The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, December 11, 1903, Page 7, Image 7
Pickwieke In Livery.
The dignity of some fat coachmen
in New York is very Impressive. Their
development is outlined distinctly by
their coats. They have swelled steadily
and persistently year after year, and
every now and then the coats have
been let out and the buttons moved to
acconimodate increasing Inches of
girth. A coachni's figure has a great
deal to do with his success. The at
tempts of fat men. to look lean some
times verge on the humorous. They
hold their heads high to escape the
imputation of obesity aitid puff out their
chests heroically. But with all their
hauteur, pomposity and pretentious
bearing they look only like very fat
men in tight clothes, reminiscent of
Pickwick in livery.-New York Press.
The Dead Man'a Threat.
Returning home recently, a woman
who had taken out a summons against
her husband, a painter's laborer, on ac
count of hIs ill treatment, saw by the
light of the moon her husband stand
Ing, as she thought, behind the door
ready to strike her. She ran aw'ay,
but it was afterward discovered that
the man was hanging by a rope from
a ventilator over the door with his feet
almost touching the floor. He was
dead.-London Mail.
Without Trimmings.
Payne, an examiner at Cambridge
university, whose questions were al
ways of a peculiarly exasperating na
ture, once asked a student at a special
examination to "give a definition of
happiness."
"An exemption from Payne," was
the reply.
Odd Hair Styles.
Some of the New Hebrides people do
their hair up in a bunch on the top of
the head and stain it yellow, while the
Inhabitants of Ombal island pass it all
through a tube so as to make a kind of
plume. The Marquesas chief's favorite
method is to shave all the head except
two patches, one over each temple,
where he cultivates two horns of hair.
No doubt this is to render him more a
thing of terror to ills elemies than of
adin'rntlon to his friends. Ills reason
for shaNing the rest of the head is to
allow more space for tattooing, as if all
the available skin of the body were not
enough.
Not Yet.
"They're saying you're Just like all
the other members of the house," re
marked the newly elected legislator's
close friend. "They say you have your
price."
"That's a lie." declared the new inem
ber.
"I thought so."
"Yes. I haven't got it yet, but I have
hopes."-Philadelphia Catholic Stand
ard and Thies.
Cutting It Short.
"How long can you stay?" asked a
hostess who had received an unexpect
ed visitor coolly.
"No long-er than I can help," was the
crisp re-ply. "I have telephoned to have
Iy 111111k stay at the (depot and to
notify mne of the flyst train I can take
hoie. So sorry I can't stay longer."
Cilicago Iceord-IIorald.
Little Things.
Litile wordsI; are the sweetest to hear.
Little chiarIitieos fly fart hest and stay
longest on1 the wing. Little lakes are
stIllest, and( lIIttle hiear'ts are the fullest.
:and little faJIrms tihe best tilled. And
when Nature would make anyting es-~
p)eellly rarI'( and beautiful she makes
it lit tie-lIt tie pearl-s, little diamonds.
little (ldedops - mulltuml In parvo.
Much in little is tile great beauty of all
that we love best.
Too4 Frank.
Many take1 advantage of what they
call a true Interest in our welfare in
order' to rub gall into our wounIds. Tile
man who boasts of his5 frankness and
of is ha1tr'ed of' flattery is usually not
frank. but onlly brutal.
Had44 the Years.
Daughlter-Gi-eorge andl I are bo0th 01(d
enloughl to marr-y. papa!
Faltherl-I was wonldering if that was
ti onIly collater-al George hlad to start
wih-Brooklyn Life.
SIr Frahncis Jeune10 lalid dlown tile
axloml that "1no womllan enn~ love two
men01 at once0, w~hile to a nmn11 the (B
visionl of hisa aff'ectionls !omues niaturai
Cholly O - lhat w i ao eleva tin'yo
"Yes. but wh-lo told you it was clev
er?"-Exchiange.
Not n Repeater.
Miss GossIp-Does little Reginald
talk yet?
Mrs. Knowser -- Not much. You
needn't be afraid of his repeatIng any
thing you say.-Philadelphla Pualetin.
Not Complaining of That.
"Some people say you hlave more
mnoney than brains," said tihe blunt
personl.
"I hlope 50.'' answeredl('t Senator- St r
ghmnil. "Most e'0vryodyV ! r'un aeri
Variots Sources of Silk.
Silkworms are not the solcesource of
the production of silk. It is also ob
tained from several vegetable sub
stances, but of an inferior and less
durable description. HExcellent colored
silk is obtained from the prepared and
finer Ilbers of the bamboo, whiclh 1
much in demand for clothing in trop
ical countries from Its lightness andl()
porosity. Another form or silk Is oh
tained fromt the pods of' tie silk cotton
tree, of which there arte- several varle
'les in existence. the nmterial obtained
fromt them being known as vegetable
silk.
Went lier One Better.
"I never saw you in such a becoming
lint, my dear. Did you get It ready
made?"
"I was just thinking how unusually
pretty yours looks. Did you make It
yourself?"-Brooklyn Life.
How It Was Done.
"I thought Miss Pumpleigh f1gured
on marrying ,Jack."
"So she did, but another girl with
more money outfigured her."-Smart
Set.
Envy Is not only a great weakness,
but it is a great ignorance too. No
man envies what he can surpais or
equal.
Judicial Ignorance.
The ignorance of worldly affairs on
the part of judges is proverbial, but a
county court judge the other day cer
tainly amazed the court, says an Eng
lish newspaper. 0ounsel happened to
Bay that the defendant, a vocalist,
could not "turn up" at a certain place.
"Turn up!" said the judge in bland
surprise, "but he is a vocalist, not an
acrobat." This recalls the story of the
j.udge who asked, "What is the Stock
Exchange-a cattle marketl"
All on One Side,
"I am told your bride is very pretty,"
said Miss Peppery.
"Yes, indeedt" replied Mr. Con Beet.
"Several of the guests at the ceremony
were pleased to call it a 'wedding of
beauty and brains.' "
"Well, well! She must be a remark
able woman! That's an unusual com
b1ination in one person."-Philadelphia
Press.
An Ixehange of Compliments.
"Maan," remarked Mrs. Dinsmore re
flectively as she dressed for going out,
"is fearfully and wonderfully finade."
"And wonaii." added Mr. Dinsmore,
who was waiting impatiently, "is fear
fully an( woplerfully made up."-De
troit Free Press.
Hig words are the tombs In which we
bury our Ideas.--owler.
Sneeziung In the Orint.
Many savage and semiicivilized races
of the orient have sonile vuious cus
toms regarding the sneeze. When the
sultan of Monomtopa sneezes. for in
stance, the fact Is madem known fromt
the pialace by a certain signal. istant
ly every subject within hearing of the
signal sets ip a shout, the cry is taken
up by others and so extends until it
runs through the contines of his ei
pi-e. When the sultan of Sennar
sieozes. on the contrary, every woman
Iin his harem or wvithin hearing turns
her ha-k onl himin aid makes a sign of
conltemIlpt by IVsm!iti ng lher hips with hier
hantds---dlisgusted that so mighty a per
sonage should have to sneeze like an
or-diitmry miortal.
iIe Knuew Right Ofr,
"Ah," sighed( thex wvretchedi Mr'. New
pop, "w~hat enni he more wearing on the
nerves thanm a baby that cr-ies all night
long?"
"Twins," answeredl the man who had
been through it.-Chicago Record-He
aId.
-Opposition. I
A cer-tain amount ofopsionsa
great help to a man. It Is what he
wants andl must have to be good for
anything. IlardshIps and opposit ion
are the native soil of manhood and self
reliance. -JTohn Neal.
Our duty is to be useful not accor-d
ing to our desires, but according to our
Maggie's Gift.
Thme iister's eyes swept with
intenamse search ing t he pathetic faces
of1 his styl ish , worldly conigregal
t ion, lie had made an impap:ssioned
anppeatl for help) in the) suipport of a
little home mission c.hurtch among
the mnountains, a section where
rougnh mendI andl women kne w scarcec
ly anything of God and of the re
ligion of Christ IIe had hoped
to inspirec the people with the spirit
of giving, to make them feel that
it was a sweet, blessed priv'ilege,
aind-he had failed. A sense of
dlesolation crep)t over him.
"'uod help mie,'' his lps mmur
mnured, mutely, and Giod had hlp
comiing. Hie could not see the bett
figure of little cr-i ppled Maggie in
the rear of the churca fig..
which was trembling under the fire
of his appeal.
"Lord Jesus," the little one was
saying, brokenly, "I ain't got
nothin' ter give; I want the peo
ple in the mountains to hear 'bout
my Saviour. 0 Lord, I ain't got
nothin' ter-"
What was it that made that child
catch her breath as though a cold
hand had taken hold of her heart ?
"Yes, you have, Maggie," whis
pered a voice from somewhere;
"1you've got your crutch, your beau
tiful crutch that was given ter you,
an' is worth a lot of shinin' dollars.
Y ou kin give tip your best friend,
what helps you ter git into the
park where the birds sing, an' takes
you ter preachin', an' makes your
life happy.''
"Oh, no, Lord,'' sobbed the child
choking and shivering. "Yes, yes,
I will. He give up more'n that for
me."
Blindly she extended the polished
crutch, and placed it in the hands
of the deacon who was taking up
the scanty collection. For a mo
ment the man was puzzled, then
comprehending her meaning, he
carried her crutch to the front of
the church, and laid it on the table
in front of the pulpit. The minis
ter stepped down from the rostrum
and held up the crutch with shak
ing hands. The sublimity of the
renunciation unnerved him so that
he could not speok for a moment.
"Do you see it, my people?'' he
faltered at last; "little crippled
Maggie's crutch-all that she has
to make life comfortable? She has
given it to the Lord, and you-"
There was a moment of silence.
The people flushed, and moved
restlessly in their cushioned pews.
"Does any one want to con
tribute to the mission cause the
amount of money this crutch would
bring, and give it back to the child,
Who is helpless without it?" the
minister asked gravely.
"Fifty dollars," caie in husky
tones from the banker.
'Twenty-five."
''One hundred."
And so the subscribing went on,
until papers equivalent to six hun
bred dollars were lightly piled over
the crutch on the table.
"Ah, you have found your hearts
-thank God ! Let us receive the
benediction," almost wvhispered the
minister, as he suddenly extended
his hands, which were t remubling
with emotion.
Little Maggie, absorbed in the
great ness of her offer-ing and the
lov'e wvhich p)romp)ted it, under
stood nothing t hat had taken place.
She had no thought of the fut:ure,
of how she wvould get to her humble
home, ;or of the days when she
would site helpless in her chair as
she had once done. Christ had deC
mandedt her all, and she had givcn
it,. with the blind faithI of Abra
ham. She understoodl no better
when a woman's arm drew her
into close embrace and(1 soft lips
whispered into her earis:
'"Maggie, dlear, your crutch has
made $6o0 for the mission church
among the mountains, and has
come back to stay withI you again.
Take it, little one.''
Like the flash of Ii ght thle re camne
lihe consc 11 iousnss liihat ini0 smie mys
eriouis way her gifit had beeni i. a
cep)ted of G odl and ret urned to her.
and( wvithl a cry of joyt the child
caught thle be loved eruLt ch t o her
lonely heart ; then, smi Inug t biroug h1
her tears at the kind I aces and
reverent ial eyes, she hobbled out
of the sanctuary. ''Bring ye all
the tithes into the storehouse, that
there may be meat in mine house,
and pr~ove mel now herewith, saith
the Lord of hosts, if I will not open
you the windows of heaven, and
pour you out a blessing, that there
shall not be room enough to re
ceive it.'' (Mal. 3 :mo.)-Gertrude
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