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Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-04-27

paid for it, or, if he did pay for it,
that he paid much; and it does not
seem, on the face of it, very likely
that man would pay much for a
comparatively rude painting in way
side inn. Suppose we were talking
of some man whom we knew to have
been a poor actor at one time, travel
ing from place to place like any other
actor, but whom we also knew to be
man of arresting personality, per-
haps of fascination. Would there be
anything improbable about some
friend or fatterer of his youth having
sketched him in some small town in
which he stayed? Suppose we were
speaking of Henry Irving. Should
we be surprised to find in any lodging
house at which he had stopt when
lad that the son of the house, who
had taste for photography, had pho
tographed him for nothing? Should
we be surprised if some sentimental
old lady had done him in water
colors? There is nothing to prevent
Irving's having been quite as poor as
Shakespeare; and certainly there is no
reason to deny that Shakespeare was
as attractive as Irving"
Mr.. Spielmann, in commenting up
on the portrait, which is the property
of the Misses Ludgate, of the Bridge
water Arms, Winston, thinks it i'm
portant as evidence of genuiness that
the picture is said to have been in
the family for five or six generations
at an old farm house belonging to
the Duke of Grafton" Without this
reinsurance, he seems to see grounds
for doubt in certain touches" which
seem, according to the photograph,
to have been added, and I know or
three modern forged portraits, very
ancient in appearance, which are
tricked out with lettering There
can be no doubt that this head is
we'll and incisively drawn, in the
somewhat Vi VI tHC
to which it claims to belong"
The Evening Standard and St.
James's Gf re prints the following
description.
"The picture shows a man with
budding mustache and head of thick
dark, curly hair. He is wearing a
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES doublet, and a
falling collar of transparent lace. In
the upper corners of the panel, in
white letters is the inscription, ae
svae (aetatis suae) "a, 1888, and on
the back are the letters w. Ks
The pose of the head is like that of
what is known as the Welcombe
portrait, owned by Sir George Ire
velyan, and painted when Shake
speare was forty-siv. 1t will be re-
membered that Shakespeare in 1888
was twenty-four years of age, and that
he only left Stratford for London
about year previous to this date.
can ancestor Of the Missec nd
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-04-27

have been at the 18th round of a
banquet when he mapped out that
program.
With Mr.. Hartman angling for the
Senatorship, and Mr.. Depew landing
it, the people of New York were
simply up against "choice between
lemons"
There is a surplus of $5I,ooo,ooo in
the United States Treasury, but this
stupendous wad differs from the Re-
publican campaign fund of 1904, in
that George B. Cortleyou is not at a
loss to know where it came from.
The New York Sun is so pleased
with events, that it issues an appeal
to Mr.. Hartman to give mercy.
1t is difficult to know whether
Judge Parker's sympathy is with Mr..
Roosevelt or Mr.. Hartman in the
campaign contribution imbroglio.
A violated exchange remarks that the
country is unusually quiet. The
country in his neighborhood must not
be reading the White House bulle-
tins.
Senator Depew is sending out his
senatorial speeches to his constitu-
ents. They ought to be accompanied
by the Equitable's receipt for the
restitution of that stolen money
1t is safe to say that it will be a
long time before any more letters will
be written from the White House to
"My Dear Maria or My Dear Mr.
Hartman"
The District of Columbia may not
have any politics of its own, but it
can get fine view of the excitement
in the English Virginia district
Mr.. Roosevelt may not know as
much about railroadng as Mr.. Har-
riman does, but he knows a grea.
deal more about politics.
So many explorers are going to
start for the North pole next summer,
that there are possibilities of some
pleasant chance meetings and outing
parties.
There are other games than tennis
that are we'll played in the vicinity
of the White House.
Judge Parker rises out of the storm
of the Roosevelt Hartman dissen-
sion, decorated with the garments OF
true prophet.
na1. &c L.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-04-27

The Governor of Florida wants the
United States to buy an island, some.
where, move all the negroes to it.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1907-04-27

Another Ohio defaulting bank
cashier has been given the limit of the
law. Ohio's ideas in this matter
ought to be spread.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04

the glass protection over the face.
Lessons are first of all given in the
elaborate etiquette OF dueltng, ana
next comes instruction in the neces-
sary "deportment."
Last and most important of all
comes the duel proper, with the
measuring out of the ground, the
loading of the powerful spring pls-
tolls with the soft clay balls, and the
aiming on the part of each combatant
at a vital spot-usually the head. NO
doubt the knowledge that the shoot
ing is innocuous tends to make the
duelists' aim very accurate, out
there can also be no question that it
familiarizes a man with the entire
routine of a procedure which, with
out this initiation, would be extreme
" disconcerting to the bravest.
Needless to say the majority OF the
pupils by no means have real duels
upon their hands, but among pas
sionate people like the French, quick
to anger and to avenge real or fan
cied insult, there is no lack or at
tendance at the various schools, OF
which three or fourhaye already been
opened in the French capital. The
largest of these is handsome saloon
on the first floor of the Rue Castlg-
lione, and it's seances are attended by
crowds of the gilded youth Of Paris,
who are attracted thither by the noV-
city of firing direct at the living man
and watching the comedy of farcical
duels, which may become very real
ones at a days notice. - Scientific
American
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
THE NEW DCELLINGN SCHOOL IN
PARIS.

It seems that after all the absurd
so-called "duels" which we read
about as having taken place in
France, Germany and Italy, may
really in the near future turn out to
be very lethal affairs indeed. Hith-
erto, if an officer, a lawyer, a journal
ist, or other insulted colleague, Sec
onds exchanged visits, meeting was
arranged and shots fired with quite
farcical results as general rule, for
ordinarily the average professional
man, even in military nation like
France, is deplorably bad shot, and
there was usually no more visible re-
suit after the so-called duel than
an amusing paragraph in the papers.
That the French mean business IN
the near future, however, in this mat
ter, will be seen from the fact that
regular dueling schools have just
been established in Paris, as we'll as
in Rome and Berlin and Vienna-not
merely for swordsmanship alone, but
for regular practice with the long
barreled dueling pistol. The princi-
pals wear long padded overalls, and
curious masks, like those Of the deep
sea diver, with a very thick glass
plaque in front of the face.
The bullets used are pellets OF
clay, which, however, might do very
serious damage to the pupils in these
remarkable academies were it not for
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04

the testing rooms Of large watch fac-
tories, and In repair establishments;
the winding Of the watches each day;
by hand is tedious task. The opera
ton requires great deal OF time.
and is very hard on the fingers o.
those who are compelled to perform
the task. sS
The machine, invented for this puY-s
pose is shown herewith. 1t consists
of a shaft suitably mounted in q
frame, which may be secured in 3
wise, one end Of the shaft is supplied
! with a handle, and the other Is. fitted
with clamping apparatus designed
to grip the crown OF a watch. In this
manner the watch is wound by u
crank.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Handle For Bags.

Scores OF practical ideas are pat
ented every day, but few Of them are
ever put upon the market. In this;
class may be mentioned the combined
carrier and fastener for paper bags
shown in the illustration. Every lady;
will at a glance recognize the use:
fulness of such bag. The suburban
ite especially, who generally reaches
home Saturday night loaded down
with bags and other miscellaneous
parcels, would welcome the use of.
such bags by storekeepers. It can
be safely predicted that this bag viii;
never be universally adopted
matter how useful it may be-simply
on account of the probable prohib-
tive cost. The profit of the store.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Head Mea of N. Y. Central
Held for .MansIaughter.
BECAUSE OF BAD WRECKS
Vice President and the General Man
aaer of the Company Are Held in
$4,000 Bonds by the Grand
jury in New York City.

Indictments charging manslaughter
in the second degree were returned
by the grand jury at New York We'd
nes6ay, against the New York Cen
trail. Ira A. Mccormick general super
intendent of the company, and Alfred
H. Smith, one of the vice presidents
OF the road, in connection with thu
wreck of the Brewster Express on
the HaElem division last month. Nc
Cormick and Smith entered pleas Of
not guilty, and were released on s10,-
600 bail each. The grand jury also
handed up a presentment containing
many recommendations to tne state
railroad commissioners concerning re-
strictions upon railroad operations in
New York state.
The grand jury declares that the
railroad company ''feloniously, willfu!.
Is and careaessly, with gross culpable
negligence and misconduct" omitted
to ascertain at what speed 1t Was
safe for the train to pass around the
curve.
1t charges also that the company
emitted to exercise any effective meas
ures to prevent the tram passing
around the curve at speed faster
than was safe, and that it placed the
train under the control Of an engineer
Tot properly trained and experienced
and not competent to run the train
with safety. To the high speed the
lury attributes the deranment OF tho
train and the death and injury of
the passengers.
s Twenty-four persons lost their lives
and more than a hundred others were
more or less seriously injured in the
wreck. The train was one of the
new electric type which recently re-
placed those drawn by steam locomo-
tives in the Centrals suburban serv.
ice.
At Wood,awn curve the second car
OF the train jumped the track, and It
and those that followed were piled
up in heap beside the track. Some
aof the witnesses established the speed
OF the train at the time Of the acci-
dent as high as 70 niles an hour.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Golf Fatal to Chivalry.

In a ball room or drawing room
4 man will treat women with decent
if tolerant ciyility. But the sight Of
q skirt on the links rouses him as
red rag does a bull. These con-
founded females" he mutters, AS he
misses q shot for no reason whatever
but his own stpidity, how can man
be expected to play if these confound-
ed women will cackle like a flock Of
eeese!'-Golf Illustrated
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Slump of the Honeymoon.

They had been married just seven
months and :neteen days by the al
manac.
Tomorrow" she announced, will
be my birthday. What are you going
to get for me, George?'
Il haven't the least idea, my dear,
replied her husband. Il read in last
nights. paper about a Kansas man
who got a secondhand overcoat and
So for his wife, but III probably not
be so lucky."-Chicago Daily News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04

keeper would be eaten up in the cost
of the bag, and he is therefore un-5
likely to adopt it. A glance at the.
Illustration will suffice to indicate the
formation Of the bag. In all proba-.
bility a dozen of these bags filed WITH
various articles could be carried with
ease in one hand. The carrier at the
ton affords firm grip for the hand
and at the same time is not cumber-
some.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
JUDGE MORGAN o'6alEN 5ALKs
Chairman of Thaw Lunacy Commits
sion Resigns Job.

sion Resigns Job.
"A New York dispatch says: After
the jury which has been trying Eac-
ry K. Tlaw for more than two months
-past was excused Wednesday until
next Monday morning, and the mem
hers of the lunacy commission named
by Justice Fitzgerald to inquire into
Thaw's present state Of mind had
been sworn in. there came the sud-
den announcement late in the after
noon that former Supreme Court JUS
tice Morgan J. O'Brien, the chairman
of the commission. had resigned. In
"a letter to Justice Fitzgerald, judge
O'Brien stated that, upon reflection,
he was forced, because Of the condi-
ton Of his health and professional
engagements previously entered into,
TO decline to serve as a member OK
the commission.
Justice Fitzgerald made new or
der appointing David Mcclure, well
known local attorney, and a mem
Der of former Police Commissioner
McAdoo's advisory committee OF cit.
izens, to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Nc
Clure met the other members of the
commission during the afternoon and
was selected as chairman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
CHURCH DOGMAS CURIOS
Cincinnati Methodist Preachers Un-
ion Stirred by Sensational Words
of One of Its Members.

The Methodist ministers in Cincin-
Eati had sizzling session at the
Methodist Book Concern Monday in
the regular meeting of the local Meth
odist Preachers Union, at which
meeting Rev. DR.. Davis w. Clark re-
tired after his term of two years as
president of the union.
All was serene until DR.. Clark de-
cided that theological dognas are
"curios and could we'll be kept on
the top shelf" Immediately there was
storm, mostly Of protest.
However, a few of the ministers
sided with Dr. Clark. The subject was
SO enthralling that nearly everybody
present desired to voice his protest
or his defense of Dr.. Clarks words.
DR.. Clark was led to make his state
ment about dogmas being "curios
in his reference to Professor H. G..
Mitchell, of Boston University, who
has been on trial before the board
of bishops on charges of preaching
reresy. DR.. Clark said:
Il protest against the manner in
which the ecclesiastical authorities
lave been trying his case.
THE board of bishops receive him
practically condemned already, and
with his case unjustly weakened.
Here is a great scholar of whom the
Methodists may well be proud, virtu-
ally exiled."
A murmur of disapproval swept over
the audience at the word 'curlos'
and as soon as DR.. Clark sat down
half a dozen preachers tried to get
the floor to voice their disapproval.
DR.. Clark said: Now am opposed
to making any more theological def
nitions-God save us from them; the
kingdom Of God is within you. You
cannot write it in books. 1t is love
and service and faith. Our dosmas
may we'll be kept as curios and placed
OH the top shelf. We may keep them
as We do our rule Of conduct for
preachers, which We have not de-
stroyed, but which We simply pre-
serve as a curio, although we know
il cannot be observed and enforced
in this day and represents the ideas
of the past"
The Reverend H. O. Enwall said:
"The church viii lsuffer an inestima-
BILE loss in casting out so lovely a
soul as is Dir. Mitchell"
DR.. NJ. Pearson said: 81 desire to
voice strong protest against the at
titude that our creed is a curio, fit
for the top shelf"
The Rev. Albert Thomas followed
with this dramatic statement: "The
action of the bishops was vicious anu
a discredit to the church. DR.. Mitch
ell is an inspiration. If he is herltic
I would like to be one like him.
81 do not care what becomes OF me,
enthusiastically" said DR.. Clark, in
closing.
The death of Bishop Cranberry
makes four bishops of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, South, who have
rassed away during the past two
wears, the others being Bishops tt,
CERT, Hargrove and Smith.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
fHAW FACES iNoUlsITors.

Lunacy Board Isc.z Him Busy An
swerng Rapid-Fire Questions.
A New York dispatch says: Harry
K. Thaw, for two hours, submitted
himself to a running fire of questions 5
from the three men appointed by JUS
tice Fitzgerald as commission in
lunacy to determine his present state
of mind. The examination was con.
Quoted behind closed doors, and 40
one connected with the hearing be-
fore the commissioners would dia
Uss the details of the inquiry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Hours Head Down.

NJ. Thiercelin, of Milly, Seine-et-
Disc. recently met with an extraor-
binary mishap. He was bending down
over a deep hole in which his ferret
had taken refuge when he stumbled
and fell into it, head downward IN
such a way that it was Impossible
for him to extricate himself. SO
no had to remain with his feet In the
air for three and twenty hours, un-
til q rescue party of cappers and ire
men found him.-London Sketch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
BIG REWARD FOR WREckERs.
Pennsylvania Railroad Offers $4,000
for Miscreants.

The Pennsylvania Railroad compa'
nv has offered rewards aggregatlnS
S. 900 for the arrest and conviction
of the person or persons involved i'll
the wrecking OF its trains near Pitts
burg. The derailment OF the Chica-
go Limited last week and the attempt
ed wreckiag Of the Keystone Express
"Wednesday led to this action.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
LOTTERY SCHEME uNEARTHEo.

Federal Authorities After Prominent
Citizens in Mississippi.
Sensational disclosures regarding
the operation Of lottery scheme on
the Mississippi coast was placed IN
the hands of the federal authorizes
at Jackson Monday.
Judge Niles has called a special
term OF the federal court to meet at
Biloxi April %, to indict the persons
involved, some of whom are alleged
to be among the most prominent citl'
citizens of that section of the state
1t is said that a regular drawing OF
prizes has takeS place aboard yes
sells in the waters of the gulf
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
TEMPTING REWARD OFFERED.

For Apprehension Of Frank M. Jones,
Absconding Cashier.
A circular has been sent out from
Charlotte, n. c., Offering a reward
of $1,000 for the apprehension OF
Frank NJ. Jones, the 1Dsconding teller
of the Charlotte National bank, who
disappeared on March 16. An exam
ination of his books showed that he
was $4,000 short, and it is believed
he has the greater part of this amount
on his person.
Ten per cent of all the alleged en-
bezzled funds recovered will be paid
to the person making such recovery,
in addition to the reward Of $1,000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
PREACHED HIS OWN FUNERAL.
'Ex-Baptist Minister Hanged for Muir
der of an Aged Woman.

Thomas Harris, young white man,
formerly Baptist preacher, was
hanged in the Jail yard al Gaffney,
S. c., Friday for the murder of Mrs
Hortense Morgan, an aged white wa-
man, last November. Before the black
cap was adjusted Harris preached his
own funeral sermon. He killed Mrs
Morgan by cutting her throat, after
which he tool $500 from her clothes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
RATES ADVANCED BY POSTAL CO.

Same Raise Adopted as That Announc-
ed by Western Union,
Charles P. Bruch, assistant general
manager of the Postal Telegraph COM
pany. is quoted as stating that his
company has raised the rate practical
lv to the same basis as that recently
announced by the Western Union. Inc
new rate went into effect at midnight
April 1. .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04

John Leidy, farmer living near
Robinson, Kan, has installed COM
plete electric light plant on his place.
which lights his house, barns, cow
sheds, corn cribs and granaries.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
CARNEGIE SCORES SPECTATORS
Says Wall Street Gamblers Should Be
Given the Cold Shoulder.

Given the Cold Shoulder.
Andrew Carnegie made vigorous
attack upon certain Wall street meth
DDS in a speech at dinner given
in his henor by the United States
Military Telegraph Corps at the Ho.
tel Manhattan in New York Thurs
day night Mr.. Carnegie declared that
he had never made a dollar gamb
ling in stocks, and added that it
was time that business men decline
to recognize men who make money
in Wall street and render no value
for It.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
sWE7TENHAM's SUCCESSOR.
Kino Edward Names New Governor
General for Jamaica.

A London dispatch says: Sydney
Olivier will succeed Sir. Alexander
swettenham, who, as governor OF ia
maica, ordered Admiral Davis anu
the American warships. from Kingston
drrins the recent earthquake horror.
King Edward has approved the ap'
pointment OF Sir. Olivier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
WARNING FROM HEADQUARTERS
Free Rural Delivery Mail Boxes Must
Be Erected.

Be Erected.
In a decision rendered Wednesday
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
DeGraw insists upon an adherence to
the regulations requiring that boxes
on rural mail routes should be erect
ed by the roadside, so that carriers
can easily get access to them with
cut deviating from their routes or dis
mounting from their vehicles. Failure
to comply with the regulations in this
respect, the decision states, is like
" to result in the discontinuance OF
the delivery of mail by rural car
rieIs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
BISHOP CRANBERRY DEAD.

Aged MethodIst PreIate Passes AWAY
While Sitting in Chair.
Bishop John C. Cranberry of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
cied suddenly at his home in Ashland,
Va, Monday, while sitting in chair.
He was rs years of age, and had been
bishop since 1882.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-04-04
Machine to Wind Watches.

1t seems almost incredible that the
services of a machine should be re-.
quired for winding watches. but In
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-08-16
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Ira Machlin was shot twice and
probably fatally wounded in a quarrel
with Lou Smith the first of the week
at Aberdeen, Wash. Both men are
loggers, each about 30 years old.
AS result of a tunnel cavern on
the Great Northern line 100 miles east
of Spokane passenger trains were de-
toured Monday and Tuesday at Sand
point and sent over the Northern Pa
cific's line as far as Helena.
1t has become known that the Chi
cago 81 Alton railroad company has
been given an immunity bath for its
part in connection with granting the
illegal rates for which the Standard
OIL company of Indiana was recently
fined 500, 240, 900 by United States Dis
trict Judge Lands at Chicago. As a
result, it is probable that the cases
against the Chicago g. Alton, carrying
fines aggregating several millions Of
dollars, will be dropped.
San Francisco. The supreme court
has issued an order directing Superior
Judges Waller, Cook and Dunno to
rASW SRhoO bOAOAO buO 4llB OOuIlS I'll
banc in court Monday, August 10, why
it shall not issue permanent writs of
prohibition restraining them from pro-
ceeding with the cases of Rudolph
Schmitts, indicted for par ticipation in
street-car violence; Assistant Counsel
w. M. Abbott of the United Railroads,
indicted on the charge of bribing su-
pervisors; c. l.. V. Halsey and Louis
Glass of the Pacific States Telephone
company, and W. r. Borbeck of the
Parkside Transit company, similarly
indicted.
The plant of the Seattle Car Manu-
featuring company, located at Seattle
was entirely destroyed by fire last Wed
nesday. The loss is estimated at $780,
900. The fire also destroyed the big
lumber yards of the same company
which were adjoining.