The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, August 06, 1903, Image 2
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The Bamberg Herald.
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THURSDAY, August 6,1903.
Give us/oh, give us the man who is
true to his friends!
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. , It is a significant fact that at many of
I the good roads meetings recently held in
? ^ this State, resolutions were passed asking
the legislature to sell the State farms and
let the convicts be put to work on the
public highways. This will come, too,
* sooner or later.
As work is soon to begin on the roads
under the appropriation of |2,000 by city
council, we think it well to remind our
friends in the country that our people
have taxed themselves to build and improve
theseroads and itis not costing them
one cent. Therefore, where new roads
tl>p piti7pnsin that section
; should co-operate with the committee appointed
by council and see to it that the
b right of way is donated. Parties who
live on the route of a proposed new road,
should be willing to give a right of way,
for it will be a great benefit to them and
their property. Let all persons interested
in this most important work co-operate
with each other in order that we may
get the best results from the money expended.
The Eneampment.
Last week, beginning July 27th, the
o 'Guards saw the fruition of th'eir fondest
? 3 dreams in the first annual encampment
of the second regiment at Chaleston's
I- popular resort, the Isle of Palms.
Leaving here Monday, the 27th, at 9.10
we arrived in Charleston at about elevens'
thirty and were transferred immediately
^ to the wharf where we boarded the commodious
excursion boat, the "Commodore
Perry," and after a short, pleasant sail
landed at Sullivan's Island. From thence
we were transferred by trolly to the Isle
of Palms and given about an hoar to refresh
and wait for the trolly freight to
.. bring in the tents, stoves, blankets, mess
kits and other necessary camp equipment
which arrived about 4.80 and were
i..". immediately unloaded and taken charge
of by the several companies.
Before sundown, thanks to the hard
- v work of the men, the formerly bare
. beach began to present a very lively and
|picturesque appearance. The long rows
of khaki dwellings stretching away down
the beach for about two miles and standing
out against a back ground of palm
trees, the snow capped waves coming
rolling and dancing in from the deep blue
sea, men in khaki trousers and blue shirts
hurrying to and fro along the beach as
the golden sun was sinking in the West
ern horizon, made a picture that will be
Rg-.v,- hard to forget.
The first meal was eaten about 7.30 p.
I&ir ; \ m. and consisted of ham sandwiches and
I coffee. By 8.30 the men were assigned to
quarters and given general leave until
10.30. Many taking- advantage of the
opportunity, took a dip in the surf. All
retired early the first night and were i
awakened at 5.30 the next morning by the 1
silvery toned bugles proclaiming the first
call for reveille, and ten minutes later i
reveille was sounded. After roll call
& short rest then drill call and as- 1
sembly for company drill, which lasted i
for an hour. As soon as they were dis- i
missed mess call was sounded for break- i
fast, then next in order was battalion :
drill for an hour, then general leave until
4.30 p. m. when the bugles again sounded
'i\ , the boys to battalion drill for another
hour. After this came the crowning
? feature of the day, dress parade, which
was witnessed by thousands of spectators.
- The parade was led by the Columbia
drum and bugle corps, and the way the
companies conducted themselves in this
sgr their first test called forth unstinted
praise from the spectators and army offi?
cers.
The Bamberg Guards, company G, was
tthe color company and received cheer
after cheer each day as they passed in review
for their perfect alignment.
. The program was repeated each succeeding
day, the men showing more and
? more improvement each time.
The ball Friday night attracted, to&
. gether with the dress parade and review
by the governor, the largest crowd that
(a has ever visited the isle or raims.
Sunday morning the Rev. ?. M. Lightfoot,
chaplain of the regiment, preached
a fine sermon from the text: "I have
played the fool and erred exceedingly."
Mrs. W. G. Smith acted as pianist, and was
assisted by a volunteer choir from the
different companies, which rendered
* - many familiar airs.
Sunday afternoon at 3.80 o'clock the
first band, artillery corps, arrived and
gave a concert until 7.30. They then led
the troops in their last dress parade.
Dress parade over mess came next,
then orders were received to strike camp
and in another hour the old company
street presented a very deserted appearance,
for everything was packed ready for
moving, and the company being formed
marched down to the pavilion where we
were dismissed and waited for the 10.45
p. m. car to takers back to Charleston
where we passed the balance of the night
in sweet repose at thcsannory of the German
Fusiliers.
Awakening at 5.00 a. m. Monday we
.-v., were hurriedly marched to the depot and
starred on our homeward journey, with
many pleasant memories stored away in
the recess of our hearts.
The Bathroom.
afeg :.v~Although
the bathroom and its equipment
are most important factors in preserving
the family health, the perfection
-"C.. of modern plumbing and bath room appurtenances
reduces the problem of this
department of hygiene to a minimum.
The main concern of the modern home
builder is the introduction of couven?%
iences and comforts into this room. The
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luxuries provided for me moueru uaiuroom
are many, and are features even in
homes of moderate cost. Useful advice
in regard to fitting up the bathroom is
given in a paper in The Delineator for
September, and illustrations of model
bathrooms and toilet accessories add to
its suggestiveness.
G. C. Clemens, of Topeka, Kan., a
smart lawyer, secured the acquittal of a
jointist last week, although the evidence
against him was conclusive. Mr. Clemens
ignored the testimony and in his speech
to the jury related how his client did
heroic work during the flood, risking his
life one hundred times to rescue drowning
women and children in North
Topeka. When he finished the jurors
were iu tears and agreed quickly that
such a noble soul could never have sold
liquor contrary to the statutes made and
provided in Kansas.
The Death Penalty.
A little thing sometimes results in
death. Thus a mere scratch, insignificant
cuts or puny boils have paid the death
penalty. It is wise to have Eucklen's
Arnica Salve ever handy. It's the best
salve on earth and will prevent fatality,
when burns, sores, ulcers and pihs
threaten. Only 2oc. at J. B. Black, Bam- j
berg; H. C. Rice, Denmark.
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Dots from St. Johns.
St. John's, August J.?A very welcome
rain fell here last Thursday uight, aud
;rops iu this immediate section are tiue.
Mr. \V. L. Mitchuin has thirty acres of
;ottou which it is believed will make
Jiirty bales or more.
The protracted meeting at Carter's
Ford Baptist church was well represented
from our neighborhood.
There has been a irreat deal of sickness
iu this section, but I am glad to say that
all the sick ones are improving now.
Mr. J. H. Mitehum, who has been staying
iu Florida, is at home again.
Misses Vena Brelaud and HeuaKiuard.
who have been visiting at Weiuier's, returned
home Sunday.
We are expecting to have a good time
at the Crocketville picnic. There will be
a game of ball in the afternoon between
Hampton and Kearse.
Kearse's second nine crossed bats with
Buford's Bridge recently. The score was
24 to 9 iu favor of Kearse.
There was a barbecue at Saltkehatchie
last Thursday, which was well attended
aud eujoyed by all. Also a game of ball
between Uliner and Hickory Hill. The
game commenced at 2.80 o'clock and was
called at the end of the 8th inning on ac
count of darkness. Score 12 to 18 in
favor of Ulmer.
Messrs. vv ii. much urn ami uwreure
Shaw speut Saturday ami Sunday in
Hampton.
Colston Echoes.
Colston, August 4.?We are having
very warm weather now, and also nice
showers of rain which we were very much
in need of.
The farmers are gathering their fodder
this week.
The protracted meeting at Colston
Branch church will begin the third Sunday
in August, the 16th. There will be
one services on Saturday afternoon and
there will be two on Sunday and dimmer
on the grounds. The meetiug will go on
a few days that week. Everybody is invited
to attend.
Miss Brown, from Augusta, is on a
visit at Mr. J. B. All's.
Mrs. Mary Woolley has returned to
her home at Barnwell, after spending
some time with her daughter, Mrs. T. C.
Clavton.
Mr. Wildon Clayton is visiting his sister,
Mrs. Isham Goodwin.
Misses Amanda and Blanche Bishop
visited Misses Lucia Clayton and Ida
Woolley last week.
We are all looking forward to the Sunday
school convention at Mount Pleasant
Lutheran church, which will begin
Friday.
Miss Corrie Kinard, from Norway, is
visiting on Colston.
Affairs in Allendale.
Allendale, August 1.?The watermelon
season is about over at this point.
There will be a few cars of good melons
shipped next week probably. Most of
the melon planters are well satisfied with
the yield of melons and the prices they
got for them?some getting as high as
two hundred dollars a car net. Corn and
cotton are doing very well.
On Thursday night duriug a severe
thunder storm the telegraph and telephone
wires leading into the depot here
were struck by lightning, and the depot
set on fire in two places. The blaze was
extinguished with little damage.
Miss Gertrude Mixon left on Friday
for Atlanta, Ga., where she goes to take
a special course in stenography and typewriting.
Mr. S. G. Lawton ana family iett yesterday
for their summer trip to the mountains
of North Carolina.
Mr. J. G. Stoney and sister, Miss Tison,
have gone to Saluda for the summer.
The Seaboard Cotton Oil Company has
about completed its buildings, and will
commence putting in the machinery in a
few days. Mr. J. E. Yarborough, of
Atlanta, has beeu appointed manager for
the mill.
Public Improvement Society.
Editor The Bambeko Herald:?I
wish to mention a noteworthy act of one
of our citizens and to point a moral. Our
mill people generally have very little of
the beautiful in their lives and homes.
Tbeir's is a life of toil, honest toil. Most
of it is passed at their homes, on the way
to the mill, and at the mill. Their homes
are rented and they do not care to adorn
those homes when there is a possibility of
their leaving at any time. Until recently
there was hardly a vestige of trees or
shrubbery at their homes or at the mill?
all bare ground. Reader, do you not believe
that one who lives in beautiful surroundings
will more likely lead a beautiful
life ? Superintendent Black found the
old mill an unsightly place. (No reflections.)
He has now transformed the unused
courtyard to the left of the building
into a pretty garden, at very little or no
expense. Who will say that those few
flowers have had no influence for good ?
If he who makes two blades of grass (except
nut grass) grow where only one
grew before is a benefactor, what of him
who make the rose, the lily or the violet
grow where nothing grew ?
The idea suggested is this: A Village
Improvement Society with Supt. Black as
president. Some may think that there is
nothing much a society could do here.
Let's see. Our streets first. The}' need
more shade trees and those already growing
protected. Ditches are flowing
through some of them, making them unsightly.
They ought to be covered. The
streets would look better if cleared of all
standing vehicles of every kind, garbage,
boxes, poles, trash, and merchandise displayed
for advertising purposes. I hope
you will keep on working for those cross
ings at the railroad, Mr. Editor, me appearance
of tbe railroad through the town
could be vastly improved. The grounds
around our churches and school houses
need attention. Mr. Black might extend
the work already begun to the homes of
the operatives. We ought to have at least
one pretty country drive. How easy to
have a fountain at each public artesian
well. Other public buildings and grounds
will come in for their share of attention.
Such a society properly conducted will
add dollars aud cents to all town property.
We cannot discount appearances, whether
in individuals or iu municipalities. A
neatly kept town will attract people.
Aikeu has a society anil Bamberg ought
to have one. Otis Brabham.
Bamberg, S. C., August 4,1903.
Not Over-Wise.
There is an old allegorical picture of a
girl scared at a grass-hopper, but in the
act of heedlessly treading on a snake.
This is paralled by the man who spends
a large sum of money building a cyclone
cellar, but neglects to provide his family
with a bottle of Chamberlain's colic,
cholera and diarrhoea remedy as a safeguard
against bowel complaints, whose
victims outnumber those of the cyclone a
hundred to one. This remedy is everywhere
recoguized as the most prompt and
reliable medicine in use for these diseases.
For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy.
The Editor and the Preacher.
A preacher came at a newspaper mau
iu this way: "You editors do not tell the
truth. If you did you could not live; your
newspapers would be a failure." Tbe editor
replied: "You are right, aud the
minister who will at all times, and under
all circumstances tell the whole truth
about his members, alive or dead, will
not occupy his pulpit more tbau one Sun
day, and then he will lind it necessary to
leave town in a hurry. The press and
the pulpit go hand in hand, with whitewash
brashes and pleasant words magnifying
little virtues into big ones. The
pulpit, the peu, and the gravestone are
the great saint-making triumvirate." And
the great minister went away looking
very thoughtful, while the editor turned
to his work and told of .the surpassing
beauty of his bride, while in fact she was
as homely as a mud fence.
Fats an End to it All.
A grievous wail ofttimes comes as a
result of unbearable pain from over
taxed organs Dizziness, backache, liver
complaint and constipation. But thanks
to Dr. King's new life pills they put an
? nd to it all. They are gentle but thorough.
Try them. Only 25c. Guaranteed
ty J. B. Black, Bamberg; U, C. Bice,
Denmark,
A Large Fish.
The largest eatlish ever seen in Aiken
was offered for sale ou Laurens street, on
Saturday. The iish was brought to Aiken
by March Harrison, whose brother caught
it in the Savannah river, and weighed
pounds, was 3 feet long and measured
y iuches across the head, and it required
four men to land it when hooked. The
lish could not be sold whole, so it was
butchered aud sold in pieces.?Journal
and Review.
Boy Cured of Colic After Physician's
Treatment Had Failed.
My boy when four years old was taken
with colic and cramps in his stomach. I
sent for the doctor and he injected morphine,
but the child kept getting worse.
1 then gave him half a leaspoonful of
Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy, aud in half an hour he was
sleeping and soon recovered.?F. L. Wilkins,
Shell Lake, Wis. Mr. Wilkins is
book-keeper for the Shell Lake Lumber
Co. For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy.
A Unique Steam Whistle.
Messrs. Hearn Brothers, at Whitakers,
have a steaui whistle at their factory that
is certainly unique and sure to attract
attention. The city editor of the Motor
was in that busy little town last Saturday
afternoon, and when 6 o'clock came the
whistle blew. The bustle and hurry
among the crowd almost ceased; people
stopped talking and listened, for that
whistle, distinctly making the notes of
"Home Sweet Home," doubtless carried
many minds and hearts back to other
days. The notes were not harsh and discordant,
but pleasing to the ear. It was
unlike anything we ever heard, except
possibly the steam calliope, and the
whistle made the best music.?Rocky
Mount (N. C.) News.
Dysentery Cured W ithout the Aid of a
Doctor.
" I am just up from a hard spell of the
flux," (dysentery) says Mr. T. A. Pinner,
a well known merchant of Drummond,
Tenn. "I used one small bottle of
Chamberlain's colic, cholera and diarrhoea
remedy and was cured without having a
doctor. I consider it the best cholera
medicine in the world." There is no
need of employing a doctor when this
remedy is used, for no doctor can prescribe
a better medicine for bowel complaint in
any form, either for children or adults.
It never fails and is pleasant to take.
For sale by Bamberg Pharmacy.
Postmaster C. J. Thompson, of Defiance,
Ohio, says a special despatch from
Toledo, was horsewhipped last Wednesday
morning by Cora Prater, a colored
girl. Thompson offered no resistance,
but secured the names of all the witnesses
to the affair. The cause for the whip
ping is a supposed grievance which the
girl had in regard to her mail, one of her
letters having been confiscated by the
department. The Prater girl is the only
colored person who ever graduated from
the Defiance High School.
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Herbine
Renders the bile more fluid and thus
helps the blood to flow; it affords prompt
relief from biliousness, indigestion, sick
and nervous headaches, and the overindulgence
in food and drink. Herbine
acts quickly, a dose after meals will
bring the patient into a good condition
in a few days. G. L. Caldwell, Agt. M.
K. and T. R. R., Checotah, lnd. Ter.,
writes, April 18, 1903: VI was sick for
over two years with enlargement of the
liver and spleen. The doctors did me no
good, and I had given up all hope of
being cured, when my druggist advised
me to use Herbine. It has made me
sound and well." 50c. Sold by Dr. H. F.
: Hoover, Bamberg. S. C.
The Sequel.
The double-chinned party with the
white gaiters smilingly ushered himself
in.
"Here's a book I'd like to leave," he
pleasantly announced. "It's entitled the
'A B C of Getting Rich Quick.'"
Jenkins looked at it with a great show
of interest.
"Very rosy," commented Jenkins, "very
rosy. Now have you got the X Y Z of
the same series?"
StoD That Caagh!
When a cough, a tickling or an irritatation
in the throat maks you feel uncomfortable,
take Ballard's Horehound
Syrup. Don't wait until the disease has
gone beyond control. Mr. and Mrs. J. A.
Andersou, 854 West 5th St., Salt Lake
City, Utah, writes: 44 We think Ballard's
Horehound Syrup the best medicine for
coughs and colds. We have used it for
several years; it always gives immediate
relief, is very pleasant and gives perfect
satisfaction." 25c., 50c., $1.00. Sold by
Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C.
Legal Blanks.
We have in stock and for sale the following
legal blanks:
Title to Real Estate.
Bond.
Mortgage of Real Estate.
Bond for Title.
Note and Mortgage.
Lien on Crop and Mortgage.
Bill of Sale.
Land Rent Lien.
Bench Warrant.
Subpoena Ticket (for magistrates and
circuit court.)
Subpoena Writ.
Commitment.
Arrest Warrant for Witnesses.
Summons for Relief.
Copy Summons for Relief.
Notice of Pendency of Action.
Mail orders solicited which will be
promptly filled.
To Care a Cold ia 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. ^>e.
To see the best stock of buggies, wagons,
aud harness visit G. Frauk Bamberg's
place. He has just gotten them?no old
shop-worn stuff, and the prices are right.
The State Fair belongs to the whole
State, every couutv should assert it's
ownership and send enough exhibits to
capture its share of prizes. Form an exhibitors
club and make a big exhibit at
the next fair, October 27-30th.
A sad occurrence is reported from
Saluda county. Saturday evening during
the raiu lightniug struck the residence of
Mr. Boatwright, killing one of his little
boys aud shocking another child severely.
It also damaged the house and the
furniture. The children were seated inside
the house near the fire place when
the bolt struck.
Mre. Mollie Allen, of South Fork, Ky.,
says she has prevented attacks of cholera
morbus by taking Chamberlain's stomach
and liver tablets when she felt an attack
coming on. Such attacks are usually
caused by indigestion and these Tablets
are just what is needed to cleanse the
stomache and ward off the approaching
attack. Attacks of bilious colic may be
prevented the same way. For sale by
Bamberg Pharmacy.
Mr. W. S. Lee, of the Fork, had a close
and unexpected call Sunday morning. A
negro woman went to his house armed
with a razor to see another negro, and began
usiug abusive and obscene language
in the presence of Mr. Lee's family. Mr.
Lee ordered her out of the yard, and she
refused to go. He picked up aboard and
attempted to make her leave, when she
pulled a pistol from under her apron and
tired at him at close range. Mr. Lee's
wife was standing near and she quickly
handed her husband his gun aud the
woman fled. Mr. Lee was not hit by tl e
woman's shot.?Orangeburg Patriot.
When you want a physic that is mild
and gentle, easy to take and certain to
act, always use Chamberlain's itomach
and liver tablets. For sale by Bamberg
Pharmacy. 1
WINDOW CLEANERS.
Working In Skjrncrapera la Hard on
Nerves and Stomachs.
"The reason that we are always advertising
for window cleaners," said
the foreman of a company that employs
200 men in this business, "is that
so many men ftirow up their jobs after
they have been at it a week or so.
Some of them even do not last so long
as that A window cleaner can make
as good wages as a mechanic or a motorman.
The work is steady because
nearly all the window cleaning in NewYork's
big buildings is done by contract.
"Any number of likely young fellows
really in need of work who promise
well enough at the start give out within
a few days. Sometimes it is their
nerves that go back on them, but more
often it is their stomachs. We send
away half the men who apply for jobs
without even giving them a trial. If a
man drinks or is so nervous that he has
to dodge trolley cars he should keep out
of this business.
"When we take a man on trial tne
foreman breaks him in gradually. We
don't put him on a skyscraper job right
away. A great many private houses in
this city have their windows cleaned
by contract, and we start him in on
that If a man is no good at ladder
work it is no use bothering with him.
From private houses the beginner is
sent to department stores and finally to
the tall buildings. Once in awhile we
find a man who can start in on skyscraper
jobs right away without any
trouble.
" 'Don't look down. Look up all the
time,' is the constant admonition of the
foreman. Not one man in ten is able
to obey that order. The temptation to
look down is irresistible. If a man
can't break himself of the looking
down habit it is all up with him. He is
sure to come around sooner or later
and give up his job."?New York Press.
YOUNG ALLIGATORS.
They Feed k*t Once a Month and
Then Prefer Live Food.
"The thing of It being difficult to induce
an alligator in captivity to eat is
a mistaken idea," said a man who
owns a young alligator and knows all
about them. "The question is how.
First of all, an alligator feeds but once
a month and then prefers to eat anything
that suggests life?anything that
moves. For this reason angleworms,
kvninrr frfwl frwi for it. nrove at
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tractive to tbe eye of a small gator
and later disappears with the same relish
it would were the alligator in the
streams of its native regions. Again, a
small portion of raw beef makes excellent
food for it and the alligator never
refuses to eat of a piece that is tied o
a string and slowly drawn along in
front of him, in this way giving a suggestion
of life to the food. Another
thing very important to know in the
care of an alligator is to exactly understand
how to make it comfortable. The
best and simplest plan is to secure a
' box, any ordinary wooden box, and fill
the bottom with sand, which is then
covered with moss. Also have placed
inside of the box, which must be kept
in the sun as much as possible, a flowerpot
saucer filled with water. This
must be changed frequently. All of
which makes tbe alligator very comfortable,
for in case it should become
tired of the water there are the moss
and sand for it to get out upon. 80 with
a properly arranged home or box and a
little care as to its diet there is no reason
why the little alligator tourists so
frequently delight in sending their
friends from Florida should not thrive
in captivity."?Washington Post
Kever Touched the Scotchman.
It is related of the late Shirley
Brooks that he had at one time a very
favorite pig who, alas, went the way of
all pigs and was converted into bacon.
Brooks sent some of the delicacy to a
friend, with a note as follows:
"His end was peace, and I send yon
a piece of his end."
The Joke was related tcr a Scotchman,
who laughed very heartily and
shortly afterward having occasion to
kill a pig of his own sent some to a relative,
with the remark, "His end was
peace, and I send you a piece of the
pig." And he wondered why nobody
saw the joke.?London King.
The Worat of It.
"Barker is not much on form," said
the first commuter. "Why, the other
day I saw him eating breakfast food
for supper, ^nd that wasn't the worst
VA A A ?
"What could be worse?" broke in the
second commuter.
"Why, this," replied the first commuter,
with a grin: "He actually had
on evening dress at the time, with a
morning glory in his buttonhole."?
New York Times.
, lew DMtrlat.
The Rev. Dr. Fourthly was making
one of his pastoral calls at the Upjohn
mansion.
"Doctor," said little Johnny during a
pause in the conversation, "I wish you
would tell me what you think of the
doctrine of prestidigitation." ? Exchange.
Parental slstaaee.
Barnes ? When I was young my
mother always used to sing me to
sleep.
Shedd?Yes, women are good at that
sort of thing, but it takes the father's
voice to wake a fellow up in the morning.?Boston
Transcript
I Staple Mediocrity.
J "Why did she marry him?"
I "I give it up. He wasn't bad enough
| to need reforming nor good enough to
i make a desirable husband."?Judge.
| In finding fault it is very easy to be
untruthful and unfair. ? Atchison
Globe.
Saicida Preyented.
The startling announcement that a preventative
of suicide had been discovered
! will interest man}'. A run down system,
| or despondency invariably precede suicide
and something has been fouud that
will prevent that condition whick makes
! suicide likely. At the tirst thought oi
self destruction take Electric Bitters.
It being a great tonic and nerviue will
strengthen the nerves and build up the
system. It's also a great stomach, liver
and kidney regulator. Only 50c. Satisfaction
guaranteed by J B. Black, Bamberg
; H. C. Rice, Denmark.
L We notice in an exchange that a HarJrisburg
(Pa.) doctor says "that the devil
lurks in the soda fountain." "The young
I women of this country," remarks another
' exchange, " are going to the devil at a
rapid rate then."
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Cares Sciatica.
Rev. W. L. Rilev, LL. D., Cuba, New
York, writes: "After fifteen days of
'excruciating pain from sciatic rhematism,
under various treatments, I was induced
io try Ballard's Snow Liniment; the first
application giving my first relief and the
1 second entire relief. I can give it unqualified
recommendation." 25c , 50c.,
$1.00. Sold by Dr. H. F. Hoover, Bam1
berg, S. C.
THE CEDARS OF LEBANON.
Only a Few of Theiie Historic Trees
Sow Remain.
There aye only about 400 cedars of
Lebanon now remaining high up on ttfe
rock}' slopes. Hadrian sculptured his
Imperial anathema against all who
should cut these sacred trees; the Maronite
peasants almost worship them and
call tliem the "cedars of the Lord," and
a recent governor of the Lebanon has
surrounded them by a great wall so
that the young shoots may not be injured
by roving animals. Yet. century
by century, their number grows less.
But if the cedars are few in number
these few are of royal blood. They
are not the largest of trees, though
some of the trunks measure over forty
feet around. Their beauty lies in the
wide spreading limbs, which often cover
a circle 200 or 300 feet in circumference.
Some are tall and symmetrical,
with beautifnl horizoiAal branches;
others are gnarled and knotted, with
inviting seats in the great forks and
1 nf
cnarmmg ocas an ma iuiu muagc v>
the swinging boughs.
The wood has a sweet odor, is very
hard and seldom decays. The vitality
of the cedar is remarkable. A dead
tree is never seen, except where lightning
or the ax has been at work. Often
a great bough of one tree has
grown into a neighbor, and the two
are so bound together that it is impossible
to say which is the parent trunk.
Perhaps the unusual strength and vitality
of the cedars are due to their
slow growth. When a little sprout
hardly waist high is said to be ten or
fifteen or twenty yeais old one cannot
help asking, What must be the age of
the great patriarchs of the grove? It
is hard to tell exactly. By the aid of
a microscope I have counted more than
700 rings on a bough only thirty Inches
in diameter. Those who have studied
the matter more deeply think that some
of thes* trees must be more than a
thousand years old. Indeed, th^e i|
nothing wildly improbable in the
thought that perhaps the Guardian, for
instance, may have been a young tree
when Hiram began cutting for the temple
at Jerusalem.?Lewis Gaston Leary
in Scribner's.
APHORISMS.
Bahit is the deepest law of human
nature.?Carlyle.
Good nature is stronger than tomahawks.?Emerson.
Talebearers are just as bad as talemakers.?Sheridan.
Almost always the most indigent are
the most generous.?Stanislaus.
Those who complain most are most
to be complained of.?M. Henry.
True gentleness is native feeling
heightened and improved by principle.
-Blair.
He that thinks he can afford to be
negligent is not far from being poor.Johnson.
Persistent people begin their success
where others end in failure.?Edward
Eggleston.
He who commits injustice is evei
made more wretched than be who suffers
it.?Plato.
A friend that you have to buy won'1
be worth what you pay for him, nc
matter what that may be.?Prentice.
Some Formal Correspondence.
A matter of fact sacristan of the Ca
thedral of Berlin once wrote the king
of Prussia this brief note:
Sire?I acquaint your majesty, first
that there are wanting books of psalm:
for the royal family. 1 acquaint youi
majesty, second, that there wants wocx!
to warm the royal seats. 1 acquaint you:
majesty, third, that the balustrade nexi
the river, behind the church, Is becomi
ruinous. 8CHMIDT,
Sacrist of the Cathedral.
The reply of the kihg was not that ol
a "gracious majesty." Its stiff formal
ity in imitating the style of the sacris
tan probably was not taken by the re
ceivfer as complimentary t*> him:
I acquaint you, Herr Sacrist Schmidt
first, that those who want to sing ma]
* ? * *? T oomtalnt TT pr
DUy LKXJI1.3. octuiiu, a.
Sacrist Schmidt that those who want t<
be warm must buy wood. Third, I ac
quaint Herr Sacrist Schmidt that I shal
not trust any longer to the balustrade
next the river. And 1 acquaint Hen
Sacrist Schmidt, fourth, that I will no
have any more correspondence with him
FREDERICK.
Absent Minded Lord Derby.
Lord Derby could be very absent
minded, and once on a time he walked
with Lord ClArendon, his opponent
and told him all the secrets of the cabi
net Lord Clarendon listened amazed
but thought it too large an order whei
be was asked for his advice. It was no
for him to counsel his political foes. A'
this intimation Lord Derby woke up
saying, "Really, I thought all the tim<
I was talking to a colleague!" He had
continued, hardly recognizing the fact
a controversy he had been having witl
other ministers at the foreign office. Oi
course Lord Clarendon honorably pre
served the cabinet secrets, but he told
his story against Lord Derby and madi
a laugh.
Hi* Mistake.
Gushington?I wonder whafs th<
matter with Starr, the tragedian. H<
never notices me any more.
Crittick?Didn't I hear you tell hin
his style was very much like Booth's?
Gushington?Yes. But surely?
Crittick ? That's where you mad<
your mistake. You should have sale
Booth's style was like his.?Phi la del
phia Public Ledger.
Quite Fast.
First Girl?Those stockings are I
lovely color. Are they fast?
Second Girl?If you had seen me yes
terday when I met a cow you wouk
not have asked that question.?Houstoi
Post
"Some men," said Uncle Eben, "wil
put in weeks prayin' foh rain an' dei
kick cos dey happens to git deir fee
wet"?Washington Star.
End of Hitter Fight.
" Two physicians had a long and stilt
l>orn fight with an abscess on my righ
lung" writes J. F. Hughes, of DuPonl
? Ga., " and gave me up. Everybod
thought, my time had come. As a las
resort I tried Dr. King's new discover
| for consumption. The benefit I receivei
was striking and I was on my feet in
few days. Now I've entirely regaine*
my health." It conquers all coughs
1 colds and throat and lung troubles
Guaranteed by J. B. Black, Bamberg
II. C. Rice, Denmark. Price 50c. an<
$1.00. Trial bottles free.
"Cicero," said the lawyers's wife fidget
ing about iu a fruitless effort to wo<
- ?-? i i;? v '
Sleep, "Willi:II lb uie ucbt aiuc in nt ??u .
"The side that puts up the bilges
retaining fee. Go to sleep and don'
bother me with silly questions."
Rheumatism.
When pains or irritation exist on ani
part of the body, the application o
Ballard's Snow Liniment gives promp
relief. E. W. Sullivan, prop. Sullivai
House El Reno, 0. T., writes, June 6
1902: "I take pleasure in recommending
Ballard's Snow Liniment to all who an
afflicted with rheumatism. It is the onlj
remedy I have found that gives immedi
ate relief." 25c., 50c., $1.00. Sold by Dr
H. F. Hoover, Bamberg, S. C.
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RUSSIAN PILGRIMS.
HOW AGED PEASANTS ATTAIN CASTE
IN THEIR VILLAGES.
They Travel Far A^vay to Pray at
Distant Shrines and Monasteries.
The Holy Places They Visit and at
Which They Are Fed and Lodged.
When the snows of winter melt in
Rhssia and the woods are fragrant
with violets and the ice in great masses
floats down the rivers to the s#a the
peasant who is on the threshold of old
age, tired of long inaction, comes forth
from his izba and looks abroad.
Strange thoughts have been stirring in
him for several months, recollections of
a vow that he once made that if heaven
willed, he would one day worship in
a certain monastery and there venerate
the relics of its saints. For many a
long year it seemed as if this vow
would never be fulfilled, for there was
uTrtrL- dn 1n thp vlllncre nf which he
could in no way rid himself, and still
more pressing was the burden of a
numerous family that could not be left.
But now the children have grown up
and can fend for themselves, and the
father and mother are no longer of the
same value to the community as laborers.
Indeed were they to quit the village
they would not be much missed.
One way, however, remains for them
to redeem their lost position and to entitle
themselves for the rest of their
lives to the respect of all their neighbors.
It is to go on a far distant pilgrimage.
Innumerable are the sacred places in
Russia and out of Russia which the
pilgrims visit. On the sterile tundras
that end in the lonely strand where th'e
waves of the White sea fling their foam
upon the walls of the Solovetsky monastery;
on the quays of Odessa, awaiting
the steamer that will carry them to
> Jaffa, or on the monotonous straight
i roads that for verst upon verst lead by
' forests of white stemmed birch or som;
ber pine to the resting place of St
Serge, near Moscow, or of the saints
who sleep in the catacombs of Petchersk
at Kiev, there may be seen
bands of pilgrims, staff in hand, journeying
on foot through poverty or in
.accordance with a vow, to their faroff
goal. The men often wear clumsy
but comfortable shoes of plaited bark,
stockings fastened round the leg with
string, breeches reaching to the knees
and wide, baggy, flowing cOats "attached
to the waist with a colored belt
The women have a colored underskirt
a short dress and bodice all in one and
a bright hued handkerchief wrapped
' round the head, a knapsack on the
back and a gourd or kettle fastened
to a girdle. But the costumes are
very various, and it would be impossible
to describe them all.
! These pilgrims beg for money com
paratively rarely. They have the self
respect and independence which befit
i people presumably so pious. Perhaps
1 they have saved for this pilgrimage for
monir roow thPV APft h?rdv UD to thO
last degree. At night they sleep where
they can, in a monastery or perhaps in
sheds that have been erected for them
t by the road, and when they wish to
t drink they stop and ask for water at a
peasant's hut, where they are respectfully
received. If they are short of
bread the poor moujik will give them
. some, if he has any, for the charitable
I instinct of the people in Russia is inextinguishable.
And perhaps, too, they
will render some service to the homes
j that they visit Tolstoi has described
" a pilgrim to the Holy Land who found
r a whole family dying of starvation and
i set them up again. And when Satur^
day arrives, and all good people are
bound by their religion to take a bath,
then men and women will plunge into
the river regardless of the want of
bathing machines and careless of all
bathing regulations^
Glad, after this interminable march
of many weeks, is the Russian pilgrim
t ?rttan ho ooofl fnr nff flflshinir n.on?lna<
^ IT UCU UV? wvvw wv ?Q
r the azure sky, the domes of the church'
> es of the holy places where he Is to
j worship, and especially is he glad if 11
, be a town, like Kiev, that stands on a
r range of wooded hills, breaking the
t monotony of the endless plain. Sing*
ing a more Joyous hymn, he approaches
eagerly, for he knows that there arc
food and lodging assured him at hie
t destination. At Jerusalem there is an
i immense convent built supported by
, the Russian government which is well
. aware of what the pilgrims do to increase
Russian influence and her repui
tation in the Holy Land. At Solovett
sky there is a hotel with sloping coant
ters that" serve as a resting place. At
the lavra of Petchersk, the oldest of the
? Russian monasteries, there has been
1 a house for the poor since the eleventh
century. Some of the pilgrims are ao
! commodated in rooms that resemble
I well kept haylofts, and each one has a
. locker, where he may sit during the
I day and sleep at night There is a ho?
} pital there, too, with eighty beds, and
a special wing for those whose ailments
are not of a serious description.
And for three days pilgrims are lodged
3 and boarded free, and many are allow3
ed to come and go just as they will.
1 Lang's Literary Oatpnt.
Andrew Lang held at one time what
must have been very nearly a world'e
z record in literary output. His regulai
1 weekly work was six leaders for e
- morning newspaper, two humorouf
sketches for an evening journal, two
long articles, two book reviews and ?
contribution to a weekly Illustrated pai
fer. In addition to this he devoted
four hours every day to what may be
- called pure literature. He turned oul
i books at the rate of three a year 01
i even mora In 1890, for instance, there
appeared from his pen the "Red Faiiy
Tale Book," "Life, Letters and Diaries
1 of Sir Stafford Northcote," "How tz
i Fail In Literature" and "Old Friends."
t For weeks together his work would
average 25,000 words a week.
, Buggies -Wagons
We have received one carload of
? ANCHOR BUGGIES. .
a
a One carload of
1 ENGER BUGGIES.
and one carload of the famous
i IIAYDOCK BUGGIES.
We can surely suit you in a vehicle ol
) any descriptiou.
t Full line of HARNESS,
t LAP ROBES,
WHIPS, Etc.
Don't fail to see us before buying 9
Buggy or Wagon,
f We can and will save you money.
JONES BROS.,
1
? BAMBERG. N. . .
a
f The State Fair offers you a week of
- pleasure, a week of profit, a week of bus.
iness, and a week of leisure, all combined.
Exhit there October 27?30th.
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Horses and Mules ,
always 011 hand at Jones Bros'. Stables.
Kemember we make a specialty of . . . .
Fancy Driving Horses
and can always supply your wants in this line. v
Give us a call when in need of stock
for any purpose whatsoever.
I JONES BROS. | J
When You Have Money To Invest . .
You expect good returns. In case you decide to invest in
MACHINERY
Only the best can bring good returns. Write
W. H. GIBBES & CO., Columbia, S. C.
En (fines, Boilers, Sow Mills, Shingle Mills, Woodworking Machinery,
Com Mills, Etc, Complete Ginning Outfits, " ,' . ''Jlsl
GASOLINE ENGINES?PORTABLE AND STATIONARY.
Closing Out Sale
Wire Screen Doors and Windows, Ice
Cream Freezers and Water Coolers. # irWm
Just received a full line of Mason's Fruit Jars,
in all sizes, also extra rubbers. .
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We have handled Dr. Moffett'a TEETHINA (Teething Powder*) ever since its ftrst introduction to tha pohflg
and trade aa a proprietary medicine, and oar trade in it haa steadily increased from few to year until ?ar ordert /
now junoa.itto two or three hundred cro?? per je&i, which it* very strong evidence of ita merit and the aartaf action B
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hot sun or overcomes so quietly tha troubles incident to teething. / H
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Students have access to fine library, two debating societies. Pare artesian water . :~4?j?|gS
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Music $3 pt r month. A liberal discount on board and tuition when two atlfend
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