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Live Without Stomachs. Important Organ is not Absolutely Necessary for Existence. AI L- I /.I- A. 1- - 1 nougn die niomacn is h vriaable organ it is perfectly possi ble to get along without it, hp *? < ?et forth recently by Prof. 11, P. Paterson, F. R. C. S., in a lecture delivered at the Royol Col lege of burgeons, of England, at London. During the course of his remarks the lecturer discussed the removal of the whole stomach as a radical cure for malignant disease. The lecturer observed, savs the London Standard, that while the value of a good stomach is undoubted, fortunatly nature is able to dispense with this organ, as most of its functions can be performed vicariously by other portions of the alimentary i>a nai. Nature has duplicated three of the four functions performed by the stomach, although the loss of the gastric secretion cannot altogether be compensated. "Those who have lost it," says one authority, "have one weapon the less in the struggle for existence." It has been shown that dogs may gain in weight and remain in perfect health after removal of the entire stomach, while the elaborate observations made on a patient prove that the same holds good of human beings. These observations record that the absorp tion of albumen was unaffected, and no putrefactive changes occurred in the intestines, which shows that the absence of the gastric juice does not lead to decomposition in the intestines. Are Drummers tnhe no Mnr#?? American business, railway travel, and hotel lite would all suffer trom the elimination ol the "drummer" for trade. But this result is threatened, according to one of the "bagmen." "First it was the trusts and now it is the disttibuting centers that are out against us," says one ot this hustling and ubiquitous clan.? "The combines threw a lot of commercial travelers out of their jobs, and now they have devised the distributing center idea to make it still more difficult for us to earn a living." It'rirmarltr t ito Kir* m o n n fo/?t nr , ........J ...fr ing concerns and wholesalers sent traveling men all over the country. These almost abolished the older custom, which now in a modified form is coming hack, of small merchants ''going to the city 'o buy goods." "Now," said this drummer, " t lit se same manufacturers go on a hunt for what thf1)* call centers, and there they establish a branch store, where their go ;<is are sold wholesale to the c ti?*s for miles around. In the larger cities these centers have been established and the small merch id's from the towns arotp come in to do their buy i "g. Tho-e manufacturers are inducing the merchants to come to them, instead of going to tin meiclrmts, and there h< cms to be satisfaction on both sides." ? Exchange. Ah a rule, the best bone you produce, after you got enough tc HUR*ain the weight of the carcass you wish to produce, the better. Starting Newspapers. What Happened to an Experiment in Meriden, where a Man Thought he Had a Call to Serve the Public. From the Ilartford TinieB. i The eareer of the Meriden . Times, which has quit after ten months'journey from cradle to grave, represents, with local var mtions, the experience of many i another journalistic venture Seeking to conquer impossible i condition,our Meriden namo^akt; winch was a creditable publica( tiou,ends the struggle as a victim ; and not as a victor. Trying t( i crowd in where there was nr . room for it, the paper dies ne hundreds of other journals that L A. Al _ I J _ _ 1 1_ Muuniu vo occupy neius aireauy fully occupied have died. Meri den is a community of 30,000 in habitants, and has a very limited suburban population. Already admirably served by the Record in the morning, and by tho Journal in the evening, the city is too i small to enable a third daily paper to get three decent meals i a day. The result of the experi; ment which has been made and which has caused a good deal ot cash to be swapped for a good deal of experience, might have been forecasted by any one-eyed prophet. It's easy enough to start a newspaper ; it's frequently hard enough to keep the thing going. People with ambition to gratify, or with grievances to redress, or with schemes to promote can easily imagine that a clamorous public demand exists for a new paper in the community. They forget that reading men and wo. | men don't change their newspaper habits over night any more than thay cast off one set of friends and take on another set between sunset and dawn, Millions of dollars have been expended in the United States during the past ten years in starting superfluous papers, in trying to keep their heads above water a d in administering hypodemic injections of cold cash. When the backers get tired of the hopeless struggle, suspension or sale or merger with some other publication take place. The situation recalls Horace (ireelv's poem : Man s a vapor, Full of woes Starts a paper? Up she goes. The business of starting newspapers has been tremendously overdone. In many communities may be found more journals than are needed, more than can be supported and more than the public has any use lor. An inci dental result is that millions ? t dollars are annually spent in trying to bolster up unprofitable properties. The Meriden experiment. which has now reached the 1 obsequies stage, is one of a hundred 60 YEARS' gf EXPERIENCE Anynnw ?rn<1!n( n dkPtrh ami <1< icrlpllati niav inlcUly aarertnlo our o|"iii?>n Irt-u wlu-tlmr hu Intention Id probably pnteiitabld. ('ninmiinlrnili.n* hi. ally ronttilent lal. HANDBOOK on I'atenta rout free. olileat iimuirjr for necurliijr patmiia. I'atont" taken through Munn & Co. receive tpffial noflcr, wllliout charge, In the Scientific American. I \ I irirtsniiiely Illustrated weekly. I.nrgest rtr iiIntion of any eeiontlllc Journal. Terma, a year ; four months, 11. Hold by all newsdealer*. MUNN & Co."""""-" New York llram-h Office, 8% K St.. Washington, D. C. , i T~~1HE above picture of the man and fish is the trademark of Scott's Emulsion, and is the synonym for strength and purity. It is sold in almost all the civilized .'mm. trios of the globe. If the cod fish became extinct it would be a world-wide calamity, because the oil that comes from its liver surpasses all other fats in nourishing and life-giving properties. Thirty years ago the proprietors of Scott's Emulsion found a way of preparing cod liver oil so that everyone can take it and get the full value of the oil without tiie objectionable taste. Scott's Emulsion is the best thing in the world for weak, backward children, thin, delicate - people, and nil conditions of wasting and lost strength. Send for free sample. SCOTT & BOWNE, Ciikmists b ?0*-41K FtllL IT1UI, NIW rOU c' II 60c. and $1.00. All drvtrtfists. d , = K _____ r I THE IMPLEMENT CO. J RICHMOND. VA, ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR ? fencing, h Roofing, Barb Wire, Psullry Melting. Write for prices and catalogue. We carry one of the largest and best stocks of Farm Implements in the South, and can save you money on your purchases. What- ^ ever you need, get our prices before purchasing. Special bargains in Farm Wagons and Buggies. Best makes. Low Prices. The Implement Co., \ 1302 Main St., Richmond, Va. f I 4 Wood's Seeds. I Alfalfa Seed ] INOCULATED I Read?' For SowingInoculation makes it possible Km to prow Alfalfa where it could not I he grown before. 'II ^ supplies the bacteria necesI sary for the best growth and dei I velopinent of this valuable crop. Alfalfa once well established I lasts for years, yielding large and < I continuous cuttings of the best I and most nutritious hay. l'riceof c ?? seed <jnoted on request. Wood's 1906 Seed Book tells I all about Inoculated Seeds, both I for the Harden and Farm. Mailed free. Write for it. I T. W. Wood & Sons, Seedsmen, RICHMOND, . VIRGINIA. I We can aNn - apply Inoculated Garden ~ Peas, Snap Bsani, Clover*. Cow Peas, etc. Write for prices. MONEY TO LOAN. J 1 an prepared, as usual, to negotiate loan b on improved cotton farms In auiria of $300 ? and upwards fot five years. Interest at 7 pe c ent. OR sums of I.?"V" '?nd c#ver Under ti.iAMi.ou. b par cent. interest. No brokerage h or cammisslcn charged?only a reasonable fee for abstract of title. R E WYME, A ttorneyat l.a* SSfift ? T e Old R * THE BANK OF I.ANGAS ^ CAPITAL [| SURPLUS Loans made on Real Estate, [i Collections given prompt ar S Interest allowed on time de] Your business solicited. T1 jl the strongest Bank in Lancast Southern THE SOUTHS GRE Unexcelled dinin Through Pullman on all through tra ient schedules on ; Winter tourist ra1 effeet to all Flnrir full information routes, etc., consu em Railway Ticl BROOKS MORGAN, A,G.P.A Atlanta, Ga.l A PIANO OR ORGAN FOR YOU. To the head of every family who it* amitiotiH tor the future and education of hit* hildren, we have a Special Proposition to 81 take. M No Article in the home ahowa the evi- V ence of culture that doea a Piano or Oi an No HCOX)ui}>liKhmout given an mach leasure or ih of ns great value in after life "3P r the knowledge of music and the ability ) play well. Our Small Payment Plan makea the ownership.of a high grade Piano or Organ my. Jnet a few dollara down and a amall paylent each month or quarterly or seminntially and the instrument is yours. J< Write us today for Catalogues and our pecial Proposition of Easy Payments. Address, MALONE'S MUSIC HOUSE. Columbia. S. C. T< For Sale hi I will sell to the high- " :st cash bidder my Blacksmith Shop ncluding all my tools, S? orges, etc. ^ Don't all speak at once. r) F. R. MASSEY. Lexington Roller Mill Co. LEXINGTON, KENTUCKY. m Highest grade Flour. Wo are offering to our F< trude this next \earthe ? highest irrade flour ever sold in Lancaster HENRY CLAY." Every sack guaranteed to please or money refunded. F-?r sale by ^ BENNETT GROCERY CO. Bridge to Let. 1 will let contract to build a new bridge ver <vtixhuw Creek on river road, near T(. out born K. It , to the lowest reaponsible idder, on 'Ihurday April 5tli at 3 o clock. . m Specifications to be made known 01 t time and place of letting Right recrved to reject au> and all bids M C. tiardner, County (Supervisor. Mch. 'it), im eliable." ^ STER, Lancaster, S. C. ^ $50,000.00. H $50,000.00. jfi at reasonable rates. H id careful attention. A posits.. ^ le oldest, the largest and ll ;er county. Jg MatmMnBHUBaHHHBBI Kailaxijn LATEST SYSTEM g car service, i sleeping cars ins. Convenill local trains. :es are now in la points. For as to rates, lit any Southtet Agent, or R.W.HUNT,G.P.A., r\ i i ? o unarieston, b. u. Summons for Relief PATE OF? SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Lancaster. m t- IN THE COMMON PLKASJ M^Slarry, J. O. Walker and J. W. Wadsworth's Sons Co., conducting a business as funeral directors ana embalmers, under the firm name of J. M. Harry A Co.?Plaintiffs, against ?nnie Mcllwain, Julia A. Taylor, Walter S.Taylor, Burroughs Taylor, R. E. Wylie, Eliza J. Wylie J and R. K. Wylie, executors, J.G. Baird. Charlotte Drug Co., Heatb Supply Co., Bank of Lancaster, and J. W. W adsworth's Sons Co.? Defendants. 0 the Defendants Above Named : You and each of you are hereby immoned and required to answer te complaint in thie action, which is led in the ofllce of the Clerk of Coinon Pleas, for the said County, and 1 serve a copy of your answer to the .id complaint 011 the subscribers at leir ottice at Lancaster 0. H., S. C., ithin twenty days alter the service ereof, exclusive of the day of such rvice; and if you fail to answer the implaint within the time aforesaid, le Plaintiffs in this action will apy to the Court for the relief deman>d in the complaint. R. E. A R. B. ALLISON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys, ated February 38th, A .l>. 1906. To t he Absent IV fendants, Julia A. Taylor, Walter S. Taylor, Burroughs Taylor, J. G. Baird, Charlotte Drug Co. and J. W. Wadsworth's Sons Co. and others : Take notice that the complaint and immons in this action was tiled in le ofllce of the <Jerk of the Court of amnion Pleas for Lancaster county 1 the 28th day of February, 1906. R. K. A R. B. ALLISON, Plaintiffs' Attorneys. *b. 28th, 1900. ? ?w. I REPRESENT THE COLUMBIA LIQUOR CO. Wholesale and Retail Dealers in Foreitrn and Dnmpsfip WINES AND LIQUORS. AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. AH orders left with me will jceive prompt and careful atintion. No charge for forwarng orders. John W. Elliott, At Crescent Restaurant. I