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BOWSER GETS A SCARE Takes Precaution to Prevent a Sudden Death In the Family., STARTS A MEDICINE CHEST. He lt th? First Victim of Having Sam plod a Bottle Ho Think? lt Poison. Mr?. B.'a Fears L?*d to Troubla HI* Uif? Saved. [Copyright. ?1907, by M. M. Cunningham.] "Mrs. Bowser," began Mr. Bowser the other eveulng as ho looked up from ils paper, "do you know how many 'lires aro sacrificed every year In Amer t$a ti? carelessness'/" sort of carelessness do you she queried. - rPincipally that of not having prop er medical remedies in the house to administer in time. For instance, I am attacked with bilious colic ofter eating one of your mince pies. I begin to knot np. You run for some Jamaica ginger, but there is none in Uie house. You start to telephone for the doctor, but toe uno is crossed. You ask the cook to nm to the dr g store, but she has ? sneaked out. You put on your things to go yourself, but you slip ou the steps and twist your ankle. Before anything can be done for me my spirit bas pass ed away and you are a widow. I mean that sort of carelessness." "Yes, every family should keep a few simple remedies in the house. I think you will find that wo have most every thing needed in an emergency." i "We may have them, Mrs. Bowser, but'' ivhere aro they? Upstairs, down "I HIOHT Mi WBIili TA K B A DOSS.'* cellar and clear back to the wood shed. It-might take half an hour to find any ! particular thing." "Well?" "Well, I propose to gather up all tho bottles and powders and put them to gether in a medicine box, and after this date I want them kept there." Labeled th? Bottles. Be got down the bottle of paste, cut some paper for labels and then went hunting about for various bottles. Ile found a score of them. They were mostly remedies he had brought home. From some he had taken two or three doses, and some of the bottles were half empty. There were old packages of epsom and rochelle salts and of b! arhonate of soda, and he was two hours labeling and arranging them. He had just a little more to do when Mrs. Bowser went up to bed. A search on the top shelf of the pantry brought to light an eight ounce bottle called "The Ten Second Cold Cure." Only a dose or two had been taken from it Mr. Bow ser remembered buying lt of a fakir on a street corner and of taking two or three doses and then recommending it to the cook. Whether it cured his cold in ten seconds or ten days he could not ^collect The label on the bottle and contents thereof looked inviting, and after giving things a shake he mused: "I've got all the symptoms of a cold now, and I might as well take n dose and knock them out. That's whut I was telling Mrs. Bowser. A remedy right nt hand ls worth two visits from the doctor next day." Ho put the bottle away with tho oth ers In the chest and went upstairs with theLikdSuranco that he was now able with any midnight emergency of a conflagration. Mrs. Bowser ted paregoric In his breath, and he explained that ho had found and taken a' dose of tho wonderful cough cure. He had been asleep for an hour and more when she nudged him awako and said: "I haven't been able to go to sleep yet for thinking of that bottle you took the dose from. Aro you sure lt was cough medicine?" "Certainly lt was. How could I make any mistake about lt?" "Easily enough. You know you aro a very absentminded man. Don't you remember that you once took a dos? of sewing machine oil by mistake for your tonic? You may have made a mistake this time." "I never took sewing machine oil, and I have never made a mistake on a bottle," growled Mr. Bowser. "The Idea of waking me up at midnight to tell me that I can't read the label on a bottlol" "All right If you are sure, then I can go to sleep. I was just a blt afraid that you bad poisoned your self." Did Not Tasto Right. Mr. Bowser put his head on the pil low again and sought to woo sleep, but after five minutes had passed ho sud denly bounded out- of bcd and began tOM^ress. "What ls it?" asked Mrs. Bowser. "I've got to go down and .see about L# Av that Infernal old bottle. I know lt Isn't possible that I got hold of the Wrong stuff, 'but you've had to butt In and make me wonder about lt I ?an almost Imagine that I feel a strange taste in my mouth." He* growled all the way downstairs. The chest was on a stund where ho had left lt. and as he lighted the gas the cot rolled off the lounge and looked' at bim in surprise. He opened the cl. cst to put his banu ou tho bottle, and next instant Mrs. Bowser hoard a wild yell. Ou the bottle was a death's head label with tho printed word "Poison" and the written word "Laudouum" be neath it. "What ls It!" she shouted as she leaned over the banister. "I-Pve token poison! Come down at once." "What sort of polsou?" ?, "Laudanum! I must have drunk half a pint of lt!" "Then rush tdHhe drugstore and get the night clerk up and have him ad minister a remedy. While you are gone I'll moke a lot of strong coffee!" "Do you-you think I'm a dead ; man?" ho asked as he lingered by the front doer while Mrs. Bowser came flying downstairs. Ran to the Drug Store. "Don't atop to ask a single ques tion, but fly for your life! if you get a remedy down at once, you may be saved!' Mr. Bowser bad to go out Into tho j winter's night half dressed, but he got j a hump on him. A pollcemau called to him from across the street, arM two or three pedestrians tried to stop him. | but bo brought up nt the family drug- : store and almost pulled the night bell out by the roots at the first yank. Aft er ho bad rung about Ove times and administered the sante number of kicks on the door the sleepy clerk ad- j mitted him with tho exclamation: ? "What? In thunder do you mean by trying to kick my door in?" * "I-I've taken polsou!" gasped Mr. Bowser ns be staggered in and sat down. i "Ob, you have? Couldn't rout a hard working drug clerk out of bed at mid night any other way, and so you took poison. What was lt?" . "Laudanum. I took lt for cough sirup. Don't delay, or I'm a dead man." "Don't expect me to rush my legs off," growled the clerk. "I'm not re sponsible for you:- mistake. That's the way with half the men. They will grab up a bottle and guzzle away and never pay attention ?to tho label. I'll give you ttie usual remedy for lauda num poisoning. You ?nay possibly get over it and learn caution in the fu- 1 ture. Now take this and then walk up and down the sidewalk at a brisk I paco. If you stop for a minute, you are a goner." Walked For Half an Hour. Mr. Bowser walked up and down for a block each way. Pedestrians asked : him why ho walked, and motormen wanted to know if he was enjoying ; himself. Now and then a hoodlum hit j him In the hoad with a snowball, and ; now and then a tramp walked at bia ; elbow and besought bim to open hts 1 beating heart. He had been walking ! for half an hour, and the drug clerk , wau still yelling at him occasionally j from the door, when a boy came run- ? nins and ">si>ed out: "Mrs. 1? - wants you right away! She has LOU*. " that you wasn't poi soned." "W-whatt" "You didn't take no laudanum." Mr. Bowser sprang into the air. He Whooped. Ho made a dive for the drug clerk and chased him inside. He made a rush for a coal man who had been enjoying tho situation and upset him In a snowdrift Then he struck a wild gallop for home, and as he burst Into the house Mrs. Bowser met him and hold up the bettie of cough cure. "You left it d.-wn in the kitchen oft er taking a swallow, and I found lt a few minutes ago," she explained. "And I didn't take laudanum t" "No." "And there's no danger of my dy ing?" "Not this trip." Mr. Bowser seemed about to take her in his arms and give way to a nat ural feeling, but ho stopped short, started back and dramatically pointed and exclaimed: "Ha, woman, I understand! You set out to poison mo, but became con science stricken. You can go up to bed now, while I look over some papers in tho library that will be wanted by my lawyer tomorrow." M. QUAD. A Problem, "I'm glad I'm not like gran'pa ta," Bald little Matty Maco, " 'COB I .should never, never know Just whore to wash my face." -Gentlewoman. Nothing Doing. "Dearest," pleaded the sentlmeiVtal youth, "marry mo and I will lay tho whole world at your feet." "Oh, forget lt," rejoined the practical maid. "It's already there."-Chicago News. All county news in Tho Courior. LEAF BLIGHT. lt Frequently Causes Much Damage to the Strawberry Crop. Strawberry leaf blight frequently causes great damage to the straw berry crop, as explained by a grower In lierai New Yorker, w.ho says that lt makes Its appearance about tho tl Vic the fruit sets and begins Its. de structivo ravages as thc bernies begin | to' ripen. It first mauifests Itself by turning the leaves a brownish red; it will then uttack the fruit Btems and hulls, cutting off tho supply of nourish ment from the berries; the calyx be gins to wither and dry up, and the berries become soft and insipid and are of little value. As the Berry Seaoon Advancee. It usually grows more destructive as the berry seasou advances. The condi tions conducive to the development of the disease appear to be a' geueral weakness of the plants. This may be brought about from various causes, such as old and wornout beds, im poverished soil, plant?, with a heavy set of fruit with Insufficient nourish ment, plants exposed during winter without protection or unmulched beds during hot, dry weather. Any one of these conditions will have a tendency to weaken the constitution of the plants, mnklng them an easy prey to rust, blight and othe'r diseases. Kinds Susceptible to Blight. During the time we have been en gaged lu growing strawberries we have found some varieties so consti tutionally strong in their vegetative parts nnd so vigorous In their fruit organs that they will do well almost anywhere, while other sorts are con stitutionally weak In foliage, yet strong In fruit bearing propensities. They set a great quantity of bcrr1',<i with little or no vitality to mature th? fruit. Such varieties are very suscept ible to blight and should not be culti vated except by those who are well acquainted with their natural require ments. It requires a healthy, vigorous foliage to digest tho various plant foods found in tho different soils, and probably tho safest method of protect ing the plants from blight nnd other fungous diseases ls to conserve mois ture by thorough cultivation while the planta are growing, protecting them well during the winter with n liberal mulch of horse manure. This material if left on the plant during the summer prevents the escapo of moisture at a time lt ls iDOitt needed, and lt keeps the soil cool-In fact, lt ls to the bear ing beti what the cultivation ls to the newly planted field. THE LINCOLN PLUM. A Variety of Rare Beauty and Excel lent For Market. The Lincoln plum here shov . is de scribed by the Ohio experiment, station a? being a variety of rare beauty and excellent for market, one of the best second early plums; quite free from rot In some seasons; first blossoms May 7, full bloom May 10, last blos soms May 15; in full fruitage Aug. 15. Fruit large to very largo, roundish oblong, blunt at opex, slightly necked; THE LXNOOXiM PLUM. stem long and strong and set at an angle; suture distinct, slightly depress ed; color light greenish yellow, over spread with a beautiful shade of crim son; dots many, very minute and in distinct; bloom, thin iliac; flesh light yellc-v, firm; pit rather large, free; quality only fair; tree only a mod erate grower, but healthy, and forms a round, shapely head; foliage very luxuriant; leaves large; quite prolific, but not so much so as to require thin ning of tho fruit Rough Feeds. Rough feeds, including pasture, are usually so plentiful that frequently we feed them without any idea as to what and how much will produce *bo de sired results. Much rough ?< od ls wasted In careless feeding. The cow will eat the best of her menu first and ff given too much will pick the most desirable morsels, leaving what might be called passably good, which too frequently ls treated as waste and thrown underfoot No more hay should be given an unbind than lt will eal up clean. This refers to first class quali ty, however, as we could not expect a cow to eat op clean a poor quality of hoy. The Seed Bed For Cotton. The seed bod for cotton should be harrowed lengthwise once or twice if necessary to secure a fine, mellow, moist surface for the reception of tho seed, the last time just ahead of the planting machine. A Budded Peoan Tree. The sixth year ls conceded to be tho age when a budded pecan tree of good variety will begin to produce re munerative crops. Many trees will bear before that age.-Gardening. The Courier-the best-$1 per year. FROM CHILDLAND. Wit and Humor Out of tho Mouth? oC Little Ona?. I was dining with some friends of mine '/hom I had not seen for some time, and the little daughter of my' host waa seated at my left During tho meal I turned to her'and asked her name. She blushed rosily and hung her head upon being addressed by a stranger. Her papa said, "Can't you tell the gentleman your name?" "Patience Wallace," the little one made reply. "And how old are you?" 1* asked. "Pour years old at ll p. m." I have thought of this quaint reply and laughed at lt many times since. Louise was a blue eyed, golden hair ed child seeing her fourth summer. Her grandpa was a churchman and a Bible reader, sp. the child had been told who sendsi>tho dowers, the sun shine, the rains, etc.-God. As ls the custom, during dry weather the grand pa would put the bose on and sprinkle the lawn and even the street, but at thta particular time there had been many doy? of rain. One morning her mother pushed up the shade of a window In their bed room and said, "Oh, Louise, the sun ls shining, and the day will be fine," whereupon Louise remarked in her slow, serious manner, "Nen Dod won't have his hose out today, manana." A few days ago a kindergarten teacher in this city was explaining to a class what lt meant to be a "knight." The children listened with close atten tion while the teacher explained that "the knights must learn to suffer and not complain. They must learn to be tired and keep on working. They must learn to be hungry"- But before she could finish the sentence a ?our-year old girl exclaimed contemptuously: "Oh, Miss Edith, I dearued that the fl rot day I was born." Ruth, aged three years, had been presented with a small silver knife and fork, of which she was proud. She used thom at the table in such a way, however, as to bring constant reproof. One day when she persistently put the knife In her mouth in spite of her mother's reprimands she was told crossly that the knife would be taken from her and that no one would love her. Like a flash she replied, "If you loved rae as I love you, mamma, no knife could cut our love In two."--Chi cago Tribune. The Kind He Liked. Teddy's father had brought home some rare old cheese, and after hear ing his praise of its strong points Ted dy was manfully struggling to make way with a small piece of lt. Seeing the cheese still on his plate and Teddy's nose perceptibly elevated, his father said: "What is the matter, Ted? Don't you like that fine cheese?" "Yes," answered Teddy, with the air of a connoisseur! "This cheese ls very good, but I think I like just plain, com mon mouse cheese better."-Cleveland Leader. Tho Tactful Hostaas. I Mr. Bumblepup-I must apologize for coming in ordinary evening dress. Hostess-Well, you really have the advantage of us. We're all looking more foolish than usual, and you're not.-Punch. A Give Awn- . Husband (the morning after a spree to his wife)-Do you mean to say that you think those zigzag marks in the snow are mine? Wife .*? Don't prevaricate, Hans! I linve measured them, and they are ex actly the same number as your gloves and boots.-Fliegende Blatter. 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TRADE MARK? Dcsiarm CoPYniQHTB AC Auyono Bonding a Bkctcb ?nd description may quickly ascertain our opinion free whether au Invention Is probably Patentable. Comrmiuloa lions strictly confidential. HANDBOOK on I'atonts ?ont freo. Oldest agency for securing patents. Patents taken through Munn * Co. receive ?rectal nortec, without 0MMS, faa tho Scientific American. A handsomely Illustrated weekly. TAI ?."?st cir culation of any scientific tournai. Terms. <<"> a year ?four month?, IL. Sold by all Tiowsdea'ers. branch ?SlOPri? F St, WartlDsttcmf iW, EES Li OONTAIN8 HONEY A An Improvement o system of a cold by satisfaction or mone SOLD BY J. W. The Kind Yon Have Always I in use for over SO years? 1 ^??9 - and h AU Counterfeits, Imitations Experiments that trifle witt Infants and Children-Bxpe What Is C Oastoria is a harmless suhe Korie, Drops and Soothing contains neither Opium? M< substance, its ano is its gw and allays Feverishness? It Colic. It relieves Teething- ' and Flatulency* It assimih Stomach and Bowels? trivinf The Children9' I?anacea-Th GENUINE CASI Bears the The Kind You Ha In Use For O THC OKNTAUR COMPANY. TT ML Typos Hands Off in Liquor Fight. Savannah, Ga., July 10.-Savannah I Typographical Union, the highest I class labor organization in Savannah, { has refused to enter the fight against prohibition. The Savannah Trades! and Labor Assembly asked the prin ters to pass rdsolutions against pro* hibition, but they refused to do so. A Flying Ghost. Lowe Comerdy-What was the mat ter with your Hamlet company ? Didn't tht ghost walk? Hi Tragerdy-No, ho ran-ran off with tho receipts. That's why the rest of us walked.-Philadelphia Press. ? Fair Warning. Buttinski-How did you catch such an awful cold? Knockoutskl-Colds are contagious, you know. I caught mine asking other people how they caught theirs.-Bohe mian Magazine. Divorco Not Recognized. "The old mon's got his Immigration papers, ain't he?" "Yes, but the old lady's waltin' at the station where he takes the train." -Atlanta Constitution. A Modest Mon. There's the man behind the mm When the battle bugle blows, Aod the man behind the plow Where the thriving wheat crop grows, And the man behind the throttle As his engine onward goes, But, as for me, I'm just plain Brown, The man behind his nose. -Lipplncott's Magazine. BLUE RIDGE RAILWAY CO. BETWEEN BELTON AND WALHALLA. Time Table No. 14.-In Effect May 6,1007. EASTBOUND 10 8 20 18 LvWalhalla. LvWest Union. ArSeneoa. LvSeneca. Lv* Jordania Junction Lv*Adama. Lv*Cherry. LvPendleton. Lv'Autun. Lv'Denver . Lv* West Anderson. Ar A Pierson-PassDop LvAnderson-FassDep Lv*AnderBon-FrtDep ArBfliton. A M 8 80 8 40 8 58 9 00 0 15 9 18 9 SO 9 38 9 48 10 00 10 05 10 08 10 1? p ltlp.il 2 27 1 45 2 32 2 01 2 50 2 53 3 08 8 ll 8 28 8 81 3 89 8 51 8 56 4 00 4 25 4 40 4 45 5 08 5 12 5 48 8 00 6 15 6 35 6 45 8 30 8 38 9 06 PM I WESTBOUND 19 28 LvBelton. Lv*Andorson-Fr't De ArAnderson-Pass De LvAnderson-Pass De i-v'Wc st Anderson.... Lv?Denver. Lv*Autun. LvPendleton.. Lv'Cherry. Lv*Adams. Lv* J or dan la Junotion. ArBeneca. I.vBeneoa. LvWest Union. ArWalhalla. PM 4 30 4 57 A M 5 00 5 06 5 20 5 2? 5 8? 5 48 5 51 6 Ci 6 07 6 25 6 30 8 20 8 30 8 50 9 05 9 85 9 50 9 65 10 20 10 25 11 25 11 55 12 05 AM. 10 48 11 22 ll 26 PM 680 7 02 7 05 . Flag stations. Will also stop at the following stations to take on and let off passengers : Phlnney's, James's and Handy Springs, Toxaway, Welch. Nos. ft, 10, fl and 12. first class passenger, daily: ] Nos. 7 and 8, daily except Hunday; No?. 18,19, 20 j and 23, mixed, dally. A. B. ANDREWS, President. J. R. ANDERSON, Superintendent. RINGS DYSPEPSIA TABLETS Relieve Indigestion and Stomach Trouble*. iXATIVE CO ND TAR. OONPOI1NI8 TO PATIO vcr many Cough, Lung and Bronc! acting as a cathartic on tne bowe y refunded. Preparad hy PINEULB BELL? Walhalla. W. J. 1 Sought* and which has boen, has borne tbo signature of as been made nnder his per supervision nineo Its Infancy? no one to deceive yon in this? and "Just-os-good" are but* i and endanger tbe health of rience against Experimente ASTORIA ititute for Castor Oil? Pare Syrups. It is Pleasant. 16 ?rphine nor other Narootto grantee. It destroys "Worms eures Diarrhoea and Wind Troubles, eures Constipation ttes the Food, regulates tho r healthy and natural sleep* e Mother's Friend? "ORIA ALWAYS ?e Always Bought ver 30 Years. IH HAY STRITT. NtW VOBK O ITV. THREE PAPERS A WEEK FOR ?1.60. 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Notice, Sons and Daughter? of the Confederacy ' The officers of the Ooonee Monument I Association are asking for the names of all soldiers from Ooonee county who I were killed or died from the effeots of the war before the surrender. Any one having suoh a record, or any one whose kinsman died in the causo, will please take notice. This is important, as the names will be used in tho monument. J. W. Holleman will receive all letters or oommunioationB regarding tho matter. A CATARRH C?RE THAT CURES. In this day of "med teni exposures it ia a relief to And one honestly adver tised remedy. HERRINQ'8 CATARRH CURE le purely vegetable-contains no alcohol, cocaine or opiates. ASK FOR PROOF. H. G. C. will cure catarrh of the head, nose, etc., catarrhal dyspep sia and deafness. MAKE U8 PROVE IT. $1.00 a bottle at Walhalla DrugCompany B. A. BENTLEY, I R. T. JAYNES, Manager. Attorney. OH COLLECTION AGENCY. SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO collections in the County. Try us. 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