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I BATTLES mm\ Absolutely No Physical Relation Exists Between Them. IAN ANCIENT MYTH RIDDLED, j No Amount of Gun or Cannon Fire Would Have Any Appreciable Effect Upon Either the Humidity or the Temperature of the Atmosphere. "It is uue of tbe extraordinary tiling of warfare." says a recent writer in Pearson's Weekly (London;, "that a I big battle invariably produces ram." j Once in tbe early stone age some I bodv remarked to somebody elst* that j I, raiii frequently occurred after battles j The author ot' this casual statement j was probably nut a psychologist. ei>e ( his conscience would have smitten him j for having set afloat in the world the j genu of a particularly fatuous fallacy I The evolution of the idea was probably | complete Jong before the age of bronze Big battles are often followed by rain Big battles often produce rain. Big battles invariably produce rain. Even i the modern penny-a-liner cannot imi prove on the statement. The myth infixed?crystallized?and probably im perishable. f| Had we enjoyed the privilege of persona! acquaintance with the Neauder Ptnai genueiuiuj just uieuuuucu *>c should have courteously entreated him to start another ball rolling down the ages, to wit, "A big sneeze is often followed oy rain." The infinitesimal j increase in the humidity of the air ; occasioned by a sneeze is a simple and obvicuj /act, whereas the infinitesimal amount of water vapor produced by . the explosiou of a few tons of am- ! I munition can be hunted down only by j an excursion into the fields of chernSince, however, we must put up with the myth in its present form, let us H see how it happens that rain has so often followed battles as to suggest to B uncritical people that there was a phys j ical relation between the one and the j oiner. First of all, no such relation exists. Rain is the result of the active con densation in the atmosphere, and this is purely a question of humidity and temperature. If the humidity be surti ciently increased, or the temperature sufficiently lowered, condensation is in- j evitable?provided certain nuclei of condensation ?dust particles or molecules of hygroscopic gases) be present, and outside of the laboratory they always are present Now, it is conceivable that a warring army might produce a local rainstorm I by setting Are to a great city, ir iae i air be rather moist, a large conflagration invariably builds up great cumulus j clouds above it. The heated air rises j and cools by expansion, just as its does j from the sun beated earth on a summer day, and condensation results. Under favorable conditions a very big fire might cause a smart shower, or even a thunderstorm, though usually 1 the process goes no further than to form clouds. A battle, however, cannot be supposed to have any appreciable effect I upon either the temperature or the | humidity of the air. Two explanations ~ of the alleged production of rain by R battles have been offered, one nonsensical, and the other pseudo-scieutific. The nonsensical explanation is the popular one?viz, that the con' 1 densation of moisture is promoted by the concussiou due to cannonading, ori that the drops already condensed and constituting the clouds are jostled toLgether by the same process, with the result that they coalesce and fall as As was once oointed out by A Profe^ f.or Newcomb. the effect of a violent explosion upon a body of moist j air a quarter of a mile away is exactly tbe same as that of tbe clapping of one's hands upon the moist air of tbe room in which the experiment is performed?i. e., absolutely nil. Or, again, if we stand in the steam escaping from a kettle and clap our hands we shall not produce a shower, though we p \ jostle the water drops just as the exmk plosion does at a distance of a quarter of a mile. R The pseudo-scientific explanation is IT that the gases and 6i>30ke produced by ML expicsions increase condensation by in ' creasing the number of "nuclei" in the atmosphere. The nucleation of the at ? mosphere, as affected Dy ordinary ausi* iness. br hygroscopic gases, by radioactive discbarges, by ultra violet light and what not is still an obscure subject. An outstanding result of recent L investigations, however, appears to be this: The lower atmosphere normally K contains more than the minimum number of nuclei necessary for the process of condensation, and this process canV not be made more active by a mere increase in the Dumber. Thus various and abundant nuclei, in the form of gases and smoke, are given off to the atmosphere by great manufacturing />ontAr? thpsp nitres do not have a heavier rainfall than the surrounding open country. Pittsburgh, for example. is one of the driest places in Pennsylvania. The suggestion that explo^ sions may produce rain by furnishing & nuclei to the atmosphere is. in fact, a i r; mere speculation, and probably could ^ be easily refuted by laboratory experiments.?Scientific American. Slangy, but Sincere "That's my oeau." "I suppose be considers you the apple of his eye?" "Wei!, something like that. He says I'm a pippin."?Spokane Review. The move we do, the more we can <3o; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have.?Ilazlitt. f HAVE NO USE FOR LOCKS. Since No One There Would Steal, Why Fasten the Doors? A land of almost Utopian simplicity is described by a writer in tile Loudon Field, who a few years ago starred on foot from Innsbruck and went by w. > of I^andeck to the Stelvio [kiss aim I'lick across the Tyrol to Welscbnofen Olc of the joys of a walking trif? in the Tyrol, lie says, lies iu the friend ship of these exceedingly simple. n<?i? J orable and religions peasants. I They leave their agricultural iniple rnents lyinall nijibt in the field, covered with a heavy cloth, for the dew is as dishonest anions these hoh mountains as elsewhere. They have uo locks on their barns. They lilt a 1 cross with n cry for prayers and uic ; remembrance of <i<?d at every quarter j of a mile. These crosses mark the spot ' where some poor soul has died <1 urinir J tbe wild storms of winter. How dread i j* ful those tempests are can be judged I from the fact that we found six such I homely wooden monuments, not one I I more than ten years old. within half a j mile. I At Longarone, which is over the Ital ! iau border. we discovered that our ; chamber, the best in the inn. had its lock screwed on topsy turvy. so that j it could Dot be fastened Out in the 1 hallway I bellowed for Maria. She j [ cuine. all surprise. "But the honorable j herr cannot have another bedroom ' with a better lock, for that's the only ( lock in the hotel, the only one the i village." The landlord bought it be ause j the foreigners insisted, but he had ; never seen a lock before. If the hon orable herr will wait until tomorrow, j perhaps?ah. but every one in towu j knows the honorable travelers are here: 1 every one knows that they go a long trip and must need much money, so no | one could be wicked enough to attempt to deprive the honorable herr and his honorable frail of a thing they need so much. BRAVERY IN BATTLE. I It Is a Physical Condition and Depends Upon the Heart. "Bravery," said the surgeon general, "is purely a matter of the heart It's his heart that determines how a soldier will conduct himself in battle. The soldier has no more responsibility in the matter of his bravery than in the matter of his height or his complexion. j "In battle the heart beats, as a rule, diminish. They diminish 12 degrees. A good, strong, solid man has a heart running seventy-two to the minute. In battle It falls to sixty. That is not bad. It leaves the man pretty near all bis mental and physical powers Intact So he makes a good soldier. "But there are many sluggish parted men. They seem strong enough, stalwart enough, but their hearts run at the best of times only sixty or so a minutes. Subtract twelve in battle. Result, forty-eight. And pallor and weakness follow?pallor and weakness, I might say, of mind no less than of body. It is not surprising if this soldier runs away. "There's another class, a class increasing in these stressful moderu times?namely, the nervous class. The heart of the nervous class in time of danger is the worst of all. It goes speeding u*), up. up?it actually reaches 120 beats. Its owner can then do nothj ing. He can't tight, he can't advance, he I can't retreat' He sinks down ol the | ground. He shakes and cowers. A ; pitiable spectacle. But he can't help i it any more than he could help an at\ tack of scarlet fever. j "Honor the good soldier." ended the j surgeon general, "but p'.ty the poor I one. for it's his heart, it's not mmsen | thnt is to blame." ? Cincinnati En^ | quirer. I Mermaid Fop Breakfast. A stranger meal than any ever partaken by F'rank Buckland or the most hardened and cosmopolitan traveler is described by Juan Francisco de St Antonio in his account of his travels and adventures in the Philippine Islands, published at Manila in 1738. In this curious little work the author tells us that he once breakfasted off a mer; maid, and he further gravely describes its flavor as being like fresh f8t pork. An Awkward Situation. "Unless i get help." declared the detective. "this revolving door is going 10 i lose me a prisoner. "How so?" "There's a fellow 1 want in that of! fice. But this revolving door has got j me blocked. He'll start out if I start in."?Louisville Courier-Journal. Impossible. "There's no use talking, it's impossible to suit that theatrical manager." "Impossible, my boy. Nothing in this j world is impossible." j "Yes. there is. He wants me to | write a tragedy with a happy ending" j ?Detroit Free Press. Natural Result. "Mayme blushed when she found I was trying to read her face." "Well, people usually.do blush when their faces are getting read."?Baltimore American. Literally. j "Booze always creeps upstairs nights I in his stocking feet" "Afraid of his wife, eh?" "Scared out of bis boots."?Boston Transcript. The Foolish One. "I think he is foolish to start haying a motorcar on his salary." "He's not nnIf so foolish the i agent"?Cleveland Plain Dealer. f \ I Uneeda Biscuit Nourishment?fine flavor?purity?crispness ?wholesomeness. All r 4-U^ ior 5 ceiiLb, m moisture-proof package. i Graham Crackers A food for every day. Crisp, delicious and strengthening. Fresh baked and fresh de livered. 10 cents. ! 3MAR^M??NS A d#*1ichtfiil new bis cuit, with a rich and delicious cocoanut flavor. Crisp and always fresh, ic cents. i Buy biscuit bated by NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY I Always look for that Name 1 i J S. C. APPLE KOP 1 * T* I- _ 1 _ ' t *_ IK *.. j nearly utmon nusiiei* nuzsea in un? State Dunne: the Past Year. i i Washington, D. C., Nov. 30.?The 1914 apple croi> f South Carolina is estimated at 792,000 bushels, according : to a report c! tfye federal department of agriculture issued recently. The ' yield in 1913 was 300,000 bushels and COO,000 bushels in 1912. T! e condition of the cro-p at the present time is 77 ! norpdrit nf normal and the average | condition during t"':e past ten year period has been 52 per cent of normal. . The apple crop of continental Unij ted States is estimated at 230,249,000 bushels for 1914, while the yield last year was only 145,400,000 bushels. T..e average price being paid to farmers for apples at the present time is | 62 cents per bushel. V/henever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains tne ! well known tonic properties of QUININE : and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives 1 out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and j Builds up the Whole System, 50 cents. Feel bad, do youi What you need is f ra ) ROSE'S MED NyM MALT WH1 I WHEN YOU THINK Or I VhSSSRk o J Builds muscle and flesh youth bounding throug but palatable like any BIG FREE OFFER gratf,I Medicinal Malt and I will send you frei bottle, making five bottles of Malt in all,. provided you Use THIS COUPOIi COUPONE-52 r>0Q'tf03 REGISTERED DISTILLERY T)nCF. T>1 r IS'* Ho.33,6tfaDISTRICT won; * P KENTUCKY & R. M.Rose Co. Name fO CHATTANOOGA, TENN. Express Office. fcj=S Express prepaid East of XL the Rocky Mountains Post Office? PL'-^^n-^/gr K- F. D. or Si. i'KIYVTE SKCIJKTAliV OF STATE'S NEXT GOYERXOK Jlaitii/na: S iys He 'V II A]?i>o;iit Herbert A. Moses?Milvs Wood Stenographer. I Xcws and Courier. Sumter, Dec. 10.?The Hon. R. I. I Ifanninsr o r> n rv 1111 tliat G I Cliill * llf) UiUlVU UVVU , would appoint Herbert A. Moses, who has been his secretary for a number j of years, as his private secretary, up- j on his inauguration as governor in j .lanuary. .Mr. Miles'Wood, who has been .Mr. Manning's stenographer for several mont' s. will ha.e the same ^ositicn in t'.e governor's official am-! ily. The appointments are made for j purely personal reasons and have no | political significance, it was stated. Mr. Moses is tiie eldest son of the late Altamont Moses, of this place, ? * p ci v.i o served as a legislator ior oum ter county both in the house and sen-! 2te, where he was considered one of j the leading men. He is a graduate of j the University of South Carolina and : is considered well fitted for the posi- j tion, both by his training as a news- j paper man and by temperament. JOS StflTH PASSES AWAY i Head of Latter Day &i/nts to he Succeeded by Son. i ii I Independence, Mo., Dec. 10.?A reve- j J lation announced eigV:t years ago by j ! Joseph Smith, president of the reor- i | ganized church o>f the Latter Day ! Saints, designating as Lis successor ! his eldest son, relieved the church from the necessity of choosing a new leader upon the death here today of the Patriarch, who for 44 years had j presided over the organization. The i son, Frederick ;M. Smith, automatically becomes head of the church. The new president is 37 years old. | His designation to succeed his father was ratiffied 'by the general conference shortly after the father announc- j ed the revelation. President Smith's last admonition was: 1 "I wisfrt those of my friends, whoi I may intend placing flowers on my J coffin w<Juld refrain. Let tfhem give -money to cfcarity." His wife, six sons and two daughters were at his bedside through his illness. The funeral will be held from the Old Stone church here Sunday. Pumpkin Pie Ree/pe. A valued friend has kindly sent us a recipe for making pumpkin pies. We pass it along for the benefit of ] our readers: Cut the pumpkin into broad slices ? I (don't peel rind off). Put pieces in baking pan and set the pan in stove and bake until done, just as you would a loaf of bread. T en take a spoon and scrape out all that is good. Mix with cream and sweeten and season to taste. Turn the rind up while baking. Iif you want pies, make thin paste and bake over again. For the Door of Hope. Times are hard! Yes, and we are |i taking it out on these who find it mucfr i harder than we do. With t?.;e excep-i tinn of a verv few. our box that was |j to have been sent for this worthy j cause, has been entirely overlooked. Let us read 2 Corinthians 8:2-5 vs. and see Low heartily St. Paul commends the Macedonian church for its j Unstinted liberality, a most joyful giving, in a time of deep poverty, and let us emulate the example of those who were but lately rescued from heathenism. ^Ve will make our Thanksgiving box a Christmas box, instead, and bear in mind the example of Him, who though "He was rich became poor" for our sakes. We hope to pack our box next Tuesday. Send early and send liberally to the store o>f Miss Annie Smith, W7est Main St. ME.^pJAL 1 Worn out? Tired? Jj|f]|E tjou?med'Sal I PdTvc^^II gooa wnisKey. g v<^ ! to December 20 I MFnirillAL rge bottles lapse's 3 fca/lwin***; onecitralarge I L|AlT ^ express prepaid, I 11AL1 This offer expires December 20 rget the extra bottle of Medicinal Malt ase ship the following: I j ?. ! State f j I AN CHURi I will make a t 4-4 A /* < all goods tor Scir entertainments. I for Christmas 1 Tinsel, Candles, i Tree Ornaments, kind for boys ai and Saucers, Vas everything in Chi tures, Stationery. The Best Assort In T< Don't wait for the make your selecti* MAI Bcok Hip nf AUV MVWW CHRIS 4 rvn re LAV/ w r 1914-: SOUTi RAW PREMIER CARRIEI WILL I rf.nnr.Rn fai BETWEEN AL On December 16, 17, 18, 31, 1914 and Ja FINAL RETURN LIMIT Convenient Local Schedi Schedules. Ample fullma: Southern Railway Dining C For information concerni: apply to any Ticket Agent, )OLS D CHES! special price on ool and Church have everything Vee decoration, Artificial Snow. Toys of every rid girls. Cups es, Figures, and na, Mirrors, Pic ment of Candy awn ; rush, come now . an, fES' Store 1,000 Things. . mm i n I MA5 IE) 'SIONS 1915 1 if n n ir i ttfcKJN IVAY I OF THE SOUTH SELL DC Twine l\L ULlYLiliJ L STATIONS 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, . nuary 1, 1915. ' JANUARY 6,1915 ales. 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