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The Best Life Policy

It's not the Tontine plan, or Endow-
ment plan, or Ten years. renewable
plan. It's not adding you few dollars
to the hundreds of millions that the in
surance companies boast Of. It's a
better investment than anv of those. 1t
is investing few dollars IN that Stan
dard Remedy, the '',io.den Medical
Discovery" cure ftl Consumption, in
its early stages, and all throat and lung
troubles.
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Diptheria's Deadly Work.

RALEIGH, n. c., June 1S.-Mrs. T. !.
R. Glennan, wife of Past Assistant
Surgeon Glennan, United States Navy,
arrived at Raleigh Thursday evening
from Washington with four children.
Rosa, 5 years old, had case of diph-
liberia and died Monday evening.
Pansy, 8 years old, died of the same
disease this afternoon. Kenneth is
now at deaths door and the remaining
child has the disease.
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You can never know till you try;
how quickly dose of Ayers Pills will
cure your sick headache. Your stomach
and bowels need cleansing, and these
pills will accomplish it more effectually
and comfortably than any other medi-
cine you can find.
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Stack is "Not Guilty"

LEXINGTON G. H, June 1S.-Tom
Stack, of Columbia, has been acquitted
of the murder of John Hammett. The
verdict of "not guilty" was rendered
this morning at 9 o'clock.
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A New Professor at Fur,nan.
Especial to the Reoister. I

GREENvILLE, S. c., June l8.-The
Trustees of Furman University to-day
elected H. P. Young, of New Hamp,
Shire to fill the chair of Latin. Pro.
fessor Young is a graduate Of Brown
University. Col. James a. Hoyt, was
elected financial agent of the Uuiver-
sity.
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THE PESITENTIARY FOR JONES
Judge Fraser Gives Him Credit for His
Four Years IN Prison.

LEXINGTON, June 1S.-Robert T..
Jcnes, the slayer Of the Pressleys,
Was sentenced to twenty-one years
imprisonment in the penitentiary. On
his second trial in 1887 his sentence
was twenty-five Years. JuGge Fraser
said that taking the fact of his having
been in continuous confinement since
then he would give him credit for those
four years.
Court adjourned sine die and Judge
Frazer left for Columbia to-day.
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| Before that tried the Board Of Trade.
Before that I was ticket broker. Oh.
I've been been most everything, reg
ular jack-of-all-trades. 'Twon't do for
man to stay too long in thing and
get rusty" Z
"That;s so," said the driver.
"Sometimes I'm up sometimes Pm
down. I've had my carriage and pair,
and I've tried the walking. Pm down
now. But I amt kicking. 'Variety's
the spice of life,' you know"
''That's so," replied the driver.
"Driving must be mighty monotous.
IT'S, ain't?"
"Oh, $685."
"Any money in it?"
"Bnt S75.a month"
"Got anything laid by ?"
"House and lot"
"What're they worth ?" 49,
"I've been offered $500.
."Got a family"
"I've raised eight-fve boys and
three girls"
"Been driving for the company
longm
"Oh, bout twenty-five years."
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ballot, or interfere IN politics, While she
IS SO weak mlnoed / as 10 passlvely su11er,
year after year, from disease peculiar
to females, when every newspaper she
| picks up, tells Of the merits of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. Not to
take advantage of this remedy is Ger,
tainly an indication Of mental weak
nessw
There is wholesale kernel of truth
inside the rough shell of this ungallant
speech. The "Favorite Prescription" is
invaluable in all uterine troubles, in
Examinations, alterations, displace-
ments, nervous disorders, prostration,
exhaustions, or hysteria. For run
down, worn-out women, no more
strengthening tonic or nervine is
known.
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nd aid largely in meeting its expenses
as the cost Of printing notes and operat-
ing the sub-treasuries to loan them out
would be small. It would be a vast
saving to the people in the high inter
est low paid to corporations and indi-
viduals. The tariff could be greatly
reduced and the necessaries of life put
on scale Of reciprocity with other na-
tions, to the advantage of the public
and without detriment to the govern
ment.
The exception clause in the act of
25th of February, 1852, caused the de-
probation of the greenbacks. By that
act they were declared a legal tender
in payment Of all debts public and
privaEe, except duties on imports and
the interest on the public debt, which
from that time forward should be paid
in coin. This created specific de-
mand for coin and gave it's holders a
monopoly. There should be no ex-
ceptioa. Let there be free and un-
limited coinage of gold and silver into
bars mainly to adjnst balances with
foreign nations, and the coinage Of
silver and the baser metals into frac-
tional currency from fifty cents down
in sufficient volume to meet the de-
mands of domestic use. Let the legal
tender notes be in denominations be-
ginning with one dollar and if desi-
rable reaching as high as 81 200 notes.
This would put our people in a
condition and infuse into them an en-
ergy they have never had to develop to
the full the vast resources of the coun-
try.
Let there be no faltering. Let each
one do his best for the success of our
principles, demands and measures, and
victory will crown our efforts, and
peace and prosperity bless the nation.
Let there be no rest until mankind is
lifted to higher plane than they have
ever occupied. Let the world see and |
know by our virtuous deeds that we
sry the worthy sons of the best who
nave lived before US.
Respectfully,
ELLISON S. KEITT.
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/ Whee4 similarly 10 EuaC IS low QoE'
with sewing machine. A bant
formed Of twisted thread passed owe
the wheel and around the spindle t
which quite a rapid movement wa
given. With the thumb and fore-fn
ger of one hand she pulled down {
small quantity of fax from the Gistaff
and by the aid of the other hand gave
it the form of arough roll which, caugh
by the twister, was quickly finished
| into smooth thread and wound upon
the spool or quill. The noise produced
by the revolving twister, and the hum,
ming of the wheel made up a cortinu.
Gus, monotonous buzzing sound which,
combined with the bending over Of the
body and downward gazing Of the eyes,
was highly favorable for meditation.
Thus for hours the spinning would
continue, with nothing to interrupt it
excepting, now and then, the quill or
spool would get loose on the spindle or
the band would Jump out ofits groove,
when, as was the case with Priscilla in
the Courtship of Miles Standlsh.
the spindle
Uttered an angry snarl and the thread
% snapped short il her fingers
and my grandmother would have to
pause and readiust things.
Wool was spun into thread by means
of the distaff and small wheel almost
as easily as flax. !Noolen clothes, dyed
mostly black or gray, were as common
in winter as fax9n were in summer.
Some of the bed coverlets were woven
with much skill and great beauty. 7
have no authority to consult Gust noT'ii
in order to ascertain the date when Co.
lumbia became market-town. It was
certainly point Of scarcely any impor-
tance, if it had any existence at all, up
to the last year of the Revolutionary
war. The farmers and the few mar
chants lone or two( Of Dutch Fork cid
nearly all their trading at Granny,
from an indefinite period about the
middle of the eighteenth century,
when Orangeburg and CRANKY were
merely advanced posts for trading with
the Indians, down to the beginning Of
the present nineteenth century. Tie
woolen coverlets for beds had already
within reach of my earliest inquiries
and recollections been, through the
barter of tobacco, aided by supplement
tary blankets procured from Granby
and more and more frequently from
Charleston. The luXuries Of sugar and
coffee came into Dutch Fork contem.
poraneously with myself. Seventy
years ago I was regaled with my first
sip Of coffee, and have now, in 1891,
lively remembrance Of the fact that /
this decoction, nowadays so black in
its strength, was, in 1921, so pale in its
that it could not bear the
Of milk. Rice was another
luxury; as was likewise kind OF sweet
wine, called Malaga. 1t was that wine
50 bountifully used during the first
.hird Of this century at wedding feasts,
5or preparing the Sangaree with which |
he jolly Germans OF these occasions
washed down through their throats
he many spoonfu!s ofrice-pudding.
The cotton cards, by which the lint
separated from the seed was prepared |
nto rolls to be spun into thread, must
nave been invented since the introduce
ion OF Whitney's gin, and previously
% that of the large spinning-wheel.
Certain it is, the women of the Dutch
7orkat their first acquaintance with
he lint Of cotton spun it into thread J
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and as smooth as ivory. The prong;
were about as large as goose-quills, anc
ten or twelve inches long, while the
stem, from which the prongs diverged
and which fitted into the socket, was
about six inches long and as thick as
ones finger. The bunch of flax was
attached 20 this simple contrivance,
and the Initial thread was started and
shaped by the fingers G the spinner.
It was Their brought down within reach
Of the twister which after twisting it
sufficiently wound it upon the spool.
Two of these little spinning-wheels
came down to my time, while dwelling
in my boyhood's home. Twenty years
before I Was born, there was at least
one of them in every house. I some
times saw my grandmother, E. NJ. S.,
manipulate one Of the two that now
return to me in such shapely reality
whenever call for them. While hold
ing them in mental view, they direct
my thoughts to many scenes of domes-
tic beauty gathered from the writings
I have read. Of such mention two
or three. What person, who has ever
read the Book Of Books, can behold a
distafI without quickly turning to the
thirty-frst-ihe last chapter Of the
Book of Proverbs and feeling The heart
throb with tie emotion Of Honor to
Woman, as he reads the following
verses:
10. Who can and virtuous woman? for
her price is above rubies.
I3. She aeeketh wool and flax and worketh
willingly with Ter hands.
49, She layeth ler hand to the spindle, and
her hands hold 4he distatf.
q. She maket?l fine linen and Selleth it;
and delivereth g%rdles unto the merchants.
IS. Her children arise up and call her
blessed; her husband also, and he prsiseth
her.
What reade-, that has been startled
by the fearfulress of Faust, can look at
a distaff and an old-fashioned spin
ning-wheel, without meeting vision
of the unhappy Margarite and hearing
her pensive sorg:
Meme Ruhe ist hin,
Mein herr ist Schwer,
Ich finGs sic ninlmer
Und rimmermehr.
In English:
Ny peace is gone,
My heart is sore,
find it never |
And nevermore. |
When watched my grandmother
at work with this spinning-wheel, al
ready at that time going out Of use,
I was impressed, young as I was, with
the quietude attached to the occupa-
ton. She was seated on low bench,
and with her foot she moved 3 treadle
that communicated motion to the
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calamities to befan them. H.
| The law of congeniality is the Law
of attraction. Attraction is the Law
through which the communicating
power is made.
In the earliest age of mankind the
clean made themselves as congenial a.
possible to the first cause, and, imbibins
truth from that perfect intelligence
evolved principles and founded sys
TENS of government. Minas of Crete
Theseus, Lycurgus, Scion, Socrates
Plato and Aristotle were the foremost
pioneers in this great work. Their
teachings have survived the shocks and
wrecks of time and change and have
come down through the ages to US, and
will live to the last syllable of time.
The principles taught and the systems
of government founded by these god
like minds, and the principles and
systems that have flowed from them as
mankind travelled down the ages, were
well understood by the trainers of our
system of governments. They gathered
together what they conceived to be the
best and best suited to the times and
their condition and formulated and
embodied them into written constitu-
ton, which is the basis of our govern
ment and which is the greatest written
instrument Of government extant.
Shall we rest content with what our
progenitors did century ago and de-
clare-to the world that we are a de-
generate people? Never! We have
learned more in the last fifty years
than mankind learned in all the CEN
tures that preceded ours. Inventions
have been so numerous and improve
ments so vast in that time the whole
material world is being bound around
with telegraphic wires and all civiliza-
tions are brought in contact and con-
fict one with the other to such degree
that the lower must yield to the higher
order. Let the unceasing cry be on,
push, push on, and never falter. Let
our glorious country be ever in the lead
for the betterment of mankind.
1t has been said and repeated by way
of reproach san Independent is worse
than Radical" Such twaddle may
have its effect on the timid; but it
merits and meets the scorn and con-
tempt Of the clean, loyal, able and
brave everywhere. What would the
world be if there had been no indepen.
dents, no Radicals? Independents, to
blaze out new liucs Of thought and
Radicals to tear up by the roots old
systems ard inaugurate new ones.
Mankind everywhere would be cursed
with etfete systems of government,
with stagration and death.
During the first tnree-quarters of a
century Of the life Of our government |
great constitutional questions We're
always up for solution. They were
theoretical and of no practical utility.
Our times are eminently practical. We
have great economic questions now
pressing for Sutherland, transporta-
ton and finance-the last in all ages
has been and is now of the greatest |
and magnitude.
after calm survey ofthe field, with |
full knowledge Of the past and our
present surroundings, what is the best |
5 luton of the question for the better
ment of the condition ofall the people?
Money makes the difference between
oarbarism and civilization. It saves
oartering which withoutit is q necessi-
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25

SAyED.-A fine family of children
were all afflicted with scrofala. Two
died early; the rest would soon have.
followed, but for the timely and per-
severing use of Ayers Sarsaparf,Ia
which built them upinto healthyand
vigorous manhood. -.
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ABOUT MONEY.
1t Always IIas Been Creation of Law
and Will be to the End of Time--A
Plan for Paper Money Made Legal
Tender by the Government.

To the Editor Of the Herald and News
The misfortunes and disasters in life
are the results Of mistakes. The obstruc-
tions in the pathway to the advance
ment of civilization and humanity pro-
ceed from the ignorant and selfish.
1t has taken all the past to make up
the present. We should be mindful of
the past, that we may avoid the mis-
takes of those who have gone before
us; careful of the present, that we may
attain the highest standard of truth and
excellence; and solicitous of the future,
that what We achieve may be legacy
rich with fruit for those who come after
US.
Every calling in life can he reduced
to an exact science. Even war, styled
''the, science of barbarism," has been
demonstrated in the present century
| by Germany's peerless commander
Won Moltke to be great science. He
was theperfect masterin detail, not only
of everything touching war, but before
he issued single order to mobilize his
grand army in the Franco-Prussan
war, he knew through his engineers
every knoll in the topography of
France over which his army had to
pass. Every battalion in that vast
army Of two millions Of men was moved
with unerring precision. Before its
march fortress after fortress fell, not by
slaughter, but by maneuvers. Even
the Great Metz, with 10000 French
soldiers, surrendered Internationally,
almost without firing a gun. On and
on moved this mighty host until Paris,
the proud capital of Imperial France,
lay PROSTATE at the feet Of the great |
commander. 1t was reserved for the |
godlike Won Moltke, in the nineteenth |
century, to demonstrate that war is
not butchery, but is great science.
Government is still greater science
than war. The victories of peace are
as much more glorious than the vic
tories of war as the prosperity and
happiness of a people are more joyous
than their desolation and death. The
statesman is as much superior to the
military commander as the blessings of
civil government are superior to the
rigors of military rule.
The people who put their public
affairs into the hands of untutored
barbarians, who never fail for self and
place to sell out God and country, may
with certainty exnect the nost dire
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they can rely for loans; it is the only
recourse which can never fail them
and it is an abundant one for every
necessary purpose. Treasury bills bot
toned on taxes, bearing or not bearing
interest as may be found necessary,
thrown into circulation, will take the
place of so much gold and silver,
which last, When crowded, will find
an effiux into other countries and thus
keep the quantum Of medium at its
salutary level. Let banks continue, if
they please, but let them discount for
cash alone as for treasury notes."
How does the teaching of the present
leaders of the Democratic party, who
are ever hollering Jeffersonian doc
trines, accord with the above? These
false teachers rely for success on the
| ignorance and credulity of the masses
who are without the sources of infor-
nation of what Jefferson taught, and
the time necessary for an investigation.
The National Farmers Alliance and
Industrial Union and the organizations
with whom it has confederated stand
on tie financial question where Jefer-
son stood. Out ofl2, 100000 voters in the
United States, we had under our BAN
ners on the 1st Of last March + ,22S3, 900
voters. At the present rate Of enlist
ments, by November, 1892, we will
number of the whole. Is it reason
able to expect that we will abandon
our clearly defined principles, demands
and measures and support men who
have declared urdying hostility to
them? Never! They rise high above all !
parties and men. The Coaalon good
demands that they prevail. United
States legal tender notes in payment
of all debts both public and private
should be issued by the government in
sufficient volume to meet all business
demands, and loaned direct to the
people on real estate, properly restricted |
and secured, the maximum amount, to |
any one individual not to exceed SIS, ,000, |
and the minimum S10O-the loan to be
for fifteen years at , per cent. per an
mum, the interest and one-fifteenth of
the principalto be annually paid to the
government; the aggregate amount of
loans not to exceed $50 per capita, and
to be distributed among the States ae-
cording to population-all notes to be
numbered and when paid into the gov
ernment to be cancelled and new ones
issued; as the population increases
the loans to be increased so as to
keep the circulation as near the same
per capita as possible. Such notes bot
toned on the credit of the nation will
be better than coin, as they will be
more convenient. No one wants coin
in business transactions except frac-
tional currency. This would bea source
Of great revenue to the government
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The Race Not Always to the Swift.
1Frorn tha Chicaoo Trihnno

From the Chicago Tribune.]
"This is my first regular trip on the
South Side line," said the loquacious
passenger to the driver Of the night
car. 'I've been West Slider for
year. Before that I lived on the North
Side. Before that r lived in half
dozen suburbs. Move every Nay is
my motto. A man wants a change"
'That's so," said the driver.
,"Same way with my business" con-.
tinued the loquacious passenger. I've
lust gone into the real estate business
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Especial to the State.

GREENvILLE, SC, June 15.-Mrs.
A. P. Bell, of Piedmont, sister of B.
NJ. McGee and John McGee, of this
city, was burned to death at her home
Sunday morning. She poured kerosene
on some wood to build firE9n stove,
and after small DlaZe hadtsa started
she poured more oil on, ne blaze
went into the spout and the can
to explode, envelopipg her flames
She was horribly burned. =
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Harsh, But =

"Ho," said well-known statesman,
II shall never believe that woman has
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-25
THE DEADLY Kerosene CAN.

A Lady Of Greenville County Burned to
Death.
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ty. It is oil upon the machinery fol
advancement of civilization and hum
anity. In proportion to its scarcity We
are in proximity to bar5arisn.
Various substances have been used
as money at different times and &C,
cording to the condition of the people,
In tribal days, before there was any
regular form of government, beads and
cowries were used as money. We learn
from Homer that cattle themselves
during the Trojan war were used as
money. Stanely tells Us they are now
used as money in darkest Africa. In
the American colonies musket balls at
one time were used as money at a
farthing each. In Maryland and Vir-
ginia tobacco, in the Carolinas rice, in
some of the New England Colonies
Goldfish and beaver skins were decla. I'd
legal tender for debts both public
and private. The history of mankind
reveals the fact that nearly every SUBJ
stance at some time or other has been
used as money. In the more advanced
stages gold, silver and copper have
been used as money.
The Spartan government, under the
laws Instituted by Lycu~gus, drew in
all the gold and silver and forbade their
use as money, and substituted iron for
them, and avarice at once perished
among that people. THIS substance
was frequently used as money N the
Grecian cities in the heroic ages and
long after. The admirable laws insti-
tuted by this extraordinary man pre-
vailed for seven centuries and under
them the Spartans, it is conceded, de-
veloped into the most perfect type of
manhood and womanhood the wor}G
ever saw. In intellectual force and
manly beauty they were never sur
passed if equalled by any other people.
Nenophon, who fought for and against
them, tells us in the knowledge and
practice of war they excelled all other
peoples.
The soul proceeds from The father,
the body from the mother. The gen.
erous and brave beget sons brave and
good and daughters gentle and pure.
penetration, intelligence and
wisdom are emanatio~s from the head;
gentleness, temperance, fortitude and
Justice are Installations from the heart.
Aristotle, the assiduous scholar of
Plato for twenty years in Athens,
whose works have been the glory of
students in every age, and who is &C
knowledged to have been the most
erudite man of antiquity, the preceptor
Of princes, speaking of money said:
'The origin of money is not natural
but conventional and arbitrary" The
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