The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 14, 1906, Image 4
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Thursday, June 14,1906
Something ought to be doing in the
warehouse matter, and we hope those
who have the matter in hand will keep it
alive. We believe it will be an easy matter
to raise the money to erect the warehouse
as soon as a suitable location can
be procured.
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What are you doing for your town?
Are you saying a good word for it and its
enterprises whenever possible or are you
criticising and finding fault all the time?
Don't be a knocker. If you feel that you
nan't sav something good, do keep your
month shut.
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The Columbia Record and the Spartanburg
Journal are the only two daily
papers in the State who are finding fault
with the work of the dispensary investi;
. gating committee. Pitty the investigation
is not being conducted to suit them, but
then it might not be so effective if their
ideas prevailed.
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The dispensary revelations have begun
to stir our people up, and many who oncl
favored the system now say it must go.
It is likely that such a strong sentiment
will take definite shape, and that the
square fight as to dispensary or anti-dispensary
will be made in this county.
From the way things look now, anti-dispensary
men will be in the field for the
m- legislature. Well, the question ought to
be settled definitely, and it might as well
be done this year.
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Friends of the dispensary claim that
the system would be purified and reformed
by the passage of the RaysorManning
bill by the legislature. This
has been the cry ever since the law was
enacted. Various legislatures have endeavored
to improve conditions, the law
has been tinkered with time after time,
and yet conditions have been getting
steadily worse. There is only one way
to improve it, and that is to kill it, and
the people will do that this summer.
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Cole L. Blease is a candidate for governor
in the coming primary and he now
holds the position of Senator from Newberry
county. Will he resign so that his
successor will be elected in the same primary,
or is he going to hold on to the
Senatorial toga with one hand while he
reaches out for the governorship with the
other? Such greediness is likely to be rebuked
severely by the voters. No man
stands any show these days who does not
resign his present office before running
for another.
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At one time in the history of this State
when a man went to another part of the
country he alluded with pride to being a
native 01 soum uarojina, auu suau^cis
at once accepted him as a gentleman and
an honest man. Now when yon meet
strangers when out of the State they at
once think of graft and whiskey when
yon tell them where you are from. Is
this sort of thing to continue? Are we
to hang our heads in shame because of
this wholesale bribery and corruption
and yet do nothing to stamp it out ? We
-will have it just as long as the dispensary
is continued.
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We notice that most of the papers in
the neighboring counties last week published
a long card from a man giving his
reasons for not running for office. The
Herald received the same card, but as no
check was enclosed, it went into the
waste basket. The statement was of no
interest to any one except the man who
wrote it and was merely an advertisement
of himself. How long before newspaper
men will realize that their space is
what brings in an income and act accordingly?
There was no more reason
why this card should have been published
gratis than that an advertisement for a
dry goods store should be inserted free.
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We are not on the program at the approaching
meeting of the State Press Association,
hut we warn our brethren that
we are going to bring up the matter of
free advertising for discussion. True the
Association cannot interfere with a man's
conduct of his own business, yet it is to
our mind proper and expedient that the
members express themselves and come to
some sort of understanding as to what is
legitimate news and what is advertising.
There should be some standard. Now one
newspaper charges for a certain article,
his neighbor publishes it free. This looks
bad and sometimes causes misunderstandings.
Let us think about this matter
and go to the meeting prepared to
discuss it intelligently and try to arrive
at some sort of basis. As newspaper
men we owe this much to our patrons, to
say nothing of the standing of the profession.
A JOCULAR MONARCH.
Iru the Terrible Had C?M Blooded
Notion* About Jeutlngr*
Ivan the Terrible forgot neither his
devotions nor his diversions. His palace
alternately resounded with praying
and carousing. For his pastime bears
were brought from Novgorod. When
from his window he perceived a group
of citizens collected he let slip two or
| three of these ferocious animals, and
his delight on beholding the flight of
the terrified creatures, and especially
on hearing the cries of the victims, was i
1 ^ ^ U In A# 1q,i rrhtor I
UUWUUUCU, UiO UU1DIO V4 iuu^Mbv*
were loud and long continued. To
console those who were maimed for
life be would sometimes send each of
tbem a small piece of gold.
Another of his chief amusements was
In the company of Jesters, whose duty
it was to divert him, especially before
and after any executions, but they often
paid dearly for an unseasonable
Joke.
Among these none was more distinguished
than Prince Qvoedef, who held
a high rank at court
The czar, being one day dissatisfied |
with a Jest poured over the prince's
head the boiling contents of a soup
basin. The agonized wretch prepared j
to retreat from the table, but the
tyrant struck him with a knife, and he
fell senseless to the floor. Dr. Arnolph
was instantly called.
"Save my good servant!" cried the j
czar. "I have Jested with him a little
too bard."
"So hard," replied the other, "that
only God and your majesty can restore
him to life. He no longer
breathes."
Ivan expressed his contempt, called
the deceased favorite a dog and continued
his amusements,
j Another day, while he sat at table,
the waywode of Starltza, Boris Titof,
appeared, bowed to the ground and saluted
him after the customary manner.
"God save thee, my dear waywode.
Thou deservest a proof of my favor."
He seized a knife and cut off an ear.
Titof thanked the czar for his gracious
favor and wished him a happy reign.?
Pearson's Weekly.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.
Love Is kindly and deceltless.?Yeats.
- Love can sun the realms of night?
.Schiller.
They do not love that do not show
their love.?Shakespeare.
Love's a thing thafs never out of
season.?Barry Cornwall.
He that shuts out love in turn shall
be shut out by love.?Tennyson.
The greatest miracle of love is the
cure of coquetry.?La Rochefoucauld.
Love Is master of the wisest; it Is
only fools that defy him.?Thackeray.
Love never dies of starvation, but
often of indigestion.?Ninon de I'Enclos.
The magic of first love Is the Ignorance
that it can ever end.?Beaconsfield.
Man's love Is of man's life a thing
apart; tis woman's whole existence.?
Byron.
Tt to imnoRsthle to love a second time
when we have once really ceased to
love.?La Rochefoucauld.
Bulow'i Wonderful Memory.
Bulow had a wonderful memory, as
was evidenced by his astonishing feat
of memorizing Kiel's concerto, which
the man who wrote it could not accompany
without notes. His accuracy was
almost infallible. He was once rehearsing
a composition of Liszf s for orchestra
In that composer's presence without
notes. Liszt Interrupted to say that a
certain note should have been played
plana "No," replied Bulow, 'It is
sforzanda" "Look and see," persisted
the composer. The score was produced.
Bulow was right How everybody
did applaud! In the excitement one of
the brass wind players lost his place.
"Look for a b flat in your part," said
Bulow, still without his notes. "Five
measures farther on I wish to begin."
The Word "Aaphalt."
Of deceitful ancestry is the word
"asphalt" Apparently it means "not
slippery." The Greeks themselves were
tempted to derive "asphattos" from
"a," not and "sphallo," make to fall
or slip. However, the word is really of
unknown barbarian origin?Phoenician,
some say. Asphalt was In use very
early in history. It Is said to have been
the slime with which the infant Hoses'
ark of bulrushes was daubed and
which the builders of the tower of
Babel used Instead of mortar.
Batcher? In War.
In one of the Du Guesclin's victories
so many English were taken captive
that even the humblest soldier among
the French had one or more prisoners.
The victors, however, fell to quarreling,
and, ill feeling becoming rife in
the French army in consequence of
these quarrels over the prisoners, Du
Guesclin ordered all the captives to be
butchered, and the brutal order was
carried out
A Cautions Lover.
A correspondent of the London Globe
tells of a gilded youth who left Instructions
at a jeweler's shop for the Inscription
of an engagement ring he had
Just bought He wanted It inscribed,
"From Bertie to Maud." As he left he
turned back and added as an after
thought "I shouldn't?ah?cut 'Maud'
too deep, don't you know."
Close.
She?Do you know I've induced my
husband to give up cigars? He?Is
that so? Well, I've known him for
seven years, and I never saw him give
up one.?Illustrated Bits.
It is the privilege of posterity to set
matters right between those antagonists
who by their rivalry for greatness
divided a whole age.?Addison.
" THE TIDY TADPOLE.
Bow This Cheerful Little Cannibal
Eata and Develops.
A wonderful spirit of tidiness seems
to pervade the ta 'pole world. They
always eat whatever has become use
less?their own eggs, their superfluous
companions. Even those who are only
weakly are cleared out of the way and
the victims take it all as a matter of
course. I have disturbed a strong
member of the community just as he
had begun to dine off the tail of a
weaker brother, but the sufferer has
not troubled to escape?he simply waited
till the fratricide returned to complete
his deadly work.
For some time there is no grave
change in the tadpoles. They simply
grow and become so far transparent
that their internal mechanism, which
consists of one coil of intestines, is
plainly visible. When, however, they
are about three months old a careful
observer can distinguish a tiny foot
on either side of the base of the tail.
These grow slowly, but seem unable
to move independently until shortly
before the border land is passed which
leads to perfect froghood. The hind
legs have reached their full size before
the front ones appear, and, while the
feet grow slowly, the hands are ready
made and can be used at once. For a
day or two they can be seen under the
skin before they venture forth, and
their possessor is very restless and excited.
He rushes madly about, Jostling
his comrades, and no doubt being
voted a bore; then a more vigorous effort
breaks the skin and the tiny hand
and arm appear.
There seems some rule about the
order of precedence here, as there is
when the whiskers go, for last year my
tadpoles, almost without exception,
had their right hands some hours beI
fore the left while on Drevious occa
sions -1 have had an entirely left
handed crew.?Chambers' Journal.
MUSIC AT SEA.
Conditions Under Which Ships' Sails
Sometimes Sins.
Some curious facts have been noted
with regard to the sound conducting
qualities of ships' sails. When rendered
concave by a gentle breeze, the
widespread sails of a ship are said to
be excellent conductors of sound.
A ship was once sailing along the
coast of Brazil, far out of 6ight of
land. Suddenly several of the crew,
while walking along the deck, noticed
that when passing and repassing a
particular spot they always heard with
great distinctness the sound of bells
chiming sweet music, as though being
rung but a short distance away.
Dumfounded by this phenomenon,
they quickly communicated the discovery
to their shipmates, but none of
them was able to solve the enigma as
to the origin of these seemingly mysterious
sounds which came to them
across the water.
Months afterward, upon returning to
Brazil, the crew determined to satisfy
their curiosity. Accordingly they mentioned
the circumstance to their
friends and were informed that at the
time when the sounds were heard the
bells in the cathedral of San Salvador,
on the coast, had been ringing to celebrate
a feast held In honor of one of
the saints.
Their sound, wonderful to relate, favored
by a gentle, steady breeze, had
traveled a distance of upward of 100
mfips nvpr the smooth water and had
been brought to a focus by the sails at
the particular locality In which the
sweet sounds were first heard.
This is but one of several Instances
of a similar kind, trustworthy authorities
claiming that this same music Is
often heard under somewhat the same
circumstances and especially In a moisture
laden atmosphere.?London TitBits.
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Eafliah Retard For Teaching.
If there Is one occupation which
Englishmen are unanimous in condemning
as degraded and degrading It
Is that most fascinating, most difficult,
delicate and Important work, the training
of the mind. In what are humorously
called "the higher walks" of
teaching there are respectable salaries
to be earned and agreeable rooms or
houses for occupation. Here, purged
of the dross of utility, a man may once
more take rank as a gentleman, and
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IX US USCUU1SB lieau vi a uvuac uiv vupreme
aselessness of bis position commands
universal and silent respectNineteenth
Century.
Gentian Boot.
Gentian root often used as a tonic,
is considered in many malarial countries
a remedy against Intermittent fever.
Especially is this the case in Corsica,
in that section of the island near
the town of AJerla, which is infested
with malaria. The inhabitants recently
protested violently against the introduction
of quinine on the part of the
medical authorities, declaring that
they would not abandon the remedy
which had been used among them for
centuries, the gentian root, either powdered
or simply masticated.
Qnlte the Contrary.
"After all, my friend," began the solemn
stranger, "life is but a dream,
a"?
nln'l ** onrvi-faH tho hflH
UliK4i| IV (MU l| 0UV*WV? wv mm- ?
beaded man. In nearly every dream I
ever bad I was gettta' more money
than I knowed what to do with."?
Philadelphia Press.
Frenchmen and Spanish.
French people find it difficult to
speak Spanish properly. Victor Hugo
boasted that he was the only Frenchman
who could really speak Spanish,
something of Spain being mingled In
his ancestry.
But for some trouble and sorrow we
should never know half the good there
Is about us.?Dickens.
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VICTORIA FALLS.
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QOlci **the Moat BMitiM Cm eg .,.v
the Eartk'a Soaaair"
The Zambezi river, carrying a bilge
volume of water two miles in width, aa Vv
it reaches the western borders of Bhodesia
precipitates Itself into & cavern- v
ous gorge and thus traverses the northera
plains of the country.
This great drop in the river has pro- ?
duced "the most beautiful gem of the
earth's scenery," the Victoria falls. Almost
twice as broad as Niagara and
two and a half times as high, an ixnmense
mass of water rolls over its edge r^|i
to precipitate Itself in magniflcsst ^J-%
splendor 400 sheer feet into the narrow
canyon below. '-SSI
Undeterred, the Rhodesian engineers, ..
without detracting from the natural
beauty of the surroundings, threw * &
across the canyon a splendid 600 foot
cantalever bridge and tbua opened tbe $
way to Tanganyika, to Uganda, to :M
Cairo.
This bridge, tbe greatest railway en- %
gineering triumph of Africa, deserves Sv |
more than passing notice. It consists y? jj
of a central span weiring approximately
1,000 tons, 500 feet in length
and 30 feet wide. Tbe steel work is of : ^ !
rolled steel weighing 4p0 pounds to tbe
cubic foot The end posts of tbe bridge r
are over 100 feet long. The pull on the *
anchorage apparatus is about 400 tons.
The contract for the construction was
obtained by an English firm of bridge %
builders?the contract time fifty-fire
weeks. The work of erection was ear-? ^
rled on from both banks, tbe material. : .
being taken across tbe river by means
of an aerial electric railway. Tbtf elee-^H;?
trical conveyor of this cable way was
capable of dealing with a ten ton load- ; :
at a lifting speed of twenty feet petf^J'^
minute and a traversing speed of 800, ->^
feet a minute. .
An initial difficulty in tbe con*trwS.~^j?
tion of the bridge was the securing:-g
of a firm foundation, and owing to
crumbling nature of the bank a much
greater quantity of concrete was necetr '
sary than estimated.
The construction was happily unat- tended
by accidents of a serious naturet J^H
though a few slight accidents to body
work and the replacing from England
of one piece of steel work were recorded.
In spite of these delays the bridge
was linked up at 7 a. m. on April
1905, or exactly forty-eight hours
lier than had been estimated a year^be-;^ \
fore.?Lieutenant Colonel Sir Percy- - 7^
Girouard in Scribner's. f
Cored Him. "I
wish my husband would not stag^f!
out at night" said the little womsib g^S - '
"Cure him,** said her companion, *!*;^
a woman I know cured her husband, fjl
who used to stay out every night OiHiiiiSl"
night he came in very late, or, ratber,
very early, about 3 o'clock In the mora* J
ing. He came home very quietly. Ia .^2
fact, he took off his shoes on the front
doorstep. Then he unlocked the
and went cautiously and slowly up?~J^H
stairs on tiptoe, holding his breattkJ^H
But light was streaming through ttMT > * p
keyhole of the door of the bedroom. ./
With a sigh, be paused. Then he open* ^
ed the door and entered. His wife '. 'h
stood by the bureau fully dressed. wS-i
" 'I didn't expect you'd be sitting up , %
for me, my dear,' he said. *Jj
"T haven't been," she said. T jnit " ^
came In myself/ n
PfWBC? of Mild.
Mrue. Rachel, the great actress, was ^
resting alone in her dressing room one. '
night preparatory to going on the stage V
when a man suddenly entered and,
drawing a dagger, said he was going
to kill her if she did not at once coosent
to marry him. The actress saw at
a glance that the man was mad and
meant what be said. So with the utmost
coolness she replied: "Certainly X
will marry you. I wish nothing better. f 'M
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Come with me to the priest at once, x ;r ?g
have had him come here for the purpose."
She took his arm, and the?
went out together?to where there was ^
assistance, of course, and the man was
immediately put under arrest?Phile- 4^
delphia Record. 'yWi
Mietloa fcr Isrinr. - 'M
"Mamma, I's got a stomach ache,"
said Nellie Bly, six years old. -'2%
"That's because you've been without
lunch. Its because your stomach is vV;J*
empty. You would feel better If you ',
had something in It"
That afternoon the pasto? called and
in the course of conversation remarked
that he had been suffering all day with.
a very severe headache.
"That's because it is empty," said ^
Nellie. "You'd feel much bettor if yosj^^B
had something in it"?American Spec- V-*
tator.
Time For Weoaias- *
"I trust your honor will excuse
this time," said a habitual drunkard
at the police court "It is my misfoc^SS
tone?I am child of genius."
"And what Is your age?" questioned iS
the magistrate.
"Forty-two years."
"Then It Is time yoa were weaned.
YouH have to do ten days away from'jM
the bottle."
His Wife-But I don^Snk, George,
that yon ought to object to marmni.
Why, Just think, If it hadn't been tat - :V||j
her yon would never have had me! Her
Husband?Huh! Dont try to excuse
her by saying that Yoa make me hate
her worse than ever.?Modern Society. sjgfim
Doing Their Beet.
"Didnt I understand you to say they
keep a servant girl?* w
"Certainly not I said they try to. >;,|5|
As soon as one goes they get another* HI&
?Philadelphia Press. ? ^
Speech is too often not, as the ,
Frenchman defined it the art of concealing
thought but of quite stifling cfl^j
and suspending thought so that there ^
is none to conceaL?Carlyle.
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