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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
NOTES FROM EXCELSIOR.
Small grain is heading out rapidly.

Small grain is heading out rapidly.
This is the first day of May and the
spring poets can begin to echo the
sound of spring.
Our farmers have about all finished
| planting cotton seed. good season
of rain would bring cotton to good
stand now.
Miss jamie Kinard returned home
on Monday from her visit to Saluda.
Some persons in this community at
tended the communion service held at
Mt. Tabor church on Sunday last.
Messrs. Forrest Kibler and Geo.
Rikard, of Prosperity, spent Saturday
night with friends in this section.
Just ask the boys if they are fond Of
oysters and eggs at any hour during
the night.
Mrs. 4. NJ. Counts and son, Master
Rufus, spent few days Of last week
with her father, Mr.. VIM. Werts and
family of Saluda.
Track laying on the Columbia, New
berry and Laurens Railroad is nearing
this section and we are told in few
days more will reach Prosperity.
Hurrah for the new road, for We are
anxious to hear the whistle and visit
the city by the new line.
Can't our young folks organize q
,, May social for the enjoyment of our
quiet little community. Such an en-
tertainment would certainly be much
enjoyed by the young folks and es-
pecially by those who might be fond
of wearing sweet bouquet pinned on
By special friend.
Mr.. John Cromer, of Walton, spent
Saturday night in this community.
DR.. D. NJ. Crosson, of Lewiedale,
while on his way to the State Medical
Association held at Laurens last week,
paid a brief visit to the parental roof
in this community. The DR.. as usual,
seems to be in good health and from
his appearance Lewiedaie seems to be
healthy town.
Mr.. J. T. P. Crosson, who is farm
ing near Leesville, returned to his
home in this community on Saturday
afternoon accompanied by Mrs. DR.. d.
NJ. Crosson and children to spend
few days in this community.
News circulated in this community
last week that some wise prophet had
predicted for heavy wind storm to be
experienced on Friday, 25lh. The day
was looked forward to by several per-
sons in the community. However, the
day passed off very quietly and we
heard of no one that was lnolested or
made afraid during the day. Such
predictions are very sinful and should
not be noticed by anyone.
SIGMA.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
q SOUTHERN OUTRAGE.
But of the Kind Not Advertised by Tom
Reed and His Partisans.
Especial to Charleston World. I

Special to Charleston World
GREEN PoND, Colleton Co., April
29.-Two young men, +. +. Bellinger
and a. l.. Cunningham, while return
ing from Jonesville to their place of
business on Combahee, stopped in a
negro church out Of the rain. Some
of the negro meu in the congregation
objected to their stopping, and told
them to pass on. AS it was raining
very hard the young men replied that
they only wanted shelter from the
rain, and, as soon as the rain Stacked
up, they would continue their trip.
The minister, who was preaching,
said they could remain but the men
who first approached them said they
had to 60, and without further ado
proceeded to put them out by violence.
After reaching the outside, the young
men, being naturally aggrieved at such
treatment, reproved the negroes in
severe language.
A crowd had surrounded them by
this time. 1t was quite dark and they
did not see the negro slipping up be-
hind them. He had a rail uplifted
with which he he struck young Bel
linger a fearful blow across the head,
telling him to the ground i'm a sense
less condition.
Young Cunningham, Bellinger's
companion, received several blows Oh
his arms and elsewhere. Seeing he
could do nothing against such odds he
left for help, returning with assistance
about , 2o'clock. The trouble happened
about S. Young Bellinger was found
to he still unconscious. He had been
removed from where he fell and carried
to the rear Of the church. The church
had been deserted. the negroes, think
ing they killed him, must have re-
moved his body and then decamped.
Restoratives were applied, and the
young man soon regained conscious
ness. He now lies in Il precarious con-
dition, and congestion Of the brain may
result.
The young mans store-keys, finger
ring and 81 in money were missing
from his person. This gives color to the
supposition that he was robbed after
being carried to the rear Of the church.
It is a wonder that the fear of Gods
vengeance at such sacrilege had not re-
strained them! None of the negroes are
known, except the preacher.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
TIE ELOPMENT DID'T GO.
The Girls Father Used an Axe on the
Young Man, Who May Die.
fCharleston World. |

KERsHAw, Lancaster Co., April %.
On Saturday night last on Lynch's
river, in Chesterfield county, an alter
cation took place between J. B. Gainey
and Pearce Robinson at the latter's
house, in which Mr.. Gainey received
wounds from which he is expected to
die. Mr.. Gainey went to Robinson's to
steal mis- step-daughter, to whom be
was engaged to be married. Mr. Robin
son interferred, and used as weapon
a club-axe, inficting on Gainey's head
two severe wounds. Mr.. Gainey's
friends timely interference saved his
life, as Mr.. Robinson was about to
strike another deadly blow. Robinson
has not been arrested at this writing.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
Two Children Married.

LESDERMAS, Greenville, Co., April
2s.-Married-A little son OF John
Scott to little daughter of Mr.. w. S.
Cox. Henry, the boy, is little over IA
years old, and is about the age of
Alice the girl he married. They were
married last Sunday by the Rev. f.
Ballard.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
Cotton Coming Down the River.
1COlumbia REGISTER. I

Two boats loaded with cotton arrived
at the locks at the head of the canal
yesterday. Jacob Worthey, a colored
man was in charge of the boats. which
with the help of his crew he had safely
piloted down Broad River from a point
in Union County. The cargo consisted
of sixty bales Of cotton. which was
brought from the locks by Mr.. Har-
per's wagons yesterday. 1t would thus
appear that the river above Columbia
is still open to navigation to a certain
extent and possibly might he still fur
ther developed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
Looking at the Future.
T Lowell NALL

Nisitor-l notice that you confne
yourself to foretclling the future, and
do not reveal the past.
Clairvoyant-fes; its so much easier.
Somebody is sure to know all about the
past, and they know Us little about the
future as I do.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08

bitant demand for pensions, already
requiring more than one hundred mil
lion dollars annually, and the end not
yet. 1t has been just cause of pride
with Us that our regular army is so
small and inexpensive, and to-day no
monarchy in the Old World pays as
much to keep up its standing army as
we pay for pensions.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08

non dollars annually, and the end not
yet. 1t has been just cause of pride
with Us that our regular army is so
small and inexpensive, and to-day no
monarchy in the Old World pays as
much to keep up its standing army as
we pay for pensions.
AN UNCONSTITUTIONAL BILL.
/ have refrained from stating the
constitutional objection to the sub
treasury bill; that is of the nature of
technical law, but for that matter all
law is technical; this objection is so OBJ
vious that / hazard little in saying
that do not belle We the bill will ever
be reported by the committee to which
it has been referred. If it should be,
and should be passed by the two
houses Of Congress, / do not believe
the president will approve it, and I
have no doubt but that the Supreme
Court would declare it to be unconsti-
tutional.
There is no warrant in the Constitu-
ton for the Government ever becoming
Il money-lender 1t has the power by
various methods to levy taxes, to bor-
row money on the credit of the United
States, to regulate commerce with for
eign countries and between the States;
and there are sundry other powers dele
gated to it by the States, but by no
process of construction, however
strained, unless it be as boys at school
sometimes get the answer to their sums,
by Forging" can this time-honored
though much abused instrument he
made to yield such a result.
GROUNDLESS CHARGES.
The matter Of greatest concern to the
people of South Carolina is the preser-
vation of the integrity and political
supremacy of the white race, which
can alone secure the perpetuity of the
present form and methods Of good gov
eminent. The experiment of carpet
bag, scalawag and negro rule has been
tried and endured as long as it was
possible to bear it. But when / hear
wholesale charges Of protiigaty and
corruption made against those who
have faithfully discharged their official
duties in every department of the
Sta.e government, charges unsupported
by title of proos, and too often lis
tened to with willing ears, I can but
fear that many are beginning to regard
our deliverance as assured for all time.
and that for It's continuance little or no
vigilance is required.
Accept my thanks for the oppcrtu-
nifty afforded by your letter Of giving to
YOU and to others this expression my
views, and trusting if they are correct,
as believe them to he, that you will
concur in them, am very respectfully
and truly yours,
j. s. CoTHRAN.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08
Charleston World |

In the World of Wednesday, April
33, there appeared Il communication
from the Worlds Johnston cOrrespon-
dent, giving the particulars Of an in
teresting interview with Joseph Had
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1890-05-08

To come directly to the point: Sup
pose Government ware house should
be erected at Piercetown, what would
you or your neighbors putin it? Cotton
bales are we'll nigh the only consider
able surplus products of your farms.
Nobody eats cotton; it is too bulky to
steal without almost certain and speedy
detection of the thief; and if you have
no convenient place for storing it during
the time it is held before marketing, 8
few poles laid upon the ground and a
temporary shed of loose planks will
suffice for protecting it from the wea-
ther. 1t is not SO with the Western
farmers products, which must be care
fully housed and kept under lock and
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30

Happiness comes most to people who
seek her least and think least about
her. 1t is not an object to be sought; it
is state to be induced. 1t must follow
and not lead. 1t must overtake you,
and not you overtake it" writes John
Burroughs in the Chautauquan. In the
course of his sound philosophizing he
says: "a contented mind is the first con-
dition of happiness, but what is the frst
condition of contented mind? You
will be disappointed when l tell you
what this all important thing is, it is so
common. so near at hand, and SO many
people have so much of it and yet are
not happy. They have too much of it
or else the kind that is not best suited
to them. What is the best thing for .
stream? 1t is to keep moving. If il
stops, 1t stagnates. So the best thing
for man is that which keeps the cur
rents going, the physical, moral and in
tellectual currents Hence the secret
Of happiness is-something to do; some
congenial work. Take away the Occur
patton Of all men and what wretched
world II would be- Half Of Il would
eeaQIt lpIai9p = IN thlp ~ dnya
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
THE VANISHED YEARS.

rhe year, The vanished years! The cycles
swing
With their majestic sweep. and bear away
into the shoreless sea, where singers sing
Endless ebb- songs, the years that would not
stay.
The wears. How would their vistas seem to me
n could traverse them just rs they were
Batbcd in the light that never was on sea
or shorei The blossom garlanded parterre
Is but q lane all fcnnel-fringed that strays
BY meadows daisy pied in memory;
And through the silence the skylark's lays
Drift to my heart in strands OF melody.
O blcomful, blissful orchard aisles, 1t seems
The smell OF lovely pink-white blossoms floats
Through mists and distances athwart my
dreams,
Commingling with the orioles woosome notes!
Ohsppy harmonies that never let
The dulcet strains droop 70 the minor keyl
o happy harp that has no string at fret,
No plaintful strain in all its minstrelsyi
The years. They dawned and waned with shift
and shine,
And seem In retrospect o'ercanopied
With skies forever blue and smiles divine
Beaming from Heaven with songs accom-
panied.
o land that lies afar o time that seems
A vision fair Of blissful Already,
Where in childish moods and maiden dreams
Found hidden lines, unwritten poetry
o years. No summoning song or yearning plea
Avaiis to stay their flight. or ransom one
Halcyon season, save as memory
In holy avarice holds II for her own'
-Rosaline E. Jones, in N. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
SIZE ooT a POINTER.

How Little Woman Was Convinced "
the Error Of Her Ways.
Two men were playing game Of
euchre in drawing-room car on the
Erie road, and little woman who had
seat near by watched the play with
great interest Finally, as certain play
was made she asked:
Ibid he take that trick with the king
Of heartsY
''Yes'm."
He took your queen with his king?''
s.Just 80. ma'am."
''But , queen Is higher than king"
ssOh, no, ma'am, the queen ranks one
below the queen"
us that SO everywhereT'
"Yes'm."
Cant be no mistaken
mot the slightest Don't you play?n
Not much. My husband set out to
learn me, but took al the kings with
my queens, and he got mad aud quar-
relied about II, and, and -"
And you don't play any more?"
'sN-no, sir, but I'll telegraph him.
within the next ten minutes that was
wrong, and that all is forgiven, and that
I'll return and let him even take the
bowers. with ten-spots IL he wants tor"
IN. Y. Sun.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
F,ResIoE rnAoMgNTs

Smoked ham should boil hftecn
minutes for each pound.
Canned String Beans: String frcsn
butter-beans, break In two and COOK IN
slightly saltcd water till tcnder, pack
boiling hot and cover we'll with the
salted water, and seal. For use, drain
them from the water, heat, and season
to TASTE Farm and Home.
Orange Syrup: Use ripe, hne frufts
squeeze out the juice, and to every pins
add pound of sugar. boil SLOWLY ton
minutes, skim, and when cold. bottle.
Two or three spoonfuls of this are sum-
cient for glass of water. This is also
an excellent flavor for sauces. The
Household.
Some housekeepers keep bottle OF
alcohol with which to rub their looking
glasses This, applied with soft cloth.
and the mirrors afterward polished with
Q chamois skin, does make them look
beautiful, but the wetted paper does
about as we'll and is much less expen-
sive. Christian at Work.
Cherry Nectar: Select nice cher
ries, pound well with the stones IN
them, press through sieve, add little
water, and boil up, filter through jelly
bag, one made OF flannel is best. Mix .
little sugar. water, and lemon juice,
then add cherry juice to suit the taste'
but do not make too weet-The House
keeper.
An attractive way to serve colo
mashed potatoes is to heat them over
the fire with little milk and stir until
smooth, then add two well-beaten eggs.
Butter an agate or earthen pie-piate;
arrange the potatoes in . mound; ruo
over with the white Of an egg, and bake
in hot oven to delicate brown
Cold beef cut thin can be warmed IN
various ways so as to have an entirely
different flavor: Melt heaping table,
spoonful OF butter and add to 1t two
tablespoonfuls of any sour fruit jolly,
and a teaspoonful of mixed French
mustard, and salt and pepper. When all
are thoroughly warmed together. dip
the slices of meat in one by one, and
when all are warmed place on warmed
platter and turn the remainder of the
sauce over them.-Rural New Yorker.
Minced Mutton with Poached Eggs;
Chop cold boiled or roast mutton quite
fine. Put two cupfuls Of this into the
frying pan with half an onion minced,
and half-cupful Of good gravy. IT you
have none, use instead little hot water
and lump Of butter the size of an egg.
just before taking the mince from the
fire. stir into it tablespoonful Of
Worcestershire sauce or two table
spoonfuls OF tomato catsup. Heap the
mince on small squares of buttered toast
laid an a hot platter, and place poached
egg on topof each mound. Serve very
hot.-Harper's Bazaar.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
A GIGANTIC BowLDER.

An Evidence of Glacial Action in south
eastern Connecticut.
But it is in the region to the east and
west of the line of the Thames river,
and which it has been suggested may
have been the axis of the ancient gla-
cier, and not very far removed from this
line, that powders of extraordinary size
occur most numerously; and among them
is rock which until very recently has
been regarded as one of the largest, If
not the very largest, bowlder that has
thus far been recognized in this or any
other country. This rock--of coarse
crystalline GRANTEES situated in the
town of Montville, New London County,
about six miles south of Norwich, and
about mile west of the Montville Sta
ton on the New London & Northern
Railroad; and, under the Indian name
of ..'Sheegan," has almost from the first
settlement of the country been recogv
nized as great natural curiosity. Its
position is on the edge of gentle
mound or knoll, ON the northeast slope
of little valley; and its dimensions,
according to recent measurements by
Prof. Crosby, of the Boston Society Of
Natural History, are as follows; north
west side, forty-six feet; northeast, fifty
eight; southeast, forty-fve; southwest,
seventy Maximum height, reckoning
from the lower or down-hill side to the
highest point on the upper side, approx
imately, sixty feet; approximate cubic
contents, seventy thousand cubic feet;
@~~t~ ~ As<~lx IL otx~ 1~<~.x-
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30
THE SWISS PEAsANTRY.

St0lid People Who Have tho Passions That
Beget Tragedy.
I will tell some stories which prove
that the Swiss peasants, though they
look so stolid, have in them the stuff Of
tragedy. There was lad in q valley
called Schanfigg, not long ago, who
loved and was betrothed to girl in the
Hinter Rheinthal below Spliegen. She
Tilted him, having transferred her affec-
tons to another, and he went to take
formal farewell of his sweetheart In her
home. Every thing passed decorously,
30 much so that the girls brother put
his horse into the cart and drove the
rejected lover with his own sister down
to Thusis.
The three had reached that passage of
the Via Mala, where the Rhine loses
itself in very deep, narrow gorge. 1t
is called the Merlosene Loeb, and is
SPAWNED by slender bridge thrown at
right angles over the river. Here, as
they were spinning merrily down-hill,
the lad stood up in the cart. sprung to
the parapet Of the bridge, and dashed
himself at one bound into the grim
death of jagged rock and churning waves
below them. 1t was a stroke of imagina-
tive fancy to commit suicide for love
just at this spot.
And now second tale of passion: A
rich man in the Prattigau had two chill
dren, a daughter and a son. Thedaugh-
ter wheedled him into allowing her to
marry some peasant who was poor and
an unequal match in social station.
Then his son set his affections upon q
girl equally ineligible. The father
st6rmed, but the youth was true to his
plighted troth. During temporary abb
sence Of the son his father contrived to
send tho girl of to America witha round
sum of money.
On his return, after hearing what had
happened, the lad said nothing, but
went down to the Lsndquart water In
the evening and drowned himself there.
And now third tale: Last spring. in .
village not three hours distant from
Davos, lived young man who was an
orphan. He had inherited considera-
BILE estate, and expected more from two
uncles- Life, could he have managed
It prudently, would probably have made
him the wealthiest farmer in the neigh
borhood. and he was to boot, q stalwart
fellow OF whom nature had lavished all
her gifts Of health and comeliness
Unluckily, he loved girl Of whom his
uncles disapproved as match for such
| a youth of consequence.
Ono Saturday evening, as il the GUS
| tom here, be won't to pay his addresses
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1890-08-30

Mrs Van Battry-It's papa's birthday
tomorrow. Jack.
Mr. Van BattrY-rd forgotten It.
Mrs Van Battry- What shall we give
him?
MI. Van Battry-Well, l was going to
hit him for check in the morning.
Perhaps we'd better wait until we know
how big Il is before we select any thing.
Prank Leslies. -
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heart stood still. Twickham burst into
tears. buried my face in my hands to
hide the terrible, anguished look he
cast upon the PROSTATE form. Without
a word, he gathered Archie up in his
arms as though he were feather, and
carried him into his room and closed
the door.
"All night long lay, listening to
his footsteps as paced his room. At
length, as the rosy dawn struggled up
in the east, fell into quiet sleep /
had wept until was utterly exhausted.
awoke to find the sun high in the
heavens, and Twickham sobbing by my
side. There had been stormy scene.
Archie's brain was not yet cleared OF
the hateful wine. He was not account
able for his actions. Father had talked
kindly and gravely to him, and she.
Twickham, had pleaded with him, but
he had flown into terrible passion and
rushed away ON Bernardo. and father
again paced steadily up and down his
| room.
He soon came to me, however, and
soothed and comforted me with kind
words. He took all the blame upon him
self, and could not doubt his love for
Archie after seeing the misery Of his
set and haggard countenance. But
Archie did not return. No, not until
they brought him home on rude
stretcher, like bruised and broken
flower. Bernardo had stumbled and
- x<xn1 ~ g. g.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-04
REVISION OF THE FAITH.
The Changes Adopted by the PresbyterlanS
In

The Changes Adopted bY the PresbyterlanS
In New York.
NEW YORK, February The Scotch
Presbyterian Church was filed i1 iis ut
most capacity this afternoon when the
New York Presbytery met TO vote GA the
proposed revision OF the Confession OF
Faith reported by the committee. Ry
DR.. Robert F. Sample, Modera;or, cali,d
the meeting to order, and after prayer had
bsen of red business was begun wiih aTeid-
ine OF the report, which had already hcrn
read a dozen or more times, and Tss known
by hear. TO many Of the olergymen pre-
ent Ths Presbytery then took up those
sections OF the report which provided for
the revision of the Confession Of Faith.
They are a. follows;
SECTION !. We desire thai the third
chapter after the first stcliOn he 80 cssl
a. 10 include thee things only: rle o7er-
eighty Of God in election, the general love
of God for all mankind, the salyaIon "a
Chris. Jesus provided for al aad 10 Ds
preached to every creature.
SEC 2. We desire that toe T,ntb Chap
ter be so revised ss not 10 oiscfimina'e
concerning infants dying iu irfazcf, or 20
IS to omit all reference to them.
SEC 3. Ard 90 as to pr,luco tha, *
planstion of Sec. 4, which mskts IT teach
the damstion OF all heather, or mnkee
it deny that there are any eltc: hsaihsn,
who are regenerated AID saved by Chiist
through the spirit and who tndeeyor 10
talk 10 peDitence aud humility fccordiag
to the measure OF Ii ht which God has
been pleased to grant them.
After SONS discussion il ves decide1 20
call the roll. This resulted in 95 oIsiEJ,
men aud elders voting for the rePoL' 40"
43 elergymen and elders against II. =. VI
matter stards the New York Fftspy.'J,
has declared itself n favor OF q re'is'1n "
the Westminster Confession Of f"i'A Oy
vote Of more than two TO oae'