Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Jrumorows department. Sometimes Happens. The weary city man wandered back to his boyhood home after almost a half century of happiness. He took great delight in talking over the old days with the people. "What ever became of Percy Pierce?" he asked of the grizzled old village blacksmith. "The little red-headed feller that was always playin' hooky?" "Yes." "Gone t' congress." "And how did Jack Turner do?" "Little Jack that wuz alius flshin'when he should a been studyin'?" "Yes." "One of our jedges of the supreme court." "Of course you remember Tim Hooley, the freckled boy who was always pulling the wings off of flies and shooting birds. What has become of him?" "Tim's president of the state society .fur preventin' cruelty t' animals." "Remember Walt Webster, the boy who could recite 'Spartacus to the Gladiators' and 'the Seminole's Defiance' with such dramatic effect that your hair fairly stood on end?" "Feller that alius took the prize for oratin'?" "Tea" "He's brakin' on a passenger train between Stub Junction and Cohasset" "I suppose Tommie Timson is one of the big men of the state now?" A*? ,iA.A' ? + Vt r? +' TIT 11 T "You mean me mitt: imci u?m ??. alius too busy studyln' t' Jlne our Sam s?" "Yes." "Driv' i' delivery wagon fr Sells, the grocer." "T; cie was one boy in school whose -ame I can't recall. He was the ?voret boy in the whole lot. Wouldn't study; always fighting; could cheat better at marbles than any other boy and none of us dare trade knives with him." "You mean Sam Swiggiers, don't you?" "Yes, Sam Swiggers. What become of him?" "Sam's in politics and dead sure o' bein' elected governor next trip." "And what became of Skinny Hogan, the laziest boy in school?" "He's gettin' $4,000 a year pitchin' fr a baseball club back east." "Good for .Skinny! And, of course, Billy Boles made a success in life?" "You mean that little fellow that alius kept himself thin workin' so hard fr an eddication?" "Yes." "He's preachin' over in Slimville an' gettln' $360 a year, when everybody pays up."?Exchange. Over the Phone.?The telephone Is a great institution. It Is also an institution productive of some very, great shocks. Last week two North Baltimore matrons were exchanging confidences over the phone. Mrs. B. was in trouble, and she was telling her grievances to Mrs. C. "You know," she said, "I really don't care for my sister-in-law s'o very much, and I can't bear children. But I can't help it if she says she's coming and will bring the little dears," in a highly sarcastic* tone. "I must make the best of It. I know I'll have nervous prostration at the close of her visit, however." "I certainly do sympathize with you. How many children has she?" Then there was a slight whirr, after which the answer came: "Six hundred and thirty-three is the number. I'm sure I don't know what to do. My husband says he Is sure I will like It. I always admire hardwood trimmings." "But what about your sister-in-law? I don't understand." "Why, didn't you know my sisterin-law died last January? I thought you were at the funeral. I am telling you about the new house Jack wants to rent." "But aren't you Mrs. B?" "No; I'm Mrs. D. Isn't this moth?" "No; I'm not your mother! The idea! That exchange is too stupid. I shall get Tom to complain or tne Dau service we are getting." And she rung off, and went to call on Mrs. B. to hear the true story of the sister-in-law and her children.? Baltimore American. Where Religion Is Cheap.?The Reverend Kinnard Brice sat upon the roadside and gazed at his feet. They were large and substantial, but very tired and quite incapable of adding another mile to the many they had already traveled that day, yet tramp they must to reach their destination. He looked furtively about; apparently he was alone. From his trousers pocket he drew a flat, black bottle, which he applied to his lips; his air as he replaced the cork was somewhat more genial. "I done preach down tuh de Buck las' night fuh de mattah o' ten cents," he soliloquized, "an' I done preach ovah in Noo Jahsey all summah fuh de mattah o* seventy-five cents. Reckon dey's some folks gits dey *ligion pow'ful cheap."?Ella Middleton Tybout, in June Lippincott's. Landlord Cleveland.?Ex-President Cleveland, who is living at Princeton, owns a house in the neighborhood which he leases to a university professor, a friend of his, for a very moderate rental. The spring rains have been unusually heavy of late, and the professor's cellar is frequently inundated, greatly to his annoyance. Having found upon investigation, that a defect in the construction of the wall was responsible for the trouble, he called upon his eminent landlord to register a protest. ?? r* loi'fklo " Vi a nAmrvlnlnarl AUI i V/it? ^IUIIU, tic eviu^iuiueu, . "my cellar is full of water." "Well," rejoined the ex-president, "what do you expect for the rent you pa y?ch a m pagn e ?" XS~ Did the dentist hurt you much, Elsie?" asked her mother, solicitously "Yes, mama," replied the small girl, "but he was .very nice every time he did." "Very nice? How do you mean?" "Why, he always said 'Ouch' before I could."?Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. ?jft wltetuottis leading. FROM CONTEMPORARIES. News and Comment That la of Mora or Less Local Interest. YORK. Rock Hill Herald, June 3: Mrs. S. E. Campbell, aged 74 years, died Sunday at the home of her son-in-law, D. j L. Evans, of bronchial trouble of wnicn she has been afflicted for some time past. Monday the remains were interred in the Rowell burial ground in Bethesda township, funeral ' services being conducted by Rev. W. Arlal. Three daughters survive,' Mrs. Sam Roach, Mrs. John Campbell and Mrs. D. L. Evans Constable J. B. Conner was in the city Sunday morning having in custody two colored men who were arrested in Fort Mill Sunday and who were wanted by the Lancaster authorities for breach of contract He said that the late rains had been general over that county and that Friday and Saturday of last week, Mr. James Bailey had 35 plows standing, the ground being too wet to plow State Constables J. T. Thomasson and H. B. Howie made a trip Saturday in the vicinity of the works of the Catawba Power company, and captured three gallons of blind tiger whisky. The booze was in the possession of Milus and Will Barron, both colored. The A. R. P. church at Edgmoor | was taxed to its full seating capacity last Sunday, the occasion being the ^annual sermon by Rev. Lee Oates, of Hickory wove, to winow umy, Woodmen of the World of that place. Several neighboring lodges were well represented, having been Invited to attend and participate In the services. Miss Frankie Walker presided at the organ, the choir rendering sweet and appropriate music. The speaker's text was from Galatians, sixth .chapter and third verse, "Bear Ye One #Another's Burdens." It was a timely and well delivered discourse and the speaker held the undivided attention of his hearers from beginning, to end. At the conclusion of the service, Rev. L. T. Pressly, the beloved pastor, in well chosen words extended thanks to Rev. Mr. Oates for his able effort and also extended a hearty welcome to the many strangers present stating that the church at Edgmoor was not only open that day, but all the time to strangers as well as visitors.... *. The barn of E. W. Hall was destroyed by fire Monday morning at 1 o'clock. The flre originated in the crib and made great headway, the building having a lot of corn, peas, peavines, hay, fodder and other roughness in it. A surrey which was in the same building was also destroyed. The l^ss is partly covered by insurance. CHESTER. Lantern, June 2: The Rev. J. P. Knox, of Columbia, will preach at the A. R. P. church next Sunday. The pastor, Rev. J. S. Moflfatt, will be in Due West, preaching the baccalaureate sermon before the graduating classes of Ersklne and the Female college W. A. Barber, Esq., and little daughter Mary, of New York, are down for awhile... .Miss Helen Marshall has received her diploma as a trained nurse in New York. Not only that; she stood at the head of her class. She was offered positions In two hospitals, but she preferred work (Aered her by private families at better pay....Last Saturday about noon the startling announcement was made that the Rev. J. C. Stoll was dead. Mr. Stoll had been out In his garden and after coming In, sat in the piazza and read a newspaper. He then lay down on a lounge, and when called to dinner said that he did not feel like eating. When his daughter went to him a little later, she found him dying. Dr. Cox, who lives near, quickly answered a summons, but found him dead Mrs. J. W. Means found In her yard yesterday two roses of entirely different color on the same bush, the immediate stems of the two coming out from the same joint on the stalk. One is pink, with the extremities of the petals very light. The oth er rose is uniformly dark red, with velvety appearance. Both are healthy and perfect formed specimens. This caper needs an explanation, which we trust some one will furnish. LANCASTER. Ledger, June 3: As a result of the investigation by Sheriff Hunter Into the recent killing of Ben F. Blackmon by Sandy Evans, considerable light is being thrown on the matter, and evidence now in the hands of the sheriff makes it highly probable that the killing occurred under quite different circumstances from those related by the defendant at the time of his surrender. The developments promise to be startling The new board of trustees of the Lancaster graded schools organized Monday. Maj. B. F. Miller was elected chairman and Maj. C. T. Conners, secretary and treasurer Only nine of the seventeen applicants for teachers certificates passed at the recent examination held here. Certificates were awarded to the following: Miss Mattie Massey, J. C. Massey, J. C. Craig, Thomas O. Steele, Wm. Duncan, Oscar Adams, Jefferson Walters, Miss Maggie Walker. Only one colored applicant passed the examination and received a certificate, viz: Mary McDonald Mr. D. Reece Williams, of this place, was one of the thirteen graduates, of the S. C. college, admitted by the supreme court last Tuesday to practice law in the courts of this state The following are the petit jurors for the June term of circuit court, which convenes Monday week, the 15th instant, Judge J. C. Klugh, presiding: Jno. A. McAteer, W. H. Shute, W. T. Ballard, H. S. Plyler, M. V. Hinson, G. W. Pitman, J. F. Gardner, W. H. R. Barton, J. P. C. Caskey, R. J. Mcllwain, E. C. Secrest, J. Davis Flynn, J. C. V/reiianaw, w. n. uramn, m. tjrimin, J. H. Therrell, S. T. Blackmon, R. W. Marshall, Lewis M. Horton, J. A. Culp, W. R. Williams, Jno. S. Riddle, E. M. Hinson, B. F. Adams, E. D. Bowers, M. W. Scarboro, M. S. Witherspoon, W. S. Hammond, R. L. Baskins, V. D. Estridge, J. Roy Cunningham, A. M. L. Hallman, W. L. Adams, Chalmers B. Horton. H. D. Thompson. David Yarborough. Salutino the Quarter Deck.? Some customs of our royal navy appear very strange to outsiders. One such Is that of saluting the quarter deck. Everyone who comes over the gangway or on the quarter deck Is order ed In the "King's regulations" to make the naval salute?that Is to say, the right hand, with the thumb and finger close together, has to be brought up smartly to the hat, the thump being In line with the outer edge of the right eyebrow, and the palm of the hand Inclined to the left. The reason of the salute is this: The king is supposed to be upon the quarter deck or an nis snips, anu neuce it is a mark of salutation to him. The ordinary blue jacket is not supposed to stand or walk upon this "holy of holies" except on duty. On all other occasions he has to cross it at the double.?London Tit-Bits. MARCONIS OF AFRICA. Basutos Got Boer War News by a System of Wireless Telegraphy. Marconi's system of wireless telegraphy has a rival, which is already centuries old, and was in operation long before Franklin drew the electric spark from the clouds down a kite string or before Morse devised his system of dots and dashes over the electric wires. The Rev. C. A. Rideout, a missionary of the African Methodist Episcopal church of America, who returned to this city lately on furlough after four years' labor among the native tribes of South Africa in the territory lying west of Natal, described this remarkable system of wireless communication to the writer. "Shortly after I began work among the subjects of King Lerothrodi, the hereditary ruler of the Basutos, I discovered that they had a system where by the villages couia communicate with each other, used in times of peace to convey messages from one chief to another, and frequently to the monarch himself, and in times of war to transmit the intelligence of victories and defeats. In every village there is a class who are utilized as scouts. Among these guards there are always two or three men trained to the use of the gourd drum. "A large gourd such as those grown in many parts of the United States is hollowed out and thoroughly dried. Then kid's skin, stretched out and dried by a native process, which makes it as hard and thin as parchment, is stretched across the hollow of the gourd. It is beaten with a padded drumstick, and gives forth a sound which can be heard distinctly at a distance of from five to eight miles. The Basuto country is mountainous, and the villages lie along the mountain sides and in little valleys or glens, seldom being at a high elevation. "The guard who hag been trained to the use of the signal code?which is practically an African Morse alphabet ?beats the message on his drum in the open air, and the sound is carried au- -?~ ?-a 4-\* ~ at'iuso uic vtuic^u aiiu gicno iu tuc next village, where It is interpreted by another guard. There is always a guard on duty ready to receive these messages. He can tell at once whether the message is for his chief or the head man of his village, in which case he goes to the head man's hut and makes the communication verbally. If, however, the message is for a distant part, he repeats it on his gourd, and so it is carried from village to village, with very little loss of time, until it reaches the person for whom it is Intended. "I was granted the privilege by King Lerothrodi of using his gourd telegraph system to send any message to our other workers whenever I wished and often availed myself of it. It is not considered necessary to report back the message to the sender. It is simply carried along from gourd to gourd, and I don't know of a single instance where it failed to reach its destination properly. "During the war between the .British and the Boers we who were hundreds of miles distant from the scene of hostilities got all the news- with surprising rapidity. We knew every victory and every reverse which took place In the Oranira TTVoo fitataa ond tVit. TrflnR. vaal, and I have known of several Instances where the news came by the gourd air line hours ahead of-the message by field telegraph. You can readily understand how this surprised the military officers. "The same system Is common to many of the African tribes, and the secret is always confined to the few trained men in each village, who are chosen for their fidelity to the head man or chief. Who first devised this system nobody seems to know. It has been In use for centuries. Among the Pondos, the Tembis, and the Bechua nas, whose tribes I visited in connection with my work in Africa, I frequently observed the gourd communication in operation. The drummer receives the orders from the head man to send a certain message, and he goes out, and in a few minutes he can be heard pounding out on the gourd short taps, long taps, and taps in little groups, taps with pauses between, and taps close together, like the roll of a drum. "There appears to be no difficulty in sending any kind of message by the code, and it was just as easy for the operator, comparatively, as it would be for the man who sits at the key in a telegraph office. I have known of messages being sent nearly one thousand miles."?Kansas City Star. "There are but few persons who know how to walk up stairs properly," said a well-known physician. "Usually, a person will tread on the ball of his foot in taking each step, springing himself up to the next step. This is very tiresome ana wearing on tne muscles, as It throws the entire suspended weight of the body on the muscles of the legs and feet. You should, in walking or climbing stairs, seek for the most equal distribution of the body's weight possible. In ^walking up stairs your feet should be placed squarely down on the step, heel and all, and then the work should be performed slowly and deliberately. In this way there Is no strain upon any particular muscle, but each one is doing Its duty In a natural manner. The man who goes up-stairs with a springing step you may be sure is no philosopher; or, at least his reasoning has not been directed to that subject." OFFICE HIGH; 8ALARY LOW. Little Pay the Rule With the Lieutenant Governors of Most States. The lieutenant governor of Missouri resigned recently under suspicion of boodling. The lieutenant governor of Missouri receives $1,000 a year for his services and $7 a day additional during the period when the legislature is in session. But as the session is limited to seventy days the maximum compensation of the lieutenant governor is $1,490 a year. The lieutenant governor of Iowa re ceives $1,100 a year for his services, and he gets It only In the alternate years when the legislature meets. As he Is elected for two years he practically receives $560 a year?the salary of a New York city clerk. The lieutenant governor of Mississippi Is paid even less. He gets I $500 a year, except when there Is a | special session of the legislature at Jackson, when he is paid $3 a day extra. Such special sessions in Mississippi are rare, and they don't last long. The lieutenant governor of Arkansas gets no regular salary. He is employed so to speak, on the waiting list, receiving $10 a day as compensation for those days in which he actually works: ' The constitution of Arkansas limits the session of the legislature to sixty days, so the pay of the lieutenant governor cannot be more than $600, but he is docked $10 for each day he is absent from Little Reck. The lieutenant governor of California receives the same pay as the lieutenant governor of Arkansas, but as a special concession he gets $10 a day while the legislature Is in session whether or not he is In attendance. Georgia has no lieutenant governor. Neither has Florida. The lieutenant governor of Alabama receives $1,800 a year; of Louisiana $1,500; of Indiana $1,000; of Kansas $700 and $6 a day additional during the session of the legislature, which meets once in two years for fifty days. The lieutenant governor of Ohio, who holds also the post of land officer, receives $800; the lieutenant governor of Nebraska, $600; of Rhode Island $500, and of South Carolina $400. The lieutenant governor of Texas gets $5 a day when the legislature is in session, and of Michigan $3. The lieutenant governor of Illinois receives $>,000 and of Delaware $5 a day?limited to $300 a year, if he presides over the Dover senate for sixty days. The lieutenant governor of Connecticut gets $500; of Maine $1,500; of Nevada $1,800, and of North Carolina, I $6 a day during the session of the leg j islature. There are no lieutenant governors j of Oregon, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Tennessee, Utah, West Virginia and Washington. The lieutenant governor of Wyoming acts also as secretary of state and gets $2,000 a year for performing the duties of both offices. The lieutenant governor of Vermont gels $6 a day duriiig the session of the legislature and 60 per cent, of the fees paid to the insurance commissioner. There is no lieutenant governor of I ? lUufAnont cTAirni'nAr nf mui ) laiiu. x no iiouionaub gvivtuvi v* North Dakota receives $1,000 a year, of South Dakota $10 a day during the session of the legislature, limited to sixty days, and of Virginia $600. The only states which pay their lieutenant governors well are New York and Pennslyvanla, which pay $5,000 a year. The lieutenant governor of Massachusetts receives $2,000 a year.?Chicago News. THE COUNTRY OF THE KURDS. The Region Visited by th<? Recent Earthquake Is In the Neighborhood of Ararat. The destroyed town of Melazgherd was on the Murad Su, an affluent of the eastern Euphrates. It lay north of the Nimrud Dagh mountain range, which separated the valley of the Murad Su from Lake Van. The place was In a region famous In both sacred and profane history, beoKaii* nno himHroH mtlPR WPflt bv south of Mount Ararat, and in the particular country which many Biblical geographers have identified as the Garden of Eden. The general features of this entire region are high mountains, inclosing fertile valleys and an undulating upland, intersected by numerous streams, the headwaters of the Euphrates and the Tigris. The scenery of these highlands is described as romantically beautiful, while the numerous rivers and streams flow through charming landscapes and thickly wooded valleys, passing in their courses castles and cities famous in ecclesiastical history. The Nimrud Dagh mountain range, just south of the Murad Su, is a continuation of the Taurus range and is continued to the westward in the Sipan Dagh and Ala Dagh to the Persian frontier northeast of Lake Van. North of the Murad Su are the Dujih and Mezoor Dagh ranges, rugged and inaccessible mountains filling up the entire space between the two arms of the Euphrates and culminating to the east in the Ararat of ark fame. The ruined town was in the very heart of the country of the Kurds? fanatical, turbulent and semi-independent tribes that are at the same time one of the greatest annoyances and safest reliances of the Ottoman government. This is the region of most of the Armenian outrages which have engaged the attention of the United States in recent years. The town itself was about three-quarters Mahometan in population, the remainder being Armenians and Jews. The whole of Kurdistan, both Turkish and Persian, is very mountainous, some of the peaks being nearly 13,000 feet above the sea-level. These mountain ranges divide the country into fertile valleys and extensive tablelands. The country is traversed, in addition to the Euphrates and Tigris, by the Zab-asfal and Shirvan, and contains several large lakes, the chief of which are Van, in Turkey, and Uramiati, in Persia. Four-fifths of the inhabitants are Kurds, a race spoken of as "alien to the Turks in language and to the Persians in religion." The Kurds are nearly nomads, occupying themselves chiefly, however, with the breeding of cattle, sheep, goats and horses. A great trade Is carried on with Turkey and Persia, especially in horses, the Kurdish breed being so famed for * " X. *_ _ us spirit ana enaurance as to ue tu- | most exclusively employed by the Turkish and Persian cavalry. The settled portion of the population Is engaged In agricultural employments. A remarkable product of this country Is a substance found on the leaves of the tamarisk and other shrubs, which is said .to closely correspond to the description given of "manna" In the Old Testament, and is supposed to result from the puncture of the leaf by an insect The country is deficient In mineral wealth. The chief towns in Turkish Kurdistan are Bltlis, Van, Urumbia, Mardin, Mush, Korkuk, Diarbekir, Malatia and Marash. The nearest United States consulate to the ruined town of Melazgherd is at Karpoot or Harpoot. The incumbent of the office of consul is Prof. Thomas H. Norton, of Cincinnati.?Washington Star. RUNS A CAT FARM. How a Woman In Maine Make* an Income. From the various parts of the country we hear of new occupations taken up by women; some have gone in for kitchen gardening, others to raising poultry, and yet others have undertaken the culture of nursery products or taken up the breeding of stock in several branches. There is one woman on the coast of Maine who has made a very considerable income by conducting a cat farm. In that locality is a very beautiful species of cat called by some of the natives "coon cat," and by others "shag cat." These cats in many cases attain to a considerable size, eighteen and twenty pounds being not at all uncommon. Th$y vary in color, have large heads and many of them pronounced mutton chop whiskers in addition to their "smellers." The fur on their chests grows very long and some among the finest of the breed have a small fur tassel giowing from the very center of the chest. In frequent instances these cats mature with blue eyes and it is not uncommon to see a full grown cat of this breed with one blue and one green eye. Years ago, many of the Maine sea captains brought home from their trips iu eastern ports specimens ui tne beautiful cats of the Orient, which in after years developed to the present coon cat. The price ranges from $5 upward? size, color, etc., determining the cost. She has a large house for them and spacious grounds screened off with wire netting, which prevents the cats straying off. The proprietor of this cat farm says that cats are easier to raise and command readier sales than dogs.?Brooklyn Eagle. Be Not Deceived. "O, I take it to aid digestion. I suffer so from dyspepsia," was the reply of an army officer when cautioned against the use of alcoholic drink. What folly! Why, men put dead flesh into alcohol to prevent it from corruption. To take drink to allay fever or reduce an inflammation is like putting nil rtn fira Trrlnrles nnri ininahnt wounds fare far worse in a drinking man than in a sober one. "But for the alcohol in him," says the doctor; "or the bad blood caused by the beer, there might be hope." A man's motive in taking the drink may be good, but liquors never stop to ask you what you want of them; they go in and do their work of death. But it is said the liquor is needful and useful in fatigue duty. It is? Why does the soldier need it? Is it to give him warmth? This it never does. Alcohol produces a sudden excitement and glow, but it abstracts heat, and the man Is colder after it than hq was before it. Does he need it for nourishment when exhausted? This it does not give. The idea that alcohol is consumed in the system, and is properly food, is exploded. It is never digested, more than a stroke of lightning. It remains in the system, disturbing every part until it is expelled through the lungs and liver. It goes to. the brain and produces brain fever and madness, and the man who drinks it on fatigue duty is but the more fatigued and the more disqualified for his arduous duties.?National Advocate. "I Can, I Will." A professor of mathematics in one of our largest colleges whose reputation as a mathematician is very high, began his career under the inspiration of "I can and I will." A writer in an exchange tells the story: I knew a boy who was preparing to enter the junior class of the New York university. He was studying trigonometry, and I gave him three examples for his next lesson. The following day he came into my room to demonstrate his problems. Two of them he understood, but the third? a very difficult one?he had not performed. I said to him: "Shall I help you?" - "No, sir; I can and will do It If you give me time." I said, "I will give you all the time you wish." The next day he came into my room to recite another lesson in the same study. "Well, Simon, have you worked that example?" "No, sir," he answered; "but I will do it if you will give me a little more time." "Certainly; you shall have all the time you desire." I always like those boy who are determined to do their own work, for they make our best scholars and men, too. The third morning you should have seen Simon enter my room. I knew he had it, for his whole face told the story of his success. Yes, he had it, notwithstanding it had cost him many hours of hard work. Not only had he solved the problem, but what was of much greater importance, he had begun to develop mathematical power. I . I , An Anirnal Story For c Utile Folks fl T =Bears'Good Fortune , ???J g The bears had a nice house which 8 they rented from Mr. Camel, and they wished to remain there the rest of 1 their days, for they were getting along f In years and did not relish the idea of moving. c But you know we are not always r able to have everything our own way In this world, and so It proved to be l with the bears. One day Mr. Camel r decided that he would like to live In _ < , BIO TEABS STREAMED OCT 07 THEIR EYES. . that house himself, and he sent word { to the bears that they would have to t move out I Mr. and Mrs. Bear were almost bro- * ken hearted. They did not know what ^ to do. for, look as hard as they could, they were unable to find another house \ into which to move. When the day came for the bears to get ont they did not know where to go. But go they bad to, and go they did. Down the road they marched side by side, while great big tears streamed out of their eyes. . When they reached the top of a hill about a mile from the bouse they had just left they turned to take a farewell look at it. And what do you think? The house had disappeared! They had no more than got out of it when a big gust of wind came along and blew it down In a mass of planks and boards upon the ground. Not one piece remained attached to another. | "What a lucky thing for us!" ex- ' claimed Mr. Bear Joyfully. "If we had not got out when we did we would have been crushed to pieces." And. indeed, they would have been. They were certainly fortunate, for a little farther on down the road they found the tiger family moylng out of a real nice bouse, and the bears secured that one and lived there until the end of their days.?Chicago Tribune. PLANT. THAT KEEP8 TIME. If You Know How to Read It?Only Worka In Good Weather. "One of the most peculiar, as well as one of the rarest plants produced by nature Is the clock plant, and there Is only one specimen on view In the gardens of the agricultural department," j said an employee of that institution to ] a Star n^an. I "The clock plant is a native of Bor- j neo, and in that country, even it is said j to be as rare as In other sections of the 1 world. Of course, the plant derives its j name from Its peculiar habits, which j are known to but a few who have not ] studied the plant from a scientific J standpoint. The plant has leaves of i two sizes, one of which acts in the capacity of a minute hand, which keeps moving until about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and the other keeps going un til morning. The larger leaves act as J the hour hands. "Starting in a position when all of the leaves lie close to the stem, with the points hanging down, they rise gradually until they turn toward the J top, and then they drop to their for- 1 mer position. It takes the smaller leaves about one minute to go through this performance, and. the longer leaves just about an hour. When the con- j dltions are favorable this movement ] continues throughout the entire day, 1 but not such days as we have been ] having lately. j "It requires good, warm sunshine for 1 the plants to perform this function. Such days as we have been having the leaves move, but they do so in an im- j perfect and irregular manner. Why, sometimes the large leaves cling so closely to the plant that it looks like a huge bundle of twigs. ' ^ "The plant is delicate and extremely hard to propagate, which accounts for the fact that we now have only one of them. We had several, but they have all died. The plant bears a small flower like that of a pea, and its seeds grow in a pod in the same manner, j / ^glg| | RUMMER | ^ Aw -, the le "VJH THE LE (yATES THE LE ON THE 5UMM SOUTHERN = ; * Mill? ^luiuwar WATurk Paaa. Traffic Mgr. WASHINGTON, D.C. ^ t is hard to get it to seed in this ountry, which makes it extremely dlfIcult to get seed for other plants."? Washington Star. Truths to EMPnxBizfc.?1. That lod's plans are unconquerable and hiservants indestructible till their mision is performed. 2. That the Spirit of God is to fit is for every duty of life, intellectual, iractical, moral and religious. 3. That any one upon whom the ' Spirit of God rests will be a marked nan. 4. That the Spirit always gives >rofound insight and uncorruptible Ighteousness. ? TVi q f aiir no hirua a pa ronflfnrm >d in the Kingdom of Christ and grow nto higher and happier relations. 6. That the outcome of all his work s to bring peace to the world, and In hese modern days we see pacific seniments growing. 7. That the saving knowledge of 5od is to become the means* of this miversal reign of peace. 8. That "v e may expect such a time :o come, even if we do not see the ligns of its speedy coming, for God las promised it. 9. That Christ becomes the most it tractive standard around which to 'ally mankind. 10. That a gospel thus designed for ? :he whole world must be carried to :he whole world by the followers of :he Messiah. PHOTOGRAPHY Ifl AST ART A ND It takes an artist to be a pho.CjLtographer. One who is not an artst doesn't stand much of a chance of naklng a success at photography. I lave given years of study to this es>ecial line and 1 can say with pride hat my work will compare favorably vlth that of any photographer in this lection. The best and most perfect photographs are the result of experience ind not experiments. I do all of my , leveloping, retouching and finishing, hereby obtaining the best possible i remits. is Far As Prices Are concerned, yoa need not worry rourself along that score. I know that ny prices are reasonable and you will igree with me when I tell you what hey are. I am also prepared to devel>p and print pictures taken with pockit cameras. If you have a Kodak or /ive or any other camera, and for any eason you can't develop and print four pictures, bring them to me at my rallery on West Liberty street. J. R. 8CHORB. CAROLINA & NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Schedule Effective June 7, 1903. Nertkbeert. Pusciger. Ilxet. Ex. Sun. Dally. ;j jv. Chester 9.00a.m. 8.00p.m. uV. Lowryville ... 9.18a.m. 8.28p.m. jY. McConnelss .. 9.28a.m. 8.48p.m. liV. Guthries 9.33a.m. 8.67p.m. liV. Yorkville 9.49a.m. 9.19p.m. L.V. Filbert 10.01a.m. 9.44p.m. . v. Clover 10.12a.m. 10.00p.m. liV. Bo wlin'gGreen. 10.20a.m. 10.24p.m. >. Gaatonia 10.38a.m. 12.30a.m. -.v. Lincolnton ...11.43a.m. 2.00a.m. jv. Newton 12.28p.m. 2.56a.m. L.v. Hickory 12.50p.m. 4.00a.m. jV. Cliffs 1.23p.m. 4.40a.m. V.r. Lenoir 2.05p.m. 8.00a.m. S?atkb?Hid. PasMsger. Mixed. Ex. Sun. Daily. -v. Lenoir 2.30p.m. 8.00p.m. ^v. Cliffs 3.08p.m. 9.30p.m. jv. Hickory 3.20p.m. 9.50p.m. _.v. Newton 3.46p.m. 11.45p.m. jv. Lincolnton ... 4.30p.m. 1.60a.m. jv. Gastonla 5.30p.m. 4.20a.m. -.v. Bowling Green 6.48p.m. 4.65a.m. ^v. Clover 6.57p.m. 5.10a.m. ..v. Filbert' 6.08p.m. 6.40a.m. jv. Yorkville .... 6.23p.m. 6.00a.m. jv. Guthrles 6.40p.m. 6.50a.m. liv. McConnells .. 6.46p.m. ' 7.00a.m. ' .. T 111? . a K7? rn 7 Ma m _JV. iiunijf VUIC v?vi|Mm* Vr. Chester 7.17p.m. 8.00a.m. L. T. NICHOL8, General Manager. E. F. REID, a P. Agent, Cheater, 8. C. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. Effective April 19th, 1903. Between Blaoksbi^rg and Kingsville. Read Down. Read Up. *o. 16?daily. No. 14?dally. 6.15a.m.. .Lv. Kingsville Ar?5.40p.m. 7.45a.m....Lv. Camden Lv....2.10p.m. 8.65a. m... Lv. Kershaw Lv. .10.49a.m. 9.37a.m... Lv. Lancaster Lv. .10.10a.m. 10.13a.m.. .Lv. Catawba Lv.. ..9.40a.m. 10.30a.m.. .Lv. Rock Hill Lv.. .9.20a.m. i0.50a.rn Lv. Tlrsah Lv....8.64a.m. Ll.02a.rn....Lv. Yorkvllle Lv..8.42a.m. L1.17a.m... .Lv. Sharon Lv.... .8.27a.m. 1.30a.m... .Lv. Hickory Lv... .8.15a.m. il.41a.rn Lv. Smyrna Lv.. .8.05a.m. 12.01a.m...Ar. Blacksburg Lv..7.46a.m. Between Blacksburg and Marion. *7o. 33?daily. No. 36?dally. 7 1Rn m T.v. Rlarkshurir Ar..8.40D.m. 8.25a.m.... Lv. Shelby Lv 8.12p.m. 9.05a.m Lv. Henrietta Lv.. .7.85a.m. 9.37a.m.. Lv. Rutherford Lv.. .7.06p.m. 0.45a.m Ar. Marion Lv.....6.60p.m. For further Information address: W. H. TAYLOE, Asst. G. P. A., Atlanta, Ga. R. W. HUNT, Dlv. Pass. Afft., Charleston, S. C. *3* If you are not reading Graustark, fou are missing a good story. ME FOR BUSINESS, ME FOR PLEASURE, ME FOR ALL THE BEST BR RESORT5 ete Summer Resort Folder I Free to Any Address. S. H. Hardwjcx, W. H. TAYLOR, Cen'l Pass. Agant, Asst. Cen'l Pass. Act. WASHINGTON, D.C. ATLANTA, OA.