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The herald., 1897-02-22
IF HE'S BUSTED

I'm fesIin' mighty rocky-lookin' rocky.
The outsides 5 just symbol of my inner
most distress. , I,,o
amt no common tramp, 1or tnousn We
tramped myself footsore.
IT ain't always deadbeat that comes peg
gin at your door.
These ragged pockets nave no CASH. Ao'
And faith is doubt, and hope is dead and
charity is rare.
Each hollow cry of hunger leaves an ach'
I'M void in here
The body starvin for It's Iooo-the SouA
for its good cheer.
Now what's fellow goln
To do these hard times
If he's busted?
You talk about old Poverty a-howlin' at
your door; ~ ao, rar
I haven't had good, square meal LOT
thirty days or more.
The times are gettin' closer; moneys get
tin further of;
You ask for work or charity. your an
sWered with a scott.
You saw there's work a-plenty, If a man
lust wants to find it;
I've searched with honest muscle and an
honest heart behind 1t;
For while I've tramped a-beggin bread,
I've begged for work to do,
And labor flies from muscle and from
heart when they pursue
Now what's a fellow goin
To do these hard times
If he's busted?
The spirit don't need money, but the body
I sometimes think the soul. too. needs to
have it's daily bread.
The body marches mighty well when spirit
keeps in line: .
But On! It's sad when both arc hungry and
sit down to dine
On nothin'-nothin' but the memory OF
The scent of mothers cookin', the aroma
of her prayers
The ghost Of Plenty stalkin' round you.
mockin' at your strife.
And Povertys long, bony fingers clutchin
at your life.
Saw what's Il fellow goin'
To do these hard times
If he's busted?
It's hard when inhumanity makes winter
all the year,
And freezes your life's fountains till you
cannot shed a tear.
1t seems Tve aged a century, although
I'm young in years,
For eyes are only briny, While the heart
sheds crimson tears.
I've asked for bread and work from folks
when on their hearts saw
Long icycles, which sight of all my suffer-
ing could not thaw.
I don't believe that politics can bring us
back good times,
But what's a fellow gofn'
To DO these hard times
IL ne S DuSteO!
Last night slept in an old barn, and Oh,
l had dream
Which made the stars of babyhood around
that manger CLEAN.
I think l must have smiled In sleep out
there in that old shed,
Just as l did back yonder in my little
trundle bed.
I saw my mother bending DER me-felt her
warm caress;
Her love-words brought the old home
back with all its happiness.
1 woke; the orphans dream had flown, and
while the orphan wept,
Despair joined voices with the winds that
chanted where I slept.
All! what's a fellow goin'
To do these hard times
If he's busted?
The books of life, they say, are kept by an
unerring scholar,
And sight drafts on the soul must bring a
hundred on the dollar.
When credit is exhausted with the cashier
of the skies.
And moral bankruptcy stares at you with
it's horr.d eyes.
And Time shall close December and de-
clare life's years work done,
Eternitys new ledger opens: "Jan-u-
AIRY L."
| IF then, while crowns are glittering around
your unpaid roll,
You walk into the bank of God with just
a naked soul.
| Oh! what's fellow goin
| To do those hard times
Tf he's busted?
| H. L. Piner in the Galveston News.
The herald., 1897-02-22

it a crime for workingmen whom the
great plague had left unscathed to op-
press employers by demanding unusual
wages. were hauled down and read into
our labor decisions as part of the com
mon law of the United States. So, far
SO good. But how is it now. when the
trusts are brought into court charged
with interference with free competition
which are to those of the labor unions as
mountains to mole hills? The courts are
not SO valiant The trusts ship through
unharmed. Yet the courts wish work.
ingmen to respect judicial authority
Cleveland Recorder.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The Herald's Sacramento correspon-
dent says that bill forbidding inter-
ments III cemeteries located within the
corporate limits of a municipality has
passed to its third reading in the senate.
This will be a serious matter to cities
of Southern California, where corporate
limits, as rule, are more extended
than in the central and northern por
uons OF the state. In Los Angeles such
a law would prevent more interments in
both Evergreen and Rosedale cemeter-
les. In San Diego it would be a very
serious matter to locate new cemetery
outside the city limits. The same Is
true of Riverside, which covers fifty
The herald., 1897-02-22
Usual Result In Prospect

The manufacturers Of knit goods in
various parts Of the country have formed
an association the expressed object or
which is to look after the tariff and espe
cially to prevent undervaluations. So
far as the latter object is concerned.
there can be no objection to any just
measure to prevent frauds upon the
revenue. But 1t may be just as we'll to
watch and see whether the association
does not begin to put UP prices after
brief interval. Such things have oc-
CURED before.-Louisville Courier Jour-
mol
The herald., 1897-02-22

After permitting It to be given out
semi-oficially that he would not ap-
point Hanna to Sherman's seat In the
senate, Governor Bushnell now off1cially
announces that he will appoint him. The
true history of the inside Of this affair
would make interesting reading, but un-
til more is known people will wonder IL
Foraker has been or is to be sacrificed
and if Bushnell. Foraker's political mar
Friday, has traded off his master for
opportunity to eat crumbs that shall
fall from McKinley's table. Only
week ago Hanna said very hard things
about Bushnell and Foraker, and now
he has Bushnell under his thumb!
Ohio Republican politicians are queer
nennla
The herald., 1897-02-22
Death for Train. rocking fiends

Between two and three times month,
generally in the night time, speeding
trains, laden with valuable lives, have
run into carefully planned distractions.
with deadly peril to all. or have been
brought to halt by the CLEAN of rifles
or the whiz Of bullets. The acts of train
robbers have cost the lives Of seventy
FIVE railway employees and fifty-eight
others have been wounded There Is a
peculiar devilishness about such crimes,
putting multitudes Of sleeping passen-
gers in peril for the chance of little
booty, which makes the death penalty
seem inadequate to its punishment
St. Paul Pioneer Press.
The herald., 1897-02-22
New York's Notorious Persons

Three or four preachers Of the several
thousand in New York city manage to
keep their names constantly before the
gaze of the nation and to keep the pub
lie wondering what will come next. They
have not attained to this notoriety by
faithful continuance in well doing" ac-
cording to accepted standards, but by
sensational methods, violative Of the
plain rules that the average preachers
good sense lays down for his guidance
Washington Post.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Senator Hoar stu Fussing

Fussy old Senator Hoar Is again CONF
planning, this time because the public
manages to find out what is going on IN
the executive session. The senator may
as we'll make the best of the situation.
The people are bound to know what
their servants are doing, and II tho
Massachusetts, statesman is ashamed te
have his constituents know just where
he stands, let him Observation-Disclosures
NJ TT Union
The herald., 1897-02-22
Part of Coils P,'s Wealth

Coils p. Huntington, 1t is said, is at
the head of movement among railroad
magnates to give General Nelson A.
Miles, the head Of our army, 500, o0o
residence in Washington. If Coils r
Huntington paid to the government the
money borrowed to build railroad,
which money he has not yet paid and
will not repay as long as he can, by
crookedness and corruption, escape, he
would not have so much money with
which to play Prince Fortunatus.-Terre
Haute Gazette
The herald., 1897-02-22
suooe,t,no 4 wise Precsu.ion

News from Alaska has started anoth'-
er rush of gold hunters for that part Of
the world. If their experience is like
that of the most of those who have gone
there heretofore on a similar mission it
will be we'll for them to take along an
extra postage stamp and take good care
of it until they require 1t in writing back
to a relative or friend for enough money
on which to get home.-Pittsburg Com
mercial Gazette.
The herald., 1897-02-22
Fsoi Legislation In Kansas

What the legislature needs Is to get
rid of the notion that the way to restore
prosperity is to make war on capital
and cripple enterprise. No farmer has
ever prospered by such a principle az
that; no city or state or country has
ever been built on the theory of hamper
ing and Furnishing enterprise and sur
rounding investments with all sorts OF
vexatious restrictions. Kansas will
never be built up on any such plan OF
egislation.-TopekaC Capital
The herald., 1897-02-22
old.P.shioned Motion Of Success

Young man, If at the end of busy
life you are ready to fall into the grave
and pull the earth in after you, the rec
ord of the past shows that you caused
more smiles than tears; that little chill
dren loved you, and that you had the
respect Of the old, though you start on
your last journey from an uncarpeted
room in the poorhouse, your life has
been a success.-Nebraska State Jour-
The herald., 1897-02-22
Further Proof Of Tariff Robbery

Further evidence of how the present
tariff is running American industry is
given in the announcement that the
Mexican government has ordered l5,Ooo
cavalry suits from Cincinnati house.
The contract was obtained in competi-
ton with foreign bidders.-Des Moinea
Lauder
The herald., 1897-02-22

Members of the sugar, coal and iron
trusts are the largest buyers of inaugu-
ration ball tickets, it is said. Why should
they not dance, eat, drink and be merry
In the language of the street, they are
Cr,
The herald., 1897-02-22

A Michigan evangelist recently gave
a word picture of the Internal regions.
He pictured them as being very large
hall in one end of which walking, bicy-
Gle and other kinds of races were in
progress, and in the other end Bob In
gersoll was addressing large and fash
ionable audience of infidels. That kind
Of talk will never persuade people to
shun the large hall"
The herald., 1897-02-22

that 1t deserves a place among the
notable events Of local history. There
are children in Los Angeles we'll started
on the journey of life who never saw
snow falling from the clouds until last
Saturday.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The people of Illinois are beginning to
feel sorry that they did not re-elect
Altgeld. Governor Tanner is already
disappointment. and the fear is that he
will lead the state a merry dance all
through his administration. He is no
better man than Altgeld, and with not
half as much sense as the anarchist"
posSeSSeS.
The herald., 1897-02-22

four square miles. The cemetery Al
San Bernardino is within the city limits,
as IL also the case at Redlands. Just
how many other Incorporated cities are
affected by this proposed legislation
does not vet appear.
The herald., 1897-02-22
silly uetbods IN Pu.,c Schools

Nine-tenths of the girls who 60 to our
common schools will eventually become
wives and mothers. They will have to
cook and bake and sew and take care of
children, but except In rare instances
The herald., 1897-02-22

The billion dollar mark has been
reached by congress, and there are
enough more appropriation bills that
are sure to pass to swell the total sum
to 81, 100, 900, 900.
The herald., 1897-02-22

There is talk in Nevada of making
Corbett and Fitzsimmons honorary
members of the legislature. What have
the bruisers done to have that stigma
put upon them?
The herald., 1897-02-22

If times do not begin to get better
pretty soon, the people will be likely TO
conclude that 1t was not Bryan, but
the other fellow who stood for wreck
and ruin in the last campaign.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Whether his mission abroad advanced
the cause of bimetallism or not, it can
not be said that Senator Wolcott is not
having a good time trying to open the
mints of the world to silver.
The herald., 1897-02-22
THE ARLINGTON HOTEL

they are taught nothing of these arts or
accomplishments In the country the
success in life of most boys will depend
on their skill in farming, but they are
taught nothing about the soil or It's
capabilities. In the city the boys will
have to make their living by the skill Of
their hands are not trained in that dl-
reotion.-Pittsburg Times.
The herald., 1897-02-22

1--WE must have cheaper gas" Coxey
howls. Coxey is a good deal of gasom-
eter himself and should know the cost
of producing the article.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The first wave of prosperity has
reached this shore. Cleveland returned
to the White House last Saturday with
thirty ducks-twenty more than after
any former shoot of this year.
The experience of snow falling in the
streets of Los Angeles and Pasadena
and of real snow man from Mount
Lowe carted through town is so rare
The herald., 1897-02-22

A fortnight ago the makers of steel
rails insisted that if the Dingley COM
mittee did not restore the Mckinley
tariff on iron and it's products. so as to
allow them to advance the price of rails
above S25 ton, they would have to
close down their works, because of Eng
lish competition. But they have had a
row among themselves, which resulted
in breaking up the pool, and since then
they have booked orders for over 100000
tons of rails at S17 per ton. The price in
England is S24.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Now, if the navy department VIII as
sure the country that our warships would
be as dangerous to human life in war
as they are in peace, the people will feel
at ease
The herald., 1897-02-22

The sentiment is growing in eastern
money circles that it would be a USE
less expenditure of money to hold an
International monetary conference, That
is exactly what they We're expected to
say, ,ts8fXl
The herald., 1897-02-22

Spain is anxious to institute reforms In
her colonies, but her avowed purpose
would have more of the ring of sincerity
If she would start the good work at
home is
The herald., 1897-02-22

1t is very evident that when Weyler's
wagon train was blown up the other
day his typewriter escaped His re-
port of the victory" proves that.
The herald., 1897-02-22

A resolution has teen introduced in
the Illinois legislature to take recess
long enough to permit members to par
ticipate in the Washington festivities
and witness the affair at Carson.
The herald., 1897-02-22
v.cto,,. Doe. Well. Considering

Those who are disposed to sneer at
Queen Victoria's $4,000 contribution to
the India relief fund should remember
that her maiesty's income is only few
millions a year.-Kansas City Journal.
The herald., 1897-02-22

1t costs money to print some kinds OF
books. The official history of the war
of the rebellion cost the government
$40 7S5 per volume.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Nevada has not opened a mint to
coin silver but a mill is the thing in
order Thus is the ante-election fore
cast of MI Mckinley verified.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The Georgia legislature is talking OF
spending s1,O00,00O for educational pur-
poses this year. A thorough system or
common schools is to be established.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The Cretan situation grows more COM
pficated and the prospect of settlement
without embroiling the nations of Eu-
rope apparently more remote. The
Greek forces proceed as if satisfied of
their ability to vanquish any enemy they
are likely to meet; Great Britain offers
armed opposition; while the Turk, in
pursuance of the system which has
characterized Ottoman diplomacy for a
century or two, sits still in the hope that
European jealousy will furnish better
protection than his bath-tub fleet.
The herald., 1897-02-22

A Chicago ordinance now obl1ges
every bicycle rider to blow a whlstle
when nearing crowds and street corners.
The herald., 1897-02-22

A dead man was drawn the other
day in Chicago to serve on the grand
Jury; but he was excused.
The herald., 1897-02-22

A wag suggests that the Pennsyl-
vania legislature meet in the geological
garden until the new state house is COM
pleted He says there would be no oc-
casion for changes in the accommoda
The herald., 1897-02-22

1.-THE bracing Texas ozone" is good
enough in its way, but 1t Will not STOP
immigration in Southern California.
The herald., 1897-02-22

In section of Arkansas the people are
living on turnips and water. Turnlps
are better than nothing, but not much.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Weyler was furiously mad the other
day because an account of victory did
not give enough Importance to the affair,
but he could not find out whether his
typewriter, the telegraph operator or
the typesetter lost the victory.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Foraker is in state of rebellion
against the decree of his party boss that
Hanna must be made United States
senator by appointment, and the ques-
ton of whether the Canton man will
accord him belligerent rights is press
ing one.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Mr.. Searles of the sugar trust admit
ted to the Lexow committee that the in
side ring made a little profit of $3.50, 900
in one day, when certain competitors
were driven to sell out to the trust.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Senator Sherman says his chief aim,
when secretary of state, will be to Keep
the United States at peace with the
other nations, which means that the
Cubans need not apply for recognition
as being other than rightful subjects Of
Snaip
The herald., 1897-02-22

How can ScAa2hMg's Best,
tea cost so little and be so
good =?
Easy. 1t is roasted fresh
every day in San Francisco
like fresh coffee and pea
nuts.
Other tea is roasted once
a year in Japan, etc.,--like
stale coffee and stale pea
nuts.
4 schiilinE & Company
San Francisco Us
The herald., 1897-02-22

So far this season sixty-ive people
have committed suicide at Monte Carlo.
The imp who kills fools has his head
quarters at the right spot Fools, their
money and their brains dissolve part
nership quite abruptly sometimes.
The herald., 1897-02-22

The people of Missouri are pretty
we'll satisfied now that Duestrow, the
St. Louis millionaire murderer, was in
sane when he killed his wife and child,
but they are glad it took post mortem
examination to ascertain that fact.
The herald., 1897-02-22

Canton, Ohio, is dwindling away as
center Of attraction, but Carson, New,
is looming up, and the indications are
that travel toward the sagebrush town
will soon be as heavy as it was awhile
ago to the Ohio village.
The herald., 1897-02-22

A man fell dead in Chicago the other
day while playing cards. Why he fell
dead would be well understood if the
affair had happened in Nevada min
ing camp. "Died of cards in his sleeve"
the coroner would have said.
The herald., 1897-02-22

"Old- fashioned snow storms" are now
fashionable all over the country. At
least more sections of the United States
have been visited by heavy snow storms
this winter than ever before, so the
"oldest inhabitant" says.
The news & observer., 1897-06-08
AN OXFORD MAN HONORED.

Oxford, n. c., June 7.-(Seecial.) 1.-THE
friends of Mr.. A. s. Lanter, form
popular citizen of Oxford, will be glad ia
read the following item from the Rich,
mond Dispatch:
'Brigadier-Gene A. L. Phillips on
Friday appointed Mr.. A. S. Lanier aide
de-camp on his staff to succeed Captain
Charles I'll. Epps, deceased. The new ap.
pointee will succeed to the title of cap.
tain.
Captain Lanier was educated at tht
Horner Military Academy, at Oxford, n
c., and the Bethel Military Academy, in
Fauquier county, Va.
He has always taken an enthusiastic
interest in military affairs, and at tn,
age of Is was commissioned major of 4
North Carolina regiment, in which capa
city he served for three years.
'Since making his home in Richmond
he has been identified with city militar!
in the capacity of first lieutenant in thu
! First regiment of cavalry, and is highl.
regarded by the officers and men witt
whom he has been brought in contact"
The news & observer., 1897-06-08
4 RAILROAD KING.
He Has the Nerve to Say ''1'he Public
Be Damned"


We published Sunday morning an in
terview with w. j. Peele, Esq, who had
returned from Northampton county, in
which he made reference to the Gum
berry section of Northampton county
Some weeks ago, Mr.. Pulaski Cowper
another former citizen of Northampton
writing to the Patron and Cleaner, wrote
of a Gumberry citizen as follows:
'Gumberry, with its trunk line rail
road of nine miles extent, is fast coming
to the front. 1t has railroad king, who
has the independence to walk around, ad
ilbitum, in his shirt sleeves, and possesses
enough of the Vanderbilt grit, to say, ii
necessary, 1.-THE public be damned" Gum
berry may yet be the capital of the State
and the King may be Governor-whO
knows? Stranger, and far more sur
prising things than this have happened
in the not far distant past. Seaboard has
improved some little, but is sandwiched
between Margarettsville and Gumberry
Margarettsville and Jackson have not
done much for themselves since 1852
and if some of the old citizens could come
back again, these two places would be
about the only ones in the county they
would recognize. Not much change has
taken place in either"
The news & observer., 1897-06-08
THE COST OF CHRISTIANITY.
Is the Christian Life Worldwide Price
That Was Paid for 1t?

AT the morning service DIR. Hoge
preached at the First Presbyterian
church from the text: "In my fathers
house are many mansions; if it were not
so l would have told you. | go to pre-
pare place for YOU
In the course of his sermon he said,
among other things:
us the Christian life that men are here
living worth the cost-worth the blood.
the hardships, the thirty three years of
suffering of Jesus Christ? 1t is. The
salvation of a human soul is worth the
COST Christianity is worth the price paid
fir it, The true test of what faith in God
and Christ is worth is not the individual
Christian that one may pick UP here and
there. But take a Christian and an I'M
Christian land. See in the one the free
dom, the enlightenment, the joy-in the
other the slavery, the darkness, the mis-
cry, the degradation. Then tell me if
Christianity is not worth the price-worth
the having.
"And yet it may be questioned whether
we have made use of the opportunities
given us in this direction. As individuals
have we been true to the truSt-appre-
ciative of the price paid for our redemp-
tion and the preparations now being
made for our reception. In my Father
house are many mansions. Is this not
worth the staying-worth greater effort
than we are now putting forth. In the
Fathers house is to be the full and rich
fruitage of human effort, the complete
manifestation of Gods glory and power
"This life has to fight for its physical
existence. No less does it have to fight
for its spiritual life The flesh is weak
ambition lures vice takes on seductive
forms, virtue so often seems defeated.
The influences are all for evil and the life
that would reach God, the full height for
which it was created, must struggle up
ward and strive through the darkness.
But in the Fathers house comes the
reward-the full glory, the triumph.
linen that life shall be eternal. The
time for preparation is short, but in the
eternal cycles of time shall come the de-
velopment, the completion, the full glory.
We would be just as much at fault to
judge of the Christian life by what we
see here as to judge of some great edifice
to be ercted by looking only at the
foundation. What we shall be doth not
yet appear No man knoweth the glory
of God. Here we know only in part, we
see through a glass darkly. We walk by
faith, not by sight. 1t will not be until
we come into the glory of God-into the
Fathers house-that we shall know even
as we are known Then we shall see face
to face. Where | am We shall be also
''There is but one sentence in the Bible
TO express the full growth and the full
glory of the soul when we come into the
Fathers house. We shall be like Him,
when we see Him face to face.
The news & observer., 1897-06-08

ator." Choir of Presbyterian church
Mrs, Bauman accompanist.
Prayer.
Ouartet-''I Heard the Voice of Jesus
Say" Miss Mary Turner, Mrs. Chas.
McKimmon, Messrs. Sherwood Haywood
ana Guy Barnes. Miss Mary Mckay
pianist.
Baccalaureate Sermon-Rev. Peyton
Hoge.
Solo-"Come Unto Me- Mrs. Chas.
McKimmon
Prayer.
Hymn-"All Hail the Power of Jesus
Name"