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m < > > ' " TT j jinj mw aaggggga BwaggaagaaeaaBi I he Press and Banner. Published every Wednesday at two dollars a a year In advanee. Wednesday, Feb. 20,1907. City Ro{lMlrntlon. The books lor registration of voters are now open at Guy Couocll office. J. L. McMillan, Mayor. James Chalmers, Clerk. Real Estate. Be/ore baying or selling a farm or any property, write The Carolina Realty and Trust Company, BlshopvUle, B.C. BrbekntiM to Serve Oyster*. In the Odd Ft-llows, Hall during Court Week The Retnkahs will serve oysters, meats and salads tor dinner and supper. Go, > and you will be sore to get something good and plenty oliu Harrison Sl Waldrop. Your attention Is respectfully called to the advertisement of Messis. Harrison & Waldrop In another part of this paper, who do everything. Si range People la Bamberg. (Bamberg Herald.) We know of some people In Bamberg who never do a single thing for the good of the town,always criticise It whenever possible, and yet yon couldn't run them out of town. ? "?ihinB hut int-chAs and they 1 uc y ai'o uv?ui><|k *?? .? ?? _ wouldn't be tolerated aDywbere else but bere. Try to develop Into a pnbllc-spirlted citizen and do som-ihlng for tbe town In wblcb yon make your living. / Wanted. Yon to list ynnr property with Tbe Metropolitan Loan 4 Trust Co , of Grtenwooa. a. C. Real Estsre bough'and sold. *fn<1 for prospectus ol Tbr southern Securities C?., ou Immigration. Money loaned Ionic time, low rates. Write us. Greenwood, 8. C. Notice or Dissolution ot Pnrtnrrnbip Take notloe tbat the firm of W. E. Johnson A Co.. confuting of T. H. Brock and W. E. Johnson, doing basinets at Abbeville. 8, C\, Is dissolved, and tbe business will be continued In tbe name of W. E. Johnson, :?>? If you want (he very bept Fertilizer get ti e Bolster Faraiers Bone. * \ W. I). Bark sd ale. Peterkln Cottrn Seed for Sale. I bare about fifty busbe' of pare Peterkln cotton seed lor sale. Bought direct from Peterkln laM 8p?l?g. Peterkln's price $1.60 bushel, my price 75c buobet. G. C. Duseu berry. Sheep foe Sale 1 have forty beads ofyoen and two rams ot a One grade of sheep tbat I will sell nt ? reasonable price. 2t. Jas. E Taggart. 1 ? ? ? Maaienle. Miss Bulla Simpson's piano rl>?i>* gave s rooBicale hi ibe residence of Mrn. FhdDie J Marihall on M-gnzlne street Inst KHtnrday hiternoon. Those who played were: MIhh Aah McMillan, Miss Eibei Lyon, Ml?t? Bessie i>< Cbeaihom, Mim Mary Lhuxod Ltok. Mlf Mary QonrJen Link, MU- Anon C'nrke, MisKutb Burksdale, Ml?> M.rj timltb, Miss aiIci Jones. Tbe next moMotle will be gtven tbtmiddle of Muicb. \ EGGS FOR SETTING A J from Pine Barred Plymouth J fRockFcwln. 75c per settiDg, " # L. W. DICK, f $ Abbeville, 8. C* ^ School Improvement. Abbeville, 8. a, Feb. 12, 1907. . Tbe Scbool Improvement Association Lias decided to offer 25 prizes to tbe Mcbooisof tbt Stale for tbe mom decided material lmprovtment made daring Ibe given length of time *'- ' t.. ?t/UI Aaitk nn<4 |utl JP1T? OI lue prisrn BIO IV uc fiw oauu ouu icu >, are to be $50 eaob Regulations concernint tbe 15 prizes tbat are to be awarded by tblt association are as follow*: 1. Improveaunts must be made betweeo Jan. 1 and Nov. 15,1907. 2. Prlieb will,be awarded to soboo's wbert tbe mo?t decided material Improvements bare been made during tbe time mentioned. 3. Under the material Improvements an includtd local taxation, consolidation, new buildings, libraries, Inttrlor decoration-, beautifying yards, and better general ?quiproent. 4. No school can compete for any or tbetn prizes unless It is a rural school. No town ot city witb more tban 500 population t>baJl be eligible to tbe content. ' 5. All who wish to enter this contest mnM aeod Demea and descriptions ol t-choo s, 0< lore Improvement* are made, to the pres dent, prior to October 1. , 6. All descriptions, photographs andothe evidences t bowing Improvements most b sent to tbe president belnre November 1. 7. Frlzta wilt be awarded in checks t-eut bj December 1 Tbe prlzesare to be used lor fur tber improvements In tbe wcbooie receiving Ihem. Mary T. Nance, Pres., Abbeville, B.C. Tbe Court. Tbe Circuit Court con vened on last Monda* Judge R O. Purdy presiding. Willie Patten, colored, plead gal'ty of violating lb* dispensary law and whs sentenced to pay JlUOor thrte months Id Jail. Simon Davis plead guilty to housebreaking and larceny and was sentenced lor 4>tx years - Tbe Jury It. out now In tbe case of tbe Stat* vs. ham Padgett, for murder. Tbe case 01 tbe State vs. Bolts for morder if aet for Wednesday, BDd tbe case of tbe State va. Clint and Bertha Harmon for Thursday. Wyatt Aiken's Return. Representative D. Wyait Aiken, after rd absence of several weeks at boue on acconnof tbe aerloua lllne^a of a member of his Inertly, bus again jointd th? otber. mprobers o< " the South Can Iidb delegation In Congress. ' I am glad," said Mr. Aiken to-day, "to see tbat tbe committee on postofflcee and post roada baa agreed that the rural delivery carriers throughout the country should hnvf tbelr annual pay Increased to 8f40 each That, however, Is not enough (or them, i think tbey ought to have at least S90U a year If all tbe carriers work as bard and are at faithful aa tbo^e In my district, there is not p harder worked class ol men anywhere, and 1 firmly believe they are entitled to receive $900."?Cilumbla Record. Letter to H. G. Aiiberoon and Co. Abbeville, 8. C. Dear Sirs; It is a great thing for a merchant to have tbe exclusive a sle sale in (in his jegion' of osurae) of any thing wanted by everybody. There are two ways to treat such goods. One is, put the price up and make big profit. The other way is' be fair and make mere. Devoe is the paint that takes least gallons and costs teast money a house, a job, a year, a life time-no matter bow you reckon your costs, except by the a gallon?Devoe is the best care-taker and costs least money. Don't forget that the principal part of the cost of paint is putting it on. Less gallons, lens cost. Dou't forget that another principal part of economy is long wear; less gallons, less cost and long wear. It is a great tbing to have the exclusive sale of popular goods, of goods that make friends, of goods that enrich both bnyer and seller. Devoe is perhaps only ten per cent better than one or two others; but ten is a plentyit's 200 or 300 better than many. Tkrv?n'o rnanxj o mcr/iKont rohn hoon'f A UU1C O UiMUjr w uiVJVuaut ft uv UMWU v found <ut bis goods. It dofun't take amaD JoDg to find cut that Devoe is the least-money paiut and why, no matter which side he is on. Yours truly, F. W. Devoe and Co. P. S P. B. Fpetd eell our paint. ^ 4 Ml III ?.u ' I ninini^mi nw Dargan's*5l I ???r?-?i?* V>T If KCUCtlUr uaivti j J Something new in the cooking world. L Bakes biscuit, broils steak, Roasts Beef, Toasts Bread, does ^ anything a small stove can do. ^ You only have to put it in front S of the fire. Price $1-25 2 Glassware. 2 F We would call special atten- g to our window display of glass- ware. Many new tnings shown 5 and a large assortment to choose 9 from. 4 China. ( If for Weddiug presents or f for house use we can please you. ^ A look is all we ask. If you don't find our prices the lowest in town we will not ask you to ^ buy. * 2 Watch for our Speeial i Sale in Crockery to be 2 held soon. , National Range. Dargans 5 & Charleston and Western Carolina Ry Schedule In effect Jan. 10,1907. Dally Dally Daily Lv Auetrfita 9.50am 6 05pm 6 80am Ar McCormloK_ 11.85am 6 50pm 8 13am Lv McCormlca 816 tm Lv Calboun Fall?... 9 20am Ar ADflert-op, 11.00am Lv MoCo~mlcK 11.89am 6.S2pm Ar Greenwood 12.28pm 7 45pm Ar Wal? rloo 1.09pm Ar Lauren* 140pm Ex. Sun. Lv Laurens 2.10pm 8.10am Ar Fountain Inn... 2.52pm 9 25am Ar Greenville 8.35pm 10.80am Lv Laurens 2 07pm \r WoodruH 2.49pm Ar Spartanburg 3.40pm Lv Spartanburg 4.00pm (bo. Ry ) Ar Henderson vi lie 6 25pm Ar Asbevllle 7 30pm L?v Asbevllle 7.15am (So. ByT) tt Lv_ Henderaon vlale 8.10am Lv~Spartanburg "il".50pm (C. & W. C. Ry) 81 Lv Woodruff 12 38pm ArLaurung 1.22pm et Lv Greenville 12.10om 4.80pm Ex.sun. h, Lv Fountain Inn... 12 58om 5.26pm ' ArLauren? 185pm 6 20pm gc Lv Lauren* 2.02pm (C.N.iL) \r Clinton 2.22pm ti Ar Newberry S.lOpm Ar Columbia 4.-,5ptn tt; Ar Charleston 9.50pm - .. . ? ?_?;?vr,?ttc xr LiV LiteurbDH i ouyn v, <b w .\j.j Lv Greenwood 2.62pm 0 65aro ,j. Lv Ai.derhon 4.15pm Lv CAlbouu Fane... 5.46pm w \r McCormicfc 3 45pm 7.47im 6.48pm Lv McCormlck 3.45pm 7.47am 6 50pm fr \r Augusta 6 80pm 9.30*m 8.80pqn Note?The above arrivals and departures,as rl1 well as connections wltb otv er companies, are r, fiv^n an Information, and are Dot guaraD- ^ leed. Through Pullman S'eeplng car Augusta and Jacksonville Dully. Lv. Augusta 10 20 p. m. arrive Au?u8t? 7 40 a. m. Ernes' Williams, G P. Apt. Augusta, Oa. T R A. Brand, Traffic Manager. J1 So. 13, Locals. Wanted 500 dozen eggs during the next ten days. W111 pay 15c spot caeb or 21o In trade. Wanted buyers lor 10 dozen fat bens, too rat to lay. Price 40c each or $4 75 ptf dozen. D Wnniert buyers for 4 dozeD 1-tige frys, 33 l-8c eacb, cr S8.75 per dozen. Wanted buyers for 100 dcz eggs per week ? during month of Ftbruarj. 20c per dozen A small Iota delivered. 18c ptr dozen In 20 at dozen lota. jn Wanted buyers for eggs for setting. Or- W plDgton engs, from a pen beaded by a *1.50 tb Cock and twelve bens costing 818.00 A set tine of 13 eapn will cost 82 00. Ilyouwisbto rw 1st* mine of tbla bretd wblcb is (be flDesi M winter layers on earth, send In your orders any time alter Marcb 101b. If vnn uvlnh pffffu In IIia nlntar Itma trhllo P eggfc'are big'), try the Orpington; anything et will Jay wbeD the Jay birds do. y\ Pure bred Ply moo lb Rock fggs, $1 for. 13. ai They have the reputation of th^ bent all pur- p pose fowl evtr raised. D D Brown leghorn egg* for Be tfng, non-setting u breed, per seitlog of 13 75o. This breed lays u. nine months ont of twelve. White leghorns same as above, prloe 75c per v ettlng 1 be above two breeds, crossed wltb * Orplunton o-cks per setting of 18, 50c. It Is IE -aid by those who have tried It, that this Uj cross makes better layers than fciil blood , Orpington. jn Wanted buver for one fat stall fed beef, l8, weighing about 600 poundB, young and ten- ^ der. 8t B B. Jonn A Co. g( The State of South Carolina A COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE. p Court of Common Pleits.. A W. 8. Cotbran. Plaintiff, against Mary Wil- I1 ilams and W. W. Williams, Defendant#. ~ b To tbe defendants above named: p "Yon are hereby summoned and required it to answer tbe complaint In this action, which ts was on the 25tb day of January, A. D. 1907, fc filed in tbe office of tbe Clerk of Court o Common Pleas and General Sessions at Abbeville, Soutb Carolina, and to serve a copy N of your answer to the said complaint on tbe iH subscriber at bis cfflce at Abbeville, Soutb d Carolina within 20 days after tbe aervloe 8t hereof exclusive of tbe day of such service; and If you fall to answer tbe complaint d within tbe lime ^foresaid, tbe plalntlfl in it this action will apply to tbe Court for tbe tl relief demanded in tbe complaint. ti W. P. Greene, ff' Plaintiff's Attorney. jj| Dated January 23th, A. D? 190". (j 81 h I When the cold wind6 dry and crack he tl skto a box of a've can pave much dlscom- ?( fort. In buy'ng nilve 'ook (or tbe name on , the box to avoid anv Imltfitlnnn nnri hp anr? l! Son set tbe original DfrWlit'e Witch Hazel ? alye. Sold by C. A. Mllford. Is i tip V JL V/Ly VJ7 twi KS jome of the things Joe. buys at this store. .arge and well made horse Lrush ioc licely finished hair brush . ioc aood tooth brnsh ioc tplendid lot of combs for ioc [inch paint brush ioc scrub brushes for ioc devolving handle rolling pin ioc > bar curry comb ioc , i-2* in. glass jelly stand ioc in. glass pickle dish ioc (. nice tumblers for ioc alass molasses can ioc arge 9 in. white plate 2 for 10c arge 10 in. decorated plate 10c argt iecorated bowls 10c !ood value decorated c & s ioc nice goblets for ioc 1-2 qt. agate pudding pan ioc qt. agate milk part ioc gal. tin cov. bucket ioc qt. tin coffee pot ioc I in. tin wash pan ioc Tin cups for ioc enterprise Stoves National Ranges. oth guaranteed to give you itisfactlon. Largest 'ovens, lore conveniences, more strongly lade, more attractively designed, lore economical in use, more asily operated than any line of toves on the market. 10 c Store. iinnrim i r nnrruiimnn HDDEMLLt " WtlflHUUU 111 IBi mini. Notice to Policy Holders. By order of Board of Directors of ie Abbeville-Greenwood Mutual Inlranoe Association, all property insur1 in said Association must be revalued y the local township director. Perms holding policies in said AssociaDn are hereby directed to ban! in ieir old policies to local directors, ho will issue new policies in lien lerer.f. Parties failing to comply ith this request within thirty days om date hereof, will carry their own ^k. The lor*al director fr?r Ahheville Ity is W. W, Bradley. J. R. Blake, Secretary & General Agent, in. 28. 1907. All headaches go When you grow wiser And learn to use ' An "Early Riser." eWitts Little Early Risers, fafe, sure ills. week's treatment for rheumatism id bladder troubles for 25 cants. That what you get in a small box of Debits Kidney and Bladder Pills. Noting else so good for all troubles causI by impure blood. Sold by?C. A. ilford. iles of people have Piles. Why suff' from piles when you can use Defitts Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve jd get relief. Nothing else so good. eware of imitations. See that" the anae is stamped- on each box. Sold |r?C. A. Mil ford. ou ought to know what you are givig your baby. You will know if you 3e Cascasweet and take the trouble to ok at the wrapper. Every ingredient shown there in plain English, ascasweet is best corrective for the omachs of babies and children, id by C. A. Milford. . liquid cold relief with a laxative rinciple which drives out the cold tirougb a copious action of the bowels, nd a bealing principle which lingers 1 tbe throat and stops the cough -that is Kennedy's Laxative Cough yrup. Safe and euie in its action; leanant to take; and conforms to Nat>nal Pure Food and Drug Law. Contins no opiates. Sold by?C. A. Mil>rd. fothing will relieve Indigestion that not a thorough digestant. Kodol igests what you eat and allows tbe ;omach to rest?recuperate->grow Lrong again. Kodol is a solution of igestive acids and as nearly as poss)le approximates the digestive juices lat are found in tbe stomach. Kodol ikes the work of digestion off the diestive organs, and while performing lis work itself does greatly aet-ist the omacb to a thorough reft. In adition the ingredieuts of Kodol are jch as to make it a corrective of the igbet-t t-fflciemy and by its actton le stomach is restored to its normal ctivity and power. Kodol i? manuactured in strict conformity with the Jatiodal Pure Food and Drugs Law. Lold by C. A. Milford. 1 ' ' "v pp I 4 ( Notice t Havincr nnrrhaQi of the firm of the Company, I will cc same firm name. H same patronage in tl past. All parties ind please settle accounts I I He Peoples! ABBEVIL OFFICERS. 8. G. THOMSON, President. G. A. NEUFFER, Vice-President. R. E. COX, Cashier. NATIONAL BANE Statement of condition at cl< Resources. Loans and Discounts {198,064 Oil Overdrafts - lo,330 00 U. 8. Bonds ' 18,750 00 Other Securities 500 00 Real Estate 9,383 00 Redemption Fund - 937 00 Due from Banks .. 71,720 00 Cash in Vault 21,000 00 $330,690 00 Oldest and Strongest Rank Ample Resources Tor all dc Interest Allowed on Depot The McMurr ^ Has what you 1 & ? Neuffer's Neu: 2 a guarantee! 2 g . io an H so ^ See our wim g of things for the ^ . The price ar o ? , will The McMuri The Soaih Alrrody Prodccei Bornething like Eight-tenths of tbej World's Cotton. Tbe south will also take ber proper position as tbe master of tbe cotton trade ho soon as ber cotton producers and otber occupations in tbe south come to know that we must come together as a unit on cotton. Then we can control tbe cotton situation against tbe world, if we can induce cotton growers to raise their o wn food for both man and beast as far as possible. . Our cotton growers wilj have done quite a big thing for themselves and ibe south when they have complete control over their own affairs. Our own farming business when done in a business like manner should give us our full measure of profits without our meddling with other tradesmen's afiairstbat not block our progress. Tbat disposition to mix our farming business with politics and other things Dot in our way is the doses tbat killed the alliance. About one year ago our Farmers' Union Bureau gathered in and threshed over a lot of different experiments among cotton growers Jn South Carolina on the subject of growing upland long staple cotton, which pointed out the following facts as a general conclusion; Many farmer* that planted Florodora and other varieties of long cotton in narrow rpws and chse in the drill like they usually grow common cotton on thin or average lands made failures. Sometimes not getting over half 88 much long cotton as they did did short cotton, on same land and same treatment. Success in growing long cotton in upper half of South Carolina depends upon these important conditions of soil and system: First?Deep ploughed rich soil gives the beet lint. Second?In good lands, rows not less than 5 feet wide and not less than three feel in drill. Third?If commercial manure is used, put in no amonniated fertilizer (acid and potash only) when preparing the bed for the row. Fourth?Apply nitrate of soda in every other middle row when cotton is nearly half grown and the other half nitrate soda in other middles when giving lapt ploughing. Fifth?No rule as to the amount of fertilizers* m ceepory can pe given here without knowing the character of the different laudn. This can be judged best by those acquainted with each plot of land and crops previously grown. Sixth-Cultivation. Bun weeder over rows every five or seven days if weather peimita until plants have ' - V , rVI. >"*T " !} " , i . ' 1 * . r. .'; ;v % [. * o Public ed the entire interest Perrin Clothing >ntinue business in the oping to receive the he future as in the ebted to old firm will 3 at once. am yours, W. F. Perrin. savings M, LE, S. C. DIRECTORS. 8. G. Thomson, H. G. Anderson G. A. Neuffer, C. C. Gambrell, W. E. OweDB. F. B. Gary, J. 8. Stark, R. E. Cox, Joan A. Harrli. i I OF ABBEVILLE. ?se of business Dec. 11$ 1906.' Inabilities. Capital Stock $75,000 00 Surplus and Profit* 28,060 00 National Bank Not?e 18,760 00 Bills payable 10,000 00 Deposits .. iA)3,H8U w $830,690 00 in the County. imands. dtN In Savingrfi Department. ay Drug Co. pant in Drugs. 0* ralgia Powders v? a a to cure ** Q d 25c. ^ w dow Display ? Toilet. . cj S id quality ? please you. ^ , f * ay Drug Co. three or four leaves, then thin out to stand using shallow running cultiva tor to a finish, never running more ban twice to finlth in each row, oontnuing cultivation until blooms appear. Seventh- Odb good clean hoeiog at thinning time is all the band hoeing we usually give cotton on lands where weeders ana cultivators can be used just right. By this system we grew 2170 pounds long seed cotton on our best plot last year and averaged 1840 pounds seed cotton on the crop, averaging less than three pounds seed cot* ton to one of lint. Oiuinr Pick out when good and dry and as clean as possible long cotton is a little harder to pick and store away In the j i * nA'j i t_ _i.ni Meeu lur ai icbbi du uays-iouger jb bmii better. This seasoning and waiting improves and increases both the quality and quantity of lint while the rush pt tbe gins will be over and your ginber will then cot mind running his gin slower, and as the gin saws by this time are worn smooth you may look for a first claes sample of lint, free from cutting and nappe. When your crop is baled ready for market your profits are only half won out. - It is true that it takes feweat, labor and a good chance of common horse sense to make a good crop mrst any common fool can do that much by applying tbe rsght rule*. But it takes tbete days, a powerful combination of brain power and businesr management coupled with co-operation among tbe growers of long staple cotton in tbe right way to save the profits for tbe growers. This is where the big thing comes in, the long cotton growing bnsiness is at present in tbe hands of organized business farmers who by concert of action have forced speculators out and got from 5 cents to 6 cents per pound for their nttson. Southern Sckedolp. Leaves? 7.45 a m for Columbia. 10 40 b m for Greenville and Greenwood. 6.20 p m for all points both ways. Arrive*? 8 40 a m Irom Greenville. 12 SO p m from bolb ways. 7.50 p m from both ways. Wanted. Sltaallon as foreman on a farm. J. M.Alewlne, Iva, 8. C. ? fteabcard SchedniH. In offect Jan. <Jlh' 19o7. North bound due at Abbeville. No. 62 Local Passenger 12:48 p.m. No. 82 Jamentown Limited 4:25 p. m. No. 38 Exposliion Special 1 03 a. m. South Bound doe at Abbeville. i No. 38 Jamestown Limited i.08p. m. No. 63 l ocal PaareDger 4.08 p. w. No. 41 ExpoaiMoa Bpeclal 238 a. na. '. : : ' ' ANTARCTIC POSSIBILITIES ' Explorer Bereb|rrevlnk Thinks There Mmt Be Future For Commerce There. The recent Antarctic expedition was t commercial one, and commercially It wai a failure, beoause we did not find the rigb wbale, so valuable for its whalebone. Th? Antarotlo was fitted out for the hubt o that particular kind of wbale; neverthe leas I have no doubt that the commercia result of the expedition would have beei much better bad we worked under mon favorable auspices. I do not by any means consider the fao of our not having met with the righ whale in those seas as conclusive proof o their nonexistence in the bay at ViotorL Land. The Antarotlo found the righ whale at Campbell island in the wlnte: time; the boats fastened to five of them of which, however, only one was caught Now, to me it does not seem ImprobabL that these whales go south to the bay o Victoria Land, where Ross saw them, ii the summer, and return north in the win tar. It would seem incredible that a mai of Sir James Ross' standing, supported a: be was by able scientists and experience* whalers, should have made a grave erro: when he said that this valuable whale wai to be found in large ntnabers in thoe* southern latitudes. The difference in the appearanoe of thi blue whale, as we found it there, and th< right whale, in the method of spoating, 1 bo striking that even the most casual ob server could not easily be deceived. Ver] possibly, had we penetrated farther lnt< the large open bay discovered by Boss ii the vicinity of the voloano peaks' Erebu and Terror, we, too, would have found th< right whale in great numbers. We sav very many blue whales, but bad not tb appliances to take them. Ab I remarked at the international geo graphical oongress, we found few seals They increased, however, in number a we worked eastward, and seemed afrali af the land. All of .the seals that we me on the shore showed muoh uneasiness; am speedily made for the water, a fact whlcl strengthened my belief in the existence o a large enemy of the seal on the contl nent. I do not doubt that the seals oon gregate together in larger numbers a some places on the bay. I consider the guano beds which we dli covered of great commercial important* and they ought to be well worth the at tentlon of enterprising business men. Th specimen whloh I brought back with m oontalns a large percentage of ammo: > Furthermore, from the analysis 01 specimen of rook which I brought bad with me, the possible and probable presenc of valuable minerals on the oontlnent 1 proved, although the lava and the volcanl aspect of the coast line do not speak fa vorably for the presence of heavy metal near the surface.?C. E. Borohgrevlnk L Century. Hew tfca Chinese Count Time. The Chinese sundial embodied usual prinolple, but was crude Indeed, j rod or needle set upright reflected a shad ow on a flat surface as the sun movec On this were characters indicating th hours of the day. The Chinese also used water dock called the clepsydra. It was disk of copper or other material, with a extremely small aperture, from whloh th water trickled, drop by drop. The olepsj dra of Canton is thus described by a' tra\ eler: "It is a vase of oopper. It is situate In a pavilion built on a double aroh tha crosses a street leading from the grea oath gate of the city to the palace of th treasurer of the provlnoe. Like that whlti existed, and perhaps exists trfclLl In tb Peking observatory, It Is composed of foa oopper vases, wbenoe water runs from on to another by little tubes fixed at the base The vase that rests on the floor has on It wooden oover a. kind of handle, crossed b a rul6 mounted on a float and oover? with characters representing the hourt When the water has run out?that is, L the morning or evenlng?lt is poured agal. Into the uppermost vase. There Is a llttl brick staircase by which the attendant at oenda. "In the temples there are attendant whose business it Is to hang ap a placard ivith a white ground, on whlob is indloal ed the hour. They strike the hours of th 3ay on a drum, and at night they beat gong. The attendants who thus look afte the flight of time occupy the Intervals tx tween In making stioks of Incense, 01 fvbloh are marked the hours. These ar stioks so arranged as to burn a oertai; length of time for every hour, and-tbes are used by peasants and others. Tb stlok is lighted when the gong soundc uid in this war the nrlvate individual cai keep very tolerable account of the how M they pass. "?New York Ledger. Painting the lAlj. Painting the lily baa beoome a lltera fact, not merely the poet's notion of tb wildest exaggeration. An army officer' wife, writing from an ont of the wa; western town, tells of a young woman on there, "quite the most refined person her she is, too, who related to me, with mud pride, an idea of her own which she ha carried out for a recent silver wedding 'I cut some of oar annnnclatlon lilies, she explained, 'and pasted silver paper ii strips on the outside of the flowers. The; were very much admired.' " This western artist (f) is equaled an outdone by a Berlin society woman wh set out her dinner board lately with ei qulslte flowers, on which mottoes and que fcatlons were painted in gold, silver am various colors. On a deep purple heart! ease wm a greeting in cream oolor on it surface, and other flowers had been equall; disfigured, at great expense of mlsgnlde skill and money. Perhaps the worst out rage was a lovely rose, bearing the oorn plete menu on Its petals.?New Sor mi Arnica. Stop la TIum Mmj 1st* Sermon. One of the elements of a successful eei mon Is a timely and effective close. Man a grand effort has utterly failed for lac! of Remembering this. A climax is reach ec the impression is vivid, then, alas, "i few more words," and the influenoe galne is frittered away. Weariness takes th place of oonvjotlon, and the truths utter? before art forgotten. There is no use i: banging away when one has oommenoe to Are blank cartridges.?Syracuse Chrii tian Advocate. A Klrer of Ink. In Algeria there Is a river of ink. In th upper part of its course it flows throng! beds of decaying moss, in the lowv par through strata of iron ore, and thut through the combination of the to #. it waters acquire very nearly the color am something of the taste of black ink. The grandest review ever seen in thl oountry was that at Washington at th - m ii 1-11 mn AAO mm ClOStt UA bun unil TT<U UIW <vv,?vv ?? were In line N In 1S80 the valno of the ootton mil produot in this countrj was $198,000,000 In 1800 It had inottuuad to $8?8,000,000. Chance of Schedule. The arrival and departure aa well a< tlm and connections with otber companies ar given only as Information ana are no guaranteed. 32 arrive 4:25 38 " 1:05 52 " 12:43 33 " 1:08 41 ' 2:38 63 4:08 Mothers who give their children Kennedy Laxative Couirh Syrnp Invarlubly Indorse 1 Children IItee It because the taste la so piesi ant. ContalDB Honey and Tnr. It lo th Original Laxative Cough Syrup and Is ur rivaled (or the relief of croup. Drives tb oold ont through tbe bowels. Conform a it National Pare Food and Drug Law. So t> G. A. Mlltord. I milm nil 11 THf NEW COLONEL ?. . ? . r Rmt Srnt Proved nimicU to It f | Maater of Men. ' l When Captain Grant, formarly of tb regular army, was appointed colonel of ac t Illinois regiment in place of Colonel 9 Goode, John A. Logan while esoortlnf f, him to the camp said: "Colonel, the regt? - : ment is a little vnrtrijr. Do jou think yon 1 can manage the boys?" i | "I think I can," replied Grant. ? I Logan and McClernand, two oongxm| men, made patriotic speeches, and Logan, b after a two hours' oration, led forward s b quiet man in plain citizen's clothes, say1 lng: i "Allow me to present to you your new t commander, Colonel U. S. Grant. " ' r "Most of the soldiers observed him fot ^ i the first time,*" writes "Hamlin Garland, . from whose "Life of Grant" we hav? '' j quoted. "They were astonished and dist i >1 i?in,. . %aJf I BppUlUlAXU VJTRfcUb 1WACU UAO O (JiOTf 1 country doctor. But he showed that he oould manage the" unruly boyB." Thert were loud calls: "GranV Qnuit 1 A xffl speech I" Their late colonel used to % $#a!S "orate" before them. The new colonel stepped two paces toward them and said in a dear, calm voice: "Men, fo to your quarters!" .. . - |g If an 8 inch shell had. exploded in their ( ranks, the "boys" would not have been :''. more surprised, but they went to their ' quarters. There was that in the now colonel's voice which expressed command. ^ The tone, was not loud, but it was given with a clear cut inflection which showed . -j him a master of men. That evening at dress parade, as he step0 ped to the center of the regiment, wearing I v &+ 7 no uniform save a pair of gray trousers 8 with a stripe running down the outside seams and an old sword, the men jested in. low voices about their new commander. Colonel Goode, the late colonel, not in* 8 frequently used the daily parade as an oo- r. V 3 casion to make a speech, and the men exfc pected one from Grant. The line officers V'H* 1 advanced, and the adjutant saluted* N ^.3 3 "A soldier's first duty is to learn to obey a i his commander. I shall expect my order* \ " to be obeyed as exactly and as instantly ae '* if we were on the field of battle." ^ That was all he said. As the men. vSSj marched back to quarters a private asked: "t "What do they mean by sending down a *> little man like him to command this regi?* mehtf He can't pound dry sand in a- .'-. straight hole." e ?>He can't make a speech. Lookattb* j;2j| clothes be wears. Who is he anyhow?" 6 "Boys." retorted a sersreant, "I'll tell I* yon who he is. He's the colonel of. thi* ? JSe 6 regiment, as you' 11 find, and. don't you 5 forget it." gali 0 The sergeant was a prophot. The regik* ment had obtained all the liquor It wished ' v2 a for, Grant stopped that. A man resisted Q arrest. . "WhaVs the matter?" asked Grant at , . the officer of the day. . f&saI "Theman persists in bringing llquo* Into camp and refuses to give it up. "Pnt Ma into the guardhouse. :f "He refuses to go." ' Grant stepped up to him, seized him by . > 6 the collar and jerked him outside of. the ' a oamp gate. "Get out of my regiment," ha a said. "You are not worth disciplining. If' ; a you come back, I'll have you shot!" A 6 big, dangerous man named Mexioo was r" tied up -with a score of others for leaving ' camp without permission. "For every. 4 , ? minute I stand here I'll have an ounce of !* your blood," said he to the coloneL "Gag himl" replied Grant. ? One by one, as the hours passed, the h other offenders were Released by the offl- ,* 6 oers of the guard. Grant releraed Mexioi <'. | 1 himself. The bully saw that nis colonel t was his master, and the regiment began V J; '* to find out that It had afeoloneL?-Youth's Companion. ' d Sensible PhyiJcal Exenliea. I. i nave always oeen mucn unpiuuw d with the facility with which the graduate d of West Point 01 of Annapolis doesa varl-: / _ ? ?ty of things in physioal exercised?ezer* ' i- rises Bomeof which are perhaps notalwayl characterized by the name of athletics, al* s though useful not only in physical davel* .: v-i I, opment, but as adjuncts thrcpgh life. Ths r man who can ride, and who can swim, and e who can dance, and who can fence, and a who can do other things such as are taught ; r at West Point and Annapolis has distinct > h accomplishments, the attainment of which a has not. only benefited him during the e period of attainment, but the possession ol a which will oontinue .to benefit him so long >jM a as he shall have the use of his physical e powers, i, I have long thought thai, the graduats & a of Harvard ought to possess physical ao> ' 13 oomplishments equivalent to, even if not i,ig identical with, those of his brothers at West Point and at Annapolis, and I am < inclined to think that, unless he is a crip* , j pie or otherwise infirm physically, It is th? " - r ^ e dntyof the university to see that he doei . s possess such t?efore it gives him his degree. ' y ?Harvard Graduates' Magazine. / e Selling Papers on the Root. h Not all the enterprising newsboyiTare In > d the United States. The small street mer- 4 chants of Paris, when forbidden to enter ' the cars and omnibuses, got over a seriouf Q difficulty in real Yankee fashion. 7 It was easy enough, of course, to sell ,' papers through the windows to people 3 seated in the vehicles. But how'was It o possible to reach' would be customer! : perched on the imperiales, the seats prob vided on the roof? A youth promptly > > ;; d solved the problem. i- He procured a stick seven or eight feet tf long, with damps fastened to the sides. y Pnpera were put in the clamps. On the d top of the stick there was a small cup with r a hole in the bottom. i\ The hole was a very important part ol k the apparatus, for it reached all the way down, and though it came the copper coins of one or two sons, according to tha price of the paper wliich the patron select- , ' > ed when the boy held up the stick.-' J Youth's Companion. k A Lorer of Candor. * Impecunious man?I wish you would b? o kind as to lend me a sovereign. Ill ! pay you back In a few days. ' > ,: Candid Friend?If you had asked me fo? ^ ? the loan In a candid and straightforward manner, I would have lent you the mon* ey, but asking me In the way you did causes me to distrust you. "I don't understand you." "You asked me to be so kind as to lend . fou a sovereign. J "Yes." i "If you had been candid, you would ' have said to me, 'Be so stupid, be such an i Ignominious ass, such a hopeless idiot a4 to lend me a sovereign,' and you might have got it"?Pearson's Weekly. 4 Beaten by the Testimony of Mice. ? A man In the Palouso country lost hla ranch In aoontest case because a nest containing a large family of mice was found j in his bed. It proved conclusively thai he had not occupied the ranch according to law.?Portland Oregonian... (Hi J (]A } i t 'i r ? lare gains worth the while. See 1 his Ad. Perhaps you will Deed t8! some before the wwk is out, Call and tee the stock, 'eI Have you tried PolifIs cif: y He is fair and on the Snare. . ,-i| Cy'y' 1 ~ ' f v ... ..