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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09
Ehrhardt Etchings.

EHRHARDT, June 6.-For several years
now our little town has been quletlng
down; so much so that some people have
said that it was gradually dying, but that 1t
is not dead but it is very much alive is afact
that can't be disputed by anyone who was
here last Thursday morning. For days
and weeks there has been something in
the air, and one needed only to see the
many whisperings and conferences be-
tween folks to know that something out
of the ordinary was about to happen.
Everything was kept quiet, and as time
drew slowly on the political cloud was
seen to slowly rise on the distant horizon;
interest in the coming election for town
officers became intense and it was under
stood at once that there would be two
factions, each with ticket in the field.
Each faction KEEP. the names of its candl-
dates secret until the morning OF the
election, and then the bomb exploded
just as the polls opened. A hard, bitter
fht was about to be waged, and each
party was afraid of the other. A COM
promise was suggested, and it was agreed
to between the parties, that they support
the candidate for mayor of one faction
and the candidates for wardens of the
other faction. This seemed to suit all
parties and the contest was dropped, but
somebody didn't do what they promised,
as the returns showed that one man had
been supported by his faction after they
had agreed to support the other ticket.
Those elected are: c. Ehrhardt, mayor;
Id. Copeland, W. L. Mitchum, J. A..
Chassereau and J. D. Padgett, wardens.
These gentlemen will serve one year, and
it is hoped will make a good council.
Theyoung ladies of this place gave a
, leap-year party to the young men last Fri
day night, and some of the notes asking
the boys to allow the girls to take them
to the party were quite humorous. am
told that one read as follows: "Dear
Sir: If you don't object to my company
I'll call at your hash foundry at 8 o'clock
this evening to take you to the party. II
you accept please so notify me, and If you
can't accept please notify me anyway, as
7 do not want to run the risk Of getting
mad-dog bit for nothing before I reach
your place Of abode. If you don't accept
don't you ever speak to me again before
Sunday night. Yours in doubt, -" OF
course everybody will deny this, SO we'll
never know who the author was.
MI. Griffin, of Walterboro, and Miss
Rosa Bishop, of this place, were happily
married last Sunday at the residence of
MI. I. W. Carter. After the marriage
they, with their friends, attended church
at Pleasant Hill. One of the couples
who stood for the bride and groom came
very near having a runaway on the way
to church, and but for the timely help of
MFR d. Copeland it would possibly have
resulted seriously. Frank says that he
doesn't want another experience like it,
though.
Mrs. W. 81. Kinard had the misfortune
ofhaving her youngest child badly burned
Sunday. 1t seems that the little one got
hold of a lot of matches and in some way
ignited them and her dress took fire.
burning completely off, and but for the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09
AN ALARM CLOCK FOR 25C.

If you want to get up early and feel
good all day take Little Early Riser or
two at bed time These little pills relax
the nerves, give refreshing sleep, with a
gentle movement of the bowels about
breakfast time. W. H. Howell, Houston,
Tex, says early Risers are the best pill
made for constipation, sick headache,
biliousness etc." Sold by Dr.. Hoover.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09
OF Course Not.

Mr.. Wise-My wife bought me shirt in
this store. Can I change it at this coun-s
ter?
Floor Walker-No, sir. You'll find the
dressing room at the end of the store, on
your right.-New York Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09

DR.. Kurem: Your son has the small
pox.
Mr.. Stare the astronomer absently):
I always said there were spots on the
sun.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09

"He is the flower of the family"
POSSIBLY. he seems to be blooming
idiot."-Puck.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1904-06-09

Bamberg, s. c., June 4, 1904.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
Don't Be Afraid to YaWn.

A good, wide, open-mOuthed yaWn,
says a medical journal, is splendid
thing for the whole body. A yawn
is natures demand for rest. Some
people think they only yawn because
they are sleepy. But this not so. You
yawn because you are tired You may
be sleepy also, but that is not the
real cause Of your yawning. You
are sleepy because you are tired, and
you yawn because you are tired.
Whenever you feel like yawning,
just yawn. Don't try to suppress it
because you think it is impolite to
yawn. Put your hand over your
mouth, if you want to, but let the
yawn come. And if you are where you
can stretch at the same time that you
yawn, just stretch and yawn. This
is natures way of stretching and re-
Taxing the muscles.
Don't be afraid to open your mouth
wide and yawn and stretch whenever
you feel likt it. Indeed, if you are
very tired, but do not feel like yawn-
ing, IHSIC ID uOIllluS IudC Will ISSI you
so quickly as to sit ON straight back
chair and, lifting the feet from the
floor, push them out in front of you
as far as possible, stretch the arms,
put the head back, open the mouth
wide, and make yourself yawn. Those
tense nerves will relax, the contracted
muscles will stretch, and the whole
body will be rested. Do this two or
three time when you are tired, and
see what it will do for you.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
Oueer Things About Animl

Few Of US, I think, realize
many wild creatures there are
live, like the famous Snowman
Barnum, did, by "fooling the pl /
There are millions Of creatures W
very existence depends upon thef|
pearing to be something which
are not. This deceptive appearan1
called "mimicry," and the crA1
which profit by it are said to "nla|
those things which they resemble
orally speaking, mimicry IS Of
kinds aggressive" and "proecul
In the far North, where the groul|
almost perpetually covered with Y
and where q dark object may De
for miles, we find the polar DeaE
snowy owl and other creatures p
Ing the snow, their resemDlalN
which gives them a chance
proach their prey unseen; but in"I
that they may not hate an unun
vantage over the defenseless clelI
which they use for food, we nM
Arctic hare and other small aDp
also mimicking the snow, in oluFl
they may sometimes escape ne
eyes Of their enemies. Further
however, you will notice tna'
wild animals are very unc'p,
they would be so conspicuous ua
would be unable either to aN
their prey or avoid their enens
instead, some of them mimic u,
and pebbles Of the beach, u'
leaves of the woods and the nl.,
cred rocks and tree-trunks'-""
Home Companion.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
FOG AT vLADIvosTok.
/ iohthouse Keeper Who Is the Butt
of Sailors Jokes.


few miles north of Vladivostok'
saws the Washington Post, IS ihoun
tain that descends abruptly into Inc
sea. On it. about 200 feet above tne
water. the Russian government mas
established lighthouse for the gun
ance Of the ships that steer soutn
along the coast, bound for the port Oh
u1odivostok from the Gulf OF Tartary
and the Okhotsk sea.
This lighthouse is the subject Oh an
international practical joke. Inc sail-
ors of all nations play 1t regularly Oh
the lighthouse keeper, and the latter'
although he knows it, cannot nelp
himself, on account of the nature Oh
the joke.
Ow ng to certain peculiar naturai
comb ,ons. the mountain on Whlcn the
lighthouse stands is wreathed ID
dense fogs often when the ocean De-
low IS perfectly clear. Thus, IL nap
mems that the sailors can see the base
of the mountain, but not the lgnt-
house; while the lighthouse keeper
can see nothing.
Naturally, when he sees the fog al
around him, he sets his fog slgnai
going by ringing a great bell at ire
ouent intervals. So for long Whlle
the crews of assing ships used 10
laugh when they steamed by the MD
den lighthouse and heard the lonely
keeper patiently ringing his fog Dell
while they sailed over a clear, mist
less sea.
Then they began to play prank
on him. 1t is his duty, when he hears
vessels sounding their fog signals TO
reply with a great steam siren that is
maintained in the lighthouse as log
horn. So the captains of passing
ships, hearing the bell ringing high up
on the mountainside, foot their steam
whistles as if they, too, were in the
fog. Then the poor lighthouse keep
er gets busy Immediately and begins
to work his siren furiously, keeping 1t
up till the ship has passed from hear
ing.
There is hardly ship that enters
Vladivostok that has not been put up
to this joke; and as opportunities for
jest are not common in the Siberian
seas, it is likely that the lighthouse
keeper on the mountain will continue
to have the trick played on him as
long as the fogs wreathe his lonely
eyrie.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

The Michigan physician who puts
the annual money loss to the United
States from typhoid fever ut $4,000
600 is far from setting forth the full
truth. He reaches his estimate by
assuming $1,000 as the average value
Of the lives sacrificed and he omits all
account Of the money spent in the care
of non-fatal cases. The real value of
the lives lost-so far rs such value can
be expressed In money-might proper
iy be rated at $4,000, and at least 500
on the average must be spent on vic
Tins who recover. On this calculation,
assuming that the Michigan physician
Is correct in his number of cases, the
annual loss to the country from U-
phoid is nearly $300,000,oO0.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

half Of the present period OF unprecs
edented scarcity. Commissioner Do"
ors saws the tendency of late mas Deeh
inward. and 1t is believed that ID .
comparatively few years the machel.1
will have again become abundant VA
our shores. +;o
OF the culture of cod in the Atlanelc
coast the report says the Commls-
sion's expectations have been more
than realized. Practical resufts u
an unmistakable character were nrsI
manifested in 1889, since which tlhe
a very lucrative shore cod fishery mas
been kept up on grounds that were
entirely depleted or that had never
contained cod in noteworthy numbers
in the memory of the oldest inhabl-
tants."
During the last year the Commits
sion has distributed in New England
streams and lakes great numbers OF
land locked salmon, cod, lobsters'
crapple, f1atfish, sea bass, mackerel'
soup and tautog. The cultivation OF
the last four named had not been pre-
yiously carried on to any considerable
extent. Experiments with them, as
we'll as with the land locked salmon,
will therefore be closely watched DUR
ing the next few years.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

A woman In New Jersey has been
convicted--on her own admissions
among other things-of having killed
another woman OF whom she was jeal-
Gus by sticking a knife into her seven
teen times. The conviction was fol-
lowed In due and regular course by
sentence to death on the gallows, but
tho execution of the sentence has been
delayed and the chances are that the
murderess will never be hanged The
only reason for leniency, so far as we
have heard. Is that the murderess is
not murderer. In a country where
women had only their rights, of course.
there would be no hesitation, but here
some of women's rights are withheld.
very cruelty, 1t Is asserted, and In COM
pensation privileges are accorded to
them. One of the privileges is the al
most certain avoidance of capital pun
ishment, however horrible may be the
crimes they commit Whether there
Is compensation in this or not Is for
the woman to say.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

Some one has pointed out In a $50
ciety column" that the woman of to-
day needs, to dress properly, three
times as much money as her grand
mother, who In 1850 dressed well on
5000 year. This leaves out of con-
sideration the great majority Of neatly
and prettIly dressed women our
wives. sisters and mothers, who have
but few dollars to spend for clothes.
They make their own garments, and
with skillful fingers and good taste
supply for themselves that for which
dressmakers would charge many hun
dred dollars.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
EXCITING BUFFALO HUNT.
The Animal Dra&s a Yaw1 Across the
Prairie.

The Animal Dra2s Yaw1 Across the
Prairie.
A yawlful of men wrecked by buf-
cences told by the author of Steam
boat Navigation on the Missouri Riv.
err" according to a story in the Phila-
delphia Ledger. The fare provided for
the crews in early days was extremely
plain and ecanty. One Of the boats
commanded by Capt. La Barge was
going through the buffalo country with
only poor supply Of salt pork and dry
bread. Every eye was alert for meal
of fresh meat, II such should appear ON
four feet anywhere in the vicinity. AT
last, near Handy's Post, four huge
bulls were sighted, swimming the riv-
er. Capt. La Barge's first mate was q
greenhorn, named John Durack, and
the captain thought this fine oppor-
tunity to break him in to some of the
experiences OF the wild and woolly
west. He gave orders to the men on
the boat to shoot the buffaloes and he
and John would lasso them when
either wounded or dead and tow them
back to the hungry crew. But John,
1t seems, did not quite understand the
program. About midstream he sud
denly flung the moose over the head of
the foremost buffalo. which was nat
urally the. strongest of the swimming
quartet. Capt. La Barges shout Of dis
may came too late.
isn't he as good as any?" called
back the innocent first mate, Juggling
hand over hand at the rope.
The buffalo fright about faced" and
swan like mad for the farther shore,
tho yawlful of men helplessly in tow.
The rowers backed their oars, protest
ing violently to the opdurate John in
the bow, but all to no purpose. Soon
the buffalo's feet touch the bottom
and up the bank he scrambled, carry
ing with him the stem of the yawl as
1t struck the rocky shore. Terrified
and furious, the buffalo, lasso, boat,
bow and all. went careening out of
sight across the prairie, and the sorry
yawl crew had to wait, hungry, angry
and disappointed on the further bank
until another crew can Q to take them
down the river beyond the warning bel
lows Of the escaped buffalo.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
and that has points of respectabillfy

and that has points of respectabilify
that the "shiyeree" lacks is the bur-
lesque serenade. This occurs early in
the evening, the midnight hour being
left for repose. All kinds Of instru-
ments are permitted in this band, and
facility In tone production Is all that
is necessary to the performer. Mailing
ribbons and shoes to the baggage fs
no longer au fait, nor is it absolutely
necessary to waste q half barrel Of
rice on the depot floor. To tip over the
house, knock the steeple of the church
and pry up a rail- 80 as to wreck the
train are no longer practiced. The
burlesque serenade Is really not so bad,
and it serves to show the appreciation
In which the bridegroom Is held by his
fellows.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

in Chancery Waller and made \
progress in his profession bey]
q member Of various law firm,
first connection being with the 4
Of Dikeman & Deneen and hi
and present with Deneen & Had
Three Of his business ass0dp
Messrs. Blanke, Chytraus and
Even, were subsequently called III
Superior bench.
Mr.. Deneen has always been Id
In politics. He served one term
member Of the Legislature from
old Second Senatorial Distdt
1924, and in 1895 was appointed
tcrney for the sanitary district
ing this position till 1896, when A
signed to make the race as Republ
nominee for States Attorney, hI
elected by the largest majority
given candidate on the county d
up to that time, and in 1900 wal
elected, running over 1000 i
ahead of the total for President
Kinley.
He was married in 1891 to Mia1
Day Maloney, daughter of an oil
roll County settler. They have
children-one son and two dau
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
Electricity in Treatment of Disease.

Recently an enlarged artery was
operated on by applying electricity in
ternally at the diseased point The
current was applied at the aorta, the
main artery of the body, in order to
reduce an aneurism or enlargement,
which extended for some inches, and
was about three inches wide. A hol-
low porcelain needle was introduced
into the artery, and fifteen feet of fine
gold wire passed through the hollow
and allowed to coil up. The outside
end of the wire was connected to an
electric battery, and the circuit COM
pleted by a metallic plate on the pa
amperes was sent through and gradu-
ally increased to fifteen; this was left
on for an hour.
The operation seems to have been
successful in attaining it's purpose.
which was to coagulate the blood at
the diseased point. The great danger
is that small pieces of the coagulated
blood may be carried into some of the
small arteries, clogging them and
causing death.
A somewhat similar application Of
electricity was the restoring to life
of an infant apparently born dead. At
birth there was slight pulsation Of
the heart, which grew fainter till
there was not sign of life Fifteen
minutes after birth the electric cur
rent was applied, and in fifteen min
utes more there were faint pulsations
Of the heart. When the treatment
had been kept up about half an hour
the heart was beating and the infant
breathing normally.-Collier's Week
ly.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

ut never rains but it pours" and
the action Of the Presbyterian General
Assembly, forbidding the remarriage
Of divorced persons by Presbyterian
ministers seems to have been re-echoed
ill around the horizon. The Baptist
Home Mission Society has adopted
resolutions condemning all divorces ex-
cept for the scriptural cause and all
remarriage Of divorced persons except
the innocent parties to scriptural Iii.
vorces. The committee of the Metho
dist General Conference to which the
matter was referred has discussed and
rejected all grounds for divorce except
the scrlptural ground. Bishop McLaren
in his opening address to the Illinois
Diocesan Convention made feeling
allusion to the divorce evil, and the
subject forced itself In a meeting Of
the peace and arbitration committee Of
the w. G. r. u. with the same effect
The most noteworthy action Of all,
however, was taken by the Federation
Of Women's Clubs. The bylaws Of
this organization make all Of the wom-
en- who have served two years as pres
ident honary presidents. 1t hap
pened that one of these honorary
presidents was recently married to a
man who had been divorC 4 only two
weeks before. In order to express Its
disapproval Of her course the fedora
ton changed the bylaw and made all
who had served as presidents merely
"eligible' as honorary presidents, the
intention being to elect all Of them ex-
cept this. obnoxious woman. From
these almost simultaneous incidents 1t
appears that the church and society,
the two agencies that have more pow
er to purify the marital relation than
the law itself are now fairly awake
to the necessity Of declaring them
selves in the most unmistakable terms
and Of exerting all the disciplinary
hower they possess over their own
members to eXtirpate the social cancer
Of the present day. In both Of these
movements it will be observed woman
is the handspring, for the church Is
almost as much a woman's institution
as the woman's clubs, and who should
originate this reaction If woman
should not2 Woman is the almost IN
variable victim Of divorce, and never
more so than when she Is bribed or
abused into seeking divorce. Woman,
homo and childhood are what is
crushed in the modern divorce mill,
and it Is no wonder that woman's
voice should be first lifted for deliver
ance. Is all this parliamentary activity
mere "sound and fury, signifying moth
ing" or is 1t to bear fruit in deter
mined onslaught on the evil? If any
thing is to be accomplished it will be
through these religious and social or.
CARNATIONS. That they are almost ON
nipotent in this field is unquestionaDle,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
Cow Wonder in Missouri.

Nature seems to have an eve to
the convenience Of both the milkmaid
and the progeny of a certain COW on
the Tucker farm in Galloway County.
''She is pure bred shorthorn. and
has seven well developed teats, every
one of them giving milk" her owner
tells the Gazette, land we give the
calf two and take five at milking
time. Fulton (Mo) Gazette
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

There are some indications that the
good old charivari-or 'shiveree"-of
the fathers Is going out Of use Now
and then you hear of mobs assembling
during the night and making pande-
monium for the newly married, but
ms rule this relic OF early barbarism
and frontier humor Is considered passe.
One modified form of the charivari
that seems to be growing In popularity
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

The Spinsters Club of Philadelphia,
organized for the purpose Of abolish
ing men and marriage, should have
begun operations by wipng out mice.
From this they might have worked up
to the point of tackling man.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

AL communications for this paper should b
panied By the name of the author necessarily fss
qualification. but evidences Of good faith on the pa
VI the wftsr Write only onv side of the paper Dc
parouIAriy careful In giving and dates TO have
tAs LISTERS and kRures plaiDand distinct
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

Wire rope he's been considered a
modern invention, GUt recent excava-
ton at Pompeii has uuearthed a piece
of wire rope an inch IN diameter and
about fifteen feet long The rope is
made of strands, each containing flf
teen wires twisted toge ther and the
strands are twisted upon one another
exactly as In modern cordage.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24
CHARLES S. DENer.
Tho Republican Nominee 81.
of I1linoiA uoVeA

Tho Republican Nominee for :.
of illinois, '0'ee
Charles s. Deneen, by re,s..
victory in the deadlocked Il,,a u y
vention, which was one 90 ~
memorable in the history Of NJ q
politics, has become q figure =. "at'
al interest. usNl
Mr.. Deneen was born at Ean,,
vtlle, ILL.,, forty-one years ago s' "'t
educated at the public school, wy
anon and at McKendree Collocs !!
which institution he graduates :, Y
In 1885 he settled PERMANENT =.
cago, having for three years nros ~
taught schoG in Madison and w.
Counties. He secured a plac. 10y y
as q law clerk In the Office NJ :,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

"Some day." an Ohio editor remarks,
Congress will acquire the courage to
take q humbug by the neck" That's
true as shootin'; but 1t will still make
u difference whose humbug it Is that
invites strangling.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

with metal rings, and was ca =.
the British after the n s,a
Gyanggtse. Stones were pl,.
the muzzle to get the neceS'",.
ton. Naturally the gun Is 'D
than dangerous.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

Tho latest fad among Yale students
is going barefooted through the streets
of New Haven. 1t is supposed to have
been started by some young gentleman
whose father could not be reached by
telegraph
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

It Is thought that the title of the
Panama route has been transferred in
q manner that will give the lawyers Of
the future very little encouragement.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1904-06-24

Why is 1t that every successful test
OF q flying machine ends with some
disablement Of the machinery that
prevents further experimenting?