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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
WELL WORTH KNOWING.

The windy days of spring are here.
Rattle a log chain down the chimney
and get the SCOT ont before il burns
out, and maybe burns the house, too.
Better than gold is the sweet rcpose
Of the sons of toll when their labors
close;
Better than gold is the poor man IS
sleep,
And the balm that dropS OH bis slum-
Der deep.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
Result of Overc

Untold injury is dol
during the heated term ii
crowding into coops, or
close. dirty hen houses, VIII,
ing thing should be kept.
room. good ventilation and
healthy surroundings are all til
mand. A cheap store box, co
with tar paper. II large enough,
do for the growing chicks till f.
An open shed of any kind, free froi
drafts, will do for the old fowls till
winter comes on; in fact, the more
open their shelters or houses are dur
ing the summer and fall, the more
comfort will they gain when housed
In the winter.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17

Albert Repp, New Jersey, speaking
about apples, says: Taking the total
population of the United States and
dividing it by the number of apples
produced, it leaves but twenty-four
apples for each person from now till
July 1st. 1t is wrong, when we can
grow such good apples, not to grow
more; $4,000, 100 barrels would be
but one barrel each, yet we now have
but 1000, 900 tarrels on hand in this
entire country
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17


Wash --|:""!i." r..t -,
by washing with ,ue' >...s.-s :.
and applying the Cuticura Ointment.
a new skin soon appeared. We also
gave baby four drops OF the Cuticnra
Resolvent three times daily After
three days you could see the baby
gaining n little skin which would peel
off and heal underneath. Now the
baby is four months old. She Is fine
picture OF fat little baby and all is
well. We only used one cake OF Cuti-
cura Soap, two boxes OF Cuticura
Ointment and one bottle of Cuticura
Resoivent II people would know
what Cuticura is there would be few
suffering with eczema. Mrs. Joseph
Kossmann, 7 St. Johns Place, Ridge
wood Heights. l.. l., n. Y. Apr. 3o
and May 4. 1909"
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17

Joe p. Lane candidate fer SuDt.
of Education, \. l. Jordan for
Master and the four commissioners.
II. w. Berry. J. +. Henry, ". J.
Adams and L. /. Moore were e.cc-
ted without opposition.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
KEROSENE EXPLOSION KILLS THO.

TIT
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17
a-a abt OF what did 1t.

to have liver trouble near
IL the time and took medicine
evl ,lieved me only for little
WI Then every once in a while I
Nv be suddenly doubled up with
an a~ful agony in my stomach. 1t
seemed as though every time took
breath I would die. No one could
suffer any more and live.
FINALLY got down 50 sick with
catarrh of the stomach that l could
not turn over in bed, and my stomach
did not digest even milk. The doctor
finally told me that II did not give
up drinking coffee would surely die,
Sut I felt could not give it up.
However, Husband brought home
a package of Postum and 1t was made
strictly according to directions. 1t
was the only thing that would stay on
my stomach, and l soon got so liked
II very much.
"Gradually began to get better,
and week by week gained in strength
apS-health. Now I am in perfect con-
dtE&. and I am convinced that the
wh,Is. cause of my trouble was coffee
drinking, and my getting better was
due to leaving OF coffee and taking
Postum.
"A short time ago I tasted some
coffee and found. to my astonishmoo
that I did not care anything about
4 T1never have to take medicine any
more. hope you will use this lette'
for the benefit of those suffering from
the poisonous effects of coffee"
Read the little book. "The Road Il
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Rea
son."
Ever read the above letter? A ncv
one appears from time to time. The
are genuine, true, and fun of humal
interest.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17

Gain not base gains; base gains are
tho same as losses. So. lilo.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-03-17

LCST-Largc white pointer dog
with black head. Answers to name
Of 'J"e.' Small wart on right hip
Reward 70: return to Jas. Sprunt,
DiiI"h. S-l7-tf
LONT-Bunch Of keys. Can bc
distinguished bv small brass KEY
and !n>t0t7!cc kew. K. wmay save
return "a Is oy Just that little thing.
/ A spirited horse will in the end be
made slow and spiritless by constant
nagging. twitching of the lines. peev-
ish urging and other wearing pro-
cesses that fretful vers practice.
| Match your Z horses. They
should be alif nd shape. but
by far the part is that
they shoI 'haracteris
tics of TEN m so they
will work i.
/ Do not S, orn-ou
horse to p ars i
usually the mo- .... sucl
! n horse, and fe .... T.
, be kept awake at 49,. ... n
thoughts of how
, five Gollars.-From ..
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
WAYS OF CATCHING MONKEYS
Filipino Natives Have Decidedly In
teresting Method of Capturing
Lazy Little Animals.

In the Philippine islands the ma
tives catch monkeys in a curious
way.
The monkeys are fond of the meat
of cocoanuts, which grow as plenti-
fully there as apples do in our coun-
try. They are lazy, though. about
gnawing through the outer bark. and
will only do so when exceedingly hun
cry The natives take advantage of
their greed and Incidence by cutting
a small opening through the shell, just
large enough for Mr.. Monkeys long,
thin hand to penetrate.
When he once gets inside, he gets
his hands full of delicious, dainty
meat, and his hand is naturally wi
der in this act than when it entered.
Finding his hand will not come out
the monkey chatters and scolds, plain
ly showing his indignation at the way
he has been trapped, but never thinks
of loosening his hold on the cocoa
nut and Withdrawing his hands as cas-
lily as he put it in. There he stands,
an angry monkey, until the man who
set the cocoanut trap comes and takes
him captive,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
NOT QUITE THE SAME THING
Party Tickets Had Changed Somewhat
Since the Old Gentleman
Handed Out Advice.

Everybody who had known old
Henry admired him for the charity OF
his tongue when he spoke of his
neighbors. 1t was his most marked
Observation-Disclosures the independ-
ence which he manifested in his po-
litical Affiliations. 1t made a young
man who was visiting in the neighbor-
hood curious, and one day he man
aged to lead up to the subject and
ask the old man what had taught him
to keep such a good watch on his
tongue.
1T was my father" replied the old
man, quietly. A splendid man, as
remember him. He always disliked
to hear folks gossiping unkindly
about each other. I've seen him, when
they began it, get on his feet, just like
a COW grazing and gradually working
toward a hole in the fence, and be-
fore any one knew it he'd be out of
the room, SOS he couldn't hear 'em.
He talked to me about it, Henry,
he'd say, when you're of age never
say anything about man if you can't
say good of him, and always vote the
straight party ticket"
But you don't vote that way"
"Weu, SIR said Henry, you see
my father said the straight party tick
ct; and when I came along to vote
the pesky thing had got so crooked
that l don't believe he'd have recog
niZed it,
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
CLEVER BIRDS AND ANIMALS
Magpies and Cats Possess Unusual In
telIect-lnteresting Tale of
Kitten and Tom Cat.

Magpies are as clever as they are
noisy. One was offered an extinguish-
ed cigar stump which it began to tear
apart. But apparently changing its
mind, the bird proceeded to rub the
stump, held in its beak, over every
part of it's body, including the wings,
in a most careful and methodical man
ner. The experiment was subsequent
ly repeated many times, always with
the same result. The magpie is so
fond of tobacco that it repeatedly has
snatched lighted cigar from mans
hand against his will. 1t also picks
up fallen cigar ashes and strews them
over it's feathers.
1t is thought that these actions
have purpose, the destruction of par
asites, and are determined by atavism,
or inherited instinct. In the wild
state some undermined plant must
have been used as an insecticide in
stead of tobacco. The magpies action,
furthermore, seems to be an unques-
tiOnable instance of the use of tools
by lower animal.
Cats, too, are famously clever. A
kitten about six months old was taken
to house few miles from its birth
place, confined in a room, and tender
ly cared for during a week, and then
set at liberty. 1t was supposed to
have become accustomed to it's new
surroundings, but it returned to its
old home on the day of it's release.
The sense of locality and direction
was exhibited still more strikingly by
an old tom cat which was stolen and
carried a distance of 20 miles, con-
fined in bag. The cat was imprison-
ed but made it's escape, and in few
days reappeared in a pitiable state
at the home of it's former master,
which was separated from that of the
thief by a high wooded cliff.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Clever Pompadour.

PompadOur, a large Thomas cat
owned by Mrs. James Howe of Sko-
vinegar, Me-, is noted for his intelli-
gence and sagacity, says the Boston
Globe.
A short time ago he called another
cat to his aid to rid the house of a
large number of mice. He directed
the strange cat to stand by the door
leading into the shed while he (Pom-
padour) slowly worked a string that
had a piece of cheese fastened to it,
alluFing the mice into the kitchen.
That night 40 or so mice were CLAIM
by Pompadour and his assistant.
Mr.. Howe lives some distance from
the postofice and usually sends his
mail by the last evening train AS
soon as he has his letters ready he
ties them to Pompadour's neck and
the cat carries them to the postof6cl.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
TOOK A SECOND THOUGHT
Aggrieved Visitor Agrees With Man
Who Spoke About the Better
Part of VaIor.

Bishop William Nj. McVickar of the
Episcopal diocese of Rhode Island has
hundreds of Boston friends who will
be interested in a story they are tell
ing down in Providence about him.
The bishop is as big physically as he
is mentally. Ga & certain occasion
some years ago he preached a sermon
on the need for missionary work in
the back towns of his state, and espe-
cially mentioned the town of Foster,
which certainly deserved as much as
he said about it.
There are a good many fighters in
Foster, and the worst of the lot an
nounced to all who cared to hear that
when he went to Providence he
would make it his business to chas
tise the bishop. He didn't happen to
visit the city until a month or so ago
On his return he joined the crowd
about the stove in the village post
office
We'll, Ill., said one of the gray
boards. Did We lick this here Par
son Vickery when We was down tc
Providence?"
Hi spat deliberately before he re
piled. Lick him!" he said. Say
he's eight foot tall and four foot
broad. Lick him? 1 saw him. Bos
ton Traveller
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
THE BEST OF ITS KIND

Is always advertised, in fact 1t only pays
to advertise good things. When you see
an article advertised in this paper year
after year you can be absolutely certain
tinued sale of any article depends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
have imitators. but limitations are not ad-
vertised. They have no reputation to sus-
tain. they never expect to have any per-
fnanent sale and your dealer would never
sell tRem if he studied your interests
Sixteen years ago Aliens Foot-Ease, the
antisePtic Powder for the feet, was first
and through people telling each other
what good thing It was for tired and
aching feet II has now permanent sale,
and rearly 200 so-called foot powders
have been put on the market with the
hope cf profiting by the reputation which
has bten built up for Aliens Foot-Ease
When you ask for an article advertised
in these papers see that you get it. Avoid
substitutes.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
RAW ECZEMA ON HANDS

ST had eczema on my hands for ten
years. l had three good doctors but
none of them did any good. I then
used one box of Cuticura Ointment
and three bottles of Cuticura Resolvent
and was completely cured. My hands
were raw all over, inside and out, and
the eczema was spreading all over my
body and limbs. Before had used one
bottle, together with the Cuticura
Ointment, my sores were nearly
healed over, and by the time 1 had
used the third bottle, 1 was entirely
well. To any one who has any skin
or blood disease I would honestly ad-
wise them to fool with nothing else,
but get Cuticura and get well. My
hands have never given me the least
bit of trouble up to now.
"My daughters hands this summer
became perfectly raw with eczema.
She could get nothing that would do
them any good until she tried Cuti-
cura. She used Cuticura Resolvent
and Cuticura Ointment and in two
weeks they were entirely cured.
have used Cuticura for other members
of my family and it always proved sue
cessful Mrs M. E. Falin, Speers
Ferry, Va, Oct. 10, 1909"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
prawlnu Room Blizzard

To enjoy this game best, go into the
hall, or longest room in the house.
Sometimes the door between two
small rooms may be opened and thus
give plenty of space.
Divide the players. Send half to
one end, half to the other. Fasten
two extra wide tapes near each end
for goals. For a ball make a large
one of tissue paper. Place this ball
in the middle of the room, and at a
given signal let each player, previous
Iy armed with small fan, try to blow
the ball over the opposite goal. The
number of goals to a game must be
planned beforehand, and each success
is scored to the winning side.
This games makes a wonderful lot
of fun, and soon gray-haired man
and woman can start as earnestly,
blowing away to get the ball over the
other goal as the children are.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Casey at the Bat.

This famous poem is contained in the
Coca-Cola Baseball Record Book for
1910, together with records, schedules
for both leagues and other valuable
baseball information compiled by au-
thorities. This interesting book sent
by the Coca-Cola Co., of Atlanta, Ca,
on receipt of &c stamp for postage.
Also copy of their booklet THE Truth
About Coca-Cola" which tells all about
this delicious beverage and why it is
so pure, wholesome and refreshing.
Are you ever hot-tired-thirsty?
Drink Coca-Cola-it is cooling, re-
lieves fatigue and quenches the
thirst. At soda fountains and car
donated in bottles-5c everywhere.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
TELEPHONE OF SPIDER WEB
Large, Ugly Insect Is Easily Deceived
BY Tuning Fork Placed on One
of the Tiny Threads.

a gentleman in Ohio was watch
ing some spiders, when it occurred to
him to try what effect the sound of
a tuning fork would have upon them.
He suspected that they would take it
for the buZZing of a fly.
He selected a large, ugly spider that
had been feasting on flies for two
months. The spider was at one edge
of it's web Sounding the fork, the
man touched a thread at the other
side and watched the result. Mr. Spi-
der had the buzzing sound conveyed
to him over his telephone wires, but
how was he to know on which partic-
ular wire it was travelling?
He ran to the center of the web
very quickly and felt all around un-
til he touched the thread against the
other end of which the fork was
sounding; then, taking another thread
along. just as a man would take an
extra piece of rope, he ran out to the
fork and sprang upon it.
Then he retreated a little way and
looked at the fork. He was puzzled
He had expected to find a buzzing fly
He got on the fork again and danced
with delight. Evidently the sound was
music to him.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
NEEDLE FLOATING ON WATER
Simplest Way Is to Lay Tiny Piece of
Steel on Tissue Paper-Latter
Will Soon Sink.

There are several ways of making
a needle float on the surface of the
water. The simplest way is to place
a piece of tissue paper on the water
and lay the needle on it, the paper
soon becomes soaked with water and
sinks to the bottom, while the needle
is left floating on the top.
Another method is to hang the
needle in two sings made of threads,
which must be carefully drawn away
as soon as the needle floats.
If you magnetic a sewing needle by
rubbing it on fairly strong magnet.
and float it on the water, it will make
an extremely sensitive compass, and
if you place two needles on the water
at the same time you will see them
slowly approach each other until they
float side by side; that is, if they do
not strike together so heavily as to
cause them to sink.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Why She Brought II Up.

DO you remember" she asked,
that you said once that unless
promised to be yours the sun would
cease to shine?"
Il don't remember it now, but
suppose | may have said something
of the kind"
And have you forgotten that you
assured me that unless 1 permitted
you to claim me as your own the moon
would fall from her place in the
heavens?"
'Oh, well, what if did say so?
Why do you want to bring that up
now?"
Il merely wished to assure you that
I'm sorry didn't shut my eyes and
let her fall.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
The Wronu Sort

An old Irish peasant was one Sun
day sitting in front of his cottage
putting away furiously at his pipe.
Match after match he lighted, pull
ing hard at the pipe the whilG, until
at last the ground all round his feet
was strewed with struck matches.
Come in to your dinner, Patsy" at
length called out his wife.
Faith, and Oh will in a minute, Bid
dy," said he. "Moike Mulrooney has
been a-telling me that if Oh shmoked
a bit av ghlass Oh cud see the shpots
on the sun. Oh don't know whether
Moike's been a-fooling me or whether
Olive got hold av the wrong kind of
ghlass. Scraps.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Only One Cobb.

The morning after Judge Andrew
Cobb. a one time justice of the SUI
preme court of Georgia, rendered his
resignation, an Atlanta lawyer and
shoe drummer sat in the same seat in
an outgoing train.
The lawyer bought newspaper and
looked over the headlines. Then he
turned to the drummer and said:
We'll, see Cobb has resigned"
"Geei" said the drummer. What
will Detroit do now?"-PhiladeIph
Saturday Evening Post.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
RABBIT TRAP is EASILY MADE.
Good SerViceable Affair Can Be Con.
structed by Sinking Common
Dry Goods Box in Ground.

A good serviceable rabbit trap can
be made by sinking a common dry
goods box in the ground to within 6
in. of its top. A hole or in. square
is cut in each end level with the
earth's surface and boxes 10 in. long,
that will just fit are set in, hung on
pivots, with the longest end outside,
so they will lie horizontal A rabbit
may now look through the two tubes,
says the American Thresherman. The
bait is hung on a string from the top
of the large box so that it may be seen
and smelled from the outside. The
rabbit naturally goes into the holes
and in this trip there is nothing 10
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
It Was the Other Way.

Mr. JONES'" said the senior partner
in the wholesale dry goods house to
the drummer who stood before him in
the private Office, you have been
with us for the past ten years"
yes, SIR
"And you ought to know the rules
of the house. One of them is that no
man of ours shall take a side line"
But 1 have none, sir
But you have lately got married"
Eyes; but can you call that side
line, Mr.. Jones?"
Technically. it may not be-"
you needn't fear that having a
wife is going to bring me in off a trip
any sooner"
ooh, don't. 1t is the fear that
having wife at home you'll want to
stay but on the road altogether"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13

The third grade was having his
tory" Forty youngsters were ma
king guesses about the life and char
acter Of the Father of His Country,
when the teacher propounded a ques.
ton that stumped them all.
why did Washington cross the Del
Alvarez"
Why, indeed? Not a child could
think of anything but the answer to
the famous chicken problem: ITO get
on the other side" and, of course
that wouldn't do Then little Annie S
hand shot into the air Little Annie
crossed the Delaware every summer
herself, hence the bright idea.
We'll, Annie?"
Because he wanted to get to Allan
tic City" philadelphia Times.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Rabbit in the Trap.

awaken his suspicion. He smells the
bait, squeezes along past the center
of the tube, when it tits down and
the game is is shot into the pit, the
tube righting itself at once for an
other catch. The top and sides of
the large box may be covered with
leaves, snow or anything to hide it.
A door placed in the top will enable
the trapper to take out the animals. By
placing little hay or other food in
the bottom of the box the trap need
not be visited oftener than once a
week.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Seeking Comfort.

I've got a long way to go and I'm
not used to travel" said the applicant
at the railway ticket Office. Il want
to be just as comfortable as 1 can,
regardless of expense
"Parlor carr"
mo I don't care for parlor fix
ms"
Sleeper"
mo. l want to stay awake an
watch the scenery
Then what do you want?"
We'll, if it wouldn't be too much
trouble, l wish you'd put me up in
one of these refrigerator cars I've
read so much about"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
What They Did With Them.

An American who spends much Of
his time in England tells of a cockney
who went to dealer in dogs and thus
described what he wanted Hi wants
a kind of dog about so Ugh an so long
Hits a kind of gr'y'ound, an yet it
amt gr'y'ound, because is lyle is
shorter nor any O. those ere gr'y'ounds.
an is nose is shorter, an e amt so
slim round the body. But still 'e's
kind O. CRY ound. Do you keep such
dogs?" I'VE do not" said the dog
man. I'VE drown en-
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
It Wouldn't Stretch.

The assessor was doing the very
best he could, but the farmer was
shrewd and wary.
How many acres of farming land
have your" he inquired warily.
Bout 20, l guess said Reuben.
Twenty! Why, it looks to me like
nearer 120. Come, now, can't you in
crease that little? There are surely
more than 20 acres in that tract. Sup
pose you stretch that a little
Say, Teller" said the farmer this
amt no rubber plantation Harper s
Monthly.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13

ton. 1 have taken Doan's Kidney
Pills personally and pronounce them
the best remedy 1 have prescribed in
my long career as physician and sur
geon."
Remember the name-Doan's For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
Wonder Why.

Said the proprietor of the big drug
store with soda fountain annex, to
his white-jacketed dispenser: Jimmy,
you will have to cut out that new
drink Of yours; notice that every
man who comes in and tries it imme-
diately begins to feel around for the
brass rail with his foot"
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-08-13
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