Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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FIXING THE FURNACE. WHKX pa starts to fix the furnace all lis children have to he Just as quiet as if mother had a headache or a tea. J'irst pa takes his coat and vest off; then you hear him rough and say: *Fay to have it fixed? i guess not! Now, you children, run away. Jobs tike this I never shirk!" That's the way h#? starts to work. Mother smiles a sort < f worried smile and shakes her h~ad and sighs: Then she takes us in tin- parlor, where to read aloud she trier. But the racket pa is making drowns her voice, and so she goes On upstairs to make the beds or mend , some of our winter clothes. From the cellar comes a noise Like a dozen real bad boys! After while his work is finished, and pa comes upstairs again. Cut and bruised and black as any of those funny minstrel men; l.isr iiimn unon his forehead, thumbs r.ll mashed, both eyes black. Breathing' like "d run a foot race, hair filled full oi dust ami slack; Limps and holds his sides and groans Like he'd broken all his bones. Mother meets him with witch hazel, band~ ages and salves and soap; Slys: "I'm awful sorry, Frederick. Nothing's very bad. 1 hope?" Pa just sits and chews his mustache; then he drags himself to bod; Mas to have the doctor come and patch his hands and back and head; 1 lias to pay for that; but still .Furnace man won't send a bill! ?Cincinnati Times-Star. " ____________ 1 A Real Ghost Story. A young woman at a country house j party one Christmas had been thrilled J f triti delicious horrors by tales of fbests and hobgoblins told by certain | f her fellow guests about a generous fire just before they separated for the uight. The next morning she appeared at the breakfast table ready for departure snd when pressed to explain her reason for going finally confessed that she was afraid to sleep under that roof awrtber night. She said that about anidnight she was awakened by a stealthy step and to her horror saw a specter all in white at the foot of her iyed, and it raised its claw like hands actually drew the coverlid off the Jjed- There was no hallucination about it. for the coverlid was gone. While the interest was at its height a t>elated breakfaster appeared and remarked genially:j ""How cold it was last night! Knowing that tbe room next to mine was un/occupied. I took the liberty of helping myself to an extra covering from there!"?Country Life In America. Setter Than Gold. was troubled for several years with chronic indigestion and nervous debility" writes F J GreeD, of L*n caster, N H. "Xo remedy helped me until I b?gan using Electric Bit tore, wbich did mo more good than ?1J the medicines I ?-v*r used. They bave also kept my wifd in exeelient . health for years. She says Electric .Hitters are just splendid for female trouble*; that they are a grand tonic and invigorator for weak, run down women. No other medieiDe can take its placo in our family." Try them Oal? 50c. Satisfaction guaranteed by Tbe Kaufmann Drug Co. Gloating: Over tbe Old Man. There is n little Ikjv in Brooklyn "whose father is an Englishman. The hoy, who was horn in this country, has been taught to wave the stars and stripes and sing "America" lustily and is proud of being an American. The other night as he was studying his liis tory lesson lie looked np from his book all of a sudden and said enthusiastically: ""We licked you fellows awfully in j the Revolutionary war. didn't we, p*pay"?New York Press. JParticnlnr About His Food. Hie Udy-Ildp! Help! A lion! Hell eat me up! The Lion?Don't worry, ma'am. Twenty years ago. perhaps: An Early Riser. . J A. stroDg, healihr, active consfcitu j fcioc depends largely on tbe condition ' of the liver. The famous little pills | kssownes DeWitt's Little Early Risers j Dot only cleaDse the system but they j strengthen the action of the liver and j rebuild the tissues supporting that 1 organ. Little Early Risers are easy j to net, they never gripe and yet they ?re absolutely certain to produce results that are . satisfactory in all cases. Sold by ail druggists. Andorra's College. "$*>,000 of the 8100,000 wanted for j the college proposed to be established j by the Anderson chamber of comsseroe has already been subscribed by i sis. gentlemen of Anderson, provided t&effull amount of 8100,000 could be pwsed. TUe Trying Time In a young girl's life is reached when Nature leads her uncertain steps across the line which divides girlhood from womanhood. Ignorance and neglect at this critical period are largely responsible for much of the after _ ___ misery of womanhood. Not only does Nature often need help in the ySf regular establish- $j ^ >j^ ipi ?aent of the worn- # -A. %8 ?1 only function, but / ~'?_A rW' a there is almost al- ? X~L^"/ \ | ways need of some ! vZ_/ / -<s\t safe, strengthening J|^JSj ?? v tonic, to overcome fS^BL /(lv\ the languor, nerv- Sk 1 ousncss and weak- SAwgrpris I ncss, commonly ex- i Jl perienced at this! gff vH$\M ' y I If there is an in- jj\ fa valid woman, suf- 3, w| C ^ fering from female fgj / V weakness, prolan- -wki/ /&'< ir.s, or falling of womb, or from leucorrhea who h.is used Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription without complete success, Dr. Pierce would like to hear from such person?and it will be to her advantage to write as he offers in perfect good faith, a reward of S500 lor any case ot tne above maladies which he cannot cure. n I wish to tell yon the benefit we have received from using your remedies," writes Mrs. Dan Hall, of Brodnead. Green Co.. Wis. "Two years ago my daughter's health began to fail. 5>Cverything that could be thought of was done to help her but it was of no use. When she began to complain she was quite stout; weighed :7a, the picture of good health, until about the age of fourteen, then in six months she was so run down her weight was but 120. She kept failing and I gave up . hinting 'here was no use, she must die. Friends all said, ' You will lose your daughter.' I said I fear I shall. I must*say, doctor, that only for vour * Favorite Prescription' my daughter would have been in her grave to-day.. When she had taken onehalf bottle the natural function was established and we bought another one, making only two bottles in all. and she completely recovered. Bincc then she is as well as can be." Doctor Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser, in paper covers, is sent free on receipt of 21 one-cent stamps to pry expense of mailing only. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. The Recipe Hnl>it. "I think those neighbors are real mean." said Mrs. Bliggins. "What's the trouble?" asked her husband. "You know our Marguerite doesn't get on 1*11 her studies very well, and their Mathilde is always at the head of the class." "What of that?" "They wouldn't tell me what particular sort of brain producing patent food they give their children.'?Washington Star. The Latent. Harry?What in time induced the pretty Miss Skyler to take up wun Muggins? lie is the ugliest looking man 1 know. Dick?That's why she is going to marry him, I suspect. lie is so awfully homely folks will think he has get lOvS of money.?Boston Transcript. To Ciear the l,nwn. Citily?I suppose you l'ellov/s In the suburbs have put your lawn mowers away for a winter rest now? Sububs? No. indeed. Most "of us are trying to rig up a new attachment on 'em to turn 'em into snowplows.?Philadelphia I.e^er. Time's Chaiiffps. "Did he seek the office or did the office seek him?" "Oh, he was lookin' for the office all right before election, but since then i he's been dodgin' it most of the time ! except 011 salary day."?Brooklyn Ea- i gle. Cold Consolation. "Isn't that poem worth a monument?" cried the poet triumphantly. "It is." replied the (flitor. "lmt you're mighty slow a-dying."?Atlanta Constitution. Mother G-ray's Sweet Powdsrs for Children, Successfully u?-ed bv Mother Gray, nurse in the Children's Home in New Y irk C5nr? "FVv#?ri?hn?HH. Rid Stnm *cb, Teething Disorders, uaove nod regulate tbe Bowels and Destroy Worms. Over 30,000 testimocialf. They never fail. At all druggists, 25?.. Sample Free. Address Allen S.iOlmeted, LeRov, N* Y 10 Hotv His Wife Vietved the Story THEY are telling* a good story on a prominent citizen of Syracuse who tried to repeat a joke to his wife and found the joke was on himself. It seems that the citizen was in a downtown hat store one evening after closing hours, and the proprietor from some incentive said. "I will give to any man here a new silk hat if he will swear on his word of honor that never since his marriage has he cast a languishing glagfe' or the eye of love on any woman oilier than his wife." A young man topped forward and said. "(Jive me the hat." "Are yon ready to so swearV" asked the shopkeeper. '"1 am." replied the young man firmly. "Take the hat." said the hatter, who then added, "When were you married, by the way V" "Last night." replied the young man. This was the joke?the joke on the hattei?which the prominent citizen ran home and repeated to his wife with much gusto. After lie had finished the wife did not seem to appreciate the humor as keenly as had been anticipated by the husband. "Why don't you laugh?" asked tlie latter. "Don't you see it is funny?" "I was thinking," repliod tho wife. "Why didn't you bring home the hat. dear?" "Well, darn it, a silk hat never did iook well on mo!"' remonstrated the prominent citizen.?Philadelphia Ledger. ratnuitiK / The chikl %v;?s extremely ill. Anybody could see that. "What has she been eating:'* asked the doctor. "She is just home from a little children's party, where, the refreshments were chicken sandwiches, fruit cake, candied cherries, nuts, coffee, chocolate creams and lobster salad," said mamma. The doctor looked perplexed. "Anything else*:" lie asked. Mamma thought a moment. "Oli. yes; fruit ices!" she said. "Ah!" exclaimed the doctor at oneo. "Doubtless the water with which the ices were made was not thoroughly sterilized." I He shoi i. his head.?Life. What lie Wanted. "My brother bought an automobile here last week." said an angry man to the salesman who stepped forward to greet him. "and ho says you toiil him if anything broke you woulil supply a new part." "Certainly." said the clerk. "What does he want?" "lie wants two deltoid muscles, a couple of kneepans, one elbow and i about half a yard of cuticle," said the man. "and he wants 'em right away." I ?Baltimore News. Complacency. "Well. I don't know what we are going to do now." remarked the man of family. "The butchers have struck, and 1 the price of meat is bound to go up." I The nervy boarder smiled and shrugged his shoulders. "Sorry for you. old man." he replied, "but that doesn't j worry me personally. All we get is , hash, any way."-Cincinnati Times-Star. NoxIoxij*. j "I ought to l?e pretty well acquainted with the durned town." growled the I chronically disgruntled citizen. "I've been knocking around it for twentyfive years." "I don't know about that." said the rubor riti:T>n. "hot ever since I have known you ypu've been knocking it."? Chicago Tribune. Danccronx. Frank?What success did you have on your hunting trip in MaineV Arthur?Bully. I shot two guides ! and wounded a lumberman.?Chelsea (Mass.) Gazette. i A $1,000 Thrcwn Away. Mr. W. W of Piaioview, Neb, writer: "Mv wife n?d lu"g trouble for over fifteen yeara We tried a number t f doctors and epeut over a tbou-and dollars without any relief She wns very low and I lost all hope, when a friend sugge>-t>ri trying Foley'- Honey and Tar, whfcb I did: ancl thanks be to this great remedy, it 8avi*d ber life. She is stronger and enjoys better health than she baaever known in tenvears We shall never be without Foley's Honey and Tar and would those afflicted to try it." The Kaufmann D:Ug Cj. #> JAPANESE HOMES. Tliere Are X'o Door* or {'usance* In a Typical Dwelling, The Japanese house consists in the WlllJU l.?l il >11 LllV.ll LUl UV 1 ?uu 11 roof. The roof may or may not be covered with heavy channeled purplish tiles. It makes little difference in the long run whether it is or is not. for if it is not tiled the first typhoon that comes along removes it into somebody's garden anything up to a quarter of a mile away, and if it is tiled heavily enough to resist the typhoon so much the worse for the people underneath it when the first genuine earthquake arrives. ];ut the odds are that it will be burned down before either happens. as the Japanese use very cheap lamps and very fiery petroleum and are regular children about fires. Of I course something else is done to the four posts and the roof before they bc! come a house in which births, marriages and deaths can take place. But really remarkably little is necessary. Crossbeams are naturally added to support the weight of the roof, grooves are made in the crossbeams and in the platform raised a foot or two above the ground which constitutes the floor. A Japanese house is all on one floor generally?in fact, one might say it is all one floor. Between the grooves in the floor and the grooves in the crossbeams are run shutters with paper t - : -x i 1 *4 panois to uiviue me iuhim's huu wnuiever number of rooms the owner may choose, which depends 011 the number of bedrooms lie may require. There are no doors or passages in a typical Japanese house. In it every room acts as a passage into the room l^yoml it", and for the door you slide back the panel that happens to be nearest to you. For this sliding there are little bronze sun!: handles in the wooden frames of the panels. The outside paper shutters do not come quite to the edge of the platform floor: the grooves along the edges are tilled at night or in severe weather with wooden shutters, each of which is held in its place by the one that follows it. tlx4 last one being secured with a flimsy wooden bolt. Have You Indigestion? If you bnvti Indigestion, Kodil Djspepsii Cure will cure you I*. baa cured thousands. To is curing pt pie every da\?very hour, i'ou owe it to yourself to give it a tnul. You will continue to suffer until you do try it. There is no other com bination of digestants that digest end rebuild at the same time. Kodol does both. Kodol cures, strengthens aud rebuilds. Sold by all druggistf. A WONDERFUL INSECT. je -- ; Cias Companies WanteU Where the C'ueujo Flourishes. Have yon ever hoard of the cueiijo? j If you :iro one of those unfortunates j who aro in the hahit of .urn:n!>1 inir at j gas bills you will wish that the place j was swarming with cueujos. so that j the gas companies might be eireum- , 3 vented. Tiie eucujo is the ti roily of the I g tropics, and it is the most brilliant of j 8 the whole tribe of light giving insects i g or animals. Thirty-eight of them yield j B one candle power. Photographs have been printed by , gj two minute exposure of bromide plates ? to their illumination. People in Cuba | | contine them in paper lanterns for go- j |j ing about the country at night or for j | indoor lighting. Sometimes they at- i K tach one of the insects to each foot for | I traveling in the dark to serve as a 8 guide to the path; also they use them 1 ; as ornaments for the dress and hair. ^ Cucujos are beetles beginning life as j g grubs. Skipjacks or spriugtails I hoy I are sometimes called because when placed on their backs they jump over j with a clicking sound. A sm:i!l species of the same family i is found in Florida and Texas. They j have two luminous spots on the thorax ' and another on the abdomen. Damp rvon lugs are most favorable to the light ; j giving, the object of which is presunia- | | blv to attract a mate. The young lar- , j vie food largely on snails, to which j their bite is poisonous. The luminous j organs are developed before the insects i leave the eggs. >"ow. a theory formerly held was that j these fireflies stored up light in the \ daytime for emission at night, as is J done by the so called luminous paiut i of calcium sulphide. But it was found j that they shone as brightly as ever j after being confined for ten days in j darkness. Some that were carried from Cuba to Havre in the pitch black ; hold of a vessel were brilliant on their j arrival. A more striking disproof, however, j i was afforded by a batch of larva; j j hatched in the dark from eggs laid in i I the dark on a piece of rotten wood, the j ; young insects being kept in darkness j j for the tirst six months of their lives. I j They slame as brilliantly as any of the i ' other fireflies.?(Joiden Penny. i i j j i ODD NOTIONS OF WOMEN. | j Itosa Bonhjfir treasured a small lead j J image of fct. Anthony of Padua as a ! ! hici'.y charm. I Caroline Horsche! firmly believed that if slm met a crosseyed beggar in tile i niornim; it presaycd the discoverv oi a i . i i new star teat nighti (leorgte Kiiol v\*as a slave to tin* infill- I j euro of {in- i* 11 !)i*ii!>:i?-!c and clubfoot'd j j .nan and did no lilorary work upon the ' i day when she saw one. ; Lady Mlllals. the wile of Use groat ! jiaint"'}-. wa.s eonvineed that the crack j I ol' doom would sound for anv one who I ! stepped on a crack in the sidewalk. ' j Harriot Keerhcr Si owe believed that i it was bad luck in throw away a tooth- . i brush which had outlived its useful- ? I 1 * noss. and b? the anguish of lier housej hold preserved every one that she had j ever used. j Queen Victoria cherished a number of j supers!ilions, and among them she bo- ? lieved that tii" removal of her wedding ! I rim: would surely bring calamity and j that a pet Manx cat would bring: good j luck to the royal household. ). C. Able. John P. Able ABLE & ABLE. I^EESVILLE, 8. O. FANCY AND'STAPLE GROCERIES, HARDWARE, Tinware and Woodenware. Etc. tt'p carry an elegant line of Fme Dress Goods and Domestics. A select variety of Notions, such as Trimmings, Buttons, Laces. Embroidies, Ribbons, Edgings, Etc. Children*' Clothing and Gents' Pants that will please all. Men and boys Hats. -?. warni our STOCK ?w? 3? Fancy and Staple Groceries will compare with any on?. Nellie King anc other grade* of be*t FJour, thai can't be beat in quality and price. We bay Cotton. CottoD Seed, Cross Ties aud Country Produce. COME TO SEE US BEFORE YOU SELL OR BUY Dec. 2, 1903?3m. WIVt. PLATT, DEALER IN Dry Ms, Milliner; aid Notions, NEARLY OPPOSITE POST OFFICE, COLTJMBIii. - - S. C. MAIN STREET. ' "<? : IVe have received and have placed on our shelves one of the most beautiful as well as the most complete line of :ver shown in the city. These are all standard goods from the most reliable manufacturers and are recommended for their stylish anduobby appearance and the beauty of pattern. A full line of Ginghams and dress goodR or all descriptions, as well as iovely creations in fashionable lall and winter millinery. Come and see these goods before purchasing. I will make it to your interest to do so. October, 9.?3m. I There is no need of wearing your Lungs out, when you can get a bottle ol @9 MURRAY'S KOREHaTTETD- MTT.t-I.JBJI A OT5 fAS M I A few do?es of this Household Remedy will give immediate ?1 relief A positive oUre for Influenza, Bronchitis and Diseases M of Throat. Aati-Spasmotic in Croup. Jj PUT UP BY THE MURRAY BRUU COMPANY, | COLUMBIA, S. C. | | YOUNG'S 1 I I I DRY GOODS I % s.-nrf ! I | NOTIONS. | ^ Dress Goods and Dress Trimmings. Ladies Ribbed Underwear, Hosiery, Gloves. Handkerchiefs, Rib- ' ^ X bons, Lace, Corsets, Embroidery. A big liue of all ^ wool Blankets. Some rare bargains in Comforts. ||p IP ?.MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS? 111 # m zfe This department of our business receives onr most yE* fiEj careful attention and we are sure we can show you <<?>. goods in this line equal to any ever shown. We are nor eqimlied in our line of Men's Shirts, Collars. *?? Cuffs and Ties, Sus] waders and Hosierv, Gloves and I i ^ -------a; ^ 1 Underwear. | o t*& jj?^ WV carry u full line of Ui^ivllas. Trunks?Trunks? ^ ^ Trunks. We invirt' you to call 011 us while in the city. f} nsr. iro tjisr<3-, j| 1633 Main Street, Lever's Old Stand, ^ i COLUMBIA, - - S. C. % S#c