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Legend of a Book. A quaint and kindly legend, illustrat ing the sorrow devout Christians used to feel for the paganism of their fa vorite classic authors, is that of St. Cadoc and his Virgil. St. Cadoc, whose day is Jan. 24, was the son of a South Welsh prince, who founded several monasteries in Glamorganshire and neighboring regions, but was driven away to Brittany by the coming of the Saxons. There he was walking one day with a copy of Virgil's poems in his hand and wept to think that Vir gil as a pagan might be in hell. An ultra orthodox friend who was with him severely reproved him for even doubting the fact, and a sudden gust of wind carried the book out of Ca doe's hand Into the sea. But that night he heard in a dream a sweet voice saying: "Pray for me; weary not In praying. I will sing the rr ::cies of the Lord forever." And ne,;t aay a fisherman brought Cadoc a fisn wside which the Virgil was found uninjured. -London Chronicle. Mixed Wives. In the early part of the last century there lived in an old New England town a Mr. Church, who in the course of his earthly life was bereft of four .wives, all of whom were buried in the same lot. In his old age it became necessary to remove the remains to a new cemetery. This he undertook him self, but in the process the bones be came hopelessly mixed. His "New England conscience" would not allow him under the painful circumstances to use the original headstones, so he procured new ones, one of which bore the following inscription: "Here lies Hannah Church and prob ably a portion of Emily." Another: "Sacred to the memory of Emily Church, who seems to be mixed with Matilda." Then followed these lines: Stranger, pause and drop a tear, For Emily Church lies buried here, Mixed in some perplexing manner With Mary, Matlda and probably Han nah. -Harper's Weekly. The Last Versailles Bourbon. There is r ''ersallles an orange tree some five centuries old. This tree, which was taken from Fontainebleau of Versailles on the completion of the orangery, was already famous undez the title of the Grand Bourbon. Ac cording to tradition, the tree had beer planted in 1421 by a Princess of Na varre and after several changes of owners came into the possession of Francois I., by whom it was placed at Fontaneblemc. 0 When it reached Ver sailles the king came to visit it, and two grand Bourbons were then face tc face. The man passed, and even his boaes, torn from their tomb at St Denis and tossed into a trench, have perished. Not a pinch of his dust re mains, But the tree lives and blooms and bears fruit, the only Bourbon at Versailles, serene, invincible, enthron ed.-Farmer's Versgilles.' - tale of /from the interior ofA. trial at the LIlongwe coprt proved~L a native woman.kTlledt by a lion had been partly eaten by lanother natiyE who was accused of impersonating the lion. The prisoner confessed freely that he had eaten of the woman's deadl body, the excuse being that he had pur chased from a "witch doctor" a medi clne which enabled him to turn into, a lion at will-in other words, to indulge in cannibalism in Its lowest form as the mood took him. A Waterspout. A scientist says of a waterspout thai passed over a certain district In France: "Its passage was accompanied with a sound which is described as resem bling that of a battery of artillery drawn on the gallop over a paved street. At the base of an extended nimbus hung the reversed cone charac teristic of- phenomena of this kind. A strong wind was then blowing fromr the south-southwest. The waterspoul was preceded by a storm and followed by a shower." Two Archbishops. The archbishop of Canterbury is pri mate of all England and thereforE takes precedence of the archbishop of York, who is only "primate of Eng land." This very nice distinction was made several centuries ago on account of a very bitter dispute arising betweer the two functionaries as to whiclt should precede the other. The mattei was settled by conferring precedence upon the archbishop of Canterbury, the two titles being also bestowed at thE same time. The Australian Native. For hundreds of years, perhaps thou sands, the Australian black has accept ed the doctrine of a Trinity in heaver and the theory of evolution. In some respects he Is far superior to his cli lized contemporary, but he curls him self around like a dog and sinks tc sleep on the bare ground at sunset. Ii the dark he is a veritable coward. What Emippens. In a written examination on physics. geography one of the questions was: "What happens when there is ar eclipse of the moon?" A boy with rather an admirable knack of getting out of a difficuil wrote the following answer: "A great many people come out tc look at lt."-London Answers. Precaution. Brjggs-Does your wife laugh whe' you tell her a funny story? Braggs Oh, yes! I always tell her beforehanc that it is funny. Hold on, hold fast, hold out Pa tience is genius.-Buffon. A Lucky Postmistress is Mrs. Alexander, of Cary, Me. who has found Dr. King's New Life Pills to be the best remedy she ever tried for keeping the Stomach, Liver anid Bowels in perfect order. You'll agree with her if you try these painless purifiers that infuse new life. Guaranteed by McMaster Co. and Jno. H. McMaster & Co,, drug gists Pric 25 The Throne of Thunder. Mungo Mam Lobeh, the throne, or place of thunder, as the natives call it, the peak of Kameruns, as the whites call it, is the highest point on the web ern side of the African continent. The first view the voyager gets of it who, coming from the northward, has been coasting for weeks along low shores and up the stagnant rivers, fringed with mangrove swamp, is a thing no man can ever forget. Suddenly, right up out ot the sea, the great mountain rises to its 13,700 feet, while close at hand, to westward, towers the lovely island mass of Fernando Do to its 10,100 feet, and great as is its first charm every time you see it it becomes greater, although it is never the same. Five times I hame been in the beautiful bay at its foot and have never seen it twice alike. Sometimes it is wreathed with indigo black tornado clouds, some times crested with snow, sometimes standing out hard and clear, as though made of metal, and sometimes softly gorgeous, with green, gold, purple and pink vapors tinted by the suaset. London MaIl. A Trying Reform. A Presbyterian clergyman of New York with two popular daughters has discovered a new way to end the vis its of their beaus at a seemly hour-a plan which might appeal to lay fami lies as well. For a number of years it has been a custom of this good man to hold evening worship after supper, always concluding the prayers with a short discourse. Things went very well until the daughters began to re ceive the attentions of young men and begged off or stole away to make their evening toilets. Then the minister changAl the devotional hour until 10 in the evening. This reform created an upheaval, but the father insisted, and at the stroke of 10 the visiting young men are now left one alterna tive-either to leave or join with the family in prayer-and It has proved a severe test of their devotion for the daughters when those not prayerfully inclined stick It out, sermon and all. New York World. The Good Fellow. The treasurer of a church temper ance society told at a temperance meet Ing a dramatic story. "A woman entered the barroom," he said, "and advanced quietly to her husband, who sat drinking With three other men. She placed a covered dish on the table and said: " "binkin' ye'd be too 1busy to come home to supper, Jack, I've Yetched it tc you here.' "And she deparfed. "The man laughed awkwardly. He invited his friends to share the meal with him. Then he removed the cover from the dish. "The dish was empty. It contained a slip of paper that said: "'I hope you will- enjoy your supper. It is the same as. your wife and chil dren havye et home.' "-Life. comee-.Ten. Coffee-tea is the 'common beverage - 'va and Sumatra. SIOn the coe( mesh from thE ees an a edin a pan over a slow fire until they. are light brown. They are then pnt Into a teapot, boiling water is poured over them, and the in fusion is drunk with milk and sugar. It seems the general opinIon that cof fee should come in contact with metal as little as possible. The Viennese peo. pe prefer a glass bottle to a canister for storing, and Brazilians use earth enware in preference to a metal pot for making. Antelope. Choose the Open. The antelope lives always -in oper country, unlike members of the deer family, which invariably prefer thick, dense forest. They cannot be driven Into timber cover' or thickets of brush, but will literally turn about and run over a pursuer, if necessary, rather than be forced Into cover. If they are ever obliged to pass by or through such places for food and wa ter, they' take a great deal of time tc do so, as if they were determined tc see everything that could be seen er route.-H. H. Cross in Century. The Great Lake. Lake Superior is the deepest of the great lakes, showing by soundings 1,008 feet in at least one place. Mich Igan stands second, with 100 feet less Huron and Ontario are about 750 i the deepest parts, while Lake Erie Is but 204. Vast areas of Lake Erie wil: not show a depth exceeding 80 feet The bottom of Lake Michigan is 40( feet above sea level. An Odd Verdict. A jury in Lindsey, Lincolnshire, Eng land, after being out some time on case of alleged false pretenses, return ed tc court and said, "We can't bring him in guilty and don't like to say h4 is not guilty." They were sent bacl and in fifteen minutes reaiched this ver dit, "We find him guilty, but not wit] intent." The prisonor was discharged Bh-.kmil. "Mamma," said five-year-old Margie -I'll make a ba-rgain with you." "What kind of a bargain, dear?' ask ed her mother. "If yoa'll give me a penny every da3 to buy candy with," replied the smnai Idiplomat, "I'll not tell any one yox have false teeth." The One to Be Pleased. "No," said Peckham. "we never have boiled ham at our house any more." "Why," Eeplied Newitt, "I though1 you were very fond of it." "oIam, but my wIfe's pet dog won't eat it at all." - Philadelphi: One is never weary of life. One b only tired of oneself.-Carmnen Sylva. Caught Cold While Hunting a Burglar. Mr. Wmn. Thos. Lanorgan, provincia. Constable at Chapleau, Ontario, says: "I caught a severe cold while hunting a burglar in the forest swamp last fall. Hearing of Chamberlain's Cough Rem. edy, I tried it, and after using two small bottles, I was completely cured." This remedy is intended especially for coughs and colds. It will loosen and relieve a severe cold in less time than bb any other treatment and is a favor ie wherever its superior excellence has become known. For sale by Obear Old Parlinentary Fnes. It is costly to ;,- at mciier of t&e British parliament. b;ut somNe nWient expenses are spared the uodern nem ber. An order dated 11;40 runs thus. "Those who go out of the house In a confused manner to forfeit 10 shil lings." Others enact that "al the uem bers that conic after 8 (the i;use met at 8 o'elock in the morning the:n to pay 1 shiling, and t'ose who do iot come the whole day to p:iy 5 shillings. those who do not come to prayers to pay 1 shillirg, such members as come after 9 o'clock to pay 1 shilling to the poor," etc. Still more expensive was It for niemb:ers to go out of town without permission. In 1GG4 a penalty of ?10 was 1I:posed upon evry kn ight and of i5 upon every citizen who should make default in attending the house. and a penal-:y of ?40 upon every member "*as shall desert the service of the house for the space of three days together (not having had leave granted him by the house), and he shall be sent for in cus tody and committed to the Tower." Week enders had a bad time in 1004. Why Fruits Turn Red. Fruits turn red when they ripen be cause of a wise provision of Mothet Nature. It makes the frdit conspicu ous to birds and other animals, and thus secures the dispersion of the seed. If the fruit were of the same color as the leaves it might easily be passed over. When the fruit or seed is incon spicuous, through either the want of color or the small size, dispersal is ef fected without the aid of animals, at In the case of the dandelion, whosE seed is carried about by the wind, or ol the balsam, the seed of which is eject ed by a sort of spring. The colored fruits, such as the grape and the cher ry, are furnished with succulent #oats, which piovide food to birds, who it their impatience often swallow th( seeds or stonea, whieh may pas. through the animal's body withoul change. Seeds may thus be conveye& not only for considerable distances or land, but also from continents to ocean le islands, which may in this way ac quire a new vegetation. Some London Clubs. London has many curious clubs, sue! as the Utopians, whose motto is "Serv God and be merry," and the, Frotl: Blowers, whose members are said t be bound to curse and swear ever3 time they enter the club. There ar also many unregistered clubs whic1 have no headquarters and take out n( licenses, and there are also many clubs whose members are manifestly drawi together by some common bond of sym pathy. Among these the London Dall3 Express enumerates the following: The Boz club (admirers of Charlei Dickens). The '05 club (amicability and the arts) The Royalists (guillotines and dia monds). The Castaways' club (resigned nava officers). The Lost Legion (for empire plo aeers). The Wlys of Madeir. The people of Mad ai I meets with no ann fear mosquitoes; ne . er hahet' take any produtions ag~Inst belal molested in the most out of the wa: parts. Everywhere civility, politenesi and pleasant faces will greet him The prices asked are grote'sque, oftei five tindes what will be finally aocept ed. Some find the absence of fixet prices abroad a great nuisance, bu the bargaining in Madeira is so gooi humored and c-m be made so amusinj that the chiange of custom in this re spet is rather refreshing. A Picturesque Wedding. An interesting wedding recently tool place in England. The bridegroom wa. a fireman, and accordingly the mem ers of the local fire brigade attende< the wedding. They formed up outsi& the church and made an arch wit1 their axes, under which the bride an< bridegroom walked. Then the firemei drew the happy couple home in a cau riage, blowing their whistles as the: went throngh the streets. German Silver. One of the oddities of nomenclatur~ Is that the combination of mnetal known as German silver centnan n< silver'In its composition and is of Ci nese and not of German origin. I was introduced into Europe by th Germans, and for some time it was no generally known that they had simpi: borrowed it from the Chinese. Glandula~r Swellings. Here is a remedy for goiter ani glandular swellings: Glycerinated 10 dine lotion-iodide of potassium, twi drams; distilled water, one pint; glyc ein (pure), one ounce. Dissolve tbA iodide in the water, then add the gly': erin. Apply with antiseptic gauze c: fine linen. On His Dignity. Mr. Q. Ponze-No, sir; my daughto would starve if she married you. Mr Nocoyne-Oh, well, if you1're the so: of man that would let your own daugh ter starve I've no desire to become relative of yours. I withdraw my re quest, sir.-Cleveland Leader. Longing For a Soaker. Hobbs-Queer, isn't it, that it neve -ains when one wants it to? ,Dobbs Garden in need- of rain? Hobbs-N': it's myself. My wife gave me a new umbela for a birthday present, anAi It hasn't rained since. Balanced. The Caller-Your art gallery Is treat. This picture especially is de lightful;~ the values are so weli hal anced. Mr. Porkham - That's right frame, $200; picture, same price. Puck. 1 rIp Quickly Knocked Out. "Some weeks ago during the sever< winter weather both my wife and my self contracted severe colds whict speedily developed into the worst kind f Ia grippe wvith all its miserabli symptoms,'' says Mr. J. S. Egleston ci Maple Langing, Iown. "Knees and joints aching, muscles sore, head topped up, eyes and nose running, with alternate spells of chills and fever. We bean using Chamberlain's Cough Iemedy, aiding the same with a double dose of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets, and by its liberal use soon completely knoeked out the grip" Sold by Cbear Drug Co. and all mediine dalnere. Burled by Tnorn- -ixit. Allerton Hall was upw)vard of four centuries the property and residence of the Kitchingman family. It was the largest and most ancient mansion in Chapeltown, consisting of about sixty rooms, with gardens and pleasure grounds. The Kitchingman fanily for upward of 400 years were carried from this hall by torchlight to be Interred in the choir of St. Peter's church in Leeds. At the Interment of any of the family the great chandelier, consisting of thir ty-six branches, was always lighted. in the year 1716 Robert Kitchingman died May 7, aged 100 years. le or ,ered his body to be buried with torch lights at Chapel Allerton. He was in terred on May 1, when 100 torches were carried. The room where the body was laid was hung with black, and a velvet pa'l, with escutcheons, was born by the chief gentry. The pallbearers had a!l scarf, biscuits and sack; the whole company had gloves. Fifty pounds were given among the poor in the chapel yard on the day of i his lhterment. Mary, his wife, died July 28, 1716, aged ninety-seven years. She was interrel precisely in the same way.-"Annals of Yorkshire." For Black Eyes. It Is often the case that people meet with accidents and bruises that cause disti'guring discolorations, from which they suffer not a little embarrassment and annoyance. It is worth while to know that thereIs a simple remedy and one quite within the reach of every one. 1nmediately after the acci dent mix an equal quantity of cap sicum annum with mucilage made of gum arabic. To this add a few drops of glycerin. The bruised surface should be carefully cleansed and dried, then painted all over with the eapsicum preparation. Use a calel's hair brush and allow it to dry, then put on the second or third coat as soon as the first is entirely a'bsorbed. A medical journal is authority for the statement that if this course is pirsued Immedi ately after the injury discoloration of the bruised tissue will be wholly pre vented. It is also said thatthis reme dy is unequaled as a cure for rheuma tism or stiffness of the neck. The President For a Day Story. The story that Daviq R. Atchison of Missouri was president for a day start ed as a joke. Atchison was president of the senate at the expiration of Pres Ident Polk's term, and the law at that time provided that that oficial should succeed to the presidency in default of both president and vice president. March 4, 1849, was Sunday, and Pres ident Zachary Taylor did not take the oath of office until Monday, March 5. Nomebody thereupon started the joke that neither ?olk nor Taylor was pres Ident during the odd day and that Atchison must ha've been. But if Tay lor eould not under the constitution be pcesident until he had, taken the oath of office how coild Atchison? - He did not take, the oath either.-St Louis Republic. _________ The Word "TariI." '" word tariff ha n payable on demnud, and c cur rent in the following way: A cortain Moorish general, by name Tarifa, seized in the year 710 upon a small seaport some twenty miles from what Is now Gibraltar and the southernmost town in Europe. Here he founded a station for levying toll on all craft trading In the neighborhood and be stowed his name upon the place, after the manner of Constantine, Alexander and others- The word came eventual ly to signify a schedule of charges and passed Into the French, Italian and English.________ Weird Story of a Chiair. -In the museum at Cape Tdwn Is shown an old fashioned, high backed wooden chair, to which attaches a weird story. It Is related that the chair Iis the one in which the Dutch governor was found sitting dead a few mo ments after the execution of a soldier whom he had sentenced to he hanged, and who on his doom being pronounced solemnly called upon his condemner to accompany him to the throne of th'e Supreme Judge. "On Satan's Knees." A little girl of five or so~ was much puzzled on hearing the lines of the old hymn: And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees. "Whatever," she asked, "did they want to sit on Satan's knees for? I'm sure I should not lik~e to sit on Satan's Iknees at all, and why should he trem -ble If they, were so little?" From the Irish. First Citizen-I beg your pardon, sir. -but I am a stranger in Dublin. Can you direct me to Grafton street? Sec ond Ditto-With Pleasure. Sure it's the second turn to the right. First Ditto-Thank you, sir. (Walks off.) Second Ditto (calling after him)-Hi! -If you' .a left handed man it's the other way entirely.-Lonldon Globe. Takcing No Chance. "Perhaps," suggested the waiter, "you would like a Welsh rabbit." "No," said the austere customer- "I nma -egetarian." "A Welsh rabbit is made of cheese, -you know, sir." "I know It. As I saldebefore, I am a Svegoaran"-Ch icago Tribune. InSerible. "She is so rigidly conscientious." "Indeed?', "Yes; she sticks to her principles as -if It were a matter of etiquette." -!Brooklyn Life. According to an old superstition of the medlaeval church, whenever a cock crows a lie is being told, Rheumatism Makes Life Miser-able. A happy home is the most valuable possesiou that is within the ra'ch of mankidi, but you cannot enjoy its omforts if you are suffering from rheumatism. Ycu throw aside busi ess cares when you enter your home and you can be relieved from those iheuatic pains also by applying Chamberlain's Pain B:tim. One ap p~lication will give you relief and its continued use for a short time will bring about a permanent cure. For sale by Obear Drug Co. and all medi cine dalers. ADVE DUsill *THEB 'UNDERTAK ING WILL BE CONTINUED II the future the same as in the pas in the old establishment in all it! diepartments with a full stock o Caskets, Burial Oases and Coffin: ionstantly on hand, and use o hearse when requested. Thankful for past patronag< a~nd solicitous for a share in thi future, in the old stand. " tended at all hours. IlffT SIN SHOP. J. M. ELLIOTT & Co. 'A PIANO OR ORGAN' FOR YOU. To the head of every family who is ambitious for the future and educatiot of his children, we have a Specia: Proposition to make. No article in the house shows th4 evidence of culture that does a Piau< or Organ. No accomplishment gives .3 much pleasure or is of as great valu4 in after life as the knowledge of musi< and the ability to play well. Our Small Payment Plan makes th< Ownership of a High Grade Piano 0: Organ easy. Just a few dollars down and a smnai payment each month or quarterly oi semi-annually and the Instrument if yours. Write us to-day for catalogue and our Special Proposition of Easy Pay mnents. Address; Malone's Music House, Columbia, S. C. Convulsion, Fits, ten Epilepsy. Dr. Miles' Restorative Nerv ine has been so successful in curing these brain-wrecking diseases that there is every reason to belicve that even the most hopeless cases can be benefited, if not fully restored. We will be pleascd to refer any one thus afflicted to many who now enjoy the blessing of health, after years of hopeless suffering. "I have a son that had brain fever hewc-st type and he was pronounced ncurabe. Ispet hundreds of dollar ffteen years he became so bad that we -insan, at Log nsport. Ind.taelwar tnued torow wheorse, so webrough coditione 30 haost his mind almos cntley. co dy kvnew one of the was a total- wreck. He had from 5 to r. 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