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, I. " :', v: PAGE 12. THE QASTOMA GAZETTE. FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1M8. if - . , - i ' ' rfimim'b Umbrvtta Snake. - Vcaess m snakes take the place of : Wild beasta In Formosa, and their at tacks are formidable, says a Japanese : traTeler, who baa Just returned from - a trip la the aoatbem Island. There la vennou snake on that Ulaud by the name of amiigasahebi. so called from Ita umbrella-like head. This anake la generally found lu watery places, often In a dltcb flowing out of " kitchen. A maid working In a kitch en la uot Infrequently startled at the Ugly appearance of the suake. The animal makes a eculiar noise by the nimble movement of Its tongue. A alight touth of Its fauns la fatal. A ' native of the island was bitten by the snake in the thumb. A doctor who - treated the wound made a simple ap plication. The man returned borne. -'thinking the wound would soon be cured, hut to hit consternation his arm bad swollen up. He soon lost sight and : hearing. Next inoruing be wis dead. Cast and West News. Animal and Plant Life In Brine Just west of Promontory Point sta tion, Utah, is a pond cut off from the Great Salt lake by the railroad em bankment At times of high water in the lake this reservoir fills by pereola- tlon through the embankment, but dur- big the summer this water Is concen- ; trated to a brine by evaporation. The deep pink color of the brine la a phe nomenon that appears In salt ponda . generally when a certain concentration Is reached. In the salt ponds of San Francisco bay this color is due to a ' certain bacillus which Uvea In satu- . rated brines and also in the heaps of aalt as tt ts piled for drainage and . shipment Prohibitive to life as such an environment might be considered, strong natural brines are. in fact in habited by a number of minute organ , isms, animals as well as plants. The pink color disappears In winter or 7 when fresh water Is Introduced into , the pond. United States Geological ; Burrey. .. ., - 'i 1 ' 1 1 i . i . . i - Human Sacrifices. , . : In battle the Aztecs strove to save - )ife ao that they could use their pris oners as human sacrifices to the gods. : They had the art of ambush reduced to , euch a science that it was nothing an usual for them to bring home 25,000 prisoners after a campaign. Their bat- ties were not fought for the sake of any principle, nor yet to gain territory. They fought In order to capture prison- era, and the hot beaded young soldiers were given wooden swords, for fear i tbey might hi the beat of battle unwit- tingly slay a foe. A dead enemy waa already dead, and hence of no value - for sacrificial purposes. Were the Az tecs humans Well, not so that you i could notice. But their destruction of . prisoners on the altars of their beauti 1 ful temples was done in the name of religion and hence not reprehensible. St Louis Globe-Democrat f ' Test For a Field Glass. k. - Inquiry has it that the absolute and , infallible test of a field glass by the J purchaser Is to see what size letters S can be read across the street from the optician's shop. . . i : It isn't The real test is to climb up ' , a long and busby bill until the breath ' comes a hundred to the minute, then ' -snatch for the glass, reposing in a ahlrt pocket, to see whether the buck , . Is the one you want before you fire. ' Xf it won't go In your shirt pocket it ' ;Is not the glass you want; others are 7 7 made that .will. If it shakes in your " agitated bands it is not the glass you : V want- You cannot see enough more ; .- with a high power glass to pay for the times when it is unusable. Iecause v 700 canot n!d It steady. Outing. j ."; i A Literary Coincidence. f:fU.r XV -l..-l. r. ....... II ' said Herbert Russell in telling of a literary I; coincidence, "bad fluisbed maturing 5 the plot of bis novel. The Death Ship. which is a version of the legend of " Vanderdecken. I was bis amanuensis - at the. time. He said to me. Tomor 1 row we will begin the story.' On the following morning when I entered bis study to take bis dictation of the open ling lines be showed me u letter he had Just received. It was from W. S. Gll i bert, the well known dramatist, asking i him why he did not write a novel about the Flying Dutchman." Eternal Lamps. A common superstition that the an- Ctents possessed the art of making '-: lareps which would burn forever for a ;7long time obtained, and it was claimed '' that one uch lamp was discovered in , the tomb of Rosicniclua. Science, bow ; Ter, has 'long set this, together with other superstitions, forever at rest. Since It has been demonstrated that fire will not burn in a chamber from ; Which the air has been exhausted. Claar Air. , The air Is so clear at Arequlpa, Peru, , 0at from the observatory at that place, &fi& feet above the sea, a black spot , :one inch in diameter phiced on a white t disk has been seen on Mount Chare ha nl a distance of eleven miles, through a thh-teen inch telescope. '. - . ' Beth Busy. : "Tm worn, out.. I've been breaking la a new cook. . . , ' fve got my bands, full -too." . I'm ? breaking la a new JnosbendJVBrown- lag's Magaztae. ; '.. ... , . " i Mir rate. ? . : t rnia aispoaltloa.U made of, tho chGdrea of the, couple?"." . I , ' ; . "Tfcpy will spend sli, months with the servants of each parent" Puck, " ' Any . man may , commit a jnlstaka, pot none but fool will continua to tt, Cicero, . . III STEPS OF SCIENTIST THOUSANDS FOLLOW MITCHELL S TRAIL In ilve Months Klnro Itallroad Has Keen In Operation More Than 10, OOO Peofle from All Over the World Hve Visited Uve "Top f Kastern America" Journey Once Male on Foot, With Terriftlc Hard ships, Now Knjoyed in Modern I'AMienger C'oachee. Sunday's Ashevllle Citizen aays: Ever since Prof. Elisha Mitchell lost his life in the rugged wilds of the mountain giant bearing his name, the footsteps of that scientist to tne highest point east of the Rockies have been followed by thousands. Before that remarkable piece of engineering which resulted in tne building of Mount Mitchell Railroad to the roof of Eastern America was consummated, folks made the ardu ous and dangerous ascent on foot, with a mule, perhaps, to carry their Impediments. In the course of years no doubt many thousands so viewed the world from the stupendous height of Mitchell's peak, and they all appreciated the beauty of that panorama when they finally ended their journey above the clouds. One year ago there appeared an advertisement in The Asheville Citi zen announcing the operation of pas senger trains to the mountain iak 6,711 feet above the level of tne sea. In today's Citizen is another full page advertisement, and tne lapse of that short period marks a remarkable change in conditions as they were before the road placed jjabsenger casr in service. Last season trains were operated for three months and so far this season for two. During the five months, more than 10,000 people have made the Journey up the moun tain s steep slopes in comfort, wltn every convenience at hand, and in a train equipped with the last word in safety appliances. The aggregate of these brief five months' travel no doubt far exceeds the aggregate j of all those who made the Journey i during the scores of years that elapsed between Professor Mithell's death and the inauguration of pas senger service on the Mount Mitchell Railroad. Thia road is not only a remarkable engineering achievement winding its sinuous way around and around until It finally reaches that point so far above the world, but it is really a road of scenic magnifi cence. The overpowering charm whien renders the tourist quite speechless as he stands on the observatory on the very summit of the mountain gi ant, breaks on him suddenly. . But almost from the time the train pulls out from the Black Mountain sta tion, there is a constantly increasing allurement, an ever deepening charm, which -emanates' from the views-of the moutaine nearly all trie way to the-top of the giant. - The mysterious forests have an enchant ment which fascinates the most blase world traveler, a fascination which enraptures and almost , be witches the senses. And it Is remarkable how widely has become known the allurement of this mountain now established , for all time to come as the highest -peak on the American continent east or the bare and. barren Rockies. A par ty of 60 will arrive Thursday f front 6L Louis, (or thasofe, purpose of vis iting the. roof of the world so sear Atbevllle. . A . large party will come this week. Jrpp; .Louisville fpr the same purpose. A certain- lady from ChilUcothe, Prp Js.making the long trip from the Buckeye 6tate for. this one obJecL .7ef Vl P9t a few In stances out of many that might Je cited, but they are sufficient to Indi cate the widespread interest already aroused In one of the most remarka ble masses of rock la the knows world. , J Bring Shines New Post Tosvstles wero perfected to overcome the defects of old-style corn flakes. And the hearty wet come they have received ia ample proof that their superiority is recog nized. New PoNt Toastle have a self-developed, inner-flavor the rich flavor of choice Indian corn. Try a hand ful dry they're mighty good that way, and the test will prove that un like common flakes, they do not de pend on cream and sugar for their palatability. Xew Port TuaNtie do not "chaff" in the package, and they don't musa down in cream like common "corn flakes." The New IVwt Toaties are identified by tiny bubbles on eaea flake produced by the quick, in tense heat of the new process of man ufacture, which also develops their wonderful new flavor. Have your grocer send a package for tomorrow's breakfast. New Post Toasties KLKCTKD BY IMG'S SQUEAL. Cumming Tells a BU of History Concerning Andrew Jackson. Washington Post. Homer Si Cummlngs. vice chair man of the Democratic National Committee and committeeman from Connecticut, is said to be an author ity on political history. He declar ed that the greatest events of the nation have been decided by trivial things, and in support of this state ment he said: "A pig caused the election of An drew Jackson to the Presidency. A farmer, who was on his way to vote for a member of the Legislature heard his pig squeal, and going back he found the pig had been caught in a gate. It took him aome minutes to extricate the animal, and when he got to the polling pake He found it closed and thus was unable to cast his ballot. "The candidate for the Legisla ture for whom he intended to vote was beaten by just one vote. It was all due to the imprisoned pig. The man who was elected to the Legisla ture by a single vote voted for a certain candidate for United States Senator, who was elected by one vote. Afterward this Senator was called upon to vote on the question of declaring war against Great Brit ain. That proposition was carried by Just one vote. "War with Great Britain having been decided by just one vote in Congress, there came on, history tells us, the battle of New Orleans. The hero of the battle of New Or leans was Andrew Jackson. His vic tory over the British there made him the popular hero. As such He was elected to the Presidency. In this chain of events it is the logical deduction that but for the pig that got stuck in the gateway up In Rhode Island Andrew Jackson never would have been elected President of the United States." XO UXBELIKF. There is no .unbelief: Whoever plants a seed beneath the sod And waits to see it push away the clod, Ho trusts in God. Whoever says when clouds are in the -sky, "Be patient, heart; ilght breaketn by and by," Trusts the Most Hign. Whoever sees 'neath Winter's field of snow The silent harvest of the future grow. God's power must know. Whoever lies down on his couch to sleep, Content to lock each sense in slum ber deep, Knows God will keep. The heart that looks on when the eyelids close. And dares to live when life has woes, God's comfort knows. There is no unbelief: And day by day. unconsciously, The heart lives by that faith the lips deny, God knoweth why! Edward Robert Bulwer Lytton Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Long re turned home Monday from Knoz ville, Tenn., where they have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. V. B. Higgins.- -Constipation and tadlgefctlon. . "I have. used Chamberlain's Tab lets and mast say they are .the best I have ever -used for constipation and indigestion. My wife also used them for indigestion' and they did her good." writes Eugene S, Knight, Wilmington,'- N.V C. . Chamberlain's Tablets are'mfld and 'gentle in their action. Give them a triaL You arc certain to be pleased with tie agree' ble laxative effect which they pro duce. : Obtainable everywhere. Adv. -"" ; -. -. 1 ; . :'. ' .J FILBKItT PICNIC, Ihuralay, August J, Itato Selecteu for Big Annual Gathering at VU- bert, M. C. Cole Bleaw, Congress man FInley, John L. McLaurin and Other liMtinguihHl Speakers on the I'rograni. Special to The Gazette. ivrviv, o. t., Juiy io. just now everybody in this section of the county is looking forward witn much interest to the Filbert picnic which has been announced ioi Thursday, August 3, and tarmeis in every section are working with re newed energy to clear their crops of grass by tliat date. W. L. Pursley, chairman of the committee on ar rangements, announces that former Governor Blease, Congressman D. .. Finley, Hon. W. F. Stevenson, can didate for congress from the hftii district, and VV arehouse Commission er John L. McLaurin have accepted invitations to speak at Filbert on August 3 and that Governor Man ning and Hon. R. A. Cooper Have been invited and will be present if they can so arrange. Although York county considers that tho Filbert picnic belongs to It in general and tho littlo viuago of Filbert considere it is theirs In par ticular, strictly speaking it is a otate property because people from all over the State and from North Caro lina come there on picnic day. mere were anout t.wuy people at Filbert last August when the picnic was held and it is estimated that at least 2,000 of them came from Soutn Carolina counties other than Yorx and from Gaston, Cleveland, Meek lenburg and other North Carolina counties. The Filbert picnic is always held in Pursley's woods, the property of W. Iee Pursley. of Filbert. It Is an ideal spot since the woods are plenty thick to afford, considerable shade and not too thick to admit of easy moving about among the trees. A substantial speaker's stand was built in the heart of the wood several years ago and here this year as usu al the candidates will present their claims for suffrage. The history of the now famous an nual filbert picnic dates back to 1901 when it was first held under the auspices of Filbert Camp W. O. W. There were only about 4 00 peo ple present and the only feature or the gathering was much drinking and numerous scraps. It went along pretty much the same way until 1906 when the promoters induced Senator B. R. Tillman to come. Hon J. S. Brlce, of xork. was represent ing York county in the state senate at the time and he had aroused the ire of Senator Tillman through his persistent attacks on the dispensary system and Senator Tillman accept ed the Invitation to come to Filbert and tell the folks about it. The pic nic was widely advertised and as a result about 4.000 people were pres ent. Senator Tillman was on hand and he was engaged with the pitcn fork for about one hour and a half paying his respects to his enemies in the county of York. Incidentally he made .the Filbert picnic a permanent institution be cause since the memorable picnic or 1906 in campaign years or on years there has been a crowd of from 3,- 000 to 5.000 present at Filbert on picnic day and candidates do not have to be invited. The good women of York county have already begun enticing . the chickens of frying size up to tne back doors and looking them over in order to see which will be best to fry for picnic day; it is evident that there is- no shortage in the chicken crop, of the county, and that there will be plenty for all who come to Filbert on Thursday, August 3rd. Ux-fes, A Bid, Effscbvt Ltirtfvt Uwr Tonic :. ooMMoteViptMDmnrfttustomaca. Ia addition to other properties, Lax-Fo contains Cascara in -acceptable form, atimulatingLaxative andTonic. Lax-Fos sets effectively and does sot gripe DOT disturb stomach. At the same time, jp aids digestion, arouses the liver and secretions and restores the healthy functions. 50c Servants In Germany , ' ' How the servant question is bandied in Gel many is told bi George Stuart FuUertou's book. Germany of Today.' "In Bavaria, 'if I wish to get rid of a servant. ' 1 mast give her notice on or before the 15th of the month, the notice to take effect on the first of the month following. I muat allow the servant in the two weeks Intervening a certain number of outings to look for another place. If I delay my notice until the ICth I must tolerate the on welcome domestic for six weeks longer. Should 1 prefer to get rid of her at any price J must pay ber, not merely her wages, but also a sum to cover her board and lodging up to the legal date. Such legal provisions may easily be sn annoyance to the employer. It Is not all employees who seem to deserve so much consideration. But It is surely better that the well to do should suf fer some Inconvenience than those who have their daily bread to earn should run the risk of being brought to dis tress." For Conserving Hsat In Pipaa. An excellent covering for steam pipes may be made from materials that are always available. Take some One sawdust and screen it through a sieve to remove any foreign bodies. Prepare a thin paste of flour and wa ter and mix the sawdust thoroughly with this paste. With a small trowel the. mixture so prepared should be ap plied in about five coats to the steam pipes while tbey are slightly warm. Each coat should be thoroughly dry before the next Is applied. If the steam pipes are In sn exposed situs tlon three or four coats of coal tar should be applied after the paate bas dried. If inside a building this water proofing is unnecessary. Steam pipes treated with the sawdust as above lose very little beat. Popular Science Monthly. Victoria and tho Irish Soldier. It was at a royal review of troops that Queen Victoria made an immortal declaration. Regiment after regiment. English. Irish and Scotch, passed be fore the queen. Vhen the Grenadier guards went past she expressed the warmest of admiration for the fault less technic of the regiment. When a regiment of blghlnnders marched past she became positively enthusiastic, 'Magnificent!" her majesty is reported as saymg. " uat splendid soldiers those highland men are!" Then came an Irish regiment, which one Is not stated. This time it was not so much the faultless marching and the eplen did physique that so impressed her majesty. For a moment she said noth ing. Then In a low voice she turned to an officer and said. "Ah, that is bloody war!" The Oldest Epitaph. The oldest epitaph in English, which is found in a churchyard in Oxford shire and dates from the year 1370, to modern readers would be unintelligible not only from its antique typography, but from its obsolete language, the flret two lines of which run as follows antl may be taken ns a sample or the whole: "Man com & se how scbal alle dede be; wen yow comes bad & bare; noth have ven we away fare; all ye werlnes yt ve for core." The modern reading would be: "Man, come and see bow shall all dead be when you come poor and bare; nothing have when we away fare. All is weari ness that we for care." London Spec tator. Plum Pudding Broth. Plum broth, the forerunner of Christ mas pudding, found a place at the royal table so late as tbe last century. Braud-tells us that be dined at St James' palace on Christmas day, 1800, when tbe first dish was a "rich, lus cious plum porridge." of which, he found on inquiry, tbe ingredients com prised "forty pounds of veal, six shins of beef, fifty loaves, sixty pounds of sugar. 150 lemona, six dozen sack, six dozen hock, six dozen sherry, forty pounds of raisins, forty pounds of cur rants, thirty pounds of prunes and tbe usual spices." London Spectator. First Prize Declined. Perhaps the most remarkable lottery was that in France in 1GGO, when the conclusion of peace and the marriage of Louis XIV. were celebrated. It was drawn publicly and, under the inspec tion of tbe police, and the first prize. 100,000 llvres, was won by the king himself. He would not accept it, how ever, and It was left over to the next lottery in which he had no ticket- London Express. Philological Objurgation. Do you think It proper to call an antagonist names?" 'Oh, yes," replied the scholar, "if It is done properly. By selecting epi thets sufficiently long and unusual to send people to the dictionary the proc ess may be made positively education al." Washington Star. Something Wrong. Patience What did you think of Peg gy's new diamond ring? Patrice I didn't notice it "Didn't notice It?. Geet Are you stone blind rYonkers Statesman. Nothing to Go On. Did you tell Blnks I could not tell the truth if I trledr "Of course -1 didn't I don't know what you could do if you tried." Rich mond Times-Dispatch, ... ' Anticipated. Margaret Did you tell the girls at the tea that secret I Confided to you and Josephine? ' Katharine No, truly I didn't Josephine got there UrsL Exchange. lt: 2'J. -t'.."'V, .'' 7.1 ' v . fssojsaoaeaa. 4 . . SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Premier carrier of the South. Arrival and departure passanger trains. Southern Railway Station. Gastonia, N. C. N. B. Schedule figures shown as information and not guaranteed. t Arrive from : 29, New York. Washington Birm ingham special .... . .5:25 a. m. 42, Atlanta, Night Express 5:25 a. m. 39 Charlotte (local) S:00 a. m. 36 New Orleans-Atlanta (U. S. Fast Mail) 9:21 a. m 37 N. Y., Washington, (N. Y., Atla N. O., Limited) 10:42 a. m. 11 Richmond (local) .. 46 Seneca (local) 12 Atlanta (local) 4 5 Greensboro (local) . 38 N. O. Atla. (N. Y.. 11:30 a. m. 12:45 p. m. 5:00 p. m. , 5:45 p. m. Atla., New. urieaus uia ji p. m. 40 Atlanta (local) 9:38 p. m. 30 Bham-Atla., (B., spl) 10.16 p. m. 35 N. Y.-Washington, (U. S. Fast Mail) n:i7 p m- 43, Charlotte, Night Express, 11:32 p. m. Depart for 29 Bham., (Bham., Spl.,) 5:25 a. m. 42. Charlotte, Night Express, 5:25 a. m. 39 Atlanta, (local) 8:00 a. m. 36 Washington N. Y. (Us. S. Fast Mail) 9:21 a. m. 37 Atla., N. O.. (N. Y., Atla., New Oleans. Ltd.) 10:42 a. m. 11 Atlanta (local) 11:30 a. m. 46 Green sbor (local).. 12:45 p. m. 12 Richmond (local) ... 5:00 p. m. 45 Seneca (local) .... 5:45 d. m. 1 Taj . 38 N. O. Atla., (N. Y., Atla.. New Orleans Ltd 751 d. m. 40 Charlotte (local) 9:38 p. m. 30 Wash.. N. Y.. (Birmingham Special) 10:16 d. m. 35 Atla., New Orleans (U. S. Fast Mai) 11:17 p. m. 43, Atlanta, Night Express, 11:32 d. m. For rates reservations or other information call on or write A. A. SUTHER, T. A., phone-22 O. C. ANDREWS, Agt.. Phone 73. Traffic la Babies. Yorkville Enquirer. Papers and people throughout tne country have been aroused by a re port recently submitted by Dr. Geo. walker, a member of the Maryland vice commission in which he tells of tbe "traffic in babies" in the large cities of the country. Dr. Walker is connected with the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. He is a na tive of Yorkville and is a brother of Dr. M. J. Walker and Mrs. G. H. O'- Leary of this place. The Philadel phia Public Ledger recently reprint ed Dr. Walker's report in full and commented at length editorially, a part of which comment follows: "The terrible report of Dr. Geo. Walker of Baltimore, a member of the Maryland vice commission, is an indictment of neglect which does not apply to his community alone. It discloses the appalling conditions that obtain at institutions which take unwanted babies at a'price and let them die. Of course such places dodge the name and the vocation of the murderer by pretending that they do their best to cherish the flickering spark of life in each in fant parted from the mother, but the rate of mortality is damning proof to the contrary. It would he more humane, Dr. Walker rightly maintains, to hit these poor, desert ed babies in the head with a ham mer than to let them starve to death or die for want of medical at tention. The records of weight show a steady decrease. Tbe change ia registered dally in the appearance of the infant. In one Institution 230 babies died out of 250 admitted in a year, giving 88.8 as the percentage of mortality. At another much smal- er place all the babies admitted tn the years 1904, 1906. 1907, 1905, 1911 perished. Tbe horrors of the promiscuous wholesale sepulture of these infants need not be repeated here. Such conditions were un- . doubtedly kept from the knowledge of religious and social workers, who in their ignorance recommended the commitment of the helpless to those who systematically did them to death. What defense has an infant crying for the light and with no lan- ,: guage but a cry?" Hulldlng New Paronag. The congregation of the Mt. -Holly Baptist church have recently begun the construction of a handsome new parsonage on Lentx street, about one ' block from the church. The build ing will be two stories and basement, with nine rooms, and will be on the bungalow style. Mr. R, F. Rankin has the contract and expects to com plete the building within about three , months. Messrs. O. L Hoffman and, J. J. Farrar are two of the member .;' of the building cdmmittee. When , completed the parsonage will be occa pied by the newly elected pastor of the church, Rev. W..G. Moore, who is to come about the middle of Au--gust from his present pastorate at Reading, Pa., to take charge of the ' Mount Holly church. The former : pastor at Mount Holly, Rev. G. C.- Andrews, sow has a pastorate at Ply mouth, N. C. . ...... - . Whenever You Need a General Tonic ... . Take ..Grove's , . . . The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chilli Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because' it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININJ3 and IRON. It acts oa the Liver, Drives out Malaria," Enriches the Blood and ' Builds up tbe Whole System, SO cents. n
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