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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

Other peoples troubles are always
insignificant when compared with our
own.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

Women call another one rich il,
when she gives a dinner, she doesn't
have to hire an extra servant to prove
If.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

After years marriage when a
mans wife comes and sits on his
knees and kisses him he always won
ders how much it is going to COST
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

Some men after paying S. to get
married would cheerfully pay $50 to
get unmarried.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

Too much money Or too little
doesn't beget happiness, so try just
enough.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

O-Miss Matte Outzs.

O-WlSS NaIllt OuIZo.
R-Mrs. Sibbie Rivers.
P-Nathaniel Pitts.
R-James Rccder, Geo. 4. Ropp,
Mrs. Nina Robertson.
S-Luccal Sigh. Rcvena Suber,
lane Subcr. Mamma Subcr.
Tt. I. Taylor. Walker Thomas
W-ClcmSon Wilson, Nancy Will
son
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10
Mu11et! Mu11et! Mu11et!

and all kinds of Fresh and Salt Water
Fish and Oysters. If you are dealing
in Fresh Fish, or intend to deal in them,
write for prices or send your orders to
TERRY FISH CO., Charleston, S. c.,
or COLUMBIA FISH AND ICE co.,
Columbia, S. C. We ship only fresh
caught Fish, and our prices are as low
as they can be sold at.
Write Us. Try US, and be convinced
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10
Thou, INV friend, would like to know

Thou my friend would like to know
WHY ta;- twi.. roses blush AZ! blow
III oaby's cheeks: III tell thee.
They're nou7ished by 'TEETH!NA." Sec?
'TEETHINA" lTeethin@ Powders} Over
comes and Cou;iteracts the Effects of the sam
mer's Heat. Aids Digestion. Regulates the
Bowels and relieves much suffering and dread.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10
A married man usually feels sorry

for himself when his wife is sick.
YOU can't blame the man who is
putting tip a stove for hitting the
pipe.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-03-10

SUPERFINE SILVERWARE.
In tea and coffee sets, both ster-
ling silver and plated ware. Te de-
and desirable with each passing year
and our grandmothers' eyes would
twinkle with amazement at the dis
play to be seen here.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
:HERE AND THERE:
-: =: By Mrs. Meta Fclger Townsend. :: !:

The human heart knows no Danish
court.
We use the terms broad and narrow
carelessly, sometimes with supercil-
iouS affectation.
Because you live in a crowd. you
move where the tides of life ebb and
flow with mighty force, is that any
reason why you should expect another
to feel less keehy than you do?
If the waters are less swift, per-
chance they are deeper.
i he elemental things of the soul
love, hatred, wrath envy, jealousy
these make up the sum Of life. Every
other quality will but serve TO cover
up these primal passions. Education
or culture will not be likely to in
tensfy them.
Your Hamlet in the royal court of
Denmark may allow himself to be
tossed about like light thing between
his conflicting passions. kindred
soul under the same sort of trials, but
living, say, in certain portions of West
ern North Carolina or East Tennessee,
would make short work of the guilty
king. There would be no question of
such a Hamlets sanity His action
would be so direct and unmistakable
there could be no getting around tn"
simple fact of primitive wrath and
vengeance.
The great novels deal with the
forces of nature in her naked state.
Your story of manners. the works that
have to do with social conditions alone,
do not reach the heart of things.
With all of Mr.. Hcwells's skill, his
literary finish, his fine humor his per-
feet taste-a taste that invariably re-
jects the crude or coarse am made
to feel, when reading him. that he is
letting me see the outside Of things.
For the Rise of Silas Lapham he has
given. me the clearest idea of the
every day life of these people, but he
doesn't let me see closely enough into
the soul of any one of them. i feel
that my acquaintance with them is so
superficial that liking or diSlilling
would be out of the question. In "The
Landlord of the Lions Head" written
so many years later, there is the same
skill, but there's the difference that
his skill speaks in more positive terms
He gives me man that / can fairly
dislike, at any rate
Why doesn't he give us a man who
appeals to us like John Ridd or a
woman whom we can deeply love :?
Mr. Howells has the power to do it
why doesn't he do it Is he so welded
10 his theory of nice realism that he
must needs spend the time telling just
how a girl lifts shaving with the end
or nef pafaSol Wnlie he gives us but
slight notion as to whether We could
possibly love her after long acquaint-
ance.
And just here is where the lay
member may have his pick at Mr.
Henry James. What matte" to me
how wonderful a touch the artist has
If he never creates picture beloved
enough for me to hang on my bedroom
wall where its beauty may become 4
part of my soul?
/ like Lydia better than any other
woman ere. ted by Mr.. Howells. but
| am slightly acquainted with Lydia.
Mr.. Howeils should put on Hans
Anderson's galoshes and quietly go
through the souls of his heroes and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

heroines for the purpose of letting us
know somewhat that is going on
there.
The man who wrote the greatest
American story wasn't afraid to go
down into the human heart. He saw
no indelicacy in writing of primal
things for he looked upon them with
The eye of the spirit.
Mr.. Howeils follows what would
seem to be the way of truth when he
deals with his matter from the out
side. We really look at men and wo-
men superfcially. That is one of the
bathing things in life. We see through
a glass darkly. Even of ourselves we
can not always be sure.
But the imagination is not satisfied
With such uncertainty. We like to take
the broken pieces and make a life. We
are not content to see a detail of the
picture. We want the artists whole
conception.
These are platitudes, perhaps.
Moreover such talk is too serious IN
its tone for the hurried half hour We
feel like giving to a newspaper but
one can not always brush lightly over
the surface. About us, however,
mendous tragedies of life. The miracle
of birth, the mystery of death, the
rush and surge of all the mighty pas
sions,-they are there just below the
surface of what seems to be the Sc
renest and most commonplace man
ner of living.
A child is born to a young couple,
and life for them is full of wonderful
things. But a day comes when the
little figure is stilled in the last awfm
stiffness. Do you not think that
through the agonized souls of this
man and woman there must sweep
many a storm of alternate doubt and
trust, submission and stern rebellion ::
Enough feeling. enough unspeakable
suffering to make up a tragedy. To
the strong heart of love it is tragedy
No other word is powerful enough to
describe it.
When l was girl a mere child in
years and experience, there was given
me to see by accident, a thing that
shocked every fibre of my being. A
little act, an instant's work, and my
soul was sickened. The thought of it
was long a perfect nightmare to me-
A little baby was in the agonies OF
death. The house with its striker
parents and few sympathetic friends.
lay quiet while the morning broke and
the pure soul went back to God and
found painless morning.
To me. child as | was. the real
tragedy was in the fathers act. He
thinking that no one saw him. and l.
only too sorry that the sight was
Forced upon me, Were the only earthly
creatures that knew of his drinking
brandy in the very shadow of his
child's DEATH
As | caught the vision of the man
fa n h;
woe and the upturned bottle lifted to
his mouth. / felt as if he was thrust
ing something between him and Goa
at a time when he should be drawing
close to that Being who alone has
power to comfort the bereaved
| was not surprised when. q few
years later, the man who bore Iife's
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
Adventures Of Sherlock
Holmes.
Continued From Page Two.)

before you; but you were not very
scrupulous in the means you used. 1t
seems to ne, Ryder, that there is the
making of very petty villain in YOU.
You knew that this man Homer, the
plumber, had been concerned in some
such matter before and that slspiciCn
would rest the more readily upon him.
What did you do then? You made
some small job in my lady's room.
you and your confederate Cusack-and
you managed that he should be thu
man sent for Then. when he hac
left, you rifed the jewel-case, raised
the alarm. and had this unfortunate
man arrested. You then
Ryder threw himself down suddenly
upon the rug and clutched at my com,
panion's knees. For Gods sake, have
mercy" he shrieked. Think Of my
father! of my mother! 1t would break
their hearts. | never went wrong be.
fore! l never will again. / swear it.
I'll swear e on a Bible. OH, don't
bring it into court! For Chrsts sake,
don't!'
Get back into your chair" said
Holmes, sternly. 1T is very we'll to
Cringe and crawl now, but you thought
little enough Of this poor Hcrner in
the dock for crime of which he
knew nothing"
"T will fly, Mr.. Holmes. I will leave
the country, sir Then the charge
against him will break down"
Hum! We will talk abont that.
And now let us hear a true account Of
the next act. How came the stone
into the goose and how came the goose
into the open market? Tell us the
truth, for there lies your only nope of
safety"
Ryder passed his tongue over his
Earched lips. Il will tell you it just
as it happened, SIR said he. ''Wher
Horner had been arrested, ii seemed
to me that it would be best for me
for | did not l4ow at what moment
the police ght not take, it
into their eads to search
me and my ROD !. There was no place
about the hot where it would be
safe / went cat as if on some COM
mission, and 1 made for my sisters
house. She had married a man nam
ed OakShott, and lived in BriXton
Road where she fattened fowls for the
market. On the way there every man
met seemed to be policeman or a
detective; and, and for all that it was
cold night. the sweat was pouring
down my face before | came to the
Brixton Road. My sister asked me
what was the natter and why |
should be so pale; but | told tnat L
had been upset by the jewel robbery
at the hotel. Then | went into the
back yard and smoked a pipe, and
wondered what it would be best to do.
Il had friend once called Mauds-
ley who went to the bad, and had Just
been serving his time in Pentonville.
One day he had met me, and fell into
talk about the way of thieves and
how they could get rid of what they
stole. | knew that he would be true
to me, for l knew one or two things
about him, so / made up my mind to
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
The Directors Wade Mecum.

oh, it's fine to be director
OF a wealthy companee,
When the government inspector
Closes both his eyes to see.
Every time there is a meeting
That means twenty-five for yours
oh, you'll find it takes some beating
In the way of sinecures.
Then you'll find yourself a gamer
If you say you've studied law,
With an annual retainer
TO look wise and hold your jaw.
Yet these fees are merely trifies
To the sums that you may seize
BY a simple plan that rifles
Many golden treasures.
Form a little corporation
OF YOUR very, very own.
And put in its application
For a million dollar loan.
AS counsel don't advise it,
As director vote it through,
And when the project dies it
All belongs to you.
Thus purse and reputation
You increase from year to year,
And grow in estimation
AS saint and financier.
BY WeX Jones in N. Y American.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

thief without ever having touched the
wealth for which / sold my character.
God help mel He burst into convul-
sive sobbing, with his face buried in
his hands.
There was a long silence, broken
only by his heavy breathing, and by
the measured tapping of Sherlock
Holiness finger-tips upon the edge of
the table. Then my friend rose and
threw open the door
Get out!' said he.
What, sir! oh, heaven bless you.'
mo more words. Get OUT"
And no more words were needed.
There was rush, a CHATTER upon the
stairs, and the bang of the door, and
the crisp rattle of running foot
falls from the street.
after all, WATSON said Holmes,
reaching up his hand for his clay pipe.
4 am not detailed by the police to
supply their deficiencies If Horner
were in danger it would be another
thing but this fellow will not appear
against him, and the case must col
lapse. | suppose that / am committing
felony, but it is just possible that 1
am saving a soul This fellow will not
go wrong again; he is too terribly
frightened. Send him to jail now, and
you make him a jail-bird for life. Be-
sides, it is the season of forgiveness.
Chance has put in our way a most sin
gular and whimsical problem, and its
solution is its own reward If you will
have the goodness to touch the bell,
doctor, We will begin another investi-
cation. in which. also. a bird will be
the chief feature
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
ROYAL
ELASTIC
FELT
MATTRESS

in just a moment, but
what we would like to do
is to secure your attention
long enough to impress
upon you the importance
of buying the B E S T
NJ A T T R E S S made.
Remember, you have 80
days trial, and if not sat
isfactory re turn to us.
If not sold by local dealer
order direct from us.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

sorrows with no better courage was
taken away from home with reason
gone.
If one can but hold on to God. can
feel His nearness in these heart
breaking sorrowsi There's no other
way to find compensations for the
sadness that fills the life of humanity
There can be no other way.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

Our idea of true heroine is a
married woman who doesn't say that
she wishes she had remained single.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

Burdock Blood Bitters gives a man
a clear head, an active brain, a strong
vigorous body-makes him fit for thf
battle of life
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

Eczema, scald head, hives itchiness
of the skin of any sort instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Doan's
Ointment. 1T any drug store
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

Group instantly relieved. DR.
Thomas Electric OIL Perfectly safe
Never fails. At any drug store.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06
JUSTaMOMENT

We do not expect to tell
you all the good qualities
a n d point S o f ur
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-08-06

No such thing as summer COM.
plant where DR.. Fowler's Extract OF
Wild Strawberry is kept handy. Ma
lures remedy for every loOseness OF
the bowels
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Swims to the Island.

After riding along the shore for some
distance 1 found a large pine tree that
had fallen into the lake. It's branches
reached far into the clear water and the
trunk afforded a bridge from dry land
to the deep water. I decided that it
would be very easy to use the trunk
as a diving board and secure good
start for swim to the island. Without
delay secured my pony and discarding
my clothing plunged into the lake.
The setting sun was almost level with
the water and its rays shone directly
into nv eyes as l SWAN TO the island
which was a quarter of d mile from
the shore. The strong lisnt dazzled me
and when l reached my destination and
stepped under the trees the transition
from light to shadow blinded me to
my surroundings I advanced to large
tree near the center that forked about
| five feet from the ground and extended
my hand to secure a hold on the trunk
| that would enable me % climb to the
branches.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
HE WATCHED THE
DANCE OF DEATH
III in South American Hospital,
This Man Saw Dying Friend
Whirled in CHASTITY Waltz.

and a boy friend who had shipped
with me were 81 in a South American
port when I experienced dream. the
weirdness and seemingly prophetic ma
tare of whsch caused it to be sta-aped
indelibly upon memory N
I thought i was lying in my bed talk
fng to my friend. when suddenly. TTtth-
out knock or sound, eleven talf, dark
robed figures entered the room A mo-
ment later they were followed by a
twelfth figure. taller and more CHASTITY
than the rest, and accompanied By a
dancing master. The two glided to the
| center Of the room, where the dancing
master cracked long whip which he
carried and called out: THE Dance OF
Death
| Immediately the eleven figures formed
themselves IN a circle around the ward
| while the twelfth walked to my friends
bed, and, stretching out her hand. said
! Come, dance the dance of death witt
me-
Soft. sweet strains of music foated Il
me from somewhere. and my friend
assisted by the tall, dark figure, slowly
/ rose from his bed. Then, clad only Ii
/ a night robe and with bare feet. b.
danced around and around the room II
rhe close embrace OF his spectral part
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Good Luck in Dreams.

Returning ore evening from long
and tiresome trip in which l had had
Indifferent luck, but several exciting ex-
periences with snakes, l retired to bed
and was soon asleep. Almost immedi-
ately l commenced 10 dream, and the
scenes of dreamland that passed be-
fore my subconscious vision We're con-
nected with my favoriSe pastime.
I thought L was having phenomenal
luck, and many rare specimens were be-
ing added each hour to my collection
hao secured several hundred before the
end of the dream, ard as the sun was
setting arrived on the shore of large
lake partly choked with thick growth
CT reeds.
There was a stretch of clear water
in the center of the take. and about
the middle of this a small island con-
tanning Ave large water oak trees
Several varieties OF crane and heron
were flying about above the trees, and
a swarm of smaller birds 1t occurred
to me that this would be an excellent
place to secure the rare eggs OF some OF
! the water fowl, and l cast about in my
mind to find some method of securing
1 them
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Discovered Companions Mania.

Baldwin touched me on the shoulder.
II was then that [ first noticed my COM
panion in the clouds-a wheezy, gaunt
old man with demoniacal face and
bleary eyes
It's all over with you, young man,
he said, throwing back his head and
giving deviiish gurgle that made my
hair stiffen- I've spent the Test part
of my years on this navigation problem
and since my ship is not a success I've
decided to end all
Crazy as a bug. 1 thought 1 tried
to reason with the old ran, telling him
that experts had declared the Baldwin
airship anything but failure Then my
temper asserted itself. and l asked him
why he wished IL TO be all over with
me even II he had determined to shut
de off, But he was implacable. Wild
eyed. and stubborn as only crazy men
can be- He pulled out his watch and
noted the time
sOne hour gone and stu in Illinois
He raved and stormed- I'VE should De
a: Pittsburg
How do you know that is Illinois,
down there L asked
How do 1 know he sneeyed- '-Isil't
Illinois pink
YES. of course; bow stupid of me
! then remembered that Illinois was pink
en- my atlas at school.
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
Inventor Falls Overheard

He walked uEsteadIly along the fran
framework and began tinkerins with the
rudder at the other end OF the shin.
the rrdder tapped and Baldwin went
sprawiing overheard
Ah. I drew that sigh out good and
long Thank Heaven that maniac,s
done for:''
| set about at once getting the hang
OF the many levers and learning to eper-
stte the machine, IN the hope Of making
q SAFE landing when Ralduir, poDoed m
ron below Ike one OF those little wood
en- oaIIS on a piece of rubber that 70
lurnS &c the hand " hen YOU throw II
lie struck the gas bag kerchug, He had
q iIne fastened 10 his waist that wound
Up on a Seit-acJtaS reel ike one OF those
sIIlI1-"IIldins tape measures
he saw my diSapp0int nlent az his re-
appearance and gursled again
! - N not ready 10 go vet, young fellow
" hen do. You go along, remember
That's Indianapolis. down there h.
SUD presently, pulling out his watch
How do I know?r he said. anticinat-
ing the query from me- Cant Won see
the hghtS2 / looked and saw Some
nights about ten miles below II rr1iear.
(! have been MukGen.
He threw away his cigar and broreht
| out pipe, with a bowl as large as q
tea cup. which ne proceeded TO light
/ with . torch
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
In AN AIRSHIP
WITH A MANIAC
Inventor Declares AeropIane a Fail
ure, and Swears to End
Lives of Both.

1 was worn out with a weeks sight
seeing at the exposition. That evening
L was being pushed along the Pike by
an Indifferent sort of attendant in
wheel chair. The jargon around me be-
gan to diminish somewhat as 1 was
wheeled toward the roomier and quieter
main grounds
We'll, good-by, Fred.'' I waved my
hand to q friend in the immense throng
Of people below me.
1t HAD been advertised far and wide
that was to take trip with Prof
Baldwin in his airship, and the crowds
that had gathered Cor the event sent up
mighty cheer that made my blood
tingle with pride as climbed into the
car and stood bowling. hat in hand
--Good-by, Fred. I'll telegraph you
from New York IN few hours
The great ship began TO rise, and
the countless multitude shouted itself
hoarse / leaned over and waved my
hat until the paving of humanity dis
solved into wriggiing, squirrning mass
surging back and forth in the yari-col-
ored glare. l watched the lights nell
into Siny speck in the darkness fal
below. The last sound from earth had
been the screaming whistles and ciang
ing bells In honor of the ascension Now
The Washington times., 1905-01-15
To Msddeninp Music.

Louder and faster grew the music.
and i recognized the tune as Over the
Waves" an old melody popular in that
region Several times my friend was
whirled by my bed: and one time he
looked at me and called my name en-
treatingly. Time and again he seemed
to almost collapse. but each time his
grim partner held him up and eneour-
aged him to continue the dance.
The music grew maddening, but the
dancing master still cracked his whip
and shouted Faster, faster: dance
faster Wonderingly. 1 sat up in bed
and watched the dancers Once more
my friend came near my bed, and tear
ing himself from his partners embra &c
threw himself downward across my
couch.
George. this is killing me- he moan
Cd and sobbed convulsively. He was
almost Immediately lifted by his former
partner, however, who led him back IL
the center of the ward and once more
took up the maddening dance
AT length the music stopped ard the
tall figure led my friend back 10 his
bed. gently laid him down. and folded
his, hands on his breast. Then with q
wan smile she advanced TO nv cot and
was stretching out her hand when
was awakened by Sister of Mercy
who told me that my friend was dying
My dream was at an end.