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Dodging
Lightning

Lightning, they say, seldom strikes
twice In the same spot. Be that as 1t
may it is certain that it could not pos
sibly be more erratic than the various
plans for escaping it. Leaving the
scientist and the lightning-rod man
any two people agree upon what is
best to be done when the storm comes
up. One will tell you that the first
thing to do is to close all the doors
and windows. A draft through the
house, they say, is the very thing
lightning wants to wreak destruction.
They point out that many Of those
killed were seated by an open window
when struck. Others, while agreeing
with this theory regard it as but a par
tlal p%recaution, saying that the fluid
will enter the chimney and come out
at the fireplace. They also point to re-
corded cases where pecA were
shocked before an open fire. Ice. So
what boots it to close the windows il
you cannot close the chimney? Con-
trawise others Will assert that the
only really safe plan Is to open all the
doors and windows so that if the
lightning enters it will not have to
tear a chunk out of the SHE of the
mouse to get out. A third class advise
you to close the front windows and
open b back ones. Nothing, they
say, attracts lightning like heated air.
You should not have a draft, but O
should not have the house full OF hot
AIR. Do not stay out in the open. say
some. Sit out on the porch, say others.
DO not ave any metallic object in
your hands, is another warning and
some leave their steel rod umbrellas
at home in consequence. The attic and
the cellar have an equal number of
adherents as a place of safety. In the
attic there will not be so much of the
house to fall on o In the cellar you
stand a chance Of escaping under me
debris, say the others. Bed is the
safest place say a great many. Then
someone recalls the woman who was
lifted clear out on the floor by a bolt
and once more uncertainty reigrs.
Many ONE spend the summer in
terror of a thunderstorm. They hunt
the darkest corner of the house or they
draw the window shades and light the
gas and stuff their fingers in their
ears, but they are in mortal terror all
the same. One Ohio woman, who was
shocked once, has devised a lightning
chair to which she fees when the thun-
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
The Dangerous Bone.


Il have sometimes wondered whether
. fever would affect a man today as it
did in war time," said the veteran.
My experience isn't very extensive, but
! wouldn't care to be trained nurse
II all typhoid convalescents resembled
Jim BOlles. Our command was scout
ing In Southern Tennessee, covering a
good deal OF ground on a basis of very
slim ratiOns. Jim's acquaintance with
field hospitals had not been wholly de-
nghtful, / imagine, and he reported for
duty when he had hardly any symp-
toms OF recovery but an appetite. Rusty
ham and bareback didn't seem to do
Jim much good. He ate them, but they
left him looking thinner and hungrier
than ever. Two Of the boys had cap
tured a chicken somewhere. and had
stolen away by themselves for a quiet
feast. Wandering ~lonesomely around,
Jim discovered them. He stood and
looked at the chicken. spitted on a ram.
rod and roasting over a fence rail fire.
The boys were hungry. too, and they
didn't say a word. Did you ever see
two dogs quarreling over a bone. Dan?'
Jim asked at length. Yes Well,
pretty soon you may see a bone quar-
reling over two dogs he added. AND
I'll be the bone They divided the
chicken"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
watab ON the Nevis.

The Nevis is a small volcanic island
In the Caribbean Sea. There is a stone
conduit leading down from an extinct
crater. carrying a fine stream Of wa
tah--the red-hottest, stinkingest sui
phur watah you ever saw-into an ex-
tinct hotel. Said hotel was built about
145 years g and destroyed about Sd
years ago, leaving on an agglomeration
of stone ruins. I am offered this ruin
with watah-for 81, 500. Dirt cheap! A
rheumatic. who had spent $4,S76 on ply
sicians warranted to cure, went to the
Nevis and was well in ten days. About
all that remains OF the hotel is the
bath. Our paternal government should
buy that hole and send its invalids
there. The watah comes straight from
hell. 1t smells. tastes and feels of hell.
When you drink that watah you can't
drink whisky. Hence.- New York
Pre10. ~
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
Original Homo Of Golf.

The Scotsman contends that golf is
a Scotch sport to which poetical refer
ence was made in Adamson's "Muses
Threnodie," published at Perth as long
ago as 1888. The terms used in the
sport are for the most part Scotch. But
the Dutch assert that it was Arst
played in Holland on the ice, n be-
fore 1888 the Dutch poet Bredero de-
scribsd how the golfer, with ice spurs
on stands ready to smith with asher
club weighted with lead. or his Scot
fish cleek of loaded box" But while
this may be the earliest poetical ref
erence to the game, it does O show
that Holland is the original home Of
golf. The reference to the Scottish
cleek" seems at first sight to point
rather to Standardization Sun.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
Service In Diplomatic Corps.

The United States consular list fur
nishes some interesting information.
concerning the tenure of Office Of our
diplomatic corps and consular service.
Out of PIG persons employed in these
services it appears that 100. or SO per
cent. have served for five years or
more; that 81 per cent have served for
ten years or more. and that IA per
cent have served for twenty years or
more. Three persons have served for
twenty-seven years each, two persons
twenty-eight years, and one person
each twenty-nine, thirty, thirty-two,
thirty-seven and forty-eight years.
The average term of service of per-
sons in the United States consular
and diplomatic service abroad has
been "a years.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
Africs's Ancient Sea.

Recent studies of the animal life Of
Lake Tanganyika has shown that that
AXE differs from all other African
lakes in possessing inhabitants that
belong to oceanic species. Still, these
singular denizens Of Lake Tangan.
ytka are not exactly like the marine
organisms Of the present day, and the
conclusion is drawn that a sea, con.
nected with the open ocean, once occu-
pied the part Of Africa where Tangan-
yika now lies, and that the lake is the
last remnant Of the ancient sea.
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Queer Burial. Place OF sultans.

A more eccentric mode of burial
than that adopted by the Turks for
their honored dead could hardly be
found. One of the most curious sights
in C~onstantinople is the interior of the
Royal Mausoleum within the precincts
of the Valide's Mosque at STEAMBOAT.
In the outer chamber are about three
dozen cofins, all Enclosed in oblong
wooden receptacles higher and broad
er at n end than at the other, and
rising to q roof-like edge at the top.
These boxes r draped with costly
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my uOTSe Ii ny only companion, hi
even he, poor beast, is not beside me.
You see, then, you may count on me
for silence. So tell me the truth, my
dear young lady, are you rot in dam
ger?"
"Mr. Northmour says you are an
honorable man." size returned, land
believe it when / see you. l will tell
you SO much, you are right; we are in
dreadful, dreadful danger, and you
share it by remaining where you are"
"Ah" said L; you have heard of
me from Northmour? And he gives
me a good character"
Il asked him about you last night
was her reply. Il pretended" she hes
itated, Il pretended to have met you
long ago and spoken to you of him. 1t
was not true; but / could not help my
self without betraying you and you
had put me in a difficulty. He praised
you highly"
"And-you may permit me one ques-
tion-does this danger come from
Northmour?" 1 asked.
From Mr.. Northmour?" she cried.
oh, no; he stays with us to share it,
While you propose that / should
run away" l said. You do not rate
me very high.
Why should you stay?" she asked.
You are no friend of ours"
/ know not what came over me, for
l had not been conscious of a similar
weakness since / was a child, but l
was SO mortified by this retort that my
eyes pricked and filled with tears as
continued to gaze upon her face.
No, no." she said in a changed
voice; Il did not mean the words un-
kindly"
1T was I who offended" I said; and
] held out my hand with a look of ap-
peal that somehow touched her, for she
gave me hers at once and even ger
ly. / held it for awhile in mine and
gazed into her eyes. 1t was she who
nrst tore her hand away and, forget
ting all about her request and the
promise she had sought to extort, ran
at the top Of her speed and without
turning till she was out of sight.
And then / knew that l loved her.
and thought in my glad heart that she
she herself-was not Indifferent TO
my suit. Many a time she has denied
it in after days, but it was with a smil-
ing but not a serious denial. The fol-
lowing day W. again met.
The next, and that was the fourth
day OF our acquaintance, we met in the
same spot, but early in the morning,
with much familiarity, and yet much
timidity on either side. When she had
once more spoken about my danger
and that, l understood, was her ex-
cuse for coming-I, who had prepar-
ed a great deal Of talk during the night
began to tell her how highly / valued
her said interest, and how no one had
ever cared to hear about my life, nor
had l ever cared to relate it, before
yesterday. Suddenly she interrupted
me. saying with yehemence:
"And yet, il you knew who I was
you would not SO much as speak to
mel"
I told her such a thought was mad
ness, and, little as we had met.
counted her already a dear friend; but
my protestations seemed only to make
her more desperate.
my father is In hiding" she cried.
my dear" / said, forgetting for the
first time to add young lady" what
do l care? If he were in hiding twen-
ty times over, would it make one
thought of change in your"
"Ah. but the cause?" she cried, "the
cause! 1t is" she faltered for a Sec
ond-"ft is ~disgraceful to u.s."
Ito be continued.l
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Goodness of the Head
Assured Even on the
Hottest Day.

shawls and rich brocaded stufs. the
collins of the princes being distin-
guished from those Of the princesses
by the white turban fixed at the head.
The last resting place Of a sultan is
closed by a balustrade of walnut wood.
ornamented with inlaid work in moth
er-of-pearl. In the inner chamber lies
the foundress Of the mosque and its
dependencies. the Valide Sultana
Tarkhan.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03
Moving Machine Is a Snake Killer.

Moving Machine Is a Snake Killer.
1t is a curious fact that there are
certain kinds of noises which attract
snakes. The whirr of the moving
machine is one, and in six months as
many as 120 cobras alone have been
killed on a grass farm in India by get
ting in front Of the advancing ma
chine.
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CHAPTER m.

For two days 1 skulked round the pa
wilton. profting by the Uneven surface
Of the links. l became an adept in the
necessary tactics. These low hillocks
and shallow dells, running one into an
other. became q kind Of cloak of dark
ness Tor my enthralIing. but perhaps
dish0norable, pursuit. Yet, in spite of
this advantage. I could learn but little
Of Northmour or his guests.
Sometimes ! thought the tall man
must be confined to bed. for / remem-
bered the feebleness Of his gait; and
sometimes I thought he must have
gone clear away, and that Northmour
and the young lady remained alone to-
gether In the pavilion. The idea, even
then. d~ispleased me.
Whether or not this pair were man
and wife / had seen abundant reason
% doubt the friendliness Of their re-
1ation. Although I could hear nothing
of what they said. and rarely 50 much
- CLEAN ! decided expression on the
face of either. there was q distance. al
most ! stiffness. in their bearing which
showed them to be either unfamiliar
Or It enmity.
On the morning Of the third day she
walked alone for some time. and / per-
ceived, to my great concern, that she
was more than once In tears. You
win . that my heart was already in
terested more than / supposed. She
had = arm yet airy motion OF the body,
and carried her head with unimagin-
Able grace: every step was q thing to
look IT. and she seemed in my eyes
20 breathe sweetness and distinction.
The day was SC agreeable. being
calm and s~unshiny, with a tranquil
.And yet with q healthful piquancy
yigOr n the air. that, contrary to GUS
tom, she was tempted forth q second
tine 70 walk. On this occasion she
80 accompanied by Northmour, and
t11y had been but q short while on the
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03

Mr.. Westlake says he didn't enjoy the
basket picnic you got up at all. What
was the trouble?" 1T was all because
he couldn't eat any OF the pie. We for.
got to take knives along"
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Jaggles-His lawyer is getting him q
new trial. Did he find more evidence?
Waggles-No. The prisoners friends
found more money.
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Her Advantare.

Mrs. Hinks-"Does your husband
yer complain when he gets home and
finds that the dinner is cold?" Mrs.
Fuddy-"No; he always goes to the
ball games"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1902-01-03

ASuSCe
A Cleveland woman went up to the
market house a few days ago to supply
the family larder and was astonished
at the high prices asked for vegetables,
from potatoes down. But why is ev-
erything sc dear?" she asked. "Be-
cause Of the dry spell, ma'am," was
the answer. She asked the same Ques-
ton several times and every man who
answered her blamed the dry spell.
Finally she stepped over to a fish stall
and asked the price of whitefsh. To
her surprise fish had gone up, too.
"Oh, come" she said in a half-appeal-
ing tone to the dealer, don't tell me
that the dry spell is to blame for this
advance, too!"-Cleveland Plain Deal
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Gratifying Success
Reported from tho
Colonies Located Thoro

conclusion to be drawn from the facts
presented in the pamphlet seems to be
that, according to the writer, where
colonies were started with the primary
intent OF making farmers out of their
inhabitants, the scheme vas successful,
and factories built later to provide
work during the winter and for the
surplus population only added to the
prosperity of the settlement; but where
the factory was the primary object the
attempts resulted in failures.-Brook-
lyn Eagle.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-12
The Last Heard Of 1t.

My little boy took the Group one night
and soon grew SO bad you comd hear hlm
breathe all over fhe house" says D Rey-
nolds. Mansfield. o. I'VE feared he would
die. but few doses of One Minute Cough
Cure quickly relieved him and he went to
sleep. That's the last we heard of the
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THE Beers LAST GUN.
Lord Kitchener Again Reports its
Capture---Tbere May be Other
"Lasf Guns" Yet to be Found.

London, February 5.-The British
pursuit Of Gen. De Vet has been sue
.cessful to the extent that his last gun
has been captured and Commandant
Vessels, one of his principal lieuten-
ants, has been routed. Lord Kitchen
er sent the news in a dispatch from
Pretoria, dated Tuesday, February 4,
as follows:
s'Byng's column, while proceeding
towards Liebenburgvlei, after night
march, attacked and routed q consid-
erable force of the enemy under Com
mandant Vessels. We captured a IF
teen-pounder and a pompom, taken
from Firman's column, and also a
Boer pompom, that was the last gun
that De Wet had, and three wagons of
ammunition, 100 horses and 100 mules.
The Beers casualties were five men
killed, six wounded and twenty-seyen
captured
Lord Kitchener has sent the follow
ing message from Pretoria: " Major
Leaders force surprised De Lary's
commando, killing seven and captur-
ing 1T. The British casualties were
slight: no British were killed. -
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Something That VIII Do You
Good

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them Of something that will be Of real
good 70 them. For this reason we want
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market for coughs, colds, and that alarm
ing complaint, Group. We refer to Cham
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it with such good results in our family so
long that it has become household nee
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doubt but that it has time and again pre-
vented Group. The testimony is given
upon our own experience, and we suggest
that our reader, especially those who have
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BOLD BANK ROBBERY IN ARKANSAS.
Five Men Successfully Looted the
Bank and Killed Sheriff Powers
Who Attempted to Arrest
Them.

Little Rock, Ark, Feb. 5.-The
town of Clarksville, johnson county,
is greatly excited over bold and
successful bank robbery which oc-
Cured early today when the vault of
the Bank of Clarksville was dyna-
mited and looted by five or SIX men;
Sheriff John q. Powers was shot and
killed by the robbers while attempting
to frustrate their designs. The exact
amount secured by the robbers is not
known, but it is supposed to be be-
tween $1,000 and 50, 900. Sheriff Pow
ers. who roomed in building adjoining
that of the bank was awakened short
ly before 8 o'clock by terrific explo-
sion in the bank. Selling pistol
in each hand he rushed to the bank.
The robbers, who numbered five or
six, were evidently prepared for him,
as they opened fire the moment he ap-
peared. The officer was wounded at
the first Yolley but stood his ground
and returned the fire, sending half a
dozen bullets at the robbers. The
wounded sheriff managed to get back
to his room where he died within 20
minutes. When hastily aroused citi-
zens began arriving at the scene,
Powers was dead and the robbers had
vanished.
The inferior of the bank presented
wrecked appearance, the men having
used dynamite to break open the vault
door, having established guard arm
ed with Winchesters outside the bank,
they seemingly had anticipated inter
ference from the sheriff as they must
have known of his presence nearby.
A train of blood leading from the
bank is construed to mean that Powers
injured one or more of the robbers.
He was shot three times himself and
any one OF the wounds would have
proven fatal.
Gov. Davis tonight offered reward
of 5000 for the arrest and conviction
of the bank robbers and the Arkansas
Bankers association offered similar
reward of s5, 900. These offers will be
supplemented by additional rewards
by the people of Clarksville.
A vigorous search is being made for
the fugitives, but it is believed they
have escaped into the mountains.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-02-12
sHREDDIRG CORN.

The modern method of harvesting
corn has not been generally adopted
yet in any portion OF the South.
Wasteful methods that have always
prevailed, and are still practiced. The
blades are sometimes stripped from
the stalks by hand and cured for fod-
der, but experience has shown that
this fodder does not pay for the labor
of gathering and curing. The ears are
snatcbed from the stalks, thrown in
small heaps, and afterwards a wagon
comes along and the ears picked up,
thrown into the wagon and hauled
away. The other half of the crop is
left to bravo the weather and be con-
sumed by wind and rain; and if any
part of it remains when plowing time
comes it is piled and burned to the
detriment OF the soil. The modern
way is to reap the corn, as well as the
wheat, and in much the same manner,
the machine cutting the stalks and
tying in bundles, ready to be set up IN
shocks. The ears may be separated at
any time husked and shelled, or the
husking and shelling can be done as
needed. The stalks, entire, may be
cured and stacked and makes excellent
fodder Or the whole batch can be
run through shredder and made into
hay, when it will be eaten up clean by
the stock. One reason for not saving
the stalks is that there is not live
stock enough on the farm TO consume
ii. This is another piece of bad
management. There ought to be stock
enough on the farm to consume all OF
this product. There is where the
farmers profit should come from.
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k-,,l.rk's Wise Suggestion.

have lately been very much troubled
with a5zpepsia, belching and sour stom-
ach. writes N S Mead, leading pharma-
.cist If Attleboro. Mass. Il could eat
hardy anytlliag without suffering several
hons. Ny clerk suggested try Kodol
Dysoepsia Cure which ! did with most
happ2 results. have lad no more trou-
BE ard when one can go to eating mince
pie. cheese, candy and nuts after such
.irne. their digestion must be pretty good.
I endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily.
Won don't have TO diet. Eat ell the good
foca you want, but don't overload tie
sstonaci. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
vour food. j S Hughscu q Co
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Not a Force Bill at ALI.

Washington, February 5.-Repre-
sentative CrUmpacker, of Indiana, au-
thor OF the resolution presented to the
Republican caucus on Monday night
and to be further considered at eau
Gus next Monday night, authorizes
the following statement as to the gen
eral purposes of the movement to cor
rect any impression that 1t IS IN the
nature of force bill
The resolution Submitted to the
caucus vas designed to secure a full
and thorough investigation of the
Suffrage question, not only IN the
South, but in ali the States that have
i .inDosedi material restictions upon
manhood suffage. There is q general
belief that a number Of States have
disfranehised large, portion of their
citizens; that the colored population,
by tie operation Of State laws, is en-
sirely eliminated as a political quantl-
Sy. and yet it counts in aprortionlng
representation among the Statse. 1t
is the general belief that the Southern
States have at lesat thirty-fve Repre-
sentatiYres in the House and the Elec-
toral College resting upon fictitious
basis. If this be found to be true in
fact and representation be reduced ac-
cordingly, as the constitution impera-
tiyely requires, it would go a long way
toward settling the race question.
Snch method would have none of
the characteristics of a force bill. 1t
would require no force for its execu-
ton. DISTINGUISHING States would
safer a reduction of political power,
which they could regain by educating
their citizens and admitting them to
the privileges of the ballot. The whole
question you'd rest With those States.
Bat the caucus is asked simply to
authorize thorough Investigation of
The whole question through a Con-
gressional committee specially ap-
pointed and equipped for that pur-
pose. and when the facts, as they real
II exist. are laid before Congress and
the country such action may be taken
situation requires. .