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if If PAGE SIX FLOCK TO HER WITH GIFTS FROGS A i Woman In Atlanta Uaod 8llppera aa a Cnoakera T Bait for Men Frionda and Got Anlmi Many Presents In Return. B? s< Thore was a sharp young lady In At- ^ke '??d lanta. who had 40 or mora admirers. earthworms For each of these she bought slippers. form of an all of the same pattern, which she had be seized ai an aged seamstress make up. says the often Augusta News. Meanwhile she kept *lves. The n pair for herself In the parlor, where dnngerou she could have them on hand when- of ,ts kind, ever one of her lovers called. Of to rnt 8lnn course, each young man asked for fo"d of ana whom she was making such pretty slip- shells and a pers. She would reply, with a he- It Is Inte witching smile and half a wink: "Oh. can cat bee they're for a man friend of mine." '"K the stln 'men each Infatuated youth went off a"-v n,akes to Invest In a gift. Some bought tongue, clothes. Some bought Jewelry. One mout bought furniture. In return, the girl t?nKm' bestowed upon ench of them a pair of Jaw? '*s slippers, worked by the seamstress and that rnn ' footed by a Dutch shoemaker, at an i ** 's ^"PP'h average cost of S'J.Oo a pair. The ! picks u presents from her admirers avernged : not se<1 nn ' $4,1 per man. . j dangling 'ia The pair the girl worked herself she j a distance ( presented to a young dry goods clerk i Frogs ma in Augusta, to whom she was secretly j snia'l ',lts ? married. She afterward sold her pres- | a hook a,1(' ents and had enough to start house- hook. ^ ken keeping. mnl Ina>' he Bullfrogs kf tempt to SWi Protest a Happy Ending. The Pnrls correpondent of the Pall Mnll Gazette recently reported a curl- I TIMES AN ous suit that should Interest the readers of Flaubert's romance of Carthage. Churchos an The actlou was brought by the niece of But the Gustave Flaubert against the adapter* Most of "Salammbo" for the cinema. Flaubert, It will be remembered. There are finishes his novel with the mobbing they don't i and death of Mathos before the eyes there are it of his mistress, who seems entirely sleep In th< Indifferent to his fate. This would not those who f do for the film. The adapters not only not counted, save the general's life, but ring down as libel, obsr the curtain with the marriage of the RUt why < lovers, who "live happily together ever want to slee after," and have a multitude of chll- protest ngah dren to grace their old age. hanger who This platonlc and commonplace end- apathetic la] ing to a "masterpiece" horrified the n{rlng to sh dilettantes, who made so much fuss <jay Qn(j sn about the caricaturing of the story dreaming as that Flaubert'^ Ilternrji executor felt ls 0f(en compelled to take the matter up. and indi^Rtlon ha?'appealed to the courts for redress. to 0(flces ^ Kansas City Star. compelled t< It Is also di 8hoea Worn In Early Days. | shutting all High-heeled boots were worn by dread of thi ladles for three parts of the eighteenth best friend i century. They raised their fair wear- Going to i era some Inches, rendering walking time?at nig difficult and running impossible. accompaninn But these fashions were confined to phernalla. 1 the rich. The poor wore shoes of suve as a n wood, reeds and untanned leather, i minutes aft The Highlander made brogans out of good habit, t untanned deer hide, and the southern lowed, nutlons wore cloth sandals and slip- | ? pers. It was not until the year 1S(K) Seer's Wor that an Englishman invented "rights jsj<> one ^ and lefts;" previously both shoes were China His shaped exactly alike. So for as we nfo]e When can discover, the aboriginal tribes of offerings of i America never went barefooted. They reader of th< always made and wore moccasins, the luxurious aj easiest shoe ever Invented. dnrkened ro< Just as the < _______ Even a wei __ _ with the ser, Wood s Seeds r .: embroidered For 1918 " I Strange, htdi The patriotic duty of farmers and peer from gardeners everywhere Is to increase lights flicker crop and food production. Inten- ows. Spiral sive farming and gardening, and and evolve 1 the liberal use of fertilizers, together jn ^p cei with proper rotation of crops, so -pectacled < as to increase and improve the fer- ~ . tility and productiveness of the ' land, are all vital and necessary tom-tomi considerations at the present time. ns '1P consu Wood's Descriptive Catalog JoSmis disci For 1918 gives the fullest and most hear the kn< up-to-date information in regard irons knock to a" darkneas. Farm and Garden Seeds ? And tells about the best crops to Gourd grow, both for profit and home use. The gourd Write for Catalog and prices of man familip: Grass and Clover Seeds, Seed and it is he Potatoes, Seed Oats, or any squashes ni Farm Seeds Required. though in nr Catalog Mailed Free On Keenest. er hand, it h muskniclons T. W. WOOD & SONS. branch of tl> SEEDSMEN. Richmond, Va. ?tn. Yet nil ' cles of this j LOAD UP THE PIPES OK THE BOYS Tear Out This Coupon. Fill It In and Send as Can Spare to Buy Tobacco for Our Fight Dollar Buys Four Packages of '\ To The Editor of The News: Lancaster, S. C. Enclosed find to buy . packages of tobacco, through "Our Boys Fund" for American fighting men In France I understand that each dollar buys four a retail value of forty-five cents and that In i will bo placed a postcard, addressed to me. or friend, the soldier, will agree to send me a n Name Address CMty ??A ?????? i i C f. * ?1 V J THE LANCA8TBB ND WHAT THEY EAT- HOW GERMANS I hrlve on Almost Any Form JSJ' ?l Llfo Small Enough to P ^ *>\ M m . JyO tized and Swallowed. I i Km ^W ? i * > * of the frog consists of, r Jf? . Insects, spiders and any Imal life small enouRh to W&i'A- '< id swallowed. Large frogs gap**' .0 f / devour their smaller rela- p / ; /?? big bullfrog Is un especial- /j- .V 4;.- ' >',/ . s enemy to other members . X ? It has been known even jr^t 11 birds. Borne frogs are J ^ Aj lis and will swallow them : mV-' ill. says Boy's Life. j n? *ioie Mint rrogs | ^ v . s and wasps not withstand- t 111111^ ** ' use of Its curious exten- j* t Si* which can be thrust out _ h with surprising rapidity. Is attached to the front of 'jkjjR^^jRSSSw.'v; ? ;?<~S'ifc!5 t forked rear end free so >e (lipped out of the mouth. m V Vi'^l Ml with a sticky secretion I )hject near to Itself. Any y he caught by dangling sometimes even without a the yarn Is seized the anl- .T-*"?*V Jerked out of the water. ??>$?s. ' ^. . , * %??\ d Street Cars Are Favored i Cozy Bed Affords a Delightful Pastime. Th,s ls a pniplilc lllustratlo ships tried to render the vessels > lots of people who say Th?' pti.?t???n?ph shows the Inter deep well at night. But u- s- s- ??PP?hanniM*k. showin inny who regularly go to holler by dry tiring, probably usl s street car. Of course, (o to sleep In church are That might he construed HERE AND THERE rves the Milwaukee News. do perfectly healthy folks Not far from Lake Victoria N> (p In street enrs7 Is It a there Is to he fonnd a large blo< r?st the wistful-eyed strap- almost eliemlcally pure sesqulca gazes at their large and ate of soda covering Ml square i pa? Is It mere whim, de- which is so valuable 'hat it wlli ut out the events of tne n'.dy come In for some consider ntch a quiet moment of In the adjustment of the war. a respite? An automatic brake has been In mere pie. Just a rampant ed to prevent rid ng plows runnhu It Is also the bad air due ! ward Into horses when their share tat devitalize the worker) lifted from the ground or when j breathe It eight hours, are being moved from field t<> (lei te to the terrible habit of _____________? available car windows In " :,w^"|,?;lo"hh?.h " ,h" Airplanes Take Movies ot nleep \h h delightful paR- FOG AlOPn BclttlC Fn ht, In hod with the proper ?nt of pillows and para- American pre-emlnency In the t Is exqtic In the daytime, ,les haR made Itself felt at the f lere relaxation for a few where L nlted States alrpl pr luncheon, which 1? a I equipped with motion picture can ind seldom, therefore, fol- j kicking constantly as the mat J whirrs over German positions are Idly coming into use, writes a C ds Considered Infallible, i "i;"nd'-n*- , \U'" th* S,"rt,',, >ubts the fortune teller In alUed aud, word Is regarded as Infal- I *nw th" "'"vantage of photograp he becomes rich on the : V'V " '^ nses and pocket the credulous, the Chinese daks fa,ne ,nt,? N<'Xt ,h<* ,""l< > future Installs himself in J*1"*'11* " ar?er ,ca,nertt a"d >nrtments. There, in a f,'nd,'d l,y a ba,,le ,,lane WaS bni >m. the wealthy visit him forth' Fh,e camera grew larger :oolle did on the street. 'arReT and tbe ItU"ana * Uy , duced a machine which had a 1 Bterner becomes impressed i . , . .. ,. . . ... ' . I aperture in the bottom, through w ise of mysticism when he , 4 . , , . s .. . * I a camera took pictures in rapid f these chambers. >bout ' . .. . , - .. . . . . , , . cession. It remained for the Ai ig red and black curtains. , . , .,. . . cans, however, to place a com with Chinese characters. ., , . ', , ... - . . .. , motion picture machine In this i eons faces of bronze idols ture aQd to ^ tbouSHn(,H of fe, < in recesses, wave ng ^ long lines of {'russlan fc and cast protentous shad- . . . . . cations, trenches and troop n rings of Incense ascend . . . . rnents. nto mysterious shapes. iter of the room sits the trncle. Before he talks Vestments of the Russian the distance begins bent- Clergy Are Most Cc b; there are ghostly cries Its the spirits, but as he The robes of the Itusslan clerg; >enk in a monotone other and most costly in ntlnue and one can almost world. Tlicy are unattainable i >es of the superstitious pa- ?ooq_ pf eourse, notes a writ* Ing together in the semi- priosst cannot pay this cash dow tin* holy synod advances him the ?y, and then deducts it from hii Family Is Important. peml. I family furnishes the hu- In the House of tlie Holy Synoc s with many edible fruits, tinted inside ttie Kremlin, may ite llnved that pumpkins and vestments of fabulous value. O re of American origin, embellished with the Nicene c twise certain. On the oth- embroidered In pearls, estimated * known that watermelons, j worth anything between ?200,00C , cucumbers and all that L'ioO.tXk). There are no fewer o family are of Asiatic orl- : seven miters studded with dlam countries have native spe- rubles and emeralds; also golden ;rent family. slers of rare workmanship. The vnlue of these treasures has never divulged, but it Is said that if a N $ n ofTered ?4.r?.000.000 for the I <>f the Holy Synod and secured Itt IN FRANCE. tents he would make a great bat Much Money as You _ t , "Mr. Dubwaite talks in his slee ng tn at i lH rnl|slng Mrs. Dubwaite grea robacco. rern? "That shows she's a true womi "K*nc^',y what I was telling walte. She ii probnbly worried be she can't understand whnt ho say * ' j Latest Coffee Boiler. In France Tobacco A gas stove which arises at < u bolls the coffee and wakes yo when It is ready has been Invent packages, each with Gemnro Itosa of Brooklyn, N. Y. each of my packages Kas l>urn,'r '"IS ? P'lut light to Is attached a clock mcchanlsn i which my unknown rlinl over the clockworks serves ( nessage of thanks. the time. A smaller dial Is us set the alarm, Igniting and extlni Ing devices. When set the burin der the coffee pot will automat Ignite at a predetermined hour an Street the coffee for four or five minute.' flame will then lower of Its ow cord to alow boiling for anothe minute?, after which It will sh self off entirely. The coffee I# J ready for you and an alarm la sou ^ ^ ' means ^ lis,?. ?" ">tfl * > ^p\cofw?ttot oh mission V? \W Pwauic they ha< J !^'-j;;; n of how the crews of the Int??rn?>?l Gorman ''*v M'sa i unfit for use by tho American government. librarian lor of tho boiler of tin* I'muuicni, now tho nnd rup g how* tho Gorman crew molted down the True, ng "thermit" to intensify tho heat. The fl covers t American manufacturers have built an(' 8P'' ' ono-bamllcd plows for use in Latin ?nc<b 8C ,tnwt 1 America. Tests have proved tho b?y 8CO' k of w?rth popularity of those Imple* 'ms 1*** rbon- nients. Farmers In these count rte.s ^or a<lult nib's, ra,????t be induced to use a plow huv- Ke8ts a ?rob- l,lu two haiullea. atlon Columbia university. New York city, Skim W Tlow mnlnfjilnv nn '??%-?i i" - - ?s a vent- ?f 20^ Broadway, In the heart <if the i r for- business district, when* courses are ^ ,m, given In railway traffic .and rates. they There Is also a course on theory and ' a%P ,j | practice of ocean transportation. ... ? 1 kitchen It Is cookery. I tyjw-jjjj.VW'i-wy-VKiV&nti-VWVWQn nhle to "its | there is one boy | ;,hr f? inov- . to ,,e thl _0nt mnls, If in. | There |s one hoy, somewhere In France footj icras I tudny* At' err One little boy I held with sheltering handled ; ar,n down tti Against my heart, sufe froin all four to Innj{e ,>rr<!" I and hurm, cheese. One little hoy I guided In his pluy, i Kariiir 'v< y And urged and praised In work. In cheese r !"ko i France today will sup blue ' Th<>re 18 ?ne b?y* cottage dp_ stltutes There Is one hoy, somewhere today will COoklng. and fal1. Make One boy, who, falling, will cry out courage my name. Make "'K' And 1, who have the first, the moth- bread w ?uC. ' er a claim, Thp c ^ Must wait, while others hush his an- states idete gulshed call. Washing ' The wounded tear my heart, but most to ;*e0r; of an or crenn .rtlfl- There 18 ?De b?y' bG U8edlove" There Is one boy on some red field, to- < night 'J c, Lies still; one little boy whose race OI Is run. 1 IStly Whose faith has triumphed and < whose goul is won. Y nrP And he his cuuse the unworthy or the the right, j inder I thank thee, oh, my God, that in thy * ?r. a ?'Kht | n, so There Is one boy. mon- ?Elisabeth M. Walker, in Boston QplSS s sti- Transcript. I , slt. Rabbits of the World. "gpen i All of the domestic varieties of rabne |H bits, except the Belgian hare, are de-j reed scendants of the burrowing rabbits of IftR J . , ' the Old World end the hlir Rnrnrienn Ub II) r>e , ? ? .V"** , Hn(j hare, almost as large as our western than Jackrabblt. Is the ancestor of the soonds, called Belgian form, which Is now 1 , crol ! quite popular as a domestic animal of exact i P1"0^ and Is becoming more so, ob- ' "Tom, been serves an exchange. i ns they p*>r. In the Northern hemisphere of the JU8< as louse New World we have many more species ' "You ? con- hnres than the Old World can boast "Yes. -train, ot. as the cottontail, the Southern steak I rwamp hare, the Arctic hare or snow- \ nearly s shoe rabbit and two species of Westp and ern Jackrabblts or giant hares. Yet I t con- we have not successfully domesticated | "That one of these forms, though this might "Huh ?n<" be done as a matter of profit in the "Keep O11K > ,i .j . UU'oll mmw prUtlUCllUII 1)1 Illftll. canst i "And s." . . . , thread < Tidy Shoes and Qood Luck. The Australian natives knew nothing . of shoes, and the natives of Africa are ?v "7- in the same box to this day. The Chied h'' npse m|?he their shoes of wood und pa- ,,j ?n ' Th * nn'' rn,,not remember when they ?^ J , , '' began to moke them. A Chinese shoe , wh,c'' Is warm In winter and cool In sum- n* y?' ' >n mpr'an(* ?>"?>* ea?y *? foot. * !)v?n 0 e Superstltl??n has busied herself . ' ?* ^ *? greatly about shoes; but It Is not k'u s * worth while to cite all the silly sayings '")S ir about them. There Is no significance ' ( " y about the way people wear their shoes, nK "tk n* heel, toe or side, although 0 ?u 1. The footgear Is doubtless some Indl- *^r * n ac" cation cf carelessness. See that you r ' have a comfortable shoe, keep It tidy m' ut Und bad luck will never bother you. Hilna of 1 now Ing our inded. Bronaon t NEWS, LANCASTER. 8. C. SHIPS [Y j | Selectii ml. and high school libraries. dea(1 wron l8 nnother little ctlons In these lists are made an,i the Buperstltlous Manx 1 i Kllle L. Powers, children's would never set sail at one tl In the St. Louis public library out one> A pve wren will not plemented by Miss Mabel C. same result, but a dead wren I with the renowned caul amon rst list, a book of 234 pages, perstltlons. he first eight grades and has Ion lists of reference books, ? clal lists of vocational guld- j TAX NOTICE. hool hygiene, education and its. The supplementary list Taxes Are Payable fron pages. This describes book? j,er 15th, 1917. to Mf :s as well as children, and sug- j 15th, 1918. list for the camp-fire girls. * * A penalty of one per cenl lilk Is Valuable ! added for January payment, Beverage, in Cookery; cent for February, and Be t Should Not Be Wasted cent for March. | The levies for the differ* pvery drop of skim milk. It poses are as follows: uable food. Use It In your For State purposes 8 1and on your table. | Constitutional School Tax valuable us a beverage, In Ordinary County purpose as cottage cheese?too valu- nii?s PubHo Roada and B waste, whether It comes mU ,ntere8t on Paat Inde ,ourown?rp?r.tororlh,?.p. t the creamery?too valuable , ' own away, or fed to farm anl- u on Railroa< It can be used for human * mills, Interest on E j Money 1-2 mill. Total 24 3 nmerles where whole milk is For payment of Interest o skim milk Is often thrown ship Bonds: In Pleasant HI le drains. Creameries ought ship 3-4 of 1 mill, in Gill their skim milk Into cottage Township , ,_2 mills, and 1 Creek Township 1 3-4 mills. ts ought to make cottage ? . , ? . , _ . , Special School Taxes for it home. Skim milk so used , .. plement out meat supply, for rious d^rlcta are as follow cheese Is one of the best sub- tr'?ts fi and 13 two (2) m for meat. Use It In your trlcts 22 and 4 5 three (J districts 1. 3, 4, 5. 9. 20. 21 and eat cottage cheese and en- 27, 30, 47 and 48 four (4 others to use It. distHfta is e?o. /c\ v v uvu \ v ; limiH, puddings and aoups and 7 SjX (6) milla, district 14 1th skim milk. one-half (6 1-2) mills, dls lalry division of the United jq jj -J2 15 17 jg j9 department of agriculture, 3J 32 33 34 39 42 43 rton. D. C.. will tell you how ' * * I cottage cheese In the home 49 el*ht <8> dlatr|pt lery and In what dishes It may (10> mills, and district 41 (11) mills. All male citizens betw< J aRes of 21 and 66 years ai lull PQ PflR All S for a capitation tax o VIILEO UTl MLL # ($2.00) dollars for road j ? ? and m&le citizens betw As You Were, Men. **** of 21 and 60 y?ar? a "But. MadRe," for a P?H tax of one ($1.00 queried a cluster except those exempt by law, (Amfrnoe?) of wide-eyed girls, T. L. HILTOf n "weren't you County Tree MMp dreadfully fright W s* rr:, <? /f/ui) his arms around I you? What In the H 1*ATL OF SOUTH CAR world did you do?'' County of Lancaste "Oh, that wae Hy j, e. Stewman, Judge Hi easy. I Just yell- bato Zh?m, ^4Atteotl"n;aad Whereas R. N. Hilton ar ~ he was perfectly . helpless." Hilton have made 8uit ' _ grant them Letters of Adi 8he Economized. tion of the estate and effect! dear," sold Mrs. Youngbrlde nian Hilton, deceased. sat down to dinner, "I did These are, therefore, to vou told me to. admonish all and slgular the mean about economizing? ?. . ... , .. ... . . . ... a'?d creditors of the said < Instead of buy ng sirloin bought a porterhouse. It Isn't tnat the* be and aPP<**r be o large, you know." 'n Court of Probate, to ? at Lancaster on the 6th day Expert in Two Line*. 1918, next, after publlcatio lady ia very expert," of, at 11 o'clock in the fore show cause, If any they hi >s knitting and talking. sajd Administration shi be granted, never drops a stitch or the , ,f her coo vernation." _ OI,e? ""d" *?"" ? day of Jan. Anno Domini Some Satisfaction. J- 8TEV seem hap- Probat 1rmore at* PROFESSIONAL CA cnme^Tn |P l>R- J HR8HJK FINDER t stopped ^MRI I fM Dental Surgeon. to a lot Office Hours: t-of-t o w n 8:80 to 12:30 A. M. JJ V AA V 2;00 tQ 6;00 p M tuooees From Failure. And by Appointment ount to heaven mostly oh tfce Office Phone 180. our cherished schemes, find- Residence Phone 16 failures our successes.-A. Qfflce oyer Lanca9ter ph Alcott. TUESDAY, JANUARY i Recommend Peruna 1 t I All Sufierei flEh, Not Of Catarrh' ~ Myrtle St., Beverly, Mass., wri ! TfiJnlr ? have taken four bottles of I lp&^. A itiiljv 1 and 1 can say that it has dc j a great deal of good for catt W ' '< i Ever Felt the head and throat. I recoi fcrNij|: ; - Peruna to all sufferers with c \ m < > ? I do not thlDk I ever felt mu EL:{ ! MUCH ter. I am really surprised. . W I I ... J. * 1LI vfvri\ wcivi uui a uu nwi ini much praise can be said for P< Those who object to liquid William H. Hlncbliffe, No. 20 clnes can procure Peruna Tat dp of Books From " Birds T^t..ArReri^d',ed, ists Will Fill Gaps in Wlth BrJHH,nB Go' the Children's Libraries Tradition has It that a Intf brings pood lurk to the host are paps on the children's vors, and many country pn elves?hooks are mlsslnp that repnrd tlfe bird as semleor en worn nut by tlnpers too nnd refuse to allow Its erapt > be careful, or, worse still, be Interfered with durlnp tl re stnrtnp spaces that you months, observes London en unable to fill, writes Char- I With the sprlnp, the birds i Baker. You are planning to! their orlplnal caves, and It I > paps gradually, but you have j of Impending misfortune If 1 rie to give to the work. This ject their former nests. A sv that you must depend upon | seu brings disaster In Its tra d that you must know your | sand swallow Is considered i ? reliable. by the surrounding countrysl tly the Michigan library com- Even the humble hedge spai gave the Colorado library com- jny Clalm to some share of i a generous supply of the lists for Mness attacks the occupa d worked out for their dls- room Into which It ?rnln? of i9, 1?18 rs Ites: "I ?eruna, no mo irrh of mmend atarrb. cb betat the nk too sruna." medb lets. 3d Luck > swnllow p1 he fanple still serrated, y nest to ip winter Tlt-Blta. return to Is a sign hey negvallow at In. but a a mascot de. row may notoriety, nt or the Tens. A treasure, Ishermen me wltbwork the i can vie g sea soft Octotrch : will be two per iven per ent pur 2 mills, 3 mills, s 4 1-2 ridges < btednens Sinking 1 Bonds lorrowed -4 mills, n Town, 11 Town's Creek in Cane tne vas: Dlsills, dls1) mills, . 23, 28, I) mills, district six and trlcts 2, 24, 26, 46 and 38 ten ) eleven sen the re liable f three mrposes, 'pen the re liable ) dollar, isurer. RATION. nr tm a r. 1 of Proid Lewis :o ine to mlnistrai of Norclte and i kindred leceased. fore me, be held of Feb., n thereinoon, to ive, why ould not (118 zzna 1918. /MAN, e Judge. _ * 4 4 4 4 4 RI>S 4 4 4 44 IIVRK, armecy.