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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
BIRDS NESTS IN ODD PLACES
Remarkable Boldness Shown by Many
Species When They Are Engaged
in Rearing Family.

Every year some fresh discovery Is
made by naturalistS respecting the
curious habits of birds. The boldnesS
shown by even shy birds when domes-
tic duties are concerned is surprising
Robins are especially noted for theiI
boldness, and a pair Rave been known
10 build their nest and rear Their
family on q beam in a school, entering
BY the window which was left open.
Swallows seldom build in odd places
bit a pair have been known to 0uilo
their nest against a pane of window
glass. A swallows nest in a funnel
is an exceptionally queer place 1oi
a bird of this species to choose.
Wrens are very ingenious, and their
dome-shaped nests, which are 50
beautifully woven, are often found ID
old kettles and tins, and even in the
pockets Of old coats which have beer
left hanging about. a hedge sparrows
nest in e kettle was fouDd IN bunch
of nctt!es close to a public footpath
where school children passed every
day, but the faithful bird, with &c
thought of danger, reared a family
quite unmoIeSted.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
The Human GYroscope.

When you are dizzy things appeal
TO 90 round in a circle. However. tht
fault is not With the eyes but in o.
near the ear-an organ which ap
parently has nothing 70 do with sign
or feeling. Close to the ear IS located
the little organ which gives us ou
power OF balance, permits US to wall
upright without tottering, and, wheI
properly trained. to assume pCSture
which are distinctly outside the rsgu
lar routine of our daily lives. Eccen
trio dancers, acrobats, athletes ant
others nave unconSciously trained TIL!
"balanca Wheel until they can d'
strange things without. as we say, los
ing their balance. When we spli
around rapidly. this delicate mechan
ism is disturbed or thrown slightly ou
of gear, causing the eyes to move IN
dcpendently Of each othe! and to sent
different impressions to the brain
This causes the spinning effect we Cal
dizziness.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
Circuitinq the Earth.

A person making circuit Of The
earth will lose one day by going west
ward. and gain day by going east
ward. In going eastward the sun /:
met before complete rotation Of th'
earth has been made. Thus th'
period from noon until the sun /:
again met in the meridian is shorte;
than from noon to noon in one
locality. Going westward requires a
little more than twentyfour hours for
the sun "to catch up so that from
noon to noon by sun observation
covers a period Of more than twenty
four hours. In order 20 keep dates
right, day is dropped out Of reckon
ing by vessels sailing eastward wher
crossing the one hundred and eight
ie:h meridian-that is, they live the
same day twice; and day is added
when they cross the same meridian
going westward-for instance, arriv'
Ing at the one hundred and eightietf
meridian, Saturday Immediately be
comes noon Sunday.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
New York Woman's Fool Idea.

Because she dyed her cat beautiful
blue to harmonic with the furniture
Of her apartment, young woman In
New York. who says she is singer,
was arrested on cruelty charge by
the Humane society. A probation Of
ficer who was sent to Investigate the
case told the magistrate that the singer
had a three-room apartment all done in
Alice blue and had an Alice blue ward
robe. She wanted Otto to be Of the
same shade and so dipped him. Two
other cats that she had dyed had been
poisoned by licking off the dye. The
magistrate gave her suspended SEN
tence and ordered the Humane society
to keep the cat until its soft fur is
once more clean and there is no further
danger to its health.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
SHRINE LOOTED OF TREASURE
Russia's Soviet Government Has Ap-
propriated Riches Of Famous
Church of Saint Sergius.

st. Sergius' treasure of S3OO,OOO,0OO
has disappeared. Red soldiers now
use as a barricade the buildings OF
what was once regarded as the rich
est and most famous convent of all
the Russians save, possibly. that at
Kiev. There are but five monks left
in the monastery. Fifteen others have
removed a mile and half distant to
the Church of Gethsemane, at Cher
nigovskaya where they have founded a
humble community and till the soil
The other monks who lived at this vast
religious mecca, to which yearly went
100000 pilgrims, have been scattered
There are but few pilgrims now to
pray before the ikon of st. Sergius,
the miraculous powers Of which was
supposed by Russians to have saved
the monastery from destruction by the
French army of invasion in 1872. The
very jewels Of the open silver sar-
cophagus of st. Sergius have been re-
moved or replaced with false ones, 1t
IS claimed Many Of the vast treasure
Of church vessels, mitres and croziers,
made of solid gold and inlaid with
precious stones Of immense value are
missing. It is claimed that the loot
from the monastery equaled in value
the treasure Of gold and silver and
precious stones Of st. Peters, Rome.
The monastery is now classed as ma
tional soviet museum and no services
are held within the church.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
DOG WINS OWN PAROLE PLEA
Sentenced to Refuge at Kansas City,
Teddy Cries Till He is Sent
Home.

Kansas City.-Teddy, young Collie
dog. made his own plea to Police
Judge West, Kansas City, kas., over
parole. In Kansas City, kas., dogs
charged with misbehavior are SEN
fenced to confinement at the Wyan-
dotte County Humane society animal
refuge for from one to three weeks.
Teddy was sent up for two weeks.
but, having never beer away from homa
and friends before. he passed both
days end nights in dismal wailing.
The matron, Mrs. Whitford, brought
him into her own rooms and did every
thing to comfort him, but the wailing
continued. Finally she called up
Judge West and asked for Teddy's
parole. While she was talking Teddy
rushed to her side and quite silenced
her voice with his own.
Judge Vest, having heard the argu-
ment, decided Teddy might 60 homa
md remain there during good bshaIteet
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
JACK FROST As GOOD FalEN1
His Beneficial Effect Upon the Soil !rs'
calculabe, and He Performs
Other Services.

Let those who will growl when
icicles hang on the wall. TO millions
Jack Frost comes as friend, end rot
always in disguise, either.
His influence on soil is wonderful,
says London Tit-Bits. Besides reGuc-
ing it to much finer state CT till&Se
than can be produced 0y any i'nple-
mentS known 70 man. it improves It's
fertility and adds to its quantity.
The highest counts OF bacteria IN
soil aud there may be lO0.0O0,0co in
a grain-have been obtained in Eard
winters, and it is during such seasons
that the disintegration Ok roc: which
produces fresh particles Of sell goes
On most rapidly.
AS water passes from the liquid &c
the solid state its expansive power Is
about $50 tons to a square foot, which
is equal to the weight OF a column OF
rock about one-third of a nile in
height. Then comes the thaw, and as
the water contracts away crumbleS the
surface. OF the rock, to go 10 make
the soil from which we draw OR sls-
tenance.
Out in the Cotswolds, when winter
Is coming on. they turn blocks OF stone
grain upwards. so that the rain shall
soak into the layers. A thaw succeeds
8 frost, and then the blocks are tapped
with g hammer, whereupon they fall
into fakes, ready, after little trim
ming for roofing houses.
SO, too, you may see the skaters
working at Collyweston, near Stam-
ford. When there is likelihood OF
frost, the men dash water on the edges
of the masses Of slate which have been
brought up from the pits or quarries
If there are two froSts in rapid sue
cession, with a quick th9w between,
all is we'll, as the slate splits into lay
ers. But a spell of mild weather
means that the material becomes use
less for anything except conversion
into rubble.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
BOIL WEEVlL CONTROL
No Time to Become Panicky

The agricultural committee Of the
chamber of commerce met Saturday,
reorganized, and among other things
unanimously recommend that the
farmers keep up persistent fight on
the boil weevil by picking live weevil,
picking up the early punctured
squares, rapid cultivation and by
poisoning where conditions justify.
Will it pay to poison? The United
States department of agriculture says
it will, if the weevils are injurilg
your crop seriously on land that will
produce one-half bale or more per
acre without weevil damage, and if
you poison at the right time and in
the right manner.
Calcium arsenate IS the poison to
use. Before the cotton forms
squares, while it is yet small this can
be applied to advantage in molas-
ses mixture, pounds calcium ar
senate to l gallon molasses, gallon
water thoroughly mixed and applied
with sWab.
After the cotton is larger it should
be applied in the form of dust with
some kind of dusting machine. Start
dusting when weevils have punctured
10 to Is per cent of the squares, use
5 to 7 pounds calcium arsenate per
acre at each application. Keep your
cotton thoroughly busted until the
weevils are under control. This usu-
ally means about three applications,
one every four days. If heavy rain
falls within "a hours after an appli-
cation, it should be repeated. If wee
wills again become abundant before
the crop is safe, one or two more ap-
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
YHERE IS A LITTLE HOUSE

The little house. 1t Is so small :
I have not found 1t yet at all,
And as year follows patient year,
Euange towns of countries far and ne9SI
Return the answer: Nay. not herer
And yet l know the lamplight falls
Caresssngly upon its walls.
And l would touch them if I could,
To know if they are stone or wood.
There is a chair for you. and there
The light falls golden On your hair.
But-with ycrr grayinS lips unklsse8
The spiral shadows coil and twist
about you as you turn to mist.
Our little house! It's window panes
Stung by a thousand passionate rains
Are blind with ivy, and the moss
Creeps on the sill that We must cros0s
It would not be SO hard to wait,
II were sure about the gate.
A broken latch were trivial now,
To dazZled eyes. that marveled now
The sunrise rested on your brow.
But dawn is terrible unless
Love soothes its awful loveliness-
Ah, love. what fierce dawns storm and
dare
The little house that waits somewhere!
Mary Brent Whiteside, in Leslie's .
Weekly.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
BANDIT MAKES g
. DARING ESCAPE
Roy Gardner, Bold Pacific Coast
HoIdup Man, Breaks Away
From Island Prison.
FLEES DURING GAME
Leaps for Liberty Through Gap in
Barbed-Wlre Fence Cut While
Bullets Whistle About
His Head

Seattle WaSh.-Roy Gardner, west
ern holdup man and bold mail robber,
known all along the Pacific coast as
the clevereSr and most slippery prison
er ever placed under arrest, IS again
q free man. He escaped from the
governmer. prison on .McNeii'S island,
In Puget sound, amid fusillade of
bullets.
Twice in his criminal career, before
he was finally placed behind the bars
on the supposed impregnable McNeiTs
island. Gardner had escaped from the
shrewdest men the government could
set to guard him on the way to his
prison. Twice he joked with the man
hunters on whom he turned the tables
and made prisoners in his place. And
twice he laughed when he was recap
tured.
Water Races by Prison Isle.
So Gardner came to be the most
closely watched prisoner in Uncle
Sans most closely guarded Jail
guarded not by stone walls. and steel
bars, and armed guards alone, but by
the very conspiracy Of natural forces.
It is set on a desolate isle in Puget
Sound with a wide stretch of water
running at mill race speed between
island and mainland.
Gardner had been in prison for si1
weeks when, on Labor day, the prison
ers turned out to watch baseball
game between two teams of fellow
prisoners. They were in the prison
yard, cut off from liberty by a high
barbed-wire fence, with towers at the
corners, in which sat watchful men
with loaded rifles and orders to shoot
to kill.
The game went on and the guards
became interested in the play. Sud-
denly one Of the players hit the ball q
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
a CREDIT RATING

MIR. Everbroke: want good
diamond ring on credit. I've just
become engaged to the rich Miss
Goldenbonds."
The JeweIer: q! am sorry to have
to refuse you. Our credit man re-
ports that it's difficult to Get Miss
Go!denbonds to return her engage
ment rings. Call and see us when
ycu need wedding rings ! Thirty
days time-five per cent. off for
cash.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
Easy to Start.

II notice that some young women
have started a movement to teach the
Young men OF their town how to talk
when paying a call"
"a waste of time"
"Eh?"
"All that is necessary when the young
chap gets his hat parked and himself
seated on the edge of a chair Is to say,
oh. Augustus Montmorency, Percival,
or whatever his name happens to be,
do tell me about yourselfv "--Nrmi1G.
ham Age-Herald u,.s.s,,,s,.i Il ..,ss..,-.,.s
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
Sarcastic Charles.

"Charley, dear" said Young aEra
Torktns. the cock who came day be
fore yesterday has left us.
Take anything with her?'
Some few articles"
"Well.., I suppose the reason size LEI
as was that she didnt ;&vc any us
for Us"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

ture.n "I've never been
to school. No one
ever asked me to so, and no one ever
sent me. They didn't care if didn't
60 to school and by they l mean my
family.
For an Australian Monitor learns
all he has to learn out Of school Just as
well as he would in school. Perhaps
he learns his lessons out of school bet
ter and what he should do and eat and
so forth.
can Australian Monitor might be in
school filing ink-wells when he could
be making himself a stronger and
better animal or reptile by being out
Of doors and catching small rabbit
or something like that.
Gan Australian Monitor, Of course
is nzard-and a good strong lizard,
too. We can eat small animals whole
We are very large and very big and
grow to be eight feet long.
eve can run very fast and we live
in the dark jungles. We are fond Of
meats in the way of food, or rather,
we don't care about vegetables.
"We are from India and we have
relatives in Africa and in Australia.
"But one of the most important
things about US is that we can eat
eggs whole and that the sells dissolve
themselves just like capsules or pills
do.
eyes, eggshells are alright for US,
and I'll tell you the reason.
Eve have fine digestions. We don't
have our tummies getting upset the
way so many creatures do.
Gracious, we don't have to go to
bed and take bad medicines and say:
"'oh dear, oh dear, why did eat
thatr
Eyes, we have superior digestions
and they are important"
"We are beautiful" said the Green
LiEQlO. 1lIu OUI 1o1LIilS (dluC ONSS
rom Europe. That is, we didn't come
of our own accord. You know what I
mean"
"We didn't go down to the pier with
our luggage and put our Dames on the
passenger list and then come across
In cabins on the big boat or anything
like that.
"But we were brought over.
"And when you speak about diges-
tons we agree with you.
sit Is most important and very
pleasant to have good digestion. It
makes a creature feel better and hap
pier and all Of such things l always
enjoy my meals and I always feel
happy. 1 feel so pleased with myself
that I show off and folks coming to the
zoo quite tnjoy seeing me-
"And l." said the Chameleon, shave
been brought over here to join the
lizard family, for have such lot of
interesting colorS which show at diff.
ferent times
81 am a curious creature" said tbs
ella Monster, "and I am really stupid.
I came from the desert and l move
slowly and awkwardly along, for my
body is fat and brown.
81 look as though I were covered
with black and brown and tan and
yellow beads but I'm not. It's just be-
cause of the kind of a suit wear that
] look that way.
81 give good hard bite and make
anyone suffer whom I bite, but ! don't
L.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

know, is Glass Snake.
I'm real lizard, but l look like a
snake That's pretty interesting. Now
that is more than any child l ever saw,
could do. I've seen a lot Of them at
the zoo, too.
I'm sure none could look like pussy
cats an6 yet be children, or could
be pussy cats and look Ike children.
I'm an interesting creature, amp
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

-
they have moni-
tors in schools
and that they are
girls or boys who
take charge Of
things that are i'm
portant g n d
trusted and all Of
such things.
But while they
may think | sound
important az first,
they may not be
disappointed when
they find out I'm
q curious creature
even if I'm not
important in any
school way.
Owe never been
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

Kill them. NO, I'm
not mean enough
for that. I'm sat
S f e d to make
mem suffer, that's
ell.
"Well," said the
Glass Snake, Il
would like to have
a word to say, or
a hiss to make.
In really a lizard
an0 Sn0uld talk
with all of you,
though I look so
much like q snake
that creatures call
me a snake by
N i ST a ke very
often ard m Y
n 81 m o &c VNu
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
Two Companions Were Shot

AS he leaped through the gap the
guards in the towers began shooting.
Bullets were whistling around the
three fugitives Gardner's companions,
both former soldiers serving sentences
for vicious crimes committed while in
the army, fell, one dead and tile other
seriously wounded. Gardner kept on
going.
The break by Gardner and the sight
Of the gap in the barbed-wire fence
turned the 25O convicts in the prison
ward into wild animals frantic for
liberty. There was a howl from $50
throats and the convicts started for
the fence. The guards had their hands
full controlling them, so Gardner made
good his escape.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

terrific wallop for home run, attract
ing all eyes to the play. The next
instant Gardner and two others leaped
for the fence. Gardner, in the lead,
whipped out a pair Of wire cutters
and snapped through the strands Of
the barbed wire.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

There has been water shortage IN
London, but they still have very sat
i3factory substitutes over there.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
olications should be made.

JIIIGLIVHo SIIOuIN DC IIItENN.
Do not expect to eradicate weevils
poisoning only holds them in check.
busting should be done at night
while dew is on and the air Sill.
Leave at least one fourth acre with
out poison so as to be able to deter
mine results.
T. NJ. Mills,
Chairman of Committee.
June "a, 1922.
Russia thinks she is entitled to a
loan, but in this she stands alone.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
s pdddy5
z96Evenin8
Fairy Tale
~WAPY GRAHAM BOfQER
LIZARDS

ats so nice,' said the Australian
Monitor, Ito sound rather important
OF fret I ha1jnye
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27
Unnecessary Violence

Eyes, I'm continually breaking IN
to song" said the cheerful one.
"H'm. If you'd once get the key
YOU wouldn't have to break ln,' re-
piled lne dismal one.-Presbyterlan
Witness.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-06-27

The white mans burden is to keep
other white men from acting yellow.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22
/ THANK you.

We was eating suppir today, he.
Ing stake under onions. and ma sed
to pop, Wen. Willyum, / gess you
know I'm TO be congratulated, | was
elected Royal High perple of the
Dawters OF Cleopattera this aftir-
noon, its "a crate honor l assure
you.
1t sounds like one, Royal High
Perple, well well. wat are your du-
ties? sed pop,
You don't think I'm going TO tell
you, do youA sed ma, the duties
are absilootly secret, but its a crate
honor, l can tell you that mutch.
Was It hard fought election,
how meny candydates were there !?
sed pop.
Well let me see, 4, there was Mrs,
Ambrose and Mrs. Wilson and Mrs.
Snider and myself sed ma.
And you beet them all to IL, CRATE
stuff, sed pop,
Well, in a way ! did, sed ma.
In u way. how can you win an
election In a way? sed pop, and ma
sed, dident say that, | sed beet
the other candydates IN a way. be-
cause l was the fcrst one elected
Yee gods, was there more than one
Royal High Perpie elected2 sed pop,
Certeny. naturally, all of us were
elected, its one Of the offices ware
there's no limit to the number than
can be elected, but Jest the same It's
a crate honor, sed ma.
IL must be, don't see how you can
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

"Daniei was a piker; he didn't
have any nerve."
The thin, pale person. who NUT
tered thus, lifted his lip in a sneer.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22
Breakfast Table Wit

"slster Henderson," said Deacon
Hyphers severely. ''you should
avoid even the appearance OF evil"
why, deacon, what do you
mean?" asked Sister Henderson.
IL observed that on your side
board you have several cut-glass
decanters and that each OF them Is
half filled with what appears TO be
ardent spirits"
We'll, now. deacon. It isn't any
thing OF the kind. The bottles look
so pretty on the sideboard that !
just filled them halfway with some
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

lust Folks
FISHING
Copyright. 1922. by Edgar a. Guest.

Fishing's fun most any time,
But I've never found it quite
SO complete with jinglng rhyme,
Rest, and comfort and delight,
AS il was those lazy days
, When we trod the dusty ways
OF our boyhood with a pole
To our favorite fishing hole.
| have fished with fancy bait,
Fished with rods of Bristol Steel
have heard with soul ehte
That sweet music of the reel,
But I've never caught the JOY
That was mine when as "A boy
Fishing, in the humber terms,
Meant pole, hook and worms
have tried it year by year,
Tried to see above my head
Skies as blue and bright and clear,
And the robins breast as red
AS they were, but all in vain
Boyhood never came again.
Then a day was filled with dreams
Now / dumbly wade the streams.
Take a boy and let him lie
Underneath a willow tree,
And above him in the sky
Countless pictures he will see;
Youth will sing its song to him
BY the rivers silver brm,
But an old man, fishing there,
Struggles to forget his care.
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

By Bud Fisher
Bu CHff Sferrett

Lady-Tobe. I'm sorry 70 hear
your wife got a divorce.
Tobe-Yessum, she done gone
back to Alabama.
Lady-Who will do my washing
now?
Tobe--Well. mum. Use co'un'
again, and cots rapid.-Topics OF
the Day Films
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

spects quite satisfactory. but the
mistress had observed that Biddy
in her busting operations, always
missed a beautiful statue OF Venus
"Biddy." she said one day. 'why
don't you dust this figure? She
could stand a good dusting."
BE jabers," replied Biddy. az
have been thinking for a long time,
ma'am, that she should be covered
wit N .omethtup''
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

floor stain aud furniture polish. Just
for appearance.
That's why I'm cautioning you,
sister" replied the deacon. Feeling
trifle faint. l helped myself to a
dose from the big bottle in the
middle"
The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-05-22

"He was piker." he added.
scornfully. He only went into a
den OF lions"
A moment passed-a moment of
tense contempt.
a." he continued. II am a great
er man than Daniel was! For l am
on my way to interview the cashier
at the bank where / am over
drawn"