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THE COURIER. The courier, of course, had his story to tell. He WUK a messenger, and bis mauc was Co-operation. He told bis story to the hoy and girl adventuress, and they listened, for they wanted to hear what he had to say, and they knew that he wanted to help them. "Oh," said the girl to the boy, "did you have a perfectly dreadful time during tlie long hours we were sep arated and afraid each other was lost?" "Dreadful," said the boy, "but it ls over with now. How about you? How did you got along?" "Not so badly," said the girl, for she didn't think lt was quite so dread ful to look back upon as it was when she was going through lt all alone. "How did you know I was safe?" the asked, turning to the courier. "We get these messages," he said, "all through the woods. You see, we .can't control the rules which govern the owners of the House of Secrets. The owners, I might tell you, are the secrets themselves. Each one owns "Ha Waa Tall." a room. But while we can't change things, we couriers, we are messen gers, and we find out where all the adventurers are, even If we don't let them kuow lt. "Now, I was sent out to find the boy. They told me he was doing some fine things. He went in the direction which Joy had told him was the short cut It waa full of trunks of trees, and there were two ravines, and It would seem as though lt would take longer than the smooth road-lt was se fult of obstacles-which are big things that get in the way." "And again I was the one who want ed to go the wrong way," said the girl. "You wanted, it ls true, to go along the road which seemed so well trav eled. You thought surely this time lt was right, and that we were trying to fool you. Sometimes a well-traveled road might be right-lt ls a puzzle. But not this one. "For this one ls well beaten with the tracks of the lasy and the ones who have no cour age. You took the right one, Boy, though you didn't succeed right away, and though otlters Inughed at you." "I didn't succeed nt all," Bald the boy, "I got lost." "Not really," said the courier. "You are one of those people who believe In trying a thing more than once. You didn't mind stumbling. In fact, you were a pretty good sport." . The girl liked to hear the boy praised, and she knew he deserved lt. "I'm going to see that all this trav eling you did gets you nearer the House of Secrets In a shorter time. You really wandered very far away, Girl." "But I don't want to leave the girl," SHld the hoy. "Of course not," said the courier. "He'll have to leave me, for I'll have to go all over tho distance which he went over without me," said the girl sadly. "Not a blt of lt," 'said tho courier. "My mossage to you both is this: I'm going to take you both on my horse-thero ls room, and we'ro going to go along a special road, down which I came this morning. You'didn't no tice lt before. "It was filled with branches and trunks of trees, but they've been cleared away during the night, and a new little road made around the ra vines. 1 have so much to tell you I "Don't imagine I'm going to re ward the boy because ho was good and leave you out because you didn't do the right thing. "You're bound to make mistakes, ni explain. Cornel Mount the horse)" The girl looked at the kindly face of the courier. He wore a green cap which ended In a point, from which dangled three brass bolls. He was tall and rather thin, and from his sleeves and shoulders and the end of his breeches were be'tls dangling from hts handsome green snit "My name," he explained, "is Co-op oration. You see, you must have the spirit of co-operation, in your adven tures. When one of you .makes a mis take, the other mustn't leave and march on alone. "You must work and .ay together that's what my name means," hs ended. Sella and Cells. What Is the difference between a watchmaker and s Jailer? One sells watches sod 'tbs ether wstcbes cells. HAS STAYED IN BED 12 YEARS. Hus Grown Two Inches - Doctors Say Bones Have Become Brittle. A dispatch from London undor re cent date, says: After twelve years of lying In bed in a Wost End hotel, a man, other wise normal, and comfortably fixed financially, now resents being an noyed with questions regarding his strange case, and eays: "When London is really civilized peoplo will be able to do OB they please without exciting comment." Twelve years ago, when ho was about 40 years old-handsome and with square shoulders and bright eyes, the picture of he a Uh and vigor -he walked into a hotel In a quiet district and engaged a room. He has been there ver since. The day fol lowing his arrival a lotter came for him, whereupon the visitor retired to his room without giving any ex cuses. He is well connected, and no clouds seem to hang over him. Oc casionally his puzzled relatives visit him and he receives much corres pondence. He receives his callers in bod, and also answers his mail and reads much without leaving his bed. He has the newspapers sent up to him daily, and orders the new books as they come out. Once a month a barber comos out and cuts his hair and trims his scrubby beard. "I am quite contented," he said. "What could I do if I were up and about?" Naturally the long rest has had its effect on his body. The doctor says the bones have become so brit tle through inactivity that it would be necessary for him to move very carefully if he changed hie mode of living. 'His skin seems normal when one's hand is pased down his arm, but a reverse motion reveals a very rough, scaly surface, which ls a re cent development, and which the doctor cannot explain. "Perhaps it is not correct to say that I have been in bed for twelve years," he said. "I go to my bath every morning while my bed ls be ing made, and on two occasions I went down-stairs to the bar." He takes two meals a day, which are served in bed, and he has grown nearly two inches during his twelve years of rest. STOMACH TROUBLE, GASES, INDIGESTION. "Pape's Diapepsin" is the quick est, surest relief for Indigestion, gases, flatulence, heartburn, sour ness, fermentation or stomach dis tress c< used 'by acidity. A few tab lets Riv almost immediate stomach relief, and shortly the stomach is cor rected so you can eat favorite foods without fear. Large case costs only few cents at drug store. Millions helped annually.-adv. An Imitation for Dye. A curious and ingenious imita tion of Spanish sarfron |has been brought to light by chemists of the United States agricultural depart ment in a recent consignment of dye stuffs. Saffron, obtained chiefly from Southern Europe, ls a yollow dye consisting of the stigmas of the crocus, and, as more than 4,000 flow ers are required for an ounce, tho material ls somewhat expensive. Samples of tho suspected importa tion proved on analysis to bo flowers of a common plant resembling the Scotch thistle. These had boen col orod with red and blue dyes, weight ed with saltpetre, borax and glycer ! Inc, flavored with something like saffron oil, and crlnklea to give a closo resemblance to the dried cro cus stigmas. .rn*?* HOW DOCTORS TREAT COLDS AND THE FLU First Step in Treatment Is a Brisk Purgative With Oalotabs, the Purified and Refined Calomel Tablets that are Nausea less, Safe and Sure. Doctors havo found by oxporionco 'that no medicino for colds and influ enza can bo dopondod upon for full ef fectiveness until tho liver is mado thor oughly active That is why thc first stop in tho treatment is tho now, nausea loss calomel tablets called Calotabs, which are free from tho sickening and woakening offocts of tho old stylo calo mol. Doctors also point out tho fact that an activo livor may go a long way towards provonting influenza and is ono of tho most important factors in en abling tho patient to successfully with stand an attack and ward off pneu monia. One Calot ab on tho tonguo .at bed time with a swallow, of water-that's all. No salts, no nausea nor tho slight est intorforonco with your eating, pleas ure or work. Noxt morning your cold has vanished, your livor is activo, your system is purified, and you are fooling fine, with a hearty appetite for break fast. Druggists soil Calotabs only in original sealed packages, price thirty five cents. Your money will be cheer fully refundod If you do not find them delightful.-(Adv.) il TESTS OF 29,638 SEED SAMPLES With Thl? Equipment Grain Dealers Can Make All Te?ta Necessary to De termine Proper Grade of Qrala During the year ending June 80, 1020, the United States Department of Agriculture tested 20,638 samples of seeds for farmers preliminary te plant ing. Of these, 16,442 were t??ted. in Washington and 18,100 at the five branch es. Under the seed Importation act 60,000,000 pounds of fleed were permitted entry during the fiscal year, which was more than the total for the previous three years. Nearly 6,000,000 pounds were held at port, more than half of which was reclaimed and the balance ordered destroyed or exported. Red dover and alfalfa, crimson dover, rape seed, and tlseke were among the leading seeds Imported. KING OF MONTENEGRO DEAD. Nicholas I Had Ruled His Country for More thuin Fifty Yours. Antlbos, France, March 2.-King Nicholas I ot Montenegro, died here yesterday. The queen of Italy, who is a daughter of the dead Montegrln ruler,, has been advised of the death of her father, and she and King Vic tor Emmanual are expected to come here for the funeral. Nicholas I of Montenegro was born in October, 1841. <He was pro claimed Prince of Montenegro as successor to his uncle, Danielo I, in 1860, and assumed the title of king under a resolution adopted unani mously by the national Skupshtina lu 1910 on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of his election. During the late war Montenegro participated on the side ot the Al lies. When the armistice was signed the Serbians ordered elections for national assembly, and when the as sembly met in 1918 it declared it self in favor of the position of Nich olas and the reigning dynasty. But shortly afterward tho assembly voted for tho union of Montenegro with the Jugo Slav state of the king dom of the Serbs, Croats and Slo venes. Nicholas and his cabinet 8inco that time had boen in France, and Anal decision as to the status of Montenegro Hes with tho peace con ference. "OASOARETS" IF SICK, BILIOUS, HEADACHY. To-night sure! Let a pleasant, harmless Cascaret work while you sleep and have your liver active, head clear stomach sweet and bow els moving regular by morning. No griping or inconvenience. 10, 25 or 50-cent boxes. Children love this candy cathartic, too.-adv. Thirteen of Life's Big Mistakes. Judge McCormick, of San Fran cisco, says these are the thirteen big mistakes of life: 1. To attempt to set up your own standards of right and wrong. 2. To try to measure tho enjoy ment of others by your own. 3. To expect uniformity of opin ions In this world. 4. To fall to mako allowances for j inexperience. 6. To,endeavor to mould all dis positions alike. 6. Not to yield to unimportant trifles. 7. To look for porfection in our own actions. I 8. To worry ourselves and others i about what cannot be remedied. 9. Not to help everybody, how ever, wherever and whenever wo can. 10. To consider anything Impossl ! bio that we cannot ourselves per j form. I ll. To bolievo only what our finito minds can grasp. 12. Not to make allowances for tho weaknesses of others. 13. To estimate by some outside quality when it ls that within which makes the man. tte QJMM TMt DSM Net Afrtct tte HM* BeeattM of ita tonic ?nd Uxatire effect, I. AXK UVE BROMO QI' I NI N ? I? huittr ?han orrtln ?ry Quinine sad doer, not OUH aervoUiMr ?oj narine la head. Remember th? tull name and look lor thc . (?nature ol H. W. OROVB. 30c 1 Goldenrod is found chiefly in I North America. i Palmafesta (PAIi?lETTO STATE FESTIVAL,) Columbia? March 28 to April 2 H ?Mit Moil Orders with Advertising. Atlanta, Ga., Mch. 3.-The mer chant in the town and small city ls tu blame for letting so much of his local trade go out to the mail order houses, according to men here who are making a study of business con ditions. What the merchant in the small city and to$vn should learn, declare these Btudwits ot conditions, is to attract trade by advertising, for ad vertising ls the secret of every great business success in the world to-day. Without (t no business can grow. Not only Bhould the merchant adver tise, bu t Hiv? should devote his very best efforts to the preparation of bright, snappy, conv ;ing copy. A Rat That Didn't Smell Aftet Being Dead for Three Months "I swear It wu dead three months," writes Mr. J. Sykes (N. J.). "I saw this rat every (by: put some Rat-Snap behind a barrel. MonthsaflerwarcU, my wife looked behind the barrel. There it was-dead." K.M-Stu? sells in thre? sizes for 35c. 65c, 91.25. Sold and guaranteed by Barton's Dru? Store, VYhitiulre-Marett Hardware Co. 110-round Watermelons. Washington, Mch. 3.-One hun dred and ton-pound watermelons! They have th Shi in Egypt. Consular reports say so, and consuls never err. But they keep them all at home. There ls no export business. The consul at Alexandria noted melons In the market thore, all weighing from ten to 110 pounds and varying in price from thirty cents to $1.50. He also noted that, while they were just "watermlllions," they had been given funny names, such as "battikh" and "nlms" and "yaffawi" and that only two melons grow to tho plant. Colds Cause Crip and Influenza LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tablet? remove the causo. There U only one "Bromo Quinine." E.W. GROVE'S signature on the box. 30c. Kitchen Succeeds Champ Clarie, Washington, March 3.-Demo cratic members of tho House were advised to-day that Representativo Claude Kitchen, of North Carolina, who became minority leader of the House yesterday through tho death of Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, was rapidly recovering from his recent Illness. Mr. KUchen, his physicians anounced, will bo able to rosume his seat at the extra ses sion to be called, probably oarly in April. Wmm? lUEND For Expectant Mothers ISED BY TIREE SEIERATIOMS .raw? ro? eooauy ea eeTMaawooo aaa ra? May, rat? ..Aaniui Si??kAT0R C?n Pin. ATLANTA. Sa. Since the flight Of William Hohen zollern into noland, he has received more than $25,000,000 in salary as King ot Prusla. WHAT STATE SUNDAY SCHOOL Association it* Doing-Ix an Active Body tho Yotir Hound.' " We are in receipt of a letter from Prof. Wm. S. Morrison, of Clemson College, in which he enclosed tho following interesting matter, taken from tho Spurt an burg Herald, for publication: Tho S. C. S. S. Association. The South Carolina Sunday School Association hus maintained its head quarters in Spartanburg for a good many years, under tho direction aud supervision of men and women cf tho city and State, whoso intelligent and unselfish interest in it is recog nized whore tho work of tho church, regardless bf denominational lines, is dono. Tho association's organiza tion is known in Spartanburg, the people of all churches being in sym pathy with its activities and familiar with its worthy purposes; but at a time when tho association must seek support from tho public lt is, perhaps, well and helpful to con dense Its activities and its purposes in a brief statement. Such a statement, for public in formation on tho ove of the organ ization's public appeal, has boon given tho Herald by Mr. Palmor, the secretary of tho organization. We asked Secretary Palmer this Ques tion : "What does tho South Caro lina Sunday School Association do, and what does it not do?" Ho has answered In tho folowing: ' "1. Holds annually from four] hundred to six hundred interdenom inational Sunday school conventions, reaching tens of thousands of Sun day school superintendents, teach ers, pastors and other workers. At these conventions the best special ists give lectures on modern Sunday school methods, practical workers discuss plans and exchange ideas, thereby learning from one another and helping ono another. "2. Maintanis 'Schools ot Method' fojr Sunday school workers, in the cities, lasting one weok, at which the leading Sunday school experts and Bible scholars of America give lectures. Tho recent School of Meth ods in Spartanburg enrolled 851 ac tual attendants. "3. Conducts a course in religious education throughout the six weeks' session of Winthrop College Sum mer School, for the training of the eight hundred public school teach ers of the State at that summer school, in methods of Sunday school work. Full college credit is given for this course. "4. Maintains a circulating library of over a thousand volumes on Sun day school work and Bible study, for the tree use of all Sunday school workers of all denominations. "5. Supervises 'Beading Courses for Sunday School Workers,' with recognition by the educational com mittee, thus hing the advantage of specialized training to those who cannot attend a summer school or college. "6. Furnishes educational Sunday school exhibits at Stato and county ? fairs annually, showing both the ac tual conditions of Sunday school work and tho necessary imnrovn monts that should bo made in ench community. "7. Promotes a State-wide 'Sun day school evangelism campaign,' with plans and programs for Decis ion Day for each Sunday school, for tho purpose of winning to a definite decision those boys and girls who have not yet become Christians. "What the Sunday School Asso ciation does not do "1. It does not exorcise or claim any authority; all help is given by suggestion, not by authority. "2. Does not Issuo lesson helps, discuss church doctrine, or Interpret Scripture. All that is left to the sep arate denominations. "3. Does not soil anything; has no commercial Interosts." An Admirablo Address. Concerning a recent mooting hold tho Herald has tho following to say: Tho address of tho-ovoning was givon by Dr. W. L. Ball, pastor of tho First Baptist church and chair man of the evangelism committee of tho South Carolina Sunday School Association. Ho hold the closest at tention of his audience as he spoke on "Tho South Carolina Sunday School Association." Debt of Gratitude. "This accclatlon, and the groat Intordonominational Sunday School Association of which lt is a part, have, first of all, a very real place .In our hoarts',' he said. "Every one of us hero to-night owes a debt of gratitude to this movement. I sus pect that nearly every ono of us, If we would go back far enough, would find that some influence from tho International Sunday School Asso ciation played a part in leading him or her to Christ. "The special Sunday school work of our separate denominations is due, in very large measure, to the Initiative and tho fine work done by THUNK JACKSON SOLDIERS I? Camden Juli Cluirged with Rob? bory and Assault. Camden, S. C., March 2,-^Sergt. Robert Franklin, Privates S. Stearn and Joseph Dorrlty, of Camp Jack son, wore arrested hore this morning charged with assault and robbery of H. U. Earle, a transfer driver, of Columbia, twelve milos wost of this city, Tuesday evening. Tho mon had assaulted the driver and loft him for dead, had robbed his person and stolon his car, it is alleged. After driving tho car sevoral milos lt went Into a ditch, and tho three mon, it is alleged, made their way to Camdon afoot, and were ar rested in tho Seaboard passenger station, where thoy wore walting to take a train. All throe were heavily armed, and a suitcase left in the stranded car contained eight army revolvers and flvo army field glasses, it ls said. Earle was not badly in jured and was able to return to Co lumbia last night. The mon were arrested by Doputy Henry McLeod, Constable Stokes and Polico Officer U. N. Myers. Thoy offered no resist ance and are now boing held in the county Jail. The car was located lart night where lt had been driven into a ditch, and it was practically uninjured. A TONIC Qrove's Tasteless chill Tonic restores Energy and Vitality by Purifying and Enriching the Blood. When you feel its strengthening, invigorating effect, see how it brings color to the cheeks and how it improves the appetite, you will then appreciate its true tonic value. Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is simply Iron and Quinine suspended in syrup, So pleasant even children like lt. Tho blood needs QUININE to Purify lt and IRON to Enrich lt. Destroys Malarial germs and Grip germs by its Strengthening, Invigor ating Effect 60c $75,000 Tapestry is Removed. Washington, March 3.--The $75,- ' OOO tapestry presented to Mrs. Wil son, wife of tho president, during the peaco conference, will find a place in tho new homo of the Wil sons. Mrs. Wilson, it was learned to-day, has removed the tapestry from the east room of the White House, where it has been hanging since lt was brought to the United States. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days DnittUu refund money If PAZO OINTMENT fall? to cure itch Ina, Bund, Bleeding- or Protrudes Plies. Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get restful sleep after the first application, price 60a. the International Sunday School As sociation. Every denomination owes a boundless and incalculable debt of .gratitude to,jula great Christian movement. ? "I doubt if thore is any institution in this State that is having more to do with the moulding and shaping of the religious life and thought of our State than our South Carolina State Sunday School Association. The place of the association to-day is larger than ever before; we are connected with a very llvo and grow ing Institution. , "Not only the place, but the per sonnel of this asociation, is impres sive. Think of tho great-hearted Christian mon and women in all de nominations who began this move ment, and of the countless thous ands scattered throughout the State to-day, in city, town and rural ham lot, who aro giving to it their de voted service. Tho best people of South Carolina aro interested in the Sunday school work. The Sunday school workers of all denominations of this State uro identified with this movement, and I certainly hope and pray that they will be for many years to come. In Pino Fellowship. "To-morrow us we go to our task of raising tho budget of thia asso ciation, let us remember that we are in the finest fellowship in this State; alongside of us are tho State's best mon and women. And lot us not for get to pray; we speak that word too lightly; it should play a larger part in our lives. "The amount which wo are to raise-six thousand dollars-ls a mere trifle. Indeed, the entire State budget of twonty-sovon thousand dollars ls but a trifle compared to what it should bo. When we think of the fact that ono denomination alono in this State is spending twen ty-five thousand dollars a year on Its denominational Sunday school work we ought to spond, not twonty-sovon thousand, but one hundred thousand dollars on this great Sunday School Association work for all denomina tions." Mrs. Crandall (Iowa) Talla How Sha Stopped Chicken Loasaa ..Last sprint. rats Ulled all our baby chicks. Wish I'd known about Rat-Snap before. With {ult ono targe package we killed swarm* of rata. They won't te ti his y ear's h ?tc hes. I'll bet." Rftt-Saap UfiUAi ftntc?asndsilJM.>r35c.6Sc$l.JS. t Soki sad gust talced by Barton's Drag Store, Whl t j?dre-MAJrott 1 tard wore CO.