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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12
The Minister Who Was an Elk.
New York Tribune.1

San Episcopal clergyman of
Grand Rapids, Mich, who belongs
to the order Of the Elks," says q
member of that order, "attended a
meeting the other evening" Tho
chairman, noticing his presence,
said: Il 500 our Rev. Brother ------
among US this evening. As this is
such an unusual occurrence, think
he will have to be assessed S. The
rector put his hand into his waist.
coat pocket and, marching up to the
desk, put down his little V, and
made a nice little speech in which he
told how glad he WAS to be with his
brother Elks, and endod by inviting
them to come and hear him proach
tho next Sunday evening. Some
one moved that tho Elks accept tho
invitation and go in body to their
brother's church, which was unan.
imously carried. The next Sunday
evening the front pews of the church
were filed with Elks, and when Rev.
Mr.. --- ascended his pulpit, he
said: L am delighted to soc 80 many
OF my borther Elks here this even
ing, bnt as it is such an unusual oc.
currence with the most of them, I
think they should each be assessed 81
Let your light 30 shine etc. The
way tho silver dollars ratified on that
plate was a caution. The contribu-
tlon was much heavier than usual,
and the Elks voted their reverend
brother all right"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12
Uhs Sersla aud Yelps
Is THERR A SANTA CLAUS.
Xes; and Thoubh NO Cannot 500 Him, he
- az eternal as Love.
TMemphis Commercial.

[Memphis Commercial.
The New York Sun is one of the
''outbeatinest" newspapers on this in
ter.stellar bail of mud. AS pur-
veyor Of promoter or incorrigible
cussedness it is frst--"the rest no.
where" 1t is more psrversely irri-
tating and persistently annoying
than hives or hay fever, but just
when we are about 10 lose patience
with it and become desperate, some
thing like this appears in it's columns:
We take pleasure in answering at
onoo aud thus prominently the com.
munioation below, expressing at
the same time our great qualification
that It's faithful author is numbered
among the friends of the Sun:
"Dear Editor: am years old.
"Some of my little friends say
there is no Santa Claus.
Papa says, If you SEQ it in tho
Sun it's So
"Please tell me the truth; is there
q Santa CLAUSE
Virginia O'Hanlon.
"115 West 05th street"
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12
FAST I4INH

FAST I4INH
Between Charleston and Columbia
Upper South Caroline. Nosah Caro-.
alma, Athens and Atlanta.
PASSENGER DErARTnEHr g.
WILMINGTON, N. o., Jan. 10Th, 1903.
~ mCONDENsED eOIIEDULK
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12

Virginia, your little friends are
] wrong. They have been affected by
the sceptism Of sceptical age. They
think that nothing can DO which is
not comprehensive by their little
minds. All minds, Virginia, whether
they be mems or childron's, are little.
In this great universe OF ours man is
mere insect, an ant, in his intellect,
as compared with tho boundless
world about him, as measured by the
intelligence capable of grasping the
world of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is Santa
Claus. He exists as certainly as love
and generosity and devotion exists,
and you know that they abound and
give to your life its highest beauty
and Joy. Alas! how dresry would be
tho world if there were no Santa
Claus. 1t would be as drsary as if
there were no Virginias. There
would be no childliko faith then, no
poetry, no romance to make tolerable
this existence. We should have no
enjoyment, except in sense and sight.
The eternal light with which child
hood fills the world would be extin,
guished.
Not believe in Santa Claus You
might as we'll not bolieve in fairies!
You might get your papa to hire
mon to watch in all the chimneys on
Christmas Eve to catch Santa Claus,
but oven If they did not SEQ Santa
Claus coming down, what wonld
that prove? Nobody sees Santa
Clause, but that is no proof that
there is no Santa Claus. The most
real things in the world are those
that neither children nor men can
see Did you ever SEQ faircs dancing
on the lawn? OF course not, but
that's no proof that they arc not
there. Nobody can conceive or inn
agino all tho wonders thero arc un-
seen and unseeable in the world.
You may tear apart the Daby's
rattle and sec what makes tho noise
inside, but there is q veil covering
the nnseen world which not tho
strongest man, nor oven tho united
strength ofnll tho strongest men
that over lived could toar apart.
Only faith, fancy, poetry, lovo, ro-
nance, can push aside that curtain
and Wow and picture the supernal
beauty and glory beyond. Is it all
real? Ah, Virginia, in all this
world there is nothing else rel and
9biding.
No Santa Slaus! Thank God! he
Ives, and ho lives forever. A thou,
sand years from now, Virginia, nay,
ten times ten thousand years from
now, he will continue to make glad
the heart of childhood.
Coming suddenly upon such a
fountain of true feoling and tender
ness in the desort of metropolitan
journalism, one must throw Off his
"rmor, fling from him his weapons
and fall down to drink Of it's wators.
We forget rosentment and irrita-
bllity and almost admit that when
"you 500 it in tho Sun it is So" The
marvel is that 80 much humanity
and sentiment could be sufficiently
agile to escape tho flinty hearted
wielder of the blue pencil. "If you
cut into them they will bleed" wrote
Emerson of Montaigne's or some one
else's essays. There Ia flesh and
blood in the Suns answer to little
Virginia O'Hanlon, of 1l5 West
05th street.
NJ
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12
\ r. MILES, RESTORATIVE
rvine cures insomnia.

l ~ IL. MILES NGSIORAIlV ~
\ Nervine cures insomnia.
AA Sleeplessness, fear Of imagin-
ary danger or disaster, worry and
trouble over insignificant trifles, irri-
tableness, loss Of strength and vigor;
each or all indicate nervous prostra-
tion, which can be prevented or cured
by DR.. Miles Nervinc.
That ominous dead pain at the base
OF the brain, those frequent recurring
attacks Of headache, nausea, dyspep-
sia; may be permanently cured if DR..
Miles, Neryine Is taken. 1t restores
deranged nerve centers Of the brain to
their normal condition, builds up the
exhausted WORKOUT nerve tissue, gives
strength, brings good health and
clearheadedness.
II WON. w. II. ANDERSON, Cedar
- Keys, Fla, writes June 18, '96:
- - II take great pleasure in add
Ing my tribute to the merit of DR..
Miles, great remedy, Restorative
Nervine. Two years ago I had Sc
we're attack Of LaGrippe; my recovery
was slow, and I was left in a very
weak, Frustrated condition. My ner-
vous system seemed completely broken
up. I suffered for months with in
somnia, unable to sleep day or night,
though utterly worn out for want of
sleep. fell Off in weight from 145 to
118 lbs. I felt that my mind or body,
or both, must soon give way under the
strain as no remedy seemed to do me
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-10-12
.JOh17S0n'S
Chill and
Fever
Tonic
Cures Fever"
An One Day.
An Essay by Tommy.

Rats is animals that most people,
except cats, don't like They are
dark brown in color and about five
inches long and three inches wide :
this does not include the tail.
Rats live in holes and walls and
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

lion van, and covering my prisoner
with the guards revolver, ordered him
to lie Oh the floor, telling him that if
he moved would shoot him dead.
THE curtain dividing the bullion van
in-u compartments had been thrust
aside | stood sentinel at the door;
Napier at the window. l thought, as
the light and shadow played about the
vehicle, that in all the romance of rail-
way travel, no express had ever carried
such strange dramatic group, the now
rigid figure of the lifeless bank clerk
the wounded guard with the quiet doc
tor by his side, Napier complacently
twirllng the end of his mustache after
his encounter, and myself standing
like backwoodsman on the watch for
an overt attempt to escape by the
scowling creature at my feet
George did his best With. his fire
banked up and all steam on, he made
the express fly through the night, and
we pulled mp only ten minutes late at
the terminus.
There the criminal was given into
custody of the police, and Napier and
myself were loudly checred by the OFF,
cial and passengers.
Il said nothing, because anything
had done had only been performed in
accordance with duty and promise; but
Napier, after formally handing over the
bullion to the ships captain for transit
across the channel made a little speech,
in which he said he was no hero, but he
mad found the hug he had learned in
Rugby foot ball very useful.
wilhelm FISCHER, for that turned cut
to he the prisoners name, was placed
on his trial for the bank clerks murder.
lie had come to London from Strasburg
to seek his fortune, and had sought it
too quickly. He did not attempt to deny
his guilt Like the accused in another
famous railway tragedy, he said, with a
snarl: ia; ich habe es gethan' eyes; |
have done it, and paio the penalty of
his chime at the ropes end.
II received handsome gift from the
company for the part took IL safe
guarding the gold in the night mail.
Napier was made bank manager. But
best Of all, the two millions safely
reached their destination, and the final
cial crisis in the East was averted%
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
HOW BABIES ARE SMOTHERED

A startling statement was made at an
inquest at Greenwich on the body of a
baby who was found suffocated. Dr..
Forsyth, when asked how it had been
smotnered, said 1T was too we'll known
by these clever persons who attended.
They simply placed wet towel over
the infants mouth Immediately after
birth, AMI there was absolutely no
trace left of the crime. The Coroner
remarked that this VS. becoming quite
a coinmon way for people to get rid of
their infants. The jury, having given
a verdict Of "Suffocation," left the cese
in sha hands of the police.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
SHE WAS RULED BY "HIM."
Farmers Wife Who did not Know tn
Advantages of the New Woman

A party of us were out riding up in
Vermont one hot afternoon when we
came to a little red farmhouse, in the
dooryard of which was a regular moss
covered bucket sort of well. with a
sweep in lieu of pump or windlass.
We were all hot and thirsty and ii
was voted to stop and have a drink
A tall. lank, leathery, heavy-eyed WON
an came to the door as we invaded the
dooryard.
BEG pardon, madam" said the
spokesman of our party, "but can we
get drink out of your well?"
"I'll ask him." she said, briefly, and
disappeared around corner Of the
house In about ten minutes she re-
turned, bringing a long-handled tin
dipper with her Handing it to me, she
said:
"IIe seq you kin"
When we had quenched our thirst we
said:
would you object to our eating
luncheon under that great elm in front
of the house?"
"I'll ask him." and again she darted
around corner of the house In ten
minutes she returned and said:
He seq You kin"
And would you sell us little milk?
"I'll ask him." and for the third
time she disappeared.
"He seq | kin" was the word she
brought back.
When we asked her for the loan OF
jar or pitcher in which to make some
lemonade, she said:
I'm ask him."
HE" gave his consent and a broken
nosed pitcher was forthcoming.
Four or five other requests met with
the same reply, 'I'll ask him."
One of our party was an outspoken
new woman" and this abject servility
TO him" so grated on her that she
finally blurted out:
why, woman, does he your hus-
band. own your soul and body. Haven't
YOU any mind of your own"
"Ill ask him. was the immediate re-
ply. and again she trailed off to the un-
seen and all-powerful him" When
she came back she said meekly:
He SEE amt. Detroit Free Press
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
THE EARTHS MOTION.

One of the woers enhtdr hhhhohn
One of the wonders of the coming
Paris Exhibition will be 360-foot'
tower in which the scientists will en-
pertinent with a pendulum to ascertain
if it is possible to detect or demonstrate
the motion of the earth. A similar ex.
pertinent was once made by Foucault
under the cupola of the Pantheon, but
the results were far from satisfactory.
In the coming expe riment the pendu-
lun will be $50 feet in length, with a
steel globe weighing $50 pounds at its
end
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
MEALS OF TUE OLD ENGLISH.
brct kfast Is d Recent Invention II
Nictoria's Country. =

Some tine ago inquiry Was made III
NCtes and Queries as to the honrs at
hch our ancestors took their meals,
The following abstract of lecture de-
livcred by Mr.. dArcy Power at the Ion
don Institution will give information
on the subject;
Mr.. Power SAID the old English had
three meals a Cay OF which the chlel
mcull was taken when tac wark or the
dav was finished. The first meal Yves
1T 9, dinner was about o'clock and
supper was taken just before beatlme.
The Normans dinad at the old Engllsh
breakfast time or q little later, and sup
per at I D. IN. In Tudor times the
higher classes dined at II and supper at
5, but the merchants seldom took their
meals before IL and 6 o'clock. The
chef meals, dinner and supper, We're
taken in the hell both by the old Eng
fish and the Normans, for the parlor
did no. come into use until the reign or
Elizabeth.
Breakfast did not become a regular
meal until quite lately, and DR.. Murray
in the oxford Dictionary gave l463
as the date of the earliest quotation IN
which the word occurred, The meal did
not become recognized until late in the
seventeenth century, for Pepys hab-
itually took his draught of half 4 pint
of Rhenish wine or a dram OF strong
waters in the place of a morning meal,
Dinner was always the great meal OF
the das end from the accession of Hen
ry ". to the death of Queen Elizabeth
, the dinners We're as sumptuous and eN-
Carving was then fine art. Each
guest brought his own knife and spoon,
for the small fork was not introduced
int England until Thomas Coryate Of
Odcome published his "Crudities" in
! 1911. Pepys took his spoon and fork
with him to the lord mayors feast in
! 1868. The absence of forks led to much
! stress being laid upon the ACT of wash
! ing the hands both before and after
meals and to The rule that the left
| HUhu NlDHc SUUUlu " ulppeu INTO llle
cumon dish, the right hand being oc-
cupied with the knife. The perfect din
rer at the best time OF English cookery
| consisted of three courses, each COM
plete in itself and terminated by a
Subtlety or device the who'll being
rounded Off with Ypocras, after which
the guests retire into another room,
where pastry, sweetmeats and fruits
were served with the choicest wines.
! The English were essentially meat
eaters and it was not until the time of
I the commonwealth that pudding at
/ taiued lis extraordinary popularity;
Il Geed, the first mention of pudding in
/ the menus Of the "Buckfeast" at ST
| Bartholomew Hospital did not occur
until ITO. and in 1712 is ar item Of
five shiliings for ice English Notes
! and Queries
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

strips of tussore insertion; about four
widths of ribbon and the same Of in
sertion will be sufficient. When these
are run together gather them into col
A band of ribbon tied round over the
collar band in a neat little bow at the
back gives the necessary finish. 1t is,
Of course, necessary to wear these
.ronts over on underfront, which can be
simply made Of plain silk.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
OLIVES.

We vino are used to the picked olive
have nc idea of the ripe one. Il IS a
blush black, and has not the agreeable
flavCr of the olive picked green, The
Juice is oily and the meat black. In
large plantations the olives are gather
cd by hand, men anG women climbing
ladders to reach the fruit. In olden
Ii a aTr0sIno nmeF l7Ee teswithr +
times it was believed that the olive
tree became inproductive if any woman
Under 40 years was allowed to pick the
fulit
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
VICTIM OF TYPHOID.

Fond du Lac, March 2S.-Miss Mabel
Alderman, daughter of Mr.. aid
Mrs. j. o. Alderman, is dead. Two
weeks age she was stricken win
typhoid fever in Minneapolis and
was brought home. She was 80 years old
At II she graduated from the hign
school, and for the six succeeding years
taught in the city schools. The past
seven years Miss Alderman had been
employed as stenographer in the gen
eral Office of the 500 railway az
Minneapolis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
FRONTS FOR OPEN COATS,

For wearing with open coats it is
necessary 10 have variety Of fronts.
and an exceedingly pretty style is
made OF soft surah silk. with lace
yoke, cut in three points. each being
outlined with frill of aca. Il is a
very good plan to line these fronts with
thin muslin. matching in color the
material OF the front, They should
then be buttoned down Che centre Of
the back. and for neatness sake a
drawstring at the waist is advisable,
Another pretty idea for fronts is to
take rows of ribbon alternately with
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
is HE Taxing?

Chillicothe, o., March 81 Diet ective
George w. Caldwell makes the start
ling statement that Kate and Jake
Bender. two members Of the notorious
family who murdered nine people near
Independence, Kas., twenty years ago,
are now hiding in this county. He
has them located and will arrest them
as soon as he hears from the author
tiles in Kansas.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
TWO BLAZES.

Neenah, Wis. March 2S.-The rye
mill and elevator of Kruger & Lach-
man was burned. Everything in the
building was destroyed, including 5000
bushels of grain. The loss on the
mill and grain is $4,000, with an in
surance of $4,000.
Three Lakes, Wis, March IS. The
store building and stock, saloon build
ing and stock, warehouse and contents
of the Lacy Lumber company were
destroyed by fire. The loss is $1,000;
probably fully covered by insurance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
A HAPPY FAMILY.

shawano Wis, March 2S.-Den.o-
Gratis, republicans and populists united
on city officers and nominated the fol-
lowing ticket: Mayor, b. II. Car
field: treasurer, F. L. Amel; assessor,
F. J. Martin; supervisors, Charles R.
Radiant. Louis Rollman, \. c. Hicks.
The primaries we're holly contested.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

Lo0don, March 2S--A dispatch from
Athens says: 1T is stated on the best
OF authority that war may be expected
to break out at any moment, in the
western portion of Greece near Arta,
which is on the border line between
Ihessaly and Albania. 1t is believed
in diplomatic circles that the presence
OF the crown prince, Constantine, how
ever, VIII have restraining influence
On the troops. more especially those
now formed in brigades, thus breaking
the influence of the national commit
Tee which hitherto has been para
mount"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
EN- SENATOR VERY ILL.
Angus Cameron Breaks Down Mental
ly-Now in a Sanitarium.

Milwaukee. March 30.-Ex-Senator
An.us Cameron Of La Crosse has
been taken to the sarsltarium at Wau-
watosa. He is now rs years of age.
and it is very doubtful whether he
will recover. Physically he Is In
good health, but he is much depressed
mentally, and has slept very little
during the past two weeks. His
mind seems to be giving way. Mrs.
Cameron Is in attendance upon her
husband.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

The government Of Sweden has
notified the government Of Canada that
Professor Andre will start from Stock
aolm about the end Of June with his
balloon in search of the north pole. Il
is requested that Instructions be given
the Canadian officers at different points
in the northwest territories and along
the Hudson bay to report II sighted.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
MURDERER MUST GO.

San Francisco, March 2S.-united
States Marshal Baldwin has received
the mandate ordering him to deliver
Butler, the alleged Australian murderer,
to the agents of the British govern
ment Two men will watch the pris-
oner day and night until he sails on
the Mariposa April / for Australia
The Australian detectives fear suicide.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01

Athens, March 2S.-By order of the
government the Greek commandment
at Plraeus, the port of Athens. Satur-
day, prohibited the departure OF the
steamer Heraklia and confiscated her
cargo, which consisted of provisions
intended for the mussulmans on the
island of Crete.
The government commanders of
lhessaly have adopted stringent meas
ures to prevent spread of the small
poX which is raging among a portion of
the troops.
The crown prince, Constantine, who
is to take command of the Greek forces
on the frontier, started for Volo Sat
urday night. He was accompanied by
the crown princess, who will 60 as far
as Larissa where she will inspect the
arrangements made by the Red Cross
society.
A dispatch from Canea says that the
insurgents at Akrotiri fired on the
launch Of the British admiral which
was en- route from Suda bay to witness
the attack on the blockhouse above
Fort IZibdin.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
YACHT FOR GENEVA.

Lake Geneva, Wis, March 2s.-John
NJ. Smyth. the Chicago millionaire, has
ordered new steam yacht 10 cost
Sc, 1000 1t will be placed in the waters
Of Geneva hkA
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
SHALL HEY

Shall | be carried to the skies
On fowery beds Of; ease, !,
While otht rs fought to win the prize
Aud sailed through bloody seas
" Col. John Hicks
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
WAR Is IMMINENT
1T MAY BREAK OUT AT ANY MO-
MENT.
ON GREEcE's WEST BORDER

Constantine May Exert Some Restrain
ing Influence on Restless Troops
A Mussulman Cargo About to Leave
Piraeus Is Contiscated-B British Ad
mirai's Launch Fired on.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1897-04-01
BURNED TO DEATH.

Marshtield, Wis, March 2S.-,Johh
Boland, aged II, of the town of Nc
MILAN, was burned to death in his
home.