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Governors of provinces, princes, Million
aires and grand ladies sent for him on
their death beds. and when by his prayers
and exhortations they recovered he took
back still more money for his poor folk.
Little wonder that the ignorant man
magnified the power in which the edu-
Gated and cultured so firmly believed.
Little wonder that the peasants and the
artisans who received help at his hands
time after time and learned by experience
that no appeal to the prophet of Cron-
stadt was in vain should believe him to
be endowed with superhuman qualities.
Long before Alexander III died Father
John was locked upon the seer and
prophet whom God had sentsto save Rus
STA from every evil. His house soon be-
came a resort Of pilgrims. Sick people
went there to touch the hem of his long.
wide -sleeved robe and be healed. Thou
sands who were in difficulties about bust
ness. who did not know how to act, went
to him for advice By and by he began
to publish prophecies on his own account.
When some great event, such as the max
ing of war or peace. the birth Of prince
or the change of a ministry, was at hand.
he wrote a letter to the car foretelling
sometimes turned out to be wrong, but
which were so worded that they might
generally be applied to whatever really
did happen.
When the Russo-Japanese war broke
out Father John said that the Russians
would walk in blood to the possessions of
their enemies and that there would be
blood split at home as we'll as abroad. AS
events turned out. this prophecy applied
fairly we'll to the final result of the strug-
gle, and when his declaration that the
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monsters whose nostrils squirt steam
should be silenced for a space, was veri-
fed by the railway strike of 1909 his fol-
lowers pronounced him to be the greatest
prophet the world has ever seen. Several
times he foretold the birth of an heir to
the throne; when at last the czarevitch
was born many people forgot how many
times he had been mistaken and were en-
c'lanted with the result Of his prophecy.
In 1905 he also declared that the end of
the world would come before the end of
May. Because God could no longer look
upon the anarchy and biocdshed IN Rus
popularity had gone. The enthusiasm of
many rich patrons has now cooled into
indifference and even changed into hos
tility. The reason Of it is that, of late
years. Father John has become a poll
tician. and to be a politician in Russia
means to have more enemies than friends,
no matter what party be chosen AS
matter Of fact. he sided with the most
exaggerated reactionaries, known as 1.-The
Union OF the Russian People who find
means of oppression too drastic for all
who dare strive toward the attainment of
liberty. This union" together with the
police and the roughs. have organized
more than one Jewish pogrom. and would
have carried out several others had not
the government, afraid of the worlds
opinion. frustrated their plans Father
John has several times publicly expressed
his sympathy with and approval of their
methods.
When young Russia was struggling for
constitutional freedom Father John
published manifestoes condemning their
actions in the strongest possible terms.
Many wealthy and influential people held
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aloof from the strikes and professions
which marked this struggle for freedom,
but they were secretly inclined to sympa-
thiZe with it, and many of them gave help
in the form of money. Many more. who
could not AFFORD to say SO, resented the
governments action. They ceased to send
Father John money for his poor. and
Father Johns delegates. messengers and
missionaries, who had been used to fatten
on good deal of the wealth that passed
through their hands, saw. to their dismay,
that the good old days were gone. They
determined to widen their propaganda
among the ignorant. They preached the
approach of the end of the world, an event
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Father John. old now and easily in
f1uenced. firmly believed in. His friends
say that he is ignorant of the "Johan-
mites" abuses. He is naturally anxious
to refill his sadly diminished treasury. for
there is more poverty than ever in Russia.
He is too old to be able to look after the
distribution of the money his delegates
collect, and the result is that the "Johan-
Mites have sunk into a fraudulent. i'm
moral sect. who trade upon the ignorance
and vices of the lower classes to gain
their own ends.
They publish a paper in Cronstadt and
send thousands Of pamphlets all over
Russia eXhortins the people to prepare
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sent any to the bank and never locked his
doors; yet the most abandoned ruft1ians
in the empire would not dream of touch
ing this wealth. because they knew that
it was destined for the poor and suffer-
ing Not content with relieving the mis-
cry of European Russia. he sent monks
and nuns to the farthermost settlements
of Siberia with money and books and ex-
hortations to repent. because the end OF
the world was at hand.
AS his fame grew so did his power.
From pop who did good works DE
soon grew into a prophet who saw into
the future and worker of miracles. He
could heal when doctors had failed
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AMT you workin ?"
1t was Mrs. FriZZ who
thus made gasping inquiry.
She had climbed, with
1ortiop four
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March ID, 1p-.
Y d decree of the government the
performance of a melodrama
called THE Black Ravens" has
been forbidden in the provincial
towns OF Russia. On the face of
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-11
PAINTINGS HIDDEN.
Rare Works of Art Murillo in City
Of Mexico; Works of the
Masters.

It is impossible for art lovers in
the United States, if they have neve:
visited Mexico, says an exchange, to
believe that this new old neighbor is
a treasure house of art.
The existence Of old masters in
Mexico has been more fabled than
real in our minds, and many have
smiled at crcdulity Of ihc mlca,ncd
masses Of this embryonic republic. 1t
is true That the unquestioning major
ity know nothing and think nothing
Of a picture except what the padre
tells them. but it must be remember
ed that the men who rule the destin-
les of Mexico are educated, travelled,
cultured in the schools and univer-
sites Of the Old World and more
aminently capable Of approaching
the fine arts. Furthermore, says a
writer in Modern Mexico, they are all
Catholics and thence are imbuei with
the traditional reverence for religious
. arts that we can not wholly comprc-
hend. 1t might be said that this very
reverence would incapaciaatc them
as impartial critics of this art, but
be this as it may, it has served a
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long since disappeared. But faded
documents are E~Atly valued by
ignorant people, and the Church of
San Fraaeisco has been in the keep
ing of many hands since t;le days of
its pride and glory.
The top section of the great carved
frame is missing from the painting.
There was room but for three sides
or it III the space above the drawers
IN the sacristy, so the upper portion
was never put in place and was long
ago lost. The guiding that once COW
cred the heavy frame has also dis
appeared, but the painting is lumi-
nous with Titianesque glow and
purity.
The Murilla at Gualalajara is
we'll authenticated. It was presented
to the cathedral at tha. place bv
King Carlos ", in acknowledgment
OF large sum of money sent to
Spain to aid in the defense Of the
country a"@inSt TIC Invasion of Ma
po'con. When The French invaded
Mexico emissariHs e that nation
sought to obtain this picture, by fair
means or foul, as a trophy to bring
back to France.
Hn: throu~hn"t Maximilian brief
rei"H offers Of 'ar"e bribcs failed to
discover it. The church authorities
at Gualalapara had wisely concealed
ii and faithfully Guarded the trust.
1t is hun" h:.eh IN Il poor lignt in the
SarriSty of t. rr''- lra'. where no
a'cnmatc concn',ticn crn be obtained
of lis beauty. Abl, rriics who have
seen "Thc Assumption" by Murillo
in the Louvre pronounce the one at
Guadalajara to be fully its equal in
drawing, coloring and spirituality.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-11
This T. Worth READING,

VOC +. TelinSki. Of 6S Gibson ST..
Buffalo. n. Y, says: "I cured the
most annoyin" cold sore ever had,
with Rncklen's Arnica Salve. I ap-
piled this salva oHcc dav for two
days. wh"n every trace Of thc sore
was @o,lr.' Heals FL Snr";. Sold I'M
der guarantee at W. +. Pelham and
Son : drug Stnle. Pc.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-02-11
Change Of Schedules.

Effective l2.01 a. m. Sunday Jan.
5th, 1908, the following is the time
Of departure Of all passenger trains
leaving Newberry Union station:
Southern Railway:
No. Is for Greenville .. ..9.57a.m.
No. IS for Columbia :. ..1.2S pm.
No. II for Greenville :. AIT pm.
No. 1G for Columbia .... SAT pm.
G., N. s. L. Ry.
No. S. for Laurens :. .5.19 am.
No. % for Columbia -. .S.47 am.
No. 50 for Greenville >. 1916 pm.
No. 53 for Columbia :. $40 pm.
No. 81 for Laurens :. ....725 pm.
No. "a for Columbia. :. $50 pm.
Nos. 81, IS, 21, and % run daily
except Sunday.
The above schedule is given only
as information, is not guaranteed and
is subject to change without notice.
G. J.. Robinson,
Station Master.
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Schedule in effect November 3rd, 1907
Lv. NewberrytC N & L.) 12:48 p. m.
ar. Laurens 1862 p. m.
Lv. Laurens &C. & w. CO. 2:15 .. m.
Ar. Greenville $40 p. m.
Lv. Laurens 2:07 p. n.
Ar. Spartaaburg 1856 p. H..
l.v. SEartanburg $50. Ry.) $40 p. m.
Ar. Hendersonville 6:25 p. m.
Ar. Asheville 1880 D. m.
Nv. Laurens &C. & w. c. 200 p. M.
Ar. Greenwood 1855 D. m.
Ar. Mccormick 1856 p. m.
Ar. Augusta $40 p. m.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
partures, as we'll as connections with
'ther companies. are given as infor-
muti"n. and are not guaranteed.
Ernest Williams,
Cen. Pass. Agt.,
Augusta, Ga.
Geo. T. Bryan,
Greenville, S. {.
Gen. Agt.
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CHARLESTON B. WESTERN GAR
OLINA RY.

Schedule in effect November 3rd, 1907
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
Reach's 1908 Guide.

Reach's Official American League
Guide for 1908, published by the A. j.
Reach company, of Philadelphia, and
edited by Mr.. Francis G. Richter OF
Sporting Life" is out, and is, as
usual, first in the field, thus making
it the harbinger of the baseball sea
son. 1t can be said without qualifica-
ton that, excellent as all of the
editions of the Reach Guide have
been in recent years, the 1908 Reach
Guide is the best hand book of the
kind ever issued by this or any other
publisher. The special distinction of
the 1908 Guide is, next to the text, the
superior quality of paper used and
the number and beauty of the en-
cravings furnished, the worlds cham
pionship series being specially well
lowered with splendid action pictures.
The American League Guide for 1908
is in all respects a first-class hand
book of the National game and a de-
cided credit to the American League
and to the publishers. the Reach COM
pany This is the seventh annual
issue OF the Reach Guide as the Off
cial hand book of the American
League. and the twenty-sixth consecu-
tive year of its publication as book
of record and reference for the en-
tire baseball world.
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and Billik administered medicine to
him. Vrzal suffered from symptoms
resembling the effects of arsenic pois-
oning and died in few days. The
following July Mary Vrzal, the eld
est daughter, visited Billik and told
him she was i'll. He gave her medicine
and she died from arsenic poisoning.
In rapid succession the deaths of
other members of the family followed.
All had been insured for small
amounts which had been collected by
Mrs. Vrzal. The police learned that
through charms" and other methods
Billik had obtained more than $4,000
from the Vrzal family
On December 5, 1906 Mrs. Vrzal
I was taken suddenly i'll and died. The
death first was pronounced suicide,
but police inquiry showed that Billik
had been in the room with her prior
to her death and had given her medi-
cine. He was arrested and placed on
trial July 3. The bodies of the Vrzal
family had been exhumed, and all
were found to contain arsenic. Jerso-
lobat Vrzal and Emma Vrzal Niemann,
children of Mrs. Vrzal, were the prin-
cipal witnesses against Billik. He
was convicted and the death penalty
fixed by the jury on July IS. He was
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
MURDERER OF FIVE TOD|E
Tomorrow the Day Fixed For the Ex
ecution of Herman Billik-A
Man With a Record.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Chicago, ILL.,, March 19.-Tomorrow
is the day fixed for the execution of
Herman Billik, whose alleged crimes
are without parallel in the criminal
records of Chicago, unless it be in the
cases of "Bluebeard' Hoch or the
arch-murderer H. H. Holmes. Not
withstanding the fact that the Illinois
supreme court has affirmed the YER
dict of the trial court, friends of
Billik are still hopeful that he may
escape the moose. Pleas for executive
clemency have been made, based on
the alleged confession of one of the
principal witnesses against Billik that
he had lied on the stand and had
been coached in his story by the po-
lice.
The crime for which Billik was
given the death penalty was the al
legged murder of Mrs. Mary VrzaL
Martin Vrzal, husband of the woman,
was milk vendor, living with his
family on West Nineteenth street.
When he met Billik in the summer of
1904 Billik informed Vrzal that rival
milk vendor was his enemy and of
fered to cast a spell that would pro-
tect Vrzal from harm. Vrzal agreed
and a potion of white fluid was brew
ed on the Vrzal stove and strewn
across the gateway of the Donosky
home across the way. For this SER
vice Billik accepted loan.
Shortly afterward Vrzal became i'll
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outlook most encouraging, but we
need your dues to meet expenses, and
need it now, SO please remit and
get your neighbors to join, as every
farmer needs the benefits and advan-
tages of our Home Gamers Associa-
ton.
l speak at Concord Saturday, March
81, at Montalba Saturday, the 2Sth,
and at Mineola, Saturday, April 4th.
Any parties in any locality wanting
to hold meeting for me to explain
the plans, purposes and benefits of
this home canning industry will kind
ly write me for date on which l can
attend the meeting.
B. M. ANDERSON,
Secretary and Organizer.
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Get the Habit-cook With Gas.
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ing the day a conference of the state
and county officers was held.
Tomorrow will be given up to teach
er training, records, music, home de-
partment, missionary, temperance,
house visitation and kindred topics.
Saturday will be one of the big days
of the convention, when the adult
Bible classes and elementary workers
will have the floor. The convention
banquet will take place Saturday eve
ming. On Sunday, the concluding day
of the gathering, many noted speak
ers will be heard.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
Special to the Herald.


Chicago, H., March 19.-William ].
Bryan, twice the candidate of the
democratic party for president of the
United States and, in race track par
lance, "the one best bet" for the nom
ination again this year, spent his
forty-eighth birthday in Chicago to-
day. Mr. Bryan is here to speak at a
meeting in the Seventh Regiment Ar
mory tonight, which will mark the for
NAL openenig of the democratic cam
paign in Chicago. The demonstration
has been arranged by the Bryan
League, of which former Mayor Car
ter H. Harrison is the head. During
the day word was passed around that
this was Mr.. Bryan's birthday and for
several hours the distinguished Ne
braskan was kept busy receiving the
good wishes of friends and admirers.
Though it is now nearly twelve
years since he received his first nomi-
nation for the highest office in the
land, Mr.. Bryan is still compare
lively young man. He is in the prime
of vigorous manhood and well quail
fed physically to stand the strain of
the coming campaign. Twelve years
of almost constant travel and
speechmaking have made no visible
inroads on his physical resources.
If he is nominated at the Denver
convention next July Mr.. Bryan in
tends to start at once on strenuous
campaign that will equal if not eclipse
his wonderful record already estab-
lished in this direction. Mr. Bryan is
the originator of the whirlwind cam
paign.
Mr.. Bryan's speaking campaign of
1896 lasted approximately four months
and there were on an average twenty
five campaigning days in each month.
In this campaign he made more than
2,100 speeches, short and long. Dur
ing the last three months of the cam
paign it was nothing unusual for him
to make twenty speeches in single
day. Sometimes the number ran as
high as thirty-five for the day. But
at the end of the campaign Mr. Bryan
apparently was in as good physical
condition as at the start.
Four years later he entered his sec
ond whirlwind campaign and, as pu-
gilists would say, he was in the pink
of condition. His first big effort was
his speech of acceptance made in In
dianapolis on a day SO hot that many
persons were overcome in the crowd
With such a beginning, Mr.. Bryan pro-
ceeded to break his speechmal1ing rec
ord of the first campaign. On one &C.
casion, working westward from st.
Louis, he made his first speech of the
day at 5 o'clock in the morning and
his last at midnight, which meant an
almost continuous performance of
nineteen hours. And his midnight
speech was said to have been made
with all the vigor of man who had
made no previous public appearance
during the day.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
COURT HOUSE NOTES.
Deeds Recorded.

Allen Sexton to w. H. Nance, $435;
conveys 20 acres of the M. Main
league.
Allen Sexton to w. H. Nance, as
sumption of notes; conveys 25
acres of the NJ Main league.
C. T. and M. E. Rucker to ]. O. and
Annie Rucker, $1,000; conveys lot G.
part of block of Green's addition.
]. E. Douthit and wife to John R
Ritner and wife, S1,735 and the as
sumption of 1 note; conveys lot OF
Ezell's subdivision.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
TEXAS SUNDAY SCHOOLS.
Thirty-Third Annual Convention o
Texas State Sunday School AS
ISOLATION at Austin.
Special to the Herald.

Special to the Herald.
Austin, Texas, March 19.-The cap
ital city extended a welcoming hand
today to thousand or more delegates
and visitors who poured into the city
on every train to attend the thirty
third annual convention of the Texas
State Sunday School Association. The
visitors came from every nook and
corner of the state On their arrival
they found the arrangements for their
reception and entertainment to be of
the most perfect and elaborate charac-
ter
Today was spent largely in prelim-
mary work and in looking after the
accommodation of the visitors. Dur
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
ANNOUNCEMENT.
To the Members of the Texas Home
Gamers Association:

To the Members of the Texas Home
Gamers Association:
At our annual meeting held at Hen
derson, January 14th and Is, com
mittee was appointed to compile the
data for booklet on canning, What
to Can and How to Can It. T. G
Simpson was chairman of the commit.
tee. The copy is now in the printer'g
hands and it will be ready for distri
button to all members by the time
you get this notice. An amendment to
our constitution was adopted, making
the membership fee SOC and annual
dues SOC. Those who have not paid
their dues for 1908 are. requested to
send same TO the secretary on re-
ceipt of this notice, as the book can
not be sent to any but those who
have paid their annual dues of SOC
for 1908. The work and expenses of
been more than doubled this year
taking all of his time, but the receipts
for fees and dues has not yet kept up
with the increased expense. We have
decided to start the publication of a
monthly paper devoted to the home
canning industry and the work of our
association, so that all members car
keep in close touch with the work
and keep posted on all matters per-
tanning to this, the greatest of all
home industries in the Southland. The
interest is spreading rapidly and the
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
Special Church Notice.

1 wish to announce that our second
quarterly conference will be held at
Shaid's Chapel March % and 30, and
request all the official members of
Neches charge to attend, as there
will be important business to trans
act. Will say also there will be
preaching at Watts School House
next Saturday night and Sunday at
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
BRYAN's 4sTH BIRTHDAY
HThe One Best Bet" For the Demo-
cratic Nomination For President
at the Present Time.
SKETCH OF BRYAN's LIFE.

SKETCH OF BRYAN'S LIFE.
1S60-Born in Salem, Marion county,
Illinois.
1SS1-Graduated from Illinois College,
Jacksonville, Ill.
1SS7-Removed to Lincoln, Neb-
iSSS-Declined the nomination for
lieutenant governor.
1S90-Elected to Fifty-second con-
gress.
1S92-Elected to Fifty-third congress.
1S94-Declined third nomination for
congress.
1S96-Nominated for president in the
national democratic convention.
1900-Second nomination for presi-
dent.
1905-Made tour of the world with
Mrs. Bryan.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19
Dog Show In Newark.
Special to the Herald.

Newark, N. j., March ia two
days bench show opened in this city
today under the auspices of the North
Jersey Kennel Club The exhibition
embraces total of nearly five hun
bred entries, including prize-winning
specimens of nearly all the breeds
known to the dog fancier
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19

sentenced to hang in October last, but
twice was reprieved The case was
carried to the supreme court, which
tribunal on February % affirmed the
verdict.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1908-03-19

II a. m. Subject at IL o'clock will
be Our Obligations to God and Our
Fellowman.'
Preaching at Shaid's Chapel Sunday
at $3.50, and Swanson Springs at 7:S0
p. m.
All the people in these communities
cordially invited to attend.
w. w. HORNER, Pastor.
Palestine Lumber Co. can furnish
your screens on short notice. Ct
Get the Habit-cook With Gas.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1908-05-08
COULD NOT Walk
-four MONTHS
Mass Of itching, Burning Humor
on Ankles Feet Fearfully Swollen
-0piates Alone Brought Sleep
Many Treatments Failed but
;TORTURES OF ECZEMA
YIELDED TO CUTICURA

"Cuticura Remedies are all you claim
them to be. had eczema for over
two years. had two physicians. but
they only gave me relief for short time
and cannot enurherate the ointments
and lotions used to no purpose. My
ankles were one mass Of sores. The
itching and burning were 90 intense that
I could not sleep. could not walk for
nearly four months. One day my
husband said had better try the Cuti-
cura Remedies. After using them three
times, / had the best nights rest in
months unless took an opiate. used
one set Of Cuticura Soap, Cuticura
Ointment, and Cuticura Resolvent Pills,
and my ankles healed in short time.
1t is now a year since I used Cuti-
cura, and there has been no return Of
the eczema.
II had small lump in the corner Of
my eye for over a year which was very
painful and got larger all the time. +
thought / would try 'Cuticura Soap and
Ointment on it, and now it is gone.
am seventy-three years old and have
lived on the farm now occupy for
twenty-seven years. Cuticura Reme-
dies are the safest and most reliable
have ever used for all skin humors. Mrs.
David Brown, Locke, Crawford Co.,
Ark, May 10 and July 10. 1907"