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SUNDAY, AUGIST 20.
THE COMPASS PLANT IS THE
WONDER OF ALL SCIENTISTS
On the Western Pains the Leaves Point Due North and South
With Certain Esgularity. First Discovered by Early Hunt
ers and Explorsrs.
Growing abundant}" on the prairies
of certain of the wsstern states is a
plant which for maty years has at
tracted the attentioi of observers from
its striking habit <f holding its large
lower leaves upright, with the edges
pointing north am south. So strange
has this peculiar!' appeared that the
early records of travelers concerning
the pjint were fir many years dis
credited by sciertists. Abundant ob
servations, howe'er, during a course
of years confirmed those records, and
moreover some of our more familiar
plants have ben found to exhibit
this polarity.
The early hmters and explorers in
the west noticed the peculiar charac
teristic of tha Eilphiumfi or rosin
weed, as it is often called, but it was
not until 1842 that any record was
made of it. in that year an officer of
the United States army wrote an
article in w.iich he said that so truly
did the edges of the leaves point
north and south travelers were en
abled to glide themselves by them.
JSB 1813 ie made further statements
to the sane effect. So incredulous
was the public mind upon the sub
ject that six years later he reiterated
his statsments before « body in
Cambridge, and adduced the testi
mony of his brother officers in proof
of his assertions. Other testimony
began to come in from Mihcliigan and
the west, until all became con/inced
of the existence of a veritable plant
compass on the prairies.
When the existence of the compass
plant was fully established, men be
gan to speculate upon the reasons
•why the leaves should stand perpen
dicularly with their laces to the east
and the west and their edges to the
north and south.
The army officer first mentioned
thought that the leaves contained
enough iron to render them magnetic,
GEORGIA-CAROLINA FAIR WILL
ECLIPSE ALL PREDECESSORS
“The Augustan” Carries Interesting Account of What Will
Be Done at the Fall Event. Various New Features, Fire
works Display, Midway, Football, Etc.
"The Augustan” for August, a pub
lication of the Chamber of Commerce,
devoted to Public up-lift, carries an
extremely interesting article, one of
several on various topics, on "The
Georgia-Caroiina Fair for 1911.”
"The Georgia-Caroiina Fair in 1911,”
says The Augustan, promises to
eclipse all of its predecessors. Ever
since v the last fair ended President
James U. Jackson and Secretary Frank
E. Beane have been busy planning for
the annual fall show of 1911 and with
only a little more than two months
intervening until the opening of the
fair the outlook is Indeed very bright.
“This year there will be larger and
better agricultural club exhibits than
ever before. The Richmond County
Agricultural Society, which did not
compete for prizes last year, will have
a splendid exhibit at the approaching
fair and this club, together with Meri
wethog, Schultz’s Hill, Beech Island,
Clark's Hill, and others, will make
one of the most comprehensive and
attractive agricultural displays ever
seen at a Southern fair.
"The Georgia and Florida Railroad
will have an excellent exhibit of the
products of the "wiregrass country”
and there will be a large number of
private individuals to make agricul
tural exhibits.
“Prof. Oslgian's silk farm is expect
ed to prove one of the most attractive
features ever at a Southern fair. The
Bilk farm is being conducted on an
experimental scale with a number of
Augusta business men interested In
the proposition and it is believed that
silk culture can be made extremely
profitable in this section. Prof. Osi
gian, with his cocoons and his raw
silk on exhibition, will be a revelation
to those who have never seen them.
"Excellent machinery exhibits and
exhibits by the leading merchants of
Augusta will be seen in the main fair
building. J. G. White & Co., the New
York conoern which owns the local
and interurban electric railway sys
tems, will have an exhibit of their
electrical devices which will be a big
feature.
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but a chemical analysis disproved this
supposition. He then advanced the
theory that the great amount of rosin
the leaves contained rendered them
susceptible to the electric currents
that appeared to pass longitudionally
over the earth. As rosin is not a
conductor of electricity, this theory
was untenable.
The famous botanist, Asa Gray of
Cambridge, finally suuegsted the true
explanation. It is this: That both
sides of the lea/ are similarly con
structed and both equally sensitive to
light; both sides would therefore
make an equal struggle for sunlight,
causing the leaf-blade to twist upon
its stalk until it becomes perpendicu
lar, exposing one side as much as
the other. Subsequent microscopical
examinations have proved that both
sides are thus constructed in the same
manner and that Gray's is the correct
explanation.
The compass plant Is one of the
great order of compositae, which in
cludes the asters, the sunflowers, the
dandelion, the thistles and many
others. The flower might be called a
large yellow daisy two inches in di
ameter. The stout flower stalks rise
as high as a man's head. The large
and peculiarly stalks from the root
are the ones which constitute the
compass. In dark as v/.1l as in
bright weather these leaves assume
their peculiar position. The leaves
along the stem, which are small and
raised well into the light, do not ex
hibit marked polarity.
The common garden lettuce is a
compass plant. If it be allowed to
go to seed the leaves along the stalk
or stem will be seen to point north
and south. In this case, however, the
peculiarity is not so well marked as
in others, owing probably to the mod
ification of the plant by long cultiva
tion. —Xe-w York Press.
“The poultry show, as usual, will
be a high class attraction and it is
conceded that Augusta has the best
poultry show of any city in the South.
This year there will be many more
birds than ever before on exhibition
and the poultry show is becoming
more and more attractive each year.
"There will be an excellent live
stock exhibit and more attention will
be paid to this feature than ever be
fore. There will also be an art ex
hibit and a display of skill of the
school children of this section at draw
ing and penmanship.
"The amusement feature of the fair
will be well taken care of. There will
be a large number of high class rac*
horses and some fancy racing by
thoroughbreds in the harness and un
der the saddle will be seen. A larger
number of local horses than have ever
before been entered will be seen and
thre are some fast trotters, pacers
and running horses owned by people
in this vicinity.
“A contract has recently been closed
with a fireworks concern for $1,500
worth of pyrotechnics and the dis
play at night promises to be magnifi
cent. One of the newest features in
fireworks displays is a battle between
a fleet of aeroplanes and a fleet of
warships by night. The display Is
wonderfully inspiring and will leave a
lasting impression on ali who witness
it.
“The midway is going to be high
class and the welcome news has come
that California Frank and his splen
did wild west show is coming back to
Augusta to be at the fair and also to
make their winter headquarters here.
Frank now has a show which requires
an entire train to transport and, bar
ring Buffalo Bill’s wild west show,
Frank has the best wild west exhi
bition ever seen here.
"The annual Clemson-Georgia foot
ball game will be played on Thurs
day of fair week as usual and thous
ands will come from Georgia and
South Carolina and witness this great
clash on the gridiron. The fair will
be held from November 6 to 11 inclu
sive."
LOOK FOR THE JOHNNY
JINGLE WINNERS TODAY
The Names of the Successful
Ones Will be Found on the
Jingle Page Today, Sunday.
You can earn one or two dollars
mighty easily by .writing a few lines
of poetry for the Johnny Jingle page
advertisement that you will see in
today’s Sunday Herald. Suppose you
try. It will not cost you any money,
and perhaps very little time.
Read the page advertisement ip to
day’s paper, headed “Johnny jingles”
and you will see the whole scheme ex
plained in a few words.
Send in a jingle of four lines, re
lating to the goods handled by aly
advertisers on the Johnny Jingle
page. Three prizes of one dollar each
will be paid for the best rhymes.
Jingles must reach The Herald of
fice by Wednesday, August 23d.
If ye-nvill look at the Johnny Jin
gle page advertisement in today’s
Herald you will see the names of the
wiiners in the last, contest, and
checks for one dollar each will be
mailed them tomorrow. Put. on your
poetical cap and win one of these dol
lar prizes.
NEEDED THE CHANGE.
Doctor Curem—l see you have or
dered quite a number of your patients
to the country They needed change,
I presume.
Doctor Bigfee—Awfully. Hadn't a
cent left.
DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH
The Puke of Marlborough, who, ac
cording to despatches from London,
is trying to effect a reconcilation with
the duchess, who formerly was Con
suelo Vanderbilt. Despite their legal
separation, the duke sent his coach for
the use of the duchess on the occa
sion of the coronation, it is now re
ported, and she accepted the use of
it, the duke attending alone in his
motor car. It is said that the duch
ess has received a representative of
the duke, who pleaded with her for a
Reconciliation. This Is reported to
have occurred several times, the last
occasion being several days ago.
LIGHT BROAD WITH
TIE FLAMING ABC
Lamps Have Been Settled On
For Lighting. Two to a Pole,
Three Poles to a Block. Elev
en Times as Much Light.
Broad street is to be lighted with
the flaming arc lamp.
The lamps, which are to be placed
two on a pole, three poles to the
average length city block, give five
and a half times as much light as
the ordinary and present anc i n use.
With two lamps on the pole, there
will be eleven times as much from
the center of light as has heretofore
been.
Undoubtedly the street will be
among the best lighted, if not the
best, in the country.
The selection of the lamps is the
completion of the plan of beautify
ing Broad street. The first step was
made when council ordered the un
derground wiring; the second when
the ornamental steel poles for the
trolley wires in Hie center of the
street were selected; and the third
has been the selection of the lights,
which will surmount the trolley poles
and light the street.
The steel poles ordered are very
ornamental, much more so than the
present style. General Manager E. C.
Deal states that he expects a sample
pole this week. Upon its arrival It
will be inspefcted.
MISSING WORDS IN THE
MARKET BASKET PAGE
Last Friday’s Words Were
DINNER and AND. Winners
Should Call at Once at The
Herald Office.
The missing words In the Market
Basket contest of last Friday were
DINNER and AND. DINNER should
have appeared in the advertisement
of the New York Case and AND
should have appeared In the adver
tisement of the Summerville Grocery
Company. The corrected seitences
should have read as follows: “Why
pay fifty cents for a DINNER when
you can, etc,” and "We give AND re
deem Merchants Purple Trading
Stamps."
Speaking of "dinner,” you should
remember that the New York Case
makes a specialty of Sunday dinners
for thirty-five cents, betwee n the
hours of 6 aid 9. Supose you go
around there, 226 Jackson street, this
evening, and get one of their regular
dinners.
The Summerville Grocery not only
sells the uest of every thing in their
line, but they give and redeem Mer
chants Purple Trading Stamps. They
are now making cut prices on Prem
ium hams, Maine corn and canned
tripe. Call them up by phone, 6915,
and ask them about their other spe
cialties.
The winners for last Friday were:
Mrs. F. W. Scbmtdt, 1909 Walton
Way, and Miss Virginia. Bush, 1256
Greene street, and these ladles will
each receive Three Dollars when they
call at The Herald office Tuesday,
between 12 and 2 o’clock. They should
ask for Mr. Talbott.
Libbey’s Qut Glass—
“ The Best in th» world"—at
Schwelgert’s— and
Schweigert’s Only.
THE AUGUSTA HERALD. AUGUSTA. GA.
SEASON COMING IS
TO BE GOOD ONE
Local Theatres Will Not Be
Long In Opening. Understood
That Grand Will Have Very
Fine List of Shows This Year
The opening of the theatrical season
in Augftsta is not far oft'.
The announcement of the opening
of the Wells houses has not been
made.
Mr. Richard R. Tant, manager of
the Grand theatre, has returned from
several weeks in Savannah, where he
was manager of the Bijou theatre,
but has received no word of the
opening dates. Mr. Tant will again
be manager of the Grand, and it is
probable that he will also manage the
Bijou, the vaudeville house of this
city, though there has been no official
announcement, and Mr. Tant states
that he does not know what the ar
rangement for the season is.
The Bijou theatre opened on Labor
Day of 1910, and is probably to open
near that date this year.
The Grand theatre will open during
the fall.
It is understood that the Grand is
to receive a very high class line of
atractions during the coming season.
There were a number of "stars" at
the theatre last year. If the coming
winter brings out a better line of
plays than the previous, Augusta will
be treated to the best season she has
ever enjoyed, and will be ranked
among the leading cities of the south,
theatrically.
ORPHANS WORK BAY
IS SEPTEMBER 30
Give Earnings of That Day for
Child Saving Institutions In
the State. What It Means to
Civio Life.
Decatur, Ga.—Dr. Barnardo, a young
medical student, was conducting a mis
sion in East London. One cold night
a little boy begged to stay in the warm
mission. When asued, he said "I have
no father, no mother, no home, no
friends.” Dr. Barnardo asked if there
were others like him in London and
was led to the top of a building, where
in the bleak, cold, winter weather,
with only the gray sky as a blanket,
lay 13 boys.
The Earl of Shaftsbury went with
him several nights later and tfey
found in ty.oxes and barrels in one al
ley, 1 2 bo;;ts.
Were tbly there?
Are they here In Georgia?
Sixty applications In one of Geor
gia’s orphan homes In a month. How
many came to the 25 white, and a
dozen negro homes, can only be imag
ined.
The greatest work of the approach-*
ing Work Day will be the interest cre
ated in hunting for and saving the
last lost lamb. Dr. Barnardo found
90,000. How many will Georgians find
if they diligently search for those who
will be damned by immorality or
worthlessness of their Parents, or
those who are suffering for bread?
No man can guess the answer.
It will be enormous.
If We Neglect Them?
Their neglect will make them ene
mies of our civilization. A girl of 10
coming Into one of the orphans’ homes
cursed bitterly the orphans’ home and
church, for their neglect.
"Should you slight them, these suf
fering children,
These victims of fate in your path,
Grown strong in their sins in the fu
ture
They’ll clutch at your children In
wrath,
With the taint of a Jezebel’s finger
And strength of the giant of Gath."
What Can Be Done?
Before Work Day comes let every
one—for every one had better he in
terested in the future companions and
fellow citizens of their own children
search through his community for the
sufferers.
If it will require action before the
ordinary, and it looks as If legal fight
would ensue, let. him interest a com
mittee of three or five act with him.
Saving neglected children is not an
easy job, but Jesus has said, "The
shepherd searched all night for the one
lost lamb” and when he had found it
there was Joy in heaven and earth.
The question is not only “Am I my
brother's keeper?" hut is he not in *
stronger sense my keeper? His in
fluence on me and mine may ruin
them.
Work Day for Orphans, 3*pt. 30th.
We want to ask every man, woman
and child for their Work Day earn
ings of .Sept 30th for any child saving
institution in the state with which to
provide for these multitudes In Geor
gia not yet saved. The orphans’ homes
promise that they will not let a sin
gle absolutely destitute child pass
their door* unhelped.
You can’t he happy if you don't do
your share in saving the lost lambs.
THE IMPROVEMENT.
"Why did you select that electric
car you’re driving Is If any better
than some of the others?”
“Yes, Indeed. The pattern of tee
cut glass flower vase is of the veiv
latest design.”
“I bought It for a song ”
The owner of a phonograph hurled
a newly purchased record out of the
window and aw it smash on the
pavement below him.
"And the <Tinfounde<» rning was Wil
liam J. Bryan on the bank guarantee
law!”—Puck.
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PHONE 1316.
ANOTHER ALL STAR BILL WILL BE SEEN
AT THE LAKE VIEW CASINO THIS WEEK
The Casino management has ar
ranged another all-star hill for the
week of August 21st.
One of the acts for the week Is a
feature banjo player, The Laments.
The player of the act has a reputation
for banjotng that few attain. He can
do about everything that has ever
been done on a banjo. His most en
tertaining stunt, however, 1h the imi
tation of the old Southern darky, arid
the airs of the plantation days. La
ment is just full of those old airs, and
he plays them with f world of symp
athy and pe>wer. It Is Impossible to
hear him without becoming affected.)
Notes of the Instrument bring before
one's eyes the scenes of the snow
white cotton fields, and the darkies at
work, and ttie 'niggers' quarters" In
the moonlight, where the old and
young hg,ve got together for a frollck
end the rythm of their crooning songs
haunt one for days and days after.
For realistic rendition, Lamont has no
equal. His work Is looked forward to
31
Kennesaw Biscuit
with the* great**! Interest.
The* act, however, only one of
I four very fine one*.
Traverse and Laurenzc are booked
! for the firwt. half of the week with a
I fringing and talking act. Theirs Ih the
kind that draws trig audience* and cor
! responding walarieM. Big leaguer*.
The Lament* in their feature banjo
novelty act..
Marie Montrose, the killing TT. R O
feature comedienne. If the vaudeville
lovers of Augusta want something
very fine, wait for Mls.s Marie and her
V. B. <>.
Bessie Wheeler, woubrette and come
dienne.
What with motion picture* of the
highest type, the trill cannot he ex
celled. It I one of the finest that hi -
ever been presented \j) the Augusta,
and those who have attended the Ca
sino In the pant can testify to the
| fact that very fin* show* have been
■ presented.
The car service » is well known,
Is faultless.
Performance* for the first three
day* of the week are as follows: 8:15
o’clock, first show; ft:3o o'clock, sec
ond show
A SPLENDID CHANCE
For the Business Men of Augusta.
The business men of Augusta have
a splendid chance to enlarge their
trade territory by taking advantage
of the Homencekerg Excursion to be
' run by the Georgia and Florida Rail
way next Tuesday, the 22nd. A cheap
round trip rati* and ten days limit
I ought to he an Inducement to bus-
I man as well as the homeseeker.
This
Seat
on
Each
Tack
age
BLUE* TIGERS
FBI Bill FEIM
Aggregation From Policemen
and Street Car Men Will Play
Bath Team Friday Afternoon.
Proceeds to City League.
An Independent baseball team
has beet formed between t-,« polic
men and street ear men of this cit;
Five members of the (earn wi
rome rrnm the ptdire, and the n
alnlng four from the street ear met
The team Is to be known as tli
“Blueeoat Tigers."
The Blueeoat Tigers will play thi
Bath aggregation Friday, August 25th
at Warren Park. The proceeds, ex
eept for the actual expenses, will be
turned over to the treasury of the
City League. ,
After sating, persons of a bilious habit
will derive great benefit by taking one
of these pills, if you have been
DRINKING TOO MICH,
they will promptly relieve the nausea,
SICK HEADACHE —.
nnd nervousness wliifh follows, eestore
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