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ORIENTAL MENDACITY.
!. Little Thing Like the Truth Is of No
Account In Egypt

T. Little Thing Like the Truth Is of No
Account In Egypt.
If OricntalS have one fault more than
another il is Il ,!iSrr4alh for truth. In
the early Gays of the English occupa-
ton Of India. the English Judges were
AStuUndch at the conflicting stories told
by witnesses, Hh1 lh~y soon learned
to set them all doNn as unworthy Of
credcncc.
In American courts it is also well
known that the Chinese are. very pcnu-
riouS OF tn" truth, and that no oath
will prevent them from givin" false
witness. In Egypt it is also very easy
to get native witnesses 10 SWrHr TO
anything, true or untrue.
For instance: Ahmed, Il native Of
Cairo, had slave who prcpcd over Il
wall into Su'cimAn's harcm. and the
ladies considered themselves inSIltcd
SulclmHn wanted revenge. bat he could
not bring his wives into court TO tcSti.
1y, SO 1t was agreed that SulcinIan
should accuse AlIn"d'S camel Of walk.
ing on SulrinHn'S land. \ crowd of
witnesses came forward ana for two
days testified about the camel and fine
land. until the English Judge decided
in favor Of SulcimHn.
1T was not until Il week uftrrward
that the judge discovered to his great
surprise that Su'ciuian had no ground
ana Ahmed had no cnmcl.--Exc change.
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JUST TAKING A NAP.
Never Lie Down Dressed Without a
Coverinq Over You,

When dropping down on couch for
a nap during the day many persons
seem to feel that, because they are
fully dressed, IL is not at all necessary
to add extra covering
NQiIe We ere awake we arc constant
~ in motion Of some sort. Every move
mcnt, no matter how slight IT is, brinps
into action some muscles. Every time
an effort Is made the blood rlshcs for
ward 10 d"l'lGr those moving muscles
The heart beats more Quickly follow
ing effort, ana the air streams in great
or Ab1!nhnnrc into the lungs.
All OF this means that action, and tho
consequent effort creates and keeps up
what we cali normal bodily heat
Now during what we call sleep nll
these conditions are changed. The
muscles rest as well as the brain. The
hchrt beats more slowly, and tho
breathing Is, in consequence, more
quietly honc-nll OF which tends to-
bring about the lowering Of the body's
temperature, and the sleeping person
loses some OF this heat. lie senses or
reels this loss readily and often, If he
mas lain uncovered, such q person Is
heard to complain OF feeling cold upon
awakening.
Therefore to enable one TO keen IN
or retain the normal bodily heat while
siecplIIS, even if the sleeping Is done In
"aTH@roOn, one should not fail To
have covering Of some sort readv st
hahh-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1915-07-03
ENGLISH ROYAL NAMES.
the Present Reign, the House Of Han.
over, Started With George |.

The use Of surnames was introduced
into England by the Normans and for
q long time were used only by the no.
blllty. The earlier. kings, therefore,
had no claim Of any sort to family
name, but are often designated by
some quality, rs Alfred the Great, Ed
gar the Ieaccable, Edward the MARTYR,
etc
Kings do not have family names
which exactly agree with those Of com
mon people. their titles or estates more
often giving them what corresponds to
q surname. The kings from William
the Conqucror to Stephen 1O66-11 15e
were OF the Norman line. The Plan
tagenets received their name from the
adoption by Geoffrey, Count of Anjou,
OF the broom (plante de genet as an
Insignia. This name was borne by
the kings from Henry II. to Richard II.
Q104 1IS5).
Ihe Tudor line, which includes the
rulers from Henry VII to Elizabeth
1909, received their name from
owen Tudor, a WclShman, who mar
r1ed the widowed queen Of Henry V.
and whose grandson was Henry VII.
.Ihe Stuart line includes the rulers
from James |. to Anne 0GO3-17O2). The
name is derived fOm the important Of
nee OF steward to the royal household
Of Scotland
The house Of Hanover, whose fam
lily name is often given as Guelph.
started with George l., Of whom George
'. is direct Observation-Disclosures.
phia Press
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The Moth and the Flanno.

The moth plungcs hcadlong into the
flames because Of the way it's body is
constructed. There are two symmct"i-
cal points, exactly alike chemically, on
the moths bOdy-namoly, it's eyes. If
the rays of light modify the chemical
condition Of one side more than the
other, then the moths power Of move
ment Is affected. There is q stronger
muscular tension on one side than on
the other. and the moth is forced to
move toward the source Of light. If.
however. one Of the eyes is removed
the chemical symmetry is destroyed
and instead Of plunging into the fame
1t moves about in circle.
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MILLET AND BARBIZON.
The Great Painters Visit" to tho
Hamlet He lmmortalized

In an article on Millct In "Skctchcs
of Great faintcrs," by Edwin Watts
thuhb, there is an interesting account
OF how this famous French painter
happened to hc forever associated with
the hamlet of BnrhiZon.
I'm 1910 Il Norman peasant" writes
Mr.. Chubb, with his wife and thrco
children, drove {" II footpnth leading TO
the lttl" hamlet Of Rnrbizon. They
were near the great and beautiful for
est of F"ntnincbIcall. but at this mo-
mcnt they had little interest in tho
magnificent forest, for It was raining.
And they had 10 abandon the highway
alid their vehicle to enter the pathway
that led I" the hamlet The man was
we'll built and with n good and notable
head. His shoulders were the strong
shoulders of II man OF thirty five, 40
he placed thereon his two little girls,
while his wife followed with IN In
FAINT In her arms. Ny her side walked
Il servant carrying II basket Of provi-
$ionS. Together the little party
'ruhg"d through tho rain, the mother
raising her skirt to protect the littlo
one from the rain. a peasant woman
Thought Il band Of StrollnE players
was arriving.
''Fhr sturdy father OF the family was
Millrt the man destined to immortal
izc the little village Of Barbzon. He
had come down from Paris the day be-
fore with his friend Jacuue to find Il
quiet little hamlet on the edge Of tho
forest Jaruue had learned Of this
ideal spot, but had forgotten the name,
except that it ended In 'Zon.' They
had found it at last, and there Millet
intended to remain for Il time He
remained for twcnty-scvcn yenrs-that
is, to the end OF his life"
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SONG OF THE SWAN.
a Vocal DIrge About Which Poets and
NaturaIists Disaaree

iSoSN' dIlStS DISdSFoe.
There is an air of legendary mys.
terry about the swan. Some swans are
mute, but most have sonorous voices
or surprising power and reach. Poetic
trad1tlon declares that the swan sings
in dying, and SO we have the familiar
phrase to indicate the last effort OF
poet-'SWan song.' Othello exclaims,
Il Will play the swan and die In mu.
SIC. And POrtia says in ."The Mer.
chant Of Venice" HE makes q swan.
like end. fading in music"
~ hundred other poets have used sim
liar expressions. and yet naturalists
declare that the swan does not make
any music in dying, though it NAV
make noise. And these same natur.
allsts aver that the great vocal DOW.
erS or swans are due to q special
sounding apparatus formed by "the
cOlllng of the long trachea (windpipe)
within the stcrnum' breast bone).
HE crane, whose trumpet call. when
a flock is setting off for long, high
flight. can be heard from above the
clouds after the birds are out Of sight.
is furnished with a similar vocal In.
Strument.
The swan is famous for its longevity.
1t is said to live hundred years, and
there is at least one recorded instance
OF a bird in captivity living seventy
years. 1t is longer lived than the
raven.-Garrett p. Serviss in Washing.
ton Post
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On tho Moon.

The question "Could man live on
the moon!' has been put TO an emf
nent astronomer, who replied: Il am
afraid not. \ man tranSplantcd to the
moon would find himself the lone in
habtant Of perfectly iifclcSS orb in
which eternal silence rcignS. lie
would have to manage without air,
water or fire. He would not need to
put windows in his house, for there is
no wind, 10 rain, no dust, upon the
moon. II has been truly and practical
~ observed that the moon is apparent
~ abandoned to death, nouriShing no
inhabitants, producing nothing rcScm-
bling trees, flowers or beautiful things
Of any lind-u%clcSS, in short, except
as mass of extinct volcanic rubbish,
which draGS the sea into tides and re-
fleets the Sunbcam9 in moonlight"
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Hollands Colonies

Holland, with population number
Ing only little more than 100000
ana with an area only about one
fourth the size Of the state Of New
York, ranks third among the countries
OF the earth In the number Of It's colo
malls and fifth among them in the area
or It's colonies. Only Great Britain
and France have greater colonial pop
uiatlons, and only Great Britain,
France, Germany and Portugal have
greater colonial areas. The Dutch rule
SIX times as many people-3S,O 900, 900
outside of Holland as there are with
in its ndaries.-Argonaut.
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WEATHERCOCKS.
They Were Known Before Our Era and
Wore Then Called Tritons

The weathercOck had it's origin at n
very early date. Marcus Virtruvius
Pollia. noted Roman architect and
engineer, who was born about so b. c..
III his works calls vane Il triton
probably because in his time it had
the form Of Il triton The usual form
on towers, castles and secular build
lngs was that Of Il banner but on &C.
cleSiaStical buildings it was q repre-
Sentation Of the male of the BARNARD
fowl.
There have been other forms Of
'ahc lhc one over st. Peters. Corn
hill London. is in the shape Of a kew:
that over st. Milurcth'S church is q
gilt ship under full sail. The grass
hopper of the Royal Exchange, Lon
don, is he vane- that formerly sur
mounted the former exchange. The
dragon on the Spirc of Bow church,
ChcapSidc, is another celebrated vane.
one OF Mother Shpton's prophecies
was that when the dragon Of Bow
church and the graSShopper of the
Royal Exchange should meet the
streets of London would be deluged
with blood. III what way they should
meet the old dame did not explain, but
1t Is known that ut one time these two
vanes were side by side in the yard
Of stoncmaSOn in Old Street road,
yet there was no shedding Of blood
London Answers.
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The Spinal Column.

The spinal column, or backbone, is
the most ingenious engineering struc-
turc ever constructed. 1t contains
within its center the spinal canal, in
jury to which would produce in US i'm
mediate paralysis or death. The scpa-
rate bones Of the spinal column are
httcd and adjusted 80 nicely that
there IS little danger Of this, and, be-
sides being provided with cushions, it
Is elastic and strong.
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SAVED BY POETRY.
Pla'ntive Plea That Moved Lysander to
Spare Athens


When, B. c. 4O4 after q heroic strug-
gle, Athens, the city of the Violet
Crown was captured by Lysander
there were not wanting clamOrous
voices to urge that the CITY whose lust
for empire had brought such woes on
Greece ought to be laid level with the
ground.
The Spartan general at first lent a
willing ear to his powerful allies, but
while the council was still debating
this momentOus issue plaintive voice
was heard from the city walls chant
ing those noble lines from the "Elec-
tra' of Eurpides, that most human
OF the poets of Greece, In which the
heroine contrasts her fallen lot with
the splendid exploits of her father.
who had diSnantled the towers of
Troy.
Lysander bent his head and pom
dered on fortunes cruel reverses. Tri-
umDhant as AgamcmnOn, who could
tell but that he might be reserved for
fate as cruel? The lesson Of mod
GRAFTON was accepted. Athens was
saved.
Milton has immortalized this dramat-
ic event in one Of his best known SON
nets:
The repeated air
OF sad 1Ilectra's poet had tho power
To save the Athenian walls from ruin
bare.
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Takinq Her Seriously.

i've begun to think that fellow is
really seriously I'm love with me-"
What makes you think soT'
Hes taken me to the theater three
times now, and not once has he ever
tried to kiss me good ht"-Detroit
Free Press
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FIimsy Finance.

81 started in life on borrowed CAPT
tal,' said Mr.. Cassius Chex.
And now you have no debts what
evcr?"
"Ou the contrary, l expanded my
credit so that l could go on borrowing
more and more. c.'-Washington Star.
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a Payinq Well.

Bill-Why. be has well on his
place.
Jill-Yes, he's way behind the times.
Behind nothing! It's an oil well.'-
Yonkers Statesman.
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M a kinq PROGRESS.

rs the girl you love beginning to
smile on yOuT'
"WcIl, no." replied Cholly Iitebrane
verAciousIy "She hasn't gone quito
that far, but every time I say anything
she smiles at me."-Richmond Times
Dispatch.
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First and st.

Sunday School Teacher--Johnny, who
were your first parents? New Pupil
Same as now-Mr. and Mrs. John Hen
ry Jones!--Puck.
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Unanswered,

Say, pop, may | ask you q ques,
tion?"
Yes, Teddy. What is it?"
When mans finished mikin' 81
low, how does he turn off the milk p"
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Winter finds o~s what summer laya
Rp.-Anderson.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
AIRCRAFT ATTACK
HEART OF LONDON
BOMBS DROPPED IN LONDON
BUSINESS DISTRICT BY GER.
MAN CRAFT
MOST A SCORE ARE KILLED
No Americans Were kiIIed.-Greas
Norwich Factories and Iron Works
Are Damaged.

Washington.-A cablegram confirm.
ing press dispatches that no Ameri-
cans were killed or injured in the
Zeppelin raid on London reached the
state department from the American
Embassy at London.
While the state department officials
did not care to commit themselves to
an official opinion on the aspect in in
ternational law of an attack of air
ships upon London or any other such
city, 1T was indicated that presuming
the presence of defensive force in
the city there can be no legal objec-
ton by a neutral power whose citizens
were killed. The state departments
Interpretation is that the fact that the
place is defended" is sufficient to re-
lieve the attackers from the necessity
of giving notice.
Berlin, via London-The chief Of
the Admiralty Staff has issued the
following report:
Our naval airships attacked dur
ing the night of September 8-9, with
good results, the western part Of the
city of London, the great factories
near Norwich and the harbor works
and iron works at Middlesboro. There
were heavy explosions and numerous
fires were observed
our airships were heavily fred at
by hostile batteries out all returned
safely"
London. = The official statement
given out here gives the following
list of casualties in the air raid.
Killed, II men, two women, and six
children.
Injured seriously eight men, four
women and two children.
Injured slightly, 3S men, % women
and II children
One soldier was killed, and three
were injured. All the other victims
were civilians.
No Americans were killed or in
jured.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
WILSON VISITS LANSING
PRESIDENT WALKS TO STATE
DEPARTMENT TO DISCUSS
DUMBA CASE.
Dumba Was Acting Under lnstruc-
tions From His Government.
Washington Remains Silent.

Washington-Dr. Constantin Dunn
ba, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador
left for the summer embassy at Len
OK, Mass. to await word from Secrc-
tary Lansing whether the United
States government is satisfied with his
explanation Of his intercepted letter
to Vienna outlining plans for with
drawing Austro-Hungaran labor and
handicapping American = munition
plants.
The ambassadors statement to Mr..
Lansing that he was acting under in
structions from his government in all
that he planned to do apparently has
made of the affair a diplomatic issue
far more serious than mere question
OF ethics or propriety involving only
DR.. Dumba himself.
Silence on the subject was observ-
ed again at the White House and state
department, and so far as is known
no decision has been reached
The president, carrying the cabled
copy of the ambassadors letter, walk
ed over to the department, surprised
Secretary Lansing in his office and
spent Is minutes discussing the situa-
ton. 1t was the first time a president
has done such thing since Spanish
war days.
Before leaving Washington, Am
bassador Dumba called at the labor
department to seek cooperation in his
program for providing new employ
ment for workmen who are expected
to walk out Of the munitions plants.
| Secretary Wilson was not in his Of,
fee, but he talked with acting Secre-
tary Densmore. 1t is no secret in Off
cial circles that the administration
would not countenance any sort of
participation in such a movement.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
Want TO Handle Guns.

Greenville.- a meeting boro :.
was decided that an artillery comnanv
s"ouiu DE organized in Greenville.
fhty'three young men, the vast ma
Jority OF whom have had military ex-
perlence ranging from 8 to Is wears.
nave signed petition asking that the
artiliery corps be formed. The peti-
t'on VIII De forwarded Immediately to
Aa1utant General Moore. The men
VINO hope to form this organization
express preference for field artil.
ieiy, put are willing to join the coast
artillery If officials think best.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
THOUGHT Arabic Would Attack.

Berlin via London.-The command
er of German submarine which has
returned to its base has reported to
the admiralty that he torpedoed the
liner Arabic in the belief that the
Arabi's action indicated she was about
to attack the submarine and that he
fred in self-defense.
The submarine commander said his
boat was engaged in destroying a
freighter when the Arabic was sight.
ed. The submarine was then on the
surface.
The Arabic, the commander de.
clares swung around and headed to-
wards the freighter as if to attack
the submarine. The commander re-
mained in doubt as to her intentions
when she changed her course few
points, but still kept headed in di.
recton bringing her nearer to the
scene.
The submarine commander said he
continued to observe the actions of
the liner until he saw her again
change her course and head direct.
Then the commander. believing his
craft in danger, he declared, sub
merged and fired a torpedo
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
pyers are Seekino Aid

I Washing gton|A committee renre,
senting the Master Dyers' Association
OF Philadelphia, headed by D. F.. Wa.
ters' president, asked Secretary Lans.
ing Tor assistance to relieve the dive.
stun situation. They declared no new
pract1cal methods had been deyeIon.
eu lor uhe manufacture of dyestuffs.
'hat supplies were about exhausted
ana that the situation could be reliev.
ed only by releasing dyes now detor,
~ GERMAN ports. Under certain
cohol'ions they said Germany would
release those goods. '
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
lNBERSH|P OF
ADVISORY BOARD
;RETARY MAKES PUBLIC THE
NAMES OF MEN WHO WILL
AID NAVY.
los. EDISON AT THE HEAD
Others Were Named by Eleven
sreat Engineering and Scientific
Societes.-Meet First Oct. 6.

Nashington.-The full membership
the naval advisory board, nomi-
ted by II great engineering and
entitic societies to contribute their
entive genius under the lead OF
omas A. Edison to the American
Wy, has just boen announced by
d the societies which nominated
I'm follow:
american Chief Aeronautical Soci-
Hudson Maxnm, Brooklyn; Mat.
IVY Bacon Sellers, Baltimore.
american Society OF Automobile En-
leers-lIoward E. Coffin. Detroit,
1 Andrew j. Riker. Bridgeport,
nm.
The Inventors Guild-Dr. Peter
oper Hewitt, New York; and Thos.
Dbins, Stamford, Conn.
american Chemical Society-Dr. " T..
Whitney Schenectady; l.. II. Back.
nd, Yonkcrs
american Institute Of American En-.
eGrs-Frank Julian Spraguc. New
rk; Benjamin G Lammc. pittshurg
\merican Mathematical Society
bert Simpson Woodward. and Dr..
thur Gordon Webster, Worcester.
SIS.
\mcrican Society Of Civil Engineers
\ndrcw Murray Hunt. New York.
Alfred Craven. New York
Nmorlcan institute Of Mining Engi.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
Creamery Stock Subscribed

Darlington.-The subscription LIST
TO the capital stock of the creamery
10 DC located at Darlington by authors
tles at Clemson college was passed
around and practically all Of the stock
was subscribed by the business men
of town.
The first announcement that o
creamery would be established here
was made at the last annual meeting
OF the Darlington County Agricultural
society about the 1st of August. Since
'hat time the people Of the town and
surrounding country have been very
n,uch interested in the project and
pians Tor the establishment of routes
etc, are already well under wav
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
Cotton Manufacturers Mea+

we" London, Conn.-The ninetv.
ninth semi-annual meeting of ~ ~.
..' ..o'.ai ASSOCIATION OF Cotton Manufac.
turers opened at Eastern Poin with an
attendance of 800 snembers and
guests The effect of the war in En.
rope on the American cotton Industry
VIII pe one of the features of the dis.
cusSlon. The President of the associa.
tlon' Albert Greene Duncan. Of Roe.
.oh, IN an address, said he believed
Ihat industrial preparedness should
go mana IN hand with military pre-.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-09-16
UNEQU|v0CAL : NO"
CARRANZA'S REPLY
CANNOT CONSENT THAT AFFAIRS
OF MEXICO BE HANDLED BY
MEDIATION.
SAYS STRIFE is NEAR END
In Note Carranza Claims Control of
All Territory Except Few Scatter.
ing Points.

Vera Cruz-Gen. Venustlano Car
ranza's reply to the appeal of the
United States and the Latin-American
countries for conference between
the leaders OF the various Mexican
factions, having in view an adjustment
Of Mexicos internecine struggle is a
polite but unequivocal mo"
In note issued by Foreign Minis
ter Acuna, General Carranza has told
the diplomats that he can permit Of
no interference whatever by foreign
governments. He explains that he is
in control now Of all Mexico except
the states of Chihuahua and Morejos.
and part OF the state of Sonora.
The signers Of the note to Carranza
are invited to come themselves or to
send representatives to some point
along the Rio Grande for a confer
ence at which the affairs of Mexico
may be discussed SOLELY from an in
| ternational point Of view" and with
! the idea that Carran2as government
I be recognized as the de facto govern
ment in Mexico
The diplomats are told that the
first chief of the Constitutionalists
now commands an army Of 100000
men; that the functions of public
service have been restored, the rail
ways repaired and railway traffic re-
sumcd. The note adds that in the
fields and the cities there have been
reborn the activities of normal life.
Stress is laid on the assertion that
soon the entire country will be at
peace.
The reply insists tnat the first chief
is actuated by the highest motives in
declining to participate in the con-
ference. 1t is stated that the fact that
the Revolutionists had entered into
pact at Vera Cruz with the old
government was one of the weak
nesses of President Francisco l. Ma
derio's arrangement for the rehabilita-
ton OF Mexico and that this alleged
trafticing with the opposition was
one of the reasons for the disagree.
ments that eliminated in the tragic
battle in Mexico City in February
1913. incidentally it is stated in the
note that "some foreign diplomats
were involved in that affair.