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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19
LYING KILLS sELF-REsPEcT.
Pernieious Habit Warps Judgment and
Weakens Character.

"All boys" an old philosopher says,
ARE born liars"
Perhaps it is because lying is the
diplomatic refuge Of helplessness. the
instant we learn to know punishment
desire to escape it becomes prime In
stinct.
Morality, like knowledge, Is not he
reditary, but attained. The child must
learn that lying is a sin and SELL
injury, just as it must learn by being
burnt to avoid the fire.
Until this lesson is learned the child,
youth, man will continue to lie. Many
never learn it. Perhaps none, ever
learn 1t very thoroughly.
Lying comes not Of aggressive
shrewdness but Of cowardice and
shallow cunning that is often treacher-
GUS and tricks the lie into transpar-
ency.
But It Is not the danger of being
found out by others that Is most to be
dreaded; far more dreadful is 1t that
the liar must know himself to be a
liar.
His self-respect suffers; the leaven
in him loses strength and leaves him
dead dough.
The cunning that leads to lying Is a
rot that must permeate the whole char
acter and makes a man ever uncertain
Of himself.
It distorts his perspective. obscures
his vision, and warps his comprehen-
sion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19
NO. 90.

The habit Of Misrepresentation leads
to misconception, the judgment be-
comes as erratic as the tongue, and
there results the man who actually
couldn't tell the truth IL he wanted
to-"
Nothing else so shakes the conf
dence Of ones friends as known lying
does; nothing 80 skaters ones own
self-confidence as does lying, whether
known to others or not
The cowardice that fathers lying in
creases with the lie Fear Of detec-
tion joins with self-contempt in maxi
ing the liar a greater coward than be-
fore. One lie calls for another in its
defense, and as the poet said, "On,
what a tangled web we weave when
first we practice to deceived"
The tangled web makes II all the
harder for the liar to succeed in even
an honest undertaking. His lies are
a ball and chain upon his foot. He
founders along most of his energies
being required to overcome the imped.
iment while the truthful man easily
outstrips him.
The lying cheat in the Vicar of
Wakefield" who was always swind-
ling everybody, went to jail for debt.
while his honest neighbor, whom he
swindled many times, steadily prosper
ed and died rich and respected.
Fiction, eh?
Well, It is immortal as fiction simply
because 1t is true to life. the world
over, all the time.-Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19

dom our plans work as they are laid In
this contrary world"
With which mournful reflection Mr..
Trent sank into a seat, to listen to the
story of the night. The doctor told 1t
briefly.
And now," ended he. Il ask you-for
am certain that you know-where,
and in whose hand has the child been
all these years?"
Part Of the time adrift with an old
actor, on the world" answered Trent;
1.-The other part, with the very person
her interesting parent has all this while
accused and feared-General Guilte, OF
Hazel Hail."
Sibyl gave loud cry.
"Oh, you cannot mean Paulette-my
dear friend Paulette! Papa, Papa, we
were at school together! know her
oh, so WE'LL"
"Confusion!" muttered Trent. "Of
course-I remember. True, Miss Cow
er, the very person; but, as I before in
timated, her present whereabouts are
unknown. She fled from the general a
week ago and has not since been heard
from. AS for La Valliere. the thing for
her is a good straight jacket. Oh, these
Guiltes! What an amount Of sins they
have got to answer for!"
THE only thing" said the doctor,
that will restore the unfortunate wo-
mans body and brain Is the recovery
of her child This Is no longer senti-
ment with her, but q ruling mania.
myself would spare no pains to help
her in the matter"
Very good for you," said Mr.. Trent
Immensely kind and forgiving! / beg
to congratulate you upon the reunion
of this happy family. Especially do l
rejoice that Mrs. Covers mourning
dress may now be laid aside. Miss Mop
pet, accept my best wishes-this gen.
tleman, I see, Is the one for whom
you were good enough to mistake me
one night"
He drew out his watch.
And now, when do we all return to
that pretty martins box beside the
sea-"
Tomorrow" Dimple promptly an
swered.
May / beg for one more interview
before you go-say at ten In the morn
ing? I promise to detain you but
few moments. Truth to tell, I have still
another surprise for you-quite as ad-
mirable in its way as this other. VIII
ten answer? Very we'll. Expect me,
then, at that hour"
DR.. Cover followed him to the door.
"A surprise! What do you mean!
said he.
"It would no longer be one, were / to
answer you," smiled Mr.. Trent.
Some new mystery" grumbled the
doctor.
Not at all-only the faint dissolving
ghost of an old one" answered Trent,
and walked off, whistling, down the
stair.
ITO be Continued
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19
A NATURAL COMPASS.
How the Trees Point the Way Through
the Wilderness.


A famous Canadian guide Of whom
his friends assert that you couid Jake
him up In a balloon blindfolded and
drop him into the middle Of the will
derness and he would find the way out,
was asked by q New York hunter not
long ago how he did 1t.
'Is II true" said the New York man,
that you can find your way back 10
camp every time and in the straight
est line possible?"
That's what they say" admitted the
old guide; and" he added half apollo
getically, II should be ashamed Of my
self II 1t wasn't pretty close to the
truth"
How do you do it?"
well, somtimes I know pretty well
where / AMI mean, in q general way
and feel the direction Of the camp
or whatever place it is want to reach.
You know that Is an entirely different
proposition from merely getting out or
a forest or q section Of country. The
man who doesn't know where he or
anything else Is can always follow the
streams and get somewhere some time
II he holds out long enough.
But that Is different matter from
taking an objective point, even i'm.
aginary, and then going straight
through the wilderness to the point
Perhaps not many guides themselves
can do that with absolute success,
though 1t seems a very simple thing to
me-"
DO you mean that you can hold
perfectly straight course through thick
woods and across broken country with
out a compass or sunlight to suide?
"As straight course as could be
followed in such country"
What Is your guide, the moss or
growth on the shaded side Of tree
trunks?"
mo That's not to be depended on.
Sometimes the dampness collects on
the north side Of tree, sometimes on
the east side, sometimes on another
slant. You can't depend on II, for 1t
may be one thing In one ravine and
Just the opposite where currents OF air
and relative positions Of tree and OF
water are reversed.
But there Is one thing which in any
general stretch Of country Is infallible.
Every section has its prevailing wind.
II you know what Is the prevailing wind
Of the region where you are 1t seems to
me that anybody with half an eye
ought to be able to hold a straight
course.
"Of course you don't find the trees
in thick woods bending at a decided
angle as you will find those on exposed
ground But II you observe carefully
you will detect enough variation from
a straight perpendicular to keep you
going true. That's the secret Of my
sc nse Of direction, and It's secret ev-
cry man in the woods can share"-New
York Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19
cycLIsT CHASED BY ELEPHANTS
They Gave Him q Lively Ride When
He Ran Into Baby Of the Herd.

They Gave Him q Lively Ride When
He Ran Into Baby Of the Herd.
Cycling in Rhodesia occasionally has
the charm Of adventure-if there is
much charm in the excitement Of the
chase when the chased is the human
rider
A cyclist who was riding from Brok-
en- Hill to Ndala on the edge Of bush
clearing almost ran into the hindquar-
ters Of baby elephant-half q score
hands high.
Very likely D never got OF my bike
so quickly before, and suppose both
Of US looked rather bamboozled. My
new acquaintance gave me a long,
doubtful look and, screaming, ran to-
ward home or rather an old tusker and
three cows browsing on the opposite
end Of the glade" he said in telling of
his adventure.
Tn wonderment stood rooted to the
spot. The wind was blowing toward
me, and the bull, a magnificent monster,
swung his trunk to and fro through the
air to smell me out. It appears that
elephants cannot see very far; besides,
the sun was right against them. AS
soon as the now whimpering youngster
arrived by his protectors they ftimbled
with their trunks all over him to find
out what was wrong. uttering the while
q curious rumbling noise through the
long nostril.
"By this time thought 1t was time
to return. In swinging my cycle around
some dry twigs broke under me with
sharp cracks. The puzzled bull stooo
for moment motionless, with his huge
ears extended like some topgallant
sails; then, as he heard the chink Of
metal through my mounting the bike,
the huge animal lurched forward with
grunt that rumbled as distant thun-
der down his big trunk.
II waited no longer, but pedalled for
dear life, and wonder even now how !
lodged the many obstacles on the u
foot path.
Behind me came crashing Of trees.
did not look back. but put on. as 1t
were, more steam, until, after a retreat
of some four miles, hearing nothing
more, nearly came a neat cropper
over an ancient tree stump.
Still trifie fiurried, / dismounted,
but except the signing Of the forest and
the buzzing of tsetse flies there was no
other sound. A few miles behind my
carriers came believing along with
their peculiar swinging gait. AS be-
lieved a yarn Of those elephants might
frighten them further, mum was the
word.
However halted them on pretence
of desiring a rest, and after an hours
delay We all started once more. My
cycle enabled me to scout cautiously
in advance, but as expected the ele-
plants had gone to some more seques-
tered sylvan retreat and nothing more
was seen Of them."-Rhodesia Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-11-19

His Answer-Once upon a time a
child who was asked upon an exam
ination paper to define mountain
range. replied, "a large-sized cook
stove" The same method of reason
ing seems to 60 within older growths.
A recent examination paper at the
Sheffield Scientific school at Yale
contained the question. What Is the
office of the gastric juice?" And the
answer on the paper said, "The stom-
Leader.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

at the same time, crumbled walls and imperiled
my life. ! rushed into the room where my moth
er and sister were and with a rope, which for
tunately i had with me, / succeeded in rescuing
them. l was also successful in getting out of the
house a number Of other persons who had given
themselves up for lost. Then some soldiers came
and helped me, and together we dragged forth
several women and children from the tottering
walls of a half destroyed palace near by. A few
seconds later this building was entirely destroyed.
There were scenes of indescribable horror in
the streets and squares through which my party
made its way. We finally gained the open
country
Another survivor of Messina said:
1.-THE first thing l knew I was thrown out OF
bed. Then the floor of my room collapsed and
l fell into the apartment under me. Here l
found a distracted woman searching for her sis
ter and son, whom she found dead. We remained
in the ruins for "a hours, entirely alone, without
food or drink. We made a rough shelter OF boards
to keep the rain off, Our ears were assailed with
the cries and means of the wounded. These
sounds abated somewhat during Monday night
Still no one came to our assistance. We were
as in a tomb, with the dead bodies OF our chill
dren beside us. We could see no one, but every
time sounds were heard from the street there
would come an outburst of piercing cries for help
from the injured hidden and pinned down In the
wreckage."
This refugee lost his two children. He arrived
in Rome half clad and covered with dust and
burns. His wife was clothed IN little else tnan
an old counterpane, AZ
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
n W~oNDEReERRY.

MI. Luther Burbank, the plant Wiz.
ard of California, has originated a
wonderful new plant which grows any
where, in any soil or climate, and bears
great quantities Of luscious berries all
the season. Plants are grown from
seed, and 1t takes only three months
to get them In bearing, and they may
be grown and fruiied all summer in
the garden, or In pots during the win
ter, II. is unquestionably the greatest
Fruit Novelty ever known, and Mr..
Burbank has made Mr.. John Lewis
Childs, of, Floral Park, N. Y, the in
PRODUCER. He says that Mr.. Childs is
One Of the largest, best-known, fair
est and most reliable Scotsman in
America Mr.. Childs is advertising
seed of the Wonderberry all over the
world, and offering great inducements
to Agents for taking orders for 1t.
This berry is so fine and valuable, and
20 easily grown anywhere, that every
body should get it at once.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

The station master at Reggie says that imme-
diately after the first shock a chasm 80 feet wide
was opened in the earth. From this there gushed
forth a flood of boiling water, some jets rising
to the height of an ordinary house. Many injured
persons who were in this vicinity were horribly
scalded by the flowing stream.
Paolo RHO, the mayor of Capriolo, was in Messi-
ma on a pleasure trip that fateful Monday morn
ing. He was awakened by the fearful roar Of the
first shock. The floor of his room fell, and, half
unconscious, he was precipitated into a mass OF
rubbish. His body lodged in a niche In a wall,
and he was pinned down by a heavy beam, his
face being covered by a carpet that threatened to
~suffocate him. He managed to move the carpet
with his teeth until he made an opening In the
folds through which he could breathe. The man
lay in this position for FIVE hours, expecting death
at any moment. Had it been possible. he says. he
would have committed suicide.
The Marquis Vincenzo Genoese of Palmi was
awakened by a tremendous roar and a sewers
shock. 1t seemed as though the house was whirlhig
round, like the wings of a windmill.
At Messina a frightful scene occurred amid the
ruins of the customs house. The fret of the search
es who were successful were attacked by others
with revolvers and knives, and were obliged to
defend their finds literally with their lives. The
struggle was fierce. The famished men threw
themselves upon each other like wolves and several
fell disemboweled in defending a handful Of dry
beans or a few ounces Of -four. One OF the unfor
tunates was pinned to a plank by Q knife. while
clinging TO his hand was his little child, for whom
he had sought food.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
JOY WORK
And the Other Kind.

Did you ever stand On a prominent
watch the throngs Of people on their
way to work? Noting the number who
were forcing themselves along be-
cause 1t meant their daily bread, and
the others cheerfully and eagerly pur-
suing their way because of love of
their work.
1t is a fact that ones food has much
TO do with it. AS an example:
II an engine has poor oil, or a boiler
is fired with poor coal, a had result Is
certain, isn't it?
Treating your stomach right is the
keystone that sustains the arch Of
health's temple and you will find
"Grape-Nuts' as a daily food is the
most nourishing and beneficial you can
use.
We have thousands of testimonials,
real genuine little heart throbs, from
people who simply tried Grape-Nuts
put of curiosity-as a last resort-with
the result that prompted the testimo-
NAL.
~ yuu nave never tTicu 1rdpe1NuGn
its worth while to give 1t a fair impair.
tial trial. Remember there are mil.
lions eating Grape-Nuts every day
they know, and we know II you will
8 Grape-Nuts every morning your
work is more likely to be joy-work, be.
cause you a keep well. and with the
brain well nourished work Is a Joy
Read the Road to Wellyille" In every
package-~ssThere's q Reason.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
Too Much for His Mind.

a MY first impulses" walled the Sad.
Eyed Individual, ARE invariably good.
I'm fact, l think that l nay venture,
gwithout faaraef undue exaggeration, to
say hat they are very good. But
never act on them! l always act on
SECOND thoughts. This trait in my char
acter has ruined my career, because
my second thoughts are always bad!
in fact, / thinkaI may say, without fear
of Misrepresentation, that they're
punk"
- We'll" suggested he who was lis
tening, why don't you wait until
third thoughts, and act on them?'
Mournfully, despondently, the Sad
Eyed Individual shook his head.
my deal sir" he groaned, Il never
ehad three successive thoughts about
anything in my life!'
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
Amer Shrinks Vitality.

DR.. Maurice de Fleury, a distin-
guished Frenchman, advances the the
DRY that every time one becomes an
sgry his vitality shrinks. After ven
~the most artfully suppressed signs Of
bad temper the vitality becomes small
or and smaller, until finally nothing is
left. Anger is a certain kind of &C.
Tebral excitement, explains DR.. de
Fleury. The hyperasthenic subject is
aiways ,on its verge, while the neuras-
thenfc becomes Infatuated only by a
sudden bound of reaction excited from
without But at that moment when
they are let loose the two are alike,
save that the strong man is a binder
brute, while the weak man Is some
what of an actor and seems to aim at
TAffec{-%
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
EDITORIAL Verdict.

From a serious-minded jester the
editor received this note, together
with a consignment of humor that was
heary enough to go by freight:
Dear Sir: I read all these jokes to
my wife, and she laughed heartily.
Now, / have it on good authority that
when a mans wife will laugh at his
jokes they are bound to be very good
--or she is. Yours, etc.
The editor slipped them into the re-
turn envelope with the letter, after
writing on the margin: "She is"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
A. Slight Misunderstanding.

Little. Helen Bentley of Los Angeles,
aged Ave, dearly loves her grandma,
who has been living with her and her
parents Recently grandma went to
Seattle for. q visit, and caught cold
on thesway. When she arrived there,
she wrote back to Helen's parents that
she had reached Seattle, but had had
Ia hard fight with the grip. Helen
wanted to hear what grandma had to
Say, and the letter was read to her.
Soon afterward she saw one of her
eneighbors, and exclaimed: "Oh, Mrs.
Smith, we've had a letter from grand
INA. She got to Seattle all right, but
she had a terrible fight with her va
Ecao
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

in Lombardy, was STOP
ping at the Hotel Trina
cria, in Messina, and
was buried under the
ruins of the building for
five hours. Finally sew
eral persons approached
the place where he lay,
but at that moment a
fresh shock put them to
fight. Eventually a body
of sailors extricated him
unconscious and took
him aboard a ship.
A young doctor named
Rosa at Messina, gives
a vivid account of his
experiences. Suddenly
the profound silence was
broken by an eXtraordi-
nary noise like the burst
ing of a thousand
bombs" he says. This
was followed by a rush
ing and torrential rain.
Then l heard a sinister
whistling sound that l
can liken to a thousand
red hot iron rods hiss
ing in water. Suddenly
there came violent rhyth-
mic of the
earth and the crashing
down of nearby walls
made me realize the aw-
full fact of the earth
quake. Falling glass,
bursting roofs and a
thick cloud of dust add
ed to the horror of the
situation, while the ex-
traordinary double move
ment, rising and falling
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
ONE THING AT A TIME.

"Haye you noticed that the baroness
enefer talks about other women?'
N"How could she? She is all the
same talking about herself"
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
KIND JANE.

Mistress-Have you made the chick.
en- broth, Jane?
Jane-Yes, mum; and fed the chick
ems with it, ages ago!
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

Many a man lives a regular cat-and-
dog life. He purrs in the par!or and
banks In the kitchen.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

Lewis Single Binder straight Sc. Many
smokers prefer them to l0c cigars. Your
dealer or Lewis Factory, Peoria, AZ.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

Water from tho River Styx should
" me Tor preparing raueilage. /.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
Probably Not.

Probably Not.
Ella-Does Fred kiss you for your
mother?
steIla-well. I don't think it's for
father.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

Red, Weak, Weary, Watery Eyes
Relieved by Murine Eye Remedy. COM
pounded by Experienced Physicians. Con-
forms to Pure Food and Drug Laws. Mu-
rine Doesn't Smart; Soothes Eye Pain.
Try Murine in Your Eyes. At Druggists.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29
ma Links.

NO Links.
Hixon-When he got a divorce from
his wife he resigned from the golf
club.
Dixon-so now he's entirely I'M
linked.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1909-01-29

2S, 1908, the worst earthquake or other
disaster which the world has ever
known killed scores of thousands, 1t
had never been my lot to even shudder
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-13
King Reappoints Cabinet.

Budapest, Hungary.-Dr. Alexan.
der Wekerie, Premier of Hungary,
and the other members of the Cabinet
are reappointed to their respective
Offices.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-13
In All Parts Of the state.

Daniel w. Langton, landscape art.
list, committed suicide in his home
near Morristown.
Owing to the prostrations in the
glass factories at Millville T. c. Whea-
ton & Co. notified the night shifts
when they arrived that the plant
fires would be put out.
John Myers, Waterman of Green's
Laboratory at Woodbury. for several
years, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid He had been i'll and
suffered greatly from the warm
weather.
Mrs Hartman Nathan, of Clayton.
was kicked by COW and painfully
hurt.
Brazier Westcoat, Jr, has been
elected clerk of the Glassboro Board
of Education.
Professor A. Judson Packard, Of
Salem, has accepted the principalship
Of the schools of Saddle River, Bergen
County.
Announcement is made that the
New York Symphony Orchestra, which
has given a series of concerts in Mont
clair during the last two winters, UNI
der the leadership Of Walter Dam
rosch, will give similar series next
season.