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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
The Right Kind Of a Boy.

The other morning We were IN
the midst Of three days rain.
The fire smoked, the dinner room
was chilly, and when we assembled
for breakfast, papa looked rather
grim and mamma tired, for the
baby had been restless all night.
Polly was plainly inclined to fret
fulness, and Bridget was undenia-
ably cross when Jack came in with
the breakfast rolls from the bakers.
He had taken off his rubber coat
and boots in the entry, and came
in rosy and smiling
"Here's the paper, SIR said he
to his father, with such a cheerful
tone that his fathers brow relaxed,
and he said "Ah, Jack, thank you,
quite pleasantly.
His mother looked up at him
smiling, and he just touched her
cheek gently as he passed.
"Top of the morning to you,
Pollywog," he said to his little Sis
ter, and delivered the rolls to Brid-
get with Here you are, Bridget.
Amt you sorry you didn't go your
self this beautiful day."
He gave the fire poke and open
ed the damper. The smoke ceased,
and presently the Goals began to
glow; and few minutes after Jack
came in we were gathered around
the table, and we're eating Our oat-
meal as cheerily as possible, This
seems very simple in the telling,
and Jack never knew he had done
anything at all; but he had, in fact,
changed the whole moral atmos-
phere of the room, and had started
a gloomy day pleasantly for five
people
HE is always So, said his moth
er, when I spoke to her about it
afterwards; 'just so sunny and
kind and ready all the time. sup
pose there are more brilliant boys
in the world than mine, but none
with a kinder heart or a sweeter
temper, I am sure of that.-Select-
ed.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
Lesson for a Boy.

I overheard a conversation be-
tween Karl and his mother. She
had work for him to do, which in
terferred with some of his plans for
enjoyment, and, though Karl
obeyed her, it was not without
good deal of grumbling. He had
much to say about never being al
lowed to do as he pleased, and that
it would be time enough for him to
settle down to work when he was
older. While the sense of injury
was strong upon him, I came out
on the piazza beside him and said,
"Karl, why do you try to break
that colt of yours?''.
The boy looked up in surprise.
"Why, want him to be good
for something's
"But he likes his own way" l
objected. "Why shouldn't he have
it,"
By this time Karl was staring at
me in perplexity. "I'd like to
know the good of horse that al
ways has his own way!" he said,
as if rather indignant at my lack OF
common sense.
"And as for working" I went
on, II should think there was time
enough for that when he gets to be
an old horse"
"Why, don't you see, if he
doesn't learn when he's COLT
Karl began. Then he stopped,
blushed and looked at me rather
appealingly. l heard no more COM
plants from him that day.-Church
Record.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
Young Men.

This is day of opportunity tor
men. In nearly if not quite every
line of business and calling in life
the young man has the advantage
over older men. Recently in At
lanta we went round with man
of ffty-fve. He had as fine recon-
mendations as men ever ask to see.
His character was above reproach,
he had experience as business man
and seemed we'll qualified to
fill many positions. But he did not
get an offer and was tramping
around trying to sell books when
we left the city. A young man
with his habits and endorsements
would easily have gotten good po-
sitions. He was elderly and that
was all. This incident tells the
tale in all lines, sad though it may
be. Doctors, preachers, statesmen,
workmen when past fifty are as a
usual thing preceded by young
men in the works of life.
We do not think this is right
but thoughtful observer can but
say that it is true. 1t is not nee
.essary now to say why this is the
case. 1t is enough to say that
young men should lay hold Of these
favorable opportunities. Any
young man of good habits, energy,
reasonable intelligence can easily
go to the front. Success comes
as surely and as quickly to young
men of merit as it ever has done
in the history of the world.
This too should be impressed
upon our young men, that the
young man who wastes his days
of young manhood has wasted his
opportunity.
These days are the days of his
opportunity, once allowed to slip
by he must face defeat. Let us
encourage our young men to lay
hold of the tavoring circumstances
and to do this with decision and
haste.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10

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The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
Late Literary News.

Are England, Scotland and Ireland
destined, ultimately, to become a
part of "Tbe United States of Amer
lea and Great Britain is the start
ling inquiry which William T. Stead
makes in the January Cosmopolitan.
He has been one of the prophets of
Great Britain, and has, at all times,
been able to see in advance of his
contemporaries events have
proven. He has been studying the
new conditions brought about by the
industrial combinations and reaches
the conclusion that England and the
United States are destined to be
more closely united and that as soon
as the English people wake up to the
absurdity and general uselessness,
as has been shown in the Boer War,
of king and aristocracy, the trend
will be immediate in the direction of
q union with the people of the Uni
ted States. However much one may
differ from Mr.. Stead, his specula
tions will be found vastly interest
ing. He is the first British subject
who has had the courage to suggest
sn outcome.
An article which will prove of the
widest intesrst to all those engaged
in teaching or who may be interested
in education, is one ID the January
Cosmopolitan by Elisha Benjamin
Andrews, ex President of Brown On
versity,- who for the first time, in a
leading magazine, has had the cour-
age to show the great evils resulting
from the private contract scnool Oooh
system educational officials corrupted.
school books often the poorest Sc
lected, and the prices paid by the
children themselves of the highest
an annual tax going up into the mil
lions whicn could be very easily
avoided if the proper organization
were brought into this effort.
If the old saying, "All the world
loves lover,' is true, then the fc-
tion in The Cosmopolitan for Jan
uary should be popular, indeed All
the stores vary in treatment, plot
and action, from Frances Courtenay
Baylor's charming story, ''Cupid's
Practical joke" to Maarten Maartes'
strong domestic tragedy, "Her Fs
ther's," but all have love for q cen
tral theme.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
the war would have stopped that
night and all the soldiers would
hsy, pone home. X Con Fed
hal IS VI It,?

Man is two legged snimal that
chews tobacco and walks on the
forked end.
Most men ware born We never
heard of but one who wasn't aud he
was made out of mui-just for sam
pie. Man is found in most parts of
the world. He roams at will, feeds in
the day time and sleeps at n ight--
some nights.
He is very tame. You can 60 up
to and put your hand on him any
where so you don't put it on his
pooketbook, he has under such condi-
tions been known to kick.
Mans life is full of disappoint-
ments, patent medicines and cob
pipes.
He goeth forth as lion in the morn
ing and leaves the wood for his wife
to chop. In the evening sneeks home
with his pants ripped and raises cain
about hard times"
Man is like dog-howls 8 great
deal and runs about at night.
Like the elephant, he has a trunk,
but he don't always take it with him.
The elephant does.
Men are like nails in oae respect;
in nine cases out of ten whore either
OF them are crooked, they have been
driven to it by a women.
Men are like chickens, they always
want to get on the highest roost.
No man will swear before lady
he always lets her swasr first.
Little things sometime worry a man
most-twins for instance.
Man may enjoy taking his sweet
heart upon his knee, but after mar
rage he doesn't like to be "sat
upon"
Man fourishes like ragweed to
day and tomorrow the undertaken has
him salted away in an ice box.
Now, as what man is really good
for, anthropology is still in the dark.
Being strong he is used to draw
pictures, carry news and pull the re-
volver. Properly trained, man can
Jump higher than any other animal
He has even been known to jump
no ,untain resorts and board bills.
Although in many respects man is
like other animals, in this respect
he differs from all: He lives
while standing up.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
No Place at Home for the Boy.

I met him on a street corner--a
bright, black-eyed lad of perhaps
fourteen summers. had seen him
there evening after evening, and
wondered whether there was no
one who knew the temptations he
encountered. I made friends with
him, and won his confidence. Then
1 questioned him kindly in regard
to his spending SO much time in
the streets.
81 know" he said, looking up
at me in such a frank, winning,
way, that I could not help think
ing what 4 noble man he might
make, "the street is not the place
for a boy, but you see there's no
place for me at home" "
1 was surprised and panied at
the answer.
"How IS that?' I asked.
"Well, I have two grown-up Sis
ters, and they entertain company
in the parlor every evening. They
give me to understand that am "a
third party and not wanted. Then
papa is always tired, and he dozes
in the sitting room, and does not
like to be disturbed. It's pretty
lonesome, you see; so come down
here. 1t was not always so,'' he
went on. "Before grandma died
I was always went up to her room,
and had a jolly time. Grandma
liked boys.
There was quiver in the voice
that told Of sorrow time had not
yet healed.
''But your mother?" I sugges-
ted.
ooh, mamma !-she is only a
reformer, and has no time to spend
with me. She is always visiting
the prisons and work-houses, try
ing to reform men, or writing ar
ticles on how to save the boys"
And her own boy in danger?"
"Yes, l am not half as good as
I was before grandma died. I am
getting rough l am afraid. There
does not seem to be any one to take
an interest in me, so it does not
much matter"
1t was hard, bitter truth; and yet
I knew that this was not the only
boy who needed a wise, gentle hand
to guide him through the danger
Gus period.
Mothers! make home the bright
est spot on earth for your children.
Take an interest in their sports !;
make yourself young for their sakes.
think the saddest, most hope
less thing l ever heard from d boys
lips was that sentence "There IS
no place for me at home. 1.-The
Household.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10

Close connection at Greenwood for al
points ou s. A. L. and c. and g. Railway, and
At Spartanbnrg with Southern Railway.
For any information relative 20 tickefe
at $ sch dulles, address
W. J. CRAIG, Gen Pas. Agt.,
Augusta, Ga. -
T. ID EMERSON, Traffic Manager
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10

When a woman promises to tell a
maD everything, she doesn't mean
everything that has happened, but
everything she happens to think of.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10

If the small boy could have his
way, Santa Claus would have place
in the Hall of Fame right alongside
of George Washington.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
Mexican
Mustang Linirnent.

Even the man who has decided
that happiness is not to be found Is
apt to forget his discovery and keep
on looking.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-01-10
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DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN

DOUBLE DAILY SERVICE BETWEEN
CHARLESTON AND GREENVILLE.
Pullman palace sleeping cars on Trains a5 and
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between Charleston and Aahevtlle.
Elegant Pullman Drawing Room slsepsag
SsiIy between Jacksonville and Cincinnati
Trains lS and IA Pullman Psrler Cars bo-
tween Charleston and Ashoville.
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

made a success, and some of my friends
had sufficient faith in my judgment to join
me in the purchase. But the general disbelief
in the ability of Washington to sustain
newspaper without the aid of government
pap. was not yet dispelled and John w
Forney. a very able political journalist
writing as late as 1872 of his own discour-
aging experiences in the Washington field
Gin publishing the Chronicle says:
Few fortunes are made by the hard
working men in the business of journalism
in Washington. excepting perhaps The
Evening Star, the popular publication of the
city with its large circulation and its com
paratively small force of writer's. The ex-
pense is too heavy and the reading public
too limited. Government advertising, how
ever liberal is not sufficient. There must
be community of producers, and Wash
ngton is still a city of consumers; men
and women in the departments, who get
their daily literature gratis. and devour it
in the easy intervals of their routine work"
But despite Forney's gloomy vaccinations
The Star. then the popular publication of
the city" went on increasing in popularity
and prosperity from that day to this, and
abundantly justifying the faith of it's pur-
chaSerS.
OF the four men-AleXander r. Shep-
herd, S. H. Kaufman, George w. Adams
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

At that date one hundred thousand del
lars was considered a high price for sue
cessful paper in great business cities but
for paper like The Star, of less than 1890
circulation, published in a newspaper grave
yard like Washington, it was something
enormous But | believed that The Star
if pushed with enterprise and made thor
oushly Independent paper. devoted largely
to local interests and catering especially
for the homes Of Washington, could be
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

badly damaged. tedious law suit fol-
lowed. in which Wallach employed Reverdy
Johnson and other high priced lawyers.
The results of the law suit Were not salts
factory, and Wallach. firing of fruit farm
ing under such unfavorable conditions,
abandoned the eastern shore of Maryland
and turned his attention again to his first
love-the soil of Virginia. He bought fine
farm in the beautiful elevated country
near Cupeper Court House and resided
there until his death, in December, 1871, at
the age of ifty-nine.
Wallach was an interesting personality.
Vivacious, restless, Overlooking with vital
ity, always on the move, he was one of the
best-known figures in Washington life. The
freedom with which he expressed his opin-
ions frequently involved him in personal
collisions He had a street fight of the
John Phoenix order with Extra Billy
Smith of Virginia. so called from a claim
he had pushed for extra allowances on
mail contract Wallach had another sharp
fight with John p. Heiss of the Union. Wal
ZACH was always game and never shirked a
fight, no matter how heavily he was over
matched in weight muscle
Wallach's sayings and doings were much
in the public mind.
One day good DR.. Sunderland undertook
to lecture him for publishing the details of
a scandalous criminal case.
We'll. DOCTOR" said Wallach, in conf
Dental tone, the fact is | have to print
this kind of matter to please the preachers
and the women. They will have it
On one occasion the purchaser of an extra
Star complained to Wallach that he couldn't
see anything in it
We'll | can see $50 in it. answered Wal
ZACH.
During the war Wizards Hotel was a
great resort for army officers, and it was
one of the slurrng jokes of the day that
you couldn't fling stone in front of Will
lard's without hitting half dozen briga-
der generals. A bright newsboy. crying
Extra STAR Great battle on the Poto-
mac sold copy to officer, who eagerly
scanned the paper and then shouted: Here,
you boy | can't see anything of "A battle.
And you never will see one if you loaf
around this ere hotel" retorted the boy as
he scooted round the corner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16

and Clarence Baker, who joined with me in
the purchase of The Star in 1867. only one
survives-the brilliant, lovable sam Kauf-
mann, with whom, during a close assOcia-
ton of thirtysiX years. l have never had
a word of discord, and to whom the success
of The Star is largely due through his intel
ligent work in all the departments of the
paper.
The Hub of the City.
In the forties-f fties the city hall was the
Hub of the town, the head-center of all
the municipal, judicial, business and social
activities of the city. The courts. the city
councils, the mayor and all the other mu
nicipal officers were quartered there. All
the great public meetings were held in
front of the city hall The eminent lawyers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
The Invention of the Steamed Oyster.

Walach was an active agent in exploit
ing the steamed oyster. invented by Mott.
Harvey. Harvey commenced business IN
a very small way in a little shed, an ex-
blacksmith shop, on street just south of
the present Harvey restaurant. His out
fit consisted of a large kettle, for steamins
the oysters; a little narrow table, accom-
modating three or four persons, and a few
plates and forks. Wallach, who always
had keen scent for anything appetizing,
soon discovered Harvey's place, and there
after he would eat oysters to the point of
repletion, and then go abroad to glorify
Harvey'S great invention.
From this little beginning Harveys bust
ness grew to proportions requiring quarters
of the size of the present great establish
ment on the avenue.
In the war time HarVey'S did a rush
ing business. and was thronged that it
was difficult to get served except by
a long wait. The Harveys were kept too
busy through the day to foot up the re
ceipts, and as these We're in the shape of
paper currency of small denominations
they carried them home in great bags at
night to be counted there.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Wallach as a Flutist.

Walach had another distraction from
journalism, beside farming, in hallucina-
ton that he could play the flute. The
flute is a great instrument of torture,
but in Wallachs hands it was a pro-
Queer of dolefu sounds. that made dogs
howl and was beyond the endurance of
his closest friends. Now, a man may
run a newspaper and farm and es-
cape the poor house. and he may run
newspaper and a farm and a steamboat
without going to the bad altogether but it
is not within the range of possibility that
any one can make any great success In
journalism who thinks he can play the
flute
Henry Watterson has shown that man
can be a brilliant pianist and at the same
time a very able and successful journalist
but flute is an entirely different matter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-16
Purchase of The Star.

Wallach never had much faith in the
success of a Washington paper without
government advertising, and as this had
been cut down to a minimum by recent
legislation, and as, in 1867, rival evening
paper. called the Express, published by
Owen Thorn, Samuel V. Noyes, Oscar Har-
ris and some other capable newspaper men,
was getting quite circulation, he thought
it was time to sell. In accordance with
promise of long standing to give me the
option of purchase when he was ready to
sell, he made me the offer on the terms
stated in the following correspondence:
The age-herald., 1902-03-30
What an Open Warrior Means.

Using the ratio of gain in popula- tion and per capita consumption of iron, ex-Mayor Hewitt, back in 1856, was able to predict closely present D oduction in this country. Following in his footsteps, experts now say the production will be 30,00O,000 tons in 1913. This is by no means an i'm. probable estimate.
 1 If in eleven years the production oi the country is to be doubled, the Ala bama production must be doubled also Instead of producing million tons a year we must produce two million tons, and this must be done in Jones valley, because Jones valley will then alone of the State have cheap trans. portation to the sea. It may be that Jones valley will do better than this, for when water rates are added to our grouping of raw materials, capitalists may say this is the natural home of ironmaking. No other place in this country will at any rate possess such advantages-sueh an assemblage of ore, fuel and Aux. with a chance to barge the product to the sea at the lowest possible rates.
 Turn the subject as we will, our great future involves an Open War Tior, and the appropriation in the rivers and harbors bill which has gone to the Senate, is practically pledge by the government that the river shall be opened-that 6-foot slackwater navi- gation all the year round shall become fact
The age-herald., 1902-03-30
About Culture.

"I often hear the remark that Birming- ham has a wider circle of cultured people than any city of it's size in the South" said a professional man of scholarly att tainments and habits
 Many persons wonder how 1t Is that city as young as Birmingham has so much culture. The usual explanation is that the large industrial operations here call for great many men of educati ton, such as engineers and chemists. There are hundred or more chemists in this county and probably one hundred and fifty engineers, counting the various branches. Most of these men have been to college. Add to the corps of engineers and chemists two hundred or more law yers a hundred or more physicians and thirty or forty clergymen and the list of college bred men is quite long. Profess sional men who are married usually have cultured families hence 1t is easy to ac- count for Birmingham's large cultured class.
 And yet the men here do not read very much except in the line of their profes- sional work. The women take interest in history and philosophy and read books of solid worth. It should be so with the men. If it were so our soce- ty would be much more cultured than if ic