The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 25, 1904, Image 6
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I MIGHTY ATOMS |
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the tall young woman. ;
t?- jl entered the dining room
I / I ? ?+>> Im- 'rirtnil o littlp !
I # n 1 Li- UVl A.1AV.14V4, M 4*V??W
L ^ woman who was one of a
party at a table near the
:uoor cai;eu out admiringly: "Oh. Miss
Prinder. every time I see yo , come in- !
I to the room I wish I wore tall. I do
so envy you your he\jbt!"
The tall young woman acknowledged
the tribute gracefully, then sighed as
she settled into a chair at her own
table. "Do you know." she i,aid to her '
friend, "that that little woman over
there is one of my greatest grievances."
"Why, I thought sh* seemed very ,
pleasant!" replied the friend.
"I suppose you thought she really
meant what she said just now, and
that she showed a sweet, generous nature
in making that remark. Well,
she didn't mean it at all. She merely
.wanted to call attention again to her
own diminutiveness. which she con- ,
siders much more fetching than my
height."
"Oh. is that the trouble?" laughed ,
the friend. "Well,-she is a dainty little
thing."
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v/i. out: 10, oaiu mc iaw
young woman, whose tone now borHfev
dered upon asperity, "but she need
pV Hot make invidious comparisons at my
expense in order to call the fact to
people's attention."
"This isn't lier tirst offence, then?"
"No, indeed: it's a habit of hers,
pv . Nature provides all small women
tV with this method of attack to enable
& them to get the better of their larger
sisters. They usually pretend to ad- :
Ip 'mire, in order to emphasize by con- ;
|T,. trast the more attractive quality they
themselves possess.
["That is their indirect method. The
direct is more effective and usually
consists in calling attention to their
shoes. Sometimes it is gloves and
belts, but usually it is shoes. Just
this morning, when we were all out
on the piazza, and there were enough
men around to be worth the effort,
that same little Mrs. Grimston over
Bp;' there, apparently casually regarded
ll^v iter feet, and then suddenly laughed
| her pretty little laugh.
"'What do you think of these new
||i . shoes of mine?" she demanded enH?
gagingly. 'Aren't they perfectly
?1^C, huge? But you know I thought that
- tor once* I would get shoes that
f\ wouldn't scuff out the first time I wore
them, so I bought them in the boys' deSg|-j
partment* The stout neat little shoes
i|L7 she displayed were at most No. 2s and
i as i:\rettr No. 5}-. and bad on a short
ekirt you may imagine bow pleased I
felt.
"You know I am five feet eight and 1
(weigh 150, and my waist measures :
twenty-five. I bad never oeen sensi- 1
tive about any of' these statistics, or <
given them any particular thought tin- ;
HI Mrs. Grimston began to emphasize
them. Nearly every day now she says
something like' this. 'Do you know
that I have gained ten pounds since I
eame to this hotel? I got on the scales 1
to-daj; and was perfectly amazed to
see them go up to 115 for I have never
weighed more than 104 before! And,
' my dear, I am ashamed to confess it,
but I bought a new belt to-day and hau
to ask for size twenty-two!'
"Another universal trick of little
y.*)men is to assume the helpless, dependent
role, which, of course, appeals
to all mankind. They have to have
someone check their baggage and buy
:their tickets for them. They continually
find it necessary to be helped
down from high places or up steep
places or across mud puddles, over
which you have stepped without stopping
to consider. Thoy never fail to
call attention to this by saying, as
they smile gratefully up at their protecting
male escort. 'How I do wish
I were as self-reliant and independent
as you are. Miss Prinder! It's dreadful
always to be a trouble to one's friends". ,
This causes the protecting male escort
to reflect with gratification what a fine
thing it is to aid her with his manly
strength.
"Invariably, tco, the smaller the
woman the greater is her social as
surance. ah icy mc 1 nave wcnueringly
watched little women, who, with ;
the most serene composure and selfeonfidencc,
preside over women's ,
clubs, star in amateur theatricals, or
y respond to dinner toasts. As for me, if
I am conscious than more than three
persons are listening I am overcome
with trepidation at the sound of my
own voice, so I never even think of at:
tempting platform efforts.
"Of course no little woman wi'l over
admit a lack of timidity. Ob no. in^lce.d!.
I have watched them . or form
with the r.icst amazing coolness and
; self-possession and actual enjoyment cf
the centre of the stage, receiving the
plaudits of an audience with sweet
composure, and then have heard them
cny in private, 'Ch, my dear, I had
such a dreadful stage fright that I was
simply ilL . I would give anything to
i- have your self confidence!' "
pL The tail young woman sighed again
before she proceeded with her dinner. .
"There's a good deal of stuff written
nowadays,"; she concluded, "about the
tall woman's reign and the- advantages
of inches, but there's nothing in it.
^he little women have the better of u?
every time."?Chicago News.
THE MODERN GENTLEMAN.
Ele ia, After All, Not Modern, Cut Ffas
Always Existed.
In some of our earliest immigration !
re'rords the more favored arrivals ;
wore designated as "gentlemen." l-'or j
instance, one oar so of colonists com- ;
prised a score of "gentlemen" and j
several hundred laboring men and !
handicraftsmen. It is true that his- j
torijjns have added a descriptive word ;
to the selected class and called them
"gentlemen adventurers." but the J
idea of superiority still endures; and ;
in this age of genealogical research a
familiar tragedy is the experience of
a proud son or a haughty dame going ;
back through- the centuries and strik- \
ing as a lineal ancestor a plain haudi- 1
craftsman instead of a duly authenti
cated "gentleman." There is no cover :
for that kind of disappointment except
a eoat of arms?which need not
be historical if it he safe.
In these days the designation of ;
"gentleman" "Is formally used in Great j
Britain, but in America there has ;
been a gradual disappearance of its
ancient employment. The "other day
the scion of a family that had won ;
wealth and kept it was 0:1 the witness |
stand. He gave his occupation as
gentleman." It was understood, of .
course, hut the attorney for the other
side was 110 respecter of terms or of
persons. He asked bluntly what the
witness meant by "gentleman." There
was an awkward quarter of an hour
and in the end the witness, by that
time red with discomfiture, declared
that a gentleman was a person of
education who did not have to work
for a living.
Nothing kills so swiftly as ridicule
or absurdity. This accounts for the
gradual elimination of "gentleman"
as a definition for directories or official
certificates. And?shall we call
it the .sarcasm of fate??the word that 1
takes the place of "gentleman" in ;
these practical but unromantic chronicles
is "capitalist." * i
But while we smile let ns remember
that we have not removed the gentle- \
man from our social category. Rather
have we given to the word a better
significance. We ean even surmise
that there were more real gentlemen '
among the handicraftsmen than
among the favored twenty who .alone
bore the appellation. Certainly history
has shown who became the freemen
and who did the great work of liberty
and nation building. . j
After all, there is really no new ,
idea of the gentleman. It is as an- j
cient as the hills. '"Though all the j
honors of thy line bedeck thy hails, j
believe me. virtue alone is true nobility."
said old Juvenal. "Oh, give '
me inborn worth! If thou really
merit the character of blameless integrity.
of stanch love, of .iustice, '
both in words and deeds, then I recognize
thy right to be esteemed a gentleman."?Philadelphia
Post.
Pet Bear Joined in the Ceremony.
Bruinski. the pet bear of the Columbia's
jackies, was not sent to ihe
"Zoo" because he tried to eat the captain's
dog, says an officer of the ship,
but because he turned a solemn cere- '
mony into a farce. Every day after
dinner, Bruinski and his particular
friends indulged in a nap. Bruinski j
stretched himself out on the deck, and
his chums spread themselves around
him, using him as a pillow. Just after
Captain Wilde came to take command
of the yard he sent word that he was j
going to visit; the ship at a certain
hdur. ;
The men were mustered as quickly
as possible, to receive him with all the
honors. Bruinski's friends with the
others responded to the bo's'n's cali, ,
but Bruinski .slumbered on, until after
the men were all lined up on deck.
Then he roused, and, missing his
friends, went to seek them. He mounted
to the deck where the men were
lined up and, erect vpn his hind feet, 1
passed slowly down the long line until
he came to the grcup of his associates.
Then he turned, and, backing slowly, j
wedged liimseif into tbe line. His sol- j
emn visage and pendulous paws were J
too much for the commandant as well !
as the other officers. The ceremony 1
was cut short and Bruinski hustled below.
The captain of the ship thought
the presence of the bear could be dis- j
pensed with after that, and he was 1
given permanent shore leave.?PhHn- j
delphia Press.
Misrht Have Been Twins.
"I was trying to impress on one of
my classes the other day the greatness
of the Southern Confederacy, and at
the same time to let it know how won- !
derful a man was George Washington,"
said J. L. Pembroke, a professor
in a primary school in Taducah, Ky., '
at Seelbach's last night.
" 'If the Confederacy had succeeded,'
I asked, 'what would Washington
have been the father of?'
" 'Twins,' was the prompt reply cf j
one of the beys.
"At another time," said Mr. Tern- j
broke, "I was trying to impress on my I
class the fact that Anthony Wayne j
had led the charge up Stony Point." !
"'Who led the charge up Stony !
Point?' I asked. 'Will ccme of the I
smaller boys answer?'
"No reply came.
" 'Can no one tell me?' I repeated,
sternly. 'Little boy on that seat next
to the aisle, who led the charge up j
Stony Point?'
" 'I?I dor.'t know,' replied the little j
fellow, frightened. 'I?I don't know, i
It wasn't me. I?I just corned here j
last month from Texas.'Louisvilie i
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A French Bicycle Tax.
According to an official statement
just published, 1.310.223 bicycles were
taxed in France in 1003, being 103,S41
more than in 1002. The Department of
the Seine (Paris) had the largest number
(244.3SG) and Corsica the smallest
(337). The number of motor cycles was j
19.S16. and of automobiles 19.SS6. |
IN THE PI
' GROVER CI
CREEPERS FOR THE AUTO. ]
Ssvice resigned to Prevent S.ipping
of the Wheels.
An account of the "side-slip" contest
which was held a few weeks ago by
the Automobile Club de Saine-et-Oise
^ as given in these columns, and we
are enabled to present some views of
the wfhning device. The "anti-skid
ANTI-SUDDEB DETACHBD. / 3
der" whicli won the prize is known asLemperem*.
As will be seen from the two illustrations
it consists of a iluniber of
steel plates, connected at their extrem.ities
by two encircling chains. The
jDlates are corrugated on their inner
surfaces apparently with the object of
preventing any "creeping* upon the
cover. It ;is claimed for this device
that it cannot leave the tire: that it
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ANTI-SXIDDER LN* PLACE.
cannot licat, and may be removed or
affixed in a few minutes. When not
in use it can be rolled up into a very
small compass, and'therefore takes up
very little room on the car. It is said
to add considerably to the life of the
tires, and to constitute an absolute
protection against puncture and sideslip.
without reducing the resiliency of
the tire.
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TI?ETA^ CAVAURY. .
ITyo of the Fore: Which blocked
I the bntish March to Lh2S>a.]
JBLIC EYE
LEVELAND.
TO MINIMIZE FOREST FiRES.
New Devi :es For Suppression of Smoke
and Spark Nuisance.
Among the numerous causes of forest
fires probably the most prolific
means of all is the shower of sparks
which are thrown high in the air from
locomotives. Various remedies for this
danger have been suggested. Legal
pressure has brought into the field numerous
spark-arresters, notably in the
Adirondacks; but groat damage was I
done before these were finally put
into anything like general use. Another
arrester has recently been suggested,
which is now in use on some of
the Western railroads, although for a
different purpose. This device is simple
in construction, inexpensive and
adaptable to any style of locomotive.
It consists chiefly of a specially constructed
hood, which is extended above
the top of the stack, at the height of
about two feet, and Interferes but little,
if at all, with the draught. Its
motive consists solely in deflecting the
sparks downward, so that they fall
harmlessly on the roadbed. Even in
case of a high wind the cinders are so
effectually deflected downward that
ajUA SPARK DEFLECTORj
F?R LOCPMOTlVey
^tliey will scatter only a very short
^distance. When not in iise this device
is released from its upright position,
^wliere it is held by a spring, and then
lit reclines to the side of the stack.?
Philadelphia Record.
Canadian Bison.
The woods of northern British Amer.
ica are still infested with a queer
species of bison, known as the "woods
buffalo." It is much larger than the
bison of the plains.
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JOSEPH F. SMITH,
President of the Mormon Church. J
A Curious Tropical Phenomenon. 1
A curious phenomenon has been noticed
in the tropics that can never be i
seen at higher altitudes. A mining j
shaft at Soniberete, Mex., is almost ex- 1
actly on the tropic of Cancer, and at i
110011 Oil JUIie me sun sumes iv mc i
bovtom, lighting up tbe well for a ver- 1
tic.il depth of 1100 feet or more. t
i
, E. Phillips Oppenheim, a popular r
f English novelist, is visiting this coun- <
' to. He is not a stranger here, as he j
married a Boston "girl several years r
ago. j
PLAN TO UT!LfZ=r NOISES. ' ---)
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flave Tliern All I'roperly Attuned to Eatt*- * .,
Other and Made Agreeable.
The proposition of Mrs. Amelia Hoi*
brook before the Professional Woman's
League that children should be j j
taught not to scream oft th?? key. but j
that mothers should carry a tuning
fork and give Aliem the proper note,
or if there are several of them, they
should he taught to cry in unison, is
not. to acoustic experts, a preposterous
propr sition.
"We know little of the laws and
Af cr.ii.nl inil rrVint -
VI OX7V4A1VA. UiiVk ?. ? v ?
be done witli discordant and unrelat- j ?
ed noises," says Mr;-' Kitchfngs, who
makes acoustic apparatus ror instrnction
in physics. "Take x. tuning fork |
of large size and set it vibrating, and j ,
one in the same key~across the room j
vrill.soon give out the same sotrd. The ,
disagreeable noises of a city? tlie roar j
of wagons, street cars, the 'L' road, ;
the cries of peddlers? might, if prop- j ,
erly attuned to each other, be ren- ! j
dered agreeable instead of discordant !
and ajtnuisance. A municipal league ! ^
of harmony, like ibe one for arr, i
might in time bring it about. There j
is considerable waste energy in noise i
that might be utilized. For example, it J
would be possible to arrange the com- i
bination of a safe lock so as to open j
it by singing a certain melody.- The j
notes would set corresponding metals '
vibrating: these wouid communiea'te
with electric power which, in turn!
would move the tumbrils of the lock
flir, KrkHc turn h:int. * *' .
UliU 111V WHO u ?/u?? I
"A set of whistles on board ship'
might be. arranged to stand for the.
different points of the compass. In a
fog the whistle corresponding to the
direction in whielh the vessel was sailing
would be blown. On board other
ships there would be a set of reverberators
indicating in# the same way the
points of the compass. "By running over i
these the one in harmony with the j
whistle would be picked out. and at |
once inform the second vessel the di- I
rection of the first and so a collision
would be avoided. A warship might
communicate with its consorts and
th? enemy be unvote to read the si,g
nals."?Chicago Tribune.
WORDS OF -WISDOM.
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In the good old times charity began j :
at home. To avoid "this evil, modern
aristocracy builds mansions and palaces,
but not' homes. 1
Though we may-have worked hard \
to achieve any great* movement, we 1
may not always be 'fortunate enough *
to reap the benefits "arising tbejrefrom. J
Active love is attainable only for 1
him who doe: not place hfs happiness c
' ? I*1- lifa on/1 Tvbft olcrt j
JU UIS 1UU1I lUUiii ?mr, uuu .. ~
gives free play to feeling of good will
towards others.
There are loyal hearts, there are spirits
brave,
There are souls that are good and true;
Then fcive to the world the best that you
have.
And the best will come back to you.
When it is not one thing, it is another
thing that breaks Into human
calculations and bankrupts them.
Blessed is the man who expecteth
nothing but what happens, for he is j
not sorely disappointed all the days he j ]
liveth in the laud.
"Never trouble trouble till trouble ]
troubles you" has in it more of phiios- ?
ophy than of poetry. Whenever possi- <
ble, rest the hands, rest the head, rest 1
the heart. Never take up a burden that <
is just as well off whexe it is.?Julia !
Thayer. .,*; *!,v ?.\<
The man who has r.o enemies, nor 4
very warm friends, is like a blighted! i
tree that bears indifferent fruit. Ac- j 4
tivity begets strife: firmness, rein- d
forced by intelligence, brings victory. 4
"Every man's work shall be tried by J
fire." and the good only remains. <
There are acts in the lives of ail men <
which are at variance with their other *
acts; and we should net judge a man 4
by a single act any more than we *
should judge a country by a particular
x t ?">* <*11 4-1%/x a1aiy? an + c? f
lUWli. iil'L U2> ill1 lilt: CiCUiCUio U1U? I
make tlie man before judging bim.
Fixing Atmospheric Nitrogen.
Foreign investigators have been
studying the methods proposed by a t
company located at Niagara Falls for J
the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen by
electrical discharges. As is weil
known, nitr'ogen is one of the most j
valuable elements utilized in the commercial
arts and industries, especially
in agriculture, and yet it is one of the
most difficult to obtain. From time to
time schemes have been proposed for
utilizing bacteria, and chemical and
electrical methods for fixing the atmospheric
nitrogen, but the electrical process
recently perfected appears to offer
the most economical and practical
means. The efficiency of the process
has been greatly increased, the cost
now being reduced to about 1.5 cents
per pound. Success is entirely de- (
pendent on the cost of electric power, and
probably current can be obtained
as cheaply at Niagara Falls as at any
place on the face of the globe. I
.
Various Features of Life.
A new kind of school is about to be I '
started by the authorities of Chariot- j
tenburg for the benefit of children I ^
who, though not exactly ill, are so j
weakly that they are very liable to i
l)e attacked by disease, more especially 8
tuberculosis.
The school, which is to accommodate
from 120 to 125 children, is to be built
n the depth of the Junfernheide
Woods, near Berlin, and the children
tvill. remain there the whole day, specal
arrangements being made to supply
:hem with their meals. They are only ,
o receive from two to three hours'
nstruction daily, and are to spend the (
est of the day in taking healthy excise
in the forest. The experiment,
f found successful, will result in a pernanent
school being established.?
London Standard. w '
TORTURING- PAIN. i
EMST^hle Man'i aufferin*? WouH Here
Killed Many m Parson, But Doea's #
Cured Him. ? , 'J%.
A. C. Sprague, -stock dealer, of Normal,
III., writes: "For two whols years
L was doinc nothing but buying medicines
to ca^ j
that any man
i J ever suffered as
iffBKMI did and lived.
JgaKsMSMra' The pain in my
a. c. spbaquk. not ride a horse,
tnd sometimes was unable even to.ride * ; 1
in a car. My condition was critical ~
when I sent for Doan's Ividney Pilli.
[ used three boxes and they cured me^
Now 1 can go anywhere and do as
much as anybody. I sleep w??:dftnd
feel no discomfort at all." ?/
A TRIAL FREE?Address FosterVlllburn
Co.. Buffalo. N. Y. For sale
oy all dealers. Price, 50 cts.
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A Cruel Creed.
"Our Puritan anC83tors- had a rell- ^
gion," said an-artist, "that was black
and crueL '
"In the garret of my farnfMast * *
week* I found a lot of religious poetry *.
that pfeased our ancestors 200 years
age. i
"Here from the collection is a sample,
stanza of Michael Wiggleworth"s
religious poem, 'The Day of Doom,'
written in 1CG2," and the artist read: ^
They wring their hands, their catiff
hands, v
And gnash their teeth in terrour; \
They cry, they roar, in anguish sprej
And gnaw their tongues fcr horror; .t *
But get away, without delay, * ,
Christ pities not your cry; u
Depart to Hell; there you may yell v
And war eternally.
AN EXCEPTION.
"My son. don't forget that there is
always room at the top."
T^s; but think ot what lappens
when there's a Are."?Chicago Jour-'
eal. . ;
J*
One of the largest and inost noticeable
>usinees signs seen anywhere is that of the {
National Casket Co. on their mammoth new
actory at Nashville, Tenn., made on a wire
rame with ahiminum letters six feet high
md one hundred feet long, which can be
ead from a long distance by day, and >
vhen reproduced in <l;ctric lights, can be
ead even further at night. This is the concern
that is called on lo furnish Caskets for
;he most prominent people everywhere, insluding
among its recent orders. Caskets
Or Presidents William McKinley, Benjamin ^
garrison and the late lamented Gen. John
B. Gordon, and yet whose goods can be bad
:hrongh the smallest undertaker in every
*>wn. From the fact that they are'called
m to furnish Caskets for the-best citizens +
everywhere, there must be some merit in
;heir claim that their goods are the best,
md the South should be proud to have a
)ranch of such a high class establishment
vithin her borders. %
IN KENTUCKY.
Friend?Have you called in Judge
Bludso to iielp you? I hear he haa
Deen talking. ?
Attorney for the Defense?Called ^
ilm in? No, I have called him out
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If you are going to the World's Fair yon
rant the best route. The L. k N. is the
hottest, quiokest and best line. Three
rains daily. Through Pullman Sleeping
/'ars and Dining Oars. Lew Bate Tioket*
old daily. Get rates from your local agent ^
rnd ask for tiokets via the L. k N.
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THE MACHINE'S CANDIDATE. ^
"Nuritch expects to get the nom
[nation for Governor."
"Indeed? What does he base his
hope on?
"Well, he's a self-made man, and"?'
"But the successful Gubernatorial *
nominee is usually machine-made."?
Philadelphia Press. f