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r ? POLICEMAN IX FKATHKKS. The Blue Jay is the Preserver of Order Among Birds. If the sapsucker and tlie yellow hammer are to be known as the wood carvers among birds; the bank swallow and the kingfisher as the workers in clay; the oriole as the expert 1 weaver, we are quite sure the alert, self-satisfied, suspicious bluejay Should be the policeman. It takes 110 great streak of the imagination to see in his blue coat the tight fitting garb of the brass buttoned man, who takes his rest leaning against a telephone pole. And, the jay's blue-gray crest suggests the helmet of the pompous director of traffic. The . white bars across the deep blue of his wings, were surely put there in lieu of a sargeant's cevrons. About all he lacks in the way of equipment is the club, and his strong, black beak more than takes the place of f that. His official position is the result of no elections, he is just a selfappointed officer, who is glad to serve without pay, and furnish his own uniform. fe?' ' He goes on duty a little after day break, and doesn't leave his beat until the last brown thrush has retired for the night, and if you are a close fthflorvftr vnn will have noticed that the stars are sometimes out before the thrush is safely tucked in bed. ^ ; He has a detective sort of a .way of suddenly turning up in the most unexpected places and rasping out an inquiry as to your business there. He is ever expecting something to happen and is afraid he won't get there in time to see it. Just let a strange cat find a nice sunny spot on the lawn for a nap and it won't be V two minutes before our inqusitive "hliie coat has located her, and with swooping down and rancus cries, advises her to "move on." Let a A family of English sparrows find a W crust of bread and here ne comes, \ stalking boldly in their midst! They N are also required .to "move on." and when they have moved he seizes the morsel, flies to the nearest tree and holding it steady with his feet proceeds to sample its quality. A pair of; catbirds may be only looking for a suitable place to huild their nest, quite an innocent occupation, it would seem, hut the jay feels called An +a AvarlnAlr all their movements Let a poor little screech owl, half 1 - 'n ' s smothered in the suffocating heat of her shut in hollow, crawl up to the entrance for a breath of fresh air, but before she can get the second whiff the keen eye of this guardian of the peace, has stopped her. Figuratively speaking, he shakes his club right in her face and calls her all ; ?. V *. sorts of ugly names that even a policeman should not use. Not satis) fied with this, he yells, murder! and thief! until every bird in hearing v drops anything he may be doing and hastens to mingle with the noisy , y * mob. The little owl sits there, meekly blinking and silently wondering what all this commotion is about. "S i > ' Pushing aside a couple of sparrows . and rudely hustling a lady catbird ' ' out of his way, our valiant bluecoat rushes right up to the rotted hollow, w ? fully intending to drag the owl out and place her behind the bars. But just then his eyes fall on her long, . \ jstrong talons," drawn up in a most threatening manner, as if about to make a grabr in his direction! In ' one small second his vaunted braverV,, ' \ ry changes into adject discretion and he quickly places himself in the rear . of the warring sparrows. He is brave enough when there is no great risk in being brave, but if it looks as if some one may be hurt he is going to take good care that it is not he. In carrying out his chosen role of general supervisor he likes to puff out his chest and hold his helmeted head very erect and soldier-like if he thinks you are observing him, but if he imagines himself unseen, he quiCKiy /arops into a nstiess, aon t car? attitude, feathers fluffy, wingb drooping, helmet on back of his head and shoulders hunched up as far as they will go. Even if the rightful owner of the garden should elect to .' walk among his roses, the bluejay by virtue of his oflice must needs hop along from limb to limb to see that he does it in proper manner. About the only member of the feather community that the. jay really dreads is the humming bird. He has never learned to handle successfully this small venom charged atom, who can hit him three times with his hat pin | bill while he is examining the spot where he saw it last. The jay can f manage a crow, a buzzard, or even a hawk all right, but the humming bird, with his lightning strokes is too much for him. He fails utterly to follow the motions of a being who is here one second, and in four separate and distinct places in the next. Let a mocking bird get out his music and begin to run over his softoof mroatflcf n Vtofru'o 1 o nli-i r? cr into song and if there is a bluejay I within hearing, he will immediately set in motion a series of harsh screams and shrieks evidently intended to drown out the songs of more L gifted singers. The bluejay may have his faults but like a good po HAMADAX A BIBLE CITY. Persian Town Taken by Russians Figures In the Book of Esther. Hamadan, which the Russian army operating in Persia has occu pied, figures in Biblical as well as early Greek history, relates a recent dispatch from London. It was the ancient Ecbatana, the treasure city captured and plundered by Alexander the Great, and it appears in the book of Esther as Shushan, where Ashasurus, who "reigned from India even into Ethiopia" gave way to the caprices of Vashti, and was induced to relent by the attractions of Esther. At Hamadan pious Jews still point out the tombs of Mordecai and Esther, which stand in a wooden-domed building in the centre of the town. There is no doubt that the two wooden sarcophagi shown there are ancient, but considerable question of their being what tradition asserts. They bear Hebrew inscriptions, one said to be of, A. D.. .>57, and the other 841, A. D. Near the city a large mound is pointed out as the site of the palace of Ahasuerus. A crudely carved lion, on the site, is the subject of much legend also. Five miles from Hamadan, in a mountain gorge, is a famous stone with inscriptions in the Persian, Median, and Babylonian languages, which seems to have been placed there by Xerxes. These inscriptions supplied the key that make it possible to decipher the cuneiforms inscriptions at Ninevah. 'The natives believe treasure lies buried under the stone. Hamadan was once famous for its white wines, but now its chief business is leather,. which is much in demand in Persia for harness and saddles. Residents say the stench from the tanning pools prevents the clocks from keeping the correct time. Its population numbers 40,000, including 4,000 Jews. ROBBERS GET $15,000. Group of Five Enter Bank in Chicago and Hold Up Officers and Patrons. Cliino pa Ton 97 TTV-co vniithx: V/j U U/ll M I X 1 T V J VW UiAUj all believed to be under twenty years of age, today entered the Washington Park National Bank, forced the twenty officers, employees and patrons to face the wall with their hands in the air, scooped up $15,000 from the teller's cage and escaped in an automobile. Although every available policeman and detective was placed on their trail immediately, no clue had been found tonight as to the identity of the bandits. Four of the robbers entered the bank with masks over their faces, and each carrying two revolvers. The fifth remained outside in the automobile. Three of the bandits forced the officers and ten patrons to hold up their hands while one rifled the cashier's cage. None* of the patrons /were searched. A. W. McCauley, assistant cashier, jumped into his automobile, which was standing outside of the bank, and attempted to follow^ the robbers, but they quickly outdistanced him. .. J. Garland (Jake) Stahl, formei manager of the Boston American League team, is vice president of the rri "u "U ~i_ ? 4- _ UcLLLK. 1UH lUUUWb titjpi it 1CVUIVCI pointed at his head. The hank is in one of the busiest parts of the city outside of the downtown section. Police Lieut. John Hogan caught sight of the fleeing automobile later and pursued it in his own jnachine. As he was approaching his quarry an automobile truck collided with his car, -wrecking it and injuring Hogan. ' The Soil's Proposal. Lord Reading said at a dinner in New York, apropos of Germany's proposal to get back from the Allies in the shape of a war indemnity all of her war expenditure: "That proposal savors of the impudent. It reminds me of the son to whom his old father said: " 4Yes, George, I've decided to retire from active life and turn the business over to you." " 'But, father,' said the son, can t you work a few* years longer, and then we can retire together?' " His Advantage. "Why was one paving contractor in the case preferred over the other?" '/Because while one took up an abstract proposition in the matter, the other came down with a concrete statement." "The highest compliment a girl can receive is for a man to ask her to marry him." "Well, I don't know. Mosi girls orot tn-A AP til VQQ Af tll/ICQ AAlllllli I >Y u U1 liil L Uiucu ments. But how many girls are asked to permit their features to appear upon a soap calendar?"?Pittsburg Post. liceman, he is always on his job. He can get over more ground and find more things to disapprove of in a given time than any one we know.? "C. A. D.," in the Greenville News. DECK CLEARED FOR ACTION. Oeneral Assembly Preparing for Final Work. Columbia, Jan. 30.?The decks were cleared for action last week in the South Carolina general assembly, culminating in the introduction Saturday in the house of the annual | appropriation bill. it was not so I ii'bo f r. mn-ii ^d ? *1 ^3 Ar.CI .1 i I in11 \> iiau ?as uigucu aiiu I upon that made last week an important one as the putting through j of measures that under ordinary cir-1 cumstances would have been left undone until the last few days of the session. This was particularly noticeable in the lower house where many local measures received their third and last reading. In introducing the appropriation bill within 18 days after the session convened the ways and means committee, of which J. T. Jules is chairman, set a record. The appropriation bill carries yet another feature: Its aggregate i& less than the preceding year. For many years the tendency has been to increase the appropriations gradually, but it was / thought that this year after 18 months of financial strain a note of economy and retrenchment should be sounded. This determination, constantly seconded by the two branches of the legislature, has enabled the ways and means committee to hand in a bill that calls for $2,394,409.02, or $79,260.80 less than last year. The early introduction of the appropriation bill points to an earlier adjournment of the legislature than had been anticipated, for once this . measure is passed It Will De difficult to hold the legislators in Columbia, { no matter what measures remain on the calendar. In addition to passing local legis- j lation that dealt primarily ' with | school districts and small bond is- J sues for the erection of school buildings and jails, the legislature has consumed many hours of the last week in electing various officials. For three days at noon the house and senate met in joint assembly for this purpose, resulting in the election of the following: T. B. Fraser, asso- j ciate justice; S. W. G. Shipp, judge of the Twelfth circuit; James W. DeVore, judge of the Eleventh circuit; Carlton W. Sawyer, comptroller general; F. Hj McMaster, insurance commissioner; John L. McLaurin, | warehouse commissioner; J. Rion McKissick, code commissioner; Mrs. Virginia Green Moody, State librarian; B. R. Tillman and D. W. McLaurin, trustees of Winthrop college; A. H. Hawkins and W. H. Glenn, directors of the State penitentiary; C. E. Spencer and L. P. Hollis, trustees of the University of South Carolina; R. H. Timmerman, S. T. McKeown and S. A. Burns, trustees of Clemson college; \j. b. wiiite and Charles F. Brooks, trustees of the State college for negroes; John P. Thomas and James H. Hammond, members of board of visitors of the Citadel. Indications are that the general assembly will not pass the bill providing for an appropriation of $50,000 for the enforcement of the prohibition and "gallon-a-month" laws ' of South Carolina. No provision for such an appropriation has been made in the appropriation bill. Three bills increasing pensions to Confederate soldiers have also been introduced with the recommendations of a special legislative committee, but it is probable that these al- v, so will not be passed as the ways and means committee, consisting of 23 members, has decided on an appropriation of $300,000, which is the same as in 1915. MEETS DEATH IN WRECK. Train on C.. C. and O. Runs Into Earth Slide. Spartanburg, Jan. 2S.?Av doubleheader freight train, northbound on the C., C. and O. Railroad, ran into 7 i a slide at Kona, Black Mountain ? Junction, early .this morning and plunged forty feet into Toe River below. William Raker, of Erwin, Tenn., was killed and Engineer Cook was injured, according to reports reaching here during the day. The two engines and a score of empty * ? coal cars are said to be bottom-up rt?A * A A/1 (YA A ^ T?iTTAT? T + TT'O L? V* CL1 u ill LiiC CU.3C U1 tilC 1 I V CI . 11 vv a.o reported that the line, which has been blocked today, will be open by . midnight. I The slide is said to have come down from the mountain above the J track almost immediately in front of the train. Kona is about midway between Alta Pass and Erwin, Tenn. Nominates Brandeis to liench. I Washington. Jan. 28.?To say that congress and official Washington I generally were astonished, at the nomination of Louis D. Brandeis, of Boston, to succeed the late Justice Lamar, of Georgia, as associate jus- ^ tice of the United States supreme r?r?n r? nilttin 2" it mildlv. Few fa- i vv>-4* * r ? o - - - - i vorable comments were heard. j Read the Herald, $1.50 per year. \ A POSITIVE STATEMENT BV A BIG EUSINESS MAN "Monlor-i flf AnnarpnTIv llnimnortant MbVjIKVIi v.. ? J ? I Conditions Wrecks Many a Healthy Growing Business" W. s. ELKIN, JR. a prominent druggist of Atlanta. Ga., is authority for the above positive statement. in explaining this statement he asked two questions and offered one cn?rcro?Hrm If a growing healthy business turns and begins to run down hill, what is the condition of the owner's health? Almost always, unusually bad What was the first cause of his poor health? Constipation. This constipation could have been avoided by taking Rexall Orderlies occasionally. They are a pleasant candy tablet laxative which can be used by men, women or children with the best resul^. We have the exclusive selling rights for this great laxative. Trial size, 10 cents. MACK'S DRUG STORE THE REXALL STORE IflowWelll "Thedford's Black-Draught H is the best all-round medicine H lever used," writes J. A. H Steelman, of Pattonville, Texas. H M "1 sutterea ternoiy witn liver H troubles, and could get no relief. fl The doctors said I had con- H sumption. I could not work at fl H all. Finally I tried I I THEDFORD'S I I BLACK- I I DRAUGHT I and to my surprise, I got better, H fl and am to-day as well as any fl I man." Thedford's Black- I fl Draught is a general, cathartic, H H vegetable liver medicine, that fl H has been regulating irregulari- H fl ties of the liver, stomach and H H bowels, for over 70 years. Get fl H a package today. Insist on the H fl genuine?Thedford's. E-70 fl Whenever 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 the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds up the Whole System. 50 certs. t A. B. UTSEY FIRE AND LIFE INSURANCE Old Line Companies Represented ! Bamberg, South Carolina CHIOHtSi fcb o PILLS T1IK lMAMCW!} JJRANn. A yOlUN Lndics! A*Jt r??ir for /^. X'i\ t'hl-clies-ter b Unutd/AX in J r,n;i Oold iu<u\lic\lr/ lM,*cbt sc;ii"ij v;;.i j\;;.Don. 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