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!GRAND I |PROMOTER l ^ Major Crofoot Turns the ^ ! " Great Sahara Desert In- ^ i to a Rabbit Warren ? , [Copyright, 1903, by J. R. Haskell.] IT was a woman with a book under her arm?a book entitled "Mother, Home and Heaven." She was selling it by subscription, and as Major Crofoot opened his office door in response to her knock she began her stereotyped speech in praise of the volume and wound up by asking that he put bis name down for a copy. "Certainly, ma'am?certainly," he promptly replied. "If you bad come here with a thousand books, this would have been my choice over all. I once had a mother, but she has long been dead. I once had a home, but it was long ago broken up. The only thing left me now is to live in such a way 1 YOU ABB WOT J. PIEBPONT MOBGAM?" SEE HESITATINGLY ASKED. that I may reach heaven. I thank you from the bottom of my heart for bringing my attention to this book." "Then you will put your name down for it?" she asked. "Twice over, if you wish, and I will take great pleasure in calling the attention of my friends to it. Poor old mother! Poor old broken up home!" The major turned away as if to conceal the tears in his eyes, and the canvasser decided that she had stumbled upon a soft thing. The emotion of the n?AmAtor ttoo cn rlcon tbnt it giauu J[/* VXJUVWV4 1TUW WV ?v%v ? was sixty seconds before be turned to her and said: "My dear woman, perhaps you did not know what good fortune awaited you when you knocked at my door. Let me say to you that I am a promoter of enterprises and an originator of trusts, corners and queezes. In the last year I have promoted no less than sixteen different enterprises, each with a capital of millions, and the seventeenth is now in hand and almost ready for launching." "You?you are not J. Pierpout Morgan?" she hesitatingly asked. "Not exactly, ma'am. I am only the man who gives him hints and backs him up with cash. I tell you this in confidence and ask that it go no further." "I won't say anything, of course. Will you put your name down for the book?" "With the greatest chegffulness. But before doing so let me a^? you a question. Do you know anything about rabbits?" "I had one once for a pet." "Capital, capital!" exclaimed the major. "I had an idea you knew all about rabbits, but wasn't sure. You are indeed the woman I want and must have. Have you any objections to earning $10,000 a year?" 'YIercy on me, no!" gasped the woman as she turned pale. "Then consider yourself engaged at that salary. Let me explain. You have heard of the Great Sahara desert?" "I think so." "It is a great waste covering 24S,000,000 acres of land. At the present time it does not produce one cent's worth to the acre. The land is too sterile to grow anything. Thousands ' of deep thinking men have wrestled ! with the problem and given up in despair, and it has been left to me to find a way out. I have found it. The Great Sahara shall be made a gold mine." "Dear me, how wonderful! And you will take my book?" "I will take your book. I shall today file articles of incorporation of the Great Sahara Desert Improvement company. I shall be president, of course, while you will be secretary. Your salary, as stated, shall be $10,000 a year, and if you want money to ouy a sealskin sack or a pair of diamond earrings I'll draw you a check this minute. I was looking for a woman who knew all about rabbits, and, lo, I have found her!" "But?but I can't realize St," replied the canvasser as she looked around in a helpless way. "You can't mean that I am to get $10,000 a year?" "Ten thousand, my dear woman? $10,000 a year. My idea is to stock the Great Sahara with American rabbits. I shall send over 5,000 this year. Next year the 5,000 will have become 75,000. In two years there will be half a million. In five years I shall be able to sell 4,000.000 skins a year at 20 cents apiece. The cost of keeping the rabbits will be nothing. The cost of killing and skinning will be a cent each. Nineteen cents clear profit on every skin. No gold mine will produce such an income. Madam, let us congratulate each other end shake hands on it." j "It is wonderful?wonderful," whis/ . pered the canvasser as they shook hands. "It doesn't seem possible that such good fortune has come to me." "No? Well, it is here, and you may enter upon your duties Monday next. Only one thing remains. As a token of the earnestness of your intentions and as a proof of your honesty I shall require a deposit of $2 in cash. This money will be used to print letter heads bearing your name as secretary." "But I?I don't know about it. This is so sudden, you 6ee." "Good luck always comes suddenly, and it should be grasped before it can get away. You have $2 about you, I presume V" "Yes, but?but"? "Then I will take it and order the letter heads this very day. Salary $10,000 a year, and all you'll have to do will be to answer the business letters received. Rabbits will be offered us by thousands of persons, but you must flint all ho hnhtfliled. The S2. please." "Here's the money," said the woman as she handed it over, "but I?I don't understand. I ought to have time to think it over. I feel all mixed up over it." "It.is a surprise, of course," replied the major as he pocketed the greenback. "but you will soon figure it out to your satisfaction. Can you call again i tomorrow?next day?the day after? I shall expect to see you within a week anyhow, as we must get the rabbit business started soon. Remember, only bobtailed rabbits, and their hind legs must have the right crook to them. That is all today, and now goodb}*? goodby?so long." "I want to talk more about it!" called the woman as she found herself on the outside of the door. No answer. "You didn't subscribe for the book!" No answer. "And you've got my $2!" No answer. [ She tried the door, but it was locked. | She rattled it, but the major had light! ed the stub of a cigar and sat down | with his feet on his desk, and he was | undisturbed. M. QUAD. Wanted. We would like to ask, through the columns of your paper, if there is any person who has used Green's August Flower for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia and Liver Trouble that j has not been cured?and we also mean their results, such as sour stomach, fermentation of food, habitual costivene8s, nervous dyspepsia, headaches, despondent feelings, sleeplessness?in fact, any trouble connected with the stomach or livei? This medicine has been sold for many years in all civilized countries, and we wish to correspond with you and send yo" one of our books free of ccst. If you never tried August Flower, try a 25 cent bottle first. We have never known of its failing. If so, something more seriouB is the matter with you. The 25 cent size has just been introduced this year. Regular size 75 cents. At all druggists. G. G. Green, Woodbury, N. J. SUDDEN, DEATH. It Is Usually the Result of Long: Xegrlect to Exercise. In almost every daily paper are to be seen several announcements that somebody has died suddenly. These sudden deaths are more liable to be men than women. Mr. So-and-so fell dead on the street or in his office while writing letters or preparing a sermon or doing something or other. "Found D^;l In His Room" is becoming a very common headline. These deaths are hardly ever accounted for. Generally something is said about the lTeart ? some vague insinuation that the heart was not acting in a proper manner?but. as a rule, no explanation which is really rational is furnished. It is a well known fact that tiie heart is a muscle. If the muscles of the body are allowed to become tlabby, the heart also becomes flabby. A flabby heart may be trusted to pump the blood through the system ordinarily, but a sudden fright or emergency, a sudden expenditure of energy, as in running up steps or any other unusual exercise, is liable to overpower the heart. It suddenly stops, and the man falls dead. Tobacco tends to produce a flabby heart; whisky tends to produce enlargement of the heart; lazy, indolent habits weaken the heart and thin the ventricles. That man who indites editorials, dictates letters, but takes no muscular exercise, is in danger of falling dead. The life insurance man better steer clear of him. It is of vastly more importance to know what his habits are with reference to physical exercise than to know whether his grandmother died of heart disease or his grandfather had rheumatism. The doctor might a great deal better interview his wife and discover how the man behaves himself than to examine the blood for microbes or the urine for urate ervstals. I If a man must be strenuous, let him be strenuous all round. He should take a little strenuous physical exercise every day as well as strenuous mental work. It is even dangerous to neglect to take dally physical exercise. Fatty degeneration is killing more men today than is smallpox.?Medical Talk. Too Great a Bisk. A reliable remedy for bowel complaints should always be kept at hand. The risk is too great for anyone to take. Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails and when reduced with water is pleasant to take. For sale by The Eanfmann Drug Co. 4 i : Tiie Pries of Pleasure. It is hard for a lovely woman to forego the pleasures of the life which she was created to enjoy and adorn. She may have to be busy all day in office or in store, yet she cannot- deny herself the 60cial pleasures which are offered her. But the fatigue is rj-y?often too great for Jo her, and she suf2 fers from headache / V-r and backache as a consequence of over-exertion. Women who are tired and worn out ?will find a perfect It cures headache, cures female weakwoinen ^strong and sick women wen. to give von for writes Mrs Milo Brj'ant, of Lota. Thomas so much with great pains in my back and the lower part of my stomach and palpitation of the heart, that at times I could hardly lie down. Could hardly get up in the morning, but after using three bottles of ' Favorite Prescription * and two vials of Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, I am like a new woman." Sick women, especially those suffering from diseases of long standing, are invited to consult Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. All correspondence is held as strictly private and sacredly confidential. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. MUSINGS. Wit that wounds is the cruel surgery of speech. Heaven help the man whose friends are all enemies. If you must refuse a favor, learn the art of being polite about it. The money that makes one mare go often makes the other mare stop. You have not lost your fortune as long as you have not lost your life. Make chums of your wife and children and know the whole charm of home. There is no such thing as ease within the belief of men and women whose hearts are unselfish. Men of small minds are slow to see in any man more than they are capable of seeing in themselves. You can bet your boots, my boy, your boss knows what you are about. You don't fcol him; you fool yourself. To be important is one thing; to look important is another thing, but to feel important, there you have the fellow who really enjoys his own society.? Schoolmaster. Finnish Grammar. Finnish grammar is of a difficulty absolutely repulsive. None of the oth * - ? il.. v?n \P er languages ui uie same giuuy uun. so hard. Hungarian?nay even Turkish, despite the vexatious initial impediment of the Arabic alphabet?is easy in comparison. The sj-ntax is at once provokingly elaborate and perplexingly obscure. It possesses fifteen distinct cases and four and twenty differentiated infinitive forms; but, on the other hand, there is no real distinction between nouns, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, infinitives and participles, so that the student must not be startled by finding infinitives regularly declined like nouns, and nouns taking upon them degrees of comparison like adjectives. Greenville, Tenn. I have thoroughly convinced myself that Dr. Baker's Blood and r.iv^r f!nro ifl the finest medicine made for Indigestion and Constipation. (I have tried them all) and was cured by the use of this medicine, after all others had failed. I most cheerfully and unhesitatingly endorse it. Yours truly, H. N. Baker, Mayor. For sale at the Bazaar. Spaniels. Spaniels, of which there are many breeds, are supposed to have *rst come from Spain, from which circumstance is derived their distin^re name. Charles I. was an ardent admirer of a small variety of this animal, and from that arose the designation of his pets, known the world over as King Charles. Blenheim or Marlborough spaniels, which greatly resemble the latter in form ^iid general appearance, get their English name from Blenheim palace in Oxfordshire, where the breed has been preserved since the beginning of the eighteenth century. Stamina Needed. The one indispensable quality of success in these days of tremendous competition is stamina. The young man who lacks that will never get far. He will soon be forced out of the race and sidetracked. Those who have possessed it have conquered innumerable difficulties.? Success. "PY*r liver frnnhles and constipation There's nothing better in creation Than Little Early Risers, the famous little pills They always effect a cure and save doctor bills. Little Early Risers are different from all other pills. They do not weaken the system, but act as a tonic to the tissues by arousing the secretions and restoring the liver to the full performance of its functions naturally. The Kaufmann Drug Co. Strenuous Calls. "Oil. come. Carl! You know we must make these calls." "Ca./t do it, Clara. Have to work." "Heavens! Don't you call that work?"?Puck. Love of Nature. The Boarder?By .Tove, I think sunset is the prettiest sight in the land! The Hired Man?So do I, podner. Thet's thcr reg'lar time fer to quit workin', by hen!?Chicago News. In Marble Time. A patch of moist and trodden ground, A scooped out hole, a mystic ring, A group of urchins clustered round, A noisy sound of quarreling. The click of pretty painted spheres. The well known cry of "Knuckle down" ? By all these tokens it appears It's marble time around the town. The long years back it carries mo To when, a grubby little boy, I bent a badly tattered knee And cleaned my comrades out with joyl And when my bulging pockets showed Their sad misfortune and my skill, How I with satisfaction glowed! I wish I played at marblas still! They make a dickens of a noise With protest and triumphant whoop, But I confess I like those boys; My heart quite warms to the whole troop. I say I do not like the row They make. I'd chase them off, but I'm Unusually softened now With memories of marble time. ?Chicago Daily News. A Thoughtful Man. M. M. Austin of Winchester, Ind. knew what to do in the hour of need. His wife had such an unusual case of stomach and liver trouble, physicians could not help her. He thought of and tried Dr. King's New Life Pills and she got relief at on^e and was finally cured. Only 25c. The Kaufmann Drug Co. Your reading this article Because it is an unbiased review of Facts concerning the business of a Company with which you should be doing business, originally written and published by the "Mercantile and Financial Times," without request or payment Bow Ber.rinled by Bequest. ki atiotiirn to iiinniDtrc AN Aniovvcn iu myuiniuo. Numerous inquiries have recently been received at the New York and Philadelphia offices of the ''Mercantile and Financial Times" asking ior information as to the methods and business of the Storey Cotton Company, whose general offices are located in the Bourse Building, Philadelphia, as well as to the desirability and value of an investment made with this company. On several occasions in the pasttl ere appeared in these columns extended and favorable references to this company from the pen of our Philadelphia correspondent, and we have carefully watched the progress and operations of the company in order to determine whether his commendation was justified by subsequent develpments. Justice to a worthy corporation requires that we should extend the editorial endorsement of this paper to this company at the present time, and to say that it has more than fulfilled every claim originally advanced in its behalf. It is only simply truth and justice to say that tiie management of the company is toaay enuweu tu iue ui^ucsi praise and commendation for the conscientions and straightforward manner in which they have carried ont all of their obligations to those who have become identified with the enterprise as investors, and we are fully warranted in makiDg the assertion that no financial or investment institution in the country can show a cltaner, more satisfactory or honorable record ia its liber al treatment of investors and the public at large than the Storey Cotton Company. We are much gratified, of course, that the later development of the company's business and its fair and equitable methods have justified the early predictions of our Philadelphia correspondent, and it i* equally a pleasure to add that tho company are today stronger and bttter able to carry I ont their obligations than at any time in the past We have the utmost confidence in the judgment and discretion of our Philadelphia correspondent, who has been the regular representative of this psper m that city for more that a quarter of a century past; and as he has been thoroughly conversant with the busineds of the Storey Cotton Company from its incepton, as well as its plans and methods, its financial stability and the hign character of its management, his unqualified endorsement of the same naturally carries great weight. The record of the Storey Cotton Comnnnv i* nnA that can be assailed in no par ticular whatever; i?s treatment of its clients has always been eminently fair and just, and it has never made a promise that has not been fulfilled to the letter. We can only emphasize the fact that an investment mude with this company possesses every essential element of security and remuneration, and we are confident that those who taiake such an investments will place their money in enterprise where evfcry possible safeguard is thrown around the principal and where large earnings are assured beyond any reasonable doubt. The fullest particulars sent Free to readers of this paper on application. THE STORE V COTTON CO., (INCOBPOBATED) 11 Broadway, New York, N. Y. The Bourse, Philadelphia, Pa. Exchange Bldgs., Liverpool, Eng. Women as Well as Men Are Made Miserable by Kidney Trouble. Kidney trouble preys upon the mind, discourages and lessens ambition; beauty, vigor ??,, . and cheerfulness scon :'f"Q disappear v/hen the kidneys are out of order or diseased. Kidney trouble has " t>ecome so prevalent 11 ^at ^ *s no* unc?mmon II for a- child to be born /V 3-^-licted with weak kidneys* ^ c^d urin"~v?^ -**?'wggs> ates too often, if the urine scalds the flesh or if, v/hen the child reaches an age when it should be able to control the passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wetting, depend upon it. the cause of the difficulty is kidney trouble, and the first step should be towards the treatment of these important organs. This unpleasant trouble is due to a diseased condition of the kidneys and bladder and net to a habit as most people suppose. Women as well as men are made miserable with kidney and bladder trouble, and both need the same great remedy. The mild and the immediate effect of Swamp-Root is soon lualized. It is sold by druggists, in fifty- , cent and one dollar sizes. You may have a sample bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell- nome of swamp-Koot. ing all about it, including many of the thousands of testimonial letters received from sufferers cured. In writing Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y., be sure and mention this paper. Ill I IIVPnTWOHUNDP.ED viaM Sk Hi fl 3L 9 I young: men and W SM sw I P I 9 ladies to qualify IV r\m as I bzh 6# for paying positions. If you are Interested, write us for our handsome illustrated catalog. IDE LAMER SOUTHERN BUSINESS COLLEGE, MACON. GA. November 19, 1902?ly. DENTAL NOTICE. DR. L. L. TOOLE, of North, S. C. will be at Swansea, S. C-, on the second Wednesday ol each month, and at Gaston, S. C.. on Thursday lollowing. Oct. 29? 6m Parlor Restaurant 1336 MAIN STREET. COLUMBIA, - S. C., The only up-to-date eating House of its kind in the City of Columbia. It is well kept?clean linen, prompt and polite service and getit quickly. Quiet and order always prevail. You get what you order and pay only for what you get. Within easy reach of desirable sleeping apartments. OPJEIV ALL NIGHT. B. DAVID, Proprietor. FOLEYSHONEMAR for children; cafe, cure No opiates 0 1638-1640 MA Columbia, ? 0 This stock is ru to the retail tr reduced c This sale will not last very long as it convert same into cash in the o You Know the Li D17 Goods CLOTHING, SHO AND REPRESENTS ONE C STA Come Early Yours very truly, wm. F. 1 j BEESWAX WANTED ! IN LARGE OE SMALL QUANTITIES TT7E WILL PAY THE HIGHEST MAEVV ket price lor clean and pure Beeswax. Price governed by color and condition. THE BAZAAR, LEXINGTON, S. C31 That Grow and Bear Fruit. Write for our 60 page 11mf! >$? lustrated Catalogue and 40 VS&Z&y page pamphlet. "How to ^ Plant and Cultivate an Or- J <-hard," Giv?s you that in- i n formation you have so long j wanted; tells you all about ! feM. 'd99 those big red apples, lucious j Xsg?' peaches, and Japan plums jvrith their oriental-sweetness. A all of which you have often j ;wondered where the trees oamo from that produced Mm ithnm' mm everything good in mmA fruits. I :Unusal fine stock of SILVER 'MAPLES,young, thrifty trees | ^smooth and straight, tho kind ; live and grow off well, &^s^^No old. rough trees. This is most rapid growing maPlQ and one of the most beautiful shade trees. Write for prices and give st ?*wants* J. Van Lindley Nursery Co., Pomona, N 0. Mm i PARKER'S igiilllpS HAIR BALSAM M Clpanaei and beaotifiea the hair. 9H Promotei a laiumnt growth. Igcpyro'-^- -. gM Kftver Fails to Bestore Gray ?3am Hair to its Youthful Color. TK^niiV":~ frBgl Qaxtt scalp diseases A hair tailing. "r^V^TT 60c, and $1.00 at Druggista ' 1J1MI ' Will Practice in all Courts, KAUFMANN BUILDING, LEXINGTON, S C *V.a TQ4-K nf f~\r* t nViOT* TTA friTTTIAH \JLL L11C JIUVU ua^ V* v/v?vvv*f ?> w .w. ?? ? a co-partnership for the practice of law. We will be pleased lo receive those having legal business to be attended to at our office in the Kaulmann building at any time. Respectfully. J. WM THUBMOND. G BELL TD1MERMAN, October 22. 1902.?ly. Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys tones up the stomach. ? ^ O MVM Mm A M vr : Dili SIUUIL F t lIX STEEET, - - - s. c. )w being offered ade at greatly prices. ) is the wishes of all concerned to next thirty days if possible. nes Handled are , Notions, ES AND HATS, )F THE LARGEST IN THE ,TE. i /\ m ana uixen. Y ^URTICK.