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7 / V -^The Bamberg Herald. ESTABLISHED MAY 1st. IS91. A. jr. KNIGHT. Editor. RaTKS?Ji.oo 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 foi three, six, or twelve months. Want Notices one cent a word each insertion. Local Notices 8c. 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 Those of a personal nature will not be published unless paid for.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, March 12, 1903. As a collector of debts against the United States, Senator Tillman is a ' peach." Wonder if he'd be as successful as a country editor in collecting subscription accounts? * * * John L. McLaunn is out as United States Senator and A. C. Latimer is in. McLaurm is a brainy man, bui nis useiuiness as a representative of South Carolina was over. Unfortunately, whether justly or not, his conduct had estranged his people from him, and it is best for him and his State that he has retired to private life. We do not expect much from Mr. Latimer, although we supported kirn in the second primary, wheu the choice was between him aud Jno. Gary Evans. He is not a brilliant man, but we trust he will make up in 'conscientious work what he lacks in ability. * * * The dispensary constables are being criticized for tiring their pistols at horses in Charleston in their efforts to stop wagons containing blind tiger liquor. Governor Heyward ought to instruct them to shoot the drivers instead of the horses. There is entirely too much sympathy expressed, for lawbreakers of every kind, and wheu a peace officer is forced to resort to harsh meaus in order to perform his duty, there is a great howl raised; too often b}T law-abiding people, too. The Governor is making an earnest effort to enforce the dispensary law in Charleston, and these criticisms only hinder him in his work. Bain berg?Some Impressions. [by dr. n. e. mahbarb.] The next morning I got up earl}* so that I might walk about the business portion of Bamberg. Here 1 was surprised at the thrift shown by the merchants, for even at the early hour in which I was strolling about* the stores were being - opened and preparations for the day's work were being made. Every moment there came to me the renewed impression that I was in no slow town, but that I was in a real live little city, where men strained every nerve to the utmost and put forth their strongest power that they might outrival their worthy competitors. Haviug become interested in the outside appearance of the places of business, I concluded that I should like to take a look at the interior of of some of them. In each and every store, without a single exception, that I entered I was welcomed by some clerk, who seemed to be pleased in showing me through his line, whatever that happened to be. With this I was particularly well pleased, for it showed me that the young men who served as clerks in Bamberg's places of business were not like those of some towns where those who sell seem to regret the entrance of a customer because some little energy is required to show their goods off. As I continued down the street I came to the post office. Here I must say I was somewhat disappointed: while the place might grace some towns of Bamberg's size, yet 1 felt that it was not as nice as such a wealthy and hustling town as Bamberg deserved. After walking around a few moments more, I went back towards the hotel for breakfast, and while on my way back took a real good swallow or artesian water. At nine o'clock I went out on the street to see if Bob was coming with my horse, but no Bob was in sight. About a half hour later I saw a small crowd of boys, white and black, following what seemed to be some object of excitement. I soon saw that Bob was the centre of attraction, for he was led by a uniform of blue to the mayor's court (as I learned). I suspected the truth at once, Bob had gotten drunk the night before and had been arrested. My paying Bob's fine was all that saved him from a place being alloted him on the chain gang. Soon after Bob was free, he had my horse ready and then we started out on our tour of inspection of Bamberg. Bob said in talking to me of the police of Bamberg that he just couldn't understand why "de perlices lub to'courage drunkiugness, for dey sho does dat; if a feller gits a little too gay and don't know whicherway he am going, a police jist grabs onto him an gibs him a place to stay de whole night troo. Now dat sho be good, for I nose some niggers which hain't got no place ter stay anyway, so dey's jist get boozy so dey can git a place ter stay fer de night." Bob may hav^j been exaggerating somethings in regard to the police system of Bamberg but I learned enough to satisfy me thai it was a very good one. We drove down the long avenue which is paralell with the railroad and is called, I believe, Railroad Avenue. The many beautiful residences on this street irnnracciirultr iimtrbcuoil riw? Tlifrn tllP ilil V VI y 11U^/I V4UV\4 * A* V A uvu v??w WAS mill was passed as we turned a corner; up tbis street we drove until I saw a very . attractive brick structure come into view, it was the Fitting School of which Bob had spoken. Right here I saw another qqe-^HIIbseartesian wells, the water from which I was beginning to like. Down we went on wliat is called Carlisle street until an open place very beautifully fitted up as a park was reached. We drove through the park and then on back towards the other side of town. At my direction Bob drove out to the Bamberg Nurseries. With this enterprise I was highly pleased. I remained here quite a while and on leaving I purchased a small cedar, which is now flourishing splendidly and which seems to remind me daily of my first visit to Bamberg. I weut back to the hotel thinking that I had witnessed all of the most interesting sights to be seen in Bamberg, but that night 1 had a new experience to learn. I was sitting in my room reading a life of W. Gilmore Simms, (who, by the way, 1 learned lived only a few miles from Bamberg) when I was startled by the cry of fire. I did not hesitate but rushed down stairs until I reached the street. Everything was dark but for the reflection from the burning building. Why was it so dark, did not Bamberg have some kind of streetlights? Then I saw a little kerosene lamp struggling with the darkness; this was all that there was in the way of streetlights! I was sorely disappointed, for I had thought that Bamberg had electrie lielits. I went to the fire anyway, _-0? ^ _ and there witnessed a Bamberg lire. The bucket battalion fought hard and eventually overcame the flames. Here again I was disappointed, for I saw that Bamberg had 110 waterworks. I was very much surprised at this, for I thought of how much water was allowed to waste*every day as it flowed from the artesian wells and how easy it would be to construct a system of water works with so much water at command. As I was leaving Bamberg the next morning I remarked to Bob what fine roads there were in and around Bamberg and Bob agreed with meas he did in anything which was in praise of the "Artesian City." When I had reached the same crossroads that I had left several days ago, my thoughts went back to Bamberg and there occurred to me two thoughts; the first was that if Bamberg had electric lights anil a system of water works it would be a model town for one to live in: the ot her thought was of how much truth there was in what Hob had said at these same crossroads two days before: "Sah, you sho will like dat place, hit am de purtiest leetle place e^flggvou seed." Opposes (irailed School Building. Editor The Bamberg Herald:?I am grateful to you for your prompt response to my inquiry relative to the financial condition of the county, town, and school district. I understand that the county debt is eight or nine thousand dollars, approximately. Sorry that the treas- j urer could not be seen, so the exact amount could have been ascertained. I apprehend that when you do get the correct figures that you will see things in a very much different light, though I hope not. The debt for the school building, the old Baptist church, is the only one against the school district. The court house debt we know to be ten thousand dollars still unpaid. The town is responsible for the court house debt, as well as its proportionate part of the school house uebt, but the whole county is responsible for the county debt. I make it plain in order that it may be understood by every one who wishes to understand it. The county debt approximately eight to lime thousand; the scnooi ouiiuing six bum!red, and tbe court house debt ten thousand; total, $19,500. In addition to this indebtedness we have in contemplation the building of a graded school house to cost under the provisions of the act, ten thousand dollars. .The first three items the tax payers can stand because they are compelled jto do so, but when and where will the county debt stop ? I confess that I can see 110 end to the gradual increase. So far as the building of the ten thousand dollar graded school house, I have never known a more useless expenditure perpetrated upon a people. The old school building true may be uncomfortable and not altogether in appearance what the people desire, but all the same it is in a very convenient place for tho patrons, and with a cost of two thousand to twenty-five hundred dollars, it could be made an ornament to any town 110 larger than the town of Bamberg. Then why tax the people that already have a heavy burden to carry ? It must be remembered, too, that a large number of the tax payers in the district are very poor people. Take the case of the widow women of the district; we have no less than twenty to twenty-five widows, many of whom are making their living by sewing day and night and at the same time having but little in the way of comforts ?in this life. They, too, are to be taxed to pay these debts. 1 have been taught all my life that women, especially widow women, are suojecis 01 sympaiuy aiiu piwieuuuu. But in this day and time of the building of a graded school house their rights are ignored aud they are forced to fall into line and pay their taxes or lose the little shanty that covers their head from the rain and frosts. I am aware, Mr. Editor, that my opiuions in this case are worth nothing, but it is freedom of speech that I glory in. T. J. Counts. Bamberg, S. G\, March 10,1903. [We disagree with Col. Counts as regards the new graded school building being a useless expenditure. We regard -it the wisest and most useful money our people have expended in some time for public improvements. Towns much smaller and poorer than Bamberg have handsome graded school buildings, and the appearance of the present building is one of the worst advertisements the town can have. Strangers who see it will likely think that if we care no more for our children than to provide such an uncomfortable and shabby building for them to be educated in, that we must be a very heartless and unprogressive people. Our correspondent says that "a large number of the taxpayers of the district are very poor people." We fail to see where this is any argument against increasing taxes. If a large number of taxpayers are "very poor," then so much the better for them in this instance, as they will have so little taxes to pay. Every man will doubtless subscribe to the sentiment in regard to women and widow women, but there is no provision of law exempting a woman's property from taxation, and there is no reason why any person owning property should be relieved from paying taxes. The principle of taxation is just and right, inasmuch as it places the burden of governmeut upon those owning property. If a poor widow woman is so fortunate as to own property, then it is nothing but right and just that taxes on it should be paid. However, there is no use to argue the question at length; our people have already voted almost unanimously on the subject one time, thus showing that they believed a new building to be a necessity, and they will no doubt do so again. But this matter is one dear to the heart of the writer. We have labored long and earnestly for the building, and we could not resist the pressure of saying a few words. We like the spirit exhibited by the Colonel in signing his name to articles instead of using a nom de plume, and wish that more writers in the newspapers would do likewise, but we must believe he is wrong in opposing the new graded school building.? Ei>. Herald.J The Delineator for April. The April Delineator presents the usual up-to-date display of fashions and a delightful collection of literary features. In fiction there are two tine short stories: A Heathen Virtue, a tale of Virginia in Colonial days, written by Martha McCulloch-Williams, and illustrated by George Gibbs; and The Shoot-up at Laramie Camp, a breezy story of the plains by Minna C. Smith, with pictures by Harry Stacey Benton. In Thyra \arrick, Mrs. Barr's powerful story, "the interest is splendidly sustained, although the end of the serial is near. The first of ? - - - ? . . J 1 _ N. Hudson Moore's papers on nowers is given with beautiful illustrations, and u novel cookery series by Miles Bradford begins with An International Dinner. There is a page of exclusive photographs of Mary Manneriug, the popular actress. An Out of-town House, of moderate cost and of especially attractive interior arrangements is described aud illustrated, and of further interest to the home is Dr. Grace Peckham Murray's article ou Heating and Ventilation lu Miladi, Clara E. Laughlin discusses the service problem, aud Mrs. Birney presents a thoughtful paper on Childhood. The departments: The Newest Books, Social Observances, Housefurnishing, The Kitchen, etc., are all interesting and helpful. Tilluian Brought the Mouey. Senator Tillman arrived in the city today from Washington, en route to Trenton, where he will spend a day or two before returning to Washington. He called on Governor Hey ward and brought with him a check for ^89,137, being the amount of the claim, with interest, which the state gets in the settlement with the United States government. The senator also brought an express receipt for $248,000 cancelled bonds of the state, part of the debt which was settled in adjusting the accounts. Senator Tillman prepared a lengthy statement giving the full history of the claims.?Columbia Kecord, Saturday, March 7. Honor Not Everything. In 1862 an iutimate friend of President Lincoln visited him in Washington and, finding the President rather depressed in spirits, said : "This being President isn't all it is supposed to be, is it, Mr. Lincoln?" "No," said Mr. Lincoln, his eye twinkling momentarily. "I feel sometimes like the Irishman who, after being ridden on a rail, said: 'If it wasn't for the honor av th' thing, I'd rather walk.' " ' SEVERE ATTACK OF ({RIP Cured by One Rottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. "When 1 had an attack of the grip last winter (thesecond one) I actually cured myself with one bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy," says Frank W. Perry, Editor of the Enterprise, Shortsville, N. V. "This is the honest truth, 1 at times kept from coughing myself to pieces by taking a teaspoonful of this remedy, and when the coughing spell would come on at night I would take a dose and it seemed that in the briefest interval the cough would pass off and I would go to sleep perfectly free from cough and its accompanying pains. To say that the remedy acted as a most agreeable surprise is putting it very mildly. I had no idea that it would or could knock out the grip, simply because I had never tried it for such a purpose, but it did, and it seemed with the second attack of coughing the remedy caused it to not only be of less duration, but the pains were far less severe, and I had not used the contents of one bottle before Mr. Grip had bid me adieu. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. All the Difference. The school board officer was inclined to be angry when he recently made a call at the home of the pupil whose absence had extended over a week. "Why hasn't your boy attended?" he inquired of the lad's mother, a genial. looking woman. "Why" she said "lie's past his l'tth year, an' me and his feyther-r think he's iifter-r having sehoolin' enough, sor." "Schoolin?r enough?" repeated the officer. "Why I did not finish my education till I was 23 !" "Be that so?" asked the mother in amazement. Then, reassuringly, after a J moment's hesitation, she said, "but that I boy of ours has br-rains!" A Remarkable Case. One of the most remarkable cases of a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs. Gertrude E. Penner, Marion, Ind , who was entirely cured by the use of One Minute Cough Cure. She says: "The coughing and straining so weakened me that I run down in weight from 148 to 92-pounds. I tried a number of remedies to no avail until I used One Minute Cure. Four bottles of this wonderful remedy cured me entirety of the cough, strengthened my lungs and restored me to my normal weight, health and strength." Bamberg Pharmacy. Clergymen who attended, the hearing on the Jerome excise biil at Albany proved to be very good story tellers. "The plea of the liquor dealers that they should be allowed to keep open legally on Sunday because the saloons are open anyhow," said the Rev. Dr. Howard Russell, "reminds me of the story of the boy who was tried for the murder of his father and mother. He was convicted, and when sentence was about to be pronounced upon him the judge asked him if he had anything to say why he ought not to be condemned. "'I think, Judge,' he said, 'that you ought to take into consideration the fact that I am only a poor orphan.' "?New York Times. 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 Bamberg Pharmacy; II. C. Rice, at Denmark. The argument often made against the views of President Eliot, of Harvard, and of President Roosevelt iu favor of large families is that it costs too much to rear lialf a do/en children nowadays. In the Primrose Minstrels they tell a story of a family named Little to whom this argument did not appeal. "You say you are tiie father of nine children ? "Yes, sir." "And you support your entire family on fen dollars a week ? " "Yes, sir." "llow can you possibly do it?" "Well, every Little helps." It Saved His Lee:. P. A. Dan forth, of LaGrange, Ga., suffered for six months with a frightful running sore on his leg; but writes that Bueklen's Arnica Salve wholly cured it in five days. For ulcers, wounds, piles, it's the best salve in the world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 els. Sold by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, of Denmark. Senator Mason, of Illinois, sat in his committee room the other day looking out at the sunshine and singing merrily, though somewhat off the key. "You seem happj', Billy," said a friend who came in. "for a man who has just been beaten for re-election." "Why not?" asked Mason. "I always try to look on the bright side of things. Do you remember the story of the Irish shoemaker out in Chicago who had both legs cut off by a train ? " 'Cheer up,' said the surgeon who came to trim hint up. 'It might have been worse You can still work at your trade.' "'Sure it might have been worse,' answered the Irishman. "Suppose I had been a chorus girl.'" More Riots. Disturbances of strikers are not nearly as grave as an individual disorder of the system. Overwork, loss of sleep, nervous tension will be followed by utter collapse, unless a reliable remedy is immediately employed. There's nothing so efficient to cure disorders of I he liver or kidneys as Electric Bitters. It's a wonderful tonic, and effective nervine and the greatest all around medicine for run down systems. It dispels nervousness, rheumatism, and neuralgia and expels malaria germs. Only 50c. and satisfaction guaranteed by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. liice, of Denmark. A New York preacher shows how a minister may live on $12 a month. A man who can do that is wasting his talents in the ministry; he ought to be in the newspaper business. Nurse (excitedly)?Oh, doctor, I have just given the patient a teaspoonful of ink by mistake. What shall I do? Doctor (calmly)?Give him a blotter to eat right away. The best pill 'neath the stars and stripes It cleanses the S3'stemand never gripes; Little Early Risers of wordly repute? Ask for DeWitt's and take no substitute, A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take and easy to act, but never failing in results, DeWitts's Little Early Risers arouse the secretions and act as a tonic to the liver, curing permanently. Bamberg Pharmacy. ('hanged the Sentence. Some of the keenest things said on the bench are attributed to the late Judge Walton, says the Lewistou Journal. While holding a term of the Supreme court at Augusta he sentenced a man to seven years in prison for a grave crime. The respondent's counsel asked for an investigation of the sentence on the ground that the prisoner's health was very poor. "Your Honor," said he, "I am satisfied that my client cannot live out half that sentence." "Well under those circumstances," said the iud<re. "I will make it for life instead of seven years." The respondent chose to abide .by the original sentence. Danger of Colds and Drip. The greatest danger from coins and grip is their resulting in pneumonia. If reasonable care is used, however, and Chamberlain's Cough Remedy taken,all danger will be avoided. Among the tens of thousands who have used this remedy for these diseases we have yet to learn of a single case havingresultedin pneumonia,whichshows conclusively that it is a certain preventive of that dangerous disease. It will cure a cold or an attack of the grip in less time than any other treatment. It is pleasant aud safe to take, For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy. LIABLE TO EXPLODE. HARMLESS HOUSEHOLD GOODS THAI ' ARE REALLY DANGEROUS. Sngar and Chlorate of Potash I? a Wicked Combination, and Flour Dust and Dry Air I? Fraught With Danger?Oddities of Gnncotton. At the premises of an English company there occurred some time ago a disastrous fire which completely gutted an enormous building and caused losses j aggregating $500,000. The fire was attributed to an explosion of malt. Any fine inflammable dust when mixed with a certain proportion of dry air will explode. There was a previous similar accident in a New York candy manufactory. A terrific explosion which wrecked the entire building was discovered to be due to the fact that particles of fine icing sugar had been allowed to invade the room where the furnaces were. An eminent authority on explosives declares that many of those accidents in coal mines usually attributed to fire damp have been caused by dry coal dust suspended in the galleries having been accidentally fired. Even so apparently as innocent a substance as flour becomes fearfully explosive when mixed in suitable proportions with dry air. * Al ?V? n 4- Via o nrAVDrl +A ADOllier SUUfUn licxr iuai uua F1V1.? w be extremely dangerous when stored in large quantities is chlorate of potash. A disaster some years ago in a big London factory proved the destructive powers of this simple remedy for colds. Sugar and chlorate of potash mixed form an explosive which has been tried | for blasting purposes, but so dangerous a compound is it that any explosive | containing these ingredients is not likei ly to pass the government tests in this country. I A good many years ago it was discovered that cellulose soaked in strong nitric acid changed from a substance I no more harmful than paper to a fierce explosive. The number of materials on which nitric acid will work a similar transformation Is almost endless. Wood, paper, straw, coal, peat, pitch, starch, sugar, tea tan, phosphorus, iron, einc, copper and magnesium are only a few that could be named. One of the best known and most terj rible of these mixtures is nitroglycerin, which is simply nitric acid and common glycerin mixed together and allowed to fall into a stream of water. Dynamite is nothing more than nitroglycerin absorbed by some spongy substance. Alum, asbestus, plaster of paris, sawdust, bran, meal, even dried and pounded potatoes, have been employed for this purpose, but the substance most commonly employed is what Is known as "kiesel guhr," or spongy I earth. This is the kind of clay formed of minute fossil shells, great beds of which are found in Germany and other parts of the world. Guncotton, which was first made in 1846, is the form of nitro compound, usually employed in war. It is manufactured from ordinary cotton waste treated with a mixture of nitric and sulphuric acids. There is one very curious point about guncotton. It cannot be made, from raw cotton in the bale; waste cotton is - ?A ? ? ?* ?T4> enama necessary ror 11s mnuumciuic. i?. a?mo as if the bleaching to which manufactured cotton has been subjected has something to do with fitting the waste for becoming explosive material. Oily waste is, however, completely useless for making guncotton, and if even a little is carelessly used a whole batch of the manufactured product may be spoiled. Guncotton is so extraordinarily sudden in its action that a small quantity has been exploded in contact with a heap of gunpowder and has failed to set fire to it The great advantage which guncotton possesses over all other explosives is that damp does not injure it In fact wet guncotton explodes with just as great violence as dry, but Is of course much harder to fire. Consequently it Is one of the safest explosives to carry, as It can be thoroughly wetted before packing and kept wet during transport For mining purposes or for use in war guncotton is usually compressed Into hard cakes. The cordite which is now used In British military rifles is a rather more compound substance, being composed of thirty-seven parts of guncotton mixed with fifty-eight of nitroglycerin and five parts of mineral Jelly. It is formed Into little cords each threeeighths of an inch in diameter. These are made up into little fagots which are placed in the cartridges. What seems a very odd substance from which to make an explosive is gutta percha. But by the action of ni " *' A J i-i.- - trie add it can De lurueu jiuo u iuhuidable detonator. Each country has its pet powder. The United States uses picrate of ammonia; the French have a beautiful, semitransparent, chestnut colored powder made of the nitrates of potassium and barium. Besides these there are dozens of explosives with fancy names such as balllstite, cannonite, rifleite, randite, plastomenite. These vary in size and shape of grain, color and power, but they all depend on the action of nitric acid for their explosive force.?Atlanta Constitution. Th* Belle and Her Dren. Once upon a time there was a famous belle who made frequent visits to her dressmaker and stayed quite long each time because she was particular about the fit of her gowns, and the modiste desired to please her. They would cut and fit and shape and work to bring every line and curve into proper relation, so that the effect would be artistic and pleasing to the eye. Moral.?Matters of form are often the Important matters.?New York Herald. ixood Story on Sam Jones. Mr. Van Horn, secretary of the Ashe ville Y. M. C. A., told another good story yesterday*to one of the Record's reporters on Sam Jones. "It was out in Tenuessee last fall," said Mr. Van Home, "and Sam Jones was holding a big revival meeting for 'men only.' The hall was packed, and, after speaking a short time, Sam Jones asked: " 'Is there a man in this house who has ever been to a place to which he would not take his wife ? If there is, let him hold up his hand.' "One man's hand went up. "'Why, there is only one man's hand up!' cried Jones. 'What! Only one man in this audience brave enough to acknowledge he has been to a place to which he wouldn't take his wife? My friend, I like your spirit. Come up to the front, i won't you, where all the rest of the men here can see one man who dared to tell the truth ?' "The man who held up his hand moved quietly up to the front of the church. " 'Now, my friend,' said Sam, 'won't '< you be good enough to tell us all about 1 it? Where was the place to which you 1 went but would not take your wife?' " 'I am glad of a chance to tell you, re- < plied the man, slowly. 'It was to hear < Sam Jones.' "And this is a good story that Sam < Jones himself does not tell."?Record. j ALMACK'S OF LONDON. A Famous Woman's Club of a Century or So Ako. About a century ago tlie seventh heaven of the fashionable world of London was a club known as Almack's, of which the patronesses were Lady Castlereagh, Lady Jersey, Lady Cowper (afterward Lady Palmerston), Lady Sefton, Mrs. Drummond Burrell (afterward Lady Willoughby), the Princess Esterhazy and the Countess Lieven. Their smiles or frowns consigned men and women to happiness or despair. It is hard for us to conceive the importance which was attached to getting admission to Almack's. Of the 300 officers of the Foot guards not more than half a dozen were honored with cards to this temple of the beau monde. The government was a pure despotism, as every government by woman is bourn' to be, and a host of intrigues was set set in motion to get an invitation. Very often persons of rank who had the entree anywhere were excluded from the club. Such as were admitted had to dress in conformity with the edict of the tyrants, no gentleman being allowed to appear at the assemblies except in knee breeches, white cravat and crush hat. On one occasion the Duke of Wellington was about to ascend the stairs to the ballroom dressed in black trousers when the guardian of the establishment stepped forward and said, "Your grace cannot be admitted in trousers," whereupon the duke, who had a great respect for orders, quietly walked away.?New York Press. A Pan That Palled. At a public dinner a careless waiter stumbled when bringing in a boiled tongue. The tongue slipped over the edge of the dish upon the tablecloth. "Never mind," said the chairman cheerfully, "it's only a lapsus linguae" (slip of the tongue). The joke was received with a burst of laughter. A gentleman present, who had no knowledge of Latin, yet saw what boisterous merriment it caused, secretly determined that he would repeat the whole performance" at his next little dinner party at home and give his guests a great laugh at his wit. The occasion arrived. There was to be a leg of mutton, and the host had instructed the waiter to let it fall when coming in. The waiter did so, to the great dismay of the guests. "Oh, never mind," cried the host cheerfully, "it's only a lapsus linguse." To his great disgust and astonishment, however, nobody seemed to see It, and now he is suspicious that something must have gone wrong somewhere?Pearson's. Appealed to the Powers. The late Joseph Medill, editor of the Chicago Tribune, besides being an Indefatigable editor, had a decided vein of humor in his composition. During the last years of his life, as his strength permitted, he watched over his paper as zealously as in his younger days, and it was his custom to scan the columns of certain favorite exchanges and clip from them extensively, marking them on the margins, "J. M.?Must," meaning that the extracts must go In. It was one of his great griefs that there was not always room for all of them, even when columns of live editorial matter had been crowded out, as they were sometimes, to make room for them. One night he went up to the room of the night editor with a bundle of clippings in his hand. "Mr. Ransom," he said to that official, with a twinkle in his eye, "I wish you would use your influence to have these printed in the paper tomorrow morning."?Youth's Companion. A Nourishing Drink. The whites of raw eggs are very nourishing. A good way to prepare the drink, according to one who knows, is to break the white into a jar with what milk is desired and shake the two thoroughly together. A pinch of salt should be added. An English specialist recommends to adult patients suffering from anaemic condition the daily consumption of eight or ten egg whites. They can be taken clear and with ease if the eggs are kept very cold, broken into a cold glass and used at once. Another excellent drink is made by beating the white of an egg to a froth and adding a tablespoonful of rich cream and a spoonful of brandy. This Is a very nourishing cordial for an invalid. Economical. Farmer Skinflint (reading sign)? "Eyesight Tested Free of Charge." Gracious! Mandy, in I go an' find out if it's hurtin' my eyesight tew read the paper. Mandy?An' if It is are yew goin' tew squander good money on spectacles? Farmer Skinflint?No; I'm gcln' tew give up the paper. Gold Only For Royalty. It is a notable fact that in Abyssinia none but those who are related to the monarch is permitted to wear gold in any form. They may deck themselves ?o?/1 A^Vini* WILLI UliXLUUliUa auu UlUEl i.v.iuuu gtones, but the Jewels must not be set In gold. The penalty for infringement of this law Is death by decapitation. Thanked. She?Yes, I taid you I'd always be a sister to you, and I'll be glad to hear anything you have to say to me. He?Six months ago you told me I'd tjiank you some day for refusing me. Let me do so at once. You can't hold a candle to the girl I'm engaged to, now. I His Embittered Existence. Checks?You're the sourest, worst tempered man In town. Black?Well, you see, I live next door to a public school.?Chicago News. The Stomach Is th? Man. A weak stomach weakens the man, because it cannot transform the food he eats into nourishment. Health and strength cannot he restored to any sick man or weak woman without first restoring I 1.1. 1 ..... ... 1. ... ,|,Q A ueuilll auu MICI^ui iw (Illy nu/umvti. +m. weak stomach cannot digest enough food to feed the tissues and revive the tired and run down limbs and organs of the body. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cleanses, purifies, sweetens and strengthens the glands and membranes of the stomach, and cures indigestion, dyspepsia and all stomach, troubles. Bamberg Pharmacy. Father?I wonder what's the matter with Nellie this morning. She acts like oue possessed. Mother?She probably is. I noticed a new ring on her finger when she came downstairs. What's In a Name? Everything is in the name when it comes to Witch Hazel Salve. E. C. DeWitt A Co. of Chicago discovered some years ago how to make a salve from witch hazel that is a specific for piles. For blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles, eczema, cuts, burus, bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitt's Salve has no equal. This has given rise to numerous worthless counterfeits. Ask for DeWitt's?the genuine. Bamberg Pharmacy. i A HOG'S MOUTH. The Way It Enables the Animal to Eat Hickory Nuts. "People often wonder how it is that a hog can get all the kernel out of a hickory nut, or any other kind of nut for that matter, without swallowing any of the shell," said a man from the country, "but .as a matter of fact there Is nothing mysterious about the process. Mind you, hogs don't swallow any of these harder substances. They get rid of them, and then it is just as easy for them to get rid of the shell of a nut as it is for a man or a squirrel. You might think because a hog crushes the nut into small fragments that he would necessarily swallow a good portion of the hull. But he doesn't do any such thing. "It is a conceded fact among men who know anything about the subject that the horse is the most perfectly constructed animal in the world, considering the purposes for which the horse is used and its method and habits in life. But I want to put in a good word for the hog when it comes to the thing of J cracking and eating nuts' without getting any of the harder substances into the stomach. The horse has very fine teeth. The back teeth particularly are i finely constructed with a view of ena bling the horse to crush its food well before passing it into the stomach.' These heavy grinders, heavily set in the horse's jaw, are looked upon as marvels. So they are. "But what's the matter with the teeth of the hog? What's the matter with that marvelous process by which they separate the kernel of the nut from the hull? It has occurred to me that this is no small achievement, and nature is at least entitled to some sort of tribute for her skill in making this result possible. In the first place the hog's tongue is more sensitive than would be supposed, and it can easily detect the harder from the softer substances. By some sort of process the hog is able to work the bits of a hickory nut hull over to the sides of its mouth, the tongue being used for the purpose, and here they are thrown out at the corners. Probably you have noticed that the corners of a hog's mouth are somewhat different from the corners of the mouths of other animals. The lines of the mouth do not end so pointedly, and hence it is a much easier thing for the hog to work the harder substances which he does not care to swallow out through these little openings."?New Orleans Times-Democrat A FEW WHYS. Why do many employers say their clerks are a stupid lot and unworthy of their consideration? Why do many clerks look with envy on their employers and rage over every correction or sharp word? Why do many persons behave more courteously and kindly to outsiders than they do to the ones they really love the best of all? Why do many men laugh at women's lack of business ability and yet sneer and rather look down on the woman who shows she has some? Why do many children resent anything their parents say and look on them as bores and long to be grown up so as to escape from them? Why do many rich folk look on their poor relatives as being always on the lookout for favors *and so prevent the poor relatives from giving them little presents or being natural with them? Why do many husbands work hard for their wives and family, but never think how the wife would appreciate an invitation to the theater, a little dinner at a restaurant a box of candy or some flowers brought home unasked?? Chicago Record-Herald. Time In Japan. The Japanese divide the twenty-four hours into twelve periods, of which six belong to the night and six to the day, their day beginning at sunrise and ending at sunset Whether the day or night be long or short, there are always six periods in each. To attain this the characters or numerals on the scale are adjustable. Two of them are set one to agree with the sunrise, the other with sunset, and the four characters between them divide the space into equal portions. Thus when the period of daylight is longer than the night the day hours will- be proportionately. longer than those at night Another peculiarity In their scale Is that they use only six characters, those from four to nine, and these read backward.?London Express. Didn't Move on Time. A typical tough boy, aged thirteen, was committed to a certain asylum not long ago by a city magistrate. "What did you do that they sent you here?" asked the superintendent mildly. "Huh! They sent me up Just for playing a game," snarled the boy. "What game?" asked the superintendent. "Checkers wid de police," he explained. "It was me move, an' I didn't move, so dey jumped me." He had been arrested for loitering.? New York Tribune. The Carat. We talk of a diamond being so many Carats in weight The carat was originally the seed of the Abyssinian carat flower. These seeds are very equal in size and so were at one time used in weighing gold and precious stones. Today the carat as applied to gold means simply the twenty-fourth part of the weight of any piece of gold or alloy of gold. You may refuse to believe a compliment, but it was a good deal like a snowball. It left a spot on you.?Atchison Globe. Tragedy Averted. "Just in the nick of time our little boy was saved" writes Mrs. W. Watkins of Pleasant City, Ohio. "Pneumonia had played sad havoc with him and a terrible cough set in besides. Doctors treated him, but he grew worse every day. At length we tried Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, and our darling was saved He's now sound, and well." Everybody ought to know, it's the only sure cure for coughs, colds and all lung diseases. Guaranteed by Bamberg Pharmacy; H. C. Rice, of Denmark. Price 50c and $1.00. Trial bottles free. Yoa Know What Yon Are Taking "When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is plainly printed on every bottle showing that it is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure, no pay. Price 50c. A father fearing au earthquake in the region of his home sent his two bo}rs to a distant friend until the peril should be over. A few weeks after, the father received this letter from his friend: "Please take your boys home and send down the earthquake." To Cure a Cold in One l)ay Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets, All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on each box. 25c. i DRUGS KILL MORE THAN DISEASE iff The leading doctors say: "There are more deaths caused by drugs than disease; if every one would keep his system fortified with an invigorating stimulant and leave drugs alone the death rate would be lowered." Statistics show that these doctors are right and this is why all leading doctors prescribe Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey exclusively for Consumption, Grip, ^ Bronchitis, Asthma, Catarrh, Coughs, dyspepsia, malaria and all low fevers, nervous prostration, female troubles, sleeplessness and weakness from whatever cause; all these diseases are caused by rundown conditions of the system, DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY 1 builds new tissue; it enriches and stimulates the blood, aids digestion, tones up the heart, invigorates the brain and strengthens the system so it throws off disease. It kills the germs. 'Mr. and Mrs. Adam Livingood of Blverson, Pa., who have been married 65 years, say Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has prolonged their happy union many years beyond their silver wedding. Mr. Livingood is 91 years old and his wife is 84. They are both hale and hearty and feel vigorous as a couple 50 years of age. Mrs. Matilda Watts, who is 63 years of age, says Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey cured her of grip and has kept her strong and well. "I suffered terribly with the grip and and tried every known remedy. Changes of weather always found me in bed, and I often felt as if life was not worth the living. Picking up a newspaper one day, I read of the great benefit derived from the use of Duffy's Malt Whiskey and sent for a bottle. The beneficial effects were almost instantaneous. The terrible lassitude with which I had suffered so long disappeared. I was completely cured and have felt no bad after effects, and to-day, - - - ? V? OA at the age of 63, I feel as tnougn i was omj ow. . . Mrs. Matilda Watts, 234 W. 40th St.. N. Y. C." New York's leading doctor said: "Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey is food already * ? digested." i If you wish to keep young, strong and vigorous and have on your cheek the glow of perfect health, take DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY, regularly, a table- _ . .. epoonful in half a glass of water or milk three times a day and take no other . medicine. It is dangerous to fill your system with drugs; thdy poison the systezi| . - .*? and depress the heart. "Duffy's" Is an absolutely pure stimulant and tonic, free . .vjg from fysel oil and other dangerous ingredients so common in malt whiskeys. . CURES WITHOUT DRUGS M Quinine depresses the heart, while DUFFY'S PURE MALT WHISKEY tonefi and strengthens the heart action, in- JgB WggATOjk. eigorates the brain, purifies the entire lystem and keeps it in a normally healthy condition. It kills all disease germs and Caution?When yon ask for Duffy's uXf YnA Pure Malt WhiMkey be sure you get if ml ImI- . J? the genuine. Unscrupulous dealers, If*ft > |C| mindful of the excellence of this ll'l 121 preparation, will try to sell cheap II 1 Imitations, and so-called Malt U { | Whiskey substitutes, which are put 1 on the market for profit only, and tt Y M which far from relieving the sick, U ifir are positively harmful. Demand w VglC "Duffy's" and be sure you get it. It is the only absolutely pure malt whiskey which contains medicinal, healthgivlng qualities. Look for liAVVv^ ? the trade-mark, 'The Old Chemist," on tne tauei. > . _ . Duffy's Pure Malt Whiskey has cured millions in the last 50 years. Ittepra* scribed by over 7,000 doctors and used exclusively by 2,000 prominent hospitals,The genuine is SOLD AT ALL DISPENSARIES, or direct at $1.00 a bottle. It is the only whiskey recognized by the Government . as a medicine. Valuable medical booklet sent free. Duffy Malt Whiskey Company, r '- ;. Rochester. N Y. 45 HEAD 45 |?| OF FINE Jf Horses and Mules Just arrived at Jones Bros'. Stables. Get one whije they are going. Some extra fine stock in this ipf, so come be g lore they are picKea over, we can piease everyooay. . I JONES BROS. I l ^ ^I i stepping stone: to imperii; i THE SUCCESSFUL PLANTER 3 FERTILIZES HIS LANDS |g|| The Virginia/Carolina Chemical Co, "Manufactures the best Fertilizers on Earth". r IVirgtnia-Carolina Chemical Co* j CHARLESTON. & C. < Baggies ??'Wegons Money T0 LoAN APPLY TO We have received one carload of anchor buggies. Izlar Bros. $lUeef?$m One carload of ENGER BUGGIES. AUoraeys and Connselors at Law, j-% I..J .f .v. DtllDVD/1 n TT on ana one canoau m iiic? n.? o. IIA V DOCK BUGGIES. \ # ^7 - * ? h., f Buff Cochins, We can^ surely suit you in a vehicle of Mrs. S. E. Bates, Plaintiff, against Paui EggS for Sale. Sl.00 fOP Del,. Black, as administrator of estate of J B Bales Setting of thirteen. By virtue of an execution in above en-1 ? titled case to me directed by C. B. Free, | f_| A j W -?? Clerkof said Court for Bamberg county, I ?J ll* /\l IllSTl OIlll| have levied upon and will sell at public RAMRFRP q r auction, in front of the court house door DAmde.rid, o. U. in the town of Bamberg, on Monday, FOR c a i c April 6th, 1903, the same being salesday run oaut, - - v in said month, during the legal hours of fillips Improved Cotton seed. For sale, to the highest bidder, the following prices write or call on described real estate: *! IJ I HILLIPS, Phillips, 8. 0, All that tract of land lying, being and -B1AiliB1Jk ~ ' Vs situate in Buford's Bridge township, B*m- ri]n|ft|rO 11 fill LuO berg county, state of South Carolina, pra|||ni|l'A HS III r|j\ containing sixty-two acres, more or less, ?I1 vlllwVI UUIbLIIV and bounded as follows, to wit: On the GINS and PRESSES. North by lands of Kate D.Kjrkland. East Complete Cotton, Saw, Grist, Oil an# by lands of R. C. Kirkland, formerly of Fertilizer Mil! Outfits: also Gin Press " ^ Misses L'ila and Nona Kirkland, West by Cane, Mill and Shingle Outfits. Build lands of Mrs. Vbda Drawdy. and South i ingi Bridge, Factory, Furnace and Rail by lands of Dr. E. Kirkland. Terms cash | road Castings; Railroad, Mill, Factory ' i and purchaser to pay for papers i and Machinists' Supplies. Belting, Pack * This property was sold at public outcry ! ingj injectors, Pipe Fittings, Saws, Files on the first Monday m January, and this Oilers, Etc., cast every day. Work 150 is a resale, at risk of former purchaser.. If! hands. SSifSS Loiari Iron Wis Sully Go J. B. HUNTER, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. Sheriff Bamberg County. Foundry, Machine, Boiler aDd Gin Bamberg, S. C., March 10th, 1903. Worka. Reoairing Promptly Done. :