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World's Largoet Animal Troves Truth of Scripta res. The National Museum has long de sired to possess for exhibition pur poses tho largest animal in the world. This ambition has at last been grati fied, and in its great Hall of Mammals in Washington is now on view a veri table sulphur bottom whale - its coun terfeit presentment, that is to say exactly reproducing the original, which in lifo was ninety feet long and weighed thirty tons. Thc counterfeit is a shell of papier mache, east from moulds taken from the whale, wheo thc latter li ad been newly killed and towed for thi- pur pose to Balena Station, un tin.1 south coast of Newfoundland. More than twenty barr- ls "f plaster of paris were used in making the moulds, which were chipped in sec tions to Washington, there to be em ployed in the i reduction of the paper pulp replica, which was finished by painting it in duse imitation pf the beautiful dapple jiray of thc huge ani mal's coat. Thus for the iirst time an oppor tunity is given tho public to look upon thc most gigantic of existing crea tures, compared with which thc larg est elephant is but a pigmy, and it is noticed tuat nine out of every ten persons who view tho great whole make thc remark that Jonah certainly ! might have found ample accommoda tion in the interior of euch a monster. It io, indeed, undeniable, and one might go so far as to say that there would have been room enough in the cetacean's "midst" for Mrs. Jonah (if there vas suoh a person) and quite a family of little Jonahs. One has only to figure on the mat ter a bit in order to perceive that the body cavity of a ninety-foot "sulphur bottom" such as this one might afford quite satisfactory quarters for a gen tleman of Jonah's austere habits, with rooms arranged en suite-a bed-room, dining-room and kitchen, say, with possibly a small bathroom in tho roar. It would be rather compact, of course, but not more so than many a modern fiat. Bosidos, in this case the prophet waB traveling--a whale of tho species in question frequently covers sixty miles in an hour-and in suoh circum stances ono is usually willing to make some temporary sacrifica of comfort. When poor Jumbo of cherished memory fell foul of a locomotive and was killed P. T. Barnum, his owner, with characteristic ingenuity, convert ed his precious remains into two Jum bos-one the -skeleton and the other the stuffed hide of the original ele phant. In the case of this giant whale an equivalent thing has been done, the bones (alone weighing two tone) being put together and separate ly mounted to exhibit the complete osseous framework of the creature, while the papier macho oast shows what toe bruit} loukod Uko wuon he was alive. The east referred to is interesting for another reason, inasmuch aa ii is i2?de wholly of paper money, whioh, being withdrawn from circulation by ..the Treasury, was reduoed to pulp by boiling, in the customary manner and given for the purpose to the National Museum. Uncle Sam's greenbacks are manufactured from linen rags, and tho pulp into which thoy are convert v ? ed is fine, tough stuff for /.ooh a use .< as that here described. But it took j several millions of dollars, in value j conductively represented, to furnish the requisite material. It ?B, when one thinks of it, most interesting to know that the remote ancestors of those (as well as other) { whales, hundreds of thousands of years ! ago were land animals-quadrupeds; ' that is' to say, walking on all fours. But they found it easier to get food in the sea than on terra firma, and, like the fur seals and hair seals of to-day, they became amphibious, spending most of their time in the water; hut "'hauling up" on shore to breed. As time, went on they aban doned tho land altogether and devel oped a swimming tail-whioh, how ever, is very different'from tho tail of a fish, being horizontal instead of ver tical. ' . Then are plenty of satisfactory rea* sons on which to base this statement, one of them. being that whales have pelvic bones, whioh could hav been designed Originally only for the at tachment .of hind legs. The sperm whale, indeed, still possesses neimen tary thigh bones. Again, tho body of the unborn ..oe tace an is covered with hairVit\,fsot deemed ?quivalent to 't^^^0ji?i . its. ancestors were hairy . '4g?;?^w?a1s;;?-- Of course, as everybody tho whale is. not a fish, but a ;;^r'?paaal. It sookies1 its young, and it V lr?ssin the sea only oe the same - terms as a man does-that ss to say, iHiimn Kn SCOTTS EMU1?O? won't make a ff hump hack sticht, neither wal M matt $ yihort ks Ions, ??t * ?oft bon? I A* Kaab fl*^ ks? **d > Mi' by swimming, and by riiiog to tlic surface for breath at frequent inter vals. Deprived of this opportunity, a whale ia quickly drowned. Its "flip pers" are nothing more nor lesa than hands-much like our own if the ar rangement of their bones bo examin ed. Now, the "sulphur bottom," though a very numerous species, has heen practically immune huberto ngaitiBt attack hy mau, becaube ita size and enormous strength rendered it too formidable and dangerous. In other words, the risk* attending its captuie were so great that the enterprise did nut, pay, thc boats which engaged in the chase being frc?|uently destroyed and thc occupants drowned. A crea ture weighing as much aa a railway locomotive, am] capable of exercising about the same amount of power, is mighty perilous to tookie in the deep sea with no weapon save a har; O JU or bomb lance. Recently, however, a plan han been de-vised hy which this monster of thc deep can bc hunted with safety and proQt. instead of using whaleboats, small and staunch steamboats ar??:m ployed io thc chan ?, aud the huge quarry ia shot with a lauce discharged from a cannon placed at tho how of the vessel. The whale might easily destroy the steamboat by rushing at it "head on" and ramming it, but this idea does not ocour to its mind. The first thing it does usually on being struck is to dive to the bottom, sinking like a stono and actually dragging the bow of tho steamer partly undor water. Then it will rise to the surface with incredible velooity and leap clear into tho air, exposing the whole cf its mighty body. This sort of perform ance is continued until the beast is exhausted, when it lies helpless and floating, so ..a to be easily despatch ed. No wonder that Emperor William,? when ho tried this kind of hunting in Norway, declared it was tho greatest sport he over had in his life. It was, ho Haid, more than exciting; it was stupendous. Recently tho enterpris ing Japanese havo adopted tho idea. Hitherto whale meat has been em ployed only as a fori ilizer, being dried and ground for that purposo, but within the last half dozen years sev eral factories havo been established in Europe (one of them tho Normal Com pany, of Aberdeen) for converting the material lalo extracts. Suoh extracts resemble beef ex trac t** BO closely in flavor that it is said to be impossible to toll the diSerenoe. Uer Get filch Slowly Plan. A New York woman who io the happy possessor of a $200 bank ac count is tolling her friends the olever ssw gohnmn of penny savings by whioh the amount was collected. She claims sole oopyright and patent upon the idea, but is more than willing that' other women should infringe to any estent: /.For moro than a year," she says, "I haven't spent a penny. That isn't as penurious as it sounds for the dimes and dollars, V's and X's and bills of high degree have gone on dist appearing aB usual. It is only the little red dents themselves to whioh I oiing with Hetty Greenish tenaoity. "I no ver know exactly how much I shall save eaoh week, but every oent found in tho ohange in oar fare, mar keting or shopping, I carefully pick out and drop into a little box I keep for the purpose. No emergency could persuade me to break the charm and weaken my system by spending a oent. When the box is full I take it to the bank and deposit the contents to my aooount. Until you try you won't imagine how many conta you handle iu the course of a week ora fortnight. Then the simplicity of itl You think nothing of laying aside a few pennies more or less while au oc casional quarter or half dollar might be accompanied by quite a wrenoh." -New York Press; . A Novice: Mike and Pat both worked for a wealthy farmer, aooording to a writer in the Buffalo Times. They planned to turn burglars and stoal the money whioh the farmer had hid in one of the rooms of his house. They waited until midnight, then started to do the Job. I In order to get the money they had to pass the farmer's bedroom. Mike sayB, "lil go first, and if it's all tight you o an follow and do just the same as I." . : Mike started to pass the room. Just as he got apposite the door the floor oreaked. Thia awoke the farmer, who called out, "WhoYtWer' Mike answered with ia "mcaw" (im itating a cat). The farmer's wife be ing awake, too, said, VOh, Johnyit'i thc cat," and ali ura* ^i.; ?/} Now Pat started to pass the dcor, Und aa he got oppoaite it the Vrcor creaked apafn. Tho farmer on)!eX*'?**?' "Who le thero?'* ^;$^>/:^0^M m answered, "Avoihert^ac" . ? i :-. ,' ? ,m m-m?> , :.t- if" *M>% f?f%r, It Isn't ; always; safe for a girl to ajiuae th st shela going to have ?ten* ty of money to spend afwr marriage beaapjie her beau is liberal with it while he Stray Stories. Amanda Clement is thc only girl umpire io the northwest and it in probably true that sho is the only wo man who has ever had an indicator iu professional base ball games. This young woman has attracted much attention in Western base ball circles this year. She is just 17 years old, good-looking, strong and healthy, and at Yankton, where 6he is a student, she id the captain of the champion baseball team of thc Yank tor. College. At tennis she is admit ted to be the champion woman player of South I>ak.jta. Dressed in a "natty bice suit and .-hort blue blouse, with her wealth of hair tucked beneath a cap, she is au inspiring sight on the base ball dia mond, and, what is more, as an am pire she knows her business. She un derstands th : line piints of the game, knows "inside play," and, being the possessor of an oagle oyo, seldom makes a mistake, She is m superior to thc common run uf umpires through out thc Northwest that her services are in much demani, and two months of thc last season she has been con stantly employed. With the money she has earned Js an umpire Miss Clement says she will be able.to outfit herself for tho next year in college at Yankton. . When Miss Clement began umpir ing games she was an attraction, chiefly because of the novelty of see ing a woman in tho position which ie generally considered the moat trying even for a man. Miss Clement, how ever, did not oonsider her position a joke.-Denver Post. i---i Letters In Co'd Storage. One of Tillie's redeeming qualifica tions was her willingness to obey blindly whatever orders, however in comprehensible, her attractive new mistress might choose to give; but oven this admirable trait sometimos involved the family in curious diffioul t'?b "Tillie,"' said Mrs. Nelson ono morning, "I have just ordored some lettuce. When it comes I want you to put it in the iee box right next to the ice. The ice. See, Tillie, hero on the ice. When the lettuoe comes-" "Yaw, meesis" replied Tillie, seem ingly with understanding, "my feex neem all gude." It was almost.a week later when *Jho thought suddenly ocourred to Mrs. Nelson, who had been somewhat taken up with eooinl affairs, that she had no news from borne, nor indeed any other mail. She looked in the letter box, but it was empty. "Tillie," said the poesied lady, go ing to the kitohen, "have you taken any lusters out of the postbox lately?" "Yaw, rueesio," beamed Tillie, rushing to the io o box. "My bring , heem for you. My do like you told my. - And there, nioely packed away in a tin pail beside the ice, was the ac cumulated mail for the past four days, none the wors? for having been kept in cold 8 tor ago.-Youth's Compan ion. Cultivation cf Rubber. Tho caltivqtiou of rubber har? row assumed a very important place in the industry. There are about 25,000 aores tinder cultivation ir. Ceylon alone, the acreage .in this island da voted to the crop having increased nearly fifty per cent, daring the past year. Ia tho M^'iay Peninsula the extent cf the rubber planting is placed j at36,000 torey; Itt Java nt 6000? and: io India at 5J0O tores. Coming near er home, Hawaii appears to offer suit able Boil and climate for , the rapid growth of robber planta of several specie s, and one company h i s already1 started a plantation of 100,000 seod ings, whioh they anticipate inoreaaing to half a million trees within two years. The total aoreageof cultivated rubber in the world is estimated at lbO.OOO. ' ?j . A. (?ame of Bridge. They wera playing a game of bridge whist-the young man; the girl tad the father and mother* The young man liked tba girl. He would kick her foot gently* now and then. The game-or rather, tho two games-; progressed joioe?y for awhile. Then the yoong man dooided it waa time to deliver another love kick. It ?aa a little mora vigorous than nana., v. A loak of pain passed over .tho father's faee. ? - ' f?i .. ? * -"Ouch!" carno from the girVa father. "Who kioka* my torn?" . "I-I gufcsa I did," stammered the young man with a eictly emile. VX' -I waa trying, to gGi Nellie to play spades." : "opaaesi- a? gr u wea. *?u wwro : trying io gat her to play heart* " ||??| \ &*>r, ^tiltama* -Ind?an :pno Jr>m?m? InaUa-PI!a Otatmaat la spared far BIRD AND BEAST. Battle Between a Hank nod a Biff Black Doa Mink. HI!.'nt ns an oui in the black of night, tho hawk glided low on whist ?rings across the little? opea space cleared by the fallen maple, paused an almost Im perceptible Instant al>ove the glisten ing squirrel, nud then, wings closed, dropped upon bim with unerring talons. But for some strange reason tho bar rier seemed powerless to bear uway bis kill; while bis angry, frightened screams drowned out the dying vqueuk of the squirrel, he strove with great rattling wing strokes to g"t purchase on tile air, but could not. Over and over again be struck downward with bis beak, apparently at the squirrel, though of tills, because ol' the blur of bis whipping wings, I could not bo sure. In a muaient he half toppled forward, and then, like a huge broken winged partridge, be flopped about among the tangled roils of roots, utter ing mean while shrill screech on screech that seen,ed <:ilrlv to lacerate bin throat. In but little more than lt takes to tell lt a dozen kingbirds bad gathered, ami were buzzing round tho i struggling harrier like gadflies round a horse, adding their spiteful cries to bis harsh din; now a crow appeared out of nowhere und searched deep lu bia I throat for his hon rest cry; blue Jays flashed across the clearing and back ngain in a frenzy of clamorous excite-; meal, a swarm of chattering black-! birds rushed Into the tree above- ma till Its branches sagged and creaked like those of a laboring tree over weighted with fruit-all In an Instant bedlam was let loose round that old wind wrecked maple. Under cover of the uproar I crept nearer and saw that a big black dog mink, his bulldog Jaws clamped on the upper leg of the harrier, was grim ly fighting to pull bim down from be hind, while the harrier, with the speed of terror and hate, sought desperately to reach his assailant with his beak. It looked as If tho mink must win, for the harrier was perceptibly weakening In his vain counter attack; bot a sud den lift with tho harrier's long wings half tore tbs mink from bia bold and swung him for one brief moment with in distance of that rending beak. Bip; a big red gash gaped open on the ir' k's writhing flank, and bo let go au tumbled back among the roots. Up leaped the hawk, bis pearly wblto breast streaked and blotched * with blood from his wounded leg. Like magic the cries of all but the king birds wero hushed, while, still scream ing with rage and hurt, the hawk rose henvlly skyward and marked his course athwart tho wind for the shelter of the woods.-Harold S. Deming In Harper's Magazine. 7'erafan Dramatics. A traveler, speaking of some of the oddities of Terslan customs when view ed with occidental eyes, said: "Depending as we do upon illusion and scenic effects In our thenters, the presentation of a Persian play by na tive performers strikes the westerner ns little short of ridiculous, the extreme solemnity of all concerned making the appeal to hilarity all the stronger. lu one of their favorite miracle plays the prophet ls supposed to ascend to heav ?.. and this dramatic incident ls ac compilan ed by the very simple expedi ent of drawing hun np from the stags and out of sight with a block and tackle. Tbs tackle !s ?ttached to Ma belt by an attendant In plain view ot the audience. So strong, however, ls the Imaginative power In the oriental that many of the onlookers will be ob served weeping openly." - Harper's Weekly., The Gardener* It is nt once the Joy and the despair of a gardener that his work lo never done. His materials are growing* changing, ever varying things. This ls : tui endless delight to a man who lives with his garden and watches his plans' grow up. When he makes a garden tor] another It ls a different matter. Then; after spending his best thought and' skill, tlie garden must be turned over Into the hands of the Philistine, who? may, doubtless will, spoil his color ef fects, make gaudy what before was rich. Introduce tawdry display where before was a sensitive delicacy. These are the things that try! men's soul a and will continue to try them until the own ers of large places acquire some de? gree of sympathy with and underv s tan din g of art-Century. 7 - Women can say. exceedingly pretty things when so inclined. <tm.'mik,mMamz*Ui*mnuaH\nnmwt im in.ir.i i-?.mry^ : $3 50 Bay Site ; $5.00 Cushion Everything eold for Ci Two door? from FaimeirB HIMOWSLIDES OF ROCKIES. Peril of Sfoantaln* Ttikea Ita Toll of Life and Property. Every year the life of a miner in the high mountain regions is menaced by tbe avalanche or snowslidc, and every year bringa its Hst of casualties and of hairbreadth escapes. The story of snowslides would fill a book and would be a thrilling, tragic and in some cases a grewBome one. Men have ridden hundreds of feet on the back of a snowslide and have es caped unhurt Others have been caught and buried so deep and in such uncer tain spots that their bodies have not been discovered until the melting of the snow In the following spring. Some bave been caught asJbey were walking, but a few steps ^from tho bonrding house to tho mine, or while emptying a car on tbe rnlno dump. Not infrequently men l-*vo found them selves temporarily imprisoned by the entrance of tho mine being closed by a slide while they were nt work and have bad to dig their way out A Chinese cook at one of the Idaho mines stepped outside his kitchen door for a moment and was caught and hurled with the slide 1.000 feet down tho hillside and his body was not re covered till the following spring. Such Incidents denote the oxtremo suddenness, power and velocity of the slide. Littie or no warning is given, a roar, a cloud of snow obscuring tho sight of the real slide, and lu a mo ment thousaud? of tons of snow, mingled with i, <-es and debris, are shot down the gulch or tho slope of a moun tain as from thc mouth of a' cannon. In a few seconds all ls ever and the scenery of the little valley ls com pletely changed.-Mines and Minerals. What B Letter Will Do. . A proofreader, anent tho Importance of trifles, read from his notebook these absurd sentences, each made by tho omission of A single letter: "The conflict was dreadful and the onemy was repulsed with great laugh ter. "When the president's wife entered the humble sitting room of the miner she was politely offered a hair. "A mars was yesterday arrested on the charge of having eaten a cabman for demanding moro than his fare. "An employee in the service of tho government was accused of having stolen a small ox from the mall. The Btolen property was found In hts veBt Dragging Down Pains ore a symptom of me most serious trouble which can'attack a woman, viz: failing of the womb. With this, generally, comes irregular and painful periods, weakening drains, backache, headache, nervousness, dizziness. Ir ritability, tired feeling, cfc. The cure ls TIte Female Rcgulat91* that wonderful,' curative, vegetable ex tract, which exerts such a marvelous, strengthening influence, on all female organs. Cardui relieves pain and regulates the. menses; It is a sure and permanent cure for all female complaints. .. :.. At all druggists and dealers In Si .00 bottles. - "I SUFFERED AWFUL PAIN In my womb and ovaries, " writes Mrs. Naomi Bake, of Webster Grove, Mo.t "also In my right and left sides, and my menses were very painful and Irreg ular. Since taking Cardui 1 feel liken new woman and do not suffer as I did? I It is the best medid ne I ever took.*' J. L*.SHERARD. . ATTQIE^NBT A.*3? LAW, ASPBRoOH, S. C. m* Office over Poet Office Building 8?- Money to lend on Beal Estate WwMMMm s at Coaxing The Antomoblle. : - An automobile stood in front of a gasoline supply station over iu Jer sey a few days ago and of course, the UBua) crowd gathered to talca & look at the show. Among the spectators was an old farmer, who walked all around the machine and interestedly watched every movement of the chauf feur. As soon as tho gasoline was pro cured and stowed away the chauffeur turned the orauk to start the spark, and a moment later the auto wab bik iog down the pike at a paoe that made tho country constables sit up aud tako notice. It was then that a gleam of satisfaction appoared on the sun eoorohed visage of the ancient agriculturist. "Them auterbiles is great inwon tions all right," he remarked to a by stander, "but the grcczer what got 'em up had ter tako a tip from us haysceders on bow ter make thor blamed things go, jes thor same." "Put me wise," said the party ad dressed, "I fail to catch your mean mg. "Waal," rejoined tho farmer, with his smile Mill beaming, "When any of us hookers has got an old oow what gits contrary an' won't go through a gate or a barn door, wo j co twists her tail a couplo o' turno, an' off she hustles."-Philadelphia Evening Telegram. - It seems th st wealth claims its privileges the world over.' In that mysterious, fs ? away hermit country Thibet, a wealthy girl need not hare but one husband if so minded, and she may change him for another SB ! often as she pleases. On the other hand, a poor girl must take as many' husbands as the Isms, the loo&l priest, io pleased to assign lo her, and she has no word in the ehoioe of them. . - A New York man has been draggod into court and fined merely because he spanked his wife whenever and wherever he felt like it. There are a good many husbands who feel like it, but few havo the moral cour age of their convictions. It has been our observation that most husbands j believe in their wives' rights-and lefts-and respect them. Winthrop College Scholarship and Entrance Examination. The examination for the award of vacant ?cholarahips in Winthrop Col lege and for the admission of new students wiii be held at tho County Corni HOU?O on Friday, July 6th, at 9 a. m. Applicants must not be ieee than fifteen years of age. When schol arships arc vacated niter July 6i.lv they will be awarded to those making the highest average at this examina nation, provided they meet the con? ditions.governing the award. Appli cants for scholarships should write to President Johnson before the exami nation for scholarship application blanks. Scholarships aro worth 6100* and ire? tuition. The next aeeaion will open September 19tb, 1906. For further information and catalogue, addresd Pres D. B. Johnson. Hock Hill. 8. C._ THE STATE OF SCUTH CAROLINA. County of Anderson. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. .TKO. N.Bleckley, FlalntiGT, against EUJau Payton, Peter Payton, Joe Payton, Georgia Payton ana ' Waddy Pay to J, Defendants.-Summons for Be lief-Complaint 6orTod. To the Defendants. Elijah Payton, Peter Payton, Joe Payton. Georgia payton and Waddy Payton; YOU aro hereby aummoncd and required to an swer the Complaint in this action, of which a copy la herewith served upon you, and to serre a * copy of your answer to aaid Complaint on tho subscribers at their office, fct Anderson,B. C., with in twenty daya aftor tho s ?rrlee hereof, ercluaiTO of the day of Buen* service ; and If you fall to an? ? awer tho Complaint within the timo aforesaid.Ol? ? Plaintiff in thu action trill apply to the paarl tor the reUef demanded in the Complaint. BONHAM A WATKINS. ' PlalntitTa Attorney?. Anderson, 8. C., May SB, 19ofl. Anderaon, 8. C., May 2?. 1906. ' To Joe Payton, Georgia Payton and Weddy Pay ton, absent D?fendante, whoso placea of resi dence la unknown : Take Botica: That the San mons and Oom 1 plaint In thia action ware this day filed in thc "'. I office or the Clark of the Court for Anderson? Oounty,UAnderWnfe8.0k&MAWA , i Plaint ! ? 'o Attorney. . May 80,1906 BO_6 ffsBSfi A M and WHISKEY HABITS fffl KIBE Wi'"-Hpoured at hone with B MI W H S H BMHE out pain. Book of psr Bf Di IV 1W1 ?cafara sent FHIBK^ B B iijiijwiis IIIIII?rmnw B. M. WOOHHY. M. V. AuauUh Office 104 w. Pryor 8 treeU 17S5 ? 19O0 College of Charleston, Charleston. S. C. Entrance examinations will be held Ira. $f;i the County Court House on Frldayr Jnly 8. atv a. m. One Fro* Tuition Soholar sbip to each county of South Caro'infev awarded bv tbe County Supt. of Educa tion and Judge of Probate. Board /ad* furnished room in Dormitory, $11 a mor tb. All candidates for admission are permitted to compete for vacant . Boyce Scholarships, which pay 8100 a*, year. .For catalogue and Informatlora ; address HABRI80N TiaNDOUPH, Pres. D. S. VANDIVER. E. P. VANDIVEB, Armours Guano and Acid the year roun?L Staple Groceries at prices to please and with the 'qu?U^ i TOOT trade a^r?dated. ' VAMOVEE mm, CITIZENS IKS?HA??CE AGENC? mm ^^^^^ Is ff^? .