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The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1901-04-12

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The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29
vcRAcIoUs cANNIBAL TREE.
A Very Remarkable Specimen of the
Flora of Australia.

A Very Remarkable Specimen OF the
Flora of Australia.
In certain parts Of Australia canni-
bal trees hourish-trees which can hold
mans body in the center, and de-
your it as readily as our insectivorous
wild flowers trap the insects on which
they partly subsist.
In appearance they are like gigantic
pineapples, many Of them being eleven
feet in height. What foliage there is
consists Of broad boardlike leaves,
which grow on a fringe at it's apex.
These leaves do not stand erect, how
ever but droop over and hang to the
ground. They are very big, for in
some Of the largest specimens they
measure from fifteen to twenty feet,
each leaf being quite strong enough to
bear the weight of a man.
There is more In these leaves than
meets the eye. for hidden under them
is a peculiar growth Of sDearlike for
nation, arranged in a circle. This per-
forms the same function for the plants
as pistils do for flowers. Moreover,
they are most sensitive to the touch Of
a stick or other hard substance.
The natives formerly worshiped this
devils tree" for they dreaded it's
wrath. When its green leaves rose
restlessly up and down it's worshipers
imagined that it was necessary to
make a sacrifice to appease it's anger.
One Of their number was immediate
ly chose and driven by his bowling
tribesmen up one Of its leaves to the
apex.
The instant the unhappy victim
stepped into the middle Of the plant
the boardlike leaves would fly together.
clutching and literally squeezing the
life out of him.
Early travellers in Australia have
told US that the cannibal tree would
thus hold its prey until every particle
Of his flesh had fallen from his bones,
after which the leaves would slowly
relax their grim hold, leaving the gaunt
skeleton to fall heedlessly to the
ground.-London Express.
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enough. It was the same sermon It
was with a rather sickly smile when he
greeted the woman after service that
the clergyman remarked that the CO.
incidental plot seemed to be thickening.
The woman stayed a fortnight In this
place, but two Sundays later she went
to church IN another town. She almost
rose from her seat when into the pulpit
marched her New York clergyman.
1t was the same old What Shall the
Harvest Be7" sermon, too and, ap-
propriate for the summer as it was,
the woman felt certain Familiarity
with it. She spared the minister's feel
ings this time and skunk away after
service without speaking to him. So
she did the next Sunday at the sea-
shore town, where she was to stop for
several weeks, when with mingled emo
tons she saw her minister in the pulpit
and heard him deliver his What Shall
the Harvest BeY' sermon.
For the rest of the summer the
woman refused to go to church. She
we'll knew that the minister, with his
one sermon, that so evidently was all
he had with him, couldn't remain more
than one Sunday in one place, but
after those previous experiences dis
erection seemed the better part Of valor.
1 On her way home to New York last
week the woman stayed ever Sunday
in Boston. When the cousins she was
visiting suggested church she accepted
with alacrity. 1t had been so long,
she said, since she had darkened a
church door-and the joke was too
good to keep-she told them why. In
the pulpit of the Boston church was a
familiar form; to paraphrase, the
ministerial villain still pursued her. 1t
was the last straw when he announced
his subject as what Shall the Harry
est BeT7
Il shall see you in town at our own
church next Sunday, Mrs. BlankT OBJ
served the clergyman after service as
the two commented rather guardedly,
it must be confessed, upon the strange
fate that had led them to follow each
other around all summer. YES" said
the woman then--the temptation was
too great-"upon one condition-that
you promise not to preach your What
Shall the Harvest BeT sermon" New
York Evening Sun.
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InstructingN Mis-. Custer.

81 was dining out one evening among
a notable company of people, most of
whom knew only by reputation" says
George Inness. Jr. in the Home Jour
nal. q was assigned a seat next to
very charming and intellectual woman.
and did my best to entertain her. said
1: What can talk about that will in
terest you? l have had some little ex-
perience as a cavalryman; possibly you
may care to hear something about
horses in the field
"'Why, yes; certainly answered my
fair companion; L know a little con-
corning army life, and once wrote a
book called Boots and Saddles" And
then it dawned on my poor, dull brain
that was talking to the widow Of the
great cavalry leader. Gen. Custer; so l
said no more about horses or army
life "
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Logical Reasoning.

An amusing little English book en-
titled "Children's Sayings" just pub
Hshed, contains the following: 1.-TWO
little children being awakened by their
nurse one morning and told that they
had new little brother were keen. as
children are, to know where and how
he arrived. 1T must have been the
milkman,' said the girl. Why the
milkmanT Because he says on his
cart, Families Supplied"
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THE LADY AND HER PASTOR.
She Like Him, but She Got Very Tired
of Hearing One Sermon.

She Like Him, but She Got Very Tired
of Hearing One Sermon.
She is a woman much interested in
her church and she enjoys hearing and
Judging for herself the different
ministers Of her denomination. The
first Sunday after her arrival in early
June at one Of several New England
towns she proposed to visit before settl-
ing down at the seashore for the sum-
mer she went to church, of course.
Who should occupy the pulpit but her
own clergyman, whom she hadn't sup
posed was within a hundred miles of
her, and what should he do but preach
the Identical sermon that she had
heard him give the Sunday previous in
NewYork, his subject being, what
Shall the Harvest BeT' Both the
clergyman and the woman as they
laughed politely over it after the SER
vice agreed that the coincidence was
curious.
The next Sunday found the woman
in another New England town. She
went to church, of course. when sun
day came and who should arise in the
pulpit but her New York clergyman.
What Shall the Harvest Be-" he an
nounced as his subject and, sure
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29
Elastic Substances.

Rubber. spun-glass, STEEL and ivory
are the most elastic substances The
writer OF this seems to have forgotten
the human conscience.-Boston Tran
script.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29

People are all struggling for health
and struggling in the wrong way.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29

Every time a woman wipes her face
on a new towel. she is reminded OF the
discomforts Of her early married days,
when everything around the house was
new
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29
Hand Magnets in Machine shops.

One of the chief troubles in machine
shops is the frequency with which
workmen are wounded more or less
painfully, and even dangerously, by
flying splnters striking the eye. A
hand magnet is always kept convent
ent for the purpose Of drawing these
splinters out of the eye, and one Of the
latest productions is an electromagnetic
designed expressly for this work.
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Enective Poison Indicator.

The necessity for some sure Indicator
when the contents of bottle are Of
poisonous nature has already induced
numerous inventors to devote their
thoughts to providing a device Of this
kind, but still the accidents are numer-
Gus and the field is open for improve
ment on past inventions for this pur-
pose. One of the chief causes of the
giving of wrong kinds of medicine has
been the picking up of the wrong bot
tie from a number in a medicine cabi-
net and pouring out a dose of the fatal
mixture without looking carefully at
the label. To call attention to the
fact that the bottle contains poison
would be effectually accomplished with
the cork shown in the illustration, as
it would be impossible to get at the
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

their nests broken up, and the birds
themselves wantonly destroyed. At
present there are more than $4,000 PEG
pie in the State who are actively inter
ested in preserving and fostering the
birds
The State game commissioner, aided
by the Audubon Society, has had post
ed on the outside of every postotfice in
the State large placard calling atten-
ton to the law which forbids the kill
ing or confinement of native birds, and
asking the assistance of the public in
enforcing it.
Under its provisions there are only
four species of native birds which it
is lawful to keep in confinement They
are the crow, the crow blackbird, the
chicken hawk. and the English spar
row. Any person who kills any other
bird or who keeps 1t in captivity or de-
stroys its nest or eggs is subject to a
fine of So and costs or to sentence of
ten days in Jail, or to both for each Of
Tense.
Collecting of either eggs or birds is
allowed only for scientific purposes.
and every person engaged in it must
comply with some Onerous conditions
No person under 10 years old is allow
ed to do collecting under any circum-
stances. A person of proper age who
wishes to collect must first secure the
Endorsement of at least two scientists
of note; he must file a bond for 5000
in the County Court, and must. in adj
dition, pay n license fee.
As one result of the work of the Au-
dubon society many people living in
and near Chicago have been led TO take
an active interest in the care as well
as the protection of birds. There are
in Cook County several hundred bird
tables" which are kept up all winter
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17
She Wasn't Thrown

Inc man who asks Are Won read
mgr when he sees some one so deenlv
immersed in book as to be entirely
ooilVlous to outside surroundings was
walking along country road the other
uay when horse came dashing madIv
INTO view. 1t was a powerful borse
ana on its back a slim young woman
swayed back and forth in unison VIII,
its strides. W."
Just before the runaway reached +ho
man 1t swerved violently to one s,de
ana the rider fell headlong 10 the
ground lay inert for a moment and
then got painfully to her feet. boldin1
her limp left arm with her right bond
Did your horse throw you?p ASH
the inane man, as he FASTENED 70 49, ho.
assistance. ~ her
The young woman pulled berso,f d.
gether with an effort. Then ~
mo; he did not" she renlioa o.,,,
Il got of. That's the way we o IVrui "
get Off in Georgia" Ways
And the inane young man admits +,o.
he felt like fool. mat
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Gladstone on Cromwell.

remember once making bold enough
to demonstrate with Mr.. Gladstone for
not taking what considered to be the
proper amount of interest in Oliver
Cromwelrs christening robes, which
were duly extended before him at Che
quers court. Il cannot bring myself
said he, Ito care about Oliver; he was
no lover OF free institutions" But,
at least" so l ventured to murmur.
gazing at the christening robes, you
cannot deny he was a Christian" II
see no occasion" replied Mr.. Gladstone,
with one Of his grimmest looks. ''either
to deny or affirm your propositiOn."-
North American Review.
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by bird lovers. A "bird Ia hle'' consists
of board supported between two
branches of a tree, on which are ex-
posed small dishes which are regu-
larly kept filled with seed, while above
is fastened q large piece of beef suet.
Such table win attract a whole host
of birds, who will remain welcome Wis
itors all the winter through. Among
the birds which will be attracted by a
bird table" are blue jays, nuthatches,
chickadees, red-headed wodpeckers,
downy woodpeckers, kinglets, gold
fnches and English sparrows. 1t is
not likely, however, that the gold finch,
which is commonly known as the wild
canary, will be recognized in his winter
dress, except by those who know that
with the coming of cold weather he
changes from a gorgeous black and
yellow to a gray and dirty green.
Easier still than the bird table" as
an expedient for attracting birds is
the setting up a few boxes or tin cans
to serve as nesting places. An ordi-
nary empty tin can if set up on the
top of a pole will serve as a nest for
the pretty bluebird, which will spend
all his summer with you if only the
English sparrows are kept away.
Within the last year or two it has
been noted that the English sparrow
has taken to living out in the country
lanes and hedges as well as in streets
and alleys. 1t is there, as always, a
mean, domineering little bully, depend
ing on its great numbers to kill or drive
away any bird which appears in it's
vicinity or whose resident district it in
vades. 1t has met one native bird,
which so far from being frightened by
the noisy little "avian rat" finds it
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

the majority, while In Norfolk County
most OF the farmers are Swedes and
Greeks. The Advertiser says: "These
immigrants seem to be fairly prosper
GUS, and they may be able to make a
success Of farming where the old own
ers apparently found 1t hard even to
make a bare living" The typical
Yankee farmer of the David Harum
and Josh Whitcomb variety is rapidly
disappearing from New England, and
even the typical Yankee himself. There
are few survivors In Marblehead and
Portsmouth, n. H., but they are mostly
seafaring people. 1t Is doubtful wheth-
er there is a Sam Slick or Sam Law
son now to be found from Cape Cod
to Eastport. The New England type
Of century ago is now hardly more
than a Renaissance.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17
CATTLE FODDER ON TREES.
How Food for stocs in Hawaii Is OBJ
tanned.

How Food for stocS in Hawaii Is OBJ
tanned.
\ COW cannot climb a tree-undOubt-
ed fact in natural history. Yet If en-
vironment can effect what some be-
lieye it can. a few generations Of cat
tie in Hawaii are likely to evolve a
race of scansorial kline, for the COM
mon fodder for horses and cows grows
on trees. There are only two direc-
tions In the islands Of the Pacific, and
everybody uses the terms windward
and leeward as glibly as if bred aboard
ship. TO use sailors English. In Ha-
wall these two directions are distinctly
marked. On the windward side Of
every island tropical rains, growth of
green things to jungle luxuriance; on
the ieeward side drouth rarely broken,
scanty grasses precariously existing in
a sun-baked soil. for most months of
most years are scar and brown. But
as not every one can live to windward,
and 1t seems a pity to let so much lee
ward go to waste. which might other
wise he good, the algarroba tree has
been introduced from the African aridi-
ties and has made cattle ranching a
successful possibility OH the dry lands.
Priests of the French missions were
the introducers, they having become
acquainted with its value in Algeria.
AS its name shows. it is the Carob tree
Of the Arabian Nights" the source of
most peoples knowledge of things Ara
bic The tree grows luXuriantly in
most Hawaiian soils and bears contin-
uOusly the year round. This is a mat
ter of particular Importance, for it is
the fruit which is of value. The tree
grows to the height attained by large
naples. and branches luXuriantly so as
to shade a considerable area, and. as
the leaves are both abundant and large,
there is formed a protection against
the heat which stock appreciate. The
fruit is n large fieshy pod filed with
beans the size of horse chestnut. 1t
Is upon the pods and beans that the
cattle feed. This fodder is so salts
flying that for long periods cattle are
fed on nothing else and reach market
in prime condition.-New York Sun.
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Whitfield, Powers & Co, and she and
her future spouse became acquainted
through a philanthropic plan in which
both were Interested. Miss Whitfield
was an heiress in a small way. She
possessed 100000, which she was using
in charitable work. She had also
beauty. good humor and good health.
The king Of the steel industry had
known her sixteen years before their
marriage. After that happy event Mr..
Carnegle's immense fortune was at the
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medicine without withdrawing the
cork, and If this were ATTEMPTED in a
careless manner the injury to the
thumb and finger, while comparatively
slight. would surely accomplish the pur-
pose intended. There are two ways Of
making this device-one by filling an
ordinary cork with short barbed points
and the other by attaching to its
surface strip of wire netting, from
which the prongs project. One of the
best recommendations for the device is
that little child will not be liable to
extract cork IL covered with these
barbs, as the injury to the tender fing-
ers would soon cause 1t to desist in its
efforts. The inventor is Victor II. Ko-
pold, OF Brooklyn. n. Y.
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cost of LAUNCHING a BattIeship.

An official of Cramps shipyard says
that It costs from $1,000 to $1,000 to
launch a battleship "rhe building Of
the ways for the ship to slide down
over is the main item. and then comes
the greasing." he said Every inch
Of timber over which the vessel slides
must be covered with lubricant. DIFF
ferent firms use different substances,
hut soap and tallow form the main in
gradients Of them all. At the Cramps
we use q layer of beef tallow and a
layer Of soft soap. and taken altogether
between one and one and half tons
OF the stun is required to put move
on the average battleship. The tallow
is spread on first. to the depth of about
three fingers, and the workmen use big
fiat trowels TO make the surface as
smooth as possible. Then they pour
over the soft soap which Is Just thick
enough to run. or about the consistency
OF tar. AS a general thing, the double
coating answers the purpose admir-
ably. and the ship glides into the water
as II it was sailing on air. II It sticks.
as has happened In few cases, Il is
likely 10 spring some OF the vessels
plates. and accidents Of that kind are
so costly that nUthing is spared to
avert their
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

A Cleveland Judge, commenting upon
the appalling" Increase In the num-
Der Of divorces, says two-thirds of the
cases are due to early marriages. His
theory Is that the divorce courts are
kept busy because so many young peO-
pie marry before they are old enough
to form sensible views Of matrimOny,
and so he advises youths and maidens
to Ego slow" While the advice may
be good, the judges theory will not
stand investigation Brides and grooms
are now good deal older, on the aver
age, than they were few generatl lions
ago. The Increase of divorce cases has
been accompanied by decrease in
early marriages. A century ago, when
divorces were rare, 1t was customary
for girls to be married at the age of 16,
and those who reached 1S without find
ing a husband were looked upon as al
ready beyond the danger line of spin
sterhood A young man was expected
to marry about the age of 81, and 1t
was almost a necessity for him to do
so. When he undertook to cultivate
a lAi III ne luh ~ nave Allt utlD vi Il
woman to keep house for him. There
We're no fine bachelor apartments
where he could live and board in com
fort until he accumulated a competence
and got ready to marry. That was the
time Of early marriages, but only in
rare cases did women seek divorces.
The Increase Of divorce suits by women
is due chiefly to the fact that wives
will no longer submit to treatment
which they endured i'm Silence cen
tury ago. A recent list Of divorces
granted to women on the ground of
cruelty" throws more light on the sub
ject than the Cleveland judges re
marks. One wife got a decree ON the
ground that her husband would not
take baths, thereby inflicting on plain
tiff great mental anguish" Another
wished to leave her husband because
he had accused her sister of stealing,
while still another complained that her
feelings had been hurt by her spouses
remark that he did not care whether
she left him or not. One woman said
her life was made a burden because
her husband would not speak to her for
months at time, another objected to
the mans practice of smashing dishes
and crOckery to relieve his feelings,
a third complained that her husband
forbade her to walk in public with her
relatives, and a fourth said her hus-
band sharpened an AK and said he was
going to cut her head off and did knock
out two of her teeth. A case of dif.
ferent kind is that in which the plain
tin alleged that "the defendant, for
the sole purpose Of harassing her, said
he meant to suicide. and did then and
there drink bottle of paregorlc, which
said action of defendant sorely grieved
plaintiff in body and mind" Fifty or
a hundred years ago women did not
sue for divorce on grounds of this kind
and II they had done so their suits
would have been thrown out of court
They endured what could not be cured
and took as a matter of course things
which now send wives hurrylng to the
divorce courts. WOmen's standards
have become more exacting and their
legal liberties greater. This will large
" account for the increase in the num-
Der Of divorces.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

For eight crops-corn. wheat, oats,
barley, rye, buckwheat, potatoes and
hay covered by the reports TO the De
partment Of Agriculture the farmers
of the United States received almost
two hundred million dollars more in
1900 than they obtained for the same
products in 1899. Buckwheat and bar
ley We're the only crops in the list
which showed a decrease in value, and
the advances, in corn and hay especial
ly, made this deficit seem slight We
quote the statistics as Il matter of rec
ord.
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Until science shall discover remedy
for It's rayages allegation that cancer is
caused by an animal parasite hardly
more developed than protoplasm will
not bring comfort to generation
grown sadly familiar with this dread
malady. Nor does the alleged discov-
cry account for the conviction in the
medical profession that cancer may be
developed by confusion even when the
tissues are perfectly healthy.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

The school teachers of Illinois have
done a great work in the protection of
birds, says the Chicago Tribune. They
have aided and supplanted the work
of the Audubon Society, and all the
other associations which are interested
in giving "our friends in feathers" a
good chance. Five years ago few peo-
pie paid much attention to the native
song birds. Their eggs were stolen,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-05-17

Twenty years Imprisonment for the
student who killed the Russian minis
ter of public instruction Is relatively
light sentence when compared with
Russian penal policy OF the past. The
cars judicial system has undergone
thorough reform within twenty-five
years. Siberia was found to contain
wealth so vast that II ceased to be
available for mere convict colony.
Large areas OF what was deemed desert
are now blossomlng with noble farms
developed 10y children Of convicts,
while other areas are yielding incalcu-
liable mineral wealth.