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f The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED MAY 1st. 1891. A, tf. KM (l J IT, Editor. Rates??1.00 per year; 50 cents for six months. Payable in advance. Advertisements?$1.00 per inch for first insertion; 50c. for each subsequent insertion. Liberal contracts made fox three, six, or twelve months*. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices Sc. per line first week, 5c. afterwards. Tributes of Respect, etc., must be paid for as regular advertising. Communications?News letters or on subjects of general interest will be gladly welcomed. Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1902. It is passing strange the solicitude some couin v aromia newspapers suuw McLaurin getting a federal position, when they oppose hiin so strongly. They must want him out of the way. ?^1 The Columbia State and Senator B. R. Tillman are agreeing on almost too many issues these days to suit us. After all that has passed between the Senator and that newspaper, we confess to a queer feeling when we see them standing together in these latter days. The question of requiring State officials to reside in Columbia during their terms of office is receiving some attention. If a man can discharge the duties of the position just as well by holding his residence in another part of the State, it would be rather a hardship to require him to move. Then, too, living expenses in a city are high, and many a man who holds a State position lives on his farm. Birds, Railroaders and Exodasters. Olar, May 10.?We have read of the far-famed European nightingale discoursrl ing sweet melodies for its own pleasure; of the anvil bird of South America, which will perch on a large dead hollow limb on the tallest tree and striking it rapidly in the eany morn wun us nuge 0111, creates a weird souncLthat can be heard for miles i around for its own delectation, but to the surprise of other denizens in fur and feathers. We have heard the American nightingale?our own mockingbird?trilling dulcet strains for its own as well as human delight, but he never heard, until a few days ago, a native red-headed woodpecker extracting music from the telegra;^f phical harp. While leisurely walking . down the railroad the writer heard an un: canny sound among the wires. Looking up a pole there sat the bird rapidly peck ing on one of the iron bars that supports \ the cross-arm holding the insulators. After he got the wires to ringing he would stop awhile, turn his eyes askant at the - electric cords until their vibrations ceased jjpf and he seemed really enchanted. He repeated the feat several times when an other bird of the same species alighted on ' the post, but was driven off instanter by the former. Surely "music hath charms I 'V tA sftnthp " ptp lUfr.-* "All aboard!" for Chattanooga. No , "change cars!" at Augusta. The iu- , . creuuiuus iuuiuucs ?ic gxuwiug icss in number since a surveying force i :: came down from Augusta last Monday and set out at once towards Ehrhardt, go- 1 ing six miles in that direction and two jp? .towards Barnwell. Tomorrow men and 1 ip%>' outfit will be transferred to the former |jjf. place and the surveyors will push on for , *? ^ Charleston, where the company have ample terminal faculties as well is in Augusta. Last November President "VVil- ! liams authorized Vice President Jackson to go to Philadelphia and enter into a con- ( tract with John B. MacAfee to build the line, which he did and a reporter for the ' Chronicle saw it after it was duly signed. ^ On his return Mr. Jackson reported that ] he had bought steel rails and that the road would be completed in eighteen months, % but it really looks now as if it would be 1 in a shorter time Tne road will not cross < at Sand Bar ferry, but at Hawk's Valley, 1 fs| in North Augusta where the company has ] ^ property on which to erect sheds and < shifting yards, the freight and passenger depots being in the central part of Augusta. It is reported that there will be an e.y^ ^ odus from this section in the near futtrfe, ( ~?-.schether annualoy final, this deponent ( knoweth not: | If the epidemic of measles continues 1 many days longer in this little town it * will be immune at least from that dread disease, which has entered nearly every house. Sorry to chronicle the death today about 10 "o'clock of Dewey, the son of ( G. B. Bessinger. He was a bright, inter- 1 esting little fellow, and the idol of the household. The sympathies of the townsmen go out to the stricken family. 1 In a small town in one of the counties ( of the State lives an elderly German who, because of the high esteem in which he is 1 held in the community, has been elected 1 justice of the peace. The old gentleman was recently called upon to decide a most ( perplexing question. One of his neighbors is the possessor s of a dog. The dog, although not actually c vicious, delights in running out of the k C~- . gate and barking savagely at passers-by. . |j This has been the source of great annoy- * W ance to the neighbors, especially to one, 1 who vowed to get even with uthe pesky critter." Recently this neighbor was returning from a trip, gun in hand. He y was set upon by the dog, whereupon he raised his weapon and fired at the brute. His aim was not very good and the dog 1_: ?: i.: ? ? ^ ^ rau ycipiug, IUIJLIU> ui^cauuai appcuuagc. ^ The owner of the dog had hi9 neighbor 8 mm hauled before the old justice on a cbaTge of cruelty to animals, and the courtroom r M was crowded with the partisaus of both f men. The justice heard the charge, and then the defense that the dog was a * dangerous animal and a menace to the J neighborhood. The old German there- J; upon cleared his throat and delivered the dictum: J "Der man?he has been guilty of gruelty 1 to animals." And one side of the court- ^ room applauded the justice of the decis- * ion. -1 "But der tog?he vas a vicious tog." And the other side voiced its approval. "I vill tine der man fife tollars." Another murmur in the courtroom. "But I vill gife him anodder shot at der tog." And both sides cheered.?New ' York Times. ?? J He Almost Won. An old story which has lately been revived owes its new lease of life to a touch of human nature and a genuine humor * that are as fresh in one age as in another. * Here it is: Mike had made a bet with Larry that Larry could not carry him with his hod up the ladder to the top of the house without letting him fall. Larry took the c bet. Mike sat in the hod, and Larry swum: him to his shoulder and started ud * the ladder. 4 8 Rung after rung was passed, until near 1 the top Larry's foot slipped ; and if the * stick of the hod hud not caught in the ladder, Mike would have fallen to the ground, four stories below. a But Larry with an effort forced his a burden back into place, went the short remaining distance and dumped Mike on s the roof. 1 "Well, ye've won," panted Mike, "but I thought 1 had ye when your foot * slipped." m A woe-be-gone lad of 8 or 10 years was a perched on a picket post gazing intently 1 over the hill. _ Pedestrian ?"Hello bud, is your father 1 at homey" . , Boy?"Nope." J 44YY ell, can vou tell me where he is ?" "He's gone" down the hill yonder to & bury our ole dog, Towser. The ole fool kilt he'sef barkiu' at candidates. Be you a one ?" I Put Uood Men in Office. In view of the approaching state and county campaign, we publish tke following from the Johnston Monitor. It expresses our views in many particulars: "In determining whom you will cast your vote for in the coniiug primary, we would like to make a few suggestions as to the general method of deciding the matter. "The first sugestion would be to lay aside all personal feeling whether it be of friendship or prejudice and ask ourselves which would s.erve the State most creditably, honestly and ably. Who would reflect the most honor and dignity to our State and county in the office to which they ask your vote? In the next place a i K * o rvrirofo ond nnK_ UUC3 U1C lituuiuaic iu mj^uiau auu puulic life entitle him to your confidence, respect and honor, and are his habits and character such as to warrant you in believing him capable to serve the State and the people in such a way as to reflect honor and credit upon the people who elected him? Don't be misled into voting for a man, because at one time lie did something which inspired commendation and applause. Take the most irresponsible and unworthy man in this state, whether he be a free man or a jail bird in the loving embrace of handcuffs, chain and ball and at sometime in their life they perhaps have done some good, noble and even chivalric deed?this does not entitle him to your vote for an office of honor and responsiblity. Consider well all his claims as to loyalty to certain principles, his ability etc.; but also consider his personal character; are they such as to make you believe he could creditably represent the people of this State in positions of honor and trust? "If not, then as a kindness to the party who aspires to the position for the credit and honor of the good old State of South Carolina, don't vote for him, but select a man whose public and private life is above reproach and even the suspicion of reproach or irresponsibility, a man whose character, habits and life" is and has been consistent, honorable, trustworthy and sober; a man in whom you can at all times trust, honor and respect, one whom we would never be ashamed to present to strangers as our uuveruui, uui vuugiwaman; or our representative in any other branch of public service. We don't in the least, mind being classed as a partisan in favor of such men, as opposed to designing politicians with as many faces as there are voters; to untrustworthy men; to habitual gamblers and drunkards and demagogues. Let us set a high standard for those whom we shall elect to serve us in any national, state, or county office and select men whose fitness and character comes nearest our standard; for be assured tbelword will judg? us by the character ana habits of those we elect to serve us in those offices." Contentment. >Ir. Rockefeller has more millions than he can count, and I haven't a dollar, but? I can enjoy a square meal and Mr. Rockefeller can't. Mr. Morgan owns railroads and ships galore, while I do not own even a wheelbarrow or a rowboat, but? I can have a bushel of fun bobbing for bullheads and Morgan can't Cecil Rhodes piled up millions upon millions and had diamonds as big as walnuts, while I have had to hustle to keep my family larder supplied, but? I go home in the evening and play with the babies and have more fun in an hour than Rhodes ever had. Besides, Rhodes is dead. "William Waldorf Astor has more money than he can haul in a hay wagon, and I haven't enough to overload a gnat, but? When I drop in on my neighbor in the evening he gives me the glad hand, while Mr. Astor's money cannot buy him the respect and love of his fellows. Whitelaw Reid is the possessor of enough millions to purchase a flunkey's place at the coronation of a king, and I have to scheme to keep one suit of clothes lit to wear to church, but? Dressed in overalls and jumper I can pay court each evening to an uncrowned queen and make a banquet at a frugal board surrounded by my little ones, while Mr. Reid's knickers and short sword excite only the derision of his fellows. ^ He Forgot. -colored man, about 30 years of age, Irove up to the depot with a load of baled ;otton, and he had just begun to unload ivhen an old, gray-headed negro with a 3ad limp came down the street and shouted at him: "Sar vo' nussen dere !" Phis signature is on every box of the genuine Laxative Bromo^Quinine Tablets ihe remedy that cures a eolrt in one day From the Thornwell Orphanage. Good, kind friend : Many faces of dear ittle children look up unto you today . roiu this your home for the care of the ( atherless. ( You are their helper, their benfactor, heir earthly all. "Without your help what would become t )f two hundred little brothers and sisters? You can give but little, perhaps, but i ,hink of it: Five dollars will provide for i i child, its board for a mouth, or itsscho- J )liug for a year! Even a dime will give he child its three meals a day. Just now we need you. The time has come when summer wants r ire multiplying, and even bread is scarce ? ,nd hard to get. i A little just now from each of a thouaud friends, would mean a great deal to hese children. 1 It is a joy to know that you will not orget us. You never do. \ Clod's blessing is your only reward. , V.nd is not that enough? God's blessing j md the grateful prayers of all this multi- ( ude of orphans. ] Send your barrels of flour simply to .. rhoruwell Orphanage, Clinton, S. C. j Send your gifts of money to Will. P. ( acobs, Clinton, S. C. g itops the Cough and Works off the Cold, i Laxative Bromo-Quinine Tablets cure i cold in one day. No cure; no pay. i 'rice 25 cents. i THE INNS OF CHINA. Their Cheapnettw In About Their One lledeemlnK Feature. Chinese inns are without register or clerks. On riding through the gateway your bridle rein is seized by a dirty boy, who helps you to dismount, shouting loudly meanwhile for the proprietor, who presently looms up through the wilderness of carts and mules. Proprietor and boy then hold a parley as to what rooms are eligible, and then a door is pushed open and the traveler is shown to his apartment. It is usually about twelve feet square. The walls and floor are of hard mud, and so are the beds, which extend entirely across the side of the room, with only space enough between them for a small table and one chair. The room is lighted by one window, in which paper takes the olaoe of trlass. The first duty of the proprietor in making a patron comfortable is to stop up the holes in the paper window pane. He never tears the paper off entirely and replaces it with a new one, because the sheet of paper is worth about one-tenth of a cent, and the innkeeper is not wasteful. Indeed he pastes little slips of paper over the holes until all the light that filters through it is of a mottled hue. At one end of the mule shed is the kitchen of the inn. It is here that the meals for all the patrons are prepared, to be eaten in the rooms. The menu is not elaborate. It consists only of bowls of rice and tea. Shou'd the traveler desire a greater variety of food, he can buy it himself in the market, and his own servant can cook it in the kitchen of the inn. To sleep on the bed of a Chinese inn would be for a foreigner an impossibility were it not that he is always so exhausted at the end of each day's journey that he finds it difficult to remain awake ten minutes after alighting from his pony. He lies down on the mat that ewers the hard heap of mud and surprises himself at the soundness of his slumber. The one redeeming thing about the inn is its cheapness. Just as the traveler is about to depart in the morning the proprietor tells him the amount of hie bill. Everything i9 charged on the "European plan." Every cup of tea, every rushlight candle, the paper window pane, are all itemized in the long list which the proprietor reels off In singsong, but the total is surprisingly low. The cost of food and lodging for one night for a traveler and two servants, with stabling and fodder for his pontes and cart mules, is about 50 cents.?New York Mail and Express. Boasted Too Soon. The rear end of a Fordham car was congested the other afternoon. There wasn't even "standing room only." A Jocular commuter said, "Beware of pickpockets!" Everybody laughed. A gentlemanly looking fellow said: "No man need be afraid of pickpockets if he does as I did. I have & self patented scheme. I have a buttonhole in my vest pocket. I run my chain through it and attach the other end in the usual way. They can't draw that watch through that buttonhole. No pickpockets in mine, and don't you for- ' get it." T'Vic nrnTrd thinned mit 1 "Hello, Uncle Joel" saluted the other. 'Now, den what sorter man be yo' ? lemanded the old man as he reached the iragon. "Hu! What yo' mean by dat ?" "I mean, sah, is yo' a man of honah or lot ? "Of co'se I ar\ Why, ole man, yo's all ixcited this mawnin'. What's de mattah?" "Sam Johnson, I'zegot a darter Linda!" eplied Uncle Joe as he straightened and /raved his arms about. "Yes, of co'se. Yes, sah, yo's got a larter Linda, an she's a powerful fine gal." "Last Sunday night, Sam Johnson, yo' ixe dat gal to "marry yo !" "Hu, hu! Sunday night? Lemme see. lay, I reckon I did." "Of co'se you did! She said she'd do t, an' de marriage was sot fur dis mawnn' at 10 o'clock." "Hu! Shoo ! Ten o'clock dis mawnin'! Yhy, I reckon it was, Uncle Joe. Yes, ve was ter be married dis mawnin'." "But yo' ain't dar, sah!" "Dat's a fack. Jist clean slipt my mind." "But what you gwine to do, sah?what rou gwiue ter do?" shouted the old man, is he danced around. "What I gwine ter do? Am Linda all eady an de preacher dar?" "Yes, sah." "Den yo' cum around heah an' hang on o dat off mewl an' hold him stiddy, an' '11 run ober an' marry Linda an' be back leah in 10 minits. If Majah Jones cums long an' wants to know why dis cotton lain't dun unloaded yo' tell him dat owin' o a disreckolecksliun of a matrimonial lisremembrancel'ze had to procrastinate ur a few minits."?Galveston Daily tfews. At Wendover avenue the "patentee" ' said startingly: "My watch is gone!" , Somebody had clipped the chain, drawn it through the other way and , abstracted the watch.?New York ' News. < A Story of Two Ntckltcti. When General Weyler was sent by Spain as governor general to Manila, Don Carlos Palanca, the wealthy Spaniardized Chinaman, determined to send ' Mrs. Weyler a gift, the customary way , of obtaining the good will of the Spanish officials. He found at a jeweler's < two necklaces, each costing $20,000 und both being so beautiful that he could j not choose between them. So he sent ' them both to Mrs. Weyler with the message that she should make her choice. He received a warm letter of thanks from her, stating that the neck- ! laces were so beautiful that.she could not decide between them and hence ( would keep both, which she did. j Theories About Drowued Bodies. ] It was a popuiar theory in days gone j by that the body of a drowned man j would float the ninth day. Sir Thomas [ Browne alludes to it as believed in his time, and in his "Pseudo-doxia Epl- ( demies" there is a discussion on this fanciful notion. It was also believed that the spirits of those drowned at sea were doomed to wander for a hundred < years owing to the rites of burial having never been properly bestowed upon 1 their bodies.? Notes and Queries. j < A Martyr. ( "She is the most sac:.'iflcin' .woman j fer miies around." 1 "In what way?" i "Waal, whenever they git up a lawn J fete or sumpen like for the church In which the expenses are more'n the proceeds the committee alwus sends her up to acquaint the pastor with the result."?Baltimore Herald. ( A Troe Philosopher. ( The greatest thing we ever saw In < the way of a philosopher was a one ! armed man in a manicure establish- ( ment who gloated because he got his J work done for half price.?Washington t Post. ( Bxtremei. y Mrs. A.?My husband is positively ] impossible. He' knows nothing. Mrs. B.?Mine is simply unbearable. He knows everything.?Tit-Bits. i r To say silly things Is about as bad as 5 to do them.?Punxsutawney Spirit. ]. Love Is a tickling sensation at the heart that cannot be scratched. } To Core a Cold in One l)ay 8 Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. r A.11 druggists refund money if it fails to , rnre. E. W. Grove's signature is on ^ jach box. 25c. r "That ain't law," said the attorney to he Billville justice. "I know it," replied the justice, "but 1 t's Me; an ef ever I hear of you appealug from my decision I'll settle with you F jersonallj-. Bailiff, clear the court." The Best Prescription for Malaria n Chills and fever is a bottle of Grove's rasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply iron ^ ind quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, 10 pay, Price 50c. n With the endorsement of Col. George 1 W. Croft, of Aiken, for congress from the t< second congressional district, contained t: 11 a communication in another column, li .ve heartily concur. Col. Croft is an able E atvyer, an eloquent speaker, and has serv- r< d his county with great credit in the a Legislature of his State. He possesses in e< i marked degree the affection of the peolie of his county. In the progress of the campaign we hope to have something to >ay relative to Col. Croft's eminent fitness h or the office for which he is a candidate, ie would indeed ably represent the peo- h >ie of the Second Congressional District b< n the House of Congress.?Aiken Jour- V ial and Review. S Earnest, But Confused. At a recent dinner, one of the speakers related the story of a visitor to a Sunday school who, in addressing the children, said: "I come from Massachusetts; I am on my way to Maryland, and I have stopped over here to talk to you children and to save you from going to hell." After repeating this introduction to his remarks, the visitor said: "Now, my children, where did I come from ? " he then asked. "Massachusetts," was the reply in chorus. "Where am I going?" he then asked. There was a pause, his geographical route had evidentl}* not been deeply impressed on the gathering. Then the silence was broken? "To hell," came the prompt and startling reply from an earnest but confused pupil. Dangerous If Neglected. Burns, cuts and other wounds often fail to heal properly if neglected and become troublesome sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve prevents such consequences. Even where delay has aggravated the injury DeWitt's With Hezel Salve effects a cure. "I had a running sore on my leg thirty years," says H. C. Hartly, Yankeetown, Ind. "After using many remedies, I tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. A few boxes healed the sore." Cures all skin diseases. Piles yield to it at once. Beware of counterfeits. Bamberg Pharmacy; A. C.Reynolds, Ehrhardt. Improved Proverbs. Quacks are stubborn things. It's a wise girl who knows her own mind. Society's the mother of convention. Home was not built in a day. Modesty is the best policy. Circumstances alter faces. A rolling gait gathers remorse. All's not old that titters. Let us eat, drink ard be married, for tomorrow we dye. Charity uncovers a multitude of sins.? Smart Set. Don't Start Wirong. Don't start the Summer with a lingering cough or cold. We all know what a "summer cold" is. It's the hardest kind to cure. Often it "hangs on" through the entire season. Take it in hand right now. A few doses of One Minute Cough Cure will set you right. Sure cure for coughs, colds, croup, grip, bronchitis, all throat aiiu luug Liuuuica. iiusuiuicjj saie. .n-uis at once. Children like it. "One Minute Cough Cure is the best cough medicine I ever used," says J. H. Bowles, Groveton, N. H. "I never found anything else that acted so safely and quickly." Bamberg Pharmacy; A. C. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. He Was in Need of Pity. A pious lady of Portsmouth had a husband who was a seaman. Ee was about to start on a protracted voyage, and as his wife was anxious as to her husband's welfare, she sent the following notice to the village preacher: "Mr. Blank, who is going to sea, his wife desires the prayers of the congregation." As the old lady was quite illiterate, the minister read the following to the congregation from the slip handed to him: "Mr. Blank, who is going to see his wife, desires the prayers of the congregation." Won't Follow Advice After Paying For It. In a recent article a prominent physician sa}rs, "It is next to impossible for the physician to get his patients to carry out any prescribed course of hygiene or diet to the smallest extent; he has but one resort left, namely, the drug treatment." W hen medicines are used for chronic constipation, the most mild and gentle obtainable, such as Chamberlain's Stomach & Liver Tablets, should be employed. Their use is not followed by constipation as they leave the bowels in a natural and healthy condition. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. A storv is told of a Boston lawver whose quick wit never deserted him, either in the court room or elsewhere. One day a client entered his office, and throwing back his coat, said, irritably: "Why, your office, sir, is as hot as an oven?" "Why shouldn't it be?" was the calm response. "It's here that I make my bread."?Youth's Companion. Like a Drowning Man. "Five jrears ago a disease the doctors ca lled dyspepsia took such hold of me that [ could scarcely go," writes Geo. S. Marsh, well-known attorney of Nocona, Tex. "I Look quantities of pepsin and other medicines but nothing helped me. As a drowning man grabs at a straw I grabbed at Kodol. I felt an improvement at once andafter afew bottles am sound and well." Eodol is the only preparation which exactly reproduces the natural digestive juices and consequently is the one which digests any good food and cures any form cf stomach trouble. Bamberg Pharmacy; A. C. Reynolds, Ehrhardt. Here is an unique letter from a Billville citizen to one of his friends : Dear Bill: It is rumored here that I've ?ot two wives. Now, Bill, you're a single man, and I have always stood your friend in time of trouble. Can you take cne of 'em off my hands before the law Titii Unit nf mpV Shp'? n tmnrt linnsp set per, and if you'll jest say the word, ['11 pay for the license. Don't forsake ne, Bill: I'm your old friend, and I'm in ;rouble. Are you. willing?"?Atlanta Constitution. Whooping Cough. A woman who has had experience with ;his disease, tells how to prevent any iatjgerous consequences from it. She jays: Our three children took whooping lough last summer, our baby boy being >nly three months old, and owing to our jiving them Chamberlain's Cough Remidy, they lost none of their plumpness i.nd came out in much better health than tther children whose parents did not use his reined}r. Our oldest little girl would ::all lustily for cough syrup between vhoopa.?Jesse Pinkey Hall, Springr-ille, Ala. This remedy is for sale by 3amberg Pharmacy. A little newsboy was attending a camp neeting in the vicinity of Philadelphia, rhe parson at the close of his powerful lermon, said: "All the peopla in this congregation vho want to go to hea.ven when you die, )lease rise to your feet." They all arose except the little uews)oy, who was sitting in the front pew. rhe parson noticed his failure to arise ind thought he would catch him the lext time. "Now," be said, "brethren be seated. 'Tow, all you folks who would like to go o the other place when you die, please ise to your fpet." None of them arose. The parson looked down at the little lewsboy and said: "Sonny, doa't you want to go to other dace ? " He said: "Naw. Philadelphy's good enough for ne." 1 iciatic Rheumatism Cured After Fourteen Years of Suffering. "I have bee n afflicted with sciatic rheu- 1 latism for fourteen years," says Josh c Idgar, of Gei ms.ntown, Cal. "I was able n o be around, but constantly suffered. I A ried everything I could hear of and at a ist was told to try Chamberlain's Pain A aim, which I did and was immediately I elieved and in a short time cured, and I p in happy to say it has not since return- a d." Why not use this liniment and get n ,'ell? It's for sale by Bamberg Pharmacy, si The Prodigal Son returned home, and F is father fell upon his neck with joy. tl "My boy," he said, "we would gladly T ave killed a fatted calf for you, but the b eef trust has put it out of the question. P STe will do the best we can."?New York T un. S FARMER JOE'S SPEECH. It Wan Short, bat It CrnMhed the Bamptloan YoanRnter. ''You may get the better of an opponent In debate," said an old time orator, ''by sheer force of convincing argument?that is to say, you may score and win on points?but if you want to put your man down and out at a single coup just make him ridiculous. Only succeed in doing this, and all the logic of the other side will explode in vacancy like so many blank cartridges. "Once when I was serving a term up the state in the legislature a bumptious youngster who ha J just been introduced was laboring through his maiden eftort. He was attacking a man who was his senior by at least a score and ten years and thought to make a hit by referring to him as 'that little grayUparrl from 11 prkiinpr.' Rvinal of Xiaa ara rose to reply. He was an old timer, who never spoke unless he had something to say and so was always sure of an attentive audience. Farmer Joe, as he was called, got up slowly, gradually expanded himself to his full height of 6 feet 4, thrust his left hand behind the tails of a capacious and somewhat shabby frock coat, held up the index finger of his right hand, cleared his throat ominously and solemnly began: " 'Mr. Speaker, the honorable gentleman who has just spoken has never read Pope's essay. If he had, lie would remember that the "soul's the standard of the man." And, sir, fifty such souls as that of the honorable gentleman who preceded me could be put into the skull of a flea and have as much room there as two frogs in Lake Superior.' "He didn't have to say more. The chamber went into a convulsion of laughter which lasted for several minutes after the tall farmer had resumed his seat. As for the youngster, he did the best he could. He wriggled about, got red in the face, tried to look unconcerned and kept his mouth closed during the balance of the session."?New York News. FLOWER AND TREE. Palms never live more than 250 years. Ivy has been known to live 450, chest nut 860, oak 1,600 and yew 2,880 years. Nothing is better for house plants than to be set out in a gentle, warm rain, but a cold rain and wind are anything but hopeful to them. In planting trees an important point not to be forgotten is pressing the soil down upon the roots so that they will come in close contact with it. A pot of flowers in bud should receive all the sunshine possible, but when the buds open keep them in shade, and they will last longer. The largest apple tree in New England is in Cheshire, Conn. Its trunk measures one foot above all root exlargemcnts, 13 feet 8 inches in circumference.. An orchard, whether young or old, should not be allowed to grow where heavy crops of grass are taken every year. It is weakening to the soil and detrimental to the trees. In Ashanti there grows a tree resembling in appearance the English oak, * * * * * -4- * AX fPL I _ wnien lurmsnes exceueni uuner. ?uia vegetable butter keeps in perfeet condition all the year round in spite of the heat. Drinking Through the Noatrila. The Indian sages do not practice their breathing exercises simply for the sake of repose and sleep. During the Inbreathing energy is increased. These Indians are not the only people who believe that with the inbreathing of pure air there comes something still I more vital than oxygen. But the Indians have developed the art of breathing more than any other people. One of 'their favorite exercises is to inhale through the left nostril, to hold the breath for a time and then exhale through the right nostril. Another of their exercises Is to drink water through the nostrils, and after it ban been retained for a short time It is expelled through tbe nostrils and the mouth. Tliis is said to cool the head.? Chambers' Journal. Growing Bananas. Bananas are as a rule planted oul systematically in rows, the "suckers" being placed at an average of ten feel apart. The banana plant bears only one bunch at a time, but it is a quick growS-, yielding its fruit in twelve to fourteen months. When the plant is about six months old, a second "sucker" or shoot is allowed to spring from the root, a third after the ninth month, and so on, so that after the first year there is a continuous crop being reaped. Fans la Shsikeapeare'a Time. Pmo in Khnkpsnpnrp'fi time seem to have been composed of ostrich and oth er feathers fastened to handles. Gentlemen carried fans In those days, and In one of the later figures of the german they now carry fans. According to an old manuscript in the Ashmolean museum, Sir Edward Cole rode the circuit with a prodigous fan, which had a long stick, with which he corrected his daughters. Of More Importance. "Get my name right," said the proud owner of the 1,175 pound hog. "It's .Tudson K. Bimm. My father was Colonel Etiram Hotchkiss Bimm of Lexington, Ky. He came to Illinois in the year"? "Niwer mind that," Interrupted the secretary of the fat stock show. "Give us the pedigree of the hog."?Chicago Tribune. Occasional Relief. Visitor to the Prison?I suppose this Ufe of yours in here is a continual torture. Convict?Oh, no! Not so bad as that. We don't have visitors every day, you know.?Boston Transcript. No Loss of Time. I have sold Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera ind Diarrhoea Remedy for years, and yould rather he out of coffee and sugar han it. I sold five bottles of it vesterlay to threshers that could go no further, tnd they are at work again this morning. -H. R. Phelps, Plymouth, Oklahoma. \.s will be seen by the above the threshtrs were able to keep on with their work vithout losing a single day's time. You hould keep abottle of this remedy in your i lome. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. I Interchangeable Mileage Books [ Now issued by the Seaboard Air Line | ?_ ! tlin mrtct frtn \r&n find I tiiliviay iwn.Mii iiiv wuiu...v... heapest method of traveling. These new I nilea.ge books are sold by the Seaboard I Lir Line Railway at rate of $25.00 each nd are good between New Orleans, lontgomery, Cincinnati, St. Louis, iouisville, Memphis, Nashville, Florida oints, Atlanta, Richmond, Washington nd Baltimore, in fact they are good over tore than 13,000 miles of railway and ] teamship lines, including the Seaboard dr Line Railway, Atlantic Coast Line, 'lant System, Louisville & Nashville, and je other principal railroads of the South, 'kese books are now on sale at all Seaoard Air Line coupon ticket offices. J. J. uller, Traveling Passenger and City icket Agent, 1500 Main street, Columbia, t C. v Candidates' Cards. for congress. ~ To the Democratic voters of Bamberg county: I take the means of formally announcing to you my candidacy for congress from the second district. My past life among you must l>e the only pledge I can offer of sincerity of purpose to do mv duty, if elected. During the campaign I shall be compelled to spend most of my available time in sections of the district where I am comparatively a stranger, trusting that X shall be remembered at home. Respectfully, G. DUNCAN BELLINGER. for'county treasurer7 T fnlltr on? a nor? x i i n ii j aunuuuut jiijtzicji a v^aii~ didate for t Lie office of Treasurer of Bamberg couuty, subject to the rules of the Democratic primary and pledge myself to abide the result. H. A. HAY. Bamberg, S. C., May Gth, 1902. FOR COUNTY SUPERVISOR, I respectfully auuounce myself a candidate for County Supervisor, pledging myself to abide the result of the Democratic primary election, and solicit the suffrages of my fellow-citizens. W. H. COLLINS. FOR MAGISTRATE. AT BAMBERG. I take this method of announcing myself as a candidate for the office of Magistrate at Bamberg, subject to the action of the Democratic primary. R. S. SIMMONS. AT BAMBERG. I hereby announce my candidacy for the office of Magistrate at. Ramberg, and will abide the will of the people as expressed at the coming Democratic primary. G. P. HARMON. MASTER'S SALE. Jtty virtue ot a decree of tiie (Jourt of Common Pleas in the case of Fincken, Jordan & Co. vs. Edgar Dickinson et al, I will sell to the highest bidder for cash, on Monday, the 2nd day of June next, between the usual hours of sale, in front of the court house at Bamberg, S. C., all that piece, parcel or lot of land situate, lying and being in the town of Bamberg and State of South Carolina, containing seven-eighths of an acre, more or less, and bounded on the North by lots of Estate of Miss Lucia B. Bellinger, East by lot of Mrs. Minnie Dickinson, South by second street, and West by lot of Josiah Dickinson. If terms are not complied with within one hour, premises will be resold at once at risk of former purchaser, on same terms, and until a purchaser is found who shall comply. Purchaser to pay for papers. H. C. FOLK, May 12, 1902. Master. GO TO D. J. DELK -FORIfrmrniirf Dnlrnn THnrinnn nnrt iuuWulu, MM, Dllluuii), <M BINDER'S TWINE. He sells the Deering, the best on earth. Also extra parts of Deering Machinery, also Wheelwright, Black Smithing and Repairing of all kinds. ' Wutiig i Specialty. Yours for Satisfaction, 0. J. 0EI/K. DENTISTRY, IL f. Site, ID. S. Will be in Ehrhardt the first Monday in every Month and stay three days Kalola Chrystalized mineral water. The guaranteed cure for Indigestion, Kidney complaints and all diseases arising from a disordered Liver or Stomach. It beautifies the complexion, tones up the system and creates PERFECT DIGESTION. Take Kalola six days and eat anything you want. ?FOR SALE BY? Bamberg Pharmacy and Bamberg Drug Co., Bamberg, S. C., and M. S. Gressett, Branchville, S. C. Ask your druggist for a Free Sample Package. tJL . * JBLakes short roads. MtE I ^e^Lnd light loads. < AREASE I^^Jrood for everything f that runs on wheels. I I Sold Everywhere. 1 I Mad* by STANDARD OIL CO. 1 Largest and Most Complete | Establishment Sontb. GEO. S. HACKEE & SOU. 3 MANUFACTURERS OF B floors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding and 1 Building Material, Sash Weights J and Cord, Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty. CHARLESTON, S. C. Purchase our make, which we guaran at ee superior to any sold South, and there- ?< ly save money. A ' ' ' v# " - / THE MOST UP-TO-DATE AND CHEAPEST LINE OF Millinery, Notions, Silks, Laces, Gloves, Corsets, Embroideries, Etc. AT LOWEST PRICES. Mrs. K. I. SHUCK & CO. BAMBERG. S. C. ?======?==========================================?^^^^ -'&k frc pn| iiiff. ninrrrTT B jWMriirin Mra-bfutm, A Ik M JWWWBPPIImB Diarrhoea,Dysentery, and tM ^ilkiBll the Bowel Troubles of mm AfifiA H Children of Any Ago. ZrijfJtf ]BHjEj5!J*?5J5Jj"5RmjAlds Digestion, Regulates ***, p|C- iHIClfcTinJNO POWPlKaJl^Bl the Bowels, Strengthens '? Costs Ottlj 25 cents at Druggists, ^teething1 easy.* m>fgjBOr mail 25 ceata to C. J. MOFFETT, M. D? ST. LOUIS, MO. FLOHBSCK, 8. C., Not. 28.1900.?I was first adrlsed by ouT family physician la Charleston to osa TEETHDTA with oar baby when ha was but a rery young Infant, as a prerentire of colic and to warm and sweeten the stomach. Later it was aseful in teething troubles, and itseffectbas been fonnd to be so very beneficial and so free from daagos . that are consequent upon the use of drugs and soothing syrups, that we hare come to regard it, after use with thrso children, as one of the necessities when there Is answ baby in the bouse and until the teething troubles are over, and we take pleasure In recoamandlng it to our friends instead of the horrid stuff that so many people use to keep their baby quiet. HABTWELLM. AYER, (Manager Daily Times and Weeaiy Times-Messenger.} IF YOU WANT? ~ -7)'^ Pure Drugs, M GET THEM FROfl KU I i^iWLfL^oizsm If you want cheap Drugs get them somewhere else, for REYNOLDS don't sell any but the best. Cheap Drugs, like cheap razors, are made to sell, and fail to specify at the needed time. DRUGS, PATENT MEDICINES and CANDIES, '% Soda Water, Milk Shakes, Bon Boos, Spectacles, School Books, Watches, Rings, Jewelry. ' A. C. REYNOLDS, M EHRHARDT, S. C. < NEW Buggies**Wagons U g-V I~*V We have received one carload of uuuui^ anchor buggies. | One carload of The Herald Book enger buggies. ?fj Store has just re= and one carload of the farnona ceived a new lot of ha1 doge: buggies. can surely suit you in a vehicle of ^ any description. ni?l. - u ? ul| Fall line of HARNESS, Stationery ? il Don't fail to see us before buying a > g|| uuggy or wagon. which consists of We can and will save you money. Blank Books, JONES BROS., "H Memorandum bambebc. s. c. Book^s, Tube Paste (both#rulecFand plain) ^^ Leather pencil |j PnrL-pfc fV^np and plain Tissue How About Paper, and a Your Heart S beautiful assort= | Feel your pulse a few minutes. I " x f Is it regular? Are you short of meni OI breath, after slight exertion - _ as going up stairs, sweeping, PlMP walking, etc? Do you hare' 1 111 pain in left breast, side or , between shoulder blades, chokPCl 1Y ing sensations, fainting or smothering spells, inability to n A nnnc lie on left side? If you have K A Pnll ^ my of these symptoms you > FAF certainly have a weak heart. and should immediately take In all the latest Heart Cure M iliapes anfl lints. Mr. F. H. Oaks of Jamestown, N. Y, ~ t g1 - . | whose gesial face appears above, says: Call and see the _ pains about the heart and in the left MPW STOCi^ shoulder and side; while the palpitation , I_w TV I V/V1\? would awaken me from my sleep. I began taking Dr. Miles' Heart Cure MB _ am and soon found permanent relief." WWAfl ^f^k I hr Drugflata, ^TB B Elkhart, Ind. Dyspepsia Cure MoNEY TO LoAN' -| Digests what yon eati apply to . ^ Phis preparation contains all of the ligestants and digests all. kinds ot T?]?? odd. It gives instant reiier ana never JL*vu r jlwm w, ails to cure. It allows you to eat all he food you want. The most sensitive tomachs cud take It. By its use many Attorneys and Connselors at Law, housands of dyspeptics have been ' ured after everything else failed. It ~ v irevents formation of gas oh the stom- tjatupppo r tt q r ch, relieving all distress after eating. -DAMlxbitti o. nM e>. t?. Meting unnecessary. Pleasant to take. ? t can't help c-lNGLIS* A- McIybr bostic*. but do you good reparedonlyby E.O. DeWitt& Co., Chicago ill AI IA A H rbe $1. bottle contains 2* times t???dc.afc? JJyfll IP J. k[]\T|P( amberg Pharmacy and A. (;. Reynolds j ||lULIW W DUO I lURf OR. G. F. HAIR, lawvfr<? ^ ^ DENTAL SURGEON, Bamberg,b. C. Bamberg, S. e. In office every day in the week. Gradue of Baltimore College of Dental Sur- . _ c >ry, class 1892. Member of S. C. Dental Wl11 practice in the U. S. Conrta and ssociation. Office next to bank. all tfce Courts of the State,