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Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1848-1918, 1906-07-20
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Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Low NECKED WAIST.

for nothing more ungainly can be i'm
agined than full puffed or gathered
sleeve combined with shoulder seam
falling off the shoulder. The thin per,
son looks thinner because of the sink
ing In where the sleeve joins the waist
or coat and the stout person stouter
because of the excessive depth and the
fullness of the stout figure at that
point Thus the defects of both are
emphasized.
Children are wearing the most be.
witching poke bonnets of lacy straw,
trimmed with large, Tapping bows. 1t
is a relief to see that the heat produc.
ing strings are absent, the hat being
held in place by broad elastic.
The blouse illustrated is of wash
chiffon, tucked in groups. The very
low neck is formed of two pieces of
Irish lace drawn up at the top with
narrow black velvet ribbon and laced
together with the same ribbon. The
sleeves are carried out in a like fash.
ion. JUDO CHOLLET,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Declined Her Own Medicine

There is always more or less talk
current about abolishing position and
dispensing pelf. The trouble is to
know just where to begin the destruc-
tive reconstruction and to find reform
ers who are willing themselves to be
reformed. An English great lady was
once entertaining the labor member OF
parliament, Henry Broadhurst, the
Duke of Argyll and others at her coun-
try seat. She was a strong Liberal,
and one evening inveighed against the
house of lords. 1t would be swept
away if it did not reform, she said
with fervor
Yes" agreed Broadhurst, "and how
will you like that, Mrs. P.?'
Lady p, if you please, sir" instant
ly corrected Broadhurst's hostess,
drawing herself up haughtily.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Virtues of "soldv Sign.


Get this parlor suit out at once,
john" said the manager.
"Oh, let's just put a Sold tag on it
till tomorrow" grumbled Salesman
John. ''The men are fearful busy"
John said the manager, you know
very little about human nature if
you're willing to leave a suit of furni-
ture marked Sold in sight of the pub
lie. If we left the suit here everybody
that came in would be attracted by the
Sold sign on it and would want to
buy it or its duplicate. The suit can't
be duplicated, as you know, and SO the
people would be dissatisfied. This suit,
because they couldn't have 1t, would
seem to them the only desirable one in
our stock. They would take no other.
We should probably lose half dozen
sales.
"Why, John, there are some dishon-
est dealers who put Sold signs on
goods that are drug, SO as to dispose
Of those goods quickly, and it Is fact
not creditable to human nature that
fake Solids will move slow stock
more quickly even than fake reduc-
tions."-New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
A WONDERFUL MEMORY.
The Story Maretus Told of a Young
COrsfcan Marvel


Maretus tells us that during his trav-
els over Europe he met the marvel of
marvels" at Padua. The marvel In
question was young Corsican who
was in the city for the purpose Of pur-
suing his studies at the university.
Maretus, having heard that the young
man was gifted with an extraordinary
memory, desired to put the student to
the test
The person who had Informed the
traveller concerning the wonderful re-
tentiveness of the young Corsican's
memory declared that he was so gifted
in that faculty that he could repeat as
many as 10000 words if read over to
him but once. Maretus and three dis
tinguished Venetians agreed to test the
accuracy of the statement A commit
tee visited the student Of extraordinary
memory and found him willing to sub
NIT to the ordeal. Accordingly there
was read over to him an almost inter-
minable list of words strung together
without any consecutive order and
without any meaning whatever
The young man stood all the time
with his attention deeply fixed and his
eyes half closed. When the long string
of words had been read off he looked
up cheerfully and repeated the whole of
the uninteresting catalogue Of words
without single fault Then to show
how carefully his wonderful memory
had retained every word he went
through the list backward. When that
task was finished he took each alter
nate word-first, third, fifth, etc.-and
repeated them until the company was
thoroughly convinced that they were in
the presence of the most wonderful
prodigy of memory that the world had
ever produced
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
KNOW THY COUNTRY.
Precept That Every Citizen Should
Take to Heart.


Juvenal said, ''This precept descends
from heaven-know thyself." To this
we add-know thy country. Know its
area, its population, its products, ma
tive and exclusive, agricultural and
mineral. Know its present output and
its possibilities. Know its states, its
territories and large cities and what
they are severally noted for. Know
its geography and Typography, its con-
stitution, principles and history, its
literature, its art and its sciences, its
philosophy, discoveries and inventions.
Know its relation to other nations,
both political and financial Know it's
possessions - Alaska, Hawaii, Porto
Rico and the Philippines-their history
severally, the customs and languages
of their people and the sources of their
wealth. Many men know these things
now and love their country and are serv-
iceable to their fellow citizens in pro-
portion to their knowledge. 1t costs
labor and the sacrifice of so called
pleasure to acquire this knowledge, but
to the genuinely manly man, whose
life's purpose is to make the utmost Of
his abilities and opportunities and who
in one way and another is developing
his country's hidden treasures and i'm
parting his own practical enthusiasm
to other lives, there are relish and
delight in the search for knowledge
that compensate q thousandfold.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Railways Plan For a Floral Route.

Executive officers of the Union Pa
ciflc railroad are planning to build sew
eral large greenhouses along the main
lines with the object of having at every
table in every dining car over the en-
tire system a bouquet of freshly cut
flowers at every meal, says the Cleve-
land Plain Dealer. In addition to table
and other decorations it is planned to
grow flowers on a small scale suffi-
ciently large to allow free distribu-
ton Of roses, carnations or other sea-
sonable flowers not only in dining cars,
but to passengers in every car of
every train and in winter as well as in
summer, the idea being to make pa
irons Of the Union Pacific feel that the
flowers are part of the trip over that
road and not precious little souvenirs
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
wiz of a scotch Lunatic.

This lunatic asylum story comes
from Glasgow: Two councillors of that
city were taken over large asylum
the other day by one Of the patients,
safe man. He had led them to a
room to display view from win
dow, when some one shut the door,
with its self acting lock, and the three
men were prisoners. The patient alone
preserved his composure. While the
councillors clamored to be released he
remarked:
"If / were you I would be quiet"
No help coming, the councillors grew
desperate. Beads of perspiration stood
on their brows, and they fairly yelled.
IF were you," repeated the patient
soothingly, II would keep quiet"
"But we're no daft" pleaded one OF
the visitors.
"Hoots mon, that's what said ma.
sell when was brocht in!'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
The woman In Business.

A New York real estate agent has
been telling of some Of his business ex-
periences with women. Mrs. A., he
says, wanted to find house that would
fit her carpets and wasted several
weeks on the job. Mrs. B. had six
children of her own. but wanted a
guarantee that no other children would
be allowed in the building. Mrs. G..
signed a lease with clause that no
dogs should be brought in and then
deliberately brought several into her
family and told the agent such restric-
tons in lease were of no account.
''Do you wonder" he asks, ''that men
do not like to deal with womenY OF
course, however, Massachusetts, wo-
men would never do anything like
that.-Boston Globe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
A LOesTER's LEGS.
Ine TWO Front Ones Are Different
From the Other Eight.

HrOm the Other Eight.
A lobster's legs, all told, are ten in
number, but only eight of these are
largely used for walking. The front
pair, or big claws, have been special
ized, as in the crab and most others of
the higher crustaceans, into prehensile
organs for catching and crushing the
prey, Their use Is obvious. Lobsters
feed largely off mollusks Of various
Bofts and other hard shelled marine
animals. In order to be able to break
or crush the shells of these and so to
get at the softer flesh within they have
acquired such large and very muscular
nippers or pinchers. That Is not all,
however. Not only have the two front
legs been differentiated and specialized
from the eight others in this manner.
but also, by rare exception to the
symmetry of the body, the right claw
has been specialized from the left, each
being intended to perform a distinct
function. One is scissors, the other
Is o Llill; one Is cutter, the other Is a
cracker.
AS a rule, the right claw is the slen-
derer and longer. 1t has toothlike pro-
Jectlons or serrated edges on it's nip
ping faces, and it is rather adapted for
biting and severing than for crushing
or grinding. The left claw. on the 9th
er hand, is usually thicker, heavier and
rounder. Its muscles are more power
full, and in place Of sharp teeth 1t has
blunt tubercles, or hammers, Of differ
ent sizes. 1t acts, in fact, more like
nutcracker than like teeth or saw.
1t is a smashing organ. Nevertheless
you Will find it interesting to observe,
by noting the Holsters served to you at
table, that this differentiation has hard
ly as yet become quite constant, for
sometimes it is the right claw that dis
plays the hammerlike nutcracker type
and the left that acts as nipper and
bitter, while sometimes no difference
occurs at all, both claws alike being
sharp toothed or blunt hammered in the
same specimen.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
WATER SHOES.
Mexican Cornell Students Device
For Aquatic Lacrosse Players.

MEXICAN cornell Students Device
For Aquatic Lacrosse Players.
j. A. Ostos, Mexican student in
Cornell university, walked on the water
Of Cayuga lake the other afternoon,
says an Ithaca special to the New
York Times. He wore pair of water
shoes, which he recently designed in
the department of mechanical engi-
neering, He shot about over the water
in every direction with little apparent
effort
The shoes are constructed of tin,
with four air chambers in each and
a separate compartment for the foot.
They are five feet three inches long,
fourteen inches wide and nearly ten
inches deep. Collapsible fans prevent
them from slipping backward. Mr..
Ostos' purpose in making the shoes was
to Introduce new water game similar
to lacrosse Other students are al
ready planning to get the new style
shoes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
A River of Death.

Before the English occupation Of In
dia 1t was estimated that the Ganges
carried to the sea every year 100000
dead bodies. 1t was then considered
by the Hindoos that the happiest death
was one found in its waves, and all
pious Hindoos who could do so were
carried to its banks and placed in its
waters to die. The decaying carcasses
along its banks were probably respon-
sible in no small degree for the pesti-
lences which formerly desolated the
peninsula.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
An Ideal bath.

An ideal combination is to soap the
body all over. using tepid water before
plunging into cold bath. But there
are many good folks who cannot face
a cole bath daily and who after taking
one are apt to be cold and shivering
all the day through. For these the best
plan is, after warm bath, to sponge
the throat and chest with cold water,
which is most stimulating and espe-
cially so where the bather suffers from
chronic colds. To insist on a cold bath
is just as unwise as to have bath
that Is too warm and to remain In it
too long. That is the more general
mistake.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16

materials, printed lawns, embroidered
mulls and tucked muslins. An attrac
tive frock fashioned for schoolgirl
after this manner consisted of plair
full skirt, with band of embroidered
batiste set In above the four inch hem
The gabrielle waist had a pointed
piece, cuffs and low stock Of the EN-
broidery.
Lingerie belts of insertion are much
In favor for morning wear, also broad
belts of loosely woven basket weave
braid, which washes splendidly. These
belts are generally worn with mother
of-pearl buckles.
Charming is the dotted swiss negli
gee seen in the cut, with its bands oi
English embroidery and plated quill
ings. JUDO CHOLLET.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16

Scene-Train stopping at small road.
side station. Irritable Old Gentleman
What on earth do they stop at sta
ton like this for? Objectionable Pas
senger (alighting)- allow me to get
out Irritable Old Gentleman-Ahl /
see 1t has its advantages, then?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Should Have Said shoes.

"Miss Backbay,' said Mr.. O'Bull, who
had been strolling along the country
road with the lady from Boston, II
suppose your feet are very dusty. Per-
NIT me-
"Sir? cried the precise young wo-
man witherinRly "How dare youv'
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Natural Privileges.

SIT is physical impossibility to
keep a watering place exclusive"
"Why so?''
because there anybody who pleases
can be in the swim. "-Baltimora Amer
lean.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Knew Her Ways.

Mr.. Gayboy-What did my wife say
when you told her wouldn't be able
to come home tonight until a late hour?
Messenger-She didn't say anything.
Mr.. Gayboy--Then you must have gone
to the wrong house!-C,hicago Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
SMART STYLES.

Simple Gray Tailored Suit Very Chic.
SeasonabIe Materials.
The simply tailored suit with nc
trimming save strappings is perhaps
the smartest thing in the gray street
frock of the short skirt class. The
manufacturers of ready made costumes
have used braid so extensively and em
broidery effects on waistcoats, etc.,
that there is much distinction in a Sc,
we're model, provided it is skillfully
tailored and of good design.
Dotted swisses, which are always
dainty, are just as popular as ever
especially the all white ones. They
are used in combination with other
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Social Dictionary.

Society" is now combination of
men and women who overdress them
selves at the expense of their trades
men that they may overeat themselves
at the expense of their friends.-Life.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
SEEN HERE AND THERE.
sReboux" Veil New and Striking.
Sleeve Vagaries-Poke Bonnets.

The reboux veil is fresh from Paris
aad is very striking. 1t is bright col
ored dotted veil edged with two inch
plating and so draped over the hat
that the upper plating is turned down
to fall an inch or two below the hat
brim. while the lower one comes just
above the shoulder line.
The new sleeves are very full 1T the
top, and an important item to consider
Is the shortening of the shoulder seam,
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
TWO Poor Waiters.

Hewitt - Time waits on no man.
Jewett--I guess that's the name Of the
new waiter at my restaurant.-New
York Press
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16

The expressions "Halleluiah" and
"Amen'' are said to have been intro
duced into Christian worship by st
Jerome about A. D. 800.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16

To do all in our power to win health
and keep it is as much our duty as to
be honest.-Seward.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16

1t is wise to save the first dollar that
one makes in business, but wiser to
save the last.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1906-08-16
Hin Hn1erlcan
Wldow
Bv LoUREFlE RICHARDS

Copyright, 1905, by P. c. Eastme ut
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
SENT TO AUGUSTA.
First Bale Of New Cotton in Bambers Sectior
Has Been Sent to Local Firm for Auction.

First Bale Of New Cotton in Bambers Section
Has Been Sent to a Local Firm for Auction.
COLUMBIA, s. c., August 1O.-A special
to The State from Bamberg says for the
fifth consecutive year, Bamberg's markets
have produced the first bale of new COT
ton. Today H. G. Folk shipped by ex.
press bale OF new cotton TO Messrs. Pope
s. Fleming, cotton factors, of Augusta, Ga.
The bale weighed 400 pounds. 1t will
probably be auctioned off.
Abe Simmons, who works farm for
Mr.. Folk, has become known as the grower
of the first bale, and it has become regu-
lar thing for him to carry off the honors.
In 1908 the first bale was shipped to Char
lesion on August 81; in 1904 the bale was
sent to Charleston August Is; last year
was the record year, being shipped earlier
than this year, August 4, and weighed 425.
1t was consigned to Messrs. F. W. Wag-
ener s. Co., Charleston, and was sold to the
Goldsmith Mercantile Company at Is
cents.-Augusta Chronicle. August II.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
Change Of Superintendents.

Mr. J. A. Heether, recently superin-
tendent of the Charleston division of the
Southern Railway, and transferred to
take charge of the Norfolk division, left
the city last night, and Mr.. A. Gordon
Jones, assigned to the Charleston divi-
sion, will be here today or tonight and
Immediately assume the duties of his
position. Mr.. Heether will not go di-
rectly to Norfolk, having been granted a
few weeks vacation, and with Mrs.
Heether started for the West. They will
spend the time most pleasantly at Mr..
Heether's old home until September 1,
when they will 60 to Norfolk. Their
many friends in Charleston wish them a
pleasant trip, and hope that the fates may
bring them to this city again at some
future day.-News and Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
FISH KNOWS
HIS MASTER
Brook Trout Shows Its Gratitude For
Net Being Served For
Dinner.

It Is the belief Of G. D. Allen Of
Franklin, Pa, that a brook trout Is
r,ore intelligent than any species OF
fish or animal and that 1t is capable OF
gratitude.
Recently he caught three trout In a
stream near that place, and one OF
these was a foot long and alive when
Mr.. Allen reached home. He was loath
to eat such fine specimen. So he put
It In a tank Of water in his warehouse.
He fed the fish daily with fies,. and In
side Of a week the trout showed that
It recognized Allen and would come to
the surface to be fed whenever he ap-
preached the tank.
Mr.. Allen then placed the fish in a
pool in q small stream near his house,
and two days later when he visited the
pool the fish came to the surface and
gave every evidence that it recognized
him.
Other men have tried to get sight
Of the fish, but it sulks in the bottom
of the stream and will only come to
the surface when Mr.. Allen visits ths
pool.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
Lieut.. J. Wilson Riley.

Lieut.. J. Wilson Riley, U. S. A., is in
the city, the guest of his brother, MIR. F.
Nj. Riley. Lieut.. Riley was graduated
this year from the United States military
academy at West Point, his standing OF
twelfth in class of eventy-eight, win
ming for him the privilege of selecting
the artillery, the infantry or the cavalry
He chose the first, and will shortly report
for duty with the Twenty-dfth battery OF
field artillery, stationed at Fort Riley
Kansas. Next to the engineers, to which
only the West Point graduates standing
within nine Of the top grade are eligible
the artillery is considered the most de-
sirable arm of the service for ambitious
young oficials.-Columbia Record.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
Coming Marriage.

BAMBERG, Aug. 11.-This year has
been a notable one among the young peo.
pie Of Bamberg. More marriages have
occurred during the year than in any
year during the past few years. And
another one is announced for this month.
Mr.. Albin Kirsch will be married on
August % to Miss Marion Cauthen, of
Ninety-Six. Miss Cauthen is daughter
of Mr.. ". NJ. Cauthen, resident of BAN.
berg for many years, aud she has many
friends here in her native town who will
hear with interest this announcements
Mr.. Kirsch is a young business man who
has the confidence of his large number OF
friends-Bamberg correspondence COL
umbia State.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16
A Word Personal.

We trust that our job work patrons and
other friends who have business transac-
tions with US will pardon our seeming
neglect for the past two weeks or so.
Our new press came in and We had to set
it up with our force one man short. 1t
was considerable job, as we had to take
down and ship the old press as we'll as
putting up the new one. This with other
troubles threw our paper late last week.
To make matters worse, on Wednesday
we found that the chases for our forms
did not fit the bed Of the new press, and
we had to send them to Orangeburg to
get them planed down. They were sent
back still too large, but through the kind
ness of Patrick,,s machine shop and Dir.
J. N. Jennings they were fixed all right
on Thursday, Mr. Jennings grinding off
the amount necessary on an emery
wheel. While getting out our paper We
were notified of the serious illness of our
father and on account of being away be-
cause of his death and burial, We were
put still further behind with our work.
But Mr.. Young is back from Chicka.
mauga, and our entire force is working
hard to catch up, and in few days we
will be in position to deliver work
promptly and give good attention to all
matters entrusted to Us. For the reasons
stated We trust our patrons will bear with
US. We like to be prompt, but it has
been impossible recently.
The whole force is delighted with the
new cylinder press. 1t is better and
more up-to-date machine than our form
er press, having q number of improve.
ments and not being worn. 1t does beau
tiful work, and just as soon as We can
put our new type in the cases, you will
see still greater improvement in the
appearance of The Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-08-16

THEY MUST DANCE NILE AND QUAETEA
properties Of the bones Of St WILL
fred. st. Wilifred was great bishop
Of ancient Germany, and to him are
ascribed many miracles. Epileptics
were especially looked after by him,
says tradition, and with the passing Of
the centuries his fame has grown un-
til now a visit to his resting place Is
believed to be sufficient to cure this
dread disease. That most Of the vis-
itors go home uncured has not ap-
parently impaired popular trust in the
efficacy Of the pilgrimage.
This year the ceremony was made
more notable than usual by the re-
moval Of the saints bones to church
especially dedicated to his memory.
Starting at the outskirts Of the town,
the pilgrims advanced in Long, wav.
ing line to St. Wilifred's shrine. To
fulfill the requirements they must
dance distance Of mile and quar-
ter. Five or six abreast the epileptics,
holding each others hands, march zen
echelon," to use military phrase, tax
Ing three steps to the right or left,
then retreating two; thus taking five
steps to advance one. It is sort OF
march or dance sometimes seen at
American college celebrations. Yale
men will recognize it as the Omega
Lambdu Chi" AS they dance the pill
grims sing and shout. 1t is a most
weird sight, too pathetic to be funny.
Nobody laughs. The tense faces Of the
sufferers, many of them old and bent
men and women, others little children
with blighted lives before them, can
excite only pity and sorrow. Often the
we'll residents Of Echternach are car
ried away by the excitement and join
the grotesque procession, adding their
voices to the shrieks Of the trembling
epileptics.
Arriving at the shrine the marchers
are met by a priest, and religious serV-
ices follow, which, If they do not cure,
at least console the unhappy victims
Of one Of the worst Of physical weak
nesses.