The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, April 26, 1906, Image 4
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I Thursday, April 26,1906
NWhen, oh when will the railroad give
vs a new freight warehouse?
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Does your gate open on the sidewalk?
If so, have It changed at once and thus
save yourself and council trouble. Don't
pot it off.
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Now is the time to organize a business
league. Somebody ought to start the
work of organization. There is much
work for such a body to do.
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Our citizens are all practically agreed
as to the great benefits to be derived by
the town from a cotton warehouse. That
being the case why not build it?
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The aid and co-operation of people all
.rtwpr the oonntv is needed to erect the
i monument to our Confederate dead. It
is a work in which the whole county
should be interested.
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The suggestion of our Denmark correspondent
as to legislative candidates is a
most excellent one, but Mr. Wiggins
should run for the house before he aspires
to the senate. We trust strong men will
be induced to stand for election as representatives.
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We understand that the people of this
town raised in cash and good subscriptions
about $1000 towards erecting a
Confederate monument at this place. The
monument will cost about $1,700. Surely
ps the balance of the county can raise $700
to finish this patriotic undertaking.
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The latest report from Washington is
>. that the railroads will attempt to defeat
Senator Tillman for re-election. The information
is said to have eome in a letter
from Detroit. This evidently is a joke,
for if there was any doubt of Tillman's
reelection to the Senate, he would only
need the opposition of the railroads to
make his success certain. No matter
what the conditions are .in other States,
,v. the railroads do not rule South Carolina
| . ' by a large majority.
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It is an off day in the Senate when
Senator Tillman is not on his feet several
times. Much speaking has weakened his
influence.?Carolina Spartan.
This is true of every man who talks
too much, either in public or private life.
Many men who seemed to have promising
|a'- political careers have been laid on the
shelf in this State simply because they
were given to much public speaking.
Instances of this kind frequently happen
* in the legislature, for in no place is much
talking more dangerous than in a law
making body.
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Some of our citizens are in favor of
purifying the primary system, and the
idea of requiring the same qualifications
for voting in the primary as in the general
election is gaining strength. It is
likely that this question will come before
the county convention soon to be held.
We can see no harm in this. No white
man would be debarred the privilege of
voting and it would prevent many of the
irregularities which now prevail in the
primary. This change in the primary
law is being advocated by many of the
ataunchest Reformers of a few years ago.
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C. W. Creighton has written in his
paper an article giving what he claims
are the facts of the recent sessions of the
committee which investigated the charges
against him. The littleness and meanness
displayed in the article, to say nothing
of his contemptible insinuations
against the presiding officer and members
of the committee, stamp him as a man
who is totally unfit to preach the gospel.
Mr. Creighton had a stenographer present
at all sessions of the committee and
stated that he would publish every line
of testimony taken. But we bet he won't
/i/N ^ dare not Drint the plain, un
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varnished record.
What is the matter with Southern
Methodist Bishops? It is said that four
of them will retire at the General Conference
at Birmingham. About a dozen
D. D.'s are mentioned as ready to become
their successors and the half dozen
South Carolina preachers ready for the
job are not mentioned?Carolina Spartan.
The owners of the Georgian, the new
paper soon to start in Atlanta, have insured
John Temple Graves, the editor,
for $75,000. The premium will amount
to $2,000. The insurers must think they
have a dead sure thing of it.
Charges and counter charges are being
bandied about by the State board of control
and the dispensary investigating
committee, and such will probably continue
to be the case as long as the institution
lasts. Abolish the dispensary and
re-introduce into our State affairs that
purity and that lack of friction that used
to bo there.?Chester Lantern,
OLD LEAP YEAR LAWS.
When Women Proposed Six Centuries
Ago the Man Had to Accept.
In two couitries, at least, and more
than 600 years ago laws were passed
which gave women the right of proposing
marriage. These enactments went
even farther than this. They also stipulated
that if the man whose hand
they had sought should refuse he
should incur a heavy fine.
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A seureuer muuug luc uuncm iw.ords
of Scotland discovered an act of
the Scottish parliament, which was
passed in the year 1288, which runs as
follows:
"It is statut and ordaint that during
the rein of his maist blissit Megeste, ilk
for the years knowne as Lepe Yeare,
ilk mayden ladye of baithe highe and
lowe estaet shall hae liberte to bespeke
ye man she likes, albeit gif he refuses
ta talk hir to be his lawful wyfe, he
shall be mulcted in ye sum of ane dundis
or less, as his estait may be, except
and awis gif he can make it appeare
that be is betrothit ane ither woman,
he then shall be free."
A year or two later a law almost
similar to the Scottish enactment was
passed in France and received the approval
of the king. It is also said that
before Columbus sailed on his famous
voyage to the westward a similar privilege
was granted to the maidens of
Genoa and Florence.
There is no record extant of any
fines Imposed under the conditions of
this Scotch law and no trace of statistics
regarding the number of spinsters
who took advantage of it or of the similar
regulations in France, but the custom
seems to have taken firm hold
upon the popular mind about that time.
The next mention of it is dated nearly
400 years later, and it Is a curious little
treatise called "Love, Courtship and
Matrimony," which was published in
London in 1600. In this quaint work
the "privilege" is thus alluded to:
"Albeit it now becomes a part of the
common law in regard to social relations
of life that, as often as every
leap yeare doth return, the ladyes have
the sole privilege during the time it
continueth of making love either by
wordes or lookes, no man will be entitled
to benefit of clergy who doth in
any wise treat her proposal with slight
or contumely."
Up to within about a century ago it
was one of the unwritten laws of leap
year that if a man should decline a
proposal he should soften the disappointment
which his answer would
bring about by the presentation of a
silk dress to the unsuccessful suitor
for his hand,
A. curious leap year superstition is
still to be met with in some parts of
New England, and that is that durihg
leap year the "beans grow on the
wrong side of the pod."
An Incantloua Critic.
Almost the last work that Sir Edwin
Landseer was engaged on was a life
sized picture of Nell Gwynn passing
through an archway on a white palfrey.
This picture, in which the horee alone
was finished, was bougtit by one of the
Rothschild family and given to Sir
John Millais to complete. One morning
a celebrated art critic called and
was much impressed with this work.
"Ah, to be sure!" he said, going' up
close and examining a deerhound,
which almost breathed, in the foreground
of the picture. "How easily
one can recognize Landseer's dogs!
Wonderful, isn't it?" "Yes, it is wonderful,"
remarked Sir John, lighting another
pipe. "I finished painting that
dog yesterday and have done the whole
of it myself." That critic was sorry he
spoke.
Another Reason.
Aunt Emeline is the best loved woman
in Saymouth, for her charity is alike
of hand and heart Like many other
excellent persons, Aunt Emeline is not
a church member, but she is a regular
attendant at the village church, which
is so near her cottage as to seem under
the same roof. When, at the close
of a recent sermon, the minister requested
all those present who had never
united with the church to retire at
the end of service, everybody was surprised
to see Aunt Emeline rise and
start down the aisle.
"Annt Emeline." the minister called
softly, "that does not apply to you!"
"That isn't why I'm going," Aunt
Emeline responded serenely. "I smell
my dinner burning up."?Youth's Companion.
The Oily Menhaden.
The oily character of the menhaden
is familiar. It is caught for its oil,
which is tried out in factories. Menhaden
fishermen use purse nets, which
are tarred to preserve them. To keep
their hands from sticking to the tarred
nets they rub on them a freshly caught
menhaden, handling it somewhat as
they would a cake of soap. So oily is
the menhaden that the simple pressure
thus applied is enough to bring
through the scales oil sufficient for the
purpose.
Pleasant Job.
"Oh, George, I'm so glad you've
come," exclaimed the sweet girl. "Father
is so excited and disturbed. Do go
in and calm him."
"Very well," replied Mr. Lovett,
"what's the matter with him?"
"Why?er?I just told him you wanted
to marry me."?Philadelphia Press.
A Mean Trlelc.
"What do you do to make talk when
you call on a new girl?"
"I usually start by telling a joke."
"But the rest of the evening?"
"That can be filled up in explaining
the Joke."?Louisville Courier-Journal.
Foresee misfortunes that thou mayest
strive to prevent them, but whenever
they happen bear them with magnanimity.?Zoroaster.
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A GOOD IDEA OF SPACE.
ft Is Glvta by Contemplation of the
Star Sigma Draconis.
Stars or planets are said to be "fixad"
when they are separated from us
by a distance so great that a change
in their orbits makes no perceptible
difference in their positions, even
though such "fixed" bodies may travel
an orbit 100,000,000 miles in circumference
in the course of a year. These
"fixed" stars may be only a few paltry
millions of miles away or they may be
billions or even trillions of miles from
the pygmy planet upon which we have
our being. The most distant of all the
orbs, as far as astronomers know, is
the fixed star Sigma Draconis, which is
separuieu iruui us uy a uisiauw >v
great that millions and billions of
miles are only as inches and feet compared
to the miles which intervene between
our earth and the sun. Astronomers
are noted for their propensities
for indicating stelltr distances with
robust and well developed strings of
figures, but in the case of Sigma Draconis
the distance is so great that figures
fail to give any conception whatever.
Light travels at the rate of ISC,330
miles per second, and, reckoning the
day at twenty-three hours fifty-sis
minutes and four seconds in length
and the year at 365*4 days, an astronomical
light year will equal 5,8G4,0GC,148,330
miles. The above figures, which
represent the distance which light will
travel in a year, when multiplied by
129 give us the distance to Sigma Draconis,
or, in other words and figures,
that star is 129 light years, or 750,000,000,000,000,000,000
miles, from us! If
Sigma had been blotted out of existence
before our Revolutionary war began,
its light would still be shining as
though the star were yet in place!
THEY ARE VERY UGLY.
The Korean Women Are the Homeliest
In the World.
I think the assertion may safely be
made that the women of Korea are
the most unattractive in the world.
^ -Un.Aiinn Anc3 Hnrincf mv
une ui my uuici wtupauvu^ ^ i
stay in the little Hermit Kingdom has I
been making a diligent search for a
passably pretty face. I have failed to
find one. It is not that they haven't
pretty eyes. They have?eyes of softest
brown and gentlest expression. It
is not that their features are coarse or
irregular, for, while this may be true
of many, it is not by any means true
of all, and I have caught glimpses of
as delicately molded features at Seoul
as in any other part of the world.
But the Korean woman is just ugly.
She may have fine eyes, she may have
a pretty little nose and mouth and other
features that in themselves are not
at all unattractive, but as she is put
together and as her mental life has
made her she is ugly.
One doesn't ordinarily see much of
the women of the better class in this
Btrange little land; but, being admitted,
as I have been, to the imperial palaces
and several houses of high degree, I
have been at least able to receive impressions.
The women who are to be
seen on the streets of the cities are
sually slaves or servants of a low order;
but, whatever they are, they, each
and every one of them, look as if they
had hurried out into the street without
taking time to dress themselves properly.?Ladies'
Weekly.
A- Moorish Legend.
A certain sultan one morning commanded
his prime minister to take a
census of all the stupid people in his
empire and let him have the correct
list. The vizier set to work, and at the
bead of the list, which was a very long
ene, he placed the name of his sover
sign. The latter nappenea to De in a
?ood humor and merely Inquired how
tie came to merit that distinction.
"Sire," the minister replied, "I have
entered you on the list because only
two days ago you intrusted large sums
Df money, for the alleged purpose of
buying horses abroad, to a couple of
men who are entire strangers and who
cvill never come back again."
"Is that your opinion? But suppose
they do?"
"Then I will erase your name and
place theirs at the head of the list."
The Turk.
The Turk practices no trade, engages
in no commerce. They have a proverb
svhich says, "The Frank has science,
the American commerce, the Osmanli
majesty." But, as majesty won't fill
jtomachs, those who do not serve as
soldiers strive to become functionaries,
ind the men of the small villages, failing
in this, do nothing, and the work of
the fields and house falls upon the
shoulders of the women. One chronicle
states that occasionally the man of
the house crochets a stocking or minds
the baby for a short period.
Domestic Bookkeeping.
"And what's your reason for increashg
the servants' wages, pray?" her ,
Wend asked.
"Because my husband complained
hat my dress and millinery bills
equaled the household expenses, and I
svant to show him they do not"?Lonlon
Tit-Bits.
Had Him.
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He?Isn't dinner reaay yeir one?
tfo, dear. I got It according to the time
rou set the clock when you came In
ast night, and dinner will be ready In
'our hours?Harper's Bazar. j
' After Identification. 4
Detective?Could you identify the
nan who bunkoed you? The Victim? '
identify him? I'll do a good deal more
than that to him If I ever get near
mough. 1
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Never let go the reins of the wild 1
jolt of the heart.?Japanese Proverb. ]
WHENCE NAMES COME
THE SURPRISING CHANGES THAT
TIME HAS WROUGHT.
Who Woald Think. For IasUieA
That the Nine Thomas Whitehom
Originally Indicated "Thomas at
the Sign of the White Herse?" $?
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Considering the surprising changed
that many names have undergone, says
Miss Laura Alton Payne in the IndeDendent
the almost universal lack of
knowledge concerning their origin 1* /.
not to be wondered at What la theft
In "Peter Snooks" to suggest to the li
uninitiated that originally It was "Pe
ter at the Seyen Oaks?" Though
"Thomas Whitehorse" suggests the * M
American Indian custom in names, " j
originally it was "Thomas at the White
Horse," or "Thomas at the Sign of the
White Horse" (a tavern). Sidney 1s a
corruption of St Denys, Sinclair of St v ij
Clair, Seymour of St Maur, Janeway 5jji
of Genoa, Curtis of "courteous," Armi- 3
tage of "hermitage," Spark of Sparrow- : t
hawk. Emerson and America had the
same origin?Almeric, an old Norman
name, Amerigo being the Italianised * ''M
form.
Names, like things, are not always \
what they seem. Beers and Berry'are - |
not "beers" and "berry," but f corrup- ^
tion of "borough," often written
"hury" and "bery."
In the beginning a single personal
name sufficed. For awhile no two persons
bore the same name, but as a ^
stock of names accumulated repeti- "
tlons became common, and as the populatiou
of the world increased distlnc- rtive
names became necessary; hence
we read of John the Baptist and John
the Disciple, Darius Hystaspis and Al*
exander the Great, Joshua, son of Nun,
and Simon Barjonas?"Simon, son. of '
Jonas." *
Surnames were first used In France, ' v^H
becoming general there during the lat- ?
ter part of the tenth or the fore part of
the eleventh century. They were used
hereditarily to some extent, however, |
prior to that time. They were Intro* $
duced Into England at the V
conquest in the year 1066, but it re- :
quired two or three centuries to estate. >' *
llsh the body of our nomenclature on
a fixed basis. During that time snr- 'M
names became general throughout tb*
British isles except in Wales, In some v
parts of which they are unknown
Surnames are now general In ^l||
civilized countries, I believe, except
Turkey. In England alone there are M
from 40,000 to 50,000 existing . aur*
Snrnames have been drawn fronr every
available source?personal names,
location, occupation, deeds of prowess, ^
mental, moral and physical attributes,
terms of relationship, the human body, #
farm and household articles, buildings,
foods and drinks, modes of travel, na- ?
tions and laws, customs and religions, ^
geographical terms, weather and seasons,
months and days, measures and
values, the joys and ills of life^ the
animal, mineral and vegetable klncf
dom and even from the kingdom *
heaven. The use of nicknames and vJS
compound terms gave an almost in**
exhaustible source. Even oaths be- %||S
came embodied, as in Pardoe, from par
In most countries it is custqmaiy:
for the wife to take her husband's
name, but in some European countries |gg
It is not unusual for the husband to
append the wife's name, particularly;
when it is more honorable than his
own. Hyphenated names and the
wife's retention of her maiden name- X ||jj|
for a middle name are customs grow- v?
ing in favor in the United States and
Great Britain.
Among the earliest names introduced .
by the conquest were found Serl, Drew, '
Bryce, Harvey, Arnold ("ern"?eagle), %
Albred (now Known as Albert and All- J
bright), Almeric, Ingelram, Ebrardus (Everard),
Warin (Guerin, now War- .$j|j
ren), Ivo, Hamon (Hammond), and A
Payn (originally Pagan). After their
adoption as surnames the most of these . ;t||
became obsolete as personal names. .
The most popular personal names
since the Domesday Book recorded
them have been John and William, but
their derivatives are too numerous to ;%j
mention here. Roger, Robert and Richard
took a double nickname in H and
D; hence Hodge and Dodge, HobBs
and Dobbs, Hicks and Dicks, with the A
rougher forms of the last?Higgs and ' ^
Diggs, and even Hitch, giving rise;to jji
Dickens, Hitchcock and Higginson.
Diminutive and other affixes served f
an important part in the origin of sur- ygg
names from personal names. The As- f1, Vfl'
glo-Saxon "kin" and "cock" and "ing"
are represented in Jenkins, "little
John;" Hitchcock, "little Richard,"
and Browning, "little JJrown;" die
Norman "ot" and "et," in Eliot, "little
Elias," and Emmet, "little Emma"
(sometimes "lot" and "let;" Hamlet,
"little Hamon"); the French "on" and
"en" in Marion and Dickens.
Many prefixes were used. The Celtle > ^
"Mac" or "M" of the Scotch; "Mc" of
the Irish; "Map," "Ap," or "P" of the J
Welsh, and the Norman "Fits" (Latin J;j
Ills), signify "son" or "son of," and the J]
irisn u, giuuusvu vi. .
A fair knowledge of English nomen- * rjVjygj
clature, declares Miss Payne, gives a 1
fair knowledge of English history, 00 vj
closely are the two interwoven. a * ||3
Called the Bind. %]
Mrs. X.?Yes, I tried to make my
tiusband economize in smoking, so X |jg
told him If he ever smoked I would nev- Jp
?r speak to him again. Mrs. Y.?What |j
was the result? Mrs. X.?His cigar *vagj|
bill was doubled the next month. - M
There can be no friendship without zbg I
pirtue, for that intimacy which among ^3
food men Is called friendship becomes WL
Paction when It subsists among die on?
principled.?Sallust _