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The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
SNAKES REvERED BY HINOOO
No Hish-caste Man VIII Ever XIII
one-supposed to Be Guardian
Of Treasure.

The Hindoos regard snakes with
a reverence which Is so great that
no high-caste man viii kill snake,
and if one should lodge itself in a
house no effort viii be made to dis
lodge it. On the other hand, every
care would be taken to supply it
with proper food and If any mem
Der of the family should be bitten
no effort would be made to save the
unfortunate victim.
The snake is supposed to be
guardian of treasures, and many sto-
sries are told of its doings In this ca
pacity, several Of which make mem
ton of a mysterious stone called
the Sheeshnag, which the old cobra
is supposed to carry in its forehead.
1t is said to be crescent shaped and
to sparkle with the brilliance of a
diamond. The possessor of such a
stone will always have good luck and
be able to perform many mystic
charms, in addition to securing an
absolute remedy against pOisOns Of
every kind.
The snake is sacred to the God
Vishnu, who is often seen In rude
temple paintings, reclining on the
cOiled-up body Of a large specimen
with many heads, the upreared neck
and expanded hood being curved
over the gods head.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
Nail cARRlERs WILL FLY.

This Is an age OF great discoveries. Prog
Iess rides o. the air. sOoa We may see I'm
ole same mail carriers dying In all duee-
lions, transporting mail People take won
derful interest In discovery that benefits
them That's why Dr.. Kings New Dlscov-
cry for coughs and colds aud other throat
and lung diseases 10 the most popular med
lolne In America sit cured me OF a dread
ful cough, writes Mrs. j. Y. Davis, stick
ney Corner. Me-, after doctors treatment
and all other remedies bad failed" Excel
le0t Tor coughs, colds or any bronchial az
feotlon. Price 900 and o. Trial bottles
froe AZ ) 4 Mcdeaehy'p.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
A Bio CONTRACT.

"Can you give me something to
eat, ma'am ?" asked the tramp at the
kitchen door.
"Are you willing to work for itT
asked the lady with the Bingham
apron.
81 certainly am"
"Well, those lazy hens out there
haven't laid an egg in a month. II
you 20 out there and induce them
to lay a dozen eggs I'll give yOu
oner
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25

If you are housewife you cannot reas-
onably hope TO be healthy or beautiful by
washing dishes, sweeping and doing house
work all day, and crawling into bed dead
tired at night. You must get into the open
air and sunlight. II you do this every day
and keep your stomach and bowels In good
order by taking Chamberlain's Tablets
when needed. you should become both heal
thy and beautiful. For sale by All Dealers
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
sELoIANs FLOCK TO THE CITIES

The population of Belgium in-
creased 1919 per cent. in the ten
years, 19OO-191O, and showed the
same drift from country to city OBJ
servable in other nations. More
than one-ffth of the population is
now concentrated in the four towns
of Brussels, Antwerp, Client and
Liege.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25

For soreness Of the muscles. whether in
duced by violent exercise or INJURY there
Is nothing better than Chamberlain's Linz
ment. This llniment also relieves rhsum
at pains. For sale by All Dealers.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
rnE oHoIOE OF A HUSBAND.

Il TOO important matter for q woman 70 be
Handicapped by weakness, bad blood or foul
breath. Avoid these kilLhoDes By taking
DR. Kings Life Pills. New strength, hne
complexion, pure breotn. cheerful spirits
things that win men-fOllow their use. Easy
safe sure. 700 Al n heaeachy,
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25

Dysentery is always serious and often a
dangerous disease, but it can be cured.
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy has cured it even hen malignant
and epidemic. For sale by All Dealers.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
MAruRALLY.

Reporter Il have a story here, sir,
about a human salamander who
could live without discomfort. in a
temperature Of 800 degrees.
Editor-GOOdl That's hot stuff.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25
THE CULT.

Mrs. Wayupp-Then you think II
is the coming religiOnS
Mrs. Blase- Undoubtedly. 1t has
an excellent start. 1t has been in ex-
istence a year now and hasn't been
pinched by the police yet.-Puck.
The Chipley banner. (Chipley, Washington County, Fla.) 1893-1943, 1912-07-25

Mrs. Gayboye-Jusb LOOK at the
clock, sir Did you come home
straight from the Officer
GaybOye-Well, er, as straight a.
/ could, Mariai
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
Failure VS.. Future
Opportunities
-Chuzzelwit.

On thinking over the events OF
Memorial Day, with it's recreation,
entertainment and usic, my
thoughts dwell upon certain obser-
vations that / made while we were
permitted the outdoor recreation
under the fresh green trees and be.
meath the clear blue sky and bright
sunshine. I see again hundreds of
faces, that if | were able to read
them and their past histories, would
tell me many stories of lost oppor-
tunities and hopes and dreams un-
realized. The faces of men OF re-
finement, education and culture,
men who have had, at one time, all
the technicalities essential to a no
BILE manhood, in alertness n d
breadth of thought, in self-control,
in fidelity, in sensitiveness OF con-
science, in high integrity-they have
attained these heights and have
stood among the intellectual and
moral aristocracy of mankind, only
to slip from these heights into the
awful abyss of failure. | see faces
of men who have had no opportuni-
ty for education and culture. who
through their ignorance have trans
gressed the laws; faces of men who
are morose, sullen and hardened,
men whose faces smile out to you in
sympathy and. mems faces which
make one think CT the bitterest dose
of medicine one has ever taken, and
there flashes across memory's door
the old quotation: Man is not the
creature of circumstances. Circum
stances are the creatures of men,"
How many men believe the trutl
of this quotation? Think OF thu
great amount of talent behind thes'
grey walls which, if it had beer
used in the right direction, woul(
perhaps have made this world
better place to live in. You smil
perhaps? But behind these wall
that shut away the outer worl'
from us. there is represented nearl
every profession and trade IN exls
tence: civil, mechanical, electrical
bridge engineers, architects, physl
clans, attorneys, newspaper mer
expert accountants, jewelers.. con
tractors and builders, carpenter
printers, blacksmiths, machinist1
telegraphers, plumbers, butcher
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
The Outlook.

Glancing over the Outlook, May
25th 1912, we note the following fea-
lures of good things; The Editorial
on the decision of the Supreme Court
of ILL.,, ,forbidding the Bible to be read
in the public schools; Something
of Problem by Charles Howard
Shinn; The Camp Fire Girls" by
Hartley Davis; "Playthings of
Circumstance by Julia Ross Low;
American Children" by Elizabeth
McCracken, the second of series of
articles on that subject; and last but
not least the beautiful poem of
Mother and Son. by Harold Trow-
bridge Pulsifer; A poem that will
help us to return to our old love OF
poetry.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
Vol. XXv.-No 45.
In Memory Of a Pleasant and
Profitable Hour.
To Capt. Jack Crawford.
BY EDDIE BURNS.

We haven't your western prairieS.
We haven't your mountains grand.
We haven't even the sage brush gray
That grows in the desert sand.
Our gray is the gray of granite.
Our mountains are those of despair.
'Tis little we know OF your sunset glow.
And we've never a Whit of your air.
We haven't your days of glory,
We haven't your star lit nights
We haven t the range OF vision
You get from your lofty heights.
Our eyes wear veil and blinded
We grope on the lower slopes;
We wake and we Sleep we work and we weep,
In the valley of Blighted Hopes.
You sing of the mesa and prairies.
You sing of the hills ever green.
You sing of the land of freedom
Where the Hand of God Is Seem
Then UP from our valley of sorrow.
Tho weary and down and out.
We fling back song. full ll-throated and strong,
For the ears of yOu Sunshine Scout.
You sing of the hand of Jehovah.
You see out there in the west.
We sing of His finger only,
Which down on our hearts IS pressed,
He chasteneth whom He 1oveth.
And as we pass meath the rod,
We're given the brand that was for us planned
In the mind of a righteous God.
You sing of the wide, free spaces.
Where always there's something more;
You sing of the open places.
But we of the fast closed door.
Tho never at all does it matter
What the theme of the song shall be.
There is only one thing that we sing, that we
sing
Till the Giver of song we see.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
best advantage the opportunity
that awaits us.

that awaits us.
It is not the punishment that
makes one want to start out all over
again. clean and straight, for punish
ment will never accomplish that,
but it is the inner feeling every man
has, at one timeo another, Git is
there just the same, for sometimes
the seed takes good while to ma
ture) that brings one to realize that
his mother, father, sisters, relatives,
friends, his God, expects better
things of him, and if in the past he
has dragged their good name throu-
gh the slime and mire of degreda-
dation and disgrace, he owes it to
them, if not to himself and his Crea-
to, to begin anew and regain those
heights of manhood from which he
fell and to use those talents which
he possesses in helping others, weak
er than himself. The thoughts
written here are enly the thoughts
of transgressor Of, the law, the
same as the majority of us here; |
say majority, for some here, no
doubt, are victims of circumstances,
but nevertheless. innocent or guilty
each man confined within these
! walls has, at one time or another,
| brought himself to realize the utter
failure, so far, of his life. l know
it is not wise to awell on thoughts
of this kind cont nually, but just a
little reasoning aSpdd times, on a
Sunday perhaps's stimulate one
to want to doebewerl, in the future
This is not SERMON but just lit
tie common sense talk; prisoner to
prisoner, failure to failure, if you
will, but I would rather have 1t man
to man, for
| "A failure? Not he who has courage to rise
And face the mistakes he has made,
To make start on the failure that lies
In his path toiling on unafraid.
No one is failure who dares to come back
With persistence and grit to keep on,
And live down mis- takes no m after how black
Facing derision and scorn!
When things are made even and all is mad
| plain,
When all that is hidden is revealed,
We NAV learn that some failures have no
| been in vain,
And know why so much is concealed"
The above bit of poetry was sen
to me in a letter the other day, by
friend whom | know will only b
too glad to have all the men her
get the inspiration, encouragement
and help one receives after reading
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06

A jury trial in a Western town
had gone along for more than an
hour when the trial Judge discovered
that the panel was shy juror.
What does this mean?" he roar
ed. There are only eleven jurors
in the box; where is the twelfth?'
Please, your Fl Honor,," answered
one of the eleven. he has gone away
from here on some other business;
but he has left his verdict with me"
June Lippincott's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
Industrial Courts of
Germany
r. H.
R.. H.

r. H.
Paper Read Before the Chdutduqua Circle:
The Civil Suit courts of Germany
are overburdened with work, good
share of the time and cases are often
required to wait weeks and event.
months before coming up for trial.
To overcome this difficulty of slow
ness, Germany, some years ago, es-
tablished courts in which the eXclu-
sive industrial civil suits are tried.
the government, or state courts, and
their authority lies only within the
municipality. Such court consists
| of six members: three of which are
employees and three employers.
Over there a man with judicial
knowledge, appointed by the mu-.
nieipality, presides.
In larger cities, one or more such
courts hold session every day, from
9 a. m. until noon, except Sundays
and days of festival, to dispose of
he numerous cases. In smaller
cities one court sits twice or three
times weekly.
The fact that such large number
of cases are disposed of in such
haste may appear remarkable, to
some, but the main reason why the
system works so smoothly is that no
lawyers are allowed to represent
either plaintiff OF the defendant.
Both sides must represent them
selves at the hearing of the case;
also witnesses are seldom required.
If one of the parties involved in
the case should be absent, he for
feits his chance of winning the suit,
/ the decision always goes in favor
of the one present, right or wrong.
This is why these courts do business
with the greatest possible speed.
To illustrate the working of such
session let me give the following
incidence: A factory worker has
been employed on delicate material,
very liable to breakage, and on pay
day he finds a deduction of few
e marks in his wages. Naturally he
complains, but the employer refuses
t to pay the amount due him for the
: work performed on account of find
ing breakage. If no satisfaction
can be arranged, the worker will
bring suit against the employer fol
recovering the deducted wages. The
municipal government has a specia
bureau for this purpose and by filing
. his suit, he at once learns the date
of trial, which is generally the fol
= lowing week. No further papers
are served him. The defendant re
ceives notice of this action the same
. day and therefore has ample time t.
prepare himself and cancel all en-
- gagements made for this time.
Ii After learning both sides of th'
u case the president comes to tn
II conclusion that the amount deducted
u is rather little too much. On tn
: other side the working man, through
II his negligence, really caused tn
u breakage. With good natura
smile the president will say: Well
Mr.. Schmidt, from what l hear'
Il from your employer you really di'
! ! cause the breakage. Your employe
loses much money in this way an
r has to protect himself against loss
RS The best thing to do is tosplit tn
), rsum and both sides will be salts
- fed" But Mr.. Schmidt does no
3. want to split and objects to this
. We'll them" says the president
won't you split another half, 8
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06

paint er 8, shoemakers, landscape
gardeners, farmers, etc., men who if
they had only used their talents in
the right direction, in the majority
of cases, would have been the free
men God and their mothers intended
they should be.
The face of one conveys to one
many things, but conversation is the
foundation upon which is built the
good, poor or Indifferent opinion of
the person considered, so my memo
ry wonders back over the many
different conversations | had and
those to which | was only silent
listener. Every man | talked with,
except two, spoke of family and
home, directly or indirectly. Some
spoke of wife and others of sweet
hearts that were waiting out in the
| world for their return and one
young fellow, who is silently plug
ging away in study and energy to
accomplish his ambition to become
a good craftsman and architect,
looked me straight in the eye and
remarked, the only sweetheart |
have and the only one [ ever want
to have is my old mother and she is
nearly seventy years old" l
couldn't help but feel a. big respect
for that man when ne made that re-
mark and all who were standing by
that heard him know felt the same
/. Some that read thismay, in their
ignorance and hardness, sneer and
call this sentimental rot, but men.
show me the man in here, or out
side in the world who bas not some
spark of sentiment in his makeup
and I'll show you man that is an
E absolute degenerate. Those b
have never had the clean, sure, hap,
py environment of a good home, 9
mothers and fathers guidance and
love, sisters affection, and those
who have not those clean pure mem
cries that go with the boyhood days
! have only our pity and sympathy.
: But what of those opportunities
/ that have slipped away which we
|. failed to grasp at the allotted time;
: those opportunities whose rea
e worth and value we now realize
e Will they pass our way again: Per
d haps not, but we may follow alons
V in the direction they have driftet
e and may, by strenuous effort an(
8 grit, come in contact with then
j. again and we will then know thei
O real value.
j. On Memorial Day, young fellow
o civil engineer, remarked to me:
/, have had opportunity after opportu
n nifty come my way but fool that
h was | never knew their value til
se now, when it's too late" Too late
ID It's never too late! Look at tn
Or motto on the front page of this ps
he per. If the men who have ache:
D. we'd great things in the worlds his
tory had, after their first failure
tn given up and said It's too late,
ne what would the register of World
Sc Progress show today? AS far &
IN lost opportunities are concerned W
Id are all in the same boat, although t
a be frank, | have not any doubt tn;
lie some Of us will never have as goo
LIS opportunities come our way agai
Id in the future as we have had in ii
ly past; but we must not wait for OF
is portunities to look us up, for "
al. must 60 on a still hunt for futul
ST. opportunities and keep at it, for IL
r. one great secret of success in life
n dogged, resolute Stick-At. Itiv
RS, ness. And so just keep pluggir
is. away and make firm resolve whe
rs. the next chance comes, to use to IL
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1912-06-06
$1.OOa Year
tERMS: 6Months Fifty Cts.

go back to your work?' How
about it Mr.. Jones?'' (this to the
employer).
Oh, very well, / am satisfied"
But John Schmidt still demands
the whole amount
!. See hear Mr.. Schmidt, this is the
best | can give you," says the pres
ident, you can appeal to the high
er courts if you like, but you un-
doubtedly know this will cost time
and money and the cost will be
more than the whole sum you are
wanting here.''
After consid dering this, Mr..
Schmidt finally agrees to take his
share of the same. Besides this, he
goes back to his work at noon and
no further bad feeling exists be-
tween him and his employer.
Another illustration: Mr.. Brown,
tailor. made a suit of clothes and
done repair work for Mr.. Miller.
Mr., Miller made partial payment to
the tailor for this, and like many
other people, decided that the tailor
had plenty of time to wait for the
rest. After asking Mr.. Miller re-
peatedly for his due, he says to the
tailor: Here, Mr.. Brown, I'll give
you 30 marks if you sign this"
Eager to get some money out of
his customer, Brown the tailor signs
the paper offered him. takes the
money and happily, for the time be-
ing, goes his way. But he thinks
he still has certain amount coming
and after some time has elapsed,
asks for it. To his surprise Mr..
Miller tells him that he does not
owe him. any more. The tailor
brings suit against Mr.. Miller in the
Industrial Court and the president
orders Mr. Miller to pay. He reaches
in his pocket and smiling says: Here
sir, see if | owe this man any mon
ey." After reading the paper the
court asks Mr.. Brown if this is his
signature which the tailor assured.
4 l., ~
receipt for the full amount due
him and begins to protest. After
much argument the president tells
Mr.. Miller that he has actually swim
died the tailor out of his rightful
due.
But, Mr.. President" John Miller
says, does not the law require of
man to read everything before sign
ing it?' This, Mr.. Brown must have
not done, and his signature to this
, statement protects me from further
payment.
NONCItH tHClCSS, yOu IHuoC duhiO
that you intended to stop Mr.. Brown
from asking you in future for his
/, money" the court says.
We'll, not exactly So"
The court tells John Miller that
e such actions are not manly.
e After some argument, both parties
! agree upon compromise, in which
q the plaintiff is satisfied with half
b the amount Miller owed him.
e If, in this incidence. lawyers were
! allowed to present either side, such
a case probably would be argued on
! legal points for couple of days,
! and then no satisfaction would be
reached in the end.
Such are the cases in the indus
d trial courts; the president strives all
J. ways to satisfy both parties and for
q this, pushes compromise. The cost,
which is very small falls usually to
the losing one.
= The main thing that the court
>. strives for is to bring about recon
t, ciliation between the employer and
o the workman.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
BEARS SHEDDING;
SOFT FOR FLIES
Geological Gardens Great Spot for
Everything Except
the Polars.

These are the halcyon days at the 20
ological Gardens, and the only animals
that have a crouch are the polar bears:
but their peevishness Is justified. The
weather has been hot. there Is no ice.
and the water in which they wash their
bear skins, is too warm to chill their
blood. But this is not the worst. They
have shed all their hair, until they re-
semble Mexican dogs that forgot to stop
growing. Imagine what a well-trained
swarm OF flies is doing to a polar bear
these hot days. Besides, the manage
ment don't supply netting for the bears.
If they did, the bears would not be
wholly bare. But better times are COM
ing.
The wild. wooded places of the park
mails and birds, which wander and fly
around with great abandon and with
out restriction and restraint. Deer, elk
bison. and many other kinds of animals
are just having the time of their lives.
They are just as free as a prisoner at
Fort Leavenworth. But they don't know
the difference.
Just to while away passing hot
morning and afternoon a young otter
has learned something new. He has
found a pebble about the size of the egg.
for which he has formed a great attach
ment. The otter allows the pebble to
sink, then dives after II, tosses 1t from
one end Of his pool to the other. and has
more fun with stone than anything
living, except a small boy in the vicinity
of glass windows.
The Washington herald., 1912-07-22
POLICE WATCH OUT
FOR BOLD ELOPER
Man Who Fled with Wife's Sister
and Escaped from Jail Looked
for Here.

As a fugitive from justice. Raymond
Kendle. twenty-five years old. who es'
capped from jail at Frederick. Nd. after
II is alleged. he eloped with his wife's
sister. is being sought by detectives in
Washington.
Kendle has relatives and friends in this
city who will FURNISH him money and
clothes and aid him in leaving this sec
ton OF the country. the authorities say.
and a request was made yesterday that
the District police look out for the man.
Well loved by his wife. Kendle. 1t is
charged. grew weary of farm monotony
and fed with Mrs. Kendle's sister. The
alleged elopers were captured in Hagers-
town. Locked in cell at the Freder-
ick Jail. Kendle was visited by his wife.
She forgave him.
Then. IT is alleged. the wife secreted
a file in her clothing. successfully passed
the guards. and delivered the tool to her
husband. He filed the cell bars and es-
capped. Not only Mrs. Kendle, but her
sister, II is said. still loves Kendle.