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The Southern herald., 1910-12-09

In the British museum, in London, on exhi-
bition. Is the Portland vase, the masterpiece
of ancient glasswork chance discovery led
to the rescue of this magnificent urn from the
grave. where 1t had lain for hundreds Of years,
hidden and unknown. The vase was found
early in the seventeenth century by some la
borers, who, digging on a hillock in the neigh
borhood Of Rome, broke into small vault.
On further examination 1t revealed suite
of three sepulchral chambers. In the largest
room they found finely sculptured sarcophar
gus, which contained the beautiful vase. 1t
was full of ashes, but 1t bore no inscription as
to the remains 1t held, nor has the mystery
ever been solved which shrouds Its origin.
The vase was deposited in the Barberini pal
ace, where It remained until ITO, when the rep
resentative of the Barberini family, Roman
princess, was rorced to part with 1t to pay her
gambling debts. The vase changed hands
twice, then It was disposed Of to the duchess Of
Portland. but with such secrecy that her own
family was not aware Of the transaction until
after her death.
At the sale Of the duchess Of Portland's col
lection It was purchased by her son, the third
duke Of Portland, for the sum Of s5,145, and 1t
was deposited In the museum by his successor.
The vase was wantonly smashed In pieces by
a drunken visitor, but the fragments were,
howeyez, Joined together, but the bottom, with
its mysterious figure in Phrygian cap, was not
replaced
The material Of this vase was long almost
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ferred to manila cards, by the punching Of
holes in them to correspond with the different
items in the schedules. An electrical machine
controlled by clerk can punch holes in 5000
cards a day, Three hundred Of these were
used and s0,00O,0OO cards were ordered.
After the punching the cards are handled
into an electric tabulating machine with a
''pin-box" attachment which permits the re-
quired pins to pass through the variously
placed holes in the cards, in this establishing
an electric circuit resulting in the tabuation
of the items on counters which register their
results In printing on spoiled paper somewhat
like stock ticker" There are 100 of these
machines. After certain comparisons to prove
accuracy, the schedules are permanently pre-
served in a great iron safe in the census bu-
reau. As the card does not contain the name
of the persons for whom II stands all personal
identity is eliminated from the cards. All dan
ger of misuse Of such information disappears
Severe penalties are provided in case any en-
ployee dscloses census information to outsid
ers. The next step Is the making of the maps
and tables to accompany the analyses, and
then finally, the issue of the printed bulletins
and reports. Before July !, 1872 the worh
must be over and the thirteenth census gone
to to!l !ts scientific ancestors
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mo Openings NOwheres'

She is fortunate in having girl chums who
draw roses from their friends now and then.
The other afternoon one of her rosy friends
pinned a bright red one on her and she sal
lied forth into the street to make other wom-
en- envious She had not gone far when she
felt tug at the shoulder and turned to see
strange woman.
"Where'd you git that rosef" asked the
stranger covetously
"A friend Of mine gave 1t to me-" was
the answer, produced with some chill.
"A friend Of yours7 In a store"
mo, not in store"
well, hain't there no openings mo-
wheres?"
mot that know Of"
"Humphl Just my luck. I'm Just crazy
for rose and when saw you just knowed
there was a fall opening somewhere"
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the disbursing officer, and G. W. spicer is the
mechanical expert. In addition to these are
the chiefs of the divisions under the CHER sta
tisticlan.
There are about 75O permanent clerks and
1000 temporary clerks, etc. The supervisors
numbered $50 and they employed and directed
the $4,000 enumerators About 1000 CHIEF
special agents and assistant special agents
The supervisors also employed 1000 clerks 800
special agents and 1000 interpreters to assist
them IN the direction of the enumerators.
The data relating to population Is trans
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Masterpiece Of Glass Work

as great a puzzle as the story 1t illustrates
Breval refers to 1t as the famous vase OF
chaledony;" Nilsson calls 1t an agate; Bartoll
a sardonyx; while Caylus and others correctly
decided that 1t was made of glass The blue
body was first formed, and while still red hot,
coated over as far as the bas reliefs were In
tended to reach with semiopaQue white glass.
the delicate figure being afterwards cut down
to the blue ground In the same manner as with
real canoes
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his mortgage indebtedness is decreasing fast;
his taxation is small as compared with the
urbanite's burden, and he has taken to auto
mobile riding on a large scale.
Census taking every ten years is tremen-
dous task 1t is the greatest single operation
undertaken by Uncle Sam, with the exception
of the Panama canal work and the assembling
of an army In time Of war. the American cen.
sus Is the largest. cotaliest and most accurate
of any taken by the civilized nations. Its
methods are the most modern and its equip
ment the most complete. The census bureau
force comprises first Director q. Dana Durand
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to-day well wOman Mrs. MTLLIAM
AHRENs, oss w. 2lst ST.. Chicago. III
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, made from native roots an6
herbs contains no narcotics or harm
ful drugs, and to-day holds the record
Tor the largest number Of actual cures
Of female diseases Of any similar medi-
cine in the country, and thousands of
voluntary testimonials are on file Tn
the Pinkham laboratory at Lynn.
Mass, from women who have been
cured from almost every form ek
female complaints Inflammation, ul-
peration, displaeements, fibroid tumorA
Irregularities. periodic pains, backache.
Indigestion and nervous prostration.
Every such suffering woman owes 1t to
herself to give Lydia =. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound . trial
IL you would like special advice
about your case write q conflden-
hal letter to Mrs. Pinkhazn, "a
Lynn, Mass. Her advice Il free
md always helpful.
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Youthful Wisdom.

Father-Why did my little boy send
bis papa q letter with only capital
T written on the page while he was
Eway3
Little Son-Because thought you'd
10 around among your friends with it
and say: my boy Is only four years
old, and Just see the capital letter h.
itesi"-Judge.
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80 you used to be ON the stagel"
"Yes'm; and / done q side-splittins
sketch"
"Well, let's see what you can do IN
the way Of wood.splittins sketch.
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n 90. .s::ss :s:.. 5i:s s.s ThOmpsOn's Eye Water
rMIn ExtraVauances.

Il don't suppose there is anything
gets out Of date quicker than q womr
ans hat?"
unless it is a battleship.
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of Michigan, VINO, al
though only thirty-eight
years old, is older than
most of the generals COM
manding the forces In the
Civil war. and who is,
too, a statistically scar
red hero, a veteran In
government service, and
likely to prove the most
practical and efficient d.
rector connected with
any Of the past censuses.
Then there is the assist
ant director William H.
Willoughby, of Washing
ton. D. c., former secre-
tary of state of Porto
Rico. Next in rank are
the five chief statisti-
clans: William G. Hunt,
In charge of the popula-
ton division; lie Grand
Powers, heading the ag-
ricultural division; VIII
liam M. Stuart, oversee
ing the manufacturing di-
vision; DR.. Cressy L.
Wilbur, the vital stats
tics work, and DR.. Jo-
seph Adna Hill, the d.
vision Of revision and re-
suits. Charles 8. Sloane
is the geographer; AL
bertus H. Baldwin Is the
chief clerk; Voler V.
Is chief of the publica-
tion division; Hugh M.
Brown is private sec
retary to the direct
or; Robert M. Pindell
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tors said ! could nos
get well unless Il
had an operation.
j knew / could neA
stand the strain oz
.ona 80 / wrote ta
you sometime aW
about my health
and you told ne
what 70 do. Aftek
taking Lyila h
|Hnkham'g V@
|bIe Compound an
Blood Purifier IAN
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p.ttlt,a Eve saIvs for $50.

Relieves tired, congested, infamsd sn4
sore eyes, quickly stops eye aches. AZ
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. K.
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Hills Business College

Guarantees 20 give you more for your m0neT
than any other school In the south. For th4
next 80 days We are making the greatest anA
grandest offer ever made BY any sehc~ IA
America. For particulars write
q. w. HILL, Prinolpal
iA6 Court Ave. kAemphlss Tenn.
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olle,p The late Gen. Francis A. Walker,
Wl1o vas a census authority greater than
any cher, living or dead, once wrote that
the PEOPLE Of the United States can well
AFFORD to pay for the very best census
they can get" He penned this remark
In Connection with frank confession Of
his own shortsightedness in underesti-
mating the cost of the tenth census.
It's the old story: When you are III
get tha best doctor you can afford.
Ihe tol uparative cneapness with which
the thllteeenth census has been taken was
largely due to Director e. Dana Durands eco
nomcal methods, to the introduction of semi-au'
tomato electrical cardpunching tabulating
and sorting machines, and to the Inheritance
OF wisdom from the experience gained by the
permanent census bureau. During the term of
the latter the methods Of inquiry, tabuation and
compilatic n have been greatly improved, both
In accuracy and In economy. Millions will be
saved.
Mr. Dul 'and is responsible for many Of the
new metho ds TO Increase statistical accuracy
at every step OF the census taking and to de-
crease the er capita cost Of the enumeration
The card-pu nching, tabulating, and sorting ma
chinery Is the invention Of a census mechani
cal expert and the patent rights belong to Uncle
gam The machines are novel in plan and de-
sign, are Of greater speed and efficiency than
those they superseded, and can be built and
operated at large saving of money as COM
pared with previous expenditures for this pur-
pose.
Other money-saving features are the ellmi-
nation Of the vital-statistics inquiry from the
work of the decennial census, as 1t belongs to
the permanent branch of the United States
census. the reduction in the number Of sched-
ules the piece.price method Of paying for ma
chine work, the omission Of the hand, house
hold and neighborhood industries from the
manufactures branch of the census, and the
reduction of the size and number Of copies OF
the final report
Congress limited the thirteenth census to
four general subjects agriculture,
manufactures and mines and quarries. The d.
rector is authorized to determine the form and
subdivision of inquiries The inquiry as to
populatlon relates to the date April Is, 1910;
that as to agriculture concerns the farm opera
tions during 1909 and calls for an inventory OF
farm equipment April 15 1910; that relative to
manufactures and quarries is for 1909.
The enumeration carried only the popula-
+ion and agriculture schedules April Is, 1910.
Special agents were sent out With the sched-
,,les for the manufactures mines and quarries
data There were fully $4,000 enumerators, of
whom about $4,000 carried both the population
and agriculture schedules, as 1t Is estimated
that there are now fully 100000 separate
farms In America, with farmers numbering
we'll ND into score Of millions. In 1910 there
were many more billions Of dollars OF hxed
cantaI invested in agriculture than there we're
in manufactures strange as It may SEEM And
the farmer is getting better of all the time;
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OWES
I.A
Her
LIFE TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound

Chicago Ti.-ssT was troubled With
falling and Inflammation, and the dec.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
GATHERING OPIUM.
How the Petals and Juice of the Poppy
Plant Are Procured.

Opium growing is sort of garden
cultivation. the poppy plants being
grown in little squares or beds inter-
sected by tiny water channels for irri-
CATION wherever this is possible. The
growth of the plants is carefully tend
ed. and at length the time comes when
they burst out into flower. and the
fields look like a sheet of silver as the
white petals of the flowers glisten In
the morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce of the crop. for the women
lies come forth and pick them off one
by one and arefully dry them. so that
they may serve afterward as the COW
ering OF the manufactured cakes OF
opium. Then the poppies. with their
bare capsule heads. remain standing
in the open field until 1t Is considered
that they are ripe for lancing. The
cultivators then come forth In the
evening, and with an implement not
unlike the knives of cupping instru-
ment they scarify the capsule on Its
sides with deep incIsions, so that the
Juice may exude.
In the early morning the cultivators
reappear with a scraping knife and
their earthenware pots. and they
scrape off the exuded juice and collect
1t In their pots. And this Is crude
opium Black woods Magazine.
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NEVER OPENING FLOWERS.
A Large Number of Plants Boar Cleis-
tosamous Blossoms.


The never opening flower. or. as bot
aniSts call H. cleistogamy. is well Illus
trated by the case of the common
sweet violet The familiar purple.
sweet scented blossom, which TO most
people Is the violet ilower hardly ever
produces any seed. But altogether un-
seen by most people 1t produces n
number OF minute. scentless and col
orless flowers which never open.
These are self fertillzed and produce
abundant seed The word cleistog-
amous expresses the fact that the
fertilization takes place without the
opening of the flower and hence with
out the agency of insects. Such never
opening flowers occur In n large num-
Der of plants, sometimes along with
blossoms of the ordinary sort and
sometimes without them. 1t is n dis
puted point. however. whether there
Is any plant which In all circumstances
will produce nothing but eleistogamous
flowers.
There are nevertheless number
which normally produce nothing else.
AS regards fertility. the seeds pro-
duced by the cleistogamous flowers are
never Inferior TO those of the ordinary
blossoms In some cases they are su-
pcror and IN others they are the only
seed produced by the plant.
II has been found that the amount OF
cleistogamy varies with the height of
the plants. The shortest bear clels-
tognmic flowers only. and those a lit
tie taller have few small open flow
crs in addition to the closed ones. The
tallest plants have larger open flow
ers, with only few clestogamic.-
Botanical Gazette.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
The Bashi-baxouk,

Like each of the various clans of the
Kurds. the bashl bazouk can easily be
distinguished by his costume. His
shoes, or 'yemenys" (meaning leather,,
are red or black. His goltiike stock.
ings. which leave the knee exposed,
are elaborately embroidered In black,
his short Turkish trousers are OF
homespun. while about his waist Is a
short sash of wool or silk, surmounted
by leather belt In rich colors and
embossed IN red This Is divided into
three or four sections. In which he
keeps his revolver. his chibouk. or pipe.
and his yataghan. always kept sharp.
The bashi nazouks never carry dag
gers, as the Circassians do. A car
fridge box hangs from the side. as also
small silver snuffbox. They wear
two jackets. the under one with short
sleeves and the outside one with long
At the elbow Is an opening In which
they carry In leather bag written
quotations from the Koran as q tails.
man to protect them from the bullets
of the adversary. About the neck Is a
chain Of silver coins. from which il
suspended powder box.
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A BALKYt MULE.

Remedies Were Applied, and He Moved
Just a Little Bit.
"Yessuh." said the negro through the
borrowed telephone. He stood on one
foot In the drug store and talked in
his natural voice, which made the bot
ties Jingle ON the shelves. The nu-
merOus people In the store heard all
he said as Il natural consequence, but
could not hear the conversatio at the
other end. They deduced, however,
from the negro's remarks that he was
talking with his boss and that he was
a teamster by profession.
"Yessuh." he said, II tried dat"
"Yessuh. De ma-an wifi the plug
hat he tried dat"
mo, sub. De ma-an aIn't much
huht. His nose hits busted"
"Yessuh. done dat"
mo, sub. DE III boy he ain huht
none a-tall; jes' jolted."
"Yessuh. De schoolteacheh. Hit to-
his close up some"
Fire? Yessuh. Not much; no. sub.
He moved little bit, yessuh."
"Yessuh. One o. de wheels was
burnt little."
Two o. de wheels-yessuh. Well,
sub. de wagin hit buhned up. No,
sub. Dey ain muffin lef."
"De muel? Yessuh."
"He's dab yit-yessuh."- Galveston
News.
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OIdcnTjme "Rajment."

In early Bible days richly embroid-
cred raiment was enumerated with
the gold. silver and other valuable
property of n rich man. In that primi-
tive age Dame Fashion was not the
fiekle goddess she is at present. and
the "raiment" 80 frequently mention
ed in the Holy Scriptures descended
from father to son as a valuable part
of the Inheritance Raiment was Of.
ten sent. with gold and gems. as q
present to dIgnltarles. 1t took not
months. but years, to ornament some
Of these garments. and the gold thread
SO lavishly used In embroidering them
was real gold Moses describes the
process OF making the gold thread that
was used In ornamenting the taber-
nacle. The habit of making presents
of rare needlework is still common
among eastern nations that changed
their customs so slowly.
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Making Good,

Q
There is no way OF making ldsttn1
friends like Making Good;' and Doctor
Pierce's medicines well exemplify this,
and their friends, after more than two
decades OF popularity, are numbered by
she hundreds OF thousands. They have
..made good" and they have not made
drunkards.
known composition is DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t still enjoys an i'm
mense sale, while most OF the prepara-
ttonS that have come into prominence in
the earlier period Of Its popularity have
sseone by the board and arc never more
heard OF. There must be some reason for
this long time popularity and that is to
be found In Its superior merits. When
once given fair trial for weak stomach,
or for liver and blood affections, Its supe-
rlor curative qualities are soon manifest:
hence 1t has survived and grown in pop.
ular favor, while scores OF less meritorlous
articles have suddenly flashed into favor
for brief period and then been as soon
For a. torpid liver with its attcndan,
Indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, per-
haps dizziness, foul breath, nasty coated
tongue, with bitter taste, loss Of appetite,
with distress after eating, nervousness
and debility, nothing is SO good as DR.
Its ingredients printed on bottle-wrappeI
= no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug
therefore don't accept a substitute thai
the dealer may possibly make little big
ger profit. Insist on your right to have
what you call for.
Don't buy Or. Plercc's Favorite Prescrip,
tion expecting II to prove vcure- all.s II
Is only advised for woman's special all.
ments. 1t makes weak women strong and
sick women we'll Less advertised thar
some preparations sold for like purposes
Its sterling curative virtues still maintain
It's position In the front ranks, where Il
stood over two decades ago. As an in.
vigorating tonic and strengthening nery.
Inc 1t Is unequaled. 1t won't satisfy those
who want rbooze,- for there is not . dror
Of alcohol in II.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the oriot
nn! Little Liver Pills, although the first
pill Of their kind In the market. still lead
ana when once tried are ever afterwards
In favor. Easy to take as candy--one to
sQualcd
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
How Good News Spreads.

II am 2 0years old aud travel most
of the time" writes B. F. Toison, Of
Elizabethtown, XIV. Everywhere
60 recommend Electric Bitters. be-
cause owe my excellent health and
vitality to them. They effect a cure
every time" They never Nil to tone
the stomach, regulate the kidneys aud
bowels, stimulate the liver, invigor-
ate the nerves aud purify the blood.
They work wonders for weak, run
down men and women, restorin e
strength, vigor aud health that's q
daily joy. Try them. Satisfaction is
positively guaranteed by 8. W. Coch-
ran 4 90.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
Saxinn His Mate.

On one occasion at crowded per-
formance AT the Royal theater in sgd
ney. N. 8. W. number of years ago
couple Of sailors who had been
drinking were seated In the gallery.
One lost his balance and fell into the
stalls. The other Immediately cried.
"Man overheard" and dived after his
companion. With the proverbial luck
Of drunken sailors the first escaped
with broken leg and the second
without a scratch.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
A COLONIAL HUSTLER.
Colonel Samuel SIoper Was a Jack Of
All Trades.

Colonel Samuel SIoper Was Jack Of
All Trades.
1t is necessary that the pioneer be
q man of infinite resource. who can do
for himself or his neighbors every nee
essary task. Such man was Colonel
Samuel Sloper. one of the early set
tiers of Blandford. Mass. whose as
tonishing versatility Is recorded by s.
G. Wood In "Taverns and Turnpikes
of Blandford."
Colonel Sloper, among other things.
kept something of stable and pas
tured horses and stock. For the mu-
nllicent reward of shilllngs the old
veteran in 1888 moved the family of
David Knox by means Of "teame and
boy" Now and then he turned his
hand to odd jobs. He carted and laid
out John Waldo Woods fax one sea-
son for f7 los.
He seems to have made shoes and
nelghbors. For Enos Loomis' young
sou, who was bound out to him. he
did on this wise: Gaping your sons
shoes. 1-3.'' "One bottle-green coat
trimmed and made for Moses. shil-
lings. He made several shirts and
a frock for the Martin Leonard COM
pany.
The number of things which this vet
eran and .dabster" did make an as
tonishing list He was surgeon In Or
dinary to the parish Of Blandford and
this long before he had accumulated
an army experience. Veterinary. too.
he was. His journals are peppered
over with charges for the treatment
of young horses. In the account OF
Ellphalet Thompson In the year 1772.
along with frying Pam" and 81
Pr Sizers." Is the charge, ITO Setting
your boys rist. twelve shilllngs." !"
James Snnett In 1855 became indebt-
ed to "Seting your knee and Dress
ingse and to "Sundrl Dressings" 4 and
3 shiIlings respectively.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
Saved A Soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell in
the civil war was more agreeable to j.
A. Stone, of Kemp, Tex, than facing
it from what doctors said was con-
sumption. II contracted n stubborn
cold" he writes, THAT developed a
cough. that stuck to me in spite of all
remedies for years. My weight ran
down to 1870 pounds. Then l began
to use Dr.. Kings New Discovery,
which completely cured me. now
weigh 17S pounds" For Coughs.
Colds. La Grippe. Asthma, Hem
orrhage, Hoarseness, Group, Whoop-
lug Cough and lung trouble. it's SUI
preme, SOC, $1.0O. Trial bottle free.
Guaranteed by 5 W. Cochran & Co.
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
Gold In Ancient Rome,

William Jacob in his History of the
Precious Metals" estimates from the
accounts given by the Roman writer's
that in the reign OF Augustus. the first
of the emperors, when Rome was ut
the height of Its power. the amount of
gold In the Roman empire was nearly
$1,000. 100000. This vast treasure had
been gathered chiefly by conquest from
various nations OF Europe, Asia and
Africa There had been extensive
mines IN Spain and in the Atlas noun
tains of north Africa. but their yield
in the wealth of kings and OF cities In
Asia and Egypt had been despoiled
and carried away to enrich the con-
OuerorS
The Lambertville record., 1910-03-16
Stubborn As Mules

are liver and bowels sometimes; seem
to balk without cause. Then there's
tronbIe-Loss of Appetite-Indiges
ton, Nervousness, Dependency,
Headache. But such troubles fly be-
fore DR.. Kings New Life Pills, the
worlds best Stomach and Liver rem
edy. So easy. Csc at s. W. Cochran
& Co.'s.