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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29

the papaw and the falling of forest
nuts being two weeks later than with
Us, near Cairo.
When We have a cool summer and
fall we have apples hang on till frost,
but if the season is exceptionally warm
yellow bellhowers and baldwins fall
from the tree anil rot in August, and
winesaps and Rome beauties in Sep.
tember.
A difference is always noted in favor
of young trees, but more especially in
the first orcbarding experiments in a
neighborhood, the absence of insect
enemies and funSous diseases being
important factors in the rileninS and
keeping qualities of fruits.
In this connection your previous
statement respecting Missouri lands
subject to homesteading is of interest
to our people who may be influenced
to immigrate. I hope to see in future
numbers of your paper more letters
after the order of the one in your last
by Professor T. H. Jones, giving more
full information respecting the leading
railroads now in existence having the
facilities for marketing, etc, with
statement in relation to nursery stocks
and many matters of interest to those
seeking new homes.
Here it has been just cold enough
to retard the !alid growth Of wheat,
which bid fair early in the season to
become too rnnk--a thing wheat has
seldom done in all the forty-h five. years
We have been here. JAS. II. Grain in
Farm, Field and Preside.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Feeding Hogs.

We did not think pumpkins as valu-
able for feeding to hogs US We did to
cattle, but when they were plenty the
hogs had some every day, for we could
not keep them late in the winter. We
never cooked them unless to throw in
o few when boiling small potatoes or
other roots for the hogs, as we thought
them too watery when boiled, and
they seemel to be relished better
when given raw. We notice in bull
letin sent out by the Oregon expert
ment station, that they tested pump
kins for hogs weighing no to 200
pounds each, for four periods of IA
days each. The pumpkins were cooked
with shorts. For the first two weeks
it took Is. IS pounds of pumpkins and
PIP pounds of shorts to make pound
of gain. The next two weeks it took
1895 pounds OF pumpkins land 1.3
pounds of shorts. In the third period
l4.3J pounds of the pumpkins aud ]. 79
pounds shorts, and for the last two
weeks IL. IS pounds of pumpkins and
2.54 pounds of shorts. The average
gain for each hog during the whole
time was about 1-2 pounds per day,
and counting pumpkins at 50. so ton,
and shorts at S12, the cost per pound
of gain was 80 cents. This may have
been cheap enough, but we think it
could have been made cheaper upon
raw pumpkins, and by using a little
more shorts, or perhaps mixture OF
equal parts of cornmeal and shorts.
After hog weighs 200 pounds alive
we are not afraid to give him as much
cornmeal as he will eat until we get
him fat enough to kill. They tried to
increase the amo, Mt of pumpkin and
reduce the amount of shorts, but the
pigs objected, aud, rs will be seen
above, they had to increase the pro-
portion of shorts. We never tested
pumpkins for sheep feeding, but have
no doubt they would work e1cellently
we'll. We never removed the seeds
when feeding them, and never saw
that they were doing any injury to
either cattle or hogs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
The Fest Consulship.

"Young man." said noted Illinois
congressman in the house restaurant
at the capitol, "when you get a chance
to be a consul for the United States
select a smoky city, one where there
are many factory cbimneys. Do moi
try for the fashionable capitals. Leave
them for the ambassadors Go where
the air is murky, for there business is
lively, and many a consignment is sent
to the United States. This means fees,
and fees mean a good income for the
consul"
In the course of his chat the con-
gressman made the general statement
that consuls who are making the most
money from fees are the quietest, most
nnassuming, accomplishing employees
of the government "They do not set
up claims for a salary instead of fees, u
he said. "Oh, no; but like the wise
boy where the raspberries are thick,
they let the world forget, so far as pos
sible, that they are on earth. Let q
consular Office be changed from the
fee to the salary system and it at once
becomes alluring to voracious lot OF
aspirants. Some one finds out, per-
haps, that the political support OF this
particular consul is weak, and then in
fuence is used, and soon there IS q
change.
zone of the most profitable consul.
ships is that of Liverpool. The salary
is $4,000, but the fees bring the emol.
uments up to several times that
amount, and a generation ago the in
come of the consul at Liverpool was
$50, 900. This has been reduced by
abolishing fees. Chicago News. =.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
From Washington
How a Little Boy-Was Saved.

Washington, D. C.-"When our boy
was about 16 months old he broke out
with & rash which was thought to be
measles. In o few days he had a
swelling on the left side of his neck
and it was decided to be mumps. he
was given medical attendance for
about three weeks when the doctor
said it was scrofula and ordered q
salve. He wanted to lance the sore,
but I would not let him and continued
giving him medicine for about four
months when the bunch broke in two
places and became running sore.
Three doctors said it was scrofula and
each ordered a blood medicine. A
neighbor told me of a case somewhat
like our baby's which was cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. I decided to give
it to my boy and in a short while his
health improved and his neck healed
so nicely that I stopped giving him the
medicine. The sore broke out again,
however. whereupon I again gave him
Hoods Sarsaparilla and it's persistent
use has accomplished a complete
cnre." Mrs. NErr1E CHASE, AZ K
St., n. E.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Destroy the Dead Leaves.

Many of our most destructive in
sects, says bulletin of the Ohio ex-
pertinent station, passthe winter either
among matted prostrate grass, among
fallen leaves or especially along
hedges, lanes and fence corners
Wherever such places can be burned
over in late fall, winter or early spring,
the effect will be to destroy many of
these. Instead of having our annual
clearing up in May, as many do who
clear mp their premises at all. this
should be done during the seasons
mentioned, as by May many OF the de-
structive insects have left their winter
quarters and are beyond reach.
In the orchard, the falling of the
leaves will reveal cocoons and even
insects themselves upon the trees that
cannot be easily detected while the
foliage is still hanging to these trees.
Many insects pass the winter within
a folded leaf that is attached to the
twig to prevent it from dropping of,
and in this way deceive the eye of the
orchardist. 1t will pay to go over the
orchard and remove oil of the cocoons
and dried leaves still clingiug to the
trees.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Winter and Pianos.

"The winter season is hardest on
pianos" observed piano tuner, 'for
the reason that the rooms containing
them are often kept too warm for the
piano, if not the human occupants,
and the result is that the wood work
dries up. This does not always do an
injury, but very frequently it does
serious injury, and especially if the
wood work is not substantial and
solid. In 80 cases out of 100
the wood work is as it should
be, but now and then some por-
ton has been slighted, or not prop.
erly inspected before it left the factory.
In veneer work a warm room often
does damage. "-Washington Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Grew Up With the Indians.

Representative Curtis, Of Kansas,
has an elaborate pipe Of peace. 1t is
made Of fine pipestone. and can ac-
commodate several warriors about the
council fire. 1t came to him recently
as a gift from the Cherokee Indians
of North Carolina, and as an express
sion of their affectionate regard.
Indians who come to Washington al
WAYS look Mr.. Curtis up soon after
their arrival. His fame is wide among
the red men Of many tribes, and he pa
LAYERS with the aged chiefs and dignl-
fed braves in the most intimate man
ner. When he was a boy the Aansan
played among the Indian papooses, and
much Of his younger life was spent
about the wigwams Of Shawnee Coun'
ty.-Washington Post.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
TransplantinS and Pruning.

I note with pleasure increased at
tention to transplanting and pruning
trees. That men should think to sue
csssfully remove tree without e1-
treme care in preserving the roots has
always been mystery to me, and that
all fruit bearing trees should be trained
With a central upright stem is too
manifest to require education. Still
there are many trees trained more
like an inverted umbrella than other
wise, and every heavy sleet or snow
storm makes appalling destruction in
such orchards. That the Ozark region
of Missouri should produce fair winter
apples accords with what old citizens
of that region tell of the ripeniug Of
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
that's the lady with the yellow silk

that's the lady with the yellow silk
parasol, covered with lace. Now will
you say was mistaken"
"Dear. DEAR" said Mrs Markham,
adjusting her seectacles on the bridge
of her nose. II couldn't have be-
lieved it, if I hadn't seen it with my
own eyes,"
"And they're driving straight to
Farmer Reeds" added Miss Adder
tongue, diligently flattening her nose
against the window-panes. "Well,
well, it's clear she's charged him with
with it, and he's determined to brazeu
it ont. Get your hat, Mrs Markham.
Let's walk that way. I need skein
of darning cotton, and the way to
Perkins store lays right past Mr..
Reeds door"
But to Miss Adlertongue's infinite
astonishment-perhaps we may say
disappointment-there was no sound
of violent Mysteries, no sign of family
dissersioa or tragical debate as they
sauntere9 by the farmhouse gate.
"My!' eiacu!ated Miss Felicia, "if
they amt all a-settirg together in the
porch, as loving rs 80 many turtle
doves. Well, now Ishall believe that
Juliet Reed is going over to Nor
monism, and believes in mans hav-
ing as many wives as he pleases "
Juliet Reel. loweve', ha seen
them as they skunk by, aud rising
from her seat becAoned them to
advance.
Mrs. Markham" said she, "anl
Miss Addertongue. allow me to pre-
sent to you Mr.. Hazel"
The widow dropped little cou7-
tesy.
Miss Felicia stia:y inclined her
head.
"!Also Mrs. Hazel" added Juliet.
"O!" said Miss Addertongue.
"My stepmother, said Mr.. Hazel,
mischievously, 'just returned from
visit to Paris. My father will be with
us next week"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
TREES MADE INTO NEWSPAPERS.
Whole Process Consumes Less Than
q Twenty-Four Hours.

Whole Process Consumes Less Than
Twenty-Four Hours.
"The business of manufacturing pa
per has increased entirely out of pro.
portion to all oth:r manufacturing, "
observed well-known paper maker,
in speaking OF the happenings of the
past year, land it can almost be said
that it is out of limit. The question
of transportation has been reduced to
a minimum, and though the forests
cannot be moved to the masticating
machines which grind the trees up
into pulp, the next best thing has
been done, by taking the masticators
into the forests so that tho manufac-
tured paper can be and is shipped
from there direct. Not only the pa
per on which newspapers are printed
is handled in this way, but many OF
the higher grades of wood papers and
paper stock.
''In one Of my own mills recently
there Was something done which ex-
hibited how things could bo done in
q hurry when there was necessity. l
had an order from a New York news
paper for lot of paper which l knew
to be Immediate or quick if possible,
and we determined to show what could
be done. When the order was received
the trees from which the paper was
made were growing in the forest The
trees were cut and the wood sawn into
tho lengths most convenient for han
ding.
"Ihey were then railroaded to the
masticator and the process OF chewing
them up commenced. Inside of four
hours the wool was reduced to mass
of pulp, which had to- be bleachsd
and prepared for the rollers. In four
hours more the wood was transformed
into paper aud III two hours afterwacd
it was on the cars near Niagara Falls,
bound for New York City. In 20 hours
after the time the order was given to
hew the trees, ! read 100 miles distant
from where the paper was printed the
newspaper which had been printed on
paper made for tLis special order.
"Now, what I refer to is not an
isolated case anl done for demon
station alon,, but is liable to occur
any day, though, of course, not likely,
for paper m ,kers usually keep stock
enough on hand to supply their Gus
toners and special orders A forest
of trees is cut down every working
day of the year in this country and
transformed into paper for newspaper
printing, and almost every kind OF
wood is now used. Wonderful progress
has been made also in the other
branches of the paper trade, especial
ly in the line and rag-made grades" "
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
A Tic About Using Stamps.

"Wait until 1 have washed of the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoil
ed in the addressing" said a man.
1T is rot necessary to do that" SAID
a lawyer. You may take your scis-
sors and cut out the adhesive stamp
and stick It fast to your new envelope
with mucilage, notwithstanding the
adhering piece Of the old envelope.
ut does not look nice, and may be-
come detached in the mail, but If the
stamp is a genuine, unused, adhesive
stamp 1t Is not questioned. The Gov"
ernment, when it sells an adhesive =
cent stamp, undertakes for such con-
sideration to transport and deliver to
destination the letter to which 1t Is ar
fixed. The fact that it has a piece OF
an envelope to which it was formerly
attached. but not used or deposited
for mailing, does not relieve the Gov
ernment to execute its part Of the con-
tract when the letter is deposited for
mailing, the stamp being otherwise
perfect."- ."-Washingto Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Farm and Garden Notes.

Never allow fowls to drink stagnant
water.
The laying hen is always the work
ing hen.
Table scraps should be fed the fowls
while fresh.
For fattening fowls cooked food is
better than raw.
Milk in all its forms is valuable
food for poultry.
Soft-shelled eggs are often the re-
suit of overfeeding.
Vessels in which milk is fed should
be cleaned regularly.
Ducks and geese should be well
feathered before killing
A cross of large hen with Hou-
dan usually produces good broilers.
The favorite food in Scotland, where
horses are at only moderate work, is
cut sheaf oats.
Grapes can be pruned any time dur
ing winter. If the wood is wanted for
propagation, it should be cut just be-
fore the severe frosts arrive.
By keeping oak trees of q uniform
temperature throughout the year, q
French eSperimenter succeeded IN in
creasing the production of new leaves
before the old ones were shed.
Very often it will not pay to doctor
fowls suffering with contagious dis
ease. Indeed it is probable that it
very rarely pays. One would better
kill at once all that contract such dis
ease and burn the carcasses.
The English want cheese with q
mild favor, slightly salty and rich in
butter fat. Foreigners as rule do
not like strong cheese. 1t must not
be dried hard. Curing rooms in
Scotland are kept at so to 81 degrees.
While oats make a good feed for
growing stock and for the laying hens,
they do not have the elements that
promote animal heat. Some corn is
needed for this purpose, and it should
be fed to the flock late in the even
ing.
Don't neglect the poultry shows.
They give better lessons as to much OF
the poultry work than can be obtained
anywhere else. It will pay also to
make frequent visits to the yards OF
poultrymen who are successful in their
business and learn all you can from
them as to their methods.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
fHE BAYONEf IN SOUTH AFRICA
Value OF 4 Weapon Probobiy Useless 10
Dealing with d Edropean Foe.

think It has been clearly demon.
strated during the Boer-British war;
writes nh English expert. that the at
tackinc force loses about four times as
many men as the defending force. AS
we shall probably always be lne at-
tacking party it appears essential that
our numbers should always be largely
in excess Of those Of the enemy The
ultimate issue then is merely ques-
tion of the number Of men We can con-
centrate in order to make our attack
irresistible.
I do not mean to say that this would
be the case were we fighting the train
ed troops Of an European Power. 1t
seems probable that a modern Euro
pean battle will last several days. and
that against a modern disciplined army
. the bayonet will be discarded as use
less encumbrance. With the present
magazine rifle the infantry come un-
der d hot fire at 1000 yards, and IN an
attempt to rush trenches at the point
of the bayonet, few, If any, would sur
yive. But with our present foe the
conditions are somewhat different The
Roer does not wait for q bayonet
charge; he Is not disciplined, and does
not remain in the trenches because his
officer commands him. When he thinks
his enemy is getting too close, ne
mounts his pony and gallops away to
where he considers he Is safer.
Thus, though We lose many men, our
troops have usually managed to dis
lodge the enemy by this means; but
as a rule, when they have gained the
position, they have not found many
Beers there. They have gone when the
storrirg party was still 200 or 300
Yards off, and at a distance at WHICH
European soldiers would have opened
g. fire, out Of which no man would
have come alive.
I wish to show by this that though
this mode of attack is costly one, and
would probably be impossible against
European armies, yet It seems the on.
" one by which we can make sure OF
driving the enemy from the strong po'
sitions they take up, and to carry this
out successfully we must be vastly
superior in numbers. 1t might be asked
why do the generals not try big hank'
inc movements to turn the enemy's po
s;t;oo9 The answer Is simple. Our
generals have found that owing to the
extraordinary mobility OF the Boers
this mode Of attack is impossible
London Daily News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
Georgia Education.

One of the class publications Of the
state which is achieving notable sue.
cess is Georgia Education, published
at Atlanta, Ca, by Miss s. Y. Jewett.
Possibly one feature which has con-
tributed most largely to the success
and growth of this educational paper
is the attention which it gives to the
country school and its efforts to arouse
more general interest in this vital fac
tor in country life.
Georgia Education has just cele.
brated its first birthday anniversary
by reducing the subscription price
one-half-from S1.00 to SOC.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
The Strawberry Red.

There are few things that are often
more poorly managed than the straw
berry bed. Again and again has the
writer seen beds that had been started
out we'll, but that had become entire
failures through mismanagement. Of
ten it is due to the ground being in q
condition that makes success impos-
sible, and at other times it has been
on account of an easilyexplained de-
sire to have the plants make g great
growth of foliage. This growth Of
foliage is all right on individual pants
provided the plants are each given
sufic ent room to develop, but when
the growth is on multitude of plants,
as it is often, and these plants are
crowding one against another, the
blossoms are few and the ripe berries
are fewer and smaller.
The unprepared ground is no place
for a straw berry bed, but the tempta-
tion to use such ground for straw
berries is often very great. A case Of
this kind came to the atten tion OF the
writer about two years ago. Quite
late in the spring a neighbor decided
that he would have first. class straw
berry bed. So he ordered some hun
dreds OF plants. But having all Of
his prepared ground taken up with
other things he merely turned over
some sod and set the plants in the
newly turned sod. He hoped that by
the following year the plants would
have secured good growth and would
have so permeated the sod and under
soil with their roots that the ground
would be loose. He recognized the
fact that the ground was utterly de-
void of manure, save what had come
in natural way through the decay
ing grass roots. In the fall after set
ting he tried to work between the
rows and to fork in little manure.
But the ground was very hard and un-
responsive, and, though he had four
of the best varieties of strawberries,
he did not get pint of berries from
them all the second year. This failure
was due entirely to poorly-prepared
soil, and without doubt this Is the
case with q majority of the failures.
The Wilson is hard berry to grow,
but the writer remembers one bed OF
Wilson's that proved great success.
It was made on well-worked garden
soil, and was enriched with a heavy
dressing of hog manure. This Was
thoroughly incorporated with the soil
before the plants were put on, and the
weeds were kept down. The second
year the crop of great red, glossy ber-
ries was enormous. It was all Illus
tration of what a properly-prepared
soil will do.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-03-29
"A To Eaisinc EroilerA.

Any of the large breeds of fowls,
such as Cochins, Plymouth Rocks,
Brahmas, Wyandottes, Longshans,
Dorklngs or Indian Games will pro-
duce fine broilers-that is as far as
breed goes; but in raising broilers it
should not be forgotten that it is a
winter business, as the birds are sup
posed to reach the market in April or
May, which makes their Matching time
start from about October or Novem-
Der. When birds ore hatched and
marketed at the dates mentioned they
will command about the highest prices
that are offered during the year for
any kind of poultry.