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out. Many of them miss connections
which they hoped to make with other
railroads.
Wrecks scarce? We fellows wish
they were! 1t isn't only every wreck
you hear about that happens on rail-
road. In the first place, wreck with
out loss of human life attracts mighty
little attention nowadays, and so it de-
bends what sort of lives are wiped out
whether a newspaper thinks it worth
the interest of it's readers to print an
account of the trouble. Smash a couple
of tramps on coal train and they don't
count.
"No work on a railroad is harder
than that of a wrecker. And aside from
everything man is constantly On duty.
If he wants a day off or wants to be
excused from duty for a Sunday or for
an evening he must give notice and an
other man must be appointed in his
place. To fail to respond when the
wreck siren blows means discharge
iTUlu tlt Crew, uuiSSo previously SA
cused. The wages paid men while on
wrecking duty vary with the different
roads. One railroad pays as much as
so cents an hour from the time the
train pulls out to the time it is back on
it's siding. This is tremdous pay for
the wreckers and it stimulates them to
do good work and creates competi-
ton on the part of all hands to hold
their appointments and to keep new
men out of them. Frequently the run
to a wreck il a long One and for some
hours there is little to do but lounge
lazily and enjoy life. On the way back
there is another breathing spell for
those who are In condition to enjoy it.
But why not come out with us some
time when you hear the siren snort and
you can see for once in your life what
work s?"-Philadelphia Public Ledger
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Revolving Fans.

noticed something new in electric
fans yesterday, and it struck me as Of
sufficient novelty to mention here. Yor
know that heretofore the wind-makine
contrivance has occupied a fxed posi-:
ton, with the current always propelled
in one direction. Now this has beer
improved upon, with a sort Of ruddeI
attachment projecting from the far
IN front. The fan itself is on pivot
IA the current strikes the rudder fin
It causes the whole thing to revolve
slowly, thus distributing the air cur.
rent in all directions with each revolu.
ton. AS all-round wind TANNERS, how.
ever, know some fellows who would
talk a revolving fan back the: way
It came, but perhaps I had better moi
20 into that.-Pittsburg Dispatch.
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.s:::;i4, s:ss$;!s i: e WOMEN
Saws Dr.. NJ, C. Gee, Of San Francisco.

4 CONSTANTLY increasing Number Of
n physicians prescribe Peruna in their
regular practice.
It has proven its merits 80 thoroughly
that even the doctors have overcome their
prejudice against so-cahed patent medi-
cines and recommend it to their patients.
II Advise Women to Use Pe-su-na." !"
Says Dr.. Gee.
Dr.. NJ. C. Gee is one of the physicians
who endorse Peruna. In letter written
from 5l3 Jones street, San Francisco, Cai.,
he says:
"T6ere is a general objection on the part
of the practicing physician to advocate pat
ent medicines, but when any one medicine
cures hundreds of people it demonstrates
its own value and does not need the m
dorsement of the profession.
"Per~na hos performed 80 many
.conderfwI cures Il. San Frdnctsco
that I am convtfaced Esat u 10 a
vatuable remedy lhave frequent
" advised tts use for ,oonse,., os ]
find tt tnssres regular and pats-
loss nsenstr~atton, cures leucor-
rh9u and oparfan troubles, and
builds up the entire system. also
consider it one of the finest catarrh rem
edies 1 know of. heartily indorse your
medicine. IN. C. Gee, M. D.
Mrs. E. T. Gaddis, Marion, n. c., is one
of DR.. Hartman's grateful patients. She
consulted him by letter, followed his di.
rections, and is now able to say the follow.
ing: ....r...
Before I commenced to take Peruna ]
could not do any hard work without suffer.
ing great pain. 1 took Peruna, and can
say With pleasure that it has done more for
fne than any other medicine have ever
taken. Now ain as well as ever; do all
my own work and it never hurts me at all
l think Peruna is great medicine for
womankind." Mrs. E. T. Gaddis.
W omen are especially liable to pelvic ca
.tarrh, female weakness as it is commonly
called.
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"she's All the World to Me-"

MY ideal man." said Nancy,
rs one of power, a knight
Of strong right arm I'D fancy
Far reaching in his might"
Behold this arm," vaunted.
."'Twould reach around all the
World!'
"I'd like to see," she taunted,
With lip disdainful curled.
put my arm about her
Ere she had time to fee.
"'Tis thus it's done, fair doubter-
You're all the world-to mel"
Truman Roberts Andrews, in July
Smart Set.
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A Summer siren.

=. l-.f s1t
We met. besiGe the ocean. !,
In bathing suits attired; ..
She smiled on my devotion,
worshiped- and aspired,
My, cup with Joy was brimmins
When she permitteds me y
To teach her fancy swimming,
And thanked me grac. ously. s5s
It did not stop at diving 80: -
And summing on the sand; :, -; $: i
I dared to take her driving, q
And even squeezed her hand.
I dreamed that in the city =
My love; might declare, ssss
And look with scornful pity 's.ssi Z
i On all her suitors there. 80 &. s
But, 10. when intruded i
In her Manhattan set, go So
| I might have been inclided
| With those she'd never met -
The story needs no trimming g
I learned the difference grim
I''Twixt Dorothy in swimming, e: -
And Dorry "in the swim:
Frank Roe Batchelder, in JUN
L s : =
Smart Set. .;-r,a l.s,5k;,. 6 .:
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and see! Two children come out OF
the house and cry. "Oh, there's love-
ly butterfly" And they chase the
butterfly creature out across the soft
lawn and into the field beyond, all
spangled with daisies. And the little
girl says, Lets pick the daisies"
So the butterfly rests on big sway
ing blossom. then flies on, on, into
the grove, where the sunshine makes
patchwork on the needles instead Oh
the needless making the patchwork,
and where a little brook sings to it
self. But the butterfly loves sunshine
and away it sails over into the blue
berry pasture, and ever so many chill
dren, picking berries, call, Did you
ever see a prettier butterfly" And
one of them-O dear!
Tommy started up, forgetting for
the instant that it was only a think
ing trip, and then he really laughed
when he saw the pretty picture but
terfly safe on the scrap book page.
The next picture was a locomotive.
Tommy shut his eyes again.
There were high buildings now, and
the train was going by some back
yards where children played and
clothes we're drying in the sun.
Tommy"
The brown eyes opened with smile
in them.
"My mother has come and wants to
see my little friend Tommy" Miss
Clara was saying. "She has the book
l told you I'd ask her to bring III
read out of it some day"
"Oh, thank you," cried Tommy,
feeling overwhelmed with riches.
Tommy" she said, peeping into the
scrap book, as she took that, too, Il
see an elephant"
"Oh, there will be jungles!" cried
Tommy in delight.-Youth's Compan-
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The thousands of people

The thousands Of people
who are every day being
made well by Doan's
kidney Pills and the free
trial herewith offered
makes further delay,
"Kidney neglect"
They correct urine with
brick dust sediment, high
colored, pain in passing.
dribbHns, frequency, bed
wetting. Doan's Kidney Pills
remove calculi and gravel
Relieve heart palpitation,
sleeplessness headache
nervousness, dizziness.
NKvBhhx, KY.-B. G. Jones
writes: II Was ttnable to
get anything to stop The too
much flow Of water. For
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She Wanted a Master.

A pretty young body entered a hard.
ware store on lower Sixth avenue yes.
terday and said to one of the clerks:
81 want a masher, please"
The clerk stared at her for a mo.
ment in astcnishment. Then it dawnej
upon the young woman what she had
said. She blushed and explained that
she only wanted 15-cent potato
masher.-New York Press
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Quite Capable.

"He's a remarkably frank man."
"How so?"
"Why, the heiress asked him If he
was sure he could take care Of her
when he proposed, and he said he was
sure he could If he had her money to
do it with::"-Chicago Post. :.
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OPPROBRIOU.L

First insect have a good mind to
have that professor arrested for libel"
Second Insect-"What did he say
about your"
First tnsect-"Fe called me an An.
thia Duodecimapunctata. ."-Woman's
Home Companion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23
The Cricket and the Lion.

One day the lion was out walking
in the wood AS he was stepping near
an old rotten log, he heard a tiny
voice say: "Oh, please, don't step
there! That's my house, and with one
step more you will destroy it,
The lion looked down and saw lit
tie cricket sitting on the log. He
roared: "And is it you, weak little
creature, that dare tell me where to
step? Don't you know that am king
OF the beasts?"
''You may be king Of the beasts,
bnt am king of my house; and I
don't want you to break it down, king
on no king"
The lion was amazed at such dar-
ing.
Don't you know, you weakling,
that could smash you and your house
and all your, relatives with one blow
of my paw?"
81 may be weak, but / have a cousin
no bigger than I who can master you
in a fight"
''oh, no. Oh, ho!" laughed the lion.
"Well, little boaster, you have that
cousin here tomorrow, and if he does
not master me I'll crush you and your
house and your cousin altoether."
The next day the lion came back to
the same spot and roared, Now,
boaster, bring on your valiant cous-
In"
Pretty soon he heard a buzzing near
his ear. Then he felt a stinging. "Oh!
OH" he cried. Get out of my earl"
But the cricket's cousin, the mos
quito, kept on stinglng and stinging.
With every sting the lion roared loud
er and scratched his ear and jumped
around. But the mosquito kept on
stinging and stinging. The cricket sat
on the log, and looked on. At last he
said, "Mr. Lion, are you satisfied to
leave my house alone?" Eyes, any
thing, anything" roared the lion, IF
you will only get your cousin out Of
my earl" So the cricket called. the
mosquito off and then the lion went
away, and never bothered them any
more.-Good Housekeeping.
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Clinkum Clankum.

Clinkum Clankum lives In tower,
Lives IN belfry airy and COOL,
And every morning he rings the hour
For little children to 80 to school.
Clinkum ClanIum lives In tower,
Greeoly clad with whispering vine,
And every noon he rings the hour
For little children to 60 and dine.
Clinkum C,ankum lives In tower,
And the stars are beautiful ever MS
head,
And every evening he rings the hour
For little children to 60 to bed.
Youths Companion.
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HIS WOE

"He's forever complaining OF his
hard luck. I wonder what's his idea
Of hard luck, anyway"
1T is merely his inability to fall
sato a soft snar."-Philadelphia Press.
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The farmers Of India, when fuel Is
scarce, cook an egg without fire. The
egg is placed in a sling and whirled
around for about five minutes, until
the heat generated by the metien has
cooked it. =
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QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

The highest speed which matter has
been known to reach is that attained
by the eruption OF hydrogen and 9TH
er gases fferi the sun, which is at
times several hundred miles a second
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CONTAMINATED.

what pure, serene face Miss Fair
child has!" ~m ~"
Eyes, she does look as though sne
had never t-en to the theatre In her
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

That magic. wand" which locates
suitable places for weRs has turned
up again. This time 1t is in Germany
that the little hazel twig Is being
used with success and much discussed.
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Tommy's "1hinkina Trips"

1t did seem good to Tommy to be in
the convalescent ward. There was
more to see, and there were visitors.
One of these, blue eyed girl, had left
a scrap book and it was almost Tom
my's turn to have it,. He had asked
to have it last.
When he told Miss Clara, the nurse,
that he might want to take some
trips" she understood and smiled. She
and Tommy had become fast friends.
At last it was Tommy's turn to take
the precious scrap book. Miss Clara
made him as comfortable as possible
and left him.
The first thing the big brown eyes
saw was a butterf1y-a large, beauti-
fully colored butterfly.
Tommy leaned back and closed his
eyes.
The butterfly was on a rose bush
now, in front Of dear little house,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23
The Art OF Stills.


The best stills are made to fasten
to the legs, so that the hands and
arms are left free.
Any boy with few tools can make
a good pair of stills in half an hour.
Two plain straight strips of wood,
strong enough to bear his weight viii
make the standards; they should be
long enough to reach to the top of
the shoulders when mounted.
For beginner the footpiece should
not be more than IA inches from the
ground-a small boy might do we'll to
put them lower still, for one finds it
necessary to step off and on good
many times in learning to stilt.
The footpiece is nailed or screwed
to- the standard, from which it pro-
jects at riht angles on the inner side,
just far enough to give a comforta-
BILE rest to the foot. It should be sup
jects at right angles on the inner side,
In mounting stilts of this kind, rest
the ends on the ground, grasp the
handles so as to bring them behind
the shoulders, set the left foot in
place and spring up, bringing the
right foot into It's rest while in the
air. Hold the standards close to the
shoulders all the time with the hands
against the hips.
It is necessary to move forward at
once after mounting, because it is easi-
er to walk than to stand still.
Smooth, hard ground is the thing for
these early exercises.
After a boy can 60 freely and far
and fast with these stills he may be
graduated into the use of stills that
are strapped firmly to the legs, leav-
ing hands and arms free.
With these the footpiece can be put
three and four feet from the ground.
To carry long light pole will be
a~great convenience; it is help in
fording streams and on rough ground
and for resting.
The French peasants In Germany
are the most celebrated silt walkers
in the world. Stills are as common as
shoes in the marshy country there, and
many peasant mounts his stills from
the roof of his house in the morning
and does not take them off till he
goes to bed at night.-New York Press.
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coon SUGGESTION.

.- GOOD SUGGESTION.
stubb-They advertise for teacher
at the young ladies' cooking school.
- Penrl.-Does the teacher have TO
sample what is cooked!
: stubb-Of course. .l.s .
Then they had better engage an
ostrich-Chicago News. -.-.. co.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

The farmers of Russia own 35,000,'
600 acres out of 267, 900, 900 acres,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

FITS permanently cured.No fits or nervous.
hess alter first day's use Of DR.. Khne's Great
NsrreRestorer. f2trial bottle and treatisefree
br. r. H: KLINE, Ltd, ss1 Arch St., Phila:,Pa
Yale professors will hereafter, be retired
from service; except in special cases; at
sixty.eieht years Of age.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

Ask Your Dealer For Aliens Foot!Ease;
A powder. It rests the feet. Cures Corns;
Bunious. Swollen, Sore, Hot, Cal lous Aching
sweating Feet and 1ngrowing Nails. Aliens
Foot-E Ease makes new or tight shoes easy. ht
all Druggists and Shoe stores, 25 cents; Ae'
cent NO Substitute. Samnlo mailed FBEE,
Address, Allen S. Olmsted. Leroy, N. Z.
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In q certain Office at an Australian
railway station there may have been
seen very long list of names of wo-
men who have at various times begged
the booking clerks to let them have,
without payment, tickets to various
places. They have forgotten their
purses. OF lost them, or spent their
last penny on a new pair of gloves
and various reasons. They Will call
the very next day and refund the
money without fail But there the
names and addresses lie, with the
amount of the borrowed money writ
ten opposite. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

One good turn deserves another, but tns
is generally all it does.
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lam sure PIso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mls. TAoAAs inse h05-
BINS, Maple st., Norwich, N. Y, Fep. IL, I"o'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

A man never quits being boy until III
mother dies.
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arising from q disordered stomach IS
relieved or cured by their use. so
common is it that diseases originate
from the stomach 1t may be safely as
serted there is no condition of Ill
health that will not be benefited or
cured by the occasional use Of Ripans
Tabules. Physicians know them and
speak highly Of them. All druggists
sell them. The fiye-cent package is
enough for an ordinary occasion, and
the Family Bottle, sixty cents, contains
a household supply for year. One
generally gives relief within twenty
minutes.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

The tail of fish is his sculling oar.
He moves it first on one side and then
the other, using his fins as balances
to guide his motion. II the fish is
moving fast and wants to stop he
straightens out his fms just as the
rover of a boat does his oars.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

A remarkable sea monster was re-
Gently caught in Port Fairy bay by
some fishermen. It measured nine feet
six inches In length, had tail like
that of the screw tail shaft, no teeth,
a nose like rhinoceros, head like
an elephant, two dorsal fins, four side
fms and two steering fms. The skin
was black and very soft. The most
experienced fishermen say the. speci4
men Is new to them. They cannot
hazard a guess as to the species. The
fish has been sent OF to the Melbourne
museum.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-07-23

A woman in Paris Is said to be the
largest specimen of her sex IN the
world. Being unable to enter the
door Of a railway carriage, she takes
her train journeys in the luggage van.
An infant i'd Missouri Is said to be
the smallest human atom, Weighing
only a pound:
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Ripans Tabules are

Ripans Tabules are
the best dyspepsia
medicine ever made.
A hundred millions
of them have been
sold in the United
States in a single
year. Every illness
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ing power. Once the little steam winch
on one end of the car begins to squeal
and puff, anything fastened to the der
rick just-comes. A derrick of this
description could raise on end the big
gest locomotive ever built, and set it
back on the rails as neatly as you
would set a chess figure on its proper
square.
'"The wrecking train stands ever
ready on a siding especially allotted
to it. This must not be used by any
other train under any conceivable cir
cumstances. If wreck occurs the
track must be cleared, from three to
five minutes being the time usually al
lowed for crew to get under way dur
ing the daytime. An engine ready to
haul the train to a wreck stands al
ways waiting. The water tank in its
tender is always full. Its coal supply
is a heaping tenderful. Steam is con-
stantly kept up, and an engineer and
fireman are ever ready to Jump to
work at minutes notice.
''As soon as a disaster occurs the
wrecking train is given The right Of
way over all other trains. At a speed
ranging anywhere from As to rs miles
an hour the engine chases, shrieking
her whistle like a frightened cat. The
one object is to get the track cleared
so the main line of the road can be op-
Grated. No wreck ever happens but
what it piles over the main line-that
goes without saying, for it is within
the law of cussedness of things. And
what it means to have main line
blocked only an experienced railroader
can appreciate. There are the thou
sands Of cars filled with perishable
stuff. A score of freight trains and
coal trains are held up, many of their
loads intended for outgoing steamers
that cannot afford to wait. Thousands
of persons are Inconvenience and put
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29
His Shocking Example.

Recently during political canvass
ia England one OF the candidates met
an old friend who belonged 20 the
opposite party. Liberal and conserv'
alive adjourned to the club, where
they fraternized heartily. There was
much political excitement at the time.
The excitement or something else
made the old friends hilarious. As the
conservative was the least incapable
Of the two, he volunteered to see
the candidate home. When the door
was opened and the lady OF the house
appeared in the hall the conservative
pointed to his helpless companions:
Look there, Mrs. H-hicks," he hic-
coughed; "see what radical ideas have
done for your husband! He can't
stand liquor at all"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29
Ceufession of "a Priest

Rev Jno. S Cox, OF Wake, Ark
writes: For II years | suffered from
Yellow Jundice. con ulted a nun.
her Of physicians and tried all sorts oil
medicines. but got no relief. Then ]
began the use OF Electric Bi'ters and
feel that am now red of disease
that had me In its grasp for twelve
years III YOU want a reliable medi
cine for Liver and Kidney trouble.
stomach disorder or general debility
get Electric Bitters It's guaranteed
by Cornell Bros. Only zoe.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29

Before long an auto will be running
on the so-called roads in Uganda. Mr..
George Wilson, the deputy commits
sioner of that protectorate, who is on
his way back from England to Africa,
is taking with him 25-horse-power
motor, which he intends TO make use
of on his tours of inspection through
out Uganda. There are now nearly
6GJ miles Of roads in that country
good enough to run a motor on.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29

A. j. Rice. the wheat king OF Ora
ham county, Kansas has threshed g.
900 acres Of wheat He got twenty
two bushels to the acre, or $4,000
bushels in all. Ills crop will make a
train OF 300 cars. counting Geo bush
els 10 the car He Is the owner OF
six'y-seyen sections, 1920 acres 10
all
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29
Where the Fault Lay.

Aristippus was an earnest sutton TO
Dionysius TO some grant. who would
give no ear TO his suit. Artistippus fell
at his feet and then Dionysius granted
It. One that stood by said afterward
to Aristippus: You philosopher and
be so base as to throw yourself at a
tyrant's feet to get a suit" Aristippus
answered: THE fault is not mine,
but the fault is in Dionysius, who
carries his ears in his feet"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1903-10-29
Drink Parstrn c u.

Parafin oil would hardly 5e daeme
a desirable beverage by an epicure
but II is used as a stinu art in som
parts OF Russia The habit once Goa
tracted is adhered 10. even when other
liquors are within reach OF their
purses. An oil intoxication produces
intense drowsress and the tippler OF
this odd drink goes 10 sleep as soon as
he has become saturated with the
liquid.