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

At the Bruce Museum of Natural
History q: Greenwich, Conn, there is
quite a collection OF snakes, some Of
which were captured during the past
sumlaer upon country expeditions OF
patrons of the institution. One OF
these contributions. garter snake,
was viewed with unusual interest as
it was suspected it. was mother
snake ami that she was about to make
some interesting contributions to the
museums collection. This occurred
on August Is. when 80 tiny snakes
were usnered into the world. In five
DAYS the same sort OF event occurred,
when presided over by the same snake
3333 snakelets were added tC The first
brood. Five died: but the others
seem in Il fair way TO reach adult
snakeh0od. 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, 1922-12-12
WOODEN SHIPS HAVE "KHEES''
RIGHT Angle Timber Brace, Important
Part of Vesssi, Named TOR
Human LEG Joint.

In these days when fapper slang jug
giles with Sayings like ''the cats pa
iamas" ard sthe bees knees hoy
many boys and girls kno" anything
about ships knees. Ships knees. how
ever. are a fact and not fancy. This
is an exceedingly important item il
the construction OF wooden ship.
ship knee is right-ansled wooden
brace used 10 gire strength to the
framing. and is fashioned from the
natural crock of tree formed BY q
heavy. shallow horizontal root and O.
secv;on of the trunk. Knees when I'M
ished are solratimeS as much rs SIX
or seven feet high and many times are
four feet high.
The tremendous impetus to wooden
shipbuildins brought about by the wa:
he's resulted in the establishment OF q
sawn,;il at Portland. Ore, designed ex-
clusiyely for the finishing Of ship
knees. The timber preferred is second
growth Douglas fir, found growing in
shallow sell, so that the roots turn OF
at right angles to the trun!: and thus
give the proper shape. The standard
lxed wooden ship requires some two
hundred knees cf all sizes. while an
other type OF wooden ship, also under
construction. requires more than loo
knees.-Amcrican Forestry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
. Owl Preys by Night.

The habits of animals are. developed
and regulated chiefly by. their sur
roundings and by the Sort OF prey on
which they i've. Sea-gulls, for exam
pie, can dive {. considerable distance
under water and catch the fish which
form their principal article OF diet
while chicken wcGid starve TO death
IF forced to depend upon this method
Of securing food. So it is with owls,
which generally make their appear
ance only after dark. This species OF
birds feeds mainly upon mice ard
other small creatures which are active
at night. Therefore. the owl, which
has developed a soft pinmase that
makes its. flight almost nsiseaess,
comes out after sunset il search OF
its food. It is also because OF this
habit that the owls eyes, Ike the eats,
are so made that the pupil can be d.
lated until the bird is able to make use
Of every particle of light available and,
while owls cannot see in absolute dark
ness, they are able 10 utilize the faint
est Of light rays TO such aa extent that
they can spot and catch thelr prey un-
errlngly.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
RAIL YARD TO COST MILLIONS
Freight Terminals to Gs Butis az onco
at Los Angeles viii Cover
700 Acres.

Actual construction will be started
Shortly oH q .19-acre freight termlnai
covering Il twc-nlile strip along the San
Fernando road, beginning at the North
Broadway yards. by the Southern Pa
cific Railway company at cost OF sew
eral millions of dollars. This announce
mcnt was made recently by I. II. VIII
liams. assistant general manager OF
the company, according to the Los
Angeles Examiner.
The completed yard will he one OF
the most extensive and comprehensive
freight terminals in the country. II
will include sections for classification
and receiving. car storage, delivery, re
nair tracks. stock resting corrals, cleo
tric power house and Illuminating sys-
fem for the yard. two 50-stali round
houses, caboose tracks, drill tracks
water tanks and mammoth repair shop
"The construction of this huge
freight terminal at Los Angeles is the
practical recognition of the tremendous
growth of the city and surrounding
towns and of the greater growth in
prospect." said Mr.. Williams.
In 1920, normal year, one railroad
company spent more than ss.0oo,ooo
for materials and supplies in Los
Angeles. Its normal pay roll is approx
imatcly $l,000.G00.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
. wholesale Human Matilation.

Forty Thousand pairs of ears and
10000 noses, the war trophies OF that
famous and painfully thorough Japa-
nese General Hideyoshs. lie beneath
the plain stone marker ard grass
grown mound of the 'saIinli-Zuka,' or
Ear tomb, q, short distance from enc
OF Kioto's main streets.
=. They were deposited there as eVi-
dence of the yalor and success Of Hide
yoshi's expert carverS, and also %
serve as emphatic warning OF tie fate
all who crossed that determined war
rior might expect.
The ears and noses are not, Row
ever, the bounty OF any recent exploit.
Hideyoshi was the strong man OF
Jepan more than three centuries ago,
and his gruesome trophies were once
the valued property OF 40,oo0 Koreans
who had foolishly resisted the Jar@-
nese generals invasion CT their native
land.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
co.teqe .gules little Changed.

Here are some OF the rules OF Ham
ilton college. Clinton, n. J., published
il 1915. II VII! be noted that Twenti-
eth century freshmen and sophomores
retain the old tides. but, that in this
day the senior and junior soph:Stsrs
have become merely seniors and
Juniors.
"I'he undergraduate students shall
be divided into foGr distinct classes.
The first year teay shall be called
freshmen: tie second, sonhomores !;
the third, janior sophisters. and tie
fourth. seslior sol1his5ers. And in order
TO preserve due snbc:dination anon
the s12G s1ts:. the classes shall give
ana receive, in the course Of their col
!e@iaye life, these tokens OF respect
and SubjectEon which from common
and approved usage belong to their
standing in the college"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Love Affair Quickly Ended.

My first love a.air began and ended
ali III :hc same eveI.ing, when l was
bav o2 sixteen Each Halloween, IN
cur little country t"wn, the young
FOLKS INDUCED in what was then called
a Iia}Ioween hunt. The girls hid
themselves somewhere ahou; town and
the fellows hunted Tor tiiela. tie losing
side being forced 70 treat the winners
to supper afterward. This particular
time the boys found the girls in an Old
haylo.5. ! Spisd the first girl and she
was ( ,oya! stranger to me, visiting
a.;r,. found out later. She was about
Gftee2 and sneet as a peach. feli
l;ead oy2r hae,> in love with her. then
anG !!efe. But, alas, the next morn
in@. size returned to her hone in the
civ. and never saw or heard from
ne- aeain Chicago Journal.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
cosn,onolitan New York.

New York each year becomes more
OF a foreign city. With considerably
more than half of its population for
eiSn-!o-n or of foreign parent
are, and with fully a third OF
its residents Jewish. il is fast ac-
u:irirs many habits and customs tnat
are distinctly not American. although
in all tie various groups of national
tiles in the metropolis systematic et-
forts toward AmeFicaniZation are be-
ing made.
The principal society at work to
this end is called "America's Making.
II is headed by DR., John Houston
Finley. formerly president of Civ col
lese and widely known in educational
circles. At n carnival this society
gave ut the Hotel Astor the ether eve
Ping there we're groups of &c diiier-
CIT nationalities, ali in native dress
and all of them were New Iorhers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Bio-Same Hunters.

The Woman has recently received a
letter from the s+atf artist Of the
Beebe tropical research eSp-i!t!oa.
Hitherto they Eave had the jungle
more or less TO themselves ard have
had most excellent chances to study
and explore.
But now it is not so. Since the re-
cent diamond mine boom the rush OF
prospectors TO the diamond fields has
been tremendous. and those who
thought the Jungle would belong eX-
clus!ve,y to them and to thewild crea-
tures VIII, made their Eauies there viii
now come home sooner than Planned.
It seems that no PLACE can remain a
wilderness or jungle if the thought
OF wealth can be connected with it.
Exchange.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Tcpoarap!,y OF the Air.

Explorations of the air have re-
vealed an astonishing defn:teness or
arrangement in its layers. although
of course, the details are cont!nuail!
changing. Ley. II England. has Of
rected his studies Of floating balloons
to a solution Of the question OF TIE
influence Of the topography Of TIE
earth's surface on the state of the air
above Il. Ee finds. among other
things. that the disturbances produced
by hills and valleys arc transmitted
to an unexpectedly great elevation.
affecting the lower ard middle strata
throughout. A general effect noticed
is that the velocity of the wind. or OF
a current of air. is increased over a
hill and diminished over q valley. II
is thought that similar observations,
generally distributed. would provide
a real topography oe the air.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Species of Parrot Is the Most foTnl.as
able Energy Of she hegs
! :, Zealand Farmer.

There Is 20 ether paGrat Ike the
kea. The power centered IN It's neck.
beak and talous is SO great that The
kea is the most formidable pest with
which the New Zealand Sheen GARNER
has to contend While soaring ever
head it selects its prey, asG, sweep
Ing downwNt;s, settles on the sleeps
back and proceeds 10 tear away ghe
wool with its beak, then. digging deep
into the flesh, holds on 10 the wool
with its talons until Thoroughly
gorged.
When the first settlers came 10
New Zealand the kea WAS mainly a
vegetarian, the animal part of its die'
being confined to insects snd gruhs.
It has been suggested that il &C
auired its taste fer sheep flesh from
the offa1 which the farmers !eft eS-
posed after slaughtering sheep.
And speaking OF sheep in New Zea-
land, In the mountain districts there
fiourishes psstnt known as the
Raeulia. or vegetable Sheep--a mass
OF closely packed twigs th;ckiy cov-
cred with white, wcoliy leaves. Seen
from a distance the Raoul;a so close
" resembles s sheep, Or group OF
sheep, resting nsthe hills;des that
shepherds are efsen led TO make a
long trek In It's direction, mistaking
It for lost members OF :heir flock.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
o.; COURSE DORIS WON OUT
What Was There for Mother 10 Say
in the Face Of SIch an
Argument

They had been chatting since enter
ing the bus. but the Woman, who sat
opposite them on top. heard nothing
really good until Grants monument
was reached.
Without taxing her hearing in the
least the Woman learned that they
were former schoolmates at the uni
versity (for university days were
mentioned again and againi who were
reriSiting the city after number OF
years.
Il don't think the girls of this CEN
fury will ever stand for long skirts
again." remarked the one in the green
dress. Reminds me of what Evelyn
was telling ME just before l came
away. She was making skirt for her
daughter, Doris Everything except
the correct length had been decided
upon. Evelyn wanted to make this a
little longer than Doris other skirts.
She told her that the fashion was for
increasing the length. But Doris was
obdurate.
Evelyn, you know. generally lets
her have her way in matters of dress.
but this time she argued and Doris
burst into tears. BE fair, NUNS she
pleaded. Honest Injun, now which q"
you think should take-the advice OF
one mother or of twenty girls?"
"And what happened?"
ooh, mother shortened the skirt, OF
urse."-EXchange
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Diplomatic Corps Cared For.

Other Washingtonians may shiver
with the cold this winter, owing to the
coal shortage, but the administration
has seen to it that the 400 persons in
the diplomatic corps will not suffer,
owing to a lack Of fuel. Many Of the
dinlonlats come from countries where
artificial heat in homes is almost un-
known and. indeed, unnecessary, and
worried about their empty coal bins
The State department has given them
precedence over others, thus einphasiz-
ing the entente cordiaie. 1t is only in
recent years that the English and the
Scotch have known the comfort of
steam heat. the sea coal fire, as they
call it. burned in open CRATES. being
tie only method of heating their
homes. Star.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
WISE PROVISION OF NATURE
Good Old Dame Shrewd in Sending
Young People Afield to Do
Their courting.

In that part Of southern Europe IN
habited By SIavs it is conceded that
8 young man In search of a wife
should go to neighboring village TO
find her. No such concession is maze
hv American villagers, but Nature as
sumes authority and quietly WORKS
her wisdom without benefit Of mans
direction.
AS a result, at least half Of the
Young ;adies who come to our town
as school teachers remain as wives.
They may be 10 prettier or smarter
than home girls. Bat they have the
charm OF newaess, and bachelor
hearts lens ilnmane to the gentle pas
sion skip a beat when they appear.
Cur own girls do not remain IN
coarted, however. The town boys,
having known them and quarreied
with them since childhood, feel no
thrill in their presence. But when
the girls have finished college, most
of, them leave home again to teach in
distant Villages and in a year or two
we hear yha; young men have designs
on tf:em. These yoIng men come
a-court;n. daring the summer, and we
lcoll them over shrewdiy to see if they
are TGrtny.
Nature is a wise cid party, and she
cid more shan statutes could 90 to
prevent inhreedins when She made
the hills look green Tar away.-Phil-
edelpllia Inquirer.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
BEAUTY cFoT MADE M0Cl;ERY
Roneyn.coa island. in the Pacific
Ocean. Once Knew All the Cruei-
rs of Convict Station.

"!.""eymoon island" the nickname
fer Norfolk island in the Pacific. is so
called from prevailing superstition
tla+ honeymoon couples who pass the
iirSj month OF their married life there
a2@ lt;rain to enjoy lasting happiness.
.inarl rom the legend it would be an
iGya! niace for honeymoon. fer it has
been called the most beautiful spot
on earth. This earthly paradise start
ed its career as a convict stations The
history of those early days is a tale
. of horror. Ruins of the famous "Silent
cells are still TO be seen. These cells.
made Of concrete, four feet thick. were
just large enough to enable q man to
stand up or lie down. On the walls
can be seen the prayers carved by con-
victs. Known as "the tombs," the 81
lent cells provided the worst form OF
punishment, and those confined IN
them rarely came out sane. Hardly
day passed without murder taking
place, and the convicts became worse
than savaees. Some even became can
nihals. There are only eight families
on the island. Money is very scarce.
The islanders, however, are entirely
self-supporting, and have everything
they need as we'll as number or
luxuries. The island has its own gov
errment. which is presided over by
governor sent out from Australia.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Look Ahead.

There's no substitute for looSns
ahead Srase folks prate about f::".::nS.
Fnlls wi:n :i.uch Of the article seldom
sar mach ABOUT it. It's the short end
4a,;c,g WAC rarts about it and tries to
impt.ss yea with what he hasn't got:
Hrt look ahead anyhow. There IL
he n!eaty u of1cr1Unity TO duck dis
asf"y il yca lHow just when TO do It.
u yaa',e gor 70 buck the world you
taa 90 it :. r.: better when YOU 50
~ it witn yoar eyes open,
JUS aoS W. believe in shaping cur
own ::est:ay. W. faslion "il. hniid
,s Ne .;.;. ;1,2 e2c; = once :sa for
ai ,oos .nea,3. >e,a your tas:' : big
;,.gfa.s .rssa,s meet the sitn";!"" Il
ycar h.gacst way The future WI:
boar r:@,rd 70 ksw' we'll you've done
it.---S::,
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Rodent Was the Burglar.

A New York Chinaman sent an ur-
gent call to detective headquarters
complaining that 5000 had been stolen
from him. The Chink. who conducts
a restaurant, told 'the detectives he
suspected a colored employee, stating
he hid the money in his cellar. but
could not locate it. A detective sug-
gested a search Of the cellar. The
detectives made careful survey,
without results. AS they turned to
abandon their search, one of them
noticed small bundle Of paper move
ecross the cellar floor. SDrinG:ns up
on the object, ne placed his foot full
upon it. The bundle ceased 20 move.
but it's moving force-a husky rat
vanished into nearby hole. Nine
hundred dollars in bills was in the
bundle, thus accidentally clearing up
what might have been battling mys-
terry.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
GREAT ESTATES BROKEN u?
Among British Lands Recently Piacee
on the Market Are Those OF the
Camerons.

If one is not too deeply stepped Ia
romance he may fail to feel remorSe
at the sale Of many of the large Eng
iish estates, for the greater part OF
their broad lands are OF agricultural.
value. With Scotland it is rather DIFF
ferent, for there is much thai is no
more than heath and rock. where
there is no mere thar beauty and SEN
tinent and romance, and that IN every
stone and sprig.
The real Highlander feels sad when
he reads that the wide Cameron es-
tates Of 117,OG0 acres, including the do
mains of historic Lochaber and
Lochiel. are in the market. They IN
clude big sheep. range and some
valuable timber, but that is about all
commercially, for deer, hlack-game
and wild duck are not articles OF
trade.
IN the old days the great lairds
maintained these wild lands and their
wild retainers out of their own pock-
cts; now they cannot afford it anu
lands and reta!ners have to so. In all
the Highlands, probably there is no
clan better known by name and story
to the world than the mighty Gamer
ons. The Cameron Highlanders, The
March Of the Cameron Men," Lochiel S
slogan and the Lochaber Ak, are
spoken of everywhere.
There was not a Cameron among
the Seven Mer Of Glenmoriston"
(who were Grants, MacDonells, Mac
gregors and Chisholms), but they were
connected with almost every other
episode Of the gallant young Prince
Charles sad and brief career. The
beautiful estates now in the market
were forfeited on that account. to be
restored half 81 century later, this De
ing the only break in the Cameron
possession.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
Times Changes Since 1869.

Times have changed since 1869,
when John Eaton, Jr., was superin-
.cndent OF schools for Tennessee. In
:aton's biennial report, published IN
1Sc2. the following excerpt appears:
The prejudice existing in most COM
n,un;ties TO !h!s class OF instructors
fwomen teayllers) is as groundless as
it is unjust. The eight lady teachers
who have so honorably acquitted them
selves In our school have proven De
vond doubt their capacity to teach.
govern and manage the largest ana
most .,nruly. They are not only equai
TO male teachers in the exercise OF the
common duties Of the school room,
but far better adapted to advance the
class of scholars now attending free
schools
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
DIVERS IN CONSTANT PERIL
Aggressive DeniEens of the Deep by
No Means All They Have to
Contend With.

Sharks are afraid of air bubbles"
said Capt. Lawson Smith to an inter-
viewer recently.
when Il diver sees 4 shark" said
Captain Smith. she nips thesvalve OF
the rube through which he receives
air from the surface and then lets it
60 again This makes great air bub-
bles in the water. and usually the
shark swinls for its life when it sees
them. Another trick to escape
shark is to hide behind clump of sea-
weed until it has gone.
Another peril of deeresea diving is
a disease which is caused by diver
being hauled to the surface too quick
iy. Tie pressure OF the water when
he is in the sea is relieved by COM
pressed air inside his diving suit.
When he is brought to the top sud-
denly the air IN the suit rusheS into
his veins. He becomes like soda
wafer bottle which bubbles up sud-
denly when it is opened.
The divers veins fill with air bub-
bles. and if these reach the heart he
is doomed man. The only remedy
is to pop him back again into the wa
ter and lower him to the same depth
from which he was brought up. This
draws the air out of his veins. and he
is cured by the time he reaches the
surface again. If they did not put
him back in the water he would die
in three minutes.
Other dangers which divers have
TO face are blanket fish and the octo-
nus. A blanket fish is great fiat
Beast which floats over the diver and
suddenly comes down on him and en-
velops him. Like the octopus, it abb
sorbS him into its system.
My diving suit is of the latest Eat-
tern. and has a telephone attached. L
can communicate with the men on the
surface with it, or with another diver
near me- Divers. if they are not
brought to the surface carefully, Will
lean out of the water to great height,
like fish. Few divers 60 down more
than 200 feet. and at this depth they
only stay down about ten minutes"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
His Own "Ooub!e!n

Few modern statesmen are the sub
tnct of SO many good stories as NJ.
tlemenceau. who is eighty-one. Here
is one OF the latest:
The other day he went round the
street markets OF Paris testing prices,
following his usual habit of seeing
things for himself. Asking an old
woman az one of the stalls the price
cf some carrots, lie was told 60 CEN
times.
They are too dear" he protested.
~ will give you fifty
The woman looked at him a Minute,
perhaps to see if it was worth while
hageIirg, and then said:
Very well, you shall have them for
fifty, because. my little old man. you
resemble our good n. Ciemenceau."
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1922-12-12
BIRD FEasTs oa LIVE SHEEP DOOMED ~ FooR FAEaIE'3
F;sayan Civilization suscumhe1 So
cause OF cr@6s Me<nods Of Es:!-
ci,:tyrs Then n Vogue.

AeI.;cultIral iimitations probably
caused the f,ai breakdown Of Che re-
narka!.ie A;ayaa civilization. about
55If-;5.:a \. -, aha brought about the
aeseriaa as n;Gay of i1S magnificent
cities. rn.n;ng iuIc. a tropical wilder
ness :; cuuntcy which formerly sup
norted as least 5.%2H.NG0 people. in the
opinion Of a UeInGe3 Of the Carnegie
Institution o Washington.
While tie Maya race had worked
out Il SYSTEM Of time measurement
which greatly exceiled that of the
Greeks. Romans or Egyptians, their
methods Of farming we're very crude.
he claims. Ike those Of tie modern
Indians. The process was to burn Off
the forest and brush Ga land selected
for cu'tivation Aiter one or two
crops had beef. made on this land, they
allowed the field to lie fallow, and
nroceeded tc cut and burn and plant
another field. and so On until sufficient
brush had accumulated on the first
field Tor Returning it.
Reneated burning over Of the land
causes grasses TO come in. In TINS
way. he thinks, the forests were con-
yarFed into grass lands. Planted
cropS we're choked oul. The rapidly
multiplying people needed fresh lands
and finally moved elsewhere.
Other archeoloGisfs ha'e affrloo1eo
this apparently sudden breakup to
series Of yelow-fevar ep!denlcs, Dut
DR.. Mcrley d;scredits this theory.