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TO WRITE ON MOVING TRAIN Railroad Conductor, Who Know* the Trick of It, Hold* Elbow Firmly Against Hi* Side. Writing legibly on u fust moving train in dllllcult to a person unaccus tomed to It. The rullroad conductor known the trick of It and manages to gel along quite satisfactorily. lie prefers to write In a Htandlng i???mI - tlon and holds hiH right el how (Irmly againxt his wide. The reason for t IiIh 1h that in a Hitting posture there Ih too much lateral movement In the trunk of the body, while In ? Htandiag |n??WIou tills Ih more easily controlled. When the arm swings freely, as In ordinary writing, several JointH of the body are affected in the process, each of which Ih capable of itH own motion. Holding the elbow against one's rlbn "breaks" them! motion tendencies, ex cept that of thu wrist, which movement Ih necessary In writing, and thiiH the pencil or pen 1h more oanlly con-, trolled. Blindness No Bar to Marriage. The statistic* as to age at which night Ih loht bring out uome interest ing fadH concerning the extent to Which marriage takes place among the blind. The majority of those who have not married before they lost their sight continue single tor the remainder of their lives. But the fact that the per centage single is higher among the females who lost their sight before the age of tweMy t'han It Is among the males indicates that blindness Is less of a bar to marriage In the case of male* than of females, since, all other things being equal, the percentage should have beeii somewhat lower for females by reason of. the fact that women ordinarily marry earlier than tutfn. The figures hIiow, however, that while marriage Is much less frequent apnong the blind than among those who can see, It is by no means rare ; of the males who had lost their sight between the ages of fifteen and nineteen, for ex ample, about one-third, and of the fe males, about one-fifth, had married since they_-becarne blind. Wood Block Floor#. CrtHMOtml wood blocks, already ex tensively used a* paving material for city streets. have been coming Into ! use UN flooring for the last four or I flvo yen i'H according to the Forest serv ice. Its durability, nolselesaneas un der heavy traffic, and Maidtary prop erties are Hn chief advantages for pav ing and also give It special value for making floors, especially for use where heavy trucking, the moving of heavy machinery, or other severe use waken the maintenance of floors a serious problem. It's rather high cont is (In chief disadvantage. Wood block Is now widely uned for flooring In factories, warehouse**, mn cblne shops, foundries, varlouH types of platformM, wharves, and docks, and for such miscellaneous purposes as ho tel kitchcus. hospitals, laundries, and slaughter houses. Possibly one of the oddest of these uses# Is for the floors of ^|d animal cagea and runways. Notwithstanding the recent Increase In the use of wood block for these purport*. It Is believed that the growth of this Industry will be even more rapid In the futuro. Plausible Enough. A traveling man was exasperated be cause the atatlon In a certain south ern city waa no far removed from the buHlneaa .section. Aa he mopped the perspiration from his forehead he grumbled to a negro boy at bis wide : "Why did they put this station ao far away from town?" The negro was plainly puzzled for a minute, then said: "I dunno, lest 'twas 'cause they wanted It 'longitde der railroad." An Extra Number. "I saw a corking good show at the Skyhlgh roof garden last night." "Rah ! I saw that show night before last, and It was the worst ever." "Oh, but the show I saw wasn't on the program. Bight In the middle of that fool trapeze act a woman came tearing down the aisle to where her husband was sitting with a bleached blonde, grabbed him by the ear and dragged him out. It was a scream." Telephone Courtesy The people who get the greatest amount of good out of their telephone are those who talk over it as though face to face. Courtesy smooths out difficulties and promotes the promptest possible connec tions. The operators of the BELL System are trained to he patient and polite under all circumstances, but they will do better work if they meet with patience and politeness on the part of the telephone users. The fact that you cannot see the operator or the other party should not cause you to overlook this. The best results come through the practice of mutual courtesy. The \cicf :uiih iht uitis SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY J. A. HOUGH, MANAGER. The McCALL BOOK OF FASHIONS (FALL) With a McCall Quarter ly as your guide, your * ?5 wardrobe can be stylish and in perfect taste for the bare cost of material, plus a little of your time. Buy your copy today ? 'Joe; in Canada, 30c ? in cluding a free coupon good for 1 T)c toward the purchase of any "McCall Pattern. McCALL PATTERNS For October Now On Sale Want N'o. Tft&i .skirt No. 79<9 Ti'aiat No. 7 ? 7 5 Sklit No, ;m THE McCALL COMPANY CHICAGO NEW YORK BOSTON ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO TORONTO THOUGHT IT "REGULAR" TALK Little Qlrl Wa? Astonished When She ' Was Told That She Waa Speak ing "English." Proof positive (fiat each one of us Is for himself the center of the Uni verse, that what "our folks" do Is the proper thing, "nd all else mere eccen tricity, U seldom larking, but it comes out most engagingly In childhood. "She can speak French most beauti fully J" concluded Elsie's big sister, Sara, after having described at length to the family at the supper tuble the charms and accomplishments of a new friend, a girl who had lived several years abroad, and had come recently to Sara's School. * . "1 know a girl," put In Elsie at this point, with an air of Importance. "aijd she used to live in England. She's In my kindergarten, and she can speak English, I guess." "Well, what of that?" demanded Sara. "So can you speak English." "Oh, no, 1 can't ; I don't know howi j Why, of course 1 can't speak English," Elsie appealed from the laughing fuces now turned toward her, "can I, moth er?" "Certainly you can speak English, I child ; It's what we all speak ; we're speaking It now." "What? Is It English we're talk ing right this minute? Is it truly, mother?" "Of course, my dear I What lan guage did you aappose It was that wo ?talk?' " "Wky, mother, I didn't snppote It was Kfrigllsh, or any other language. I thought it was just regular talk, of course." ? Youth's Companion. ^ TAIL SERVES MANY PURPOSES With the Cat It Is Merely an Orna> ment, but Not 8o With Numer* out Other Animals. The question having arisen, "Why does the cat h&ve a tall?" the scien tists seem willing to answer It with another question. "How would the cat took without a tail?" No one can gainsay the fact that the tall Is a val uable ornament. The cat without one Is a sorry sight. But there are those who maintain that the tail serves the cat as a sort of gyroscope, balancing the body in leaping, says the Popular Science Monthly. This cannot be wholly true, for Manx cats get along vfery well without tails, and rabbits have no use for them at all. Yet both the Manx cats and rabbits do a lot of leaping. After all It looks as if the tall is only an ornament, unless it is a kind of safety valve for expression In exciting times. Of course there nre instances where the tall serves some purpose other _t ban th at_ of art. The monkey tl nds his useful as a sort of fifth leg; the hofse uses his as a fly swatter, as dees the li?n? : the crocodile uses his 1 for swimming, us <lo the seal and the j turtle and other aquatic creatures^ and tin* rattlesnake uses his for warn ! lag enemies. According to W. D. Mat thews of the American Museum of Natural History, the tail was a neces j sary oriran for the aquatic and amphi bious ancestor* from which the high er animals are descended. When they took to terrestrial life and to walking on all fours, the tail became more or less superfluous. Mark Got the Letter. Somebody has started anew on Its rounds this old story of, Mark Twain: "One evening a few years ago Brander Matthews and' Francis Wilson were (lining together at the Players club in New York when the former made the suggestion that they write a letter to i Mark Twain. 'But,' objected Mr. Wil son, 'we don't know where he is.' fop it | was at a time when Mr. Clemens was i nlways traveling somewhere. 'Oh.' said i Professor Matthews, Uiial _ jiqL make any difference. It is sure to/ find him. I think he is some place in Europe, so we had better put on a 5 i sump.' So the two sat down and composed a letter which they ad t dressed to 'MARK twain: ?Qod Knows Where.' "In due time they received a reply from Mr. Clemens which said briefly, 'He did."' Surmise Was Correct. A certain schoolmaster hnd a par ticularly troublesome set of boys to deal with, and consequently had to resort a good deal to the Influence of the cane. One day, when some unpardonable breach of discipline had been com mitted, he stood with several of the ringleaders In front of the class. "Boys," said he, sternly, "It seems to me that I have to work the cane n great deal more than I ought to work It" "Yes. sir," retorted the demon of the class, with a significant look at the cupboard. "I shouldn't wonder !f It comes out on strike soon." And sure enough It did. ? London Tlt-Blts. Why the Audience Smiled. A certain clergyman, Inclined to cor pulency, officiating as chairman at a social gathering that had met to cele brate the building of a new school room addressed the audience in the,,' following manner: "Friends." he said, "at the close of this meeting there will he a collection. It will not be for the poor," and, un- . consciously putting his thumbs Into hla ^ trousers pockets and tapping with hla , fingers hfs waist band, continued, "but for the development and enlarging of this department." MASTER'S SALE State of Hou/il CaroNnu, County of Court of Common I 'leu a. Camden \V h< ? I** *>ii It* 'Ii'ihi n , Plaintiff, against William I i Mi nli tin, -'um-.v Bifiuhuin, Fleishman. Morris \ Company, A. I> Kennedy, and It !(. I'el.oacUe, Willis Sheom and H. P. Triu'stl.i le, <?0 | ui rtner- as Enterprise Mercantile ( V>ui|*any, I >ofendantK. Cnder and by virtue of a Dccivo of his Honor Mendel l(. Smith. Judge of tin' Klfth Judicial Circuit, I will ofl'er for sale at public outcry, before the Court House door in Camden, S. <*,, on the (irnt .Monday in November n?xt (HM7>, being t ho flth day thereof, within the legul hours of sale to ttw? hluhc>t l?i<Jder, upon tile terms herein after set forth, the following describ ed tract of land: All that certain piece. parcel or tract of land contain ing one hundred and four (1(H) acres, more or less, lying and Ixdug in Kt'r isliaw County in state aforesaid, known I as a part ??f the estate of the late Mr*. Caroline K. Jone?, (Sand 1X1 II '1'ract i and bounded as follows: North by A. Habon and William Bran ham; West by old Bridge road; Honth by land of A. NV. Habon ; and East by esate of (leorge Halnai. Terms of sahk ? one third cash, balance to be set-urn! by a Ih>ihI of the purchaser and a mortgage of the premis.es sold, such mortgage drawing interest at the rate of seven (7) per cent. |ht annum, payable semi-annually. The obllgdr to have the option of paying the whole bid in cash. L. A. WITTKOWSKY. Master for Kershaw County. OctolH-r IK. 1J>17. Claflin I'niversit.y. the negro insti tution at Orangeburg, has set up :i canvass to raise $10,000 with which to purchase Liberty Bonds. The last episode of "The Mystery of the Double Cross" will l>e shown at the Majestic today. On the same pro gram will be Enid Bennett in "The (ijrl, (ilory." JUST ONE NIGHT Monday, Oct. 22nd HERE'S A I^iugh Jfor Everybody in ToWn The Jolly Musical 3 Act Farce THAT Was Written Just For The Fun of It 15 Catchy, Jijwling Musical Numbers . Offered by A Clever Company of Real - FUN MAKEftS Prices 50, 75, and $1.00. Seats on Sale at W Robin Zemp's Drug Store At 10 A. M. Friday Although it appears that much of tin- water power in the United States h:is heen harnessed and put to work* there is really only a small per een tujie of it doing won;, ahout live mil lion horse- power out of nearly sixty one million estimated. The O'jIchko American baseball team cap tu rod the World's serjes froui the New York Nationals Monday by win- : nln?c the lant game 4 to 2. Faber w?* -j jritted 4lgaii)*t Rube Denton an<l wou j his game. Benton retired In favor J pf IVrrltt before the game was over, j Camden Opera House Wednesday, October 24tti 22 Tuneful Tunes. 40 People. 3 Big Acts. A show of youth and ^ noV' biggest novelty and dance show of the seaxon. Extr*I ? The big winter ga speCjgl elty over the heads of the audience. The Illuminated Runway* ..?yry_oaf r carri^ scenery. Captivating chorus. tyost beautiful and expensive costume g0jfc.~ with a n?ad production. The biggest success in years. Haunting tunes, p * at W r The biggest show ever offered at tye*e "prices"": fl.&O, $1.00 ??r 60c seaw - Robin Zemp's Drug Store. *