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The forum., 1907-12-14

TIA, Kansas, has been in the city
the past week, the guest of
friends.
John w. slaughter, we regret
to chronicle, was called to Bir-
mingham, Ala, this week, on
the account of the serious illness
of his mother. A later
report chronicles the fact that
the mother is much improved.
Mrs. Rogan of Decatur, was
visitor of her daughter, Mrs.
G. H. Jones; this week,
WANTED-A boy to take or
ders for colored papers and mag
azines. Apply at 305H S. 6th.,
street.-E L. Rogers.
e. B Smith and wife were the
guests of J. L. Morgan and wife,
404 W. Williams street, last Sun
day afternoon.
George Person is back.
Mrs, Bernice Spears plead
guilty to man slaughter and was
sentenced to an indeterminate
term at Joliet. Ben Peterson
was allowed continuance. He
is charged with being an acces-
sorry before the fact,
J, W, Grady has been indIspos-
ed.
Mrs. Josie Jackson is an ex-
ceptionally fine dress -maker-an
example worthy of emulation.
Rev. Manuel and wife; Mrs. G
H. Morgan and mother, Mrs. S.
A. David were the guests O.
Mrs. Clark Thompson and hel
daughter. Mrs. Ethel Penn mberton
Sunday, Dec. 9 After partak
ing of a sumptuous dinner, they
departed for their hOmes .
speaking in the highest terms o1
the young hostess as an enter
TONER
The Social Sunlight Circle
held their ann aal night in Ger
mantown at the residence O.
Mrs. Tucker, Wednesday and {
grand time was had by the largs
crowd present. The club viii
meet next Wednesday night will
Mrs. Ethel Pemberton.
Rev Bloodworth has begun
series of meetings at Pleasan
Grove Baptist church.
The best way to finish Xma
day is to attend the attraction a
Masonic Hall. A pleasant tim
is assured as all of your friend
will be there.
The revival at ST. Paul is i
progress.
Mesdames G. H Morgan an
Lena Hoskins were the guests {
Miss McReynolds. Thanks sgivin
day in Decatur. They attende
the cornerstone laying. They II
port an enjoyable day and spok
in the highest terms of the ho.
pitality shown them by the
many friends.
Christmas is day of rejoicin
The forum., 1907-12-14
Society and Local
MUSICAL INSTRUCTIONS

/ am now ready to resume my
work as musical instructress. All
persons desiring to take lessons
on piano, call or address me.
Mrs. Abner NaylOr
$50 S. Sd St. Springfield, Ill.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
Plesiosaurian Pebble Eaters.

The occurrence in connection with
the remains of Plesiosaurian reptiles
of Dolitic and Cretaceous age of Pc
culiarly smoothed and polished peb-
bles led biologists to conclude that
these ancient animals possessed giz-
yards, in which such hard bodies were
utilized as they are in the gizzards Of
gallinaceous birds. The smoothing and
polishing of these stones is distinct
from that produced by the action OF
wind and running water, and reveals
to the practiced eye the purpose for
which they were used. The reptiles,
that is to say, had swallowed the
stones to assist in the grinding up Of
their probably hard food. More re-
Gently it has been found that the co@os-
sal brontosaurus and diplodocus lad a
similar habit. Pebbles with the char
acteristic polish above referred to
have been found in America in connec-
ton with the skeletons of these two
species of extinct reptiles. 1t is in
teresting to learn that these pebbles
were mostly bright1y-colored jaspers.
London Globe.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
Careless.

During the financial dog Gays of a
Southern college a wealthy merchant
called upon the president to say that
he had provided in his will for rather
handsome bequest to the college. to
be paid after the death of himself and
his wife. The president was overjoyed,
and asked permission to announce the
gift in the city paper. This request
was granted on condition that the doc
tors name should not be mentioned.
Accordingly the president wrote a
eulogistic notice of the donation and
hurried to the newspaper Office. In
his haste he neglected to give his item
a title. The editor, hurried and wor-
ried, absently clapped On the first
item appeared the next morning with
words that came to his mind: and the
the following caption:
1.-TWO Pair of Shoes to Wait For
Harper's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19

Washington, D. c. Secretary of
Agriculture Wilson, who has just re-
turned from a trip extending to the
Pacific Coast, can see nothing but
continuance of good times. :.
1.-THE people of the West he said,
care not fearful Of panic or OF hard
times. The West is prosperous.
There is plenty of money. In fact, |
have reason to believe that the West
is loaning money to the East, instead
of the East to the West. And this is
being done at good rates of interest.
The people of the West are not Wor-
rying over Wall Street and its trou-
bles. They scarcely know that such
troubles exist, save as they read OF
them in the newspapers. The rest OF
the country is no longer dependent
on Wall Street.
Grain crops generally will be
good, with the exception Of oats.
There will be good corn crop, not a
bumper crop, but a good one, II frosts
do not come too early. Prices for
farm products and for stocks are high
and the farmers are making money"
Farmers are getting more money
for their grains this year than IN any
former year, and the shortage OF the
weld in bushels is being made up by
the advance in prices. A banker from
South Dakota, who has been in that
section for years, while in Chicago
last week, made this statement:
Banks in South Dakota have larger
deposits than they Lave ever neld,
and farmers are getting more dollars
for what they have to sell than IN any
year on record. Last year at THIS
time they sold their wheat at sixty to
sixty-fve cents, while now they are
securing ninety-two cents. Oats SOLO
at twenty-five cents last year, and
are now bringing thirty-flve cents.
Barley that sold at thirty cents last
year brings sixty-fye cents: Live cat
tie sell for ST to s1.25 per 100
pounds more than last year, while
: hogs are selling at the same prices as
a year ago, and there are lots or
them. OF corn, we are not raising
any more than needed for home use.
Wheat is of fine quality, although
yields are not heavy. This also ap-
plies to all other grains"
The above story represents the con-
ditions in the West, despite the fact
that prosperity stories are being over
worked. There has been conserVa-
tive recession in business in nearly
every line, which has been benef1clal,
as things were going too fast. But
there is a good, healthy business.
which denotes steady consumption OF
goods at satisfactory prices. A ma
jority of the people in the agricultu-
raj regions are in as good condition
as last year for the purchasing OF
goods, as the advance in prices makes
them feel easy. In fact, they are IN
better condition than are any other
class of consumers.
Notwithstanding the fears in the
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19

case. At one time I had to use a
crutch and cane to get about. Ny
back was lame and weak, and besides
the aching, there was a distressing
retention of the kidney secretions. /
was in a bad way when l began using
Doan's Kidney Pills in 1901. but the
remedy cured me, and I have been
we'll ever since
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
PICTURE PAPER FOLK.

Oh picture paper folk are strange;
They have such big, round eyes!
Somehow, their ages never change
AS time so swiftly flies.
They have peculiar twisty legs,
And feet of monstrous shape,
And fingers just like wooden pegs,
And hair that hangs like tape!
Or else the girls: are weirdly talr,
OF wondrous tiny girth,
With Haunting, superabundant hair
Like creatures not of earth,
And men of geometric style
For poses primly strive,
Although they often make me smile
I'm glad they're not alive.
Washington Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
Had He?

AS a political meeting the chairman
asked at the end of the candidate
speech whether ANY gintleman has
amy question to ask?"
Some one rose and propounded al
inquiry mildly critical of the prevail
ing political belief. A politician be
hind raised a club and struck hin
to the floor. The chairman look6
round and asked quietly:
"Anny other gintleman a question
to ask?"-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
HURTING EYES

Are relieved of ali pa:a and soreness without
pain in one day by Leonardfs Golden Eye
Lotion, Coos, heals and strengthens weak
ewes. Stops watering, cures Inflammation
AZ once: Dc firm III demanding "Leonar-
di.s"- it makes strong eyes. Guarsn teed
or money refunded. Druggists sell it at rs
cts. or forwarded prepaid on receipt OF
cxice py >. b. Leonard q Co.: Tampa: Fla.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
THREE BOYS HAD ECZEMA.
Were Treated at Dispensary-Did
Not Improve-Suffered 5 Months
Perfect Cure by Cuticura.

"My three children had eczema for five
months. A little sore would appear on the
head and seemed very itchy, increasing
day after day. The baby had had it about
a week when the second boy took the dis
ease and few sores developed. then the
third boy took it. For the first three
months I took them to the N Dispen-
sary, but they did not seem to improve.
Then used Cuticura Soap and Cuticura
Ointment, and in few weeks they had
improved, and when their heads were well
you could see nothing of the sores. Mrs.
Kate Keim, 5l3 West 29th St., New York,
n. Y, Nov. l, 5, aud I. 1906" ...-..-
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FORTUNATE.

'1," said the long-haired man, lam
welded to my art
"How Fortunate" replied Miss Cay
enne. "Yo,! can at least get your d.
vorce without filing the newspapers
with Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19

Will interest the thou
sands of veterans who
came back from the
Civil War suffering tor
lures with kidney COM
plant Capt. Ely says:
"I contracted kidney
trouble during the Civil
War, and the occasional
attacks finally devel-
Oned into a chronic
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
THE TERRIBLE TRUSTS.

Josh NJ. A. Long: Il tell you, trusts
are getting to be terrible things in
this country"
Goetz Dunn: "Sure thing. Why,
there's that horrible trust that SKIM
EN- has formed. It's outrageous. He
won't sell a single share Of it."-Flor.
ida Times-Union.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
KtCHFSINTHIS YEAR'SCROPS
farmers Getting More Dollars For All They Have SELL and iheeoe are
in Better Condition Than Any Other Class Of Consumers

early summer that the long, cold
spring would bring disaster to the
crops, it is now assured that nature
once more will bless this country
with abundant harvests. 1t is true
that the phenomenal yield OF co.'n and
wheat last year may not be quite
equalled, but it is also true that the
output will exceed the average OF re-
cent years, and at the same time the
increase in the value of farm products
is likely to far more than Offset the
decline in the aggregate yield.
There may be decrease in wheat
of possibly 100000 bushels, but
with the price more than twenty cents
a bushel above the corresponding
time last year there ought to be
net increase of s75,000,000 to $780,
100000 in the value of the wheat
crop over that of 1906. With an In
crease in the price of corn and cotton,
the falling off in these crops likewise
doubtless will be Offset by their high
er values. Thus the farmers of the
country are once more blessed with
vast income-an income so great as
compared with five or six years ago
that it is difficult to comprehend the
magnitude of the gain. The value OF
farm products in different years has
been as follows:
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
HERITAGE OF CIVIL WAR.
Thousands of Soldiers Contracted
Chronic Kidney Trouble While
in the Service.

The experience of Capt. John L. Ely,
of Co. K, 18th Ohio, now living at 500
East Secend St.. Newton, Kansas,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19

FITS, st. Vitus' Dance Nervous Diseases per
manently cured by DR.. Hines Great Nerve
Restorer. 50 trial bottle and treatise free
DR.. q. r. Kline, Id, ,9S1 Arch ST.. Phila., Pc.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19

Mrs. Winslow'sS Soothing Syrupfor Children
teething, softens thegums, reduce uceslnfiamma-
tion aliays pain, cures wind colo, 25c bottle
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
REALISTIC.

Mother-Gracious but that wig is
tremendously large.
Actress-Yes, mother, you see IN
the third act I dive into stream anu
this is to protect me in case I miss
tho net and land in the coal bin.-Ne"
York Mail.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
NOT THE SAME.

"How's the weather out your Way!'
1--WE are sleeping under"
Don't spring that old blanket yarn
on mel"
Under difficulties, my boy."-Louis
vile Courier-Journal.
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The increase in the last seven years
of S2,2S3, 100000 is gain of nearly
fifty per cent. in that time. This
gain in seven years is almost equal
to the total value of the farm pro-
ducts of the country in 1890. In the
latter year the per capita production
of all engaged in agriculture was
s2S7, almost exactly the same as IN
1880, while at the present time the
per capita of all engaged in agricul-
ture is about $500.
The prosperity of the farmers is
seen not only in the paying of OF
hundreds of millions of farm mort
cages and in the building of better
homes, but also in the heavy deposits
in the country banks throughout the
West and South. Every banker IN all
the agricultural regions of the coun-
try has been impressed during the
last few years with the great increase
in the deposits of farmers, and in
many portions of the South large
proportion of the deposits in country
bank is made up of surplus accumu-
lations of the agricultural classes.
With such fundamentally sound con-
ditions it is scarcely possible for the
country again to sink into the depths
of panicky times such as we have had
in the past.
So far as the South is concerned, it
is quite safe to count that this section
will receive for it's cotton and cotton
seed an aggregate Of $500, 100000.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-09-19
THE STANDING CONTROVERSY,

"You don't even try to please the
public said the indignant critic OF the
railroads.
whats the use," rejoined Mr.. Dus'
tin stax. "of trying to please people
who ordinarily can't agree among
themselves on so simple question as
whether a car window ought to De
open or t?"-Washingto Star.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
BRACELET COCKTAIL.
Another Fascinating Vision of Metro
politan Life.

New York Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
The cocktail bracelet is the latest for
women. There are fashionable women Of
this city who wear circlets on their wrists
which sometimes contain Martini dry
or a Manhattan, The bracelets have one
dra wback, it is said, and that is they
will not accommodate the cherry that
goes with the fairy cocktail. The other
night a Pittsburg attorney observed a
woman of fashion place her lips TO her
bracelet. lie thought that she was pay
ing tribute to her own loneliness but
learned later she was merely refreshing
her inner self with a mixture Of eordials
The nip contained in bracelet cocktail
is so small that it cannot be called a
drink, but a cocktail it is, nevertheless.
OF course the bracelet is hollow. If largo
enough. II holds three thimbefus OF
ready male cocktail. and pressure on an
almost invisible spring permits the fluid
to trickle through a tiny hole in the gold
shell, which is almost too small to be
seen. With one of those graceful move
ments which appear TO be natural with "A
woman the drink may be imbided without
fear of detention. A Broadway goldsmith,
sells numbers or the bracelets every week
and as most of the purchasers prefer
secrecy in connection with the transact
ton they pay a pretty penny for the
dubiously useful trinlliets,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
True to Japan

1t goes without saying that this
country does not want yellow tide
of immigration, and perhaps the an
tagonism aroused in San Francisco is
needful in order to ward off that dan
ger. If President Roosevelt finds a
diplomatic solution of the problem he
will render the country a great serv-
ice, especially if he finds one that
solves it without offending the just
pride of The japanese people.
Neither Chinese nor japanese desire
TO become Americans. a Chinaman
comes here to earn IA moderate sum
as preparation for living in his own
country in comfort The Japanese
come here to study and to earn money.
Not one of them desires to stay here.
Not one of them forgets for a moment
the land of the Rising Sun. About
fifty Japanese children attend the pub.
lie schools of Denver, and they decline
to join the flag drill, which is a part
of the regular exercises. There is no
reason why they should be compelled
to become hypocrites. They are loyal
to the Japanese flag, just as an Amerl-
can boy is loyal TO the American flag.
The incident simply goes to show that
the Japanese cannot be Amerlcanized
that they come here to stay but a
short time. But even that does not
render a yellow wave desirable, No
immigrant who is not willing to be
Americanized is desirable, and the
Japanese are devoted to their own
country They deserve credit for this,
but they should not strive to use
America for Japanese purposes, at
least not in great numbers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
Federal Building.

we will have all the accommodation
required for the new federal judge in this
building" said Joseph o. Thompson, col
lector of internal revenue, so far as
court and chambers are concerned, but
we want room for the weather bureau,
and the proposed sub-treasury.
ut is only a question of time when
more accommodation must be provided
for the federal department in this city.
II the sub-treasury comes to Brming-
ham there must necessarily be sub
treasury building, and when that is built
1t Is likely to equal anything in the south
in the way of size and grandeur.
The weather bureau should have offices
in the federal building. The increase in
the postoffice work will soon tax the
capacity of the space allowed to that de-
partment.
THE increase in the receipts in this
office shows how fast business is grow
ing in this district, and the government
is always willing to provide facilities for
the transaction of it's business"
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lect from bachelors enough to give the
teachers in the public schools in
creased salaries, something they great
" need. He proposes 10 collect from
all bachelors under 80 years old $3.50
year; from those over 80 but under
So, 81 a year; from those over So, So a
year, and from confirmed bachelors
over 40 years of age, 81 a year.
The Massachusetts legislature has
been petitioned TO handle bachelors as
follows: From 20 TO % years, So; from
25 10 30 years, $40; from 80 TO So years,
SIS; from 50 TO 40 years, $40; over 40
years, chloroform in large doses. And
your petitioners further represent that
bachelors are fungus growth on the
ship of society, impeding its progress,
and are of no earthly use, except as
pallbearers.' The petition was signed
by women, and the action of the legls-
lature in answer to this petition Is a
matter of interest both in and out of
Massachusetts. The proposition to first
tax and then to oslerize bachelors is
drastic, but Massachusetts is a state
that has not hesitated in the past to
face the music.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
OUR WANT COLUMN.

From Life.
wanted-old fashioned mothers to work
upon babies Those who do not care par
ticularly for golf women's clubs, the
opera ana bridge Must be willing and
obliging and able to sit up nights. In
short. not afraid of work and trouble.
Accomplishments not necessary. a fair
working knowledge of the language is the
ONLY requirement.
one hundred presidents needed at once
to work on railroad. Short hours and
easy pay. The only requirement is that
they be honest.
Wanted mmediately-several thousand
rich mems sons who are willing to make
themselves generally useful.
Authors Needed-Several authors can De
employed indefinitely on works OF ART tne
only requirement being large experience
of life, a tremendous perseverance no
desire to make money. and an eargerness
to attain perfection before puoncation'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-13
LURE OF DEATH VALLEY.
Wonderful Fascination Possesses
Those Who Brave Its Perils.

! From the Rhyolite Herald.
| While gold seems to be the underlying
cause of the great interest taken in Death
Valley, yet a mysterious fascination takes
/ possession of all who once brave its dan
gers. Numberless legends have been hand
ed down from generation to generation of
strange happenings almost beyond human
explanation, yet at the bottom of all runs
the streak of gold for which men daily
sell their lives and oftentimes their very
souls.
Old Indian trails and signs point the
way from spring to spring, telling whether
the water is good or bad the distance
from one 10 the other, the passable and
impossible canyons, the location of old In
dian villages. etc In order TO read TIE
signs correctly one must be familiar with
their ways and customs. and even then it
has become difficult on account of changes
that are constantly taking place through
natural and human agencies.
The trails are of different periods, some
being much later than others. At inter-
walls besides the trails are monuments of
stone, with pointed rock showing the di-
rection to take. Two rocks pointing in
passable. The location of metal stones is
| also significant \ metal stone is nat
stone. followed in the center, used for
grinding aeorns for -four and will be found
not more than half days travel from
water Many springs known to the In
dams are not down on the maps.
Endeavoring to find a pass through the
mountains on a recent trip, party fol-
lowed the Indian trail and signs, and was
led course which passed through three
springs and some old breastworKS which
Indians had used to hide behind when "
ing in wait for mountain shep. One Of the
| first gold excltements was back in the
| ffties when Breyfogle found fine free
gold. but was unable to return to the
exact spot. He was afterward hit with
a stone hurled by an Indian. which Is
supposed to have injured his brain. Beat
/ ty had expressed the opinion that the
Breyfogle find was between Willow
Springs and the Original Bullfrog.
Charlie" Nylan thinks 1t is between
I<eane Springs, Willow Springs and Death
Valley. while one of Breyfogle's party de-
| scrihed Hole-n- Rock The wind breaks,
supposed to have been used by Breyfo-
/ gle are located about eighteen miles
+ south of Rhyolite. Another legend is of
/ an Indian who went into Cerro Gordo
! with rock full of fire gold, which he
/ sold for s.. The white men tried to get
/ him to tell where he found II, but the In
4 dian was wise and kept it's location to
| himself He was accidently killed short
/ time after while hunting sheep, and the
/ secret died with him. Some think this find
was the same as Breyfogles
The velley itself is about all that it mas
! been painted. At times n man or beast
would mire out of sight and at other
times the shifting sands would almost
] Ii ~ iva
after year without feeling that they are
mourning any unusual amount of danger.
/ They know where they mey not go and
/ how to prepare for emergencies.