The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, June 08, 1915, Page SIX, Image 6
PARIS AS AN ART CENTER.
Its Treasures In the Louvre and Its
Gems of Architecture.
In population Paris ranks third |
among the cities of the earth, with j
more people than Washington. Mexi-1
fitv Rin. Rupjios Aires and Santi-!
ago together. It is the wjf'.l's capital
in many respects. Its art treasures
surpass those of any other-city;
its fashions dominate the civilized
world and even influence the uncivi
lized: its language is the court tongue
of the earth: its history is a panorama
of the story of civilization from the
days of the (loth and the Vandal
down to the present.
In the heart of the city stands one
of the world's most noted of buildings?the
palace of the Louvre. It is I
the priceless art museum of France,
and there are contained within its
three departments ? sculpture, paintings
and antiquities?examples of the
highest expression of human genius.
The collections of the Louvre, were
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total price so stupendous as to be unbelievable.
For example, in the gallery
of Apollo, among other treasures,
rest the diamond hilted sword of
Bonaparte, valued at $400,000; the famous
Regent diamond, valued at $3,000.000;
the gems of many a beauteous
queen of France, and the swords
and spurs of Charlemagne.
A life might be spent in study here,
and libraries might be written upon
the treasure which the Louvre houses.
In the hall of sculpture stands the
peerless Venus of Melos, a thing more
ravishing than any otiier vision ever
hewn from a stone. In this hall there
are many pieces of antiquity and of
more modern times, the loss of any
one of which would be irreparable.
, Yet the strange people of this city,
fired with enthusiasm for a communistic
theory, once mined the Louvre,
poured petroleum over it and prepared
to destroy with gunpowder what it j
had taken the world more than 2.500
years to produce.
Paris is overrich in the possession
of the beautiful, the impressive and
the magnificent. Its famous buildings
make an almost unending list. Richest
among the world's theaters is the Paris
home of opera?without, an architectural
delight; within, a fascinating inspiration
in snow white marble, onyx,
jasper, malachite and bronze. Its
famed grand stairway is a fitting pre
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produced by the music on its stage.
And there is not wanting a strong;
element of grewsome and terrifying reminiscence
in this glorious city. The
traveler stands amid the wide sweep
of the Place de la Concorde (Place of ,
Peace), and he thinks that here before
an assembled bestial mob the razor |
blade of the guillotine rose and fell untiring
while head after head, mid bitter;
"3est and song, rolled from the gory ma-1
chine into the great common basketj
flnrt th#> nnivprimr trunks were corded 1
at its side. Age and youth and loveliness
were sacrificed to brutish passion
on this now serene square in a way
that only Rome had equaled.
Every contrast is found in Paris and
all varieties of excellence. Here is the
world's highest structure, the Eiffe!
tower. This huge shaft of steel is one j
of the most overpowering things within
the city. Forty draftsmen worked;
two years on the 15.000 different designs
necessary for its 15,000 sections.
Restaurants, shops and a theater are
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corridors. Ten thousand people can
gather here at one time.
Grocers as Fighting Men.
In olden times in England the grocers'
trade played a useful part in national
defense. The Grocers' company
was commanded in 1557 to furnish sixty
men for "the resistance of such iniquitous
attempts as may be made by
foreign enemies." Further demands of
the same kind were satisfied in successive
years, and in 1588 the company
supplied 500 men to resist the Spanish
armada. Authority was granted to
press men into this service, and apprentices
and journeymen were called
upon to leave the counter for the battlefield.
Sir John Phiipot, an early
master of the Grocers' company, cleared
the North sea of a horde of Scottish
pi^es by means of a fleet equipped
eniu*ely at his own cost. ? London
Chronicle.
Men In Petticoats.
It will probably be a matter of sur
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the petticoat was first worn exclusively
jby men. In the reign of King Henry
VII. the dress of the English was so
-fantastic and absurd that it was difficult
to distinguish one sex from the
-other. In the inventory of Henry V.
appears a "petticoat of red damask,
N with open sleeves." There is no motion
of a woman s petticoat before the
Tudor period.
Early Submarines.
One of the earliest references to un
der water craft is in connection with
piracy. Olaus Magnus, bishop of Upgala,
writing in 1555, makes mention
of "skiffs and vessels constructed of
leather," two of which he had seen, in
which the pirates of Greenland "go
wherever they wish, either above or
below water, and by their means pierce
and make great holes in passing merchant
ships."?Pall Mall Gazette.
Unhappy Endings.
"You say all the stories he writes
have unhappy ehdings?"
"Every one or tnem"But
he can't sell stories with unhappy
endings."
"He never does sell any. That's
their unhappy ending."?Houston Po3t
There never lived a man who was
aot injured by perpetual compliments.
?Newell D. Hillis.
FREAK OF THE TIDE
Curous Phenomenon That Occurs
In the River Trent.
FURIOUS RUSH OF THE AEGIR.
Like a Monster Tidal Wave the Water
From the Sea Sweeps Up the Stream
w ifh innrv Soar. Flinaina Its
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Foam High Into the Air.
"Ware uegir! Ware aegir!"
The river Trent has been tlowing out
to the sea for hours, leaving long
stretches of brown mud glittering in
tbe light of the setting sun. It is a
calm summer evening, and we sit waiting
and listening on one of the old
wharves of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire.
The cry is taken up by every
boatman, who shouts it again upstream
?a strange, eerie warning.
Several smail boats are now pusning
off into midstream to avoid the mass
of churning water which breaks on the
foreshore. A group of children add to
t^ie tumult with a shrill cry of "Wild
aegir! Wild aegir!" which they consider
a much better rendering than
"Ware aegir!" ,
By craning forward we can see it
now, rounding a bend of the river by
the shipyard. The first wave is big
and smooth, stretching right across
the river, with a swirl of angry water
at each side; next follow five or six big
rollers, which roar and foam along,
leaving masses of broken water in their
wake. These are called the "whelps."
Presently we shall see the force of
these "whelps" when they reach those
bier, unwieldy, square nosed barges?
which, by the way, are called "keels."
There is one such swinging at anchor
in midstream just opposite to us. For
the last half hour the old keelman has
been lolling about the deck smoking bis
clay and looking idly at the water.
Now he is alert all at once, and,
knocking the ashes out of his pipe, he
gives a turn at the windlass to tighten
the anchor chain. After a glance along
the deck-to see that all is secure, he
looks back up the river. He is calculating
where the aegir will carry
him to.
There is another barge higher up the
river, and as yet nobody has stirred
on board. The old man has noticed
it for he shouts, "Ware aegir, Stoney,
my lad!" and a young fellow jumps
up the hatch and runs to the tiller.
The distant swish has increased to a
roar now, and a feeling of intense excitement
grips us as we see a small
boat rise lip on the first wave and disappear
for a moment in the hollow.
Up again she rises, right into the froth
of the ''whelps." Another moment and
she is through into calmer water.
See! The billow dashes like a monster
tidal wave against a wharf and splashes
high up into the air with a roar
and smother of white foam. Now it
has reached the '"keel." With a groan
and rattle of chain she rises to the
wave and is carried along with it, but
not very far, for the anchor holds fast
and she swings slowly round.
The keel is broadside on now, and
the creamy "whelps" dash right over
hor ne aha rr?ll<a in th#> troiierh of
waves, but as quickly as it takes to tell
she swings stem on to the current,
which is now rushing upstream with
tremendous force, and will continue to
do so for two hours or more until high
water, when the water lazily returns
toward the sea.
The aegirs are not all as big as this
one: some are a mere swell about a
foot high. The best time to see them
is in the spring and autumn, when the J
equinoctial tides are big on the coast
Just below Gainsborough the aegir is
seen at its best, as it rushes along
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Trent.
This curious tidal phenomenon only
occurs on one or two other rivers in I
Great Britain, the Severn *>eing one of
them, where it is known as the "bore." j
Those who have seen it, however, say J
that it does not equal the aegir in any
way.?Wide World Magazine.
How Railroads Create Wealth.
Our marvelous crops would count for
nothing if forced to lie in the fields
where they grow, or driven to seeki
such markets only as the farmer's
team could reach. The cotton crop,
which brings to our shores annually
nearly half a billion dollars of foreign
gold, would be but a fruitless burden
on southern winds if there were no
railways to carry it to the seaboard.
TVrx tat'A frAm ami* minoo flnil fftrpsfs
Tf C Ui ac 11V/ JUUL vui. *1* iiivo ""v
and factories twenty billions of dollars
each year, but without means of
transportation these costly products j
would be worthless junk.?Robert Mather
in Leslie's.
The French Horn.
The French horn; or cor de chasse, is
regarded by some musicians as the
sweetest and mellowest of all the wind
instruments. In Beethoven's time it
was little else than the old hunting
horn, which for the convenience of the
mounted hunter was arranged in spiral
convolutions to be slipped over the
head and carried resting on one shoulder
and under the opposite arm. The
Germans still call it the waldhorn?
that is, "forest horn."
Glad to Play a Losing Game.
"I shrink from the ordeal," she said,
but there was a note of triumph in her
voice.
The lady was dieting and exercising
to reduce her fiesh, and the scales had
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JUSt SUUWI1 LUiZL 3UC tiau Oivugutu wu.
thirty pounds.?Judge.
Resolve to wait in weakness and to
walk in power.?Charlotte Stetson.
GREAT FOUNTAIN GEYSER.
One of the Many Wonders In the Yellowstone
National Park.
The Great Fountain geyser, in the
Yellowstone National park, lies a mile
and a half southeast of the Fountain
geyser. It is the chief wonder of the
lower basin and in some respects the
most remarkable geyser in the park.
Its formation is quite unlike that of
any other.
At first sight the visitor is tempted
J to believe that some one has here
I placed a vast pedestal upon wnich to
j erect a monument It is a broad, cir|
cular table about two feet high coinj
posed of hard, siliceous deposit. In
its surface are numerous pools, molded
and ornamented in a manner quite unapproachable.
at least on so large a
scale, in any other part of the park.
In the center of the pedestal, where
the monument ought to stand, is a
large irregular pool of great depth, full
of hot water, forming to all appearances
a lovely, quiescent spring,
At times of eruption the contents of
this spring are hurled bodily upward
to a height sometimes reaching 100
feet. The torrent of water which follows
the prodigous downpouring upon
the face of the pedestal flows away in
all directions over.the white geyserite i
| plain. No visitor to the Yellowstone <
! enn afford to miss the Great Fountain
geyser. ? "The Yellowstone National
Park," by Hiram Martin Chittenden.
Brigadier General United States Army,
Retired.
EARTHQUAKES.
How th? Process Known to Geologists
as "Faulting" Generatas.
It Is a well known fact that the majority
of the severest eafthquakes are
produced by movements and readjustments
of the outer shell of the earth.
The process, known to geologists as
faulting, Is as follows:
Owing to various subterranenn cnt!?of5
the solid crust of the earth is put un- j
der stress. The stresses keep growing
greater until finally they reach the
breaking point of the rocks. Tbese
yield suddenly and move over another
along the line of fracture until the
strain is relieved. This breaking of
the rocks sometimes along lines hundreds
of miles in length and the movement
of the broken parts over one another
set up jars or vibrations which
traveling outward In all directions i
through tfie rocks constitute an earthquake.
The severity of the shock depends !
upon the character and extent of the ;
break, the amount of movement and
the distance of the point from the
place of origin of the disturbance.
Earthquakes also occur frequently in
connection with volcanic eruptions, but
these are likely to be more local in
character and, on the whole, less severe
than those due to faulting?Review of
Reviews.
Vegetable Ink. '
There is in Colombia a curious
vegetable Droduct known as the ink
j plant Its juice, called chanchi, can
I be used, it is said, without any previous
preparation. The letters traced
are of a reddish brown color at first,
but turn a deep black in a few hours.
This curious juice is less injurious to
steel pens than the commercial inks.
These qualities of the plant seem to
have been discovered under the Spanish
administration. Some writings intended
for the mother country were
wet through by sea water on the voyage.
While the papers written with
common ink were almost illegible,
those written with the vegetable ink
were quite uninjured. Orders were giv
"? rvlonf "f 11 ?
en in conscQuciict; iu&t uno ^iaut juiw
be used for the inscribing of all public
documents.?New York American.
On the Sea.
From all antiquity and in all ages
men have gone down to the sea in
ships and plowed the main. There is a
fascination about the-ocean that never
grows old, and the terrors that encompass
the waste of waters seem but to
add to its attractions. Perhaps this
arises from the fact that the ocean
covers the only free land on the globe.
The sailor on his humble bark has an
equal right of way with the mighty
steamship; he pays no rent ana cans i
no man master. Once he touches land j
he must bow to the law of King This j
or Queen That, but on the high seas he |
can roam without let or hindrance and i
owes allegiance to no ruler but nature, j
The sailor leads a hard and perilous j
life and has the single boon of freedom
to compensate for risk and priva- j
tion.?St Louis Globe-Democrat
Nose Rings.
Hindu mar' ' women wear a nose
i7aiHA cnit-flhlp to their dosI
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tioii. Sometimes it is simply a wire of
gold; sometimes it is set with valuable
and brilliant diamonds. Of whatever
description, the nose ring is a most
hallowed thing. If you are not careful
how you speak with the lady about
It. or if you say, "There is no necessity
for wearing such a useless thing." she
will understand by this that you wish
her husband's death.
A Regular Excuse.
"Does your husband carry much life
Insurance?"
"I don't know the exact amount, but
it's just enough so that whenever 1
want a new gown or hat he always
manages to have a premium to meet"
?Detroit Free Press.
When the Price Goes Up.
"TTe never learn to value things until
after they are gone."
'That's very true. A silver plated
butter dish that cost us $4 becomes
family plate worth $100 if burglars
break In and steal it"?Detroit Free
Press.
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APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT
OF PUBLIC GUARDIAN.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned.
a brother of the minors
herein named, will make application
to ^[is Honor, Circuit Judge Frank B.
Gary, presiding in the Eighth Judicial
Circuit, at chambers, in Abbeville, 8.
C., on June 12th, 1915, at 11 o'clock i
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a. m? for the appointment of the Judge
of Probate for Newberry County as
Guardion of Beeler Farmer, Mollie
Farmer, Viola Farmer. Oie Farmer,
Fletcher Farmer, Thornton Farmer,
Onie Farmer and Ida Belle Farmer,
minors, who have an estate of about
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ninety aonars eacn, consisting ujl ua.su
money, no fit competent and responsible
person f:aving been found who is
willing to assume said guardians!':ip.
FRANK FARMER.
Newberry, S. C., May 24, 1915.
To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVE'S;
TASTELESS chill TONIC. You know j
what you are taking, a3 the formula is
printed on every label, showing it is
Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form.
The Quinine drives ont malaiia, the
Iron builds up the system. 50 cents
NOTICE.
3648. Executors, and Administrators
to Jfake Returns?When and to
Whftm
Executors or administrators shall
annually, while any estate remains in
their care or custody, at any time before
the first day of July of each.
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year, renae-r 10 ine juuge ui riyuaic |
of the county from whom they ob-1
tained letters testamentory or letters j
of administration a just and true ac-J
count, upon oath, of the receipts and
expenditures of such estate, the preceeding
calendar year, of when examined
and approved, ?ihall be deposited
with the inventory and appraisement,
or-other papers belonging to such estate,
in the office of such Judge of
Probate, there to be kept for the inspection
of such person or persons as j
may be interested in such estate.
Tf nnv exenntor or administrator;
should neglect to reader such annualaccounts
he shall not be entitlM to
any commissions for his trouble in the
management of tfce said estate, and
shall moreover be liable to be sued for
damages by any person or persons interested
in such estate.
3765. All guardians of estate appointed
by the Judge of Probate shall
.render to him an aanual account of
their actings and doings, as executors
or administrators are required by law
to do, and upon making default shall
forfeit their commissions.
C. C. Schumpert,
Judge of Probate for Newberry Co.
May 24th, 1915.
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The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria.enriches t ie blood.and builds up the sys?
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S0T1CE OF ELECTION IS FORK
SCHOOL DISTRICT, So. Si.
wnereas, one-tuira or tfle resident
electors and a like proportion of tne
resident freeholders of the ag* of 21
years, of Fork School District, No.
55 of the County of Newberry, State
of South Carolina, have filed a petition
^ svith the County Board' of Education
cf Newberry County, South Carolina,
petitioning and requesting that an
election be held in said School District
on the question of levying a specity
annual tax of two mills to be collected
on the property located in the
said School District:
Now, therefore, the undersigned,
composing the County Board of Education
for Newberry County, Soutin
Carolina, do hereby order the Board
of trustees of the Fork school district,
So. 55 to hold an election on the said
question of levying a two mill tax to
be collected on the property located in
said school district located in tlhe
Che said school district, whicin said election
shall be held at Fork school house,
in said school district No. 55, at which
said election shall be held at Fork
school (house, in said school distritc
Xo. 55, 011 Saturday, June o, iyio, at
which said election the polls shall be
Long Distance calls far
radius of several hundred
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of flour at a total cost to
"Since then we have
Bell Telephone to every !
most profitable results,
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m. The members of the board of trustees
of said school district shall act as^~ Vj
managers of said election. Only sucfy
{ electors as reside in said school di^trict
and return real or personal prop- <
erty for taxation, and wiio exhibit
their tax receipts and registration/cer- fl
tificates as required in general elec
tions. shall be allowed to vote. Electors
favoring the levy of such tax shall
cast a ballot containing the word "Yes" Jl
written or printed tf':ereon, and such
elector opposed to such levy shall cast
a ballot containing the word ''No" H|
written or printed thereon.
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J. 3. WHEELER,
County Board of Education fl
for Newberry County, S. C.
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"One of our salesmen
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tance Telephone to us. J
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Ala., and upon his own
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fifteen merchants within a
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itr 1ia ViOi-l OrtN 01 Art Ko rrA?o
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applied the Long Distance I
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there is more satisfaction
elephone talk than in half
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