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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-14
CANCER STILLS HIS VOICE.
Well-Known Singer Rendered Dumb
by Removal of Tongue.

Cancer has stilled the voice of one
of the leading church singers in New
York-James A. Metcalf-head OF a
well-known firm of silversmiths and
for many years bass soloist in Grace
church. His tongue was entirely re-
moved in an operation for cancer at
the New York hospital, and, though
the operation was pronounced sue
cessful and Mr.. Metcalf is rapidly
regaining his strength, it was said by
physicians at the hospital that he is
doomed to the silence of the dumb
for the remainder of his days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-14
ELLERBE ENDORSES TILLMAN.
Promises Support to Senator During
Interesting Conversation.

Interesting Conversation.
Washington, Dec. "a very in
teresting episode of Senator Till
mans return to Washington was a
call paid upon him at his Office by
Representative J. Edwin Ellerbe, of
the 9Th South Carolina district. Mr..
Ellerbe came to pay his respects to
the senator and to tell him, in spite
of the fact that he had suffered in
Justice from the senator in several
matters, including the Gibraltar let
ter, he was heartily in favor of the
senator's reelection.
{ Says Sixth Almost Solid.
Mr.. Ellerbe declared that nearly
all of the votes of the 9Th district
would be cast for Senator Tillman,
and remarked that he (Mr. Ellerbe)
would challenge the few that might
be cast otherwise.
As to the statement of Mr.. Ellerbe
that the senator had done him an in
justice, the senator said that it was
untrue. Mr.. Ellerbe insisted that he
could prove its truth.
Tillman and Blease.
Among other things, the represen-
tative of the 9Th district asserted
that, within his recollection, South
Carolina had had only two govern
ors, with the accent on the word gov
ernors, and that they were Gov. Till
man and Gov. Blease.
These two, said Mr.. Ellerbe, were
the only ones that had always been
'tfools enough to do what they
thought right
Mr.. Ellerbe said that he believed
that in the event of Senator Till
mans death, Gov. Blease would ap-
point Representative Lever senator;
and Mr.. Ellerbe also declared that he
himself would support Blease against
Smith for the other seat when the
time came.
Wants Free Delegation.
Another matter which Mr.. Ellerbe
broached in his visit to Senator Till
man was the representatives desire
that the South Carolina delegation
to the next National Democratic Con-
vention should go uninstructed.
Mr.. Ellerbe, who is strong advo-
cate of Champ Clark's nomination,
asked the senator if he did not agree
that the delegation should be unin-
structed. Senator Tillman replied
that he did not run the State, and
that this matter could best be left
with the people of South Carolina,
and that whatever they wished would
be satisfactory to him.
When asked about the converse
ton, which was not a private one,
Mr.. Ellerbe said that the correspond
ent's version of his remarks was sub
stantially correct, but reiterated his
expression Of friendliness to Senator
Tillman.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1911-12-14

R. Marcus Burriss, a prominent
banker and farmer, died at his home
in Anderson on Wednesday of pei
lagra, after an illness of only a few
weeks.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Relics of the Incas,

The Inca period has left us remark.
able traces. especially in the magniti-
cent roads. Broad. beautiful turn.
pixies, now only partially preserved,
run for distance of over 1000 miles
from the coast to the plateau and the
foot of the highest peaks. We marvel
at the skill of the Inca engineers. es
pecially in the magnificent stairways
hewn in the rock, In the filing up of
deep ravines. in the paving with pom
derous flags. In several places have
been found the remains of a former as
phalt covering to these roads. At Ger
tain intervals are found the ruins of
custom houses and laid out grounds
and Notifications. of which the most
interesting specimen is the fortress of
Cuzco. built about the year 1000. and
plundered and destroyed by Pizarro 10
1543.-Century Path.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The Admiral and the Sentry.

When Admiral de Horsey, who some
years ago had command of the British
feet in the Pacific, was admiral of the
north Atlantic squadron he was one
evening dining on shore at Port Royal,
Jamaica. On returning to his boat his
way led across the barrack square. A
black sentry of one of the West India
regiments halted him at the gate with
"Who comes dar? Great was the ad
mirals annoyance to find that he had
neglected to get the password before
leaving the ship. THAT'S all right"
he said carelessly, hoping to overcome
the mans scruples by Indifference.
you know who l am" Dunno no.
body. sah." replied the soldier sternly.
''You can't pass here" "Why, I'm Ad-
miral de Horsey" The man evidently
thought he was being made fun of, and
he replied quickly: well, you can't
pass. l don't care if you're Admiral de
Donkey And the windup was that
the admiral had to get the order of the
officer of the guard to pass him.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
A Bow Once Himself,

The principal of ii village school in
Kansas one afternoon detected a boy
cutting the letters of his name in the
desk in front of him. AS the novels
would put it the principal rushed to
the spot. angrily put forth his hand
intending TO grasp the boy by the col
lar, when TO- and also behold. close
by the newly formed letters were the
initials of the principals own name
written by himself when he was a pu-
pill in the same school. His grasp
upon the boys collar loosened itself,
and he returned to his desk sadder
and a wiser teacher. That principal is
today judge of an important court in
one of the greatest cities of the world.
We often wonder whether or not in
the administration of justice the judge
ever thinks of the incident in the vii
lage school, School Journal.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
SYMBOLISM Didn't AppeaI.

"Charlie," sorrowfully sighed the
young lady in the parlor of the concrete
house on Washington avenue, at is
nearly u o'clock"
yes, Belinda" was the breathing
response of her poetical companion,
who was sitting on the sofa beside
her. "the minute hand is drawing
closer and closer to the hour hand. and
when the time of midnight is chimed
the two hands will be even as one. Oh
darling Belinda" he continued as he
literally simulated the action of the
minute hand, may not the coming to-
gether of those two hands be symbol
ical of us?"
SOe broke away and stood firmly on
her feet. mo, Charles Henry Smith" ="
she retorted angrily chose two hands
will remain as one but a single second.
and then the minute hand will divorce
itself and so on its way alone. No,
Mr.. Smith, minute hand that doesn't
stick isn't the kind of symbolism
wantH'--Boston Post
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

Vernet, the celebrated painter of sea
pieces, eager in the study of nature,
made several long voyages in his
younger days in order to observe the
various scenes which the changeful
elements exhibit. In one of these eX-
cur>ions undertaken merely for the
love of the art a n"'' violent gale of
wind arose, when , let. without at
tending to the perils with which he
was surrounded, desired one of the
sailors to lash him fast to some of the
rigging. Soon after this request was
granted the storm increased, attended
with thunder and lightning and with
every circumstance that could add to
the horror of the scene and consterna-
ton and terror sat on every coun-
tenance, but in the young painter every
emotion was lost in that of admiration,
which so wholly engrossed his atten-
ton that he every now and then eX-
claimed in the most enthusiastic terms,
Good heavens, what a noble scene!'
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
A Maniac's Poem.

Probably the mass OF prison poetry
which has been written on stools and
bedposts and scratched on prison walls
far exceeds that which has found ex-
preston on paper, and many mute,
inglorious Milton" has begun and fin.
ished his poetical career with these
lost to sight" productions. There is
in existence short poem, said to have
been scratched by a maniac on the
wall of his cell. which runs thus:
Could l with ink the ocean fill.
Were all the world of parchment made
Were every reed on earth a quill
And, every man a scribe by trade.
To write the love of God alone
Would drain that ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole
Though stretched from sky to sky.
The authenticity of this being the
work of n maniac has often been ques.
toned because of the beauty of it's eX-
preston and it's sound reason, but the
story stands.-London Saturday Re-
view.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
A Pearl Divers Peril.

We all love pearls, yet few of us
realize the perils of diving for pearls.
The successful diver must be cour-
ageous, active and have great pres
ence of mind. A diver once engaged in
pearl fisheries in the gulf of California
tells this story of one of his many ex-
periences:
II had filed my bag with oysters
and was about to ascend when, look
ing up, l saw big man eating shark
watching me. l knew that to rise to
the surface would be fatal, so l moved
quickly to the opposite rocks. stirred
up great cloud of mud, rose in the
darkness and reached the side of the
boat just in time to escape the jaws Of
the big fish. Had l hesitated an in
slant in doing what l did l would
have paid the penalty with my life"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

There is no better place than a fish
market to pick up queer supersti-
tions." said restaurant proprietor.
"The other day held up a fine speci-
men of haddock. The dealer, who was
an Italian. nearly choked on the bunch
Of Neapolitan expletives that rushed
into his throat.
"'Nevaire. no, nevaire take up had
dock So. be said.
"'How?' | asked.
"'By the head. so your fingers touch
those dark spots on each side of the
head be said. The curse fall on you
if you do
"'Wbose curseT said 1.
est Petaires.' said he. st. Pc
taire gave the haddock those dark
spots. They are his finger prints. He
catch paddock just so in the sea of
Galilee, and every haddock born since
then has shown those same marks
Let GO
"And | did let go. OF course I did
not believe 1t, but when l found that
half the fish dealers in that market
did believe | deemed it prudent to
handle haddock by the body or tall
New York Sun.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The Suicide of Hannibal,

Defeated at Zama, Hannibal fled to
the east to avoid falling into the hands
of the Romans and found temporary
security in the dOminions of NIithri
dates. He melted this monarch to en-
gage in Roman war, and, his advice
as to its conduct being rejected, the
war proved unsuccessful, and NIithri
dates was required as one of the con.
ditions of peace to deliver up Hannibal
to his enemies, the Romans. The un.
fortunate Carthaginian heard of his
approaching fate, swallowed the poison
which for years he had carried about
his person and expired just as the en-
voys arrived to take him in charge.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Oriuin of Firewater,

When the Hudson Bay Trading com.
pany began its trading among the In
dians it was found that by selling the
Indians liquor they could mere easily
be induced to trade their pe,tiies. The
first whisky or intoXicant of inferior
quality was distilled in England and
brought to America in large barrels,
but in transporting it overland it was
found more convenient to divide it into
small kegs. The traders soon became
aware of the fact that by diluting the
whisky with water more furs could
be obtained. This was practiced for
some time, but the Indians learned
that good whisky poured on fire
would cause it to fame up, whereas
had the whisky been diluted the fire
would be quenched. 1t was by this
simple experiment that the term fire.
water" became common word among
the Indians. A chief who had expert
enced the bad effects of whisky among
his people said it was most certainly
distilled from the hearts of wildcats
and the tongues of women from the eff
fectS it produced.-Red Man.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Knife DueIs In Mexico.

A duel between cattle herders on the
Mexican plains is about as savage and
deadly manner of fighting as one
could possibly imagine. Each opponent
extends his left arm, and a third party
who has been selected to act as ref
cree binds their wrists together with
thong of rawhde. He then places
knife in the right hand of each, and
the fight is on. Needless to say, it does
not last long. Every stab may be cal
culated upon to do damage, and it often
happens that both duelists receive ia.
tai wounds. Yet, in spite of the severe
rules of the game, there are men who
become experts and terrorize a whole
neighborhood. They pride themselves
on being able to strike so quickly and
so surely that they can kill an oppo
nent with the first blow and get away
scathed.-EXchange
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

NOTICE Is hereby given that an ap-
plication will be made to the Gov
ernor of Pennsylvania on April 1S,
1911, at II o'clock a. m, under the
Act of Assembly entitled an Act to
provide Tor the Incorporation and
regulation of certain corporations,
approved April 20, 1874, and sup
plements thereto for the charter of
all intended corporation to be called
the Wallen-Paupack Power Com
pany, the character and object of
which is the storage, transportation
and furnishing of water with the
right to take rivulets and lands and
erect reservoirs for holding water
for manufacturing and other pur-
poses, and for the creation, establish
ing, furnishing, transmission and US
ing of water power therefrom and
for these purposes to have, possess
and enjoy all the rights, benefits and
privileges of the said Act of Assem-
bly, and supplements thereto.
LAURENCE H. WAITRESS,
Solicitor.
Scranton. Pa. 22eoi2
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

A German scientific journal publish.
ed in 1897 story to the effect that
a golden eagle shot in that year at Es-
zeg, Slavonia, was found to have a
ring about its neck engraved on which
were the arms of a Slavonian family
and the date l646.
In 1893 the Gentleman's Magazine
told about a hawk, captured when f1y-
ing in the vicinity of the Cape of Good
Hope and taken by an Indian ship to
England. which wore a gold collar in
scribed:
This goodlle hawk doth belong to
his Most Excellent Majesty James,
King of England. A. ID. 1910"
If this bird really escaped from
England in the reign OF James, 1873
years elapsed between its escape and
its recapture. and it had flown a dis
tance of $500 miles away from its
former owner.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

In an attempt to cure bad case Of
knockknees a unique mechanical ex-
pertinent is being performed upon a
valuable baby llama at the Cincinnati
geological garden. He persisted in rub
bing his fore knees together Various
ways to correct the fault were tried,
but not until the steel forms with their
straps were made and applied was any
success noted The little fellow now
walks and frisks about with the braces
on without having his knees bother
him. The mechanical device will be
continued until he has outgrown the
fault
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The Cana of Menauerin.

All the players take the names of
animals. If played indoors they sit
in chairs. if outside on benches. A
leader then tells story about animals,
bringing in some of the names chosen.
When a name is mentioned the owner
gets up. gives the sound of the animal
and sits down, but if the word me
nagerie" or animals" is used all
must get up and give the sounds of
the animals they represent. A new
leader is chosen after awhile by the
old leader, who is blindfolded and
then feels about until he touches some
one.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The Club,

An exclusive dining society in Lon.
don is the one bearing the arrogant
title the Club, which since its foun
1ation has been limited to thirty-tive
members. Johnson, Burke. Reynolds
and Goldsmith were among the orig
lnal members. Garrick and Boswell
joined in 1773 and Gibbon and Fox
In IVA. OF the eighteen premiers iii
the nineteenth century nine were
members of the club. Fox, Liverpool,
Canning, Russell, Aberdeen, Gladstone.
Salisbury, Lord Rosebery and Mr.
Balfour.-London Spectator.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Little Thinqs.

Little things are sometimes impor-
tant. Here is an instance: There was
cold weather and then little warm
weather and then cold again in York,
Pa. An icicle formed on the water
spout of certain house. The weather
turned warm again. The icicle fell in
the night and made loud noise that
awakened one of the sleepers. The
awakened person found that the house
was full of coal gas that was escaping
through hole In the stovepipe and
that might have killed the whole fam
fly If one of them had not been arous-
ed by the fall of the icicle-
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Ancient Renartee.

A union of discordant particulars is
laughable, as, What is wanting to him
except fortune and virtue? Similar
to this is friendly admonition by way
of giving advice, as when CRAM S
persuaded bad pleader, who d
made himself hoarse with spea 3,
to drink cold mixture of honey a. d
wine as soon as he got home. 81 shall
ruin my voice." said he, "if l do So"
1T will be better" said Granius, "than
to ruin your clients From Cicero's
"Oratory."
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Reethoven,s Fits of Raae.

Beethoven's behavior was often afro
cious. In giving lessons to young la
dies he would sometimes tear the
music to pieces and scatter 1t about the
floor or even smash the furniture
Once when playing in company there
was some interruption. II play no
longer for such hogs" he cried and
left the piano. He once called Prime"
Lobkowitz an ass because a bassoOn
player happened to be absent -Dole's
Famous Composers"
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Parental Tactics.

A worried parent is sometimes oblig-
ed to do something like this:
"Pa, what is q transcendentalist"
Have you chained up the dog as
told your
mot yet. pa"
well. do that, and when you come
back | will tell you what transcen-
dentalist is."
While Bobby was gone his astute
parent dug the needed information out
of a dictionary Birmingham Age-Her
aid
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
An Excitinn CnntAst.

Henson Il bet my wife that could
thread needle before she could
sharpen lead pencil, Benson-Whicb
won? HNnson-I won in exactly thir.
teen minuees, but l believe I'd have
lost If she had not run out of pencils
at the end of five minutes.-Chicago
News.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

Place a magnet on stand to raise
little above the table. then bring a
small sewing needle, containing a
thread. within a little of the magnet,
keeping hold of the thread to prevent
the needle from attaching itself to the
magnet. The needle in endeavoring to
fly to the magnet and being prevented
by the thread will remain curiously
suspended In the air.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The Orators Fate.

"Some orators" said Senator Sor
ghum refectively. make me think OF
our parrot"
"The one whose head you chopped
OFF,"
Yes. He had to take all the blame
for what somebody else insisted on his
saying."- Washington Star.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
The HilIton Road.

The road that ends against the sky
/ love the very best.
II starts near by the open square.
Exactly like the rest,
But then 1t winds and winds uphill
AS far as 1t can go
And stops just where the sky begins
And where the poplars grow.
/ wish that might live up there,
So close against the sky,
To touch the little stars at night
And watch the moon go by.
-Yonth'R Comnanion
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Stunted Naples

Stunted maple trees, grown in moun-
famous regions of eastern Austria.
where the winters are long and severe
and the snowfalls considerable. yield
excellent wood for the manufacture of
violins
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
EMPEROR FRANCIS JOSEPH, VETERAN AMONG MoNARcHs


his latest photograph.
" s Not only
his reign be realized from fact
crowned Mexican
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

1t is happiness to be nobly descend
ed; 1t Is not less to have so much mer-
it thai nobody inquiries whether we
are so or not.-La Bruyere.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Still Stronnar.

Grocer Good morning, Mr. Popple.
How are those eggs l sent you? Pop
ple-Better, thank you. They are
gaining strength every minute.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Queer Human Nature.

MANS funny proposition"
"What now?"
"When he reads a medical book he
fancies he has every disease described,
but let him read the work of a moral
ist and all the faults pointed out he
sees not in himself. but in his neigh
bor"-B Boston Transcript.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
Found a Rhyme.

A bold poet once tried to overcome
the difficulty of finding a rhyme for
carpet by the following: "Sweet maid
of the inn, tits surely no sin to toast
such a beautiful bar pet; believe me,
my dear, your feet would appear at
home ON nobleman's carnetv-Lon-
don Mail.
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
How They Would Sound.

Mrs. Galley 'musingly) - Suppose
should publish your love letters?
Mr.. Galley Why not simply make a
public acknowledgment that you mar.
ried an IDIOT?
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14

Life is a plant that grows out OF
death.-Beecher
The citizen. (Honesdale, Pa.) 1908-1914, 1911-04-14
"JAWN" McGRAW,

the manager of the Giants who open
ed the season of 1911 with Philadel-
phia on Wednesday.