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* The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED MAY 1st, 1891. A. jr. KXIGIir, Editor. Rates?$1.00 per year; 50 cents foi six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch f?] first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made fo] three, six, or twelve months. Want No tices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., musl be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or or subjects of general interest will be gladh welcomed. Those of a personal nature - will not be published unless paid for. Thursday, February 20,1902. As ail illustration of the difference in ix . the tax rate of large and small counties we may be pardoned for citing a bit ol i T _ T? 1 personal experience. iu Damucig wuuvj on a valuation of $800, the writer paid $12.00 taxes. On the same valuation iu Sumter county the taxes were $9.04, a difference of $2.30. One has only to study the different appropriations made by the legislature to be convinced of the recklessness and extra vk agance of that body. It is high time the y people were sending men to the legislature who will pursue the same policy ir affairs of State as they would in theii private business. For the financial condition of our people, the State government and institutions are costing entirely x too much money. We can heartily commend the legislature's action in one thing, and that is iu increasing the pension fund to $200,000 The old soldiers are deserving of all the ? aid the State can possibly afford. However, the extravagance of that body was 10 our minu, piaimy suowu iu tuc a^iv . N priatioas to some of the colleges. "Wedc H not object to State aid for higher educa tion, but we do object to spending sc y much money on so few young men. W< ? greatly fear that the graduates of some ol the colleges are not worth the money thej - cost the State. ^ The Senate passed the re-districtin| bill last Tuesday, after our editorial in re ~ ference to it had been written. TheSeconc District is now composed of the countiei of Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Hamp ton, Aiken, Edgefield, and Saluda. Sen ator Mayfield endeavored to have Saludt ' taken out of this district, but failed. Th< cT; V. bill will become a law unless vetoed bj the governor, which he is not likely to do c To say the least, the Second District is not a compact one in shape, and it appear to us that the bill makes little improve S ment in any of the districts. Helen Keller's First Earnings. L ' There is a pretty story in connectior with the series of articles which Heler Keller, the wonderful blind girl, has writ ten for The Ladies' Home Journal, tell ing about her own life from infancy to th< ;; . present day. She always has shrunt from the publicity which follows success ful literary work, and it was. with grea K. difficulty that she was persuaded tp tak< up the task of preparing her autobiogra phy. She had, however, set her heart 01 owning an island in Halifax harbor for i summer home, and in a spirit of fun th< editor of The Journal offered to buy it fo :-v. . her, or to provide the means to buy it P: When the work of writing appeared es Sp . pecially irksome Miss Keller was remind ed of her desire to become a land-holdei and it spurred her on. Just before Christ mfts she completed the first chapter of he marvelous story; and on Christmas morn ing she received from her publishers j check for a good round sum. Her deligh may be imagined, for this was the firs money of any account which she had eve ? earned. "It is a fairy tale come true,' she said. Whether she will really carr; ?&-*' out her plan to buy the island remains t< be seen. pAntrrpacinnol Tlictripta. , The re-districting bill passed by th legislature arranges the congressiona districts of the State as follows: |._ First district: Charleston, Berkeley Colleton, Clarendon and Dorchester. Second . district: Aiken, Bamberg Barnwell, Beaufort, Edgefield, Saluds and Hampton. Third district: Pickens, Oconee, And erson, Abbeville, Greenwood and New berry. Fourth districts Laurens, Spartanburg ~ Greenville 3nd Union. Fifth district: Cherokee, Chester, York Fairfield, Kershaw, Chesterfield an( Lancaster. ? Sixth district: Marlboro, Marion, Hor ry, Darlington, Florence, Williamsburg and Georgetown. Seventh district: Richland, Sumter Orangeburg and Lexington. Why the Drum Was Silent. Here is a delicious story of the wai ? times that has an unmistakable air o: freshness and human interest. The torn and tattered remnant of a con federate regiment one day toward th( p; close of the war was lined up by its col x onel and told that the commanding gen eral was to pay a "visit of inspection" or the following day. The soldiers were ad monished to "do their prettiest." "Just brace up as though your clothe were bran new uniforms and as thoug] you had the best on earth to eat am ~ plenty of it. "We haven't any bugles left but Smith there has got a drum, and it's j nlumb fine one?bitr as a barrel. Now |W?V * Smith, when I give you the word tomor row you let her go for all she is worth.' Thus spoke the colonel. The next day came the general to "in sped" the poor half-starved fighters an< as he appeared in the distance the colone gave the order to "line up." As the com inanding officer drew near the colone shouted: "Now, Smith, let her go!" an< turned to salute the general. But not a note came from the big bar rel drum. I x The colonel, red in the face, turned to ward the drunnner and again shouted hi: order "for music." But still the drum remained as mute a: the harp of Tara Hall fame. Infuriated at this open disobedience o orders and in the presence of his com manding officer, too, the colonel rod* down the line, and as he reached the re fractory drummer, cried out: "Say, Smith, what in and doyoi mean by not beating that blankety-blanl drum?" "I can't, colonel," whispered Smith "The old drum is full of chickens, anc half of 'era are for you." The colonel paused but a moment be fore he shouted so that the general and -the soldiers might hear: "All right. Smith, but if you were toe sick to play the drum why in thunde; didn't you say so?" Political Gossip in Washington. Washington, February 10.?Trouble is brewing among the members of the South Carolina delegation, and it is feared that the end is not vet. The cause of the impending strife is a story that the delega tion had pledged its support to Representative Latimer in his race for theSenr ate this summer. Where the strange tale l originated, or what foundation it has, is t as yet not forthcoming, else there would " have already been a public denial from at least two of the members. As the matter t stands, the members affected do not care to advertise the story by denying it 1 through the public prints. Furthermore, they are particularly averse to committing themselves to the man they intend supporting in the race for the Senate, which they would in a measure be forced to do in denying the report. However, should the story continue to gain cre1 rme nf the members has declared J his intention of getting the delegation together for the purpose of clearing up ' the whole affair. Soon after Congress meet last Dec1 ember the South Carolina delegation held L a caucus, at which were present six of the seven members. The purpose of the meeting was to decide what they would ask the Speaker for in the way of committee assignments, and what would be the general policy of the delegation during this session of Congress. As a result, it is said, the members came to a harmonious agreement. South Carolina's welfare was to be the one end and aim of their efforts, and they were to back up each other in their striving for plums for their constituents. This, it is claimed, is the only caucus held by the delegation, and on this occasion "the Senatorial campaign was not touched with a ten-foot 1 pole," as one of the members expressed ' it. What bearing this meeting has on the story in question is not known, but some of the members are of the opinion that ' the purpose of the harmony evidenced at that time has been misconstrued, not necessarily by Representative Latimer, but probably by outsiders, as indicating the attitude of the members toward each ' other outside the walls of Congress. As a matter of fact the delegation is by no means agreed on any one candidate that has yet announced himself for the Senate, although each member has proba5 bly a pretty good idea as to which of the aspirants he will lend a helping hand. It is quite likely that Representative Latimer will receive the support of .a part of the delegation, but it is known that Mr. Henderson has friends among the delegation whom he made in the Legislature, * and, from several hints that these gentlemen have let fall recently, it is to be ex* pected that the Aiken candidate will also 5 come in for a goodly share of support f rora the South Carolina members when the campaign fireworks are set off next summer. Senator McLaurin's candidacy is not receiving much attention from the South Carolina Congressmen for the reason that a majority, if not all of the members, have expressed the opinion that he will not enter the race. Some say the Senator will voluntarily keep out of the campaign and hereafter make his home in Washington to practice law. Another theory, and one held by a member in close touch with the plans of the State Democratic e committee, is that the Senator willl be r ruled out of the primary at the State Con vention. This mav be because of his rtfusal to caucus with the Democrats and . his acceptance from the Republicans of - committee assignments for this sessiou. r Senator McLaurin himself is reticent ~ about discussing his plans, though he has I not yet said anything about withdrawing, t Representative Talbert is getting un? usually generous in his distribution of ^ seed packages. Instead of confining their 0 distribution to his own district, his colleagues claim, he has practically taken the entire State under his especial care. The Colonel is doubtless thinking of the e time, which he hopes will arrive next 1 summer, when his constituents will include all the people of South Carolina. '? He will enter the race for Governor as soon as Congress adojurns, and is, in ad'? dition to scattering seeds broadcast * through the State, also getting together a goodly number of jokes which will pome - in handy on the stump. Congressman Scarborough has yet to make his first speech in Congress. When '> asked the other day how long he would postpone?his oratorical effort, he said: "I have never yet made a speech for bun1 combe, and don't intend to do it at this late day. I shall speak whenever a meas ure comes up in which I am particularly * interested, but I won't be speaking just to say I have made my first speech in Con> gress." As a matter of fact Mr. Scarborough has the reputation in South Carolina of being a remarkably forceful and ready speaker. r He has a large law practice in his district, ^ and has had considerable experience in public speaking.?R. M. L., in News and Courier. Her Ready Reply. New York Tribune: Among the many i southern visitors to New York this au tumn were Mr. and Mrs. Delgado, of New Orleans. Mrs. Delgado, is one of the s kindliest and most charming hostesses of it the Crescent City. Many very clever say3 ings are credited to her. She always has >, been an ardent southerner and is never a at a loss for a reply. Some years ago, at the unveilinsr of the Lee monument in - New Orleans, a rather practical, but unsympathetic New Englander observed: "Why, Mrs. Delgado, according to Lee's - convictions, that monument is all wrong. 3 He has turned his back on the south and 1 he is looking toward the north." "He always faced the enemy," was the 1 quick retort. Governor Tod, the war governor of Ohio, was generally considered to be conscious to the full of his official importance. He was under discussion in the . lobby of a Columbus hotel, when a stran, ger to the city remarked: ' "Tod'?all the Tods I ever knew wrote their name 'T?o?double d.'" 3 There was silence. Then an old acquaintance of the chief executive exf plained: "Well, to tell the truth, that used to be * the governor's way of writing it; but one e day, as it happened, a man told him that . God spelled His name with only one 4d.' That settled it. Thenceforward the governor's tinal'd' was lost in the discard."? 1 New York Times. "I never was so happy," said the new benedict. "I tell you, marriage has made ' a different man of me." I "I'm glad to hear it," said his rival, "for your wife's sake."?Philadelphia Press. "Poor man," said the inquisitive old [ lady, "I guess you'll be glad when your time is up, won't you?" ) "No, nta'am, not partickerly," replied r the prisoner.- "I'm up fur life."?Philadelphia Press. Where the Money Goes. The legislature has fixed the tax levy for State purposes this year at five mills. Those taxpayers who are interested in how the money is spent can find out from the following appropriations passed by the house: Governor's ofiiee?Salary of governor, $3,IKR); salary of private secretary, $1,350; salary of stenographer, $400; salary of messenger, $400; contingent fund, $5,000: stationery and stamps, $300; total, $10,450. Office of Secretary of State?Salary of secretary of State, $1,900; salary of chief clerk, $1,350; extra clerk hire, $1,200; contingent fund, $200; stationery and stamps, $500; books and blanks, $350; total, $5,500. Ofiiee of Comptroller Geueral?Salary of comptroller general, $1,900; salary of chief clerk, $1,400; salary of bookkeeper, $1,400; salary of auditing clerk, $1,400; contingent fund, $200; stationery and stamps, $300; printing, $500; total, $7,300. State Treasurer?Salary of State treas t.-? rx/\r\ ^1 4*1 r.AA. urer, fi,w; saiary 01 i;uicl i^icirw, ^a,<sw, salary of bookkeeper, $1,350; salary bookkeeper, loan department, $1,350; contingent fund, $250; stationery and stamps, $200; printing bonds and stock, $500; total, $7,050. Office of Superintendent of Education? Salary of superintendent of education, $1,900; salary of clerk, $1,200; contingent fund, $200; stationery and stamps, $500; books aud blanks for pnblic schools, $1,000; expenses State board of education, $300; traveling expenses superintendent of education, $300; stenographer and typewriter, $400; total, $5,800. Office Adjutant and Inspector General ?Salary adjutaut and inspector general, $1,500; salary of clerk, $1,200; salary of State armorer and help, $350; contingent fund and armory rent, $500; stationery and stamps, $150; expenses office and collecting arms, $550; repairs on armory at Beaufort, $90; for maintenance militia, $10,000; total, 14,340. Office of Attorney General?Salary of attorney general, $1,900; salary of assistant, $1,350; contingent fund, $150; stationer} and stamps, $75; expenses litigagation, $2,000; total, $5,475. Office of State Librarian?Salary of State Librarian, $800; contingent fund, $150; stationery and stamps, $300; for purchasing and binding books, $100; total. $1,350. Railroad Commissioners?Salary, $5,700; secretary $1,200; stenographer $800; rent, etc., $750; printing, $250. (This appropriation is advanced and is to be returned by the railroads, express and telegraph companies.) Pension department?For pensioners, $200,000; salary of clerk, $600; stationery and stamps, $120. Phosphate Inspector?Salary of phosphate inspector, $1,200; expenses of board, $300. Keeper of State House and GroundsSalary of two watchmen, $960; salary of janitor, $160; salary of engineer, seven months, $75, five months, $25, $650; salary of liremen ($245 each) $490; contingent fund, $210; fuel for State house, $1,200; repairs ou State house, $350. Judicial department?Salary of Justice Mclver, of Y. J. Pope, A. J., of Ira B. Jones, A. J. and of Eugene B. Gary, A. J., at $2,850 each; total, $11,400, salaries of eight circuit judges, $24,000; salaries of eight circuit solicitors, $11,050; code commissioner, $400; salaries of eight circuit stenographers, $10,000; salary of State reporter, $1,300; salary of clerk of supreme court, $800; salary of librarian supreme court, $800; salary of stenographer supreme court, $400; salary of messenger ^ AAAA 1 f supreme court, $zvu; salary 01 uucuuaui supreme court, $200; contingent fund, $500; purchase books supreme court library, $500. Health Department?Expenses main, taiuing quarantine station at Charleston, $1,000; salary quarantine office, Charleston, $1,050; salary quarantine office, Port Royal, $700; expenses two stations at Port Royal, $300; salary quarantine officer St. Helena, $700; expenses quarantine station St. Helena, $150; salary quarantine officer Georgetown, $450; expenses quarantine station at Georgetown, $150; salary keeper of Lazaretto, $300; salary keeper hospital buildings at Port Royal, $175; for the purpose of carrying out the act establishing the State board of health, $2,200; clerk hire, State board of health, $300; to quarantine the State against contagious and infectious diseases, $15,000. Tax Department?County auditors, $25,500; printing books and blanks, county auditors and treasurers, $2,500. State Colleges?Support of South Carolina college, $28,107; support of Colored Normal and Industrial college at Orangeburg, $8,500; support of beneficiary cadets at Citadel, $25,000. "Winthrop Normal and Industrial College, $50,000: for scholarships, $5,450. State hospital for the Insane?Salary of superintendent $3,000; board of regents, per diem and mileage, $1,200; support of, $120,000; repairs and improvements, $10,000; deficit 1901, $11,520; insurance, $6,000. Deaf, Dumb and Blind Asylum?Support of, $23,000; for improvements, $5,859. State Penitentiary?Salary of superintendent, $1,900; captain of the guard, $1,050; physician,$1,050; chaplain $600; clerk, $1,200. Catawba Indians?Support of, $1,000; for schools, $200. Miscellaneous?For committee to examine books of State treasurer, comptroller general and sinking fund commission, $500; for committee to examine books of penal and charitable institutions, $500; public printing, $12,000; to provide for completion of State house, $15,000; Columbia water works, $2,000; salaries supervisors registration, $12,000. Special fund for attorney general (antitrust litigation) $3,000; rent of an office for State superintendent of education, $350; for the payment of debt to sinking fund commission for completing State capitol, $15,000; State board of equalization, $2,000; for pamphlets to bedistribued among public schools by State board of health, $350; for insuring stewards' hall, $120; for South Carolina room in the Confederate museum at Richmond, $100; repairs and improvements governor's mansion, $250; claims passed, $0,000; for lighting public buildings, including basement State house, $0,000; Agricultural and Mechanical society, $1,200. Interest to accrue?On R. B. C. at 44, $5,587,435.20? $251,734.58; ou Blue, $400,000 at 44, $18,000; on Agricultural college stock, Clemson and Claflin, $101,800? $11,508; on $58,539.30 Clemson college perpetual stock, $3,512.30; total, $284, 754.94. Past due interest likely to accrue, $20,000. General Election Expenses?Advertising notices of election, $3,000; for commissioners and managers, $20,000; messengers, $1,500; total, $24,500. Progressive Oscillation. "Speaking of boastfulness born of pride in home," says Hamilton \Y. Mable, "I was once in a smoking compartment with a man from New York, another from Chicago and a third from New Jersey. The New Yorker was boasting of the Empire State express, which he said went so fast that the telegraph poles slipped past seemingly as close together as the teeth in a tine comb. 44 'That's nothing,' said the man from Chicago. 'There is a train from my city to Milwaukee. Nothing like it. I started to cross a bridge on the road and heard the train coming. Having great presence of mind, I made a leap in the air and the train was gone when I came down.' " 'That's a fast train,' said the New Jersey citizen. 'The Jersey Central tiier is equally fast, but makes better time, because it starts fast. My wife was on the platform to bid me goodbye in Jersey City. I opened the window to kiss her, and by the good name of the land of mosquitoes I kissed a strange woman standing on the platform at Newark.' "?New York 1 lines. Something That Will Do You Good. We know of 110 way in which we can be of more service to our readers than to tell them of something that will be of real good tothem.For this reasonwe want toacquaint them with what we consider one of lhe very best remedies on the market for coughs, colds, and that alarming complaint, croup. We refer to Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. We have used it with such good results in our family so long that it has become a household necessity. By its prompt use we haven't any doubt but that it has time and again prevented croup. The testimony is given upon our own experience, and we suggest that our readers, especially those who have small children, always keep it in their homes as a safeguard against croup.?Camden (3. C.) Messenger. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Friendly Advice. "Y'es," said the Fairy Prince, "you may have whatever you want for a Christmas present." "I will choose," said the Fortunate Person, "either a wife or an automobile." "How foolish!" exclaimed the Fairy Prince. "Why do you not select something that you can manage?" Had To Conqner Or Die. "I was just about gone," writes Mrs. Rosa Richardson, of Laurel Springs, N. C., "I had consumption so bad that the doctors said I could not live more than a month, but I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery and was wholly cured by seven bottles and am now stout and well. It's an unrivaled life-saver in consumption, pneumonia, lagrippe and bronchitis; infallible for coughs, colds, asthma, hay fever, croup or whooping cough. Guaranteed bottles 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free at Thos. Black and J. B. Black. Good profits can be made from poultry if one will but give them the proper at tention. a JNew lorK scnooi teacucr broke down in health, started with 50 hens and had 400 at the end of the year. He gave his entire time and attention to the business, and in one particular month marketed $90 worth of eggs, receiving 18c per dozen. He gradually got a few thoroughbreds and in four years built up a business paying $4,000 a year, part on thoroughbreds and part on market poultry and eggs. Yon Know What Yoo Are Taking When you lake Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the lormula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless f form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. Where Job Had the Advantage. "What's the matter, little boy?" inquired the kind lady, stopping before a sobbing urchin on the street. "I?I got a boil on my neck," whimpered the boy. "Yes, but just think how many boils Job had." "I know, but think uv th' pashence he had, too !" replied the boy.?Ohio State Journal. The Best Prescription for Malaria Chills and fever is a bottle of Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron Anil nuinine in a tasteless form. No cure, ' n? pay. Price 50c. An up-to-now young man walked into one of the leading hotels in a Missouri city, took a seat at the table and ordered ' anelaborate dinner. There was no milk brought, so he thus asked for it: "Lan d, lord, please pass the cow this way." To whom the landlord thus reported: "Waiter, take the cow down there where the 1 calf is bleating." And the young mnn ; actually got mad and left. It is verv strange that some people will get offended when they are called by their right ' name. > To Core a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. According to a New York statistician there are 3,546 millionaires in the United States, the state of New York having 994. In comparison with other sections the South has few people worth a million dollars. It has only 150 in all, Texas leading with 31 and Arkansas in the rear with only 2. North Carolina is credited with nine. Stops the Coa?h and Works off the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure a cold in one day. No cure; no pay. Price 25 cents. A Chicago capitalist by the name of Kuntz, who evidently has more money than he has use for, proposes to colonize two ship loads of monkeys from Africa and South America, for the purpose of training them to pick cotton. His farm is in Tennessee. (O /rjtyrtnri** This signature is on every box or the genuine Laxative Bromo=Quinine T*biei? the remedy that cures a cold Jn one l iy Mrs. Davis has refused to sell Beauvoir, the home of the late Jefferson Davis, to northerners for $90,(MX); but she offers it to the state of Mississippi for $10,000 for a soldiers' home. A Mormon elder asked for a night's lodging in a Georgia settlement, but objected to lying on a feather bed until he ascertained that there was no tar within ten miles. A man died shouting "Halleuia!" and a Georgia coroner's jury rendered the verdict, "Too much glory!" When you lack energy, do not relish your food, feel dull and stupid, after eating, all you need is a dose of Chamberlain's StQinach & Liver Tablets. They will make you feel like a new man and give you an appetite like a bear. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. "Say, Pat, what made you go to work for old Uncle Dan? He is the meanest man in the country." "Mane, is it?" said Pat; "why sure he is the foinest and aysiest goiu' master iver I had, bedad ; he gives a man 15 hours to do a day's work in." Mrs. David B. Stamp, of Finehville, N. Y., who celebrated her 108th birthday recently, lived at Fishkill when Robert Fulton's steamboat made its first trip. She remembers the incident well and enjoys telling of the excitement the spectacle caused in the village. I have U9ed Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a number of years and have 110 hesitancy in saying that it i9 the best remedy for coughs, colds and croup I have ever used in my family. I have not words to express my confidence in this remedy. ?Mrs. J. A. Moore, North Star, Mich. For sale by Ba.mberg Pharmacy, WANTED TO GET IN. H<? Was Wllllnfir to .Join if It Didn't , Cost Too Much. A lank, long countryman stood out- j side o:f the reading room door of the li-1 brary of congress and looked with longing eyes at its gorgeous interior. Admit- J tance had been refused on his declaring that life had no intention of reading, but he lingered near the door hoping something would turn up to let him in. I Finally he again approached the door-' keeper. "You say I can't get in, boss?'' he asked. "Not unless yt)U want to read," was the discouraging reply, j "A dollar wouldn't be any object to ' you, would it, boss?" The doorkeeper shook his head and waved the insistent visitor away, in a few moments three members of congress approached and, nodding to the doorkeeper, said, "We are members, you know," and passed In through the door. The countryman darted forward again. "I say, boss," he asked confidentially, "how much does it cost to be a member? I belong to one lodge already, but ef It ain't too all fired much I'll go you, for I certainly do want to git In thar and set down a spell; I certainly do."? New York Tribune. Asiatic Hamor. "At one of the public dinners given by Ameer Abdur ltahman Khan," says Mr. Stephen Wheeler in his story of the ameer's life, "an excited native rushed into the midst of the assembly and prostrated himself in front of the ameer. " 'Sahibl' he gasped. 'The Russians are comingf " 'From what direction are they visible?' asked the ameer without changing his expression. " 'From yonder hill,' replied, the native. "'Climb that tree and watch until they comer was the royal command. "The native ascended to the topmost branches and was forced to remain until he dropped to the ground." "Political upholsterers," whom Addl* son described as "grave persons," may see in this anecdote evidence of the ameer's full confidence in Russia's Intentions toward Afghanistan. It is more probable that it was a manifestation of that grim humor which was of the quaint oriental stripe with which the "Arabian Nights" have made us familiar. A Chinaman'* Protest. The Peking Gazette, speaking of Chinese in foreign lands, says: "We dress and speak differently from foreigners, Just as foreigners do who come to China. Rut nobody in the streets calls us 'Chinese devils.' The children in the streets wish to see how long our cues are, but the police, seeing them annoy us, scatter them. When we go into a shop to buy anything, we are treated with even more consideration than their own people. We enter their homes, it is the same. They seek to please us In every way, show us curios or play the organ or piano for us. The writer has been to France, England, America, Japan, Sn/iln And Smith America and staved years, and everywhere he was treated with the same courtesy." It is to be feared that some Chinese laundrymen in this country would not wholly indorse this view. Light Without Sight. We can "perceive" light without the smallest aid from the retina. If the optic nerve is sufficiently excited to reach the sensoriura and create a disturbance at that center of the brain where the optic nerve terminates, we shall then see light and sparks. If, moreover, the optic nerve is cut or mutilated in any way, we should see a brilliant flash of light, though without any sensation of pain. And so it is with the other nerves. The auditory nerve has only to be excited, not necessarily by sound, so as to reach its center, the brain, and we shall hear a sound. How many ghosts might not be destroyed in this way??Chambers' Journal The Danish Mascot. The chimney sweeper is the Danish mascot l'ou see him In gold or silver, suspended on a lady's watch chain, instead of the "lucky pig" or horseshoe, which Is the English symbol of good luck. He also appears on note paper and postcards, Implying that your correspondent wishes you a rise in life. It is the old fashioned sweep that is thus depicted?he who had actually to climb the chimney, bis implements be ing a four root Jaaaer, a snort Droom and a rope. American English. We do not speak the English language in the way in which it is spoken by the people of England. We have greatly changed, enlarged and perhaps improved it in our usual progressive way. The wonder lies In the notion of Englishmen that their way of speaking the language Is the only way and that our way is wrong.?New York World. A Good Mimic. "I don't see what yoh all has to git so proud about" said Miss Sadie CottonboJl. "Colise you doesn'," answered Miss Miami Brown. "I'ze been studyin' de white folks. What yoh wants to do is jes' put on de airs yohse'f an' let de yuthuh folks do de guessin' 'bout whut de reason is."?Washington Star. A Rod In Pickle. Mrs. Goodsole?Why, Johnny, are you just going home now? Your mother's been looking for you all afternoon. Johnny?Yes'm, I know. Mrs..Goodsole?Just think how worried she must be! 1A U .% .? r* oKa'ci nno r fho onH A* liPf dUU IILIJ UU, out; o uvcti iuv w ? ~ worryln*. I'm Jest beginnfn' mine. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by those tireless, little workers?Dr. King's New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing indigestion, biliousness, constipation, sick headache and all stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at Thos. Black and J. B. Pdack. Inexperienced and anxious young mistress?"Tne new housemaid, Maria, is a Roman Catholic; but I hope you will not j allow any religious controversy in the servants'"hall." Cook (with much dig-1 nity)?"You needn't have, any fear, my! lady. In really high-class families religion is never mentioned!"?Punch. Clerk's Wise Suggestion. "I have lately been much troubled with dyspepsia, belcliing and sour stomach," writes M. 8. Mead, leading pharmacist of Attleboro, Mass., "I could eat hardly anything without suffering several hours. My clerk suggested I try Kodol Dyspepsia Cure which I did with most happy results. I have had no more trouble and when one can go to eating mince pie, cheese, candy and nuts after such a time, their digestion must be pretty good. I endorse Kodol Dyspepsia Cure heartily." You don't have to diet. Eat all the good food you want but don't overload the stomach. Kodol DyspepsiaCure digestsvour food.Bamberg Pharmacy and A. C. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. Want to Pay Out. A Washington dispatch says that the famous Owens Cherry Tree company, which is under indictment by the postal authorities, is making a desperate effort to keep its case out of court. They have submitted a proposition to compromise by paying back to the army of women they have defrauded of money the sum of &:>0,0U(), which they claim constitutes all the funds on hand. Among those indicted are a preacher and his daughter. Saved Him From Torture. There is no more agonizing trouble than piles. The constant itching and burning make life intolerable. No position is comfortable. The torture is unceasing. DeWitt's Writch Hazel Salve cures piles at once.For skin diseases,cuts,burns,bruises, all kinds of wounds it is unequalled. J. S. Gerall, St. Paul, Ark., says: ' From I860 I suffered with the protruding, bleeding piles and could find nothing to help me until I used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes completely cured me." Be ware of counterfeits. Bamberg Pharmacy and A. C. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. His Last Resort. A certain member of the legal profession, whose name is omitted for reasons that will appear obvious, was asked some years ago by a young negro to defend hint on the charge of murder. "How much money have you got?" asked the lawyer. "None, sail." "Any friend or relatives who'd raise some for you?" "None," despairingly cried the negro. "I'se got nobody ter come t' me aid." "Humph," muttered the attorney; "say, want you don't a lawyer. You want a minister."?Philadelphia Times. A Fireman's Close Call. "I stuck lo my engine, although every joint ached and every nerve was racked with pain," writes C. W. Bellamy, a locomotive lireman, of Burlington, Iowa., "I was weak and pale, without any appetite and all run down. As I was about to give up, I got a bottle of Electric Bitters and, after taking it, I felt as well as 1 ever did in my life." Weak, sickly, run down people always gain newlife,strength and vigor from their use Try them. Satisfaction guaranteed by Thos. Black and J. B. Black. Ga gi.a c?ni ;U one arj/L oiii I He: "I hear that you have been talking about me." She: "No, indeed; I make it a point never to speak of my friends unless I can say something good of them." Favorite Nearly Everywhere. Constipation means dullness, depression,headache,generally disordered health DeWitt's Little Early Risers stimulate th( liver,open the bowels and relieve this condition. Safe, speedy and thorough. Thej never gripe. Favorite pills. Bamberg Pharmacy and A. C.Reynolds, Ehrhardt A Home Thrust. "Maria, do you believe in a present personal devil?" "Not all the time, dear," she answered "Sometimes, you know, you go off on j vacation!" Wheeler Got Rid of His Rheumatism. During the winter of 18981 was so lam< in my joints, in fact all over my body,tha: 1 could hardly hobble around, when ] bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Pair Balm. From the first application I begar to get well, and was cured and have work ed steadily all the year.?R. Wheeler Northwood, N. Y. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. Representative Wilson, of Brooklyn was strolling leisurely through the lobbj of the capitol yesterday afternoon wher he met a tall, gaunt, heavy moustachec person, who stopped him to inquire aboul a member of Congress from Kentucky Mr. Wilson looked at the stranger ovet carefully and gave him the desired in formation, and then suddenly remember iug that the stranger's face was familiar turned and inquired: "Are you fron Kentucky, sir?" "Not by a darned sight!' was the reply. "I'm from Tennessee, bul I've been sick a week; that's why I loot so bad." The Last Heard Of It. "My little boy took the croup one nighi and soon grew so bad you could hear hin breathe all over the house," says F. D Reynolds, Mansfield. 0. "We feared h< would die, but a few doses of One Minute Cough Cure quickly relieved him and he went to sleep. That is the last we heart of the croup. Now isn't a cough cure like that valuable?" One Minute Cough Cure is absolutely safe and acts immediately For coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis and all other throat and lung troubles ii is a certain cure. Very pleasant to take The little ones like it. Bamberg Phar macy and A. C. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. "One day," says an exchange clerk ir a Philadelphia department store, "an olc fellow from the country came up to mj a -.3 A* ~ ~~:A uumv uuu, ictyiug uumi u puciviigc ?aiu 'Young man, here's a suit of undcnveai that I bought here seven years ago. It is too small forme, and I would liketoliavt it exchanged.' I was thunderstruck a the nerve of the man, but I managed tc say something about the time limit or such transactions. 'Well,' said he, '] know that, but I've never had 'em on, anc this is the first time I've been in towr since the day I bought 'em.'Philadel phia Record. For Stomach Troobles. "I have taken a great many differeni medicines for stomach trouble and con stipation," says Mrs. S. Geiger, of Duuk erton, Iowa, "but never had as good re suits from any as from Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets." For sale b) Bamberg Pharmacy. |P I about the house. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat* This preparation contains all of the digestants and digests all kinds of food. It gives instant relief and never fails to cure. It allows you to eat all the food you want. The most sensitive stomachs can take it. By its use many thousands of dyspeptics have been cured after everything else failed. It prevents formation of gas on the stomach, relieving all distress after eating. Dieting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. It can't help but do you good Prepared only by E. 0. DeWitt& Co., Chicago The |i. bottle contains 2X times the 50c. dza Bamberg Pharmacy and A. 0. Reynolds r : -J " ' r - ^ Buggies -Wagons I We Lave received one carload of ANCHOR BUGGIES. J One carload of J. ENGER BUGGIES. ? and one carload of the famous ' IIAYDOCK BUGGIES. j We can surely 9uit you in a vehicle of any description. t Full line of HARNESS, LAP ROBES, WHIPS, Etc. Don't fail to see us before buying a Buggy or Wagon. We can and will save you money. ? JONES BROS., I BAMBERG, &. . BBfflGIM . m cnciiTDQ ; lilii ULilin T JjU | i ] i from early morn to dewy eve Haying accepted the agency for ' the celebrated Deerine imslii ; Hachlotrr..... i ] I am now prepared to sell you on easy terms self-binding Wheat Harvesters, Mowers, and Rakes. You have always heard that Deeri ing Implements were the best; > now let me prove it to you or give ' up your money. I won't have it r unless you rather have the maP chine. As to our j : CAHBIAGE BUSINESS ! > Would say I do not deem it necessary to say more than remind >ou that I am doing business at same old stand, opposite Bamberg j Cotton Mills. I am here to stay, so don't forget me when you need the services of the carriage man. Gratefully yours. \ I). J. D i 1 ' L. C. Ikglis. A. McIver Bostick. ' ! INGLIS & BOSTICK, ! lawyers. bamberg, s. o. Will practice in the U. S. Courts and ' all the Courts of the State. = Money to Loan. APPLY TO t ) w ? -w-k n ~M~\ Izlar Bros. *Sf Mice, % I Attorneys and Counselors at Law, ; BAMBERG C. H., S. C. i II Head? I ache. i i t Sick headache, nervous headache, tired headache, neuralgic headache, catarrhal headache, 1 headache from excitement, in ? fact, headaches of all kinds are quickly and surely cured with DR. MILES9 Pain Pills. Also all pains such as backache, neuralgia, sciatica, rheumatic pains, monthly pains, etc. "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills are worth their weight in gold," says Mr. \V. JJ. Kreamer, of Arkansas City, Kan. "They cured my wife of chronic headache when nothing else would." "Dr. Miles' Pain Pills drive away pain as if by magic. I am never without a supply, and think everyone should keep them handy. One or two . pills taken on approach of headache will prevent it every time." Mrs. Judge Johnson, Chicago, I1L 4 Through their use thousands of people have been enabled to attend social and religious functions, travel, enjoy amusements, etc., with comfort. Asaprevent- " 1 ative, when taken on the approach of a recurring attack, j they arc excellent. , ] Sold by all Druggist*. 1 25 Doaea, 25 cents, J Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. j J Largest and Most Complete 1 4 Kltfila m an 4 ISaii#!, j JLiBlilUII9UUIl^llli KJVu? u | 111 S. icon 4 SOU.! i ^ ' * | n MANUFACTURERS OF ^ Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and t] Building Material, Sash Weights a] and Cord, Window and Fancy Dlass a specialty. v CHARLESTON, S. C. Purchase our make, which we guaran J tee superior to aoy sold South, and thereby save money. r ENGINES, BOILERS GINS and PRESSES. Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil and fertilizer Mill Outtils: also Gin PresSt Jane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Buildng, Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Raiload Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory ind Machinists' Supplies. BeltiDg,Pack ng, Injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files )ilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 lands. Wart Kb W'ts SmljCs AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. iYnmdrv. Machine. Boiler and Gin Works. Renairing Promptly Done. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. <)!> Condensed Schedule in Effect July 1,190L No.ll Ko.13 -rw? No. 8 Nu.1^ Daily Daily *a*tern ?** Daily Daily 620p 7 00a Lr... Charleston ...Ar 1115a 780p 603p 7 41a " .. Summerville.. " 10 82a 642p 7 25p 855a " ...Branchville... " 900a 515p 810p 9 28a " ...Orangeburg... " 831a 442p 9 03p 1024a " .... Kingville.... " 7 45a 84flp 11 45a Ar Sumter Lv ...... 890f 11 25a " Camden Lv 200p 950p 11 00a Ar Colombia. Lv 7 00a 400p 5 20p 7 00a Lv... Charleston ...Ar 1115a 730p 7 25p 9 15a " ...Branchville... 44 8 50a filfip 805p 9 40a "....Bamberg...." 8 27a 450p 817p 9 52a "....Denmark...." 818a 436p 8Sop 1010a " ....Blackville " 800a 418p ' 9S8p 1110a " Aiken " 7 03a 816p 1080p 1159a Ar. Augusta andLv " 6 20a 280p NOTE: In addition to the above service trains Nos. 15 and 18 run daily between Charleston and Columbia, carrying elegant Pullman ileeping cars. No. 15 leave Charleston 11M p. m.; arrive Ashevllle 2:00 p. m. No. 16 leavs Columbia 1:35 a. m.; arrive Charleston 7:00 a. m. Sleeping cars ready for occupancy at 9:38 p. m. both at Charleston and Columbia. These bains make close connections at Colombia srlth through trains between Florida points ind Washington and the east. Trains Nos. 18 ftnd 14 carryElegant Pullman Parlor Cars between Charleston, Hummerville and Asherills. TCv Sun. Ex. Sun. only Sun. - " Lv. Augusta 7 00a 9 30a 5 20p - ^ Ar. Sanders ville 100pl250p 840p ? ? 1 OAl 1 tVU " TBMlUie x atyj * wy ?v?y L v. Tenniile 5 80a 3 40p 810p 5J&j M SandersrUle 6 40a 850p 8 28p : ? Ar. Augusta. 900a] 710p 880p Daily Daily ?? , Lt. Savannah......" 12 80a 1225p ...... M Allendale 840a 828pU10p ** Barnwell 413a 850pl205p - Blackville 4 25a 412p 4 2Sp V -$*0. Ar. Batesburg 800p , > : Ar. Oolumbia. 615a 5 50p -r^.^ Daily E*Uy Kxsu Lr. Oolumbia : 11 4Ua 110a Lv. Bateaburg , .? 680a Lr. Blackville.... ....... l?p 852a 10Ua " Barnwell 188p 3G7allOOA 44 Allendale 200p 340a 1200m ??3 " Savannah 306p 450aJ ..... ; " Atlanta and Bejond. Lv. Charleston.. 7 00a 620pl : ^ Ar. Augusta 1150a 1080p " Atlanta 8 90p 500a ~-2 Lv. Atlanta. llOOp 680a 51fe Ar. Chattanooga 5 45a 0 45a 1006p Lv. Atlanta. 0 00a 415p Ar. Birminghm 12n'nl000p - '? ** Memphis,(via Bir'mgamj 806p 71Sn * Ar. Lexington , 506p 500a " Cincinnati.* 780p 7 45a v_; M Chicago 7 15a 680p Ar. Louisville 760p 840a " 8t. Louis 7 32a 8 80p Ar. Memphis, (viaChatt) 710p 810a ;?'; To AshevUlo-Cineiniiatl-LouiiTille* < . w k ainvnv frnm Nol84jNoltl 1AST1BN TIM1. Dally Doily Lv. Augusta. '-Z0Si 44 Batesburg 488p 12 07a . Lv. Charleston 7 00a ll 06p Lv. Columbia (Union Depot) ll 80a 7 20a j Ar. Spartanburg SlOp 1028a . 44 Aaheville 715p 200p 44 Knoxville. 415a 7 lOp *44 Cincinnnafci. 7 80p 810a " Louisville (via Jelllco) 6 80a To Washington and the East. 44 Columbia. 556p 215a - .-'g Ar. Charlotte OOOp 946a At. Danville EFfiln "Ts?p Ar. Blohmond .. 60Qa <2Bp Ar. Washington TSa ftOOp 44 Baltimore Pa. B. B 912a 1125p "Philadelphia. 1185a 264a " New York 206p 618a v ^ ' Sleeping Car Line between Charleston and Atlanta, via Augusta, making connections at * Atlanta for all points North and West. Connections at Columbia with through trains for Washington and the Bast; also for Jackson* vllle and all Florida Points. F6ANK8.GANNONv J. M. CULP, ^jgSj TXUra V*r. ea y?n. mgr. i. a., nHUBKiwk > xz EOBT, W. HUNT, ' 4 * > yj Div. Pass- Afft, Charleston, S. 0. 1 B. H.HAEDWICK, W. H. TAYLOH, ^ Gh P. A.. Washington. _At?L?Ju. Atlanta. i; ?f SeaM Air Use Mr. "Capital Citj Route." - * Shortest line between all principal cities North, East, South, and West. Unequal- ? ed schedules to Pan American Exposition at Buffalo, Schedules in effect May 26th, 1901. NORTHWARD. Daily Daily No. 6C No. 84 ; "J* Lv Savannah c t... 11 45 p m 2 10 p m Lv Fairfax 134am 3 58pm Lv Denmark 215 am 4 39pm / Lv Columbia e t... 4 40 a m 7 12 p m Lv Camden 5 37 am 8 06pm Lv Cheraw 7 12 am 9 43pm A.r Hamlet 7 40 a m 10 15 p m v &? Lv Calhoun Falls.. 100am 411pm " ; Lv Abbeville 133am 438pm Lv Greenwood 2 01am 501pm Lv Clinton 2 55 a m 5 47 p m Lv Carlisle 3 43am 6 33 p oi Lv Chester 4 10 a m 7 03 p m ' Lv Catawba Jet 4 45am 735pm A - XT 7 1A.m lAIHnm V.-jf CXI HOiUlCt f XV Of IU IV XV |/ itt Lv Hamlet 8 00am 1035 p m * v Ar Raleigh 10 37am 124am Ar Petersburg 2 45 pm 5 48am Ar Richmond 3 28pm 6 20am Ar Washington 7 05 p m 10 10 a m Ar Baltimore 1126 pm 1125 am Ar Philadelphia 2 56 a m 1 36 p m i^-'z Ar New York... .6 30am 425pm SOUTHWARD. Daily Dally No. 31 No. 27 % Lv Cheraw, e t 7 48 a m 11 18 p m Lv Camden 9 2o a m 12 53am Lv Columbia, ct ... 9 40am 105am Lv Denmark 1109 am 2 27am Lv Fairfax 1154 am 3 05am Ar Savannah 1 47 p m 4 52 a m Ar Jacksonville 6 10 p m 9 15 a m Ar Tampa 6 15 am 5 40pm Lv Catawba, e t 9 45am 105am L<v Chester 10 20 am 142am . jV Carlisle 10 47 am 2 05 am -.v Clinton 1137 am 2 55 am jV Greenwood 12 22 pm 3 46am jV Abbeville 12 48 p m 4 15am jV Calhoun Falls.. 115 pm 4 48am i.r Athens 2 40 pm 6 28am Lr Atlanta 4 55 p in 9 00 a m No. 66 connects at Washington with ^ " he Pennsylvania Railway Buffalo Ex>rcss, arriving Buffalo 7.35 a m. Columbia, Newberry & Laurens Ry. rain No. 52, leaving Columbia, Union Itation, at 11.23 a. m. daily, connects at /linton with S. A. L. Ry., No. 53, affordug shortest and quickest route by several iours to Atlanta, Chattanooga, Nashville, t. Louis, Chicago, and all points west. Close connection at Petersburg, Richiond, Washington, Portsmouth-Norfolk, olunibia, Savannah, Jacksonville, and .tlanta with diverging lines. Magnificent vestibule trains carrying ^ irough Pullman sleeping cars between For reduced* ifetes, Pullman reservaons, etc., apply to , Tm.Butler Jr., D. P. A., . M. BASR, fr E. Bdrcr, V * ?* 1st V. P. & 0. M., T. P. 4., Portsmouth, Va.