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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Channel Islands Customs.

The Channel islands where there is
still in every day use j patoiS almost
identical with the Norman French Spo
ken by William the COnqueror-are the
home Of other quaint antiquarian rel
les. \ local politician whose election
as jurat had been annulled by the royal
court of the island on the ground of
his having been sentenced to d term
of imprisonment some years ago knelt
bareheaded at the entrance to the
courthouse and exclaimed. "Haro.
Haro, Haro, laide. mon prince, on
me fait tort" The effect Of this ap-
peal, technically called the Glamour
de Haro." is to stay proceedings until
the petitioners case has been heard
In modern times the cry has most fire.
quently been raised to interrupt build
ing operations on land to which the
title is disputed-much to the annoy
ance of unsuspecting strangers who
have settled in the islands without be-
ing aware of this curious tradition.
Popular etymology explains "Haro" as
an abbreviation of "Ha. Rollo" thus
making the cry d direct appeal to the
first Duke Of Normandy.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Purity of the Law.

At Bcdmin a>>iZe> once barriSter
while pleading was interrupted by the
Judge:
Mr. Carter, you are wasting the
time of the court.
Time of the court" retort@d the
truculent veteran. glaring tiercely at
the bench Your lordship means
your lordship'S dinner.
The judge threw up his hands in de-
spair. and Carter continued his ha-
rangue in peace.
The same redoubtabe advocate was
on another occasion defending a man
charged with obtaining money under
false pretenses.
False pretenses" said he, with fine
scorn. why, We all make them every
day. barristers and solicitors and
judges-the whole lot of us. Talk Of
the purity of the judicial ermine'-
here he pointed derisively to the learn
ed judge, who sat covering on the
bench-"why, it's only rabbit skin"
Shouts of laughter greeted this If
reverent statement, which inveStiga-
ton would probably show to be- liter
ally true.-London Tit-BitS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
The Mares of Mohammed.

In bygone days there was no more
enthusiastic breeder of horses than the
Prophet Mohammed. In the course OF
time he became the owner of a vast
number of mares, and the point was
how to arrive at a selection Of the very
best. At last, says Country Life, be
hit upon the following scheme: For
three days and nights the mares were
kept without water; then they were
loosed and. as might have been expect
ed, tore madly off to their usual wa
tering place Just as they were on
the very brink Of the water the trum-
peter blew the war signal or assembly
Maddened With the thirst, the mares
forgot their training. all save five. who
forgetting their own urgent need. gal
loped back at once to seek their mas
ters. These five mares were set apart
by Mohammed as representing the pick
of his stud. and from them, we are
told, descended the best and noblest
breed Of horses.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
The Midnicht Sun.

At certain seasons OF the year. owing
to the position of the earth, there is a
territory in the arctic circle where the
sun is above the horizon for weeks or
months continuously, shining at night
as we'll as during the day. Thus at
North cape. Norway. the sun is above
the horizon continuously from May y
to July % and at Bodo. not far from
the arctic circle. from June 3 to July
z. Even in the extreme south of Nor
way there is no darkness from the
end of April to the middle Of August.
In the winter. on the other hand. the
sun is not visible at the North cape
from Nov. IS to Jan. % and at Bodo
from Nov. Is to Dec. q. There is
only twilight at midday. In the ex-
treme south of Norway the sun is
above the horizon for six and one
half hours at Observation-Disclosures
Press.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Astrological Consultations.

The sun does not belong to any con-
stellation. There are no consultations,
merely imaginary figures of men.
beasts. serpents. etc.. among the stars,
all made by ancient astroiogers ages
before even one law Of nature had been
discovered Thus go out to space a
hundred trillion miles or so. turn
around. look back at our sun. and it
would appear as very small star in
some one of these imagined figures, let
us say Orion. Now move during few
hundred millions years at mile per
minute; then our little star, the sun.
would appear as point in some other
figure. depending entirely in what part
of the celestial vault you might then
happen to be located. Astronomers cat
alogue positions of stars by right as
tensions and declinations. east Of the
prime meridian and north or south of
the celestial equator, and have no
manner of use for astrological constel-
lations.-New York American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
HARDNESS OF WATER.
Solid Streams at High Velocity Are as
Riqid as Iron.

In the American Magazine a contrib
utor gives 8 most interesting descrip-
ton Of the resisting power Of water.
He says that a solid stream Of water
shot out of hose at tremendous ve-
locity is just as powerful and deStruc-
tive as rod of iron. An extract from
the article giving an iGea Of the hard
ness and resisting power OF water fol-
lows:
Here is fact which is probably
novel to the average man who has not
spent much of his life thinking about
motor speed boats. This is what we
may call the hardness Of the water
when boat is running at speed
Water at fifty miles an hour is not the
limpid liquid we are accustomed to
bathe in If you put your arm over
board from a hydroplane running at
fifty miles an hour and strike a wave
crest the probability is that you will
break your arm or wrist, because at
that speed. the water has not time to
give, not time even to change shape,
and striking it is like striking so much
metal
In the great hydraulic mining noz-
zles, where a stream Of water under
enormous head is used to wash down
hillsides, a swordSman, in attempting
to cut into one Of these streams, will
shatter the sword without being able
to penetrate the water. The stream is
like a bar of iron The fact that water
at relative speed is so hard-or that its
inertia is so great, to be little more
accurate-is the reason why a skipping
stone travels over the surface and is
the reason why hydroplane boat
slides over the surface instead Of plow-
ing it's way through.
The picture we must have in our
minds, then, Of a speed boat is that she
is travelling not in water, as we orr
dinarily- understand it, but over the
surface of a semisolid, very much as
sled travels over snow"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Steam Power.

The name of the first man to dis
cover the power Of steam will never
be known. AS early as $50 B. c., at
Alexandria. Egypt, we hear of ''Hero's
engine" a sort Of steam using engine.
From the time of Hero to the seven
teenth century the subject is unheard
of. About 1901, Giovanni Battista del
la Porta wrote treatise on the steam
engine The great name in the his
tory Of steam and its application is
James Watt, 1853.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
MIXED METAPHOR.
A Choice Bunch of Bulls From the
House of Commons.

There is no place like the house OF
commons for Il nice arrangement OF
metaphors" 1t viii be long time
before we have Il mixture equal to
the outDurst of an effuSivc orator who
said, The British lion, whether it is
roaming the deserts of India or climb
ing the forests OF Canada. will not
draw III its horns or retire into its
shell"
1t recalls the famous bull made
by Sir William art-Dyke, the Union
ist minister. who caused uproariouS
laughter III the house of commons one
day by rema~king: The right honor
able gentleman has caught big fish in
his time. He has. gone to the top OF
the tree to find them
Abiding to an item of f2,000,C00 in
the army estimates ore year, certain
member described it us "a flea bite in
the ocean," while another, advocating.
an increase in the European troops
employed in India, remarked, You
may depend upon it, sir, the pale face
of the British soldier is the backbone
of the Indian army"
An Irish member speaking of.suicide
said, The only way to stop it is to
make it capital offense, punishable
with DEATH 1t was the same member
who assured the house that "as Ions
as Ireland was silent under her wrongs
England was deaf to her cries. while
it was during a debate on the scandal
of packed juries during the Irish trou-
bles rat a member in support of the
government exclaimed, by trial by
jury have l lived, and, by the blessing
of God, with trial by jury will die.
T.ere was wild howl Of delight,
too, when some prosy member was
careless enough to remark, The time
has come and is rapidly arriving"
which is equal to the cry of the mem
Der who wished motion was lat the
bottom Of the bottomless pit Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Science and Statistics.

Science was mortified when Statistics
discovered that babies to the econom-
tc value of $2Oo,0OO.OOO perish each
year
This must cease" exclaimed Sci
ence eXcitedly.
Its up to you rejoined Statistics
without emotion.
But no sooner had Science fallen on
and BY various devices caused the
babies to stop perishing than Stats
tics discovered that half of these were
girls and s2OO.OO0.OOO wouldn't begin
to dress them.
'"The laugh is on you." Quoth Statis-
tics grimly.-Life.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Our First Cent.

The first American cent was struck
off and put in circulation in 1888. Pre-
vious to that date pattern pieces had
been made, but they were experiments
only and were never put in circulation.
The so called Washington cents, which
existed previous to the date above Civ
en-. were not issued by the government
and were, therefore. only medals. The
cent of 1893 was very similar to the
large copper cents Of later date, with
the exception that the face Of Liberty
was turned to the right and the legend
"One Cent was inclosed in chain Of
thirteen links.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
A Wnnderful Gorue.

Yosemite valley, in the southern part
of the Yosemite National park, is
great gorge about seven miles long and
three-fourths of mile wide. with a
level park like meadow in it's center
The great cliffs which form the wall
Of the valley rise almost vertically to
a height of about 5000 feet, and in
many places are beautiful waterfalls
which have a vertical drop Of from
600 to 900 feet.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Two Speeds In Same Wheel.

The top Of carriage wheel in pass
ing along the road moves more quickly
through the atmosphere than the bot
tom. This sounds absolutely foolish,
but it is absolutely sound. 1t is due to
the movable axis, or axle. The top OF
the wheel has forward motion plus for
ward revolution. The bottom Of the
wheel has the same forward motion
minus backward revolution. - London
Saturday Review.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Whx Flowers Flash.

The strange phenomenon exhibited
by some red flowers of seeming to
fash in the twilight. but only when
the flower comes sideways into the
range of vision. is explained by Pro
fessor F. A. w. Thomas. He says twi
light makes red seems brighter and
green duller than in full daylight. As
the image Of the red flower moves
from the peripheral part Of the retina
where the rods are red blind. to the
fovea the red is perceived more vivid
ly than before. and this image coin
cides with the purkinje after image OF
the surroundings, giving the impress
sion Of fash.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
FREAKS IN BASEBALL.
Apparently Clever Plays May Some
times Be Pure Luck.

Ci!nSS 0o FOIS -OSN'
Freak plays make baseball humor
Gus, if not interesting. Some of these
PLAYS are said to be the result of quick
thinking: but, as matter Of fact, most
of them are simply luck.
Curious things happen. A ball fell
into tin can, and, it being impossible
to get it out in time, can and all were
thrown to the baseman. Another ball
hit the end of a nail driven through
the opposite side Of fence and could
not be got down until all the runners
scored.
A swift hit glances off the pitchers
hand, is snapped up by an infelder and
thrown to first, putting the man out.
Red hot liners or grounders some
times hit the first or third base bag
and glance away for singles or even
two baggers.
The shortest two bagger known was
when the ball grazed the bat shot up
few feet and fell in front Of the
plate. AS the catcher reached for the
twirling ball it glanced from his glove
and bounded back to the stand, and
the batter made second easily.
A center fielder saw a nit in the
way of the shortstop and walked about
sixty feet in to move it out Of the way
when he heard the crack Of the bat
and saw a hot ball coming Straight at
him. He, could do nothing but try to
catch it and did to his surprise. But
he was given credit by the crowd for
being a great student Of batters.-Ar-
thur Macdonald in American Physical
Education Review.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
WHAT WAR MEANS.
Wanton Destruction May Mark the
Progress of an Army.

Wanton Destruction May Mark the
Progress of an Army.
"All is fair in love and war;" runs the
old saying, and Mr.. E. A. Vizetelly in
his volume Of "reminiscences, "My Days
of Adventure, proves the truth Of it.
Referring to the appearance Of the rail
way station at Nantes during the
Franco-German war, be says:
''Never since have seen anything re-
sembling it. A thousand panes of glass
| belonging to windows or roofing had
been shivered to atoms. Every mirror
in either waiting or refreshment rooms
had been pounded to pieces, every gilt
frame broken into little bits. The clock
lay about in small fragments; account
books and printed forms had been torn
to scraps; partitions, chairs, tables,
benches, boxes, nests Of drawers, had
been hacked, split, broken, reduced to
mere strips Of wood; the large stoves
were overturned and broken, and the
marble refreshment counter, some thlr-
ty feet long and previously one OF the
features Of the station, now strewed
the floor in particles, suggesting gravel.
It was indeed an amazing sight, the
more amazing as no such work OF de-
struction could have been accomplished
without extreme labor.
when we returned to the inn for
dinner asked some questions.
"'Who did it?
"'The first German troops that came
here was the answer.
why did they do it? Was it be-
cause your men had cut the telegraph
wires and destroyed some Of the per-
manent way?'
"'Oh, no! They expected to find
something to drink in the refreshment
room, and when they discovered that
everything had been taken away they
set about breaking the fixtures.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Doos and Mcslems.

Dogs in Mohammedan countries have
even more freedom than with us, not
because Mohammedans love them more,
but because it is impious to kill or
molest an animal, however mean, that
Allah lets live. But there is no bitterer
insult than to call Moslem a dog
THE Swiss Family Robinson" Is not
admitted at the Turkish custom house
because it tells about a dog named
Turk
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Russian QuasS.

A popular drink among the peasants
of Russia is called quass. It is made
by pouring warm water over rye or
barley meal. It is a fermented liquor
and is very sour, but has been used
for years By these poverty stricken
people.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
M MaStery.

A man must challenge the world at
it's own games and win before be can
show the world that there are finer
games to play. He cannot stand above
the mists and call the crowd to him,
but many will follow him up through
the mists.-Will Lexington Comfort
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Our Daughters.

''I say, dad. I've just accepted Char
lie Brown. He's in the drawing room,
and if you've minute to spare you
might pop in and see him and talk it
over, but please be qnick; we've got to
rush out and see about the banns. -
London Opinion.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
The Era of latin.

During about 700 years the Latin IAN
suage was the language Of court, camp
and polite society from the river
Tweed. in Scotland. to the Euphrates.
in Asia, and from the Crimea. In the
Black sea, to the Pillars Of Hercules.
at the western extremity Of the Medt-
terranean sea.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
HEiftY-GftN.N

''I think, William, III ask those new
people next door to take dinner with
us tonight"
what for?"
'Well, the butcher by mistake left
their meat order here, and it seems
only fair."-Life.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28

The Cost of Living Goes Up Again.
Employer-Want more pay? Why. l
only hired you last week! Office Boy
Yes, but it costs me more to live now!
] used to let my mother cut my hair
fore I got this job.-Chicago News
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Tree and Sea.

by the way. what is the tree most
nearly related to the sea-"
The beech. of course"
Are you sure? Isn't the bay tree
nearer "-London Telegraph.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Getting Results.

1--WE tried to make the housemaid
pay for what she breaks. But it does
not seem to do any good"
TRY my PLAN"
What is it,"
81 offered mine g. bonus for what she
doesn't break" - Louisville Courier
Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Vain Hone.

He wish | had as much nerve as
the chimney She-What on earth do
you mean? He-Then I'd smoke in
spite Of you.-Baltimore American.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Chanqeable.

Miss Sentimental-Man is so change
able. Mrs. Bilton--Yes, dear. Before
marriage he talks to you about his
heart; afterward it's his stomach he
talks about.-Puck.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Blow Little Softened.

eve won't discharge you. Mr.. Per
kins," said the manager. eve shall al
low you to tender your resignation"
rendering it won't make it one bit
the less tough" gloomily returned the
man who was laid of.-Boston Tran
sprjDt
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
So Different,

Before we were married my wife
swallowed everything 1 said"
'-6cw is it now?"
''Now she often makes me eat my
own words. boston Transcript.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
A Sweet Tooth.

MA"
What is it, WillieW
rs sweet tooth a tooth from a
honey comb b?-Spokane Spokesman
Review.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Elevated Tibet.

The Tibetan highlands of Asia have
N area Of 10000 square miles and
ange from fS,000te Il, 900 feet above
he sea
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Not Unanimous.

She-There's Mrs. Toozle. She seems
quite reconciled to the death Of her
first husband. He-Yes. but Pm afraid
her second never will be.-Ellustrated
Bits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
A Whole Hour.

Mrs. Newlywed--.Tust think, dear,
we've been married nearly an hour and
we haven't had a cross word!-Bufalo
Express.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
Teacher Wanted.

For Broad River school district No
"a. One that can teach the usual
branches in rural schools. Must have
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28
No Jokino Matter.

''How much does Impecune owe
your
"A cool thousand"
"Ah! Cool, but not collected. ehp'-
Boston Transcript
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28

Doing nothing is a lesson in doing il
German Proyerb
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-08-28

Conduct is the moutnpiece oe char
acter.
The day book., 1914-02-21

Theresa Bolic, 1S, complainant. Gaal
released on bond.
Fire plans. changed. Alterations
due to cut in bond issue.
Walter Wardrop, so, 332 S. Michi-
gan av., stricken on Van Buren st.
Condition serious.
Body of woman who died in ambu-
lance identified as Mrs. Mary Zajivek,
So, 1910 Flourney av.
Chicago Telephone Co. to pay city
$209,802.90 today. 3 per cent of gross
receipts for last six months
Attorneys for Armour Car Line
don't want officials to testify. Claim
Interstate Commerce Board has no
jurisdiction.
November grand jury discharged.
AZ indictments returned in 80 days.
Mass meeting in the interests of
Aid. ]. Edward Clancy will be held at
the Ellen Mitchell School, Oakley av.
and Ohio ST., tonight.
Jack. KoeIters, held in Frisco for
murder of Mrs. Emma Craft, declared
to be insane. Will be examined by
alienists when he arrives here.
DR.. Francis w. Jiroch, Thomas w.
Bradford and eMlville w. Johnson,
"quack' doctors, indicted by federal
grand jury for using mails to defraud.
Julius M. Root sued for $4,000
by Caroline E. Williams. Counsel re-
fuses to give nature of action.
John Schwartz, alleged bootleg
ger, raced over Lake Calumet to es-
cape police Captured after chase on
ice. Held for selling liquor without
license.
Norfolk. Vas men taken off in
The day book., 1914-02-21

Socialist women in New York have
opened a naturalization instruction
bureau for women in the belief that
the women of New York state will
have the vote in 1916.
The day book., 1914-02-21

TO LEAVE PROBE INTO KILLING
OF BENTON TO U. S.
London, Feb. .21.-The British gov
ernment, for the present at least, viii
leave investigation of the execution
of William S. Benton, a British owner
in Mexico, wholly in the hands of the
United States, requesting this gov
eminent to thoroughly investigate
the circumstances.
The execution of Benton is ad-
mitted by Villa, who authorized U. S.
Consul T. D. Edwards, at Juarez, to
notify the widow of the mine owner.
Villas defense, if the U. S. or Eng
land demands an explanation, will
probably be that Benton was shot
because he entered Villas Office and
threatened him with a revolver, when
he came to protest to the rebel chief
tain against the destruction of his
property by the constitutionalists.
The mine owner was last seen alive
in Juarez on Tuesday morning. He
was headed for Villas headquarters,
where he said he meant to tell the
rebel leader what he thought of him
for allowing the rebels to damage his
ranch, LOS Remedies in Chihua-
hua,
The execution of Benton is believ-
ed to have occurred Tuesday night at
Juarez, after a military court trial, of
which FREDERICK Gonzales Cara was
the presiding officer. The formal
charge was that Benton was impi-
Gated in a plot to take Villas life.
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH OVER
EXECUTION OF ENGLISHMAN
Fl Pasn ley Eah 21-Great eX-
The day book., 1914-02-21

Since every man thinks eugenics is
a good thing for the other fellow, but
not for himself, why not spell it
''Yougenics,' just for variety's sake?
Charleston News-Courier.
The day book., 1914-02-21

Norfolk, Vas men taken off in
breeehes buoy believed to be only sur
vivors of British steamer Riverdale,
which went ashore last night.
Grand Rapids, Mich.-W. L. Dick
inson, 55, proprietor of employment
agency, found dead in Office. Throat
cut. Believed suicide.
The day book., 1914-02-21
EXCITEMENT RUNS HIGH OVER
EXECUTION OF ENGLISHMAN

E( Paso, Tex, Feb. 21.-Great ex-
citement prevailed here when extra
editions of newspapers told of the
execution of William S. Benton, an
English subject, by a squad of Gen.
Villas soldiers. Indignation against
Villa reached fever heat and the rebel
commander left Juarez suddenly.