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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-23

upon the VISION or the behOlder On
every hand the gaunt granite heads Of
mountains lift themselves like petri-
fled waves. Far to the north can be
seen mountains in the adjacent State
of Wyoming, while to the west can
be made out the Gore range, well to-
ward the Utah line, if the day is
clear a bright yellow streak can be
discerned between the uttermost
peaks fifty miles to the east. That
streak is the vast plain east of the
Rockies, and some days the smoke of
busy Denver can be disccrned. As
many as l75 snow peaks have been
counted from the end of the Argen-
tine Central Road, to say nothing of
numberless other peaks above timber
line.
The bald side of the mountain has
been honeycombed with mine tunnels
and shafts. Some of the properties
are in the "prospect" stage, while
others are paying as high as $500 a
day. Through the mine dumps the
train threads its way, and soon the
last switch back has been made and
the last grade climbed. The passcn-
gers tumble out, and are escorted to
an abandoned mine whose workings,
owing to the dripping Of water and
the constant action of frost, have be
| come coated with snow and with ice
crystals of wonderful formation. The
CLEAN of candle light against these
crystals makes wonderful sight.
This mine was the first silver mine
opened in Colorado. Ore from ii was
shipped across the plains by OK team
transportation long before the first
stage coaches were run. The pioneer
miners, who are looking for silver
only, had no idea they we're working
in district which would some day
become a great gold mining centre.
So quickly has the last ascent been
made that the traveller hardly realizes
that he is $4,000 feet above sen level
But rs soon as he takes few steps
along the side of the mountain he
finds out. His breath comes in sobbine
gasps, his knees grow weak and his
heart beats as if it would leap from
his breast. He must stop and rest cv-
cry few feet Even old and expert
cnced mountainccrs cannot climb long
without stopping to breathe at such
i tremendous altitude.
This little fifteen miles of railroad
cost more than $250,000 to build. 1t
is narrow %augcd, anil every foot Of
The roadbcd has been firmly ballastcd.
The engines are Of the Shay-gcarel-
typc-a kind of engine that. like
kipling's screw guns. can "climb up
the side of signboard and trust to
the stick of the paint" The eight
drive wheels are gcared together, so
the pulling power is enormous. And
in ease the engine should leave the
track it always leans away from the
outer edge, SO thmat il will not plunge
into an abyss. This makes travel over
the dizzy railroad absolutely safe.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-23
Carnegie to Give Million to Cause.

st. Louis, Nov. l0.-!'Ec Post Dis
patch says Congressman Barthold left
this morning for New York at the in
vitation Of Andrew Carnegie who has
promised to turn over fund of a
million dollars to he used in further
ing the propaganda for international
peace. The matter has been under con-
sideration for some time. Mr.. Bar
thold has told some of his friends that
his visit was for the purpose to ar
range for the transfer Of the funds
and the formation Of peace bureau,
which will have charge Of the cam
paign. Only the income Of the fund
will be used and the scope Of The
work will be world wide.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
The Marriage of Two Popular Young
People of Whitmire.

Quite prominent among the pret-
tiest wedding Of this season was that
of Miss Fannie May Henderson, niece
Of Rev. f. II. Hodges, and Mr.. Marvin
Abrams, Il prominent and successful
merchant of Whitmire. The ceremony
took place at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hodges at four o'clock on Thurs
day afternoon and Rev. f.. II. Hodges
performed the ceremony. The bride
wore beautiful gray princess gown
Of silk wrap poplin, trimmed with
paSSementerie and embroidered chif-
fon aud taffeta. Miss Moida Hodges,
the maid of honor, wore princess of
white silk chiffon over taffcta. Mr..
w. f.. Gilmore of Whitmire was the
best man and Edward Hodges the
rim" bearer. Miss Mamie Bates play
ed Ike wcdtlin" march. The presents
were many and very handsome. The
house was beautifully decorated in per-
feet keeping with the season, aspara-
gus ferns AMI autumn leaves making
a beautiful background for the hand
some chrysanthemums. Among those
present were Miss Winnie Henderson,
a sister Of the bride, Miss Ethel Ragin,
Of Columbia, Mrs A. G. Mitchell, Mrs.
Strother, Mrs. j. d. Timmons, Mrs.
S. b. Cartledge, Mrs. Shuler, Messrs.
G. e. and G. X. Drehcr, j. r. II. Maj
cr ana j. N. Shuler The happy cou-
pie left on the $50 train for a short
bridal tour, the bride wearing a hand
some travelling dress of blue.-Bates-
burg Advocate, 10Th.
A very pretty wedding was solemni-
zed at the Methodist parsonage last
Thursday afternoon at four o'clock,
the contracting parties being Miss
Fannie Mae Henderson, niece of
Rev. e. II. Hodges who performed the
ceremony, and Mr.. Marvin Abrams
of Whitmire, S. G. The house was
beautifully decorated with ferns and
chrysanthcmms.
Mr.. and Mrs. Abrams left on the
$50 train for Il short bridal tour,
Batesburg Correspondent, Lccsville
Sun.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-23

a crafty man isn't necessarily n
sailor.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Possessed of a Devil,

In a small town in one of the south
ern states a very good old minister of
one of the churches of the town was
presented with pair of new
breeches.
His old ones were not quite worn
out. so the new ones were hung in an
unfinished chamber to wear on state
occasions. The occasion came, and
the preacher donned his breeches,
which in the meantime had been the
abode of several hornets.
He entered the pulpit and began
his three hour sermon. His firstly
was little uneasy, his secondly"
showed signs of a coming storm, his
thirdly" was a regular cake walk and
before his "fourthly" was finished he
said: Brethren, | am awfully sorry,
but can't finish this sermon. You'll
have to excuse me. The word Of God
is in my mouth, but the devils in
lase breeches. Washington Times.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

have been but few cases OF its kind
before. and they have been caused by
whisky or tobacco. Leach has never
used either, but has been a great COT
fee drinker, and the specialists have
decided that the case has been caused
by this. Leach stated himself that
for several years he had drank three
cups of coffee for breakfast, two at
noon and one at night. According to
the records of the specialists OF this
country this is the first case ever
caused by the use of coffee.
The nerve is ruined beyond aid and
his case is incurable. The fact that
makes the case queer one is that the
sight forward has been lost and the
side sight has been retained. Accord
ing TO the Doctors statement, the
young man will have to Sive up cof-
fee or the rest of his sight will fol-
low and the entire nerve be ruined
Register-Ga-ettc.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Rr.uitu the Soul of Ghosts.

Here's the shortest ghost-story in
the world" said the red-nosed man,
who now, with the coffee. broke sill
ence for the first time at the dinner
Two men were travelling from Bos-
ton TO New York; strangers, but STAR
ing between them the smoking COM
partment After bit, one laid by
his magazine and said: Seems bit
iolty right here. Yes, replied the
other. i was killed just here three
years ago.
shortest in the world, did you
saw" remarked some one at the other
end of the table But here's a short
or. A lonely old bachelor waking up
late at night. reached out his hand
for the matches. and they were hand.
ed TO him F"
Then the host nodded to the but
ler-The Sunday Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

Some people question the statements
that coffee hurts the delicate nerves
of the body. Personal experience with
thousands proves the general state
ment true and physicians have records
of great numbers of cases that add to
the testimony.
The following is from the Rockford,
H.. RegisterGazette:
DR.. William Langhorst OF Aurora
has been treating one of the queerest
cases of lost eyesight ever in history.
The patient is o. A. Leach OF Beach
county, and in the last four months he
had doctored with all ~ The specialists
about the country and has at last re
turned home with the fact impr---ed
on his mind that his case is incurable.
A portion of the optic nerve has
been ruined. rendering his sight so
limited that he is unable to see any
thing before him. but he can see plain
~ anything at the side OF him. There
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
SLOW Horses.

II was during mess hour at saw
mill camp that the slowness OF horses
came up for discussion.
There's Kelly's old gray; You
couldn't whip her into trot,' said
one.
"Johnson's black mare will beat
that. she refuses to help herself to
the barley at night. for most times
she isn't through eating her dinner"
said another.
"Old Waters spindle-shank takes
the prize put in third; shes dou-
ble-jointed In the knees-she walks
both ways at once.
II stood out on the road" drolled
Shepard. coming in late for his din
ner. "for twenty minutes talking TO
Myers; and all that time his bay
mare never stopped San Francisco
Chronicle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

ELECTION
THE LIBERAL VICTORY
PROVES STUNNING
TO TORIES.
THE NEW PARLIAMENT'S COURSE
A MATTER OF VERY GREAT
ANXIETY JUST NOW.
HOME RULE NOW IN SIGHT FOR
IRELAND, WITH A PARliA-
MENT BUT NO SEPARATION.
The Liberals, Power.

The great victory of the Liberals In
the English elections and the surpris-
ing strength shown by the Labor par
ty has fairly stunned the Tories. Al
though some of the Tory papers AFFECT
to believe that socialism mas Deeh
brought within measurable distance by
the triumph of the Laborites, those
who regard the situation from an I'm
partial standpoint are convinced 'that
the British workers have no desire Tor
socialism and are not led by illlteralc
demagogues. but by educated ana
broad-minded men, who for several
years have been planning the present
overturning of the old order OF things
Just what their course Will De IN
the new parliament no one can say
at present except the two influential
leaders, John Burns and keir Hardle.
but they for reasons of policy decline
so far, to disclose any OF their future
plans.
The new parliament will be over
whelmingly Liberal. Up 10 this time
the total number of members elected
is $50, of whom 247 are Liberals, ia
Unionists. 40 Laborites, rs National
lists and one Socialist. This leaves lSu
seats still vacant. The Liberals thus
far have gained no less than III seats,
counting labor gains as Liberal or gov
eminent gains; and if the same pro
.ortion is kept up for the remaining
100 seats. the Liberals will have 4O'
votes in the next parliament, To which
/ NAV be added those Of AZ Laborites, ]
/ Socialist and SO Nationalists, which
would give Prime Minister Campbell
Bannerman 533 votes against l31 Tor
4 the Conservatives.
One of the most prominent polite
ians in England said: IT is useless
10 minimize the present revolution
and we might as well begin to take
a new view of the situation. In my
opinion parliament sitting at Dublin
NAV be looked for within the neA'
two years. Assuredly John Redmond
leader of the Nationalist party, ant
Prime Minister Campbell.Bannermar
nave reached working agreement
and II is inconceivable that Mr.. Red
mond would be content with anything
less than an Irish parliament.
IL have no idea that such parlla
ment would mean separation and have
good reasons TO believe that plan Il
now under consideration by which tn
religious question can be eliminate
from the deliberations OF such a par
} lament. which would act under I'M
; imperial parliament and at least tr,
the eIoeIlment of administering Iris
affairs under the conditions whlc
have changed in the last century,
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Russia Denounced.

Belasco's theater in Washington was
crowded Sunday night by mass meet
ing of citizens TO denounce Russian
atrocities on the Jews. Rep. Sulzer pre-
sided. telling of the more than 100000
innocent Jews, peaceable Catholic
Poles. inoffensive Lutheran Firms and
law-abiding Christian Armenians who
have been cruelty, inhumanely ana
barbarously murdered and butchered.
There has been nothing like II in all
the history of the world" he said.
Russia cannot avoid the awful and
tremendous responsibility.
Others also spoke and resolutions
were passed unanimously indorsine
the speakers, denouncing the Russian
government, and voicing the Sulzer
resolutions introduced in the house
protesting against the outrages.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
WILLIAM ]. HOYT,
LANES ]. THOMPSON

Board of State Tax Commissioners and
State Board OF Assessors.
Acknowledgement Bird will doubtless
give the commissioners such informa-
tion as he has at hand and cooperate
with them as they sit as a board Of re-
view. It Is believed that there will be
material changes in the valuations
when the board concludes its work on
February 10.
The state tax commission met Mon
day because representatives of railroad
companies are already asking for hear
ings on the valuations of their proper
ty. Three companies are to be heard,
and other corporations as they shall
arrange their dates.
The tax commission has not as yet
made any public statement Of the
methods they followed 10 ascertain the
cash valuation of general property
They made an assessment CT railroad
property at what they claim was It's
cash value. But it is upon other prop
orty that the rate of taxation is struck
and the methods used by them in ar
irving at their valuation are not clear
| ly shown.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
FOUNDER OF BUDDHIST FAITH.
Siddhartha Gautama, the Teacher
Whom Millions Follow.

Buddhism, professed by about one
third of the human race, arose out Of
the philosophical and ethical teach
ings of Siddhartha Gautama, who
lived during the fifth century, H. c.
His father was chief of the Sakyas,
an Aryan clan occupying the banks
of the Kohana, about 100 miles north
of the city Of Benares. and within
sight of the lofty SUBMITS of the Him
alayas Little is known of his youth
except that he married his cousin
at the age of 10. and gave himself up
TO life OF Oriental luxury and de-
light. When about 80 the mystery
of human life pressed heavily upon
him, and led him to spend the next
six years away from home and
friends in practices of great auster'
ity and in constant and well.directed
meditation. He at last by sheer
force of thinking arrived at a knowl-
edge OF the truth, and assuming the
title OF Buddha (enlightened), set OUT
for the sacred city of the Brahmins
where he preached with great sue
cess. After travelling over most oil
India and making many converts, he
died at the age of so while sitting
under a tree near Kusinagara.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Persia Awakening.

A constitutional government for Per
STA, according TO advices from Te-
heran. is TO be the outcome Of the sud
den exodus Of a thousand merchants
and Mullah priests from the Persian
capital as a protest againstthe shah,s
government.
The insurgents proceeded to the vii
lage of hah.Abd-UlAzim. where the
shah presided over representative
assembly elected by the mullahs, mer'
chants and land owners. The assem-
bly, will be called the "house OF jus
tice," and exercise administrative and
legislative powers The equality OF al
before the law will be proclaimed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Nnmherrx for Secretary.

The president stated Saturday that
Secretary Bonaparte will be transfer
red within few months from the
navy department to the post of at.
torney.gcneral to succeed William II
Moody. who will retire TO practice law
II Is understood that Truman ii
Newberry, of Detroit at present as
sistant secretary OF the navy. will be
appointed to the head OF the navy de
partmcnt.
Mr.. Bonaparte, though a lawyer 81
exceptionable ability, has not beer
considered a successful man at the
head of the navy department His
views have been divergent from tn,
ideas of the president.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Bows will be boys. especially tn

Boys will be boys. especially the
gay old ones who have passed 60.
An interesting will case from Living
ston county has been decided by the
supreme court. Two maiden sisters
named Durfee made wills each leaving
her estate TO the other Later one mar
ried and a child was born. The mother
died and the maiden sister asked for
the probate OF the will made before
marriage The child's guardian con
tested. and Probate Judge Stowe de-
clared the will void. Circuit Judge
Smith ruled in favor OF the sister, but
now the supreme court reverses Judge
Smiths decision.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
LOST EYE SIGHT
Through Coffee Drinking

Let It be remembered that the eyes
may be attacked in one case and the
stomach in another. while in others it
may be kidneys, heart, bowels or gen
eral nervous prostration. The remedy
is obvious and should be adopted be-
fore too late.
Quit coffee, If you show incipient
disease.
Ii is easy If one can have we'll
boiled Postum Food Coffee to serve for
the hot morning beverage. The
withdrawal of the old kind of coffee
that is doing the harm and the sup
ply of the elements in the Postum
which Nature uses to rebuild the
broken down nerve cells, insureH n
quick return 90 the old Joy of strength
anu nealth, and it's we'll worth while
to be able again TO edo things" aGa
feel well. There's reason for
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
TRACED TO EMPEROR TisERIus.
Originator OF Remark About Forty,
Fool and Physician

TOOi anu TNJolS'oh'
II would appear that the Emperor
Tiberius was the originator of that
wei known saying: Every man at
forty is either a fool or physician.
But Tiberius said thirty. not forty. so
Bacon informs us in his History of
Life and Death:
"Tiberius, though drunkard and
luxurious in his diet, was yet very
careful of his diet and used TO say
that every one after thirty was either
fool or physician"
Probably Bacon's authority was
Tacitus Canals" book VI. chapter
46). who says of Tiberius that He
was wont TO make sport of the physi-
clans. and of people who after thirty
needed others TO tell them what was
good OF bad for them" In Tacitus, OF
course, the ePigrammatic flavor is
lost
But why has popular usage altered
the age from thirty to forty? Simply
on account of the ALTERATION. so car
essing to the popular ear De Quin'
cey; who quotes the modern phrase In
his "Opium-Eater, dwells upon its
alliterative value. and conjectures
that our forefathers emphasized that
ALTERATION by spelling physician with
an f. Likely some of them did. The
strange thing is that De Quincy
seems TO have been ignorant of the
fact that the craze for ALTERATION
had gone so far as TO change the age
in the proverb,-Penn Steele in The
! Sunday Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

Albert McNew. of Bay City. is in a
pretty matrimonial tangle, and is un.
der arrest on a charge of bigamy. Six
years ago he was given divorce from
his first wife, and without getting the
formal order signed went 10 Tennes.
sec and married again. He brought
HIS new wife back and two children
we're born. A few months ago McNew
married a woman in st. Louis. Mich.
saving that his second marriage was
illegal because the formal divorce de
cree was not signed. The Tennessee
wife brought action for bigamy the
St. Louis wife left him. but he now
wonders which is really his wife.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Odd Reauesto in Wills.

Among the wills OF early days are
found requests which are amusing. In
1913 the widow of John Granger of
Scituate Mass, in her will gives TO
her son John saw. broad axe, and
a narrow axe. when he is q years Of
age" To daughter Elizabeth bed
and bedding, one heifer. also one great
mortar and pestle. and one great ket.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Soon Caught.

James Hathaway, a "lifer" at the
Jackson prison, made his escape at
$50 o'clock Sunday night by scaling
the north wall with a rope and Crap
pling irons and was caught in Detroit
at o'clock Monday morning at the
Hotel Campus. He was in "A room III a
rocking chair. reading magazine. He
readily consented to accompany the
officers and was soon behind the bars
at the Central station. He had SEQ
which he had earned in prison.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
JOYS Of Missionary Bishop.

DR.. William Dudley, bishop of Kew
Caledonia. told recently some of the
joys of missionary bishop: 81
travel about my diocese with tent.
a bundle of blankets and Gladstone
bag. do my own cooking, washing
and mendng, though | take care not
TO have too many things to mend. |
even know how to make yeast.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
Refined Cannibals.

while it is true" said the mission
airy. that my dusky parishioners viii
refuse 20 abandon cannibalism, l may
at least claim credit for having SO re-
fined and uplifted them that now
they eat altogether with knives ana
forks. Philadelphia Evening Buile-
tin.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
State DairYmen.

The twenty.second annual conven-
ton of the Michigan Dairymen's as.
ISOLATION will be held in Jackson Jan
uary 81. February / and 2. Mayor w
w. Todd's welcome will be responded
to bv ]. w. Helme, of Adrian. Among
the noteworthy features will be ad
dresses by f. l.. Burridge. of Cleve
land: Ed. Webster. of Washington, ID
c.. and J. ID. Nichols, of Cleveland.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
New Laid Eaas.

BY preaslng eggs with vaseline
while still warm, or at any rate, with
in a few hours Of beng laid, the con
tents retain perfection for SIX weeks
or two months, and many do so for
much longer period. The sooner
the grease Is applied the longer new
laiap qualities persist
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25
We will Start You in the Tea and
Coffee Business

We offer IA special opportunity ana
will start YOU in a Tea, Coffee and Spice
business of Your own. Hundreds haze
been successful under our cooperation
and are now prosperous merchants. We
assist YOU and work with you TO make
YOU successful Teas in any quantity,
So TO 25c per pound for the finest grades.
Write for our 1906 price-list and information;
81 years In business.
NEW YORK, CHINA Japan TEA CO., importers
Hudson. canal & Desbrosses SIS. New HorA wy
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

Prof. Wilder of Cornell takes the
trouble to write to the papers to say
that the baboon and the gorilla should
not be COMPOUNDED. We pass this
along for the benefit Of the excited
orators in he next heated political
campaign.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

The enormous crops Of our Northern
Grown Pedigree Seeds on our seed farms
the past year compel us 70 issue spe-
cial catalogue called
sALzERs BARGAIN SEE BOOK.
This is brm full of bargain seeds at bar
gain prices.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY.
and receive free sufficient seed to grow 5
tons of grass on your lot or farm the
summer and our great Bargain Seed Book
with its wonderful surprises and great
bargains in seeds at bargain prices.
Remit 4c and we add a package of Cos
mos, the most fashionable, serviceable'
beautiful annual flower.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Lock Draw
er W., La Crosse, Wis.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1906-01-25

If DR.. osler and prof. Norton are
right. why not adopt the Spanish
method and have series of duels
like that between the Marquis de
Amijo, ager 50, and Gen Rios, aged
"?