The herald and news. (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, May 27, 1919, Page THREE, Image 3
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^ BOAT WAS "SOME" STRETCHER
And Many Will Believe That Old Man
W Moody Belongs in Much the
' Same Class.
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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."
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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'
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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.
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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.
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! HAD ODD TIME MEASURERS
!
; Varioud Waya by Which the Ancients
i Kept Some Track of the FastFleeting
Hours.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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e oill-fi&liitmcJ about a ear.
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jhall cast a ballot containing the word
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:hi*, the 8th day of May, 1919,
C. M. WILSON, (L. S.)
O. B. CANNON, (L. S.)
J. B. IfARMAN, (L. S.)
bounty Board of Education for Newberry
County, S. C.
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