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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05

secure the positive discriminating evi-
dence, and very often the men work.
ing on either side of their cases are in
spectcrs only biding irheir time to
catch them with the incrininating let
ters actually upon their persons. We
make of patience fine study in our
business Of protecting the public.
"Considering the vastness Of the
army 6 postal employees, nearly three
times tine size of the regular army OF
the country, and OF the different class
es and tcmperaments from which it is
recruited, the general honesty of its
members is noteworthy. as a very
heavy percentage of the offenses
against the postal laws are committed
by persons outside of the service.
The temptations to minor employ
es Of the service, such as mail car
riers, are very great, especially to
those on the rural free delivery routes.
These men are usually alone and free
from observation. This is one reason
why they rank third in number to
postmasters arrested, So having been
locked up last year When it is con-
sidered, however, that there are ap-
proximately $4,000 rural free delivery
routes in operation this is not such a
very bad showing 1t is not as diff
cult as would be supposed to catch
these mail carriers once route is To-
Gated upon which thefts are reported.
"Assistant postmasters as a class
are far more honest than their supe-
riors, since only "a were taken into
custody last year. as against 81 clerks
in postof6ces, this latter class rum
ming the postmasters a fairly good
second lit is not so easy to detect
and to catch clerks in postofhces in
their acts of dishonesty, as they have
opportunities for The abstraction and
concealment Of mail matter not open
to other employees in the service.
Sometimes a clerk in a postofice is
watched for months before he is
caught. Letter carriers have abund
ant opportunity for pilfering from the
mail in their charge, but as great
class they are an honest set OF men.
This may be shown briefly and forci-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05
UNION PEOPLE WON'T TALK
Of MI. T. c. Duncan-They Are Gen
orally Mum When the Big Fail
ure Is Mentioned.

Persons who have visited Union
Chose casually manifesting a desire
for information merely for private
consumption as we'll as newspaper
correspondents seeking facts for pub
lication) have been struck by the ex-
treme reticence of the people OF
Union regarding the subject OF Mr..
T. c. Duncan and his justly celebra-
ted five-million dollar cotton mill fail
ure. Union people "shy off, from the
subject, as do the people of Darling
ton when the matter of Roher1 Keith
Dargan and his failure and suicide
are mentioned in Darlington. Thc
people OF Union themselves have been
struck hard blow by this failure.
Although much of the stock was held
by outside capitalists, there is large
number of individual local holders.
some of them for large amounts. The
story is going the rounds that one
prominent Union man lost over S75,-
600 bv the failure and had his hair to
turn snow white since the crash came.
although this; is man of less than
forty years and owns nearly $500, 900
worth outside Of his cotton mill in
terests. He is an altogether deserv-
ing man and capable business man.
In the case of a prominent firm which
has been prosperous there has been
combined loss on the part of it's mem
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05
HOLIDAY EXCURSION RATES
Via Southern Railway.

On account Of Christmas Holidays,
Southern Railway will sell tickets
from all points east of the Mississippi
and south of the Ohio rivers and to
St. Louis, Mo-, and intermediate
points at rate of One and one-third
first class fare one way, plus Twenty
five cents for the round trip. Mimi
mum rate 50 cents). Tickets to be
sold December 22, 70, 24, rs, 80, 3Ist,
1905, and January 1st, 1906, with final
limit January 4, 1906.
Tickets for Teacl1ers and Students
of Schools and Colleges will be sold
December 18TH to 24th, 1905, with final
limit January 9th, 1906, upon presen-
tation and surrender of certificates
signed by Superintendent, Principals
and Presidents of 'che various instltu-
tons of learning.
For further information, apply to
any Southern Railway Ticket Agent,
Or Brooks Morgan,
Asst. Gen. Pass. Agent
R. w. Hunt. Atlanta, Ca
Division Passenger Agent,
Charleston, S. c.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05

the local peace officers and to the po-
lice and detective forces throughout
the entire country. There are few
small individual appropriations made
by congress which are productive Of
such tangible and gratifying results as
from this little appropriation for re-
wards for postal crimes.
THE most recent and important ar
rest of an employe in the service was
that of the railway mail clerk who
was caught with the goods upon him
few days ago in Baltimore This
man had not only been postal thief
for years, and had stolen enough to
buy and stock a small farm in the
environs of the Monumental City, but
he had been base enough 70 make his
mail distractions from the section of
a fellow clerk in the postal car, to
throw suspicion on him. To the credit
of the inspectors, who finally caught
this fellow red-handed, he failed in his
efforts, as his would-be innocent vic
tim was not even under suspicion by
Our men, even though the letters
came from his section and were han
died at certain stages by him.
1T is mystery to me why men in
the service yield to the temptation Of
stealing letters. Their detection is
only matter of time, perhaps not i'm
mediately upon complaint, but it is
ultimately certain, and practically in
all cases of actual guilt their convic-
ton is moral certainty. We do not
take our cases into court until we have
sure evidence for conviction.
"Perhaps it is because they are not
Immediately detected that gives pos
tai thieves a sense OF false security.
They usually begin with a few petty
thefts, secure small sums Of money
and wait to see if these are discovered
Finding that no apparent notice is
taken of their stealing, they flatter
themselves with the belief that they
are very shrewd and cunning, become
bolder, and finally every piece OF mail
matter that seems to them to con-
tain money is fish in their net. In
most cases inspectors have been pa
tiently watching them for weeks to
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05

bly, when I say that out of big army
corps of $4,000 only SO were arrested
during the past year. The Baltimore
railway mail clerk was the exception
to the general run of his associates,
who are singularly honest and trust
worthy as we'll as fearless set of
postal employees. Only IS of these
fell by the wayside and suffered the
disgrace Of arrest. There are about
$4,000 Of these employees and they con-
stitute one of the very best branches
Of our immense service.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05
Pointed Paragraphs.

Genius is merely another name for
unrecognized talent.
Even white lie is never as white
as it is wIitewashed.
Eve induced Adam to ear, but he
took to drink Of his own accord.
About two-thirds OF the average hui
man heart is occupied by self-love.
An old bachelors idea of fool IS
a man who attends his own wedding.
Speaking of weather indications
when all spice is adulterated with
ground cocoanut shells the season is
sure to be mild.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-12-05

bers OF nearly 100000. In addition
to these there have been individual
losses in Union of from one to ten
and twenty thousand. Mr., Duncan
still has strong personal friends in
Union, but their number has been
greatly diminished of late.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

Mr.. Yipsley was just on the potAt Of
leaving his house for his place Of bust
ness downtown when there came a
ring at the front door bell. He opened
the door. A canvasser stood outside.
81 beg your pardon" said the can
vasser, "but I'd like to show you a
sample of our improved talking ma
chine"
Il think don't care to see it." re-
piled Mr.. Yipsley.
you are not interested in talking
machines perhaps?' ventured the
other
81 can't say that, either; but l have
one already. Talks all day long. New
er needs winding up. Never runs down"
At this moment a high pitched voice
from somebody at the top of the stair
way broke into the conversation.
cit isn't sor' exclaimed the person
with the high pitched voice eft isn't
so! But I've got growing machine
that runs whenever it's in the houser'
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09
willing to Compromise.

First Farmer-Will you take f10 for
that COW?
Second Farmer-Can't do it.
'But yesterday you told me you'd
sell her for f1O."
81 know I did, but I'll have to back
out"
whats the matterY'
You see, the COW belongs to my
eldest daughter, and she says she Will
sob herself into Mysteries IL I sell her.
1t would break her heart"
"All right. It's no sale, then"
81 say"
"Well, what is it?'
make it f12 and wen let her sob."-
Liverpool Mercury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

Ladies save trouble and annoyance
of baking during warm season! Ask
Kuenzli & Luscher to tell you about
the best bread ever baked. Fresh,
light, good. 3S-tf.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09


made suitable and patriotic
speech.
Mr.. D. c. Shepard, chief en-
gineer of the Minnesota Cen
trail railway, informs us that
the tract is laid to within four
miles of Mortified.
About fifty Irish families,
sent out through the efforts of
Dillon O'Brien, agent for the
Irish immigration society, ar
rived yesterday. They are
from New York and Pennsy1-
vania, and will settle in the
Minnesota Valley.
General Sibley has quite a
collection of Indian scalps sent
him by officers along the from
tier. They are all gaudily dec
Grated and adorned and are the
center of interest to his callers.
The tents, pack saddles. etc.
for Capt, Fisk's expedition ar
rived yesterday: They weigh
about two tons.
Among the large number of
immigrants arrived this week
were 80 Laplanders from the
extreme northern part of Swe-
den. They were all dressed in
furs and skins
Billy Salmon, the young boy
who was with Capt. Fisk last
season, and who took the re-
ward of $25 for the first Sioux
scalp offered by the captain,
arrived yesterday from Penn
sylvania to join the expedition.
Never in the history of Min
nesota have there been such
crops as this season. If the
weather holds out few DAYS
longer harvest such as sell
dom enriches any community
will gladden. all hearts. Some
fears of wheat rust have been
expressed. but after every rain
the wind has blown briskly
carrying off the moisture, and
thus preventing the calamity.
At meeting at Ingersoll's
hall, Wednesday evening to
aid and encourage Capt. Fisk
expedition, the sum of $1,000
was raised in a few minutes by
our public spirited citizens.
Geo. Meagher, who made the
speech of the evening, was re-
ceived with rounds of applause.
He paid high compliment to
the First Minnesota, whom he
had fought with on many a
battlefield, and often thought
they were Irishmen in diguise,
judging from their impetuous
charges upon the enemy's
lines.
@r--
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Excerpts Taken From st. Paul Papers
of 1865.

OF 1865.
Among the many affecting
scenes on the levee when the
Fourth regiment arrived was
one worthy of particular men
ton. A woman eagerly scan
ned the bronzed veterans to
locate her husband, who had
left her at the same spot four
years before. Then he was
fresh faced and youthful look
ing. One she thought resem-
bled him, a sun-burned beard
ed fellow. She was in doubt
until their eyes met. The eyes
do not change. The recog-
milton was mutual. In an in
slant they were clasped in each
others arms. Tears flowed
freely, but they were of a diff
ferent sort to those of four
years ago. Then she said,
"John, let me introduce you to
a little relative" She brought
forward a little chap four years
old. Then a shy young miss
of seven came forward. The
scene was dramatic. The lat
ter he had remembered in his
dreams as little tot of three,
now fine stout girl of seven.
the strong man, Injured to
scenes of suffering and death,
to whom participation in
bloody conflicts had come to
be almost a pastime, was quite
overcome by an excess of hap
piness. The onlookers were
moved to tears by this and
similar scenes. Indeed the
dry eye in that vast throng
was the exceptions
A large piece of coal was ex-
hibited yesterday that was tax
en- from a vein discovered on
the Minnesota river about six
miles from Fort Smelling. II
was as solid and firm as any
Pennsylvania coal. A com
pany is being organized to
work this mine.
The First Minnesota battery
has deposited with Hon. Chas
Scheffer $168, as their contri-
button towards the organiza-
ton of soldiers home.
x**
The Second Minnesota bat
terry, numbering 149 men and
officers, arrived home on the
steamer Burlington yesterday.
The First regiment boys
have all been paid off and re-
turned to their homes. This
famous band of heroes is NOW
disbanded but the memory Of
it's feats on the battlefield will
be kept green for ages to come.
The Sixth, Seventh, Ninth
and Tenth Minnesota regi-
ments have received orders to
be sent from Selma, Ala, to
Vicksburg, there to be muster
ed out. The Fifth will be left
on duty for a time longer.
Those mustered out will reach
ST. Paul about Aug. 10.
Gov. Miller, Gen. Sibley and
Gen. Meagher united yester-
day on a telegram to the pres
ident requesting the detail of a
military force to accompany
Capt. Fisk's expedition. 1t is
desired to secure battalion of
mounted men and a section of
a howitzer battery.
1t was the intention to have
a final parade of the First regi-
ment before their disarmament,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

The Second Minnesota bat
terry, numbering 149 men and
officers, arrived home on the
steamer Burlington yesterday.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

The First regiment boys
have all been paid off and re-
turned to their homes. This
famous band of heroes is now
disbanded but the memory of
it's feats on the battlefield will
be kept green for ages to come.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

On their return from the re-
ception to the Fourth regiment
the firemen and citizens sere-
naded Gen. Meagher at the
Merchants hotel. the Great
Western band furnishing the
music. Gen. Meagher was in
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

The First Minnesota battery
has deposited with Hon. Chas.
Scheffer $168, as their contri-
button towards the organiza-
ton of soldiers home.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

Billy Salmon, the young boy
who was with Capt. Fisk last
season, and who took the re-
ward of $50 for the first Sioux
scalp offered by the captain,
arrived yesterday from Penn
sylvania to join the expedition.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1905-08-09

Minneapolis real estate has
been on the boom recently.
Many strangers are in the city,
They are furnished with ready
money and have been making
some large purchases.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
Restaurant Life at Sea.

Some pleasing novelties in sea
travel have been introduced in the
steamer Aragon. which will carry
mails and passengers between Eng.
land, Portugal, and South America
for the Royal Mail Steam Packet Com
pany The dining saloon is arranged
like West End restaurant. Small
tables to seat four. six or ten people.
replace the captains long table. and
the passengers will make up their
own parties for each meal as they
please. Everyone will be able to
take breakfast at any time within a
range of some three hours in the
morning. about the same period will
be allowed for lunch; and dinner will
be served all the evening. In fact.
there will be practically continuous
service of food all day long: while
special dinners can be arranged for
the most fastidious or luxurious. The
barrier between the smoking-rocm and
the drawing-room after dinner is in
part broken down by the institution CT
a social hail." where the ladies and
the smokers may meet on footing Of
equal rights as in the lounge OF an
hotel. "Cabines de luxe" have been in.
troduced for those who Ike to pay
1900 each for a passage across the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
civiIizins the katfTr.

On bare feet. of which the skin
grew so tough as to enable him to
run over the sharpest rocks without
fiinching, the old Kafffr could easily
walk. as fast as horse trots, fifty
miles day; the Kaffir who still goes
barefoot can do SO today. He used
likewise to be able to get light
the boy" who is constantly bothering
one now for matches-by rubbing two
sticks together; now he is as helpless
in the dark as ourselves. Indeed, end
less are the achievements civilization
is putting an end to.-Pall Mall Ca
zette.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
GosI1NGs PAY WELL.

Young goslings should be put on
a lot where the grass is vigorous and
tender, and should be given besides
all the meal and shorts they will eat
and some meat scraps. They are al
lowed to run in half.acre lot until
the flight feathers reach the root OF
the tail. then they are kept in a
small enclosure with some shade and
fed for about three weeks all the
corn meal with one quart of meat
scraps that they will eat in the morn
ing and whole corn at night. They
have all the water they will drink
and box of clear sharp sand.
When ready for market, they should
be dressed carefully with the head
on and leaving the fight feathers and
about half the neck unpicked. They
should bring from eighteen to twenty
FIVE cents per pound and average nine
pounds each. A goose that will lay
fifty eggs season is almost as profit
able as the average COW. An extra
profit is the feathers which amount
to about seventy cents per ten Cos
lings.-Massachu Ploughman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
G2Igm AnD @@zzgnEK
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full. The house Is built on side hill,
and its essential feature is an ele-
waited chick floor, which is 3.5 feet
above the level of the alley along
the side Of the building This ar
rangement is secured by taking adj
vantage Of the hillside for thes level
Of the chick floor and digging out
the. space for the alley as much as
necessary. II built on the level the
author notes that special attention
must be paid to securing good drain
age in the alley, which would then
have to be dug below the surface. The
elevated chick floor effects a saving
in the amount Of heat required to
maintain given temperature, since
1t diminishes the enclosed air space,
which must be heated. and brings the
chicks near the ceiling. the warmest
part of the room.
Tests have shown that in cold
weather the temperature at the level
of the alley floor was fourteen de-
grees lower than at the chick floor.
BY building on hillside an amount
Of side wall exposed to the weather
is considerably diminished which is
an advantage from the standpoint Of
heating. The plan followed has dis
advantage in that the chick pens are
low, and SO it was rather inconveni-
ent for the attendant to enter them
when it was necessary. - Massa-
chuetts Ploughman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
CARE OF TOOLS.

Farmers make great mistake II
they fail to provide place where
the tools can be stored carefully and
kept from the weather. So many
farmers allow their hired help to be
careless with the tools when they
are through with them. to throw them
down in the field where they must
take the sun and the rain; or II car
ried to the tool house at all, are left
with dirt on them, so that they will
rust and ruin. This ought not to be
so. Every tool, as it has served its
purpose. should be cleaned and put
in the tool house in its place. 1t can
then be readily found when needed,
and will be fit for use. Carelessness
with the tools means loss of time and
money. A pillow costs eight dollars;
the hired man leaves it in the field;
it rusts and the consequence is 1t
requires half day to clean it. for 1t
refuses to turn dirt when rusty. The
pillow is injured. whereas, five minutes
would have sufficed to clean 1t and
put it away, thus keeping the pfow
uninjured and saving the wages OF
the hired man while there should
have been lot Of work done with
the plow All the tools should be
kept in order. Nothing should be
laid away out Of repair. It will save
your temper as we'll as your cash. il
rule is adopted to care for the tools
properly and keep them always ready
for use AS soon as you are done
with mower, binder or harrow, put
it under shelter. The small tools
should be kept in tool chest; they
are then all together and ready for
use. These are seemingly insignifi-
cant matters: but they count Tor
much in the aggregate. Loss of time
means loss of money and tools cost
too much to be neglected in this
way.-Mrs. Lou J. Duncan. in the
Epitomist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1905-08-18
The Word "linrikisha..

The word jinrikisha comes from
three Japanese roots. jtn-riki-sha.
meaning respectively man. power, car
ri1ge, but 1t is not of Japanese orr
gin. So recently as 1870 the incon-
venience of the slow, numbering two
wheeled carts turned the thoughts Of
English residents to the ease VITA
which the hardy natives could pro-
pei a lightly constructed vehicle, and
one was invented. some say by a
missionary, others by a newspaper
proprietor's SON. Ever since then the
heavy carts have been entirely dis
pensed with.
The population of Chicago is now
a.272.7o0 people.