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serving the remainder fer the emer-
gency of an idea out of his usual line
OF thought.
In accordance with this is state
ment once made by a speaker at an
educational meeting: The best elu
Gated persons in this room will not
use more than 600 or 700 words And
he added that an ignorant man would
not use more than 300 or 400. Some
years ago writer in the Chautauquan
said: 1t is estimated that an English
farm hand has a vocabulary limited to
300 words An American workman
Who reads the newspapers may cCm-
mand from 7o0 TO 1000 words. Five
thousand is a large number even for
9n educated reader or speaker This
is step forward, yet it still seems
far ely to Shakespeare's vocabulary of
$4,000 words or even to Milton's 5000.
Anyone may, with little trouble,
estimate the number OF words whose
meanings would be plain to him IN
print or in speech. Of the writer
vocabulary an estimate was made in
this way: An abridged dictionary was
used because almost all unusual words
would thereby be at once eliminated.
Under each letter of the alphabet a
page or more of words was selected at
random and counted. A separate rec
crd was kept of primitive and derlva-
tive words That is, among the for
mer was put measure: among the lat
ter measurable, measurableness, meas
urably, measurer measureless, meas
urement. unmeasurable and unmeas-
ured Compound words whose mean
ings were clearly indicated by their
component were omitted-as clock
work, draught-horse hard-earned.
Counting this way an average of twen-
" primitive and thirty-fiye derivatlve
words was found on each page. Ihls
would make. there being Sl4 pages
Of vocabulary in the dictionary, TO-
tal of 1920 of the former and 2S,4oo
Of the latter. or almost $4,000 IN all.
Next was taken a page in each let
ter and on it were counted the words
which it seemed any person OF aver
age intelligence would be able to use
and understand. On twentyfour pages
were 26S primitive words and 22l der!-
vative. or nearly 5000 in all of the
former and more than 1000 of the lat
ter. And lastly was made count OF
yerv common words, such as even
poorly educated person could hardly
escape knowing, and they were found
to number 800 primitive and 5000
derivative. No proper names were IN
cluded in any Of the countlngs.
1t would therefore seem to follow
if what we are told of the vocabularles
of Shakespeare and Milton be correct,
that a person of average education to-
day knows at least as many words
as did the former and one whose
school opportunities have been quite
united is capable of walking beside
he latter in this respect, AS regards
IDEAS and ability to express them. how
YER the difference may be worldwide.
TIE foregoing facts seem to warrant
these general conclusions; Every welf
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MOST DEADLY OF SNAkES
Wounds lnflidled Ey The Cobra Are
Invariably Mortal.

within the fraction Of a second. Coil
cd. With head and forebody extended
in the shape OF a letter G, the rattler
lies. The fat wicked body is notion
less ana steady as though cast in steel
the black. beady eyes riEeted on the
victim. Only the tail with its WaEE-
ing rattles is performing an evolution.
The attack is sharp and quick. Quick
as thought the fangs have been buried
an inch or more into the flesh. The
poison is quite the opposite of the
cobra's. containing about 80 per cent
Of misunderstanding and about 5 per
cent OF Notwithstanding elements.
With all the vigor of a sharp acid the
venom circuiates, attacking the walls
of the veins and the red corpuscles in
the blood. and causing untold agony
Quick blood poisoning is the result
and all the excruciating pain endured
by sufferer from that sickness dur
ing a two weeks period is crowded
into the few remaining hours of the
victims life Unless the heart action
can be kept up by stinlulants the end
comes within few hours.
Young Snakes Dangerous.
The young of the poisonous species
deserted from the very first by the
parent snakes-are as dangerous as il
full grown from the moment they en-
ter the world. The proprietor OF
Philadelphia museum learned this to
his cost not long ago. In big glass
ase partitioned through the middle
by a wire screen there lived side by
side an eleven-fOot anaconda (o1 the
constructor family) and colony OF
cctton mouth nloccasins. II Was i'm
possible for tie moccasins to glide
hrcugh the narrow meshes OF the
Green or even to venture an Occas-
:onal "strike" at tneir large and
oeacefll neighbOr. But during the
hight brood of young cotton mouths
Unexpectedly appeared-babies, not
i've inches long. They squirmed
through the meshes of the partition,
md before they had been two hours
IN this world were gliding joyfully over
the lifeless body of the huge con-
constructor. who lay poisoned by the
Youngsters fangs.-McClure's Maga-
zine
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SnakeS-venomouS snakeS-may DE
divided into two classes, the eobras
and the viperoids. The cobras, in
habitants of distant India form
class apart. To the viperoids belong
all other venomous species. including
our own splendid rattler, the mecca
sin the fer de lance of the West In
dies and the deadly bushmaster of
Venezuela and the Guanas.
Diametrically opposite, though equal
ly fatal. are the effects of the cobra
and the viperoid poison Diametri-
cally opposite. also. are the two meth
DDS of attack The cobra at times is
aggressive the king cobra being said
even to pursue man. Silent, without
the least warning and from a place
where YOU would least suspect the
refund head darts out of thlcket, a
sharp rain causes you to eXclaim and
the frightful f,ngs of the snake are
bnried in yorr flesh. Like the grip
of a bulldog they hold fast while from
five to ten feet of animated cable come
stretching out OF the thicket to coil
leisurelv beneath the dread head.
Takes Tenacious Hold.
For lbs etcrnal hold on the victim
there is natural reason. The fangs
of the ten.foot cobra are but third
of an inch long. 1t is impossible,
therefore, to squirt the venom deep
i single stroke. In order to give
the venom time to absorb the snake
nus retain its hold. The fatal poison
destroying and abcu, ) per cent. of
Notwithstanding elements. Within
five minutes the pain leaves the wound
and even the shock of the attack be-
gins to wear off. 1nere is little sui
fering nor will there be to the re-
lentless end. Only if by chance the
bic is one from a small snake or If
q fresh supply of antitoXln happens to
be at hand is there a chance for your
life. If one RECEIVERS from the imme-
diate effects within a week one is as
healthy as ever. While the poison
of the cobra often kills within an hour,
there have been cases where the
strike of rattlesnake and a bush
master have caused death within ten
minutes. Naturalists accept, however,
that the king cobra. owing to its great
size and the consequent quantity and
quality of poison emitted. is the most
dangerous of all the snakes.
A Quick and Deadly Blow.
The viper strikes in self-defense
when angered or suddenly startled
Keen. sharp fangs. long and slender
and pointed as shad bones, make pos
sible a quick attack, which sends the
yenom deep into veins and arteries
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HONOR ie PAID TO TORIES
Their Names Are Emblazoned Upon
Street Corners in America.


TIE first member Of the beard of
alae@nea= who wants 70 pnll tie tail
out Of tic British Hon might do SO
by changing the name of some of New
Yelk's streets. The bosd Of alder
rsea have the power Of changing the
names OF streets at their own sweet
will! This being the case, it seems
strange that the men most prominent
as tories or royaIists at the time of
the revolution are honored by having
some of the principal thoroughfares
Of the city named after them.
Oliver Lelancy was arrested by tire
liberty boys as traitor, yet we have
four streets recalling and perpetuating
bis memory-Deiancy and Orchard
streets, which ran through the De
lancy farm, and James and Oliver
streets, both complimentary to two
members of the family who were trait
ors to the cause of liberty. William
al
ancestor Of Thomas Francis Bayaru.
Bayard and Hester streets, which still
remain such. We're named after him
and his daughter. Thomas Barclay,
traitor who fed to Nova Scotia to es-
cape Imprisonment and execution, was
a clergyman of Trinity church, the
hGtbed Of toryism. and Barclay street
still bears his name Lindley Murray,
the tory Srammarian, has his name
perpetuated in Murray street. John
Moore was deputy collector of Gus
toms and Moore street was named af
ter him and still bears his name. He
was g tory.
James Riyington was the boldest
spoken tory when New York was oc-
cupied by the British and in further
ance Of the cause of the king he start
ed news paper and continued il until
forced by Washington to suspend it
after the British evacuation. RiVing-
lOn street IeHldlIlS W l6ulluu I|cOpIC
Of the atrocities practiced by English
soldiers, mostly at the instigation and
upon information supplied by Riving-
ton. 1t was due to him that hundreds
of patriots died of starvation in the
overcrowded, impromptu jails and
cellars of the North Dutch church, in
Nassau street. afterward the pOsto1
flee and now the site of the Mutual
Life Insurance company, and in the
other and worse prisons on the Hud-
son river side at Eleventh street.
Peter Warren was a brother-in-laW
of Rivington and fully as strong in his
hatred and denunciation of patriots.
He was honored by having Warren
street named after him.
Robinson and Clarkson streets were
named after two noted tories. Robin
son street is now part of Park place,
nut while that name has gone forever,
Clarkson street still remains. Duncan
Ludlow was supreme court justice
of strong tory proclivities, who made
his name odious to the patriots. but
lie was honored and his name pre-
served by calling Ludlow street after
him-New York Press.
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WORDS USED IN WRITING.
They Are Fewer in Number Than the
Ordinary Person Supposss.

There often appears in print an
item which reads something like this;
An ordinary man will say everything
that any occasion calls fer with a
vocabulary of ! l.0o0 words. OF these
he commonly uses but 400 or 900, re-
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CAST TO RrA
B Beers the ~ The Kind You Have A!ways espat
signature Il &<XzZzzx
Admiral Cervere Quits His Job.

AomIraI CerVere Quits His Job.
Madrid, Aug. 14.-Vice Admiral Ger
vera, who surrendered to the Amerl-
can heet Off Santiago de Cuba, has
resigned his position as chief of staff
in the navy, to which he was appoint-
ed in December, 1902.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
WHOLE FAMILY MURDERED.

Five Negroes Found Dead in Their.
Cabin Home, Near Mariana, Fla.
In negro cabin near Blue Springs.
eight miles from Mariana, Fla, last
Saturday morning H. Y. Kelly, his
wife and baby were found in bed with
their heads crushed and two other
children with their heads cut of. The
bodies were very much decomposed.
The woman's mother discovered
blood on the porch and called the
neighbors to her assistance. The door
was found to De locked. A plank was
priced of and all the family OF FIVE
were found dead.
The coroner's jury found circunn.
stantial evidence enough to hold Allen
Roulhacs and a boy. named Gordon.
the nearest neighbors. who were at
the inquest and acted suspiciously.
On Saturday previous to the ind,
Kelly was in Mariana and paid q
bill at C.. NJ. Messers' store. and that
was the last seen of him alive.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
Gum Chewing and Lunacy.

Who would have thought that doc
tors would countenance the practice of
gum chewing? Yet here is the news
from st. Paul that the Minnesota State
Board Of Control includes chewing
gum in the list Of supplies for insane
asylums, as its use is often found to
have excellent effect upon patients,
soothing them during violent spells,
and enabling them to concentrate their
minds upon various forms Of work.
Doubtless it is the muscular. not the
secretory, activity that produces the
beneficial result. The secretory actiV-
ity may deplete the salivary glands,
and thus prove prejudicial to diges-
ton. Insane people are nervous. and
almost every one inclined to nervous
ness has discovered that there are
forms Of fdgeting which enable him
to relieve the tension upon his nerves
and help him to concentrate his atten-
ton.
Many a lawyer and many an orator
would be at loss in speaking II ne
could not twiddle his watch chain or
twirl his eyeglasses. Many travelling
man and many a politician would lose
his reputation for ease of manner in
conversation if deprived Of the cigar
he gracefully puffs in the intervals OF
his talk. And the fan! What mistress
of ccquetry would be willing to sur
render her fan?
But while gum chewing may relieve
the fidgets in the case of those who do
the chewing, the sight Of it is likely
to give the fdgets to other people
obliged to look on.-Milwaukee Even
J ing Wisconsin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
Improvement in Stock.

Says a Columbia dispatch: The ex-
hibition of live stock at the state lair
has thoroughly demonstrated that
South Carolina can produce cattle and
horses equal to any portion of the
United States. Interest in the breed
ing and perfect development OF all
classes of stock is perceptibly on the
increase. The stock exhibit was much
larger and in better condition than
heretofore. There was a fine Jersey
herd of A. T. Smythe during fair week
and then there was the handsome herd
of Guernsey cattle exhibited by John
G. Mobley, of Winnsboro. 1t will be
remembered that this herd competed
at the Charleston exposition with
some of the crack herds or the north,
shipped to Charleston from the Buffalo
exposition, and evenly divided the pre-
miums with them, when judged by
Professor Scoville, Of the Kentucky
Agricultural College, who was also the
expert who judged the cattle at Buf-
falc.
Mr.. Mobley's exhibit of horses and
cattle at the state fair was extra good
and they won a number OF blue rib
bons. To the management of the fair
is due much credit for the good bust
ness judgment displayed in the con-
duct of the business Of each depart
ment.
It is a certain fact, however, to
those who know the situation, that 1t
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
Governor Stands by constabIes.

Attorney General Gunter has gone to
work on the case of Constables Grady
and Hoy, who were imprisoned in the
Charleston Jail in default Of bond. Gov
ernor Heyward was worried about the
matter, and is sorry that the case has
taken such a turn, but he will espouse
the cause of the constables and insist
that the constables continue to do
their duty in all parts Of the state.
Rudolph D. Wieters charges five dis
pensary constables, Bateman, Hoy,
Gideon, Grady and May, with assault
ing him at his place of business. He
has indicted the constables in the
criminal courts and in addition has
brought an action for $4,000 damages
on the civil side Of the court.
In the criminal case former Attor-
ney General G. Duncan Bellinger de-
fends the constables, but as he is now
engaged in court at Barnwell the case
may not be tried at this session of the
court.
Mr.. Wieters alleges that he is sub
ject. of Germany, and on that account
has brought his suit for damages in
the United States court. Grady and
Hoy were arrested and the bond for
each being fixed at $4,000 they were
unable to give it and were sent to
jail, pending the arrangement OF the
bond.
Some years ago, in the case of Can
TIM VS.. Gaillard and others, Major
Barker obtained verdict in favor OF
Cantini in the United States court, but
the judgment against the state has
never been paid. The bond in that
case evidently was not sufficient, or it
would have responded to the judg-
ment, and evidently in the present suit
there is a remembrance of the Cantini
case, in which there is an outstanding
judgment.
The dispensary authorities think
that such a heavy bond for each OF
the defendants in the case is entirely
too much, and that a nominal bono
would suffice.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12

sense. fastened to say: oh, he amt
hurt bad. but come along
The doctor found his brother suffer-
ing from slight scalp wound and Ia
menting the loss Of $500, nearly Ill the
money he had in the world.
DR.. Jim treated his brother. and then
strobe away toward his home. Senti-
ment was all right. bat when mans
brother was shot, why. that was differ
ent. You shot and robbed my broth
er," he said savagely to The patient
tossing on the cot.
Was he your brother. Doc? I'm
sorry, and you've been good to feller.
Don't give me up. Doc
The doctor cogitated. Have you got
the $500 you robbed him off, he asked.
No, honest. Doc. amt. Sam got
the hull Of it,
"a man should rot do for his broth
or what he would not do for mankind
at large" unused the doctor. He went
to his study, took $500 in bills from a
recess in his desk, put it in huge en-
velope with slip of paper, on which
he wrote in a disguised hand:
Here's your money. I didn't know
you was preacher. My father was
one-Snaky Sam
The doctor saw to it that his brother
got the money next day. The patient
over the summer kitchen improved
rapidly. Day by day he would repeat:
80 the parson is your brother. You're
q good, game one, Doc"
In a week the burglar was gone.
Three days later DR.. Jim received
package. 1t contained 5000 and let
ter which said: II met Sam. got the
money back, and then raised some
more; no matter how. The extra hum
dred is ferperfessionalservices. You're
a good, game one, Doc. Lanky Ben
The next night Father Tom and DR..
Jim were sitting smoking together.
"Jim," said Father Tom. ''if I'd hit
that burglar I shot at and he'd come
here. what would you have done with
him?'
''Tom, my boy, the time has come to
talk Of other things" - Edward 3.
Clark, in Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
An Unprofitable Convert.

In Burmah the drum major Of an
infantry regiment, noted for his steadi-
ness, good humor and constant atten-
ton to his duties. one day suddenly
disappeared from the barracks at Ran
COON. At first it was supposed that
he had gone on spree in the town,
and he would turn up when his mad ut
was over, but as day after day passed
and no news came of him it was at last
assumed that he had gone off in one of
the American ships which called at
tnat port, it being no unusual thing
for soldiers at Rangoon to desert in
this way. About eight months after
ward a native Burmese came to the
barracks one morning and by means
Of the regimental interpreter made 1t
known that he had been sent by
phoonghee (native priest) from q neigh
boring Buddhist monastery in the for
est to say that there was an English
soldier there whom they wished to get
rid Of. An escort was despatched and
brought back no less parsonage than
the absentee drum major. The only
exclamation he had to give was that
the spirit of adventure seizing him one
day, he had taken fowling piece and
gone into the jungle to shoot. Com
ing across the monastery, the phoon-
shees had behaved Hospitality to him,
and had allowed him to sleep there
that night. During the night the fancy
seized him to become a Buddhist, and
making known his desire to the COM
munity next morning he was accepted.
For a few months all went WELL He
remained quietly indoors absorbed in
the study of Buddhist mysteries, which
had a peculiar fascination for him.
But after a time the demon Of unrest
began to stir him up again. He made
repeated incursions into the jungle
and each time returned laden with
game. The taking of any form of ami
NAL life is contrary to the principles OF
Buddhism. and the phoonghees expos
tulated with him, but without avail;
so, finding him an improbable convert.
they got rid OF him by communicating
with his regiment.-Golden Penny.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
WHAT TIlLMAN SAYS.
Proancsticates that Race Problem viii
a. Issue Of campaton


Be Issue Of Campaign.
United States Senator Ben illlman,
Of South Carolina. has given his opin-
ion as to the possibilities of the demo-
cratic party in the coming presiden-
tial election. In a recent interview
be said:
THE democrats have good chance
Of putting in their candidate. The
elections in New York, Maryland and
Rhode Island are victories for the
democrats that will be a great help
in the coming election.
"The election of Mcclellan in New
York will have national effect. You
see the election Of democrats here and
there will spread the possibilities over
the entire country.
Some people have argued that the
comparatively small majority In Mary
land is not victory that WI, be very
effective nationally. I would like to
call their attention to the fact that
heretofore we have had no majority
at all, and the election of democrat
is a great victory.
"Roosevelt's attitude towards the
negro is going to hurt the chances OF
the republicans. The race problem as
an issue will be good one. The peo-
pie over the country are taking an IN
terest in the election. The trouble
that the negro caused in the north the
other day during the election Will
harm the republicans.
"The people all over the United
States are changing their ideas regard
Ing the black man."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-11-12
Gamblers Ousted from Columbia.

Columbia, it is said, has had prac-
tically no gambling during the past
week. For some time there has been
a movement in the city against the
gambling rooms, led by the Columbia
State. Appeals were made to stop
the wide open rooms along Main
street.
About a week ago, it is said, the
police visited the various gambling
houses and advised the pproprietors
thta it would be better for them to
close tightly. This they did and turn
ed the tops of their tables to the floor
Nothing has therefore been going on
for the past week in the public gam
bling rooms.