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TEARING DOWN OLD WORLDS. young Stars Gather Vp the Pieces to Add to Themselves. Every young star, such as our sun, j ntP on/1 OratflOrc tr? itSAlf OliaDti" i aill aV/CO UX1U ^UVliVi U vvr , - ties of impalpable cosmic dus: which ir encounters on its journey through space. Therefore every youthful heavenly body, is increasing in size. But on the other hand every old and wornout star reverses the process ~nd in stead of gathering in new supplies discharges its accumulations. In the end ithe old star is utterly disentegrated and dissolved back into primeval dust which reassembles somewhere on the outskirts of space wfrere a new star is organized. This process of tearing down old worlds and rebuilding new ones goes on perpetually. Some of the forces which nature employs for this work are light, electric currents and A V* T 4VM.V.W ? There are innumerable dark bodies 1 floating in space. Some of these are j extinguished suns. Some of these are dark worlds, having lost their vitality, are on that account, slowly dissolving. Having parted with their light, heat and powers of attraction they are no longer able to hold their particles together. Hence they are j becoming smaller and smaller. The i meteoric stones vhioh strike the j earth may be the heart, the. final rem- j nant of a great star or sun. The dust of the stars Thus dissolved, in obedience to some repellant force, retires I'ar away from the old scenes, wandering darkling in the cold outer re ?nd.nioo oro f-nrmAfl These i -iiuns ttcie n --uuitiv- en ^ ?.???? straggling particl-e-s of dust are dark I and cold beyond any. degree possible < of conception by mortal and finite' minds. Not until they begin to strike J against each other is there any light. Friction creates both light and h-eat. These particles form into swarms and when two swarms come into conflict tfhey unite in spiral motion. Dr See says: "The photographs afford durable and convincing illustra- | +i/->no nf thp formation of whirlpool ! tiV/iAU V* VA? >, nebulae by the automatic winding up I of tw o or more streams of cosmical j dust. Indeed, two such streams can- j not meet or a single stream settle to, equilibrium without giving rise to rotation about a center, and thus producing a whirling vortex, which eventually leads to the development of a cosmical system." The behavior of star dust is not the occasion of much difference of opinion between Laplace of 100 years ago and 1 - - rr>l j.f | Dr. See of the present time, mey un- j fer widely, however, on the processes ! of world svstem formations. Dr. S-ee ! i !has made a profound study of thisj subject. It is well known among as-1 tronomers that all the stars we behold j at night and our sun, which is one of j them, belong to the milky way and ' are integral parts of it. The nebulae.1 are off to the right and left of the.; milky way as far as possible. Dr. See j says: j "That this extraordinary distribution of the nebulae as far as possible from the stars of the milky way has some deep physical significance can scarcely be doubted. What, then, is the meaning of the observed distribution? To answer this question in the simplest and most unbiased manner we may ask our&eives how dermacritus, Anazagoras, Aristotle or any of the Greek natural phisolosphers would have answered such a question, had they known that cosmical dust is constantly expelled from the stars by electric forces and by the radiation-pressure of tiheir light and driven away from the milky way, which they also knew to be composed of small stars too dense to be seen individually. Can any one doubt tfiat the Athenian saees would have said that the nebulae are formed of cosmical dust expelled from the stars and are, therefor?, located as far away froia the milky way as possible, being co^eeted principally in its poles. ?Kansas City Star. Presentment of Grand Jury. To His Honor, Judge J. W. Devore: We the grand jury of Newberry coun ty for the year .1913 desire to express our hearty appreciation of the instructions conveyed to us, regarding the obligations resting upon our body, in the remarks made to us by yourself; and guided by same, we j have been enabled to assist in the ex- j pedition of business at this term of court. We have carefully considered all! bills handed to us by the solicitor,' and "have reported our findings, on 1 same to the court. Committees, appointed at a prior j time are keeping in touch with mat- | ters, assigned to them and will be en- , abled to give full reports as to the conduct of officials, the condition of educational interests, and the necessary repairs to public property, together, with other matters which have, a place n lino of duty, laid down as i i a guide for our conduct of public affairs. We recommend that "commutation tax" collected in the different tov ships of the county, be expended j strictly, in rhe manner indicated in j the bill authorizing same, and That no part of it shall be diverted from the purposes therein indicated, for any purpose whatever. 'Again, we insist that the officers charged with the care of public buildings shall cause to be placed on the steps, in the rear of the judge's stand, and on those leading to the gallery, ? - ? *?* "' ^An + Vi of Trill LLI'CLIVL LdLl UI v)UillC UCOWIipnuu bjlicii, tv ah lessen the noise, that interferes so materially with the proper conduct of the court. We desire your honor to make it plain to those concerned, that we as grand jurers, are acting entirely within our province in making such recommendations as look to the betterment of public matters; and, that disregard for same, is a violation of hhe obligations whioh they assume when they accept office at the hands of the people, whose agents, under oath, we are, and whose rights and comforts are involved. We desire to m?ke it plain that we intend to attend strictly to the business in. our hands, for the term of our incumbency, and that any dereliction from duty shall be explained, and the reasons for assigned to us. J. C. Adams, Foreman, j We recommend that our clerk be ; paid tne usuai i-ee. ONE GHALX OF lVIIEAT. How if is Made to Produce 50,000 . Grains jn a Single Year. . *j . Great interest is taken in France j just now in a new nHthod by which j toe yield of crops per acre is enor- j rnously increased. In one Test case , the yield of wheat has been three j tinus above that grown in similar soil in the same neighborhood. The remarkable value of the meth! od is indicated by the statement that, it has made 20 grains of wheat produce 700,000 in one year. The method consists in preparing j seed -beds in widely spaced lines on j very mellow land, :then at the end of , two months dividing the tufts spring- | ing from each grain, replanting each of these rooted shoots tJhus* detached, and finally in hoeing and earthing up J those new plants many times in such j maimer as to provoke at all the points brought into intimate contact with the earth the growth of numerous adventitious shoots, each of which bears an ear. The system is not really new, but a very ancient one, used immemorially . by the Chinese, and to it is due the enormous yield of their fields, which have been treated like gardens. While our farmers throw broadcast. handfuls of grain on the harrowed earth, offering rich pasturage to pillaging birds and rodents, the Chinaman, after furrowing the earth with his wooden plow-share without turning it, crumbles each lump in his hands till it is like fine powder. This done, at planting time he walks slowly down each furrow, carrying a grain drill, which is a marvel of ingenius simplicity. Picture to yourself two pointed plow-s'hares about 20 inches apart ? 1 Kit o f*?<3notrATVJo har ana cui-iuciji,cu uj o. nuu-jiviuv supporting a hopper filled with grain from which issue two slender bamboo tubes designed to conduct the grains so that each will drop in the wake of one of the scares. The diameter of each tube is just great enough -to allow the passage of one grain at a time without letting it drop until it receives the impulse of a slight shock given by means of the handles which | complete the apparatus. nnoliot! tiho drill in front ! I 1 iiC 5SUWC1 p WUV of him, inclining it now to the right I and now to the left in such a way j that each inclination causes the issue of a single seed, which is instantly pressed under by the track of one foot or the other. Each grain is thus planted at a distance or 16 to 20 inches j from its neighbors in every direction. I At the end of a few weeKs germm- j ation begins. When the young plant is ten or twelve inches in height there are a score of stalks about its stem, each provided with a fringe of rootlets. The farmer covers each with loose earth by means of careful hoeing, thus raising the level of the fur- 1 row. Each stalk again proliferates, ' " ~ ^ n-na cnnn fiffppn TO twPTltv ' anu tiiti c en ^ -.A- ? ... _v new stalks around its stem, which detach themselves. All are the indirect issue of a single grain, which proves therefore to have been the parent of 300 to 400 sialks, each bearing an ear. Transferring this method to experimental fields and perfecting it, it has been found possible to separate from f the stem each of the primitive stalk-' lots with its own root, transplant it, and then treat in the same way each of the new plants thus formed. An Algerian French farm r. Mr. Fourdiol-Humbert, has been planting wheat and oats in tine same fields for five years, without the applica:ion of manure. He makes his furrows 36 therein at a distance of 20 inches inches apart and plants the seeds from each other. Then he harrows tihe earth constamly, stirring te soil, destroying its parasites and keeping it pulverized. For five years, without fertilizing without distribution of crops and without rotation, he has harvested an average yield of 1,800 J 1 AAA ? i pounds ot oats per acre anu i.iruv ui wheat, while 'his neighbor's yield was a scant 800 pounds of oats and 500 of wheat.?New York American. Great Animal Swimmers. The rhinoceros and hippopotamus are wonderful swimmers and divers, wihile the Indian elephant crosses ereat rivers wjtth heavy loads. The j elk and the reindeer are first-class I swimmers. The elk keeps fris head j above water and crosses directly from bank to bank to avoid turning. The reindeer, on the other hand, turns as often as he likes, keeping his head only a little above tine surface. Har-! . | per s says: But of all swimmers of all times the i best, tnough not the swiftest, is the j polar bear, w*ho passes half his time in ! the water swimming and diving. His : swimming power is nothing short of I miraculous if it be remembered that: the water in :he regions he frequen s ! invflriablv cold and that cold is nor mally prohibitive to good swimming. There ar bears that can swim from . forty to fifty kilometers without great ! effort. ^ ? One of the swiftest swimming ani-; mals is ihe squirrel. A sportsman on i i one occasion, 'having at hand a squir- ! rel born in captivity, which had never i i seen water, wanted to see if it could I swim, and took it with him in a row- j boat to the centre of a lake. The squir- i i tiiT-norl Mn-arH tho hunt hparl anfl ! paws above the water, and tail underneath it, and began to swim so rapidly that the man recovered it when it neared t*he shallow water near the land. It is said that even many nonaquatic birds will swim like ducks if an attempt be made -to drown them. Honesty in Business. ? Commenting on the statement I made recently that a large business man found nearly all persons honest, the, rpnrpsemfltive of another con cern, doing from $30,000,000 to $50,-1 000,000 of business every year, said! to me yesterday: "Going back over j our accounts for a period of seven j years, I can assure you that our losses : have been less than a tenth of cne per cent." I That is certainly a small loss. If | 'every time you handle $1,000 in a ; 1 * ? ~ + V* o & 1 t Dusiness way >uu lust: icss i.uau .px | through misfortune, trickery or dis- i honesty, the record looks pretty clean. The figures indicate that the man who is habitually dishonest does not survive in business. A Philadelphia mnufacturer of cotton garments tells me that in nine years his plant has lost a total of on: ly $160 through inability to collect j the debts due it. I asked him how it was, possible to keep the losses so ; small. His reply was that his factory Bold its output mostly to large concerns where the standard of honesty is 'aigh.?Philadelphia Ledger. NEW POSTOFFICE FOB BAMBERG. A. W. Knight Win Put Up Buildingfor Government. Washington. June 13.?Through the efforts of Representative Byrnes, of the 2d district, the postoffice department recently decided to make better provision for the postoffice at Bamberg, S. C. The proposal of A. W. Knight to rent new quarters to the . postoffice at Bamberg at $500 a year, j which is nearly twice the present an- J nual amount, has been accepted. Mr. j Knight will put up a new building. DR. J. W. POLLING ENDORSED. Allendale Pastor Recommended for Diplomatic Position. Washington, June 13.?Senator E. D. Smith and Representative James F. Byrnes have endorsed Dr. J. W. Wolling, pastor of the Methodist church at Allendale, S. C., for a diplomatic position in one of the Latin/ A nArMiKlinc? Tlr* rvl 11 -n rr titck Q LfliliCI lean I CP U Un\^o. iyi. i. uimit, .? for years a missionary in South America, and it is beli-eved that he will be made minister to one of the countries of that continent. Treat a venerable wise man with respect, but correct thine equal when he maintains a wrong opinion. ? " 1 "P?Iiu lUMiwa?nB TI _ M i ne my Capital St "TiJie Bant 501 STAR] " vidua!, is and place kets with robbery, \ money in at will? w: today and se multiplies _! ! i I f mi ? lhe Uemson Ag ENROLLMENT OVER 800-VALUE AND A THIRD-OVER 90 1 Degree Courses: S Textile Industry; Architectural Engin Short Courses: ?2??S on Grading; Four-Weeks Winter Con P l9 Cost per session of nine rion vVSu water, board, laundry, and t tion, if able to pay, $40 00 extra. Tol Agricultural Course, $117.55; Four-W< Srti* 1 in. r I fc&olarstup ana Entrance c Agricultural and Textile Scholarships arships. Value of Scholarships $100 c dents who have attended Clemson Col sity, are not eligible for the Scholarsh applicants.) Scholarship and Entrance Examina perintendent of Education on July iit NEXT SESSION OPENS Write at once to W. I 11 Clemson College, S. C., for Catalog, S I' = "J. Pocfrkrpi^ Tmrrpff'fltelv To! 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