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The Sandersville Herald.
Published weekly by
The Herald Publishing Co.
WOHDERSOFTHE SUN
Some Facts About That Colossal
Fiery Globe.
J. It. ALFORD,
Manager.
Entered second-class mai l er al tin
post office at Sandprsville, (ra , mult i
the aft of Congress of March H. 1871*.
Friday, December 11, 1908.
EDITOR GOODWIN.
There is no doubt that, the very
beet, of the Tribune-Messenger,
which is gotten up with great
credit to all those connected will
it, appear under the name of Mr.
Goodwin—the Editor.
Wo hasten to congratulate hot,I
the Manager and Editor of th
new paper, and particularly Mi.
Goodwin, whose maiden efforts
unquestionably show a marke<
ability and aptitude for the wort
he has chosen during the oil
hours from his law pruotiee.
The Herald looks out from the
RBhes of the fire and “pied” typi .
from which, happily, we are no\
About to emerge, to extend tin
greetings and good wishes of i
paper now sixty-eight years old
to the new paper that has come to
us and offer whatever we may ii
the way of encouragement.
There 19 always a bright tied
ahead of’a new paper and a lie 1
Editor—Tliey enter the work wit I
an enthusiasm and a zeal the ol
cannot experience—And yet, they
serve to quicken the steps hi
lend courage and hope to the old
er ones and in this way progress
and growth become the thought
and watchwords of the oldei
paper,
The entry'of the Tribune-Mes
senger and Editor Goodwin came
at a tiipe when we were trying t.<
eet our house in order after tie
fire and we have now out' first op
portunity to sav welcome to them
which we now say cordially.
KEV, W. A. BROOKS
Rev. VV. A. Brooks, a forim r
resident of our city, andjor some
months Editor of the Herald, is
visiting friends here.
Mr. Brooks is always a welcome
visitor to Sandersville, and es
pecially to the Herald office, where
lie is known by all the foice, and
beloved for his high character and
gentlemanly qualities.
We value his friendship, and
his worth and success evidenced
by the newspapers of his section,
and by his new friends where lie
lives come ns pleasing reports to
THE OFFICIAL ORGAN
AN IDEA OF ITS GREAT SIZE.
Our Earth and Moon, as Far Apart as
They Now Are, Could Easily Move
Around In Its Flaming Interior—Some
of the Substances It Contains.
Astronomy does not always consist
of night studies. There nre some things
to tie seen after darkness is gone, both
with glass and unassisted eye. The
dear old moon often gives us n good
daylight view of herself, looking ns If
haggard, sleepy and disgusted nfter be
ing out overnight. The star Venus has
often been seen in the afternoon. Some
comets are on record as having ap
proached so near the earth that tlie
same could he said of them for weeks
at n time.
But of course the groat day attrac
tion Is the ruler of our own family of
brolher and sister plnnets, the sun.
Although “medium sized" ns com
pared to many of the tlxed stars, our
sun is no lightweight, being about
l.ano.ooo times ns large ns the earth. If
some great force could put us In the
center of that ultra mninmotli globe,
and the moon also (keeping her at the
same distance from us as she now Is),
and there was another moon nearly ns
far away from her. the earth, and the
two moons and all the space between
them could still be contained In the
groat, sparkling sun.
Its distance from us Is 02.807.000
miles, a very tedious little journey if
we could make It by customary meth
ods. You can And plenty of accounts
in books of how long It would take a
railroad train to get to It. and you can
ascertain It yourself by a little figuring.
Yon will learn, for instance, that a lim
ited express traveling 1,000 miles per
day would arrive nt Sun station In
nbout 234 years, during which time
there would probably be a few deaths
on the train. If when the engine ar
rived It could gite a blast of the whis
tle loud enough to be heard here, the
people nt this end of the line would
have to wait fourteen years before the
signal arrived if It proceeded at the
usual velocity of sound.
Put the eye. most wonderful of con
veyances, can traverse all that dis
tance in between eight and nine min
utes. It takes that length of lime
for light to pass between the two
worlds.
What is the material of which that
great (lory globe Is composed? The
following substances have been detect
ed by the spectroscope and may bo
considered as surely a part of It: Bari
um, calclun^ chromium, cobalt, copper,
hydrogen. Iron, magnesium, mauga-
hese, nickel, platinum, silicon, silver,
sodium, titanium, vanadium. It Is
thought that the following substances
nre also there, although the proof.
LAND OF THE CROSSBOW.
Th*
Sheriff Moye authorizes the
Herald to announce that this pa
per will remain the official organ
of the county, and this notice is
given to avoid confusion, and in
order that there may be no mis
understanding on the subject.
All legal notices should be sent
in to The Herald for publication
the same as heretofore, and will
be published under the head of
legal notices, in the same manner
as now carried.
SUPERINTENDENT
IN NEW 0JF1CE
Tvtbilc strong, is not absolute': Alumini
um, cadmium, carbon, load, molybde
num, palladium, uranium and zinc. It
Is a singular fact that gold has not yet
been discovered In tills great golden
orb.
The fact that ‘‘all Is action, all Is mo
tion." not only In “this world of ours,"
but throughout our entire universe, Is
Illustrated by the sun, for. while all the
planets of our system nre revolving
around It, It is not Itself still; it would
seem to be having a waltz of Its own.
It turns on Its axis, It hns another mo
tion nbout the center of gravity of the
solar system, and, besides, It is on Its
way. with its flock of planets, toward
some distant point In space at the
rate of 960 miles per minute. These
facts and figures sound strange and
hardly believable, but they hnve been
demonstrated mathematically over and
over again by astronomers of different
times and lands.
One of the most Interesting things
to he seen upon the sun is its spots,
for this great king of planets is not
entirely Immaculate, gome think these
nre caused by cyclones, some that they
i eruptions from within the sun’s
surface, some by cool matter from me
teors falling into the hotter atmos
phere. and this last idea would seem
the most sensible one. Such a great
flaming furnace as the sun apparent
ly Is, giving out life to a colony of plan
ets, must have food, and possibly the
great heat giving, life Imparting crea
ture may when spots appear be taking
Its rations.
These spots, often thousands of miles
In extent, although they look so small
from earth, can many of them be Been
with an opera glass, but It Is neces
sary to combine the Instrument with
smoked glass, which can be fastened
upon It with rubber bands either at the
pye or view end.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Deadly Poisoned Arrows of tha
Lissoo oharpshooters.
On the wild frontier between China
and British Burma is a barbarous tribe
which hns no civilized supervision.
George Forrest, an English traveler,
thus describes the chief weapon of
these people: “If I had to surest a
title for a beck on the upper t’Twiu 1
should call It ‘The Land of the Cross
bow,’ which is the characteristic weap
on of the country and (he Lissoo tribe.
Every Lissoo with any pretensions to
chic possesses nt least two of these
weapons—one for everyday use In hunt
ing, the other for war. The little chil
dren play with miniature crossbows.
Tbe men never leave their lints for any
purpose whatever without their cross
bows. When they go to sleep tbe *nu-
kung’ is hung over their heads, and
when they die It Is hung over their
graves. The largest crossbows have a
span of fully live feet and require a
pull of fully thirty-five pounds to string
them. The bow Is made of u species of
wild mulberry of great toughness and
flexibility. The stock, some four feet
long In the war bows, is usually of
wild plum wood. The string Is of
plaited hemp and the trigger of bone.
The arrow, of sixteen to eighteen
Inches, is of split bamboo about four
times the thickness of an ordinary
knitting needle, hardened and pointed.
The nctual point Is bare for n quarter
to one-tliird of an Inch, then for fully
an Inch the arrow Is stripped to half Its
thickness, and on this portion poison is
placed.
“The poison Is invariably a decoction
expressed from the tubers of a species
of aeonitum which grows on those
ranges at an altitude of 8,000 to 10,000
f€*et. The poison Is mixed with resin
or some vegetable gum to the consist
ency of putty and is then smeared on
the notched point. The ‘feather’ Is sup
plied by a strip of bamboo leaf folded
Into a triangular form and tied in u
notch nt the end of the arrow, with the
point of the angle outward. The re
duction in thickness of the arrow
where the poison is placed causes the
point to break off lu tbe body of any
one whom It strikes, nrnl, as each car
ries enough poison to kill a cart horse,
a wound Is invariably fatal. Free and
Immediate Incision is the usual remedy
when wounded on a limb or fleshy part
of the body, but nt Clicngka the uncle
of the Laowo chief showed us a prep
aration which resembled opium dross
and which he said was an effective
antidote.
“With few exceptions the Lissoo
seemed to us to be arrant cowards,
but the crossbow and poisoned arrow
are certainly most diabolical weapons.
An arrow from a war bow will pierce
a deal board an Inch thick at seventy
or eighty yards. Some of the Tsokon
natives were so expert that they could
bit u mirk four Inches !n diameter re
peatedly at sixty to eighty yards. As
no one goes anywhere without big
crossbow mo Ids bearskin quiver full
of poisoned arrows and as every vil
lage is at feud with every other vil
lage mutual suspicion is Inevitable.
In open tight the Lissoo are usually
cnrenil to keep at n respectful distance
from each other and behind oxhide
shields which protect the whole of the
body. But If battle is rare, murder
and sudden death by ambush in the
Jungle are common."
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COMMERCIAL
JOB printing!
COUNTY TREASURER AND SU
RERINTENDENT HAVE SWAP
PED OFFICES.
By the consent of the county
authorities the superintendent of
education and the county treas
urer have exchanged offices.
The change was made for the
convenience of the many ladies
who have business with the conn
ty school superintendent of edu
cation. The new office is the first
©ne to the main entrance.
The new offi ;es are made attrac
tive, and it ia believed that the
©Iiange will be appreciated by the
Drank and Remembered.
A porter In a big New York ware
house In Greenwich street was recent
ly discharged for getting drunk and los
ing a valuable parcel. The discharge
sobered him Instantly, coming as u sud
den hard shock. He suid he would
take the oath never to touch liquor
again, but his pleadings for reinstate
ment were unheeded. He searched
everywhere for the parcel, but could
not recollect what disposition he had
made of it. Of his honesty there had
never been a question in twenty years.
Overcome by the loss of his place, lie
got violently drunk and while in this
condition recollected where he had left
the parcel and went and recovered it.—
New York Times.
Where Willie We*.
The professor (at the dinner table)—
Oh, by the way. Mrs. Chopsticks, have
you seen your little boy Willie lately?
Mrs. Chopsticks—No, professor, 1 have
not seen him since 10 o’clock, and I
can’t imagine what has become of him.
In fact, 1 am very much worried about
him. Professor—Well, seeing Martha
pour me out tlifat glass of water just
now reminded me of something that I
had on my mind to tell you some time
ago, but which unfortunately escaped
my memory. It was just about 10
o’clock, I think, that 1 saw little Willie
fall down the well.—Atlanta Constitu
tion.
A Favor Appreciated.
“I have come to inform you,’’ said
the young man who thought the firm
would have to go out of business if
he went away, “that unless my salary
Is raised I shall Lave to sever my con
nection with this establishment."
“Thank you," replied the general
manager.
i “Am I to understand, then,” the
young man asked, “that you accede to
my demand?”
“No. I thanked you because you
had relieved me of an unpleasant du
ty. I always hate to discharge a man
who will be unable to hold a job any
where else.”—Chicago Record-Herald.
Not until we know all that God
knows can we estimate to the full the
power and the saeredness of some one
life which may seem the humblest In
-John Ruakln.
Sympathy For the Orphan*.
An elephant while stamping through
the jungle one day quite unintentional
ly stepped upon a mother bird, crush
ing It to death. Hearing the cries of
the little brood lu the bushes near by,
the sought out the nest and with a sym
pathetic sigh said: “Poor little things!
I’ve been a mother myself. I’ll keep
you warm." And she then proceeded
to sit upon the nest.—From George T.
Lanigan’s Fable, “The Kind Hearted
She Elephant."
We have a choice
line of Stationery
and the Finest Job
Printing Establish
ment in this part of
Georgia. | f1|| Bp J
[Mail Orders Will Receive
Prompt Attention,
Modern Version.
“Then you will be ever nt my beck
and call?" inquired Aladdin.
“With the exception of Tuesday and
Friday afternoons, Monday and Satur
day evenings and every other Sunday,"
firmly replied the genie.—Washington
Herald.
The Knocking.
“De successful man,” said Uncle
Eben, “keeps quiet so’s he kin hear op
portunity knockin’ nt de do.’ De fail- SIS
ure tries to do all de knockin’ hlsse’f."
—Washington Star.