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The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
THE srAspprPE STORAGE TANK.

diameter are placed and extend about
Ave inches above the ground. to which
may be attached the sprinkllng hose
When not in use the opening Is made
water tight by round wooden lid and
rubber ring, which fits into the flange
OF the pipe and is held In place by an
iron clamp and screw, invented for the
purpose by Nj Fish. 1t requires but
a moment To attach the hose to one of
these upriGhtS
The first season Mr. Fish had his
system in operation he made a nice
sum Off a caaiiA'vrr crop. He set
out three aeres that year 1t turned in
hot and dry. he Jumped w1'er almost
continually for 81 weeks ami kept the
ground wet IAr farmers Who did not
irrgate lost talr u'J... by drought.
Mr.. Fish cans. c"; CO p.r Don't the hest
paying crop to grow, IL oHr is fixed to
Irrigote ii aud is in touch with good
market
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

The human body Is an epltome in ma
tusea of all mechanics, all hydraulics.
all architecture, all machinery of every
kind There are more than $40 mechan-
ical movements known to mechanics
today, and all Of these are but modlfi-
cations of those found in the human
body. Here are found all the bars,
levers, joints, pulleys, pumps. pipes,
wheels and axles. ball and socket
movements, beams. Orders. trusses,
buffers, arches, columns, cables aud
supports known to science. At every
point mans best mechanical work can
be shown to be but adaptations of
processes of the human body, a reyela-
ton of first principles used In nature.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
England the Land of Flowers.

l know not why Italy rather than
England should be called the land Of
flowers The truth is that the English
people are an art loving one and that in
England more than In any region of
Italy or country of Europe flowers are
in evidence everywhere and, with the
grasses and plants and universal vege-
tation, are more intimately and peren-
nlally interviewed with human exist
ence itself.-Napes II Mattlno.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
The First Steam Power.

The power Of steam was known to
Hero of Alexandria, who exhibited
what seems from the description to have
been a small steam engine to Ptolemy
philadelphus and his court about 1JU
B. c. Pliny describes a small boat
built by magician" of Rome which
moved by means of a wheel driven by
a pot of hot water" Watts invention
of rotary steam engine was patented
in 1863 The first railway locomotive
was built by Trevithiek In 1904 The
first practical locomotive was perfect
ed by Stephenson In 1929. AS early as
1907 Denys Papin built model OF a
steamboat, which was destroyed by a
mob of boatmen. The first practical
steamboat was built by William Sym
ington in 1902 In 1903 Robert Fulton
In connection with Chancellor Living
ston built steamboat, which was
tried on the Seine. In 1907 tie Cler-
mont began trips from New York to
Albany
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
The While Headed Boy.

The phrase his mothers white head
ed boy" Is as old as the hills in Ire
land. 1t appears in many of the Irish
fairy stories of the last century. Irish
mothers who knew good fairies always
kept the secret for the white headed
boy" of the family. Gerald Griffin In
one of his best short stories years ago
used the phrase us one he had Dor
rowed from an old Celtic book.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
One Mt a Time.

Women do not mass as we'll as men
do. They lose by aggregation. A street
car full of women makes walking seem
attractive A regiment Of men IS pleas
Ing. a regiment Of women would be
disturbing. So there are some flowers
that, although individually charming,
do not bunch well. Taken In large
groups, women are Objectionable. 1t Is
as individuals or in small squads that
they are so lncomparably interesting.
Life
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

The byssus, or silky beard. by which
the mussel moors itself to the stone, II
q familiar object Of our sea rocks. II
is in Its nature like the silk Of the silk
worm and sxudes In glutinous thread
from an organ at the base Of the foot
The following Is an instance In which
the moorhg Of the mussel was useful
to effect purpose which human skill
could not accomplish: A large bridge.
with twenty arches, In the town of
BiGNeford, in Devonshire. crosses the
Torridge river near the spot Of its
junction with the Taw. The tide flows
so very rapidly here that Il was found
impossible to keep the bridge In repair
by means OF mortar The corporation
therefore keeps boats employed In
bringing mussels to it, and the inter.
stices OF the bridges are filled by hand
with these mussels. 1t Is supported
from being driven away by the tide
entirely by the strong threads which
these mussels nix to the stonework. and
by an act or grant it Is a crime liable
to transportation for any person TO re-
move the mussels unless in the pres
ence and by the consent OF the cor
poratlye trustees.-Scottish Nights.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
Hind From Birth.

1t would be of great interest TO know
how much Helen Keller, losing her
sight at nineteen months, really retain
ed of the sense Of sight With Laura
Bridgman, a woman Of much less in-
tellect, there was evidently little or
nothing left, even as memory. With
her taste and smell were very feeble,
SO that communication with the world
was, indeed, through narrow pas
sage Her sensltlvensss to vibration
was so fine that without any trace of
the sense of hearing she was aware of
the tolling of bell. But her blogra-
pher, giving US In detail the record Of
the slow steps of her education, tells
us little OF what idea she was able to
form OF things. 1t is Schopenhauer
who gives one hint of what we all
want to know of the born blind. He
says that man blind from birth to
whom sight was given by an operation
put his hand to his eye to grasp there
and not In their place the things he
BaW.-London Chronicle.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Jaggsby e a. NIL shay, offisher. Is
thlsh-hlc-Blank street? Policeman
Yes. Jaggsby-Wlsh youd-hic-d'rect
me to All. Coin to-hlc-'tend lecture
there. PolCeman-What Attend n
lecture at this hour Of the morning
Jaggsby-Yes. Thash's where I-hic-
live. an I'm married. Shee?-Chicago
News.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

The trunkhsh is one of the peculiar
inhabitants of the ocean. 1t Is called
the. trunkfish because its back Is COM
pietely covered with bony plates of a
regular shape, forming a complete coat
OF mail. 1t Is protected so completely
that 1t can move only Its tail. mouth
and small part Of its gllls. which
pass through the armor. 1t Is quite a
small FISH and is found only In tho
warm waters of the southern tropical
qa0a
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
The Innkeener of England.

England's unpopularity with the
Englishman-and the Americnn-ls
largely due to the country nnkeeper.
"If any class of public servant ought
to be made to pass an examination it
is certainly the licensed yictualer."
writes V. V. Y. In the London Sphere,
for at present any man may obtain a
license without any knowledge of
cooking, housekeeping, sanitatiOn-any
knowledge of anything but of the due
pulling of a beer handle. Moreover, his
wife may be the most incompetent of
housewives, even for her own family.
On the continent lnnkeeplng is an art
to be studied. In England 1t is too
often the refuge of the man who wants
an easy chair to sit in.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
"Hail Coiumbia'." First Rendition.

Hail Columbia" was written In 179S
by Joseph Hopklnson when congress,
In session at Philadelphia, was debat-
Ing what attitude to assume In the
struggle between France and England
Party feeling ran high, and the air
was sureharged with patriotic enthusl-
asm. A young actor In the city who
was about to have a benefit came to
Hopklnson in despair and said that
twenty boxes remained unsold, and it
looked as If the proposed benefit would
prove a failure. II Hopklnson would
write him patriotic song adapted to
the tune Of THE Presidents March"
then popular, it would save the day
The following afternoon the song was
ready. 1t was duly advertised, the
house was packed, and in wild enthusi-
assn the song was encored and reen-
cored.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
HI. Per.nnnI Apnenrance.

Mamma-rm afraid that young Wild
er will not make you good husband,
Clara. Clara - Why not mamma
Mamma-Because it seems to me that
he rather negleets his personal APP
pearance Clara = Yes, that's true,
mamma, and I'm glad you mentioned
It. I'll see that he makes his personal
appearance here every evening after
this instead of only twice week.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

In the estimation of the average
Cornish fisherman rabbit is an omi-
nous word, and should II happen to be
used by any one In their hearing when
they are on their way to sea it is suff1-
cient to send them home again for that
occasion for fear of accident. In Corn
ish fishing circles many tales are told
of disasters that have followed def
ance of this superstition and persist
ence In putting off In their boats after
the unlucky word had been spoken.
Formerly the word church was equal
ly obnoxious to the fishermen and
was sedulously eschewed in conversa-
ton, on the water particularly. If a
case arose. as sometimes it would, in
which a sacred edif1ce had necessarily
to be referred to- "cleeta" was used
instead of church, and whatever was
ominous or evil In the sound OF the
latter was imagined to be thereby
avoided
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

On one occasion. at a party given by
Sir John Millas, Lady Halle rose to
play the violin, when to her Intense
amusement she heard Landseer ex.
claim: Good gracious! \ woman
playing the fiddle" on the other hand,
an old fashioned nobleman when he
saw gentleman sit down to the piano
contemptuously remarked, II wonder
II the creature can sew"
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Oliver Wendell Holmes protested to
have a profound respect for the Dutch,
possibly on account of what he used
to call the European aborigines of
America" being Dutch. He gave an
aspect of slyness to his respect which
inspired the Idea that II was not un-
tempered by humor, but he maintained
that the Dutch. In spite of their stolldi-
ty. had n great deal OF humor them
selves. "For instance" he would say,
1.-The trumpet story has a Dutch ori-
GIN" What is the trumpet story
people would ask. And he would tell
them that 1t had many variants, but
the one with which be was familiar
was about a man who was going to be
hanged aud was asked whether he had
any Inst request to make and said he
would like to have u dozen hot crum-
pets. very buttery. because he had nev-
er dared to eat more than one before.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
why Cut Glass Breaks.

Cut glass makers explain why 1t is
that there are frequent reports Of cut
glass suddenly breaking or orumbling
on a table, shelf or sideboard in homes
and elsewhere, although the glass was
not in use. They assert that whenever
the tone of any cut glass article comes
into contact with its responsive chord
the life Of the glass will go with the
tone, by which it Is affected. and the
glass collapses or crumbles. 1t Is on
record a famous opera singer could
break cut glassware by reaching high
c In her singing. Several tests were
made In New York and Paris, and by
her singing she broke several pieces Of
cut glassware. The tone Of violin If
attuned so as to be In true accord with
cut glass will destroy 1t.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
The Women of Tehuantepec

The climate of the Tehuantepec 18TH
mus compares most fayorably with
that Of Panama, being mild and health
full, writes Rene Bache In Technical
World Magazine. Coffee, cacao, to-
bacco. vanilla and sugar cane are
grown In the region. which has pop
ulatton OF about 10000. The inhabit-
ants are hardy and Industrious, those
OF the plains on the Pacific side being
descended from the ancient race Of the
Zapatecos and Boosting that they were
never conquered by the Spaniards. 1t
Is said that the women OF this race
have from time immemodal been able
to maintain supremacy over the weak
er male sex. leaving the men at home
to take care OF the house and children
while they carry heavy burdens to
market on their heads. They are very
handsome, these women. and their ma
tive costume Is most artistic, including
a picturesque. headdress.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
Vegetables and Fruita.

The term vegetable has reference to
the whole or any part of plant cult
waited especially with reference TO use
at the table. But the use of the word
vegetable doesn't always depend upon
cooking. for celery Is a vegetable and
apples are fruit whether eaten raw or
cooked. One would suppose the toma-
to to be entitled to the term fruit, for
the method Of its raising assemblies
that Of fruit But 1t is usually called
vegetable. whether eaten raw or cook
ed. In spite of its appearance. The
ounce is so fruitllke In appearance.
50 resembling apples, pears, etc, that
1t persists In being called fruit though
eaten only when cooked. Sometimes
the vegetable is a bud as with cab
bages and brussels sprouts; leaves, as
spinach; stems above ground, as as
paragus; stems enlarged 0ubers) I'M
derground, as common potatoes, or
roots, as sweet potatoes. turnips, beets
and carrots.-St. Nicholas.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
HERE AND ERE

In England it Is estimated that there
ing Yet the English eat every year
5000 tons Of American apples. Apples
grown along our lake shores bear trans
portation best and keep fresh the long
est
In recent variety test of wheat con-
Quoted by the Indiana experiment sta
ton Rudy produced the highest aver
age Of bushels In two-year trial.
Winter King was second, Both are
bearded varieties.
Eight thousand dollars Is fair price
for a horse A Percheron stallion
brought that figure recently in the
west.
In the dalrylng department OF the
agricultural college at Manhattan,
Kan, they have for more than year
been successfully milking cows by ma
chlnery. The milking machine Is a
queer looking apparatus. driven by a
gasoline engine. When one is fastened
to a COW it milks away In spite of all
the kicking and cayortlng the COW may
do.
Egg laying contests are very popular
In Australia. In a contest at Hawkes.
bury college a pen of white Leghorns
averaged 235 eggs per hen per year and
the eggs weighed twenty -flve ounces
per dozen. A pen of Silver Wyandottes
averaged pit eggs per hen per year
which weighed twenty-five and one-half
ounces per dozen, A pen of Imperials
averaged POS eggs per hen per year
which weighed twenty-four ounces per
dozen.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
An INNOCENT Dixersion.

poor woman" sighed the prison WIS.,
ltor to the convicted murderess. Does
not the thought Of your impending
doom cause your mind to revert to the
days of your innocent chlldhood7 Do
you not wish you could be playing
again as you did them
"Why, yes" replied the poor woman.
81 would like to skip the rope. "-Phlla-
delphla Press
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Lalrd-Well. Sandy, you are getting
very bent Why don't you stand
straight up like me, man? Sandy
Eth, mon, do you see that field o. corn
over there? Laird do Sandy
Weel yell notice that the full helds
hang down and the empty ones stand
up.-Glasgow News.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

The minister was shocked when the
young woman declined an introduction
TO some of his parishloners. "Nhy'
my dear young woman, did you ever
think that perhaps you will have 10
mingle with these good people when
you get to heaven?"
"Well," she exclaimed, that vii! he
soon enough Life
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
Another Way to Put 1t.

after all" said the moralst. "the
almighty dollar is mans greatest enc
my. It
IF that's So" interrupted old RoX-
ley, u guess that young wife of niue
merely loves me for the enemies I've
made. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Hungry Higgins-Wot! You dunno
wot a mlser is? A mlser is man that
denies hissef the necessaries Of life
when he hus the money to buy 'em.
Weary Watkins-Oh, l have met some
Of them fellers. But l fought they
called themselves Prohlbitionists.-ln-
dinnapolls journal
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
His Sire.

Cholly Nowitt - Dye know, Miss
Smart, though I've only just met you,
there seems to be a sort of intellectual
sympathy between us. You know just
how to appeal to my tastes, you see.
Are you literary woman? Dolly
Smart-No; I'm n kindergarten teacher.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
Emily Valued Then.

1--WE never realize the full value Of
a thing until we lose It," remarked the
man who was fond OF moralizing.
"That's right" replied the practical
man, especially II the thing lost was
insured. Philadelphia Ledger
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Mother said she thought you were
extravagant. Tom. but l proved you
were not"
You darling, How did you do
that?"
Told her you were with me two
hours last night and only kissed me
once
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

"Just before poor old Dooley died he
made his wife promise that she would
not marry again"
Poor old chap-he always was kind
TO his fellow men"-Tit- Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

He after characterization me r
inform you that | am the last OF '.'
great family of the Van Siltens.
(thoughtfully) - Delighted to hear
I'm sure.-Le Rire.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

AN lRRlGATlNG PLANT.
Movv an Ohio Man saves His Crops
During Dry weather.

During Dry Weather.
What Is said to be one Of the most
practical and effective irrigating plants
Ia this country Is located on Jennings
avenue extension. near Cleveland, O.,
on the farm of Eben Fish. AT Mr..
Fishs place there Is gravel bed at
Isast 100 feet In depth making a sub
soil which will absorb all the water
which will ever fall upon II. This
makes 1t In some respects an Ideal
place for Irrigation. as 1t Is never too
vet for the growing crops, and the
emily thing TO be considered Is a plenu-
tuI supply of water during dry
eather
There Is not foot OF dralntlle In
use on the farm. This farm has been
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Nurse Ito fond mother OF celebrated
musical prodigy)-Please. mum, Is Mas
ter Willy to ave 'is morning sleep or
60 on WV is Sixteenth Sympherny?-
Punch.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
His Balance Gone,

Guile-Taylor bet all the money he
had In the bank that he would walk u
slack wire for twenty feet Quay-Dld
he win or lose? Gulle-He lost his bal
ance.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

NAV, what IS a reprobate"
"Ask your father. Johnny"
Now. why should a man become In
censed over harmless little episode
Ike this ?-Louisyille Courier-Journal
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20
Nowadays He Wants the Earth.

Times have changed since the poet
wrote Man wants but little here be-
low Chicago Tribune.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

Bogg-Did he hurt himself when he
fell downstairs? Fogg-I think not.
He died without making a sound
Harper's Weekly
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

II thou faint in the day of adversely
thy strength Is small.-Book of Prov
cribs.
The Somerset reporter., 1906-09-20

To try to be happy at the expense OF
other people is to be bad.-Deland.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
Gamblers Caught.

Sheriff P. III. Corley having been
notified of a party of gamblers from
Columbia and the town of Brookland
habitually violating the Sabbath in
gambling on the banks of the river on
the Lexington side, and he always
alert as to performance of duty, made
all arrangements and on Sunday, ac-
companied by Messrs. Rion Graham,
of our town, and State Constables
Eison, Harling, Kibler and Brunson,
and Willie Smoak, of Columbia, went
over in the afternoon, and going up
the river deployed forces and at a
proper signal they swooped down on
the party of gamblers. Nine in num-
ber, all white, who were caught in
the act, were arrested. The sheriff
and assistants brought them over to
jail. The majority OF them have
given bond for their appearance at
court, others are still in jail.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
County Commissioners Must 90
into the Primary.

My attention has been called to the
fact that the proviso to the general
act of 1900, providing for the election
of County Commissioners in Lexington
and some other counties by the quail
fed electors has not been repealed by
subsequent acts, as it was at first sup
posed. Hence the commissioners for
Lexington county cannot be appointed
under the general law, but must be
voted for in the general election and
must go into the primary.
It Is now too late to call the execu-
tive committee to meet and fix the
assessments, and I will assume the re-
sponsibiity of fixing the assessment at
$500, successful candidates to pay
81. 90 more, subject to approval OF the
committee at its next meeting.
Pledges must be fled and assessments
paid by August 7th, to myself or F. Il.
Hendrix, Leesville, but announce
ments in papers may be made any
time afterward.
This notice supercedes information
given out by me to individuals that
county commissioners would not 60
into primaries. G. M. EFIRD,
Co. Chairman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
The Teachers Summer School.

The Teachers Summer School.
The Lexington County Sumner
School for Teachers opened Monday
with very good attendance despite
the fact that it was raining all the
morning. The teachers are comforta-
bly, located, and both they and the
instructors are hard at work. Prof.
Allen giving courses in physiology
and arithmetic and Prof. Major, in
pedagogy and civil government.
Those in attendance up to Tuesday
are: Misses Sue Corley, Anice Bouk-
night, Bertha Kleckley, Emma Koon,
Lizzie Seay, Ellen Hendrix, Rosa
Belle Fallaw, Annie Estelle Harman,
Leila Hendrix, Eppie Roof, Kezie
George, Hattie Cromer, Annie Har-
sey, Mincey Pound, Ella Harman,
Hessie Hartman, Blanche Roof, Mary
G. Wingard, Marcella Jeffcoat, Carrie
Corley, Dora shirey and Messrs w.
d. Hill, J. Oin Crout, F. W. Rauch.
This number will be increased in the
progress of the school.
We are pleased to have with us
Profs. Major and Allen. They are
gentlemen of culture and ability and
thoroughly imbued with their work.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
Barbecue at Rishton.

Saturday was the day fixed for the
barbecue at Rishton and Messrs.
CAN'T and Spradley certainly served
a first class dinner. The people OF
that community were out and all en-
joyed the day with the candidates.
Present were: E. J. Etheredge, Paul
E. Hutto, j. Brooks Wingard, w. II.
Sharpe, for the House; A. D. Martin,
Esq, for Judge of Probate; Frank w.
Shealy, II. L. Oswald for County
Treasurer; Geo. A. Shealy for County
Supervisor, and Sam'l. j. Derrick fo1
County Auditor, most of whom spoke
and were well received.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
Hayes Cue -44th August.

Don't fail to attend the big barbe-
cue at Ioor Hayes on August 4th.
This will be one of the best 'cues of
the season. There will be plenty to
feed the crowd; the dinner will be
served in a nice, cool, dry place.
The Hon. A. F. Lever and several of
the State candidates will be present
to address you. The Ladies String
Band of Ethan will furnish music for
the entire day; the photographer will
be present to serve you. Refresh
ments of all kinds will be served and
the trains stop both ways for passen-
gers. Come and enjoy the best bar
becue dinner you ever ate. A pleasant
day and good time is promised to
all who attend. August 4.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-08-01
Statement Ask to be Published

To the Editor of the Dispatch:
Two years ago at the adjournment
of the last meeting of the Executive
Committee it was understood, and the
secretary and treasurer agreed to
publish in the Dispatch an itemized
statement of all the receipts and dis
bursements of the money handled by
the committee. Twas not regular
reader of the paper and never heard
that such itemized statement ever
appeared. If it did, it will be inter
esting enough to publish it again. If
it Gid not, then several interested
parties insist.that it be published.
Respectfully,
Ex-Executiveman.
Lexington, S. c., July 80, 1906.