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| 'OLD AGE ONLY A MICROBE Scientist Claims It i6 Not Necessary That People Should Feel Burdened With Years. It seems that according to most re eent discoveries old age is not a natural / iramlt of years, but is a microbe. At *0/* least this is claimed by the scientist, pKetchnihoff of the Pasteur institute in SParta. It is not necessary that people nahould feel burdened with years and grow feeble and exhausted as the months roll into years. All that is dne to a microbe in the body, and When science can once discover the iantitoxin which can successfully com , Jfeat the poisonous effects of the f microbe, we can live on, perhaps not j longer, but without discomfort until the end comes. He bases his theory on his observations of maTrmmals as compared with birds. A dog or horse, for instance, shows distinct signs of senility. They grow feeble and decrepit and break down in every way. But birds do not A dnck that is twenty years old shows no signs of advanced age. Parrots remain,for long years in a youthful state and retain their brilliant plumT? Aooa rvt a nurrnmi ?+ 111 UIO UMO V* %? yiuiv^uuuj I which, according to reliable informa- I tion is seventy to seventy-five years j old* It is impossible to recognize old age, so entirely normal is its appearance and so easy its movements. The cause, it is claimed, lies in the | difference in the intestines in mammals and birds. The latter are so built that the microbes which are so abundant in the intestines of the mammals do not or cannot accumulate in - the bird. In the mammal they increase from year to year, and the i toxic effect from these intestinal sources produces the phenomena which we call "old age."?Chicago | | Tribune. The Tale of the Earring. A curious instance of the survival j - and revival of a fashion which orig- j inated in the remotest times is the earring. Worn by the kings of Egypt, j and extremely popular among the ladies of ancient Rome, it subsequently lost favor until the gay day of the Stuart period, after which it again dropped out, and has now once more regained popularity. The very earliest mention of this form of decoration is to be found in the Book of Genesis. Jacob, it will be remembered, on 'reaching Bethel buried certain strange MaIb omnn?r thorn on mo ftjwrinars hfV longing to his family. Doubtless these ornaments were regarded purely in a propitiatory light as amulets or talisimans, such being still their principal i office In the east today. That they are |Of eastern origin is certain* and among ''Oriental^, with the exception of Greeks and Hebrews, 5t has always | been the custom for both sexes to (wear them, while frequently only one ;ear was adorned. Among other races, i however, esrr&gs were always worn tin pairs, and by the women only. ? 1 On Modern Ulan. The late Emerson Taylor, our consul at Port of Spain," said a Washington official, "hailed from Dry Run, and ;he bad a fund of happy Dry Run humor. f - ( Taylor once compared a disgruntled ^brother consul to a Dry Run houseWife. ?-? ; 'This woman/' he said, "often took ;& queer, disgruntled view of things. ;Thus she said one day: ** 1 don't think the prodigal son was so had, after all.' " He wa'n't no good to his family/ .said her husband. "That's a fact,' said the Dry Run ; woman. 'But when he got home, all the same, he knowed enough to keep his mouth shet If he'd been like the twentieth century man, by crinus, the v. jfirst thing he'd done would 'a' been [to find fault with the way the fatted | calf was cooked.'" 7 j Among the Cobwebs. ; Bishop Candler of Atlanta, apropos 1 of worldly parsons, said the other ; dav: j "There was a worldly parson of this i type in Philadelphia, a great fox hunt- j er, whom a Spruce street Quaker took in hand. " "Pftend/^said the Quaker, T un- : derstand thee's clever at fox catch- : ing/ . x, . " T have few equals and no su- ' periors at that sport,' the parson con> I placently replied. "'Nevertheless, friend/ said the Quaker, 'if I were a fox I would hide | where thee would never find me.' '"Where would you hide?' asked j the parson, with a frown. " 'Friend,' said the Quaker, 'I would hide in thy study.'" Price of a Son. Professor Allen Hoben of the Unl Versity of Chicago says that one boy, j reared in babyhood to the age of eighr. j teen years, costs his parei.cs $4,000, ! even if they are so poor that they must j live in the slums. Wealthy parents, j lie says, pay more, and he adds: "A j son is truly a costly luxury." Yes, ac cording to Dr. Hoben's figures, even j the slum father could in eighteen j years own a fine touring automobile i for the sum he expends in rearing a i eon. And if he rears six sens?that's $24,000?on a salary of $1,000?that's j $18,000 in eighteen years?think of the j a V* rt aami 1a 1>htt fr?r 1 iftlo 4U~l gcius UC tvuiu uu ? Wi 1UO nmv cottage. Wonderful what the science j <jf statistics can put into our heads, i isn't It? j - f Fearcc? the Worst. v( "I thick she is losing her voice." j "Possibly; bv.i Tn a?ra::l it will last j through this pcrforn.s-iee." ' I MOST SILENT CLUB IN WORLD It to Located in London, England, and Called the National Deaf Club. London boasts possession of the most silent club in the worlds, It is called the National Deaf club, and the mrwlnc cnlrit anrf nrpsidpnt. is A. J. Wilson, who, despite the handicap of being deaf and dumb, conducts a most successful business in the city. Of course, the National Deaf club is a unique institution. There are no talkative waiters, no electric bells, no large print notices calling upon members to be silent in this or that room. Nearly two hundred members use the premises, in which they can dine and wine or play cards and billiards whenever they like. Women are admitted and at present form about a third of the roll. Bells being unnecessary, signs are resorted to. Thus when one presses the hell of the hall door a red light appears over the doorway and brings the attendant at once. A similar arrangement notifies the waiter when his services are required. I ' Those fortunate persons who can I speak and hear and who have been privileged to watch a game of billiards declare it is more than a relief to see a contest where neither party voices his grievances as he goes along. There are no criticisms of the table, the balls or the cue. Everything is peaceful and auiet There are some j remarkable men belonging to the National Deaf club. One, for example, is head of an important railway firm in Syria and has under his control hundreds of men of nil nationalities. Another member has traveled over the world a record number of times, always unaccompanied, and though he has been in many uncivilized lands has always been able to look after himself. Then there are members who earn their own living in various professions. One actually teaches music; another is a nurse. There is an annual banquet for deaf and dumb persons, which is usually presided over by some eminent mute.?Chicago Tribune. Fun In a Museum. The idea of a pink rosette being tied on the 50-foot tail of the diplodocus, a giant creature that roamed the west ern plains a million years ago, is shocking in the extreme to bespectacled men of fathomless minds, al though others treat the matter as a huge joke. The affair occurred recently in the Carnegie institute at Pittsburg. At the time there were few people in the museum of the institute, and the guard had strolled afield. A party of young women went through. They whispered and giggled of wagers. They looked down and looked back, and no one was in sight Then one young creature slid a large pink rosette from beneath her motor coat. In a jiffy she tied it on the tail of the big diplodocns. Then they all slipped away, their hearts beating fast. Discovery shocked the attendants and now every moment some guard in the museum twists his head around suddenly and looks suspiciously at the tail cf the diplodocus. In his fancy he sees the same pink rosette that caused all the trouble. . , Triumph of a "Masher." A young man played a mean trick on four modest young women in the theater of a small town in York state . recently, records Bide Dudley in the Morning Telegraph. The girls knew the youth, but had snubbed him at the door of the playhouse by refusing to speak to him. He decided to "get even." The girls occupied the first four seats in the sixth row and the young man had the fifth seat. They paid no attention to him whatever. During the early part of the program a monologist came out on the stage and began to talk about love. It was then that the snubbed young man got his chance to square accounts with the ' ' I'* 4-T-* M TV? rtlrvrrn r* t- n ?li lO. ouuucui* luv uivuuiugiob aontu. "Will all the girls who are in love please stand up?" Turning to the girl next to him the young man said: "Please let me out" Naturally, the whole four had to rise to let him go by. When they were once on their feet the young man settled back in his seat and grinned. The rest of the audience roared in glee. 1,250-Foot Ships in 1930. At the first international congress of maritime navigation in Philadelphia it was predicted that in 1950 the twenty hnoto (Ml tho TXrill Vl Q VP I ACU 5^01 MVUbO VU WUU 4 IV Tt , MM r w an average length of 1,100 feet, with a beam of more than 100 feet, and a draught of nearly forty feet. A forecast, however, made several years ago for 1923 materialized last year, and it may well be that this forecast for 1950 will find itself an actuality fifteen or twenty years sooner than 1 the time prophesied. 1 Work being done to better docking facilities all over the world givee a slight indication of what may be expected. The plans for the new locks 1 of Tilbury dock provide for ships of a ' length of 1,250 feet, a width of 130 I feet and a draught of 39 feet. The | i 8uez canal is to be deepened to 39 feet j by 1915. I , j On Sip Henry Irving. "He was a very loyal and faithful friend, he never forgot those who had been kind to him, or who had shared his affections in Ilis early obscure days." That rare tribute appears in Hon- | r'rtl rt-n? A in of miKliohc^ 1 C71C1JLK3LI. V/UiVl 1U^ O J uoi i/uunouvu j "Memories," and it is paid to Sir | Henry Irving. Batesburg News. W. C. Z -igler, of Johnston, has been a visitor here this week. M \ Kennedy of Columbia, was a visiter here this week. Wm Carson was the guest at J. W, Coo jut's this week. Misses Ruby and Mildred Glover have returned from a visit to Aiken. D. X. Smith, of St. Mat-thews, was a visitor in the city this week. W. S. Edwards, of Saluda, visited at Mrs. Elbe Pou's this week. Miss Marie Pou is spending this week-end with relatives at Wards. D. E. Etheredge was a visitor in Prosperity this week. Miss Katheriae Wilkinson and Miss Edna Sfeadman, both of Denmark, are guest9 of Mis* Freda Rutland. rr> _ n T"* 4 : 1 - ?* ! _ 1 ?ne xvev. a. r. .iwen, iinanciai agent for Greenville Female college, is here with friends for a few days. Mr", and Mrs. Thompson, of Dillon, were guests at Dr. R. H. Timmerman's ttiis week. Miss Bessie Plunkett, who has been viviting Miss Lueile Cullum, returned to Graniteville.the first of the week. Miss Bacon has gone to her home in Chase City, Va., after spending several months here. Miss Lillie Hodges, of Bennettsville, who has been a guest of Miss Mahaffey, left Tuesdavlfor Henderson. X. C. Mrs. J. S. Schnmpert and children are visiting the family of D. J. Schnmpert, at Saluda. Mr. and Mrs. D. J. LaGrone and S ira Clark, of Wards, were visitors at Mrs. Ellie Pou's last week-end. Mr. Norris, of Cateechee, visited his family at Dr. E. C. Ridgeli'9 last week-end. Misses Nora Crouchfand Lottie Bodie spent several days as guests of Mrs. A. E. Horn, of Ridge Spring, recently. J. K. Cooner. Leon Watson, Misses Hattie Rogers and Caro Lee Cullum were an automobile party to Johnston Thursday. Misses Elsie and Edna Bates have returned from Columbia, where they were guests for the Sims-McMillan j ^; weuuiug. Little Miss Ellen Perry entertained ' a host of herjfriends on Thursday afternoon, the occasion being her eighth birthday. The Batesburg and SaxeGotha baseball teams crossed bats here Saturday. The game was won by Batesburg scoring 4 to 1. The Baterburg chautauqua began a series of entertainments last Wednesday which continued for one week. Twelve attractions in all were given ?one each afternoon and one each evening. Mrs. D. W.-Daniel and little Miss Evelyn, of Clemson college, are visiting the former's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Jones. From here the}* will go to Winthrop to join Prof. Daniel at the summer^school. After one of the most strenuous local campaigns of a number of vears, M. E. Rutland was elected mayor here over W. C. Bates, candidate for reelection. The wardens elected, M. Howard, S. B. Oart'ertge, J. M. Hite, F. P. Byrd, J. H. Rabun and L. P. Fox. X. Batesburg, June 28, 1913. Rheumatism And The Heart Don't overlook the grave fact that rheumatism easily "settles in the hoart,". and disturbs the valvular action. The cure consists in removing the cause. toffy Kidney Jr'iJls so tone ud and strengthen the kidneys that they keep the blood free of poisons and uric acid crystals, that cause rlieuma tism, swelled joints, backacke, urinary irregularties, and disturbed heart action. Try them. Harmon Drug Oc. adv. Nashville, Tenn., .lune 27.?As a result of a pistol battle between strikeing plumbers and strike bieakers here tonight Oily Kiser of the strikers is dead, with a buliet through his he* ' while Clarence Kramer, a strikebreaker. is suffering from a flesh, wound in the shoulder. Buffalo. N. Y., June 26?With 17 i known to be missing and a score in j hospitals for whose recovery no hope j is entertained, the ultimate total of ! victims of the lire and explosion that j wrecked the big plant of the Husted j Milling and Elevating company on | Tuesday will likeiy exceed half a hull- i dred. Atlanta, Ga.. .Tune 27.?Thomas B. Feider, prominent Atlanta attorney, and Chief of Detectives X. A. Lanford were indicted by the Fulton county grand jury late today on charges of criminal libel. Two bills were return ed against Felder and one against j Lanford. Charleston, W. Ya., June *26?An j official call for a strike of miners in the New River coal field was issued late tonight from the local headquarters of the United Mine Workers of America. Fifteen thousand men are employed in that field. m m m I No. Six-Sixty-Six j This is a prescription prepared especially ! tor MALARIA or CHILLS &. FEVER, i Five or six doses will break any case, and | if taken then as a tonic the Fever will not ! return. It acts on the liver better than J Calomel and does not gripe or sicken. 25c | i COMPLICATION I OF WOMAN'S ILLS Yields to Lydia EL Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Athens, Texas.?"I had a complication of diseases, some of them of long standing. I wrote . |f^ to you for advice and took Lydia E. msr mm Pinkham's Vegeta III ^ ^ Hi! ble Compound, and ^ ggg? some other things S S|s Jilffl that you sugges- i IHlik ~ Jill!!::; ted. I must confess & that I am much bet- | ter in every way and |j I have been relieved I | of some of the worst '** ' troubles. My neigh- i bors say I look younger now than I did p fifteen years ago."? Mrs. Sarah R. Whatley, Athens, Texas, R. F. D. | No. 3. Box 92. I "We know of no other medicine which p has been so successful in relieving the |jj suffering of women, or received so many | genuine testimonials, as has Lydia E. te tv-1-" JTiuiinani a v cgciauic vuiiiyuuuu< -v. In nearly every community' will || find women who have been resto. v. - ^ health by this famous medicine. Almosi ^ every woman you meet knows of the ^ great good it has been doing among * suffering women for the past 30 years. ^ In the Pinkham Laboratory at Lynn, || Mass., are files containing hundreds of q thousands of letters from women seeking health, in which many openly state Over their own signatures that they have ^ regained their health by taking Lydia ? E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, J many of them state that it has saved # them from surgical operations. J If you want special advice write to ? Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confl- * dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter will ? be opened, read and answered by a * n-nn.nn on<i Via]/I in ctrint f ?==5!!!? ? ? * Winthrop College 0 SCHOLARSHIP and ENTRANCE % EXAMINATION I 3 The examination for the award of * vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col- ! lege and for the admission of new students will be held at the County Court House on Friday, July 4, at 9. ' > i. U 1 a. m. applicants must) ue ijul less than sixteen years of age. When Scholarships are vacant after July 4 they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for Scholarships shonld write to President Johnson before the examination for Scholarship examination blanks. Scholarships are worth ?100 and free tuition. The next session will open September 17, 1913. For further information and catalogue, address Pres. D. B. Johnson. Rock Hill, S. C. td Sweet Potato Plants Tomato, Pepper, Cabbage, etc., choicest flowering and ornamental plants for the front yard. Flowers, plants, bulbs and seeds shipped everywhere. Rose Hill Greenhouses Phone 43. Columbia, S. C. I E !l! I We Have; VERY C%nmA CHA; Studebaker, I Babcock and H; Our guarantee: Gregoi ?The Prudential . Monthly Income Policy is the door separating Comfort from Poverty. On whch side will vaur ffam- I ily be after your death? j.t. colemajn mkr. ALFRED J. FOX, Special Agent, Charleston, S. C LEXINGTON, S. C. 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