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(WOH BY WOMAN'S WIT j&mtUNG DECIDES CONTEST FOR HAND OF BEAUTY. feather Chose Among Many Suitors for His Daughter, bot the Girl Her* scK Took Hand in Final Selection. There was, onee noon a time, a Sen 3gal tailor, who had a daughter as fazzlrng as the sun. AU the youths ki the neighborhood were in love with ber beauty, and two of them went to her and asked for her hand. The girl, Ske a well-trained daughter, made tfeem DO answer, but called her father, ?dm Hs tened to them and said: "lt is late; go borne? and come again taaorrow. I will tell you then which 'at yea shall have my daughter." [ At daybreak the next morning the jpovng men were at his door. ! "Here we are," they cried; "remero ?ber what you promised us yesterday." j "Wait," said the tailor; "I must go ?oat and boy a piece of cloth; when I return yon wm hear what I expect you te da" He soon returned, and calling his (daughter said to the yoong men : "My sons, there are two of you, and I have but one daughter. I cannot give ber to both of you and must refuse ?ate. You see this piece of cloth? I will cut from it two pairs of breeches exactly alike; each of you shall make mae of them, and the one that finishes Jfcrst shall be my son-in-law." Each of the rivals took his task -md [prepared to set to work under the tenor's eyes. The latter said to his daughter: "Here is thread; you can thread the needles for the workmen." The girl obeyed; she took the spool and sat down by the youths. But the pretty witch was fuU of cunning; her father did not know which one she loved, neither did the young men, but, for ber part, she knew very well. The tailor went out, the girl threaded the ?eedles, and her suitors set to work. Bet to the one she loved she gave Short needlefuls, while she gave long .meecQefuls to his rival Both sewed sealously; at eleven o'clock the work was scarcely half done, but at three tn the afternoon the young man with the short needlefuls had finished bis task, while the other was far behind. When the tailor returned the victor carried in the finished breeches. His rival was still sewing. "My children," said the father, "I did not wish to show any partiality be tween you, for which reason I divided the cloth into two equal parts and gave each a fair chance. Are you sat isfied?" "Perfectly." answered they. "We understood your meaning and accept ed the trial; what is to be will he!" But the tailor had reasoned to him self: "He who finishes his task first wlH be the better workman, and con sequently the better fitted to support iris household." It did not occur to bim that his daughter might outwit bim by giving Oie longer needlefuls to the one she did not wish to win. Wom an's wit decided the contest, and the girl chose her husband herself.-Alice Bonner's "Twice-Told Fairy Tales," in Atlanta Journal. Inference Obvious. Lord Rossmore, author of "Things I Can Tell," used sometimes to "make a night of lt" with Jimmy Davis, and an one occasion slept at Davis' house after a somewhat late carousal. Ring big his ben in the morning, it was an swered by William, the butler, and the following coHoquy ensued: " 'Good morning. William,' I said brisk ly. "Good morning, my lord.' 'Quite early, isnt it?* "Well-not so early, flay lord.' 'H'm, I thought it was. Anyhow, 111 get up and have some breakfast I suppose nobody's down jet?* 'Oh, yes. my lord, your brother and Lord Mandeville have breakfast ed some time ago.' 'Bother them. I thought Pd be first What did they have, William?' 'Smoked 'addock, my lord.' T>id they?' I cried. 'What a drunkard's breakfast! What do you think I had better have, William?* He eyed me coldly, but sot unkindly, and then said with marked meaning, 'Smoked 'addock, my lord.*" A Love Story. Prot Henri Bergson, at a dinner in New York, talked of love with that gay and sparkling philosophy which has made him famous in Europe. "Love, in the sense of passion." he said, "love does not live long. There's a little fable above love which has a deal of truth in it "Love, so the fable runs, bent over a beautiful malden, when Cynicism j sneered and said: " 'Oh, yes, her eyes are stars, and i her mouth ls a rose, but twenty years hence she will be fat and round-back- j f>?. with a double chin, just like her i raoOier. You. thougli-ha, ha. ha! von, though, wfll be blind eh?' " T?o,' Love answered, calmly. 1 nmply shan't be there to see.' " Little Things as an Index. "Here," said an observer, "was a ".nachine upon which appeared the ' .ame plate of the manufacturer; a ' . mall and not essential feature, but j i-tis plate had been set on true, and i : hen the screws by which it was held j .i place had all been turned up until he slots In their heads all showed " precisely the same position, alike, . ni form. "Whoever put this plate on made a .oe finished job of it: and I should e inclined to think that a shop that *?d such pride in even the minor de vils of Its work, would do good werk ToughonL" SO A GUNBOAT WENT MAD - How the Spaniards Took Vengeance I on Moros Who Slew Swimming Soldiers. Cap*. John E. Morris, who spent a I long, long time in the Philippines chasing the Moro, tells a story about a Spanish military governor in Jolo 1 who, in the peace of fanciey security, ; allowed a whole flock of his soldiers to go swimming one day. Now, the Moro bas a habit of going juramatado when the camp meeting variety of religion hits him. When a : Moro goes juramatado, he takes the most disagreeable weapon he can find and carves up the first Christian he meets. ! When the Moros saw the soldiers In the water several of them thought it was the very best time to go juara matado, with the result that those saldiere never went swimming any i more. The sultan who had charge of that ! particular bunch of Moros promptly was sent for. The Spaniard wanted to know why his men were slaughtered in such manner. "How could I help it?" the sultan asked. "They went juramatado." Nobody wants to interfere with any body's religion, of course, but there was a Spanish gunboat lying around loose in that immediate vicinity. The governor sent for the commander of the gunboat. "Too haven't had much target prac tic lately," he remarked to the naval officer, "and you might try a little. Now, a few Moros make fair targets. When 1 want target practice to stop I'll run np a flag. But until the flag is run up keep at it" It was one glorious bombardment. A lot of Moros accidentally got hit. And somehow the post flag was mis laid, so it couldn't be hoisted. It was a most exited sultan who showed up before the Spanish govern or. If that gunboat didn't stop its nonsense he wouldn't be a sultan any longer, because he wouldn't have any subjects to sultan over. And he told the governor so. "How can I help it?" demanded the governor with some heat "The fool boat has gone juramatado and I can't interfere with the religion of the blame navy."-San Francisco Chroni cle. Billions of Savings. Discouraging statistics and a good deal of talk are offered about the im mense number of people who reach old age without provision for ?eeting its needs. Evidences are not lacking that the statement in this direction is overdrawn, since a lack of material possessions does not always prove a state of dependence upon public char ity. Many old persons have invested their means in earlier years in sons and daughters that prove an invest ment capable of paying and that do pay large dividends tn love and care. Old age without houses and land and stocks and bonds ls not always im provident old age. Signs there are ol a degree of improvidence in the young er generation that would seem to bode destitute old age; and yet who could be downcast about the situation in the face of the fact that the savings banks of this country have on deposit more than four billions of dollars-proof ol thrift-which means hard work and careful savings through self-denial that discounts to a degree the evi dence that this is an extravagant and a thoughtless age.-New Bedford Standard. Nearer the Perfect Man. Man is handsomer, better housed fed and clothed, more charitable and is more rarely assailed with gout than In "ye olden times," accord i np to Dr. John W. Wainwright In fact, man has had an. average of six years added to his life in the last century. "No doubt the stress and strain o? life today are conducive to nervous complaints," says Dr. Wainwright, "as well as to arterial, cardiac and gastro intestinal disturbances. And yet with all of this hurry one is amazed at the outward calm, the poise, of the man , of affairs today. "We read that man is old and worn \ out at sixty, but statistics prove that j the average length of life is between r six and seven years longer than a cen I tury ago."-The American Practl ! tioner. Co-operative Home Making. The most successful families ar? the ones in which each child has some definite duty in the daily household routine; not a drudging obligation, but a contribution to the general comfort of the family. It. is not so much the actual task that is of value, it is thc I spirit which it fosters. You may fill ; lamps with revolt in your soul, if lt ir merely a horrid chore to be got I through with. But you may fill lampa I with Joy In your heart if you feel that I you, too, are doing something for the I home. It is the mother's privilege to ! present that point of view.-Home Progress Magazine All on Her Mind. An officious neighbor, observing a bride of two weeks chopping kindling, took occasion to remonstrate with her and to offer some advice on the sub jugation of husbands. The bride did not welcome the sug gestions "Jimmie." she said, proudly and haughtily, defending ber husband, "has things on his mind of more im portance than kindling. "Well! Haven't you?" snapped the would be agitator. "Why. no," the bride answered mod estly, blushing a little. "All I havo on my mind is Jimmie."-Harper's Maga zine. Copy rieb I 1909. by C. E. Zimniiiman Co.-Ho. 10 No matter what your walk in life, or what your station may be, you have an opportu nity to be the possessor of a bank account, and it only re mains for you to realize the importance of this one thing, to render you indedendent. OFFICERS: J. C. Sheppard, Pres.; W. W. Adams, Vice pres.; E. J. Miras, Cashier; J. H. Allen, assistant Cashier. DIRECTORS: J. C. Sheppard, W. W. Adams, J. Wm. Thurmond, Thoe. H. Rainsford. J. M. Cobb, B. E. Nicholson, A. S. Tompkins, C. C. Fuller, W. S. Prescott. We desire lo notify our farmer friends that we are ready to supply them with fertilizers in all of the popular brands and formulas. We sell the cel ebrated brands _ Bradley, Baldwin and Etiwan These goods have been used by farmers of this county for many years and have given satisfaction. We also have contracted for a large supply of ingredients for mixing fertilizers at home. Bear in mind that we can fill your orde*s for any ki?d of plant food, the dependable kind. Come in to see us. W. W. Adams & Co. aves Expensive Trips TT WAS NECESSARY for the Attorney to have a personal talk with a client in a distant city. The journey would seriously interfere with several important engagements made for that day. He used the Long Distance Bell Telephone, had a satisfactory talk with his distant client and was abie to keep all his engagements at home. The Long Distance Bell Telephone increases che efficiency of business men who adapt it to their needs. It can serve you with equal satisfaction and economy. By the way, have yon a Bell Telephone? SOUTHERN BELL TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY ON'T flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your Intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. Except in cases of ne cessity, which are rare, leave your frirnd to learn unpleasant things from his ene mies; they are ready enough to tell them. -Holmes. IDEAS THE OTHER WOMAN HAS FOUND OUT. Do you know that many of the daily tasks may be done while sitting? Paring potatoes, wiping many of the dishes, and even ironing, if one has a high stool. Many women never sit, ' just from force of habit, when the strength might be wei! saved and the feet rested by taking the pressure off from them. When standing, in iron ing, always stand on, a rug folded in many thicknesses, as the spring rests the feet One way to save the dishes is to use a damp cloth and a dry one in the dining-room to wipe dishes that are used for foods which dare not be much soiled. / If you scorch a dish of food when cooking, scrape it out and add a little soda, with a pint or less of cold wa ter. Let the water boil, when the food can bc removed without scratch ing the dish. When an obstinate spot of scorched or burned-on food refuses to come off, rub with a piece of pumice stone. This scrapes without injuring the sur face. There is no economy in using old or worn-out tools or utensils. A leaky pail, which leaves its trail wher ever it is carried, is worse than poor economy. Do not bang or gouge the hands and fingers using the stove iron or a piece of wood for a hammer. Have a small egg beater which will beat an egg in a cup. Get good small wooden spoons for stirring and mix ing. They are easy on the hands and never get hot when used in the dishes cooking on the stove. Have a soap shaker for dish-wash ing: in this every scrap of laundry soap may be saved and used. Good sharp knives for paring anc carving, and a good knife sharpener is a true necessity in every home. ^^|^^niBN]^H^?^^^c r^arest JfilL thing we know to religion. God is love, and to make religion akin to friendship, is simply to givp lt th? highest expression conceivable by maa -John Ruskin. DAINTY DISHES FOR THE SICK. Dainty food that would be too much to prepare for a family will be great ly appreciated by those who are ilL Make a small case out of a thick slice of bread by scooping out a boxlike center, brush with butter and toast in a hot oven. This little case may now be used for any creamed mixture, and case and all may be eaten. For creamed fish, add a teaspoonful of butter to a teaspoonful of flour; when the butter bubbles add the floor and cook, then add a fourth of a cup of milk, three drops of onion juice, a fourth of a cup of flaked fish or the same amount of cooked chicken. Fill the shell and serve, garnished with a bit of parsley. For escalloped fish or chicken, use the creamed fish mixture and take in a small ramekin, covered with but tered crumbB. Fish Souffle.-Force cooked fish through a strainer. There should be a quarter of a cup. Cook a fourth of a. cup of bread crumbs with a third of a cup of milk five minutes. ?dd the fish and a half tablespoonful of butter, salt and paprika to taste. Beat the white of a small egg, and add to the j above mixture. Turn into a buttered mold or two and bake in bot water until firm. Serve with a white sauce. Hamburg Steak.-Make well sea soned hamburg steak into small balls, broil or pan broil until cooked, then serve three on a narrow piece of well toasted bread, and garnish with pars ley. Cream Toast-Take two ?lices of dry toast and cover with the follow ing sauce: Three-fourthB of a cup of thin cream added to two tablespoon- J fuis of cold milk, a fourth of a tea spoonful of salt and a tablespoonful of flour. Dip the toast In boiling wa ter and butter lightly. Lateness. "Did they dance the latest dances at your party?" "They must have," replied Mr. Cum rox. "It did'nt break up till nearly three o'clock."-Washington Star. The Annoying Part. "Dilks claims to be a poet'' "I wouldn't mind his claiming to be a poet, if he didn't try so hard to Drove lt" I HAS PRICE FOR I DEVIL WOULD TEACH THE DOC-, I TRINE THAT LIFE CAN BE SUS TAINED IN ONLY ONE WAY. IT is the time of the triple tempta tion in the wilderness. The con versation Is between Christ and Satan. One great in goodness, the other great in evil device. Three temptations are hurled in quick suc cession aud as quickly parried and repulsed. Make bread from these stones. Cast thyself down from the pinnacle of the temple; worship the devil. Mark the audacity of Satan he would attack the Son of God, he would storm the citadel of heaven. If the devil would persistently attack the wisest, noblest and best of earth, think not you will be free. We hear him saying, "Make bread out of these stones." The devil would teach the doctrine that life can be sustained in only one way: His program is to eat and live;: take plenty of bread and refuse to die. Fill the cupboard and the cribs; let the barns burst with the golden grain; then boast thyself of tomorrow. Say Lo thyself: "Soul, thoo hast much goods laid up for many years; eat. drink and be merry." That is the devil's program. It is Ingersoll say ing, "One world at a time, one life at a time." The man who listens to that argument is listening to materialism. With a quick flash came the words. "Man shall not live by bread alone." It is not necessary that we live at all; but, anyway, we are not confined to one method of subsistence. Only in the most narrow and contracted sense do we live simply because we haked a loaf und ate it, but because Rod wills that we live. ls Barn Too Large? j But this evidently a blow at ma i terialism. \ a hear much these later days as to our accomplishments. So I many farms tilled and lands opened ! up; so many millions of bushels of i wheat and corn; so many bales of cotton; so many miles of railroad built, and so many ships set afloat on 1 the hifch seas. This may be interest I lng from the point of statistics. But ! ls this all? Can we see no farther than granary and crib? Is the barn j Eo large we cannot see the sky? . Tell me, rather, how many churches I have been built-for man shall not j live oy bread alone. Tell me how many souls this year of our Lord have decided to make heaven their home: how many young men and women have gone out from halls of learning to help make this tired, sin-sick world a little more livable. I want to know in how many places the standard of the cross has been set up. What is success, and what is true success? Forevermore it must remain true that a nation, like a man, cannot live by bread alone. Men become so wrapped up In ma terial things, the external, the visible and tile tangible, they seem to forget there is a soul to save and a soul to feed and that there Is such a thing as the bread of life. Man needs fellow ship, the Bible, the church, com munion. Who Shall Grow? Who is lt shall mount up on wings as eagles, shall run and not be weary. Bhall walk and not faint? Who shall grow in grace? Who ls lt will go from strength to strength, from vic tory to victory, till one day they ap pear before God? It is that one who has heard the words, "Man shall not live by bread alone." Do you remember the pathetic story of Esau, who, for one morsel of meat sold his birthright? For you know that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was re jected; for he found no place of re pentance, though he sought it care fully with tears. Is lt possible to sell the spiritual birthright? Yes. How much doea Satan ever offer for it? Never more than a morsel of meat It was all he gave the mother of the human race In the garden. She saw. she desired, she ate, she fell. What did she get In return? A morsel of meat i So it has been in every age. Satan and the soul strike a bargain. How much for the spiritual birthright? A mess of pottage, a morsel of meat nothing more. Man shall not live by bread alone. May the food we eat, the life we receive, the strength we gain, cause those who come after us to say. aa they Bee the work we did. 'There were giants In those days."-Rev. Walter L. Ferris. Congregational :hurch. Pekin. III. Little Faithfulness. Many of us are not called to do> great things for God. but all are called to little faithfulnesses wrought out tn the common tasks at hand. A bea con light of hope to the humble soul faithful over the lowliest tasks done as unto the Lord ls the great lesson of Christ's parable of the talents. As some one has said, A-e can be glad God did not say: "Good and successful servant," for some of the most faith ful have been failures from a world ly standpoint. In the truest sense, plain faithfulr.es Is the highest suc c?s. It wins God'H approval and there are no limits to his power to use that gives absolutely faithful serv ice. Pennsylvania Sunday Schools. In the state of Pemisylvsnia there are 1.917.929 persons enrolled as members of Sunday schools, and it is expected that by the end of the pres ent year the enrollment will reach 2.000,000. One out of every four of the stato's population is a member ot some Sunday school.