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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
RELATED MIssIVE OF LOVE.
fender Message Waited Twenty
Years for Delivery

Years for Delivery.
Although belated more than twenty
years, love letter appointing a tryst
has been discovered and forwarded to
the person addressed, Alonzo Birdsall,
a motorman, who lives in Darby.
Birdsall was born and raised near
Bay City, Mich, and there he met,
wooed and won his wife, who was J
Miss Parkinson.
Her parents and his people occrl.
pied adjoining farms, but, owing to a
temporary feud, the young peoples
love did not run smoothly. They
courted on the sly, and, to facilitate
meetings, used to leave letters for
each other in the hollow of an old
elm tree. One day death visited the
Bi-dsall family, and the feud was sud.
denly terminated. In the excitement
Miss Parkinson totally forgot a let
ter she had just left in the tree.
The barriers removed, the lovers
married, and about ten years ago
moved to Philadelphia. Last week
Birdsall received letter from his
brother, which explained that in chop.
ping down the old elm he had found
a note, which he enclosed. Although
Teatherbeaten and discolored, the
writing was legible. 1t ran: John,
Dear-Meet me at the willows to.
night. Ellen" ."-Philadelphia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
STRANGE TRIBES IN BURMAH.
Traditions Accord with the eibIe-Ex.
peeted Foreign Teaching.

Traditions Accord with the BibIe-Ex.
peeted Foreign Teaching.
Letters have been received at Pitts.
burg from Rev. w. M. Young, Baptist
missionary at Kentung, Burmah, tell
ing Of new tribe Of hill people there,
with almost Christian traditions.
They are pure monotheists, and are
embracing Christianity rapidly, as 1t
is in line with their prophecy or tra'
dition.
Rev. Mr.. Young went to Kentung In
1901. In the district are 10000 peo-
pie called Muhsos. The Kaws are an.
other h< tribe, numbering 10000 or
10000.
The traditions OF these people tell
Of the creation, the fall Of man and
the food, closely following the bibh'
cal account. Their teaching against
evil-doing corresponds closely with
the Ten Commandments Of the Mosaic
law.
The most remarkable tradition
among these people IS tnat IorelSnef
would come to them to teach the re-
ligion of the true God. They readily
accept the teachings Of Rev. Mr..
Young, and since the first converts
were baptized last October hundreds
have accepted Christianity.
Until the Christian missionaries
first appeared the men wore cotton
cords about their waists and necka
The cords about their necks were that
they would not forsake their belief in
one God. Those about their wrists ex
pressed a longing for the coming OF
the foreigner who was to teach them.
When they accept Christianity
these people invariably ask the mis-
sionary to cut the cords about their
wrists.-New York World.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
IN COlONEL'S TOWN
Things Happen.

From the home of the famous "Keyh-
mel Ileeyartah, of Gainesville" away
down South, comes an enthusiastic let
ter about Postum.
81 was in very delicate health, suf-
fering from indigestion and a nervous
trouble so severe that ! could hardly
sleep. The doctor ordered me to dis
continue the use of the old kind Of cof-
fee. which was like poison to me, pro-
ducing such extreme disturbance that
I could not control myself. But such
was my love for it that could not get
my own consent to give it up for some
time, and continued to suffer till my
father one day brought home pack
age of Postum Food Coffee.
81 had the new food drink carefully
prepared according to directions, and
gave it a fair trial. It proved to have
4 rich flavor and made healthy,
wholesome and delightful drink. To
my taste the addition Of cream greatly
improves it.
my health began to improve as soon
~ the drug effect Of the old coffee was
removed and the Postum Coffee had
time to make its influence felt. My
nervous troubles were speedily relieved
and the sleep which the old coffee
drove from my pillow always came to
soothe and strengthen me after I had
drunk Postum-in a very short time l
began to sleep better than I had for
years before. have now used Postum
Coffee for several years and like it bet
ter and find it more beneficial than
when first began. 1t is an unspeak-
able Joy to be relieved of the old dis
ress and sickness" Name given BY
Postum Company. Battle Greek, Mich.
There's q reason.
Read the little book. The Road to
Mellyiile," in each pkg.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
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Marketing Potato CropE.

Jn line with the classic case Of the
oyster shippers, cited by President
Hadley Of Yale University in his book
on Railroad Transportation, is the case
of the Aroostook potato growers
brought. bc President Trttle Of the
Boston s. Maine Railroad before the.
Senate Committee on Interstate Com-
mcrcr. Nothing could better show how
Il railroad works for the interest OF
trc localities which it serves.
\ main dependence Of the farmers of
the Aroostook region is the potato
crop. aggregatirs annually eight to
ten million bushels which find mar
Let largely in Boston and the adjacent
thiekly settled regions Of New Eng
land. The competition OF cheap wafer
transportation from Maine to all points
along the New England coast: keeps
railroad freight rates on these pota-
toes always ct very low level.
Potatoes arc also considerable out
put of the truck farms Of Michigan.
their normal market being obtained III
and through Detroit and Chicago and
other communities Of that region.
Not many years ago favoring sun and
rains brought tremendous yield OF
potatoes from the Michigan fields. At
normal rates and prices there would
have been 4 glut of tie customary war-
kcts ard the potatoes would have rot
ted on the farms. To help the potato
growers the railroads from Michigan
made unpreccdentcdly low rates on
potatoes to every reachable market,
even carrying them in large quantities
to 4 place SO remote as Boston. sIhe
Aroostook growers had to reduce the
rrice on their potatoes and even then
could rot dispose Of them unless the
Boston s. Maine Railroad reduced its
already low rate, which it did. BY
means of these low rates, making pos
sible low prices. the potato crops or
both Michigan and Maine were finally
marketed. Everybody cats potatoes,
and that, year everybody had eli the
potatoes he wanted.
While the Michigan railroads made
rates that would have been ruinous to
the railroads, had they been applied to,
the movement of all potatoes at all
times, to all places, they helped their
patrons to find markets for them. Ihe
Boston & Maine Railroad suffered de-
crease in its revenue from potatoes.
but it enabled the Aroostook farmers
to market their crop and thereby to
obtain money which they spent for
the varied supplies which the rail-
roads brought to them. If the making
of rates were subject to Governmental
adjustment such radical and prompt
action could never have been taken,
because it is we'll established that ii
rate be once reduced by a railroad
company it cannot be restored through
the red tape of Governmental proceed
ure. If the Michigan railroads and the
Boston & Maine Railroad had been
subjected to Governmental limitation
they would have felt obliged to keep
I'D their rates as do the railroads OF
France and England and Germany un-
der Governmental limitation and let
the potatoes rot--Exchange.,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
The Homo Garden.

The suckers of gooseDerries, currants
and red raspberries should be rigidly
pulled.
Most flower seeds can be soWn dur
ing May, and greenhouse and window
plants may be put into the open
ground.
In making the home garden do not
overlook garlic, chives, shallots, herbs,
etc., rs they are exceedingly desirable
for flavoring purposes.
This seasons growth Of raspberry
canes should be pinched off and they
will throw out fruit laterals. This is
important, for on it depends next sea-
sons crop of berries.
Early varieties Of dwarf peas can be
grown between the rows Of tomato
plants. By the time the tomatoes are
large enough to occupy the ground the
peas will be out Of the way. The pea
vines may be removed or left as a
mulch for the tomatoes.
The seeds of sweet corn and all the
wrinkled varieties of peas should be
sown and a little later cucumbers,
melons, squashes, pumpkins and
gourds may be put in the open ground.
A fork full of well-rotted manure in
the hill is the proper food for these
plants.
The plants from pansy seed sown in
window boxes or under glass in Feb
ruary and March may be set out and
made ready for blossoming later. Seed
sown now in rich soil will make plants
that will come into bloom in mid:
summer and keep it up, if given plenty
Of water.
For the main crop Of tomatoes small,
stocky, quickly grown plants are best
for transplanting in garden or field,
but for extra early, potted plants that
are almost ready to bud may be used.
These should be transplanted without
removing much of the earth from the
roots. By this method it is possible to
have ripe tomatoes by July !.
Successional paintings of corn and
peas should be made at intervals OF
ten days or two weeks. Some plant
early and late kinds Oh the same day
and thus secure 4 succession, but it is
the more common practice to make
series of paintings Of the same variety.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
TALKING Locomotives.

"Six short toots are sent forth by
the locomotive every morning as my
train passes Cynwyd," said subur'
banite. 81 asked the engineer yester-
day what those toots meant, and he
told me they were conversation he
was holding with his wife.
"He said he lived at Cynwyd. In
cottage near the railroad, and each
morning, as he passed his home, he
told his wife what time he would re-
turn that night. Usually he returned
at 6-hence the six short toots. If it
was S, there were five toots, and so
on.
"He said there were lots OF engi-
neers and firemen who could talk
with the whistle by means OF signal
codes of their own devising. He said
there were even some men who, using
the telegraphic code of shorts and
longs, toot for tick, could say any
thing the pen or tongue could say
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Stalking and Tieing Tomatoes.


For the family garden I favor stak-
ing and tieing tomato plants, for the
following reasons: I have never grown
tomatoes on large scale, so can't say
whether it will pay to stake Them or
not where growing them in great guam
titles. Most every family wants few
vines in their kitchen garden, and not
one garden in twenty is absolutely
chicken proof, and about the time your
tomatoes are becoming ready for the
table, you so in your garden and find
the finest ones ruined by the chickens,
when they are grown in the sprawling
way, but not so when you have them
trained to shapes. Mr.. Chicken may
get a. few next to the ground, but after
that he is done for the season, and you
can let chickens run among your vines
and catch insects and they won't bother
your tomatoes. This is a great advan-
tage in garden culture, I think. Then
you can keep them in much smaller
space, and keep them free from weeds
and your garden looking neater by
training to stakes. When the. vines
grow at will they can be kept clean till
about the time they begin to get full
Of fruit, then down they go, and who
hasn't seen them in the most Of garden
soil, in a very short time overrun with
all manner Of weeds, and perhaps fine
tomatoes lying around on the ground
AID sunburned so they were ruined,
but with them tied to stakes you can
keep an earth mulch in dry weather
and keep them thrifty and bearing
right along. Or, if you prefer, when
they become full of fruit just cover
all the ground between the vines with
straw. leaves or something for mulch
and they will be all O. K. the rest Of
the season. I believe pruning to a
single vine and tieing to stake much
the better way for garden culture
C. S. Looney, in Southern Fruit
Grower. ...
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Poultry Notes.

Try feeding little chicks dry ration
of cracked grain, seeds, etc. 1t is bet
ter than Johnny cake, corn dough or
mashes.
Place q self-feeding box Of grain in
the coop so that the chicks can eat
what they want. There is little dan
ger Of overfeeding growing stock on
free range.
If hens on free range are given a
small feed of fresh-cut bone once q
day, or box of beef scraps and granu-
lated bone is placed N the henhouse,
they will produce more eggs.
Keep the brooders and colony houses
clean and loak out for red mites and
lice on the chicks. Incubator chicks
are hatched free from lice. but it does
not take long to contract them.
Set turkey hens, and if you have
plenty of eggs, fill the incubator. Ar
range so the hens and incubator will
hatch at the same time, then you can
give all the polts to the turkey hen.
heep tue CulChS Slo"1nS' Aoo oh'en
after chicks have left the brooder or
have been weaned by the hen they
get insufficient food to make the most
rapid growth. Especially is this true
Of chicks on free range.
Plant sunfowers outside the wire of
the poultry yard, and in and by waste
nlaces. They will afford shade during
the summer and the hens will relish
the seed. If planted inside the yard
they must be protected unit! out OF
each of the hens.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Catching Carp With P;tchferk

German carp have become plentiful
around these parts. A young negro
by the name Of Walls, who was on the
banks OF Neuse River the other day,
saw a great commotion down beside
the bank and found it was carp play
ing. The young fellow went to a
house near by, secured pitchfork,
waded into the stream as near them
as he could get and let drive into the
school. He impaled three, the small
lest one weighing seventeen and one.
half pounds.-Goldsboro correspond
ence to the Raleigh News and OBJ
server.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Proof or Originality.

EYES," remarked Mrs. Upstartia,
'@that picture is an original Raphael.
Husband had heard so much about
counterfeit Raphaels that he not only
ordered this from an artist upon
whom he could depend, but he went
30 far as to 60 to the studio every
day while it was being painted; so
you can take my word for it. that this
is a real original Raphael. el.'-Boston
Transcript.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
RAISING Minks for Their Fur.

Charles Elliot of East Barnet, Vt,
has scheme to raise mink for the
fur. He believes in his idea and has
placed an old hen house on the banks
of the river as start in the business.
Woven wire will keep the animals
where he can find them ana a par Of
the stream thus fenced off will give
them the water required.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
<4[UDE 7 D{ z5$azf 1I:IIY9 >

lIr. A. H. Franklin in referring to his
own experience in the American Dairy
man says:
"While the yield Of parsnips is not
so great as IA" yield of turnips. man.
giles or carrots. their extra value as
we'll rs appetizing qualities should
make them especially valuable as feed
for mich COWS. Another feature in
their favor is the pleasant favor.
I'm feeding parsnips my experience
is confined to the surplus from the gar
den at digging time in the spring. We
never fail to grow row or two of
parsnips for house use as soon as the
frost goes out in the spring. In our
anxiety to have enough we usually
have few bushels to spare. These
go to the neighbors and to the COWS,
and I often think the COWS appreciate
them the most. At any rate, they give
an additional milk flow, and we never
have been able to detect any objec-
tionable odor in the milk. It is,our in
tention hereafter to put in about five
times as many parsnips as usual and
give the cows liberal treat next
spring. ..
Zone reason why parsnips are not
grown for stock or for home use as
generally as they should be is that they
really are not developed until the frost
draws out Of the ground in the spring.
Then the feeding time is so short be-
tween snow and growing time that the
feeding or eating stage is passed be-
fore any considerable\quantity can be
used. The practice Of digging parsnips
in the fall and wintering them in cell
lars is obtainable, for the reason that
in the fall parsnips are very poor vege'
tables"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Reached tho BuII's-Eye Often.

It is a proud moment in the life OF
q British soldier or sailor to be pro-
nounced by the king a credit to the
country. Such a compliment was paid
to Able Seaman Hollinghurst. The
honor of royal recognition was due
to the remarkable skill Of the British
sailor in gun practice. With a large
square canvas target six feet by eight.
in the center Of which was compare
lively small bull's-eye, scarcely larger
than a mans hat, placed at distance
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Transplanting Plants.

When transplantins plants, whether
grown from seeds or cuttings, to the
open ground, care should be taken to
press the earth firmly down upon the
roots and to give thorough watering
afterwards. If the days are warm, a
partial shading will be found beneficial
fCc the fruit two or three days.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Parsnips For Cows.

It is said that .arSnips are BY far
the richest of the root crops for feed
ing. They are fed largely to COWS in
the Channel Islands. we are told.
though in this country parsnips are
reserved for table use. In 4 reference
to this matter of porsnips for COWS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Seed Potatoes.

If the seed potatoes are scabby, they
should be treated with 4 mixture of
one pint Of formalin to thirty gallons
OF water. Sacks of the seed potatoes
are suspended in this solution for an
hour and half, allowed to drain and
spread on the barn floor to dry.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Objects to the Bank Barn.

do not like a bank barn: my faith.
er had one i5x7O, costing $1,000. and 1
would as soon have one of the same
size without the. bank. The barn should
front south; it cost considerable to
make the wall for a bank barn. There
should be tile under the wall, or some
way to prevent water from coming un-
der in the wet time. I never saw a
bank barn that water did not seep un-
der. We have had to carry water out
in buckets and the ground is rolling.
know of six or seven costly bank
barns, and the owners do not like
them. One of my neighbors is talking
of moving his barn off from the wall,
and set it on the ground. You may
have a team out Of a bank barn in real
cold weather and stop them, and you
will think they have chill.
All grain may be put in. the base
ment by chutes like Touring mills run
their grain. Have small bin in the
basement under the chute, with a
small hopper on the upper end; have
this in crib or granary. You can load
wheat in wagon by same plan; bin
over chute 20 barn; stand wagon un-
der; hang sack on; when full is in the
wagon.
Bank barns are not the place for
sheep. They are too damp. You can
keep them for a short time, say while
lambing.-W. W., in Indiana Farmer.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
Handy Stock Cart.

There is hardly a farm where any
amount Of stock is kept on which q
stock cart built similar to our illustra-
tion would not prove itself indispensa-
BILE in course of time. Two discarded
buggy. axles worked over at black
smith forge form drop axle for this
cart, says the Ohio Farmer. In the
cut, A shows the axle, which should
be left standard track width, pieces one
foot in length being inserted near the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06

above all, a woman who has had
more experience In treating female ILLS
than any living person.
Over one hundred thousand cases OF
female diseases come before Mrs. Pink
ham every year, some personally,
others by mali, and this has been 60
ing on for twenty years. day after day.
Surely women are wise in seeking
advice from q woman OF such expert
ence, especially when it Is absolutely
free.
Mrs. Pinkham never violates the con-
fidence of women. and every testimo-
nial letter published is done 80 with
the written consent or request OF the
writer, in order that other sick women
NAV be benefited as they have been.
Mrs. Fred Seydel,. of 412 North 54th
Street, West Philadelphia, Pa, writes:
Dear Mrs. Pinkham:- ..
cover a wear ago wrote you letter asking
advice, as bad female ills and could not
carry child to maturity. received your
kind letter Of instructions and followed your
advice. I am not only well woman In con-
sequence, but have beautiful baby girl.
wish every suffering woman in the land would
write you for advice, as you have done so
much for me-"
Just as surely as Mrs. Seydel was
cured, will Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cure every
woman suffering from any form Of
female ills.
No other medicine in all the world
has such a record Of cures OF female
troubles as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. Therefore no
prudent woman viii accept any substi-
tute which druggist may offer.
If you are sick, write Mrs. Pinkham,
Lynn. Mass, for special advice. 1t il
free and always helpful.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06

A motor driver was fined S115 in the
town of East Wolseley, England, the
other day, for passing cart on the
wrong side
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-07-06
IN STRICT CONFIDENCE.
Women Obtain Mrs. Pinkham's
Advice and Help.
She Has Guided Thousands to Health.-
How Lydis Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Cured Mrs. Fred Seydel.

It is q great
satisfaction for 8
woman to feel that
she can write to
another telling her
the most private
and confidential
details about her
illness, and know
that her letter will
be seen by a wo
man only, q wo-
man full Of sym.
pathy for her
sick sisters, and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-04-27
GETS A FRUIT CAKE
Women Help Feed the Presi-
Dental Hunter

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo, April
26.-Members of Camp Roosevelt took
a rest today. They We're utterly worn
out after the hard chase of Monday
and Tuesday. Secretary Loeb found
the president reading and several of
his hunters telling stories when he
reached the camp on West Divide
creek. Mr.. Roosevelt questioned the
secretary concerning the happenings
of the past few days, preferring to get
his news in this manner rather than
by reading the big bundle of newspa-
pers taken'to the camp by it's courier.
Women of Newcastle sent a huge
fruit cake to the camp today and Dan
Mcpherson, rancher, sent a basket
OF several dozen fresh eggs. The sup
plies We're addressed directly to the
president, but are for a spread for the
hunters. The bear killed by the pTesi-
dent furnished one of the finest skins
ever seen here. The animal was shot
directly through the heart. After ii
had been overtaken by the dogs it
went up a tree to a position twenty
five feet high After the president
shot the bear it climbed twenty feet
higher and then dropped to the
ground. The president may attend
church at the "Old Blue School
house" on next Sunday. The school
house is only three miles from camp.
Services are conducted by a Presby-
terrain minister.