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New-York tribune., 1906-12-23

tained. The method of gathering It is a destructive
one and It IS said that a large proportion of the
trees OF that country have been DESTROYED. The
natives in their desire to a big haul at
once cut down the and thus kill the goose that
lays the golden egg. In Central America the milk
is often coagulated in hollow in the ground. Dirt,
small stones and pieces of bark get into the rub
Der in this way and make IL much less valuable
than 1t otherwise would be- for IL has to be cleaned
and allowance made fo- shrinkage when the
atn drinc n1A
New-York tribune., 1906-12-23
A MINISTER'S SON.

Where were you born?" 1 asked.
In q little village. south Of Rochester ana
near the town Of Canandaigua, State Of New
York"
WAS your father a man OF business?"
NO. he was Presbyterian preacher. Salary
S40O year"
Where We're you educated"
"AL the training / ever got at school was on
tanned before was fourteen years old. AT that
age / concluded that my mother and sister
needed the lean pay which my father received
for preaching So / left home and walked nine
miles TO the town of Medina. carrying a car
petbag in my hand"
what occurred a. Medina?"
II got aboard a freight boat the Erie Canal
and went 20 Buffalo,"
Wasn't there a packet?'
more than one. but l wanted 10 save my
money"
And at BuffaoY
IT took a vessel for Sandusky. Ohio. I was
on Lake Erie for three days in dreadful storm.
7 was seasick lonely. and very wretched. My
,ootber had put some lunch in my carpetbag
and of that / ate, when ate at all. during my
1ioomy Journey over canal and lake"
what happened when you reached San
dusky?'
,oorning Weak and dizzy. / staggered along
tbe wharf. between long piles Of cordwood. and
,,-as mortified 10 think some one might see me
an6 believe I was drunk. 1 paid - cents for
a hot breakfast, ard felt better"
"And then?
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
A JOCULAR MONARCH.
Ivan the Terrible Had Cold Blooded
Notions About JextinE.

Ivan the Terrible Had Gold Blooded
Notions About Testing.
Ivan the Terrible forgot neither his
devotons nor his diversions. His pal
ace 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 clip 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
unbounded. His bursts Of laughter
were loud and long continued. To
console those who were manned for
life he would sometimes send each OF
them small piece Of gold.
Another Of his chief amusements was
in the company Of testers, whose duty
it was to divert him, especially before
and after any executions, but they Of
ten paid dearly for an unreasonable
joke.
Among these none was more distin-
guished than Prince Gvosdef, who held
q high rank at court
The car, being one day dissatisfied
with a jest, poured over the princes
head the boiling contents Of q soup
basin. The agonized wretch prepared
to retreat from the table, but the
tyrant struck him with knife, and be
fell senseless to the foor. DR.. Arnolph
was instantly called.
"Save my good servant" cried the
car. "I have jested with him little
too hard"
$50 hard" replied the other, that
only God and your majesty can re-
store him to life. BE no longer
breathes."
Ivan expressed bis contempt called
the deceased favorite dog and con-
tinued his amusements.
Another day, while he sat at table,
the waywode Of Staritza, Boris Iitof,
appeared, bowed to the ground and ga
luted him after the customary manner.
"God save thee, my dear waywode.
Thou deservest proof Of my favor"
BE seized knife and cut of an ear.
Titof thanked the car for bis gracious
favor and wished him happy reign
Pearson's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE.

Love is kindly and deceitless.-Yeats
Love can sun the realms Of night
Schiller.
They do not love that do not show
their Shakespeare.
Loves a thing that's never out OF
season.-Barry Cornwall.
He that shuts out love Tn turn shall
be shut out by lore.-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 indigeston.-Ninon de rEnclos.
The magic of first love Is the igno-
rance that it can ever end.-Beacons-
field.
Mans love is Of mans life a thing
apart; tits woman's whole existence
Byron.
It is impossible to love second time
when we have once really ceased to
love.-La Rochefoucauld.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
THE TIDY TADPoLE.
How This Cheerful Little Cannibai
Eats and Develops.

How Tn1o Caecf10l AIttAe N0onAp1l
Eats and Develops.
A wonderful spirit of tidiness seems
to pervade the ia pole world. They
always eat whatever has become use
less-their own eggs. their superfuous
companions. Even those who are only
weakly are cleared out Of the way and
the victims take it all as q matter OF
course. have disturbed q strong
member Of the community just as he
had begun to dine off the tail Of u
weaker brother, but the sufferer has
not troubled to escape-he simply wait
ed till the fratricide returned to com.
plete 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 careful
observer can distinguish O 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 ex-
cited. He rushes madly about, tost-
ling his comrades, and no doubt being
voted bore; then more vigorous ef-
fort 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 60, for last year my
tadpoles, almost without exception,
had their right hands some hours be-
fore the left, while on previous occa-
sions~~I have had an entirely left
handed crew.-Chambers' Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
MUSIC At SEA.
Conditions Under Which Ships Sails
Sometimes Sing.

Conditions Under Which Ships Sails
Sometimes Sing.
Some curious facts have been noted
with regard to the sound conducting
qualities Of ships sails. When rem
dered concave by gentle breeze, the
widespread sails Of ship are said to
be excellent conductors Of sound.
A ship was once sailing along the
coast Of: Brazil, far out Of sight 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
Ginning sweet music, as though being
rung but a short distance away.
Dumfounded by this phenomenon,
they quickly communicated the discov-
cry to their shipmates, but none Of
them was able to solve the enigma as
to the origin Of these seemingly mys-
terious sounds which came to them
across the water.
Months afterward, upon returning to
Brazil, the crew determined to satisfy
their curiosity. Accordingly they men-
toned 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 cel-
Abrate feast held in honor Of one OF
the saints.
Their sound, wonderful to relate, IA
vored by a gentle, steady breeze, had
travelled a distance Of upward Of 100
miles over the smooth water and had
been brought to focus by the sails at
the particular locality in which the
sweet sounds were first heard.
This is but one Of several instances
of similar kind, trustworthy authori-
ties claiming that this same music Is
often heard under somewhat the same
circumstances and especially In mois-
ture laden atmosphere.-London Tit
Bits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
cured Him.

II wish my husband would not stay'
out at night" said the little woman
''Cure him." said her companion -
q woman know cured her husbend
who used to stay out every night One:
night he came in very late, OF, rather
very early, about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing. He came home very quietly lns
fact, he took OF his shoes on the fpnt
doorstep. Then he unlocked the doos
and went cautiously and slowly up.s
stairs on tiptoe, holding his breath
But light was streaming through thAs
keyhole of the door Of the bedrooHsJ
With a sigh, he paused. Then he2opens
ed the door and entered. His wtfsI
stood by the bureau fully dressed
"'I didn't expect you'd be sitting M!
for me, my dear he said.
"T haven't BEEN" she said. I just;
came in myself
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Gentt4n Root.

Gentian root, often used as a tonic,
is considered in many malarial coun-
tries remedy against intermittent fe-
yer. Especially is this the case In Cor
sica, In that section Of the island near
the town Of Aleria, which IS infested
with malaria. The Inhabitants recent
" protested violently against the intro
duction 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 pow.
dered or simply mastcated.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
VICTORIA FALLS.


Called ~the Most Beautiful Gem -
the EaFth's 1eeAefy.
The Zambezi river, carrying huge
volume Of water two miles in width, as
It reaches the western borders Of Rho
desia precipitates itself into cavern
Gus gorge and thus travefses the north
ern plains Of the country. I
This great drop in the river has pro
duced 1.-The most beautiful gem Of the
earth's scenery" the Victoria falls. NJ
most twice az broad az Niagara and
two and a half times as high, an Inn
mense mass Of water rolls over its edees
to precipttate itself IN magnificent
splendor 400 sheer feet into the narrow
canyon below.
Undeterred, the Rhodesian engineen,
without detracting from the natural
beauty Of the surroundings, threw
across the canyon q splendid ESQ foot
cantalever bridge and thus opened the
way to Tansanyika, to Uganda, 70,
Cairo.
This bridge, the greatest railway en-s
cheering triumph Of Africa, deserves
more than passing notice. It consists
Of q central span weighing approxt-
mately 1000 tons, 500 feet in length
and 80 feet wide. The steel work Is OF
rolled steel weighing 40 pounds to the
cubic foot The end posts Of the bridge
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 dfty-dves
weeks. The work Of erection was car:
ried on from both banks, the material
being taken across the river BY means
Of an aerial electric railway. ThSelec-
trical conveyor Of this cable way Was
capable Of dealing with q ten ton load
at lifting speed Of twenty feet per.
minute and traversing speed OF 300
feet q minute.
An initial difficulty In the constuc-
ton Of the bridge was the securing
of a firm foundation, and owing TO the;
crumbling nature Of the bank much
greater quantity Of concrete was necesTS
sary than estimated.
The construction was happily unatr
tended by accidents Of a serious nature
though a few slight accidents to body
work and the replacing from England
Of one piece Of steel work were record
ed. In spite Of these delays the bridge,
was linked up at q. m. on Ap2tI "
1905, or exactly forty-eight hours ear
uer than had been estimated a year be
.fore.-Lieutenant Colonel Sir Percy
Girouard in Scribners.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Presence Of Mind.

Nine. Rachel, the great actress. WIZ
resting alone in her dressing room one
night preparatory to going on the stage
when a man suddenly entered and,
drawing a dagger, said he was going
to kill her If she did not at once con-
sent to marry him. The actress saw az
q glance that the man was mad and
meant what he said. So with the ut.
most coolness she replied: Certainly q
will marry you. I wish nothing better.
Come with me to the priest at ono. !
have had him come here for the pms
pose" She took his arm, and they.
went out together-to where there wss
assistance, Of course, and the man wa
Immediately put under arrest -PhilA-
delphia Record. &,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Ru1o1v,. Wonderful Memory.

Bulow had wonderful memory, as
was evidenced by his astonishing feat
Of memorizing Kiers concerto, which
the man who wrote It could not accom-
pany without notes His accuracy was
almost infallible. He was once rehears-
ing a composition Of Liszts for orches-
ira in that composers presence without
notes. Liszt interrupted to say that q
certain note should have been played
piano. NO." replied Bulow, 1T Is
sforzando." "Look and see" persisted
the composer. The score was produc-
ed. Bulow was right. How everybody
did applaud! In the excitement one OF
the brass wind players lost his place.
Look for b fat In your part said
Bulow, still without bis notes. "Ffve
measures farther on I wish to begin"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
The Word ~Asphalt."

OF decettful ancestry Is the word
asphalt" Apparently It means mot
slippery" The Greeks themselves were
tempted to derive "asphaitos" from
"a" not, and "sphallo," make to fall
or slip. However, the word Is really of
unknown barbarian ongin-Phoenician,
some say. Asphalt was In use very
early in history. It Is said to have been
the slime with which the infant Noses
ark Of bulrushes was daubed and
which the builders Of the tower OF
Babel used instead Of mortar.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Enslfsh Regard For Teaching.

Englfsh Regard For Teaching.
II there is one occupation which
Engiishmen are unanimous in con-
demning as degraded and degrading It
is that most fascinating, most difficult
delicate and important work, the train
ing Of the mind. In what are humor-
ously 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, man may once
more take rank as a gentleman, and
II he becomes head Of q house the su-
preme uselessness Of bis position COM
mands universal and silent respect
Nineteenth Century.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
A. ". KNIGHT, Editor.

RArE-$1.oo per year; 50 cents Tor
ok mouths. Payable in advance.
ApvERr1sEMENrs-$I 90 per inch tor
FIRST insertion; soc. for each subsequent
inaertiou. Liberal contracts made fo1
taaree, six, or twelve months. Want No
does one cent word each insertion. Local
Notices Sc. per line first week, SC. after
wards. Tributes Of Respect, ETC., must
be paid for as regular advertising.
CoMMuN1cATIoNS-N letters or on
subjects of general interest will be gladly
welcomed. Those of a personal nature
viii not be published unless paid tor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Butcher In War.

In one Of the Du Guesclin's victories
80 many English were taken captive
that even the humblest soldier among
the French had one or more prisoners.
The victors, however, fell to quarrel
ing, and, III 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.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
A Cautious Lover.

A correspondent Of the London Globe
tells Of a gilded youth who left inshuc-
tons at a jewelers. shop for the IN
scripton Of an engagement ring be had
lust bought. BE wanted tt inscribed,
"From Bertie to Maud" AS he left he
turned back and added as an after
thought, IT shouldn't-ah-cut Maud
too deep, don't you know"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Quite the Contrary.

"After ALL my friend" began the SOL
emn stranger, "life is but q dream,
a.
mot much, it ain't" snorted the hard
headed man. I'm nearly every dream I
ever had I was getttn' more money
than I knowed what to do WITH
Philadelphia Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Close.

She-Do you know I've induced my
husband to give up cigars? He-s
that so? Well, I've known him tor
seven years, and I never saw him give
up one.-Illustrated Bits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
peauet1on b. Analeey.

Mamma, rs got a stomach achA
said Nellie Bly,. six years old
That's because you've been without
lunch. It's because your stomach =
empty. You would feel better Il yoQ
had something IN Il"
That afternoon the pastor 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 better u yous
had something in it"-American Spec
tatot. Gs
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Frenchmen and Spanish.

French people find it difficult to
speak Spanish properly. Victor Hugo
boasted that he was the only French
man who could really speak Spanish,
something Of Spain being mingled IN
his ancestry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14

It is the privilege Of postery to set
matters right between those antago-
nists who by their rivalry for great
ness divided whole age.-Add1son.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Time For weaaaas.

II trust your honor Will excuse mo
this time" said q habitual drunkard
at the police court. ut IL my masfoc.s
tune-1 am 7 child Of genius"
"And what IL your agef Quesdoued
the magistrate. ~. ~
"ForV-two years"
''Then It is time you wers weened
You'll have to do ten days sway from
the bottle" .5s1s II
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14

Speech is too often not, as tho.
Frenchman defined It, the art Of con-
cealing thought, but Of quite Siding
and suspending thought, 80 that there
IL none to conceal-Carlyle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Such . TeHDe4.

His Wife don't think, George
that you ought to object to mamma.
Why. Just think, II It hadn't been fors
her you would never have had me! Hef
Husband-Huh! Don't try to excuse
her by saying that You make me bate
her worse than ever.-Moden Sodee. e
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14
Doln1 Their Best.

Didn't understand you to say they
keep servant grill? $
Certainly not. said they hy To-
AS soon as one goes they get another.
Philadelphia Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-14

But for some trouble and sorrow we
should never know half the good there
is about us.-Dfckens.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-02
D0lNaS WITH THE UNIVERSITY
BOYS UP ON THE HILL

Yesterday Prof. Walter Nernst who
holds the chair Of physical chemistry In
the University OF Berlin paid a short
visit TO Brown university 10 OBJ
serve some experiments with the nuclei
which Prof. Parus Is at present conduct
ing Prof. Nernst who is now delivering
the Silliman lectures at Yale university
on the application OF thermo -dynamics to
chemical systems, is considered one Of
the greatest living physical chemists.
The next qualifying examinations for
scholars In the United states under the
Rhodes bequest will be held about the
middle OF January, 1907; the selection of
scholars will be completed before the
end OF March and the scholars will begin
residence in oxford in october of that
year.
In 1905 candidates were examined in
the following subjects:
one, arithmetic, the whole; two.
either the elements OF algebra or the
elements OF geometry; three, Greek
and Latin grammar four, translation
from English TO Latin, and hve, one
Greek and one Latin book.
The scholarship is worth about
(s1500) a year, which is no more than
Is necessary for a student at the uni
versity, and is paid quarterly.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-02
mvn.. Al Ref0 .acRS
w.. u Ugh ELECTIONS

London, Nov. . The triennial
elections OF the London Borough
council have resulted I'm an over
whelmng victory for the Num-
cipal reformers, who IN some OF the
boroughs absolutely wiped out tho pro-
gressive. The fun figures are not yet
available but up To noon today the munl-
cipal reformers had won 6l0 seats. the
ProgresEives 222 and the Labor 1ndepen-
dent candidates Il out OF a total Of 1852
The provincial municipal elections have
also resulted In rout OF the Liberals.
Incomplete returns show that the Liberals
have sustained a net loss OF 33 representa-
tives and that the Conservatives have
net gain of 81 The labor party has = net
gain Of p In London the labor party
candidates seem 20 have Jared even worse
that the progressives but they made small
gains In the provinces.
The news-democrat. (Providence, R.I.) 1906-1909, 1906-11-02
ELECTION BOARD
APPEARS BEFORE
A MAGISTRATE

New York, Nov. 2.--Four members of
the board of elections. President John r.
Voorhis, Charles A. Page. John Mcguire
and Michael J. Dady. appeared before
Magistrate Whitman today in response to
summonses issued on the request of At
torney De Witt, acting for the Independ-
ence league in connection with charges
that nomination petitions filed WI. the
board by the league were mutilated and
rendered void
District Attorney Jerome opened the
proceedings by stating that the complaint
had been made TO him In the form OF de-
positions by certain candidates for cleo
ton who alleged that petitions properly
FLED had been mutilated while in the care
and custody OF the board of elections.
He said further that the destruction OF
the petitions tended to indicate that the
members OF the board of elections were
derelict in their duty as specified I'm tho
penal code.
President Voorhis was the first witness
called He said that some OF the petitions
when filed were loosely put together and
the pages of others were not even fas-
tened. He declared that the board had
taken all possible precautions 10 protect
the petitions while they were being ex-
amined by the public. He said that the
real trouble is In the law. which should
allow ten days instead OF three for the
examination OF petitions President voor-
his testimony was corroborated by the
other commissioners. At the conclusion
of the examination District Attcrnev
Jerome requeste an adjournment until
next Monday. The request was granted.