The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, November 27, 1903, Page 7, Image 7
TWO TURNS OFiYE~WHEEL:
The Stoty of tla Rime and Fall of a
CoMatoCk FoVItune.
Sandy Bowers was a teamster, bi
wife a buxom and not uncoinely Scotch
wonian who iook in washing and kept
a miiners' boarding house. It was in
the early days of Virginia City, before
men had grasped the full value of the
discovery, and the teamster, in con
pany with -others of his kind, cane
into pos:session of several hundred feet
on the lode at Gold 11 'I.
Ills clalm became one of the bonan
zas of the region. and Sandy found
himself richer than he had ever thought
any one could be. Neither he nor his
wife ever rose to the level of their for
tune. ihey remained the teanster and
the washerwonan to the end. There
is a story that neither could read nor
write. After giving anll entertalinnent
at the International hotel such as tihat
iostelry of 11aiV granideurs had niever
efore seen they went to Europe for
%vO Yea s".
When they cam1e ack they were still
.he tearster anl( tle wasierwonian.
Elrope had added nto ven-er. But the
m1oney was still in pleity. "loney to
throw to the biWds," as the ol( inlani
wats wont to sa. Nevada was more to
their taste than anyhill1.4, vlsv, so til"y
cleetv(d to rellminl there, an1d Mhat
strail-ge Inontlilelnt or wNealth, whIlehl I ..
klowi all tlrough Nevada anld Cali
fornia as,, the I'ml.e minsionl, was
built on) tile shore of Washoe lake.
The site wns mne of extraorlinary
beatity, with the wall or sntow cappicld
Sierra belihid it, the sapplilre sweep (f
Water inl froit. Nlo'vy w:Is never c(ln
sidered in its colls1r1l11onl. It wsI"
built of (iarried stotw andII([ funiisioil
with the costliest Sai Iranleisco col(
Supply. A library of hooks with 81111
dy's nane on every voltume was onle of
its featires. The door handles were
of silver, the table furnishings tIe finl
est to be had at that place at that
tie.
Here the old people-for they were
getting old-settled anid dispensed 1
lavish lospltality. IIere anll a1dopted
child whiloin they dearly loved and had
nalied P'ersia died. I ler. too, later on
Salidy dIed anld wvas)buid in the gar
don i(er the sladow of the Sierra.
And here-the slin.,tes of evening begin
ning to close on this stralge dralla
poverty overtook his vidow. Sh
strove to redeei her first losses by
Speculation, tlrowinlg g(lod money after
bad. Ii her case Hie wheel of fortune
mllade a colniplete revolution. Her ol
age siw her as poor a1s she had been in
her youth. She passed from Stage to
stage and finally made a livelihood by
prictieng fortune tellIng in San i rant
cisco. it haviNg been always uiider
stood that seIt(,, had the gift of secolid
sight. The crystal in whIllel she gllze(
had show-n her imay iihings, blut nioth
ing strat-inger, more dramatic and vo
ried than her own life.-Sanl Francesco
Argonaut.
Our Siall Country.
One brother is a rich mierchialit in the
Straits Settlemeintls. on 111e Malay pei.
insul. The other brother was tilie
cook in a elheal restaurl'anit oil South
Clark sI reet.
The merlchalt sent to tie( cook a
draft for sullicient monuey to llay his
expenses out to Asia. an1d the (ook
gave uip his job 111d1 Is "tarted for
his brmher's horne. The Iiterestinig
thiiv b111t111 e whole inident is the
chani1t which accompan1h2lIiedl the draft.
In Ilhe first. 11121(, 11he draft wans 1made1
palyabhle iln New York.
"'I 5:'nd youl the money103 inl 21 draf1t
payable ini New Yor'k,"' wrote t he(
br'other'i fromli1 faoll A sia. " You can11
go over and1( get. it enshed0( there. Oni
the waiy I wish you wold Stop) 2at T"x
as8 al11( see I Irothlir Thlomast . 1 ha:veni't
hea'2rd frm himi lor' t wo yeairs now.
and1( I'd like to knhow how hie's gettinlg
atlonig."--ChIlngo Tr'itiniile.
Get Iinlg A round 1it.
"Tous, you1 h1v1 dO(isobeved yOlIg
old gra2ndmIloher."'
"'No, I d1idni'(, ma2.''
"Yes, y'ou did(. 1bv youV n0j ot been1
e, ii na.lug "
"idn't 1 hoar her say3 to you1 not te
go s4wiun inlg?"
"'Oh, shei didn11't tell us8 that. She only1
camne out1 and1( said, 'lioys, I wouldni'
go swinmimin'.' and1( 1 shlouldnI't thlinl.
like hen. Inut she dlidnI't say'2113 anythin
Sollie years a' 2go we' Ir'ei er meet1
tig ut thle door21 oh 21 5&'(rnIhan11d book
shopj an1 e'xuitedl Irnishman:I. lie h1ad1
julst Ibouighlt thle "'ruishi .\lelodiles"' for' 2
shilling, wheni lie turnied roundll on thei
bookseller 2111( bur tst out, "'Hut t 1coub11(
kill ye for '-Il ig t hose inunlortal gemls
so 'h1eaP!'"--.AtIh'eoum.
The DIfference In Sining.
"She uses8 shinjg!"' said thle cuilturedl
young woman ini a tone of deep disap
pr'ovah.
"ThaIt 18an't the wors8t of It," answevtredh
Miss Cayennie. '"She 1uses slan g that1
hasn't yeOt r'eeed th. Ile 52ancti onl of
smart i 20Oe0(y."-' -Iost on .1ournl.1.
nila' w 11'2 shei Iimrr'lies himfl?
Ile Why does 51he take eveiryti
THE WORD "BUT."
An Anallymi of the Aaeriean fali
of vaing it.
The word "but" is sometimes said
be characteristic of Amnericans.
marks the: tuailifylng spirit, which hel
Mates at extreine tind likes to adju
tile balance of tritth. If, for instanI
somebody speaks extritaganltly of 1I
Prsonl's gelius the critical spirkt replih
"Yes. he-wits a genius, but" he bi
stuch an such limitations. If, on C
other hand, the IhnIitatioas aire 161
toil first at another time, the il'
spirit observes. "Yes, he has th1o
faults, but he is a genius with it aL
"But" exvresses the desire to ha
both sides I)rtseited. Carried to e
cess, the l.:tlilt leads to argunentatI
iicss and carping. The person w
gets only arguiient out of conversati
Is ustilly it barrell Colinplnion. Son
1illies also it slows liln unkind natu
wlenl tieN word Is used regularly aft
lellilg otiers pratised. It becomnes t
lidex of envy or of the absence of I
IIlusiasl. Qualifyinlg too coistanlitly
ipprechition Is like daniilng with fail
prake. or. vather, p1raising wvith ani
(coluin4 I llliltt ot, int dainns. The:
dvent, tinInghit(I v- temipet-111 n1t mnak
less use of qulilie-ion. Carried alo
witht :a rushi. wir-ther. of r!s (,r
proa.h. It S(11411 Stlops to split I
haIir. ')I vXact triuth. "it II( Ito buiil
It says. The little wold4 Is lilt
leieittly te:Ited :v Jildivial .nd sca
tlitn minlds. If* Htz 1stat,s is t3
Icallyv .\Iericall. aLz thv EICnglishl not
I'retIelyvll. allcgt. it fits InI withl I
proverbh11,il id'a of1' I'*1(- S i1 -11 sort
cauti(in, :nd sk eptical N(-w inght
farier, vith is "W'al. I (ont Jt
kniow," rather- thani withi flhe A merle
ypv wh-Ili(c-h has beei developed qhi
the wvemit becalinv a greaiter elvineont
the comWond.-Collier's Weekly.
Narrow lettpem.
Mr. L. Golding gives in Chambe
Joulrllal Soie renrllkable ist iances
narro spesand cur118 Ifious latalIt
drIg tile Siege of Lmdysillith. "VhI
ait Itunch InI their Im-ss hult, whIlehl w
protected lby said b1as. certaiIn o11(
wre eigaged Inl a liated disclis4k
III alger, ole of the olicers rose fr(
tile tablo and hastily left tile h1
H,ardly had hev ClosedI thle door hehl
hhn Ilnl a shell cIme hisi g throll
the air 1111d 1iltcheod oil tile roof of I
hut. Penetritting tile iniutlilently P
tected roof, the shell fell ald explod
In the centi1r of the group of ofilve
killing oi- mortalily womnintg every u
of theim. The offiver who a I111011C
before hld gon., out of' the but did I
receive the sliglAest injury." A doel
who had not stirred 1'rolln Ills dug
for a fortiight cnile out one Sundi
a day (in which the Doors, as a ri,
did not firo, anid wats killed by a ,I
nild tie writer was "Impelled by
power hie could not resist" to disinot
from his hlorse. whose saddle wis I
mediately afterward slit by a fragin
of shell.
Life'm Rocky 1tond.
A man's life is full of crosses a
tenmptations. says tile philosopl,er
the Atchlison GWobe. IIe comes il
I this world witlout Ills coilsenit a
goes olit agallnst ills vIll, an11d the ti
betwei tile two is ex(eedillgly roel
I The rule of contravies Is on1e of
1portanit featuros of the trip. WhI
Ie is ittle the bl g girls kiss Im ... I
whlen he is grown the lIttle irsk
hirni. If lIt raiSts a hirge famliily hIe
a chumilp, but itf ile raIses a small1 clii
lhe is a tlhef. If' lit is poor it he i ab
manailLger: if lie Is rillhlie is dhishlone
It'lie's inl toli tes iI for' ie; if' i.
lhe's no good for' his counltry. IIf
(doesni't gi vt14 toicharity h'le is a stini
cluss; if lhe dlois It IS forl shiow. if'
diels younig thIere wa s a gret'z tu
aheadLll f'or him1; if lIe lives to anl I
age lie lhas mlissedi his callinIg. iIe
tintr'oducedl' into4 this worild and1 to(t
neXt b Iy tIhe same11 pr1octss. Thel iroadt
r'ocky(, but maLln loves t)o travei It.
Do Ililt Now.
All tile gospel In the world canI
boiled down into a single h)recep)t1
right nlow. i havte obs5tlerve tha li:
boy wh'lo starits in t'e11 mring w'ith
dietermllinaLtion to hehaive hlimiself I
b(edtimit usuatlly gets through the~ i
wI'itata hahig-Cals.d
I'oietry.
Wvr--Poetryv is somelthling thaLt
h1eaLvier So is the' disposinlg of it,
farl asL 1 i I hadll any5 e'xpienICe'.
"1vt' lit' offl the il 'ii oft my1 tom1snie
"Well't. I (Cirta illy IfeeI l orry for mI
LI .IL t Mi tt h e :i ni to ' t imti';
gave'i a trrile wrelh' to p
WHY CUBS ARE KILLED.
Prson ife Often obi AnIlnals c
it Maternal Spirit.
to Among tho huge cages of the earni
orous animuils--the lithe tigress. t1i
treacherous ind soft footed leoptardei
at (ind frequently even the generous Hof
ess herself--the life of a baby wild il
n'inial beconmes Hollnetimles at tatle of lxloo(
shed aind tragedy. Nagged and gal1c
id by prison bars, by narrow contines th
ie uake exercise impossible and by ti
excitement of throngs of sightseer
ne !Inse maiturailly nervous land hIg
sstrig brutes beconme overwrought I
aI pitch where they satisfy an tinnat
u ral <mmilbal appetite on their ow
flesh I fidl blood.
Lkc little bundles of sunslhine ti
kitten; of these ferocious brutes ai
iopeair, .newvIng plaintively with tigi
,)If Shut vy-,sm aid groping in the da-mrknes
ie- Thollis!4nd1s of theni halve been born 1)
hI. IndI( the bairs of mInilier-le cliges -1
li fault lies with the 8tork lifiiself-bt
ilost frietlintly tle itrr-esponsibleem, c
mfIlotheris luunco uponl anld devour. thel
or els injure them beolnd hope of r
covery. Whoen tihe wa tclnftlliiess aId
I- pichfork of i keelr mucceed Ii rk-sel
u n i th iese kittenls, it Is giveni
(Irs (it solniv big 111CIIh6.r diog, whk
idt i 4 theIII- I stra,Iliger, .Ili rI Ik- I s I1II1II1I.
N . miI lil, howevtr. stlt s(rtlli
c.1(l1'hY. I ni tt-llig elit I-11e1b r 1t'o f ih
fer(wit Iminily vollsts to worry .u
fret nt 4aptivity. 11nd1, the lit 1utri11:1 il
stinict criqlping to the fore, tho citre <t
a litt1r ' culls b1-v iles it wNvik-mie r
li ; -r.,i i llt st4-rn1 111fiilotony (f pris
life.- .\ W. Itolk(T iII leCIue'Vs.
of
AVIen lentrIN Vere Marred.
III ti le I't1 y part of the last centul
a sociai tyramy previttled which r
1gardedt,( the beIIId as an outrage, sa
an i imglish writer. At one time on
four imen in lirninghiain hand courai
to ve:tr beatrds. Tlicy were followve
of ,Joallim Southcott. They did It
fiinlit:ii olf the apostliv and we
jeof red vt it linte strvets. (,eorge Fre
li crick iuitz, one I(f the firsIt tv
Iluinblers 'elected illt ilIrninighamti, wN,
tlle lirst Itillb'r ulwho velituted to wei
ir 1Irl inl the house of commons, ill
he wouli lhave leien iisulted ald I
i tlt t bii h in i powerful li i iin tvairriel
fit. hea'vy M:lvv:e elinle, which he( w
nd
glknown to toplyIto.an one wh-Io offort
hiim 1 l'smtt l affroiit. The Ite . E,
lIIII iiI. L a rken of t irtol rector
t':1r tili. wa:s the lirst clergym:
ed(thmt was its Iato :a IS52) who aippum
' l in lie pulpit with a halrt, but I
l shad tie tuplier lipi as anll npology I
-lt the .andakihy of his chin. (George D)w
lot soil W:Is tin' lirst Ilonconforinist pre.mt
er who dolivervId I sermnon inl a ft
Out blown Inuist.whe anld ht-ard, whichl w.
y.takeni Inl both ctses aw kin unmlista.
Iabiv signI of I.atItudl -in in inl dit
trilie. Ill the biik clerk or tle woi
21nan1 it w' wolse. It v:tS tlt inl
lit ordination not to si :vt.
hite Nativem [inti st-rupile-4.
There Is anll tliusiiig story tohl j)t
ain oldI tinme south se:t tr:iderI. Ile h:
nd been in lit 1heImb of corrying all soi
(, of thiiled illelts, which tit Ilativ
Ito bought with avidity. E'jwh tinl w.
nd, blr211d(h.d with Ia colored picture-i ei
il fol hwe,l'. a sheep for mutton and
fish f'ori s11rdinles.
he It h1:1J1tIlpe I that the IIIIn who rt
n nillitl 1,he li1u1ttonl thoight It a goo
t'k it ret! dra'4gon.
td I' mlit ve11 ts '2ni11e withi their ctopra4
st trttlt 'ts 01sual1. 'Tiit' n1ew I ins we
lit tha1t ty 1had4 i:it 14ome1 rteligitous I
gy st rutitn and: t wtere no44 to lie deludt
he into Iain'1.: tin1nedl dev'il.
ie The' i'trd' was for'edt ti eat. hi
tld sttttk of 11na1 tti' hiiimtelf, f'or not) a ni
he accursed4ttl ii hin.
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ellvig isfurnitrIe.The' oia doctr,tha
''linithred ittihe glxotlo ast intr
ih l. iri'll hi's houshold gSoods.I A44 t' we11
byth Iexton. 111 wrte atl te:a
1i ojcing Ito the charge made <
wel s: ~. t "If t ' at e d i o
ina fewt days blak 'tnme1t thi r'p2
lilt''
job. 'raveigg'iln: 'i' v14eryi lack sin
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