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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
A COSTLY PORTRAIT.
She Price Made Hin, Gasp. bot Ho iaid
andfSnid NuthiSk. ss

The Price Made HIM Gasp. bot Ho fsid
andtBaid H.thiSh.
Some years ago. when Benjamin Con
atant csine over to this country especial
ly to paint tho portrait Of q well known
New York woman, several other persons
took advantage Of his being here and
gave him orders for their portraits,
Among these was we'll known man.
Shortly after this latter likeness wax
completed q wealthy wcsterner who
happened to be III this city was enter.
tained at the house Of the New Yorker,
The wcsterner saw the portrait and
much admired it. "My wife wants me
to get my portrait painted, he said.
'That's one reason why I'm in New
York. Iwonder If this French fellow
wouldn't do mine too" His host assur.
ed him that in all probability the
"French fellow" would he only tco do.
lighted. Before long the westerner waa
experiencing MI the glory and honor Of
''sitting for his portrait" ..
One tlay some time after this, but be.
fore tho picture was finished, the west.
erner was again entertained by bis New
York friend. Tho portrait was naturally
referred TO- "By the way" remarked
the westemer, "how much did he charge
for your pictprc?" "Forty-flSe hundred
dollars" was the answer. "Why?" But
tho westoIner was beyond speech. Pale
and preathless, he leaned back in his
chair, and when he did speak it was
simply to gasp forth, Forty five hun.
dred Iollarsl" FORTY !five hundred dol
larsl' over and over again. ST..
1t transpired later that he had 1nada
no inquiries as 10 terms. and TINT he
had never dreamed that tho portruit's s
price would be more than $3.50. What
worried him most was what his wife
would say. But tho old fellow was
game. He first bound tho Now Yorker
over to temporary secrecy. after which
he proceeded to 80 through those sit
tings to the bitter end without mur-
mur CT question as to the ultimate
cost. Benjamin Constant never knew
TINT the bill for So, 900 ttho westerner' s
portrait was larger than the New York
er's) that was presented later caused
tho slightest ripple upon tho emotional
surface Of his patron. But in, u certain
western homo there today hangs a paint-
ing. the price Of. which has never yet
been revealed TO- the mistress, Of the
house. -NeW York Sun.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
bad coLoREp boys.
"ImPudeacc, Devi,ment. and General bad.
EEN ness - ssS HNEst

The colored folks newspaper Of
Columbia, the Peoples Recorder,
contains the following in its last is
cue,
Sabbath after Sabbath and night
after night for the past few months
it hos been Notifying indeed to us
to notice on the streets of Columbia
a great number Of little ragged ur-
'chins, who seem to have no other
stock in trade but impudence, devil
ment and general badness These
boys congregate at the corners of
streets, in front of stores and alleys,
they chase down the street cars, steal
a ride and annoy the no.ormen,
never thinking of the danger thoy
are in while running tho risk of got,
ting leg or arm broken.
On Sundays and at night these
bad fellows, from 6 to IS years of
age, are allowed to run at will, go
when they please and come when it
suits them. AS these bad fellows
we now write about are our kinsman
we will not say as much about them
as we could; but as our object is to
call attention to the matter 80 as to
invoke the assistance of the minis
tors, parents ond guardians, we ask
them to lift up their voices in tho
pulpits and on their calls of mercy
and everywhere against the habit of
allowing these bad little fellows to
congregate on the streets in this
manner. All manner of tho most
wicked talk is indulged in by these
boys, and if they continue unrestrain-
ed, they will turn up either on tho
'chain-gang or in the penitentiary.
Therefore in the name Of humanity,
Of the race, let us SEQ to it that these
bad boys do not further disgrace
respectable members Of the race.
What says the good folks about Il
house of correction for this class of
chifdren2 Who will answer2
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
How Glass Bottles Arc MAZDA.

Have you ever seen glasa bottles
NADER IL is very sin;pla when you know
how and have TIC GeeessaTy tools. 4
big kettle is filed with glass. which Ia
melted until 1t is like molasaes and is
sedhot. Then q big lump Ia taken upon
long piece Of iron Pipe and is dropped
into q mold. The man who drops It in
blowA through the pipe to make tho bot
tie hollow. and then the mold ia opened
and the bottle is taken out A neok has
70 be put on it. and the bottle has to be
baked to make 1t strong. There are
many boys Of only 3 or years working
upon the bottles to smooth the tops
ready for the neck.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
Whs 8erala ana 0elus
A HEROIC HISTORY.


The Stormy Cercer Of the Little Leland
There are not many islands with q
moro stormy or more heroic history than
that Of Crete. In remote antiquity 1t
was the redoubtable "isle Of one hun
dred cities" aud had an illustrious line
Of kings, among who were Rhadaman..
thus Minos and IdOmeneus Tho last
named led feet Of 80 ships to assist in
the conquest Of, Troy and was the last,
OF what we may call the legendary
kings. After him gap Of several ccn.
turies occurs, and when the record is to-
sumed it is no longer fable, but authen-
tic history.
AT the time Of the Persian invasion
Of Greece the island was populous and
prosperous It was divided into several
independent republics, which, like those
Of peninsular Hellas. were not always
In peace aud friendship with each other.
They kept free from foreign wars. how.
ever, except rs they voluntarily furnish
ed mercenary troops to whichever side
would pay the best for them. This was
done in both the Persian and Pellopop-
pesian wars, when the Cretan archers
"OA0 ob uSSSu uhN 40 oACANCN So SAiocS
Of merry England III later days.
The prowess OF the ancient .CTetans
and their insular position kept tnem
free from invasion down almost to the
Christian era. While the eagles Of Rome
"flapped wide wings ip fiery fight"
over nearly all else Of the known world
that island Eetained its Independence.
Indeed 1t was only through intestine
Quarrels that it was at last subdued.
Some 20 years before tho Christian Ella
Rome took advantage Of the prevailing
discord in Urete to invade the island, on
the pretext that the Cretans had given
aid and comfort to Mithridates and had
Ill treated some Roman soldiers. The
first army was repulsed and almost an
initiated by the Cretans.
But Rome was determined to achieve
tho conquest If it took the whole power
Of her empire. Army after army was
sent, aud after three years Of desperate
fighting Romo prevailed. For the first
time In her history Crete became, in &C
b. c.. subject to III alien master. From
that day &c tho present, for more than
1900 years, she has been conquered
province, never onco regaining the indo-
pendeiico so long maintained and SO
reluctantly relinquishcd. New York
Tribune.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
A TERRIERS REVENGE,
Summoned His Faithful Friend and OBJ
tanned Satisfaction.


tanned Satisfaction.
This dog story was told TO reporter
by a lady who vouches for its accuracy.
Remarkable as it is, G a1firms that it
is the truth, the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth:
An up the state family had two doga
~ bulldog and black and tnn-be-
tween which thero existed every evil
dence Of deep friendship. Tho family
went into tho country one summer somc
10 miles from home. They took the
black and tan with them, but left .,ia
companion at home. They had not kecl
established ir ;hoir summer quarters
noro thop q few days before tho small
dog pad managed to pick quarrel
with ueighbor's bulldog. in which tho
black and tan got much the worse Of
tho argument, SO much SO that when
ho disappeared after the bRttlc his own
era were much worried. Thy senrched
high and low. but no trace of that small
dog could be found.
The next morning there was seen
Goming up the road side by side the
black and tan and his faithful compan>
ION, the bulldog. from home. Tho two
marched straight past the hotel where
the family We're staying and halted in
front Of the home Of tho black and tan q
enemy. In some unknown manner the
country bulldog was summoned, and i'm.
mediately his city contemporary fell
upon him.. The struggle was severe and
prolonged. but the issue was never in
doubt The country bulldog was COM
pletely conquered and retired in as good
order as possible under tho circum.
stances. The victor, once his task COM
pleted, wheeled about and without a
atop retraced the 10 miles to homo. The
black and tan crawled into tho hotel
with every indication Of complete satis-
faction on his dimiputivo countenance.
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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28

what They Said Wouldn't Read We'll.
Jim Scorcher has just returned from
bicycle ride around tho world He 10
going to write book about it"
"What Is he going to call itf''
"People l have run up against. -
Odds and Ends.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28

The little town Of Nazareth. in Pales.
tine. has no fewer than three hospitals,
z converts and IL schools under Euro.
pean supervision.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
TUFTS Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Perfect Health.

Keep the system in perfect or
der by the occasional use of
TUFTS Liver Pills. They reg
ulate the bowels and produce
A Vigorous Body.
For sick headache, malaria, bill.
iousness, constipation and kin
dred diseases, anabsolute cure
TUFTS Liver PILLS
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28

"P," p. m. "a" a. m.
Trains 0 aud 10 carry elegant Pullman
sleeping carb between Columbia and Asheville
onroute daily between Jacksonville aud Cinoin.
natl.
Trains leave Spnrtanburg, A. 8 @. division,
porthbound, .6:42 @. m, s:N y. M, e:ls p. M.
4vestibule Limtted); southbound l2:8 g m.
Trains leave Greenville, A. and 9. division.
northbopnd. As q. m, 2Sl p; III. and 8 20 p. M,
{Vestibuled 1imited); southbound, 30 q. m.
l:a0 p. M. IL :as p. IN. tVestibuied Llmited}.
Pullman Service.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains 80 end
GO, ~ and 49, on A. and @. division.
W. H. GREEN. JIM. CULP
Gen. Superin tendent, Traffic Mgr,
Washington, d. q Washington, D @
w. A. TURK, 8. H. HARDWICK,
Gen. Pass. Ay't Asst Gen. Pass, Ag't.
Washington, D. O. Atlanta. Ga
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28

Connections at Columbia with Southern
RailYay for all points tn upper South and
leston and Asheville. Connections from
point9, on Southern Railway to Augusta,
Aiken and other points on "The Charleston
L!ne"i at Charlesfon With Clyde Line SIeam.
era to New York and Jacksonville.
l.. A. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
". y. BOWEN, General Manager, .
General Onces Charleston sc.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-05-28
THE CHHARLEsTON LINE

Double Daily Trains between Charleston
Columbia and Augusta.
QUICKER TIME.
SOUTH CAROLINA & GEORGIA T. e q
PASSENGER DE MRNT.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
HARBoR oomMIssIoN BILLS.
Retrenchnsent Committee Believes They
Should Be Examined.

Retrenchnasnt Committee Believes They
Should Be EDamtned.
SACRAMENTO. CAL, Feb. l0.-The
Committee on Retrenchment (Melick,
chairman) tonight framed a bill which
Will be introduced in the Assembly as a
measure of retrenchment. 1t will enable
the State Board Of Examiners to examine
the bills of the Harbor Commission Just
as they examine the bills of all other com
missions. The bill is as follows:
Sec. 1928. All moneys collected shall be
paid into the State treasury and be credited to
the San Francisco harbor improvement fund
at least once in each month. No money shall
be drawn from said fund except upon a war
rant drawn by the State Controller, and said
warrants shall be drawn only in payment of
claims, which shall first have been presented
to and acted upon by the State Board of Ex-
aminers.
Sec. 8. Section 1852 OF the Political Code is
hereby amended to read as follows: 1852. The
salaries of the officers OF the board shall be as
follows annually: The president S2400, each
OF the other two commissioners $2l00, secre-
tary $1,000, assis tant secretary $500, chief
wharfnger $2400; wharfngers and the COL
lectors $1,000 each. The Acknowledgement
shall act as attorney for the board without ad-
ditional compensation. The board must fix
the compensa ton of the other employees. No
ex-oficio officer nor consulting engineer shall
receive any compensation except necessary
travelling and incidental expenses. The act
shall take effect July /. 1897.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11

Z. held at these headquarters, the foilowiEg
Tream BILE and resolutions were unanimously
adopt d o.,o - -, ,,,
toine fhe bill now pending in the Legislature
relative to appro prIating necessary iuuus 10
main ain the state Printing once Is d ne.ace
to labor in that it impairs the use1u!ness H. IN
deed it does not stop work altogetner IN the
State Printing Office, thereby throwing Out ol
employ ment many ex-soldlers ana saA1ors' DO
their widows and children; ana whereas' We
believe the Governor has been m1sleu oy us
charged employees aud by adhersnts OF lne
infamous book ring which stanos reauy to
again deluge our State with worthless ana eA,
pensive textbooks for our scnoolsI - 90
whereas the Governor by his veto is opposing
a majority of the lawmakers VINO see 'a anu
know the need of the State AMI It's lnsttutous u
and who evidently are not antagoHiis.tS an rio1es in in
labor and fair play for the state empioye ~
SIX lied labor; therefore,
Resolved. By the memb bers of q. S. Grant
Camp No. 3. Army and Navy League oI Gus sn,s
State, that we view this action OF the GOV
ernor as threatening the interests OF lspoI'
belittling the State and utterly uncalleo IoF'
and
Resolved, That we earnestly urge the mem
bers OF the Legislature, in the name OF LABOR
and in memory of the soldiers anG sailors
who fought and bled TO preserve this Unlon'
to stand as solid phalanx and pass this meas
ure over the Governors veto.
Resolved, That a copy hereo + be read at tne
mass meeting tonight at NJ etropolitan Thea
ter and also copy be furni- he'd TO every mem
Der OF the Legislature and the press.
c. l.. Meir, pastor of St. PauTs Episco-
pal Church, was the next speaker, and
after defining his reasons for appearing
on the platform 1t being because
he was printer. he said the re-
fection by Governor Budd against the
the State Printing Office comes from one
who, while IN authority, was no authority.
The reflection was not Republicanism,
Democratism, Populism or Americanism,
but was decidedly and solely Buddism and
the tenets OF that faith were against the
interests OF the toiIers, and provided for
so many holidays that a laboring man
in India could never get solid weeks
work.
Harry Rodgers, foreman of the State
Printing Office, presented a list OF figures
to prove that the report of Expert Taylor
as presented to the Governor was either
mass of errors or wilful misrepresenta-
ton.
He was followed by William Gormley,
who declared that the State Printing
Office had Tor years past been the butt of
attack of the corrupt book printing rim g
OF the State. W. Macarthur, president of
the Coast Seamen's Union, also addressed
the assem- bIage,
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
JOHN F. SHEEHAN,
Real Esta te, Mining and
Financial Broker.
Land Agent Peoples Home
Savings Bank.

Hon. Dear SIR: desire to call your attention to
aresolutlon offered in the Asse bly, by Hon. w.
:: MeItck IN reference to restoring to the Ma
nonal Government the grant known as the
yosemite Valley and Mariposa Big Tree Grove,
con tanning about 49, 900 acres of land.
THIS grant was solicited by the State of Cali
iorn1a from the National Government, and in
June, 1864. Congress passed an act confirm
Ing 1t TO the State of California, conditioned
that this State would use the same for the
beneht or the public as q resort ana for recrea-
ton.
Considering the high celebrity which
Yosemite has given to California, the cost to
the State to manage Yosemite and the Big
Tree Grove has been very light indeed. Hun
dreds OF foreigners are attracted annually to
this State, generally for the purpose of view
Ing the wonders OF Yosemite, and were 1t not
1or this attraction large majority OF these
people would pass to and from the Orient via
the Canadian Pacific route.
More than thirty-three years ago, when this
State was barely out of its infancy, 1t solicited
this grant from the Government of the United
States and now that we have grown great and
powerful 1t would appear pitiable and rtdicul-
Gus to ask the Government to take It back
when 1t only costs to maintain it the pittance
OF $40, 900 or S12, 600 per year.
Again the examples we have before US of the
management of the mountain and forest
reservation surrounding Yosemite by the
United States troops ought to BE- in itself a
SUFFICIENT reason why the State should not de-
sire to lose control of the Yosemite. During
the past season many prominent citizens of
California were arrested by the regular soldiers
kind OF firearms in their possession. Imagine
what annoyance campers and others who an
nually visit Yosemite would suffer there from
the lack OF knowledge OF the regulations Of the
regular army.
Ispeak for many citizens with whom have
conversed that the proposition OF Melick
should not be for moment considered by our
legislators. 1t is not at all likely that the
National Government would want to take care
OF the buildings and roads and fences and
trails in Yosemite, all for the benefit of the
State OF California.
am informed from reliabl sources that
this proposition did not emanate from the
brain of MI. Melick, but was conceived by a
resident OF Los Angeles who is q crank on the
proposition to divide the State and SET aside
southern California as separate State gov
ernment, and having this in view he preferred
that Yosemite, famed all over the world,
should not be owned by Northern California,
but being claimed by The United States Gov
ernment would belong as much to Southern
California as to its northern sister.
trust that you will deem it proper to op-
pose the resolution, which I understand will
be argued on Wednesday, the 10th inst, by
your voice as well as by your vote. Respect
fully yours, JOHN F. SHEEHAN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
LOOKING our FOn sHEEHAN.
The General Opposes Meiok's Yosemite
FaIfey Measure.


SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 1O-Me-
Hck's resolution TO restore to the National
Government the Yosemite Valley and Big
Tree Grove has rendered more or less pre-
carious the fat job of General John f.
Sheehan, who receives $50 per month as
secretary of the Yosemite Comm ssion. If
the resolution should be adopted and the
National Government should tax g pos
session of the valley and relieve the State
of California of the great expense of TAX
ing care of it, the general would lose his
$75 per month-not a large sum OF money,
but one which, added TO the salaries he re-
ceives for other secretaryshlps and posi-
ticns, helps to make the muckle of many
Ms kels.
The general has, therefore, girded on
his armor and has come to Sacramento
to save the valley for himself and the
Com missoDers. His first broadside came
to-day in the shape of type-written let
and addressed with the generals own
hand to each and every mem Der of the
Assembly. He also made alliances with
Assem- blymen from counties dlacent to
the park, wnose sheep have been allowed.
by the kindness of the Commissioners, to
grazs on the fat pastures of the valley,
and who fear that, should this beautifni
Government, the soldiers would drive off
their fiocks.
The appeal, being made to self-interest,
was tenn porarily successful, for when AS.
sembly concurrent resolution No. was
taken up as special order on to-day's file
Immediately after the reading of the Jour
nal it was voted down. kea bles gave
notice OF a motion TO reconsider, so that
the resolution may yet be saved. Friends
of the resolution propose to show what
large sum of money would be saved 10 the
State if the National Government should
assume control of the property and how
all the abuses of which SO much complaint
has been and is being made would be
wiped out.
Professor John Muir of the Sierra Club
Is here, working for the passage of the
resoi ution. As every one knows, the pro-
fessor's love for the scenic beauties of the
Yosemite is untarnIshed by politics. He
is an ardent lover OF natu e, and his arti-
cles published here and IN the East have
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
Ne.r Hone Hom,cfde Arrataned.

STOCKTON, CAL, Feb. 1O.-Charles
Kleupier, who shot and killed Alexander
BorIand and Charles Dodge several nights
ago at New Hope, was arraigned to-day
before Justice OF the Peace Parker.
Kleupfer was accom- panied by his counsel,
Judge ]. G. Swinnerton, and when re-
ouested to stand up the attorney, by way
of courtesy to his client, arose and stood
beside him while the charges were being
read. KIeupfer will answer to two charges,
one for the murder of each of his victims.
The preliminary examination was set for
Wednesday, February II.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
sen ATE ROUTINE.
Proceedings of Day ia tbs Upper
Hosss of the Le0tsLature

SACRAMENTO, CAL, Feb. 10.-The
amendment to the County Government
bill limiting the allowance to Sheriffs for
transporting patients TO asylums to So per
day, which was adopted yesterday, was
reconsidered to-day by the Senate and
was defeated.
At the afternoon session Assembly bill
IL, fixing the minimum wages to be paid on
pub lie work at 81 per day, was reported
to be unconstitutional by the r. vision
Committee and was sent back to the AS
sembly.
Assembly bill %, providing for a system
of street improvement on grounds within
municipalities, was passed finally.
Assembly bills 451 and 452 were amended
and sent to the printer.
Assembly bill AT was reported unfavor-
sbly and was refused second reading.
Senate bills 53S and $50, transferring title
to the United States OF land already held
and hereafter TO be acquired by the Fed
eral Government for military purposes,
was passed; also Senate bill 46S, relating
TO registration.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
SAN JOSE CARNIVAL PLANS.
Board of Trade Takes the Initiative to
Arrange for a Floral
Fefe

SAN JOSE, CAL, Feb. 10.-The Board
of Trade has called meeting of citizens
for next Tuesday evening at its rooms to
consider the proposition of holding a
carnival this spring. A number of busi-
ness men and others nave expressed a
willingness to cooperate in such an
undertaking, and there seems to be little
doubt that a fiesta eclipsing the splendid
success of the rose carnival last year could
be got up.
There will be an abundance of flowers in
May and June. No expense of erecting a
pavilion, such as there was last year, will
have to be met, and it is believed that
with the experience gained San Jose will
be able to hold festival that will attract
thousands of visitors to Santa Clara
Valley.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
T.ibrcr,, ut Potut Ion,a.

LOS ANGELES, CAL. Feb. 1o.-Abbott
Clark. lecturer for the local Theosophical
Society, says the building shortly to be
erected on Point Iona, opposite San
Diego, by the Theosophists for a school
for the study of lost mysteries of antiquity
is to contain one of the largest Libraries
in the world.
The San Francisco call., 1897-02-11
Action on As..mbly Bills.

SACRAMENTO. CAL, Feb. 10.-In the
Assembly this morning Melick's resoiu-
tion directing the Governor to negotia
for the recession of the Yosemite Valley to
the Federal Government was defeated,
after long debate, by vote of AZ to II.
The bill to accept the YouutvIlle Soldiers
Home as State property was passed with
out opposition. The San Diego Normal
School bill, by which the appropriation is
reduced from $75. 600 tc $50, 600, was made
the special order for tomorrow.