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g???H???H????? MAJOR CROFOOT, O.P. HIS EX-LANDLADY DEMANDS PAYMENT OF BACK BOARD MONEY. The Major Tries His Bnnko Game on Her, Which Fails to Work, hot In the End, However, He Comes Ont Ahead. [Copyright, 1902, by C. B. Lewis.] ' iff AJ0R CROFOOT, grand proIm/fl moter and general organizer, J| had just reached his office the other morning and was wondering how he was going to raise 30 cents for his noonday lunch when the door opened and a woman walked in. She was a large, portly woman, and the floor trembled under her tread as she advanced. For half a minute the major failed to recognize her. Then her double chin and red hair identified her, ana be swailowea at somemin^ m liis throat and turned pale. "So I have found you at last you lying, deceitful man!" Her voice broke the spell. There was a bland smile on the major's face as he rose up and extended his hand and called out: "Well, well, but this is certainly a surprise and a pleasure! My dear old landlady, how do you do, how do you do?" "Oh, you remember me, do you?" she sarcastically queried. "Remember you! Could I forget the * landlady with whom I roomed and boarded for weeks and weeks and who was like a mother to me all the time I was in her house? Of course not. Why, Mrs. Shnpkins, It wasn't a week ago that I was grieving: over news of your death." "Who said I was dead?" "I was tcld so by one of your former boarders. He said you had had a stroke of apoplexy and that you had been buried for almost two months. The very day he gave me the news I was on my way to your house with a check in my pocket. There was a balance of $18 due you when I left. Dear me, but what a surprise this is, and how heartily glad I am that you are Btill on earth and looking as handsome as ever!" "It Js no use to lie to me. Major Crofoot," grimly replied Mrs. Simpkins. "Ton cut sticks from my house owing me $18. I'm here for my money. 1*11 either have It or pull the last hair out of your head. Save your breath and hand over." "My dear woman, it pains .ue to hear you talk that way," plaintively announced the major. "I remember a thousand acts of kindness on your part and I only wish my indebtedness was $1,000. Why do you speak of me in such harsh terms? If my debt to you is unpaid, it is because I heard that you had died and left no heirs. Only this morning as I was per gr - "SO I HATE FOUND YOU AT LAST!" fecting my plans for the incorporation ' of the G. A. H. R. company I thought of you and wished you were alive." "Soft soap won't do, major. I must have that money, and I won't stir a step without it." "Just a minute, my dear woman. Had you rather have $1S than $250,000? Xo, of course not. The G. A. H. R. company is the Great American Hair Restorer company, limited, with a cash capital of $3,000,000. Its object is to restore hair to bald heads. You may doubt that it can be done, but let me dispel your doubts. It is a simple but powerful discovery. During the last three months I have operated on 3.000 bald heads, and in no instance has'it failed to produce a luxuriant growth or nair." "You will need a barrel of it in about three minutes." said Mrs. Simpkins as she glanced at the major's hair. "It is estimated, my dear woman," he went on, with the same bland smile on his face, "that the population of the world contains 51.895,240 bald heads and that 2,000,000 a year are being added to this number. Our restorer is put up in quart bottles at $2 per bottle. Every baldhead will buy, and <he sales for the first ten years will be 6,000,000 bottles a year. The clear profit is $1.75 on a bottle, or a matter of $10,000,000. After ten years the sales will be only about 2,000,000 bottles a year. DUX lllill UiUULia U>C1 CO,WV,VVV I^IUUU As my dear old landlady"? "Stop right there!" she exclaimed as she rose up. "As my dear old landlady, who had every confidence in my financial integrity when I was hard up and who used to bring me up little lunches of ^^hicken and ,1am after the other boardhad gone to bed. I shall offer you secretaryship of the new company. . ^ The salary will be $20,000 per year, and you will be voted a block of stock valued at $100,000. The dividends on i this stock"? "Three minutes more and then I begin business!" cut in Mrs. Simpkins. "The dividends won't be less than 150 per cent for the first ten years. Your income will be something like $200,000, and if you do not wear sable* and diamonds it will be your own fault. Months ago you cast your bread upon the waters. Today it returns to you. The man or woman who trusts in the financial integrity of Major CTofoot makes no mistake. As I extend my hand and offer you my congratulations let me inquire if you can assume the duties of your position next Monday morning. If so, all right; if not, we can wait two weeks." "Are you going to pay me my $1S?" demanded Mrs. Simpkins as her black eyes had a dangerous look. "Your $1S?" gasped the major as he glanced furtively around. "My stars, woman, but you don't want me to believe that you have lost your wits! In return for $18 I offer you a cool million, and yet you hesitate! I placed your salary at $20,000 per year, but if that is not enough let us say $30,000, $40,000, $50,000. As secretary your duties will be very light. All you'll have to do is to see that every hnffio i? tichtlv corked before it goes *M %.0 ^ out. Woman, sit clown while I go over this thing again with you." "I'll never do it! I want my money or I'll start a circus. You are a soft, sweet talker, but you can't fool me." "Very well," replied the major as he fell back a step. "I see that some one has made you believe ill of me, and I shall say 110 more. I owe you $18. I will pay it. If I gave you a check"? "It would be worthless," she finished. "Therefore I will go upstairs to the treasurer of the Hair Restorer company and bring you down the gold. It will pain me to part with you, but wc will not part in anger. Sit down until my return." "And no tricks, major." The grand promoter disappeared through the door, and Mrs. Simpkins waited. The minutes passed, but she held on. The hours passed, but she was still there. It was only at 2 o'clock in the afternoon that she tipped over his desk, upset the chairs and burst a window and walked downstairs with her 200 pounds of anatomy mad all through. From the other side of the street the major saw her go, and with a sigh of relief he returned to his office and carefully locked the door and sat down to figure anew. M. QUAD. ? - * TV*- T Time ui ?in unc. "Air you havin' a gcod time on your vacation, young feller?" asked Uncle Hiram. "Yes, indeed." answered Mr. Glumleigh. "Yesterday I got a letter from my sweetheart saying that she had met the nicest fellow and he had proposed. She was to give him a definite answer to his proposal tonight. Then this morning I got a letter from my employer saying the clerk they hired to take my place was giving such good satisfaction that they thought it would be unnecessary for me to return to the store. Yes, indeed, I'm having a lovely time."?Indianapolis Sun. Brain Food Nonsense. Another ridiculous food fad has been branded by the most competent authorities. They have dispelled the silly notion that one kind of food is needed for brain, another for muscles and still anctber for boDes. A correct diet will not only nourish a particular part of the body, but it will anatoin avarv nthpr nftrk. Yet. hoW ever good your food may be, its nutriment is destroyed by indigestion or dyepepsia. You must pr pare for their appearance or prevent their coming by taking regular dose9 of Green's August Flower, the favorite medicine of the healthy millions. A t?w doses aids digestioo, stimulates the liver to healthy action, purifies 'be blood, and makes you feel buoyant and vigorous. You can get this reliable remedy at Kaufmann's Drug Store. Get Green's Special Almanac. 51?32 "VVooidn't Post Bins. "Dear, dear!" sighed Mrs. Nuliwed. "I suppose I'll have to take this re celpted Dili down to ine maimers myself." "You can mail it, can't you?" asked her husband. "No, indeed. I've seen those large signs stuck up all over the city which read, Tost No Bills.' "?Baltimore Herald. A Mere Matter of Curiosity. "I dropped asleep in the hammock, and he came up and kissed me." "Did he wake you up?" "Of course. But 1 didn't let him know it." I "Why not?" "Oh, a mere matter of curiosity. I wanted to see if he'd have nerve enough to do it again."?Chicago Post. The American*. First American?Which do you prefer, Marius, to be very rich or very poor? Second American ? If I had my choice, Aurelius, I should be neither. I should have about five millions.? Life. A Wroncr Without Words. "Papa," said little Willie, "what's a mantrap?" Papa glanced quickly at mamma, then dropped his eyes to his paper once more and went ou reading.?Indianapolis Sun. If the Baby is Cutting Teeth. Be sure and use that old and well tried remedy, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children teething. It soothes the child, softens the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic and is the best remedy for diarrhoea, Twenty-five cents a bottle. It is the best of all. w????? f^lii woman Vma' Bjffi^\y^sNx what she would HF^l ?PfA\v\ > se1'. h?r health S&) mmU\vor anc* " *ou^ te^ ^ A n\ \ \ y?u ^a' c^?icest H \ \ \diamoni the world 1 ?.? \\ could not buy it. What H \\\ use for diamond rings to J JTOKe emphasize the shrunken 4kwH \ ^n?ers? or earrings to light ngkrag 'up the cheeks hollowed by AlwSr Health is the first requisite flfran&to womanly happiness. General Ka&Bill-health in women has its oriJsJJjfgin in local womanly diseases. wJSf Cure the diseases of the delicate nftf womanly organism and the genTgS eral health is perfectly restored. The remarkable benefits ex/|ty perienced from the use of Dr. ImlW Fierce's Favorite Prescription are due to this medicine's peril? feet cures of womanly diseases. It establishes regularity, dries WM weakening drains, heals infiamff mation and ulceration and cures | ^ female_weakness. W|L "It affords me great pleasure iu i>c |Vb able to say a few words in regard to 1|| the merit's of Dr. Pierce's Favorite II Prescription and his ' Golden Medical U Discovery,' writes Mrs. Flora Arn, of 9 Dallas, Jackson Co., Mo, "I was # tempted to try these medicines after IM seeing the effect upon my mother. At M an early stage ofmarried life I waa [m greatlv "bothered with painful peribb ods, also a troublesome drain wnich em rendered me very weak and unfit for fMf work of any kind. I became so thin there was nothing left of me but skin \lBL and bone. My husband became alarmed and got me a bottle ' FaW vorite Prescription.' After he aa\v the wonderful effects of that one he got j A me two more, and after I used those j Jk up there was no more pain, and I fceWh gan to gain in flesh very rapidly." wr ? Favorite Prescription " makes ja .weak women strong, sick women ak well. Acccept no substiute for the medicine which works won_ ders for weak women. PLACEBO PRESCRIPTIONS. . ! An Old Doctor Tells a Secret of His Profession. "Xever tell a patient that there is nothing the matter with him," said the old doctor, who was revealing the secrets of his profession. "If you do, you mnl-n o lifnlrmor ptiphiv Jim! lose VOlir U ^ patient, who sends for another doctor. Give him something, if it is only fiavor! ed water. If the disease is only iinagi! nary, cure the imagination with a ; harmless dose, and your patient gets | well. In the profession we call such : prescriptions 'placebos,' and more won| derful cures are effected by placebos ; than the world wots of. So, also, when you run across a patient who announces the first thing that he cannot take certain sorts of medicine, don't tell him he must. Agree with him and give him the medicine, if he needs it. ; in a disguised form. ! "There are thousands of people who ! labor under the conviction that they cannot take quinine and will tell you j that they have never taken it in their ; lives, while at the same time they may ; be taking large doses of it. The taste ! of quinine is hard to disguise, but if J administered in a pill the patient can be made to take it and never suspect what he has swallowed. The trouble ! is the patient is apt to recognize a quinine pill by its appearance, to suspect, bite into the pill and thus discover your ruse- To obviate this difficulty druggists now have pills of quii nine made in odd shapes and colors. : Pink pills, containing nothing but quij nine and a little harmless coloring mat| ter, are a favorite form for use in cases ; where an antiquinine crank has to be I medicated. In giving a placebo it is not i wise to have it taste too well. The pa| ticnt is apt to suspect if you do. And I be sure that you gravely impress upon i the patient that only a teaspoonful is j to be taken at a time and that at stated | intervals. The whole virtue of a place; bo exists in the solemnity and impor| tance with which you surround it."? I New York Press. FLOWER AND TREE. j saipigiossis is a pretty, snowy uni nual, easy to raise and worthy a place | in the garden. The birch grows farther north than | any other tree. Next comes the Siberian larch and then the fir. The dark spot in the center of a bean blossom is the nearest approach to black that occurs in any flower. Sunflowers may be transplanted quite easily if the work is done on a rainy day or in the cool of the evening. Preserve a green lawn in the center of the garden, however small. This is needed to set off the flowers and for purposes of relief. Mignonette is so unobtrusive that its presence is often betrayed by its sweet scent merely, but a large bed of mignonette should be in every garden. Dissolve fresh lime in water, allow sediment to settle and saturate earth in which small, white worms have been noticed with the clear solution thus made. That "it is never too hue to set out roses'' is a true word about gardening. But "the earlier the better, so long as j the frost is out of the ground," is a | maxim 110 less worthy of dependence. A Srinv Monster. I For sheer ferocity ot appearance, un| redeemed by any milder facial attrij butes, a lizard called after "Moloch horj rid king" Moloch horridus is pre-emij nent among reptiles. The body of this Australian reptile is so covered with ! spines that, as it has been put, nature I seems to have endeavored to ascertain I how many spines coukl be inserted on ! a {riven area. But. unlike its tutelary 1 deity, who seems really to have spelled . | himself Moloch, the lizard does not de; mand the blood of children. It is, indeed, vegetarian and only fiery in that it has a curious faculty of absorbing and drying up water. A specimen placed in a shallow dish was observed to attract the water like a piece of blotting paper.?Westminster Gazette. GULF STREAM MARKS. The Course . of the Flow Through the Ocean Plainly Indicated. The color of the stream is perceptibly deeper blue than that of the neighboring sea, this blueness forming one of the standard references of the nautical novelists. The depth of color is due to the high percentage of salt continued as compared with the cold green water of higher latitudes, observation having shown that the m#-e salt held in solution by sea water the more intensely blue is its color. Thus even in extratropical latitudes we sometimes observe water of a beautiful blue color, as for instance, in the Mediterranean and in other nearly landlocked basins, where the influx of fresher water. beimr more or loss impeded, the percentage of salt contained is raised by evaporation above the average, says the National Geographic Magazine. Another important fact in connection with the stream is its almost tropical temperature, due to the fact that its high velocity enables it to resell the middle latitudes with very little loss of heat. Upon entering its limits the temperature of the sea water frequently shows a rise of ten degrees and even fifteen degrees. It was this fact that gave to the stream in the later years of the eighteenth century and the earlier years of the nineteenth an importance in the minds of navigators that it no longer possesses. In those days the chronometer, invented by Harrison in 1765, was still an experiment. Instruments were crude and nautical tables often at fault. The result was that the determination of the longitude was largely a matter of guesswork, a vessel after a voyage from the channel to America often being out of her reckoning by de grees instead of by minutes. The idea, first suggested by Benjamin Franklin, that the master of a vessel, by observing the temperature of the surface water, could tell the moment of his entry into the gulf stream and could hence fix his position to within a few miles was hailed with delight. The method was published in 1700 by Jonathan Williams in a work lengthily entitled "Thermometrical Navigation: Being a series of experiments and observations tending to prove that by ascertaining the relative heat of the sea water from time to time the passage of a ship through the gulf stream and from deep water into soundings may be discovered in time to avoid danger." In this work he makes a patriotic comparison of the gulf stream to a streak of red, white and blue, painted upon the surface of the sea for the guidance of American navigators. Owes His Life to a Neighbor's Kindness. ?? T-w T* T\ I 11 I air. u jr. .Lwugueny, wen nuuw throughout Mercer aDd Sumne counties, W. Va., most likely owe is life to the kiodness of ? ueighboi Be was almost hopeless afflicted witl diarrhoea; was attended by two ph) dcians who gave him little, if anj ie.ief, when a neighbor learning o lis serious conditioo, brought mm > bjttleof Chamberlain's Colic, Cholen and Diarrhoea Remedy, which curei nim in less than twenty four hours For sale by J. E. Kaufmann. Ancient Trade* Unions. Seven thousand years ago there were trades unions in Nineveh and Babylon, and so strict were their rules that in some cases the penalty of death was inflicted for infringing them. Each man's work was strictly defined, and even the number of hours that he was allowed to work was stated in the charter of his guild or union. Later exactly the same state of affairs existed in Pompeii, and inscriptions have been discovered stating specific ap pointments or officials to trades unions. The most powerful of these appears to have been that of the Fishermen's guild. Deceptive. "Dey oughter pass a law," said Hungry Higgins, nursing his leg. "ter compel people ter call deir dogs be appropriate names." "Wot's de matter now?" inquired Dusty Rhoads. "Why, a woman down de road said if I didn't git out o' her yard she'd call Fido. O' course I laft'ed. Den she called Fido, and Fido didn't do a t'ing. He was a big brindle bull!"?Chicago Tribune. A "Bird" Anyway. Mrs. Spenders?That's what I call a "duck" of a bonnet. Mr. Speuders?Yes? I'd call it a "pelican." Mrs. Spenders?A "pelican?" Mr. Spenders?Yes: on account of the size of the bill.?Philadelphia Press. The records left by the Phoenicians. Assyrians and ancient Persians show that among all those nations the use of perfumes was very common. The cost of producing and planting young salmon is under ?1 per 1,000. A Sad Disappointment. Iueifective liver medicine is a disappointment, but you don't wart to purge, strain and break the elands of the stomach and bowTels. DeWitt's JLr.ttle Jbariy it'.sers never disappoint. They cleanse the system of all poison and putrid matter and do it potently tba'? ODe enpys tbe pleasant effects. They ?.re a tonic to the liver. Cure biliousness, torpid liver and prevent fever. J E. Ivaufmann. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure Digests what you eat* SIGHTS OF OLD PANAMA. City Once a* Bountiful an Any Depicted In Storied Romance. Following the English style, dinner is a full dress and ceremonious affair. After dinner comes the promenade along the esplanade, a charming walk around the old battery overlooking the prison, says the Catholic World. Our way borders the sea; behind us lies the city, with its Moorish towers, its red tiled roofs; back of it rises Mount Ancon; to our left is the little Indian hamlet of La Boca, at the mouth of the Kio Grande, and the green hills of the Andes in the distance; along the horizon ocean ward stretches the bay. What words can describe it? A study t^ * .-? T-O At* tlia cnttiixr enn Ill 1JUUJ1 US LUC 1UJ O WL llll .7,4.1 turn to crimson, green and gold its islands; the stately palmetto trees that fringe its banks, the white beach and far away the ancient towers of San Anastasius, sole landmark of the once beautiful city of old Panama. The story of this beautiful city, old Panama, reads like one of the romances from the "Arabian Nights" that so delighted our childhood. Its houses of aromatic wood, hung with costly tapestries, adorned with paintings and sculptures that a king might envy; its 800 magnificent churches, with their services of silver and gold, their frescoes of pearls and precious stones; its pleasure gardens; its broad driveways, chief of which was the king's highway, over which the royal horses bore the treasures to Puerto Bello and the ships ready to sail with them to Spain. Into the midst of this Asiatic splendor came Morgan and his buccaneers, and this struggle, one of the most memorable on our continent, the first of white against white, led to the destruction of the flower of Spanish chivalry and the capture of Panama. So pass the glories of the world! SWIMMERS' CRAMP. It I* Not So Very Dangorons if the Victim Will Keep Cool. If swimmers could be trained to keep cool under all circumstances, there would be comparatively little drowning among bathers and summer pleasure seekers. Cramp is usually assigned as the cause when some good swimmer drowns. But cramp ought in reality to be nothing serious. Usually is affects only an arm or a leg or maybe only a hand or foot. Any moderately good swimmer can keep afloat with one arm or even without the use of that, yet good swimmers drown often as a result of cramp. If such fatalities were analyzed. they would be more properly classed as drowning from fright and loss of nerve. This conies from the fact that every one is taught in childhood to fear the water and comes as a grown man and a swimmer to fear cramp. The average opinion is that the man who is attacked when swimming in deep water is as good as drowned. Therefore, when a swimmer ifcft'lS it Ul <11 ill ucjjiii iv imuij; uc jo frightened in most eases entirely out of his wits. He loses his head, begins to splash and paw and struggle and then goes down. What the swimmer should remember is that he can keep afloat with very, very little effort if he will turn on his back and keep his chest inflated. It is the simple matter of floating, which every swimmer knows and tinds very easy. If the swimmer will keep cool and float, the cramping limb will frequently relax after a little and he will And himself as well as ever.?Outing. Pat's Trouble. Tat had come over to America with the expectation of finding money lying around loose, only waiting for some one to pick It up. Of course this was long ago. Pat had soon become disillusionized and was always glad to get hold of odd jobs which would net him a little something to help him keep body and soul together. Finally, becoming tired of the struggle, he decided to end it all and was very industriously tying a rope around his waist when his landlord happened in on hira. After watching him curiously for a few minutes he asked: "What's up, Pat? What are you trying to do?" "Troyin' to choke meself, av coorse," was Pat's answer. "Choke yourself? You can't do it that way. You'll have to put the rope around your neck." "Sure an' I thried thot, but I couldn't breathe."?New York Times. On Sure Ground. A well known artist overheard a countryman and his wife ridiculing his picture, which represented a farm scene. He was so indignant that he at last interposed with the remark: "That painting is valued at ?100. Allow me to ask if you are familiar with works of art?" "Xot very familiar with art," replied the farmer, "but I know something about nature, young man. When you make a cow that gets up from the ground by putting her fore feet lirst, you do something that nature never did."?London Answers. A Deep Thrnst. Miss Kutt?I see Miss Ciadsby has a new gown. Miss Snarl?I presume it is a cheap looking affair. Miss Kutt?Rather. It's oft' the same piece as your new one.?Ohio State Journal. Both Suited. "Grymes and his wife quarreled for six months over naming the baby." "How did they settle itV" "Easily. It was twins."?Brooklyn Life. His Firm Belief. , Willie?Pap, what is the difference between firmness and obstinacy? Father?Merely a matter of sex, my son.?Chicago News. Don't Bo a Second Class Man. You can hardly imagine a boy saying: "I am going to be a second class ? man. I don't want to be first class and get the good jobs, the high pay. Second class jobs are good enough for me." Such a boy would be regarded as lacking in good sense if not in sanity. You can get to be a second class man, however, by not trying to be a first class one. Thousands do that all the time, so that second class men area drug on the market, remarks Success. Second class things are only wanted when first class can't be had. You wear first class clothes if you can pay | for them, eat first class butter, first class meat and first class bread, or, if you don't, you wish you could. Second class men are 110 more wanted than any other second class commodity. They are taken and used when the bettor article is scarce or is too high priced for the occasion. For work that really amounts to anything first class men are wanted. The Home of England's Wealth. The Fank of England generally contains sufficient gold in sixteen pound bars to make 20.000,000 sovereigns. j The bank, which stands in three par- A ishes, covers three acres of ground. 4 and, as the current price of land in the vicinity works out at ?1,000,000 an i acre, it is easy to form an idea of the money value of England's wealth. The ratable value is about ?1,000 a week. The bank employs about 1,000 people, pays a quarter of a million a year in wages and ?33,000 a year in pensions* There are ?25,000,000 worth of notes in circulation which have been handed! over the bank's counter. ? London Globe. Starting: the Conversation. "I don't know what the trouble is," said the hostess in a tone of great annoyance. "My guests seem very distant and unsocial. I wish I could think of snmp w;iv to start them talkins: to one another." "That's very easily done," answered Miss Cayenne. "Is ttfere a musician present?" "Yes." ' "Get him to play or sing something.'' ?Washington Star. The Lupse of Time. When two married men who haven't seen each other for some time meet one of them always says before they, separate. "Let's see?how old is your oldest now?" And then, after he gets the answer, he adds, "It is astonishing, isn't it, how time does fly?"?Somerville (Mass.) Journal. 1 I A Soft Answer. "Keep yer temper, laddie. Never quarrel wi' an angry person, especially, a woman. Mind ye, a soft answer's aye best. It's commanded, and, forbye, it makes them far madder than onything else ye could say."?London Tit- J Bits. Counterbalanced. Mr. Brown?Darling, your butcher gives you short weight for your money. Mrs. Brown?But consider, my dear, the long wait you give him for his.? Illustrated Bits. A Fine Liver Cure. Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood and < Liver Care is the finest medicine made for Indigestion and Constipa* tion. (I have tried them all) and 1 * ' ? r ils?n m1. was curea oy me use ui imo unu.cine, after all others had failed. I most cheerfully and unhesitatingly endorse it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. Call or send your dues to the Dis- I patch. IIIfrdit trees I That Crow and Bear Frnit. Write for our 60 page il- I l^strated Catalogue and 40 page pamphlet, "How to ^ Plant and Cultivate an Orchard," Gives you that information you have so long ffluwwSB wanted; tells you all about wjs|. 'Wg those big red apples, lucious peaches. And Japan plums with their oriental sweetness, A all of which you have often wondered where the trees jjn&S Icame from that produced | them. mmi 'everything good in fruits. ^ Unusal fine stock of SILVER rtfe MAPLES,young, thrifty trees 'zWfl Us ^smooth and straight, the kind j?i that live and grow off well, old, rough trees. This is the most rapid growing mapie and one of the most beau- tiful shade trees. "l Write for prices and give list of wants. J. Van Liadley Nursery Co., i Pomona, N C. | Parlor Restaurant 1336 MAIN STREET. . ' ^AT TTlfRT A . - S. C.. ** WJJ J.IJLJLrA^AT The only up-to-date eating House ot its kind in the City of Columbia. It is well kept--clean linen, prompt and polite service aLd get it qnickly. Qniet and order always prevail. You get what yon order and pay only for what you eet. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPEN ALL NIGHT. , B. DAVID, Proprietor. February 2U.