The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, May 31, 1906, Image 4
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Thursday, Hay 31,1906
The railroad meeting is to be held in
the court house here next Monday at 12
o'clock. There should be a full attendance
of representative business men from
all sections of the county. We need and
must have the railroad.
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Every one will agree that Bamberg
needs another railroad, and it is certain
that we will never get it if we sit down
and wait for other people to build it for
us. We can get plenty of help if we but
take the initiative and show the proper
spirit, but capitalists are not going to put
their money into a community unless the
business men of that community show
some interest. Another road would be
of untold benefit to all sections of the
county, and we hope to see a full attendat
the meeting next Friday.
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A queer state of affairs exists at present
in the town of Kershaw. The town
is partly in Lancaster and partly in Kershaw
counties. The dispensary was voted
out of Lancaster county, and this removed
the dispensary from the town of
Kershaw, as it was located in the Lancaster
side of the town. Now the dispensary
people want to establish a dispensary in
the Kershaw part of the town. The antidispensary
people are opposing it, and we
hope they will be successful. We have
never believed in forcing a dispensary on
a town, but unfortunately this has been
the policv pursued by dispensary officials.
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Lost on a Sure Thing. #
Drury Feild of Richards is a mule buyer
and an enthusiast on good roads. He
was in Kansas on a mule-buying trip,
when he stopped at a small town west of
Fort Scott. A veterinary was preparing
. a hot application for a horse with a
sprained leg, when Feild approached the
livery stable. A kettle with the water
> beating in it stood near and men were
gathered about discussing how hot the
water should be when applied to the
horse's leg. They asked Drury Feild's
opinion. Mr. Feild said it should be
boiling. "But," said the doctor, "the
' horse never could stand having his foot
put in a bucket of boiling water; it would
cook the flesh to the bone." "Not at all,"
said Drury. "I have held my foot in
boiling water for five minutes, many a
time and can do it again." "I'll bet you
$50 you can't do it," said the doctor, with
thoughts of easy money drifting through
his brain. "I'll take the bet," said Drury,
with a merry twinkle in his eye; "get 'er
to bilin'." The mule buyer has an artificial
foot which he intended to put in
the hot water when it should be ready.
Meanwhile the subject of good roads
came up, and when the tub of boiling
water was ready the mule buyer, excited
by his argument, absent mindedly put the
wrong foot in the liquid, according to the
statement of the Richards Progress, and
thereby lost what looked like a Dei on a
lead pipe cinch.
J. H. Hesse Hangs Himself.
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Walhalla, May 29.?The body of J.
Henry Hesse was discovered swinging
from a limb of a tree on bis place, about
three miles from Walhalla, this morning.
He had been under the impression for a
day or two that the sheriff was hunting
him, and in a frenzy of fear he took his
own life by hanging. He climbed into
the tree, tied a wire about his neck and to
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the limb, and then dropped.
It is supposed that Hesse commited the
deed about 12 o'clock on Monday night.
A neighbor accompanied him to his home,
but he insisted that his friend should go
first to the house and find out if the
sheriff was there. During his friend's absence
he hanged himself. No trace of
him could be found until daylight, when
his body was found cold in death, hanging
from a tree. His mind was thought by
many to be weakening as a result of
heavy losses by fire last fall, and indica?
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IIOOS Ul iabC uau UMu uvtw
Mr. Hesse was well known in Charleston,
his parents and other relatives having
been largely connected with business
interests there. He was about 45 years of
age. He leaves a wife and five or six
children. He was among the most wellto-do
German farmers of this section.
... : It is said now that, in view of the prospect
that he will be unopposed for re.
. nomination to the United States Senate
i- r?amr.fliorrt t.hiR Rummer. Senator
Xli KUW ?? ,
Tillman will not make a canvass from
county to county for the dispensary or
upon any other question, but will content
himself with delivering a few speeches
about the State on the great issue before
the people. Then what becomes of
his contract to defeat for re-election every
member of the General Assembly who
voted against the Raysor-Manning-Tillman
bill??Charleston Post.
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FIGHTS GULLS
FOR HIS LIFE
Terrible Battle With Birds by a Boy
Marooned on a Maine
Island.
Showing plainly the marks of his
battle for life with thousands of storm
terrified sea fowl on Eagle island ledge
in Maine, a Saco boy, Arthur Whalen,
one of the crew of a small down east
coaster, came to Portland and had his
wounds bandaged. His face was badly
cut or pecked around the cheek bones,
one eye was black and completely
closed, and he was stiff, sore and black
and blue rrom neaa to root, wnaien
had ten of fifteen dead sea fowl, representing
several different varieties,
which he had killed with a clnb.
Whalen's story of his all night conflict
with the feathered hordes is almost
weird. One morning he took a
motor boat and made a long sail to
Eagle island. The storm overtook him.
his engine gave out and he was ma
"A BIG GULL CO MUG A MILE A MINUTE."
rooned for the night After dark he lit
a fire, and this may be what first attracted
the sea fowl.
"The first thing I knew," said Whalen,
"there was a noise like a train, and
then a dozen big ducks and gulls went
plunk up against the rocks behind me.
Then the air was full of them. I picked
up a club, and a big gull coming
about a mile a minute hit me in the
chest and knocked me clean off my
feet I thought I was killed. I was so
worked up I forgot to put out the fire,
and 1 suppose that kept the durned
things coming. The storm drove them
like bullets, and when they got to the
thrtco thnt wpn? not killed bv the
rocks back of the fire hovered around
and kept hitting me in the face and
chest with their bills and wings. First
I kept swinging the club round and
round my head, and I knocked a lot of
them down, but I got so tired I had to
lie down flat on my face for awhile
till I got so cold I had to get up and
build the fire, and then I had to fight
them all over again.
"When morning came I was all done
up. I killed about a hundred birds."
USED WATER CURE
ON BIG BLACK BEAR
Bruin Took Possession of Warm Engine
Cab and Refused to
"Slddoo."
A big black bear took possession of
the cab of a Colorado and Southern locomotive
near Como, Colo., and fought
fiercely rather than abandon its warm
abode. It was finally routed out with
hot water and a hose from another locomotive.
A snowplow, with five locomotives,
had been engaged in clearing the
tracks of snow, and during the night
the string of engines was left on a side
track with fires banked and only one
watchman. The next morning the bear
was found in one of the cabs. None of
the party was armed, and other means
to. dislodge him having failed the hose
was used, and bruin took to the mountains.
Knocked Out Wooden Indian.
James Neary was brought to the central
police station in Baltimore drunk
and bleeding from cuts and bruises on
his face and hands. These he explained
by saying he received them while
defending himself against a burly antagonist
whom he feared he had seriously
injured in the encounter.
He had, he said, unintentionally run
into the man, who then hit him in the
face despite his apology. Recovering
himself, Neary dealt his antagonist a
terrific punch, which turned him over,
landing him in a doorway, and, Neary
added, "he took the count" Neary
begged the officers to look after the
other fellow. Several men hurried out
and found "Neary's opponent prone in
a doorway. He was an immense wooden
Indian.
Ball Didn't Want Picture Taken.
John M. Phillips of Wolcott, N. Y.,
a farmer, was killed by a hull which
had been sold. The animal had been
petted by the family, and Phillips engaged
a photographer to take its picture
before It was taken away. When
the photographer arrived Phillips led
the bull out of the barn and was
standing by its head when it made a
lunge at him and pinioned him against
the barn, crushing his side.
Find Gold In Mjurtodon'a Eye.
In the eye socket of a skull of a huge
mastodon unearthed in the Forty-three
Gold Run claim, near Dawson, a few
days ago was found gravel that washed
11,600 in gold.
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LIONS LIKE
NEWRAILWAY
Their Catlike Cariosity Makes
Life Eventful Along the
Uganda Line.
Sim THEIR PET STATION
Agent There Wires That They Sleep on
His Platform aad Amuse Themselves
by Chasing Trackmen Up
TAIammII DAI?C
A VIVgl CS|/U ( vivo*
The lions of East Africa appear to be
watching the progress of civilization
with deep interest, and nothing has
done more to arouse their curiosity
and wonder than the trains on the
Uganda railroad.
This railroad, from the Indian ocean
to Victoria Nyanza, is 584 miles long,
and between the terminal points are
thirty-nine stations. The line is managed
on the system of the Indian railroads.'
and most of the men in the
track, train and station service are
East Indians.
The Indian station agent is known as
a babu, and he leads a lonesome life.
Simba, for example, where the lions
have been making a special study of
the railroad system, has only a station
building, a water tank for the engines
and a side track, this being one of the
places where trains pass each other on
the single track road.
The traffic manager at Nairobi one
morning received this astonishing telegram
from the babu at Simba:
A lion has been bothering me for three
nights. Ke comes up on the station platform
and goes to sleep. Then he walks
up and down, scratches on the wall and
door and tries to get into the office.
Please send cartridges for a Snyder rifle
by the first train for my protection. I
have blank cartridges, but they are of
no use against lions.
This profound observation has the
earmarks of sober truth. It Is to be
believed that the cartridges were
promptly supplied, but, If so, they did
not make a deep Impression upon the
Hons, for a month later another hair
raising telegram reached the traffic
manager, as follows:
Urgent. To Traffic Manager:
A lion is on the platform. Please Instruct
guard and driver (engineer) to proceed
carefully and to make no signals in
the yard. Tell the guard to advise passengers
not to get out here and to be very
careful himself when he comes Into the
office.
It is not quite certain whether the
babu was chiefly solicitous for the
safety of the guard or whether he
EX rXTTTRKP A TELEGRAPH POLE.
thought that the lion, might take advantage
of the open door. However this
may be, the distress signal from Slmba
bad the immediate result of starting a
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tsnusu HporUSUittU 1U uucvuvu.
He took the next train for Simba.
and under the water tank he and the
railroad men erected a platform about
ten feet above the ground, where the
Nlmrod spent several days waiting for
the visitors. His patience was at
length rewarded. He bagged two lions
and a lioness, though one lion bit him
so severely in the arm when he went
up to the apparently dead beast that
he spent three months in a coast hospital
There was nothing doing for several
weeks after the great day when three
lions had been laid low within a few
rods of the station. Then came another
nervous telegram:
Extra urgent! Track hand was surrounded
by two _Uons while returning
from signal dox. ne ciimoeu a leiegiayu
pole near the water tank. He is up there
yet Order train to stop there and take
him aboard.
The track man succeeded in reaching
the station before relief arrived. For
several days the telegraph wire was
burdened only with routine dispatches.
Then another episode was proclaimed
In the following shape:
To Guard and Driver of Down Train:
Carriage of secretary is on the siding,
where he shot a lion just now, and others
are roaring on Maklndu side. Driver
must' proceed without signals and stop
engine opposite station. Guard must not
get out of the brake van.
Later advices have not yet come to
hand, but if any station master is finding
life monotonous and longs to have
a dull routine peppered with incident
and adventure perhaps he may arrange
to swap jobs with die babu at Slmba.
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BURNS DIED PENNILESS. *
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Hi* Firmt Oblturj Hotle* CaUti F?f , J
Help For Hla Family.
When Robert Burns died the follow- - "J
ing obituary appeared In the 2Sdin- ^ .4
burgh Advertiser of July 26,1796: "On
the 21st inst died at Dumfries, after a
lingering illness, the celebrated Robert
Burns. His poetical compositions, distinguished
equally by the force of native
humor, by the warmth and the ^
tenderness of passion and by the glowing
touches of a descriptive pencil, will ; . :
remain a lasting monument of the vigor
and versatility of a mind guided C
only by the lights of nature and by die
inspiration of genius.
"The public, to whose amusement be V:.J
has so largely contributed, will learn f'X
with regret that his extraordinary endowments
were accompanied with
frailties which rendered them useless
-to himself and his family. The last
a# tila otinwf Ufa rpa.a arwant fit )
UJUUUiO Ui UIO DUVli iil? IIHV mry^mmw ??
sickness and indigence, and his widow.
with five infant children and in the
hourly expectation of a sixth, is now -:Mi
left without any resource but what she
may hope from the regard due to the
memory of her husband.
"The public are respectfully informed
that contributions for the wife and \ :famlly
of the late Robert Burns, who
are left in circumstances of extreme
distress, will be received at the houses
of Sir William Forbes & Co., of Messrs. *
Mansfield, Ramsay & Co. and at the
shops of the Edinburgh booksellers. It skpc
is proposed to publish some time hence
a posthumous volume of the poetical
remains of Robert Burns for the benefit
of the author's family. His friends
and acquaintances are requested to >/?*<?
transmit such poems and letters as
may happen to be in their possession
to Alexander Cunningham, writer,
George street EdinDurgn, or to joou
Syme, Esq., Ryedale, Dumfries. It Is
hoped that In the meantime none of his , V^
original productions will be communi- J'tM
cated to the public through the channel
of newspapers or magazine so as Uf
injure the sale of the Intended pubhca--|^
CARE OF THE EAR.
Never put anything in the ear for the^^gg
relief of toothache.
Never wear cotton in the ears If
are discharging.
Never apply a poultice to the inside^|||
of the canal of the ear.
Never drop anything Into the ear un- ^ ^
less it has been previously warmed.
Never use anything but a syringetuidr^^p
warm water for cleansing the ears.
Never strike or box a child's ears. . ;>i
This has been known to rupture the^H
drumhead and cause incurable deaf*i|
Never wet the hair if you have any ^
tendency to deafness. Wear an oiiedl-gal:
silk cap when bathing and refrain fraoi^^^
Never scratch the ears with anytnmf ^;^
but the finger if they itch. Do not us#J$||
the head of a pin, hairpins, pencil tip#
or anything of that nature.
Never meddle with the ear if . a torf g
eign body enters it. Leave it absolute?
ly alone and have a physician attend:
All He Needed. . 'Q|8|
A number of Wall street men at
luncheon one day were discussing the . ?*!g
remarkable ability of a certain operator
in the street to weather any financial
storm. i
"Why," said one of the financiers, . Jf|
"that chap's a wonder. I don't kn#w':?!fp
how many times they've had him^r^l
against the wall, yet he always contrlves
to get away."
"I have heard it said," observed as- ^
other, "that Blank is resourceful
enough to make a living on a desert *
island."
"Yes, he could do that, too," affirmed
the nrst speaaer, *n mere were aw 35S3
other man on the island.**?Harper*!
Weekly.
The Perfect Spanish Befgar.
There Is a calm dignity about the
Spaniard of every class which
strike a stranger. Even the beggars,
of whom, goodness knows, there are 'J&jB
plenty, seem to stand on a higher plat- <
form than their confreres In other,,
lands. In our country the statutory ad- |
dress Is, "Could you spare me a copper?'
but a Spanish beggar thus addressed
us at a railway station, and
we give his address as typical of his- 'I?
class, "O senorito, da me un alimos- v'|s
nita, y rogare por su feliz viajer j'M
which may be translated into English .
thus: "Oh, little gentleman, give me an $J||
alms, and I will pray for you a happy
journey."?Chambers' Journal.
A Singular Epitaph.
At Annapolis, N. S., and in the mill-- j||
tary cemetery attached to old Fort C||
Anne is a tombstone with the following /
VUU luavnyuvui - I
Here Lyeth the Body of
Margaret Winiett,
Born the 6th day of April, 1723, and Dyed .
the 28th of February, 1722. '
The singular part of the epitaph Is .rM
that the child, according to the enfray- U*
ing on the headstone, died nearly a
year before Its birth.
Interpreted. ' <''
"Father," asked the youth, "what is < \|J
your understanding of the saying, Hie
race is not always to the swift?'"
"Practically, my son," replied tbe|p|?
wise father, "it means tbat in the race
nf life the fast men don't usually come. ?
out ahead."?Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Decline of Clirtlrjr.
Wife (drearily)?Ah, me I The days
of chivalry are past Husband?Whafa ?'
the matter now? Wife?Sir Walter ^
Raleigh laid bis cloak on the ground
for Queen Elizabeth to walk over, but,
you get mad simply because poor, dear "
mother sat down on your bat ;