Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FASHION IN SPEECH. Some "Words Go Oat of Favor and Wia Their Way Back. The history of the race is written in the words it uses. As we grow and change, so our language grows and changes. Mr. Leon Mead in his book "Word Coinage" points out that some words go out of fashion and come back, like tan sh^s and wide rimruod hats, although the change in words is much slower * :! ? vi.ange in dross. In Spenso: - day "forestall," "fain." "scathes," "askance." "embellish" and "dapper" were not considered good, but they have since gained respectability and won their place in the language. The seventeenth century regarded as obsolete a number of Chaucers words -^transcend," "bland," "sphere," "blithe," "franchise," "carve," "anthem." One by one these words came to life again and walk the pages of our literature in full vitality. Other words now indispensable which the seventeenth century rejected are "plumage," "tapestry^" "tissue," "ledge," "trenchant," "resource," "villainy," "thrill," "yelp," "dovetail." Bacon did not have the good word "encyclopedia," but used the heavy equivalent, "circle learning." Fulke, the sixteenth century author who wrote "A Defense of the Sincere and True Translations cf the Holie Scriptures Into the English Tong," did not admit "neophyte," "homicide," "scandal," "destruction," "tunic." ''despicable," "rational." Another book published in IGoS puts the stamp of censure on "oblique," "radiant," "adoption," "caress," "amphibious," "horizontal," "concede," "articulate," "desti" "nnmnftnsfltA " "onmnlioated" uanvuf - -?c and "adventitious." It is hard to trace the history of a fashion in -words. Seldom do we have the precise record that Chestortield furnishes us in a letter in which he says that he was present at the birth of the word "flirtation" on the lips of a beautiful woman. Even with that record we cannot tell why "flirtation" remained in the language and was not dropped like hundreds of other new coinages. QUEER SUPERSTITIONS. The following are some curious superstitions that are still extant among English speaking people: If you kill frogs your cows will "go dry." Tickling a baby will cause the child to stutter. To thank a person for combing your hair will bring bad luck. To kill a ghost it must be shot with a bullet made of a 'Silver coin. To dream of unbroken eggs signifies trouble to come; if the eggs are broken the trouble is past If you boast of your good health strike wood immediately with your fist or you will become ill. To dream of a live snake means enemies at large, of a dead snake , enemies dead or powerless. To allow a child to look into a mirror before it is a month old will cause it to have trouble in teething. A child will have a nature and disposition similar to those of the person who first takes it out of doors.?-Philadelphia Inquirer. Johnson's First Tailoring .Job. President Andrew Johnson had never been ashamed of his humble origin; had. indeed, often narrated the unhappy story of his first job at tailoring. He bad been summoned, he would say, to the residence of an influential citizen and had been bidden to make over one of the citizen's old coats for the son of the house. Johnson, a little nervous through excess^ of zeal, took ofi! his coat, turned back his sleeves, measured the youth and set to work. He was getting along well?the job. indeed, was nearly finished?when dinner time came and he reached out for his coat in order to put it on and go home. To his chagrin he discovered then Kg* if TC'GO Viic f TX-h ho hfld IJIA t it UO liiO V/ TV M W(?b ( u?v*t MW MV*V? cut up for the boy. i . f - Swearing to Excess. A cricket ciub in the south of Scotland, which has evidently found that the use of lurid language doesn't add to the amenities of play, has passed the following bylaw: "Any member swearing to excess may be expelled." I have not heard whether the club committee has yet arrived at a definition of "moderate swearing." The attempt to find one to meet all cases is x likely to result in language both "painful and free."?Glasgow Times. Cariosity Conquered. "I thought Jane had such a dreadfully stiff neck." "She has." "Nonsense. There was a man painting the steeple of the brick church and she watched him for half an hour." ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Just Vanity. Papa?Dear me, Mary, whatever are you going 'to do with these trunks? " ? J. 1? -e> iVAmt VAM 1W0, rour, sia, uvejve ui lucuii xvu can't fill more than one. Mamma?I know It. my dear; but we must make a decent appearance on arriving at the hotel. Croel. His Wife?Charles. I do think you ought to give me more of your time. Her Husband?Give you more! Why, you take so much of my time that I couldn't be a second in a duel.?Harper's Bazar. It Has Been Done. "Still, of course," said the tobacconist to the wooden Indian, "It is possible sometimes to make a good round ort of a perfectly square deal."? Syracuse Herald. Hardships of the Calling:* Tramp?You lias purty easy times? nothin' to do but stand here sellin' lead pencils. Pencil Peddler?Think it easy, do you 7 Don't you know people won't buy pencils of a feller on the street unless he looks starved an' dejected an' despairin' ? "That's easy." "'Tain't easy to look that way right along w'en y'r rakin' in $4 a day."? New York Weekly. Misplaced Affection. The Eskimos were very angry with the arctic explorer. "What did he do?" asked the member of the relief expedition. "He petted our dogs," explained tlie native. "Is there any barm in petting your dogs?" "Yes: their tails were frozen stiff, and when they .went to wag them they broke off." A Grnre Question. Great Specialist?There doesn't seem to be anything the matter with you organically. Have you any mental anxiety? Patient?Yes; I have. "You must open your mind to me. What is it?" "I'm wondering how much you will charge me."?Life. Oat For the Stuff. "Congressman Blank told me," said the lobbyist, "that 'nothing couldn't convince' him the bill was a good one." "The idea! I didn't know he was so ungrammatical." "He wasn't. He merely wished to intimate that 'something could.' "? Philadelphia Press. Hotv* She Won Him. She?Aren't you afraid you'll lose that stone in your stud? He?Yes; I'm going to have it set in a ring. She?Oh, this is so sudden.?Chicago Ganette. Sympathetic. Young Wife (rather nervously)?Oh, cook. I must really speak to you. Your master is always complaining. One day it is the soup, the second day it is the fish, the third day it is the joint?in fact, it's always something or ether. Cook (with feeling)?Well, mum, I'm truly sorry for you. It must be quite hawful to live with a gentleman of that sort. Fearful Odds Against Him. Bedridden, alone and destitute. Such, in brief, was the condition of an old soldier by name nf J. J. Havens, Versailles, 0 For years he was troubled with Kidney disease and neitb?r doctors nor medicines pave bin? relief. At length be tried Electric Bitters. It put bim on his feet in short ord^r and now he testifies, UJ ?m on the read to complete recover?." Best on e?irib for Liver and Kidney troubles and all forms of Stomach and Bowel Conjpl-ontR Only 50c. Guaranteed by The Kaufmann Drug Co., Druggist*. Rer Object. W_ CI } 1 ~ ? r> irlnn DXC. OUVUUIfS V.IWU HllClUWlii .mo.-} Annex. Going for a walk? I hope I may accompany you? Miss Annex?Yes. Dr. Sargeant says we must always walk with some object, and I suppose you will answer the purpose. * Seek* Diversion. He?Why is she suing him for divorce? She?For diversion. He?Diversion! She?Yes; she says being married Is so monotonous.?Baltimore American. Inseparable. Affrighted, he turned on his pursuer. "You black thing, why do you follow me constantly? What are you?" "I am your sunshine companion," mockingly replied his shadow.?Chicago Tribune. Jost Whistling:. Nervous Employer?Thomas, I wish you wouldn't whistle at your work. Office Boy?I ain't working, sir. I'm only just whistling. Are you sure you are all right and those who don't believe as you do are all wrong??Nebraska State Journal. Per Over Sizty Years. Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup ha9 been in use for over sixty years by millions of mothers for their children while teething, with perfect success. It soothes the child, softeD? the gums, allays all pain, cures wind colic, and is the best remedy for Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor little sufferer immediately. Sold by Druggist in every part of the world Twenty-five cents a bottle. Be sure to ask for Mrs. 44Winslow's SoothiDg Syrup," and take no other kind, tf aumjB*mM\irT^7nwr^wmrjacKm?arr^nwrTDasxwwsmmnmMmm | J It looks as I n/yA L/y if a man's | back is the center of strength when S he is straining to lift or haul a heavy weight. But the center of strength is ? not the back, but the stomach. There's no strength in the back of a giant it lie's starving. All strength is made from food, and food can cclv f be converted into strength | when it is perfectly digested B and assimilated. When the | stomach is diseased, the nv.trih tion of food is lost and physJj ical weakness follows, g Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical I Discovery cures diseases of the B stomach and other organs of jjj digestion and nutrition. It n makes men strong and mus| cular, by enabling the perfect p digestion and assimilation b of the food eaten. H "I suffered fron a very cbstinote oase of dyspepsia," In writes R. B. Secor'd, "Esq., of ^ 13 Eastern Av? Toronto. On- 8 /T tario. WI tried a mmiber I of remedies wkhout success. J Gsaggfa/T\ * was so Sone t^*at * could I ^i.:0 JB \ not 1>ear any solid food on I my stomach: felt melancholy Sf(f j and depressed. Could not rl sleep nor work. A friend i ft \ recommended your 'Golden 111 y/i ? 1 Medical Disccnrry.' I haw I /fi 1 ft taken three bottles and it 11"J J a lias accomplished a permaI nent cure." 1 glpil^sL The Medical Adviser, paper covers, is sent on receiptof 21 onecent stamps to pay expense of mailAddress ^r* Tierce, I Buffalo, N. Y. r III ! | | I ! Ill iriBWI ?lllfl HIS SECOND THOUGHT. The Sta.pre Driver Acted on It and Saved Ills Passenger;*. Back in the good .old days when nerves and railroads wore little known an old stage read ran from Lake Cliamplain to Ogdensburg, N. Y., passing through the little town of Sodom. This village nestled In a valley between two great hills, over which the white ribbon of the road wound steeply. Upon one of the trips of the stage the regular driver, who had been at home for some weeks recovering from an illness, was riding inside, while the red haired, mild featured, big boned Irishman acting as his substitute occupied the driver's seat upon the box. The day was a beautiful one, and the passengers were enjoying their drive keenly, their appetites increasing as the distance lessened between them and the town of Sodom, with its promised pause for refreshment. Suddenly as the heavy stage lumbered over the brow of the hill, down which the road plunged at a sharp angle, running through the little town at its foot and ascending the hill beyond, the passengers became conscious that their pace bad been recklessly increased. Faster and faster they went, dashing down the hill at a rate rapidly becoming a furious one. Trees and bushes at last became but a dizzying blur along the road. All clung to the reeling stage and held their breath in terror, while on the stage raced, down the hill with ever increasing speed, into the town, past the hostelry with the waiting host left standing in amaze at the door, past the post office without pause, and out upon the road leading up the face of the hill beyond. There the -pace slackened, and as the incline grew more steep at last the smoking horses came to a standstill. With one accord the dazed passengers tumbled out and surrounded the driver, who now stood at the head of his recking leaders. "What is if. Pat? What is it? Did they get away from you?" came the breathless ruestions. "Nope," replied Pat with a set face. "It wor that," pointing grimly before him. There lay the stage tongue dragging uselessly on the ground at the heels of the horses and completely severed from the coach. At a glance the regular driver comprehended the meaning of the danger to which the passengers of that stage, deprived of its sole means of guidance, had been exposed, and, realizing the miracle of their escape, he turned sick and fainted where he stood. Later, back at the Inn, when the excitement had somewhat subsided and fresh horses were being put to the repaired coach, some one turned to Pat and asked: "Pat, what was your first thought when the pole dropped f* "Well, sor," he answered, settling the quid more comfortably In his cheek, "me furst thought wor, 'Lord ha' mercy on our sowls!' Thin thinks I to meself, 'Confound a horse that can't outrun-a wagon!' and I licked the poor bastes all the way down the hill!"? Lippincott's. The Genuine vs. Conterfeits. The genuine is always better thsn a counterfeit, but the truth of this statement is never more forcibly realized or more thoroughly appreciated thau when you compare the genuine DeWitt's Witch H*z&l Salve with the many counterfeits and worthless substitutes that are on the market. W. S. Ledbetter, of Shreveport, La., says: "After using numerous other remedies without benefit, one box of DeWiH'a Witch Sezel Salve cured me." For blind, bleeding, itching and protruding piles no remedy is rqual to DhWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by all druggists. The length cf a woman's shoe string telle its own story. Plainly Presented. San DomiDgo, Republic of San DomiDgo, Sept. 18 ?United States Minister Powell has sent a strong protest to the Dominican government based on the following grounds: "That the action of the Dominican gcve>no:enfc in sending to congress a project for establishing the neutrality of Dominican waters and making certain ports free, would (in view of the fact that Santo Domingo is a neighboiing State), not be accepted in a frieuciiv enint bv the government of J. f u tbe United States. ' That the United States govern ment would not allow the establishment of any coaling ports in Santo Domingo or the cessi- n of any portion of Santo Domingo to any European power. "i'uat tbe United States will not permit any nution to make exclusive use of Dominican waters in time of peace, much less in time of war. Nor could the United States allow any portion of the country to conflict with the concession granted to tbe Clyde line." Tbe American protest has excited considerable comment. "To Him That Hath." New York, Sept. 18.?AmoDg the heaviest winners in the recent bear raid on Wall street, it became known today, was Cornelius Vanderbilt. It is declared that his profits amounted to $10,000,000. He is said to have ^ - i1 r\r\r\ t\nr\ operated on a margin ci c>^,uuo,ouo. His fortune is now estimated at $20,000,000. Most of the money is said to have been made on Brooklyn Ripid Transit, Chicago Southwestern and Southern Pacific. His uncle, Wm K. Yanderbilt, put him "next" to Rockefeller. Cured Hemorrhages of the Lungs ''Several years since my lungs were eo badly eff-cted that I hsd many hemorrhages," writes A. M. Ake, of Wood, Ind. "I took treatment with several physicians without any benefit. I then started to take Foley's Honey and Tar and my ItiDgp are now as sound as a bullet. I recommend it in auvanced stages of luDgr trouble." The Kaufmann Drug Co. ITot a Clear Title. The word "furlough" occurred in a reading lesson of a primary grade in one of the public schools, says the Philadelphia Ledger. The teacher asked if any boy or girl knew tbe meaning of the word. One small band was raised and shaken vigorously in the eagerness of the urchin to display his knowledge. When he received permission to speak he rose and with the greatest assurance said: "Fuiloagh means a mule." Not a whit disturbed at the teacher's "Ob, no, it doesn't," the email boy confidently answered: "I hav9 the book at home that says so." Then the teacher told him be might bring the bock to school and show it to her. The next morning he came armed with the book, and triumphantly showed her the picture of an American soldier astride a mule, under which was printed, "Going home on his furlough." Ton Enow What You Arc Taking When you take Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic because the formula is nlainlv nrinted on everv bottle show jr ? r ? v iDg that it is simply Irou and Quinine in a tasteless form, No Cure, No Pay. 50c. Sava Ycur Pine Stumps. Augusta Herald. The pine stumps on a farm have hitherto been considered a nuisance, but a Mr. Scow, of Cordele, Ga., says lhat the turpentine mills are paying $2 75 a cord for stumps and making out of them $21. If this bo true think of the millions of dollars that have gone up in smoke when our southern farmers paid great sums to get out the stumps and then burned them! ^ ifTn ? *1 x_ ijrenerai loomos usea 10 nutcuie the men who p&id 50cts. per hand, per day, to destroy valuable grasses. It was allowed to rot in the field. And now, if the Cordele man is not romancing, the pine stumps have become a decided asset in southern markets. Dry Goods, Clothing 1704 AND 170S I COX,UM BIA, To Oar Friends in Lexington: When in neec for your sake for you to give us a call tor Hpri advanced in price, but fortnnateiv we had bou able to sell at oid prices. This is not idle talk thing like that. It you want to get treated ri io lin lifinco flnliimhiii hptii^r able t<"> bike C:11 nice goods at our command. EXTRA SPECIAL. 3C03 yards 36-inch Percaie at 5 5. worth 83. ] 3000 yards Lt. Prints 4c. sold at 5c. 10,0)0 yds. 4-4 Sea Island at oc., sold att-J. j t 300 pieces of Fig. Lawns at Sc., would be cheap at 8 j. 3 cases of Ladies Ribbed Vest at 5c. each. 300 separate Skirts for rainy day or general use at SI.(10 to S3.0.''. 100 dozen Shirt Waist at 25c. to $2.00 each January 15. ONE CAR LOAD ONE CAR LOAD ONE CAR LOAD Ear 0 " just arrived. W< attractive prices, wanted in stock. Come in and see cit1 * Columbi | WATCH TH jES FOB XOUR BA NOTIONS, C3 ?? SHOES -A-Es Sg Our Buyer is now: Cfl Markf ?? YOURS FOR BARG^ 88 SURPISE I THE ff. F. F gg 1638-1C40 MAK |B coil.TTIV4:B tftfS si FlTZMAURICE ; and Furnishings, \ IAIN STREET, - - - s. c. i of anything in our line would be glad ng Goods. These goods are very much I ght before the rise in price and we will be and to be plain we haven't time for any- -fl ght call and see us for yonr wants. There ' re of von than we are. With all kinds of BOY'S CLOTHIXG, , LOO Boy Suits, all wool, at SI.50, sold at $2. ^ LOO Boy Suits, all wool, $2.00, sold at S3.50, 500 separate Pants at 25c. to 50c. CLOTHING FOR MEN. From $5.00 to $12 50 you can make tbe best selection to be had anywhere. With onr new Clothing Room, we have the Room to show yon, we can jcstly save you from $2.00 to $4,00 on a suit. Call to see us. i MITCHELL, i VIRGINIA, i THOMHILL J 8 can make you Any size wagon J us when in the V> TRY & CO., a, S. C. 1 gg 1 US SPACE i ' q rgain3 ix sb . nothing, s 35 j ro hats, 8s in the Northern 3^s* PS A gg 1 lINS that will ss r V". H * STREET, ||f| US eg s. o. S3 fl 1 1