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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16

wins her losing fght-brlngs tears to
my eyes.
"Thv woman who scrubs for me,
earning her dollar and a half a Gay
on her knees, is kneeling, not only to
her work, but before an altar Whereon
lies the crippled child he adores. He
can never grow up-she must know
this in her heart, even though we talk
Of what he will do when he grows
strong and well-he is failing daily.
and her eyes know that truth though
her lips still speak brave lies. He Will
live, he is eating better, his lips have
more color, his eyes are brighter! Yet
as she lifts him in her arms at night
she feels that his little frame is daily
growing lighter and his feeble clutch
on life is rightly growing looser. She
talks to me-this poor mother! this
brave, losing fighter r!-of the time
when he will walk, we'll knowing thai
the first step his poor little crippled
feet will take will he in another world.
Oh, the poor sous on this earth who
you are not fighting your battle OF
life against hopeless disease or near
fight blindly against the ever-dancing,
grimly stalking Death!
" You who are successful in that
by approaching death; you whose
wageis is equal to your necessities; yo'
who lay by little each month for a
rainy-day fund. or you who count your
wealth by millions, will you not give
the right hand Of fellowship, share
your sympathy or in some manner
cheer the heart Of some proud, cou1-
ageous, ,silentIipped, losing fighter
Of your aequaintance?-rip the hand
Of some man struggling with increas-
ing expense and dwindling wage?-
write note of gratitude to some one
whose work has inspired you?
"Best of all, won't you pause long
enough each day to bestow a helpful
thought on the great and noble army
of losing fighters in this world?'
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16

shown. In Massachusetts, the increase
is but fourteen years. Prof. Fisher
estimates that by the general guaran-
tee of pure air, pure water and pure
milk, eight years could be added to
the average length Of life. New York
statistics, recently quoted in the Her
aid, show reduction Of the death
rate to 16.5, the lowest on record, due
to the efficient work of the municipal
health department and allied efforts
of private enterprises. If preventa-
Bile accidents were avoided, nine
tenths of a year would be added to
the average length Of human life.
The appeal to the life insurance in.
terests is not more pertinent than
would be the presentation of the
economic aspect of hygiene to the
public interest. Human life IS the
greatest of the nations resources.
But the American people, as a whole,
hold it cheaply. The waste of life
by unnecessary disease and accident
is enormous. The supply seems inex-
haustible. Consequently waste con-
tinues largely unchecked. Philarl-
thropic effort in health improvement
has accomplished much for American
cities. But sometimes philanthropy
lags. Consideration of the economic
value of health to community is
worth while. If the annual destruc-
ton of productive power caa be re-
dueed one-third each year, there is a
material saving for the common
wealth. If the average period Of pro-
ductivity in human hfe can be length
ened one-thir6, there is a Development
Of natural resources which cannot be
equalled in any other field of eonser-
vation.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16
he Boy-Land Of the Earth

The BOy-Land OF tne Eartn
Set by the seas apart
And laughing over priaries In his
mirth-
For America is youth, joy, glory e2-
ultation!
O biggest Boy,
We will forget your faults fare they
not racy Of youth?)
And let our American joy
Skim off the les Of THE Soul and drink
Of the truth,
Why must we to the living
Be unforgiving
Of faults?
Why wait till Death exalts7
For this man uncommon
In that he was so human
So Live us-variable as human wealth
Vast with our wide-horizon d soil
Merely eighty millions put together
In one prank-draam- -joy-Jublla-
ton-toil!
To Motherhood he was Mother
To Brotherhood a Brother
He was US all-spirit and heart and
limb
He could not exhaust his power-he
could not tire
Our passions fought in him, our
dreams took fire
In him, our laughter woke in him!
Brother-boy, yet you were common
No genius added God to the frail hu-
Therefore you turned to your Soul,
and called on Power
The Power that connects with every
Soul
By stress of divine sweat hour by hour
You made the inner Mightiness un-
roll
You drew strength to your flesh,
your heart,
And by understandable pain
Became all that any man may be,
The Superhuman in common human
itv!
And now you are America hope: for
YOU
Proved what common man may do.
From a Poem in The Circle.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ONLY LIVING EX-PRESIDENT

In relinquishing the responslblli-
ties of public life in Washington Mr..
Roosevelt enjoys for the time being
the distinction of being the only liv-
irs ex-president Of the United States.
This exclusi:c honor WAS for sever
al years enjoyed by Mr.. Cleveland, !,
and following hi dea.h. "n'cI oreur-
>ved at Prince. ., :a,7ral m,l:'> ago.
irere was NJ Jne >c": Won inns
solitary mantle could fall until Presl-
dent Roosevelt on Thursday last re-
signed the executive helm to MT.
Taft.
It IS quite a commentary upon the
wearing effort Of American public
life under modern conditions that MIR.
Roosevelt should be thus alone IN
wearing the ex7presidential honors.
Especially is this so in view of the
brief tenure of service which COM
pletes an administration.
Perhaps the explanation may be
found in the feverish whirlpool Of ex-
citement which characterizes the life
of the present day.
It was quite different in the first
half century of the republic.
Washington, it is true, died within
two years after vacating the presi-
Dental chair, and Polk within three
months, but John Adams fingered 20
wears; Thomas Jefferson and John
Tyler each II years; James
Madison and John Quincy Adams
each 19 years; James Monroe and
James Buchanan each six years; Mar
tin Van Buren and Millard Fillmore
! each 81 years; Andrew Jackson eight
wears, and Franklin Pierce II years.
William Henry Harrison and Zach
|ary Taylor were the two ante belIum
presidents who died in office; and
since then the chief magistrates who
!; have died in harness, each the victim
kof assassination, are Abraham LIN
coin, James A. Garfield and William
Mckinley.
Of the post bellum president, An
brew johnson survived six years;
Ulysses S. Grant and Benjamin Har-
rison each eight years; Rutherford B.
Hayes, II years; Chester A. Arthur
one year, and Grover Cleveland ten
years.
It Will thus be seen that among the
post belhum presidents the life span
has been much shorter than among
,e ante bellum presidents.
But Mr.. Roosevelt is not only IN
he prime of life, but in the enjoyment
vigorous health, and he bids fair to
1rvive for many years to come. Nor
he apt to lag superfluous on the
age.-Atlanta Georgian.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16
Night ON Bald Mountain.

On a lonely night Alex. Benton, Of
Fort Edward, N. Y, climbed Bald
Mountain to the home of nelghbor,
tortured by Asthma, bent on curing
him with DR.. Kings New Discovery,
that had cured himself Of asthma.
This wonderful medicine soon rellev-
ed and quickly cured his neighbor.
Later it cured his sons wife OF a
severe lung trouble. Millions believe
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16
Roosevelt.

March winds blowing all wild
And whirlinc helt:ls through blne
pools spin.
Shine of the sun, and ron1pins child
Plies a red kice on a hill
The boy-god's hair is streaming
He tugs at the string
And the vast landscape dreaming
Beats up the heaven wing
The young gods of Greece
Knew not such ecstasies-
You boy, I feel your eager American
blood.
Sweep reddened flood
Glorving through my heart
You boy, I see in you the American
natIon-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-03-16

it's the greatest Throat and Lung
cure on Earth. Coughs, Colds,
Group, Hemorrhages and Sore Lungs
are surely cured by it. Best for Hay
Fever, Grip and Whooping Cough.
SOC. and $1.00. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by W. E. Pelham & Son,
Newberry, S. c.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25

fast. He had seen Filipinos hanged
himself The natives came from miles
around TO see an execution, and he
knew how II would be with him.
lie sat and smoked through the ar
ternoon and reviewed his life. lie saw
the sun 20 down behind the mountains
OF Manila bay, and knew he would
never see that sunset again. Well, he
had killed Pascual, and there was some
satisfaction in that.
Since his trial, Juan de la Cruz, the
brother OF Pascual, had come from
Manila. He hated Juan and Juan hated
him. He knew Juan would be there
at noon tomorrow to see him mount
the gallows and die, aud the knowl-
edge added much bitterness TO his po.
sition.
THAT dog of dog will stand near
the gallows," thought Matias, "and
laugh in my face as | go by, with irons
on my hands and legs. II can, l will
spit In his eye" and much comforted
by the plan, he rolled another cigarette
and stolidly watched the soldiers test
the new rope by dropping a sack of
grain from the beam, with the sack at
the end where Matias would be at
noon tomorrow.
They brought him boiled rice, and at
dark put the death watch over him.
The sentry paced outside the guard
house, and Matias could see him
through the basket-like wall of the
prison
Sleep? No, he would not sleep, for
there were but few hours OF life left
TO him and he would smoke through
the night Pray? Why should he pray?
He had sworn to kill Pascual, and God
would not blame him for killing, no
matter what the padre or the Ameri.
cans said He would die without
sleeping or praying, and he would
show the people of El Poro how. O
Bunagan could die.
II was very dark now, and all he
could see was the tip of his cigarette
when II fiared up as he puffed IT, He
could hear the sentry pacing outside
and after a while he heard a bugle
blowing, and the wind 'swishing
through the palm trees, but he was
going to die at noon tomorrow and he
did not care what happened.
What was that? Did he hear some
thing rustic outside the bamboo walli
II was a strange noise, and the sentry
heard it, for he stopped his pacing fol-
a minute 1t must have been a snake
or a tree toad
The sentry resumed his monotonous
walk and Matias puffed his cigarette
There II was again! II was almost
at his feet and Just outside the split
bamboo wall. II was a boring sound
and Il came when the sentry was al
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25

the healthy brother, who was learning
to manufacture boots In the prison
workshop.
The elder Gilfillan had deep pools
OF sentiment beneath a rough ex-
terror. Furthermore, he took no heed
Of consequence. He pictured the sick
brother waiting tobaccoless in the
dreary hospital, and he took chance
TO supply him. The chance was a
risky one. While passing the barred
hospital yard he dexterously jerked
a small cube of tobacco TO the white
faced brother, who happened to be
walking up and down inside, and he
breathed a tremendous sigh of relief
when he became certain that the
warder in charge OF the squad had not
noticed the action. The elder Gilfillan
was not afraid OF any punishment that
might fall upon himself; he was afarid
lest the morsel OF tobacco would be
taken away from the sick youth who
crayed the delicacy.
But Nemesis was galloping on the
heels OF the two Gnfllans. Warder
Bulstrode, looking down from his
perch on the south tower, saw the
movement and Bulstrode was con
scientious Ofiieer. Five minutes after,
the younger brother was stripped OF
the miserable gift. and the giyer was
dragged before the chief warder and
sentenced to seven days dark cell for
a breach OF prison discipline In jail,
charity Is a virtue that is promptly
smothered when the powers that be
become aware OF rs existence.
Il was the elder Gilfillan's first intro
ductionl to'the dark cell. When he
was pushed into the wlndowless cham
ber, the horrible, intense, suffocating
darkness closed In upon him like a
snothering pail. Blind and stupefied,
he CROPPED his way around the bare
walls the horror piercing him through
and through like an Icy sword. After
wards he flnng himself on the stone
floor and lay like man stunned by q
terrific blow.
Some hours later he thought OF the
button. medical student, who had
once undergone a term OF impTison-
ment at Enlota had promulgated a
theory by which the mental agony pro.
duced by dark cell treatment could
be considerably relieved. He advised
all prisoner friends who might visit
The Doghole" to toss a button into
the air, and while away The t!mo by
searching for It on hands and knees
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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
The Art of
7 Vengeance
BY Ferdinand Moore.

Copyright, by shortstory Pub Coz
Matias could see the soldiers build
ing the gallows lie. Matlas Bunagan,
heretofore an honest rice cutter of FL
Poro and peaceable subject Of the
great American president of the Phil
ippines. and willing to pay his taxes to
the crown of the United States, must
be hanged.
Matias understood everything fully.
He had killed Pascual de la Cruz. 1t
was the result of an old family feud,
which had started long before the
Americans had come to the Philip
pines In fact, the feud was so old that
Matias could not remember what il
was about, except that the Bunagan
family had sworn by the Blessed Vir.
gin TO kill all the members of the de la
Cruz family In the province of Cayite,
and that was all he cared TO know.
The Americans could not understand
It, He had been right In killing Pas
cual; II was as much his duty to kill
Pascual as to pay his land tax and cut
rice. But the Americans were going
to hang Matias tomorrow, and through
the walls of his nipa prison he could
see the soldiers driving the nails and
cutting the beams.
He squatted on the ground and
smoked and listened to the music of
the hammer. The children were play.
ing I'm the plaza, and he could hear the
chatter of the women in the market
and the hum of the Chinese tailor's
sewing machine in the barrio. The
leaves of the palm trees we're swing.
ing in the breeze like the arms of so
many misunderstanding as Matias
would sway In the breeze Tomorrow
afternoon, with the black cap over his
head and the manila rope around his
neck, and his legs and arms bound
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
B@fs
Passing Of the Pine.

1t is actually depressing to cOntem.
plate what opportunities I'm the way of
reforestation in this state are being
wholly neglected, Look out OF your
car window as you speed along, espe.
cially II you are travelling through that
once splendid yellow pine belt that
follows at varying widths our ample
coastllne, and witness the unrepaired
destruction that has been wrought.
The turpentine still and the sawmill
have blasted the splendid forests like Q
scOuTge, and where once that monarch
OF the forest, the long leaf pine
reared his head In countless numbers
now are only scared stumps and the
beginning of a new growth--not OF
yellow pine but Of scrubby oaks and
of old field pines and their like. The
stills and the mills did not leave even
enough OF the long leaf to furnish the
natural means OF reforestation. MOI
only have we lost our noble forests OF
yellow pine, but on those lands where
a new growth might be Offering Its
promise to coming generations there
Is no prospect OF so happy a consum
nation. Columbia State.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
INDUSTRIAL
OPPORTUNITIES
FOR BLIND

Great interest has been aroused In
all parts of the country by the activ.
tiles in recent years of bodies of men
and women organized for the assist.
ance Of the blind to find proper en-
ployment. Loss of sight does not
necessarily mean loss of ability to do
useful work. Where the, opportunity
is afforded blind adults are usefully
employed in various occupations 9th
er than the ones most commonly OBJ
served. In Boston for many years a
understanding shop has been in
operation, and many leading families
OF that city would not think Of allow
Ing their renovating of mattresses to
be done elsewhere. Broom-making
has been an industry much followed
with success by blind men. In Europe
basket-maklng has been an approved
occupation for the blind for many
years, and recently It has been prac.
tically applied I'm this country.
Mr.. Robert Macy has in the Octo.
ber, 1908, issue OF Everybody's Mag
azine presented the subject of EN-
ployment and achievements of the
blind In most interesting and finely
illustrated article. The facts brought
out by the Investigations OF the Mas
sachusetts Commission for the Blind
and the New York Commission have
aroused much interest, some of the
information being most startling in
its nature. That a large percentage
Of cases OF infantile blindhess may
be prevented and that to allow chill
dren TO go blind because Of neglect
Is very common ought to startle
everybody. Our state has taken def
mite and important action looking to
the prevention of infantile blindness
and to the Offering of better opportu.
nities for our blind citizens in the
near future. A state commission has
been appointed in pursuance to a law
passed in April, 1908, whose duties
include these and other activities
FurtheTance OF the work of this com.
mission by the people will result in
relief of much distress and increase
Of effective citizenship.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
A new WAY
TO help BLIND

[By the Ohio State Commission for the
A large proportion OF the blind of
our state are intelligent and former.
ly Industrious people who have in
adult life lost their sight. To many
this means idleness and weary hours
OF inactivity. Through the activities
of the Ohio State Commission for the
Blind it is hoped to bring to such
persons the relief Of being taught to
read raised type, or to be occupied in
some useful work, or both.
What a blessing such help is may
be judged from the letter of an ap-
preciatlye student who had learned
to read embossed print:
"Only think One year ago I could
not read a word, and time was a
heavy burden to me. Now | do not
have time enough, and now my
friends call me odd because | prefer
my book friends TO gossip. My heart
is filled 10 overnowing for the heir
they are to me. | never knew before
what it was to love books until since
| have been blind"
In addition to reading embossed
print the blind may be taught in their
homes by competent teachers In writ.
ing. the embossed print, sewing, knit.
ting, crocheting, use OF the sewing
machine, reseating chairs, basketry
braiding rugs. housework.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25

one or the players. wake up"
All expected Davidson to start up
and eagerly clutch his winnings. In
stead he remained immovable. They
shook him. They turned his face 80
that they could see his features. 1t
was livld.
"Is there doctor aboardr
Word was passed, and a man In the
ladies' cabin came forward, raised
Davidson, looked into his face, felt his
pulse and pronounced him dead. His
heart had yielded to the excitement
OF standing on the preciplce between
ruin and doubling of the money he
had been tempted to risk. l4..
Davidson's body was shipped back
to his mother and with 1t not only the
$4,000 she had intrusted to his care,
but $4,000 additional. va
Since then tens and treys have been
called the dead mans hand, and It is a
hand that is rarely beaten ia draw
aoker. II. DEWITT BOWMAN.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
save the Wild Birds.

The fight for the wild birds that the
National Association OF Audubon So
cieties is making should stir the sym.
pathies OF all lovers OF nature. These
beautiful creatures are fast dlsap.
pearing. II the destruction is not soon
checked they may be as much curios.
tiles 70 our children as the bison and
the wild pigeon are TO us. Financial,
ly, extinction OF the Wild birds OF
America would be a calamity. Presi,
dent William butcher in New York
asserted that the people Of the
United States are rObbing posterity
in permitting an annual crop loss OF
eight hundred millions due 10 destruc
ton OF insecteating birds. A country
OF enlightenment should not lay itself
open To such charge as this.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
The Lost
Button
Ccopyrisht by shortstory Pub. Co.
BY James Francis Dwyer.

Ccopyrlght, by shortstory Pub. Coz
Somebody has defined crime as the
momentary victory of an hereditary
craving over common sense" In the
case Of the two Gilfillans, the same
craving manifested itself in each man
at the same moment This was pc.
culiaS The desire came upon each OF
the brothers TO possess two blood
horses belonging to a neighbor, and
common sense was routed In the
struggle to Suppress the craving.
The Gilfllans got the horses, and,
incidentally, the sheriff got the Gil
fllans. A stern Judge conducted the
judicial inquiry, and, unable to see
that the brothers were victims of q
craving, handed down from a horse
loving ancestor, he sent them to En-
lota penitentiary for seven years.
This was unfortunate. The younger
Gilnllan was consumptive and En-.
health resort. Three months after
sentence the boy was sent to the jail
hospital, and became firmly imbued
with the feeling that he would not re.
cover his health The sentence had
smashed up the last ounce of vitality
that was holding the fort against the
disease, and the prisoner was sinking
rapidly.
Now, prisoners in Jail hospital re.
ceiye no tobacco Whether the prison
medlco believes that che brand sup.
piled to the numbered inmates is q
compound that can only be safely con.
sumed by the physically strong is not
known, but the weekly supply allowed
to a prisoner on the works" is i'm
mediately cut of II he is taken 20 the
hospital. The dearth of tobacco af
fected the eonsumptive Gilhllan. He
craYed a chew" and in distress he
acquainted the brother OF his craving
by what is in Jail parlance known as
q "stiff.P With pin the sick man
scratched his wants on the loose leaf
Of hymn book, and in due time the
pitiful note, after passing through the
hands of a dozen prisoners, reached
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
FIGHTING
BLINDNESS

tBy the Ohio Commission for the Blind.
OF all the senses the one to be
given up with the greatest regret is
the sight. This most valuable of all
the senses Is lost in various ways.
some of which are not preventable.
But recently It has been shown that
a very large number OF cases of
blindness are due to pTeyentable
causes. and the whole country is be-
ing aroused 10 a realization OF this
fact. Ohio is doing a share OF this
arousing OF the public by the appoint
ment OF the Ohio Commission for the
Blind. one OF whose duties is, acting
In conjunction with the State Board
OF Health, 10 provide instruction how
to prevent blindness in cases when It
can be prevented. Ministers, doctors,
teachers. newspapers, everybody can
help In this by spreading the import
ant news that some blindness can be
prevented Most prolific OF blind
ness, aud yet curable disease, is
ophthalmia neonatorum, or infiamma-
tlon OF the eyes OF the new horn. The
American Medical Association has
taken zip the work OF prevention OF
this disease and has Informed the
profession through its Journals how,
by a very simple and harmless rem
edy, the eyes Of the newly.born in
FAINT may be protected against de
struction. Let the public be inform
ed and demand Of physicians ard
nurses that the proper care and rem
edies 10 used.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
ian. "a In History.

1712-Frederick the Great born in
Berlin; died at Sans Souci 1886.
1888 - Benjamin Lincoln, American
Revolutionary general, born In
bingham, Mass; died there 1910.
iS9S- Battleship Maine ordered to pro-
ceed TO Havana.
1901-Albert Edward, prince of Wales,
formally proclaimed king Of Eng
land with the title Edward VII.
190S-August Wilhelmj, noted violin
list, died in London; born 1S40.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-01-25
Painless Dentistry.

"How much for the job, doc?"
zone dollar. That's reasonable
enough"
Il spose so, but | do hate to part
with money. Take 1t out of my pock-
ct while I'm under, the influence OF
the gas"