The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, January 29, 1904, Image 7
CHANGE IN CALENDAR.
Our Reckoning Not Like That of The
Colonial Fathers.
Philadelphia Ledger.
If anybody knows when Be-ijamin
Franklin was born it should be the
Franklit. Inn Club, which cele
brated the anniversary of his birth
on Jan. 6. On the other hand, a
resolution has been introduced in
congress directing a medal to be
struck in commemoration of the
bicentenary of Franklin's birth the
date of January 17, 1806. Why
this discrepancy? Simply because
the Franklin Inn Club, with the
thought of reproducing for the
occasion, the conditions existing in
Franklin's time, notes the date of
his birth in "old style." Franklin
was actually born upon January 6,
1706; the anniversary of thafday in
the reformed calendar, or "new
style," is now January 17, just as
we keep Washington's birthday
upon February 22, although his
birth was recorded as of February
ii. The Gregorian calendar was
not adopted in Great Britain and its
colonies until 1752.
The old, or Julian, calendar had
reckoned the year as of 365 1-4
days, working in the quarters by
adding an extra day every fourth
year. But the solar year is really
eleven minutes and twelve seconds
less than 365 1-4 days, and in the
course of centuries the accumulated
deficiency footed up a considerable
period of time. In 1852 this error
was rectified by dropping ten days,
between October 5 and 15. and
ordaining that only one in four of
the centurial years thereafter-A.
D. i6oo, 2000, etc,-should be a
leap year. Though this still leaves
a discrepancy ot about forty-three
seconds, to a year, the difference
will not amount to a day until about
the year 4ooo.
The accumulation of error under
the old calender was so rapid that
between 1852 and 1752 it amounted
to an additional day, so that when
the "new style" was adopted iE
Great Britain it was necessary tc
drop eleven days instead of ten,
and we have thus to add that num
ber of days to all previous dates it
our history to reach the actual
anniversary.. The change occurred
about midway in Franklin's life,
and it is quite probable that he
would continue to keep his birth
day upon the date to which he had
been accustomed. Russia, as i
generally known, has never adopted
the reformed calendar, and this is
why today is observed as Christmas
in the Eastern Church.
L.aying Down The L.aw.
Punch.
Lady (entertaining friend's littl
girl)-do you take sugar, darlingi
The Darling-Yes, please.
Lady-How many lumps?
The Darling-Oh, about seven
and when I'm out to tea I star1
with cake.
It makes a woman very indignan
with a man to tell her a queer story
that isn't.
Real Estate for Sas. I
I HAVE IN HANDS THE FOLLOW
ing described property for sale or
terms that will enable persons desiring
homes to secure same:
Seven tracts in No. 2 Township, con.
taining respectively 147.33, 211.13,
198.50, 192.75, 142.29, 217 and 188 acres.
These are choice lots, highly productive,
well wooded and watered, with penty
of the best pasture land on each place.
There are two good dwelling huses
and several tenant houses, barns, cribs
and stables on two of them, good well
or spring water in plenty. Also onlE
handsome residence in the town o1
Newberry, admirably constructed witl:
modern improvements, desirably beated
on one of our main thoroughfares, anc
in one of the most desirable sections of
our town.
In connection with this place there
are several handsome building los
which we will dispose of at an eare
date.
For prices and terms apply to
F. W. HIGGINS,
THE SLED BOAT.
Ingenious Comiinaton Devised by
the Fire island Life SnVerx.
The life savers attached to Uncle
Sam's stations ou Fire island encoun
tered great ditticuities and dangers'n
crossing the Great South bay to the
Long Island shore. either by water
craft or ice craft. Still, naturally
enough, they had a longing to visit
family and friends when the great is.
land sea was choked with drift ice or
partly frozen over. These ingenious
people long ago realized the needs of
a vehicle capable of traveling on either
ice or water safely, and years ago they
launched the first "scooter," a boat con
structed to travel on both ice and in
water. It was a small boat, made fast
to a sled, which was pushed on the Ice
and rowed on the water. This crude
mode of travel, with the wind against
or across the boat, made the trip one of
tremendous exertion. In the course of
time a sail was tried, at first square
rigged and very small. but it was used
only when the wind was A; .:. Then a
special boat was built which was par
tially decked, and the sled was made
lighter until at last the scooter of the
present day came about, with nothing
left of the sled but the bottom of the
runners, shod with iron, or, better still,
as experience has shown, with brass.
And so has developed the wonderful
scooter of the Long Island lakes and
bays, a swift iceboat that will sail in
the water and from one element to the
other quickly without a jar.-Exchange.
GOLD NUGGETS.
The Proces In Nature by Whieb
They Are Formed.
That gold is formed from solution is
generally . recognized. The miner re
ceives the theory because it explains
the making of gold to him, but he of
ten wonders how it is done, so here is
what has been seen: Daintree once pre
pared a solution of gold and left in it
a small piece of metallic gold. Acci
dentally a small piece of wood fell intc
the solution. The solution decomposed,
the gold assumed a metallic state and
collected and held to the small piece
of undissolved gold. which increased in
size. Another investigator heard of
this and made a dilute gold solution,
in which he immersed a piece of iron
pyrites and left it there a month. He
added also organic matter, and at the
month's end the pyrites were covered
with a film of metallic gold. Pyrites
and galena were next tried, and each
was covered with gold. Gold, coppei
pyrites, arsenical pyrites, galena and
wolfram were also tried, with similaz
results. Metallic precipitates were
tried, and while they threw down the
gold as a metallic powder they did
not cause it to cohere nor to plate anN
of the substances tried. Organic mat
ter thus seemed the necessary chemica
agent Through the wood used in thesk
experiments gold was disseminated it
fine particles. Imagine ihese experi,
ments conducted by nature througl
ages and the result could be a nugget
-Mines and Minerals.
The Cook Approved.
Out in Columbia road lives a gentle
woman of ample means, who recentI3
advertised for a cook. The establish
ment is entirely in accord with an ex,
cellent social position, but is by nC
means pretentious, so when a well rec
ommended cook called and mentionce
her prie~ as $40 a month the lady o1
the house answered that a wage of tha
figure was quite out of the question.
The cook dwelt a little on her su
perior ability in the matter of getting
up smart luncheons and dinners. bu
the mistress of the house answeres
that she wouldn't think for a momen
of paying $40 for a cook. The chef
lady rose to depart. She was perfect3
affable, and the gentlewoman's deter
mination evidently impressed her a:
most commendable.
"I see how it is," she said approv
ingly. "You are trying to live witi3
your income."
And she departed, doubtless to finm
somebody who isn't making that ef
fort-Washington Post.
Look Niaher.
Never cultivate second or third rate
folk except for artistic purposes. Mee
them. if you must; leave them whet
you can. You need expect nothing from
them that they can conscientiousl3
withhold, for they are after your goodt
while keeping a strict and jealoun
watch upon their own. All you can ge
from them Is material, never any spir
Itual, Intellectual, wise, sane or mora
or helpful messages.
Just Like a Woman.
"She's runnIng a correspondence
school; teaches the secret of success."
"Just like a woman to tell secrets."
Detroit Free Press.
You might shed your blood for some
fellows, but they would never under
stiand the sacritice.-Schoolmaster.
The Ynnkee Twist.
The beginning of an internationa:
misunderstandin;: or thec continuatior
of an oHt one is conta ine.d in this dia
iogue fromu the I hladephI'ia Ledger:
".Of cors you eun." repihed the Yan
BAKED APPLES.
I'be Way to Make a Convenient and
Delicion DeNmert.
The diffence tbetween apple sauce
stewed ouickly over the fire and that
baked slowly for several hours in a
moderate oven is so great that one
coUld easily believe that diterent fruits
bad been used. Each method. if care
fully followed, produces a delicious re
sult, and. while some persons have a
strong preference for one or the other.
to my mind it is difficult to decide
which is the better way. Therefore it
Is vwll to use both methods, cooking
the lirst apples that come in midsum
mer by stewing. and later, when the
cool days of early autumn make a fire
less objectionable, trying the baking.
The dish for baking is as important
as that for beans baked properly and
also for Indian puddings. and should be
the same in style and material. Cut
the fruit (and you may use in this way
any kind of apples or pears which are
too green or hard to use uncooked) into
quarters; then remove the cores and
skins. Allow one cup of sugar and
one-!alf cup of water to two quarts of
fruit. The amount will vary with dif
ferant apples. and it Is important not
to use too much sugar. for the long
cooking seems to develop the natural
sweetness of the fruit Cover them
closely and cook In a slow oven four
or five hours or until they have a deep
rich red color. If they cook too fast.
the steam will cause them to burst and
run over the edge and result in a
mushy sauce. but a moderate heat.
long continued, will leave each quarter
distinct in the clear sirup. Let it cool
in the pan and turn it out without any
stirring of the fruit This may be
poured at once into sterilized jars and
sealed the same as canned fruit, if you
are not likely to use it all soon. AQ a
sauce for a breakfast or dinner i,
acceptable; with cream and hot biscuit
for supper it is delicious, and as a fill
ing for pastry shells it is convenient.
Home Science Magazine.
THE CAVE OF GHOSTS.
This.I One of the Wonder Places of
New South Walea.
On'e of the curiosities of Oakley
creek. N. S. W., is a cave which very
few people care to enter. It is of the
usual order of stalactite and stalag
mite shapes and figures, but in order
to get inside it the visitor must crouch
down and squeeze himself through a
narrow opening and grope his way in
the inky darkness for a few yards till
he can stand erect and light a torch.
As s-,on as he has done this he sees
faintly the weird shapes assumed by
the water dripping from the limestone
and he he .- a whirring noise. He
feels inclined to make his exit at once,
but he hears something moving all
round him, and presently something
touches him.
He concludes that there are uncanny
spirits about, and this sensation is mul
tiplied many times in Intensity when
on turning to retrace his steps he finds
himself confronted by a tall, ghostly
figure.
If the visitor has a strong nerve or
has been forewarned, which is not al
ways the case, he recognizes that the
ghostly figure is a senseless block form
ed by the dripping from the limestone,
and that the moving creatures are
bats.
IThere Is one part of the cave which
no man has dared to explore. It is
called the blowhole. One adventurous
visitor was about to squeeze himself
through this narrow aperture when it
~occurred to him to throw a stone
through. He did so. listening for the
stone to touch bottom, and the dull
sound that finally reached him con
vinced him that there was a sheer
drop of 200 feet on the other side of
the blowhole.
The Great Secret.
~Towne-You say it's Impossible for a
woman to keep a secret?
~Browne-Yes.
Towne-How about her age?
Browne -She doesn't keep that a se
cret. She merely tries to.-Phladel
phia Press.
A Kick on Unions.
Clerk-I want more salary. sir, be
e ause I am going to be married.
aEmployer-But I don't believe in "un
ions" raising the price of labor.-Puck.
Jus't Too Late.
T!m world i'. overloaded with people
-...w-~ just going to do something
I ,~ -...-y dse got In ahead of
.--- -:r':ee Sentinel.
Int~ferenee.
Dorothy-What F'rank Werser ever
couid have seen In Bessie Brown is
past my knowledge.
Bella-Why, Dorothy, I didn't know
you cared so much for Frank.-Boston
Transcript.
The Doctor's E,xpectation.
Friend-1'm glad to see you so much
better. old nma. Does the doctor ex
pet you to bie out soon?
Invalid-Well. I thinik ho expects me
soon to be om the amount of his bill.
Ie sent it in .'da:y.-Exe1Mm(nz.
W.~hmen a1 eilusy I:.. ha z~s . ipO on
a lady'- tra!!ing skirt. be*for iw bengins
to aplgize he should always get off
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