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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
The Dict of the Phoebe.

Among the early spring arrivals at
the North none are more welcome
than the phoebe. Though naturally
building it's nest under an OverhanS-
ing cliff of rock or earth, or in the
mouth of a cave, its preference for
the vicinity of farm buildings is so
marked that in the more thickly set
tied parts of the country the bird Is
seldom seen at any great distance
from a farmhouse, except where a
bridge spans some stream. a1ordlne
4 secure spot for nest. Its coniidins
disposition has rendered it great fa'
vorite, and consequently 1t is seldom
disturbed. 1t breeds throughout the
United States east Of the Great Plains
and winters from the South Atlantic
anu Gulf States southward.
The phoebe subsIsts almost entirely
uDon insects, most of which ere caught
on the wing. These species are most
ly harmful. Small wild fruits and
berries comprise the vegetable food.
No cultivated fruits are disturbed by
the phoebe. 1t is evident that a pair
os phoebes must materially reduce the
number Of insects near a garden or
field. as the birds often. If not always,
raise two broods a year, and each
brood numbers from four to six young.
Los Angeles Times.
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where the "TattoocI Partners were
10 come from.
The band, which was made up of
Charles grown-up sister Anna, who
played the mandolin, 4 couple Of her
friends with guitar and banjo. and two
of the boys with mouth harp and 4
shepherds whistle, bl7red out beauti-
fully and out into the ring tumbled
Charlie and Gilroy. in bathing trunks,
striped stockings and tennis slippers.
And, sure enough, their arms and
shoulders were ''tatlooed' in curious
patterns and in 4 shade Of vivid red.
wi Y! They look just us I did after
that day Oh the beach at South Hav-
en-" cried Little Emma Summers
when the applause was beginning TO
die away. and no sooner Was the per-
formance over than she caught hold OF
Charlie and insisted UPON knowing
how he got those funny marks On his
arms and shoulders. Charlie looked
at Gilrov, G:lroy nodded, aLG the boys
owned UP.
Eve got the idea from you,' e1-
planned Charlie. You showed Cle your
wrists where .he pattern OF your
waist had been burned o. them, and
We got al cd lace curtain fTcm Gil
roy's mamma a2C wrapped pieces Of
it around U.s. Then We sat out in the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
I.nnrovement in Country Roads.

Americans have never been SLOW
about doing things, but we may be
said to te slow about doing sone
things we'll. It was not, for example,
until the bicycle came into vogue that
pcople thought very seriously about
good roads, ard even yet in many
PARTS OF the country, especially through
the middle West and the South, the
buggy and carriage are alike stored
away for three or four months out OF
the year, the roads being in no condl-
tioa for any such vehicles. And even
when the bicycle became so popular,
bicycle riding was confined very large
" to the streets and boulevards, the
most uninteresti1g Of all the ways for
BICYCLES. During the past five years
more attention has been given to good
roads. and now that the automobife
as we'll as the bicycle is here to stay
there will probably be greater deTel-
onr1ent In the so-called country
roads" during the next few years
than has ever been known IN this
country before.
Golf, too, is doing its part II bring
ing the people into the open air and
in touch with country life. 1t Is dill
cult to understand how we have gone
along for so many years with only
one here and there approaching the
beauties in nature that lie almost at
our very door. With the roads along
the Hudson as we'll kept as the roads
along the Rhine the Hudson Will prob
ably be the more popular Of the two
famous scenic roadways.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
ucrnn Fats a Rat Alive.

1t was a proud Gay for the great blue
heron of the Washington Geological
Park when he caught half-grown rat
in his house. The first the Keepers
knew OF it the squealing of the rat
was heard, and then the heron stalked
out of his house with longer. proud
Or strides than usual, and all his feath-
crs raised in glee. The rat was in
his beak and was squealing for dear
life. But the merciless heron strobe
over to the water tank and ducked the
rat several times, and then, While II
was yet alive, swallowed it Whole.
After this he settled down to digest
his dinner. but somehow or other the
meal didn't agree with him, and later
in the day he disgorged the rat only
partly digested. ---.
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LOST GARDEN.
HY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

/ came at last to The western gatewty
That led to the path l longed to climh|
But shadow fell on my spirit straight
way,
For close at my side stood grevbeard Time,
| paused. with feet that We're fain to linger
Hard by that gardens golden gate;
But Time spoke, pointing with che stern
finger;
Pass on" he said, 'for the day grows
late
And now on the chill gray cliffs I wander;
The heights recede which l thought to
find.
And the light seems dim on the mountain
wonder,
When think of the garden left behind.
Should ! stand at last on its summit 8
s2]endor,
know full we'll it would not repay
For the fair lost tnts of the dawn SO ten
der
That crept up over the edge o day.
I would go back, but the ways are wind
ing.
If ways there are to that land. in sooth,
For what man succeeds in ever finding
A path to the garden of his lost youth?
But l think sometimes, when the June
stars giisten,
That a rose-scent drifts from far away;
And | know. when I lean from the cliffs
and listen,
That young laugh breaks on the air like
spray.
New York Journal.
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Your Tongue
FISH WITH WINGS AND BEAK.
A Cyrano de 5ergerac in the Ocean Has
Been Discovered,

Flying-fsh, called by naturalists "Exo-
cateus,' is a common sight to al voy-
ayers in tropical and sub-tropical seas.
Their usual length is from ten 20 twelv"
inches, though one eighteen inches lorg
has recently been described. They are
enabled to execute flying leaps by means
of the great development of their for
ward or pectoral fins. During Fight the
fins are kept quietly distended, without
any motion. Their flight is rapid, great
ly exceeding that of ship going ten
miles an hour, but gradually descreasing
in velocity and rarely extending beyond
a distance Of 500 feet.
Another curious fish is the halfbcak,
which has an extraordinarily long protu-
herance from the end of the lower jaw.
They usually attain a length of about a
loot. Of course, they have not the
power or flight as the hying-6shes have.
Yet naturalists considered them closely
related to the fying-fsh. The relation
sip has been fully confirmed by unique
specimen discovered in the ichthyo-
logical collection of the Academy Of Ma
tural Sciences and named "Hemicxoca-
tus candimactulatus," or "the half fly
ing-fsh with a spotted tail" This Curl
Gus creature, although only little over
an inch in length, is certainly one Of the
most interesting discoveries recently
made in ichthyology. 1t has tail and
large forward fins exactly like the flying
fish, but its head is wholly different, for.
the lower jaw is extended into a beak-
like structure, the mouth being at its
base. In this respect it exactly resembles
the halfbeaks. Hemiexocatus is, there
fore, an intermediate form connecting
two important groups of fishes. and his
advent upon the archaeological horizon
will no doubt, be hailed with much in
terest, as it is just such forms as these
that are needed in geological science to
bridge over gaps in the genealogical his
tory of many animate creatures. The
specimen in question was obtained from
the western coast of Mexico, in the Gull
of California.-PMladclphia Record.
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A WONDERFUL LENS.
It Will Show Light For Thirty Miles
and VIII Cost &24.SoO.

The first order lens for lighthouse
which is mounted in the United States
Treasury Departments exhibit in the
Government Building at the Pan
American Exposition Is the strongest
in the world. 1t is new device. and
IS not yet used by the United States
Government. Cns or two may be
bought for dangerous points peculiar
ly situated. but the lens is so eXpen-
sivc that its general use Is not e1-
warranted to show light for thirty
miles. The cost OF the lens. without
any of the fittings, is $4,000. The
lens is n hollow circular structure.
with q cone-likc top. 1t is eight feet
ten and 4 half inches high. and has
n diameter Of six feet four inches.
The structure consists Of brass
framework into which pieces Of glass
are set. The lower part of the struc-
ture is encircied by eight parallel belts
of glass. each belt being divided into
twtnty-four sections. Above these,
and forming the middle of the Ions.
are sixteen belts Of glass. divided into
the same number of sections. The
conc-like top is encircled by eighteen
belts divided in the same way. Each
piece of glass Is cut so that It radiates
toward common centre. thus con-
centrating the rays on q certain point.
,"herc arc zoos pieces cf glass in the
lens. No pie@e is less than IN inch
thick. and ell except those near the
top are five or six inches lcn.;,. The
whole makes dazlirg array IN the
DAYLIGHT With powerful lamp in
side the lens. there will be few who
viii care to try TO look ut it at night
from any point within the Government
building. 1t is mounted On revolv.
ing platform. which stands Oh base
twelve feet high.
The lamp which is to burn inside the
lens is three feet high. II consists OF
brass can. sixteen inches high and
fourteen inches in diameter. with q
burner six inches in diameter, ard a
globe orc foot high. In the burner
ere six circular wicks one inside the
other. and each controlled by q sep
arate lever. The largest wick could
be slippcd over n fou--inch gun pro-
jectile and the smallest has diameter
of about one inch. The glass of which
the globe is made is q quarter Of an
inch thick.
The mechanism operating the lens
is 50 arranged that the light is flashed
every twenty-four seconds.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
Tried Both Ways.

Sorlc Of the inmates of q Yorkshire
asylum were engaged in saving wood,
and an attendant thought that one old
fellow, who appeared to be working
as hard rs anybody, had not much TO
SHOW for his labor.
Approaching him the attendant soon
discovered the cause Of this. The old
man had turned his saw upside down,
with the teeth in the air, and was
working away with the back OF the
tool.
Here, I say, j." remarked the
attendant, what are you doing? You'll
never cut the wood in that fashion
Turn the saw over"
The old man paused and stared con
temptuously Mt the attendant.
did ia iver try saw this way?' H.
asked.
well, no." replied the attendant
"Of course I haven't"
"Then hod thy noise, mon," was tho
inst}nt rejoinder. "I'vc tried both
ways, 1 hev, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
is t. easiest. ."-London Spare Mo
mcntS
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There was fair green garden sloping
From the southeast side of the mountain
ledge;
And the earliest tint of the dawn came
cropping
Down through lis paths, from the day S
dim edge.
The biucst skies and the reddoSt roses
Arched and varied its velvet sod;
And the glad birds sang, as the soul sup
poses
The angels sing on the hills of God.
I wandered there when my veins seemed
bursting
With lifes rare rapture. and keen delight;
And yet in my heart was constant thirst
ing
For something over the mouptain-height.
I wanted to stand in the blaze of glory
That turned to crimson the peaks OF snow.
And the winds from the west all brcathed
story
OF realms and regions longed to know.
I saw on the gardens south side growing
The brightest blossoms that breathe OF
June
7 saw in the east how the sun was glow
ing,
And the gold air shook with wild birds
tune;
heard the drip of silver fountain.
And the pulse of young laugh tErobbed
with giee;
But still I looked out over the mountain
Where unnamed wonders awaited me.
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n safety Device.

TO provide against the possible seri'
Gus results following the giving out
CT an automobiles brakes while as
cending a hill, says Automobile Top
les, Z French vehicle is provided with
the following device: There is disc
with rachel teeth at the hub of the
wheel. A pawl Is kept suspended
above it By a cord with q ring, the
ring lying in a hook close to the driv-
ere hand. BY unlocking the ring the
pawl falls On the ratchet disc, and
whenever the motion of the wheel Is
reversed the pawl falls into tie teeth
and the wheels cease to revolve. 1t
thus takes effect the moment the We
hicle commences to run backward,
unless the driver purposcly keeps the
pawl suspended.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11
Why They Went Smoothly.

The following story Is told by &
traveller about one Of the local rail.
ways in Ireland:
We were bounding along, he said. at
the rate Of about seven miles an hour
and the whole train was shaking ter
ribly. I expected every moment to sec
ny bones protrulilg through Dy SKID.
Passengers were rolling from one end
of the carriage to the other. l held on
firmly to the arms Of the scat Pres
emily VIC settled down a bit Quietcr-
at least, I could keep my hat on and
nv teeth didn't chatter.
There was a Quict-looEinS man op'
posite me. 1 looked uo with a CHASTITY
smile, wishing to appear cheerful end
said:
1--WE are going a little smoother,
see."
YES" he sale; "wc'rc eff tic line
London Spare Moments.
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sun until the pattern was burned on.
Ny neck looks just as though lot of
little snakes had been painted on it,
and Girloy's arms are all flowers. We
thought we'd have two tattooed per-
formers instead Of one; every old cir
Gus has one. We must have looked
fine as the Tattooed Partners
"You did," said Emma, heartily,
"but, my! how your arms and necks
must hurt, and how they'll hurt to-
morrow. Mine were just awful until
Aunt Sarah put some cold cream Oh
them and bathed them with witch
hazel. You'd better get mamma OF
sister Anna to do it for you right of" u"
ooh, rubbish" cried both boys,
laughing, as they rushed away to get
some of the ice cream Mrs. Sum-
mers was serving on the side lawn
the audience bought the cream for the
benefit of the Fresh-Air Fund, but the
circus performers were to have all
they wanted for nothing. II guess
we can stand it without coddling, kid.
die; we've been in bathing often
enough to know how sun blisters feel.
We're not tender like girls"
But the sun blisters proved little
more severe than the boys had antici'
pated, and that evening Mrs. Sum,
mers. going upstairs for the night, wac
surprised to hear her presence request
ed by Charlie. who had gone to bed
several hours before.
"Say. mamma" he called, softly
won't you put some cold cream OF
witch hazel or something on the back
of my neck? It's smarting just awful
and it won't let me so to Sleep"
Mrs. Curtis, strange to say, was also
called upon to battle and anoint Gil
roy's smarting neck and shoulders be
fore morning, and it was several days
before either of the "Tattooed Part
ners" found it convenient to turn theil
heads suddenly or to lean back in theil
chairs.
"But, dear me! I don't mind the ole
| bliSters," Charlie told his father
couple of days later. They don't hur
so awful much, anyway, and Mr.. Cur
tbs gave us whole dollar for tho
Fresh-Air Fund just on account of thu
'Tattooed PARTNERSHIP said it Wa:
the best turn of the kind Mrs. Curti:
had ever seen-and you gave us anoth
er dollar because of it, and Sister An
na fifty cents. SO we had $3.50 ex
ira to send in, anyway. and that:
worth few sun blisters, isn't it, Gil
roy?'
Well l should think So" answered
Gilroy. feeling the sore spots on th'
back of his neck. Ethel NJ Colson
in the Chicago Record.
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rm and neck. When Charlie saw the

arm and neck. When Charlie saw the
marks on her wrists he shouted ana
rushed off to tell Gilroy.
The next day the two boys, despite
the amused warnings of Mrs. Sum
mers, who had been let into the plot,
borrowed an old lace curtain from Gil
roy's mother, and went off to spot
behind the Curtis barn, q spot where
the sun shone uninterruptedly most
of the day, and where nobody was
likely to interfere witror come upon
them. Th1eircIsa to come off in
the afternoon, and it was decidedly
inconvenient having the manager. the
ticket-taker and two of the star per-
formers absent all morning, but the
final rehearsals were gone through
with somehow without them, and the
two boys turned up all right in time
for dinner. The only thing which
worried Mrs. Summers-Gilroy took
dinner with Charlie that day-was the
fact that neither boy seemed to care
very much about leaning back in his
chair, and that both of them shrunk
from being touched or handled, how
ever gently.
"Ouch!' cried Charlie, sharply, when
his older sister laid her hand on his
shoulder, while Gilroy's romp with
the baby wasn't half so lively as usu-
al. The little fingers seemed to hurt
him whenever they touched his arms
or shoulders.
'.But it worked beautifully" they
presently confded in Mrs. Summers;
''looks fine"
"Isn't it painfulf" asked Mrs. Sum
mers.
'Not very" said both boys together
"And we can fix up with vaseline OF
something after the shows over II
it hurts too much" they explained, as
they went out into the yard again,
with Mrs Summers between them.
"My-looks like snakes" Jessie Cur
tbs heard Charlie saying as she ran
down the back steps just behind him.
but she couldn't quite catch what it
was that looked like snakes.
"And mine like flowers" whispered
Gilroy, while Mrs. Summers smiled
and nodded. But when Jessie asked
for an explanation the boys only
laughed and told her 10 wait until the
circus opened. SO Jessie and the Other
girls were just as curious as could be
and they were decidedly disappointed
as the circus went on. by and by, to
discover nothing at all that looked like
snakes or flowers. And they couldn'1
understand it one bit when Mrs. Sum
HERS rs m"nager in the temporary
absence of Charlie. who took part il
about every third turn" announced
presently that the next number would
De be an acrobatic ,performance hy the
Iattooed Partnefss>' They didn't SEE
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cure. Cancer and Blood Poison.

Contagious blood poison. old eating ulcers,
scrofuls, bone pains, falling hair, mucous
patches, and deadly cancer, running, fester-
ing sores, persistent pimples, cured by D. B. D.
(Dotanic Blood Balm) which kills the poison.
Heals every sore; especially recommended for
old, obstinate cases. Druggists, g. Describe
troubles and trial treatment cent free by writ
ing Dr.. Gillian, II Mitchell st., Atlanta, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11

No matter what oils you, headache to a
cancer, You will never get we'll until your
bowels hro put right. CAscARETs help nature
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
easy natural movements, cost you just lC
cents to start getting your health back. Cas-.
cAEETs Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up
in metal boxes, every tablet has c. c. @.
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1901-07-11

There may be plenty Of room at the top,
bnt some people prefer to get at the bot
:om of things.
Each package of PUTNAM FADELEss DYE
colors either Silk, Wool or Cotton perfectly
at one boiling. Sold by oil druggists.
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? HARLIE SUMMERS and Gil
roy Curtis were getting up a
\ circus in the Summers, back

HARLlE SU NJ MEhS anu ClI-
roy Curtis were getting up a
- circus in the SummerSS back
yard. The price of admission
was to be one penny, end the money
raised was to go to the FreSh-Air
Fund. The shelter tent in which
Mrs. Summers sat out with the baby
when the weather was very hot, had
been given over to them for the week,
and Charles grown-up sister Anna
had promised to get some OF her
grown-up friends to help with the
music. A beautiful circus programme
and menagerie had been arranged,
with the cat for a tiger and Gilroys
big dog for bear. and the only thing
which the boys particularly wanted
was a tattooed boy. Somehow Or
other Gilroy had set his heart upon
having this particular feature, y which
seemed impossible to secure.
Then Charles little sister Emma
went across the lake for a day, and
when she came back she was full of
the funny experience which had hap
pened to her. She had passed most OF
the day in Michigan upon the lake
shore in the blazing sunshine, and
when she took off her dress at night
the pattern of her embroidered shirt
waist had been sunburncd all over her
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Something must bc done md done quickly.
Little neglects brtnr big dissases. When the
eyes are sore or inflamcd us John r. Dickcy )
Old Rria bl- Eyewater. 1t Stops Inflammation
cures r n MI, ted lids. and bringS ease at once.
1t causes absolutely no pain. 25cts D1ckey
Drug Co.. Bristol, Tenn.
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SHE WAS WILLING HE SHOULD
START

START.
Darling" he sighed, IT would 60 to
the end of the world for you. Speak
but the word, and 1 will fee to the utter
most corner of the universe to prove my
DEVOTION"
"Well," smiled the fair young girl,
while the tender light of her soul bask-
ed in lambent radiance in her glorious
eyes, suppose you trot along, Henry.
That new trust magnatc is coming this
afternoon, and l don't want you moon
ing around and spelling good catch"
-Baltmors american.
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1t is tho only euro for Swollen, Snartin;,
Tired, Aching, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corn'
and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foos-Ease. y
powder to be shaken into the shoea> Cures
while you walk. At all Druggists and Shoe
Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE. Address,
Alien S. Olmstel, LeRoy, n. Y.
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1he Pan.Amcr:cnn Expesftion

viii be tie greatest this country bas ever
ssci. Tho ntirc mae nary will be Iua by
power f,rri h d from Niagara Tails. Al
s,ongh the p,pcr required is enormous wo
Lc:i:ve this cataract is c lual to the task, tho
same IS Hostcttcr's Stomach Bitters i, equal
to the task OF snpplvins the body With mo:ivc
power when it is IN Gown. TEero is TO
medicine in the world so good fo- dyspepsia,
Indigestion, O s:ipaion, natulency and ner-
vousncss. Try it.
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DR.. Graham, of Teatucky, who lived to DO
ono hundred years Old attributed his lcns life
and freedom r. ,m illness to the use OF Crab
Cr hard Wat>r. It was lis only medicine.
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EcSt For tho Bowels.

It's a good thing to swallow your pride,
provided you can digest it.
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A CcntenariEn.

The Bank of France compels customers
checking out money to accept at least one
fifth in gold coin.
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Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup for children
tcething, soften tho gums, reduces innamms-
tion, allays pain, cures wind collie. 2oc ootslo
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lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion has ON equal for coughs and colds:-JoaS OH
I. BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. 10, lsVo.
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FITS permanently cured. No cts or nervous
rcss after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorcr. - trial bottle and treatise FREQ
Dr. r IL KLINE Ltd G31 Arch St. Phila. 9
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Virtue is it's own reward. but some few
people are good because they really like
fo l,e
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Conductor E. D. Lcomis, Detroit, Mich,
eoy,: "Ths effect Of Halls Catarrh euro Is
wonderful" Write him about It. Sold by
Druggists, 75c.