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Consumption Among the Jews. According to Dr. S. Kreincrruann o* ! I.'usel, Switzerland, Jews have a pbysi f t' i>redi.-position 10 diseases of tin iungr.. but they everywhere show : considerably lower morbidity ami raoc tnlity from consumption than are fotisiu atuomig Gentiles lie attributes this t'? their temperance; to a relative i.n i unity acquired through the weal, j: I o' their race having succumbed in earlier generations; to their ritual o.'>servance of cleanliness and to the high osi^eui In which the physician is lu.d among them. Gives Palm to Endurance. A somewhat varied experience of | | re-si has led tn#\ the longer I live, to [ j set less value on more cleverness: to j I ' PEASANT WITH TRUE VISION Traveler Heard Robert Burns Praise Washington, the American, for His Patriotism. A traveler exploring the wild beau ty of the Caves of Colzean Id Scotland - mot a young pennant, who astonished him by his poetic description ot tho scene, according to Hugh Miller's "Tales and Sketches" published in Boston half a century ago. A discusminn a " * ** ui uiiTHiure ana philosophy, as W?U as nature, Is concluded aa follows. an exchange remarks: "Man," said my companion, "should lore his spocies at all times, hut It Is 'ji"with him If In times like these he was not his country more. The spirit of war and aggression Is yet abroad; there are laws to be established, rights to be defended, invaders to be ropulsed; tyrants to be deposed And who .but* the patriot Is equal to these things? We are not yet dono with the Bruces. the Wallaces, the Tells, the Waahtugtons?yes. th* Wnshlngtons. whether they fight Tor un or against us we arc not dono with them. But we are getting ashamed of our country, of our langua?\ orr manners, our music, our literature: nor shall we have enough of the old spirit left us to assert our liberties or fight our battles. Oh. for some Barbour or Bltnd Hurry of the pre ent day. to make us once more proud of our country!" I quoted the famous saying of Fletcher of Saltoun, "Let mo make the songs of a country, and 1 wilt lot you make its laws." "But hero," f said, "is our lugger stealing round Turnborry Head \\> shall soon part, perhaps forever, and I would fain knew w'th whom I have spent an hour so agreeably. and have some name to know hint by. My own namo Is Matthew Lindsay. I ain a native of Irvine." "And I," said the young man. rising and cordially-* grasping the proffered hand, "am a native of Ayr My name. Is Robert Burns." WONDERFUL INSECT IS FLY Nuisance, and a Menace to Human L'fe. but Wrll Worth the Most Careful Study. . Kill a fly. but fltudy him He Is a wonderful creature, though a menace and vfauisance, writes Garrett P. SorviHft His muscles are as strong as steel; his nerve action is as quick as lightning If you were proportionately as strong as a fly you could seize a beam over your head with your hands, and, with two tons of iron fastened to your feet, easily raise your^ elf, together with the attached weight, from the floor. This calculation is no mere guess; It fs based upon experiments made by the Belgian naturalist, Felix Plateau, who harnessed insects and small animals of many kinds. In very Ingenious ways, to ascertain their strength. Likewise, if a fly were as big as a man. and retained hta relative strength, he could kill tigers with his lands and split asunder the Jaws of Hons with much more ease than Sameon did. U you were as quick as a fly you op$}d 1st an oncoming express train, traveling a mile a minute, come within a foot of your nose and then dodge It. 9trtke at a "fly that Is lazily circling with a playmate before your eyes and observe with what nonchalant ease he avoids your blow and instantly returns to his play Daily Thought. The aflectlou of old age is one of thA greatest consolation* of humanity. 11 have often thought what a melancholy world this would be without children, and an inhuman world without the aged.?Coleridge. (Maggots Bred for Sale. 1 u iSugland there are several maggot farms where maggots are bred for }tho n.arkot and sold as bait to fisher* if- : for trout and other fish. One farmer I \ advertises "Maggota of unsurpassable I atza and quality." Wanted the Material*. "Will you start up that tireless cook* ] er, Norah?' said the lady of the house. "Surs I will, mum." replied the green girl VVhere's the matches?"?Yonkers 0 An man. Uses It Himself. "Do man dar has sense enough to glv* good advice," said 1'ncle Eben, 1 'Is mostly tuo busy thlnkin' foh his own needs to pass out free instruo- 1 ttons." Possible to Be Too Close. A man may hang on to money so 1 closely ttiat tie gets about the same ! pleasure from Its possession that a lot machine does. . Young Wisdom. fair young girl of sixteen can say, "All my life!" in a more impresslva way than can an old man of eighty.? Puck Lets Others Do That. Onriously enough, the family loafer hever thinks of providing the family lis# Tlv Youth's Companion. Optlrristlo Thought. Many judgments that fall upon man are th*?result of his own sins 7 | uuarn more ami more Importance to I industry and physical onduranco. In-' to* d. I am much disposed to think that, i endurance is the most \aluablo quality ! of all: for industry, as the desire to work hard does not come to much if a t^ehk* frame is urtab'e to respond to ; tpo do'ire.?Thomas Huxley. H Sure His Time Had Come. It happened in a". Knglish hospital1 vv.ir-i that at ?he uiurni nt when a pa; tient was just recovering < one .on*- . nobs on his return to bed from the op! crating theater a Wesley.m minister j and two clerical friends came walking | in to pay a visit. The patient started I up ami stared at the trio of binck , coats. "Great Scott!" he exclaimed-: "The undertakers!" Explaining Ingratitude, j The general cry Is against ingrati-' tnde, but the complaint Is misplaced; it should be against vanity; none but direct villains are capable of willful ' ingratitude; but almost everybody Is capable of thinking lie hath douo more I than another deserves, while the other | thinks ho hath received less than he ; dos ?rves.? Pope. | j Earth's Conductivity. The resistance of sea-water is only about one-hundredth that of fresh water. Damp earth often offers less resistance to electric current than docs fresh water, hut dry earth measures over ten times as many ohms between opposite sides of a cubic section.? Popular Science Monthly. Region Produces Much Talc. Tllftt (JnilVPPiiniiP pnalnn nf I York is by l'ar the largest talc proI ducor in the United States. Years ago i its ontpnt of talc was greater than 'hat of-all other talc-producing loealj ities in this country combined, and the | mineral is in places worked to a depth of 600 feet. Toothbrush Case. Art ticking is very appropriate for making toothbrush cases. They should he lined with gum tissue and finished with seam binding around the edge, with loops to hang by. Always place the bristle end inside to protect from dust germs. 1 i Pessimist's Viewpoint, j "Father," said the small boy, "what's' ' an optimist?" "An optimist, my son. j is a man who tries so hard to be cheer ful that you feel sorry to see him overworking himself."?Washington Star. Kind of Neighbor He Liked. Lawyer?"What sort of a neighbor is he?" Witness?"Best one I ever had. Lived next to him Ave years." "Then you know him intimately?" "Never spoke to him."?Llfi. I Not the Same. "Did the sporting editor give you j thai fight ticket you asked him for?" asked the red headed office boy. "New," replied his friend. "He only made a pass at me." Great Leader. A great leader is a man who can I take two women out to dinner and i keep the conversation off of new clothes and surgical operations.?Kansas City Star. Worth-While Quotation. "The measure of capacity is the measure of sphere to either man or woman."?Elizabeth Oaks Smith. Peacooks Guide Tiger Hunters. In India the presence of peacocks denotes that there are tigers In the vicinity. Optimistlo Thought. Invention is not so |nuch the result ~ - J . . a. Vk muui KB JUU|iavDl, To Restore Colore. Ammonia will nPon restore colore that have been luiied by acids. A GOOD FAMILY COUGH BY RIP Can be made by mixing Pine-Tar, Aconite, Sugar, Hyoscyamue, Sanaa-j /ran, Peppermint, Ipecac, Rhubarb, | Mandrake. Capsicum, Muriate Am- j monia. Honey and Glycerine. It in pleasant, healing and soothing, raises the phlegm-, and gives almost instant relief. For convenience or those who prefer not to fuss. It Is supplied ready made in 25c bottles i under name of Dr. Bell's Pine-TarHoney. Can be had at your drug-1, gist. Insist on getting Dr. Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey and see that the for-, mula is on the package TilK LANCASTER NEWS FIRE INSURANCE ACT ti DEFENDED BY AUTHOR T Senator Lancy lleviotvs Iauik, Hard a Fight Wajced on Hill. w To the Kdltor of The State: I p SI I have hesitated about having any- w thing to say about the act commonly known as the anti-compact fire in-' ~ surance act passed bv the recent een eral assembly because so much was being written about it on both sides. But I have been asked as to my (views on this law by several as I am one of the authors or the bill and I take this opportunity of expressing them. Let me clear up one matter. 1 introduced this bill at the Instance or suggestion of no man, and I introduced it because I believed that it was not right for fire insurance companies oing business In this state to make tho rate and then to combine on that rate and thereby stifbany possibility of competition on rates. It was fought out strenuously in the general assembly and the house of representatives, after en* during a most notable filibuster, passed the bill after being tip prac* tleally all night at about a. m The farmers practically to a man in the legislature stood by this hill pud so did a great many of the members from other walks of life.. Certain fire insurance companies carried the fight before the governor in order to get him to veto the act but he had the manhood and the backbone to sign the same notwithstanding the unrelenting f'ght put up by these insurance companies, and the people of this state should uphold his hands and support him in this gignntie fight that is now on between the State of Soutb Carolina and these certain fire insurance companies, the great question being: "Shall ibis great and proud commonwealth he governed by these certain fire i..ou>uii<< win |>c? iii i *-n:i i-ii? i- i'l fire insurance matters, or shall th-1 state govern these certain fire insurance companies in refernce to fire insurance matters?" These same fire insurance companies say, by their acts, that they will not only withdraw from the state bu* that they will do all in their power to inconvenience and frighten the poo pie of this state and humiliate them by bringing about chaotic conditions as much as possible in order to fore the repeal or nullification of this law-, and now, when these certain fire insurance companies think that they have gotten the people sufficietnlv frightened, they want to rush * int othe supreme court with this law1 T in order to have it declared uncon-'4j stltutional. ^ I believe that there are sufficient manhood, brains Rnd resources left t in South Carolina to keep the stain J from her fair name of having been J brow-beaten, forced and humiliated T lnt othe repeal or nullification of thisi^ law by these certain gigantic fire j ? insurance companies. The state can protect her people and. if it becomes V necessary, the general assembly can -i be called into extra session for that , purpose. The state is already in the|T fire Insurance business in a limited T way and is making money In this ^ business and this fight can not ii be won in any othor way, the state [T can easily and safely provide firo^ v' insurance for the people. Now, briefly, why have certain fireilE Insurance companies left the state? IT My answer is, for two reasons: First, i + because this law prevents the making + and combination on the rate. And.jX second, because they desire to force v1 this state to repeal this law in order J1 that no other state may enact simi- T, lar legislation. But already several T] states have the anti-compact law in one form or another. In a generalsway. let us see what is the position i.! of these certain fire Insurance com V| panics at present judging from their, letters and newspaper articles as to T, how the state should treat them. T, They take the position first on this 4"; Important question that the fire in- < suranee companies be allowed to i make whatever rate they please to * make on all classes of property Ir. this state without any interference . from the state. Let the state de- ] liver her sovereignty over to them In this respect. Let the people take this rate or leave it nlone. And. to (! carry this position to its final analy- J sis, it nionns that, though tho rate . may In- excessive and exhorbitant and unreasonable, you people ofrtouth Carolina li?vo got to swallow ^ it or take no Insurance. They say .Tlet them agree and combine and makq compacts among themnelvea as 4' to what the rate shall he and make ?< this Inflexible rate Just what they ^ please. In the seoond place they vj say that the state has. no right to. i J and should not, supervise the rate | T! made by them Leave them alone,'J g they say. and have no power lodged ?e anywhere to determine whether this Ironclad rate is excessive, exhorhl ' \ APRIL 14, 191(> int or discriminatory. 1-et them of ! o as they please in South Carolina, ere hoy say, in so many wordB, take off the II restraint. They are so benovo- fur nt and so philanthropic that they per ill deal gently and kindly by the of eople and property owners. They rati iv, in this instance, in so many be ords, let the great and proud State am Prince Alber show you th< road to smok 0opyriuhl t?M by R.J. H. vn.il.K I >l>.iovuCo. PRINCE ALBERT wj content where it nev mits men to smoke all th a sore tongue, without toba ;co enjoyment! The ] Prince Albert is made (a by us) fixes that ? and c the nationa comes right to your t.-.ste will do for ycu v1iat it l men?make pi c or cigar< est of yet r ) k^sures! : ' Princo /.'4-.r' >i fi b . -.d V V It -?1 1 J rvoryu'b.e i ' tobacco is : "hi , toopyred bags .1.-; tidy rrd i't j' a tint, lOc; handcomc pound , and half-pound tin humidort Jq VOUF ^ ?and?in that classy pound crystal-slass humidor with jjg sponge moistsnsr top that ? kssps thm tobacco in lurA . y fine shape -always / K. J. KhTNC 1 i * ! A1 i Almost every + l)ox of Numiallv ^ If vou call, ta f church, before tl f (lavs or aimiver always pleases. t Be sure the cf I Nr, A, ? trf STAND > I i > U.' '"fr.wn.; z^'L-v .. <. * South Carolina surrender her son ignty to them. That seems to bi ir position. But let >s see a Httl< ther on this question of state su vision. The state, in the oxercis< her sovereign power, fixes th' 0 of interest at which money shal loaned and has a state bank ex Iner to look Into tb^aftalrs o t will Jgjp s rea> e-joy \ Xw* as made to create tobacco er existed before! It perey want without getting any comeback but real patented process by which nd controlled exclusively uts out bite and parch! Al RFDT I joy smoke fair and square! And it tas done for thousands of ^ite smoking the cheerfulize tell you about Prince s a fact that will prove out satisfaction just as quickly lay in a stock and fire-up! )LDS TOBACCO CO., Winston-Salem, N.C. Treat 1 tr_ _A. uasier "occasion" is an ocrasioi r,s fine candv. ke it: if vou don't call, : ho dance, between the a saries, Nunnallv's is the mdv vou trive is? innally' Fresh bv Express. ARn nRii X1111/ L/llU SloKcJUl ffi \asauBsssumm 11^ - the banking institutions of this state i for the protection of the people, e Why can't people and banks lend - money at any rate they may fix? 3 Has the state the right to regulate e rate of Interest for the protection 1 of the borrower as against the lend er The stute unoubtedly has this t (Continued on Page 14 v ' 8AgETr6 rc'ia'r?"" j On lb* reeerie tide o( thia tidy red tin yoa will read: "Proe ess Patented July 30lh. 1907," which kaa made three mea smote pipes where one smoked before! $\ 18 m < hi; for I I l to present a S send it. After 11 cts, on birthone eift that 11 II 11 1 il I s | 1 M G CO. 1 I More tT mK JuL i* hL ??. f' V&L''v"'' !. vfc ' # 'V^'"" '';*.-v '-.*? ' ^v>.? ' - Wi & W" ? J - i I i GEEKEM ?BS? ! ^ LONG BURNING WW ? ""