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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Odd African Bush Tribe.

r. The strangest people in the world
according to Mrs. Harry Kaigh Eus
tace, who is here on her way to Eng
land and Africa, are the women of a
bush tribe in the Gordonia desert, cen
trail southwest Africa.
These women. she says, have devei
oped glands in the back in which they
store water, like camels. When they
drink a great deal of water, the glands
make them appear deformed. After a
few days in the desert, with little or
no water. their reserve supply is alb
sorbed and they look normal. They
can go without water longer than q
camel.
Mrs. Eustace, whose husband is a
big game hunter. is English, and has
spent u years in Africa shooting big
game with camera and gun. She is
preparing for her ninth expedition
and is in New York after a visit t.
San Francisco.
She says snakes are really affec
tionate when you get to understand
them. and make good pets.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
STRANGE Tribal Legend.

From the Navajo country, embrae-
Ing the adjoining corners of Utah,
Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico
there has recently been smuggled one
of the rarest patterns Of Indian
blankets that has been permitted to
fall into the hands of white men.
The pattern, described and illustrated
in Popular Mechanics Magazine, is
known as the "YebitSai dancers" and
involves a tribal tradition about which
the Navajos are decidedly uncommunl-
cative. The word ''smuggled' is used
advisedly, for the blanket was re-
moved with extreme secrecy, mas
much as knowledge by the Indians OF
its removal probably would have re-
suited in unpleasantness, to say the
least.
Collectors of Indian curios, who
have inspected the blanket assert that
they have never seen another OF the
same pattern. although it has been
understood that one of a similar type
was obtained some years ago and sent
to the Smithsonian institution.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
ORIGIN OF COATS OF ARMS
Employed as Method of Recognition in
Days When Learning Was in
Its Infancy.

Almost every name Of European
origin, which has been passed down
for the centuries unchanged, except for
a slight alteration in its spelling, had
in the earliest time, before surnames
were used, and when language was un-
developed and few could read or write,
a totem or seal, which represented it.
The totem was used as seal. All
persons of property had seal, and
Hvhcn knighthood was introduced in
feudal times, after the Roman era,
the device of the seal was painted on
the knights shield, and be was known
thereby when the helmet was closed
in warfare or in tournaments. The
earliest knights had no crest. Later,
when the knights in q family multi
piled. crests on the top Of the helmets
we're adopted to distinguish those who
bore similar arms on their shields.
Crests represented the Christian name,
the arms the surname. The arms were
often printed or embroidered on the
knights mantel and horse blanket, and
hence was termed coat Of arms"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Knew How to Play 1t.

An Indiana man who for several
years has been in touch with life in
the settlement districts in New: York
city. tells of an incident indicative Of
the people of that quarter Of tho city.
This man was administering TO sew
eral settlement boys a psychological
test, which is referred to generally as
the army alpha test. 1t is the test
which was used in the United States
army during the war.
The examination includes a great
many questions and statements con-
tanning several suggested answers, the
test being to see whether the one TAX
ing the examination can select the
prop'.' answer.
Included in the list was this state
ment: "Seyen-up is game that is
played with (eards), dice, (donica"s),
(horseshoes), (baseballs)." The object
Of the test was to see whether the
boy could choose the correct phrase.
One lad gave the following answer :
"Sevcn-up is game that IS played
with dice" showing, no doubt that
his mind was bent or seeing the lacsy
seven appear up first Of all.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
To Explore the Sahara.

Under Rothschild auspices, a ZOO
logical expedition, composed of one
Englfshman and one Scotchman, IS
forcing its way deep into the heart
of the Sahara desert, a region which
is practically unmapped zoologically,
the Living Age states.
,Atits head is Capt. angus Buchanan
a geological explorer of great skill
and experience. The expedition has
been !sent to find and collect birds,
animals and plants wherever it is able
to penetrate, to look for any traces
Of Roman or other classical civiliza-
tion In the central Sahara, and to
secure camera and motion-picture
records of the habits, customs and
general mode of life Of the inhabitants
of the country,
The expedition, with it's camel cara
van, is now heading for the desert
north of Nigeria. Communications are
necessarily very irregular, for there
are only five main roads across the
desert, some of which have never yet
been Travelled by Europeans. Once
Captain Buchanan leaves the French
post of Agades there may be no news
from him for months.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
SoJiS Comfort.

Little Florence had been tucked In
bed shortly after the Woman called,
and her mother seated herself COM
fortablv in a chair by the CRATE and
remarked, "Now we can have good,
old-timey gossip"
Just then there came g. call from
the bedroom Mamma ~
"rll 60" said daddy, and for a few
minutes they heard him talking sooth-
ingly to the fretful child. He returned
smiling proudly. She'll be quiet now.
l guess. 1 put her doll in bed with
her"
The chat was resumed. Again cams
the cry, "Mamma!'
Let me CO." pleaded the Woman,
and she went quietly into the darkened
room and spoke to the huddled little
heap On the bed, whats the matter,
dear?"
I'm afraid in the dariA" sniGcd the
child.
''But there's nothing to be afraid Of.
God is watching over you and your
dolly is in bed with YOU
There was silence for q minute,
then a louder sniff that ended in a
wall: 81 want someone else besides
God and my dolly in bed with me,
want someone with skin on !'-Chi-
cago Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
ALL ACCORDING TO NATURE.
Animals and Birds Universally Obey
Law Seemingly Implanted hy a
Supreme Intelligence.

Strange things happen in the
jungles. Carveth Wells, explorer and
lecturer, tells about the hornbills,
long-tailed birds Sc big they often
measure five feet from tail tip to
beak. In Malay jungles Wells saw
the male hornbill during the mating
season drive the female into hollow
tree. then wall up the opening with
mud. This protects Mamma Hornbili
against enemies. She stays in her
jail until eggs are laid and hatched
Then pa lets her out. Meantime he
has fed her through a small opening
left in the mud He gathers the food
by using his saw-toothed beak to cut
fruits and flowers from their stalks
Maybe that's where man originally
got his idea for the saw, now used
to cut boards.
Not necessary to go as far as Ma
laysia. In Canada, when timber wolves
mate, Mrs. Wolf hunts cavern with a
roof that slopes downward to meet
the floor in V-shape. She pushes her
young far back in the V. This is to
keep Pa Wolf from eating his family.
Mother Wolf can get at the babies
easily, with her small body. Pa Wolf,
having a larger body, cannot wedge
himself in far enough to reach them.
Wise nature that makes Mother Wolf
smaller than pa. Wise Mother Wolf
that knows, in advance, her husband s
appetite and how to battle it.
Seals swim north TO rookerieS or
breeding grounds. The male seals go
first, house hunting. After they have
located good homes, near plentiful
food supply, messengers swim back
to summon the COW seals.
In the baby ward of hospital you
see infants, each in his own bed, all
very orderly. Mother Bee does the
same, builds an apartment house OF
cells with wax walls. In each cell
one egg is laid and one individual
raised WaSps have the same system,
manufacturing in their bodies the pa
per with which they make the cells.
Ants build their nurseries in the earth
or rotted trees, with many bedrooms,
also corridors through which Mother
Ant dashes about, peering into each
room to see that baby is o. r., then
on to the next.
You cannot explain these peculiar
things in nature, any more than you
can explain why a male peacock al
ways has four wives, never more, nev-
er less. All forms Of life seem to re-
volve around the. function of having
children Considering the intricacies
and far-sightedness Of what we call
nature, it Is bewildering how any man
can fail to believe that Supreme In
telligence is behind it all.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Onen MES ENOUGH.

There's one taXicab driver in New
York who has an inordinate fear OF
highwaymen, especially when. he
crossing bridge says the Sun, of that
city. He takes ingenious precautions
to foil holdup men.
Following a dance recently d couple
entered Il taXicab. They were about to
drive over a lonely stretch of Wash
ington bridge when the cab was sud
denly drawn up to the curb.
The driver sprang from his seat
and pulled open the door. The girl
clutched hcr escorts arm. both gap
ing nervously at the driver, expecting
a gun to be thrust at them.
81 wuz held up on this very bridge
once" the driver gasped. land / don
expect it to happen asin if car help
it. I'm tellin' You folks now that all
I've got is $3.50, an imitation gold
watch and this here phoney diamond
ring
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Members of League of i,:a,ione.

The following countries are Uem-
bers Of the League of Nations: Al
bania, Argentina, Australia. Austria,
Belgium, Bolivia, British Empire, Hfa-
zil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Co
lombia, Costa Rica. Cuba, Czec"os,r'
vakia, Denmark, ESthonia, Finland,
France, Greece, Guatemala, Haiti, Hon
duras, India, Italy, Japan, Latvia. Aith-
uana, Luxembourg, Netherlands. New
Zealand. Nicaragua, Norway, Panama,
Paraguay, Persia, Peru. Poland, Porsu-
gal, Rumania, Salvador, Serb-Croat-
Slovene State Siam, South africa,
Spain. Sweden, Switzerland, Uruguay,
Venezuela. g.,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Monarch's Target Practice.

Interesting stories Of the late King
Buno of Swaziland are told in "Ad.
ventures in Swaziland" The author
IS Or. Owen Rowe O'Neill, who In
spite of his Irish name is a South
African 'Boer. King Buno was q
savage of the old school. He pre-
rerred the gin which he could drink TO
gold which he could only look at. He
drank the gin all at once, as soon as
he got it. On one occasion, when he
had come into possession of a Mauser
rifle and cartridges, he had his whole
army paraded in front Of him., and be-
gan sort Of shooting competition into
the motionless ranks. The savage
king slipped a clip into his Mauser,
the metallic click intensified by the
silence. He raised the rifle, sighting
down first one line Of warriors and
then the. other. The next instant a
shot rang out and plu2'"d Swat
pitched forw&d and lay writhing in
the sunlight. ''Foul' iHore shots rang
out" says Doctor O'Neill, "and at eaca
a p.rmed head came down.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
The Bloom of Summer.

There is slight but perceptible
color in the atmosphere of summer.
It is not visible close, at hand, nor al
WAYS where the light falls strongest,
and if looked at too long it sometimes
fades away. But over gorSe and heath,
in the warm hollows Ot wheat fields.
and round about the rising ground
there is something more than air
alone. 1t is not mist, nor the haZy
yapour of autumn. nor the blue tints
that come over distant hills and woods.
AS there is q bloom upon peach and
grape. so this is the bloom of summer.
The air is ripe and rich, full of the
emanations. the perfume from corn
and flower and leafy tree. In strict
ness of course, the term will not be
accurate, yet by what other word can
this appearance in the atmosphere be
described but as a bloom?-Richard
JefrerieS.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Hons Hunters Take All Except Ghos

IL was a haunted house in gosslpy
neishborhood. relates the New York
Herald. Residents assembled daily and
talked in muflled tones of spirits and
oueer noises. With such advance ad'
vastising the real estate agent found II
difacult to get a prospect near the
house. AS a last resort he decided to
have the place redecorated and to in
stall new electric fixtures and plumb
ing.
The work had scarcely been com
plesed when the agent heard "live
one hst visited the property. Rush
inx Of Il the caretaker he inquired
hraa,hlessiy: "Is it true that someone
has eakeo the house?'
me. sir. not yet replied the care
tskas. "but they've taken the fixtures
piping and doorknobS. Perhaps they II
CONE hack for the house
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Copper and Health.

The use of copper Sulphate for the
disinfection Of reservoirs and the de.
struction of algae and noxious germs
in water has led to much discussion OF
the old idea that copper is dangerous
to health. An official Of the Depart
ment of Agriculture maintains that a
change has come over scientific opin-
ion on this subject. Strange as it
may seem, he says, there is not in au-
thentic case of copper poisoning on
record. either in this country OF
abroad, and he adds that PSYCHOLOGISTS
and psychologists who have sufficiently
studied TIE subject agree that copper.
in the amount used for publication OF
water, is harmless. On account OF the
many defects in the practical use oi
filtration plants, he regards puritic&
ton of water supplies by copper as q
preferable method, or. at least, as 6
safe auxiliary.-Washington Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
COMFORTABLE SUM IN SIGHT
Against the Government for
Million Dollars Cash.

A novel document. upon which Is
based q claim on the federal govern
ment for approximately Sl.OOO,0OJ,
PRINCIPAL and accrued interest on a de-
poSit made in the United States
treasury in Philadelphia in 1875. is in
possession of Major j. l.. White, re-
tired physician of Rowan county,
North Carolina.
The document consists Of an in
scriDtion on Il copper plate beQueath-
ing to the finder of the plate the initial
deposit and accrued interest.
Major White. who served in the
war between the states as the young
est major in the Confederate army,
SAYS he found the plate in a cave in
North Carolina while taking refuge
from storm.
The circular sheet of'hammered cop
per has the following inscription:
"As | came from the old country
I deposited $4,000 (nine thousand dol
lars) in the United States treasury,
in Philadelphia, in 1895. donate this
money to the finder Of this plate, as
I am wounded and bound to die.-H.
A Barkley."
COR White says he found the
plate in 1914 and went to the North
American bank in Philadelphia, which
took over the affairs Of the United
States treasury about 1912, where, he
said. he was shown the treasury rec
ord where one H. A. Barkley had made
deposit as specified on the plate.
The president of the bank told him
the interest and principal would
amount to approximately 81 300,
6ut advised him to delay efforts 20 get
possession of the money owing to I'M
settled conditions attendant upon the
World war, which had already begun.
He says he showed the plate to
William G. McAdoo, then secretary Of
the treasury, who. he declared, assured
him it was a perfectly valid claim
against the govern ent.
81 don't need the money now," says
Major White. "but it is comfortable
feeling to know that Uncle Sam owes
me S1,O00,000."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
"SCADS" MAKE A DIFFERENCE
Ronanticists May Deny II, but Ave,>
age Man Beyond Middle Age
Knows Il 20 Be Fact.

Someone--Raymond Hitchcock J
think-used to sing little song abou
the difference Just a few hours makes
He might have gone little farther.
WHAT a difference just q few dollars
make.
Rebecca Colt-it is Cole, now.
though it used to be something else
when Old Abe opened his boots, bottles
and iron emporium in our bacf
alley-Rebecca and l used to be goot
friends. She was tarnation pretty
girl, Becky was. More than that. She
was ripping. raving, tearing beauty
She didn't have the clothes, then. The
most you could say for them was thai
they were clean. The girls in ON
town were just finding out that hail
could be marcelled, waved and what
NOTED by hired help. Their mothers
had always washed their own hair and
sat on the back porch until it dried
Becky had to wash her own and full
it around with her hands until it coulG
be put up. Entrancingly pretty, Becky
was, at such moments.
l was in love with her, Of course.
But my mother saTaged me whenever
the fact came to her attention. Becky
was pretty, she admitted, but that was
about all that could be said Of her,
and she was handicapped by that
boots bottles, and old iron ancestry.
Becky was sort of in love with me, /
think. Just propinquity, probably, but
her eyes used to shine very pretty
when hove in signt. Well, ! was
chased away from the paternal hamlet
for one reason and another, and when
I got back the Old man had moved to
q better street, and mother rode down
to market in a glaSs-incloSeG car that
had a sort Of family likeness to a
hearse, and the town newspaper printed
my picture, as the son Of the we'll
known and popular, etc.
So I sort of looked down on Becky.
When we met we were beth embar.
rassed. We could not get back to the
frank camaraderie of our youth. That
internal boots, bottles and old iron
skeleton ratified its dry bones in our
ears. I walked down Main street with
Becky one day, but was conscious OF
my condeScenSion.
met Becky again yesterday, for the
first time in years. Old Abe has run
that secondhand shoestring of his in
to a large and odorous tannery. He
will always be Old Abe, essentially
bootsy, bottley, and old irony, but nev-
erheess rich. Becky has married a
rising young millionaire. They haze
more bottles in their cellar than |
ever saw in a fancy grocery.
Becky cOndescended to me. Nothing
nasty. But she was conscious Of her
social superiority. Amt it funny what
a difference just few scads. make =
Chicago Daily News.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
American Rainfall.

A vivid picture of the amount o.
rain that falls upon the United State!
is given by a Washington scientist. l.
is equivalent to ten Mississippi rivers
flowing constantly. otherwise meas
ured. it equals 80 inches of water fol
the entire area. making total aolume
of 1000. OO.0OO.000 cubic feet. Blu!
this is only half the amount thai
would be necessary to maintain the
full productivity of the soil of tht
whole country. One-third OF this
amount runs down 70 the sea in rivers
The problem for engineers to solve i:
the utilization to the utmost OF me
supply that nature furnishes.-Ex,
change.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
with this ring thee wed.
This gold and silver l give thee"

The ring was the sign that the wife
was entrusted with her husbands
property; specially valuable posses
sions were delivered into her care
She was responsible for them. Wed,
ding rings were often used as seals,
and with them the fastenings Of house
hold treaSurers we're stamped. Roman
rings were iron seal rings and it was
common for man TO give his wife
two of them-one, of gold, to wear
outside the house for show and one
of iron, for ever; day use. The tradi
ton of the fourth finger of the LETT
hand with the vein leading directly to
the heart" seems TO have an ancient
origin. the thumb being reckoned as
first finger.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Fierce.

Gus. the eccentric little colored boy
was the pick of the school. In fact,
every one from the professors oa
down picked on him. One afternoon
he stayed to make up some chemistry
work. Laboriously ne worked. be-
tween interruptions-they were many,
for as each of the boys passed, ne
bestowed friendly. forcible slap on
the shoulder Or made some remark,
Gus stood it for awhile. The climax
came when some one, In passing.
tweaked his ear Say" he said
fercely, there's only two tough guys
in this town and I'm both Of them.
He turned to find himself face to face
with his instructor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Easily Computed.

The simple one had just bought his
first motor bike and set off Oh a grand
tour in the country. The first night
after fairly safe ride all day. he put
up at country hotel, putting his
motor bike in the stable.
Next morning. before leaving. when
paving his bill. he inquired the charge
for the garaginS.
"Wel," said the landlord. ''it's rather
difficult to say, az | usually charge 81
for a horse per night.
That's all right said the simple
one. MY bikes two and one-half
horse power. Here's $3.50"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
Hard Water softened by Peat,

Hard water can be softened by mere
II pouring it through bed Of raw
neat, the softening being caused by
the formation OF insolu5le calcium
and magnesium salts by reaction with
acids that are normal constituents of
the peat. and ali the hardness is taken
out of the water in passing through It,
It is thought that if this process could
be proftably adopted the result would
be quite an achievement, as an eco
nomical outlet for peat would thus be
found.-Popular Mechanics Magazine
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
The Last Resort.

In answer to the returned summer
visitors questions as to the welfare
" M. Padgett and his whereabouts
Slr. Dorkin replied that Jake was
,esehlns at the little red schoolhouse
IN geriy's hill.
"But | thought
We'll. he is" admitted Mr.. Dorkin
unGarstandingly. AN he gets more
an more muddleheaded all the time
sus what else could we do? We had
to put him in as schoolmaster to keel
him of the town.
we amt goin' to pauperize man,
IA added. loftily, "if we can find any
tAin for him 10 do."-Pitts5urgh Dis
catch. -. ------.. - :
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-08-01
TRACE: WITH THE FAR EAST
Writer Points Out How It May Be
Developed Almost Beyond the
imagination.

Some people say the Chinese are
so poor that it will be difficult to in
crease their trade with us, writes Rob
ert Dollar in the Nations Business.
say that opportunities in China are
greater than in any other country. and
l will illustrate how this trace can
be enlarged with conversation once
had with Chinese on a street in ms
native city. l said to him:
I'VE are going to increase trade
here by increasing the purchasing pow
er of the people"
But" sal he, "it cannot be done" !"
At that oment a wagon lead OF
lumber from my lumber yard came
along; it was being pulled by thirteen
men. 1t was in the winter and snow
lay on the ground. but those men
were all barefooted. l was paying
them eight cents a day. l said:
you take those thirteen men Oft
that wagon, put a horse there with
one man to drive and put the Other
twelve men into a factory and you will
increase their purchasing power. They
will buy more and develop the COM
merce Of your country
l asked him how many persons in
China were/going barefooted. and he
replied that there must be 100,000,000
anyway, if not more. l told him that
they were going barefooted from ne
cessity and not from choice and that
if they could earn more they would
not 90 barefooted. Each one Of them
wanted to buy pair of shoes and
stockings. Maybe shoe manufacture
er Will read this. What would it mean
to him to supply 100,O00SO0 people?
And bear in mind that shoes are
not the only necessities that these
100,0O000O people are doing without
for the simple reason that they have
been too poor to buy.