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PAGE SIX USE IH ADVERSITY Generally a Working Out of the Law of Compensation. F jUndoubtod Fact That Opposition ? ngroamp itnai 10 Bring wux the Best There Is In Man's Composition. "1 wish I could slide along In busl ness as easily as George Seagrave,' salt! John Nelson, as he Joined hli father in the library after dinner. "What's up now 7" asked his father "Oh, nothing," replied the son, "onl; George has Just been appointed assist ant general manager of his father') firm. It doesn't seem right for a fellov to have an advantage like that givei to him, while fellows like me have t< dig for everything they get." "But that seems to be the way th< world Is made, John, and the more aee of It the more I'm convinced It'i capital arrungeuient. I used to fee as you do, but I've lived long enougl to aee a great many things adjus themselves. There Is s law of com penaatlon at work, my boy, and n< -elasa has all the advantages It woult ka a very poor world If we all alk along as easily as George <li>ee.~* "What do you mean by thut?" asket tke eon. "Just thia: K takes opposition 01 hardship, or whatever you pleaso t< call It, to bring out the best In us anc make us good for anything. Toe know the old saying, 'It's three gener atlons from shirt sleeves to shir sleeves.' A man goes out In his shir sleeves anil gets his living, but he de oiiles that his children shull have niori opportunity than he, so he gives then an education. The sons make mone: by their educational advantages, ant they pass it on to their sons, who hnv< never known the struggle of acqulsl tlon. The sons' sons go through It. Ant so the shirt-sleeve process begins again. It doesn't always happen so, bn It happens with suflleeut regularity t< form the basis of u proverb. The ex ceptinn proves the rule." "Yes, but It needn't be so," repller the boy. "I know that," replied the father "but there Is enough truth In It t< prove what I want to any. Even Got himself ptit the Jewa through the proe ess of adversity to whip them lnt< shape. It was only about four hundrec miles In a bee lino across the wilder ness. But God made the Jewa tnki forty years to get to Canaan, beeausi h? wanted to toughen them and muki them ready for the conquest, when hi got them there. The Bible says hi led them not through the way of thi hind of the Phlllstlnea, although thn was near.' They would have got then too quickly to stand the hardship. Am If they had defented the Philistines they would have been unprepared foi a still worse enemy; I mean the opu lence and plenty of Cnnann. "Men are defented by easy vlctorlei and cheap successes more thnn by ad versifies. Disraeli was hissed down It the British parliament when he tnndi his maiden speech. But that onlj toughened his fibre and stiffened till resolve. Grant's reverses were tin school In which he learned how to wit his later victories. It makes all th< airrerence whether a closed door l! a final rebuff or nu lnvltntion to batth through. I'm more afraid of a cheat and easy success for you than T am o1 struggle. If you struggle before yot achieve, you will have character tt hold you steady when success arrives The trouble with ninny persons Is thai they have no character to go with theli acquisitions. It Is a case of diamond! on dirty fingers. "Have you. never seen an engini United States Rail ANNO II f . r very low lx ACCI York Coi Rock W October 22 Tickets \viil be sn|<l at I am tolicr 21, 22, 2-), 24, with til 2(>. SOUTHERN m For information and cxac Ticket ( pounding Itself to pieces on n slipper roll In winter? What it needed wa sand, opposition. Friction spelled pr< I gress. Even a kite cnn't rise with th i wind. It must nscend against It. Don } spend your time quarreling with th I order of things or fretting about sora one else's easy success. An oak grow In the open, ..tortured by a thousan storms. The hothouse plnnt neve f knows the glory of the sky."?Youth' Companion. Russian Bison Exterminated. What has happened, during the wai to the bison herds of Central Europe , Protected by u ukase of the Cza AloxnIltlor hlcnna ctiU I ~-t OV1II cAir?lVU 111 OVII1 : private parks of Poland and Llthunnh the last of their kind In Europe. Coun ^ I'otockl's herd was kept In an lnuueus park, and for some time was proteete by the Cossacks of the Don. But a< cording to a French writer, M. Gram Idler, there Is no doubt as to thel ultimate faie. In lt)17 the bolshevll thought fitting to Include the herd 1 their policy of extermination. Bison j could not he owned by everybody thorefore they must be owned by nt j ??iy. and so. In the general cataclysn 1 the famous herd disuppeured. 1 Magpie Pet of Public. The magpie In Kensington garden J has many friends who attend his dall * leree. One of so tender a heart thn * she conceals chicken bones In he muff for hla delight was told that a * offering of meal-worms would prov Irresistible. r She sought this delicacy, but onl * to learn that It la now unobtalnablf 1 For meal-worms, as an article of blrti 1 fare, came from Germany. Most of us will beur with equantmlt 1 the disappearance of this strangest o 1 Hunnlsh trades. To the authorltle of the Zoological gardens, howevei i the prob'.em of meal-worm produetio 1 is said to he n weighty one still on f -oi?w) ?T-omlnn C.hroulcle. 1 ? Head What I". S. Dept. of Agrlciiltnr - Says About What Two I5at? Can Ih ' According to government figure t two rats breeding continually fo , throe years produce 359.7d9.482 in . dividual rats. Act when you see th first rat, don't wait. HAT-SNAP 1 the surest cleanest, most convenien exterminaor. No mixing with othe foods. Drys up after killing?leave J no smell Cats or dogs won't toucl it. Sold and guaranteed by Lancaste i 'i When You Need a man for any kind of tin roofing, painting and repairing. Valley tin ridge capping, galvanized t'n. We also repair radiator 'leaks, do all kinds of soldering a:.o plumbing. Sinclair Bros t Shop b?.ck of Ferguson's Store. i j road Administration UNCES cursion Fares DUNT iinty Fair [ill, s. c. 23-24,1919 caster and ot 11er points ()elal limit for ret urn < )ctober ULROAD lines t round trip fares apply to Agents. THE LANCASTER NEV a1 FOOD FOR CREW OF AIRSHIP >-; thi e! Most Careful Consideration Had ta rel l Be Qiven to Proper Nourishment rei e of Daring Navigators. co e thi 8 The average housewife would hold *v Hp her hands in horror at the thought 'r, of cooking and providing for thirty men during a four days' aerial voy- co, | age. ot' Yet this was only one of the tasks, ne j " rtn ?| RATS DIE z e . ac l' so do mice, once they eat RAT-SNAP. te' 1 And they leave no odor behind. Don't' e take our word for it?try a package. ml Cats and dogs won't touch it. Rats vis -- I pass up all food to get RAT-SNAP. ; ni? I- ! rn.....? ' * ill CC OUjU3. P|?| r a."?r. size (I rnkp) enough for Pan djtry, Kitchen or Cellar. Bn n 50c. size (2 cakes) for Chicken jjil ,s House, coops, or small buildings. ejf ft $I.OO size (.1 cakes) enough for all t|1( >_ farm and out-buildings, storage build- ' j ings, or factory buildings. Sold and Guaranteed by Lancaster Drug Co. and W. S. Stewman & Co. t -r s y t r n e : In 01de i Vii"! I ? u Ci is h i Jm "Along toward early aut bacco crop had been cured, dn the barns, the planters / dhe river would fore ga the Strobridge place, thence to i fox hunt of the season." ? Early V I m ? vir t i i I m I I I I I mm I 11 I IB E JLJ.1 ? I i I 1 . " 1 ======== - mmMMMHHBRB VS, LANCASTER, S. C. <1 hy no means The most Important, jn|f R| llch confronted the organizers of n)entt e H 34's trip to America and back, bollor marks London Tlt-Blts. When It Is fort, ( in?mbered that the men hnd to Jn ea nform to the rigid limitations of j,alf e accommodation, the task assumes nOUj)H en more formidable proportions. > , While the provisioning of the crew kes a back place, relatively, when for t] mpared with the navigation and a) tier scientific arrangements, diet was, vertheless, a subject requiring the _?v uiriuii >st careful consideration. The dl- provu stive organs, If Impaired, react at v ce upon the nervous system, and In gear_ enterprise of such a daring char- n,ur|'? tor as the flight nerves had to be ulerly nourished. -jThe medical department of the air rpju nlstry was enrly consulted and deted a menu consisting mainly of nt, bread, cheese, chocolate, tea, r0j,p its. and potatoes. occnsl Then came the problem of cooking, lnc d the ItS4 lias surely the strangest |trm? clien existing. Instead of fixing an run>r 'ctricnl or other usual type of stove, tn(n ? hot exhnust gnses from one of the j tor engines were trapped, and led from rand a receptacle shaped for boiling rp|Rn( frying, the heat thus obtained be- j,ut ^ ltiA gmette Tobacco Was bom iitlJil . \ umn, after the foand packed away rom up and down r, usualty at the set out on the first 'irginia, page 243. ginia-Carolina still holds th T T XHEN, \/\l know * was in became "the ra steadily in popu In 1918, in times more V smoked in cigari tobaccos combii of this sun-ripe a crisp, lively re or mixed tooacc PiedmontsVirginia-Carolii The Virginia "; i/ln y I . Tl ufRclent to meet ull the require- ^ i. There wert three of these h provided altogether?one In the OI ar to hold three pints, und one o] eh wing car to hold one and a ln gallon*. By means of these, and hot sustaining drinks were er to be made. i w i type of flying clothing provided m he crew Is another example of nv tpntlnn n.lH " - ,/?.? IV UC401I W |ITC UIC ^ every chance of success. Each j ier of the ship's complement was j led with two complete suits of inderolothlng. Over this, woolen __ similar to thnt provided for sube crews and divers, was worn. he Bells of Michael's Mount. pealing of Joy bells In the year has made up for many years of 0<1 e In the ancient belfries of Eu- pr Somebody deplores that on the ca Ion of the peace the one remain 11 of St. Michael's Mount on the n.v coast, should not have been *rThere would have boon a cer- jj( )lquancy In hearing the clang of tell, the gift In 1711 of the abbot across the Rhino who, he It said, bu ^d at the Mount only by proxy, t. Michael's Mount Is without Its Dr tobacco ** e world's fa in 1587, the tobacco t as Virginia-Carolina troduced intoEngland, it ge". Since then it has larity all ever the world the United States aloi irginia-Carolina tobacc ettes than all the foreign led. That's because a c ?ned home-grown toba< lish that no cigarette of os can match. -made entirely of c\ la?will prove this to y< Carolina Cigt n 4T%"S. NOTE ? Virginia-Carolina tobacco U. S. A. Unlike foreign-grown ti Import duty. Import duty doesn't better?it merely adds to its cost, be ilex value becauao all your money FESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1919 ?lls; even the abbot's bell which used warn and guide the fishermen out i the bay has ceased to ring. The d abbey's peal was busy indeed, durg the Hundred Years' War, warning e countryside of the approach of the lemy. In the Revolution the order ent forth that the bells should be elted down, but It was never carried it. In the intervening years all the lis have disappeared except the one ven by the German dignitary. RAT - SNAP Ik Also mice. Absolutely prercnts * ,ors from carcass. One package oves this. RAT-SNAP cori^s in kes?no mixing with other food, laranteed. 25c. size (1 rake) enough for PunY, Kitchen or Cellar. 50c. size (2 cakes) for Chicken >use, coops, or small buildings. OO size (5 cakes) enough for all rm and out-buildings, storage lldings, or factory buildings. Soid and Guaranteed by Lancaster ug Co. and W. S. Stewman & Co. t n i vor 1 Id L W *3 tobacco quickly gained L ne, five 9 :o was -grown igarette cco has foreign hoicest XI. zrette I Is Ttown hero ir tits j|H >bscros, St c?.irie<! no (nnlii) a ci?f f?'lt? tr y fl Pisdmontf pp >'ii yea S 'buys tobacco quo lit/. 5 fl