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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
A MOST WONDERFUL COUNTRY.
Said to be the Greatest Farming Land
on Earth-A Beautiful Townsite
10 Ono Selected for Fitz-
gerald, Oklahoma.

Fitzgerald, o. T., Jan. 27, 1902.
Messrs. Perry & Dowden, Oklahoma
City, o. T.
Gentlemen: We take pleasure in
stating that We took stock in the lands
and city lots opened up in the Old
Fort Supply Reservation in Woodward
County by the Fitzgerald Land Co., at
Oklahoma City on Jan. %, and were
present and witnessed the drawing that
took place at that time. We found the
drawing was conducted absolutely on
the square. After the drawing we Wis
tied the new town of Fitzgerald and
also inspected the lands that were
drawn. We found the town on the
most beautiful rise OF ground, over
looking the two rivers, with perfect
drainage. The country tributary is
we'll adapted to the various crops
wheat, oats. kafflr corn, corn, broom
corn, castor beans, and the bottom
lands and valleys will produce good
Indian corn and the finest alfalfa.
Wheat and fruit of every kind will
grow to perfection. There is wide
range Of country from which to draw
support for the town. We found many
people arranging to engage in business
in Fitzgerald. We found that the pur-
est and most abundant soft water that
will prove of wonderful benefit to all
and especially those who may suffer
from kidney or bladder troubles. We
feel confident that the town is des-
tined to be one OF the finest health re-
sorts in the United States.
We found our lands all satisfactory,
and also all the land that was put in
the drawing. Taking everything into
consideration, we found the situation
even better than we had expected, and
believe that those who have dealings
with the Fitzgerald Land Company
will receive fair and honest treatment
throughout. There Is not man in our
party who would take back his money
for what he drew, in either lots or
lands. Respectfully,
B. M. Dawson, Marshall, Ill.
C. L. Burnside, Dolson, III.
Samuel Mooney, Clemens, Iowa.
Ernest Howell, Marshall, III.
D. G. Day, Marshall, III.
C. w. Mcconnell, Greensburg, Ind.
w. F. Jones, Eaton, Ohio.
]. E. Nay, Marshall, III.
J. E. Mcconnell, Forney, Texas.
Fred Nixon, Belyidere, III.
John Oberhaler. Belvidere, III.
N. N. Smith, Peoria, III.
Jno. Laabs, Oshkosh, Wis.
W. F. Cleveland, Oklahoma City.
Chas. Abendroth, Oklahoma City.
]. Kanngiesser, Eason. o. T.
J.P. Candy, Fort Supply, O. T.
D. ]. Davidson, Marshall, Ill.
J. w. Yates, Beardstown, Ill.
Oklahoma City Times-JournaL
Full information as to price Of land,
etc., may be obtained from w. T.
Saunders, corner Pryor and Decatur
streets, Atlanta, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
A Lapland Clock.

Perhaps it Is not realized by many
persons that in the higher ATTITUDES
clocks become more and moro a con-
ycnience, if they are not a prime neceS-
sity to the housekeeper. When the
sun is above the horizon for weeks to-
cether there is little difference to I've
noted between day and night. An Eng
lish traveller describes clock he met
with in Lapland:
IAN ordinary solid clock docs not
take the Laplander's eye. lie likes
something flimsy, and If possible, some
thing novel.
"At one place, hung on peg driven
into the logs OF the wall, we were con-
demned to gaze hourly upon the eX-
asperating device Of a dentifrice ad-
vertisement connected with clock. In
this smiling young person drew
toothbrush br!skly across beautiful!
set Of cardboard teeth between every
tick.
Il was much wishful for sleep and
forsetfulness, but neither would come.
Hour after hour 1 was condemned to
lie awake and stare at the toothbrush
clock, and to read the legend, printed
in my native tongue, that it was made
in Germany and that the dentifricc
was put Up in neat packets, priced six
pence, or one shilling, and that it could
be had of any chemist with the least
presumption to call himself respccta-
be.
II argued at the time that the clock
had drifted far from the land to which
the ingenious advertiser had destined
it, seeing that the letter-press was
English, and that tho Laplanders do
not use toothpowder, even 1t they
could have read about it."-Iouth's
COmDaniOn.
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Set Your Watch by a Star.

glitch your wagon to star" said
Emerson. Set your watch by a star,
saws w S. Harwood in the St. Nichol-
as.
You must set your watch by a star
If Won wish to be up with the times,
these days. Out of the vast number
of stars in the heavens, and visible to
the eye at night and out of the much
greater multitude that celestial pho
toeraphy Is bringing forth on its nesa.
tlyes. there are some 600 that may
be depended upon, stars that have so
long been watched by the astronomers
that they are known to be practically
inyariable. Any one of these you may
set your watch by, but it would be
rather a difficult thing for you to pick
out the star you wanted yourself, AMI
even if you should select the right
cne, you would not be likely to know
lust how to 60 to work t. regulate
yur time-piece.
For about two centuries seest OF
these 600 stars have been under the
critical eyes of the astronomers, who
have measured their exact places n
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Chinese (hildren'a Games.


1t is interesting, while American
boys and girls are playing their games
and enjoying their sports, to read of
the enjoyment the children of other
countries have. Chinese boys and
girls, for instance, have their games
that they play with just as much en-
thusiasm as do their western cousins.
One of these is "the hawk catching
young chickens" The children stand
one behind the other, having the larg-
est boy to protect them from the
hawk. The hawk, the child who, as we
say in most games, is 'he," comes to
catch the chickens; but the line
swings back and forth and the pro
tector keeps between the brood and
the hawk.
Another game is pointing at the
moon or stars" The children form
themselves into ring, with one of
their number blindfolded in the CEN
tre. The ring moves around, the
players singing. The ring stops, and
the boy in the centre points. The per-
son toward whom he points must take
his place blindfolded in the centre.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
A Telephone Meter.

A patent for an invention by which
the actual length of the time that a
telephone is used on any occasion can
be MEASURE, so that the company may
charge the subscriber only for the &C.
tual service he has had, has been re-
Gently obtained by Thomas Baret OF
sydney. New South Wales. A sub
scriber who, in the course of day,
should use the telephone for an hour
would pay for that length of time, and
not the same amount as another sub
scriber would pay who would perhaps
u-e his telephone several hours each
day. The telephone meter" consists
of a clockwork mechanism which Is
quiet when the telephone is not In use.
but which begins to move the moment
the receiver is lifted from the hook,
and 80 registers the length OF time the
instrument is employed. The appara'
tus Is so arranged that the up-and-
down movement of the lever switch
winds ND the clockwork. A dial plate
indicates how long the telephone has
been in use.
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face of the food water but the little
lateral ridges Of the rice burrows.
There was no shelter.

face Of the food water but the little
lateral ridges Of the rice burrows.
There was 10 shelter.
"Br-rr-rS," sang the Mauser bullets,
splashing the dirty water as they
skinned like hot hail into the wet Six
sharpshooters We're fuddling in the
water.
Tim Scully WAS out in front and
"Chig" Taylor. the sergeant, carrying
his load, was on his flank.
"Chig,' growled the soldier, I'm
goin' to stand up and shoot back"
Lay down behind the rice ridges
and shoot" yelled the rcd-headed SER
geant.
"Not me-" retorted the stubborn
Scully. II didn't lay down for the sore
foot, and I'd rather die than walk to
Gagri."
"Br-rr-r-r," sang the bullets.
The men Of the advance sought the
cover of the adjacent jungle.
Say, CHG" grumbled Scully, lev
cling his rifle at the dim, gray row Of
stunted trees when the rattle of rifles
sung; "say, CHG"
Eyes, Tim," said Taylor, the ser
geant.
If I git it here, CHG"
"Bing, bing," went his rife.
"If l git it here, CHG will you drag
me out? I don't want to fall into them
savages' hands"
Tie skirmish line had fallen back
behind the river trenches now. "Chig"
Taylor and Scully were out. knee-deep
in the water all alone. The water
about them was splashing with rain
of Tagal bullets. Then Scully went
down in the mire with a grunt.
Its come, CHG" he growled;
they've hit me. Remember, I don't
want no bolo business in mine"
And then he sloughed over in the
mud, and "Chig" Taylor, the red-head-
ed sergeant, lay down in the water be-
side him.
Then Helery and the battalion came
up. But one rifle was speaking from
the floor of the flooded field
The Tagals were screaming delight
from the ambush. They had numbers
and guns and position.
"Wno is that fool in the open?'
yelled Helery, riding to the verge Of
the field.
Taylor, sir" said corporal, touch
ing his hat. "'Chig' Taylor, sir. He's
standing off a whole brushful Of Ia
gals"
And when the battalion charged
across the submerged ricefeld waist
high and shouting, they found little
Taylor q sorry wreck. He was lip
deep in the dirty water, but his rifle
was speaking at weary intervals. His
jaw hung down, bloody and broken,
bis forehead streamed with muddy
blood.
"Taylor. you jackass, get out Of
this?' roared Helery as the battalion
swept out and cleared the brush.
"What are you doing here alone?"
"Lookin' after Scully," said the little
sergeant, standing up at salute, and
dragging out Of the mire a soldiers
cap. Hes here, major. He's here in
the mud, an be died as brave as Law
ton'r amy O. them"
And after that Taylor, the little red
headed sergeant, Taylor the black
guard, Taylor the mischief-maker, was
the model man Of the Thirty y-second.-
John H. Raftery, in the Chicago Rec
ord-Hera}d.
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One we'll known firm of publishers
runs a good deal of its business OH the
following lines: 1t secures popular
novelist, offers him so much for his
next book. and then forms little syn
dicate in the city to share the expense
A new book by popular author is a
considerably safer investment than
many newly discovered gold Mines
Literature.
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The Heat Of Australia.

Australia is the hottest country on
record. :, L, have ridden for miles
astride the equator, but 1 have never
found heat to compare with this. Out
in the country in the dry times there
appears to be little more than a sheet
Of brown paper between you aud the
lower regions, and the people facetious
ly say that they have to feed their
hens cracked Ice to keep them from
laying boiled eggs.-Sydney Telegraph
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NO UPRISING THERE.

Elderly Gent (clinging to strap)-
There are a good many conditions at.
fecting our governmental system to.
day that are very oppressive and their
continuance may some day lead to a
popular uprising.
Lady (also on the standing commit
tee)-Perhaps, but-(with withering
glances at male occupants of the
seats)-you would never look for 1t to
begin In a street car.-Richmond Dis
patch.
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n OW you can tell aDout d
mans courage, his aptitude
for "heroism' nor his psyche
logical possibilities by his size
Or complexion. Take "Chis" Taylor
for instance. He was the smallest,
red-headedest, ugliest, "ornieriest' SOL
dier in the Thirty-second Regiment.
From the time the command left the
Preside till after the surprise and
massacre Of Calignac lie never did
have any standing with lieuterants.
captain or colonel. In fact. he spent
half his time in the guardhouse. and
was known in the brigade as a trou-
ble-maker and insubordinate.
When Colonel Gary, Of the Thirty
second, got orders to send 4 battalion
around by. the Cocooan River to Gasnt,
and to make a connection with the
Seventh Artillery en- route, "Chig'
Taylor was a happy man and good
soldier. What he needed was action,
and here was the first chance he had
since he landed in Manila. First he
got away from the bad influence o.
the cheap groggeries Of the archipel-
ago, and, second, he had sick COM
rade on his hands. Tim Scully was his
,"bunky," and "Chig" knew all about
his record in the States. Tim had
"done time' back in the States. but in
spite of that he had been good SOL
dier, and had split rations with the
hungry "Chig." That's good deal.
, If you're a soldier you know what
half-portion Of beans and salt horse
means.
So "Chig," in his rude, humble, law
breaking way, loved Tim Scully and,
because Tim was sick and had blis-
ter on his foot as big as paper dollar.
carried his pack to Taglac and beyond.
Perhaps you have never seen the rainy
season in the Philippines. The town
streets are stagnant rivers Of yellow
slush, knec-deep, putrescent and bad
for the strenuous walker. The rice
fields are lagoons Of Shiny soapsuds.
1t is not good for the pleurisy, 1t is bad
for sore feet, it is terror for the weary.
And Tim Scully was stuffed with pleu-
risy and he was tired. Therefore
"Chig" Taylor, the regimestat black
sheep, carried his pack, split break
fasts with him and drew his rations.
Il everybody hated "Chig." He was
the smallest man in the regiment.
Red-headed, freckied, quarrelsome,
lazy and arrogant, he had all the be-
setting sins of the despised rookie
and none of his virtues, for he was
economical, yoracious as to his food,
jealous of his honor and moral In the
fine sense.
"Chig'' was a sergeant and so thor
oughly despised that when there was
sink digging or garbage moving to be
done he was the elect, the chosen one.
He was in the habit Of roasting his
colonel, cursing his captain and belit-
Ting his leutenants to that degree
that the men with shoulder straps be-
gan to suspect stinging hurts from the
rear. Nothing was put past" ''Chig'
Taylor.
"That fellow will land in post pri-
son." said Lieutenant Campfeld, the
West Pointer. "He has q bad heart
and q mean, yellow eye"
And so when X Company and the
rest of the battalion was sent round
by the Cocooan River, Taylor, the
"freckled sergeant" got all the dirty
work. Every commissioned whipper-
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CONSISTENT.

(Which season do you prefer" ask
ed the friend, summer or winter?"
1T all depends" answered Mr..
Sirius Barker, as he unwound muffier
from his neck. "In summer l prefer
winter and in winter l prefer sum.
mer."-Washingto Star.
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IN THE BOOK STORE.

"Here's an article,~ said the poet,
(which says that poetry isn't read
now"
"Yes; and ! think know the rea.
son."
"Out with it them"
Its because it isn't written!"
Then the poet said it looked like
rain, but he hoped it would clear up
ere long-Atlanta Constitution.
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MRS. JENNIE E. o,DONNELL,

MRS. JENNIE E. O'DONNElL,
President of Oakland Woman's Riding Club.
the wonderful curative value OF Lydia
F.. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound. For eight years l had female
trouble, falling Of the womb and other
complications. During that time was
more or less of an invalid and not much
good for anything, until one day !!
found a book in my hall telling OF
the cures you could perform. ! became
interested; bought a bottle OF Lydia
E. PinkhaE's Vegetable Conn
pound and was helped; l continued Its
use and in seven months was cured, and
since that time have had perfect
health. Thanks, dear Mrs. Pinkham
again, for the health now enjoy.
Mrs. JENNIE O'DeNEELL. 27s East 51st.
ST. Chicago, Ill. - $4,000 forfeit y aSoos
tsstfuoniai Is not genuine
Women suffering from any
form of female ills can be cured
By Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. That's sure.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick Wo.
men free. Address, Lynn Mass.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
Spirituslism Declining,

It has been the general observation that
for some years past spiritualism has been In
O. gradual decline. This Is the Law with every
thing that Is not founded on true merit: The
reason Hostetter's Stomach Bitters has been
recognized as the leading family medicine
during the past fifty years Is because 1t IS
founded on true merit, and has always been
found reliable in cases Of indigestion, dys-
pepsia, constipation and biliousness. Try Q
bottle and satisfy Yourself.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
He Wasn't Surprised.

"see here, l found two pebbles In
the milk bowl yesterday"
I'm not surprised, maam. The
water is very low just now in the
brook where the cows drink. -
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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W. C. Mccall, Granville, o., writes: II find
your Tetterine to be q marvelously good
thing for skin diseases" SOC. box from
J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga, II your drug
Sist don't keep it.
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ATTRACTIONS.

Dorothy-"Was the intellectual
evening at Mrs. Woppers a success,
Barbara?"
Barbara-"Oh, it was delightful,
Dorothy. We had bride and groom.
two rich old bachelors. twenty-thrce-
year-old college professor and a six
weeks widower. ."-Detroit Free Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27

Nomatter what ails you, headache to can
Ger, you will never get well until your bowels
are ut right. CAscAnETs help nature, cure
you without q gripe or pain, produce easy
natural movements, cost you just 10 cents to
start getting your health back. CAscARETs
Candy Cathartic, the genuine, put up IN metai
boxes, every tablet has C. C. C. stamped on
It. Beware of limitations.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
Swings OF Little 70 k..

"Why, Tommy, You are putting on
your stockings wrong side out"
Il know it, mamma. There's hole
ON the other side"
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0hfo Knows Tetterine.

1t takes strong man to hold his tongue.
Cork weights fifteen pounds per cubic
foot, gold ll55 pounds. 80.
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The Russians, who are supposed to
be great tea-drinkers, do not use as
much tea per head of the population
as do the people Of the United StateA
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27

Lord Breadalbanc is the owner OF the
finest vine in Europe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27
Robin and { harlie.

NODin ana narile
Who 80 mild and good as Creeping Charlie,
Playing gently in his rarden-bed?
When across the hedge, in sudden parley,
Ragged Robin thrus,s his tousled head.
"Hi, You house plant! Amt you allus
wishin'
You could join US other fellow some?
Here's Joe Pyc and are Goin' fshin'
Down TO Spalterdock's. Dye want to
Gomez"
II the yellow head Was saSely shaken
At the tousled red one. saw not I;
But know the course would have taken,
Had Rob asked me, jogging stadIy by.
-Christan Register.
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by local applications as they cannot reach the
diseased portion OF the ear. There Is only one
way to cure deafness, and that Is by consti-
tutional remedies. Deafness Is caused by an
inlamed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustacbian Tube. When this tube Is In
famed you have rumbling sound or fmper,,
feet hearing. and when 1t is entirely closed
Deafness Is tho result, and unless the infan-
nation can be taken out and this tube re-
stored to it's normal condition, hearing will
be destroyed forever. Nine cases out OF ten
are caused by catarrh, which Is nothing but an
inflamed condition of the mucous surface.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Cir
culars sent free. F.J.CHENEY Co., Toledo, O.
Sold By Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Japan now possesses the heaviest and
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FIT5 permanently cured. No fits or Dervous-
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. s2trial bottle and treatisefree
r.R.u. KLINE. Ltd. 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27

In Algeria the native population has al
most doubled in less than fifty years, rising
from 2,307 900 in 1876 to 4,07l GOO.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27

PuTSAM's FADELEss DYE produces the fast
est and brightest colors Of any known dye
stuff. Sold by oil druggists.
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lor. Were from the same State. the
same county and the same town, an
the good Lord knows amt got no rep
utation to waste. Have YOU"
The day after Major Helcry left
without his re-enforcements he was
ordered back to headquarters, but he
didn't get the message. When the or
derly rode out six miles after him he
vas twenty miles into the jungle, and
Tim Scully was still talking about
laying down." "Chig," the red-head-
ed ne. er-do-well was carrying the load.
1t was Friday night that the Thir-
ty-second entered Calignac and drove
the Tagals, 400 strong, out of the VII
lase. Beyond the village lay rows on
rows Of stunted brush, and the Hotch-
kisses would have come in handy, but
not having them Major Hclery pushed
on, every officer ana man carrying 4
rife and all loaded to the guards with
extra cartridges.
AS usual, CHG Taylor and his as
sociates, 1.-THE meanest gang In the reg
imcnt," were pushed forward to do
scout duty. Each day they found
themselves from one to five miles
ahead of the column. 1t was on Tues
day, four miles to the front, that they
ran into Del Casco, the half breed, with
400 Tagals, well armed and sure Of
their superior knowledge OF the jun
giles "Chig" Taylor was admittedly
the crack shot of his company. Scully,
Tim, the man with the bad foot, was
his only rival. They were coming, for
ty of them, the advance guard OF Ma
ior Helery's expedition, across a sub
merged rice field when the Tagals
opened up.
Nothing showed above the level sur-
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

A musical education isn't necessary to
sing your own praises.
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Ou. OF twenty blind people eleven are
men, nine women.
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A girl of sixteen is apt to think her soul
is yearning for something when what really
is the matter with her is that she's hungry.
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See advertisement Of EE-M Catarrh euro In
another column the best remedy made.
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The skeleton measures one inch less than
the height OF the living man.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-02-27

Teacher-If four boys have 20
peaches and 80 apples what will each
have?
Bright Boy-Cholrer morbus,-
Motherhood
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Tyner's Dyspepsia Remedy Cures 1ndi-
gestion and Dyspepsia. At Druggists, toc
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"Pa., what is philosopher"
"a philosopher, Jimmie, is man
who thinks he has got through being
a fool"
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Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever used
for all affections Of throat and lungs.-Wa.
D. ENDsLEY, Vanburen, Ind, Feb. 10, 1900.
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Halls Family Pills are the best
Best For tho Bowels.

Japan now possesses the heaviest and
finest batt!cship afoat, the Mikasa, OF
1920 tons displacement.