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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-19
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suffer from exhausting diseases should U
Tonic. 1tcures the worst Cough, Veal
digestion, Female weakness, Rheumssis
HiNDERCORNS. The opl:
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-19

,ic u.;c C. 'Casto:ia is so universal and
its rlcIi;s 20 well known thct it SENS work
&C srrerercSation to endorse it. Few are the
icte..i-ent fannie; who % not keep Castoria
within e. reach"
C-.G:.cs ?iAET.vH, D. D.,
New York City.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-04-19

"Castoriaiss wcl! adapted to children thct
recommend il rs superior to any prescription
known to re" II. \. ARCHER, II. D.,
II So. Oxford g., brooklyn, y. Y.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
Daughter of the Regiment.

Some of the romantic events set
forth in Donizetti's opera, 1.-The
Daughter Of the Regiment, are
paralleled in story from st. Peters
burg. In one of Russia's little wars
against troublesome t. bes some twenty
years ago the soldiers of the Kekholmsky
regiment found on the battlefield after
an engagement the body of woman
with little girl baby clasped in her
arms. The child was adopted by the
regiment and named Maria Kekholmys-
kaya. She was educated at the expense
of the regiment, has always lived with
it and has been in every sense the
daughter of the regiment. Some little
me ago Lieut.. Schlemmer, of the
Tzumsky dragons, fell in love with the
young woman. He proposed. and the
whole regiment, acting as her father,
considered his proposal, investigated
his character and received testimonials
from his brother officers. He was gra-
ciously accepted, and the couple are to
be welded shortly with interesting GER
emony that BELTS the character of the
ri = s. (
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
THE IRISH sTANDARD:ET SATURDAY., February
MEN FIFTEEN INCHES HIGH.
What q French Statistician Says Will Be
Seen on Earth In Two Thousand Years.

What q French Statistician Says VIII Be
Seen on Earth In Two Thousand Years.
!. French statistician, who mas been
with a view of determining the height
of men at different periods, has reached
some wonderful results. He has not
only solved some perplexing problems
in regard to the past of the human race,
but is also enabled to calculate it's fu-
ture and to determine the exact period
when man will disappear from the
earth. The recorded facts extend oyer
nearly three centuries. 1t is found that
in 1910 the average height of man in
Europe was LIS meters, or say five feet
nine inches. In 1890 it was five feet six
inches. In 1920 it was five feet five
inches and fraction. At the present
time it is five feet three and three
fourths inches. 1t is easy to deduce
from these figures rate of regular and
gradual decline in human stature, and
then apply this, working backward and
forward to the past and to the future.
BY this calculation it is determined that
the stature of the first men attained the
ou1 HA ioAA4S. eSSSA oSS "a oAAGSSh ASSo AAAAAS
inches. Truly, there were giants on
the earth in those days. The race had
already deteriorated in the days of Og,
and Goliath was quite degenerate off
spring Of the giants. Coming down to
later times, we find that at the beginning
of our era the average height of man
was nine feet, and in the time of Charlie
magne it was eight feet eight inches.
But the most astonishing result Of this
scientific study comes from the applica-
ton of the same memorable law of
diminution to the future. The calcula-
ton shows that by the year 1000 A. d.
the stature of the average man will be
reduced to fifteen inches. At that epoch
there will be only Lilliputians on the
face of the earth. And the conclusion
of the learned statistician is irresistible:
that ''the end of the world will GER
tainly arrive, for the inhabitants will
have become so small that they will
finally disappear''-''finish by disap-
pearing'-as the French idiom expresses
it-''from the terrestrialglobe."
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
CURIOUS MEXICAN BELIEFS.

The Old-Time Idea of Heaven and tho
Hereafter.
The ancient Mexican idea of Heaven,
hell and the after state of the soul is
extremely curious and interesting. Ac-
cording to their notions, souls neither
good nor bad, or those whose virtues
enter a medium state of idleness and
empty content.
' The wicked, or those dying by any of a
long list of different modes of DEATH,
went to Meitlan, distant hall within
the bowels of the earth. The souls of
those struck by lightning, or of those
dying by given list of diseases, were
transported to remote elysium, called
Tialocan; children went to the same
place. The actual Heaven, the House
of the Sum- was reserved for warriors,
women who died in defense of their
children and those who were offered up
as sacrifices. Immediately after. death,
according to their beliefs, the soul
passed to that great House of the
Sum- ruled over by the sun himself,
who permitted the faithful to accom-
pany him for a long term of years in his
circuit of the skies.
During all these years of continual
fight they were supposed to honor the
sun with songs, dances and other forms
of revelry. After this term of proba-
ton was ended they believed that they
would be terminated and become beau
tiful birds with brilliant plumage, liv-
ing alternately among the stars of
heaven and the flowers of earth.
Their burial customs were equally
curious. They buried jug of water
with each corpse and placed small bits
of white. bark in the hands. These
pieces of bark were usually covered
with characters, a fact which caused
some archeologists to suggest that they
were probably passports to the region
beyond the stars. When one of their
number died the friends and relatives
forthwith made a bonfire of all his per-
sonal effects, the idea being to light the
soul in it's fight through the cold and
cherries regions of space.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
TELEPHONE RESTRICTIONS.
The Queer Way the Telephone System Is
Run In ROuman:l.

The Queer Way the Telephone System Ii
Run In Rouman:1.
The telephone is rapidly conquering
the remoter parts of the old world.
One of the latest connections, says the
Western Electrician, is t. 1t made be.
tween Galatz and Braila, two CONNER.
clal cities of Roumania, on the lower
Danube A merchant of Braila wanted
to buy some barley, and went to the
telephone Office to speak to his agent at
Galatz, where the produce exchange
was held at the time.
''Have you written to your friend to
be at the telephone at this hour?" asked
the officer in charge at the telephone
station.
mo, I have not" said the merchant.
''Then you have telegraphed,
guess?" persisted the officer.
.s'I should not come to the telephone
if wanted to telegraph" said the mer-
chant. irritably.
''Then cannot let you use the tele-
phone retorted the officer. THE in
structions are,'' continued he, 'ssthat
people who want to talk to each other
through the telephone must agree upon
the time beforehand by letter or by
telegraph or by other means of commu-
nication.''
''But did not know until now that
wanted to buy barley explained the
merchant.
s'Then cannot allow you to use the
telephone said the officer, and the
merchant had to give up the idea OF
buying barley that day.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
PROBATE NOTICE

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Henne-
y pin.-Probate Court. -,
In the matter of proving the alleged last Will
and testament of Wilhelmina Schmidt, de-
ceased.
whereas, John Hechtman. of the County of
Hennepin and State of Minnesota, has dellv:
cred to the Probate Court of the County OF
Hennepin. al instrument IN writing, pnrport
ing to be the last will and testament of Wilhel-
nina Schmidt, late of said Hennep1n County,
deceased, and fled Herewith his petition to
said Probate Court praying that the said tastru-
ment may be proved and admitted to Probate,
and that letters testamentary be granted thereon
It is ordered, That said petition be heard and
the proofs of said alleged will be taken ct
special term of this Court, to be held ct the
Court House, in the City of Minneapolis, In said
County, on Monday. the 9th day OF FEBRUARY,
1893 at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, when all per.
sons interested may appear for or contest the
probate of it; and that notice of such hearing
be given to all persons interested, by publish
ing this order once In each week for three sue
cessive weeks prior to said day Of hearing, -
The Irish Standard, q newspaper printed ana
natsd # M i this soth day Of jan
nary. 1898. - .,-.,u
- Judge Of Probate.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
4. FAMILY or LIONS.
An Eyewitness Tells How They Act in
80 Their Natural State.

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An Eyewitness Tells How They Act in
Their Natural State.
.'The Large Game and Natural His
tory of South and Southern Africa by
Hon. w. Fl. DrummoDd, gives the fol-
lowing account of an eyewitness.
which gives q good idea Of lion family
life:
II once had the pleasure Of, unob-
served myself, watching lion family
feeding. was encamped on the Black
Umfalosi, in Zululand, and toward
evening walked out about half a mile
from camp. saw a herd Of zebra
galloping across me, and when they
were nearly three hundred yards off
saw a yellow body flash toward the
leader and saw him fall beneath the
lions weight. There was tall tree
about sixty yards from the place. and,
anxious to see what went on, | walked
up to it, while the lion was still occu-
pied too much to look about him, and
climbed up. He had by this time quite
killed the beautifully striped animal,
but instead of proceeding to eat it, he
got up and roared vigorously, until
there was an answer, and in a few min
utes the lioness, accompanied by four
whelps, came trotting up the same d.
rection as the zebra, which no doubt
she tried to drive toward her husband.
They formed fine picture as they all
stood around the carcass, whelps tear
ing it and biting it, but unable to get
through the tough skin. Then the lion
lay down, and the lioness driving her
offspring before her, did the same four
or five yards off, upon which he got up,
and, commencing to eat. had soon fin
ished hind leg, retiring few yards
on one side as soon as he had done so.
The ioness came up next and tore the
carcass to shreds, boiling huge mouth
fuls, but not Directing to the whe]ps
eating as much as they could find
There was good deal of snarling and
growing among these young lions, and
occasionally stand-up fight for min
ute, but their mother did not take any
notice of them, except to give them a
sharp blow with her paw if they got in
her way. There was now little left OF
the zebra but a few bones, which hun
dreds of vultures were circling around
wanting to pick, while almost an equal
number hoped awkwardly about on
the ground within fifty or sixty yards
of it, and the whole lion family walked
quietly away, the lioness leading and
the lion, after turning his head to see
that they were not followed, bringing
up the rear"
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
Mustacho and Goatee.

4 At period after the Moorish inva-
sion, when the Christian and Moslem
population became so mixed that it was
hard to say which were Moors and
which Spaniards, the pious Spaniards
hit upon the mustache as means of
Identification. They permitted the hair
on the upper lip to grow, and also q
tuft on the under lip, an outline of the
cross being thus formed. Thus, say the
Parisians, the mustache becomes a
symbol Of liberty, equality and frater-
nifty.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
Money Loft by Authors.

Some one has been gathering stats
tics about the money left by authors.
Lord Tennyson, the most successful of
English authors, left about s15o,ooo.
Robert Browning, of whose will A.
Tennyson and F. S. Palgraye were the
attesting witnesses, left personally lin
London of the value of G16,775. Victor
Hugo, who, like Tennyson, attained
the age of IS years, had personal estate
in England to the amount OF 992, 1875.
DR.. Charles Mackay's property was
valued at e2,64O, and that of Eliza
Cook at e5 ,O57. Matthew Arnold's es-
tate amounted to 81, 041. His will. in
his own handwriting, was one OF the
shortest that ever came under probate.
1t was: II leave everything of which !
die possessed to nv wife, Frances"
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
Auatral,an Bank Failures.

It is noted by a London financial jour
nal as one Of the causes of the failure of
so many Australian banks that many of
them hold such vast quantities Of land
that when q. pinch comes they are una
BILE to realize and are compelled to stop
payment. In New South Wales twelve
banks and financial syndicates own
shout Is, O00, 900 acres Of land one In
stitution alone owning 6, 500. 600 acrea
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
Moorish Architecture.

An American engineer recently re-
burned from a visit to Spain is con-
vinced that the durability Of Moorish
architecture is overestimated in popu-
lar opinion. That which he examined
he found extremely defective from the
engineers point of view, and he believes
that where one ancient Moorish struc-
ture remains scores must have persisted.
The famous horseshoe arch and the
prevalence Of pillars seemingly too deli
cate uto do the work imposed upon
chem he ascribes to q fondness Of the
Moors for creating IN great structures
the impression Of stability, 8 trick the
result, perhaps, of something deeply
Undecided ID the Moorish fleet
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
WHAT PAWNBR0KERs SEE.
Pathetic Scenes That Are Everyday o

Pathetic Scenes That Are Everyday Oc-
On recent cold day young man,
who looked at first glance to be well
dressed, slipped into one of the numer-
Gus pawnbrokers' places on the Bowery,
says the New York Times. Ills over
coat, which he wore tightly buttoned
about his body. was so nearly new that
the "store creases" had not yet disap-
peared 1t was of good material and
had probably cost forty or forty-fve
dollars. As soon as the door closed be-
hind him the man took off the overcoat,
threw it on the counter and laconically
asked of the pawnbrolzer: ':How much?'
s<'Four dollars" was the response, after
the garment had been examined. sit
cost me forty dollars want ten dol
lars pleaded the nan GIL give you
FIVE dollars" MOI "Well''-after
another critical >yamination-''I'll let
you have six dollars and not cent
more'' With curse the man put the
six dollars in his pocket and walked out
into the street to shiver in an old, thin
and ragged suit of clothes which had
previously been concealed by the over
coat. ''That coat" said the pawnbroker
to friend who had watched the trans
action, t'has probably come from some
careless PERSONS front hall; but can't
be expected to know about the people
who come here or the articles they
bring. Besides the coat is cheap at six
dollars
Within five minutes after this Incl
dent really well-dressed man, but
without an overcoat, stepped into the
place by side door. Without word
he took off his coat, cleared its pockets
of handkerchief and two or three
letters, which he jammed into his
trousers pockets, and laid the garment
on the counter. The pawnbroker
looked over it and remarked: Seventy
five cents" The man shook his head.
Zone dollar said the pawnbroker, and
the customer held out his hand and
clutched the money. The only word he
spoke was when he gave name to be
written ON the pawn-ticket. He hur-
ried out in his shirt-sleeves and ran into
saloon few doors away. THAT sort
don't come often,' said the pawnbroker.
"He's gambling with somebody and he
expects to come back and get his coat
before night. Perhaps he will. but
don't look for him"
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
OIL IN RUSSIA AND PERSIA.

Darius Appears to Have Been the First
Standard Oil Magnate.
In Athens, writes r. B. Sanborn to
the Boston Advertiser, met gentle
man not long since at the Caspian sea,
near which Russian lake there have
been extensive oil wells of the cars
subjects, all dug and to some extent
worked by Americans. He tells me that
now the American competition in Pc
troleum is SO great that the Russian oil
no longer commands a living price, and
that the business is greatly depressed
in that part Of the Russian empire.
Mentioning to him the English story
that the petroleum of that region had
poisoned the waters of the river Volga,
so that the fish are all dying, he. told
me that could hardly be, since the Cas-
plan sea abounds in excellent fish and
vet is covered with oil, SO that a person
bathing in it, as he did, finds himself
anointed with petroleum on coming
out. He said that the fine Russian
steamers on the Caspian have their en-
gines run with oil from the wells near
Balxu, which is the coil city" of Asiatic
Russia.
Herodotus of Halicarnassus speaks of
oil wells in ancient Persia, near which,
at a good distance from Susa, the Per-
sian king settled the colony of con-
quered Eretrians from the island of Eu
beau, whom he carried off in $50 B. c.,
just before the battle of Marathon.
Ardericca is the name of that oil city,
and Herodotus says it produced three
things-salt, asphalt and oil-all from
the same well-whence they were
drawn with sweep and bucket, as the
old fashioned Yankees still draw water
and as it is drawn in Greece, when
the people are ingenious enough to
have well sweep, and keep it in re-
pair, which is not always the case. The
heaviest salt and asphalt hardened and
separated, while the lighter oil was col
lected in tubs and pals and tanks. So
that Darius, the great king. was at the
head of the Standard Oil company of
which history makes mention-unless
Hebrew or Egyptian chronicles have
something more ancient to offer.
The Irish standard., 1893-02-11
!. MOMENTS FApS.
Ono of Them Is . Mania for Hiding
Things from burglars.

Ono of Them Is Mania for Hiding
Things from burglars.
Every woman is possessed CT some
mania in mild form, which, however,
is of as pronounced a type, though less
aggressive, as that which has sent
many poor mortal to the insane asy-
lum. The New York Commercial Adj
vert;ser claims that this is no rash
statement, but merely study from
actual life Take in your own family,
for instance: Do you not say: Jessie
or Belle or Susie is absolutely crazy on
such and such subject?" And though
the topics vary with the women the de-
mentia is not lessened one whit there
by Look at the number Of feminine
care-takers who have passion for hid
ing away their possessions, and so care
fully do they put them out of sight that
they themselves forget where the
place is when it comes time to find
them. Those people would Indignantly
resent any insinuation as to their san
ity, but does it seem possible that we'll
balanced minds will stow away gold
thimble or a roll of bills in a pair of
rolled-up stockings, Or put jewelry or
cash in the scrap basket or the CRATE,
and then, in less than twenty four
hours, give the stockings away to a
blind beggar, sell the contents of the
basket to the ragman and light a coy
fire in the CRATE right on top of the
most cherished possessions? Yet this
is done every day, if the papers speak
the truth; and who would have the
boldness to doubt the statements of the
press? Then again there are women SO
morbidly afraid of robbers that it be-
comes mania with them, and every
night search begins under beds and
into dark closets, which, if successful in
it's object, would turn their hair gray
in one night. When bedtime comes
they load themselves down with the
family silver, which they carry up to
their sleeping apartments; every win
dow is not only bolted, but tin pans are
set at such angles that a burglars
breath would knock them over and thus
throw the timid creatures upstairs into
violent, Mysteries, instead of putting,
them on guard against the intruders, as
is the intention of the wobbly kitchen
utensil Some women have mania
for bargains and own yards and yards
of remnants in lengths and colors that
are simply useless, yet which, because
of their craze, they could not possibly
resist buying. These are but few in
stances, but hundreds of others could
be cited, and certain it is that though
the writer and the reader of these lines
think themselves quite sane on every
point there is some flaw in their mental
armor that their friends could probably
dilate upon for hours.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
Their Name is Legion.

Their Name Is Legion.
Reader, there are macy blood puri
flying medicines.
There is but one Hoods Sarsapa.
rilIa.
DO not allow high-sounding adver.
tisements or other devices to turn you
from your purpose to take Hoods
Sarsaparilla, because in ttis purpose
you are right and will not be disap-
pointed in the result.
Hoods Sarsapari)la is an honest
medicine, honestly advertised, effects
honest cures. and gives every patron
a fair equivalent for his money. What
more can you reasonably ask?
A fair t.ial guarantees q complete
cure.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
Catholic Church Services.

Catholic Church Services.
The Rev. Father Van der Donckt
will conduct services Sunday, the
10th inst, as follows:
In St. Charles Church, Haley
Mass at o'clock q. m. Sunday
school at o'clock p. m. Lecture
and Benediotion at 8 p. m.
In St. Francis Church, Bellevue,
high mass at 1890 O'Clock, a. m.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
The WOman's Building.

Just south of tho 59th St. entrance.
Dimensions 200 by 400 feet. Cos
$4,000. Every lady should visit it
Don't forget that the Chicago, Union
Pacific and Northwestern Line offers
the best service and rates as cheap "a
any line to Chicago. No change.
For additional information call on
the Uoicn Pacific agent, Mr.. A. E.
Beamer, HALEY, Idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
st. Louis Is In IL.

Exceedingly cheap rates to s..
Louis are now in effect. The Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific R'ys
arc running q daily Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Salt Lake City, Chey.
enne and Denver to St. Louis without
change. Pullman Dining Cars Den.
YER to Kansas City. See A. E.
Beamer. agent U. P. System, HALEY,
Idaho, for detailed Information,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
Highest all in Leavenng Power-Laest u S Govt Report
Re-! RB Sxdsz
ABSOLUTELY PURE
THE FOURTH DISTRICT COURT.
may, 1898, Term-H0n. C. O. Stock.
slayer, Presiding.
SATURDAY, JULY g..
] G Griffths rs A F Montandou.-
In PROCESS Of trial before a jury.
A New MIL for Era.

A New Mil for Era.
The Chicago company which has
been engaged in developing its claims
near Era, is now constructing a sam
ping and concentrating mill to con.
vert its own ores into concentrates
and do whatever custom work offers.
The company has . considerable
quantity of ore on the dump and in
sight 10 its mines.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08

A story they tell on Congressman
Caruth, of Kentucky, runs like this:
A lady once asked him if it was true
that kentuckians were of such bib
ulous nature as was generally sup.
posed. "Bibulous!" exclaimed the
Kentucky man, y it'll a twinkle in the
eye. "Bibulous! Why, I assure
you, madam, there are not more than
q dozen Bibles in the whole state"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
The Horticultural Building.

Height of dome 1872 feet. Cost of
building 100000. The Chicago
Union Pacific aud Northwestern Line
offers rates as cheap as the cheapest
a. i nnexcelled accommoda tions to
Chicago. No change Of cars en- route.
See A. E. Bsamer, agent U. P. Sys>
TIN. HALEY. Idaho, for detailed infor>
nation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-07-08
GOsDel Temperanco.

Mrs. R. Mitchell, State organizer
for the Woman's Christian Temper
ance Uuion of Idaho, will hold SER
vices in the courthouse July 9th,
Sunday morning at IL o'clock; in
the evening at 8 o'clock. Children's
mass meeting at 3 p. nj. All are
cordially invited.