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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
A Topsy.Turvy House.

One of the oldest sights OF me Paris
Exposition will be the 'Manoir ZEN
vers," or the topsy-turvy house. The
suggestion of this unique house OF mys-
terry first came from q Russian engi-
neer named Kotin. This extraordinary
building will represent a feudaf man
sion turned upside down. the roof por-
ton forming actually the foundation,
and vice versa. The visitor will step
in up through the roof, and after going
up stairs several times will come down
to the cellar, which will be fitted up
as roof garden. There will even be
terraced garden In connection with the
topsy-turvy house. hanging. OF course,
upside down in mid-air. Every apart
ment in the house will be sumptuous-
" furnished. and tba topsy-turveydom
Will extend even 70 the furniture. The
perplexed visitor, for instance, will see
a cook making some delicious smelling
soup, though both chef and saucepan
appear upside down. The bathroom
has a bath full OF water upside down.
and the drawing room has a piano and
a performer playing the latest tunes
of the Folies Berge-c also upside down.
This Illusion Of the interior Is pro-
duced by an ingenious arrangement OF
mirrors. This topsy turvy house after
the Paris Exposition will be repro
duced at Chicago and Coney Island
and the Buffalo EXPEDITION.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
. Old Stage Effects.

We are apt to consider that stage ef-r
fects are an invention Of the present
century. This may be so in some cases,
but many of them are very old. The
llme-light is probably the most valua-
BILE accessory for modern stage effects.
It was introduced some time around
1887 or 1888, and was regarded es
great curiosity. Its expense. however,
prevented its being used to any extent
for a long period. In 14SO, intricate
machinery was regularly used in reli-
sious plays for the stimulation Of va
rious natural phenomena. Earthquakes
always seem to have been the most
pleasing and taking of effects, and We
hear of them as far back as 1892, when
Evelyn refers to q puppet show In
which IN earthquake effect was used.
The old paper snow for winter effects
was largely abandoned, and in France
waste clippings of glove manufactur-
ers are used instead. The white glove
clippings fall better in the air than
small pieces of paper, and they sling
better to the scenery and to the actors
garments as they descend. The ordi-
nary nautical effects are Of considera-
BILE antiquity. Full-rigged ships were
In use in Paris as far back as lib.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Where Am II

The following grotesque narrative Is
found in a collection Of Chinese tenn
perance tales:
A stupid yamen unoerllng was once
taking a rascally Buddhist monk to
prison. As he started with bis prison.
er he was afraid of forgetting his
things and his errand 50 he began
mumbling, Bundle, umbrella, cangue
fyoke), warrant, monk and myself"
At every two or three steps he repeat
cd the list. The monk, seeing the sort
of man he had to deal with treated him
at an inn until he was 80 drunk that
he wanted to sit down by the waystde
and Sleep. :,
When he was fast asleep the monk
took of his cangue. shaved the mans
head, put the wooden collar on him,
and took to his heels.
On recovering his sense the man e1-
claimed, "Let me wait until l have
counted everything. Let me SEE. Bun
die and umbrella are here" Then
feeling his neck he cried, "And the
cangue, too; and here beside me is the
warrant" Then, half scared, "Haf va!
I don't see the monk, but" rubbing
his itching pate, he gleefuliy added:
1.-THE monk is still here, but where am
I? Bundle, umbrella, cangue, warrant,
monk. But where nm I? Bundle, uu'
bre1la-r'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
The Cause Of Salt Lakes.

= The Great Salt lake is ! very shal.
low but extensive sheet of water on
the surface of desert plain. Sur
rounding it in part are mou tain
ranges, themselves barren and DESC
late. The lake is nestled in the bot
tom of true basin without outlet, q
part of the Great. Basin. So slight
is the rainfall that the basin cannot
fill and overflow to the sea. The rain
water evaporates in the dry air, and
the streams that flow down from the
mountains suffered the same fate even
before the Mormons came to spread
their waters out over the land to trans
form it from desert to garden.
Each stream on the land gathers q
little salt on its journey, and since
this cannot evaporate as the water
does, it remains behind. From the
mountains and from the light rains
of the desert enough water is sup
piled to transform part of the plain
to a lake, but in the dry air the evap-
oration is so great that only small
part of the supply remains to form the
lake. Thus little by little the lake
water receives its supply of salt, and
therefore becomes salter and salter.-
New York Independent.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Calves for Seal.


Allow the calves to suck the cow
moderately. the first week. gradually
increasing the amount until the fourth
or fifth week when they are ready
for market. For home use, they are
preferred not more than six weeks
old. The stables should be kept
clean and we'll ventilated and 'the
calves should not be allowed to eat
the dirty litter. Give them a. little
clean hay to pick at.
A contagious disrrh9a sometimes
breaks out Remove the calves i'm
mediately to clean quarters, separat-
ing the sick from the we'll ones.
Thoroughly disinfect. the old quarters
and do not occupy them with calves
for considerable time.
Farmers who are selling milk, cream
or butter rarely fatten calves in this
section, except they may have par
ticulariy hard mixer, but sell the
calves quite young to others who
make q business of fa:tening them for
market and as they are turned off re.
newing the supply from neighborirg
farms Where the conditions are not
favorable for the delivery Of the milk
.or cream or manufacture of butter, the
fattening of veal calves often pays as
wall as other forms OF dairying.-
American Agriculturist.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03

ordinarily the fields should receive
another narrowing just before the
corn comes to the surface. The crop
will not be injured. When the rows
can be seen across the field, 60 over
with weeder or an A harrow. Guilt
vate one each way in this manner, then
use an ordinary corn cultivator, going
over the field not more than three
times with this implement In very
dry seasons, twice is sufficient. Much
corn is ruined by deep and close cul-
tivation, for if the roots are once dis
turbed, the crop will never fully re-
cover. After the last cultivation, I 60
through the field once each way with
a small horse barrow, which runs
between the rows. If the season has
been at all favorable, the crop will
need no further attention. When the
husks on the ears have turned yellow,
cut and put in shocks ]2 to II feet
square N. hnover, in New Eng
land Homestead.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
SOUTH AFRICAN NATIVES.
Basutos Employed by the British On Military
Railroads.

baS0toB EmpIoyeo by inc pnieh VI "ihi'a'J
Railroads.
The British are employing large
number Of 3asutos to repair and lay
the railroads In the Orange Free State
that are essential to the advance OF
the army and the maintenance Of conf
munications with the base OF supplies.
Thus the natives are now to partici-
pate. TOT the first time on large scale,
in work that Is related to the war.
The Basutos have no friendly senti:
fiiehts for the Orange Free State Beers
who Incorporated in their republic d
part Of Basutoland. The Zulus have
always hated the Transvaal Beers,
with whom they had many hard fight
in what Is now Natal, and by whom
the Matabele branch Of the ztlus were
driven north of the Crocodile River.
The Basutos and Zulus are the strong
est native elements in South Africa.
These tribes supply large part Of the
MANUAL labor throughout South Africa.
but their efficiency falls below that OF
the. average American negro. They
have not reached the same plane OF
civilization, their wants are fewer and
more easily supplied, and after d term
Of service they usually wish to return
to their homes for long period Of idle
ness; so it has been found necessary to
supplement them by the importation
Of thousands Of indian coolies. Still,
they are by far the largest element In
the labor market. Sixty thousand of
them were at work in the Witwaters-
rand gold fields when the war began;
NIL the labor in the diamond mines Is
supplied by the natives. and they are
widely scattered at service through the
towns and over the sheep and cattle
FIRMS,
They are prisoners as long as they
work in the diamond mines, for one OF
the rigorous measures taken to prevent
diamond stealing Is to keep the native
laborers in a compound from which
they never emerge during their term OF
service. except to march, under escort,
to and from their work. But the South
African natives are progressing, and
their vnlue as A factor in the develop
ment of the land Is growing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Various Methods.

Sometimes the tired editor becomes
sardonically humorous when answer
ing the questions of an investigating
correspondent "What should lady
do when she wants to sneeze in
church?" was the query recently ad-
dressed by feminine reader to the
editor of local paper. He answered
it thus: 1T depends upon why the
lady wants to sneeze in church. If
she is young and pretty and desires
to attract the attention of some eligi-
bic young man, the sneeze should be
gentle and distinctive; almost any
thing would produce the irritation of
the facial organnecessary to effect the
purpose. But if the lady is old, oc-
cupies her own pew, and wishes to
show off her new bonnet, then vio-
lent sneeze-or a succession OF sneezes
is necessary, and we should advise
upsetting an ounce of cayenne pepper
in the pew" Waverley Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Household Hints.

To give an appetizing flavor to
broiled steak rub cut onion over the
hot platter.
Absorbent cotton, if quickly ap-
piled when milk of cream is spilled on
cloth, will prevent stain.
To polish tortoise-shell comb apply
a few drops of olive oil and rub long
and thoroughly with a soft WOODEN
cloth.
A cranberry jelly served recently
was moulded with circular slices of
banana, the combination proving de-
icious.
A Cuban dish, said to be remarkably
good, is an omelet that has besides
olives, blanched almonds and seeded
raisins.
The most efectual remedy for shiny
and greasy drain-pipes is copperas
dissolved and left to work gradually
through the pipes.
A tablespoonful of ammonia to
quart of water is the best medium Cor
cleaning windows, lamp chimneys or
any kind of glassware.
Canton flannel makes a good bath
blanket for baby. It should be made
large enough to completely envelop
the child while it is being wiped dry.
A little powdered borsx added to
cold starch tends to give the linen ex-
ira stiffness and little turpentine put
into the boiled starch adds lustre.
The difference between white pep
per and black is that black pepper is
ground with the outer coat of the
berry still on, and white pepper has it
removed before grinding.
In wiping china dishes do not File
one upon another while still hot.
Spread out to cool of, then pack.
Piling up while warm is apt to make
the glaze crack.
For stains on the hands there is
nothing better than little salt with
enough lemon juice to moisten it.
rubbed on the spots and washed off
with clear water.
According to bright housekeeper,
if one wishes slow fire to burn, start
a light wood or paper on top of the
coal to establish draft, and the up
ward current will soon make itself
manifest upon the fire below.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
A Mean Trick.

A Mean Trick.
"Jack," asked the father. arc you
going in for any Of the school sports
this yearT
"Yes daddy" replied the unsuspect-
Ing boy, "I'm going to try for the mile
race"
"Good," returned the father. Il have
a letter to be posted, and It's about a
mile to the post Office and back. Let
me see what time you can do 1t H.
Stray Stories.
Now He Is Full Of Regrets.
Iowrie - Nature often throws OCT
warning signals. which we to our loss
neglect.
Buttle-I shouldn't wonder but you're
right.
Lowric-I met my wife In thunder
storm. danced with her TO. the drst
time at a house that was burned down.
and married her in q killing frost.
Buttle-Yes?
Lowrie-Yes. And hadn't the 1ense
10 read the signs.-Brooklyn Life.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Her View CT Boys.

At a recent school examination for
girls, this composition was handed IN
by a girl Of twelve: "Thc boy Is not
an animal. yet they can be heard to o
considerable distance. When q boy
hollers he opens hts big mouth like
frogs, but girls hold their toung til
they are spoken to, and then they an
swer respectable and tell just how It
%as. A boy thinks himself clever be-
cause he can wade where the water Is
deep. When the boy grows mp he IL
called a husband, and then be stops
wading and stays out nights. but the
grown-up girl is a widow and keeps
louse."-Ledger Monthly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Short and Useful Paragraphs.

1t is not the hogs fault that it has
reputation for tilthiness.
Lice in the hens nest is depriving
many farmers OF quite few eggs.
Fowls as we'll as all animals do bet
ter on mixed feed. 1t affords a va
riety.'
1t is pretty hard matter to trim q
grape vine too close if you do it before
the sap runs.
During shearing time keep the old
and the young ones apart, so that the
ticks cannot migrate to the lambs.
In purchasing fertilizers for early
market garden stuff, remember that it
is quick acting fertilizer that you
are after.
A good preventive of milk fever is
to have the cows calve in the fall or
winter when the feed does not have so
great q tendency to make milk.
Owing to the increasing importance
of the sheep industry, it would be
well for farmers to look into the mat
ter and study up the fms and OUTS"
Milk contains about 81 per cent. of
water. If the water the cows drink is
bad about 81 ler cent. of the milk
that you are using is not what it
ought to be.
Farmers, don't ignore the ducks.
With fair average of eggs laid dur
ing the year, if you did not eat or sell
them, but set them ard hatched out
so per cent. of the eggs, it would be
an excellent investment.
Milk fever generally occurs among
the best mixers. Look out for such
COWS. After COW has helped fill
your pocketbook for eight or nine
menths, surely little attention for
only a month or so is not out of the
way.
Johnny, get your gun" is general
ly the word every time barn owl or
some such bird is seen around the
farm. This is an awful mistake. It
would be pretty hard to get mouse
or rat-trap that could beat this bird at
catching these pests.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
To Make Good Coffee.

The latest word of those who know
is that, to be perfec', coffee must
never, while it IS making, come in
contact with any metal. For the
breakfast table, at least, it should be
made in glass. First, bay from depot
of medical suppl 5 a flask of annealed
glass which looks Ike al ordinary
water bottle. The price. 80 cents, is
no great outlay considering the bottle
will stand boiling water without
breaking Then five cents for glass
funnel to fit into the bottle neck and
ten cents for a dozen rounl bits Of
clean, coarse muslin. Coffee itself is
the next thing. 1t is real Java, bought
green of dealer who has regard for
his work, at so to 60 cents the pound.
1t is roasted to a nicely at home, half
a pound at time, and ground just as
it is wanted. It may 60 into chased
si.ver-lidded lowl without the least
harm. The water may likewise boil
in silver kettle, over brass-mounted
spirit lamp-or even OH the pleblan
gas stove-before it comes In sight
The one essential thing is to have it
in plenty and freshly boiling. First
pour d cup of the boiling water into
the flask and turn it deftly about,
heating the flask all the way up. Then
pour it out, whip the funnel into the
flask month, line the funnel with one
of the muslin rounds aud put into it,
three heaping teaspoonfuls of the
coffee. Then slowly, steadily, grace
fully pour on the water, which has
been kept bubbling over the spirit
lamp. As it begins to drip through
stir the wet coffee lightly with a tea
spoon. More water goes in as the
first pouring filters through. Three
spoonfuls of dry coffee ought to yield
three cups of coffee essence. It is
really coffee essence which comes out
of the flask. 1t is almost black, per-
fectly clear, full of coffee favor and
aroma Only the most confirmed
coffee topper can drink it neat. Other
folk require the cup to be half fllei
with boiling water. Those who like
whipped cream in it make the water
third. Thus a single tiltering will
serve a considerable lea party. The
muslin and the spent grounds are
thrown away after each filtering.-
Chicago Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Salt for Cattle.

a Nebraska cattle breeder desires
I 10 know whether barrel or rock salt is
the better and also asks if rock salt is
hard on The tongues of horses and
cattle.
The sailing question comes up con-
stantly. As matter of fact it needs
70 come frequently to attention as the
sailing of stock is probably the most
neglected of the necessary operations
ON stock farm. This ordinarily
comes from oversight. The intention
IS good but the memory is at fault.
On many farms it is the cry that stock
IS salted once week, Sunday morn
ing frequently being the time selected
! for that tchore. Some stockmen 60
10 the other extreme and mix salt
daily with the feed of the cattle.
Some farmers erroneously believe that
salt is not good for stock and with
hold it The practice varies widely.
The safest and soundest principle
5 Is to keep salt within reach of animals
all the time and allow them to take it
st will as their appetites demand. If
salt and water we're always at the COM
mand of live stock health and thrift
would be materially promoted. 1t is
not always possible or economical to
keep water constantly before animals,
but salt is readily enough placed so
that they may take it at will. We
much prefer rock salt for stock. It is
more economical in that there is much
! less wasted. Moreover, animals are
less apt to take too much of it. When
deprived of salt for some time feeding
steers can easily enough get too much
II it Is supplied in loose form-so
much that it will get them to scour-
ing; but fit is put before them in
rock form they cannot eat it but are
compelled to satisfy their appetites by
licking it slowly and are not likely to
get an excess.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
oBEYED THE COURT.
Pfedicament Ia Which Ills Anxiety For De-
ccrum Got Him.

Judge Fitzgerald Of Los Angeles,
considered one of the foremost jurists
on the coast, is, at the same time, one
Of the most particular Of men In all
things concerning rhe decorum Of the
courtroom. A score or more Of years
agone he was appointed by the Presi-
dent to the bench of the district that
includes Pima and Cochise counties.
He found, on coming to Tucson, that
formality was almost unknown In the
courtroom. If the days were warm
the attorneys and attendants dispensed
with coats. This, to him, appeared
particularly disrespectful. He an
nounced that smoking in THE court
room would not be tolerated, and that
coats must be worn under pain Of the
courts displeasure. The Grand Jury
was called. Among the jurymen was
O brawny miner, who appeared in his
usual costume, a dark blue shirt and
overalls.
"What do you mean?" thundered the
magistrate, "by appearing in this court
room in your shirt sleeves! Where Is
your coat?' AT home, judge" mildly
returned the Juror. "Then go and get
it. No, not a word, sir" glaring down
upon the man as he attempted to
speak. "Go home and get your coat
or I'll commit you for contempt" The
miner went silently out he didn't re-
turn that day nor the next. and the
Judge, after issuing bench warrant
for him, swore in another juror. About
two weeks thereafter the original MI
ner, dressed as the court demanded,
again stepped within Judge Fftzger-
AIDS range Of vision. To the irate
magistrate he rendered the e1plana-
ton that his home and coat were both
in Harshaw mountains, near the Mex
ican border, over 100 miles away, and
that he had but obeyed the orders OF
His Honor in going home after his
CONTRIBUTIONS Graphic.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Keeping Chimneys Clean.

After winters supply of wood or
coal has been burned, much of it
while rain or snow is drifting down
the chimney, it is sure to be foul with
SCOT, and any extra hot fire. especially
with wood, will send sparks up that
will set the SCOT afire and endanger
She house. 1t is good plan to poke
q broom or brush with very long ham
die up and down the chimney to clear
away the SCOT. If this is done and
the SCOT is removed from below there
viii be little danger of its doing any
damage. The chimney ought to be
made smooth inside. so that tho SCOT
will not be caught by roughusss as the
smoke goes up. A chimney afire is a
serious danger, especially when the
hot IRE that causes it is made just be-
fore the family retire for the night
Coal fires are less dangerous than
those from light wood, which make o
bright fame and send up many
sparks.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
Ia Fticas.ee "A Chicken,

Following are directions for fricas.
seeing chicken which will be found
much better than the old way of cook:
ing this dish: Cut the fowl IN small
joints, then llace them with giblets in
a pipkin that can he closely covered.
TO one good-sized chicken add n me-
dium-siled onion, cut i'll small pieces
then pnt in two cloves, season we'll
with salt and pepper, md pour in
q pint or more Of cream or rich milk,
and when it bubbles thickeu it with
-four dissolved in cold milk. Just let
this gravy boil one minute, then pour
it over the chicken and serve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1900-05-03
The Goat DairY.

The usefulness of the goat in clear
ing foal lands and the profitableness
of the animal for its hair, skiu and
even carcass, is becoming pretty we'll
understood. But the goat is valuable
Us dairy animal If the cows, for
instance, are being used for supply.
ing city milk trade, the keeping of
goats for the home milk supply would
be an excellen: policy. The goat will
live where COW would s.arve; AMI
while it, like every other domestic
animal, will do best on good pasture,
it will live and yield milk oraston;sh-,
ingly little food. The animal and its
milk are almost entirely exempt from
disease; the milk is more nutritious
than that Of the COW and agrees with
stomachs that cows milk relueatly
offends. The animal requires only
the cheapest kind of shelter; but it
needs shelter from the storms and in
. winter. If by reason of drouth, soil
in is necessary, leaves. vegetables re-
tuse, peelings of the apple or potato,
bread crusts or stale bread, if they are
sweet and c:ean, will be all the feed
that is needed. All goats, however,
will not eat the same food. and the
feeder will have to study the appetites
Of the individual animal Frequent
feeding and variety OF food, in win
ter, will be found lenefcial. Roots,'
oil meal, oats, corn (of the latter, in
the whole state, the goat is very fond)
are proper feed, especially for the
milking goat. Rock salt is greatly
relished. The favor of goats milk
cannot be distinguished from that OF
cows milk, if it is properly cared for.
From three to four pints day is the
average yield of good milker. The
milk is SO rich and of such a character
that in making pastry it will take the
place of eggs.-The Epitomist