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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
aMoUNTAlNs~ OF sALTPETRE.
Useless Treasure in Death Valley
California.

California.
Most of the saltpetre, or nltre,
which the world consumes comes
from a limited region in Chill. Inese
deposits have long been famous. lney
are not the only ones in existence,
though. A writer for The Technical
World Magazine" declares that lhe'e
are immense quantities in Southern
California. Off to the north and east
OF Los Angeles, he says-two hunureo
and fifty miles or so aWay-ls 'as1
region known as Death valley.
few veins of gold and silver have been
found there, but they cannot be min
ed. Nothing is seen but sand and Dor
ak. To the southeast of the Valley'
this writer asserts there are thous-
ands of acres of crude nitre.
The region is devoid of all vegeta-
ton. The desert is as yellow as corn
and smooth as a floor. Under foot
the earth crumbles into dust as hne
as flour. Here and there rise NIL
locks, none of them more than two
hundred feet high. On these the ye:-
lowish covering is often foot or two
thick. Elsewhere it thins out to two
or three inches. Below the powder is
what is called "bed rock" which IS
really no harder than dried clay. In
both the dust and the rock there IS
nitre. Though there is next to no rain
there, much of the nitre in the sand
has been ,eached out. That III tne
bedrock is more abundant.
To the taste this bedrock is of a
fiery bitterness, so strong, indeed,
that to hold it to the tongue for more
than an instant is to invite a blister.
How pure this is may be judged from
he fact that hurried and necessarily
incomplete field assays credited it
with more than II per cent, the val
ley deposits giving about 1 per cent,
and the blanket" which covers the
hills some 10 per cent. Nitre of this
degree of purity can, of course, be
worked at an immense profit when
that desideratum of all desert mineral
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. be had. The
land beneath the nitre beds-which
latter are merely superficial deposits
and do not extend down into the earth
at all-must of necessity be so soaked
with the teachings from these hills
that it, too, can be worked to advant
age when the 10000 or $4,000 acres o1
yellow granules of rock have been
converted into an article of commerce
When the magazine writer here
quoted has presented his picture Of
possible wealth, he points out that il
is not now available. The deposits
cannot be worked without water, ano
in the few places where water is
found there is no railroad to carry
away the commodity. This is a tan
ta,izing statement to make, but it !:
conceivable that some day the situa
ton may improve.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Farm Notes.

Pinch the heads of the worthless
queens.
A mulch works well around the
gooseberry bushes.
Put another window in the old,
dark poultry house
Plow the orchard shallow, not deep
er than four inches.
The branches Of the peach tree
ought to be thinned out to let in the
sun.
Poultry culture will never do for
drones. 1t requires live, wide-awake
men.
Poultry work requires the same
shrewdness that any other occupation
Goes.
Save your own seed, or buy the best
seed at four times the cost, if neces-
sary.
Lard alone is a good insecticide. It
does not need kerosene to make it ef-
fective.
We have yet to hear Of the. first
poultry farm that was built up by
dunghill fowls.
Make the hens dance for their
greens BY hanging the cabbage up
above the 1oor.
Scrubs and ruats may serve their
purpose, but why allow them to prop
agate their kind?
Don't buy a lct CT things YOU do not
need, merely because the agents
tongue is hung in tee middle and loose
at both ends.
If you wish to increase the fertil-
ity of the farm, raise more clover, feed
the hay to the stock and return the
manure to the land.
If the orchard is to be plowed,
spring is the best time. The more
that can be added to the soil and the
less removed, except as fruit, the bet
ter.
If you would get the best returns
from your investment in your horse,
treat him right, and be sure to clip
him in the early spring.-Horse Re-
view.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
The Onion Maqqot.


Every onion grower should prepare
to combat this destructive pest and
begin early. The onion maggot is the
immature stage of small ny tnat
lays eggs in the onion when they are
very small. The fly looks something
like a small house fly. The maggot
appears when the plants are quite
young and works directly into the
bulb entirely destroying it for use.
Of course all infested plants should
be carefully taken out and burned as
soon as discovered.
Treatment with kerosene and SAND
for small patches of onions and treat
ment with commercial fertilizers for
large fields is recommended. The kero-
sene and sand treatment consists OF
placing sand with kerosene oil along
side the young plants, but not quite
touching hem. 1t keeps the flies from
laying their eggs and kills some young
maggots outright Use a cupful OF OIL
to bucketful of dry sand.
The fertilizer treatment is as fol-
lows: With hand plow turn aside the
soil from the rows of young plants,
making q little furrow on each side
OF the row, then SOW broadcast about
GOO pounds of KANT and 200 pounds OF
nitrate of soda per acre; turn back the
soil and wait for rain. When the rain
comes it will wash the salty fertilizers
into the soil and kill the maggots, be-
sides stimulating the plants to fresh
visor and thus help them to overcome
the. effects OF the pests.-The Epitom-
ict
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
OF A FOREST
TREE.
Easy to Read if You Take eorlnss
and Know How to Interpret Them.

Easy to Read if You Take Roriass
and Know How to Interpret Them.
The forester reads the history OF
tree in great detail. After taklas
out a few "borings" to the center OF
the tree at different heights and count
Ing the rings on them he may spin
you such yarn as this:
"This tree is $50 years old-(loo
rings at the base) During its first
five years it grew only seven inches
GAS rings seven inches from tine
base). Evidently it then began 10
touch crowns with other saplings, ror
it took a squirt and put on fifteen
inches a year steadily till it was ~
years old (4O rings "A IL feet above
ground).
1T was not growing as fast as Its
neighbors however, for at this point
It began to be overshadowed, and us
growth declined for the next ten years
to as little as four inches year l4o
rings at 4S feet and so at so teet).
"Just in time to save its life, some
thing happened to its big nelghbors'
presumably a wind-storm-let's see,
that would be in 1So6-and it resum'
ed a steady growth of about six incnes
year, having passed its fastest
growing time.
Its growth in thickness doesn't
seem to have varied much; about an
inch every three years; but 1t grew
faster and faster in volume, of course
at its height increased; little over
a cubic foot a year in its prime Of
life, I should judge.
About thirty years ago it reacneo
maturity and stopped growing II
Insight go rings at the top OF the
main stem), and now it is approach
inc old age (the last rings are pre'tS
thin). Hold on minute; heres
false ring-twenty-forty-
wears back. Two very thin rings
see? instead of one thick one. Means
that something interrupted the gro"
ing season-probably late frost. LIE
us ask the oldest inhabitant."
And the chances are ten to one tn
oldest inhabitant remembers the har
snring of 1850 and has heard tales o
the great wind in 1S06.-Amer1ca
Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Not His Property.

Antoine Rivarcl, the French cpl
grammatist of the eighteenth century,
was so brilliant that something sooa
was expected of him every minute
Once when he had been invited to
dinner, at which the hostess especial
ly wished him to shine, he sat quite
silent.
The attitude of disappointed expect
ancy in the company nettled him, and
at last Rivarol made a stupid remark.
Everybody uttered an exclamation.
"There," said Rivarol, II cannot say
a stupid thing without every ones
crying, Thief
At a dinner in the house of some
Germans he make a joke. His hosts
put their heads together inquiringly.
Rtvarol said to his neighbor, French
man:
Look at the Germans pooling theD
wits to understand joke"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
UNABLE TO WALK.
Terrible Sore on Ankle Caused Awful Suf.
fering-Could Not Sleep-Cured
by yCuticura in Six Weeks

Terrible Sore on Ankle Caused Awful Suf.
fering-Could Not s1eep-Cured
by Cuticura in Six Weeks.
'I had terrible sore on my ankle, and
had not walked any for eleven months! I
tried nearly everything without any bene-
fit and had a doctor, but he didn't seem
to do any good. He said I would have
to have my limb taken off, and that
would never walk again. I suffered aw-
ful, and at night I could not sleep at all.
I thought there was no rest for me, but
as soon as l began to use Cuticura Soap
and Ointment it commenced healing Licely.
I bathed the ankle with warm water and
Cuticura Soap, and then applied Cuticura
Ointment to the affected part, and laid
cloth over the sore to hold it in place.
After two weeks 1 could walk around in
my room real good, and in :ix weeks time
my ankle was entirely cured, and was
walking around out of doors. Mrs. Mary
Dickerson, Louisa C. H., Va, April %,
1906"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
KILLING Dandelions.

Many inquiries have been address,
ed to this department asking for advice
on how to kill dandelions in lawns.
The best means, of course, and surest.
is to dig them up, root and all. This is
tedious, however, and expensive. Try
in case the digging process is not en-
ployed, the sulphate Of iron solution.
Use good sized handful to three gal
Ions of water and sprinkle this over an
area twenty feet square. 1t Will not
injure the grass and will kill the
dandelions-at least some Of them.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

NI Wash, writes:
'T feel better than I have for over four
years. I have taken several bottles OF
Peruna and one bottle of Manalin:
II can now do all Of my work in tho
house, milk the cows, take care OF the
milk, and so forth. Ithtnk Per1n1 -
a most 1oonderJuI n, edcftne.
Il believe I would be in bed to-day II
I had not written to you for advice. l
had taken all kinds of medicine, but none
did me any good.
"Peruna has made me a 'eeIt ana
happy strl; I can never say too mucn
for Peruna." :,
Not only women of rank and leisure
praise Peruna, but the. wholesome, usefus
women engaged in honest toll would nos
be without DR.. Hartman's world renowned
remedy. =,
The Doctor has prescribed it for many
thousand women every year and ne never
fails to receive a multitude. Of letters NE
the above, thanking him for his advice,
and especially for the wonderful benefits
received from Peruna.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Show Birds for Egg Production.

One of the best investments the
writer ever made was SIS COCK IN
troduced among a flock Of pullets
raised from a-dollar-a-dozen eggs.
The pullets were fairly well bred, and
from good laying stock, but the in
PRODUCTION of the high-bred cock,
show bird in the sense that he was
bred for perfect markings and form
according to the standard and scored
over 80, gave me chicks that were
good many percent better from the
standpoint of egg production than
their mothers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

times dizzy spells when everything
was a blur before me. The passages
of the kidney secretions were irregu-
lar and painful, and there was con-
siderable sediment and odor. I don't
know what I would have done but
fo- Doan's Kidney Pills. could see
an improvement from the first box,
and five boxes brought final cure"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a
box. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
NJ v
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Il was so weak
ened and gener-
ally run down
with kindey dis
ease that for a
long time I could
not do my work
and was five
weeks in bed.
There was con-
tinual bearing
down pain, terri
BILE backaches,
headaches and at
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
IN SELF DEFENSE

IN SELF DEFENSE. -.
"Why do you yell at a oaseOaii
gamer" ,o
@Because," answered the man VINO
,s evidently dignifed, Il dislike TO
hear the yelling of other people. J., i
sacrifice my throat to save my eais'
Washington Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
Medical Department

TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA
It's advantages for practical instruction, oota IN
ample Laboratories and abundant hospitai maser. MAJ .
are uneoualed. Free access Is given TO the gfeat
Charity Hospital with 900 beds and So,c pauents
annually Special instruction is given day az me
bedside Of the sick The next session nesinss Hs
Is 1908 For catalogue and Information, address
PROF. S. E. CHAILLE. NJ. D.. Desna
p a. Druwer, 26l. NEW ORLEANS, La
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
ROsTON SCENTS A JOKE.

"If you marry that girl it will put
Won in bad odor with your family.
"Oh, the bad odor part doesn I
worry me. You see we come OF ola
colonial stock."-Boston Transcript
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

FITS, St. Vitus Dance: NervousD Diseases per-
manently cured by Dr.. Kline's Great Nerve
Restorer. g trial bottle and treatise free.
Dr. II. R. Kline, Id, 931 Arch St., Phila., Pa.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Many a woman has talked herself
out of Paradise.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

er or later oy every: :Iarner and es-
pecially by those who pin their faltn
very largely to commercial fertilizers.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething, softens thegums, ,reduce ucesinfamma-
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie, 25ca bottle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

A steel chimney 26o feet high was II
Gently completed in South Wales.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
TERRIBLE TO RECALL.
Five Weeks in Bed With Intensely
Painful Kidney Trouble.

Mrs. Mary Wagner, of 1857 Kos
suth Ave-, Bridgeport, Conn, says:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

Nothing can drain a mans purse
like a daughter.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26
RACE PREJUDICE.

Muggins (reading paper)-Anotner
instance of race prejudice in Ohio!
Jorkins-How terrible? Where was
It this time?
Muggins-In Toledo. An attack was
made late yesterday afternoon on the
poolrooms.- Spectator.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

France has 1000 miles of State owned
and toll free canals.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-07-26

DR.. Biggers Huckleberry Cordial
Will convince the most skeptical when it
comes to curing Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Chill
dren Teething, etc. Csc and SOC per bottle.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
Tuesday, May % 1905

The 20 head If cattle consist ~ ono reois4ered
~ s - - W So ss - oe lSs M;
% r s years oi'' iresn ny" ane
head reoistered Holste;n be;tars all in fresh
With f;rst Caves !
3 head Registered heifers snr;notno for first
calves = * - =. !
| 10 head Tborobred be;fera NOT reoistered al,
fresh with firsk calves
head Grade Holsteins ali fresh with t;rst
calves
/ Grade Eolsta;, row q ,,aars old fresb
Jersey COW fresh yesrs old.
Durham cow first first calf. fresh
Dnrhan, cow th;rd calf ,,,;itrino
II had ThoTohred I4olsts; ie;fass ,,e
tered ali sprinpine for f ret calves
head Grads q sta;,1 baifars al s,,~;,.;,,e,
for rst ealr .esss 90
in 1 ssra5s r5o,ste; c,,,,s old o,osa
snrinaers. = : eais 49, s'ose
/ T6orobred bull. registered. loo Paul Pieterie
IA NJ ~ 'sssa ~ ouo ~ ~
Z sfsls or % ~ iSOy % GOV es
DAYS. h;s s;s an. xva q sid A. e5Saa
I,,iil D.. D. X : . 80 ~ - ~ ,onc
~ I;,;t p,i;a " III L, "a % eJ ~,
ozs bntt, n ays At ves~se. III x 20 Ios
ibs ~ Iii i, - ma; I,1,, g ~
Js,,ss - ,3i% M ~ 80 : = Is'1 q
r n = 9--s> - 80 - oe'ssA 70 =
III nv rau;sterod ,a;sars av,d sa,-aro, - 4ha
fni brsd Sa;s sr -. IA
De ~ Perfant5 AZ that IN, e. 1n,,is ~
position, and without any PREPARATION. right
out OF dairy IN her everyday clothes, made. a
test q 2alos OF butter per day on an average Tor
go days, was fresh two months before starting
her test
inese Hoisteln METERS at years old that we
are milking, 20 head OF Them have been averag-
ing IA OTIS. milk per day per head can measure.
Balance Of the fresh heifers have been with their
caves ana tnat ehe mllk is testing elegantly ls
the only report have at present Il ON the Arctic
Ice Milk Co., who are buying the milk from
nae An own sister to one OF these heifers was
IN an official test this spring, first calf at years
old and made q lbs OF butter In days and with
In an ounce or two of ~ lbs OF butter in IA
days.
Another heifer half sister to one of these
heifers that was bred and raised on the same
farm with them made a test this spring of Is
lbs OF butter IS two year old official test. am
positive will be able to show on day OF sale
the kind OF Holsteins to please the most particu-
lar buyers, as they are bred for quality and
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
I72 So. BROAD St, woodbury..

In the hurry Of spring work and the
campaign of yard and house cleaning
it is well not to forget the cellar. Be
ing In a sense out Of sight. 1t is likely
to be overlooked. yet It is safe to say
that next to the water supply the
health Of the family in many cases de-
ponds upon the degree of sanitation to
be found in the cellar Numerous cases
Of malignant diseases such as typhoid
fever and diphtheria, are directly trace
able to piles Of decaying vegetables to
be found In the cellar or to pools Of
stagnant and filthy water. In the lat
ter case the only remedy is the putting
in of tile drain. Under no circum-
stances should the cellar be neglected
because 1t does not occupy an exalted
position In the household economy.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
REENWECH TOWNSHIP
W SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDS

Sealed proposals will be received by John s.
johnson, District Clerk, Gibbstown, New Jer-
sey, at any time on or before two o'clock p. M,
of Saturday June End, 1906, at which time said
proposals will be opened by the Board at the
S. 600 OF the bonds of said school district.
These bonds will be coupon bonds Of the
denomination OF $1,000 each, dated June Is, 1905;
and one each year thereafter until the whole
number are paid, with interest payable annu-
ally.
of said ISSUE
Said bonds will be sold at par value, the per.
son bidding the lowest rate of interest will
obtain the issue.
The Board reserves she right to reject any OF
all bids
Dated May 9Th, 1906. District Clerk.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17

See adyer. Of public sale OF COWS near
| Wenonah next Saturday,
&C. G. Clark & Son have another car
load Of cows at Mt. Ephraim.
-Diphtbera is epidemic in Millyille,
and the public schools hays been closed,
John Kerns will have sale of house,
hold goods al Pitman on the 26th instant
The Melody Club gave very enjoy
able musicale at the Country Club Tuesday
evening.
Mr.. William T. Cooper Is i'll and con-
fined to his bed by weakness following
tonsilitis
Thomas Cunningham has been kept
from the Bottle Works BY illness since last
Thursday.
The application committee has forty
applications for the two grade vacancies in
our schools.
Aaron Cliff, who was stricken with
paralysis recently, is in dangerous condi-
tion at this writing.
There will be no more hearings at
Washington Park, if Sheriff Wilson's Off
GERS obey orders.
The old Deptford township Sunday
School Association will meet this evening
in Kemble Memorial church.
Mrs. Thomas Wallace and Mrs. HARE
Broadwater and daughter are spending ten
days with relatives at Salem,
DR. Bassett Kirby has moved from
Sharp's livery and exchange.stables to VIM.
Gourley's stable. on Cooper street.
The biggest sale of blooded cattle ac-
vertised in South Jersey for years is that in
another colum by Thos. M. Tice.
The cannon unearthed on Red Bank
Battlefield on Monday is six feet long and
is yet beautiful implement Of warfare.
She is to be mounted, and fired on June q.
james Hutchinson is entertaining his
old comrades of Company G, Twenty-eighth
New Jersey Volunteers, at his home No. Sc
German street, to-day. This is the second
reunion of this command in forty years.
Miss Calborn is absent from her place
az one Of the high school teachers by reason
Of illness, and Miss Anna R. Reeves, princi-
pal of the high school is kept from her
school duties by the serious illness of her
aunt, Miss Anna Reeves. Miss Idella Glib
son is substituting for Miss Calborn.
AT the election Of Trustees held in the
Presbyterian Church last evening, the
following were chosen; For three years,
John S. Jessup, Dr. T. E. Parker, A. B.
Bains; for two years, ]. Boyd Avis, Gee.
H. Allister, Edgar s. KRONER; for one
year, Benjamin Thorpe, Fl. V. Rogers, DIR.
William brewer; auditors, J. NJ. Wilkins,
E. F. Dawson, H. S. Hanthorn.
AT the May meeting Of tine City Board
Of Education last Thursday night, four
teachers elected at previous meeting
rendered their resignation, as follows
Miss L. j. White, Of the sixth grade; Miss
Elizabeth StradIing, Of the fourth grade,
West End; Miss E. NJ Atkinson, and Miss
Marion Elliott, of the high school. 1t was
voted to invite Rev. George NJ. Tomson, of
the Wood bury Presbyterian Church, to de-
liver the address at the Commencement
exercises in Green's Opera House on June
9. (Rev. Tomson has accepted the inyita-
tony.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
Thinqe are Different Now

There was time when, II a persoa wanted q
set Of surrey or buggy best harness he
was obliged to go 10 hrst-elass
harness maker and pay from $50 to
$50 for OAK leather To-day ann selling the
identical same tguaranteed) BEST OAK leather
made equally as good and far better style, at
prices from $24 to $50. On this harness guar
antee to you saving Of $40 sper set while else
where you will pay as r1uch for HEMLOCK
leather II you want lower priced harness |
have ii In HEMLOCK. fsuch as all harness men
sel) at S. so to $40 per set the only difference is
tell you it Is hemlock did any else ever tell
you this? This harness puts the high dollar in
the sellers poke while the OAK harness leaves
the high dollar in your poclxet-in long service.
Call examine see for yourself, and will refer
you to scores of users of my oak harness all
over our county, and adjoining ones also.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
District School Boards.

The District School Boards Of Glouces-
ter County will hold a meeting in Prehl's
Hall, this city, on Thursday Of next week,
May "a, at | 20 O'Clock.
Hon G. J Baxter, State Superintendent
of Public Instruction, and L. NJ. HaIsey,
NJ. D., member of the Monroe Board Of
Education, will address the meeting.
The public is cordially invited to attend
this Meeting.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-05-17
STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Eglington Cemetery Co., will be held at the
office Of the Company at Clarksboro, N. j., on
Saturday, June 3D. 1865 at o'clock p. M. for the
acting of any business that may come before
the meeting.
51o-06-4ts Secretary.