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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Safety in Railroad Travel.

Increased safety in railroad travel
is one of the urgent needs OF the day.
Railroads have never carried so many
people, never run so many trains. new
er put on so many cars, never en-
ployed so many men, never covered
so much territory and never been so
popular as means of getting about
as today yet with all this has come
greater danger to human life, more &C.
cidents, more serious accidents, more
people hurt and more damages In
f1icted. The simple truth seems to be
that the railroad managers are not
sufficiently alive to the sacredness OF
human life. This is the most precious
of all earthly things. 1t is something
that, once destroyed, can never be
replaced, and something the injury to
which may lead to results Of most ser
ious consequences. There is popu-
lar impression in Europe that railroad
accidents are more frequent in Amer
lea than abroad, because the Ameri-
can trains are run at higher rate OF
speed. This contention is hardly borne
out by the facts, since with the exec
ton of one or two recently established
trains, the latest trains in the world
are operated abroad. The numerous
American accidents are due not 80
much to the rapidity with which Amer
lean trains are run as to the careless
ness with which they are operated,
or the indifference with which the
American public at large views the
railroad. An accident that involves
person not an employe Of railroad
or not a passenger may be partly due
to carelessness in railway manage
ment.-American Home and Garden.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
The GRAY WoH a Fighter.

From private letter written by DE-.
Edward L. Munson, OF. Fort Asslna'
boine, Mont, we, are permitted TO
quote a sentence or two. which gives.
a notion Of the power of the gray
wolf, a matter that was referred to
in an article recently printed in these
columns. DR.. Munson says: "A fort
night ago 1 ran into an immense old
dog wolf which must have weighed
$50 or 160 pounds. had only three
dogs with me as the rest Of the pack
was eff after a jack rabbit. The dogs.
all fine fighters, all started for the
wolf, and he whipped them in one,
two, three order, in less time than it.
takes me to tell it. One he threw
over a cut bank, crushed in the chest
of another, and gashed the third dogs
throat. l do not think that he could
have done up three 10o-pound woh.
hounds as easily, though these dogs
of mine are all good fighters and saw:
age brutes, and one was an S5-pounA
staghound."-Fo and Stream.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
A SmiIino Face Pays.

There is a minister living out ctI
the East Side who is a great joker.
He loves 10 tell his jokes at the table.
and, waea he does So, tae other men,
bers Of the family are expected 20
laugh. The minister has a son twen-
ty-one years old, who gets awfully
tired of the jokes. Recently he got
in the habit of scowling when his
father would spring his alleged witt
cisms. The minister noticed this and
thereafter It was impossible for the
son to secure second helping Of any
Of the food his father served. sAs
result the son would sometimes leave
the table hungry. One day the family
had turkey for dinner and the son de.
cided to get all he wanted Of 1t, even
if he had to laugh at his fathers
Jokes. Soon after he had eaten his
first allowance his father sprang a
pun and the young man laughed. Il
wasn't simple laugh! 1t was a rear.
which only ended when he fell on
his chair. When the son had pulled
himself together again his father
looked sternly over his glasses.
"Ahem! Henry" he said, picking up
the carving knife and fork, pass me
your plate and let me help you TO
some more of this excellent turkey.
Kansas City Journal. -
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
TeIeqraphic New York.

Few persons appreciate the i'm
portance Of the telegraphic business
Of the metropolis. More than 1000
persons are employed by the Western
Union and the Postal Telegraph COM
panies in Greater New York, and as
many more perhaps In this vicinity In
the industries dependent on the wants
Of the craft.
The moneys taken in for telegraphlc
service in the financial district OF
New York-the receipts from Wall
Street and the exchanges-are greater
than the entire telegraphic receipts OF
the state Of Ohio.
The receipts Of the cable compa-
nies alone exceed s7,000,000 annually.
This city is the headquarters OF the
New York Telegraphers' Mutual Bene-
fit association and the Telegraphers'
Aid society, Of flourishing telegraph-
ers' insurance association, the Gold &
Stock Insurance company, and a tele-
graphers' building and loan assocla-
tion with more than 1000 members.
Here also is the Magnetic club, so
cia, organization of those engaged in
tiN business, and the Morse club,
which has a banquet on the birthday
Of the founder of the craft and fails
not on Memorial day to wreath his
statue in Central Park with flowers
New York Press
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
sunday.sehooI Attendance Record.

The four children of Mr.. E. Hail.:
worth, jeweler, Of Great Harwood.
England, have created unique rec
ord by their remarkable attendance.
at the Congregational Sunday-school In
that town, for period totaling
f1fty-one years. There was only one
solitary absence during that time> that
being on account Of Illness. Alice
Ann, the Oldest daughter, aged twenty
one, has never missed for ffteen
years, and Clara, aged eighteen,
James, aged sixteen, and Archibald,
aged thirteen, have respectively q rec
ord Of twelve, thirteen, and eleven
years unbroken attendance.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Wooden Flower Of Guatemala.

One Of the most remarkable botani'
cal curiosities in the world Is the
wooden flower which is found In the
crater of the Volcan del Fuego, or
fire volcano, of Guatemala. It resem-
bles a half-blown rose, with four dis.
tinct petals, curving gracefully from
the point of junction with the stem:
The Guatemalan Indians regard the
plant with superstitious reverence,
and believe that it IS indestructioie'
They have a tradition that when one
side of the Volcan del Aqua, or water
volcano, burst out in 1S41 and let
loose a raging food of angry waters, a
shrub of this plant was the only thing
that escaped destruction. The Indians
believe that the flower can cause or
prevent an eruption Of the volcano.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
WOULD HAVE. SATISFIED JURY.
CircumstantiaI Evidence that Surely
Was Most Conclusive.


An extraordinary story is told con-
corning Leicester lady's recent ad-
venture with supposed burglar and
its surprising sequel. Two married
couples, occupying adjoining houses,
were on very friendly terms, and one
lady informed the other that she and
her husband were to spend the even
ing at the opera house. The lady de-
layed her departure to meet her hus-
band, and put the poker in the fire
to make it burn brighter. Just as
she withdrew it, red-hot, she heard
someone trying to open the front
door. Going down noiselessly she
saw a mans hand through the letter.
box aperture, with an fngeniously-
contrived piece of wire, with which
the person was trying to pull back the
spring catch of the lock. In an in
slant she applied the red-hot poker to
the mans hand, rubbing it all over.
The hand was withdrawn with an
agonizing cry of pain. The lady great
ly frightened by the incident, rushed
into her friends house next door for
assistance. Then she was more as
tonished than ever to find her friend
amounting the terribly burned hand
of her husband.-London Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Work That Kills.

A visitor from South Africa describ-
ed what is doubtless at once the most
deadly and most highly paid kind Of
work in the world.
I'm the gold mines Of johannes
burg, he said, "the miners suffer ter
ribly from the dust produced by drill.
ing into the earth. Getting into the
lungs of the men employed In the
work, it produces consumption, which
often proves fatal in a comparatively
short time.
"This Is so well understood that the
miners in charge of the work are very
highly paid; a foreman, in fact, may
receive as much as s1.500 a year.
But even enormously high wages will
not always tempt men to shorten their
lives in this way, and this Is one OF
the chief causes of the labor Difficult
ty on the Rand.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Bear Has Two Teeth Pulled.

A performing bear travelling with a
vaudeville company playing here this
week was the patient in case OF den-
tai surgery to-day.
The bear has been out Of humor for
some time on account of toothache
and the two troublesome teeth were
removed by local veterinary.
The animal was strapped on his
back to the floor and the trainer and
veterinary set to work. The tusks
were 80 firm that the job took an
hour and half. The animal perform
ed as usual that evening.
There is no similar case OF the rec
ords of dental surgery.-Pottstown
correspondence Pittsburg Press.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Agricultural Brevities.

Feed and kill off your cockerels when
about four months old.
Vinegar diluted in warm water is the
best liquid to clear stained eggs.
Fowls much improve the character
of the stubble land over which they
range.
Replace one-third of your laying
hens every year so as to keep your
stock young.
The shepherd should not expect his
sheep to drink water that he would be
afraid to drink himself.
The brood mare can do farm work
and breed colt at the same time but
must not be overworked.
When the colt is growing the hoofs
should be looked to occasionally to see
If they do not require trimming.
Every grower should know what Is
the paying weight with him, what
weight he can sell to bring him the
greatest profit.
That kind Of husbandry In which
sheep Of some kind do not figure IS
lacking in a most substantial means Of
sustaining fertility.
There is better margin for profit
in a well fed litter Of pigs than may
be found in any other like investment
of money on the farm.
The man who misses out on little
alfalfa patch for the sows and litters
has new milestone yet ahead Of him
in his path Of progress.
An animal of a fixed and long-in-
herited type rill control the type of
the offspring when coupled with an
animal Of ordinary character.
The man who has a piece of ground
large enough for a garden should most
certainly improve it, and have a good
supply Of luxuries at small cost.
Circumstances and management
have about as much to do to make
mutton growing profitable as in turn
;ns the scale toward profit in any oIn-
er farm product.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07

1TdIeIui TOR neIr f1eiPs
are we going to do. We can't let him
lay here and freeze, and we can't
carry him home; that wouldn't do
"I'll tell ye," said Deacon Moare,
well take him up to Mr.. Flint's
barn."
So one took his feet and the other
his shoulders, and they began their
uphill walk, wheeling and putting
away. Twice they laid him down and
nearly concluded to let him lie there,
but finally they reached the barn.
They tugged him up into the haymow,
and let him down.
There" said Moare, "I believe we
have done our duty. Certainly he
won't freeze, an l dunno but it's 60
ing to take a week to sober him up. -
And the deacons started for home
again.
Hold on, gentlemen" shouted a
voice. They turned, and there in the
moonlight they saw Mr.. Hobbs walk
ing with rapid strides toward them.
81 want to thank you gentlemen for
your Kindness" he said, "and If you
don't mind I'll walk along with you.
The deacons became suddenly mute,
and the silence seemed to be getting
so painful that Mr.. Hobbs decided to
take q short cut for home across the
fields.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Cheap and Filling Food.

Now these be the virtues Of the
cereals; they are cheap, easily swal.i
lowed and Of moderate nutritive value.
There is an element in the average hus
man mind, half puritanic:: half stinsy.
which is inclined to count as virtue
the ingestion Of any food which is not,
especially attractive but believed to:
be nutritious. In fact, to eat that:
which is cheap and filing is. one OF.
the petty vices.-McClure's Magazine
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
THE BAKERS DOZEN
How The Extra Tale of Numbers Arose
ia Trade.

How The Extra Tale of Numbers Arose
in Trade.
Some persons, including few ency-
clopaedists, are inclined to think that
the bakers dozen originated when
heavy fines were considered necessary
to counterbalarce light weights, and
the bakers, in order to insure full
weight, took the precaution to add an
additional unit Some have called it
the devils dozen, because thirteen
was the number of witches who used
to ride their broomsticks to the BLACK
Mass" of Satan. The bakers great
book in the Astor library has another
story of its origin.
Jan Petersen, of Amsterdam, was
a good churchman, but nevertheless
he was afraid Of being bewitched. On
the last night of 1854 he sat in his
bakeshop trying to '-o"r out the evil
spirits by printing himself with
glass of good spirits. Sales had been
brisk There were no customers in
the shop for the moment, and he sat
back, meditating on the gains he
would make on the morrow, when the
fresh New Years cakes were put on
sale. He was startled by a sudden
rap. An ugly woman pushed the door
opel.
"Give me a dozen New Years cook
les" she cried in a Shrill voice.
The shrillness of her voice did not
mean anything to his slow Dutch
mind. 1t only annoyed him.
well, then, you needn't speak 80
loud" said Jan. I'm not deaf"
"A dozen!" she screamed. Give me
a dozen. Here are only twelve"
well, then, twelve is Dozen"
Zone more! want dozen"
well, then, if you want another
90 to the devil and get it."
The hag left the shop, but from that
night Jan had trouble. The shop
seemed to be bewitched. His cakes
were stolen. Either his bread was so
light and it scared up the chimney,
or so heavy that the supports Of the
oven gave way beneath the burden.
His wife became deaf, his children
went wild. His trade took wings and
settled in the shops Of his rivals
Three times the old woman returned,
and each time was directed to go the
devils sanctum. At last, in despair,
the baker called upon st. Nicholas to
assist him. The venerable patron OF
Dutch feasts delivered lecture on
charity, telling the trembling man to
be more generous in the future. Then
he vanished, and in his place stood
the >hag, who repeated her demand
for one more cake. Jan acceded,
whereupon she exclaimed, 'The spell
is broken; from this time one dozen
is thirteen" Taking from the counter
a gingerbread efigy Of st. Nicholas,
she made the subdued Dutchman lay
his hand upon it and swear to give
more liberal measure in the future.
Since that time thirteen has been
called a bakers dozen.-New YorI
Tribune.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Keep Birds About the House.

The value of birds to the farmer has
only begun to be appreciated. Nine
tenths of the land owners and garden
ers do nothing to attract the birds or
to feed them. Some Of them are ready
for a law to permit the killing OF rob-
ms. However, a better sentiment is
steadily growing. A letter tells me
that the writer has way of provid-
ing nests for useful BIRDS" She says:
Il put up such simple things as old
tin cans in my apple trees. A to-
mato can serves a bluebird or wren ad-
mirably. Leave the opening small;
punch a few holes in the bottom for
drainage; and you will find that 4
large proportion Of them will be occu-
pied.' Many birds cannot find good
nesting places. This is getting to be
a serious difficulty with bluebirds,
wrens, purple martins, and even the
chickadees. There are very few old
trees left, into which they can bore and
make nesting places that are safe and
agreeable" A writer in Bird Lore"
says that he put up twenty cans and
cigar boxes and found fourteen of them
occupied by wrens and bluebirds. Will
it not pay our boys and girls to make
this experiment? I find that my cat
birds have exhausted all really prime
places for nests, and 1 must supply
more They insist on a thicket, such
as is furnished by big syringa bush.
begin to think that it is not the
amount Of food that birds can get, but
suitable nesting places, that win them
to US. Bird Lore" adds groan, be-
cause the old farm homes, where there
were lots Of bushy trees and under
brush are being brought up and scour-
ed up so that birds do not find their
old safe retreats near our homes. This
can be compensated by artificial nests.
I have a tall stump Of white cut leaved
birch, in which the bluebirds have
made hole and nested; while on top
l have a birdhouse in which the robins
find a good home. One thi'a is GER
tain. We cannot run our farms, and
especially our orchards successfully
without bird allies.-E. P. Powell.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
The Great American Hog.

The possible profit that may re-
suit from intelligent hog breeding on
a large scale is worthy Of serious
thought on the part of farmers, says
Farming.
With the right conditions Of food
supply and market-the two important
factors-it may prove to be the very
thing that the farm is best adapted
to.
The hog has always been fixture"
on American farms. The early set
tiers raised a few that lived on the re-
fuse of the garden dairy, and kitchen,
and in turn provided the family with
meat during the winter. The modern
<tAmerican Hog" supplies, in his vari-
Gus products, many of the wants of the
civilized world, not only the hams.
pork, lard, bacon, but also illuminating
and lubricating oils, combs, brushes,
buttons, knife-handles, and various
kinds of ornaments.
The hog is really one of the farmers
most profitable crops, and is worthy OF
more attention; he is useful to the
dairyman because he will eat the by
products Of the dairy; he is useful to
the grain farmer because he will con-
vert the grains and grasses of the farm
into money; so from either standpoint
he will show a profit. The more care
you devote to him the better he will
pay you. One must get the idea out OF
his head that anything is good enough
:or hog; the fact is that nothing is
90 good for him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
KNITTED
Coffee Knitted an Old Soldier.

An old soldier, released from coffee
at y, recovered his health and tells
about it as follows:
Il stuck to coffee for years, although
it knitted me again and again.
"About eight years ago (as result
of coffee drinking which eonsested my
liver), I was taken with very severe
attack Of malarial fever.
II would apparently recover AMI
start about my usual work only to suf-.
fer relapse. After this had been re-
peated several times during the year
was again taken violently Ill.
"The doctor said he had carefully
studied my case and it was either Quit
coffee or die advising me to take
Postum. in its place. I had always
thought coffee one of MY dearest
friends, and especially when sick. and
I was very much taken back by the
doctors decision for hadn't suspected
the coffee drank could possibly cause
my troubles. ...
II thought 1t over for few minutes
and finally told the doctor I would
make the change. Postum was pro-
cured for me the same day and made
according to directions; we'll. liked It
and stuck to it and since then / have
been new man. The change i'll health
began in few days and surprised me-
and now. although I am seventy-tw
years Of age. do lots of hard work
and for the past month have been
taaming. driving sixteen miles day.
besides loading and unloading the
wagon. That's what Postum in the
place Of coffee has done for me. now
like the Postum as we'll as did conee.
Il have known people who did nos
care for Postum at first, but after hay-
ing learned to make it properly accord
ing to directions, they have come to ike
it a. well as coffee. 1 never miss
chance to praise it." Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
Look for the little book, "The Road
to Wellvilie," IN pkGs.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Cold Has No Terrors for Him.

Seth S. Patten Of Alexandria, N. H.,
Is one of the remarkable men in that
vicinity. He works in his sawmill
and about the farm clad in the same
clothes as in August, trousers made
of blue drilling, a cotton shirt and
drilling vest, with no underclothes at
all. On the coolest day this winter,
when the thermometer registered 10
degrees below zero, he was reshing-
ling his barn attired in this same
fashion.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Give Your Horse More Water.

: Give Your Horse More Water.
Water should be before horses at
>all times when indoors, and at least no
meal should ever be offered and night
lights ever turned out until every
animal has had his chance at as many
sbrimming buckets as he will take.
The shy drinker may be tempted by
many articles, like mixing little mo-
Iasses, or salt, or oatmeal, or daxseed
jelly, or bran, etc., etc., with the wat
er, and constantly varying the flavor.
Horses may even have all they want
right after feeding, provided they have
not been deprived Of water for some
time previous. Many shy drinkers, like
shy feeders, who are generally nervous,
take all nourishment best at night
when it is dark and quiet, and morn
ing finds the empty manger and buck
ct which it had seemed, by day, al
most nauseated them.-Frank NJ. Ware
In The Outing Magazine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
MRS. MULQUEEN GOT A BARGAIN.

And the Grocer's Comments Can Not
Be Printed.
At Thanksgiving time Lucius Hill,
leading grocer of Augusta; Me-. found
himself somewhat overstocked with
turkeys. On the evening before
Thanksgiving, as he. was going home
to supper, he pointed to a particular
bird that was somewhat below the 9TH
ers in size and appearance, and said
to one of his clerks, Fred K: "You
may sell that one for Is cents" mean
ing, Of course, Is cents a pound.
When Mr.. Hill returned from sup
per he saw that the turkey referred
to was missing, and he inquired who
had bought it. Fred Informed him
that he had sold it to Mrs. Mulqueen,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
Jersey Cows Butter Record.

Probably the blood Of the Jersey is
more generally diffused and more high
ly priced in the butter-producing dis
tIicts Of the United States, as we'll as
among family COWS in the country at
large, than that of any other breed,
says Farming.
Many of our shrewdest dairy farm
ers have selected Jerseys as best adapt
ed to their special purposes, not only
on account of the persistent milk flow
which they maintain, but because of
their uniformity Of reproduction, and
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-06-07
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their ability to furnish, under the
proper care, large flow OF rich milk
that tops the market and captures the
fancy trade.
The Jersey COW is small animal,
and therefore her maintenance ration
is small, while relatively large part
of her food goes to profit.
She is a persistent mixer, often
perpet lal mixer, and ordinarily not
dry more than six or eight weeks IN
year.
She has an extremely long period OF
usefulness in the dairy. Five years
covers the profitable work of the aver
age cow. The Jersey is generally Wig
orous and at work when twelve to nj
teen years old. Many are profitable
when eighteen to twenty-one years
old.
She gives the richest milk, as near
" three thousand standard tests have
proved. The recent demonstration at
the St. Louis Exposition is a notable
illustration of this superiority.
Almost all this butter fat can be
recovered in butter Or cheese. Ihe
practical value of this advantage is
most appreciated by the dairy farmer.
This larger yield of butter and cheese
is of the highest grade Of commercial
excellence. 1t tops the market.
These traits of superiority are so
firmly fixed in her breeding that II
fairly mated she can be relied upon to
transmit them to her descendants.