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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
Largest Elephant Traps.

An order for two large elephant
traps was recently received from
South Africa by an English firm at
the little town Of Wednesfeld, which
appears to be the home of the spring
trap trade. The traps furnished on
this order are claimed to be the larg-
est ever made. They have jaws which
open three feet square. Each jaw IS
supplied with notched teeth, and, in
addition, three and half-inch spikes
are fixed In the Jaws alternately on
the two sides, and about four inches
apart. The jaws themselves are of
heavy bar iron, and the bait plate is
about two feet square. The springs
are very powerful, and require the
pressure Of 800 pounds to adjust
them for setting. It is estimated that
the striking power and grip Of the
jaws is likely to prove sufficient to
drive the spikes into any part of
either elephant, rhinocerous. hippo
potamus or other big game which may
be caught in its jaws.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
SOu, MOISTURE.

The long period Of drought nearly
every year have caused many Of the
experiment stations to examine close
ly into the matter Of soil moisture.
The time has come, owing to forest
destruction, ~fen ntAAe question Of soil
moisture IS the most important that
can be considered in relation to farm.
ing. The plant derives its food sup
ply through the agency Of the water
which it drinks in or absorbs from the
soil, with the aid Of the membranous
surfaces of the roots, with their root
hairs, which later greatly Increase
the surface connection Of the plant
with the water Of the soil. Largo
quantities of water thus ttskkeepH n by
the plants are cS11eeathed out" into the
air through the leaves and the amount
iSenormous, field crops consuming zoo
to 500 pounds of water for each pound
Of dry matter the plants add to their
own weight in growing. The rooes
OF field crops are much longer, much
more numerous, spread farther and
penetrate into the soil to greater
depths than many persons realize.
Where the upper portion of the earth
is often too dry for the plant to FEED
some crops send their deepest roots
downward from four to six feet or
more, though the greater number OF
roots are in the upper 1S inches OF
soil. The richest portion Of the soil
and the part in which the plants pre-
fer to feed, if sufficient moisture is
present, is the lower half or two
thirds Of the furrow slices. With
greater depth the plants feed with
more difficulty. While the deepest
roots procure some food their chief
function IS to bring the water from
deep in the earth when the supply
near the surface is short. Glover
sends it's rooots deeper than corn or
wheat, and alfalfa goes deeper than
clover. but as the plant food is sought
near the surface the objects should be
to have the moisture there so as to aid
the plants to procure soluble food
Philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
TeIeoraph Facts.

Every day that telegraph operator
works at three minutes before II there
is only one man in the whole country
from San Francisco to New York that
is privileged to use his key. That
man is the operator at Washington.
In those three minutes every Key Is
open and all operators wait for three
minutes ticking which tells them tho
correct time. From that ticking every
telegraph compauy's clock is set.
There are at least 10000 operators at
work. Taking three minutes from
every one of them equals 10000
minutes idled away every day. 1t
would take one man 125 years to do
the listening of all these men for
those few minutes. At the rate of $50
a month, and working for the required
number of years, this man would re-
ceive $4,000. This is what the COM
panies pay to their men a year for
1ust listening.-Boston Journal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
America From Shoppers Viewpoint.

Mrs. NJ. E. Leicester Adds, an Eng
lish woman, commends the following
American articles IN her paper on
English Wives and American House
keeping" in Lippincott:
II can widely proclaim that all the
graniteware utensils in my kitchen
mot crockery, which is very cheap in
England and many convenienccs for
cooking We're specially chosen in Amer
lea; and that our bath-towels, pillow
and bolster-slips. and sheets, also
bought new in the States, have the
commendation Of my laundress be-
cause they dry, so quickly and are
easily handled I would also buy
there nil my cotton goods, rs cheaper
in style and quality, also blouses. and
all sorts of cotton or silk clothing
where fit, cut, and style are Of value.
I should also choose to bargain there
for variety and style in silverWare ana
glass, although I could not claim that
they cost less. I even sent to America
for q box of Christmas presents last
year, and though the carriage cost me
two dollars and fifty cents 1 felt truly
compensated in the pleasure expressed
rs to beauty and novelty"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
Excessive Reading.

A Chicago newspaper says that
"among the contagious diseases of the
age excessive and sterile reading must
be enumerated" It takes the matter
seriously, even solemnly. "TEe world" !"
it AYERS, "has gone mad over BOOKS.
They have taken the place Of every
other fetch" Hardly as bad as that,
We think; but there is good deal OF
truth in the averment. Because the
fetch worshiper is found among men
whose boast Is that they never read
book, and there are even those who
make a fetch out Of that popularity.
However. it may be doubtful If large
share of the reading Of the day IS OF
real benefit to the reader. Much OF
what passes for reading is not reading;
it is merely vacuous giancing along
the page. We see people take up 4
magazine, for example, a magazine
filed with reading Of interest ana
worth, and we see them skim, skim'
skim; here O stop at the title OF an
article, there pause at a picture, now
and then a slowing up at page. Ihe
magazine is put down with the re-
mark that it is strange how easily
such bulky pamphlet can be read Sc
quickly. Books go in something TIE
same way. Here is the book sklmmers'
library, with its patrons trying to keep
up with its output of two, three, five,
q dozen books in week, and calling
the race with the printers cultivation
of their minds. Reading like that
is intemperate-the
tai stupsfaati6n at the end. There
afs~6Strons Of the free public
library and Of the circulating
libraries in this city who read with
the same excited assiduity that the
victim Of alcoholic habits follows his
morning and noon and evening drams-
and the habit comes to about the same
thing in the end. They pour novel
after novel into what passes for their
brains, and get out of the process the
sterilization of whatever mind they
do have. This is one phase Of the read
ing habit, and very palpab!c phase;
fortunately, it is not the only one
New Bedford Standard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
SOAP and Civilization In Guam.

The inhabitants of Guam are being
rapidly civilized and may soon claim
admission as an American State into
our glorious Union. The evidence!
In the early part Of last year some
body shipped $500 worth of soap to
the island as a speculation. The gen.
tie Guamites were so delighted that
they Immediately called for more, and
in October c,O0O pounds were shipped.
That will probably be the monthly
order from the island. When Guam
lady takes to soap the level of civiliza-
ton is raised the world over. She Is
no longer content with the elaborate
costume Of nose-ring, bracelet and gar
ter. She wants the comforts and lux
uries Of New York. Beginning with
soap she will soon aspire to the fash
ionablc. And, of course, the Guam
gentleman will do likewise in his man
fashion. Soap and civilization-the
American occupation has borne fruit.
st. Louis Post-Dispatcn.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
One of the Signs.

The member of Congress was new
one in Washington. After he had fin
Ished his dinner at the restaurant the
waiter brought him pie for dessert,
and there was a knife with it. The
new member looked at the pie and at
the knife.
Major" he said to his companion,
"do YOU think that waiter suspects I
am a Western Congressman"
Hardly. How should he know any
thing about it? You were never in
here before, were you:'
NO"
sTLcn how in thunder does he know
who you are?"
81 don't know. But if he doesn't,
what did he bring that knife with the
Die for?"-New York Times. ~-
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
OVERPETTED PETS.
Dogs and Cats Spoiled by Appetite For
Unnatural Tidbits.

Possibly the dog world might afford
a better specimen Of living skeleton
than the one in the kennel next to the
door of a boarding place for animals,
but it would take a days journey to
find him.
"What makes him so thin?' was
asked of the attendant.
"He won't eat" was the reply. "Iha1
is, he won't cat hospital food. He's
been spoiled. Lots of dogs and cats
that are brought Eere lave been
spoiled. Their owners think it 4 sign
of high breeding to cultivate an appe'
tite for peculiar and unnatural diet
They train animals to eat all kinds or
food that they would never touch
Of their own volition. This emaciatcd
fellow has been taught to like fruit.
He is particularly fond Of pears, bur in
case he can't get them. peaches, apples
and bananas arc q fairly satisfactory
substitute. Unfortunately, his present
ailment makes a fruit diet extremely
dangerous. and since he is deprived OF
his favorltc food he is literally starving
himself to death"
The attendant passed on to a neigh
boring cage and po!led his finger
sportively into the side Of 4 large gray
cat that "mcowed" plaintively III re-
sponsc to his CHEEKY Hello. there,
Caesar" The cat had such healthy,
wholesome appearance that the visitor
INQUIRED what meat lie was fed upon.
'Humphw said the attendant.
"you'7e missed it there. He doesn't
feed upon meat. He's a vegetarian.
He likes onions better than anything
else. unless it's melons. A good many
cats like melons, and most of them are
also partial to raw asparagus. Inc
fact is, you might run through list OF
all the dishes that find place on any
uD-to-date menu and you will find that
some of our patients have acquired q
taste for them This epicurean appc-
tito may denote aristocratic tendencies
on the part of my boardcrs, but don't
approve Of it. Most of these acquired
tastes are q pcryersion of the natural
animal appetite, and 1t IS likely to
prove harmful In the end. The trick Is
pretty expensive for us fellows that
run cat-and-dog boarding houses. and
I'd like to put stop to it."-New York
Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
The Ruling Passion.

A good woman was dying; woman
who had been q true wife and a good
mother; a woman with but one weak
ness-a love for gossip.
Although her time on earth was short
she was critically watching the at
tending physician and nurse, as they
talked in subdued whispers of the re-
suit which their united skill had been
poweriess to avert.
In response to the summons of the
dying woman her husband approached
her and bent low to catch the words
which he expected to be words of love.
Again she turned her eyes, from which
the light was fast fading, upon the doc
tor and the nurse, as she said family:
"Do you suppose they are engaged"
These words were her last.-New
York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
SAMPLES Mailed Free.
A Trial Package of Dr.. Blosser's Ca.
tarrh Cure Will Be Sent Free to
Any Sufferer From Catarrh.

To demonstrate the merits Of his
remedy, DR.. Blosser offers to mail,
free of charge, to any one suffering
from Catarrh, three days trial pack
age Of this valuable medicine.
If the trial package does not con-
vince you of its curative properties,
you will have been at no expense; If
it benefits you, you will gladly order
a months treatment at $1.00.
1t Is a harmless, pleasant, vegetable
compound, which is smoked In pipe.
the medicated smoke, being inhaled,
reaches directly the mucous men,
branes lining the head, nose, throat
and lungs, heals the liberated parts,
effecting a radical and permanent
cure.
Mr.. Joseph Chabot, KaJcee, Wyo.,
writes: "I am free from catarrh, ow.
ing to your wonderful remedy" An
ME E. Young, Camden, N. j., writes:
Am completely cured of caarrh after
using your medicine" Mrs. E.. M.
How'd, Water Valley, Mis-, writes:
"smoking your remedy has entirely
cured me-"
If you wish to try the remedy and
get full particulars, testimonials, etc.,
write to DR.. Blosser Company, 81 Wal
ton St., Atlanta, Ga.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
A Government Road For Light Veh1clse.

A Government Road For Light vehiclse.
An enthusiastic automobilist has re-
Gently revived proposition which
was advocated a century ago, but has
lain dormant for many years. 1t IS
for a Government road from New York
to Chicago, and possibly to the Pacific.
This road is to be suitable for bicycles,
automobiles and light carriages. AS
phalt is spoken Of as the most suitable
pavement for the rubber-tired vehicles.
The main road would be through the
most thickly settled sections, with
branch roads leading to important
points in the neighborhood Of the
route. The proposition at first seems,
says an exchange, great and the cost
unsurmountable, but when it is con-:
sidered what the combined efforts of
the various cities benefited could do,
the proposition seems more feasible.
The great work which has been ac-
complished by the bicycle riders Of
this country for the improvement OF
the highways is certainly wonderful.
and shows what is possible when the
energies of a large number are con-
centrated toward the same end. Such
an enterprise would not encroach upon
the business Of any company, since its
purpose would be entirely identified
with the new industry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
STABLE AND TIEUP.

Stables should he always dry, and
this condition you cannot secure with
q basement stable, with wall form.
ing any part Of the side Of the stable.
The question Of stable construction
and ventilation Is one Of the greatest
Importance.
In stable arrangements we want
some kind Of tie that will keep the
cow comfortable, and never the rigid
stanchion, and have the COWS adjusted
with reference to the drop according
to their length. We In our stables &C.
complish this by having the platform
ahead Of the drop, eighteen inches
wider at one end than at the other
F. H. Converse, in The Cultivator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
HIS FALL. ,

He entered the car with an air dis
tingue,
From his shimmering boots to his
glittering tile
In makeup and manner SO truly au
fait-
He was openly scanned as study
in style.
With calmness found only in men OF
the world.
He stood while he rendered his fare
with fine grace,
Then the car gave lurch and, alas!
he was hurled
Over seventeen persons and fell on
lis face.
New York Times.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

There is more Catarrh in this section Of the
country than all other diseases put together,
and until the last few years was supposed to
be incurable. For great many years doctors
pronounced It a local disease and prescribed
local remedies, and by constantly failing to
cure with local treatment, pronounced 1t In
durable. Science has proven Catarrh to be
constitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F: J. Cheney q co.,
Toledo, o., Is the only constitutional cure on
the market. It is taken interna lily In doses
from 10 drops to teaspoonful. It acts direct
" on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. They offer one hundred dollars for
any case It fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials. Address F. j. CHENEY q
Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

There are, in the United States, ac'
cording to the last census 126 women
plumbers. 45 women plasterers, 167
women bricklayers and stonewasons,
241 women paper hangers, 1859 wo-
men painters and GLACIERS and 545
women carpenters and joiners.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
CURES RHEUMATISM AND cATARRH.
BIB. Cures Deep. Seated Cases Especially
TO Prove It Is. B. 3. Sent Free.

B.B.B. Cures Deep. Seated Cases Especially
TO Prove It Is. B. 3. Sent Free.
These diseases, with aches and pains in
bones, joints and back, agonizing pains in
shoulder blades, hands, fingers, arms and
legs crippled by rheumatism, iumoago, Sci
atica, or neuralgia; hawking, splitting, nose
bleeding, ringing in the ears, sick stomach,
deafness, noises in the head, bad teeth, thin
hot blood. all run down feeling OF catarrh
are sure signs Of an awful poisoned condi-
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ems weak kidneys and improves diges-
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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
The Sensation.

Doesn't it give you terrible feel
ing when you run over man.! tney
asked him.
Eyes, If he's large man." replied
the automobilist. ut gives me pref
ty rought jolt sometimes"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tionhas an equal for coughs and colds-JoaN
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

Mrs. Winslow's soothingSyrup for children
teething soften the gums, reduces infamma
tion .allavs pain cures wind colo. Csc. abottle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

FITS permanently cured. No fits OF nervous.
ness after first days use Of DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. s2trial bottleand treatise free
DR.. B.H. KLINE, Ltd, s31 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

No muss or failures made with PUTNAM
FADELESS DYES.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

1t doesn't take much argument to con
vince girl that she is pretty.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

An explorer doesn't have to be sor.
cerer in order to discover the source Of a
rivar
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

A ring on the finger is worth two on the
fa1anbono
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

Some men work their way up in the
world by working other people.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

It isn't every hero who has sense enough
to stay up on his pedestal.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
PROVE DOAN'S FREE HELP.

Those who doubt who think because either Kidney Remedies DO them
wo feel discouraged they profit most by the Free ls
Dosas Kidney Pills The results stamp Dean merit
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
Implyino a Distinction.

Implying a DIstInctIoh'
"Mr. Hittit, you live'in prohibition
state, do you not?"
81 reside in one, sir, but live in
state of entire freedom as to-cer-
tainly, will join you with pleasure.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
Valuable Testimony.

Good roads reduce the wear and tear
on horses, harness and vehicles, ac-
cording to the testimony that follows:
General Stone-One farmer, when
asked him how he was getting on pay
ing his taxes for new roads, replied:
II save more on repairs on my wagons
and harness than the whole amount OF
my tax on good roads"
Charles L. Andrews. MoorestoWn,
N. 1.-THE stone roads have every ad-
vantage over the dirt roads. They
are much easier on horses. They are
a saving Of -horsehesh, saving Of time,
and, as "time is money" consequently
Il saving of money.
Charles S. Athetson. Magnolia, N. j.
Il am part owner and operate farm
of two hundred acres near the line Of
the recently completed "White Horse
telford road. 1 consider this road one
of the greatest public benefits ever
conferred upon the people of this local
ity. At q distance of eight miles it
brings us nearly an hour nearer mar
kct. 1t enables US to dispense with
one team. Our teams are in better
condition and require less feed and at
tention in doing the same amount OF
carting. We make daily saving OF
one cent 4 horse per mile.
Thomas J. Beans, Moorestown. N. j.
When a farmer living alongside a
stone road sends out his team with q
load they do not seem to pull the load;
it just rolls along, and they accom-
pany it.
William Jones, Medford, N. il
live fifteen miles from Philadelphia,
and a. great feature Of my business Is
the growing Of truck for that market.
At present I an five miles from a
stone road, and I am obliged to put
four horses to my truck wagon and
send two men with it until they reach
the stone road; then the leading team
is taken off and one man brings 1t
back home, and the other settles back
in his gig top and goes to sleep, as
there is no danger Of loaded team
leaving the stone road-bed until city
paycmcnts are reached. .s...
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26
rreataen. of Roads With Gas Tar.


While roads IN the United States
have been treated with crude oil to lay
the dust and render them compact, in
Italy the same end has been attained
by using gas tar, and the experiments
which have been made seem to be quite
successful. NJ. G. Rimini. the district
engineer at Lugo, near Ravenna, has
published an account Of the application
of gas tar to some sections OF the pub
lie road in that locality. He uses 1t
in two different places on the proyin-
cial route near Lugo, where the circu-
lation is very active. The first portion
treated measures forty feet long and
ten feet wide and the second $50 feet
long and thirteen feet wide. In spite
Of the prolonged dryness the results OF
this treatment have exceeded the ex-
pectations, and the surface Of the road
has become very hard and compact, so
that it is difficult to pierce 1t. There
IS no dust and the rainwater flows OF
without penetrating. and thus there Is
no mud formed. The color Of the soil
becomes that Of very dark sand. 1t
IS not necessary to treat the whole sur
face of the road, but only a band in
the middle about twelve feet wide. AS
to the cost Of the treatment it Is esti-
mated at only 500 per mile. NJ. Ri
mini is making observations Of the two
sections thus treated befc1e applying
it on q larger SCALE
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

The man who says lie feels a friendly in
terest in our affairs is good bit of nuis.
ance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1903-02-26

Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.