westinghouse system which
should lead the Trustees to investigate the
subject fully. 1t says it looks as if 1.-The
major portion Of the company's capital is
based on patents unsustained in the Courts,
two of which have already been declared
invalid" Other articles in the same jour
nal attack the financial standing OF the
company.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
MUSEUM ASSOCIATION.
More New Observation-Disclosures for II
School of Design,

School of Design.
The directory of the California Museum
Association has held lis last meeting for
the old year. 1t elected to life member
ship the following citizens, who propose to
take active interest in the work OF the As.
ISOLATION: Charles F. Gardner, Judge
George A. Blanchard, Judge W. G. Van
Fleet, c. A, york, John We'll, j. Frank
Clark, John F. Cooper. Captain Thomas
Dwyer. Other applications for life mem
bership are on the association books and
are to be taken up at the next meeting.
The School of Design has the promise of
larger attendance at its opening ON the
4th of January. The Board has resolved
that for the new year there shall be offered
series of medals in the several depart
ments of the school, and all the pupils en-
tering in 1890 are to compete for them.
The Bric-a-B rac Club, which recently
settled up all its business and dissolved,
filed with the Board document transfer
ing to the Ladies' Museum Association the
money in its treasury, about $780, to be by
it used, with additions by the ladies to
make it $500, to pay the tuition of worthy
and capable persons who are unable to pay
their own fees. 1t is provided that
scholarship LOT one LOT lDuellllll6 tune may
be procured, or that the whole sum may
be paid over, and pupils be seated in the
school in any number to the extent of the
fund, at the rate of $50 each per year, as
the ladies may determine. A valuable
painting, worth $500, is transferred under
like conditions. The Board of Directors
agreed TO accept scholars under that
gift at that average rate of tuition, if the
whole sum of $500 is paid. 1t
also resolved to receive like en-
dowments under like terms from
other citizens who wish to aid in building
up the school. The scheme amounts to a
very considerable premium when it is re-
membered that the full tuition by terms,
is considerably more than $50 for the high
est grade of instruction. The lecture by
Professor Kennedy, of San Francisco, here
tofore set tor January 10th, was changed
to Saturday, January 18th.
The Board adopted plan, submitted by
a committee, by which, beginning at the
close of January, from rs to 100 of the
masterpieces among the studies" in the
portfolios given TO the city by Mrs. E. B.
Croker will be each month shown under
glass in the main art gallery, thus making
a new exhibition monthly for three full
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30

turned the $500 he received from Sacra-
mento before he jumped his contract with
the club last spring, and that the suspended
legal proceedings against him will be re-
sumed"
This looks as if ex. Managers ellis and
George were determined to push the pre-
ceedipgs against the st. Louis artful dodger.
Peek-a boo Veach, who is still here, says
he has signed contract with the Cleve-
land League Club, and that the papers
have been forwarded TO him. He will re-
ceive 50 200 for the season.
Harry O'Day, who guarded the second
bag so brilliantly for the Senators last sea-
son, has signed with the Minneapolis team
for the season Of 80.
Lou Hardie, the leading batter of the
California League last season, has become
an earnest advocate of the Brotherhood.
and will in all probability play with the
Boston Brotherhood team next season.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
CHRISTMAS SERVICES.

First Unitarian SOciety-Synopsis of Rev
c. p. Massey's Sermon.
The First Unitarian Society recognized
the Christmas season in both of its services
yesterday. In the evening the efficient
choir of the society, assisted by a quartet
orchestra under the direction of Mr. Chas
A. Neale, rendered with fine effect the fol-
lowing programme: Quartet, Nativity"
quartet, ''See Now the Altar Garlanded
with Flowers" quartet, Christmas tenor
solo. Bethlehem quartet, 30. Holy
Night soprano sole, Father, Source of
Help Divine"
The spirit in which our Unitarian friends
marked The Christmas occasion may be in
dicsied oy tie f5iloarg sentences from
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30
The Child Wants Her Father.

While the train from Bakersfield was
coming northward on Friday, four prison.
ers in charge of Deputy Sheriff Casey
made their escape. The officer left his
little five-year-old daughter in charge OF a
Sacramento lady on the train, while be
went in pursuit Of the runaways The
train went on its way, and the lady cou-
tinueG on to San Francisco, where she left
the child in care of Fl. Windel, 80 Stockton
street. Up to yesterday the father had not
shown up, and the little one was in great
distress,