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He Never Bored.
GROUP of lawyers, sea

a GROUP of lawyers. seated on the
"A terrace OF an Atlantic City hotel.
talked about the law.
John G. Johnson" said a Philadelphia
lawyer, "cah be as eloquent as the best.
but eloquence is only one small Fart of
his assets. Learning. wit. satire, comedy
i, would take dictionary to tell the
resources wherewith Mr.. Johnson wins
for he always wins-his cases.
Il assisted him once in case where
hia onnonent went in for pathos. The
nan. in an hours speech. shed tears him.
seIf the client he was pleading for shed
tears. and the witnesses on his side os-
tartstiously squeezed out tear or two
.Rut Mr.. Johnson spoiled all that
natbos by rising and looking about him
with \ chuckle. His hands were thrust
deep in his pockets pockets; and Ton he said:
understand from the start that an not
going to bore for water.
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ZhEN AG4S SNEyCH WEL LOBE &ME ER

the country. who by their religion have
the right to four wives. and there are
2O.OOO.OOO Hindoos, each of whom has as
many wives and slave girls as he can
support.
High up in the Himalayas the reverse
is the case. The Bhotiyas. some of whom
l saw during my trip through the noun
tains. practice polyandry, that Is, one
woman will have several husbands. This
is SO with the Thibetans and others Of the
far north, and sometimes with the Jats Of
the Punjab and the Santals Of Bengal 1t
is still common along the whole Hima-
layan range from Assam to kashmir. and
also among the Todas of the Nilgiri
hills.
Such marriages are often a matter OF
bargain and sale. II there is pretty girl
in the family and a man falls in love
with her he pays SO much to her parents,
and possibly comes into the house as
her husband. After a time a second
lover may appear, and without the
first husband can offer a large sum to
secure exclusive possession he pays his
price and joins the circle. am told that
IT is entirely a question of money, and
that the man who can afford it can have
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rine boats and carries net to capture all
mankind who fall into the water.
Some Of the strangest OF these wild
people live in the upper Himalayas. Those
Aryan tribes, whose ancestors were thsust
back by our ancestors over three thou-
sand years ago, but who still exist. not
withstanding. There are hill men In As
sam who have no method or telling ois-
tances but measure the length OF jour
ney by the amount of betel leaf they can
chew on the way. There are tribes who
paint their faces like our Indians. ana
many who tattoo and deform themselves
in various ways The Nagas stretch the
lobes OF the ear and pierce ii in such
way that IL forms ring OF nesh three or
four inches in diameter. They also spit
the ear so that IT looks like great lump
Of flesh.
These Nagas are found in the same dis
trict as the savages Of which Mr.. Rob
ertson speaks. They inhabit the country
east Of the Assam valley. They are Mon
gols and number in all about l62.OO0.
The largest CT their tribes is the Angami.
who have lately come under British sub
lection The Angami believe they were
the first people on earth, and say that
they sprang from the dew. They call the
earth their only master, and worship IL.
Their homes are villages surrounded py
stockades and guarded by thorn bushes
and nettles. They come into them through
sunl,en paths, the entrances being pro-
tected by doors Each tribe has Its chieI'
and the people have q blood brotherhood,
like some Of the African tribes.
Another of the Maya divisions Is
known as the Aos. These people were
once notorious Shareholders. and they
sacrificed the slaves which they caught in
war. Another is the Semas. who until
recently were head hunters and did not
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Shanahan the Exception.

MRS. A. NJ. PALMER. the president
AVA OF the Rainy Day Club. defended.
In recent interview In New York, the
chivalry OF the American man.
Let detractors say what they will, the
American man is as chivalrous as he ever
was" Mrs. Palmer declared. why,
then. do some people make him out to be
a regular Shanahan?''
She smiled.
"Shanahan," she said. lis groom 30 Q
friend OF mine. He got married last
year. and after his marriage my friend
noticed that his disposition had changed
What's the matter, Shanahan? his
master asked one day Since your mar
riaGe you've turned over
Well. my wife is always pesterin' me
for money Shanahan answered. IT Il
amt half it's a quarter or q dime or
a nickel
What on earth does she do with Il
ALP his master asked.
Il dunno. SIR said Shanahan. II No
never give her nothin' yet"
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FIGURE 1.-THE PLANET SATURN,

bright stars are very much nearer than
the majority of the suns which compose
the Milky Way. The latter are SO far
distant that the light by which we view
them certainly requires more than one
thousand years to come from them to us.
and probably It has been several thousand
years on it's journey. On the contrary,
the beautiful Altaid. at c. figure /. Is but
fifteen light years away. and the brillia mt
blue Vega, at ID. thirty three-distances
which, since light travels $4,000 miles in
each second. are enormous. indeed. hut
which are small compared with the in
conceivable extent OF the cloud Of more
distant stars.
East OF Cygnus Is the Great Square of
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"0HE bright planet Jupiter. which
has been 50 conspicuous for
many months, has at last
drawn so near the sun that II
can no longer be observed, and
the interesting planet Mars. which even
In the beginning Of September is hope
lessly lost in the suns rays. will pass
west OF that body toward the close OF
the month and become a morning star.
So that. except for the little planet Mer-
curry. which for a few days after the LIST
Of September may be detected shining
out In the sunset glow, not single
planet remains in the western heavens.
But In the east the most interesting
planet of all makes the month notable by
Its entrance into the evening sky. This
Is the beautiful Saturn. which. with its
wonderful system OF rings and numerous
moons. forms always an absorbing object
for study with telescope.
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FIGURE Path OF THE NEW
lIVrHl MOON OF SATURN AS VIEW
Ed EXON AnOVE. SHOWING HOW TT
HYPERION. THIS MOON IS TOO
ia TA.NT 10 BE SEEN IN ANY EXIST.
others are too faint to be well observed
except with q large lens Titan revolves
aDoul saturn In 10 days % hours 1t will
- tounu az its farthest distance east on
September and September 10. and at
us greatest distance west eight days
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Pegasus. the diagonal. E F. Of which
points nearly to the variable star Mira.
The observer probably noticed how bril-
liant this became during the first week
of last month, when Ii grew brighter than
the little triangle Of stars to the left of
II. III he possesses small telescope ne
should continue to watch Its rapid rad
ing away 1t will probably become wholly
invisible to him before the middle OF Sep
TENDER This distant sun. which becomes
suddenly bright at an interval OF about
$50 days. grew more brilliant this year
than for several years previously. al
though II did not approach its brilliance
of 17I0. when for few days 1t was one
Of the brightest stars of the heavens The
cause of these fluctuations. and. in fact
the cause of the remarkable periodic out
pouring of light and heat itself, Is not
known.
Above the Great Square Is the con-
stellation Andromeda, OF which the most
remarkable object Is the great Nebnla,
at III, figure 1. This 10 easily visible TO
the naked eye on a clear night. At all
of the points marked l. In this region
beautiful clusters of stars Will be found.
and at the points marked Is there are IN
teresting double stars.
So
At the beginning Of the month this
beautiful planet will be seen just rising
above the ground In the east, and toward
ml0nSnI IL Will SIifc OUI HiSh w - 49,
heavens. in excellent position for observa-
ton. Across the yellowish green ball
there are now distinct shadings or bands.
which are darkest toward the pole. and
surrounding the whole Is the remarkable
ring system. The rings are more widen
ed out than at any other time during
this year. their width appearing nearly
one-third as great as their extreme
length.
We thus have now an unusually salts
factory view Of them. II the night Is an
exceptionally good one for observation
the black division separating the inner
from the outer rings may be seen. but the
much smaller outer division and the re-
markable dusky ring. which Is very
faint ring inside the inner bright one.
require q large telescope. The observer
should also notice how the lower edge
Of the ring casts a shadow on the planet.
and also how the shadow of the ball
falls on the ring. both shadows appearing
perfectly black and sharp.
This. planet Is great world. 73,OO0
miles through. but so expanded BY Its great
heat that II Ia In a vaporous condition
and lighter than IL made OF water. Our
own little earth. which Is doubtless solid
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tions. is just sinking from view, and the
first OF the bright winter groups has not
yet made its appearance. the September
sky is full of objects of interest. First
of all Is the wonderfully complex branch
of the Milky Way. which now forms an
arch passing exactly through the highest
point OF the heavens. Extending along
this are a series OF most beautiful groups,
from the Archer in the south to Perseus
in the north. the Northern Cross now
shining out directly In the zenith. These
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to the center. is nearly six times heavier
than IL made Of water. 1t is believed that
this is because the larger worlds neces-
ones. The rings are formed of an i'm
mense number of little meteoric par
ticles. each pursuing its own path
around the planet and forming. in fact.
little moon to Saturn. all being ag-
pregated into a thin sheet 113,O00 miles
across, but less than 1G0 miles thick. The
div sions in the ring are regions from
which the particles are swept out by the
disturbing pull of the larger moons.
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DELHI, 1910.
EW realize that we
have here in India
peoples of whom
the world knows
nothing and coun-
tries which the foot
of white man has
never trod."
These were the
words of Mr.. Rob-
ertson, sc cretary of
commerce and in
dustry in the vice
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THE Return of the Hinged
! Planet-A Variable Sun
Fading Away-The Bright
Elusive World, Mercury,
Clearly Visible.
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A comparatively small telescope viii show
the largest moon OF Saturn, named Titan.
a world $500 miles in diameter and
which is nearly S0o.Oo0 miles away from
the planet. Far outside of this is the
giant lapetus. more than 2.c0o.OoO miles
away and 1000 miles in diameter. while
inside OF Titan is the third brightest
moon. Rhea, 1.JcO miles in diameter. The
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THE No Mans Land of
j the Brahmaputra River
The Nagas or Snake Wor-
shippers of the Himalayas-
The Pigmies of the Andaman
Islands = Among the Roof
Dwellers w o m en- With
More Than One Husband
Bachelors Halls and Maidens'
Apartments = The Nilgiri
Hills and the Fire Walkers
Among the Afghans.
Copyright 1910. by Frank G. CarpenterJ
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
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roy's cabinet We were sitting together
In his office In Calcutta, and had been
chatting about the extension of the rail-
ways. telegraphs and post offices of the
Indian empire. The secretary continued:
Take the Brahmaputra. that mighty
river which empties into the Ganges near
where IL flows into the Bay of Bengal. 1t
Is only lately that we have learned any
thing about Its source, and today there
Is a region along Its banks of which we
know nothing. The country there Is q
very no mans land. 1t Is inhabited by
half naked savages who are professional
head hunters. They use poisoned arrows,
and we pay them tribute for letting US
alone. We have never attempted to
conquer them"
But just where is this territory" l
asked
1t lies near the northern borders of
Assam in the foot hills of the Himalayas.
II Is not far from the tea districts. and
there are tea factories with their electric
lights and modern machinery upon its
very edge. You may travel ten miles
from such surroundings and reach local
tiles where your life is not safe for
and the land drops almost precipitously
from an altitude of two miles above the
sea down to thousand feet or SO. The
descent of the Brahmaputra at that point
Ii such that We believe there must be
q great falls there. We may have hidden
in those jungles a second Niagara or q
Zambesi Falls. But no one knows. for.
% far. no one has explored that part of
the river.
And you say that the mighty British
neuon pays tribute to these savages?
That Is an odd policy for the strongest
OF the European powers. is it not?
The cabinet minister swallowed the fiat
terry without winking. He replied:
The amount of the tribute is nothing.
We pay II because 1t Is cheaper to pay
than to fight. We began it when We took
these savages were making periodical
raids upon the villages of the lowlands.
They would swoop down from the hills
and Kill few people. carrying away as
much loot as they could. They usually
got a COW OF so. a few goats. brace Of
chickens and household effects worth
comparatively little When we took pos
session We called the savage chiefs to
Q conference and asked them how much
they made out OF these annual raids.
They told us. and together we figured I'D
their stealings for the past few years
and estimated that they Melted them on
the average about 1.220 rupees per an
mum. That Is a little more than $780, We
thereupon proposed to them that IL they
would let our natives alone and keep
out Of the territory we would pay them
this much at a fixed time every twelve
months They agreed to do so and thus
far have kept their contract. They come
at the appointed season for their money.
and. notwithstanding that the value OF
the property in the villages nearby has
materially increased. they seem still sat
ished with their SO"
But is not that an undignifled way OF
keeping the peace?" 1 asked.
Yes. but in this instance II is the best
The only other thing We could do would
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Although the Scorpion. which Is the
most striking OF the summer constella-
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Mercury. which was at its greatest
distance east of the sun August 60 will
be clearly visible just after sunset for the
first few days in September. 1t should
be looked for very near the ground. lit
tie to the south of the west point of the
horizon.
Venus is a bright morning star rising
in the northeast about one and a half
hours before sunrise September /. and
Only forty-five minutes before the sun
Septer.lber 80. 1t will enter the evening
sky November 20.
OF the two outer planets Neptune is
now a morning star. being still In the
constellation Genni-i Uranus remains in
the constellation Sagittarius. in the posi-
ton shown in figure 1. though it is now at
t,l low an altitude for satisfactory obser-
walton. ERIC DOOLITTLE.
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later Iapetus requires seventy-nine days
to make its journey about its orbit. 1t
will be seen farthest east of the planet
September 5. and will pass Saturn in its
westward motion on September %. 1t
is a remarkable fact that when 1t is east
of Saturn this moon Is much fainter than
when west, which is believed to indicate
that ii always turns the same face to-
ward the planet and that one-half of the
moon is much darker than the other.
lite Phoebe.
Mars and Jupiter are much too near
the sun in the west to be satisfactorily
observed. The former becomes a morn
ing star September ~ and the latter Oc-
tober Is.
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In southern India there are many
strange tribes. In the Nilgiri hills, a
great plateau, over a mile high, not far
from Madras. there are aborigines who
correspond to the Anus OF Japan. They
are hairy people, noted for their drunk
enness and laxity of morals. They dwell
in huts about ten feet high. with door
ways so small that one has to crawl In
and out on all tours. Their dwellings are
made of bamboo and covered with thatch.
They are chiefly herdsmen and noted for
their long horned buffaloes, which they
drive about from place to place to pas
ture. These people worship the rising
sun and the moon, and they have other
gods of various kinds They now and
then sacrifice calves, with the hope that
the cows will give more milk; and at
funerals they sacrifice buffaloes. beiev-
ing that their souls will go with the dead
up to heaven.
The Todas are allied to the firewalk-
ers, people who claim that they can trot
over living Goals without harm. / see
an instance of one CT their ceremonies in
today's paper. 1t took place at Mushira-
bad. where, II Is related. the people. by a
great fire OF wood, made bed of live
charcoal eighteen feet in diameter While
the Goals were still red, two priests. bear
ing flags, jumped barefooted into them
and walked to and fro again and again
over the fire. AS they did SO the people
to the number of hundreds walked over
the Goals, and among them were children
of all ages The newspaper account says
that not a single one received injury. not
even a burn, and that the only effect of
the ordeal was to make them perspire
profusely.
Another strange people Of India are
the Kandhs, or mountaineers. They were
great in the past and bloodthirsty and
powerful. but since they have come un-
der the British they have abolished many
strange customs. They once had human
sacrifices and kidnapped the people OF the
plains Their victims were daintily fed
until the day Of the sacrifice, when they
were killed in honor of the earth god
ship the great mountain, and the Gonds.
who think they are sprung from GER
tain peak of the Himalayas. bury their
dead with their feet turned northward
that they may be ready to start home
without turning around.
There are also many strange tribes In
Ceylon and on the islands on the Hindu
stan coasts.
The whole Of northern and western
India has its backwoods. Beluchistan Is
largely q desert. with fertile valleys OF
date palms and with camels and cara
vans. Its people are mostly Arabs or OF
Arab ancestry. They are more like Per-
slams and Turks than the gentle servile
Inhabitants Of Bengal. They do not rec
ognize caste, and they are chiefly Moham-
medans.
Not unlike them are the Afghans. who.
though not a part Of East India. live on
its outskirts. There are about ten mill
lions of them. They claim to be de-
scended from one Of the lost tribes Of
Israel. and their genealogical trees are
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a wife to himself. In such marriages the
children are looked upon belonging to
the women and their fathers can lay no
claim to them.
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scruple to entertain guests and STAY
them when off guard.
/ am told that the Nagss have great
buildings for the bachelors or young
men or the tribes cores spending some
what to the mems quarters in New
Guinea, and also to the young peop'e
halls among the Nasal CT central Africa.
where President Roosevelt has been hunt
ing In New Guinea all the men or one
tribe live in such quarters. and their
wives bring them their food. In Nasal
land the girls and young warriors have a
common house to themselves. Among the
Nagas and other tribes of the hills OF
Bengal the young mems hall is erected
on a platform, and the girls house IS
nearby The men sleep In berths. and IN
the girls house there are always two OF
three maidens sleeping together. In al
dition there is sometimes an old woman
as chaperon. l am told she is often
half blind and spends but little time on
her job
Polygamy is common throughout most
parts OF India. There are something like
&C, 0OC, 900 Mohammedans scattered over
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Yes. but in this instance 1t is the best.
The only other thing we could do would
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Copyright. 1910. by Frank 6. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence Of The Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-01-11

circling hours, with rosy hand un-
barred the gates Of light. -
Long after most Of the evanescent
things Of the time have passed away
and become nothing, leaving not
even a memory, this kindly gentle
man who saw truly and uttered wise
ly the affairs Of his day will be a
possession of the race.
James T. Bacon had lived to the
end Of a fruitful and honored life.
Born in the first half Of the 18th
century, he had survived the dawn
Of the Goth by nearly a decade. In
the fall Of the year when harvest
gratifed the husbandman and was
gathered in for the solace and COM
fort Of winter, as the leaves turned
brown on the hills of old Edgefeld,
and the grass grew russet along road
ways he loved so well, and the
streams as is their wont ran low on
their lazy course to the ocean, James
T. Bacon looked his last in the faces
of his loved ones and was at rest.
In justice to Col. Bacon it should
be remembered that he did his work
in such intervals as we're permitted
from his ordinary Journalistic labors
and practically all of his work was
done in the newspapers. This has its
advantages as well as its disadvan-
tages. is gIreatest gain is in direct
ness and freedom from verbosity.
The present edition is issued by ais
nephew, Mr.. Louis Wigfall Cheat
ham, who grew up under his uu.'!s
and knew him lovingly and we'll.
This is sufficient promise Of the
faithful character Of the work, whose
object, aside from its value to the
public, is intended as a memorial
to Col. Bacon. Indeed 1t is his en-
during monument, wrought out Ut
the hearts and minds Of his fellow
men.
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MEN ARE AS
HELPLESS AS CHILDREN
When Taken Suddenly nl-Here Is
a Common Sense. Safeguard.

Big, strong man is as a helpless
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his everyday actions.
For example: He comes home
tired, eats a heavy dinner, and sits
down to read and smoke away a
quiet evening.
Suddenly he notices a weight on
his stomach; then sharp pains around
his heart, and a feeling of &ffoca-
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His trouble was acute indigestion
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