The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, July 12, 1907, Page FIVE, Image 5
Queer Things that Happen.
-%-s m:ziy be inlferre. pepl wh
m almV u Le. world with their eyes
and ear: Open Zcee A: hear m:m
thin_s strange and interestin.. also
otherwise. The w-rld is full of phe
nomena and odd accidents and quaini
conceits. Comedy goes arm in arn
with tragedy and more extraordin-arv
eeidents happen in real life than are
lI in fiction.
or example, down in San Bernar
di Valley, Cal., 'two playful wild
cats cut off the electric lights of sev
eral to*ns for nearly 48 hours, and
every hotne and store, hotel and fac
tory in i e,ire valley was in total
darkne-. , T young catamounts,
evidently w3ile romping, chased eacl
other up a pol carrying the main
wires of the Pa.-iiie lighting company
between the pows - house and the dis
tributing point. In their play the
cable parted, th circuit was broken,
and every light went out. Both ani
mals were kifled by the shock and
their bodies lay on the ground at the
foot of the pole .when the linemen
came to repair the break.
One of the queerest lawsuits I ev
er heard of is pending in the courts
of the county-Sam Bernardino, Cadi
fornia. Paul Sehlardum bought a re
volver from a hardware firm to com
mit suicide. For some reason the
weapon was defective and would not
go off. Schlardum has sued the com
pany for damages.
Men die sometimes from exceed
inly queer causes. For example:
Col. J. B. Anderson, of Colfax,
Wash., laughed so hard at a funny
story told by a neighbor that he had
an attack of apoplexy andidied with
in an hour.
David Dorso, of Harrison, N. J.,
was shaving, when a mosquito lit on
his chin. In making a motion with
the razor 4to drive the insect away he
eut a deep gash in hiis throst.and bled
to deth within a few minutes.
Elmer Kerchoff, while earrying a
keg of beer -at a picnic in Reading,
Penn., last summer, stumbled over a
croquet hook. The keg went down
with him and crushed his head, so that
he died shortly after.
While fishing f'mm Steeplechase
pier, Coiiey Island, not long ago,
Charles tindbrg of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
suddenly disappeared, and Charles
Neleon, who was with him. thought he
was drowned. His surmise was cor
rect. Lindberg had fallen asleep as he
at on the pier, and, failing intg t.he
Mater, was carried out -before he
~could raise an outcry or take meas
-ures to save himself. He had on a
heavy overeoat.
Returning from a merrymaking
*with severa-1 .companions, George Fo
g'arty, of Beverly, N. J., mets death
while carrying the ''dare''~ set by one
of the party. Challenged to climb 'the
~upraised arm .of a safety gate at the
Pensylvania Railroad eressing at
Cooper street, Beverly, Forgarty, who
was a telegraph lineman, accepted
the task. When nearing the top of
the ''finger of death'' bis weight
caused the wooden barrier to snap
anid Forgarty was hurled. to death.
A tragie fate has befallen Signor
Gladetti, the famous ehemidt, who for
the Thni 15 years has been erigaged in
*devising a new process of celluloid
manufacture. -Signor Gliadetti was
carrying out experiments in his lab
ratory with sulphuric acid and ch'lor
umn. These, he mixed in very large
quantities, with 'the result that he
was suffocated by the volnminous
gas produced. Signor Gladetti was a
veteran of the Italian war of inde
pendenee.
Although people somnetimes die in
a peculiar imanner, their lives are al
so saved in a queer manner. Here is
a case in point: Dr. Marion Hart
sell, of Noblesville, I-nd., owes his life
'to a silver 'do)ar. He was met on the
street one day last year by James
Parrish, a farmer, who said: ''You
.have wronged me,* and I'm going to
kill you!'' Parrish..drew a revolver
and fired, ,The bullet striking the dol
kar in Dr. Hertzell's pocket aind flat
tening out. The physician was unn
jured. The dolla~r was punctured and
may, when weighed, show a loss of
47 cents.
Surely 'the most curious present
ever given to anybody was that made
to an elderly Welsh couple in Ken
tucky. John Williams arid his wife
celebrated their golden wedding, and
among the presents received was a
tombstone with their snames beauti
fully engraved on it. There were
blanks for the dates.
IKidnapped 20 years ago by 'his
nurse James M. Leydon; formerly a
driver for the Adams Expreiss Com
pany in Chicago, found his father
while standing in front of the post
office at Aurora. Leydon learned
some time ago from friends at Auro
ra that the name of ''Sly,'' by which
he was known, was not his right
name. and satisfied that he had been
the victim of a kidnapping plot, he
determined to find his parents. He
consulted the city directory of Auro
ra an7tame th 7t for a week
elder Ley<lon tien explained 1w he
had placed his son in the family of:
Mr. and Mrs. Sly of Aurora, who had.
disappeared.
A Good Result.
Under the operation of the new
Pure Food Laws. baking powders now
generally bear on the labels a state
ment of the ingredients. This is of
utmost importance because of the
harmful inoredients used in many
cases.
Royal Baking Powder is known to
be the only baking powder made of
Royal Grape Cream of Tartar, and
this no doubt explains its greatly in
creased sale here.
Careful housekeepers are taking ad
vantage of the protection which the
Laws afford, and are examining a:ll
the reading matter on the back of the
Iabel before adopting any brand for
use in the home.
When in place of the words Cream
of Tartar the words "a-lum'' ''alumin
um'' or "phosphate of lime'" appear
among the ingredients. they heed the
warning and avoid baking powders
containing these substitutes.
There 's a nice little island depend
ency of ChaAleston on whieh MT.
Rockefeller may (hide if he wish.
News and Courier.
If John D. told all he knows, the
courts s4iould proceed to appoint a
cnmmitee to take care of his assets.
-News and oCurier.
Evidently Standard Oil 's King
p'!umes himself on having more mon
ey thian brains.-News and Courier.
Never wi'l it be *aid of John D that
'--sti-1 the wonder grew,
Tha.t one small head could carry all
hek.new.''"
News and Courier.
It might bave been expected that
in an office of .Gvernment draughts
men, they would draw the color line
as well as others.-News and: Courier.
Warning: Bewar of warm friend
ships now.--News and Courier.
It is hard to resist .the temptation
to fall into the sans of one who meets!
you wi-h a frigid stare.-News and
Courier.
This country seems to want *a
Sutnda:rd Oil Company.-News an-d
Courier.
Although in Tevas a 40 pound wat
ermelon dosts ten cents, seven cents
is .e:lowed as a. rebate to the purchas
er for removing it.
Anyhow, the gent'leman who told
the infamous ilie about Lecturer Tiltl
man shellenging Lecturer Doliver to
fight a duel is .in ile 'for a good job
as press agent for a eeture bureau.
News and oCurier.
A Southb Carolina magistrafte hav
ing-been 'h'uspended,'' a lecture de
nouncing 'lynebers from 4he esteemed
New York Evening post is in order.
News and Corier.
I-n Sunday night's allantariot in
New York only 5,000 people partici
plated, andi the easn'a1ties were distri
buted eamong both whites and blaeks,
but no gory coment was elicited
from tihe iloeal newspapers.-News aid
Courier.
The Graxes boom inflates ithe 'land.
-Nes and Courier.
Boarder-You can divide a chieken
with mathematical aeeura.ey, Mrs.
Hashington.
Mrs. Hashington-Dividing it is
easy enough. I wish I could multiply
it.-Philadelphia Inquirer.,
A "Bilious
Attack."
Symptoms. Sour stomach,
nasty taste in mouth, sick
headache, sallow complex
ion, the world your enemy.
Cause. Constipation, inact
ive liver, overflow of bile
into the system.(
Relief. Treatment for two
nights before retiring with
MAD TONIC PEU.E T8
One a night, don't worry, sleepI
well and Nature'll do the rest. -
Entire Treatment 25 Cts.
W. G. Mayes & Prosperity Drug Co.
~ndgetyrmoneybackifnlotsatiaed
Sample tube and Booklet by mail ioc.
BRtOWN MiE'G. CO.
64 ois o renvll,T/
Barbecue.
'e member., f B.Zehman i !il,
1i .i *v!a a il r cla- ar
beene on the vhurch 2Trunds on Fri
dtv. .ap v 26. fiir ihe benefit of the
church. Refreshnme:s will be served
and will be in ehar(e of Mrs. Jimmie
Epps. Dinner 35 cents for ladies and
40 cents for gentlemen.
TEACHER WANTED.
The patrons of Forks school dis
trict No. 55 will meet at the school
house on Saturday, July 27. 1907, at
three o'clock for the purpose of elect
ing a teacher. The term will last six
months and the salary is $35 a month. I
Lady preferred.
Applications may be sent to
W. G. Metts,
Slighs, S. C.. R. F. D. No. 1.
D. T. Wicker,
Pomaria, S. C., R. F. D.
Q. M. Kinard,
Pomaria, S. C.: R. F. D.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
In considerat,ion of a peti,tion suf
ficiently signed by the freoholders and
electors of Excelsior school district
No. -. asking for an eleetiion to or
,anize a high school in connection
with the Prosperity school district No.
14, as provided f~r by a recent Act
of ithe legislature.
An eleetion will be held at Excel
pinning '' s. r-.. and elo.ing at 4
p. U!.. e m e-t-:uo rison-. the
district board of trustees of said dis
bitiet. Th-se fa.voriane the proposit:!on
w- :n w,! vote "Against High
School.' Re2istration certi:ate and
tax recep; are aguirenu:. :.f ellee
tors to v ..
J. S. Waeeler,
E. 0. Counts,
YOUR
LIVER
is your best friend or your worst
enemy. Active it's your friend.
Torpid it's your enemy, and its
army is Constipation, Biliousness,
Sick Headache, etc.
make active, strong and healthy.
livers, preventing and relieving'
liver troubles.
Complete Treatment 25..
W. G. Mayes & Prosperity Drug Co
andgtooneybcifnotsas5 r1.
Sample tube and Booklet by mail xoe.
BROWN MF*G Co..
e. Leus, I. r....vm.'.Team.
INDEPENDENCE DAY.
We hail the glorious Fourth
with glad acelaim. We will be
closed to celebratel like all loyal
citizens. Meanwhile we are here1
to look after your Confectionery&
wants with scrupulous care. b
New Market.
I have opened a first class
VAeat Market on -Friend street,1
1ext door to the Observer office, 3
mid am prepared to furnish1
:hoice meats of all kinds.
~Ell orders entrusted to me
vill receive my personal at
ention.
Come to see my market. e
t is the cleanest and most up
o-date market in Newberry.t
J. A. WRIGHT,
Friend Street,.
Phone 232.
PIANO
We challeng
worl
PIANOS
A thoroughl
sold for $300.(
A good Pia
rooms for $35(
Other high i
makes. sold at
The Pianos are ii
S. C., 3rd door fron
them for yourself.
at these prices.
Don't niss the or
a bargain in a Pian
If you can't com4
will call to see you.
Sold for cash or c
HOL
Greenwi
The Secret of
BEAUTIFUL
COMPLEXION
Now Revealed1
F R EE
hat beauty is more desirable than -
n exquisite complexion and elegant
ewels. An dpportunity for every wo- Loa1
man to obtain both, for a 'limited timeO Ove:
el.. . Fun
The directions and recipe for .ob- fb
aining a faultless complexion is the CS
ecret long guarded by the master Cs
minds of the OBIENTAL~S and al
This we obtained after years of
ork and at great expense. It is the
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eautiful women of Europe.
Hundreds of American women who,
ow use it have expressed their do
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This secret is easily understood an'd
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e expense of creams, cosmetics,
~leaches and forever give you a beau
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'rom pimples, bad color, bhackheads, O
tc.. It alone is worth to you many
mes the price we ask you to send
or the genuine diamond ring of lat
st design.
We sell younthis ring as one sma21 ert
profit above manufacturing cost. The the
irice is less thai one half what others
.arge. The recipe is fre'e with every J me
ing. sunU
It is a genuine rose cut diamond dijet
ing of sparkling brilliancy absolute-an
guaranteed, very dainty, shaped
ke a Beacher with Tiffany setting of Qu c
Kt. gold shell, at your local jeweler chi r
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We maia you this beautiful comn- 20:
lexion recipe free when your order J
received for ring anud $2.00 in mfon-bI
r order, stamps or bills. Get your
rder in before our supply is ex.haust- goe
t. * Eve
This offer is made fora limited .
me only as a means of advertising,
rid introducing our goods.I
Send today before this opport;unity
forgotten
T. C. MOSELEY
East 23rd Street, New York City.
S!PIANOS!.
,e competition with the
d in prices on
AND ORGANS.
y reliable Piano usually
)0, our price $200.00
no sold in other ware
).00, our price $250.00
Yrade and well known
gr4atly reduced prices.
i the Scott Building, Newberry
i the post office. You can see
A limited number% will be sold
>portunity of a life time to get
0.
3, write, and a representativa
>n satisfactory terms.
kND BROS..,.
Dod and Newberry.
* CONDENSED
Statements of the' Condition of'
-HE COMERCILt BAPK'I
Newberry, S. C,
At the Close of Business June 14, 1907.
* RESOURCES. L4IIIS
$502,728.55 CptlSok$0OOG
drafts 3,107.87 Unideprft
iture andlesepne 549 .3
:tures ' 3,116.93 Unaddveds 45O
1z and sightCahe'chck 65O
change 21,333.82 Dpst,Idvd
Capta Soc-$320,443.5?0~
$430,287.17 dedprofitsk 192
Pad n anpa dividends7.0
JY.MFL,Cashiersc. 's 50
!e'hve to man sumeros, anda
prie n temRE HOuali sale 443n.7
~ce Fidy32,28. d inclust Baks 4 09.27
)mer KIDres Gods Colre Ars,. Le-re
~' Slippers MnsFtAwL , Laiesat
Flowers, to ysummer o odsn, Mend Loth
harythern oer el Domestigoing a
aes Frda$25h, N Defende Drop Hooed
ring Machine $1 7.93. Machine warrantede
years.
ist received our 32nd .car, making 3;555
. choice Tennessee Flour, and while it lastsa
s for best patent $5.35, half pat. $4.90,~
ry barrel guaranteed to give satisfaction.
Voseley Bros4
PROSPERITY, S. C.