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\ THE GUMERS IRE HIRD IT IT. A Day's Sport With the Wild Fowls the Gulf Coast?Duck Shooting at Its Best Down South. New York Sun. The houseboat Skeeter lay in Bayou Marie, moored by a stout rope to the trunk of a liveoak whose green branches overspread her deck. Smoke curled from the funnel of the galley where Alphonse was at work. Two miles below ner tne Mexican Gulf beat upon the Louisiana coast. The blue -waves creamed -white in the "winter sun and a wind that traveled ten miles an hour but had no sting in it came from the southward. Half a mile to the right and back a mile from the sea was a marsh which contained pools of fresh water and in the r??ls were weeds on which grew a black bean attractive to duckc The hoarse clamor of wild fowls cs~?o from it. Out of the sea horizon lines of them f stretched, making inward to the daily feast. They came Y-shaped to lessen the air resistance and each flock was led by its oldest male member. High overhead sailed with solemn honking a group of Canada geese and the foreman gander was 50 years old if a day. Lower down, but still far out of gunshot, mallards went by, headed by a drake of five seasons. Pintails and bluebills swept in, guided by leaders of experience, and the rule held good even to the mass of greenwinged teal too numerous to assume the proper formation, hurtling by with the speed almost of shot, but still with the older birds still in front,the packed mass behind lowering and rising and darting to right cr left as the darted. It was "a great sight from the deck of the Skeeter in early morning, for the sun hung two yatds above the eastern sea-line and breakfast was not ready. Even at the distance, the beating of the myriad wings put a tremor in the ear and the rays of light flashing upon tinted wings showed all the hues of a painter's palette. As the flocks a hundred yards high, or a mile high, rushed above the marsh they half-shut their wings and dropped downward with quickening swiftness, circling once, still going down, then settled slowlv. It was the old. and al ways new, miracle of aerial flight made without effort and almost without volition and envy was in the breasts of the ' men who watched. The Farmer had sloshed a bucket of cold water over head and shoulders and stood rubbing himself with a coarse towel. "I've counted fourteen varieties of ducks since I came on deck," he said. "They're coming in fast this morning. , "We'll have to talk to them after a , while." Alphonse poked his white wooly head 1 above the companion way, saying: ; "M'sieurs, d'jeuner!" They went below to a southern j breakfast of coffee strong enough to stain the sides of the cups, broiled ba- 1 con, broiled birds, hot biscuit, waffles 1 and sugarhouse molasses. The Doctor, < who has the purse of a garret poet with the tastes of Lucullus, dined on ? jacksnipe brains on toast. The brains 1 of 60 snipe went to make his repast 1 and he pronounced it good. Then pipes 5 were lit and they hurried into rubber 1 boots an canvas shooting coats. 1 Their guns are as various as the men. The Farmer, who is a Louisiana plant- 1 er and the host of the party, had a gun 1 which belonged to his grandfather. It ] was made in France in 1840. It was 3 originally, of course, a muzzleloader, 3 * but has been changed to a breechloader with hammerless locks. : The barrels are of 14-gauge and 34 i . Inches long. They are 4>f a beautifully ! threaded metal, so soft that it can be j cut easily with a pocket knife. Indeed, j they were once 36 inches long, but near the muzzle were worn to the thickness 1 of letter paper and were cut off. 1 The stock, of finest English walnut, i is straight without the pistol grip and ? scrolled and carved. On its left side. ( near the butt, is an inscription in dog- t latin, the letters filled in with silver: i "Legere et scribere pedagogi est sed 1 ontimp rnllinprp pet " nrViJ^v> ?c traslated freely as "Reading and writ- ^ ing may be had of the schoolmaster, ? but a crack shot is the work of God." It is very old-fashioned, this gun, is v cylinder-bored from breech to muzzle, Is too long for modern likes and balances badly in unaccustomed hands, but It shoots with marvellous strength, making an evenly distributed close pattern, s^nd the Farmer is deadly with it. Because of the softness of the metal and his use of smokeless powder, the breech swells badly after a* hard day and th/.n he puts in wooden plugs of propep gauge and hammers it down wit*'a little hammer that has eather ove. its end. TL'he Farmer thinks a great deal of ne gun because his grandfather downed mallards with it in days when Imported slaves spoke only African di'* alects and his father used it on deer and woodcocks up to 1861, when he went out with a Louisiana regiment against the men of the north and was ' killed in his first battle. The gradson and son is wont to extol its merits above the merits of the new weapons Fand back himself with it for moneys, marbles or chalk. A wonderful field shot is the Farmer, with an instinctive judgment of wind, speed and distance and he knows to an inch just how far and strongly the old double-barrel will shoot. To watch him is a liberal education ad to spend a week in a blind with him, or in tramping the brakes or marshes, is to become one of the elect. He is of the old school of shooters, too, believing in the use of big shot for big birds and he does not think that No. 8s are sizeable for giraffes. He uses No. 2s for mallards, canvasbacks and redheads, No. 4s for other ducks of medium size and feathercoats and No. 6s are the smallest he will allow for! teal. Also he asserts that the shot for j the wild goose is the "low mould" buck- | shot. , j a gangpianK a foot wide ran from the , houseboat to the bluff bank of Bayou Marie and the party trotted over it one by one, the pockets of the c6ats sagging far down with the weight of the | shells. That day was one of the clear days when, though the wild fowls are in millions, the shooting is hard be- t cause the wind keeps the birds on the j water or in the weeds. They got up promptly when they saw _ the men, got up at long distances, but did not circulate much, and waiting in t the blinds was not productive. Ducks ^ in such a wind get their altitude read- j ily and then travel with fierce speed s and the shot are blown a good deal and c the pattern widened, all of which things must be allowed for. f The marsh was two miles long by a c quarter mile wide and the little pools p were thick through it. each pool hold- f ing ducks. It was plain that such f, shooting as they got would come from j, walking them up and taking chances r on far rises. The Doctor and the En- ^ gineer took one side of the marsh, leavoing the other for the Farmer and p the Journalist. t They did not notice at first that the <5 Farmer took the seaward side of the ^ marsh. When they did notice it five minutes later they chuckled and said: j] "The ducks fly nearly over the marsh tl before they pitch and there are more c of them on this side." t) That was true, but it was also true jj that the strong wind was blowing straight from the sea. The first birds they flushed were three dusky mallards je which got up 20 yards In their front 8i and 10 yards outJ^^itt marsh and w went straight fc rising, of co^ * mallards and not a feather fell. As their guns cracked a black swarm i arose further out, rose against the! wind, and streamed away over the ] Farmer and his companion. The ac-ks , were nor more than 40 yards high when j they passed above the couple, and the j Journalist turned loose both barrels. Missing was impossible. Seven blue- j bills came raining down. The Farmer j had disdained to shoot. The Engineer grinned at the Doctor. "First blood for the opposition," he j said. As they went on, making as little' noise as possible, they flushed many j ducks. In fact the birds rose every 50 yards or so, but all rose some yards out and all went straight away against the wind. By the time the Doctor and the Engineer got up theLr guns the birds had added ten yards to the dis- : tanee and were still climbing. Realization came to them that they : were in for a hard time, but they refused to surrender hope. They could hear the guns of their opponents and i now and then see a duck fall, but they had bagged a half-doxen birds them- ' selves and believed their luck would ! change. With a splash and a squawk a badly ; frightened mallard drake leaped high 15 : yarjds away. Its initial spring carried : it 20 feet in the air. With the wind bearing against its breast it stood al- ! most on its tail in the air. j They could see its green head flash- ! ing like an emerald in the sun and the ' reddish feathers at the base of the . neck and the beautiful blended hues of j; the back, wings and tail. They could even see for the instant the little i curled feathers at the root of the tale. ! It was a shot which the Farmer ( would have made with the right barrel . in two second and thought nothing of it. His old gun would have jumped , instinctively to his shoulder and the ! barrels would have hidden all of the ! bird except the very top of its head . and it would have gone dead, hit hard ! about the middle. But the Doctor shot under it with j j his right and a yard to one side with j. his left, because the drake was both I. climbing and spiraling, and the En- i gineer shot away under with both bar- j rels as the mallard sailed on. Seventy 1 yards high it went against the wind, / badly frightened, its wings beating . tumultuously putting 90 miles an hour behind it. , ^ The pair followed it with anathe- ( jnas. ?hen they were conscious that 1 the farmer had dropped to the ground ^ opposite them and the Journalist had J1 imitated him. A single puff of smoke rose from the . clump of weeds hiding the Farmer. It looked to be an impossible shot, yet . the drake's wings shut spasmodically and it whirled over and over in its descent, stone dead long before its plump body struck the soft edge of the marsh. me juoctor arew a Jong Dream ana , said: ; . There's something in that No. 2s J theory sure." That was rare shooting on the wind- , blown marsh, with the fowls showing ) black against the sky and the thunder ^ of the surf close by and the fresh wind 5 with the taste of salt in it. There is , such a thing as sitting in a blind when ; birds are thick and butchering them ! with right and left barrels and such : 2. thing as walking them up, when the wariness of the swift creatures and t the cover in which they hide and the ^ wind are all in their favor, and the lat- * ter much. more closely approaches * true sport. That day the houseboat " party got duck shooting at its best, for the shots were often difficult and , lot too numerous. : The rival pairs met at the end of the 1 marsh and the scores stood: Farmer * and Journalist, ten mallards, eight ; bluebills, three sprigs and five teal; Doctor and Engineer, one mallard, two * sprigs and ten teal. 1 Alphonse gave them a good dinner ^ :hat night?gumbo filet redfish stuffed ? with oysters, roast mallards dressed ^ with peppered olives, a salad, cheese and black coffffee; but what is a good c linner to men who have to rise from r. :able and schrub flannel shirts stiff 1 mough to stand alone? In the yellow ight of the oil lamp the Doctor and :he Engineer, humped over the tubs e with old - fashioned washboards, ? ;chrubbed and schrubbed, while the 11 farmer, at ease on the divan, smoked v lerique cigarettes, and the Journalist, >ucking a cob pipe, between puffs re- c :ited them reams of his own poetry. ? ?EW YORK'S JEWELRY DISPLAY. I f Magnificent, Dazzling Sights That Roy- I g alty Can Hardly Match. ^ STew York Sun. T A sight that impresses, even aston- ., shes, strangers in New York?stran- ' rers from foreign lands as well as 1 rom other parts of the country?is v ;he magnificent display of jewelry at he opera, the theatre, the fashionable r estaurants, at every place, in fact, 'requented by the public. At the Metropolitan Opera house in c larticular on a regular subscription ? light coronets, tiaras, collars, neck- 1 ies, ropes, ceintures, stomachers, daz- l tline* in thpir hrillinnrv pt*a nlpnti ill as if made of glass and it does not J1 ake the eye of a connoisseur either to t ;ee that millions of dollars are repre- c >ented in them or, for that matter, g n the jewels alone which shine from c he boxes bordering the horseshoe. The >ight is certainly well worth seeing f ind one of which New York ought to t )e more or less proud. But as a rule ? he average New Yorker views the dis- 1 )lay more or less calmly, almost indif- ? 'erently. 11 The fact is that so gradually year by p rear has the splendor of it increased v hat New Yorkers are slower to apireciate than are strangers, a magnifl- " :ence that can hardly be outdone the ? vorld over. The New York woman's 5 >pera manners may leave something a :o be desired, but her jewels, nothing. r It was only the other night that a raveler of undoubted authority, lately 13 eturned from visiting some of the 11 argest capitals of the world, remarked v oncerning the jewels shown at the a Metropolitan: v "No where else on earth can it be equalled. Even London and Paris are " lot in it with New York." "Fortunately," asserted a jewel spe- v ialist, "Americans are ordinarily fond y f fine jewels and they are now among *n he best customers of the trade. Nothing but the very best satisfies them. "I do not say that there are qot peo- a )le on the other side of the ocean ^ tqually appreciative. The trouble is a hat just now there seems to-be fewer 1 vomen of the younger generation in Europe with big sums of money to v pend for ornamets than there are a >ver here. : d "Then, as I have already hinted, a e avorite medium whereby *the Ameri- 11 ans make kno*ui their riches is by v recious stones. Almost invariably the t irst thing an American (woman who inds a large sum at her/disposal does 0 s to buy some diamond's. Later she ]) nay turn her attention to other jewels t ?ut diamonds always leaid." e One of the best knotwn experts in 11 recious stones in this t country made a wo interesting statements the other t ay; first, that more diamonds have v een imported into thdt United States n the last 30 years tman were mined d n two centuries previ/ms. and second, v bat during the yearI 1901 more pre- ^ ious stones were se/it to New York t ban reached here frcrm 1856 to 1S66 or s i any two years sln</e. "For one thing," lidded the expert, d from a commercial! standpoint fine ~ iwels are not a bac* investment, con- t derlng that there f1?! I!" other com- li lodity, unless it ist I ) before were pearls in greater demand years are at a disadvantage. Never than they are right now, which means, of course, that they have not depreciated in value. Feminine fancy for the time being runs to strings of pearls rather than to set collars?strings which lengthen out to ropes according to the elasticity of the purse of the man or woman who places the order. "Anywhere from $20,000 to $30,000 is paid cheerfully every day for a string only large enough to go around the neck. Some of the ropes cost as much as $200,000, and one ten feet long which we finished a few weeks ago for a New York woman, cost $400,000. It is not every day though that an order like that is placed. "It is pretty well understood that many of the costliest necklaces and strings nf nearls now extant are owned by Americans; but perhaps it is not so well known that each of these necklaces, in fact and string of large, perfectly matched pearls, represents sometimes years of -atient search of the most famous pean fisheries of Oriental countries and of the jewel marts of the world by experts who spend their time doing nothing else. "Nowadays, as some people know, it Is as much the custom to have certain rare pieces of jewelry made to order as it is to order a dress suit, a carriage or a yacht. Customers who can pay many thousands of dollars for one article of jewelry generally have individual preferences which must be considered. "The ornaments we have in stock may give them a cue as to style, price, etc., but the more fastidious are quite likely to choose to have stones all of a certain size or a particular color, or it may be a combination of stones not exactly like anything we have made up. "In almost every case we can guarantee to give a customer exactly what she wants, but not always at short notice. It may take months to get together a certain desired group of stones. "For instance, the other day we finished a pendant for a millionaire who wanted for a Christmas present for his wife and ordered it more than six months ago. The most remarkable feature of the pendant is five rubies, which alone are valued at $100,)00 and are absolutely flawless and are UlUtVli^U* "One of the most superb private collections of emeralds in the world is Dwned by a New York woman. Every time she appears in it in public the 'act is chronicled and she is probably the envy of every woman of her acquaintance. No one needs to be told that to get together such a collection 3f perfect emeralds was a work of time. "I could go on multiplying examples )f the same kind and describe many vonderful pieces of jewelry, but most )f them are in evidence at the opera my night and the public is almost is familiar with them as the owners themselves. "One thing is certain, that the contents of very many of the private lewel cases in New York indicate a ;alue of more than half a million dolars. In some cases they are matched n value by the collections of royalty done and that only because the latter owe much of their value to historcal associations. "Indeed, it is not too much to say hat separated from their associaions many of the jewels worn by crowned heads are so ordinary that ?ome American women would probably 'efuse to wear them. "I am really surprised sometimes at! he cleverness of the American women n dscriminating between the indiffer- J :nt grades of jewels, and I begin to hink she must have a natural apti- j ude in that direction. Of course alnost any one but an expert may be ooled In precious stones, which accounts for the fact that Americans are clow to buy jewels through any save veil-known and trustworthy agencies. The American women dearly loves a >argain, but she is not willing to run nuch risk to get one when it comes o a question of jewels." But if strangers are astonished at he show of jewels at the opera and Isewhere o'nights in this town, they j ire even more surprised at the careessness with which New York women vear the costliest ornaments all day ong?rwalking, driving, shopping, ailing, indeed on every and any occaion. An English woman at a mornng concert not long ago, was both .stonishfd and alarmed to see in the >ack hair of an American woman in ront of her a pin containing a row of :ood-sized diamonds of first quality. ' * * A- 1 IV. a lV? ? m rr rr?o o i.t tne lowest ca.icuia.iiun mc unug ?&o forth $5,000 or $6,000. "Any thief," expostulated the Engi [sh .woman afterward, "could snip hat out of your hair as quick as a fink." "But no thief ever has," was the ejoinder. Later c*n in the restaurant at lunchon the English visitor saw at a nearly table a woman with several strands f almost priceless pearls wound about he outside of her dress collar as if hey had been so many beads, and her ompanion wore a long chain made nostly of diamonds to which was atached a lorgnette studded with preious stones. Afterward, to the stran;er's horrow, she saw both women almly strolling up Fifth avenue. American women it seems don't have he finest jewels in the world to keep hem in a safety deposit vault and to ubstitue for them in public paste imtations as was frequently done in the ild days in court circles by ladies of tigh degree. No paste jewels if you ilease for women on this side of the fater. The American buys jewels to adorn ler person and she wears them in seaon and, it may be, out of season, loreover, she doesn't worry overmuch bout their safety. It seems she has 10 reason to. "The percentage of losses of jewels >y theft in this country and especially a N<*w York," said a leading jeweler fhose opinion on this subject was sked, "is so small as to be scarcely I forth counting. It is perhaps true that t might be easy enough to steal a andsome article now and then, but he thief always finds it mighty hard fork to dispose of the jewels afterward fithout getting caught. In fact, it can :ardly be done. "If the stones are very valuable their ass is immediately communicated to lmost every buyer in the country, and iefore they can be offered for sale one nd all are keeping a sharp lookout for hem. "The majority of New York women rho own many handsome jewels have small safe in their sleeping room edicated solely to the use of their jew1s. In the newer houses this safe is iuilt into the wall and its whereabouts i*ould never be suspected by any but he occupants of the room. "This is useful at least for the more laborate pieces not in every-day use, >ut for little else. So constantly does he New Yorker wear her jewels that ven the handsomest of them are much nore apt to be tucked carelessly into . jewel case in a top drawer than int<>, he recess in the wall which is guarded j nth an intricate combination lock. "On occasions perhaps, as when in j :eep mourning or between seasons.! rhen for a few days or weeks the Now rork woman may retire into the rounry for a rest, most of her jewels are: ent to a safety deposit box for storage r to her jeweler's vault, which nowa- j [ays is fitted up with small priveatc ompartments for the benefit of cusomers. But their Incarceration nevei asts long. "Time was wheflft^^mericanwo passed. Rich Americans are now too well known on the other side to he left | unnoticed for long, consequently while j in other lands attentions and invitaJ tions descend upon them almost as j fast as .when at home, and as the I American woman invariably wants to I dress well wherever she goes, her jewel j case now goes along with her, and in i it are some of her finest jewels. ! "Strange as it may seem, seldom or never are any of them stolen, and the only worry their owner is apt to have during her outing is when she confronts the customs officers when she lands again at this port." Orators of Two Nitions. Harper's Weekly. The men "who enter parliament and the men whom you find on the platforms have for the most part received the best education that England can supply. They are, therefore, naturally disposed toward a fairly high standard of oratory, a stately and dignified standard, at any rate. Also, they come to close quarters with their subject. Their speeches are packed full of meat. They excel in concrete, precise work, and are not afraid of dry details. They rarely generalize, and one may say they are never florid or bombastic. They have a strong turn for exposition, and like to hammer things out. They are usually didatic. All Englishmen are. If they are not preaching themselves they like to listen to some one who is. I It is a habit not without its unfortunate side. It leads Englishmen at times to address an audience as though they were professors lecturing a class. One j detects in some of them a note of pomI posity or condescension that Americans would not stand for a moment, any more than Englishmen would stand a tempestuous fury of the Bourke Cockran species. They have not the flexibility of French orators, and are nothing like so well versed in the mechanics of their craft as Americans. The latter feel the pulse of their audience more exactly, are more quickly sensitive, and. being in absolute sympathy, with those in front of them, have a freshness and ease and collociuial persuasiveness that Englishmen rarely master. Their touch too is liter and more deft. On the other hand English speakers are more restrained and possibly more thoughtful; they are much more intent on reason and argument than on declamation. But as they mostly have the j national ahbit of spoiling sound ideas ! by a prosy and pointless way of puti ting them, this does not count so heav| ily in their favor as it should. I have 1 sat under scores of orators in both countries, and my general impression is that Englishmen give you more and entertain you less. You run considerable risk of being instructed at an English meeting and more often bored. In America there is not much danger of either fate?none at all, indeed, of the latter. IN AFTER DAYS. In after days when grasses high O'ertop the stone where I shall lie, Though ill or well the world adjust My slender claim to honored dust, I shall not question or reply. I shall not see the morning sky; I shall not hear the night-wind's sigh; I shall be mute, as all men must In after days. But yet, now living, fain were I That some one then should testify, Saying?"He held his pen in trust To Art, not serving shame or lust." Will none? Then let my memory'die In after days! ?Austin Dobson. J. WALTER LABAREE & CO., BANKERS and BROKERS. Main Office 44-46 Broadway New York. Columbia Office 1323 Main Street. Bell 'Phone 601. Palmetto Bank and Trust Co. Building. Members New York Consolidated Stock Exchange. * ! Direct wire to New York and Chicago. Orders executed for cash or margin. Cotton, Stocks, Grain and Provisions. tai/NT AA J. u. miui, manager. The Equitable Life Assurance Society (? prepared to make attractive propositions to able and experienced life insurance agents who contemplate making a change, and to gentlemen desiring to enter the profession of lift insurance. Interested parties are requested to address or Interview Mr J. S. Coles, Jr., Inspector of Agencies, from the Home Office of the Society, who will be in South Carolina for a limited time, and may be addressed al Columbia, S. C. W. J. RODDEY, Manager. FOR RHNT Seven room house on North Mali street at $25. Five room flat, with all conveniences, i at $20. Office room centrally located on Main i ; street. Nine room dwelling on Henderson | street at $25. Four room house on Elmwood ave; nue, at $S.00. FOR SALE. As a leader of bargains we offer a | six room house with lot 75 by 350 feet, [ situate 1 1-4 miles from city on Barhamville road. 78 acres farm located five miles from the city on Bluff road. Contains best cotton land in the State. Stables, sheds and tenant houses. Price exceedingly low. Three of the choicest dwellings in the city, located on East Gervais street. Eighteen hundred acre farm on Ancrum Ferry road, 21 miles east of Columbia, on Wateree river, about 400 acres cleared, balance well timbered. Write us for further details. The price will make you buy. As another splendid investment we name you a ten-room house with lot measuring 70 by 130 feet, on corner of Taylor and Pickens streets. It is now rented to good tenants and will pa> you handsomely. JOHN H. BOLLIN, [ REAL ESTATE AND FIRE INk SURANCE, ARE YOUR KIDNE I | Thousands Have Kidney Tr( | Suspect It. To Prove What the Great Kidney Ren Do for YOU, Every Reader of The Sample Bottle Sent Absolutely It used to be considered that only urinary and bladder troubles w ere to be traced to the kidneys, but now modern science proves that nearly all diseases have their beginning in the disorder of these most important organs. 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BybuyI can save IP ANY, Cement Co. ><1 L e t?. w\zJF@5HE-jy o y ?sfi \0\uniformity/: / |j|W / xfle, Engines, Boilers, Pumps> for Immediate Delivery. ?ne 23-inch by 48-inch (300 H. P.) n. Harris-Corliss Engine, fly-wheel feet by 32 inches. This engine i> In j it-class condition and adapted for ton mills, oil mills or any large nufacturing plant. )ne 16-inch by 34-inch (100 H. P.) e crank engine, fly-wheel 8 feet by inches. )ne 12-inch by 16-inch (60 H. P.) ie City side crank engine. )ne 11-inch by 15-inch (55 H. P.) ie City centre crank engine. }ne 6^-inch by 8-inch double cyllnr, double drum link Mortion engine idgerwood). (No boiler.) Two 5-inch by 8-inch double cylinder lgle drum engines (Lidgerwood.) (No ilers.) Five 125 H. P. return tubular boiler*. 2 inches by 16 feet.) One 100 H. P. Economic boiler (port)le.) One 60 H. P. Internally fired boiler. One 500 gallon Worthington Under~1 j. t . ? ~ 1 4 Innk Ktt n oVl Vl V 1Q? ruer a pump n-mui uj ch. (30 days' delivery.) One 14-inch by 7%-inch by 16 BuSaIo jplex puinp. One 9-inch by 9-inch by 13% Mcowan duplex pump. One 6-inch by 10-inch Porter saddlemk standard gauge locomotive. One 10-inch by 14-inch Baldwin sadle-tank standard gauge locomotive. One 10-inch by 16-inch Hoagland rock rusher. One 1,200 H. P. Berryman Feed Water [eater. Write tot our stock sheet of miscelineous, new and second-hand mahinery. Address: The Cameron & Barkley Company, lachinery and Supplies, Charleston, !. C. k PIANO AS A PRODUCER OF SUM AN HAPPINESS ranks high, especially If ite a Piano worthy the name, as is the Raymond, Langdon and Ricca & Son which eve take pride in offering the public THE SMITHDEAL MUSIC CO. 1347 MAIN STREET. Tools For good Office work \ Such ai Filing Cabinets, Trantfe* Cases, Blank Books, Letter Booke, Letter Presses, Rubber Bands, Carbon Paper, Pens, Ink, Paper, Pencils, Paste, Mucilage?in fact every implement to smooth the rough road to office work. You pave the way by getting them from The D I. Rpvan Co.. i\? JVt ?#i J Office Outfitters. Masonic Temple. 1 - ? 1 1 l ?'?? Some Big Bargains at HENDRIX'S. Standard 3Tb Tomatoes 10c can. Early June Peas 10c can. Herald Asparagus 2 cans for 21c. Lotus White Cherries 10c can. Lotus Sliced Apricots 10c can. Ivanhoe Apple Butter 21b can 10a Condensed Soups 6 plates 10c. Tomato Pulp 5c can. Primrose Cocoa Hit) can 10c, Hit) Wc. Fancy California Prunes 10c, 31t>? foe 25c. California Evaporated Peachtc lie pound. Come to see us. We appreciate your trade. We deal on the square. S. N. HENDRIX. Both 'Phones 89. % From Distiller Direct to Consumer. The cultivated taste of the eonnoiseur finds no fault with our "OLD HUNTING CREEK" RYE, (12-quart ! case, $10.00), and the Aged and Infirm ! find Youth and Health in our "OLD ! PRIVATE STOCK" Cora Whiskey, (per 12-quart case, $7.00). J. C. Somers & Company, ! DISTILLERS, 8TATESVILLE. N. C. Cologne What is more refreshing than a delicate Cologne, either in the sick room or I for the toilet? ! SWEET VIOLET COLOGNE, aa I | manufactured by W, C. Fisher & Co., I I is REFRESHING and does not get f musky or stale. Sold in any sire. W. C. Fisher & Co. DRUGGISTS, Prescriptions carefully prepared at