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BAND PliAYS FOR COWS. Strains of Classical Compositions Emanate From Big Barns. Travelers on the high road that passes Maple Villa Farm, Delaware county, have been entertained for weeks past, by strains of dulcet music, emanating from the ample barns of a big estate, the owner and proprietor of which is Al. Field. Those in ignorance of the ownership of the broad acres over which they'passed were impressed with a vague idea of a picnic at which the town band had been employed to provide musical entertainment. Others guessed that the proprietor of Maple Villa Farm was having a huskin' bee, although the season was too early for that sort of thing, and they might have known better. Still others were convinced that Al. Field, finding it necessary in these war times to exercise economy, was rehearsing his minstrel band and perhaps the troupe, too, in his capacious barn building. < "Music Hath Charms." They were all wrong. One and all, they had forgotten that classic line which declares that "Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast," and if they had remembered they certainly would have hesitated to apply it. No "savage breasts" lurks in Maple Villa Farm. But there are N plenty of domesticated beasts. The secret finally leaked out, however. A curious traveler ventured up the broad avenue leading to the barns and peered in and?this is what he saw: Al. G.. himself, presiding at a recital of his famous minstrel band, each musician in uniform and the guests ranged about in stalls, much like his city theatre-going patrons have in the past and will in S * ha awn. ensconced in the box 1UVU*V MV www ? , es at the theatre. It was an aristocratic audience. The guests, in this instance, however, were four-footed. They were 0 the princesses, duchesses and countesses of Jersey, Aldern and Guernsey and they were being right royally j entertained. That they enjoyed the concert was plain to be seen, and, as Al. G. explained eventually to his amazed and uninvited visitor, each gave vent to her enjoyment by copious squirts of that popular and now patriotic beverage, milk. Al. Field Explains. In all seriousness, dear reader, that is just what occurred, that "v amazing early evening in July, when the curious passerby investigated the unsolved mystery of the barnyard Lorelei. Al. Field and his band were the yield of milk. At the next milking, the cows exhibited no nervousness. The music for this milking was very soft, the string instruments predominating. The yield of milk was greater than that previous to the introduction of music. One milking was passed. The yield of milk was normal. Again music was introduced and there was a gain in the yield of milk?a pronounced gain. It was not practical to have the orJ chestra at the next milking, but the . victrola was used with good results. \ - ^fr. Field has placed a victrola in the feed room of the milking barn, using records of music of the quieter kind, as it was noted that the cows evidenced nervousness as tne music became louder. Even human voices . blended in song interested the cows. One nervous cow, always fidgety and consequently difficult to milk, yielded readily to the influence of song, standing quietly as long as the song continued. Employees Affected, Too. Later on the orchestra was brought into play again and there was an increase in the flow of milk from the herd. The last test with the orchestra showed an actual increase in the yield of milk from the 25 c'ows, over the first test, despite the fact that the pasturage was very poor, owing to a severe drouth. All persons who witnessed the tests are of the same opinion, namely, that music is beneficial to dairy cows. It soothes and allays their nervousness, particularly when flies are most annoying. The music not only soothes the cows, increasing their milk flow, but has its good influence upon those who handle the cows. The victrola is the cheapest and most practical of all musical instruments for use in the dairy and its continued use has convinced all who ha've investigated, that music quiets the cow and that she will yield more milk under its influence than otherwise. Anything that quiets the cow is beneficial, and that contented cows yield more milk than nervous ones is sufficient argument to induce all dairymen to introduce a victrola in the cow barn during milking hours. Music in Horse Barn. Other experiments with horses, hogs, etc., while not so interesting as the experiment with the dairy cows, are instructive. When music was introduced into the horse barn, the animals became very nervous, excepting a Shetland pony. This little creature, after the first few strains of music, approached the mu LOOKING FOR WAY OUT. i Berlin Wonders How the Kaiser Can Disappear. Paris, Oct. 16.?According tc source of information not witho <,. value, Berlin is considering how Emperor William can disappear without endangering the dynasty, says a dispatch froth Geneva to The Temps. One solution being considered, it is said, is the abidication of the emperor in favor of his grand son, William, the eldest son of the German crown prince, with the emperor's brother, Prince Henry, as regent. The Journal des Debats yesterday mentioned editorially the possibility of such a plan, but it condemned it as unacceptable. An Indiana County Wars on Rats. Morgan county, Indiana, had more rats and mice than it wanted, so it 1 " "* 'C A ' TlVk ^ nnrrVAPA I planned a rat ween. mo puijjuot was to start a concerted attack on the rats and mice in the week previous to the storing of grain. The county agent advertised in the papers and enlisted the members of the United States Boys' Working Reserve. Reports are incomplete, but the county agent believes the number of rats has been greatly reduced and consequently a large quantity of grain has been saved. One boy reported that he killed 97 rats and 393 mice. Another killed 84 rats, a third 37, and a fourth 28. Holland Interns 15,000 Germans. London, Oct. 20.?Fifteen thousand retreating German soldiers have been interned in Holland after being cut off by Belgian troops moving northward from Eecloo, according to reports from the frontier reaching Amsterdam and transmitted by the Exchange Telegraph Company. Belgian soldiers took charge of the Dutch-Belgian border last night and J v? ^ were entnusiasucany receiveu ujr me populace. Capturing Metz. Before you allow yourself to get very enthusiastic over the plans advanced by popular strategists for the capture of Metz, sit down and read some of the things about that fortress, and its encircling chain of fortresses, which are available in almost any reference book?and also recall what happened at Verdun, when the Germans threw away 500,000 men in futile attacks upon it. And Metz is admittedly a far more formidable stronghold than Verdun. It is a fine thing to be near enough, ten miles or so, to drop shells into its forts and to bomb it from the air, but do not assume in off-hand fashion that it can be wiped out in a day's drive, as the St. Mihiel salient was. It can be outflanked and isolated, and it can be captured as the Germans captured it from the French in 1870 when they could not take it by direct attack, but even that is slow and costly business. Since 1870 German military efficiency has devoted itself to making Metz a fortress that would forever bar the invasion of Germany from that quarter. German efficiency, which has failed in so many things, has perhaps failed in that also, but when the French and American ljags fly over Metz they will hardly fly there as the result of frontal attacks?and they will hardly fly there this week or next.?Boston Herald. siicans and seemed pleased with the unusual sounds. * The softer and more piano passages seemed to quiet the horses. They gazed with astonishment, moving their ears back and forth, evidencing j pleasure as they do when about to | be fed. The longer the music con-! tinued, the more quiet and tractable the horses became. When the drums were introduced, in the inspiring strains of "Over There" the horses reared and plunged. Whether it was the martial music or the resonant reverberations of the drums upon their 1 tympanum walls, the musicians did not determine. Elephant Enjoys the l>runi. The horse and elephant, the most intelligent of the brute creation, are the most susceptible to the influence of music. The elephant delights in the bang of the drum and the crash of the cymbal. The horse delights in the softer and more musical notes. You have often noticed a horse greatly frightened at the sound of | an approaching band, but if the banging of the drums ceases, although the band continues playing, the horse will quiet down. Seemingly the most pleased of all the animals, with the music, was an old sow with a litter of pigs. The music was not intended for her but she unconcernedly led her family into the group of musicians, lying down and grunting her satisfaction as tn* music rose and fell and the pigs fed. Mr. Field is experimenting in various other ways. His artificial lake, stocked with fish by the United States fish hatcheries, has proven more than successful.?Columbus, Ohio, Dispatch. TO USE STNDARD CARTONS. ! Rules for Sending Christmas Packages to Soldiers Abroad. The Red Cross has issued the following rules regulating the sending of Christmas packages to soldiers abroad: Only one package may be sent to each man, enclosed in a standard carton furnished by the Red Cross. No parcels may be mailed after November 15, 1918. The label issued to the man overseas by the army authorities and forwarded by him to some relative or friend in this country will entitle the holder to apply to the local Fled Cross organization for one carton. The cartons must be packed by the - - ? ? i relatives or friends ana aenverea unwrapped and unlabelled to the Red Cross to be weighed, inspected, wrapped, labeled and delivered to the Post Office. No package may weigh more than three pounds. No written message may be inclosed. The sender must furnish the necessary postage from place of mailing to Hoboken, N. J. Each parcel must bear the label received from abroad with the name and address of the soldier and the inspection label of the American Red Cross. Inspected parcels must remain in the custody of the Red Cross until delivered by its representatives to the postoffice. In the event of a Christmas parcel label being lost, no duplicate can be issued. This rule can not be altered by anybody. How to Send Xmas Packages. The navy department has issued the following instructions regarding the shipping of Christmas packages to sailors in home waters and abroad: Packages forwarded by Parcel Post should be enclosed in substantial boxes with hinged or screw top covers to facilitate opening and inspecting. Boxes are limited to twenty pounds in weight and should not be more than two cubic feet in volume. Mail matter should be addressed as now prescribed by the postal regulations, but express packages should be forwarded in care of Supply Officer, First Supply Base, Twenty-ninth St. and Third Ave., South Brooklyn, N. Y. tyo perishable foods other than those enclosed in cans or glass jars can be sent. All packages must be plainly marked with the sender's name and address and also the notation "Christmas Package." All packages for U. S., Naval vessels abroad must be in New York not later than Nov. 15. Fourth of People Buy Bonds. Washington, Oct. 20.?Probably 25,000,000 *or more individuals bought bonds of the fourth liberty loan, unofficial reports reaching Washington today showed. A large proportion of these filed their subscriptions during the last few days of the campaign which ended last night. Consequently it would be a task of many days to actually count the number of pledges and to compile reports from the entire country. Definite figures and the total subscriptions to the loan were not available here tonight, but officials were confident that the $6,000,000,000 popular war credit .had been oversubscribed. NOTICE. All persons are forbidden from hunting, tresspassing cr letting their stock trespass on the following lands. No nermission granted. MRS. F. P. FOLK, J. F. HIERS, G. F. HIERS, - BRADLEY HIERS, 10-31 ERNEST L. HITRS. RILEY & COPELAND Successors to W. P. Riley. Fire, Life Accident . INSURANCE Office in J. D. Copeland's Store BAMBERG. S. C. BUY WAR SAVING STAMPS MASTERS SALE. By virtue of the ; dior' v of a decree issued out of t. e Cov.rt of Common Pleas in the ca e of L,. K. Mayfield vs. Nancy Cui ~y, I, the under-' signed Master for Jamberg county, t. 11 offer for sale, to the highest bidder, on Monday, November, 4th, 1918. ti.e same being sales day in said month, in front of the court house door, Bamberg, S. C., between the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate, to-wit: All thp right, title and interest, being onet:*lf, of the defendant above named,\ and to all tnat certain piece, parcel lot of land, with the buildings t'creon, situate, lying and being in the corporate limits of the town of B mberg, county of Bamberg, State aforesaid, bounded by lot formerly of Tom Baker, Fishburne estate, Emma Johnson, lands formerly of Mrs. Marv E. Felcer. and street. Being the lot conveyed to Daniel Williams by Mrs. Mary E. Felder. Terms of sale: Cash, purchaser to pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Judge of Probate and Acting Master. MASTER S SALE. Pursuant to an order of the Court oi Common' Pleas for Bamberg county, in the case of James D. Utsey, et al., plaintiffs, vs. Nettie x'earl Sandifer, et al., defendants, the undersigned will sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, before the court house door, at Bamberg, S. C., on legal salesday in November, 19IS, between the legal hours of sale on said day, the following described land, to wit: All 4lia+ oortoin troot nr nar^pl of All tliat bMili i,i U.VV V* rw _ land, situate in the county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina."containing two hundred and fifty acres, more or less, bounded as follows: On the north by lands of Willie Sease, on the east by lands of Willie Sease arid lands of Tom Rivers, Ike Nimmons, et al., on the south by lands of Gus Nimmons, Adam, Grimes and Ella Mitchell and on the west by lands of Joe Nimmons and Johnnie Halyard. Purchaser to pay for papers. Terms of sale, cash. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Acting Master for Bamberg Co. MASTER'S SALE. State of South Carolina?County of Orangeburg.?In Common Pleas. Marian Middleton, et ah, Plaintiifs, against Samuel Middleton, Defendant;. By virtue of a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in the above entitled action, I will sell at public auction, at Bamberg Court House, on the first Monday in November next, during the legal hours of sale, the following described real estate: * All that certain tract, parcel or piece of land situate, lying and bei ing in Bamberg county, in the State j i or' South Carolina, containing twen y four (24) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands of the estate of Julia Middleton; east, south and west by lands now or forFiCrly of Francis F. Carroll. All that certain tract or piece of lor d situate, lying and being in Bamberg county, in the State of South Caiolina, containing thirty-five (35) acres, more or less, and bounded on the north, east and west by lands of F. F. Carroll, and on the south by lands of Abraham Middleton. All that certain lot of land in the ; Town of Midway, situate, lying and being in the county of Bamberg, in i the State of South Carolina, contain' ing one (1) acre, more or less, and I bounded on the north by la nds of C. | E. Williams; east by lands of Getsin| gcr; south by Methodist church lot, j and west by public road or street. Terms?Cash. Purchasers to pay i for papers and revenue stamps and j all taxes becoming payable after date of sale; and in case the purchaser shall fail to comply with the terms oe sale, then the said premises will | be resold on the same or some subse' quent salesday, on the same terms I and at the risk of the former purchasj e?. ANDRE W C. DIBBLE, Master Orangeburg County. Dated: October 14th, 1918. MASTER'S SALE. Pursuant to an order signed by I His Honor, Judge W. H. Townsend, bearing date September 16th, 1918, I in the case of Lynn W. Beasely, plain- , tiff, vs. Carrie Rentz, et al, defendants, in the Court of Common Pleas I I'm Bamberg county, the undersigned l will sell at public auction, to the j highest bidder, for cash, at the court I house door, at Bamberg, S. C., dn the 4tl. day of November, 1918, between i the legal hours of sale, the following i described tract of land, to wit: All I of that certain tract or parcel of land, situate in the county of Bamberg, State of South Carolina, containing one hundred and eighty acres, more or less, bounded on the North by lands of G. Frank Bamberg; on the ! East by lands of Charlie Miller; on the South by lands of J. M. Grimes, et al; and on the West by lands of G. Frank Bamberg. Purchaser to pay for papers. J. J. BRABHAM, JR., Acting Master for Bamberg County. October 8th, 1918. Bamberg Mills and Embree. E'.amberg Mills?Sunday-school, 10 o'clock every Sunday morning; preaching, 11 a. m. and 8:30 p. m., first and third Sundays. Embree?Preaching, 11:30 a. m. and 7 p. m., every second and fourth and. 7 p. m. each second and fourth Pastor. ?????????<????_____ No Worms in n Healthy Child All children troubled with worms have an unhealthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance. GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly for two or three weeks will enrich the blood, improve the digestion, and act as a General Strengthening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be in perfect health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores vitality and energy by purifying and enriching the blood. You can soon feel its Strengthening, Invigorating Effect. Price 60c. Read The Herald, only $2.00 year. | mcuiv I I cMw ,flw eta/ fto/wtor cw?ut tMnCM YOU ARE AS WELCOME IX OUR BAXK WITH A SMALL DEPOSIT AS WITH A LARGE OXE. . 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Help the Operators Serve You JBetter ft Telephone subscribers are urged to call bf ,y number and not by name. In a community of this size the operators cannot, possibly re- g member the names of all subscribers; when I you call by name you delay your service and hamper its efficiency. All telephones are known to the operators by numbers which are on the switchboard directly in front of them. The directory is your index to the switchboard and should be consulted before making a call. Call by number and help the operator serve you better. SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY % yfi I