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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Some Snake Story.

At the Bruce Museum of Natural
History a: Greenwich, Conn, there is
quite collection Of snakes, some OF
which were captured during the past
SUMMER upon country expeditions OF
patrons of the institution. One of
these contributions, Il garter snake,
was viewed with unusual interest as
it was suspected it was a mother
snake and that she was about to make
some interesting contributions to the
museums collection. This occurred
on August 10. when so tiny snakes
were ushered into the world. In five
days the same sort of event occurred,
when presided over by the same snake
:a3 snakelets were added to the first
brood. Five died, but the others
seem in fair way to reach adult
snakehood. Toward night the mother
snake coils up her body and is at once
covered by her offspring.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Dislike the Telephone.

Most of us who are accustomed to
the telephone as constant ipStru-
ment in business and social life find
1t hard to remember that some Of our
leading public men will not and even
cannot make use Of it. Lloyd George
is we'll known to have the strongest
objections to speaking on the tele-
phone, and there are few people who
can boas. that they have "rung him
ur:" That perhaps, is sufficient
foundation for a story that is circhlat-
ing in the, political clubs. Mr.. Bal
four ESQ the story runs) had occasion
to telephone the other day ON urgent
business. A secretary was called to
the telephone and told that Mr.. Bal
four wished to speak. After that the
secretary could hear nothing for some
moments except distant and con-
fused mumbling. The secretary was
much abashed, and was sunmoning
up courage to request Mr.. Balfour to
"speak up when Mr.. Balfours voice
suddenly came through clearly as fol-
lows: "I'm very sorry; I'm afraid I'm
as bad at the telephone as Lloyd
George himself. I've been talking for
the last two minutes into the thing
you ought to put to your ear."-Man-
chester Guardian.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Shaves in Bath Tub.

One resident Of an uptown apart
iaent house has found way to beat
the heat shortage which prevails in
many new structures, the Pittsburgh
Dispatch reports. 1t works only dur
lug the early morning shave.
81 used to freeze as shaved after
my morning hot BATH explained this
genius. until hit upon the idea OF
Shawn. right in the tub.
"TEe water forms warm cloak, and
with the aid Of Il hand mirror l man
age 10 shave myself as we'll as if I
were standing UP in front Of the wal!
mirror and getting colder every min
Ute.
'I suppose must look like a nut
lolling back in the tub and holding a
hand mirror in one hand and safety
razor in the other, but I'm a com
Portable, warm nut, and no one sees me
anyhow"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
OBJECTS TO TERM MASSACRE
Author Insists That Clusters Last
Fight Must Properly Be De-
i scribed as a Battle.

Cyrus Townsend Brady, LID, IN
the preface Of a volume on Indian
Fights and Fighters makes marked
distinction between the terms mas
sacre" and battle" He says that
every time a body Of troops engaged
in fight with Indians and the troops
were outnumbered or caught at dis
advantage, and the battle was con-
tinued until the troops were slaugh-
tered. such an affair was popularity
called a massacre" as, for instance,
"The Custer Massacre"
AIR. Brady believes this to be an ur,-
warranted use of the term. Custer,
the author POINTS out. attacked the In
dians and fought desperately until he
and his men were all killed. He calls
it a "battle" and not massacre"
When an Indian war party raided
settlement or overwhelmed train. or
murdered women and children, that,
he thinks, wars massacre" The au-
thor says:
II would like to ask if anyone ever
heard of the Massacre of Thermopy-
lae? The Greeks fought there until
all save one were killed. The results
there were exactly the same as those
Of the battle of the Little Big Horn,
but have yet to read in history chat
the Persians 'massacreG the Greeks in
that famous pass"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
canper Pine From Ghizeh.

A piece Of copper 5,1O0 years old has
just been received in this city by the
Copper and Brass Research associa-
ton, from William Coffin, American
consul general at Perrin. So far as Is
known, this is one Of the oldest pieces
of copper in existence, according to
the: Copper and Brass Research aSsoci-
alton.
The specimen was cut from copper
pipe found in some excavations at
Ghizeh, Egypt. near the tomb Of the
Egyptian king, Sahoure. The pipe is
three feet six inches long and about
three and one-half inches in diameter.
Beneath the weathered green color
Of the copper is discernible the reddish
CLINT Of the metal, and there is still
sufficient life in the metal to enable
one to bend it freely without crum-
bling.
This piece of copper pipe most like
ly served TO conduct water to the pal
ace Of ancient Egyptian rulers, posses
sors of one of the Oldest civilizations
known to man. Perhaps the builder
Of the largest pyramid in the world,
ut Ghizeh, bathed in the water carried
through this copper artery" remarks
the bulletin.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
CHANGES IN ARCTIC OCEAN
Seals Saidste BE Finding Temperature
4 Little 300 High, and les is
Less Plentiful.

The Arctic ocean is warming up, Ice
bergs ressr6wing scarce and in some
places the seals are finding the water
TOO hot, according to report to the
Commerce department from Consul
Iat at Beraen.
Reports from fishermen, seal hunt
ere and explorers all point to radical
change in climatic conditions and hlth-
erto unheard Of temperatures IN the
Arctic zonaes, exploration expeditions re-
porting that scarcely any Ice has been
encountered as far north as 81 degrees
% minutes. Soundings to depth OF
500 meters showed the Gulf stream
SIN warm.
Great masses of ice have been re-
placed BY moraines Of earth and
stones, willie at many points we'll
snown glaciers have disappeared.
Very few seals and no white fish are
being found in the eastern Arctic,
While vast shoals of herring and
snelts, which never before have ven
dsred SO far north. are being encoun-
tered In the Old seal-hshing grounds.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
INGENIOUS, but Futile Plea.

When robbery Is not q robbery
was told judge of General Sessions
IN New York, when q negro was
charged with entering house and
taking d $500 diamond ring. ibid
YOU ~ asked the Judge. "Jedse," said
Tie prisoner, AIt wasn't no burglary.
Il. vas sumner time and the windows
VAS opeF sThe windows was open an
52wsnt III Ind this yere lady woke up
terrible .scasrt. An she put up huh
hand to- huh haid and somethin'
spahkled. Oh, Jedge, il it on'y hadn't
spahkled i. An I sad: Lady. whut
You got thaih on -yoh handg An she
said: take it. an please do 80 rat
ont immediate. Jedge, the lady re-
unested me to take that spahkler an
50 rat out in-mee- dee-ate. An I
took It and went. Jedge, itawasn't no
bnrslary." 1t seemed that the prison
ser had undergone a similar painful
experience at another apartment not
81 stS speak OF 4 record Of four previous
convictions. He will sparkle in Sing
Sing for fourteen pears.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
HAD WEARiED OF OLD SINS
Cook Simply Had to Have Something
New to Confess, and She
Contrived It.

The cook had committed capital
offenSe. No matter what. Let us as
sumo that she put soap in the mashed
potatoes. and let it go at that. II
was sad duty to dismiss an other
wise fine cook in these days when
there is dearth of cooks, but soap in
the mashed potatoes was going too
far SO the mistress of the house sum-
moned her.
How came you to do such thing
Maggie:'
No answer.
"You know better. There must have
been a reason for your putting soap in
the mashed potatoes. Possibly you
were angry?"
"No, MON, l wasn't mad. I just did
it."
II would like to know what your
idea was, Maggie?" persisted the EN-
ployer. SCI am curious to know why
you did it,"
well, nom, 1 don't mind tellin' We.
] just made up my mind Id get new
sin to confess. I've dug old sins, and
dug 'em up, and dug 'em up, till I'm
sick and tired Of 'em. l was bound Id
get new one. That's exactly why l
did it,
Maggie stayed on.-New York Eve
ming Post.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
M1hread of Discourse"

The term thread of discourse" has
done very well as figure Of speech.
In reality, of course, the main rela-
ton between thread, be it of copper
or what not, and discourse, has been
purely one of transmission. But now,
If a Swiss inventor makes good his
claims, thread Of discourse will have
more than metaphorical, meaning.
It will be possible to have spool
of thread which will take dictated
messages and repeat them as required.
In other words, this thread, which is
of cellulose, Will record speech in the
same way as disks and cylinders.
Such device would seem to entail
interesting improvements. For exam
pie, records should 60 comfortably
into the vest pocket. Used for die
tatins business letters, it might lead to
an abandonment Of the usual color.
less brevity With mile of thread
at his disposal, why should not the
business man expand into all the tiorid
affability of the Victorians? Used for
amusement, whole Wagnerian opera
might fit nearly into Il single SPOOL
Christian Science Monitor.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Hard.Drinkinq Crowd.

That New York had a hard-drink-
in2 chamber Of commerce in 1SI2
came to light in recent speech OF IT.
wing T. Bush, president of the cham
Der, before the New York board OF
trade and transportation. Mr.. Bush
said: I'VE took up from our archives
in the cellar of the building Of the
chamber the other day bill for one
of our banquets held about a hundred
wears ago. I will say first there were
1o4 members Of that ancient, honor
able chamber present at this dinner.
The bill was for 60 bottles Of sherry,
60 bottles Of pOr: I have forgotten
exactly the number of bottles of brandy
and how many bowls Of punch. There
must have been some casualties dur.
ing that dinner. because the item for
coffee shows that only eight gentle.
men were able to take it.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Business Promoter.

The Woman was wondering where
she would eat. She had a task to per-
form in a neighbOrhood new to her,
and she had time now for a delayed
meal. She looked about her, when sud-
denly she heard r. ucous voice cry go
"Come in; come in" There in the
window of a little restaurant was a
parrot. 1t was too amusing to resist.
And later when the restaurant was
filled, the parrot was given a little
meal and was covered partly with a
shawl, so that he would know that 1t
was night time and bed time for him.
But many had been the smiling enc
or couple who, like the Woman, had
come in because ct the parrots ur-
gent cry.-Chicago Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Plants That Scatter Poison.

Because of its reputation for scat
tering disaster, the poison ivy is often
given the biara for work Of a similar
nature done by other plants. There
are in this country about 100 plants
which have the faculty Of distributing
poison. Gut il is fact that the poison
ivy is the worst offender. DR.. W. W.
Stuckberger of the United States De-
rartm2nt of Agriculture has been
making study of these PLANTS and is
the author Of the first complete list of
poison plants, which are more or less
we'll known; Aconite. a'!anthus, as
paragus, catalpa, dog fennel. lady
slipper, wild carrot, hop, Iobelia, ole
ander, nightshade, ox-eye, daisy. par
snip. pokeweed, smartweed. fremula,
buttcrcHp. poison elder or poison dog
wood. bloodroot. mullen, cocklebur
and the muStardS.
These Ilants are not all equally
poisonous and different persons show
different degrees of susceptibility. The
poison of an Easter lily has been
known to be responsible for mild
case of poisoning. but this is probably
az rare as that of the wild carrot.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Rush TO Diamond Fields.

The biggest rush IN the history OF
the Transvaal allusiai diamond dig
sings has taken place at Kaalplaats,
so miles from johannesburg. Three
thousand would-be diggers formed
line 2,190 yards long. A proclamation
having been read, a Union Jack was
lowered, and. the long line of seekers
after fortune moved off at the double
over a thousand yards Of green, undu-
lating country. Young men and old,
both British and Dutch, boys and wom-
en- and girls, surged forward brandish'
ing pegs. There was great excitement
around the richest spot, but SO vast
was The diamond field that there were
claims for all and to spare. Within
a little while q thousand diggers had
begun work with pick and shovel. and
some excellent finds were made. SO
far, diamonds weighing. 1,45o carats
and valued at s6Soo0 have been found
at Kaalplaats.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
He Calls Her Honey.

A small boy of six was presenting
his application for a library card at
the Irving branch library, says the In
dianarolis News. 1t is necessary that
the librarian ask the given name OF
each parent. After telling his fathers
rame the Eounssier being asked his
mothers given name, gave forth the
startling information that he didn't
know.
"What does your father cali her?"
further queried the librarian, hop
ing thus to elicit the desired re-
sponse.
"He calls her Honey" came the
prompt reply. and then added as if
for further enlightenment of SEEM
ingly stupid librarian, He likes her"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
unhookinn the Hookworm.

PathoIogists in the United States
army service in Manila say that al
most nine out of ten persons in the
Philippines have hookworm infection.
The cases are not serious, but they
lower tie efficiency of the Filipino
worker and likewise reduce the pow
ers Of resistance against malaria,
tuberculosis and other ailments. The
army scientists are using carbon tet-
racliloridn as Il specific against the
parasite. This is powerful stuff. but,
If chemically pure. seems to be safe.
The doctors tried it out by giving four
times the usual dose to prisoners un-
der the death penalty. They sot 50
srry and boisterous that the only way
TO get rid of them was to hang them.
It is big job to unlock the hook
worm, but science is going to do it.
Give it time and practice.-Los An
geles Times.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Centenary of Great Drought.

That the drought which prevailed
curing the summer in Pennsylvania
and many other parts Of the country
was not the worst in history is shown
by the following paragraph reprinted
from the Miltonian Of Milton Of 0c-
tober 26, 1922: 1.-The drought of the
summer just passed is and Will con-
tinue memorable one in the eastern
section of Pennsylvania. A gentle
man from this place on ride through
York and Adams counties saw mill
dam on the Big Conewagc creek SO
perfectly dry that all hands were In
it loading wagons and drawing the
rich deposits in its bottom to the
neishboring fields. ."--Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Astronomical Fact.

Mars, although retreating rapidly
away from us, still is notable point
Of red light. His distance, which
was something like 100000 miles
from the earth June IS, now has In
creased to 100000, and will become
14e.G0oO00 by the end Of the year.
During The early months of 1928
Jupiter and Saturn will be conspicu-
Gus in the morning sky, and, together
with Venus. will delight early risers
who love the glories of the stellar
realm. There is no more fascinating
study for old or young than astron-
omy, and the boys and girls should
be encouraged TO learn the "ge-
ography" Of the sky as well as that
of the planet on which they live.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
MonoreI Doo's Devotion.

The devotion Of dogs was illustrat-
ed at London hospital the other day.
A little mongrel, coming from out a
side street, placed its paws on the
hospital ratings, and by whining and
barking. attracted large crowd. All
efforts to make it go away were With
out success. After several minutes a
young nurse appeared and gazed at
the distressed creature. Then smile
spread over her features, and, gently
picking up the dog, she tooH it into
the hospital. 1t then turned out that
the dogs master had been admitted
into the hospital and his devoted Pet
had followed him.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Shrewd Rum S:nuqaIers.

Much good liquor has been lost on
its way from British Columbia to Pu
get sound cOves and creeks because
revenue cutters gave chase and the
cargo was thrown overheard Rum
smugglers have solved this problem.
q reporter learned.
Rock salt has this much of the rock
about it-that it is heavy. The rum
smugglers now put their liquor into
sacks with enough cork to make the
whole lot float. And so that it will
sink when east overheard they add Il
big chunk of rocl, salt. In IN hour
the sack reappears on the surface. and
when he has chance the smuggler
comes back and picks it up.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
BRING BACK I.EE:
Scientists See Great Possibility
of the Future.
Development. Of Heart Massage, It Is
Thought. May Yet Recall
the Departed Spirit.

ST man die, shall lie live sgain?'
WAS asked OF old There are now
those who answer it i'll the ailirma-
tive, saying that persons who are APP
parcntly dead, because the heart has
ceased to beat, May be revived by
skillful manipulation or massage CT
that organ. Experiments have been
made recently in London with inter-
eStin. results. Thus mason, 1ltty-
two years old. while being treated for
an obstruction of the throat expired
on the operation table Of London
hospital under the influence OF an
anesthetic. They first tried to revive
him by the air of artificial respiration,
then when all efforts failed. they de-
cided to use direct massage OF the
heart. They succeeded in re-estab-
fishing the circulation Of the blood.
but after half an hour the heart again
stopped beating.
1t is interesting TO note the opinion
Of an eminent surgeon. N. Pierre
Bay. head Of the clinic, professor
Of the Faculty Medicine, who stated
his views on the same subject be-
fore the French Academy of Medi-
cine. He is his opinion:
Heart massage has long been
known. 1t can We traced in the bull
letins of the Academy Of Medicine OF
the last 20 years. AS to its value,
that's another matter. What is GER
tain is that all that has been at
tempted has given only negative re-
suits. Thanks TO them life could be
brought back for a few hours, but
that's all. It Is, therefore. in my opin-
ion a superl:uous operation. at least
for the present and in the actual
state of the knowledge we possess.
Besides, it is horrible. At any rate
we should only resort to it with great
prudence and as an extreme means
after having exhausted all others
"Do you mean that this experiment
has no chance of ever succeeding?'
1.-The word never should not be
pronounced. especially in scientific
matters. Science las surprised us so
many times that everything may be
expected from her. SO it is possible
that some day heart massage will
really call back life. But then,. we
should go to work differently. How?
That's the very thing that remains to
be found. Above all we shall have to
know how long the nervous cell
(Which, as it were, is the spark OF
life of the human machine) can exist
when deprived Of the blood circula-
tion."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
piscouraaina Trap Stealing.

A Basque Sheep herder convicted OF
trap stealing in Lessen county. Califor-
MIA, recently was fined 500 and SEN
fenced to Jail for six months. The
case was brought to trial and settled
within four weeks. The field opera
tions in predatory animal work con-
Quoted by the biological survey Of the
United STATES Department of Agricul-
ture have been seriously interfered
with by the stealing of traps. and ii is
beiiercd that as q result OF convictions
ard heavy sentences the nuisance Will
be lessened.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
Aneestors worts, Roasting Aboat

Ancestors Worts, Roastiss About
For about an hour, q man from Den
yer had been boastias to an rishman
about the magnifeence Of the Rocky
mountains.
sYou seem mighty proud ov thin
mountains" the Irishman observed.
.sYou bet am" replied the man
from Denver "And I ought to be.
Since my ancestors built them"
The Irishman thought this over for
8 few moments and then asked, did
YOU ever happen to hear ov the Dead
sea in-in ONE oy the cid countries"
eyes, indeed. replied the man frem
Denver. IT know all about the Dead
sea-"
3Well, did you happen to know that
me great:grandfather killed the
thing! ond6n TitBits.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
PROVERBS WHICH ONE QUOTES
People Naturally Are Apt to Use These
Which Relate to Their
- Businesses.

Did you ever notice how provincial
and self-centered the world is? Why,
we can't hold an ordinary conversation
without some hint of our petty business
affairs entering in. The very proverbs
which we affect, the very bromides OF
speech tc Thich we are subject, are all
directly raceable to our particular
everyday pursuits.
Having always suspected this to be
true, I one day set about to prove It.
In my daily search for Judgelets, l
made the rounds of all my friends, en-
gaging them in pleasant colioQuy.
Here's the result:
"Tm pleased to meet you" smiled
the butcher.
"Suit yourself" said the tailor.
"That's right" agreed the traffic cop.
"And so FORTH said the dressmaker.
"That's dirty shame" observed the
washwoman.
"Every little bit helps" philosophical
the carpenter.
That's the long and short Of it." re-
torted the rural telegraph operator.
''Try to keep a stiff upper lip" ad-
monished the barber.
'Yes, need it." protested the baker.
'I'm not very we'll posted on that,"
faltered the bookkeeper.
'These words shall be my last"
averred the cobbler.-Alfa Eugene Bye,
In Judge.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-08
SHORTEN HOURS OF BUSINESS
Tendency Is More and More 10 Get
Away From the Long Day OF
Our Fathers.

Business men don't know the an
swer yet to their own question OF
shorter hours. They regard it as GER
tain that an individual worker can, II
he chooses. by speeding and intensity
ing his work, accomplish more in eight
hours than in nine or ten; as possible
even that he could do more IN SIX
hours than in eight. They still have
a good many doubts as to whether
men in the mass, employed in indus
try. would actually do anything of the
sort.
A great deal of exact information
along this line is being piled up. At
Port Sunlight, in England, certain eS-
perimentS, carried out over many
years, have convinced Lord Lever
hume, one of the most successful Dusi-
hess men in the world, and one VINO
hates and loatLes the ideas of pater-
nalism and benevolence as applied to
the relations between employer and
worker. that the 6-hour shift is the
one that will most economically
achieve maximum production. The
United States public health service
in the course of an exhaustive and, as
yet, by no means finished research,
has published the results of study
Of two plants, generally similar, in
one Of which an s and in the other a
10-hour day prevailed. It's figures in
dicate that the S-hour plant is the
more efficient.
In shopkeeping there has been a
growing tendency, in the last few
years, to shorten the hours Of busi-
ness. John Wanamaker was a pioneer,
years ago, in early closing, in shutting
up shop altogether on Saturdays in
the summer, in giving vacations. He
used to work, when he was making
his start, rom $50 in the morning to
and 10 at night, but he found that
he was really getting more done when
he shortened those hours considerably.
and he decided that what wasn't good
for him and mis- output couldn't be
good for those who worked for him
either.--Walter Camp in Golfers
Weekly.