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n tio Joiurnai. Published Weekly. FICKEINS. SOUTH OAJROLINA. Beware the grip. Dq not lot it get a hold on you. Pride has many a fall these slip. Very mornings. Baseball talk has moved on from postmortems to forecasts. An extraordinary duel was fought Xn France the other day. One of the duellists was hurt. Chicago is the gem center of the world, but there is such a thing as 'wearing too many. .Baseball bids fair to girdle the globe. The Japs and the Cubans are taking kindly to it. One man's attempt at suicide is at tributed to too much housework. Is this a sign of the times? We are told that an illinois woman has put an end to herself by jumping into a cistern. Well, well! What do you think of a hen that laid 4,000 eggs in 22 years and never brooded? Can you beat it? The house cat carries germs in doors and indulges out of doors in an excess of vocal expression. Florida has a bride seventy-eight years old. And yet there are women of forty who have given up hope. A New York publisher tells us that poor music seils best. So we should judge from the music we hear these days. That proposed halt cent coin would be about right for most of the things you get by dropping a 1 cent coin in the slot. New York Is to have a fifty-eight story building. Tenants on the top floor will be reasonably safe from porch climbers. A new play in New York is called ''Hought and Paid For." However, many a writer of vaudeville sketches has no such luck. A Chicago man was Rhot for step ping on another's corn. 'Anybody who has ever nursed a pot corn will call it Justifiable homicide. A London man who was a contrib utor to Punch has Just dik, leaving a fortune of $6,000,000, and we'll bet his jokes weren't worth it. We are told that there will be no babies in these United States after the year 2020. Another reason for vrotecting our infant industries. During the last 34 years, says an eastern palper, we 'nave lost $5,000,000, 000 by fIre. Even at that old "inade quate water supplly" is still doing busi -iess. IrTnutsk, the capital of Siberia, is described as the wickedlest city in the world, It is nowv up to New York, Chicago and Pittsburg to renewv their efforts. Aviator' Paulhan, who has made $200,000 out of his aeroplane, says he Is going to rotire from the game. This looks to uis like knowing exactly when to quit. Cu~ring paralysis by artificially In ducing fever- remindls one of the in genious plract ititoner who always threwv his patients into fits and then cured the fits. It is had enough to be a (leaf mute, but when one so aillicted is suied for slander, it. is carrying tho thing toc far. Some pe'rsonsi evidently "Just can't make thefir hands behav'e." Pupils at Wellesley must learn how to spell befor-e they' are allowved to gradluate, It may h)e a good innova tioni, hut we feari that it will detract from the quality of WVellesley fudge. An army ofmler has invented a mutl tiplex telephone, and it Is claimed for it that ten per1sons can spea'fk over one --line. As if we dlidn't have tr-oubles enough already wvith the four--party wire. Mount Etna continues to smoke, but the innocent bystanders have Come to the conclusion that there is nothing doing in the way of lava. Many a time andl oft have we heard of persons who "didn't know It was loaded," Paris has decreed war against rats, This does not mean ,a battle against the rodents, but the' downfall of the present style of dIressing ladies' ihair, But w~hile the hobble skirt remains Paris fashions will not lack for strik ing features, Another instance of the hardship of militar-y duty is the decree that nmem bers of the New Jersey Natitonal Guard must refrain from wear-lng patent leather pumps at drill. HIowever, there is no order against chewing guma or using powder puffs. A Cleveland man wants damages for having to answer telephone calls tha~t were not for him and for the (ime he has lest in waiting to get the nm be he wanted, Hie will ree0 a large amount of publio sympathy, iU he neyer gets anything else. li 7 LIEDGDE --c| P a: bi c /* --' w - -] p Judge to the prisoner, "and you will rep( each week, that I may judge whether or you sign this pledge I will withhold sent ate this pledge within the year, I will si you to the workhouse for six months." Tih prisoner signed the pledge and So was born the famous "Pollard Pledge world. The man who had beaten his w was created became a model citizen. II was willing to give him a chance. The Pollard Pledge plan of dealing %v is strong drink is now followed in man which it originated, and has been even 'act of parliament. Vermont has incorp4 nm Australia and New Zealand the plan I "JIM" MARTINI t D i 0 a actually% b~een engaged in politics. As a unusual record. Defeat after defeat h ofcorK , th epniiiyo t ae e /lm"wohsawy ae h gr as jt icket. was h admoted to the barown Decembiler, o8 enth~ judcea rsonibt of w ins 18a0, fe Cear elected to ongess ieos in Ner,19 Arintaamily coniuosl hie roud of. TOGA FEDRAENE i 'o-a- iei Nahil.In10,w 40pte suporte sentpr arma - //j 0, A SOLOMON The author of the famous Pollard ledge is William J. Pollard. He Was agistrato of the Dayton Street po e court in St. L.ouis, when one day man was brought before him on the large of having beaten his wife. The tso against him was clear and he wqs mtenced to six months to the work. ause. Then the wife began to cry id to plead for the man she had *ought before the court. "He is the sole support of my six illdren and myself," she said. "If >u send him to jail, Judge, we will arve. I would rather take his beat. gs and have food for my little ones. lease, judge, let him go." Judge Pollard was in a quandary. e looked at the brutal face of the Isoner, and he gazed at the tearful Ife. lie picked up his pen and rote a few lines on a sheet of paper. "I have written here a pledge by hich you promise to abstain com etely from the use -of intoxicating Iuors for one year from date," said the >rt to me at my home two evenings not you are keeping the pledge. If ence upon you, but if you ever vio. 3nd a policeman after you and send left the court room with his wife. Plan" that has swept around the ife nine years ago when the pledge 3 kept his word with the judge, who ith unfortunates whose besetting sin y cities beyond the municipality in enacted into law in England by an )rated it among her laws and even s in operation. E OFJERSEY One of the picturesque figures IL ie next United States senate will bd unes E. Martine of New . Jersey. Fim" Martine is new Jersey's first emocratic senator in 16 years. He a man of many mannerisms that %ve caused some persons to call him !centric, but it is claimed that Mr. artine is not all eccentric person by ay means. The fact is, in his home )u-would take him to be a southern. r of the old (lays. On the streets l Plainfleld you will see him stroll. ig along, wearing his fedora hat Kentucky colonel style) shading his yes, and calling to first one mar, nd then another. Like all men who enjoy minglinf 'ith the public, Mr. Martine has his obbies, and his I)et ones are politics, arming and oratory. The last-named amOe to h1m11 as a birthright. As for olitics, Mr. Martine Is a politician for he love of it. Of his 61 years 43 have political stIcker, Mr. Martine has an is followed his battles, but nothing tisfalction of runlning ahead of his 1 Into that occupation by inheritance the soll. W~hen his father died the st valuable estat es in Plain fleld, and 1 upon01 thle br1oadi shoulders of '"Farmer lpride in keeping it up. The house at v Jersey andl has a history that any UDGE NAMED The recent applointm.Ient by Presi onlt Taft of Rlepresentative Waltei iglewvood SmIth of Iowa to be a idge of the eighth circuit of the fed. ral court to succeed Judge Vain De. inter, lpromloted to the supreme cour: enich, has (reated considerable stii I pioliticail circles. One of the princIpal reasons for litical interest in the appointment Judge Smith is connected with the .et that a candIdate presentedl by -ogrer.ives for the same position as Repriesenltative. George W. Nor s of Nebraska, insurgent leader, who rocted the revolution Iast March hlch r'esultedl in the ousting of Speak.. Cannon from the rules committee. idge S1mith has been in congress ne1900. Judge SmIth wvas born in Council luffs, July 10, 1862. He received a >mmoni school education, studied law, C, andl was elected judge of the Fif nd re-elected in 1894 and 1898. He 0. HeI has been in tihe house of rep zuand was re-elected last November. ESSE EDTORJ L~uke Lea, practical owner of the ashyl lie Ten nesseean-American, and( >ungest leadling politician in Tennes 3e, has been named by the general isembly to succeed to the seat in io United States senate held by ames B. Frazier. His election is te last echo of tihe tragedy in which d-United States Senator Carmack as killed. At the time Carmack was shot h4 as5 edlitor-in-chief of the Tennessee a. Lea is generally spoken of ab hie man wile made Governor Patter >n" in the first place, and tihe one ho contributed more subseqluently uan any other in dlefeating him, after o hail pardoned Colonel Cooper, im risoned for the Cairmack killing. Lea is 82 years of age, a gradluate f the University of- the South at ee ranee, andl is the' second Luke Lea tc ttain prominence in the polities of ,ea, a descendant of Andrew Jaecson a .1905 when hie took charge of the thle Cumiberland Telephtone company )en ithe county u.nit rneaiy plan wa. * 4 STONEH TO Movement Begun to Restore Angle-Tree Monument. Ancient Mark on "Frontier" of the Plymouth and Massachusettq Bay Colonies is in a State of Neglect. North Attleboro, Mass.-The presen. tation of a bill in the Massachusetts legislature providipg funds for restor ing the Angle Tree monument and for creating a small reservation about it, directs public attention for the mo inent to one of the least known his torical landmarks in the common wealth. Probably not one person in a thou sand in Now Engla'nd can tell what the Angle Tree monument is, or what it stands for, and though it is in this town you may nedt'men on the street here who never heard of it. Yet there was a time when it marked the bound ary between the two pioneer common wealths of America, the Plymouth and Massachusetts Day colonies. Here stood two centuries ago a tree that the surveyors of the original Plymouth-Massachusetts Bay bound ary in 1664 thought a good mark for a "station" in their lino of survey., A it, therefore, they ended a long, straight line they had drawn across what is now southeastern Massachu setts, from Accord pond, at a point in the boundaries of the towns of ling ham, Norwell and Rockland. The pond doubtless was named to conmemor.ate an agreement on the boundary. The line was 27.35 miles long, fro'm the pond to the angle tree, and its di rection was west, 20.5 degrees south. From the tree it extended due west less than a mile to the Rhode Island border. From- the pond its eastern continuation was to the sea, along the boundary between the towns of Co hasset and Scituate. Here was the "frontier" of Plymouth colony. The tree selected as a mark b$y the surveyors in 1664, after their long and slow march through swamp and forest must have been conspicuous among Angle Tree Monument. those about it. But in the course of timo the tree wvent the way of all trees and in 1790 the commonwealth of Massachusetts caused to be erected an the spot a slab-like shaft of slate stone 7.3 feet high, about seven inches thick and about 18 inches across its !ace. On this was engraved two. lengthy inscriptions. Trho passing of nearly a century and a quarter and the ruthless hands of vandals have worked a sad change in the condition of the monument. One mnight expect to fall in with such a aeglected monument in almost any other state more quickly than in Mas sachusetts. But though Plymouth rock is hloused in a granite canop~y, nobody seemed to know or care until recently what was the fate of this other Plym auth landmark, at the wvest border of the 01(d colony. One glance at the monument is enough to show the work of the van -lal has (lone more to deface it than :ho tooth of time. Names are scratched ill over both faces, these of freshmen in a minor college most unblushingly prominent. The edges of the shaft have been chipped away by souvenir aun toe. About three years ago the condition af the stone led a number of antiqua rians, including Major Horton of At tieboro and a few progressive resl :lonts of North Attleboro, led by W. H. Bell, chairman of the board of select men, to make a concertedl effort to have the state restore the historic stone. 'To this end a bill was presented to the legislature by Representative S. M. H-olman of Attlebo'ro, who was chair man of the committee on harbors and public lands. The bill was duly passed and became chapter 41 of the acts of 1908. It directed the board of harbor rnd land commissioners to take such measures as might be necessary for the preservation of the monumnent and appropriated $500 for the purpose. It was found that to effect the improve irpent desired land must be bought, both f'or the proposed reservation, and l'or the right of way to the monument 'rom the street. The present bill pro vides for the purchase of half an acre of land and appropriates $500 for the mntire project. At present it is net possible to pick out a complete sentence in the inscrip lions. The top of the stone is cut in the form of a disc, on the south face of which'appears the words "Plymouthj~ Colony." Fortunately the full text of the inscriptions is preserved and may be found in the atlas of lie town'of Wrenthami, issued by the state. The Inscriptions are complete historically, but. gre curiosities in the art of in .aeriptionl writing. t . ~ . 911SION4 Vi0N OP MAN IN Woman elaime to Have *en- Mont*: Picture of Disaster to the Battleship. Washington.-Mrs. A. W. Fraser, who now resides In New York, claims to have mentally witnessed the dis aster which befell, the ill-fated bat tleship Maine in Havana harbor thir teen years ago. Mrs. Frazer states that she 'iAstinct ly Paw the sinking of the bz.tleship before she was told of it. A youig man rushed to her in. her.. cottage, which was ten miles'from Washing ton. He told her to tell him what she could see. . "It disturbs me to have some one challenge me to a psychic test," she Mrs. A. W. Frazer. said. "Nevertheless, I sat down and saw a. battleship in full regalia. It was black. Suddenly it collapsed and sank into the sea. "Then I saw, near at hand, a man in uniform, with upraised sword, standing with a handful of men. He had a mustache and side whiskers. He said to the men, 'Reserve your comment till you bear from us.' As the vision disappeared, I heard a voice say, 'The Spaniards did not blow up the Maine.' "Then the young man told me that news had just reached Washington of the blowing up of the Maine and said he was sorry I had seen the ship black, as all our war vessels were white. I later learned that the Maine was the only black ship in the navy. "How did I see the ship black and how did the papers later on print a message from Sigsbee which in sub stance was what I heard the man in nniform say,''Public opinion should be suspended until another report?' " OLD LODGE BUILDING RAZED Historic Structure At Williamsburg, Va., Torn Down to Ma ke Room for improvements......... Williamsburg, Va.-By order of Williamsburg lodge the historic old Masonic hail on Francis street of this city has been razed to the ground. This is the building in which the con vention was called for the organiza tion of the Grand Lodge of Virginia, on May 6, 1777, and In which the de lIberations ended in the establish ment of the Grand Lodge of Virginia on October 13, 1778, it being the first Grand Lodge of Ancient York Rite Masons in America. Rev. John Blair, Past Master of Williamsburg, wvas unanimously elected Most Worshipful Grand Master. In 1784 the Grand Lodge was removed to Richmond, Va. The most prominent men and Ma sons of early times attended lodge in Old Lodge Building Demolished. this old Masonic hall. George Wash ington wvas a member of Williams burg lodge and many times presided as master, occupying the famous chair presented by Governor Batetourt in 1769. rTe chair is still in the posses sioni of the lodge. In 1824 General Lafayette visited the lodge and pre sidled as master. For many years the old building has been unused, and it was fast falling to pieces when it was determined to tear it down to make room for modern improvements. Noted Cats of MaIne. Lewiston, Me.-The feline pride of Maine is a waltzing cat, owned by Mrs. Lutie Rowe of 80 Lowell street, Lewiston. Prince, the eat, dances whenever he hears music of any sort. This clever feline is one year old and tips the scales at 11 pounds. lie1 is a fighter, and. thus far in life has eecaped without serious Injury. There arrived by express from Gal veston, Tex., at Hallowell, Me., a few days ago, a cat that was the only com panion of Capt. E. E. Wall, who re mained alone on the deorelict schooner Holliswood until rescued. It Is pure1 white and weighs 18 pounds. It was billed by the captain to his wife. The eat was five days on the trip. On the box were the words: "Water Mes Feed me. Tom, MUUale.ns At eumktim Remedy reUlty &ull!I- the eg , 'back, ati..*e woen Joints. 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Broad St.. Atlanta. G41 Much moonshine goes into piohs talks about haking sunshine. Take Garfield Tea to arouse a sluggish liver-all druggists sell it. He is a learned man that under stands one subject; a very learned man who understands two.-Emmons. . TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY ake L.AXATVU IROMO Quinine TAM~ k re money It it falls to omrs. Ta B E's8 signaturo Is on each box. 20. Didn't Care. Hewitt-I guess you don't know who I am. Jewett-No, at .4 I haven't any wom an's curiosity about it. Domestic Ameni Ips. Father-I think the bay looks like you. Mother-Yes, it shuts its \,yes to an awful lot. NOT QUITE THE SAAM Hubby-H-ave you noticed how much better I rest after a day's fishing? Wifey--No; but I've noticed how much easier you lie after .a day's fishing than upon other days. IT'S FOOD That Restores and Makes Health Possible. There are stomach specialists as well as eye and ear and other special ists. One of these told a young lady, of New Brunswick, N. J., to quit medi vines and eat Grape-Nuts. She says: "For about 12 months I suffered se verely with gastritis. I was unable to retain much of anything on my stomach, and consequently was com polled to give up my occupation. "I took quantities of medicine, and had an idea I was dieting, but I con tinued to suffer, and soon lost 15 pounds in weight. I was depressed in spirits and lost interest in every thing generally. My mind was so af tected that it was impossible to be come interested in even the lightest reading matter. "After suffering for months I de aided to go to a stomach specialist. Fle put me on Grape-Nuts and my iealth began to Improve immediately. [t was the keynote of a new life. "I found that I had been eating too rnuch starchy food which I did not di rest, and that the cereals which I had ~ried had been too heavy.- I soon proved that it Is not the quantity of ood that one eats, but the Qnality. "In a few weoks I was able to go hack to my old business of doing cler. cal work. I have continued to eat 3rape-Nuts for both the morning; and Ivening meal. I wake in the morning vith a clear mind and feel rested. I -egained my lost weight In a short ;ine. I am well and happy again and 9 >wo it to Orape-Nuts." Name given >y Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich. Read "The Rload to Weliville," in skgs. 'There's a Reason." Ever read the above letter? A new .me agpears fromt time to time. They ire genue, true, and fllU of hUsMan