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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-22

WHITE GOODS
MOWERS S
Beginning Tuesday and contjn-
uing through the week. We place
on sale White Goods and Linens
Of special value and special inter-
esttO all in need of such nerChan-
disc so pieces White India Linens
extra Good qualities, reasonably
priced. This is the best value i'm
!ndias that we have ever offered.
One big lot Persian Lawn very
fine grades atl5Cto SIC the yard.
White MerCerized Waistings
good selection, priced low.
ite soft finish Nainsooks,
White English LOngClOth,, check
MuSIinS, ETC., all at reasonable
prices.
Thousands of yards Of fine elegant, Swiss
and NainsOok Embroidery and lnsertings-Not OF
thecheap snowy kinds usually shown, but fine
desirable goods. the kind that looks we'll, wears
we'll, and gives satisfaction Every yard of
our bic stock Of Linen Damasks at reduced
figures. It's big stock too of good Linens,
worthy Of your close inspection.
Visit us this week, we will try and make it to
Your advantage,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-22
AllhG3h0l EQr Homestead.

TAKE NOTICE THAT JOHN H.
4 Crisp has this day made applica-
t'9n to have a Homestead in the lands
Which he now Owns set apart to him.
and q personal exemption III 1e per
Sonal estate OF which be is po. essed,
IN accordance with the statutes of this
>Uace m such case made and approved.
Il. II. Rikard
Master y. G.
jan 1904.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-01-22

NQTE rHE CHANGE IN TIE AD.
4 81 %luatCleOaum Il Schumperc.
reese Young men are not giving their
s"ouH away, nut are coming nearer tO
1t than any Other dealer in this section.
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School Teachers Salaries.

A summary of the salaries paid to
the school teachers in the chief Euro
pean countries appeared recently in
several American newspapers. This re-
port showed that the salaries of teach
ers in England range from an average
of $3.50 for men to $3.50, or even as low
as 5000. for women The lowest annual
salary paid to a full-1edged teacher
in Belgium is 1892. In Denmark city
teachers begin with $3.50 and village
teachers with $1S2. The average for a
country or village teacher in Prussia
is $21S per year, although Berlin teach
ers receive from 1915 to $3.50; women
are paid from $40 to $500. France has
an irreducible minimum of 1920. Hol-
land $3.50, Portugal 500 for the country
and $108 for the city and Sweden and
Norway $136 for men and less than
$50 for women. The average salary in
Switzerland is $340 for men and S275
for women. Greece divides it's teachers
into classes, those in the first receiv-
ing a maximum salary of $26 per
month, those in the second SIG, and
those in the third $13. Teachers sal
aries in Spain vary from 800 per year
in the villages to $3.50 in Madrid.
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Our roses are adorable this sum-
mer, adorable-is it not SO, my
Pierre?"
Babel accompanied her quickly sum-
moned smile with this CHEEKY remark
as the old man turned round after his
b1rd-feeding. The thrush had contin-
ued its warbling and was again send
ing forth a flood of song.
"Oh, listen, fatheri Did you ever
hear such singing?" 1t was a child
who spoke, and she clutched at the
mans sleeve to arrest his attention.
The man was an English artist, who
had just rented for the summer a
pretty. coquettish French chalet two
miles beyond. did you ever hear
such singing?" repeated the child en-
Enthusiastically.
The man confessed that he had not.
In the woods Of Senart, near the cha
let they had taken, there were choirs
OF thrushes, blackbirds and other
songsters, but not one of these free
warblers could be compared for full
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Royal Discipline in Italy.

When the King of Italy came to the
throne he determined to lessen the ex-
penses of the royal household and to
abolish sinecures. Being an early riser,
he turned up one morning at the office
of the household at eight o'clock, and
found two attendants lazily beginning
to dust the furniture. Being anxious
to dictate some letters, and finding no
one to write them, he seized a buster
from one of the alarmed men, and
having busted one of the desks. sat
down and occupied the next hour and
half in writing the letters himself.
When at half-past nine one of the
clerks sauntered in he was staggered
to see the King sitting there.
The King, looking at his watch sig
nificantly asked him at what time he
and his still absent colleagues were
supposed to commence work. Eight
o'clock, SIRE" was the faltering reply.
'@Ah, see you have not enough to do.
I must get rid of some of you" He
was as good as his word, and there has
not been another case of unpunctu-
aIity in that department from that day
to this
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A SHRINkAGE IN VALUES.
Poets Experience With the Child of
His Brain.

Poets Experience With the Child of
His Brain.
The eager poet wrapped it up care
fully and set out for the city, where
the leading magazine editors sat in
judgment on such as his-or, rather,
on such as might not hope to be quite
as his, and it was night when he came
to the city. At the hotel where he
chose to lodge he passed it to the
clerk, with instructions to place it in
the safe, where valuables were kept
for security
What value?" the clerk inquired.
The poets face flushed with pride.
1T is, perhaps, scarcely possible to
place value upon it, but"
Say two hundred?" suggested the
busy and practical clerk.
THAT is, perhaps, something of the
sort they will place on it, replied the
poet, with a deprecatory curl of his
lip. Yes" say two hundred and he
sighed
The clerk checked it at two hun
dred, and put it away in the safe Next
morning the poet arose, paid for his
lodge, received it safely into his hands
again, and went forth. The after
noon was waning when the poet, look
ing wan and weary, stood again at
the hotel desk, with it Ono longer with
large y in his hand.
"Ahi" said the clerk. "Care for 1t
again? Same value, 1 suppose?"
"Well-er-ah-not exactIy" said
the poet, still eagerly, but of diff
ferent variety of eager. 81 thinker
-ah-what 1 was going to say, was
er-as matter of fact-er-could you
let me have half dollar on it?''
The clerk said he couldn't hardly do
it just then, and the poet took it and
went back to his humble village,
where he opened tin shop and did
quite well.-New York Times
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kin, it is necessary that the deceased
be honored; more important that their
interests be attended to than those OF
the living, for the dead are in league
with all the spirits of heaven and hell
Every tomb must be selected by a re-
Hg1ous astronomer and have the tiger
and dragon currents. The home, as
the grave is called, is shaped like a
Morris chair, and the body is placed
in the seat According to the social
status of the dead are his surround
ings. For the common man there is
miniature dragon rooted house; the
mandarin, a stately palace and court
yard; the sage, a chapel filed with
books and tablets; the emperor and
warrior, park with temples. pago-
das. statues, and all the paraphernalia
of royalty.
If the son of common man become
mandarin, then all the graves of his
ancestors are advanced from the four
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From the summit of certain ample
hill near Champrosay the view is rare
ly beautiful and has inspired many a
poet and painter. But this story is
not concerned with the landscape. At
the foot of the hill, in the winding, pic
turesque valley, stands rough,
weather-beaten cottage. 1t has stood
there for years and years, and the
woods of Senart, opposite, look down
upon it with a long-recognized COM
radeship.
The cottage is not empty, oh, no,
indeed! That can be attested easily
enough by the white muslin curtains,
coarse, but clean, that f1utter in the
tiny, open windows; and, also, by the
pretty roses that bloom on every side.
Out of the open cottage door come
two figures-an old brown man and
an old gray woman, the man in cordu-
roys, the woman wearing neat white
cotton cap and blue apron.
No sooner have they come into view
than a burst of exquisite melody
greets them, shrill and sweet, pierre
fngly sweet, now diving, swallow-wise
into tender warnings, 1uting of liquid
cadcnees; now fastening to ascend,
soaring high and higher in eager, JOY
full ecstasies.
Then one sees what one has failed
to observe before, up among the yell
low eglantine and the climbing Pro-
vence rose vines hangs a wicker cage
containing a thrush.
"Chrysostomei lie jolt Chrysos-
tome!" says the old man, approaching
the cage Good morning, Chrysos-
tome" He feeds the bird out of
small store of millet with which he
has filed his pocket Babel, his wife.
watches him furtively for a second.
and as she sees his crippled move
ments she signs to herself:
MY poor Pierre, he grows weaker
every day. If 1 only had some rich
Burgundy to give him But, helas, we
are poor. Well, the good God knows
what he does.''
AS Pierre turns around Babet dis
misses the worried expression from
her nervous, little face and summons
the ever-ready smile.
They had not always been Door. this
loving old couple-not so very poor. at
least. Before the rheumatism had SET
tied down upon him, when he had the
use OF his strong, willing limbs
Pierre had gotten along very com
fortably with his modest bit of farm
ing in that fertile valley Often the
artists, who would hang around the
hills of Champrosay with their easels
and canvas as the bees hang around
the clover. would say to him:
why do you not move into town
and work? You would make much
more money in a town. Now, beyond
the woods. there, at Soisy, for exam
pie, 1 know a baker,
But the broad-shouldered, hearty
peasant would smile cheerIulIy and
would wisely shake his head.
Monsieur is kind to suggest. But.
no. no. We have been happy here,
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hundred thousand to the spiritual four
hundred; II he become q criminal,
they are shamefully desecrated. The
laws concerning ancestral worship are
the most stringent in the empire. The
dead have three souls. One becomes
the ancestral tablet in the family
homestead, another enters the grave,
while the third passes to the Great
Oversoul, where it may be detained for
punishment or sent back to earth in
the form of man Or beast. The third
soul is worshiped at the municipal
shrine or temple.
Some Of the most beautiful of these
municipal temples are at Mukden.
the tombs of Noorhachi, Abakhaye and
numerous other Manchu emperors or
Khans are inclosed in a sacred park
near here. AS soon as the Russians
camped at the capital of Manchuria,
Gen.. Macs troops from Peking ap-
peared on the scene to guard the
tombs- They are the pick of the for
eign trained soldiery and are equal to
their task Each one has been taught
that If he gives his life for the pro-
lection of a tomb his soul, in turn,
will inhabit tomb of the same rank.
1t is safe to say that the Chinese will
the Russians tent on their tomb pre-
cincts.
Death homes for the living repre-
sentatives of royalty are reserved and
the people begin to worship the re-
ceiving vault while the man lives. In
the great funeral professions passing
through Mukden court is paid to all
the Manchu emperors, Shunchi (644),
Kang-he, Yung Ching, Kieuling, Tank
wang, Hienfung, Tung-chi and the
waiting souls of the living Kiang-shu
and the heir selected for him. The
rites take place every spring and fall.
The mourning colors are white, dull
gray or ash. White labels are placed
on all portals with verses to the spir-
its of the dead lowering over the city.
In the professions are royal agents,
civil and military officials, and the
people All the musical instruments
in the community are in use.-New
York Times.
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been better of had his sire remained
at home and looked more closely af-
ter his dominions. AS it was, the
new sultan had a pile of the paternal
debts to liquidate before he could call
his patrimony his own. 1t is no mean
estate which he inherited. Johore is
the only state in the Malay peninsula
which is not responsible to the Brit
ish government for the conduct of its
private affairs 1t comprises an area
OF some 5000 square miles, and has a
population of 100000. The sultan is
taking steps to develop his resources
by having railway cut through the
virgin forests Of his country. Only,
the carrying out of such an enterprise
is hardly congruous with the story
circulated in the papers a month or
two ago of his going on the stage
London ST. James Gazette.
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owner to demonstrate with him upon
his deception.
Pierre trudged heavily into the
room, hat in hand, and the artist turn
ed around, armed with some righteous
rebuke.
But neither he nor Pierre was al
lowed to speak; for no sooner had
the old man made his appearance in
the room than the thrush leaped down
from its perch, tapped its wings Joy
ously and burst into so triumphant
a song that the whole room seemed to
vibrate with it's melody.
What Chrysostome, lie jolt Chrysos-
tome" said the old man, going up
close to the wicker cage, you haven't
forgotten me, them"
Forgotten him, indeedi The bird
extended it's slender body, expanded
its soft chest and filed its little lungs.
Its song of greeting rose upon the
voluble air with the splendor of in
visible color and the artist found him
self thinking. And all the while it
kept moving from side to side in the
cage-dancing with joy, one might
say.
Yes, there could be no doubt about
it; it was the same bird that had so
charmed the ears of the artist and is
little daughter at the foot of the hill
near Champrosay. But, like the He
brew captives, it had not been able
to sing it's songs in a strange land
You can have your bird, my old
man." the artist said with a smile.
And then, to Carolyn:
I'VE would not part such loving
friends for boxes of bon-bons, would
we, dear?"
So off together they trudged, happy
Pierre and Chrysostome, Chrysos-
tome still in full song. And Babel
wept for joy at their return.-New
York Press.
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low, rejecting the red and gold of the
structure and the queer green's of the
tombs bordering it. Tne span appears
to be the work of magic held in be-
tween dragon rocks, it's ribs seeming
to shiver and breathe with every pass
ing breeze. Majestic statues introduce
one to the mausoleum of Jemitsu.
Through the arch is another gateway
presided over by the mythical protect
ors Of Buddhism and the gods of wind
and thunder. On the top of a hill, up
q flight of steps, is the bronze tomb,
with its carved gated entrance. Down
the steps and through a long gallery
connecting two odd temples is the
tomb of Jigen Daishi, the Nikko
Driest-adyiser of the Shoguns.
It is watched by six Buddhist gods
And two white Phoenix birds. Near
~ are the thirteen tombs OF the royal
Abbots. During my visit group OF
French artists was studying the
Painters Chamber" in Tama-ya, or
the tomb place of Iemitsu. These
precious relics represent the art of
the seventeenth century, each painting
meaning the life work of it's creator.
The subjects are mostly Buddhistic,
and even at this date the colors are
DrullanC anu glowing. Inc 1eydsu
crypt is in a regal courtyard, with sta
tuary and chapels. 1t is a pagoda OF
gold and bronze, surrounded by a
stone wall. In front of the tomb is a
table of stone, on which stands a life
like bronze stork. Before the entrance
repose two heavenly dogs, koma-inu
and ama-inu.
Japan tries to practice what she
breaches. In the Chino-Japanese war
the mikado's troops paid respect to
the Korean royal tombs at Soul and
Pip.Yang and the Chinese shrines
along her triumphal march to the
gates of Picking Not so much can be
said of the other countries. Cathay
has not forgotten the French and
English dissertation of the summer
palace and shrines under Lord Elgin
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In the official correspondence be-
tween Japan, Russia, Korea and China
since the opening of the Far Eastern
war, the quaintest passages have been
those relating to the ancestral tombs
of the Mings, Manchus and Koreans.
Japan has promised to protect these
treasures at Mukden, Seoul, Ping
Yang and north of Picking, while Rus
STA fakes no such declaration, but
threatens Mukden and Picking il her
people or railway property be inter
fered with.
One of the first moves of Japan was
to dispatch reserves to guard the
tombs at Toxic, Nikko, Kyoto and 9TH
er important points. Though Occi-
dental in many ways, Japan's heart
can be touched deeply by dissertation
of these sacred mausolea- At Toxic
are the tombs of the Tokugawa Sho-
guns. Kyoto is famous for its shrines
Here is the burial place of the Shinran
Shonin. A queer structure called the
spectacle bridge, like a pair of eye
glasses, holds high place in the trav-
eler's memory. The souls of the de-
parted are said to pass over it and see
every act of mortals. Near by is the
Taikodo shrine and its court for re-
ceiving the ashes of devotees, and Ka-
dill, sacred to the Zen sect, with its
gold screens by Motonobu, Kanokoi
and Tohaku. The thirty-six ancient
poets by Mitsunobu ornament the
walls.
The writer had the good fortune to
visit the shrines at Nikko after the
law was changed allowing only rulers
to inspect the little cardinal bridge"
or uathashi. The Daiyagaw flows be-
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ness of melody to this captive bird.
hanging up there among the vines.
The two strangers remained on the
road listening for some seconds; then
the man walked up toward the cot
tage, made the acquaintance of the
old couple and asked if they would be
willing to part with the thrush
No. oh. no, monsieur said Pierre
decidedly. I'VE couldn't get along
without Chrysostome"
But Babel did not speak. At first
a rather blank look came over her
face. This Darkness quickly gave
place to a look of agitation, of dis
tress. She clasped her hands nervous
ly and worked her fingers A vision
of Burgundy and other dainties for
her Pierre had suddenly floated across
her vision.
Il would give you a fair price for
the bird" the stranger went on. 'T
would like to have it for my little
daughter. In fact, you may name
your own price,"
Pierre was about to repudiate the
offer again when he caught Babets
eye. She was already speaking.
And monsieur's little daughter
would be very good to the bird?" She
AAAeO0 oP ACi WOHn, SSnllo lace, ana
eyed him anxiously. Poor Pierre hest
tated and stumbled little before he
was able to stammer vaguely:
You are going to sell our Chrysos-
tome. Babet?"
Eyes, yes" she said, decidedly. But
she gave her head a sort of helpless
nod. and looked down at her blue
anron.
The artist paid double the sum
named. and said he would send a
servant that afternoon to claim his
purchase.
When the servant arrived at the
chalet with the bird. the cage was
placed in a large window in one of
the drawing-ro rooms. The window OPEN
ed to the sun and to the fragrance and
sreenery of the garden. But not a
note, not sound came from the mel
ancholy thrush. 1t dropped and hung
its head as if moulting. They fed.
they whistled. they coaxed: but it re-
NAMED motionless and moping.
The artist was Indignant He had
not really pressed the old people to
sell their bird; he had given them
double the sum named and now! It
was not in his nature to be suspicious
but it certainly looked as If another
thrush had been palmed off upon him
in place of the magnificent songster
he had heard that morning.
However, he gave the bird several
days trial. At length. patience was
exhausted. and he sent for its late
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and Gen. Montauban in 1S59-6O. In
1897, when the Germans took Kiao-
Chau, the natives of Shang-tung were
in such fear that their Jerusalem or
Holy Land Of Confucius would be des-
ecrated that riot and rebellion were
melted, populations of towns repairing
to Kiu-fu, the home of Confucius, and
to the Confucian tombs two miles be-
yond. eager to give their lives for their
dead.
1t was not so much the rash acts OF
the German soldiery, who had been
led on by the murder of two Teuton
priests, as the German connection
with proposed new railway routes
through the tomb-lands of the en-
pre- All the great powers were more
or less involved. and there is no doubt
to-day it was these plans to disturb
the souls of the dead that brought on
the Boxer rising.
The tombs have figured in every war
waged in Chinese territory. Ancestral
worship, the real religion, is express
Pl in family and royal mausolea The
phrase, "the only good Indian is a
dead one" in Chinese would be "a
good Chinaman grows noble after
death" When Monaghan earns hon
or his ancestors receive the reward;
when he commits error his ancestors
are disgraced. The tombs become
representative of life's success or un-
success. To defend them the Chinese
warrior trains himself in archery until
he becomes expert with bow and ar
row.
Believing, as they do, that the dead
are surrounded by spirits who live on
and progress, aiding or harming their
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Breakfast Food.

The chemical committee of the Brit
ish Royal Agricultural society investi-
gated some new food" stuff which
purported to be rice meal, and was
sold at the rate of $2o.6O a ton, and
found 1t to consist of the ground-up
husks OF the rice grain, and not worth
$3.50 q ton.
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If God Toniobf-

Ii God tonight should give what I think
Perhaps 'twould not be right,
care not trust myself to make behest
With my imperfect sight
Inc things which once appeared in gold
All worthless now see.
Just God alone is wise enough to ctoo.e
Ihat which shall come to me
- LIE Roy Stockton. in Portland Ore
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Wants coIorado,s EXHIBIT.

Colorado has been asked by the Bel.
gian government to send its mineraf
exhibit for the Louisiana Purchase
Imposition, to the exposition at Lfege.
Belgium, in 1905. The request came
through the Belgian consul at Denver
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The Sultan of Johore.

The sultan of Johore, who is spend
ing a holiday in Europe, knows his
way about London pretty well by this
time. So did his father. The latter
died here, and the son would have
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my wife and 1. This is our place in
the world. and here we will live until
the good God says Come Even then
-ah! you will laugh, monster, but 1
will tell you what l say to my wife.
say, Babel, let us pray that the good
God will permit us to have in his hea-
ven just such a cottage as this"
May your wish be fulfilled" the
artists would reply before going their
way.
That was some years back. Now
well. they are still happy. Pierre and
Bab4t. Have they not each other, and
have they not their little brown
thrush to cheer them? But, beyond
doubt, they are very poor.
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Fridays Child.

Oh, was born at Bideford, at Bideford
in Devon,
And 1 was born o. Friday, the youngest
child of seven;
So can the wind blow through grass
and bush and tree,
And I can hear the calling of drowned
men from the sea.
hear the grass, a-growing when other
maid would hear
Only a lovers whisper breathed softly in
her ear;
Before the wild rose opens I'm wisht be-
cause / know
That she will wear a canker her golden
heart below.
For Fridays child must hear and see
what neer another may,
And cover with to-morrow's cloud the
sun that shines to-day;
And 1 was born O. Friday and am the
last of seven;
And I'm ma ybe the saddest maid O. Bide-
ford in Devon.
Pail Mall Gazette.