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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-16

are you frequently hoarse? DO
you have that annoying tickling in
your throat? Does your cough annoy
you at night. and do you raise lnucus
In the morning? DO you want relief?
II SO. take Chambcrlain's Cough
Remedy and you will be pleased. Sold
by W. w. Sibert.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-16

Quarrcls make enemies and leav,
the question still unsettled.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-16

Speculate not on distant things
{ incse ProvCrb.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-03-16

alth Is impossible when
' derangement of the di-
Ins. Foley's Orino Laxa-
ural remedy for stomach,
sweat 4~os,tt~-. - -fa- -
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
FIRST CLEAN OF SUNSHINE
Customs Official Was Much Mistaken
In Imagining That son-in-Law
Felt Bad.

A San Francisco mother-in-law went
to the orient and, coming back. was
caught trying to smuggle in a lot of
choice silks.
She had to pay duty and a fine.
Then there was talk Of a criminal &C.
ton to follow.
Her son-in-law called on the Gus.
toms officials. rs it possible" he
asked In a severe tone, that after my
mother-in-law has paid the duty on the
stun and her fine that you contem.
plate criminal %action?'
we are considering IT," the Gus.
toms official replied gravely.
And If my motherin-law were to be
convicted, as she probably would be,
she would have to go to jail?"
Il think So"
DO you mean to tell me you intend
to do this thing to a woman-a lady
who has already expiated her fault
and recompensed the government"
Il do: but look here, old chan. don't
take this too hard. I've got to do my
duty, you know. Don't feel SO bad
about IT,"
"Bad?" shouted the son-in-law. why
my dear sir, this is the first CLEAN OF
sunshine that has entered my home in
20 enthusiastically Evening Post.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
The oasls Of JupIter Amman.

silva. OF Seewah, with which the
Egyptian government has fresh
trouble, is our old classical acauaint.
ance the oasis Of Jupiter Ammon,
whose oracle was a formidable rival
to Delphi. The oracle grew dumb
about the time that the whisper ran
round the world, Pan is dead" but
this oasis Is still a stronghold of re.
ligious fanaticism.
Most Of the inhabitants, who rather
resemble the Chinese in feature. and
wear a perpetual scowl on their coup.
tenances. belong to the Senussi sect
Of Mohammedanism, and profess a ne.
culiarly sour variety OF P~uritanfsm.
When not numbering Egyptian on.
for demanding taxes they amuse
themselves by outing the minority
who refuse to join their denomina.
ton.
The oasis Of silva is seldom visited
by Europeans, because the journey in
wolves a three-weeks' camel ride
across the desert in which Cambyses
lost his army. with a good chance Of
getting knocked on the head at the
finish. Among themselves the stwese
talk q dying Li7yan dialect.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
DRANK POISON IN DARKNESS
Amateur Photographer the Victim Of
Momentary Forgetfulness-His
Pathetic Message.

A tragic story of an amateur photog.
rapher's death by misadyenture in his
darkroom was told at an inquest at
Portsmouth, an English exchange
says.
The facts are few, but by their very
breyity acquire a more dramatic char.
acter. Erwin J.. T. Webb was a well.
known solicitor in Portsmouth. and
one of his f%ayorite hobbies was anna.
teur photography. He had fitted up a
darkroom in the cellar Of his house
and had gone down there to develop
some plates.
He opened a bottle of beer in the
cellar and poured out a glass to drink
while at work. Becoming absorbed in
his task, he mistook the beer and put
into 1t some cyanide Of potassium. For
a time he went on working, ignorant
of his mistake.
Then he remembered the beer and
drank some of II.
Instantly he realized the terrible
mistake he had made and while life
was still his, snatched up a scrap Of
photographic paper and on it scrib-
bled a message TO his wife. 1t was
read at the inquest and ran as fol.
lows:
In s~emi-darkness have made awful
mistake.
Must have poured cyanide into ale.
Only a few seconds to live.
Cannot call.
God help you, my pet,
Brain reels.
Tell
The writing toward the end of the
message was almost u~ndecipherable.
After writing this hurried message.
Mr.. Webb apparently tried to crawl
upstairs, but he fell dead at the foot
of the stairs, where later his wife
found him.
The medical evidence went to show
that after taking the poison Mr.. Webb
would lose the power of locomotion
and would not be able to call out,
though he would live long enough to
be able to write the note found. II
was the testimony that he was OF
cheerful temperament and had no
financial or business worry.
A verdict OF death by m~isadventure
returned.
Mr. Webb was n OF the best
known solicitors practicing in he
local courts and was known through.
1ut a large part Of Hampshire. He
vas a native of the Isle OF Wight.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17

Of mind.
Come right in. Harry. and don't
mind me"
oh, it's youl" he said, looking very
much relieved.
Looks like the same" said /.
Hope / didn't interrupt"
Not at all. We were just settling
things" l said. Margaret and +"
Why such formality?' she laughed
Meg, them said L.
That's better. Go on"
Well. then, Meg and l were Just
deciding a momentous question"
Cant you guess?" said Miss Carter.
Il might" he said.
1T win be the fourteenth of Janu-
airy. / invite you now, but don't tell
any n OF peril OF your life, for I
want to tell my secrets myself" This
from Miss Carter.
Your secret?' I said. "I like that.
Where do come in? l thought it was
my affair"
oh" she said. well, you Just
wait till you see the papers the next
day. You'll wonder If you we're there
at all for all the attention they'll pay
you when they see my dress"
Did you design that in the ten min
utes. too?"
No. Long before"
"White?e
"Of course. What did Won suppos
black"
Il hoped not"
You're polite, when I'm wearing
black this very minute
Il am aware" I said.
Don't you like my frock?"
Too old for YOU"
Il suppose you consider me a baby
still"
mo. I wish | could" for at the mo
ment felt positively ancient.
For she had grown older. | had
it even more keenly after he had
come into the room, and as | said be-
fore, she showed it. For she had
reached that period of life which is
he only time the modern woman
ihows her age. She was a debutante.
Look what he brought me-" she
aid, showing him the ring on her
light hand. Then she turned to me.
Now. Ill give you another hug and
liss for being the very dearest uncle
hat ever brought his niece a lovely
ing from abroad, and offered to give
er a. contingent dance. There-and
you don't mind going back to pa.
a for a little while-do you? for there
something very important / want to
ay to Harry"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
THE RULING PASSION STRONG
Physical Discomfort Counted Little
as Opposed to Mlser's Love
Of Wealth.

DR.. Charles Mccormick, the physl.
clan who says that the man with the
crouch" can not resist disease like
his more contented brother. referred
again to this assertion at a recent ain.
ner.
The man with a Crouch" said he
is gloomy, and gloominess brings on
Ill health, weakness, dyspepsia
"A confirmed crouch can't be got
rid Of. A grouehy person is governed
by his crouch as a miser Is governed
by his meanness. And when ii comes
to misers!"
DR.. Mccormick laughed.
"A little, lean, pale miser Of Peca.
TONGA" he said. was one evening oh.
served fighting with the town black.
smith. Though his nose was bleed.
ing and one eye was closed, the miser
fought de~terminedly. The hurculean
blacksmith planted blow on blow. hut
the little miser never bulged an inch
Run, We fooll' Kissed a friend
'Ye stand no chance here. Rum
But the little miser, as be received
heorically a smashing left hook. an.
swered In a low voice:
Run? Nixl I've got my foot on a
10cent piece
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
A CLEVER n3TrEa'S METHOD
Seems to Have Found Ideal Way Of
Correcting Mistakes and Retain
Ing child's Confidence.

My children always meet me with
a full account of their doings on my
return from a day Of shopping or Wis
iting. says a mother, writing for the
Boston Herald. They had usually had
a glorious time among legitimate
amusements. working in one or more
stunts" which | would not wish again
enjoyed. ! made a habit of forbidding
at once a recurrence of the objection
able pastime.
One day | overheard a child say: 81
shan't tell mother things any more.
She says every time we mustn't do It
again, and il she did not know we
could keep right on" Nowhere is
knowledge power more truly than be-
tween parents and children, so set
about finding a way to correct my mis-
takes and keep the children's conf
dences.
Now, when they come prancing to
meet me with a glowing recount OF
hide and go seek out and In the closet
where hang my best clothes" | force
a cheerful smile and a day or two later
remark that, for various
reasons. | don't wish that closet door
opened. The situation requires diplo-
macy and it is not always easy to wait
until a more convenient season for
prohibition, but | am sure it pays. A
day or two ago | found such a child
had attempted candy-making in my
absence.
The results were trying, but l did
not find fault at the time. Later In
week explained the cost Of mate
rails wasted If one cooked c~arelessly,
md am certain it win not happen
again. Justice. patience. kindness and
absolute sincerity in a mother win
10 much toward curing a child of un
ruthfulness.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
Snakes in Austria.

Snakes are common enough in many
Oriental countries: few persons are
perhaps aware that they are very nu-
merous in Austria, and that the gov.
eminent offers a reward for every
snake killed. In 1908 no less than
27S,000 snakes were destroyed. of
which all but 1000 belonged to ven
omous species. To aid the rural in.
habitants in their warfare, the govern
ment authorities have supplied a sim.
pie appliance whereby. in the case of
a bite, the possibility of a fatal result
is reduced to the minimum. This in.
strument comprises a small knife
wherewith the wound of a bite is i'm
mediately enlarged, and in the cut
thus formed a concentrated solution
of permanganate of potassium is in.
That such a precaution is val
liable is borne out by the fact that out
of the 140 cases of snake bites re-
ported in 1908 only six proved fatal.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17

Try to be useful just where you
are. Many of us are fond Of imagin-
ing how much we should do if our cir
cumstances were other than they are.
But that is waste Of time. The thing
to do is to do as much as you can for
others here and now, and so make the
most of your opportunities.
Don't be so busy preparing for some
vague future time when you win be
happy that you have no time to be
happy to-day. The future will soon
be the present, and the chances are
that, when it does come, we shall still
be so busy planning that we shall
miss u chance Of happiness alto
gether.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
WORK OF VOLCANO
EXPLANATION OF DESTRUCTION
OF soDoM AND eoMoRRAH.
Scientist Satisfied He Has Discovered
Agent by Which the Two Wicked
Cities Were Wiped from
the Earth.

Ellsworth Huntington, head of tht
recent Yale expedition to Palestine
declares that he has verified the Bible
story of Sodom and Gomorrah,
Hundreds Of pages" he says IN
Harper's Magazine, have been writ
ten to prove that the story is a
myth, or that the ancient towns were
destroyed by the bursting forth OF
oil wells like those of Texas or Baku,
which sometimes are ignited and
burn for days. Other hundreds of
pages have been devoted to proving
that Sodom and Gomorrah were or
were not at the north end of the Dead
sea, and that they were or were not
buried under the saline deposits at
either end of the lake.
Among recent writers there seems
to be a tendency to believe that
Sodom and its sister town were prob.
ably located at the south end of the
lake, where the name Usdom is
thought to represent Sodom, and
where Arab tradition now locates the
Inflated cities, The means of their
destruction are believed to have been
the oil wells mentioned above. This
rather unsatisfactory conclusion has
been adopted largely because it has
been supposed that no volcano is To-
Gated in such a position that 1t could
have borne any part in the story.
According to the story in Genesis,
Lot and Abraham were at Bethel, ten
miles north of Jerusalem, when their
lerdsmen quarreled and they decided
10 separate. And Lot lifted up his
eyes, and beheld all the Plain of the
Jordan, that it was well watered
everywhere. before Jehovah destroyed
Sodom and Gomorrah like the garden
If Jehovah, like the land of Egypt,
IS thou goest unto Zoar. So Lot chose
all the Plain of Jordan
Then the story goes on to the time
when Jehovah rained upon Sodom
md upon Gomorrah birthstone and fire
rom Jehovah out of heaven while
fed to the near town of Zoar.
did not stay long. but went out Of
and dwelt in the mountain-in a
ave-
Having freshly read the story and
aying looked over the strong argu.
lents for locating the towns south
I the Dead sea and for believing
hem to have been destroyed by some.
hing in the nature of bituminous out.
ursts, was taken by surprise when
visited the little ruins of Suweimeh
nd picked up bits of genuine scoriace.
us lava, while the sheikh who acted
8 guide told the story of Sodom as
story of Suweimeh of Suweim. !,
he name may be a corruption of /,
odom. :
! went into the mountains at once
ON Suweim in order to see where ,
le lava came from. AS we climbed !
le lower hills the sheikh noticed =
at picked up black pieces of lava
broke them open. /,
Don't bother with those he said. !
here pointing southeast, there is ;
whole mountain of black rock like
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
Whlstllns and Weeping Trees.


Among the c~uriosities of tree life ,s
the sofar, or Whistling tree OF Nubis
When the winds blow over this tree
it gives out hutelike sounds. PLAYING
away to the wilderness for hours al a
time strange, weird melodies. It Is
the spirit Of the dead singing among
the branches. the natives say. but the
scientific white man say that the
sounds are due to a myriad Of small
holes which an insect bores in the
spines Of the branches.
The weeping tree Of the Canary
islands is another arboreal freak. This
tree in the driest weather win rain
down showers from its leaves. and the
natives gather up the water from the
pool formed az the foot OF the trunk
and find II pure and fresh. The tree
exudes the water from innumerablo
pores at the base Of the leaves.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
Mondays RandoIph Marked.

The following prices were realized BY
sellers at Randolph stores and markets
last Tuesday tnot retail):-
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
FL NAMES
Fl DAY
BY CONSTANCE TIPPETT


(copyrlghted by Short Stories Co, Ltd
Miss Carter was at home the butler
said as he opened the door. AS
passed on my way to the library ]
caught a glimpse of myself in the
mirror. Why viii people always hang
their looking-glasses in the most IN.
becoming light? l wondered II she
would think me changed, IL she would
notice how much grayer M hair had
become during my year and a half OF
absence. and If the deepening of the
lines around my mouth would be as
apparent to her as they were to me at
the particular moment. | had noticed
before how pronounced they were.
BY the time that / had finished
these reflections nv journey across
the hall was over, and with the con-
fronting assurance that gray hair is
distingue and that deep lines add that
priceless embelllshment-character-
to a mans face, / entered and stood
before her.
To my distinct disappointment, she
was not alone. There were two of
them, and they bore the trademark,
made In Society,"" which makes fur
Their comment s%uperfuous. was so
put out at their being there when I
wanted to be alone with her that |
didn't properly appreciate at the time
what a cordial welcome she gave me.
or how plainly she showed that she
was unfeignedly glad to see me.
Being informed that | was a lately
returned traveller, the manufactured
articles did the manufactured polite.
but as l refused to be Baedeker un.
abridged, they soon gave it up aud
left me to sit back and appreciate
her.
That she. too, had changed was
apparent; that she had grown older
was plain-yery plain, and she showed
her age-even the beautiful black vel.
vet dress she wore, and the large
pearls in her ears, did not conceal it.
And the buoyanoy of her manner en-
it still further. And" I
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
Cleared by a Thumb.

The guilt or innocence of an army
veterinary surgeon. accused by a sol.
der Of assault at Pontivy, France.
rested on the question whether or not
the accused man sucked his thumb
after the soldier had accidentally in.
tlieted a slight wound. While M.
Berland, the veterinary surgeon, was
performing an operation on a horses
leg at the barracks Of the Second cay-
airy regiment at Pontivy, a trooper
who was holding down the horse mad
yertently scratched M. Berland's
hand, in consequence of the horse
moving suddenly. The surgeon ex.
amined the scratch, and then admin.
istered a sound box on the ear to the
soldier, who received the punishment
In silence, but later complained to an
officer. The court-martial spent con.
siderable time in as%certaining whether
the choleric surgeon struck the troop.
er suddenly, without reflection. as a
person might do after having a corn
trodden on, or whether the blow was
given deliberately. after Mr.. BerIand
had time to reflect. On learning that
Berland did not stop to suck the
wounded thumb before boxing the
troopers ear, the court decided that
the blow was not premeditated and he
was acquitted.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
tombstone USED as poontsn.

A tombstone requisrtioned as a
doorstep has been discovered in a
lonely farmhouse situated near TO
%Cassiobury Park, Watford, England.
This stone. a fine piece Of Portland.
serves a. . doorstep leading from the
d~ining-room to the conservatory. and
Is lying face downward. Workmen en-
gagged in carrying out certain repairs
and alterations came upon this tone
which bears the Inscription. In loy.
ing memory Of - the beloved
wife etc TheE were instructed BY
the owner. who occupies the house
70 replace Il, aud the tombstone is
again fulfilling is somewhat novel
purpose.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
WorId,s RotanIsts % 80

An international botanical congress
win be held st Brussels in Nay.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17

thought, IF I have aged, so has She
But again-"she has improved-yastly
have II" 1t was really very puz-
zling, and was very glad that at that
moment she sent the articles to the
other end OF the room to hunt for a
book.
She said, They oughtn't to have
been here in the FIRST place. Didn't
you get my note?'
She spoke again. "Of course. I did
Then you knew that | wanted To
see you alone
You said So"
Then Why"
Don't he cross. / couldn't help Il.
Papa Is in his dem This last with
such a radiant smile that / wanted
to Kiss her on the spot. But the ar.
ucles had found the book, so I went
to Mr.. Carter instead.
Time? You dear, old O had
II all settled in my own mind ten min.
utes after I received your letter from
the steamer"
'NNH WANh II II " Dtt
I thought that the fourteenth"
Not next month";"
mo. Nor the month after. but the
month after that"
January. Isn't that rather long IN
waltz
MY dear man, / must have some
clothes, and I want to be all through
with dressmakers and all their kind
before | start on what viii sc a new
life for me"
We discussed the new life. / men.
toned December.
I gave you good reasons she said
"Dressmakers rush for no man at this
season. And. besides, Julia won't he
back TIL the twelfth. and I've set nv
heart on having her here for what win
be the harpiest moment OF nv life.
] said, You really think il win be7-
I know g. she answered.
Then I remembered + vas - M
pocket
I've got something FOR Won
Really. she said. trying 10 look
surprised
Yes And this IS 1T said. ans. +
took her hand and placed il on tbe
fourth finger.
What a darlingi she said. looking
a. H. The next minute her arms Vere
around my neck
Just then a man appeared IN the
doorway. He was 8 young man-rery
young very good looking and. for the
moment very much embarrassed
Strange to SAY, Miss Carter was also
vas The only n with any presence
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17
LANGUAGES nf ,he worId

statistieians who have delved into
the subject Of languages tell us that
there r approximately 2,T50 now In
use throughout the world. To give alb
~solutely the number Of tongues would
be manifestly impossible. for the rea-
son that there are still unexplored
parts Of the world where tribes are
known to exist.
Until chronological surveys are made
Of every nook and Granny Of this old
world IL win be impossible to classify
an Of the languages employed.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1910-03-17

Father" said Little Rono, what IS
a prospectus?s
The kind I am mostly acquainted
with, my son. is the sort Of fairy tale
adapted to the tastes OF adults instead
OF children"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-01
MUGG ExALTETH HIMSELF.

Although We have searched the lat-
est Polks directory of the city of MI
not from ''kiver to kiver,' We fail to
find the name Of Mugg, who claims
to be an optician, with headquarters
in Minot We take it that about the
only office this man Mugg maintains
is the postoffice. This man Mugg is
the same fellow who has rtied to exalt
himself by abusing d. D. Sullivan, one
of Minot reputable opticians. Mugg
has issued pamphlet making a
false accusations against Mr.. Sullivan,
which will bring him more or less
trouble in due time.
Mr.. Sullivan has served on the state
board for four years and the fact that
Gov. Burke has re-appointed him
proves conclusively that he's worthy
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1910-12-01

Otis J. Marks, q prominent citizen
of Dauglas, is lying in precarious
condition at the Bismarck hospital
from typhoid fever. He has been III
nearly seven weeks. His brother, G..
c. Marks Of Sherwood, passed throaSh
Minot Saturday earoute to his home,
after spending week with him.
Chas Good and Jack Mcconnell re-
turned from deer nunt in the west
ern part Of the state where they were
quite successful.
Il. A. Hurd, Aug. Zethrin and 8.
Richardson, left Saturday night for
the west to hunt deer.
Ed. Kelley, assistant manager Of
the International Harvester company
of this city, leaves this week for Spo-
kane, Wash, where he will hold sim
ilar position. The Elks held a smok-
er Monday evening in his honor.