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* ? ^ BOAT WAS "SOME" STRETCHER And Many Will Believe That Old Man W Moody Belongs in Much the ' Same Class. ^ * - ?* ' J-- nknn* A A group or guiues wit* >11111*$ avui ^ the tavern table telling stories. Among Bfe them, says Mr. Leon Dean in Outing, Old Man Moody. When the con^ versational ball was tossed to hira be was ready for it. r"Boys," he drawled, "y?;u remember that collapsible rubber boat that the old gentlemen sent me up as a present from New York last year?" The circle of heads nodded recollection. "Fnnnv thing happened this morning. The pickerel ought to be striking today.' thinks I; and I went down to the pond to get my boat. Ed Greene was there. Ed wants to race me every time we meet; he's some handy with the oafs. Til allow, but he can't beat the little W \ old rubber bathtub. I "Today he's got a new iseheme; "* wants to try it across the pond rowing 4 frontwards, facing the bow. Says he can trim me to a frazzle that way. It's | a favorite of hisn, you know. "Says I, 'You can't'; and off we went. I We was going like grease, too, but I r . was kind of playing with him, when all of a sudden, about halfway across, I felt the little boat begin to drag. She dragged hdrder and harder. 'Gosh *11 fishhooks,' thinks 1, 'she must b? hitched* to the bottom/ **By the time we was three quarters *1 T ? miitinir Into over ii was no jukv. i ??s t>uu>u? 3/-^jNt for all I was worth and having all I <x>uld do to keep up with Ed. 'Corae on, or man," says her and we let out for ' the finish. Well, boys, we hit the bank Jest about nip and tuck. And what do you think the trouble was?" He paused dramatically, and the clr <?Ie regarded him expectantly. "When I stepped out I heard a sort . of swish behind be. I turned round, and there wa'n't no baat there. I'd forgot to untie her on tother side, an (J . / ?he had snapped clean back." m. THEORY OF ODD NUMBERS LJU Far Back as Can Be Traced, ^per atltlon Hat Held Them In Reverence. ^ "Why it a hen given an odd num* f l>er of eggs to hatch and never an -even number?" a writer in Tit-Bita asks. He answers himself by saying that it is al) a matter of superstition and that, despite our advanced civili' **-- it'-? ?K4 sittOQ we snii cirng 10 lumgs wi u? musty past. ^ Salutes from warabips, forts, etc., .art always given in odd numbers, be explains, with no valid reason, othei , than the old theory that the odd nurn%er was always lucky. -Virgil records all sorts of charms and spells practiced around odd numbers and never an even one. People still say, after two failures, that a third attempt may be success>foL Seven is the favorite biblical number, and old divines taught that it held a mystical perfection. Three is the number of the Trinity?an odd number again. Falstaff, in the "Merry Wjves," it entrapped a third time. He if quot<ed as saying ,<They say there is a di* ^nity in odd T imbers." The number o was always avoid ed and had evil reputation, in ancient times, becadse on the second day hell was created. V Afwavs Govern*, Everything oat of doors is a matter of law. That is, all actions of all created things are in conformity to the Jaws laid down by nature. Growth and development are not by chauce; ' they are matters of law. Thej*obin re tarns to a certain region, not as a matter of accident or chance, but because It is governed absolutely by law?just as the drop of water flows down the steep sides of th? roof according tc law. Every action of every created thinj affects the actions of all other created things. Ail nature is interwoven until nothing can do anything with oat its having its effect upon every thing else. That may seem like a atrange statement, but it is a fact. Perfect Automobile Springs. The comfort of the passengers in aa automobile is to a great degree dependent upon the character of the springsof the vehicle. These may be adjusted to snit the loads b.v means of a new invention of French origin. At each k -end of tin* rear springs is an elongated m slot, in which the eyebolts can be W~ moved by a lever or wheel it the driver's seat. The effect of altering the ^ position of the bolts Is *o lengthen or f -shorten the springs, thus decreasing or increasing their stiffness and resistance. Definite positions or stopping " points are provided for the sliding ; *K>lts, so that the driver may adjust hit springs to a specific number of passengers. The "Know-Notnings." "Know-Nothings" was an epithel popularly conferred upon the American or native American party, a se cret political organization in the Unit^ -* ed States, because its members wher questioned as to its principles and pur poses professed "to know nothing.' "The party was organized about 1854, showed considerable strength the next year, and in 1856 nominated Millard Fillmore for re-election to the presidency. "Know-Nothings" split on the slavery Question ana oecame amuetj into tfcc "North" and "South" Americans. They were merged into the Con?tit?tioaal Vmoq party io 18C0. J ! HAD ODD TIME MEASURERS ! ; Varioud Waya by Which the Ancients i Kept Some Track of the FastFleeting Hours. i . 3 i Sabred history furnishes the carl!j est reference to anything like a fix;1'! j and permament time measurer. Isaiah j speaks of the dial of Ahaz whieh went ! ten degrees backward, and this dial, ' it has been conjectured, was a tail and ] slender column, which east a shadow < on a series of steps with which it was j encircled. The Egyptians, too, are credited with having used their monoliths, such as Cleopatra's needle, as time measurers. ! .However,, the Chaldeans had other j methods of measuring time, for they, i as well as the contemporary Hindoos, and very likely the Egyptians, were acquainted with the water clock, or clepsydra, which measured time after the fashion of the hour glasjJ, water taking the place of sand. Indeed, it is believed that the Egvpl Hot,* ifhmiiv hn<l hour classes, for I taiiO upon one of the bas-reliefs which have ' come to light after- their long inter- J ment of 3.000 years or more is an object which those learned to such matters assure us can be nothing else than a sand glass. In principle the clepsydra was nothing but a rod floating upon water, j which was slowly dropping from an | orifice in the vessel in which it was - f 1 4-? J /Uvlcinn,; VV#?rt? contained. wrwm marked upon the rod. and a fixed pointer served the purpose of a clock hand. But the Greeks, who seem to have used them on every possible occasion, expended much labor and artistic skill upon their manufacture. Sometimes they were groups of children, the escaping water representing the falling tears of some of their number, while others pointed out the time with a wand. MEMORABLE GAME OF CARDS Said to Have Suggested System of Life Insurance to Eminent French Mathematician. A game of cards is said to have suggested the system of life insurance now so universal, according to London Answers. * i A Flemish nobleman In tne seventeenth century tried to divide equitably the cash staked upon an interrupted game of chance. He was helped in his attempt by Pascal, a distinguished French mathematician, who solved the | problem \ In doing so he also solved the "doctrine of probabilities" or laws governing insurances of all kinds. The idea can be Illustrated by the throwing of a dice, the chance of turn, ing up an ace being one out of six. In J a large number of throws the chances are In the same proportion. From tins Pascal laid down the proposition that results which have happened in a given number of observed ca^ps will , again happen in similar circumstances, provided the numbers be sufficient for , the proper working of the law of averI ages. ^ Y The life of a person is one of the j greatest uncertainties, but the duration or rate of mortality of a large , * number of persons may be predicted with the greatest accuracy by comparison with the observed result among a II sufficiently large number of persons of [ | similar ages and occupations and subj ject to similar Climatic influences. Son? Inspired by Poster? j It Is an interesting bit of history, In , j i view of the Importance of posters as |r ah inspiration and interpretation of ' | patriotism, that the Marseillaise was J | inspired by a contemporary poster. At ' i first thought one might imagine that J the art of the poster, as it is now un- j t \ derstood, was unknown in 17D2. but the j i1 proclamation of the mayor of Strass[i burg, with its terse, ringing sentences, ' j beginning "To arms, citizens!" was no l doubt as effective as the posters proj duced in 191S. Posted on the city 'I walls, as.Jean Richepin of the French j academy has just pointed out. the lj vord<5 of th<> proclamation directly ini snir#?d Roucret de Lisle in the composi J - t? ? - ? ' tion of the "Marseillaise," or, as it was 1 first called. "The War Song of the Armies of the Rhine." Later the convention at Paris entitled it the "Hymn j of Marseilles." but the public promptly i. named it "La Marseillaise." and it ' might almost be said to have ?<it the !; mayor's poster to music.?Christian I j Science Monitor, j " Red Rag to a Bull. How many people know the real meaning of the phrase "IJfce rod rag I to a bull?" Why should a bull, or any other creaI hn flnrn <rml whpn n niOfV of SCUT imr., uu vui ? let cloth is flaunted before theru? For bulls are not alone in this. Sheep, tsually so meek and gentle, will apparently become transported with rape If they see anything of this color. Geese and turkeys are similarly affected?the former even having been known to attack a scarlet-clad child. The excitement animals display in such circumstances is similar to that caused by the smell of blood. Here i Is the theory: The color reminds the I animals of blood, an association which i invariably suggests bodily discomfort and hurt. So they express their terror 1 by the only moans tney possess. Weather Talk. I Mrs. Flatbusli?The.v say some poo plo can talk of nothing but the weath 1 er. 1 Mrs. Benson hurst?Well, I believ* it. I finked my husband for sonn money this morning and he said, "Isn-': 1 It a fcea?tiful day?" DECEIT WILL ALWAYS OUT: Impossible for Any Man to Conceal ! His Real Self for Appreciable Length of Time. j T I The tag often affixed 10 the name of ' a public character is that "in private ; life" he or she is this or that. How many of us behind the scenes j of the world's stage are all that we face the world with? j An Irish comedian, suffering acutely : from shell shock, made his rebellious i body obey his spirit, to give entertain- ! . nient to soldiers at the front in a play j he wrote and managed, in which he assumed the chief part. Twice during the evening they founo ; him outside the shed, crying as though ! his heart would break. Each time he gathered himself to- ; gether and went hack to his appointed j task of bringing good cheer to the rest. This kind of dissembling is only to be praised. There is another sort that is not laudable. "Throwing a front" gets a man just so far and no farther. The deception is pierced before long. The manner of man he truly is comes to be known by the company he keeps, by the chance word he lets fall, by the look in his face when he Is off his guard. tt ?,, /ipnvrn th#? lifp nn|?pnir*3 cumrc iu viv"i? .... ? of the man who Is the snme, essentially, at all times and in all places. He ts not acting a part. He is always his own jrenuine. human self, and he does j not know how to be anybody else. Hi# i private conduct and his public deeds do ! not need to be reconciled, for all his life is an open book that needs no apology or explanation. RPT THFIR SUPPLY DIRECT I Vhi I lltolll V w i mm - ? " I People of Naples Have Goata Brought Into Their Places of Residence and There Milked. Goats in flocks, wearing wooden collars and escorted by goatherds, usually women. or children, make free of the sidewalks of Naples, and constitute one of the most characteristic sights of that city. The herds are driven through the various streets and are taken into the houses, and even up to the third or fourth story, and there milked. The explanation that Is given for the custom of driving ; the goats Into the city and Into the | houses, sometimes to the top floors, to be milked. Is that the consumers are thus assured of having the same quality of milk every day aud of knowing that It is not diluted. Although It would ordinarily be ex pe<?ted thrf't quantities of milk would he sold in a city like Naples, of nearly a million inhabitants, it is. however, not used to a sfreat extent by all classes of native Neapolitans. It is used by invalids. Infants and old people, and then only by the poorer 1- ^ InflKfllfv f A classes, onrtiusK vi ium mauinv get nourishment from other eources. Naples gets its supply principally from near-by towns through the media of the dairies and other establishments which distribute the milk to the people through the agency of the "latterie," and from the goats or cows kept In or near the city. There is also a small amount of donkey's milk, which is used only in small quantities and for those who are ill. - Mirrors Made Useful. WlfPAi* ara ?rr*?at olds 1n the little house, for they give vistas and reflect distances In a most charming and very 'rj realistic way. One of the most satisfactory examples of their being able to effect spaciousness is' seen in a much frequented restaurant^ The dining room Is very long, but unbelievably narrow. Indeed, ordinarily, it wouldn't jf do for the purpose at all, for folk j would have a distressed smothered j feeling between the two close walls. :c Rut the actual size of the restaurant ; 1 is more than doubled in illusion, be- ir cause the walls are solid mirrors from \\ end to end. so that one has the impres- T sion that the place is without walls, j* and looking through the mirrors, I . which, of course, reflect one another ik from ojjposite sides of the room, the J tables and people and lights and flowers spread far beyond the power of the eye to follow, and there is felt an exhilaration and a freedom which the j 1 little restaurnnt and the small crowd of dipers could not pretend to give of " themselves. ' < 's Reverence for Life. Only place all life before the child i ns williin the realm of humanity, and ; thus the; greater reveals to him the less. Put life ??nd soul into every- r( thing: describe to him even the lily, ifv which he would pull up as an unorgan-: ^ i-zed thing, as the. daughter of a slen-'0j der mother, standing in her garden , ^ bed. from whom her little white off-; spring derives nutriment and moisture. And let not this">>e done to excite an nnnmxil-o/l linhlt ftf nitV ft Srtrf nf i til rnr? mmvu >. v* r.vt .? . inoculation hospital for foreign pains^; ti( hut from the religious cultivation of 'th reverence for life, (he God all-moving '0j in the tree top and the human brain. ej The love of animals, like material affections. has this advantage, that it is disinterested and claims no return, and ec can also at every moment find an oh- j ? ject and an opportunity for its exer-, Ci cise.?Ralph Waldo Emerson. ol jD; Uneasy Payments. I ti '.And we can sell you this car on sp easy payments," said the agent, pleas- i b? antly. | w "My friend," replied the prospect, iga "the expression 'easy payments' be- ^ long*? to ?he same category with that other well-known fib. 'painless dentist- , ry.' "?New York Globe. d2 / 1 ^ - ~TC"? jg?| H 4 Hn wwmw \ ! ' I IjH'j AFTER ] 1 Mil r\ 'i| jllfi go ill a ton-r [Blip Take t" c e||BJm car m< ro. < r 111111] p?* ?-V igB i-.?ijai x ui jtii 4-i in the world IB For this | B| - (medium s:z j||p| perform ; s v. ,, " he re .s ^ gas in't ? a \ passcu U.l ILilii those six spar % . Hence y ||| nim bleness t :f| whether \ ou fff ice rise new I. ' C A PO LOT OWNERS BOSEMUXT t?A?l?fii Having bought an additional stri{ ?i land adjoining Rosemont cemetery he money is needed to pay for same t is desired to raise the funds by th< jollection of amounts due on unpaid 'or lots, of which there are a gooi nany. The deeds of conveyance hav< )een placed in the hands of Mr. R i. Greneker for collection. R. Y. Learell, Sec. anjl Treas. Trustees Rosemon! Cemetery. THE HERALD AND NEWS ONE HEAR FOR ONLY $1.50. PECIAL ELECTION IN LONG LAN E SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 4. TATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Newberry. Whereas, one-third of the resident ectors and a like proportion of the isident freeholders of the age or venty-one years in the Lon^ Lane ;hool District, No. 4, of the County : Newberry, State of South Caro na, have filed a petition with th? ounty Borrd of Education of Newjrry County, South Carolina, petloning and requesting that an elecon be held in said School District on ie question of levying a special tax ! four (4) mills on the taxable prop ty within the said school district. Now, therefore, we, the undersign1, composing the County Board of ducation for Newberry County, South irolina, do hereby order the Board ! Trustees of the Long Lane School istrict So. 4 to hold an election on le said question of levying a >ecial tax of four (4) mills to j collected on the property located ithin the said School District, which iid election shall be held at the Long! me School House in tne saia ocauy ietrict No. 4, on Saturday, the 24tr | ly of May, 1919, at wkicli sait j t t Spot Cha w ? wle creature o, *").? :j'.i. tiiii.1 " -fimli.ili.il>- '' ' "ftnhirr.. ' P?ijj| ' 1'jjggg^ HE you've 1 ad i nc ride in a Hot Sp< v.* > der how it i:> possible to p ;n,".so much eagerness, to mac ' C? ' md-a-half of steel. ? out nf the chassis and , less like many others. le engine, and you have nil tin great engine of tfcs pr eocnl ed ihuugli it he) !:::s a w\.y of :o oilier engine ever !:.:3 done. on whv :. > II' t fyot. Which * erv *\lrv?> st^ie.' 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