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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

II should like to meet that bishop
of Litchheld, I'd put question to
him that would puzzle him"
Every well,' said a voice out OF
another corner, "now is your time,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

. The sooth anniversary OF the birth
of "Blue Beard" took place on Oct.
20. "B1ue.. Beard" was real man,
and the so-called fairy story is true
in all it's essential details. "Blue
Beard" was Baron GILES de Rails, an
enormously rich Brenton nobleman,
who fought with distinction under the
banner of Jeanne dare and was mar
shall of France at the age of twenty
five. After the war he plunged into
the widest dissipation. His great
fortune was largely increased by the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

dover OF his first wife. Catherine de
Thouars. His favOrite diversion was
numbering babies and dabbling in
their blood. The church caused his
arrest and trial. He was condemn
ed and was hanged at Nantes, but
was converted in prison. and his last
words were to implore the forgive
ness of those whose families he had
decinated by murder.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

Christmas, the holiday OF holidays,
the happiest festival OF all the year,
IS rapidly approaching. In our pre-
parations for its proper observance,
let us not forget the poor. After
all the truest happiness consists in
making others happy.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

"John," she said, "do you think
you'll ever run for president O these
here United States?'
MARY" he said, as he folded her
in his arms, II could never give my
self to the commonwealth as long as
I've got you."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09

It has not taken Cuba long TO- adopt
one American custom, at least. 1t
has been stated there are sixteen can
didates for president.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
for l am the bishop"

The man was somewhat startled
and taken aback, but presently re-
covered himself and said, "Well, my
lord, can you tell me the way to
heaven?"
Nothing easier" answered the
bishop; "you have only to turn to
the right and go straight ahead"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
SOMETHING D0INC". AT A. C. JONES!

about thousand dollars 1oooo worh more OF oe
merchandise today than we want Oh
hand January and have determined that there must be
soening doing place for the next four week. and you
have anything buy yourself family sweetheart you can save
enough coming to us to make
orr Purchases We have the BEST SHOES; the BEST HATS;
the BEST PANTS the BEST UNDERWEAR; the BEST NECK
WEAR THE BEST LINE OF FURNISHING GOODS IN THE
CITY prices Rock bottom Cash price, and
price to all black rich ard and ask to come
to Us to supply your Special provision has been made tor
SUITABLE THINGS FOR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. GLOVES
HANDKERCHIEFS, UMBRELLAS, SLIPPERS, etc., the best
values on the market and of the latest styles and patterns
Come to see often. Tell friends about
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1904-12-09
Keep to the Right and Go Ahead.

The story is told that on a certain
occasion when a company OF persons
were discussing in a crowded room
sacred subjects and certain pronni-
nent men one suddenly exclaimed:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Is true, but il all counts in +bo ona
th nsn you are not certain they consider
themselves paid IN full.
But / only have Is keen this mat
vt OF ABOUT three years more. Dan
Lapham is the only heir. He is now
nineteen, If he neglecte to take action
~ ~ year after he comes ofage he loses
81 nls rights under the statute of linn.
now n9 about the gillnetters, hus.
oana!" inquired Mrs. seadog.
Well, fish are getting scarce on their
side OF the river. Thew are scarce
everywhere, for that matter. But
s,hce the government jetty was built on
Snat side, the fish run in larger schools
On this side. The gillnettters claim
mat am across the line. Thov are
threatening to destroy my traps and
swamp my boats.
!, l sent one OF my trusted men among
.hem' who joined their union and he
informs me that they are planning to
make a night raid in few days. /
nave had a conference with the govern.
or OF the state and be is holding the
militia IN readiness to come on notice
from the sheriff. l shall furnish them
a boat at a good rental in which thew
Will patrol the river and keep the
south-siders back.
The only trouble, though, is that
.ne state may take up the matter, and
induce the United States government
70 make survey. This will cost me a
number of traps or neat sum to the
surveyors. These two are matters of
magnitude, but the Chinese importa-
ton trouble will be easily handled. l
Will send the half-breed and his daugh-
ter's husband to the pen and that will
STOP them.
And Dan Lapham-well, he is a
daring devil. You know he tends a
trap alone. Although he can swim like
trout. the single boatmen are lost
sooner or later
The conversation had lasted until
long after daylight. The husband and
wife were suddenly interrupted by one
of their sons.
"Have you heard the news?" he
asked as he entered hurriedly, and then
without waiting for reply, he added
"One fishing boat went down near
the sand spit and two fishermen were
Loot. Another was seen entering the
breakers at Pacific Rocks. Still anoth-
er, thought to have contained Dan
Lapham, turned turtle off Chinook
Point, and old Ringwold and Sankala
shot behind Disappointment Rocks. 1t
is the worst morning of the season."
at is an i'll wind that blows no one
good!" remarked old seadog.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Storm CannonR.

The storm cannons now in use along
the southern side Of the Alps, where
damage from hailstorms during har-
vest time Is imminent, look like huge
megaphone, such as boat-crew coaches
use, and they are set, with their wide
mouths gaping skywand, beside little
houses that look like sentry boxes.
When they are fred they boom like
''sure enough" -cannons, and send re-
verberating, echoing, boom-booms car
roming about among the hillsides; but
instead of a ball or shell, or other sim
liar projectile, they emit a ring OF
smoke which grows larger and larger
as it ascends, until at last, before it
breaks, it is big enough to surround a
ten-acre field. What the effect OF q
smoke ring upon a mischievouSly In
tent cloud is l cannot exactly say, but
instead of hail, only rain falls when
the guns are used. and damage to
crops La prevented.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
A Male Shopper,

He had the air Of q man who was
particularly well-satisfied with him
self.
Il tell you," he said, there's moth
ing like having sickness in the family
to convince a man that he can do a
good many things that he never would
have dared to attempt before. Now,
to-day l am going to buy a gown for
my little girl. Her mother can't get
out, and so l am going to do it my
self"
On the day following he had the air
of a man who was dissatisfied with
himself.
Whats the matterE' he was asked.
Couldn't you get the gown?"
Couldn't I get it?" he repeated.
Couldn't get it? Hang it all! The
trouble is that did get it!''
Something wrong with it2'
Something? If it was only some
thing l wouldn't mind. My taste is
wrong, the size is wrong, and the price
is wrong"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
STATISTICS o. rnE NEaao

l - -
Death Rate In This Country Nearly
Twice that of the Whites.
The Anal census bulletin ON the ne
gro population shows that there are
9,204,531 negroes in the United States.
including Alaska, Hawaii and Porto
Rico. BALI of this great number are
under 10 years of age and from III to
16 per cent of them have white blood
in their veins. The center Of this
black population is De Kalb County,
Alabama, it having moved from Dim
Wtddie County, Virginia, northeast 476
miles, since 1890.
Thus the negro population consti-
rutes about one-hfteenth OF the city
population and one-seventh Of the
country population of continental Uni
ted States. This proportion, although
still large, is the result of steady de-
cline during the nineteenth century.
The death rate of negroes approx
mates 30 per cent, while that OF the
| whites is II per cent.
AT present fully 90 per cent Of the
negroes live In the Southern States and
II per cent Of them reside upon farms.
But the northern migration to the big
cities has, been noticeable during the
last two decades and is in a large
measure responsible for the excessive
death rate among them. Bad habits,
poverty and disease make terrible in
roads upon negroes living in the big
cities.
The largest number Of negroes living
In compact masses are found in Ger
tain urban counties, several of which
lie outside the great cotton-growing
States. The four each having $4,000
negroes are District of Columbia, CO.
extensive with Washington; Shelby
County, Tennessee, containing Mem.
phis; Baltimore City, Md, and Orleans
parish, Louisiana, co-extensive with
New Orleans. The negroes form one
third Of the population of the entire
South and 48.6 per cent Of them are
reckoned among bread winners, az
against 400 per cent Of the Southern
whites, but these figures apparently
in favor Of the Southern black men are
accounted for by the prevalence of fe-
male labor among the negroes.-Kan.
sas City Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
CHAPTER x.
Bitter Prospects

The storm had continued throughout
the day and arose at night with renew
ed fury. 1t was a common thing to
have weeks of storms at this season of
the year and the sun rarely ever showed
itself. But every storm was the
"worst" and the oldest ind;v dual
would verify the fact.
1t only goes to show how quickly
people forget even the unpleasant
things of life. A month of rain and
sleet and snow last year, which at the
time was declared unbearable, is for
gotten in the spring sunshine and when
another winter storm comes, although
mild compared with former ones, it is
record-breaker while it lasts and the
complaint is long and loud
But such is the way of weak, frivolous
humanity. 1t was sunshine yesterday ;
Is storming today and tomorrow will
be whatever the temperament suggests.
1t amounts to nothing anyway; forever
complaining forgiving, expecting, be-
ing disappointed and Disappointing 9TH
ers; Yesterdays friend is today's enc
nv; in the deepest poverty and dis
tress yesterday, rich and happy today
After all the mind is the weather vane
In life's short span of time and the
tongue the thermometer. Whatever the
mind coneeives is 80, and the tongue
indicates the state of the mind. Life
is storm or sunshine just as the mind
makes it, and the wagging tongue re-
cords the impression.
But whether in reality it was the
miIdest or most severe storm IN the
history of the fishing village on the
north banks of the Columbia, in the
mind of one it was the darkest hour OF
her life. The wind blew louder, the
rainfall on the roof was more rasplng
and the night had closed in with great"
or darkness. The fire fickered more
eloomily and the shadows fitted about
more ghostily.
The cupboard seemed scantier, the
furniture rougher, the bed clothing
lighter, the floor was more bare ana
even the good natured house cat seemed
gloomier as the rain and wind ragen
outaide and beat upon the cabin as II 1t
were cursed and doomed forever.
Sankala was usually of light heart
and spirit, but her nature was an
crushed tonight. She sat beside the
bed which was drawn near the nre'
She eazed into the flames with tear
stained ewes. She would look into the
fnture, but there was nothing to see
Then the terrible episodes of the day
s assns Of nighttime or hideous dreams.
Rut she did not forget her duty. AS
reonIar as the clock would she turn and
Grange the damp cloths upon Ring
wold's head and examine the hot
smoothing.iron at his feet. The cloths
were kept cold and the irons were Kep'
r. Ringwold barely breathed. The e1-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

or European armies. The accompany
ing illustration shows a war balloon
ready to make it's ascent above the
Korean hills about Pingyang. If Cos
sack scouts or other Russian troops
are lurking in the vicinity the spies of
the upper air will determine the
whereabouts Of the enemy and report
to headquarters. Any sort of spying
is perilous, and the balloon process
shifts, but scarcely lessons the dan
ger. Since the restrictions against the
use Of aerial explosives imposed by
The Hague congress have expired by
limitation it will not be a matter Of
surprise If either or both of the eastern
belligerents should resort to the ex-
pedient.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
now THE UP-TO-DATE JAPS
MAKE USE OF WAR BALLOONS

Whatever they are in their native
villages, the Japanese in war are very
much up to date. The war balloon is
as regularly employed by them for OBJ
servation purposes as it is in American
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
DiaRracing Herself.

Mrs. Smartset-For mercy'S sake,
don't let me hear you talk about books
in society again.
Cultured Daughter-Dear mel Why
not? -,
Mrs. Smartsst-Strangers will think
Won have been q cash girl In q book
Htor&
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

81 have just been telling Singleton a
few bright sayings Of my 5-year-old
boy" said Popeleigh.
What was the matter?" Queried
Cynicus. Couldn't he get away In
timer"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
ParadoXiCaL

Miss Vassurgurl-Just to think Of
our being engaged. and you saw me
for the first time at commencement
Yalevard-Yes. strange, isn't 1t, that
your commencement should have been
my finish. Home Compan-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

1t is very different for the modern
woman to be stylish and keep from be-
ing ridiculous.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

classes: that the army and navy are too
big; that the nation has been run extrav-
agantly and that the expenditures for the
army. navy. pension list. Panama canal,
rural free delivery service. irrigation
schemes and other grand purposes of ma
tional development must be reduced; that
the beneticcnt despotism' of the Re-
publican party esta blished and maintain
Ell by the people must give way to that
Democracy of which he is the leader. and
which proposes to stand the country on
its head as beginning OF the reform
The judge would have hard row to
hoe" If he began to talk in public and
tell the Westerner he must do as the
Fastener does and TO assure the laborer
in shop and field that reformatory legis-
lation must at first be for the relief Of
the wealthy.
He recognizes his weakness i'll these
matters--knows that he could not speci-
fly as to his accusations could not con-
vince as to his proposed reforms; could
not successfully defend the revolutions
which his party proposes to inaugurate
in public affairs.
He is wise to recognize thus early in
the campaign that silence is golden"
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
Ex- President C1eveIand's Failure,

Ex-President Cleveland is an unimag-
NATIVE man. and for this and other good
reasons, his recent magazine article en-
titled why a Young Man Should Vote
the Democratic Ticket is short, point
less and unconvincing.
1t takes good deal of fervid fancy,
and knack for invention, to construct
an argument upon a theme like that. Mr.,
Cleveland was evidently ill at ease with
his subject. Probably few young men
will read the article, anyway, and no one
will be influenced by it.
The young men of America live in the
present, and hope for the future. They
do not care to be even holding post
mortems on dead issues, nor to spend
their days holding back the wheels of ac-
ton and progress.
The young men Of the United States,
are alive. And they will vote the Repub-
lican ticket this fall
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
The Works Of Democracy

BY their works shall We know them
BY what single work are the American
people to know that the Democratic
party can be safely intrusted with now.
err! There is not single distinctive
policy of the party that, put to the test
ever worked without creating damage
Inc Democratic party has favored slay.
cry, free silver and free trade, but never
single principle has it ever favored that
meant greater happiness and prosperity
for the American people, The Republi.
can party freed the slaves, it has stood
and still stands for sound money and
protection to American industries It is
the party of construction, not the party
OF destruction.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

If So, Bryan Was IA Lunatic, According
to Mr.. Cleveland.

to Mr.. Cleveland.
Democracy has returned to sanity"
said Grover Cleveland recently, in an in
| terview.
This statement, made with all the SOL
emn ponderosity of which Mr.. Cleveland
is capable. would imply that the Demo-
| cratic party has been insane and its lead
ers a set of lunatics. In previous inter
views Mr.. Cleveland contented himself
with merely saying that Democracy had
strayed from the right path after
strange gods when it embraced Bryan
ism, but since the defeat of the Bryan
faction at st. Louis he has been secretly
rejoicing over the apparent downfall Of
his most bitter political enemy, and on
Oct ?, at Bnzzard's Bay, he virtually
declared that Mr.. Bryan was a mailman
How do the friends Of Mr. Bryan in
Indiana. Illinois, Nebraska and other
States relish having their leader called
a lunatic? Insanity is lunacy. or mad
ness and if the Democratic party has
returned to sanity" it must first have
been insane, and, by the same reasoning,
il the party was insane because Bryan
was its leader, Mr.. Bryan himself must
have been the chief lunatic.
Candidate Parker is generally admitted
to be nonentity in his party-a> tool Of
Hill, Sheehan and others-and what he
says counts for little, but it is different
when Mr.. Cleveland talks. He is the
oracle of the Eastern Democracy, and
if he says Bryan is insane it is certain
he voices the sentiments of "sane" Dem
ocracy.
How can the Bryantes indorse such a
SANDER on their leader by supporting
Parker? Mr.. Cleveland declined to vote
for Bryan on the ground that the Ne
braskan was insane, but he will vote for
Parker, because he leads the "sane"
Democracy ticket
An important point seems to have been
forgotten by Mr. Cleveland. Parker vot-
ed twice for the Nebraska "lunatic" and
was therefore one Of the host OF madmen
who composed insane Democracy. Does
Mr.. Cleveland improve his position BY
now supporting one of the madmen who
voted for the leader Of 'insane" Dem
ocracy?
Mr.. Cleveands thrust at Bryan was
uncalled for. and will, no doubt, be re-
scented at the polls, for the friends of Mr..
Bryan do not think he should be put
IN the straitjacket class.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20

a conservative estimate OF ~.
that will accrue to this fupd amoc
sale of public lands durina IRON
twenty-five years is based .. 'ne ~
$600O0,o00 and $4,000. 900 0etHs
Father of National Ir-,
Under the caption, .RooseSa,.osa
the Garland Guard, publishoa
land, Big Horn County. wyomin,
other things says: s. anas
Although Mr.. MOndell, Sen,,
rem and Senator Newlands and oth. wy
serve credit for what they did I ~
gress, all their efforts ia beba,." W
National Irrigation Act won,a ~
failed had it not been for tbo ~ Nv
President Roosevelt championaa ',. y
ton of this kind for the benss, 'e!sA
arid region. He recommend,
first message to Congress the en-.
Of such law. and it was hi, ;Ss
ment more than anything else wh;I 0's
cured approval for it among tt a
ators and Representatives from ths VA "a
what chance can any Democras ~
this measure would have had - aas
Cleveland, instead of President D.
welt, had been in the White How
the time it was pending in Cnnyrss,s
was Mr.. Cleveland who spoke 80 n
of the Far Western States as undes,,.S
communities, and it is we'll know -
with this part Of the country ha h.s 'a9
sympathy. 1t was the influence of y.
ident Roosevelt. who lived in tha wv
and knew its needs, that secured
vorable hearing for the proposit;or -.
resulted at last in the passage Of fl. =. ~
under which national reclamation wv '"
is now progressing. Therefore presias.
Roosevelt is the father of the Nat;...,
Irrigation Law"
Irrigation's Part in CiviIizat,.
In some parts of the country pola
clans have stated to the people tbst Il.
question Of irrga ton is comparat,.,'
new. This statement is wholly mt
Irrigation is as old as the human ro..
Agriculture is the most ancient a., !,
which we have any record. Ii vac 4.
beginning Of civilization The first ~.
culture was accomplished through rri,,.
ton 1t was commenced. accordin, !.
scientists who have sought the reco,a.
Of primitive man, under conditions !,
great aridity, and the civilized cities !,
the ancients We're either On tie edo y
Or in, the desert. The earliest ciyi,.
ton Of America has indelibly stamns,
its impress on Arizona ana New Meyi
90, where to-day are to ~ found II,
remains Of the cities and great irrigatio,
works which ilourished thousands j
years before Columbus discovered Amer
lea. Almost all the ancient eivilizatio,
which history records were based upo,
irrigation. and irrigation is to-day prac
ticed by more than half the people in N
world. Under the workings Of the N,
tional Irrigation Act it is estimated tbs
what is now the arid West can be mad
to support S0,0O0,OO0 Of people.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1904-10-20
DEMOCRATS WlTH.THE TRUSTS
The Showing Made When a Vote va,
Taken in the House

Taken in the House.
| The present laws which place wbolA
| some restrictions on the trusts were mn
on the statutes by the Republican party
and not by the Democratic party. Loud.
| ly as the Democrats have always talked
| against the trusts, and seriously as they
have from time to time awakened apprs
hension in all business circles BY thei,
threats that they would destroy all large
| corporations whether good or bad, vet
never once have the Democrats accom-.
| pished or even aided in the accomplish.
ment of any salutary effort to control
the trusts along lines of public safety.
The rulings of the Supreme Court hav.
ing shown that as the constitution nov
stands, Congress can only regulate trusts
engaged in interstate commerce. the fol.
lowing amendment was introduced in
the House of Representatives and press.
ed to vote on June /, 1900
section !. All powers conferred by this
article shall extend to the several States
the territories, the District of Columbia,
ana all territory under the sovereignty and
States
Section ?. Congress shall have power
to define. regulate. control, prohibit, or dis
solve trusts monopolies or combinations
Whetner existing In the form of Il combine
tion or otherwise. The several States may
continue to exercise such power In any maH-
ner not In conflict with the laws of tho
United States.
section 3. Congress shall have power n
enforce the provisions of this article b
appropriate legislation.
The clause saving all rights of States
was inserted in the hope of inducing
State-rights Democrats to support tho
amendment. Nevertheless, the vote stosd
AS Republicans for and 1870 Democrats
against, and the measure failed of ths
necessary two-thirds majority.
LOUDLY AS THE DEMOCRATS
TALKED. WHEN IT CAME TO A
VOTE THEY WE'RE FOR THH
TRUSTS, NOT AGAINST THEM.