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OLD TOWER FAST CRUMBLING Landmark of San Juan, Porto Rico, Undermined by Resistless Action of the Wsvcs. The famous "haunted" watch tower of San Juan, Porto Rico, which for half a century has fairly recked with mystery, seems to be doomed to dis appear beneath tho waves which have undermined its foundations. This mel ancholy relic of vanished glory of Spain's empire in thc West now han ja precariously over the boiling tide rip which has gnawed ceaselessly at its foundations for 300 years. Original!; a part .of the outer defense ot* the great fcrt San Cristobal, which was built oy the Spanish conquistadores tc guard San Jean from land attack the "haunt en" sentry box is regarded as one o? the sights of the Porto Rican capita!. The story of ih'a crumbling bit of masonry runs that within ;he last 100 years six mon have entered the tower and. were apparently s'.vai?owcc up. None ol* the sestet lt is declared, ever was seen again. Tao iirst three disappearances ol which a roc ord bas been kept occurred within thc first half 01 thc nineteenth century ard were separated by considerable inter vals; the las: enc ?:cr.:g ia 1810. Ten years elapsed and the memory ot the mysterious happenings was growing thin when thre e moro i ?en vanished in as many days. Since then thc tower has been shunned as a pesti lence, but its secret has remained '.in discovered All tho cases were identi cal in that the missing one vas a mem ber cf the garrison of San Cristobal detailed for night sentry duty on the sea wu:i. PLAGUED SY INSECT PESTS Explorers in Subtropical Seite Amer ica Tell of Hardships Encountered on 7he:r Jsurneys. Though- nearly every prospect pleases, other tilings as well as men are vile in subtropical South America. According to a "lecture delivered re cently before the Royal Geographica] society in Landon by Lieutenant Ed wards the insect and ether pests arc unspeakably terrible. The lecturer, who conducted a fron tier exploration cn the Bolivia-Brazil boundary last year, describes the for ests as being wellnigh impassable Their rate of progress was 15 miles in 35 days through those tangled fields. The soii of the country, he said, was wonderfully fertile, and with very lit tle toil returned a harvest out ot all proportion. In the forest and on the smallei rivers life was made almost unbear able by insect pest?. Ants were mel with everywhere; they swarmed ovei one's person in hundreds, and most o? hem bit most savagely. There was one kind of red ant called Itashi. which lived in trees named palosantos, hollowed out by themsjlves^.\y_hose_,bite was like a 3 """Touch with a red-hot fron. Tf a person inadvertently touched rr leant ny against one of these palosantos th-: ants swarmed MU upon him instantly and his life fer hours afterward was z long-drawn-out misery. Gu'ner. Pi? Farm. Guinea pig farming would scorn t< rank as the mest, curious *>f the vari ous Industries that municipalities bav? undertaken from time- to time ?or th? common good. Seattle is a gurnet pig farmer cn a considerable scab and at times the principal worry c those in charge of thc "ranch" is tua the guinea pig supply will exceed tn* demand. The municipal guinea pij her-1, at the present tin.- number: about 700. The guinea pig farm is ; nec-.-sshy not an idle experiment ii their humble way these funny littb animals ?day an important part in th< daily work of preserving the city health. They arc- the official "goats' for the chemists in the city's bat topological laboratories and at tin fedora: plague laboratory which tie 'city helps to maintain. The little guinea pig is one of the most un io: t?nate of all animals. Since doctor have learned that he is subject. :c ;il most all the ills that human flesh i; heir to. life for him is one long teas of germs. Beware of Paraffin Cups. When ar. Englishman drinks a toas to his queen, he breaks the glass as : pretty little homage. Girard writ ja z: the Philadelphia Lo^cr. When you put a penny in tho :;io and extract, an individual cup yoi should snr -h it. alter using it Tba isn't homage, but a precaution ma may save a human fife ( Do you know what happens t; many of those discarded paraffin drmls ing cups? Picked up by careless pee pie and used over and over again. If you will recall that a deadl; germ feels even less at home on ? glass cup thau upon one made c paraffin you can easily see why neithe should De used many limes by man; persons. There is one certain way to outwi the germ: Crush the cup. Beyond Scriptural Number, The clergyman of a country village reprehending one of his parishioner for quarreling with his wife so lcuul; and frequently ai. to be a source c perpetua! disturbance in tue ncigliboi hood, in th" course ol' his exhort tio: remarked that the Scriptures declare! that mau ann woman were one. "Aye that may ?ie. sir. ' answerei Hodge ' out if you wera to go by whei me and raj wife are rn- it you'd thi&J there were twenty of us." SMALL MAN WINS H'S SPURS Trenches Make Kim a Better Pithier Than the Larger Soldier, lt ls Now Ssid. A "Bantam Corns" now is organiz ing in :Ji-:v;ih Columbia. It mas not ; be er.37 to explain why, but the fact ;: is that energy and pugnacity seem to i become intensified as the physical ' bulk diminishes in all animals, includ ing man. Tho capacity lor enduring ! physical hardships generally dlain . ishes as the sb:e and weight increase, j so that the idea o? a "Bantam Ceros" ! is one of the mort practica: and valu able of the suggestions offered in con necte:: v;ith recruiting. Among thc many cherished but new fossil delusions of militarism that have been ior centuries regarded as axi omatic fuis one of coupling power of endurance with size o? frame ic- t':? most obstructive of progress. ?iu?i dreds of thousands ot* cager recruits have been re.; acted because they '.v::2 a trillo b??ow tho prescribe:! dimen sions, or for slight defects of eyesight or teeth. Trench fighting has revolutionized the prevailing ideas about war in this as in other respects. A small nan may endure the strain cf trench work bit ter than a luise mun, racy be a hector sniper, is a ?-JSS expansive target for the enemy's bullets and is likely to he ?ess expensive tc maintain; In the old style of fighting, which was large ly a matter of charging on foot or on horse-Lack, weight might tell in favor nf thc heavier man, hut there is cor.?? paratively little of that sort of light ing now. The Worries of a Woman. Women have their distille* he worri ?s, and the thing* thal worn' i.TM :: ,(I ats almost" nnt*iidusable . .\!'-?ii do not, as a rule, wurry nu-n u ail. The presence of a reasonable imoimt of dirt in a room d? es not wo rrj a man. Ile knows that dirt is .jmnlv m?! t MI* in tin; wrong plat***, and he declines to make bimscl: miserable by devoting all 1.is time nul eiii-ry.) to the hopeless task of banishing dirt from the universe. Hut women ?ive in constant dread it find in <r ciiiar ashes <>n the carpet, . or dust on the window pane, or a cobweb in a coiner of the room. Every man knows thal cigar ash es act us a disinfectant, and that ; ihe more ci uar ashes there ma.\ be in a c.u p' t the fewer microbes and ' undesirable insects that carpet will harbor. Therefore he knocks his ashes on the floor of his room, and considers that on the whole he is '. doing a wise thing. Then conies his j ? ile. and assures him that the room i.- a * |i.-i fe: t pi?->i\"-a statement that shows a gross ignorance o! the ? m amie rs and customs of pi-s who . never smoke cigars, either in their . -ties or elsewhere She ftW.eeps the 1 carpet with a stiff brush until il i> 1 worn nearly threadbare, and al the ' same time upbraids ile- iutiuceiil ' lean for compelling her io work her lintrt*rs to the hone by sweeping i??> hit? filthy cigar a-he i lu u ii >!.e M rs a cobweb in the . . llier ul thc r< om, where il eau du nu possible lia rm, she knows . im rest until she has brought . do? n thai cobweb, together i with a picture frame. ami ? i ?in of lie i:;..iiev rf i hu chandelier, I! I'- makue wild blows al thc cob t .veo with a broom. Now a cobweb - is one 1.1 tlic t.,o t beautiful .ind ia ? ?M-nious ol thiiiys, and a thom* li (ful 7 man takes pleasure in walch mg and, in noli ny i?> idticae\ a~ 1 . * a means of lessen in ti the activity ? ? ' iiie* There is proiiably. not a man 3jiii L .I; do ti who ? unid be in the "jleasi dey ree worried vere there a > icoiiweb in each corner ol every al?ooin in his house, but there are 3 j lew women M lu? would not prefer 5 ?io lie down and die rather than to "alive in a ionise where cobwebs were 3 I rei mil led io exist. In the opinion "loi women cobwi hs aie dirt, and dirt j j ls the .Vorst of all evils to which life is heir.- W. L Allen. AVOID SP&1??G COLDS. Sudden changes, high winds, sin! iii,u seasons e.?use colds ano I ri ; poe. alni ih?se spring colds are . * i-n..\ i no ami iiaiiy.es ons ami asa lilvi-'y io turn i ti * - > . . timmie siitii :. ..' i ?.loll lil Milli eases l.lM-a treatment ol i>r Kiii?r': New Dis coyersi pleasant Laxative 1 ar i5>yrU|?. lt -o.,;hes 1 lie eoityii.?de. ;:k. I li ? . ?.i sind h?-l|?< break up au at tsiek of grippe. Ils already prepar ie?l, 110 ? 11 : x i . i ?j or fussing. Just ask ymir druyyisl for a bottle of Dr. K mr's New Discovery. Tested ?Ul ! . i i"d for over lo \ e ns :{ FOU .SALK: Early prolific lone staple seed. No wilt in it. Lint sold las; fall at SUcts. Price si. 50 . bushel. H. CT. Shannoiihouse. I 4-2-pd. FOR SALE: T en Duroe Jersev pigs, eight weeks old $5.00. If ll) ; week-sold xi;.ou, subject lo regis tration. J. O. Hei in. ?i-12-?-pd. FOU ? A LE- Fifty bushels line Improvnd Toole cotton seed al ?1.00 per Ini-liel. Lon-' slape- ai .si. 50. Jas. D. Mai hi.-, Trenton, S. C. The Golden D?y. 'J ncr?.' ni' two days in the week I upon which ?md about which I nev er worry. Two care-free (lavs, kept sacredly free from fear and appre hension. One of these days is yesterday. Yesterday, with all its rare and i i els, with all ils paint, and ariies, aa iis fauits. ii- mistakes and blun ders, h s passed forever beyond t hc i I teach ol my rvcnli. I can Lot Undo a?! thai 1 wrought. 1 ca::no1 un say a word thal I said 01. yesterday.! All thal it led.is of my ???'e. of j wron ir, regn i. and sorrow is in the hand* ol' .h.- .VLiity iv.v. thal can bring honey otu o? ibu rock,.and" j sweet waters oin of tit.- bi tie rest lii'-eri,--ihe lo\e '::.ti ...HM make the.! wrong things ri?lr, ihni can turn ; ve. pi i g into laughter, thai can give j be.-.-i:;. for ashes, the garments of praise for ll;?- sniii; ,,i hen vines* jo\ oj ?be. IIOMII:I,M for tin? vv0e of j the light. j ior iii- beam ?ful memories, sweel and and lender, thal linger i like thu pei i nine iif roses in lin; j -.-.rt ..I' :i". ,j ;:. Ufa; is gone, I have nothing to iii? with yosieiday. ? i i was min. : ii Ls < ?. ?, t's. i Ano ihe oiiier day J clo nu! wor* ! ry ibout is lomoi row; Tomorrow, i willi ?iii os possible ntl vu rsi lies, its burdens, its perils, its large promise ?.??ni pi ?or performance, its failures 'aim mistuKcs, is as lar beyond ihe t roach ol' mastery as its dead sister, ?.\esierday li is a day ol'(ind's. Its Min will lise in a roseate splendor, "' bi;i.iitd a mark of sweeping clouds Ku. it will lise. [Tiltil then, ..IM- -.v.e love rind pal?eme thal hold vesterdny. h?d?l to-morrow. Save lui" the st ir ol hope .hat gleams forever or. tim brow of to-morrow, shining with lender promise into the heall of to-day, I have no possession in Unit unborn d iv of ?ira.-e. All el.-e is in the safe keeping ol lite Infinite Love that hold- lor me thu i ivasures of yesterday. The love I hat is high er than ibo stars, wider than the sta s, wider than ibu skies, deeper Kian lh<j seas To morrow-it is (.rod's own day. it will be mine. There is left tor myself, then, but one day of the week-to-day. Any man can fight the bailies ot to day. Any woman can uar ry the iraniens of just one da.\. Aii> man can resist the temptations of lo day. <) friends, ii is only when, lo tile burdens and cares ol to-da\, carefully measured t ut lo us by tho i ii ii ?i i lr- wisdom and might that they give willi them the pruiui-e, "As thy day, so shall thy strength be," we willfully add the burdens ol' those- -yesterday and l?.-nioirow-that we break down. j THE FARMERS BANK I Capital and Surplus Profits j Total Assets Over- - - - j STATE, COUNTY AiN] I Does a General Banking Business. Guardian and Depos jj invest ia Or.c of Our Certifia I a It i;-" a belier investment lor ( Von do not have to cor.sult an axtoi 5 in value ?ike lands and houses. Yt i Finally you du not have io employ I money. Von can get your interest ' S?fe:y is the First Considera i_ 0. P. BRIGHT First Appiication Brings F (in most cases) a Cure. Prici ?3r Send Coin. Money Or MANU KA ( . BRIGHT ? EDGEFIt IL isn't tho experience of to*day that drives me mad. It is the remorse lor something that happened yester day, the dread of what to-morrow m?y disclose. These are God's days. Leave them with him. Therefore, I think, and T do. and I journey hut one day at la time. That is thc ei*y day. That is the man's day. Nay rather, thai is our day-God's and mine. And whjly faithfully and dutifully 1 rim my course*, ami work my appointed [task on that, day of ours, God, the |alii*i<rhi.v :l?? luviojr, lakes care j ol yesterday and LO*morrow. - Rob* len J. Burdett?, in tomb's Instruct or. I INSURANCE DEPARTMENT ! OF SOUTH CAROLINA i :F??Z HUGH MCMASTER, Cjmnii.^iouer COLUMBIA, ti. C. April U. li) 10 Mr. .f R Blake, Sec'y Treas. Abbeville -Greenwood - M iitu d Fiic 1 ns. A-so., Green wood, S. ( '. j Dear Si: : ? Your association having complied with lim laus of this Suite h l iiei'iised t" do business in Abbeville, Greenwood, Laur-ns anil Edgelield j C linties. The record which your associa j I ion has made for ibu past quarter of a century in paying all claims against ii. and giving insurance at about, two-thirds of the cost in the stock company should commend ii to ihe kindly consideration of the citizens in the several counties in which it is licensed. 1 can ?mt believe that with ihe j careful selection of :isks both in re sped to physical, moral and finan cial hazards, in the future your As sociation should be able to reduce lin/cost of hn-.urance still further. This Department will continue toi exercise the most careful supervision j over the affairs of your company in , thu future as it has in the past. Verv truly, F. H. MCMASTER, Insurance Commissioner. Notice to Stock Kaisers My stallion, "Denmark," and also two of the best bred Jacks, will stand at my farm for short season. Best possible care taken of mares, but not responsible for accidents should any occur. .1. IL GARRETT, Clark's Mill, S. C. March Ki. 19IC. OF EDGEFIELD, S. C. $120,000.00 $400,000.00 D TOWN DEPOSITORY OiFers its Services to You as a Safe ?tory for Your Money. ncs ul Deposits Hearing Interest, you than a mortgage ol' real estate, mey about titles, it does not shrink ?u do not have to insure against fire, an attorney to foreclose to get your and principal the day it falls due. tion in Placing Your Earnings. J. C. HUGHES > =3 < '6 x M F o y Cd < * d < % OH Z w O S *-3 I H E cd % tn W Ba ?H >S k-l ^ j r; A O > la rc .? Z. rt ?elief. Three Applications Treatment Confidential. 5 50c. der or Stamps. :TI;RED KY l HUGHES :LD, S. C. A GOOD FAMILY COUGH SYRUP. Can be made by mixing Pine-Tar, Aconite. Sugar, Hyoscyamns, Sassa fras, Peppermint, Ipecac, Rhubarb, Mandrake,Capsicum, .Muriate Am monia, Honey and Glycerine, it is pleasant, healing and soothing, raises the phlegm, and gives almost instant relief. For convenience of those wno prefer p.? !<> I'.i->, ii i suppiied ready made in 25c >...?!les mder name of Dr. Pel PK Pine-Tar Honey. (Juli bc liad at your . : . n gist, insist ?'ii getting Dr Hell's Pim:-Tar-Honey and sec thru the form ti ia is on the package. :'. Notice to St ock Kaisers My .Tack will make the spas?HI at VVin. Allen Moliley's farm west ci d IC(iisi.?" Street, j? li..>... ;;, S. (' [Je ?viM s!:M:ii :<-> follow Service ). (. s i :> ?jo insuring I*.?-i!, ;.') i ii \tiy alde. when'marc is lire?), i!:<- iiilaiiec when CHI i - fi ct lei!. M??tes or vms trac.is for i!?-f'jirr?-d piyiweiii* mus? be given. .N"t li.lile sb >i>;d acci dents < eciir I 'Ir?in* N". i _. :; i>. T. IJOATWRIGll !', Johnston, S C. :|-:.'J ft. <? h iv A Ifs ; ?' r Vf, P XI i MM?k?J?) li Coo?riebt lilli", by C. E. Zi F ali the u not one in a 1 account and not one hom? bank account is unhappy, put it oiF any longer, whei matter to start a bank acc( *H OF I ; OFFICERS : .1. C. Sheppard. Pr*?.? '? K. J. Minis, Cashier; .1. H. Allen. Assis DIRECTORS: ?.. C. Sheppard, Th I Nichoison, A. S. Tem' kins. C. C. Kui I Iji J. c. LEE, President j g I i S I ri x a iii. i..- ? i -/, :?I ii \J ; x a ll 1J \ on ure L'oinu io l)i we in\ iic von i inquines. COMPLETE HOUSE I Wa manufacture and (j st:iiis, interior trim, sto pews, pulpits, L't'-^, roujt! tittil, pine nd r\ press s'.l a:u! siding. I)istributing :ints l??r Estillares che?riully ;\ Woodard I AUGUSTA, Corner Roberts ai Our Mot 1 Co?uml PROMPT Seed Irish Potatoes. Wt? can >U|.|.i\ VIMJ willi J!? eele ?raied Jbiist Ii'ii-h potatoes tor daming, none.buller on the market. We iiav-j iii? Hil.-.-, Kl;, il y Koto; J?.bider and oilier popular varie t?s. Penn .v Holstein. Buitovp.jis rot" Sine. I am au?lo'ri/.ed lo I7?r for sale JIM two wm.ib ii I'tliblii ; s i n i he school sfroimds that WUP.- formerly us..! tHr sin' eli .!.;.. . : LVIMUIM .otiteuiphtiirig ln:i:dii :. should sec me. C. Sheppard, (Vita t rm:!* d' l'o.odd 'ft uso-es eOi\ C.*. LJ? -. ?. it ^i.-i. ? . ii 11 ucl II s-v bull, SI-MMI vars ol' a"", weighs 1,^51J pi.iiuciji \'. ry ?.-iie and ea "\ I'.ni:,.ii. 1J. it. Urmoon, Jr., ? !j<?.i:i. s I [ !ii--Ji;.d. mm<snian Co --No. 44 nhappy homes,. hundred has a bank 3 in a hundred who has a ?t seems almost foolish to s it is such a simple, easy milt. 3DGEFIELD ?ident; B. E. Nicholson, Vice-Fresident tant Gushier. os. ii. Ri insford. John Rainsford, B. E. 1er. h. J. Mirr.s. J. Ii. Allen. .?X.rf.. *C Aul i rti IIA "Ml n ? mi i n -f^n F. L. Gibbon, .Ssc. and Treas fi i . IO) i J Li .'. Li j.j - LLD) lili;, remodel r rc? ?sir, ULIS A SPECIALTY. ii! cIil'TS, r-;ls.'.. h i i ?1 < IS ic 11 no t?? anil i i xi;: res, iii ;:ml dir.sse il lumber, ?holes, Ooo ri ny. ce: ling KlmtlviltC rr >? . M : i o" nd carefully loane. JU??ID?F LO. GEORG ?A. .0 juUi,C<S OCP?GL5. * ^. Qua?iiv t?J? Service ?L2 ^*J2K3?B?S2,i ?^?5?L'^?MB?E5! I ??flf ^fivt?Carolina^