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SNOWDRIFT The Perfect Shortening FOR DEEP FAT FRYING Snowdrift- makes good tilings i?> eat more digestible. Von run make Snowdrift so hot. wMhout i>nrning that food mints ipiiekiy and no grvnwt gets inside. Snowdrift Is I ho perfecMshoit ening for every eooking purpose for frying, for shortening, for making bread, cake, biscuit and pastry, Snowdrift makes good thing* to eat. We arc speelalists in ?ood t id tigs eat. TfXfcTIIONK No. 2. LANG'S High Grade Grocery "Where Quality Counts," City Meat Market One door north of Smith's Garage. Choice Fresh MEATS Choice Cuts 1.0c, 1 2 [<* and 15c per pound. Cash Only. Nothing will be charged. Your orders so licited. Telephone 31. City Meat Market | MON 10 Y TO IX) AN. On Improved farms. Ka ?y terms Apply to H. H. Clarke, Camden, S C. 60. Tombstones & Monuments When in need of Tomb stones and Monuments see me before you place your or der. Representing the Dixie Marble To., of Canton, Ga. Samples of marble shown. J. D. SINCLAIR, P. O. Box 35. Camden, S. C. .MONEY TO I .O X N ON REAL ESTATE EASY TERMS K. t>. vonTrespkow. Dr. E. H. KERRISON Dentist < uli. i nvcr Hruro's Store I *? r. ! :iinl 1 lit Sts. Phono I'd COLUMBIA LUMBER & MANUFACTURING CO. MILL WORK SASH, DOORS, BLINDS AND LUMBER PLAIN & HUGER STS. Phone 71 COLUMBIA, S. C. Dr. I. H. Al?ui4?f Dr. R. E. St*???lo, Alexander & Stevenson DENTISTS OHic* Cor??r Broad and Dt Kalb Sl? Collins Brothers Undertakers for Colored People TtUpUM 41 714 W. DeKftlb St. ?. j SOME OLD PAVINGS RECORDS OF QUEER MATERIALS THAT HAVE BEEN USED. Tombstones Sometimes Employed in England for the Purpose ? Glass Used on French 8treet ? Ex travagance of Monarch. Tolnhstones are ? not lufroqucntly employed III different parts of lCugland for paving purposes, Home four <>r live y??IIIH 11 gO Jill* Inhabitant* of IU'1 voir bitterly protested against the uro of such inn 1 4>rlx I In 1 1 1 ?? construction of u road loading to the parish church, despite tlio assurance* <>f the local authorities that with the liberal sup ply of old mid broken grn vestones at their dlNposal tho-* plan had beeu adopted with n view to Having flu* tax payers quite n huui. In I.yons, Prance, tho celebrated Hue de In Kcptlhlique Is paved with .glass blocks eight inches square, wldcli have been so precisely lit ted together us to make them absolutely water tight. < Nuiipressed grass, It Is claimed, litis heen used in the construction of pavements In (lerinnii towns 'and with admlrahle results, and In Hussla com pressed paper lias been utilized for a .similar purpose. ' Many Interesting Instances of Indi vidual eccentricity or cxtravaghnco in the selection of material for paving may he cited. It Is related that when Maximilian Kinanuel succeeded to the throne of Bavaria he celebrated the event by causing one of the roads leading to his palace to be paved with plates of burnished copper. This, 'gloaming In the sunshine, gave all the effect of gold. Louis XIV. It Is said, paved one of the courts at Versailles with squares of silver, each 'of which had recorded upon It some trlUriph of the French arms. In the center of the court stood a large tablet, of guld in representation of the luxurious monarch's favorite emblem, the sun. Memoirs of the time of Louis make mention of a lodge erected In honor of Louise de Ja Val liere. The approach was paved with mirrors, whereon was painted an alle gory setting forth the undying devo tion of Louis. All eccentric nobleman of Milan con ceived the idea of paving the court yard of his palace with slabs of marble, granite and other stone, each from a different land. It is said that Kurope, America, Asia. Africa and Australia all contributed to make up this quaint mosaic, composed of more than a thousand pieces, every one of which was suitably Inscribed with the name of the country or stnte whence It came. Must Not Love Employers' Daughters. "If we both love eftch other, surely your father will agree to our mar riage." urged a wistful and eager swain to the eldest daughter of a merchant i n Berlin. "He will kill you. mine liebling," replied the lady. "Walt till the war Is over, and yon and I will have more money." 4 This part of a conversation came out In the evidence adduced at a trial before the industrial arbitration court of Herlin. at w h i ? h a young man sued bis employer for damages for illegal dismissal. holding that he was sent out of the works at a moment's notice by the employer on bis learning that tho plaintiff was courting his daughter! The court took the view' that he was "undcrminini; the happiness of his employer's family," and decided the1 case against him. "Lilt does not love always upset someone's happiness?" replied the prosecutor. The court looked gravely at th^ questioner, but deigiM'd no reply. Bullet-Proof Caps. Tin' si i ? 1 caps which nrc being .?nt to British soldiers :if tin' front :i r i ? mnrvets of llirlit ness and >! r ? * 1 1 t !i. ,They a re made of mnngn ii. >s,. ?? t e e I . ' ;iii'! niv bullet-proof to a WVM.v automatic at live yards. Fur thermore. during a recent experiment, "lie <>f thi? i :ips was only si i irli 1 1 y dent ed when a h?-H\y poker, raised n\t*r the head ami brought down with both hands and all possible force, was crushed upon it. Tlx* British helmets aro railed "soup plated* by the soldiers, and aro so con structed that they not only protect the wearer ftinm the enemy's weapons hut from fragments of the cap itself. Unit her studs are placed between the hel met and the skull, while next to the latter Is a doublo lining of wadding and felt. This not only renders the helmet more comfortable but helps to protect the skull from Jagged frag ments. Explorer Haa Great Record. Sir Aurel Stein, who has Just re turned to Calcutta after a prolonged and Important trip of exploration to the Russian Pamirs, Is the greatest Astatic explorer of the present, and prohnbly ono of the greatest explorers of all times. On his march down the Alia valley he was able to trace addi tional Indications supj>orting the be lief that through It passed the route which the ancient silk traders followed from ISactrla to . the "country of Sen res." or China, and described by Marinus of Tyre. Ills subsequent Jour ney down the Oxus was attended by an abundant harvest of observation on the historical typography, arche ology. an.l ethnography of Wakham. which In early times had formed an important thoroughfare between Bae trla. East In<U&', and the Central Asian territories of China. BELGIAN BELLS WAR VICTIMS rv \ * ? f l r ???? 'A * Famous Towers and Carillons In Un-, j fortunate Country Have Been De stroyed in the Conflict. Among I ho many unfortunate cufri- ! sequences (?f tho European war I* i !??* , destruction of many of the boll tower* ii n< I carillons of Belgium. Mr. William (^srham Rice, In IiIh "Carillons of I i?'I - K> ii in iiihI I bdland," explains that (ho carillons are a wot of tower |h>1|h at tuned to Interval*! of tho chromatic scale. Homoilsy** thertt are ufttrn than four octavos of bells, tho lowest #ev oral tons In weight, "whereas tho small est Hcarcoly weighs twenty pounds. Tho holla are connected with a key- j hoard hy moans of which tho perform- j or causes llieir ohippors to strike tho | Inside of their sound how, or with a clockwork msehunlsm that caimcs a ' hammer to strike tho outside. Tho correspondent of ? a London newspaper, describing a recital glv en hy Joseph IVnyn, municipal carll lo.nncur of Mechlin (Mallnes), wrote:] "In these northern countries the day Is long In August, and It wns still twi light. Against the southern sky rose | the broad, rugged tower of St. Roin bold's. High up near the. top of tho tower shone a faint light. Aftor the clock ceased striking und tho vibra tion of Its deep and solemn tones had died away, there was silence, So long a silence It seemed that we wondered If It was ever to be broken. "Then, pianissimo, from tho highest, lightest hells, as If very gently shaken from tho sky Itself, came trills and , runs that were angelic. Rapidly they i grew In volume and majesty as they j descended the scale, until the entire heavens seemed full of music. "Seated In the garden, we watched i the little light In the tower, where we knew the unseen carlllonneur sat at bis elnvlor, and yet we somehow felt I but the music came from somewhere far above the tower, and was pro duced by superhuman hands. Some- ! times In winter there comes a thaw, and cue by one the Icicles tinkle down ; gently and timidly at first, then louder and louder, until, like an :iva lanche, the largest ones crjish down with a mighty roar. All that the music suggested. "It was low, It was loud; It was from one bell, and It was from chords of bells; It was majestic, it was sim ple. And every note seemed to fall from above, from such heights Hint the whole land hoard Its melody. "Sometimes tho sounds were so faint and, delicate that. we found uur- ? selves bending forward to hear tln'in. At other times, great chords, In tli<* volumes of many organs, burst forth rapturously." ? Youth's Companion. Advlpe From Seventy Years Ago. To young ladies, who, regardless of hard times, deck themselves as^lf for the sacrificial altar: Ladles must re collect that because their male friends do not tell their pecuniary dis tresses, It does not follow that they are at ease In these troublesome times. Many 'a man jvorth his thousands Is "cramped" now. Ladles: He econom ical ; lay off your rings, put on your soiled slippers, resume and mend your rent gowns. We call on females to practice economy, to cut off extrava gances. regulate y?>ur expenses ? cur tall your wants, and show your affec tionate husbands, kind brothers and ! fond fathers that you are ready to . hear a recital of their troubles, that you will sympathize with them, and if ' necessary resign luxuries, nnd do It with a good grace, and have none the J less smiles for them for what they would gladly avoid and what t hoy are not to blame for end urinir. ? I-'rom the British-American Cultivator. Toronto, June, 1843. Speed Upon the Water. A boat has been designed by D. N. P.rowu of Grand Haven. Mich.. which on test runs has attained a speed of' ?10 miles an hour. s:iys Popular Scl cncc. The body of the em ft is marie of thin galvanized iron over a bass wood framework two feet wide and twenty feet long. Two galvanized lrpn , ulr tanks are attached to nn outrigger j five feet from the rear ? >n< ! on both i sides. When the four-ej lirider motor, set In the rear, whirls a sis inch pro- . peller, the prow rises out <// the water i and the craft skims abui^iike a huge bird over the surface, the entire, weight resting on about three feet of ? the stern. The two tanks maintain the equilibrium. The boat* has proved a Mieee^s in all ? ways, ami the Inventor believes, with an Improved design, that he will have! a craft Oaf> able of making rtO miles an hour without being crowded. Cat Dives for Frogs. Warren Clement of Mil I vale, while at work In his hayfleld. heard a loud j splash In a pond near by. and think- j ing that perhaps a horse mackerel had ? got into the sheet of water, noiseless- j ly approached the spot and was aston- | ished. although he knew that he had one of the brightest cats in Maine, when he saw his pet Angora coon cat dive from a stump and disappear in the water, only to reappear within a few seconds, bearing a frog In its mouth. Depositing the now lifeless frog on the ground, the four-footed coon gained" the stump again, crouched, another spring, another dive, another swim and another frog. ? Iiangor Com mercial. Sura Thing. Hill ? I know a man who can tell the time of day by bis pulse. Jill? Quit TOO klddlif. How could he do that? * j "lie wears a wrist watch. That% by his pulse, Isn't It?" HOBART BOSWORTH in "the yaq.uiw *\ I Till- .Mxjrslh', MihhIhv. III*. LONG HOURS A RARITY. Only Once In Fivo Years Does Average Trainman Exceed Legal Limit. That Inn- hours in train service have been reduced to a minimum <s shown by n report issued by the Interstate Commerce Commission. Only one em ploy? in Mve on the average last year was compelled to remain ou duty more than sixteen hours during any one da^ in the whole year. Stated in another wn.v. the >? i e of an engineman or tritiniiiiiii remaining on ?luty beyond this prescribed limit was reduced to once in live years. The total number of cases of excess service from all causes reported to the coin mission was only 151.247 during the year ending June '30. 11)15, as com pared with 137.430 in 1014 and 270,827 in 1013. and with rare exceptions these represented cases recognized as due to unavoidable causes. Statistics on this subject are collected by the Interstate Commerce Commis sion under the national hours-of-service law. Every time a train is so de layed by a blizzard, washout or oth er cause that any part of the train crew is on duty longer than sixteen hours tlje railroad company must re port the occurrence to the commission, giving the names of the i. dividual em ployes concerned and a full statement of the cause for the excess service. For several years the lailroads and the Interstate Commerce Commission have been co-operating in efforts to prevent the keeping of employes on duty lor long periods. Tho reduction of nearly 80 per ccnt. in such cases which has been brought about in three years shows* that the working of men for long stretches of continuous service has practically disappeared except In rare cases of unavoidable delay. dr?v? Mound* In China. ? The ( 'hii>Mu> do 11 "i una ?>t? >m ti in? it f i for marking gravaa. Tho coffin In lu t erred ubout one foot bolow the sur face. aud over it a wound Id rained, It* id/.e depending upon 1 1*0 rank of th* family and ft* feeling toward the de parted member. Putting It Mildly. "Would you tall Undo Peter a stingy man?" "Well. no. I'd merely say that he had all liis generous impulses under perfect control."<--Bostoh Transcript Comparisons. N "My butler left me without any warning." ' "You got off easy. Mine left tee without any spoons. "? Baltimore Amer ica u. ? >.???? Fruity. Wlgg? That Hirl la sure a peach. ! VVawg? Did you over see her twin sis I tor? They'ro a pair.? Philadelphia Roc* I ord. Obedience is not truly performed by the body of him whoso heart la dlssat* l8tleil.--^aadl. |{larl< leg hi Cattle. ( 'Iciiimui College, Ai|g. 21). ? Blackleg is quite prevalent over the state at fills tinif. so the fanner with cattle on his place should keep a sharp lookout for symptoms of the disease anions his j:owk and be prepared to act promptly in ease it is discovered. Probably the llrst symptom noticed will be lameness. Upon examination of the animal affected, it will be found that the quarter is swollen, or perhaps both quarters will be swollen. Rub bing the hand over the affected part, a crackling sound will be heard, due to gits which has formed under the skin ii ud in the muscles. Swelling Is always above the knees or above the hooks. Sometimes. without uny aymptoms .,r tTiMfrS tie, thefaruier may tliHl a I in his pasture. If tht* *ku swollen parts of the <l<*a^ junt as a dried bUUcWr 2 Uttiut ; and. if Upon (um, swollen part It \h found (jjj eles ftrfi Mark. there U ,, ? the animal died win, The thing t?> do is i? 3? dlately to the State \'hhl Clcmson College for l?lA?kw and to vaccinate all **>1^1,^4 hoou as possible, 'riu> Vl<^ full iu?trnetlons for uH, sent l>y Urst mall after rwrtji lUackleg Is spread very cholera Is spread, so tho ^ ttous should he taken whet* au outbreak In the eoiuium prevent spread of the til**#; comply with the ?tate U* hury six feet deep, all tl^j. Do \ou Know Thai One million two liutKlrtt) ^ Americans die each year, Ulil ed ? Ileavt disease, pneumonia ? Olllosls cause more than Ito.n deaths? Sickness lowers earning t?? The United States h^g Service 1* the.natlon'R flrxt fenso against dlseaw? Disease is the nation's p den? j Sunlight and sanitation, sot< satins, make better halite*)!^? tow wages favor hi|<h ilUafl A female fly lays au -av? eggs at a time? " ? - 1 ? ? ? Oharles It. l.owls, a well! mer residing a mile north ? killed himself Saturday nMl fore midnight. The. weapon] a 22 calibre rifle and the immediate. During the ppast week, JL_ been the scene of eight tigktv eally all of which were streH Camden Undertaking 0 C. W. EVANS, Manager ij FUNERAL DIRECTORS and LICENSED EMBALi AMBULANCE SERVICE. City and Country Calls Attended Promptly DAY OR NIGHT Office and Show Rooms at 535 DeKalb Street Office Phone 91 Residence Phone 2834 Farm Property FOR SALE j THE VAUGHAN PLACE CONTAINING 420 ACRES, 5 1-2 MILES NORTH*! CAMDEN, 1 1-2 MILES FROM SOUTHERN RAILROAD. 200 ACRES UNDE CULTIVATION. PLENTY OF TIMBER FOR UPKEEP OF PROPERTY. ~418& ROOM DWELLING. 5 TENANT HOUSES AND BARNS. ON THIS TRACT IS U CATED ONE OF THE BEST ROLLER FLOUR MILLS IN THIS PART OF TH STATE WITH CAPACITY OF 35 BARRELS PER DAY. OWNER HAS GROW 2,500 BUSHELS THIS SEASON AND HAS 1,000 BUSHELS ON HAND AT ENT FOR GRINDING WITH PROSPECT OF SIX OR EIGHT . THOUSAND M0*1 BUSHELS TO GRIND THIS SEASON. MILL OPERATED BY LARGE WATEJj POWER. RECEIPTS FROM MILL ALONE THIS YEAR WILL PAY 10 OF PURCHASE PRICE. WE HAVE ATTRACTIVE PRICE JEOR SALE. ' ?' ? ? .3 THE JOLLY PLACE SIX MILES SOUTH OF CAMDEN COTAINING ACRES. 140 ACRES UNDER CULTIVATION. 70 ACRES IN PASTURE.. #? ROOM DWELLING. 5 TENANT HOUSES AND BARNS. OWNfcft HA9/Mr| ED 18 BALES COTTON FOR RENTAL OF SAME. PRICE AND TERMS ABLE. THE W. M. BRANNON FARM, 149 1-2 ACRES IN TRACT. 3 MILES Jg UF CASSATT. 80 ACRES CULTIVATED. ONE 7-ROOM DWELLING. A? ANT HOUSES. 5 BARNS. PRICE REASONABLE. TERMS EASY. C. P. DuBose & Co Agents , 4 > - *