The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 27, 1912, Page 7, Image 7
, PREHISTORIC USI
OF FI
v Was Originally Employ
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and Reverence.?i>?
Washington ,
Washington, June 16.?During the :
course of some special studies and
reaserches on the utilization of fire,
conducted by Dr: Walter Hough, Cur*
ator of Ethnology, U. S., National
Vfiieanm >110 oHontlftn XVQ? drflWTI t.O
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peared into the air, it apparently^as- j
cended to the heavens, carrying his :
prayer or protestation to the Su-1
preme Being above. In this way
smoke became symbolical of prayer.
With that signification it was intro-|
duced into the weird and often ter- j
rible rites of the natives of Mexico j
t and Contra! America and so remained I:
until their religion was suppressed by
the Spaniards.
'In the great temple-compound of
f Mexico, it is said that there were six
hundred masonry braziers, both of
round and square design, arranged;
before shrines and other sacrificial
v ' places where perpeutal fires were i
maintained and offerings consumed.
These were not incense-burners in
the strict sense, but victims were
sometimes scorched before the fires,j
ashes from the portable censers were j
thrown into them, braziers and such j
paraphernalia and offerings as were j
used in the ceremony were here fin-!
ally consumed. The braziers were
the source from which live coals were
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taken for igniting the incense-burn4
ers and censers. They apparently
represented the perpetuation of the
nrimitivp rommunal fire, the Nahuatl i
name for which signifies "fire navel," j
' indicating both birth and the under-:
v - world. The braziers were usually;
shaped like an hour-glass, although j
> some had the form of stone basins I
borne aloft by the figures of men and;
? animals, while others were merely
circular stones mounted on short
pediments or altars of shrines in
temples. Nearly all represented the
human body in some way, either by
effigies, masks, or by an encircling
band or sash. Several specimens of
these various types, coming mostly
\ * from Mexico and Costa Rica, are |
v found in the collection of the Na-,
tional Museum.
^ I
Large pottery vases of hour-glass
shape, which form another class of
stationary braziers, have been discov- j
. **ered in large numbers in and about:
the City of Mexico and at many oth^
- er places. They are undoubtedly j
characteristic of the Central Ameri-1
, can censer-brazier, and are remark-j
able examples of pottery, both as re-1
gards size and decorations. Morej
artistic and detailed work is found in j
the class of pottery braziers, due no
doubt to the fact that the makers
were enabled to work easier in potr*
tery than in hard stone.
The stationary braziers form the
main class of communal or general
censers, which is divided into three
^ sections, the first consists of tribal,
society and family fire-places, fireboxes,
and fire-altars. The second
division includes the great stone braziers,
stone basins with legs, circular
stones with pediments, and large or"*
mi
namentea pottery vessels. iue umu
main division includes the special
forms, namely, portable, gesture, and
swinging censers. The portable braX.
ziers comprise small braziers, tripod
censers, and bowl-censers. The second
group includes flaring bowls havf
ing ladles and feet; open work pot}
tery with handles; spoons or ladles
with ventilation holes; incense ladles;
pipes and cigarettes. The swinging
censers which constitute the third
- group are primarily of European
^ origin, although a few Indian ones!
have been found.
The history of the development of ;
' pipes is fascinating and forms an im- j
portant part in the history of censers.
It is believed that the pipe antedates
the use of narcotic herbs, such as
tobacco, although the importance of
r
the collection of aboriginal incense 1
? ? 4-V?/n rrmeatim QTi/1 QVOTltll
UU1UCIO 111 I* .LLC muocuuji, uuu uivu><? <
ally he undertook a special'study of
this collection. I
Dr. Hough has described the avail-'(
x able apparatus found principally in !'
Mexico and Central America in a pa-;
?
I per recently published by the U. S. j1
National Museum. Proceedings No.:
1887, in which he narrates on the-1
origin and history of the various im-1
plements and customs.
The development of the use of j:
censers as suggested by the author, j:
is not only of interest, but very re- j;
markable. It began in the pre-his- j;
toric uses of fire and smoke, which j
at a certain stage were employed in j
many ways to express feelings and i:
reverence. It is not strange that ab- j
orginal man experienced some awe j
when he witnessed the mysterious
transformations brought about by
fire, which to him was obviously the
change of material things into spiritual;
the transition of the finite into
i infinite. So when the smoke of his
fire rose from the earth and disap
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RE AND SMOKE. 4
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ed to Express Feelings t
itional Museum at '
Sheds Light. J;
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smoke appears to have been chiefly,
if not wholly, due to its supposed t
medical properties. The offering of
incense made by the Aztecs to the e
Spanish conquerors resembles in to
many respects the familiar peace pipe C
customs of the American Indians, and to
the pipes themselves are similar to ^
those found everywher between ^
Southern Mexico and Canada. The s
custom of smoking probably did not t
originate through the enjoyment of c
the taste of the smoke, but arose in e
connection with the development of v
the fire cult in which it had a sacred o
significance. .At first offerings were ?
made from a campfire or fire place, v
then, as progress was made in the r
arts, the braziers were used, and finally
the natives came to use port- s
able appliances, which gave use to i
a great variety of forms, including t
handled pots and censers. The Eu- t
ropean swinging censers are evidenly a
a development of the stationary vase a
form, as is also the pipe. to
Another form of incense offering t
found rather generally in the Pueb- a
lo region, especially in the Southern
portion, is the cigarete, made from
a section of cane tube filled with
vegetable incense. The cigarette tube
is packed with a mixtures of herbs, Q
wnicn wnen uurm pruuutcs a uicooc
ing odor. The specimens collected as ^
a rule appear not to have been lighted,
but apparently were offered by
implication. In some cases, however,
they seem to have been ignited
at the time of offering. This is
the case in certain shrines located
i
in th# caves of the Blue River, Arirtma,
where large cane cigarettes
f
have been collected. Usually the
cigarettes are girdled with strands of
white ind dyed cotton cord, and
sometimes iminiature blankets, beads 1
r
and feathers, are attached, carrying
out the original idea that the sacrifice
was animate and symbolically
represented the huamn body. This
girdle decoration is found on censers ^
and braziers as well.
Many varieties of gum and herbs
were used for incense, among which
was tobacco. Dr. Hough says that
tobacco was a sacred herb, and its
c
smoke was unquestionably incense.
The wild tobacco plant was incorDorated
in the mixture used as in
cense by the Hopi and some other
American tribes, and it is stated that
tobacco played precisely the same
part among priests and medicine men
of ancient Mexico as it has from the
remotest times down to the present
day among the various savage tribes
of North and South America. It was
powdered and mixed with incense and
formed into pellets which were carried
in a pouch by officiating priests.
In other parts of the United States
artemesia, the balsam root, cedar
tops, sweet grass, and, among the
Siksika, a sweet gum of some kind,
were burned for incense.
Talk Up for Your Town.
Some communities prosper and
others decline, and, as a rule, the
prosperity of the one and the decay
* ? u
of the other is due not so muuu iu natural
causes as to the make-up of c
their citizens. Where, as too often
happens, people run down the place
in which they live, fight every effort *
to improve it, grumble at its mer- 1
chan's and say and do a lot of other
foolish and wrong things about their *
own town while they glorify other 1
towns, there is bound to be loss of (
prosperity. Such men have no local c
patriotism and are traitors to their
home place. Stand pat for your own
town, point out its advantages, praise i
its merits, boom its interests, and s
speak well of its business men. Do (
this nienty-nine times out of a hun- t
dred and the town will flourish, and ]
all this can be done without being ]
Jealous of or speaking evil of other ]
places. t
Ambitious Wife Poses as "Miss."
Chicago, June 19.?Mrs. Laura ]
C. Hammond entered the Englewood (
high school three years ago as "Miss ?
Hammond." She was in rather short j
skirts and appeared to be about 18 j
years old. She will be graduated to- i
day near the head of the class, and
-x ? ^ at\o 4-V* r* 4- c>V\ a haofi .
It UUW ucvciuyo 01.1 ci u ouo uao ^
married for 13 years and is 33 years ]
old. <
"I wanted to be something," she <
said to-day. Six years ago I started ]
at the Dore grammar school, and \
from there I went to the Englewood <
high school. I did pose as a 'miss,' i
as I thought it would be better. My i
husband is Ira Hamomnd, superin- <
tendent of the dining car service of ]
the Illinois Central Railway. The j
girls all took me to be 18 or 20, and ]
I made many friends among them. I j
will go to the University of Chicago. 1
My ambition is to practice law."
CANDIDATES NEAR FISTICUFF.
Lltorney General Resents Pointer
Statements by His Opponents.
Bennettsville, June 21.?Befort
00 people on the court house green
he candidates opened their meeting
o-day with James Cansler first or
he stand, and Judge Jones to be th<
ast. The crowd grew as the meet
ng passed and an interesting throng
leard the candidates. The day was
deal and a morning bath sharpenec
he oratory of each speaker.
Judge Jones being the last speak'
r, it was expected that he woulc
tave strong things to say in reply t(
irov. Blease's speech to-day and his
itter denunciation on previous days
l lively tilt between Lyon and Evans
fas also expected and the crowd as
embled expectant. Many men knowi
o be Blease men were seen in th(
rowd and some of Blease's bitter
st opponents were present. Then
fas little demonstration on the par:
tf the crowd until the candidates fo:
.overnor were called and then then
rere "Hurrahs for Blease" and "Hur
ahs for Jones."
B. B. Evans, who has been assailec
o bitterly by Attorney General Lyoi
n htis campaign, said in his speed
o-day that he did not propose to no
ice the "branding" of his opponent
nd that he would denounce as a liai
,ny candidate who would say that h<
lad done anything in his public lif<
hat could be questioned as dishonor
.ble.
Excoriates Evans.
When Attorney General Lyon tool
he stand he was greeted with lou(
heers, and he pitched into his stor:
>f the "graft" prosecutions and pai(
ompliments to the members of th<
Insel board. He said J. Steele Brice
>f that board, a red-headed Scotch
nan, ha.s so much grit in his cra\>
hat B. B. Evans "dares not face hin
tnd make his charges against th<
>oard." He then read his court doc
iments bearing on Evans's record
nd he heaned condemnatory epithet:
in his character.
Lyon's denunciation of Evans wa;
he most drastic yet made in the cam
>aign, and amid laughter and ap
lause from the crowd he read fron
:ourt rsscords, charging Evans; wit!
ximinality in money matters.
"Rub it in," shotted a spectator
-<yon said that if1 Evans proeeedei
urther in his denunciation of th<
^nsel board he would root up othe
:harges against him which had no
>een mentioned.
"Root 'em up," shouted Evans
:hallengingly. Cheers followed hi
peech.
Fisticuff Averted.
A fight between Lyon and Evan
vas prevented by the interference o
lalf a dozen big men, when Lyoi
umped to the floor with the state
nent, "Do you mean to call me ;
iar?" made when Evans had deniei
:ertain statements by the attorne;
general. Excitement over the inci
lent was the keenest so far seen 01
he campaign and from the cool man
ler of Lyon, it was seen he was de
ermined. Evans was drowned in th
lood of jeers.
After the speeches by candidate
or attorney general were concluded
2vans got t" ? floor for a denial, am
le referred to T. M. Moredcai am
?hilip H. Gadsden in their bondinj
>f certain dispensary officials. Evans'
:onnection with a bonding house ha<
)een mentioned at length and he sai<
hat "the Jew had robbed the Gentil
>f the dispensary bonds."
Sol Brown, a spectator, shouted
'If you had half as much sense a
hose Jews, you would not have bee:
n the trouble you are now in."
Mr. Evans replied: "This is no
he first time I have been confronted
)y Christ killers," and he continue'
iharges against Mordecai and Gads
len.
Evans Howled Down.
"You fool," again shouted Browr
leaping bitter denunciations on th
speaker. For several minutes thun
lerous shouts drowned nis voice, an
;here were cries of "we don't want t
lear you," "sit down," and the like
3vans finally got silence to speak an
le referred to the statement by Lyor
;hat Evans had been subpoenaed in
;ase in which he was charged wit
forgery. He said: "I don't deny tha
[ was summoned as a witness, but
io deny that Cathcart (a deputy
sought me with a process of com
plaint, and any man who says I eve
faced a jury on such a charge is
iasifier and a defamer.
At this point Attorney General Ly
? v?ia fopt snrl faoin
J LI JUlil^CU (,U U1U
Evans said: "Do you mean to sa
:hat I am a liar, Mr. Evans?" ''1
Dathcart?" replied Mr. Evans an
lis speech was broken off by the ic
:erference of the crowd. Attorne
General Lyon had approached hir
with clenched fists and a fight wa
barely averted by the interferenc
Df half a dozen men. The nervous
aess of Evans was noticeable. Lyo
smiled as he was drawn back by
peacemaker. When Evans again gc
attention he managed to say abov
the noise of the crowd, "I'm don
with this." Quiet soon prevailed.
"IRISH" LACE MADE IN AMER]
v
1 Product of the New York Teneni
District.
j "The 'real Irish lace' that we
, here isn't made in Ireland. It
r made in New York. What is mi
i it is made in New York tenemen
- One of the investigators of the
tional child labor committees
s spent a large part of the past
5 months in "tracing" the Irish 1
1 sold in this city. And she has fou
she says, that almost all the Ii
lace sold here has never been a
I where else.
"The centre for the manufact
3 of Irish lace seems almost to be ci
' ing, for Americans, from Ireland
3 New York," she said.
The Irish lace that is made in
1 tenements here is not sold under
J false pretenses. It is advertised
sold as "real Irish lace," and 4<i
3 Irish lace" is exactly what it is.
^ _
" is hand-made every inch ot it. i
made in the original Irish patte
' with the roses and the shamrock
Dublin lacemakers. And some oj
at least, is made with the real I:
1 thread. Only it isn't made by I]
1 people!
''When the Irish thread is used
Irish lace from America is quite
' good as the Irish lace from Irelar
r the investigator explained.
' American thread with which s<
" contractors supply their workeri
not so fine for lacemaking.
"With the exception of a very si
quantity of actually imported I
c lace, every bit of Irish lace and
1 broidery sold in New York is m
y in the tentements here. All tha
1 made in the city, is so far as I i
3 been able to discover, made in t<
ments by women and children. T1
. are no Irish lace factories.
7 "The centre of the Irish lacen
3 ing industry is the up-town little
B aly, around 110th street on the I
. Side. In the past few months
lacemaking has spread to the Ita
f ? 3
tenements in the Bronx, up 1
street way. Irish lace is nearly
s made by Italian women here!
"Of course, the making of I
. lace in the New York tenement
i tricts has increased immeasurabl;
i the past year, since Irish lace coll
cuffs, jabots, and frills became
t popular. It is the fashionable tl
i now, you see. And it is possibl
e buy 'real Irish' in the shops at a i
r low price. There is no way of <
t mating the number of women
children making Irish lace in ]
i, York city, but it runs away up
s the hundreds, and, of course, tl
are thousands of yards being m
Some contractors have as man)
50 women working at one time.
s "The workers are paid about
^ cents an hour for making the 1
a I have at my office an Irish lace
~ lar for which the woman who n
1 it was paid 50 cents; it took her
* hours to do it. For the inch-wid(
* sertion with the shamrock pat
the lace-makers are paid 15 cen
a yard. I know one little girl
works at lace-making every ni
and makes just' about a dolla
8 week. Sometimes the lace-ma1
earnings of a whole family will
Si about $4 a week?oftener al
$2.50."
: Although most of the Iatlian
men make lacework of the pop
T _; ? V, nn+tarno onmo fow lflfP-TTI!!1
"* II IC>LL panel ULO, QV/m^ i.v I?
3 from Italy make and sell to si
a and "contractors" the intricate
* sign of Italian lacework. The
e Italian pillow lace, made just a
is made in the villages of Italj
^ made in the tenements here.
"I know of one woman who m*
Q the Italian pillow lace, charj
n .25 for a collar," said the chilf
* bor committee investigator.
^ into every collar that she sells
^ puts seventy hours of hard work!
New York Times.
Married in Howesville.
At the home of the bride's m
e
er, Mrs. W. P. Dukes, at Rowes\
i- '
^ Wednesday afternoon Mr. Will
Salley was happily married to 1
Marie Dukes. The ceremony 1
? place in the presence of a few fri<
J snlomniTOi
3IIa reiduves auu wao
^ the Rev. G. W. Dukes, brothei
h the bride. After the ceremony,
t and Mrs. Salley left for their h<
I whicn is located about eight n
^ west of this city.
The bride is the daughter of ;
W. P. Dukes, of Rowesville, and
groom is a prosperous young far
of this county.
Their many friends wish thei
long and happy wedded life.?
angeburg Evening News, June 2
1 SNATCHED BRYAN'S TICKEr
d
l" Woman Grabs Pass from Nebras
at Republican Convention,
n
s Chicago, June 19.?William
e nings Bryan's ticket to the Repi
* can national convention as a repc
a for a series of newspapers,
a snatched out of his hand at the <
of the Coliseum by a woman
e gave her name to the police as K
e erine Doll. At the police station
J was found to have $ 1,000 sewe*
*
[CA pockets in her underskirt.
Bryan's ticket was restored and
lent the woman will be examined for her
sanity. After taking the ticket she
tried to enter the hall.
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| Hundreds of Bamberg Citizens Can
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Home endorsement, the public expression
of Bamberg people, should
be evidence beyond dispute for every
Bamberg reader. Surely the experience
of friends and neighbors, cheerfully
given by them, will carry more
weight than, the utterances of strangers
residing in faraway places. Read
the following:
Mrs. J. C. Folk, Jr., Carlisle St.,
Bamberg, S. C., says: "I heartily
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills,
for they have been very beneficial to
us. One of the younger members of
my family was troubled by a lame
and aching back and could not control
the kidney secretions at night.
I finally got a box of Doan's Kidney
Pills from the Peoples Drug Co. and
I they^ brought entire relief. This
| prejjHn-ation deserves the highest
praise."
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name?Doan's?
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DOW (LDPEOPLE IS
May Prolong Their Lives , |
At an advanced age waste is more
rapid than repair. The organs act
more slowly and less effectually than
in youth. The circulation is poor, the
blood thin and watery, the appetite
poor and digestion weak.
We want to say to every aged person
in this vicinity that Vinol, our delicious
cod liver and iron tonic (with- v
out oil) will prolong life. It creates
or? annoHto sMfl HiCAfltlOTl and mftkeg
good blood. In this natural manner
Vinol retards waste and replaces
weakness with strength, giving new
life to the worn system.
If people In this vicinity only realized
how Vinol invigorates old people
we would not be able to supply the
demand.
Try a bottle of Vinol with the understanding
that your money will be
returned if it does not help you.
Peoples Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C.
Hats and caps the largest selection
in Augusta; straw hats $1.00 up;
$8.00 Panamas at $4.75; Stetson
and other fine makes $2.25 up. Caps Sm
and hats, a full line, 25c up. Write
F. G. MERTINS, Augusta, Ga.
Highest prices paid for beef cattle.
,H. G. DELK, Bamberg, S. C.
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icceeds where other remei
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es old time health and
3 the greatest blood remedy ,
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satisfied that it is working ??
e for them. I also repair jT
Locks, etc., at reasonable J
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