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Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06

College Idiot Tin the lunchroom)-
There's one thing can say about these
sandwiches.
Kind FrienG-Whats thatg
College Idiot-That they're college
bred.--Coumbia Jester.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06
Tinkled 10 Death

Thirty-six divorces granted in FIVE
hours. Now will Chicago believe that
Philadelphia is progressive?- Philadel
phia North American.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06
gain when lunch was over.

again when lunch was over.
She did not even smile when she
was told OF the privilege; it seemed to
the poor, oyerworked, overburdened
girl, that it was too late for anything,
except to wish that she were ready 10
die
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06
a Ten-Aera Hix,,

Jerusalem in miniature is to be re-
produced at the worlds fair. for which
ten acres have been allotted.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1903-08-06

$50 you are to be our maide. said
Mabel, whea Florence timidly pre-
scented herself. Mamma must please
herself. OF course: but do not think
it a very sensible arrangement. | hope
you will keep your place"
Il will try my best to please you"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
SECRET OF DIGESTION.
Experiments on Dog Produced Curl.
GUS and Interesting Results.

Experiments on Dog Produced Curl.
Gus and Interesting Results.
Some experiments on q dog con,
cerning the effects Of personal liking
for various foods on the digestion were
recently made by we'll known scient-
ist. The results are curious and in.
teresting.
It was found that the articles Of
diet which the animal was particular
ly fond of met with a great flow of the
gastric juices, and were accordingly
digested better and more quickly. For
purposes Of observation the gullet Of
the dog was cut in sections and fixed
to the neck, so that the food it ate
fell through; the stomach Of the ami
nal was also divided into two por-
tons, into one of which no food was
allowed to enter, the other being sup
piled only with the food necessary to
life.
If some tempting dainty was held
before the dog and he evinced the
usual signs Of pleasure in the expected
treat, it was noticed that at once the
stomach juices sprang into play, al
though the food when swallowed did
not reach the stomach at ali. On the
other hand, If he was fed with some
thing which he evidently did not have
any preference for there was no ac-
tion Of the gastric fluid.
Also, more curious still, when food
was introduced. unknown to the ami
nal. into the working half of his stom.
ach it lay there absolutely dry and
untouched b. the digestive juices for
several hours, even though the food
were Of the most digestible sort.
All of which proved conclusively
that mere thought or favorable brain
action of any sort concerning the food
eaten not only assisted the digestion,
but partly caused it. Professor Paw
low, who made the experiments, thinks
this partly, at least, explains why men
of letters are often dyspeptic. Their
minds are busy with things far re-
moved from their dinners when they
are eating. The connection between
the nerve which sends the important
message down to the digestive ma
chinery below for more oil and the
patient engineer of nutrition is cut
off. So when unexpected orders for
deglutition come piling in upon them
they are not ready and the work is
bungled.-New York Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
AYERS q Purist to the End,

Those who have followed the more
special dramatic publications of the
last two decades will remember the
informing contributions Of DR.. Alfred
Ayers, who las an authority on pro-
nunciation and kindred subjects. He
died last month at the age of seventy
five years, and many quaint reminls-
censes of the old scholars passion for
purity Of speech are creeping into print.
The doctor-the real name of the purlst
of purists was Thomas Embley Osmun
let the hobby of correct speech and
pronunciation so grow upon him that
he fell into the habit of picking friends
up for faults in the course Of CONVEX
sation, and even gave evidence OF the
ruling passion on his deathbed. IN
Bellevue Hospital, New York, one OF
his pupils, a young woman from CleTe-
land, Ohio, who came on to help IN
nursing him, undertook to divert MS
mind by referring to the proper way OF
reciting Hamlet's advice to the players,
and giving the passage IN an lnten-
tional monotone. Immediately the dy-
ing elocutionist reused himself, and,
protesting that the rendition was exc
cradle, then and there gave 1t with all
his old expression and vigor. An in
stance of how the serious pursuit OF
perfection may involve a momentary
loss of the safeguard of humor was
furnished when DR.. Osmun walked into
the offices of his publishers one day
and asked for a member Of the firm.
The clerk, strangely venturesome in
such a presence, replied that the man
wanted had "few de COOP" Young
man." cried the habitual mentor grave
". 'syou should say he has flown the
on0n,O
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
What Football Is.

When a human catapult, in leather
helmets and dirt-smeared canvas suits,
springs suddenly and with terrific mo-
mentum at you through hole in the
line, you grit your teeth and dive in
to stop it. If you bring down your
man you can jump back to your place
behind the line, with the bleachers
rafting, and feel that you have done
what was expected of you. But il you
missed your tackle and merely stopped
the avalanche by rolling under it, you
limp back to your position with just
as many bruises and with the coaches
Yelling "rotten" at you. After two
steaming, aching twenty-tive-minute
halves of that sort Of thing YOU go
back in your special car to the gym
and Get a call-Icwn from the trainer.
That's football. It's pluck mostly.
Without that 10 amount of mere brute
muscle is worth anything at sll.-
Frank Leslies Popular Monthly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Uncle Sam,a Business Methods.

The Postofice Department Of the
United States was considered good
deal of an institution before the Civil
War. In 1852 its receipts were $6,ooO,-
600. In 1862 they were $500, ,G0O
Last year they c.S121, 100000. The
receipts of the department have treblcd
since 1882. They have increased $780,
100000 in ten years, and in the same
time the annual deficit has fallen from
sGO00,0O0 to S2,OOO,O0O. These are big
figures on a big subject. If the abuses
in the postal business can be reformed,
no difficulty will be experienced In
making receipts and expenditures bal
ance. Congress should deal promptly
with postal affairs. They touch the
welfare of the people at many i'm
portant points.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
crot
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
CUATEMALA'S LOSS.
Tho Damage to tho Coffee Plantations by
Volcanic Dust Not Permanent.

Thousands of acres Of the best coffee
plantations Of Guatemala have been
covered by volcanic dust to 4 depth of
several feet in the recent crupuons.
A. reports speak OF the plantations rs
being completely ruined.
The loss is very heavy, for it Will
take some years to bring a new let OF
coffee trees into bearing. But it would
not be correct to infer that the fertil-
ty Of the buried region is permanently
impaired.
Volcanic soils are among the best in
the world They contain large sup
plies of the salts that make plant food.
The mountain districts of Scotland,
formed mostly Of old crystalline rocks,
afford very poor soil. This is the prin-
cipal reason why the Highlands OF
Scotland are not turned to good &C.
count. Here and there. however, are
small areas covered with the outpour-
ing Of volcanoes which became extinct
long ages ago. Where these outpour-
found there arc areas Of fertility, green
islands among the heather and moss
on the almost barren Highland slopes.
It was written centuries ago. III the
days Of Milton and Tasso. that the
peasants living on the slopes Of Vesu-
vius were fearless and cheerful even
when they saw the lava flowing from
its summit They had forgotten the
tragedy of Pcmpeii. They could tell
about how far and how fast the lava
would move and they rctreated before
it without haste.
They knew that the lava would work
some damage for the time, but that
soon after it had cooled they would
again cover the fields over which it
had passed with rich vineyards and
sweet flowers. The lavas of Eesuvlus
are rich in the elements of fertility.
It is just so with the lava fields OF
our OWN country. One Of the greatest
OF them is in Arizona. extending from
the San Francisco Mountains south
this region is covered with one of the
finest growths of trees in the Terri
tory. The decomposition of lava blocks
mixed with the other needed elements
provides a soil that is very favorable
to vegetation. A large area in the
northwestern part of the country is
covered with lava, and if it is ever
found feasible to irrigate this region 1t
will be among the finest areas of tillage
in the land.
While Guatemala has suffered great
loss for a time, the ruin of which all
the cablegrams have spoken will not
be of a permanent nature. 1t is only
the improvements Of the day that have
been ruined.
A few years more, unless further
outbursts occur, will see the region
restored to it's past prosperity as one
Of the best coffee districts in thu
World.-New York Sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Rabbit-Ridden California.

It is reported that the importation
of Belgian hares in such vast numbers
threatens California with the same
danger which menaced Australia. They
are over-running tie whole country
to such an alarming extent that 8
bountyy-haaas- been offered in some coun'
ties for their skins.
This is due partly to over-importation
and partly to their great fecundity-
which, by the way, reminds one Of the
small boy, who, frowning over his
school task, "wished he was a Belgian
hare, cause he'd heard they multiplied
rapidly"
At any rate, they have multiplied too
rapidly for the peace of mind Of the
California rancher whose crops suffer
from the constant depredations OF the
mischievous animals.
A way out of the difficulty might De
suggested in a recent statistical report
to the effect that millions Of rabbits
are slaughtered every year in the Brit
ish Islands and Australia for their
fur, which is used in making felt hats.
Tremendous numbers Of these skins
are sent yearly to- hat manufacturers in
the United States, after being first
sent to Continental Europe to be
plucked of the long hairs which are
useless in felt making, This is done by
cheap hand labor, competent machinery
to perform that work remaining stiA In
the limbo of the uninvented.
When the skins finally arrive here
they are shaved of their close fur
which then goes to the felter. 1t surely
seems as if there must be some eco
nomic method Of bridging this gulf
between so obvious an oyer-supply and
an equally great demand for the home
product rabbit skins.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
A QUALIFIED PROPOSAL

Arabella's eyes wandered wistfully
along the shore to the rocky promon-
tory where the great lighthouse
stood.
How beautiful it is!" she said to
Jim Lackpenny, who sat beside her.
do you know, Jim, before die l be-
lieve d like to keep lighthouse some
where. 1t must be a weird, wild life. "
"Arabella," he responded, 1T is a
weird, wild life, but if it had ever oc-
Cured to me that this sort of thing
was at all in your line l should long
ago have begged you to become my
wife and go light housekeeping with
me-"
Silence and the lap of the waves
New York Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
APoTHEosIs OF sPAlN's SPORT.
r. II. Davis Says the 9oyaI Bull Fight
Was a Fair Fiuht With no Favor

r. H. Davis Says the Royal Bull! Fight
Was Fair Fight With no Favor
On this occasion amateurs Of the
crack cavalry regiments acted as plea
dors, and were mounted on thorough
bred polo ponies. The riders wore no
protecting armor, and their ponieh
were not blindfolded. They attacked
the bull only after he had first charg-
ed them, and then their aim was to
kill him from in front by thrust of
a spear over his horns and down to his
heart, and at the same instant to lift
their ponies out of danger. The blade
Of each lance was sufficiently long to
reach the heart, but the staff was too
brittle to serve as any protection to
the man who carried it. The officers
gave an exhibition, which was CON-
bination of tert-pegging and polo, with
mad bull weighing thousand
pound and armed with horns two feet
long. as the tent-peg, or the pdo-ball.
But they reached his heart, success
fully escaping from the points of the
horns by less than three inches. It
was the most reckless and sportsman.
like performance imaginable. The
work of the professional picador in
comparison was as sportsmanlike as
that of the man who sticks pigs at
rork-packer's and about as dangerous.
In the game as played by the off,
GERS, which is the game as it was play
ed when bull-fighting was limited to
the farms and ranches, the man actu
ally does stake his life against the life
Of the animal. FIe has no advantage
over it; his lance is no sharper than
it's horns, and when the bull makes
one of it's sudden, furious dashes, no
pony is more swift. Also the man Of
fers the bull a target as large as his
pony and himself, while he, in order
to kill, must hit a mark on the bulls
back no larger than a playing-carc.
And the only moment when he can
strike Is when he is directly in front
of the bull, and it has it's head lowered
and is charging him. His is certainly
a generous proposition-a clean, fair
fght.-From "The Gentle Art Of Bull
Fighting" by Richard Harding Davis
in Scribner's.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
PART OF THE BLUFF.

why" she finally ventured to
falter, do you look so sad when we
are sitting thus?"
Because" he answered, gazing tend
erly down into her troubled eyes, %
man always looks sad when he holds
lovely hand"
She was something reassured, al.
though she did not altogether under
stand.-New York Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
A National Highway.

The first step has been taken toward
the construction Of boulevard be-
tween Chicago and New York. 1t Is
possible that the next ten years may
see the construction Of such road, and
the time may not be far distant when
the long talked Of transcontinental
highway from the Atlantic to the Pa
cifc will be built.
That is something that should be
done, and the Gazette about a year ago
pointed out that some multi-millionaire
like Andrew Carnegie could gain undy.
ing fame and the gratitude Of millions
of his countrymen by founding a fund
that would build the highway. A Chi
cago man has started in his automobile
to spy out the lay Of the land for the
new boulevard, and the people along
the proposed route are becoming enthu-
sisastic over it. In 1926 the Govern
ment expended a large sum Of money
in starting a highway from Washing
ton, D. c., to st. Louis. The idea back
Of it, of course, was to make the stag
ing easier for the Congressman who
would have to travel from the South
and West to the capital every year,
and facilitate the carrying Of the mails.
The advent of the railroad era sudden
~ changed that.
Automobiling and bicycling are doing
much toward calling the attention of
the American people to the necessity
for good roads, and there will shortly
be a great awakening on the subject.
The class of people who own automo-
biles are the class who can usually
force legislation, and they will attend
to the roads proposition. A great boule-
ward across the continent, aside from
its usefulness, would prove a practical
example Of good roads to the residents
Of rural districts that they could not
overlook. k.-Colorado Springs Gazette.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
REASON FOR DELAY.

"But if you love me, Madeline, why
set the happy day two years away?'
Because, Horace, it will take me
fully that long to use up my mono
gram stationery"
For you can't get letter paper en-
bossed unless you buy lot OF it.
Newark News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
GRATIFYING Advances.

The good roads movement is max
ing important and gratifying advances,
but a competent expert who recently
inspected the chief tEoroughfares be-
tween New%York and Buffalo says that
most of them are sill rough and un.
even and rutty. The richest State in
the Union is not yet DOING all it should
do for good roads.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Tired of Themselves.

It is incorrect to say that one is tired
of life. People expressing themselves
that way mean they are tired of them
selves es-NeW York News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

About 1000 diamond workers in Amster-
dam are out of work.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

Fiso's Cure is the best medicine we ever used
for ell affections of throat and lungs.-WM.
q. ESDsLEY, Tanburen, Ind, Feb. TO- 1900.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

Mrs. misunderstanding Syrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces indamma-
ton ,allays pain cures wind collie. 25c. bottle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Her Income.

The ambitious woman always speaks
of her allowance as her income.-New
York Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous
ness after first days use Of DR.. Klile's Great
NerveRestorer. So trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. B.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

At St. Augustine, Fla, is the only mill
in the world that gets its power direct
from an artesian well.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
Catarrh Cannot Ee Cured

With local applications, as they cannot reach
the seat Of the disease. Catarrh is blood
or constitutional disease, and iE order to cure
it you must take internal remedies. Halls
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts
directly on tho blood and mucous surface.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not .quack medicine.
It was prescribed by one Of the best physi-
clans in this country for years. and is reg
ular prescription, It is composed Of the
best tonics known, combined with the bess
blood purifiers, acting directly On tho mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combination o.
the two ingredients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free.
FL. CHENEY & Co., Props, Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, price. 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

If she is frugal even the old maid can
husband her resources.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

Some people run into debt and others
claim they are pushed in.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

4 OLD TIE EK5yOIl rs
80 .s@?ns#HssQ2M - S
DESTRUCTION OF SENNAcI5ERIB'S HOST.

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And es Of the seeDcrs waxd deadly Cc r.
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

NO4Ql4lOio SS~oSt
and who served
three years at
West Point, has
tho following to
say of Peruna:
ALLOW me to
express my graft
tude to you for
the benefit derived
from your Won
derful remedy.
One short month
has brought forth
a vast change and
now consider my
self a well man
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

Medical Examiner U. $. Treasury.
DR.. Llewellyn Jordan, Medical Examiner
of y. S. Treasury Department, graduate OF
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08

A woman has written 4,070 words
on one side of a postcard. No word
is Of less than three letters and a
microscope was used to complete the
task
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-01-08
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A Fine Campaign.

THE subject of good roads Is
by no means new, but there IS
nevertheless something new
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-11

Mrs. e. J. Proctor died at her home
IN Scotland Neck Sunday, June Z, Mt
10 :15 o'clock, q. N.
Her death was shock and surpriee
for it was not generally known that
she was III at all. Indeed she was
taken i'll almost suddenly Saturday
morning with severe pain IN the
head. She grew worse and in few
hours she was past all hopes of recov-
cry.
The burial occurred late Sunday al
ternoon in the Baptist cemetery, the
exercises being conducted by Rev. T
r. Bonner, pastor OF the Methods,
church, assisted by Rev. N. L Keeler
pastor Of the Baptist church. De
ceased was bride year and - hail
ago, and it was sad indeed for her T.
be taken away 50 soon.
She WAS . member Of the Methods,
church and her life was beautifully
consistent with her profession. Shs
was we'll beloved by thoee- II hO knew
her and her untimeiy death 10 cad
bereavement TO her relatives and
friends She leaves = mother and
sister aud other rela.i ives s
Ihs blow IalIs nth gecaIlsr i<,rce
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-11
Prof. Wilson Highly Esteemed.

Tie. Rocky Mount Motor has the
following to gay in reporting tho clos
ing exercises of Rocky Mount graded
schools, which contains high compli-
oent to Prof. G. w. Wilson:
CDR. w. D. Morton in presenting
he medals to the pupils and diplomas
% the graduating class reviewed
the work of the school, briefly. He
showed that progress had been made
IN every department. He said the
school had brought the people together
as nothing else could, had woven and
cemented them together, so to speak,
that all classes of people had one COM
mon interest In the school; that in
uniting the people the school had
worked wonders; that its upbuilding
and refining influence was widely felt.
He said the school was fortunate IN
having a wide-awake and conscientious
board of trustees, men who would
leaye their business affairs that the in
terests of the school might not suffer.
"The speaker said that while the
school had a limited course and did not
attempt to teach everything and the
students get smatteriDg OF all, that
the course was thorough in application
and the graduates were fitted to 60
into any public school In the State and
teach, and could hold their own any
where.
"Dr. Morton said that there was one
sad feature about this commencement
aud that was it marked the severing Of
the very cordial relations between the
school and its principal, Prot. G. w
Wilson, who had besn elected super.
Fiutsndent Of the Scotland Neck graded
schools. He said that tho sntire town
would ieel the loss and would aiwayf
ssmember bic genial disposition, bis
eenflsmanly, Christian cbaracleF and
& - - s ss
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1903-06-11
Col. Smith to Mr.. Cleveland.

The Charlotte Evening Chronicle
gives the following item concerning a
gift of Col A. L. Smith, native Of
Scotland Neck, to Mr.. Grover Cleve
land:
"Col. A. L. Smith, OF this city, sen,
today a present to Hon. Grover Cleve-
land, of Princeton, N. J. It was q
small bale OF cotton, and on Col.
Smiths card, which accompanied the
gift, were written these words:
"'To the Honorable Grover Cleve-
land, the South's Greatest Friend.
From No. Is, Joe Caldwell's Cleve-
land Club, Charlotte, N. c.
"The bale of cotton weighed L?
pounds, required thirteen cents TO-,
postage, and will reach Mr.. Cleveland
Friday"