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The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23
QUIET AT LENS.

Lens, France, April 23C Compare
tive calm prevails IN Pas-dc-C Calais. A
railroad bridge was destroyed and sew
.eral stacks were burned at Levin. In
the course of the night 1900 troops arr
rived and are now quartered in public
halls.
The thirteen miners who were res
Ecned from the Cotirrieres pit No. on.
March 3o twenty days after the, great,
disaster in the coal mines there, left to-
day for Biarritz.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23
THE MINNESOTA GRAIN
INSPECTION FRAUDUl- -ENT

Madison, Wis. April 81 Judge Al.
Z. Sanborn in the federal court sub
fnitted a decision knocking out the
Wisconsin grain inspection law as en-
acted by the legislature of Ioo5 and
condemning. the Minnesota system. He
declares the act was invalid for the
reason that its real and primary purs
pose is to regulate interstate commerce.
The decision Is given in the casc
brought BY the Globe Elevator Co.
against the Wisconsin grain commits
sion and also involving 4 cross bill by
the Great Northern Railroad CO. The
decision IS voluminous and includes exz
tensive citations Of authorities, largely
from the supreme court Of the United
States.
Judge Sanbosn folds that the pri-
mary purpose of the law Is not to regtlr
late the inspection of grain and the com
duct OF warehouses III the state Of
Wisconsin and the city Of Superior,
bit gather to interfere with guard
against SJIi{1 destroy 4 fraudulent sys-
TEN 0f HILL estabI bIished Sby the
state pE 81 iiiIi6 SI,Ea Id,s holds that the
cvideilGX has established The fact that
tbs II Minnesota system IS fraudulent.
EIi notWitl outstanding this fact. be de-
clareS.i is incompetent for the legislaS
tire III The state of Wisconsin TO seek
to destroy such system becat1se this
act Is aimed purely against sSfstei1a
of Interstate commerce 10 deal with
which IS solely III the power Of the
federal government
Fhe Minnesota SYSTEM Of inspection
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23
CR RAZY JAP KILLED.

San. Francisco, April 23 After bat
tie IN which thirty shots were exchang-
ed, a japanese was killed last night BY
federal troops at the corned of Ellis
and Van Ness. The. Japanese forti-
fled himself behind an overturned am
Etomobile there and opened; FIRE on the
soldiers. He could not be captured
but was finally surrounded and killed.
No reason for his attack on the guards
is known. s9s @
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23
NO Z A SSES.

Kalamazoo, Mich, April rs term
in jail and a fine for city employees who
accept passes to a baseball game, the
theatre, over traction lines, Orr compli-
6mentary tickets Of any other kind, is
provided in ain ordinance which has
been Introduce In the council.
The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1906-04-23

than the unpleasant disclosures during
the recent insurance investigation. The
banquet will be held without Mr. De-
pew. M
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
South CarOlina's Share.

WASHINGTON, June s5.-When the
sso,OoO,OOO pork barrel was opened to
day it was found that South Carolina
got $225,OOO distributed as follows:
Greenville, $4,000 for purchasing add.
tional land and enlarging the federal
court house and postofice.
Anderson, $4,000 for postofice.
Sumter, $4,000 for postofdce.
Chester, s35,oO0 for postofice.
Aiken, $4,000 for site.
If the money had been apportioned &C.
cording to population the State would
have got about 100000, but Pittsburg
has postefdce costing million dollars.
It needed the postofice, and besides Mr..
Dalzell lives in Pittsburg and so with a
number of other cases. Several States got
considerable more than they were EMIT.
led to according to population and so
that South Carolina and some other States
particularly North Carolina, had to be
content with much less than it should
have gotten. North Carolina according
70 population should have received about
$60O,0OO, but she received $227,OOO or
considerably less in proportion to popu-
lation than South Carolina.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
HE is A REAL
"COLORED MAN.
FIuman Chameleon Is Sometimes White
and Sometimes Black, Gray
or Biue.

Doctors at Cornell Medical school are
puzzled over the case Of Warren B.
Harris of Ithaca and pronounce him
one Of the most remarkable human
freaks In the world today. Harris
changes color whenever there are
changes in atmospheric conditions, va
rying from a light chalk gray through
Light blue, violet into deep purple,
which causes observers who do not no
tice the Anglo-Saxon cast OF his fea-
lures to mistake him for negro.
harris, however, is Of pure white
parentage. He was born in Cory, Pa,
and Is twenty-seven years Of age. Cor
nell doctors say that Harris is what Is
known AS a blue baby. They seldom
survive the first month after birth, and
Harris Is the only one that is known to
have lived more than three months.
The chameleon-like qualities Of Harris
are due to a congenital defect Of the
heart. This causes oxygen starvation,
and the effect Is like that Of a man
choking, black in the face, or an inva-
lid blue all over his body from pneu-
monia. Harris is small, being slightly
over five feet and weighing about nine
ty pounds.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
The Charm Of Hand Work.

In the middle ages and the renais-
sance nothing was machine made, for
the machine that turned out things by
the gross had not yet been invented
and hence the individuality Of the
craftsman was able to assert itself.
An artistic instinct made the men Of
those days seek for ocular pleasure in
their surroundings. Life was Of neces.
sity more restricted, more concentrat-
ed. Every Joy had to be sought in the
home or in immediate surroundings;
hence, perhaps, the reason why they
did not neglect these matters as we do,
who buy such objects ready made and
turned out by the hundred. The beau
ty of things made by men who delight
ed in making them, things made to
endure and by their endurance to teach
future generations how to improve
upon the best Of the past-it is these
that our collectors do wen to gather
around them.-Connoisseur.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Tfboulet. the Jester.


Here Is a story Of Triboulet, the
Jester Of Francis I. and probably the
most famous in history: "a great no
bleman who had suffered from Tribou-
let's gibes threatened to have him fog
ged. The jester complained to the king.
Have no fear Francis said, for II any
one were bold enough to kill you I
should have him hanged In an hour aft
erward.' oh, SIRE replied Triboulet,
would it not please your majesty to
have him hanged an hour beforef Tri.
boulet happened to be present at a
meeting of the council at which there
was a discussion as to the road by
which the Frech army should invade
Italy. Gentlemen interrupted the
Jester, you appear to consider your
selves very wise, but you are strangely
mistaken, for you have forgotten the
most essential point And what is the
most essential point?' queried grave
councillor. 1T is simple enough an.
swered Triboulet. You have delberat-
ed at great length as to the road by
which you shall enter Italy, but you
have never thought Of the one you will
take when you have to leave it again" :"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
The Flag.

Johnnie was for moment lost in
thought after his teacher had asked him
why it was that red, white and blue were
the American National colors, says
Judge. Then he frightened up. He had
not been reading revolutionary history for
nothing.
"Washington," he said. chad been Sit
ting in the white snow at Valley Forge,
feeling mighty blue. That accounts for
the white and blue"
His teacher gasped little, but was
interested by this unexpected line OF
thought.
"But how abou: the red?" she asked.
"That's the color that he painted things
after he braced up again" said Johnnie,
promptly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Awaited Death Tied In Chair.

Alexander Mitchell Of 42S DeKalb
avenue, Brooklyn, was taken to the
Cumberland Street hospital prisoner
after attempting to commit suicide
he is a printer and has been Ill and
despondent. Mitchell got to his room
late at night and made preparations to
die. He turned on the gas and tied
himself in a chair. Persons In the
house were reused by the odor OF gas
and searched about for the leak. When
it was discovered that the gas came
from Mitchell's room the door was
forced, and the inmate was found un'
conscious. He, along with the chair,
was dragged out and call sent to the
hospital for physician. Mitchell may
live,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

MRs. BExAcH JOINED IN TEE FIGHT.
and Sixteenth street. The father and
mother took the children and cousin.
Miss Fannie Rudnick, to the park.
They returned sooner than they had
expected, to find a burglar in the house.
As Benach entered the intruder
made for him with Jimmy and sent
him reeling to the hallway. The bur-
glar then leaped down the stairs. The
children stood in his way, ard he
knocked them down with his hard
fists. As he passed the children Benach
grappled with him, and the two men
rolled about the floor. At the same
time Miss Rudnick closed the apart
ment house door and held It
Benach was no match for the bur-
glar, who was soon on top Of Benach.
holding him down. Then Mrs. Benach
Joined In the fight, She fastened one
hand in the mans hair and with the
other she plunged hatpin 30 deep into
his flesh that he writhed and screamed.
When Policeman Fox came he and
the burglar had a hand to hand tussle.
The policeman overpowered the man
and shackled his wrists.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

An up-to.date farmer reads his local
naner. He wants to know what his
neighbors are doing, what is happening
in the world around him and he wants,
in many cases, to study the advertise
ments and find where he can buy goods
the cheapest. He don't say much about
it perhaps when he goes to the store to
do his trading, but just let merchant
advertise special bargain and see if the
np-to-date farmer don't find it out and
take advantage OF it.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Hitched to a Plow, They Turn Up
the Turf on Wiscon.
sin Farm.
hECESSITY, NOT CRUELTY
Tragedy of Race Increase In Farmer
bundles Story-''We Like to Pow,"
Say Brave Children When
Neighbors Interfere.

Four children, one Of them a gir!,
stood around August Dumdie, their ia
ther, at Oshkosh, Wis, offering a bull
wark of loyal flesh and blood to the
wrath of neighbors who branded the
man cruel, inhuman and brute.
Dumdie was seen first by neighbors,
then by an officer Of the humane soci-
ETY., driving a plow to which four OF
his children were hitched. The little
ones were harnessed to the plow, and
they dragged it like horses. At first
sight it seemed monstrous, and the
neighbors arose in outcry against the
farmers inhumanity.
But they did not know Farmer DUN.
dies story and, not caring, did not ask
it. His story does not reveal cruelty.
It is the story Of a life tragedy on
which even President Roosevelt and
all champions Of race increase might
ponder.
Reduced to it's lowest terms, this Is
bundles story, explanation and de-
tense all in one:
II have worked hard on this farm al!
my life. I have been getting poorer
and poorer every year, and more chill,
dren kept coming until the house Is
run over with them But I love them
anyway.
II have been sick and SO has my
wife. I broke my arm and could not
work? I kept them home from school
during the planting season for ten
days. What Of it? Have any of these
men around here raised as many chill
dren as have?
IF a man has got to raise so many
children, what Is be going to do with
them If he is poor?7
Dumdie lives near Wooden Shoe al
ley, five miles north Of Oshkosh.
At the gate crippled dog met the
reporter sent to investigate the plow-
ing story and. finding no energy to
bark, crept back to pile Of old bones
by the barn. A woman came to the
door, her arms dripping with soapsuds,
for Mrs. Dumdie has to take in wash
ing to help things along. Behind the
woman two children played on the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28


floor. The woman gathered the small
est candidate for field work into her
arms and sobbed out her troubles.
The children like to work with the
plow," she said. 1T is light and my
husband pushes it hard"
Farmer Dumdie was willing to sit on
the plow and talk. At mention Of
the plow he led the way without a
word to barn overfow1ng with bro
ken down farm implements. It.show-
ed the same poverty as the house. The
man pointed to q wooden plow made
Of rough tree limbs with long tongue
and four prongs.
There it is" he said tn tired way.
us that too much for my boys and
girls to pull? They like 1t. I push hard
on the handle, and it's easy. 1t Is aot q
piow anyway. It is cabbage rake"
The reporter pointed at the horse.
whats the matter with the horse
pulling itT' he asked.
The horse was sick" he said sullen-
~. Then his eyes flashed. what busi-
ness is it Of the neighbors anyway? I
love my children. would not misreat
them. Ask any Of them If I ever was
cruel to them"
Then came the children, eight Of
them. A great hubbub arose at the
presence Of a stranger. Otto and Hen
~ and Freda and Fred, who had taken
the place Of the old white horse, were
barefooted, ragged and shy.
"Do you like to pull the plowT they
were asked.
Sure" said Fred stoutly, glancing
at his father, then away to where the
lake shone through the trees, where
came the sound Of other boys shouting
in the "old swimmin' hole."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
STICKS THIEF
WITH HATPlN
Piucky Mrs. Benach Wields Woman's
Favorite Weapon With Tn.
erring Aim.

When q man who said be was Jo-
seph Miller of 249s Second avenue, but
who, according to the police, has been
known as Felix Gross, a burglar, was
arraigned in Harlem police court, in
New York city, the principal witness
;gainst him was Mrs. Morris Benach.
a pretty young woman who captured
him in her apartments after he had
beaten her husband down. Jabbing
long hatpin into his flesh and holding
him by the hair, she had held this man
until the police came.
ut was nothing" she commented as
she testified against the accused bur-
glar.
The Benachs live with their children
in apartments at 26 West One Hundred
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
Thursday, June %, 1906

Well, you've heard the candidates. DO
you know how to vote?.
"Republics are ungrateful." The sac
rifce of Col. Lumpkin's candidacy is evil
dently not appreciated.
~
Really, the people are not taking the
candidates as seriously as they expected.
A free show and yet few citizens care Tor
the price of admission.
~
The candidates had best make up their
minds to get all the fun they can out OF
their haunt around the State, for that's
all many of them will ever set.
~
Cole Blease rails against the negro COL
lege at Orangeburg, and yet this same
Cole served as trustee Of this "nigger'
college. consistency, O, consistency"
~
The Greenville News has installed
new Cox duplex perfecting press. The
News is moving onward and upward. 1t
has done good work for Greenville in the
past, and will continue to do so in future.
~
Every dispensary candidate, we believe,
practically apologies for the system.
We don't want an institution for which
one must be continually apologizing and
endeavoring to explain its shortcomings.
~
The State campaign circus is entirely
too tame and uninteresting. Somebody
ought to "stir up the animals" Let the
lion roar, but for goodness sake don't
make q mistake and make the jackass
bray.
There is one error in the article in ref
erence to dispensaries in this county, from
the Dillon Herald, which we repuollsh IN
another column. Although Bamberg is
the smallest county in South Carolina,
five dispensaries are located within her
borders, instead of three, as stated by our
contemporary.
~
The legislature will have to settle the
dispensary question finally. There the
real responsibility lies. If we DO not
send men there who represent our views
we can have no one to blame but our
selves. The issue has been made-let it
be settled definitely. Let there be dis
penssry and anti-dispensary candidates
in every county. We hope to see legis-
lative candidates representing both views
in the race in Bamberg county, in order
That the sentiment of our peopel may be
tested.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28

jap Jumps Into Volcano Crater.
Yamada Naokuma, noted Japanese
philosopher and pupil Of Dr. 1nouye,
recently committed suicide. he jump
ed into the crater Of Aso volcano.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-28
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The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
ExiIed Queen RanavaIo.

Among the members of the ruling
families of the orld, most of whom
have known many sorrows, there are
few figures SO pathetic as that OF
Ranavalo, the ex-Queen OF Madagas-
car, who is now on a visit to Paris,
and who since 1897 has been queen
without a throne, living in Algiers on
the charity somewhat grudgingly
vouchsafed her by the French Govern
ment.
Ranavalo is now forty-four, and, all
though her complexion inclines to a
dusky shade. she is by no means un-
attractive. She possesses a distinctly
good figure, dresses with much taste,
and wears her clothes with distinction.
She ruled over Madagascar for four
teen years, and, like the two queens
who preceded her, became the wife Of
the Prime Minister. When she began
her reign the country was at war with
France.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
Vas a anonymous" Letter.

a certain Congressman from Nir-
ginia has long retained in his employ
a colored man by the name Of Ezekiel.
one morning the master started fol
the Capitol, leaving behind him letter
he had forgotten. Sometime in the
afternoon lac remembered the com
munication, and, as it was of some i'm
pOrtance. he FASTENED back home only
to find that the letter was nowhere to
be seen in his library. He had dis
tinct recollection that it had been left
on the table. He summoned Ezekiel
and asked if he had seen it.
"Yassah, yo' lef' it on yO' table
''Then where is it nOwY
81 mailed it, sah.'
"YOu mailed it! Why. Zeke, ! had
not put the name and address on the
envelope!'
"Jes' so, sab! | thought it was one
of dem nOnymous communicashuns.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06
The Newest Wearing apparel

The Princess gown occupies the
centre of fashions stage for spring
and summer. and will doubtless go
TO mill and to meeting" during the
coming months. 1t appears in all
sorts of gowns from the exquisite
creations for evening to the walking
skirt and its accompanying bolerO.
but there are those who cannot and
will not wear this style of garment
and for these there are very pretty
skirts cut circular, and flaring widely
about the lower edge. These skirts
are constructed from all sorts of una
terials, even to the thinnest of sum-
mer fabrics, and if properly made they
will not necessarily give much trouble
by sagging. However. for the skirt
of washing stuff, the gored models are
much more satisfactory and patterns
for these can he obtained with the
modish flare about the bottom.
The vogue of the circular skirt has
led to the fashion for fiat skirt trim
mings. These sometimes take the
form of stitched bands of the material
or silk. while braids of one or several
kinds are often interlaced in design
about the bottom. Another mode Of
secutive rows of shaped flounces one
overlapping the other and often ending
at each side of the front panel. One
might almost say that the front panel
i'm unbroken length from waistband to
hem prevails i'm the majority of gowns.
When bands of the same fabric as
the skirt are put on as trimming they
are usually piped with contrasting
color; the tunc and flounce being often
suggested by the manner in which
these are applied.
As for coats. the bolero is in high
feather this year. and figures in all
varieties of wear from the ornamental
to the useful AS an ornament it ap-
pears in the negligee of the morning
as well as upon the evening toilette.
The little lace and embroidered bOleros
are to be much worn with soft silk
and summer gowns and will prove
very fetching adjuncts to the toilette.
Every woman and girl will do well
to provide herself with several lin
gerie waists for nice wear These
| little blOuses are very important in
the wardrobe, no matter how meagre
or sumptuOus it be. They can be had
in great variety of styles and in all
of the sheer summer fabrics. Those
embroidered. or inset with lace. are
very dainty and considered quite suit
able for any occasion where one needs
to look well. On cool days they can
be worn over a slip of pink, blue or
lavendar and be very pretty and be-
coming. Many of these waists are
made with elbow sleeves but they can
be had with the long sleeve-and some
of the newest imported blouses are
made with sleeves which end in a
long point over the hand.
In materials, no one will go astray
I'm purchasing voile and linen for her
spring and summer gowns. There are
linens of all kinds from the sheer
handkerchief qualities to the fine un-
bleached linens. Then there are soft
cashmeres, raw silks, mObairs and
eoliennes as well as the immortal
serge. White is promised much vogue
for summer, and mixed with black it
is very smart for the new suits.
These suitings are mostly in small
checks, or stripes.
The Breckenridge news., 1906-06-06

Then he remembered that she had not been
In the best hunor. and decided that she
would probably enjoy the sport as much as
any of the others.
"Hellor' called voice, Where are yer,
Mr.. Caseyr' 1t was the voice Of TwO-bits,
and 1t was sweet music In his ear.
Right this way, Two.bits," he answered.
Have you brought helpT
She came to the other side OF the gulf,
and thrusting stout plank out toward him
''Y-a-s. Thets er help. Did yer think |
was a-goin' ter give yer away ter the gang
Yer would never a-heard the last Of It,
guess we ken make II all right with this
here Then. making sure the plank was
NOW, git spry, and don't waste no time
Hop across, | tell yer!'
AS they came to the last crevice where
the board was necessary, George paused
waited, with arms akimbo, this is the last
one. Yer goln' to give up now? IL yer do,
Ill leave yer fer good, dead sure.
"Two-bits," said George, and there was
considerable pathos In his voice; Two
bits" he repeated. will you forgive me for
calling you cowardF You are the bravest
girl eyer knew a1d You've toIS,ye been real kind
Jaw, come along with yer" said tn" girl,
greatly embarrassed. Its my pinion
yer fellers in the east jist talk ter hear
yer heads roar half the time, and don't
mean what yer say
They neared the town, walking side by
side. The board had been thrown away,
and from their appearance no one would
have known that anything out of the
ordinary had occurred. As he left her at
her own door he pressed her hand tightly,
and said:
"You are brave girl-a regular little
heroine"
Next day she found pony tied to the
post in front of her mothers house, and on
the beautiful saddle which Ii bore, was
pinned a note which read:
''This is Nickel a present to TwO-bits,
the brave little girl who was good to a
coward"