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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
Hints For Poultry.

A good egg will sink in water.
Sitting hens should not be fed while
on the nest.
Growing chicks should be protected
from the sun.
The nest must occasionally be re-
newed and kept clean.
Road dust, with fine sifted ashes,
makes a good dust bath.
Cleanliness and vigilance are the best
preventives Of disease.
As a rule fowls will keep healthier
if they lave good range.
A dark comb is an Indication Of a
congested state Of tic system.
There is more profit in marketing
fowls early than at any other time.
Now you who have attended tie
poultry shows and who have found out
that you did not know i all. can you
not improve the next season?
An aid to making fowls lay in cold
weather is to heat their grain before
feeding, but do not get it too bot, as
fowls have been killed that way.
After cleaning your poultry house
thoroughly and using crude kerosene
oil in all the crevices and on perches,
then litter the floor with straw and
chaff.
The festive lice still give their atten-
ton to the fowls, Notwithstanding
oiled perches, etc. A good dose OF in.
sect powder is about the only thing
that will rout them.
1t is poor policy to sell all your best
birds, even if you can obtain good
price, for while you obtain more ready
money you are not improving your
stock, and your birds will deteriorate
each year as long as you practice SELL
ing all Of the best.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
Food and Flavor.

The food that animals consume
modifies the character of their flesh.
Turnips yield peculiar flavor to NUT
ton. The favor of mutton from sheep
that have lived upon the highland is
different from that of sheep which
have obtained their food chiefly from
the lowlands. The garlic of the mead
ows and some fragrant herbs modify
the flavor of the meat. Oily food tends
to make the fat soft. Hens partly fed
on scraps Of decayed meat yield eggs
that are at cnce unpleasant to the taste
and unhealthy. Feeding the animals
for human food is Of great Importance
and demands experience. 1t is not
enough that food makes fat-it should
also impart an agreeable favor.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
Horse Hadi&h Culture.

Horse radish does we'll on any kind
Of soil. but best in rich. moist ground.
A sandy loam. we'll enriched with de-
composed stable manure, will give fine,
clean, straight roots: on clay soil the
roots are apt to fork and ''hnger. The
rows are made twenty-four inches
apart. and sets are planted e!gh-
teen inches apart in the rows: no other
cultivation is required but to keep the
ground clean. AS it is late crop 1t is
usual to grow some other crop as an
early crop, between the rows, and put
the rows two and half feet apart.
Beets OF an early kind are excellent to
grow with the horse radish in alternate
rows, as they do not make large tops.
Horse radish is entirely hardy, and can
be left safely in the ground all winter
but it is best to harvest the roots and
keep them in pits.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17

described may rest in the opening. A
strong brace is made in the form of a
frame. in which the barrel is used
for scalding purposes. At the rear
of the platform a scaffold is erected,
being simply strong piece of stud
ding mounted on heavy posts set into
the ground. Figure c shows the
curve in the platform cut for the
scalding barrel, figure B the form Of
construction Of the brace set back of
the barrel and figure A The scafold.-
indianapolis News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
Pretty Wedding Custom.

In some parts Of the Tyrol beauti-
full, though curious, custom prevails.
When girl is going to be married and
Just before she leaves for the church
her mother gives her handkerchief,
which is called q tear-kerchief. It Is
made of newly-sbun and unusued linen.
and with it the girl dries the natural
tears she sheds on leaving home. The
tear-kerchief is never used after the
marriage day, but is folded up and
placed in the linen closet, where 1t re.
mains till Its owners death, when it is
taken from its place and spread ovet
her face.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
I|bEzaieE dI=TTXs >

ThirG comes the largest part Of the
potato-the starch. If this is very
dense the potato will be mealy, but it
non-uniform the potato will be of poor
quality.
Fourth is the very centre of the tu-
ber which contains little starch and
great deal of water. If this area
branches out into the starch the potato
will not be a good cooker.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17

cause she was so hard-working and SO
poor-was soon set to carry out his
plan. Down on her knees she had to
90, and as she was decidedly stout. 1t
was no light task. With a cork cut
the exact size and dipped in the. ink.
she pressed firmly down on each
flower, thus leaving it as If covered
with red cherries. No wonder 1t took
her over a week, working all day. for
the carpet was from twenty-five to
thirty feet long and proportionately
wide"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
Butchering Appliance.

Much of the disagreeable work of
butchering on the farm might be avoid
ed if one would take the trouble to
have the necessary conveniences. First
build low and strong platform. 1t
should be made Of lumber faced on the
top side and made extra strong by
cross pieces underneath. The legs
short, stout and we'll braced. At one
end cut out piece so that the barrel
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
GIha Land af Pro1niAe."

A narrow, .dingy street leading to the
workhouse gates in Hoxton has been
named "The Land of Promise by tie
Shoreditch Council, says the Lsnden
Express.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17

D take a good horse into
Madison Square Garden
ring and win a blue ribbon
looks simple, but only the
veterans fully understand
that this is the coping
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17

HAT is that in the egg
which enables it to develop
all the qualities of the
bird? Something must be
there, and we may even
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17
TRAINING A SHOW HORSE
HOW AN AMATEUR SHOULD PRE-.
PARE FOR THE RING.

Beginning the Animals Developments
Neei For Care and Patience-Groom-
ing an Important Point-Country E1-
hibftions Should Be Tried First
Things to Re Avoided at All Horse
Shows.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-05-17

Go leisurely, keep him up to the bit
and curb, not pushing 80 as to make
him liable to break his pace, but just
.uoving smoothly along, using the whip
lightly, If at all. An hour or two each
day for q week will make wonderful
difference. Then remove the shoes, re-
place with lighter ones, and this
change, with the smoothness Of the
road, will persuade him at once to
strike higher and more forward. Keep
him still close in hand, move steadily
without spurts, the driver never losing
touch with the mouth, and watching
for every sliding back from grace.
Once the path to improvement Is
struck, it is astonishing how much the
horse will improve after each visit to
plowed, or rough ground. He must
not be overdriyen, nor underdriven,
and patience is the one great watch
word. If the horse is q Saddler, OF
course the same applies to the walk,
trot and canter, the action being stimu-
lated for the walk and trot on the har-
rowed ground, and the canter from
exercise on level grass. In neither
case must the pipil be permitted to
slouch for single instant.
Grooming is another great feature,
aid the attractive glossiness Of show
horses coat Is not obtained in single
week. He should be Systematically
brushed with the body brush, always
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

Sunday clothes, and resigned herself
to wearing the coarsest and cheapest
boots she could buy. / dare say she
consented the more easily. from wish
to save for pitchblende. to her little
Irene being dressed on Sundays and
week days In a coarse suit of boys
clothes.
What / wrote first about M. and
Nine. Curie brought Germany, and the
United States around me, but not a
single British inquirer. They had re-
ceived in the most literal sense golden
offers from the United States II they
would go there to direct laboratories.
Switzerland also made-for the Swiss
an offer of unwonted brilliancy.
They preferred, when once the
French government offered M. Curie
chair at the Sorbonne, to remain In
Paris on the comparatively meagre
salary Of 10000 fr. a year. M. Combes
secured to Nine. Curie, as superinten-
dent Of his laboratory, 5000 fr. He
created the situation for her, as M.
Curie said he could not work without
her scientific companionship and help
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01
Aumurulss department.
Business Is Business.

Mr.. Sato, the Japanese diplomat
was defending the old samuria idea
an idea still held by some Japanese
conservatives-that business Is dis
honorable, says an exchange.
THE samurai," he said, claimed
that business was dishonorable be-
cause in every barter, every deal, your
object was to get the better or the
other man. To get the better OF MIN
you tried to deceive him. If you sue
ceeded in deceiving him, your gain OF
profit, represented the extent to which
your deceit had been carried.
For instance, you bought horse
for 5000. You persuaded 1t was
worth $500. B bought it for $500
You had deceived him, cheated him.
to the extent of 800"
Mi. Sato smiled.
That" he said, SIS the samuria way
of looking at business. Some children
before they grow sophisticated look
at business oddly, too.
"A boy said to his father:
Father, II I take dollar out OIL
your pocket, that is stealing, isn't it?
Certainly, my son.
"tAnd If 1 bet dollar on race
and win two dollars, is that gam
bling, father?'
"'Yes, my boy
But. suppose 1 have something
that Is only worth a dollar, and sell
il to some foolish and ignorant'person
for "a, making SO gain-what is that?
That? Oh, that is simply busi-
ness"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

THE WAYS OF THE WBsr.-The
steam schooner, a vessel whose build
and habits are peculiar to the Pacific,
often goes to sea with her load-line
over her hatch" Which means. that
after her hold has been crammed
with cargo, a deck-load Of lumber
is piled half way up the masts, so
that her skipper put out with the
water washing green over his main
deck, and an occasional comber frisk-
ing across his battened matches.
Along the harbor front of Seattle
runs the story of a passenger who
loped down to the wharf in hurry
to get aboard a departing steam
schooner He balanced himself on
the string piece for an instant, looked
down at what little he could see Of
the laden craft. and hove his grip
sack down the only opening in sight
He was about to dive after it when
a lounger on the wharf shouted:
Hi, there! Where do you think
you're jumpin' to? That's the smoke
stack you tossed your baggage
down."
HE'LL" yelled the passenger, Il
thought 1t was the hatch."-Outing.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01
TREATMENT OF FELoNS.
When Clay PouItice May Be Used and
When Surgeons Knife Is Necessary.


A felon or a whitlow Is an infiam-
nation of the hand or finger, usually
of the last joint of the finger. It's
Importance varies with the seat Of IT.;
that is to say. with the portion Of the
finger involved. 1t may affect the
skin only, the tendons or sinews, or
the fibrous covering of the bone-the
periosteum.
A superficial whitlow. where the in
flammation is confined to the skin,
may be extremely painful, but other
wise il is not a very serious matter;
but this cannot be said of the other
two forms.
In the tendinous whitlow pus forms
in the fibrous sheath surrounding the
tendon, and unless the Inflammation
quickly subsidies, or the matter Is let
out by the surgeons knife, the pus
may burrow down through the sheath
into the palm of the hand and result
in a permanent crippling Of the men,
Der.
The third variety-called by physi-
clans the subperiosteal-is that in
which matter forms beneath the mem
brane which covers the bone. AS this
membrane is tough and inelastic the
tension due to the increasing volume
of matter becomes very great and
gives rise to q throbbing, maddening
pain. The relief afforded by a deep
cut into this intiamed finger, right
down to the bone, is magical, although
the cut hurts. This Is the only treat
ment for this form of felon, and the
incision should be made early, for If
II is too long delayed the bone Will be
killed and a discharging sore will re-
main, which will later necessitate a
surgical operation. even If ii does not
result in the loss of the last joint of
the finger
The superficial whitlow does not US
ually call for such radical treat
ment clay poultice often affords
great relief This may be made by
making q paste Of clay-previously
steriliZed by baking in a very hot
overland adding glycerine to pre-
vent too rapid drying; or the clay may
be obtained ready prepared In the
drug store. This protects the finger
from injury, keeps it cool, and If ap-
piled early enough may prevent the
formation OF matter. When once pus
has formed, however, no matter what
the variety of the felon, the safest plan
of treatment is to cut into the in
famed finger and give exit to the con-
fined matter and relieve the tension OF
the parts.-Youth's Companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01
Oriain of Word Boss.

Is the origin Of the word boss" used
in the sense Of a master, definitely set
tied? In South Africa the term "baas'
Is commonly supposed to be the same
and the Hottentots call the head Of the
family lou baas," or old boss, and the
eldest son Is the yong baas.' "Ou
baas," however, Is a term OF respect
and may be used In addressing q
beardless youngster who Is In POSI-
ton of authority and there are grounds
for suspicion that the words have beer
taken over by the Dutch from an orig.
inal native source.
It Is significant that Cicero ("De Ma
tura Deorum") states that the goo
Vulcan was called by the Egyptians
"Obas," who was the son Of Cellum
"Skelm," in Cape language, is the same
as Burns's "skellum" ("Tam O. Shan
ter"), and indicates an unruly person
Bacchus and his various synonyms
who in a sense was the father o.
all. 1t seems extravagantly far fetch
baas" to the Egyptian "Obas," but
have so frequently come across class
ical customs among the natives o
South Africa that the connection
does not seem improbable.
have seen the wailing for the dea(
Adonis among the Basutos performed
as tremendously as among the ancien
Greeks, while some Of the folklor'
tales of this nation, given by CaSsalis
can be paralleled, incident for incident
with some Of the Greek tales, which II
many instances were borrowed from
the Egyptians. / should explain tina
I am thinking of the god Obas (Vul
CAM, not as the blacksmith OF late
mythology, but as the very essence o
supreme being. We learn that thi
was the sense in which he was ono
thought of from the inscription on tn
portal of the temple of Heliopolis.-
London Spectator.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01
ROMANCE OF RADIUM.
Death of Its Discoverer Recalls some
of His Struqqles.

II think told you how / came upon
raduim in the 1900 Exhibition" writes
the Paris correspondent of Truth, in a
letter ,lamenting the death of M. Curie,
the discoverer of radium. II told you
how the compilers of the catalogue had
overlooked It; how a diamond mer-
chant from India found that its prox-
unity had discolored his exhibits and
knocked it angrily aside to the obscure
hole where I saw it; how the jurors
had passed it by unnoticed and show
ed no curiosity to see 1t.
THE glow OF the speck exhibited
fascinated the correspondent and he
hunted up the inventor. M. Curie
seemed surprised and greatly pleased
to find that somebody outside his scien-
tific friends took an interest in his
scientific researches. Speaking Of the
energy Of the new substance, he said
he would not walk into a room con-
tanning one pound of radium, as the
consequences would be too dangerous
He did not believe, but would not be
positive, that our planet contained a
greater quantity Of this substance.
He told me in his gentle, patient
manner all about his difficulties" the
correspondent goes on. Tons upon
tons Of pitchblende had to be manipu-
lated to get at few grains, or perhaps
tenths Of a grain, of radium. Pitch
blende in It's rough state was expen-
sive, the Austrian government having
monopoly Of it.
Mime. Curie herself pounded in a
mortar all the pitchblende they used ir
producing the atom Of radium l saw
at the exhibition and the particle in the
phial. She had not wasted single
gramme of the mineral and she ha6
ruined the beauty Of her hands. II
would surprise me to hear that M. and
Nine. Curie invested, save in pitch
blende, any part Of the 10000 francs
which their shares of the Nobel ant
the Osiris prizes brought them.
ION my first visit to M. Curie the
price he mentioned for radium wa.
e 5000 a gramme. Three years later
owing to the demand exceeding the
supply, it had run up to e12,000 {
gramme, or E 800 a grain.
"And l am afraid said M. Curie
that 1t will go on rising. Cest terrible,
he added with a sigh, as II he wer'
talking about a naughty son.
He told me that he and his wifi
had spent every sou they possessed
and subjected themselves to many pri
vations to buy pitchblende. The Goa
l had already noticed was threadbare
and the shoes pieced as If by some cob
bier.
Mime. Curie, I elsewhere learned
gave up gloves, the renewal Of he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

SOMETHING TO BRAG ABoUT.-Mrs
Jones and Mrs. Brown were bosom
friends. II was astonishing what LOT
they knew about other peoples busi-
ness.
The conversation turned in the di-
rection of a Mrs. Tittlesay, a new ar
rival in the next street.
Il hear she's suffering from appen-
dicitis" declared Mrs. Brown.
Suffering" echoed Mrs. Jones con-
temptuously.
why, yes, didn't you know that?'
asked Mrs. Brown.
Yes, l heard she had got appended
tis," replied Mrs. Jones, but, Lor!
Judging by the way they Dragged about
it l thought it was some sort of piano
player! What is it anyway?"-London
Answers.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

SHE Cor HIM-The four-year-
daughter of a clergyman was ailing
one night and was put to bed early.
AS her mother was about to leave her,
she called her back.
Mamma she said, Il want to see
my papa"
mo, dear" her mother replied,
your paper is busy and must not be
disturbed"
But, mamma" the child persisted,
II want to see my papa"
AS before, the mother replied: No
your papa must not be disturbed.
But the little one came back with a
clincher:
Mamma" she declared solemnly, Il
am a sick woman. and l want to see
my minister" er"-EverybOdy's
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

HE HAD ANOTHER GIRL.-In a small
town in Pennsylvania there lives wo-
man preacher.
One Sunday afternoon she heard a
timid knock at the parsonage door
She answered it herself, and found a
bashful young German standing on the
step. He was a stranger. but the min
lister greeted him pleasantly, and asked
him what he wished.
"Dey say der minister lifed in dis
house, hey?"
Yes, sir"
"Yess? Veil, want to git marriet.' .
"All right; l can marry you"
Whereupon the German jammed his
hat on his head, turned and fed down
the walk.
You gifts no chance mid me-" he
called back. Il haf got me a girl al
ready"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

HOLE TO FIT THE DoLLAR.-Senator
Beveridge was discussing bill Qong
since defeated) that seemed TO have
been framed to protect dishonesty.
whenever l think of that bill,' he
said, Il am reminded of a certain rich
mans valet.
THE valet one morning was brush
ing his masters clothes. He intro
duced into this procedure startling
innovation. He made a careful search
of all the pockets.
IN the pocket of a new waistcoat
the valet found a silver dollar. There
upon he took out his penknife, and
said:
For the waistcoat's sake it's a
thousand pities, but there's nothing else
to be done. must make hole In
this pocket large enough for the dol
lar to slip through" Cour-
ier-Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

negro readily admitted his guilt and
proudly displayed several big punches
of keys, which would secure entrance
into almost any building in the city
The little negro has been lodged In Jail
to await a preliminary before Judge
in custody is responsible for the var
ious robberies that have been occurring
with such regularity Of late, and 1t Is
believed that with his conviction the
in Henry G. McLure's Office and taken
a bunch of keys just before he at
tempted to enter Mr.. Gaston's office
The keys were recovered. His name Is
John Alfred Henry Moore, and he
claims to be from Rock Hill. He had
as an accomplish. Isbert Wilkes. He
acknowledges that he is the one who
entered Hamilton's Book Store, Sim
mons store and other places.
eAsToN
Gastonia Gazette, May 90: Mr.. John
Gardner with his force Of hands be-
gan work yesterday morning on the
foundation for the watch tower to be
built at the junction of the Southern
and C. & NV, railroad. The tower
will be a two story structure about
thirty-five feet high. After the tower
Is completed trains will not be required
to stop when track is clear. 80. Mr.
William York, an aged gentleman OF
York county, who came up to attend
services at Sandy Plains Sunday, was
taken seriously i'll at the home Of Mr.
w. E. Beatty in the South Point sec
ton Sunday morning. Mr.. York's con-
dition Yesterday was very critical he
not having regained consciousness
since becoming i'll. -. AT his residence
in South Point township, Esquire S. B.
Sparrow officiated Sunday morning
at the marriage Of Mr.. Geo. Knight
and Mrs. Martha Jane McComb, all
from the Union section. "A little
boy named Berry Waters, eleven years
old, fell into the reservoir at the old
mill in Dallas Saturday morning about
/ o'clock. The cover to the reservoir
has a man-hole cut out near the side
just above the point where the filling
pipe enters. BY leaning over and hold
ing the dipper under the pipes mouth
inside, the hands obtain fresh water
when they wish a drink. In the dark
ness of the wet night this little fellows
feet slipped while he leaned over, and
in he plunged, head foremost, into cold
water eight feet deep. Two little COM
panions ran into the mill with the
alarm. In a few moments, Mr.. D. r
Putnam, Mac Putnam, and others were
at the man-hole looking in but could
see nothing in the darkness. A lantern
was sent for. Meanwhile Mr.. D. R.
Putnam kept peering into the reser-
voir, when suddenly there was the
smothered cry of oh! oh! right under
the man-hole. AS the man reached for
the drowning boy. the lanterns dim
light revealed two small uplifted hands
disappearing into the water. Mr.. Put
nam caught the little fellow and saved
him. They held him up by the heels
to shake the water out of him, and
he soon came around all right. Berry
says he was going down the third time
when he was rescued.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1906-06-01

IN SEARCH OF A CoLLAR.-Among the
prominent men Of New England there
was none, perhaps, who wore larger
collar than Tom Reed. One hot day
in the summer of 1901 Reed was
in Portsmouth and, having to wait for
a train, decided to make an impromp-
tn toilette, changing his collar, etc.
So he hied himself to the nearest ha-
berdasher's and began a general sur
vey Of the collar display in the store.
Waited on, sir?" queried one of the
clerks.
Not yet" responded Reed. and then
added, "I would like a collar"
What size?" piped the clerk.
"Size twenty" answered Reed.
I'VE don't keep collars so large, but
l think you may be accommodated
three stores above"
Reed went, and found the third store
above. 1t was a harness shop.-La-
dies Home Journal.