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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
THE TRIBUNE PATTERN.

The accompanying sketch offers a chic model for
an afternoon or summer frock for the woman OF
fine tastes This gown can be developed charm
ingly In any one of a thousand ways. The quantity
of material required for medium size is 14k yards
SO inches wide.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
ONE MUST BE ENTERTAINING.

Weep ana you weep alone.
There is no truer saying than that" remarked
fashionable girl cynically IF you are not tuned
W 70 concert pitch all the time you are not persona
grata. Ho1r friends may appear TO be sympathetic
IL you are depressed but they really bored and
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26
Tome gays Of the World.

new idea for the comfort Of an invalid, or any
one who must perforce spend more or less time in
bed resting from all too strenuous life, is a
straw pocket. 10 hang within easy reaching dis
tance TO hold handkerchief, pencil or any small
article required. Every one knows how mystert-
ousy such things apt to disappear while in
bed, and prove almost hard 70 find as the pro-
verbal needle IN the haystack. So the little pocket
pretty present 20 one who needs it
One OF the straw cuffs tradesmen wear forms the
pocket, which be embroidered In the colors OF
the room then lined and a bottom made Of the
same colored silk, with ribbon loop Of the same
shade 10 hang II up by. The top should be left
open Tor greater convenience.
WHAT OF THOSE PRETTY CAPs7
What has become OF those pretty, becoming
caps that women used to wear?' oUeried an old
bachelor the other day when the revival Of old
fashions was being talked about. 'I wish they
would come back They were delightful little bits
OF fenininty those absurd, tiny things of lace and
ribbon that young brides donned proudly the
insignia OF their matronhood and made them look
awfully fetching. 1 remember my sister declaring
that she was going TO get married simply in order
TO have the right to those becoming caps.
TO middle aged women also, caps were dis
ttnct boon. Not only did they give added dig
nifty 20 the appearance, but they made women look
prettter. i often think, in looking at my contem-
poraries how much better looking they would be
IL they would adopt the pretty headdresses like
those my mother and her friends used to wear at
home In The Gay time Considering how becoming
completely discarded such pretty addition to their
toilette"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-03-26

IN MAKING GARMENTS for our customers only the
best materials, from outside TO lining. used and 8
perfect fit is assured in every case
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Ants Build Good Roads

The greatest road builders in the
iii South America. In building a road
they carry minute particles of clay,
with which they line all the roads as
well as the galleries and passages Of
their nests till they look as smooth as
if cemented by a master mason. Seine
idea of their number can DE formed
When it is remembered that the whole
OF THIS road to their tree, perhaps near
~ half a mile long, is densely throng-
ed with a multitude going out empty
and coming back with their umbrella
like burdens, while thousands upon
thousands swarm in the doomed tree.
That this vast army is under the
best discipline can be proved by watch
ing them for only a few moments. The
drivers are constantly running to and
down giving their orders to the work.
ers, which they do by touching heads
for a moment. The individual so touch
ed will stop, turn back, hurry forward
or show in some such way that he is
following some comamnd. But a better
proof of the discipline is found in the
fact that when the army meets with
an obstacle, such as a log Or a large
stone, there is a jam of ants on both
sides n they run about in dismay
and disorder. Instantly the drivers
hurry up, showing the greatest excite
ment and over, around and under
the imepdiment to find the best way
out of the difficulty. Whey they have
decided they lead off the line of march
in the proper direction. But until they
take this step the workers make no
attempt to pass me obstacle.
When a selection of a level piece Of
ground has been made a perpendicular
shaft some eight inches in diameter
and six or seven feet deep is formed.
This is for drainage and ventilation,
never for ingress or egress. If the
ground slopes the shaft is horizontal,
the mouth, Of course, being at the bot
tom, radiate galleries, like the spokes
Of a wheel set at a slight angle. At
the end of each series of galleries
spokes a circular gallery lis made,
forming, as it We're, a set of wheels,
che above. the other. In, or rather
above, these circular galleries, the
nests or dwelling places are construct
ed. These are oval in shape and about
q foot long. The narrow end of the
oval is downward and opens into the
roof Of the gallery, and as the spOkes
always slope slightly toward the shaft
30 tropical rains, no matter how heavy,
can enter the homes and breeding
places of the ants.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Thought Cleveland Was Dead

About three years ago, when Grover
Cleveland failed to appear at the shoot
ing stand Ct William b. Eaton. Oh
Great Herring Pond, in response to an
invitation, the latter jOkingly told H.
L. Chapman, who at that time publish
cd a weekly paper in Wareham, near
Buzzard's Bay, that Cleveland was
dead.
Chapman didn't wait for particulars,
but drove Immediately to the home of
Mr.. Cleveland. telling everyone be met
o. the death of the ex-president. Ar
irving at Gray Gables. after driving 1T
q twO-minute clip, tie newspaper man
was greeted by Mr.. Cleveland himself.
why, MI, Cleveland" said Chip
man. Il heard you were dead
Dead? Who said / was dead?"
wv. r. Eaton, of Great Herring
Pond, told me less than an hour ago
that Grover Cleveland was dead"
Mr. Cleveland was provoked. He or
dered his team out at once, and drove
owe to Eaton's place, seven miles dis
tant. Meeting Eaton in the yard, and
without leaving his buggy, he demand
ed the reason~for such a report.
Eaton calmly produced the dispatch
which read: "Wll be there tomorrow
If alive. Grover Cleveland"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
CURIOUS WAGES
Freak Bets Won and Lost by the Con<
sentative Hritan.

In the year 1857 a farmer laid a
wager that he would eat two dozen
penny mutton pies and drinks a gallon
of ale in half an hour, a feat which he
easily performed well within the spec
ified limit: in about half an hour af-
terward he deyoured q. three-penny loaf
and d pound Of cheese, apd then at
tackled a leg OF pork. A fewlyears later
ing Brighton with his vagaries the Wig
orous Sir John Lade made his ceIebra-
ted wager that he would carry Lord
Cholmondeley on his back twice around
the Steine. As Sir John was short and
his opponent tall, much curiosity was
aroused, and many spectators, includ-
ing ladies, came out to see, but We're
all baked of the spectacle by the
knight declining to bear the nobleman'
except in the minimum Of clothing, de-
ciarlng that there vas nothing in the
conditions calling upon him to carry
extra weight OF quite another kind,
says the Queen, was the wagering by
a gentleman that he would stand all
day upon London bridge with a trayful
of new soEereigns, but be unable to
sell them at a penny apiece, and, like
Sir John Lade, he won his wager. Fam
cy dress balls are still a favorite
amusement with people, and many
quaint and curious designs are to be
seer at such assemblies, but here again
there is nothing new, for, to quote but
one instance, in 1906 Il curious wager
was laid between two gentlemen as TO
who should assume the most singular
character. The winner paraded with
his coat and waistcoast decorated with
bank notes of different values, a row of
five-guinea notes and a netted purse of
gold adorned his hat, while he
appeared dressed like a woman on one
side side, one half Of his face being
painted and the other half blackened
to resemble that of a negro. On one
leg vas a silk stocking and a Slipper
and on the other half a pair of linen
breeches, a boot and spur, while he
was also adorned with half a long
tailed linen Goat.-London Standard.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
The Way of Woman.

The London Chronicle tells this
story: She vas a dreadful wreck
when they brought her in to st. Bar
tholomew's hospital last evening. The
youthful surgeon worked away upon
her face with spOnges and plaster and
cottonwood, wondering aloud how
she could have got into such a state.
Clearly the woman had something to
say-but she could not say it. When
the surgeons had made a job of it he
gently lifted the woman over an arm,
and asked, How did it %happen?" She
@saised a \ fist to shake over his shcul-
r. and cried %furiously, "E done it!
iti-'im." Turning his head,
81 surgeon could see the man, who
hsN been standing just under h fiar-
ing gas jet, and watching the proceed
dngs with the interest of a landed pro-
prietor at a building operation. The
brute!" muttered the surgeon, as ne
shifted the woma to her feet. Sne
turned on him. "Brutei" h shr1eked
through her bandage. And after he
brought me all the way ere in his arms.
Gawd bless 'im!"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Stroke I'm q SilaYe.

II should say IL took about SOC
strokes of the razor to shave a man.
Ia barber said in answer TO a Louisville
lCourier-Journal reporter.
You are wrong" said the man. To
shave me, going over my face twice,
won't make $50 strokes"
How do you known" asked the bur-
Iber.
For years" said the other, 81 have
had the habit of counting the strokes
!of the razor while being shaved. IL Is
la silly habit, yet | can't get rid OF il.
You and / will count your strokes to-
Igether now"
The shaving proceeded in silence
Done" said the barber at the end
ri make ii 30"
THAT is right, 21033, the patron
1T always runs thereabouts-
Once ! got a good shave in 1e5 strokes
Once | got a bad shave in $40. The ay-
Ierage is about 30"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

Soft Heart
Beuays 1t by Starting Out to
Succor a Poor, Starving
Young Woman.
HAS A DREAM
Sees Vile Begging Food For Dying
Husband, bus He Fails to
Venfy the Vision.

copyright, 1856. b. :. C. NcClure.1
w 7 HEN Mr.. Bovser reached
w 3 10: , !: .ss &c: e: ;1 s,,s:.s !
n the figure Of a woman
who had called at the basement door
crowded past him as he entered the
gate. As soon as he bad gained the in
side of the house he asked of Mrs.
Bowser:
"Was that woma whom l saw at
the basement door just now q neigh
bor?"
NO was the answer. ST did not go
down, bet l heard the cook telling her
that we had no stale bread. l presume
it was q beggar."
But do you know whether it was or
not?"
II will find out. Did she ask you for
money!"
"Never mind whether she did or not,
but ascertain her identity"
The cook said it was an old woman
who came around every day or two for
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Engiand's Money.

The income a. I'm Great Britain is;
levied On $1,000, 000, 600 Of annual m
come, and produces s155 ,o00, 900 OF rey-
ienue for the government.
III Mr.. Gibsen Bowles is right in say
ing that only one-third of the national
pays the tax, the total OF in
comes of the United Kingdom must be
$40. 500, COG. 900, a sum almost incon-
icesvabsy vast.
That is only $2i4 a year for each per-
son IL 1t were equally divided. Ir
Less than 10000 persons have
more than half the total income.
From money invested abroad alone
Britain's capitalists probably
81, 200, 900. 900 q year OF income,
Ithorgh no one can tell exactly.
1t is probable that the total OF psf-
Ivate incomes. great and small, m the
States II over SIS yOO0, coo, 000,
Though the sun cannot be 90 closely
a In the island kingdoms-
Exchange.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

MRS. BOWSER, IS OUR COOK A LIAR?"
stale bread, and when Mr.. Bowser was
Informed Of this he had no more to say
and went down to dinner. During the
meal he was silent and thoughtful, and
after trying in vain to draw him out
Mrs. Bowser concluded that something
had zone wrong at the Office and gave
over her attempts. When they reached
the sitting room he walked up and
down for two or three minutes and
then said:
Mrs. Bowser, is our cook a liarT"
"Why, of course notw she exclaimed.
That's a funny question to ask"
ut may eem funny to you, but / as
sure you that there is no humor in it.
The woman asked for stale bread, did
she?"
"The cook says she did"
But 90 you know whether che did or
not? Were you down there to hear her
wordsT'
Il told you I was not / heard her
voice, however, and l know it was an
old who often calls here. l
think b gathers up stale bread to
feed a few chickens on. How does it
come about that you are SO greatly in
terested in herr"
"a night or two ago I had a dream.
/ dreamed that a mai lay dying in Il
garnet room and that his weeping
young wife started OFT to beg for mon
ey to buy him food. I saw those two
people and that room just as plainly
as l see you. In my dream l saw that
wife turned away from door after
door, and as I followed her she stag
gered down to the river and leaped in.
AS the waters closed over her I awoke
with a shout on my lips"
"It's curious that I didn't hear your
shout and that you said nothing to me
Of the DREAM" observed Mrs. Bowser.
"It may be curious and it may not.
The face Of that poor woman was in
delibly impressed on my memory. The
cool says that it was an Old woman
who called here half an hour ago for
stale bread. l say it was the young
wife of the dying man and that she
was asking for a few pennies to buy
him medicine or some delicacy. She
was heartlessly turned away, just as /
dreamed"
That's all nonsense. You have got
a dream and some story you have read
some time all mixed up. In the first
place, if the man lay dying, as you
think you dreamed, he would have no
appetite to eat anything"
Mrs. Bowser, don't try ridicule or
sarcasm on me, for / won't have it.
When this woman passed me at the
gate / saw her pitiful mouth, her tear
filed eyes, her look of desolation and
despair. 1t was the same woman.
Somewhere within half a mile of us
her husband lies dying. and you, among
others. have heartlessly turned her
from your door,
Mrs. Bowser went to the head OF the
basement stairs and called the cook
up, and when the woman appeared at
the sitting room door she asked:
Bridget, was there any one at the
basement door just as Mr.. B0wser
came homer
@There was. num-"
and VITO was 1T"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Accented Pay for AnOther's Dog.

w. K. Vanderbilt vas '~autoing" up
a Long Island road recently. Ahead of
him walked a man and a dog. The dog
was nosing around among the bushes
and fence posts Suddenly, as Mr..
Vanderbilt's auto passed the man, the
dog started cross the road. The auto
lit him "~kerplunk" amidships. a few
spasmodic kicks and he gave up the
ghost. Mr.. Vanderbilt Immediately
stopped his machine, and, getting ort,
approached the man with his wallet in
his hand, saying: "I'm awfully sorry,
my man. Will $50 fix it right?"
'Oh, yes; $50 will do"
Then, as Mr.. Vanderbilt was disap-
pearing in a cloud of dust up the road,
the Ia turned, and looking at b dog
said:
Il wonder whose beast it was?"
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09

Healthy, happy babies. Mothers say
that HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea is
the greatest baby medicine in the
world. Makes them strong, well and
active. IS cents, Tea or Tablets. R Il.
Bellamy.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-09
Home Made

Have your cake, mullins, and tea bis
cult homemade. They will be fresher,
cleaner, more tasty and wholesome.
Royal Baking Powder helps the house
wife to produce at home, quickly and eco
nomically, fine and tasty cake, the raised
hot-biscuit, puddings, the frosted layer
cake, crisp cookies, c%rullers, crusts and
mullins, with which the ready-made food
found at the bake-shop or grocery does
not compare.
Royals the greatest Of bake-day helps.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
C0lstOn Dots.

CoLsroN, November 21.-Rev. s.. P,i
Chisolm, of this place, preached at Spring
Branch last Sunday.
Mr.. c. W. Clayton and mother spent
last Saturday and Sunday with relatives
at Elko.
Mr.. Hubert Chisolm visited Bambergs
last Saturday.
Several Of the young folks from here.
attended the carnival at Olar last Friday
and Saturday.
Sugar boilings are the order Of the day
now in this section. Come down, MI.
Editor, and get some juice. &
Master Rice Beard, of Bamberg, spent
Sunday and Monday with relatives here.
Messrs. G. N. Warn and B. w. Beard
went up to olar last Saturday afternoons,
|. Messrs. julius Folk and Veilous Beard,
of Ulmer, were visitors here last Sunday.
Mr.. ]. F. Clayton happened to q very
painful accident last Thursday. While
coming home from Olar small tree fell
side of the road and frightened his mule,
which ran away with him and threw him
ont of his road cart and dislocated his
shoulder. s5.s &:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
Barled to Death.

BRUNsoN, November 1S.-A distressing
accident occurred Wednesday evening
about six o'clock at the home of Mr.. A
G. Brunson, prominent citizen Of the
town of Clifford, in this county. Mrs
Brunson, engaged in household duties
left her six.months-old babe for q short
while in the care of her little four-year-
old son, near the fireplace of the sitting
room. Hearing the screams of the chill
dren the family rushed into the room and
found the younger babe completely envel'
oped in flames from its burning clothes
Mr.. Brunson and his eldest daughter
were severely burned about the hands and
face, in their efforts to save the infant
from burning to death.
The little brother truthfully stated that
he had placed the end of stick in the
fire and showed how in playing with il
the blaze had come in contact with his
baby brothers clothing.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
Mill Will Sell Its Own Output.

CHARLESTON, Nov. 16.-Something un.
usual in the conduct of cotton mills in the
South is soon to be inaugurated by the
new owners of the Walterboro Cotton
Mills, at Walterboro. 1t is proposed to
handle its own product and sell direct to
johbers and wholesalers without the in
tervention of commission men. In other
words, the mill is to sell as we'll as manu-.
facture cotton cloth.
The Walterboro Cotton Mills are capi'
talized at 100000 and owned by four o,
five individuals, among them being Wal.
ter Pringle and others, of Charleston.
Pringle Brothers conduct a large dry
goods house here, and it is presumed that
the goods will be sold directly from this
city. There are several owners residing
in Walterboro, but no wholesale dry
goods houses there.
The mill is new and cost $41, 400, has
5000 spindles and $50 looms. Through
troubles that came with purchase of high
cotton few years ago the mills were re.
Gently sold by the United States Court
and the present owners secured the prop
erty for less than half its first cost. The
experiment of selling from the mills will
be watched closely by those interested in
the cotton goods trade, North and South.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
Country Correspondence.

Quite changein thetemperature since
Sunday. This weather makes one feel
like it is nearing time for Santa Claus.
Master Everette Hanberry, of Den.
mark, spent the day with his cousin,
Master Bartlette Jordan, Saturday, shoot
ing birds, squirrels, rabbits, etc.
Mrs. Eta Hughes is thought to be i'm
proving.
Cane grinding and syrup boiling is the
order of the day now. Such a sweet
time!
There was services at Springtown last
Sunday. The day for preaching has been
changed from the fourth to the third
Sunday.
Mrs. L. NJ. Aver and little daughter, OF
Clear Pond, were visitors in our midst
Saturday.
Nh. o. P. Jordan spent Sunday with
his uncle, DR.. W. A. Hanberrry, Of Den
mark.
Misses Alma and Naomi Sanduer Vlslt'
ed their parents Saturday and Sunday in
our midst.
Next Thursday, the 30th, is Thanks
giving day. How many of US will feel
true thankfulness for what we have? We
have much we can rejoice over, much we
can be proud of, and much that we should
return sincere and grateful thanks for.
We regret to report Mr.. ]. W. Hill in
bed, but hope he will soon be himself
again.
Mesdames Ben Rentz and Daniel Car
ter, of Oak Grove, were guests Of Miss
G.. E. Jordan, Monday.
Miss Miller's school, at Hampton, is
progressing very nicely. May its success
continue.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
SAVED FROM DEATH BY HIS SON.
Thomas Fuller, MIL Operative, Insisted on
Standing on the Edge Of Crossties.


LAURENs, Nov. 19.-Thomas Fuller, 8
mill operative at the Laurens cotton mills,
was struck and very seriously injured by
an incoming freight on the Columbia,
Newberry and Laurens railroad yesterday
afternoon between 5 and o'clock, receiy~
ing a number of ugly and dangerous cuts
about his face and on the head. e
The accident happened In q cut just be-
yond the Laurens mill store and but for
the presence of mind Of his ten-year-old
son who was with him Fuller, in all prob
ability, would have been killed outright
by the train. The injured man is near
sighted and is said to have been drinking
yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by his
boy he was coming up the railroad and
when the freight came along Fuller
insisted on standing on the ends of the
cross ties while the train was passing.
The little boy, seeing his fathers danger,
had almost succeeded in pulling him from
his perilous position by clinging to the
coat of his father, when the steps Of the
caboose struck the man on the head and
knocked him off and out of further dam
ger. Fuller received prompt medical and
surgical attention, and is reported to be
getting along very nicely today. he had
close call.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-11-23
SHOT THROUGH THE HEAD.
Mrs. Hattie Carson Bronson, Of Oranseburs,
Takes Her Own Life.

bohCS iISI SWu LhSs
ORANGEBURG, November 20.-The COM
munity was shocked today when it be-
came known that Mrs. Hattie Carson
Brunson had shot herself through the
head at the residence of DR.. John 81.
Perryclear, in this city, where she made
her home The ball entered the right
temple and passed through the head.
She died at 4:30 this afternoon. Her
funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon,
and the interment will be made in Sunny
side cemetery.
Mrs. Brunson was the widow of the
late Henry Il. Brunson, who died in
March, 1904. Mr.. Brunson was man OF
attractive personality, and was at one
time probably the best liked and most
popular man in this county, and he exer-
cised large influence, although he was
still young man, being under, 40 years
of age at the time of his death. Mr.. Brun.
son was extensively known over the
State and possessed friends in every
county.
Mrs. Brunson was herself woman OF
refinement and many attractions. Since
the death of her husband last year she
has gone out very little, and it is stated
that she had manifested signs of consider.
able dependency. The supposition is
that she shot herself and that it was fol
the purpose of taking her own life. Evi'
dently her mind must have become tenn.
porarily unbalanced.
There are two little girls, who will be
left fatherless and motherless, and they
are both exceedingly bright and attrac
tive little ones. One is about 10 or IL
years of age, while the younger is 9 or II
years of age. Both children were al
school at the time of the tragedy.
The extensive family connections and
relatives of both Mrs. Brunson and Mr.
Brunson's family ere prostrated with
grief over this unfortt.N.te tragedy, anc
the sympathy of the entire communit!
goes out to them in their trouble.