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*-~ The-* crap Book UNHURT BY DEADLY POISONS Many Animals and Birds Maki Food ; of Insscts and Reptiles That Are Usually Avoided. There are many animals and birds which are quite unharmed by the stings of insects, or even the poison of the. most deadly snakes. Ducks love to feed on bees, which they will swallow In dozens without any ill-effects. The Same Immunity ls shared by another bird-the bee eater, and apparently by the death's head moth. The South American ant-eater makes tasty meals off ants of the mo'st poisonous kinds. He goes to a hill and proceeds to scratch a hole in it With his powerful fore-claws; then, lying down, he pushes his long tongue into the breach. The ants swarm ou the waiting tongue, and as soon as It is nicely covered Its owner draws It in. The badger's thick fur seems to pro tect him completely against the ^at tacks of wasps. His fondness for honey often induces him to dig out a wasp's nest. Most curious of all ?re certain birds which delight in eat ing deadly snakes. The stork lunches ?contentedly on an adder or two, though he has swallowed poison enough to kill a man. NOT BIG ENOUGH "Do you think this hat ls too big, John?" "Not for the money lt cost" Read Forty Pagos an Hour. How fast can you read? President R. M. Hughes of Miami university, ali ter an investigation states that In the case of ordinary reading the average college student should be able to glean the thought from the printed' page at She rate of 40 pages an hour. He also says that there are several students at Miami able to read intelligently at the rate of 120 pages an hour. . Tests were made with regular read ing assignments made by the profes sors and not with light reading such as fiction. It ls sometimes, erroneous ly thought that the rapid reader skims over his text, not comprehending com pletely what he reads. However, It bas been definitely proved that the .efficient reader ls the rapid reader and as the result of his Investigation, President Hughes is requiring all Mi ami freshmen to attend a series of lectures given by the faculty men on the subject of efficient reading. Ancient Myth of the Forget-Me-Not How the forget-me-not was named goes back to an old, old myth.. A knight and his love were walking by a lake when she saw at the other Shore some beautiful blue flowers and expressed her wish for some of them. For her to wish was for him to obey. He (lashed into the lake, swam to the opposite bank, plucked the flowers and was returning to his love. Near the shore his strength gave out. He threw the (flo\vers to his beloved, cry ing. "Forget me not," and then sank. Cleveland News-Leader. Bees Faster Than Pigeons. Which fly the faster; bees or "pigeons? Two rival fanciers in Eng land decided to put the speed of their pets to the test over a distance of three miles. Twelve bees and twelve pigeons being selected to cover the course. The first bee romped home an .easy winner, arriving a whole minute .sooner than the earliest pigeon to appear. Then came three more bees, followed by the second pigeon. The remainder of the contestants reached the winning post more or less to gether. Deaf People Enjoyed Singing. A majority of nearly two hundred persons with defective hearing heard Vocal music for the first time when they gathered in the specially wired .auditorium of the New York League for Hard of Hearing, to hear Miss Amelia Donovan, a concert contralto. The singer's voice was heard by all J through a device that magnified the voice to coincide with various degrees .of deafness. Stork Had Busy Day. The stork arrived at the home of Isaac Devons, Kansas City, Mo., In heavy marching order, one morning last month. He left behind .one new oitlzen, Isaac, Jr., in the Devon homo, In the woodshed and barns, he left: Five new terrier puppies ; six new Bel gian hares; one new calf, and three new maltese kittens. Carrot Grew Through Ring. A vornan in Nova Scotia lost a ring when sowing garden seeds last spring. When the carrots were pulled one long straight carrot was found with the ring u%nd (he middle. The carrot bad grown down through the ring and ted grown bulgingly on each sid? of it WE ALL GIVE ADVICE We all give advice to the man who 13 down And sing about sunshiny days; We tell him a laugh will get rid of the frown And beckon sunbeams through the haze. But sometimes the blue one s a person . called "me," ~ And the rough way seems dismal and long, " Then we straightway forget our advice about glee And the tune to our sunshiny song. For lt's easier far to tell others to smile, And to point to sunbeams coming through When our own world ls bright and we're glad all the while. But it's harder to smile when you're blue. We'can see how another ls foolish to pine When we know our own troubles are But. oh. it 1B hard to see the sunshine And to smile when everything's blue. -Robin A. Walker In Kansas City Star. RSNG IN CIGARETTE HOLDER Idea of Chicago Man at Least Has the Merit of Extreme Simplicity and Lightness. David Palmer of Chicago ts the In veator of a new kind of cigarette hold er which has the advantages of light ness and simplicity. Also it cannot get stopped up. It ls made of a single wire bent in such fashion as to clasp the'cigarette, while the end of lt forms a ring to be held between the fingers. The part of the wire that forms a loop- for the cigarette is made flat and lighter than the rest of It in The Holder "in Action." order that it may embrace the paper firmly without Injuring its Integrity. After this Is accomplished one "leg" of the wire (which somewhat resem bles a hairpin in form) is bent so as to clasp the other leg-the latter ter minating in the ring above mentioned. Thus ls formed a little wire rod with a ring at the end and a loop at the other. It is so Ugh: that lt may be left on the finger while the hands of. the smoker are busy with other things without Its weight being notice able.-Pittsburgh Dispatch. Old Oil Well Still Producing. The oldest oil well that is still pro ducing was drilled recently from the second to the third sand and shot with 40 quarts of nitroglycerin. It is re sponding nicely, its daily production being ten barrels. The well was drilled In I860 at Mc CHntockville, two miles from OH City, and its production was supplied to Henry H. Bogers, one of the founders nt the Standard Oil company, when he and Charles P. Ellis erected a one still refinery at McCllntockville. Joseph E. Kobison, of Oil City, ls present owner of the well and the 3?30-acre farm on which it Is situated. You Said lt. "It has been the mistake of the In tellectual revolutionist or radical that he has cluttered himself up with too maqy minor and unessential revolts and radicalisms; revolts in art, lan guage, music, thought, religion, morals, habits, manners. He has approached the working classes with Nietzsche In o:ne hand and Freud in the other; whereas the hooks that in my opin ion are the most effective for purposes of proletarian agitation are still the Bible and Charles Dickens."-Simeon Strunsky, in Post-Impressions. Prize Bird Bagged by Hunter. Whut Is reported to be the biggest wild duck ever shot by a Calgary, Alta., sportsman fell to the gun of Capt. Alex Martin, several times a represen tative at the Bisley rifle matches In Great Britain. He got lt near Morrin, Alta., and It measured 21% Inches from the tip of the bill to the tip 'of the webbed feet and 41 inches from wing tip to wing tip. 8 Inches around the head and 17 inches across the chest. Captain Martlns ls having It mounted. Altogether. Cortlandt Bleecker said at a Palm Beach dance: "These girls are very pretty. To be sure, their dresses are a little too transparent; they are cut a little too low; they-but what'-s the difference? Nowadays dress, like photography-" And Mr. Bleecker chuckled. "Dress, like photography," he re peated. "ls altogether a matter of exposure." Calf Peculiarly Formed. A calf was born on a Manitoba farm sonv v ?.;ka ago. with both hind feet -nensed in one and the same skin. The animal was killed, I Myrtle Beach Gets Press Convention. Myrtle Beach was last night select ed as place for the annual meeting of the South Carolina. Press associa tion this year and June 21, 22 and 23 were agreed upon as the dates. These matters were settled at a meet ing of the executive committee of the ! association held last night at the ' home of August Kohn on Senate street. Invitations were also extend ed to the association by Columbia and Spartanburg. The invitation to meet at Myrtle Beach was extended in a telegram from Marion A. Wright, secretary of the Conway chamber of commerce, who said that the people of Conway were anxious to have the association meet at its beach resort this year. He said that elaborate plans for the J entertainment of the_ association ? would be made. The members of the association will be met at Marion and transported in automobiles to the .beach via Conway. An extended conference between the employing printers and the news paper men of the Seventh congres sional district was 'held in the after noon on problems affecting their bus iness. This is the first of a series of conferences to be held in each of the congressional districts to bring closer coperation between the 'publishers and the employing printers. Another meeting of the Seventh congression al district will be held within two months at Sumter. A resolution was passed urging all employing printers to affiliate with the South Carolina Press association. It was also urged that the member ship of the association be increased and the president and secretary were asked to put on a vigorous member ship campaign. Mr. Kohn, who acted as chairman of the district conference, entertain ed the members of the conference and the executive committee of the association at a delightful buffet sup per at his home.-The State. World's Champion Tourists Arrive. A special construction gray auto mobile, covered with a coating of dust, and inscribed with the names of hundreds of cities, towns, villages, and hamlets, arrived in the city late Saturday afternoon. It's occupants were two men and two ladies, and considerable interest was -aroused when the unusual tourist outfit came gliding down Broad Street. Upon investigation it was learned that the party was, indeed unusual, for they were none other than the world's champion globe trotters, who have, up to date, traveled 144,842 miles over this and other countries. The party consists of. Nell Wander well, of California, pilot, Al Reed, mechanic and'driver, Gertrude Shale, prombinent magazine writer of Bos ton, Mass., and Ray Laster, an expert cameraman. It was learned that the touring party left Atlanta, Ga., on Septem ber 22nd, 1919, and proceeded to New York. They then traveled back through the sorell shipped to Cuba,, then to Central America. After an extended tour of that country, the party returned to the United States, and struck for the west, touring Oklahoma, and other western states. The trail led them to Mexico, where SEALED AIRTIGHT they met Poncho Villa, famous Mex ican bandit, who personally escorted them over the great Senora desert. After leaving Mexico, the globe trotters entered California, from which point they shipped to Honolulu. Upon their return to this country, some time later,' they hit the northern trail, passing through the state of Washington and going as' far north as Jeuna, Alaska. On the return trip the tourists crossed the great Cana dian Rockies, through to Chicago and proceeded south to New Orleans where they again shipped to Beunos Aires, South America. The party has recently returned from their South American tour,-and are on their way north to Canada. They will remain in the city today, during which time thay can be seen, and interviewed. It was announced last night that the object of the around-the-world tour is to take edu cational motion pictures, and to gath er substance for the writing of a nov el. The entire tour will cover 175,000 miles, which the trotters hope to cov er within the next few months.-Au gusta Chronicle. CAETHE?SD REGAIN STRENGTH Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three Yean, Suffering Pain, Nervous sad Depressed-Read Her Own Story of Recovery? Faint Rode, Ala,-Mrs. C. M. Stegall, ot near here, recently related the fol lowing Interesting account of her re covery: "I waa in a weakened con dition. I waa sick three years In bed. suffering a great deal of pain, weak, nervous, depressed. I was so weak, I couldn't walk across the floor; Just had to lay and my little ones do the work. I was almost dead. I tried every thing I heard of, and a number of doctors. Still I didn't get any relief. I couldn't eat, and slept poorly. I believe if I hadn't heard of and taken ?ardui I would hare died. I bought eli bottles, after a neighbor told me what it did tor her. "I began to eat and sleep, began toi gain my strength and am now well and strong. I haven't had any trou ble since ... 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' Ties shall not have sap wood more than two inches wide on top of tie between twenty and forty inches from the middle. All. ties shall-be straight, well iTianufactured, cut square at the ends, have top and bot tom parallel and have bark entirely removed. All Ties must be 8 feet and 6 inches long. White and Post Oak Grade 1 Grade 2 Grade 3 " Grade 4 Grade 5 Size 6x6 Size 6x7 Size 6x8 Size 7x8 Size 7x9 80c. 40c. 60c. 70c. * 80c. Your particular attention is called to the fact that a piece of timber must square the above sizes , in order to make the grades, and that it will be more economical, in getting all grade fives, if possible, and by all means cut out ones and twos. Inspection will be made and cash paid as ties are hauled in and properly placed on Charleston &'Western Caro lina Railway Company's Right-of-Way at Plum Branch, S. C. Prices subject to change without notice. R. M. WINN Plum Branch, S. 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Meriwether station or at my packing house, comer Augusta high way and old road to Meriwether. State quantity Canted and will name attractive price. W. M. ROWLAND, Melrose Orchards & Plantation, Meriwether, S. C. 4-5-2t. FOR SALE: Five nice young cows, fresh in milk, at $25 and $30 each. I am in the market for 50 hoad of poor youhg cattle. W. 'G. WOOD. 4-5-2t