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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
YALE COURSE FOR ToILERs
Scientific School VIII Give Night lnstrue.
r. tlon to Worklngmen. '<5'

Scientific School VIII Give Night Instrucc-
49, tlon to Worklnemen. '/.. ::
New Haven, Conn, Dec 22-Beginning
with next term the Yale scientific school
will give series of courses for working
men, either free or for payment of a
nominal fee. The courses will comprise
twenty exercises of four hours week
in the. evening on practical electricity,
mechanical drawing, machine designing,
steam and the steam engine.
In the courses both employers of labor
here and the trades councils will be asked
to cooperate. d.
In a general way the courses are in
tended to bring the university in closer
touch with workingmen's interests. .'',~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
SHAH SINKING; DEATH NEAR
New York Herald Special Service.

New York Herald Special Service. sE- 's:.i53%
Teheran, Dec, 22.-The shah is again g
in critical condition, owing to the
albumenary fluid mounting around the
heart and it is with difficulty that his
majesty gets his breath The opinion Of
his physicians is that he will die during
the night. BY many of the people he is
already thought to be dead. Funeral ar
rangements have. been concluded. ~!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Recalls Goodnow Case,

In this connection it may be said that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-23
Every Gun IN Place.

The soldier in charge u the rifles al
the fort said the keys to the gunstocks
were stolen from under his pillow while.
The slept. A rollcall, ordered at once,
showed the guns in the racks, which
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
ORIGIN OF SLANG PHRASE.
niohisa" Professor claim. preken,

hichignn Professor Claims Dickens
Originated 'T,S enty-three."
That Charles Dickens the great Eng
hsh novels, Is responsible for the orl-
gin Of the prevalent slang phrase, 900. &c
now seems to be an assured fact, ac-
cordlng TO a South Bend QndJ special
dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The latest theory Is advanced by Pro
lessor Newton Scott, head Of the de
partment of rhetoric IN the University
Of Michigan
In writing OF the phrase Professor
Scott says.
1T Is quite possible that the express
sion was drawn from sentence In the
closing chapter OF Dickens a Tale OF
Two Cities The last scene depicts the
execution OF Sidney Carton, the hero.
AS the line Of those condemned to die
advances slowly toward the guiilotlne
the women count the victims. Carton.
the twenty third In line. steps up on
the platform of the guillotne Then. to
quote Dickens:
The murmur OF many voices. the
upturning OF many faces, the pressing
on OF many footsteps in the outskirts
Of the crowd. so that II swells forward
10 mass; like one great heaye Of wa
ter, all flashes away-tweuty- threer"
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
MARATHON RACE WINNER.
w. j. SherrInE Tells How lie Won
ChIrf ENcnt OF nINmnIc Games.

w. j. ShcrrinE Tells How lie Won
CHIEF Event OF OtS mpIc Games.
William J. Shcrrmg. 1.-THE. light hair
ed. blue eyed aud twenty eight. look
Ing hardly bigger or older than boy,
who went 10 Greece a few, weeks ago
an almost unknown Canadian. return
ed recently 10 New York ON the steam
ship C0WpIuia hero. houorpd citizen
or Greece. decorated by king and Do
tentate because hls wonderfully devel-
oped powers had carried his 1l2 pounds
OF weight 70 victory I'm the famed
Narration r Gee. the greatest event Of
the Olympic -awcs. says the New York
American and Journal.
The youug victor Of the race OF 90
miles and l1o yards, which drew COM
petitorS from all parts OF the world.
went 10 Greece alone after the Cana
dams had failed 10 make up a team TO
contest IN the olympic games. and
alone he returned. but there was
delegation OF the mem hers of the Cana
dian club OF New York at the pier 20
give him noisy ovation, and they en-
tertained Linn ut dinner
Shery!ng mo1cstly described how he
ran ana won the race.
'bIly or ireland and Blake OF Aus
tral.a set the pace for the first ten
mlIcs ne said. 81 took things easily
and Jagged a hair mile behind the
lrlshman and Australian. After twelve
miles had been run ! took the lead
which maintained until the end OF the
race maxine The distance I'm . hours
ri minutes -....rIo
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
POCKET WIRELESS SYSTEM.
Tiny Device Expected TO Project
Messages For Thirty Miles

Tiny Device Expected 10 Project
Messages For Thirty Miles.
Officers assigned to the bureau of
equipment Of tile United States navy
have under observation pocket
wireless telegraph" device which. they
believe, when worked out. Will be ca
pable OF accurate service over an arc
Of thirty miles. while weighing not
more than two pounds. says "a Wash
Ingtou correspondent o. the New York
Herald
The apparatus as now planned in
eludes d cOlIapsiJle balloon Of thin
rubber or similar material capable of
being Inflated Into an oJloid three feet
across Its greater diameter. The ny
orosen gas VIII be produced by pat
emit compact cartridge. which is light
" weight and occupies little space.
1t is estimated that this balloon VIII
support 700 feet Of hue copper wire TO
act as autsuuae At Tie ground VIII
be a "detector' not larger than the
bowl OF co-ucob pipe. The sender
will be of the same SIZE and the Whole
apparatus can ue packed Iu Tie case OF
by y Inch snapshot cawrra
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
HUNGER STRIKE"
IN RUSSIA


I'm Russia men and women are
stnl dying for the sake OF senti-
ment The account of the sacrifice
OF forty prisoners who starved them
selves to death in the political prls-
oners' depot at Moscow last month.
in a vain effort to set free sickly
Jail comrade. isa thrilling Story.
Ivan ZarpoG. a boy prisoner of six
teen years. was slowly dying of con
sumption. His companions sent word
10 the prison governor that he must
be set free TO go to his mothers
home. or they would go on hun
ger strikc"-th only resource OF the
Russian political prisoner, and one
frequently resorted to.
The strike of Zarpoff's comrades
forty men and women put into Jail
for political reasons-began April
20. The governor of the police pris-
on, who happened to be a humane
person. offered to show the prisoners
that Ivan was being well cared for in
his cell, and urged them to break
their voluntary fast. The only ans
wer was the challenger
"Liberate Ivan. We will not eat
or drink until he is sent to his moth
err"
Tempting victuals were set before
the starving ones. They pushed them
away, saying, Let Ivan go"
one. two, three. four, five, six
days passed. Then the doctors were
brought. They found miserable
group. No patient was able to stand.
The victims lay on their cots. with
their knees drawn up, the glitter Of
starvation in their eyes. The gov
ernor said he had applied to the
judges, and begged them to give over
their suicidal efforts. From their
dry Threats went up the quaverlng
cry:
"Liberate Ivan, or bury us with
him"
And so long as they could speak
at all, the hoarse cry was heard, Let
Ivan go free"
Finally Ivan died in his cell, and
the word was brought to his starved
comrades. 1t was too late! OF the
forty, twenty-three were dead and
seventeen were yet alive, but stark
insane
A frightful picture for the sun of
the twentieth century to look down
upon, you say, and truly. And you
may say those men and women were
fanatics, and that they uselessly
threw away their lives. Maybe so,
but you must admit the Slav is ca
pable of heroic suffering for the sake
of a cause; and that capability is
one of the divine measurements OF
men and women There is the MAX
ing of a great people in the Russians.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29

try. in particular. such develop
ment would be OF instant. universal
and incalculable benefit. but to ey-
cry man. no matter whore he lives. Il
would be OF some Importance" And
potatoes are only one OF hundreds
or things from which this useful
product would be distilled IL the tax
were removed. Such a step would ere
ate in this country a practically new
and vastly beneficial industry, whose
benefits would be shared by the
whole people as consumers and by
hundreds OF Thousands of them as
producers. No wonder the Oil Trust
fought for the retention OF the tax
-Courier-Journal.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29

Alcohol" says the Philadelphia
Record, might be distilled from po-
tatoes in quantity sufficient to light
heat and supply power to all the
Northern United States of the I'm
ion, and at such a low cost as to
supplant kerosene and gasoline. This
alcohol would be incapable of use as
beverage But it cannot be utilized
for commercial purposes unless the
tax now levied on alcohol be re-
moved To the dwellers in the coun-
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
THE DAILY LEADER,
STEADILY GROWING
IN POPULARITY.
ITS CIRCULATION
IS INCREASING
AT A RAPID RATE.
Every Day Brings New
Friends and Patrons.
AT A RAPID RATE.

1t wants to grow up with
Blueiield and stand by its
people. 1t wants to grow
better as it grows older. 1t
wants to gain the confidence
of the people and aid in
building up our waste
places.
If you wish to make the
LEADER a power for good
in your midst, help it now in
its infancy and when it has
grown stronger by your sup
port, it will not forget the
hand that nuIturcd it at the
beginning.
The LEADER wants to
become the representative
newspaper of this region
and voice the sentiments of
it's people.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-29
TAR HEEL RE-
PUBLICANS

Greensboro, y. &. May 2S.-The
Republican State Executive Commit
tee met this afternoon in this city for
the purpose OF naming a date and Sc
lecting a place for the next State
convention.
Advertising i'm the Leader pays,
and always brings results.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04

We perhaps may not especially note
what it is, but it is there, and he will
be hired by an employer rather than
will the boy with an unsightly mouth
1t will be understood that he has at.
tanned a result by continued effort
There is an air of confidence and
frankness in the boy who has nothing
to hide. Where the teeth are neglect.
ed, the lips lose their proper lines
in the effort to mask the defects. The
face of a person whose teeth have
been extracted is usually wanting in
beauty, while in conversation the play
Of the lips over a perfect set Of teetl,
is Il cause Of admiration. .~
In any walk of life personal an.
pearance is part of ones stock in
trade. Boys should not forget this,
inasmuch as they are growing up 10
be men and will have to come in
contact with others, and upon the
impressions of others regarding them
will depend largely on their success.
A boy wants, when he grows to be a
man, to appear well, and also to be
able to talk naturally and confident
ly. Neither of these can be attain
ed by boy who is conscious Of de-
fective teeth. Bad breath, too, is OBJ
jectionablc, and bad teeth are gener-
ally the cause of bad breath. Right
here | should say that while the habits
of gum chewing and tobacco chewing
do not result in great harm to the
teeth, yet they are Objectionable on
many other grounds. The continued
use of a pipe will wear away the
teeth and cause them to become stain
cd One wants good, hard, sound
teeth.
Coarse foods are the best for tooth
culture. Soft teeth are largely pro-
duced through the lack Of exersise
that teeth get when only soft foods
are eaten. It is said that in the
skulls of Indians we find nearly al
ways perfect teeth. Why7 Because
the Indians use hard food, which
they chew to a pulp with their teeth,
thus keeping them firm and stron.
and sound in their sockets, just as
the exercise of boys muscles makes
them strong.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
A PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU,

To the head of every family who is
ambitious for the future and education
of his children, we have Special Pro-
position to make.
No Article in the home shows the
evidence of culture that does Piano or
Organ. No accomplishment gives as
much pleasure or is of as great value IN
after life as the knowledge of music
and the ability to play we'll.
Our Small Payment Plan makes the
ownership of high grade Piano or Or
gan easy.
Just few dollars down and a small
payment each month or quarterly or
semi annually and the instrument is
yours.
Write us to-day for Catalogues and
our Special Proposition of Easy Pay
ments. Address
Malone's Music House,
Columbia, S. G..
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
Man is q Pigmy.

Edgefield Chronicle. yi5}& 5uG@.h2-
The convulsion of nature that has
all but wiped out a city has sent a
thrill OF horror around the world.
Wherever the hand Of civilization
has touched there are men and women
with blanched faces who scarcely had
recovered from the horror of Vesu-
vius in time to learn of the awful
tragedy of the City Of the Golden
Gate. .
Man is a pigmy. He boasts that he
has conquered the elements. He has
girdled the earth with electricity; he
has learned to talk through space; lie
has sailed the salted seas with great
ships; he has proposed to master the
air. In his pride he has believed him
self more than man.
And in the face of the terrors of
earthquake, fire, eruptions, it is meet
that he should humble himself before
his God and realize that in the face
of the natural law, the rich and the
poor; the high and low; the weak
and the strong are equal in their help
lessness.
Man is pigny. He is the fly on
the window pane; the atom to he
rcnded and torn and crushed as the
power that rules the world for some
great purpose, hidden from us all,
shall direct.
Man is pigmy.
81 am Alpha and Omega, the be-
ginning and the ending, saith the Lord
which is, and which was and which is
to come, the Almighty.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
A Young Mother at 70.

"My mother has suddenly been made
young at 70. Twenty years of intense
suffering from dyspepsia had entirely
disabled her, until six months ago,
when she began taking Electric Bitters,
which have completely cured her and
restored the strength and activity she
had in the prime Of life," writes Mrs.
". l.. Gilpatrick, of Danforth. Me
Greatest restorative medicine on the
globe. Sets Stomach, Liver and Kid.
neys right, purifies the blood, and cures
Malaria, Biliousness and WEAKNESSES,
Wonderful Nerve Tonic. Price soc.
Guaranteed by w: E. Pelham & Sons
drug store.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
Danger From the Plague.

There's grave danger from the plague
of Coughs and Colds that are so preva-
lent, unless you take DR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. Mrs. Geo. Walls, of Forest City,
Me writes: ats Godsend to people
living in climates where coughs and
colds prevail. I find it quickly ends
them. 1t prevents Pneumonia, cures
LaGrippe, gives wonderful relief in
Asthma and Hay Fever, and makes
weak lungs strong enough to ward of
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. soc.
and $1.00. Guaranteed by w. E. Pei.
ham & Sons drug store. Trial bottle
free.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
HIS TREASURE OF A METER.
One Gas Consumer in a Way to Get
Even with the Company OF Last.

"I've heard tell" said household
er, "of galloping gas meters that went
so fast that they rolled up gigantic
bills, to the great distress Of the con-
sumer, but l never happened to run
across one Of the gallopers.
"All the gas meters that we have
ever had anything to 10 with have
been just plain common cantcrers, or
trotters, or side-whcelers, or single,
footers, all keeping right down tc
business and making pretty fair time
but never breaking into real gallop
and--I guess we burned the gas, OF
came somewhere near it.
"And so we never had any parti-
cular experience with gas meters one
way or the other, and we've been
burning gas now for quite some years.
Man came along took the meter, and
week or so later tho collector drop
ped in with the bill and We paid it
and forgot it, and that's all there
was to it, nothing ever happening.
"But the other day when the gas
man dropped in to take the meter,
which he usually does without word.
ii 'm,' he says rs he glanced at
it, 'you don't seem to be burning
much gas now,' and
NO. says Mrs Householder, who
happens to be in the kitchen ut the
moment, 'wc don't burn much We
don't use many lights and we burn
very little in the range. We go out
to dinner
And the gas man goes, and we
forget all about it, as usual, but when
the time for the gas bill comes and
goes and we get no bill we begin to
think there must be something doing
and finally I gets out the step-lad-
der and climbs up and takes a look
at the meter myself, and by grac-
ious! She not only amt a galloping,
she amt even cantcring, nor n
trotting, nor a sidcwhccling nor, even
a singlc-footing, she nin't even walk
ing. She's just standing plumb
still. She hasn't registered foot
since the meter was taken for the
last bill we paid.
$50, now, after all these years, we
arc having Il gas experience. How it
will all end we don't know, but as far
as we've got in il, anyway, instead Of
being tragic, ii seems to verge some-
what on the comic.'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
rs KuRoK1 GEN. MACDONALD.
Marvellous Tale Comes From the
Bazaars of India.

Special Correspondence Of the Amer.
Observation-Disclosures.
Bombay, April 28.-A curious tale
is going the rounds of the bazaars in
India. 1t is believed by every native
that Gen. Kuroki, the marvellous Jap
ancse commander, is no other than
Sir Hector Macdonald. Many per.
sons have never believed that the bril-
liant English general is dead, and not
long ago there appeared in the Lon
don Times an offer of q reward of
$4,000 to any one who had seen his
dead body.
1t is also a fact that Sir Hector
was once invited to go to Japan to
train the Japanese army, and he actu-
ally mentioned it to Lord Roberts.
No honor has ever been publicly be-
slowed on Kuroki, who appears to
have vanished MS suddenly and mys-
tcriously as he appeared.
Even the japanese, with all their
reticcncc confessed to correspondent
that Kuroki had much foreign blood
in him, and that American Journalist
declared he was n Dutchman.
Rudynrd Kipling first lifted the
veil showing little Of the myster-
ious workings of the Indian bazaars.
The celebrity with which they spread
rumors of events taking place at great
distances is familiar to all Anglo-In-
dian residents, but invariably battling
to them. The mutiny of the Sepoys
was known throughout India almost
as soon rs it occurred, and has been
an unexplained mystery up to date
how the information was so RAPIDLY
disseminated.
Both the life and death of Sir Hec-
tor Macdonald were full of romance
and mystery His exact age is not
known, the circumstances of his death
and burial are obscure. What is
known is that Macdonald was a
Scotch cro(ter lad, that he enlisted in
1871 and that he served in the ranks
ten years. His rise to major gen.
eral and X. G.. b., was the result Of
pure soldering.
In the African campaign, at Kabul,
on Majuba Fill and at Omururman
he won fights and fame. After the
l3oer campaign he was given high
command in India, and then in 1908
came the report that he had sudden
ly left Hindustan con private bust
ncss.'
On this business he reached Paris,
and there read in newspaper that
he was to stand court-martial on
"grave charges. Then came the re-
port that Immediately on reading this
paragraph he went to his room ana
shot himself.
At first it was decided that the
general was to be buried in Paris,
but new surprise appeared in the
person of his widow, of whose exist
cnec the war office did not know.
BY the express wish of Lady Macdon-
aid the body-or as rumor says now.
the coffin-was sent to London and
mcercmoniously huddled away to
Scotland in baggage van. The body,
or coffin, was quietly, almost secretly,
buried in public cemetery at $50
III the morning. The coffin was not
opened from the time it left the Paris
hotel.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
Pointed Paragraphs.

The self-made martyr is a jaw for
ever.
Any one can live on love alone-for
few minutes.
Many a harelipped man is unable
to raise mustachc.
Money you bet on the mare doesn It
always make her go.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
WOMAN's VIOLET FARM.
Venture In Growing the Fragrant
Blossoms that has Proved Sue
cessful.
Chicago Daily News.

Chicago Daily News.
a violet farm is the latest venture
of two cntcrprising north shore wo-
men, Mrs. George c. MeReynolds and
Miss Nina Il. Howard, of Glencoe,
who have in II year built up Il business
supplying the local florists.
owe started our farm last spring
III the face Of the most discourn@ing
prophecies from our friends and the
kccncst competition Of violet growers
of New York; said Miss Howard in
speaking of the undertaking. "But
we believed we could be successful.
We had studied the best scientific
methods of growing the plants. had
imported the best soil obtained and
built greenhouse fully adapted, and
we have found it to be paying pro-
position.
"Our first experience was in maxi
ing cuttings from the violet farm Of
Miss Chittendcn, at lansing, Mich., Il
woman who has been a most success.
ful grower. These did not thrive and
we next imported 5000 cuttings from
the Hudson River country, where viol-
ct culture has been most successful.
1t is not generally known that John
ID. Rockefeller hns the largest violet
farm in America at Tarytown-on-thc-
Hudson, and our cuttings came from
that part of the country.
"Thc first rule is to keep the tenn
neratue Of the green house between
40 and 80 degrees. Violcts are spring
flowers and withcr and droop if the
temperature is not the right degree.
Most people think the double violets
have no fragrance because most of
those that we get in Chicago are
grown in transit.
"We supply 1000 flowers week
and as they reach our patrons within
two or three hours at the most from
the time Of cutting they retain thei,
fragrance. They are also larger and
of a deeper color than the New York
flowers. Next year we hope to go in
for violet culture on a much large,
scale. ~,a..,z. ~ ~
"While the work is not hard" said
Miss Homard, "it requires infinite
care and vigilance while the little
plants are growing. AS career 70,
q woman violet growing offers great.
er inducements than anything 7 car
I think, of particularly to women whc
wish to rcmain at home and who are
fond of country life
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
Take Care of Your Teeth,

One minute night and morning
spent with toothbrush and silk
thread will keep your teeth in very
good condition. The result will am
ply justify the expense of time. A
boy with sound, fine appearing teeth
has something attractive about him.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04

Adversely lifts up many man
whom property had knocked down.
While passing a saloon the man on
the water wagon has to hold on tight.
A girl likes to be caught getting
kissed just as much as she pretends
not to. .." .5.+.. ., 49,.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04
Blood. Poisoning

results from chronic constipation, which
is quickly cured by DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. They remove all poisonous
germs from the system and infuse new
life and vigor;cure sour stomach, nausea
headache, dizziness and collie, without
gripping or discomfort. 25c. Guaran-
teed by w. E. Pelham & Son druggist.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-04

It's high finance when you arg
lowering other peoples funds.
We have most of our generous i'm
pulses at the times when we haven It
the means to put them into execu-
ton.