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DANGER FROM The House hold Fest Breeds ii Dise Mary Hinman Abel, Taken collectively, and in hummer, | thc housefly is a hateful creature. Not only ia it responsible for line.- of worry in the housekeeper's face, but it has been proved to bc a serious menace to health. To begin with, its I origin and habits ar?' Buch as to pul j us on our guard. It lays its eggs in j excrement, prefcriug horse manure, but if that does not oiler, readily j using any other. lt feeds on the same and on thc nphtuui of diseased j threats and lungs, on refuse of al! kinds, and it bears nu its (?airy feet and legs particles of these substan ces. Thanks to the science of bacteriolo gy, our case uguinst thc Hy is no long er guess work-it has been made to walk acrosH thc sterile gelatine plate, and the microscope has later told UH what it fetches and carries. Unlike tho mosquito, the housefly is not a biter-but it has its own way oi car rying contagion, lt deposits, wherc ever it goes disease and disease germs may abound in its breeding and feed ing places. On the joint of moat exposed for sale by the butcher, on the bread and sweet meats of the confectioner's counter, on the edge of the milk pail, on the kitchen and dining room tables they have been found. To understand fully the poosible danger of allowing this insect acoeBs to our food supplies, wo must remem ber that in the disease called enterio -those affecting tho intestinal tract, such as cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever-multitudes of germs peculiar to tho disease are voided in thc ex creta, not only during the attacks but for Borne days before tho disease is rooogni/.ed, and for considerable pe riods of time nfter recovery, and since the contagion is spread from one person to another solely by these germs as they find access to water or foDd, to guard thc wuter supply from contamination and to forbid thc salo of milk from tho dairy farm whero any contagious disease exists, is well recognized as tho first duty of the Health Board; but comparatively recent is tho knowledgo that flies also carry the germ of thoBo diseases. Not only does the fly carry about on its feet and leg? any disease germs that may be in fecal matter, bat such jgerms taken into its body in food aro known to remain alive in intestines -J ?A? ,. w../i.. I V. .... avur. .t?Ai uuu mpv * vi vio/J ?irai vuwj 5Sv Sj?C?. ed in the specks. By reoect expe riments this has been proved trne of both the tuberculosis and the typhoid baoiilus, the germs in the "specks" having actually given the disease from nine to fifteen dsyp after it was deposited. This is a very important point, as it establishes on new ground the dan . ger of spitting in the streets or whore ever flies *oan have cooees to the epittUm. A lull in tho efforts to prevent'ipublic spitting came on the diBOOvery that tuberculosis germs, exposed to direot sunlight, must per ish in from twenty-four, to thirty hours, but Binoo wo discovered that the-fly, who greedily feeds on tho sputum, can traneport it to cocsider eble?distanco8 and keep it alivo viru lent for many days, the, spitting nui sance has*a8suined now importance. The epidemic of typhoid fever in Chicago in 1902 also fixed the guilt on the fly. It was especially severe in the ninoteenth ward, which famished one-seventh of j the deaths, while con taining bat one-thirty-sixth of the city's population. This locality did not differ from tho rest of the city in its water or its food supply, but it did differ in h wing more than 50 per' cent of its houses without sanitary plumbing, tho water being insufficient. Flies caught in undrained closets, on the fences and in the room of a patient wers proved io oarry the germ. What, then, is to bo done to protect oar food supply from this disgusting and dangerous insect? It will bo well to note, first, what has been accom plished io the extirpation of other in sect pests. A year ago New'.Orleans learned at heavy cost that, if tho city waa to be freed from yellow fever, the mosquito must go, and in , the epace of a few months, BO vi got o us was tho campaign the now famous . stej^mjde'gor yellow fever mocito was nearly e?tertrina- j HOUSE FLIES. t t a Filth and is Distributor of ase. iu Tiic ! delineator. tod and a price is now net OD its bead. This rcs lit wan brought about by covering their breeding places with kerosene and by thc thorough fumi gatiou of bouses. In any northern city the task ought to bc a tar easier one. on account of a more favorable climate and a more cleanly and intelligent population und yet without martini hw or ihe fear of au epidemic that w ill destroy property as well as liven, it ncc m H impossible to M;t in motion the agencies that will rid ua of insect peHtS. Thc house-wise who gives frenzied chase to thc intruder is not putting in her work at thc most premising end of the linc. The Hy, iik.e thc nios 'iuito is only to be destroyed by al lowing it no breeding place, lt lays its eggs in decaying organic matter, especially in manure. Many cities have general laws re garding the cleaning of streets, sta bles, etc., which too often effect only tho removal or what is offensive to sight and smell from tho more impor tant streets. Filth left in alloys or dumped in outlying parts is a source of danger which the city fathers must not ignore. At least ono city, Phila delphia, has an ordinance that is abreast with our most recent knowl edge on this subject. In France dur ing the last winter, a jury af scientific men awarded a prize of 10,000 francs to tho author < \ memoir whioh out linod a motbod for tho une of "resi duum oil" in the destruction of the eggs and larvao of the fly. Two litres of the oil to every equaro metro of surface of pit or manure pile was found to mako a protective covering which killed thc laiv.ie, preventing thc entrance of flies and hatching of eggs. When wc consider that this dread ful disease is conveyed from one per son to another in only ono way, by the germs contained in thc excreta of tho patient finding their way into tho food and drink, it is surely not be yond hopo that growing intelligence, better laws and their enforcement, will insuro that in the near future fever will become as rare as ypboid amallpoxis now. The Artist and the Monkey. The friendship berween them came 1 about in tb i 3 way: A book was to be \ published in whioh a email gray *' monkey played a very important part. The publishers wished to illustrate * the book with many piotures, and be cause this artist was known to bo so 1 fond of animals that he drew them better than most others, he was asked 0 to mako these illustrations. If I 1 wore to mention his name you would a know at onoe. He reed the manuscript and thon 6 sot about finding his modols, Men, v women and ohi.ldren were at hand to e answer, but whore was the monkey 1 to bo found? E Ho went up to Central Park and looked among the swinging, chatter- c ing, wrinkled-faced creatures. Finally ho found one answering to the de? * Boription in the m&nusoript. In order * to make his drawing before the crowd 1 of visitors flocked to tho menageries * he.used to get up very early in the i bright spring mornings, and go and ? sit before the groat monkey cage and . make sketches of the little oreaturo in the various queer positions that it eoetned fond of taking. After a time tho monkey notiocd 3 him, and came to the very wires of a tho cage at 0000 upon his arrival every morning. It reached for a pencil, smelled of it, f turnod it over many times, bit the lead off at tho sharpened end, and v gravely gave it back with an air that said: "I om surprised that you do v not know how to prepare your pen- ' oils.1* y ' But all the time it seemed to tho t artist that tho monkey was sad or ill. 0 Now, tho artist was a tall man and broad shouldered. His head reached r far higher than the most men wo meet. .V Perhaps that was why every I small; weak? thing seemed to know )< and like him? for ycu 'know largo na tures protect the weak? ? m ,'. Se he sat himself to find out what it wae that troubled his lit tie friend. Ihe keener was call id and question- a "Oh, the little gray monk ie all ?J right;",.. ?4d.v' ; the.; keeper;^YonVe pa/in' him a good deal of attention t and he thinks .ho's got to make out a j, ease. Monkeys are auf ol fakirs; and a shem little gray ones are Bbarper'n ? most." ':,?v :. j|jjB?>; the artist;*rsnfc. . ; onvwlth';-| work, and the monkey snt -by. tho; \ wires, cbattericg his s>d little tale? j all about tho H?me ?he had -left in a t all cocoanut tree, and thc friends hat were like himself. And tho artist answered: "yes, 'co, old follow, it's a big shame!" Vnd his heart was very tender toward lis little gray /riend. Then the ?monkey began to rub its ittlo bands across it stomach, ns if it vere in pain. The keeper was called tgaio. "I tell you I'm afraid there's sonie ,hing thc matter with the littlo fellow Lfler all." Thc keeper watched the email crea uro a minute or two, but it sat per fectly still. "lie's all right," said the keeper igain. "lie's young, and he is grow ng fast. Growing pains, maybe." When the keeper had gone, thc lit :1c monkey came very close to thc side of thc cage and chattered very softly, and reached out ono^ittle gray inn. Thc artist wont up to the cage. The monkey look one of his finder*, nod witli a great deal of lookiug over its shoulder and chattering and twist ing about, rubbed thc finger up and down over the front of his little gray fur waistcoat. And what do you think? Thc artist found a strong string tied tightly about the monkey's stomach. The end had been broken off and the fur had covered it from sight. It had been tied on when the monkey was little, and while- the poor thing had grown larger, the string had remain sd thc same and cutting into tho flesh. The artist at once took out his knife and opened a shining blade. This frightened the monkey, but after a little faith io his big friend, helped bim to be brave. The cord was cut and found to havo nade a a sore all about the waist of :he little ODO. Tho artist went at )noo to the attendrit, who brought jomo ointment, and together they :ook the little sufferer from his oage. Sut the monkey rruuld lot no hand jul that of his art st friend touch tho vound, so the big j'o-. turned surgeon md dressed it carefully. Afterwards when the pictures for ne book had all been made and tho lore mark under tho little waistcoat lad long been healed, whenover tho irtist chanced to stop beforo tho nicn ccy cage-even if mauy people were here-ho was sure to hoar a joyous ibattering and see a little figure como lying to the bars and beckon with all ts might. Then tho small hands vero rubbed aoross the small stomach, ./bile merry thanks wero chippered or thu old-timo service of gentleness ind pity.-Exchange. - - m mm Too Much to Ask. A travelor in the highlands observ* d while at a tavern in a small village . very beautiful collie. At his request he owner was pointed out io mm, and ie aBked the man what he would take or the dog. "Ye'll be taking him to America?" be Soot asked.cautiously. "Certainly, if you'll sell him to ue. 'I no ooul' part wie Bob," the dog's iwner then said emphatically. "I'm anekle fond-like o' him." And liber 1 offers were no inducement. To his astonish, the traveler later aw the dog sold to a drover for half rb at he had' offered and after tho drov r had disappeared requested an ex dan nt iou. ".You said th nt you could tot soil him," he remarked. A twinkle came into the highlander's yes. "No; I didna say I'd no sell him. I '. said I couldua part wie him," he ie said. "Bob'll be hame in two or hreo days fra noo, but I oould't.ask tim to swim across -the ocean. Na; hat would be too much to ask." harper's Weekly. The Agent Lost. "My friend," said the agent to the hillville brother, 'let me sell yon an incident polioy." "Never had an accident in my lifo." "But-you may have. Ain't you ibout to marry?'* "Yes, but what's that got to; do nth it?" "A great deal. Suppose your wife ras to get angry with you and lam yon side tho hoad with the fire shovel, or our mother-in-law might tal?e a no ion to break everv bono io your body; r--" - ' ' v Bot the Hillville brother Btopped him ight there. "?'ve thought better of it/* he said; Ml be duruad er I g?t married l"-4At^ inta Constitution. Safo for a Short Distance. A yono? man who is blessed with a catch ki osman need sever; fear u that pinion of "himself. , / '.What de you thick of my project o study law ?'. ; asked yooag #MJ^?? y of his groat-uncle, Bboert 3L)on^M-* on, a person ?hom fee was desi rous to Mgttnui'd: call |t -.a ;. very/? Itarmlw?? muae^nt;,( said Mr; Donaldson dry; y af?r.axom^ ?p&^e;n^ UKNEftAL MEWS* - Two more earthquake ? and other igos of volcanic disturbances are re torted from New Mexico. - Germany and Austria ?.re said lo ie ready to invade Poland and aid luasia in case of an uprising. - Benjamin T. Itedmap, said to ?ave been the first directory publisher u thc Coi ted States, dieu ri Ciucin lati, aged 'J'd years. - Walter K. Orniand of Atlanta, a awyor, fell from the steamship Kan las City between Savannah and New i'ork and was lost. - The eruption of StronboU con tinues with undiminished force, ^loutit Aetna, after a long period ol luiesccoce, is emitting smoke. . -- Reactionaries believe that they lave almost persuaded the czar to dis solve the douma. Murders and riots continue in many provinces. - The Illinois Central has secured i monopoly of the coffee traffic in thc territory tributary to New Orleans, ind oilier roads are threatening a rau ivar in consequence. - An inmate of the Dunning, lil., insane asylum remained at bay for i [wura on the roof of a building. 1I< was finally inducod by thc subterfuge jf au attendant to come down. - It is said in Washington amonj those who are in close touch with the Southern railway, that it has been de cided to doublo track the Southcrc between Atlanta and Macon, and fur thor that this decision has been reach sd as thc result of an agreement with thc Atlantic Coast Line system, bj which trafilo arrangements have beor aiado giving the Coast linc entrance into Atlanta from Macon over the Southern. - Chief of Police Louis Snell of Bell Haveu, N. C., was shot down ic sold blood by a negro named Elie E Boro, whom he attempted to arrest. - A telegram received from Sams ra Bays the entire town of Sysan, thirty-two thousand inhabitants, ic the government of Simbrierk, is on fire ind the inhabitants are fleeing towards Samara and Saratofi. A private telegram received from 5t. Petersburg states that Dragcam ittackcd a peaceful meeting of peas iDt in the villages of Kocherowk, kill eg eighty. - The agrarian Btrike is spreading ill over Russian Poland. - Secretary of State Root received m enthusiastic weloome at Para, Bra di. - Expressions of sympathy on the leath of Lady Curson were received rom many sections. - Rather than face a grand jury in luiry in New York the eo-called Sew T-pipe trust has agreed io dissolve. - Scotoh members of tho British larliament have offered a bili to create k separate parliament for that coun ty. - The steamer Amprica, which had i broken shaft and wa.8 towod into iew York, drifted in midooean nine lays. - The gunboat Marblehead has UUO bU OOO THU CUV envoys or 'cruate* nala and Salvador who will disouss erins of peace. - Rumors continue to be circulated hat Germany and Austria may for ibly intervene in behalf of Russia in boland. . - Fairbanks, Cannon and Warner rill aid tho republicans, and Bryan, s to no and Folk the democratic in the ongressional campaign in Missouri his fall. - Senator John F. Dryden told the iow Jersey legislative committee that ie thought his $65,000 salary was not i cent more than he was worth to the 'rudentUL - President Roosevelt has issued nBtructions that the eight-hour law n all public works must bo steadily inforoed. . Contractors who violate ho lav? will bo prosecuted by the de mrtment of justice. > ? - The great glacior on Mount Blanc B being used for other purposes than nrnishing an occupation to guides nd an attraction for tourists.* An ice rust has gone into the business on an stan si va scale of. quarrying the olear, tard ico, at an altitude of 4,000 feet, ?be iee is blown ont in great, blocks >y means of dynamite, after which M S fiawed into regular sizes and sent [own the mountain sides on. a narrow ;?nge railway. ' ' V ' li ? 2 $3.59 Bay Stat? ?O?G 'duahioft II a a band'? Argument. The late Suusan B. Anthony, re laten the New York Tribune, once at tended a wedding in Roobe6tcr, and at the reception she said to the bride groom: "If you want this manage to be a happy one, you must be RB kind and tender always as you are now. lonee knew a young couple whose marriage had oct turned out as happily as it eboold have done. The wife said to thc husband ono evening: 11 'Before wc were married, dear, you were always giviog mo presents. Why do you never give ino any now?" " *My love,' tho husband replied, "did you ever hear of n fisherman giv iDg bait to a fish he had caught?' " A Sign of Grief. A little girl whose uncle bad ro ceutly died and who had thus receiv ed ber first impressions of mourning, was struggling with ber wri?Dg exer cise on the first day of ber return to school after tho funeral. "Miss Julia," said she to tho teacher "I am trying to make my E's like pa pa'?; be don't mako them as fancy as you do, and I think when tbero has been a death in the family we ought to make our letters as plain as possi ble." Whore Was the Tick. Little William was seated upon the sitting room floor with the works of his nice new watch spread about him, when his mother entered and, seeing the wheels, pivots, screws and springs, exclaimed: "Why, my son, have yon broken your pretty watch?" "Mamma," said Willie, "I was just trying to see wht. the tiok came from,"_ - Gov. Joseph W. polk nf Missouri, in an address at Jefferson City, spoke against the mail order business, and favored advertising in the home pa pers. ineoioro s -Rlanlr.nraiiirhfi Is a eland tonic, liver regulator, and blood purifier. ! It gets rid of the poisons caused by over-supply ol bile, and quickly cares bilious headaches, dizziness, loss of appetite, rmi sea, indiges tion, .constipation, mabr?a, chills .and fever, Jaundice, nervousness, .irritability, melaqcnoua,and al! sickness due to disordered Brer; ; ~ lt is n?t a cathartic, but a gentle, herbal, liver medldrie, which, eases without Irritating. - ; ?<?.>? Price 25c at ali Drnggte^s. m ATTORNEY AT'^4W?; ' AN?EBSON, S. C. Office ovei ^ost Office B?Hdi?f Money to lend oh ^<ei!^t?^ Hero of Many Battle?. Ooo fault of a oertaiu extremely popular general ie that he, being rather leaf, is apt to come to wrong collu sions. Returning from oampaign one of the ii ret men to greet him was an old ac quaintance. "Ah, my good fellow," said tho general, "so glad to seo you ?gain. Hope you have prospered and had good fortune these years!" . Yes, general, yes; but I have had the great misfortune to lose my wife since I saw you." Catching the word "wife," the other guessed at the idea of a recent mar riage, and, patting hie old friend affec tionately on tho shoulder, he exclaim ed. "Happy man! Happy man!"-Ex change. Needed a New Liver. "Old Hunker" McLaughlin waB a well known character in Chelsea some twenty-five years ago, says the BoEton Herald. At one time Hunker was ail ing and called on thc city physician, who told him to wear a liver pad, to bo had at any drug Bturo. Un inquir ing tho prion, and finding it high, he got his wife to make one for him. lu about a week ho said: "Bridget, the b'yes all keep away from- me. What the divil is the matter? Am I dying?" "Sure you're not dying," she said "It's getting better every minute ye are. Take off that liver pad and let me put a fresh liver into it for y er." EES A Ose Story Building. Senator Clay of. QeoTgi?jwaa_^COP_ showing a constituent the sights of thc national capital, when the Washing ton monument was reached. "What do von think of it?" care lessly asked the senator, as the con stituetii stood gazing in awe at the' stately Bbati. "Senator," responded tho Georgian* gravely, "that's the darnedest, highest, one-story building I've ovci seen!" mit I tim , * Altered In Repairing. A man in Chicago, says a writer ii> Judge, found himself in the ob?ir of a strange barber, to whom his features* although familiar, seemed to carry some reminiscent suggestion. "Have you been hero -before," ask ed the haircutter. "Once," said the man; "Strange .I do not rcoognizo your faae." "Not at all," said the man. "It champed a good deal as it healed." 17S5 ISO? College of Charleston, Charleston, $. C. Entrance examinations will be held int I the County Court House on Friday, July (J at 9 a. m. One Proa Tuition Scholar ship te each county of South Carolina. ?warded bv the County Supt. of Educa ti 'ii and Judge of Probate. Board andi furnished room in Dormitory, $11 a* month. AU candidates for admission? ate permitted to compoto for vacant Boyce Scholarships, whlnh pay 8100 ai year. For catalogue and information address . .-. - . ? ? ... . HA RRIgON RANDOLPH. Pres. M fi S S? end WHISKEY HABIT? HJSIIBkfli cured at home with al ill KWH out pain. Book of par 8 IW ? WB tienfors sent FB?K? IBUBWWtBWUiaaSB B. M. WOOLLEY, M. DW Atl&nr a, Qa? Office SOI N. Pryor Street FRUIT PRESERVING POWDER " EVANS." Nothing like it on the market. It preserves Vegetables, Fruits, Jellies, and is not inju rious. - 25c Evans* Liver and Kidney Pills are still 25c, We hain't advanced the price. . -sss . '< .aggy, jj D. S. VANDIVER? E. P. VANDTVER. Armour s Guano leid the year round. Staple Groceries at prices to please and witb the quality to bring yon back AR' E&UtAR CUSTOMER. a 'S--' . j WE ARI^ J?OW FR?PARKP TO % 1 |ns?r|i^ If . Wfi^ins?re against loas by Hail Storms. ft .See-'" ; ; ' . *;r ^ ; Q. FRANK- JOHMSPM9..: CITIZENS INSURANCE AGENCY. m Office over Atkinson's Brag Store. ??1 Loan & Trust Co., |S;autb^ri^. topetas ?k?^feo^ j^l^Offi^^^ BAKK, Anderson, B.O, ' ' . 's&W*^' ' ' Hff* , CONFIDENCE is Utegreatest ele .v>*4*/ , a'* 1 <^i/ xneistlnf 8ucc?8. The first money I FJ - ? : : : / <jD"i?Dri ''. * . ..,: .J? n - saved %akes one sure ho can save : ? * r'^ff " &$S> -K:: .vto?rfe? first hnndw^