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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Restoring Polish of Furniture.

Many will be glad to know how tie
fine original polish of furniture may
be restored. especially in the case ol
such articles as pianos, fancy table,.
etc., which become tarnished by use
Make a polish by putting half an
ounce of shellac, tls same quantity
of gumlac and quarter of an
ounce of gum sandarac into pint OF
spirits of wine. Put them all together
in stone bottle near the fire, shaking
it ve:y Of en-. As soon as the gums
are dissolved it is ready for use. Now
make roller Of WOODEN rags, put Q
ii tie of polish on it, and also few
drops of linSeed oil; rub the surface
to he polished with this. going around
and around over small space at o
time until it begins to be quite smooth.
Then finish by second rubbing with
spirits of wine and more of the polish,
and your furniture will have q brilliant
lustre equal to new. New York Jour-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Spring Management OF Bees.

It is not uncommon to find one or
more colonies that have perished from
some cause during the winter. It
may be that they have starved, or be-
come so weak they could not survive
the extreme cold, and have thus died
and the hive is left tenantless, with
perhaps more or less honey in the
combs. In all such cases as this,
found in making early examination,
we should remove such hive or close
it up carefully 50 that other bees may
not find the honey, for they will surely
find it when the weather becomes
warm enough for them to get out,
writes A. H. Duff. If they once get
q taste it may produce the worst kind
of robbing, and at no time of year is
there Sc much danger of loss as in
early spring, when the colonies are all
weak aud not able to offer the neces.
sry resistance to prevent persistent
robbers.
Any colony Of bees will be capable
Of turning robbers If the proper in
ducement is offered. Leaving honey
about at ans time where they get &C.
cess to it will Immediately put whole
colonies on the aggressive, and thus
heavy losses frequently occur by .
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Charles A. Dana as Head Waiter.

AS I remember our meals, they were
most delightful times for talk, humor,
wit, and the Interchange Of pleasant
nonsense, says Mrs. Ora Gannett Sedg-
wick in the Atlantic. When our one
table had grown into three, Charles A.
Dana, who must have been a very ord
erly young man, organized corps OF
walters from among our incest young
people, whose meals were kept hot for
them, and they in their turn were
waited on by those whom they had
served. 1 recollect seeing Mr.. Dana
reading q small Greek book between
the courses, though he was a faithful
waiter. remember the table talk as
most delightful and profitable to me.
Looking back over long anu varied
life, 1 think that have rarely, IL ever
since, sat down with so many men and
women of culture, so thoroughly un-
selfish, polite, and kind to one another,
as found at those plain but attractive
tables. All seemed at rest and al their
best. There was no man, tired with
the stock market and his efforts to
make or to increase q big fortune, COM
ing home harassed or depressed, too
cross or disappointed to talk. There
was no woman vying with others In
French gowns, laces, and diamonds.
The fact that all felt that they were
honored for themselves alone brought
out more individuality in each, so that
I have often said that have never
seen any other set of people where each
individual seemed to possess some pc.
culiar charm.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
The Calculating Barber Again.

'Business was slack last Wednes-
day afternoon, so thought I would
take in a Matinee said Snyder, the
calculating barber, as he ished for
wild hair with a pair of tweezers.
'Say, what an awful lot of matinee
girls there are! Say there's a million
of them in the United States, although
I dare say that figure is low. Still,
say a million, just to get base OF
operation. In the course OF theat-
rical season the lines they form in
front of the box Office would reach, in
iock-step, from Philadelphia to Pitts
burg. The tears they shed would
floatthe biggest warship ever launched
at Cramps. The mash notes they
write, if placed on top OF each other
in their envelopes, would be as high
as the city hall tower. The candy
they eat would completely I'LL the
largest store warehouse in Philadel-
phis, and the amount Of money they
spend in theatre tickets would -"
But even Snyder's imagination failed
him at this juncture, and the man In
the chair made his escape. "-Phiia-
delphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Discounted a Friends Criticism.

Fuseli, an eminent historical painter,
who grew in fame after ITO. when he
first formed the resolution to devote
his talents to painting, was rather
fond of sarcastic remarks at the e1-
pense of his friends.
Northcote, a contemporary, exhib-
tied his Judgment of Solomon. :"
Fuseli looked at it with a smirk on
his face.
''How do you like my picture?" in
quired Northcote.
'sMuch," was the answer. ''The
action suits the word. Solomon holds
out his fingers like a pair of open
scissors at child, and says: Cut it..
like it much"
Northcote remembered this when
Fuseli exhibited a picture represent
ing Hercules drawing his arrow at
Pluto.
Glow do you like my picture?" in
quired Fuseli
Much" said Northcote; sit is
clever. very clever, but he'll never hit
him." "He shall hit him." exclaimed
the other, ''and that speedily" Away
ran Fuseli with his brush, and, as he
labored to give the arrow the true di-
rection, was heard to mutter: "Hit
him! By Jupiter, but he shall hit
him!"-New England Home Maga.
zine,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Fish Commits Suieide.

A giant star fish was recently cap
tured and placed on exhibition in an
AQUARIUM in San Francisco. The
morning after it's capture it was found
that one of the rays Of the star was
separated from its body. 1t was
thought that big land crab, which
occupied the same tank, must be guilty
of assault and battery, and it was ac-
cordinsly taken out. Next morning,
however, two more Of the stars rays
had been separated from its body, and
then q watch was set. 1t was found
that the star fish, apparently dissatis'
fed with its surroundings. was delib-
erately dismembering itself. This pro-
cess was continued until all the six
arms had been cast off, and there was
nothing left of the original star fish
but Its central body.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Ont of the Ordinary.

The two old friends, as has been
narrated before, met again, after years
of separation.
"By the way, Gagster," said Throg-
gins, do you remember that snub-
nosed, cross-eyed little Tilbury girl
with q face on her that would ditch
an express train? She used to live
somewhere in your neighborhood, /
think"
"Oh, yes, remember her perfectly"
replied Gagster.
'What ever became Of her?'
81 am sorry to disappoint you, Throg-
gins''-here is where the variation
comes in-"but I have not the slight
est idea. I didn't marry her."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Mutton and Wool.

The consumption of mutton on our
American tables. is of recent date.
There was q time, not many years ago,
when wool was the prime object in
raising sheep. At the present time
conditions are changed and the pro-
duction of wool by the sheep raisers
of our country Is of secondary consid-
GRAFTON. Wool has, however, rapidly
advanced in price within the past few
years and is now quoted at 81 to 40
cents in the markets. Raising sheep
for mutton is more profitable than
beef production and stands a close
second to the pork industry. If the
rayages of hog cholera are not in some
way checked, sheep raising will soon
become the most profitable live stock
industry in which our people can en-
gage. The demand for good mutton
is annually increasing, and the sheep
growers of the United States are to-
tally unable to supply the demand,
since 100000 sheep were i'm
ported from Canada last year for
American consumption. When the
home demand has been supplied,
we still have foreign market which
extends to almost every quarter of the
globe. The wool supply for home de-
mand is equally inadequate, since we
had to import about 80, 600, 900 pounds
within the last year from foreign coun-
tries. The ranges of the great north
west are becoming limited, and the
small farmer must come to the rescue
in order to meet increasing demand.
It is the annual raising of, limited
supply of poultry by the small farmers
of France which gives to that country
the most profitable poultry industry
in the world.-Atlanta Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
t'pticnt for I:roken Dishes.

The old housekeeper has in her scrap,
book well-trie recipes for mending
an cleaning, and among them is the
following cement for mending broken
dishes. 1t is one of the strongest and
most easily applied and it needs moth!
ing but the white of an egg and some
lime. Shave of small quantity of
The lime mix it thoroughly with part
of the white of all egg and apply ms
quickly as possible to the broken
edges. Then place them together and
hold them firmly till they Eecome set
Never mix any larger quantity than is
to be Immediately used, since it hard.
ems with great rapidity.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Eruft Cultur..

It should be borne in mind by every
fruit grower that the skin, stone and
seeds of fruit are what extract fertil-
ity from the soil. Also heavy growth
of wood, necessitating severe pruning
is very wasteful production. Or, in
other words, the large, rich. juicy,
luscious fruits that command the high
est market prices do not remove a
quarter part as much plant food from
the soil as the small, inferior, seedy
ones, which are of course not wanted
anyway. Furthermore. we want va
rieties of fruits, which, while produc-
ing wood enough to afford bearing
surface, yet do not tend to excess of
wood, which is dead loss, consuming
plant food for no useful purpose.
Herein lies the advantage OF thor
ough culture; thinning fruit promptly
when set in excess, and pruning with
thumb and forefinger whenever q
superauous shoot or bud makes its
appearance Thorough culture, which
of course also includes liberal and
proper fertilization, is what gives US
this large luscious fruit which sells
best at highest prices. If too much
fruit sets, thin promptly to secure
paying crops. We want fewer num-
bers of individual fruits, but larger
sizes. Then again it is folly to allow
fruit tree to grow q branch that must
be eventually removed. Snip it off
while in the bud aud save all the nu-
triment and energy to be converted
into the production of fruit, which We
are all er.-Fsrm, Field and Fire
side.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
SHIPS cHR0N0METfRs
Some OF the Tests to Which They are
Subjected.

There Is popular belief that crono-
meters, those delicate pieces OF me-
chanism which enable the mariner 10
tell to a nicely where lie IS upon the
ocean, ate made only in England. One
will be told even In Maiden Lane that
England Is chronometer-maker to the
world. This was true at one time. Dnt
now. according to shipmasters, Aneri-
ca turns out excellent chronome1ers.
There are; however, only three Ameri-
can makers DIS against numerous Brit
ish firms. Many of the instruments III
use in the United States Navy are OF
American make. These chror1ometers
are purchased on trial. The delicate
instrument is subjected to extremes OF
temperature, by means Of which Its
variations are ascertained. No lnstru-
tnent leaves the makers hands until II
has been thoroughly tested. or before
it is three years old. In this period
there is ample opportunity for develop
ing it's peculiarities. When 1t Is under-
stood that an error Of four seconds on
the part Of the chrorlometer will put a
skipper a mile out Of his course the
necessity of the most careful and thor
ougt test is apparent.
Even when an instrument has been
tested to the satisfaction Of the ex-
perts, and has been finally adjusted,
only d skilled man can be allowed to
carry it from the workshop to the snip.
One firm alone has a dozen OF these
carriers constantly employed. They
are not, of course. dealing all the time
with new chronometers; there are from
400 to 500 always In stock from shlps
arriving in the port Of New York from
all parts of the world. As soon as d
ship comes into port Its chrohometer IS
usually sent ashore for rating, that is
to say. 1t IS carefully observed until
the ship IS ready to sail, when the
variation is reported to the captain,
who can then make his calculations ac'
cordingly. The chronometers OF the
transatlantic liners are sent ashore for
rating every time they come into port.
The greatest care IS taken OF chrono-
meters on board ship, and on all first
class ships there are usually three one
being for deck observations. The most
perfect one of the lot Is usually placed
in a dry but wel1-ventilated apartment
amidships. where it is firmly screwed
down, and should there be fear OF
dampness, wrapped in q heavy wooien
blanket. On the government vessels
the chronometer Is placed In a case
lined and padded with curled hair
which keeps it from being Jared. The
smallest speck of rust on the balance
spring might cause a chronometer to
lose it's accuracy. A first-class chrono-
meter costs $3.50 and one of the same
grade capable Of telegraphing its own
time, sells at s450.-New York Post
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Going to Bed In India.

Going to bed in India is a very diff
ferent process from going to bed at
home. 10 begin with, it is far less
formal process. There is no shutting
the door, no cutting yourself off from
the outer world, no going upstairs and
finally no getting into bed. You mere
" lie down on your bed, which, with
it's bedding, is so simple as to be worth
describing. The bed is wooden
frame with webbing laced across it,
and each bed has thin cotton mat
tress. Over this one sheet is spread,
and two pillows so to each bed. That's
allLScottish American.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
NOfhin nq
i'm the
Wide
World

has such a record for ab-
soiufeIy curing female Ills
and kidney troubles as
mas Lydia e. Pinkl'an''s
Vegetable Compound.
Medicines that are aA-
verfised to cure overy-
thing cannot be specifics
for anything.
Lydia e. P5nkhans'9 9
Vegetable Compound wiz
NOT cure every kind of H.
ness that may affiicf men,
women and children, but
nroof is monumental that
II will and does ou'e all
the ills peculiar to women.
This is q fact indxspuf-
able end can be verified
by more than q million
women
Hyou arc skck don't OK
pertinent, take the k'sedS-
oii,e that has the reoosa
of tho largest number or
CHr0Ss
lydia E. Pinkhars Med Co, Lynn, Aase
!. .s4s s9.s:ss ssss VT s.:a Thsnpsen's Eys Males
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Cleanse
Your Blood

The thing most desired of a Spring
Medicine is thorough puri6cation
of the blood. With this work OF
cleansing going on there is COM
plete renovation OF every part OF
your system. Not only is the cor
rupt blood made fresh, bright and
lively, but the stomach also re-
spends in better digestion, its
readiness for food at proper times
gives sharp appetite. the kidneys
aud liver properly perform their
allotted functions, aud there is, in
short new brain, nerve, mental
and digestive strength.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Why She Kent the Map.

A householder in London recently
noticed that his cook had stuck up in
her kitchen a map Of South Africa,
with the British possessions colored
rod the Transvaal brown. the Orange
Free State yellow, and Portuguese ter
ritory green. "Do yon take an inter-
est in the war. Mary" he asked. ''No.
sir" replied the cook. ''b;it I mean to
ave a skirt like that brown bit, anu
blouses like them other colors; and
I'm Just keepin' the map to match the
patterns with when I get hevenin'
hoff. sir"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
How to Clean Delirate Goods.

DelicnteIy tinted mulls and nearly
all delicate goods to be cleaned must
be soaked overnight in silt wnter and
washed in soap bark and cold water.
TO wash white null yokes place them
in hot water, soap bark and ammonia,
and leave them overnight. In the
morning they should have another
bath of the snne kind and then BE
rinsed ia hot water.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12

Clean blood means q clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean Dy
stirring up the lazy liver and driving ail I'M, M
Danish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, loc. 25c, 5Oc.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
When to Aerate Milk.

Milk should be aerated as soon as
possible by being poured from one
vessel into another several times. In
hot weather liberal addition of ice
cold water Immediately after the milk
is strained facilitates cream rising; in
cold weather boiling hot water has q
like effect. The skim milk is less
valuable for feeding purposes, but the
suggestions may be valuable at times.
With pan setting there can be little if
any control over the temperature of
the atmosphere, but its purity can to
q great extent be controlled.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
HINTS FOR HOUSEWIVES.
Remedy for wv PoisoninT.

A treatment highly recommended by
a scientific magazine for poisoning
from ivy, is to wet a slice of bread
with water, dust it with common
washing soda, and apply to the erup-
ton, keeping the bread from the out
side. Half an hour Of this treatment
is said to be a sure cure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Catching Salmon in Scotland.


TO form an approximate estimate oi
the sums disbursed by the renters Of
salmon fshings is difficult matter,
but, leaving out the money paid fol-
salmon fishing included in shooting
rent, the money paid for salmon fish
ing together with the Incidental e1-
penses incurred, may be put down at
ESQ, 900, not one penny of which
would Scotland see if there were no
salmon fishing. Ihave arrived at this
sum in roundabout sort of way, but
beli~ye it is under the mark. Thus,
when first began to fish on my own
account in the early sixties, could
rent a month on fairly good stretch
of water for from e40 to t60, the ser.
vices of gillie being usually includ.
ed in the rent. For that outlay I used
to average as nearly as possible,a fish
for every sovereign; my worst month,
which cost e45, was Is fish; my best
SO for s35, and both of them we're on
the Dee. About 1867 the rents began
to rise and fish were costing me quite
IS. each, which speedily went to &5
head, until, from 1870 up to the pres.
ont, angling rents have increased by
leaps and bounds, forcing me to retire
for as anglers became more plenti.
full good angling became scarcer, and
nowadays it may be reckoned that fish
.coet the catcher unite 81 @ each. Cham
bers' Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
NEW USE OF EXHAUST.
How Waste Steam May Run An Auxiliary
Euqine.


For many years it has been known
That the steam engine did not utilize
all its energies. The ordinary high
pressure engine which discharged Its
exhaust steam into the air used hardly
more than per cent. of the value OF
the fuel burned under its boiler. The
compound engine, which condenses its
steam and returned the warm water to
the boilers. used cnly 12 to 13 per cent.
of the fuel energy. Here ingenuity
seemed to stop until device was in
vented for using the heat of the e1-
haust steam to evaporate another
liquid. which, having a lower boiling
point than water. required less heat
for the process than does water.
This process is the joint discovery
Of G. 3ehrend. Hamburg engineer,
and DR.. Zimmerman Of Ludwigshaf-
en-. and 1t gains rs high as 56 per cent.
additional motive power without in
creasing the expenditure Of fuel. The
LIQUID they chose for evaporation Is
sulphurous acid, which is cheap, easily
obtained. and is so oily that 1t lubri-
Gates the inner working surfaces OF
the machinery without corroding them.
The steam passes into the surface con-
denser or vaporizer, in which the cool
ing medium. instead cf being water, Is
liquid sulphurous acid, the boiling point
of which is so low that the liquid is
decomposed Immediately by the heat
of the exhaust steam. liberating sui
phur dioxide gas. This gas passes
over into the cylinder Of an auxiliary
engine, where its work is done as in an
ordinary steam engine. Then the sui
phurous vapor enters the surface con-
denser. is condensed to liquid by cold
water tubes and is forced by a pump
back into the vaporizer to do its work
over again.
With g fairly economical compound
engine, using 161a pounds Of steam for
each Indicated horsepower hour, half
IN indicated horsepower can be pro-
duced in the auxiliary machine for
every indicated horsepower developed
in the main engine
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Rotation PAYS When Raising Wheat.

Rotation experiments carried on for
six years at the North Dakota station
showed that continuous wheat culture
is improbable and that growing wheat
in rotation increases the yield and
improves the quality. Land produc-
ing three crops of wheat and one cul-
tivated crop in four years gave almost
as much wheat and more profitable re-
turns than land producing four crops
of wheat in succession.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12

Owing to the old system Of digging
out diamonds Kimberley proper is built
around a hole big enough to contain
the entire white population Of South
Africa,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-04-12
Recipes.

Oatmeal Piecrust-M Make exactly like
dough for crackers, but roll out thin
ner. It can only be used for an under
crust. It can be eaten with impunity
by those who cannot digest "short-
.ened" piecrus'.
Rye Cocee-C Carefully pick over and
wash one pint of rye. Drain for
moment, then put into q skillet and
stir over the fire. Stir constantly until
evenly Drowned. Mix with three
fourths cup of Drowned coffee kernels.
Grind, make and settle as any coffee is
treated.
Prune Pies-Prune pie is an old
fashioned favorite. It is very good if
the stones have been removed and very
poor indeed if that duty has been
neglected. Sometimes lemon Juice is
added as havoring, but the original
prune pie required nothing but prunes
and sugar, the fruit having been
stewed in the first place necessarily.
Macedoine Salad-This can be made
of any vegetables on hand, such as
peas, carrots, cucumbers, asparagus,
beets, cauliAower, celery, string beans,
etc. Cut them into dice and mix
lightly, so as not to break them, mar.
mate with French dressing and lei
stand on ice for half an hour, then
mask with mayonnaise; garnish with
parsley and serve.
Sage Cream-Boil one-quarter of 6
pound of sago in one pint of water
for five minutes; pour into fine sieve
return the sago to the same pan; cove,
with one pint of boiling water ano
simmer one hour; add one cupful Of
currant jam, or orange juice, and juice
of one lemon, and about three-fourths
Of cupful of sugar; let simmer 20
minutes longer; fill small moulds with
the mixture, serving cold in a glass
dish; garnish with whipped cream and
candied cherries.