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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Good Flowing.

What used to be called good plow-
ing, the turning furrow over smooth
ly and leaving the upturncd surface
perfectly level, is not thought as i'm
portaut now as it was when we were
young. The plowing match Mt ag:i'
cultural exhibitions does not draw the
crowd it once did, even when there is
no counter attraction of trotting horse,
bicycle match or baseball game to
draw the people away. The improve
ments in harrows, horseshoes and
cultivators enable the farmer to pull
verize his soil, as it could not have
been done by the plow, and to leave
it level ii he wishes, though 1t may
have been but poorly plowed. And
many of the farmers a"e beginning to
think that the best plowing is what
our fathers would have called a poor
job. the furrow set on edge instead Of
turned over, and then worked mellow
afterward. The land so handled gives
better crop than that which has
been turned upside down.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

A touch of surprise is essential to
perfect sweetness.
Even in novels love shows at its
best when it does not absorb the whole
plot.
Life is much too large to be ex-
pressed in the terms of single pas
sion.
Reserve and precision are great
protection to overra,ed reputation, but
they are death to talk.
When you have good luck in any
thing you ought to be glad. Indeed,
if you are not glad you are not really
lucky.
Man is the only creature that dares
to light fire and to live with it. The
reason? Because he alone has learned
how to put it out.
Talk is that form of human speech
which is exempt from all duties, for
eign and domestic. 1t is the nearest
thing in the world to thinking and
feeling aloud.
Travel with cheerless and easily
discouraged companion is an unadul-
terated misery, but cheerful COM
rade is better than a waterproof coat
and footwarmer.
In talk it is not correctness of gram
mar nor elegance of enunciation that
charms us; it is spirit, verve, the sud-
den turn of humor, the keen, pung-
ent taste of life.
Opportunities are swarming around
us oil the time thicker than gnats at
sundown. We walk through cloud
of chances, aud if We were always
conscious of them they would worry
US to death.
The essential qualities of good talk
are not merely intellectual. They are
moral. Goodness of heart, freedom
of spirit, gayety of temper and friend
illness of disposition-these are four
fine things, and doubtless as accept
able to God as they are agreeable 20
men.
We toll assiduously to cram some
thing more into those scrapbags of
knowledge which we fondly call our
minds. Seldom do we rest tranquil
long enough to find out whethes there
is anything in them already that is of
real value-any native feeling, any
original thought, which would like to
come out and sun itself for while in
quiet. From "Fisherman's Luck and
Some Other Uncertain Things
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Donkeys Feel the Cold.

In the care of donkeys in out cli-
mate it is common mistake to sup
pose that they are not sensitive to
cold. A donkey, on the contrary, can
not begin to stand the degree Of cold
which is comfortably supported by the
horse. In other respects, he is far
easier animal to care for than the
horse. AS beast of burden his en-
durance is greater; he may be fed
coarse herbags and will thrive upon
it. His coat needs regular brushing,
but not that particular grooming with
out which the horse cannot be kept in
health. In England, the costermon-
gers donkey is so invaluable to his
master that he is known as ''the poor
mans horse" while in France the
"baudet" and in Spain the "borrico"
"a larger, heavier type Of ass which
is used for mule. breeding-is of equal
i'm portance.
The term "donkey" refers to the
ordinary dun color OF the ass's coat,
and has come to be the popular name
by which he is known to English
speaking people. In the treatment of
.he donkey the essential thing to 70.
member is to house him warmly in
winter, being careful never to expose
him to snow OF to extreme cold.-Our
Animal Friends.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Feeding for Eggs,

The question of feeding hens at the
least cost to obtain the best results is
one that has long puzzled poultry
raisers, many of whom differ on ma
terial points regarding the method Of
feeding.
Some advocate giving warm mash
early in the morning, while others
prefer the first food to be grain of
some kind thrown in the scratching
shed among the litter. The latter say
the exercise thus obtained gives the
fowls IN appetite and aids the di-
gestion, while the former say the
fowls need the mash first, since the
long hours of fast make it necessary
to turni h food which can be easily
and quickly digested.
One thing is certain, that if hens
are given full feed of mash early in
the morning they will not take the ex
ercise which they should have during
the remainder of the day.
Their hunger has been satisfied, and
they will content themselves with
standing around, huddled together in
a corner of the house. While, on the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
81 am talking of Claudia Wallace's

II am talking of Claudia Wallace's
hair
t:Mercy upon usr' cried Hester.
els the man raving mad? What on
earth has Claudia Wallace's hair to
do with"
"Eluch. I told you she was az
angel, Hester, and perhaps you will
believe it when 1 tell you that to gain
money to help the poor she has sold
her magnificent hair
II don't believe it," said blunt
Hester.
ttBut I know it."
"Then the world is coming to an
end, that's ALL" said Hester. with an
incredulous shrug of her shoulders.
"!3ut my wig?"
81 forgot it, confessed the sheepish
lover. "I'll go back for it at once. [
was thinking of Claudia's hair"
Hester looked after him in comicA
despair.
"Thank Providence I'm not Il
man." said she to herself. ''And if
I were don't believe I could possibly
be as spooney as some OF 'em are"
Back again through the rainy twi-
light dashed Mr.. Everard Rivers,
never staying until he once more
entered the salon of NJ. Santarelli and
breathlessly asked for the tlaxeu wig.
Exactly. 1t awaits monsieur"
said Santarelli.
''You sent up the money!"
''What money, MONSIEUR"
''The $40 to Miss Wallace. Tell
her the hair has found purchaser-
that her dream of mercy and charity
may now be fulfilled that"
But monsieur, pardon. Monsieur
does fully comprehend" bowed
the hairlresser, courteously. Miss
Wallace left the hair here to be sold;
it was switch we made up for her
year ago; and she never quite liked
the color-it was not good match,
she thought-and whatever it sold for
was to be applied toward new one
we are weaving-a $50 switch, mon
sieur."
Everard Rivers stared blankly at
the knight of wigs and curls. he
began to perceive that he had been
making fool Of himself aud in rather
an expensive manner, too.
"Oh," said he, rather awkwardly.
'T-I'll take the wig if it's quite
ready"
He went back, considering how he
could best make the embarrassing ex-
planation of the truth to his sister.
"Hester," said he, "'don't laugh at
me. I've been donkey"
"Men often are," SAID Hester,
sagely. ''That's nothing new."
ooh, but this is little worse than
the common" And he valiantly told
her the true story of Claudia Wallace's
hair. To his surprise, instead of
laughing she went to him and threw
both arms around his neck.
"Everard, I am so glad, said she.
'eTwenty dollars is a cheap price to
pay for being undeceived. told You
before that she was shallow, selfish
and coldhearted. Now you will be-
lieve it, when You see that she can
pay $50 for mass Of trumpery false
hair, even while she complains of
having no money to spare for the
poor"
And Claudia Wallace never could
comprehend how she lost the devoted
loyalty of Everard Rivers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Making Butter without Ice.

If these directi ms are followed, one
can find a ready sale for every pound
OF butter made, as the butter will be
sweet and will stand the warmest
weather wit out tasting old The
milk is cooled as soon as possible after
being drawn from the COWS, then
strained into two gallon tin buckets.
[ prefer deep-setting The covers are
not put on the buckets until the milk
is perfectly cool; then it is set in the
cellar on bricks which have air slaked
lime sifted among them once week.
The cellar is kept very clean, and is
we'll ventilated at night. I skim the
milk after it has set for "a hours, and
stir the contents of the cream jar
thoroughly every time that new cream
is added. The cream should only be
slightly acid when churned. Overripe
cream will not make good butter. I
use barrel churn, aud when the but
ter comes in grains draw the milk
uff and wash till the water runs clear.
Then I take up the butter in butter
bowl and salt, using one and half
ounces to the pound.
Work salt in as lightly as possible,
and set in a cool place for "a hours.
Instead of working and beating with
the paddle to get the brine out, take
large soft cloth and press the brine
out, and when the cloth becomes wet
wiring it out and press again. Work
ing spoils the grain and keeping quail
tiles. After the brine is absorbed,
shape and mold in one pound prints,
wrap each in waxed butter paper and
pack in waxed paper lined box until
marketed. use no soap for washing
milk vessels. Rinse them we'll in cold
water, and scald, putting soda in the
scalding water. The sooner the milk
is cooled after being drawn the better
the butter will be, and the more cream
you will get. The dryer the cellar or
milk house, the better. Good butter
can not be made when milk is kept in
q damp, mouldy place. Mrs. Robert
Ashworth in the Epitomist.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
A Hohenzoilern Superstition.

Apropos of the superstitions Of tho
Neutrality-suspicious., by the
way, found in all ancient royal fam
lies, including our own-the rulers Of
that house possess talisman brought
into it by q good spirit said to guard
its destinies. This is the curious
BLACK stone," to which is attached the
following quaint tradition:
Since the time Of the Elector John
Cicero, who flourished toward the end
Of the fifteenth century, each ruler has
been wont, before his death, to hand
to his successor a sealed packet. This
contains ring, in which is set black
stone said to have been dropped by q
huge toad on the coverlet Of a prin-
cess of the family just as she had
given birth to a son. Frederick the
Great found the ring in cover. which
also inclosed n memorandum, written
by Frederick 1. stating it's value and
It's mode OF transmission. Schneider,
the librarian of William I, declares
that he saw the packet handed by
Ceiling, the treasurer, to his royal mas.
ter on his accession, and further as
serts that he read his account Of the
talisman to the emperor, who fully
confirmed It.
The present emperor never fails to
wear on all great occasions this queer
old ring, and has, like every Hohen-
zollern, the deepest respect for the
quaint little jewel. Frederick the
Greats father had the black stone
mounted on ring and bequeathed it
to his son, who believed firmly in its
value as talisman, and many Of the
documents Of that time deposited In
the archives ut Berlin made allusion to
tt.-Chambers' Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
TStfcning f'6wls.

For fa:tening fowls for market noth=
ing is better than corn and COW peas,
writes Fred Grundy in Poultry Topics.
They will round out fowl in about
ten days or two weeks, giving them
that plump meaty appearance that
buyers and consumers are delighted
with.
Finishing fowls for market is ali afs
TINT few people fully understand. One
must be guided ln:gely by previous
conditions. If the birds have Eeer
confined i'll a yard all the season they
may be penned in small enclosure
and finished up for market in about
ten days by being fed all they can eat
If, however, they have an unlimited
range all summer It will not do to
shut them mp and begin stuf6ng them
all they will swallow. Such cotirse
would kill them off in short orde".
Begin fattening range fowls gradu.
ally. Feed them corn or corn and
COW peas in the evening and again in
the morning when they are let out.
About the third day call them up at
noon and give them little corn.
Gradually increase the quantity given
them at a feed until about the sixth
day, when they may fill themselves
mp to the beak three times day. In
is to 20 days they should be ready for
market.
In fattening fowls, young or old,
there are two things beside feed that
are absolutely necessary, and these
are water and grit. Re sure to pro-
vide an abundance of both if you de-
sire the quickest results. Keep .hem
close by your feeding spot so that the
birds can obtain all they desire.
Where highly fed they need lots of
water to soften the food, and lots OF
grit to grind it with.
Separate the fowls you desire to
fatten for market from those you intend
to keep. If all of them have had free
range through the season don't pen
up those you are iattening. It Is not
safe to do So Pen up those you in
tend to keep until you are ril Of the
others. Feed the penned fowls light
" on soaked oats and bran and very
little corn on the ear. Give them a
cabbage, squash, pumpkin or any sort
of green or succulent stuff once day
to keep them quiet and in good
health.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
SHARP Practices In Golf.

In regard to the sharp practices that
are sometimes resorted to in golf, this
story is of interest. 1t is told by a re-
liable golfer as a fact and illustrates
the keen interest in the success of his
employer which many caddie evinces
often at the cost Of his employers
reputation and always at the cost Of
his own place if he Is discovered. On
this OCCASION the players ball was
found lying behind a big stone In
bunker. The crafty caddie gave the
stone a kick, accompanying the act
with remark, Dye think that's wood"
The act resulted in the. stone being
moved sufficiently to permit the golfer
to find his ball in a playable position.
Horace Hutchinson is authority for
a story of even deeper craft on the
part Of caddy. This one, Hutchinson
says, carried with him q supply OF
green-painted wooden pins. With these
he generally waited until the light be-
gan to get a little uncertain and then,
when chance afforded him IN oppor-
.unity. he inserted the pins heads up
in the green in the line of his oppo-
nent's put. AS might be expected.
this often caused the guilty to take a
bad turn, there by missing the hole.
While the exasperated player would
be swearing at the witness OF the
grass at a favorable moment the caddy
would put his foot on the pins and
drive them into the sod, thus destroy
ing all evidences of his guilt. A GER
tain Scottish player is said to have
trained his collie to push his oppo-
nent's ball into the burn with his nose.
New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Roots OF Trees and Berry Bushes.

The fruit grower might assume with
considerable confidence that if the
roots of his trees and bushes and
vines were in excellent condition toat
there would be no failure of the crop.
This would only be comparatively
trne, for there are insects and blights
that attack the fruit and foliage of
trees and vines growing on good roots;
but as rule the damage done by these
pests is much less on stock that is in
thriving condition. So we can say
that primarily the cor lition of the
crop is largely determined by the
OTIS and their relative vigorousness.
In the winter time the roots are the
only part of the stock that must be
protected from the excessive cold, and
if they are not damaged the trees will
weather the hardest winters. Artifi.
cial protection of the roots in the
north is thus generally recognized
necessity, but we do not always give
the same care and attention to the
roots in the summer.
Root-injured trees in the first place
should never be planted. If the nur.
sery mau sends them to you to FILL an
order, return them, and have them
deducted from the bill. They will al.
ways prove disappointing and unsatis-
factory. It is better to take the bull
by the horns, and remedy the evil at
the outset. In transplanting our stock
most of the small hbrous roots are in
jured, and according to our present
system of digging MP trees and vines
there seems to be nc remedy for this.
But there ought to be some method oi
transplanting stock without disturbing
the rootlets, or at least without seri-
ously injuring them. When these
roots are transplanted, the roots
should be soaked in water and moist
earth at once. That tends to com.
pensate little for the trees loss of
vitality. But the main thing in sum-
mer is to have the roots growing in
congenial soil. This can only be &C.
complished by having the soil well
drained and the t, ees sunk we'll down.
They should not have a mound OF
earth around them in summer, for that
makes the water run of. They should
rather have hollow circle around the
trunk where the water can collect
This, of course, only when the soil is
thoroughly drained below Then no
stagnant water will collect. In this
slight hollow the fertilizers and ,nois-
ture can be poured, and they will go
direct to the root feeders where they
are needed, aud there will be little OF
no waste such as is often the case by
the present system.-Professor James
s. Doty, in American Cultivator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
THE OLD AND THE NEW.

He galloped away on his fiery steed,
And his armor shone as he tripled his speed
Oa through the villa at breakneck tear,
Away to the heath of his ladye fayre;
Arriving within he ratified his steel
And swung his blade when he went to kneel;
He pleaded his love in that spacious hall
The old-fashioned love that was best Of all.
He spins away on his chainless Wheel,
An armorless knight on steed OF steel;
Onward he flies, 'Tis moonless night,
A brakeless wheel and an oi!less light,
thoughtless youth-he reaches the door
And kneels to her on rugless floor.
He gives his mustachs faultless curl,
And pleads his love to a heartless girl
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
AN INTERRUPTED SWIMMING BEE.
4 Story Illustrative Of the trials ot Our
Soldiers Id the Philippines.

Some idea Of the character OF recent
lighting in the Philippines may be
gained from a letter written by James
]. Corkhill, Topeka boy with Bells
Thirty-si1th Regiment. The regiment
had just taken. Porac, and the men
were very dirty after q long march,
so they all went down to the river to
take a bath; Colonel Bell himself be-
ing among the bathers. I'VE were
having a fine time splashing about the
cool mountain stream" says Corkhill,
when suddenly, ping! crack! boom!
and the bullets went zip! splash! into
the water all around us:
When we drove the Filipinos out
Of town, sd secure did we feel that we
neglected to put out the customary
guard. Not one ever thought of them
returning, nor did any one think that
off In the woods to the right was con-
cealed d large bunch of them. But such
was the case; and, finding that we
were all Id swimming, they made a
sneak on us.
Maybe you think We didn't make
our fms fly in getting out Of that river!
l grabbed my trousers and pulled them
on, and that's all I had time to get.
Then 1 made d break for the guns. As
1 said, the guns were stacked in front
Of the church. and the enemy were at
the rear end Of the church and still
coming. But the boys got out In splen-
did shape, the new men doing fine, con-
sidering it to be their first real initia
ton. It did not take Us long to get in
line and give them q few stiff volleys:
then we charged with d yell. They
couldn't stand it, and away they went
over the swamp and rice dykes with
US in hot pursuit.
"Porac Is situated almost ut the foot
of a ridge of mountains. and We sure
made those black men hit the high
places going over those hills. The
mountains are covered with sharp
rocks and brush, and as had on no
shoes, I cut my feet almost of, but
we had the consolation Of capturing a
good many prisoners and seeing the
rest Of the brave gentlemen trot across
those bills as they never did before"
We refund 10c for every package OF Put.
MAX FADELEss DYE that fails to give salts
faction. Monroe Drug Co., Unionvile, Io.
Sold by all druggists.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Shallow Cultivation of Orch ards.


It frequently happens when orchards
are cultivated that the cultivation is
done in a way to do as much harm as
good. Some farmers follow the prac-
tice of running. the plow deeply
within five or six feet of tie trees,
thereby leaving a strip of land that is
never cultivated, but that is allowed
to grow up to weeds. The deep plow-
ing between the trees is also very det-
rimental, as the young feeding roots
are being constantly cut away. A
tree generally draws no nutriment
from Immediately around its trunk,
but draws its food from its cutter roots
by means of great number of root
hairs. The running of the plow
deeply between the trees continually
destroys the feeding power Of these
roots. This becomes more serious
when the plowing is done both ways.
Shallow cultivation is the only suit
able cultivation for the orchard. In o
young orchard it would be better to
plant only shallow roofing plants, that
the cultivation need not be deep. For
this reason corn has frequently been
grown in our orchards, it having been
seen that the cultivation of the corn
need not be SO deep as to interfere
with the root system of the trees. The
light cultivator is the safest of any
thing in the plow form, but the har-
row is still safer, when the ground has
been once broken up. For the pur-
pose of cultivation in young orchards
there is nothing better than the
weedeys that have come into use in
late years. These run over the ground
without disturbing the roots that lie
within few inches of the surface.
They can be run to the very trunks of
the trees without injuring them.-
Farm, Field and Fireside.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
tecd a Mixed Flock.

It is an old saying among daifymen
that 'the making uf good COW ia
half in the breed and half in the feed: !"
This is equally true Of poultry; One
cannot get fat chickens or good laying
hens from any breed if they are not
fed properly, bat with food enough
one breed may be fattened easily. The
same breed and same food would give
good results in eggs. This is why we
dislike a mixed fuck of fowl, with
blood from a half dozen breeds Of
fowl. When you are giving one hen
just enough to stimulate her to egg
production, you are giving others just
enough to fatten them 80 they will
not, or cannot lay. If the feed is re-
duced to take of their superhuons fat
then the others do not have encue b to
make eggs from. Get the right breed
and then learn how to feed them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
,t,.e, Accidents n New York City.

It is shown by a review OF the acel-
dents in the streets Of New York City
for the year 1899 that fifty persons
were run down by carriages, wagons
and trucks, and that Of these twenty
three died, and that of these twenty
thirty-five persons suffered On account
of runaway accidents, of whom four
were fatally injured. Tie deaths OF
drivers and occupants Of cabs bring the
fatal average up to one per week.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Eczema in the Feet.

In fact, letter, ringworm and all skin
diseases are cured by Tetterine. Mr..
Lee D. Martin, of San Antonia, Tex
as, says; II am suffering with vio-
lent case of eczema in my feet. Please
send me a box of Tetterine. Mr..
Moore, Of Moore & Mcfarland, Mem
phis. Tenn, says it cured him of a
similar case." Sold at druggists 300.
a box or sent postpaid by J. T. Shup-
trine, Savannah, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-02-08
Fresh Terror.

"What a peculiar exercise the new
recruits are going through. I mean
that up and down motion with the
arms. What is it?''
"That's the pump exercise. It's for
use on leaky transports"